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Register in Bankruptcy.
We elm the following from the Troy On.

We clip the following from the Troy On.
W Why: "Some three months since DR..
R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y, commenced
advertising in the Wig, an article called
"Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. We believed
at that time it was one of the many catch
penny arrangements to swindle people out of
their money, but during the past few weeks
have become convinced to the contrary. We
know of several prominent citizens who have
suffered from that loathsome diseases
"Catarh," and they pronounce Dir. Sage's
Remedy no humbug, and in several instances
have been entirely cured. We desire to give
DR.. Pierce the benefit Of the same.
BEAUTY's BEST AUxILIAEY.-Askt tho.
belle of the season what appointment Of her
toict,tablc holds the highest place in her cs-
teen, and she will reply without moments
reflection, Hayln's Magnolia Balm. Nothing
she is thoroughly aware, contributes so pow
crful!y to enhance her charms and render
her irresistible as that most delightful and
healthy auxiliary of Beauty. BY using it
ladies are enabled, long after they have pass
ed the meridian Of life, to preserve the
Youthful bloom and purity Of their complex
ions. and whnre Nature has denied that sup
erlativc attraction, the Balm fully compen-
safes for her deficiencies.
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Cur THIS OUr.-A tea made cf chesnut
leaves and drank in place Of water, will cure
the most obstinate case Of dropsy in few
days.
A tea made of ripe or dried whortlebcr-
rics, and drank in the place of water, is a
speedy cure for scrofulous difficulty, how
ever bad.
A tea made of peach leaves is sure cure
for Il kidney difficulty.
A plaster made of fresh slack lime and
fresh tar is sure cure for a cancer, which,
with all its roots, will soon rot and come
ont
For the cure of small poS, apply raw on
ions halvcd, under the arms, in the hands,
and on the bottoms of the feet, change Of.
ten; diet, chicken broth. Do not poison the
blood by vaccination and leave posterity to
reap the rotten fruits of your Stupidity
Consumption scrofula, and other loathsome
dieascs are thus impregnated into the sys.
tenn. Better by far have the small pox and
be free from living death.-lleatca1 Home,
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The Bankrupt Law.
From the Yorkville ENQUIRER.

Mr.. Editor: As doubts have been e1-
pressed as to the extent Of the relief afford
ed by the. bankrupt act of 1867, and the Sc
vcral amendments thereto, | decm it proper
to submit the following statement:
The amendment to the act, approved 10th
June, 1872, allows the bankrupt all the pro-
perty exempted by the laws of each State Of
force iu 1871, in adpition to five hundred
dollars worth of property allowed under the
original act. :.
This gives to each bankrupt in this State,
two thousand. dollars worth of property, to-
wit: One thousand dollars worth Of reM
estate and one thousand dollars worth of
personal estate. After tho bankrupt has
been discharged this property becomes his
absolute estate to disposed of as he chooses,
either by gift, devise or otherwise.
It is not. necessary, as has been supposed.
that the estate of the person applying shall
pay fifty per cent of all his debts; but if
the estate which comes into the hands of the
assignee is sufficient to pay fifty per cent.
of his individual debts, contracted since JAN
uary /, 1869, exclusive Of the debts con-
tracted before that time, he is discharged
from all individual debts contracted before
that time, and from all his security debts
whether contracted before or after that time,
leaving nothing to be paid but his indlpidu.
al debts contracted after Jan. 1st, 1869.
VIM. l. CLAwsON,
Register in Bankruptcy.
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Rip VAN WINKLE IN FLoRlDA.--Thc
Florida Union, of the 9Th instant, gives the
following wonderful csse of what is called
catalepsis:
On "Wednesday, July 31st. Mr.: G. a. Pow
crs, IN old resident Of St. Johns County,
laid himself down to enjoy a short nap, feel
ing somewhat fatigued after mornings
hard labor In a few moments he was in a
sound sleep. The hours flew swiftly by and
still he slumbcrcd on, apparently in the en-
joymcnt of a healthy, rcfreshingnap. Night
came, and still he slepta sleep from which no
one could wake him. The family became al
armed. and physician WAS sent for. Every
method conceivable was usod to awaken HIM,
even to tile application of red hot irons, but
without avail Morpheus held him in his
strong embrace, and no puny effort OF poor
humanity could break the spell. And IN
this trancc-likc state Mr.. Powers till remains
Nourishment, in the form OF Cruel, ms
been forced into his stomach by artliIc'al
means and in that manner life sustained.
