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- ~ADVERTISINC -RATES. T HE H E RA LD, ~ IS ?ULlSUD . . -mE5r sqar ine-o ss- issiisertiou,at EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, - Noices orme1as,oiiesi *)~7 ~ '- of respect,-same rates per~qum as ordina:~ At Newberry C; - adverisements. By Tho. P. & R. He .&eietrktn,e. Aertsemedsfs)b ~ z tra Maked witk be-d Editors and Proprietors. a a r g Invaribly in Advaum %= -aes, wit mliberaU deuofso aoe2t it."he-"" Vol vI WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 14, 187L No. 24. Nbne willNeass and Disatcr, X =a& denota =&Ttir of subC Acts and Joint Resolutions Pased by the Legislatre-Sesio 1870 and MsL [OFFICIAL.] (CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.) AN ACT TO GRANT, RENEW AND AMEND THE CHARTER OF CERTAIN TOWNS AND VILLAGES THEREIN MENTIONED. TOWN OF WRIGHTSVILLE. SEC. 37. And be it further enacted, Phat all persons citizens of the United States, who now own, or inay hereafterown.dwelling houses in the vtillage of Wrightsville, and those who may occupy such dwel lng houses, under lease, shall be deemed, and are hereby declared to be a body politie and corporate, ud that the said village shall be called and known by the name of Wrightsville, and its limits shall be held and deemed to extend three-fourths of a mile in every di rection from the Episcopal Church. - SEC. 38. And be it further enacted, That the said village shall be gov ;erned by an Intendant and four Wardens, who shall be elected on -the first Monday in April, 1871, :and on the same day in every .year thereafter, an election shall 'be held for an Intendant and four -Wardens, who shall always be per sons living within the limits of said. village, at such place a. the 16tendant and Wardens shall de .iignate, ten days' notice being ;previously given; and that all the male inhabitants of said village, -ho shall have attained the age oweaty-one years, and have re dd therein sixty days previous 'o the election, shall be entitled to -vte for said Intendant and War lens ;the election to be held from seven o'elock in the morning until :six o'clock in the afternoon, and when the polls shall be closed, the -anagers shall proclaim the clec ion, and give notice thereof, in writing, to the persons elected, -hat the Intendant and War the time being shall ap (3) Managers to hold election: Prorided, he Qilnt Commissioners until point Managers noon nic election, and cl and Wardens, count the6 :>n the dati-s of election, 4sake the oath in wri onstitution of and the following s Intendant (or rightsville, I will nartiallY, to thle 1and ability, e.xcr utreposed in me, and! Use my best endeavors to pre Mrve the peace and carry into ef feet, according to law, the pur poses for which I have been elect ed: So help nc G.d." SEc. 33. Aw-l be it farther cliacted, SThat in case a vacancy shall occur in the office of Intendant, or any of the Wardens, by death, resig 'nation, or removal trom office, or asbsence from the State, an election shall be held, by the appointment of the Intendant and WVarden, or -Wardens, as the case may be, ten days' previous notice being given; V,.and in case of sickness or tempo t .rary absence ofthelIntenldant, the .Wardens forming a Council shall be empowered to elect one of themselves to act as Intendant * during the time. S EC. 40. AnRd be it furter CenaCted, rThat the In-tendant and Wardens, duly elected and qualified, shall, during their time of service, seve rally and respectively, be vested with all the powers of Justices of the quorum of the State, within the limits of said village; that the Intendant shall, and may, as often as occasion may require, summon the Wardens to meet him in Coun eil, a majority of whom shall con Atitute a quorum for the transac tion of business,and shall be known by the name of the Town Council et Wright.sville ; and they, and their successors in office, may have a common seal, and shall have power and authority to appoint, from time to time, such and so many proper p)ersons to act as Constables, within their jurisdic tion, according to law, as they shall deem expedient and proper, which Constables shall have all <ers, privileges and emolu s-j.ubject to all duties, Orang ~ations provided successorg< ate for the may have a &- the In shall be affixed c-ni nanes, may suea - plead and be impleadet Court of law or equity State, and purchase, hold, and enjoy to them and tI * cessors, in perpetuity, or * term of years, any est: personal or mixed, and s * and convey the same : The same shall not excec Joseph o' a---a time, the sum of ten1 John Eagbourg, And the Mayor Enuna Egbourg,his wirf '1 have full - THE