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MISCELLANEOUS.
LOUISIANA FERTILIZEh
MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
Office No. 122 Carondeiet street, up s'air''

ROCKS OF SUBSCRIPTION
TO THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THIS CoMfANi
will be found
ar the office of the following Directors;
All. DMEzA, corner of Girod and Peters ,,.
! OSCAR BERClER, Nos 46 and 48 Decatur 'oiu
Levee) street. 1900.
.IRERT VOORHEES,, No. I04 Canal street.
LILIES LAPBNE, Nos. IS and 81 Old LeVee s'ree'
ha+,,een Cont and Bienville streets.
RUDOLPH F. THEURER, No 10 Front Ae'ee' O'
tween Hosrital and Barracks streets.
H. WECKERLING, No. 81 Customhouse 9'iee''
be+xeen Old Levee and Charities streets
l. MARTINEZ, No. Magazine street.
z TOMATIs, No. 20 Commercial place.
! M. LOEwENsTEIN. No. $685. Dryades street.
And at the office of the Company.
subscri tions to the stock OF this company WIZ
he received for one share and upward.
my3G6t A. DMn-a, --ee--
NrOTICE.-THE ADVERTISER, AN EAPEhl-
Y enced accountant and book keeper, Wltn uIe4
aan+;onahle references will undertake I'm hngpsH
o6 Erencbl the adjustment and verncauoh oI
comnEcated accounts of every descfiption, tnS
~ ling writing up OF balancing OF books, making
ont statements of all kinds, ana PrePa.a'sion %
Schedules for the courts. Will also UNDERTAKE cor
1eSnondence relative to settlements, adjustments
and collections All communications addresseu 10
b G. Lock Box 998 POstGffice Will receive PiviIIP'
attention and be considered stilctiy cohnueh'i"
m
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Schooner Mary Frances, Berus, for Pensacola
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.
Steamship Matagorda Wilson, from Indianola, to
CA Whitney &co-lst district
Steamship Clinton Beckett, from Indianola via
Galveston, to A Whitney &co-lst district
Steamship Havana, Pennington, from Havana via
Florida ports TO | K Roberts-Elevator
Spanish bark Ysabel TOmasino. 3 DAYS from Ha-
vana, in ballast, to FatjO, Marks &co-lst dis
trict SO
TOWBOATS.
Perry, Sturtevant from the Passes-Towed down
and to sea, 9th instant, briggs Victoria and
Edith Hall. and schooneTs Angelina and J G
Whipple-BrOught up bark Ysabel
STEAMBOATS,.
Richmond Green from ST. Loms
Louise, Hopkins from Mobile
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NrANTED-ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN
w women and children afflicted with the follow
ing diseases: Dyspepsia, diarrhea, bilious and
other fevers, general debility, nervousness low
spirits, etc; to be cured by the celebrated Fey
chaud's Bitters. Price, 81 bottle.
an30 Su We FIR "
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cAlLlNt FROM NEW YORK EVERY SATURDAY.
A FOR NEW YORK DIRECT-Ths
LN1k.E steamship
CRESCENT CITY,
GEORGE L. NORTON, Commander
VIII leave her wharf, foot of Jefferson street. on
SATURDAY, June 3, at SPIN.
Ihese steamers have superior accommodations
for Passengers.
Cabin Passage an
steerage Passage. ..............S
p. Dins OF fading signed through to LIVERPOOL Glas
koW' bremen and Hamburg. Through tickets for
sSI ~ and steerage passengers for Liverpool
Ihe continent, connecting with Guions Line Of
steamers sailing from New York every "wednesday
For height or passage apply TO
Low LUDWIGSEN,
No. $50 Common street
me Steamship WESTERN METROPOLIS will for
oc3O 'Ae w. "' y IA -
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CEALED BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED
- at the Fulton Warehouse until the twenty
sixth of May. for seventeen thousand pounds of old
sheet lead more or less to be sold TO the account
of the Louisiana State Insane Asylum. The lead
can be seen at the Warehouse, corner OF Fulton and
Delord streets
myl8 st ]. III. WARMOTH, Treasurer.
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WANTED.

xxTANTED-A SMART. ACTIVE, INTELLIGENT
w eoOred boy about fifteen years old, as house
bow: wages ten dollars per month and board. Ap-
ply % AZ. DR. j. s. KNAPP.
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Marine Intelligence.
OFFICE OF THE REPUBLICAN, /
Wednesday, May 81, 1871.
CLEARED YESTERDAY,
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.

