Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The following beautiful poem wa? sent bv the gifted author to tho groat fail' hold at Baltimore a short timo ago, for U?e be ue?t of the suffering peop?o ol thc Soirtli. It was printed ia pamphlet form, and a large amount realized from its sale: The Blessed Hand. [There is a legend of an English M?nk, who died at tho Monastery of Aremberg, where he had copied and illuminated many books, hoping to bo rewarded ia Heaven. Lon" after hts death, b'R tomb was open? ed, and nothing could be seen of his re? mains bnt the right hand, with which he had done his pious work, and which liad been miraculously preserved from decay:] For vou and me who lovo tho light Of God's uncloistered day. It wero, indeed, a dreamy lot, To shut oursclvos away From every glad and Bunny thing. And pleasant sight and sound. And pass, from out a silent cell, Into the silent ground. Not so thc good monk, Anslem, thought, For in his cloister's shade, The cheerful faith that lit his heart Its own sweet sunshine made: Vnd in its glofr bc prayed and wrote, From matin-song till even, And trusted in the Book of Life, To read his name in Heaven. What holy books his gentle art Filled full of saintly lore; What pages, brightened by his hand, The splendid missals bore; What blossoms, almost fragrant, twined Around each blessed name; And how his Saviour's cross and crown Shone out from clond and Hame. Bat, unto clerk as unto clown, One summons comes, always, And Brother Anselm heard the call. At vespor-chimos, ono day. His busy pen was in his hand, His parchment by his side Ho bent him o'er tho half-writ prayer, Kissed Jesus' name and died. They laid him where a window's blazo Flashed o'er thc graven stone, Aud seemed to touch his simple name With pencil like his own; And there he slept, and, one by one, nis brothers died, tho while, And trooping years went by and trod His nanto from off tho aisle. And lifting up the pavement, then, An abbot's couch to spread, They let tho jewelled sunlight m W?ierc once lay Anselm's head. No crumbling bone was thero, no traco Of human dust that told, Bnt, all alone, a warm right hand Lay, fresh, upon the mould. lt was not stiff, as dead men's arc, But, with a tender clasp, It seemed to hold an unseen hand Within its living grasp; And ero tho tremblmg monks could turn, To l?de their dazzled oyes. It rose, as with a sound of wings, Bight up into the skies. Oh, loving, open hands, that give; Soft hands, the tear that dry; Ob, patient hands, that toil to bless, How can yo over die? Ten thousand vows, from yearniug hearts, To Heaven's own gate shall soar, And bear you up, as Anselm's hand, Those unseen angels bore. Kind hands, oh, never near to you May come tho woes yon heal," Oh, never may thc hearts ye guard, Th?; griefs ye comfort feel ; May He, in whose sweet name ye build, So crown thc work ye roar, That ye may never clasped be lu one unanswered prayer. S. T. WALLIS. BALTIMORE, April 8th, 18GG. CATCHMG A BUftCUft* It is a trite remark that "truth is stranger than fiction." Human na? ture is so constituted that events which, under ordinary circumstances, would pass unnoticed, become, by reason of some connection with an extraordinary incident or otherwise, full of interest to the observer-ab? sorbing, terrifying it may be-and exercising, perhaps, a life-long inllu euce on the mind of the person in? terested. It is thus that poets and lunatics are made. There was a worthy old gentleman, not long ago, living iu ono of the most flourishing cities iu Western New York, whose life had been un chequered aud serene, passed iu the bosom of the Methodist Episcopal Church, whereof he was a most worthy and osteemod member, and also lilied acceptably to the church ibo high office of deacon. The old gentleman had a wife, as most men have who have arrived at years of discretion aud are deacons in tho Methodist Church-a woman of raro virtues, who, unlike the deacon, was possessed of remarkable resolu? tion and courage, whick bad, more thau once, been severely tested, but from every trial of her ?ervos the resolute lady hail emerged triumph? ant. The deacon, albeit, of a most amia? ble