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Misog iiijAirr Barth ta Beautiful. Ti?? followiu*? ^octu (csv? thc ??s^r Xcrk Keening Post) was written by tb? young daughter (fifteen rears old) of a prominent merchant in New York: When the morning star is setting. And thc East is flushed with light, When the rising sun announces Thc departure of tho night, Earth is beautiful! When the sun-set fires arc gloaming O'er the tops of distant hills, And the yellow rays are streaming On the merry mountain rills, Earth is beautiful! When thc dusky twilight deepens, And the shadows longer grow, Or the moonlight, pale and flitting, Bathes in silver all below, Earth is beautiful! In thc windy, wild March weather, When tho snows are all departing, When tho birds begin to twitter And the crocuses are starting, Earth is beautiful! In the broad and sunny meadow, When the summer sun is high, When the tree-tops all are quivering, And beneath the cattle lie, Earth is beautiful! In the misty Indian Summer, When th?; harvest days are o'er, Win n the leaves are rod and yellow, And the tlowrcts are no muri1, Earth is beautiful! When thc cold and frosty weather Of the winter time is here, And the pure and drifting snow-wreaths Are decking autumn's bier, Earth is beautiful! In the spring-time or the winter, In the summer or tho fall, Bv the sea-side, in the meadow, "Or within the forest tall, Earth is beautiful! "Brick'" Pomeroy on Mosquitoes. "Brick" Pomeroy of tho LaCrosse (Wis.) Democrat gives the following os his experience in getting mosquitoes intoxicated. "Josh Billings" can't beat it : MOSQUITOES ON A BENDER. Night before last, in order to sleep, we placed a piece of raw "beefsteak on a -plate at tho hoad of our bed. In the morning it was sucked by the mosquitoes as dry as an old sponge, and our skins saved at least two thou? sand perforations. All about thc room in the morning were mosquitoes, plethoric with blood, loaded till they could not fly. "We killed a few, but the job was too sanguinary', so we left them to their feast. Last night, in order to get even with the screaming devils, wo steeped half a pound of beefsteak in some old rye whiskey, and left it on a plate near thc bcd. Nothing uko being hospita? bly inclined. In ten minutes after the light was extinguished, a swarm of these backbiting bill-posters mudo an advance movement. One of them ca? ressed us sweetly on the nose-ho sent in his bill-there was a slap-a dead mosquito ! Soon we heard ;i tremen? dous buzzing about the whisky soaked beef. The entire mosquito family came singing in, and such an opera good Lord deliver us ! But they did not disturb us with bites, we fell asleep to bo awakened in ten minutes by the worst mosquito concert ever editor, mortal, devil, angel, divine. Dutchman, or any other man listened to. We raised a light, ?md the greatest show of tho season was there to be seen. Every mosquito was drunk as a blind fiddler, and such an uprourous night as the long-billed whelps had, never was seen before this side of selah ! The worst antics ! Some were playing circus on thc plate. One big fellow, with a belly like Falstaff, full of blood and whiskey, was dancing juba on the Bible, while a fat friend of his tribe lay on her back beating tlie devil's dream on an invisible tam? borine with ono hind leg ! Two more were wrestling on the footboard of the bed, each with his bill stuck fast to the timber. Another was ticing the legs of our pants into a bow knot to tie about the neck of Auna Dickinson, which hangs against the washstand, while another red-stomached customer was trying to stand on his head in tin; washbowl. All over thc room were drunken mosquitoes. One long-billed, gaunt representative, was trying to ram the mucilago b >ttlefull of newspaper clip? pings. Another chap was drilling a holt; through a revolver handle and singing "My Mary Ann," while ano? ther was limping across the window? sill in search ol' ln sh air, to the agoni? zing tune ol' -tramp-tramp -tramp! One little ram of a skeei was trying to jam the cock out of (! an. Butler's eye with a tooth-brush, as his picture hung beside that of Kid, the pirate, and a few other inicies. Anothei drunken statesman <>? tho mo squib family, reminded us of Zach. Chand? ler and was talking Russian t<> a lot oi drunken companions as they lay in : bea]) on a plate, while another sat Ol the. handle of a Bowie-knife, double,] up with crain}) in the stomach, an< trying to untie his tail with Iiis bill which seemed like Lincoln's back .j ^7?r.