The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, August 12, 1866, Image 4

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Wanted-A Minster. Wo have been without a pastor Somo eighteen ruonths-or more. And though candidates aro plenty Wo'vo had at least a score, All of them "lip top" preachers, . Or 80 their hitters ran We're aro juit as far as ever From settling on the mau. > Tho first who came among ns, By no means the worst, But then we didn't think of Lita, Because he?was the first; It being quito the custom To sacrifice a few Boforo the church in earnest Determinod what to do. There was a smart young feUow With serious, earnest way. Who, but for one great blunder, Had burely won the day. Who left sogood?mpression, Qa Monday, ouo or two Went rouud among tho people To seo if ho wunld do. Thc pious, godiv portion Had not a fault to find; His clear and searching preaching They thought the yerr kind. And all went smooth and pleasant Until they beard tho views Of some inlluentiarsinners Who rent tho highest pews. On these bis pungent dealing Made but a sorry hit; The coat of Gospel teaching Was quite too tight a fit. Of course his fato was settled; Attend, vc parsons, all! And preach to please the sinners. If you would get a call. Next carno a spruce youDg dandy; Ho wore his hair too long; Another's coat was shabby, And his voice not over-stroug; And ono Now Haven student Was worse than all of those: Wo couldn't heed bis sermon For thiuking of his nose. Then, wearving of candidates, We looked the country through, 'Mid doctors and piofessors, To tiud ono that would do; And after much discussion On whom should bear the ark, With tolerable agreement, We fixed on Dr. Parke. Hero, then, wo thought it settled, But were amazed to find Our flattering invitatiou Respectfully declined. We turned to Dr. Hopkius To help us in tho lurch, Who strangely thought that college j Had claims above our church. Next we despatched committees By twos and threes, to urge Thc labors for a Sabbath Of tho Rev. Shallow Splurge. Ho came-a marked sensation. So wonderful bis style. Followed thc creaking of bis boots As he passed up thc aisle. His tones were so affecting, His gestures so divine, A lady fainted in the hymn B'.lore the second liue; And on that day he gave us, In accents clear aud loud. Tho greatest praj cr ever addressed To au enlightened crowd. He preached a doublo sermon, And gave us angels food On such a lovely topic "The joys of solitude." AU full of ?weet descriptions Of flowers aud p-arly streams, Of warbling birds, and moonlit grovos, And golden sun-set beams. Of faith and truo repentance He nothing bad to say: He rounded all tho corners. And smoothed the rugged way; ll inaged with great adroitness To entci ' " in atidjdeaso, A td leave me sinner's conscience Completely at its caso. Cix hundred is the salary Wc gave in firmer days; Wo thought it very liberal, And found it hard to raise; Bnt whoo we took thc paper Wo h id no need to urge To raise a ocl two thousand For tho Rev. Shallow Splurge. In vain were all thu efforts Wo had no chance at all We found ten city church? > Had given bimi a call; And ho, in prayerful waiting, Was keeping thom all in tow; But where they paid the highest It was whispered ho would go. And now, good Christian brothers, Wo a6k your earnest prayers, That God "would send a shepherd To guide our church affairs. With this clear understanding A man to meet our views, Must preach to please thc tinners, And fill the vacant pews. THE TWO ANSWERS. "No Charlea, it cannot be. As a friend I shall respect and esteem you; but I cannot bo your wife. Have compassion on me, and do not press me further." Mary Granville stood before me, as ?ho spoke, with her bauds clasped aud her head bowed, trembling like an aspen, and as I fancied, there were tears iu her eyes. She was a beautiful girl, and I had thought her as good aud pure as she was beautiful, and, further than this, I had believed that she loved me. She ws an orphan, and had been engaged during the past year in teaching one of our village schools. Of her early life I knew nothing, save that she had been educated aud moved in good society; and I had reason to believe that at somo time her parents had been wealthy, but her father had failed in business, and it had been told to me, that the