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SHERIFPS SALES.
SHERIFF's OFFICE,

OhCnlcr . Oc1iS0J
CAMDEN, S. G., Sept. II, 1864
DY virtue of sundry writs of f. ia. to
ID me directed and lodged, I will
proceed to sell in front of the Court
House in Camden, on the first Monday,
fourth day of October next, within
the legal hours of sale, the following
mentioned and described property TO-
wit:
One House and Lot in Kirkwood,
running North $50 feet, Fast 264 feet,
West $50 feet. Bounded North by
lands Of W. D. Anderson, East by lands
belonging to heirs of W. A. Ancrun,
South by lands of DR.. Deas, West by
Lyttlcton Street. Levied upon as the
property of Stephen I. Robinson, at the
suit of j. j. McCarter. Terms Cash,
purchasers paying for stamps and pa.
pers. J, P. B0SWELL,S. &c.
Sept. l6. st.
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IN EQUITY -KershaW.
J. D. kirkpatrick, admir-. Us. James
"Chesnut, et al.

"Chesnut, ct al.
Petition to marshal Assets.
TN pursuance of an order in abovest
| ted cause, the creditors ofJohn Ches-'
nut, deceased, are hereby required'to
present and prove their claims befor
me, at the Office of Leitner Il Dunlap,
on or before the first day Of October
next, or be 6ebarred from all benefit
of the decree passed in above cause.
J. D. DUNLAP, Special Master.
Feb. 4. I'd
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CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.

CHARLESTON, Sept. l6, 1869.
0N-aaa-alter-THGRSDAY,- -Septen-
Der 10th, the Trains of the s. e. Il. K.
will run as follows:
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SPECIAL NoTI ;E.-To parties in
want of Doors, Sashes and Blinds, we
refer to the advertisement of p. p
Toaie, the large manufacturer of those
goods in Charleston. Price list fur.
.nished on application.
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BRODIE & 90.
Factors and Commission Merchants,

NORTH ALLAN III WHARF.
Charleston. >. Q.
Liberol Advances made on Consignments.
REFERENCES.
Andrew Simonds, Esq, President First
National Bank, Charleston, S. c. .Messrs.
Cameron. Barkley Il Co., Charleston, S, G.
H. T.. Peak, Esq, General Superintendent ;.
C..R. X. Charleston, S. c. Messrs. Cover,
Cox, Markley & Co.. Greenvile. 5. G. Hon
James Farrow, Spartanbury. S. c. Hon. b
F. CrIyton. Anderson, s. c.
GrMai. E. E. SILL is our agent at Cam
den, and will make liberal advances on Con-
signmenis 10 our house.
Sept. SO. 6m.
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT
OF THE
UNITED STATES,

ON w " IL S-11e S11@''
In the matter of JAS. L. MCDOWAIILs
of Camden, S. G., Bankrupt.
Petition for full and final Discharge ."
Bankruptcy. u
ORDERED, That hearing be had on
the 18th day of October, A. D., 1859,
at Federal Court House. in Charleston,
s. c.; and that all Creditors, &c., Of
said Bankrupt appear at said time and
place, and shew cause, if any, why the
prayer of the Petitioner should not be
granted.
Ry order of the Court, the 9Th day Of
august, 1859. ~
DANIEL HORLBECK,
Clerk of the District Court of the -Uhf-
ted States for South Carolina.
Aug. 10. 'N
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THEY will shell from FOUR to SIX
Bushels per hour.
They should be on every Plantation.
They are the Cheapest, most Durable
and most Simple of Machines.
Will take every kernel of the Cob.
Will leave tie Corn clean and ready for
the Mill.
Are adapted to the smallest or largest
ear of Corn.
Will shell more Corn in day than any
other Machine in Proportion to its
size.
Any Man Woman or Child can use
Having purchased the right for Ker-
shaw and Lancaster for the sale Of the
above, am now preprred to furnish
them in any quantity, to all who have
corn to shell.
Call and see them.
ROBT. NJ. KENNEDY.
Sept. 2. If.
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Five Hundred Shares
IN A
PHOSPHATE MANDATORY,
AT
SlOO PER SHARE.

