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a Letter from Vicksburg-Terrible
Condition Of AfraIrs-Thc Sisters OF
Mercy.
Mem Orleans Times.

Extract Crom q private communication
lust received from V~icksburg: Yours OF the
I'd iustaut took over twenty days to reach me.
1t arrived plentifully fumigatrd, etc. Inc ic-
yer here is of the worst character l have ev-
or seen. Death frequently occurs III a lew
hours. Whole families have been swcPl
the city. We found y dead body in every
house on the lcvee. The city hospital has
been turned over to the Sisters OF Mercy, wh"
have come from several distant places. TO as
sisi their sisters IN Vicksburg i'll nursing The
stricken. ~
The city is desert. Not q human being to
be seen in the streets save the dark-robed
forms of the Sisters hurrying on their mis-
sions of mercy, or some gentleman OF the
"Uowards." a benevolent society here COM
posed of Catholics and TrotcStantS. The
good Bishop Elder, whom we are sure 10 lose
The has been promoted to the Sec Of san
FranciscO-is still to be found ut the hcdS;dc
of the dying from morning till night. minis
tering the sacramcnts, consolinS the sick, en-
couraCing all. II he gives himself any rest
during these dreadful days. no one can dis
cover it. one of the Catholic priests is alnong
the stricken. There has been an abatement
of the new cases to-day. No abatement "i
the severity Of the disease. Pray that Cod
may come to our assistance. lie alone can
1oln nc now
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Public Graded Schools.
GreenrtUe NeCS.

tft wv"
MIR. ED1ToR-It is doubtless expected by
the public that Ishould make M announce
mcrt OF the beginning of my school rs n pri-
vatc enterprise by advertising In the paper;
much preferred lnaugurating, n graded
of free schools, and thus be able to
give much more thorough instruction than
can be given in private schools of mixed
grades. Besides the expense Of graded schools
Is less than half that OF private schools.
AS number Of gentlemen have requested
me to publish some account of graded
schools, ! give to-day n short and concise
view Of the work In them: LIST. Tho schools
are classified according to n regular course OF
study, such rs Is seen in our college catalO-
cues, except that the studies and methods Of
instruction are adapted to the ages and prog
cording to the Reading classes. The first
reader class will be taught arithmetic. gcogra-
ply and spelling orally. together with slate
writing and drawing, These studies will not
with maps and blackboards. During the first
three years no teXt-books nre used, except
readers; The pupils Of the lst grade are
taught by one teacher, those OF the I'd grade
by another, and those by each succeeding
grade by separate teachers. Each of these
can teach thoroughly from fifty to sixty pu-
pills, thus greatly reducing the cost OF tuition.
and Increasing the efficiency of the instruc-
ton.
1t Is now proposed to open what Is called a
Peabody School, and also to open subscrip-
tons for the purpose of making the schools
free to all white children until the lst of JAN
unry, by which time our City Council will be
able to secure the necessary legislation fort he
establishment OF n regular graded system.
This measure will enable us to secure aid
from the Peabody Fund for the whole year.
If three hundred pupils can be secured atSl.N
per month. the sum will be sufficient TO suS.
tain the schools for that lumber during the
year, aud pay all incidental expenses. should
! this plan be adopted. 1t will he evident to
every one that all of the three hundrc pu.
pills will not be able to pay sl.M per month.
1t VIII therefore tn or &c re % be "a necessary for some to to
secure the amount required. 49,
Should this arrangement fail, 1t will be IN.
derstoOd that I will opcn n private school and
Normal class in the Gaillard school building
on September LIST, and all announcement will
be found in the papers ut that time.
Respectfully, II. T. MORTON.
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The Volunteers for Memphis

In response to the appeal for medical aid;
the following physicians have volunteered
and will leave Charleston to-day FOR MrlnpIiis:
Dr. =. G. DcSauSsrrc, Dr.. Joseph Yates, DR..
r. Grange SiinonS, DR.. 4. II. Spencer.
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UYDropIoB1A.-A mad dog was killed. last
Monday, by MI. Henry King, near this place.
lie had bitten n little negro child in the face
and on tho right hand and arm, after which
he attack I'd and hita fine Watcf-lng IN an au-
IL shot. DIR. Sloanwas called In to attend the
child. The wounds arc serious, and inftam
nation has set In.
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KfmptOn Turned Loose.

