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?IISCB T iT ? A JJ"3ET Opera Mu?ic flor tiic Piano. Isn't there something lu ibis -Opera Music for the Piano"' that sounds like the verv thing itself ? It does to our car. It is copied from the "Knickerbocker Maga? zine:' "List! the piece is about to begin; Now observe Miss Introduction come in: A goddess in flounces, and pinched at the waist, And a iook like a statue, embellished with paste. All the keys that can be got at, Bv the fingers straight are shot at: Then a soft and gentle tiulde, Gentle as the rahi-drop's sprinkle, One. two, three, four, Five, six-run ashore. Then a stop Fingers drop. Now a rush from top to bottom. Catch the notes now, while we do* "om; Hear tito music, for we've got 'om. Backward, forward, up and down, Like a monkey or a ci"wu: Now the close-a gentle strike. Who did ever hear tho like? Piece commences: Now begins a merry trill. Like a cricket in a mill; Now a short, uneasy motion, Liki a bed-bug at devotion, Or a ripple on the ocean. Soe tho tinge;-- skip about: Hear tho notos as they come out - How they niingte in tao tingle Of the everlasting jingle: Like the hail-stones on a shingle: Or tho ding-dong, dangle-dingle Of a sue?'0-bell-double, single; Now thev'come in wilder gushes; Cp and town thc player rushes; Quick as squirrels, ci- thc thrushes, Darting round among the bushes, Makiug rattle, like the tushes Of the swine, a-drinking slushes. Now the keys begin to clatter, Like a chorus on a platter, Or a housemaid stirring batter. Hear the music that they scatter, Though 'tis flat and growing flatter; All is "clatter, naught's the matter. Hark! the strains, for now we're at her: O'er the music comes a change. Now we take another range; Every tone is wild aud strange. Now there comes the lofty tumbling, Comes the mumbling, fumbling, jumbling, And the rumbling and tho grumbling Of the thunder, from its slumbering Just awaking. NOM- i;'s taking To the quaking, like a fever-and-ague shak? ing: Now it's making such a raking, Heads are aching, something's breaking. Goodness! gracious! ain't it wondrous? Rolling round, above and under us, Like old Vulcan's strokes so thunderous. Now the rattle of thc battle Deepens dooper, and the cattle Bellow louder, and thc powder Will be ali expended soon. Such a clanging, whanging, bauging. Slam! bang! whang! Heavens! how the music rang! Ah! the harmony so splendid Is expended-all is ended. Though I'm frighted, I'm delighted With this finery and this foppery Of this modern music opera. tin a Pilgrimage of Panton. r,Y JOHN HAPPY. After dodging about promiscuously for a period of four uncomfortable years-alternately the whistling oi angry bullets and the inquisitive and scrutinizing gaze of cruel conscript ors, the undersigned awoke at lest, about the grand culmination, to dis? cover that his agility as an art f fi dodger had finally to be put to raosi ingenious exercise, to come out, ever at the diminutive end of the horn At my years, a man is not apt to b< taken unawares; but I confess to a de gree o? barned self-possession, whei thc amnesty proclamation, in all it: significant import, first smote upoi my conscience. I began to feel a though I had played away four year in a game of political faro, ant "Landed" in my cheeks-' to old Time tho remorseless dealer with becoxnin; amiability, and proceeded amom others ci the Faithful on a Pilgrimage after Pardon, to the great Mecca o successful aspirants to Congrcssiona distinction. Unanimously appointe? a delegate to reconstruct the Union by a convention of admiring follow citizens, 1 proceeded in company wit] five respectable bales of cotton, t defray expenses to Washington, vi Mobile ?md the Cresceul City. To sa; that that cotton was entangled in th meshes of rod tape, about the Gu] Department, but illy expresses th reality. Shipped, by permission c the higher authorities appreciatin the patriotism of the motive, it foi into the hands of subalterns, wh would have kept me to this blesse 'nour working it through, if 1 had nt placed it in the charge of a shrowi Boston broker, who was flush enoug to make an advanee. Reached Wasl: ington about the time the swarm c pardon-seekers had swelled to th magnitude of a "large and highlv ai preciative audienee" around thc Es ecutive gate way. Had a personal interview with Chief Magistrate, and asked him fe a small Pardon, if he had any moi left. Chief Magistrate wanted to kno what position- I held in the rel* army. The answer was faint, som? what hesitating, and a little shakv said: "Quartermaster." Chief Mag strate chuckled, and turned his nea to conceal a sardonic- smile. "IV1 ancient and venerable friend." 