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From Horace greeley:

From Horace Greeley:
For most of the years have lived, the escape
of fugitives from slavery, and their efforts to
battle the human and other bloodhounds who
tracked them, formed the romance of American
History. That romance is now ended, and our
grandchildren will hardly believe its leading
incidents except on irresistible testimony. !
rejoice that you are collecting and presenting
that testimony, and heartily wish you great
success.
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From Gen. y. o. Hopard

| From Gen. u. o. Uotcard:
You could not prepare a work tina: would at
ford more instruction and interest TO me than a
detailed history of the Operations of the so
called az Underground Railroad lam deiightd
at the examination | have been permitted 10
give the proof, and think thousands will rise VI
to call you blessed for your faithful record Of our
'legslized crime
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4 Rpout"'y ot Fd,hioa, PisaaDs, ant In
stTUctiOH
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From Hon. Henry C. Carey:
Mr.. Stills work appears TO me to be one of
great interest, and most heartily unite in re
commencing it to the public attention.
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SOLD ONLY By SUBSCRIPTION.

WILLIAM STILL, Author and Publisher.
apr3-4t No. pa :. 18th street. Phila.
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From Hon. Charles Summer:
The Underground Railroad has performed its
part, but it must always be remembered CRATE
July, as one Of the peculiar institutions Of our
country. | cannot think of ii without a throb-
bling heart.
You do well to commemorate those assnci.
ated with it by service or by beEelit-thc sa.
vours and the saved.
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From J. N. McKim:
A book so unique in kind SO startling in i'll
terest, and so trustworthy in its statements
cannot fail to command a large reading now
and in generations yet to come.
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From Hon. Henry Wilson, Vice President:
You have done good work. This story Of
the heroic conduct of fugitives of oppression,
and of the devotion of their friends, will be
read with deep interest, especially 10y the old
friends of the slave in the stern struggle through
which we have passed hope your abors will
be rewarded by a grateful public.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-01-16
SUMMERS CoNs1srENoY.-The day after the

SUMMERS CoNsIsTENcY.-The day after the
opening of the present session of Congress,
Senator Sumner introduced a resolution ex-
punging from the Army and Navy Register,
and from United States battle flags, the record
and names of the victories gained by the Fed
eral troops in the late war. At once the Radi-
cal and Administration organs commenced
furious attack upon the author of the measure
for the inconsistency of his course, and the
insult, as they termed it, which he had offered
to the Union cause. The Legislature of Mas
sachusetts passed severe resolutions of censure,
and the cry became general that Mr.. Sumner
had deserted the Northern side and gone over
to the Southern rebels. For the edihcation of
those who question his consistency, the friends
of the Massachusetts Senator have republished
scrap of history, which shows tina. in May,
1862, Mr.. Sumner introduced and urged the
passage of a resolution exactly similar to the
one for which he is now being SO heartily
abused
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-01-16

