Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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? t'A.VlHt. <t/a '?mh:>/.;<?i ...TWO DONARS PiilliANklM. int.Vi taotiu# Volume 4. 05-0.6 A/TST13 OTIR,J! saturday M.?nm _ J_._:_._=_!_* . -{ ALWAYS IN advakcs, l^tTMliifiE 49 THE ORANGEBGRG NEWS :o> PUBLISl ISTGr] ? Saturday mniing, | 1^5*^W'?v;fTt i s? OnltLdp^JW^Sift j4<#.\f:*3.,. $1.00 ?CJlnb of NowwSubacribfa-3,?wm.re?clvo ail m*T*mQt?Wt TOrVw. df. ^, .change. ^Brjf^aWt)ndij^pW^ JDGLi?RS, for" a. Ct?b of ~Now Subscribers, will rccelve 4fb EXTRA COrY for SIX MONTHS, frod of mil ?13 '* iW??8 *ft ADVERTISING, i g Km? *&-, -?-v.a.w "A1 Square consists of 10 lines Brevier or aco. ?Administrator's Notices; .;.:.....'&> 00 Notices of Dismissal of ColTfr^c^^dvertisements inserted upon the most liberal tonus. ?. - f* "f j T'L . '// ' nlAitRTAOK and FUNERAL NOTICES, not exceeding oho Square, inserted without to?fuV*?ati is " . ' > iw* Terms Cash in Advance. "XBe ?E ABROOK, BROWNING, c? t?vf rn oil i.i" xsd --. >?. < ? a _ :? /o/./.JMAU X J^iAl?^ ? _ATTOUXKVS AT LAW, OrangeUnr^and limnchvillc. . s . o. ? Mr. MEYERSoor- DROWNING will bo at Dranchvillo every Monday. E. C. SKARllOOiv; A din a; :&jd[c If or 1 s t C ifc u i t. MALCOLM I. iftfoWTilNV. .1. fELDER SlfeTlftfA, '?y: Trinl Justice, jah 7 may 14 ly >-i >2 tifir-.fi Df'W J. FELDER LEYERS, Will ATTKXD PROMPTLY So fur Outi.-s of his OJjWHBiyl^*t the Ollioo ^NOWLTON & BULL,;; ATTOILNKVS AND COCN'SKI.LOKS <>2M?VfJi:itl IUJ, N. c. AUGUSTUS D. KXOWLTON, ": CHARLES S. DULL. Mjv-Knbtvlton.will be-at LcwfsvlHc EVERY SATURDAY, and at Fe-ei Motte on the 2d aud 4th FRIDAYS of cyery ?nontli. juiy28: tf COOKEi & COO lv I ?ATTORNEYS AT LAW, 0 jTA'tf &'E B V ft G, Si c Will attend to BUSINESS in any of tho l|TA(TE and tho M.. ft,TCOURTS for Ihe JPvifrict of. South Carolins. T.' Hp CCOKB. II. P. COOKE. T. II. COOKE, Trial Justice, will VIT ENI) PROMPTLY to all BUSINESS entrusted to hia care, june 25 If* 1 F. M. WANNAMAKER, Z , ATTOKNKY AT LAW, Will bef at ORAN'JERURG, on Mondays, ! us Fridays and Saturdays. At I.KWISVILLK an the other days of the Week. fob 12 u n >c':oy riy "*h--. 1 W. AV. RILEY ' ? <4'iii?is dU?iiLi,, ?osidence In Fork of i:<lifcto, ALL RUglXL'S? . EXTRCSTED- vill be promptly'and ourcliilly attended to. jnly23 ]y M.ALBlSiOHT, ROOT AND "SHOE MAKE R,' :ORAXGEIHJR?, H. C,. I >ESP?CTPVLLY INFORMS THE CIT1 aeife of^ OrntigeHurg and Yicinity tli;it ho has opanatl at his NEW STORE on Rtu Bell St root, betweoil Mrs.-r.t. Jtrii't'o!:! mi & (Jo. and McXaniara & Jonys, witli a complatol Stock suffici ed Thanking ^ba.Public for past patronage, re^pectfitlly solicits a coattauanoo of tin: ssmo. 1ERMS CASH. feb 6 W ;o 3i- ? o6t'23' ?n ' tf ??".'?^^U j -t'j .: _ _ ' ''' " FRANK MELLETT, BOOT A^|)(Mdrj/AK?ii| L * < f ? MOTED' TO Squire; Ellis' Old Office, OStANO?UlJliG, 8.'t'. Is proparod 4of doalV work'in t lie .tbota lino as noflt and cheapor than any other man. Please give ma a trial. All work warranted to give satisfaction. FRANK MELLETT. nov 12 5m ock of LEATHER, &c? and that lie hua rficieut-Workmen fo ml ul! t/ruoir to hint, ! " >a .mim tn ?dl ? ? -?'? ?XEC^TiV% WPABl'MBNT,> I) . OrricK or t.riK.C?jMrT?ioi.Lt;u ?kxhiiai,, I TJoLCMUIA, S. ('., January 10, 1 870. I "<)TlfjK in .Web/ 6,vpn *? nil'Agents of Inaqraqr^^ompaniMr^loingliiismoss in tlTis State, thai, on nnd nftcr the twenty'-fwst day of-February, 1870, tliey will be required to obtn'in new licenses, and before said licen ses arc issued, the Companies will be i conir A*i4? maJtej*; d*f>oszt iof -cerfaiii *borins on Slock, with tho Act of Iiocc-mber 22d, 1 Stil?, a copy of whieh is hereunto appended. The la.w.irU bo rigidly enforced, add nil Compn n'icVmu?t make the deposit within the time specified. ' J. L. NKAGLti. Comptroller General. \\ - ~ . ? \ \ _ .in i ii - -- AuttBiitapBiicM fidfi incorporati, the SliiteprKouili.trairo.liiii. kLff.-ia-i1 SrcTiofTT, He it enacted by Ihc Senate and House of Ilcprescntiitives?^f.