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Foreign New?. MONTREAL, MUT 14.-Information bas hoon received here that tho English Privy Council ia considering the abandonment of all the colonies except India. CITY OF MEXICO, May 6:-The Sinaloa revolutionists were routed and fled td the mountains. Tho State of Guaunjuaneto is hostile and defies the ministry. The propo? sition to issue greenbacks meets with great opposition. -o Washington X?WK. WASHINGTON, May II.-The Grapeshot was at Beaufort, S. C., on the 12th. loaded with arms and ammunition. She regularly bleared for Falmouth. The revenue officers decline to interfere. There was a full Cabinet meeting to-day. The proclamation for tho Virginia election will bo issuod to-morrow. The Otb of July is the eleetion day. It has been determined to send Sickles to Spain; Close contraction of neutrality laws will be enforced regarding Cuba. Their plain mandates will > e obeyed and nothing more. Creswell has re-orgaiiizod tho special mail service. The country baa been divided iuto six divisions. The third division comprises Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Flotilla, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana-Superintendent C. J. French. The Third District includes Kentucky and Tennessee-Col. Murki and, Superintendent. The sixth division includes Texas, superin? tendency vacaut. Superintendents are re? sponsible for postal affairs over the whole of their divisions. Commodore A. H. Adams died of paraly? sis, to-day. -o Domettttc News. NEW YORK, May 14.-The French steam frigate Siemrauns, tifteeu days from St. Thomas, arrived here to-day, having on board Bear Admiral 13. Megrech. command? ing the French West India squadron. United States Marshal Barlow expresses his opinion that no regular organized, armed and equipped expedition has sailed from this port for Cuba since the commence? ment of the war. He believes that many Eersons have taken passago for Cuba, per aps to assist the revolutionists, and also much war material has been shipped, but men went ostensibly as passengers, and mu? nitions ns freight. FINANCIAL! AND COMMERCIAL. NEW YORK, May ii-Noon.-Money easy, at 6@7. Sterling 9*4. Gold 3SS?. Flour 5o. lower. Wheat lc. lower." Com 2(7?3c. better. Pork-now mess 31.00. Cotton Bteady, at 28^. 7 P. M.-Cotton steady, willi sales of 4,200 bales, at 28%. Flour dull-superfine 5.75@6.00; common to fair extra Southern 6.G0(<^7.00. Wheat dull. Corn very scarce -mixed Western, new, 80@87. Pork firm, at 31.00. Lard quiet-kettle 18??@18?4. Whiskey in moderate request, at 96@97. Bice dull. Sugar firm-Muscovado ll 121,<. Coffee dull. Molasses quiet and steady-Porto Rico 6S($72. Freights firm. Money easy and unchanged. Gold firm and higher-closed at 89W@39>?. CINCINNATI, May 14.-Whiskey firm, at 95. Mess pork quiet, at 30. Bacon in fair demand, with sales of 135 hbds. in lots shoulders 13; clear rib sides 1G; clear sides 16?. Lard held at 173^17^. NEW ORLEANS, May 14.-Cotton sales to? day 2,500 bales; for tho week 11,900; prices unohanged-middlings 28,,4'(</ 28|.?. Gold 37)*'. Flour doll-superfine 5.37 % ; double 5.62; treble 6.25. Corn-white. 75; yellow 79. Pork nominal, at 32.25. Bacon-job? bing 13>.<@17?.j. Sugar-common 9}.<@ 10>?; prime 13).,. MOBILE, Mav 14.-Cotton receipts for the week 2,458 bales. Stock 33,114; sales of the wreck 4,000; sales to-day 500; market quiet-low middling 26).i; receipts 377. SAVANNAH, May 14.-Cotton quiet but steady; sales 250 bales-middlings 27; re? ceipts 568. AUGUSTA, May 14.-Cotton market a shade \ firmer; sales '1G0 bales; receipts 120-mid- j dliugs 26)?. The weather is cool and in-' jurious to the cotton crop. CHARLESTON, May 14.-Cotton quiet;! sales 250 bales-middlings 27'.i; receipts 389. LONDON, May 14-3 P. M.-Consols 92\. Bonds 19%. LONDON, May 14-Evening.-Consols 925?. Bonds 78%: ?IHYEBPOOL, May 14-3 P. M.