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SERIOUS ILLNESS OF CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE.
The whole country will learn with lively
sorrow that Chief Justice Chase is suffering
from the effects of recent paralytic stroke so
severe as to make it doubtful whether his health
is ever re-established. This visitation fell on
him several days ago at the country house of
his son-in-law, Senator Sprague, on Narragan-
set Bay He is unable to walk without assis-
tance, and his mind seems shattered and i'm
paired. The health of the Chief Justice has
been visibly declining for many months. Gen.
tlemen from this city, whose business called
them to the Supreme Court during its last ses-
sion, have remarked to their friends on return
ing that they were struck with his changed ap-
pearance and the too visible marks of prema-
ture old age. Those who visited him at his
house noticed that he had lost his elastic tread
and his old habit of ascending two stairs at 81
step. AS the Chief Justice is only sixty-two
years of age, these tokens of decay made a
painful impression. Preceded by such premon-
itory forerunners, the stroke of paralysis natu-
rally occasions anxiety, and although he is at
tended by physicians of the greatest skill, it is
feared that he may not be able to resume his
official duties.
We have so few really able men in public
life that the country cannot afford to lose this
eminent statesman and jurist. Fervent prayers
will be offered up from many hearts that he
may soon show symptoms of convalescence and
be long spared for future usefulness.-Mcw
York World.
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THE HAIR AN INDEX OF CHARACTER
Coarse black hair, and dark skin, signify great
power of character, with tendency to sensual
ity Fine hair and dark skin indicates strength
of character, along with purity and goodness.
Stiff, straight black hair and beard indicate q
coarse, strong, rigid, straightforward character.
Fine dark brown hair signifies the combination
of exquisite sensibilites, with great strength of
character Flat, clinging, straight hair, a mel
ancholy, but extremely constant character
Harsh, upright hair is the sign of reticent
and sour spirit; stubborn and harsh charac-
ter Coarse red hair and whiskers indicate the
powerful animal passions, together with cor
responding strength of character Auburn
hair, with forid countenance, denotes the high
est order of sentiment and intensity of feeling,
purity of character, with the highest capacity
for enjoyment or suffering. Straight, smooth,
even and glossy hair denotes strength, harmo-
ny and evenness of character, hearty affections,
a clear head and superior talents.
Fine, silky, supple hair, is the mark of q del
icate and sensitive temperament, and speaks in
favor of the mind and character of the owner.
impetuous character. White hair denotes o
lymphatic and indolent constitution; and we
may add, that besides these qualities, there are
chemical properties residing in the coloring
matter Of the hair tube, which undoubtedly
have some effect upon the disposition. Thus,
red haired people are notoriously passionate.
Now red hair is proved by analysis to contain a
large amount of sulphur, while very black hair
is colored with almost pure carbon. The pres
ence of these matters in the blood points to Pc
culiarities of temperament and feeling which
are almost universally associated with them.
The very way in which the hair flows is strong
ly indicative of the ruling passions and inclina-
tions, and perhaps clever person could give a
shrewd guess at the manner of mans or q wo-
mans disposition by only seeing the back of
their heads.
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A BEAUTIFUL THEoRY.-Music is the most
beautiful language in the world, and the mind
that thinks in melody must be the pleasantest
place upon earth.
There is a beautiful theory that musical
sounds never die; that when once the harmoni-
Gus waves and echoes of music are gathered up,
they swell immortal in the great orchestra Of
heaven.
This world of ours is full of melody if we
had only souls to hear and appreciate; the
calmest noon, and the night that lies breathless
under the throbbing stars, the loneliest cape of
the green, and the boldest promontory jutting
out from the heaven, have their trobadours and
their minstrelsy; bugles are blown from among
the summer leaves; .trumpets are sounded from
fallen trees; lovemaking goes on in the grass
at our feet; bridal bells ring in the air over
our heads; and accents of war come to us from
some tiny "Redan" of moss, or some little
"Malakof" of hillock.
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DEATH OF CAPT. JOHN MAxwELL.-We are
panied to announce the death of Capt John
Maxwell at his residence in this County, on
the morning of August 90, 1870, in the seventy
ninth year of his age.
