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" ' 1 ,.. ' , ' ' " . ? ? ?&ueoular Christianity. A GOOD STORY OF BT HOP SELSYN. In tho autumn of 1857,1 spent a few days in a country parsonage. On the Sunday morn ing, at breakfast, the pastor's wife received a letter, which he tittering told us must be a tit-bit. M Ha, Uncle," exclaimed she, " here are clerical doings exactly to your tasto."?i The write?, a lady in a distant country, narra ted that there had como into the next parish a new vioar^-a very fine young man, who at school had no superior, in Greek or in boxing,'| and who a? the university won honors for his classics and silver oups his boating. He was beginning in earnest the work of an evan gelist among a long-negleoted, vioious, and brutal people. Ho had a plan and a will ; but many worthy folk were waring that his seal was without kuowledge?or ^wisdom, at any rate. One of his first measures was to open a school in a remote part of the parish and get the- room licensed for week-day preach ing.? But all the drunkards rose against such un heard of proceedings. Tflfiey would run after him, cursing and hooting and discharging vol ics of sods and other missiles. Finding re monstrance vain* he adopted another course on the Wednesday evening in th? week before I heard the story. Making a stand in the middle of the road, at the entrance of the hamlet, just a& the storm aroso, and looking the savages in th? face, he addressed them thus, in a firm, quiet voicj* which commanded their attention : " My ipod fellows, I have borne this patiently for some time, but now I must put*a stop to it; and I'll do it in .our own way. Choose your* best man and we'll fight it out. If I boat, you'll give it up, you ! know." "Tboy looked at him unbelievingly; but, throwing his'coat oh a bush, he added, " I am in earnest ; send your man.," ' Th? ruffians laid their heads together; and then a burly giant stepped forth and stripped, and made a furious dasli al his fevprond chal lenger, who quietly parried the unskillful blows and played with them ?pr a few seconds. But, then, a fist'was planted in^the peasant's chest, and he lay at full length on the ground. ? Quickly gathering himself Cip, however, he skulked away to his.com pai .ions. " Now- send your next best and I'll go through the lot Of you." Again their heads'arew together, and another throw down his jacket; ?.i:<g to work, however, with more cautious energy. But at once a stomacher stretched him on the r ad. , "Your nextf" Once more a conglomerare of don so pa toa was formed. (( Bili ?theo, {cok him/' Bill.?ye?j the hcro/nskanJo u\id tihopk ji his head?"Thee, Jim; took th' -parson ;" ; a shake more decided, and a stiff " Nay, nay ; , I'so see'thee'hung fust.". And now the first one who was vanquished stood forward, and, like a brave man, called out,' " I. say, parson, ye're a rare young un' ye ar. I'so tell thee ( what; wo are going to liear you prcych."^ And they all followed him along the little street, saul the writer, and heard the?Word quietly, adding, it remains to be seen, what, . will become of the fight. What,did come of of it? I heard, a long time afterward, that from that day the men doffed their hats, and the women ourtesied, and the.ohildren looked awe-stricken, when they met or passod him ; that the church and schools were filled ; that tho becrrhouses were'nearly all shut ujy and that a great moral arid religious reformation was in progress. That gentleman had previ ously-been the instrument of a like chang? in an equally demoralized parish. . ? may add, that i\ few years back he was deemed the hot test clergyman in the church ' to go out as bishop to a scene of great persona1! danger in ? heathen country. * . / . Manchester Examiner. ? Cimi?siTiRS op Mahhi^gi'..?