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Tb? WUUng Cup. BT CHABLIS MACKAY. If fairy tales were trae, And fortunos wore my hap, I'll tell yon what I'd do, If I'd the wishing oap: Td make eaoh maid a wife, Who'd give both heart and hand; And all domestic strife ' Td banish from the land. ' No arm that wrought or plough'd . Should over toil in rain; 1 The great should not be proud, The small should not complain; The friendship of a friend Should last through good and ill; And, constant to tho end, Should guide the wauu'ier still. - All rulers should be just, And people should be wise. And Bwords and spears should rust, For lack of enemies; The templos of our time Should bless the poorest lot, And misery and crimo Should die and be forgot. MATC8~W?K?WQ* I had silently watched my aunt for an boor-my Annt Katharine, who sat silently by the window, with her sewing. Through the light- meshes ot tho lace curtains, tho bright sun? shine came in and fell upon her soft, dark dross, smooth hair, and pretty white work, while the fresh breeze, floating in through the open window, blew into bloom a carnation pink upon her cheeks. And sitting there in the breeze and sunshine, I saw that my Aunt Katharine was very handsome. At first, I thought it strange that I had never noticed that fact before; bat it was not strange, for children seldom think anything about parents' or guardians' looks, except that they ba pleasant or un? pleasant, and I was little more than a child. Ever since I could remember, Aunt Katharine, with her dark dress, smooth hair and gentle ways, had taken care of me; and when I grew into a tall girl of fifteen, old enough to go to kissing parties and have young beaux, she watched over me still. She was my mother, my com? panion, my friend. I never realized my orphanage or want of other kin, but had been the same careless, "light? hearted, merry girl ever since I could remember, that I was on the Jone morning I watched her at work in the sunlight. She looked up at last. "Addie, isn't it most bchool-time?" She' Haid. "Yes, auntie, I am going in a minute; but first tell me-" "What, child?" ""Why you never were married." "Because I never liked anybody well enough to marry him. Now go and get ready for school." She smiled as she spoke, and after a glance at her face, I smiled too, and ran off up stairs to get my bonnet and shawl Coming down stairs again, I put my head in at the sit? ting-room door. "Aunt Katharine?" "Well!" "If you found anybody you liked well enough, wouldn't you marry him?" "I don't know-I suppose so. Why, what in the world bas got into your head, Addie?" I laughed, slammed the door and bounded through the hall into the road. Half way to the school-house, I met my teacher, Mr. Charles Deve? reux. "Good morning, Miss Addie. Re? citations all ready? "Yes, sir," I answered, and he passed on ahead, I sauntered on slow? ly, thinking of my Aunt Katharine. I thought it would be a nice plan for her to be married. The next thought was, who would she marry ? There were only half dozen unmar? ried middle-aged men in the village. Aunt Katharine was twenty-seven, and of course she wouldn't marry a very young man. I rapidly enume? rated the half dozen eligible ones and their suitability for my plan. Law? yer Hyde, thirty, rich, aristocratic and stingy. Mr. Leighton, thirty five, handsome, good, well off, but a widower; and I've heard aunt Katha? rine say she did not like widowers. Mr. Pierson, twenty-eight, hand? some, wealthy, but too fast; she would not like him. Dr. Jarvis, thirty-six, small, crabbed, miserable, and unbearable generally. Mr. Howe, too homely to be thought of; and Captain Haynes, with his yellow, bushy whiskers, and nine thousand dollars' worth of mortgaged proper? ty, which he is always talking about, worBe yet. Rather a sorry array. Just then the school-bell rang, and I went in to my books, and