AIr. Maxwell was one of our oldest citi-
zens. He had been member of the three
constitutional conventions, called for various
purposes in the State, during the last forty
years. He had also been member of the
Legislature and, in all these highly respon-
sibIe positions, discharged his duty to the salts
faction of his constituents.
Mr.. Maxwell was o gentleman of the old
school, connecting the happy past with the
overwhelming misfortunes of : the present
honest, ardent, patriotic-idolized by his fam
lily, beloved by his friends, and highly respec-
ted by his constituents of old Pendleton Dis
trict.-KeOaUee Courier.
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4 GHOST SToRY.-A recent number of the
Louisville Courier-Journalh has the following:
Many of our readers remember the daring
exploits of Jerome Clark, alias Sue Mundy,
notorious guerrilla and robber during the war,
and his subsequent execution in this city by the
military authorities. The story of his life and
crimes has been revived, in a very singular
manner. For some weeks past the people liv-
ing near Eighteenth and Broadway, the place
of his execution, have been startled by strange
sights and sounds. The ghost of Sue Mundy
has been seen fitting across the commons in the
vicinity of the fatal tree, at all hours of the
night. Sometimes alone, with his hands pin
ioned behind him and the fatal cap drawn over
his eyes; again, dangling in the air, with rope
around his neck, struggling as if in the agOnies
of DEATH
At other times he was accompanied by the
girl who SO fondly and truly loved him, all
stepped in crimes as he was, and to whom he
wrote so affectionately with his manacled hands
few hours before his death. Many of the
people were skeptical on the subject and at
tempted to solve the mystery. The strange cou-
pie were seen by hundreds of people, but al
ways, when closely approached mysteriously
isappeared-vanished into thin air. Every
attempt to solve the mystery only tended to
deepen it, and many of the people of the vicin-
ity finally believed that the objects that they
saw were Sue Mundy and his phantom bride.
The ghosts got to be real terror, and the ner-
vous maidens and children were afraid to ven
ture out after dark. The ghosts finally got to
be such an annoyance that the police were ap-
pealed to, and Sunday night last Lieutenant
John Shelly was informed that the ghosts were
in full view. He went to the spot sure enough,
and saw the tall form of man with female,
all dressed in white, hanging on his arm, walk
ing slowly in the direction of the fatal tree, and
finally take seat. He went up to them rapid
ly, when the female in white suddenly disap-
peared, or at least seemed to do SO. The lieu
tenant hastened on and seized hold of the man,
the ghost story was at an end. The man was
real flesh and blood, and the female in white
had not disappeared. She had only thrown a
long black cloak over her white dress, thus con-
spection. They were couple of lovers who,
for lack of better place, had chosen the
fatal tEee as trystipg place, knowing its histo-
ry. AS there is no law prohibiting courting,
the Lieutenant released them and explained
the matter to the terrified people.
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Woman shows her fondness for unitv !

= Woman shows her fondness for unity by
always waiting to be won.
= If mans aim in this world be good, the
chances are that he will miss fire in the next
"A paper out West has for its motto, "Good
will to all men who pay promptly. Devoted
to news, and making money"
= To cook goose, suspend yourself in front
of brisk fire. and turn around regularly until
you're quite brown.
"A Missourian who tried to live in Mime
sofa has returned disguised. He says they
have "nine months of winter, and the rest Of
the year id late in the fall"
- Michigan clearinghouse keeper calls
her servants OF morning with, "Get up, you
lazy jades, breakfast has got to be got, and
somebody has got to get up and get it"
The Spaniards have maxim that man
is ungrateful to the past generation that plant
ed the tree from which he eats fruit, and deals
unjustly toward the next generation, unless he
plants the seed that it may furnish fruit for
those who come after him.
