A opp at Louisville issued a le"year_invitation and sent the IfoUQwic5 notice tQ the contractors for publication in the Courier: To CoNTRAcToRs.-The under jgned, feeling the need of some -n to find fault with and grumble at when buFiness matters go wrong: d -sa&being' onely with no one to nte him,' and whereas, having "srrived at the proper age, ho is de termined to -"come out." Sealed proposals will be reec. ved till 12 o'clock midnight, ofthe 3'st December, 1868. Applicant must possess beauty or its equivalent in currency. She must possess a sweet and forgiving disposition, and, when ne- ebeek is kissed, turn the other (this is, if the right man is kissing.) She may not chew gum. Nor> wear long dresses on the street. Nor frequent sewing circles. =orgo around begging for ebari table purposes. o?i-read the paper first in the moroing. Nor-talk when I am sleepy Nor sleep when I am talking. Nar trade my clothes to wander 4ftItlians for Sower vases. " r borrow money from my vest 4-pocket while I sleep. )or hold a looking-glass- over my face, at such time, to make me teal.'noW. . - - She must believe in the sudden attack of chills, and make allow c.s for their effeetsof the ner Wbeb'her "old bear'cones.home from "meeting afew friends" rathetr affectionate, she must not take a4. ' O,fhis stateza6d wheedle iIm into trips to watering places. And above all, she may not on such occasions Oft ipecac into the coffee ..she prescribes for hii "poor head." -.he must not sit up for hiii when he happens to. be detained to,a late hour on hi. committee. -Est-wien hie does return, tired and sleepy, she will be espeeted to gem. t:th othMr side apd 've1~In b'r ow4 warm place -. * ?A d-ossesing the foregoisgj qualifications, positive and pIega. tilea hadlear of sorasthing to: her adt8ggiby inclosingared stamp. * 'All jgposals nmust. be accom ~aied by aatisfactory evidaee ol ritO- applicant tdosupport- a ls isrthe style 46 which he 3as debasutomed. ~ ow To PaOMOTI PAes ?N- A m1v-1 Remember that.-or will is likely to be crushed every day, so prepare forit. 1.NNyerybody in the liouse has aa.evil na.ture as well as ourselves, and therefore, we are not to expedi * '~ . 'To learn-the different temper 'n4 disposition of each individual. '4. Toelook ona each member of Sb.famiily a one of whom - w ekontaibste a-care. 5.~ When -any good happens tc yone to rejoice at. it. & When inclined to give ar .9AfJ answer, to "overcome evj 7. If from sftekneps, pain, or in brmity, we fbel irritable, to keep i pijt watch over ourselves. 8. ITo observe when others. ar< stfering, and drop a word of kind. assmo4uympstby'Iuited to them S. o watch the little oppor 4 eso-lesn and 'to spel litte anoyances out of the way 10. To take a cheerful view ot everything,- even of the weather and-encourage hope.. 11. To speak kindly to the servaate-to praise them for little We~gg when y:ou can. 12. In all little pleasures which mlay occur,to putyourself last. 13. To try for "the soft answeJ that turneth away wrath." A PEuoPosAL,.-On the 14th o * 2ast February, a young gentlemai residing in Leicester, sent the fol lowing Valentine to a young ladj in London: Delicate liars And Radiant Eyes Scatter Their Wilds In Leicester;. Leicester Your Offer Under-Boys, ,Emhrlfaldenl Is Not. Esther. In the course of a few days hb received this answer: Declare, Edwin ! Can Love Impart Never Entrancement Dearer, Wili Interest Thy Hand-Thy Heart, And Never Kiss Sincerer ? It will be seen on examination that the initial verses are from th< .words, "Dearest will you be mine? and those of the second, "Decline< with thanks." This is the mos elaborate and the most veiled wa' of proposing and refusing we havy evmt with. -Too LATE_ young couple eloped from a neighboring town, lately, and when at a safe distance from home were married. Soon after an officer was sent in pursdit, and arriving at the hotel where they were stopping, he immediate fly entered their room and found them snug in bed. He explained ids errand, when the young lady said, with a ringing laugh : "Tell ma itis too late-we've been mar ried some time, and have been in bed half an hour. Tel he! he-ee ! Don't get out of bed for him, John !" For the truth of the above, we refer to Cy. Binks.