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Dead Letters--Thefr Post HIortcm
Examination.


OF all the efficient work done at
Washington, none is regarded with
more interest by the transient visitor
than, the Dead Letter Office. Here
SIT some fifteen or twenty gentlemen
for it is fact disgraceful to huma-
nifty that females cannot be employed,
so many obscene letters poison The
mails-continually engaged in OPEN
ing the four or five millions of letters
that annually find their way there.
More than fifteen thousand letters
are daily emptied on their desks ask
ing to be opened. When a letter is
found to have valuable con tents, those
contents are endorsed upon it, and
the letter returned to the envelope.
Asrecord is made of all suoh letters.
and they are at once returned to their
writer, without return postage. So
perfect are the arrangements, that it
is hardly possible that valuable dead
letter, which has once reached the
Office. should fail of revisiting the
writer, ii it is in the power of the
Department to discover him. During
the past year, $4,000 letters, inclos-
ing $l24, 234, were received at this
Office, and nearly $4,000 of them,
containing $130,6 500. were restored to
their owners. But besides these
money letters, there were FL, 900 dead
letters. containing bills of exchange
and other valuable matter, appraised
at over $5.OOO,OO0; over 49, 600, con
tanning photographs, jewelry, etc. !;
and 81, 7,O0Os containing stamps and
articles of small value; nearly all of
them were returned to the original
writer's, and the reason why any of
these letters fail of being returned is
not the fault of the Department., but
of the writers, who either send an
unsigned letter. or who will subscribe
herself "your loving Susie" or "your
afectionate Adie;" and, as the Go
vernment knows no first names, all
such letters are consigned to the
chopping-box and then to the paper
mill, to appear as white paper.
Since writing thus far, I have once
more visited the Dead Letter Office,
visit that always gives pleasure and
gratifies curiosity. Here [ saw clerks
taking about $500 day out of the
letters SO profusely scattered over
their desks, and among the various
articles recently taken out of their
envelopes, L noticed the following:
Slippers, valentines, q ducks head,
thermometers, false pistols, mittens,
fern leaves, false hair, laces, paper
collars. eppaulets, horns, pipes, watch
cases, hoops, dolls lone of them two
feet hight must have required a
monster envelope), butterflies, mats,
medicines, silver goblets of full size,
earrings, butter-knives, spoons, gold
and silver watches (very little gold or
silver about them, however, shells,
purses. aoap. sugar, tea, coffee, bows
and arrows, books, pictures, box of
segaris, Q. bottle of Jamaica ginger,
squirrels tail, prisms, combs, boxes,
combs, &c.
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Charleston Advertisements.
HILBERS HOUSE

MO. 2s4 King street, between Went.
~ ! worth Hiih; and Hasel streets, Charleston.
81 .: y. mlthin hve minutes walk Of tho
Post Oihce and principal business houses
OF Meeting and Hayne streets, and fiftV
yards OF the City Railway, which commit.
nicates with all parts OF the city. Terms,
81 per diem. Special contracts made. on
most reasonable terms, for board by the
week or month for single gentlemen or
families. MRS. B. HILBERS
Nov IL
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REDUCED PRICES.
Opening of the FAN Ohampagne,

Open1nS OF Gne Eau champagne.
PE1NG in daily receipt of the various
- styles OF fall and winter fancy and
staple Groceries, also of several novelties
calculated to excite the taste of the COM
munity, in the gastronomic department, q
careful perusal of tho following list of
good things can scarcely fail of interest:
SMOKED BEEF, Smoked Beef Tongues.
Extra New York Sugar-Cured Pig Hams,
EAira New York Breakfast Bacon Strips,
ton Shrimps, Picked Salmon and Pigs
Feet, New No. 1, 9 and 8 Bay Mackerel;
New No. 1 Scaled Herrings, fine; Prime
New York State Factory Cheese and
Goshen Butter, just in; fresh Crackers.
full assortment; fresh New Huled Buck,
wheat.
LIoUoRs AND WINEs.-This department
is fully stocked with the choicest assort
mont the combined markets of the coun-
try can furnish, and will be sold guaran-
Ieeu as represented in every respect. All
OF which are offered at low rates bv
oct ~ GEO. SYAfMERS.
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WAsHINGTON HOUsE.