aud kindly disposition, was, per? haps, under some circumstances, "in point ol' fact," as Micawber hath it, somewhat timid. In short, the grey maro was, with due respect, tho bet? er horse. The glee with wi 1 ich the Indy was accustomed to relate the incident, which it is our purpose to record, was only surpassed by the intense chagrin with which the worthy dea? con was accustomed to listen. To "begin at the beginning," it is neces? sary to premise that tho deacon was in the habit of making his wife his banker, during any temporary ab? sence from home, aud to intrust her with whatever surplus funds lie might have ou hand, which she would de? posit in a place of security uutil his return. This arrangement was not displeasing to h~r, except so far as jglejtja"truttV.became a temptation for disposed persons,'and thus occa? sioned somo apprehensions for its safety, and if tho package ?waa not al? together intactj.vhen returned to the deacon, it is of no particular interest to others. - .? On ono occasion, certain friends of " tho old gentleman, of a convivial turn, persuaded him that too severe ami fong** continued application to his bnsifcii4** was likely to injure his con stitution, and that his overtasked brain required relaxation and rest. As be felt the greatest possible solici? tude concerning his own constitution, as weH ns that ot the United States, itbis was during tho war,) it was not difficult to convince him that a trip to Linke Superior would produce the happiest results. It was not so easy to convinco Iiis wife, but after some polemical discussion, wherein her con? sent was obtained, and, leaving with her a considerable sum of money for safe keeping, casting dull caro to tho winds, he started. Opportunely for tho lady, considering tho defenceless condition of the household, at this juncture there arrived a female friend, who was easily persuaded to remain during the absence of the deacon. Occupying the same room at night, with "tired nature's sweet restorer" clasping the two in his ardent em? brace, it was but a short time after the deacon's departure that they "awoke one night from a deep dream of peace" to behold in their room not "an angel," but a most villainous and blood-thirsty looking ruffian in horrid disguise-in fact, a veritable burglar, on diabolical design intent, at. that moment reaching* forth his hand to grasp a gold watch belonging to the lady visitor, which lay on the mautlo piece. With a howl like a female wild cat that misses its youngest cub, or a hyena from whose jaws hus been snatched a toothsome Immun skull, or, in short, like any other enraged animal, the lady sprang from the bed and boldly confronted the robber, who could shuni "any shape but that," and incontinently lied. Fran tically he rushed down tho stairs, oui of the front door and into the street, closoly pursued by the oourageom lady, shouting for an imaginar* "John" to bring his gun-an instru ment which tho deacon would have it tho house quite as- soon as a mother in-law or the cholera-when, having no offensive weapon more potent thai a hair-pin, or she would certainly have killed him, she returned to tin honse to find the inmates, all of tin gentler sex, in a state of demoraliza tiou most agonizing to behold. This event was an epoch in tin history of that family. If the hoi of each member thereof did no "turn white" in that "single night,' ! it was not because they did not suj. t full of horrors, and for a long timi j thereafter every noise heard at nigh was the villainous scratching of tie tools of some ruffianly house-breaker or the stealthy prowling of sour j awful and blood-thirsty villain, win with pistol and bludgeon, was, lik Caligula or Herod, ready to kill an? slay men, women and children whoo he might meet. On thc return of the deacon, thes events were of course related to him with the usual variations and embel lishments, until he became thorough ly demoralized and innoculatcd wit] the pervading alarm, until he, too saw a dagger in every moonbeam and a burglar iu every bed-post. It was before the minds of tie worthy couple hud become perfoctl composed or had been restored to th condition .S7<?