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Tin Voice of Stiring. I come, I come, ye have called me long, I come o'er the mountain? with light and song, Ye may trace my step o'er the wakening earth, By thc winds which tell of the violet's birth, By the primrose stars iu thc shadowy grass. By the green leaves opening as I pass. I have breathed on thc South, and the chestnut Howers By thousands have burst from the forest j bowers, And the ancient graves, and the fallen i fanes. Are veiled with wreaths on Italian plains: But it is not for me, in my hour ol bloom, To ?peak of the ruin or the tomb. Come forth, oh, ye children of gladness, I come. Where the violets lie, may now bo your home: Ye of the rose-check and dew-bright eye. I And the bounding footstep, to meet mc dy, With thc lyre, and thu wreath, and the joyous lay, Come forth to the sunshine; I may not stay. The summer is coming, on soft winds borne: Ye may press thc grane, ye may bind the corn; For me, I depart to a brighter shore; Ye are marked with a care, yo are mine no ; more; I go where thc lovcJ" who have left you dwell. And the flowers are not death's; fare yo well, farewell. [Original. HASTE** in otnm f ?MH; OB, Big Epli. Abels' First Drink of Jiiu maker, and the Consequences Thereof. Near thc junction of thc rivers Yadkin and U-r, in Montgomery County, North Carolina, in a section of country remarkable only for thc monotony of its scenery and thc non productiveness of its soil, there stood, when I passed there in the ; spring of 'G5, the old, ungainly man? sion of Big Eph. Abels, perched like a pigeon-box on a projecting knoll, not sixty yards from the main road, between Albemarle and Monroe; and at no great distance below, on thc banks of the river, half smothered ?with gigantic oaks, stood Abels' mill. At the mill, in the olden time, they held their militia musters, barbecues, fourths of July, pttblic meetings, gander pullings, quarter races, foot ? races, fights of man and dog. Here horses were swapped, trades struck, all domestic quarrels adjusted, poli? tics discussed, and all actings and < doings were looked upon as void of i legal sanctity if not done and exe? cuted within the hallowed sound of ; Abels' mills. ? It was late one evening, not long ? after thc surrender of the Western ; army, that the -writer, with others, ; was riding over the rough, rnountain ou3 country in tho vicinity of the Yadkin, and were whistling away for want of thought, when our attention was attracted to a very novel affair, the conclusion of which wc were de? termined to see, whether we crossed the Yadkin or not. Old Mrs. Abels I was running around the cabin, as if j for dear life, and Big Eph. after her; i and as he was swifter on the foot, it was not long before be was in such j dangerous proximity to the old lady that she was forced to right-about and face him. Wc expected to see a col? lision-but no;Mrs. Abels exclaimed: "Now, don't yer bit me, old man;" and had the uplifted arm of Big Eph. been struck with paralysis, it could not have fallen more powerless at bis side. "Now, Amelia Jane," said Big Eph., if yer don't perduce the jug, I'll sot tlic house on fire." "Yes, you're a purty feller," chimed the old lady. "Yer had better git a bari uv whiskey and kill yerself at once." Whether the old lady doubted the efficacy of the magic words, "Now don't yer bit me, old man," or whe? ther she believed that "a good run is better than a bad stand," is not known, but the same operation was repeated six times, and with similar effect; but when the old lady was making her seventh revolution, she stumbled and flew off at a consider? able tangent, and before she bad time to say, "Now don't yer bit me, old man," Big Eph. bad clamped ber, and forced ber to tell the whereabouts of the jug. About this time, we arrived upon the scene of action, and were wel? comed in. It was difficult, however, to persuade the old lady that we were none of Wheeler's cavalry; for, to use ber own language, "They tukter my chickenware wuss nor the colery." "Sad state of affairs, Mrs. Abels," I said. By this time, Big Epb. advanced with the pig, and, by the cheering light of the fire, I could observe bim closely. He bad such winning ways that any community would stamp bim as n. r^n^'kiible production standing fully six feet in bis socks, with _ thick, shaggy eyebrows, hair growing promiscuously ad infinitum, and a mouth whose every turn told of the humorous character of the man. The lazy hours were whiled away with many a tale-Big Eph. got more and more loquacious under the influence of sperrits; and the fol? lowing