sad reverse killed .him. I had known that Mary was poor-that she was dependent on her daily labor for sup? port, and the thought that I could offer her a comfortable home, with the advantage of moderate wealth, had given increase to my prospective happiness. But this unexpected answer dashed nil my bright hopes to thc ground. "Do you meau," I cried vehe? mently, "That you dismii" mo? Am I cast off?" "I cannot be your wife," was tho reply. ' Then," said I, with more warmth than I might have betrayed under other circumstances, "I leave you to yourself, and while I try to shake i off the love that tas bomu? me to you, i I will only hope that ere you lead j another into your net, you will con- i elude beforehand whether you will < keep him." She looked into my face with a painful frightened glance, but I did not stop to hear her speak further. I turned and lott the house. I remarked that, under other cir? cumstances, I mighMiave been moro cool and collected in my speech; and what do you suppose,. dear readers, the attending circumstances wore? I'll tell you candidly. I was a little heated with wine. I had drank just enough to warm my blood and" give my brain an extra impulse, and my words were not chosen, as I should have chosen them had the spirit of wino been absent. As I walked towards my home, I.. sought to persuado myself that I had fortunately escaped the snare of a coquette, and that I might bo the better enabled thus to reason, 1 stopped at the hotel, where I found a few of my companions, and helped to dispose of a half a dozen bottles of wine. On tho following morning I awoke with tho headache, and when I called to mind the events of tho preceding evening, I was anything but happy." I began to realizo how much I had loved Mary Granville. There was un aching void in my heart, and I wept ns I contemplated my loss. It was my first love, and its influence had penetrated every fibre of my being, j Tho beautiful girl had become more I dear to me than I could tell, and I ! groa ?ed in bitter anguish when I t thought that she was lost to me forever. I resolved that T should feel very angry and indignant, but when tho sweet face was called up to mental view, such feelings melted away, leaving mo sad and desolate. On tlie following Sabbath I attend? ed church, where I saw Mary once more. She played the organ as she had done tho past year, and as her fingers swept over tho keys, I fancied that I could detect a tremu? lousness, which I had never noticed before. Was it imagination, or waa it really a plaintiveness-a sadness in expression of her music. To me it seemed at times as though the organ moaned and wept. It was like the wailing of the daughters of Ziou by the rivers of Babylon. When tho services wero over, and wo went out of the church, I saw Mary's face. It was pale and wan, as though she had been sick. What could it be? Was she suffering as I had suffered? The thought flashed upon mo that some one had told her something to my disadvantage. I had enemies, who envied me because I had inherited some wealth-and I fancied enemies who envied me the love of Mary Granville. Another week passed, and I be? came more and moro sad and lone? some. My business was irksome to mo, and my books and papers afford? ed mo no respite. In fact, I could not read, for my mind w.is never on the page before me. Another Sab? bath at church and I saw Mary nguiu. She was paler than before, and her eyes looked as though she had been weeping. During the succeeding week, 1 re? ceived a visit from my college chum, Jack Stanton, who had just opened a law office at Berryville. After sup? per, as wo sat in our cosy junior smoking our sega rs, I suggested that a bottle of wiue would not be amiss. Jack shook his head. "No. Charley," he said, "we'll leave the wine to those who need it." "You used to drink, Jack." "Yes, but it never done mo any good." "And do you think that.it overdid you any harm'. "' "As to that, I will not say, but it never shall do mu harm. I know it has harmed others as strong as I am. 1 By-the-way, Charley, isn't Mary Granville here?" : "Yes," said I. "Do you know her?" I turned away my face and pre j tended to have hoard something at I tho window. "I have seen her," I replied, when I had composed myself. "She plays the organ in the church." "She and I were schoolmates," pursued