/>< qw, tinte bellum, tba the thrilling scene occurred that i here recorded. Thc deacon and his wife at nigh occupied thc room on the secon< floor opening from thc "hall" at th top of the stairs, liai my sleep lue settled down upon them, and nigh had thro rm its dark mantle over hal tho earth. The hand of the dis pointed ont the small hours as th courageous lady was one ni<^ht awr kened by a most suspicious noise n the front door. Oiviug her spouse a vigorous kiel as he was, by reason of a (dear coi science, a sound sleeper, she nwok him with the appalling exclamatio that "somebody was breaking int tho house!" Tho deacon was const tutionally opposed to being arouse before he had enjoyed his l?gitimai amount of sleep, and was, therefor? perhaps, justified in responding in a emphatic and somewhat severe mai ncr that she "had better go 1 sleep;" and, turning his back, 1 again composed himself to she] The noise, however, being repeate< he at last became thoroughly arouse? and, screwing ii]) his courage "1 the sticking-place," he silently ste] ped out of bed and crept cautious across the room "willi Tarquin ravishing stride, towards his desiri moved like a ghost," intending i reach the stairs to listen, and be pr j pared for any overt act on the part i I the intruder. j His wife, meanwhile, unprepan for this unwonted act ot' valor on tl part of the deacon, herself crept <> of her sido of the heil, and, with tl same stealthy step, carefully a vanced towards the same point as base for offensive operations, shou they unfortunately become necessar As she extended her hand to feel li way in the intens?! darkness it fell length on the broad back of tho su posed burglar! With a hideous ai most appalling sci ?am, like the who? of a "big injun" on the war-pat but without a particle of fear, ros lute to the last, she sternly and 1 roically determined to wreak sm mary vengeance on this disturber her peace, so, seizing the wretch tho nape of the neck with one ha: and with tho other grasping the pla which should have been duly pi tooted by corduroy, she linnie o desperate effort to hurl him headlo down tho stairs. The probability isthat this was t most terrible strait in which t deacon will ever be placed if he li\ a thousand years Perceiving t unheralded attack in the rear, the1 powerful bund descending on his un? protected back, frightened by thc howl which woke the echoes ni the house, and made his two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, while visions of tomahawk and scalping^ knife flashed across his imagination, fiuding himself being precipitated into tho darkness below, he felt as though Providence had forsaken him entirely, and instinctively grasping the rail, he closed his eyes, offered np a hurried prayer for Divine pro? tection, groaned aloud in bitterest anguish, and g^ave himself up for lost. The lady buding no "purchase" for her grasp where she expected, to secure a firm hold, and divining the position of things at once, knew that the helpless suns cuUottes, unhappy in? dividual writhing under ber powerful grasp, could bo no oilier than the worthy deacon himself, uttering a few cheering words to re-assure the mise? rable man, she hastily Lighted the gas to behold the startled inmates of thc house rushing to the scene with pokers, boot-jacks and such offensive weapons as were convenient to wit? ness the ttenoument. The lady, bold, erect, triumphant, and the deacon palo and gasping, bis bair stauding on end, bis knees knocking together, was truly au object of commissc ration. Hen- drop tho curtain. [Louisville Courier. THE CHRISTIAN INDEX. BY thc 1ST OF OCTOBER, or as soon aa the mails arc re-established, I will renew the publication of THE CHRISTIAN INDEX, AND THE CHILD'S IHDSX, I have been publishing. Price of index per annum.$3 00 Price of Child's Judes. 