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sp KEESB & CO. ~Jmt i EBGEEl?LD, S.; C., J?NtJA?T 2t 1867. VOLUME XXX?I.?Ko. I* ?M :4. I PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MO! , D.UEISOE; VEESE V?? TERMS* t?? SUBSCRIPTION. ^|fc?v INVARIABLY IN ADVANCU?/'t.. ^ '. Tho ADVERTISER' is* publiihft?ragnl?rly ev ery WEDXE s D A ?. MORNINGS, at THREE DOLLAR S i,^ .?tenobx'r ONE DOLLAR' and. FIFTlY C?37, . for Six-'-Monthsf SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS.for' Threo Months,-alway a in advance. papers discontinued at tho;?xpiration . of-th? time for wJtuTch-^htryhavo-bcon paid^.v. RATES OF ADVERTISING.' if* ' PAYABLE. IN ADVANCE/ j Ivertteemenis. will be-inserted* at^the-tate "of ? DOLLAR*and-FIFIY. CENTS^per Sedare . Minion ,line? or less,} for the. a>st insertion*, and ONEDDLLAR for each aabjequehrinsertion. to? JfSS" ATiliSral^ dfseonnt will ber m?tta- io these .' .wishing to-advertiso-hy^tho year. Announcing Candidates" $5,00, in advance. j MRS. C. E. MED, ? ? . Importer and Wholesale and Belail Dealer ia j . STRAW AND FANCY GOODS/j MAIN STREET, - (Noxt Door-io.Fisher & Heinthrff,) ; ... ' -Co Lu mb ra, .; . INVITES .T^E-TRADE-tovexaminn her FULL STOCK ano* VARIED ASSORTMENT of BONNETS AND-HATS, j Trimmed and Untrimmed; RIBBONS AND FLOWERS, - Of all dcscripti.ons: LADIES' HAIR, In overy Color and Sh-j-o; I Also, Plain and French CORSETS, which-will bo soid vory low, Columbia, Oct 22 N 3m . 43 5. E. BOWERS, HAMBURG, S. C;, v',GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT, COTTON FACTORS, V . ; ' AND DEALER IN GROCERIES, BACON, LARD, FLOWi, BAGGING, ROPE, TWINE,-. TOBACCO, SE6ARS,-<fcc, .. . H'AVING.changed hie. Grocery Agency into a. GENERAL COMMISSION BUSINESS will take great pleasure in moating tho wants of his old Friends and Customer. _Ho will pay tbo HIG REST PRICE for COTTON, -~J^wrNTicrpii4D^^ samo on Storage. %??~ Consignments respectfully so;:citcd. Farmers and Planters, and the publin gcnfrnlly, will lind it to their interest to give mc a call. S. E. BOWERS. Hamburg, Oct. 1, tf 40 J. E. COOK. .TILES M. BEEBY COOK & BERRY, LATE J. E. COOK A CO., G-r ani te ville, S. C., DEALERS IN J RY eO'OD Groceries, Drugs and Medicines, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS AND CAPS, . Notions, ?fcc. Qrangeville, Oct 1 6m40 D. L. Turner & Co., GRAN1TEVILLE, S. C., AT THE NEW STORE, are prepared to soil DR? GOODS, BOOTS SUOES, CAPS and HATS. HARDWARE, GROCERIES, PATENT MEDICINES, ?tc, ai cheap at any matti Give us a share of your custom, friends, and we will give j ou satisfaction. Granitevillo, Nov. C, 3m 45 JL AM NOW prepared to wait upon you to tho best of my ability, and furnish you whatever you shall c;ill for in the way of DRY GOODS, GKOCEKIES, AND SUNDRIES. S. F. GOODE, Esq.. lately associated with me in the Dry Goods and Mercantile business, hav ing withdrawn bis interest ?rom thc concern, I now respectfully solicit lur myself a fbaro of the patronage heretofore bestowed upon thc Firm. I am to be found, as heretofore for some months past, at tho Corner-the old and well-known Stand of Bland k Butler. I bnve, and constant ly keep on hind, everything in thc way of Dry Goods, Groceries, &c Usually found ia a well-conducted Village Svro : all of which I offer for CASH AT THE LOWEST MARKET PRICES. J. M. WITT. Edgefield, June IS, tf 20 CLOTHING ! GiOTHIKcT" JL HE subscriber bas recently opened in lbi> Village a good stock of READY MAOE CLOTHING, consisting of Single Garments anil Cloth and Cassim ere Suits'. Also a lot of CLOTHS and CW SS IM ER ES which he will iciiko up (.> oilier. i(e is prepared to furnish bi-t friends and old customers with CLOTHING as l.<w as the Au gusta market for Cash. JOI.'N 00 LG AN, Agent. Nov. 0. tV 1? To Ail Whom it May COK ccrii ? BEING about to leavo Edgefield District for Baker County, Ga:, with thc intention ol the're setting up my abode, und en^axhifi in farm ing, I appeal to my Creditors, one and all, for tboir kindly indulgenced My strongest efl"-rt ?hull he to maka money with wbieb to satisfy their just demands, lt they ? iii wait trj.on me ? reasonable length of time, they have my a?su rr,uco that their suld d<.tunnels ..hull be honorably satisfied. R. M. SCURRY. Dee 15 th, 1886 3t ?1 V FINAL AOTTCIBT" A LL Persons who aro indebted to tho Estate ii. of WILLIAM SHAFFER, deeVL, or to the Batato of JOHN C. SHAFFER, deceased, and aro prepared to take up their Notes due to tither of said Estates, nra requested to meet me at tho lalo residence of B. F. Our.ts. on Wednesday, thc O'.b January ISO". And those who have nnv de mands against either of the above mentioned.Es tiles, aro notified to rcr?cr the same la to mo duly attested, by tho above mentioned date. JACOB S. LONG, Adm'or. Def 24 2t ? '?') No. 221 Br Represent tile foliowing THE GEORGIA ?ol?E......jr^^^V.'| MERCHANTS.'.:.i. JEFFERS ON ?......... CITY FIRE... . MERCHANTS' ? MECHANICS'!.. STAR FIRE..:....:.."". ?/'NATIONAL/ MARINE AND FIR: NEW ENGLAND. ' ASSOCIATED FIREMAN'S..'.".... ^'^NORTH AMERICAN........ VIRGINIA...". UNION.:. ' . INSURA^<3E" ? m TV; ANCE AND SAVING. SOUTHERN MUTUAL LIFE.... SGUTHRRN ''ACCIDENTAL. ?5&-MR. bi'R, DURIilOE is our authorized wishing to ins?r? will, find it to their interest to ca Augusta, Oct 22 st a bl ished in Charleston in 1837. And in Augusta in 1848. .. * -i THE Subscriber takes, pltasuro in informing tho residents'of Edgefield and tho adjoin-' ing Districts that he bas bei n appointed Agent for.?ho THREE BEST FIANO MAKERS SN THE WORLD", vir STEINWAY" ? SONS', Niw York, CHICKER?NG ?'SONS, Boston/. ?HAZELTON BROS., Nev-York. i ' *-* "ii y> j .. u' . ''. jj** ' .??'.??'r And he will Sell their Instiuments 'at FACTO RY" PRICES,.with freight added. ?Persons wishing to-pursL?saf a SUPERIOR PIANO FORTE will 'nieass ?ena for Circulars and lllustratediCat?loghos, >an;d they will fini they can purchase from tho REST MAKERS, at as Low Prices as theyeira of inferiorones. Illustrated Catalogues and Circulars" sent free of. all chargos. GEO. A. OATES, 2^0 Broad Street, - AUGUSTA, QA. . ^35r*Also, Agent for Mnson A Hamlin's cele brated CABINET ORGANA; ' Apr 24 .tf . ESTABLISHED ?N I?5? THE Subs ?T? ber would V? _kSpcctfulW in-?