__--j!*-_ -? bone "when Anna Dickinson said it wanted stiffening. He was a sick looking skeeter, and died in three minutes after we saw him, her, or it, as the case may be. Two others took a bath in the inkstand. Another one, with a bill like the devil's narrative, was trying to wind our watch with a pen-wiper, while another had just died as he was sitting on the rim of a dish in the room, trying to chant " Mother, I've come home to die !" Poor skeeter. A nice skeeter, ' ' but 'twas a pity he drank." An old vete? ran with a paunch full of 'alf and 'alf -blood and whiskey-sat on the table reading Les Miserables, while his wife was under the table trying to mend her broken wing with a limpsy tooth? pick. She looked disgusted. Another one combed his hair with a paper of pins, tied a piece of white paper about his neck, pasted a five cent in? fernal revenue on his rump, and died like a loyal citizen. His last words were : "Tell tho Traitors all around you, Ac., Ac." Another drunken scamp has just started out of thc window for John B. Gough, or a stomach pump. A worse behaved set of hummers wc never saw. They have acted fearful. About two thousand lie about dead, but sadness seemed not to break in upon their hilarious rioting upon blood and whiskey. Half a dozen of them sat on our new hat playing draw poker, usingworm lozenges forchecks, while one of them got clean busted by making a fifty dollar blind good on a lour Hush which didn't fill ! He will be apt to wear cotton socks next winter, and keep away from church on collection days. Another sat on thc top of a brandy bottle reading Baxter's Call to the Unconverted, while his partner lay dead at his feet, evidently forced to close doors by the failure of Ketchum ?c Son, of Now York ! Six others were trying to hang one that looked like a Copperhead to the corner of a match safe, but as they were drunk and he sober, it is not sah? to bet on his being dangled. They have eaten the beef-drunk the blood and whis? key-drilled a plate full of holes-and on the centre table organized a Son of Malta lodge, using a five cent shin plaster for a blanket, in the act enti? tled the "Elevation of Man." Another red-bellied leader of the Miss Keeter family had a battalion of drunken bummers on tho edge of a spittoon, watching him jam a fur over? coat into his left ear. He was foolish -foolish enough for brigadier-gener? al or a member of Congress. A little j cuss with black legs, crimson stomach j and double-jointed bill, was vomiting ! in a satin slipper, while his wife, a : sickly looking lady of her tribe, was j gnawing at tho bed post, thinking it ; a bologna. Another one, evidently i an ld maid, sut under the sofa milk? ing a cut, while lier sister was crowd? ing .i pair of woolen drawers into her ? waterfall, singing in a.subdued strain : "Como rest in this bosom!" i We have applied for a season ticket ! - front scat. Another ono, with a certificate of j marriage over his head, in the shape of a welt the size of a candle-mould. ? was dancing a fandango with two mos ; quito virgins on a watch crystal, ! while a deacon in one of their churches sat playing old sledge with a cork? screw, to see which should go for a gin cock-tail. An artistic delegate was standing on his head in a cham? pagne tumbler, one hind leg run through his under jaw, while with the other lie was pointing out the road to Bichmond to a lot of skeets still drunker than himself, which were sitting dog fashion on the pillow. We should say it was a gay party-quietly so.HJTalk about shows, concerts, dog fights, amputations, cireusscs, negro funerals, draw poker, sparking, or other amusements, there is nothing to bc compared to a Hock of mosqui? toes on a bender. If you don't be? lieve it, fix them i'.]) a piece of bocf i steak soaked with whiskey, and laugh youl- sides sore at tin1 antics the drtuik I cn warblers cut. IO. G* PARSLEY & C0*t ,ih)j)0'dcr^ ?'