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POPULAR WRITERS

Of distinction, as contributors to our columns.
Among those as writers Of Fiction, whom we are
now at liberty to mention, are Mrs. NELLIE
MARSHALL McAFEE, of Kentucky, and Mrs.
HENRY DEAS, of California.
Already is Mrs. Deas favorably known to our
readers, as brilliant and entertaining writer
and we can safely promise that the next story we
shall publish from her pen isone of greater power
and more fascinating style than any she has ever
yet written.
Mrs McAfee, though but recently engaged as a
contributor to the ENQUIRER, is well known in
the world of letters, having commenced her lite
rary career by writing for periodicals in 1863, and
having been remarkably successful in every effort
J. Wood Davidson, in his "Lirtng HTters Of tie
South" published in 1869, says: 'She is just past
twenty, and seems full of youthful aspiration, and
hopes, and life. She puts her impulses, feelings
and thoughts into literary forms with wonderful
facility" Her second publication, entitled "-ds
6y Fire" novel of passon.life, earnest intense
and full of pathos, appeared in 1869, and was well
received by the public. The New York Round
Table spoke of the volume as being all perpetual
splendor," and that the writer i'll her special de-
lineations Of character, displays abundant capac-
ty to excel.
The first number of the new volume will con-
tain the opening chapters of a thrilling and high
ly exciting story by Mrs. McAtee, being her latest
off apfit1e6
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MERE.MENTION.

It is said that there is disposition among
fashionable ladies in New York to discard
corsets. 1.-THE New York Posto6ice is to
be kept open all night for the delivery of let
ters from the box department. '''''''"The
President has proclaimed November 27 as
Thanksgiving Day. '''''''''France lost 100000
horses during the Prussian war. ''''''The
Graphic aeronauts took up basket of cham
pagne with them Hence their mistaking
Connecticut for Europe. 1T is stated that
in New York city, day or two ago, a gentle
man offered hundred silver dollars in place
of public resort for ninety-eight dollars in
greenbacks. He didn't get them. ''''''''In
consequence ofthe money panic, the number of
employees in the northern manufactures has
been greatly reduced. '''"The Augusta, Ga,
Exchange has conformed its cotton classi6ca-
ton to the New York rule. Heretofore it cor
responded with the Liverpool style. ''''"The RI
tual and manual of the Order of the Patrons of
Husbandry is to be translated into German, and
German oranges are to be established in Ger
man settlements. '''''''''The yellow fever has
no terror for book agents. Two of that class
arrived at Shreveport the other day and be-
gan to canvass among the nurses for subscrip-
tions to comic book.
A law of Minnesota, compelling saloon
keepers to pay ten dollars annually to the
support of the State Inebriate Asylum, has
yielded $4,000 this year. '''''''''The deaths
from cholera in Hungary, up to September
], this year, were 100000. .''''''''Non-native
is the polite substitute for carpet-bagger in
the Virginia campaign. ''''''''By rigorous en-
forcement of the liquor law, Boston has man.
aged to reduce the number of its bar-rooms to
a little over two thousand.
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THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER FOR 1874.

TN issuing our prospectus of the heTWENT1ETH
L volume of the ENQUIRER, we arc gratitied
to announce for the approaching year greater Lit
erary attractions than we have ever heretofore
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.


SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
The State Fair commences at Columbia
on Tuesday, 18th of November.
The present Indebtedness of Union coun-
ty is s12,l27.22.
Joseph Luckey, from South Carolina,
sentenced to eight years in the Albany Peni-
tentiary, for ku-kluxism, has been pardoned.
There is a letter in the Charleston post
Office, held for postage, addressed to G. S.
Patrick, Yorkville, S. G.
Rev. G. Bruce Walker, librarian and
treasurer of the State University, has resigned
the position.
A number of Canadians are prospecting
around Greenville with the view of locating
permanently.
The EdgeGeld Advertiser denies the ru-
NOR that Ex-Governor Bonham intends to re-
move from the State and settle in Staunton,
Virginia.
The Columbia U'aion:Herald is informed
that Mr.. G. P. Pelham, Jr., has announced
himself a Republican, and also as candidate
for the position of librarian to the University.
There are two vacancies in the Legisla-
ture from Charleston. The Ne,us says there
are not less thar six aspirants for the two va
cancies.
Walter Jones, colored, clerk in the State
Treasury department, has passed satisfacto.
ry examination at the State University, and
been enrolled as a member of the law school.
"A movement is on foot to organize a
church of strangers in Columbia, similar to
that presided over by DR.. Deems in New York.
The bootblacks of Charleston have held
a convention and resolved that they prefer
FIVE cents, in cash, for "shine," rather than
to give credit for ten cents.
Lafayette I. Wolfe, radical trial JUS
tice, of Charleston, who was sometime ago
sentenced to the penitentiary for the murder
of Perrin, has escaped from that institution
and is now at large.
The Barnwell Sentinel hears Of four acres
of land in Barnwell, planted in the "Ban-
croft" cotton seed, which has already turned
out something over four five hundred and fifty
pound bales of cotton.
Six hundred acres of marsh land at Paris
Island, in Port Royal harbor, belonging to
the State, were sold by the Comptroller-Gen-
eral for twenty-five cents an acre. Ex-Sena-
tor Frank Arnim, of Edge6eld, was the pur-
chaser.
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JOB PRINTING.

Having determined to devote more atten-
ton hereafter to job printing than we have
done in the past, we would inform the public
that our Office is now we'll supplied with new
type of the latest styles, and the best ma
chinery in use; and with choice stock Of
inks, cards, papers, &C., we are prepared to
execute as good work as can be done any
where in the United States. Orders for
Ball Tickets, Freight Billheads,
Bank Notices, Labels,
Bonds and Coupons, Law Blanks,
Bill Heads, Law Briefs,
Business Cards. Letter Circulars,
Certificates of Deposit Letter Headings,
Certificates of Stock, Memorandum Billheads
Checks. Note Circulars,
Deposit Tickets, Note Headings,
Drafts and Notes, Programmes,
Envelopes, Policies, Fire& Life ms,
Election Tickets, Shinplasters,
Festival Tickets, Wedding Cards,
willreceive prompt attention, and satisfaction
as to quality of work, guaranteed in every
instance. Particular attention given to fine
work in colors.
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sum of money sufficient to meet the interest ac-
cruing on such bonds as may be issued to meet
such subscription to the capital stock of the said
Atlanta and Richmond Air Line Railway Com
pany, and to provide further payment OF such
bonds as they may fall due"
Were our cotemporary capable of grasplng
an idea beyond his own presumptuous asser-
ton that "Charlotte, and not Chester, is the
proper market for the productions of the Ca
tawba valley" we incline to believe that the
action of the Airline Company, coupled
with the above act of the Legislature, would
satisfy him as to the correctness of our posi-
ton, and the falsity of his own.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-10-23

