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SOUTH CAROLINA
Deposits Of 81 and A5swasEdJ assssIed,

SEVEN PER GENH. PER ANNUH.
ON CERIIFICA 7.ES OF DEPOSIT.
AND SIX PER CENT. COM.
i. .PO OUNDED EVERY SIX
q; -! tieM0NFHS ON ACC0 UNITS. AltEf
~. ~. ~. ,,.'',, OFFICERS. 'o 'i'' q
Wm. Martin, President. i'M. ~
Il sohh 5ohh + + 4So%as Tit%sa Vioa.president..
A. g. Brenizer, Cashier. - '2.!'
John O. d. Smith. Assistant Cashier.
.,rI 2G3I IOlSctora. caIER.i
!. Wade Hampton, william Martin, A. o. Has.
Heinitsh. John B! Pa!mer. Thomas E. Gregg. o.
Columbia. %
D;Ei- Gregg. Marion. y e.;b.'
q. Z. Scott, Newberry.
W. G. Mayes, Newberry.
B. II: Rutiedge, Charleston,
Haniel Ravenci. Jr.. Charleston.
Mechanics, Laborers, Clerks. Widowe. Or.
PhRnp and Others may hcre depoait their say:
,ipgs and drt# . liberal rate Of interest there.
on. Planters. Professional Mon and Trustees
wishing to draw interest on their funds until
they require them for business or other pur.
poRes: Parents desiring to set spsrs small
sums for their children, and Married Women
ind Minors twhose deposits can only be With
drawn by themselves, or, in case OF death, by
ahsi. legal :epresentetives,) wishing to lay
nstde funds for future use. are here afforded
IN opportunity OF depositing their means
Were they will rapidly accum ulafe, and, at
the same tine. be subject to withdrawalwflep
noe44N. .-4ss;t ApR16
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Hiram Hays I'm sirafford.
Once journeYed while the mayis
Der the English meadows sang;
It was the bounteous summer Weather
All the roads with music rang. Z
Httsm Haya was my companion y -
Straight from Boston he had nomes4-! y
Purse as long as John J. Aator's,
Head as hollow as drum.
TowprH tAsIeafy Mnfapf WafFkck 5tJ
How c1asped my hands and shouted,
''Soon In Stratford we'll be duel"
''WhaA Of thate9 e9Aahed weasy Hiram, ,;rn. i. ,
~ :;sAeaAspse{s Y GGSatyI a f!esiqqs Fallllx !.
When We f66dnt Oh 'yondet hHli g , roi
ass s1s si.s ;5sss ssS1iss! ILL., asyss pss
Thsr3eh6 plumed his'mighty pdn1ons,'I od;
Built hjp 5sme. up for ell tiae.""v .llr ..s \,
'sDlive on fasterl ahan't stop therci"
Muttered Mr. Hiram Hays;
shagpEBAafR4eSegHdusd bdtnqpatg Of
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The meanest man has got back TO New
Hampa9ira onoe mesa4 He is phyai-
oiap and is q map Of wealth. Some time
elnse 9 e heI y Iwas called 70, yisit, bis mother
professionally an old lady .of nearly
egF hs1 Ss ss9ss sa5s yssEs and ter aa As charged
sbe laboriqusly knitted socks, and whopp
she had earned the amount. he took il.
Finally, the OLD lady died, and she was
buried BY another. son, 3 man OF limited
mearn' but generous disposition, and
eager to discharge his duty to her. With
him ehe had li1ed for fifteen years, and
among the bills presented to him for
tunetM e1penses| was one from Els
brother. The physieien, "for uae of horse
~. conveying self apd wife, to grave,
w. And the horse was his own at thatl
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A DETERMINED RlvAnRY.-In Utah
Territory there were two rival stage lines
-one run by,n man named Smith and
another by man named Johnson. The
competition was so great that at Last
both lines carried people for nothing,
and gav6 Mem' EEmlhfs beside. nBmith
offered free ride and Barlow knife to
each sRgassasp4gsfs Rgsa 4A JehFason AFK9n "A offered
one better by giving q pound OF Bologna
sausage With the shirt: johnson sdopt,
ed the sausage. and distributed gold
headed canes. and offered all of John
sons premiums, with litter OF pups and
q bunch ofjtpoth-pickA tot each mah.i
But johnson took tie travel by nav!
ing the old debts of each passenger. and
deciding him a cemetery lot. Smith
turned the tide Immediately In his d.
reotion by giving every fellow C pa;. Of
mules, church. pew, and 1,500 shares
of stock ip' ,the Pacifst Railroad. Then
johnson determined upon his master
stroke. he went to Brigham Young and
got a specjal dispensation, and then be
offered to marry all the women who rode
in his stage, to, take all the men into
partnership, and to give gum rings to
all tho babies. ! johnson was broken up;
and had TO- sell out and abandon the bur
siness, bnt he killed. Smith, nnd. he ia
now happy. .;a.4siA ,ss.s nf;r ~
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Since the "Dutch took Holland there
las "a bsen NO trinmph like .thst Of tie
French capturing Paris. N,,..'
iNe,o Orleans 7in,es.
A bad polioy-One that has run ont.
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Increase Of Btook.- : -'-"----'
kaSSrn 4l1l|RSSiElH1|IgN||lAsAE,!| / 1 \, sAE,!|BAAK!!|
~ PArD .uP ,GAPITAL 100000.

