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GOT) A.TSTX> OUR SATURDAY MO vmANGEBOB?NEWS ;ur<iny Ttffrrniiige foDm NEjVVS COMPANY :o:~ RMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. v for nne year.???? $200 m Six Months. 1.00 oemling TEN DOLLARS, for a v, iar^cribars, will rectlvo an iPY lor ONE YEAR, Tree of sending FIVE DOLLARS, ibsottbcTS, will reocWo inj, irccoi W ADVERTISING. Insertion.$150 ?v.#?f 'Vi 2d " .1.00 '-'4?^u&ll consists of 10 line* Brovler or %j?^?iolf>iAdvC7tiwing space. Ad?-.?.! t or' Notices.$5 00 H >i si ./sal of Guardians, Ad t s, Ex-cutorH, &c.$0 00 Contract ^Ivertieoments inserted upon the *tci liberalljTBis. ^UVUArti and FUNERAL NOTICES, toot ?xoc'HUnjjono Square, inserted without ?chcrge. Ten^Cash in Advance. ?fefiter^? SEABRlte BROWNING, \T LAW, orriCK at trraQKt'uti^ und Branchvillc. .8. O. Mr. MEYEUS or DROWNING will he at RranchviPr; ?^ery Moudny. K. :i. SEAUEO-tK. , SK?WLT0N &; BULL, ATTORN!-VS ANl> <'O?NSFLLOUS AUGUSTUS ]: KNOWLTON, CHARIT S. DULL, b Mr. KnonVon will t>r at l.?'ivlsville EVERY '*ATUKl?AY. nnd ?t Jort Motto on ihe'Sd ?nd 4th ! fiil-AVS of every month, July tf COOKIE ?fc COOKE, Ar??KSMS AT LAW, o n a ;v r; # r /j fir, s. c . Will fttend to BUSINESS in any of"** JIhe STATfJ and the C. g. ('Ol UTS for the B'wriot cf S u:h Carolina* T. H, COOKE. II. V. COOKE. 4 Justice, ill UCSLNKSS "ANNAMAKBR,. CV AT LAW, I- :- on Mondays, Juyr. days of the TED will be { id to. AND SUO ESPEf.'TFULLY IXf ?AV *^9*0'*??*burg Uo. iwici .Meriani! Stock ?f I sufficient IVcrkon ed to hiiu*. rs?peotfnlltsoii euno. 7 ?nl? t, >RK. on Ruj triggniann A patronage, loo of tin boox Und Hb$m \ KE?, MOV!:!) tf) S^ttire W OKI Office, la prcp^r- : ? < i OFFICIAL. CIRCULAR. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,' "4 Onion of i.nr. Comptrooijsr Gekebai., V Columbia, S. 0.5 January JO, ?S70. j "jVTOTiCE in hereby given to aU Agents of lN| ij>i?uruncc Compaolos doing business in this Stete, that on and after the twenty-Gist 1. _ ^? ?-"?^??^? I07n iU>^ tvj'l t"-" ?"eooivnil rolruain new lfoenscB,'and before said licon ses are issue', tho Companios.will be require od to mako a deposit of certain bonds- or stock with tho Act Of December 22d. 18G0, a copy of w hich is hcrounto appended. The law will be. rigidly enforced, and ail Compa nies must make the deposit within the tinio specified. J. L. NE AG LB, Comptroller General. ? N ACT to regulato tho Agencies of Insn J\~riincc Companies not incorporated In 1 t he Stato of South Carolina. Sfc?Tto? 1, Beil enacted by tho Sonate and House of Rcpro$?ntntivcs of the State o Booth Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly and by . the authority of the s-inie, That it shall not bo lawful, after the first day of April, ono thousand eight hundred and sixty-nir* , for an agent or any Insurance com4 iy in the United States, or any foreign State, incorpo rated by the laws of this State, to tnko risks or transact any business of Insurance in this State without firs' obtaining license from tho Gntnjrtruller General, which license shall ex pire on the 8lrf day of March of each year. Sao. 2. Thatb before the ComptroB General shall Ijs?e such, license, to any agen of uuy insurance company not lucorporat In South Carolina, there Shall lie filed in hi office a certified copy of the charter