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BEN BUTLER OvERBoARD-NARRow O Es-
cAPE.-The doughty hero Of Big Bethel,
Fort Fisher, &C., met with mishap in
Newburyport the other day which nearly
deprived the country Of his services.
Butler and Colonel French were pacing
the quarterback in style worthy of Admiral
Jim Fisk. The yacht rounded to, and off
went gun that made the Newburyporters
think of powder ships. The yawl was
brought alongside, and Butler and French
seem to have attempted to get in together.
Now it lis a well-established fact that two
locomotives with 'steam' up cannot pass
each other on the same track Butler and
French could not, nor could they both 60
down the steps at the same moment without
damage to their political economy. French
pitched forward, and landed half in the water
and half in the little boat. Butler was less
fortunate. He disappeared, and the murky
waters of the Mcrrmac closed over his bald
and busy head. But not forever. Ben ap-
peared on the surface directly with spout
that is represented as cross between that Of
a porpoise and O. hump backed whale. He
thrashed about until the water frothed like
yeast. His jolly tars made heroic efforts to
rescue him, but Ben's bald pate left them
little to clutch at, and it was not until the
honorable gentleman from Massachusetts, had
gone down for the conventional thod time
that he was dragged out half: drowned, the
most dilapidated, woe-begone looking states
man and warrior that ever tumbled into the
drink. He did not 60 ashore that night,
and is understood to have taken on board
more water than the average Congressman
requires for whole session.
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Anecdotes Of Sheridan.

Sheridan was once staying at the house OF
an elderly maiden lady in the country, who
wanted more of his company than he was
willing to give. Proposing one day to take
stroll with him, he excused himself to her
on account of the badness of the weather.
Shortly afterward she met him sneaking out
alone. .... o..
$50, Mr.. Sheridan" said she, 'ithas clear
ed up"
"Just little, ma am; enough for one, but
not for two" ..,, .'...
As Sheridan was entering court one day,
carving his books and briefs in green bag,
according to the custom Of the time, some OF
his brother barristers thinking to play joke
upon him, urged some boys to ask him if he
had old clothes for sale in his green bag.
'Oh no." instantly responded Sheridan,
'they are all new suits"
Those who are in the habit oftelling pro-
digious stories ought to have good memories;
but unfortunately their memories are very
short. Richard Briusley Sheridan dealtwith
these mendacious pests in a manner peculiar
to himself. He would never allow himselfto
be outdone by a verbal prodigy. Whenever
a monstrous story was told in his presence, he
would endeavor to outdo it by one Of his
own coinage, and consign the narrator to
confusion by falsehood more glaring than
his own. Once in his hearing, sporting
adventurer ran thus: "I was fishing one
day in certain cold spring, full of delicious
trout, and soon caught large mess. But
what was really surprising, not foot from
the cold spring there was one of boiling wa
ter, so that, when you wanted to cook your
fish, all you had to do after hooking them
from the cold spring, was topopthem directly
into the boiling"
The company all expressed astonishment
and incredulity at this monstrous assertion,
with the exception of Sheridan. 81 know"
said he, 'of phenomenon still more surprls-
ing. I was fishing one day, when | came to
place where there were three springs. The
first was cold one stocked with fish, the.s Sc
cond a boiling spring, and the third natur-
al fountain of melted butter and parsley"
"Melted butter and parsley" exclaimed
the first story-teller, impossible Bench
and Bar, by l. j. Bigeloao.
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prices of each, will be sent free and post paid
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Arrive Mt Chmden Mt 500 L. NJ.
Running through TO Columbia on Mondays
Wednesdays and Saturdays; on Tuesdays, Thurs
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BY order of the Vice-Psesident
A. B. DESAUSSuRE. Agent
Camden March &c. 1871.
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Adnpinistrafor,s Notice.

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of the late William Drakeford deccased, will
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cd to the said estate will make payment to
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Helen B. Whitaker ct al. !

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Mercatury, BarntceA District, s. c., July, 12,'
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Mr.. T. W. Pegucs will act as my agent during
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June 90. -=---.-
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AUCTION SALES.
roMMIssT oNRRs' SALE
VALUABLE LAND IN YORK COUNTY, VA.