SPRINGFIELD, MASS, August 3O.-On the
receipt Of the telegram from Boston stating
Iehat the Governor would refuse TO surrender
Kimpton, the latter was discharged by the
Police Court Of this city, by which he had
been held ona merely nominal charge. He
isuoW at liberty,
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MAD CAT.-On Sunday last, acat belonging
to Mrs. Dr. Thompson, of Ncwbcrry, suppos-
ed to be mad, was shot by DR.. FAINT.
The Laurcns County Convention has nomi-
mated its Old members to the Legislature for
reelection.
There are fourhundrcdc colleges In this coun
try, with an aggregate 1890 professors.
Judge John A. InglIs, formerly Of South Ca
rolina, died in Baltimore on the 2jth instant.
He was o native Of Maryland.
cnator Gordon is taking advantage
cation to improve and stock his exte
cep farm In Georgia.
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DEATH OF Mr.. P. GARREKCT.-Wc reeretlo
baor Of fine death of Mr.. y. Garreckt. on Mon
day last. at Greenwood. Mr.. G.. will be re-
membcred as living for Il while among us,
where he has many friends, made by his qul-
ct, g~cntlemanly behavior.
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Mcgords Collie Mixture.
For Hor,ex. mnies and Cattle.

X-A -
Tile undersigned have been appointed sole
agents for thcsafc of"McCOSDSCOLIC MIX
TuHxs,s p an iafnliib'e ~cure,for collie In horses
lmules orcattle. This preparation was pat
tented 5Ine 30, 1869, and In the short time
WHICH has elapsed since has attained n repu-
'tGtf0n u%neQualed by any patented medicine
on the globe. We have In our possession tes-
timoniias from numerous persons who have
used IT.:
l have had two occasions to use McCOrds
Collie Mixture In cases that seemed desperate.
The u cess in curing was apparently magic
vi. 1t is administered without trouble or de-
lay, Is speedy in action, and / think Is so VAL
liable that every person who manages horses
or mules should kecd 1t at hand.
Isaw Mr.. McCord use his medicine on n
cd with cramp collie. The animal was drop
ping down t. eouently and in great pain. In
!; short time after the medicine was given-in
ten minutes. at the fartheSt,-the animal was
easier. and In an 10 I saw the animal har-
messed and driven OIL. and learned subSc-
qucntly she performed the journey and had
THOMAS THOMSON.
have had one occasion to use McCor
C0lic Mixture. 1t was very effective an
'n'AA - III" 'N'''''D' S. MCGOWAN
w. T. PENNEY.
DIR. f. PARKER.
For sale by T. Baker, Lowndesvllle, s. c.,
DR.. Z. II. Edwards. Due west.
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DESOLATION AND DEATH.

The PestIlcncc Spreads Fast in Mem
ph1s ard New Orleans.--Thc Death
Rate in Memphis Greater than IN
1873 -. Only Two Physicians on
Duty Two More Priests Die at
their Post---Sevcnty-EIght Deaths
Yesterday - Fever Spreading
Among the Negroes.
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SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.

THE countcnance is pale and lcaden-
i colored, with occasional lushes, or
a circumscribed spot on one or both
checks; the eyes become dull; the pu-
pills dilate; an azure semicircle runs
along the lower eye-lid; the nose is IT.
ritated, swells, and sometimes bleeds;
a swelling Of the upper lip; occasional
headache, with humming or throbbing
of the cars; an unusual secretion of
saliva; Shiny Or furrcd tongue; breath
very foul, particularly in the morning;
appetite variable, sometimes v~oracious,
with a gnawing sensation of the stom-
ach, at others, entirely gone; fleeing
pains in the stomach; occasional
nausea and vomiting; violent pains
throughout the abdomen; bowels If
regular, at times costivc; stools Shiny;
not unfrcqucntly tingcd with blood;
belly swollen and hard; urine turbid;
respiration occasionally difficult, and
accompanied by hiccough; cough
sometimes dry and convulSlve; uneasy
and disturbed sleep, with grinding Of
the teeth temper variable, but gener.
ally irritable, &c.
Whenever the above symptoms
are found to exist,
DIR. C.. MCLANE'S VERMIFUGE
will certainly effect a cure.
1T DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY I'D
in any form; it is an innocent prepare,
ton, not capable Of doing tile MyhHs
injury to tie most hnatv Infant.
The genuine DR.. McLANE's YER
M1FUGE bears the signatures of c. Nc
LANE and FLEMING Bros. on the
wrapper. -:o:-
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Have you Heard the News About Be
qucSt3

