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KY at law, ?RCUa. en Mondays, hrdnyr. r "days of the entrusted i-ill be j fully ..tteil JcU to. iy BJiCCI Lri% BlIOE M \ - Fit, t> E8PECTI<?LLY INFORMS T11 IC CITI jfV aonaof O-'amrrlurg f.nd I'leinity that hehasopeacJ ol fcV NEW STORE, on Hu> ??11 Street, between Messrs. Brigghmnn & 'Co. ^Mid MeKAmara ,\ Jonot, w:th a oeanlare ?took^f L'VVTIir;R,.Ao? und that h? has ?uflieienjl Workmen to till all Orders eiunin ed to hint . ThankUtt thaPuiRe rer peat patronage, re.>pcctfrdltsolw;itrt a < ontinu- neo of the samo. ag?S CAi?V. feb 5 dbett ff WL MELLETT, ?OOTtVM) SKOIiSAKGi!, *' MOVKD Stpur0;. BUiV Old Ofiloe, ter i.iii' : . t:it..-; rftANEMKLLETT. OFFICIAL. CIRCtjXAtt. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.' 1 Onion or inn Comptrollkb Gr.NKBAi., \ Columbia, S. C, January 10, '870. J NOTICE is hereby given to all Agents of Insurance Companies doing business in this Stete, that on and nftor the twenty-fit st i>imiafrv. JR70. they will bo rcqiitrod to obtain new licenses, and before said hce.n scs arc issued, the Companios.will be requird od to make a deposit of certain bonds or stock with tiro Act of Docember 22d, 18G<>, a copy of whioh is hcrounto appended. The law will bo rigidly enforced, and all Compa nies must make the deposit within thetiuie 8p';oitiea- j. l. neagle, Comptroller General. AN ACT to regulate the Agencies of Insu rance Companies not incorporated In the State of South Carolina. Section 1, Beit en:tct(tl by the Semite and Hollge of Representative of the State of South Carolina, uow met and sitting in General Assembly and hy the authority of the same, That it shall not bo lswful after the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred nod sixty-nine, for any agent or any Insurance company In the Utitted States, or any foreign State, incorpo rated by the laws of this State, to take risks or transact any business of Insurance in this State without first obtaining license from the Comptroller jB?eral, which license shall ex pire on the aist day of March of each yenr. - Sec. 2. Th;:U "heferc iho Cerap'rollar General shall Issue such liccuso to any agent of any insurance company not incorporated iu South Carolina, there shall bo tiled in bis f.tlicc a certified copy of the charter of the company from which the said agent or at torney bus received his appointment, and ?;.n :v cor-ified copy o'l ??'?><* vale or resolution ot Hie TrU'dcosdr *,M" <,!rt'' ?! *?M ooiupHay appointing him roch aga&t; accftmpanietl by , a sm\i r.ir.i 01 appointment under thy ettictal j seal of tha .coup uy, aad^aianed ".'? i Fi>*o.""f?- ami^et* ?.?J^.*.,V.i '? ^?npfuiiiiJii'?i *,'-A? JtgiiA-ifcTP'*.? ! ir^wj I pi:-.?r' I. auth< r'./ifir pr. e?>s of I bavdtldasAtd n;'-iK,tvr at;: ~..rv for ?'\ lia bilities of orery n< iur incurred in tbie S:.:t< by sau! company^ andthut auch ?et vl&niad < ort sbch ttgeyt or attorney hi the manner rc paired by tho lae.s pf-this State ?lia.il 1)0 deemed legal and binding ?n the company or companies, iu all Buses niir.laaevcr, and that every judgment, *o recovered shall bo cna .I clunvo evidence ol the indebtedness of the company; ami iu addition to said wafranl o appointment, there ?hall be tiled and pnb li.-ti d a s'ntenienf, iimdo under onlh OJf its President or Secretary, showing its assets und liabilities, and distinctly showing the I amount of capital stock, ami how the name r has been paid, and of what the assent of the ( company consists, the amount of losses duo and unpaid, and ail ot ter claims against the compntty, or other indeptedncss, whuther due or not due nt jfhu thus of tho filing of the statement above, and shall further bltow: Itt. That, said companies have fulfilled tho provisions of their i c.