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-t- s - - ee a 4. e~ NIZ _44 ~- r- . r 4. jt&~7jt C' FOR THE DISSEMINATION 0' ITEFIUL INTAELLYIIGEM+ WE - .JYs,d '*~* 'A * . WENSAYMINhIGg.E 0 88.N 4 ftAL 4 'V. 'S 4 - L iD~ LU~. ~iz~ ~ ~. "'(4; -~ ~ 7 I.e. ~ - 1' ~S. ~'.* -~ 'd4e -~ z~t t - -~ .4 4 -S.;. I S. ) ~ ~ .4. .~ -v It ~ ~v ? in. uye &.rn,py~ here * J -~ *~IIIIP~~ that event.occur immediately. A man may also, by paying a certain sum annually; secure a very large Bum, to be paid to hianself on his attaining a erTain. age, or to his family in case of his death before the attaikment df that age. If a purely mutual life insurance com pany is- selected, the person in. suied bee6mes a fullparticipant in all the profits of the business-and as the results of good investments. and the compounding of interest are marvellous to the uninitiated, the inuring of one's.life bemomes not only a wise and provident measure but -a profitable invest went. To those who feel an in Perest in this siiject,which is'now repeiving much attention through DOg 1 Southern States, we would pat larly-recommend the Eqai tabl LifWAssuranee Society of the United, States, This Company, we -elieve, is now doing more b6ies"'in..the South than any .*ter inmt_-tiatiA the vQr1L t divides iss pronts aong the-as *re4 . ually. It ivests its ia W ias aUab secure: manner that eve 4rtoli~inr the ovefMent ould nor iender It has pid tho 3andsed ~i. seagd never bad a lawfsnit. wIisliral in its feingan4gopd iin iaigage natThe Eqaiable M Th mest mesesful owDanyeverorganzed. init i the Hon' lfih. C. i~~ ate vener AAlEqxer, of sDireetorsi p26tanmen Qlp iet .7 z-h'h b_*4ssi -a sen ,d - p alredy at presonfet gveit a fur eeeption ofa - t b ess p14ce wbieb Opegasny wil J4or erect in 1 e*Yerk, at the co and (dar street. o for bli ( Ziie reader the ub &ite - c, - 1 7eet-raf ~wih i i'ected, is .stassed byngbasiding daTis continent It -will furnish sfeifepoit,Oatinaa for the desti@f the busines of- the &mpngyg otheiortions~ will ija .pagsleM toenabe them ty y*Aiheisne 46es~ freeo )a Iw ok. correspondent u1~iDeMeerst writes : *shionable wedding, on a new p-clame 0ainPR Chureb, in' tho Fi&th Avenue, this morning. Th.ebuide isl the daughter of' a ealthy and well 1nown iron idt,whio retauns an income of S200OO0gratiun, and the bride room, the on of an .Exehange Pisesc~to rokeiealthy 41so The Veribes &we 000e1 $5Or4L.Bish ~8otbg*~eiuftened thie prayers, -eathe guetin "Wift thou eke4tbisNidmau,n etc., etc., was lrawled ouii tiellsine mionotone. he".eatisdirous, rather glebOdliaiiifad one or two otthe ~uku4epu .idacould note fredright out at L Pbediargo4@uga gorgeous @oetsidat*' n"geessional" di?or the delec s~iu f the happy pair, and the loekers-on, threw in all the fancy music, from Mendelssohi. down to Offenbadh. DEATu-Co1 8. N. Evx,s.-It is our paisifldaty )rcord the'death ofCo Samuel N. Evins, an aged and honored citIa of Spartanbur-g, who departed his life oa anay last4 at his residence, ~a1ysand -m tha. seventy-first gyr of ' sage~ CJo. Eiias enjoyed in spid$inent degree, tire repect -and Con fence' of Bhe:people ;phaving -served Ie lthfofly for many yarin .the Ibestindi moet trust .fi,swithio -air.rtaakurg 8$ a.' The New Tax Bill. The object of the new tax bill reported by General Schenck, is indieated by its title, namely: "An act to reduce into one act and amend the laws relating to inter nal taxes." The first part of the bill covers some sixty sections in regard to general matters. It changes the Internal Revenue Ba reau into a department,. the chief officer of which is to be a commis sioner, whose annual salary is to be $6000; the assistant commis sioner-a -salary of $4000; six depu ty commissioners with a salary each of $3,000 per-annum; a solici tor at a salary of $4000, together with a requisite -number of clerks and messengers. The commission er has power to appoint and re move all collectors, assessors, su pervisors of