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gmtnmms ?fpartraf?i ~A SMART QUAKER. Mr. & , the Quaker president of a Pennsylvania railroad, during the confusion some years since, called upon the W? bank, with which the road kept a large regular account, and asked for an extension of part of its paper falling due in a few days. The bank president declined rather abruptly,, saying in a rough tone to the functionary: "Mr. K , your paper must be paid at maturity; we cannot renew it." "Very well," our Quaker friend replied, and left the bank. But he did not let the matter rest here. On leaving the bank, he went quickly to the depot, and telegraphed to all agents and conductors on the road to reject the ^ Vaiiwi fko tMina tv? dan*, jlu ^ 1ctt uvu1 9 iuc hi tftuo | began to arrive, full of panic, and bringing news of the distrust of the W bank all along the line. Stockholders and depositors flocked to the bank quaking with pan-, ic, inquiring thus: "what is the matter? Is the bank broke?" A little inquiry by the officers showed that the trouble oiiginated in the rejection of the bills on the railroad. The president seized his hat and rushed down to the Quaker's office, and came bursting in with the inquiry: "Mr. , nave you directed the refusal of our currency by your agents ?" "Yes," was the quiet reply. / "Why is this ? It will ruin us." "Well, friend L , I supposed the bank was going to fail, as it could not renew a little paper for us this morning." It is needless to say Mr. L renewed all the Quaker's paper, and enlarged his line of discount; while the magic wires carried all ardund the road the sedative message?"The W bank is all right. Thee may take all its currency." iffdian shrewdness. j*1 t" ** .'""mo oknuror] ft fnnh. ine XnOlSUB 11?>C at n . a ?uvnv>. ? new for strong drink, and have been willing to barter almost anything which they possessed for the means of gratifying their appetite. Sometimes, like their white neighbor, when they have become addicted to intemperance, it happens that they have nothing to barter, ana then must depend upon their wits or go dry. One of this class came to a tavern and told the landlord that for a pint of whiskey he would tell him where ne had just seen a bear. The landlord produced the whiskey. "Up to the top of the hill, where the roafl turns?you know where the big rock is V said the Indian. "Yes." "And beyond there'is a big stump; you know where that is ?" "Yes." "Beyond that stump is an oak bush, and under it is the bear fast asleep." Boniface started with men, dogs and guns, but no bear was found. "You lying whelp," said he to the Indian as he returned, "You have deceived me; there .is no bear there, and none has been there lately." "You found the rock didn't you?" asked the Indian. ''Yea, I found the rock." "And the stump was there, too, wasn't itr ?? "ICO. "And the bush was there ?" "Yes, but there was no bear there ?" "Three truths to one lie ! Pretty well for Indian. Better than white man do," was the reply. WHAT CLIMATE. Dan. Marble was once strolling along the wharves in Boston, when he met a tall, gaunt looking figure, a 'digger' from California, and got into a conversation with him. "Healthy climate, I suppose ?" "Healthy! it ain't anything else. Why stranger, there you can choose any climate you like, hot or cold, and that too without travelin' more than fifteen minutes. Jest think o' that the very next cold morning when you get out o' bed. There's a mountain there, the Sary Navady they call it, with a valley on each side o' it, one hot and one cold. Well, get on the top of that mountain with a double barreled gun, and you can, without movin' kill either summer or winter game, jest as you wish." "What I have you tried it ?" "Tried it! often; and should have done pretty well, but for one thing." "Well, what was that ?" "I wanted a dog that would stand both climates. The last dog I had froze his tail off while pintin' on the summer side. H? didn't get entirely out of the winter side, you see?true as you live." Marble sloped. NOT DEEP ENOUGH FOR PRAYER. A good story is told of two raftsmen, who were caught in the late big blow on the Mississippi, at which so many rafts were swamped and so many steamboats lost their sky riggings. The raft was just e*??? - T ftl'A Prtnin o o t li o anna 11 mergiug iruw un&c a uo ??v came. In an instant it was pitching and writhing as if suddenly dropped into Cha rybdis, while the waves broke over her with tremendous uproar, and expecting instant destruction, one of the men dropped on his knees and commenced praying with a vim equal to the emergency. Happening to open his eyes an instant, he observed his companion, not engaged in prayer, but pushing a pole in the water at the side of the raft. "What's that yer doin', Mike ?" said he; "get down on yer knees now, for there isn't -a minute between us and purgatory I" "Be aisy, Pat," said the other, as he coolly continued to punch with his