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TKKM3 :—$2.50 p«r annum in advance. Advertisements. One Square, first insertion $1.50 One Square, second insertion .... 1.00 •very subsequent insertion 50 Contract Advertigments inserted uponthemost Keasonable Terms. Marriafe Notices nud Obituaries not exceeding S lines, inserted free. {*3?* AH communications intended for publica tion in the Darlington Democrat, must be ad dressed to the Proprietor. Pt'iiiimot. PUBLISHED BVBRY WEDNESDAY MORNING, iTUrranj. [OKIOINAL.] PLEASURES OF MEMORY, By Oznola For wise and benerolent purposes man is endowed with distinct mental powers, called facuttiet. Among these faculties tits most intimate relationship exists,—each depend ent upon others for healthful exercise. A- round memory; however, all seem to cluster more closely. Whether we exercise our im agination, by which man seems “to verge to ward creative power,” “to travel buck to the source of time” and is even boruo aloft, “where the eye has never travelled;” or whether we exercise our reasoning poteen, by which man makes his way into “the ab struse regions of a philosophic world," makes the elements obedient to his will and ap proximates the diety. I say whether we ex ercise these or any other of the faculties, memory is a necessary concomitaut, an aid without which most if not all are powerless to act. Is memory so important then ? If so the question, “what is memory ?” becomes doubly interesting. What is this purveyor of reason f” What is this mysterious power of the mind f To define accurately the term, to decide in our own minds what this power Is—is a matter not so easily accomplished. Among “Man's noblest mission to advance, Ills woes assail, his weal enhance. His rights enforce, ins wrong, redress- $2-50 IPIErR. .A-TSTTSTTrTvl- DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, MORALITY, GENERAL INETLLIGENCE AND INDUSTRIAL IMPROVEMENTS, VOLUME 2. DARLINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 22, 1869. N0.10. Is there so much ^pleasure then in the remembrance ef our past sorrows? How great must he the pleasures derived from that faculty which enables us to recall the pleasures of the past. Memory is really the only source of pleas ures which we can call our own. 'Tls true, that, “Pleasures are like poppies spread,” lut they are not lost. In after days memory will bring them from her store house. “The days of our childhood are set in our memo ries as priceless gems, meek ns the bright laughing stars are set in a cold winter's sky. We have loft them far behind among the many things that have been and are no more, but keen-eyed memory seek them out one by one and holds them up to our vision all shining with purity and innocense.” As an illustration of the power of memory to recall he pleasant scenes of by-gone days. I hope I will be pardoa - ed for giving the instance mentioned by Dr. Haven. He says: “It is related of Carsten Niehbur, the oriental traveller; that when old and blind and so feeble, that he had birely strength to be borno from his bed to ; his chair, the dim remembrance of his early adventures thronged before his memory with such vividness that they presented thenr selves as pictures upon bis sightless eye balls. As he lay upon his bed pictures of the gorgeous orient flashed upon his darkness as distinctly as though he had just closed his eyes to shut them out for an instant. The cloudless blue of the Eastern heavens, bend- the many <&finitions by philosophers, none i j n g by day. overthc broad deserts andVudded JcfFerstou Da tin. His Appearance and Manner—WUath* tags of his Travels—His future. JHastmic. seem to me to claim our assent, more justly thau that which makes it, “that faculty by which wc retain and recall onr knowledge of the past.” Its brevity and clearness at latest should recommend it. That there are objections to this I am free to admit, but what definitions of terms in mental science arc free from objections? An investigation of the nature, leading principles and origin of this faculty would be out of place here and it is not the purpose of the writer, foolishly, to enter into such a field. I do not think, however, that it would be out of place to notice some of the theories, held by phi losophers. The ancient Platonists and Peripatetics as cribed