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y -----~~ "~ " -~ *~" " CHARLESTON, CHRISTMAS EVE, DECEMBER 24, 1S70. ~~ VARIETIES. -At a recent political convention, a gentle? man declined a nomination on the ground that he had not lived-in the State long enough. "Oh, never mind that," said tho chairman, "you will have li veil quite long cnongh by the time yi u are sleeted." The nominee, waa completely over? come -A wesHhyhnly of New York recently went through an extraordinary performance. She gave ont her engagement to a gentleman in Washington, had the- cards sent ont, the guests > came in numbers, many presents were sent in, tbe " clergyman was ready, the bride walting; but the groom came not. On an explanation being de? manded of the astonished gentleman, lt appeared that the whole thing ?ra) a delusion, or an Inven- I tlon of the lady's, without thc least knowledge of it on his-part. -A New Jersey paper, with charming candor and naivete, tells how champagne 1:3 made from I - cider. A barrel of cider, costing say six dollars, j will yield one hundred and twenty bottles of cham-1 pagne, which, at say three dollars per bottle, will sell for three hundred and sixty dollars by thc addition of a little Rhine wine, alcohol, sugar, I - and carbonic add gas. And now, it says, cider I -. has its imitators in turn. The bogus cider makers bay dried apples and soak them. The water is j - mixed with alcohol, simple syrup, and carbonic acid, bottled, and sold for cider. -A Missouri genius bas just patented a contri vance for closing the entrance to bco hives at night, so the bee-moth cannot get in, and opening I ? them Ut the morning, so the bees can get out-the I c whole to be accomplished without thc interven- I 1 tion of human agency or oversight. Adjacent to j t his bee-hivo he builds a poultry roost, so contrived I c that when the fowls mount to roost upon their 11 pole their weight depresses lt, depressing also a I { gate which santa down over the entrance to the \ adjacent bee hive. In thc morning, when the I J fowls leave their roost, the pole and thc gate, rises, j [ . and tho entrance to the hivo is open. -The following curious sentence, "Sator arepo IJ teret opera rotos," ls not first-class Latin, but j , may be freely translated: "I cease from my work; 11 the mower will wear bis wheels." It ls, in fact, IJ something like a nonsense verse, but has these L peculiarities: 1. It spells backward and forward 11 the same. 2. Then the first letter of each word I * spells the first word. 8. Then all the second let- I e - tere of each word spell the second word. 4. Thea 11 all the third, and so on through the fourth and 11 firth. 6. Then, commencing with the last letter 11 of each word, spells the first word. 6. Then tho I . next to the last, and so on through. I 8 - At a Zanesville wedding, the bride found I T under her plate, at the supper tao le, a check for I J '' S&>O?O from her father. Flushing with joy, she 1 c ' pasted lt to her husband, who in turn handed it j \ , to a gentleman next him. He, pretending igncr- j t! ' ance, passed it to theofllclating clergyman, who jjj pocketed lt, thinking of nothing but going right Q' straight oir to the bank am) drawing the money, p However, before be had got the check comfort- Is ably nestled in his vest pocket, the friend who \ had passed it to him, issued his order in the fol- o lowing words: "Take that check out of your j? pocket I" which the clergyman promptly obeyed, I a and all parties were at once relieved of suspenso t -Gall H ami lt ou insists, tn an article m Uar- j ? per's Bazaar, that men have no. right to disinherit I j or disown their sons for any breach of law or I A morals whatever; thara* wayward child may bo j separated from the other children, and lils por- e tion may, H necessary, beheld in trust, its delive- j a ry depending on reformation, but that "no per-1 * son can commit against society so great a crime I \ as a father commits who is thus false to the trust e which he himself has Imposed-who thus thrusts I ^ off i rom himself tho soul which ho called into \ \x being. A father should be governed by no motive but his child's best Interest, and a child's best in? terests can never | be served byanthlngbut his father's constant and loving care. A- child must be born bad, or else made bad by bad training, and if tho fattier docs uot actually see ttits, he ought to take lt for granted;" -The following story is from thc New OrleanH Picayune: A handsome youth of eighteen a few days since appeared before a magistrate to bo .^married,, accompanied by a som.bre-looklng.-fe-. ? lanie, middle-aged and dressed tn black. "Is this lady your mother t" .inquired tbo magistrate. . "Oh, no, slr; .this is the lady 1 desire to marry l" , replied the youth, as the lady drew aside her veil, disclosing a? countenance wrinkled and sere, bnt ou which, for the moment, gleamed a sort of icy smile. "But, are you of ager" "Not yet; but thia lady ls my guardian." The maglstrato was rn a quandary. "Isn't thu? rather a strange union V he asked. "Not at ail," replied thc ex? pectant bride. "I have a large-amount of prop ... erty which I desire to leave this young man. Aa - I have relatives who might dispute the will were I to give it him an a legacy, I prefer to marry him." ?And you are content to marry this woman for her money ?" asked tbe justice. "Well, I shouldn't marry her for anything ?lse I" frankly replied the boylover.. .'.'She ain't pretty." -A list " of- fourteen private residences, now % twining on Fifth avenue, is given aa an evidence j?f .of, the growth of^luxury in New York. These , hons<3 cost from $150,000 to $50,000 apiece, and ; that merely for construction, excluding the value of the land and the furnishing. Indeed, the sud j i den extinguishment of Paris as a centre of luxury - and fashion seems to have inspired New York i with the purpose. to assume the vacant placo. We hear of the furniture which ls going into these republican palaces as representing sums of . money capable of expression only by six figures. Bedsteads, whose wood work alone costs 92000 t sideboards, whose vaiuo ls . $3Q00; etegerea > costing $4000, are' among - the articles ' and that this ls not a spasmodic extravagance . Li.Bhown by the fact that a leading up? holstery establishment - or the city keeps on hand a. stock valued at one million, and does a " thriving business. The mah. who nan afford to II ve in a 1100,000 have and sleep on a .