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' Song. BY KOBEBT GII.mi.AN. Ohl t*><> gowan's in the glen, and the winter is aiT'. And through the budding birken tree the simmer breezes blaw, And my heart's wi' my lassie, though my lassie's gane frac me Obi my heart is wi' my lassie, for whare else could it bc? Why did she leave tho hawthorn vale, for the eity's glittering show? She's no bko to the city dames-they're no like her, ah.no! Their looks are fa' o' warldly pride, but soul is in her e'e, And ye'sc get a blink o' beauty, gin ye my lassie seel And it's-oh! wi' her to wander far frae the city's din, Whare thc bonnie streams meander, the singin* burnies lin; Whare the laverock is piping his musie in the duds, And the blackbird is pouring his wild notes .in th? woods!" Oh! her love is ever true, and her heart is ever warm, And her smile to nature's loveliness, it adds another charm! . Oh! the gowan's in the glen, and tho lily's on the lea, And my heart is wi' my lassie, whare'er my lassie be! ? . EXECUTIONS AMONO THE JEWS.-The Hebrews had no executioner. When a man was guilty of homicide, the exe? cution devolved on the next of kin, by the right of blood revenge; in other* coses, criminals were stoned by the people, the witnesses setting the ex? ample; and when the king or chief ordered a person to be put to death, the office was performed, by the per? son to whom the order was given, and this was generally a person whose con? sideration in life bore some proportion to that of the person to be slain. Thus Solomon gave the commission to kill Joab, the commander-in-chief, to Benaiah,,a person of so much distinc? tion as to be himself immediately pro? moted to the command which the death of Joab left vacant. In fact, tho office, even of a regular executif ner, is not by any means dishonorable in the East. The post of chief execu? tioner is, in most oriental courts, one of honor and distinction. Thus, when there was no regular executioner, it ?imo to be considered a post of honor to put a distinguished person to death; and on the other hand, the death itself was honorable in propor? tion to the rank of the person by whom the blow was inflicted. It was the greatest dishonor to perish by the hands of a woman or a slave. We see tliis feeling distinctly in the narrative where the two princes much prefer to die by Gideon's own hand than that of a youth who had obtained no per? sonal distinction. As to the hero commissioning his son to perform this office, it was, perhaps, partly to honor him with the distinction of having slain two chief enemies of Israel, as well as because the rules of blood-re? venge made it necessary that the exe? cution of those who had slain his own brethren should eitlftr be performed by himself or by a member of his own family. It secmf veiy probable, from all that transpired, that Oreb and Zeeb hod slain the brethren of Gideon, after they had taken them captive, in the same way that they were themselves slain. LIFE IN JAVA.-A traveler writes from Batavia, Island of Java: The Hotel des Indes, at which I am stopping-the main building two story high, with an immense piazza in front -is connected on each side by build? ings like railroad depots, three or four hundred feet long. Each suit of rooms contains room enough to make two, three, and even half a dozen or? dinary rooms such as we get at the hotels in the United States. In front and back are bath houses, fountains, flower gardens, and out-houses, "for cooking and for servants, marble floor, tiled roofs, ceiling from twenty to twenty-fi've feet high, no carpets, and but few curtains. Meals are served up in about the same style as at the first class hotels in New York. The habits of living are quite differ? ent. At daylight, coffee and tea are taken to your room, nt eight, same, with light refreshments; twelve, breakfast, and at seven, dinner. Cof? fee and tea are always ready, day or night, same JUS baths. No extra charge; tako them or not, as you may choose. The hotel is situated in the new or upper town, some half dozen miles from the water. It is a fair specimen of five or six others, within half a mile of each other. My hotel and grounds cover ton acres. Tho whole ground, like tho rest of tho city, is one immense forest of trees and canals. _ Why is- the emancipation proclama? tion a demoralizing edict? Because it brings so many black leg?, into tho Union lines. THE HISTOBY OF SODA WATER. Soda water is simply pure water im? pregnated with carbonic acid gas. It