1 said, "if yon think that your depart? ment of the rebellion endangered the Union cause, your innocence is a par? don in iiseii.: i scornfully refused to interpret the meaning of that cruel satire. I retired, only to meet my distinguished anti seedy friend, the Honorable" Kwv/i c Keg stmggjing, at the doorway outside with three Par? don Agents of the legal persuasion, two Confederate Congressmen who j had voted for the suspension of the habeas corpus, five large land-holders I ?who hadn't "a d- d nigger lott on his { plantation.'' and a Yankee blockade runner, who ; "had been a Union man i from the first.'' all scrambling to get ' in at once. Finally, Keg, getting above the shoulders of his compet? tors., was thrust by the press of the crowd like shot out of a shovel into the Executive presence, and thc doors closed behind him with a bang. I felt no little uneasiness at thc thought of my fellow-compatriot's mental con? dition, closeted alono, with that mer? ciless magnate. If w is cf brief dura? tion. There was a noise inside, and a tumbling over of chairs, the doors fle-.v open, and Keg appeared flying through theni, with the too of some? body's boot in close1 proximity tn his coat-tail. Of what happened before his violent ejectment, I have never boon able to glean the fragment of au idea. Upon that subject, my astute coteniporary is religiously and mys? teriously reticent. A NOVEL RACE.-Thc usual routine of the American Institute Fair, now being held in New York, was enli? vened on Saturday night last, by a race between three men. two of whom "sport'* two artificial legs each, and the third one artificial leg. The an? nouncement that this race would be run, of couicc drew an immense con? course of people, so that by eight o'clock tho place was rmcomfortably filled. The contestants were Bates, both of whose legs are oi cork ; H. Ausberger, one cork leg ; and Frank Stewart, two cork legs. Mr. Carpen? ter, one of the manager. > of the fair, acted as judge on the occasion. A kind of lane had been enclosed for the trial, and shortly after eight o'clock the race, which was against time, commenced. The first heat was run by Mr. Bates, , the race being seven hundred and j fifty feet. Mr. Bates did not run, he j merely hobbled at the rate of seven hundred feet in four minutes. Tho racer's cork leg seemed to give hin? no trouble at all. In baot, he man j aged the article artistically. But the j other, which was not cork, was rather j difficult to manage, j Mr. Ausberger, with a couple of ; cork appendiiges, succeeded more to the satisfaction ol' the public, and especially to the leg-vender ; but it was reserved for Mr. Stewart, who managed his cork feet as nimbly as if he had been bom with them, to cap ! the climax. Mr. Stewart made four 1 heats of seven hundred and fifty fe? t, . in all three thousand feet, in nine ! minutes, by Mr. Carpenter's time. \ The race gave great satisfaction and i created great merriment. NOVEL PLACE OF ASTCSEMEKX. Here is an anecdote extracted from j the London Telegraphs account of ; the building of the new bridge at Blackfriars, and worth quoting : I At the building oi Westminister ' Bridge, diving bells were used, but a ! difficulty arose of a very unexpected kind. Thc men in the bells, eom ' fortably ont of sight of their employ ' crs, found themselves under no com? pulsion to work. One would not ' think at first the bottom of the great London sewer was a pleasant place, for the liquid which flows in the 1 Thames, and is. by courtesy called ? water, is so thick tb at in a bell a few ' feet below the surface, it is as dark us ; night, though mou have been down : in sixtv feet of sea-water and worked ; by