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JMCISCTFIT iT ? AXY If W c Knew. If we knew the cares and crosses Cc?wdifig l???id cur Zcightor's "ay, If we knew the little loases Sorely grievous, day by day; Would we then so often chide him For his lack of thrift and gain, Leaving on his heart a shadow, Leaving on our life a stain? If we knew the clouds above r s Held but gentle blessings there, Would we turn away all trembling In our blind and weak despair? Would we shrink from little shadows Lying on thc dewy grass. While 'tis only birds of Eden Just in mercy flying past? If we knew the silent story, Quivering through the heart of pain, Would our nianhooc\_clare to doom them Back to haunts of guilt again? Life hath many a tangled crossing, .Toy hath many a break of woe. And the cheek tear-stained is whitest This the blessed angels know. Let us reach into our bosoms, For the key to others' lives, And with love toward erring nature Cherished good that still survives; So that, when our disrobed spirits Soar to realms of light again, Wc may say. "Dear Father, judgo us As wc judged our fellow-men." - .--? Social Life at lluclmrcst. "The Roving Englishman," a cor? respondent of "Household Words," who has for many months been wan-, tiering through the Eastern world, and whose sketches have recently been published in a handsome volume, dates his last communication from Bucharest, the capital of Wallachia. We extract the following daguerreo? type of social hf e there : Fancy an agreeable community of gipsies playing at civilization, and my reader will not have an erroneous idea of Bucharest. Life is nowhere so free from vain restraints and troublesome formalities. There arc no grave wor? shipful persons about, to shame merry folks into being staid and serious. A true Wallachian looks upon flirtation as the business of life. This may be varied now and then by dancing, gambling, and official peculation; but these are merely casual diversions, and the true bred Wallachian returns to the first occupation with a quick? ened sense of enjoyment. He is in? deed a political intriguer by nature ; but, after all, politics are merely an amusement to him, and he would give up the schemes of half a lifetime for the smile of some bedizened old co? quette of forty-nine, ile is not am? bitious, but he likes place for its profits, for the temporary advantage which it gives him over his rivals in love affairs, and over the neighbors who desire to rob him in some w ay as most of them do. Every Wallachian nobleman believes devoutly that he has a right to hold some public office, at least once during his life, to divorce his wife when he pleases, and to out? wit his neighbor. He would bear the utmost extreme of want and poverty, however, rather than follow any trade. Recently the prejudice entertained amongthe nobilhty against the learned professions is happily melting away. I take it, they consented to be in? structed by the Greeks in this respect ; so it is pleasant to add that the present minister-or it would be more correct to say director-of thc interior, was a doctor of medicine, and that by far the greatest man in thc country lived long in exile on the honorable earnings of a small professorship in Moldavia. I know no race of men more win? ning and interesting than the Ron mans, or of conduct more thoroughly objectionable. The men are mostly slight, dark, gipsy-looking fellows, with keen, restless eyes. They are as " active as wild men. They are almost as strong and fearless as their old L)a cian forefathers ; but they consider it the height of fashion and good taste to affect an exaggerated effeminacy of demeanor and habits. It is delight? ful to see some well-knit gentleman, with a sweeping mustache six or seven inches long, a nervous frame, and the glance of a hawk, whose right place would undoubtedly bc at the head of a body of irregular cavalry, placing his trust in c:iu de Cologne and cam? bric handkerchiefs, or waltzing with a six-dandy power fifty times round a room which he cou1 I clear from one end to the other at a single bound. But conversation, however carefully subdued, breaks out now and then in strange fiery sallies. There is a lacy, fine-flavored smack about it, which speaks of keen wits and hearty animal enjoyment, in the midst of tho most artificial seems. Extraordinary in? timacies exist among them. Friends are fond of calling each other by some pungent ni?k-name that would torture the ears of a used-up gentleman of the West-a nick-name usually derived from some odd act of roguery, which has of course been found out. They walk into each other's houses unan? nounced. They stay as long as th*?y please, joining in thc meals and oc? cupations of the family, and talking, dancing, singing eternally. They are always combining and arranging prac? tical jokes of an elsewhere unheard of nature. The ladies enter keenly into luii a'i>\Ji\; lt in I din?ingiu?U, ??c3ui0Clv??