-pectivo charters, ami oj <l?e extensions and amendments thereto, in every particular/and whether there has been any change of ciiarters since last statement. '2d. The amount of policies outstanding as near as can be ascertained. Hd. The Character of the risks, and the rule governing companies and their agents in taking the same, ootu us to locality utul amount. ?Ith. The particular cbaraotor of the as sets, specifying Hie amount of cash and )>nl> lio, bank, manufacturing or other stocks and bond.-:, or other securities, held hv the com panies, with tho evidence that thi / are held by them, the rule of investment in real es tate, securities, and tho general localities oi real estate secured to companies. nth. The amount received from premiums, and whether sufficient to pay losses, &c. Oth. Whether tliripbate been auy chan ges in agencies during the preceding six months. 3. That every agent or attorney ob taining such license shall aldo causo such ti | cense to be published in .some newspaper, lo ? ..,?,.,< hv tit* noinniroller funeral, having circulation In the county in wntcn he resides, The company siiaii also furnish the Comptroller Gcnernl. through their ngent. an annual statement of the affairs of Hid com pany, as provided in the second Section of llii. Act, ..ad it Bliall.be the duty of tho agent or agents to publish the same. Sen. .(. Tim' If the CoinptroHer slisH be some satisfied that any company is insolvent or unsafe; it .shall be his fluty to roluse li cense to its agent or agents, and to withdraw any license that has been already issued. Sko. fi. That any person who shall di livrr aTiy policy of insui a'iec, or nolleet any pre mium of iusni .nice or tram-act any business of insurance in this State, for any company in the United States, or foreign State, not incorporated by tho laws of this State, a itli out having first obtained license as by this Act required, or after his license has been withdrawn, or who shall in aay way violate the provisions of this Act, shall be tin I . every such offence not lens than or.o him 1 n d dollars, nor more than five hundred doll i,rs, at tho discretion of the Judgo: Provided, further, That nothing contained in this Sec tion shall releabe any company or companies upon auy policy issued or delivered bj it or thorn. Bite (I. tfhai fcr fiery lieer.se Is?u?.i by .ptrollor General un<b<?- this Act. Iu sh di be paid by the company taking our Fttch licenso tho stim of flvu dollars for h'w own use. ZtZ. 7. T:...: all Act- or p^.ts of Acts in cons'tftient with this Ac. arc hen 1>> i , r H? I, In the Sen*!?-Houso, the filth tluy W March, in tho year of nur Lord Guc liiba sauJ eight hundred aid sixty-nSim 1). T. COIlRCf, Trosldent pro li>inpor(, .?r the Semite. RRAftKLIN J. MOSRS, .Jr., Spcnker cf the Hobsc of Eoprewsntntif Approved the ?1 e.ubebt K. {wimm wj. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ?.tn General Aeseuably begun to be uohigu at Columbia on the f'ou-tb Tuesday in Novem ber, in tbo year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eixty-nine, and thence continue by divers adjournments to the twenty first day of Deooinber, in t?e year ot our Lord out) thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine: am act to nr.TT8R rttoTroT HOi.ncRS or i? siT.WT. ruUOlES IN THIS STATB. SrctioH 1. Do it enacted' by tbo Senate and House of Representatives of the Stale of South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen eral Assembly, and by the authority of the snme: Nu Company or Association which is now organized, or which *aay bo hore.it tcr organized in thi* State, to carry on the, business of insurance of any kind