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The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1869-02-10
The Financial Situation.


mcnt OF receipts, estimates, e%pcndi-
lures, and other matters bearing upon
the financial condition Of the Govern
aren't, has been compiled from official
data, and furnished to the House Com
mi,trc on appropriations, by Hon. Da-
vid A. Wells. Special Commissioner of
the Revenue. and will be found Of in
tcrrst and value:
pctic!rncy called for In Nov lSGI s3t@i.0l3 90
IaS.. %%,3Li..i! "
December, lSi1-Thr Secretary ufthc
Treasury estimated lii" uplrnpf-
I,"rS iu"n =, 'Is Pa 1', ~, ,Uo, $50 "
D,rcmbrr laS-lln states that the
expenditures ts; tEr HISt quarter
ARE Slui,!J!.Oi0, Dlrl estimates tlrs
amount nc,tlcd for the r"nninlnY
thrco-Q llarlcrs OF the year at sTli-
% %;cr<, il;,, nImi E.tlcI"ncics, Of GG, 60 ~
rvprxnlrrrEs FOR lSGS-T9.
denominations actually made T.. SllO,7|,U7O Ii
iS.!i'Hnr.i 'si'oi'' a,iGo,UOJ VI
interest accUuHt o.. ''' '-.'n'.'V', ", =.
Purchase niu:Iry for .\li>ka ........ ''5u'W " "
U..I!r!racle> asked Tor 90. go. .i,'t',''i W
l'arXpSiI,!,'i balances OF previous
appropriations, estimated ~ Ec. 49,, 10, -
Tu:a! expenditures for fiscal Year >iS9,U'G,!si =
REVENUES FoH lSGS-G9.
Actual RECEIPTS for first quarter H'.S.,>S a.
Estimate OF Secretary ul Treasury .
10: rc:IIain:u. ilIrcr-puart"GS.. :P."f,W" "
r,.., hv S,,.rc,,ry.> estimate s.il, ,.H4.S,> -
Special commissioners rStlill:l" "f"D'" "
EXPENDITURES FOR lSC9- 10.
Approximations asked for -..... .c!'>,uii,"iI
Ib,.,.I a
al estimated 800. ''c w., E,'os y, ~
Interest accouHt .. -. s.... I-"''''"'''' W
UncXprn,ird hI!Hurr< of previous
appropriations, estimated ~ Ir- ,,, ana, Il.
Qutlcu .....,..'. "'h'"'''- -
Htal ............ ................ s.ar'ikJ"1 "
These figures give AL that is asked
for, and there is reason TO believe that
the Committccc Oh Appropriations
will reduce the amount given to n
least $29pON.00O.
REVENUE FOR lSti9-IO.
Srcrsary Of Treasury estimates .Siei.fh.'nl q
Siwciai tuuriI>>iOLc! .....'.'.. "'"'''''D "
The following figures give tic ,ota
expenditures OF the Government ioI
the last three ii>ral years, with the e>'
innate, OF the Secretary Of the Treas
urv for the present and next iISca
years:
ls:-:; ........... ..... -....... .... SIhhi'"n
lN.ir .... .,.... -.. ... g.. ''.'""'hb "
l>n;-S .... ..... o.. .. ,....... az .'iu'h" U
IN.-p estimated .... ,lhIUH.NU u
ISr-;., estimated ID, .... 90. ...... 3E;i1j,nU
II should be said iha. Si3.iN,3OO "l
the expenditures for l>hi-S WAS i"'
bUuutlcS.
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1869-02-10

THE Blue Book Of France, recently
published, places the strength Of the
army ut 494,0W men.
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1869-02-10

:. A WAGNER, passing . sba0, waa
asked what hc had In his wagon, lie:
replied: 800 80 :. q. ' 4.
-" "Three.fourths OF cross. and q :eircle eolns.
% An upright where two semi- circles do n,cet,.
rectanKle triangle Standing on fest&y,
Two aemI.cirrIes and = circle complete"
Three. .fourthI ofa cross 10 q T % Or
Gle 10 An O.; an upright whceo two
semi-circles meet is q b; . triangle
standing on feet iS an. A; two semi.
circles are CC;. md circlc is O..
Tobacco Is what was In the wagon.
The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1869-02-10

Years came and went. The little
chestnut girl passed as entirely out oI
RALPH Moorc'> mIcnory rs If her plead.
in. eyes had never touched the soft
spot in his heart: but Mary Lee never
forgot the stranger who had given her
the silver piece.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-01-29

I'd Be q Farmers Wife.