> in it. A gentleman of the French na? tion who was visiting not long ago, at the house of a great Boyard, was delighted at the attentions of a lady who formed one of fche company. Be? fore the evening was over, she im? plored him to write to her. The en? raptured Gaul complied ; and, on going out to dinner on thc following day, learned to his dismay that his letter was the general topic of conver? sation in polite society, and hiul boen handed about by his fair friend to all her acquaintances. Two other stories are worthy of the Decameron. A lady of high rank sent her confidential servant to pay her milliner's bill. It amounted to one hundred and sixty ducats, or about four hundred dollars of our money. The roguish servant dressed himself smartly, and sought the milliner. She was one of the belles of the city. He made love to her ; and, in earnest of his wealth and liberality, pressed tho hundred and sixty ducats into her eager hand. He became her accepted lover. A few days afterwards, the milliner saw him behind the carriage of one of her best customers ; he let down the steps ; the lady tripped in, and casually mentioned the recent payment of her bill. The milliner blushed denial ; the story got wind, and was considered one of the best jokes of the season by all parties. The Wallachians, however, some? times meet their masters in practical joking. A Russian major made fierce love to a Wallachian lady noted for gambling and gallantries. "I want three thousand ducats," said thc lady pleasantly. "Here they are," answered the major, with great politeness; "but I shall be at home to-morrow morning, and the least you can do is to call and thank me." The lady went. The major locked the door and quietly departed about his business. In the course of thc day, there was an un? ceasing search made for the lost lady. She was traced to the house of the Russian major. Her husband fol? lowed, and asked for his wife. "Wife!" sneered the major, "I have indeed a woman here somewhere, but she is my slave. I have bought her for three thousand ducats. If she is your wife, pay me back the ducats, and you shall have her." The exceeding wit of this joke sup? plied laughter among all classes for months, and the major became tine of the most popular men in the country. Such things seem incredible, yet such things are. It is odd to hob-nob across the table with a man in diamond studs who has just committed a burglary; to exchange jests with a card-sharper; and to look round on a company of well-dressed ladies, who are each and all the subject of some [astounding history. Oiuoix OF CAMP-MEETINGS.-A cor? respondent of thc Boston Bec gives the following version of the origin ol 'ibese popular religious gatherings "It has generali}- been supposed thal camp-meetings originated with tin Methodists, but history informs U? that the Presbyterians were first ir the enterprise. I not long since lis? tened to a sermon upon thc subject, from which I gathered the following facts: Two brothers, preachers, one t Methodist, thc other a Presbyterian, were traveling in the State of Ten nessee. They stopped at a village tt spend the Sabbath. There being bu one church in tho place, (a Presbyte rion,) it was agreed they should botl preach in it-the Methodist officiated in thc morning and tho Presbyterial in the afternoon. As they were von zealous in the cause, they concludet to hold a meeting on Monday. Tin excitement became so great that, th house was not large enough to accom modatc the multitude, and they ad journed to a grove near by, and th people came from far and near; som bringing tents, others covered wagons and continued the meetings a week Henee the name of camp-meetings though the Presbyterians have; neve made it so prominent in their opera I tions as the Methodists, yet they shar equal in its origin. The Methodist j have ever since observed it, and as i body feel as much obliged to atteni j the annual camp-meetings as the Jew j did their feast of tabernacles. j JUDGE CAMPBELL'S EXPERIENCE A j A PRISONER.