VALUABLE LAND IN YORK COUNTY, VA.
By virtue of order of the District Court of the
United States for the Di strict of Virginia, made the
10th day of April, 1871, SHALL commissioners of
Geo. W. Bryan, bankrupt, sell at public auction, at
Yorktown, on
Wednesday, the 9Th day of May, 1871,
commencing at IL o'clock NJ, all the right, title
and interest of said bankrupt in the following de-
scribed TRACTS of LAND, surrendered by said Geo.
W. Bryan in bankruptcy, to wit:
TRACT No. 1.-Two hundred and eleven acres of
land, situated in York county the main road from
Yorktown to Williamsburg, about five miles from
Yorktown, bounded as folows:-on the north by the
lands of Jas. Ii. Kirhy's, west by w. Ii. Wootens,
south by T. G. Newman's, and east by W. B. Moores,
with good Improvements thereon.
No. 2-TRACT of WOOD LAND, estimated at four
acres, with old mill-pond thereon
No. 3-TRACT of LAND, eighty three acres more
or less (his right of courtesy in said real estate)
bounded "a foliows:- on the north by the lands of
f. H.. Lees west by Jas. II. Kirby's east by w. b.
Moore's. About thirty of said lard is cleared
and the remainder wooded
No. 4-BONBS, &c due the banki upt, as filed in
petition.
Schedules BE- and B-3 sold for cash.
The above named tracts or parcels of land will be
sold free from all liens and encumbrances except the
contingent denver interest of said bankrupts wife.
TERMS-Three hundred dollars cash the balance
on one, two and three years, credit with
interest and good personal security from day of SALE
and the title to be retained by the commissioners
til the purchase money paid in full with power 10
resell if the lance of the purchase money ID not
paid.
JACOB COIN,
w. s. PEACHY,
ap I4-2aw3w Commissioners
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How to save Peach Trees.