Oi th 1 company from Which the -aid agent or at torney has receive I his appointment, an . ulso -.1 ocrtim-d copv of the vate or resolution ', ot the Truucesoi- lljiooior of aaid company appointing him niA Ag-jht, ac.coiopamod by niiiucs ocovcry ?f.ti;r^ lrcnrrcum HiiaMati by ?aid comp;.r.y. ai.d rh;,< such M-rviftiiiadi' on ?Ur.ii egesi or attorney in the. manner re j quired by the lar-s pf this State shall .be doomed legal and hiding en the company 01 companies, in all Stulls whatsoever, and that every judgincu;. >;o; recovered shall be con clunvo evidence o! the indebtedness of th* ! company; and ia addition to sai<l warrant o , appoiutmcut, there?hall be filed and pub j li.-h .i a statement, made under oath . o? its President or Secretary, showing its asjets and liabilities, find distinctly showing me umdpnt of capita^ steck, and how tho same has been paid, and M* what the assets of the company eoiisist-, tiio amount of losses due and unp .id. and all otTer ciuims against the company, or oilier itldej.tcdnr.sa, whuthcr due uY not due 111 t'r- time of tho filing of tue .statement above, and shall further show: 1st. That said companies have fulfilled the provisions of their respective charters, and oi the oxieiiMoua sod amendmentsthereto, in every particular/and whether there has been ur/y change of charters since last statement. ?J I. T'ic uiiiount ofp diciea outstanding as near as e?u be- ascertainhL 8d. The character of the risks, and the rule governing ''companies and their agents iu taking tho same, boih aa to locality ajttdl nmount. 4th. The particular character of tho as .-^?is. specifying ?ho atnouut of cash and ptib l.o, bank, manu fa during or other stocks and I bonds; or other securities, held by the com paiiics, with the evidence that they are hobl by (item, the rule of investment in real es } fate, securities, and Iho general localities 01 real estate ?ecured (0 ouinpanictl. ?th. The amount received from premiums, and wlffcthcr sufficient to pay losses, Sio. \')th. Whether thril have been nny ihaiW'B gen in agoticioa during the precedihg six uiouvbB. ? Skc. 3. That every agent or attorney ob i.eining such'llconse shall aluo cause noch li cence to bft tu?bll-ihril in um? ??uv,...,... I*. i-e'eticsignatoii hy tin: Comptroller General. IovMiig circulation in (he county in which ho resides. Tho company ?hall also furnish the Comptroller Gcticrnl, tl.rough their ageai, nn annual stMcniont of the ufl'airsof tbo coin pany. uo pt i.v.-.ed in the second Section of lbh-. Act, and itshallhe the duty oftiie of agents to publish the panic. Sei?, r- Tm?i :i 1 iie ; on: pi roller shall i>o Spmo satisfied that any company i? insolvent or unsafe, it shall bo his ituly to refuse li cense to its agent ot agents, and to withdraw a^y license that has been already issued. Sr.c ft. That any person who shnll deliver any policy of inaurwioa, or collect nny pre mium of insurance or transact any busiuess of insurnno inI this Htate, for nny company in the United States, or foreign State, not incorporated by the laws of this State, with out having first obtained lioeose as by this Act rcooiyod, or after his license has been withdrawn, or who ?ball in auy way violate the provisions of thin A :t, shall bo find for evory auch offence not loss than ono hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, at tho discretion of the Jmjgei Provided, further. That;.nothing ?pntnlned in this Seu doo sboll rolenSL? any eonipany or fompatlics upon *uy policy is^iiud or deli vend by it or Sk\ fi. Tliat for rvevy iiense Issued liy Uie Cemptroller General under fh.is Act. In* ihall be paid by th". company taking out sn^h license the stim of five dollars lor his 7. That ?11 /d* or parts of Acts io t with tninAct are hereby repealed, ibe Sena!?