A rare, perhaps an only opportunity is
offered to the planters of Kershaw, to
secure their commercial Fertilizers at a
profit, instead ofat the exorbitant prices
now prevalent, by immediate application
to
w. NJ. SHANNON, ED. NJ. BoYKrN,
l.. W. R. BLAIR, THos. F. M'Dow,
THos. W. PEGUEs, j. S. THOMPSON,
THEo. LANG, W. q. LE1rNER,
H. F. HoDGsoN, f. l.. ZEMP.
Jos. D. DUNLAP, j. I. TRANTHAM,
Committee.
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CHARLESTON AND LIvERPooL-DI-
'REcr TRADE.-By a cable despatch re-
,ceived yesterday by the agent in this
city, Messrs. Robert Mure d Co.. we
learn that the first steamer the Char
;leston and Liverpool Steamship Line
will leave Liverpool for his port on or
about the 9th of October. This is good
news, aud as the cotton crop this year,
though it may not be very large one,
certainly is coming to market very early,
we may hope that the company steam
ers will go back freighted to their ut:
most capacity with our much valued
Heecy staple.-C Charleston Neacs.
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TIJRNIP SEED.

RUTA BAGA, LARGE WHITE
GLOBE, LARGE FLAT NORFOLK,
RED TOP and WHITE DUTCH
TURNIP, warranted fresh. For sale
at this Office.
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ten or fifteen passengers on the train at
the time, FIVE of them ladies, but no lu-
jusies were sustained by them or any OF
them.
As soon as the news reached the city,
President Magrath and Mr. ii. /.
Peake, the Superintendent of the road,
proceeded Immediately to the scene OF
the disaster, aud commenced the work
of putting out the fire and repairing the
losses Ali the force of the road ID that
section were called in and put to work,
and by to morrow morning 1t is expect
ed that the trains can pass over the
break.
Ariyalofhe Remai"s cfMe Dece $,
.ed.-At ten o'clock on Saturday MORN
ing the remains of the unfortunate vic
tins arrived at the depot in Iinc:sreet,
where large number of their friends
'had assembled, and, by permission of
<Coroner Whiting, they were Immediate
fly conveyed to their respective homes.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-17
Preserving Fruits.

The rules for preserving fruits are SIM
pie and few, and can be successfully OBJ
served by any one. There need be no
failure if reasonable care and attention is
exercised. There are two ways of expel-
ling the air from jars or cans, either OF
which will answer. The first is to heat
the fruit after putting it into the cans OF
jars, and the other to pour the hot fruit
into them, which itself will expel the air
The first method is usually preferred. II
preserves the form and beauty ofthe fruit
which is likely to become bruised and
broken by pouring it hot into the jars
Great care should be taken in canning
cherries, berries, currants and all small
fruits, to do so without bruising them.
When broken the juice escapes and pre-
sents clear syrup. Too much cooking
has the same effect.
To prevent breakage, when glass jars or
bottles are used they should be immersed
in warm water before pouring in hot fruit
or wetting towel in cold water al d fold
ing it around the jar before pouring it in
will answer the same purpose.
All fruit and vegetables should be packed
in as closely as they will permit. In heat
ing the jars, pieces of wood should be laid
at the bottom of the boiler to keep them
off the hot surface, and as soon as the fruit
is sufficiently heated or cooked they should
be sealed or soldered and set away. Be
fore setting them away, be sure that they
are perfectly alright. The least air will
spoil the fruit
A good general rule in canning fruit
is to use one pound of sugar with foul
pounds of fruit, and enough water to KEEP
it from burning. Tin cans should be
soldered, or sealed with sealing wax OF
cement made of equal parts of rosin, bees
wax and tallow. Sealing wax is best fol
such cans as have grooved rims.
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Celebrating.