or kinds, shall proceed further with business (us the case may be) until they have deposited with the Comptroller Uencrtil of this Siale bonds or stocks of tili? State equal to the sum of filtv thousand dollurs rar value for each Life Insurance Company or Association, nud twenty thousand dollars par value for uuoh other Insurance Company or Association. Tho Comptroller Geueral shall hold such bonds or stocks us.security for policy holders in the Company or Association; but, so long as any Company or Association so depositing shall continue solvent, the Coinptroller Gen eral uity permit *uoh Company to collect and receive the interest on such bonds or I stocksso deposited. Sr.c. 2. Whenever any Company or Asso ciation is, or shall become fully organised, and the said Company or Ass ciation havo deposited with the Comptroller G>n?r?l tlic requisite amount of Stato bonds or stocks, it shall become bis duty to furnish tho Corpora tion or Association with a certificate of such deposit, which certificate or duplicate thereof certified by the Comptroller General, in iy be used in and be evidence for and against the Corporation. Six. 8, It shall not be lawful for any per son or persona, Corporation of Corporations, Association or Associations to net within this State as agent, or otherwise, in receiving or procuring applications for insurance of any kind or kinds, or iu any manner to aid in transacting the business of insurance of any kind or kiudfc for any Company or Associa tion incorporated by, or organized under the laws of this or any other State Oovcrnm'eut, or any foreign Government, until such Com pany or Association hfk<* deposited with tho Comptroller General of this State, for the benefit of the policy holders of such Com pany or Association^ cjtiaens or residents oi the'United States, bonds or stocks ef: this State <-q?: l ?" tho stjijj ,:,,'t.v }B'ou?*n.a dol j-,rs mi value lor each Life [nsurnnce Com pony oW Afce?alnt'idn, und twenty thousand i d.dbivs' uar..vAlae lor -?.ich -?her Utterance l ?Afo'JrV'poir.red ,n fVJtwney .\ t *iis Stun- oii <?.-'..-ip pri ces" nf l.;v, pan b served: and%.od Aliirney^shal! ?b.-ivo bled wi'htlte potiiptrollcT t!r:i ral u certified copy t>}' tin- ci.urici of said Qom p.my or Association, and ulsu :? ccrtif) i c >).;. ot Cie r?te i r fc&olatiotie of tho Trusteed or L' .r. tofs of thofa Company or Association ap pointing i.ii.i Attpi-ney- pt ifuch Ccpipany, tyhhSU ?ppoiijTiueiiJ sh.til ctntiuuo until another Atiorney. b- substituted; which shall be don- jtinan the di-ath. removal or iu o p city to a t of auoh Attorney, or may bo done by m:<.U Cornpauy or Association at ney ttmo. When the foregoing requirements, j and such other requirement4 as now are, or j m iy lioicafter be requiredI by law, shall be eoiUplied with the Comptroller General shall give a CCrtiju-ttte to that ctfeet.aiid also st.ite the nemo of the Attorney; which certificate, t when Bled In the- County Cle k'sOffice of the C?'iinty wlmrC the n-;e,.oy is to be located, snail bo tho authority to commence business, 8?0, 4. K\ery violation of this Act shall subject the Company or Association,or agcuf or agents, violating, jointly and severally, to u penalty of five hundred dollars for each violation, which shall be sued l"r and recov ered in u joint or sworal oivil action, in the unmeet' the Stute of South Carolina, by th ? Solicitor of the Circuit in which the Com pany or Association, or agent or agent s so viobiting, sIihII be situated ; one-hall of such penalty when recovered shall be paid into ibe County Treasury of such County, and tho other half to Iba informer (if such viola tion; and, in cr.no of the non-payment of .siiidi penalty, the person or persons so oiTond ing Khali be liable to imprisonment for a pe riod not exooedjng one year in tho discre tion ol the Court having cognizance thereof. Beo*. 