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Church MATTERS -"Well Rufus,
going to the First Presbyterian wi h
me this morning." "No, father. l
reckon I'll 90 down to the Second Me-
thodist." But on his way to the edi.
6ce, Rufus uniformly stopped at the
Office, unlocked the old ecntleman's
private closet, and INDUCED himstlf
with pleasant fluid. Every Sunday
morning the Judge repeated his lauda-
bel inquiry; but Rufus preferred the
Second Methodist The Judge soon
began to notice a marked diminution
in the contents of his demijohn, and
rightiully suspected who was the cul-
prit. The Judge emptied the remain.
ing liquid into another vessel, and
plugged it in secluded place. Next
Sunday morning came the usual inter-
roga,ory: "Going with me this morn.
ing, Rufus?" "No, father; I reckon
I'll stick to the Second Methodist. -
On reaching the Office, and taking hold
of the dcmijohn, he not only saw with
disgust that it was empty, but noticed
a small piece of white paper attached to
the handle, on which was legibly in
scribcd these words: "Second Method
ist closed for repairs" After church,
father and son met, and looking curl
ously at each other, smiled a little
smile, but said nothing. The repairs
on that Methodist building have not
yet been completed.
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SHOCKING TREATMENT OF CUBAN
LADIEs.-An acc"upt.of the shocking
treatment of Cuban ladies BY the Span
irc!s in !larana appears in our CORES.
pondcncc from that city. On the 23d
ult 3, twenty prisoners, all women and
children, reached Havana by railway,
and were led from the depot to the fe.
male prison under guard, and all tied,
even csildscn only five and six years
I'D being tightly pinioncd by the arms
At the head of the sad procession
MARCHED two handsome young ladies
of eighteen years, both handcuffed.-
One was the daughter in law of Prcsl.
dent Cespedes, the other the daughter
of Gen. Fisueredo, recently garro'ed
ut Santiago. The ladies were all mem
bers of the best families in the Island
As these unfortunate creatures passcC
through the streets, the Spanish moi
iecrcd and threatened them, and il
some instances attempted violence =,
Su,h outragcs as these ought to arnus
the INDIGNATION of the civilized world
New York World.
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How MONKEYS ARE CAUGHT =

How MONKEYS ARE CAUGHT -
From the chapter of Menagerics. in
Oliver Logan's "Bcfore the Foot Lights
and Behind the Scencs," VIC make the
following extract:
Monkeys are such cunning creatures,
one would suppose them the more diff.
cult to catch than other wild animals.
Pitfalls will take lion, and the fam-
ished monarch of the forest will, after
days starvation, dart into cage con-
tanning food, and thus be secured. But
how are monkeys caught? The ape
family resembles man. Their vices are
human. They love liquor and fall. In
Duriour Sanaar the natives marke fer
meu,cd beer of which monkeys are
pa>sionatcly fond. Aware of this, the
tives 20 to the parts of the forests
frcqucntrd by the monkeys, and set on
the ground calabashes full of the cntl'
cling liquor. AS soon as the monkey
sees and tastes it, he utters loud cries
of joy, that attracts his comrades. Their
an ergic begins, and in short time th'
beasts show all degrees of intoxication
Then tho negroes appear. They ar
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A HORRIBLE SCENE AT AN EXEC

A HORRIBLE SCENE AT AN EXEcU-
T1oN.-The Vienna lPanderer relates
horrible scene which occurred at Cor.
inth, in Greece, at the execution Of a
number of brigands. The criminals
we're six in number, and two of them
drew daggers at the moment when they
were to lay their heads under the fatal
axe, and rushed upon the executioners
with frantic fury. One of the latter
owed his safety only to a coat of mail
he wore under his shirt, while another
was dangerously wounded. The rest
had to defend themselves with their
axes and knives against the robbers,
and did this with so much fury, that
two of the criminals were dead and cut
to pieces before their heads fell by the
fatal axe. This horrible spectacle was
enacted before an immense concoursc
of people.
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BEAUTIFUL TuouGHT-There is but
n breath of air and beat of the heart
between this world and the next. And
In the brief interval of a painful and
awful suspense, while we feel that death
is, with US, that we are powerless, and
the all powerful, and the last faint pull
sation here is but the prelude of end>
less life hereafter, we feel in the midst
of stunning calamity about to befall us,
that earth has no compensating good to
the severity of our loss But there is
no grief without some bene6ccnt pro.
visions to soften its intcusiiies. When
the good an the lovely die, and the
memory Of their good deeds, like the
moon beams on the stormy sea lights up
our darkened hearts, and lends enchant-
mcnt to the surroundings, beauty so
sad, SO sweet, that we would not, if we
could, dispel the darkness that envi-
rons it.
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DurcHMAN's ADVERTISEMENT

