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t ^ VOLUME XXV. CAMDEN, S. C., FEIDAT MORNING. JULY 20,1806. NUMBER 2.
J. T HERSHM AN?Editor.
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^is i"
Terms of subscription for ono ;.eai
if not paid within
H^R^Hsfrom the time ot subscription, $4.00.
HjHB|IT?R lli.u GOLD.
grandeur, better
titles thousand fold,
always
mnHHRii fix? i for
IMH^^Vhi.s joy with a genial glow:
^^HHffpathies large enough u> unfqfd
as brothers, is better tiian gold:
Hor than gold is a conscience clear.
toiling for bread in an humble sphere;
^Kbly blest with content and healtli,
Htried by the lust of cares or wealth ;
lowly living and lofty thought
I (lorn and ennoble a poor mini's e t.
1'or niitsd and mor.ls m tm u.v ) !. it.
re the g. nnin - tests of u p.* I frina ..
tt-r tli n gold is the sweet repose
the sons of toil;? n ' i. .a or* close:
Btu-r thin gold is tie* poor mar's sleep
ad the buini ihwt drop o:s his slumber deep,
Pring -I- cpiugdrangh's to tile downy bc-d,
v. her luxury pii i?ws his ackii g ..cad.
His simp o opiate laoor deems
A shorter ro u to ii:c hitul of breams.
better than goM is a thinking :n:n<l,
That in the realci of i-ooks cats find
A treasure surpassing Aus.r. ban <
And livo wit!i lieirre.it and good vore.
(
VI, ? L..w#..'e Ir.f ri . I ll?.? tn i f'j I IV
All- C..;i <-? */?* Vt??. y ' % n -+.J ,
'i lie jrivrios o:' eni:?im p-:*si .1 at.-, v:
'i!u? world's pient n ill imfvU
\ siil % laid a ! > csisrif ueiier lia.ii p. i i.
p M U u {ivac!*^! liUne.
Wiii-n- ait tla* !i:v aidv wine,
Tin* riiu* ? :' l?>w, h?*:.! : ?. li1".
iiailuvvi.il ii_v lit r. m s: -? r. < r :
li'i.vvvcr il.;; inVi.a-may W. j
r Irifd wilii sorrow i? i
'i'.ta iilc-'llis?t iicv<*r wi r?: Iji.uglil or mid, j
,vi;u realm aiv l.n-i!?.'; lima ;aiM.
Very Much of a Widow j
?A French Bomancc.
Tii li.ufrrrtiif mrivilvilina oi'iiii:
tares rjjpbs^, there ib this \t-ar a portrait
uialaily, with the simple title of
-Thy Widow" i:i the catalogue. Thoro
is u terrible story niiiuectetl wltii i!iio
picture. Tho lady ia the Cum:less
v> , who, ulthough only twenty-It v
years of ago, has been twice widowed.
i?he is said to b? of humble birth, but
when only sixteen years ot agohor
groat beauty attrtotod the attention of
tho Marquis do , who laarriocb ii?T.
Uji leaving tho church, however, the
Marquis was ussusd anted by soiue obscure
rival, and the lady was loft a wi
i.low with an imiiunsu fortune. The
Marquise retired to a convent, whore
.-he remained her twentieth year, triie
then made a journey to various parts
of Europe, and visited among other
places, St. Petersburg, when- one of
I tlio most vealthy Loyards of Russia
i placed at icr feet his hear?, his diamonths
ant his millions.
flH^aiariage was celebrated in the
bride groom's
of Russia,
DHBIl for
evolves, the Count,
md bride,
ol' the sleigh into
rTTTTTTTTnTrrUvTj: UL'HIIIII'U
^Ui'hc horses, mad with terat
immense speed, and
DRll they arrived at the
which was brilliantly
the reception of the
^ couple.
PBP of Tionesto, Venango
Pennsylvania, niude awa gor of I
I week since, that lie would
. pair of mares over a country
be selected bv him, miles
hours. The event earno oil'
Irdav wctk ; and the Doctor
o miles anl 17 rods in 0 hours
! i.- .1 1>1 3 ..i
ra^Bpnimuuit^ tuw io scconus, siujjHtonco
to feed and twice to water,
tile actual time of trailing being 3 1-2
hours, the best time <m record The
animals aro a beautiful pair of large
bay mares, and they ame in apparently
quite fresh, nude; a e'rong pull.