is known by its agreeable, pungent taste, by its slightly exhilirating qua? lities, and its bubbling and scintilla? tion. The water to be impregnated with the gas is to be placed in a strong vessel, usually made of iron or copper, called a fountain. The gas, after being passed through water to purify it, is conducted to the fountain, and after sufficient agitation in contact with the gos, at a high pressure, the water becomes impregnated, and is then what is known as soda water. The first experiments were made by Venel, in France, in 1750, and pub? lished in 1776; by Priestly, in 1768; and later,, by Bergmnd, Black, Van Helmot and others. The first manufactory in the world was established at Geneva, by Gosse, an apothecary of that city, whose an? nual sales am ou ted to 40,000 bottles of "Eau de Salts." In 1798, his part? ner, Mr. Paul, founded an establish? ment in Paris, where were compound? ed not only the principal mineral waters of Fiance, but even those of foreign countries. From this time onward, laboratories multiplied all over Europe; and the manufacture of simple agx-ated water is now con? ducted on so large a scale in all civi? lized countries that a very" remarkable amount of inventive talent has been successfully employed in improving the necessary apparatus. When is a cat like a tea-pot? When you're teas in it; (tea's in it.) [The perpetrator of this frightful attempt has been taken to a weH-known water cure establishment, and is now slowly and, it is to ba hoped, finally recover? ing.] "What's the use," asked a ragged fellow, "of a man's working himself to death 1j> get a living?" And we re? spond to the inquiry, "What's the use?" Before "love comes in at the door," it would be well for him to peep through the key-hole. He might see something that would prevent him from entering. "Think, when home returning," a sweet song at any time, is especially r commended to rakish husbands, when slagging to their domiciles at 3 o'clock in the morning. Judging from her likeness, painted by her papa, it is evident that Titian's fat daughter, Mary, was a great Polly Titian. "That which thou hast to do, do it with dil thy might," especidUy it is to knock down a black-guard. French for the beginning of the troutkig season-Commencement de la fin. Conventions of crows are the noisest caw-cusses ever organized. Definition of the "Happy Man" I A joyful miser. What is the French for sleigh horses?-"Chevatuc de freeze." All lawyers may be said to belong to the .Fee-nian Brotherhood. Why "is England like Japan?- Be? cause it worships yellow sovereigns. Drug Store For Sale. THE STOCK and FIXTURES of a whole? sale and retail DRUG STORE, in the town of Newberry, S. C., prominently situ? ated, and of good patronage, will be sold %t a bargain, if applied for soon. A ' Sat isfactory reasons assigned for selling. Addross Box 88, Newberry, S. C. Sept 4_6 LAWRENCE. BALDWIN . & CO., BANKERS AND BROKERS, NO. 70 WALL STREET, ?JEW YORK. OVERNMENT SECURITIES and other \JT STOCKS, BONDS, Ac., bought and sold on commission. DEWITT C. LAWRENCE, member N. Y. Stock Exchange. SIMEON -BALDWIN, Ja., member N. Y. Petroleum and Mining Board. CYRUS J. LAWRENCE. WM. A. HALSTED. Sept 4 (Jmo w. BTJOHNSTCV^ Masistrato, Office on Picken* street East end of Lady. WILL attend to all official business brought before him; will also attend to drawing up Deeds, Conveyances, Mort? gages, Contracts, and other ordinary legal instruments of writing. Fair copies of any document executed with neatness and de? spatch^_ August 1 Brass Foundry. rpiIE subscriber, thankful for past patron JL |agc, would inform his friends and the public that he is still prepared to furnish all kinds of RR ASS CASTING in a workmanlike manner and with despatch. ROBERT MCDOUGAL, July 31 m Gadsden, near Washington st. Charleston Advertisements. AND SOM. MERCHANTS, 126 and 128 Meeting Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. F. A. WI?^O?^?N7?