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-- WILLIAMS & DAVIS, Proprietorg.] A Family Paper, Devoted to Science, Art, I nquiy, Industry and Literature. RMS---$3.00 Per Annum in Advance VOL. Xe] WINNSBORO, S. C.. WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY, 1,1875.N TT HE I ! 91 F I PJ L 1)II 1? Pti D P; PUII.SlIKID WEElKL.Y BY W I 9, L U1 A Al S& 11 A V I S. 7 rms.-The ]IRRA , ) ip publisliel Week y iln Ihe Town of Winnimbovo, at $3.04) 1 i>l11aWy inl advaner. toi"" All Ir-inaien wlvertkemnents to le ' 1 ) IV .l 1'- -.1I ,.. Obilitary Notice ika-1 Tributes $1.00 pe-r 4quatre. iSt al iullx of tihe lurgtto. F,ho was dead. 'Tlhero in the iloryne, Ilolun at marble Slab, whlo'C p It. tily rivailed not tle snowy whitenl".,s of those ebitcled fe. tureb and toy taper itig fingeis, 1-y all that was maortal of t le poar suicide. 11or features wore t lie calm1 of pleacuful sleep, tho lips S lightly prted as if with a smile of Joy for i a te e:o frvim rapd111y v losing meshes. A caseado of yoldei b :ia tell gri.ceiully from her cas.,ic h0 row, ternaatiag m rifpples t.f sun. - b ine lar below her w a Hiet 1cr lap. i.arul hunig in simple folds aroundi. har , d(ly aaloulla' lillibs, half Cover i tg, i all :isp'i n aa3 at iay foot el aldl a ut.t) gai er. Who she V-I!S, Whehte Site ca.me, and What the ti wiebt. Il her thus witoly to thrao.w a be.aI itu: '.ow.g l.J* away,are ama;onag ait; ime t1table llys C ivs Ihi.t wIll ie reeaed o 'iy tat tle li.1nal i y whv i all i s -c I s shall i ic knaio . 11t' fiabernmu plying their daily a-voetionkll in tile riker, lad enfolded thle dead bpodty in thollr n.,t,t nd bL i.ag it to tle.t-urface of the placid, dke eefil wat eIs, had, With ringled tuet anld tihiiation, delivered1 thjo beautiful reainns to tihe autho.ities to be exposed in the Morgue for ao co tition. A strict searebi lad re ve,leii no token of this oig Crea tu.ie's identity. Her delie.te fea turies atind the exquimito tcxtture of her Olothing betrayed her high.rak, but bvyond this notlihig could be learned. Pi Itse ! Tho' was sol oth itrg elme, a tri'lle, inl.-ignlificant in itself, baut fui nishiitng a clue lo the dreadfuti m)!,tery. Up:.m her bo.oin, nlext, her be It, lay a loek of hair, tied with a id uc ribbon in a simple lover's knot. Ti..t was tall. Could this little keep. lal'as speak, what volume-s it mlight diseIose. As the rep.ater gaz.-s Upon it, his eyvs grow dim, and weird pie.es float across his brain. lit fIiity b see a beautiful an insion I.Ittd Up il luxury. Within he boholds loving parents whose eyes bea mi devo lion for a daughter, tihe sunlight of the Iousa. 1le sees thii dauhitl)r, milnl.a;h.ig in tho giddy throng, light. lict ted as at bird. lie sees a tall aid haidsomo 3ti3outh, with dark eye and ssomos lap bending over this fair Ilaid.-In whisperiig sofIt comapli m1t0W at.4 l t lor Itt roe:tat( i-0. and knows by her heih a Oateaed v'cor thLt lie.e airy InoI a 1* A &tA diipleas ing to her. Again lab eyes grow dim, and a)ruia cleari.g, le holiolds a change o s ne. T%vo y otig luvers are meat. ed oemily together it the cheerful glOw% of thle oa c'a fire, le still bre-a.hiitg ro ions of lovo and tend rtess, and- tthe, her Iand cIaasped in his, h1eaming Witl happiness and t ruoma g cant idenece. Agai taheia scene ban. est, and al shuder' patsses over htim as thte patnoraaa reveals a neow picturae ina troang cont rast. wv: th all that have gone before. ()aao al was .ovo, contfidence and sunashine now, all is roaidor'ae, maisery andl dark. niess. The al i tetr haas prevai led andIt inonatcfe I has yietldod to the wvilest of' thlo serpent. IJ e Scos this faira yo)u.g cr'eatauret. wiho hiad knowna no s> rrow, experienaced no0 Oaa'ts, suff'ere d nao w.ants, rusing maadly fromt Isome, out into the s'treet, atnidl a busy thraontg tao f:anaibail witht suich scenes to notico fherl aas she hur'riaed it, i th LIrobbing brin ft ad croavdlng memt soniO Ai tanda oat. Site wends her way mttchatnical.y to that, coladt and silent rivyea' benath whlo 'e gently ri ppl Iing suarface so) mitn dread