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M eW " Goods |!

The Subscriber has Just received his
Stock of WINTER GOODS from Char
lesion, and invites his friends and the
public to call and examine them, as he
intends to sell them as CHEAP AS THE
CHEAPEST.
My stock consists in part as follows. :.
PRINTS of all grades,
DRESS GOODS, q full line,
A good stock of KERSEYS, JEANS,
l'WEEDS. and CASSIMERES. for Men
and Boys wear. .a.s.a.
SHIRTINGS. and SHEET1NGS
BED ,TICKINGS, A = ,r
PLAID DOMEST1CS, :, &. 80 /.
White and Red FLANNELS, T -...sa
Opera FLANNELS, .,
HOODS, NUBIAS, "
SACQUES and CLOAkS for Children,
Common and Fine Bed BLANKETS.
Ladies Velvet. Straw and Braid HATS
RIBBONS, FLOWERS and PEUhfl2S
Velytt and Velvetine. RIBBONS. -,
HOSIERY, GLOVES, H'pKFS, -.
Lace COLLARS,
Linen COLLARS and CUFES
SHOES and BOOTS OF all kinds for
Ladies, Gentlemen, Misses, Boys and Chill
drcn, ''e'ss@ -. >.
SUGAR, COFFEE, CHEESE, ~
Crackers, Candles, Soap, Starch,
HARDWARE, CR0CKERY, >
NOTIONS, &c, Sc ~ ,
With every other article kept in a general
Stock, se
B. G. EsRYAN,. Agt.
Oct % If IS
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as- Seven men who stele horses and
four women who kepta place of.sscrst
rendezvous for them, were recently.
strahg PIP by an infurjated Kaasas mob,
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ATTENTION,
Palmetto Sabre Club.

ATTEND in full uniform, with sa-
bres, an Extra Drill, at llo;clock, A. NJ,
ON. Saturday. Nov. 9Th. Come prepared
with Initiation Fees. Fines will be i'm,
posed on absentccs.
BY order VIM T. GARY, Pres't.,
,..a r. o. SANS, Sec'ry. :
Oot On " A
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Arouseds atsIash

The sumor that tie departure from Of
6cial life of the Scott administration ls to
be signalized by the levy. and immediate
collection, of State tax of two or two
and a quarter per cent. has caused pro-
found Indignation in Charleston. There
is no indisposition to pay such taxes as
may be required for educational purposes,
for the legitimate expenses of the gov
.ernuent, and for the interest upon the
unauestionably valid debt; but, on all
sides, the determination is openly ek-
pressed not to pay any more huge tax
ieyies intended solely fos the benefit OF
spectators and thieves. This time the
public feeling appears likely to assume
practical shape, and there is reason tor
thinking that such a tax as that which
ex-Auditor Gary believes to be in conten-
plation will be'vigoropsly and systemsstl-
eally fought in the courts-nor should the
fight be abandoned until every remedy
known to the law is exhausted. This
course would bring up for settlement all
thesfnancial questions (which have DIS
turbed the public mind since the present
administration came into power. The
taxpayers represent one hundred and fifty
million dollars of taxable property. Ihey
can rout the Ring whenever they please
All that is needed is concerted and con
t,nued action.-c harlestons News
= . -
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,op p1,EsIbENT.

ton:
For r1tEs1psNr;
Hon. CHARLES O. 'CoSoE, OF Now York.
FOR v1cE-pREsfbENT,
Hon. JoHS QUINCY ADAMS, Of Massa-
ohuSetts.
EnEtToRs: FOR STATE At LARan. :
WM. H. STACK,
u. D.. McCARLYY,
WM. TsWILE ms.
First District-T. d. Napier.
Second District--J. II. Lambson.
Third District-J. w. Covar.
Fourth District-A j. andegrift.
re- To the Democrats Of South Caro-
lina.-De true to God, to your country
and yourself, and vote the above hcket
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Received This Week
GRIFFIN g. .OOBBsS

4 beautif1rIne Of CASHMrERES. and
SATEENS for Ladies Dresses ~ -.
3 Pieces EMPRESS CLOTH, :, 49,
Silk and Velveteen TRd INNINGS. tsHp
! Bolt.eash pfsBlack,andr Brown, VEL:
: ), Ladies and Misses Heavy Felt SKIRTS
Oct 20 '"' tt -. AS.
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The Straight Ticket.

Col. Edward f. Stokes, Chairman Of
tile Executive Committee Of the Demo
cratic party Of the State of South caroli-
na," publishes the following proclama.
tiop
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4 81 2 .qFA%nAf
atl1Aa,l
TALL AND WINTER GOODS! /.