pole; Vbe aisy, now; what's the use of prayin' when a feller can tech bottom with a pole ?" Mike is a pretty good specimen of a large class of Christians, who prefer to omit prayer as long as they can "tech bottom." Persimmons.?The Danville Register tells the following anecdote about General "Alleghany" Johnson on the march to Bristoe Station, in the fall of 1863. The General was riding along the road, and perceiving one of his men up a persimmon tree, halloed out to him: "I say, there, what are you doing up there. Why ain't you with your regiment ?" "I'm- getting 'simmons, I am," replied the soldier. "Persimmons, thunder ! They are not ripe jet. They are not fit to eat." "\es, but General," persisted the 'reb,' "I am trying to draw my stomach up to suit the size of my rations. If it stays like it is now, I shall starve." The General had nothing further to say but rode on. gat the Itamc "I DARE YOIM" "Pooh! I could do it easily, and be bacl here again before you could count fifty !" "May be so; but you don't dare to try.' "Don't dare ! now, Tom, you know bet ter." "Well, I dare you !" The boy's eyes flashed. In a momen he was over the boundary line, skatinj skilfully over the forbidden ice, while hii schoolmates looked on?some with aston ishment, some with fear, and a few witl shouts of applause. Clear to the other sid< he went, though the ice cracked and bent then, with a graceful turn, he was cominj toward them again, swifter, swifter, with i look of pride on his glowing face; and thi praises of all the other boys already sound ed in his ears. "Good for you, Win!" "Hurrah for " "Who ? where was he ? where the prom form and smiling face, and the dark hair uncovered in the moment of exultation.? Gone! hidden in one moment from thei sight, under the ice, and the waters rosi again over the spot, as if their time of tri umph had come then. 4lO, what shall we do ?" "Run quick ! get a rope]" "Stand back ! every one of you!" and i voice, generally so kind, frightened then now with its sternness ; and they looked ii silence at the teacher's white face, as hi drew off his gown and crept with it to th boundary line which he had marked for th< boys that morning. Over that, too, so care fully, yet so quickly; and the ice cracked cracked! And the hoys could none of then tell just how it was done, only that sooi the dark, dripping hair of their schoolmat appeared above the broken ice; then hi body, slowly, slowly dragged towards them his hand clutching tightly the teacher' dressing-gown. The teacher did not speak ; and thej dared not. In the teacher's owh strong arms Winthrop was carried into the house and rubbed, and, no, he was not dead! fo: in a few minutes he opened his eyes, an< looking at the group -of anxious boyisl faces gathered round, he said : "All right.' How it brightened every heart there ! Thi boy8 could speak now. "Oh, Win ! I liaven t counted the fift? yet!" biyst out Tom, excitedly, trying t< laugh ; but if he had not been a boy, h< would certainly have cried instead. "Now, let me hear all about it," salt their teacher, calmly, as the color began t( come back into Winthrop's cheeks. "It is all my fault!" said Tom, humbly "How came you to disobey my rule Winthrop, and go beyond the boundary?' "Why, I hardly thought about the rule, sir; I wanted to let them see that I wasn't afraid of the ice ! they dared me to do it; and when any one rfares me to do a thing?" Winthrop stopped suddenly, as the recollection came over him of the cold, gurgling waters, and of those few terrible moments of suspense. "Then you always dare to do it; is that what you mean ?" "Yes, sir," but the voice was not so full of confidence as it had been half an hour before. "And the end of your daring, this time, might have been?death !" A shudder crept over the boy's heart. "Oh, sir! please don't! I dared him !" said poor Tom. "And so you think a boy is a coward who is dared to do a thing, and doesn't dc it ?" "It looks so," answered Winthrop. "Ah, my boy, you must get rid of that idea ; it is all wrong! He who refuses tc do a sinful or a dangerous thing, even when people say, 'I dare you,' is a true hero; and he who runs all risks to do something, just because he is 'dared,' is by fur the most cowardly and foolish. Don't look so downhearted, Winthrop ; I want you to be truly heroic, and I know you can do things very bravely sometimes. For instance, if 1 should say you must not go skating anoth er day. during this season, you would beai the puhishment without complaint, I think.' "Yes, sir," answered the boy, with i touch of the old pride in his voice. "Mayn't I bear the punishment ? It was my fault." "I haven't given any punishment yet Tom, I have only given this lesson aboul true bravery for you all to learn. Ant now, be off every one of you, and let Win throp rest, while 1 go to examine my ares sing-gown ; and if it is entirely ruined, I'l pass a subscription around among you t( get a new one." And the