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Jtoaps xpljMte. j A clergyman in "Iowa City preaches three ^ tiqies every Sunday, each time in a different locality, and during the week cultivates a'farm of { 160 acres. * j -^-A correspondent (unmarried,) suggests that a Solomon's wisdom was due tothe feet that he had t seven-hundred wives, whom lie consulted on all L occasions. i ' f ??A New Hampshire paper has a funny typo- ] graphical' error. It speaks m a inception giveu to f Ben. Butler, where the band struck up "Hail to theThiefi '. | ??The invitations to the .first wedding in At- J Jan tic eity, Wyoming Territory, were sent on play- . ine ciards, the only article t>f that kind the country " afforded. -?? There is- a young lady in Harris County, Georgia, who has ploughed, sowed and cultivated, ] without help, five acres of cotton, and has a crop . tiearly ready for harvest She was wealthy before the^wiar. - * . _' ?? A gentleman who hasjust reached Galveston v '' - . 1?~ Voohimi ToTdD iruin a pretty eiicuoivu twui u?t? uaoium j. informs the editor of the News that the oldest in- r .habitants have never known the. crops as promising r as they now are. . ,?AA negro at Danville,*" Va., snapped his pis- . tol at a dog, but if failed; when he looked down- " the muzzle to see what was the matter. He saw it The pistol went off, and so did the top of thedarkey's head. ?. -- \ The spectroscope has developed that the sun j is a large collection of the minerals known on the earth, including the prcoious metals. Arvinventive Yankee is meditating upon a process to extract "gpldTrom 'the 'sunheams. - * *g -? Iu France and Spain the grapes for wine are / crushed and mixed by naked males and females trampling them up to theif waists hi the -vats. s Perhaps-this is the way good wine gets its' 'body,'' c if not also its "bouquet." . ._ <i . \ "c -rp-: The New York Mail says : "Messrs. A. T. c Stewart & Crf. say they have never done as large ? a business at this time of the year before. They t attribute this feet to their having advertised more , this "season than ever before. They are urt doubt-, edly tigbt. . ; *t ' * * ,6 The receipts of new cotton, thus for this c season, at all the shipping ports, as advised by mail "t accounts, foot up forty-six bales, being considerably less than the receipts at the same time last year,' < showing that the present crop is. at least two or k three weeks later fhan the previous one. ' ' > a - m % _ sy - AJ >4. ? . _ . _ . . , ; I ?1? A young tfiauofhmited intelligence,- whp was recovering from 'a* long 'fit of sickness, being in- ? formed by ; his physician" that he -might venturo- ' now upon a fittleanhnaffood, exclaimed: "No you t don't, Dootor, I've suffered enongh on your gruel <j andiiuff, andhang .I'M -toueh any of your 0 Hay amfcoat^ _ .. N In tbewifl ^of tUa late Wado Bolton, of Mem- t phis, the following appears: "I givpindbegueath . the widow and children of (General Thomas Jona- ^ nathan-Jackson, known as Stonewall Jackson, who " tell at the battlg of Chanoelforsyille, "Virginia, d $10,000, ashiaUuy tells mehis widow's furniture \ was solilafier-his death fhr debt'L - ^ ^ \ , ?? A preacher iq Pgge. peunty, Iowa, was not E since dissatisfied with the salary he wqs re- j *cciving, and so he told his congregation he wo old iwrit preaching unless he received better wages. ? But he finally changed his mind and said he would 1 give aU who did not wish to hear him ah opportun, ityto retire, and every soul at onoe departed, ledvmgl?m alone iq his glow.;,. , - ? A Calcutta savan has startled India with the s affirmation that a race of tailpd men and women f are to be found Hi'the forests of Borneo. He .says B that bra information comes from Sarawak traders, 0 who statethat this"missing Knk1' race live itr the trees, have bows and arrows -and other rude- im-' 1 plcments, and subsist entirely by hunting. An' a expedition is to be sent in search of this curiosity, f ??(Hie statistics of insurance prove that the' 1 losses of property from the use of kerosene oil are -I greater than those from any other cause save in- g cendiarism. A, New York paper recently devoted fc a column'to the explbsion of theidea that kerosene is non-explosive, and presented" an array of.focts which would di soon rage all prudent persons from e using ikiniheir dwellings.. c ??The mills in New England that manufacture a prints, having worked up their stock of raw c material, have, it is. reported, very generally sus- t pended operation's until the new crop of cotton t comes into the market. It is also stated that some of the large mills' in Fall River, which make this ^ kind of printed cotton cloth, contemplate patting 1 their mills on short time until trade assumesa more * encouraging aspect in regard to this particular line r of business. ? f -?The wooden toothpicks, now in extensive $ use, having superseded more costly article^, are all x manufactured at one establishment" neajf Boston, employing thirty operatives of both sexes. The v machinery has befen patented, and is driven by 8 water-power. The woods used are maple and wil- f low. The aggregate daily sales at the agency of o the mill, in Kew> York, amount tp forty or fifty ^ cases, each containing one hundred thousand toothpicks, or four or five milliorr toothpicks. * When Mr. Buchanan was the last President i of the United States, Hon. Howell Cohb, his Secretary of the Treasury, invited him to a trip ob a thepoted revemre'outter, Harriet Lane. He went, o but when he found the expense of the voyage was t to be charged to' the government, gave orders to i have the- bills sent to him for settlement, which Q they would have been, had not Mr. Cobb .prevented it by paying them out of his own private purse. That is not the way things are done now. , -?The amount expended, on-the government buildings in' Washington, from the time the seat of government was locatea there, to June 30,1868, , for public works of every description, including t buildings and works of art, is $37,390,853.08, .The grounds owned by the government in the Dis- s trict of Columbia amount to five hundred and sev- 0 enty-eight acres. Chicago gives notice that she is ready to issue bonds to the extent of forty millions of dollars to construct government buildings there, in case St. Louis hesitates to come up to the t scratch. The Hayneville (Ala.) Examiner says that L one great reason for the introduction of Chinese s labor into the cotton region of the South is the feet that in their own country worms with rice is a dish of high standing. If they come here, fcheD. . they will not only plant the staple, work it ana 11 pick it out, but they will eat the myriads of worms I that infest it 1 We consider this a knock-down c argument in favor of the pigtails. And for this reason the County of Lowndes now needs 25,000 Chinese. Wc aye satisfied that there are catcrpil- , lars enough to give rations to that many of our 1 new fellow-oitizens (under the fifteenth amend- 1 ment) of Asiatic birth. If we are to have them, let us have our hand dealt to us right now. x The Macon, (Ga.,) Telegraph learns from a ] gentleman from Bufaula, Alabama, that the stalks, t > ? j i.i-~ l U0I13 UI1U SJUUres III LUC UlUg (H/1C Ut tuiuvu UGiuil^" ing to Major L. F. Johnson, nearEufauIa, had been counted within the last day or two, and that by a close mathematical calculation the acre will i Geld at least five, and probably, eight 450 pound t ilea of cotton. Old and experienced planters ] who were present and examined the cotton stalks, ^ said that the acre would certainly yield