I have received thhsg 4.ARGBsr Stfy5iB AND
/. BEST ASSORTED STOCK of
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MAGNth!QE NIgEhsPLAY

of bry Goods al we have onr sals. thisf Fab has M
FIN ONE ESTABLISHMENT IN GEORGIA. since;
State
1t should require but little reasoning to show that
the Smaller the Profits Merchant can do business
Gent o. a..ad Million ns a is, s tAss Ell dhk
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AbAd bill sus,tlta,s flor good one is ,lmpy alos
to the pockOtot lhOnt' but Soi.oa6a ,lop subst-
tutsd fora llio-.aitaIn medicine Impors the health
Of those who mbIbS 1T and tho man who eoncOcIs, or
SELLS OF rOcemuisnds such an article Is criun. I'm
pOssor and deserves to DO visited with heavier penalty
than II he had sOun,SriOsd gold pieces or forged bank
bills Many Vile unwhoo.Oms potion now being offer
Cd for sale In various parts Of the county as "toni
aud "rstoratvss" are commanded BY their dlahOnsst
ptopriSlorI and vendors AZ superior to the famous
national specific, Hosstiefs Stomach BittsrS Dere-
rate attempts are inside TO thrust these pernIcoua conf
pounds Into the hands and down the threats OiitlonE
patrons Of the great vegetable hmuant and stoAehie
and although these eonspFAeeS against health and life
very rarely succeed II nevertheless seems 10 be duty
occasionally 10 warn the eredulouS Agaiust them. Hos
letters Bl,trr, tho iuequalled remedy for casual
Indigestion. confirmed dyIpepsa bliouInOs, liveFe com.
plalnt, malarious fsver constipation. Constitutional
weakness, and the functional deranEemeHt Of tho
weaker sex has for twenty years stood at tho head Of
medicines Of IL eas,-so far above them to render
competition futile II has not yet reached the meridian
Of It's popularity IL sale being larger now than at Apy
ported since liz lntrodntton It's utility a. preventive
Of disorders enEeudsrd by annsaiubrioni atmosphere
or uuvholesome water Ia admitted By physicians ptas.
tisins In unhealthy Districts and II Is recommended
astlmu4nt BY many practitioners who will not take The
responsibility Of prescribing the adueratsd Liquors Of
commerce.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-11-11

The rapidity with which the horse
disease disseminates itself borders on the
amazing. 1t Is only few weeks since 1t
crossed over into the United States from
Canada, and yet it RACES in many cities Of
the United States and is rapidly spread
ing. An active horse could not travel as
last as this strange malady. The seeds Of
the disease seelnin the air, and whenever
the infection lights the disease widens It's
circles as fast and far as the ripples on a
disturbed lake. With such portentOus
facility Of spreading It seems as If any
ordinary measure Of inspection or quaran-
tine, would be useless, and with such an
unexampled yirulence as It has exhibited
in the day or two 1t has been in the city
1t is idle to seek to separate the diseased
horses from the sound, A moments
contact seems sufficient to communicate
the contAgion, and the apparently sound
animal reveals the malaly before 1t can
be taken away from the infected stable.
A Toronto journal says the absence OF
horses in the streets Of that city when
the fever was at its height gave IN mir OF
dulncss to tho whole town. It seemed
MS II part Of the city's life were gone,
It is to be hoped that we may not be
made to have the same feelings, but the
chances are that we will. The possible
ity, or perhaps We should say the prob
ability, is not one pleasant to contem-
plate; and yet there Is at least one con-
solntory reHection-thnt bad ms the dis.
ease is it is not, like one or two other
complaints to which the horse is subject,
dangerous to human life. One extreme.
ly aggravated form OF catarrhal affection
has been known to communicate itself
from brutes to human beings with fatal
results. Happily there is not the least
danger Of any such horrible result in
this case. The distinction between tue
brute and the human being has been
mercifully made SO broad that in none
but the most highly exceptional cases is
the line OF dcmarcation oyerstepped by
disease. Thehorse does not die Of yellow
fever or the man Of epiEootic Influenza,
which Is the name the veterinary sur
geons give this complaint The disease
has, with the exception OF the buffalo;
not been very fatal to the animals at.
tackled, and indeed with rest, warmth,
and cleanliness there is every chance Of
recovery in some ten days or so, but in
this city there is one great reason why
the mortality bids fair to be great. The
great bulk Of horses here are used in the
car and omnibus lines and for business
drayage. The supply being only equal to
the demand they must work even il sick,
and work to q horse even slightly affect.
ed by tho epi;oOiic influenza Is death.
The loss OF our horse.owners will, We
fear, aggregate millious.-M p Paper.
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searehed for slnuggIed Goods.