A DurcHMAN's ADVERTISEMENT
FOR A STOLEN HoasE.--Run away or
was stolen, or vas sthrayed, mine
large plaek horse, about Is or 16
hands high; he hat been cot four black
legs, two behind and two peforc-he
is plack all over his body--he has some
vite spots pom his pack we're de skin
vos rup off, put I CREASED 'em and de
vite spots are all plack agin. He drots
and kanters and sometimes he walks,
and ven he walks and all his hands and
feet goes on Won afh,r anoder; b {, has
two eyes, von is but aut, and de toder
ish poude side he won't see you. Ven
he eats a good deal he has pig belly;
he has long dali dat hangs pehind,
put l cut it shorter dodder day aud not
SO long vot it vos; he holds up his head
and looks gaily, and ven he has been
frighten he jumps about like every ting
in de werld. He will rite mt q ssttle'
or cart, or mill go by himself wid out
nopoty, but a pag on his pack and o
poy on it-he i. not very old; and his
head ven he walks or ruHs goes first
and his dali stats pehind, only ven he
gets mad and durns rount; ane dent
sometimes his dali comes first. Vo-'
vever will pring him pack shall pay s
tollurs rewari; and if he pring pack de
tief dat stolen him, he shall pay pcsitcs
dwenty dollars and ak no questions.
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MISCELLANY.
Pictures of the Battlefield.


hr. Russell, in his letters to ,ht
Londnn TiSees, descriptive ot the bat
tle.6cld OF Sedan, says:
The troopers, brilliantly led, wen
right onward in a cloud of dust. bu'
when they were within couple OF hun
.drcd yards of the PrussianS one siuIui
'taneous volley burst out Of the back,
from, and flank, which enveloped all in
smoke. They were steady soldiers
who pulled the triYg'r there. Dowu
came horse and mn; the array was
utterly ruined. There was left in front
of that deadly infantry but heap OF
white aud gray horses terrace ot
dead and dying dism,u tied men, AID
flying troopers, who tumblci ut ev ry
instant. More total dissipation Of Il
bright pa.eautry could not be! There
was auolher such scene Yet to come. l
could scarce keep the field slas, to my
eyes rs the second aud last b"'ly IT
cavalry-which was Corpse "f II :h1
horse also-camc thundcrlug up "ut
of the hollow. They were not 70 bold
rs the men on the white horses. who
fell, many of them, ut lhcSsery line of
bayonets. The horses of these -wcrvcd
:as they cannc upon tn ground covered
with carcasses, AMI their line was b:u-
ken, but tie squadron leaders r"Ic
s,raight ~ death.
will not dwell on the topic, bat ask
your readers to be Content with the
assurance that no huma" eye ever rest
ed on such rcv"ltins objects aa W re
presented by the Battlefield around
Sedan LIT them fancy N :. cs o!c j.
orrd rags glued together viii b,o't
and brains, and pinuc in'o >trinSc
shapes by fragments "t bo""S. i"''
them conceive mems h"dr,s without
heais, legs without d $, hcrrs at
human entrails attached 10 rcd aud blue
.civrh, aud disem mboaelei corps's / uar
form; bndies lying about in all at'ltud :,
with >kuls shattered, faces bV~n If.
hips swashed, bnes, flesh, ard gay
clothing all pourd j tosc'h'r as il
braycd in 4 M 'rtar, extended for miles,
not very thick in any one rla 20, bur
recurring perpetua'ly Tor weary hours,
then they canno,, with the mot Wv d
ima. a.in1tion, cumc up to the sickeniug
reality of that butchcry. M nightmare
could be SO frightful. Several times
came on spots where there we're two
horses lying dead together i'll harness
killed by the same fragment. Several
times I saw four, FIVE, and six men,
four, Eve, and six horses. all killed By
the explosion Of one proj .ctilc, and in
one place there was no less than eight
French soldiers, who must have been
>,rusk dowu by the bursting of shell
over company, for they ali lay round
in n circle, with their feet inwards,
each shattered IN head or chest by a
piece Of shell, aud II" other dead being
within hundred yards Of theA.
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French Losses during the War.

