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Foreign Nowa. Mt7M0H,-May 14.-<rhe Bavarian Grovern - ment bas issued a circuler note to tho Go vernments of Frauen, Austria, Prussia, Baden and Wurtembnrg, inviting those powers to a conference to bo held in this city for the purpose of preserving tho rights of the church against tho Stato. COPENHAGEN, May 14.-At a banquet in this city to-day, Mr. Raaslof, lately Danish Minister to Washington, who was prosent, modo a spoeoh, in which ho referred to the sale of tho Danish island in the West Indies to the United States Government. Ho said ho had great confidence in the American Senate. When negotiatious were mude, it was clbar that tho Senate would not hesitate to ratify the sale. Tho present delay is en? tirely owing to old differences between Johnson and Congress. DunniN, May 14.-The remains of Daniel O'ConneU were, to-day, reinterred in tho cemetery at Glasnevin, near this city, whore a splendid mausoleum had been prepared for thoir reception. Tho ceremonies were very imposing, and were conducted by Archbishop Cullen. Great crowds of peo? ple followed the remains to the tomb, uud it is estimated that 8,000 were present on the ground. Among the spectators were the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Messrs. Bellew and Southwell, sevoral judges, and the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Concilmon of Dublin.. VIENNA, May 15.-On the occasion of tho meeting of tho Austrian Chambors to-day, the President congratulated the members that tho situation of Austria had beou greatly improved. He referred with plea? sure to the conciliation of Hungary, and the new laws which had been enacted on Various subjects, and concluded by saying that, the Emperor protecting, nothing menaces the Constitution, if its friends aro faithful. MADRID, May 14.-lu the Constituent Cortes to-day tho session was mainly occu? pied in the consideration of tho question of a futuro form of government. Senor Orouso, ono of tho leadors of tho Republi? can party, made a long speech iu support of his amendment looking to the formation of a Federal republic. MADRID, May 17.-Cortes have rejected the proposition for a triennial regency. PARIS, May 17.-Tho law prohibiting po? litical meetings five days previous to tho elections will bo strictly enforced. Tho newspaper Pays announces a monstrous demonstration to-day, which tho prefects were instructed to disperse. The meetings are likely to lead to disturbances. LONDON, May 17.-The critical stato of affairs in Paris is variouslj' commented on by the press here. It seems to bo tho general impression, however, that tho French Go? vernment has fomentod this discontent and adopted repressive measures to stay tho dis? orders arising with a view to somo ulterior design. -o IVasIiington IVcwu. WASHINGTON, May 15.-Special Mail Agent Briggs departs to establish a free let? ter carrier system in the Southern cities. Boutwell now seems determined to stamp bonds purchased and roturned to tho De? partment Legend as tho property of tho United States held as a sinking fund, under tho law of 1862. A. P. Corbin, of Now York, a respectod millionaire, married Grant's sister, Jennie Grant. The Commissioner of Revenues decides that railroad refreshment cars are liablo for taxes on hotels, liquor dealers and tobacco sellers. The roads are liable for I '-ese threo 'taxes on each refreshment car. Tho following proclamation was issued by the President to-day: In pursuance of the provisions of the Act of Con? gress, approved April 10, 18C9, I hereby designate'the 6th day of July, 1869, as the time for submitting tko Constitution passed by tho Convention which met in Richmond, Virginia, on Tuesday, tho 3d day of Decem? ber, 1867, to the voters of said Stato, regis? tered at the dato of such submission, viz: July 6th, 1869, for ratification or rejection; and I submit to a separate vote the fourth clause of Bection 1, article III, of said Con? stitution, which is in the following words: (Insert the disqualifient ion clause.) And also submit to a separate vote the 17th section of article III of the said Constitution, which is in tho words following (Insert test oath clause.) I direct the vote to bo taken upon each of tho above provisions alone, and upon the other portions of tho said Consti? tution in the following manner, viz: Each voter favoring the ratification of tho Con? stitution excluding the provisions abovo quoted, as framed by tho Convention of December 3, 1867, shall express his judg? ment by voting "For the Constitution." Each voter favoring tho rejection of tho Constitution, excluding tho provisions abovo quoted, shall express his judgment by vot? ing "Against tho Constitution." Each voter will bo allowed to cast a separate bal? lot for or against either, or both of tho pro? visions above quoted. WASHINGTON, May 17.