-Cotton quiet-uplands 11).<; Orleans ll7g. Sales of the week 52,000 bales; exports 7,000; speculation 3,000; stock 374,000, of which 183,000 is American. Shipments from Bom? bay to the 8th, since Inst report, 80.000 bales. LIVERPOOL, May l-l-Evening.-Cotton a shade easier-uplands ll; Orleans 117s? sales 8,000 bales. DOWN WITH WHITE MEN.-Fred. Doug- I lass; the negro 3pouter and politician, hus ! two sons (at least) in Government employ here. Ono is in tho Treasury, quietly at Work at his desk os a clerk; the other has been assigned to "a case" at tho National Printing Office There may bo some trou? ble in respect to the last-named "case." I understand the printers outside of the Go? vernment office aro in a majority in this city. Among tho rules of their "Associa? tion" is ono prohibiting any others than members from employment in auy recog? nized office Another prohibits a negro from membership. It remains to be seen whether the Government is prepared to run a tilt against the mechanical associations of ! tho country to tho extent of ignoring them altogether. Two white radicals wore re? moved to make room for these two negroes. [Washington Cor. Baltimore Gazette. -0 A table of interest Tho dinner-table. COLUMBIA MARKET. Report for W?eJfc en?vtng Friday,?Hay ?4,*18G9. PHIEXIX Offioe; O?ttTTXBiA, May ?5, 1800.-Tho cotton market has boen very ?lull during the past week, and consequently we are unahie to give any quotations. No change i:*. oilier articles of country produce. The following aro haying rate* of South Caro? lina Bank Noten, prepared hy Gregg. Palmer & Co., Brokera: Bank of C un?>ti -TS*) Exchange.10 Bank of Charleston. .67 Flautera' . 5 Bank of Cheater. 8 | Farmers and ExchaugeO Bank of Georgetown. 10 , State. Bank ot Newlierry.. .70 Union.. Bunk South Carolina .15 I So.Wwtern Ii. R..oid,5U State .South Caro. old,45 j People's.75 Stato South Car. itew.10; Planters and alechan.70 Ilaniburg... .>'. ? Merchants'.S Commercial. ll \\ )\<>l, sui. Price* Cnrrci.t. CORRECTED WKKKLY UE ' 'OL UM BIA .';.*. i ?ID OF T APPLES, (.(bua.l 25*31 50 I M. .:....<.-:.-.?.':..:..?..<.(;.' cTo Baootso,Gunny,23 , Noworh ai..il Ot)?! .!??> Dundee f)yd.... ((025 | Sus ir House.?3$?l 23 BALE ROPE. Manilla,t(?20 j NAILS, ,?. Keg..6 00(^07 00 K.Y.oi'\Ves.l31t>. 10^13 i ONIONS, c't u.-.l2Y<a 00 BUTTER, Norther II.. ?ft30 j On.,K< ro*?:r.e,$>g.v?'?.75 Count rv. t' lb..."?.!."? I Machiuerv... .75*3100 BACON. Haina ...20<?$23 1'OULTI.Y, Ducks, Sides, 1Mb. 1332t) | t'urk-jys _...3 00 Shoulders... . ll> <??17 j Chick?.!. < ... 23@30 BRICKS, {11,001 .. .?ftfla . - CANDLES, Sperm. 4??'?f7u | SPECIE. 1343 Adamantine, f?.2l@25 >HM . . . 1 2031 23 Tallow.14310 I I 'or.vi IES. l?-i*h.73*31 25 COTTON ?ARN..2 00*3)2 20 I Sw.>et.bn?h 1 P031 1? COTTON,Strict Mid."frt27*< B. Carolina.il?. 11^10 Middling ...233@26" Ua.*r Indi. LowMiddl'g, 25 ?23Ji j SK<>T. phau. 3 25(38 50 GoodOrdinrv,23}321"i SALT. L>ix*erp'i.2 70ftf3 00 Ordinary...*..22 <<i 23 I SOAP! ;M> . ...7AT<?11 CHEKSE, L. D. Y>..20323 j SPIRIT?, Aleuh d.gai.5 00 f'actorv. ir.'?ct? ! Uraiiilv .. 4 00(^12 00 Co; rsi:, hio,*f? lt?..22320 ! H?-:*. md * rixt.5 003700 Laguayra.27.V.2!? | Kn\ .!.:..,.:.. 200(3300 Java .'.:>7": i*Jl Jam'ii linus li 00*07 00 FLO?R,COUU.12<10<^13(M) S.-E " ..20J3300 Northern.. 8 00*314 00 | I.! -.v. a-kev,3 50@4 50 GRAIN, Corn, .1 is^l 25 . MO . . g'ii hi2M)rc?.4U0 Wheat _->C0''?2 50 1 Rectifie.! . .123*31 75 Oats.1 tWi?l 10 I SuOAR, CruaM, t?..!..?." 20 Peas.1 10@l 20 Powdered .. . 19320 HAY. Northern, $*cwt. Brown...12*317 Eastern. | STARCH, %l?h. ...10(3121 HlOES,Drv,V!n .12-s ; TEA, Gleen, "..1 00320U Oreen..*.. . ..'.''(til Black.100(3)150 IXDioo, Car ilini .1'".! .;."> i I ?DA o,Chew..51 @l 25 LARD, f)!ti.2>> fd'. , Smoking, ytb.5031 00 LUMBER, Ords, 100 f.? 50 ' VINEOAR, vVine,g.7U@75 Scantling. 