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x : . . 'v . . . < >' >4^ g ?B jjn 1 a!. U l ll'l , MiIBBWteC BgPj BY W. 4. LEE AND IIUGII WILSON /'"' ABBEVILLE. S. G., FRIDAY JUNE 30,;SStJS^|b-'^^USto!C6dtolL ' - A> A _^L_-'. " ...?ZL?ULi ? _ ' . ?? i 111 * I I ' 1 t"ii"i I. I >11 nil ' '' 'il I ii ' r i ???? cr^ ' Yes and ^c. 'II(I'll '? ?f Iff ?j y<-3?.ttoijl. y<fti fest nkli? #* *?fe'?r %,; \p ilk iti ? "When taking my white hand to kiss; You whispered in my car the .sweet 3tpvyv ; . . . : , , ? : 1^111 thought love -making was bliss. This morning I laughed at your spooning, . ' .Ma say&J JBUst sehu Mek tliffj ing * . It's rathe? top |>Iftin fprtiie fasltfon^But a-diamond would" have been just the thing. Last night, with the moonlight and.'mu* sic. Ami vour^vnico so -tijrilingly loxv, I rc.*fl!y *)clje*ed that!I loved you, ? -V ii?i huda^-thc he;M? to syy rf(fc. .J* liui tliis morning I've quite change J my .mind, sir. For I think that .1 thousand a year . 'Wouldn't hardly take care of two perr Jj '{jpna, i j f I | i "When satins and aflk are so dear. ' J * ill ?'T ,M ; 1 _i_. 4 I . t, l J J } , . .JV .. '? A It may do for some ?love in a cottage, With roses, the romance and all; Tint for mo, I had rather have jewels, . Point lace, and a camel's hair shawl. ?So good-bye, Tom, don't ?l;iukl'm heartless, v-5. -J But voir kuow tiiat a ^roman'must f fi&UU ?7 Lki *? You never could buy half my finery, And I should dio if 1 had to wear less. ft gj ? WHAT GMK ??'j5AL0U5r. It wa?r a jrtishr, jet fiweet Septenir U>crx nigijt. I e?rn f>ee the *ky as it i.s * ^ -1 X* . " . Ming over awau ? uur sea-sum. .lumre~-prrffrrj fohto, wi(tvvhcre atr! ithore a-'futtth ofovhitg-floating gjpstfa sner rjmd-. the mofcri ^omiii^ sup .and flooding a!l the world with golden splendor, 1 remember' ho'w' lije crimsou roses hurig about the ->?oor heavy with their nwn iwcctness =Hpd-.w|>at Rnggestiva.color*. floated up from the flower 4>e<i$ in' tUe "ditn'old gafrtefi."" t""(Tii"n vtir*i#mehiber the -<i:-es!s I wore?pure white,, because < iat was the dress in wbh-tfiny litrsI and loj>\ed uie. Lu:t>t. t^LUd he ipve me ?*t all ?- $)y wad it my follow gold that \fon hlmT' " " ^ Immediately ?ftor oar Miarricgerve; 'went <>n* the Continent,*wfiere wr it rnhlod about {or * Vnir or l*o, ninu ring in .'uoinj?,' aufpspoVjdiSig ftum* a ers Tlf'tJ wfe re!i irued homo. Kut the romantic i .irit was ill, upon us! anil wd took t hat our country afforded in the way < irtb. midst .of tbiri .aaud>>r?it? th iv town ;jmid i h/Iralccs, |uy;Jtfu.4 trouble A'ttmcv i 8) the Kot>*>mi W'our siijftrtf'u at ! I lie hotel in this nlace, to which vvc j ] ad come in accordance 11)3* h'ls | 1 an.fs wish. 1 missed him. iie was 1 -diin^ for trout; one of our party f tig^cKted. and in the afternoon we s trolled down towards the stivam. 1 'asking a small ' cottage we heard % 'dees. Mud something 1'ar.iiUaf j.nudy. xi .e glance that way. Thtjroi tb^y hi ood, side by side, my husband and a *w >man ?a young womffftftoft Hfgl n .ven-hair! I passed <)iYin si-jcnW; In iVl hat-night, wiieu^y liu^bitiMiyy-j. tu.* hod aud^ougki o><v I \**us rc.serv^d - ? - ? T I ! I 17(1111. J. I mupsu in iiiiu \v$ j)d not sln^ior him. _ IFe followed; me from place to place liii eybifdli <*T soL .citade. Tlie in*taut we were in -oiu hcj^Cauglit my ""hand^itT^ e ^(v^rting,*2^ said, \ '*wfiat (roub'e < you ?" ] W my life I conld wot toll him. I v. i ; afraid to let him know tliat I -d x b U?d .his i u Ity. ** V 1 llor^Ctj," i (^ofitioned tjmiflfyj "do 3 0 1 Ibv*?i[inc ?" jft | $ ? * 2-* i % * .'Sfw'fiMB'oycs djVo'nod K]th'rasfohis?i-' m? nt; Bnt he answered p*k*ioiia.tcly. Ti ive 3*011 ? Aye, better than you " wii 1 ever know, Violet/' . ' ;'Di?i syou?have yoiv esrer; loved j\ v 1 ialtcroil. :?