^jn England, in the year 1863, eleven inen were married 'who were neither bachelors hor widowers, :.nd nine women who were neither spinsters nor widows. Half of these twenty marriages of divorced persons took place in,London.. The I returns state the exaot ago of na.fly two-thirds of the couples married in tho ;,eur, and gen erally there is noting remarkable' i- the dis closure., More than thr^o-fourths, both of ?he mou ami the women, were under thirty, Biv* there are some entries that certainly are rather remarkable. For instance, two men 'above eighty married spinsters whd wore not thirty iivc ; and a girl of sixteen was ? oarried t? a mnn above seventy. Two hundred and twen ty-eight girJs .were married who yare only mxteen years old, and thirty without waiting even till they were sixteen. Six*youths of sixteen must needs talt$ to themselves wives, all rather older,than themselves. The .days of our years are three-sc?re years and ten f but this return shows us One hundred and seventy-seven men and forty-two women who made what is called a new start in life after ' they ??% passed that boundary., Eight of these men wtere bachelors until, after attaining the ago. of seventy, they married, and three .?'? ? of Ihe, woioe.i spinsters ; fourteen of the men liad seen eighty birthdays. Among the whim pics may be noted a man or}ninety two marry ing a woman of gtghty-wio. # * * A Terrible CoNFKflsioN.-ibaniel An drews, Postmaster at 0lonooo, Missouri, Was recently arrested for robbing, a neighbor^ and committed suicide in prison. Before doing, so lie wrote a confession, which stated, among other things, that he murdered a returned Califoruian, eight or ten years/igo, for the pur pose of se ou ring his money, which amounted to about ten thousand 'dollars ; that he had the murdered man buried at his pwti expense, maey of the'neighbors attending tho funernl and giving him credit for charity to the dead. Tie also, informs his friends" that etneo his ap pointment as postumster ho had robbed the mails -in search of money in many instances, a. ?d that'he never lost an opportunity to nnprb r?ate letters entrusted to him, with tjio infor mation that thoir contents were valuable.? The mosLshooking statement in the confession is ihat he had been tho moans of killing two of .his own children, and that he lyid medita ted ? he murder of his wife, procuring a gunj and loading it for that purpose only u few days before the date ?f tho confession. i The Holy Land.?There is an interest ing] movement now being made in England for tho moro thorough 'survey una exploration of Palestine, f Ai?e8 of civilization lio buried beneath " the boly city," which no* proper effort has yet beou made to excavate ; and the sumo may be said of a large portion of the land East gf tho river Jordan. These most interesting regions aro filled with mounds,'! which, wheu fully opened, will doubtless con tribute largely to complete or' illustrate tho long and vaned history of the Jewish people. ]j}nough has already been brought.to light to j show the importance of such excavations. The expedition now on foot will be a purely scien tific and arohaological'one ; und it is support ed by tho Arohbishep of "York, the.Bishop of London, arid Lords Itus3ell and Derby-, with the patronage of the Queen. It will be car ried on by men whose tastes and studies have peculiarly fitted them for the work j and the result must not only be ? gfeat service to the history of civilization and art, but the refleo-*| tion of much valuable liajhL?pon the Holy Scriptures. A? wretch in Franklin ?township, Clark county, Iowa, Samuel Brooks by name, recent ly ruined his,own daughter, then filled Her new born babe atid fled with his daughter to parts unknown. ? * t , Artemus Ward on Re organization. ?Artemas Ward, in a recent letter, gives an idea of rc-organization : . ft I have ne"ver nttompfced to re-organizo my1 wife, but once. I shall never attempt it again. I'd bin to a public dinner, and had allowed myself to be betrayed in drinking several peo ple's health, ana to make 'em as robust as pos sible, I continued drinking their health until my own became affected. The consequence waft I presented myself at'Betsy's bedside, late at night, with considerable liker conccald about my persea'. Pitad somehow got posses shun of 8) hoeswhip on my way home. Re membering sonic cranky observations of Mrs. Ward's in the morning, I snapt th? whip pretty lively, and in a loud voice said, "Bet sey, you need re-organizing^ I have come, Betsey,*' X oontinued-?crack in' the whip o'er the 'bed?" I have come to re-organize you I" That ite, I dreamed that somebody l aid a hoeswhip over me sev'ril times, and when I wpkc up I found she-had. I haint drunk much of anything since, and if I ever Have any, re-orgauizeii' job on hand, I will let it out. - Liberty, like love, is as hard to keep as to ywin. and the exertions by whioh it was ori?