daylight. But the divers at W? st ? minister did not mind the gloom. ; : Lighting up their candles, they t used, instead ol working, to play cards ! : and read newspapers. They took i ? down beer, and even tried smoking : : during the sub aqueous debauches, ? but the effect upon the breathing was i ! not agreeable, and they took tochew ; ing instead. By giving a random " j signal every now and then to the men > ; directing the movements of thc bell . from above, they could convey the ? impression that they were working, j and their little amusements were un t ! interrupted for some time, till at last ? : thev were founel ont. Diving dresses 5 ? and helmets were then introduced, r and tlic use of bells was given np with I very beneficial results. L A gentleman, walkin cr with two - ladies, stepped on a hogshead hoop, I that t?ew up and struck him in the i face. "Good gracious!" said he, -' "which of you dropped that?" MORE TU JUS SHI BARGAIN RD FOR. The Portsmouth Journal tells a strange anecdote regarding the purchase of an old piece of furniture and what grew out of it. A Mrs. Mayberry, now bring at Cape Elizabeth, Port? land, purchased at auction in Ports? mouth, about two Tears ago, an old mahogany stuffed chair that was a curiosity, onfy paying fifty cents for it. "While endeavoring to repair the ragged haircloth cushion, she found some papers that are said to possess great value-one a will of one of the Derby family, that, it is intimated, affects sundry titles in England. The further report is that a special mes? senger was sent to England, who re? turned with a sum that enabled her to invest $50,000 in Government se curitias last ye a-. The Joia'nal gives authority for the story, and it is too cautious a paper to make any rash or unauthentic statement. ? Bosioi ; (Gazette. The friends ? Dr. A. N. TALLEY nomi? nate him as a candidate for Mayor at the msuing election in April next. Nov 2 * For Congress. Di:, E. C. GRIFFIN, of Edge?eld, is an? nounced as a candidate forCONGRESS from the Third Congressional District, composed of tho Districts ot Abbeville, Edge?eld, Newberry, Fairfield, Lexington, Richland and Orangebnrg. Oct 2S 7* For District Judge. The friends of YT. B. JOHNSTON. Esq., who has so efficiently lilied the office of Ma? gistrate for tho District of Richland, re? spectfully recommend him to the Legisla? ture as a suitable gentleman to fiU the new office created by the State Convention. He io well known throughout tho State, and for thc past eight months has filled a judi? cial station with the utmost satisfaction to ail parties. MEMBERS OF TEE BAR. Oct 29 For Congress. The friends o? Gen. SAMUEL McGOWAN announce him as a Candidate for tho United States Congres- from thc* Third Con? gressional District, embracing the Districts of Orangeburg, Edgi field, Abbeville, New? berry Lexington, Richland and Fairfield. Oct 27_ For State Treasurer. Tho friends of Dr. Ii. VT.GTEJ3ES respect? fully nominate him to titi Legislature for tin.- office. His well known business cha? racter, energy and ability eminently recom? mend him. ne bas for many your.-, served tho state efficiently it; various capacities, au'd now he needs her support. Oct 22 For Congress. We arc authorized to announce JAMES FARROW, Esq.. of Spartanburg. as a can? didate to represent, in the Congress vf the United States, the Fourth Congressional District, comprising the Districts of An? dersen, Pickens, Greenville, Laurens, Spar? tanburg, Union. York and Chester. Sent 30 * Atlanta Medical College. THE Course of Lectures in this institu? tion will commence on the FIRST MON? DAY in November next, and continue four months-the Faculty having changed the time for the session from summer to the wiu t .-r months. ^ JOHN G. WESTMORELAND, Dean. Oct 25 Imo D. 3. DeSATJSSURE ATTORNEY AT LAW COMMISSIONER tit EQUITY. Office in rear of tho Court House. Oct 7 _Imo FIRE .1X0 LIFE INSURANCE. H. E. NICHOLS, Agent, FOR the f .11 ?wing FIRST CLASS COM? PANIES: Tht? "Underwriter's Agency,"the "Inter? national,'" the "Metropolitan," the "Conti? nental,'" the "Security." the ..Homo.'' the .'Columbia.''the "Washington,'" the "Ful? ton." the "Croton," all of the city of Now York; the "Putnam'" and the "New Eng? land/' of Hartford, Conn.; tho ..Home," of Now Haven, Conn.; tin "Home" and tho "Southern Insurance and Trust Com? pany." of Savannah. Ga.: the "Albemarle," of Virginia, and the "Gulf State," of Flo? rid:!. Also, thc "Globe Life Insurance Companv," of New York: tko "Nov.