His respiration is quite regular, and at
times he snores in very audible and dis
tiuct manner. The subject Of this wonder:
ful case of catalcpsis is sixty-two years OF
are and had been apparently in a state Of
rood preservation and health, During the
morning previous 10 his lying down he had
been busily engaged in pulling fodder.
There scenes to be total suspension Of the
aclicn of the senses and violation, whilst
the heart continues its regular pulsations.
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WHAT CONSTITUTES A IABITU..L DRUNK
ARD-TuR DISEASE OF 1NEBRI ETY.-Thc
select committee of the English House Of
Commons appointed to inquire into the best
plan for the control and management Of ha-
bitual drunkards, have made 4 report, from
which it appears that they have examined
constables, magistrates, coroncrs, inspectors
of insanc asylums, managers Of rct''rmatorlcs,
physicians and surgeons, from different Sec
tions Of Great Britain and DR.. Parrish, Of n.
York city, with his colleague, DR.. Dodge, Of
Binshamton, New York, and have presented
TO the House of Colpmons the result Of their
careful and deliberate inquiry.
A few points of their report will Bono
ticcd, as follows:
" An entire concurrence of all the wit
nesscs in the total and absolute inadequscy
of the existing laws to check drunkenness.
"That small fines and short imprisonment
are useless"
"That occasional drunkenness frequently
passes into the condition Of 4 disease .uncon-
trollablc by the individual"
"That self.control is suspended or annihi-
lated"
."That this is confined to no cllss. condi-
ton, nor sex, NOR hardly to any age"
" That the moderate use of alcoholic Ii
quors is unattended by any bad effects, while
there is much to prove that excess in ardent
spirits is far more dccterious than similar
excess in wine and beer"
"That it in evidence that there is ave
ry large amount of drunkenness among all
classes and both sexes, which never becomes
public or is dealt with by the authorities
but which is probably even more fertile
source of misery, poverty and degradation
than that which comes before the public
courts"
"That there is difference between the
naroxysm of intoxication and insanity pro-
per, so distinct as to forbid the plea in bar
of punishment that an offence was committed
while drunk still placing the incbriates in
lunatic asylums is improper and should not
be slluwed.'
"That when acts Of violence or other Of
fences are supcradled to the drunkenness,
the ordinary punishment awarded by law to
those offences should be carried out, and
co,nmlttal to u rcformatory, may form part
of sentence, or it may be left to tho discrc-
ton of the magistrate to send him atOncc to
an ncbriatc rcformatory."
"That sanitaria or incbriate relhrmato-
ries arc producing considerable good in cf.
lecting amendment and cures in those who
have been treated in them"
"Thc committee recommend that sanata-
ria or inebriate reformstories for those who,
understanding the plainest conditions Of health
interest and duty, are givcn ovcr to the hab'
it of intcmperancc, so as to render them un-
able to control themselves, and incapable CT
managing their own affairs, OR such as to
render them in any way dangerous to them
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GRANT DRIVING a LOAD OF HIDES
During the year 1858 there appeared in the
village of'Potosi, man seated upon load
of green hides. lie had amule team, and
stopped to inquire the way to Galcna: In
Potosi at that time, lived one Pat. Dorsey
man who loved excitement, and was sure
to get up horse race if possible. On that
day, in 1858, Dorsey had made race, and
the man with the hides SAW tha crowd
gathering, and asked the cause. He was
told they we're going to have a horse race.
Instead of going to Galena he turned his
mules about and drove to the race course.
In 1871 the Congress Of the United States
were in sesseion, fighting over the San
Domingo and Ku Klux affairs. y man sat
in the Presidential chair who wanted Con-
grcss to adjourn, 50 that he could repair to
Long Island to sec the opening Of the
Spring races. The man who wanted to so
to Long Island then, and the man who
wanted to see the quarter race in Potosi i'll
1858 are one and the same man Ulysses
S. Grant.
Is it to be wondered at that man who
would neglect his employers business when
out gathering up hides for the tannery,
would hesitate to squander the peoples
time when elevated to higher position !!
Old habits grow and become chronic, and
Grants interest in horse racing Is greater
now than it was in 1858.
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ADVERTISING RATES.
JOUR- CHIP BASKET

Five bushels and half of wheat per
head are required for the population Of the
United Kingdom.
Kaiser William has given bronze gun
to the Lutheran church. at Trieste to be
cast into bell.
