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, 1872-12-06
STEAM-PR0PuLsl0 ON CANALS.

New YoRK, Nov. 6, 1879.
70 the Editor Of The Chicago Tribune:
s1a: Steam-propulsion on the canals has at
length yielded to the inventive conception OF
mechanical brains, in the absolute and practlch
solution of the problem by the device and machl-
nery placed in what is called by canal men
bul1-head boat, by the name Of George A.
Feeter.
This boat left Buffalo about ten days since,
freighted with 1000 buehels Of corn, arriving in
this city, in good order and condition, this morn-
ing. .. -,
The boat, am assured, passed through the tn
sides Of the boat and, in fact, the surface Of
the water in the immediate renr appears n1a az 5
smooth as, if not smoother than, in front; II Tho
boat absolutely overcomes AL was9 TO 1ne panhs'
or injury to the works Of the canal.
Persons along the line, in Witnessing M hel
demonstrations, were at 9 loss to determine how
sha was pronauad. as there were no TlslbIo slona
, 1872-12-06

From, the Pau Hall Gazette.
Why is death commonly harbineereo py ap
partitions in female shape, according to the su-
perettions Of the East and the No hsS as Te thas as
Of classical antiquity The dIeekS na1 tHhs Ts
Northmen th en- had their Valkyriur, or female
hGoss5s e The n It, Con- az %
feiphtfpl f9n1ht hi 'Nb BAG" the harbinger of the
plsaa, ho7sr1g with ,nd her bat sna v9as Tl{S
f,sr psrA hooked talons numbering one By
one one her intended Victims" And now We are tod old
thst the thieves Of Indian cities have found ont
q way Of utilizing this weird fancy. Some "old
ntfenders," in female disguise, SO about the
streets Of Madras exactly at L. at night. anu
knock at this doors Of houses inhabited y Ia ns-
tives. "Th5re iB a strange belief among the IN m
educated natives that the she devil Dengue (the
name Of the prevailing epidemo) TAPS At Their as1;
door at that hour of the night, and that II any
inmate opens he will bo struck dead py 9es; , .
The unsuspecting natiyos-forgetting tne s noof af
open, the oninous henrss ana ahs nl 1iafore r.
make the best Of the OCCASION
, 1872-12-06
GREELEY'S GOLD NINE.
Els EARN in Virginia u Vast BED OF
AurIferous Cres

Correspondence Of the Richmond Fh'g.
Perhaps there are very few people in this
State who are aware Of the fact that alr- Horace
Greeley is landowner in the County Of Buck
ingham yet such is the case: 4 few months
previous to the breaking out OF the war, henry
81. Bayard, Of Delaware, brother OF the olo
Senator and uncle Of the present, came to the
County Of Buckingham, ana verbally con5rastsa NJ as
their farms, for the purpose Of mining for Bold'
The war coming on. interfered with the compile
ton Of the contract. Soon after Its Close, aen-
~ II. BaYard and Abraham Rex, Of Fhlladel-
phia. came to Virginia and entered into con-
tract with ssid Ayres, in accordance With the
foregoing agreement. Bayard soon commenced
operations. hired strong force OF negro labor
era, purchased extensive machinery, adaptea @ TO
undertaking to develop the resources OF his rs
mining lands. They continued operations III
tho spring and summer Of 1870, when Il. Il.
Bayard sold his interest to Mr.. Greeley. In the
fail Of 1870 Mr. Greeley tue naanoa noer the
Contract assigned to him and according to its
terms. The tract contained about 250 acres, but
in addition to the 81, 500 paid by Mr. Greeley he
had advanced to Henry Bayard about ~, ooo; WITH
the understanding that the contract held BY
Bayard was to be assigned to him in part consid-
GRAFTON for the additional Ss 900 paid him Dem
mead d Son, OF Baltimore, instituted
suit against Bayard some time in 1870,
and attached his interest in this prop
erty, which attachment was several months
prior to the payment of the purch1se-money by
AIr Greeley and while the title was still held BY
the Ayres; Mr.. Greeley, by bis counsel, Major
Garland B. Haines, fled his petition at tie
October term OF the Circuit Court Of Bucking-
ham. in this suit setting forth his claim and
rights to land, and was made a party defendant
| in the cause, in which condition it now stands
:. This land is said to be very galuaele a. u Is
| beds Of auriferous ore. It is situated on the
! road leading from New Cant9p to Buckingham
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The Oatario Government deserve credit 1ot
the ,aruestness and energy with which they
have taken the subject Gf p1omGstaS pa1no@taS to % a.
grafton Ten agents are 10 e. psand Scotland
s1ssd 1GeSas Ien Ge4many, saes I'D Toa4s and it i
siro1s of obtaining laborers can % 20 151 through
the government agents, BY deposltlng nsaa ~ m1sn
ion t te " assist each immigrant, will pay the pas
sage ,us. When immigrants arrive, u e.a5 a5e ~
love, for each statute adult, and the asa;stea ts
immigrants have to work out the ba!aheG oI 1de
adve1cs made by their employers. ea;at, Ine ~
the the 4, ID Of operations Of the Provincial 1mm'-
gratio1 Agents.
, 1872-12-06