Creditors of the Estate Ml-ish all su Chalmers, deceased, are hereby re render in and establish, on oath, t nncs SPective demand,~ before the Clerk eets, ma Cort s referee, on.or before the fi' Wn,. as ofSpt*mber next ssary a Ju oS.1 2 4M. LK,C .p twenty dollars or under, the same may be recovered before said In tendant in Council: Provided, No thing herein contained shall em power the qaid Council to ordain or establish any by-laws or ordi nances inconsistent with or rcpug nant to the laws of the land; and all such by-laws and ordinances shall, at all times, be subject to revisal or repeal by the Legisla tare. SEc. 41. And be it further enacted, That the said Intendant and War dens shall have power to abate and remove nuisances within said limits, and in case of disorderly behavior, the Intendant and War dens. or any of them, upon view thereof, or upon complaint lodged on oath, are hereby required and authorized to issue warrants a gainst all offenders, and cause them to be brought before them, or him, or him, or a Trial Justice of the Peace, within the limits of the town of Wrightsville, and, upon due examination, shall either release, admit to bail, (iL the of fence be bailable,) or commit to jail such offenders, as the case may require, and the Sheriff of Charleston County is hereby re quired to receive and keep the persons so committed, until dis charged by a due course of law; and the said Intendant and War dens shall, collectively and sev erally, have jurisdiction within said corporate limits, in all crimi nal cases, as Trial Justices and quorums have, according to law. SEC. 42. And be it farther enacted, That it shall be the duty of said Intendant and Wardens to keep all roads, streets and alleys with in said limits open and in good re pair'; also, to erect a "lock-up," -if necessity require; and the said Intendant and Wardens may have power to grant or restrain any li cense for the sale of intoxicating liquors, within the corporate lim its of said town, and if said license be granted, as aforesaid, the par ties taking out the same to pay any amount to said corporation that they may assess on said sales, instead of the County Treasury, and f*or that purpose they are in vested with all the powcrs granted by law, to the County Commis sioners; and for neglect of duty shall be liable to the penalties in posed by law upon County Com missiouers for like neglect. TOWN OF AIKEN. S Ec. 43. And be it farther en acted. That the citizens of this State, who may be inhabitants of the town of Aiken, or owners of free hold therein, within the limits here inafti-r prescribed, are hereby de clared a body corporate. The limits of the said town shall be held and deemed to be in the form of a cir cle, and a square upon that circle, with the sides of the square touch ing the circumference of said cir le, on the North, East, South and West. The said circle to descr-ibe a ciircumfercnce, one mile in all directions, from the central point of the intersection of the Rail Road avenue and UTnion-street, as the centre of the said town ; and the streets within the limits of the said corporation to remain, in r ad to number, location and ex ent, as now established by law, until altered by lawful authority. SEC. 41. The saidl town shall be called Aiken, and be governed by an Inondant and six War-dens, to e called the Town Council of Aiken, and by that name have succession of members, keep a common seal, take and hold pr-o perty, (necessary for corporate uses only.) sue and be sued, im plead and be imipleadedl, and enjoy every right incident to an incor poraton. SEC. 45. That the said Intend ant an~i Wardens shall be always persons who ar-e constitutionally qualified to vote for members of the Legislature in ti.is State, who actually reside within the limits aforesaid. and have so resided at least twelve months iinmediately preceding their election. Before entering upon the duties of their office, they shall take the follow ing oath, to wit: "I do solemnly swear. (or affirm, as the case may be,) that I am duly qualified, ac cording to the Constitution of the UTnitcd States, and of the State, to exercise the duties of the office to which I have been elected (or appointed) and that I will faith fully discharge, to the best of my abilities, the duties thereof; that I recognize the supremacy of the Constitution and the laws of the pmited SLates over the Constitu i and laws of any State ; and for iT will support, protect and te, res. the Constitution of the II alien. States and the Constitu 6.c cideoUth Carolina, as ratified Iat any I eople on the sixteenth housand ,>ril, 1868; and I do fur and Al- .nnly swear, as Intendant