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How Long Will the Yellow Fever
L0StS

Two physicians of experience, interviewed
yesterday, gave it as their opinion that the dis
ease, while 1t might be confined to few cases,
would spread in a nOrtheaSterly direction so
long as il could find food, and that we might as
well makeup our minds to bear with the pest
until the first black frost. The American
Encyclopedia" says, on the contrary that limit
OF the life OF yellow fever is within sixty DAYS
frost or no FROST but that frost will kill it, This
statement seems to be borne out by the expe-
Renee OF both Cuba and Rio Janeiro. In the
former. in the months of December and Jan
uary. by degrees and minutes is the mean
ibermOmetrlcal average and I'm the summer
it seldom rises above 81 or IS degrees and
ITS depression in winter as low as SO to SIS de-
greeS minutes is rare. At 4S degrees we
usually have here, in Memphis, Slight frost:
but for killing black frost we have
o wait for decline to 81 degrees, which some
times, with US. does not come until late in De-
cember. In Rio JaneirO the mean temperature.
as observed through thirty years. was % de-
grees: the maximum in the hottest month
(Decemper) was $50 degrees, minimum 20 de-
gfees, mean. IS degrees: in July 1.-THE coolest
month"; maximum 20 degrees, minimum SIS
degrees, mean 1915 degrees. In Cuba and Rio
lney never have frost, and yet the vOmita (the
worst and most aggravated form of yellow
lever runs It's course in both places, and ceases
for long intervals to be epidemic or to occasion
any anHiety even to strangers. 1t would seem
from this that we may not have to wait for
frost, especially il the vigorous disinfectant
measures of the board of health are kept up.
The healthy people still in the infected districts
are promptly removed, and our sanitary regu-
latlons are strictly enforced.-[ Memphis AD-
neal, AUO, 2k
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mo THE WHITE MOUNTAINsl

Fs1O THE WHITE MOUNTAINS
Take the NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN and
HARTFORD RAILROAD e IrKr 81
DAY EXPRESS TRAIN
at sos q. m. from Grand
Central Depot, New York, and thus
SAVE SEVEN HOURS TIME AND SEVENTY
MILES TRAVEL,
and 90 through from New York to the Mountains
By Daylight In II hours.
Tickets and further information can be obtained
In washington at once OF the Baltimore and PotO-
mac Railroad. augl4 I'm
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THOs. CALLAN, Trrvtao.
au18-2aw3w PHILIP r. LARNER. Irustees.


VALUABLE IMPROY EDPROPERTYF FRONT
ms On EtEX EVE STREET. BETWEEN
On THURSDAY, September 9th, at $50 ~
O'Clock p. m, shall sell, in front of the prem
1seS. south half of Lot NO. 6, in Square 345 .Esk
having 29 feet inches front by 80 feet 1Oa inches
Geep; with improvements thereon, consisting Of
Brick DIV cling.
Terms: One-third cash; balance In SIX twelve,
eighteen and twenty-fOur months for notes bearing
interest at per cent. per annum and secured by
deed OF trust on property sold. All conveyancing
at purchasers cost. 500 down on day of sale.
StJ2 WASH. 3. WILLIAMS. Auct.
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LOVE, MILK AND MONEY. - Motion was
made to reopen the default in rather novel
case, before Judge Riley in the Sd district
court. Brooklyn, yesterday. The case involves
a strange combination OF love. milk and
named Thomas McKenna, of Hudson avenue
and serves the residents in the vicinity of the
navy yard and in various parts of the 5th and
7th wards with the laeteal fluid. Among his
customers was one Miss Ellen Mclaughlin, a
fair young lady, who lived at No. 267 Water
street, whose acquaintance the handsome
milkman had formed about two years ago.
She appeared, it is said, to reciprocate his at
tentions, and Thomas claims that he gave her
all the milk she wanted free of charge, and
also gave milk to sundry relatives of that lady
in the same generous manner. A few months
ago he was panied by the sudden announce
ment OF the marriage of Miss Mclaughlin to
another. Since that painful discovery he
brought suit to recover the value of the milk
furnished to the lady and her friends, amount
ing to 800. When the case was tried month
ago the plaintiff got Judgment for SIS, as the
defendant failed to appear. Judge Riley
granted the motion to reopen the case-[N
Y. Herald, 18th.
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GENTLEMEN'S GOODS.
SHIRTS.