Having had ten years experience as allquor
dealer, and being familiar with all the brands,
besides having u practical knowledge Of what
is choice, he Is fully able to supply all who
wish II pure article either asa beverage or for
medicinal purposes, of anything they desire
in his line Of goods, which consist OF the
following:
Rye Whiskcy, Port Wine. 'taa'a
Bourbon Whiskcy, Madeira Vino,
Corn, jswcct and sour Sherry Wine,
mash,) g., Malaga Wine,
Crystallized Corn, Catawba Wine,
y. +. Rum, Scuppernong Wine,
Centennial Rum, Clarct Wine,
Old Crow Whiskey, Lincoln County Whs'y
Scotch and Irish Whiskey, fine imported
Gin, Champagne, French Brandy.
The above goods will be sold in quantities
to suit purchasers, at prices from two to ten
dollars q gallon.
Parties desiring Christmas supplies will do
well to give me Il Gala
Elga "A. REQUEST
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DR.. G. McLANE'S
PILLS

arc not recommended as a remedy "for all
the ills that flesh is heir to, "but in affections
Of the liver, and in all bilious Complaints,
Dyspepsia and Sick Headache, or diseases Of
that character, they stand without a rival
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The National Standard.
Greenvllle and Columbia Railroad
A OF

Passenger Trims run daily, Sundays exc
copied, connecting with the Fast Day Trains
and after Wednesday, Nov. 18th, 1877, tile fol.
lowing will be the schedule:
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GALVESTON, August so. - The board OF
health has quarantined against all ports on
the east coast, between sabine Pass and Pen
sacoia. and have declined TO permit the steam
ships Morgan, city Of Neau York, n Western
Yeras to come into port. No fever is reported
The board of health to-day notified the post
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The genuine arc never sugar coated.
Each box has a red wax seal on the lid with
The impression DR.. McLANE's LIVER PILLS.
Each wrapper bears the signatures Of C.
MCL6NE and FLEMING Bros.
Insist upon having the genuine DR.. c. Nc
LANES LIVER PILLS, prepared by Fleming
Bros, of Pittsburgh. Pa, tine marke, being
full-of limitations of the name McLdHe,
spelled differently but same pronunciation.
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The PIucky Operator Mt Grenada
Down at Last-His ChiId's Re
mains Three Days Unburied for

CAIRO, August30.-A telegram from Gre
NADIA reports that the 0 marshal and the
telegraph operator arc down with fever, and
that the body of the lattcr's little son, who
died three days ago, remains unburied for
want Of money to bury it with.
pautc-StrickeH Galveston Threatens
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One Hundred aud Forty New Cases
in New Orleans - The Fever III
Memphis Continues without Abatc-
mcnt - Death of Two Catholic
Observation-Disclosures for the SUI.
fcrcls Forwarded From all Parts
of the Country.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-04-27

One Column 50 90 per inch for year. Three changes.
allowed yearly advertisers without additional charge.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-04-27

they called "Springiield," i'd still occupied
in part by their descendants, and by Jos.
Hamilton, whose residence is on the site of
the original homestead.
Among the early Friends who settled at
Nottingham was Jehu Kay. He pur-
chased tract of land called Hindman's
legacy" which corners at Colora. The
residence Of John Tosh is upon it; also the
depot and railroad buildings at Colora.
The Friends have tradition that this Kay
was descendant of the first male child
born of English parents on the site of
Philadelphia after it was laid out for a
city. In consequence, Penn presented him
with square in the new town. His ap-
probation of this present was such that
when he arrived at manhood he exchanged
it for horse, saddle and bride.
The writer is indebted to W illiam War
ing, James Trimble and Nathan Griffith
for much valuable information contained
in the sketches of Nottingham.
OUILP
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MY BREAD on THE WATERS.
BIZ GEORGE l.. CoTLIN.