kind man smile< as he left them, but his heart was full; ant he went to thank God for the safety of his pupil, and to pray that he might become truly brave and noble. Boys, never be dared into doing what ii wrong. Do not take one step aside fron the safe and straight path, no matter hov many voices say, "I dare you." Be bravi enough to say, "I dare not," to ever temptation. RESPONSIBILITY. A young man in Virginia had bccorai sadly intemperate. He was a man of grea capacity, fascination and power, but he ha< a passion for brandy which nothing couh control. Often in his walks a friend re monstrated with him, but in vain; as oftei in turn would he urge his friend to tak the social glass in vain. On one occasion the latter agreed to yield to him, and a they walked up to the bar together, the bai keeper said: "Gentlemen, what will you have?" "Wine, sir." was the reply. The glasses were filled, and the friend stood ready to pledge each other in renewe and eternal friendship, when he paused an said to his intemperate friend: "Now, if I drink this glass and becom a drunkard, will you take the responsibil ly?" The drunkard looked at him with sever ty and said: "Set down that glass." It was set down, and the two walked t way without saying a word. 0, the drunkard knows the awful cons< quences of the first glass! Even in hi own madness for liquor he is not willing t assume the responsibility of another's b< coming a drunkard. What if the question were put to ever dealer, as he asks for his license and paj his money, "Are you willing to assume th responsibility ?" how many would say, the love of gain and money did u%t rub 1 "Take back the license." > ? ? Be guarded in discourse, attentivi and slow to speak. {pMribmnui JWicbs. civil law reswheot" i Headq'rs 2d Military District, \ Charleston, S. C., July 13, 1868. f General Orders No. 136. In view of the approaching termination of the military authority derived from and exercised by virtue of an Act of Congress 1 passed March-2, 1867, entitled "An Act to I provide for the more efficient government 3 of the rebel States," and the Acts supple mentary thereto, which laws are about to 1 become inoperative by reason of the fulfile ment of the conditions and limitations pre> scribed by the provisions thereof. And the Z State of South Carolina having, by its 1 Legislature, ratified the constitutional aB mendment known as Article Fourteen, the - following instructions are promulgated for the information and guidance of the officers of this command serving in the said State : 1. Upon the issue of the proclamation ^ of the President of the United States, pre? scribed by Section 3 of the Act of June 25, 1868, announcing the ratification of the r said constitutional amendment, the ComB manding Officers of Posts in said State will - cease to exercise any and all authority conferred under said Reconstruction Acts of Congress, except so far as necessary for the inauguration of the new State govern1 ment and to close up unfinished business. 1 2. The terms of office and all official func1 tions of Registrars, Inspectors, Managers B or Judges of Election, Military CommisB sioners, or other Military agents in South B Carolina, appointed under the authority of " the Reconstruction laws of the United > States, will end at the date of the proclaa mation of the President, referred to in the J preceding section, and all such officers or e agents will, without delay, forward to these 8 Headquarters any books or records relating ? to their official duties that may be in their 8 possession. They will also transmit a list of the property purchased with* public 7 funds, and exhibit the disposition made of I it. ? 8. The Provost Courts now existing in r South Carolina,are abolished, and the re1 cords will be transmitted without delay to ) these Headquarters. 4. The tenure of all appointees to civil e office in the State of South Carolina, under the authority of the Reconstruction laws 7 of the United States, will terminate when } their successors, elected or appointed under - the Constitution and laws of the said State, shall be duly qualified. 1 5. All citizens who, at the date of the > proclamation above referred to, may be in the custody of the military authorities, and . held for trial for acts in violation of the , Reconstruction laws of the United States, or in violation of military orders issued un, der the authority of the said IAwb, will be t discharged from custody and the military ; prosecution dismissed. 