- The average condition Of the cotton
crop in the first week of this month, as COM
pared with October reports of 1871 and 1872,
stands as much higher than that of the former
year, as it falls below the record of the latter.
The standard crop being good normal growth,
the yearly losses from worms or other casual
ties almost always reduce the record below
100, and the present reduction usually occurs
in September The average this year has
fallen off from SO to 784 since the first week
of September a larger reduction than usually
occurs. The general average in October,
1871, was rs; it was 80 in October of last
year. The area was one-eighth greater in
1872, and the autumn more favorable for de-
velopment and picking, and the result an in.
crease of about 100000 bales. The area of
the present year was increased about ten per
cent, but portion Of the enlargement was
abandoned, and the October status of the
crop is materially reduced. The season must
be of average length and comparatively ia
vorable for picking to insure crop equal to
that of last year.
The State averages are as follows: Vir-
ginia 90; North Carolina SS; South Carolina
80; Georgia 80; Florida rs; Alabama 7S;
Louisiana 65; Texas 80; Arkansas SO; Tenn
essee 80; Missouri 80. Worms have contin-
ued their ravages, and made advances upon
new territory in Arkansas and North Caroll'
ma. Several counties in the latter State re-
port the presence of the caterpillar for the
first time A disastrous storm destroyed much
cotton in Florida and in adjacent States on
the 10Th of September. Much stained COT
ton is reported in the seaboard States. There
is general complaint that the plants are al
ready bare of leaves, and picking will be COM
pleted at an early date. In some counties of
the Gulf States it is claimed that there will
be all average CROP Notwithstanding the cater
pillar and boil worm while in other counties
loss of one.third of the crop from worms is
expected.
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them seats IN MS tneatre. In OrQer 10 recOV-
er, they charged that he so refused because of
their color or race. Wallack filed an answer
averring that he excluded them for other rea-
sons. Judge Barrett has ruled that he is
not obliged to verify his answer-that is to
swear to it-because no man ought to be COM
PEELED to criminate himself under oath. Since
Wallack affrms that the negroes were exclu-
ded for other reasons, it will be next to i'm
possible for the negroes to prove that he ex-
atre and hotel proprietors can always find
good reasons, and will not assign an unlaw.
ful one. So goes the law.
- The Paris market is regularly supplied
with American oysters in the shell from the
Chesapeake Bay. The importation of oysters
from Norfolk commenced a couple of years
ago, and it has been so successful that two
new companies have been formed to carry on
a large export trade in this article of food.
Artificial beds for their reception have been
prepared on the Normandy coast, and num-
ber Vessels have been especially constructed
for the trade, combining speed and large ton
age capacity. Large oyster parks for their
planting have also been constructed at LIE
Carnisle, in the Atlantic Ocean, for the sto-
ring Of these shipments on their arrival in
France. Some of the earlier arrivals are al
ready in the Paris market, and command a
price far in advance of that obtained for the
French oyster, which has greatly deteriorated
of late years, and the beds are showing un-
mistakable signs Of exhaustion.
"A private letter, written by a Memphis
gentleman, gives more thrilling and sick
ening picture of pestilential horrors in that
city than comes to the knowledge of people
through the public dispatches. In fact, he
says the Memphis papers have failed to re,
cord the fearful extent of suffering because
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-11-15

FIVE PERSONS KILLED BY LIGHTN-
rNG.-The quintuple death blow given
to a family residing on Swede Creek,
recently, proved incorrect only as re-
spects the name. Itwas not AUGUSTUS
Lawson, as stated. but a Mr.. Mole
quist. At the time the storm came up
he, with his wife. two children and
father were in his new stone house.
The wind disturbed the roof, entirely
removing it, we believe, when the
whole party took shelter in the barn.
This was struck by lightning, and the
father, husband, wife and two children
were INSTANTLY killed. A near neigh
Dor, Charles Lawson, passing from
his house to his barn after the crash,
to see ii any damage had been done,
observed the fire bursting from Mole
qnist's barn. On arriving there he
was unable to remove the bodies,
which became partially consumed BY
the flames. The sad catastrophe oc-
Cured on the south fork of the creek,
near the Randolph road, and IN
southeast direction from town about
ten miIes.-BFue Rapids (Kdasds)
Times.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-11-15

THAT POSTAL CARD STORY.--The
Post-ofiice clerks desire us to say, that
they all know the story OF the man
who wrote a note on postal card, in
closed 1t in an envelope, put OH three
cent stamp, and mailed itsaying, what
great convenience it was. The
clerks In the stamp department have
suffered untold agony from this story.
Every postal card they have sold has
drawn 1t out. One man leans OH the
window, and tells 1t every time he
buys a stamp. One fellow. an old
thoroughbred granger, came in from
his farm In Stark county to tell 1t, and
then told 1t wrong. One man told it
to them in Dutch, and a high-school
boy scanned it for them. Sometimes
halfa dozen men win stand at the
window and tell it by turns, just as
they get money orders, One villain
wouldn't pay his box rent till they had
all quit work and come up to hear that
story. Saturday a preacher came to
the window, mailed some tracts and
told that story, thereby destroying the
clerks belief In future punishment.
A deaf and dumb man told it on his
fingers, in excited pantomime, and
then, fearing they had lost some OF it,
he wrote it out on a slate. The vic
tins Of his narrative now wish to in
form the people of Peoria that they
have the anecdote by heart; they can
say it backward and whistle it, and If
ever they get lonesome for want OF it,
they can tell it to each other.--PeoriG
(Nl.) RerietC.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-11-15