story I thought too good to lose, so I give it in bis own rustic vernacular. "Yer see, stranger, this comin yais ter, thirty years ago, (bout that time, that old stick-in-the-mud, Harry Clay, war runnin fur President,) mammy tnk a most powerful allin in bei misery, and when sLo war tuk with sich, it war ginerally not a Ieetle and I stop, brit a powerful site and go on ; j so they eluded they'd send Big Eph. ; : (they allers called nie Big Eph., to extinguish me from dad, who war j known as Leetie Eph. ;) as I war j savin, they eluded they'd send me ater Parson Hanson, so mammy could gin him her spearuuee, afore she handed in her checks. Now dad had a most inity peart sort uv a white, clay? bank bull yeaiiin wc allers called Je rico, what he traded fur with old Bob Sikes. who war whipped fur hoss stealiu in Georgy, and war married by Squire Jones to Jeff. Higgins' big ugly gal Betsey, and dad sot more store by Je?ico than mammy; so it war only on speshul okkashuns 1 tvar lowed to try the creeturs verlocity. It war mity hot when I struck fur the Parson, so I eluded I'd call by and see Bob Sikes; yer sec Bob kep a .store jest this side uv Turkey Creek. Nov,- when I say Bob kep a store, I mean he kep tish hooks and whiskey, for all tother fetches wimmin folks bout, and this aiiat thar place no how. Now yer see. I war raised poa a blackberry" plantation, and sucked persimmon beer, and chawed polk root ever sense I war big enuff to fol? low mammy long the tater rows, so 1 eluded I'd trv- Bob Sikes' Jimmaker, bein as my jaws were eny most stuck tergcther fur want uv ilin, and as I'd hearn the truck would do one good, so it war not long afore I drunk the weight of a good size coon dog in Jimmaker. Bob .Sikes said thar war gwine to be a bastin big aig; pickin over at old "Miss Calline Carters, and I knowed Amelia Jane Carter (she tis my wife) would be a few thar; so 1 chided I'd ride* over, whether mammy gin her spearuuee ur not. "So, ater lightening Bob Sikes' truck another gourd full. I put down the lane. The erik wur not more nur a quarter oil, and seein a* how Jerico kinder felt his shucks, and Big Eph. his Jimmaker. I eluded I'd try Jerico's verlocity, and sorter git my hand in fur the next gander pallin at the mills. So, ater gwine through the liminaries of a raal pal? lin, and wrappin my feet tergcther auder the varmint's belly, oil'I put like a pack uv skilpin Injuns war ater me, Jerico knockiu lire oaten the rocks at uvry jump; so the way I dang the fence ahint me was not a leetlc and stop, but a powerful site and go on. I tarmined to cross the erik at the bridge, but thar war a bustiu big pile uv water jest this side, and I knowed it war diffykilt steermanship ter make sieh a teristifi r?atiou, and still grab for a swingin limb which I lowed for the gander. I ses to myself, sezT, if I come oaten safe, I'll hug Amelia Jane Carter per simmerns yit; if I don't cam oaten safe, the gal's Bill Rice's. The stakes war powerful high, and I kinder felt like backin oat, but I kep dade ahead till I reached the pile uv water, when Jerico stopt ander the shade tree, for vcr know that kind uv horse liesh am pretickler fond uv shade trees in hot wether, a ad ..iure I could say Sister i'heb -, Jerico gol relarmed at old Bill Bice, who wai standin on the banks uv the erik, a lishiu for red horse, in his shat tail, eny most as nakid as tho leetle koo pids in the vollerntines. Jerico wai not asen to sieh sites, so he mude i suddint turn, and I soon found I wai ilyin rite over the crii;, and kinde: kummin agin the water with sicl verlocity, with a sort av a splutter ment like two greasy buckwhea cakes, it war diffykilt to tell, stran gers, which got the hardest lick, Bi< Eph. ur that erik; but I sloshed uvr drap uv water oaten thc erik till i war nigh onto as dry as a powde horn, if I did loose Amelia Jane Car ter. I gin to think, strangers, tha the kairds war runnin ginst me, ba I eluded I'd go to the aig pickin speamnce or no spearance; so off put afoot, far I knowed it war no us ter hunt Jerico, far mithin short uv speshul ressurrekshitu could git hit and Big Eph. together; far old Bi Rice sed the last he seed uv him h war smokiu like a tar kiln, and th way he war makin for the swamp wa not a leetle and stop but a powerft site and go on. lt was nigh ont dark when I throwed my shade across Miss CaUine's door-sill, and a soon as she seed me, she set up an sez: 'Why, bless me, Ephriam, I'I mity glad fur to see yer; why, a sil uv you am good fur sore izes. Wei well, but Amelia Jane, run and fete Ephriam a goose's aig. I know tl; poor chile wants o tie.' I sez, sez '. .Miss Calline, yer talkiu sense noi far a goose ain't throwed a shadow i dad's deadnius sence Inst foddi pallin; the way thc collery ran tin em was not a leetle and stop, bat powerful site and goon.' 