-The President signod Sicklos' credentials as Commissioner to-day. A delegation of Quakers from Baltimoro visited the President to-day, rolativo to the re-establishment of schools bouth, with special reference to North Carolina. --o Domeatlc N'etva. NEW YORK, May 17.-Tho Tribune stock? holders havo abolished tho oflice of manag? ing editor, giving exclusive control to Gree? ley. There is much excitement in Wall street, in consequence of tho failure of a German banking firm, Schopeler & Co., who aro largely short of gold. Tho general estimato of their short contracts on gold is $8,000, 000. It is also understood that they wero short of Government bonds, and had out a considerable amount of bills on exchange. Excitement, confusion and failnre has caused an unsettled feeling in all depart? ments. Tho gold market was the first to feel the effect, the rush to buy carrying the market up to 42%, but soon afterwards de? clined to 41%. Schepeler & Co. were large shippers of petroleum, produce and provi? sions, and heavy dealers in gold, stocks and bonds for Europe; and also had extensive credits in London and Bremen. Their lia? bilities aro extensively distributed on this side. RICHMOND, VA., May 17.-lu tho snit against tho city of Richmond, to make her redeem her small notes to the amount of $100,000, issned during tho war, Chief Jus? tice Chase decided thnt, having been issued to aid tho rebellion, they cannot bo redeem? ed. The Legislature winch authorized their issuo was de facto a Legislature, and had power to grant such authority; and had the notes beou issued for any lefral purpose, and not for tho subversion of the Government, they would bo liable to redemption. SAN FRANCISCO, May 17.-A vigorous campaign is progressing between the citi? zens and robbers in tho Mexican Pacific States. Thc robbers have been worsted and many killed. The Siunlon revolution is as? suming a serious aspect. The revolutionists captured and established their headquarters at tho town of Elfurte, where 300 troops from Sonoro joined thc insurgents. Tho Apache indiana have been driven from Ari? zona, and are devastating tho borders of So? nora and other border States. ST. Louis, May 17.-Tho first through train from Sacramento, with 500 passengers, arrived at Omaha yesterday. Tho travel West is very largo. SAVANNAH, Ga., May 17.-Thoa. Gibbs, of this city, has disappeared, leaving bo bind him liabilities to a considerable amount, but no clue to tho direction in which ho has gone. NEW ORLEANS, May 15.-The river com? menced to subside slightly here. There was considerable danger at ono point in front of tho city yesterday, but it is now lessened. NEW ORLEANS, May 17.-Tho crevasebe? low tho city is becoming worse. It is stated that tho channol washed through the levee is fifteen feet deep, and several hundred feet wide. Tho now work was washed out as fast as put in. The distauce at this point from tho river to the lake is but eight or ton miles, and it is supposed that the largo num? ber of canals and bayous will carry oil' water enough to prevent it spreading over a width of more than three or four miles. Several of tho finest plantations in St. Ber? nard Parish is submerged. It is stated that the river above the city only needed a cou? ple of inches to overflow tho highest point, and the levee, in several places near the city, is in a precarious condition. FINANCIAL. AND COMMERCIAL.. NEW YOUR, May 17.-Stocks feverish and unsettled. Money easy, at 6@7. Freights dull. Corn dull and favors buyers. Pork quiet, at 31. Lard very finn-stoam 18(0 18 ',. Cotton quiet, at 28%. Gold 141.'u. Exchaugo 9%. 7 P. M.-Cotton without decided change; sales 1,800 bales, at 2S,34. Flour rather moro active, without decided chango. Wheat l(a 2e. better, with increased export demand-wl^to Michigau 1.85. Corn heavy, and l@2c. lower-mixed Wosteru, new, 78(?o85. Pork firm. Lard firmer kettle l8}.?