$ 2000 bed stead may be considered well off financially, and he who can arrange an entire establishment on that scale without violating the rules of artistic harmony and propriety has the-best right ia the . worK to -spend his money ?xx that way. . If the millionaires of New York can wed the culture of the old world, to their money, they may succeed in reprodnclag Paris on thu side of the Atlantic, . provided they keep their streets cleaner. STUXFIXG THE BA.ZLOT-BOXES. Klee tion Frauds tn Chesterfield. County. [From the Cheraw Democrat.] : . The election in this county, though resulting in the election of the Reform candidates, was con : ducted at two-polls (Oro and Old Store) la the most fraudulent and viUanous manner. Tho Reform party had their tickets numbered, and bad com u ittees at each poll to keep an account of them . as-they wore deposited m the box; by this means the committee at tho poll knew tue exact number of Reform votes put m to tho boxes by the time . the potts were closed; they also kept an exact ac? count of the number of Radical votes polled. When, the potts at Old Store were closed not exceeding ai- votes had been polled, and of these the Heformers had a majority of 98 or' 99; yet when they were counted at the courthouse they had increased to 379, and a ... Radical majority of 89. It can be proven that -' en the closing of the polls there were not exceeding 215 names on the poll list, and 379 tickets were found In the box at the counting, the commissioners refusing to show thc list.- A Oro, while tho number ot votes had not lncreas ed, the numbered Reform tickets had been taken .eut, and bogus Reform tickets printed in imita? tion of the genuine put m their places; most of these bad Donaldson's name pasted over Davall's; when this was not done Duvall's name was print? ed G. M. Du Tall : MI Hough's printed M. L. Buugh, and using wrong initials in each name through? out the ticket, thus making lt a loss to the Re? formers, lt can- be proved that the managen-, after the closing of the poll gave the box m charge of JUo. McCnlla, at his-house; that one Peat, a brother-in-law of R. J. Donaldson (Radical candi? date for senator) left Cheraw on the night of the elections early next morning, passed Chester? field O.K. about daybreak, going in the direc? tion of Oro, and was givea-aocesa ro tho box by McCatta. lt la confidently believed that these were the parties who abstracted the Reform votes, and replaced them with thc ones wc have descr?o od. On the Saturday afternoon previous to the election, R. J. Donaldson applied to us to print him Ave hundred Radical tickets, which we con? sented to do, but after the contract was made he requested tho same kiud of paper and style of type bc used which we had used in printing the Reform tickets; we became convinced that he de Blrcdto deceive Reform voters, and refused to print them. They doubtless were Intended to de? ceive Ignorant; voters or to be used In stuning box ea, as those at Old store und Oro were stuifcd; and could his creatures have obtained access to tuc boxes of the oilier polls, no doubt this county would have been lost to thc Reformers. But for the stuning of thc two.boxes the Reform ticket would have had over 400 majority; as lt ls, it ls reduced to something less. We will publish the full statement m our next issue. THE DOUBLE BABY. Dctnlkof thc. Wnnddful Freak Of Na? ture in Ohio. [De'awaro (Ohio) Cor. Cincinnati Commercial.1 Our community ls much excited over a freak .if nature in the production of a double baby. The Siamese Twins are completely overshadowed jy this lnl.mt wonder. There ls living In Peru Township, kforrow County, a family named Fin lev. Up to last Wednesday morning it consisted )f Mr. Joseph Finley, his wife Mary and two cull tren, little Kin's, aged three and live years. On that morning Mrs. Finley was confined and gave )lrth to twins joined together La a manner un mown to the books. When the gossips brought he news of the ?went to our city, and gave de icrlptlons of thc child, or rather children, lt vas laughed at by the professional, and pro ?ounced a good hoax. A gentleman living n tho vicinity of the Finley home called on me of our physicians and assured him. that herc was no exaggeration In the description, is h6 had seen thc wonder. Convinced that here was something in the case, a party ?f gentlemen, consisting of Drs.-aJ. A. Little and ". B. Wunama. W. 0. Seamens, Professor of Na tu? ai History and Chemistry in the Ohio Wesleyan Jnlverslty, and S. K. Donavin, on thc 10th instant, isited the family. Before reaching the Finley arm, the party called on Dr. A. E. Westbrook, of j Lshley, who had been called to attend the mother, ind learned from him that the half had not been old. Dr. Westbrook accompanied the party. An mar's drive brought them to the place. On going o the gate leading to the yard, a written notice vas discovered announcing that visitors would mt be admitted. This did not deter the party, [hey Immediately entered the yard, and on reacti? ng the fron: door of the dwelling they were met >y Mr. Finley (the father) and a gentleman who ippeared to be acting as his ald-de-camp, who ln ormed the party that they could be admitted to eo the show on the payment of t wen ty- fl vc cents sch. The professor promptly forked over, and he party stepped tn. in a few minutes the norse nade her appearance with the wonder. A double ?luid was exhibited. Two perfectly formed heads, ne on either end of the spinal column. To give a clear idea of lt, Just suppose that yon over the bodies sf two men at the lower part of I he abdomen, and then put the two upper parts j ogetaer, and you have the trunk of this child. it the instance of Dre. Williams and Little, the tothlng was taken from lt, and a critical ex mination was made, so far as could be without oing injury. Prom the occiput or one child to he occiput of the other, there Is a continuous pine m a direct Hue. Dpon one sido and direct i v i the centre of the trunk were perfectly developed Ipa, thighs, legs and feet. They are tn nice pro ortioa to the body of either child. On tue oppo Ite eldo there ls one large, Imperfectly formed leg, resenting the appearance of the consolidation ol' wo legs. There are eight toes on this limb, two f which havo the appearance of great toes, being inch larger than the others. Each has a well armed head, good features, good chest, good rms and hands, lungs, heart, liver and stomach, let ween the perfectly formed Umba, and properly ituated, are the anus and sexual organs In com? ae.:,. The lower portion of tho bowel", the bind? er, and perhaps the kidneys, are m common, di tho other organs are separate. . There was but one umbilical cord and one Jacenta. The length of the body ls twenty inch s, and the umbilicus is central In tho abdomen nd equl-dlstant from each head, it nurses well t both ends; and when first exhibited to the arty, one child was asleep and the other was rylng While thc physicians were making their xamluations, both cried, but a few minutes after tie one which was crying first went to sleep, rhile tho other remained awake. When either ead-would cry. tho perfect lc? which waa near 3t to that head kinked and drew up, while tho lg nearest the other iiead remained quiet. When thor cried the toes on the imperfect foot would tove, but thc limb remained stationary. Both cads nurse weU, r.ud the child, or rather ehtld in, are In excellent health. The physicians auld see no ruasou why lt, or they, should not ve. The motlier ls doing well. There was no byslclan present at the birth, and the lahor auiB lusted only fifteen minutes. Mr. Finley is ulive to tho Importance and value f this addition to his family. He ls now charging atc money, and he informed thc writer that he ad already entered Into an article of agreement rtth a gent lem au for the sale of the body If it hould die. Price fixed, $10,ooo. Negotiations te m progress for Its