'How yer mammy?"' sez old Miss Callin I sez. sez I, 'Oh, she's powerful fin Bat where's the boys?' sez L chang the subjeck. 'Jeffrey and Jake Pet went to Bob Sikes' ater sum Jiniin ker, but t'wont be a long spell afo they'll cum. But you and Mel muse yourself; I'm powerful bus^ Bimeby, Melia Jane foteh me a kt lered goose aig; it was died as pur as a checked connie.1 ce. ana when looked at the aig ami then at Mel Jane, I chided that war my time, ai when I went to pull my char clos ter her, I found I couldn't pull t char, for the Jimmaker had sorl tangled my feet; so I kep my se? "Now, I never had much larnin; war ginerally like the cut of my co mity slim; but I had a way uv div rite slap into a subjeck, soorter li Wheeler's kavalry into a heu-roo and when I axed Melia Jane if s vas nd uv goose aigs, I know she'd say yes; then I up and sez, sez T, it's powerful kurous. Melia, I takes to goose aigs myself, and I was gwine ter say we'd better git married, being as we both hived the sumo ! thing, when sieh another racket 1 ain't heard afore nur since. I thort the yairth war rollin round fur thc Inst time, and gin ter think that ef the iast big sheep sheariu bad realy arriv, Big Eph. would be swinged wusseen a coon's tail in a coal fire. Meli;? Jane looked as solom as a pack uv ghosts. In cum Jeffrey and Jake Beter, old Miss Calline and all tho gills, yelliu like tarnation, that th? boys had treed a sperrit beyant the hill in a spring branch, and that it war the most surwagerous crittear they ever seed. "Old Miss Calline sed it was mithin but that old witch, Jane Ashley. The pesky old whipporwill, sez she. has bin seen afore, ever sence I fused ter let lier have that bugle-tail sow uv mine. Mv cups ami sasses is nigh all broke.* There's no luck bout the house while the nasty, stinkin critter lives. 'vi felt kinder jubonswheu the old lady axed me ter vance on the critter, fur I war not pertickier fond uv sperrits in that shape, no bow; but I knowed it enything will knock the skeart outen vcr, twould Vie a drink up Jimmaker; so ater I tuk a good ful! uv it, 1 felt like 1 could whip my wait in witches. So off we puts fur the spring branch, Imidin the musket in my ban. Twant long afore we j struck the brandi. Thinks I to my? self. I'll resk my chances with Bill ! Bice agin fur the gal. Se. gest as ; soon as I sot my peepers or. the crit- ; 1er. I 'knowed it war a grave-yard perduction. So, I se?, ter myself, sez | I, old grave-yard, ei sich is sieh, the I gals mine; ci not. she's Bill Bice's, j And tile way 1 Hung shot into the j critter war not a leetle, and stop, but i a powerful site and go on. Mud flew 1 round thickeru bees a swarmiu; but' ghosts uv departed roosters, visions of defunct wild-cats, if I hadn't shot Jerico, you may take my hide fur j tan-bark. You see, strangers, Jerico j bad cum with sieh verlocity ater tossin me in the erik, that when he I struck the blue pity mud up the i branch, he div rite smack up to his ? shoulders'nnd stuck, lint I can't go ' over eny more of it-it teciies in a tender pint, awussern a tite shoe pon ' a sore to. I ain't teched Jimmaker I sense, fur the way dad walloped me : beat all. It was not a leetle and i stop, but a powerful site and go on." i A. W. B. New York Advertisements. 1867.-SPRING FASHIONS DEMAND .T. V.\ Bradk-vs celebrated] DUPLEX ELLIPTIC* or DOUBLE : SPRING SKIRTS. They will not bend or brea!: like the Single Springs, but will I preserve their i erfeet and beautiful shape, j where three or tour ordinary, shirts have been thrown aside as useless. They are | the most elastic, flexible and durable j skirts manufactured.' They combine com- ; for:, (in:ability and economy, with that j elegance of shape which has made the | "Duplex Elliptic" tho Stan.lard Skirts of thc- fashionable world. This popular Skirt I is universally r?. commended by tho fashion? able magazines and opinions of the press generally. At wholesale by the exclusive manufac? turer.