|i)0 coh|h)??s?on No. fi SOUTH WATER STREET, WILMINGTON, .V. C. , o. c. PARSLEY, JOHN .IPDGE, o. <;. PARSLEY, Jo. HENlrt SAVAGE. ( : Oct 24 Imo Stockholders' Meeting. SECRETARY'S OFFICE, f I WlCMIXOTOS .V' MAXCHKSTEK ll. ll. Co., Wilmington, N. >'., Oct. 20, ISH?. 1 npHE Eighteenth Annual Me ting ..f the i 1 Stockholders of thc Wilmington and t j Manchester Railroad Company, ?ill he held [jin Wilmington, N. c., on WEDNESDAY. : the 20th proximo. ' I WM. A. WALKER, - ! Nov 4 Sec'y Wil. & Man. Railroad Co. Say & H ewe ts on ? Architects and Civil Engineers OBOFESSIONAL BUSINESS attended to JL in South and North Carolina. Working drawings, plans, specifications, and all necessary details promptly fur? nished. JOHN A. KAT. RALPU E. B. HEWETSON Sept 20 t JOHN .A.. TS ATT. CITY SURVEYOR. OFFICE at residence, in rear of the Presbyterian Church, Columbia, S. C. Sept 20 " _t FIRE AND LIFE ?I?ANCB. H. E. NICHOLS. Agent, FOR the following FIRST CLASS COM? PANIES: The "Underwriter's Agency," tho "Inter? national," the "Metropolitan,'' tho "Conti? nental,"' the "Security," the "Homo." thc 'Columbia," the "Washington," the "Ful? ton," the "Croton," all of the city of New York: the "Putnam" aud the "Now Eng? land." of Hartford, Conn.; the "Home," o? New Haven, Conn.: the "Home" and thc "Southern Insurance and Trust Com? pany," of Savannah, (?a.; the "Alb? marie," of Virginia, and the "Gulf State," of Flo? rida. Also, tlie "Globe Life Insurance Company," "f New York: the "New England Mutual," of Boston; thc "North Carolina Mutual." of Raleigh, and the "Accidental," of New York, insuring against accidents of ali kinds. Tho whole possessing au aggre? gate capital of over ?25,000,000. Risks taken on Cotton or Merchandize in transitn from any point to any point on reasonable terms. ALL LOSSES PROMPTLY ADJUSTED. Office at Mr. Uussun^'s bouse, corner of Assembly und Washington streets, Colum? bia, S. ('". Aug 15 }6m W. II. JOIINSTO.V, ?MCct sistrat o 9 Oj?rc ou Pickens street E<ist end of Lady. WILL attend to all official business brought before him; will also attend to drawing tip Deeds, Conveyances, Mort . gages, Contracts, and other ordinary legal instruments of writing. Fair copies of any document executed with neatness and de? spatch. August 1 Charleston Advertisements. Steinmeyer Sc Son7 FACTORS AND DEALERS IN BUILDING MATERIALS, &C, ANO GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS, CHARLESTON, S. C. KEEP constantly on hand LIME, CE? MENT, PLASTER, HAIR, atc.; ma- j nufactured Doors, Sashes, minds. Seasoned Walnut, Ash, Hickory, Poplar and Whito Pine Lumber, Mouldings, &c. AUENTs ron Page's Portable Saw Mills. Agents for PATENT ROOFING MATE? RIAL, the cheapest and best in use; and best English and Machinery [Kellogg's) Oil. Consignments of all descriptions of Mer? chandize and Material solicited, and all miers carefully ami promptly attended to. Office, Yard Viel Pond foot of Beaufain Street, on Ashley River. JOHN II. STEINTTEYEK. J. H. STIUNMEYKK,.Tn. Oct 20 Imo TIHTAMERHM LAND COMPANY Central Office, No. 57 Broadway, N. Y. JOHN A. ANDREW, President, ! FRANK E. HOWE, Yiee-Pres't, | L. W. WINCHESTER, Treas'r, ? Trustees. GEORGE CAROT WARD, I ALFRED GAUTHIER, J OFFERS its services in the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of CITY or COUNTRY PROPERTY in the South and West, or in procuring Workmen, Superin? tendents, Tenants or Partners from the North or from Europe. Full information furnished upon inquiry of THURBER, SOULE & CO., Agi nts. No. i Statu street, (up-stairs,) Oct 21) Imo Charleston, S. C. C. N. AVERILL. J. H. AVERILE. C. I. AVERILL & M, General Auction, Commission, FORWARD^1 MEBCHANTSt No. '20 HAYNE ST., CHARLESTON, S. C. CCOMMISSIONS for Forwarding Stocks of j doods, lt) cents per Package; on bales Cetton, Crates and Hogsheads, 25 cents each; with funds in li and to pay charges. Oct 21 2(1* Browne & Schirmer, OEItflGRAL COMMIS'OISf FORWARDING MERCHANTS, No. 'J EXCHANGE PEACE, CHARLESTON, S. C W. R. BROWNE. F. M. SCHIRMEB. REFERENCES. j M..