Steamship Hudson, Staples, for Pensacola and
Florida Ports
Schooner Mary Frances Berns for Pensacola
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OR FOUR GENTLEMEN OF
w good standing and character, to act as SOIL
citors of life il surance company. Llpers5 Goli,
is offered to suitable persons AddFss
Eock Roy 3i4 my3l In
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NEWS SUMMARY.
CITY Annlra.


Richard Walker, of the Glasby bigamy
case, is in prison for further hearing on the
4th of May
Hon. Mead Dow had s'good audience for
his lecture on Prohibition" last night.
The Moravians have decided to hold their
next conference in Lancaster.
Mckinley, charged with the La Pierre
House robbery, was discharged yesterday, on
account of insufficient testimony.
The Union Benevolent Association, Of
which Samuel II. Perkins is President, met
yesterday and amended their constitution,
making the association a perpetual succes-
sion, with power to enter into contracts, hold
real estate, etc. A payment of $500 secures
q life membership.
james Redman, charged with approprilt-
ing ten barrels of whisky, was discharged by
Alderman Kerr yesterday, the prosecutor
failing to appear.
William Wslsh, Esq, has addressed a
letter to the Executive Committee Of the
Board of Trusts, in which he makes many
valuable suggestions in regard to increasing
the efficiency of Girard College.
DIR. Wilson Q. Swami in letter to the
churches, urges the moral and sanitary i'm
portance of establishing fountains in our
streets.
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Foreign Affairs.

The Governor of the Invalides has been
arrested.
!, Fort Valerien fired actively yesterday
with ten heavy guns.
The Ottoman embassy in Paris has been
struck by two shells.
The Paris Commune has forbidden re-
QUESTIONS on the property of foreigners.
The Versailles army is reported having
taken the advanced works at Fort d'Issy.
General Dombrowski reports that vigo-
rous attacks have been made upon his ad-
vanced posts.
The Communists have been defeated at
Les Bruyere de Sernes, and some of their
officers were captured
The Republican League of Paris urges
the assembling of Congress to frame an
honorable arrangement for peace.
M. Theirs has intimated to the Assembly
that he intends remaining President only as
long as military operations last.
! The official statement of the losses of the
Communists to Thursday sums up 5000 killed
and wounded, besides 5000 prisoners.
One of the cable dispatches states that
the Freemasons will plant banners on the
ramparts of Paris to-day and assist in the de-
| fense.
The Commune is impressing all the men
eof Paris between the ages of 10 and 40 years
to join their battaGons in the National Guard.
The British Government has suspended
the operation of the writ of habeas corpus in
lone district OF the county of Westmeath, Ire
land.
I Through mistake the Communists at
&tacked and captured Prussian battery before
Paris, and its restitution was Immediately de-
manded.
The Communists claim that in making o
reconnaissance toward Bsgneux, on the
I'south of Paris, they drove the Versaillists be-
ffore them.
\ The declaration of Prince Bismarck that
the northern forts shall remain in the hands
of the Germans gives great satisfaction to the
rCommunists.
The Versaillists, on Thursday, expelled
the Communists from an important position
| in the village of Les Mouliniceaux, and occu'
pied it in considerable force.
M. Theirs, in a speech to the Assembly,
tells the country that the situation il
painful; that French blood is still flowing
but it is consOling to know that the denoue
ment is near.
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Domestic Affairs.

