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. ? . ?L*. ' ? Q , g . PiMklm of I* tie. Tcli mc not in mournful measure Oi' is but cn e!r>ptv show For 'tis earths d??p^dden'truasurc, Aud a pump will mako it flow. ? "OU is greasy;" "oil doth smell bad;'* So say those who-have it not: . So, of old, the poor for felt bad, When the grapes he^had not got. Not to stay at home and grumble Is the way to-make your pfle: But in hearty rough and tumble >. Dig and bore till you "strike ile." Bods aro long, and wells are Slling, And the earth, half full of hoke, Shows the signs of constant drilling Shows thc wish that fills our souls. ' Seo at Oil Creek how they rally! . . See in Mecca's mud domain, ' - In thc Alleghany valley All have '-oil upon the brain." Trust no agent's specious story; Go yoursc?', get you a lease; Drill-^-drill deep in search of glory; Find it when you hud the grease. Hits of greenhorns oft remind us, Wc, perhaps, by p?tieut. toil, Cnn, departing, leave behind us Quite a striking ".show of oiL" Such a show as that another, Boring after without luci;, Some forlorn and fainting bret lier, Seeing, may keep up his pluck. . Let us, the?, be busy boring, With tho means at our control; Keep on drilling, keep exploring, . . With a pump in every hole. , [JVe?o York 'Saturdiri/ Prfss. 51? j". MESSRS. EDITORS: "Wc arc exalted. < )ur horn has been uplifted. We are among the glorified. We have heen chosen an associate, a member, a brother, in the greaf society,--u The. Mum Brotherhood." The -great seal of the society, representing a beauti? ful woman, with a finger on her Hps, and with the motto encircling her, Mum! vicimus, rivamus,'" and with , tho signature, in his own hand, of the venerable Patriarch, now lies be? fore us. We feel that our record is made in life; and, as an honorable member of the "Mum Brotherhood," we shall be mum no longer. We shall speak out in tho language of ?xnlta tiou, for verily our horn hath been exalted. Ncvr:r was pleasurable sur? prise so complete. Never did we sup? pose that our friends in Columbia were so warru-hearted and so active in ouriiiterests. As everybody knows, thc "Mum Brotherhood" receives no letters of application for membership. There are no black-ballings and no applicants. All such are puk-nuder thc table. Tho society, under the direction ot' thc Eleven-all Sanians choose their own members from out the eommunity at large. They watch aud weigh an;1, -duly estimate the in? dividual. He must bo genial, amiable, wiso, witty, virtuous, and especially, taciturn. Mum's the law. No mituvais ?"jr! is idmitted; no mere spouter or speechi?er; no dull prosy debater; no vain disputer, with his-.'.mpty babble; no roaring politician, blatant as the bull of Bashan. Wc have reason to be proud of tiie honor generously be? stowed upon us, which is environed and guarded by such severe limita? tions, and, within an hour after being advised that we were chosen as one of the vi ?unger brotherhood, designat? ed for taking i?ie first degree of E. T. B., or die labyrinth, that veiy night, we were surprised by the following epistle : DEAH Snr. Muni's the word. We aro aware of your appointment, and take leave, in our admiration of your personal and public service, to send you the first essential for your en? trance to the sacred college of ' he "Mum Brotherhood." This is needed for sprinkling during your novitiate. It is the very life-blood of "Mnmm the Great," whose virtues were before tin- flood, and have long survived it. To our venerable father Noah Ave owe it that "Mumm" still survives for the benefit of humanity. [Biprned. j MUMMUtt ? CO. With this mysterious letter came a still more mysterious vessel. It was of a smooth glass, of a pale green complexi?n-a vessel in shape not unlike those which were found, made of a delicate porous earth, in the sub? terraneous passages of Caiu Mum mins, who first introduced the order among thc Roman people. It had a decided air of the antique. There was but a single aperture to the ves? sel, at one and the narrow extre? mity, where it tapered to a point. This was covered with a silver coating, beneatli which stout wires of iron might be seen, in four parallel ridges, the whole indicating a degree of sub tlety in tho contents, -which, required the utmost ?aro, to prevent escape* If we wejjo mystified by the antique aspect of this vessel, bow much, more was thc mystery increased by the in? scription stamped upon it, in letter? of a language almost everywhere un? known. Wo puzzled ourselves over the"inscription,, which wa? only fully explained for us by the "Eleven San? ton?," in consistory of the whole brotherhood. The strange inscription ran thus: G. H. Mumm & Co. Reims i en champagne. Verzonay Mousseux. Qualit?