' The.Doctor afterwards refused 310,000
lor his team.
The Constitution of tin State of
North Carolina rocuires a property
qualification of $7,50), and a residence
of five years, to makeaporsoneiligible
to the office of Govenor. A proposition
was made in the Jonvemior. recently
to modify the Pijvision. but it
was lost by a decided naoiif \.
j Extract from a Paris Letl
j ter.
< We cxtraot the following interesting
t. paw graphs from a war letter dated
" Paris, June 23, and addressed as a
, special correspond once to the Carolinian:
Cannons and raiunie rifles will now
have to replace the useless and tedious
scribbling of diplomatists, liismark,
over a sharp practi(??\an, has stolen a
march on his enemiesBfcPrussian troops
now occupy Saxony, vfcc Cassel and
Hanover. Time will if he will be
able to hold these minoW^tates.
The Prussian marcJjin Cassel was
cleverly done, so much A that the Hat^rerian
anny hasgw^^it ofl' from its
* mw'udc'd junction ^fflrthc federal contingents
camped near Frankfort on the
. Main. It will most likely b^ obliged
to capitulate, as the Blind King (lorrnerlv
Prince Georrrc, of Cambridge, of
I V CJ 9 ^ '
' England) commands his irmy in per|
son. It is further probable that the
first account of the war will be to take
a King prisoner in his own lungdom.
We are hourly expecting to hear that
a battle lias taken place, cither near the
free town of Frankfort tm the Main or
I in Bohemia, where the Austrian and
! Prussian armies aro lace to face, -U0,j
UOH soleiors on each sidn
It is curious enough that- the dcclara:
lion of war should have taken place on
tbn lbth of June, the anniversary of
j the-battle of Waterloo. Then Austria
i and Prussia and the inferior States
i were on thu best of terms. Their only
: object was to humble France. There
! is great wrath in the South of Germany
j against our Emperor, for it is said Unit
ho h:'S more or less encouraged I3is|
mark in liis insatiable covetousiioss, |
j and Victor Emanuel in breaking the!
' treaties of I *!!).
I It is sad 1o think that thousands and j
i thousands of men are about to cut each I
! other's tliruKis to satisfy the .ambition
; of Einraark, who baa neither mure nor
J loss stolon tho Elbe Duchies. The
i Germans well understand that Napo-1
I loon the III v.iil not agree to'the con!
sunimatiou of this infamous act without
[ a bono ibr not preventing it.
i In tho central of Europe there are J
j more than two millions of men under ;
,;rr.j;*, many wlto will never again see j
i their native villages. Many of those }
who have bee:-, spared by tho cannon j
j will fall si victim to a .still more terrible J
' > mmy. the cholera 1 which is now ho- i
: vering over Europe. It. has already
, mowed ubwn many of tho i-oidiers of j
Prussia and Austria, if tin- Germans j
curse Dissuark and our Emperor, thev
should not forge: : ? blame Eranz Joseph,
who had a hand in the spoliation
i of Deunnivk. Has it not had its sharo
! iif tin- plunder in selling Lunenburg '<
\ Thar- !.-> neither sympathy l'or Austria
| nor fur Prussia They have fallen out
j on the hour of sharing tho spoils. Ma y j
j it turn out well ibr Denmark. '"When i
; rogue-, fall out then honest men get
j their due."
The only sympathy we feel Is fop the j
I Italians. It wouhl have done well not:
i to soil its holy cause hy an alliance i
! with Pis-mark as tho cry is, Euwi I
Stratum, our hearts are with them. !
Eviva V 1 to!i?. May she drivo away i
the Tcdcsco, tho Incuhu of so many j
*years.
Xo one will, I think, regret the crip-1
| pie, called tho German "JJmd" or Diet, j
! which has so long had one foot In tho j
grave, aud wlii-h has not had energy j
enough to die with dignity, nor tho !
numberless petty Princes who only j
: think of their own welfare and not of |
: that of their people. Tho Kings of j
j llanover and Saxony, before turning j
; tail from their kingdoms, took good I
; earo to aond away their crown treasures i
i In a ?>!piio (if saTotv. Italv at last, live- !
! stmts a more consoling spectacle. Tho
! Galanturoni sots tho example and the
; people follow him. lticli and poor
hnstr* to-tho combat, ready to eac-riileo
lil'u and property, for the welfare of
their long oppressed country. There
is but one desire to rid the country of
tho hated Hapsburgs and tho greedy
priesthood.