1 k
The following are leading points IN
the recent report of the State Board Of
Equalization:
The assessable property Of the State
for the present year was returned at
$57,6S2,69l. Deducting Indebtedness
and exemption amounting to $16, 9s2,-
532, the total taxable property amount
ed to $40. 700,150. The result of the
equalization increases this sum to S45,-
6SS. 94 94.
The assessments ofagricultural lands
generally, with the exception Of five
counties, were so palpably below The
actual cash valuation as to make an
equalization, by m additional per
centage on the gross assessment, q
matter Of the sheerest Justice. So i'm.
perfect and unfair have been some of
the assessments, that lands for which
$40 per acre have been offered and de-
clined, have been assessed at $S per
acre, and In no county in the William
cite Valley, excepting Mnltnomah
County, have the agricultural lands
been assessed at any figures approxi-
mating cash value.
Several lengthy exhibits" in a tab
ulated form accompany the report,
Following il a summary:
Exhibit "A'' is a table Of the acre
age, average value per acre, and gross
value of land. exclusive of grants to
corporations, in each county Of the
State, and per cent. of increase after
equalization 1t shows an aggregate
of 3,4S9,395 acres, and the assessed
value of 80, ,0l0.50S, with the value as
equalized of $22, 22O,3IS 40.
Exhibit "B" Is a table of the num-
Der and gross and average value Of
stock in each county Of the State, aud
per cent. Of increase after equalization.
1t gives 65, 7S9 horses; assessed value,
$2,5s9,617; equalized value, $3,0S0,-
227; cattle, 232,l32; assessed value,
&,4l6, ,946; equalized vallle, $3,7S3.0 .06l;
sheep, 3SS, 24l; assessed value. $685.
46l; equalized value, $.04l, ,199; swine,
"a, ,S25; assessed value, $l45, GAL; equal
lied value, $2l2,354.
Exhibit &c" is a table Of the prop
erty OF corporations, showing tlescrip- |
ton of property owned by eieh COM
pany, the assessed value thereof, the
per centage. added or deducted, and
the equalize,l value. This exhibit
gives 427la miles of telegraph line;
assessed value, $27,950; equalized
value, $42,750; 257 Il miles of railroad
$500 $685. per mile, or
81, 500; 1884 acres of land OF
European and Oregon Land Company;
assessed value, $ll6,69S SO; equalized
value, $26S,12l 40; 4S4.26 acres of
lands of wagon road companies; as
sessed value, $365,461; equalized val
ne, $477,92
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-11-15
Desperate Fight with q snake.

Black snakes are not pleasant en-
emies to grappel with. 1heyar best
let alone, unless one is compelled to
attack In self-defeDce, OF has sure
weapons, or brave companions to help.
A California paper gives an account
Of a hard battle:
One of the fiercest conflicts that we
have ever heard of was that between
a man by the name Of Meegan. who
recently settled on the Vidos range.
in Panoche, and a snake Of the black
species. Meegan had gone at an early
hour on Monday morning last to fell
some young trees, when be tclt a pe-
culiar motion beneath his right foot,
on removing which he was thunder
struck at seeing q snake raising Its
head and body rapidly, and in a per-
pendicular direction, with eyes glar-
ing fiercely.
Without moments hesitation and
almost without thought of the con-
sequences, Meegan grasped the bs3y
Of the snake at a distance OF about
sixteen inches from the head and held
1t firmly. Meantime the snake was
coiling around the lower part of Me-
gan's body in circles, and pressing
him so severely as to lead him to be-
lieve his bones would give way to the
pressure. The snake was now NOV
Ing Its head to the right and left, dart
ing at Meegau's head, while he was
compelled to dodge so as to avoid the
snakes attack
Meegan at this time, finding him
self losing ground while the snake
was gaining strength and vigor, lec-
objected that he had jack-knife in
his pocket, and, after much trouble
and nerve, succeeded in getting hold
Of I. and by a vigorous effort he cut
the body across, about an inch from
the spot where he held it. 1t was,
perhaps, the greatest relief he ever
experienced to find the snakes body
relaxing and ultimately falling from
him. The head and upper part of the
snake, although still active, were
evidently getting weaker, aid Meegan
ultimately succeeded, by means of his
knife, in Staying the reptile altogether.
1t measured nine feet eight inches in
length. Meegan has preserved it in
spirits, with the view of forwardingir
to San Francisco.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-11-15

