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THE PHOENIX. i itTkiirMsD DA rx* jun? TBI-WEEIL?. THE GLEANER. KVUHY WEDNESDAY MOIININO. j ay JULIAN A. S?LBY, EDITOR AND PBOPUIKTOB. Office ou-Main Street, abovo Taylor. Agent* for Phoenix and Cilmnn. HIBAX MITCUCLT..SpartnnburR A. M. Risen.Newberry C. H Jumes TOPPE.Anderson O. H J All ES QUANT .Union J. lt. ALI,KN,. Chea tor THE DAIIJM?PHOIIX. "Let our Just Censure ^^^^jj^^jy^feg^^ Attona* the Truo Event." nr J. A. SELBY. d COLUMBIA.. 8., CL SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1. 1869. ____U-mi sa* " , ,, -u VOL. t-NO. ll-i TERMS-IR ADVANCE. SUBSCRIPTION. Daily, Six Mouths.*4 00 Ti ?-Weekly, Six Mouths. . 2 60 Weekly, Six MOUILB. 1 50 ADVERTISEMENTS. Ptr ?quarc, (10 linos.) first Insertion.$0 75 Each subsequent insertion. 50 Wet-lily, each insertion. 75 ta- A liberal discount made on the above atvs tchen advertisements are inserted by the month. aarBook and Job Trinting of all kinda promptly and faitbfullv aticmW tn The Actual Condition of the Country. It is astonishing how perseveringly the radical press continue "tho ouokoo song" they have beep, so perseveringly singing, of tho prosperity of tho country, when they know directly to tho contrary. Trrt de languishes, labor is dull nnd poorly paid, and everywhere among the middle classes of-society the pinching influences of poverty are being felt moro day by day.' barnet, somewhere in the history of his timon, relates a conversation ho once bad with one of Cromwell's Fifth Monarchy men. He asked him how ho could etchse' all the prevarication and downright lying of which Cromwell and bis saints were clearly guilty. The old fanatic replied to bim that be believed there Were groat occasion H in wbioh some mon were called to great services, in the doing of which they were ozcnsed from tho ordinary responsibilities of mortals. Such were tho practices of Ehud and J a (;1, Samson and David. We have not the slightest doubt that in the wholesale fabrications with which the people were so grossly and cunningly deceived daring the war, that our radical fanatics found a similar excuse with that of the old Roundhead. But now that the bloody war is over, and the occasion which invited, and, ns they say, justified so maob prevarication and falsehood is gobe," why'do they persist in its continua? tion, unless, perchance, they plead the excuse that "ase doth breed a habit in a man ?" Why can they not tell us the honest truth'about the condition of the debt, and reveal the h-gger-mngger by which Secretary 'Boutwell makes it ap? pear that it has diminished, when ho knows that it has increased ? Why not make an honest and faithful report of tho situation of the business of the coun? try, that by over-trading and over-specu lation is now,nearly ruined ? Why not tell the country plainly and honestly the facta, instead of deceiving it with delu? sive pictures of coming. prosperity, that they Know very well will never be re? alized ? Why not rebuke its ahatnefni extravagance and immorality, ?nd call upon it to retrench and reform, instead of deceiving: it with these rose-colored statements about our enormous resources and the brilliant prospects of our future? Tho Democratic press, on the contrary, has ali along been warning the people of the deceitful condition of our apparent prosperity, and have been studiously engaged m pointing out the deceptions by which the people were being beguiled. The following exhibit of the actual con? dition of oar business relations, by a contemporary, is so exact and Undenia? ble? that we invite the attention of oar readers to it: "TUk? wide-spread, stagnation in trade which now exists? is clotting grave ap? prehensions in the minds of business men ; while the workjng classes, aware that it presagia lower wages and harder work, have