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% TA g : ii i -.^.^..^.^^^^.wu..?.,,.-....?.,?^.,."????.'.'....?.<.:.'.M. BT D??RJSOE, KEESE & ?0. EDGEFIELD, S.; C., JANUARY % 1867. .'"."".,.0,.,<"..;,.u.,,nt,.,.?M,;.,...^?,^.,^^,^.M^^W-H^^MM.?-..^^...,....^.*.WuWWH?...MM,.?".".<.j. VOLUME ?XXn.--&0; ?t ?? - *. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY HOBKINS BT - DH?IS0S; KEJESE & ?O. -j TERI?S^JF^ . INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE..'. Tho ADVERTISER is publ ?she^rogulafly cr cry WEDNESDAY MOUSING, at THREE DOLLARS per annum, j ONE DOLLAR and. FIFTY CTS. for Six. Months ; SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS ipr Threo lion tbs,-always in adi ance, t ??&~. AU papers discontinued at the .expiration , of-the time for which they h'a'sc-beenpald. HATES OF ADVERTISING. . . . - ' - PAYABLE IN -ADVANCE^ jg Advertisements, will be inserted at.tho rate of ONE DOLLAR and FIFTY CENTS .per Square (10 iI:nfon lines or less,) for the. first^insertion;, and OiiEDOLLAR for each rra&sc.quopT insertion. _?SS* A liberal discount w.ll bo mida to theje ?' wisbjxigto^dvertisoby ttho year. Announcing Candidatos $?>,00, in advance. Millinery ! ! MRS. C. E. REED, Importer and Wholesale uni Bctail Dealer ia . STRAW AND FANCY GOODS, MAIN STREET, (Next Door to Fisher' <fc Heint?sh,) Columbia, S. C., 'i i NTITES THE TRADE to-examineher FULL STOCK and VARIED ASSORTMENT of BONNETS AND HATS, Trimmed and Untrimmed ; RIBBONS AND FLOWERS, . v Of all descriptions,. LADIES' HAIR, In overy Color and Shape; Also, Plain and French CORSETS, which will- bo sold vory low. Columbia, Oct 22 "s 3m 43 ~S. E. BOWERS, HAMBURG, S. C;, GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT, COTTON FACTORS, AND DEALER IN GROCERIES, BACON, LARD, FLOUR, BAGGING, ROPE, TWINE, TOBACCO, SEGARS, Ac, HAVING changed his Groccrv Agency into i GENERAL COMMISSION BUSINESS will tuku great pleasure in moeving tho wants of his oKl Friends and Customer.''. Ile willpay thc HIG EEST PRICE for COTTON, COUNTRY PltODFO-S, -Jto , ur will receive thc samo on Storage. .535"" Consignments respectfully solicited. Farmer? and Planters, and the public generally, will find it tu their interest tu give tuc a call. S. E. BOWERS. Hamburg, Oct. 1, tf 40 J. E. COOK. Jtf.ES M. BKBIIT COOK & BERUF, LATE J. E. COOK A CO., Gr r aili c e v i ll e, S. C., DEALERS IN ra ^ Groceries, Drugs and Medicines. BOOTS, SHOES, HATS AM) (APS.. . jSTo.tions, &c. Graaiteville, Oct 1 fluid0 D. L. Turner & Co., GRANITE VILLE,. S. C., AT TUE NEW STOKE, arc prepared to soil DRY GOODS, ROOTS. ?HOES, CAPS and HATS, HARDWARE, GROCERIES, PATENT MEDICINES, ?tc. a* cheap ,.-? any man. Give us a share of your custom, friends, and wc will giro you satis notion. Graniteville, Nov. 0, 3m 46 ? AM NOW prr-parcd to wait upon you to the best of my ability, and furnish you whatever you shall coll for in thc way of DRY GOODS, (?KOCEKSES, AXD SUNDRIES. S F. GOODE, Esq.. lately associated with me in the Dry Goods nod Mercantile business, hav ing withdrawn his interest ?rom tho concern, 1 n"-.v respectfully solicit for myself a .-baro of thc patronage heretofore bestowed upon the Firm. 1 am to bc found, as heretofore for some months past, at tho Corner-thc old and well-known stand of Bland A Butler. I have, and constant ly keep on hind, everything in thc way of Dry Goods, Groceries, &c Usually found in a well-conducted Village St?r<>: all of which T offer for CASH AT THE LOWEST .MARKET PRICES. J. M. WITT. Edgefield, Juno IS, tf 2fl ' SLOTHING ! GMlfHING ! JPllE subscriber bas recently opened in this Village a good stock of READY MADE CLOTHING, consisting tf Single Cm-menu and Cloth and Cassiniero Sui's'. Aho a lot of CLOTHS and CASSIMERESwl.il 1. lie will HM ko up to oi lier. ito is prepared tu furnish hU friends .md old ru?toioi-r? with CLOTH IX*? un low as the Au gUita market for Cash. JOHN (JO./JAN, Agent. Nov. fl. ii ?Iti To A21 Whom ?S May tou rer aa I BE ?Nt} aboul to Icavo Edgrfield District for Bilker County, Ga., with the intention ol there setting it[> my abode, and engaging in funn ing. I appeal to my Creditors, one and all, tor their kindly indulgenced My strongest clf-rt shall be to in.ikL- money with which tn satisfy their just demands. It they wiil wait iq.on me a reasonable length of tiuio, they have my a?su r,,:i(.o that their sajd dtut<tnds tiu.ll be honorably Satisfied. R. M. SC Uli RV. Dee 15th, ISf.C 3t St ALL Persons who :iro indebted to tho Estate of WILLIAM SHAFFER, uVeM., or to the Eitato of JOHN C. SHAFFER, deceased, and uro prepared to luke up ?heir Notes .inc to either of said Estates, nro reqnestod tu meet me at the lite rosidence bf L. P. Ouzts, on VVcdnosday, thc Dib Janu-iry 1807. And those who have any de ni ods against cither of Ce above mentioned.Es tites, aro notified to rei der tho same in to ino duly attested, by tho above mcntiuncd dato. JACOB 6. LONG, Adm'or. Pe? 24 2t 62 i C. & A. (! ... .- *c 1 n sur ari c , : No. 221 Br Represent the following THE GEORGIA HOME. MERCHANTS,:...^.M JEFFERSON . CITY FIRE . . MERCHANTS'? MECHANICS .... STAR FIRE...:.:. NATIONAL MARINE AND FIR! ..NEW ENGLAND. ASSOCIATED FIREMAN'S..,"....!. NORTH AMERICAN. VIRGINIA. UNION. INSURANCE AND SAVING. .\ "" "'"' . ? .;.';v .. : '-7-T4 ' SOUTHERN MUTUAL LIFE.... SOUTHRRN ACCIDENTAL. ^39-MR. D; R. DURISOE is our authorized wishing toinsuro will find it to their interost to ca Augusta, Oct 22 stablish ed in Charleston in 11137, And in Augusta in 1848, THE Subscriber takes ploasuro in informing tho residents of Edgeficld and tho adjoin ing Districts that he has beon appointed agont for thc THREE BEST PIANO 31 AK EUS IN THE WORLD", vii: STEINWAY <fc SONS, New York, CHICKERING ? SONS, Boston, HAZELTON BROS., New York. 1 And ho will sell their Instruments at FACTO RY' PRICES, with freight added. Persons wishing to pur?haso a SUPERIOR PIANO FORTE vii)l please send for Circulars and Illustrated Catalogues,-ami they wUl find they can pu*chaso from tho BEST MAKERS, at as Low Prices as they can of inferior ones. Illustrated Catalogues and Circulars" ??nt free of all charges. GEO. A. OATES, 240 HroB.u Street, AUGUSTA, GA. _?