the faculty to the common theory of ideas; that is of images on the brain, or in the mind, of all objects of thought. Many other philusohpcrs supported them in this view. Later writers have made it a “de caying or banishing sense,” “a sometwhat weaker impression than that which we call perception and as depending entirely on the changes which take pla««Hrti fhc fibres oftfie brain.” All .tUese theories hear upon their •’** fallacies observable by the miwtsu perficial. Their defects have been admira bly shown by the acute thinker—the justly celebrated Dr. Reid. He sums up his criti cism in the following words: “Thus when philosophers have piled one supposition upon another as the giants piled the mountains in order to scale the heavens’ it is all to no purpose—memory remains unacdountoble and we know as little how we remember things past as how we arc conscious of the present.” Our ignorance, however, of the origin and nature of memory does not prevent our see ing its practical utility and its beneficial re sults, aud enjoying The pleasures of Memory. We do wot deny it has its pains. We can conceive, nay, we believe that in point of fact, is has in some cases, proved true, that, bv night Souther constellations, shone as vividly before him after the lapse of half a century, as they did upon the first chaldean shepperds, whom they won to the worship of the Host of Heaven; and discoursed with strange and thrilling eloquence upon those scenes which thus, in the hours of stillness and darkness, were reflected upon his inmost soul.” As a further illustration, go with me to the home of the lone widow, deeply be reaved of a sainted husband. Step gently. Disturb not her happy reverie. See her as she stands leaning on the door post, watching the last ray of the setting sun as it darts a- thwatt the door, the lessening cloud and the mountain * brow illumined with gold. Mem ory and imagination are busy interweaving scenes of the past. She is again the blithe- girl. the happy betrothed, the orange-crowned bride, the beloved wife, the happy mother of her first born. But the spell is broken.— Hear her gently murmuring: “Oh ! it is too sad to outlive one’s early loves, to live an in the cold winter of years. Bui'' ? ~J>aX!-iiig pleasant to recall those dear forms, who to me are but spirit presence* now, to remember that they are now dwell ing in tire realms of eternal summer. The tones which now reach me express the con cord of peace and love; no words they utter, but a meaning sweet ss the music of the spheres, deep as the life of the Eternities comes with them, and the profoundest forces of the soul ace stirred within me. They surely say : “We have left you, oh ! beloved ! among the the shadows, and in the darkness of the val. ley of Death, but the love we bore you lives here without discord; we chant it a perfect song, waiting for the time when the shadows shall fall off about you, and the Star of the True Life shall rise.’’ The pleasures of reflecting on the sorrows and joys of other days are the sweetest and jmrest to our emotioBal nature, And none are denied the happy privilege. The most even in this world, the past has become a i gloomy, despondent aud morose cannot deny realm of gloomy shadows and dismal echoes! j themselves the pleasure of sometimes rever- Witncss the plaintive lines inscribed upon the blank leaf of Rogers’ Poems: “Meiiorjr makes her iufiuence known By sighs and tears and grief alone I grret her as the friend to whom belong The vultures ravening beak, the raven s funer al! song She n ils of time mis-spent of comfort* lost Of fan* occasions gone forever by, Of hopes loo fen lly none i too rudely crossed; Of many a cause to wish, yel fear to die; For w‘iat except the instinctive fear best she survive, detains me here When sll “'the life of life is fled”:— What but the deep inherent dread Lest she beyond the grave resume her reign And realize the hell that priests utid beldames feign.” But while to a soul thus blighted by skepticism as is also true in the experience of those smitten with remorse, memory flaps the dark wing of the raven or tears with the vultures beak and talons—t is not yet true .that all its pains are only painful. The scenes which brought the briny tear from the overflowing eye and swelled the heart to bursting, are