15")' Cider .50300 Simmies, in.?ion..2 75 French ...125(3150 LIME, $J bbl.. .'i 70*32 8.? v. INK,Chat. . g.2538200 MEATS, Purk, c".... 15.J I L'ort, -pigal. .300(35 00 Beer.Sft?ll I Sherrv . . 3 503600 Mutton.15 i Madeira .. .:> 50?0 00 COMING REFORMS.-lu 1821,Talleyrand, iu the French Chamber of Peers, defended the liberty of the press, then imperiled by the violence of a party restored to power not long before, in iuugnage which Congress? men may well gravely consider. He said: "There is some one who hus more intelli? gence tbau Voltaire, more iutelligence than Bonaparte,more intelligence tuan each of the directors, than each of the ministers, past, present and to come. Tbatsomeone is every? body. To engage in, or least to persist in a struggle against what, according to general belief, is a public iutorest. is a political fault, and at this day all political faults are dangerous." . . We observe with wonder the formatiou of those leagues in favor of high tariffs which, under various specious names, are beiug formed iu manufacturing districts. They are, palpably, organizations of capital against the interests ot' labor, and they are provokiug controversies which will array the masses agaiust the capital thus em? ployed. It is idle to pretend that the exi? gency of tho public debt requires the conti? nued imposition of the enormous duties which make the necessaries of life to-day as expeusive as were the luxuries of the rich some ten years siuce. Everybody bas learned that these enor? mous duties do not increase the revenue of the country. Everybody knows that the ? obstacle which they oppose to tho commerce aud industry of the country delays signally the rapid decrease of the national debt. I Everybody knows that such duties enrich ? the manufacturer, whoso wares are thus eu- ! hanced in value, aud impoverish the Go? vernment and its citizens. Everybody feels that the clear statements of Mr. Wells, the j United States Special Commissioner of Re venue, weighty as they are, fall short of a j thorough exposition of the radical mischiefs ! to which they refer, and deal more leniently than they ought with tho machinery which has prodnced such pernicious results. And it is no less obvious that everybody, feeling the inconvenience and oppression of a taxa? tion so profitless to the nation, and realizing that tho party creeds of the da}' aro now without practical significance, is making ready to support some new movement founded upon a purpose to reform legisla? tion now oppressing industry in all its walks. - Urdtimore Sun. BAGGAGE.-It has just been decided ia the Supreme Court that travelers must withdraw their baggage from the keeping of railroad companies upon arrival; that the companies are under no obligation to store tho baggage, and aro not liable for its I loss if "not removed within a reasonable) time." As this is very different from tho ; system in Europe, European travelers should especially take notice of it. Our railroads, of course, are rim on too hifalutin ! a scale for the managers to think of such a trifle as accommodating the public on the trunk question.-Neio Vori: Herald. -o ANNEXATION OF CANADA.-Intelligence re- j ceived in this city states that a majority of I the anti-Unionists, or repealers, as they are called, of Canada, will, early in the sum mer, openly advocato the auoexation of the j New Dominion to the United-States. A j general auti-Union convention is to be held injune, and nt that time the annexation'; party is to develop itself. [ Washington Chronicle. The New York Legislature has adjourned, ! full of days and iniquity. Its last job was j to raise the New York city tax levy from $5,600,000 to $9,200,00'J. ! THE WAH IN N?W ZEALAND.