five bales, and with favorable weather and close picking seven ' bales would probably be obtained. ' This is a most ( fabulous souuding statement, but we are assured that it is true. I The Treasury officials have been in receipt of ; numerous letters from parties who have been swindled By a concern in New York, which sends out circulars offering to send $100 in fractional currency for $20 in national bank notes. The last ' dodge of the swindler is to send a genuine fifty or 1 twenty-five cent note as a specimen. If any one bites at the bait and remits $20 it is so much made by the swindler, and the victim never more hears ] of them. The Treasury Department, however, can ( do nothing in the premises, and people who make such investments do so at their own risk, as the affair is managed in such a way that the principals ' can never be caught actually disposing of the ; counterfeits. A new self-cancelling postage stamp has recently been invented. The paper on wnich the stamp-head is printed is first wet in a cheap chemical solution. The stamp is then gummed and perforated as formerly. When purchased the stamp is moistened as usual and attached to the letter. But when the postoffice clerk takes up the letter to sort it from others for different States, on his right hand thumb is a small coat on which is a sponge with a feeder, which is soaked in another chemical solution, kept secret fbr governmental reasons. As the clerk takes hold of the letter to | throw it aside, his thumb comes in contact with the stamp; an instantaneous combination takes 1 place, and a defacement eomee out much superior 1 to the present ink. This cancellation can only ef- j feet the stamp which is prepared ;^fbr if the thumb sponge wet the envelope, it dries off without a mark. By a similar process revenue stamps are prepared. The stamp presents the same appear- . - * - >*T - ' . j? _ .nca as the present one, having been only soaked q the prepared water previous to printing; then, J rhen dry, a coating of gum is applied over a stencil j llate, leaving the words "paid, "cancelled," "U. -t or any of their equivalents. When the stamp , s run through the perforator, it also passes through wo buffers where a powdered preparation is rolled f n. When wanted for use, by wetting the stamp, 1 & formerly, the saliva acts as an agent, combines d he two Tchemical preparations, and immediately a ^ lack bar or the words "paid," "U. S.," oomeout, icrmanently cancelling the stamp and doing.away ? rith the tedious and annoying practice now en-, 11 breed of putting One's initials on the stamp. ^^^h m florlmHe; ? . . ? t YORKVILIiE, S, C.: .. . a PHURSDAY. MORNING, AUG. 26, 186JL 5 - , ' "? Cash.?It must be distinctly understood. U%t ut terms for subscription, advertising and job, c cork, aro cash, in advance. X.?The paper-will bo discontinued on the eXpi> ation oftno tiino for which payment:has befeh a'Ade. A Subscriber finding a (X) cross-mark on he wrapper or margin of his paper, will under- s land that the time paid for has expired. ; J 7 ^printers WANTED. r ^ Two sober and industrious Compositors are f santdtl--at - this office immediately. Steady .cm- y iloyment will be given-and wages .paid promptly, 0 vTHE* CROPS. * C *' * . . * V Our exchanges, almost without exoeption, giye liscouraging accounts of the corn crop. South Carolina, Georgia and" much of Tennessee have " Offered severely from un&a'sonablc droughts. The Q rop'in these States cannot be more than half a g Top. The same cauefes have probably operated in itber Southern States, though the reports From States west of tho Mississippi are favorable. At v he .same time the-corn crop of the Northwest, is ikcly to be .short from an opposite cause. * Their prmg was so wet that they did not get in a full f top,,and much "that they did get in never came _ ip* - V- . The'reports from the eotton field are conflicting. Statements are going the rounds, of fields which. s sill yield two to four bales.per acre. On theother 0 land rust, is repoftedJn some'Sections. ,.Tho cat; g rpillar alarm scems-lo have Been groundless, At a cast wc have secb nb accounts of damage done by s Yk^o/\ inennfo fTtnip nnnpnrjin'pp llflfilvflTl lllSWWJj lUVU^it VMV*k ? ?. jj luly chronicled two or thjroe times. Tbc.probable D .moijnt of the cotton crop seems very hard to get n t.- .Some paxteip (the Charleston Keys among a hem) still estimate it as high as 3,600,000. bales. c Ve afe uriable'tp see where it is to come from, iho stand is confessedly poor .in whole States, and n Irought has further injured tlte prospect. lathis j, iuioity, the recent nyns, coming after a drought, g favc caused the growing' plants ta shed a gopd s oany squares which Would, with good seasons, ^ iave matured into bolls, and we;prosume.this.ie c ;cnoral. The probability is that there will be y nany more leaves than bolls this season. , j, . THE PKEMIUiU LIST. -rr In another column will he found a syn^ifiis 8 bowing what is wanted for exhibition at the ap^ ^ roachinjf State-fair. The list ie very comprehepive, embracing-specimens in almost every branch if productive industry." In the agricultural do aliment, there is no' Southern crop overlooked, nd no variety of live stoek omitted which is to be 1 bund on Southern forms. In the mechanical and 0 ifanufacturing department, there arc one or two ranches left out; but the Executive Committee . eem to have carefully surveyed tho whole field, ^ efore making out their list. * But'they seem to have spread themselves, jxtr xcelknce, in. the household department, and espc- p ially in needle-work. We never before hud any v dequate idea of how many various articles the limble fingers of Southern ladies could-manufoc- s ure_ The Committee evidently received nssis- D ance from friends of the gentler sex, or they could lever .have made up so full a list of needle and j ancy work. Doubtless, tlxe result of their labors * rill partly open thc eyes of our male readers to the nysteries of the work basket. Partly, we say, writ-is out of the question that ??M/i-kind will un- n lerstand half the terms-used. But the ladies will' ? inderstand, and-it is for theif special benefit that , re publish this* part of the list. We aje glad to'.. ee so prominent a position assigned them at the f hir, and hope many of them will availthemselves ' fit. Among so many articles, there surely must o some on which the ladies of York can .take A remiums. The same remark will apply also to the other ^ enartments. Our farmers and mechanics have M' n equal showing with those frorii other sections f the State. Thero is no reason why some oP 0 hem should not take premiums. To mechanics, ^ he taking of a premium would be a paying busi- '' ess, equal to a first-class advertisement. " * . ^ J" . STATE *ITEM9. ". J The assessment and colleotion of taxes in Lan- j aster County will cost $3,640. ^ Cotton picking has begun in the lower part of ^ he State.- __ - . p A safe, belonging to the Express Company, was v tolen from the railroad depot at Laurens C. IL , y n the 16th instant, and robbed of $1,889. -. c A Columbia telegram to the Charleston Rcpub- ^ lean says that, up to the 21st instant, $438,000 of n axes had been reoeived at the State Treasury. j Judge Moses has recently delivered an opinion y a tjic Supreme Court of this State,, that when ^ ales arc ordered by the Court the Sheriff is the a fficer to be employed. - y The Phoenix of Tuesday says: "Yesterday mornng, Mr. Richard O'Neale, Jr., had picked from lis farm near Boundary street, the first lot of new otton we have heard of in this County." ^ Twenty colored men, sandwiched botween the * amc number of policemen, and calling themselves r Jasons, paraded in the streets of Charleston on iVcdncsday. . 