exhibition If it lives. He ls"| unvlnced that there is money in lt, dead or a' ive, ut thinks there ls most in thu latter condition. Fe says that be ls conscious of the fact that he is an untamed man, but has souse enough not i be fooled out of lt." BBUXTS OB THE GERM AN TRIUMPHS. Magnificent Spoil* of War. The Staats Anzeiger publishes the following soot:nt of the captures of mon and material by ie German armies, since the beginning of the Thc reconnaissance and outpost fights whtoh irmed the prelude of the war were, of toarse, ac ompanled by only Blight losses, as at GersweUer, udweller, Sturzelbrunn and the encounters ta ie neighborhood of Saarbruck and Nied erb ron n. he 2d of August when the town of Saarbruck ?as temporarily abandoned on thc Prussian side, oui the Prencb 6 officers and 67 men. Theen agement at WeJssenbnrg threw 20 o hi ce rs and DOO men into the hands of the victor, and also 4 ?tratlleurs, 15 four-pounders, 7 elght-pounders, l munition wagons," 13 baggage wagons and 14 i rant rv cartridge carts. In the battle of Wocrth be French lost oooo prisoners, with loo orn? era, 2 eagles, o mitrailleurs, 35 cannon, 42 wag ns, 200 horses, the baggage and tents of two di? latons, and two railway trains of provisions. On the same day they lost at Splcheren, and on he following days at BeichBhofen and Saarge aund 250 prisoners, four gnus, forty pontoons, an ncampment, various magazines, 10,000 woollen ounterpunes, 40,000 cwt. of rice, coffee, sugar, um, wine and biscuits; also, boots, military caps, alters and tobacco rations-of these last alone ,000,000. The strongholds which surrendered to lerman troops in thc first half of the month of LUgust, brough: us at Hagenau nine officers and os men, with eighty horses and creat stores <>( rats, Ac.T^at nchfonberg, tnrco officers, 280 men, even guns, 3006 muskets. 3000 cartridges, gun ow?er, Ac; at Lutvelstein, muskets and munl lons, with Firry guns at Marsal. The three b?t? ies before Metz, compared with the great aorlfices which they cost on our side, had ict such considerable material success as ha previous and subsequent combats, for the ir.emy wai always able to save his material under lie shelter of the strong fortress. VlonvUle, lorover, coat the French thirty-six officers and loo men. Gravelotte, 54 outee ra and 3000 men irisoners, and for their total loss on aU three lays, 25,000 men ia by no means too high a figure. )n advancing further, the fortress or Yitry, with 7 officers, 850 men, and 16* cannon, fell into our ianda. The fighting at Nonart, Beaumont and ledan, before the capitulation of the last named dace, gave ns about 30,ooo prisoners, as weU as a arge number of eagles and guns; that at Beau non t caused the enemy a loss of 7000 prisoners, : eagles, ;u mltraUieurs, 28 cannon and his en ampmen that at Sedan, before the capitulation, i loss of 26 guns, 2 eagles and 26,ooo men. The :aplt.nl at I on of Sedan bron gk t ns the marshal, 80 ;enerals, 230 staff and 2005 other officers, and 4,450 men. besides 14,000 wounded, all the.eagles if -these regiments, 70 mitrailleurs, 830 ne id and so fortress guns, and 10,000 horses. The remaln ler of the army about 14,500 men, with ii, ooo torses, cannon and gan carriages, were dls irmed on Belgian territory. Theio?sesofthe French In the beleagured or nvested fortresses cannot yet be ascertained. It s only known that the garrison of Strasbourg, In i sortie on the 3d of August, lost three cannon, ind In another on the 2d of September one offioer ind four men as prisoners. The trophies and ?applies which feU into our possession by the .apitulation of Laon have not yet been published, tut Include thirty-three cannon and many mus teta Adding np these various successes, the oases of the enemy and tho prizes of the German trmles in the present campaign, not yet of two noni hs' duration, exclusive of killed and wound id. are - one marshal, thirty-nine generals, 3260 ?ffleers, 104,760 mtn, and 14,000 wounded in Se lan; 10.280 horses, at least urey-six eagles, 102 nltralleurs, 690 field and fortress guns, over 400 itandards, several pontoons, magazines, raliway rains, dress and equipment articles, forage and n o visions. To this enormous ' total the prizes aken at Toni and Strasbourg have now to be idded. -Major Yelverton, whose Infamous treatment >f bis wife a few short years ago is still fresh lu the memories of the readers of newapapers the world over, ls now Lord Avonmore, succeeding lo the ti tie by the death In Loudon, a few days ilnce, of his elder brother, Ylsconnt Avonmore. THE MOON A QEAJD STAR. A Terrible Theory. Aa exchange has translated an article irom the Cosmos, in which Stanislas Meuaicr gives some curions speculations with regard to the pre? sent physical condition of the moon. Iiis theory ls, and he has the support of emi? nent astronomers like Boer. Moedler and Arago, that the moon ls a dead star. Ile draws this in. terence from a singular appearance npon the sur? face, which ls called "grooves" by the physicists. These grooves have parallel sides nearly a mlle in width, and from ten to one hundred and twenty five milos in length. There are already ninety of ; them, and it is supposed that more are m process of formation. Reasoning from analogy, we must believe that, at some period in the distant past, the moon had an atmosph?re and water, and also tha? on account of her inferior size, she had cooled much more quickly than the earth. Thc water penetrating the ernst has been absorbed as the decrease of Internal heat increased the thick? ness of thc crust, until long boiore the cooling process had reached the centre, tho water had dis? appeared. The rocks then solidifying, as the heat supply diminished, contracted in a manner re? sembling the appearance of basalt; and produced thc grooves into which, the atmosphere settled. Hence comes the chaotic appearance or the moon, with Its immense mountains, volcanoes and cra? ters. Some astronomers have detected an ap? pearance of action in some of thc volcanoes; but the general opinion is that every vestige or physi? cal life has long since departed from the surface of our satellite. These theories are all very well when applied to our distant neighbor, the moon; but we cannot shut our eyes to the startling fact that the earth ls undergoing a similar process of transformation. Geologists place a close resemblance between the circles th the moon and tho circles of granite and porphyry upon the earth. They have also discov? ered evidences of a fine stratiiication among thc lunar mountains; while volcanic formations bear a discernible analogy to those of Teneriffe and Poma. According to the new theory, the follow? ing is the process slowly taking place an the earth's surface; for she, like her subordinate, ls gradually cooling, it is estimated that one-flftkth of tue 01 lglnol ocean has been already absorbed, and, that when the crust of the earth has become one hundred miles in thickness, every drop of w J ter wiu disappear, lt ts also estimated that the earth would easily absorb laity oceans like those whieri now cover a large portion of the surface. All the water at present on the earth constitutes one twenty-four-thousandth part of its