IT is by no means an uncommon prac-
tice with persons in the country, who wish
to break horse to harness, ito put him
into strong cart, and then he can't do
any harm; perhaps he may not, but the
chance is, that, by this mode of commenc-
ing his harness education, he will do no
good. This may be breaking; it is not
teaching. The horse is not accustomed by
nature to propel anything with his shout
ders the act is therefore unusual to him !;
his natural act would be to recoil from it
if he could. Of course, therefore, the
heavier the weight he feels against him is,
the more disposed he is to recoil from it.
A good and welltrained cart-horse will
pull twenty times running at an immova-
BILE object, for this reason: he has been &C
customed to find that by increased exer-
ton he has generally succeeded in moving
an object to which he has been attached !;
he therefore always expects to be able to
do this, consequently will try to do so but
the novice in harness, if he feels a great
weight behind, will most probably do
everything but what he ought to do, which
is, to resolutely set his shoulders to the
collar. The fact is, in this as in all cases
with horses, they should never, if possible,
be put to do that which it is likely they
will refuse to do. 1t is quite natural a
horse should at first refuse to face collar
with 500 lbs. pressing against him-none
would refuse to do so with lbs. The SOC
lbs, therefore, should never be tried till
we know he will draw the lbs, and then
increase the draft by degrees. Neglecting
to do this is one of the great causes thai
produces jibbing, which is the almost GER
tain result Ofinjudicious treatment-Prai
RTE Turner
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A CORRESPONDENT of the London Nd
answers an inquiry whether 1t is q safe
practice to wash sweated horses in cold
water. He says he has adopted it, and
with beneficial results, both in summer and
winter. After washing, the animal should
be rubbed dry, as far as practicable, and
the legs especially. Should the hair on
them be too long to admit of this BENG
sufficiently done, flannel bandages should
be put on, and wooden rug thrown loose
ly over, but without the roller. In the
course of an hour the horse will be tolera-
bly, dry, and should have another rub
down, and be clothed in the ordinary man.
ner. If horses were treated in more "a
tional manner than is often the case, with
pure air and scrupulous cleanliness disease
would be far less common.
What is more refreshing to man after a
hard days shooting, or rather luxurious
exercise, than warm or cold bath? And
/ believe it to be equally so to the horse
To the tired hunter, warm foot bath and
fermentation, if the animal is sufficiently
quiet, is most refreshing. With gentle
treatment, most horses can be used to al
most anything. Some years ago, / visited
the royal stables at Buckingham Palace
There, as was informed-and at the time
myself witnessed the operation-every
horse, summer and winter, was washed
from head to foot with cold water, after re-
turning from work, no matter whether il
had been out one hour or six. A regular
bath house, cold water and plenty of it
twomep after the ablution, scraping, scrub
bling, etc; kind of web cloth was thrown
over to admit the evaporation, and the
horse was afterward rubbed down AND
clothed as usual in the course of an houl
or two. We cannot all have such apDli
ances, but still consider the plan rationa
and conducive to the health Of the horse
if only ordinary care is taken.
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Items Of Agricultural Experience.

1. ALL soils are benefited by being I'M
derdrained, but the benefit is more ap-
parent and lasting in those of clayey ma
ture, or having a subsoil retentive OF
moisture.
2. After drainage, subsoiling and good
cultivation are necessary to ensure good
crops on heavy soils.
3. Lime is the best manure to supply
strong clay soils. 1t renders them more
perviOus to light and heat, and also cor
reefs their acidity, by combining with some
of thu chemical salts in the soil, making
plant ND of poison.
4. Summer following is the most efficient
and profitable means of preparing strong
soils for wheat, and of beginning rota-
ton, after grass has been grown for a
length of time.
5. Green crops plowed under, when in
the most succulent state, are powerful aux
iliaries in rendering light soil fertile, but
if this is done too often successfully, the
soil becomes overcharged with carbona-
ceOus matter.
6. Leached ashes applied in large guam
titles to sandy soils, or those containing
too much vegetable humus, will greatly
ameliorate their condition, and render
them more compact.
Z. There is no soil so poor or sterile but
some mode may be found of ameliorating
and enriching it.
8. Blowing sands may be gradually
made productive by spreading six inches
thick of straw over them, to remain till
rotted. Then seed thickly with clover on
the surface, without blowing, and when
the clover has taken hold and becomes es-
tablished, pasture sheep upon the land fol
two or three years preparatory to manur.
ing and cultivating it.
8. Two successive grain crops on the
same land leave it very foul.
10. Summer following ameliorates soil
and if properly done gets rid of most Of
the weeds and noxious plants infesting it
-GlnltlI FdrDler
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The Oldest City in the World.