(liivSlav*"pfr i, uovfTLmot *i?; sitting in ibly aha by qhe atdhorily dint it - shall not bj mwiul, day of April, OJSa thpusnnd and. sixiy-iijjio,'? Jb*. lury Insurance company in the United States, or any loroign Slate, incorpo rated by the laws nl this State, to lake risks or transact any business of insurance in this State without first obtaining license (Vom the Comptroller General, which ^license shull ex pire on the Ulst day of March of each year. Sec 2. Thatb before the Comptroller General sln.ll issue sunli license to any agent of any ins'-'i-i'DC1? company not incorporaied in SoQlh Carolina, there shall be filed in his office a certified copy of the charter pf the company froin1'which the said agent or at torney hns received his appointment, aud also a csrlificd cop)r of the vote or resolution of the Trustees or Dlroc;or of said company appointing him euob agent, r.oecinpuiiit d by d warrant ot appolutm :ut.under tiie official! seal of tho company, and sign.d by the president and Set rotary. 'Such 'warrant <?:' appointment sh.ul coittipAjc vul.d and irr"ovo c .ble until another a goaf or htidtuey ^hjtis been substituted so taurat oil times while any liability remains outstuudihg tkte'rU shall hi \vlt?iin \6v State itn ngertt or iKiortiey a.3 afoics .ill, I aL.ill coti'alu u c:n.'oat cx?4 rtOKer'. : ? ; v. i a.ivcd on s.-.'.<\ ag? nt sr attorney "for a'l ha biliii s of every nature incurred in this Slal j by soidebmpany, and that such service made on,jnic.tt#igoi"t t?r attorney In the mat in r re quired by tho laws of this Suite s'.:u'.l deemed |*"j,at nnil*'biiidiit]fT|n the c$ln] auy or companies, iu all cases w h'atsoi vcra niid*4hni overyjii^rrmt'til .so reeovced .-o.l he cmi olusifo eeidchcefAf tho indebtedness of Hie cor.ipTiny-i :i:fii iii*euf liti?tl tb sui<1'warrant o'' appointment, there ahull be filed and .pub lished a statement, mndo under oath of its President or Secretui y ' Bhbwing its assets and liabilities, and <i u. - iy skewing ihc I amount <>!'cuiiilal stock, and how the same has hftcji pi?ii, an i ot' what (ho niseis of the eampaiiy consist*, the amount of losses due nnid unpaid, and ad other claim-' against ihc company, or other }ndeptcdneVi 1, whether due or not due ut the timo of thj ti 1 inof the statement above, and shall further show : 1 lit. Tliat said ccMianics have fulfilled the provisions of their respgeviva charters, and of the extensiqna and amen lmeii.is thereto, 111 every particular, an 1 whether there lifts been nny change ol court er since last >tatrinent. 2d. The amount ol policies outnt,Hiding a^ near as can he ascertained. :>d. The dj|ira<ter ol the. risks, a.r.lMh* rule governing companies nnd iheir agents j in taking the same, hollas 4? doc a lily and a.aount ?1th. The particulAr ?har^ChtV sets, specifying ?he nniouut of cash and pub lic, b>nk, manufacturing or other elgOka and bonds, or other securities, held by tke.^coni panies, with the evidence that they ni;o licld by tiicni/thea>ur1rofVin*v.4ti:ient in real es tate, sectrritics. nnd t^he general localities of real e.-tuto tecurod to ooinpauiea. f>th.' lUie<Una?tnv-re^eire I fr<;ui premitims, I aud whether .snfiicicil tp.pay lossts, \o. ti/h.ArJctf?<tlierc have been. nny ciian ges in agencies*" during the preceding months. ? Sec 3. That every ngent or attorney 00 tainiog Mich license rslmll also cause such li oanBqto be-pittJlished in some nowspapcr, to j be designated by tho Comptroller Ueneral. having eit ( illation iu the County in w hich be resides. The company shall also furnish the Comptroller General, through their ngenf, nil -iiii.:.;;: stUICtncut ??? - iiit? i?!5,'?ii'? O! puny, ns provided in I ha, second Section of this Act, and it shall lie the duty ol the agent or agents to publish Hie same. Skc, 4. That it 'the, Comptroller shall bc soinc satisfied Urn) nny company is insolvent or unsafe, it shall be his duly to refuse li cense to its iigent or jigents, nnd to -. iibdraw any license that has been already Issued. SbC. f>. That any person w ho shall deliver any policy of insurance, or collect any prc iniunt ?