@lH7?. Whiskey a shade firmer, at 07(^98. Rico quiet-Carolina 8j i (a?}*. Sugar quiet. Coffee dull. Mo? lasses steady and quiet. Freights droop? ing-cotton, steam, 5-32. Money moro ac? tive, at 7. Gold active, closing buoyant, at 41%. Sterling 9>?. BALTIMORE, May 17.-Cotton quiet. Flour fairly active. Wheat dull and lower-prime valley red 2.10@2.15; prime Pennsylvania red 1.50@153. Corn firm-white 81@83; yellow 83@84. Oats heavy-7G; light G8@73. Pork quiet, at 31.50. Bacon firm. Lard 19. Whiskoy unchanged. CINCINNATI, May 17.-Whiakey firm, at 95. Pork 30.50. Bacon firm-shouldors 13; clear sides 1G%; sugar-cured hams 18(V? 19. Lard 18. NEW ORLEANS, May 17.-Cotton un? changed-middling 28>4(Ti.28J?; sales 1,800 bales; receipts since Saturday 1G2. Gold 41. Flour quiet and ensior-super 5.45; double 5.75; treble G.25. Corn higher whito 77. Pork 32.25. Bacon shoulders 13J.?; clear ribs 17J.?; clear 17%. Lard tierco 18)?@18%; keg 19)?@20. Sugar quiot-common 9}X; prime l'?)?. Molasses nominal-fermouting 35@50. Whiskey Western roctillod 85@92'.,'. Coffee-fair 15><; primo 16%(7/)17>4. MOWLE, May ?7.-Cotton firm and in good demand, with sales of 1,500 bales low middlings 2G,'.J; receipts 507. AuotJSTA, May 17.-Cotton market quiet, with salos of 187 bales-middlings 26^; re? ceipts 73. SAVANNAH, May 17.-Cotton market quiot but steady-middling nominally 27 '.j ; sales 300 bales; receipts 800. CHARLESTON, May 17.-Cotton quiot, but lower grades firmer, with sales of 400 bales -middling 27}.?(jr;27}X; receipts 198. LONDON, May 17.-Owing to tho holiday tho market was closed. INCENDIARISM.-Wo learn that tho Hebron Academy was burnt down on Monday night of last weok, believed to havo been the act of an incendiary. It is asserted from good authority that parties who wore accessory to tho burning of ibo Beaver Dam Academy, somo time last year, uttered threats at the samo time that tho Hebron Academy would ! bo tho next in dames, bocauso the white 1 people hud held Democratic meetings there ! also. Incendiarism, rapine and murdor is the ruling sjurit of tho party now in power. [Ifcnnettsville Journal. -o A traveler at tho South writes of a city there: "This city is beautifully laid out-so aro most of its capitalists." Tilt) Colored People. At the meeting of the Protestant Episco- i pal Convention in Charleston, oh Friday last, Rev. C. C. Pinckney, from the Board of Missions to Freedmeu and Colored Per? sons, read the subjoined report: The Board of Missions to the colored people respectfully report that their opera? tions during the pnst year have beeu con? fined chiefly to tho maintenance of the ! Franklin Street School in this city. Duriug 1 the year 18GS, tho school was kept up to the J Btandard recorded in our last report-ono , superintendent, twelve teachers, and au average attendance of COO scholars. As the funds from the Domestic Board in New York have been steadily decreasing, we have been obligod to curtail our operations. The superintendent and four teachers have resigned. But the school is successfully carried ou by the ladies to the entire satisfaction of the board. Religions instruction is com? bined with the daily teaching, and the clerical members of the board attend every Friday to catechise the scholars and super? vise the school. The board regret to announce to tue Con voutiou the probability of losing the build? ing in Franklin street. The Secretary of the Treasury insists upon the payment of the balance due upon the original purchase, amounting to $8,000. We see no mean i of raising the money, either at home or abroad, and unless tho amouut is raised, the building will be sold by the Govern? ment on 1st June. The board regret the necessity of giving up tho building, or suspending the school, after so satisfactory un experiment. But they see no other alternative, aud report the fact to the Convention, requesting their instructions in tho matter. The board would gladly extend its opera? tions to the wide missionary field around. But without funds, we can do un more than superviso tho school which ha) been sup? ported bj* tho Freedmen's Couniissiou of tho Protestant Episcopal Church. We have encouraging reports from many of our clergy of their labors auioug the colored