_ form the citizens of Edgeficld-anil the surrimridr injrc,ountrv. thai he keeps a. SPECIAL ESTAB LISHMENT foy the REF A Mt of WATCHES and, JEWELRY. AU work entrusted to his care wili loo ~ executed -pnTOp-llyv-irc.itly^ asid, warranted for ono year. At his Store will be found ono of tho largest Stocksof Gold and Silver Watches, Of the best European and American manufacture in tho S jutiiern States, with a select assort ment of * RICH AND NEW STYLES ETRUS CAN GOLD'JEWELRY. Set with Diamonds, Pearls, Rubies, Oriental Gar nets, Coral, *e. Also, SOLTD SILVER WARE, consisting of full TEA SETS, WAITERS, ICU AND WATER PITCHERS, CASTORS, GOBLETS, CUTS, FORKS, SPOONS, And everything in thc Silver Ware linc. FINE SINGLE AND DOUBLE BARRELED GUNS. Colt's, Smith A Weston's, Cooper's, Rcmming ton's, Sharp's, Porringer's, PISTOLS. And many others of thc latest invention. FINE CUTLERY. SPECTACLES. WALKING CANES, PERFUMERY. P0RT.M0N1AES, AND FANCY GOODS 0" every \;ariety to be foun 1 in a first class Jew elry Establishment. Ono Door below Augusta Hotel, 1G3 Brood Street, Augusta, Ga. Oct 15 Cm 42 GUNS, PISTOL!!, CUTLERY, I STILL CONTINUE THE GUN BUSI NESS at my old stnnd, 245 Broad Street, and my STOCK IS NOW COMPLETE, as follows : Double and Single Barreled GUNS ; POWDER, SHOT und GUN CAPS, all varie ties; FIXED AMMUNITION for ail sized Pistols; Powder FLASKS, Shot BAGS, Game BAGS; Colt's, Smiih <fc Wesson!, and other PISTOLS Also, afino Stock of POCKET KNIVES, ol' Rogers and Wcstcnhoitn's m-ike ; Rogers* TABLE CUTLERY; PAD LOCKS and DOO R LOCKS, ic. As my GUNS were mud; to order in England expressly for mc, they aro warranted to be nn A No. 1 arti.de,-und to. ^ivo satisfaction, and tit prices lu suit Ibo times. REPAIRING OF GUNS done promptly. Et ff. ROGERS, No. 215, Broad St., Augusta, Ga. Doc :t i 3m 49 J. W. BACON-. J. J. B.?.C0S J, W BACON & BRO,, Wholesale and Retail Manufacturera and Dealers in all k'u is of SADDLES, HARNESS, TRUNKS, LEATE! EES, RUBBER AND LEATHER BELTING, Wood Humes, Whip?-, Valises, Carpet Bags, Shoe Findings, French and American Calf Skins, And all other kinds of Leather, ?fcc, 1G9 Broad Street, UNDER THE AUGUSTA HOTEL AUGUSTA, 'GA. yfSSr* S ADDLES and II ARNESS Repaired and made to order. Augusto, Oe 22 Sin 43 Just Arrived ! . A. LARGE Stock of OVERCOATS, ranging in price fro:if* 812 to 840. Now on Hand, First Rate Stock of ntl kinds of MENS and BOYS CLOTHING. All Goods at Very Lowest Prices. . J? Ai VAN MINKIE* Augusta, Nor II 2m 46 J Insurance Companies : .of . Columbus,. Ga. .of - Hartford, Conn. . .of "" .. ?cottsy?lo, Va. ........ of Hartford,TJonn. .of Baltimore, Md.' .w...... of : Now York. E,..... of .'. Kow Orleans/La... . .of ; Hartford) Conn. .t>^.r...;..;.? ot r ^altimore, Md^ ..vf- Hartford., Conn, *'.'........??........*..., of ^.Staunton,Yal ..of Baitimoro; Md, ...t.of Bicbmond, To- - '? *' A.- . !.ofr Columbia, S. C. '.......of" -Lynchburg, Va. . 1 Agent for Edge?ehf and ^vicinity, and parties ,11 on him. . , : ' : .. 6m -\ ?? * - \ 43 pGEO. FLEMING & ROWLAND, AUGUSTA, GA. -, 1 .i. V..*'... -^F*.?*,- ?? "\ -o_:_ ... Tlt-' . . " . HE j?ubsoribcrB inyifof-the attention * of the public generally and Plnntera in particular, to their Stock of GROCERIES, consisting in part bfj? '. i I . GUNNY and nEMP^BAGGING; ROPE Of all kind? ; . BACON SIDES and SHOULDERS; MOLASSES in Hhds. and Ubis.; ? C'and C 5UGARS-Re?"."uJ ; CP-USHED'acd POWDERED SUGARS; . SUGARS of low grade ; GOOD and PRIME COFFEE; .Superfine Family nnrt Extra Family FLOUR ? WHITE* and YELLOW CORN; CORN MEAL; FRESH BEAT RICE;' - SALT, IRON, NAILS ; GRINSTONES, NOVA SCOTL?-GRITS; RICHMOND. FACTORY OSNARURGS; "' ."' " STRIPES ; " " KERSEYS; Plain and Twilled. ?3S~ Wc arc*proparcd lo soil Goods LOW for Cash or on Short Draft. Aueustn, Supt 15 3ni3W A. MURPHY I GEO. H. HOPE ol'Suutb Carolina. j o? Yirgiuia. L. SHEPPARD WITH J. D. A. MURPHY & CO, Wholesale an'! Ui:iaii -DEALERS IX 9 Coots, Shoes, tc, fcc, Ko, 31S Broad Street, AUG ?STA, G ls OR GI A, Respect fully solicits the patronage ofJ:is i'ricnd.s of Edgefiold Dfctricr, S. C. Augusta, Nov. ?, "m -15 J. M. YOUNGBLOOD, WITH R. C. & H. H. FASTERLING GROCERS, AND General Commission Merchants, No. 130 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, G A., RESPECTFULLY beg '.cave to inform their friends of Edgefield and thc adjoining District.*, and thu public generally, thal th cv luve on band ar.J aro constantly receiving, A WELL SE LECTED STOCK OF irroeeries of Every Description, Wbicb they oder at tho tho LOWEST MARKET PRICES. They will also give strict attention to the Salo of nil COUNTRY PRODUCE Consigned to them. And^vill fill all orders, in their linc, with dis patch, at ibo lowert market prices. Augusta, Oct 22 tf -13 JOHN C, BOHLER WITH H. WARNER ? CO., DEALERS IN FINE LIQUORS, Family and Pansy Groceries, TOBACCO, CIGARS, ' AND SNUFF, PIPES OE ALL KINDS, 3Pox^rc?Losr, S?Siot. Caps, FANCY NOTIONS AND Musical Instruments, AND ALL KIND ?F STRINGS. ALoO, DEALERS IN Kc a-i y ItSndc GJioihiiag, Staple end F?ncy Dry Goods, BOOTS. SHOES, HATS AND CAPS, PERFUMERY ANl> SWEET SOAPS, No. Vi'i and Mi lt road Street, AUGUSTA, GA. Nov. f?, Gm 45 A. A. BEAM? J. II. IPKARS. W. D. POUTER. BEAU, SPEARS & CO., WAREHOUSE & COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Fire-Proof W.ircliouse, A'O. G, Campbell Street, AUGUSTA, GA.. WILL GIVE STRICT PERSONAL ATTEN TION TO STORAGE and SALE of COTTON, GRAIN, BACON, FLOUR, AND OTHER DUO DU CE. ^.Orders for RAGGING, ROPE and FAMI LY SUPPLIES promptly lilied. Tho uinal CASH ADVANCES made on pro duce in storo. The patronage of their Friends and tho Public generally respectfully solicited. Angosta, Sept 25 3m29 O, be'not the Tirst. *. O bo notW?rst to discover t A blot on tho fame of a friend, i A flaw in tho faith of a lover,,,; * 1 ft Whoso hoart niay provd'truejto the emLj^ .^pTe none of us know ono another,:". * '# And otyinto error we fall; . Then let us speak well of ?ur brother, ? . . f Or speak not about him at all. f j. , A smile or a?eigh ma; awaken Suspicions most false and.untruej. And thus our belief may ho shaken Ia hearts that are honost and traa? 