^r~Also, Agent for Mason ,t Hamlin's cele brated CABINET OlfGANSi Apr 24 tf ' ?17 ESTABLISHED IN 1850 TUE Subscri J^J? '>f;r WuU'd "re EfflS^pcctfufly in form the r?tizcns of Edgeficld anil the surround ing countrv. thn.f bc ker ps a SPECIAL ESTAB LISHMENT foj'.the REPA Wt ot WATCHES ..and JE WEI.Ri' AU work entrust.? d to his "caro "will "ho execmcit prr<Tnptly,- ite.itly, sai<i warranted for one ye:ir. At his Store will be found -.ne of tlc largest Stocks of Gold ani? Silver Watches, Of the bost Europeanond American manufacture in the Southern States, with a select assort ment of ., RICH AND NEW STYLES ETRUS CAN (JOLI) JEWELRY. Set with Diamonds, Pearls, Rubies, Oriental Gar nett, Coral, Ac. Al ?. .SOLU) SILVER WARE, consisting of full TEA SETS, WAITERS, ICE AND WATER PITCHERS, CASTORS, GOBLETS, CUPS, FORKS, SPOONS? Anil everything in the Silver Ware linc. FINE SINGLE AND DOUBLE E\RRELEL> 1w ll I* S . Colt's, Smith .t Weston's, Cooper's. Rcmming ton's, Sharp's, Derringer'", FIST ?) Si 8. And many others nf thc latest ir '.'cation. FINE CUTLERY. SPECTACLES, WALKING CANES, PERFUMERY, P0RTM0NIAES, I AND EANCV (JOuDS Of every \ariety to he found in a first class Jew elry Establishment. ? A. PBOSTABT, Ono Door below Augi sta Hotel, IG3 Brotid Street, Atigustn, Ga. Oe:la 6m 42 GUNS, PISTOLS, CUTLERY, ? STILL CONTINUE THE (JUN BUSI NESS at my old stand, 2-13 Broad Street, and my STOCK IS NOW COMPLETE, as follows : Double and Single Barreled GUNS ; POWDER, SHOT and GUN CAPS, all varie ties; FIXED AMMUNITION for ail sized Tisude $ Powder FLASKS, Shot BAGS, Game BAGS ; Cot:'s, Smith & Wessons, and other PISTOLS Also, afine Stock of POCKET KNIVES, of Rogers and. Wcstcnhvltn's nuke; Rogers' TABLE CUTLERY; PAD LOCKS and 1 00R LOCKS, ?c. As my GUNS were made to aider in England expressiv for me, they aro warranted to bo an A No. 1 arti.di-,-and lo; give satisfaction, and ot prices tn suit the times. REPAIRING OF GUNS done promptly. E, If, ROGERS* No. 245, Broad St., Angula, Ga. Dee 3 Sm 48 J. W. PATON. J. J. BACON ' J, W BASON Sb BRO,, Wholesale and Retail Manufacturers and Dealers in all kinds of SADDLES, HARNESS, TIS U K It*, LEA T?! EK, RUBBER AND LEATHER BELTING, Wood Hames, Whips, Valises, Carpet Bags, Shoe Findings, French Jin?! Ameritan Calf Skins, An?! all other kinds of Leather, Ac. 169 Broad Street, UNDER THE AUGUSTA HOTEL AUGUSTA, ?CA. tST-SADDLES and HARNESS Repaired und made to order. Augusta, Oe 22 ?m 43 Just Arrived ! . A LARGE Stock cr OVERCOATS, ranging in price frorrf S12 to $10. Now 011 Hand, A Eirst Rntc Stock of nil kinds of MENS and BOYS CLOTHING. All (ioods nt Very 'Lowest Prices. , J. A. J'AN WINKLE. Augusta, Noy U 2m 46 j e A-ge oad Street, 'insurance Companies: .ef Columbus, Ga. .of Hartford, Conn. .of ScottsYille, Va. ......>M...of Hartford, Conn. .".of Baltimore, Md. .^.".. of New York. - 3,..of Now Orleans, La. . ' il .... of Hartford, Conn. .of Baltimore, Md._ . of Hartford, Conn. .of Staunton, Va. ...of Baltimore, Md. .,.of Richmond, Va. SO, .,.of j Columbia, S. C. .of Lynchburg, Va. Agent for Edgofield and ?vicinity, and parties H on him. 6m 43 GEO. ROBINSON ?. WJTf? fFLEMING & ROWLAND. AUGUSTA, GA. Groc? iries. i . HE Subscribers invito tho attention of tbe public gen orally and Plnnters in particular, to ?their Stock of GROCERIES, consisting in part I of GUNNY and HEMP BAGGING; ROPE of all kinds: . BACON SIDES and SHOULDERS ; MOLASSES in linds, and Bbl?.: A B and C SUGARS-Relined ; CRUSHED and POWDERED SUGARS ; SUGARS or lo<v grade: GOOD and PR TALE COFFEE; Superfine Family and Extra Fau-.ily FLOUR : WHITE and YELLOW CORN; CORN MEAL; EltESH BEAT ItTCE : SALT, IKON", NA1L.S : GR INS TON KL, NOVA SCOTJA-GEITS; RICHMOND FACTORY OSNABURGS; " STRIPES; " " KERSEYS; Plain and Twilled. We arc prepared io sell Goods LOW for Cash or on Short Draft. FI.TSIrTirVi- & ROTftXASB. j Augusta, Sept 15 :tui"S J. D. A. MURPHY I GEO. H. FIOPE bf South Carolina. ? ..i Virgiui i. L. SHEPARD WITH J. D. A. MURPHY & CO., Wholesale and ii ci ai! Boots, Shoes, frc, frc, I Ho. 31 i Broad S?rce?, AUGUSTA, (i I : ORGIA, Respectfully solicits the pain unge of J: ii friends o? l?dgetjcld Darier, S. C. Augusta, Nov. 5, "in 45 J. M. YOTJNGBLOOD, WITH R, G, & H, H, E?STERLING GROCERS, AND General Commissioii Merchants, No. 1.10 BROA? STREET, AUGUSTA, GA., i RESPECTFULLY beg leave to inform their I friends of Edgefield and tho adjoining Districts, j and thu publie generally, thal thov have on hand j and aro constantly receiving, A WELL SE? !LECTED STOCK OE iiTOferleH of Every i?rs?'rlj?iion, Which Ciey offer r.t thc the LOWEST MARKET PRICES. They will also give strict s I ten (ion lo thc Sale of ail COUNTRY PRODUCE Consigned to them. And^vill (ill ali ordes, in their line, with dis patch, at tho lowe.-t market prices. Augusta, Oct 22 tf 43 JOHN C, BOHLER H. WARR? ? CO., DEALERS IK FINE LIQUORS, Family ?ii;! 5'?Kpy (si'dceries* TOBACCO," CIGARS, ' AND SNUFF, PIPES OE ALL KINDS, X^o-c^cioz-. relict. C?r>s, FANCY NOTIONS AND M?sica 1 Instruments, AND ALL Kf.MD OF STRINGS. ALSO, DEALERS IN' ES pa ii y .'aadi* CSoiSisasy, Staple *nd F-nc7 livy Goods, BOOTS. SHOES, HATS AND CAPS, P 1 ; ?til' M E lt V A N t > S IV K KT S (J A Vg, No. i ia und Hi itroad street, AUGUSTA, (id. Nov. fi, Cm 45 A. A. Il CA t.k. J. U. SPKAI?S. W. It. PORTKB. BEALL, SPEARS & CO,, flTAKEB??SE fr COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Fire-Proof IFnrrliouse, So. fi, Campbell Sfrecf, AUGUSTA, GA.. f?TlLL GIVE STRICT PERSONAL ATTEN TAT TION TO STOP.AO' E and SALE of COTTON, GRAIN, J3??0HJ, FLOUR, AX I) OTU KU DUO DUCE. ^^-Ordcrs for nAOOINO, HOPE and FAMI LY SUPPLIES promptly fi led; The asnal CASU ADVANCES made on pro duce in storo. Thc patronage of their Friends aud (ho Public goncrally respectfully solicited. Aagact?, Sept 25 3m39 O, be not the First. O bc not tho first to discover A blot on tho fame of a fr ?nd, A flaw in tho faith of a lover, ~ i . Whoso hoart may prove true io the end?