Garibaldi forgets Asprommte, and
hastens to tho side of his King, to take
the command of the thousands of volunteers
that hasten to his standard.?
Paleracim marches as a simple soldier.
When such devotion is shown, there
canuot be much doubt that the chains
which bind Yenetia will soon bo bro
ken. Austria well knows the moral
force that resides in Garibaldi. It is
reported that it was the intention of
'some Austro-Italians to try and capture
the great patriot in his Island of Caprera.
! Tho monk, Fra Pontaleone, at the
: head of the monks of the Komisk Chui-ch
who have thrown their cowls to tho
winds, has joined the standard of tho
Liberator. Fra Pontaloone was Profess'
t of Philosophy at the Monastery
of Solcni He was so inflamed with
ardor for his country that he left his
convent to die for Italia Unita. Tho
l regiment of ex^monks will march to
fare the enemy with the. banner of S{.
, John tho Baptist, made by the religids
of monastery. It will, indeed, boa
curious thing- to see an army of monl.
' Yes, Italy must be free, in spite of te
intrigues of the Cabinet and the snais j
of diplomacy. Yes, free to tho Ad>
atic. |
The Freedman's Natioi- \
al Bank.
The Freedmen's National Bank# !
swindling institution established som- 1
where on tho seacoast of South Caulina
by an enterprising Boston fi.7.4, .
has come to grief. It appears to hats
been one of tho most bare-faced swii*
dies over put upon the much lovel
African. A correspondent of an e*ye
thatuth() ncrtejo_w?ro^T<TWtofLed
lithographs, much resembling blasking
box labels, but printed in gaidy
colors, which caotivated the eves of ;he
poor negroes. Each Frecdman vho
deposited a dollar greenback in he
bank, received a two dollar note of his ,
gay, pictorial issue, and fanciedof
course that ho was so much richer, -j
This thing went on under the .
of the Freed men's Bureau, for sane
time, and no effect seems to have b<en
made by the officers of that berigninstitution
to interfere with tho opea- .
tious of the swindlers. -Finally, h?w, ,
over, a Captain .Towett hot of the ]u- .
reau, whowas working a plantation in
tlio vicinity, wrote to Washington'on
tho subject. Unfortunately the p:o- ^
prietors got wind of the matter and decamped-suddenly,
getting safe off wth
their booty, which amounted to tlicu- !
sands of dollars. It is presumable tint i:
they have returned to Boston?to he- (
luro possibly on the wrongs of the ne- ] (
gro and tho dishonesty of' the Southern i.
whites* Tlio two worthies who perpe- .
trated this swindle are named Charges
: and Iligginsun.
A Man Stealing "Palpifca
ting" Bosoms:
A nice-looking inoii-taelieil man, by
til.- iciiikj of Mil'i M. MV-rpiri, was :n- >
rii^iii"! tor stiutiina from tlie fancy store |
of Kmii I|f?rno"\ No. >-! .Main sirmf., |
siiinlrv articles, chief unniug which \vr?certain
tnytcrion- loakini! ' pinmpcis,*'; :
suiijioscil to |;c for man's iilnsi^n -_?iv??:i
in artilii ialiy roiuniinj: out nnii r. ini. r 1
ihit "palpitating" tin* I'imuhIo ims\ Tlie?c '
mysterious :i n?-? are : '.rlinp- more-'
accurately ilcscribco iti too l ctirli .. arrant.
fo !ov.\?:
"Hint i ii tii: I.">'!i day of .June, D .
ltUiii," iV'-., Oc.. u""., tliC sa"| ' {<i;'i!Hil I
"iI'mI wit Ii fnriri: ;ili>l arm- fcUiionsly ..ike ,
inn* f'n;, t!in-c sici-ii's "f yarn, oh. p.'V,\;. ,
tii/if lotiom, o i'a;i* ni scissors.
Tii't jtiirlniiHT i>f i.i.iit*!** '?:?ipit-tTis-sj-'
luiMitiiN ii>! steal their uc:ir?> :ts
well ') whs !jli<"'i o7 mid fii-ts, inalcinr |
!M II'J was ;zivu'i tun" to sell Ins 1
W/.tell, i^e.. in nr.lfi* lit r.iiac the lis- 'l
1"; 11. ? Hartford Tim *.