,..+,., PAID UP CAPITAL sso0, 900.
I II :. & OPFICERS:
'-.J3HN NaB ,&ALMER Presidaptx.,r 80. .e.r,
R{au gaERa1ERS CashleE.s ..sS Ct ~
gN: n.RuS4 Assistant 20 eflen
1nhE dtgf6e ofsdccessa TINT ehss' ettehded
1 Ga se Is dts ss
i1 e51e oR the pert 9f tho DireSterF e have ass9
friends has induced them TO pda e5O, ,0e0. 90 70
ths caplssl. 'Bhhfes, ,*10o 90 ofhCha,H ~ :p =,
'tl.Pay@ehts !, may be, sdaSs,thy time prior %
'stpck tp.its pro rdtd shaFe Of iprofte earned
durihg the time the money is III possessipn Of
the Bank; or 10 on the let July, 70 lis propor-
Hon' pf al dividends made thereafter In
either event. the new etock viii participate
equally viii, h,tlfo old In tho surplus fund, =
ApplieaN6ps FOR atock may be made persoi.
ally pr by letter. to tho officers Of the Bank.
DIhEcfons.-JohnD u, Palmer. J. ELI Gregg.
E. W. McMaster, II: p. Sem, !tof n. d. Sem &
Sony 9. W. Bearden,J Juf Copeland & BeAfden,)
Il. 4. Bryapt toi Bryan q McCartcr, r. W. o.
4wafheld. tof r. d W. @! swaffield) May o.
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Summer Scneduie, s.. e q. Gu1sj.nil
i,,fGnZb Commenea 18th Adu, .l6ga.i .ill
er.s Change Of: gchadQle. I,,ari;
SoUTH CAROLINA RAILRoAD CoMPAH1,;
CoIUNRIA. s. O.. January 10 1G11.'

soUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD ConFABr,; d,
a;n:I i Go951HH7P4lA, G91H H47P.4lA, R Co, January 39.!871.
la| SEts4E5AA5i s8 s 3s2ss;s a ssss
Lsave 0haSlestdn ." I;.n .-.laas2 90 am
4ssive fsaye e,9h;a Ct GolS%bis 80,
AIriys At QhaflastaP at si;,;:.,; e
Arrive aE KineailIe ati?2. &. .:t. t.. :1:21lp M
Leave Kingvilie. Sundays e1bep'd; ata 40 p m
ThSs ThSes sbeae %ssias ;nn Is tR
#nmmR Rf6h, C6lambia ind Angnafa RaiaffSad
cbnne6ting with Trains for Wilminka6ni Norak
osfohn1cnn nnd With Trains for. AnemN. Aeox,
&4s,;.@etlnag; s;dl e eloss Gonnegtio9s gsth Aiehl
road, Yofail points EoutE ahd West. '.Irs'l
TRAIN No. 2-NIaHr E1fAHbs...f I! "a
Nn,sl.:, tsundsy Night 'pxdepted.) )I.r;;I
9eava Char1eston et.. ......; .Z,a4nw
4eays aessSS es!a%Bia eo 99aS,e e q
1IriSs ss Gasii issten ::ies sai d
This Train runs In connection, Aitk Op ,Au.
gusta Trains! making. n!ose lcoppeotiAn With
Georgia and Central Railroads, -
A. i. TYLER, Wee rPrss1de
3! ..PrcK1xs. General Ticket Agensl vaA 21
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+ THEY ARE NOT A, VILE
. F AN G. Y DRlNK K