The Bonnet Carre crevasse is now twelve
hundred feet wide.
The water in the Mississippi river is fall
ing and the levee of New Orleans is safe.
The President returned to Washington
last evening from his recent trip to the
West.
The effects of the recently defunct jour-
nal, The Paper, of Pittsburg, were yesterday
sold by the Sheriff.
The Indians are waging a war of extermi-
nation against the white settlers of Southern
New Mexico and Arizona.
"A large number of illicit distilleries, to-
gether with their appurtenances, have recently
been destroyed in Georgia and Florida by the
revenue authorities.
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HIS WILL.
The Late william r. Hughes, President of
the City National Bank.

The Late william F. Hughes, President of
the City National Bank.
!, The will of the late President of the City
National Bank, William f. Hughes, has been
\ admitted to probate. His executors are his
&daughter, Anna L. Reed, and Edward IL. Trotter
! and Josiah Kisterbock. Mr. Hughes before his
last illness had prepared bronze statue of him
self to snrmount his grave where now it may be
Eeen. He gives to his wife his house and lot at
Arch and Thirteenth streets, 'for so long as she
shall remain my widow" and upon like condi-
ITO the Pennsylvania Company for
Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuties,
S25,O00 in trust, the net interest of which ID to
be paid to his wife ''for her own sole and sepa-
her children living at her death. He gives to
the same company his house and lot on the
west side of Second street, below Christian, for
the use of his brother Edward ID. Hughes, and
SIC, 600 in trust the interest of which shall be
&given to him. Also to the same company
X$15, 600 IN trust, the interest of which shall be
l1or the benefit of his brother Edwards three
4daughters, Indiana K, Virginia L, and Clara +.
Next he devises to his own daughter Anna L.
N Reed, his dwelling-house, on the northwest cor
ner OF Sixteenth and Chestnut streets, and also
'all my household furniture, plate, pictures
books and articles Of domestic use on hand at
my decease. This devise and bequest being
ksubject to my wife's right to retain possession
thereof for year. If she shall elect so to do"
All the rest of his estate and property he gives
to the Penn sylyania Company for Insurance,
etc in trust, the income whereof shall go to
his da lighter Anna l.. Reed and after her
decea G then the same is to bo paid over and
dividG among her children.
4 F5Codocil number states that, having sold his
b use at Thirteenth aud Arch streets (PArt of
his Wife's income under the wlll)i he substitutes
! an additional annuity of $500.
| Codocil 2 leaves $500 in trust, the interest to
be applied TO keeping the lot enclosing his vault
! in good order, and then says;-'No part OF my
kral estate In the city Of Philadelphia,
living between South street and Vine street. from
and TO the river schuylkill and Delaware, that
l. TO say the following; The house now live in
at The northwest corner of Sixteenth and Ches-
nut. and the drug store at the southwest corner
| OF sixteenth and Chestnut; my three large stores
on Market, south side, west of Eighth street, as
feet front on Market street, and about 800 feet
TO Jayne street, three stores on east side OF Sec
ond street. and my block of buildings at the
northwest corner of Second and South streets
together with the house built In the last century
4 by my grandfather, now occupied by my brother
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rents that are well secured, shall not be Sold but
held in trust for the benefit of my grand children
go long as any or either of them shall live in all
cases the estate is to go to my heirs the balance
of my real estate to be sold at public sale within
two years of my decease. / do order that not
more than two per cent. shall be paid to my
trustees for collecting and paying over the In
come. have by my will appointed the Penn
sylvania Company my trustees; if they should
not accept these terms, the next trustees shall
be the Girard Life and Trust, and the next the
Safe Deposit"
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ZOE.
ssDRICE OF ICE LOW BNoUGa TO SATISFY
i ALL"
"BE SURE KNICKERBOCKER IS ON THE
WAGON"
KNICKERBOCKER ICE COMPANY.
THOs. f. CAHILL, President.
K. p. KEnSHOW, Vice. President.
A. HUNT, Treasurer.
4. H. CORNELL, secretary.
It. A. HENDKY, Superintendent.
Principal ONCE,
No. 495 WALNUT street, Philadelphia
Branch Oflces and Depots
North Pennsylvania Railroad and Master street.
Ridge Avenue and Willow street.
Willow Street Wharf, Delaware avenue.
Twenty. second and Hamilton streets.
Ninth Street and Washington avenue.
Pine Street Wharf. Schuylki.
No. 1888 Main Street, Germantown.
No. 21 North Second street, Camden, N. j., aud
Cape May, New Jersey.
1871. Prices for Families, On1ces, etc. 1871.
8 pounds daily, SO cents per week
10 " so A." " I"
Half bushel or forty pounds, 20 cents each de-
livery. 42s 36t
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In THE TRIAL JUSTICE CoUsT.-
The tol!owing cases wero tried be.
fore Trial Justice Hempbill during
tho past week. ....
Zilla Go,don, charged with assault
and battery upon a white lad, the son
of Wesley Smith, was tried by mix
cd jury, and found not gnilty -
There was sumo "tall" swearing in
the case. and hence tho result.
Hannah Watson, charged with al
assault upon John Shuford, was tried
BY the Court, and found guilty and
scut to Jail for thirty days. A note
worthy incident Of this case is that
Hannah appeared in Court. as pros'
cutrix, but was unexpectedly convict
ed upon cross indictment.
Mac lIutchison, charged Will
petit larceny, installing $3.50 from
/ the drawer Of Kaphan 4 S klarz, OF
! the 18th instant, was tried by mix
I'd jury and found not guilty.
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office!