..... ? ...
Gen. Grant not a Candi-,
date for the Presidency, j
It may he stated }u?iitivelv t!i:it <iuti. |
(J ran? will nnr. accept. nomination tot" '
the Presidency tor tin- next t-rm t'ruin
no-party or faction whatever. I lis aom- I
inaiioti would he eouivalent to an eiio- !
,1 I ' I , ' -l I !
lion, ami ms eii-etioti wiiiii(i t:(*i:o?>aniy : '
lead to Lis retirement from public I ill- ut ! 1
the p:hI of his term of oilier. lie con- !
sidcr*-himself yet too voting to withdraw i
ir.to retirement ; and while he innuic;;- |
ti'Hiahlv has aspirations for J'residential
honors wi'h which to erown his i! ustii- i
ous career, ha it-els con Client that h" ca: : ;
enjoy such honors eight or twelve or i
more years hence as readily as nmv ? j
These ideas have recently heen esprc-s- ,
ed l?y him to his most iutimate pel'-ona \
friends, are unquestionably the id-as
that will control him, noLwiriisttindine ;
the powerful inthiences now being us <1 j
to win hi- consent to accept a noini-a
t-ioti. So says the New York Herald.
^ t ?
To bo u. woiiiuii of iltaliiou is one of I
the easiest things in tho world. A1
late writer thus describes it: "Buy j
everything you dou't want, and pay for i
nothing you get; smile on all mankind ;
but your husband ; bo happy every- j.
where but at home; neglect your chil- j
(Iron and nnrso lap dogs; go to church <
every timo you get a new dress." j,
Un tho occasion of a terriblo ship- '
wreck, when all the efforts of the cap- i '
tain and crew seemed unavailing to 1 ]
avert the coming fate, we recollect an j <
old lady going tip to the skipper, ex- ' i
claiming: "Oh Captain, are we redly IJ
in such danger!" "Yes, ma'am," an- J
swered he; "wo must trust in Pr>vi- ]
donee now,." "Good God," wastho j
pious rejoinder, "has it como tothit!" j
C
George Pcabody has mtclc
another gift of ?100,000 to he j)
Institute established by him at j
South Denvers.
Gen. S. B. Buck 11 er has been
elected. Vice-President of he .
Southern THbgraph Company.
The Power bS Ciphers. !
Tho enlightened man may have a
dear understanding of thousands, and
sven m llious; but much beyond that
he can form no distinct idea. A simple
example, and one easily solved,
will illustrate the obsorvatiorn. If all
the vast bodies of -water that cover nearly
three fourth* of the globe were implied,
drop by drop, into one grand reservoir,
tho whole number of drops
could be written by two words, "eigh.
teen sectilltons, "and expveesed in
figures by annexing t cnty-four ciphers
to the number eighteen. (lS,O0u,000,
000,000,''' U,000.000,000.) A man might
as'Weli atf'uipt to explore tho bounds
of eternity as to form an idea of the
units e^odicd in the expression above;
for although the aggregate of drops is
indicated by figures in tho space of only
one inch and a half in ordinary print,
yet if each particular drop were noted
hv n CO-norQ-fn lil-rv f cx fimirn 1
'*j ?vjjaiuiuo owuAb i/uu O '
it woiild. form a lino longj enough to
\Wnd round the sun six thousand billions
of times!
Now observe if you please, tho marvelous
power of value which the ciphers,
insignificant by themselves, give the
significant figures 18. Tho young reader,
will bo- surprised to learn that the
use of the cyphers to determine tho
value of any particular figure, which is
now practiced by every school-boy, was
unknown to tho ancients. Therefore,
among the Greeks and Unmans, and
other nations of antiquity, aril! naatical
operations were exceedingly tedious
and difficult. They had to r?-okon with
pebbles,- shells, or beads used as counters,
to transact the ordinary business
of life. Even tho groat Cicero, in his
oration ibi; Uoscius, the actor, in order
to express three hundred thousand, had
toouako use of the very awkward and I
cumbrous notation, pn:r/)<) occno.) cccr- j
>.)>. How very odd this scon's: "in1'
tho your jidccclxvi!"
[Jiuiuaiioml Monthly. ,
Fast Riding.