'if4-"* 'Op- I ' -? How often tho light smilo of gladness . . Is?rorn by the friends that wo meet To cover a soul/uli-of sadness^-. . Too proud?to acknowledge defeat. now often tho sigh of dejection . " Is heaved from the hypocrite's breast, To parody .?truth, and affection, ,. . Or laira suspicion teerest." How often "tho friends, we "hold dqaresfcjf Their neblest emotions conceal ; And bosoms tho purest, sincerest, Have see?ots* they*cannot reveal. Leavo baso minds to harbor suspicion, And small-ones to trace out defects Let ours bo a noble ambition, . For base is tho mind th?fraaspeots. We none of'us know one another, And oft into error we*fall ; Then lot us speak well of our brother, * Or speak not about him at all. -,-- r The Iiong?st Story ETCr^old. . ' Old folks need not rea'd this, as we copy it 'I expressly for the" delectation of ..our younga friends. It will hardly strike the oye,-but I ' read it aloud to a corr.pany.pf boys and'girls'J ' if you wish to-find thc point of it: . </ ' There was onco a certain king who^like many Eastern kings, was very fond of hearing; stories told.- To this amusement he gave up' .all his timeout, yet he was never satisfier! The exertions of ?his courtiers were all iii vain. He at last made a proclamation, that*) if any man would tell him a story that sbouli last forever he would make bim Eis hoir and give him thc princess, his daughter, in mar* riage, but if any ono should pretend he Las' such a story, but should fail-that is, if tho story did come to an end-he was to have his}i < head cut off*. |t| i For.such a price as a beautiful princess and' a kingdom, nsuij candidates appeared, ant", dreadful long stories BOme of thein told. Som'? lasted a week, some a month, some six months. Poor fellows, th ry all spun themV out as long as they possibly ^could'; but all ia' vain. Sooncror later they all came 'to- ?St' end ene after another?-the unlucky story tell ers had their heads-chopped, off. At last ?ame a man who said that he had a story that would last forever, if his majesty would .bo. pleased to give ?im atrial. . He was warned of bia danger ; they told him how many others, ,bad tried and lost their-heads, but he said h?. iras not ai'raid^and so he was brought before fyie king. Ile was a man of very composed1*] and deliberate way of speaking, and after making all necessary stipulations foti time, for his eating, drinking and sleeping, he th?'s besan: " ?b, king ! there was once a king who was a great tyrant,'and desiring J.0 increase bis.1 riches, he seized upon the corn in his kinv; ^.oin-aud-putitiu un.imme?S&granary. wli^ ww built un purpose, as high as a mountain. This he did for L?verai years, until his gran ary was (jiuie Aili to the top. Ile then stop ped doors and windows, and closed it up fas' on all sides. But thc bricklayers had, bj' ac cident, left a v?.ry smull hole near thc top ol the granary, a xi lhere caine a flight ol' lo custs, and-tried to git ut tia; coin, but the hole was sn biliali that only one locust could pass through ?vt a time. So one locust wen' iti'and carried oil"ono grain of corn, otr.l then another locust went i;? a:.d cai ried cffahotbei grain ol' corn, and tben anoiheJ locust wont in and can led bil'another grain ol' com. and then alioth? r locust went. ;n and carried ol!' another grain of corn, and then another Iocu-t went in and cun io! oil' another grain of corn, and then another locust vent io and carried oil'another grain of corn, a ,d then another locust weill in and carritti off another grain ol' corn, and tin':: a .oilier locust went ;:i and carried off another grain of ?rn, and thtin another locust went in and carried oil -inoth cr grain of corn, and then another locus! went in ai.d canicd oil' another grata of eorn.:' He had gone t-n thus from morning till night (except when be was engaged at his meals) lor about a month, when the king be gan to bo rather tired of thc locusts, and in terrupted his story w ith ; " Well, weil, wo have heard'enough of the locusts, we will suppose they helped them selves to all the corn they wanted. Tell us what happened nfl er ward?." To which the story-teller answered deliber ately : " J f it phase your majesty, it is im possible to tell what happened afterward* lu> fore 1 tell what V.U? happened lira'.." And then he went cn again. "And then another locust went i:i and car? ried efl uiioihei grain of com, and then an other locust went in and carried of]* another grain ol corn, and then another locust went in and curried off another grain of corn, and then another locust w. ut in and carried ol! another grain ol cern, and then another lo cust went in and carried oil another grain of corn." Thc king listened with unconquerable pa "tieiicc six months more, when he again inter rupted him with : " Oh, friend ! I am weary of your loonsls. How soon do yc-u think t h ey will have done ?" To which Hie story teller made answer : " Ob, king, who eau tell ? At the time to which my story lias come, the locusts have cleared u small space ; it may be a cubit each way round thc inside of the bolo, and the air is Mill dark with locusts on all hide'. But let the king have patience, and no doubt we shall come to the end of them in time.'' Thus encouraged, thc king listened on for another full year, the story teller g^ing on still us before: " And then another locust went in ar d car ried oil" another grain of corn, and then ar.r other locust wen), in and carried off anot er grain ol'corn, and then another locust went, in and carried off another grain of corn and then another locust went in and carried off another grain -of corn, and then ano; her locust went in and carried t If anoth er ?ruin of corn." At last the poor king could stand it no lon ger, and cried out : ,! Ob, man, that is enough, take my daugh ter! take my kingdom! take anything-ev erything, only let us hear no more of the abominable lucusts." And so the story" teller was married to the king's daughter, and was declared hoir t<> the throne, and nobody ever