-' inal?y gained will be worse than fruitless, if they be not/ followed up by the assiduities by. which alone it can be preserved. Negro Sermon.?if Bar are," said ft sable orator, addressing his brethren, u two roads tro* dis world : Do one am a broad and Har row road dat leads to perdiction, and de o ; a narrow and broad road dat leads to sure de struction."r " What's dat?"- said ono of his'hearers.? M Say it again." ' * I say, my bredern, dar is two roads tro' *dis world. ])e one am a broad and narrow road dat leads to perdiction, de'udder a nar row and broad road dat leads to destruction," # "If <\at am de pase," said his. ?ahle.qucs tioner, r die cullud ihdiwidual takes to de wood/' ' Speaking of perspiratioq these hot days,?a penny-a-Hner announces that the end of every nasal 'protuberance* is bedight with liquid pearls, which hang pendant and beahtiful, Tike gems of dow on a pear which still clings to its parent stem. "Oh, Mother," said a very lutie child, ** Mr, S-? does love I?u$y. He sits by her, Op "the dead and absent speak well, or not ?t' . I ELECTION NOTICE., THE MEMBERS of Mio Convention from Piokone, by tU? anthority^of that body^ give pnblio fio tico that an ELECTION wilt be held, at the tari, oue preolnota. in Piokone District, on' WEDNES DAY the 19th'day of October, instant, for GOVteNOli, LIEUTENANT GOVERN OR, STATE SENATORi $ FOUR . REPRESENTATIVES. ' The fallowing Ordinance, adopted by th* Con. ! vunf ion, is published for the benefit of all oonoornoii; AN ORDINANCE to provide for the first, ensuing Elcotiou of Governor and Lier ten unt Governor, and for Members of the first On su ing General As ? *omUly of the Stated of South Carolina. We the Peoptcjifthe State of South Carolina, hy.?ur j telegates m Convention met, do ordain: ' J. That o?a . the third Wednesday in October next, elections shall bo held for tho ofilces of Gov ernor and' Liei tenant-Governor of tho State of South Carolina, and) for members o. the Senate ? and House of Representatives of the GeneraDAs- ! sembly of the State. 2. That the Managers of Elections, throughout the State, shall give publio notice of suoli elections, and on the day indicated shall o; en separate polls at their respective precincts for eaoh of the said elections, and shall conduct the same, in all ro ' spools, ir accordance with the laws and usages of this State. In case thon b*\ no regularly appoint ed Managers at ;.i y precinct, said elections shall hjfi held and co ducted by Managers I'tfr that pur pose specially appointed by a, majority ? the per sons who are now the Delegates of this Conven-, (ion from tho District in which such precinct Iks, and vacancies amo:>gthe Managers shall be in like manner filled. 8. In .the el?< . ions to the General Assembly, the Districts of Beaufort, Colleton, ?rangeburg and ?Berkely, shall eaoh elect one Senator and on gen eral ticket 8 many met ?bers of the House of Rep rese? t^tives us were assigned by the laet apport ion mo t tr? t' sevoral Pai.ishes oomprised in each. The istviot of Georgetown shall elect one Senator and tl *eo Repr?sent?t)tos. Tho District of Horry shall etcctone Sonatt-r und two Representativos. The Election District of Charleston snail elect two Senators and twenty Representatives; and all oth er .? ??s? riots shall elect each one-Senator nnd, ns many Representatives as were assigned to eaohiby the last ni portionmcJTt.. *, , 4. That immediately ?fter closing the polls, tho Manage:s ohall count the votes polled,' and after making returns thereof, showing the number of votes po'ted forfeacl? person, shall certify the same under their han'.s, an.l appoint ve of th,oir num ber to carry such returns with a. list of the voters and report (he same to the general meeting of the4 M?nar?ers o? tue District; whioh generai meeting sha1' be helft at tho Co ? t Ho; be ^f.the District on the day following the electi u, except that the ^.anageVs. for th? Election! istriot uf Berkeley shall hold their go? oral meeting at the city of 'Charleston, on the sec< nlday following the eleo tion, at 2 o'clock P. 1 .'