-Pigua Jour nal. A facetious gentleman travel. ing in the country, on irriving at the road-side inn in the evening) was met by the ostler whom he thus addressed: "Boy, extricate that quadruped from the vehicle, stab ulate him, devote him an adequate supply of nutricious aliment; and when the Aurora of morn shall again illumine the oriental horizon I will reward you with a pecuniary compensaton for your amiable hospitality.''The boy not under standing a word ran into the house saying " Master, here's a French man wapts to see you." How DEw You DEw ?-"Why, Uncle Dewlittle, how dew do you dew ? How does Aunt Hannah dew, and what is she dewing now? Dew tell us all about the news. OovAe;devsit up to the table and dew as we dew ; dew help your self, dew ; and dew talk .some and dew not malee e dew all the talk ing, 'for I shan't .dew it. Now, dew say something, -dew." "Oh. dew dry up, dew," said the -old man; "give ipe half a chance to say something, dew." How TO DETECT COUNTERFEITS. -The following is published as an infallible rule by which Couinter feit "green-backs" may be detect ed: : "Divide the last two figures of the number of the bill by four, and if one remain, the letter on the genuine will be A ; if two remain, itwill.be B; if three C; should there be no remainder, the letter will be D. For example, a note is registered 2,461, divide 61 by 4 and you have 1 remaining. Ac cording to this rule the letter on this note will be A. in case the rule fails, be certain that the bill is counterfeit." The Columbia correspondent of the Gharleston News, in noticing the return of .Governor Scott, among other fea tures connected with his trip, says the Governor states that leading railroad men and capitalists, worth ten and twelve million dollars, are anxiously awaiting the- thorough establishibent of civil law in the State, when they are ready to give their money and cnergies in any railroad enterprise in the South which has a shadow of .promise of being safe and profitable to themselves, as- well as to the communities to be beiellt ted by their construction. All they want to be assured of is that the old citizens recognize fully the laws passed by Con gress and tbe Legislatures of the various States, and will act up to them faithfully. Governor Scott has no doubt..whatever of being able to go on to the completion of the Blue Ridge RilIr.oad. if the present peace of the State be m:ainitaiied, an'l the -people forget, for the timne, all politi cal issues, and devote thetuselves to their material interests. . Damr Or GENERAL WADDY THOMPSON -The telegTaph this pwr:ipzg.antiomaces the death of General Waddy Thonztp'son, ini Tallaharkee.yesterday; at the advan reed age of seventy. Gen. Thomp~.on was born at Pickens Court H -use, in this State, St ptembher 8. V)98, graduated at the Sauthi Carolina COlahge in 1814, and was admitted to the bar in 1q19. He was solicitor oif the Western Circuit for several years, afterwards a member of the Legislature, and La:er still- a member of Con1gre:s from~(his State. He was in Cong 'as from 1885 to 1841, and served in 1840 as chairman of the. Committee on Military Affairs. In 1842 he was ap pointed Minister Plenipotentiary to Mex ico, and he afterwards published a very interesting book about that country and his mission. His title of General was obtamned in the militia service, and he had passed from the stage of action he fore the war which made such titles more plentiful. His death will be re gretted as the breaking of another link in the chain which binds the palmy days of Carolina, when Calhoun was a giant in the Iand.