indicated the cause of the trouble? and demanded immediate re? form. ;"At th(s season of the year trade' is always stagnant with retail and jobbing houses; but it is just the timo that farmers, manufacturers and importers are usually most busy. Yet last year's farming disgusted so many agriculturists, who held their crops in vain for a return to former high prices, that many turned their attention to other branches of in? dustry; and the result is that, except in wheat and cotton, we shall have smaller crops this year than last-certainly no larger ones. In corn especially the crop, will be deficient. "The manufacturers are equally de? spondent. Though cotton has advanced, cotton yarns have not. In woolen yarns, the season has boen a disappointment. In cotton goods, linens, woolens and silks, tho trade ia ominously dalt Buy? ers who wore sent into the West to pur? chase wool, have been recalled. The same condition of affairs exista in the crockery and hardware and metal trades. Building materials are dull; and with the exception of. a few gun-boats for the Spanish Government, -ship-bnilders have no orders to build vessels. Tho import? ers are equally ihaotive. Large orders for European goods have been counter? manded. The demand for fall consump? tion is unusually light. Tho imparts of dry goods at this port have fallen from S13.421.059 in March, to $1,368,184 in June-an unprecedented decrease. Last year they amounted to $9,361,654 in March, and $4,181,620 in June-a fall? ing off of but one half as compared with the present year. "lu fact, the lookout in all directions is decidedly ominous. Tho Southern trado is poor; for although the South? erners mado money on their last cotton orop, they aro hoarding their profits and expending as little ns possible Tho Wostern trade is a failure. Tho farmers have held last year's crop for higher prices, and they hold it still". Money is scarce, and prices do not rise, and can? not. "Tho trades organizations also report great stagnation. Several contemplated strikes have fallen still-born, and in some cases a reduction of wages has been submitted to. Trade is stagnant, while the number of workmen increases every day by tho growth of population nnd immigration. There is not work enough for the masses." \Newark (N. J. ) Journal. Tho heat of tho weather being so hard on field brads, wouldn't it bo well to in troduso "coolies" during tho hot spell? Special NdtiOes.! T??E CO??V?TIONS OF HEAl/Tl?.-lt is idle to expect health ii tho precautions neces? sary to secure it aro neglected. The human Organization is a delicate piece of mechanism, aud xeiiuircH ne much intelligent caro and watchfulness to keep it in order, as arc re? quisite in t ho management of the most com? plicated combination of lovers, wheels and pinions. At thia season of tho year tho body ia pecu? liarly sensitive, because it ia greatly weakened and relaxed by tho continuous heat. Tho fkin, in summer, with its millioua of pcrea wide open, is a very different sort of tegumont from the compact fibrous covering Which it becomes under thu action of tho winter's cold. The muaclca, too, are comparatively flaccid, the nerves tremulous, tho blood poor, and the whole frame leas capablo of enduring fatigue and resisting disenso, than in cool weather. These indications of a depressed conditiou of the vital forccB are BO many unmistakable hints that nature needs reinforcing. Ordinary stimulants will not effect this ob? ject. They inflamo and oxcite, but do not strengthen. Tho only preparation which can be depended upon to impart staminal vigor to the system, and onablo ii to endure the ordeal of the heated term without giving way under the pressure, ia HOSTETTER'3 STOMACH BITTERS, a tonic and oorreetive BO pure, ac harmlose, so nttorly free from tho drawbacki which render many of the