-Tho bloody struggle between tho English settlers ana the natives, in the island of New Zealand, may Be considered-as about concluded. Vic? tory, of course, remains with civilization the settlers nave absolutely conquered the savages. Tba terrible massacre of the whites at Poverty Bay, some four or five months since, started tbe conflict. Boused to despe? ration and vengeance, the English popula lotion, left unaided by the departure of all the troops for Britain, concentrated their little strength and boldly penetrated the country of tho natives, found and destroyed the savage strongholds, and conquered a peace by capture aud slaughter. It was not only a single band or tribe of the natives that had risen in rebellion-the entire island was the theatre of war. Thc most vigor? ous measures were adopted, and theso have prevailed. The principal chief of the sa? vages, a most blood-thirsty niau, (tho insti? gator of the Poverty Bay horror,) was shot iuau engagement, and with him expired the hopes of his followers. Some 150 or 200 prisoners now remain in the hands of the colonists. Many deni aud the execution of the whole number, but others, whose coun? sel will likely prevail, bay that civilization and bumauity protest against such a whole? sale taking of lite. Still, even these lattei hardly kuow what to do with the captives. Hoid them as prisoners they cannot, aud tc allow them their liberty seems a defeating of just retribution. The chances are, how? ever, that their lives will not be takeu. [ Ph Untie:?ii< iii Jnyuirer. -o CASUALTY.-We are pained to learn that, during tho storm yesterday afternoon. ? young man, son of Mrs. Sarah Shockly living about eight O? nine miles from thc city, was killed by a falliug building. Hi was asleep at the time the building was blown down, aud the timber falliug on bim broke his back, arm and neck. His siste was also injured, but not seriously. Tho storm seems to have been very de structive iu the vicinity, as the out-building of Mrs. Kenuemur and James Wynn wer blown down, trees uprooted and fence levelled. Ot course, the planting interest there must have also suffered terribly. [Greenvale Maui taineer. -o Enter-jury with verdict. "We find th prisouer (an Irishman) guilty of murder i the first degree, and would recommend hil to the clemency of the court." The Judge, after pronouncing the deat seutenee, addressed Pat as follows: "You have heard your seutenee, butbeiu au old mau, the court grants you the privi lege of choosiug your maimer of death." ..Faith, aud von can't be iu earnest," sai Pat. "By my honor as Judge," was the repl; "Ooh," said Pat, "and then I'll be aft) dying by old age lu my bed." -o The declared purpose of Secretary Bou well to pay the national debt at the rate < $1,000,000 a week, to begin with the pa; meut of the first million this week, pr duced un immediate and stimulating ene on tho prices of tho different classes of O verumeut bonds, in both foreign and d inestic markets. Five-twenties had a vanced 1)? per cent, in tho Loudon mark on Monday, and iu this market register* five-twenties rose l~rt. [ Washington E.'?-ress. -o The Nevada City (Cal.) Gazette coinplai that the assessors of Yuba and other Cou ties in that State are in the habit of pieki up strangers and assessing them for t horses they ride, the buggies they ride i and so on. "Yuba Dam" is located in tl Coautj*. and strangers sometimes pronoun the name with a heartiness slightly indi? ti ve of profanity. BEATS THE SIAMESE TWISS.-A lits tts ; titra?, in the shape ot* a four-legged child, on exhibition in Padueah, Kentucky, has been pronounced by Dis. Jos. Joi and Paull'. Eve, of Nashville,jto be a mt curious manifestation of the powers of : ture than tho Siamose twins. THE COTTON Pr.osrECT.