the very scenes from the mem ory of which the purified soul refuses to be divorced. Think you that the mother of the noble hoy whoso lately sacrificed his life upon the altar of human liberty, and whose mould ering remains, now lie buried far away from the home of his childhood—hard by the home of a relentless foe—think you, I say, that she with her sorrow-stricken heart, finds no pleasure in the remembrance of the part, jngscene, when thoughts too big for words, could find no utterance but in coursing tears and in the deep “Good-bye my boy.” I teli you nay. The war-worn coat of her soldier boy, the blood-stained cap—all have a price less value. There is a pleasure in her sor row which she only can feel. ting to the past. But the pleasure yielded to our emotional nature is not all the pleasure afforded by memory. She has pleasures in store also for the intellect; for “Thought and her shadowy brood her call obey.” By educating the intellect wc etdarge our capacity to enjoy the rational rcmeiohranee of noble thoughts well stroed and virtuous, and worthy pleasures cf our being. The actions done i«nds enshantmcrit to the mind. It is the oasis in the desert of life. Doubly pleasant then is the remembrance ofuastscenes spent in preparing for real lastin enjoyment. The memory of a well spent youth gives a pcaeeaple and elegant pleas ure to maturer minds. Tlif IrisluiiHii iiimI the Fi«l«llor. An Irishman, just came to this country, had never seen a fiddle. A man came into the hotel with one under his arm, and began toscrewitup. One of the screws slipped, and he spit upon it to nmku it hold, and began to draw the bow. The Irishman, who was watching him could stand it no looker, but bolted across the street into another hotel, exclaiming; ‘I thought this was a land of freedom, but the devil take such a laud where ye abuse the poor children ? ‘Why a man came into the tavern just now, with a little boy under his arm, and he began to torment the little cratber. First he began to pull and twist his ears, then, to provoke him more, he spit in his face, and then he drew a briar across his belly, and Holly Virgin '. how he did scream ” A correspondent of the Cincinnati Com mercial, who recently traveled with the Hon. Jefferson Davis, on a Missisipi River steam er, writes: I had not before seen Mr. Davis. I had pitched him as tall, bony and cadaverous. All the engravings and photographs given to the public make these characteristics more prominent thau his real appearance justifies. His height is a little if any above the aver age. His face is well shaped, with regular features, his nose being neither so promi nent nor so emphasixed a Roman as is usual ly conveyed by his photographs. The lower part of his face is small, uot indicating the pushing, aggres-ive, or bull-like qualities of ten noticeable in the contestants of the polit ical arena, but, on the contrary, indicating a delicate organization, an amiable disposi tion and general culture. It is not a face expressive of genius or greatness. His eyes are blue, and notwithstanding that the left eye is defective and almost vi ionless aud lo the mildness of his face. His hair is quite gray, as are his thin whiskers and heard, and moustache, which is exceedingly short, is al most white. The tones of his voice are pleas ant, and his speech deliberate and measured —a quality seldom possessed by one who is uot a natural or trained orator. Mr, Davis’ manner is exceedingly quiet and unobtrusive. He docs not appear to seek notoriety, but rather to avoid it, aud the attentions paid him were received in as as undemonstrative a way as they might be were he simpdy a well bred country gcntlciiiau instead of having been the political head and front of the most memorable civil convulsion the world has yet witnessed. He is a man whom accident has forced into a position of factitious prominence The quality that makes and marks a leader among men, some times called ‘personally,’ ‘individually,’ char acter’—that something which impresses the mind into the mood of his mind aud carries you along with him—this Mr. Davis does possed. Mr. Davis’ heglth has greatly im proved since his release from confiumeiit. His friends who saw him during the troubled and anxious times of 18G2, 1863 and 1864 expressed their surprise and