Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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' Ijij|fjtflTIi li '? Ta >!?; Ta* me not, in hum-drum, verse*, . purse? _JH - V . ? ? . . 4 hook aboat-wkwr^or thou turnest fttiU is ***** the same old son?; And the giri?.are fhucfc in earnest,. . , , Bmihng where the rent rolls' long. Money ia the panacea, At the market,.church or ropt Better cash and no idea . Than an intellect without. Trost no maid, tho' she be pleasant; Tho' some tender words he said; Rirais oft win by a present, . Laughing when they get ahead. Buhl is dear, Bohemian dearer - It takes money fe* them all; E'en tho akiea will look the clearer If you've specie at your eau. Lives of millionaires all tell os One great troth fall often told, Ne'er of needy men he iealous, Ladies moat and will have gold Gold that jewels they may shine in Precious gems to deck the hair, Gold, that ?uka they may look fine in, Such the ladies like to wear. Let us, then, bc op and doing, Not content to idly gaze, For the girls each ones pursuing, Like the man whose business pays. % Tile Wves of Beethoven. There is a prevalent,, idea that no man can be a great poet or a great musician without having been in love. As most men have a preference some time in the course of their lives, there does not appear to be, any reason why these should form an exception to the1 rule. The question whether Beetho? ven was -ever in love, has, it seems, been warmly disputed by his biogra? phers. Baron Ernoay seems to have set, the question at rest in a recent article, published in the Revue Con? temporaine, that is, so far as assertion g>es, and if he has not been misled by r. Wegfeler. His first love, lt seems, wis Jean? nette d' Honrath, of Cologne. The young lady is described as fair, of an affectionate character and endearing manners. She used occasionally to come to Bonn to visit a family there to whom Beethoven was known, and this led to his forming an attachment to her., Unfortunately for his peace of mind, the Jady no ' sooner received the ad? dresses of a captain in the Austrian service than she discarded her mu? sical admirer; and yet he was not a man altogether unworthy of being regard? ed with favor by a lady from a merely Shysical point of view in his younger ays. He had not then the stern, un? attractive- expression of countenance which characterizes the portraits taken .of him in middle age. Seyfried, who knew him well in his youth, says he was then of the middle height, broad shouldered and robust-a very model of strength. * . Add to this that he*had a keen, pe? netrating eye, and a characteristic physiognomy, and we heve the picture of a man who might reasonably ex? pect that the course of true love would ran smoothly in his case. But those who remember-and who does not the pathetic sonata, "Absence and Re? turn," would be surprised rather than ? otherwise to hear that he had escaped the ordeal which has purified so many geniuses-that of loving well, but not wisely. In point of fact, it appears that this sonata is connected with a love passage in his life, which is re? ferred to in the follojring letter, writ? ten by him to Dr. Wegeler. In this letter he refers, in a very*de?pondent tone, to the state of his hearing, which, in spite of all the remedies he had tried, was getting worse; and he was then about to seek new doctors. After describing how hard he was working, even grudging the time he was obliged to devote to sleep, to complete work that should do him honor, he says: "For the last two years I have Kved a solitary life. I dare say I am considered -a misanthrope, and yet I lam not anything of the kind. A met? amorphosis has been worked in me by a dear and most ravishing girl, whom I love and who' loves me. I am in? debted to her for many happy mo? ments during these two years, and for the first time in my life I feel that marriage could make me perfectly happy. Unfortunately our social po? sition is not the same * * * and in my situation ? reaUy could not marry * * * I shall have much to go through before that can be." Some 'passages are evidently sup? pressed in this letter; but we can ?gather from it that his life was. embit? tered by his malady, and the obstacle which the aristocratic prejudices of the Austrians placed in the way of his marriage, for the lady on whom he had placed his affections was a count? ess. To this circumstance perhaps, quite as much as to any democratic convictions, may be attributed the "onslaughts he uttered so frequently against social distinctions. ; This passion, which seems td hare been tho first experienced by Beetho? ven