-House, the fifth day of arch, in the ytar of our Lord One thou d eight hundred old sijUy-ntna ]). T. CORRtK. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA At a General Assembly begun to be h<uucn at. Columbia on the fourth Tuesday inNovem-. bcr, in the. year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred und stety-ulne, and thence 1J cc=tir.r.c b* div*?? tuRmirittaenU to the twenty"first day of iWomber, in the ycfcr ot our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-niuo: AN act to BKTTEP. PTTOTrOT hoi.nV.rS 0? 1k 8tJR>jo'k to1.101k3 in TH19 ST.VtB. S?otioK 1. Be it unacted* by tha Senate and House of R. preaontntive-i of the State of South Carolina, uow met and billing in Gen eral Assembly, and by tho authority of the name: Nu Company or Aaancl&Uon which is now orgnnixod, or which may ho hereaf ter organized in lid* State, to carry on theJ bunincM of in?urancc <jf any hind or kinds, ? hell proceed further with business (as the case may boj until they have deposited with the Comptroller Gencrul of this S'ute bonds or stocks of this State equal to the sum of ?4.?i. -.i...... n?w vutn? Fnr ojifti Life InKUruuoo Company or Association, aud twenty thousand dollare pur value for euch other insurance Company er Association. Tho Comptroller General shall hold such bonds or stocks as.soourity for policy holders in tho Company or Association; but, eo long I as any Comp'any or Association so depositing shall continuo solvent, the Cotaptroller Gen ? -?* I-V i \ -.- -.i .i "4a r?/jl*(?t'l erai may peruu*. p?\*uu .. ^..?^....^ -- >+ and receive the interest on suoh bonds or Stocks ?0 deposited. St:o. 2. Whonovcr any Company or Asso ciation ia, or shall beooine fully organuod, and the said Company or As." ciation have deposited with tho Comptroller General the requifc-ite amount of State bonds or stocks, it shall bjcomo bis duty to furnish the Corpora tion or Aw^ciation with a certificate of such deposit, which certificate or duplicate thereo certified by tho Comptroller General, may bo used in and bo evidence for and against tho Corporation. Seo. 3, It shall not be lnwfut for any per son or persons, Corporation of Corporation Association or Associations to net within this Slate ns agent, or otherwise, in receiving o procuring applications for Insurance of any kind or kinds, or iu any manner to aid transacting tho business of insurance of an kind or Kiu "- for any Company or Acsoc: Con incorporate.! by, or orgi'iicd under t laws of this or any oUier State Government, or any foreign" Government, nhtii such Cotu panv or Association hac deposited with the Comptroller General of this State, for the benefit of the policy holders of such Com pany ur Association, citizens U residents of .-bo" United SVnieSj bonds or locks of lids . State eqtif.1 to tho sum Of fifty thousand dol i us nai valu* lor each Life, Insurance Co.n ' ?.v or ' Ar.'