revenue, inspectors, guagers, storekeepers and other ofiMeers and dlerks provided for in this act, who shall severally give boads -for the faithful performance of their duties as may be required by law. The commissioner is re quired:to.organize a system for the disri-b4tion of labor d Iuty in his deparment by establisiing six divisions therein, to each of which shall be referred whatever relates to a particular class of sub jects, as follows; The bill leaves th'e tax on whis keyat $2, but alsW taxes retail salesof:the same. Tax on all kinds of chewing tobacco. is fixed a forty cents per poapd, and on smoking and other interior kinds, ixteen eents. . Cigars are all taxed sales of merehandise -sad meehan ial productiopp am one-fifth of De. g ent.over $5003. Special axes are. largely. increased in may eases, requiring them to be paid on many branehes of busiiess heretofreexempt. The following are some orthe items provided foi in the newlbill: Rail dealers whose 'anual sales exceed $5000, and not $2,00i pay. ..$ 20 00 Whoesale dealers-(92 for each 11000. in excess of $25,000) whose anenal sales exceed'*25,000. . 50) .00 Baukeis using a. eaptal of $50000, -or less ($2 for etch $1000 additional). 208 00 Brokers. ..... -.......100 00 Commercial Brokers. . . 20 00 oreign commereial brok ers........ . .. 5000,00 Gutom-house brokers .. 10 00 Insurance agents, when receipts from fees and commissOns do not ex - . ceed $2,000 .... . 10 00 Exceeding' $2000 . . .20 00 Auctioneers, ifannual sales do not exceed $10,000 10 00) Not exceeding $25,000 20 00 Exceeding $25,000 . ......50 00 Produace brokers whose an nual sales do not ex eeed $10,000 .. .. .. ..10 00 Claim and patent agents 25 00 Betail- liquor deale. 25 00 ~istillers. .. . . ... 200 00 Brewers .. ... .. .. .. 100 00 Dea?ers in leaf tobacco, when anual sales do not exceed-25,000.. 50 00 (And $2 for each $1000 exceeding4|y00. f. - Derles in tob>acco, when the annual sales do not exceed $5000. .. .. .. 10 00 (And $2 .for- each $1000 exceeding $25,000)... Dealers in tobacco, when the-annual sales do aot exceed $5000... .. .. . 10 00 (And when the penal sum of the bond of man ufacturers of 'tobacco exceeds 65000,* $2 for each $1000 in excess of' $5000). .. .. .. . Manufacturers of cigars, Shen annual sales do Jo'not exceed $5000 . . 10 0( (And$2 fortseach $1000 Mgadlediot; othee# -dwibridealer ec 00 The Opera Ball in Paris. An American woman, who is now in Paris, thus :recounts her impressions of a masked ball at the great French opei-a house: "Unquestionably to an American this is one of the strangest and saddest of sights .These balls commence at midnight on Satur day night, and conTinue until five or six' o'clock in the morning. The pit of the opga house is boarded over and made level with the stage, thus affolding a mag nificent dancing floor, while the boxes are filled with spoetators eagerly watching thi scene below. Dominoes and maskA re worn by women who go as spectators, but men go in ordinary 4vening dress. To attempt to give iy adequate idea of the scene ana the impres sion produced as the visitor en ters the spacious and magnificent hal would be futile. For a mo ment the ,eyes are dazzled with the lights, the ears stunned by the laughter and merriment of thousands of voices, the senses be wildered .by the variety of cos tumes, colors and shape& that -are whirling through the mazes of the dance. Imagine specimens of every conceivable 'doetume, from every nation under the sun; inter mingle monsters of the deep, and birds from the air, and insert figures that have no likeness to anything in' the heavens -bove, nor in the earth beieath, nor in the.waters ander th-. earth-im agine the- whole gakanized, so that every tongue, 4"cle and sive activity, and Imoving to th notes of a- bnd, wild, thrilliig, and furious enough -to set the very paving stones in motion and you will .have some Voncep tion of a masked baH Uthe gi'and opera. Some df the dresses were eiceedingly rich and, handsome, and were made of velvet. satin, and heavy silks, whilei -others were of the - most fantastic de scription. A favorite coume with the women seemed to be 4. sori"of infant's slip, made short ano worn over satin or silk breech es, the-legs not unfrequently being of different colors. 