steereta have beent buried!. [Jo sees hier sIon sudden'lly upona thte harinak, cast one last look uapona that l ittl la Iook of hlair'-ur athet oaaannt hato hit a y t-andl then, afteor oIfer inag a 'ilenat pr'ayer' for 'or'giveness.e to htea' .4l tker a eoro whauo awiful tribau. nal siha, is to appetar withaoutt prpa ration, wiiataaoe long, lingering glatnc uapon t he wotrld she leaves behtind, she plunges boldly into the stramal, and gaoes down, down, down, wvithtoat a struggle, to rie no maore. Anad thec streama rolls cabtaaly ton, telhutg nlo tales, and (an its bosomx bears thoius ande aof hum. I)anth binIgat br ighIt anal hsappy, who pere:cha n are atrave'linig the sami sad paith to detatht. Anad theo paternal hoame is desolate, rand paternali hairs go down in sorrow to [the grave, A ntd the heartless tamnpt. er goes andetected, unsatnhed, to pratotise his wiles in other gar'donujor Eden. And then [lhe reporter starts, for i revery is broken by [the advenat, of an.t other 1 inahitaant brotught to the alorgue ; ad asa the iLt cle,rs faram his eyen, he( b'eholds the same dioacd borly ly ing in asll itshu'.auty anad alil its mnyster''y uponthe i a1Cy marble bet r haim. And as he leavest the rouiom', heo cat'rs involu'nt arily,* for' Ma' is aa ICcenbtc oal to suchia tl in.as, a il . prayer that even as the pure wtter is Coist.aitly trickling in a gentle stream up n this body to preserve it fl ow decay until called for by triew. even so tli pity of a mlereitl ',thb: may bedw the erriigr, il 1 t1 i' soul, freod 1-rWm its tonetit of clay, until such time as a loving I. deogner muy call it to his bosom at a weary limil-. poor unfortunate child, more Biied against than ininig. The Wives of EZ111ca1it ilen. The wivo3 of mon of sentiment are n t always the most oppreciative of womel. Jeanit Paul repre.,ents St-benk:is as readiig one of his beau. itill Iniagiliigs t-> his Wife, Who lis tened with eyelids cast down and bated breath. As he closed, the sharer of his joys beamed forth with,l "Don't put on voar left stock ilg to-morrow, dear ; I iust. mend that hole in it." So, when Sir Wal. ter and Lady Scott were rambling about their estate, and came upon some playful lambs frisking in thc meadow-'Ahl," said Sir Walter, "'lis no wonder that poets from the ealiv.;st kls have m11ado the famb the emblem of pence and ijn;ceneo."1 "-They a1c, inideed), deli"'htful ani-. a1 ,"a ansxrred her ladythip, "es pecially with mint sauce." 'lic First Veo. Governor Chnmbherlain is ant exact tman ! His firpt veto was announced oil F i tay, ai.d was istained by ai uniaiiiiious vuic. Tbo reasons for ve. loing the hill were : That a word lad te.n olitted in the entolled 1ill and t.fterwards instried ; that in three places t1o vord Aldurm t ai,pers in place of thea Aldermet, anla that the hist, aection of the aot is 'khl oigtius. 'Hiiiexactittudle and da - tel ninat.ion to have things in order is refreshing and novel. The Legs lature must look to thair P's aud Q's in future, anld pay more heed than hithorto to 'readin', rtin' and 'i ithmetic."- News und Courier. What is believed to have been a brutil murdor, o:enrtred at tle pe .1i temiary on Saturday afternoon. Olie of rite coi.viets, Charles Barron 1y name, got into a diffioulty with Oorporal Bryant, of the guard, when the latter drew hi.i pistol and shut I.rroi iii the right sado, from the effects -i* which he died in about twenty minlat"S. An iniit was held yes erday, an I a vordict, ren dered that decel4ed came to hi. iy a ball from a pistol in the haids of Corporal Bryant. The homicide gaive himself up to the offioers of justice.