-f | f 4 ^?yeP,<Ti9let, on my hdnOr}' *] was happy, yet not entirely satis' fix 1. I was a woman. J3ve ate the <<,r bidden fruit with Paradiso all .a-< ?und her. feT3|/"'$ 0/'". [ 1 Then who -xta*it^PfjItercVl, thiif nvo man?1 B$w-*with you?this afternn-& 1 1 and fin^'iod "Very rcr foe a moment, then he laughed. 'Oh," ko said '^aious^'arc von ? Tit on I am sore y<VU lovo "nif. "But. pet iouslv, clear, I ought to apologize for my long absence. That woman an ftl^X' ierxJ of?. juijjoj* nh? and 1 had to helpiier. Arwyou satisfied?" I nodtUyl my- head in assent^*}'?l mj heart wa^ eot quiteiit resty's. Af. tear that Ave went down to the Swan's JN"a >1, oufr sea-side homo, and settled ictLi > sober married life; and for some months otrr bliss was perfect; and <ht \\ that .dreadful nigkt came! ] Eoraee has been go e all day. He haAiioTWttfef o~dIh~i<Tr "as was his ens tot \: -so^after baring or^c#>*i lea ,-L dr< ssed "Yiiysult aud sat dd>vfl ?n the, rc?o-i)Ad# povch to awifit/-fcif?.> Sei isft^<Ju|lc, eveping; the mdnri soar* i!!? -.up? abOve tl&jfcu! jSiiiL Ixo<didrtoii come. Dinner ar.d supper had boi h got spoiled; the flmvers in my h& r were fading, and 1 waVsiek and Avtv uy with waiting and suspense, llo raucf liitd4K*Vec Vomitujcd a\\fay*80 Ion g >ifneo f<6r ym|t i{$V \V6:^ ?ot*!-<rtfHaiiV lirrn so$ Very slowly tli# = evening wenjJby. .^Twelve n'cloeic < .;) lie, the.moon flopped o'it orsiglit, a .'lug 9^in^.dai^ne3S^ Afk oa-1 ]: > oVtJforp thf^ to^ W.the olc| w-i-iow" Mxt ;h?? <*?irf beat'"with n At aty, sobbing Bound. , I worked myself up into a pcrlccl vMiior of tlarm :md, mm* von *'exciteu .':it; arid uy* degrees, the oM doubt, i>? fear, or whatever it was. stole bae!; lo iuv livind. jUv InisbuiKliwjwrcrttol i%xyj,u's9t S!w*y AM I not love mc! It never occurred to | j mo that lie niight bo detained against iiis will. When at last, the clock.was j i 011 tlie stroke 5>1* tlirde, ?'eiof"ogj&6"iihe i <fuiek tramp of his horse's feet*. '"But, r its did not greatly relievo mc.-. > I felt i "iS ^ , *r > ? .?* " I . angry; and instead ol running crown j [ to moot lihn, as my woman's nature , prompted me. I yielded to my petted, j wayward will, and kept my seat, i WiK-n lio re.veiicd the poreh he Sprung j down flashed and eager. * "VltVh't," hoXTied, Ihdefnomont ho J caught .^iglvt .'of m^,. '-'and are you up , yet? I am so sorry." J He approached, both hands extendi ed. But I lamed from hitn and walklod into the hall. ! Jie stcx^lor a moment,- m. ei.icnt nstoniahmoirt, then followed nnd.^tonk my bawl, though I kept my-fa'c^persistently averted ,'Violet," he sai'l, "what is it? Ave you ill, tired? i was sorry to Icoej) you wai,ii;ig, but these eireumstahec.?,?" r J ' t' * { * " # -J i ".Xevctv rr.ind t?ac eireum^taivcqk jboy.'y T exelaiuKd, peUi^hly. ; "I am very-tired, and now that you are safe, I will go to l?cd." . lie loosened his hold* on my but looked after me, as I leftTliirn, with a glance I shall never forget. I ? can see him no,w as ho stoodjtt'the m<$nfigfiV so Jiansftmp-and noble; loved hfrfi so welt! f vrtrrrder why I turned 1'iom him that night. Heaven knows How it paine'd rifef Ifffit' .the spoiled,. wilful temper, that 1&& been iitv ruin. uracil" tie </nJ" Did you ever speak a harsh word Lo one yotr. love, and feel something within you prompting you to speak another? Then you understand how' ft war that I left-my husband standing ti>o.j'Or tveav* and sup(.eijJ?6s.v;? 4: Violet, cfdaiy'^ho sahl softly,v as I paused Involuntarily at tTib head of tiio st:ur.