DR.. 1etheby, one Of the highest european '2qe ea1
authaities on the sanitary relations OF Ns:es' :
considers water Of moderate. hardness pseaoa paos
able % yery soft water for domestic putpo;S9es.
% About six grains Of carbonate Of lime Per gallon
is desirable. He finds that the desth-1ate e1s y
less IN cities supplied with mod srateiy 34ia 70
wat,r than those supplied with sott Tase5 ~ u
= familiar facs that it is great aasansaos ~ -
1 desrees Of Of hardness; IA that is containing about
5s grains Of carbonate Of lime OF it's equivalent
IN the gallon. The ne flavor Of 5ea mage @ VII Faat
water Possessing this quality is due to the daer
fro1 ;sso1Tin the astringent matter contained
in the tea. without interfering with the e1tse-
lion Of the thene and the other desirable consult
uents Of tie leaf.
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Of the application OF power, excepting the escape
Of steam from the smoke stack, and the noise OF
the cog-Wheels Of the machinery.
The device OF this steamer is coneldered the
best and most practical yet advanced and, in
the fnture, is destined to revolut1onllze canal
navigation, which has remained stationary for
the last forty years, whilst every other branch
Of industry, and the arts and sciences, have made
rapid strides.
Steam, as motor, in my opinion, never vii
be made profitable introduced and operated
in single boat but, when properly dsyazed aaiaat
machinery ia placed in a boat having soIncien5
R' tow others, GE Ike a % locomotive attached to 3
freight train, the results must prove highly
satisfactory IN the Shape Of profits and d1V1dends
to stockholders.
The inventor, am informed, resides IN Gin
cinnati, OHIO. 7 send you full description et O.
the steamer, which may be OF interest," anu Plon'
who will rejoice to see the day come when AMI
nal towageis done away with, and our boatmen
are protected from pelting storms. 1Tq1y 5onrs' y
, 1872-12-06

WASHINGTON, D. c., December !.
NY DEAR GENERAL Your letter OF this date
notifying me Of your desire to quit the public
service, to accept more advantageous position
in civil life, and expressing regret at severing
connection Of such long standing as has existed
between us, is received. It is Tith regret a1so
on nv part that our official relations have to
cease, though an glad to believe that our per
sonal relations Will through life remain as IN the
past. You have my hearty con-
Eratulations that you have received go
favorable an appointment Your services II
time Of war and since the close Of sectional ho3 r
tilites, and your services in time of peace, h'In
in military and civil capacity, have been e , 80
satisfactory nature to myself and Az co1nIg te
1--WE assurance Of your eminent ftness fr the
1ew and responsible trust you are about unaer- -
taking wishes R 60 Nth yGn aaetb ael yod yand
Ianpinegg OF yourself and family. With great
respect your obedient servant, Q. s. 6RASG'
70 General Horace Porter, U. s. T.
, 1872-12-06
MR.. GREELEY AND HIS SON "PicKiE." !"

To til. Editor Of the Chicago Tribune:
s1n: lily eyes filed with tears as read' IN
vour Journal the death Of LII. Greeley, a good
, 1872-12-06

President Grants eon Robert, Ha1'aso
sanior ha, inst been elected clas5-poet.
, 1872-12-06