- and sole owners of thc patent, WESTS, BRADLEY .v. CARY. Wan rooms and Office 1*7 Chambers And 70 and SI Reade sts., New York. Als'">, at wholesale by the leading jobbers. For sale in Columbia by C. F. JACKSON and SHIVER & BECKHAM. Jan 2:3 3mo* Thi Celebrated Palmetto Hair Re? newer. XTTHICH has been fully tested and uui VV vers ally proved to be the one genu? ine, reliable and never-failing preparation for improving, beautifying and restoring the hair, should bo found in every South? ern home and on the table of every lady. By its use. dry, harsh and wiry hair is changed into smooth, glossy, silken tresses. Every one whet has used the Renewer speaks of its merits in the highest terms. KB~ Ask vour druggist for the PALMETTO BAIR RENEWER, and take no other. For sale by all druggists. II AURAL, RISLEY & TOMPKINS, Wholesale druggists, sole agents, Jan 25 ly 141 Chambers st.. N. Y. Sweet Opoponax from Mexico! ~VJ"ATURE could not produce a richer JA gem or choicer Perfume. Try it and bc convinced. E. T. SMITH & C ?., Sept 19 <">mo New Yoi !;. Sweet Opoponax from Mexico! rMHE most elegant and essential personal JL requisite for a ladv, ''Extract "f Swec Opoponax." E. T. SMITH ? CO., Sept IS 6mo New York. FURNITURE. DE GR A AF & TAYLOR, S7 and SO BortreryandC? derintlt St.. X. Y, STILL continue to be the ? n-.?.?< Fnrni ture . tanui?wtuifciei:i tl . . .. 'nrlor, Dining Room and Chamber i l ilNiTURE, Canopy and Victoria Bedsteads, for thc Southern trade, at 20 per cent, re lu rtion i.: , price._ Sept 19 Gmo STENHOUSE & MACAULAY. COMMISSION MERCHANTS, ?710R the sale of COTTON, COTTON " YARNS, SHEETINGS, Naval Stores, Ac, and for the purchase of Merchandize generally-, CO J'earl Street, Xetr York. Consignments to us from every point in the South fully protected by insurance as soon as shipped. Julv l-l ly J. E. STENIlOUSE, ALLAN MACAULAY. An Ordinance to Ran? .Supplies for Bett ordained by th" Mayor .md Alder? men of the City of Columbia, i, Council assembli d. omi hythe authority at vee same, That a tax to cover tho period from Janu? ary 1, lsi>7, to January 1, 1868, for the -nuns and in the manner hereinafter mentioned, shall bc- raised and paid into the public treasury of the said city, for thc u-e ; nd 1 service thereof. SEC. I. That is to say, one dollar one very hundred dollars of tin assessed va'.ue of I real istate lying within the limits ot' .??aid ? city; and the value of ali taxable rea! es ! tate within the city el' Columbia shall be j assessed by thc City Assessor i S::c. II. And be ii further ordained, That ; each male person . v^. the age of fifteen i years and under thc age of sixty years -had pay a tax of one dellar. I SEC. Lil. Fifty cents shall be levied upon I every hundred dollars of sales of goods, I wares and merchandize, embracing sales j of alt articles <>t" trad' tor barter or cx I chango, which shall be made hy resident merchants, traders ano dealers, within the city of Columbia, from tl:?' tirat day of I January, one thousand eight hundred aad I sixty-seven. S?c. IV. A d w hereas many persons sei : rip temporary shops or stores for the sale ot merchandize, after thc time fixed for assessing taxes, and close the .-ame before I the return <>;' the tax thereon, so as to I avoid tin pavment of taxes to the eitv ; altogether: if, li fm -thee or>.la ined, That all . such dealers shall, upon opening shop ur j store in tho city of Columbia, pay to thc , City Clerk thi sum of twenty-five di liars, j which shall bc allowed him in the nexi I settlement for taxes, and tho overplus, it any. 1 returned to him: and hitch tran ? sient dealer shall pay ons dollar on every one hundred dollars of sabs of goods, wares and merchandize. On failure to pay, after being notified, thc Mayor shall fortu ! with i^sue an execution against the de? faulters, and collect thc money in thc usual I way. Si:.-. V. There shall bc levied o;:e pel? een t. upon sales at auction of all goods, the property of persons who aro residents of the city of Columbia. One and a hali per cent, upon sades at auction of all goods property of non-residents. One-half per cent, upon sales at auction of real estate and stocks of every description: Provided, never lticless, That* no tax shall bc levied upon any sales at auction made by order of court or process of law. SEC. VI. That all men-bants and others selling any goods, wares and merchandize on consignment shall paya tax of one per cent, on all such goods, wares and mer? chandize sold by them; and tho persons mentioned in this and in the three preced? ing sections of this Ordinance, shall be re? quired ti? make quarterly returns of their sales, and to pay the taxes assessed there? by to the City Clerk at the end of each and every quarter. SEC. VII. Andie it further ordained,ly the auOtority aforesaid, That a tax of one percent, shall be paid on the premiums received by each and every insurance com? pany, or agent or agency thereof, doing business in this city and "chartered by the State of South Carolina: the agents of all companies not chartered hythe State-shall