<, "cqmo buck and let me ex-plain; you know I have not kept you v? jf| tj . t . But I went on without a word: not' to-. O'ir chamber, -hut to a dres-si rrionrexeluMvely'iny-'otfD, an"0 t-Iescd rtiid. locked, the door. I am sure the firil-Ono must have had control of me that ni^ht: In .a lijtld.wbiie ho came ijp'} stairs, and tried the lock of my door ; but I did not answer ?and ?A 'duzW^imes that ni^lit I lifted my throbbing head from.ny* tear-wet pillow, out to him.to implore liis /brgitanefs; hnt pride kept mcJback. j fhuK I lay sleepless, till morning, It was a wild morning-, too,';, with driftiijif rain and sobbing winds and the 5 *oa. thundering on -thestand. * : My husband was in, the IvreafcfdstJ" ; room when l wentaown. lie turned j and *aid-kindly, morning, dcanE :, Are vou quite well ?*' . Quite well, thank yon," I respond-', ed crossing to a window on the oppo- , >ite>d?ie of the room. lie ruse, and I hoped lie was coming { >-tomy nide; l>utr h? only looked-.at bi.i watch hr.d said-/"4'lio kind" ciroagh to , let me have breakfast ;.t. once, Violet, j 'ii'.yj>u .Van I'umin a hurry, fori} have important mattery to look afTbi?J'* I'rang-the beTT'at, once, and placed iHiy&tliu-at -the head of. the table. Whefe the cheerless repast wao' over, r | and my husband rose to go, I felt the J J hot t?*ars. blinding me. I could not ! Icl him mo' in anger. I had'} made a stop towards hijn wiien he j caiad .bis words rOUsfidVlf iriy?j ohi^nge^n^diseemvent. % ' "J'i " v iolet, he said, r may not be here ; to dinner;. Don't wait for me; it t is ! impossible?" ' j "Make no c.\cnsep,??ir, I' replied i diaugUtily f none are needed/" , T" <. | ' ^ph*'those ^e?d rcproaetfful eyes I , 1*0 fs hi* lip?t Ottered 410 retort, pfe> : only eaid, "Good-byendear," aiid*tfent j fu6'' I watched him from the window, j ! bidden behuid.a curtain, as ]?; rodij.i rain *\ ! * '"b ;.j I Thotmcpwiryl of that cif\y comcs' I back $5>* mo Jiko^a terrible. drc^ai!^ I Towards evening my ago 113" became , ; o'ncndnrahle; ami as the rain ceased,' : I determined to drive over to 1113' 1 I Fatjht'rVTi-ods?\ iff tTie^VJj^i boring viIIa"^e. About half way wo met a close ' C4n;iage^ co;ilai:ii,:>^ :i lady-and gcrt-w II],' ji%$ "Why, that's ilivEeadei" exclaim-j i.ed my clinch man, asihuye|iicl? dashed j kjKist out phfetan.*. i ^ i , One glance,confirmed his words, j I It vras my husband; and by his side j I was yh.cjsiinn; .woman that l had w'yn. ! with,him on?qjbefo:\\ My tvsylution j was taken on tlie instant. I ordered > i rny, acrvjtu| to- drive buck toj*jwan\s ; I IN;est. ; l wuu/a not-await; my; nn.s- , ; band's return ; 'and' f sanl to"mysdf j ' i CirnULnot evvn uhar^o him with his j I infidelity; I would j;o away at once, i ! and never let hint- Bee iny i'uco again ( j In a short timj I was ready for my j ! departure. I' wrote a note for Ilor- i i ace, telling Irim thn.tr I believed our; j marriage had...beou an unwise one,.! ihkhtliat Ishonld be ha{^?itr with my owti-ifriends. /I ihogged hiin riot to, Jifnt :mo down asr a fugitive; but to leave me to follow ,.tbo. be^t of my, own inclination. I put the note on j tho table, a?t<l wont out from the house, where my life hud been so hap! py. In less than a week,'my father Jtiifi'-vecrc'cjp GUP wajftg Italy# ' j [ v\t the cxpirAtion of Jwjp" wretched I years' v^o returned ; and' IHearnerf t3 lroni ouij.ly wycr ^that. my husband! ' Ft ad sailed forTu'lTa; lifst, miming over : to me, in foe sim^le^ a'l .Uis ival es-J l?' tate. He nev'cr) so the lawyer ?aPJ, ! ;i eXpcetod to return * I went back to I 'Swan's Nest. Everything was un-; ;j changed. Th'o rooms were just as L I hud. left them. -My husband would 1 , not let tli.eru Untouched the house-' r keeper said. h*?