--Charlteston News, Nov. 24. -Gen. Bravo,.a royal General of Spai-n, not long ago sentenced a five-year old chil to death for being the son of a rebel. The child not understanding the situa tion, moved about, and by extraordinary luck was not touched. The General then coolly threw it an orange, and, while it - was stooping to pick it up, a second vcl ley stretched it dead. NICKERSON HOUSE, COLUMBIA, S. C. - FIRST CLASS HEJTEL, $3.00 Per Day. Win. A. - Wright, Manager. Nov. 11 t amas In the District Court of the UNITED S FATES, for South Carolina, Oct. Term, 1868. In the matter of Henry Stone, Bankrupt-Petition for full and final dis" charge in Bankruptcy. Ordered, that a hearing be had on the 23d day of December, 1868. at Federal Court House in Columbia.-S. C ; and that all cred itors, &c. of said bankrupt apoear at said time and place, and shew cause, if any they can, why the prayer of the petitioner should not be granted And that the 2nd and 3rd meeting< of creditors of said bankrupt will he held at the office of Henry Summer, Esq. Register of 3rd Con. District, S. C., on 19th day of Dec 1868, at 11 a. m. By order or ibe Cott, the 30th day of No' vewber, 1868. DANIEL HORLBECK, Clerk District Court United States, Dec: 249 3t. For South Carolina. In the District Court of the UNITED STATES, for South Carolina, Oct. Term, 1868 In the matter of John R. Shu ler of Lexington County-Bankrupt. Peti tion for full and final discharge in Bank ruptcy. Ordered, that a hearing be had on the 23d day of Decenther, 1868. at Federal Court House in Colunhia. S. C ; and that all cred itors, &c , of said Bankrupt appear at said time and place, and shew cnuse, if any they can, why the prayer of the Petitioner should not -e granted. And that the 2nd and 3rd meeti,gstf-cre"ditors of said b'ankrupt will he held at the office of Hrnrv *nmmer, Esq'r, Register or 3rl Con. District, S. C , on 21st day of December. 1868, at 12 m: By order of the Court, the 27th day of No vember, 1868. DANIEL HORLBECK, Cierk District Court United States. Dec. 2 49 3t. For South Carolina. In the Dist ict Court of the UNITED S LATES, for South Carolina Oct. Term. 1808 In the matter of John P. Anll of Newberry County-Bankrupt. Petition for Full and final discharge in Bankruptcy. Ordered. that a hearing be bad on the 18th day of December, 1868, at. Federal Court House In Columbia. S. C ; and that all cred% itors, &c., of said Bankrupt appear at said time and place, and shew eanse. if any they can, why the prayer of the Petitioner should not be granted. And that the 2nd and 3d meetings of creditors of said Bankrupt will be held at the office of Henry Summer. Esq., Register of third (3) Congressional District, S. C ; on 15th day of December, 1868, at 12 M. By order of the Court, the 19th day of No vember, 1868. DANIEL HORLBECK, Clerk District Court United States. Nov. 25 48 3t. For South Carolina. In the District Court of the UNITED STATES, for Sonth Carolina. Oct. Term, 1868. In. the matter of Wade H. Setzler-Bankrupt. Petition for Full and Final Discharge in Baukruptcy. Ordered, that a hearing be had on the 15th day of Dec. 1 S S, at Federal Court House in Columbia, S. C; and that all creditors, &c,, of said Bankrupt appear at said time and place, and, shew cause, if any they can, why the prayer of the Petitioner should not be granted. And that the 2nd and 3d meet ing of Creditors of said Bankrupt will be held at the office of Henry Summer, Esq., Register of (3d) third Congressional Dis trict, S. C., on the 5th day of Dec. 1868, at 12 M. By order of thte Court, the 17th day of November, 1868. DANIEL HORLBECK, Clerk District Court United States. Nov. 25 48 St. For South Carolina. In the District Court of the UNITED STA i ES-FOR THE D!STRICT of South Carolin-In B,inkriiptcy.-In the Matter of William Summer, a bankrupt. N o t i e e .-Willi4im Sutmmer, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt, on his. Own pe tition, having filed his petition prayintg his final discharge, 'all creditors who have ooved their debits anid other pereons in interest, are hereby not itied to appear be fore te United States Court at Columbia, ini said Disrieir, on the 27th day cf. Novemt ber, A. D. 1868, at 11 o'clock A. M., to show cau