Mons unfinished Shirts, 90 cents; OF WAmsutta
muslin. az cent? Finished. u cents; Of VAN;
1S-inch, at 80 cents unfinished, and % cents I'm.
Yshod OF WnmsuttA cotton.
SHIRTS TO ORDER.
The best shirts ut o. .; second 81 u. 10 u. 30.
81 3 and y each; Fit always waIranted: Best
others, 8 for u. Linen CUTS, % cents per pair;
best do, 87h cents. Jeans Drawers, 90 cents.
Cause Undershlrts; Lisle Thread do. Novelties In
THoMPsON's snIRf FACTORY,
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. WEET
NAYY
JACKsON'9
OBI WING
TOBAOOO,

Awarded ht0hsst price ut Centennial Expoeition
for 9as cAssot.G qualities and ssceILs,scs AID
sGstf11 cA0ractsr 81 ssseasSt.g and tasortsq.
trade mark IL closely initiated on interior goods,
zee that yocsso:s Bsst 70 on every plug. Bold b
BON Co., 4'fH. PoterSburg. VI. Ham, th&k,l
DR. RECORDS EsSENCB OF LITH
- Restores manhood and the vig0r Of youth to
FAILURE IMPOsSIBLA. This Life restoring RENE.
dy sheuld be taken by Ill about to MANY, Or who
have become weakened from excess or any other
cause. Success In every case Is - certain . that
H ~ 9usncnes thiTss; Per CO. 9els Asssk
York. DrSSststs swpDSssd. 1anl-r
aid CLOTHING, AC.-L. RICE, doaior In
~ secondhand CLOTHING, BOOTA SHOES,
he pays the highest prices In CASE Tor the seveFsd
artcles named sbove. Orders ~ mall attended
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THE CIRCUMNAvIGATIoN OF THE GLOBE is
no longer the wOndrous exploit of a Cook or a
MAGELLAN. but the mere vacation ramDle of
Brown and Robinson. But the first-class
steamboat Juno, or Jmon, which has started
from Marseilles on such voyage, IS or should
be an exception, 1t is ,l25 ton ship, of 6O0
horse power, with a speed of IL knots, built at
Hull, England it carries carefully made up
company OF q excursiOnists-1l Frenchmen. 3
Russians, 3 Swiss, 3 Germans Gf we dare cal
couple OF Alsatians such), a Belgian and
HOllander or Dutchman. Besides these, there
are the ships officers, connected with the
French navy and with the sciences and, in
TACT, the company as whole is a very nota BILE
one. They 60 to Gibraltar, Rio Janeiro Bue
nos Ayres, Cape Horn, Valparaiso, Panama,
New Orleans, st. Louis, Cincinnati, Cleveland,
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Montreal, Albany,
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washing.
ton, Chicago, Omaha, San Francisco, Sand
witch Islands, Fiji Islands, New Zealand, Mel
bourne, Japan, China, Batavia Singapore,
Calcutta, Bombay, Suez, Alexandria, Naples
Marseilles: The time is 800 days: the dis
lance 1900 leagues, including excursions.
We shall hear more of this company anon /:
still, it must be rather small potatoes ii it vol
out BOStOn.-fN Y. Sun.
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IERIG COMPANIES EXTRACT OF
IL MEAT, FINEST AND CHEAPEST MEAT
FLANORING STOCK FOR SOUPS, MADE
DISHES AND SAUCES.
LIEBIG COMPANIES EXTRACT OF
MEAT. lis q success and boon for which
nations should feel grateful. See Medical
Press, Lancet, " British Medical Jour.
nal, " &C.
CAUTION.-Genuine only with the fac smile
of Baron Liebig's Signature In Blue Ink
across the Label.
Consumption In England increased ten-fold
In ten years.
LIEBI& COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF
MEAT. To be had of all StOrekeepers, Gro
GERS and Chemists. Sole agents for the United
States, 1Whoesale only, G: DAVID & Co.,
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SAD FATE OF LITTLE GTRL.-LiZzie Ma
gee, IL years old, daughter of Mrs VIM Ma
gee. was burned TO death in Wheeling, VIVA,
on Sunday morning, by the explosion of q can
of oil with which she attempted to light fire.
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AN ABBEvILLE Is. c. MYsTERY.-An Able
vile dispatch, dated September l, says:
p, His office was opened and investigated
by his bondsmen to day. He is behind some
$1,000, and the whole affair is shrouded in
mystery. In letter addressed to the public
which was found in his safe, he says: by one
hour of neglect I have wrecked my own hap
piGeSs l have been robbed whether through
negligence or not am at a loss to say, but
with suspicion written IN their faces. I have
raised sufficient money to carry me safely
and securely across the ocean," This letter
was written on the night of the 2lst alt. A
letter received from the fugitive yesterday,
postmarked Cincinnati, August %, said that
he was making for Canada or England. He is
evidently insane, as he left sufficient property
office from 81 800 to $1,000, and has left aYaiIa
BILE assets to the amount of 80 500
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THE TRADES.
STEAMERS, &c.