Stanton; "and speaking of wino brings her to my mind. Do you know anything of her early life?" "Nothing," I answered. "Poor Mary! I never think of her without feeling my resolutions of total abstinence grow stronger and stronger. When we were school children together, her father was the wealthiest man in Berryville, and she and her brother were among the hap? piest of the happy. "Mr. Granville was in tho habit of drinking wine, ami the habit grew upon him until he could not go with? out his brandy. "Ho was of a social disposition, and in tiiuo it came to pass that he was often grossly intoxicated. Of course, under such circumstances, ono of two things must happen-the man must reform or must sink. Mr. Granville did not reform, and ere many years he died a drunkard's death, leaving his family in poverty and suffering. "Thomas, the sim-four years older than Mary-became dissipated, and at tho ago of eighteen was killed in a street fight in New York. Mrs. Granville survived her son but a few montlis-absolutely dying, the doctor said, of a broken heart. "Poor Mary, thus left fatherless ?md motherless, -without brother or lister, at the age of fifteen, -was forced to earn the bread she eat-and nobly has she done it. If you know her, Charley, you know one of the noblest women that ever lived. But-what's tho matter? Why, bless me, you look as pale as a ghost." 1 struggled hard with myself, and told Jack that I had swallowed a lot of cigar smoke. I rose, and opening ono of tho casements, stepped out on the balcony; where the fresh air re? stored me. At a late hour Jack departed, for tho hotel, and when I had retired to my chamber, I paced to and fro until long after midnight. I could no longer misunderstand tho motive which bad actuated Mary in rejecting my hand. She knew that I was in tho habit of using wiue, and on that evening when we met, she must have discovered that I hail drank enough to bring a false flush to my cheek. "Oh, my God!" I ejaculated, as I sank into a chair, "I wonder not that she refused to place her future life in my keeping. She had suffered enough from the accursed cup. Thc night of sorrow and desolation has been long upon her. She would be worse than mad to take a husband, whoso opening path in life led to? wards the pit iuto which thc loved ones of other days had fallen." "But," I asked myself, "why did she not tell me tho whole truth'." I found no difficulty in answering the question. She liad shrunk from wounding my feelings. I knew how sensitive she was, and I knew she was afraid of offending me. Perhaps she thought mc proud and head-strong enough to resent such liberty on her part, and perhaps she imagined I might look upon her as the offering of her hand in consideration of re? nouncing tho wine cup, and that 1 might spurn her offer. On Friday, Jack Stanton left me, and, on Saturday evening, I called at Mary's boarding house. Mary her? self auswered my summons. She started when she saw mo, and I saw her right hand move quickly towards her heart. - "Marv," I said, speaking calmly, for I hau a mighty strength of will tc support me, "I have not com?: to dis? tress you; I have come as a friend, and I humbly ask that you will gire mo an audience for a few moments.' She went into thc parlor, and I fol? lowed her, (dosing the door behind mc; and when we were alone, she sel the lamp on the table and motioned me to a scat. "No," said I, "I will not sit dowe yet. Give me your hand, Mary." Mechanically, she put forth hei hands, and I took them in my own. There was a wondering look in hei eyes, and a slight flush came to hei pale cheeks. "Mary," I continued, speaking slowly and softly, und I know that moisture was gathering in my eyes, "you must answer me one question, Answer it ns you please, and take nn solemn assurance that I ask it foi your good. Tell me, do you lov< me? No, no-do not take your hand; away yet. Answer mo if you can Fear not-O lear not; for T hn< rather go into endless night than di you wiling. Tell me, Marv, do yoi love me?" "I cannot speak falsely," sin tremblingly whispered; "for my owi peace, perhaps I love you too well." "Listen to mc for one moment," '. added, drawing her nearer to me "when T have told you that which have to tell, yon shall bc the judge.' Shi? did not strive to free he hands, but looked up eagerly in m; face, and her eve beamed with a hope fal light. "You know Jack Stanton?" I said "Yes," she replied. "He was my best friend when w were at college, and my frieudshi; has not grown less. He came ti- se me, and told me the trials and sufiei ings of one of the school-mates c his earlier days. Oh, Mary, 1 kno> well why my hand was refused, and blame you not. Il may be that on paths will be different through life but you shall at least know that h whom you have loved will so liv that he shall not be unworthy c kindest remembrance. 