The special corr sp ,udeut Of the n
Y. Tribune at Berlin gives, on the 26tf
ultimo, the following official Statement
of German captures thus far, not in
cludiug Lao1: -...".,irar 3&I
On the I'd of August, the day wher
Saarb,uck was temporarily abandoned
by the ,Prussians, the French lost as
pl isoners six officers aud sixty seven
privates. .a@- ..-'.. ,..'
At Wciscmbourg, 30 officers and
200 men as prisoners, 4 nitrallleurs,
% cannon, 81 army wagons and carria,
ges Of all kinds. ... =
At Woerth, 5000 prisoners, inclu'
ding 100 officers, 2 eagles, 8 mitral'
leurs, 35 cannon, d. wagons and carria'
gcs, zoo horses, the baggage and camp
f! tents of two divisions, and Two railway
trains with provisions. .. .'--
Same day, at Spichern, and during
the days following those battles, in
engagements at Reishofen and Sarre.
guemines, $500 prisoners, 4 guns, a
pontoon train, tented camp, and two
magazines containing 10000 woolen
blankets, 10000 packages Of rice, coffee
aud sugar, large quantities of wine,
rum and tobacco, the last alone amount
ing to S500,000. a... -
These we're captured in tho fortress
es surrendered during the first half Of
August: At Hauneau, 4 officers, l03
privatcs, S6 horses, a large supply. of
arms; at Litchtenberg, 3 officers, 2S0
privates, Z guns, 2OO muskets, 10000
cartridges, powder, &C.; at Lutzelstein
and Petite Pierre, large quantities Of
arms and munitions; at Marsal 60 guns.
The three days fighting at Metz do
not show such large captures Of men
and material because the enemy was
able to save both under the guns Of
that fortress. Still, the captures we're,
at Vionville, SO officers and 5000
prisoners; Grave1ottc, ST officers and
5000 prisoners. (The losses in killed
and wounded during those three days
were $4,000 .......
Since tlen,the captures have been, at
the fortress of Yitry le Fraucais, II
officers aud $50 private prisoners, and
l6 guns. At the engagements and bat
ties at Nouart, BEAUMONT, and Sedan
previous to the capitulation of the Latter
place, above 10000 prisoners, more
parlicnlar'y at BEAUMONT, where The
French lost 1000 prisoners, 3 eagles,
II mi!rai!eurs, 23 guns, and a tent
c mp. At Sedan, be ore capitulation,
nca'ly 25,00O Eri>oncrs, z eagles, rs
surs. At tho capiiulation Of Sedan, !
Marshal Of the Enpirc, 80 Generals,
230 staff officers, zoos line officers,
s4,450 prisoners, besides i ,0G0 wound
ed, all The eagles ofthe regiment taken,
10 mitraileurs, 80 field guns, $50
f,r'r IS guns, and 10000 horses.
Laon is not yet reported, but the
included % guns and many
mu<keis. Add the captures at Toul
;rccrnrIy rcported) and the total is l
81 generals, 1850 officers,
lU695O priva'cs, l0,2S0 horses, at
least Sc eagles, lO2 mitrailleurs, SS7
6~ld aid fortress guns, more than 400
wagons, several poutoon trains, maga-
zines. railway trains, and almost iucal-
culable quantities Of supplies of arms,
ammunition, clothing, equipments, for
age and provisions.
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Pensacola, Florida, has been sold out

Pensacola, Florida, has been sold out,
aud the best of the joke is that she has
bid herself in. The carpet baggers and
scalawags who run the city government
had levied illegal taxes that the city
would not pay, and the property was
put up for sale for taxes. Nobody would
bid, and the city bought in the prop
ersy. The next move, We suppose, will
bs to sxpel the citizens from the pro
perty, and We shall then see a cit, with
out inhabitants, aud owned by g corpo
ration that has no constituents.
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AN AFFECTING INcIDENr.-Yeste