*. 4;JIj?d bhe. .heard ffojn him&' J [ .rtt:c?i ^,-1, i H R 'i Ji-r "Only once," she replied, and then the letter contained onother; and it was on my dressing table.." I wctit for it myself and ccaJ there in ray old room:?s ' %X. "Violet,'* it. bcyjan "you must pardo;ythis intrusion. It u-ijl botlreinst for In nil human* probability, the dia-j ease that now consumes mo will soon i ixivo me a gravy in a foreign land. I But there urea few things I wish to | say before I die.' . I was wrong notiQj explain all to yoti "from 1 ho first.'I (iesirodto spare you what yon might' consider :i disgrace. I thought yoji could and would trust rt'ic. It was rrfy pister you paw. iShe was vain and frivolous, and eloped with a profligate. That marriago was illegal, nnd Ethel was disgraced. She came to me for j help. 1 could" not refuse her. - I was j talcing her to a safe asylum when Ij was absent that night. You understand it all now. JDun't ho troubled, dear, but -forget me, and be happy. My sister is dead now, and I bave not, I tear, long to live. God bless you, dear! In houven all these wrongs will be righted." ' For two years I lived alone at j Swan's jNcst.-two- yawn of inexpressible agony; then the newseamt. A ship, homewaad "bound from Calcutta, was lost arid Horace Reade was one of the passengers. That was tho death of hope! Another year dragged by. One sweet May:evct;ing 1 strolled down to the seashore; The sun was setting in waves of gold an:l purple, and a full moon came up. flooding the greivt Boa and the long stretch of glittering sand with misty splendor. The tide rolled in with_a low, musical murmur. Ijaat down on a rock. Far out upon the bar a stately vessel swung at anchor, and a little-bout . t 1 j irotn 11 was commg in. i waicuuu the tiny erapt with a kind of fascination Presently it grated on. the sand, and a man sprang ashore. . " A wild, nameless hope took shapein mv heart* I arose arid tottered forward, blind and half unconscious. The instant afu&iHsU'ong arm clasped me. ?... I looked-op irt the face above me. It was wan and worn, and changed by sufForing, but I knew it iri instant. 4iOS;" HoVaceJ my husband!"- I cried, "furtive me." Then T-ft.lt' his tears upon my check his kisses on my lip.% and I sank into hi>j insiiiisihli'. At is a'! over?tlie remorse the loneliness and t! o aching heart! We live nt SwaiTrt Xcst?jny dear, forgiving husband and myself. , .' [ had cn^n^eJ my passage," In? : R*iid ' ?* the sUvwyer that was lost J But: I IVU ill and,;could not came then | and that sickness has restored me to i von, thank (>od 1" I thsr.ilc Him also, daily and .hourly, Pel* this undeserved, this perfect bliss. -'-V-. A Jok3 on Hid ' Printers?A Batch of Comical Typographical Blunders. ^ \ >. ?tft. r ^ . f - :?). 5 ? - . ? There is no funnier rending in the world than some of the printer's blunders that go the founds of the .papers. .Here are a few. that ai 1 . _ - u,. ?,. UHJ?lll VI" Itvu lijiijrjutv ;uuum.w . Im ..the oflicc. of a.Xew York paper there stood in. type the report! of a sermon and a paragraph about | the career of a mail dbg. In "making up" these two -gotmixed, and the readers of the paper next day wercrastonishe;! by the "follow ing melange: "The Rev. James Thpmson preached to a large uu-. (fieuce last 8unday. ,; This' was his last'sermon previous to his embarkation for Europe.He exhorte<j| his b ethren and sisters, and after | offering a devout prayer, took a whimto eut up some frantic freaks. IJ e ran up Smith street to Drown, and down Car to College. At this stage of proceedings some boys; seized litrn, tied a teakettle to his tail and let him go. A great