* We none of us know ono another, And oft into error wo fall; Then let us speak well of our brothor, ? Or speak not about him nt all. A smile or a'sigh may awaken Suspicions mo3t false and untrue : And thus our belief may bo shaken In hearts that aro honest and truo. IIow often tho light smilo of gladness^ Is worn by the friends that wo meet To cover a soul/ull of sadners^ Too proud-to acknowledge dofeat How often tho sigh of dejection . ' Is heaved from tho hypocrite's breast, To parody truth and affeotion, " Or lull a suspi?ion t? rost* j How often tho friends we hold dearest* Their noblest emotions conceal ; And bosoms the purest, sincerest, Havo seoTots they eannot reveal. Leavo base minds to harbor suspicion, And small ones to trace out defocts Let ours bo a noble ambition, ? Por base is tho mind that suspects. We none of us know one another, And oft into error we'fall; Then let us speak well of our brother, Or speak not about him at all. - i Thc Longest Story ETcr.TTold. Old folks need not read this, as we copy it expressly for tue" delectation of . oar young. friends. It will hardly strike tho oye,-'-but read it aloud lo a con pany of boys and girls' if you wish to lind thc point of it: There was once a certain king who, like many Eastern kings, was very fond of hoariDg stories told. To this amusement he gave Up all his titne, but yet he was never satisfied. The exertions of his courtiers were all in' vain, lie at la-"t made a prcclamntion, that' if any tuan would tell him a story that should last forever lie would make him His heir and give him thc princess, his daughter, in mar riage, but if any one should pretend he has" such a story, but should fail-that is, if the story did come to an end-hewas to have his head cut off. For such a price as a beautiful princess and a kingdom, many candidates appeared, and dreadful long stories some of them told. Some lasted a week, some a month, some sis mouths. Poor fellows, thry all spun them out as long as they possibly could ; but all in vain. Sooncr*or hiter they all came'to ah end one after another; the unlucky 6tory tell ers had their beads chopped eli. At last came ?i man who said that he had a story that would last forever, it* his majesty would bo.| pleased to give him a trial. . He was warned ol' bid (Unger ; they told him how many others had tried and lost their heads, but hot-aid hr.j was not afraid-?nd so he was brought before the king, lie was a man of very composed j and delib?rate way of sneaking, and after making all necessary simulations for time for bis eating, drinking and sleeping^ bc thus be?an: M Uh, king ! there was once a king who. wa? a great tyrant," and desiring to inerousc bits' riches, he seized upon the corn in his kin;; dotn-and put-j Lui up i ruinec?i?. granar}'. wb, was built un purpose, us high as a mountain. This he did for .M vt-ral years, until hi> gran ary was ijtii?e full to the top. lie thea stop ped doors att i windows, and closed it np Ihsi ??ii ?til sides. Lint thc bricklayers bad, by ac cident, left ti very sniul! hole near thc top of the granary, and there came a flight of lo custs, and tried to get at the corn, bul ihc hole wa* so sinali that only one locust could j;a?.-i through nt a time; S> '..ne locust wen? in "and carried oli'oitO Lrrtdn of corn, r.n : then ai other locust went inat.d cai ried i ffanotbei grain of corn, and then ano:!.ea lotus*, went ?it ami can ii d i li auothi r grain of ?ti rn. one then nuothi r locust went :n and can ted oil another grain of corn,arid then another locust went i.i and carried oil'another grain ol'corn, ?md then another locust Weill in anti carried i oll'unother grain of corn, a d iheo another locust went itt and carried off another grain of torn, and the:: a .other locust went m abd carried efl' unytl.vr grain ol corn, and then I ano*.hi r I inst went in and carried -.it %nofh cr grain ol' corn, and then another locus! went in at.d itu ?ed off ano*.her grain ol corn/' Ile had gone on thus from morning till night (except when bc was ungtigud at his meals) fur about a month, when thu king lo gen to be rai!.er tired of thc locusts, ana in terrapted his story with ; " V.'ell, well, we have hcard'enough of the locusts, wc will suppose thr:y helped them : ei\ es to al! the corn they wanted. Tell us what happened afterward*." Ti which thc storj'-lellcr answered ib iib r al cly : ,l Hit phase your m-tjesty, it is im |tossib!u lo tell whui t-appaned afterwards He fore 1 tell what \:?J happened Urse." And then lie went on again. li And then another locust went in and cir ried i ll'ul tot h et grain of corn, anti linn an other locust went in and carried "il* another grain oi corr., und then another lotust weut iii and tarried off another grain of corn, and then another !. tust w .nt in and Carried off a:,other grain ol corn, ?mil then another lo cust went iii and carried off another grain of corn.'' The king listened with unconquerable pa tience FIX months more, when he again inter rupted him with : " Uh, Iriend ! I am weary of your locusts. How soon do you t Link they will have done ?" To which (he story teller mads nnswi r : "Ob, king, who eau tell? At the. time tn which my story has come, the locusts have cleared a small space ; it may Le a cubit each way round the inside of thu bole, and thc air ts still dark with locusts on all bides, Hut let thc king have patience, and no doubt wo shall coitie to thc end ol'them in time." Thus encouraged, thu king listened on for another full year, the story teller going on still tis before : " And t Len another locust went in and car ried off another groin of com, and then nr. other locust wen), in and can ted oil' anot er grain of corn, und then another locust went in and carried otF another grain of c.;rn and then another locust went in and j tarried off another grain -of cora, and then i another locust went in a.nd carried iff anot li er ?rain of corn." At last thc poor king could stand it no lon ger, and cried out : " Ob, man, that ia enough, take roy daugh ter 1 take my kingdom] take anything-ev erything, only let us hear no more