Ahdc OF Pnor Rum, tx1iltrtfcy, rfo.h
Spirits nd Il cGinr I.i4nur. doc orcd. spicet
end gwectehed to please tha taste called Tom
tcs,"" Appetixcrs." !" Ecstorcrs," Ac., tlat lead
tho tpplcr on to drunkenness and ruin, but arc
truo Medicine, nlndo from the Nauvc Roots dnd
Htrbs OF California. free frohi MI A icoh no
sffmulnnts. Thoy are tho G. REAT II BLOOD
nFURIFIER aud LIFE GIVING pRIN.
.ClPLE perfect Rcnoyator and 1nyIcorator or
tho System, carrying OF oil poisonous mattcr and
restoring tho blood 10 n healthy condition. SO
person can takc fheso Bittcrs according to dIrcc-
ton md remain Tong unwcll. 'ift|t' a.
VaF0r Inflnmmnt ory md Chronic Rheu-
taRtfArl md tsout, Dyspcpsln or Indt.
Hnstiou, Bilipus. Itcn,ittciit md lutor-;
miticnt Eeyors, iDiscnscs, pr tho Blood,
LIVER, Kidneys, mud bladder, t!.cso hit.
ters hayc been most succesbdul. Snch Dis.
cnacs arc caused by Vittntcd Blood. which
is generally produced by arrangement OF tho
Digestive Organs. Dy,, aliiyeI.f,,i
DuopEsPEPSIA OR INDIGESTIOS.
Headache. Pain In tho Shoulders, Coughs, Tight
mesa OF tile Guest, Dizziness, Sour Erno,atloas OF
the Stomach, Tad tasta in tho Bionth Bilious At
taeks. pa'rtatton Of the Heart, Inflammation OF
the Lungs. Pain In tho regions OF td Kidneys and
q Lundrrd other painful symptoms, the OF.
eprlnGsM Dyspepsia. s, ,,i.i.y / q rr,
They invigoratc the Stomach and stimulate tho
torpid liver aad bowels, which rcnicrtlcm or un-
. eanalcd cn1cncy IL cleansing the blood' 6f NIL
tulPurlucbs unu ucW tho uHu NlBoE u
the whole system.
."FOR SKIN DISEASES. Eruptons, letter.
,Enft Ishcum Hlotcies. Spots, Pinplcs, Pustulcs,
Dolls. Carbunclcs, l:ing Worms. scaid-licad. Sore
Eyes, ErysIpclns, Itch, scurf,. Dtscolotations CT
the Skin, Humors and Diseases ofthc Skin, OF
whntcver name or nutura, nrc literally dug ur
y and carried out OF tho systcm In oiiort tie by
the nsc Of thcac Dittcrs. ONO hottie IN such
csscs WHY convince the i,,u.t incrcdu!ons OF their
curative effects.
Cleanse the vliiatci Dlool whcncvcr you hnu
It's Impurities bursting through the skin in ri1
pies, Erup,ions or Sores; cleanse It when = ou'
,nnddn obstruc,cd and eluggsh In the ye.nf;
eisansdiit when It is foui. and your feeling. will
tell iyou wien Keen Tie blood pure. nnd tho
hnalth OF the system Will fnlloT. i'
UPIN. TAPE aud other WORMS, lurkine IN!
the system Of SO many thousands. nrc chectuntfy,
destroyed onti removed. For nllrdlructIons read
carefully the circular arouud each bottle. : d
- ]. J.WALKER. Proprietor: Il. II. bIcDOS.tI.D C
F. ~ Gu, Isrk:siats and Gen. Agents, San Fzanc.eo,
Ca! ,aal 81 and 81 Commerce Street, New Yors
..I,N ~ AL DRUGGISTS 1ANp, DEALEns.
ll2slfI1y GEIGER 4 McGnEGOIf. Agents,
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Rl|5EsKDlj
| SKaAlMKP AMNES
Ague and Fever :;
FsssSssSe se ea'S p1syspiss ase ap-pps
e Wts35 Eehsea9& NohnapK2 "a
Il ko5alor DyspepsIa:. 80 ~
|. Tsysa S9sssh.ISg $${I q BRI: saa "a fsgsr ~
RI ,Wplfgf EdAisl95alsn'| s. '|,l ,seAnsRPa % y Z
y tfaaqR9paadsd y III As&ealeaf fstul.S:.
Votes Schieddm .Schnappsl
Is good for AL Kidpey And Blad dderd erdompIainss:,
. u; Woae's. Hc6lsda 6ohhappa 4,
,...:.n,lq. il good for Gout. ,' All,
4. 3 ,WJEss, :lScklealam Echgdppa III II
: Is good for Colo and Pain jh' the Etpmash; !
|. .ms WQlfe's sehiedam Sch4epps q:
In Gaoa 56r IL ill Z s1ttlnsIy oonplaints.. u,y
.:r"i'. .VoEe's Schisdarp. ,Sdbnapps. eI
Is Initiated and oounterfeited, ind khrohasers
will have TO use caution in purchasing.
u aW Woitah Bchiadamu Eohpapips .;-
Is used an oyer ths world by Physicians, in
,..:2 -a.,; ri"sheir practice. r!s.l; -
Iabeg leave 70 call The attention :of tie,
rsader to testimoni in favor Of the dchnapps;
feel bound u. say that. 1.Fegard your
6oHNArPs as being, 10 every respect, pre-emi.
nently pure. apd observing Of medioAf patron,
s!tiole 81 HoilsaS sin. l5e1esolore unaStaIoas
pis; aa aaa heH WI Re siaa MBh M
. .yas Rheslaaceut!csl ohemist, New York. (,
s .onny1as. Is Xg, sept: Il lsei littihat thast. We c
idasae % that remedy is adapted ITO:
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DISEASES GENERALLY.
EEBEALIcS