Mr. Charles Devereux, aged twenty-eight, handsome, intelligent, well-educated and unmarried. The class in intel? lectual philosophy -was called first, and though I bad carofully commit? ted my lesson to memory the evening before, my late thoughts had quito driven all remembrance of it from my bead, iud my recitation was imperfect. Mr. Devereux looked sur prisedly a; me, but said nothing. In French g> amma)- my performance was still worse. "Mise Addie," said Mr. Devereux, as I passed by him on my way to my sea-, "do you have any trouble with those French verbs in learning your les IOU ?" "Yes, a little," I replied. I'You want a little reviewing, I think. If I bave time, I will call in at your bouse this evening, and help you a little, 77hiIo you are studying." Mr. Devereux - knew that I always studied in the evening, and had seve? ral, times called in and spent an hour in assisting me with a particularly difficult task, designed for the next day's recitation. So I was not sur? prised to hear, him make tb is offer, though a little ashamed of the cause of it, as my failure had resulted from my wilful inattention and careless? ness. I thanked him, however, with a flushed face, and went to my seat. But it was not entirely shame that flushed ray face. As I expected, Mr. Devereux came in the evening to explain my French lesson. But he did not find me alone. Aunt Katharine sat by the table sew? ing, and looked even handsomer than in the morning. My heart gave a flutter of impatient anticipation every time Mr. Devereux looked at her, and after the lessons were through, I did my best to make her talk to pienso him. My aunt always talked well, but she quito excelled herself in conversation that night. I saw that Mr. Devereux was interest? ed, and I was delighted with the suc? cess of my secret plan. In tho couran o? tue evening, John Aubrey, my lover, came in. Of I course, I claimed John as my lover, I for, though ho was a nico young man of twenty-seven, and I a mero child of a girl, hardly sixteen, he lind beanxed me to parties and concerts all one winter, and told me a dozen times that I was the sweetest, pret? tiest and most lovely girl in all Hart? ford. So that, when John came in, I went and sat down by him in a cosy corner, and left Aunt Katharine to entertain Mr. Devereux-^-a plan which I thought nt first seemed to suit all around. But, after a little time, I saw John casting uneasy glances toward the place where Mr. Devereux, looking superbly handsome, sat talking with my aunt. "You needn't be jealous of him, John,"I said; "ho's only my teacher." John started and leaned back in his seat without saying a word. Neither of the gentlemen stayed very late, John going away directly after Mr. Devereux, and I went to my room elated with my prosperity, or rather tho prosperity of my plans. I did not need assistance in my studies befere Mr. Devereux came again, and after a short time it came to be a regular thing for him to spend an evening once or twice a week with us. "With us, I say, because I could see that, though ho admired my Aunt Katharine very much, he had too good taste to monopolize her company entirely, to the exclusion of mine. I enjoyed those evenings very much. It seemed to me that Mr. Devereux grew remarkably agreeable very fast. Sometimes John would come in, but John seemed to have grown strange and moody of late. I thought it was because Mr. Devereux was at our house so much, and en? deavored to please him by extra attention when he did spend an even? ing with ns, but it didn't seem to be of much use. I resented his silence and inattention to mo one night, and after that ho didn't come to us for nearly a month. But we seemed to get along just as well without him at least, I did, though Aunt Katha? rine asked me a number of times about the cause of his absence. "He is sulky, I suppose. Don't fret about me, Aunt