The Bible is being translated into four
teen East Indian dialects.
Some ofthe Swiss lakes are over one thous.
and feet deep.
There are Is, ,5O2 Non -Conformist churches
Of all denominations in England and
Wales
In one day last week 100000 bushels of
grain and 40 900 barrels Of petroleum were
shipped from New York to Liverpool,
Ii is said that the official vote in eighty
four counties in North Carolina give Cald-
we'll 2,673 majority. ~
A young gentleman recently created quite
a sensation |hilc readingto acircle of young
ludies a poteic e6usion, "To beautiful
Belle" by pronouncing the last word in two
syllables.
A boy named his dog "Paste." "Why'do
you give him such name?" he was asked.
"Becuuse I want him to stick to me, was the
reply: 8.
A. poem entitled aThe Strains the Angels
Sing" is going the rounds. fit strains the
angels as much to sing it as it does the NOR
tails who read it, they don't singit often.
One of our six-year olds asked her aunt,
the other day, "Where you been, auntiel"
"Philadelphia, little one" "Where that?"
aIn Pennsylvania, my DEAR" "That'swhere
the pencils grow, amt it,"
A negro held q cow while croas-eycd
man was to knock her on the head with an
axe. The negro, observing the mans eyes,
in some fear inquired, "You gwine to hit
.whar you look ?' ayes" "Den," said
cuffec, shold de COW yourself, I amt gwine
to lot you hit'We."
= This is how an editor lost his credit by
promptness in paying back borrowed money:
"Colonel, will you lend me hundred to-
day?"
Cant possibly do it, sir. never loan
man money the second time when he disap-
points me the first"
"Some mistake, reckon, Colonel. Ipaid
you the fifty / had last Week." J"
"Thats just it. l never expected it back,
so you dis appointed Inc. Can't do it, sorry
to.say-I can't do it on principle"
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TERRIBLE RESULTS OF BITE ON THE
FINGER-Adam Miller, residing in sixty
eight street, between First and Second
avenues, appeared before Justice Cutter at
the YorkviIlc Police Court yesterday and
complained that his wife, Elizabeth, was
now an inmate of. St. Luke's Hospital from
injuries received at the hands or, more
properly speaking, the mouth ofa neighbor,
named Catharine Hilman. On the 9Th of
June last, he stated his wife had quarrel
with Mrs. lillman, who bit the middle
finger of her left hand in serious manner.
The intervention of more peaceable spirits
calmed the rago which burned like q volcano
in Mrs. Miller's breast, and the Police
Court, that great outlet for the bite of man.
kind but more especially of womankind,
was not rcsorted to at that time.
Remedies were applied to the bitten fin
ger, but instead Of getting better, it got
worse. and now it may have to be cut off al
together. On Friday last, Mrs. Miller was
removed to the hospital. and it was not till
then that she and her hus band learned of
the serious nature of the wound from which
she suffers The certificate Of DR.. Hitch
cook. the attending physician, will show
this. He says: "Mrs. Miller was admitted
to this hospital on the 9th inst, suffering
from lacerated wound of the middle finger
of the left hand. Eresypelous infamma-
nation had set in along the whole arm. Be-
sides, portion of dead bone was removed
therefron. both being the result of the in.
Jury received. Her condition neccssitates
tho forciblo removal of the finger, and pos.
sibly more serious operative measures, the
results of which may be very serious. Mrs.
Hillman was arrested, and in default of ST.
600 WAS committed to answer.
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A BEAUTIFUL SENrIMENT.-Thc follow
ing beautiful sentiment was recently uttered
by Judgc.L. T. Sncad:
"The idea that judicial officer issupposed
to be vested with ermine, though fabulous
and mythical, is yet more eloquent in its full
Significance. We are told that the little
creature called crminc is 50 acutcly sensitive
to its own cleanliness that it becomes para
lyzed and powcrless at the slightest touch of
deflement upon its snow white fur. When
the hunters are pursuing it they spread with
mire the pass leading TO IFS haunts, towards
which they then draw it,. knowing that it
will submit to be captured rather than deiilc
itself. And like scnsibility should belong
to him who comes to exercise the august
functions Of judge"
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There is peculiar satisfaction in listen
ing to the conversation, or in reading the wri.
tings of positive mcn-of those who deal
only in facts, and with such facts as have
but one side and no exceptions. Such 4
man tells u.s. in the " Western Rurall'' how
to preserve posts for fences 'l1c says:
81 discovered many years. ago, that wood
could be made to last longer than iron in tho
ground, but thought tho process so simple
and inexpensive that it was not worth while
making stir about it, I would rs soon
have poplar, Eastwood or quaking ash as any
other kinds of timber fur fence posts: I
have taken out basswood posts after hav-
ing been set seven years, that were as
sonnd whcu taken up as when they were
first put in the ground. Time and weather
seemed to have no effect OH them. The
posts can be prepared for less than two cents
4 piece.