"Mster," the little fellow said,
" Please gimmee dime TO buy some bread -
| turned to look at the ragged form,
That, in the midst of the pitiless storm,
Punched, and haggard, and old with care,
In accents pleading, was standing there.
Twas little boy not twelve years DID,
He shivered and shook in the bitter cold,
His eyes were red-with weeping l fear
And adown his cheeks there rolled tear
Fen then.
His misery struck me dumb,
Twas street in crowded city slum,
Where an errand of duty led my feet
That day through the storm and binding
seet,
" Poor little fellow at last said:
"Have you no father ~
"No, he's deadn'
eyes, SIR" he said, with sob; "she's
been
Sick for year, and the doctor said
She'd never again get up from bed"
You are hungry, too?' | asked, in pain,
AS looked at his poor wan face again.
Hungry" he said, with bitter groan
That would melt to pity a heart of stone;
81 am starved we are all starving" he said,
eve haven't had a crust of bread
Me, nor mother, nor baby Kate
Since yesterday morning"
| did not wait
To ask him more. "Come, come" cried,
" You shall not hunger" and at my side
His poor little pattering footsteps fell
On my ear with a sadness | cannot tell.
But his eyes beamed bright when he saw
me stop
Before the door of a bakers shop,
And we entered.
Now eat away, my boy,
AS much as you like I said. With JOY
And soft expression of childish grace,
He looked up in to my friendly face,
And sobbed, AS he strove to hide a tear;
sob! if mother and baby Kate were here
But, eat, said | "never mind them now. -
A thoughtful look stole over his brow,
And 10! from his face the joy had fled.
"What. while they're starving at home.'
he said:
"Oh, no, sir! I'm hungry, indeed it's true.
! But l cannot eat till they We had some too. y
! The tears came rushing-I can't tell why
To my eyes, as he spoke these words. Said
"God bless you. Here, you brave little
Here, carry home all the bread you CAM
! Then loaded him down with loaves, until
! He could carry no more. paid the bill;
| And before he could understand
Just what was doing, into his hand
! slipped bright, new dollar, then said:
"Good-by," and away on my journey sped.
Twas four years ago. But one day last
May.
AS l wandered by chance through East
| Broadway,
! A CHEEKY voice accosted me. Lo.
! Twas the self same lad of years ago,
Though large grown-and his looks, in
truth,
Bespoke sober, industrious youth.
Mister" he said, "I'il never forget
! The kindness you showed when last we met.
| | work at a trade, and mother is well.
| So is baby Kate. and | want to tell
! y ou this-that we owe it all to you.
| Twas you-don't blush, sir-that helped
| US through
! In our darkest hour; and we always say
| Our luck has been better since that day
| When you sent me home with bread to feed
Those starving ones in their hour of need. -
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GLEANINGS.

An Irishman, who lived in an attic be
| ing asked what part of the house he occu
pied, answered; elf the house was turned
topsyturvy, I'd be living on the first flurer
-"Go out, young man; she's not here, u
said a Pennsylvania preacher last Sunday
in the midst of his sermon, to the youth
whom he saw standing hesitating in the
doorway.
Wife (sarcastically, to husband coming
home at five in the morning y" Home al
ready, my dear? Why you are early"'
Husband" Yes, my love; but ! didn',
care about staying any later, it was getting
dull.
To sign the pledge and afterward to
be presented with bottle of prime wine is
one of those dreadful things which will
occasionally happen. People talk about
suffering, but they don't know anything
about it.
"A profane young person describing the
looks of a newly arrived NJ. c. from the fal
West as he appeared at the Washington
depot, says: s. He looked as if he had come
all the way across the continent ON the
hurricane deck of mule
The Elmira Advertiser says doctor in
that place removed tape worm " from 4
lad that was ninty-six feet long and had
over eleven hundred joints" Well, a
boy as long as that ought to have clever
hundred joints. - Utica Herald
! 1t is a solemn and we may safely say
remarkable fact, that the season fol
| taking down the parlor stove and beating
the parlor carpet always glides upon the
scene at about the same time as a man.
annual spring felon on the hand.
A boy at crossing having begged
something of a gentleman, the latter tolC
him he would give him something as he
came back. The boy replied: " Your honor
would be surprised if you knew the money
| have lost by giving credit that way"
Two little boys were seen few day.
since on Washington street, the one will
an accordion in hand, the other with a
large placard in front, upon which wa.
printed in large letters: "Ladies and gentle
men, l am the mother of five children
Please help me-
An inquisitive traveller, noticing tina
the man who sat beside him in the railwa,
carriage, had band on his hat, said, 6"
see you are in mourning. Was it near OF
distant relative that you lost?' TIL,
bereaved one replied, "Wall, he was poot!
distant-'bout thirty miles or so, by thu
turnpike"
"A Dutchman once met an Irshman OF
a lonely highway. AS they met, eact
smiled, thinking he knew the other. Pat
on seeing his mistake, remarked with
look of disappointment, Fainth, an
thought it was yon, an you thought i
was me, an it's nayther of u.s. TIL,
Dutchmsn replied, "Yaw, dat is drue;
anoder man, and you ish not yourself; W,
be both some other podies.'
MIR. and Mrs. Kobobulus were in costa
cies over the new family bible. They en-
tered their names in the column for maria
ges; then they entered the names of the chill
dren in the column of births, and then they
looked at the blank column of deaths. "Anc
now," exclaimed Mrs. Kobobulus, refiec
lively, "the one that dies first can RECORD
all the others that dies" And it was
long time before the little woman could SET
what her great stupid brute of husband
was laughing at.
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BUBBLES.