wer to I en) of Aiken, that I will -h rules, nad impartially discharge 'respect:.1- reposed in me, and will ket andj est endeavors to preserve hal a ce and carry into effect, id req.ng to law, the purposes of "ire .ppointment:- So help me The sid intendant and Wardens shall bold their offices p from the time of their election un- tl til the second Monday in Septem ber ensuing, and until their suc- 1 cessors shall be elected, and enter s< on the discharge of their duties. Sl SEc. 4G. That all male persons d who are constitutionally qualified it to vote for members of either it branch of the State Legislature, o and who have been permanent tI residents in the said town for six ir months. ti SEC. 47. That in case a vacancy e should occur in the office of In- ti tendant, or any of the Wardens, o by death, resignation, removal, or otherwise, or in case of a tic in b said election, an election to fill a such vacancy shall be held, by the b appointment of the Intendant and s< Warden, or Wardens, as the case ci may be, ten days' public notice be ing previously given ; and the In- ci tendant, in case of his sickness or ci temporary absence, is authorized w and empowered to nominate and e appoint any one of the Wardens p to act as temporary Intendant. or 1 ) failing so to do, the Wardens form. o ing a council shall be empowered ci to elect one of their number to act h in his room during the time. n SEC. 48. The election of the In- c tendant and Wardens of the said si town shall be held at the Town a! IHall, or some other convenient T publi,. place in the said town, on o the second Monday in September 'I of each and every year, from ten !i o'clock A. -1., until three o'clock sl P. M., when the polls shall be o closed, and the Managers shall fi forthwith count the votes, pr claim the election and give notice C in writing to the persons elected. ti The Intendant and Wardens for s< the being, shall appoint three a Managers to hold the ensuing clec- g tion, and for any subsequent elee- I tions; the Managers shall always o in each case be persons who are p able to read and write with facili- a ty, and shall, before they open the sl polls for such elections, take an o oath fairly and impartially to con- a duct the same; and the Managers t of such election are hereby au- p thorized and empowered to ad- b minister, if they see fit, an oath e: to any person offering to vote, and p to make all other necessary en- g quiries for the purpose of ascer- o: tainig whether such persons are o: qualified to vote under this law. n SEc. 49. That the Intendant and d Wardens, duly elected and quali- z fled, shall, during their term of t service, severally and respectively, o within the limits of said town, be li vested with all the powers and ju- a risdiction of Magistrates or Trial h 1Justices of this State, except for a the trial of small and mean causes, b and the Intendant shall, as occa- a sion may require, summon the 0 Wardens to meet him in Council, a a majority of whom shall consti- tl tute a quorum for the transactioi si of L'usiness. The said Council e shall have full power, under its s< corporate seal, to ordain and Cs- tl tablish such all rules, by-laws and ti ordinances respecting the streets, je pavements, ways, markets, public ir buildings, weights, measures, wells, disorderly places, fire department, a police, and in general, every other e by-law as shall appear to them im requisite for the securcity, wvelfaLre and convenience of the said towbn, d and for preserving health, peace a and cleanliness, order and good tl government within the same, and g to prevent the violation of~ its or- ti dinances, by ordaining suitable p fines, not, however, in any ease to ni exceed the sum of fifty dollars: a Provided, That no fine above the a sum of t senty dollars shall be col- a lected by the said Council, except tl by suit in a Court of competent n jurisdiction :And proridrd,further, a That no ordinance shall be repug- ti nant to, or inconsistent with the ir law of the land, and all ordinances si shall be, at all times, subject to n repeal by the Legislature. I: SEc. 50. The Intendant and War- I dens shall have power to elect or I appoint a Marshal, and, if they r;, see fit, Ucpluty Marshal, upon such a terms as they may deem pr-oper, s who shall be duly sworn in by t the Intendant, and vested with all t the power Constables now have s by law, and whose po.ver and au- a thority shall be particularly con- n fined wvithin the limits of the sali c town; but whose further power e and authority shall also extend to b the arresting and taking in custo. a dy, any person or persons within a a distance of four miles, in eachh and