crowd j gathered, and for a few minutes' there was a lively scene." , A printer , in Syracuse, getting i tip a book advertisement, thus gave the titl,e of one of Dickons' novels;: ;,3sirney,l>y Rudge, ?1.50. The writer of an obituary notice of an eitiimilile lady, eaid that the bereaved husband was ''hardly able to bear the demise of his wife." imagine his disgust on reading in print that, the bereaved husband was "hardly able to wear the ehelivse of his wile." The London Ihme Journal once | in describing a wedding in high lite, sail} that the bride was . accompanied Uv the alia r by ti</Jit*hrideamaids. The lovely young ladies were eight i:ot tight.. The importance of careful punctuation cannot be insisted on too urgently. Here are a few instances which illustrate it: Wanted a vouiil' man to take charge of a nair " . ^ . . 1- ? c ot horses ot. a religious turn or mind." "A child was run over bv by a wagou thfee ^ears old and .cross-eyed with pantalets which never -sfyokc 'afterwards." "The procession was very fine and nearly ten miles in length, as was also the' prayer of Dr Perry, the Chaplain." " Lost, -an enamelled lady's goid watch and charms. A toast at a public dinner?uWoman?without her, man is a brute," was printed ?Woman without her 'man; is a brute., r i. v/; { * cr ... .? ,.. V*- - ?? '? * . I . . V . ? \ 4. Alexander E Stephens. A correspondent of the Tribune thus sketches an interview with the Georgia statesman: On the outskirts of the ..village, across tho railway track,- is Liberty, Hall, (tho residence of Alex. II. Stephens, late Yico President of the Southern Confederacy) so named, not with an}' referCDco to thc. mansion of tho hospitable old fellow in Goldsmith's comedy, but to indicate tho interest of its owner in the causc ?->f Immnn llhurfv* fnt? nvpn "1ii?rn ill V > tho old days of slavery, men talked, with, enthusiasm about liberty, meaning, of course,- the liberty of the white race. Liberty Hall is a plai.n, white** farm house," With a large sloping lawn in front, shaded by locust trees and. numerous negro houses, and other outbuildings at tj?e sido and, in the rear, all freshly painted. A sprightj/ . mulatto girl took in .iny,. "card, arid returned'at or.Cc to the poi;ch to escort me t.hroivgh a narrow hall, past a little, plainly-furnished parlor, thro' a largo room walled .around- from floor to ceiling.with book?, and into a room at *tlio back of tho house. Ilerb I found a. little'withered', wrinkled old man, with wonderfully bright "brown. eyes, white hair, and a Jrume so emaciated thut'it Becmed to bo literally skin and bone.?. lie wore homespun suit ftf butternut color, and had an old black felt upon his head. This person was-Mr. Stephens. He balf rose as I entered, and extended- a 'hand so guant and flesh less, that it did not seem to be the- hand of a living man,, and immediately afterward ho.sanli b"a"k in his easy chair, At his right hand stood a round table, oiled y.p with a confused . heap of books, letters, newspapers, manuscripts, and writing; materials. A pair of* crutches leaned against tlio wall on the other side of "his chaiv, and ho rested his foot on the rounds of another chair, !in which lay "an ngly, fat. brindled dog,-that the flics would not alow to sleep. There were IWU Ut'US ill llIU IUUIII, U IIUI >"U U LUV" ercd with' bottlcB of every size and shape, containing nicclTclnes and liquors, and a ghito in which a coal fire was burning, although it was a warm Juijo da}'. A picture, rc'prcfetfhti'i>g?Faith; Itliflding by ttifi froV*: hung dhoveUh'o itfttlitel. tffiftJW rivailod the bureau in its array of bottles. r There were piles of book.