I am wild and laughing girl, just turned Of sweet
seventeen,
As full Of mischief and Of fun as ever you have
seen,
And whom am q woman grown, no city beau for
me; ("
# over marry in my life, farmers wife I'll be-.
l love country life l love the joyous breeze;
I love to hcar tho singing birds among tho lofty
trees;
Tho lowing herds, tho blcating nooks, make sweet
music for me;
IF ever marry in my lfe a farmers wife I'll DC.
1lovc to SEQ tho ohckcns skip, love to milk the
COWS,
love to hear tho frrmcr's boys whistling at the
pows;
And fields, Of corn and waving grain arc pleasant
sights to mo-
If over marry in my life farmers wife I'll be-
Let other girls, who love it best, cnjoythc gloomy
town,
Mid lusky walls and dusky streets to ramble up
and downs
But nowcry banks, and shady woods and sunny
skics for mc
IF ever marry i'll my life, farmers wife I'll be-.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-01-29
PRIVATE DISEASES.
Dr. James,

ENORMERLY OF JAMES LOCK- HOSPIT-
4 AL. Custom House street, Now Oroans.
Established lS50), for the last eight years
located IN Chicago, and celebrated throughou
the country in tho successful treatmont Of Pri-
vate Diseases, can be confdentially consulted
at his Office and parors 81 and 93 Randolph
street, corner of Dcnrbon sroot, Chicago, Ill.,,
or by letter. Post Office Drawer 1868, Chicago,
Ill.
DR.. James treats Chronic, Mercurial, Syphi.
litc, Blood and Skin Diseases, and all Disor-
doris ofa Contagious Venoronl Character which
he cures without tho use of mercury, iodido or
potassa, arsenic or any poison but with his
Neutralizer, o positive euro for all humors and
blood poisons.
Organic Weakness, such as Seminal Weak.
,ess, Nocturnal and Diurnal Emissions,
brought on by abuse Of the organs, early inds.
crotions,. oxcosscs, or cntailcd hereditarily,
causing loss of memory, confusion, depression,
dimnoss Of vision and Oft times insanity, with
u deporable train Of other symptoms, treated
and radically cured yan inallinble method,
saving time and expense. All Diseases peculiar
to the sexual organs, radically and permanent
ly cured
Old diseases of the most horrible GLASS, where
the blood has become poisoned, producing
blotchcs ofthc face, small watery blsters, pains
noso, sores on tho limbs and body, scrofula
together with an endless number of suferngs
cffectually and permanently cured.
DR.. James is rec0nlm mended by the press OF
the country by professors of medical colleges
and by tho medical profession generally Those
afflicted should apply to him, and be cured at
onco
The Monitor by Dr.. James, n book upon
diseases peculiar to the sexual organs of either
sex, oausos, oifeots and their remedies compiled
from an experience of twenty years praotico in
the exclusive treatment Of theso Diseases, sent
to any address, securely wrapped. Proo One
Dollar
just issued q now troatise on Spermatorrhoa
Syphilis and other diseases Of his specially
sent in sealod envelopes, for tho postage, ton
cents. Address DIR. JAMES,
p. O. Drawer 1868, Chicago, I'll.
Jan H. 1860 Ia tf
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-01-29