every direction, beyond and without the corporate limits, w-ho\ shall violate any ordinance of saidp town: Provided, Said offence be v committed within the corporate s limits. The duties of the Marshal s shall be to collect all fines and for- a feitures imposed by the Intendanta and Wardens, and to enforce and carry into execution and effect the by-laws and ordinances of the c said corpo ration, and who shall be c liable to be removed by the said[ Town Council; and the said In-t tendant and Wardens shall also : have power to establish an ordi-c nance whenever they shall deem it expedient, to ordain and estab lish a police corps for the said town, 'e expenses of the same to be t rovided for out of the revenue of ic said corporation. SEC. 51. The Intendant and fardeis shall have power to Aeet or appoint a Clerk, who iall also be Treasurer, whose uty it shall be to attend all meet 1s of Council, and make a record a book kept for that purpose, all the proceedings thereof, to Lke charge of all papers belong ig to Council, and to lodge with ic proper officers all summons, Kccutions, &c.: and receive re irns; to keep a regular account all receipts and disbursements, hich accounts shall, at all times, - accessible to the Intendant or iy of the Wardens ; and it shall 3 his duty to make an official ,mi-annual report to the Coun 1 of the state of his accounts, at hich time the doors of the Coun I room shall be open to all the tizens of the said Town; and hich reports shall be regularly itered in a book kept for tbat .irpose. He shall attend to the Afication of all ordinances and her documents ordered by Coun I to be published. He shall hold is office for such term as Council ay prescribe, not, however, ex seding one year, and shall receive ich compensation for his services Council may enact: Provided, hat he may be removed from his fice at the pleasure of the said own Council, and before enter ig upon the duties of his office iall give bond in the penal sum rthree thousand dol;ars for the ithful discharge of the same. SEc. 52. That the said Town ouncil shall have power to es tblish a guard house, and to pre ribe, by ordinance, suitable rules rid regulations for keeping and verning the same; and the said own Council may, by ordinance, r said Intendant and Wardens in erson, any one or more of them, thorize and require any Mar. ial, Deputy Marshal or Police icer, or any Constable, specially pointed, to arrest and commit ) said guard house, or other lace of custody, to be designated y the Intendant, for a term not receding forty-eight hours, any rson or persons who may be en aged in a breach of the peace, r riotous or disorderly conduct, pen obscenity, public drunken ess, or in any conduct grossly in cent, or dangerous to the citi .ns of the said town, or any of iem. And it shall be the duty r the Town Marshal or other po ce officer, to arrest and commit I such offenders, and who shall ave power to call to their assist nce the possc conitatus, if need e, to aid in making such arrests; rd, upon failure of said Marshal r Police officer in the perform oce of such duty as required, icy shall, severally be subject to ..h fines and penalties as Coun I may establish. And all p)er >ns lawfully imprisoned shall pay 3U costs and expenses incident to 1ir imprisonment, and be enb et to such fines as Council may npose for the offence committed. SEc. 53. That the said Intend rd Wardens shall have full pow eto abate and remove nuisances isaid town. SEC. 54. fTat it shall be the uty of the said Council to keep i roads, ways and streets within >e corporate limits, open and in ood repair, and for that purpose iey are invested with all the owers vested in tIhe County Corn issioners; and they shall have full rid exclusive power- to order out l the hands now liable, or here [ter made liable by the laws of ms State, and to require them to -ork on the respective roads, ways rd streets, within the limits of e said corporation, as many days ieach year, and to inflict the me fines and penalties for the on-performance thereof, as is by Lw nowv inflicted by the different ;oards of County Commissioners: 'rovided, It shall not be obligato 7 on the Town Council to open nv street within the limits of the id town, unless upon the peti. on of the person applying for re same, alleging that the said reet is necessary for his use and ecommodation, and that there is o other direct or convenient ac ess for him to the business part f the town ; which petition shall e verified by the affidavit of the pplicant, and recommended by t least twvelve of the taxab]e in abitants of the said town. SEC. 55. The said Intendant and lardens shall have power