of the abominable lucusts." And so the story teller was married to the king's daughter, and was declared li'pir lo the throne, and nobody ever expressed a wish to bear thc rest of the tttory, for he said it was impossible lo como lo the other part ol' it un til he had done with thc locusts. NKW DIFFICULTIES ron CHANCE_Napo leon seems to no sooner Settle one difficulty (han another appears lo annoy bim. lie is now Ihrcafenod with an overpowering milita ry organization in Northern Germany that will make France an inferior military power ; and his own efforts to strengthen the French army arc almost neutralized by the discon tents ol' the Fli nch people. Napoleon cer tainly cannot hold much longer ibo prestige lhat one*3, gave lustre to bis name, for the lloman failure, thc Mexican failure tho grow ing power of Germany, and the French dis contents, all indicate that his Government is much weaker tb an formerly*. _-,-. A Romantic and Tragic Story. .Nearly a year ago, one of the first mer chants in the city met and loved a woman of English hirth, whom he believed to be a wid ow. His advances were favorably received, and after many happy hours passed in pleas ant Converse the gentleman at length de clared bis passion. To his surprise and chagrin, the lady, with many tears, informed him that he r husband was not dead. A long story of unkindness, neglect, maltreatment, and a separate maintenance, was related. The fair one, with utmost frankness, went into all t'je details of her wretched existence, and ended by hoping a divorce suit, then,pendine, would terminate in her favor. The gentle man, encouraged by the confidence, and eager for the possession of such a treasure, insisted on her at once departing for England, and bountifully supplied the lubricating material lor the rusty machinery ef the courts. The journey was made, and in the course of a few weeks the bagatelle of ?12,000 expended. Not many moons elapsed ere the lover was favored wich a most tender, epistle, conveying, "ra the postscript, intelligence of another draft ibr $10,U0'J, which he would of course pay on presentation. The business of the law proved exceedingly expensive. Two more drafts for v$lO,000 each were forwarded to this country, .-and promptly paid. The gentleman, becom ing alarmed at thc enormous drain on his "purse, ventured to remonstrate, and begged the lady, if possible, to conduct the business with more economy. The communication in -reply, dated at Paris, quietly informed him that thc Euit had been decided against her, that she was tied forever to the object of her detestation, and that although she could never fuget the disinterested friendship of the kind est of men, they must never again meet on earth. The unhappy gentleman, maddened at his folly, and crippled in business by the immense outlay of money, ended his existence by his own hand. . Long after thi/tragedy the real creator of it presumes again to ad dress the man she so wronged.-New Orleans Times. --???.. What Happened at Our Hoase. . BT PETER SPORUM, ESQ. After we were married, well say about a year, wua raorniu thar wus a terrible commo? shun in outhouse-old wiromin runnin ia and out, and finally the Doctor he cum ; I was in a great flury myself, waitin to hear, I hardly noed what to do, but arter awhile, an ole gran ny cf a woman, as had been very bissy about thar poked her hod into the room whar T was walking about, and ses Sos phe : " Mr. Sporum, hit's a gal." " What," ses I. ,( A gal,'' ses she, an with that she pops her bed back again. Well thinks I, Tm the daddy uv a gal, and begin to feel my keeping nicely-I'd rutlier it wua a boy tho' thinks 1, for he'd feel nearer to me, as how he would bato my name and there would bc loss chance for Sjiorumj to run out, l ut cons'dcring everything a gal will do mi ty well. Just then tho old uusa pokes her hod out an ses Ses she : " Another \vun, Mr. Sporum, a line boy/' Anuthcr. ses I, that's rather oruwdin things on to a follow. She laffed and poked her lied back. Well, thinks I, this is nu joke sure ; at this lick I'll 'bave family rnufl to do mein a few years, but the Lord's will not mine, bc dun. te, Jis thon the ole she. devil, (I. always will hate her,) pokes her bed in au ses " Ses she, 14 Another gal, Mr. Sporum.'' 41 An ul ber what, ses I." " Anuther gai,'' ses she. ': Well," ses I, go rite s'ratc and tell Sal I iv I.VL s Und il- -d'jii'r. want 'em-and I ain't ?join tu hiv 'om j dus she 'hink I'm a Turi:? ur ?.? M jr.iu-n ? or Brigham Young ? '.ha! she'd gator to hav tbribbs 1 three at a pop? dus she think [am wutha hundred thousand? . i.;.: ? M\\ John Jacob AsterorMr. Roschile? thai 1 can afford to hay thrihb-*, and clothe a::<! feed tune child reit at a time? I ain't a.'oin to stand il no how, I did'nt want 'oin, I don't want 'em, and 1 ain't (foin to want 'em now nor no ol her time. Haint I bin a good dutiful husband tc Sal ? ILiint I kopi i:i linois uv a nile, an nuit chawju terbacke'r, an sun-kin sigars j is t to please ber? haint I attended divine worship regular? haint I bought her ail the bonnet* ar;d frocks she v. anted?-an then for ber tp ji&.v tb ri bbs j 1 won't ?i ve willi her, she nocd better and Lad!nt iirter dun it. She dun it with her ise ripen, an mus take the consequences. 1 didn't 'hink Sal would s(srve me aioh u trick no how. Have 1 ever stole a horse? hav I ever dor.c any mean trick, ;':?;it sin- should serve in? ju this wav? An with that I laid down on the settee, ?u-j Wt opfi>l bad, and the more I thot about il, the wu>s I folk, Presently Sal'a mammy, old Miss Jones, cuu: in au ses Sra .-he, '. B. ttercnm in and see what pret ty ch ?I I un you've got." '.Chillnn," sea I, ''you'd bittier say a whole litter. N"'* -Iones, I luv Sal you no, and haw tried to unke a >? "id husband, out I cad t'..i- a .val/ Iriek, and if thar is any law in tins couutry, I'm goin to soe ii' a omen can !iav? tbribbs, an make a mau take ki er uv 'em.'' I aim ajobi to begin to do it wow 1, With that shu luffed fk to kill h. rself. an sol any lither would be proud to be in my .-hoe-!. 