FQH E.0L0a1A.g H1 "a 81. L.A1DI1ss-
W. II. Bylea, win mako three aipe 6e1
each week, two to NOAlNIYkRRY
md one 20 MATTOX erik, geoppine u Inter.
iafoGmstior inquire 8 q. .. i6esin's Oosl and
Wood Once, liza and 318 Penn1ylvAniA syonnel
md g !haTf. 'oot Of 9th ana = tree
ap90-d q. fUCKER JON@. Agonl
OUuIEB ABBAW0NE1ygI.
f0B NORFOLK, IoRTREs noHRoE AND
THE SOUTH.
The win and elegant iron Steamer LADY OF
TIL LAAE. CAPT; 9: y: BoNH1
Viii WILL t tssvss ssn-sGsss T III.
Day Day WHDa isSs ss :na HHS ., ocrI
dsnos Ind other Nerthern Point. Retaninl,
: sss 4Gd5S osesP = 4.
FOB PCTOAAC RIVER LANDINaH.
r. Wosn 1--we s1s. -: T 1So1f ssH
aus Of tn and 9th street nneof sarS,
at an, three times Per week, for
CurriomAn, Nomini and LeonAfdtoWn, stopping %
same - Steamer HAstAno.
xor further Information, apply at the once. over
metropolitan Bank, Kno1's Express Once, or ut
Ba9Efe called for On sPRlie7t,on e Kne4s r.
B. !. &cc1NKLLY. Agent. ~
Tne Steamers JOHN GIBSON and o.
KNIGHT alternately leave Pier q East ~Aa
Rlvef, New York, at q O'Clock Pm. @2
scs1 s7s1y pm same d.z.
Freight taken ut lowest rates. For Information
apply 81 once ever Metropolitan Banl, lbtn Strest,
o. TO =. z. L. DENHA4s Agent, Water stEee6
spa1-T IAMUEL BACON. President.
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ENGLAND WAKING UP.-There is much com.
ment In commercial circles upon the decrease
Of the exports from Great Britain to the
United States, and the great increase of the
American export trade. The figures of the
in the exports from the United States, and a
diminutiOn Of $74, $50, 600 in the imports. 1t is
expected that one result of this will be an
early and large demand for gold for America,
which may materially affect the rate of dis
count. Last year the requirements of America
were met by means Of United States five
twenty bonds, bat these I understand, have
Will now satisfy Uncle Sam.-( liverpool Post.
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TlHOMAs DOWLIN9. Auctioneer.

A BROWN HAM1LTONIAN MARE. EIGHT
YEARS OLD. AND SOUND: FIN
KUA DSTER: CAN TROT IN 8 MINUTES.
On SATURDAY, Sept. 7th. at 12 M, in N
front OF my salesroom. will sell the above IN
elegant M2re-the owner having no further N&1
use for her,
seI62t THOS, DOWNING Auct
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AUCTION SALES.

nHTHICT OF COLUMBIA. OFFICE OF
~ dEAL1 OFFICEK. Washington, uA
D. c.. september 9th, 1878. qE~
Notice-There will be sold at auction rs lyAa
at the Pound corner $50 street and New YORK.
!, northWest,) on FRIDAY. September
ded from the northwestern section OF the city
by law. SMITH TOWNSHIP End M II
II" Health Officer.
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The HowGATE ExPEDITIoN.-Capt.R Roach.
master OF a whaling schooner that was
wrecked in the Arctic seas in October, 1876.
has arrived at New London, and reports that
the Florence, of the Howgate Arctic expedi-
ton, was at Nainto0k harbOr on the 5th of
July. All on board were well, except John
Mcfarland OF New London, who had not re-
covered from being badly frozen when return
Ing from the capture of a whale. Capt. Tyson
has, in accordance with instructions from
Capt HoWgate, stored a large quantity of sup
gist and photographer with the party, has been
indefatigable in his efforts to increase the
stock of scientific knowledge. Ali the winter
he occupied a small hut upon hill which
Overhangs NaintOok harbOr. The locality is
exceedingly bleak and uninvltiDg. but Sher-
man, unmindful of the natural discomfOrts of
the place, gave almost his entire time to the
collection OF meteorological statistics. Night
and day he was at his post, occasionally re-
lieved by two OF the crew of the Florence, who
stood watch and watch. Mr.. Kumlin. the
naturalist, has gathered many specimens of
the fur bearing and other animals of the coun-
try Capt. Tyson expected to start for home
on the 18th of August
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ANIMAL IH."ELLTGENCg.