.nd th ; Ala -agers, when so assemble i in frenerai meetl- g, shall, after ascer .taiaing the rest.lt of.'the several reti.ids, proceed to declare the election of Members of the Cenerai AaaeinKy.and ahull furnish oevtiftca^es, under their jute, pj Birth eVwiioiw foglie peWf>&s"entF~ tied thereto, < ^ , 6. xl'.at the ^Members so elected shall meet in Genoral Assembly, in special session, on ftVednes day, tho twenty-fifth.day of Ootober next. 0. That the Managers, when so asscnbled in general meeting, shall'make separate returns,cf the results of the ballottage for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor, shall certify'the some to the Secretary bf Stato, under their hands, and shall forward to him suoli retmyie, eaoh in a separ?te sealed envelope, appropriately endorsed, by a Mes senger to be by them appointed for thai purpose, who hhall be by them sworn to deliver and shall deliver the same, with the seals unbroken, to the Secretary of Siate at Columbia,- on or before the for.rfh A oncfay of November next. 7. j.hat the Seoretary of State shall, at sUoh timo as they may bo required ofe him,' deliver said returns to the Speaker of the House of Represen tatives, who,' shell, d'* ing the firi week of the regular session, oje end anuou^oo- the said re turns, declare the oleooon ant. orcLV the entering otf the bamo on the Jour iftl *f (?'1 "?onse 8. Jhat (he Messengers shall be entitled to re ceive out of the Trcasur, of the Stato a compensa tion equal ?o ft ?'.ulhrs per diem, and twenty centn per mita gei ># to an?1, returning from Colum bia?'he tu untan . ?1 ?ye and ndlea to be ascer tained by the Secret)' ? of State, who shall certify pay bills therefor, f ft. That the (/lori? ofche Convention shall ordei the immedteto printing <.f one thousand copies of this 0i-d i nance, and forthwith distribute the same to the Managers of Eloctions throughout tho State. Done at Columbia, the twenty-seventh day of Soptember, in thoyertrof our Lord one thous and eight hundred and sixty-fivo. < * D. L. WARDLAW, '% ? President of the Convention. . Attost: John T. Sloan, Clerk of Convention. Tho following gentl?mon will oot as' Manngors of Election, and make their ret? rn in conformity with the above Ordinance and the existing law. of the State on- the subject of elections : Piokone 0. II.?lsaau WicklifFe, J. J. Norton, Joseph Burnett. Wa?halla?A' W. Thompson, 'J M Gillnon, J. W, F. Thompson. Chtfoheo?Bonj. Nicholson, A. B. Grant, Wm. Whitpiire. ' * Tunnel Hill?E. Ilorhdon, S. G. Herndon, Wm. Rowland. Whetstone?D.sP. Robins, John Moroheacf, Bry Fretwell. Fonton Hall's?Fonton II. Hall. Jno. Hughes, W. D. Doaton. .ToxAwayr-)V. B, Dickson, W. It. Davi's, J. IV Jones. ' / " . ? v Colonel's Fork^-G. W. Phillips, Wm. Di?k ig n-, W.. D. Perry. ' .BachelorVRetreat?J? S. Dickson,L.H. Ver nor, Wm. McWhorter. . ? Centro?J. B. Sanders,1 N. P. (Jole, S, P. Harris. ' . : ? ' Fair Play-^D. S. Strlbling, B. P. Sl?nn-i A. S; Stephens. ? / tW j , Miller's?Aaron B?ggsf G. R. Oherry/ John, Caminado. ?? ? ?aincii' Sho?.r-Uhar|cs Thompson, J,: . A ? ,'?' ??' ' ' 'V':' '?* * ' * ? ?' ' ? pola. J. V, Fbilpot?' Salubrity?W. S. Williame, 'J. C. C. Parsone, J. B. Clayton. PiokeneviUe--.il. 0. Briggs, Cft?viu Od?ll, UnfuS Onta. Wolf Creek?Tlioe. DiHnrd, A. 0. Hughes, Jeremiah Looper. ' Trnp?J. C. Hendrioke, . % Morgan, Thoe. Looper? ' Hag?od'e-~B. Holdor, H. J.?Anthony, Sntn'l} Brown. Puinpkintowtj?rJ. B> Hedter, S. D. Koith, J. K. Sutherland. Kaetatoeer?T. IL Price, Vfm. Nimmons, Dan iel "VVinohefder, ' ' Pen B/dge?L. #N. ltobin?, ThOs.'Stewart, Allen Riggius. . > ?'S'. JOHNSON, B; HERN DON, A. BKYCE, Sr., J. LlBOYD, * . Meinbore of t.bo from Piokons. October 2,4 . 2 7 CLAIAT?0N: " ily the Provisional Governor ?. * EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, S. C, Sj: it kr 18. 