1 told her I'd sell out mity cheap if anybody .wanted to take my place. Weil, the upshot uv it all was, that she persuaded me I was a'I nmg. and got me to go in the room whar they all was. When I got in S.il looked so lovin at me, au reached ont brr little h^uds so much like a pour deer helpless child that I forgot every thing but my lu" for ber, and folded her up gently to my heart Itico a prcshus treasure, and I did'nt kecr if she had forty uv 'em. Jis then numb r one set np a whine like a young pup, and all the balance followed. Them thribbs know their daddy. ?Tin: billowing, l'rotu " Moore," is applicable to our situation. " Forget not tho field where they pcvL-hod The truest, thu last of tho brave, All gi.ne ami the bright hopo wo cherished, (Joue with them, and ijuenched in their gra.vc! Oh i could wc from death but recover Those hearts us they bouinieil before, In til? luce ol' bijrli Heaven tu fight over, That combat for freedom once ln'ire. Could tho chain f *r an instant be riven, Which tyranny flung around us then, X<> ! 'tis not in Man nor in Heaven To let tyranny bind it ag.Vm. Dut 'ti- p.-i?t, and tho' blazoned in story, Tho name of our victor may be, Aeeurst ?5 the march of that glory, Which treads o'er tho heurta of tho freo. Far denrcr tba grave Or tko prison, ll?uinircd 'ny uno Patriot name, Than tho trophies of all who have risen On Liberty's ruins to fume." IIc.ro i.-i a good article on stingy parishioners. Few ministers can bo uscfi',1 in their high vo cation if they are compelled to live ou such. A good Methodist minister at the West who lived on a very small salary, was greatly troubled at one time to get his quarterly in-. Rtalimcnt. He hud called on his steward a number of limes, but bad each time been put oil" with some excuse. His wants at length hceoming urgent, he went to the steward and told him he must have the money, as h,R family were suffering for tho necessities of life. " Money I"' replied the steward. H You preach Jar money ! I thought you preached for the good of youls 1" . "Souls!" replied the minister; I can't cat souls, and if I could it would take a thousand such as yours to make $ decent meal." Appropriations Made nt the J Session of the Legislature. The following suma are appropria the payment ot the various officers ? penses of the State Government: F salary of the Governor, ?3,500; Priva retary of the Governor, $1,200; Mei of the Governor, $100; contingent 1 the Executive Department, $25,000, s to the draft of the Governor, and to counted for annually to the Legisla! ui rent of Governor's house in Columbia, for printing and preparing bonds, stoc record books, under Act of 21st Sept 1866, to provide for funding the inicre principal of certain stocks and bonds State past due, $1,100, to be drawn on of tho Governor ; for printing and pre] bonds, stock and record books for fe thc fire loan stock and bonds, authoriz present session, $800, to be drawn on of the Governor; for two watchmen f new State House and grounds, $960, drawn on draft of State House Keeper For pay of ".he members of the Legisl Attorney-General and Solicitors, durii present session, $27,000 ; for salaries < Clerks of thc Senate and House of I sentatives, $1,200 each, and for the se of two assistant Clerks, $250 each ; foi ries of two Messengers and two Door-ke $250 each; for Messengers of the Hous Senate, for extra services as mail cai $50 ; for Messenger of House, for si services at last extra session, $25 ; for ; of the Keeper of the State House and I rien, $300 ; for salaries of the Reading C of the Senate and House, $250 each ; fi services of four Engrossing Clerks, sam and mileage allowed members of the Ge Assembly, end $125 for services of extr grossing Clerks at the present session printers of the Senate and House of B sentativea for the present session, $15 and that tb;3 number of copies specili the proposals of the printer as accept the Legislature, shall be printed and depc in the office of the Treasurer of the Sta! Columbia, before the first day of March and the amount to be paid according t< proposals, which shall be ascertained "0; Treasurer; for stationery, fuel, district Acts, and expenses of the election ret to include the sums due Messengers for b ing and delivering to the Secretary of I the returns of elections for members of 1 gress, $1,000 ; for contingent expenses 0 Legislative Library, $200; $700 for the and mileage of the special joint comm on the bank, sitting during tho recess the necessary expenses incurred by the sp railroad commission, appointed at the e session, $352 ; to Theodore Stark, Keep' the State House and Librarian, $528, ap priated at last session, for arrearages of s ry ; for defraying the expenses of special j committee appointed at last regular ses o? thc General Assembly to inquire aux port as to the disposition of certain pt property, $300. For salary of Chief Justice, $3,500; salaries of ten Judges, $3,000 each ; for sa of Attorney-General, $1,100; for salarie five Solicitors, $900 each ; for Clerk of C of Appeals, who shall he Librarian, $1 the same to include expenses of fuel ; salary ol Messenger of said Court, $200 pureba?*} of books for library of Courl Appeals, $1,000, to be drawn and expen by urdu.' of the presiding Justice; fori wood ar.d fuel for Court of Appeals, $50 j salary of State Reporter, $1,500 ; for pa; jurors and constables. ?50,0CQ. For sajary ol' Treasurer of State, $3,: including tho salaries of one or mere der for salary of Comptroller-General, ?2,? including clerk's salary ; to Comptroller-G eral, ?2?0, for inakicg out copies of tax turns tu 1S?7, and a like sum fur likeserv in lSGU ; for Assessor of Sit. Philip1* and Micbaul'^ far making out and affixing ass ment* jf eauli return, $600. For salaries of eleven professors in University of South Carolina, ?11,000; Librarian of University, who saul I be Set tary nf tho Board of Trusteca. $600, to paid by thu TutuMirtir of the State, quarte in advance; for repairs of University bu ings, $2.000. For pavroent of Contingent accounts of S'ate $3J,000? foy payment such claims may ha admitted by the Legislature at present session, $20,000; for education of dm;;' and dumb and the blind, $1,000 ; repairs of thc buildings at Cedar Sprin $2,000 ; for support of free schools, $03,0 to bo (???tributed on t?ii? b^oia uf roprOSOn A:,i}i? jn tl}8 popular branch of tho Gene Assembly j fur payment of such oilier clai or d?manos 011 the State, as may be allow bv tho General Assembly up''n the rcpo Of other committees, $20.000; for ] t\aa Asylum, $8,000. Fur sukiry mid scivioes ol' Secretary Slate, -5>?t!iJ ; in lieu of all cha-ges aguii the State for signing commissions. for maintaining and keeping open the T pei- Hospital, in Charleston, $3,000 ; to paid lu thc Mcdicu.1 Society iu trust fur.t Roper Fund. For thc support of the Catawba Indiai $1.