Will find LIPPSlANS GREAT GERMAN BIT.
TEltB tho best tonic known for the diseaseato
which they are generally subject, and where q
gentle stimulant is recommended.
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pLuMB1Na, ROOFING. G UTTERlNG, and
4 All work 10 this line, put up to order
.0A r 0LINA NANUFA
Can as other house Columbia or NeMberry
HENRY 81. BLEAsE,
As1on "a Proprietor.
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/, Gresnville and Columbia Kailroad.
COLUMBIA, 8. O. iAARcH /, 1871.

6S1 dx.}ss 4 ~ 1tga tBas ffsaE, lSffsJ;n, tai
sched6ls vii So rub daiy, shndasa ta e9eSpfa8
connecting with Night Tfaiis on south Gsxo
Ina Railroad up and down; nlss with Train
going North ard South on Charlotte, Columbil
and Augusta Railroad: ,i rf..' ?..,
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Genuine imported Curscoa. Absynthe and
Marasohino, at PoLLocK's. nm
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KIRKLAND M1ias, Ga. March 90 1a7o

Wholesale Agents for State Of South Carol:
CHOFF Il Co, GLAC1US 4 WITTI;. sTEF.
FEES, WERNER d QUICKER. Charieton.
@pot in Columbia, 8. c., at GEI0ERG
MoGhEGOR'6. Druggists. June 1yjJf
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GPEcClAL ATTENTION given to the col.
~ lection OF Commercial Paper, Interest
on State and Railroad Bonds and Stocks. and
Conversion OF State Securities, by
Z Nov 2S emo Z GAMBHILL Brokey.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-08-24

BunIons, Ingrowing Nails, Tender Feet, etc. Ian.
guage is almost inadequate to express the torture
endured by those unhappy mortals who suffer from
any one of the above, almost universal Affections;
the twinging corn, the painful bunon, the torturng
nail, &c, and to say that humanity was discour-
aged, would we fear, be only too true. Yet there
are exceptions, and they are those who have used
the never-failing remedies of DR.. BRIGGS. We
allude to his Alleyator and Curative, the great
modern discoveries Tor all diseases of the feet, no
matter how severe or seemingly incurable the case
may be. The many thousands who have been hap
PLY benefited by their use, bear witness to the
above assertion. trial is all that needed to
convince the most skeptical.
Sold by II. Euler h Son, Charles X. Partridge,
+. w. kinsman, j. s. r. L. johnson, A. c. Dana,
and Druggists generally. mal20t&w
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n Il UR AL GA .