>f insuranec or, ?nuiaaot any bua^nOSSi of Insurance in 1 hts STat*?,'for -any comp'uiiy' in tho United States, or foreign. Stalo, 1101 inoorpornted by the laws of this Stale, with out having first obtained license as by this Act'required, or nftcr. his license lias been withd'awti. or -who shall In nny way violate lhe> provision.-* of this Act, shall be line'd for every sueii o!'i< to??: Uflj !r,H/> th&S blimlrcd dollars, n'6r more than five hundred ddjlars, at the discretMiD ol tlio Judge: Piosidod, further, ThAt^ibthtnl; cdntaiiioil' in this ,s. c tion shall^aelenW^liy'BTOpVny^o^ upon uny pc'icy issued or delivered bv it or ,?hcm.; ; i. f, / Yi Sao, C. That for ?vory'license issued by I he Comptroller General under this Act. he ,-dtf.li hi p.ild bj' tbs company hiking out stich license the sura of live dollars for his '^*?c!l7. That all Acts or parts' of:\cls in consistent with this Act are hereby repealed. In the Sonato-Hotise, tho tilth duy of March, in th..- year of aur Lord one thou sand eight hundred aid sixty-nim 1). i'. (rl)KI(lN', President pro, t^ipoTft-of the Sejlate. ruA$iM:rj:FusF.s, Jr7, Speaker of the House of Representatives Approved the sixth dny of March, 18o<>. Uodlm K SCOTT. Cc\crncr. :J|hnr jcter of lljic aM . STATE OF SOUTH 1l"Uu0"LlNA ' At a Gebei-nl Assembly' begun to bo Uohttm at Columbia ou tho fourth Tuesday in NoVeni ber, in theyear of our J-.Pfd.ono.thousand ?1 eight hundred kUi Bixf j^dibe*. an/ thjcncc niCOutinue by di*ef^,''^T5ohr^cnf9If)' the twenty first day of 'p'ccotnbor, in (be. year ;.vofJ?ur^^rd^one-1<lM>u\jhri\l' eight hundred and Bi*ry?uirieJ ' w\W act to" uk?t&i rnoTscT , uoi.oku* or i s - oJl'**78fnAKMB FoMCIKB IN this state. Suction 1. Be it enacted *Wfr 'he jScOufo arid House of 4lv,presetflajpvei^f ^t .S^uthJCarolnia.'ntTw met'Tind sfttinK in Min eral Assembly, and'by tho milhoriiy of ih<> saine: . No Co?u*>?nv or Association* which* tale of n Gen flr tho sumo: , No Co?n*?anyr or Associutlorif which* is now organized, or which hiny bo hereaf ter organized in till* State, to* enny on tlie business of iusuraaeorot'any klrid or' Hudst shall proceed l.urtbar With business ? ("a*"*" tho c:i?eyiriarv bo)'until they halo deposited with tiic Comptroller Gcueral of ibis State bonds or stoeLs of thin State equal to the sum of fifty thousand dollars par value for eadh Life Insurance Company or Association, and twenty thousand dollars pur valuo iurj each other Insiirnri?e Company or A??oc/nlion. The Comptroller General shall ho'd su< h bonds or stocks as security for policy holders iu the Company or Association ; hut, bo.long I.as any Company.or Association so depositing shall continue solvent, the Comptroller Gen end uwy.permit such Company ; to collect md receive the interest ou such bonds cr atouk^eowlefOfitedr"- f*.-.. ^ Skc. 2. Whenever any Company or Assq I ciati?n is, ay bhtUl-^^voiufr^fwil^jrnrgaHizcd, IVthd tho?afB Courapu* A ftsajbiatioti have ^*'fosirff? jfcth thoW^iipV^leF iicneral the f"Vequisitt> aTTf?unt ol "State bonds or stocks, it shall become his duly lo fiuiii_s.li tho Curpoia lion or Association \Vjlh a otrtifivu<? of such '..deposit* ?on-n ccVriiipaiv yi;uM|>ti< uln thereof i Wi titie<*LHy Aue Cobipit^lferfcfnxi^l?maj be rise ) in^inl bo oiidcuoc for! a-j.d aP iin.-L'the tV.i j.ot it it :.. It ? "tsEc. ?BT'IT s%ir1iorbo lawful for any per son or persons. Corporation of Corporations, Association or. Associhtfbiie to net within thin State a.? agent'' or oilier wise, in receiving or procuring iipyjieaiions lor insurance of any kind or kinds, or in'"-'any manner to ai l in transacting the business of insurance of ?ny,j kind or ki:.iU for any Company or Assooia lion ipcorporale<M>y, or organized under the laws of this or any other State Government, Or any foreign Government, until such Com pany or Association have deposited with the ouiplroller General of this Slate, for the benetit of the policy holders of such Com pany or Association, citizens or residents of! tho I'nkcd St nlysu bom's or stocks of this Stale equal lo the sum ol fifty thousand dol i ilrs ptir valuo lor each Life Insurance Coin pany or .Association, and twuuly thousand .