*J00 j to be paid to the order of the Indi Agent, and to be expended under ibe dir? tion of the Governor. For the rent and fixtures of a house f the u-e of the Court of Appeals, ?300. I? expanses incurred by Committee ou En gration, appointed sosiiou l?(/5, $500 ; to paid on draft of John A.. Wagener, Cliairrac For clerks on Committee on Education ai Accounts, $90. For the purchase of artific: le^s for citizens of this State who have lc theirs in tho service of the country in i recent war, $20.000. For testing in the cour thc constitutionality of the Act of Congi* by which lands have Deen sold in St. Helei and St. Luke's Parishes, $5,000; toha^rav subject to tho order of ilia ^o veiner,'' That ?ip baux of $23",0(>0 Oe appropri?t! for thc following purposes: $10.000 for pc manetit jail for Richland; $4,00? do. f< Darlington ; $1,500, in addition to $1,0( already appropriated to build temporary ja for Sumter ; $2,500 temporary do. for Che terfieid : $1,500 in addition to $1,000 alreac appropriated for Barnwell ; do. lor Beauforl $1,000 to complete jail and court b/juse i Lexington ; ?1,500 for Completing jail i Laiieaster-. For covering new State Hous With a tin roof, $12,000. For the constru? tion of a PenUe-utiary, ?45,000 ; to bc paj uU draft of Governor from time to time f same may be neededj not to be drawn ant estimates furnished and work contracted lo TUE TAX ACT, Upon the Pillowing articles, there shall b an ad valorem tax paid, aa property accordin to its assessed value, viz: On all real estate 30 cents on every $100, except such lands 2 may bo in possession of tho Freedmen's Bt reau in January next; on tho capital stoc of all gas-light companies, 50 cents on over $100 ; on articles manufactured for salt barter or exchango, between tho 1st day c January, 1866, and January, 18G7, ?1 0 every ?100 to be paid by the manufacturers on the gross amount of all spirituous liquor! (except 011 liquors manufactured in this Stat from fruits in their season,) sold from Janua ry 1 to December 31, 1867, 10 per cent., t bo paid quarterly to t!,e tax collectors of th several Districts ; on buggies, carriages, gol and silver plate, watches, jewelry and pianos on hand January 1,18G7, except those heit bv dealers for sale, $1 on every $100. . Upon all gross incomes derived from tin following sources, there shall bo paid a tax 0 the per cent, herein specified on the nggre gate amount; received, between the 1st dai of Jteuan?; lSfio*; ar/d tho 1st daw 0/ Janua ry, 18G7: From employments, faculties and professions, including the profusion of den tistry, (whether in the profession of the law the profits be derived from tho costs of suit, fees, or other sources of professional income,) excepting clergymen, ?2 on every $100; on commissions received by brokers, vendue mas ters, factors, commission merchants, dealers in exchange, (foreign or dotiestic,) or in mortgages, bonds and other negotiable papers, $5 on every $100; on the gross amount of | premiums received by insurance companies incorporated within this State, ?2 on everj $100 ; on the gros6 amount of premiums re ceived by agencies of insurance companies and underwriters incorporated without the limits of this State, $3 on every $100 ; on the gross amount of the receipts of express com panies, $10 on every $100, to be paid to the Treasurer of the State ; on the gross amount cf the receipts of telegraph companies, $5 on every ?100 ; on the gross amount of re ceipts from the sale of pictorial newspapers or magazines, ?25 on every $100; on the gross receipts of newspapers published in this State, ?2 on every $100. on the amount of sales of goods, wares, merchandize, embra cing all the articles of trade for sale, barter or exchange, (spirituous liquors and the pro ducts of chis Sute, and the unmanufactured products of any of the United States, or Ter ritories thereof, excepted,) vrbicb any person ?hill have made from the 1st day of January, of the present year, to the lit day of Janua ry, A. D. 1867, 60 cents on every $100 ; for ?ame articles, a tax of 50 conts for the ensu ing year; on the gross profits of national banks, $10 on every $100 : on the incomes derived from the arts of photographing and daguerreotyping, $1 on every $100 ; on all incomes amouuting to more than $500 per annum, derived from salaries, rents, dividends and money at interest, in excess of $500. $1 on every $100 ; on the incomes derived from saw, flour and grist-mills, und also from cot ton ginned on toll, $2 on every $100 ; on thc gross incomes of all railroads, (not ex empted by law, $1 on ev-?ry $100, but that when a part of a railroad only is within the limits of this State, the return of its income shall bear the same ratio to its whole income that the length of road in this State bears to its whole length. :* The following persons ire to pay a tax on every $100 of gross income : hotel-keepers, $2 ; restaurants or oatiog houses, $2 ; livery stables, $2 ; butchers and hucksters, $2 ; bil liard tablea, $5; bowling alleys, $5; bar rooms, whether connected with a hotel or otherwise, $10 ; ferries, $1; toll-gates, $1. Upon taking out a charter, except for re igiuus, charitable and educational purposes, ?20 ; each renewal of charter, under this Act, $10. The keepers of public race-courses shall pay a tax ot $100 ; each public huck, stage coach, dray and baggage-wagon shall be taxed $10, and each ouiuibus $25. ill persons representing publicly, for gain or reward, any plays, comedy, tragedy, or Other employment ot'the stage, or exhibiting wax works or other shows, of au.y kind what soever, to be paid into tho handsof the Clerks of the Couru respectively, (who shall be bound to collect and pay the same into the public Treasury, excepting in cases where the same is now required by law to be paid to corporations or otherwise,) $10 per day ; cir cus exhibitions, $50 p-.