'A group of 'our men dancersj in some.tbeatr, I was told, attracted much -atten tion by their hideous costumes and fiend-like activity. Every spacies of license, not absoistely bestial, seemed- allowed, and I found myself. instead. of amused, ,rowin~g unutterably sad .and heartsick, as I contemplated the spectacle before me. Where, blit in this beautiful, godless ,Paris, would anything so' wild and satur nalian be tolerated? My eyes followed sadly one' slight, delicate figure, evidently a young#grl, .in the costume of a page, She wore a blue satin tunic and. trunks trimmed with swan's down, .~a jaunty blue cap, gray silk tights, and blue boots. She seemed ab solutely possessed-an incar.a tion of the' scene of which she was a part-not of its wild exu berance. of animal spirits merely, but of its most reckless' and de praved aspects. As I look'ed down upon the scene, all the joyons inn. si 61ag.g1 an'd ga.yety seemed gradusly to change to a ghastly spectacle of vice, folly, and shameless immorality. It was with diffiulty that I kept back the tears till I could make my way from this pandemonium-a place where purity of woman and dig, nity of man seemed alike oblitera ted. This seemed to me a sadder spectacle than even the Cata combs," The Whistle.- In one District eo Tenun essee which yields $18,000 of grossreve -noue the collector received $9000 for auk ing the collection. -In anothezy disti'et the collector was paid $9500- issecuring $5.800 to the national treasury.: In.wone sof the California diistrictteathe 0 leetios emntedt:$250fstY, 1eto receiida como MtiWorfn$8500, ~ while th iit ea*pies -of his office amo.untedto nearly $96,000. Many simi Slar sasns are reported. Truth for Wives. In domestic happiness the wife's influence is much greater than her husband's; for the one, first cause -mutual love and confidence being granted, the whole comfort of the household depends upon trifles more immediately under her jurisdiction. By her manage ment of small sums, her husband's respectability and credit are crea ted or destroyed. No fortune can stand the constant leakage of ex travagance and mismanagement; and more is spent in trifles ,than women would.easily believe. The one great expense, whatever it may be, is turned over and care fully reflected on, the income is prepared to meet it; but it is pen nies imperceptibly sliding away which do mischief; and the wife alone can stop, for it does not come within a man's province. There is often an unsuspected trifle to be saved in every household. It is not in economy alone that the wife's attention isso necessary, but in those niceties which make a well-regulated house. An un furnished cruet-stand, a missing key, a buttonless shirt, a soiled table cloth, a mustard pot with its old contents shaking bard and down about-it, are reallynothings, but each can raise an angry word and cause discomfort. Depend upon it, there is a great deal of do mestic happiness about a well dressed mutton chop, or. a tidy breakfast tale. Men grow sated of beauty, tired of music, are often too wearied for conversation, how mar...tatnu a hnt:thm p. herth and- Miing comfort. A woman may love her husband devotedly-may sacrifice fortune,. fiends, family, country, for him she may have the genius of a 'Sap yho, the- enchanted .beauties of an Armida; but melancholy fact-if with these. she fails to make his home* comfortable, his heart will inevitably escape her. And' wo men live so entirely in the Offee tions, that without love their ex istence is void.