race. In St. John's und ist. Stephen's 1 a rishes there are three churches, ouilt partly by the freedmen themselves, numbering re? spectively fifty, seventy-live xml eighty communicants. They eon tri bile to their pastor's support, and have giver thirty dol? lars to tho African Mission of the Protest? ant Episcopal Church. Our missionary on the const reports two chapels, provided by the colored people, where our services are sustained and whore he is welcomed aa in former years. His experience, confirmed hythe observ? ation of the Bishop, and bj- ethers of the clergy, satisfies us that the prejudices of the Inst lew j-ears are rapidly melting away be? neath the kind and Christian sympathy of their former owners, and that abundant op? portunities uro now presontedto the church of winning back their allegiance to Christ, and to the purifying influence >f His Gos? pel. It is tho special duty and province of Southern Christians to cure for the souls ol' this still dependent race. To icvive and to maintain their attachment tc our church will require wisdom, labor and patience We must train up teachers ;>f their own rnco if wo would retain our iifluenco over them, and incorporate them mire thorough? ly into the body of Christ. C. C. PIN'CKNEY. Rev. A. T. Porter offered th; following: Resolved, That the Board o! Missions tc the freedmen and colored pecple be couti nued to January 1st, after which time it lu merged in the common board of missions Ho stated that the time was placed a January 1st, in order to make some effort; to save tho Frauklin street building. Rev. Paul Trapier said that ?8,00.1 was : small sum, and ho was loath to believe tba the buildiug would bo sacrificed. If then was not money in the diocese to redeem it surely the church North, that Lad frequent ly shown its sympathy, could do somethiUj for the freedmen. ,He appealel to tho Rev A. T. Porter to know if the North could am would not come to our aid. Rov. A. T. Porter said that ho had can vassed tho North, aud had received but lit tlo encouragement. Presideut Johnson Ln> given a check for Si,000. The Freedmen' Bureau had also contributed about $5,000 General Howard assured tho speaker tho while the building was used for a colore school they would not bo troubled, and n payment had been made bej'ond $500. . recent communication from the preseut Set rotary of the Treasury stated that unless tb whole amount was paid, tho building wotil bo sold by tho 1st of June, and the $1,50 paid in bo used as reut. Ho had receutl written to General Howard, and trusted tbi some outside efforts would bo made to si cure the property. Rev. C. P. Gadsden stated that large a rears of salary woro duo tho principal au teachers, that could not bo raised. Mr. C. G. Memminger stated that he lin long ????tseeu that Ibu Northern aid woul be gradually withdrawn, aud thou urge upon tho committee tho necessity of rel ing upon themselves. Ho referred to tl condition of tho public schools, and showt that it was with great difficulty the color? children could be induced to beoomo pupil The Stato Government was opposed to tl preseut organization of the public school nnd it would have been overthrown if tl educational bill had passed. Ho thong the church should, at present, reserve i sympathy for its own kith and kin, at await tho time when the State, from i abundant resources, would make the pr vision for tho colored people herctofo mado by tho church. He trusted the tn tion would prevail. On motion, the resolution was adopted. Tho Bishop appointed Revs. John J McCullough and W. P. DuBose, Messrs. D. Palmer and W. M. Dwight, on tho Coi mittee to confer with tho Board of Ma agers of the Advancement Society. The Rev. C. P. Gadsden offered the fol? lowing: Resolved, That tho second rule of ordet be amended by adding the words "the anni? versary sermon of the Advancement Socie? ty may be preached on tho second day aftor morning prayer." Adopted. Rev. P. F. Stevens offered the following: Resolved, That a Special Committee of two clergymen aud threo laymen be ap? pointed to prepare au outline of the history of the officers of the church, wardens and vestrymen, giving their origin, establish? ment and appropriate duties, together with suggestions of additional duties which may be rightly attached to said officers. Said committee to report at the next Conven? tion. On motiou of the Rev. Paul Trnpier, the resolution was adopted, and he offered the following: Resolved, That a Committee of one cler? gyman aud one layman bo appointed to pre? pare and present to tho next Convention a statement of the steps requisite for organiz? ing congregations in conuectiou with the churches in this dioceso, as a guido to per? sons who may wish to form such congrega? tions. Adopted. -o COCK FIGHTING.