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$500 Reward !
A NEW TAILOR SHOP.

9pIIE undersigned informs the public
< tina, he has opened Shop one door
east Of David Brllmye,'s Store where all
kinds of TAILORING will be done
to order aud in tie best manner. PATtlc-
LlII attention given to
Securing Cleaning and Repairing
al kinds Of Gentlemen and Ladifs' wear.
lie is prepared 10 take grease. paint or
OIL gu, of any kind Of garment. and make
them appear as good as new. Cutting
done to order. He earnestly solicus a
share OF public patronage.
N. B.-ue also keeps on hand the
Fluid for extracting grease, Tor sale by the
bottle. I. a. kEfSEK.
Shepherdslown, December #
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&C. IL. NJ. Billings would inform his
customers, and the public generally, that
I've la. lust received nice lot Of Rdis'ns,
Cilron. Currsnis. &C.. which he will sell
cheaper than they can be purchased else
where Oh 4!
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CHEAP SIDE IN THE FIELD |!
New Goods, New Goods,

CHEHP JSIDE NJ. L. y
We have just returned from the
AH Eastern marketwith a new and com
IN plete STOCK OF GOODS, and are
IA offering them as in days of yore, at
the lowest possible price. Our stock
is Of every variety, usually kept in country
house. We therefore ask all who are in want
of something in our line to give US call. We
consider it a pleasure as well as a duty 10 ex-
hibit our wares, and make no charge for doing
so. We are now SELLING FOR CASH, so
come along with your Greenbacks or their
equivalent, anc we can satisfy you that our
statement is correct. Determined not 10 be
undersold by any, neither Jew or Gentle, We
have gone to work with a WILL and will do all
GOOD who may favor US with CALL
We here take occasion to return our hearty
thanks for past fayors, earnestly soliciting
share of patronage from the citizens of Duff
fields and vicinity. We can always be found
on hand. Respectfully.
A. LINK j. CO.
Dufields, Nov. G, 1869. If
Spirit copy,
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SOMETHING in the Star for Everybody.
- Star in the West, 1870. An SPACE Uniyer.
saIist family weekly, giving current secular
news. Edited by Rev. DR.. Williamson e. J. s..
Cantwell 81 so per year in advance. Pre-
mium to new subscribers. Send for specimen.
Address Williamson d Csn.WelI, Cincinnati,
Ohio.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1869-12-11
THE NEW
FAMILY SEWING MACHINE.

294 Bowery. EMPIRE. 2sl DoWery.
The extraordinary success of their new and
improved manufacturing Machines for light or
heavy work, has induced the
Empire Sewing Machine Co.
TO manufacture New Family Machine Of the
same style and construction, with additional Or
namentation, max ing 1t equal in beauty and
finish with other Family Machines, whereas in
usefulness it far
OUTSKIRTS ALL COMPETITORS.
The price of this now owledged necessa.
~ article comes within reach Of every class and
the Company is prepares to offer the most lib.
eral inducements to buyers, dealers and agents.
Every Machine warranted. Apply for circulars
and samples 10
EMPIRE SEWING MACH Ne CO.,
No. 294 Bowery, New York.
net % 3m
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gRER3OMEN OF NEW YORK

COUNTERS GUIDE!"-The REAL "orig.
IL inal." 22,ON0 sold. Tells how 10 hunt.
trap end catch ALL snimsls from mink TO bear.
$40 tanning secrets. "a pages, we'll bound.
Every boy needs it. 1t viii pay. Money re-
funded if not satisfied. Only IS cents, post
paid Address Hunter g. Co., Publishers, Hins-
dale, N. II.
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For Sale.
NOTICE i!

OY an order OF tie Board Of Drec tors OF
~ the j, ifeIson Savings Bsnk, the books
will be open from the 18th OF December,
1863, to the Isl day oil January. 1870,
for the subscription OF an sddirionsl stock,
The amounts subscribed 10 be paid in foil
on or before the Isl day of January 1870.
..rss.- b. F. HARRISON.
dec At ..- .-...--. Treasurer.
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SALE NOTES DUE.

pHE sale notes given tiny .ale will
K fall doe on the 22ud Of December,
next, Prompt payment is expected or
interest will be charged from day OF sale.
~ EDW ARD S. ROUSE.
November 81, 1869. .J 3w
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Common Sense +! =!