:" For the benefit of others, I will give the
recipe: Take boiled linsccd oil and pulrer-
lied charcoal to the consistency of paint
Put coat Of this over the timber, and
there is not man that will live to see it rot
ten. ...... ..... .-.. -...:
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TIE DOC DAYS" AND. THEIR DANGER.
-Atthis season of the year the blood is apt
to become impure, the appetite poor, the skin
sallow, the body cnfccblcd, the system relax
cd. making it susceptible to attacks Of chills
and ftvcrs, rheumatism, eruptions of the
skin, and the development Of the injudicious
use of calomc. Ill thi; trouble may be
avoided by the use Of Few bottles Of DR..
TUFTS Sarsaparila and Queens Delight 1t
is harmless in its effects, but a powerful enc
my to diseases. Try it, and you will find it a
fried in need
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A few days since, one of our popular at
torneys called upon another member of the
profession and asked his opinion upon a ccr-
tain point Of law The lawyer to whom the
question was addressed drew himself up and
said, II generally get paid for telling what
I know" The questioner drew half dollar
" fractional" from his pocket, handed it to
the other, and coolly remarked: Tell me
all you know and give me the change. -
There is coolness between the parties now.
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Senator Trumbull stated in speech at
INDIANAPOLIS, that theoe was money enough
squandered by ofice-holdOrs under the Fed
cral Government every year, to buy house
and farm and give 81 900 to every man IN n
State of Indiana-and there are 40O,O0o
men in the State.
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SECRET CoEREspoNDENoE.-A young Ia
dy, newly married, being obliged to show her
husband all the letters she wrote, sent the
following to an intimate friend .s
81 can not be satisfied, my dearest friend,
blcst as ami in the happy matrimonial state:
unless I pour into your warm, friendly bosom
which has always beat in unison with mine,
the various sentiments & feelings which swell
with the purest, lveiiest emotions ofpleasure
my almost bursting heart. tell you my dear
husband is the kindest & most amiable man.
I have now been married seven weeks, and
have never had the least reason, my dear, to
rcpentthc day that joined us. My husband is
in person and manner, far from resembling
ugly, cross, silly, disagrccabe, and jealous,
monsters, who think by conGning, to secure
wife, it is his maxim, l must to treat as 4
bosom friend and companion, and not as a
plaything or mcnial slave, the woman
Of his choice Another thing, neither party.
he says, should always obey implicitly,
but yield pleasantly to each other by turns.
An ancient maiden aunt, aged about seventy,
cheerful, venerable and pleasant old lady;
lives in the house with us. She is the de-
lylrt1 Of both young and old. She is very ci
vii to us, also to the neighborhood round
generous and charitable to- the sick and poor
| am satisfied my husband likes nothing moro
than he does me. lie hatters me much moro
than the glass, and his intoxication, my dear.
(for such | must call the excess OF his love, }
often makes NE blush for the unwortlliness
of it's object, and Ewish l was more deserving
Of the HAL whose name [ bear. Now, tc
come to close-to say all in one word-tc
crown the whole, dear friend, my former lover
is now my indulgcnt husband. My fondness
is returned, 4 might, as you know, have hal
a wcalthicr man, but not the felicity I find in
him. Adieu; may you be as blcst, as I am un'
able at present to wish that could be more
happy" =.
The key to the above letter is - read the
first and then every alternate line only. Tho
reader will then sec the point in this "sccrct
correspondence"
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selves or others should be provided that
these should be divided into two classes-
private for those who can pay their own
way, and public for those who cannot"
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An artlcss newspaper man, who lately
bought a lot of sa,lsagcs, thus relates his
troubles: | got them sausages. home with
out getting bit, and cut them apart and
left them. In tho morning l visited them.
Three Of them had cuddledup together, and
were sleeping quietly. Two Of them had
crawled to my milk pail and were tapping
the milk, and one, a black and white one,
was on the back fence trying to catch an
English sparrow. I drowned the whole lot.