Boys CoMPosrrIoN.-Crismus has come
agin. 1t comes onst q year. l like crismus.
like to have the children say "crismus gif'
so early in the morning | wouldent swap
crismus for the 4th of July, would you? The
4th of July has played out since the war
Them Yankees disgraced it, and it will never
hold up it's head amy more. But they never
hurt crismus. They coudent. Old Santa
Claus is too smart for Yankee. l believe if
he had fout ut all, he would have fout on our
side. He's the best old man ever saw. Fire
crackers pops like the dickens. Some old fogiz
don't like 'em, but 1 do. I've got me dog
picked out, and I'le tie bunch to his tail just
to see him run. He is houn dog. There's
never no school about crismus. Old Santa
wouldcnt let 'em, because hes friend to the
boys and the gals. like the gals first rate. [
like 'em better all the time I've got a sweet
heart, but nobody knows it but her. Snow
comes about crismus times. like snow, its so
white and soft, and makes everything look so
pretty. I would like to SNOWFALL school
teacher. The way / would sock it to him
YOU bet A man in town told on me for rockin
Of his dog. The way I'll SNOWFALL him is n
sight. Holcrin is big thing about crismus.
The boys down in Savannah has got horns.
Them swell heads cant holer worth cent. l
can holer rs much as any boy of my size.
Some boys holler like they had the epizoot,
but Hurrah for crismus.
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HINTS ON SHoPPINa.-It is poor economy
or. rather, no economy at ALTO purchase in
ferior fabrics because they are cheap. Persons
in limited circumstances often commit this er-
ror. IF 8 calico at ten cents yard looks about
az we'll as one at twelve or fifteen cents, the
prudent purchaser will often think it economy
to choose the ow-priced goods AS it is low
priced, she may indulge in a yard or two more
for rufles or bias folds, fiattering herself that
cheap ornamentation is an equivalent for fine
quality. This mistake may be seen permeating
the entire wardrobe of many sensible people.
The result is simply this they never have
anything of really good quality, are always shah
by, always buying None but rich people can at
ford to buy poor goods This rule applies to all
sorts ofgoods- -muslns, cloths, carpets and table
linen. We grudgc the time we see women spend
in making up muslins Of low grade for under.
clothing. There are so many stitches in ashirt !!
Aud when it last one year instead of two, as 1t
should, there is just twice as much work done
as need to be. Better make three shirts OF fine
quality muslin than six of lower grade OF
muslin. Just so in fanncls. A fifty-cent all
wool Shaker flannel will wear two or three
times as long as your himsy cotton and wool
stuff few pennies cheaper. Especially in a
family of children, fabrics should be chosen for
service that when made up they may descend
fro from 10 one child to another, thus saving the
mother time to stitch into her brain little
embroidery of thought and culture. A few
rules with regard to shopping itself may be in
place. First Have list of articles to be
purchased made out in black and white. By
this means you will be saved from sudden
temptation to buy what is really not necessary,
and forget nothing that you require. Second:
Deal only with merchants in whose business
integrity you can confde. Third :-1n the long
run one always docs better to buy at one and
at the same place than run about for the pur-
pose of hunting up bargains. A regular Gus
toner can often get favors denied to an occa-
sioual purchaser. Fourth Never buy what
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CURIOUS AND USEFUL CRow.-J. Snyder, of
Virginia, owns crow which serves as sub
stitate for dogs, cats and all other domestic
sentiuels. He destroys every frog about the
we'll: allows mouse no chance for his life;
drives away hawks from the poultry, and bids
fair to make the best squirrel dog in the coun-
try. He readily spies the squirrel, either upon
the fence or on the trees, and, with natural
antipathy to the squirrel tribe, his shrill, keen
note is readily detected by his owner, accom-
panied by rapid darts up and down, and the
owner is thus led to the game. The most re-
markable feature about the crow is that he in
variably keeps five or Fix days Fa'ioiis ahead OF
time, we'll concealed.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-01-16

THE LAND CoMMIss1oN.-One of the most
fruitful among the many instrumentalities
which carpet-b bag cunning has devised to de-
fraud the State, has been the Land Commits
sion. There will probably never be full ex-
position of all the guilty secrets connected
with its management. That crafty individual,
G. P. Leslie the first Commissioner, who sue
ceeded pretty thoroughly in sucking this Land
Commission plum, has left the State and taken
many of his secrets, as he has all OF his ILL
gotten gains, with him.
The report of Hon. T. L. Cardozo, late Sec
retary of State, discloses some very Interesting
particulars in regard to the Land Commission.
It is, we believe, the only full and authentic
report which has yet been made. Many OF
Leslie's rascalities are revealed, and it is pain
fully plain throughout that the State has been
grossly swindled in nearly every purchase, or
pretended purchase made.
1t is probable, to make rough estimate, that
the lands which have cost the State in the ag-
gregate 100000, could not be sold to-day tor
$l500O0.
From Chesterfield county, for instance, the
AGENT sent on there by Mr.. Cardozo to sell or
settle the State lands, if he could, reports that
the land is nothing but sand barren, and that
no one could buy it at dollar per acre and pay
for it, if the land was looked to to supply the
purchase money. This sand barren cost the
State nine dollars per acre.
But this is not the worst of it; one tract
which cost the State something over $4,000, at
least five times as much as it is worth, is found
upon examining the record, to have been con-
yeyed short while prior to the purchase by
the the S State, to SOME third party. 1t appears,
moreover, from the report of MIR. Cardozo that
that the enormous price paid for the notorious
Schlcy lands was not the only fraud perpetra-
ted in this ncfarious transaction The public
generally know how that the State was made to
pa pay $4,000 for these Schley lands, whereas
they only cost 100000.
But it is not so commonly understood that,
in addition, the conveyance to the State was
not recorded for over year after the purchase,
and that in the meantime mortgage of the
premises was made by the original owner and
recorded Immediately, and months before any
entry upon the books of the conveyance to the
State was made.-South Czrolinian.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-01-16
Death Of Louis Napoleon.