The pain increases, from time to time, until your
play all sorts OF pranks, from the top of your head
70 The tips OF your toes, this demon shooting forth
like lightning alang the Unfortunate nerve and
trying to tie another into thousand knots, then
attempting to make bowstfing Of another, some
times in the region Of the heart again In the face
mead, neck, etc.; in short, u you have neuralgia in
nest eXerueating degree, use DIR. j. BRIGGS
ALIENATION, and in a trice your neuralgia with
an ms demons, has Departed and once again you
may be happy. Sold BY Druggists. -
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Look at those features and see the agony depict
ed IN the race. IL cannot be helped while the
very aggravated description. You cannot walk with
any comfort; you cannot ride in peace; you can
not sit with ease, and the suffering when attending
to nature is almost anbearable, and causes such a
feeling Of dread that il is put OFF at great sacrifice
TO health and comfort in many instances increasing
the difficulty to an alarming extent Use DR.. Briggs
Pile Remedies according 0 directions TO cure in.
ternal external itching or bleeding piles. They are
mild and reliable, and warranted represented.
Sold by DrlIgigsts.
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WANTED agents. (S2O per day) to sell
w the celebrated HOME SHUTTLE SEWING
MACHINE. Has the under-feed, makes the "lock
stitch" (alike both sides,l and is fully licensed
The best and cheapest family Sewing Machine in
Boston, Mass, Pittsburg, Pa, Chicago, H., or ST.
Louis, Mo. augS-4w
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4uxnPsychomancy. sh Is g sr s'ssa s isS'
Waterville Classical Institute.

The Fall Term will commence September 4th.
For further particulars apply to the Principal,
II. III. HANSON.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-14

An anecdote of Lord Chief Justice
Holt ia as inlinws 4 poor woman was
arraigned for witcllcrait. The witness
deposed that sheused rsptll. 1.-the
spell i--produoed in eyidenee-rwas a
line from one. OF the. classic poets, writ
ten on parchment The Justice de-
manded to see IT, and il was handed to
him. How came youl by thislA he
asked the prisoner. "a. young gentle,
man, my lord, gave il to. me to cure my
daughters agae. e bid it cnre her? =
Oh, yes, my lord, and many Others y
] am glad of it, said the Justice.
Gentlemen Of the jury, when | was
young and thoughtless, | went to this
woman's house with some companions,
had no money 10 pay the reckoning, and
pretended that by u spell / could cure
her daughters ague. She accepted the
proposition, and let us of scot free. If
any one is punishable ii Is the Lord
Chief Justice, and qpt this poor woman
of course she was a. quilted, but the
erednlous multitude .aDirmed that the
judge and jury wero'all bribed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-14

The recent bombardment of Strasburg
while destroying many others, has open
ed one new branch Of trade, that of the
sale of relics, In the square before the
Cathedral several stands have been
erected, displaying a choice selection oi
old iron claiming to have once formed
part Of the projectiles which the Prus-
slams rained into the city. Bits Of bomb
shells, mounted on marble slabs and
bearing tiny brass plates with the in
scription 'Strasburg, 1870" are sold in
large quantities as mantle ornaments
Inllstands are made from obqs, and vari-
GUS other light articles are ingeniously
c0nlriyed out Of death-deal,ng missiles
Fragments Of the stone carving of the
Cathedral, which fell from the tower du-
ring the siege, can also be had for atrde.
As yet there is no reason to doubt that
these relies are genuine, though when
the real materials give ont il will be easy
to manufacture them, as. at Waterloo.
During the siege tbs street gamma Of
Strashlrg gathered the spent shells from
the cutters and sold them to junk-deal-
ers for old iron. English and American
tourists are the chief patrons Of these
relic stands
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Tho western CsssIe.BiIndness.

A singular disease of the eyes, result
ing in blindness, is prevailing among
cattle ia Western Missouri. In the
early stage Of the disease the eyes com
mence swelling, at the same time run
ming water. The swelling lasts from
five 10 fourteen days, aud when the dis
charge Of water ceases, a firm white film
covers the eyes completely destroying
sight. The disease is said not to impair
the general health Of the animal. The
Kansas City Times states that this . epi-
demie is spreading rapidly through
jackson county, aud along the line Of
the Memphis and Kansas City railroad.
In Independence county from thirty to
forty cattle, some Of them very dne ami
mails, are completely blind, and in Kan
sas City there are two hundred blind
cows, some Of the dairies having had
fifteen blind mixers at one time f
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Prslestaa Z sisterhoods.