BY MRS. NJ ". STRA TTON.
TORNER Geryais and Assembly streets.
v Columbia, s. O. Convenient to the
Greenville and Charleston Railroads. and
the business portion of the city.
Rates OF transient board-$13 per day.
Lodgings can be obtained with or with.
ont meals, at any time. Sept so am
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Richland.--In Euuitv

@. NJ. Furman, Trustee, us. the Gfeenv;lla
and Columbia Railroad Company. ~
N pursuance of the decretal order of
J. June 10, 1868. the Creditors of the
pany, whose Bonds against the said Com
pany are secured by any lien in the patnra
OF mortgage, whether first mortpape oT
otherwise, whether said MORTGAGE has
been executed by the Company 5r is in the
nature OF statutory lien, are hereby re.
4qired to .Iroye their demands before me
,designating the security claimed as thai
cameo 70 DC Tor the security of the bonds
January, 1869. VI
July IL -' 49,
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CHARLESTON HOTEL.
S -N~A1s
CHdRL ESTOW. g. q

CHihIIEOION, 3. Q.
A ANCN THE undersigned having
fkEF%sSSS-9S taken charge Of the above
e SlIf az well-known HOTEL, re-
s41saEzs.ss@;42.G.SlS 80 spectfully informs his
friends and the travelling public That IL has
been REFURNIsHED, In all of it's depart- -
ments. The table will, at all times, be
ssupplied with the best the Market Affords,
including every delicacy in season, while
the cuisine will bo unexceptionable. The
Bath Rooms attached to the Hotel are sup
phed with the celebrated Arteeian Water,
and Hot, Cold or Shower Baths cnn he oI,.
tanned at any time. The same attention
will be paid to the comfort Of the guests
as heretofore, and travellers can rely upon
hnding the Charleston Hotel equal to any
in the United States. The patronage ot
the travelling public is respectfully solicit
ed; J. P. HORBACH, Agent,
oan IL Smo Proprietor.
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New No. I, 2 and 3 Mackerel,
i barrels,
100 boxes No. l and Scaled Hcrr;nes.
For sale low, by Z. & G. D. HOPE.
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THE POLLOCK HOUSE.
REJUTEMA TED-RE-ARRANGED ED.

IL that he has put his entire establish
ment in thorough order for tho approach
ing winter, and having added q large and
well-!iShted room, on the first e.
floor, can accommodate PRIVATE
DINNER and SUPPER PARTIES. NS
Entrance front and rear.
In tho second story, is n handsomely
---7o furnished B BILLIAR b
,<S{ ROOM, containing several
SS5i=S7sfi@5S V Phelan Tables, of the very
Ee@x%GeE latest style and finish.
In tho SAMPLE ROOM, excellent
Wines, Liquors, Segars, Smoking and ~
tanned. HfJ
OYSTERS, GAME and FISH constantly
on hand. r. NJ. POIIOCK
Nov
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Trusses and Supporters.

N store, variety of superior TRUSSES
= ans SGrTorscrs. For sale by
FISHER e. HEINITSH. Druppists
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Wrapping Payer.
1M REAMS Grocer's WRAPPING
IONJ PAPER for sale ut New York
prices. T.. & G. d. HOPE.
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Hams and Bacon Strips.
1OO CHOICE SUGAR-CURED CAN
1OO VASSED HAMS,
ZOO Choice Sugar-cured Bacon Strips.
lust received, and for sale low by
october 23 J. & II. r. hGNEW.
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RESISTING PROVIDENCE.

ASLo4p4 1AN0 Z AO v 1OENCEi.
ssE IFE INSURANCE enables n man to
IL put himself in harmony with Di-
vine Providence. Providence has brought
the institution into being to bless the
race. He who refuses it, distrusts and
despises Providence and invites it's ven
geance upon himself and his household.
we know OF no fallacy 80 transparent, no
delnsion more groundless, than that
which makes the practice of Life Insurance
appear as an attempt TO controvert the
Divine WILL
Thousand Of widows and orphans live
TO attest the divine beneficence of LIFE
INSURANCE: without its protecting
@gis, many of them would, to-day, be beg
gars upon the streets, or occupants of
poor-houses and penitentiaries. No man
can foretell what will be his circumstances
at the limo off his death. The rich man of
o-day dies the pauper OK tomorrow, and
the family. delicately reared, become the
unprepared victims of dire Want, with her
train of countless evils. Such o result is
impossible, with policy of Life Insurance.
1T, indeed, offers the only absolutely safe
investment which can be made for the
benefit of ones family and of his own old
age. AH other Investments may result in
loss or ruin. If an would insure, who can
calculate the immense suffering and crime
which the world would be sparedl
ETNA LIFE INSURANCE. COMPA-I
Assets 81 100000
Fl. E. NICHOLS Il CO.,
october - Smos General Agents.
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= scene Ia = Court Hou.e.