-Tho lovors of this sport have had a fund of amusement during the past week, commencing ou Wednesday, at Lafayette Raco Course, and terminating yesterday. It was South Carolina against Georgia. Seventeen cocks were matched out of tweuty-ono. Tho stake on tho main was $1,000, and 5100 on each separato fight. The Georgia cocks came off victorious, win? ning eleven fights out of seventeen. A con? siderable number of "Chase photographs" aro said to have been left in thc hands of the Georgians by the Carolinians, as souve? nirs of remembrance. [Augusto Constitutionalist, lfj'.h. -o HYPOCRISY.-Wo learn from the Now York Tri',.ine that "forty freedmen's schools have been closed in Maryland, because the teachers could not find homes with white people.'' Well, believing in negro equality, why did the marms put so linea point upon lodging with white folks? asks the Augusta Constitutionalist. May Butter. , TUBS Primo Mav BUTTER. Tor ?ale hv -db May lil GEO. sYMMEKS. Hams, &c. ^/"VRAXGE" Brand HAMS, best io market. \J Puru Loni' Lard. Fulton Market Beef, Scaled Herrings. Pickletl Salmon, Smoked Tongues, .ve. For sab by GEO. SYMMERS. Champagne. JUST received a consignment of the following choice brands: LAC D OH. (.'. Heidsick and Creme de Bouzv. For ?jaie low to close. " GEO. BYMMERS. Seasonable Goods. PLATED ICE PITCHERS, Water Coolers. Ice Cream Freezers, Palmetto Fly Brushes, Chil ilren's Bath Tuba and Perambulator.-, just re? ceived and for sale at STANLEY'S. May 1?_1 Independent Fire Engine Company. __t_*afc_ THE REGULAR MONTHLY MEET jf??Ay~v'ISO of this Company will bc held THIS ._______-EVENING, at S o'clock, ut their Hall. liv order. G. T. BEUG, Secretary. Mav 18 1 Columbia Lodge No. 108, A. F. M. A REGULAR COMMUNICATION of Co rlumbia Lodge No. IDS, A. F. M., will be held, at Maaonic Hall, THIS EVENING, at 8 o'clock. By order of the Vf. M. Mav IS 1 T. P. PURSE. Sec'y. Salt! Salt! Salt! 4AAA 8ACKS LIVERPOOL ?ALT, in good "VJ \*\J order, now landing per ex. bark He? len Sands. For sale low, from tho wharf, by KNOBELOCH & SMALL, Maj 18 2 78 East Bay, Charleston. S. C. Prime Hay. WE have just received another lot of PRIME MEADOW HAY, a very superior article. Thoao in want will do well to "call in timo. For sale ?ow, by D. C. PEIXOTTO A SON, Auctioneers and Commission Merchants. J\ra.vJ8_2_ Hay. K f\ BALES, just received, and offered at a ro OU duced price, by JACOB LEVIN, At bia Auction Room, Corner of Plain and Assembly streets, i _ May_Dl_2 Choice Family Flour. ?)ff DARRELS equal to any in thc city, ia of ??J fered at a low price, by JACOB LEVIN, At his Auction Room, Corner Flaiu and Assembly streets. May IS_? Strayed, or Stolen, FROM Mrs. R. K. Brevards Cabin liranch Plantation, on Sunday evening, a IPS bright Sorrel or Bay MARE MULE, in fino 4_J__f_pordcr; a slight injiiry to right oyo; niano and tail newly trimmed. A suitable reward will bo ?aid tor anv information loading to hor return. Address " B. F JACKSON, May 18 V_Hopkins' T. O. <* ? ? ?a"SJ! r ~! ??_ F ar: 31 p S H ul < OD H ^ H , * u? a rf. T i H d i S _ * -g 3 _ \ t * P* S5* ? I d B S ? si ?I " 5 ss * t ?fi?il i I ?.?SS City Taxes. CIITV COUTONS, receivable for City Taxes, ? sale by GREGG, PALMER & CO. Auction Sales. Building Lot. BY D. C. PELXOTTO & SON. WE will sell, bofore tho Court Houeo. in thia citv, ou MONDAY, tho 7th day ol June, at 10 o'clock, without reserve. All that vacant LOT, fronting North hy Upper Bounder}* stroet, 112 feet, moro or ICBB; South by William Simonde; East by lot of P. Flynn; Wost by Sumter atroot-fronting on samo 102"feet, more or loss. TERMS OK SALE.