I0UITE u large and respectable
~ number Of the voters of Abhc.
Vile Township. met in tire. Court
House, on the lst day Of August. as
agreed upon nj All adjourned meeting
of the 18th day OF July. 1871. The
meeting was called ln orderly l.. J..
Guffin. Chairman Board of Trustees
Ahtryille Township, when II. r
llrmrhill. Esq, was called to the
chair, and VI. McDonaId was elected
Clerk. The educational interests. of
the Township were fully discussed:
And, on motion, of J. +. e. DnPre,
$500 was ordered to bc assessed for
said Township, to be collected for
School purposes in said Township.
| On motion l.. l.. Gutlin. the board
of Examiners we requested to open
he free schools on the first Of Sep,cm.
brr next. ..-- .,
The meeting then adjourned xi"edic.
ROBERT Il. lIEMpHILL
Chairman.
NJ MCDONALD.
Secretary. .
Aug. II, 1871, l7-tf
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SUPPER. CuARApEs AND TABLEAUx
AT CLEAR SpRISa.-Wc are requested
TO state that tho | dies of Clear
Spring ncishborhood in our District,
intend giving a Supper. with ENhibi-
tion of Charadrs, TabIcaux, Dialogues
&C., ut Clear Spring Academy on Fri
day evening the. 1>t Of September
next, for tho benefit Of tho uopewel!
Church. There will be 3 sumptuous
supper provided, as well as varied
display, .pant"inimic and dramatic.
Our friends generally aro invited.
We can recommend them all to 90,
and can assure them Of u good time.
y. pains will DO spared to provide
both for mind and body-a sumptuous
feast andvaricd .sntrrtainm"nt which,
whilst ministcrihg to tho pleasant
enjoyment Of the hour will advance q
very praisswotthy object. TIL
price Of admission. to tic Eutortain.
mo will be 80 cents.
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dR. P. P. ToALE's NEW OFFICE