to corn ound with all persons liable tc rork on said roads, ways and treets, upon the ~payment of such urns of money as they may deemr fair equivalent thmerefor, to bc pplicd to the use of thme said cor loration. And the Intendant and Vardens are hereby individually xempted from the performance f road and street duoy, and nic erson residingr within the said own shall be liable to work or ny road without the said limits r to be taxed or assessed for th< am e. SEe. 56i. That the power t' ~rant licenses for billiard tables ous liquors, within the limits of the said corporation, be, and the same is hereby, vested in the Town Council of Aiken, which li censes shall be granted in the same manner, and upon the same conditions, as they now are, or hereafter may be, under the laws of this State: Provided, That no billiard table kept by the board ing houses and hotels of said town, for the use of boarders, shall be subject to a tax, unless the same is also kopt for the use of the public generaily, and for profit and gain; and all moneys received for li censes, taxes, fines, exhibitions, etc., within the said limits, shall be appropriated to the public uses of said corporation. SEc. 57. That all fines and for feituies imposed by said Town Council, under the power vested by law, shall be collected in the same manner as the general State i tax is now by law collected. The Sheriff for the County, for the time being, and his lawful depu ties, be, and the same are hereby authorized to execute the process of the said Council of Aiken, as by law the Marshal of said corpo ration might or should now do, haviig the same privileges, pow ers and emoluments, and subject to the same duties and penalties as therein provided : Provided, That all nulla bona costs incident on any execution issuing from said Town Council, and directed to the said Sheriff, shall be paid by said Town Council. SEc. 58. That the said Town Council of Aiken shall have power to impose, for the use ot the said corporation, the following annual taxes: On all real estate within the said limits, except that held for re!igious or charitable pur poses, a tax not exceeding one quarter of one per cent. ; on all sales of merchandize and income arising from factorage, faculties and professions, except the sala ries of clergymen of all religious denominations, a tax not exceed ing one-cighth of one per cent.; on all wheel carriages kept for hire, a sum not exceeding five dol lars each; on all itinerant traders, a tax not exceeding twenty-five dollars; also, to prescribe and fix the tax on all shows and exhibi tions, within the limits of said corporation ; and the said Town Council shall have power to en force the payment of all taxes and assessments levied under au thority of this Act, against the property of all defaulters, to the same extent, and in the same manner, as is provided by law for the collection of the general State tax, except that the executions may be directed either to the Sheriff or the Town Marshal, or other person especially appointed by Council to collect the same. SEC. 59. And the said Town Council shall be authorized to borrow money for educational and corporate uses only, and to assess each of the corporators in an amount not exceeding twenty-five per cent. en his corporatio.1 tax, to aid in the payment of the prin cipal and interest of the said debt: Provided, That the funded debt of said town shall at no one time ex ceed the sum of five thousand dol lars: And, provided also, That no loan shall be consummated with out the previous concurrence of the voters of the said town who are subject to a property tax, to be ascertained through the me dium of the ballot-box, after ten days' public notice, as is provided in the case of election for Intend. ant and WVardens. SEc. 60. That the original char ter of Aiken, passed on the nine teenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, and all Acts, amendatory thereof, as well as all others repugnant to this Act, be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and that this Act shall be deemed and taken to be a public Act. and shall continue in force for twenty years. ( To be Continued.) Ex-President Davis. IS soUTHERiN TOUR-UOw.HE LOOKS -IlS SPEECE AT AUGUSTA, GA. T he Augusta Chkronicle and Sen tinel furnishes the- following pen p)icture of ex-Presiden t Jefferson Davis as he appears to-day : The central figure of the group is a tall but thin man, straight as an arrow, and with more the port and bearing of a soldier than a statesnian, though his manners are most winning and graceful, and every comner is immediately put at his ease. A handsomely shaped head, covered with thick