powerful astrin gent? employed in medical praotico moro dangerout than tho ailments they aro employed to cure that it may be administered without fear tc tho feeblest female invalid,or the moat d?licat* child. Tho cathartic and alterative vegetabh ingredients, which are combined with thos* of a tonic nature in ita composition, keep tin bowels moderately free and perfectly regular whilo the work of invigoration is goiug on Tho fineat blood depuren ta which thc herba kingdom afford* are ?lao among HB compo non ts, ao that it recruits, purifica and regu latee tho system simultaneously. Aug 1 il A Curd-S o ?it lu rn Lilfe Iniurancc Cont jinny, Allanta Deprtvtwini*. Tb the People nf South Carolina : Tho above Company waa organized in 18*?< in conaequenco of the wholeealo forfeiture *. Southern policies by Northern companies. Th Unparalleled auccesa of thc1 enterprise ha forced acveral of these companies to restot their Southern policies, from the fact that thc could not operate in our midst without the a] pearance of honesty. Wo keep all our money at home to build u our impoverished country-every dollar i premium being safely invested in tho Stal from Which it is derived. The institution purely Southern, and hence should appc with gr??t force to tho patriotism and Byinp thy of every Southern heart. Tis not our purpose to make war on otb companies, but to exhibit'tho special ad va' tages offered by this purely Southern Comp ny-founded on patriotism and solid wealt Ita ratio of assets te-liabilities-the true te of a company's strength, ia second to none i thia continent-being nearly 300 to ICO. Whenev?r and wherever we have present the claims of this Company, it has not or enlisted the Sympathies of our people, but h ateo secured their hearty co-operation. \ have eeevrred 500 policies in Soxtb Carob Hinco tho 10th of February. We numl among our Directors Con. Wade Hampton a Col; Wm. Johnston, gentlemen well known every citizen of South Carolina. We app personally to tho peoplo of South Carolina assist in pushing forward th>B deserve popular Southern iuatitution. J. H. MILLER. General Agont Southern Life Inaurnncc Cc B. W. LAWTON, State Agent. Wc cheerfully recommend the above Com ny to thc patronage of tho citizens of Soi Carolina. Columbia, S. C.-J. S. Bretton, J. P. Carr C. D. Moiton, S. W. Melton, J.iD. Pope. Camden.-J. B. Kershaw, Wm. M. Shaun W. E. Johnson. Sumter.-John B. Moore. WinnBboro.-W. R. Robertson, J. B. Cants, James H. Rion. Yorkville-W. B. Wilaon, A. Coward, Jai Mason, I. D. Witherspoon. J. R. Brattor T. Lowry, R. G. McCaw. Anderson.-J. L. Orr. Barnwell-JOB A. Lawton, James Patten Johnson Hagcod._ _July 23 2nn 4?^IIILOSOFHY~OF MAI?U?AGK NEW CpuBSH or LECTURES, as delivered at New York Museum of Anatomy, embracing eubjects: How to Li o and What to Livo Youth, Maturity and i fid Age; Manhood G rally Reviewed;Tho Cause of Indigestion; tulence and Nervous Diseases accounted Marriage Philosophically Consider* d, Ac. These lectures will he forwarded on rteeij four stamps, by addressing Sec'y Bait ii Museum Ol Anatomv, 74 Went Baltimore at Baltimore, Md. May li Tine MARRI'AOR ninr& -Essays oi Errors of Youth and Follies of Age in ro to Social Evils, with certain help for the el and unfortunate. Sent in eealrd letter ? lope:?, free of charge. Address IIOWARI SOCIATION, Box P, Philadelphia, Pa May 22 _ 3 SPECIAL, NOTICE-To partied In wi Doora, Baahee and Blinde, we refer to th vertisement of P. P. Tonie, tho largo n facturer of those goods in Charleston, list fnrniwhed on application. July 17 9 Butcher's Lightning Ki> -liliter Death to the Living ! Long livo tho Ki! Sold by Vealer? Everywhere ! m June 80 lllTlmo ._._ Champagne. JU8T received a consignment of tho fi ing choice brande: LAC D'OR. C. Heidaiok and Creme de B< For aalo low to close GEO. KYM ME Holland