5 The Winnsboro' News walks into the Phvnic, a inder the banner of "Premature! Fiddlesticks." fiddlesticks are harmless articles, whatever be the . late of their maturity; but there is danger in pre- j( nature fiddlers, especially political fiddlers. c A secret political organization has been organ- t zed in Orangeburg, under the title of "Sous of he Sun." It is said to be conducted on strictly y Republican principles; but leading members of he Union League denounce it. We were not iware that old Sol had any sons, but if he has, a hey must be regular blazers. A dispatch to the Charleston Republican says I that one of the contractors on the Blue Ridge Rail | Road was to leave Columbia last Monday, for the purpose of commencing work on the tunnel, with a Dew patent drill. It has been used successfully elsewhere, and can bore five feet per day. The motive power is compressed air. The Town Council of Spartanburg have resolved to take stock to the amount of fifty thousand dollars in the Air Line Railroad, provided it be so located as to pass within the corporate limits of that town, and provided also, that the money so subscribed be spent within Spartanburg County; this action, however, to be subject to the ratification of ] voters of the town. : A meeting of the stockholders of the South Carolina Central Railroad was held at Sumter C. H., on the 17th instant. It was ascertained that ( 1010 shares had been subscribed, which amount , being sufficient to authorize the organization, the | charter of the company was turned over to the stockholders. Mr. D. B. McLaurin was elected President, with a Board of nine Directors. A delegation of gentlemen from Lancaster re- I cently visited Charlotte, in behalf of a scheme to ] build a railroad from that city, through Lancaster, t to some point on the North-Eastern Railroad. J The people of Charlotte were very glad to see them, 1 but would not bite at the proposals. The papers * throw cold water on the project, thinking it doubt- t ful whether said road would be a benefit or an in- x jury to Charlotte. 1 The Chester. Reporta' of the 19th says~:On !hureday evening, .12th instant, Mr. J. Alexander toBborough was crossing the railroad at Lewis' 'urnoui, on horsebaok, at a rapid gait, when his orse tripped upon the-iron and fell, throwing Mr. tosborough a considerable distance, and rendering im unconscious. Assistance was promptly rcncred and lie was found to be very severely injured, lie left side of his body being paralyzed. We are' lad to say he has improved somewhat, and that o doubt of his recovery is entertained. The Greenville Enterprisesays: "Judge Orr ias rendered an adverse decision in the case of ohn II. Walker vs. Mary J.. Walker, petition for livorcc. The case lias been held under considcraion since last court, and the legal profession will ie indebted to the Judge for the very learned and ,blc opinion in the case. We'have examined this pinion; it will fbrnra*landmark 1n future cases. ?hc Judge distinctly indicates that the Court of Uquity of this State always had the power to cx* rcise jurjsdifition in divorce cases. " A SAVINGS BANK WAITED. * There is little doubt but that well conducted avings bank is one oT the greatest wants of York )istrict> -At present there Is no opportunity ofered for depositing to those who havo surplus ooney on hand. There are quite a number of lersons with moderate sums" of money in thoir ipssession, -who either have not enough to invest ir are unwilling to risk investments in those unertain times. Their money is therefore lying idle, phereas if thero were a responsible savings bank m each, it would soon .acoumulate and form ahuleus for future investment . >" * Besides the olass above alluded to, there are thersto whom such an institution would be a benfit. Ail persons who acquire the habit of saving verr small Bums are benefitted >;~and nothing will ssist-so'muoh m forming such a habit as to farjsb a place of deposit for small sums. There are IsO men in our midst who.are sometimes badly in eed of money for a short time, and- know not always where to get it. Had "we- a savings bank, rorthy and responsible men of this class could alrays he accommodated. -N * - . Another advantage may he enumerated.? The avings bank is like alake supplied from numerus small springs. --Its waters, accumulated, will oattheehips of commerce and putin motion the lachinory of many a mill, whioh- must stand idle o long as the waters remain spattered in Ktfle priogft. In like mnnner,the comparatively fnsigificani; savings ofnumerousindividuals, combined, jay form a powerfid capital, capable of startibg ftd sustaining Enterprises of great Use to the whole (immunity. . '-v.. What is wanted is-a-hank for the receipt of loncy on deposit, whichmay be withdrawn"trith aterest at any time. There, ought not to be any Teat difficulty in getting-thc requisite capital suboribcd. If it is proposed to start such .a bankunor thecontrol of men.in wham the peOplo'have onfidence, we believe the thing can be accompshciL. The first question is; is it needed ? -If so, i is at least-worth -an effort to secure it. .Until t has been tried, no man has a right to pronounce uch an effort useless. . . ; THE DAILY-REPUBLICAN. A pew evening paper is now published in Charleson, with this title, in connection with tho South 7(arolbia Yfcclily: Republican, which is still coqinuod-. It is: published exclusively in the interest f tho Republican party. Albeit we are by no aeans pleased with the sentimerits of the Repubienny a sense of justice compels us to add that it 3 an ably conducted paper, with a finetypographjal appearance, well written articles and a high orer of literary merit. Out only, surprise is that a iaper of tliis oalibre is sustained by its party; ibr re, feeL confident, that the party does not oontain bree hundred men in this State capable of underlanding or appreciating one-tenth of the reading latter in the Rqmblican. - ? # ? EDITORIAL INKLINGS. lilious. The Charlotto Democrat says it is all a raisake to suppose that city is unhealthy, because so lany of lis citizens arc absent at the springs. It aems to be delighted to-, announce that some who jft there well, have returned sick., Come, Fates, hat won't do.' Hold your Pose to the grindstone ke a man, .and don't get mad because some of your illow citizens have money enough to take a little oliday,. . *? V' . . V . ? mother Little Caesar. . : * - > Gen. Ames, Military Ruler of Mississippi, as'ordcred his subordinates, commanding posts ? ' ? .