1 know thu I have hitherto wandered into tl\ path of danger, but henceforth 1 ai free from tin; dread snare. Undi the new light that has dawned upo me, I hold tho w?ue cup to be a feai ful enemy. 1 will shun it as 1 woul shun a .shameful life and a eloude death-bed. For my own sake will do this, so that my sainted mother, i she can look upon her boy, eau smil approvingly on the course ho hs chosen. "And now. Mary, if at some t ut ur time you shou'd biol that you ca trust your happiness in my keepiuj. you will give me some token thereo and I will como and ask for yon hand; and should it be my blesse lot to receive it, I will devote ever en'Tgy in my being to make your lit' a joyous and peaceful oin-." I let go her hands, and bowed m head to wipe away a tear. 1 turne towards thu door, really intending t depart and give her time for reflei tion, when she pronounced my nanu I looked back and her hands wei stretched out towards me. "Not now," 1 whispered. "I wi not ask your answer yet. Wate me-prove rae. Only give mo t know that I have your love." I stopped speaking, for Mary head had been pillowed upon in bosom, and sho was weeping like child. "Now I uowl" sho uttered, as wound my arms around her. "Ob, Charles, I never doubted your truth. I know you cannot deceive nie. God bless your noble resolution, and let me help you to keep it!" I cannot tell how long I stopped that evening. I can only tell that I was very happy, and that my pros? pects of the coming year were bright ? and glorious. On the following day-a Sabbath calm and pleasant-the organ gave forth a new strain. Tho daughters of Zion were no longer in a strange land. They had taken their harps down from the willows, and within tho chambers of the now Templo, moro resplendent far than the old, tiley sang the s aigs that aforetime made joyous tho city of their God. All marked the grandeur of the music that sprang into life beneath the toueh of tho fair organist on that beautiful Sabbath morning; and all seemed moved by inspiration. To me it was like the outpourings of a redeemed soul, and with bowed head and folded hands, I gave myself np to the sublime influence. As Mary turned from the instrument I caught her eye. Minc were dim with mois? ture, but hers Were bright, gleaming with seraphic light. Ere many weeks had passed, an? other hand passed over the keys of the organ, for Mary was not iu thc choir. She knelt before the altar by my side,, and over us both the aged clergyman stretched his hands with prayer and blessing. And we went out of church toge? ther-Mary and I-out in the new life--bound heart to heart and hand to hand, to love, honor and cherish forevermore. book, .Teh and Newspaper Printing Office. - .... JULIAN A. SELBY, Proprietor. ^ ; ! ? THE OatLV PHOENIX ! is published evcrv morning, except Mon- ' day, and contains thc LATEST NEWS, by 1 telegraph and mails, up to the hour ot ! going to press; Editorials,Correspondence I fron? different points, Miscellaneous bead- I illg, Talcs. I'oetrv, Sketches, etc.. Cte., etc. ; [n the QUANTITY and QUALITY of its ? HEADING MATTER is not to be excelled by any paper in South Carolina. ADVER- | TISEMENTS inserted on favorable terms. ; THE TRI-WEEKM PIMM Contains, in every number, the reading ?natter (embracing thc latest news) of , TWO ISSUES of the daily. U is published every Tuesday, Thursday a:>d Saturday : mornings. tm GLEAN!R ? I- published ewry Wed:i lav morning, lt ia tin desire, and will tho object ol the Proprietor, to make this equal to, if j not thc b it, FAMILY NEWSPAPER ia the South. In fact, as its name indicates, ?L Home Companion. Besides thc collection of the cream of i th? news of the week, Political, Financial j and the Markets, it will c..main a large .amount of LITE HARY MATTER, such as choice Tales, Sketches und Poetry, lt will embrace EIGHT PAGES, containing . FORTY-EIGHT COLUMNS, is printed in a : fenn t.. bimi, and thus secures a faithful I record and history of passing events. JOB WORK. Our J'vdi OFFICE is fullvsupplied ?nth all kind.; of WOOD and FANCY' TYPE, CARDS, PAPER, COLORED INK, ETC., KTO., and ive arc flllh preparad to execute promptly, and ?,< moderate prices, all ol .lei s for PAMPHLETS. CIRCULARS. HAND-BILLS, POSTERS, CARDS. PLANKS, ETC ELECTION NOTICE. Cl ? V CLERK'S OFFICE. Coi.rsiniA, August 8, ls?;.;. VN FLECTION for one ASSISTANT PO? LICEMAN will h.