iron gray hair (strange this is, for few men in America sport natural hair after fifty). The face is thin and narrow, and the cheeks are sunken somewhat, but the fore head is high and intellectual, and the nose, slightly aquiline, is deli cately chiselled. The lips, drawn rather closely together, denote the extraordinarv firmness and resolution characteristic of the an. Thc chin is covered with beard, and in addition to a goatee, he has allowed beard to grow up. on his cheeks, and a closely trim med mustache is sported d'pon the upper lip. The beard is like the hair, "a sable streaked with sil ver." The hands are narrow and symictrical and the fingers ta pering and aristocratic. is whole appearance denotes the highest nervous organization, combined with a wonderfulquantityof brain power. Always unostentatious in his attire, Mr. Davis wore last night a neat but unpretending suit of gray, the color reminding one of the cloth worn by the sol diers of the "lost cause." At Augusta the ex-President of the Southern Confederaev deliv ered the following spe6ch in re sponse to a serenade, from the balcony of the Planters' Hotel: I feel that I have- a peculiar claim upon the people of Geor gia, and that the people of this State have, also, a pectiliar claim upon nc. My father was a citizen of' Georgia many long years ago, and to him have I often listened in the days of my boy hood as lie told me traditions of the great '1evlution. It was to this city of Augusta-this ancient old town upon the banks of the Savannah-that my father, then but a mere boy, came to join the Revolutionary forces, and enlisted beneath the American flag. I am proud of my father and proud of his State. If it is a crime to feel proud of this sire-to glory in his devotion to the cause of the right -to remember with exultation his services in defence of liberty, then, my friends, is it also a crime to oppose a despotic centralization of power, and tiphold the right of a State to withdraw from a volun tary compact entered into only for the preservation of the f-c dom of them all. If this is a crime then am I a criminal, and it is the only offence of which I have been guilty. I repeat, Georgians. that I claim to be of Georgia descent, and I glory in my lineage. Although the distinguished gen tlem-an who welcomed me to your city with words so kindly and so eloquent, has said that you pay a tribute to me by your presence here to-night, I cannot think that he was correct in this remark. It is not a tribute to me iindividu ally, but because you feel that I atn one of yourselves that you come to do me honor. And while I am fully aware of this fact, do not imagine that I feel at all mor tified at it, or that my vanity is wounded because you honor me only as the representative of your cause. That cause is dear to me -more procious even than life (applause)-and I glory in its re membrance. Just here let me say toyou that I well know how ever-t utterance of mine is seized upon by the organs and members of a certain faction. I am well aware of the eagerness with with every word of mine is caught up, and the ingenuity with which it is distorted and used in furthecrance of desigrns upon my peop)le, and hence I dare not speak to you as I desire. My. heart is full to overflowing, God knows, but I can not speak. M:.ny mem ories of the paSt are struggling in my brain, but I must be silent. Though I must not speak, it is no fear for myvself which com mands my lips to be closed. No ; I have been punished for my crimes, and have exper-ienced the wor-st wb.:ch could be imp)osed. Ini the cant language of the day, punishment with me is "played out." The' worst that (can be done has been done, and I have no more to fear-. If I speak, it is not myself, but you iibo would be injured, for, unfor-tunately, addi tional wrongs can yet be heaped upon y-ou. Therefore if I claim merit for anything, it will be for keeping silent. My simplest words may work you hiarm. I1 I say '-Good night, my friends, go to your honmes," and a Congressional investigating commit tee happened to be within hrearing, its member-s would swear that I directed you to go off and join the Ku-Klux. (Laughter and applause.) Filled with that jealously which spr-ings from the knowledge of their infe riority, and of the justice of your pretensions, and conscious of br-o ken covenants and a violated Con stitution, they mistrust every movement, and tiremble with feat when they think that right mray again prevail. (Applause.) But wvrong cannot always be triumphant. I will say nothing, and you must do nothing, even though tyranny oporesses grier ously upon you. Forbear for s season, and a day will come when all will yet be well. I may not nor may some of you live to set it, but it is surely coming. (Ap plause.) iIe who reigns abov< and lives always will see thal justice is done. iIe will no1 allow the wickedc to alwvays rec Imain in power, nor the right I eous to be oppressed. We cat wait until that day c-omes, and in the meantirme, be quiet. 