% n . _r_#J P a the State,not to obey in tne rnture, any writ 01 abet is corpus issued by the U. S; District Court if Circuit Court, or any order made by suoh oourts1 jr the. release of prisoners in military custody. Military assumption has become so common, bat newlnstanees oxoite no comment. As one of ur clerical friends forcibly remarked, "how he uler, widout he gin'ral ?" ?he (Gettysburg He-Union. Tuesday, the 24thf was the day appointed )r the re-unionof prominent officers who particiated in the battle of Gettysburg. The object in iew is to identify the positions Of the various diisions of both armies, and points of speciafinterst. "Cbl. John B. Ba'chelder, who is writing a his)ry of the battle, is at the head of the re-union lovement, together with a corps of painters, and 11 are anxious to get a clear idea - of tho "great iclory." Many officers of the Northern army ave made arrangements to be present, and sever1 days areto be spent in going over the ground. Vhcn all the light to be obtained from participants, s to facts and localities, has been received, tablets f iron or stone will be erected. Then the world nil be enabled to study this celebrated field, with ue wonder and admiration for the fact that the tyroy of the Potomac did actually win one bona (lc victory, so-called, during its career. The invitation to be present was extended to Southern generals also; but it is stated that only few have responded. They give the following s their reasons for not attending: "Longstrcet is a New Orleans; A. P. Hill is dead; Ewcll, from )ss of leg and bad health is unable to travel, and Stewart, commanding cavalry, is dead. Without he presence of these officers correct identification 5 impossible." Vntcr Famine in Philadelphia. The city of Philadelphia is suffering from . scarcity of water, which in these hot times is a evcre afflietiou. The Fairmount reservoir is very ow, the upper dams of the Schuylkill having been Irawn on. When the supply thus obtained is cxlaustcd, tho people of the city can get no more Irinking water, unless they take it from the Delavarc. A dispatch of the 23d says: It is cool and pleasant, but no rain yet. Tho vater is growing scarcer. The Councils meet this iftornoon to devise means for supplying water, fhe proprietors of all the factories, refineries and )ther establishments using a large quantity of wa ;er have been notified by the authorities to desist, ind sonic of them have been compelled in conseluencc to suspend operations entirely, while others ire taking measures to obtain a supply by sinking wells. The low stage of water in the Schuylkill prevents boats from passing through the canal this side of Phcenixville. At Conshocken and below Norristown a large number of boats are laid up. The street sprinkling companies obtain water from the Schuylkill and Delaware rivers, to enable them to fulfil their contracts. The City Council appropriated ?25,000 for suffering families. The canal ooatmen are detained by low watert Elephant Plows.?Among the usual agricultural implements now manufactured in Great Britlin, are large numbers of elephant plows, which ire forwarded by way of the Mediterranean, the Isthmus of Suez and the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, to the place of their destination. Every morning, it sunrise, the elephant takes his mahout by the vaist belt, places him on his back, and starts into lie field. Two assistants guide the two plow hanlles, and as long as the sun is above the horizon he elephant marches along, throwing up a huge idge behind him, the furrow having a breadth of bur and a half feet, and a depth of three. LOCAL ITEMS. HEW ADVEETI6EMENT8. T. Mi Dobson & Co.?Bank Bills Wanted?Shot and Powdor?Prints?Neils?Stnreh?-Molasses?Japan Wheat?Brooios? Kentucky Jeans?Hoop Shitts?Salem Jeans. Dobsou & O'Lbary?Saddles and Harness?Cheap , Artioles?Repairing?Ldok Out. Smith, Watson & Co., Charlotte?Upward, Onward. A. E. Hutohinson?Notico. J. R. Pgtriek?Application Jor, Discharge. . M. Jones?United States Revpnuo. Reedor <fc Davis, Charleston?Cotton Factors. ' . *' LOCAL IHTELLIQIiSoi!. Our friends throughout the .county Wjll confer a special favor on us and the rcadtes ef the Enquirer, by informing us. of any niattere of general interest which may transpire in their rospeotiye neighborhoods. Furnish the fqcts in each case as .briefly as possible, and we will put the .^formation,. .in a shape suitable for publication. The names of /persons giving us-information must accompany i their communications; not for publication, but as an^c vide nee of cood faith oniho part of .the-writer and for own private use. ." i ^ */ ' 8TBU0K BY LIGHTNIHG. ! " We learn that on" Wednesday evening, of last week, during the thunder storm, a stack of oats, 100 dozen, belonging to "Sir. Thos. O'Fmrell, two miles East of town, was struck by lightning and ! destroyed. Two boys,'sons of Mr. O'FarrdT, were also struck and knocked dowfa by the shock, but reoeived no permanent injury/ , ', APPOIITTMEHT OF 18SE380ES, * The Clerk of the Court informs tis that Govern or Scott has appointed the following persona Assessors for their respective townships, for the taxes ' to be collectedin January, we believe, and that the appointees have all qualified: ' Bethel?D. M, Campbell. L : Bethesda.~J. A. Ratchfbrd. .. .Broad River.-*>3.. W. A. Hartnoss. - . ; v. ' Bullock's Greek?.T. K. Mickle,Catawba.?W? 0. Hinkle. . . - . ', - ' ^ChcroJcec.'?Itt. Hardin; ' ' '**' ^Fbenezer;?James Bynum. - *. " Fort MIL?B. F. Powell. ' \ King* Mountain.?JohnH. Facia- ? - . York.?5L Jones. . . . - . ^ ?4-^4 ? # ; ; :were-menti6n.. A Jladrid cable telegram, of the' 28d, says the preliminaries of a treaty, ceding Cuba have been signed.. The trpth of this is doubted.in hashing- . ton, '"Mrs. HarrietBcechcr Stowe is amusing' her Insure, hours by circulating, a new slander upon the metaory of Lord Byron, She accuses his lordsh^ with incestuous intercourse with his. halfsister. Fiction is ,Mrs. Stowc's forte.'*" The manufacturers of FallTKivcr, 'Mass.j- have deter ^ .filmed to run only three days ip the week, thus patting 500,000 spindles-on half thhe.""" 'Prince Arthur,"the Bixth child of Que'en Victoria and now ip the twentieth year of his age, is on a visit to Canada. He arrived at Halifax on the'23d If you and your sweetheart vQte upon the marriage questio'myon for it, and she against it, don't flat*-?? n'a f/\ ij-a Vvmnnr'h tifc ? **Twn TvllVSI tL'l VJkfUlOgiX VUJ VV/ 4VO M VIV? f J,-,, .eiSns (if Montgomery, Ala., had a difficulty and proposed to introduce lead pills into then- practice, each wanting ttftry the prescription on the other. By the interposition of mutual friends, the dispute resulted in a series of letters, and as usual with blopdless contentions, was settled "hdnorably to all parties.The,New Hampshire Legislature has passed a law forbidding first cousins to many, but.givcssix months' graoe to those already brevctted by engagement Tom Davis, of Perryxounty, Mo.', on the 19th instant, shot and killed twcnty-nipe coons from one tree, aqd did not think.it a very good day for. coons either. -The Cape Pear river,between Fayetteville and Wilmington, N. C., a distance of 1G0 miles, has bccu unnavigablc for one or two weeks, owing to the low stage of the water. * It is estimated that there are 170,000 Chinamen in the United States, and more coming. SYNOPSIS OP PREMIUM LIST OFFERED BY THE STATE AGRICUI/TURAL AND ME - CUANICA1 SOCIETY. In making out a synopsis of this premium list, we do not aim to specify the premiums, but to show on what articles premiums are offered, as'this is what the public are most interested in. The first premiums on the list are for -* field crops, ' Short Staple Cotton'?The greatest production upon five acres of restored uplands by the aid of domestic manures; th/i Same dv the aid of mineral or imported, manures. Also, the.. greatest production up.op one acre, by .the aid of each kind of manure. . . - 1 Corn.?The largest crop, not'less than twenty bushels per acre, grown upon ten acres or more of restored upland. . The largest erop grown on one acre. Also, the largest lowland crops on ten acres and one acre. . ? . . Small Grain? The largest yield of Wheat, on twenty acres or more, to weigh 60 pounds per bushel; also on five acres. The largest yield- of Oats on ten acres; also on one acre. The largest yield cm one acre, each, of Bye and Barley. " Ilay.?The largest yield on one acre, each, of Pea-vine Hay, native Grass, Clover, Horbs or foreign Grass. # ... Potatoes.?The