An Englishman, boasting oi' tho .superiority
of tho horses in his country,
mentioned that tho celebrated Eclipso
had run a mile in a minute. "My
ii.ood follow.'' exclaimed an American
present, "that is less than the average
rate cf our common roadsters. I live
in my country seat, near Philadelphia,
mid when I ride in a hnrn to ton u of
a morning, my own shadow can't keep
up with mo, but generally comes into \
tin' warehouse to find me a minute to ;
* * i\ T i
a muiiUit aun a uai: aneruiy urnviu. >
Din: :ii{#rniiiir tho beast was restless,!
awl i rudo him as hard as I cuuld :
s-verai times around .l li'rjro luctory,
just to fake tin? old Hiiirv our. uf him.;
Well sir. he '.rc-ut last tint tIn? whole
time T .saw my hack liiivrtlv before.
and was twice i:: danger of ri'Iiii<r over
my so If."
Fourth of July Oration.
-\s this is a day which should
he* universally observed and celebrated.
the follov/inirl,oration" is;
submitted tor patriotic perusal:!
Fellow CitaeiW;?This is a |
land of liberty?for those in'thc ,
ascendancy. It is a land of lib-1
erty?for those in power. It is j
.. - i ?ii oo tt rla lie i
ii vuiuju ) \t iiiui; ?ui uw >a.-j j
1 hey please?provider] all please;
the will of tlie majority. It is,
in fact, the best government the
sun ever shone upon. Hurrah
for the United States of America!
! very body is supposed to hurrah
!
70AST
Aunirica?(So called, because :
it was discovered by Columbus,) !
now one of the five <xrand divi-1
sions of the globe. May she ul- j
timately become the grandest.
Music by the band.
This is a great country. It has
longer rivers, bigger lakes, deeper
?a.ves, crookeder railroads,, richer
3il wells, smarter steamboats, wild'
prairies, lower river bottoms,
n'i'o je ?in/1 eViAi?fm? o-rciGC
nil<ciivi ciiyi ai j
hoppers, than an}r other country
ifloat on the bosom of the ocean.
[Great applause.] Its people
have more religion and deviltry
hi their composition; more simplicity
and extravagance; more
humility and pretention; more'
sincerity and hypocracy ; more
50-aheadativeness and hold-backitiveness
; more reliability and
humbuggry, than any other people
on the face of God's footstool.
What a Name!?The following is
the name of a Pond in the State of!
M assackusetts. C'ha fffoggrtigog-agojrg-1
loaili'llnggnoirnir^ 1
From the Jftmitic 2'roin f.
Incident of the Wai\ IOheraw
is a considerable vil-j
lage, or perhaps. rather, a small i
country town, in the Northern:
part of South Carolina, hut a Jew ,
miles from the confines of the J
neighboring-.jStatu of North Caro-i
lina. Gen. Sherman's victorious j
army passed through-it and re-;
maincd there some days in the'
month of February, 1SG0. The
inhabitants were, of coarse, subjected
to all the losses and sufferings
which in all., ages and in
all countries have been consequent
upon the inroad of a triumphant
ai-my into the region of what it j
deems a peculiarly hostile foe.? j
But even amid the excitement of \
angry and mercenary passions, j
which always prevail to too great 1
an. extent among the soldiers of j
an invading and conquering host, j
the still small voice of masonry!
will be heard and felt.
Dr. K , an intelligent Ma- j
son, and a most worthy citizen of!
Cheraw, has related to me the I
following anecdote, which I give!
almost in his own words :
'Some time previous to the ap- j
pcarance of General Sherman's j
army,'said the Doctor, '[trans-;
ported from my plantation to my' j
residence: in Cheraw, a large j
amount of provisions, which 1 had
caused to be stored, for safe keeping,
in the attic rooms of my
dwelling house. There' were
O /
living with me at the time my
wife, my children, and a lady who
was a distant relative, all dependent
on me for protection and
support-. On the day after the j
appearance of the army in the
town, i was standing at the doorl
of my mansion, when an officer i
approached, accompanied by jvT
guard and followed hv a large
* / *
baggage wagon. Mo introduced;
liimse.f as Lieut. 15 . of Wis-;
cousin, when the. following eon-!
*
voj's.ation took place :
1 . . i
ILiivo vou anv specie in vouri
house 7' * *
*1 have not."
Have you any gold or silver V:"|
"Yes, 1 have a gold watch, and :
my wile has another; and I have j
the usual plate of a respectable i
family?sonic silver forks and
spoons; and things of that kind".'