The news comes to us from Chiselhurst that
Napoleon III is no more His rise to the
highest position of power in France and In
Europe was rapid, and his fall has been equally
sudden. Through all his youth, and until
middle age, he was regarded as an impractical
BILE dreamer, with aspirations which neither
his fortunes nor his capacities would justify.
In all the variety of his checkered career,
however, before he reached power, he remained
true to his own claims and pretensions. How.
ever reduced, wherever an exile, he maintained
certain stateliness, and professed always to
expect to rise to greatness and ascend the
throne of his uncle. There was force enough
in the Napoleonic ideas, which be adopted and
cherished, coupled with his unyielding sense
of his coming grandeur, and the opportune
disturbance in the affairs of France, consequent.
upon the overthrow of the Government of
ted as President of France, he soon threw of
all trammels, and by coup d'etat seized upon
the reins of government, and had himself de-
clared Emperor. In this position he developed
higher abilities and more far-reaching genius
than he had been credited with. he did much
to develop the material prosperity of France.
Wealth greatly increased during his eighteen
years of sway; but France weakened neverthe-
less, and the spirit of the people became ener-
waited. Napoleon made some fatal mistakes in
his foreign policy, notably in that of undertak-
ing protectorate in Mexico, and in declaring
war without due preparation against Prussia.
His power began visibly to decline with the
fauz pas in Mexico, and as he began to feel
the sceptre dropping from his hands, he was
driven by the temper of the people and his
own adverse fates, hastily, unadvisedly and
unpreparedly into war with Bismarck and
King William. We all know the rest. His
kingdom went to pieces like house of cards,
and Sedan closed the scene. An exile in Eng
land, he continued to intrigue, and was waiting,
no doubt, anxiously for the time 70 come when
he would either be called to rule France again,
or make his way to power at the head of his
army. Death has relieved him of his cares,
and in her present complications France has
one intriguer less to tear and rend her vitals.
One thing we would not forget in his favor.
He evidently desired to recognize the Southern
Confederacy, and but for the refusal of Lord
Palmerston to join him, this would have been
done. This was friendly sentiment, to which
we can never become Indifferent. Peace to
the ashes of Napoleon III, and may his son
escape the troubles and disasters which tracked
his father to his death.-Columbia Pheniz.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-01-16
Cure for Stan,mering.