largest yield on Qneacre, each, of Irish and Sweetr Potatoes. ' *'' - ._ Other Crons.?The largest yield Oir one acre, each, of Peas, Pinders and Turnips. Samples of Field Crops.?The best bughel, each, of White Wheat, Red Wheat, Bread Corn, Stock Corn, Barley, Oats, Rye, Pinders, Grass seed for lowland. Grass seed for upland, Sweet Potatoes, Irish Potatoes, Table Turnips, Stock Turnips, Manuel Wurzel or other Stock Beet, water-flowed seed Rioe, upland seed Rice. Best collection of field Peas, half a bushel each. Best bale, each, of Pea-Vine Hay, native grass Hay, and cultivated Grass. Best variety of Cotton, each, long staple and shott staple. Best specimens of Leaf Tobacco. Best box South Carolina made Segars, from South Carolina made Tobacco. The largest and best variety of Field Crops, grown by exhibitor. Best specimens of Hops, Pumpkins and Ramie. Cotton Bales and Wool.?Best bale, each, of Upland Cotton, Sea Islaud Cotton and Wool. 2d best bale, each, of the same. DOMESTIC ANIMALS. Cattle?Imported Breeds, viz: Decerns, Durhams or Short Horns, Ayrsliires and Brahmins.? The following of each breed to receive premiums: Best and 2nd best Bull, each, three years old and upward, two to three years old, and one to two years old; Best Bull Calf; Best and 2nd best Cow, each, three years old and upward, two to three three years old, and one to two years old; Best Heifer Calf. Cattle?Imported,- Grades, or Half Blood} Natives, and MiUi Com and Oxen?The following of each class '. Best and 2nd best Bull, of any age; Best and 2nd best Cow, of any age; Best and 2nd best Milk cow, of any breed ; Best and 2nd best yoke of Oxen, South Carolina raised; Best Herd, of not loss than seven, owned by exhibitor. Hones?Heavy Draft, Light Draft and Blood Horses.?The following of each class: Best Stalling nnnli nnn find three vears old, and over four years old ; Best Brood Mare; Best and 2nd best Brood Mare and Colt; Best and 2nd best Filly, each, one. two and three years old. Ponies.?Best Stallion, over four years, Best Mare, Best Marc and Colt, Best Saddle Pony. Horses?Morgan, Canadian and Imported.? Best and most tnoroughbred Morgan Stallion, Best and largest Canadian Stallion, Best Morgan Mare. Matched and Single Horses.? Best pair, each, Matched Horses, Mares and Ponies, Best single harness Horse and Best saddle Horse, all the foregoing to bo raised in South Carolina; Best pair Matched Horses, Best single harness Horse, and Best saddle Horse, open to the world. Geldings.? Best heavy draft; light draft, of any age; light draft, each, three and two ycart old; Farm-Horse team of four; all the foregoing to be South Carolina raised. Stallion exhibiting the greatest number of beat colts on the ground. Irottcrs and Pacers.?Fastest trotting Stallion, Fastest trotting Gelding or Mare, Fastest Pacer. Juclcs and Jennetts.?Best and largest, each Jack and Jennnett, both imported and South Carolina raised. Mules.?Best pair of Mules, single or harness Mule, Mule two years old, one year old Mule, Mule Colt, Mule team of four, all to be South Carolina raised. Sheen.?Mennoes, Soutlidowns, Lciccstcrs, Cotswola, African or Broad-tailedl Grades or Half Blood, Natives.?The following in each class: . === Beat Buck, tWo years old or upwards ; Best Buck, one to two years oldBest pen of Ewes, not less than three; Best pen of Ewe Lambs, not less than three. \ , Cashmere Goats.?Best thoroughbred Buck, Ewe, and pair of Grades. w . . / Sicine.?Best Boar of any ago, and Best Boar between six and twelve mdnths oild, iixeach of The following classes? 1st class, Suffolk; 2nd class, Essex"; 3rd class, Berkshire; 4th class, Grazier; 5th class, Chester County; -Gth class, Lincoln, Yorkshire, Litchfield, or any other large breed ; 7tn class,.Natives. .... - v . Poultry? Best pair; each, Southern raised Dorkins, barnyard Fowls, large Eastern Fowls, Game, Mexican, Bantams, Domestic Turkeys, Bremen Geese, Hong Kong Geese, small Chinese Geese, MusooVy Docks, white Aylesbury Ducks, black Java Docks, Poland Ducks, Dunghill Fowls, Native Ducks, Native Geese. ' ' - HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT. JdUcs, Preserves, Picfeks, cfrer?Best samples ol Jellies, Preserves, PickLes, Jams, Catsups, Syrnps, Ac. - v r?... 7 7 rr?a-_7.j rL...*/ D^,i jsnra ana jjsn/u((ifuay ucuieu. jt ruiu?' u^i half bushel, each, of dried Apples, Peaches, Pears, Quince^"ahd'PJmns; besf" box domestic Prunes; test drum .dried Figs, preserved Olives* specimens of Olive-Oik; best Speormens of hermetically sealed Fruits, of each kina. _ ffanw, Flow:, -Bread, etc.?Best jar of leal Lard; Samples of hard domestic Soap, and toilet Soap: best Ham'*(6ook"ed)'; barrel of South Carolina: Flour; Loaf of< Bread; Fruit, Sponge and Soda Cake, Okra Or Tomato, premrfetf for winter use; gallon of domestic Vifiegar. Tallow Candles, prepared Cayenpe- Pepper, Staren, Chinese Sugar Cane Syiujp, Sorghum Sugar../ . Wines,'Gqr'diafs, &b.?Best specimQir, each, of domestic Wine and nativo Grape Wine, purfe juice. Dairy.?Besf jar, each, of Butter (10 pounds), May or June'Batter and Butter one year old; best South Carolina made Cheese. Apiary.?Best ten pounds of South Carolina Honey. " . d ORCHARD, NURSERY AND GARDEN. Fruits.?Best one hundred Oranges. Apples.?Best and largest variety of Table Apples ; best and largest collection of Southern Seedlings ; best Seedling, each, late and early.. * .; . Apple* Grown ah the /State;-?Greatest number of good varietiesland besfSpecimens: best twelve varieties; best six varieties; best Seedling of recent origiD.* ' * - ."f .: Fears.?Best apd'largest variety, grown by exhibitor ; best Seedling, each, late and early. Pears, Grown m the State.?Greatest number of good varieties and best specimens; best ten varieties; best .fi ye. "varieties ; best' Southern Seedling of recent origin- ~ j' " Peaches, Quinces, Grapes, '&c.?Best collection, each," of Peaches, seedling or ethers, growq by exhibitor ; Quinces; Grape*,- growing under glads; native Grapes; best -dozen.of Lime,. Lemon; or other Southern fruits not named above. ; Fruit Trees, etc.?Target- and best collection, grown by exhibitor, each, of Southern Seedling Apple, Peach apd Pear trees, greatest variety ana best collection, each, of Strawberry and- Raspberry plants. L -. . .; ' v .v-.. , . "t . ( Arboriculture andIbmcultvcrt^?Sest collection, each, of evqrgreen Trees and Green' House .plants. Horticulture.? Best andgreatest variety of garden Vegetables f a new and" useful variety ofVeg e table; best and largest collection of GardcnJSeed Southern raised, not .less .than twenty approved varieties. - , SOUTHERN DOMESTIC FABRICS. ? Cotton and. Woolen Fabric?.?Best pair Blankots, each, cotton and, woolen; Best ana 2nd best ten yards, each, of Kersey, cotton Joans, woolen Jeans, woolen Carpeting, Stair .Carpeting,.; Best and 2nd best cotton Carpeting- Best and 2nd best Coverlet, each, cotton or mixed-, and woolen; Best and 2nd best home-made Mattrass; Best and 2nd best Hearth Bug. Best and 2nd best cotton Comforts; Best ten yards. Diapering. Slgcldngs aiul Thread.?Best pair of woolen Socks, woolen Stockings, cotton Socks, cotton stockings; Best ponnd, each, of cotton Sewitog Thread and woolen Yaro. " &'/?.?Best specimen Silk, each, sewing and reeled; Best peck of Cocoons; Best Stockings or Half Hose, Handkerchief or Shawl; Best specimen of Cloth, three yards each, silk and-wool and silk and cotton. * . ' * - NEEDLE AND FANCY" WORK. French Needle Worli?Beat Lady's Dress, Sack or Basque, Collar and Chemisette, Undersleeves, Handkerchief, Morning Cap, Shawl Mantle; Best and 2nd best specimens of work in this department, not enumerated; Best specimen by a girl under fourteen years of age; Best evidence of taste and skill. '. ..... American Needle Work. ?