pay one and a half per cent, on all premi? ums received by them. And it shall be thc duty of every insurance company, or the officers or the agents thereof, to make quarterly returns, under oath, to the City Clerk, of the amount of premiums for the quarter preceding, undei a penalty of two dollars for each and every day that such company or agent or agency may neglect fir refuse to make returns and pay the said tax-to be collected by execution, as in other cases provided for the collection of thu s and forfeitures. SEC. VIII. Audit it. further ordained, by the authority aforesaid, That two dollars shall be paid on each and every horse, mare, stallion, gelding and mule, kept or used within the city of Columbia, besidi s thc tax on vehicles, as follows: Ten dol? lars shall be ]??iiii on each and every four wheeled pleasure carriage or barouche, drawn by two or more horses; five dollars on each and ever., one horse carriage, bug? gy, barouche, gig or sulky, not used for hire: ten dollars on every vehicle used for til!-breaking or exhibiting of horses and mules; fifteen dollar- on each hack or car? riage, drawn by two horses, and run foi the conveyance ot passengers for hire: eight dellars on each and every one horse buggy, gig cr sulky, kept or used for hire: ten dollars on each and every four horse wagon; eight dollars ou each two horse wagon: six dollars or each -one horse wagon, cart or dray; twenty dollars or: each express wagon; fifteen dollar.- or each and every omnibus or ?tage: and a! person.- commencing to use or run anj carriage- or other vehicle, after tho time foi the payment of taxes, shall pay from th< time they commenced to use or van stiel carriage or vehicle, to the end of the year in proportion to tuc rate of taxes per an mun: Provided, That no person shall bi allowed to use any omnibus, wagon, dray cart, or other vehicle, for the transporta tion of baggage or passengers from om part of the city to another, until the owne: thereof shall have given bond to the city to be taken by the City Clerk, with two o: more good sureties, in the sum of five hun dred dollars, conditioned that such owne: will pay ali damages that may result fron the foss or injury to baggage or passen gels, while being carried on the omnibus wagon, dray, cart or othe r carriage of sud owner, or after being entrusted to the cns tody of the driver thereof, or any of hi assistants. And any person offendini herein shall be liable to a fine of live dol lars per day for each day such wagon, cart dray or other fiarriage for carrying bac gag"? or passengers, may be run befor such bond is given: And provided, further That nothing herein contained shall exton to any of the above enumerated vehicle not used, although kept within thc limit of the city: Ami provided, also, Tii.it ne thing herein contained shall be construe to extend to wagons, carts, drays or cai riages, geing to or from market, ar. owned by non-residents of said city. Amll? ll further ordained, Thatatax i two dollars shall be paid on each and ever horse, mare, stallion, gelding and muh .-old in this city by or on account of an horst- trailer or livery stable keeper; an the keeper of every livery stable sha make quarterly returns, on oath, ol sue sales at his stable, and pay the tax thcreoi .under a penalty of two dollars ncr day fi failure to make such returns ana paymem at the end of the quarter. SEC. IX. Andie it further ordained, Th: no person -hall let er hire any wagon, ea i>r dray, or other carriage, or run any on mibus," et age, hack or o*'-er carriage, fi the transportation of go da or passenger j within the limits of said i... , withoutlia ing first obtained a badge from the Ci: [ Clerk, to ec placed on some conspicuo! part ol che vehicle; ab o, a badge with number by which he may be identified ai known, t i be worn on a conspicuous pa ! of his person by the driver of such omi ? bus, wagon, cart, dray or other carriag under a penalty of five dollars for each ai every day thai such vehicle shall be : ran, to be recovered by information befo thc Ma vor, or an v one of the Aldermen said city. SEC. X. Whereas all male persons b tween thc ages of sixteen and fi?tv vea? ' residing within the limits of the city Columbia, are required by thc laws of tl: State to work upon the streets of the sa city for full twelve days in each and eve year: De it Uterkfore ordained, That each j and every person liable to work on the | streets of the said city of Columbia may and shall be excused from the perform? ance of said duty, upon the payment of ?ive dollars to the Citv Clerk: and each and ? very person so