.oi:>.li.JU. an.l twontv th'.-JKund ? . v ' " Tvti ,VJf<Mney fas 8tt?U- on &?!.?'.? ir> prr>eo?*oJ ! b '-i't vi-d: and I > ttorne.y vhal ! filed w i'ii I ho Ctmij ;i oll v t}cn i it] u certified copy of the cl..irici-ul'A.iid Com party or Association, and'also'a certified copy ot tiro vo: lotion* of h. Trustee:* or L'.rv to.x of m.di Company or A --- 'aiouap poitrting Silin the Attorney- dl ^ucu ?ejnpaoy, which *ppo in'tiu cut. * hall c< utiuuo mifil another Attorney b? substituted; which shall be doiiv tjpun the dfiadh., removal or in capacity to aet of such Attorney, or may be dene by bi:vh Company or Association at nry tiuio. When the fnr??going requirements, and such ether requirctoeiiis as now axe, or may hereafter be required by law, shall be eeiu'i littd with the Comptroller General Shall give a cr rrU.nir to tnnt effect, and also ?tute the nemrr of tho Attornry; which certificate, When fii 1 in tho ('(.unty'Clerk's Oftice. of tho County where (he-ngeney is to be located, sl'mli bo tho liuthority t.i pomnjeiioc busiocss. 8>:t.\ 4. Kvcry v/o!..rion of this Act shall subject the Company or Association, or agent or ajgenra, vinluiing, jointly and severajtty, to dvptiUalty of five hundre t dollars for each violation, which Shalt b" sued f?r und recov ered in ii joint or sevcrnl civil notion, in tho name of th| St.^te of South CarglinA. by the Solicitor of the Circuit in which the Com pany or Associdtion, or agent or agents so violating, shall bo situated ; "ne-hall of such penalty when reoovorcd shall be paid into the County Treasury of such County, and the other half to th.> informer of such viola tion; aud, in c-ao of the non-payment of sucL ?imulty, the person or persons so offend ing ?hall be HuVfe to imprisonment for a no ri'id not exceeding one year in tho discre tion of the Court having cognizance thereof. BEoi ?. The Comptroller Qonoral shall safely nnd pepnrntely keep the bonds or Stocka of eaoii Company or Association, and shad return the identical bonds or slocks ic ceiv. d ; and during the usual oftico hours, snail keop tho bouds or stocks, subject to tho examination of th- representative of auy Com pany or Ass .cintiou having made a deposit, required by this Act ; and the State shall bond? ?r stock? dy the Comptroller General. Stc. 6. All Acts and parts vf Act? incon listent or cordlictlng with this Aot aro hero by repealed. Sko. 7. This net shall tako effeot sixty days after its pa; v. In !1;,1,:... I'.,, twenty Qrcn day ol Dccejnbcr, in the y.. * of our Lord one thousand oigiu hundred an i ?ix:\- nine. (Signed; ('. W MONToiUlKRY, President pro tempore of tit Senate. (Signed) FRANKLIN J. M08KS, Speaker of the House of Rcprcsentati . Approved tUe$2dday ofDecelpoer, lHf.'.;. (.^i^uod) ROHl?ytT K.SCOTT Governor. } STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Omca SscaiiTAur or S . vr>: 1 P, L Cdrdjas. Secretary of State of South Curoliu'i, dWnercby eertjlfy that tie. abovo if) n c<>rrcet copy of an Act entitled "An Act to better protect holders of lnsnr* dn*e policies in this Stato," on file in this ouioe. Given under my hand and (lie seal of tho State, in Colum bia, thin 24th day of Decem ber, A. I). 1800, and in tho <i._.K - ?^- X _._.^.