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A farmer, wliose daughter, was abutttlobe tnarned. kindly invited him to make some stay at his ho'usev The peddler accbpHcd the invitation, and re mained eight or ton days, kupt u pris* oner as it wore, by iu* hospitality of his host and a perpetual succession ^of snow fctnrms Tic was present at, the wedding, and at the merry-making giveu by the family in the evening, Where he noticed among the guestfc a young tnun of rather hundsome appearance, who at tracted much nttcntiou by the gloomy fierceness of his manner. Toward most persons lie preserved a sullcj silence ; but he relaxed with the peddler, iaughou and talked a great deal; inquired what route ho meant to take, and how long it was to be before he would be among them again. In due time the peddler quitted the farmhouse, and proceeded on his way Tho couutry just t.h?rc wa* very thinly inhabited, tbs -.roods frequent and of considerable extent, and here and there were caverns of various dimensions. In one of these the peddler one snowy night found hiutsell compelled to take refuge. He had the prccaution'to tAc some food with him; and the cold beiug p:erciug, be collected a quuntity of wood, kindled a Gro aud sat dowu to enjoy his supper beside it. lie had not taken two mouth fuls before he observed a man enter the cavern covered with snow, which he . shook from him as he advanc ed. There was an immediate rccnmii tion; it wus im other thuu the farmer's wedding guest 1 Ho accosted the ped ler with u btrange constrained civility ? rayiifg he was come to tup aud speud the night with hiui. ?You uro welcome,' said the French man. with'U? much ?eil'command us be cuuld assume. 'Perhaps, however/ replied tho Sar din, '1 shall not continue to be so wheu I shall have explained my crtaudi" ? We shall sec: explain yourself.' ? 'Listen then.' 'I listen?proceed. But allow me first to ufi'er you a little supper. Here, pray take a slice of German sausage and a lu lle of this wiue 1 have luckily brought along with me. Taste it; it is very good.' - 'No,' answered the Surdiuian, I will neither cat nor drink until I find wheth er it will be necessary to kill you or not !' 'Kill me V 'Yes, you ; unless you accede to the request 1 am about to make. Listen : I am in love with a girl whose father will not give her to me unless I oau prove myself to be in possession of ooe*huu dred dollars. Now I wish you to loud me that sum, which I will faithfully re pay to you, not nt any stated time, ob serve, for I may be unfortunate ; but I swear to you here on this dagg ;r that I will repay it sooner or later.' And he held up the glittering weapon in the light of the flames, ready !o press it to his lips should tho p.-ddier accede to his request. The Frenchman naturally fi?!t er?.rrt\ mgly uncomfortable ; for, from the sav age aspect of bis guest, he did not doubt he had reason to dread the worst. The Surdinicn continued: 'Should you be so foolish as to refuse me, I shall kill you, take all your property, marry, and make uso of it. But because I am au honest man, I wish you in that case to tell tnc who is your nearest of kin iu France, since it will be my most earnest endeavor to repay htm the money as soon as 1'rovidonce shall havo put It iu iny power.' Here he paused to observe what effect his words bad produced on the pedler, who for some time was too much terri fied to reply. 'Well,' resumed the guest, 'you arc undecided ? It is just what I expected ; it is very natural. However, I will stay all night with you, that you may have time lor reflection, because I would rather not kill you if I could help it. Still, I have made up my mind to be married next week, and I would kill fifty peddlers rather tbau postpone the I ceremony. 'Under tucso circumstances,' replied the Frenchman, 'I must leud tho money, sinco I have no choice' 'Yon resolve widely j you havo uo ohoico. Ouo observation uioro, how ever. I must tnukc, and thou wo will sit' ??-j-g-?i?i?' r\. ; ? j down eomlortubly to supper. c. I' is tbisi: I when you next come to our v lla-c you J will of ooursc sec nie and iny wi(e, aud you wili take up your residence with, us in preference to any other person's. You will say uothing, howevor, of tbe present transaction, neither to ber qpr to any one else .yftty^wjH. no* seem, afraid id' inc. as indeed von need not be, but will be merry, and rcckou confidents ly on being repaid tho sum "with whie^h. you now acco^imojln^e njfi-L All tljda the. peddler promised^' ..