<!'Ihn? 1 ai valuo for each other Insurance 'k'< mj my or s ?T^ur'"'L?ffl^ ;. hut, so lon^r as any r.'< ...pany, or AjaTociattpn so depositing shall pjjfint iime-'ao'vAl? in1r*Coniptrollcr General may permit such Com}.my i.r Association to I collect arid nc-ivc tlic interest ousuch bonds or -:o?Ui so denoted, r.ud lin o appointed :m Attorney in This Slate on*JvUot:i*pro-;;.-- oi Uv; c.tu be hervttd A " ??? ?? Have fil i wT:h ;he ('?-;? ? , . .? r.,t :. certified copy of ihe charter of .>i? I Gotn> ; .;;iy i.u Association, nnd-'also n ceriifl. 1 ? of the vote or resoluti<m?of tho Tru-deca ot l>ir?? tors of tu< h < 'niuny <>,? .'.s?o.i!u ioirap 1 "int n.c I ini the \!!oi n -y < f such Cmpany. wlofti apwintmc^tfi ^hsil pintfnjfio ttnal atrC*h: r Attorney ^e ^ubstitute.l \ wliTch s'usll be do'ia upon-the dekrh, removal or in capacity to acl of such Attorney, or mny bo done by such Company or Association at any time. Whcu the foregoing requirements, and Mich oilier rri^uir.-iucnj- now are. or I m.iy hereafter b- 'i'?i;u:r. I ? hlvfi sliall ba I c l.e,d.v, ith the Oiuptmll?- Getrcral shall give a certificate lo that effect, and also state the nemo of the Attornnyj which eertitie.ife, I when fil d in the County I5!ei !:'., < M ice ol th-.' i County where the agency i.T lo:be located, ahull be the authority to com nonce business. Si.DjM. Every violation of thr$ Act shall i>ub;i'ct the ( oiup.^tty ott'Ass.iciation^ir agent or nj$(?fltsi vi.datiitjj. jointly and seteVally. to a penally o! five hundred dollars for \ ich l-riolarki'n: Vrftoli liltall '-e sued for and recov ered in a joint or several civil action, in \J.i 11UUM; ol Ulf StutOOl" South Cui?ilili:i. \iV ib.C | 1 Solicitor of tho (lift nit ;iu which the Com- ' ' pany or A-- ??'a' i.m, or a;/eiit or agents do violating, slia lid; ouoJtait of such peiii'dvjj wflonTiecdTOJped shall l)i)"pa'nl into the. (fttnt'y weasairf of su^Ji CqSttty, and ?-the*oln>r liftif^o In",) informer of such viola tion : and. i ..sc of the non-payment o[ Buoh^MOaUv, i? yn>rffO!i or pel i<mi f>6 ofl'en 1 king shall be liable to Uiipriaonm en I i'or a i?o p-iod .no', exceeding one year in the discre tion of tho Court hm' ?% pogiiixanoo thereof.ij [ Sto. .'). Tht? Gom\ ilh r General -fisll | mfely ou I SapaVaMly keiv^ (bV bonds ' or stocks of oach Commury or Asflociatioik a?d aliall refuiTt the idMiticul bunflj OC ntcaaa re ceiv. d i'.'fnd' diir'ng the usual oliiee hours, /.yy-r 'vr *i.. * ?- .-. - - e> am luuiou ?>! the t-epresrrrtarrre of any Cdn. pany or Association having male a deposit, as r?q lired by this Act ; nnd I lie Mate all ill !).? re. j.en-ihlo for tho inlaru <il' all said bend- or blocks dy the Com] trolh .? Generab Skc, 0. All Acts and ports'df Acfs ? inoan listtnl or oonrliciitij with this Act art here by repcnlc 1. c__ - _>..?? r .j?V-r-? i:r'v da3rftlV,.r;rv paV.'age. ' 'I In tlie Seriate llou?e,' tho twenty firW d i\ of Dcocniber, in Inlj ypnr, of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and si\?v nine. (Signed) W "MONTOOMIiKV, President pro tcmpoco of the Sonnie, (Sighed) VUANK'fdN Si MOdES, Jr., Spoakcf of the floust if (L i reseutativos. Approved the22d'dny bTDchombcr, I (Signed) HOBEST U. SCOTT ovcrr.or. ST ATI* 01' SOPTM CAP.OI.INA, \ Orrici: Sk<i**tary or Statk. j f 1. F. L. Cardozn, .Secretary of State of South Carolina, do her'by certify that the above is a correct gppjj of nu .\.ct cnlitltd "An Atx? to better protect holders, of insnr ? nnc.u uiiUcitiat \a this .Stale,"; on IIlo In ihif . Giv*u no b-r iny hand and lb" Coltim ? i 'ii 11 he (IIth jear of Aroeidcan Lnde j ei.di bed, r. L CAEBOZ \, Li?,?.. ? v .. W.^ t?iven uiLier iny nann ana i f ,?*?n "I heal of tho Slate, in t'olti I St:\i,. I bin. ltd < 2|rlJ day 0< l>( c ( - ) . tut", A. I). Itili'.t. and ih'i E. L. HALSEY, \i\MI 111-:it A\ I> Tl.^UKR commission mf. hc iia nt, Wliari, Wcftt i:n?i |f ontnguc-Mt, C JIAIUjESTO-N, s. c. au^ 27 1 v ! S?l EZEC?TTVE DEPARTMENT, V / , Office ok CoMPTnOLI.*??'?NEa?I., Kj -' O^r^aTbiA, S.