-We regret learn that the cool aud unseasonable weatl of the past month has had a damaging fluence on the cotton in this spction. serious has been tboeflect, that many of i planters have bad to plough up their eui crop and plaut again. [Greenville Mountaineer A cook in New York has given notice the family in which she is employed t! she has made up. her mind to go to N port this summer, and if the family will there, she will stay with them; otherw sho must leave. Tho latest idea for fashionable churc is a retiring room, like that of the Of house, whero ladies can leavo their clot parasols, <fcc, and, thus disencumbei listen to the Word in all the glory of < geous raiment. Tho last spike was driven in the Pat Railroad pu "Monday, at 11.45, San FJ cisco time. The stroke of tho barnine Promontory Summit rung tho Sau Fi cisco City Hall bell and fired a fifteen-i guu by telegraphic attachment. It is noted that while New Englam relatively losing ground, as regards tho tive population, a new emigration f Canada is filling up the vacancies made the emigration of New Englanders W ward. Two London clergymen approprii their sermons from the same source a Sundays siuce, and had the satisfaotio seeiug them printed simultaneously i Monday morning paper. Judges Green and Rutland have folio the lead of Judge Carpenter, in deci< that the homestead law does not prc from levy and sale any land, when the ju ment is older than the law. A project ?9 on foot in Europe to bui railroad from Europe to Pekin, China! The P?e> Jubile*. The Beaton . .Copimercial Bulletin delivers itself of the following puns-good, bad ana indifferent-on'the coming peace jubilee. The great peace jubilee, which is to take place in Boston, in June, is now the all-en? grossing topic: The petitioners against the use of the Parade Ground wore opposed to common music. The Executive Committee have preserved harmony by fixing npon St. James I Park for the Colisonm. I "An omnibus runs through there every fifteen minutes." All sorts of surmises, expectations, ques? tions and opinions are rife, as for instance, on dil: Landlords of the leadiug hotels are ex? pected to furnish their tables with tnuiug forks'. "Musicians are already putting on airs; the most popular air at present is the East ! wind. The base ball players on tho parade ground will perform daily on the double base, an i several members of promiuent clubs have volunteered to join a catch. The liquor dealers will furnish a few spirited bars. Ladies will wear c(b)oral jewelry during I the jubilee. f A petition of unmarried ladies of Boston, that there may bo plenty of hims included in the performance, is nuder consideration. Wood-dealers volunteer several chords, tuid the dealers in marine stores ^ill con tribute the pitch for ?he orchestra iT da sired; tho butchers trombones and the fish ermeu clarion nets. A Parisian bar-keeper has announced bil willingness to furnish any number of Frencl liorna (Bourbons) at twenty cents oach. Several hautboys from the streets of Bos ton wish to be present-each with his hoe The great lyre of tho times, from Lon don, will be here as soon ns Bull Bun Bus sell arrives. The organ of Harvard College will intro duce several heavy swells. Those singers who nro most not able wil replace those not able in the chorus. Letters aro being received from music? societies in all parts of the country-th principal letters used thus far arc C sh ar and B flat. The mellow D's are expecte to be n feature of tho performance. 'The Executive Committee believe in le ters-they say "Let tis have pcaco." Therefore no war is looked for; tho onl injury even ta a letter, is the harm-on that is expected. The correspondent who wishes to know there will be chance for every one to see informed that thero certainly will be chan for every one to hear. There will be no chants for the orohestr bnt a big one for the singers. No refreshments are to bo allowed in tl Coliseum-not even ice oream-but the will be a quartette by four of the singers. We have a pendtant for tho whole affn ourselves. Editors of newspapers will have au oppc tunity (seldom offered) of meeting their 8 periors, as the committee, knowing