&gpon i the floor, and arlicl-s of clothiifg scattered- abort ilio room. Mr. Stephens said he was always glad to 8*'o visitors and to talk upon ' public-affairs, hut that lie in variably insisted that correspondents who called upon him should, not publish what lie said, because ho had uo wish .to be brought beforod the public. This prohibition 1 afterward prevailed on him to modify so far as to consent that 1 might mention whatever he should sav thai had .heretofore been msule pubnc. anifhe toh'I his "nephew, a.y<n]iiig mannvho camo^in w$ile we 1 wctre^t:i)king, to giv<5 morfco^ of nri Auga'pfti pnpvi^whfcn hoSaid'ttftitaifi- ' eci an authoritative statement of his 1 views, as far as he wished th:in to be 1 known. ... 1 Mr. Stephens (lenrunred * the He- , publican leaders iu.t.Lfcstro^geit'terms j as guilty; 0^ i^the lnojjt oatrugeous | perfhfy" in prosecuting the war for , the avowed purpose of restoring the Southern States to their old places j in th?i UniQn,. aiicl^ then,, when they , Jind triumphed, .refusing to lettfiena take those places,'denying them the . rights ot self-government and. j*eprosuntatiou In Congress, putting them , under bayonet- rule,"and afterward . reconstructing.ibem by uprooting all * i'nin.lrtiifttiQ AP f Uftn* crwonti? I IliC H'illHUVUWIIJ v/i VUVil OUVIWL) j V4?*Jqua'ifying all men of intelligence and ' property from holding oflice or voting, and placing thVir-goternmerf's in the hands of ignorarlt .am? vicious lie spoke of the Republicans as Jacobins -without conscience or consist- , teney, whose purpose was to csiablish It centralized, "despotic govern- , mcut arid to destroy tlr) liberties ,pf J the liberties of the puople. All of the re'eonst ruction legislation of Congress lie believed to be unconstitutional, ' fraudulent and void. "The XHIth 1 amendinent he admitted to be Vfljid,. i beeauKC.H Imd*. fccen ratified by tlfe 1 rightful governments of the Southern '< States?the governments cle jure, and 1 not the governments dc ' fiicto after- 1 ward established by bayonets. The XlVth and XVth amendments ho j claimed were no part Ol the constito- i tion-,. because their pretended r&tificil- 1 tion. had been effected by force ar.dji fraud. Theyw.erc not resuh&.pf the war, as the Radfeal leaders' falsely |! slaimed. but were conceived afters' the war was over, as a part of the scheme of centralisation which those leaders had conceived to keep themselves in power. He did not hold the XVth ame' dment to be invalid be- i cause ho opposed negro suffrage,, but because of tho usurpations and outrages upon the constitution by which it was wrongfulty adopted, lie did not believe the ballot would ever bo taken from tho negro if tho XYth j amendment waa declared void, :md j tho control of the suffrage placed . where it rightfully belonged, untfef. the exclusive jurisdiction of the States. In such a case, should it be proposed to deprive tho negroesof the franchise, the white man wofild divide into two 1 - - < Un inn r? .4 4 U n , plu'ucft ujjuu- iiiu 4'ivoviwn, ium . tuw; one that opposed tho~measure, with the aid*of the voles of the negroes, would cany the day. Uut the fact that universal suffrage was bo firmly [established did not, he said, lessen j ! t lie duty of all lovers of constitutional j j liberty to-opposo tho XVth amend- j [ ment. This usurpation should never ' be permitted to pn^s without proper rebuke and. condemnation,'-even-by ( thoso who far of tho object aim cd at ? by it. The de jun governments: of ' tho Southern States, he said, are still * in a condition of repression; And-hop dcclarcd that the-history of do totm- ' try shows grosser or ^nfovo palpable nsurpations of power, or mote glaring acts of -wrong, violence* frutid and' perfidy on tho -part* of those in: ' authority than -were committed by; -, thd-Hopnblican party'in~ the passage of the so-called ajncndmcnts afld tbo j reccmstrdeuoo raws;r - ^ ( ?:?