-Sup?rieure. That was all, but how full of mys? terious signification! The explanation was given ton?; that night as follows: ' 'Glory to tho Highest Mumm and his co-mates, whose throne is now at Reims in Champagne. He is a green horn who says 'nay' to his Mous? seux, when it is of a quality so supe? rior." iJl tho secrets of the brother? hood, we can say nothing. It is Uk? the fraternities of Masons, Odd Fel? lows and Sous of Malta, a secret so? ciety, involving pledges and practices j of virtue such as keep the world in j equilibrium, aud beautify the several ? faces aud phases of society. It dates back, as we have said, to the days of Noah, who was the first to discover, to secure and perpetuate the blood of "Mumm" for the blessings of future ages. It warmed the heart of Job in the desert of Idume?, and was spared in his cellar, when he was Sherman iz?d by the Devil. Thc institution was carried by the Israelites into Egypt, and was honored and main? tained through the dynasty of the shepherd kings. David was inspired with lyrical wisdom under its influ? ence, and Solomon imbibed the phi? losophy of his love songs from its genial inspiration. From the Egyp? tian, it passed to thc Etrurian; through the Etrurian to the Greek; through the Jews, at the taking of Jerusalem by Titus, it was rescued by the Santons, who, receiving the Roman Claudius to the brotherhood, making him a proselyte, conferred ! lipon him the additional name of ! Mum, which was latinized into Mumrnius. Through the Roman, it ! was transmitted to tho Gaul, and the j original name now appears in the j Grand Master, who still pours forth his blood, from the country of Cham ' pagne, in modern Galba, which is i vulgarly known as France. Well may j the Mum mites of Columbia be j proud of this antique history. Long I may we live to drink the blood of ' Mumm, and to recognize the beau ? tiful and life-giving wisdom in the i motto of the order, "Mum! vir imus, viva.nus!'''' wich, being literally inter? preted, means, "Through Mumm | we live while we live-may the blood | of Mumm still vivify the blood in the veins of his disciples!" Verily, | we eau testify that it is generous blood, and we are grateful to those I admirable agencies in Columbia, of which there are several, who have had the good taste and wisdom to assist in the diffusion of the wine os ' Mumm through the brotherhood of j this place. iTV.H'. City i ilerk's Office has been removed j JL to the City School-house, on Sidney I Park, ?avlor street, one door below Assem- I hiv street. F. ll. ELMORE, THE ABBEVILLE B?SE? | I DESIRE i . say to tho old i vrfoj^ patron* of this paper and the ififif?i^, jmbHegenerally, that itspub ?^S?sBffSi- lication will be resumed on or ! ?wgllaKjLabout th.- FIFTEENTH Ol' ^.niiiii^"'"'' >BEB INST., under my proprietorship mid thc editorial control of ? gentleman eminently qualified foi- such a' position, cud a well known and prominent citizen of the District. It, is my aim ko revive the BANNER and 'conduct it as ii. was before its dir?:ontinu I ance, to wit: to make it a first-class, high I tened. NEWS and LITERARY PAPER. The.terms of thc paper'will beasfor I morly, viz: ?2 a year in advance-in specio, ! or provisions at specie valuation. I T. B. CREWS, Abbeville C. H.. S.O. W. B. jrOHR?STOtf, Office ou Picken* street East end of Lad;/ "TXTILL attend to all official business ? T be,?tight before him; will also attend to drawing up Dc^ds, Conveyances, Mort gages, Contracts, and other ordinarv legal i instruments of writing. Fair copies of any I document executed with aeatness and de? spatch._August 1 FASHIONABLE MILL1OT7 MKS. ADDIE DOUGAL in -jgggk forms the ladies of Columbia ?WQ^e'!'?.> ?he has just returned CSaSS^ :'n"n New York with a small yj?KjjBjBi hut v rv choice selection of jARMiTw BONNETS, RIBBONS, FEA ffijf'&ty?g THEES, otc, which she will WsL (^8P?8e "f at reasonable rates. gf?S She, will be in constant receipt Wi of articles in the millinery iine, of the very latest styles. Residence on Gates street, adjoining Phoenix office. New York Advertisements. The Kew York News DAILY, SEMIWEEKLY <fc WEEKLY. WEEKLY ?s?miY NEWS, GREA TJAMLL^Y^?WST?P ERS! BENJ. \^rjCE?