'Til I n old and wise saying that good biting dog never barks much. If we wait patiently, a sense of justice will yet return to tre peopte of the United States, or an opportunity will come when our rights can be gained, and not only our rights-the rights of the South-but the rights of all - the people; the rights which were fought for and obtained at the point of the sword in the first rev olution'.- (Applause.) But though I canurot and should not speak, I feae that where the mind and the heart are both so full that I will not be able to re strain my words. I cannot think one thing and say another, and unless the honest emotions of my sou! can be expressed, I do not care to speak. I thank you, gen I tlemen, for your kindness. and feel deeply touched at its exhibition. May God foster and preserve you. If ever the day comes-when 1 can speak freely, I will be among you and say to you all that is in my heart. Till then, farewell, and may the Great God be wi"h you always. (Applause.) How Gunn Went Off. THE FATE OF A LIFE INSURANCE FIEND. His name was Benjamin P Gunn, and he was the agent. for an insurance company. lie came round to my ofice fourteen times in one morning to see if he could persuade me to take out a liTe in surance policy in his company. IIe used to wayhv me on the street, atcl.urch, in my own house. and bore mc about that policy. If I went to the opera, Gtnn would buy the seat next to me, and sit there the whole evening, talking about sudden death and the ad vantages of the ten-ycar plan. If I got in to a street car, Gunn would come rushing in at the next corner, and sit by my side, and drag out a lot of mortality tables, and begin to explain how I could beat his company out of a fortune. If I sat down to dinner at a res t%urant, up would come Gunn, and, seizing the chair next to me, he would tell a cheerful anecdote about a man who insured in his company for $50,000 only last week, and was buried yesterday. If I attended the funeral of a de parted friend, and wept as they threw the earth upon his coffin, I could hear a whisper, and turn ing round, there would be the in domitable Benjamin P. Gunn, bursting to say : "Poor Smith! Know him well. Insured for ten thousand in ur company. Widow left in comfirtable c*iruumstances. Let me take ),>ur name. Shall I?" He followed me eveywhere; un til at last I got so sick of Gunn's persecutions that I left town sud denly one evening, and hid my self in a secluded country village, hoigt get rid oI him. At the end of two wceks I returned, reach ing home at one in the morning. [ had hardly got into bed before there was a ringing at the door bell. 1 lock out, and there was Gunn with another person ! IHe asked if Maxc Adler was at home. I said I was the man. Mr. G4unn then observed tbat lhe expected my return, and thought he would call around about that insurance policy, lHe said lie had the doctor with him. and if I would come down. he would take my naime and have me examined immediately. I was too indignant to reply. I shut the window with a slam, and went to bed again. After breakfast in thie morningr I opened the front doot, and there was Gunni sitting on the steps with the doctor waiting for me!h IIe had been there all night. As I came Out they seized mec and tried to undress me there on the pavement, in order to examine me. I retreated, and locked my. self up in thme garret, with orders to admit nobody to the house un til I caine down stairs. But Gunn wouldn't be bafiled. lie actually rented the house next door, and stationed himself in the garret adjoinin;g mine. WVhen he got fixed lhe spent his time pound ing on the p)artitionl, and crying;: "HIallo! Adeler;--Adeler, 1 say! -how about that policy ? Want to take her out now ?" And then lie w ould tell mue SOmeC anecdotes about men who were cut off' im. mediately after paying the first premium. But I paid no atten. tion to him, and made no noise. Then he was silent for awhile. Suddenly, one morning, the trap. door of my garret was wrenched off; and upon my looking up, I saw Gunn, with the doctor and a crow, bar, an,l a lot of death-rates, somi ing downm the ladderut mue. I fled from the house to the Presbv terian church close by, and paid the sexton twenty dollars to he1 ine climb uip to the point of th< steeple and sit astride of the ball, J promised