AN AFFECTING INcIDENr.-Yester-
day morning, as "little barefoot Was
passing down Franklin street, accompa-
MED by harmless and not pretty little
shaggy dog, one of the dog catcherS
threw his net oSerthe latter, when his
little mistress screamed and wrung her
hands as if her heart would breaK.-
Throwing herself upon the net she
begged him piteously to take her ana
let her little dog loose-that she was
poor, and he was her only play mate
Her manner and frantic appeals attrac-
ted some gentlemen, who paid fifteen
shillings and had her dog released to
her, We need hardly add that she
took him in, hor arms and ran for home
as fast asher little bare feet would car
ry ber. .-~Rir1ntond Wig,
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THE REPUBLICANS IN PowER -

THE REPUBLICANS IN PoWER -
Since the Republican party came Ii I"
power, ten Years ago, the various Sta
expenditures have BEEN quad upled.
aud veual'ty aud corrupti'n hav" m,dc
our Legislative halls all offence To civllI-
zation; the Federal Cougrcss has bocn
controlled by tariff aud bond h"ldi"g
riays to the threatened run nf the
country; under pre- en.e Of raising rev.
eRue for the Government u no>t out
ragenus tariff system has been built ul';
the expe"dilu eS oI tn" Government
have been most wasrciul aud extrava-
CANT. and the hard earued substance oi
the people has been wrung from theni
to enrich Office. seekers; the public d'
main ha. been squand"red shamelessly
for the benefit OF organized baud, oi
greedy specula,or>; high public officials
have emerged as if by magic from pow
er,y to wealth, and the Presidential
chair ouce occupied BY Washington,
Jeffrrs,u and jackson, has bee" c'Ii'
verted inte an "ficc brokerage; the su'
preme court hos been packed 10 pro.
euro certain decision; and fvery effort,
no matter how disgracelul, has been
made to retain the .od on power.
Such is the record OF nine years ot
power welded by this sectional party
II is time there was a change. The
people are acting on this principle
Let us carry the House of Representa-,
tives this year, and the Senate and Pre-
sident will come in due time.
Nep York Democrat.
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CONSUMPTION.
NOTICE..

THE following Certificates of Stock in the
Bank of Camden, held in the name of ALEX
ANDER SPARKS, deceased, having been lost
or destroyed, notice is hereby given that ap
plication will be made in three months from
date, for renewal Of the same, to.wit:
No. 403, 18th January. 1888, l23 Shares.
557, 24th July. 1893, II Shares. sl4, April
llth, 1910, ~ Shares. If. ..,..,.. -
T. P. LIDE,
d. WILSON,
- Ex'ors Estate of A. SPARKS.
Darlington, s. e. May 9, 1870. i-e.
May I9. 3m.
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S1OO REV ARD.
Aug. 1e.

One Hundred Dollars Reward will be paid
to any one giving information that will lead
to the conviction of the persons who fired the
STORE HOUSE at Boykiu's Wood Yard on
the Snuth Carolina Rail Road. and the one ut
Ancrum's Plantation, on Wednesday night,
9TH inst, or that Of any one who may have
instigatad, assisted at. or known the fact ei.
ther before or after tho burning all being
equally guilty under the Law.
The Rcwurd pnid and no questions asked.
Scpt 10 II.
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Encourage Southern Institutions.