-England Mutual.* of B'>ston: the "North Carolina Mutual/' of Raleigh, and the "A. dent al," of Now York, insuring: against accidents of all Kinds. The whole possessing an aggre? gate capital of over ?25,000,000. Risks taken or. Cotton or Merchandize in transita from any point to any point on reasonable terms." ALL LOSSES PROMPTLY ADJUSTED. Office at Mr. Hussung's house, corner of Assembly uj:d Washington streets. Colum? bia, S. C. Aug 15 iCm W. B. JOHNSTON, A\X.?t S?& t X? ?tl O , Office on rickers street Kost cud oj Lady. "\T"ILL attend to all official business y\ brought before him; will also attend to drawing up Deeds, Conveyances, Mort? gages, Contracta?, and other ordinary legal in s tn: an. nts of writing. Fair copies of any document executed with neatness and de spatch. August 1 Charleston Advertisements. Safes! Safes! SAFES. To Banka. Brokern. Merchants, and atiin~ terested io Positice Protection against Roherry and. Fire. Miller's Patent Fire-proof Safes. ! THIS class of SAFE is designed for Mer- | chants and ail kinds of business requir- j ing positive protection from lire, with am- ? pie security from robbery, for such uses. | They combine several patents which remove j many objections forma in other Safes, such as dampness, running out of the tilling and decay, and are fitted with powder and pick j proof-locks, perfectly secure and easy to use. These Safes have been be fore" the public for the past fifteen years, and are ? now used by many of the first banks and : merchants m the country, and have newer in a single instance lost a dollar's value by fire or robbery, although frequently and severely tested. For sale at I MORDECAI vt CO.'S, Agents. 110 East liav, Charleston. S. C. ; Oct 21_ tO j C. N. A VEE ILL. J. H. AVESILT.. '. C. X, AVERILL & SOX, General Auction, Commission, ,' FOBWABDX MEBCHMTS, j No. 20 HAYNF. ST.. CHARLESTON, S. C. I COMMISSIONS for Forwarding, 10 cents ; per Package, with funds in hand ro pay charges. j Refer to George W. Williams & Co. Oct 2i _; TD "5 CORNER KING AND SOCIETY SIS., CHARLESTON, $? C. EKOPEIETORS. S. H. LORTNG. CHAS. H. BENNETT. S< pt 27_Imo PEOPLE'S STEAMSHIP COMPANY. LINE COMPOSED OF TUL NEW AND FIRST-CLASS STEAMERS 3IOVEK.A, Capt. Mai*?lillian, E?I1L\ Ii. SOTJD?R,CRpt.\Vincl?c?ter. FOR NEW YORE DIRECT.' < -s- KT.-*-* nnHESE vessels alternating weekly, o?vr JL ing everv Thursday td the traveling public a FIRST-CLASS PASS 1". N G E R BOAT, with superior accommodations. Theiv will be* a mail bag kept at the office of thc Agents, cl ?sing always au hour be? fore the sailing of each steamer. For Pa-sage, or Freight, apply to WILLIS 'V CHIS?LM, Agents. Oct 5 Mills House, Charleston. Browne BL Schirmer, ?ENX?JU. C03aCM5S-03ff A. No FORWARDING LIER CHANTS, Ne.. 9 EXCEANOE PLACE, CHARLESTON, S. ( W. R. BF.OVVNL,. I. M SCHIRMER.' EETEHENCE?. MI -rs. JOHN FRASER A ( 0., Charleston. Mr. W. P. HALL. ? harleston, S. C. Messrs. T. SAVAGE HEYWARD \- SONS. Augusta. Ga. Messrs. FENNER. BENNET .': BOWMAN, New York. 3">ARTICULAR attenii ii given to the purchase, sale and shipmen: of COT? TON and other PRODUCE. Liberal acl vances made on cotton shipped through our New York references. Goods and Merchandize of all descrip? tions received and forwarded from this point or the terminus of the South Caroli? na Raiir?ad. t now Hopkins*.) Oct is Imo Steinmeyer &. Son, FACTORS AND DEALERS IN TIMBER, IOT?B3E?, BUILDING MATERIALS. &C AMI) GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS, CHARLESTON, S. C. KEEP constantly on hand LIME. CE? MENT, HAIR, .ve.: manufactured Doors. Sashes. ?Blinds, Mouldings, kc; agents for Page'.