expressed a wish to hear thc rest ol' the story, f?r he said it was impossible to como lo thc other part of it un til be bad done with the locusts. NKW DIFFICULTIES JP OR FKAXCE*-Napo leon seems to no sooner settle one difficulty Iban another appears to annoy bini. Ile is now threatenod with an overpowering milita ry organization in Northern Germany that will make France au inferior military power; and bis own efforts to strengthen the .French army arc almost neutralised by the tliscou tents of tho French people. Napoleon cer tainly cannot hold much longer thc prestige that once gave lustro to bis name, lor the lloman failure; the Mexican failure, tho grow ing power ol'Germany, and the French dis contents, all indicate that his Government is much weaker than formerly. A itomant?c and Tragic Story. "^'Nearly a year ago, one of the first mer chants in the city met and loved a woman of English birth, whom he believed to be a wid ow. His advances . were favorably received, ttnd after many happy hours passed in pleas ant converse the gentleman at length de clared his passion. To bis surprise and chagrin, the lady, with many tears, informed him that her husband was not dead. ? long story of unkindness, neglect, maltreatment, and a separate maintenance, was related. The fair one, with utmost frankness, went into all fcje details of her wretched existence, and ended by hoping a divorce suit, then.pendine, would terminate in her favor. Th* gentle nan, encouraged by the confidence, and eager for tho possession of such a treasure, insisted on ber at brice departing fdr England, and bountifully supplied the lubricating material for tho rusty machinery ef the courts.' The [burney was made, and in the course of a few weeks the bagatelle of $12,000 expended. Not many moons elapsed ere the lover was favored with a most tender, epistle, conveying, tn-the postscript, intelligence of another draft for $10,000, which he would of course pay on presentation. The business of the law proved axceedingly expensive. Two more drafts for $10,000 each were forwarded to this country, &nd promptly paid. Tho gentleman, becom ing alarmed at the enormous drain on his purse, ventured to remonstrate, and begged the lady, if possible, to conduct the business with moro economy. The communication in reply, dated at Paris, quietly informed him that the suit had been decided against her, [hat she was tied forever -to the object of her ietestation, and that although she could never forget the disinterested friendship of the kind est of men, they must never again meet on jar th. The unhappy gentleman, maddened it his folly, and crippled in business by the immense outlay of money, ended his existence by his own .hand. * Long after this'tragedy thc real creator of it presumes again to ad Iress the man she so wronged.-New Orleans limes. What Happened at Oar House. . "BY PETER SPOE?M, ESQ.. After we were married, well say about a fear, wun morniu thar wus a terrible commo shun in bughouse-old wira min runnin in and jut, and finally the Doctor he cum ; I was in i great flury myself, waitin to hear, I hardly iioed what to do, but arter awhile, an ole gran ly cfa.woman. as had been very bissy .about .har poked her hod into the room whar'I was walking about, and ses Ses she : Mr. Sporum, hit's a gal." " What," ses I. "A gal,'' ses she, an with that she pops her icd back again. Well thinks I, Fm the daddy uv a gal, and jegin to feel my keeping nicely-Pd ruttier it ivus a boy tho' thinks I, for he'd feel nearer ;o me, as how he would bare my name and :here would bo less chance for Sporaras to :uu out, but considering everything a gal will clo mity well. Just then tho old miss pokes her bed out an ses Ses she : " Another wun, Mr. Sporum, a lae boy." Anuther. ses I, that's rather :rowdin things on to a fellow. She lafl'cd und poked her hed back. Well, Sinks I, this is no joke sure ? at this lick I'll aave family unuft to do me in a few years, jut the Lord's will not minej bo dun. u.Jis thp.ajbe^ule she d^vil, (I_ always will late her,) pokes her bcd th ati ses ' " Ses she, " Anuther gal, Mr. Sporum." " Anuther what, ses L" " Anuther gal," ses she, " Wtll," ses I, go rite a?rate aqd tell Sal J voti't stand i?-^-d?ii't want 'em-and I aiu't ..oin to hav 'em j dti3 sho think I'm a Turk? ir ;v Mormon ? or Brigham Young ? tba! she'd ?o for to hav thribbs ? three at a pop ? dus ?bethink I a:ti wuih a hundred thousand? bat I MU John Jacob Aster or Mr. Roschilo? ;luit I can afford to hay thribbs, anti clothe i::d feed tun e cidldreu at A time r" I ain't igoin to stand it no how, I did'nt want 'cm, I don*! want 'em, and 1 ain't (/oin to want etn now nor no other time. Haint I bin a :uod dutiful husband to Sa! ? Haint I kept n doors uv a ni te, an quit chowin terbacker, m sinokin M^ar.s jist to please her? linint I atended divine worship regular ? haint I jought her till thc bonnets and frocks she ?vaiitcd?-an then fop her to hav thribbs! I ivoti't iivo wjtli hep, she nocit better and had'nt ir'.er dun it. She dun it with her ise open, m mus take the consequences. I didn't think Sal would 8(?ryo ir,e aioh a trick no ho?v. Have I ever stole a horse? hav I ever done inj mean trick, that she- should serve m? ?n .his way? Au with, 111(>t J lro'd dawn on the lettco. au-J felt ornil bad, and thc mope I thot ibout it, thc wuss I fclii Presently Sal's mammy, old Mis3 Jones, 2um in an ses 3.- s she, '. Belter cum in and see what pret ty cbillun you've got." ..Chillnn," BCS I, "you'd belter-fay a whole Itter, ?