Gin. 1PIPE PURE SCHIEDAM GIN, dircc tho Cuatom House. Juvr V JOHN C. SEEGI State ^ricuttuxal Fair .Grounds. CITY CLERICS OFFICE, COLUMPIA, July 25, 18G9. PROPOSALS for the erection of suitable Buildings for the state Agricultural and Mechanical Fair will.be received at thia Oftice on TUESDAY next, tho 3d prox., on or heToro 9 o'clock P. M. Plane ana sp?cification? for tho cunio can Kb aeon at this Office on FRI DAY, tho 80th inst. All bids will h? consi? dered, Council reserving the right of choice. By order of tho Committee. July 2<> :l J. H. MCMAHON, Pity Ol/trk. Smoking Tobacco. I^^J POUNDS FRUITS AND FLOW 100 pounds Commonwealth, Just received, and a puro article, for Bal? at JOHN C. SEEOEliS, July 20 Alo and Lager Beer Depot. Oranges and Lemons. JUST RECEIVED G boxes ORANGES. 5 boxes LEMONS. 1 cask CURRANTS. Tn fino order. For sale by July lfi_GEO. SYMMERS. New Articles for Present Use. CONOR?SS WATER. LEMONADE 8ALT8. Siodlitz Powders. Soda Powders. Calf Feet Jelly. Concentrated Extract of Beef. (telutines. Corn Starch. Arrow Root, Tapioca. Pearl Barley, Pearl Sago. Flavoring Extracts, Yeast Powders. Hops, Canary Seed. Fresh Tamarinds. Portable Lemonade, Nectar. For salo by FISHER Si IlEINITSIT, .Inly ll_Druggists. Tin Foil Chewing Tobacco. 1 A ORO SS SOLACE, 1\J 10 gross Yellow Bark, Fresh from tho Factorv. For salo, whole? sale and rotail, at JOHN C. SEROBRB' June ?7 Ale and La ?er Beer Depot . THE POLLOCK HOUSE, 101 Main street, Columbia, S. C. ' ^ TI \? .1 TTL X? ^ & O IT Hams, &c. FRESH SUPPLIES ORANGE BRAND nAMS. Thomas' Kentucky HAMS. Sugar-cured STRIPS. Fulton Market Beef, Smoked TongucH. Pickled Salmon, ?fcc. For sale by July 16_GEO. SYMMERS. Choice Teas and Coffees. NEW crop, boBt quality. MOYUNG, HYSON, SOUCHONG and JAPAN TEAS, carefully selected for family uso. Rio, Lagnayra, O. G. Java and Mocha COF? FEES alwavu on hand. _ Also, 2 fifkluB choice GOSHEN BUTTER. For salo by_GEO. BY M M BRA. Death to Flies! CHEMICAL PAPER for killing Flies-cer? tain death and daairoction. For sale by FISHER cfc HEINITSH, June 4 t_PT?**??.8.^ Mary Ann Bute Institute, AT EDOEFIELl), >ffl^_^ M?SS BUIE, Confederate Sol ^If^Bbfedter's Friend, will rcsnme the exer H|oises of bor School, on tho 1st day ~~wWof September, I860, with a corps of ^BkW Teachers who have had tho ma? nagement of Bchools for moro than ton years. Miss Binn purposes to maka her School use? ful to the. country bv placing education in roach of all. Confederate orphans taught free of charge. Sho asks the aid of tho public, and particularly of the citizens of South Caro? lina, in accomplishing thia purpose, as she is unable to board them free, having to pay tho highest ratos for rout and.professors in music and other branches. Everything is taught that ia learned in any school, solid aud orna? mental, without partiality, lower than else? where. Teachers paid half in advance. Terms, for board and tuition, half in advance. Board and tho highest rates of tuition, including music from Professors, $25 per month. Owing to tho scarcity of money, alisa Buie has re? duced tho ratea of the Primary Branches. Music, Piano and Guitar, $25 for caoh for five months. Board $15, without washing and lights. Orphans will be boarded for $12 per mouth; tuition freo. M. A. BUIE, Principal, July 20_ Edgefield, S. C. First of the Season. pr /-"V BAGS NEW FLOUR, from tho Excel f J\J sior Mills, Augusta, warranted first quality. For ar ? \by E. & G. D. HOPE. Fulton Market Beef. PICKLED Ox Tongues and Sugar-cured Breakfast Strips. FOB sale bv JuuoJ|t_E. A- Q.'D. HOPE. Preserving Kettles. TINNED and Enameled Preserving KET? TLES, for salo low, by _FISHER, LOWRANCE Si FISHER. Exterminate Mosquitoes. IFUMIGATING PA8TILLES, for tho de ; jstruction of Mosquitoes, Flies, and other inserts which annoy and disturb quiet sleep. A great