gratification at the marked improvemciiit in his appearance cud general health. President Davis in England and Scotland. Mr. Davis conversation giving some reti - spcct of his travels in Great Britain was deeply interesting Like every educated American, whose ideal associations with the things of the past are derived from books, he seemed to have intensely enjoyed his visits to the cathedrals and the ruins of moaastc- ries and abbeys, which carried him back to the days of early Christian civilization. His reception in Scotland he 8|e>ke of as particu larly cordial, and his visits to different points of interest there as affording him the greatest gratification. The account of his visit to the Grant’s Causeway, Staffa, aud more es pecially that to the Island of Iona, he narra ted with much enthusiasm. Iona—a little rocky island which lies a few miles off the west coasts of Scotland, noted for its curious basatalic columns and cathedral-like caverns but new desolate aud barren—he pictured as it once existed, the seat of learning and piety, and the point whence Christianity is said to have spread over the whole Great Britain. He visited the mementoes of its p>ast giory, its ruined monasteries, crosses, aud the tombs of saints, aud ancient kings, and spoke with intellectual reverence of the pleasure it afforded him to stand beside the graves of Duncan and Macbeth. Mr. Davis’ Future. THE LAMR SKIY. More ancient than the golden fleece, More dignified than htar Or Garter, is the badge of peace Whoso minister we are. It is the badge of innocense. And friendship’s holy flame, And if you ne’er give that offense, It will ne’er give you shame. Love of God, an Ideal of MaHoncy. We have in previous articles treated of Trust in God, aud the Free will of man to worship God as to each seemeth best, from which we arrive at the sequence that Love of God is an ideal of our institution second to none other. Every Freemason is taught that God is the author and finisher of his existence— that He is the source of every joy and the giver of every blessing. The grandest ideal ity of Freemasonry is, that God created the world, governs all things in it, and will be the final arbiter of its end and destiny. Our Heavenly Father has presented him self to us in many ways—first, in the beauty of the world, clothed in the very perfection of glory and grandeur, which excites our admiration; next, he has covered the sur face on the earth with his mysteries (for no man can solve the problem of a blade of grass) and this excites our sentiinents of wonder of one whom we cannot demonstrate, and He has filled the Universe with such awful rep resentation of his majesty and power by the creation of myriads of worlds, so full of the fearful exhibitions of a supernatural power that nothing but tiie merest fool will stand unawed before the fearful wonders of the in finite mind which created them; and this ex cites our worship of Him who made us and holds our fate in his hand. be where Sidon aud Tyre are to-day buried in darkness. Wc hold, therefore, that “Love to God” is an ideal of Freemasonry, which is as sacred as its existence. Komcthiiig Coming. A ( olumn of Magnetic Light from the Sun Stretching out towards the Earth. The sun’s atmosphere, says the scientific men, is in a highly excited condition. A column of magnetic light is shooting out further and further from the solar sphere, and it is now stretching out forty-five mil lions of miles. In other words it has nc- Popiilation of the Globe. There are on the globe 1,288,000.000 souls, of which: 360,000,000 arc of the Caucasian race. 552,0*10,000 are of the Mongol race. 190,000.000 are of the Ethiopian race. 176,000,000 areofthe Malay race. 1,000,000 are of the Indo-Ameriean race. There are 3,642 languages spoken, and 1,000 different religious. The yearly mortality of the globe is, 33,- 333.333 persous. This is at the. rate of 91,- 554 per day, 3,730 por hoar, sixty two per the sun, the interesting question, and one on which, perhaps, wo do not wish anymore light of ita character, is : How long will it be before it accomplishes the rest of the dis tance, and bridge the gigantic <-hasm be tween the earth and the sun? It is a mes senger sent out to snatch us tip as food for the iosatiato monster that keeps himself warm by devouring planets, and