- Portable Saw Mills! Con? signments of all descriptions of Merchan? dize and Material solicited, and all orders carefully and promptly attended to. Lumber and Timber lard and Pond foot of Beaufain Street, on Ashley Liver. Office at West end of Beaufain street. JOHN H. STEIXSTE?EK. J. IL STEINKEYEK, Jr.. Oct 26_ Imo THE AMERICAN LAND COMPANY Central Office, No. 57 Broadway, N. Y. JOHN A. ANDREW, President, I FRANK E. HOWE, Vice-Pres't, ! L. W. WINCHESTER. Treas'r, Trustees. GEORGE CABOT WARD, i ALFRED GAUTHIER, j f\FFEBS its services in the purchase, \J ?ale, lease or exchange of CITY or COUNTRY PROPERTY in the South and West, or in procuring Workmen. Superin? tendents. Tenants or Partners from the North of from Europe. Full information furnished upon inquiry of THURBER, SOULE* CO., Agents. No. 4 State ti?nw t, (up-stairs,) Cet 20 imo Charleston, S. C. it. a. ??frM??[ m., (Formerly Gothran, Jiffers A- Co.,) ARE prepared to receive and forward JA COTTON and MERCHANDISE con? signed to their care at Orangeburg and Hopkins' Turn-Out, en South Carolina Railroad. Ou completion of the road to Columbia, they wiL coutinm business at that place. By strict attention to business and mode? rate charges, they hope to merit a share of patronage. Ocr G Imo ?3-The Abbeville, Edgefield. Anderson, Newberry, Laurens and Greenville papers pirase copy for one month, and send bid to this- office." ZIMMERMAN-DAVIS, (Late of the Fina of Adams. Frost <t; Gb.,) OFFERS his services to his friends as a FACTOR and COMMISSION MER? CHANT. Particular attention paid to the sale of Cotton and other Produce. Also, to the purchase of family supplies. Office? .orner Accommodation* "Wharf ami East jay, Charleston, S. C. Oct 5 Int 5 New York Advertisements. John W. Caldwell. GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT, XiJW YOUK.. THE undersigned, having established himself in the cit y ot New York, solicits from his friends orders for MERCHAN? DIZE and consignments of COTTON. RICE and other produce. Particular attention wili be paid to the purchase and sale of Southern Securities, Bank Bills, &c. Oct 25 wf9*_?0JIN_ W. CALDWELL. BATCHELORS BAIR DYE! THE Original and Best it; thc World! The only true and perfect HAIR DYE. Harmless, "Reliable and Instantaneous. Produces immediately e splendid Black or natural Brown, without minrins the fair or shir.. Rom? .lie:; the ill effects of bad dves. Soldi1* ail Druggists. Thegenuiue is siffui d William A. Batchelor. Also. RE? GENERATING EXTRACT OF MELLE FLEURS, for Restoring and BeautiMng the Hair. CHARLES BATCHELOR," i )ci 25 ly_New York. LAURENCE. BALDWIN BANKERS m BROKERS, NO. 70 WALL STREET, NEW YORE GOVERNMENT SECURITIES 4 "SB o.l.'i STOCKS. BONDS, xe., DEWITT* C LAWRENCE,* merni er N. Y. Stock Exchange. SIMEON BALDWIN. Jr.., mimbi-; N. Y. i'YT.Us J. LAWRENCE. WM. A. HALSTED soot 4 _Gmo Binning of the Museum. N.v.v Yon?, July IL 1S65. MESSES. KsnniXG ?Y. CO.-GE3?TLE2IEN: Though tlic destruction of the American Museum has proved a serious loss to mv seH anti tue p olows n con gr a ti 'It's an ii! wind iav< The safe you made for me sun:-, time ago was in tin. office of the Museum, on and in the hottest of the iii!.. After twenty-fom hours of trial, it was found am >r.? th< debris, and on opening it this day h?s yielded ap its contents in wry good order-books, papers, policies of insurance, bank bills al; in condition for immediate usc. and a noble commentary ProofSafe. Yo ;:>'truly, f f. BA??'?UJL ' Herring's Parent Champion Safes. Ti ? -V f JU '? < P - .? ' ? Fir* HEEEING .\ CC-.'S PATENT BANKERS' SAFES, wiik Herring .V Fiord's Patent Crystalized Iren, tlu best security r gainst a bm glar's dril ever manufactured. ' KEREING .v CO.. No. ?51 Broadwav, c< :. Mun av st.. N. Y. FARREL, HERRING ,v co'.. . ^ Phiiapelphia. pnuiTtt ni 6i|Hs, Bfiiius, ?J?fk'ff?jiio, S?j.lOvS, Mi?, ?f^f kC.y XTTHOLESAX3E, at the lowest possibl? V\ price of Importation, for Cash W. R. CAMERON & Co., Importers of Hair and Manufacturers, No. 313Fidton St..Brooklyn, near New York. Large and small orders punctually at? tended to._Oct 23 Imo [EsT.uu.isHEr. IN 1818.] WM. SMITH BROW.Y & CO., WHOLESALE r>EAI.EK>- IS 3*#">? Y? -?TR SS ^5\ ? "fr ^ No. 53 Chambers Si., Heio Vork. TYTM. SMITH BROWN will receive con \\ signmente of COTTON ftr sale on commission, and make cash advances on shipments. His arrangements are such as ti> insure faithful attention to the interest of tho consigner. sept 17 2mo