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Pjcuoteb 10 |taliilcs, 3ttldligetwf, anfr tyt ^mprowaiwrt of t\)t State anfc Cmmteij.
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mingus
B. Iff. Wmstock's.
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AND *
WINTER
CONSISTING IN PART OF
FULL L1JYES
OB'
% ' ? I "
Ladies' Dress Gdog's. 4
Domestics.
Ladies' and Gouts' Shawls.
" a u Hosiery and Gloves,
u , ? u Shoes.
Gents' and Boys' Boots.
Clothing and Furnishing
< nr ' Goods.
Ladies' Gents' and Boys' lints.
Domestic Groceries.
Crockery and Gloss ware.
Trunks, Valises and C^peybagSJ
And a groat many aiutidcs tod
numerous to mention, all of which
Ieolla?T ^ * $ V; p.
Lowest Priots for Caih.
* "fS ?"u.
your serf, aira yoif**<nll"'tnr ar*
knowledge that you can-get great
bargains at
B. M. WINSTOCK'S. D
At well known Store as Carrs
Old Stand:
?Qci 4 ' 22 ' tf
* tiik undersigned will, ...*
BUY ANB SELL.
GOLD/AMD Slim
. ! ALSO, *
BUY AND SEI/L,
EX.C
ON
New Ybrk/J ^
> .
Baltimore,
Philadelphia,
/ #3 WifSc Si s;
T. W. DAVIS.H
(Jreenville, 8. O., June ft, 1ft7l.
Jone T 4 '* tf
jj'j:
fyaespipf lywtyful ir>vy^n|Ui ^
These Bitten are poaitivvly invaluublo in
They purify the system, end will euro
aiBSMto^yWtil4Tl|W'iytlHlnlW
llemittent and ^>raUttont fear's,
And are a preventive of Chills and
AUyleld^to their powerful eficacw,'
A?U nAlliU t? dJLuloI Water aiad ^iaT^
Will t?H d*y? of snfftfbn Uf the sfrlt, and
TlM pr*n4 Pumw for all Um ill* of life.
me Xy0nX pmCMBE IT H
BI^*5fe^?^^SSw: THFiULr
mUtJl* Young or Old, MarriMSj^^T i
.?'"' 'Jf* thoaa Bltton an ? j
^ynfettUM abt fc#N often boon.'tb^ I
t M YmS^i'!rS^lr\ i>,B',n^V'i
M?:"i><n'* ' <: "S oi .?* ..?. ' -- ' 1
*?? '?" -i
TEtfl^H/sr js rtukixj^ wbiskj
from cotton seed .
Night IStfhgs out stars, a* soi*
r ow shows us truths ; we can never
so 9 tie stars tilt we osn see little
or naught elde?and tl)iis it is'with
truth.
<t I ?rr ?m Ml r J
IMPORTER AND J
DEALE3R. IN [
KJ^/^H^rui^Ul^taCAN i
Irotx. Steel N&lli. Cftttingi Mia;i 1
8tones, Bolting Cloths. 8mut1 ,
Machines. Circular Saw*.
Mill Ironi. Sugar Pans '
r zt J 9f f> f\ n V *? ^
pr'T"* "X3SESS
AND
I ILEAT8Ba;..0IELTILMCt
1 tools,
IHOySglKEEiPaiMQ
AND
Furnishing Hardware,
Agricultural i
i .:.'
Implements,
Lime,. ' Cenjent, Plapter, Oils,
French ami American Window <
rtlftSR filinn T?!fli?o Piolnlj Sl"-I
Belts, Powder Flasks, Shot, &o.
WHOLESALE and RETAIL, '
At the Sign of the Gold enPadlock <
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Oct 18 1 - '24 3m '
JOHN C7 SEEGELIS '
MAM'FACTURER,
,WHOLESALE and RETAIL
lAqndr Dealer,
Lit II MlIllfH SC.
a Columbia, S. fe F'i
# I J w *k. ' ?
CHINAHAtL
ttiiflSTANffl,:
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN I
CHINA, GJ.ASS AND .EARIHENWAJIE, <
MM-MMITA8M AID!
