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LIFE INSURANCE.

The attention of the Southern people is
becoming directed, with an unusual degree
of interest, to the subject Of life insurance.
In order to meet some of the inquiries on
this subject, we subjoin brief exposition
of the nature and objects of such Societies.
A life insurance company proper, is based
upon very nearly the same principle as a
savings bank. By the payment of small
sum annually, which sum goes into gen.
eral fund, and is run through all the i'm
provements of banking, year after year,
the insured receives a policy on. his life
which is drawn by his family after death.
The sum thus paid in, called the premium,
is collected annually for number of years,
or for life. The person paying such pre-
MUM, receives policy on bis life for one
year or a number Of years, for any amount
be may wish, and according to the amount
of premium paid. This policy may be
renewed every year, or changed to suit the
circumstances of the case. Now if the
insured die in few years after taking his
policy, the probabilities are that he has only
paid one or two hundred dollars for poll
cy, that draws to his family one or two
thousand. On the other hand, if he live
longer than his allotted period, and should
have paid one or two thousand for his
policy, the money comes back to bis family,
and he has only deposited his yearly earn
ings in a savings bank for their use.
These principles have rendered invest
ments in life insurance policies highly
popular. In the present uncertain oondi-
ton of property, and the hazards of life,
no principle is more just than that of laying
up fund in this way for ones family after
death. 1t Is fund that creditors cannot
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-08-16
sow TURNIPS.

The scarcity of grain this winter will evil
IDENTIFY be great, as result of the great
drought this summer. This may be reme-
died in part, if each farmer will SOW seve-
raj acres of his best land in turnips. They
make excellent food for stock, and will fur.
nish subsistence to large class of persons
who may not be able to obtain other food.
Don't neglect this. The matter is important
enough to claim the immediate attention of
every farmer. Five hundred bushels of tnr-
nips fed to stock are equal to three hundred
and fifty bushels of corn. Cut down the
withered corn stalks, manure carefully, and
SOW ruta bagas. The yield will provide am
ply for the deficiency in grain, if carefully
managed. Try it, and upon our word you
will be repaid for your labor. DR.. JOHN
MAY, at the "York Drug Store" has sup
ply of seed on hand.
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chant and auctioneer. have been employ.
ed in various other pursuits incident, to win
Estella's hand. I am bachelor of forty.
six winters; Estslls can have me, selecting
from my trades and professions which |
shall follow for her support. I have nearly
starved at them ALL" "a.
The Mobile Register says that veS-
sci which arrived there from the West In.
dies brought q monster boa constructor in
large box. One night the reptile broke out,
and, after visiting the hen coops and feas-
ting on some of their occupants, he coiled
himself up in the bow of the boat. Next
morning he was missed by the sailors, who
were most all foreign negroes, and search
was instituted. His snakeship wss found
at last, neatly coiled up, and one of the ne.
groes, boldly approaching with rope, suo-
ceeded in lsssoing him. The monster strug.
gled frightfully, but was finally dragged to
his box and safely imprisoned The snake
is kept as pet on the boat, and is not feared
by the sable tars.
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reach nor accident destroy. 1t is sound in
policy and humane in principle, and many
are the widows and. orphans who have
lived to bless the fore-thought that has made
this wise investment for their future neoes-
sites. We know of no investment of ones
annual savings calculated to insure more
profitable return to bis family after. death,
than that of life insurance in safe and
reliable company.
In connection with this subject, We no.
tice from the Report of the Southern Mu'
tual Life Insurance Company, at Columbia,
s. G., that the widow of General M. JEN.
K1Ns, of this place, has recently been paid
$4,000 on policy taken by this lamented
officer before his death.
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The Drouught,

.Some of our farmers say there has not
been dep in many parts of this District
since June. Whether this statement is
exaggerated or not, we have not had gene
raj rain in nearly two months. The corn is
twisted into yellow ribbons, and the half
grown cotton pods have begun to open
nearly a month in advance of the time for
maturity.
As the government has donated several
million acres of lands in the West to freed
men, and probably transportation to their
new homes, they had better take the hint
and leave. There will not be food enough
raised here to feed those who are not the
favored pensioners Of the government If
the blacks leave there will be larger share
for the hungry.
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PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION.

