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career terminatcd in exile at Chiselharst.
In contrast with the eager aud active
striver for throne may be placed the
cynical Duke Of Brunswick, Who also died
IN exile, leaving his boarded jewels and
treasure 70 an alien city. The Emperorof
Morocco died IN September, and the
dowagcr Empress Of Austria but few
weeks ago. Among statesmen may be
mentioned Rattazzi, the brilliant intriruer.
and Bernstof, who had grown old in the
diplomatic service Of Germany. james
l.. Orr died at the Russian capital but a
few months after his ambition had been
grati6cd by the appointment to the mission,
while James Brooks and Oakes Ames
sunk beneath the weight Of public condem-
nation and official disgrace for crimes the
whole burden Of which was shifted from
other shoulders to their own. Probably
the loss Of none Of the dead of 1873 is 10
generally felt at the present moment In
this country as is the loss Of Chief-J nstice
Chase, who died in this city on the 7th Of
May. Among writers and artists we will
only mention John Stuart Mill Lord
Lytton, Matthew r Maury, John r.
Thompson, Hiram Powers, and Edwin
Lanseer. The greatest Of all in the esti-
nation Of many Americans Is Professor
Agassiz, who chronologically closes the
list. Others Of mark aud Of value to the
world were called from il while the old
year ran Its course. He has his harvest
--let him be satisfied. The new year win
raise up others, and will in turn take some
now in the full vigor Of their usefulness. -
Nep York World.
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For The Democratic Adrocate.
NEARING THE RIVER.
BY FloRRNcE wEicn.

We are nearing the river. one bv one,
Wehaye caught the bloom offrsoranta aow' rs,
We have seen The lipbt Of n glorious sun.
Thatneyer has shone In t6is cline Of Ours.
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Under the anspieas Of ihe America.,
Colonizasion Society emigration of I.iberiu
has been an annual fact Tor lie last iffF.
Three Years, Its last expedition vas bg
the bark ':Jaspaf which embarked from
New York % Thanksgiving Day. with
seFenty-thfee emigfants, well provided for
on their voyage and for six months after
their arrival. They were from Tennessee.
Georgia, and Florida, being only fraction
Of the apPlicants for passage during the
year: But they we're quite as mary a.
the Society had means At command to bro.
vide for, 10 the present financial condition
OF the country.
The emigrants were brought to New York
IN two companies. One By the steamer
"san Jacintor from Savannah. and the
other BY the steamer iIsaac Bell'' from
Norfolk. They consisted principally Of
families, and with few exceptions. were
under middle life, and Of the better class
OF the freedmen In their number the
ministry and the medical profession were
represented, aud as has usually been tie
case, large percentage Of them were
members Of Christian churches. And an
have carried with them the dress ef q civ.
ilized people, the habits Of a civilized life.
and the English language The society
sent out by the Jasper nearly s5On
worth Of school books, purchased Of A. s.
Barnes 4 Co., for the use of its own and
other schools; also Arabic and English
Bibles and Tesfaments worth about 8l75
presented by the American Bible Society:
and $50 worth Of books presented by the
american Sunday School Union
The vessel also had on board sscoffee
huller," invented and shipped BY Edward
). Morris, Esq, of Philadslphia, who sent
with it competent colored man to super.
intend its use in Liberia. This machine.
It Is believed, will be Of great value to
coffee growers, and at no distant day great
ly increase the quantity Of the article for
exportation-
Yates Il Porterfeld, the owner Of the
Jasper and several other vessels IN the
trade with Liberia, recently brought from
that Republic in the DThomas Pope an
amount Of coffee which they sold for some
$4,000. Besides this, some went 10 Eng
land, and some to other ports. As an ar
tiele Of commerce, the Liberia coffee. on
account Of its excellent quality, is probably
destined to be one Of most valuable pro
ducts Of the country.
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Extraordinary Story.