Japanned Ware.
TARLK CUTLBKY. MiRRORS,
GAS-FIXTURES AND
M8 S MUBrMSlllG dill!!
GENERALLY,
Opposite Court House, Columbia,. S. C.
Oct 18 '24 8m
CHILD S & WILEY,
> J^OfctTJCELA. o. a.
Fine Ylvu-ly.Mude Clothing. The Cele*
hitiieJ Slur Shiit. Patent Pan'aloon
Diawts. Gent's. Neck and Under Wear.
The It trtian Brace Soapendere. The True
Fit Shirt. Line a Collar*, Paper Collars.
Q ??T3 SWIiSS A3S5TJD
AT ALL STYLES Ayi> PRICES.
We iuvile the Pf.hlic to enll and examine
our Slock, as we are determined' to ke?-pi
the very heal that comes to Colunthia, and'
at pi ices ihut will suit the times.
WE SELL FOR CASH,
AND AT SMAlrL PROFITS.
L. 0. CHILOS. JOHN S. WILtY.
Oct 18 24 Sin
"WILLIAM SLOANE,,
Lithographic, Coppor-plato,
AND GENERAL
JOB PRINTER,
IPfcASH BlhffilmR.
. COLUMBIA, s/c. <
I>0'dl\S, p.wni'li'oif. P, stria, ?Tan<1-Riit?, i
y CitrdivGlrcSilitr*, BiH RuftrU, Fao Sim.ilH,
Maps, Plena Chalk a rut Lin?/D;kff>
iirga, Liqnor Labels, Droggista' l'reectip- '
tione. ele , l'xecoied with ? <
NFATNESS AND DESPATCH,
.1 . AMD ON TUB ,
Mdst'Reasonable Terrfis, \
Oct 25 86 8m* {
CENTRAL HOTEL,
MM. PLAIN 8TREKT, )$ blocks from
IIn M*m> ; 6. Wouka froiq Greenville *
Tim riaoot. I
Fare exceHent. Terms, T2.00 par day.
D. B.CcAYTON, .
Proprietor. .
Columbia. 8. O. 24-8m j
Watches of oil Grades
JEWELRY OF, EVERY KIND ]
J' HAVE juat returned from New ??A with (j
the flneal akoek in theMVfl|fe em?riu;Tnf
uehea W all grade*, Jew.-iry of all ?tjlea, *
Mia j'lated War* ?rtb* nod m?dmi d
p*i* ?n,? J In dMtgn, durable, chea* ?
and * wanted to rait. n
Wff MA4P SUI.ZBACHKR. J
Under Co/umbl* "otel. Columbia, 8. 0.
Oct 18 ** 8* t<
4>rntiiMUTi inserted it the ntM Of
tne ,d<fllar per iqut* of twelve Minion linoa
tbi?el?e itype) or leas for the firat inaertion,
ifly oenU each for the aeoond and third interlone,
and. tweutr-Ara eenU for aubaeqaent
n section*., Yearly oontracta will he made.
Aft sdvcrllsorhente muat have the number
tf tLaertiona marked on them, or they will be
gierted till ordered out, and charred for, ..
Vhkaa ordered other wiat, Advertisement#
rill invariably be." duplayed."
Obituary aatioea, and all matte re inuring to
o the benefit of any one, are regarded aa
\<1 vertiscinonta. . ! '
' FOR TOR OBEX*VlLLl XNTERFRmiC.
i' ??
Lines to Mrs B. A. Donthlt, in Mem-!
9x7 of Her little Boy, S&mmitt
? *. .ttldiiiirfe 111
CVbv knnM ? >? ? 1 J *
- -j r -rp"n hw ?u? iu?l I
Not 10*1,0 no 1 but gone before?- . dark
river they bare but eroesa^,
And wait ua on iha other shore. '
Ti* hafd to yield tbvm rt|) to death,
Our hearta to closely to them cling ;
Tie hard to watoh the fleeting breath,
Borne upward as on angel's wing.