blessing to sleepers. For sale by FISHER Si HEINITSII, Druggists. ?Inly ll_J Family Supplies. <^ ~*dk C1^ICE Glu:T'N AXD ?LACK ll 9^* 1KB li'cases Italian Macearon!, I Inn Voung Aniel icu and (.'utting l_i j^ylJiHB Chi-eii', Fresh Country Butte r, Prime Leaf Lard, Extra Family Flour-in bags and barrels, Heck.T'S Kelt'- liaising Flour, Baker's Chocolate and Cocoa, Superior Cider and Whito Wine Vinegar, Java, Liu:uara and Rio Coffees, Orango Sugar-cured Hams, Breakfast Bacon and Country Cured Hame, Jeffreys' and McEwen's Scotch Ales, Barclay St Perkins' London Porter, Cat awba Wino and Champagne, Heidsick Champagne and Claret, All fresh, and for sale low bv June 4_E. ?fe G. D. HOPE. Vinegar! Vinegar!1 5BBLS. Pure Cider VINEOAR, 5 bbls. Pure Whito Wino Vinegar. For aalo low by the barre' "nd at rotail, by Juno ll J. I r R. AGNEW. Scythes and Grain Cradles. iyr\ DOZ. Griffin's Best GRAIN CRADLES, A? \ * C doz. five and six Fingor Grain Cradles At low prices for cash. J. & T. R. AGNEW. SEMIANNUAL! Seduction in Prices, TO ll A KU WAY ron FALL GOODS. 3.1 Twenty per cent. Discount ON ? READY-MADE CLOTHING, DEAR, FELT AND STRAW HATS. 1 ALL OUR Gr O O ID S ARE MARKED IS PLAIN FIGURES, And Every One Can Bec For Themselves. R. & W. C. SWAFFIELD. July 25 Clothing and Hat House. AYER S SARSAPARILLA, FOR PURIFYING THE BLOOD. THE reputation this excellent medicine, en ^ ^?7^< JA JcyBi is derivod from its ?I P-&^JSB cu rca> many of which 4^ ^^9^kr aro truly marvellous; /F yyiu inveterate cases of Bcro ^J?4 fulous Disease, where 3 N-Cw tno aystem seemed sat 4 .... urated with corruption, ?{^j|^. have been purified and ?jCSj?MH ^E-'cnred by it. Scrofulous 'OBBs^^s^P^ affections anddisorders which were aggravated by the scrofulous con? tamination until they wore painfully afflicting, have been radically cured in Buch great num? bers in ahnest every section of the country, that the pnblic scarcely need to be informed of its virtues or uses. Scrofulous poison is ono of tho moat destruc? tivo enemies of our race. Often, thia uuseen and unfelt tenant of the organism undermines the constitution, and invites the attack of en? feebling or fatal disoases, without exciting a suspicion of ita presence. Again, it seems to breed infection throughout tho body and then, On some favorable occasion, rapidly develop into one or other of its hideous forma, either on the surface or among tho vitals. In the latter, tubercles may bo suddenly depoaited in tho lunga or heart, or tumora formed in the liver, or it ahowa its presonco by ertfptiona on the akin, or foul ulcerations on some part of the body. Hence tho occasional nae of a bottle of thia S ABS AP All I LL A is advisablo, even when no active symptoms of disease appear. Porsona afflicted with thc following complaints generativ God immediate relief, and at length oure, by'the use of thia .S A RSA PA BILLA : Sf. Antttony'8 Fire, Rote or Erysipelas, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Scald Jleail, Ringworm, Sore Eyes, Sore Ears and other eruptions or visible forms of Scrofulous disease. Alao. in the more con? cealed forma, as Dyspepsia, Dropsy, Heart Dis ease, Fits, Epilepsy, Neuralgia and the various Ulcerous affections of the :.,uacular and nerv? ous stems. Syphilis or Venereal and Mercurial Diseases are cured by it, thc ugh along time is required for Bubduing these obstinato maladies by any medicine. But long continued use of thia me? dicine will cure tho complaint. heucorrhaa or Whites, Uterine Ulcerations, and Female Dis? eases, are commonly soon relieved and ulti? mately cured by its purify!i g and invigorating effect." Minute directions in each caae aro found in our Almanac, supplied gratis. Rheumatism and flout, when caused by accumul?t ions of I extraneous matters in the Mood, yield quickly ! to it. aa also hiver Complaints, Torpidity, Con-1 gestion or luflttmmation ot tho hitersna ?limn dice, when arising, aa they often do, from thu r inkling poisons III tho blood. This SA RSA T A RfhhA is a great restorer for the strength lind vigor of tho system. Those who are han- ' enid and Listless, Despondent, sleepless and j Troubled with Nervous Apprehensions or Fears, or any of tho affections symptomatic of li'enfc iiess, will Omi imm?diate relief and convincing ? vidence of its restorative power upon trial. J'REP A RED BY Dr. J. C. AYER ?