1.805; WHEREAS it is represented/ that inunany por tions'of the State there is groat disturbance ? end apprehension from lawless persons, jwho aro thieving, marauding ami committing attsLot^ vio lence remote from the military garrison^ stationed at tho Court House}' ; and whereas Brigadier-Gen eral Ames, commanding the North-western portion. of tho State, h.as suggosted the organization of a militia pol ice,force in euoh Distriot of his command,* 'to not in concert, with his foroesin preserving ordor nd peace in the community ; and whereas it is supposed that the other military oommandors will have no objeotibns to the aid and assistance on .the part of the citizens in suppressing e vi me and main taining order; and whereifs, also, it appears that President Johnson has .sanctioned and autliprizdd, the Provisional Governor of Mississippi to organ ize a similar force in that Stato,?and hits forbidden the military authorities there to interfere with such organization : Now, therefore, I, .BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PERRY, Provisional Governor of the State of South'Carolina, do proclaim, order and declaro, that there shall be formed and organized in each Judicial District ouo or more militia companies lor* a hora* ->l{'!o,.to ?.yjt under and bo auxiliary to tho military , -rison of suoli District in preventing crimes and preserving the poaoe of the.District.? The companies will consist of a Captain and.-three Lieutenants and* eighty men, scattered over tho District so as to be easily accessible from all points where any disturbance may ,ooOur, When tho companies arc forrnod, they will'report, through tiroir Captains, to tho respective Brigadier-General? commanding in South Carolina, and to the Provost Marshals at tjio respective Court Houses, and from them reoeive their orders; When* arrests...have been made, they will turn the offondcra'-?ve'r to? thoeivil authorities or bring them before the>)?r?~ gyost Court Martial for trial and pnnishmcnl, ao pOorOTRg TO'tu?, term?"or ags v.uu.^.t br.t vv??,. ?m>ov ale Meado and Gilmore and myself i)s to tW? re spective jurisdictions of tlio civil -and military authorities in South Carolina. This police gua?d will be voluntary in its organ ization, and should be composed of nono but dis creet persons of standing and .character the community, who are'willing to render tjjoir senvi-' ces promptly when the occasion requires.h j& thought that the bare organization of such forces; throughout the State,' will have a most salutary influcnco in preserving peace and order andini preventing crime. The evil-doers will know that there is a power, ready at hand, to arrest them ami bring them to justice.- It is to be hoped that olii good citizens will cheerfully render this service*.? It should be a post of honor, as it is, to guani ami protect the country. Dono at Columbia, tho day and year Jtoowo*. stated. B. F.. PERRY.. By order of tho Provisional Governor. \y. H. Pkuky, Private Secretary. B??U, Tho newspapers throughout the State wili give throe insertions. ' q Soptember 26, 1866 8 . 85 ' M?MRSOFS HOTEL, COLUMBIA, S. C. THE UNDERSIGNED, having*cased tint LARGB and COMMODIOUS BUILDJN<3 Lknown os tho "Columbia Methodist Fe male College," , will opon Ht as a FHU5T>CLA8& HOTEL, on Soptember 7th, '' . T. S. NICKERSON, Proprietor. 1 August 17, 18C6 1 ' 5 - ? ' -, * v. , , ..?.. ?!?:o: BY tho FIRST of OCTOBER, or as soon as th* mails aro re-established. 1 will renew the pub lication of tho," CHRISTIAN INDEX" and tho: 41 ClfiLD'S INDEX " I have been publishing'. Prico of " Index," per annum, $8a00 Price of'*'Child's Index," per annum,' 75 (A deduction made for Clubs.) Monoy may be remitted at ondo as my determi nation is positive My desire is to secure a ltfrgo eubeoription list with which to bogin, and I issuo this prospectus that subsoribors may have time to forward their remittances. It is my intention to issue firstolaes papers, and no pains or expenso will bo spared to seouro that end. Tho best Writers and correspondent; will bo secured, and the highest religious and lit erar talont will bo given to the papers. Th? CHI LD'S* PAPER'will bo profusely illustrated, ahd will, in ovory sense, bo made to conform to its n?w tillo, tu vnuAVH * < ? * Money may be sent by Express or otherwise?if by Express. *t my risk, if the Express receipt j?' sent, me, on the resumption of mail facilities, My connection with the firm of J. VY. Burke ft. Co. is dissolved, but I will establish an omoo-in Macon, Ga:, whoro OoitfinYunioations may h? ad dressed, ,?. SAM?Et B?Y??N, Sept; 5,;? 1865 * 2 ' 4