liable, who Khali fail to pay the said sum of five dollars within thc time hereinafter specified, ?hall, when summoned to do se, be required to work upon (?if streets of thc said city for full twelve days, under the direction of the ! acting overseer ol sire ts; and it auv such I person or perseus shah neglect or'refuse co work upon the said streets at thc time 1 when summoned, such person or persons : shall be tined two dollars for each and : every day that he or tin y shall neglect or ; refuse- so to work, to be recovered by in? formation before tlc Mavor and Aldermen . in Council assembled. And it shall bo the ' dntv of the City Clerk, and of the Chief of Police, to report to thc said Mayor and i Aldermen all default* rs T cither of the clauses of this section, j SEC. XI. Thatior a lief nso to retail spi I rituous liijuM's, in quantities loss than a i quart, thc sum o? one h uv.'Ire, I a:. 1 ?if?y I dollars per annum si all bc paid in atf ; vance; and tor a license to sell spiritu? ous liquors in quantities of a quart or . more, the sum of seventy-five dollars per annum shall be paid in advance: \ Prodded, That no license to sell spi? rituous honers shan be granted for" a shorter period than six mouths: And pro? vided, further, That thc granting or with? holding ol'licenses, in each particular case, i w ill be at thc discretion of the Citv Coun? cil. And the City Clerk shall be entitled t<> receive, for issuing each ana every : license, the sum of two dollars; to be paid hythe per-on orpersons licensed.' SEC. X?I. One per cent, on the incomes of brokers, and one per cent, on all in? comes derived from commission business, ortho practice of professions, within the limits o? the city, including the professions of law. physic, dentistry and architecture. SEC. XIII. Two dollars upon each and every dog shall be paid by th? person or persons on whose premises thedogis kept. And the police of the city of Columbia arc herein- authorized and required to take up and hold twenty-four hours before dispos? ing of him each and every dog found run? ning at large within the limits ol' said cor? poration, and not having on a badge or collar, furnished bv authoritv of said citv. SEC. XIV. Andie it, further ordained, ty the authority aforesaid, That no equestrian or theatrical performance, or other exhibi? tion for gain, shall be held in thc city ol Ciihnnlna. without a license from thc Mayor thereof first had and obtained, sud the payment, in advance, tc? the City Clerk ol twenty-five dollars for each and. every ex? hibition, and such sum as the Mayor may assess for theatricals or other exhibitions fur gain: and each and every person exhi? biting for gain, without first having ob? tained said license and thc payment ot said tax in advance, shall be lined in a sum not less than double the amount of said tax, in mama r hereinbefore provided for tho imposition of flues and forfeitures. SEC. XV. And lc it further ordained, That an annual tax of fifty dollars shall be paid upon each and every bagatelle, poole or keele, or hilliard table, and upon every bowling saloon, nine or ten pin alley, or pistol gallery, kept within thu limitso'f the said city; -uni the sum of one hundred dol? lars shall bu paid, in advance, for a license til keep or have a cock-pit within the limite of the said city, and no license for such cock-pit shall be granted for any time with? in the fiscal year fo; i less sum than one hundred dollars : Provided, That no per? son or persons shall open any one of thc places of amusement mentioned in this section, until heorthey shall haveobtainec a license for that purpose from the Cit\ t'liuneil, and shall have entered into bond with two or more good securities, to tin Mayor and Aldermen, in the sum of five hundred dollars, conditioned to observe the laws of the State and city, aiid par ticularlythe laws against retailing. An} person opening any such establishment within this city, without first having ob fained the license and given bond as afore said, shall bu subject to a tine not exceed iug fifty dollars fQr each day such estab lishme?t shall be kept open or used; also that such place shan be considered, and i hereby declared to be. a nuisance-, and lia bl'.- lo bc abated as such. SEC. XVI. .