- Phinix. A Sad Suicide. Mr. Nathaniel W. Lord, a young man wel' known it this city, shot himself to death with a pistol oil Saturday. On the night precedivg the dis-ressinig oecurence he requpest od a young frienld who had blVeen rOtming with him not to remain with him as lie felt rest less. In the mnornit,g Mr. Lord was discovere lying in bed with his clothing ont ain de ad. The bed ding a was sa t.irate'i with blood which had l., wed f. om wounds in tue tempilo, thfrough which a picel ball had pasaed. Tlhe oause of the tragic act is said to have been businessi trot'blce, which unsettled his reason. - News awl A most wotnderfual and formildale vclume, whieni has boon t wenty years in preparaitionu, has just been is- und by an en terprisin Lon Jetdon hou.vo, It is entfit led thle "Merrcat,tile Directoiry of the WVorld fitr 1875," and comin prises over' 3,00) quiarto pages. It4 cont ain a register (if the principal btsiniess firms th rough out the world, antd appears to have bieen cornpi t.l wvithI grneat care and( a1ccuracy, and14 is brought down to the latest possibhle I dates. Tihe Unmited States and TIetrri tories are well represented. The volume aiso conltainis a glossary in sax dlilfernit latngage of e wimer eial termse, names of trades, ole., and is .so classfied tas to i cnder reference easy and roeady. A judge in North Carolinat was a grott stickl1 for' formni. Unoe day a soild)ier, whio had been4r battered con - siderabiy in the war, was brought- ini as ai witnesas. Th'le julHe told him to hold n p lis right hanrd. "'Cani't doi it sir," saic the mnin. '"Why not T' ''0ot a shot in that arm, sir."~ Thein hoil up your left."' ''(ot a shot in that arm, tdo, sir.'" "Thein,'' said the jidge sternly, "you must hold up your leg. No moan can be sworn, sir, in this court by the laws unless ho holds up something." If' thie now sonator from 'Wisconsin be not a democe at, call him by aniy other namec; the thre cardinal ptritn ph l. of domoecracy tupon whith lhe un h4te will siellI ju-t as sweet. I ha ur set an: order to a .Ltn d tlra tiles.ani for a elock. HIe said hoe ThouNl preftr on14 tmatd' by TFem pui's Fut,~t ats 14i the best eloeks in the ne214ihbohdi had1li th:i2.t name oeon them FrtmoinL'x Railroad. tlF il MIMPIS AND ICL PASO RAt I lOAE FRAUD. W.It'lio-ON, February 1.--The VXpositte of the Memph1I and El Passo railroad corruption contained !n the New York 8-.in to-day, Ih ,s ex. vitel mjuvh interest anong conarnse 11(et1 anad other., here. It has beenl vell kijowi here for a long time that the stock and bo1i.sof this freullent 0 riif-ration had found their wayjiuto (Ihe po'smbsionl of, memlber-S o thle fort-lirst congress. A bill to in - V1p0 ate tle Memphkis and El Paso rai:ro,id pus.ed ite house of repre. setattives il 18G9, and was peinding in tie senate when congras. adjourn. ed that year. During the following year General Fremont and his friends %erc lcre distributing freely whati purported to be the stock and bonds ul titis corporation, whiho never oould have any value unless congress should pass tihe bill and give tho company I lao land grant for which they asked. [L was ia May, I8'9, just after the idjournimenit t cogress, that F'.o. munt and Iis fricitiS put their fraid- a ulit reenrities a.loat, on the Vari a Ltour.e, and received mubsciiptions t o the amoutit of $3,800,000. .3,ron C loileau, 1'retotait's brother-in-law L lied in prisoni for the crit e,t Sid Fremtont, kimielf ri.-k., Lthe samea 'ate bliuuld lae ever reappe.ar inl rance. In 1870 Memphis and El 1'a.o was in such bau odor that it I v. s;iotliossible to get the bill through n liew Colmipainy, named tihe Trais. I 'odtijental, wab formed and charter d, and finally all tle interests were i. er;ed litito the 'I'exus ald Pacifia U-tuny. 01f the Memphis atud El P'so, it is enoughh1l to say that it was f A. botdest and the biggest attempt. v.er made to proeure a ch.arter 1*-om ' oigress by cor upt means. Had the t jili passed congress and tle road 0 )Coetl built, maembers of colgr(as S ,vauid have rei-l zod largo fortunds. o n p11a11eut of tiheir tiupport of it. rha umber inter.ted iu that way 3; -i put by old ttnainhers at fifty or ix-y. The tw a members of the 4.eJ w ho.0 e lettea's, printed in F lie "3un. show that they w'lre amllonlg 9 e lost vigo aIus anaad m1o1t liberally t Mid siiuArters of the scelaemue lurtmn C. IHunter and .. P). ). I itianks-afe t>o:la republicnas from Aldiaia ; th latter is tho chairman C f the committ on Iudian affairs : m4l s. rvtd -)it Freimount's stall dnring he war. iunter wais talso in tae a ri.y, an)d is a man1!1 of smlall calilro. t 1thard (. .