50 A reduction made to clubs. Money may be remitted at once, as my I determination is positive. My desire is to secure a large subscription hst willi which to begin, .md 1 issue this prospectus that subscribers may have time to forward their remittances. It is my intention to issue a FIBST i td.ASS PAPER; and no pains or expense will be spared to secure that end. The highest religious and literary talent will be given to tho papers. The child's paper will bo profusely illustrated, and will in everv sense bc made to conform to its new title--THE CHILD'S DELIGHT. Money may be sent by express or other? wise, if by express, at my own risk, if the express ruceipt is sent me, on the re? sumption of mail facilities. Mv connection with the firm of J. NV. Burke ..V. Co. is dissolved, but I will estab? lish an office in Macon, Ga., where commu? nications mav be addressed. May !? lin.?' SAMUEL BOYKIN. THE 0?JLY PHOENIX is published everv morning, except Mon? day, and contains the LATEST NEWS, by telegraph ami mails, up to thc hour of going to press; Editorials, Correspondence from different points. Miscellaneous Read? ing, Tales, Poetry, Sketches, etc., otc, etc. The paper has recently been enlarged, and in the QUANTITY and QUALITY of its READING MATTER is not to be excelled hv anv paper in South Carolina. ADVER T?SE5IENTS inserted on fa il jim iii miali Contains, in e>- ry number, the reading matter (embracing the latest news) of TWO ISSUESof the daily. It ispnblishod every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings, and now that our railroad con? nections arc completed, is admirably cal? culated for country circulation. THE GLEANER I Is published every Wednesdav morning, lt IM thc desiri-, and will be the object of the Proprietor, to make this equal to, if not the bes;. FAMILY NEWSPAPER in the South. In fact, as its name indicates, A. Home Companion. Besides thc collection of the cream of the news ot the wee!;, Political, Financial and the .Markets, it will contain a large I amount of LITERARY MATTER, such as choice Talos, Sketches and Poetry, lt will embrace EIGHT rAOES, containing j FORTY-EIGHT COLUMNS, is printed in a 'form to bind, and thus secures a faithful , recoil', and biston, of passing events. JOB WORK. Our JOB OFFICE is fullvsupplied with all kinds of WOOD and I-'ANt Y TYPE, CARDS, PAPER, COLORED INK, ETC., F TC, and we are fully prepared to execute promptly, and at moderate price?, all orders for PAM I'll I. ETS, CIRCULARS. HAND-BILLS, POSTERS, CARDS, BLANKS, FTC. JULIAN A. SELBY, Proprietor. W W. BOYCE, (Late of South Carolina,} ATTORNEY AT LAW, WILL PRACTICE IN TliK Supreme Court and Court of Claims. Office No. 453 Fourteenth Street, Doc 27 WASHINGTON. D. C. tuffimo Scythe Blades! Scythe Blades! Al tli>- Sign i-f the (fohlen PaiULock. *y!\ DOZ. superior SCYTHES, in stun & ? 9 and for sale cheap bv April 25 DIAL .V POPF. Office S. & TJ. Railroad Company, UN ION VILLE, MARCH 2G, 18G6. 1\>rESSll8. MONTGOMERY A SHIVERS ITJL bave made arrangements willi thc Spartanburg and Union Hail road Company to transport f' ghts l>ctween Colombia., S. C., and Shebeli's, thc present t?rminos of tho Spartauburg and Union Railroad. Their charges will be one dollar per hun? dred pounds. 1 would recommend them as safe and reliable carriers. Freights can bc consigned to them at the depots in Columbia and at Shelton's, S. A JJ. H. R. TITOS. R. JETER, March 30 President S. A U. R. II. K9~ Charleston Ihii.'g Keirs publish one week; Spartanburg Express and Catxtlma Spartan publish three times. Gen. Sup'ts Office, C. & S. C. R. R., COLUMBIA, s. C., APR?. 2M, lscc. ill HIS Road is now completed to Colnm JL bia, and Passenger and Freight Trains running as below: Leave Columbia :it. 5.00a. m. Arrive at Charlotte at.3.00p.m. Leave Charlotte at. 10.00a. m. Arrive at Columbia at.8.50p. m. April 28 JAS. ANDERSON, Sup't. Schedule over South Carolina R R. GENERAL SUP'TS OFFICE, CHARLESTON, April 20, 18t'?;. ON AND AFTER 28th APRIL, 18?0, the Passenger Trains will leave and ar? rive as follows, viz : Leave Columbia at.C>.00 a. m. Arrive in Charleston at..r> p. m. Leave Charleston at.7 a. m. Arrive in Columbia at..0.15 p. m. Il EN BY T. PEAKE', April 27 General Superintendent. Greenville and Columbia Railroad. GEN'L SUPEBINTEND'TS OFFICE, COLUMBIA, April IM, 18G0. ON and after FRIDAY next, 10th inst., the Passenger Trains will run daily (Sundays excepted) until further notice, as follows: Leave Columbia at . 