weight, and once absorbed would become insensible to chemical analysis. The water being absorbed, the earth will crack open like the moon, and form similar grooves into which the atmosphere will settle Long before tbls era all Ufe will have ceased. Whether there ls any truth in the theory or not, wc have no immediate cause of alarm; for tho process will not advance enough to give the sllghcst record in the short span ef a single life? time. According to the experiments of Bischof, lt win take niue mllUons of years for the earth to cool down fifteen degrees. This loss ls almost Im? perceptible, as the internal heat adds only a thir? tieth of a degree to the temperature of the surface. If this process is true of tho earth and the moon, the same cause must produce the same effects lu the other planets and satellites or thu system. Even the great sun himself most be sub? jected to the laws which rule his subordinates. Therefore, the time must come In the distant ages of the hcrearter, when sun, planets and moon, losing every vcstlgo of heat, will have ab? sorbed every drop of water In-their thickened crusts, and will have imprisoned every particle of atmosphere In. their huge fissures. The solar system, now so grandly beautiful, will then bc but an assemblage of dead worlds, without a ray of light, without a wave of heat, without a drop of water, without a breath of air. floating around in the immensity of space, bound together by the law of gravitation in the embrace of death. THE LATEST THING IN WAR. ? ruc tion Engines Drawing Army Trains. A Nancy correspondent of the London Tele? graph says: I now pass to a subject which, from thc com? plete success of the trials, will form for thc futnre a most Important part In modern war. I alindo to the employment of steam for the purpose of J conveying forage, stores, ammunition, or heavy guns from one place to another in an enemy's country, where the railroads are olther broken np Dr In the li an tis of tho foo. We have for many years been employing traction engines for agricultu? ral purposes, particularly for steam ploughing. Messrs. Fowler A Suns, of Leeds, aro very largo manufacturers; and employing, as they do, a Prussian engineer, is lt remarkable that at tho time when the war broke out two engines wera found to be lying In Hie dock at Ceestemunde, consigned to a certain Saxon farmer wno had. been called to take his place muong thc ranks of his countrymen t I take Hie opportunity ol' men? tioning this, because Prussia has lu no way vio? lated any law of. neutrality by the appropria? tion nf these engines; and when lt was proposed to General Vou Moltkc to employ English work? men to drive them, he at once and distinctly re? fused to commit what he considered a breach of J the neutrality which England hus imposed upon herself. The engines wera placed under thc di? rection of Mr. Toppfer, and sent to Pont-a MouRHon after successfully achieving a pre? liminary trial at Magdeburg. At Pont-a Mousson they were unloaded, and as soon as they were ready they started with a train of twelve wagons, tied together by chains, heavily loaded with bread and oats, for Gora mercy. The journey was accomplished in eighteen hours without any mishap, and the engines were driven over a road where tho gradients In some places were one In eight. The distance was about thirty miles, and no one knew where either water or cool could bo procured on the road. A wagon filled with water-casks obviated one difficulty, whilst wood and rofose did duty for the other. The engines aro now employed In taking locomo? tives in pieces, to be put together in Com mercy, so as at once to set up railway communication bteween that town, Sedan, Rheims, Bar-le-Duo, Verdun and Chalons. Under these circumstances it will be seen that, as far as the fortresses of Metz and Toni are' concerned, their efforts to neutralize or prevent railway communication have been rendered entirely abortivo by tho employment of two steam ploughing or trac? tion engines. Military and raliway men cannot bot bc struck with the importance of this new and simple feature, and I have taken care to make myself thoroughly acquainted with the working details of a matter which should at once engage the serious attention of our gov? ernment. The engines aro constructed ns fol? lows : Tliey arc bf twenty-horse power, and are built upon the locomotive principle; there are two cylinders of nine Inches diameter Inside, placed upon a mu? t itu bular double riveted boiler, capable of working at one hundred and fifty pounds pres? sure on the square inch. A steel crank shaft of fourteen inch stroke, having a slit pinion keyed upon it, by means of three Intermediate shafts1 and gearing, all In steel, communicates the power to the driving hind wheels of the engine; the power ls reduced from one hundred and fifty revolutions per minute of the crank shaft to seven revolutions per minute of the driving wheels; the latter are six feet six Inches in diameter, and twenty-four inches wide m the tire-thus pre? senting a considerable frictional surrace to the road; the front end of the boiler rests upon an axle, and two wheels of three feet six Inches in diameter and twenty inches in breadth: a cup Joint at the place whore the -boiler takes its bearing allows the fore car? riage to adapt Itself to any-irregularity on thc road, and to iactlltate the steering gear. This lat? ter ls of the simplest description. Two long rods extend from the fore axle to the extreme back of the engine underneath thu boiler, ending ia a pitoh chain which passes round a small corre- ' Bpondlng wheel. This ls fastened to a spur wheel two and a han* feet m diameter, and, by means or a hand wheel attached toan upright shaft and small pinion, thesteersman,whostands on asmali platform attached to the, oatsldo of the tendft- of the engine, obtains sufficient power to move the leading wheels into any angle sufficient to guide ! the engine round a comer. The most important and the most useful addition to these-engin es Hes, however, in the winding, apparatus, under tho centre of the boiler, exactly in the middle, and revolving upon a strong stand, ls placed In a drum, oapable of holding five hundred yards of seven-eighth inch steel wire rope. By means of an upright shaft and bevel gearing direct from the orauk shaft, this winding drum can be put in motion, and ls ready to han), at a distance of 450 yards, a load equal to three and a half tons strain npon the rope. This winding gear is really a most essential adjunot to a trac? tion engine ; for by means of lt heavy guns can be dragged up steep acclivities. The engine weighs about seventeen tons when empty, and the driver, standing in'front of the fire box, has every handle within reach of his arm. The cost of each such machine is, I believe, ?1000. From what I have aeon of the engines and their trial, I am more than convinoed of their Immense im? portance in times of war, and also of their practi? cal and enduring usefulness. I would, however, suggest that tho tender be made larger, in Order to carry more fuel and water than aro required for the purpose of ploughing a field. -The new Frenca Government, it ls stated, while vigilantly .working for its defence against the invasion, bas reduced the salaries on the civil li3t alone to the extent of $10,000,000, Hereafter, no public functlonaiy can receive over $10,000per j annum, general councillors are to receive $3000, and the prefects from $2000 to $3000. The sala-, rles to be allowed to sub-prefects vary from $1200 to $800. The pay of heads of bureaus and chief j clerks ls reduced to $3000. The minor employees | are, however, to receive an increase of pay. EXCAVATIONS UNDER PARIS. The Catacombs a? they were Eighty six Tears Ago. , The ground under Paris ls mined to a vost extent with ancient quarries, from which the stone was taken which waa used to build the houses on the surface. Wo suppose that the Prus? sians have no means of finding access to theso hy subterranean passages leading to them from with? out the walls, or they might blew up the town in? stead of bombarding it. or late these quarries have been made catacombs. Before they were such thoy wero sometimes visited by curious travellers. In a volume printed at London in 1791, entitled "Twenty Essays," we lind thc fol? lowing letter describing them : A SHORT ACCOUNT OP AK KXC0RSI0N TTTROUOH THE 8?BTERBANK0U8 CAVERN AT TARIS, BY Ult. THOS. WHITE, MBU BER OP THE BOYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY OP BDINB?ROH, AO., AO., IN A LETTER TO HIS PATH ER. [Prom Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester.] PARIS, JulV 29, irst. I yesterday visited a most extraordinary sub? terraneous cavern, commonly called the Quar? ries. But before I give you tho history of my ex? pedition it will, perhaps, bo necessary to Bay a few words concerning the observatoire royal, the place of descent In this very remarkable cavern. Tills edifice ls situated m the Faubourg St. Jacques', m the highest part of thc city. It takes its name from its use, and was built by Louis XIV, In 1607, after the design of Claude Perrault, member of tho Academy or Sciences, ned first architect to bis Majesty. It serves for the resi? dence of mathematicians appointed by the King to make observations and Improve astronomy. The mode of building lt ls Ingenious and admira? bly contrived, lt being so well arched that neither wood nor Iron are employed in Its construction. All the stonea have been well chosen, and placed with a uniformity and equality which contribute much to the beauty and solidity of the whole edi? fice, lt ls reckoned to bc about eighty or ninety feet In height, and at the top there Ls a beautiful platform, pavad with flint stones, which com? mands an excellent view of Parla and its envi? rons. In the different iloor? of thia building thero are a number of trapdoors placed perpendicularly over each other, and when these are opened the the stars may be very clearly distinguished from the bottom of the cave at noonday. At this placo I was introduced to one of the in? spectors (persons appointed by the Ring to super? intend the workmen) by my friend Mr. Smeath man, who had used great application and interest for permission to Inspect the quarry, and had been fortunato enough to obtain lt. For as this cavern extended under a great part of the City of Paris, and leaves lt in some places almost entirely with? out support.) the inspectors aro very particular as to showing lt, and endeavor to keep it as nocret as possible, lest, If lt should get generally known, It might prove a source of uneasiness and alarm to the Inhabitants above. For what ts very remarkable, notwithstanding the extent of this q tarry, and the apparent danger, mauy parts of the city are in from it, few, even or those who have constantly resided at Paris, arc at all ac? quainted with lt, and on my mentioning thc ex? pedition I was going to undcrtako to soveral of my Parisians friends, they' ridiculed me upon lt, , Eind told mo lt was Impossible there could be any mch place. About 9 o'clock In the morning wo assembled to the number of forty, and with each a wax candle la his hand, precisely at 10 o'clock descended by steps to the depth of throe honored a>.d sixty feet perpendicular. We had likewise a number of guides wita torches, which we found very useful; bat oven with these assistants we were several times under the necessity of halting to examino thc plans the Inspectors keep ef these quarries, that we might direct our course in thc right road. . I was disappointed In not being able to obtain ' one of these plans, which would have given the clearest idea of this most extraordinary place. . At tho entrance the path ls narrow for a consul- - ?rable way; bat soon we entered large and spa? cious streots, all marked With names, the same as - In the city: dur?rent advertisements and .bills wero found, os we proceeded, pasted on the walis, so that lt had every appearance or a large town, swallowed up In tho can h. The general height of tho roof ls about nine or J ten feet; but in some parts not lesa than thirty, and even forty. In many places there 1B a liquor coitlnually dropping from it, which oongeals Im? mediately and forms a species of transparent < stone, bat not io fina and clear aa rock orystal. i as we continued our peregrination we thought jurselvcs m no small danger from the roof, 1 ivhich we found bot Indifferently propped In some : places with wood much decayed. Under the aonses, aud many of thc- streets, .however, it seemed to be tolerably seemed by harnen?; stones wt In moitar; in other parts, where there arc only [?olds or gardens above, lt was totally uusnppori ed for a considerable space, the roof being per- 1 redly level, or a plain piece of rock. After traversing about two miles wo again de? scended about twenty step?, and herc lound some workmen, In a very cold and damp pince, prop? ping up a most dangerous part, which they were murtal would give way every moment. Wo were elad to give them money for some drink amt make our visit at this place as short as possible. < 1'he path hero ls not moro than three feet lu width, aud the roof BO low that we were obliged to Rtoop considerably. By this time several of the party began to ro- 1 peut of their Journoy, and were much afraid nf the damp aud cold air wc frequently experienced. But. alas : there was no retreating. On walking some little distance further wc en? tered into a kind of saloon, cut out of the rook, and said to tie exactly under the Egllso de St. Jacques. This was Illuminated with great taste, ' occasioned au agreeable surprise, ?ud made us all ample amends for the danger and difficulty wc had just before gone through. At, one end was a representation lu miniature of some of the prin? cipal forts in the Indies, with tho fortifications, , drawbridges, Ac. Cannons were planted, with a couple of soliders to each, ready to fire. Suntu i nels were placed in different parts of the gam- ( son, particularly before tho governor's house; < and a regiment of nrmed mon was drawn up in 1 another place with their general In the front. Tho whole was made up of a kind of clay which the place alfords, was Ingeniously contrived, and tho light that was thrown upon lt gavo it a very pretty effect. On thc other side of this hall was a long table 1 Bet out with cold tongue, bread and butter, and t Borne of tho beat Burgundy 1 ever drank. Kow everything was hilarity and mirth; our fears wore entirely dispelled, and the danger we dread? ed the moment before was now no longer thought i of. In short, wo were all m good spirits again, and proceeded on our Journey about two miles further, when our guides Judged it prudent for us to ascend, as we had then got to the steps whloh lead up to tho town. We here fdund ourselves ] safe at the Val dc Grace, near to the English Ben? edictine convent, without the least accident hnv ng happened to any one of the party. We Im? agined we had walked about two French leagues, and were absent from the surface of the earth ? betweea four and live hours. After we had thanked tho Inspectors and gnldes for their very great civility, politeness and atten- , tlon, we took our leave to visit thc English Bene- 1 dictlno convent, m whOBe courtyard, and within 1 a few yards of their house, the roof of tho sunter- \ raucous passage had give way and fallon In the dopth of one hundred and ninety-three feet. 