"A young damsel asked one of her fellow
boarders at the breakfast table the other day,
stylish dry goods clerk, "Why is your NOUS
tache like my back hair" He blushingly gave
it up, when the answer caused him to blush
still more: Because it's all down"
- an IllihoIS WoHiaH WHO cOulun 10
benevolent action without some admixture of
feminine spite, shook ali the best apples off one
of her husbands trees while hanging herself
on it. The widower, however, consoles himself
for the loss of his fruit by the reflection that no
blessing in this world is entirely without alloy.
"A young lady in Chicago. who wes en-
gagged to be married soon, on passing barber
shop, saw her intended in chair and barber
tanning him. She supposed he must be sick,
so she rushed in and threw herself in his arms,
and found he was only having his moustache
dyed. She got some of the stuff on her face,
which colored her fair cheek, and so disgusted
her that she broke off the engagement.
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GEN. EAR1Y,s OPINION OF WoMEN.-while

GEN. EARLY's OPINION OF WoMEN.-While
at Manassas, early IN the war, a young lady
rode UP to Gen. Early. who was in com
mand, and began to detail some news, of which
she was the bearer lust then a Federal battery
appeared on an eminence beyond, and took up
get out of the 'v way that Yankee battery is un-
limbering, and will open upon us and knock
you all to pieces" She looked round at the
battery quietly and then proceeded with her
story. "Miss," said the General again, "don't
you see they are about shooting their guns.
You are in great danger here, and must be off"
She looked round again, and again resumed
her story. In few moments chang" came the
report Of the first gun. "Now," said he, "you
must be off. as you are too much exposed" and
he forced her to ride away. Then turning to
Colonel (afterward GeneraD Gordon, he said:
Colonel, what splendid heroines women would
make if it wasn't for snakes and spiders"
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THE PoLIcY-HoLDERs
LIFE AND TONTINEAssURANcE C0MP1N,
OF THE SOUTH,
% Broad &lreet, Charlesto., s. {

20 Broad Street, Gsarleston, S. G.,
HAv1NG deposited $4,000 with the Comp
El troller General for the protection Of IT'D
policyholders, will issue the usual forms Of Lifs
and Endowment Policies. -
It's the most liberal Company to the Assursdin
the World.
The Charter guarantees to the assured the eds1
surrender ualue of his policy after one annual pre-
MUM he's been paid, except in case of fraud.
It is the only purely mutual Company In tie
South.
1t has no Stockholders. Ali surplus profits
must be divided smong the policy holders.
His thoroughly conservative.
Its investments are confined by charter 70 tho
most solid secsrities and il is under management6 Of
men of well established ability and integrity.
Persons desiring any information will please
communicate with any of the officers.
VIM. MoBUKNEY, President.
E. P. ALEXANDER, Vice Pres. and Act.
GEO. &. BOGGS, Sec. and Gen. Agent.
JOHN T. DARBY, NJ. D., Med. Adviser.
JAMES A. HOYT, Local Agent for Anderson,
and DR.. THOS. A. EYINS, Medical Examiner.
April 81, 1870 43
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bacco ou1g sgT pan pnsn you 9Ss vass as ns to-
at his cigar, "Yes, sir, the-slowest poison ever
known" - t:.>St.
- Agassiz says that every great scientific
truth goes through three stages First, people
say it conflicts with the Bibe;. next, they say
it had been discovered before lastly, they say
they always believed it. =, alma,
- There is moral taught by the following
conversation, which needs to be learned by
many fathers. Said little four year old:
"Mother, father won't be in heaven with us,
will he ?''
"Why, my childfr
Because he can't leave the store"
= Doctors talk about paying their visits,
when at the same time it's their visits that's
paying them.
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THE WAY TO SUCCESS IN THIS CAMPAIGN
The Cheraw Democrat thus pithily points
out the way to success for the Union Reform
movement Read it, and at once begin to
work in earnest:
Our people should profit by the glorious ex-
ample of our neighbors in North Carolina in
the present canvass, and work earnestly and in
cessantly among all classes of citizens. 1t was
this that gave our friends in the old North
State the victory Let each citizen mingle
with his neighbors, white and black, and dis
cuss the questions of the day in friendly man
ner, pointing out the evils of the present ad-
ministration, the immense sum of the peoples
money that il, constantly being squandered, and
the years of burdensome taxation on every
branch of industry that will be required to pay
the debt which is now being contracted by the
Scott Government.