II. J. RAYMOND, of the N. Y. Times,
lays down the following programme for the
National Convention, that met on Tuesday,
in Philadelphia:
l. Security for the future to be guaran.
teed by faithful execution of and submis-
sion to the Civil Rights and Freedman's
Bureau laws.
2. Adoption of the proposed amendment
of the Constitution.
8. The immediate admission to their
seats in Congress of all loyal men who can
take the test oath, and
4. The recognition Of the rights Of every
State to regulate the question Of suffrage
in its own way.
1t is we'll for the country that this mush:
room politician possesses but little influence
with any honest party !; otherwise the pat.
riotic efforts of those who desire to restore
peace to the country, would be unavailiug.
It is evident, nevertheless, that class of
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EDITORIAL INKLINGS.

-E. A. Pollard has just issued from
the press of L. T. Palmer & Co., Baltimore,
bis new history Of the war, entitled the
"Lost Cause" containing over 800 pages.
The work is popularity received.
Several of our exchanges have con-
tained notices to the effect that General
BEAUREaARD, now on visit to Europe,
had been rendered important commands by
several sovereigns there, and indicated the
probability of bis acceptance of one of
them. These statements are premature, as
the distinguished soldier would hardly vic.
late his parole-which the President re.
mitted for brief period-for any command
that might be offered him.
- The ferceness of the war in Eu.
rope has not obscured the few gentle sparks
of humanity, that usually characterize true
bravery. We are told by all the war cor
respondents that the Prussians exhibit equal
care for the wounded Austrians with those
of their own side. Burning towns and
cities have not marked the invaders track
through Bohemia, nor is the peasantry per-
mitted to be interferred with by the Prus.
sian soldiery. A Prussian soldier who had
killed, in barbsrous manner, some wound.
ed Austrians that fell into his hands, was
Immediately tried, convicted and executed
for the crime. And these were Hessians
a name, before our war, more execrable in
America, than any other known in warfare.
Since its close, some Americans have chang.
ed their opinions, and believe that Yankees
henceforth, deserve the highest place in the
catalogue of brutality in war. Perhaps 80.
"Seud him to prison and thus let
him know that he 1ives IN land of hber.
ty," was the sage paradox uttered by one
of the members of the famous Louisiana
Convention, concerning an offending repre-
sentative of the press Of New Orleans
This is novel way of teaching "liberty"
to people, but, nevertheless, ahighly pop.
ular one. Ex-President DAVIS, C. G.
CLAY, MALLORY, STEPHENS, and others,
have all been receiving instruction gratis
on this subject, and the result will no doubt
be the dissemination Of better understand.
ing of the meaning Of this term than was
previously had in this country. The CON-
ing generations in the South, will probably
become so we'll informed as to the meaning
of this term, that the merest tyro will be
able to answer any questions that may be
put to him, in trice. The school in which
liberty is taught, according to this defni.
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BE HOPEFUL.

The people of the South are now under
going the bittsrest ordeal that has yet tried
them as people. 1t is not usual that
calamities more disastrous than those arising
from war, befall any class of persons; ye'
such has uuquestionably been our fate.
There is more poverty, suffering and sorrow
in the South to-day, than ever the fercest
battles of the war brought to its fresides.
But the "better time coming" is cheer
full thought that ought to animate rs in
these dark days of adversely. Our condi-
tion might have been worse than it is now
may be worse still, but the cloud with
the silvery lining hangs out upon the future,
and if We keep it in view, all may yet be
we'll with us. Dependency never mends a
bad case. Cbeerfulness frequently does.
But there are reasons, and substantial
ones too, why We need not despond. Our
present misfortunes are aggravated by the
complete revolution in the labor system Of
the country, and the prospective suffering
before us arises principally from its present
irregularity. A year or two of experience
will devise other expedients by which the
difficulty may be overcome.
Debts and prospective ruin darken the
prospects of many honest men. Better at
once relieve yourself of the burden. 1t
may be hard to give up the old homestead,
where so many precious memories are treas
ursd, but if need be, make the sacrifice
give the creditor yhat be demands, and
with an easy conscience and an honest
manly purpose, begin life anew, and earnest
ly. The sacrifice is cheaper than the bur.
den of care and anxiety otherwise entailed
upon the possessor.
Political dangers threaten Us from the
Vaccinations of the dominant party
Never mind them. The matter is none the
better or worse for your auxieties. Very
few persons have any business with political
opinions at best. Besides, the exoesSes
committed by the party in power complained
of, are the surest remedies for righting the
country. You cannot do it by yourself,
hence, where the use of your pains upon
the subject.
Is starvation threatening many sections
of the once happy and prosperous South ?
Be not alarmed, but remember that Gods
DEGREES are just, and his mercy abundant to
those that seek it.
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MERE-MENTION.