In the good old times in kentucky,
when substantial Justice was admin
istsred in log cabin, after a very free
and easy matter, suit was brought for
the recovery of certain moneys which it
- was alleged the plaintiff had been de-
frauded out of by the ingenious opera
tion known as "thimble-rigging." In
the course of the trial the plaintiff g
counsel. who happened to be an Eek
pert" undertook to enlighten the Court
as to the mcdus-operandi of the per-
.formahce.aL Putting himself into position,
he produced the three cups and "the
little joker" and proceeded, suiting, the
= action to the,word - ;s -
seq essThen may it. please the Court, the
.ss .a5 defendant, placing the cup. on his knees
slIxhus,s began to shift them so. Offering to
4, bet NV client could nottell under which
;fvso,up cup was the little joker, meaning there
e Lby, may it please the Court, this ball,
= = with the intention of defrauding my
"a client of the. sum thus wagered. For
D instance, when raise the cup so, your
y Honor supposes that you see the bal" !"
aislsaSuppose see, r interrupted the judge
had closely watched the perform
lance, and was sure that he detected the
9 ball as one of the cups was accidentally
1sarra 9 raised. "Why, any fool can seei where
II Is. and 1bet on it, and be sure to win.
There amt no defraudin, thar
;s5Se HPerhaps your honor would like to go
"a " on it, insinuated the counsel. -
4 4. 80 .s(so q "? Yes, and double it too;
and here's the rhino- It's under the
= - ~
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one after the other, until each one had
invested his pile 0A -.
"Up !"-said his honor.
"Up" it was; but 'the little joker"
had mysteriously disappeared. Judge
and jury were enlightened, and found no
difficulty in bringing in verdict in IA
vor of the plaintiff, on the ground that
it was the "derndest kind o'defraudin'."
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Green County, August a, 1867. : z

ROsadalis Is n Potent Remedy In all
Hlo, . Chronic Diseases. if
FROM G. W. BLouNr. ESQ, ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Z rs h-c7 WILSON. NORTH CARoLINA.
I have been cured of Chronic Inflammation of the
Ear and Partial Deafness, of years standing. by
Rosadalis. .-- GEO. w. BLOUNT.
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EgFor sale in Columbus by Braun Bruck Co.
Jones d Son. mayl2-d&wly
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Ask For rICKErsvia BELr.ArR.

,oI yNQ L. WILSON, Master of Transportation.
1. M. COLE. General Ticket Agent.
q yN0. W. BROWN, Gen'f Passenger Aet.
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PITTSBURGH, CINCINNATI &
ST. LOUIS RAILWAY.
PAN HANDLE ROUTE.
Merchants Bank.

IN holders of the outstanding notes of the Mer-
chants Bank Of Massllon, and all others concerned
that in pursuance to the provisions Of the 4lst
tion Of the charter fssaid Bank, that application
will be made to the Auditor. Treasurer and Score
tafy of State to surrender the Bonds deposited 70
secuye the circulation Of said Bank aftef the expi
8ti6n5of six months from this date. 5ssasf 3
- - ssaaIJ; SiJTEEsE. iJl,T PIe.'t.
3 Massillon, May %. 1856. s.>-'slal7. US wsm
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The following. among many hundreds of our best
citizens, testify to its wonderful eficacv.
CERTIFICATES FROM PHYSICIANS.
BALTIMORE. Nd. March 4. 1868.
believe DR.. Lawrence e's "RO SADALIS" to be
the BEST ALTERAT.v We IN USE. and therefore
cheerfully recommend it as such.
THOMAS J. BOYKIN. NJ. D, .
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GIFT CUMPANY. 70
GREAT DISTRIBUTION
by THE ,5l.r a
METROPOLITAN GIFT COMPANY.
Every Ticket Draws a Prize.
100000 DOLLARS

A Chance TO Draw any of the
above Prizes by Purchasing a
sealed Ticket for rs Cents.
Tickets describing each Prize are Sc ,LED in En-
velopes and tboroughly mixed. On receipt of 25
Gents. Sealed Ticket will be drawn, without
cno,ee, ana oenvefea a! our once. or sent p{ mail
Ivered to the ticket t-hoder payment of one
Dollar. Prizes will be Immediately sent to any
address, as requested, by express return mail.
You will know what our Prize Is
before y0u pay for il. Any Prize may
be exchanged for another of the sam 9
value. A5- No Blanks.
~ Our Patrons can depend on fair dealing.
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THE Republicans Of the First Ward,
in Washington, have nominated a
colored man for the B, ard of Common
Council, having previously nominated
one for Alderman. These are the only
colored men nominated as members of
the City Council. r-a
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Fl, January II, Is6s ..t. ,s..f .- .,... ..a
h ROsadalis will Cure the Wors
= Gases of ScrOfula- - Read the
Statement Below and Despair
Not. ' '.