{oW Mjss Junes, I luv Sal you no, ind bavii tried t'? nuke a <j->'>d husband, but [ c:iil tLi< ii .scaly trick, and If thar is any law n this country, i'm goin to see if a omen can lave thribbs, au inako a man take ki or uv em.'' I aint atruin to begin to do it ae* I, With ibu she laired JR to kill b.rjelf, an icd any i;thcr would bo proud to be in my .hoes. I told ber I'd soil out mlty cheap if tnyhody .wanted to take my place. Weil, Le upshot uv it all was, that hhe persuaded ne I v/as aM rong, and got me to go ia the room whftr they all was. When I got in Sal looked so lovin at me, io rcached out hr? little ha,uds so much like i poor deer helpless child that I forgot every thing but my luv for her, and folded her up ;ently to my heart liko a preshus treasure, ind I did'nt keer if she had forty uv 'em. J is then numb r one set np a whino like a roung pup, and all tho balance followed. Ihew thribbs knew their daddy. --? -? ?The following, from " Moore," ia applicable to aur situation. " Forget uot Ibo fiold where they perished The truest, tho last of the brave, All gone and the bright hope wo cherished, Uotie with them, and quenched in their gravel Ob {. could wo from death but recover Tlioto hearts as they bounded before, In the face of high Heaven to fight over, That combat for freedom onco more. Could tho chain for an instant bo riven, Which tyranny flung around us then, No ! 'tis not ia Alan nor in Heaven To let tyranny bind it ag.yu. But Tis pii?t, and tho' blazoned in story, Tho naiuo of our Victor may be, Accurst is the march of that glory, Which treads o'er tho hearts of the freo. Fm dearer tho grave or tho orison, Illumined by ono Patriot name, Than tho trophies of all who havo risen On Liberty's ruins to fame." Haro is a good article on stingy parishioners. Few ministers can bo usefi',1 iu their high vo cation if they are compelled to live ou such. A good Methodist minister at the West who lived on a very small salary, was greatly troubled at one time to get his quarterly in stallment. Lie had called on his steward a number of times, but had each time been put oil' with some excuse. His wants at length becoming urgent, ho went to the steward and told him he must have the money, as bis family were suffering for the necessities of life. "Money!'' replied tho steward. '-You preach for money ! I thought you preached for the good of souls !" . " ?Souls!'1 replied the minister; I can't cal souls, and if I could it would take a thousand such as yours to mak? a decent ?eal." Appropriations Made at the Kee Session of the Legislature. The following sams are appropriated the payment ot the various officers and penses of the State Government: For ealary of the Governor, ?3,500; Private ? retary of the Governor, $1,200; Messet of the Governor, $100; contingent furn the Executive Department, $25,000, subj to the draft of the Governor, and to be counted for annually to the Legislature ; rent of Governor's house in Columbia, $3 for printing and preparing bonds, stocks i record books, under Act of 21st Septeml 1866, to provide for funding the iniorest i principal of certain stocks find hoods of State past due, $1,100, to be drawn on chi of tho Governor ; for printing and prepar: bonds, stock and record books for fund the fire loan stock and bonds, authorized present session, $800, to be drawn on chi of the Governor ; for two watchmen for 1 new State House and grounds, $960, to drawn on draft of State House Keeper. For pay of the members of the Legislate Attorney-General and Solicitors, during 1 present session, $27,000 ; for salaries of t Clerks of the Senate and House of Rep 8entatives, $1,200 each, fand for the servu of two assistant Clerks, $250 each ; for sa ries of two Messengers and two Door-keepe $250 each ; for Messengers of the House a Senate, for extra services ac mail carrie $50 ; for Messenger of House, for simil services at last extra session, $25 ; for sahl of the Keeper of the State House and Libi rian, $300 ; for salaries of the Reading Clei of the Senate and House, $250 each ; for t services of four Engrossing Clerks, same p and mileage allowed members of the Gene: Assembly, and $125 for services of extra I grossing Clerks at the present session ; 1 printers of the Sonate and House of Bepi sentativea for the present session, $12,Q( and that the number of copies specified the proposals of the printer as accepted the Legislature, shall be printed and deposit in the office of the Treasurer of the State, Columbia, before the first day of March ne: and the amount to be paid according to tl proposals, which shall be ascertained by tl Treasurer; for stationery, fuel, distributii Acts, and expenses of the election returr to include the sums due Messengers for uria ing and delivering to the Secretary of Sta the returns of elections for members of Co; gress, $1,000 ; for contingent expenses of tl Legislative Library, $200; $70? for the pt and mileage of the special joint committi on the bank, sitting during the recess ; fi the necessary expenses incurred by the speci railroad commission, appointed at the cxtr session, $352 ; to Theodore Stark, Keeper i the State House and Librarian, $528, appn priated at last session, for arrearages of sal: ry ; for defraying the expenses of special joh committee appointed at last regular sessio ot tho General Assembly to inquire and ri port as to the disposition of certain publ; property, $300. jj For salary of Chief Justice, $3,500; fr salaries of ten Judges, $.3,000 each ; for salar of Attorney-General, $1,100; for salaries c five Solicitors, $900 each j for Clerk of Coui of Appeals, who shall be Librarian, $80( the same to includo expenses of fuel; fe salary of Messenger of said Court, $.'.00 ; fe purchase ot books for library of tjonrt ( Appeals, ?1,000, tc bo drawn and expende by order of the presiding Justice; for 6re nveod-and-fuel for.Court of Appeals, $50 j fe salary of State Reporter, $1,500 ; for pay c jurors and constables. $50,0CQ. For salary of Treasurer of State, $3,20( including tho salaries of one or more clerks for salary of Comptroller-General, $2,50C including clerk's salary ; to Comptroller-Gee eral, ?200, for making out copies of tax rc turns in 1S J 7, and a like sum for like service io 18GG ; for Assessor, of ?t. philip's and Si Michael's, for making out aud affixing assess ment3 of eaoh return, $800. For salaries of eleven professors in th University of South Carolina, $11,000; fo: Librarian of University, who sMl be Score, ta ry of the Board of Trustees, $G0u, to b paid bj thu Treasurer of the State, quarterl; in advance; for repairs of University build inga, $2,000. For pavment of contingent accounts of thi State, $37,O0Q; for payment such claims