(__I... ptndcnce. Orm-K or Cnatm ?uM.i u ii t 'ot.fxm v s. ('.. Sentemb ri"MlU folir,win;f L-t of Licensed Insurance I Agent? is published ?.n- hit) infornis'ion i>l all concerned. Thow Companiin marked* have not. complied rviti, the provisions of tho Act of l)J3-nubtr, I<">0. ri.quiriug ? deposit of State Seem it its, nnd their Agents $>rt Muhm-ised t i transact srucb Vui'iue** inly as RtoHsHI^HBiR jiny be necessary ?oH tracte ?nnde prior to I rf Feb.uary, 1070. A to publish their L:.' en pt//>/i>rt.?, of Charleston, af paWi^a* ef Colunbuvns September 1, 18W.V FIRE COM*. CllIZEJf A L Tobias. GEORGIA Tiu?i-if ! S Mooi-.n.in A White. ??? H R r'icbols k Co??-. Huts&n Leo. BJC Wood.Mfc J F C D'iTro. A R Towers. W II Ilardiu. W L j RoiJ....".. R R JJurisoe.????? Tfb-ss.no. J II Henry. Oeo H Cornolson. Joseph M Klford...v. J T Hill k Co. O R Thompson-. 0 A PcnicK. Wright & Crum. HARTF? Isaac RrancU. John Ferguson. A II Hay den. I U E Nichols & Co A I? Tobias.S JETNA Gcorgo Huggins. CONTINENT ?W B Hcrfot. II E Nichols & Co. John Ferguson.... Isaac Branch. A R lowers. GERMANI W LJ Roid. W 11 Ilardin. II E Nichols k Co. John Ferguson. Z E (hikes, General.Charleston. K .) 0 Wood.Aikcn. S i. Lcapliart.Columbia. IMI'r.dlAL, LONDON. George Hoggins.Columbia. INTERNATIONAL. S 1' Tupper.Charleston LIVERPOOL Si LONDON k GLORE. W K Blrse.Spartnnburg. W F Nance.Nowbprry. C T London, General.Charleston. W II Parker... ...Abbeville. W 11 Harden.Chester. John H Barksdala.,...Laurons. V.' D McDowell.Comden. Charles II Moise.Sumter. J M Johnson.-.Marion. Robert Rryoe.Columbia. 8 8 Fraser....Georgetown. .1 id.us C Smith.Orccnvillo. WS Brown..Anderson. Wui Godfrey.^.Cin raw. MANHATTAN. R E Eraser.Georgetown. Gcorgo Huggins.,.Colun.bia. s V Tupper.Charleston. MEKCHANTS AND MECHANICS. linger & Ravenel.Charleston. j NATIONAL. linger & Ravcnel....Charleston. KNORTH AMERICA^. SYTuDnar. rt..-i~..? NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE OF London asd Edjxbvjio H E Nichols & Co.Columbia. Edward Schrine.Charleston. ORIENT MUTUAL. Huger & Ravencl.?.Charte -ion. PHGJNIX, OF BROOKLYN, ff. Y. George Huggin.t.Columbia. 8 S Fraser....Georgetown. S Y Topper.Charleston PACIFIC. A L Tobias.CbA.leston. PUTNAM. W R Hardln.Chester. Colburn k Howoll.fhr.-.U.ton. George Huggins.?..Coluuihin. RICHMOND BANKING AND INSURANCE. A White.............Rum; -r. .) L Honour.Charleston. SECURITY. A Whits.So-iter. H E Nichols & Co.kColuiubhC G W Molver.i.,...( h< raw. it ft Fraser.Georgetown. 8 V Tupi er.tfharlent .. UNION, or BainiHttr.) Colburn k Unwell. ...(msrleetott! j L'NItiN, or S\.\ FnAKCISi h. Um R Herlot k Co....cWlr-d< h. George Huggins..Columbia. -.- I HFJK COMPANY 1. CAROLINA. j jlflG Hriiot-, Charleston. r.TlioB 11 Vrtt&rr*, Vo,k Thos Snmter Mills, Chester \ Oseeoia Sit greaves, York. R O McCaw, Traveling, Yerkvillc. S RShanuon. Traveling, Hamburg. V,' K Rluke. Qparlanburg, S 11 Cluwney, Winusboro. Lcaphart, JetTerson tt Hansom, General, Columbia. Ur Isaac Eranch,. Superintendent of Agen cies, Abbe vi lo. J J Wardhuv, Abbcvillo. JtUiu* C Smith, Greenville. m G Berry, Greenville. H 1. McGoivtm, Laurens. 