u WILSON COUNTY, September 10, 1867.
DIR. j. j. Lswrence Dear Sir-My youngest
daughter aged five years, has been dreadfully af-
ficted with scrofula nearly all her life tried
great many physicians, but without relieving her
much; in fact most of them said there was no hope
of cure. During the last Prirg she worse than
ever; her body and limbs being covered with sores
aud swollen. While in this condition | was ad
vised by DR.. L. A. Stth to try your Rosadalis. lat
once procured three bottles, an enced giving
it to her. The effect was magical. In less than q
month. to mr. great astonishment, she was entirely
well.
w w. b. RNETr. :
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ROs dalfs will Cure the Very
e-, - Worst Gases of Chronic
Rheumatism.

PORTSMOUTH. VA. February 25, 1858.
DEAK SiR-This is to certify that l have been
afflicted with Rheumatism for the last five or six
years, many times unable to move. / tried all med
icines recommended to me for the disease, without
receiving any benefit. Having heard Rosadalis"
highly spoken of. 1 procured bottle. and. finding
some relief, continued it until am happy to say
that am completely WELL
remedy for Rheumatism but believe it also pre-
-yentive. and / cheerfully recommend 1t to the
afflicted" ours, very truly. xyr,,, a-
. --s4s.-. = ~ ~ "a nES !" hbb.
s-- !.ee aa WILSON. January Z. 1858.
I hereby certify that have used DR.. Lawreuce's
Justly celebrated Rosadals in my family as a. gen.
eral Alternative and Tonic, with the most satistac-
tory results. and therefore conscjeniously recon-
mend it to the public medicine of rare and gen.
B. uine merit. JAMES w. DAVIS,
. ~ II - Sheriff of Wilson county, N. U,
RosADALIs-Thism medicine has met with an un-
precedented success in this community. Capt. Ba-
ker the polite and attentive agent for this city in
demand made for it: and that the medci is effect
ing some wonderful cures, and glving great ssus,
faction to all who have used it - NozJol6 (PGJ
Daily Journal. November 20, 1867. .as ge, F..
Prepared only by J: J, LAWRENCE. N. p,
Chemist, Baltimore, Md, date of Wilson. n, CD
Price 81 5oper bottle. oL.t
;. s6 Sold wholesale by all the principal Wholesale
Druggists in all the large cities OF the states
and British America, and retailed BY druggists
every where. 1
AZ letters of inquiry &ei promptly n "a answered:
Prietors and manufacturers. 244 baltimore street,
Baltimore, Md . d.
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DR.. J. J. LAURENCE. .-t,.ss .n 80
DEHR STR take pleasure in recommending your
; R0SADALIS as a very powerful slterative have
seen it used in two cases with happy results-one
case of secondary syphilis. in which the patient
pronounced himself cured after having taken five
bottles OF tour medicine. The other q case of
scrofula, of long standing which is rapdlI improv
ing under its use and the iDdicatiOns that the
patient will soon recover. / have carefully exam
ined the formula by which your Rosedais is made,
and find it an excellent compound of Alternative in
@ - I1N - R. W. CARR, NJ. D. 4
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TO ONE In FRAZER.

r g. Z -. - q
- rGeorse Prentice-himself one of the most
20 sisd o the American bards-thinks t2at no living
& the snd 1ssnsy of Tts the
are exoeedinsly beautiful:l i y 27a III
Pale star. that with thy soft. sad light
-'' ''''' Ssys .ens g sins e nisht: =, f
ssn ahso sO soy s IN Sss
That months haze almost s;. seemed like hours
THAT'S slept too long among the flowers, -
81 Ass sss ss
-fnon But sh.,xish ssdds5 s1,s hsnrt L sHnsu Hau
-ra2g % sThs winds soft the clouds are few b.
Asaoatiss up through mist and dew -.
m Pa and SMILES
Ii s szs5s sSs osssR ssssRl shs EisSss crowd
r az And star on sta. All soft and calm. aim.
IS loss e sHa a ] stsspssd IN BALM
My spirit floats in ether. too. -
vvssd Loved onsl though los. so human sight.
ssass sssl ses atmosphere.
% THossR ssHgssh ss aSs saa
MSse s;31 ss ss sss sssysss Cd: been
A breath OF incense. lett alone
siss TIE sssss. iFss: Es tsss9'
Who treads on consecraied ground es
I know ths soul, from worlds of bliss
ss1, Es,Yst stooPs sxhile to dwell With me.
se night hes
s 1ias %s iiIs IKE the ss sssi sh.
hear . voice on every breeze, 40
s yoiss PfEss ii las : %lss lSf ssas
Apd f,rss S,ns 81 s suu
sia,taa, That shsI know and meet tnsst there. :
9f @ 1llknov thee there by that sweet face.
.,.9,, R.u1d xhich ;.,t tender halo plays:
BY ths. sweet Il smile ss hat bat, o,sr g !. shed
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.knJ! Statesman.