whose firo- eating propensities this whole earth would satisfy for a few days only. If so, how long will this emissary be in reaching us. and car- ryiagtke globe away as if we were a gigan tic lump of coal for a roaring furnace ? This column of light at intervals indicates its ap proach by flushing and corruscnting with fresh brilliancy. So decided are its effects that two astronomers, one at Ixmdon and the other in Oxford, and neither knowing the experiences of the other, supposed that the dark glass of their telescopes bad been hi oki o ■*.. range, hi strong was upon the vision. Admiration, wonder and worship natural?! If any one of our readers are therc- ly beget that finite sentiment of love for one i disposed to complain of the weather and whom we can neither know, sec nor under- j''h*-ourthqnnkcg, let tbe^) remember that, stand, but whose works tells us that wc are j by this time next year, they may have an his children, and the especial creatures of • c “tirc new line of experiences te explain his care and protection. T £pnd to endure, in comparison with which The first degree of Masonry points us to * j the Winter aud rough, rude Aut umn beautiful morality of life which takes' i.- ; ’' P ’. , ’-J a yp may socm like a June naming in A i* *1 C* A I a.. 11* _ * Kcv . ' ; - V r.vt«vlr,n*c k.'seJ- «V. .Y coraplished half the distance between us and miaute - To pulsation of the heart marks the decrease of some human creature. The average of human life is thirty three years. One-fourth of the population dies at or be fore the age of seven years. One-half at or before seventeen years. Among 10,000 persons, one arrives at tho age of 100 years, one iu 500 reaches the age of ninety, aud one in 100 lives to the age of sixty. Married men live longer than single ones. In 1,000 persons, ninety-five marry and more marriages occur in June and December than in any other mouth of the year. One-eigth of the whole population is mili tary. Professors exercise a great influence in longevity. In 1,000 individuals who arrive at the ago of seventy years, forty three are priests, orators or public spoakers ; forty are agriculturalists, thirty-three are workmen, thirty two are soldier or military employers, twenty-nine advocates or engineers, twenty- seven professors, and twenty-four doctors. Those who devote their lives to the prolon gation of that of others die the soonest. There are 336,000,0(10 Christ: ms. There are 5,000,00*1 Israelites. There arc 60.000,000 Asiatic religionists. There are 190,000,000 Mahoiumcdaus. There are 300,000,000 Pagans. In the Christian churches : 170,000,000 profess the Roman Cotholic. 75,000,000 profess the Greek faith. 80,000,000 profess the Protestant. Jt»l> prpartnunt. Tlw above Depart weal win b» promptly at tended to, and all w ork la this line execute, the most sutisCictory term*. W* will Turalxh a short notice LA IV BIAXKA. UAXD BILLS, POSTSHS C1RCUT.ARS, m 'SlXESS CARDS VHl/iUXtS CARDS DILL HEADS, r.'.ttrtiLkTK LAE 111. AH Job Work will be Cam oo delivery. Mrs. Parker’s D RESS Trimmings and Fancy Goods u now open and ready lor sale. Fringes, Gimps, Huttons, and handsome S' Cloak Buttons, Children s All-wool Soldi Vis. Hose, Nubias, luclies’ and Childrens’ woo! Hoods. Ladies’ Woolen Fanchions, very pret Infants* crochet shoes. Linen Tape tritom . Cash’s Frilling. Cornetts. Sic., also one piece very pretty plaids. Iter Millinery stock is con plcte. MRS. PARKER M STILL make up walk’ng auks for ladies • children ; she will receive Patterns 1: the North each month during the season. Oct ‘27 2 .... v the flash ’.-; - It i» pro. ' i . • 1 "die end of next year . earth distinctly foil. ill havegot near mediate and ac- W in consequence we may expr ■ .'see phenomena that have never or known before by the human A woman in New York has cleared 000 by picking pockets. *35,- I understand it to be Mr. Davis’ intention in due time to give to the world his version of the political affairs in which he isso prom inently figured. He will employ a phonog raphic amaneuensis to facilitate his labors, and as he has already accumulated a goodly store of materials, its publication may not be long delayed. Mr. Davis is blamed for ma ny things respecting which it will he interest ing to hear him in his own defence. I know he has been censured by many in the South for the prolongation of the war. 1 have again and again heard it said by South erners that, after the battle of Gettysburg, General Lee urged measures of compromise to the eud of obtaining peace, which Mr. Davis persistently opposed. The family of Mr. Davis is still iu England. Of his ’iwn future he did not speak positively. His fiends believe that the United Stales will be his future home, aud that he will not return to Europe save to bring home Mrs. Davis and his children. A little b.