a n\ay ht: admitted by the Legislature at it; present session, $30.000 ; for education of thi deaf and dqtnb and the blind, $-1,000 ; foi repairs of thc buildings at Cedar Springs $2,000 ; for support of free schools, $?3,000 to be distributed on, tho, bubla of represent* ?ititi in th.c popular branch of the Genera Assembly ; for payment of siich other claim: or demands on thc State, as may be allowee by tko General Assembly up-m the reporti o?' other committees, $20,000 ; for L.u,uaU< Asylum, $8,000. For salary and services of Secretary o State, ?iiO? ; in lieu of all cha-ges aguinsi the State for signing commissions. For maintaining und keeping open the Ro per Hospital, in Charleston, S:5,000 : tobt paid to thc Medical Society in trust for .th? Ri ?per Fuud. For thc support cf the Catawba Indians $l,d00 ; to be paid to the order of the Indiar Agent, and to be expended under the dircc tion of the Governor. For the rent and fixtures of a house for the u>e of thc Court of Appeals, $300. Foi expenses iucurred by Committee ou Emi gration, appoiuted session I??5, $500 ; to be paid on draft of John A,. Wagener, Chairman, For clerks on Committee on Education and Accounts, 390. For the purchase of artificial legs for citizens of this State who have lost theirs in the service of the country in the recent war, $20,000. For testing in the courts the constitutionality of the Act of Congress by which lands have been sold in St. Helena and St. Luke's Parishes, $5,000; to bagawa subject to tho order of the ytoi^evnoi;," That tho sum of $?0,00.0 be appropriated for thc ?oliowibg purposes: $10,000 for per manent jail for Richland ; $4,000 do. for Darlington ; $1,500, in addition to $1,000 already appropriated to build temporary jail tor Sumter ; $2,500 temporary do. for Ches terfield : $1,500 in addition to $1,000 already appropriated for Barnwell ; do. for Beaufort; ?1,000 to complete jail and court house in Lexington ; $1,500 for completing jail in Lancaster, For covering new Stato House with a tin roof, $12,000. For the construc tion of a Penitentiary, $45,000; to be. pwd draft of Governor from time to time as same may be needed, not to be drawn until estimates furnished and work contracted for. ?HIE TAX ACT, Upon the following articles, there shall be an ad valorem tax paid, as property according to its assessed value, viz : On all real estate, 30 cents on every $100, except such lands as may be in possession of tho Freedmen's Bu reau in January next; on the capital stock of all gas-light companies. 50 cents on every $100 ; on articles manufactured for sale, barter or exchango, between the 1st day of January, 1866, and January, 1867, $1 on every $100 to be paid by the manufacturers ; on the gross amount of all spirituous liquors, (except on liquors manufactured in this Stato from fruits in their season,) sold from Janua ry 1 to December 31, 1867, 10 per cent., to be paid quarterly to the tax collectors of the several Districts ; on buggies, carriages, go' 1 and silver plate, watches, jewelry and pianos, on hand January 1, 1867, except those held br dealers for sale, $1 on ev;ry ^100. / Upon all gross incomes derived from the following sources, there shall be paid a tax of the per cent, herein specified on the aggre gate amount received, between the 1st day of Janua^ 1 &*6o*i and' tho 13t day of Janna ry,1867: Pioni employments, faculties and professions, including the profession of den tistry, (whether in the profession of the law the profits be derived from the costs of suit, fees, or other sources of professional income,) excepting/clergymen, $?2 on every $100; on commissions received by brokers, vendue mas ters, factors, commission merchants, dealers In exchange, (foreign or domestic,) or in mortgages, bonds and other negotiable papers, $5 on every $100; on the gross amount of premiums received by insurance companies incorporated within this State, $2 on every $100 ; on the gross amount of premiums re ceived by agencies of insurance companies and underwi itera incorporated without the limits of tnis State, $3 on every $100 ; on the gross amount of the receipts of express com panies, $10 on every $100, to be paid to the Treasurer of the State ; on the gross amount of the 'receipts of telegraph companies, $5 ou every ?100 ; on tbe gross amount of re ceipts from the sale of pictorial-newspapers or magazines, $25 on every $100; on the gross receipts of newspapers published in this State, $2 on every $100; ou the amount of sales of goods, wares, merchandize, embra cing all the articles of trade for sale, barter or exchange, [spirituous liquors and the pro ducts of chis State, and the unmanufactured products of my of the United States, or Ter ritories thereof, excepted.) which any person ?hall have m ide from the 1st day of January, of the preset t year, to the 1st day of Janua ry, A. D. 18(17, 60 cents on every $100 ; for lame articles, a tax of 50 cents for tho ensu ing year; ora the gross profits of national banks, $10 on every $100; on the incomes derived from the arts of photographing and daguerreotyping, $1 on every $100 ; on all incomes am muting to more than $500 per annum, deriied from salaries, rents, dividends and money at interest, in excess of $500, $1 . on every $100 ; on the incomes derived from saw, flour and grist-mills, and also from cot ton ginned on toll, $2 on every $100 ; on the gross incomes of all railroads, (not ex empted by law, $1 on every $100, but that when a part of a railroad only is within the limits of thii. State, the return of its income shall bear the same ratio to its whole income that the length of road in this State bears to its whole length. *? The following persons arc to pay a tax on every $100 of gross income : hotel-keepers, $2 ; restaurants or oatiag houses, $2 ; livery stables, $2 ; butchers and hucksters, $2 ; bil liard tables, $5 ; bowling alleys, $5 ; bar rooms, whether connected .with a hotel or otherwise, $1.0 ; ferries, $1 ; toll-gates, $1. ' Upon taking out a charter, except for re ligious, charitable and educational purposes, $20 ; each renewal of charter, under this Act, $10. The