him twenty more if h( would exclude every body frort that steeple for a wveek. Once safely on the ball, threE hundred feet from the earth, ] mae myslf comfortable with the thought that . bad Gun at s dig' advantage, and I deteridn'e tcf beat rIf fnaly if I ad to stay there a 6ronttf. Aboft A heVr afterward, wbile I was -ooking at the superb view to the west, I heard a rustling around--e tRe other side of the steepk. I iook. ed around, and there was Benjz min P. Gunn creeping upthe si of that spire in a ballo'ojinOTrH*Ir was the doctor and the tabv6er estimates of the losses ofhi' cob pany from (fie fontift6 ssit&W. A* soon as Gtinn reached the*bl, he threw his grappling frou ir tho shingles of the steeple, and ask&d - me at what age my father had died, - nd if any of hNV at. ecr had consumption or livere c-i plaint. Without waiting to reply. I slid down the -steeple to the ground, and took the first ftin for the Mi.ssissippiVulee In two tteeke Y was ii ve:reo. I determined to go to tbe hitef?ofi and seek some wild spot in sdme elevated region, where no Gannt would ever dare to come. I gct on a mule, and paid a gu?d t lead ic to the summit of Popoca tapeti. We arrived at the foot of the mountain at noon. We tohe4 upward for abont foarivW9S.- Jdat before reacbing the top I feard the sound of voices, and upon roan ding a point of rocks, who shuld I see but Benjamin P.Gunq seated on the very edge of the 6t*ter, explaining the endowment jigu fU his guide, and stupitying him *itb a mortality table, while the doe tor had the other gOid a few yards off, examining him to sed if he was healthy! Mr. Gunn arose, and said he was glad to see me, beentase ow we couOd talk ovef; thit bto ness about the policy withat in terruption. In a paroxyft of rage, I pnshed him back iutW the crater, and he fell a thousand feet below with a heavy thud. Aa he struck the bottom, I heard a toite screaming out something gryout 'Non-forfeiture ;' but there was a sudden convulsion of the r tain, a cloud of smoke andf d no more. I know it wds -1rong. I 16ow I had no right to kill Gut,niff that manner; but he forced me to"d it in self-defence; and I hope-bitt ful fate wil be a warning toothet insurancer agents who' TfWdAin among u-. - I. Language Wrestled Wihh, A FoRSAKEN FEMALE Ttie5 #ft SAD TALE, THROUGH THE- XEUM OF AN ADVERTMsEMENTI We do not usually give -g* uitous insertion to advertiseteets, but the following, publishedi the last nunber of the' Monobg%ftis Rep,iblican, and its- gonrirenen vouched for we consider too'good to be lost. It is a novel e'oeb bution to literatnre, and sko'r be preserved '-0.2 IIUN Dj.ED DOLLARS ~E wARD.-For the approenisot of Enos Tuttle, a tall man abodt fif ty years ,of age, has consideabe money and a high foreheedf- Iobg face and lantern-jawed efe a bad man with his fisf Wit' a giant and has often bf ne ind I want him to end hisdays in a p)eniten.iary where he beTouga, and he wyears a grey coat withr a very large mouth, and obe'blue eye, and one blind blue eye';and a hideous looking man and noiliving wvith the seventh woman, an:d me having one child to him. awd he has gone off, and I w hi'm brought slap up in the l'aw with blue pants. 11e ought to" Se ar rested, and has a hundred dblate of money, and a bald heYrded 'ras cal, full of ilattery and deceit, and she is a bad woman, and her little grirl calls him 'papa,' a'nd is' ea$Ied Eiiza Jane Tillis, and a boy bflrxl of one eye. and he'is no't i tin who has any too much sense, nor her. And he stole one hunidred dollars from me and' some of my gold and *silver, nd ought to be caugh~t, and4 I will never live withi hia aga'rn, no never, he is a disgi-ace, and I would like to have lii (-anght up~ and compelled to main tain me and1 his child, as I arn Jyis lswful iWed ded wife, and have the certificat@ of marriage in my possd.sol. *"Finley ville,. Fenn; A gi-18iL" IILGE SHRuAn e-h laigest slIai of the season was captured off Atlantic whati Saiturday afternoon, about three o'cloick. He measures eleven feet two inches, and can be seen on the dock, sus pended by a- strong rope to one of thbe rafters of the shed. A large liver was taken from him, and it is imagined that it will yield at least fourteen gailons of oil, which wilt be good for lubricatin.g purposes and lamps. Notwithstandiung the huge proportitns of this-umnster, lhe was taikenu with case, showing no sign-, of resistance to the stott hook and firum lgrasp of those who pulled him to fer'u Ifirma. Those who are curious on the subject can see the remains, which. a i. bang i-a midair, for public inspection to daf; when it is very probable they wiUi be cast upon the waters.--Charlestoib ounrier..