WANTED-AGENTS. s250 per month
TO sell the only Genuine Improved Common
Sense Family Sewing Machine. Pric, only
Sls. Great inducements 10 Agents. This is
the most popular Sewing Machine Of the day
makes The famous az 'aSFe Lock S,iieh"-will
do any kind OF work that can be done on any
Machine-lC0 900 sold and The demand con-
Stsntly iUcressing. Now is she lime 70 take on
Agency. Send for circulars. Beware Of 10
fringers. Address sseomb q Co. Boston,
Macs, Pittsburgh, Pa, or ST. Louis, Mo.
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TWO MONTHS
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The Most Popular Juvenile Magazine IN
America.
NOTHING SECTIONAL :!
NOTHING SECTRRI7N
T II u
Little Corporal.


Entirely Original and First-ClaH.
All new subscribers for The Little Corporal
for the new year, whose names and money are
sent in before the last OF November, will re-.
ceive tie November and December Nos. Of 1863
FREE.
The Little Corporal mas a larger circulation
than any other Juvenile Magazine in the world
and is better wo tn the prize than any other
magazine published.
Because of its immense circulation. we are
enabled to furnish it at the low price Of One
Dollar year; Single number l2 cents; or free
to any one who will try to raise club. Beau
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Back numbers can always he sent. Address
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Illinois.
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New STORE AND New Stock
OF
Fall and Winter Goods.
- The undersigned has the pleas
IN ure Of informing the public that
@<> he has opened an entire NEW
STOCK OF GOODS for the Fall
and Winter Trade, and for extent 10 variety,
superiority Of quality and cheapness in price,
will bear comparison with any offered in the
county. Among the Stock on hand, have
LADIES DRESS GOODS OF EVERY
VARIETY,
HATS AND CAPS,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
Queensware, Chnaware, Woodenware, and
LARGE STOCK Of GROCERIES
of every description, in fact every thing kept
in GISt class Store.
rs My Goods are entirely new and offered
at the lowest prices, and l solicit an examine
ton by all. Terms Cash or Country Produce.
VIM. A. CHAPLINE.
Shepherdslown, Oct. 80, 1863. If
ONLY 81 40 for the best Cd Lindsey,
" made al Porier's Factory. Don'l for.
get The price, only 81 40, at
, oct 90 Q Rickard & HeIhans'.
DAPER Collars and Cuffs, at t9@-
/ oct23 Richard 6. WelshanS.
ONLY 81 90 per ID for The best yarn in
" the county. al
oct23 Richard g. WelshanS.
MILLINERY.-We have just received
Il our stock Of Fall and Winter Mill.
ne,y. comprising all tho novelties of the
season. Call and examine them. as We
are sure the goods and prices will please.
oct23 Richard 6. Welshans.
4 FULL. line Of Linen, Cambria, and
II Hem.siitcbed Hsndkerchiefs. Also
Collars and Cuffs, al
oct 90 Richard g. Heishans'.
SWEET Quinine and sapuid or Puri-
- fed Opium, for sale al
juIy,I7 Billings Drug Store.
A COMPLETE sssortnen. Of French
Il Paper and Envelopes just received, at
9oct2 Billings Drug Store.
ZINE Teas, Green and Black, also Ba.
i ker's best Chocolate, al
,-.'f.91..i DR.. Magrudsr'S
mays Drug Store.
HND ARMY WAGONS. for sale by
WV Raou f. Pendieton.
SECOND SUPPLY of New Goods
y just received at the Store Of
no, 10 lillian a. Chaphns
IlALVANIZED and Japan coal Hods,
" for sale by Jas. Lar. Hoof,
oct l6 Charlestown.
pTAFFORD's Olive Tar for Coughs.
- Colds, &C., for sale, al
oe'2 Billings Drug Store.
SWEEPS TAKE Threshing Machine,
- warranted to clean grain fnr market
faster and better than any machine in the
Unied Staies-fve sold this sesson-for
sale by James L1w Hoof,
aug % CharlssIoWD.
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"STAR sPANGLED BANNER."-It still
y waves, better than ever. Rich, Rsre. Rs.
cy. Ledger size 30 columns VIII, Humor,
Fun Hu nbugs exposed. EIegani g steel
plate "EvsDgeIne' gratis TO every subscriber.
Only IS cents for Hhols year-Sleel pls,s
icee. Specimens cis. address Banner, Hlns.
dale, y. H. -. u.
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S wee, iMsfgery. Co.
ID riander, and all kinds Of Spices, for
sse at O.. Billings Drug Store.
TAILS Balsam for The Lungs, ScovilPs
IL Blood and Liver syrup, Rogers. Sy-
rup OF Liverwor, and Tar, BENEFITS
Bronchial Tablets, and many other STAN
dard medicines just received and for sale
at Billings Drug Store.
DEMENT'S "Sure Death" to rats for
% sale a, Billings Drug Store.
III ANTED-A small 10. OF Feathers,
III for which The highest market price
will be given. ...r.
nov 20 Richard y Welshans.
A FINE 10, Of Queensware just receiv-
II ed. al HE Store Of
nov 81 Uilliam A. Chapline.
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Z Keedy's.
NUM CLOTH. al
Uusyl Richard {. Helshans'.
r lamps and Lamp Chimneys, Coal Oil,
1 Brushes of all kinds, Halo Lamp Shades,
Tooth and Nail Brushes, Pipes and Tobacco,
Fancy Articles in great variety, for sale at
DR.. MAGRUDER'S New Drug Store.
rzINGARI Bitters; Omnibus, Glycerine and
II Bath Soaps; Paper and Envelopes; Steel
Pens. French Note Paper Of all styles; for sale
at DIR. MAGRUDER'S New Drug Store.
GOAL Oil Lamps, all sizes and styles.
u Comet Burners three sizes. Lamp
Chimueys and wicks, for sale at
oc, 81 Riiiins:' Drug &srs
UINGARI Bii!ers, al
q nov 81 Billings Drug Store.
NINE article Of Honey Soap, only 10
cts a cake. a, Billings Drug Store.
LARGE stock Of Pocket Knives, just
Ii received direct from the mandatory
a, Billings Drug Store.
2,M SA'' Knott s 10 p end sy
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ATERnipLr FlsE.-Afe'!ful item Of