Katharine; it don't trouble me at all," I said. A few evenings after, John made his appearance, and entered the par? lor where Mr. Devereux and I sat playing chess, while my aunt was writing a letter at a side table. I thought it would bo rather awkward for him at first, but ho came forward easily, and after speaking to Mr. Devereux and myself, crossed the room and seated himself by my aunt. Pleased with this arrangement, 1 devoted myself to my game, and did noP look around for somo half an hour afterward, when my attention was attracted by the sound of John Aubrey's voice, which, though low, was remarkably earnest and emphatic, I turned my head and gazed in won der. My aunt's cheeks were flusher crimson, and John's face, as seen bj me for an instant, was palo and agi tated. I turned to Mr. Devereux ir astonishment, but ho only smiler slightly, made a move, and ther waited for mo to do tho same. Bu I could not play from excitemou caused by the scene I had observed t moment before, and lost tho gam< through inattention. "Shall wo play again?" said Mr Devereux. I shook my head, and ho replacei tho pieces in a box, and then took U] a book. The next moment Joh] arose, and my annt went with him t< the door. She did not come back fo some time, and when sho did, Mr Devoroux was preparing to go. H looked up quickly at her entrance and then asked ncr laughingly, ii i was amicably settled, and if h might congratulated her? Sh blushed, but said, "Yes, at som other timo," and bade him good night. I had stood by in round eyed wonder and bewilderment. "When the door closed on him m; amit looked steadily at mo for a mo ment, then laughed, and finally burs into hysteric tears. I was frightened She put her arm about me. "Addie, aro you sure yon didn' , like John?" she asked. "I believe I did a little last winier but 1 don't at all now." . i "Are you nure?" "Quite sure," I sullen-" "Wait-doyou know who you aro talking to?" "What do you mean, Katharine?" "I am John Aubrey's betrothed Wife, Addie!" and she laughed and then cried again. I stood mutely staring her. At last I found words to say: "Why, Aunt Katharine, I thought it waa I whom John was in love with 1" She shook her head. "And I thought Mr. Devoren x was in love with yon !" "You must ask him about that," sho said, smiling through her tears. And I did ask him the next even? ing, while we stood by an open win? dow, and my Aunt Katharine sat by John Aubroy, in the cosy corner, where I used to sit with him. "?? it possible that you haven't been courting Aunt Katharine, all the time, Mr. Deveroux ?" I said. How ho laughed 1 "Ia it possible that you don't know , that I have been courting ?ou all this time ?" "Mr. Doveronx !" I exclaimed. But he wasn't jesting-and neither was I, when I promised, a year later, to "Love, honor and obey him," through lifo. John Aubrey and my Aunt Katha? rine were married at tho same time, which my aunt said was a great sav? ing of trouble and wedding cake. Charleston Advertisements. IMPORTANT TO SHIPPERS OF COTTON. &C. replied; "ho is so COLUMBIA, S. C, TO BALTIMORE, VIA CHARLESTON, S. C. TUE SPLENDID 8C11EW STEAMSHIPS FALCON, - - E. C. REED, Coni'r. SEA GULL, - N. F. DUTTON, Com'r. OF largo carding capacity, making avorago trips ot fifty-?vo to sixty hours, leave Charleston once a week for Baltimore, and offer superior facilities for through freights to and from that port. Address COURTENAY Sc TRENHOLM, Shipping and Commission Merchants, Union Wharves, Charleston, 8. C. Or, MORDECAI & CO., Agents, Sept 24 tufCmo Baltimore. Md._ MRS. JOHN "LAURENS'" BOARDING SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES, IN CHARLESTON, will re /fLS^A sumo ita exercises OCTOBER eiOOB?