^ J$ej>tcmber 1, 1870. J ( ^ioKVUim it way concert, : THIS IS ^Ch CERTIFY JfiATTHE F0L-; low ing InsUrari^oCompanTsaOTevm tod the amount .of <?ecuritl?i-V>fHhi? Slat* re quired "of thorn respectfully ?$>y tue'.Act ef December, 18G9, entitled "An Act to better protect Holders of Insurance Policies in this State and having otherwise fulfilled the re-, qirircmcnts of said Act, and of all other Acts relating to Insurance in this State, ore au thorized to transact business therein uhder licenscs heretofore and to be hereafter issued to their Agents, until tbe expiration of tho time therein specified pibb coufakib9. Deposit.?$20.000 each Union, of Baltimore, Met ? Union, of San Francisco, Cd. .-Etna, of New York City. \ Continent el, of New York City. Cormrinin, of Now York Cijy. Oeorgia Horn*', of ColumbirJTGa. Hartford, of Hartford. Conn. Home, of New York City. Imperial, of London. International, of New York,City. Liverpool and London and^Olobc, of Londc.i and Liverpool. _ ? Manhattan, of New York CJy. , Merchants nnd Mcehnnicstj>f Baltimore, Md. National, of Baltimore* Me, North Amecican, ? New York City. North British and Mercantile, of London ? -and Edinourgii. ' Orient Mutual, of New YovJt'City. Pacific, of San Francisco, Gal. Ph?nix, of Brooklpit, N. Y. Putnam, of Hart lord, Conn. Richmond Ranking cud Insttrance, of Rich nionl, \ a. Security, of New York City. life COMVANlEB Deposit.;..$80,000 each Carolina, of Mcmphi?, Tenn. Cotton States. ofMnc?n, Oa. Eqtiitnhlo Life Assuranco Socfoty.of the Uui ? ted States of New York City. Knickerbocker, of New York City. Now York, of New York <*hy. Piedmont ottd Arlington, of Richmond. Va. Policy Holders Life ?tid TonCinc Assurance Company of the South, of Charleston,S. C. Security Life and Annuity, of New York City. Southern of Memphis, Tenn. St. Louis Mutual, of St. Louie, Mo. i Uni vjrsnr, of Ne.w York, "hv. . . ? ? ^j. L. NEAGLE, A?n 2Y?If -;^^et^troller -General. EXECOTLVE DEPARTMENT. STATE TV.EASURY OFFICE, CbtUMniA, S. C, December 1, 1870. ri^Iir, ROOKS of the Treasury Office for ? the Transfer and Conversion of STOCKS and BONDS wiir be'closed on and after the lil?tli instant until the 1st proximo, for con veiende in preparing statement of interest due to January 1, 1S71. N1LES G. PARKER, Treasurer State S. C. doc .1 ? c EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. State Tnr..\sritY Office, CiUMIHA. S C. December 1, 1S70. npiip INTEREST falling dun on the I Coupon Bonds of the Stute of South Carolina to the 1st of January, 1871, will be paid IN GOLD on and otter that date at the ofbcQ of II. ll. Kiuipton, Financial Agent of ilie State, No. it, Nassau Street,'New-York, alld at this office. The i terest falling.due on the Registered Stock ot the State to.Janunry 1st, 1871, will bo pnid IN (WILD on and after that date at the Treasury office only. N1LKS O. PARKER, Treasurer State South Carolina, dee S . o 65 First Prize Mtdals Avrurded. THE Git EAT Southern Piano Manufactory. WIT, KNABE ** CO. MANCr.tCTtltElts or CRAND, SQUARE AND UPRIGHT Fl AX ? FORTES, \\ a 1 I i in o r o , 1*1 d . These instruments have been before the Public for m al ley Thirty years, and upon their excellence alone attained an unpurtkfU erf/'/??? <vk;?c?cc, MFitieti ptiriavuMvv* iuiiu Um r equaled, Th ir TONE combines great power, sweet ness and tint- singing quality, as well as great parity of Intonation and Sweetness through out the entire scale. Their TOUCH is pliunt and clustic, and entirely free from tho stiffness found iu so ninny Pianos IN VVORKMANSHIP they are unequalled u ing none but tho very best seaso.\bi> matb it) it,; the largo capital employed in cur busi neSM enabling us to keep continually un im mense stock of lumber. Ac, on bund. All our Sqr \i:r. Finos have our New Im proved OvitilfungSeali and Ai.ii.m rr. Tkfui.k. VVe would cull special attention to our la'e improvement's in GRAND PIANOS AND SQUARE GRANDS, Patented August 14' lMiO, .which bring the Piano nearer perfec tion than hue yet been utta?..cd. Every Piano Hilly warranted for Five Years. Wc have ifiado i.rra igetnenls for the Soi.b \Viiot.i:sAi.i: AoKJCcA'for the most celebrated PARLOR tiUOASS AND MKLODEONS, which wo offer, Wholesale and Retail, at Lowest Factory Prices. WM. KNABE A CO. jl?titntore. Md. sept 10 Cm .A.. eJ. SALINAS, l-ACTOU AND C'OMllIINSIOX HIEKCHAXT, CHARLESTON B. 0. Liberal advances made on Cotton. Rr.rr.nExcF.s?First National Bank, Feo ilc's National Bunk. MosSTf. Jno. Frager A >., Chailc; ton. (3. C July 31?ly The KfesLa* I.