We love them so?then why ropine
That they are free from all sorrow T
Slest Saviour | they are ever thine,
And we look for that to?morrow.
' * if. i . * ? * . 4.1'.. t .
When free from sin and care and pain,
God calls ua to hit blest abode,
3or loved onen we shall meet again.
Singing before the throne of God 1
Till
The baby faces we shall greet,
Radiant with the joya of lleaven ;
Tell us we parted but to meet ,
Where all joy supreme is given.
fond mother, weep no more for him,?
Your little Sammie gone before I
tfo pain of porting e'er ahall dim
The glory of that other shore I
ELSIE EARNEST.
Buckingham C D., Ya.
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REMINISCENCES
?<4t*U|^-1 . ?!?. ll' ' t. * k
OF
PUBLIC MEN.
DY EX OAVtANOK B. FifPBRRY.
I
[CONTINUED FROM LA8T WEEK.]
JAMES K. rOLK.
President Polk was not a striking
man in his appearance or manners.
He reminded me very
ir\Ucb, when I first saw him, of a
silversmith in Greenville, South
Carolina. Ho was of ordinary
height and size, and would never
he enquired alter by a stranger.?
Put ho was a man of talents and
ability. As a stump orator and
electioneer he had tew equals.?
Lie understood, however, nature
well, and had great tact in political
management. Ho was full of
anecdotes, and told them with
threat effect in lii6 public speeches.
Whilst canva6sii g Tennessee for
Governor, he compared his opponent
to a man who was captured
luring .the llevolntionary war by
i scouting party.* lfiey demanded
jf'lijrif to/say vjjhethcr he was for
the king or the' country. He replied,
44 You say first for you ape
the most." I never 6aw him till
after his election as President.?r
U? had been a member of Ceiv
gross for many years, and was
in'nft Iva I f ~? -1 T) . .
VI mo UUIIDO UI JVUj>
resentatives/ 7 Some ot his speeches
in Congress wqif> unarked with
^reat ability. I was introduced to
bin) and Mrs. Polk, in the sumncr
of 184C. Mrs. Polk was a
nost charming, lady, and. quite
pretty, ller manners were fii e,
ind 1 thought there was a great
contrast between her and her husband,
in their manners and appearance.
'Ike Mexican war was
i>n hand at that time, and President
Polk remarked to me that he
was,fighting for peace. The con*
juest of Me^iAd booh followed and
peace came. The administration
A President Polk was a most suc:c6Stul
and brilliant one for the
wintry. , ,
lie was born in North Carolina,
jome where in the same region
which gave birth to Andrew Jackion.
Like Jackson, he moved to
Tennessee, and like him, too, he
reached the Presidency. It is a
lingular fact, that three of the
Presidents .of fhc United States,
Jackson, Polk and Johnson, should
tavo been born near each other in
North Carolina, all three should
iave moved to Tennessee, and
>een elected from that State to the
Presidency. There were great
loubts about Jackson's birth place
it one time. lie thought, himself,
hat he was born in South Caroliia,
and for a number of years the
loiree was regarded by everybody
s being in Sonth Carolina. But
think Barton's Life of Jackson
ettles the question. The spot beings
to North Carolina, and is onv
a tew yards from the South '
larolina line. The rubbish of the
hitoney was still to be Seen by 1
fr. Barton, and the dividing linead
been correctly ascertained be
ween the two Stares. It is with j
eep regret that we give up the ,
ativity of Jackson to the oki ,
forth State, but the truth of hisorj
must bo vindicated,
. nujiout.