*~ 1. at tho corner of Wentworth ^HKKSand Smith streets. English, jWijfr Frcucii, Music, Dancing, Draw m^sJP ing, and the accomplishments of a polite education, will be thoroughly taught, and a careful attention given to the formation of tho young ladies' man? ners and conversation. WEEKLY SOIREES will be given alter? nately for MUSIC and DANCING. For terms and particulars, address Mas. J. LAURENS, September 1 3mo Charleston. MILLS H0??8E, CHARLESTON, S. C. THIS well-known FIRST-CLASS ujn| HOTEL has been thoroughly rcpair JUilLod, refitted and refurnished, and is now ready for the accommodation of tho traveling public, whose patronage is re? spectfully solicitod. The proprietor promises to do all in bis power for the comfort of his guests. March 21 JOSEPH PURCELI^Prop'r._ Charleston Hotel, CHAULES TO If, S. C. COACHES always in readiness to convey passengers to and from tho Hotel. Feb 2C WHITE A MIXER, Proprietors. Livery and Sale Stables, _ CHALMERS STREET, ftiife. Charleston, S. C. DEI-CjJC?Jt' ^WlGHEN St BAKER, Pro-^^SE ? I /I prietors. Carriages, Phtetons, Bug? gies and Saddle Horses to hire, at all hours. Mules and Horses for sale. Fob 27 New York Advertisements. STEVENS HOUSE, 21,23, 25 AND 27 BROADWAY, N. Y. OPPOSITE BOWLINO OUEEN. ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN. THE STEVENS HOUSE is well and widely known to tho traveling public. Tho location is especially suitablo to mer? chants and business men; it is in closo proximity to tho business part of tho city, is on th? highway of Southern and West? ern travel, and adjacent to all thu princi? pal railroad and steamboat depots. Tito Stovene House has liberal acconi- j modation for over 300 guests; it is well fur? nished, and possesses every modern improvement for tho comfort and enter? tainment of its inmatos. The roomB hav? ing been refurnished and remodeled, wo aro ouablcd to offer extra facilities for the comfort and pleasure of our guests. The rooms are spacious and woll ventilated provided with gas and water; tho attend? ance is prompt and respectful, and tho tablo is generously provided y?iu overy delicacy or tho season-at moderato rates. GEO. K. CHASE St CO., May 31 Cmo_Proprietors. SOUTHERN BANK NOTES! SOUTHERN SECURITIES! Bought and sold on commission hy LAWRENCE, BROS. & CO., BANKERS, NO. 16 WALL STREET, NEW YORK. MONEY received on deposit from banks, bankers, merchants and others. Or? ders in Gold. Government and other Secu? rities ox oe ti tod at the regular Stock Ex? change by a member of tho firm. Consign? ments of Cotton solicited. April ? DaWrrr 0. LAWBEHCE. JOCK R. CECIL. Oraos J. LAWBBKOB. WM. A. HALSTED COLUMBIA, S. O - THE "UNIV?JESAL" SA.W GIN AND CONDENSER. mHEY gin PA8TER, CLEANER, and na iko a hotter SAMPLE than any Gins in tho X oountry, with tho Bamo power. They havo been adopted by the East India Cotton Agency Company, by tho Manchester Cotton Supply Asoociation, by tho Viceroy of I Egrpti and by tho Oovernments of Turkey, Brazil, Italy, Grccco and India, in their efforts to raino this staplo in their midst; and their merits are even more fully under? stood by those using them in our own country daring tho last two years. COTTON OPENERS, DEDERICK'S COTTON AND HAY PRESSES, WORLD RENOWNED PREMIUM GRAIN DRILL, WITH THE IMPROVED GUANO ATTACHMENT AND GRASS SEED SOWERS. Tho PLANTER'S FAVORITE-tho desideratum of seeders-perfect in mechanical construction; perfect in its performance of work; no hunching or grain; no liability of | gotting out of order or broken. WALTER A. WOOD'S SELF-RAKE REAPER AND NEW JOINTED BAR MOWER COMBINED. These machines have been awarded tho highest prizes ever offered in England, Franco and America, viz: International Exhibition Medal, London, 1802; International Exhibition Modal, Dublin, 1865; besides being triumphant at tho recont Pari H Exposi? tion, Paris, 1807. Tho Wood's Self-Rako Reaper and Mower has rocoivod more than ono hundred and fifty Gold and Silver Medals and First-Class Prizes, establishing their great superiority over all other machines. Combining light draught, close