"WnAr DrD MARY SAY PA lawyer is
responsible for the following "squb:"
During the trial of one Cogzcll, for kid
mapping, which took place lately i'll this
State, an incident occurred which created con
siderable fun at the expense Of wigs and coun-
sell A Miss Sloan was testifying, aud was
requested to state all she knew about Ger.
tain transaction.
Witness -"I was in tho sitting room when
Mary came in from the kitchen hurricdly, and
! Cogzcll after her. He caught hold of her at
the sitting-room door, and said Mary,
you have bocn hero long enough como and
60 home now"
"What did Mary say ?"
Attorney for State -"Stop there; object
to that question"
Horc discussion of nearly two hours took
place, in which four lawyers anticipated, after
which the judge gave a long, serious and ex-
citing harangue on the subject, and finally,
in very formal and pompous manner, stated
that it was the opinion Of the Court that the
question should be answered. Tho oourtro
was crowded almost to suf'ocation, aud tho
most intense interest was manifested at this
stage of the proceedings The question was
repeated: "What did Mary say9" and the
witness answered simply,
"Sho didn't say word"
A "CULLUD" WIrNEss.--Tho I" Baton
Rouge Advocate" gives tho following extract
from tho testimony of a witness examined
about tho participation Of ono Sam Bowan in
late robbery When asked if he knew tho
prisoner, ho said:
"Oh, yes, I bought ice cream from him
often"
"What is his name p
That is mono of my business got some
thin olse to do sides follorin 'people about to
find out dar Names"
"How do you know that he is the aams
man p
"Don't toll you, boss, Use bought ioe
cream from him lots Of times Of course
he's de samo man."
"What were you doing whom the robbers
came to Mrs. Cark's."
""Nuffln; I was asloop."
Amt got ears 7'
/" How l>ng did you stand out in the yard
Watching"
"Till my feet got cold"
"Not guilty." said an Omaha jury, tbut If
the prisoner Is smart, he will leave the Terri
tory before night" He left,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-01-29
The Mystery of Editing.

Tue world at large do not understand the
mysteries of a newspaper, and, as in a watch
the hands that are seen are but passive inatru-
ments of the springs, which are never seon !;
SO in a newspaper, the most worthy causes Of
it's prosperity are often least observed or
known Who suspects the benefit which the
paper DERIVES from the enterprise, the vigi-
lance and the watchful fidelity of the publish
cr? Who pauses to think how much of the
pleasures of reading is derived from the skill
and care of the printer? We feel the blem-
ishcs Of printing if they exist, but seldom OBJ.
serve their cxccllcncies.
We cat a hearty dinner, but do not think
Of tho farmer that raises the materials thereof,
or the cook that prepares them with infinite
pains and skill. But a cook of vegctal los,
meat, pastry and infinite bon -bons has par
adsaical Office in comparison with an editor
Before him pass all the exchange newspapers
He is to know all their contents, to mark for
other eyes the matter that requires attention.
His scissors arc to be alert and clip with in
cessant industry all the little items that to-
Gethcr form so large an interest in the nows
department. He passes in review each week
every State in the Union, through the news
paper lens. He looks across the ocean and
sees strange lands, and following the sun, he
searches all around the world for material. It
will require but one second for tho reader to
take in what two hours searching produced.
BY him are read the manuscripts that swarm
the Office like flies in July. 1t is his frown
that dooms them. 1t is his hand that con-
denses whole page into line. 1t is his
discreet stcrnncss that restricts sentimental
obituaries, audi gives poets twig on which
to sit and sing their first lays.
And the power behind the throne in news
papers, az in higher places, is sometimes i'm.
portant as the throne itself Correspondents,
occasional or regular, stand in awe at the 81
lent power which has the last glance at an ar
tic'c, and may send it forth in glory or hu-
mility. And, in short, as the health of the
body depends upon good digestion, SO the
health Of newspaper depends upon that Wig
orous digestion which goes on by means of the
editor.
Ought they not to be honorcd? And since
little fame attends them, they should at least
have their creature comforts multiplied
Bccchcr.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-01-29
Educating the Heart.

The heart of the people is educating to en-
durc horrors. We are accustomed to them
We have periodical "smash ups" on railroads,
elbow ups" Of steam. boats, and casualties of
suudry names by which hundreds arc killed
at once The details are narrated with sick
cning minutte, and the heart becomes accus
toned to horrors
a nun is shot dead in legislative hall.
The murderer is cleared and the minions Of
the law pnr,ac their bribcs before money
loving world Justice is booted in the streets
Elections are carried hy fraud. Bribery and
corruption rnlc tlin people What legislation
IS too high to DC hribcl-if not to act then
hired not TO act? The ballot has its price
Let this condition Of things continue and our
fate is scaled We shall follow in the train
Of ruined republics. Already the oity of New
York is in the hands of n mob. The Eastern
States look to The Western as balance. wheel.
What will it be whom the Western arc as cor
rnpt as the EASTERN
Tho heart Of the people is being corrupted.
Tho vices arc becoming common.
nVioe is q moY stcr Of ouch frghtfnl micn,
That to bc hated needs but be seem
Rut seen too oft. familiar with her face,
Wc first pity then endure then embrace"
IT VIC are not familiar with vice, wo arc
with death and crime, and all and each arc
hearthardening This is why VIC as people
show so little focing on the subject of tenn
perance. Rum-solling is fearful thing when
wo contemplate it. But not SO much more
terrible than some other things. Death is
death, crime is orimo, and with all the details
of these horrors we are familiar.
Shall we awaken to feeling, or shall we
continne in the rapids until we glide over tho
Niagara awaiting US? Nothing but prayer
and labor, strong, determined and earnest,
can save us. Our superior Intelligence is a
myth; our virtue lie. Wo arc rotten at
the core. We praise our glittor, our paint,
our tair show; but look within; tho feelings
are for self. Wo3need arousing, but VIC fear
nothing will arouse us but the fatal plunge
CAPITAL COMING SoUTm.--The New
York World" says that tho talk OF Wall
street is that capital is streaming pretty heav-
fly towards cotton lands, sugar .plantatiops,
railways, and other forms of fSouthorn invost-
ment, and to a, considerable extent, the pres
ent tightness In the money market is sttribV-,
fed,tothe,yolume Of this draia., -',
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-01-29
THE NEW YORK OBSERVER