6. The Comptroller Oener.d shall safely nnd Separately keep the bonds or Stocks of c.icu Company or Association, nnd shall return too identical bonds or stecke re euiv.d; and during the usual ofiiee hours, shall keop tho bonds or stocks, subject to the examination of the representative of any Com pany or Association having mode a deposit, ii< required by Ibis Aei : and the Mate shall be responsible for tho return of all said bonds or Stork? dv the Comptroller General. cite. l>. Ait ASl$ anu i>t>i la ui Acts incon sistent or coiillictiiig with mis Act are here by repealed. Seo 7. This act shall toko effect sixty days utter its pnstui ". In tin. X? !!?.:<?.If..)i^< ?t?r. ?ivonty first day of December, iii the v.. <? of our Lord one tpousind eight hundred an \ nine. ,v (.Signed) c. W MOKTUQAlBUY, President pro tempore of iii ? Senate. (Signed) rRAMvLlrj J. MoSHs, .tr., Speaker ol the llor.se of rteprcseutatj. ^. Approved tho22dday of December, ijjGtt. (Signed) ROBERT K. SCOTT Governor. STATE OF MOUTH CAROLINA, ^ Omcfc Skcrutahy OS Si.iti:. j I. F, L. CnrdiMQt Sccr<-tary of Stufe of South Carolina, d&f hcrol>y certify that the it., i : a corrrot copy of nn Act entitled ??An Act to better protoet holders of insui - unco policies in this Stato," on file in this oihcc. I.\i.t II r. H DEI k iMKNT, \ OrricK or CuMfnuiM i n Gr.*:-?ML, > com Mm >. s. c, September I. 1*570. ) riMlE following \\<{ of Licenced Insurance I A/'i-.'t i?t published for the Information ili a\] r.oUcarried, Tho"-' Companies marked* hnro not o^nTfdted with the provisions of the Act of Dit ?;p,b<.r, ldQO, requiring a deposit i 1 and their Agents arc at?borucd to transact such business Only as Given under my hand aud the seal of the State, in Colum bia, this 21th day of Decem ber, A. I>. I860, and in tho l')th year of Amuricnu Indc pendenec. F.'l,. CARIRY.'A, 8yi n tary of State. net J2 tf may b<i necessary >W th:- t^^B tractfl >?mdfl prior to the. IjfaK; of I'cb.uary, 1870, All ?U?lgS to publish their I?lcti>?tfi3?^-fg ptif>tir>h>, of Ohnrle^on, wMf^K pvllirm, of Cobit-.Ma, as ''!2jRt la r i*sued fVein thla oalic?, '*J9| Beptemb? 1, lfcW?.' FIIsE COM* cmzE^sM A LTobbs. GEORGIA HOjfl ThovnH S Moorman... <d K E Niobois & Co.;.;.~~4H Hut son Leo.????. E J C Wood.?*v?.. t?; J FC Dorre...... A B Towers.'^IB W II llardin..? W L J Rei.i.......S D K Durisoe. .Joe 'V w Ea.-lo. J H Usury. Oco H Cornelson. Joseph M Elford...v."'Vfl J T Hill & Co.j| O K Thompsou. '^B O A I'cnick.MB Wright & Crum.H HARTFORlJ| iBftac Branch John Ferguson A II Haydcn II E Nichols & Co A I. Tobias ?TNA. Ocorgo Huggins. CONTINENT. ? W 3 Hcrtot. II E Nichols & Co. John Eerguhou.... Isaac Branch. A B Towers. GERMANI.J W L.I Rcid. W 11 Bar din. M E Nichols & Co. John Ferguson. ^\,rnoUns Graham VI F Pratt. Bull & Scovill. .losopk M E(ford.. Anthony White.... Jobu T Hill A Co. o r. Thompson,.'.' T S Jeffreys. i>aao Erancy. A B.; Tower.". \V U .NlcDowaii... Cjdbum ? Howdl t. *C ?'A^iTTWT"- ? .. ;.TTT. ,...Anderson ti? nry O J-.Ty..'Beaufort. Jl l?NiohuBi ?t Co.?Columbia. 7T'.>'J(:"<in \ Dtti'Jdp.Caindeu. Gey Met) Stc t.Florence. Ferguson & MiVer. Greetivilic. I'homns H Moorman.?.