From The San F9anetseo Bulletin: Se'. c;osa - +,,a
Dnrinr The wear which is drawing 20 Glose n1o 1ne
Central Pacific Railroad COMPANY aa7 3a'1 @a'
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w.su1se1os. Dec. 1.-Postmaster General
creswell has addressed the following letter to
inc Director General Of Posts, Prussia;
, 1872-12-06


conclusions. As we see the coffin go down INTO
fhe crave, carrying with it the mortal fragment
of that which, but yesterday, was LIVING thing
to LIZ, We are in no mood for abstractlona, "hca
are not composed, moro or leBe, Of deudlng. OF
aEectiona.e eentimentalis:as. loved Mr.
Greeley we'll; did not love hin less when,
during the civil war, I was engaged IN ." another
| line Of business and quite d t-itferent line OF
business from that which had drawn me, lad,
to him, a veteran, in more peaceful times: Nor
| did love him less when, at Cincinnati, was
willing to lead or to follow revolt against th9
queer, the impossible, and, 11aas,ont what !
thonght ,dee the Psaydeaee Frank BIsr
'.and a fow other gentlemen, had had
assigned him. It was my opinion that he could
not be elected, and that he did notrepreseqt the
newly inauSuratea movement and there ! "he e
! elected he would make IN indifferent, uncer-
tain President; and there now think l was
wrong. But it is all over; g it is done; ana
thongh prenaature]y, for re I've n telegraRh;Se ;
| times. wo may speak our mind out freely. with
many personal peculiarities, Mr. Greeley was =: =
man Of courage. sagacity, and common sense N
great and serious affairs. He vas an eccent11e
as to the details. In matters Of P1th anu .
moment, he was neither little nor needless, anu
he would have grown in power as he grew III
authority.
1lr. Greeley had an undeveloped entity behind
his visible and journalistic self, which, thlnh,
would have come out strong, if, overstepplng
the frets and worries to which his everyday LIE
had been exposed, he had found himself, IN nle
old age, like Theirs, the ruler Of great people.
do believe, and do not think the belief is the
result Of a plying, regretful spirit that he
| would have made an imposing Chief Magistrate
! in the larger points OF administration, and 6
fairly successful one in the lesser details be
cause his very elevation would have lifted hin
out OF his personal odd1t'es, and, those apart
| he had 3 rich eub-stratum Of natural resources
which had been kept constantly subdued by tht
nistal;en view he entertained Of his newspaper
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Look Out Liquor Dealers,

We invite the attention Of retail Ii.
qpor merchants to The following extracts
which wc make from the preseut law of
this State. First, as to what it REQUIRES
person to do before he can obtain
License. Tho Law says:
"SEc 2. No person shall be licensed
to keep tavern, but such as shall be
recommended by at least six respectable
freeholders of the nsighborhood where
said tavern is proposed to be kept, who
shall certify that the person so recon-
:.c.aea ho than, IL nf snnd renmta f,-
honesty and sobriety, aud is known to
the person recommending to have at
least Two spare beds and necessary bed.
ding, more than are required for the
family Of the said applicant, and is we'll
provided with house room, stahiing and
proyender.
SIC. 8. Every person, before he or
she shall receive license to keen a
tavern, shall become bound by recognis.
aGoe 10 chs city OF town granting the
same, in the sum of one thousand dol.
lars, with two good aud sufficient suro.
'sias, being freeholders in such city or
town, TO he approved of by the officers
authorized to grant such license which
recognisapcs, shall be in the form or to
the effect following: "Know all men
by tfiese presents, that we, IA. b., G. d.
and II. FL Of 1.-THE city or townl ac-
knowledge ourselves TO owe Cthe city or
town] che sum Of one thoassnd dollars,
to which payment well and truly to be
made we bind ourselves aud every of us,
each and every Of eur heirs, executors
and administrators, Jointly and saver
ally, by these presents witness our
hands and seals this---day Off
in tho year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and---. The condi
tion of this rscognizance is such, that
whereas Ia. b. il licensed to keep
tavern iu the house occupied by him or
asssaa asssaa IL IN Etho location .sarticnlarly dss.
crided.l tiOp. the space of:one year from
the date dhereof; now,. if the said T A.
B,1 during the continuance OF the said
liceaSe. shall not keep q disordsrly
house, nor suffer or pef..,it any unlaw-
full gamiag in or about his Tor hor] said
house, nur violate the laws couccrn irq,
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their own ,noaths. Hosacs Greeley,
the maa whom tho psnaeessics s,prsss
denounced, not moro shan ak months
ago, is to-day laadedt to sths skisa BY
every epstaittIefs seribb,sr stbat Yba
Democracy can muster. A few months
ago he was an idiot, scouudrsl-to.
day he 10 small.sisod god, lsisea by q
sreachsrous and unprinoipled organize.
s'on. his Nhele life had be,n one of lies,
of opposition to right up to the time
that his orochets of the brain, sud his
ihania tor rofioe got him into 6eselatclies
Of his former denouncers. He rsciiues
.sweetly insthe bosom of .he Dcmocracy
nesE and snrseys tho future with
smile that is "ohild-like and bland I"
Poor old fellow he is in his iotage--
something over sixty. Still he is no.
too old to'be made tool of by his pre-.
sent admirers.
They aFe willing to pander to his con.
csit, opreach and write OF nothing but
hsgoodqualities; when the election is over
thesage philosophers of Chappaqua will bo
dropped like hot potato. He has been
fooled, with all his cunning, but th.
ao'id masses of tho Republican party
have resolved no. to be made ridiculous
along with him. The Democracy
however, will stick to him through this
canpi ign; meantime the country will
sec "H. g." thoroughly dissected
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IN THE COURT OF PROBATE