President Fillmore, though a
stouter man, was not unlike Chief
J ustice O'Neal], e?8puth Carolina,
in his apuedntoce; 'There was a
strikim? jttfca^Iauoe, too, between
hinHMpft^Ttaitiaa <TWb?^n,
oft^tbeville,Carol i 11 afiu
itahor of recemtfg several private
and <>w>nti<taiUal letters lrom
President Fillmore. Xu 1852 1
was preseuted to him by Coventor
Urr, at one of hia reception parties.
lie enquired if 1 was the
editor of the Southern Patriot,
i - '
nuu expressed uiuieelt very much
gratified to Bee me. The dense
stream of human beings behind,
carried me on, and I had no furth*
er conversation with him that
evening. The next day 1 received
an invitation to dine with him.?
There was a large party qf gentlemen
present, and amongst them
; Mr. Thackery, of England. I
went under the auspices of Col.
Polk, brother of ex-Piesident
Polk, who was then a member of
Congress from Tennessee. I called
ugftiti the next dov and had a
long chat with President Fillmore.
He told mc that immediately after
the death of General Taylor, he as
8embled the cabinet, and requested
them to continue in their re
suectivc offices for the present.?
Tina they promptly refused to do
unless they were assured that they
would be permanently retained in
the cabinet, hjr. Fillmore refused
to givo any 6nch assurance, and
accepted tkoir resignations. He
6aid be was very much embarrassed
by this movement, but request*
cd the chief clerks iu the several
departments to take charge ot the
offices till he could organize his
cabinet.
In speaking Qf the negro riot in
Boston, and the resistance there to
tlie capture of runaway slaves, he
said he becan to thiuk he should
have to shed ajittle blood in that
cradle of liberty, as Boston bad
been termed, and that lie was prepared
to do so. In talking over
the political excitement in South
(Jwrolina, nnd the throute We had
made of seceding, lib said his purpose
was, if wo had attempted such
a movement in 1850, to stop the
mails, and thereby cut us off from
all communication with the outer
world, and remove the Custom
IlonSo from Charleston to some
vessel in the harbor where thednties
conld be collected. In this
way, said he, " I intended to force
you back into the Union, or let
you stay out till you got tired of
it." I'lhortght his plans were well
conceived, and would have been
successful without shedding a drop
of klood. I was greatly impressed
with his good sense, wisdom and
patriotism. I thoiiorlii lm nniwoianfl
,? B? ? r
a most practical mind. He certainly
made a most admirable President,
and administered the government
with great justice and im
partiality, lie told me in the
same conversation, that he had a
long conversation the day before,
with General Pierce, who was to
be inangnrated the fourth of
March as his successor in the
Presidential chair. He said the
President elect had communicated
very freely to bim his views
and policy, ancl that he was much
pleased with them. *
After President PllKnore went out
of office, he njtfde a tour through
the Southern States, and I had tie
pleasure of meeting him in Columbia.
In spCal^ngpf '-tlie parties in
South Carolina, i told him, in the
presence of a large number of secessionists
and eo-pporationista, that
the Union party, though very
small in the State, had great capacitjy/oa
they had swallowed up
both the other j>ertipef which were
very large. lie enjoyed the idea
very much. . Id the- election between
Buchanan and Freemont,
President Fillmore declared that
the election of a sectiotial candidate,
like Freemont, as President of
the United States, would be cause
for the Southern States withdrawing
from the Union. But on the
election of Lincoln, be abandoned
this doctrine arid sustained the
wi f o rr ?< i
[ootoTtNUlro next %??*.] *
1 -r?;
The citizens of Charleston have
presented Mayor Wagoner with a
liandsoipe horse'and jbilg^y, to aid
him in bis 'official peregrinations.
Tub last wofde\bf~Jbhp Ware,
who was' haajle<l on Fnda>, at
Camden, N. J,, were: " Not a
damned bit." They wero spoken
in answer to the question if he felt
no signs of repentance.
WniLssiz colored men were engaged
ia rqpjoviug a,,piano. in
Charleston, on Saturday, a stairway
gave way aud precipitated"
Lhem aM into a brick pA^sage below.
Strauge to say, neither were
fataHy injured.
< The X*-Ki tlx Trfala,
Columbia, C., Dec. 28, 1871.