7.00 a. m. '? Alston at..11.00 " " Newberry at.12..r>0p. m. Arrive at Abbeville at.?.00 " .' at Anderson at.8.1(1 " " at Greenville at .!UH) " Leave Greenville at. l.:',n a. m. " Anderson at.5.30 " " Abbeville at. 7.15 . " Newberry at.EB p.m. Arrive at Alston at.2.5 " " at Columbia at. 7J . " A liberal reduction has been made ?in through fare, the distance by railroad h iv? ing been increased, and the stages being under the control of the Company. ?U) pounds Itaggage <>/i/./ allowed to a vle i' seat -all over to bc charged extra. J. B. LASSALLE, April 10 General Superintend! ut. Country napers advertising for the Coin panv will please copv. HAKE YOI ll OWN SOAP ! Hg Sacing ami I'sim/ >/??#/?. BVis/< /.'.?>.;>.. BUY ONE BOX (JE THE Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company's SAPONIFIER, OR CONCENTRATED LYE. IT will malu- ld pounds of excellent HABI) SOAP, or 25 gallons of the vei v lust SOFT SOAP, for only about :(.", CENTS. Directions on cadi box. For sale at all Drug and Grocery stores, and in lots at wholesale by WM. M. ELLICOTT St SONS, No. 3 Spear's Wharf, March 1 3mo Baltimore, Md. Manufacturers' Supplies ! MILLWARD & W?XEBREXER, 1 IS Murki / Street, Philadelphia, DE A I. EES in MACHINERY and SUP? PLIES of every description for Cotton and Woolen Manufactories. Also, Oak tauncd LEATHER BELTING, CARD CLOTHING, Cotton and Woolen YARNS, Warps, Starch, oils. Dye Stuffs, Ac. Ad? vances made on consignments nt' Cotton anil Wooh-n Yarns. Orders solicited, which shall receive prompt attention. WM. MILLWARD, D. S. WINEBBENEB. March 7_:tnio New York Advertisements. CONFEDERATE GENERALS. AGENTS WANTED to sell our new series of Card Photographs of PRO? MINENT MEN of the South. 100,000 have alrea.lv hecn sold. Agents arc making ?10 per day. Send for letter of agency. En? close $5, and wo will si nd a good assort? ment, by return mail, that will sell for il."). Address JONES & CLARK, Publish's, April 1 ?3 Nassau street, New York. JAMES CONNER'S SONS rXITED STATES TYPE FOUNDRY PAINTERS' WAREHOUSE, NOS. 28, 30 and 32 Centre street, (corner of Reade street,) New York. Thc tyne on which this paper is print d is from the above Foundry. Nov is WESTCHESTER HOUSE, Corner Tiroonne Street awl /.'OT. cy, .V. Y. rilli ls house, capable < i accommodatin) X three hundred guests and kept ?>u tlc. European plan, is centrally located, nm near lo all points. City cars pass tin i Hotel to all the Ferries,"Railroad Depot* ' and places of Amusement . very thm j minutos. Single Booms, SI.(xi per daj ? double,$2.00. .1. F. DARROW A CO., ; Jan 14 iv proprietors. New York Advertisements. An Old Song Set to a New Tone. "As Spring approaches, Ants and Roadies From their fioles none o"l: And Mice and ?inls. In spite of cats. Gaily skip about." "Costar's" Eat, Roach, &c, Exter's, Is apasto - used for lints, Mice, ?loaches, Mack and Red Ants, Ac, Ar. "Costar's" Bed-bug Exterminator Is a liquid or wash used to destroy, and also as a prevent ?vi' for Bed-bugs, tte. "Costar s" Electric Powder lorlns'ts Is tor Moths, Mosquitoes, Fleas. Bed-bugs, Inserts un Plants, Fowls, Animals, ?bc. *S~ ! ! ! BEWARE ! ! 1 of all worthless imitations. 4iS~ See that "('< ?STAK'S"' name is on each Box, Bottle and Flask, before you bnv. ??- Address HENRY It. COSTAR, 4*2 Broadwav, N. Y. air Sold in Columbia, S. C., ?*- By And ail Druggists and Retailers. 1 80G. INCREASE OF BATS. -The Farmer's (tazette (English) assorts and proves by figures that one pair of BATS will have a progeny and descendants no less thau 051 ,ii.",(> in three years. Now, unless this immense family eau be kept down, they would consume more food than would sus? tain 03,000 human beings. af See "COSTAR'S" advertisement above. 1800. I RATS VERSUS Bl Bl >S. - Whoever engages in shooting small birds is a cruel man; whoever aids in exterminating rats is a benefactor. We should like some one to I nive us til? benefit of their experience in I driving out these- pests. We need something i besides dogs, cats and traps for t'ois busi? ness. - Scientific American, X. 1". ii?~ See "COSTAR'S"advertisement above. ! 