A foreign correspondent says that the
Austrian surgeons report that the wounds
inflicted by the needle-gun are generally
slight. ......... Additional French troops are
going to Mexico. ......."The Atlantic cable
is the fifty fifth deep sea line in working or.
der. .........It is said that the chances are
good that the Demoorates will elect eight
of the eleven Congressman in Indiana, this
fall. .........The river Danube flows through
two kingdoms and two empires. 1t begins
as Protestant rivulet, then becomes Ro-
man Catholic river, and finally turns Turk
""."..A sentimental youth: "My dear
girl, will you share my lot for life?" Prac-
tical girl: "How many acres are there 10
your lot, sir ?'...'..."Gov. Throckmorton
was iuaugurated Governor of Texas, at Aus.
tin, on the 9th instant. His address is of q
conservative and conciliatory nature. .."..'"
Mayor Monroe, of New Orleans, performs
no official acts or makes appointments with.
ont consulting the military authorities. 5000.
An exchange asked, Chow shall We build a
dam to stop this drain ?" To which the Bos-
ton Herald retorted. "We don't know
Congressman don't seem to care dam about
it.".........Before many years 1t is expected
that st. Louis will have continuous wharf
seven miles in length. ......".The Raleigh
Sentinel learns that the necessary stock
having been taken, work will be at once
commenced upon a railroad direct from
Charlotte, N. c., to Atlanta, Ga. .......""A
Columbus (Miss.) colored woman recently
gave birth to fourboys whom she has named
respectively Abraham Lincoln, William e..
Seward, Henry Ward Beecher and Horace
Greely. ........"Scene in New York tene-
ment house: Corpse of a cholera patient
and % persons sleeping soundly within a
yard of it.
Average weight of bale of cotton of diff
fereut countries: American, Ats Tbs. ;
East Indian, 3a7 lbs; Egyptian, 3l4 lbs ;
Brazilian, 1872 Tbs. West Indian, l65 TBS.
......... General Basil Duke is.now engaged
in writing history OF the life and military
services Of General john H. Morgan. ......
A colored Convention, representing all Ten
nessee, is in session at Nashville. .......
The State Convention of North Carolina,
at Raleigh, on the 10th instant, appointed
VIM. A. Graham, George Davis, R. @.
Puryear and George Howard, as Delegates
for the State at large, to the Philadelphia
Convention. .........A movement has been
inaugurated at Charlotte, N. G, to put the
Statesville railroad in working order. The
work will be commenced as soon as $75, 900
are raised. .'.......Tbe big crops at toe West
indicate fall in prices. There is room for
it......"..The man who never told an editor
how he could better bis paper has gone out
West, to marry the woman who never look.
ed into looking.glass '.''..."Old shot and
she'll, cannon, &c., picked up on battle.
fields, sold for s112, 900 in Savannah.
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ton, is pretty large one, and many are
taking lessons-without charge but not ex-
actly free either. 80

"ouj 40 PieVVy 'oi6o ouo, ouo '"oSy Wv
taking lessons-without charge but not ex-
actly free either.
'~-: - Senator DooLIrrLE, of Wisconsin,
is one of the few men in the present Con.
gress who does not seem to fear either
THAD. STEVENS or a Federal bastile. An
earnest, intelligent and determined supper
ter of the President and Constitutional
liberty, there are few men of bis views who
speak with more boldness, or carry more
influence with their counsels. At recent
speech delivered in Madison, Wisconsin, be
used the following language of stern warp
ing: -.... -.'
But, fellow. citizens, tell you, and [
assure you, it is as certain, in my judgment,
as God lives and reigns, that unless the
people in this country sustain Andrew
johnson now in his determined effort to
sustain this Union and to arrest the mad
career Of this wild tendency to centraliza.
ton, your constitutional liberties are en-.
gulphed in a vortex from which they will
never rise. [Cheers.I That tendency is
to despotism, the despotism of tyrannical
caucus-the meanest of all despotisms
from the days of the seventy tyrants down.
[Cheers.] ] ...
The trial of Ex. President DAVIS
will be an important era in our history; as
its results, if fairly conducted, are to essab.
lish important questions nowin dispute. Ii
will decide LIST, whether or not State can
commit an act of treason against the Gov.
ernment. I'd. Whether or not de facto
government, such as that of the Confederate
States, exercising authority over its terrific.
ry, does not, Of right, control the action of
its people. The negative of the first and
affirmative of the second principle ever es-
tablished, as will be, ends forever the sickly
issue of treason so long mooted.
An exchange furnishes US with the
following sketch of the new Post Master
General -.s. ..-.
"Alexander Williams Randall, Mr.. John
sons new Post. Master General, was born in
Montgomery county, N. York, in the year
1919, and is therefore only forty.seven
years old. He emigrated, in early life with
bis parents, to Wisconsin, studied law, and
in 1847 was member Of the Territorial
Convention that framed a Constitution for
the State. He was elected Governor of
Wisconsin in 1856, and held that Office
when the war broke ont. He supported
Mr.. Lincoln war policy very energetically,
and on the expiration Of bis term of Office,
in 1851 or 1862, was sent as Minister to
Rome. BE soon resigned and returned to
America, and in 1868 was appointed First
Assistant Postmaster. General, an Office
which he continued to hold until bis recent
promotion to the head of the Post Office De.
partment"
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MISSISSIPPI LUNATIo AsYLUM.-Gov
Humphrey, of Mississippi reports to Gen.
Howard that the Insane Asylum of that
State is so crowded that be is daily compell-
ed to refuse admission to white citizens,
and is therefore unable to provide for the
imbecile blacks. The reverses of the war,
subsequent to the bankruptcy of the people
and present suferings for food and clothing,
are thought to be the reasons for this in
crease of idiocy.
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"THE LAND WE LOVE-"