after he had reached manhood, - ended badly for him. The lady ab? ruptly broke off the connection with him in order to marry a ruined count -and, to complete the measure of his humiliation,, a count? who was by pro? fession a musical composer, ? com-? poser of dance music, who sirbse auently got a ballet of his placed upon ie stage at Paris, where it was over? whelmed by the condemnation of the press; and as the scene of this ballet was laid in America, one of the critics remarked that the music was not only of the new world but of the. other would. The effect of this deception on. Beethoven was most disastrous; it smote him doubly hard, by wounding bis pride, as a man and an artist. He uttered no complaints; but it was easy to see that he desired death rather than life. One of his greatest ad? mirers, wno felt for him the purest and warmest friendship, thought to relieve his mind by inducing him to take up his residence at a country house belonging to her, not far from .'Vienna. Here he wandered about tha park, but instead of finding peace, he became more and more despondent. The rustling of the leaves, the noise of the birds, repeated his. misfortune continually, until, as he said at a later period of his life, he began to feel that he was abandoned, by God as well as by the woman he had loved so profoundr ly" This disappointment was near ending fatally. One evening he did not return to the house as usual, and it was supposed that he had suddenly set out for Vienna, consequently no alarm was excited by his non-appear? ance. Three days afterwards he was discovered bv a friend, lying at thc foot of a tree in the most "distant part of the park, nearly dead from want of 'food. The earnest solicitation of his friends induced him to abstain from any similar attempt to end his pain in this way, and it was not until many years afterwards that it became known he had ever dorie so. Not very long afterwards he had the opportunity of nobly avenging the* deceit that had been practiced upon him. The dis? tress of the lady he had loved became so great that she. actually wrote to Beethoven to tell him of their con? dition and to ask Bim for assistance. He did not comply ' with her request openly, but played the part of tho Good Samaritan in secret, for ho got a loan of five hundred floorings, on the security of his future compositions, and remitted it to her by a sure hand, without suffering her to know tho name of her benefactor. It was not until twenty years afterward that Beethoven related the affair to. a most intimate friend named Schindler, to whom the husband of the lady had spoken of him in very uncompliment? ary terms. His magnificent composi? tions render him immortal; but we can now see that honor and fame will not keep the skeleton out of a man's closet. CHARLESTON fO KEW YORK. ATLANTIC COAST Slail Line! Batch, Commander, Will leave Charleston, S. C., direct for New York, alternately. THURSDAYS each week. . For freight or passage-hiving handsome State Boom accommodations-anplv to F. A. WILCOXSON, Agent, . Orangeburg, 8. C. ARCHIBALD GETTY & CO., 126 and 128 Meeting st., Charleston, S. C. LIVINGSTON, FOX & CO., Agents, Aug 15 2mo_ New York. Office Gen. Sup. W. and ?7R. R., WILMINGTON, N. C., Auo. 21, 1865. OCHANCE OF SCHEDULE. N and after SUNDAY, 27th, daily trains will run over the Wilmington and Man? chester Railroad, between Kingsville and Wilmington, as follows: Leave Kingsville daily at.7.85 p. m. ". Wilmington " at.....,... .c.00 a. m. Arrive Kingsville " at.;l.25 a. m " Wilmington" at.3.65 p.m.' There w daily communication North by rail from Wilmington, and semi-weekly by steamer. These trains connect with trains on the North-eastern Railroad, Cheraw and Darlington Railroad and Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. There is a line of stages between Sumter a ad Camden connecting with these trains. HENRY M. DRANE, .aug 38 16' Gener&L Superintendent. Charleston Advertisements. For Liverpool. THE BRITISH BARK MELBOURNE, Captain Fosh, haying a-portion of her cargo ready, will have despatch for the, above port. Apply to GIBBES A CO., Sept 4 3 - Adger'g Wharf, Charleston. Hats & Gaps AT ?LB PRICES. 116 MEETING STREET, (Formerly D. R. WILLIAMS & CO,'. 