-r day ; dogs shall be tuxeu $1, but tor'each plantation and inhabi ted lot in a town or vii.age, there shall bc one dog exempted from taxation. i capitation tax of $1 per bead on every male between the a^os of twenty-one and fifty, resident in the State, on the first day ot February, 18(37, except they be? incapable ol earning Q support. Every employer shah make, returns ot' tho names of all persons that are employed by him, and pay the tax of such person or persons, in which case the tix receipt shall be a good au? valid set-oil in any action for wuj^-s by such employee against such cmplcjcr. Aii taxes levied on property, as prescribed in this Act, shall be paid to the tax collector lor the District ur Parish in which said prop erty is located, excepe that the tax ??vied ou railroad, express and telegraph companies be paid into the Treasury of the State. Tho loll and bouses on Sullivan's Island shall be returned to the tax Cullector ?f the tax c'.isttict in which thoy are situated in the seme mivir.cr *<> other town lots and bouses, and shall be liable to the siuie rates of taxation. The taxes herein levied shall be pj\id only in gold or silver coin, Uuited States Treasury notes, or notes of nitiotul ba-ks, or the bills receivable of this State, and also pay-ceriifi catejs of jurors and constables for attendance on the courts. The tax collectors of the several collection districts shall bc allowed, on all sums of moiey paid into their hands for taxation, a commission, as follows : For St. Philip's and St Michael's,-per cent.; for A!>derson, Abbeville, Chester, Kershaw. Richland, Clarendon, Darlington, Laurens, Marion, Newberry, Orange, Sparenburg, Sumter, Edgeiield. Union, York and Barnwell, four per cent.; for Chesterfield, Greenville, Lancaster, Lexington, Marlboro, Pickcns, Fuirtield, St. Maubevi's, Prince George Win yaw, St. Bartholomew's and Williamsburg, six nev cent ; for 3orry, St. Helena. St. Ste phen's Christ Church, Prince William's, All Saints, St. George's Dorchester, St. James' Sautee and Gousu Creek, St. John's Berkeley and follet?n, and St. Peter's, eight per cen;.; for St. Andrew's, and St. Thomas and St. Dounis, ten par cent.: Provided, That in all districts where the taxes amount to more tbau $30,000, the commissions shall be two per ceut. on the excess, Tax collectors to make returns to .the Treasury in Columbia, ou or before J;uly, 1867. . No tax collector or assessor shall receive His commissions till their returns k?ve beeu received at tho Treasurer's office, and been approved by bim. The assessors of the several districts aro required to return to the tax collector lists of ail persons in their district, subject to the capitation tax, with such particulars of resi dence, etc., as may serve to identify the per sons. Tho tax collecte* is required to pay to the Stato Treasurer, the qu?rterly returns within thirty days. Each tax collector shall attend at the court house, or some other pub lic place, daily, for ono week previous to making his final rotura, AU taxes on incomes shall refer to those received between January \, \$?G, and 18G7, except special designations. Before the collection of tho taxes herein levied, an assessment shall be made of thc actual value of the property taxed ; and for that purpose the tax collectors of the several Districts and Parishes, except the Parishes of | St. Phillip and St. Michael, are hereby con stituted assessors. Each tax collector, be fore eutering upon bis duties as assessor, shall t:ike and subscribe, before tho Clerk of the Court of the District,. the following oath, which shall be eudonse'ej. on his commission, viz : " I, A. B., do promise and swear that I will, to the best of my ability, execute the duties of assessor for my collection district, and will, without favor or partiality, ascertain and assess thc actual value of the property, real and personal, upon which an ad valorem tax is laid before, and for the purposo of lay ing such tax." TUE BUREAU IN TEXAS.-Captain Craig, bureau agent, has been arrested and commit ted to jail by Judge Ireland and the civil authorities of Guadaloupe County for destroy ing thc bonds given for the appearance of his predecessor before the civil courts. Craig acted under the orders of Genoral Heintzel rnaa. Hi? release has bees ordered. ?aa ??emu. Wo have never been called* upon to chron icle a death, under rriorc melancholy circum stances than that of Mrs. Owen, the beloved wife of our fellow towusman, 8. H. Owen. Ou the afternoon of Thursday last, the do ceased, feeling unwell, spread a covering be fore the lire, upon which she reclined, resting her head upon a cha ir, under these circum stances, she fell asleep,-to awake and find her clothing all ablaze, and tho flames leap ing aboat her face; her first impulse was to smother the flame with a carpet near at band, failing in this, she ? creamed for help, wheu a servant woman ran to her, and quickly com prehending her'terr: bio situation, hurried to the well for a bucket of water, and returning, dashed it over her, and then ran for Mr. Owen, and a Pbysi:in%, who, when they ar rived, found her prostrate upon the floor, her flesh crisped and charred, her clothing ?ll consumed, and she suffering exquisito agony. Every thing that medical skill could suggest, was attempted to relieve her suffering. She lingered until Friday afternoon, when death * kindly interposed and released her from all pain. Thus has faded :from our midfat in the.per fection of her loveliness, a pure and gentle woman, one whosvi life was filled with illus trations of gentle piety, and christian charity. Her tragic rate has cast a deep gloom over the entire community, and a pervading sad ness is risible upon every lace. Sympathy deep and heartfelt, is universally felt and ex pressed, for the grief-stricken, disconsolate husband, and motherless little children, in this their great bereavement.