An attached Couple-The shells of an
oyster.
Man finds his first " rock ahead in life
in the cradle.
The spring-time cat is audible, with
boot; jack obligato.
When birds soar they MARBLE, but when
a threats sore it doesn't.
To make monkey wrench, feed him
on the first green apples.
Men, like books, have at each end a
blank leaf-childhood and old age.
Ants are not regarded as very Zero
cious; yet tenants killed the Earl of Leitrim.
"A little boys first pair of trousers al
ways fit if the pockets are deep enough.
-" Natural humbgus bees. Artificial
humbgus-girls. A big bug-the cock roach.
When rider is thrown over horse S
head the horse becomes the power behind
the thrown.
An English revivalist slid down the
banisters of his pulpit in order to show how
people went on backslidng.
-"That's going too far, as the Boston
man said when his wife ran away to San
| Francisco with another man.
No man will take off his fannels at
the present time unless he desires to solve
Bob Ingersoll's problem about the hereafter
Little drops of water,
Little grains of sand,
Put in the sugar barrel
Causes sugar to expand.
1.-THE class will rise,'' remarked the
precise lady teacher in the grammar de
partment, "the class will rise, and remain
rising"
The newspaper maker who enlivens his
columns by stealing paragraphs appeals to
his readers With all the eloquence of a scis
| sor-owe.
When tramp applies to you for aid,
and states that he has not tasted food fol-
five consecutive days, never presume to
doubt his voracity.
This summer ladies are going to dress
their hair as they did three hundred years
ago." says newspaper. This makes some
of the aides pretty old.
The Toledo Commercial has an article
headed, MAN Killed by an Explosion of
Lime" And the Oil City Derrick says
"Ths was indeed lime kiln
-"I didn't know" said an old lady, as
she laid down her newspaper, "that thieves
were SO scarce they had to advertise for 'em
and offer reward Cor their discovery"
Jennie June says fashionable bonnet
can be had for dollar and half. And so
it can. 1t is the from six to twenty dol
lars worth of trimming that strikes the
pocket-book in sore spot
james Parton is writing a life of Vol
taire. See here, we are orthodox in our
belief, we don't accept a single one of Col.
Ingersoll's theories, but don't this look a
little too much like persecution? Haven't
these intidels suffered enough?
"A French doctor, many years ago, ad-
vertised a cosmetic-the "balm of one
thousand flowers" 1t finally got him into
court, charged with swindling the pur
chaser, because it would be impossible to
collect and combine the odor of "one
thousand flowers.'' But the witty French
man. with a ready smile, put them down
with the reply, Honey (which was one
of the ingredients in the " Balm
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-01-17
The HUSBAND HUNTER.
1 strong Feature OF warrington Pa.
ulleal Life.
From A Washington Ietter.,

(From q W aShington letoef.1
One Of the most fearful and wonderful
sights Of the the capital is the vast army
OF Young women and widows who have
found their way here for husbands. The
rspacity of these sirens pxsseth all I'M
derstsndipg. They visit ana they gusb,
and their endurance in visiting and gush.
ing 10 their most remarkable feature.
The husband hunter opens her campaign
from some obscure residence, generally
a boarding house. and commences with
the Capitol. You q pick her out in
the thronged galleries, through her utter
lack Of interest in the proceedings, and
her anxious method of regardiDg anything
which may be considered eligible. In
one month she is the best posted woman
in Washington. She has q congressional
and departmental directory, before which
Ben Poore's dies misersbly. and which
would be the eternal fortune Of any news
paper reporter who could secure access
to it. The ratings are: A l, senator; A
3, member; B 1, foreign legation; .,
clerks. A senator or member may be 40
poor AS a democratic candidate for post
master, yet he is game. A member Of d
legation is not SO high in the market, un-
less he has Il title, while q clerk mrst
read his title clear to at least $4,000 a
year. After a husband-hunter gets to be
pretty well known. she reduces her am
bition materially and is not above q
81, 200 clerk, and as hope takes fainter
and fainter colors, she looks favOrably
upon the man whose references are
worth q months board.