0 L Lindsay; Traveling, I.nurens. Thomas S Moorman, Ncwberry. U'ui j b?ke, Nawhervy. G B Lake, Rdgefietd. .1 A C donee, kldgefield. John S Wilson, Chester. Jiiir.es H Fowles, Orangebnrg. Win Clyburn, Kershaw. Walter F Heed, Kershaw and udjoiniug coun ties. J L Honour, Charleston. f fl F Jefforson, Ooonee. A W Atkinaon, Hnrruvell. James R Bell, Chester, York, &c., Giles A Pcnick, Chester and adjoining coun ties. T S Hoy ward. Traveling, Charleston. II fi Cook, Barn well. D D Moore. Canvassing, Chester and adjoin ing counties. SECRITY LIFE AND ANNUITY. W Hutson Townend, 6? teral, Aiken. Louis Sherfessc, Tr?"'-ling, Charleston, i' '-? DeSaussurc, WnUerboro* i ."VJcP Hutson, Traveling, Barn well. / J Muokay, Traveling. Orangoburg. A J Morris, Traveling, Edgcfield. W D Sohoenberg, TraveHug, Colombia. Dr A English Williams, Cauvasaing, Colleton County. Henderson & Behre, Canvassing, Wultcr boro. ST. LOUIS MtJTTt AT~ Robert N Miller. Travelling, Willieton. J E Godfrey & 8m, General, Atlanta. Q*. Thomns M White, Anderson. It 11 Teaadftlft, Traveling, Charleston, j A L Smith, Traveling, Frog Level. Woi Wallaee, Traveling, Cumdon. wm Godfrey. Traveling. Ch;ruw. ? Moore. Traveling, bcnnctlsville. J hi vi??Htuioieluixl, 1 raveling, Greenville. II A C Walk, r, Georgetown. Rev t'hriles Kelts, Traveling, Georgetown. .1 M Miller, Traveling. Columbia. IW R Wilson, Jr, Yorkvllhs. SOUTHERN. (Atlanta DarAKTJtRNT.) I! J rjickson, Lancaster. J A MtRer, General, Au;',uila. Ga. Cash & Waring. General, Columbia. n I. Manning. Special, Manchester. R N Miller, Trawling, Wiliistou. O 1* Ha?, Traveling Sumincrville. R F. Lyes, Traveling. August?, Ga. | X I :!.n , i?rn\uitng,. Aikcn. . . \ Tupper, CbarleUon. el. V iC.-. Traveling, Charleston. F J liny, M 1>, TraveHug, Summer villa. Wb Btttilsfbrd, M D, Travoling, Suiumor ville. J F. Rmith, TravcUng, Hopkins. ?> S Eraser, Georgetown, S A Durham & Co, Mariou, C 11. K It RrURsnn, Mira Hhi/K J ?! JJ^'B' Timmonaville. H W uite? Snmler. fi n Panders. Can; f -". I. O T'/cmpsrui, LloC Hail. W M Dwigbf, WinsVcro. Janle? I'ngan, Chester. .laraos P Spearman, dewberry CTI. Tobiu K Tvsoly, Laurons, * H S r.iasidy? Midway. .1 . Dantb?i i,, Hemberg. W S Wooten. Graham's. W II Kennedy. WiUWtous . G'Jtirgia'if?m?, oTc\. hi mhos'," US' Hartford, of Hartford, Conn. Imperial, of London. International, of Now York City. Liverpool and London and Globe, or London and Liverpool. * Manhattan, of New York City. Merchants an<' Mochanica, of Baltimore, Md. National, of b..itkaore, Md. North America.i, of New York City. North British and Mercantile, of London and Edinonrgb. Orient Mutual, of New York City. Pacific, of Ban Francisco, Cal. Phenix, of Brooklpn, N. Y. Pntnam. oc Hartford, Conn. Richmond Bauking and Insurance, vi Rich mond, Vu. Security, o? New York City. i.m: COMl'AMB Denosit.>.$50,000 caoh Carolina, of Memphis, Tonn. Cotton States, of Macon, Qa. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the Uui I ted States of New York City. ! Knickerbocker, of New "York City, j New York, ofNev York City. Piedmont end Arlington, of Richmond. Va. Policy Holders Life and Tontine Assurance 1 Company of the South, of Chariest on,s. C. Security Life and Annuity, of Now 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. EXEClITIVB^DfiPAllTMENT. ? STATE TREASURY OFFICE, Colombia, S. C, December 1, 1870. rpHE BOOKS of. tho Treasury Office for I tho Transfer and Conversion of STOCKS and BONDS will be closed ou and sfUr the n!5fh instant nntil the 1st proximo, for eon veience in preparing statement of interest due to January 1, 1S71. NILES