<L CO., Lowell, Muss., Practical and Analytical Chemists. April 1_ tSmo 3E?I^3L~0:EI " ^ TO get a tip-top SUMMER *? DRINK ia tho CAROLINA HOUSE, ^MLi^ftv Washington street, near Sumter. KftfR|CHAMBAONV. COCK-TAILS; Oin, ^twj??iRft brandy and Whiskey Hmaehes. j^^J^yJuleps and Cock-tails; Sherry and 9^KM Catawba Cobblers; Claret Han gareea; Lemonade And Soda Water; besides excellent Lager Beer. LUNCn ?very day, at ll o'clock. R. BARRY, Purveyor. June 7_ Pipes ! Pipes ! ! Cyf \ DOZ. Aesorted Brier Root, with Metal Screws, 20 Doz. do., with Maerschanm Lining, 1 Gross Cane Pipes. JOHN C. SEEGERP. FRUITS IN AND OUT OF SEASON. LE MO NH AND O KAN OES, Datos, Prunelles, Figs. Prunes. A frosh lot of Ano French Confection ry-something rich, rare and palatable. Frosh NutR, Almonds and Raisins. Dessicated Cocoanut, .Sicily Lomon Sugar. Toys, Toys. Toys, Toys, Toys, Toys, AN ENDLESS VARIETY. CA?.ES and PIES-fresh and made to order, Pure CANDIES manufactured daily. Croquet Sets-a fine, hoalthy, eut-door oxer eise. Keep ?ool! Thc subscriber, intending to give his friends j and customers a chance to keep cool, haa de? termined to reduce tho price of CU .-'.AM for | the balance of the season. Cream per quart, 75 cents. Cream per plate, 20 cents. Cream per half plate, 10 cents. Lemonade and Fruit Beverages, 10 cents per glass. Call and be convinced of the oorrcctnosB of | tho abovo. j. MCKENZIE, Juno 4 Main Street. Sights and Sensations IN FRANCE, GERMANY, ftc. $1.50. Hill to Hill, by Surry, of Eagle's Nest, $1.50. Fivo Acres Too Much, by Rooacvcldt, a very pleasant and instructivo book, $1.50. How Crops Grow, for all agriculturalists, by Professor Johnson, $1.50. Old Town Folks, a novo!, by Mrs. Stowe, $2. The Wedding Day in all Ages and Countries, $1.25. Stretton, a novel, by Kingsley, JO cents. Tho Villa on tho Rhino, by Auerbach, com? plete. Ho Knew Ho was Right, now completo, by Trollope. Tho Malay Archipelago, ita Inhabitants and Animals, lindy illustrated, full of informa? tion. European Vineyards, by Flagg, $1.50. Liddonu' Bampton Lectures, London. Tho Virginians, Tho Newcomce, cheap edi-1 tions of Thackeray's works, and other new I books. For Bale at BRYAN A McCARTER'B Juno 30_r ? ; Bookstore. Jos. DASTIEL POPS. ' A. C. HASKELL. POPE & HASKELL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW SOLICITORS IW EQUITY, Oflice-Law Rango, Columbia, S. C. May 5 Beer! Beer!! SOME dealers in this city bavo been in doubt ! that I could hold out supplying them with Beer this summer. I now inform the public that I have a large supply of old Lager Beer on hand, which I put a gainst any Boer b rou g ht from tho North, or oven imported from Ger? many, as to purity and strongth. I am ready I to teat it by tho Boer uc-alo. June 13 _JOHN C. BEEPERS. Bacon and Flour. 2i\if\f\ POUNDS BACON. ,UUU BBL8. FLOUR, and other goo< as LOW as they CAN BE BOUGHT, bv _FISHER, LOWRANCE jj FISHER. H. oatauran -fc 191 Main street, Columbia, S. C. 