Mass meetings and public discussions do a
vast deal of good in the way of opening the
eyes of those who attend them, but we have
many, both white and black, who do not and
cannot attend them. 1t is necessary to visit
these at their homes, and point out the fatal
folly of staying away from the polls on the
election day. We have some good men who
decline to take part in the canvass because they
are unwilling to vote for Republican for Gov
ernor Of such we would ask, is it not better
to have an honest Republican, one who will
use his influence and authority on the side of
economy in the State Government, than to have
as Governor one who during the time he has
occupied that position, has winked at and been
mixed up with some of the most corrupt trans
actions ever known in this State.
We are firmly convinced that Judge Carpen-
ter, if elected, will use his entire influence and
power to bring the State Government back to
an economical administration of affairs, and to
punish those who have so shamelessly squan-
dered the public money. True, some charge
him with corruption, but they are the very ones
who are interested in keeping honest men out
of power, to prevent their own misdeeds be-
coming exposed, and whose charges of corrup-
ton against almost any man would predispose
us to believe him honest.
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WHAT SHOULD PLANTERS DO WITH THEIR
COTTON ?-Under this head the Columbus En-
quirer says:
An extensive planter suggests to us plan
whereby he thinks much of the loss that will
result from throwing large cotton crop upon
the market next winter may be avoided. He
proposes that all planters, who are not forced to
sell the whole oftheir crops to meet engagements
and current expenses, should sell only one half
and keep the balance IN the seed on their own
premises. His objection to ginning and bailing
the cotton to be retained is not only the present
high price of bagging, but the fact (which he
has ascertained by actual experiment. that cot
ton will improve in both quality and weight
when kept unginned, but will lose in both
when packed. He tells of considerable
quantity bought in the seed during our late
war, which was suffered to remain unginned
several years. When finally ginned it was
found that less than three pounds in the seed
yielded pound of lint, and the lint was of a
rich slightly yellow color, and very fine in
appearance. This was no doubt due to the abb
sorption by the lint of some of the oil in the
seed-seed by this process being rendered
lighter and the lint heavier.
By the proposed plan, the expenses of storing
for an indefinite time may be avoided, and
planters may at the same time defeat the
schemes of speculators who hope to make a
large crop, the war, &C., pretexts for swindling
the producer out of the real value of his staple
The mistake of planting large crops of cotton
and small crops of grain this year may be cor
rectcd by holding over, in this way, cotton
crop, and paying special attention to provision
crops next year. If three millions and half
or four millions of bales should be produced
this year, hold over a million or million and
half of bales of it, in the seed, and next year
make only two and a half or three million of
bales. By this means the supply may be adjus-
ted to the demand, and cotton planters may do
much to protect their great interest from the
leeches that have attached themselves to it, and
whose greed is almost as destructive as the
ravages of the boil worm.
The suggestion seems to us to be one especi-
ally deserving the attention of the whole coun-
try, and we cheerfully comply with request of
our planting friends by asking our exchanges to
assist in bringing it to their notice.
The gentleman proposing this plan has ascer-
tained on inquiry, that there will be no diff
Guilty in obtaining insurance upon cotton kept
unginned on the plantation.
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PA1pIrAr1oS OF THE HEARr,@There Al

PALPIrATIoN OF THE HEART.-There are
probably few persons who have not at some
time in there lives had, if not for more than
one moment, palpitation of the heart The
disease is dependant on over-excitement of the
nerves of this organ. Where not caused by
disease of the heart or its valves, it is not a
dangerous affection. The best treatment is per-
feet quiet and composure in a recumbent pos
ture. If it continues long, apply hot compress
es over the region of the heart, changing them
often. To prevent their occurrence, avoid over
exertion, tight clothing, nervous excitement, a
crowded or unventilated room, and, above all,
loading the stomach with indigestible articles
of food.
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GEORGE w. CARPENTERS
Compound Fluid Extract Of Sarsa-
parilla.