At the opening of the Court
this morning the examination of
the witneds in the case of the
iTTtutoii R rot on "t o ?
?, i/o. u. o. junior
was recmned. The testimony ot
tlid defence tended to show that
Miller, tho defendant, was a Tiepublican,
if anything, in hig polit
ical sentiments, as had' been
rti6wnr?mrtntfrlrt* n^vef desired
to join any conspiracy to interfere
i with the right of voting. That
he had attended a meeting of the
Klan, it was true; but that he
went there with no criminal in~
tent, which only could make his
attendance an offence.
After brief argument by Mr.
Wilson for the defence, and Mr.
Corbin for the Government, the
jury, after an absence of abont
fifteen minutes, returned a verdict
, of guilty.
8KNTENCES.
In the meantime, on motion of
the District Attorney, the Court
proceeded to pass sentence on the
following persons:
Sherrod Cliilders, Evans Mur
nhy, Hezekiah Porter and Win.
Montgomery, who had pleaded
guilty to tlie first indictment,
before the Court. The charges in
the iudictmont were that the prisoners
were members of a general
conspiracy to interfere with and
prevent the free exercise of the
right of voting of divers citizons of
African descent, and that the prisoners
engaged in a special conspiracy
against Amzi Kainey, to injure
aud oppress liim, because of
his having voted. The counsel for
the prisoners submitted affidavits
in extenuation of the offouseof the
prisoners.
A BKl'liNTANT BEPUBLICAN.
The first prisoner called was
Sherrod Chiluers. lie was a dull,
thick-headed looking specimen of
humanity, and in response to the
interrogation by the Court as to
what he had to say in mitigation
of his punishment, stated that he
was twenty three years of age;
had a wife and one child ; had vo
t ted the Radical ticket, and was
forced into the order ; that he had
no intention of injuring Amzi Rainey,
and had not gone up to the
house, nor taken any part in the
outrage.
The Court statod that, in consideration
that the prisoner had
pleaded guilty, and thereby shewed
a measure of repentance, the
punishment should be only $100
line and eighteen months imprisonment.
Wm. Montgomery stated he was
nineteen years old ; could read
but not write, and bad not serv
ed in the Confederate army ; that
he had stayed with the horses, and
had not taken part in the whipping
of Rainey ; didn't know anything
about it.
1 ho Court delivered the same
sentence.
Evans Murphy, the next priso
nor, stated that he had a wife, four
children and two sisters in-law dependent
upon him ; that he was a
tanner, and could read and write
a little, an^ 'hat he was only on
the one raid, and had taken no immediate
hand iu the whipping.
The Court sentenced him to the
same term ot imprisonment, and
indicted the same fine.
Ilezekiah Porter received the
same sentence.
Robert Hayes Mitchell, the next
prisoner, stated in his own behalt
that ho had never engaged in any
raids, except the one when they
weut to McConnellsville. for the
guns, and on which Jim Williams
was hung, and the little ride
nrouiiu wuen uiey made Uharley
Russell dance. That he knew no*
thing of the inten:ion to hang Jim
Williams or injure any one, and
was not with the party that did '
the hanging.
The sentence of the Court in this
case was delivered by Judge Bryan.
who said :
Mr. Mitchell, it has been your I
unhappiness to have boen connected
with a great crime ; and if the '
court could beliovo that you were '
a party to that crime?that you j
had suspected the terrible deed |
that was to be done?and had any 1
intimation that you had counten- f
anced it, they would, exhaust the <
full penalty of the law, and then 8
it would consider that you had 1
been very meroifullv dealt with. 1
But you have come in and oon y
fessea, and your manner has im- c
pressed the Court that, although
yon nad been so misguided as to
join a body of men to punish peo- t,
pie, and puuiah them without re- ?
aponaibility to the law, yet we feel r
at liberty to believe that yon have 1
dealt candidly with the (jourt and '
that you have told the truth ; and
it is npon that conviction alone
"that the Court finds ita vindication li
for accepting your declarations 1
and believing that you were in no t
way a party to it, The SQiitvpge F
I
? :
of the Ooart is that you be imprisoned
eighteen months aud fined
one hundred dollars. <
Mr. Cor bin next asked that the
Court would pass sentence upon
S. G. Brown. The prisoner was
called to the bar, and stated that
be desired to secure the affidavits
ot certain parties, to show why he
had been ac the meeting at Sharon
Church, which wais the only connection
bq had with the Klan.