Mr.. P. P. ToALE's NEW OFFICE
AND SALES RooMs.-Ws aro happy to
inform our readers that their old &C
quaintancc, Mr.. P. p. Toale, while
continuing his manufac,o,y of doors
Sashrs. Blinds, ETC., on tlorlbcck' =
Wharf, Charleston, S. c., has opened
u handsome Office and extensive Sales
rooms at No. 90 Iiaync Street, whore
they will find it more convenient to
call on him when they visit the city
Tho Sales rooms extended
to No 80 pinckney Street, where
there is another entrance. Send and
get now and extended price list Of
latest styles, &c. See advertise.
ment. IT,.
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p| a great Cotton Fair will be
held ut st. Louis, OH tn" Sd day OF
October next. Ten thousand dollars
in premiums for cotton will bo paid.
Last year Mr.. McShan. of Mississippi
received 81 500 in premiums on one
bale of upland cotton. This bale has
been sold and rcsold, unit! it has
brought s3.3l2 so, or tho unprccedcn-
ted sum of seven dollars and eighty
four rents (7.S4) per pound. 1t is
now in the hands Of the Norfolk aud
New Brunswick Hosiery Co., Icing
made into wearing apparel.
Address, Mr.. b. Z. Rowland, Sec
retary, St. Loais, No., for full parlic-
ulars.
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The Ballot Bill in England.

The bill comforting upon TIE Fri:
,ish people the right To vote ny "a''
lot has passed the,Huuse OF COMMONS
but has been defeated in the House ol
Lord, by y majority Of torty-ni"e
asai,,st the government. The vote
Ity ballot has long been before tn,
British Parliament. tut Mr.. Gladstone
i. the first English Prime Minister
who ever gave it at honest and hear.
IT, support; und endorsed US he is hy
the whole liberal party in the House
of Commons, he is II W the, chosen
leader of tho conservative democracy
of the United Kingdom. The action
of the Lords ca,not tong delay tho
contemplated measure. A royal war;
rant may not be cflicacious in over
coming this opposition, Us in the case
of the bill to abolish the purchase sys'
tenn, and it may not be necessary to re.
sort to the extreme measure Of Great.
ing new peers to secure the passayo OF
the bill. Tho Lords will likely not
long resist a detcrmin d minister back.
cd by tho whole power Of the coun-
try.
In behalf Of the ballot system, the
leading arguments are obvious; since
it alone Gun secure II pure and honest
representation. This has led to the
abolition OF tho old viva voe- system
here so that the vote by ballot is the
universal law, over the Union. 1t is
the ballot alono which can protect the
rights Of tho vo',r and guarantee his
independence.
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Sherif's Sale.

DY VlRTUEof sund,y j. wri,s of fer
- facias to me directed, will sel
~ AbhevilleS Court House. on
SALE DAY in SEPTEMBER next
within the Legal hours the following
property m.wlt: y.-.. ....
loo Acres of land, more or less,
situate and being in the County ot
Abbrville, on .Watrrs of' Little
River, TN which Benjamin F. Gil
bert now resides. and bounded by
lands OF DR.. 'lennant. j. F. Cal.
h"nn, and Others. levied upon as
,he property OF Jane Lee. ads. Dan'l
:. Cox, aud wife. Us. Micujall LANE
and wife, and Others.
Terms Cash, purchaser pay fol
stamps und papers
HENRY S. CAsoN,
S. A. &,
shcriff's OfIitp, y
Aug II, 1871, l7A}
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AUGUSTA MECHANICAL AND AGRl