S now Pnblishinga New Serial story,
Il to run through large part Of the next vol
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Pickems-In Equity.
Samuel Knox Bill for Construction Of
1r.i,s q z; 4. p. Knox, WILL Partition Co.
TN obedience to the decree Of the Court of Ed
l. uity, made in this cause at June Term, 1868.
notice Is hereby given to tho hcirsat-law Of
Andrew p. Knox, deoeased, requiring and on.
joining them and each and ovory of thom, to be
trict and State aforesaid. within a year and a
day" from tho date hereof, to identity thomr
selves as heirs at law of tho said Andrew p.
Knox, doceased; and furthor, to claim the fund
belongiug to thom, arising from the saloof Real
Estate in this cause, on pain Of being barred
and forever excluded cf and from all honeHt of
any fnrther decree to bo made in this cause."A
ROB'T. A. THOMPSON, c.s.r.p.
CONS O0ico. July II, 1903. ! 80
Pickons G. II. .lYAlp
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-01-29
LAND AGENCY.

TDERSONS frequently como from below ID
~ buy Land, and return without purchasing.
not knowing who las for sale. Persons having
Land for sala, will report them to inc, and I
will give them my assistance in their saies, af
o commission of3 per oent. Address &, q q
Rev. d HOLDER.
Walhalla, So
October IL, 1868 Q tS ~
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-01-29
Manuring Market Gardens.

AL successful market gardeners agree that
it is useless to try to grow good crops, without
a yearly application of manure in large
quantities. Henderson, in his Gardening for
profit, says:
1t isa grave blunder to attempt to grow
vegetable crops without tho use Of manurcs
of the various kinds neyor yet saw soils
of any kind that had borne crop of vegeta-
bles that would produce as good crop tho
next season without the uso of manure, no
matter how rich the soil may bo thought to
be. An illustration of this came under my
observation last season. Ono of my neigh.
bors, market gardener of twenty years cx-
pericnoc, and whose grounds havo always
bcen perfect model of productiveness, had
tin prospect to run sixty foot street through
his grounds Thinking his land sufficiently
rich to carry through a crop Of oabbagcs with
out manure, he thought it useless to waste
money by using guano on that portion on
which the street was to be, but on each side
sowed guano at the ratio Of 1900 pounds per
aore, and planted the whole with early cabba-
ges. The effect was the most marked I ever
saw; thut portion on which the guano had
been used sold OF roadily at $l2 per hundred,
OF about 81 400 per acre, both price and crop
being more than al average; but the portion
from which the guano had been withheld,
hardly averaged % per hundred. The street
occupied fully an aero Of ground, SO that my
friend actually lost over 81 900 in crop, by
withholding $50 for manure. Another neigh
Dor, with lease only one year to run, also un
wisely concluded that it would be foolish to
waste manure on ha last crop, and planted
and sowcd all without; the result was, as his
experience should have taught him, crop OF
inferior quality in every article grown, and
loss on his eighty acres of probably $4,000
for that season" - Coln,an's Rural World
LEAKS OF THE FAnM.-To feed cattle ut
stacks; because they waste IL re than they
cat.
10 allow cattle to roam at will oil over the
country or the farm; because they trample
and injure valuable grass lands or grain. drops.
Keep thom at home, soil them, and have warm
stables; you will save the manure and ccono-
mlze feed.
TO let cattle out Of the stable on oold days
after eating dry feod, and bo sont off to fiji
themselves with ice-water and chill, or
stand hudled up in somo fence corner the
greater part Of the day.
To cultivate any more land than oan be
thoroughly taken care of and we'll manurcd.
If every farme, will look long and hard
enough, he vii! find more leak, than he is
aware Of.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-01-29