-The Mobile Tribim j has tilt; following: Hon. .lohn A. Campbell, just rt ? turned from the Federal prison : Pulaski, speaks very favorably of th gentlemanly treatment he received ? the hands of the officers and men gai risoning Pulaski, and in whose keej ing he remained for four months, an even relates that a colored regiment, which had been on duty there, pre? sented him and his fellow-prisoners, on their leaving the fort, with a well x.,." ,3 t-ij.__:__" wishes for their prompt return to their homes and families. "We are not at liberty to divulge the many interesting points of historical interest which, in the course of friendly, cordial intercourse, the Judge expounded in that quiet, clear style which as a lawyer and a judge had made him so justly celebrated; but we hope that they will not be lost to the world, and that the classical pen which has written so many learn? ed decisions will be employed in perpetuating the memory ^f the im? portant t ,-ents witnessed by thc Judge. Governor Marvin, of Florida, in his I message to the Convention, expresses I the opinion that if the colored race in j this country can be fully and fairly protected in their persons and pro? perty, they may be stimulated lo be industrious and economical, in order to educate themselves and their chil? dren, and improve their physical, moral ami intellectual condition, and become, not many years hence, the best free agricultural peasantry for our soil and climate that the world has ever seen. But if denied protec? tion and justice, they will be deprived of the ordinary motives to industry and economy. A writer in the Cincinnati Gazette, -who has made a three months' tour through the cotton States of the South, as the result of his observa? tions, advises Northern men of capi? tal and enterprise to go South and engage in the culture of cotton, which, he thinks, for the next eight or ten years, will pay better than any other investment. He speaks kindly of the Southern people, and thinks the Government might now safely withdraw the military, and leave the States to manage their own affairs. The Lynchburg Virginian, of tho 12th, says in reference to Gen. Kirby Smith, that this distinguished gentle? man, late Confederate commander of the Department of the Trans-Missis? sippi, reached this city yesterday morning, direct from Cuba, where he has been sojourning for several months. His many friends will wel? come him back to the country again. He comes in pursuance of authority from Gen. Grant to do so, to be placed on the footing of other Confederate ; officers of his rank. Later returns indicate that thc : negro suffrage question in Wisconsin is defeated by at least 8,000 majority. | THE undersigned will receive proposals for PRINTING 1,000 COPIES of the ACTS, RESOLUTIONS and REPORTS of the called and next regular session of the General Assemhlv; together with the CON? STITUTION OF THE STATE and the seve? ral ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS and REPORTS passed by the late Convention. The printing to he in uniform stvle with previous like printing, stitched and hound together in good paper covers, and to be delivered to the State Auditor on or before the first dav of March next. By order: WM. E. MARTIN, Clerk of Senate. JOHN T. SLOAN, Clerk House of Representatives. Columbia. November 15, 1805. SST Charleston Courier publish for one week._Nov 18 6 Wright & Walker, COMMISSION AND FORWARDING AGENTS, Hopkins' T. O., S. C. li. H., rind Columbia. S. W. WRIGHT._C"_B. WALKER. 0, 0?. PABSUEY & C0-t MERCHANTS, NO. C NORTH WATER STREET, WILMINGTON, JV. C. O. G. PARSLEY, JOH N JUDGE, O. G. PARSLEY, Ja. HENRY SAVAGE. South Carolina-Richland District. IJURSI'ANT to resolutions of the Gene? ral Assemhlv, an ELECTION will be held in this District, on WEDNESDAY. 2_>d instant, for one REPRESENTATIVE in the Congress of the United States. Polls will be opened at the different election pre? cincts, and the election conducted in all rcsoects as for members of the General Assembly. J. C. JANNEY, Nov 8 Chairman Hoard of Managers. SPECK a POtOCK, General Commission Merchants, DEALERS IN GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, AC? Plain street, 2d door from Assembly, Sept 7 COLUMBIA. S. C. Stockholders' Meeting. SE< ?RETARY'S ( >FFICE, WILMINGTON MANCHESTER R. R. Co., Wilmington, N. C.. Oct. 20. 