\McCurmnick, who received a lud shares, ii the I.resent delegate tcoua a es fro-na A rizollaw. W itiield 'cott Staith, who got 400 hares i i lae Correspondent of the Now Yojk I I vening Post, Boston Traveller and C oter inapers. Gnforal S. P. 1leiat . il, n is wc I kniowin for Ih is military -c ord. here is groat flutteritig of nembers lier to-niuht as to future V -evelations. A-inong tho-e who will t se badly comaproan asod, it i. said, is 0 -ron. Folhenck. our nittwer to Eig tind, who maiimea, .whe ' thie 1ex: 1 ?ilio Was fi. ally thard, iat the i romises mnade to hii by 1-remiot, (1l his fiend-, should be imade v ''d ina thme gt' ol landavs along t,h It a ua.utehueett.. village, there e the rhs t ,he n inisters of neah beearing the namae of Wriaghat. ' no lives iin the upper p;art, of' the ownYI, one iln the loweri, otil the third Lt the tm ills ;so theo people haave dle a(inalated thecir spirituail tguides a, grnt'' ") D >.y ah," a:t ".\Iall wright.'" Tlhae Shaa' ot 'er.ia us given IIe,rr a ~alIkeanagen, aI Russian subjt3nt, a I Ionecersin to eu tstruct a a nil way romii Tlabla iza to lthe Russi an fronitier. I If thaisi line is eararied out, t, wvilt bo, xtenaded to, Till s, anad becomgo the : irst, railway connecoting A.sia atda'. durope.( Wh len y out hetar a main say the v'orldi ow av him lituIivintg, dona't, leave may moaav able art iet e, particuarlay mya biank lulls, lyinag araounad loose. Thela Sta teavill (N. C.) Landarak ells. of' a colored w.o'"uan in that :awnl who ga"o e irtha to a cnlored h ild w'ithI wit hanutads. By Geore .hats odd I Up to the latest advierts there had bieen 20,504 persons arrestedl in Parais oa' patrt ici pati on in the insurra ectiota >l the cot))Inunoa. A Roehceter flirt laud tin off'er of marriage onae ovetnirng, anad r'ushing to he hall shec called up stairs "Moth. 3r ! am 1 engaged to anybody [aow 1" 'Now, children,' said a school in.. upector 'wbo loves all men P' A ittle girl, not six years old, evident. ly not quite well up in catechism, rnswered quickly, All women !' Thela rad ical papers call Anady. Jwnan 'o !' et Er.",' 'That'a. goodtl. "t ( I two eyves"---tne on thle co,nst itution an~d thbe other (ou Itha t hi eves. TUhe fir''t boo.; rool and i.e la.os book laid usidle by very chil, it 33 Ctand net- m' it 4 oh licbrew Ladiles at their Toilet. The first thing that, would h:tv. trick us inl exiiniviug tht garde. rob-. of a I ltbrew lady , wod lin ve been the quanlti:v of dresses. In ,his groat a.o of simplioity such a Ating would naturally 0stonish us. Iliebrow women were, indeed, fond if dress, and the It.xury amongst hei mItAfested in the 'riehes and ?ariety of dresses, and the cuatit y f ornit.ments and jewdir y, was soon maried to such01 -n extent thiIt it ho name vecessary to proteit tagaint it. Ihere is Ito doubt, t hat as the inter. !ourse between th Jews aid other intions itcreased the hidies felt. no onjeer vatiefied with th . prinjitive iloplioity. The fashions of the lever Egyptail,s, the elegant Pli'i iians, and the luxurious Persians, rere soon eagerly sought after and Oproduced. Even patient Job got mpatient at the dresses, and all of is have read that magnificent, bold lenunciation of Isaiah, as with m th ring sarcasm he denoutiers the "wo:ncn of the period" livi g for lothing else but dres. and flirtation, :uI having but oue desire, "to see nd to l osen." Now, look first at lie Under garment ; Ketonet tuni a. It was worn by mou and we. len, but of course, women bud hitigs made of the very best mater 1. It was IMade of wool or linei, Ahite or blue, now and then striled -and afterwards-thunka to the ersials-of a silky Un.leri .1. It as worn on the nak 3d body, aid a orson wearing it is often de:-eribed s naked, w%hich. in thlie 11a1nnage of ho inoi tecnth cenlt:1ry, WeaIs t'at lie was "cid 11elVI.11 Tho 1a-teri dresses are far very ron being close fiti, and the Keto et was at first a l"ose garment, ithoit sleeve.s, reaching down to he knees. But