161 Meeting Street.) CHARLESTON, S. C., *HRS?k. HAVE resumed the MDfew ' mS? "hi business of HATS, jflgV . JBSm CAPS and STRAW JH| ^ GOODS, at 116 Meeting street, (next door to Charleston Hotel,) where they will be* happy to see their old customers, friends and public generally. We ase prepared to supply tho trade at j . Old. Prices X Merchants visiting Charleston for the [ purpose of purchasing Goods, do well to give us a call. ?. D. R. WILLIAMS. HY. C. COVERT. Charleston, August 18, 1865. aug 24 $6 ?mu mwm? Wholesale Grocer and Commission Merchant, CHARLESTON, S. C. KEEPS constantly on hand a complete stock of choice FAMILY*GR0CE1 ; IKS, Wines, Liquors and Plantor's Supplies, which he will sell at the lowest market prices for cash or exchange for COTTON or other piodnco. Liberal advances made on Qonsignmcnts of COTTON and other country'produce. Aug 19 timo_? THE CHARLESTON DAILY NEWS, AS native Carolinians, thc publishers will naturally look to the interests of their own State and to that of the South; and as citizens of the Uidted States, they will not be wanting in the proper amount of devo? tion and respect for thc General Govern? ment. Every effort shall he made to make the DAIHY NEWS?a first-class newspaper, and in every way worthy of thc patronage of the'public. Our terms for the present will he at the rate of ten dollars per annum. Subscrip? tions received for three, six ami twelve . months, payable in advance. Postmasters and others throughout thc country, who may, interest" themselves in procuring subscriptions, will be allowed the usual uer centage. CATHCART, MCMILLAN A MORTON, Proprietors, No. 18 Hayne street, aug 30 fl3_ Charleston. S. C. .ARCHIBALD GETTY & CO., I , AND COM. MERCHANTS. 126 and 128 Meeting Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. * F. A. WTLCOXSON, Agent, . Orangeburg, S. C. EDMUND A. SOUDER A CO., - ' Philadelphia, Penn. LIVINGSTON, FOX A CO/, Agents, Nev York. ? SS?-LIBERAL ADVANCES mac i CON? SIGNMENTS. ._Ang i ,2mo* FIRE Am MARIDE Insurance Agency ! TUPPER & LANE 163 MEWING- ST., CHARLESTON, 8. C., REPRESENT the following first-class companies: GREAT WESTERN- INSURANCE COM? PANY, OF NEW YORK. SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK. PHOENIX FIRE INSURANCE COMP*NY, OF NEW YORK. MANHATTAN INSURANCE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK. International Insurance Company, of New York. . North American Insuranco Company, of ] New York. Wit* aggregate cash capital of over $9,000,000. Fire* Morine and Inland Risks taken on reasonable terms,, and loases promptly set? tled. S. Y. TUPPER. A. A. LANE. For particulars, applv to ZEALY, SCOTT A BRUNS, Aug 14 26_Assembly street. GEORGE W, WILLIAMS & CO,, Merchants &Bankers 1 ami 3 Hayne St., Charleston, S. C. ARE receiving the LARGEST STOCK of FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC MER? CHANDIZE ?vvr offered at the South, which will be sold at tho LOWEST MARKET PRICES. . GOLD, SILVER, BANKNOTES, STOCKS, BONDS, EXCHANGE, etc., bought and. sold. CONSIGNMENTS of COTTON and other COUNTRY PRODUCE will he received and sold; or, if desired, will be forwarded to New York for sale-. Cash advances will be made on such consignments. aug 29 ' ;2mo *? J. H. BAGOKTT St CO., Facta?. ?nd Cttminlnlcn Mcrrhimts ADO ERS SOUTE WE AUF, CHARLESTON, S. C. SELL in thia Market, or ship to New York or liverpool, both Long and Short Sta? ple COTTON. Liberal advances on ship? ments, and returns made in gold or trea? sury notes, as instructed. J. H. BAGOETT. g. M. SPEIGHTS. O. XS. Chichester, HEAL ESTATE BKOKEll, 18 BROAD STREET, CEARLESTON. AGENT for tbe purchase and sale of I REAL ESTATETn any of the Southern States. m ALSO, . For the REPAIRING, RENTING, kc, of city propertv. Owners of property in Charleston? un avoidably detained in thc up country, can have their property taken caro " of and promptly attended' to by sending to above a Power of Attorney, to assmne control of the same, until the owner's return. Infor? mation* as to the condition of property in Inred by shells, and otherwise, with proba? rte expense of repairing, seat on application 33~ Wanted to purchase, for parties seeking investment ot Real Estate, in South Carolina, several PLANTATIONS, in work, ing order, in the upper portion of the State. Willis * Chisolm, Futon, Commission Mrrrh?nts, AND SHIPPING A GENTS. . . OFFICE, MHXS HOUSE, fi CHARLESTON, 8. C. E. WILLIS. A. B. CHISOLM. WILL attend,to the purchase, sale and shipment (to foreign and domestic ports) of COTTON, RICE, LUMBER, NAVAL STORES; to the collection of Drafts, Purchase-and Sale of all Securities. Con? signments of Vessels solicited. REFERS TOC Messrs. John Fraser & Co., Charleston, S. C. . Messrs. Geo. W. Wilhams k Co., " George Schlev, Esq., Augusta, Ga., . T. 8. Metcalf, Esq., " .?. Messrs. Clark, Dodge & Co., New York. Messrs. Murray k Nephew, " " Messrs. E. W. Clark & Co., Philadelphia, Penn. , Messrs, Pendergast, Fenwick & Co., Bal \ timor?. Md. Messrs. Samuel Harris k. Sons, Baltimore, Md. _ Aug 8 26 TBE GBANGEBIBG & COLMBU STAf??I MME RUNS a C ALB TAGE or SPRING WAGON to Orangeburg, at 2 p. m.. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays-making connec? tion with the Charleston trains the following mornings. On arrival of train on Monday, Wednes? day and Friday, a vehicle Btarts for Colum? bia. For passage, apply to J. H. FOWLES or E. COFFIN, at tbe store of R. M. Stokes, Plain street. Sept 2 4? Comptrbller^eneral's Office. GREENVILLE C. H., S. C., AUGUST 16, 18C5. BY permission of His Excellency Gov. Perry, the du tie i of this office will be attended to at this place until further no . tice. Communications should be addressed to care of Maj. W. Laval. . JAMES A. BLACK, Sept 4 1_Comptroller-General. W. B. JOHKSTOS, Magistrate, Office on Picken? street East end of Lady. WILL attend to all' official business 'brought before him; will also attend to drawing up Doods, Conveyances, Mort? gages, Contracts, and other ordinary legal instruments of writing. Fair copies of any document executed with neatness and de? spatch._August 1 TBE CHRISTIAN INDEX, BY the FIR8T OF OCTOBER, or as soon as the mails are re-established, I will renew the publication oi the "CHRISTIAN INDEX" and the "CHILD'S INDEX" I have been publishing. ' . Price of "Index," per annum.$3 00 Price of "Child's Index," "., 50 (A deduction made-for Clubs.) Money may be remitted at once, as my determination is positive. My desire is to secure a large subscription hst with which to begin, and I issue this prospectus that subscribers may have time to forward their remittances. ' It is my intention to issue first class papers, and po pains or expense will be spared to secure that end. The best writers and correspondents will be secured, and the highest religious and literary talent will be given to the papers. The CHILD'8 PAPER will be profusely illustrated and will, in every sense, be made to conform te its new title, , THE CHIUVS DELIGHT! ,% Money may be sent by Express or other? wise-if by Express, at my nsk, if the Ex? press receipt is sent me, on the resumption of mail facilities. My connection with the firm of J. W. Burke k Co., is dissolved, bat I will esta? blish an office in Macon, Georgia, where communications may be addressed. Ang S lmo^ SAMUEL BOYKIN. The New York News. DJKLY and WEEKLY. THE NEW YORK WEEKLY NEWS, a great family news? paper-BENJAMIN WOOD, Proprietor-the largest, best and cheapest paper published in New York. Single copies, 5 cents; ono copy one year, $2; three copies one ysar, 5.50; ftvo copies one year, 8.75; ten copies one year, 17; ?ad an extra copy to any club of? ten. Twenty copies one year, 30; tho Weekly News is sent to clergymen at 1.60. NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. To mail subscribers, $10 per annum; six months, 5; payments invariably in advance. Specimen copies of Dailv aad Weekly News ?entfree. Address BENJ. WOOD, Dailv News Building, No. 19 City Hall Square, Now York ("tr. I. J tl?e Provinlonal Governor of the Statte pr Sou.tb. Carolin?. A PROCLAMATION ! WHEREAS His Excellency President Johnson has. issued his proclama? tion, appointing me (Benjamin E. Perry) Provisional Governor in and for the St tv- "of South Carolina, with power to prescribo suck rales and regulations as may be neces? sary and proper for convening a Convention of tho State, compos?e! of delegates to ho chosen by that portion of the peoplo of said State who are-Moyal to the United States, for the purpose of altering or amending tat 'Constitution thereof; and with authority to exercise within tho Inuits vf thu State all .the powers necessary and proper to enablu such loyal people to restore said State to its constitutional relations to the Federal Gov? ernment, and to present such a Republican form* of State Government as will entitle the State to Tho guarantee of the United States therefor, and its*people to protection by thu United Sta tea against invasion, insurrection and domestic violence. Now, therefore, in obedience to tho pro? clamation of his Excellency Andrew John? son, President of the United States, I, BENJAMIN F. PERRY, Provisional Gover? nor of the Stato of South Carolina, for the purpose of organizing a Provisional Gov? ernment in South Carolina, reforming the. State Constitution and restoring civil au? thority in said State under the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim and declare that all civil officers in South Carolina, who were in office when the Civil Government of tho State was suspend- - ed, in May last, (except those arrested or under prosecution for treason, ) shall, -on ? taking thu oath of allegiance prescribed ii* tho