A remarkable case Of apparent death is
now attracting great attention in Avon,
N. Y. A woman has been lying in that
village for Eve weeks without giving any
sign Of life whatever, and the remarkable
thing about it is that she predicted her
present condition several months ago Her
name is Eleanor Bonney, she is unmarried
and has been an inmate Of the house Of
L. o. Preston, farmer residing about a
mile and half west Of the village, for
more than eight years She has been a
reputed clairvoyant, for long time, and
an intimate friend Of Mrs. Jennie C. Dul.
ton, clairvoyant physician of Rochester,
n. Y. She had stated several times in
months past that at o'clock, on the
morning Of the 11th of November, she
should 60 into a trance of very long dura-
tion, in order to prove To the unbelieving
the principles Of Spiritualism. She was to
prove that person could die, the soul be
completely separated from the body, the
first stages Of decomposition even set in,
and then, by miraculous power, be re-
stored to life again In all respects as she
was before, She also stated that her body
would lose fifty pounds in weight, which
would be indicated by the ringing Of bells,
and that when the soul had entirely sepa
rated from the body, the house would be
violently shaken. Having pledged her
friends not to have her body inferred, and
enjoined them not to touch her, she went
into the state predicted exactly at the ap-
pointed time, whereupon the house was
shaken as she foretold. The bells also rang
as she predicted and her weight has dimin.
ished about ffty pounds, her usual weight
being about two hundred and eight pounds.
She lies on her back, slightly turned on
one side. Only few Of her friends are
allowed to enter the room, and the Coroner
has been urged to look into the matter
but nothing has thus far been done. A
Rochester physician--not Spiritualist---
has visited the room, and declares the body
dead. There Is peculiar odor in the
room, but be thinks Il does not arise from
decomposition. The friends believe that
Mis- Bonney i dead, hut confidently ex-
peot that her soul viii return, Several
strange phenomena have occurred In con-
nectlon with tho affair; for example, Ms.
Dutton was taken sick, soon after visiting
the room, and for seventeen days lived
without food, drink or sleep. The whole
story, Of course, looks absurd to most peo-
pie, but the Rochester Dc,norof. which
professes to have obtained its information
from responsible persons, declares that the
facts are notorious in the neighborhood Of
Avon.
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The SEA MousE.--The sea mouse is
one Of the prettiest creatures that lives
under the waters. IL sparkles like a
diamond and is radiant with all the colors
Of the rainbow, although it lives in the mud
at the bottom Of the ocean. Itshould not
have been called mousse for it is larger
than big rat. 1t is covered with scales
that move up and down as it breathes, and
glitters like gold shining through aocky
down, from which fine silky bristles wave
that constantly change from one brilliant
tint into another, so that, as Cuvier, the
great naturalist, says, the plumage of the
humming bird is not more beautiful. Sea
mice are sometimes thrown up on the
beach by storms.--Hearth and Home.
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So PER ANNUM.
poetrp.
WINTER.

Thou dark.robed man with solemn pace,
And mantle muifled round thy face,
Like the dim vision seen by Saul,
IJnraised by spells from Deaths dark hall:
Thou sad small man--iace thin and old,
Teeth set, and nose pinched blue with cold,
Meier mind Thy coat so long and black,
And fitting round thee all so slack,
Has glorious spangles, and its stars
Are like conqueror's s fresh from wars.
Who wove il in Time awful loom,
With woof Of glory, warp Of gloom?
Jove's planet glitters on the breast,
The morning star adorns thy crest,
The waxing or the waning moon
Cliugs to thy turban, late or soon;
Orion belt is thine, thy thigh
His iewelled sword hangs brightly by
The Pleiades seven, the gipsy's star,
Shine us thy shoulder,knots afar
And the great Dog star, bright, unknown,
Blazes beside thee like throne.
Take heart! thy coat so long and black,
Sore-worn, and fitting round thee slack,
IL broidered by the Northern Lights,
Those silver arrows shot by sprites-
Is powdered by the MILKY Way
With awful pearls unknown 10 day,
Which well make up for all the hues
Proud Summer, bridegroom'like, may use.
Proud Summer with his roses sheen,
And dress of scarlet, blue, and green,
Floods us with such sea Of light,
We miss the faint far isles Of night,
And thopghtless dance, while he with Lutte
Boguiles us, or assists to fruit
But, like shade from spirit-land
Dim Winter beckons with his hand
He beckons all things darker grow,
Save white churued waves and wreathing snow:
We pause chill creeps through our veins
We dare not thank him for his palms,
We fear TO follow, and We creep
To candle.light, to cards, to sleep.
Yet, when we follow him, how deep
The secret he has got to keepl
How wonderful how passing grand
For peering through his storms there stand
The eternal cities of the sky,
With stars like street-lamps hung on high
No angel yet can sum their worth,
Though angels sang when they had birth.
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Our 0lio.
The Legends of Plants.