*.Nowborry. T! >mas V ej a.Shmtor. i ? . i' uA K Thompson.Wlunaboro. rboiuaa ri Jctl'rnya.Torkville. HOME, NEW YORK. 7. U pokes, General.Charleston. E 11; Wood.Vifccn. S E Leaphart.Coluuii .a. IMP Full AL, LONDON. Geerge Hugginl.Columbia. INTERNATIONAL. S Y Tuppcr.Charlestou LIVERPOOL k LONDON & GLOBE. W K BIp.kc.Spartanburg. W F Nance.Now berry. i' T Loudos, Genera].Charleston. W II Parker.Vbbcvilk. W 11 Harden.Chester. .loan II barksdale.Laurcns. W 1) McDowell.Cnmden. Charles II Moise.Sumter, .1 M Johnson.Marion. Robert Bryee.Cobuabia. S S Fra?er.Georgetown. .luliiia C Smith.Greenville W S Brown.Anderson. W m God fr ey.,.Cheraw. .MANHATTAN. It E Fraser.Georgetown. <; eorgu Huggius.Columbia. S Y Tuppor.Charleston. MERCHANTS AND MECHANICS, Lager & Rarenel .Charleston. NATIONAL. linger & Ravcncl.Charleston. NORTH AMERICAN. S Y Tapper.Charlu.,tou. north itiirrion ??'t,. Loxdok a.nu EojanvKd II E Nichols & Co.Columbia. Edward Scbrir..,.Chariestou. ORIENT MUTUAL. Hugcr & Raven d.Charte Ion. PJUENIX, OF BROOKLY . Y. George Huggin.i.Coluuibia 8 s Fraser.Georgetown. S Y Tuppcr.Charleston PACIFIC A L Tobias.Charleston, PUTNAM. I W B HareHn.Chester. Oolbara & Uowoll.Charleston. George, liuggiiis.fc.Ci lum la. RICDMOND BANKING AND INSURANCE A White.Sum: >r, J L lloijour.... Chariestou. SECUBITY. A White.Bi'uatet. Ii K Nichols & Co.Columbia. G W Mol vor.t.i r?rv. K K Pruser.Oioi golpwn. d V Topper.trharlcktc i UND/.N, or Baltimoiiv.. Colburn k Unwell.Charleston. UNION, of Sax Fuaxcisu b>< Wm B Iloriot & Co.1 l-r.rl.-t-. V Georgia liuggius.j^clombin. j -O-r? CAROLINA. DnBo:?e. V\iir-hi.io. ^^Jkw I' D UK i.ai-.l'on, Suwtcr. flfl jgg^ j ?i G He riot, Charleston. ! Tbos li Withers. York. Thda Snmter MiV.?, Chester Oseaola Sitgronves, York. R Q McCayv, Traveling, YorkvlRc. S 1) Shan?on, .IVaYolhrg, Hamburg. Vi' R Bluke, Spnrianburg, S RCbnvuey, Winusboio. Lcaphart, Jefferson & Ransom, General, Columbia. Ur Isaac Branch, Superintendent of Agen cies, Abbe vi le. .1 J Wardlaw, Abbeville. Julius C Smith, Greenville. M '< Berry, Greenville. II 1. McGnuun, l.uurens. 0 1. Lindsey; Traveling, I.aurcns. Thomas S .Moorman, Nevrberry. Wm .) Luke. Ns wherry. G B Lake, Bdgoneld. .1 A C Jones, tidgttfield. John S Wilson, Chester. James II Foule?, Orangeburg. Win Clyburn, Kershaw. Walter F Reed, Kershaw and adjoining coun ties. i J I. Honour, Charleston? S F Jefferson, Ocouee. A W Atkinson, llariuvell. James R Bell, Chester, York, &e.'i Giles A Peniek, Chester and adjoiniug coun ties. T S Heyward. Traveling, Charleston. II R Cook, Burn well. 1) D Moore, Canvassing, Chester and adjoin ing counties. SECR1TY LIFE ANU ANNUITY. I W Huts.m Towncnd, General, Aiken. Louis Sherfesse, Traveling, Charleston. C '-? DeSuussure. Walterboro' 1 t .Vel' Hutaon, Traveling, Harnwell. / J Maekay, Traveling, Ornngehurg. A J Morris, Traveling. LMgoliehl. W D Sohoenberg. Traveling, Columbia. Dr A F.nglish Williams, Cuuvussiug, Colleton County. Henderson A Bchre, Cauvassing? Waltcr boro. ST. LOUIS MUTUAL. Rr.r.?*l su;n... T-"? *?*""* ... J I; til- Ifrey & Ron, Genera), Atlanta, Gn. Thomas M White, Anderson. I'. II Teusdale, Traveling, Charleston. A 1? Smith, Traveling, Frog Level. Wm Wallace. Traveling, Caiudon. r. ?. t\. 'Traveling, Chvnw. ?Mooro, Traveling; bcnncttsvillc. .5 M West tu nrciuud, Traveling, Greenville. 11 v c Wnlkur, (Ii oi getbw n. lle> i hriles Betts, Traveling, Georgetown. J M Miller, Traveling, ColunibiA* \\ 11 Wilson, Jr, Yorktille. SOUTHERN. ( A 1 I.ANTA Dr.l'AUTJiKNT.) H J Iliekson. Lancaster. .1 \ Miller, General, Au.TUata. G.i. [ Cash & Waring, General. Columbia. Im L Manning) Special, Manchester. I 11 N Miller. Tr.velinir. Willi^lon. I 0 V M v, Traveling, Suuuiu Tville. R R Lybi; Traveling, Au-iisi?, Oa. : T T 17ay, Traveling, Aikcu. ' S N Tnj per, Cbariclton. fJL Y-iiV.