'Weil, I will attend to those
. I
matters in time. What provis-'
ions have vouin the house ?'
*
About euough to last my lam-,
ily a year.'
.Show them to me." ,
I conducted liiiu to the attic
room, followed bv my wife, and
he accompanied by his guard ofi
soldiers. lie looked:at the good- i
ly display of wheat, and maise.,
and bacon, and corned beef, and
then said : |
I have an order from (icneralj
Sherman to take all your provis-1
ions, except ten rations lor ten |
days lor your family/?.Men. set!
to work and fill the wagon.'
;I looked on witli consterna- (
lion. The idea of being left with j
only ten days provisions, all;
means of transportation taken j
away, the railroad and bridges
destroyed, and no possibility,
therefore, of setting a fresh sup
ply, was anything but a delecta- i
ble prospect, as it afforded in the
future a very closely approaching
picture of actual starvation.. But
I thought that if he were a Mason
there was still some hope of saving
myself and family from the'
threatened ruin; and for the firsttime
in my life, long as I have j
been a member of the Order, Ij
determined to have recourse to,
for that aid which if. had promise d
to be in time of peril and dan-.
gov.
kI commenced, therefore,.in the
mute but expressive language of ,
our institution to inquire if Lieut.
H was a hmllier of Hie
tic tie. To mV" first signals he '
promptly responded, and.-in a
few minutes I was convinced that
he was a.Master Mason. I proceeded
in the same mysterious
manner with- my investigations,
and was satisfied that he was also-'
a Royal Arch companion, andjjne
bright too in the ritual. Having
learned thus much, I resolved to
try the. experimcntum crusis and
to make that last appeal, to which;I
hoped ho would not bo inatteritivc,
for upon it was founded iny . <
hope of 'food for mv tyj^'aadu J
children: -*'
The position of things at this
time was thusI was standing ''
in the centre of! the room where
the provisions were stored, oir
* .1,4. 1 1 :r> .
iny njiixt juiiiu wus iu\ vwic; c>pposite
to mo'was the Lieutenant;
the soldiers had just deft with
the first load of provisions,, which*
thevwere conveviuff to the waaon
v c v.
below/ I availed myself of' the
opportunity afforded by their absence,
and by the fact that niv
' t v
wife was intently Iboking on the*
floor in a pensive attitude, to
move back a step and. to make
that signal to which no true Mason
can without perjury, refuse
to respond.
'The Lieutenant, as he recognized
the hail, seemed for a moment
surprised, and perhaps confused.
lie turned rapidly on his
heel and retreated to a window,,
where he sat down and leaned his*
head upon his hand, apparently
in deep thought. After a few
minutes the snlrliers ivlm linrt
deposited their first load in the
wagon, returned, and were preparing
to throw another load
upon their shoulders. At that
moment the Lieutenant rose from
hi* scat, and* in a gruff voiy? vy*r" ~
claimed:
"Men. put those things down.
You can go/ In response to their
look of surprise, he continued: 'I
guess there isn't more here thanis
sufficient for the family.!
The soldiers departed emptv
handed, and with them their
commandingofficer. As he passed
out of the door ho whispered
to a sergeant, who had previously
been placed there as a guard over
the premises. What that whisper
meant I soon learned. After
the officers departure, the sergeant
approached me. and in arespectful
manner asked if I could!
accommodate him with a place to
sleep. I replied in the affirma
live, when he said:
Another man will soon behere
to relieve me. but the Lieutenant
has given mc orders t<v
remain in. the house nnd{protect
it from any depredations by
si ragglers"
"The mystic sign had prevail-ed.
I was left, not with ten days,
hut with more than ten- months'
provisions: my silver and gold
were untouched; and my house,
under the careful guardianship,
of the senreant, was never mo
lestcd during (ho remaining stay
of (lie army.
'J never saw Lieutenant B
again; said Dr. Iv , concluding
his tale, 'but. this I know of
him,, that, whoever he was. hewas
a good and true Mason.'
iS'o Mason who reads this little
story will, wc imagine, refuse
his assent to the proposition.?
Macke/f.
? . ??? ??
A mooting of negroes was lately
hold in Cherokee county, Alabama,
where they bound themselves
together not to work for
less than 82 per day during the
present harvest, under penalty
of receiving fifty lashes. Consequently
the white men aiv
gathering die harvest at si..'it',
|!IT i!;iy.