-I nd tie U further ordained That each amt every occupant of any rea estate, upon whose premises water i brought by pipes or otherwise from tho cit reservoir, shall pay to the City Clerk, a tin- same time with the othcrtaxes impose by this Ordinance, such sum as may lie as s?ssed bv the Committee ot. the Wate Works. SEC. XVII. And be it further nedo;,,,* Thia inasmuch as many transie nt dealer in goods, wares anil merchandize, tithe as principals or agents, including spirit! mis liquors, make sales by ti e exhibitio oi samples, that such dealers shall make deposit of lir'cy dollars with tin City Cler! and before they leave the city they sha make a return of sales, under oath, uro which return two and a half per cent, sha be levied and paid to the City Clerk, wi shall account at the time of such paymei for the dcpo.-it made with him. SEC. XVIII. Andie it further ordainei That each and every express compau; transacting business" within the limits i this city, shall make quarterly returns i their gross receipts and pay one per cen on the amount of such return at the eu of each quarter; and that each and evei telegraph company shall, in like mamie make quarterly returns of their gross r ceipts, on which return shall be paid a ti of one-half per cent. Six. XIX. And. it is furtlter ordaine That each and every hotel, private boar ing house, or house" of entertainment, r ceiving transient travelers, and each pu lie eating house, or saloon, shall pay a ?; of one-half per cent, upon their gro receipts, to be paid quarterly. That cai battier shop shall paya tax of three d( lars for each quarter in advance. SEC. XX. And le- it further ordairu That each and every cotton press, and cc ton gin, within the corporate limits of tl: city, shall be required to procure of t City Clerk a license for the same, and sh pay one hundred dollars per annum each gin or prc-as, to be paid quarterly. SEC. XXI. And be ii further ordmm That if any person or person.- shall fa neglect or refuse to make a return to t City Clerk, on oath, of all his. her or th taxable 'property, income, sales, or otl things taxed by "thia Ordinance, on or ! tore thu 1st day of March next, such pi son or persons shall be then assessed thc Assessor for all his, her or their p: pertv, or other things taxed by this Or nance, according to the best fnformati which he can obtain of the value of su taxable property; ami such person or p sons who shall fail, neglect or refuse make a return, as aforesaid, or pay the t thereon, on or before the 15tn of Mar next, shall be subject to and pay, in sol tion to said tax. live per cent, on thc win amount of his. lier or their tax, as impos by this Ordinance. And tin- said Clerk hereby required to collect and receive t taxes and dues levied ami imposed by V, Ordinance, and all arrears of former ta: and dues, and make a return thereof, a of all persons who shall then be in defai to the Mayor and Aldermen, on thc li dav of March next. SEC. XXII. And be it further ordain That the said Mayor and Aldermen si issue their execution against each t every person who shall be reported by said Clerk to hare failed, neglected or re? fused to make returns or pay the taxes^ imposed by this Ordinance, within thetinu.M hen in prescribed, which said execution* shall ho lodged with the Sheriff of Rich land District, to be collected according to the provision-- of the Ac-ts of the General Assembly ol this state in such case made and provid? d. Done and ratifh d in Council assembled, under the corporate seal of the city cf Columbia, this eighth day of F< bru?ry, Anno Domini one thousand eight l.tt.: dred and sixtv-seven. THEODORE STARK, M?v< 1. .1. s. MCMAHON-. City Clerk. Tho Great American Blood Puri?er. THE QUEEN'S DELIGHT ! IT1EE QUEEN'S DELIGHT th. great JL Americi n Alterative and blood Puri tii r, is the m .st perfect vegetable com? pound of alterativos, tonics, diuretics and diaphoretics; making it tho most effective invigorating, rejuvenating and blood cleausiug cordial known to the world. In introducing this new and extraordi? nary medicine to thc public, observation leads tts to ri mark that too litt!? au? ..ti m Many diseases, and. too, many complaints, whir:: h.ive their origin in a vitiated state of the blood, are treated only as symptoms and results; whereas. Lf the rentedv had been applied to enrich thc blood and ren? der it ' pure, both causo and effect would have been removed. The Queen's Delight is offered to t-.e afflicted as a sure remedy for those diseases arising from an impure condition of the blood. It has a direct and sp. chic action upon that '.luid, and consequently renders the blood, pure. It is said, on high authority, that '-man no sooner begins to live than ho begins to die, and that the characteristics of thc living organism are ceaseless change and ceas.-less waste.'" It is obvious, therefore, to every relleciing mind, that unless the Mood is pure, in supplying thc wast.