-Best Collar and Chemisette, Child's Dress, Undersleeves, Handkerchief, Berthe Cape, Lady's Cop, Best plain-Sewing (by handK Best specimen of werk not enumerated ; Best work by a girl under fourteen yean of age: Best evidence ot taste and skilL 1 knitting, Netting and Crotchet; in Thread.? Best Collar and Chemisette, Undersleeves, Handkerchief, Morning Gap,- Infant's Cap, Inflmt'e Waist, Child's Hat, Child's Socks* Cradle Quilt, Counterpane, Fringe, and Lace, Tidy, Bonnet, Cape (Berthe), Shawl, Set Toilet Mats, Over; socks. Undershirts, Flower Vases, Flower BracketsrSideboard Cover, Work not enumerated, Work by a girl under fourteen years of age. Knitting, Netting or Crotchet in Crewel err Side. ?Best Piano Cover, Table Cover, Ottoman Cover, Shawl, Scarf for Neck, Pair of - Undersleeves, Head Dress, Child's Hat or Cap, Child's Speneer or Sack, Counterpane, Cradle Quilt, Beticnle, Parse. Gloves, Hose, long or short, Child's Socks, Overshoes, Toilet Mats, Lamp or Vase Mats. Set Dessert Mats, Slippers, Napkin Bing, Cushion, Child's Skirt, Child s Drawers. Tidy, Articles not enumerated. SDecimen by a girl under fourteen. Patch WorTc in Cotton, &c?Best Patch Work Quilt, each, in cotton ana silk, raised work Quilt, Imitation of Marseilles, Woven Counterpane,' 80. Ca. made, Silk Comfort, Crib Quilt in Silk, specimen by a girl under fourteen; . .. * liaised Worsted and Framed Tapestry Work.? Best Picture, in Tapestry; Piano 'Cover, each, raised and tapestry; Table cover, each, raised work and tapestry; Ottoman cover, each, raised work and tapestry; Chair Cover (raised), Footstool Cover (raised), Hearth Rug, Fire Screens, Lamp or Vase Mat, Cushion, Slippers, Bell Rope, Articles not enumerated. Embroidery iu Silk Floss, Chain Stitch or Braid.? Best Lady's Dress, Shawl, Mantle, Scaif, Apron, Vest; Child's Dress, Sack or Spencer; Cloak, Lady's Reticule. Fire Screens, Portfolio, Braided Tidy, Braided Cushion, Toilet Set, Lady.'s Cap, Smoking Cap, Article by a girl under fourteen. . Straw and Widow Worli?Best Bonnet, Hat 01 Cap, Willow Work Basket, Willow Clothes Basket, Infant's Toilet Basket. Set Table Mats, Nest Willow or Ozier Basket, Straw Baskets, Straw 01 Shuok Door Mat. - . .r *, . Rosin, Wax, Shell and Bead .Work.?Best Vase Flowers, basket Fruit and bouquet of Flowers, each, in Wax and Rosin. Shell Box, Shell Pyramid, specimen Bead Work, and Shell Work not on the list, specimen by a girl under fourteen. Leather Gikling and Bronziuo.?Best Leathei Basket, Picture Frame, Etagere, Table and Chairs; Bronze Table, Picture frame, Portfolio, Specimer by a girl under fourteen. SOUTHERN MANUFACTURES. Cotton and Woolen Goods.?Best bale, each, of Osnaburgs, Shirting, Sheetings, Kerseys, Cot ton Drilling, Stripes, Cotton Yarns (comprising al the numbers); Best piece, each, of Bagging (inadt of cotton), Bagging (made of long or Southern moss), Plains, Satinets, Tweed Casaimere, Und ? nr KWsnvn Plain Flannel. Twilled Flannel,: uvju W* ?-J-J r~ , . , Beat bale of Blankets (Southern wool) '; Best Cotton Rope, Cotton Plowlines, Woolen Coverlet." Paper.?Best Writing Paper, to embrace one ream of Medium, Cap, Letter and Note; Printing Paper, one ream, each. of Book and News; Wrapping paper; ream of Printing or Wrapping papei made from some material not heretofore nsed; specimen of Book-binding; specimen of Book Printing in South Carolina. Huts.?Best dozen Hats of South Carolina manufacture, and best Gent's Hat. , MECHANICAL PREMIUMS. Plows.?Best Cast Mould Board Plow, eaoh, one and two horse; Wrought Iron Mould Boarc Plow, each, one and two horse; Wrought IroE Subsoil Plow; Wrought Iron Cotton Scraper Plow; Wrought Iron Sweep ; Turning Plow on Scootei Stock ; South Carolina Cultivator ; South Carolina made Turning Plow, each, one and two horse; Cotton Soroper Plow, South Carolina made; Subsoil Plow, South Carolina made. Plowing Match.? Best plowing by a white man; best plowing by a white boy. Plowing to be done on the ground. * - Southern Farming Implements.?Best Club-Axe, Broad-Axe, Drawing Knife, Manure Fork, Hoe, all to be South Carolina made; best Portable Work Bench, with full set of plantation carpenter's tools; best Southern Thresher, Fan, StrawCutter, Corn and Gob-Crusher, Corn-Sheller, Grain Cradle, Seed Planter,' Road Wagon, two-hors? Wagon and Dump Cart; best Cotton Gin; best ? ' - . _ r *_ ^ T ? Cotton. Gin', South (Carolina made. ; best jEfotton r -Prc99; best OrsCart, 0*-Yoke, Farm. Gate-nad Hinges best ahdJaxge&^Qt of iVgripuhurai antL Horticultural Iinplements.". V X MacktMrtf-?Best-flteam -Engine' for Ayicultur ' ralpurp'oaeg, Improved GristMilliJ^lairtation Siwr Mifl, Lathe For Metal, Lathe ^for '-Wood, Rope i Twisting Machine (for plantation purposes), Sugar Mill (cast), Sugar MHl (wood), Wheelwright -chine.'" ** , ?rA[anitfact tires in Wood and Iron.?Best Secretary and Book Case, Sideboard aud Bureau, Sofa, Bedstead, Set Chairs, eaeh, fine and common-* lot1 valid "Chair, Dining Table,'nn or Wire Safe, Eutohen Table,-with: shelves and drawers; WindowSasli acd'Blmds, Pabel Ifeor, Bpe Hive,-What-Not?of i South Carolina,Wood ; Setof- CottagoJb1 uimturo, oolleclion pf specimens .of South Carolina Wood 'for Cabinet use, dozen, eaoh, of Ced^r, Cypress, Juniper and Pine Buckets and Tubs, dozen oroomCoro and "Palmetto Brootft s, BlackdhiithyeBellows, ' Rifle Gun, double-barreled < ruii, cTose thmily Carriage?all the foregoing to be SouthCaroiina.macte.; best open Bpggy,top-Baggy;.largest exhibition of Southern made ^Iechaaies' Tools, Do. of. Iyon ' Castings; b^sfc specimen of bat and found Jroo, Satf Mifl Irons, Grist Mill Irons, Set Blacksmith , Tools, Washing Machino, specimen" of Hating done, in South Carolina; befet Horse Shoes, Horse Shoo Nails, Keg of Out Nails, BeU^all ft> be South ? Carolina,made ;.,best 4isplay of South jQwolina ; made Carriages, Bug&ie^ &c., from one mauuftketory. . . . . ?- ' Mrfnitfitrhirez nf Tj+niKfr. Sfnutharn 3Iad(.'?Best ; and most useftil Carriage Harness,- Double-Buggy Harness, Single Baggy Harness, Wagon-Harness, , Gentleman's Saddle, Lady's Saddle; Best dozen Brogans, pair of Boots, half dozen pair shoes, each, Gents' and Ladies'; Largest and besteollociiori of Southern tinned Leather, consisting of Kid, Calf, Sole and Harness; Best Side, ea^. -bT'upper, Sole and Harness Leather; Best half do&eri Calf Skins, side of oil-dressed. Whang Leather, doten dressed Sheep and Goat Skins,, each-; Best specimen of -plantation tanned leather .for plantation use. . t . , ' ' CheniicaVMcnuifactoirti, Oils, Cemqit*, 'Mineral*, tSec.? Best case or chest of genuine Mcdicmei suitable for family use and* the Southern pnwtL tioner. Boet-specimen of Cologne, Writing Ink, , Iudellible Ink, Gunpowder,Opium, all to be j&outh , Carolina made; Best collection ofMiaerajs. illus1 tratingthe Geology afid Mineralogy of Soutn Carolifla;* Beet specimen ef Enseea, - Lard, (3$ton ' Seed-and Cold PressedCastorOil/eaoh; Bert bag of Salt, barrel of Spirits of^Pu? pen tine, batrwlopfj y Kosin, barrel of Tar, barrel oflimej-bwrel o(Gmsum, fcarrel of Water.CementLbarrelof.Beaj-1 . specimen o"f Southern made Faint, French: Burr Mill Stones, OHston^ and Whetstone^., barrel. of Native ' Phosphate, Manipulatpd -Firofoef^or ; Commercial-manure."* > T /' \ -Mawftypbesof StoneyMarhle, Ac. ?Best! Map . ble #epumeqt ^<I .Mantehueoe,^eacV-in.