DAMASCUS is the oldest city in the world.
Tyre and SIdon have crumbled on the
shore; Baalbec is ruin; Palmyra is
buried in desert; Nineveh and Babylon
have disappeared from the Tigris and
Euphrates. Damascus remains what it
was before the days of Abraham-ac center
of trade and travel-an island of verdure
in the desert-"a presidential capital, I"
with martial and sacred associations ex-
tending through thirty centuries 1t was
near Damascus that Saul of Tarsus saw
the light above the brightness Of the sun
the street which is called Strait, in which
it was said "he prayed" still runs through
the city. The caravan comes and goes as
it did thousand years ago there is still
the sheik, the ass and the water wheel
the merchants of the Euprates and the
Mediterranean still occupy these with
the multitude of their wares" The city
which Mahomet surveyed from a neigh
boring height, and was afraid to enter "be-
cause it was given to man to have but one
paradise, and for his part, he was resolved
not to have it in this world" is to-day
what Julian called the "eye of the East," "
as it was IN the time of Isaiah "the head
of Syria"
From Damascus came the damson, our
blue plums, and the delicious apricot OF
Portugal, called damasco, damask, our
beautiful fabric of cotton and silk, with
vines and flowers raised upon a smooth,
bright ground; the damask rose, intro
duced into England in the time of Henry
VIII, the Damascus blade, so famous the
world over for its keen edge and wonder
full elasticity, the secret of whose manu-
facture was lost when Tamerlane carried
off the artist into Persia and that beauti-
full art of inlaying wood and steel with sill.
yer and gold, kind of mosaic engraving
and sculptural united-called damaskening
with which boxes, bureaus, swords and
guns are ornamented. 1t is still city OF
| flowers and bright waters the streams OF
Lebanon and the /" silk of gold" still muir.
muir and sparkle in the wilderness of the
| Syrian gardens
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q. s. Revenue Stamps, and How to Use
Them.

THOUGH we have for some time been
living under the rule of stamps, the ques-
ton is one of everyday asking: "How
much of stamp does this require?" The
following embraces the most general use
of stamps as applied to manufacturers and
particular classes of business that pay a
special tax:
All notes and evidences of debt, five
cents on each 800; if under 500, five
cents; if over 800, five cents on each 800
or part thereof All receipts for any
amount, without limit, over $40, two cents;
if under $40, nothing Checks of any
amount, two cents. All deeds and deeds
of trust, fifty cents on each $500 in value
of the property conveyed or the amount
secured; when a deed of trust is fully
stamped the note secured need not be but
they should be Endorsed to show the reason
why. Mortgage bonds need not be
stamped if stamps are affixed to the mort
gage. All the appraisements, estates, or
estrays, five cents on each piece of paper.
Affidavits of every description are exempt
from stamp duty. Acknowledgements to
deeds, ETC., are also exempt. Contracts
and agreements, five cents fer each sheet
or piece of paper, except for rents or when
for rent, fifty cents for each $500 of rent
or less; if over $500, fifty cents for each
additional 5000, or fractional part thereof
in excess of $500. Any person interested
can af1x and cancel stamps.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-17
A Plotting Parrot.