tb most of them conduct only a single she? have made arrangements to introduco tht to gentlemen from the country who condi a whole choir. The committee will require from the pr< many tokens of their good impressions. The report that an nttempt would be ma to introduco light music by playing on fiddle with a flambeau has beeu disputed. Music will pervade everywhere; ainu every horse can. have au oat, the cats mt sick, tlie dogs bi-higb, und the cows low. -o A Northern exchange Bays: Last weel sleigh was returned to ono of our li vi stables'with a lady's fur collar in it. '1 livery man sent it to tho residence of I mau who hired tho team. Tho lady of bouse said it did not belong to her, but would keep it, aud ask Mr, - \\o\ got into the cutter. There was trouble that family. The Pacific Railroad traverses no foo territory ever cursed by slavery. I Korney's Pres: Per contra, tho Memphis aud El 1? route traverses no foot of territory e cursed by polygamy and waut of wa Cheeki- Washington Krpress. Kate was talking glowingly about lc apples. "That's strangef" exclaimed Cl lie, her accepted lover. "Why should 1 bc associated with apples? On tho ; trary, I thought that love always wen pairs." Kate smiled approvingly. The first invoico of tea from Japan, tho Pacific Railroad, has been receive St. Louis-thus inaugurating the overl trade with China and .Japan. A Georgia correspondent denies that Southern people have any idea of engat in the Cuban revolution, and says they 1 taken to planting potatoes. A sick man, who was making a h ?di howl, excused himself because tho do lind ordered him to take.port wine and b Mr. Jones was advised to get his life sured. ""Won't do it," said he; "it w bo my luck to live forever, if I should.' Tho London common council bas refi to erect either a statue or a memorial dow to the late Prince Albert. Tho railroad bridge ovor thc, Capo River, at Wilmington, N. C., willshortl completed. It is true of many persons, that 1 i memory is nothing but a row of book bang up grudges on. "Birds in theil little nests agree," bec > they would fall ont if they didn't. A nineteen ounco pickaninny is exe the wonder of the Richmond (Va.) peo j A gold nugget, weighing 210 pounds been unearthed in Australia. I Never tell yonr secrets in a corn field it has a thousand years, j Who was tbe first naval officer? No: WHAT IB AN OLD MAID?-Never be afraid of beooniin? an M??& maid," fair reider. An old maia is far moro honorable than a heartless wife; and "na^fe blessedness" is greatly superior, in point of happiness, to wedded life without wedded love. "Fall not in love, dear girls, beware," says the song. "But we do not agree with the said song on thia question. On the contrary, wo bold that it ia a good thing to fall in love, if tho loved object bo a worthy one. To fall in love with au honorable man is as proper as it is for an honorable man to fall in love with a virtuous and amiable woman; and what could be a more gratifying spectacle, oven to tho angels iu Heaven, than a sight so pure-so approaching in its devotion to tho celestial? No! fall iu love as soon as yon please, la? dies, provided it bo with a suitable person. Fall iu love aud then marry; but never marry unless 3*011 do love. That's the great point. "Never marry merely for "a home," or "a husband." Never degrade yourself by becoming a party to such au alliance. Never sell yourself, body and soul, on terms so contemptible. Love diguifies ult things; it ennobles all conditions. "With love, the marriage-rite is truly a sacrament. With? out it, the ceremony is a base fraud, and the act a human desecration. Marry for love, or not at all.' Bo an "old maid," if fortune throw not in your way tho mau of your heart; and though the witless may sneer, aud the jester may laugh, you will still haye your reward in an approving con? science hud a comparatively peaceful life. [Baltimore Home Companion. -.