^rar^r7opriotor. JOURNALS?of PoliticsTL?teratare, Fa? shions, Earket abd Financial Reports. Interesting Miscellany and "Sows from all Sarts of tho ?world. Improvements intro ncedl Immense circulations determined on!(Srrhe largest, best and cheapest Papers published in New York! NEW YOB?. WEEKLY NEWS, PtMuhcd Every Wednesday. Single copies..5 couts. One copy, ono year.. $ 2 00 Three copies, one year. 5 50 Five copies, one year_. 6 75 Ten copies, ono year. 17 00 And an extra copy to any Club of Ten. Twenty copies, ono year".. 20 00 Weekly News neut to Clergymen at $l.t>0. SEMI-WEEKLY NEWS, 'Published Ecery Tuesday and Friday. Singl? copies, one year.$ 4 00 Three copies, one year. 10 00 Five copies, ?ne year . 15 00 Ten copies, ono year. 3ft 00 And an extra copy tn any Club of Ten. Twenty copies, one vear".$55 00 To Clergymen..". 3 00 N&o York Daily Neus. To mail subscribers. .flOper annum. Six months.Fir? Dollars. For sale by all News-dealers. Specimen copies <?f Dmlv and \\>?klv News sent free. Address . BENJ. WOOD, Daily News Budding, No. 10 ("itv Hull Square, New York Cifcv. Oct 4 DEVLIN & CO, CLO TIIN G AT AND BET Alla ! WE open tho season with a lar^e stock of elegant CLOTHING and FUR? NISHING GOODS in our Ready-made De? partment. Wo have also secured the ser? vices of first-class artists in our Custom Department, which is likewise supplied with the FINEST and BEST FABRICS of the Home and Foreign Markets. To those who wish to order by mail, will bf? sent (on application) SAMPLES OF GOODS, with directions for measuring, which, if correctly followed, will secure a fit in all cases. DEVLIN & CO.. Broadway, cnr. Grand street, New York. Broadwav, cor. Warren street, New York. Sept 29 Imo FEMErUEWiTT & BOWMAN, iSuc'sors to Hotchkiss, Fenner A Bennett,) COM* MERCHANTS, 10 VESEY STREET, NEW YORK, . AND MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. TUOS. FENNER, ir. IJICNXETT, I). W. BOWjIAN. MR. T. A. TOBIN, who was for a length <>f time connected with the old linn of Hotchkiss, Fenner A Bennett, lia.-? an inter? est iii tho present firm, and will devote hir attention principally to thc State of South Carolina. His ' address will be Clinton, Laurens District. Oct 3 Dno_ [ESTABLISHED ra 1S18.] WM.. SMITH BBOWS & CO., ? WHOLESALE DEALERS IX i it No. 53 Chambers Si., New York. 1TTM. SMITH BROWN will receive con VV signments of COTTON for sale on commission, md'make cash advances on shipments. His arrangements are such an to insure faithful attention to thc interest of the consigner. Sept 17 2mo School Furniture. TEACHERS' DESKS and CHAIRS. Tables, Bank and Office Desks, Ac. Lecture BOOTH and Sabbath School Settee. All kinds of Behool Material. ROBERT PATON, Sept 17 Imo 24 Grove st., New York. LAWRENCE. BALDWIN & CO. ?mm AND BROKERS, NO. 70 WALL RTKEET. NEW YORK. GOVERNMENT SECUB?TIES 4 ND other STOCKS, BONDS, Ae., -L3L bought and sold on commission. DEWITT C. LAWRENCE, member N. Y. Stock Exchange. SIMEON BALDWIN, JR., member N. Y. Potroleum a-id Mining Board. CYBUSJ.LAvYKENCl. WM.?. 1IALSTED Sept 4 Imo To the Citizens of South Carolina. The termination of a sanguinary contest, ?which for the past four years has presented an impassable barrier to all social or com? mercial intercourse between the two great sections of our country, having at losgth happily cleared away all obstacles to a re? te oval of those re?aiiuns which formerly bound ns together in s fraternal nnion, I take the earliest opportunity afforded me by this auspici?os event, to greet my South? ern friends, and io solicit from them a re? newal of that oxtensivc business connection which for a quarter of a century has been uninterrupted, savo by th? great public calamity to which I have adverted. It is scarcely necessary, on the threshold of a business re-nnion, I should repeat thc warning no often given to my friends-to beware of all thos? spurious and deleteri* ous compounds which, under the specious and false titles of Imported Wines, Bran? dies, Holland Gin, Liquors, ?fcc., have been equally destructive to the he?Uh of our citizens as prejudicial to the interests of tho legitimate importer. Many years of my past life hav? been expended is an open and candid aiicmpi to expose these wholesale frauds; no time nor expense has bern spared to accomplish this salutary pnq>osc, and to place before my friends and the public generally, at thc j lowest possible market price, and in such i quantities as might snit their convenience, I a truly genuin? imported article. Twenty-five year?' business transactions ' with tho largest and most