,ITs,p,., r F1Rs.-A fearful item OF
~ rom the Russian press is the burn
100 Of The own Of Jehise1sR' Eastern o.
bcT;,. on the s,h Of September. The IRE
o,;r;r,,sdsna tud, moor, which bad been
spouldering for some years, aud during
vioIen, storm burst out into a sea of
flames. which seized the nearest house
sbout n o'clock 10 the forenoon, thence
spreading over the whole city. "A. 8
O'Clock in the evening 1900 houses.
(moshy wooden, but ,hir,y.6ve of gres,
size,) six churches, two cloisters, all the
stores, and an immense amoun, of grain,
about two millions pounds, were destroy.
ed. The rapidity with which the flames
spread prevented the people in nearly eV-
cry case from preserving their. goods:
OveI one hundred corp'es were found
chaIred in the streets, and as many more
are said 10 have been drowned IN The wa
ler. Many Of the inhsbitsn,s fled to me
vessels in the harbor, but these, TOO, were
caught I'D in the flames. The city IS now
Jesolste, and lis former residents are
sirewn around IN the neighborlng villages
and the various cities Of The government.
n[ DsNTlsE beauties the teeth, bar
dens the ou,ps, arrests decay, cures can
ker IN the monlh. acls as detergent
after smoking. neuraizes the offensive
recre,ions of the mouth, and imPsris to
the breath fragrance. Price % cents.
Prepared and sold by Henry NJ. Billings,
Druggist, Shepherdsiown.
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40 Secrets Free Clark & Co.. NeO
ark, ". j. Oct9-3m
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Commissioners Sale
OF
h VALUABLE PROPERTY
BOLIVAR !
THAT LARGE
STONE HOUSE

WITH TIE LOT and other improve
menis. belonging to the same. a, present
occupied by n. y. Allison, and kept as
Ho.el; this property is very valuable.
Also another
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Universality.