* Better submit, then, to household tasks, however repugnant they may be to your tastes, than to dobm yourself to a loveless home. Women of a high er order of miind- will not run the risk; they know thattheirfeminine, theii- domestic, are their first duties. General N. B. Forrest has pub lished a letter advising his late coepanions in arms, the "rebs,'' to actively co-operate with their Democratic friends in sending del egates to the New York National Convention, to be held on the 4th of July. He concludes,.as foll;ows: "The only hope of a restoration of a good government in this coun try is mn the success of the Nation al Democracy in the. next -Presi dential campaign. I trust my late comrades will not, from expedi ency or other nmotives, absent themselves from a participation in the political exercises which are to result in the choice of standard bearers, made with a view ato so patriotie and desirable .an end. So far as I am personally con eerned, I have iso desire 'to take any -part in politics; nor to eccepy any political position ivhatever ; but I do not wish to see my State represented by men whose only claim to public favor is the dex terity with which they took either side of the question in the late war, a'tinterest dictated, and who bank upon it as their only capital for popular support." Mrs. Clara Mills, of Concord, a poor hard-working woman who lately -dieds there at the age of 57, had . a veritable passion for hoarding. Among the sin gular contents of her collection sold at auetion a. week ago, were 360 pairs of ~stockings, 110 toweLs, 65 bed quilts,-. all pieced by herself, 26 nightcaps, 585 pieces of glass and-crockery, 17 do.zen of side and back combs of' every conceiva ~ble old fashion, and some 50 dresses,. ..ongthe~ her wedding 4ress of a0 yeargd, ad in a tinpsil, wrapped. ur inumerable folds of paper,'swo her weding.uke.. The Sailor and the Actress. "When I was a poor girl," said the duchess of St. Albans, "work ing hard for my thirty shillings a week, I went down to Liverpool during the holidays, where I was kindly received. I was to per form in a new place, a pretty lit tle affecting drama; and in my character I represented a poor, friendless orphan girl, reduced to the most wretched poverty. A heartless tradesman prosecute the sad heroine for a heavy debt, and insists on putting her in prison, unless some one will be bail for her. The girl replies, "Then I have no hope, I have not a friend in the world." "Whatf will no one be bail for you to save you from prison ?" asks the stern creditor. "I have told you I have not a friend on earth was my re ply. But just as I was uttering the words, I saw a- sailor in the upper gallery springing over the railing, letting himself down from one tier to another, until he bounded clear over the orehestra. and foot-lights, and plaed himself beside me in a mome~nt. "Yes, you shall have one frend, at least, my poor young woman," said he, with - the greatest expression in his honest, sunburnt countenance. "1 will go bail for you to any amount. And as for you, (turn ing to the frightened abtoi, if you don't bear. a hand and shift your moorings, you lubber, it will be worse for you when. I come athwart your bows." Every crea ture in -tbe house. rose; uproar cheers from his twny messmites in the galler y; preparatory scra piags of violins from the orches tra; and amidst the universal din there stood the unconscious cause of it, sheltering me, "the,poor, dis tressed young woman," and breathing defiance and destruction against my mimic persecutor. He was only persuaded to relinquish his care of mo by the manager's pretending to arrive and rescue me, with a profusion of theatrical bank notes. FiMALE IEEPoRTERS.