1t is q fact probably better known to
the Custom house officials than to out
siders that at least every tenth woman
who crosses the Detroit river carries
struggled goods, A Lowell paper says the
goods may be tea, coffee, socks thread,
ribbons, or something else Of great value,
but the intent to smuggle Is there, and
the success in bringing over o small lot IS
nearly always an inducement for the
smuggler to try the game on a larger
scale. Men may and do snuggle clothing
now and then, but 1t is the female sex
which carries the burden of guilt. The
Custom-hOuse officials at the ferry dock
in this city are as vigilant as officers can
be, but what chances have they against
monster hoop-skirts and gigantic bustles I
Only one grand and certain haul of their
nets can trap the guilty and frighten the
innocent so that they shall never dare
pursue the business. The net was drawn.
The officers commenced about O'Clock,
n. NJ, walking fifteen or twenty women
upstairs into the custom rooms, and
banding them over to q woman to be
searched. Every boat'load which landed,
for about three hours, was treated in the
same manner - that Is, all tue female
portion. Some were indignant, and
appealed to their husbands, who yainly
appealed to the Custom officers. Others
wanted to faint away, but, after looking
OF the p'anks and the dust, concluded not
to. Others wept, laughed orturned pale,
but none Of them were permitted to es-
cape. During the afternoon about one
hundred and fifty women were confront
ed by Uncle Sam, and some wonderful
discoveries were made. For instance, n
modest little woman, was in a grcathurry
to go home to her sick child, pulled out a
few pins, and ten yards of English flannel
fell to the floor. A tall woman, with
tears in her eyes, who asserted that she
would sooner chop her head of than to
think of smuggling, unfastened a pound
Of tea from her skeleton and asserted that
1t must have been placed there by some
designing person. Another one indig-
nAntly denied "the right of Search but
after remaining prisoner for on hour or
two, told the searcher to stake it and go
to grass throwing a package Of ribbons
and laces on the floor. A lot Of calico
was found on another, some velvet on
another, and at least ten per cent, Of the
whole number were found to DO engaged
in smuggling. Tho officials were satisfied
with conflsCating the goods.
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POISONING From Green Mnll.pnpnr.

A physician in western Massachusetts,
recently Ind n Indy patient who, for
several weeks, had been suffering from
nausea, general prostitution, and other
symptoms Of slow poisoning. Failing
to discover tho cause OF tho symptoms,
rs n last resort the doctor requested her
to move from her chamber, tho walls OF
which were green, so light, indeed, that
in the evening it could scarcely be dis.
tinguished from white. After leaving
the room the symptoms Immediately dis.
appeared, and the patient rapidly recoy.
cred. A sample Of the paper was for
warded for analysis to tho State chemist
nj Hartford, and WIS found to contain u
n large quantity Of arsenic. Mr.. Hall
obtained the poison in the various forms
Of metallic arsenic. yellow tersulphite,
silver nrsenite and arsenious acid OF
common white arsenic. He estimates
that every square foot Of this innocent
looking paper contained IN amount Of
the poison equivalent to five grains Of
arsenious acid, or double the fatal dose
for nm adult person. This in the moist
warm weather Of July and August, was
amply sufficient to keep the air Of n room
constantly imprcgnated with the poison,
and any person occupying such q room
would be as certainly poisoneda rs though
the arsenic had been taken into tho
stomach.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-11-11

TIE HoRsRs.-It Is estimated, says q
New York paper, that three.foprths Of
tho horses in this city are Buifefing from
catarrh, although the disease has not as
sumed anything Of q fatal character. The
street car companies, who were expected
TO be the first to suspend operations,
have hitherto been able tostem the tide,
only one line ofstages-the twenty.third
street-haying stopped running. The
pressure has fallen mainly upon mer-
chants and business men who have goods
to move, and the truckmen who dare not
use their horses. This, MS matter Of
course, has raised the price OF carriage
considerably. The disease is evidently
destined to sweep over the whole conn
try, there being tidings ofits appearance
in Chicago, Augusta, Me-, Newhurg,
and many other cities in the past twen-
ty.four hours.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-11-11
Tho Earth Intrrs.