tile Ketonet, be. nmo gradu illy tighter. The Pler ilns, who were lie dandies of the ld world, were them iof considora le length, but not every one could fford this additional hxpn.'ieo. It is upposed that the poor wore i-) oth. r dress exoept the K-tonet. The econd article to be found in the arde robe of wealthy peop'e was he sadijn, trnislated lioe linen in ur versioni of the third chapter of staiah. I sup--posa that it was wivorn ver the Ketonet. In the fourteenth hpter of the book of Judges the ine Ilebrew word is translated dif rently. Thirdly, some ladies wore second under-garmont, a long wide nicai, with or without armis, known longst. tle Greek;s and liomans, and ito also by the Pho .icians. It was lade of costly materi..I, and richly iwoven with flowers and figures. 'ho part around the neek was cover d with orwkinaetts, the flowers were enerally of the darke.t, purple. and et l.orders were trinmed with gold nd brilHait colors. N ext, ca ie tile irdle to keep up the dlrnsi, so much 11tinght of aiong.t il tile nations f an:qirut y, as I need hardly re aind the readers of lomer. It was iale of different materials, accord ng to tho taste, or rather the purse, I tie owner. The common girdle. -ere of leather and very narrow, lome0 were of i-ilk or g dd,l and or amen,eod with silver buckIes ; they '0 rO wtorn round the loins ;- wmeni fol e tlieti lo,wer -1a-I to l'oou I hiai m ten. ~Smia ll ols wVithI secut rereO of ten fastenedu to the girdle, ian. ',metime1s. also tin eegalit, plochet, a whinch motney or thintgs of value rere kept. Tie Iast piece of cl othIin g I shall la. tion.1: ih upper gatrmenlt, a otnldl tdfight, our Westerni l1dies. Ssetemii: to have h. en oi iiinally a gnare1 picco of 0lot hi, some1wha :t li ke hio,bwl. At, lir,t, it, was made I0 ael'is hair, a.ii rwalrds it w.as 1 1d e ->f cottoil. Those worn in thle umm ner were of a Ilighlt taterialii, like ur muslin, whilst fair t hose in use luring t 1e winter a t ahiker mnaterial r-as guteeral1ly eblo.nen. Theli simbolib mas u-ef'u and ornainental. It wasl fieni netd as a carpet or as a e,ver rig during the naight. Ilenee tho, ai w of M oses, whlienl raigulated se.ver 1 Ii ahlgs-.-fai- i nstanc,0- thait no0 liX t re af cotton d anil wool should ho ised in the mliaking (f itauterials omm;iaded that if a~ mant cLoughi overlty pltdged his~ mianit.o it should o ire.stored to Ih im a fter sunset. The iimlahl wats fastened withI golden01 pillS o he shotuld ers, wheunce it feli ini raceoful talds over the othler garb IaeCts. Som ino~f thle mai:iat les imust, ave been splendtd ; is I said before ,boe garde-i obe oif a lie 'row lady was #ell filled. Ini the book of Ju idges ho then living girls are thus do. ocribod by 1)e borah1, "a prey of divers ~olors of needlework." "aller clothing s silk antd pur ple," says Lemnue, Thte P'houicianis excelled in weav'irg and iyeinig, anid wer'e well nted for their lark b'lue anld their pturple. TIhe e'rsians- wor-o iivted for- their silk. i'herae is no dunt, that the liebr-ew ede wn 'ti 'n tm of' L,bor JO-Iph W. 1 iloh,!: i tont of ex.ov WV. W.' Iloiden, o-f Nor'i b ('.rolina, ijed a the r,.ilence oft LNt ,I~thc Bircvilles. An attempt is being made to ai litittizo bo.tvars on the [land of Hiute, off the coast of Scotland. There are 41,774 white and 58,984 colored children who attend school in the State of South Carolina. Lotta has presented San Francisco a fountain. which is to play for them when she can't be there hersolf. A nephew of 'tonowall Jackion worried a niece of Geongo B. Mo Clellan, at Denver, the other day. The postal card foctory in Spring. lield, Mass.,shippel 26,420,500 cards diuriig the quarter ending on the 1st uf January, E'nche's comet is coming, but it will not be seen for many weoks yet, as it is still 8t veral budred milliots of miles away in the dim and misty depths of lpace. Mrs. Wm. 13. Astor, whose hus hand pays $259,000 in taxes, owns a million dollars worth of diamonds. She wears rosettes of diamonds on her lippers at parties. Mrs. Fitch's khedive gift is nowhro. At Lyndon, Vt., one (lay lst week a gentleman opened a fish hole in ar, cddy, and removed with his hands i m i ly 300 pounds of pickerel and i itckers. The fish crowd up to the dole for fresh air, and are osptured. Peanuts are rapidly coming to the 'ront as an article of trade. Ten cars ago the crop didl not amount to nore than 150,000 bushels. Last i foar 2,000,000 bushels were raised, ralued then at $3,000,000. Phila- C lelphia alone tukos 600,000. Nice country, New Mexico! Thero was more thon the cu.tomary stir at Las Vegas the other day, when thei itage coach, with four paftcngers imide came tearing into town. The ; Iriver, though frozon into a beautiful %If, was sitting bolt upright, with r n a wful grituness of the f-Lco and leallh-grip on tle lads. 'I lie ghaf t- 0 y Jehn was helped down from the text day there was a big funeral at 1as Vegas. .. t 01110c Strilnge Ucpjpliig DuWR Rid olli. The Wisconsin legislature have do. d ided that Mr. Matt Carpenter shall V etiro to private life. k is a fitting r aesion to drop a tear to hi3 sweet V klemory. t lJo was appointe-l United States i enator in 1869 and tot,k his seat on t lie same day that Johnson stepped low n and out of the presidency. It sia n1otworthy coineidence that lie vill step oOwn and vut of the senate on the same day that Johnson will te up in again. Parson Browulaw and Nlatt Car- I )enter entered the senate together N -the one ah.rd s-ell japti.t who T iad nevet "belonged" ' a specia I >olitical party ; the other a softsbell T >olitician that had adapted himself C ty tunis to every political par y in I -xistence since the hour of his birth. I l'hey will retire from the scoato to- r ,ether. During the war Ia f.iamois tragedi n ilayed Rtichelieu before a large- au. Iienee, among whom was A briaham in ban1colni. The audii ence( was miiixe J( a its sympathuie.s, but the notor, ni.t vsiaig to fire their p.assions, altered he texq of a famous line to readC 'Take away thme sword ; sty tes miay )e saved wit hont it." Th'le circum- i Lances was repo'ted to Forrests. The I lhoomy giant nttered a curse. eanmiwhilh- he played the sameo part, uid one nightI, whlen Lincoln waii I mnee more in the front, thundered I >ut th', -ins with nmarvellous enmergy 5 mini (emlphiasis : "Take away the word ; sttes (GAN be saved with iit it."' Tlhe poinut wvas boon and the- I I pplaure shook the house . The Bi itol, (Va.,) News, in mack ng mnion of thme fact t hat. eighty ives ex-robels have alread-y been slected to the next congre<s, says 'they sire ex pected to kill and broil 'o-r bremkfaist achi amornig. * ne, endler, juicy, sl1 fed o erpet-bagger, I sy the confo lerate debt, revive slavery, blot out the star i.pangled )ailnr, dig up the unin e"5meteries5, senisi<mt con fe-l-rato soldiers, lega I bzo and arma the ku,klux, and crown Jellf D)avis Eimperor." A. "comvenerd'' przm lkitete named William T'homnpsoni, knownm as "Beii. ligo," hias receniity attracted much attenitioni in Lod(onl as a speaker at religious meeitings. ilo is now six. ty-two.yeari old, havinigapen4 npar ly aqu artor of aoenturyj of his life an the "ring." It is. related that A'dy Johnson has a list of victims prepared, and when lhe enters the sonate ohambher lie wi,l sacrifice theom tne by one. IIe proposes, in the brief sesnion fol h>wing the 4:hi of Mdareb, to miake w;iy,w:.t sAtiaiiy, tI aero, Fielini. hiiy~sc ad tbo tw~o M ,iIha,.~ Tosik-' j: mg, i"erry, '1 nrtoni, V ice-Plieaidpnt W\'i.oni and S-an.-Ci a TERRIDE RfCAL TRAGEDY IN A CIII. tA0 TIEATI11. Tle audience which laughed over the porto-manoe at Ilooley's theotte last evening, little kncw of the pain. ful event which ocurred behind the 1o0u's before the eurtain rose. Had any hint been given of the desperate nuture of the accident which hap pened just as the orchestrat oom, m11e1ced the overture, it is a question whether even the drolleries oi Mr. Crane, forced, indeed, for once in his life, would have been able to keep the house in) such a condition of merriment as it enjoyed. The orchestra had, as said just >pened the overture. The actors wvere below in their dressing rooms, preparing for the rise of the ourtain. l'ho stage as sot in readiness for he coiamencmeent of the play, when L crash was heard that shook the On, Are proteenium, and was audible n front of tile house. Noises of his kind, made by falling seenery Ind such things, are not uncommon, ind no attention was paid to it below. Jno setor called out, "The stoam >oat has exploded too soon.' An ,tiler cinamrked, "They ato crowding n so fast, that 'hey have to come brough the roo'," while similar jo mtar remarks were made. Those in the stago, however. were aware in imoment of what had happened. 