The Court said that if the de
fendant proposed to make a clean
breast or the matter, and tell all
l.~ ? ..I.- ir*? ---i
n\7 nuvw awuut IUQ iUttll, UUU OI
the connection. of persona of his
class with it, he could have till
to morrow, at 10 o'clock, to make
his statement.
The next prisoner called was
John W. Mitchell, lie stated
that he was a married man, bad
eight children and a decrepid
mother dependant upon 1ms labor;
that he joined the Klan under apprehensions
for his own safety,
and had controlled them in all in-*
stances from intended acts of violence.
Judgo Bond stated that, on account
of his (the prisoner's) age
and influence in the commuuity,
of his prominence in the klan as
chief, aud of his failure to inform
the civil authorities, or take any
stem to restrain tlio vmlonno
tboee who were greatly under his
control, and would have been influenced
by bis , example,, the
heavy penalty of $1,000 fine and
five years imprisonment would
be pronounced against him.
Dr. Thus. B. Whitesides was
next called, and was sentenced to
one year's imprisonment and $100.
tine. . . >.
John S. Miller was then called
to the bar ot the court, and sen
tenced to three months imprisonment
and fined $20.
' Sylvauus Shearer, Hugh Shearer,
Win. Shearer, James B.Shearer,
fined $100 and imprisoned
eighteen months.
xo, morrow the prosecution will
enter upon a new serious of cases.
The prisoners whp have already
bocu sentenced will .probably be
sent to some Northern prison.
NEMO.
\Cor. Charleston Courier.
Make Home BeantifuL.
You should spare no pains in
beautifying your homes and improving
the roads that lead to
them. What a beautiful picture
is a dwelling embowered in trees,
its door-yard filled with fragrant
flowers, the woodbine or the honey
suckle encircling the door and
windows? Ilow grateful to the
traveler is a road free from stones
and gulches, and shaded by the
cleanly maple or the graceful elm ?
Make your homes radiant within
with every social viitue, and beautiful
without by those simple adornments
with which nature is everywhere
so prolific. The children
born in snch homes will leave
them with regret, and come back
to them in after-life as pilgrims to
a holy shrine; the town on whose
hills, and in whose valea rho.Ii
homes are found, will live forever
in the hearts of its grateful children,
who will not cea6c to 6ing:*
" The hills are dearest which oar childish feet
liuve climbed the earliest; and the streams
most sweet,
Are ever those at which our young lips drank,
Stooped to the waters o'er the grassy
bank,"
OLIVER JOHNSON.
The President on Amnesty.?
The Washington correspondent of
the New York World writes :
The President, in conversation
with several Senators yesterday,
made particular inquiry concerning
the prospect of the passage ol
the amnesty bill now before the
Senate. He was informed that its ,
passage was extremely doubtful,
if certian Senators continued to ,
load i with amendments, and es- i
pecially if Sumner pressed his neifro
equality amendment. The
President hoped that the bill 1
would pass just as it came from '
the House. He did not even favor 1
Morton's amendment, excluding e
members of Congress who were
neligible under the fourteenth i
imo.ndmont of the fimo ?!.?!.
.?.?. **?v VIUIV VI Hl\/1 I 1
jlection. The President takes the <
aine view of the matter as Sena- \
or Scott, aud thinks that should
he amnesty bill become a law it f
vould aid greatly in restoring orler
at tlie South.