In my youth knew farmhouse of the
good old-fashioned form. You entered by
the front door in the centre, with window
on each side lighting narrow passage
which led on the right to the kitchen and
offices, on the left to the sitting parlor,
where a parrot was enthroned. Polly's
best and most entertaining exploit was to
get up scene drGnadtique-a curious thing
in itself to witness-three animals set in
action of their own accord and without a
shadow of human instigation, and thus it
would happen. Puss from the kitchen
would be stealing along the passage to the
parlor, much to the discomposureOf pretty
Poll, who, taking the alarm, whistled, and
called, Rover, Roverl" with piercing
voice. Honest Rover was not averse to
obey the call, and fastened TO the spot.
Hist, cat hist, catI" set him at once to
the pursuit, and terrible hurry-scurry and
clatter along the narrow passage epsued.
The finale was an uproarious laugh from
the delighted Polly, subsiding into Good
Rover, good dogI" and the farce concluded
-Leisure Hours.
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THE question is frequently asked
"What kind of grain is best for fattening
sheep?" / answer, for me, corn is the
best for the main feed, although like a
few oats mixed to start with, and have no
objections to beans, peas and oIl-meal, if
they don't cost too much. Whenever they
cost as much or more than corn, dis
pense with them, as a sheep feeder must
count his cost as well as his reputation if
he intends to succeed.
Another question arises: "DO you find
whole or gound feed best ?" For horses,
cattle and pigs, | prefer ground feed, but
for sheep, especially fattening sheep, l
choose whole or unground feed. find
that the sheep will grind it Just as well as
the mill to which we must give every
tenth bushel, besides having the trouble OF
hauling the grain to and from it. also
find that fat sheep will hold up to their full
feed much better, especially IN soft
weather, on whole than on ground feed
consequently drawing grain to and from
the mill, and paying toll, is, in my estima-
ton, labor and money lost
1t is asked, "What kind of hay is best
for sheep?" EmphaticaIly / say clover
but it should be cut early, and cured nice
and green. Timothy is probably best for
horses, but for cattle and sheep prefer
clover, and would rather have a ton OF
nice green fine clover than ton of timo-
thy, although in market one ton of tiIao-
thy will bring as much as two of clover.
have sometimes fed some timothy hay
to my sheep, but always found that
it was not the kind for them; they
would grow lank and thin upon it-not
a very good sign that fattening animal is
thriving well As soon as they got the
clover again they would plump up and
look full and nice, and can assure you
unless your sheep look full and plump, they
are not fattening very fast.
Is straw good for feeding sheep? One
feed at noon ofnice bright oat, barley or pea
straw, l prefer to hay, as they not only
relish it, but it is change for them. Sheep
are very fond of variety, and will eat
daisies, weeds, thistles or almost anything
of the kind that is cut and cured green
Nice green corn-stalks are not very bad
for sheep, and when have plenty of them
I always feed the sheep with them at least
once a day, and consider them as good az
hay. prefer, however, feeding them the
fore part of the winter, as towards spring
they will sometimes contract dampness
and then the sheep do not eat them az
well.
With regard to the value of roots fol
feeding, my experience is that whenever
they are worth more than seventy-fiyt
cents per barrel, and corn not over from
one dollar to one dollar and twenty five
cents per bushel, the corn is the cheapest
and L would use only a few roots as sub
stitute for green food. / consider carrots
and ruta bagas better than common
turnips; still by feeding a little more O
the latter than the former, / think the
sheep do just as well on them.-M r Agi
cultural Report.
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Relics of Ancient Civilization in the
Heart Of Africa.

A WRITER in the Natal Mercury says,
when treating of the ruins of Simbaoe:
A days march from Andowa, between
two hills, at the end of vast and fertile
valley, are the ruins of AXum. To this
incredible flights of stone steps conduct
the traveller up tG the SUBMITS of the hills,
in one of which are found deep grottoes
and vast halls, cut out Of the rock and Or
namented with columns. There, according
TO the traditions of the country, is the
tomb of the Queen Of Saba. The adjoin-
ing valley, shaded by majestic trees, is
filled by the remains of the city, consisting
of huge blocks of stone. Very little of
the debris reveal their former purpose
There may, however, be distinguished two
groups of fourteen or fifteen obelisks,
thrown down. Seven of them are covered
with ornaments, and are not less than
thirty-six feet in length. These master
pieces of ancient architecture reveal to us
the fact of an ancient civilization in the
heart of Africa, which has disappeared
again thousands of years since. Neibuhr
tells us of mighty Abyssinian empire
existing here, mentioning in particular
Saba, and says it was so power
full that even the Roman and
Partheian strength could not pre-
vail against it. This last statement was
taken from Greek inscription found
among the ruins engraved in stone. On
the reverse side is another engraving, in
some ancient language, which has not yet
been deciphered. The savage tribes guard
these ruins with jealous care. No living
animal is allowed to be killed in them, no
tree permitted to be destroyed, everything
connected with them being held sacred,
as belonging either to good or evil power.
A missionary who penetrated within a
short distance of the ruins, writes: "In
this country were also found some very
old guns, in hole in the mountain. We
got one of the locks of these guns, and
found it to have wheel outside, with
cogs or teeth; and tradition exists that
they came from these ruins. The Basutos
often tell us, when asked If they acknOwl-
edge God, about the big stones in the
Banyai, where all created things are to be
seen, even sphinxes, pyramidal- shaped
buildings and catacOmbs."