The August number of this valuable
periodical reached us late in the month.
When we say vazua6le, we pass no idle COM
pliment upon the merits of this magazine.
If the energy, taste and editorial ability
that has marked the first few numbers be
continued, it must become necessary visitor
to the Southern freside. We wish nm.
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The HOMESTEAD LAw.-The late Con.
g-ess having passed a law granting to freed.
men, who emigrate, certain number of
acres of land in Arkansas, Alabama and
Mississippi, it is said that many are prepar.
ing to go from Virginia and other States.
1t will not hurt Us here in North Carolina
and Virginia if all the freedmen 60.
Charlotte Democrat.
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The LEaIsLATURE-We learn that
Governor Orr will convene this body in
special session on Tuesday, the 2Sth inst.
A modification of the Negro Code, the re-
lief of debtors, and provision for the suf.
fering poor, will constitute the important
subjects of legislation. Prees.
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P. d. SHERIDAN,
Major General Commanding

Notwithstanding the clear and truthful
statement thus made by one Of the organs
of the radical party, that class Of people
seem determined to work the matter into
huge bill of indictment against the whole
South. Truth, justice and right has fed,
but We hope not forever.
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THE NEW ORLEANS RIOTS.

Mayer MONROE, of New Orleans, has
written a scathing letter in explanation Of
the causes of the recent riots in that city,
in which BAIRD comes in for q share Of
the blame. The Mayor expresses much
surprise that where military aid was solioi.
ted to suppress the disturbances, it was not
forthcoming; but when from its absence
scenes of riots eusued, and the city was i'm.
mediately put under martial law.
General SHERIDAN commanding the
Department, in his official telegram to
General GRANT, gives the following version
of the affair:
You are doubtless aware of the serious
riot which occurred in this city on the Both.
A political body, calling itself the con.
vention of 1854, met on the 30th, for, as
it is alleged, the purpose Of remodeling the
present constitution of the State.
The leaders we're political agitators aud
revolutionary men, and the action of the
convention was liable to produce breaches
of the public peace. had made up my
mind to arrest the head men if the proceed.
ings of the convention were calculated to
disturb the tranquility of the department,
but I had no cause for action until they
committed an overt act.
About forty whites and blacks we're killed,
and one hundred and sixty wounded. Every.
thing is now quiet, but deem it best to
maintain military supremacy in the city
for few days, until the affair is fully in
vestigated. I believe the sentiment of the
general community is great regret at this
unnecessary cruelty, and that the police
could have made any arrest they saw ft
without sacrificing lives.
II
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LOCAL MATTERS.
NEW ADvERTIsEMENTs.

John M. Shener-CandIdate for Ta1-CoIlector.
John A. Brown, O.. Y. D.-CiHton-G. L. McNee, ,Appi-
cant-Jane Bankhead, deceased. y ''---[
John A. Brown, o. Y. D-Citation-W. E. Campbell,
Appllcant-Robt. Campbell, deceased.
T. 8. Jeferys, Agent-Equltabls Life Insurance Society,"
Thos X. McKnight-Not accountable for Debts Of Others
Floyd, Dobson & Co.-Notice 70 Persons to Pay Up.
Selling Of at Almost Cost.
G. R. Ratchford-Country Cured Bacon.
&C. Liverpool Salt.
Coffee, Sugar and Rice.
Ginger Preserves.
@ :. Assorted Cigars.
Lead, and Shot Of all sizes.
Superior Apple Vinegar.
John M Jackson-Accepts nomination as candidate for
Tax-CoIector. .-.. ...... r..,.-- ...s- q.