Some plants are emblematical on account
of certain events or customs; OF these are
the national emblens. The rose OF England
became especially famous during the wars
of the Roses, after which the red and white
were united, and the rose OF both colors Is
called the York and Lancaster; but when
these flowers hrst became badges OF the
two houses we cannot discover Inc inns
tie is honored as the emblem OF Scotland,
from the circumstance that once upon
time party OF Danes having approached
the Scottish camp unpercelved, by night,
were on the point OF attackingit, when one
OF the soldiers trod on a thistle, which
caused him to cry out, and so aroused the
enemy The shamrock OF Ireland was
held by st. Patrick to teach the doctrine
OF the Trinity, and chosen IN remembrance
Of him; it is always worn by the Irish on
st. Patricks Day The leek, In wales, as
national device, has not been satisfacto-
rily explained, otherwise than as the result
of its having the old Cymrlc colors- green
and white. In France, the heur.de-lls is
so called as corruption of Fleur-de. Louis,
and has no connection with the iilly, but
was an iris, chosen as an emblem by Louis
VII when he went to the Crusades, and
afterward named after him. The olive is
deemed an emblem of peace, probably be.
cause, on account OF its durability OF
growth, 1t was planted, both in Greece and
Italy, to mark the limits OF landed possess
sions.
Very many plants owe their celebrity to
the healing properties with which they are
probably endowed, as their common names
indicate. of these are self-heal, wound
wort, liverwort, lungwort, eyebright, loose
strife, fea bane, saliva, from salvo, La;in)
to heal; potentilla, from potential, etc.
But in many instances these properties
used to be exaggerated and distorted in
such manner that the application Of
certain plants in wounds, and illness, mere
ly as a charm, superseded their being used
in n way that might be beneficial and
the witches cauldrons (like those men
toned in Macbeth, and the old British
cauldron Of Ceridween,) which contained
decoctions of all kinds of plants, mystically
prepared, were looked to as all-powerful
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The Massachusetts Prohibitory Liquor
law is not 50 laxly administered Is many
suppose During the last three months
one hundred and thirty thousand gallons Of
liquor have hoen seized. About Eve
hundred dealers have been tried and con-
victed during the past year !; aud some two
hundred have been sent 70 prison. While
there are acknowledged to DO three tboa-
sand places IN Boston alone, whesc liqaor
i illegally sold, the number of convictions
does not appear IaEse, however
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Austrian Schools.