-:. JOHN FRASER h CO.. Charleston. I Mr. W. P. HALL, Charleston, N. c. ! Messrs. T. SAVAGE ll EY WARD A SONS. ! Augusta, Ga. Messrs. FENNER, BENNET A BOWMAN, New York. I^ARTICULAR attention given to thc purchase, sale and shipment of COT? TON and <. tiier PRODUCE. Liberal ad? vances made on cotton shipped through I our New York references. j Goods and Merchandize of all descrip ; ti,.ns received au?! forwarded from this point ? r the terminus of tho South Caroli . na Railroad, (nowHopkins'.) Oct 18 Imo STENHOUSE & CO., FORWARDING AND COM? MERCHANTS, No. HO EAST BAT, CHARLESTON, a. C. COTTON and PRODUCE forwarded to the Northern cities. From their long experience, they feel confident of their ability to gire satisfaction. Nov IO SALT! 1.000 ?S? 8ATT F"r THADDEUS STREET, Nov 8 East Bay, Charleston. ll Vendue Range, Charleston, S. C., DEALERS in LIME, CEMENT. Calcined , and Land PLASTER, LATHS, HAIR and BUILDING MATERIALS in general, which will always be shipped in good order [ and at the lowest market prices. GEO. W. 0X.NET. H. B. OI.NET. C. C. OI.NET Nov 3 line* '" HOTEL, CORNER KING AND SOCIETYSTS., CHAfctESTONt S. G. PROPRIETORS, S. IL LORIN< '. CHAS. H. BENNETT. Sept 27 Imo e. A. CHISOLSI. i!, o. CUISOLM. ll. I.. ritISOI.il. 0MSOIM BROTHERS, SHIPPING AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Cliarlestoii, F I)ROMPT attention given to thc , . . chase, sale and shipment of COTTON, RICE, NAVAL STORES, LUMBER, COAL, &c. Merchandize forwarded to all parts of thc country. Consignments solicited, on which bberal advances will be made. REFERENCES. JOHN FRASER A CO.. Charleston, S. C. GEO. AV. WILLIAMS A CO., " WILLIAM BRYCE A CO., New York. Nov 8 Imo NEW YORK AND CHARLESTON PASSENGER STEAMSHIPS! CARRYING THE U. S. MAIL. GRAVADA, UVAKEK CITY, ANDALUSIA, STARLIGHT, ALHAMBRA, SARAGOSSA. IAHE ships of this line are all first-class . and reliable, are at least as fast as any of the coast, and built at as great an ex? pense. They are in charge, of gentlemanly and capable commanders, and o-very atten? tion will be paid to the comfort of the pas? sengers. One of the above ships will bc despatched from New York ano one from I Charleston EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. Cargo by these, steamers insures at the lowest rates. All informa? tion, can be had from either of tho agent?. RAVENER Sc CO., Charleston. ARTHUR LEARY, New York. Merchandize and Cotton addressed to dither house will bo promptly forwarded. Nov ? 3mo PEOPLE'S STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LINE COMPOSED OF THE NEW AND FIRST-CLASS STEAMERS JIOVKKA. Capt. Slanbiuun, EMILY B. SOI DK?,( apt. Winchester. FOB NEW YORK DIRECT.' f IUiiSSE vessels alternating weekly, offer 1 ing everv Thursday to the traveling public a FIRST-CLASS PASSENGER BOAT, with superior accommodations. There will be a mail bag kept at the offico of the Agents, closing always an hour be? fore the sailing of each steamer. For Passage or Freight, applv to WILLIS Sc CHISOLM, Agents, Out 5 Mills House, Charleston. New York Advertisements. T. J. MOISE & CO., T. J. MOISE. J. IL MOSER. Commission Merchants, NO. 109 WATER STREET, NEW YORK. rfHE SUBSCRIBER, (late of the firm of X T. J. A C. H. Moise & Co., Charleston, s. C.,) lias funned a copartnership, as above, for thc purpose of conducting a GENERAL COMMISSION BUSINESS in thc city of New York. His Firm will bc- prepared to make the usual advances upon Cotton, Naval Stores, and Produce generally. A long experience in buying, and a tho? rough knowledge of the New York market, will enable him to offer, with confidence, his services as a purchaser of every de? scription of goods. All orders, whether large or small, will receive prompt and faithful attent.ii n. Freight arrangements uiil be made, and every advantage secured which will con= duce to tho interest of those who favor him with their business. T. J. MOISE. REFERENCE*: Geo. W. Williams Si Co., Charleston. John Cbi-es'jorongh, Cashier Rank o'. Charleston, Charleston. Thi s. Rranch A Sons, Petersburg. VV. H. Stai k, Savannah. Muller ,v s. n:i, Columbia. Sturge:-, Rennet! & Co., New Y. rk. W. R. Meeker, Cashier Bank New York Nev. York. J. l?. \\ ?Ison, Richmond. Wilcox Si Hand, Augusta. James Seymour, Macon. Oct 2S sw (j John W. Caldwell, GENERAL COMMtSSlON MERCHANT, NEW TUE undersigned, having established himself in thc city of New York, solicits from his friends orders for MERCHAN? DISE and consignments of COTTON, RICE and other produce. Particular attention will be paid to the purchase and sale of Southern Securities, Bank Rills, ?v.c. Oct 25 wf9? JOHN W. CALDWELL. Metropolitan Enterprise. SBEAT ?iFT SALE OF THE NEW YORK AND PROVIDENCE JEWELERS' ASSOCIATION. CAVITAI.