3efore them, his skull mashed to toms, his brains spattered over the Proken flooring of the btage, with lood gushing from what remained f his eyes, ears, mouth and nosc, ras one of the scene shifters, John L,odwin. 'The alarm was given, and verybody gathered round. Mr. ran had him carried below, ana ont out for a surgeon, for the poor ello%'s pulse still beat feebly. A ilnute later, and not a sign of life emained. The unfortunato young man had vidently climbed to the carponter's hled, m01110 sixty feet above the stage, efore t-he hour of opening the theatro, nd had fallon to sleep. The first otos of the orchestra had awakene,l im, and lie had risen to come down i) attend Lo businoss. It was pito!i ark upon the nartow platform upoit rhich lie lay; there was no guar-l nil ; and in stepping forward lie had one in the wrong direction, and no ually stepped off the platform, fail 11y, upon his head.- ''ho flooring of he .tago was broken by the conous. ion.--Chicago 'i'rbune. Going It Blild. Nothing could have been more un. tent ional. Gen. Sehenck didn't nean to do it. He only innocently vrote ont. for the enlightenment of A oble English lady and her 1isitors, ie of the rules of the game as it is ilaycd in Aimeriot, and lo I in the rought lie got a full hand of fame. t is a clear case of going it blind. lear the honorable envoy extraordih ary and minibter plenipotentiary,- as o explains it tll himself in a letter o an irquiring friend in Cincinnati: "You wrote to ask the moaning of he r idiculous story about my having >uhlished a work on the "Rules and art of Poker-playing."~ 1 will tell .hat it all comnes frein. In the sum. aer of 1872, while viaitmng with oth rs at a country house in Somerset. hire, the guests as is usual in Eng iehl soqicty, amused themselves in lhe evening wvith games at card., and, a is alimo.t as usual, the stakes were or pennie s and six pences. They core anxious to learn the Amnerioan ~amo of po'kor,-of whi'ch some of ttene Iready knew a little. I sho-wed horn how it was played. When was coiming away thle lady of the louse req1uested me asa favor toher elf and othIer friends who thought it! ttraotive and amusing, to write down ome I,f tile rules of the game, as it a generally played in America. I omtplied with her request as well am could, on the very morning of my easvingi her hospitable house, and bought little more of my act of ioiteness until she surprised me by eniding me seome copies of these ules, which a gentleman, another ii,itur, had printed for her, ad for heir own private usa and oibrouiation, mn his ownl private printing press. It wams iiiteinded as a compliment,. and I mn very sure tha,kt nobody can be niore anir.od or' mie annoyed than "y friend, liady Wv., and her f amily ad g.uests, to flid that they have thjus unwittingly brought down on me the wrath and reprehension of so many good people in America." It is said that a gentleman can't perform a aim pie act of civility like bhis without being talked about, on iocount of it. Goa. Sobenek wouldn't have thought it. In the course of thie samne letter the general complains thmat his life and conduct have been 'grossly ealumniated and mirepre sehted." We can't conceive why liny oneO who wanted to ealunmniate (eni. Svhenick should bo at the trou. Ini somei of the new styles thle?0 ii no, ebanmi~e 14.r Rllationa na m 1. News ltcems. Thirty-sevon Oases of small.pot have occurred in the Ohicago poor. house, The President will send