1865. mHE Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the JL Stockholders of the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad Company, will be held in Wilmington, N. C.. en WEDNESDAY, the 29th proximo. WM. A. WALKER, Nov 1 Sec'y Wil. A Man. Railroad Co. Charleston Advertisements. C. N. AvKRijj,. J. H. AVERILL. C. H. AVERILL & SON, General Auction, Commission, A NI) FOfwmmrG ME&CHANT$T No. 20 HAYNE ST., CHARLESTON, S. C. COMMISSIONS for Forwarding Stocks of GoodB, 10 cents per Package; on bales Cotton, Crates and Hogsheads, 25 cents each; with funds in hand to pay charges. STENHOUSE & CO., FORWARDING AND COM? MERCHANTS? No. 110 EAST BAT, CHARLESTON, S. C. COTTON and PRODUCE forwarded to thc Northern cities. From their long experience, they feel confident of their ability to give satisfaction. NOT 10 OLKTEIY cfc? CO., ll Vendue Range, Charleston, S. C., DEALERS in LIME, CEMENT, Calcined and Land PLASTER, LATHS, HAIR and BUILDING MATERIALS in general, which will always be shipped in good order and at thc lowest market prices. GEO. W. OI.NET. H. B. OI.NET. C. C. OI.NET. Nov 3_ ime* TUE AMERICAN LAND COMPANY Central Office, No. 57 Broadway, N. Y. JOHN A. ANDREW. President, 1 FRANK E. HOWE, Vice-Pres't, ? Li. W. WINCHESTER, Treas'r, ? Trustees. GEORGE CABOT WARD, I ALFRED GAUTHIER, J OFFERS its services in the purchase, sale, lease or exchango of CITY or COUNTRY PROPERTY in the South ard West, or in procuring W'orkmen, Superin? tendents, Tenants or Partners from tho North or from Europe. Full information furnished upon inquiry of THURBER, SOULE A CO., Agents, No. 4 Stato street, (up-stairs,) Oct 2!) Imo_Charleston, S. C. C. A. CUISOLM. lt. G. CniSOEM. H. E. CHISOLM. GHISOUfl ?nOTHE?St SHIPPING AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Oliarleston, JS- C PROM PT attention given to thc pur? chase, sale and shipment of COTTON, RICE, NAVAL STORES, LUMBER, COAL, Ac. Merchandize forwarded to all parts of the country. Consignments solicited, on winch liberal advances will bc made. REFERENCES. JOHN FRASER & CO., Charleston, S. C. GEO. W. WILLIAMS A CO.. " WILLIAM BRYCE & CO., New York. Nov H Imo Steinmeyer & Bon, FACTORS AND DEALERS IN TIMBEE, LUMBEB, BUILDING MATERIALS, &C, AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS, CHARLESTON, S. C. KEEP constantlv on hand LIME, CE? MENT, PLASTER, HAIR, Ac; ma? nufactured Doors, Sashes, Blinds, Seasonod Walnut, Ash, Hickory, Poplar and White Pine Lumber, Mouldings, ic. AGENTS FOR Page's Portable Saw Mills. Agents for PATENT ROOFING MATE? RIAL, the cheapest and best in use; and best English and Machinery [Kellogg's) Oil. Consignments of all descriptions of Mer? chandize and Material solicited, and all orders carefully and promptly attended to. Office, Yard and Pond foot of Beaufain Street, on Ashley River. JOHN H. STEINMEYER. J. H. STEINMEYER, JR. Oct 2G_Imo NEW YORK AND CHARLESTON PASSENGER STEAMSHIPS! CARRYING THE U. S. MAIL. Gt KANADA, QUAKER. CITY, ANDALUSIA, STARLIGHT, ALHAMBRA, SARAGOSSA. TflHE shins of this line are all first-class 1 and reliable, are at least as fast as any of thc coast, and built at as great an ex? pense. They are in charge of gentleni; dy and capable commanders, and every at_i tion will be paid to the comfort of the pas? sengers. One of the above shins will be. despatched from New York and one from Charleston EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. Cargo by these steamers insures at the lowest rates. All informa? tion can be had from cither of the agents. RAVENER A CO., Charleston. AETHER LEARY, New York. Merchandize and Cotton addressed to either ?muse will bo promptly forwarded. Nov 5 3mo PEOPLE'S STEAMSHIP COMPANY. LINE COMPOSED OF THE NEW AND FIRST-CLASS STEAMERS MOXEKA, Capt. Murahmaii, aSMIIiY li. SOVDER,Capt. Winchester. FOR NEW YORK DIRECT/ THESE Vi ssels alternating weekly, offer? ing every Thursday to tho traveling pul.lie a FIRST-CLASS PASSENGER BoAT, with superior accommodations. There will be a mail bag kept at the office of the Agents, closing always an hour be? fore the sailing of each steamer. For Passage or Freight, apply to WILLIS A CHISOLM, Agents, Oct 5 Mills House, Charleston. wm ra, CORNER