'i hough there was some little dangor attend lug 1 our rash expedition, (as some people were pleased to term lt.) yet lt was moat exceedingly agreea? ble, and BO perfectly a nowwlleBCcno that we were- ' all highly delighted, and thought ourselves amply < repaid for our trouble. I regretted much that I did not take a thermom? eter and baromoior down with mo, that I might have had an opportunity of making Borne remarks on the temperature and weight of the air. Cer? tainly, howovor, lt was colder at this time than on , the surface of the earth. But Mr. Smeathman In formed me that when he descended thc last win- ' ter, in the long and hard frost, he found the air i much moro temper?is than aboveground, but far ( moro warm. Neither, however had he a ther- 1 momoter with him. I lamented, too, that I had not time to take moro remarks on the petrifac? tions, Ac. Mr. Smeathman observed that when he descend? ed he found a very sensible difficulty of breathing in some of the passages and caverns, where the superincumbent rock waa low and the company crowded. This nodonbtwas much increased by i tho number of persons and of wax lights, but he does not apprehend that the difficulty would 1 have been BO great in rooraa of equal dimensions i above ground. We remarked, too, when we de? scended, that thora was m some, dei ree un op? pression of respiration throughout the whole pas? sage. There wero formerly several openings into the quarries, but the two I had mentioned, viz: the Observatory and the Val do Grace, are, I believe, the only ones left; and these tho Inspectors keep constautly locked, and rarely open them, except to strangers particularly Introduced, and to work? men who are always employed In the same part by the Ring. The police thought lt a.neccssary precaution to secure all the entra??os Into this cavern, from Its having been formerly in habited by a famous gang of robbers, who Infested tue country for many mlies around the City or Parla As to tho origin of this quarry, I could not, on the strictest Inquiry, learn anything satisfactory ; and the only account I know published ls con? tained in the Tableaux Oe Parts, nouvelle edition, tom premier, cJiapltre bine, page lime : "For the first building of Paris, lt WBB necessary to get the stone In the environs, and the consump? tion or lt was very considerable. As Paris was enlarged, the suburbs were insensibly built on the ancient quarries, so that all that you see whhout ls essentially wanting m the earth, for the foun? dation of the city; hence proceed the frightful cavities which are at this time lound under the houses m several quarters. They stand upon abysses. It would not require a very violcut shock to throw back thc stones to the place from whence they have been raised with BO much dim cutty.. Eight mci: being swallowed np in a gulf] one hundred and ll tty feet deep, and some other ] leas known" accldtjjta, excited at length the vigi? lance of the police and the government; and, in fact, the buildings of several on arters have been privately propped ap, and by this means a sup? port given to these obscure subterraneous places, which they before vanted. "All the suburb! of St James's, Harp street, and even.the street of Tournon, stand 'upon thc ancient qa arries, asd pillars have beon erected-to support the weight of the houses. ' What a subject for reflection, in coasldcrlng this greatcity formed and supported .by means absolutely contrary ! These towers, these steeples, the a relied roofs pl' | these temples are go many signs to tell the- eye. that what we now see in the air is wanting under our feet." " | JJ O TE L NOTIO E. COLUMBIA HOTBL-NICKERSON HOUSE. . Tho undersigned. Proprietors, respectively of the COLUMBIA HOTEL and the NICKERSON HOUSE, would Inform the public that in conse? quence of the great abuse of their liberality In furnishing a Free Omnibus Line to and Jrom the several Railroad Depots-thousands having been transported during the past year who were guests at neither liouse-they are compelled to abolish the Free Omnibus arrangement. They therefore Sive notice that on and after the first of Novem? ber passengers win be required to pay tho .hack or omnibus driver the regular faro to and from their Hotels. WU. GORMAN, ' Proprietor Columbia! Hotel. WM. A. WRIGHT, " Proprietor Nlokerson House. Columbia, 8. C., October 29,1870. g novl-T? Q OL UMBI A. HOTEL, COLUMBIA, S. C., WM. GORMAN, PROraiKTOB.1 The Proprietors of this pleasantly located and elegantly furnished Establishment, at. tho State Capital, desire to info' m tho travelling public and >tbers seeking accommodations, tha*; the "CO? LUMBIA" ls In every respect a first-class HoteL msurpassed by any in the State or the United "tates. Situated in the business centre of the :lty, with fine large airy rooms, and a table sup jlled with every delicacy or the season, both from Sow York and Charleston markets, tue Ptoprie ors pledge themselves that no eiforts .will be ipared to give perfect satisfaction In every re ipect i A first-class Livery Stable ls attached to the lotel, where vehicles of every description can be' lad at the shortest notice. Omnibuses attend tho arrival and departure of ?very Train, and passengers are carried to and rom the Hotel vaau OP CH AIME. WM. GORMAN. apr!3 wfm _ ?Qy HE NU Y'S RETREAT, JQJ So. 107 EAST BAY, ONE DOOR BELOW BROAD STREET. 1. Restaurant, j spr 2. Oysters always fresh on hand. 3. FREE LUNCH from half-past 10 o'clock everyday. . ? 4. Meals at all hours. Dinner served from 12 to 4 P. M. fi. Meals serve-i on Sunday until 2 Pi M. 6. The best-IMPORTED WINES, Liquors und Havana Cigars. 