lYesident'a Amnesty Proclamation of tho ?Jth day of May, 1865, resumo tho 1 duties of their ornees and continue to dis? charge them under the Provisional Govern? ment till farther appointments are made. And I do further proclaim, declare and' make known, that it is tho duty of. all loyal citizens of the State ^pf S:uth Carolina to promptly go forward and take the oath of allegiance to the United States, before some magistrate or military officer of thia Federal Government, who may be Qualified Tored ministcring oaths; and such are hereby > authorized to give certified copies thereof to tho persons respectively by whom they were made. And such magistrates or t>ffi?ers are hereby required to transmit tho originals of such oaths, at as carly a day as may be convenient,'to the Department of Sjtato, in the city of Washington, D. C. Ana I do further proclaim, declare and make known, that the Managers of Elec? tions throughout the State of SorAh Caroli? na will hold an election for members of a State Convention, at their respective pre? cincts, on the FIRST MONDA* IN SEP? TEMBER NEXT, according to tho laws of South Carolina in force before the secessiwn of the State; and that each Election Dis? trict in the.Stato shall ?lett as maiiy mem? bers of the Convention as the said District has members of the House of Representa? tives-the basis of reptf-sentalion being population and taxation. Thia- will give OSe hundred ?nd twenty-four members to the Convention-a number sufficiently large to represent cverv portion of the-State most fully. Every loyal citizen who has taken the Amnesty oath and not within the excepted classes "in . thc President's Proclamation, will be entitled to vote, provided, ha was a legal v.fiter under the Constitution as. it stood prior to tho secession of South Caro? lina. And all who are within the excepted classes must take the oath and apply for a pardon, in c rd or to entitle them to vote or become meniocrs of the Convention. The members of the Convention thus elected on the first Mondaytin September next, are hereby required to convene in the city of Columbia, on WEDNESDAY, the l?th day of September, 1865, ior the purpose of altering and amending the present Consti? tution of South Carolina, or remodelling and making a new one, which will conifera to the great chaqges which have taken place in tho State, and be more in accord? ance with Republican principles and equali? ty of representation. And I do further proclaim and make known, that the Constitution and all laws of force in Sooth Carolina prior to the seces? sion of the State, are hereby made of forco mder the Provisional Government, except wherein they may conflict with the provi >ion8of this proclamation. And the Judges md Chancellors of thc State are hereby -equired to exercise all the powers and per bim all the duties which appertain.to their -espective offices, and especially in criminal 'ases. It will be expected of the Federal Military authorities;now in South Carolina, o lend their authority*to the emt officera >f the Provisional Government, for the pur? pose of enforcing tho laws and pneaarving he peace and good order of the State. And I do further command and enjoin all ;ood and lawful citizens of tua State to mite in enforcing the laws and bringing to ustice all disorderly persons, aQl premder t~8, robe-japs and marauders, ail vagrants ind idle persons who are wandering about rithont employment or any visibfc means >f supporting themselves. It is also -Expected that all former owners ?f freed persons will be kind to them, and tot tarn off the children or aged to parish; .nd the freed men and women are earnestly njoined to make contracts, just and '?ir, or remaining wiflh their former owner. In order to facilitate as mach aa possible he application for pardons under the cx opted sections of the President's Amnesty 'reclamation, it is stated for information bat all applications must be by petition, tating tho exception, and accompanied rith tho oath prescribed. This petition lust be firs't approved by the Provisional lovcrnor, and then forwarded to tho Presi ent. The hcadtfuarters of the Proviskmal rovernor will be at Greenville, wheri- all ommunications to him mnst be addressed* The newspapers of this State will publish lis proclamation tili the.eivcilon for mum era of the Convention. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal. Dono at the lr. s.] town of Greenville, this 20th day of July, in the year of our Lord, 1*65, and of the independence - of tho United States the ninetieth. B. F. PERRY. By thc Provisional Governor: WILTJA tc H. PFRUT,,Private s^rr?>tRrv. July '?I