Some years ago, says Dio Lewis, famous
professor came to town where we were then re-
siding, and announced that he could "cure the
worst cases of suffering in ten minutes with
out a surgical operation" A friend of ours
was an inverate case, and We advised him 70
call upon the wonderful magician. He called,
was convinced by the testimonials exhibited,
struck up bargain, paid fifty dollars, and soon
returned at our Office talking as straight as
railroad track. u q
We were greatly astonished, and asked our
friend by what miracle he had been so strange
ly and suddenly relieved Of his lifelong trouble:
He most provokingly informed us that ne had
made solemn pledge not TO reveal the process
of cure.
We knew two other bad cases-ladies
calling upon them, reported what had come to
pass.
They were soon at the professors rooms,
came away greatly elated, raised the hundred
dollars, went the next day, paid the cash; and
in half all hour were ready, had the question
been popped, to say "Yes" without a jerk
We were soon made acquainted with several
other cures quite as remarkable, and resolved
to put on our sharpest wits and wait upon the
magician ourselves.
He seemed an honest man, ard in two days
we had made up our mind to pay him large
fee and learn the strange art, with the privilege
of using it to cure whomsoever we would.
Those who had been cured by the professor
was sole,nnly bound not to reveal the secret to
any one, but our contract gave US the privilege
of using the knowledge as we pleased.
And now we propose to give the readers of
this journal simple art which has enabled us
to make very happy many unhappy slammer-
ers. In our own hands it has often failed to
effect the desired result, but in three-fourths of
the cases which We have treated the cure has
been complete.
The secret is simply this: The stammerer is
made to mark the time in his speech, just as it
is as ordinarily done in singing. He is at first
to beat OH syllables It is best at the first les'
son to read some simple composition, like one
of David's Psalms, striking the finger on the
knee at every word, then read in newspaper,
beating each syllable.
You can beat time by striking the finger on
the knee, by simply hitting the thumb against
the forefnger or moving the large toe in the
boot.
We doubt if the worst case of suffering
could continue long, provided the sufferer
would read an hour or two every day, with
thorough practice of this simple art, observing
the same in his conversation.
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A little bow WAS playing with q couple {

"A little boy was playing with couple of
nickle FIVE cent pieces, the other evening, which
friend had given him, and putting his finger
on one of them, said, "This one l am going
to give the heathen." He kept on playing,
till at last one of the nickles rolled away, and
he couldn't find it. (Which one have you
lost" asked the friend. "The one Twas going
to give to the heathen," replied the cherub.
"A Georgia authoress has written novel
in which Alexander II. Stephens appears as
the hero.
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We have the record of the last words of
many of the great men of the olden time. We
have none, however, of Socrates, for Zantippe
would never allow him to have tho last word.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-01-16

- The feast of imagination-having no
dinner, but reading cookery book.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-08-11
Read This:

a COMPLIMENTARY TESTIMONIAL TO
MESSItS- J. & C. MAGUIRE. st Louis, Mo. Gen
lemcn:-The undersigned, having known you for
many wears reliable chemists and Pharmac hutsts
and observing the effective action OF your remedies
Tor " hattEer recommended. wish TO bear voluntary
evidence fothe efficacy of YOU rst and in opin-
ION best preparation. ''MAGUlRE CUNDURAN-
80 bitIEhSH Ii il all that you claim for it an
Alternative pErgative depuraor and diureiic acting
speclaly upon the liver blood, kidneys and bowels.
JOSEPH BROWN, Mayor. who adds: Il have
found this the pleasant and effective medicine
have ever used
MILES SELLS. State Insurance Commissioner
VINO adds: Il endorse the Mayor oplnion.'
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The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-08-11

Ring out the old, ring IN the ne,c
No Lac sULPHUR-no SUGAR qJ
LEAD-ao LIIH4RGE-ao NJ
TR4TE Of SIL FER-aot a HeaJA
nor HAIR DESTRECTITE-
All other articles called nv Its name are DYES.
and ii is well known that they destroy, not restore
the hair.
This is the FIRST and ONLY real RESTORATIVE
ever discovered.
1t is clear crystal, pure as amber delicious
wash.
II keeps the hair fresh moist, soft and tractIle
1t restores gray hair to It's original color by the
simple process Of new growth.
1t relieves and removes all tendency to headaches
which proceed mostly from the same causes, ag
grayated by pernlcious treatment through the pre-
valng 'Rertoratives
Use it straight along, and at 10 you will have the
hair you wear al II or ~ as its habitual use Is
certain preventive 10 extreme age. of falling
of. balances and gray hair.
II Is the only dressing not injurious to the hair o.
children, and promotive of it health and luxari
/ anCe. Little shavtrs should let their mothers ul
nurses apply it. Older should be sure thai
their BARRIERS have the genuine article.
Intlntessimal animalcuiaa observable only with
powerful microscope, ntest the roots of the hu
man mar and scalp when neglected and unhealthy
The Restorative contains their perfect bane select
ed from Natures store rooms which ingredient the
Patentee has the sole right 1t destroys these
removes all impurities fructides and fertiizes tht
scalp-treating only causes
Its appearance Is reasonable testimony hut in it,
use will be found conclusive proof of all these facts
Put away every other article called by Its name
for none else is true RenOQncC all poisous no
mades, fats and oils
Ring out the false, ring in the true"
| DIR. G. SMITH, Inventor. Aver Mass
PROCTOR BROTHERS, Manufacturers. GIouces
ter Mass, whom all orders should be addressed
| siod by Druggists everywhere, 4-1dmon&wly
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-08-11
Avoid ouacks and inposters.