7. Only place in town for- good genuine Hot - Tom and Jerry. Give me a oalL A. HAMMERSCHMIDT, Formerly Barkeeper at the Mills House. sep28-3tnos OHotrjing anb iFnnti?Ijincj ?ooos. pALL AND WINTER CLOTHING. The Long and Wen-Established CLOTHING 100SE, corner of. WENTWORTH AND KINO STREETS, ias opened a large and elegant supply of CLOTH* HO, made up Tor this market, equal to custom rork, for Men, Youths and Boya, or new md itaple styles of goods, and offered at LOW PRICES. i U S I N E S S SUITS, In great variety, at. from tu to f>5. DERBY SUlTS-a New Style. MORNING AND WALKING COATS, )f Meltous, Castor, Beavers, Tricot, ?Uk Mixed Coating, Cheviot, lc, Ac, Ac. ?LAIN AND FANCY CASSIMEBE I*ANTS, Ot thc Newest Patterns or the Season." , VESTS, )f Cloths, Cashmeres, Beavers, Velvet, .Silks, Ac BOYS' AND YOUTHS' CLOTHING, for ages of from 6 to 18 years, for Dress and School purposes, of Glottis, Casslmeres, SHk Mixed boatings, Ac, Ac, in Sock and Wallung. Coat Ju its. FURNISH IN.G GOODS. In this department will bc found a largo assorv ncnt of Mermo, Lamb's Wool, Silk, Canton Flan, iel and Shaker Flannel UNDERSHIRTS AND DRAWERS. JILK CRAVATS, BOWS, TIES AND SCARFS In great variety. j French, Kid and Beaver GLOVES. SngUsh Buck, Deerskin, Beaver and oauutiet G L 0 V E S . The Celebrated STAR SHIRTS AND COLLARS, introduced by mo twenty-flve'years ago. AOHNT ?.OK TUB ir, and the largest stock kept on hand in ?he city. .. ; The above named STAU SHIRTS WILL BX MAP? JP TO ORDER, ALSO DY MBASOBB. / ' ? PAPER COL LAR }f the Pioneer, Promenade, Dauntless, Washing? ton, Astor, Royal, Bismarck and Dickens. TAILORING DEPARTMENT, Supplied with a Full Stock of English, French ind American Cloths, Casslmeres, Coatings, Cas? tor, Beavers, Silk Mixed and Bosket-Faced Coat? ings, 4C, AC. PANC Y CASSI MERES, Of the most Novel and Select Patterns. VESTINGS, or Plush, Velvets, Casslmeres sud Silks, which doods will be Made Lp to Order, in the well known Good Taste always displayed, at this Bouse, and on Moderate Terms. PCBCHASBBS AUB INVITED TO CALL AND MAKE THEIR SELECTIONS. WM. MAT T HIE S S KN J Na 291 KING ST., CORNER WENTWORTH. B. W. MoTUREOUS, Superintendent. octl-8tuth2mos Roofing -fell. J^NGLLSH ROOFING FELT. A CHEAP. DURABLE AND LIGHT PERMANENT ROOFING for Houses, Depots, Public Buildings, Farm Buildings, Ac, Ac For sale by H. L. OHISOLM, novl-tuthlmo Adger's North Wharf. J Special Zlotius. rtohes, the rich man's? ol?as, is found ft? AYER'S MEDICINES, aftera rrnltless search among other remedies. A word to thc wise ts sufficient. . 0Ct28-fmw3PAW , i i . ? ^^BATCHELOK'S HAIR DYJL-THIS SPLENDID HAIR DTE ? the best In the world harmless, reliable, Instantaneous, does' not con? tain leatl, nor any vttt?tc poison to produce par? alysis or death. Avoid the varihted and delusive preparations boasting v?'t umih ey do not possess. The genuine W. A. BATOHELOR'S HAIR DYE has had thirty years' untarnished r?paration to uphold Ita Integrity as tho only perfect Hair Dye, Black or Brown. Sold, by all Druggists. Applied, at No. MBond street1; New^Y?rki^ ?i \ ; . nov2armwlyr- j gg ?"*<;. ? . ;;rf? i ; '.' -." ^LIPPMAN'S GREAT GERMAN BIT- j TE RS, an old German Tonic _\'' J4PPMAN !SGREAT GEiiMANMT^ TEILS, the moat delightful and effective In the world. . ; -, > g ; rv i ?ST IJPPMAN'S GREAT GEliMAN^BIT- j TERS strengthens the debilitated. ? fiSt* JJ?PPMAN'SXTREAT GERMAN BT TERS corea t?male complaints._i ? ^^IdTPMAN'S GREAT GERMAN BIT? TERS cures "never well" people._' ~.? ^LLPPMAN'S GREAT GERMAN BITr TERS will give an appetite._Juqio-rmw. &B*A VOICE PROM THE KITCHEN. Upwards or thirty professed cooks, manx of thsm ] hailing from the best hotels In the ?nlted States, have voluntarily come forward and pronounced RAND'S SEA MOSS FARINE the finest article for puddings, custards, blanc mange, creams, Jel? lies, and other favorite items of the dessert that lias ever come under their notice. . .. . " So much for thc palatability of the new element of rood. . ' f " A still greater number of distinguished physi? cians ana eoienuiic chemists indorse Iths a nu? trient of t he very highest class ; while' every housekeeper who uses it admits that it IA. fuU arty per cent, cheaper than malzen a, farina, corn starch, or any other preparation from corn or the cereal grains. The new food staple ls manufactured, andee a | patent, by the SEA MOSS FARINE COMPANY, No. 63 Park Place; and lu view of the above estab? lished facts, lt ls not surprising that their, exten? sive machinery' is kept running night and day to supply a demand that ls rapidly becoming unl veraal. . , . .. . , ,oct3l.mwfaoAC ^ AN -AUTUMN SUGGESTION.^ Now, os heavy .fogs arise and searching winds' commence to. blow; now, as the human body, exhausted like inanimate nature by thc heats of summer, begin to wilt and droop; now, ere the' inclement winter makes Its trying onset; now is the time for a preparatory cours? of the best ac? climating medicino in existence, HOSTETTER'S'} STOMACH BITTERS. Fever and Ague ls rampant In all parts of the country. Quinine, the physicians admit, will not quell the phase of thc disease which at the pres? ent pervades the entire West. It ls weU that it ls so, for the remedy (so-called) ls deadlier'than the malady. But if quinine is inefficient m inter? mittent fevers, Hostetter's Bitters is irresistible. It would be safe to make a contract, under heavy penalties, that any given "Fevcr-and Ague Dis? trict" should bc exempted from the disorder for f any particular timo, provided every inhabitant j would tako the Hittei s according to d irect tons.dnr mgthe term ot thc contract. There has never been an Instance tn which this sterling in vigoran t and ontl-febrUe medicine hos failed to ward Off the. J complaint, when taken duly ns a protection against malaria. Hundreds of physicians have abandoned all thc officinal spcclllcs and now pre? scribe this harmless vegetable tonic, and nothing else, as a preventive and cure for all thc forms of j chills and fever. Vigor ls the thing most needful In tu a e cases, as well as In dyspepsia and ner? vous arran ?Iis, and Hostetter's Bitters are the Barest, surest, and most wholesome strengthening preparation that, haman skill has yet concocted. octso-n&ce_ .. , ~?S?* AWAY WITH SPECTACLES. -OL?). Eyes maile new, easUy, without doctor or medi? cines. Sent postpaid on receipt of io cents. -Ad? dress Dr. E. B. FOOTE, No. 120 Lexington avenue, New York._ ? -, - doolt - AWAY mTn UNCOMFORTABLBj TRUSSES.-Comfort and Caro for the Ruptcre4. ] Sent postpaid on receipt of 10 cents. Address. Dr. E. B. FOOTE, No. 120 Lexington avenue, New | York._ ' . - dsclft GRAND EPOCH IN 8CIEN0&-i] From the time when, in 1834, Dr. RDOOE discov? ered "Carbolic Acid" and Ita extraordinary medi--| cai offects, nothing lu the history.of Medicine haa eqnalled it. Largely used by the French physi? cians m treatment or consumptive and scrofa IOUB diseases, lt was Introduced by the Court Pay . Rielan of Berlin, MAX ERNST HENRY, mtoPrus? sia, and from thence to the United states. No? thing also of the present day can equal HEN-'| RY'S SOLULJON OR CARBO' '0 CONSTiTDTl 3? RENOVATOR. Patients get better after ont* une ; dose has been taken, and we cordially recommend lt to the pubuc.