There is nothing so common,
nor yet anything that has met
with greater structure, than the
tendency to learn something of
many subjects rather than to be-
come thoroughly versed in one. =
This is said to be more especially
an American Characteristic; and
it is not without interest to con.
slider whether it be better than
the old time system that circum
scribed effort and attainment with
i'll the narrow boundaries OF a
speciality. On the one hand, a
thorough and exhaustive knowl-
edge OF given topic must neces-
Sarily include much that is of no
practical worth. On the other.
universally, or variety in the ac-
quirement of information, though
frequently leaving much unlearn-
ed, gives fexibility and adapta,
bility which often serve to suit
the individual to his surroundings,
and to fit him to the unrest and
enterprise characteristic of a
young and growing country like
our own. More than this, it leads
directly to a breadth of intellect
which finds its fullest play in the
adaptation Of means to ends un,
der new conditions. as is the case
iu almost every department Of
American industry.
The doctrine that the shoema
ker must stick to his last went
unchallenged in the comparative
ly barbarous times of two hundred
years ago, and has its living illus
tratiOn in the slow-moving inhab
itants of China at this day; bu
its falIacy is shown not only by
the general drift of business anC
professional life in this and othe
enlightened lands, but by tn
biography of almost every maj
whose efforts have made th
world wiser or better or stronger
witness, among inventors, Frank
lin the printer, who ''drew th
lightning from the Clouds" Wat
the mathematical-instrument ma
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into cotton yarns, numbering from
twenty to forty, does not require
a better operative than the plan
tations and the pine woods of the
cotton belt can turn out in abuu-
dance.
A spinning house fully equip
ped with every wheel aud spindle
required for converting annual y
a thousand bales into yarn, with
comfortable cabins for spinners,
can be put up for fifty thousand
dollars. The net profits Of such
a mill may be about twenty thou
sand dollars Il year. Think of
the immense increase of wealth
and power to community to be
gained BY supplying such empire
as the British with and article of
prime necessity and pocketing
twenty dollars a bale gain over
and above the profit of growing
the cotton! The South thinks
she needs more agricultural la
borers, more Africans or more
ASiactics. That is her error. She
needs more of the defendants of
Sapheth, not Normons with hefedi.
tary pride of blood and of acres,
but the patient, skillful, industri.
GUS artisan, the artifcer in brass
and copper, the man who thinks
III iron. Upon this class depends
the worldwide vigor and grasp OF
the British Empire-this class it
was that gave the North her vic.
tory. The South does not lack
the foresight and the thrifty to see
that her future power and an un.
challenged equality in national
affairs depend not on a plow-beam
but on a cog wheel.-[N. Y Tri.
bune.
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A. II. LEONARD.
N"estt s. Leonard.

A TTORNEYS AT LAW, Milan Street,
"A Shreveport, La. Will practice in the
Courts of Caddo, Bossier, Claiborne and
benvllle. v7n40
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When a maiden gets married
she ends a miss spent Life.
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"The wages OF sin is DEATH"
and some of our public men had
better be paid off.
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Smile Drinking Saloon

THE undersigned informs his friends that
! h.. 'gill furnish them with the best of
Liquors at the above name Soloon, which
na has just opened for the accommodation
ofthe public.
Also kept constantly on hand an assert
ment OF Nick-nacks, Family Groceries, &c.
q Terms-Cash
JOHN H. LOTION, Proprietor.
believue. La v7n40ly*
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R. r. FOrf.

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Bellevue, Bossier
IA parish, La. y6nI6
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"The blessed man that preach.
ed for US last Sunday" said Mrs.
Partington, "served the Lord for
thirty years-frst as d circus.ri.
der, then as a locust preacher,
and last as an exhauster.7 Haa
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#. NJ. Fort.

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Bellevue, Bossier
"A Parish, La
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Fashionable Drinking Saloon
BelIerue, La.