^MU% Orangcburg, S. C. EDMUND A. SOUDER A CO., Philadelphia, Penn. LIVINGSTON, FOX & CO., Agents, New York. tS- LIBERAL ADVANCES made ?in CON? SIGNMENTS._Aug 15 2mo? FIRE AW? mumm Insurance Agency I TUPP?R&LANE 163 MEETING ST., CHARLESTON, S. C., REPRESENT the foUowing first-class companies: GREAT WESTERN INSURANCE COM? PANY, OF NEW YORK. SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK. PHOENIX FIRE INSURANCE COMP'NY, OF NEW YORK. MANHATTAN INSURANCE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK. International Insurance Company, of New York. North Amerioan Insurance Company, of ] Now York. With aggregate cash capital of over $9,000,000. Fire, Moline and Inland Risks taken on reasonable terms, and losses promptly set? tled. S. Y. TUPPER. A. A. LANE. For particulars, applv to ZEALY, SCOTT A BRUNS, Aug 14 26 Assembly street. Provisional Government. NOTICE is hereby given, that from and after tho seventh day of September next, the Headquarters of the Provisional Governor w?l bo at Columbia, where all communications addressed to him must IK; directed. WILLIAM H. PERRY, Private Secretary. Greenville, S. C., August 28,1865. Sept 5 6 Sd~ ?State papers will copv three times. DTVTDS 0 S "C?fill I, CHARLOTTE, N. C. THE exercises of th^ College, and of the Preparatory Department connected with it, will be resumed on the 28th of SEP? TEMBER. As a measure necessary to the support of the Institution in the existing derangement of its finances, the Board of Trustees have suspended, for twelve months, the privil?ge of using Scholarships in the payment of tuition. Tuition $20 for the session of five months, and Board $B) per month-payable in ad? vance, in specie, or its equivalent in curren? cy or provisions. It is desirable that Students should bring with them such books as they may require; also such articles of furniture "for their rooms as they may be able to transport. For other particulars address the subscri? ber, to the care (for the present) of Dr. E. Nye Hutchison, Charlotte. J. L. KIRKPATRICK, Aug 22 Imo President. CHARLESTjO?JnW-?. ATLAUTi? COAST Mail Line! THE new first class steamer MO? NERA, Charles P Marshman, Cony mander. Steamer C A M BRIDGE, J. W. Balch, Commander, Will leave Charleston, S. C., direct for Now York, alternately, THURSDAYS each week. For freight or passage-having handsome State Room accommodations-apply to F. A. WILCOXSON, Agent, Orangcburg, S. C. ARCHIBALD GETTY A CO., 126 and 128 Meet in? st., Charleston, S. C. LIVINGSTON, FOX & CO., Agents, Aug 15 2mo New York. Office Qen._Sup7WTand M. E. E." JggfeggPl??g WILMINGTON, N. C., Aro. 24, 1J#>. CHANCE OF SCH EDITEE. ON and after SUNDAY, 27th, daily trains will run over the Wilmington and Man? chester Railroad, between Kingsville and Wilmington, as follows : Leave Kingsville daily at.7.35 p. m. " Wilmington " at.6.00 a.m. Arrive Kingsville " at.1.25 a.m. "" Wilmington" at.3.05 p.m. There is daily communication North by rail from Wilmington, and semi-weekly by steamer. These trains connect with trains on the North-eastern Railroad, Cheraw and Darlington Railroad and Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. There is a linc of stages between Sumter and Camden connecting with these trains. HENRY M. DRANE, aug 28 16 General Superintendent. ?s The NewYorkNe^s. DAILY and WEEKLY. THE NEW YORK WEEKLY NEWS, a great family news? paper-BENJAMIN WWD, Proprietor-tho largest, bmt and cheapest paper published in New* York. Single copies, 6 cents; one copy one year, $2; three copies one year, 5.50; five copies one year, 8.75; ten copies one year, 17; and an extra copy to any club of ten. Twenty copies one year, 30; the Weekly News is sent to clergymen at 1.60. NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. To mail subscribers, $10 per annum; six montbs, Sf, payments invariably in advance, j Specimen copies of Daily and Weekly Nows sent free. Address BENJ. WOOD, Daily News Building, No. 19 City HaU Square, New York City. TBE CHARLESTON"D?L?1EWS. AS native Carolinians, the publishers will naturally look to the interests of their own State and to that of tho South; and as citizens of the United States, they will not be wanting in the proper amount of devo? tion and respect for the General Govern? ment. Every effort shall be made to make the DAILY NEWS a first-class newspaper, and in every way worthy of the patronage of the public. Our terms for the present will he at the rate sf ten dollars per annum. Subscrip? tions received for three, six and twelve months, payable in advance. Postmasters and others throughont thc ? country, who may interest themselves in procuring subscriptions, will be allowed the usual per centage. CATHCART, McMILLAN & MORTON, Proprietors, No. 18 Havne street, aug 30 fl3_ Charleston. 