-, 't raveling. Charleston* V .1 Hay, M 1>, Travclhig, SuiuutorviUe. i; 11 Brailsfortl, M D, Traveling, Suiumor ville. .1 K Kmlfh, Traveling, Hopkins. I S S Fr?ser, Georgetown, I 8 A ftnrhetn k Co, Marlon, C If, ; K It Drnnson, Mars WvjK J .) JSogi Timu:onsvillo. .c H rs-unb-rs. Cantdon. i. C T /? mp-on, Ubertv Hill. W M DWigUf, Vflnebero. Ilrriei I'agnn, Chester. .1,1:0. ? F Spearia.in. Newberry C U. ,1 A Hamilton, Oi amrohtirg. Tobio ?k Tvft<ily, tauroafi V S Cumhly, Midway. .t B llnn-hvig. ltiimiierg. W S YTooten. Graham's. NY II Kennedy. WiUUtou. Georgia iloine, of < ;oI urnbitBJ^jr* Hartford, of Hartford, Conn. Home, of New York City. Importal, of London. International, of New York City. Livorpool and London and Globe, of London and Liverpool. # Manhattan, of New York City. Mercbanta and Mechanics, of Baltimore, Md. National, of Baltimore, Md. North American, of New York City. North British and Mercantile, of London and Edinourgb. Orient Mutual, of New York City. Pacific, of San Francisco, Cal. Phenix, of Rrooklpn, N. Y. Putnam, of Hartford, Conn. Bichmond Banking and Insurance, of Rich mond, Yn. Security, of New York City. life companies Deposit.$50,000 each Carolina, of .Memphis, Tcnn. Cotton States, of Macon, Ga. Lquitable Lifo Assurance Society of the Uui ted States of New York City. Knickerbocker, of Now York City. New York, of New York City. Piedmont ond Arlington, of Richmond. Va. Policy Holders Life and Tontine Assurnnco Company of the South, of Chariest on, S. C. Security Life and Annuity, of New York City. Southern of Memphis, Tenn. St. Louis Mutual, of St. Louis) Mo. Universal, of New York City. J. L. NEAGLE, oct 20?tf Comptroller -General. EX ECUTIV ^DEPARTMENT. STATE TREASURY OFFICE, Colombia, S. c, December 1, 1S70. nnHE BOOKS of the Treasury Olfirj for 1 the Transfer nnd Conversion of STOCKS and BONDS will b* closed ou and after the nloth instant until the 1st proximo, for con vince in preparing statement of interest due to Jauuary 1, 1b71. NILE3 G. PARKER, Treasurer State S. C. !v i e EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT Statk Treascb* OrriOE, Cor.vubia, 8 C, December 1, 1870; fj'IiF. INTEREST failing due. on the j_ Coupon Bonds of the State of South Caroline to the 1st of January, 1671. will be paid IN (70LP. On and after thai dato at the of II. IL Kimpton, Financial Agent of the State, No 9, Nassau Street, New York, and at this office*. The interest falling due on tho Registered Stock of the State to January 1st, 1871, will be paid IN GOLD on und after that date at the Treasury office onlv. NTLES G. PARKER, Treasurer Stute South Carolina, dec 3 0 REEDER & DAVIS, COTTON TACTOllS A SO General Commission Merchants, A<h]ir* Wharf, CHAHiiKST?N, 8. C. OswKLt R'k<?k?. Z:M\iEn>tAX Davis. oct ?m JK. ,\. K A r.l2Sr^VS, FAQTOR AND COMMISSION MEUCnAXT, rilAKJ.KSTON 8. C. Liberal advanees made on Cotton. RBtnn&KCks?Pu-st National Bank, Wn. ?le's National Dunk, Messrs. Jno. Fr?ser & o., Chatloston, S. 0. july 51?1 j having been sent to ?3. The Century is imub itically a Southern institution, and. 'it presents strong claims to the Southern public for its pattonago, with names as L- Virginia French, Hon. A. W. Dillord, Virginia D. Coriogteri| W. ?. Hill, Mary WasHiugtyn, and others from Louisianna, Alabama, Georgia ati .Mississippi. We bcKcrc the publishers will bare Ae ?ood taste to keep politics out of this magacino, and try and ?im for the highest order of literature, and more caruest development of the resources of our own Southern land. Price $3,50 a year, Charleston, S. 0. The ILarth and Home fhr February is beforo us. It ?b fall of choice illus trations, and first class reading matter. Every family ought to sdbscribc for this elegant weekly. Address Orange, Judd & Co., Publishers, 245 Broadway, N. Y. - I M ?MS* 11 - - Tho Commercial ami Financial Chronicle Of New York. Office op A. C. Kaufman,,") No. 25 Broap Street, v Charleston, S. C, Feb. 9,1871. 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