>y having broken his rocking horse the day it was bought, hi* mama began to scold when he silenced her by inquiring : ‘What is the good of a boss till it’s broke ?’ About fifty business firms and shopkeeper! were burned out by tho fire at Galveston, Texas on the 3d. iust. The Merchants’ Mu tual Insurance building, a theatre, and the Metropolitan Hotel were among the buildings destroyed. The boss is variously estimated at from 81,000,000, to 81.500,000. type from the perfect beauty of godliness.— The second degree unfolds the loaves of na ture and adapts them to the demonstrations of science which tells the mjjtd that educa ted intelligence rises ptWUW-Uuf and common natural ius'ihetsyand ^1,“ ihnt be kaa power; fill; .rior to tbo brufo-Oru- ation; and the third degree, roftliziug the candidate is a man of b- tins, soul and heart, it unfolds to him t’ie wonderful mys tery of the immortality of the soul and teach es him that there is an immortal spirit with in him which hears a close affinity to the Supreme Intelligence and which shall never, never die, but that the God who made it and the universe of souls, will aggregate all to himself, aud iu the end become the one grand soul and existence of all, as God the creator, God tho preserver, and God the sal vation of all He has made. . The Freemason who has not the soul, the heart and the brains to realize this co-exist ent and eternal spirit of God, and cannot love him ns the embodiment of the Love, the Jus tice and the Truth of the world, has entire ly nii:-apprehcnded the sublime mysteries of Freamasonry. Tho Freemason who can conscientiously sny at his initiation that lie trusts God, and yet as a man, docs not love God. is himself a mystery and a paradox. He who loves God, loves the truth loves mercy, loves justice, and no man can trust in God as the embodiment of those attributes without loving him The inventions of men have piaced a thousand scaffolds between God and man simply because God is a spir it and cannot be seen; hut the true Mason will See God in every good work and deed, iu every wonder and glory of the world; and as a faithful Worshiper, he will find a shrine at every step, whereat to offer up heartfelt oblations and incense to the common Father of all. Every moment of time belongs to God, for he gave it; every comfort wo enjoy is his gifts It is c mimoii for men to he truly grateful for one night’s rest, or one good entertain ment at the house of a friend, and they will probably repay it by a present which be speaks the sentiments of the heart, and yet it is common for those very men to spend “three score years and ten” in the world- housa—the world-temple of God—and never thank him once. This is not Masonry.— Freemasonry teaches us that (iod gave all— and God alone can recall all He alone is from everlasting to everlasting. Nations, Umpire, Kingdoms and States pass away— millions of people have lived and died, but God has overlooked and governed all. and the sublime mysteries which teach his truth, his mercy, his love ami his justice has exist ed from the dawn of light, and will exist, protected by him, till all the puny powers of earth and men shall puss away and be swal lowed up in the vast ocean of oblivion and error. The miserable and contemptible fanaticism of tbe world (and begot of ignorance) wliieh to-day wars against our beloved Fraternity, )!■=&* • tv roeafj^v :ntic pf(«.li«e. Lightn oradlo £■■ ; ■' - /. VA# * ‘anr* makes a comparison Nil ^ t “’Mned from the report of \o-neultural "llureau at Washington. it that “Dixe is mighty ani1 v-uo*) rt finds that Illinois yields corn ft §ig.3’2 an acre.