keepers of public race-courses shall pay a tax of $100 ; each public hack, stage coach, dray and baggage-wagon shall be taxed $10, aud each omnibus $25. All persons representing publicly, for gain or reward, any plays, comedy, tragedy, or Other employment ol the stage, or exhibiting wax-works or other shows, ot any kind what soever, to be paid into tho-hands of the Clerks of the Couru respectively, (who shall be bound to collect aud pay tbe same into the public Treasury, excepting in cases where the same is now.required by law to be paid to corporations or otherwise,) $10 per day ; cir cus exhibitions, $5i) per day ; dogs shall be taxed $1, but for each plantation and inhabi-* ledlut.ift_s.town or village, there shall be one . dog exempted" from "taxation. A capitation tax of $1 per head on every male between the ages of twenty-one and fifty, resident in the State, ou the first day ot Feuruary, 1367, except they be incapable ol' earning a ?mpport. Every employer shall ir.aUe veturus of tho names Of all persons i that are employed by him, and pay tbe tax : of such person or persona, in which case the tix receipt shall be a ?ood and valid set-oil : iu any action for waj^ea by such employee against such employe-.-. Ali taxes levied on property, as prescribed iu this Act, shall be paid to the tax collector for the District or Parish iu which said prop erty is located, except that the tax levied ou railroad, expr?s, and telegraph companies be paid into tho Treasury ol' thc State. Tho lois and houses on Sullivan's Island shall be returned to the tax collector ?f the tax district in which thay are situated in the Bame manner as other town lots and houses, and shall be liable to the same rates of taxation. The taxes herein levied shall bo paid only ! ir. gold or silver coin, United States Treasury notes, or notes of national banks, or the bills receivable cf this ?tato, and also pay-certifi cates of jul ors and coustablcs for attendance on the courts. The <ax collectors of the several collection districts shall bs allowed, on all sums of money paid into their hands for taxation, a commission, as follows : For St. Philip's and St. Michael's,-per cent.; for Anderson, Abbeville, Chester, Kershaw, Richland, Clarendon, Darlington, Laurens, Marion, Newberry, Orange, Sparenburg, Sumter, Eogefield, Union, York aud Barnwell, four per c:int.; for Chesterfield, Greenville, Lancaster, Lexington, Marlboro, Pickens, Fairfield, St, Matthew's, Prance George Win yaw, St. /?Etfthod.ornc.w's and Williamsburg, six pey cent ; for florry, St. Helena, St. Ste phen^ Christ Church, Prince William's, All Saints, St. Qeorgo's Dorchester, St. James' Santee and Goose Creek, St. John's Berkeley and Colleton, and St. Peter's, eight per cent.; for St. Andrew's, and St. Thomas and St. Dennis, ten per cent.: Provided, That in all districts where the taxes amount to more than $30,000, the commissions shall be two per cent, on the excess, Tax collectors to make returns, to .the Tyeasury in Columbia, on or- before J;uly, 1867.' . , " N.? tax. collector or assessor shall receive his commissions till their returns have been received al the Treasurer's office, and been approved by him. The assessors of the several districts aro required to return to the tax collector lists of till persons in their district, subject to the capitation tax, with such particulars of resi dence, etc., as may serve to identify the per sons. Tho tax collector ls required to pay to the Stato Tre*\urer. the qu?rterly returns within thirty days. Each tax collector shall attend at the court house, or some other pub lic pince, daily, for one week previous to making his final roturo, AU taxes on incomes shall refer to those received between January \, lo'?? and 1867, except special designations. Before the collection of the taxes herein levied, an assessment shall ho made of the actual value of the property taxed; and for that purpose the tax collectors of the several Districts and Parishes, except the Parishes of St. Phillip and St, Michael, are hereby con stituted assessors. Each tax collector, be fore entering upon his duties as assessor, shall take and subscribe, before tho Clerk of the Court, of the District the following oath, which shall be endorsed, on his commission, viz : " I, A. B., do promise and swear that I will, to the best of my ability, execute the duties of assessor for my collection district, and will, without favor or partiality, ascertain and assess tho actual value of the propertv, real and personal, upon which an ad valorem tax is laid before, and for the purpose of lay ing such (ax." THE EtmsAO IN TEXAS.-Captain Craig, bureau agent, has been ancsted and commit ted to jail by Judge I eland and the civil authorities of Guadaloupe County for destroy, ing the bonds given for the appearance of his predecessor bebbro the civil courb3. Craig acted unter the orders of General ,Hcintzel mi/i. H ? release has bees ordered. ?Sad Death. > > : : We have never been called? tr?ou to cbrc-n ?cb a death, under more melancholy circum stances than that of Mrs.jQven, the beloved wife of our fellow-townsman, S. H. Owen, On the afternoon of ThursdaV last, the de ceased, feeling unwell, spread a't??veting be fore the fire, upon which she reclined, resting her head upon a chair, under these cirenm stajp.ces, she fell asleep,- to awake and. find he:: clothing all ablaze, and tho flames leap int; about her face; her first impulse was to smother the flame with a carpet near at hand, failing in this, she screamed for help, wLeu a sei vant woman ran to her, and quickly com* prohending her*terrible situation, hurried to tho well for a bucket of water, and returning, dashed it over her, and then ran for Mr. Oven, and a Phyaicia*, who, when they ar rived, found .her prostrate upon the floor, ba fie:ih crisped and charred, her clothing all consumed, and she suffering exquisite agony. Every thing that medical skill could suggest, wes attempted to relieve her suffering. She lingered until Friday afternoon, when death kindly interposed and released her ?