We have been in the habit Of claiming
that the school system Of the United States
was superior in all respects to that Of any
system of similar character in the world.
If the testimony Of Mr.. Philbrick. the Su-
perintendent Of Public Schools Of Boston.
who examined the school system Of Europe
with attention during four months visit
TO Vienna, can be depended upon, our
claim is not well founded He thinks that
Austria in all departments Of higher and
lower education will compare iavorably
with this or any other country. In that
kingdom, according to Mr. Philbrick,
every chink where there isneed of q school
Of any kind is filed. Thorough discipline
and system follow, as parts Of the general
system. All children between SIX and
fourteen years Of age 60 to school. Ex-
cellence IS due to the thoroughness Of the
systems pursued in the four normal schools.
The principal one, known as the Pedagogia,
Is for the improvement Of teachers. Every
teacher must spend four years In the nor
NAL schools, and then pass an examination
before q commission appointed BY the
government. The middle schools Of Wen
na--corresponding to our high schools
are beyond anything yet conceived Of.
The teachers are men Of the highest edu-
cation, and the government gives them the
title Of professors, and makes their posi-
tions desirable. They are well paid, have
q high social position, rank as government
officials, and, at the end Of thirty years
service, receive a pension equal to their
maximum salary. Mr.. Philbrick also holds
up the school-houses of Austria as being
constructed on the best known principles
of architecture as applied to this class Of
structures. They are fire. proof, well light
ed and ventilated, and thus the health Of
the pupils is preserved and their eyes pro
tected from injury by using improper light.
These suggestions are well worthy Of con
sideration.
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An error In punctuation will sometimes
cause very remarkable transformation in
the meaning Of sentence. The omission
Of comma on an epitaph in a Western
cemetery, causes the inscription to read,
Erected to the memory-of John Phillips,
accidentally shot as a mark of affection by
his brother"
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1t is not what we have or what We have
not which adds to or subtncts from our
felicity. 1t is the longing for more than
we have, the envying Of those who possess
more, and the wish to appear in the world
Of more consequence than we really are
which destroys our peace of mind, and
eventually leads to ruin.
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An old minister once recommended a
parishioner to take snuff to keen him
awake during the sermon, to which the
old back-slider retorted that be had better
put the snuff in the sermon.
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If the united power Of all our agricul-
taral colleges would teach us how to grow
good crops Of potatoes we would be thank
full
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He who reforms himself has done more
towards reforming the public than the
whole crowd Of noisy reformers together.
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An analytical chemist has discovered
that two-pound loaf Of bread contains
about as much alcohol as q glass of light
beer.
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The antiquity Of the dentists art /
shown by the fact that mummies have
been found in Egypt, with teeth filed with
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The indications of the past two or three
months are that the next January viii
show an increase Of the debt, whatever the
result may be as to the expenditure. IN
this connection, however, il is gratifying
TO observe that most Of the leading mem.
bers of both houses Of Congress have plant
ed themselves firmly on the conservative
side Of the question, and give no favor 10
any proposition looking to the permanent
enlargement of the currency, which usually
80 surely points to an increase Of debt and
expenditures. Indeed, Senator Fentou.
in his speech, met the issue squarely when
he took the broad ground that ainaatiou
is the treacherous quicksand upon which
all of our towering, totteriug pyramid Of
Indebtedness rests" 1t is estimated that
the aggregate bonded indebtedness Of the
country--national. State. local and iudi-
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"THEE" AND aTHou. Ate the last two
yearly meetings Of the Friends of Phila-
deIphia, the subject Of dropping the use
Of sthee" and AthouN was discussed as
being often uugEammatical, and at the
same time non-essentiai If the sect. At
the conference Of Friends at Lynn, Mass,
composed Of delegates from al over the
United States and Canada, the nme sub
jeet was streanoualy advocated, together
with other very radical innovations. 1t
was argued that al aexternal pecaliari-
ties" which have heretofors characterized
Friends have outgrown their use. and
should be laid aside. This would inclnde
mot only the disuse Of 'splainH language,
but the distinctive dress. or this latter.
the essayist said ''any pcculiarities If earb'
ought 70 be discarded, az suo longer rep.
resenting any important lesson Of truth 2
These views seem 10 have aroused no dis.
sent, and, according to the West Chester
Record, are coincided in BY many Friends
IN Chester county, Pa, where this peculiar
sect i largely represented
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The way to make easy times is let every
man or woman who owes money pay it at
once, IL il be possible.
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a greet many words pass between ones
nose and chin, but We have never known
them 10 fight.
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Pathological Stlarrels.
A BRIDE TURNED TO STONE.

A Mareeions Case Of Almost Instant Istrifdc
doR--A Fatal Draught from Stone IN a
Geologists Cabinet An Asionishing Story
from The Zen ofa Louisiana Physician.
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AT ~.
THE ENTERPRISE SALOON.

Will be found full Stock of LIQUORS of tho best
a large supply CT the BEST BITTERS made saa
SEGARS and TOBACCO grades
goods will be dealt with by calling -" aese
AUGUSTUS FISCHER .Ags
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'Losvee anndLife.
"a = ~
ny J. II. ELLIOT.