Curt"vs IrciSen,s ~ '.ch show tins
Animal il Allied wftA' Human In.
fPIlioanna
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has given us much trouble, and is still

has given us much trouble, and is still
doing so, iliasinuch as there were two
reports-majority and minority-from
the Committee appointed to look into the
matter. On account of a clerical error
in the minority report and a defect in
the Act of the last General Assembly, a
considerable portion of the funds due
creditors is locked mp in the hands of
the County Commissioners. The dele
CATION mot and agreed to provide for the
minority report, a majority of them, and
introduced a bill to cover the minority
report. And yesterday afternoon, at the
suggestion of Gov. Bonham, l presented
the said bill. The bill which had been
referred to the Committee Of Ways and
Means was withdrawn from the files of
the House. But 1 fear the passage of
any bill in reference to this veXed mat
ter will be endangered by the shortness
of our time. The present indications are
that we will stick to the concurrent res
olulioh to adjourn on the 23rd instant.
II 7.
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FIVE DOLLARS A DAY FOR
THIRTY DAYS.

The House of Representatives has made
a good compromise by passing a bill al
lowing members five dollars a day for not
more tLan thirty days. The reaction from
the exorbitant rates Of previous sessions
led many to demand that the pay should
be fixed at three dollars a day but sew
eral members showed that this reduction
would practically prevent poor men from
serving in the Legislature, as incidental
expenses are no inconsiderable matter, and
three dollars will not cover them. 1t is
much better to give a good per diem and
to limit the length of sessions. The Ia
borer is worthy Of his hire, but he must
not be too long finishing his job. Und +
the proposed bill, the pay OF the members
will be only about twenty five thousand
dollars, against several hundred thousand
in the palmy days of Radicalism. And
besides the consideration Of exr-1se, a
short session will be of service in prevent
ing useless legislation. Only measures Of
general interest will receive attention.
Again, many of our best citizens are will
ing to spend a month in Columbia. but they
will refuse TO serve if required to absent
themselves from business all winter and
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NEGROES IN CONGRESS-.

It is said that in the Forty-sixth Con-
gress there will be but n negro-Sena-
tor Bruce, of Mississippi, unless Il
O'Hara should gain the seat from the Sec
ond District. In Washington it is freely
predicted that Bruce will be the last of
his race who will ever get to Congress.
The Radicals Of the North who control
matters in some States and cities will
not elect the ''colored man and BROTHER"
and in the South it looks as ifhe did not
stand much chance Of political promo
ton. In 1870, there were nine blacks in
Congress; in 1872, seven; change with a
bale of cotton to be in 1874, four; in 1876,
three; and in 1879 the prospect is Il at
there will be but one. After that the
place that knows him no more forever.
In the next House there will be one
hundred and fifteen new members out OF
two hundred and ninety-three. Of these
some have served in former pears.
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THE U. 8. SIGNAL SERVICE.

Gradually, the wild and ungoverna-
bic forces of nature are, through science,
made of use to man. Following in the
wake Of the ingenious inventions for the
use Of steam and electricity, comes the
v.se"i""ti"-e Of to U. S-Sisnal Snrvien,
Is it not wonderful that a system could
be originated and perfected whereby an
operator car accurately predict the wealth
err of a distant locality? And yet eXpe-
rience proves our ''storm signals" to be
reliable. Equally great arethe advances
made i'll the science of medicine. Step
by step. uncertainties and doubts have
yielded to absolute certainly. The dis
coveries of Harvey and Jumer have been
succeeded by the Golden Medical Dis
covery Of Dr.. II V. Pierce. No longer
need people despair because some phys
ician has pronounced thelungs unsound.
Hundreds of testimonials are on file in
the office of DR.. Pierce from those who
had abandoned all hope. and had been
given mp to die by physicians and friend.
Incipient consumption, bronchitis, and
scrofulous tumors. speedily, surely, and
permanently, yield to the healing influ-
ences Of the Discovery. If the bowels
be constipatcd, use Dir. Fierce's Pleasant
Purgative Pellets. For full particulars,
see PicIce's Memorandum Book, given
away by all druggists.
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HAMPTON Still ALIVE,
! GOD BE PRAISED!
The Old Hero Thinks He Has
turned the Corner"