^hcat at 822.45, ansi oa-tej at g23J>^ i^---cre. Kansas yields corn at ez.6.64, wheat at $19.80, and barley at 825.92 per acre. Mis- fouri yields corn at S17.95, wlieat at $24.80, and barley at 830.80 por acre. Turning to the South it finds that Virginia yields a higher average of corn than Illinois, say S17.60, also tobacco at 886.25 per acre. North Carolina yields tobacco at $112.70 per acre. Louisiana and Mississippi yields sugar cane at $100 per acre. South Caro lina and Georgia yields rice at $95, and Sea Island cotton at $140 per acre. Aud the twelve cotton States yield upland cotton at an average of §60 per acre. In conclusion, the Netes assumes that the value of tho lands of the West is really far more speculative than intrinsic, and that the advance in price been because of the vast tide of immagina- tion which always flowed towards the West and rapidly settled np the country. It ad mits that the old institution of slavery dis- cou ugt immigration, and so impeded the material progress of the South. But now that slavery is dead, and with an open chance for the competition of free labor, it antici pates that immigrants will pour into that sec tion and soon raise the lauds to their true value. An Exlruortliiijiry Ntory—TIiolHo.wt Hcmarkiible Fatlier iiimI Non. A most remarkable ease of consanguineous affection nud sympathy is that of a father and son living in tho adjoining County of Fleming. The father is about forty-five years ol age, ami the son is uot yet twenty. When one has any complaint, the other is similarly affected. If the fither has the hcadaehe- thc ton lias it at the same time: if one suf, fers with the toothache, the other abosuffers with it; when one gets a cold, tho other gets it also; and so it goes on through all the cat alogue of ordinary complaints. But the yet more remarkable still, is the similarity of their appetites, temperaments, a: d general actions. What one likes and cats, the oth er likes and eat-s; and what one dislikes and won’t cat, the other dislikes and won’t cat. If one becomes angry, or gloomy, or happy to the same degree and at the same time, is the other angry, or gloomy, or happy. We might go on and enumerate many other in. stances of the relationship existing between this father and son, though the above are sufficient as showing how strange aud re markable that relationship Is. Carlisle (Eg.) Mercury. A Queer Wedding. Rev. Moaij* a Methodist minister stationed at oc years ago, one evening, re- . Stating that a couple living in ‘ •' - j he city desired to be united j TIMMONSVILLE CARRIAGE AXD BUGGY MANUFACTORY. T HE ituilersignetl respectfully informs the eitisens of Dar lington awl fidjoining Counties that he is prepared to put up in the best s\ ami at the lowest rates. Baggies, Carriages. Wagons OA.HT3, <3cO- Repairing done with naatne^s and diepat He respectfully tsollcit? a share of public pati i J. A. McEACHERK, TiuiUK’USVillc, JS. t Sept 1 48 lx Onward! Upward!! "T" ~T** A VINO met with aucces*, far b< JL JLour expectation, in the publicatn > the CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, we hike thin method of offering our papers, Daily, Tri-weekly and Weekly V among the best advertising mediums iu Vi» ern^sorth Carolina. Ailctrtlument* Solicited-—Terms Motlera'e PREMIUMS! PREMIUMS!! We offer FIV'K valuable ^Agricultural Prcr urns to persons getting up Clubs fur the Week. Observer. Addreen SMITH, WATSON & Co, Charlotte, N*. C. Aug. 2ft 47 tl ARIjINCJTON Life Insurance Company. INSURE YOl’H LIFE! Insure in Arlington Company ’ *•-(< K»a trlniony, and rcqueniod j? “ < 'l' x ’h “• the morning. At '-jffijffjp* 1 ,,t '‘ w ent to tho house des igTG'feuft-v'V'^fored. He inquired or a young Indy who was busy washing dishes, if there was a couple there wishing to be mar ried. “I am the lady,” said she blushing. “John will be in in a momedt.” The min ister was surpyieed to sec no preparations, and stepped to the door to view the surround ings. Two men were hard at work grind ing scythes in the yard, and another, who proved to be the ‘John’ was tending a cow and calf. The young lady came to the door pretty soon, and shouted, “John, John, hur ry up, the preacher is here! John leaped the fence and rushed to the house, the girl wiped her hands upon her apron, and after joining bauds, said they were ready. The 1st. Because It is the Best c«»npat*s l 2ml. Because it is the Cheapest. 3d. its Dividends arc Dither Uni" any other. 