} J ?Now/ exclaimed the young man, 'give me your hand; we are I'ricnds ; let us ?it down to supper. ' Afterward* ybu can reckon me out the money; wc will keep up a good fifo, and chat by it nil night, and iu the morning wc will separ ate, each to pursue his on way.' In the morning, as they were nbtiut'to bid ench other adieu, the Sardinian took out his dnggdr, nnd cutting oft one ol* tho buttons from his coat, handed it to the Frenchman, saying, 'Take tnct, utid' keep it till 1 restoro you your money. Observe it is of silver, und has been' handed dowo in my family for many ?generstions. I would not part with it for all you possess ; and when I intend to repay you the' hundred dollars, this is the course I shall pursue : I will say I huvo lost my buttou, and will offer a hundred dollars to any one who shall bring it to me. You will present your self; you will produce the button,und I, us iu honor bound, will give you the sum agreed on. Do we part friendd V The peddler, who, uotwithstandinghis loss, could uot be but amused by the strange character and ideas of the Sardi uiau, gave his hand, and they parted friends. Next year ho passed the same way again, und sure euough found his friend married to a very pretty woman, who had already brought hitu a son. lie seemed very i happy-, but coining op to tho Frenchman, lt? said, 'Now 1 bave lost a button; I urn not rich enough to buy ono to replace it; I may be more lucky next year.' The peddler understood ; and after having becu made very welcome at his house, went his way. A second and third year he returned, and every time found u young son or daughter udded to the family. At length, pleased witii his reception, with the con stant hospitality >h >wn him, with the pleusaui wife l J cheerful increasing family?he took the Sardinian aside, and presenting him his button, said; 'Allow me to restoro you this article of yours which I have found.' 'No, no,' replied his host, 'keep it an other year; by that time I shull be ablo. to redeem it, and at tho same time to spend u very merry evening with you. Come this way next winter, aud you shall sec' Tbo mouths rolled round; the peddler, as regular us the season, came again; and the Sardinian invited hiui to supper All the children had been scut to bed, and he and his wife only remained with their guest. 'Agatha,' said he to her, 'doyou know that it is to your Iriend hero that you arc iudobtod for a husbandl" His wife looked surprised. 'I beg your pardon, dear Agatha/saul he; 'that is uot what 1 ought to have said. I mean I m iudcbtctl to him for a wile, pa it was he who supplied mo with a hundred ' dollars, without whioh?your father would have refuse.? you to mo.' 'Oh how heartily 1 lhunk youl' ex claimed tho wife; 'P r l?j is a good hus band und a good father ' 'Hut 1 robbed him,' said the husband, lie then related Lie winde circumstance, remarking at tho conclusion, 'I intrust my secret to you, Agatha, becauso my honor is as dear to you as my life. Here friend,'exclaimed Im, placing a big on the table, 1 here are your hundred dollars so now restore mo my button, which you have doubtless kept carefully.' 'Yes, here it is!' exclaimed tho French man, taking it from his purse; 'and now wo arc even, except that 1 owe yr,^ very much, for the constant hospitality you hnve shown mo' 'Nay,' replied the husband^ 'it is to you that I am indebted for my wife and children: you have been in some sort u father to us all; and therefore, so long as L have a houso over my head, pray consider it yours.' Peddlers arc sometimes genomus. Taking up tho big of dolls?8j aud turn ing to the wife* the Frenchman said, 'al low mo, madam, to present this to your youngest child as u birthday present. I am in a condition to afford it. I have made much immcy in your count ry, and intend next year to ma^Btnd. retire to ?4 'ii,fu<.j -?tn f?t t ?miflp wnouo Provence. , ?ME, , r" ' " i'j*'i'''l'/jHtV * Dream of a (tergy?an'.s Wife. ^?..iml:;;,.?! ?d ?UUfi-j An afflicting event took place in the family of a NeW Yfak clergyman, a'few summers since, w hich w.uf strangely and' sadly foretold in a dreatif. 'The titnc oT the annual vacation of Dr. lto.se was at hand, and the family, consisting of him self, wite, and several children, were to proceed to their 'accustomed resort iu one of the New Kngl and States. Dr. Hose was considerably'broken i<> health by the severo pastoral laborsof the year, und now looked forward'f? tVe period of relaxation from rare and tabor with great1 cxttbcrancc of .'