1 SOO. "COSTAR'S" BAT EXTERMINATOR is simple, safe and sure-the most perfect . RAT-iiication meeting we have ever attend? ed, livery Bat that can get it, properly i prepared, will eat it, and every one that t eats it will die, generally at some place as i distant as possible from where it was taken. [ Lake Sh/n-e ( Mich.) Mirror. Si' See "COSTAR'S" advertisement above. 1S00. A VOICE FROM THE FAB WEST. I Speaking of "COSTAU'S" Rat, Roach, Ant, ! I Ac, Ext< rminator "more grain and pro- j visions are destroyed annually in tirant ? County by vermin than would pay for tons of this Bat and Insect Killer." [ ?.ancaster ( Wis.) Herald. ??" See '"COSTAR'S" advertisement above. I , May H t3mo j SOUTHERN BANK NOTES! iSOUTHEBN SECtmiTIES ! Bought and sold on commission bv LAWRENCE IIR0TI1ERS & CO.. \ S A ^ 3< ? ?? S , XO. If, WALL STREET, XEW YoUK.\ MONEY received on deposit from banks, j ba::k< ts, m< reliants and others. < lr- j ile rs in < ?old, Government and ol h er Seen- , rit ie? executed a* thc regular Stock Ex-j change by a member of the timi. Consign- | meats of'Cotton solicit ':. DEWITT C. LAWRENCE: ,TOIIN B. CECIL. CYRUS .1. LAWRENCE. WM. A. HALSTKD. April si CHOLERA I ^ W*^. ^ ^ ^ V \ ! Tho Chief Causes nf Pestilence Destroyed. Di:. E. COURTARETSDISINFECTING FLUIDS. S? cur. d by Le tters Patent | \ iu the United State.- and France. Pre- > I pared solely by the New York Disinfecting Company, at their Laboratory, Nos. 298, 300 and \wi Henry stre. t, New "York. Office I .Pi Cedar street. ' j I This Com; 'any < irganized on a permanent basis, with Dr. C-ourtaret, the celebrated ; French Chemist, in charge of its Labora-, tory, is prepared to furnish its DISINFECT- i INO FLUIDS for sick rooms, nurseries,, urinals, water-closets, privies, cess-pools, sewers, gutters, ships, railroads, hospitals, prisons and public institutions of all Kinds, slaughter-houses, offal anil fat-boiling es? tablishments; all kinds i.f manures, {ini ? mensely iuon asing the '.niue of the latter j to rivi ry larmer, and wherever poisonous and offensive gases exist. These agents I are dcodoriz? is, ant ?-septics, anti-putres I cents and disinfectants, in the scientific meaning of tb,- words, t'h. y remove nox? ious gases and odors by chemical princi? ples leaving in their places healtlifid air: they a:- ni STUOYEKS, and not merely ab? sorbents of poisonous gases not injurious to utensils in which they an used. Thc attention of medical and scientific men is directed to these disinfectants. Attached arc testimonials ir. favor of this gn at dis? covery, which, witli hundreds of others, can be seen at the Company's ellice. DixWAN HorsK, ALISA NY. Starch 30, 'Ct!. Tu the Pres't of tl <. Xe>r York Disbif'g Co. DEAR S,?;: It is all it is represented to be. We have made niai.v trials of disinfectants, but now consider that wi' have found an article which surpasses all others as a remedy against all bad odors. T. ROESSEL A CO. NEW YORK, April 0, 1800. To the Pr st of Co Ker York l>isinf'g Co. Dr u; Si .: Wc pronounce it, without ex? ception, t< bc the best we hava over known. ! Its effect upon every matter is complete , and inst intaneous. C. A. STETSON, Astor House. tf<r"N. B. These disinfectants are nsed ; by the scavengers, under the direction of tile Sanitary Police of the Metropolitan i Health Department, New York. POWELL & THOMPSON, 42 Cedar street, N. Y., General and Sole Agents for the United ' States and the Canadas; to whom all j onie rs should be addressed. For sale by tdl Druggists and General j Dealer? m the United States and Canadas. I Mav 10 Snxi Kew York Advertisements. 1866? iseo? MAKE WvoiFaUB* ? THE New York News ! BL'NJ. WOOD, Editor and Proprietor. The Only Recognized Demo? cratic Newspaper Pub? lished in New York. DALLY, SEMI-WEEKLY ANO WEEKLY? - - - -m TO THE PUBLIC. np HE NEW YOHK NEWS lia? battle?! JL against despotism for four years nt blood and terror, in assertion of the sanc? tity of the Constitution. A patriotism sut lieieutly broad to embrace both flections has been its only guide, and it refers now with honest pride to its record to ?bow that it has not turned to the right or the left under all the violence of arbitrary power. True to ita principien as TH? NEWS ha? been through the reign of ter? ror, it challenges public confidence in it? honesty and independence for the future. The