respectable ex- i porting houses in France and Great Britain j have afforded me unsurpassed facilities for ? suppling our home market with Wines, j Liquors and Liquores of the best and most approved brands in.Europe, in addition to j my own distillery in Holland for the manu- : facture of thc "Schiedam Schnapps." Th? latter, so long tested and approved j by the medical faculties of the United States, West Indies and South America as j an invaluable Therapeutic, a wholesome, pleasant and perfectly safe beverage in all climates and during all seasons, quickly j excited the cupidity of the home mannfac- . turers and venders of a spurious article ander tho same name. j I trust that I have, after much toil and j expenso, surrounded all my importations ' with safeguards and directions, which, with ordinary circumspection, will insxire their delivery, aa I receive them from Europe, to all my customers. I would, however, recommend, in all cases where it is possible, that orders be sent direct to my Depot, 22 Beaver street, New York, or that pnrchac be made of my accredited agents. In addition to a large stock of Wines, Brandies, Ac, in wood, I have a consider? able supply of old tried foreign Wines, em? bracing vintages of many past years, bot? tled up before the commencement of the war, which I can especially recommend to all connoisseurs cf these rare luxuries. In conclusion, I would specially call the attention of my Southern customers to the advantage to be derived by transmitting their orders without loss of time, or calling personally at the Depot, in order to insure the fulfillment of their favors from the pre- j .;ent large and well sele?t?d assortment. j UDOLPHO WOLFE, Pet S Imo 22 Beaver st., New Yofk. 1 GOOD NEWE Of THE Tl IMMENSE ATT RA Wholesale S NO. *M ?VJEE1 , K?TA15LISIIK] IS now re-opened, after a suspension of fon The proprietor now offers for sale AT WHOLESALE ONLY, at thc lowest noss CONSIGNMENTS semi-weekly from the largi The proprietor takes pleasure in calling t chants of.thc States of Georgia, Tennessee stock of BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, TRUNKS, OU DEUS NEATLY AND P ROMP LY . Ein Sept 24 BOOTS, WES, Tl HAVING been appointed Agent for tho sah by several of the most prominent mnnui NO. lSfi MEETING STREE I offer this CHOICE STOCK OF (lOODS for 49 The Trade will please notice, ~<j* EDWARD D. Sept li . * Charleston Advertisements. Wholesale . Jobbing * AND DRY GOODS COM? BOISE, 32 AKD 34 BROAD STREET, Charleston, 8. C. THE subscribers offer for sale a good as? sortment, of various make, PRINTS, GINGHAMS, DELAINES, Denims, Check? and Striped Homespun, Bleached and un? bleached Shirtings, Men and Women's Hosiery, Union and Lisle Thread Gtovea. Also, Black Cloths, Black Tricot and Doublo Width Silk Mixed Coatings, Fancy Cassi mcres, etc. EDGERTON & RICHARDS. .October 1 5* F.lIlRTI., Shipping, Commission AND FOR WARDING MERCHANTS. 76 EAST BAY, T?c<> doors South of North Atlantic Wharf CHARLESTON, S. C. HAVE constantlv <>n hand a fnll supply of GROCERIES, ai lowest jparW rates. t-C Advances made on consign? ments. Supt 17 MERCHANTS ITU, CORNER KING AND SOCIETYSTS., CHABU$T0?t $+ C. PKOPKIF.TORS, S. H. LOBING. CHAS. H. BENNETT. ? Sept Ti_I mo ARCHIBALD GETTY & CO., AND COM. SlE?SSIi?lSTS,, 128 and 128 Jleetiw Streit, CHARLESTON, S. C. E. A. W?LCOXSON, Agent, Orangcbursf, S. C. EDMUND A. SOUDER k. CO./ Philadelphia. LIVINGSTON*, FOX .VCO., Agents, New York. LIBERAL ADVANCES made AM CONSIGNMENTS._Aug 15 2mog CHARLESTON TO NEW YORK, ATLANTIC ?OAST ail Line! THE new first class steamer MO? NERA, Charles P. Marshman, CSIH m ander. Steamer OAM L?S BRIDGE, J. W. Dah li, Commander, Will leave Charleston, S. C.. direct for New York, alternately., THURSDAYS ca?l? week. : For freight *-r passage-having hand? some State Room accommodations-a'pplv to F. A. WILCOXSON, Agent, Orangeburg, S. C. ARCHIBALD GETTY & CO., 126 and 128 Meeting st., Charleston, S. C. LIVINGSTON, FOX & CO., Agents, Aus 15 2mo New York. ? FOB ?XX ! mt tn mnizmtii .CTIOK AT THE Jhoe House ! nm STREET, D IS 183?, r year.?!, with greater facilities iSia-.i ern-. ible quotations, and receiving IMMENSE est and most reliable manufactories, he attention of the trade-the local mer , Alabama and Florida-to the esteuiiiv* eic. ATTENDED TQ. rVARD DALY. AGENT FOR MANUFACTURERS. IIIS AI HHS UifliU mur Hil 1U . ? J| 'of BOWS. SHOES, TRUNKS and HATfit facturera at the North, and howloaated a. T. CHARLESTON, 8. C., sale by the PACKAGE ONLY. ALY, Agent.