8G
MY life is dead he Dried, and agony,
White, rigid, speeohless, froze npon his
Hissyss slsansd like a crystal, midnight
sea,
He turned to fy-she held him to the
Place. e az
Like thesof murmur of Summer stream
Her tender voice rippled and flled the
Hor face, tranfxed, was like a golden beam
Of sinshine gloryfying all the gloom.
shssstood and gazcd at him with pitying
oyes ,SSss y s
Love net-I was not made for love- she
Love is passion-at it's birth it dies;
Your burning loys, and net your life, is
dead.
He shuddered, turned away his face, and
wept; i,
Heaven pity item when strong men melt
to tearslslz,s.
With ne,iiseless s,i stop clofe to his side she
creps
sfAAlnd softly smiled, as though she had no
GsEffssrsa aq ss
drsat, bursting sobs convulsed the bending
y, Form;
seemed Us though the sore hurt heart
= must break,
So bruised and shaken was it by the storm
Whose rubless thirst his tears might
neyer Shake.
Her smile slow faded; loningly she gazod;
APearly tear swan in her eyes deep
blue: g
She touched her check to his, herself amaz-
8 eds svS re
But conquered, us she whispered, 4 love
=" you'll III
Her hcad upon his breast, he raised his
9s eyes;
0No one might see then how his heart hal
.eSablcd: p 81
.Is,love a'phssions Then IL purifes,'
Ho said; 'for neither life nor love is
@es58Adoad.'s
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TO THE
TO THE
Nervous & Debilitated
OF BOTH SEXES.

40 Charge for Ac7vicc and Consolation
Dn. J. B. DYoTr, graduate of jefferson
Medical College Philadelphia, author of
several valuable works, can be consulted on
all diseases Of the Sexual or Urinary Or
gans, (Which hc has made an especial study
either i'll male female, no matter from
what cause originating or of how long stand
ing. practice. of 30 years enables him to
treat diseases with success. Cures giiaran-
tecd Charges reasonable. Those mt II
distance can forward letter describing sym
toms and enclosing stamp to prepay postage.
Send for the GUIDE TO HEALTH.
Price 1Gc. s. gg
8 Il j, b.. DYOTT,5 M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
l04 Duane ST., New York.
jan II 1874 50
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DUKES HOTEL, J. L. 1. ..... /.
RUSSELLST STREET, ORANGEBU IS. q. .aS..

that has OPENED
Jan iS-Sm J.sW.aT. DU&Es.
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jar, II
SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD
f51als3,ssc.ssss4<-
sgas A B sasS &C. @ IA HhEEss g
AWE az w .IaG-t3I -SxZ VVf
CHARLESTON, S. C. December IA, 1872.

(AN AND AFTER SUNDAY DECEMBER
" IA, the Passenger Train on tho South
Carolina Railroad will run as follows.
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NEW PATENT. :"
DIR. PATRICK'S COTTON PRESS

DIV La NlCA y COI1ON pRESS
The. undersigned Agent for Orangsburg
County begs leave to call the attention of
COTTON PLANTERS to the same, and
would advise every one in neod of a COT
TON PRESS to purchase patent at once.
For CIIEAPNESS, SIMPLICITY, and
POWER, 1t has no equal.
Any one dcsirous of seeing the "modus
,perandi" Of said Press, can do 80 by calling
at the Store of J. w. Patrick g. Co., Russell
Street Orangeburg G.. H., S. c., where
model can be seen, or address Capt. jeff
STOKES Gen'l Agent Midway s. C.
j. W. PATRICK, Agt.
Orangeburg County s. C.
july..2e 1873
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l.5.c,z Sles Long fishes Turnpikes.
Tough fishes--Cork seles.
aazSsorrowfnr fahes--W(h)ales.
ppWood for Collins Dye wood.
The vegetable for hangman-The arti
choko.s n ss
- sWhen. q man 3 nose becomes little
reddish, it ought to be pulled like other
areddishcss aa les
ssa The color OF the wind was discovered
blythe man who went out and found it
blew.s
SsoThe editor ofa Texas papors acknowl
edges the receipt Of two beautiful Indian
escalps.
aalhho will iaventa hltohins post for
aEime, the greatest runaway of all the
a3esasS ses4st Z, .es@ tas Al-
Tbs, editor Of, the Panama Star apollo
giisSessfor, the non appearance Of his pa
per by saying that ho sd to haul off to
dig bucksoot out OF his legs.