\wn. In one of our puritanical towns, pi Tfe^Eu^finBi Mys'00 ^BlM^ern paper^ iivcd Deacon Brown, ai'Vcry 'sUiu,~ dTg nified sort of ChriB-'nn, ti perfect 1 model of propriety. Pe??Qn ; .Brown had j th* misfortune to loose bis wife and at the age of forty had found himself with a family of four small children, withonta I mistress to his farm house. As he could : not immediately take another wife and avoid CXcitiai; i scandal, nud could not get along without some one to take, charge of the kitchen and nursery, ho had .recourse to employing a young wo man 08 housemaid. Nancy.-Stearns was a laughing, Tomp iog beauty, who delighted in experiment j ing upon the Deacon, by way of testing tho strength of human nature. For a long time the Deacon was invulnerable, but list in a moment of unguarded weakness he was led iuto temptation, and committed a "slight indiscretion" .jiith hia beautiful housemaid. When' ho recovered Uia 'wonted coolness and presence of inind, he was horrified at the onormity of hia s;o. in Vain he repen ted and grieved over lost virtue. Final ly, as a lset effort of .erasing his con science, nt tlie service on the following Sabbath morniug he arose and requested the forbearance, ,of the brothers end sis ters a fqw momenta when bo electrified theni by making the following confes iop.; .-. w ~'_~~~~r ""My ^"hristun friendsTyott know that I lost my wife some months ago, (eobs and tears"I and that Nancy S earns has been keeping house for' me.' 'And yon know that I have a, lUtlo-?Uild no* ? year old. Well, Bom^tiujea that child would cry in the night and it would be a !oug time before I could quiet it, and last Tuesday night?Qod forgive me ! ? tho child cried so hard that Nancy arose and came into tho room, and leaned over the bed to buth the child?und broth , ers aud sit t*?' . her leaning over tue there mado me forget Christ." "What did you do 2" demanded the Ott nistet, sternly. ?' "I?I kissed - her "' stammered out the deacon, between his sobs, "but 1 huvcbceu very sorry about it, and pray ed to be forgiven, and I "want yuu to forgive and pray for mc, brothers and sisters. , ?. ' Q; ~ <* . 1 A3 the Deacon bowed himself upon his scat like the mighty oak before the tornado Deacon Godfcllow .arose and as tonished the audience still more, by saying : "Brothers and Sisters you have he rd what brother Brown has said; now he wants our forgiveness. For my part I bclievo brother Brown is truly penitent, und I am willing to forgive him with my whole heart. And, brothers and histcrs, I will add still further that if 1 had no wife, and a pretty girl like Nancy Steams should come iutu my room, and lean over my bed, und lean over mc, I'd kiss her sin or no sin !" "Not Danoerovs," The Ere mar shal of New York reports that of the 850 fires in that city iu 1871). one hun dred and sixtcjQ were caused by kero sene aud forty-one by liquid gas and gasoline?illuminating fluids sold as "not dangerous," and ex'eusiveiy used not only by the poorer classes iu thoir closely?packed, combustible tenements, but iu houses where statiouary gaslights do not always suffice. The vital statis tics of the year would show the loss of 'lie ?roai tue tuaie Cttusu?Um saju-joiou of these "uondangeroub" burning lluids. Scarcely a week pafe^ca wUichc does not bring news of accidents of this kind in various part* of tlie couutry, tho resjiitf of recklessness in haodliug an article which seems to require almost as much caution in its use as gunpowder. A I,'union buker has his bill heads printed upon paper of three different colors?rcd,gteeuand white. The ob ject of this is to avoid giviog i??Hi,uo tions to the man who delivers the bread, flour, &c., to the customers. To