6. At the same time all prisoners (citi zens) held by military authority for trial, ; whether in confinement or on bail, for i crimes or offences cognizable under the laws of the provisional government of said State ; will be turned over to the custody of the proper civil authorities; and all bonds, unI dertakings, deposits, or other security for appearance of persons charged with crimes or offences as above, taken by military au, thority in this District, in pursuance of the provisions of General Orders No. 105, series 1807 from these Headquarters, will be turned over to the Attorney-General of the State, with the authority to enforce the I same. ? The Judge Advocate of the District will communicate to the Attorney-General of the State the history of each case so trans: ferred, together with the depositions or oth > er evidence or information upon which the i parties accused have been arrested and held ; for trial. In like manner, the Provost , Marshal-General will transfer to the At; torney-General all depositions, complaints . or other information on file in his office in ' relation to persons accused who have avoidr ed arrest or escaped from confinement. r i A 11 ni-icnnorc wKn wlipn tllA . aforesaid Act of March 2, 1367, becomes inoperative under the conditions and liini' tations prescribed by the fifth Section therei of, may be in confinement or custody by virtue of the final judgment and sentence j of a Military Commission or other military tribunal authorized by the said laws, will , be continued in the said custody until enti t tied to discharge by expiration of sentence, I or until their cases are otherwise disposed - of by proper authority. Upon a writ of . habeas corpus, or other process issuing from 1 a Court of the United States in the case of > any prisoner so held, the writ will be promptl ly responded to, and the officer in making 1 his return, will set forth the material facts 5 in the case. If such writ be issued from a ? State Court, the officer having the custody of any prisoner will make a respectful res turn to the writ, setting forth the fact that i the prisoner is held by virtue of the final r judgment and sentence of a Court of comq petent jurisdiction, held under the authori? ty of the laws of the United States, and that the jurisdiction is exclusively in the Courts of the United States. The division between United States and e State jurisdiction is not always distinctly t marked : but officers will be guided in their 1 action by the principles laid down by the 1 Supreme Court of the United States, in the - case of Ableman versus Booth (21 Howard i Reports, 506.) e 8. At all forts, arsenals, light houses, i, custom houses and other public establishs ments, whether held by original cession or - by capture and occupation, the jurisdiction will be held to be in the United States, regulated in the former case by the terms of the cession; ana in the latter exclusive, uns til otherwise directed by law or other prod per authority. Commanding officers are d required to see that such places are not allowed to become asylums for criminals, and ,e that no persons not in the service of the i- United States are allowed to establish themselves within the limits of any ceded or rei served jurisdiction. 9. So much of the provisions of any orders issued from the Headquarters of any t- Department, District, Sub-District or Military Post in South Carolina as reserves ?- certain jurisdiction over the sea islands of is said State, embraced in the operation of o Special Field Orders No. 15, from the ?- Headquarters of the Military Division ol the Mississippi, dated January 16, 1865, is y revoked, except as to questions of title arirs sing under the provisions of the law of the ie United States of June 16, 1866, the jurisif diction of which is in the Courts of the U. j, States, and except also as to the reservations specified in Section 8 of this order. The Commanding Officer at Hilton Head j, will cause the boundaries of the Government reservations at Hilton Head, Bay Point, and Land's End to be re-surveyed and distinctly marked. 10. The canvass returns, poll lists and ballots for the several elections held in said State, under the authority of the laws of the United States, will, as soon as practicable, be arranged and inventoried according to the several election districts, securely packed and transmitted to the Secretary of State at Columbia for deposit and safe keeping. ' . 11. Authenticated copies of the registration in each County of the said State will be prepared as soon as possible, and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State. 12. Authenticated copies of all General and Special Orders, regulations and instruc tions issued by the District Commander, or by Post Commanders under authority duly delegated, will be prepared; one set to be deposited in the office of the Governor of the said State, and the other in the office of the Secretary of State. 13. Authenticated copies of all decisions affecting rights of property will be pre pared and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State. 14. Commanders of Posts in said State will immediately transmit to District Headquarters all records, correspondence, &c., that relate to the duties performed by them under the Reconstruction laws?retaining only the military records. By Command of Brevet Major-General Ed. R. S. Canby. LOUIS V. CAZIARC, Aid-de-Camp, A. A. A. Gen. WHY GKANT DISLIKES THE JEWS. A correspondent of the Chicago Times says The question is often asked, "What has General Grant against the Jews ?"