Showing the arrival and departure Of trains at Cs.
umbus. Ohio. On and after Monday, May IL
lsB trains viii run as follows: ssI,l-,-I7Y :,
cleveland. COlum bua A. Cfu,tf n n.
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OPINIONS oFTHE PRESS.

Musical Festivals" several times postponed,
compelling purchasers OF tickets to wait: several
months for the distribution, has impaired public
confidence in such affairs. The only fair system Of
distr buting is{the old and popular one Of SEALED
TICKETS. stating the prize, WHICH WILL BE DELIv-
Erred IMMEDIATELY ON PAYMENT OF THE USE DOL
LAR. This is the plan of HARPER, WILSON d Co.,
173 Broadway the most tractive place OF the kind
now in operation, They are doing the largest busi-
500 900 farm there, but have areasona BILE chance
for a good prize. as we know many that have been
drawn. and the firm is relia ole. "-Duily Neacs. Jan
5, 1858. oassi1 o1os
THE Metropolitan Gift Company are distributing
many valuable prizes We have examined their
manner OF doing business. and know them 10 be 4
fair dealing firm. Their Jlan is more satisfactory
than Presentation Festivals, as they draw
every day. and the subscriber need not paw tor
the prizes drawn unless suited. d."-JoE'nat, Fe6rH-
dry6. 1868.
Co., at 173 Broadway. is daily attracting crowds of
ment is but Is cents TOR CHANCE, and the prize
drawn, If satisfactory, is immediately delivered for
one dollar. A. friend of ours, last week. drew a
$500 pr e ~ which @ he promptly received. Times.
Liberal inducements to Agents. Satisfaction
guaranteed.
Every Package of Sealed Envelopes
contains One Cash Gift.
s@ Six Tickets for One Dollar. l3 for Two Dol
lars. IS for Five Dollars, 100 for Fifteen Dollars.
All letters should be a dressed to a.
--.. -. ---- HARPER, WILSON & CO.,
-.- ...-... Il 173 Broadway. N. Y.
aprI2-d2m-R --.-. ..-.--..- s.,
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REFBRBNCIs.

y The following persons have lately drawn valuable
prizes from this Company. and kindly permitted the
use of thei- names: ti-
- s 4 Wilkens. s74 Sixth Avenue, N Y, 81 600:
Mrs E Stuart, 20 Nelson Place. N Y, $500; Miss
Monroe. Chicago. III. Piano. valued at $4oO w Cur
It's New Haven Gold Watch. $500; o RqbeTt 5a jack
sCarthy, Louisville KY. $500 Jas Rogers. Washing
ton. D q, Musical Box. $50: D d Warren. 40 Four
Orleans. Gold Watch, $3.50; W T Taller. Atlanta.
Ga. $500: K A Peterson, Nashville. Tenn. Meode-
Ring. s4oO; Suong. BqIlinston. Vt. 800: A 7 At,
bins, Springfield. III. Dia ond Pin. 5000 Mrs b
Clay street. Baltimore, Sewing Machine, s75; : 7
Alderman. 80 Main street. Buffalo. 500; Darragh,
Scott, Ninth and SAMSON street, Phila, Gold Watch
$l5o; 5 Zimmerman, Hicks street, Brooklyn. $500
NJ Bowers Detroit Mich, Gold Watch. $3.50: Mrs N
Fuller. Hartford, Gonns Silver Set $50; a Schir-
ley, IouiSyille, Ky. Dia%9pd . Ri Ring; $500; T Ma
Sixth Avenue, near 3oth street, Piano. $500.
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Chronic Liver Complaint Cured.

This is to certify that cured of Chronic Liv-
erComplaint by DR.. Lawrence's Rosadalis, after
having been confined to my bed and house for long
time and trying various medicines without benefit.
i know of several others in this county cured
through the use of Rosadas. and it be found in
nearly every house in my neighborhood. and they
all praise it great medicine =