SHORT RULE TO MEASURE GRAIN.-It is
convenient TO farmers and troopers to have an
easy and correct rule by which to measure
corn in the cribs. Here is one: Having
levcled the corn in crib, measure the length,
breadth and depth IN feet, and multiply them
together, and deduct from the product one.
fifth; and you have the number of bushels
in the ear. For sholled corn take one half of
this. 10 bo stricely correct, add half bush
el for every one hundred.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-01-29
What might be Avoided if Housekeopers
Accumulated Capital.

| How often do we see women who hayo liv-
cd for years in liberal comfort and welded
state-the mistresses Of pleasant homes, whose
varied range of floors and apartments mado
them little worlds in themselves, and with
he assured and dignifed position in society
that nothing but zones own house" can give
suddenly stripped by widowhood of all their
ample surroundings, and portioncd of into
one room, or at tho most two, in somo son or
daughters house, there to live MS supernu.
merary all the rest of their days. No doubt
these grandmothcrs, sanity and subdued, of.
ten exercise n precious influence on oil tho
members of tho families they 1.-Two with. but
it is mono The less hard for them an;. If wo-
men could save and invest all tho profits on
tho supplies and clothing consumed by thoir
families that now slip through thoir fingers
into tho pockets of tho rctailors, thousands of
lavish housckecpers who arc marching straight
to suoh a lifo-cnd as this would be spared its
doprivations aud humilations. In my opin-
ion woman that has onoo had house of hor
| own, in which sho has borno and reared ohil-
dron, regulated servants, and played hor part
in society, should never be thrown out Of it
into the cornor of somebody's cIso family OK
cept from ohoioo, and I wonder that women
arc not oftcncr apprehensive Of this than they
seem to be.
II may be said, that as men furnish all the
means for our housewifery, SO, if we are able
to save anything, it ought properly to return
to them. This is the doctrine of the old Ro-
man law in regard to the peculium, or savings
of the slave from the allowance made by his
master. In law it belonged to the latter, be
cause it was his in the first place and the slave
was his also; hence he could at any time re.
sumo it. And, in my opinion, this would be
tenable enough in regard to cooperative
housckecpcrs; if men insisted upon our Civ
ing such savings to them we could not help
ourselves. But this is so opposed to the in-
dulgcnt American spirit toward women, that
it is more than probable they would pass a
law making such savings by any housekecper
her own. Of course, the contrary action
would crush all independence of enterprise
among U.S. and thus injurc masculine business
interests as we'll as feminine. But, this aside,
would it not be almost an amusement to the
men to sec how women would 60 to work
| think there would then be no lack of some
thing to talk about every day at the table be-
tween the husband and his wife and daugh-
tcrs, or in society between tho gentlemen and
the ladies who now arc so often at :. loss for
some common Interest upon which to inter
change ideas and experiences
-AHanttc MonMlY.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-01-29


RErLEorIoNs BYAN OLD BAoHELoR.--
Domestic love may be very sweet, but when
I look at my brothers family, it strikes me
that it is also very dear.
Tho complexion Of girl of the period diff.
fcrs from railway season ticket-the one Is,
and tho other is not, transferable
love to sec little children eating unaccus.
toned dcicacies, and my heart rcjoiccs as l
think of the Nemesis of the family doctor
awaiting them.
Mistrust the woman who, when glass Of
vino is split over her dress, smiles, aud says
it doesn't matter
The tasto for sweets prevails in all Of US
long after chldhood-nay even in old ago, ev-
cry one wishes to be worth plum.
Curious how this life resembles billiards.
kisses and misses arc generally found near to-.
gcthcr
4 orampcd waist generally betokcns brains
in similar condition.
When l look upon party Of young peo-
pie, | console myself with the thought that,
after all, my skull isas ood.looking as any Of
theirs, and that's what it must resolve itself
in at last
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