NnepS prietor respectfully announces TO
= bis friends and patrons, his Saloon, as
oerstCtore, will be kept constantly supplied
watn the very be st brands Of choice LIQUORS,
&C IN tact, everything usually found in a
hrst class drinking Saloon. - -
Ny terms are positively cash.
S0@" JOHN C. HEAD.
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ker, who studied the composition
of water and made practically
available the power steam; For.
syth, the clergyman, who first ap-
piled Eliminates in the use of fire.
arms; Cartwright, also a clergy
man, who invented the earliest
power loom; Cort, the jeweler,
who devised the process of pud-
ding iron; and Morse, the painter,
to whom the honor OF the tele-
graph is due. Each of these help
ed humankind a step forward, and
won immortality for himself, by a
reaching out after knowledge, an
exploring of fields far away from
those he was used to till, which,
with longer life or better opportu
mites, would have led him in like
manner to search into the myste,
ries of every branch OF knowl
edge.
Universally, or any approach
to it, is not to be lightly valued,
nor is it to be lightly won. 1t is
the mark of broader intellect, of
greater patience, of loftier aspira-
tions, and more earnest labor, than
any excellenc that mediocrity can
attain, even when concentrated
upon a single object, and, as well,
secures to the individual greater
opportunities for usefulness and
brighter rewards for effort. In
our age, the development of the
sciences and the growth of the
arts has proved that no subject
can be thoroughly studied without
a knowledge of others, and these
others are often very different
To study in this manner is only
to acquire information of many
things, and this is simply an ap-
Proclamation to uniyersallry. Oi
this there is no more notable illus
tration than that afforded in the
life Of Alexander Won Humboldt,
who studied and wrote concern.
ing all that fell beneath his ken,
as helping to make up the mighty
cosmos in which we live; and
that which made his colossal
greatness will help forward more
or less, according to the nature
of the man, any one who strives
tor excellence in the same way. II
this, however, there is one secre
that underlieS all success, an(
that is the thorough appreciation
OF first principles in each OF thu
great departments Of study a:
, they are taken; for instance, il
the investigation of natural sci
ences, the thorough mastering o
a knowledge of those mighty nat
: ural laws which control all tht
manifestations OF matter, instead
of a striving to find out all th'
, minutiR of the manifestation
themselves. This done, and th'
, task is never light, the worl
: grows easier. SO that success i
5 often gained by this means a
slighter cost than failure in othe
2 cases. Yet there are not wantin.
: those who, instead of raveling tn
g tangled skein Of research by con
t mencing at the beginning Of tn
string, insist on pulling at som
J.. tag-end, with the inevitable lesu
Of a snarled and prodtlesss kno
). i american Artisan.
u The contennil anniversary
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Spindles for the South.

year represent widespread and
genuine congratulation over we'll
based prosperity in the South
When the present crop is moved,
and the planter receives a balance
sheet from his merchant, he may
feel himself a rich man. His crop
has rarely sold higher, and the
early part of the season was so
favorable that he has less grain
to buy, less pork and cloth and
leather, than ever before. He
may need more mules; many will
indulge in a handsome pair of
carriage horses; but after all rea-
sOnable outlays there will be a
great deal of surplus money in
the South. Will not our brethren
of the cotton belt listen to us
while we urge them to invest
that surplus, not in gay horses or
a new saddle, or brocade silks,
but in spindIes?
A fresh and brilliant career of
greatness is opened to the South
if she can but see her true and
lasting interest. To buy land
and laborers has been her tradi,
tional policy, her hereditary pas
sion. Laborers she cannot now
purchase; of land she has too
much for the wisest tillage. Her
territory is so pierced with navi-
gable streams that the call for
more railroads is not imperative.
The most sagaciOus Of her public
men are duly alive to the impor-
tance of establishing manufac-
lures, but all are not informed as
to what manufactures are just
now the best for the South. This
we propose to consider. No part
of the earth'S surface can compete
with our cotton belt in the ease
and certainty with which cottons
of long, fine, even staple can be
raised. This grand adyantag ge
springs from our peculiar climate
and this is determined by geo
graphical facts.
Other regions, as India, Egypt,
Brazil and African coast, can sup
ply to the clamorous looms OF
Lancashire sufficient cotton for
lower grades of cloth, and for the
cooser yarns used in filling. But
for the long, fine threads required
in the muslins, lawns, fine prints
and highest grades of shirtings,
American thread cannot he re-
placed. Cotton thread, fine, strong
and even, is the precise article
which England most needs from
us, and she must continue to re
quire it as long as she has that
immense surplus population be
seeching work that they may live
requiring additional looms to keeT
them from the poor loaf and thir
soup Of pauperism. These cottor
yarns can be spun at the South a
less cost, with less waste, by al
cheap labor, fed by as cheap food
as in any part of the world
There are immense pine forests II
supply fuel, the weather is S,
mild that spinning houses woult
y consume but a tritle for heat, AM
spinning can be done by tha
large class of half hands, til
cripple the old and young, thos
feeble in body and debased il
, spirit, with whom the Sout
ahounds. For manufactures {
the highest class, arts which II
;, quire vigilance and skill, ii traine
eye and nice touch at every stag
!, !, of an operation, the South doe
MT ynuy 4o~uiSh a full cuDvI,. ,
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II. B. WcNHkiaaS.

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Minden, La. Will
"A practice in the 10th and 18th District
Courts. Prompt attention given to all legal
business entrusted to his care v7n23