GEORGE w. CARPENTERS
Compound Fluid Extract Of Buchu

THESE celebrated preparations, originally in
troduced BY George W. Carpenter, Under ihs pat
ronage of the medical faculty, have been 20 long
extensively used by Physicians and others, that
they generally known for their intrinsic tafae,
and can be relied on as being most valaabis rem
edes in all cases where Sarsapari'fa or Buchu srs
applicable, and cannot be.tGo highly recommend
ed. They are prepared in o highly concentrated
form, so as To- render the dose small and conyen-
lent. Orders by mail or otherwise will receive
prompt attention.
GEORGE W. CARPENTER, HENsZEY & CO.,
Wholesale Chemical Warehouse,
No. 737 Market street, Pniladelphin.
For sale by Walters & Baker and W. H. Nardia
s Co., Anderson s. C.. Dowie & Noise, Whsle-
sale Agents, Charleston, ST.
Oct q, 1859 II
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Proverbs Of the Billings Family.
PRESENTED BY JOSH BILLINGS.

Don't swap with yer relashuns unless ye ken
afford to give them the big end of the traid.
Marry young, and if circumstances require
it, often.
Don't take yer terbacker box out in kompa-
ny.
If you kant git gud cloths and edikashon too,
git the cloths.
Say how are ye? tu everybody.
Kultivate modesty, but mind and keep gud
stock of impotence on hand.
Be charitable. The sent pieces was made on
purpose.
Don't take ennybody else's advice but your
own.
If man fatters yu, yu kan kalkilate he is a
roge, or yure fule.
Keep both ize open don't see more'n half
yu notis.
Don't mortifi the flesh too much 'twant the
sores on Lazarus that sent him tew heaven.
If you ich for fame, go inter graveyard and
skratch yourself against tune stun.
Beggars don't have tu advertise for runawa
dogs.
"'Tis a long lane that never turns" and tits
good mill that alwase dus.
Young man, be more anxius about the pedi-
gre yur going to leave, than yu are about the
wun sumbody is going to leave yu.
Nature is nature, yu kant alter the krook OF
dogs tail much, and preserve the length ov
it tew.
wud sa tu all the young men, Ego in," and
to all the old fellers, "kum out"
About as sure way tu git rich as emmy no
Of is to git inter Diet for a hundred thousand
dollars, and then go to work and pay oph the
det
Filosophers tel us that the world revolves on
its axes, and Josh Billings tells us that full hat
the folks on the arth think tina are the axes
N. B.-These ere proverbs hev stood for
more'n hundred years, and hain't gin out yet.
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To DRIVE AWAY BED BUes-An exchange
gives the following as sure way to drive bed
bugs from old bedsteadb @Take geen tomato
vines put them into basin or tray, pound them
to pieces as fine as possible, then stain the bed
stead, where they inhabit, with the juice; fill
the crevices with pieces of vines lay leaves
under the ends of the STATS" If this is prac-
ticed twice year not bug will remain in the
bedstead
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"A citizen of Arkansas recently said to a
travelor in that State, "Things are gettin' to be
too nice here for comfort. Why. even the
church committee of this town, in advertisin'
for preacher. said he must not only be a
Christian, but also man of good moral char
acter."
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While passing house in Virginia, two
drummers observed very peculiar chimney,
unfinished, and it attracting their attention,
they asked faxen-haired urchin standing
the aforesaid urchin replied, eyes, it draws the
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OTlCE!
Valuable Water Powers and Small I'm
nrounmantc fnr Solo

prOVementS for Sale !!
NO. /, containing Ninety-three Acres, known
as the MINORS Mill Place, seven miles West Of
Anderson Court House-the best uaimproved
water power in the county.
No.2, known as the DR.. Gaillard Mill Place,
near the Railroad, eight miles North of Anderson
Court House. Splendid watcr-power, plenty wa:
ter and can be easily improved-a convenient and
pleasant place for machinery operations
TERMsLOne. half cash. For particulars, ad
dress the subscriber at Perryvlle, s. G..
THOMAS HARPER.
March 8, 1870 SO