Only the very lowest OF races eat
earth. Humboldt tells of the unfortunate
0tomaks and Jaruresi on the banks OF
the Orinooo, among whom some poor
nomadic tribes live upon ants, gum, and
earth. It Is a mild, fatty clay, probably
full Of infusoria, aud answering the
double purpose Of serving as n kind Of
ballast that weighs on the great nerve Of
the stomach, ard of supplying a small
amount of actual food out of the large
mass of organic matter with which the
rlnd of the earth Is every where filed,
Nor is this remarkable custom confined
to cannlbal nations. The Tunguses, near
oChotsk, and the natives Of Kamtschatka,
also, eat a variety of fine white clay,
resembling butter; while, in the Eastern
Ocean, the same earth Is put upon leaves,
and thus swallowed. In Samarang, In
Java, q well.known earth, called tana, Is
sold In the market, in skillfllly.curled
rlols, like those Of cinnamon. All
through the Tropics, in fact, and in hot
countries, there seems to prevail fond
ness for certain varieties Of earth,
although the abundance of NATURES pro.
duction would surely not seem to require
such strange assistance. In Europe, the
use of clay or earth has frequently been
resorted to in times of famine. Germany
saw 1t employed during the thirty years
war and as late as 1908, necessity drove
suffering men to mix it with rye or oats
in their bread. The mountain flour Of
Finland and Sweden Is fine flint cath,
often mixed with lime, and enters - as q
matter of taste rather than necessity
into their bread, so that hundreds Of
wagon.loads may be seen to convoy the
strange food from country to country.
The strangest, however, Of all mineral
foods is probably arsenic, the well.known
poison. In upper Austria the miners and
peasants, old and young, stow arsenic
like salt on their broad, and eatit, without
injury, to preserve youthful and bloom.
ing appearance
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-11-11

OCEAN CunRENTs.-A curious conse.
quence OF tho neyer-failing oceanic
currents, is that by this means, says
DIR. Carpenter, every drop OF water in
the sen, will in its turn, DO brought from
the bottom and absorb air from the
surface. .In the Mediterranean there is
no such circulation; and in the great
depths oftlis sea there Is an extraordi.
nary scarcity Of animal life. In the
Atlantic, on the contrary, an abundance
OF animal existence Is everywhere en-
countered. Tho depths Of the AIediter.
ranean are stagnant, being completely
cut OF from the depths OF the Atlantic,
and without other causes to change and
freshcn them. Vertical circulation can
not reach far, because this consists
merely in tho descent OF water concen-
trated by evaporation on the surface,
having become heavier by concentration
but which, going down, will soon difIuse
its excess OF salt and not reach any great
depth. It's biological, and therefore
geological, character must differ widely
from that Of any oceanic basin which
forms part Of the great water system Of
tho globe.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-11-11

The Christian PooR.-AIr. Talmage,
in n recant sermon, talks thus encourage.
ingly to the Christian poor "Hore
comes n great column OF the Christian
poor. They always walked on earth.
The only ride they ever had was in the
hearse that took them to the potter's
field. They went day by day poorly
clad and meanly fed and insnfflciently
sheltered. They were iostled out Of
houses whose rent they could not pay,
and out Of churches where their presence
was IN offence. Considering the insig-
nifcant way many OF these went out Of
tho world, the poor doctoring and the
conrse shroud and the hnste OF the obse.
quies, you might have expected for them
a tame reception on the other side but
n shining retinue was waiting beyond
theriver for their departing spirits, and
rs they passed, n celestial escort con.
fronted them, and snow white chargers
Of heaven were brought in. and the con.
querors mounted and here they pass in
the throng OF the victor-the poorhonse
exchanged for tho palace, rags Tor i'm.
perial attire, weary walking for seats on
the white horses from the Kings stable.
Ride on, ye victors."
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-11-11

EDrToRIAL NoTloRs are so common that
II Is almost impossible for an editor to ex.
press his honest opinion Of the merits Of
an article without being suspected Of
interested motives. This fact, however,
shall net deter us from saying what we
think Of q new addition to the Materia
Medica to which our attention has been
recently directed. We refer to DR.. ].
WALKER's CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BrrTERs,
q remedy which Is making its way into
more families Just now than all the other
advertised medicines put together. Its
popularity, as far as we can Judge, Is not
based on empty pretention. There seems
to DO no question about the potency Of
It's tonic and alternative properties, while
,it contains the great negative recommen-
dation of containing neither alcohol nOr,
mineral poison. Thrt 1t Is specific for
Indigestion, Biliousness, Consumption,
and many other complaints OF nervous
origin, we have reason to know; and We
are assured on good authority that as o
general invigorant, regulating and purl-
flying medicine, 1t has no equal. II Is
stated that It's ingredients obtained from
the wilds of California;, are new to the
medical world; and its extraordinary
effects certainly wsrrant the conclusion
that IL is o compound Of agents hitherto
unknown. Ifpopularity is any criterion,
there can be no doubt of the efficiency Of
the VINEGAR BrrrERs, for the sale Of the
article is Immense and continually inoreas-
inR.-Com.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-11-11