-The an niversary meeting at New York last week brought up sone extraor dinary things, and. among the mostgemarkable were three female reporters. The wormans' rights ~convention was atjended by thre ladies, the -reportorial representa tives of w oman's rights newspapers for differentparts of the country. Two of the three were 'strong minded Bloomers, and the other had discarded hoops and "sich", and appeared in a meek, retiring dress. The "Sun" reporter gives the following spicy description of the force at work: "M~iss Ada Tessenden Craig, of Chicago, was garbed in tight fitting black silk pants, green silk double breasted vest and grey paletot, which reached. a: little lower-than her* hips. When she1 got warm at her woerk, she-opened the paletot, crossed her legs placing the right foot-on the left knee, and unon ther elevated limb she placed her paper and piled her caUlin with the utmost noncha lance. :'she g'ther ia8%Ns$din orsge-colordd a1k-Xnieike' boeker pants, loose vest and flowing' tunic tightened around the waist. The - Knickerbocker pants are finished by elastics, the remainder of the leg(a very brawn, by tbe way) encased in thin flesh-colored skintight stockings. The third reporter belongs to theRevolution, dresses in black, fithout hoops, immense Papaama hat, disheveled hair, green stockings and prunella gaiters, She's said to be a brick of a loeal." . The La Crosse Deuperatijs'eally work ing in the interest of the& fadicals by mraking the support of such -Deinlcaufy as A pro6fesses 'too. manifestly h6peilss; asurd and disgusting fordecenlt men- to weliir.-Nw York Witizen. We are afrabitht the is mach truth n ihe ave sentence-Phonir.. A Railroad Acquatanen A Western railroad condue t* > tells the fllowin& ca' I which the- Time, of G1in makes a note! - 'One day last week 'there came on board of the c s from oneoftbeup-countrystatip a very pretty, genteel younglpf t on her way to this city. She-wi alone; so I waited upon joft* good seat, and made hers.oW-L fortable as possible. It web a*# minutes before the starft g1he0 and hewas so a r talkative'that I liugereda had a pleasant chat, 'Afterward, when colfeet1 tickets, she detained we *g.i & instant, and gave me *mA Wne peaches, which she said caMi 0 herfriend's orchard in the"' and really I be ad to thisk had not. had so charmwg i ger,for many a--d&y. 'Wel, we arrived at the and then I -attended- fuii carriage, handedaipher and-after all, i*ist doy - she'said.?* Now, we thodgib O ,e I the young Y4y woiM politely, 'Thank .yq like agleam of ' riage roll.oflad rn Van Daseb; ti0 gen ductor, ivuld obb i with alsig tirn away the matter, and e e - our natural sa%ppoetia 'o0, said thi onr did no such a thip' Ast her- foot was en ils 'You mnst Con -merely a ar must notexpeat-to if w.meet ayre Idhn dre.w- 1 What 'Why tho'ths to say t(re le oi quickly: tCertainly not, just goingto.emak not feel slighted i i me anywhere, except nA for really, we con&ue a be careful about ouajt 'She lopked quite silly,e a ~ drove off,' repliedJohnL - --&~ A keener reponse'to anaea~1I of female 'e,noiaa' coefdt' been made, nor b etter dir. . Every ste th 1 :e2 seems to he the Oe - most directly towar~d .their, destruction. in the friendslu the white man, South, thiey one chanee,pa respectb.iis tence; but they epairned.. jit k scorn. In industry. they hadr C refuge from ruin ; but tldia4jIg# -Ti-~ ted it~ with oneptete~ and will starve. In muany salvation for their'race has been within their reAch i~ bn eyh.bevy rejected every one # jg| hand and an out..streed4Abe They have reject depru. co-operiif s6e whitad 'M have lain idlin woi'k tim-~~ .U neglected seheole-h1ve insu~ their only fries4iivi power and peace-have rii / advicee from theireem A (ld?d their.arn* 4o& mule, and hav.play}~ everything. What remains for' them" now? It is easy to see: Annihilation. It is a melancholy' bonviction to record, but *e believe that it is the solemnn truth. It is possible,. even: yet, for them to save them selves from this fate, by falling into line prornptly with the con-. servative whies an4 acting Wit1h the. Denioeraiic party against the radicals. But toiE th ey ? N What-thent? Then-annihilation4 *Yorkvile ;&qu*er.k piidby-tbe (iveno f Commissioner of deeds for the South Carolne. '