? "Why did he issue that notorious proclamation driving all Jews, without discrimination, outside his encampment." And not having seen published any satisfactory answer, I will give you what I suppose to be the real cause of his dislike to the jews.? During the winter of 1858 and 1860, while Grant was living at Galena, he took it into his head to go into business on his own hook ; and thinking there was a speculation in buying dressed hogs and shipping them to Chicago, he came down to the town of Bellevue, lying some 12 miles southwest, on the west bank pf the Mississippi, for the purpose of buying from the farmers as they came in town with their pork, and having it hauled to Galena, and there shipped on the railroad to Chicago, or in any other way disposed of so as to make a profit, which was very honorable, and, if managed understanding. could have been made a U V ' profitable business. There lived at that time in Bellevue a man by the name of Rosenthal, who was a Jew, who was in the pork trade, and of course, would be glad to keep the trade in his own hands; so he determined, if possible, not to give Grant much of a chance, and the first two or three loads were bid up far beyond its real value, and finally sold to Grant. By this time Rosenthal discovered that Grant knew no difference between the price of light and heavy hogs, when in reality, there is a difference of at least one dollar per hundredheavy hogs being the'most?the hogs already purchased by Grant being light, and he having paid the full price for heavy hogs. So Rosenthal goes to his warehouse, selects out all the light hogs, enough to load three or four wagons; gets some farmers who had wood racks on their wagons to load on the hogs, drive out of town by another street and come in the main road, to the corner where they were buying. Rosenthal meets them there by another street, and commenced bidding against Grant, and, after bidding the pork to the value of heavy pork, it M as sold to Grant. But the joke or "sell" being too good to keep, it was not half an hour before nearly everybody was splitting with laughter to see how the Jew sold the Galena pork buyer, which so disgusted Grant that he went home that night, and was never seen in Bellevue after. And the transaction so embittered him against the old tribes of Israel that I doubt whether he could now be reconciled. And this is undoubtedly the whole cause of the expulsion of the Jews from his camp. A Sublime Piece of Laziness.?We learned yesterday of one of the most stupendous pieces of laziness of the age. A lady who had, as thestdry goes, been reared up in the lap of luxury, came to this city on Saturday last, with the intention of passing the Sabbath here. Sunday morning came and she arrayed herself in all her artificial gorgeousness and gewgaws, but unfortunately, could not find her ear-rings.? Slip wouldn't eo without them. She hunt ed everywhere, she said?had the whole house in an uproar of unpleasantness?accused the landlady aod her family, the other boarders, and the servants, all and every one, of stealing the missing jewels. The landlady became furious, did not like any such accusations, and attempted to satisfy the lady by suggesting a search of a large Saratoga trunk she had brought with her. Lady said her husband always packed and unpacked her trunks, and she didn't like the trouble of overhauling them herself.? The day wore away, and the next morning she telegraphed twice to her husband, who is a merchant in a neighboring town, for his presence on "important business." The husband came on in the evening train. Imagine his countenance, when she said, "Love, I have lost my ear-bobs, please unpack the Saratoga trunk and find them." Love did so, and found them. A desirable wife, that.?Nashville Dispatch. Lee and Davis.?A correspondent of the .New York Post writing from Lexington, Va., says: "Lexington seems ambitious to identify itself fully with the fallen Confederacy, and hopes to have Jefferson Davis as one of its citizens. A suitable residence is to be built for him in a beautiful locality on the side of the town opposite to tne Washington College. Thus in this little town the two prominent rebels of the age can meet and fight their battles o'er again in the quiet repose which befits their advancing years. However much we may deprecate i the course of these two men, and the ambi' tious cause to which they sacrificed everything, it is impossible not. to respect the ! feeling which induces the people of Lexing' ton to offer them both an asylum. In the i case of Davis this feeling is more to be remarked, because he is not popular like Lee. > To Davis and his policy many all over the South attribute the failure of the rebellion, while they claim that the Southern Confed eracv