This is a Southern Company, char.
tered by the Legislature Of Tennessee,
with a CAPITAL sufficient to make
her reliable beyond question and
doing strictly LIFE INSURANCE
Business and none other Pro6ting by
the experience of older Companies and
having adopted the most liberal plans
together with rigid economy in our
management, our success has exceed
ed our greatest expectations and has
placed the COMPANY in permanent
and reliable position. In its first two
years we have issued between THREE
THOUSAND and THREE THOU
SAND FIVE HUNDRED Poll:
CIES, and our accumulations amount
to EIG HIT HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS.
Pres'dt, NJ. J. WIcKs, President Mem
phis & Charleston r. Il.
Vice. Presd't, j. T. PETIT.
sec'y, ". r. BOYLE.
REFERENCES
Hon. G. A. Trenholm, James II
Wilson and W. j. Magrath, of Charles
ton 4; Hon. j. P. King, of Augusta.
r. j. MAGILL,
General Agent for S. G.
DR.. G.. J. SHANNON Med. Examiner.
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W. X. THOMPSON, Admir-. VS.. J.. s.
% THOMPSON, ct. al.
.. Bill TO account, dc.
IN PURSUANCE Of an order of Court
passed in above cause. the creditors of the
estate of John Thompson are hereby notified
to present their demands, on or before the
first day Of September next, to the under
signed at his Office In Camden, or be debarred
from all benefit of any decree made in said
case. j. D. DUNLAP, Referee.
June g. 1870. 3m.
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M. BI SIS ELL.
Dentist.

OFFICE ON BROAD STREET, OPPG
SITE THE RESIDENCE OF MIR.
JAS. DUNLAP.
WILL attend to all operations in his p,v
fession at the lowest prices that will pay him
for labor and expenses. Should any of Dis
operations fail within reasonable time, La
will restore them without charge. rs has oi
ways been customary with him. although do.
scrtions to the contrary have been made hy
inconsiderate. or designing persons ,-espeCi
ally where the failures may occur from want
of care on his part, and not from causes for
cign to himself.
He would refer to his professional and pc~
sonal friends.
May " If
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, The proprietor of forge, not re.
markabc for his correctness of Ian
euage, but who by honest industry had
realized comfortable independence,
being called on at social mt citing for
toast, gave Success to forgery"
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Young lady physicians are mu!t'p'y-
ing throughout the country, and as
result, it is said, the young men are
getting more sickly than they used to
be.
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Et,o far gone to distrist them, bu' ap
pareptly take them for larger specie
of their own genus. The negroes TAKE
them up, and then begin immediately
to weep and cover them with kisses
When . negro takes one by the hane
| to load him of. the nearest monkey viii
cling to the ono who thus finds sup
! mort, and eudeavor to 60 off also. An,
other will grasp at him, and SO on till
the negro leads a staggering line Of ten
or a dozen of tipsey monkeys. Whom
finally brought to the village they are
securely Gagged, and gradually sobered
down but for two or three days, q
gradually diminishing supply of liquor
is given them, so as to reconcile them
by degrees to their state of captivity.
GREAT EARTHQUAKE IN ASIA
e0uer three Mot.sand People Killed. %
A correspondent: of the London Times
writes from India: .,.. .,.-....... =
The Roman Catholic Bishop of
Batang, on the confines of Thibct, China,
and Burmah..s ndsto India terrible
account of an earthquake in that region,
affecting an area of one hundred and
eighty by ninety miles The event oc-
Cured on the ] lth of April, and his
letter,is dated the 30th Of May. Con-
sidering that the missionaries there can
communicate only by Shanghai, the
trpnsit of the letters has been rapid
Last year, it may be remembered, there
was very destructive earthquake in
the, in one sense, adjoining British
district of Cachar. A shock at five in
the morning and stronger shock at
noon were followed at sunset by an
earthquake which leveled the whole
town, and killed or bruised half the
population. The missionaries escaped
to their garden, and only one Of their
servants persisted. The large and splen.
did Lamaserai, inhabited by three
thousand Lamas, fell with crash.
"The Chinese official reports, which
DR.. Cl.auveau tells US are little exag-
gerated, estimate the loss of human
life at 4l3 Lima priests, 81 soldiers,
and 2,sl2 common people, A series
of earthquake shocks were felt as far as
Pungmonstang. where Mr. Il. T. Coop.
er met Suer Sugeu'sing, tho Nepaulese
Ambassador, in 1868. The village and
many others are destroyed, and so many
of the authorities anil the soldiers have
been buried under the ruins of their
houses that srobbers, like wild beasts,
run everywhere TO conclude, in the
bishops own words, the imperial high:
way from Pekin TO i HASA seems, and
is said to be now, totally iinpracticable
near Kong,dzc tu by the fall of noun
tain and the sudden uphea'ing of a new
one,