LARGE RAFr.-The Wabash Herald
says that the great ambition among lum.
bcrmen is to sec who will send down the
biggest raft Of logs. It remarks that
some time back, Mr.. Geo. Winans, OF
Saltwater, took down tho largest rift
that ever foated, aud the past week Nj.
Michael Drury aud Mr.. Peter Kirms, OF
st, Louis, laid their heads together to
sec what they could do, and as result,
have beaten Winans out Of sight. We
give, in words md figures, the various
dimensions OF their King rait. 1t con.
tains 3s4 cribs, which gives us ,5l4, sO7
feet Of lumber. But this is not all. 1t
has top load OF 3,G7S lunches OF shin
giles, 1901 bundles OF laths and 2G5 bun.
dies Of palings, II is 433 feet wide. and
covers an area Of fee aud three quarter
acres. Its value is upward Of $4,000.
II requires twenty.iour men to man tue
forward course by the good steamer ].
W. Van SAINT, commanded by Peter
Kirms, Esq, who is also pilot OF the
raft. II left Wabash Oct. 9th, and Its
destination is 81. Louis,
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-11-11

rwenty Years Younger.ITo iay . shat I nun.
drI II maids wives and widows looa y. Nv no5n.
yi"s,snaI freshunSs derived from The use Of HAoAss
BAN, "a simply to state a. absolute iAei
which might be promptly verified Y aIea u = y
MANY II ladss vs q willing TO tell their ases ~ 70
nSe DO hsst mtans OF making themselves lg N
Nature sometime, but very rarely =,
N neYfeet features with complexion OF e1qulinto
eioirness I'M aTon then time soon begins 20 msAe
,nroads unon tbe velvet cheek. tho iAr white nfoN,
IN i,orv buat, he rounded arm. To preserve the
Il glory Of woman" unblemi.hed, even hlef wy
meridian Of life has been p1lsed y y ohy
10 use daily this cooling, healthil
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-11-11
The sAsas mi VALLEY.

There is something really grand in the
march Of civilization over our Western
prairies sNys New York paper. During
the fiscal year 1871 over ton million seven
hundred thousand acres passed from
tho dominion OF the government into
private hands. This would make nearly
seventy thousand farm houses OF one
hundred and sixty acres each, equivalent
to three states year OF tic size of Mas
sochussetts, and with agriculture capaci-
ties that the Bay State never knew. In
Kansas and Nebraska alone over fifteen
thousand entries wero made within the
year under tho homestead law. These
entries represent a population of fifty
thousand added to these two States on
lands freely presented them by govern.
ment, besides large number who ac-
qulred their homes by purchase. Each
year witnesses IN increasing number on
our extreme frontier direct from En-
rope. Perhaps one.hnlf Of our Western
gain comes from foreign immigrants; and
now We hear that forty thousand Rus.
sians are coming at one time and prob.
ably to one place. Our national advance
on our Western frontier, on q line drawn
from the British dominions to Mexico,
is not far from sixteen miles year.
Where railroads or river bottoms sum
mon the advancing population, this line
juts forward and makes n salient angle;
while mountain and marsh are apt to de-
lay the movement OF the squatter, and
thus tend to retard civilization. But
slowly and steadily the advancing column
moves on, and the child is now living
who is to sec tho whole OF the magniR.
cent territory between the Mississippi
and the Pacific converted into happy
hnmel
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-11-11

CATTLE TRADE OF ConoRApo.-The
shipments OF cattle from Denver, Car.
son and Deer Trail during the present
season demonstrate the vast Importance
Of tho cattle trade in Colorado. The on.
tire number Of cattle already shipped
and ready for shipment during tho sea-
son, will require over 1000 cars, and
number over 1900 head. At IN aver
age valuation Of s95 per head, we hayo
total paid for cattle to the Territory Of
S595,00O. These cattle nrc shipped at
cost OF $50 per car, from which the pub.
lie can Judge Of the enormous amount
paid ont for freights by stoCk.dealers-
fully $4,000,
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-11-11
Strikes.

Strike tho lutte, sir II you like
Prythse strike tho lutte.
Everybody'S now on strike
Why not follow auitl
Strike, by all means, the sulsar,
Strike, besides, tho litter;
Strike them often, ifyou arc
Such frequent hitter.
But-you1l pardon the reminder
From an humble bardi
Strike, oh, strike the orgau,grinder,
Strike him very hardl