preveut mistakes, when the bill was made out upon a red paper, it denoted "nangur," und bo was not to leave the goods with out the cash ; if on grcon, it denoted "caution," as the customer was doubtful, and the mau was to get tho money if he could j if on white, it wus <*afo to leave auyquanity. ' i As you wear I?Young Swell; I say. boy, what do you do with your clothes when you'vo \vorD them out ?" "Wears 'cm 'oaie agin?Fun. "I Acknowledge the Corn This popular phrase, it, seemB, was first ubccI in Congress,-being a remark made by Hotj. Charles 'A; Wiekcliffe, member of, Congress froai Kentucky. It was in acknowledgment of the deductions of an argument for protection .mode by Honv Andrew Stewart, just elected to Con gress from tho Westmoreland District {Twerityifirst) of Peoosylvania. Mr. S?eH5.tt was io Congress when Henry Clay ami Daniel Webster were there, and advocated protection. He.recently made a .Miccch,,iM which he referred to the facti At the same time he related an incident which gives tho origin of the well-known phrase, "I acknowledge the corn." In 1828?forty-two years ngo?this subject (proj^cction) was before Congress, und we were discussing it. I. was trying to show to the farmers of the county that that they were purchasing Jforcign agri cultural productions in the form of goods, while they 1?:ft. their own produce at home without a market? I'said Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky scut their hay stacks, corn-field^ and fodder to New York and Philadelphia for sale, * Mr. Wiekcliffe, of Keutucky, jumped up nud said : "Why thntfs absurd. Mr. Speaker, L call tho gebt'eman to order. Ho is stating an absurdity. Wo" never send haystacks or corn-fields to New York and Philadelphia." "Well," I said, "what do you scud ?" Hi ?'-\vhy, horses, mules, cattle, hogs." ''Well, what makes your horses, mules, cattle and hogs K You feed a, hundred dollars worth of bay to a horso, you just nuimate and get upon^the top of your haystack aud ride it u? to market. (Laughter.) How is it with your cattle ? You make one of them carry filty dol lars worth of hay aud grass to the East oru. market. 1 hen I came to che hog question Said I : "Mr. Wickliffe, you send a hog W?rth ten dollars to an Eastern market; how much 'oor^tfo& it tnko ut trnrty-thrw. ccuts per btfehel to fatten- it ?" "Why, thirty bushels." "Then you put that thirty bushels of corn into tho shape of a hog and make il walk off to the Eastern market." Mr. Wickliffe jumped up and said ; "Mr. speaker, I acknowledge the corn." A Horse Advertisement. A man in Wisconsin advertises bis horso for sale, and thus discourses : Thou can6t trust thy labor to him for hia strength is great. Thou canst biud him with his band iu the furrow ; bo will harrow the valleys after thee. He will gather thy seed in the barn. Hia (strength is terrible, in which he rejoiceth. He paweth the valley, t\od waxeth proud in his speed. Ho mocketb at fear, neither turnetb his back from the hobgoblin. Lo! how he motheth his tail liko a cedar : his sinews are as cables. His bones are like strong pieces of brass, yea, liko bars of irou. He cateth grans like an ox; behold he driuketh up a river ; and trustcth that ho enn draw np Jordan in his mouth. Whn vnu nnftn the door of his face? yet thou canst approach him with a bridle. His teeth arc terrible rouud about. I will net conceal his parts, nor bis comely proportions. ! He is gentle, ho is kind, Aud bis tail sticks out behind. ? nil iM i ? ? v And I want to sell him for homcthiug [ oan pay debts with. - i ii ?'