a special message to Congress to-day regarding the South. The strike among the Fall River. Mass., operativos continues nearly 2,000 weavers and spinters, mostly females, have been idle a fortnight,. A fire was tagting at the Shakers' Settlement, in Mount Lebanon, New York, yesterday, It commenced in the churoh, and it Was feared it would be disastrous. President Grant is a frequent ViAh tor at the Washington theatres. A letter of the a1st says : "At the national theatre a night or two since he occupied his accustomed front seat in the private box, where he eon be easily seen by the entire audience, During the course of the play there was considerable gagging indulge,t in by the actors, including allusions to the third term, military interfdr . onco, eto., which seemed to delight the audionoo very much. Finally one of the playors brought in thd name of Grant, when another quickl replied, "Andy Johnson will soon bd in the sonato and #il1 tike care of him." At this the applause was per footly uproarious, the mnda cheered, and the women waved their hand# kerchiefs, and it was a m1idUtd or two before order was restored. In thd midst of all the iomm6tIon, the president retained his attitude unmoved. aud not a change of expression flitted aorosw his stdlid countenanoo. Porom the New Orleans bulletin primer : "This is the picture of a soldier. ie is agencralh The gen eral says : 'I am not afraids' Bed how he strUts. Do you not wish you were a general ? It is a fine thing to be a general. * * * lere is the picture of a bandit. See the general *ants to to do something to the bandit. Will he kill the ban, dit, or will lie write a letter I No, he will not write a letter, he will send a telegram. * * * This is the portrait of a president. A cat can look at a president. The president can make a governor, atid lie can make a legislature. * * * Here in the portrait of a governor. The governor loves the bonds, and the governor loves the people's money ; but the governor wotuld not take the people's money for anything iti the world. We have a de footo gover. nor. le is a very good man. The people love him. He is very pfiU le loves the president, and the president lotes him. If your halif was kinky and yodr Okin was blacki you might some day Oaf a governor. See, the general, and the president and the governor, are all runnitg, What makes thorn all run so ? Are they afraid I Yes,they are afraid of thie banditti." Writing Nonsenul, Rtabelais hadl written some sensis4 ble pid'des, which the world did not regard at all. "I will write some thing," says he, "that they shall take notice of.'' And so he sat down to writing nonsense and becamd When an iia'napolIs~man lied lost $300 of his employer's money at fare, his spunky wife, pistol in hand, made the proprietor refund,':saved her h usband's plaoe, an'd got one for he'rsoff iuN the sanidu e'stal'ishmwent, be.. ing generally and admirably talked about. Prof. J.L. Joes, who has for 58me years past been connected with the Southern Masonic Female Col lege of (Jovington, Ky., has been elected President of the 4okesbury Conference Instittute, of South Caro'. lina, the oldest aohool of.note In the State. True oourage Is cool and oalum. The bravest of men have the least of brutal, bullying insolence, and in the very time of d anger are found the most serene and. free. The Conrier-Journal' says that 8heridan is about as fit to manage affairs at New Orleans as a bob-tail bull with the delirium tremenh in fly time is to take an invoice of stock in a wholesale crockery store. 0ov. Ilartranft, of ennsyTvania, says in his recent message that the State will, be stripped of timber in thirty years, unless pains are taken~ to cheek the waste. A man stopping his. panier wrote to the editor :"E th ink folks ottent to spend thar muniny for a paypor, my dadda didn't, and every body sod lhe was the Intelligentest man In the country, aind had the sma,rtest family of boiso that ever dugged taters.'' A thoriurss b>luoKberry is among the noltiesI now before the public. iloosac Thioroloss is the name givers