would have been a success had Lee filled the Presidential chair. [ Bats.?These little creatures, so gener ally regarded with aversion, are entirely inoffensive to man and highly useful, as thej subsist entirely on insects, and require a large amount of food. They enter oui dwellings only in search of flies and rausquitpes. Their young are born two at a time, and cling to the mother during hei flights until old enough to fly on their owe account. They have small, clear, bead-like eyes, and see tolerably well, so that "blind as a bat" is not so blind as some suppose; but their sense of hearing and smell are sc acute that when their eyes are put out, thev will fly swiftly, catching insects and avoiding obstacles with great dexterity. Wher at rest, they fold their web wings very closely and hang suspended by their little slender hooked thumbs. In the winter, thej collect in clusters, in deserted buildings, leaves and hollow trees. If caught, thej bite fiercely; but if undisturbed, hurt nothing but their natural prey, and in their vocation of fly-catcher are eminently successful and useful. - A Colt With a Human Face.?W? learn, says the Lagrange (Mo.) American, that a large gray mare belonging to Robt. Harrison, a farmer residing about five miles west of Lagrange, g&ve birth to a colt, a few days since, having a face strongly resembling the human features divine. In every other part, except the.head, it is no1 unlike any other young colt, and may b( considered well formed up to its ears, wuere the humanlike face begins. The eyes are smaller than usual, and very expressive; the nose is flat, while the nostrils are thin, the nose having quite a ridge through its centre. The mouth, lips and chin are modeled after the human form, and are quite perfect. The colt has no teeth, which is unusual, and it cannot obtain its nourishment from the mother, but is fed on mill) with a spoon. This remarkable curiosity lived but a few days. Selections for a Newspaper.?Mos! people think the selection of suitable matter for a newspaper the easiest part of the business. ' How great an error f It is the most difficult. To look over and over hun dreds of exchange papers every week, fron which to select enough for one, especially when the question is not what shall, bul what shall not be selected, is no easy task If every person who reads a newspapei could have edited it, we should hear less complaints. Not unfrequently is it the cas< that an editor looks overall his exchangt papers for something interesting, and car find nothing, and yet something must b< had?his paper must come out with some thing in it, and he does the best he can.? To an editor who has care about what h< selects, the writing he has to do is the leas nf tlia liihnr .Yiiat as mnnr flnfmm-ihers ai " ""V J an editor may have so many tastes has hi to consult. flit fotbvillt #uqnittt. TERMS?INADVAWCE x One Copy, one year, 9 3 51 One Copy, Six months, 2 01 One Copy, Three months, 1. 0< Two Copies, one year, 0 0< Five Copies, " ' " 12 51 Ten Copies, 44 44 25 0< T&f To persons who make up clubs often o more names, an extra copy of the paper will b furnished one year, free or charge. ADVERTISEMENTS Will be inserted at One Dollar and Fifty Ceni per square for the first, and Seventy-five Cent per square for each subsequent insertion?less tha three months. A square consists of the space o< cupied by ten lines of this size type, or one incl No advertisement considered loss than a square. Semi-Monthly, Monthly, or Quarterly Advei tisements, will "be clmrged Two Dollars per squar for each insertion. Quarterly, Semi-Annual or Yearly con' act will be made on liberal terms?the contract, how ever, must in all cases be confined to the immedi ate business of the firm or individual contracting Obituary Notices and Tributes of Respect, rate as advertisements. Announcements of Marriage and Deaths, and notices of a religious character, in sorted gratis, and solicited. Personal Communications, when admissa ble; Communications of limited or indivual inter est, or recommendations of Candidates for office of honor, profit or trust, will bo charged for as ad vertisements 8 T E A M JOB PRINTING Being now supplied with the VERY BEST MACHINERY, And a fine assortment of NEW JOB TYPE And other Material, JOB PRINTING Of every description, WILL BE NEATLY EXECUTED TEKM8?CASH. October 10 24 tf southcarolinarailroad General Superintendent's Office, ") South Carolina Railroad, [ Charleston, March 26, 1868. J ON and after SUNDAY", MARCH 29th, 1868 the Passenger Trains on the South Carolini Railroad will run as follows: for augusta. Leave Charleston, 6.30 a. m Arrive at Augusta, 3.30 p. m Leave Charleston, 7.30 p. m Arrive at Augusta, 6.45 a. m for columdia. Leave Charleston, o.au a. in Arrive at Columbia, .'