'HSXIOH X00TIO? 3HiL Good! Better!! Best!!! READER, if you want the best HAM in market, try one of Thomas dc Co.'a Ken? tucky Hams, sold only bv May 31_J. AT. R. AGNEW. Hams ! Hams ! ! i)AA CHOICE SUGAR-CURED HAMS. ?vJv/ Just received and for salo low by June26_J. AT. lt. AGNEW. New Books at Daffie & Chapman's. OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY, by W. Smith, LL.D.. $2. Yesterday, To-Day and For-j ever, a poem, in 12 books, by Dickerstith, $2. The Malay Archipelago: the Land ot tho j Orang-outang and the Bird of Paradise; Tra-1 vele, with maps sud51 engravings, by Wallace, For Her Sake; a novel, by Frederick W. Ro? binson, 75 cents. The Man Who Laughs; by Victor Hugo, 50c. Cometh Up Like a Flower, GO cents. Not Widely but too Well; by same author. CO. K a th ah en ; by author of Raymond's Heroine. And many other new novela and good old ones. Standard Poets-Shakspeare. Pope, Milton, Dryden, Campbell, Burna, Tennyson, Mooro and others, at 50 cents each, in paper binding, handsomely printed. May 28 Pocket Corn Sheller. SH ELLS 6 bushels of corn per hour. A smtdl boy can can use them. Any lady can use them. Weight 1 pound. The-y supply a want long needed. Will wear alway s. Takes every kernel off thc cob. Price, onfv $2. April 28 J. ft ?. R. AGNEW Nickerson House Hotel, '. oi mini A, s. c. THE undersigned having y^RENEWED his lease upon tho above POPULAR HOUSE, will endeavor to make it ono of the most agreeable Hotels in the South. A call is solicited. Mim' Free Omnibus to and from tho Hotel. WM. A. WRIGHT, July 0 3mo Proprietor. COLUMBIA HOTEL, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA. THF Proprietors take pleasure in announc? ing thiBciogantly-fnrniflhed Establishment now open for tho accommodation of guests. Tho table will always bo supplied with every delicacy of tho season-both from tho New York and Charleston markets, and no efforts will bo spared to give perfect aatisfaction. in every respect, to our patrons. FREE LUNCH in the refectory every day from ll until 12J. WM. GORMAN. I _>normrTon H. II. BADENHOr, > 1 ?OPB1EIOR8. May 30 Southern Life Insurance Company, ri ' ll IX Y A SOUTHERN INBTHUTION. A S'SETS - -- -- -- - $500,000. INSURES Live?, and promptly adjusts and pays louses. Its principal business is with Southern States, and to them it appeals for patronage. It has ample means to fully pro? tect policy holders and pay all losses. BoAnn OF DIRECTORS.-John B. Gordon, A. Austell, E. W. Holland. J. P. Alexander, J. H. <'allaway, J. M. Johnson, Atlanta, Ga.; B. G. Yancov, Benj.H. Hill,Robert Thomas, Athens, cia.; Wadu Hampton, Columbia, S. C.; G. H. Pliinizy, Edward Thomas. Augusta, Ga.;D. E. Butler, Madison, Ga.; Robert Toomba, Wash? ington, Ga.; B. J. Smith, Cuthbert, Ga.; A. H. Cnlquitt, Newton, Ga.; Wm. Johnston, Char lotto, N. C.;B. L. Willingham, Allendale,8. C.; W. A. Caldwell, Greensboro. N. C. OFFICERS.-John B. Gordon, President; B. H. Hill. A. H. Oolqoitt, Vice-Presidenta; A. Austoll, E. Holland, Finance Committee; W. C. Morris, Secretary. J. H. MILLER, General Agent, 207J Broad atroct: Augusta, Ga. I BABDt SOLOMON, Resident Agent at Colum? bia. _ July 24 8mo STRONG INDUCEMENTS. THE NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COM? PANY will insure $1,000, at tho following rates: Ago 25-$14.50. T 30- 1G.65. ?? 85- 19.40. " 40- 23.30. " 45- 28.85. ?. 50- 30.65. All other companies charge 40 to 50 per cent, more. Before you insure, examine for your aelvea. E. H. HEINIT8H, Feb 27_Agent for South Carolina. Fire and Liie Insurance. II. ir. NICHOLS Ai CO.. AGENTS, COLUMBIA, 8. C., REPRESENT OLD COMPANIES, with ag? gregate accumulated Capitals, January 1, I860, of $22,379,174 00. BE INSURED. 