AUGUSTA MECHANICAL AND AGRI.
CULTURAL FAIR.-We have received
II copy Of the Premium List Of the
SECOND Grand Annual Fair uf the
Cotton States Mechanics and Asricu'-
tural Fair Association Of Augusta
lia." TO commence on the 3lst OF
October next, and continue five days.
Over fifteen thousand dollars will Oc
distributed in rcn.iums aud every
preparation will be made to ensure
tho comfort and qualification alike ct
exhibitors and spectators. 1t will be
an occasion of more than ordinary
attract II, AID will doubt.ess draw
together large crowds
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PEasosAk-we had the pleasure OF
groeting; our town few days
since our old .riend, Thos r: jackson,
formerly Of the United States and
Confederate armies, and now srit'zen
Of Alaoan,a. Tho Major retains the
good looks of his youth, and has the
.samo erect military carriage whicl,
distinguished the handsome West
Pointer. He is on visit to his rci:..
tives here, ana will.'emain some tcz.
dsys. Our best wishes sttsnd him.:
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Tus HARBscuk.-Ther was bar.
beeue given by the eolored people on
SATURDAY last ut the FUR Grounds
The crowd ve suppase was larger
than anticipated. and as = conse,
nuenes the dinner WAS scarce sufti
cisns 70 sppeass the appetites Of ths
hungry And hence there WAS some
qsarrslin. ut tbs feast,; Al another
tins the matter will doubtlesssbo &bet
tor uTSnyed. aa } W.
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AN INC1DENr.-.Improvemcnts some

AN IScIDESr.-.lmprovemcnts some
times bring their attendant risks and
..conveniences As All example the
Aarshall : ouse has been lifting 70,
some days r'.st,, its defencelcss head
10 the Ky in the shape. IF un unfn'
lshed cupola, WHICH affords small pro-
.cc,ion aguIns, the storm. One nigh,
during the past week, scene. occur
rcd which brought to mind Mrs. Part
ington, in Sidney Smiths vivid dcs
cription trying 10 roll back the At
iantic Ocean with her ln"ps and her
brooms. Our good lanJIady fought
the storm with the same implements
and with more success. Tho Atlantic
Ocean vanqui~hcd Mrs. r., but the
storm yielded to Mrs.. N.
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LIVELY TIMEs.-Mr. Steers, con-
tractor on tho Blue Ridge Road, il il
town. The workmon are being paid
as rapidly ~ possible. Lively times
hercabouls are very apparent there.
from.
The contractor is breaking ground
in West Union, on the limo of the
Blue Ridge Road. Preparations are
making for placing heavy force on
tho road as soon as the new location
is made.
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FATAL RAILROAD AccIDEST.-Wr
arc Informed that u timber train OF
the Grcenville and Columbia Railroad
ram into the passenger tram of tho
Blue Ridge Railroad, near Perryville,
on Thursday evening, about 8 o'clock,
killing Mr. John Calhoun Clernsen.
No ono else hurt. The deceased was
q grandson Of tho Hon John Z. Cal.
houn.
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Radical politics in Louisiana have
assumed .an exceedingly complicated
aud quarrclsomc phase. Yarmouth,
the Governor, and tho ofliccholders
throughout the State are in fierce op.
position to Dunn, tho colorcd Lieu.
tenant Governor, and the federal of:
rice.holders; and Ut the Convention in
New Orlca,is, tho FIRST named and his
followers boltcd, forming a Convtn.
tion Of their own.
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A COOP lNsTITCTIoS.-We can
confidently recommend the Mari.
etta Academy to those seeking a
quiet place of education for their
rl's dren or wards Rev. r. F..
the Principal, is peculiarly
qualified for his position.
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NICE PLUMs.-Wo arc indebted to
Mr.. VIM. IL. Taggart for some tinc
specimens Of the Green Gage plum
some Of the finest that we have srcn--
large, ripe and luscious. H. tells US
that he is very successful in canning
fruit, and finds friend Luwson's cans
serve his purposes admirably. With
Il little trouble and the expenditure of
u few dollars We muy all have Il sup.
ply Of delicious fruit for tho winter
use, and no end Of nice pies and tar,s.
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WEATHER AND CAoPs.-~Darine
the past week we have had partial
rains, bat it is still! quite dry geuer-
ally. The crops have suffered very
mu"h in sonacscctions from drought,
and the crop has been materially
cut short.
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New CoTToS.-The first bale q
new cotton received IN Charleston,
WAS bought on lie l4th inst, b.!
Il. Mnrc s. Co.. at rs cents per
pound. Il classes as n;ddling.