8. C. TOREAT WA3?T SUPPLIED! NEWS FROM ALL QUARTERS! IS PUBLISHED At the Capital of South Carolina, COLUMBIA THE DAILY PHS?ljX. ISSUED every morning except Sunday, is filled with the LATEST NEWS, (by tele? graph, mails, etc.,) EDITORIAL, CORRES? PONDENCE, MISCELLANY, POETRY, STORIES, etc. This is the only daily paper in the State outside of the city of Charleston. The Tri-Weekly Phoenix, For country circulation, is published every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and has all the reading matter of interest contained in the daily issues of the week. WEEKtY GtEANER, A HOME COMPANION. As its name indicates, is intended as a FAMILY JOURNAL, and is published every Wednesday. It will contain- Eight Pages, of Forty Columns. The cream of the News, Miscellany, Talcs, etc., oi the Daily and Tri-weeklv will be found in its columns. TERMS-INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. Daily, one year..$10 00 " * three months. 3 00 Tri-Weekly, one year. 7 00' " three months. 2 00 Weekly, one year. 4 00 " three months. 1 25 Advertisements inserted in the Daily or Tri-Weekly at $1 a sonare for the first in? sertion, and 75 cents for each subsequent insertion? We%k.'y advertisements $1 a square every insertion. JOB WORK, Such as HAND-BILLS, CARDS, CIRCU? LARS, SHIN-PLASTERS, etc., executed promptly and at reasonable rates. Ji UAV A. SELBY, July ?1 Publisher and Proprietor. CONNER'S United States Type Foundry, Nos. 28, 30 and 32 Centre street, near the Citv Hall, New York. TO PRINTERS A Nh PUBLISHERS. THE undersigned beg to call your atten? tion to their new Series of SCOTCH CUT FACES, from Pearl to Pica, just finish? ed, specimens of which can be furnished on application; surpassing, if possible, their original Scotch Cut Faces, which have given such universal satisfaction throughout the United States. THE FANCY TYPE DEPARTMENT ex? hibits an unsurpassable quantity of styles, of home origin, and selected from England, France and Germany. And thuir new Ame? rican Scripts, Round Hand and Italian Scripts, Bordering, etc., aro not to be ex? celled in this or any other country; and tins the undersigned make bold to say of their specimens-as they have reached a point originally aimed after-that is, to excel in quality of the article furnished, and in the variety of styles presented for selection surpassing all similar establishments. The several stylos have only to be seen to be approc&ted. , t Particular attention is called to their German department, wherein is shown as splendid German face's and styles as can be seen in tho German Confederation or the United States. Particular attention having been given to the selection, in obtaining thc st vies from the best type foundries throughout Germany, whether for Book, Job or Newspaper Printing. All Type cast at their establishment is now manufactured from the metal known as Conner's Unequalled Hard Type Metal. Kir Every article necessary for a perfect Printing Office furnished as above. Sept 4 JAMES CONNER'S SONS. By tile Provisional Governor or thc State of South. Carolin ^ . A PROCLAMATION1 ? "TTTHEREAS His Excellency President YT Johnson has issued Iiis proclama? tion, appointing me (Benjamin P. Perry) Provisional Governor in and for the Strte of South Carolina, with power to prescribo such rules and regulations as may bc neces? sary and proper for convening a Convention of the State, composed of delegates to bo chosen by that portion of the people of said State who are loyal to the United States, for thc purpose of altering or amending tho Constitution thereof; and with authority to exercise within the limits of the State all too powers necessary and proper to enable such loyal people to restore said State to its constitutional relations to the Federal Gov? ernment, and to present such a Republican form of State Government as will entitle tho State te thc guarantee of thc United States therefor, and its people to protection by the United States against invasion, insurrection and domestic violence. Kow, therefore, in obedience to thc pro? clamation of his Excellency Andrew John? son, 1 re si Jen t of the United States, I, BENJAMIN F. PERRY, Provisional Gover? nor of the State of South Carolina, for the purpose of organizing a Provisional Gov? ernment in South Carolina, reforming the State Constitution and restoring civil au? thority in said State under the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim and declare that all civil officers in South Carolina, who were in ellice when tho Civil Government of the State was suspend? ed, in May last, (except those arrested or under prosecution for treason,) shall, on taking the oath of allegiance prescribed in the President's Amnesty Proclamation of the 2yth day of May, 1865, resume tho duties of their oftiees and continue to dis? charge them