KINO AND SOCIETYSTS., CHELESTON, $? C* S. H. LORIN? PTtTETORS, CHAS. H. BENNETT New York Advertisements!! John W. Caldwell, GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT, THE undersigned, having established himself in the citvof New York, solicits from his friends orders for MERCHAN? DIZE and consignments of COTTON, RICE and other produce. Particular attention will be paid to thc purchase and sale of Southern Securities, Bank Bills, Ac. Oct 25 wfj* JOHN AV. CALDWELL. _ JAMES OONNER'S SONS UNITED STATES TYPE FOUNDRY AND PMNTEftS' WAREHOUSE, NOS. 28, 30 and 32 Centre street, (corner of Reade street, ) New York. Thc type on which this paper ?3 printed is from tho above Foundry. Nov 18 Metropolitan Enterprise. GREAT ?iFT SALI OF TUE NEW YORK AND PROVIDENCE JEWELERS' ASSOCIATION. CAPITAL.$1,000,000. J)EPOT 197 BROADWAY, 2T. Y. AN immense stock of PIANOS, JEWEL? RY, WATCHES and FANCY GOODS, all to be sold for ONE DOLLAR each, with? out regard to value, and not to be paid for till you see what you will receive. Certificates, naming each article and its value, are placed in sealed envelopes and wei1 mixed. One of these envelopes will bc sent by mail to any address, on receipt of 25 cents; live for $1; eleven for $2; thirty for $5; sixty-five for $10; and one hundred for $15. On receipt of the certificate, you will see what you are going to have, and then it is at your option to pay thc dollar and take the article or not. Purchasers may thus obtain a Gold Watch, Diamond Ring, a Piano, Sewing Machine or any set of Jewelry on our hst, for $1; and in no case can they get less than one dollar's worth, as there are no blanks. Agents are wanted in every town in the country; every person can make $10 a day selling our certificates in the greatest sale of Jewelry ever known. Send 25c. for a certificate, which will in? form you what you can obtain for $1. At thc same time get our circular, containing full list and particulars; also, terms to agents. Address JAMES HUTCHINSON & CO.. Nov 14 2mo 197 Broadway, N. Y. BATCHELOR'!! HAIR DYE! THE Original and Best in the World! Thc only true and perfect HAIR DYE. Harmless, Reliable and Instantaneous. Produces immediately a splendid Black or natural Brown, without injuring the hair or skin. Remedies the ill effects of bad dyes. Sold by all Druggists. The genuine is signed William A. Batchelor. Also, RE? GENERATING EXTRACT OF MILLE FLEURS, for Restoring arid Beautifying the Hair. CHARLES BATCHELOR," Oct 25 ly_New York. LAWRENCE. BALDWIN* & CO., BANKERS AND BROKERS, NO. 70 WrALL STREET, NEW YORK. GOVERNM?NlTsEClIRIT?ES AND other STOCKS, BONDS, Ac, bought and sold on commission. DEWITT C. LAWRENCE, member N. Y. Stock Exchange. 1IMEON BALDWIN, Jn., member N. Y. Petroleum and Mining Board. CYRUS J. LAWRENCE. WM. A. HALSTED Sept 4_6ma Burning of the Museum. LETTER FROM MR. HARSUM. NEW YORK, Julv 14, 1865. MESSRS. HERRING & Co.-GENTLEMEN: Though the destruction of the American Museum has proved a serious loss to my? self and the public. I am happy to verify thc old adage, that "It's an ill wind that blows nobody good," and, consequently, congratulate you that your well known safes have again demonstrated their supe? rior fire-proof qualities in an ordeal of un? usual severity. The safe you made for mo some time ago was in the office of the Museum, on the second floor, back part of the building, and in the hottest of the fire. After twenty-four hours of trial, it was found among the debris, and on opening it this dav has yielded up its contents in very good order- books, papers, policies of insurance, bank bills, ali in condition for immediate use, and a noble commentary on the trustworthiness of Herring's Fire Proof Safe. Yours truly, P. T. BARNUM. Herring's Patent Champion Safes. 27e? Most Reliable Protection from Fire nair Kuturu. HERRING & CO.'S PATENT BANKERS' SATES, with Herring & Floyd's Patent Crystallised Iron, tho liest security against a burglar's drill ever manufactured. HERRING & CO., No. 251 Broadway, cor. Murrav st., N. Y. FARREL, HERRING & CO., Philadelphia. Oct262mo HERRING A CO., Chicago. OHM MB, Guiri?, S'fyid*, 3JD?)fe?rf?)?te, .VTTHOLESALE, at thc lowest possible Y Y price of importation, for Cash. W. R. CAMERON A Co., Importers of Mair ami Manufacturers. No. 313 Fulton St., Brooklyn, near New York. Large and small orders punctually at? tende.! to. Oct '2? lino