G. PAUKER, dee 3 o j EXECUTIVE 11 EP ARTH ENT. 8T..m TnEAnrnr Orrie*. CoL-JxniA, 9 C, December 1, 1870. THE INTEREST fatting dtte oh the Conport Bomls of the State of South Carolina totho Int of January, 1871, will be paid IN f/OLD on and after that dato at the offica of II. It. Ktmpton, Financial Agent of the State, No. H, Nas*?.u Street, New York, and at this offioe. The inteveat falling due on the Registered oiuck of the State !o January iat, 1 BY 1, will ho paid IN UOlili on and after that date at tJbe Treasury office onlv. NTLES O. BARKER. Treasurer State South Carolina. I dec 8 .o reei>er & Davis, COTTON FACTOHS AJtn General Commission Merchants, tU ^vtBHAHLKSt?N', ; B. C, V i Oswalt Rv.r.i.tn. itawittl? Davis ; a. J. ' ; a I . I jN'AS, rACTOR AND. - a. COMMISSION MERCHArr, C?A Rl.RSTOtf 8. C. Liberal advances made on Cotton. REFEar.MC?s-^Flrst National Bank? pie's National BarAt, Messrs. Jno. Fr?ser & Co., Obarletfen, S, C. july 31?ly is impbatically a Southern mstitutiou, and ?iv presents strong claims to the Southern public for its patronage, with nnniea as Jt. Virginia French, Hon. A. W. Dillord, Virginia D. Coriogtorii W. B. Hill, Mary WasTlingtyn, and others from Louisiauna, Alabama, Georgia and .Mississippi. We believe tho' publishers -will hare ?ra good taste to keep politics out of this magazine, and try and *hn for tho highest order of literature, and more earnest dt 'elopment of tho resources of our own Southern land. Pcricc $3,60 a year, Charleston, S. C. The Harth and Home for February is before us. It is fall cf choice illus trations, and fi?t ?Uss reading matter. Every family ought to sdbseribo for this elegant Weekly. Address Orange, Judd I k Co.-, ? rublwhers, 245 Broadway, N. Y. - i in _' The Commercial aftd Financial Chronicle of New York* Officb of A. 0. Ka?pman,, *) No. 25 BnOAV) Strebt, \ CnARi.issTO?, S. C, Feb. 9,1871. > I cordially commend lo those gentle* men of business, Bankers) Brokers, Mer> chants, etc., here and elsewhere, whose notice The Chronicle as a financial and commercial nronitor rany havo escaped, to look carefully into the merits of thia paper, even now accepted by many as the utaudurd Journal of America to mat ters pertaining to finance and commerce ? its extended and extending circula tion being tho strongest testimony in its favor. I would here take occasion to remark, in passing, that its editors, (per sonally known to myself,) are gentlemen of intelligence, refinement and culture. This accounts somewhat for the paper being conducted on the exactest princi ples of honor and integrity, and with an ability, vigor and independence ?wldom equalled and never excelled. go generally known is thtifjepet Hiat no Banker's or Merchant's Library throughout t'-c le?#h and breadth of this vast couetry f? * lusidered cou>jjista without it. Tt can bo found on almost,, every desk, fthra* a faithful ?aipantbu, frioud and guide. I do no* pretend to I argue tho merits, ot this paper, bat aim ply ask, the skeptic to reed and he cou* vioced. I have been rerrooeted by the pute lishera to net for them in this i*etion, and havo consented, in consideration of the mauy courtesies they have extended to mo. I will receive subscription mon ey to sAuic ($10 per annum) -and shew or ship specimen copiaa of the paper l.x any who may <!?*ire to subscribe