-pnrilau "kot m> his 'My dear husband,' she Baid one nit..uing, 41 fcol greatly ttepr^ssod. All my preparations for tho' country are made with a reluctance of spirit which is unaccountable. I huvo'tried to shake off these feelings, but it seams iu vaiu.' 'I am surprised,' said'the doctor, 'to he a eomiuoii ?frilor ou board an American merchant vessel. Subse iiucntiy ho was u mow day (aborer in .'If. - ? ..U^lvti ? Q.iipjiUlj. Ul! Will in that Capacity when, in lSfjO, he succeeded his "grandmother? Byfou's widow?in tho. haijny of WcntWortli. In lSlili he died, poor, a luoorer and a peer, but he uwer us.-uuud tho 1/00 bvloiigivg to his peerage. lie was said tb have 1 ft a widow ill humble circuin stances, but of good reputation. In 18(&, however, his only brother laid claim to the barony of Went worth, which claim Was aii. Wvd by the House of Lords. "Sunn thing not v< ry unlike the above incident is connected with the uoidoti family. It is not very certain whore I'm liarl of ? Aberdeen is to b> found, or in \vl141t capacity ho is passing himself ?IV. Itiiuccuuious Cordons L ive not 1?. en t .:i\!. There was a Lord Thomas Guru U wi.o HbUS a uuuLrupl in 18l!0 und? r the dcM^iiaiiin ol a tobac conist. The Kail ol Aberdeen to whom WC in w icier is, or was, the brother ol tile Honorable James Cordon, who accidentally (diet. hm.seil at Cambridge The Carl was bum iu Itill, and lie sue eo? i? d his lather in l^lil. lie is said to have been of an advent uroits and ruviiig disposition ; that, he h ft Sogland tor A iiii i tea in tlie ioiecustn) of a ship. WOflfjilig his way over ; and that nubso ipicutly?but uot till alter many vi? is siluJes and perils?he embarked i t Bos ton under the uuuic of Charles Oswald. Tho Kurl sailed thence eastward io the Atuericau schooner Hera, of which he was the chief offieer. The Hera iu course of time reached Hong Kong, but at that tiino the Earl?or Charlys Os wald?was no longer on board. The story she brought with her was to the effect that, shortly after she was out, the ship was caught in a gulo. It became necessary to take in the mainsail. While engaged in this task the chief mate and a scamau becc ne caught in the tackle. A heavy lurch oT the vessel hurled the former?(Jharlcs Oswald?into the sea. The storm was so fearful, the seu so heavy, that it was impossible to save the unfortunate nobleman, who then and there perished. Such is the story; but if a mau should turu up in a dozon years, prove that he was Oswald, the J mate, rescued by some other means,? that it had suited his humor to wander about the world ever StO.ee, but that at lust he intended to take to his own again,?he might prove a very unwel come visitor to tho waiters for the in heritance. Ho might, perhaps, cry, "Fortuna srqnatur !'?' as he began the work, and scat himself comfortably at Haddo House, Fraserburgh, Aberdccu shire, at the cud of it. "Taking tho question generally of hereditary gcntlomon turning adventu rers,?vagabondizing over the world, courting poverty nnd peril, getting drowned at sea aud coming up ag*>iu after their death has long been a matter of congratulation to tho next heir, and perhaps of the whole family,?tho law ought to prevent their cruel nud imbe cile vagaries. If a nobleman, as a mat ter of caprice, chooses to pass for dead during many yearn, and after quietly al lowiug the natural heir to take posession of the inheritance, comes once more up on the stage and claims to act the first part ngain, .it would be well if the law could prohibit the new assumption. A small annuity, paid quarterly, is the ut most that should to allowed to these humorists , "It is quite another thiug with men of title whom poverty has driven abroad in the world, but whose industry has built up new wealth wherewith to gild the old ti'le, if they chooso to assume it. \Yc may instance the ?? of the Norwich 1 aronetcy as to tu. point. Sir William Norwich lost tho Bampton es tate by gambling. His brother and heir, John, beeamo a peusioner of the Mont ague family. This pensioner's son, Sir John Norwich, diel in the parish work house of Kettering, in which town his son, Sir Samuel Norwich, worked as a common sawyer. Sir Samuel, it issiid, had the look, carriage, and something of the address, of a gentlemen. His wid ow earned her living as a laundress, and she is, or was lately, an inmate in the workhouse where Sir John Norwich died. The present Sir Samuel, s >:i to the 1 ist, A ?es not assume '.he title, but he is said io bo in a flourishing condition n A i i -i ?i ??!?. - . i ?mi - How a Barber got Even with Mark Twain. Mark Twain lectured i:i Syracuse re cently. iu I hut city there d.veils a barber who, , ever since the nppearanoa of Mark , Twain's essay on barbers, has vowed to make the humorist's imagination u real experience to him. His opportunity came on Wednesday afternoon, and tho incident ii thus de scribed : A gcntloman present wdiispoted to Jake that the man iu the chair was Mark Twain, and on that hint Jake 'wjent for him.' Selecting the dullest razor in the shop, he sharpened it tip a little, and then seizing Twain by the nn.e, with n grip that would bring down a bullock, he commenced to lather him. He soaped him front chin to eye brows, and pushed the lather-brush about lip inch up bis no.-e, and ther.cn into both ears, p? or Twain in the meantime phoning and sputtering like a steam en ginc blowing off s tea in. In vain h? pcrMatol that he tlid not want his forehead and eyel rows shaved. 'Keep still,' said Jake. 'J know my business.' Alter soaping him until he looked like an albino, .lake laid on the blado. The first stroke brought tears into Twain's ryes. Tho second brought him to a bitting position with uu exclama tion : 'I say, that razor \i too dull to slnvo mc with.' Lay down*4ay* down in tho chair bargain.' "TKaHVaW will cut a hairj -l krtit'tajrittatedil**9 Twaiu gr?nued, aad J^k'a pdlletl 'vtVrW tho bcurd w i* off and,*1 gbodi{statt oAof the akin with itv..?ci ju^Hih ?ev?i??b? After shaving) Jake pro^deuVlogfialrt him .off, selecting the dhtn3sfcqi#j|rrtin tho shop, one thu^w^i^d.u^r^ipta?? off hair-dye, and waa.a^, appti^iwb^pr. eph'scoat, . ( is^^o^oaiVt * lows me. to roam about the country rfjfJ^ out fear. She knows toy ug^|^es|,^fd4dJ protect mo.' . ..; . .,!i ?r?iiro Jake saw that lie could not pe'rse^u^j, Mark auy further, and, after brushing him off iu a lusty and vigorous ma?nec^?, ? 'Mr. Twin, how did you like your,, shave?' aiia t 'Oh' said Mark, 'this is nothirigfneWy , Every barber in the country goes for i^e^ in the sani? style. I am used to it), ?n4 . . o ? . ? ?i - i ? 7' in fact, I rather like it.* , ? 'Call again, said Jake. 'Not if f cdn hc'.phy replied Mai*.' 'Good day!' ??' ^?Mioa?l ,,,???? I,,. ,i _i. I; An Impatient J$bnb1di?t.--*'A yono^1* Montana chap got on board'a sleeping-. ' car of the Central VaciSo, and said: Wt 'See here, Mr. Conductor, I wanloae?!' of your best bunks for this youngiwo?? man and one for myself individually. ' One will do for us when we get to the 2 Bluff?hey Marier!" (Hero he gave* playful poke at 'Marter,' to which,she* replied: 'Now, John, quit!') "Foi\yoU;u seo, we're going to get married at^Jax* j ier's uncle's. Wo might a' been mar- . ricd at Motitany, but we took a habit to ? wait till we got to tho Bluffs,' beja/i;, Maricr's undo is minister, and they charge a goshfired price for hitchin' folk at Mohtdny. "Marier" was assigned one of tbebestj ? ''bunks." During the stoppage of the train at a station, the voice of John was heard in pleading1 accents, unconcidus that the train hud stopped, and that his ' tones could bo heard throughout -the^' car: : - ? f ? '?Now, Marier, you might give a fcllor jest one." ? ? , vflhifJ "John, you Quit] or I'll git out rigHViH here and hoof it back to Mootany in the t snow storm. "Only one little kiss, Marier, and I hope to die if I don't go to sleep tight h if n Mt%. , .. - ..... .?> "loiiu-" Just nt this time u gray-headed old party poked his bond out of a berth at tho other end of the room, and cried out : "Marier, for Heaven's s-ike give him a kiss, and then we can all go to sleep." John didn't ask for any more of that, delicious little lip business during the evening. ''Marier," it is to be hoped, slept peacefully.? Hnrp'cri M-ijuzinc. -? ' " "She died," said Mary, "and WHs ' buried in the ground where tho trees grow." "The cold ground?" said Kate, shuddering ' No, the warm ground," returned .Mary, "whero the ugly little seeds nie turned into benut:ful Dowers, and where good people arc turned- into angels and Ay away to heaven." ' I say, boy, is there anything to shoot around here}"' inquired a sportsman of a bey ho met. i4 Well," replied the boy, "nothing just about hero; hut our school master is just over tho li ills cutting ! birch rods,you might w.dk up aud pop bin ovor." Why is a good husband like dough? Pjughn't you, know? Why, it is because u woman ncods (k needs) him. When you can't think of what your wife charged you to bring home; get hair pins. They are always handy in the house.