political transition of the present day opens to THE NEWS a new and wider held of usefulness. Standing now, as it always has, on the inviolability of the Constitution, according to tho interpreta? tion of the strict constructionists, it pre? sents a rallying ground for all, in both sec? tions, who are friends of a generous con? servatism. As a true and Hied exponent ?if sectional amity, it occupies a position which makes it the titting mediator in holding up to the party of order in both section?, interests ami principles thatgave breadth and vitality to their alliance. As an intersection al agent, devoted to free? dom of election, to trial by jury, to the sanctity of the habeas a?Titx, and opposed now, as for four years of terror it hasbeon, to thc centralization that dareH to trample on the rights of States, North or South, THE NEWS places itself as a candidate for support before the- great body of this once free people. The circumstances of the moment make the dissemination of the principles of THE NEWS a duty of individual patriotism. Every man who concurs in its doctrine must, if he entertain a true sense of free? dom, do so in no spirit of indifference, but rather with the earnentnes? of a high trust. Justified -uav, bound-in his love of liber? ty, to do so, the proprietor place? the cau vass he makes here of the public generally in the hands of those men who give him the approval of their consciences as hisin dividual agents. Every reader of THE NEWS cannot avoid the conviction of duty which ia here pointed out as the ground of the request, that he urges its claims for a wider support upon all of his friendB and neighbors who give their earnest sympa? thies to thc cause of "strict construction," intersectional conciliation, and all the rights of the citizens under the system, set np bv our fathers, of liberty regulated by law.* The proprietor of THE NEWS calls, therefore, upon good and true con? servatives throughout the country to dis? charge to their convictions of political right at this great crisis in the country's fortunes, the duty of giving to thc inn once of his paper-daily, semi-weekly o weekly-the wider power for good which it seeks herc through the service of its indi? vidual supporters. The Semi-Weekly and Weekly New?. These two journals are made up with special reference to the wants of country subscribers, and contain such a variety of matter as to render them welcome to every family in the land. In the matter of Lite rat ure, thc choicest stories of the best writers are spread forth in their columns; and more excellent literary matter is fur? nished in one issuo than can be had in many of thc exclusively literary journals of the day. The Ge nor al News is admira? bly selected and condensed, so aa to give ali thc current intelligence in as readable a f. .rm a? it can be placed. It comprises news from every part of the country, and is always the latest. Thc Commercial In? telligence is carefully prepared, and in? cludes reliable Market lieporta from all points, which are not excelled by any jour? nal in this country. Send thc names of all friends of consti? tutional liberty, and wo will send them spe? cimen copies free. TEKMS. New York Daily N'?tes, to mail subscribers.?10 per annum. New York Daily News, to mail subscribers.5 for C months. SEMI-WEEKLY, Published Every Tuesday and Friday. One. copy one year. $ i Ot) Three copies one year. . . . 10 (K) Five copies one year. 15 00 Ten copies one year.30 00 Twenty copies one year. 55 00 To clergymen one year. 3 00 And an extra copy io anv club of ten. WEEKLY, Published Every Wednesday. One copy one year.$ 2 00 Three copies one year. 5 00 Five copies ono year . 8 75 Ten copies one year.17 00 Twenty copies one year. 30 00 To clergymen ono year. 1 CO And au extra copy to any club of ten. Any person sending a club of fifty lor the Semi-Weekly or Weekly Attcs will be enti? tled to the haily A'e.irg freo for one year. The name ol' the Post Office and State should in all cases be plainly written. To insure safety in remittance, money orders arc preferable. Specimen copies sent free. To Advertisers. 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