For three days after the amputation of
his leg, Gov. Hampton's condition was
extremely critical. Then, for three or
four days, he was reported as steadily
improving-past the crisis. Then again,
On Monday, the sudden and horrifying
announcement was made that he was
certainly dying-was beyond all hope.
And now, as we so to press on Wednes-
day at noon, the cheering news
that he has again rallied We subjoin
the very latest kilograms that We can
obtain. They are from the Augusta
Chronicle and ConStitutionaliSt, of Tues
day and Wednesday:
COLUMBIA, December l6.-Hampton's
condition is d~eplorable. The absent
members Of his family Lave been sum-
moned to his bedside, and the worst may
be expected. We are to lose hun.
COLUMBIA, December 17.-Governor
Hampton's symptoms are said to be un-
favorable to day and his general condi-
ton an improvement on yesterday.
He has certainly been much worse for
the past two days; but to day has rallied
Slightly.
COLUMBIA, December II, 9 P. NJ
Gov. Hampton's condition is still critical.
He, however, told a gentleman who saw
him at six this evening that he thought
he had turned the corner He takes
nonrishment in moderation and alto
gether his condition is more hopeful.
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THE VICTIMS.

1t is now a%scertained that no less than
forty Protestant ministers died Of the yell
low feverduring the epidemic in the South.
This IS a sad mortality. Whilst q few
may have run from the pestilence the min
listers generally must have stood maniully
at their posts, or there could not have
been any such mortality among them. AS
far as we have been able to learn only
some few Northern Methodist preachers
fled. The Southern born remained with
their iocks and forty of them died on the
field of duty. All honor to their memo
ry. A splendid shaft, or a grand free
memorial church should be erected to the
memory ofthe forty martyrs. Some eight
or nine Presbyterian ministers died in
Mississippi alone of the fearful scourge,
we believe.
We have recorded the fact that thirty
two Catholic priests are reported as hay
ing persisted from the same destroyer. The
physicians, too, were great sufferers, and
very many of them dicd. We have not
seen an exact statement Of the number.
The scourge brought out some Of the no.
Llest traits of humanity, whilst also re-
vealing some of the ugliest and most re-
pellant characteristics of poor fallen hu
man nature.
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'sHARDsTIMES."

A recent trip to Charleston revealed to
us. more clearly than we have before seen
or felt it, the utter stagnation prevailing
IN business. Not alone in COMMERCIAL
circles is this depression felt. First, the
planters are falling behind, then the mer
chants who have sold them goods upon
time fall behind with their factors, and
from these two centres of prosperity the
sluggish streams OF stagnant business per-
meate 10 all industries and all trades and
professions. The cry Of "hard times is
universal. Not alone is it heard here in
our immediate locality. where severe
droughts cut short u cro7s, but from
all parts Of the State the cry is the
same.
The question is not how ITO tide our
selves along" waiting for the better
times" but it is what policy 10 pursue by
which we can regain a plane of solid, sub
s%tantial, firm prosperity. The reply is an
old one, so often heard that our farmers are
grown weary Of its repetition. Never
theless, SO full is it Of Importance, sopreg-
ian of possible good results, that we re-
peat it. Omit planting so much cotton-
raise more hogs, oats, wheat and corn.
For ourselves We believe it Would be a
good thing if cotton went to three cents
a pound i it would force our people TO
investments in the line Of manufactures,
where our cotton wcald be converted into
cloths, and towns would spring up whose
inhabitants would consume the surplu-
sage of other product: which we could
r~aise.-Ninety-Sir Guardian.
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LoSaM1REs STORE. S. C.
Dec eth, 1878, A. F. n

Dec 7th, 1878, A. F. NJ.
At a regular communication of Cald-
we'll Lodge, the following Preamble Ind
Resolutions were submitted and unani-
mously adopted:
WHEREAS. the great Creator having
been pleased in His infinite wisdom to
remove from our midst, Brother Jno. T.
C~heatham, by whose untimely death
Masonry has sustained the loss of one
who ever cherished the sacred tenets OF
the Order, the community aloss irrepar-
able, and the State an esteemed and val
ued citizen,
Therefore be it
ReSolved First, That Caldwell Lodge
will yer cherish and revere the memo.
ry of SO worthy a Brother, and that a
page in our minutes be left blank in
memoriam;
Resolved Second, That our most heart
felt sympathies are extended to the be-
reayed widow and stricken family;
ReSolved Third, That in unison with
our feelings, the Lodge be draped in
mourning for thirty,days;
Resolued Fourth, That these Rcsolu-
tons be published in the Adverticer and
a copy sent the family.
CHAS. C. FULLER,
j. G. LANIER.
j. S. CARTRIDGE,
Commit @.