- tis? sues with material, it must be the cause of innumerable ills and constitutional disor? ders, such as Scrofula, Rheumatism, He? patic Disorders, Consumption, Inflamma? tions, Fevers, Ac. Life and health is only to be maintained by thc circulation of pure arterial blood.. We therefore advise every one whose blood is in the least vitiated by indulgence or excess, and whose constitution is im? paired by disease and is suffering from Rheumatism, Liver Complaint, Consump? tion, Scrofula or King's Evil, Carbuncles, Roils, Itching Humor of the skin, Erysi? pelas, skin Diseases, Tetter, Roughness ot thc Skin. Pimples, Blotches, Pains in the Rones, old CIcers, Syphilis and Syphilictic Sores, Indigestion, inflammation of the Bladder and Kidneys, Pains in the Rack, General Debility, and for all complaints arising from deficiency and poverty of blood, to use the Queen's Delight. Females of delicate constitution, suffer? ing from weakness and depression of mind in consequence of those complaints which nature imposes at the period of change, have a pleasant and sure remedy in tho Queen's Delight. Children whose fair and ruddy complex? ion gave early promise of health and beauty, but too soon become blanched and pale by some hereditary taint of the blood, will have the rich boon restored by using the Queen's Delight. Thc unacclimated and persons traveling into warm countries will find the Queen's Delight a great protection from all malari? ous affection and diseases which originate in a change of climate, diet and life. Thc extraordinary and unprecedented cures performed by the Queen's Delight Compound is attracting the attention of every one, not only at home, but abroad. The merits uf this compound aro being felt anil appreciated evervwhere. Hear what they say of it in New York: ''It is & remedy of much importance and value, exerting au influence over ali the secre? tions, which is unsurpassed by any other knowe, alterative, lt is ext< nsively used in all the various fi inns ol' primary and secondary syphilitic affections; also, in scrofulous, hepatic and cutaneous diseases, in which its use is followed by thc niu.s-. successful resui ts."' Its properties as a remedy were first in? troduced to the notice of thc profession by Dr. Thos. Young simons, of Si .nth Carolina, as early as 1S2S, as a valuable alterative re? medy in syphilitic affections, and others re? quiring use of mercury. Dr. Simons' state? ments have b> en endorsed and extended by Dr. A. Lopez, of Mobile, and Dr. H. E. Frost, of Charleston. From the reports in its favor, there seems no reason to doubt the efficacy of this medicine ni Secondary Syphilis, Scrofula, Cutaneous Diseases, Chronic Hepatic Affections and other com? plaints benefited by alterative medicines. For sai.- wholesale and retail bv FISHER A HEIN?TSH, Dec 27 Druggist.-, Columbia. S. C HOES AND CHAINS' .4/ the. Sion of the Golden Pad-Lock. ONE HUNDRED doz. HOES, assorted qualities and siz.-s. 500 pairs TRACE CHAINS, assorted In store and for sait- CHEAP for CASH by Jan 24 JOHN C. DIAL. ' REFINED SUGARS. -1 f\f\ DRLS. REFINED SUGARS, con JLv/v/ si-ting of Crnshed, Powdered A and Extra C Sugars, just received and fur sale bv J. A T. R. AGNEW. Feb 9 GU&TS, PISTOLS, SPORTSMEN'S ACCOUTREMENTS, ANEW and complete assortment just received. ALSO, An elegant assortment e.; FISHING TACKLE-Rods, Reels, Robs, Hook.-, Lines, Ac. At LOW PRICES. P. IV. KP AFT. Washington street, opposite old Jail. N. ll.-Manufacturing and repairing substantially and neatly executed. May 26_ly READY-MADE CLOTHING. THE ladies, gentlemen and young peo? ple of Columbia, who mav be in want of "SOMETHING TO WEAR," arc re spect? fully and earnestly invited by thc ladies ol the Industria! Association to call at their Work-room, in the Female Academy, and examine the articles which they have now n ady for .-ale. Some one will" always be found ready to exhibit the ready-made gar? ments and to receive orders from those who may wish to have work done neatly and promptly. The object of the Association is to fur? nish constant employment to those who, having been impoverished by the war, now depend on the needle for daily bread. Docs not such an object commend itself to the hearts of our citizens'.-' Or must the anxious applicants for work be told that ./'o-/? opie prefer Northi i n-niad.egarments, and that there is, therefore, no more work for them? Shall it be said that such an Association as this cannot be sustained in the capital of South Carolina? _ Jan 10 Toothache Cured in One Minute. TIE most violent toothache relieved in one minute. For sale by FISHER .v HEINITSH, Pharmacist-. Feb 1