A discovery of no small moment, says
the Philadelphia Ledger, in the interest OF
agriculture, has been made by DR.. George
B. Wood, and communicated by him to
the American Philosophical Society, OF
which he is the president.
Peach trees in this vicinity, after pro-
ducing few crops, not only cease bearing,
but perish in a short time; whereas the
natural life is fifty or sixty years or more.
The cause of this defective power of growth
is believed by DR.. Wood to be owing to a
deficiency of potash in the soil, and he
assures us, that if this alkali be supplied
to the tree so that it shall reach all the
small roots and be absorbed, the fruit.
bearing power is restored, and the tree it,
self, prematurely perishing, is revived.
Believing, with most persons, that the
cause of the decay lay in worms at the
root of the peach tree, he put in operation
a plan which he had seen his father per-
form more than fifty years before, viz:
OF digging around the base of the stem
hole four or five inches deep, scraping
away all the worms that could be found
burrowing at the junction of the stem and
the root, and filling the hole thus made
with wood ashes from the fire, which, of
course, retained all their potash. This was
done in the autumn of 1868, and with a
result in the following spring at which he
himself was astonished. The trees APP
peared to have been restored to all their
early vigor and freshness they put forth
bright green leaves, blossoming copiously,
and bore crop of fruit such as they had
never borne before, many of the branches
breaking down under the load of peaches.
DR.. Wood, in rejecting on these results,
noticed that several of the peach trees had
no worms, and came to the conclusion that
we must look for an explanation to some
other cause than the destruction of few
worms and this cause be believed to- be
the ashes, the potash of which being dis
solved by the rain, had descended along
the roots to the rootlets and presented to
them the very food for the want Of which
they were dying. Decaying apple trees,
bearing stinted and inedible fruit, have
been revived by similar process and with
like result.
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The HOURS OF SCHOOL STUDY.-The at
tention of scholars and men of science all
over the country Is being devoted to the
question of the hours of study 10 the pub
lie schools. In Boston one hundred aud
fifty physicians have united with the pa
rents in remonstrance against the system
of long hours usually practiced. A writer
in Scribner's Monthly says that the current
"six hours system is destructive at both
ends and in the middle" At late meet
ing of the London School Board no less a
person than Professor Huxley expressed
the hope that the system of two sessions
attendance would not be insisted upon,
as 1t was in every way injurious to the
pupil. In all of our public schools
there are many pupils whose services
are required by their parents out of
school hours, and by the long hour
system, or by devoting the whole day to
the school exercises, many must be de-
priyed the advantages of the school, be-
cause their parents and guardians cannot
dispense with their services for the neces-
sary length of time. Children who devote
the hours from 8 to IL and from 2 to 4 to
school exercises, have too little time for
recreation, and none at all for valuable
work. Then, if there are any studies to
be learned out of school hours, the child
has to draw on the night also in order to
be perfect in the recitation room. This
system of examining is bad for the health,
as well as for the intelligence Of the pupil.
No full-grown man, except philosopher
or q newspaper editor, can work success
fully at brain labor for more than six hours
continually. Why then should we impose
even greater task than this upon the i'm
mature mind of children Z?
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The following is from an article in the
May number of Harper:
On the 10Th, after restless night, he
did not wake until IL o'clock in the morn
ing. For short time he seemed confused.
+. He then summoned his generals and Sec
retaries, and then gave his orders with his
wonted precision. lie then called in his
three clerks, and dictated to them upon va
rious subjects. His directions to an en-
bassador, who was about leaving, filled
four quarto pages.
As night came on he fell into what may
be called the death-sleep. His breathing
was painful and stentorious; his. mind was
wandering in delirious dreams; his voice
became inarticulate. At a moment OF re-
turning consciousness he tried several
times in vain to give some utterance to his
thoughts. Then with despairing express
sion of countenance, he sank back upon his
pillow. Fever flushed his cheeks, aud his
eyes assumed some of their wonted fire.
Thus the dying hours were prolongued, as
the friendless monarch, surrounded by re.
spectful attendants, slowly descended to
the grave.
His feet and legs became cold. Death
was stealing its way toward the vitals
About o'clock Wednesday evening a
painful cough commenced, with difficulty
Of breathing, and an ominous rattle in the
throat. One of his dogs sat by his bed
side, and shivered with cold; the king
made sign for them to throw quilt
over it.
Another severe fit of coughing ensued,
and the king. having with difficulty got
rid of the phegm, said, 1.-THE mountain is
passed; we shall be better now" These
were his last words. The expiring mon
orch sat in his chair, but in state of such
extreme weakness that he was continually
sinking down, with his chest and neck so
bent forward that breathing was almost
impossible. One of his faithful Wallets took
the king upon his knee and placed his left
arm around his waist, while the king
threw his right arm around the Wallets
neck.
1t was midnight. "Within doors all is
silence, around it the dark earth is silent
above it the silent stars" Thus for two
hours the attendants sat motionless, hold
ing the dying king. Not word was
spoken no sound could be heard but the
painful breathing which precedes death.
At just twenty minutes past two o'clock
the breathing ceased, the spirit took it,
fight, and the lifeless body alone remained
Life's great battle was ended and the sou
of the monarch assembled to that dread tri.
bunal where prince and peasant mus
alike answer for all the deeds done in the
body. 1t was the 18th of August, 1886
The king had reigned forty-six years, ani
had lived seventy-six years, six months
and twenty-four days.
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4l2s
By Grubbs & Williams, Auctioneers.


By Grubbs Williams, Auctioneers.
A ssIdN WEBS SALE
ONE HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND IN HENRIC0
COUNTY, VA. A FEW MILES FROM THE
CITY OF RICHMOND ONE HOUSE AND
LOT IN RICHMOND, AND $50 FEET
ON SIXTH STREET, IN SAID
CITY,
AT AUCTION.
In compliance with O decree Of the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Of
April a. 1871, in the matter of d Hassel bankrupt,
will sell at auction, on
Thursday, the 4th day of May, 1871,
at IL o'clock NJ in front of the United States Court
House, In the c ty of Richmond
100 ACRES of LAND in Henrioo county, on the
Darbytown road, five miles from the city Of Rich.
mond, with Dwelling and other buildings thereon.
FRAME HOUSE and LOT, In the city of Rich
mond, corner of Smith and Clay streets.
$50 Feet of LAND on Sixth street, Navy Hill, be.
tween - streets, city of Richmond.
TERMs-One.thrd cash; the balance a credit
of six and twelve months, the purchaser to give
notes. interest added from the day OF sale, for the
deferred payments, the title to be retained by the
assignee until the said notes paid
VIM ALLDERDICE.
ap 1t-2aw3w Assignee.