- held in thc Council Chamber, eu TUESDAY EVENING, 21st in~t. Applicants for the position will tile their applications, with thc names of their sureties, at this office, on or before tho 20th inst. Ry order of the City Council. AUL: O' .1. S. McMAHON, City Clerk. . ? Asi,s Joimgeis A Co.'s ED1N Pd'Kc H. J. C. SEEGERS & CO. Old Newspapers for Sale, BY th<- hundred or thousand, at March 2 Pl KENTX OFFICE. Grain Cradle?, Grain Fans, &c. ll the Sign nf thc Golden Vad-Lock. A FULL supplv of GRAIN CRADLES, J\_ Grain Fans, Scythe blades. Scvthe Stones, Fan Wire. Riddles, j., ?tore and for sale !..., for ca**h. May .-.'. JOHN C. DIAL. Cutlery! Cutlery! ! At Itu ,,/. thr Golden I>ad-lA>ck. VFR LL assortment of Table and Pocket i l TLERY. SCISSORS, Ac, in rt..rc and for sale low by JOHN C. DIAL. June '."?> Thos. P. Walker, Magistrat? and Coroner, Office in Post Offioo Building, Columbia. Charleston Advertisements, j Charleston Hotel, WHITE & MIXER, PROPRIETORS. THIS POPULAR and well known HOTEL has been NEWLY EUR _NTSHED throughout by tho present proprietors, who have been* sixteen year? connected with the establishment. II. WHITE, GEO. G. MIXER. CHAS. A. MILLED, Cashier. Aug 6 D?EOCT 1*12*12. Boston and (tyirtatQD Steamship Company. THEO. D. WAGNER, CAPT. RODNEY BAXTER, [Of about 700 tons burthen,) WILL LEAVE ATLANTIC WHARE on TUESDAY next, August 7, at FIVE O'CLOCK P. M. precisely For Freight or Passage apply at thc o?ice of the Agent, A. J. SALINAS, '21 and 2:5 Vendue Range. This line is running regularly in connec? tion with the South Carolina and Georgia Railroads, by which Freight will be for? warded, free '>f commission, to Augusta, Macon, Atlant i. Wost Point, Montgomery, Chattanooga. Nashville, Memphis, Can? ton, Miss.. Columbia, Winnsboro, ('hester, Charlotte, N. C., Ac. Consignees at boston -Messrs. DANIEL LEWIS A CO. Aug 3 fin Imo NEW YORK AND CHARLESTON ) 111 Fare Reduced to $25. J.earing each Port every Alt?rnate Tlaos'fai/. STEAMSHIP EMILY B.gOt'DER, CAPT. R. W. LOCKWOOD. STEAMSHIP MO?EKA, CUT. C. P. MAIISIIMAN. mi!ESE STEAMSHIPS, offering every JL inducement to SHIPPERS ami the TRAVELING PUBLIC, having superior accommodations for Passengera, with tables supplied by every luxury the New York and Charleston markets can afford; and. for safety, speed and comfort, are un? riddled "ii the coast. THE STEAMSHIP EMILY B. SOUDER, CAPTAIN lt. W. LOCKWOOD, fTfTlLL LEAVE NORTH ATLANTIC Y> WHARF, on THURSDAY. August 1?, lbt>:>, ?it o'clock. Liberal advances made on consignments to New York. For Freight or Passage apply at the Agents. WILLIS ? CHIS?LM, Aue ll? North Atlantic Wharf. Artic t? It ?re \" Commerce, I J -uoioj{ojj pu? o.ini?.i?irj ?3* COHEN, HANCKEL & CO., Factors anti Commission Merchants, No. 4ii East Bay, Charleston, S. C. JACOB COU KN. e. K. HANCKEL. JOS. COHEN. IXTILL sell COTTON, RICE, TOBACCO, *\ Naval Stores and all descriptions ol Produce or Merchandize. Will ship to Northern and Foreign Ports, Ac. Will make liberal advances on consignments for ?ale or shipment. May 15 ARTIFICIAL LegsandArms. 71"? SOUTHER? LEG AM) ARM COMPANY HAY!', established a branch office and manufactorv at Columbia, S. <'. The improved AUTOMATIC LEG AN ARM manufactured by this company a unsurpassed by any ?ti the world. Our workmen aro practical artificial le^ and arni makers three of them wearing legs of their own manufacture. Our facilities are unsurpassed. Our work warranted one year. Call and cx amine our specimens, or address DANNELLY, MARSHALL A CO., Seeger's Building, Columbia, S. C. Offices -Madison, Ga., Nashville, Tenn., Columbia, S. C. Mav 27 ?mo TBI-WECKL? HACK LINE Between Laurena and Newberry. ON and after MONDAY, the 18th instant, the HACK _' ? will connect with the up ~ train on the Greenville and Columbia Railroad on TUESDAYS, rilURSDAYS and SATURDAYS: with the down Hain, on MONDAYS, WEDNES? DAYS and FRIDAYS. dhus passengers can be carried through from Columbia to Laurens in ONE DAY - arriving at Laurens by 0 o'clock the sanie rlay they '.