-Bouth Cardlma marble; Best specimens of Fire Brick, i. Terra Cotta, "South .Caroh'ria MiU'Rwdt,-Granite . (tnrned pa lathe)*. Polished "Granite,' Porcelaih i Ware, Stone Ware, South Carolina Brjcfc SadpUu^ atidraiMum by.Natiue. Jm&tx. ?Best fiecimen^f StmlnturorCameo,. Hoad-rn^Plaster^ ainting in Oilof the Fair Ground, Buildings, Sketch of same, Ambrotype,, Historical Pamting in Oil, eonnected'with the History of South CJifolina,' Animal Painting in Oil, Copy crf-same; Southern landscape Painting' from- Nature, Copy -of [ same, Portrait in- Oil, Copy .of samo, Portrait in: watenoolors, Portrait in pastel, Portrait in erayoa, Fancy sketch, in crayon^ 00^ Photograph^ Ivory Type Photograph, jWater colpred'^ob^raph," Daguerreotype. Fruit Pain tin g, Gimae-Pieee; ?Gre cian, collection Architectural Brewings,-Drawing. ' r?f Dpsiirn for frame huiklinca. r-. : * 1 Essays. ?Best on1 'Sheep Husbandry'j do .'Tfli- j 1 soeta Imuriaos or Beneficial'to Southern Plants,"I : Trees, &c." j -on the .different-variety pf "Field Seeds." andtheirpropernpmepdftture n>n'VPafm Buildings,'' with plans; oh the IJUmtute^pf the Vino:" with description of best varieties and mode 1 of culture, adapted to the soil and olimattfof South Carolina; on "Plantation.Economy,", adapted to k South Carolina!;. <<# * r . ^ ? t. 2 Advertisement. V ' J? 7 % SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Mr. Editor:?As anAgent of a Northern Lifp Insurance Company has been indjistriou^y ckctfla ting in York and Chester a malicious attack, made by that merc^an/ i^e^-the Insurance fijnPs of New York, upon the Southern Life Insurance Company, I ask you to give a plaoain your pi per to the letter of Gen. J. B. Gordon, as published in the Atlanta Constitution. I very much mistake the people of York, and Chester,"if they can. read the manly and triumphant defence of the Southern. .Life, by Gen. Gordon,, and then allow Agents*of . Northern Companies fo<shake. their confidence in k the Directors and Stockholders of the Company. .The Southern Life is greatly in the way of North' em Companies, nnd she expects no favors from them, but how a man with one drop of Southern blood in him, can raise his bapd against a con pa ny striving so nobly -to staunch the,, flow pf the - very life blood of the South, Uam at a loss to^Bpn'-, peive.. Let all read this triumphant .defence!by! - Gen.-Gordon, then bear the Sonthern Life, Insuranoo Company in their heart of hearts, and she will nobly repay them for.ail their affection, and support. Very.Respectfully, r J. J.- O'BANNO'Nf, Agent Southern Life Insurance Company.; LETTER FROM GEN. J. B. QOBDOlt." Editor Constitution: You"havegenerously^ n1 dered the use of your columns,, that'I may reply to a malicious attack, made by the- Insurance Times, of. New York,, upon an institution with which many honorable gentlemen in thisand other Sonthern States,areconnected. .. . ./ ! % Until suggested by friepda.not "connected jffith, the Southern'Life Insurance Company?the .institution assailed?I had notthoqght it ueceapnry lo reply, and for the following reasons: * < * *' i j . First: All the agents ofthe Southern Iife~had been directed to use the article in opestieajiB the best canvassing document wit& which Jthej? could be armed. J , vt \* T V . V In the next placel I had supposed that a journal , which had no regard for trtitn, and the-endorsement of which is a matter of 'mere bargain ->n<T sale, would produce no other effect .hy. it4 attacks than the one realized, viz: tho strengthening of ( the "Southern Life." . . . y -j I had supposed that.no Southern inan oould be influenced by the statements of a journal which . bad published, as I had shown in 4 former card, . twelve willful, unmitigated falsehoods, in the short ; spaco of sixteen lines. . >. In the next place, it had occurcd to me, that the very animus of this editor, which is so patent-, ; his hatred of everything Southern, his/contempti' ble thrust at the incapacity of tire Southern peoSle to. manage Kfe insurance, his meek suggestions i another article of the same paper, that allSouthern and Western companies give up the business . of life insurance to the North,, and his. complaint of our clanishuess, because, forsooth, we jyesumed [ to retain Southern money 'in Sddthern States; would have been a sufficient answer for every Southern man. For these reasons I thought, it uoneeessaiy to write. At the suggestion of friends* however, I [ reply briefly. T j , The Times evidences its ignorance of facts, or its ' total disregard of truth, or both, by its reference to General Gordon F. Granger as agent for this company. It is, however, as well stmported here 1 as elsewhere in its article. General Granger has not now, nor ever had,- any connection whatever , with this company.. - ... , The Times says, the lossefc of the Southern Life ; have been heavy, and compares it With certain ! picked companies from the North. * The losses have been heavy, but the business 1 has been heavy too. If a merchant does one mil-j ' lion of profitable business, does he not., aspect greater loss in bad debts, etc., than another, who aoes one-tenth of the business ? If a'Xife Com :?K (W\ Uwno miiof if. nftf JlflVfi nf TIG pany 1U3UIV3 t/,Wv Ufvyj ?*-? -- ^ ,? oessity, a larger number of its nirareO-die, than , another which insures 500 lives ? '* * _?- ? j 1 The Southern Life lost mere than its, picked i company?the Great Western?but it did vastly I more" business. : Why did not the editor of the - Times give the amount of the business dofie by each, the amount of loss by each, and then draw ; the comparison ? Does not the'mereet ehild in figures understand this to be the only way to get at the ratio of loss?- Yes; but it did not suit the purpose of the Times, Let. the facta J)Q known-. > This picked company is shown by U)e New ^oirk reports of 1808, to have received $60,24?, Und to i have paid out the same year in cash, $63,417. Thus expending absolutely over $3,000 more than ! it received. While the Atlanta Department, on gross premiums to the amount of nearly $200,000,spent in losses and expenses of every description, i only 39 per cent, of its receipts, and the whole i company increased its assets?in sax-months?over ; $120,000. Besides, the Times knows, as every insurance man dqw,4hat losses equalize themselves in the ooarse ofyipats?so that the general average >ig.ipe&rvcd. This- is the foundation ol* all life tapes, . 'As illustrative of this, the Atlanta Depart"trifcht, in. its im'tflfeifee business, teoeiving nearly tjfiM applications, has su?Ujn*t*.but *ona toss? Amos tien, and the ofh^r aepartm^tits. iq^ing* ra butlittle ?eater .ratio... Hence, thejneavy aceumulatym. it, m the estirtiatiofi otihe Times,' the "Southern Life is unsound, and th^Gssat Weifelll perfectly good. Why so? <? - - The-animua ofthe article funusbe* the-solution. The Ohc is Souihegi?the othef'ljJotjJietii. Again i^ Ao?^^heit^wi?i^ftj^b8urdity of its position, se^rawo stab ihewtrthenr Life by attacking the integrity of-ffts-offiaera.- It says the ?tatemea?i>f qurirasets 4&.-"ct>oked<tpv?that is, fixed up tddecdv^-mt^tryev.s, In Ot^ec, words, the officers of the pojhpanj^ fn sWiarhjg -to the statement of aaseta'^f.Ei^t^'jswowt &Wy?perjured themselves*: Hoes -hejjrtfiriiate<hnt bv any possibility thoaffieersofbiu pet oow^siifes could M "cook upL'.?6(tsiB?nt8?-*Noi'.,,lfi^|!istbis? Again, ^ the amTbursf hjs^papbr jhrnishes the re'plv. One set of offisers ate SouOiem^weotiyer Northern. The Tivmsaye (he-Southern Elthjs one on the high road to baukiiiptcp,' hut its pete aft q? sound. Wnat do the figures show-? -. -That"the Southern jLife has $300 for ^^1|^0^h^i^)^rhUe^tbe fot^eiy $foOU>fJiahiSy^yet,in thp estimation of the Times' Southern.