cutting, simplicity in construction, portability, Ac, they aro unequaled. REYNOLDS' TURBINE WATER WHEELS, SAW MILLS, Portable and Stationery EUREKA BRICK MACHINE COMPANY, RUMSEY & CO'S CELEBRATED PUMPS AND BELLS. LEVEE STUMP SSTKAOT?R. Tho Pioneer Stump ruller and Rock Lifter, to raise twenty-live thousand pounds. First groat power. Two men sufficient OTIS LIGHTNING ROD COMPANY, HOWO'B Standard SCALES and COTTON BEAMS, Eureka Agricultural Works Pbyfer Plow, Albany Packham's Georgia Cotton Seed Planter, Sancho Panza Wind-Mill Company, Empire Shingle Machine Company, The Portable and Stationery Engine Company. RICHARDSON, MERRIAM & CO.'S WOOD WORKING MACHINERY, Oliver & Co.'s Rubber and Leather Belting, ALL KINDS OF HOSE, Grant Fan Mill and Cradle Company, SULKY CULTIVATORS, "Nonpareil" Washing Machine Company, Boyer & Bro.'s Premium Farm Grist Mills. Triple Geared, Lever and Endless Railway HORSE POWERS, Threshing Machines, Cleaners and Separators, combined. ALSO, CORN SHELLERS, Magic, Lover and Hide Roll Feed Cutters and Plows, Reversible and Expanding Cultivators, LITTLE GIANT CORN MILLS, WHEEL BARROWS. Recommendations by tho best partios throughout the State, who have purchased andi used many of the above machines, are constantly coming to hand. Continued uso is a guarantee of satisfaction. Call and examine machines in operation, and leave your orders. Terms accommodating, at Manufacturer's prices, freight added. Descriptive catalogues and circulars sent on application. Agents wanted wherever none aro ap? pointed. A. R. COLTON, Proprietor. XV. I?. LOWRANCE, Manager. ?ept 2G EXCLUSIVE MANUFACTURERS OF THE " UNIVERSAL " COTTON GIN ANO CONDENSER, INVENTED AND PATENTED DY HORACE li. EMERY. THESE GINS and CONDENSERS are adaptod for running right or left hand, and for either HAND, HOR8E, STEAM or WATER POWER, andin points of SIMPLI? CITY, DURABILITY, EFFICIENCY and ECONOMY, they havo PROVED themselves SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS IN USE. AIBO, COMPLETE PORTABLE COTTON GINNING OUTFITS, adapted for traveling about and TOLL GINNING, Emory's Endless Chain and Lever Horse Powers, Tress? ing Machines, Cotton Prosses, Saw Mills, oto., ?te., sil of which can be seen lu practi? cal operation at the SOUTH CAROLINA COTTON GIN WAREHOUSE. A. E. COLTON, General Agent, Near Greenville and Charleston Railroad Depots, Columbia, 8. C. KJ~ Call tad examine or send for circulars. Sept 22 Offlee North Carolina Railroad Co-j COMPANY SHOPS, N. C., * O CTOBEB 17, 1867. ON and after this date, tho following will be tho schedule for PASSENGER TRAINS over tbis road: Leave Charlotte daily at.9.40 p. m. " Greensboro at.4.11 a. m. " Raleigh at.10.00 " Arrive at Goldsboro at.2.00 p. m. Leave Goldsboro at.12.22 *. " Raleigh at. 3.50 " " Greensboro at. 9.10 *' Arrive at Charlotte at. 2.54 a. m. Through Passengers by this line havo choice of routes via Greensboro and Dr.n viUo to Richmond, or via Raleigh and Wol I don to Richmond or Portsmouth; arriving at aU points North of Richmond at the same time by either route. Close connec? tion is mado with the Passenger Trains on tho Wilmington and Weldon Railroad to and from Wilmington, and by Freight Train to Weldon. JAS. ANDERSON. _?otJiR_Superintendent. Greenville and Columbia Railroad ?niiiir;,'*? CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. ON and after MONDAY, the 21st instant, Passenger Trains will run daily, Sun? days excepted, as follows: Loave Columbia at.. 5.40 a.m. " Alston at.7.30 M M Newberry at.9.25 M Arrive at Abbeville at.2.15 p. m. " at Anderson at.4.08 " " at GreMiv?le at.5.00 " Leave Greenville at. 3.30 a. m. " Anderson at.4.20 " M Abbeville at. 6.05 " M Newberry at.10.53 " Arrive at Alston at.12.35 p. m. 41 at Columbia at. 2.30 " Trains on tho Blue Ridge Railroad will leave Anderson Monday, Wednesday and Friday-returning, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, as follows: Leave Anderson at.4.10 p. m. " Pendleton at.5.10 " Arrivo at Walhalla at.6.30 M Leave Walhalla at.1.30 a. m. " Pendleton at.3.10 .? Arrivo at Anderson at.4.10 M Connections made with tho 3 P. M. Down Trains and 5 A. M. Up Trains of tho South Carolina Railroad._Oct 17 SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD? GENERAL SUP'TS OFFICE, CHARLESTON, 8. C., October 3, 1867. ON and after OCTOBER 6, 1867, tho Passenger Trains on tho South Caro? lina Railroad will run as follows, viz: Leave Charleston for Columbia. 