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For Sale

roRN, FLOUR, &C., SC.
10000 Bushels Prime White Corn,
10000 bushels Prime Mixed Corn,
500 Bales selected Hay.
1000 Bbls. Flour-all grades,
800 Selected secondhand Spirit Casks.
100 Boxes Dry Sailed Sides,
80 Hhds Smoked Sides and Shoulders,
so Tons No. | Peruvian Guano,
$50 Bags Coffee.
$50 Bbls Sugar,
$50 Bbls Syrup,
so Bales Cotton Yarn.
. 80 Bales Sheetng.
For sale low by.
WILLIAMS & MURCHISON.
June. Goth, If Wilmington, N. c.
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The Detroit Free Press, in a sensible artl-
Gle on the antagonizing Of the races, says
that the Radicals are making great efforts
in the. Southern States, through their office
holders, their press and their leagues, to
convince the negroes that the Democratic
party is the white mans party, and that the
Republican party is. the one for the blacks.
The blacks have become so imbucd with this
idea that through the whole South they arc
a unit for Grant. In allying themselves to
any political party the negroes make great
mistake. Their interests arc identical with
those of their old masters. We would not
have them slavishly follow the dictates Of
any because they once obeycd their simplest
nod, nor at the same time to blindly 1.-Two up
to do and do as they are hidden by leaders
who use tEcm for their own aggrandize'
mcnt. The blacks shonld look at the qucs-
ton of parties just as other men do, and at,
tach themselves to ono or the other, just as
they find this one or that one in accord with
thc;rscntimcnts on living issues Of the day,an
not from supposed motives ofgratitudc vote
for any one set of candidates. The blacks
arc in the numerical superiority in but two
States in the South. In less than another
decade there will be minority even in
these. BY arraying themselves a unit on
one side or the other, they force the whites,
as matter Of sclfprotcction, to the other
This antagonism of the races which the RAJ
ideals arc endcavoriug to secure will work to
the injury Of the black but what do the
Radicals care for this? They have no re.
gard for the ncgre any further than he can
be made to suit their purposes.
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"The whole thing has gone to the bottom
less pit" said a.gcntleman. Of an unfortunate
speculation. "Ns:er mind" responded his
friend: ;, it won't be long before you'll have
a chance to 80 after it."
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Brushes. Etc.

TNGLISH and Frcnce Hair Brushes, Feather
Brushes, Shaving Brushes, Ear Brushes,
Combs of all sorts and qualities, besides large
lot of Paint, White-wash and Bath Brushes,
HODGsON & DUNLAP.
aug End tt.
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Col Whitsley's Letters-The Ku Klux
Prisoners--Tardy Justice.

Col. Whitc!ey, who was requested to go to
Albany and make thorough investigation
into the condition Of the Ku Klux prisoners
confined there, with view to Executive
clcmency, under the efforts of Gcrrit Smith,
did 50 on the 7th instant In his published
letter as to the result Of his Investigation.
the result of the same old ku Klux tale is
rc-hashcd.
Col. Whitley then names four persons safe
ly to be considered as proper subjects Tor
the exercise Of Executive clcmcndy. They
arc old men, poor and uNlcarned, and were
undoubtedly led into the Ku kluX order by
misrepresentation With regard to Others,
should it be the intention of the govern
ment to make an extended exercise OF its
clcncncy in that direction, he submitted the
names Of eighteen persons whom he deems
most worthy of its consideration. AS to the
remainder of the prisoners who entered the
Ku Klux order. with Il full knowledge OF its
real object, Co.. Whitley says it would not
be entirely expcdient to exercise the ixccu-
tive clcmcncy. p,
=. New York, Aug. 13.
A Washington dispatch says that Col.
Whitelcy, Chief of the Secret Service d.
vision reports in favor of the pardon of Col
lins and seventeen others of the ku klux
of South Carolina, imprisoned at Albany
Collins was onc Of the persons tor whom
Gcrrit Smith had intcrccdcd, and is an IL
litcrate. simple-mindcd man. Seventeen
other cases arc analogous to Collins. Col:
Whitcley reports against the pardon Of
Brown, for whom recommendation was made
BY Mr.. NIr. Smith, but makes no rccommcn-
dation in the remaining fHrty-siS eases. 1t
is renorted that those recommended for par
don will be released Immediately.