-Luhn bankrupt, and bis com banies perfectly wuodr- How'sfi ? Acain. let thea one is The gist of the eofljwveisy. jajthie?^whether office^ of Northern companies trathftiOfT^ Whether the gentlemen wfioee reptftatiOns^es identified with this mtttitaSttnTare''" -for fc'IkneVed, or the limes. Or, if outside testimony ia ^preferred, the Times, or the Southern premr * : < The Times s?y8 theSotithen>'tife-is "totallyunsound." ? ' The Memphis Appeal s^'. wItfassets are now over $500, OCfr. , Ifcdeserves the patronage of tnd^ufchernpeopleandits business shows that it is getting it' The ^Merophra'-sfoetaficfc is iKjoaHy'Strong in its endorseipenj^. / .'-f. i jThe -^tlaptaIfrtllliffCrtm ,$&$?":.TMecompany, Me do not hesitate tffsajc, is One jjf'ihe .most re- | liable as weHaeeuccessfui in uokonlyithe South, I hut in th?<rwbefle'oi*iatry?r?j -a - # J The Constitution says :-HBy its feffability, liber- ^ al features,-and its patriotic object-, it is achieving a success aftparfBeaL,^n oflife insurance." ; . *, ?t - ir^.v The LouisuriBe? Cmmer- ea'ys : - - With rnnp/e capital-arid fa^rwif^-ifatonoafguarantees to policy hold^w^erfect-seourif^,*' ^njd toges Southern people to patrouirc it, befcapge,;it retains the money at lpuieL" 1 " I migbt fill whole columns .irithvextracts from leading jourDalsm^outh^-CartiRiia'and elsewhere, but these may tftuwOffbr ah'offiet^ir the" Times? possibly. ? ** * ' ? ^ l4 , The jffrHcfc,' howover^oh^^;'^iat >ire pay for these puds I -But is the Tones- paid fpr its puffs? Oil, no.* These journdsoaiiWDougm; the Times cannot; How is-thie ? -Bl^iniy, the answer must he?these ajre Southern, thhl Nfifthepi. ' But I'defty that one ccnt wiflfc ever-piid for any cqdorseSeh'ts Thave quoted. T didfc pay some of the Southern papers to insert 'a fophfir card in reference tpthis same (a*^. oth'e^* would-receive Bothing. -1 proposo meMtiroetotMy to getthese facts before the-people.' The Southern Life is able to-pay; it-will make money by spreading them before the country, and-it wfll continue to do it - The- Times will find, I imagine, that It -has undertaker a difficult-task,- in- trying to .teeeh the people of ?he^ J3tate?.tbafr-there are cot brains or iptpgrity enough in the.Booth tonnage life Insurant that-the office^ of th^^mpatiy, .at Mfemohts.'Bive^om ftMyr men whoee" nigh J and^pdhstbl^^idonsw.Ryhmd arid Bank ^ ?i^d^btCo^SUk? unlitn^l ooafideDCe of tb# countn? iiUheir jemnmQB. senae, integrity and financial abilita* .It-will not be, easy- to convince the South that/th* Southern gentlemen connected with this institution aVe engageain h grind"scheme to.de&*ud' the 'widows- and Orphans of the South; er*rthnt they .will settle lea* fairly wife policy holders than (^awfftirou) thy ZW a**fr-*m?e of whom boast of accumulated millions h^ the forfeiture of rebel poJlcieS^-who }iave on'o Diioe for thfe'North,, another forth? Boutfi; "and wne have endeavored topurobaae the policies of rebehriaows for a contemptible pittance of the sum insured. . He.mistakefi the Southernpeople when he-supposes them so ignorant-of Life Insurance, as to fcelieve.a company from the North, with less- than $15(3 of assets to tlQD of liability, ]s stronger and pafeFlhjth alSoothera compfc&,'~Phfeh has $300 ibr every $100 of di ability: Qr whip he imagines the South so North struck as "to beifeve, because a company haHs from thai section, k^oab pay-its "President, as a salary, $25,000 of the policy.Holders' money, and another offers-agents 45 percent, commissions, and'yet be more axmomiadly. and b#ter 'inanagedthan a -Southern Mmptajr which pays its President?who iV financial ahmty.is the peer of any?only $3,OO0; and its best agents less than One-half of the above commission; or that a company ftom-the Northj which pays 50 fy 57 per bent. to its stockholders, is better for thekinsorcd tmrii the 8&uthemLife, which;)tfotwitbetmiding-its yapid accumulations, has ho^ paid jfye dollar'to its a stockholders, but has paid 40 per cent, tcfits policy holders.- y- - - j ... ? r a The Times-began the war upon Sootherninatitutions, and strikes thel Southern Xafo-oaly because it is .the Pioneer., "^be euccees xa.'fhis company "has'chcckedlthe drain ex . qaoney from our section, -hence the Thnes' cemplaititpfsectionalism. 'We 'jnake our humble acknowledgments -of being iniensdy.stdiotirt, if an honest effort to retain Southern money at home be sectional. " " .. S . In. conclusion, I acknowledge pay indebtedness -to the T!m& for .the .opportunity he. ha& afforded getting * these facfe'&fbte tip ifcflpF The SoafbeftrLile itfvite^its farther attadra. If'the SoEd-assets of this* company, and-its patriotic purposes, do not commend it to. the confidence -and support of-our people, it will never ask. the bid of the Times. If such sheets east d$stMfJlw confidence of the 8on?h?rn. people in the/Erectors and stockholders of this company, then,, rod&a^batfe these gentlemen lived to litaepnrpoee. " * * -> Eespectftilly, >v - John3..0ori>on, President Atlanta, Department, v Southern jife In'surance Cotapany." '- ~ j Largs Seizures oFToB^tiqp?Tfio following seizures have been made in the 5th IM&tict, at the inEtance of Collector Crane: ? . - On the 13 th instant, the tobacco factory of Glau - 1 cus Masen, of Roxboco-', oont^iajag-A large amount a of leaf tobacco,v and 553 boxes of manufactured % tobacco, of the estimated value'of ,120,000. On thersome day Deputy Collectors Owen and Haeberlin, oh the-road between HiBaboro' and Roxboro', discovered a wagon loaded with-fraudulently 6tauiped,tobacco, which was ascertained to be the property of H. A, -E^ainsv whose factory is near Roxboro!. They proceeded to the factory, and seized over 20(5 boxes offobaeco, valued at $10,000. Also on thcTBth instant, T1 boxes were seized at Mebanesvihc. stamped with counterfeit stamps. This lot bqre the label oRR P- Hancock. Luring the last $en days paore than $50,000 worth of tobacco has-been seized through the!exertions of Collector Crane, for violation of the re v^nnelaws.-A-2Si&i^A Skirtdard. ~ ? 1 '! i ' ' ' r f - " , Jiitawiai .ati? ComtftttihL; I . . . n,. ."/'-. njj>' y ./ir. ; charlotte, August 28.?Cotton?1The stock erf this article has become mostly exbausted^nd buyeife''^n<t" it difficult"t? purchase".' Sales were madfr dprlug the week at from 30* to 82 cents, according-1? quality?market steady. FlOub?$4 to $4.25 per sack from wagons. Coun?$1.10 to $1.12 per bushel. Meal $1.15 per 4naltol*tv.' . ' * vf.V. . ... ' NEW YORK, August 23.?Cotton quiet, with sales of400 bale? at 3y.gentfr, >-* ... .i- . CHARLESTON,. August 23.?Cotton quiet with au easier tendency?safes 19 bales; two o? which ^ were new cotton] n&w middling 84; old 82; receipts 64. . c ' Y. -wTT^T-*y vA-nvr a A. no . n.u _v. a _?. a? en i-T-Ei"*!' x vxxvxvt.^x?t(^i9b^a,-r?jrvtu wumou ut UNITED STATES REVENUE. mHE JUNE LIST of assessed taxes has been A"I: 'reftinifid tb We f&T eollefctton." Persons interested Witt -pgy the same within ten days and aave . r - Mv.JONES, Dep'y CoL'r, August 26 34 ,lt THE USE OF LETTERS. WITHOUT the use of letters, to what purpose had Bacon defined the limits, lighted up the paths, and reduced to order and beauty the chaos of pre-existing science. To -what purpose had .Newton determined the lows, and opposingvision to distanco and darkness, ox tend edits reach to the utmost limits of the universe! Without the use of letters, how eculd the people know where to get that invaluable help, "Singer's New Family Sowing Machine." For sale by "f - M. JONES, Agent. August 6 31 tf 1