-Anderson Ap peal, 26th. Fardons and Respites? We understand that the punishment im posed upon Wesley Taylor, a free person of color, of Lancaster District, for malicio as trespass, has been pardoned by the Governor on payment of costs. Also-that Sampson Petty,-a free person of color, convicted at Spartanburg, has been' pardoned. Both these pardons were issued on the re commendation of the Judges who tried the caaes. Charles Parker, convicted of horse stealing and sentenced to be executed on the first Fri day of January next, on thc recommendation of the Solicitor, has had his sentence com muted to ten years hard labor in the Peni tentiary. Samuel Hyler alias Caleb Washington, sen tenced to be executed on tho first Friday in January next at Lexington, for stealing cot ton, has had his sentence commuted by Gov. Orr, to confinement at hard labor in thc pen itentiary for ten years. John Rantin, J. H. L. Smith, and II. Weth erhotn, all of whom are under eighteen years of age, and under tho sentence of death fox? burglary in Charleston, have bad tl)?ir sen tences commuted by the Governor to hard labor in the penitentiary for the term of five years. Perry Durham, convicted of the murder of Thoraas B. Miller, at Picken?, and -.entonced to be executed- on thc 14th inst., .has been respited by thc Governor until the ii.-st Fri day in March next. ' Samuel lubber, a freedman, convicted cf housebreaking at Newberry, and sentenced to be Lung on the lirst Friday in January, .? has had his punishment commuted bv Gov. ' Orr, on thc recorftnendation of the Judge who tried tho case, to five years'hard labor J in the "penitentiary; - -- trtmg A Goon STORT.-A friend at a town. down in the- country, somewhere, near Bowling Green, tells the following: A short lime ago a coti'?!c of medical students disinterred a subj .'ct a short distance from town, dressed it, sitting upright oi: t.hoscat ot a covered wagon, and started for home. Corning to a tavern anl seeing the b.\r-room lightot, up Cte/ left the wagon, and went in for a drink. Tito hostler observing the mfg sitting alene in the cold, attempted some conver.cati"n, but rc c iring no answer, he discovered hov: the af fair stood, a:id instantly resolved'to have a. little fun ul'Lis own on tho occasion. So taking thc- corpse to the stable, he pm on its over coat and cap, and seated himwlf ia thu wagon. The students soon returned, and took their seats by thi^side. of the apposed dead matt, vhcu one of them, in merri OJ ont, gave him a slap in Ibo face, saying : M How would you like some flip, old fellow v ' then rc-mirked.trera?ottsly, to his ampauon.. '. He is warm, by heavens !'' " So would you be," replied the corpse,tl if you had been stolen from hell,' as I have been !;' Both students bolted, and never returned^ to inquire for thc horse and wagoo, which was brought into town next day, when thu joke came out-Louisville Courier, Thc followiug colored religious intelligence we find in the Harrisburg (l'a.) JJ;a: An old nagro of our town-one of thc few who say* that he would rather bo *' back in dc cabin"-in speaking of thc ne./ order of. things, he related the following to one of our old citizens : " I tell you, ole n-aster, it won't. do ; now minc, I tell you. Why^why, sir, ? wont out yonder de other liight to a meeting, and dar was an ole black rascal dat preached about a hour, den sung about a'hour, and by d:s time it was late in de night ; de sevea stars was way up yonder \ but dat ole minis ter ob de Gospil didn't sleep till he.bad peti ned one ob his white neighbor's cows and took do last drop of milk from her. . Fact, ' sure } it is dat." ? -?- ? I went to the legislature last year, said a Georgian. Wei!, I went to Augusta, and took dinner at a-tavern. Bight beside me at thc ti.ble sat a member from one of the back town 3, that had never taken dinr.or before at a tavjm iu his life. Beforo his plato was a dish of peppers, and he kept looki.ig at them ; filially, as thc waiters were mighty slow bring ing cu thiugs, lie up with his fork, and in .less than no time soused one ii? his month. As he brought his grinders down on it, the tears cantu into his eyes. At last, spitting the pepper into his hands, he laid it down by tho side of his plate, and -with a voice that set tho A-holc table in a roar, said, " Just lie thar and cool." In exchanges received from nearly every part of thc older Southern States are re corded the observations of men who have vis ited portions ol' South America, Mexico, and thc western States for the purpose'of obtain ing information with ofcrence to the fimos of those regions as homes for th- mselvcs and neighbors. In almost every instance thi-ir impressions arc unfavorable. They have ic turned, conviuced that U distance leuchT en chantment to the view;" that with a proper* use of tho means left in their hands the pro ductions of tbe soil in these States will be a greater source of wealth than in any other, and that no other country is so well suited to their necessities? ? -?- ? PRESIDENT JCHNSO:-?>-It is understood that thc President has directed legal steps to be taken for the redress in tho United States Courts of certain forms of oppression believ ed to be in conflict with tho amendment abolishing slavery, against which tho vaunted civil rights law proves to bc utterly ineffec tual.-National Intelligencer. ? There aro an unusually largo number, of public men in Washington from thc South, j busily engaged-in obtaining thc views of Cou I gressmen on tho question of reconstruction; j It is probable .that several of tfcem wiil unito ? in an address to the South, setting forth the I situation here. ,