-om all pain. Thus has faded from oar midfcir in imper fection of her loveliness, a pu?e and gentle wc man. ono whose life Was filled with illus trations of gentle piety, and christian charity. Hi ir tragic fate has catt a deep gloom over the entire community, and ? pervading sad ness is visi de upon every face. Sympathy deep and heartfelt, is universally felt and ex? pressed, for the grief-stricken, disconsolate husband, and motherless little children, in this their great bereavement.-Anderson Ap peal, 26th. Pardons and Kespites. ; * We understand that the' punishment im posed npon Wesley Taylor, a tree person of color, of Lancaster District,- for malicious trespass, has been pardoned by th'j Governor on payment of costa. Also-that Sampson 'Petty,a fren person of color, convicted at Spartanburg, nus been' pardoned. Both these pardons were issued on the re commendation of the Judges- wittf tried the cases. Charles Parker, convicted of horse stealing and sentenced io be executed on thc first Fri day of January next, on the recommendation ot the Solicitor, has had his sentence com-, muted to ten years hard labor ia the Peni tentiary. Samuel Hyler alias Caleb Washington, sen teuced to be executed on the-first-Friday in January next at Lexington, for stealing cot ton, has had his-sentence commuted by Gov. Orr, to confinement at bird labor in the pen itentiary for ten years. John Rantin, J. H. L. Smith, and H. Weih erhorn, all of whom are nuder eighteen years of age, and under tho sentence of death lear? burglary in Charleston, have had their sen tences commuted by tho Governor to hard labor in the penitentiary for the term oj. five years. Perry Durham, convicted of the murder of Tilomas R. Miller, at Picken?, abd sentenced tc be executed- on the 14tlr inst., .has been respited by the Governor until the first Fri' day in March next. * Samuel Kibber, a freedman, convicted cf' housebreaking at Newberry, and ticntenccd Ut be hung on the first Friday in January, has had his punishment -commuted bv Gov. Orr, on thc recorftnent'ation of "th*** Judge who tried the case, to five years" hard labor ir."fhe"pcnitent?atyt -?-.....u._ -^ A GOOD Sr ORT.-A friend at a town down in the? country, somewhere, near -Bawling G reen, tells the following: A short time ago a couple of medical students disinterred a snbjoct a short distance from town, dressed it, . sitting upright on thescatuf a covcrcd/wagon, aad started forborne. Coming to a;tavorn aal seeing the b*.r-room lightol, up they loft the wagon, 'and went in for a drink. Tho hostler observing the mfa sitting alene ii< ti:e cold, attempted some conversation, but rec eiving no answer, he discovered hov; the af fair stood, and instantly "resolved 'to have a* little fun of his own on t he occasion. So taking the corpse to the stable, he put on tts over coat and cap, and seated himself in tho wagon. Tho students soon returned, and took their seats by this^sidc- of the >opposed ? dead man, when one otTitetu, ;iir.ferrimct:t, gave him a slap ia the face, sayiug : " How would you likesome flip, o?? fellow V then rc-marked.trcrhuousiT, lo hi? compasi?n,. He is warm, by heavens !" " So wouidyou be," .replied the corpse, " if you had been stolen from Iud:,"-ai, I have been!" Both students bolted, and never rctornei. to inquire for the horse and wagoo, which, was brought into town' next day, when tho. joke came out.-Louisville'Courier. Thc following colored religious intelligence" we find in the Harrisburg (l*a.) Era: An old aogro of our town-one, of tho few -vho says that ho would rather oo back in de cabin"-in speaking of tho new ortk-r of?, t.hiugs, ho related the following to one of our old citizens : " I tell.you, ole master, it won't. ' do ; now minc, I tell you.. Wty^wby, sir, 1 wont out yonder dc other leight Lo a meeting, and dar was an ole black rascal dat preached ubout a hour, den 6ung about a/hour, and by ?lia time it wa3 late in *dc night ; de sevea .jtars was way up yonder *; but dat ole minis ter ob de Gospil didn't sleep till hoT?ad pen ned one ob his white neighbor's'?Sows and took de last drop of milk from her. . Fact,. * sure ; it is dat." ?-?-?>-? I went to the legislator:- last year, said a Georgian.. Well, I went to Augusta, and took dinner at a.tavern. Eight beside me at tho table sat a member from one of the back towns, that had never taken dinner before nt a tavern in his life. Before his plato was a dish of peppers, and he kept looking at them : ? finai.y, as tho waiters were mighty slow bring ing on things, ho up with his fork, std in-lefs ,tuan no time soused one in his mouth. As he brought his grinders doVn on it, .the tears came into his eyes. At last, spitting the pepper into his hands, bb laid it down by the side of his plate, and with a voice that set the whole table ina rotr, said, ''Just lie thar and cool." In exchanges received /rem nearly every part of tho older Southern States are re corded tho observation's of men who have vis ited portions of South America, Mexico, end thc westoru States for tho purpose* of obtain ing information with reference- teethe fitne-s of those regions as homes for the&selvos and neighbors. In almost every instance their impressions aro unfavorable. . They have re turned, convinced that " distance lends en chantment to the view ;" thi.twttha proper use of the means left in their hands the pro ductions of the soil in these States will be a greater source of wealth than in airy other, and that no other country is so weil suited to their necessities. PR?SIDENT JOHNSON-*-It is ?uderstood . that the President has directed legal steps to be taken for the redress in tho United States Courts of certain forms of oppression believ ed to be in conflict with .the amendment abolishing slavery, against which tho vaunted civil rights law proves to bc utterly. ineffec tual-National intelligencer, f, ?> ? ?---r There arc aa . unusually large number, of j oublie raen io Wajfiingtqa frc tn thc South, busily engaged-in obtaining tha views of Con? gressmen on the question of .reconstruction. It is probable .that several of i;hem will unite - in an address to tho Sor.th, sc tiing'forth the; situation hero.