Whereas, Laban A. Trick has applied to
me for Letters of Administ ration on the Es.
tate Of Barbara E. Jackson, late of Orange
burg County, deceased.
These arc therefore to cite and admouish
all I'D singular the kindred and Creditors
of the SAL deceased. to be and appear, be-
fore me. at q Court Of Probate for the said
County to be holden Ut Oranseburg, OH the
Slst day Of July, 1872, at 10 o'clock A.
NJ. TO show cause if any, why the said Ad-
ministration should not be granted.
Given under my Hand and tho Seal Of Court,
this lTth day Of July, A. D. 1872, and in
the ninety 18TH year Of American Inde-
pendencc.
THAD. C.. ANDREWS.
july Pot Judge OF Probate.
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On EvERyBODY's ToSauE -Eulog-
lums of the great National Regenerator
Of Health. Plastation Bitters are on
everybodys tongue. This gratuitous
rioen ro.ce advertising is better than all
the paid for putting to which the owners
of bogus hitters are obliged to resort
1t has spontaneous hcartiness about
it which carries conviction To the mind
"f the anditnr INT i. ia a we'll known
fact. that the proprietors Of the Plauta-
tiou Bitters haSo He=sssFTreeiii5aa He=s OF rreei,ii5a upes.
paper bolstering to establish the success
of a preparation which owes its astonish.
ing popularity mainly to the oral testi.
inony Of the thousands who have either
experienced or been the eye. witness Of
the immense physical good it has wrought t
throughout the length and breadth OF
the land
pont Hawk, Hawk, Spit, Spit, Blow
Blow, snd disgust everybody with your
Catarrh and its ofeusixc odor, when DR.
Sase's Catarrh Remedy will speedily
destroy all odor, arrest the discharge and
cure you.
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HE&po'Rs ApJ'T& INSPECTOR GEs'L
STATE OF SoyTH CAReLIsA,
Coiumbis, s. c., July l1th, 1879.
Respectfully referred to the editor of
the 0eAsaEBuna News for..,any infor.
natloh ne may have in his possession, or
be able to obtain, on the within subject.
The records Of the Department. wero
lost or destroyed during the late war.
+. j. MOSES, JR.,
Adj't Il Inspector Geu'l, s. G.
If any of our readers can give us any
Information in regard to the above, we
will take pleasure in communicating il to
the party who asks it.
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A Bad Case.