The New York Tribune turns asid,
from politics aud the everlasting Ring
to endorse Bishop Potter's recommends.
ton Of Protestant sisterAoods, .Ia.a
The poor, the sick and the sinful the
editor reminds us we have always with
us. Women are, in most cases, the ittes,
messengers to carry to them Christian
help and comfort In every community
there are single and unemployed women
making themselves and society lmiser,
able because they have not work to do.
Why should they not be organized,
taught to work skiifully, instead of with
vehement and lazy ignorance; allowed
TO wear gray, blue, ,,or black gown il
il pleases their sense Of romance, and
thus at once earn reputable livelihood,
find use for their strongest aud noblest
powers, aud serve as condit by which
the charity Of Christianity may at last
reach its object thoroughly aud with
efieet1 The venerable Kishop thought
the matter of so grave an Importance
that he desired, feeling that his life would
prohahly be shorti 10 siIe his testimony
for H. And we hope that his church,
with her usual temperate common sense,
will not cease TO urge so rational And
needful rcforin. lfaiifhlrfH ai
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coIIap.e 81 the syndicate.

Special Washlng,Ss dispatch Gin. GaIette.l
There have been wild rnmors aAoat
here to-day relative TO the collapse OF
the syndicate The story has run that
Assistant Secretary Richardson wrote a
letter toiSaeretary Boutwell, stopping
lgIthhr pay meHt a. lGnds, as the Euro
paan subscribers have failed to liQnidate
their subscriptions On inquiry, to-
night, Secretary Boutwell, authorizes an
absolute denial OF these rumors, so far
as they pretend to affect the five per
cent bonds. lie says il is true that the
further shipments Of boads has been
stopped, but it is only because the syn
dicate already have twenty millions on
hand, and do not wish the responsibility
increased of taking charge Of them.
The subscribers have vet sixty days 10
yhinh 70 pay W their subscription,
The Secretary says that rumors we're set
aa6at BY stock jobbers, with view to
got Hn another hlaok Friday in Wall
street.
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lPlaStlns cards.

From Chambers Journal. .H
Ia the time Of George III Horace
Walpole tells us that everybody followed
" Hamletsp direction, and spoke eby
the card" They we're made the vehicles
OF messages of all kinds, aRd eysn Fss-
erend bishops would take up an ace Of
hearts to. convey instructions or serious
matters Of business, some of which are
still in existence. Caricatures, then a
ney species Of satire, were sometimes
drawn upon them, and miniSleEs OF slaie
Q0nd descended to inYept devices, Charles
Townsend himself oariOatqhng tho trial
Of Admiral Byns 80 cleyerly that the
pack was aiterward engraved.
IL has often. been asked why the nine
OF dianioGlG, X called the Curse Of
Scotland, and as aA answer has iaialy
been given by writer in the Notes and
Queries, We may perhaps conclude this
article by giving the three historical
facts which he assigns as having caused
the saying. IN the distracted state Of
the country during the reign Of AaFy,
man, Gsgrge Campbell by name, att
tempted to steal the crown out Of Edin-
bnr9n castle. IN this ha Yss pnspe-
cessful, but managed to abstract nine
valuable Jewels, and escaped safely 70
q iopaigi shore. 10 fephce these a
heavy tax was laid upon the country,
which the poor, oppressed people thought
so great q grieveanee that they termed
it the cdrse of Scotland; aud, until very
recently, the card itself bore the name.
Of George Campbell in the highlands
The Second explanation relates 10
the well3naNn massacre of Glencoe
The mandate for this cruel deed was
signed by tho eldest son Of the Earl of
Stair, who was at the time the Secretary
ofState for Scotland. The coat Of arms
belonging to this family bears nine dia-
monds on is shield, and the people, not
daring to stigmatize the Master Of Stair
as the curse Of Scotland applied it to
his armorial bearings. The explanation
relates to the battle Of Culloden, which
axtinguished the hopes Of the Stuart
party, and was at the time considered a
national curse. The Duke Of Climber
Iaud. who was known to hRve been a
gambler, is said to have carried pack
1f cards IN his pocket; and when he had
won the famous field, he took out the
nine of diamonds and wrote his account
)f the victory on Il.