-One-half cash, balanco on a credit of twclvo month?, secured by bond and mortgage. Purchaser to pay for "papers and stamps._May 18 tu3J36 Assignee's Sale. IWILL Bell, at public out-cry, the following pro? perty, ut the reeidence of Colonel H. W. Car? lington, Bankrupt, on tho 3d day of JUNE next, the HOMESTEAD TltACT Ol' LAND, containing about KOO acre?; a good plantation for cotton, corn and small grain, in good condition: good dwell? ing-house, out-houses, gin-house and screw: situ ate^on Kabuu Creek, eight miles West of Laurens Tho BLACKWELL PLACE, containing about oOO acres; a good plantation, with necessary im? provements, on Rabun Creek, about nine miles Wost of Laurens C. II. CHOSES IN ACTION-tho various notes and account* due tho Bankrupt. ALSO, lloraos, Mules, Cattle, Hogs and Sheep, House? hold Furniture, Corn, Fodder, Cotton and Cotton Seod, Hoad Wagons, Carriages, Plantation Tools, and various other articles not enumerated. TERMS-Cash, in currency. Purchasers to pay for papers and stamps. G. W. SHELL, Blay 18 tu3 Assignee. For School Commissioner. W. W. ADAMS, of the Fork, will be supported by MANY FRIENDS. May IS_tnf2* Cotton Machinery. FOR SALE, a completo bo, of COTTON MA? CHINERY for a Mill of 150 looms, of a capa city of 12,000 pounds weekly of 3G inch heavy sheetings. Carding ia new, aiid of tho boat mako; has been run but six months. Spinning, (patent llyer throstles,) Dressera and Looms, in perfect order; together with hainoaacB, reeds, beams, bobbins, and all thc furniture necessary to start and run a mill of the abovo eizo at once. Can bo delivered in Boston immediately. Apply to WM. GRAY & CO., May IS JO 50 Summer street, Boston, Mass. Looli. Ont FOP. BARGAINS! Great Reduction in Prices of all kinds of Dry Goods, Notions and FANCY GOODS, to Reduce Stock, at C. F. JACKSON'S. MAV IS State South Carolina-Richland County. IN THE CO CUT OF P HOD ATE. Bg William Unison Wigg, Judge of Probate in Jticldand Count u. mmmm , WTH?4i?A?, UV Ul'AH Vt. MCKENZIE hath applied to me for letters of administration on tho estate of ROBERT R. BOLTON, late of Richland, deceased. These are. therefore, to cito and admonish all and singular tho kindred and croditors of the said deceased to be and appear before mo at a Court of Probate for thc said County, to be holden at Co? lumbia, on the lat day of Juno, 18G9, at 10 o'clock A. M., to show cauae", if any, why tho said admi? nistration should not be granted. Given under my hand and tho aoal of the Court, thia 17th day of May, A. D. 1869, and in tho ninety-third vcar of American independence. WM. HUTSON WIGG, Judge of Probate. May IS_tu2 SELLING OFF AT COST SELLING OFF AT COST SELLING OFF AT COST SELLING OFF AT COST SELLING OFF AT COST SELLING OFF AT COST SELLING OFF AT COST CLOCKS. WATCHES AND JEWELRY CLOCKS, WATCHES AND JEWELRY CLOCKS, WATCHES AND JEWELRY CLOCKS, WATCHES AND JEWELRY CLOCKS, WATCHES AND JEWELRY CLOCKS, WATCHES AND JEWELRY CLOCKS, WATCHES AND JEWELRY PRIOR TO REMOVAL ' PRIOR TO REMOVAL FRIOR TO REMOVAL PRIOR TO REMOYAL PRIOR TO REMOVAL PRIOR TO REMOVAL FRIOR TO REMOVAL I. SULZBACHER. I. SULZBACHER. I. SULZBACHER. I. SULZBACHER. I. SULZBACHER. I. SULZBACHER. May IS I. SULZBACHER. LIFE INSURANCE. -o A HOME ENTERPRISE. THE PIEDMONT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF VIRGINIA, HAS detft mined to establish a BRANCH OF? FICE in South Carolina. Tho Branch Oflicc ia designed to givo na the full bouo?ts of an en? tirely HOME COMPANY, hy investing in theStato all thc fuuda roceivedun it. In fact, it ?B btl'.:r than a new company, because tho PIEDMONT ia a Biicceaa already os'tabliahod, with ample capital and assets. So far, Edgetlold hoads tho list, FOUR HUN? DRED persona having insured in this favorite Southern Company in tho last six months. Abbe? ville numbera little loaa than TWO HUNDRED. Will not tho pcoplo of Columbia, and other sec? tions ot tho State, omulate tho example of theso two Diatricta, by coming forward, without delay, and take out policies in thia Company, and aecuro to themselves tho benefits of tho BRANCH OF? FICE, bv having it located at Columbia? The Piedmont has declared a DIVIDEND OF FORTY PER CENT. Tho dividend could have safely been larger, but with tho prudence and cau? tion which has ovor guided thia Company, it has deemed it proper, being tho Hi?t dividend, to hold a surplus bevond tho roaervo fund. In short, tho Piedmont baa no superior, an I with a BRANCH OFFICE in our midat, there ca:; Bluely be no poasiblo excuso to justify a Southern man to commonco, or continuo, to ?end bia money off for Lifo Insurance. May 18 \i S. L. LF. Aril ART, Agent.