4th. It is purely Southern and z ; home enterprise. T O Deg teuve to cull the attention of fl.*' public generally to the subject of LIFE INSURANCE. It i» the imereddutvof every one to Insure ! Life, f*u that his family may not suffer from pov erty after his death. The uncertainty asp per ef these lawless times, auj the ccrviuty of dealL. admonish all to make Immediate and Sutv Iforblon for their Loved dines. The success of the AtlLISIGTON COMPANT is unparalleled. Let Southern Men Patronize INSTITUTOINS. SOUTHERN Its terms are so liberal, that all may paitak minister proceeded, and had just got through questioning the young man, when the old la- i of ‘ ,4 dy rushed into the room, shouting, “John. John, you didn't turn tho cow away from ! the calf 1” He let go his sweet heart’s hand ! instantly, and rushed into the barn-yard, put ' the old cow through the bars, and then re- ■ turned to the house, again, took his position j when the balance of tho ceremony was gone ! through. The minister Went on his way, John went to the hay field, and the young Ln iucs,. since the lute fire, aiol keeps coustau irticuinrs cell on B. C. Normont, AGENTS. March fl 22 It MMMILiK WORKS >' •** undei .signed informs his friends and Iik kjL public generally that he has resumed h. lady resumed her dish washing.- (/*(.) Republican. Income Tax. „i on hand a fine and select stock of IvH -A-1?, 33 lalEL And is prepared to fnrnisli and pul up at! kiVui of work iu his line, vis: It was generally supposed that the income tax for the fiscal year would amount to be tween $32,000,000 and $35,000,000. Ac cording to Commsssioner Delano, however, | it will not exceed $26,000,000. Still this i is an increase over the amount, received last i year of 3,000,000. The internal revenue ‘ report shows that the reduced tax on spirits and tobacco increased the revenue, in cix months. $21.000,000 for the fiscal year end ing June 30. 1869. For the next quarter the total increase was, overlBGS, $23,834.- 868 Next year Mr. nue of $.">0 000,000 Monuments Tombs, Mantels, MURAL TABLETS, BAPTISM.'. FONTS, HEAD STONES, Of all descriptions at the Lowest possible rai Iron Railings furnished to order, and gen* . satisfaction guaranteed. All orders will receive prompt attention. * vanecs will be required on all work Persons wishing anything in my line nbr. consider the difference of freight between i point and that of Charleston. J. II. VILLENET VE. Market-slice: Delano expects a rove- j 0 HER AW, S. C. from distilled spirits. . -J M- Y*<><iDWAni 1 . Agent at Darlington, Iu Virginia a will ‘written wholly by the ^ccauso it teaches the truth of'God, shall soon [testator’ requires no subscribing witnesses. That officer opposes any alteration of any tax income or otherwise, which, by any posibili- ty. will reduce his income. In reference to the income tax, which expires with the as sessment for 1870, he advises its renewal as or* the whole more equitable than any tax that would bt likely to Like its place. The tax-payers do not. Tho question of excluding the Bible from the schools is still before the Superior Court in Cincinnati, and much interest is felt in the result. The arguments will close in a day or two, but the decision is not expected for two or three weeks. It will b« remem bered that the School Board decided to-ex clude the Bible, and an injunction was asked to prevent it* exclusion. The. young women of Lewiston, Me., have formed a society pledging themselves not to kiss any man who use.-> tobacco. receive prompt att j orders th!t>Uf;li tfi i in 'vill lion. AprilJ _ 27 fir * South Carolina State Agriculture AND Mechanical Magazine. ( Ojfeial Organ of the Seuth Carolina Sta! Agricultural and Mechanical Society.) A t an fault hate, the ritbsciubei will publish the first number of a Mom Mapirine, devoted to the development of the u terial interests of this Slate, and the » hole Rout sn<l will distribute five thousand copies grate tously, so thst every one may gee wh„* it i. fore subscribing. They intend to make it i best and handsomest industrial magaiise er, published at the South, sud they ask the cord.*, eo-opers'inn of every good eitiicn in this mir prise, « bud* must redound to the public wclfsr Versons wishing copies of the first numb* will please send their address to Walker, F.vass A Cng-swt II, Charlettlon, N. C. miylli 82 ,/