under the Provisional Govern? ment till further appointments are made. - > And 1 do fur tb, cr proclaim, declare and make known, that it is the duty of all loyal citizens of tho State of South Carolina to promptly go forward and take tho oath of allegiance to the United States, before some magistrate or military officer ol' the Federal Government, who may be qualified for ad? ministering oaths; and such aro hereby authorized to give certified copies thereof to the persons respectively by whom they were made. And such magistrates or officers are hereby required to transmit tho originals of such oaths, at as early a day as may be convenient, to the Department of State, in the city of Washington, D. C. And I do further proclaim, declare and make known, that the Managers of Elec? tions throughout the State of South Caroli? na will hold au election for members of a State Convention, at their respective pre cii.cts, on the FIRST MONDAY IN SEP? TEMBER NEXT, according to the laws of South Carolina in force before the secession of the State; and that each Election Dis? trict in the State shall eleet as many mem? bers of the Convention as the said District has members of the House of Representa? tives-the basis of representation being population and taxation. This will givo one hundred and twenty-four members to the Convention-a number sufficiently large to represent every portion of the State mose fully. Every loyal citizen who has taken tho Amnesty oath and not within tho excepted classes in the 1'resident's Proclamation, will be entitled to vote, provided he was a legal v?ter under thc Constitution as it stood prior to the secession of South Caro? lina. Ibid all who are within the excepted classes must take the oath and apply for a pardon, in order to entitle them to vote or become members of the Convention. The members of the? Convention thus elected on the first Monday in September next, are hereby required to* convene in tho city of Columbia, on WEDNESDAY, the 13th day of September, 1865, ior the purpose of altering and amending the present Consti? tution of South Carolina, or remodelling and making a new one, which will conform to the great changes which have taken place in the State, and be more in accord? ance with Republican principles and equali? ty of representation. And I do further proclaim and make known, that the Constitution and all laws of force in South Carolina prior to the seces? sion of the State, are hereby made of force under the Provisional Government, except wherein they may conflict with the provi? sions of this proclamation. And the Judges and Chancellors of the State are hereby required to exercise all the powers and per? form all the duties which appertain to their respective oflices, and especially in criminal cases. It will be expected of the Federal military authorities now in South Carolina, tolend their authority to thc civil officers of the Provisional Government, for the pur? pose of enforcing the laws and preserving the peace and good order of the State. And I do further command and enjoin all good and lawful citizens of the State to unite in enforcing the laws and bringing to justice all disorderly persons, all plunder? ers, robbers and marauders, all vagrants and idle persons who are wandering about without employment or any visible means of supporting themselves. It is also expected that all former owners of freed persons will be kind to them, and not turn off thc children or aged to perish; and the freed men and women are earnestly enjoined to make contracts, just and fair, for remaining with their former owner. In order to facilitate as much as possible the application for pardons under thc ex? cepted sections of the President's Amnesty Proclamation, it is stated for information that all applications must bc by petition, stating the exception, and accompanied with thc oath prescribed. This petition must be first approved by the Provisional Governor, and then forwarded to the Presi? dent. The headquarters of the Provisional Governor will be at Greenville, where all communications to him must bp addressed. The newspapers of this State will publish this proclamation till tho election for mem? bers of the Convention. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal. Done at the [t. s.] town of Greenville, this 20th day of Julv, in the year of our Bord, 1S65, and of the independence of the United States the ninetieth, B. F. PEJftRY. By the Provisional Governor: WILLIAM H. Penny, Private Secretary. July 26