4.30 a. m. Arrive at Kingsville.11.15 a. m. Loave Kingsville.11.40 a. m. Arrivo at Columbia. 1.10 p. m. Leave Columbia.10.00 a. m. Arrive at Kingsville.11.85 a. m. Lcavo Kingsville.12.05 p. m. Arrivo at Charleston.7.05 p. m. Leave Charleston for Augusta. .10.40 a. m. Aarivo at Augusta.7.40 p. m. Leave Augusta. 8.40 a. m. Arrive at Charleston.12.20 p. m. Tho Passenger Train on the Camden Branoh will connect with up and down Columbia Trains and Wilmington and Man? chester Railroad Trains on MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAY8.' Night Express Freight and Passenger Accommodation Train will run as follows, on and after the bth inst., viz: Leave Charleston for Columbia. .6.40 p. m. Arrivo at Columbia.5.00 a. m. Leave Columbia. 3.00 p. m. Arrive at Charleston.3.20 a.m. Leave Charleston for Augusta.. .7.30 p. m. Arrive at Augusta.6.60 a. m. Leave Augusta.4.10 p. m. Arrivo at Charleston.4.00 a? m. Oct5 H. T. PEAKE, Gen'l Bnp't. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Charlotte & South Carolina R. R. Co. SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, COLUMBIA, 8. C., October 5, 1867. ON and after SUNDAY next, the 6th in? stant, tho Trains over this Road will run as follows: Loave Columbia at. 1.40 p. m. arrive at Charlotte at.9.40 p. m. Leave Charlotte at. 2.55 a. m. Arrive at Columbia at.9.40 a. m. Making close connection for all pointe North and South, as follows: Leave Columbia.1.40 p. m. Leave Charlotte.10.00 p. m. Lcavo Greensboro.5.15 a. m. Arrive Richmond.4.45 p. m. Leave Richmond.9.45 p. m. Arrivo Washington.6.15 a. m. Leave Washington.7.45 a. m. Arrive Baltimore..9.10 a. m. Arrivo Philadelphia.1.32 p. m. Arrive Now York.5.10 p. m. Passengers taking this route, going Northjhave choice of route from Greens? boro, Weldon or Portsmouth. HW Tickets good over either route. Baggage checked through. For THROUGH TICKETS to Richmond. Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Now York, ap?lv at Ticket Oflico, foot Blan ding street. " CALEB BOUKN1GHT, Oct 5_Supennterident^_ Laurena Railroad-New Schedule. OFFICE LAURENS RAILROAD, LAITBENS C. H., 8. C., July 12, 1867. ON and after MONDAY, 22d instant, tho trains will run over this Road as fol? lows, until further notice: Leave Laurene at 5 o'clock a. m. on Mon? day?, Wednesdays and Fridays, and arrive at "Newberry at ll o'clock a. m. Leave Newberry on Mondays, Wednes? days and Fridays, at fifty minutes after 12 o'clock, connecting with both trams on tho Greenville and Columbia Railroad at Holo ua.Shops. JOSEPH CREWS, Sup't. _July 16___ Oar Bulletin Board -Arrivals. LIFE FOR THE HAIR, a new articlo, to make beautiful hair, and restore it, when grey, to its natural color i ftisurmig Fluid has arrived. Jar Corks, for Pickle and Preserve .fare. Spices for Pickling. Baker's Broma and Cocoa. Lunion Syrup and Tamarinds. Jn,-V 27 FISHER ft HEINITBH. Harvey's Rat and Hice Paste. G KT Jill) OF THE FA TS. HARVEY'S RAT PASTE exterminates Rats, Mice, Roaches and Ants from your store-room, corn houses or cribs, your kitchens, your houses; saves you mo? ney ia providing for these thieves; a sure euro for thoso depredators and destroyers. For eale by FISHER & HEINIT8I?, Aug 7 Druggists. BILLIARDS. eENTLEMEN who aro fond of tho above GAME, will find a splendid SALOON over the store of Sept 15 JOHN C. SEEGERS A CO.