-(Editor "Argua." Janl7 ly'r Wrnas, QLtitmitais* &t. JJR. SIMMONS' LIVER REGULATOR," A preparation of Roots and Herbs, warranted to be strictly vegetable, andean dono injury to any one. It has been used by hundreds, and known for the last thirty-five years as one of the moat relia? ble, efficacious and harmless preparations ever offered to the suffering. II taken regularly and persistently, lt ls sure to cure: Dyspepsia, headache, jaundice, costiveness, sick headache, chronic diarrhoea, affections of the blodder, camp dysentery, affections of th? kidneys, fever, nervousness, chills, diseases of thc skin, impurity of the blood, melancholy or de? pression of spirits, heartburn, colic or pains In the bowels, , pain in the head,'levar and ague, , dropsy, bolla, pain in back and limbs, asthma, erysipelas, remato affections, and bilious diseases generally. Prepared only by J. H. ZEILIN A CO., ?rag: gists, Macon, Ga. . Price $1; by maU $125. Many highly respectable persona can fully at: test to the.virtues-of this valuable medicine. l-vor sale by GOODRICH, WINEMAN A CO. HOWIE, MOISE A DAVIS, Janl?slyr Charleston, ? n M tm ? a ? AND TB?r ? WEED" FAMILY FAVORITE LOCK-STITCH MACHINE, are the best ia ase. For sale on the Le ago Plan, with monthly pay? ments, on easy terms; or for cash. AU ^dj}.01 Machluo- attachments, Needles, Cotton, (wbite, black and colored,) Silk, Oil, Soap, Ac., AC. Repairing aS usual. Circulars and samples oi worksent-oaappUcaUon. H?^B?^ . 'OeneraLDealer. In HrstOia*'Sewing Ma SOUTH CAROLINA SAILROAB. During the continuance of. tho-Sooth Calatta* inaiirut? Fair, Trains ,w?f-leave the Passenger Depot, Line street mw>fe fer tte Air Grounds, commencing, TvsaDA^November L I.KATING LINBSTKEKT LlAYlXQ Fij? Dsporr- . "i-SBOdrot: ? o'cioct. . <imm?S3L M o'clock. . ?. . lo^an o'clock. . 11 o'clock. , . u^o argjock. 12 O'Clock. . o'clook! io clock. . no o'clock. ?S? SSS* i?? -^o'clock. r ao'olock. . 6^0o'clock. Tickets wm be on sale at CloaneatoTffiitAi'i Mills Howe.-Holmes* BookSwr??E3? Depot, Ltoo-street. . -. T ^ """"?TF Np one will be allowed to get on board tram wUhomVa Ticket. Prier atms??w&^uw?? 1 CENTS togo and return. GoodonlribT tfceite on wlUoU tliey.arepurobaaed? ^V."-J<.v. novl-6 ae3.1?S?TOft.XAgeat. SAVANNAH AND CHARLESTON RAIL? ROAD. PASSENGER TRAINS on this Road ran dattF al follows: - . . ' - " Loavo Charleston.....;....;.t..M0A.M. .Arrive at Savannah.... ,.._iAp. M. * I^TOS?Tannali...?..7,;.?^j5.-0AlL & Arrive at Charleston.,.r,U^?*?OP. M. '=? Connects at Savannah wita the-AtlaAUfl A Onif Railroad for J ackson villa, St Augustine, ario! ail points m Florida. ? T ? . Wita Central.Railroad for Hacon, Atlanta, Mo? bile, New Orleans and the Weat. -~ . With Steamboats for points' on the Savannah River. At Charleston with the Northeastern and Sooth I Carolina itallniada.^d'gtton?olps fer au patota North and Weat." Through Tickets over this line on pale at Hotels .'. In Charleston ; Screven use,-Savannah; and all -j principal Ticket offices North and South. ] Freights forwarded daily to ann*om Sa van- .?j nah and all points beyond-.^.t, w Through Rills of Lading Issued toiacksonvlue, Palatka, Ac, ??-** Tariff as low aa by any other line. pets Engmeef ?nd a^'periaKda?t. "VTQ RTHEASTEBN ''"B?ffiRQ?fljl JLi j ? ' j '.? . - . 4 ' j Trama leave Charleston dally i at-AA) A. M., (Sundays excepted,) Hh?.e.B*J\ M? Z&m i ArrtvfratChat?eriton.7.? A.M.f tMaBdays ex- 1 ceptea,) and 6"P. Mir--*s. *?X?. ?w>*r*i** v'l .Train leaving at 0:80 rt I j ll lal ai mn i Ulli I con- 3 neotionto New-York via Alchmoud e^KTAqala ?'b-reekonry-gomg through to ?bT?tvond witto. K outdetentloaonSunday. v --^Z p. '?SI . Train leaving ut 6:80 P--M^haTecfloieoorroat? % via: BI chm ?tia and Washington, or;- Barcoo te vi?, ^ Portsmouth and Baltimore* -Passengers leavint: \ Friday by this train lay-over o/tanudayln Balti- } mora ; thosc.leavlng caSaturday?mea?'Sunday , m Wilmington, N-C. '. "i r. THU ls the cheapest, qnlciiiwl and HcaHil?MHllt ?? .route to cincinnati, eulengo. aad.oUMr pctota *> West and- Northwest,, both trains making close ^ connections at Washington wno. W?steratraoni of Battiraore ami Ohio Railroad. ? t*j _M Engineer and Superintend1 cfit. P. I? OLSAroa, General Ticket Age&V ; ' ?r^V . -i gOTJTH CAROLINA HAj?BOAD| - ' GENERAL SUPERINTENDS >i? On FICE, 1 CHARtaHToir, it.arw?jna f ;i On and arter sunday. May>*l^t?fflMeagef :f Trains upon '.he Soutc ?aiojna R?flr?ad',wUl rna as follows:' -, <w SSS Leave CtarleatOnv...:...v.~? v*a> AM.| Arrive at Augusta.. .135 P. IL V " FOB OOtXJMBIA,':. % Leave Cnar les toa..v. ? ^...8^80 A. UL "Arrive at Ooltmbi?................Alo P. JCS : iOa'OHABlJIBWiK^-r^ . Leave Augusta'.:....??MO A. AL Leave Columbia'.. :. :. ?.lM A. IM. - Arrive at Charleston.i....:,.SMV.M, i ?ATODSTA NIGHT KXPKXfiS. S (Sundays excepted.) "^*" Leave Charleston..1...'...,^.80 P.M. Leave Augusta..-...".?.MO P. H.;; Arrive at Augusta..,*,;,IIBX MU^ Arrive at Charleston.....ll.... 6.?o A. M. COLOMBIA. WICfBT KCrB?*. ' (SmidayB'exapioSSir'. ?T Leave (marleston.............. ..uo P. M, t Leare Columbia........'..??.?i&jpop.X. 1 Arrive at Columbia:.'.??;?/.^?.|Bpo A lt'J Arrive at charleston.. .'..... r.&t? A. M. ? .". B?MXjCBTIIiLI TBA0R . ' Leave Charleston...-. SMS^MP P. Arrive at Summerville.:-. ;-jjo p. x,'. - Leave Summervale.... . f^Hp A g 5 Arrive ai Charleston. Tfat A. V. ;? . CAMDEN EOAKCm' Camden and Columbu Paesauger:Trains on s M o ND A v 8, - WXDHXSD ATS a >i d S ATTrauATB, and be? tween camden and Biugvliie dally, (St?days ea? ^ -cepted,) connects with ap sad dowa Day ?a?> ^ lengersat Kingville, "~; Leave Camden..;., v... A, M. Arrive at Columbia..1?,00 A. ?Ci? Leave Columbia.....*....,.LOO P. M. - Arrive at CamAm............. ,^.^.^^?P. M. maylS General Btgiex^teadant. , Q.? A BB IA N M ITp AL .LIP?- IN8UBANCB e?WpAMT - O? ^-'.^ ?.' N B J . oBOAirizBDiHifMr-iv ; ALL POLJOIES NOJS-FOB^HIT?BLE. HALF LOAN TAREN. NO NfJOEff-RE^0JIBS\ LAST CASH BtVlUBXP ggWr) MffiffouiT. . I B,,l,.^ffl,lli?,> . I Polices in roroe~ Assets .. ..?....^....#???U.^y???St?m??.?T'1 'iyeoU|IHHi v Annial Income..- ~..>?^-. 800,000 Loases Paid.... .~*u*.ti~.vr**i; : soo.ooo .- - :. .-..v.- .??'-4?KV>9 'i 3W.'H?'PBO^AM;P?eeia??it^';^ I 'i WM. T. HQOKHB, Vlce-Fres^c ; - L. MCADAM, Secretary and Actuary. ' DDtsoTOBa. , Hon. John A Dix, New York. Hon. James Harper, Firm of .Harper ?Bros., es ' MayorNew Xork." ; *;v"-;^??. ?? John J. Crane, President Bank Republic. Wm. M. Ye rmily e,- Bau ker, (Venn Hy e A GOA Chati.. G. Rookwood,- c*?Mer ;Ntmarx. Banking \ Company. . ? Batu qeorge Opy?yke, ex?Ma/or^eTigrjjit Minot 0. Morgan, BauLer. .Thomas Rigney, Firm -Thomas Rigney A Cj>, Be sj. B. Sherman, Treasurer, Nsw. iTork Steam > Sogar Refining Oompany. g >fs Aaron Arnold, Pinn of Arnold, Constable & Co., Richard. H. Bowne, Wetmore A Bowne, Lawyers,, : B. v. Hatrghwout, Firm B. V. Hanghwout A Ca 3 Wm. Wimms, Firm of Wllkens & Co. .JOBB?ft.Pra^'?eipkanfe ~..<</ . Wm. W. Wright, Merchant. $ , ?H Charles- J. Starr, Mttcnaftly.'^ WHUani Allen. Merchant,^ ^ v - - * Geo. W. Cuy 1er, Bankar, Paimyra, N. Y. * Geo. T. Hopa, Picaldeat Oontlnratti Fire lus n r ? anofl Compaay., ? iVW' / Wi ? - . . - john G. Ske?n?moa^'Pari?P?a<St Walton TJ. Poclmam, corner.Firth Avenue and Twenty-thlrtf street. Edward H. Wright, Newark, Jf. J. / t?eo.W.Fariee, cotmaeBpr. W. L. Cogswell, Merchsnt.. "f ?? ^ KEIM ? ?SSBRTEL, . General Agen ts for south-OaroUna and Georgia, Office No. 40 Broad street, - caariestan, s. 0. j Dr. T. REENSTJERNA Examining Pkyelalfln. janis FLEMING'S WORM CONFECTIONS, j (BANT?NTKR.) ti*'1 ' 1 Tho? i ~ s purely'vegetable, sale and ante?. Iba] best in use. For sale by ' t m. H. SASE, A . .WmMeet^ftieot, COU ' ?? - Wholesale Ag?;