Thbrb is a cat in Daviess Coun- J
y, Indiana, which has the chills
nd fever as regular as any of the .
est of tho t&mily. And yet the J
>eople over there think that Dar- j]
rin is a fool I ^
4 Tax small nox in Philadelphia
iss reached alarming proportions, a
?Yom five in tho month of Jnly, h
hh deaths now reach the enor^ o
ijpns aggregate of 1,0$4. b
on * oole u for value reoeired."
A note on Sunday is void.
note obtains* by fraud, or
front a person in aetata of intoxication,
cannot be collected.
If a note be lost of stolen, it does
not release the maker; he mnst
pay it, if the consideration for
which it was given, and the
amonnt, can be proren.
An endorser of a note is exempt
from liability if not served with
notice of dishonor within twentyfoar
hours of its non-payment.
A note by a minor is void.
Notes bear interest only when
so stated.
Principals are responsible for
the acts of their agenta.
Each individual in a partnergfiin
til fAifvASietklA ?1?* -
vwvwoiuiv IMC 1DV WUUiO
amoant o? the debts of the firm.
Ignorance of tbe law excuses no
one.
It is fraud to conceal a fraud.
The law compels no one to do
impossibilities.
An agreement withoutconsideration
is void.
Signatures made with a lead
pencil are good in law.
A receipt for money paid is not
legally conclusive.
The acts of one partner bind all
the others.
Contracts made on Sunday cannot
be enforced.
A contract mfcde with a minor
is void.
A contract made with a lnnatic
is void.
Newspaper Training.?We can
safely recommend a graduate of a
newspaper office for almost any
station in life, at least for all such
as require a pretty good knowledge
of the peculiar ties and characteristics
of the hnman family.?
A man who can preserve the serenity
of his temper, the sweetness
of christian disposition, and
an unflagging perseverence amid
all the obstacles and difficulties
which a newspaper publication presents,
deserves to be ranked with
Job for patience, Baxter for goodness,
ana the Iron Duke, tor instance,
for nerve, power and obstinate
determination.
[Christian World.
Mr. Lewis has presented in the
United States Senate a petition
trom Richard ?1. Garrett, of Caroline
Connty, Virginia, asking
compensation to the amount of
$2,525 for his barn and goods destroyed
by Colonel Baker to effect
the capture of John Wilkes Booth
and D. 0. Ilarrold, in 1865. Booth
and Ilarrold, it will be remembered,
were concealed in Garrett's
barn, and it was destroyed by fire
in order to get them.
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Josli Billings says ; 41 Most
men will concede that it looks foolish
to see a boy draggin' a heavy
filed nn hill for Mia rwofin'
uro of ridin' down again, ifut it
appears to me that the boy is a
sage by the side of a yonng man
who works hard all the week, and
drinks up hia wages on Saturday
night."
?
Evergreens?merchants who
expect to make money without advertising.
A* olegious faot?Whale a boy
and you will find him full of blub*
her.
An Indian in Nebraska answers
to the appellation 44 Thunderation
Samuel."
A school mistress at Green Bay,
Wisconsin, rides to school every
day in a hand-sled, drawn by the
big boys.
A good man, wbo lias seen much
of the world, and is not tired of it,
Bays: "The grand essentials to
happiness are something to do,
Botnething to lore, and something
to hope for."'A
sanctified heart is better than
i silver tongue; a heart full of
rrace is better than a 1i?aH full < r
lotions; a man may be ft great
icholar, and yet be ft great tinner.
The roost influential man, in a
ree country at least, it tbe man
vho has ab!ufy, as well as the
sonrage, to speak what lie thinks
vhen occasion may regnire it.
A wkll kxowm author says that
lothing baffles cariosity, eindet
>ursuit, and generally mrstifies
he human intelligence like the
>lain, simple and unvarnished
rnth.
M. Godakd, the aeronaut, 1ms
nst made an ascent at Toulouse in
lis new gigantic balloon, the
Union dea peoples." Ten per*
ons were with him in the ear.
A black Nesbvillian, who
ronldnl reply when asked " whar
e was goin' with dein cabbages
b mtne," was promptly shot dead
w . ..j 1 ?
j m ui??u ouu uroiner.