We fear that our old acquaintance of
the Charleston Republican, is n hopeless
case. for when thas journal saw and for .
sock It's evil courses, cut itself loose from
the dead carcass Of Radical corruption,
and resolved to mend it's morals. threw
Grant overheard, and placed the usues
of respe table sentlen en- at the head Of
i;s columns. the valiant Editor, who
had grounded tho little craft upon
mud bank, and reduced it from i,s posi-.
tion, MS u daily, to that of o sep,i-weekly
paper, ''skedaddled" to Orangeburg,
squatted in the office of the Oraageburg
Mems, aud from there, With the OBJ
stinaey of q certain long cared quad
ruped. is Justify kicking at the locum-
olive of inevitable destiny. He reminds
US Of Rev. Mr.. Danneliy's camp meeting
friend, WHOM the papers have lately
been Seutilating, Who wished to bs
esteemed a good, pious brother, but who
WAS constrained TO admit, that he still
pursued his old practices o. distiling,
selling, aud three times day, drinking,
whiskey. He may emigrase, nlingIo
among 'ew people, connect himself
wlta different newspapers, but he is on,
ly losing time and wasting his energies.
till ne washes his face and hands, puts
on clean clothes, changes his politics,
and quits distil.ing, selling and drink
ing whiskey When be does these things.
ne will rank as a, pious brother, and not
-! -! .a=a. :a=a
We are glad thatthe Cha,sss,on Re.
publican, has abandoned its advocacy of
thieves and robbers, elevated i,s. tome.
and set out upon u now and wor.hier
career, but sorry to see itss old conductor
scamper off like, q cock roach, the nae.
ment the light. Of truth penetratea his
sapctum. II looks baalg Cor him. II
would be we'll if he could e;scern what.
the Republican had sufficient sagaci.y to
discern, that ultra Radicslism is dead
and buried, not alone 10 South Csrolina.
out throughout the whole country. The
heP"bt'can has acknowledged its past
faults, and we now exhort our old friend
to follow its example and repent of his
sins.
While thc lamp Of life holds out to burn,
The viiestsinner may return"
He has bcen guilty of many grisvous
ransgressions, but We trust that he is
not beyond the reach of reason and
mercy.
We will take care that he gets "a
peep regularly at the Sumter Neps,"
which has been growing and prcspering
since he last saw it. How viii he like
our enlargement Our subscription list
is growing, te7, every day. We expect
to hvo' long-eevagh, to .chfbAiele either
the conversion or death Of tho Orange
burg Ns,os, whore hs has taken refuge
from the light Of tEuth.-Suntcr News.
i Our iricnd' Of the Sumter .Neps scans
inclined TO be- more facetious than earn.
est. II is our purpose to be othorwps.
He may bray,
"I The SaYihllrr e tho ICuu..,rr ~
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the trafdc q spirituour liquors, but shall
duriug tho said time, 10 all things. use
and maintain good order and rule, anil
hn6' and provide good, wholesoms nt.d
sufficient lodging, diet aud entertain-
meat for man, and stabling and pro-
vender for horse. and observe the direc
tions Of the law relating to the keeping
OF tayerns; chen this recognixaRce to
DC void, otherwise to remsin In full
force and virtue. :
SEC. s. Every licensed tavern keeper
shall hase and keep in his or her house
60 licensed, at lelst, two good feather
beds or mattresses, for guests, with good
and sufficient bcdcloftss for ths same,
and provide 6d'keep good, Wholesome
and sufficient diet for travellers, aad
stabling and provender for four horses
more than his or her own stock, upon
pain Of forfeiting his license and recog-
oissnce, and being subject to the Ike
penalties as for selling without license.
Second. As to who shall. sell less
than quart, and third, the penslty for
violation Of the license law:
"SEc. IL. No license shall be granted
for the sale of spirituous liquors in guam
tiles less than one quart, or which shall
authorize the drinking Of such liquors
at the place where sold, except tavern
keepers, in tho manner prescribed by
this Chapter, ael not c.hsrwise.
SEC. I3. Any person who shall VIC
late the license law OF this State, as tv
the sale of spirtuous liquors, upou con-
viction thereof, shall be fined in y SUN
not les than treble the amount of the
price of license prescribed, and, at the
time of the commission of the offence,
existing for the | zeal jurisdiction where.
in such offence 10 committed, and shall
be Imprisoned at the discretion of the
Court"
Fourth. How offenders must be pro.
ceeded against:
"SEc. Is. II shall be the duty of
every Trial Justice, on view or complaint
on oath that any tavern keeper, retailer.
or other person, has committed any act
or thing contrary to, and in violation of
this Chapter, to cause the arrest, by
warrant, under his hand and seal, of
suci, tavern keeper, retailers, or other 80
otending, aud require, as 10 prescribed
by Law, security for his appearance at
tho next Court of General Sessions.
then and there to answer to the matter
of such complaint, and, in default of se
curity, to commit to Jail, there to be un-
til discharged by due course of law, and,
to bind the person making the complaint
or any others whose testimony may be
material. to appear at the same time, to
give evidence Oh behalf of the State
against such offender"
We publish the above sections 40 a
matter of information to those who may
bs offending against the Law. Aud in
doiag 80, assert emphasicaily that GER
tain notifications should be made in
them.at tho next session. of the Legisla-
ture.
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NOTICE.

OFFICE or COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
All persons are WARMED not to TRADE
for COUNTY ORDER No. f1G0) drawn in
rhe maine ur' D.-..S. tSsMSRG--Ess.- IA,
PEEL, dated June I'D 1872. drawn on the
Assessors fund of the County fer the sum of
one hundred and twenty iS12O,oo) dollars.
Said order is duplicate Of IN order given
which wss supposed to,hnsc been lost, bu,
has since been found
by order Of the Board.
JAS. VAN TAsSEi, Clerk.
June 81 If