3mo CITIZENS' SAVING?S~B??K OF SOUTH CAROLINA AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, $500,000. DEPOSITS OF $1 A UPWARDS RECEIVED. INTEREST at the rate of Six per cent, per annum, (tho rato paid by most Savings Han!; s is from Three per cent, to Five percent, only,) allowed on deposits, and payable in January and July of each year, or added to principal, and interest compounded, at option of the depositor. Principal and Interest, or any part thereof, may be withdrawn at any time-tho Bank re? serving the right to demand the nsual notice, to wit: Fourteen days if tho amount is under $1,000; twenty days il over $1,000 and under $5,000. or thirty days if over $5,000. The of? ficers may, however, In their discretion, and in most instances will, pay without such notice. In .order to pay interest to depositors, tho Bank must invest its funds; and the object cf the notice is to give it time to realize, when I necessary, upon its investments. When de 1 sired, special interest bearing certificates will he given, payable at a designated time. The Capital of tho Bank baa boen paid in IN CA8n, and has been invested by tho Directors, in re? liable aecuritiea. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, COMPTROLLER-GENERAL'S OFFICE, March 1,1869. I hereby certify that the Citizens' SavingB Bank of South Carolina have furnished me with satisfactory evidence that the Capital of said Bauk baa been paid in, aa required by the Act of incorporation, ratified February 12.1809. (Signed) J. L. N EAGLE. Comptroller-General S. C. Mechanics, Laborers, Clerks, Wido wa, Or ??liana and others may hero deposit their aav ngB and draw a liberal rate of interest there? on. Plantera, Professional Men and Trnateea wishing to draw interest on their funds until they rcquho them for business or other pur? poses: Parents desiring tn set apart miall cuma foi their children, and Married Women and Minora (whose deposits can only be with* drawn by themselves, or, in cai-o of doatb, by their legal representatives,) wishing to lay aside funds for future uao. are here afforded an opportunity of depositing their means where they will rapidly accumulate, and, at the samo time, be tul joel to w ithdrawal when ncedt d. OFFICEI18. Gen. Wade Hampton, President. Col. John B. Palmer, vice-President. Thomas E. Gregg, Cashier. John C. B. Smith, Assistant Cashier, Solicitors. Col. F. W. McMaater, Col. B. H. Rutledge, Messrs. Fair, Pope A Pope. Director*. Gen. Wado Hampton, Columbia. Col. F. W. McMaster, Columbia. Od. A. C. Haskell, Columbia. Cul. J. P. Thomas, Columbia. Col. J. B. Palmer, Columbia. Thomas E. Gregg, Esq., Columbia. Dr. E. II. Heiuitsh, Columbia. J. EH Gregg, Esq., Marion. G. T. Scott, Esq., Newberry. W. G. Maven, Esq , Newberry. Col. B. H. Rutledge, Charleston. Daniel Ravenel, Jr., Esq., Charleston. Ri uanoi Com m Ult c. John B. Palmer, J. P. Thoma.". G. T. Scott, J. Eli Gregg. A. C. Haskell, [ Retracts frr>ni Ry-Laics and (liartcr.) Th? Finance Committee aimil have pow? r to examine officers, bouka and papers of said Bank, and '.. verify the stat? mente of said of? ficers and said books and papers, by taking au inventory of the assets and liabilities ot the Bank; and tho said Committee sbull make at least quarterly reports of theiesultsof their investigation to the*Board of Directors. * * * Tho Cashier shall, on each TUPS day, report, in writing, to tho President the business transacted of tho foregoing week. * * * And ho shall exhibit, at tho regular meetings of the Directors, tho Bank's book or booka, and have prepared, from his hooks, a complete balance ?h?ct, together with a statement showing his receipts and ex? penditures. * * * Tho Cashier, Assistant Cashiers and Tellers shall bo re? quired to give satisfactory bonds for tho faith? ful performance nf their respective duties; and said bonds, before their acceptance by thu? President, must bo approved by ono of the Solicitors of tho Bank, and by"tho Finance Committee. * * * No Director or officer of said corporation shall borrow or any portion of tho funds thereof; be for loans to others, or in any mannor, d or indirectly, bo an obligor for moue rowed of or loaned by the corporation. Ta * * No loan of money shall be .? by said corporation to any stockholder owning; niere than four shares therein. June 20