-o If you think that your opportunities aro not good enough, you had better inprove them. GILBERT HOLLOW, LEXINGTON COUNTY, MAY 14, 1809. Mtt. EniTon: You will please announce Doctor W. L. ADDY as a candidate for County Comniia .i mer of Lexington. His nama as a gentleman is indisputable, and his family connections, on both Hides, are of tho tirrd character. May 15 1* Extra Fine Beef and Mutton CAN bo obtained at Stall I No. 5, in the Market, TO _.DAY, and also on Monday. Fine Mutton will 1)0 furnished at the samo Stull during the balance of the week. May 15 1* In the District Court of the United States for South Carolina.-May Tenn, 1869. In tho matter of Charles Brill, of Columbia, S. C., Bankrupt.- Petition for Full and Final Dis? charge m Bankruptcy, OUDEHED, That a bearing be bad on the four? teenth day of Juno. 18G9, at Federal Court House, in Charleston. S. C.; and that all creditors, ?fcc, ot said Bankrupt appear at said time and place, and bhow causo, if any they can, why the prayer of tho petitioner should not be granted. And that tho second and third meeting of credit? ors of said Bankrupt will be held at the office of C. G. Jaeger, Eaq,, Register of Third Congres? sional District, S. C., on 12th dav of June, 1869, at 12 M. Bv order of the Court, the ISth day of Mav, 18?9. DANIEL HORLBECK, Clerk of Ibo District Court of the United Statea for South Carolina. May 15 s?.3 Charlotte and S. C. Railroad Company. TREASURER'S OFFICE, COLUMBIA, S. a, May 14, 18(59. DIVIDEND NOTICE. IN purmianco of a resolution of the Board of Di? rectors, a dividend of twenty-five per centum 011 the capital stock of this Company, payable in stocks of the Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company, (hoing share for share,) is hereby de? clared. Tho Government tax and stamps to bo paid by tho Stockholders to the uuderaigned, on dolivory of tho sorip dividend. The Transfer Book will bo closed from the 20th to the25th inst, inclusivo; and the dividend scrip will be ready for delivery at thin ollico on and after tho last named date. Stockholders, or their logalrepr?sentatives, when applying for the dividends, aro required to presotit their flock certificates. May 15 U C H. MANSON, Treasurer. ARTESIAN WELLS /; 0 /; /.; j), i> R1 L L K l) A X D ;? u a . HARBORS SOUNDED. PARTICULAR attention paid, where PURE WATER is required in large quantities for BLEACHERIES, PAPER MILLS, BREWERIES and FACTORIES. , A specialty of our business is sinking largo wells through bogs, quicksand, dc, where generally it ia considered an impossibility. In conjunction with an eminent Geologist, locali? ties aro visited and advico givon as.regards tho feasibility of obtaining Water, Oil, Goal and Mi? nerals; We nave for salo Toola of every description for prosecuting tho above work, and will send compe? tent men to any part of the country to instruct purchasers of tools in the business. Steam Engines for hoisting, drilling and pump? ing purposes constantly on band. Pumps of every description and all capacities furnished. Our Apparatus can bo used by Hand, Horse 01 Steam Power. First class references given. Tcrnia invariably cash. Address , G. E. JcE. R. PIERCE, 22 State st., Bodtou; May 15 si* Or 2fi Bromen Btrcet, East Boston. OEO. mj?qjNS' FIRE AND LIFE Insurance Agency. No. 2 "Columbia Hotel" Building, COLUMBIA. S. C. FIRE DEPA R TMENT. ?tna Life Insurance Company, Hartford, Conn. Merchants' Fire Insurance Company, Hartford, Conn. North American Fire Insurance Company, Hartford, Conn. Fire Insurance and Savings Company, Richmond, Va. A3" r.r.par.sr.vriNo A CAPITAL OK $7,000,000! jr* -0 LIFE DEPARTMENT. Arlington Mutual Life Insurance Co., Richmond, Va. The leading Life Insurance Company of tho South. All .-laima ?or losses udjusted and paid at this office. GEORGE HUGGINS, Apent. May 15 j?uao