-ave Columbia. Passengers can leave Laurens at 5 o'clock a. m. and arrive at Columbia same day at 7 o'clock. Passengers arriving by the Hack at Lau? rens C. H., can always lind conveyances to rjo out into the country bv calling on T. B. OT J. CHEWS. Every comfort ia afforded passengers (vhioli could be expected on a stage line. .Laurens, June IC. T. B. CREWS. New York Advertisements. Some Soaps burn your angers, . . Some your clothing, and Ail melt like dew before a July sun. The bacon ox Terre Co. s Dark Browu Family Soap WON'T DO EITHER! On the contrary, it is . Pleasant to the hands. Harmless to your clothing, and "SfANDS LIKE A STONEWALL" THIS article is made from a natural pro? duct, and ia in every way superior to thc ordinary Family Soaps. Besides it* superior cleansing quabties, it softener goods and brightens colors without injury to either. One pound equal to one and a half of ordinary soap. A Baring of 60 per cent. Send for circulars. Soldvy the trade generally. esr PRINCIPAL OFFICE, 32 VESEY STREET, NEW YORE M. B. STAFFORD, President. July K_mw3mo STENHOUSE & MACAULAY, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, IT* OR tho salo of COTTON, COTTON " YARNS, SHEETINGS, Naval Stores,. Ac, and for the purchase of Merchandize generally, CO Pearl Street, New York. Consignments to us from every point in the South fully protected by insurance an soon as shipped. July 14 Iv J. E. STENHOUSE. AIXAN_MACAUL?y. SOUTHERN BANK NOTES! SOUTHERN SECURITIES ! Bought and sold on commission bv LAWRENCE BROTHERS & CO., BANKERS, . KO. 10 WALL STREET. NEW YOEE. MONEY received on depositfrom banks, bankers, merchants and others. Or? ders in Gold, Government and other Secu? rities executed at the regular Stock Ex? change by a member of the firm. Consign? ments of Cotton solicited. April 8 DEWITT C. LA WEEN CE. JOHN R. CKCTL. .. Crans J. LAWRENCE. Wai. A. HALSTEi>. JAMES CONNER'S SONS UNITED STATES TYPE FOUNDRY PRINTERS' WAREHOUSE, N'OS. 2H, 30 and 32 Centro street, (corner of Reade street, ) New York. The type ou which thitf paper is printed is from the above Foundry. Nov 1? WESTCIE^TEBT HOUSE, Comer Broome St rmi and Bowery, N. Y. THIS bouse, capable of accommodating three hundred guests and kept on th? European plan, is centrally located, and near to all points. City cars pass the Hotel to all the Ferries,"Railroad Depot? and places of Amusement every three minutes. Single Rooms, ?1.00 per dav double, $2.00. J. F. DARROW A CO., Jan 141y_Proprietors. 25 BPSGA "> - ?""."2 S^i-^ ??sS'r" s ll M-V-. s * ? 1 uSi ^?|j? I*sf|?-?ll I South Carolina Manufactured WEAPPfftS PAPER JFVOTO ./. IF. Grady, GreenvUle. ASUPERIOR ARTICLE, and at greatly reduced prices, the manufacturer having determined to furnish a good arti? cle at lower rates than it can be imported from tho North. Jub , JNO. C. SEEGERS A CO. H. E. NICHOLS. GENERAL Jf3SU1.A3*SEA@E*iTt Corner if Assembly and Washington Sts., ^ COLUMBIA, S. C., REPRESENTS, among others, the fol? lowing excellent Companies: Underwriters' Agency, New York capital.$3,000,000 International, New York - capital. 1,000,000 Security, " " .. 1.000,00ft Home, New Haven, " ? 1,000,000 Manhattan, New York " . . 1,000,000 North American, New York, *. 500,00u Putnam, Hartford, " 500,000 Home, Savannah, " .. 500,000 Southern Insurance and Trust, Sa? vannah-capital. 500,000 New York Accidental. New York capital. 250.000 POLICIES MADE PAYABLE I y (?OLD OK CURRENCY, AND LOSSES PROMPTLY SETTLED. Jtrty 22 [March 1 Bino] GIBBES & HUGGINS, EXCHANGE AND Insurance Agents. RISKS against Fire taken in the follow? ing Companies, at fair rates, and no charge for polices: NORTH AMERICAN COMPANY, Hartford, Conn. NATIONAL COMPANY. New Orleans. CONTINENTAL COMPANY, New York. BALTIC COMPANY, New York. VIRGINIA STATE COMPANY, Richmond. METROPOLITAN COMPANY, New York. SUN MUTUAL COMPANY. Now York. EXCHANGE on New York and Charles? ton bought and sold; dealers in Stocks, Bonds, Ac. The highest price paid for Gold, Silver and Bank Noten. JAMES G. GIBBES, GEO H?GGLNS, Office Plain atreot, Columbia, S. 0. Mav 19 Um?