$1,000,000. DEPOT 107 BRO Alf WA 1", A". 1" AN immense stock of PIANOS, JEWEL? RY, WATCHES and FANCY GOODS, all to bc ?old for ONE DOLLAR each, with? out regard to value, and not to be paid for till you see what you will receive. Certificates, naming each article and its value, are placed in sealed envelopes and well mixed. One of these envelopes will be sent by mail to any address, on receipt of 25 cents; live for SI; eleven for $2; thirty for $5: sixty-five for SID; and ono hundred for $15. On receipt of the certificate, yon will see what you arc going to have, and then ii is at your option to pay the dollar and take the article or not. Purchasers may tims obtain a (?old Watch, Diamond Ring, a Piano, Sewing Machine or any set of Jewelry on our list, for $1; and in no ease can they get less than one doUar's worth, as there are no blanks. Agents are wanted in every town in the country; every person can make $10 a day selling our certificates in the greatest sale of Jewelry ever known. Send 25c. for a certificate, which will in? form you what you can obtain for il. At the same time get our circular, containing full list and particulars; also, terms to agents. Address JAMES HUTCHINSON A Co., Nov 11 2mo 107 Rroadwav, N. Y. BATCHELORS HAIR DYE! THE Original and Rest in the World! Tim only true and perfect HAIR DYE. Harmless, Reliable and Instantaneous. Produces immediately a splendid Black or natural Brown, without injuring the hair or skin. Remedies the ill effects (d' bad dyes. Sold by all Druggists. The genuine is signed William A. Batchelor. Also, RE? GENERATING EXTRACT OF MILLE FLEURS, for Restoring and Beautifying the Hair. " CHARLES BATCHELOR," Oct 25 ly_ New York. LAWRENCE. BALDWIN & CO., BANKERS AND BROKERS, NO. 70 WALL STREET, NEW YORK. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES AND other STOCKS, PONDS. A.c., bought ami sold on commission. DEWITT C. LAWRENCE, member N. Y. Stock Exchange. 1IMEON BALDWIN. Ja., member N. Y. Petroleum ami Minim,' Board. CYRUS J. LAWRENCE. V.M. A. HALSTED Sept 4_ fimo Burning of the Museum. LETTER FROM Mit. DARKUM. NEW YoitK, Juli' 14, R>(>5. MESSRS. HERRING .V Co. -GENTLEMEN: Though the destruction of the American Museum has proved a serious hiss tu my? self and thc public. I am happv to verity the old adage, that 'TPs an ill wind that blows nobody good,'' and, consequently, congratulate you that ymir well known s:U'es have again demonstrated theil- supe? rior fire-proof qualities in an ordeal of un? usual severity. The safe you made for nie some time ago was in the office of the Museum, on the second door, back part of the building, and in the hottest of the lire. After twenty-four hours of trial.it was found among the debris, and on opening it this day has yielded nj) its contents in very good order-books, papers, policies of insurance, bank bills, all in condition fur immediate use, and a noble commentary on the trustworthiness of Herring's Eire Proof Safe. Yours truly, 1'. T. BARNUM. I Herring's Patent Champion Safes. 77te Moat Reliable Protection from Fire nmr Known. HERRING A CO.'S PATENT BANKERS' SAFES, with Herring & Floyd's Patent Crystalized Iron, the best security against a burglar's drill ever manufactured. HERRING A co.. No. 251 Rroadwav. eur. Murray st., N. Y. FARREL, HERRING & CO.. Philadelphia. Oct2(J2mo HERRING A co., Chicago. ORNAMENTAL HAIR, Ci|rls, tjr?|iiV, ?iokrfq'?ls, :l);)ih)s, iUicfS, ?fi|if 31%$, &c, "\T THO LESA LE. at thc lowes- i maible VV price of Importation, foi ..sh. W. il. CAMERON .> ? ... Importers of Hair and Manul', "ors. No. 313Fulton St., Brooklyn n .c wYork. Large and small orders punctually at? tended to. Oct 25 lino WM. SMITH lowl \ CO., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN .Yo. ").'{ Chambers St., New York. "VT 7 M. SMITH BROWN will receive con VV signments of COTTON for sal.- on commission, and muk'- cash advances oi shipments. His arrangements aro such as to insure faithful attention to th? interest of th? ouUttiguar. kiwpl 17 'imo