{.SO p. in Leave Charleston, 5.40 p. m Arrive at Columbia, 0.20 a. m FOR CHARLESTON. Leave Augusta, 6.00 a. m Arrive at Charleston, 3.10 p. m Leave Augusta, 4.10 p. m Arrive at Charleston, 4.00 a. m Leave Columbia, 6.00 a. m Arrivo at Charleston 3.10 p. in Leave Columbia, 5.30 p. m Arrive at Charleston, * 5.30 a. m H. T. PEAKE, Geu'lSupt. April 2 14 tf LEAD PENCILS. BLACK, Blue and Red, and Carpenters' PEN CILS, for sale at the "Enquirer Office," by JOHN E. GRIST. May 14 20 tf NEW PSALM A2TC) HYM2TBOOKS. VOU can fii^ at the "TEMPLE OF FASH 1 ION," a supply of the NEW Presbyteriai PSALM AND HYMN BOOKS. July 2 27 tf r PIEDMONT > LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF VIRGINIA. FIVHE Subscriber respectfully informs the public I generally that he nas accepted the Agency of the above Company, and ia now prepared to issue policies of LIFE INSURANCE. The solvency of the Company la certified to by the Court Officers of Nelson county, Virginia, and Is commended to those who desire to support a "Home Institution. J. A. -McLEAN, At the store of J. A E. B. Stowe. THE OBJECT Of this Company is to insure life?not indeed to prolong life?but by paying a certain sum to the beneficiaries of a policy when you die?thereby to continue the exertions, investments and benefits of your life to your dependents, after your life is terminated. However well prepared a man may be in a spiritual point of view to meet the "king of terrors," if he De possessed of a thoughtful mind and a feeling heart, he can but look with sad forebodings to that finale of his earthly career whichis to deprive his fond wife and helpless children of that support * and fostering care wnich his arm has furnlsned. . He shudders as his mental gaze looks within the gloomy portals of the grave and leaves behind ' those 'whom he loved, as vagrants roaming the friendless, thorny paths of public charity! Yet, alas! how many do it!! when a small present out% lay wonld gild their troublous road with ease and ' comfort, if spent in a Life Insurance Policy. Rea, der, are vou not liable to this sad death-bed reflection of tne unseen trials you bequeath those you ' leave behind, by neglecting this cheap protection 1 which we now urge upon you? If your mind , were easy on this subject; if von could feel when you "shuffle off this mortal coil" your fiuntly ' were provided for, you would be relieved of the i carking anxiety that tills every worthy mind at . such fears: you would be better prepared to pur' sue your avocation with mental composure and ! zeal. We do not mean to assert that money can fill , the place of a fond father, yet we do assert, what ' you know to be true?money will prove their best 5 earthly friend when yon are gone; and yon c^n > leave them this certain friend now while yon are ' living. i Can you?will you reftise it? 3 Business men are considered rather improvident who do not insure their goods and houses against ' fire. Now, your house may never be burned?it ( may stand a hundred years; but yonr life cannot last so long?your "lamp of life" mnst burn out some day. You argue it is prudent to insure a gainst unco-tain misfortunes to your property, and . yet neglect a certain event which will and must ' como to your body. Is this consistent wisdom and ' prudence? We admit and assert the prudence of the first, but assert the greater wisdom and necessity for the last. Ask yonrself the question, are , you doing right to neglect this opportunity to proc vide effectually for your family in case of your . death, while you have it in your power? And 4 bear in mind?now, this moment may be your last ' chance?death is after you! When once his "rug; ged scythe shall clip the brittle thread of life," the ghastly panorama of want and suffering will be opened to the sighing hearts you took care of while l you lived. Remember! only while in health?ber fore age, with attendant diseases come upon yon? before yon begin to loiter in sad sickness on the t verge of tho grave?only while living?mentally , and physically living?can you obtain a Life Insurance policy. Life is a vast battle-field?death is r always tho final victor?and while we do not urge 3 this process will disarm bim of his sting, (for reli , gion'only can do that) yet it will soothe your heav' ing bosom to know yon have provided for yonr 5 family before that trying hour comes. By having . your life insured you "disarm the sting" of poverty and want to them. We imagine now we hear i the wail of suffering from some lone widow, while . she examines the merits of this business, as her shivering group stand around her scanty ffre and " cry for bread: "Oh! that my husband had insur5 od his life ! If he could have foreseen my lament l table state he would have done so. He was kind] 1 and good to all, and supposed that all would be 9 kind and good to us; bat alas, how mistaken t He B provided well for us while living; but if he had insured his life, its benefits would have continued to us now." Do not say this is a fancy sketch, for many such a scene has really existed. ^asu JOHN R. 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