? ?? ? - Bmtz Out Jloulkd.?In California, I wien tkq diggings weve paying wel^ Sguor Blitz visitod a guich, and before a largo audience exhibited his legerde main. During the performance he took out his handkerchief, threw it into the air, caught it agnio, when he took a #20. piece o?t of it, asking the boys if they could do that. Old Pete, ? ??forty niner," who had nover.changed his min ing shirt ainec he came iu the diggings, immediately went upon the platform, took off his shirt, aud.dipped tho tail of it into a bucket if water, held it up and wrung out $39.50 in gold dust, including ! fifteen pounds of subsoil. IMitz took the next mule train. _-_ ? ? How It was Don*. A mau cannot well describe that which he has ne^er seen nor heard; bat tho absolute words of one ?ich scene did once come to the author'a knowledge. The couple were by no meacs plebeian, or below the proper standard of high breeding; they were ft handsome pair, living among educated people, sufficient ly given to mental pursuits, nnd in every way what pair of polite lovers ought to be. The 'aii-iroporians conversation passed in this wise. The site of the pas sionate scene was the sea-shore, on which they were walking in autumn. Gentleman?"Well, Miss -, tho long and the short of it is this : here I am; you can tnko me or leave me." Lady (scratching ft gutter in the tend with her parasol, so as to allow ft little salt water to run out of one hole into auotber)?!:Of course I know that's eil nonsense." Gentleman?''Nonsense! By Jove, it isn't nonsense at all. Come, Jane, here I urn ; come; at ady rate you can any something-" Lady?"Yes. I suppose 1 can say something." Gentleman?"Well, which is it to be ; take me or leavo me?" Lady (vcry^slowly, and with -ft voice perhaps hardly articulate, carrying on at the Bame time her engineering work oil a wider scale)?"Well, I don't exastly want to leave you."?Tro?upe. A Cat that Reasoned.?On Tues day last a favorite cat was left in the edi tor's sitting-room after all the family had retired, and was not heard of uatil about 12 o'clock at night, when it set up a most outrageous caterwauling, arousing the editor and family from sound slum ber. The noise was continued for seve ral minutes after we woke, and a family council was then at d there held aa to what was the matter with the eat. 'Twas a bitter cold night, and it Was decided if the cat could stand it we certainly could ?for a while at least. Just then the cat catneu directly, to oar* bf^-roomjdoor. and with renewed and t-irrifio power sent forth her howls, accompanied by ft scratching on the door. And thereupon our better-half declared that she would ariso and see what the cat wanted- She did so, while ire ssuck to oar bed. Open ing the door she found the stove-door wide open, a quantity of coals fallen oat upon the sine beneath the stove, tue stovo-pipe red-hot, and the chimney on fire. Immediately on her coming oat the c.-a became quiet and had nothing uiore to say. Proper measures were taken to avert the danger of the fro which, we think, but for the cat's alarm would have occurred. Can a cat reason ? We say yes, and our boy Dan's eat can out reason auy other cat in tho State. Hot Tom and Jerry.?"Du Oon ion Hill come by dees cars?" inquired a jolly Dutchman on Saturday night, ss he staggered into a Union Hill ear at Hobel' i. -Yaw, Fritz," answered n fellow eonn? trymau. "Vcat cakes all the vile, YacobT' said Fritz, nearly crashing his friend's toes in au attempt to -tcidj h:rrrc!f. "Fritz, you pe tarn heavy to-night." "Yaas, 1 bees full of hot Dom end Sherrys, Yncob; I vas ft fool to dry Yankee drinks; Dom and Sherry doo much for Frits. I must dry and get -- ?- 4V--V sir tin -1-??'.>?.-. Y~~jl Fritz succeeded in getting the door opon about mx inches; ft biting wind blew through the aperture, when an in dignant passenger sprang to his feet nnd closed the door with s suddenness that turned Frits halt arouad. "Bocs di-t car on the outside or in side ?" iuqulrod Frits. "You are all right, Frits j sit down in this corner," said Tacob "Dank you, Yaeob; if I sleeps when mine house coomes along dell me who I am. Where is the Reverend or eminent man who wilt "put s head" on the editor of the Yolo Mail for the following: As our shirt was not brought home in proper season this week: we called on our washerwoman to learn the cause. Trembling she whispered to us the cause of the omission : "Yon see, sir, there are ..tany preachers and eminent mcj K town this week thai I ewr? not hang out my clothes to dry." Sadly we returned ti the office, pondering on the, wisdom of women.