NO NIlslIlst TOT AdSlCe and UOnsQIALOn.
DR.. J. n. Dyotf. Graduate jefferson Med;ca
College, Philadelphia, author Of several valuable
works, can be consulted on all diseases of the
Sexual or Urinary Organs, (Which he has made
matter from what cause originating or of how
long standing. practice OF 80 years enables
him to treat disease with success Cures guar
anteed Charges reasonable THOSE al dis
tance can forward letter describing symptoms
and enclosing stamp to prepay postage.
Send for the Guide to Heath. Price 10 Cents.
]. B. DYOIaT, ND, Physician and Surgeon,
l04 Duane 81. New York.
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Ny journal abounds with similar letters. all of
which / guarantee to be genaine aud written by
the persons whose name they bear.
DO not suffer yourself to be imposed on Don't
be drawn away after new and doubtful experi
ments, Don't risk your health by letting novices
experiment upon YOU with their trash
Ny Sarsapariia has stood the test of twenty five
years it is still the Sanaparila of the day and Of
.he age, towering over all others in popularity and
it. curative qualities.
Avoid all those who are trying to palm off OF
you other extracts Of Sarsaparilla so-called. Re
member it is DR.. John Balls Sarsaparilla of Louis
Vile, KY thar is the old and reliable remedy fo1
impurities of the blood and serofuious affections
Always hear that in mind
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Che 3ailp Arens,
WOES OF A REPUBLICAN SENATOR
How Mr.. Nipple MlteheIl's Troubles Wear
Upon Him.

Oregon Correspondence Of the Pittsburg Leader
Senator Nipple Mitchell, since his recent
troubles, looks worn and anxious He
goes upon the street very seldom. and
looks detected and nervous when he meets
friends. His friends say he has grown ten
years older since this disclosure Of his past
life. For some time there was considerable
anxiety among his friends lest he should
commit suicide. Others say this was ali a
pretense to excite sympathy. To the query.
would he give his side Of the affair he re
piled that the published statement was all
he had to say, and that he would not con-
sent to an interview His defense then
consisted simply of admissions. some ex-
press, and some by unavoidable implication.
Of the charges Of seduction, embezzemept,
elopement with a paramour. and big
amy Such, it was urged. the
public regarded his published card
and it was due to himself. if he
did not assent to that Interpretation of the
case, that he embraced the opportunity
now offered to set himsff right, He could
not meet charges of this nature successful
ly by merely asking the world to forget the
sins of the past. To all Of these sugpes-
tons he simply replied; : | have said In
my case all | have to say 1t has leaked
out that there was family here who, in
1860, lived at San Louis Owisho an obscure
town in Southern California, and who knew
some things. In the spring of that year,
Immediately after leaving Pennsylvania,
Mr. Nipple appeared in town under the
name of Mitchell, with his little girl Jessie,
and the woman whom he introduced as his
wife and who claimed to have been a
schoolma am before her marriage to Mr..
Mitchell Here they stayed a short time
but left suddenly and went up the coast
toward San Francisco. He landed in Ore
gon on the first day of July of the same
year. with his daughter, reporting that he
had lost his wife in California. No trace
has been found Of the woman since that
time.