A Cincinnati firm lately received q
letter from a correspondent in Missis-
sippi, saying: 'Gents, | am due you
$26 l0-l0O which pleas hold up on me
q few days I happen a misfortune this
day 2 weeks ago & / had to kill aman
In Self Defense which my Lawyer fee
cost me 500 co which throws me be-
hind q little am all right now"
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-11-15
Albann grgistet,


Sweet and low, sweet and low, ff
Wind of the western sea.
Low, low, breathe and blow,
Wind of the western sea!
Over the rolling waters go;
Come mthe dying moon and blow,
Blow him again to me;
While my little one, while my pretty one
sleeps,
Sleep and rest. sleep and rest;
Father will come to the soon,
Rest, rest on mothers breast;
Father win come to thee soon,
Father will come TO his babe in the nest;
Father will come to his babe in the nest;
Silver sailsall out of the west
Under the silver moon;
Sleep, my little one, sleep, my pretty one,
sleep.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-11-15

A man is so much more polite in
church. He is on dresS-parade, as it
were. Nobody was surprised to see
that young man last Sunday dive sud-
denly into the bottom Of the pew to
pick up her psrasol. While he was at
the bottom he saw the embroidered
edge Of her pocket-handkerchief stick
ing from under the edge Of her dress.
He commenced tuggiHg at it. when
there was fierce scuffle and little
hand darted down. He came up with
out 1t. There were two red faces in
the sanctuary to which the calm OF the
blessed Sabbath seemed to bring no re-
lief. But he was a young man that
meant well.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-11-15

II used to think" says Aleck.
when that chap was In my Sunday
school class, that he didn't promise to
be anything extra. he was 30 kind o.
still and honest like but he's got so
he cocks cigar pretty well under his
nose, and squirts round pretty handy,
and shouldn't wonder If he gets to
be a--a-well, n brakeman, at least,
-and who knows but conductor. y
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-11-15

A Bangor boy is making a rnmpus
there by his wonderful magnetic pow
ers, BY simply touching with the
tips of his fingers the back OF q chair
in which person is seated, the sitter
will be thrown quite across the room.
The stoutest man win be elected from
his seat as quickly as If a young earth
quake had got under him.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-11-15

There was giants in those days. but
1t Is very uncertain when those days
were. Out in Indiana some workmen
have been DIGGING up human bones Of
great size, which must have belonged
to race of men who would rival fhe
sons Of Anak.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-11-15

Charles R, Henry, clerk in the post
Office at Plttsburg, has been arrested,
charged with embezzling letters.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-11-15
Murder in Albany
HA6NEVER YET BEEN KNOWN, AND
III no threatening of it at present.
Death

IA n thing which sometime must befali
every son and daughterof Of the human fam
uy; and yet,
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-11-15
HOW !?
BY calling OH
R. &. HILL 4 son,

with prescription, where you can have
|, compounded by one experienced in that
particular line. Also, constantly on hand
q good assortment of fresh drugs, patent
medicines, chemicals, paints, oils, dye
stutfs, trusses, etc. Agents for the
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-11-15
AT the Mid.tlssy,

OF your life, If disease lays his vile hands
up0n you, there Is still ~ balm in Gilead,"
rs which you may be restored to perfect
health, and prolong your days to niracu-
louS extent.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-11-15
Celebrated INK weed Remedy,

Or. oregon Rheumatic Cure; DR. D. Jayne
L. sons medicines, etc.
spcnce's Positive and Negative Powders
kept in stock. Also agents for the
Home Shuttle sewing Machine,
One of the most useful pieces Of household
furniture extant. Call and examine.
e X. G. HILL 4 SON.
Albany, June 10, 7l-i0vS