- ? ?' ??1- Sf' i : * J > i The First Telegraphic Instrument, >. V An interesting relic of the early c days of telegraphy ha3,' it iaisaid, < been discovered at Morristowijy N. J. 1 It ji!s tho first instrument -by which J messages were J'ccoired.antl sent by ] tho,aid of the electric current.; When ,c Professor Morse. was experimenting 1 on the power andvcapability of elcc* I tricitv as adapted 'to the transmission c of Tfbrds, ho spent a large portion of 1 his'ftimo nt Morristown. where.>ho c was,,assisted "by Alfred.,,Vail, Esq., a 1 practical inventor.. At tho Speedwell iron works of that town, then "owned by the father of Mr. Vail, the ertperlmeotM>n the wires and -on the; con- I stritotion ot suitable instimmor.ts took ^ plj^e. On tho completion of the expfcrtmcnts and the removal of Mr. M^rse to Washington to bring "his , invention before Congress, MivVail accompanied him, and, receiving tho ( app#?itment of- assistant superintend dentfoftelegraphs, was -stationed at y Ballfuaoro at tho end of tho 'expertmei#fl lino -The instrument now at Moif^fxtown was ona "of; two taken -j from'Morristown by Morse and. Vail ( ?Morso using one at Washington, t and Vail the'other at Baltimore: The t first message sent was the now well y knntrrt 'Wlmk.tinit: hoih wvnn'rhf'" which Morse transmitted to Vail} ' but the first public messago was the *" news of the nomination of Pollc to the Presidency. ~ by the Baltimore j convention of'1844, sent by Vail to j Morse. Theso instruments wete in 1 constant uso for six" yeai's,'when Mr. ( Vail,returning to MorristowriV brought his -With Jiitfl, andr where it has since ( remained in' the possession- of " tits family. Mr. Yuih dying soon-after, j his instrument was specially left, by a l claus^ in h.is WUl^Pills .eldest eon us c un heir-loom,< while pari9 of inst'ru- . nuinis madei during U?.o experimental ? trials were left to Processor Morse,- ^ willi "a request that ho would give* j them at s'omo future day to the New c Jersey Historical Society. The old ^ instrument works as. well as when first made, and Saturday a messago \v;.s sent to New' York, arid a. reply c received at $0rnst0\vm An excel- ^ lent photograph of the instrument c was also taken,"tfnd with it a vis-it was n?ado to Professor Morse, in New. York. The Professor twas delighted to see the representation of the first instrument, having destroyed, as ho said the fellow.instrument which he bud used in 18:14. Jle readjly recog- ? uized it, and wroto a certificate across 11 the picture as to its boing a true ^ photograph 61' tho first instrument ? L'.ver used to transmit public messages. j) Oe 41 Uo. expressed ft wi*h that the . photographs migh^ be generally; dis- 11 tail uted, that It might be seen how 11 little, in essential points,, it differed P with those now l'n use; With t ho ? exception of size and elum'sincss, tho P instruments are almost exactly strililar 1 l'he dimensions of the instrument are 8 iixteqn inches in length, seven inches r; In.height, six inches wide, with two * magnets of three inches diameter. .* rho miner used was two and a half ? inches in width, three pons being pro- 11 posed to be used. The weight.of. tho instrument is twenty pounds. ji 1 m 1 'v. ) .. g Yon Naughty Man! ^ ' ? ' * "H -t! v A.-party by the name of Lowry g writes Abe following to tho ed.itor of a the Xe\v; York Jferald:, . tl DECADENCE QP MASCULINE MANSERS ^ TOWARDS WOMAN. ^ In a recent article in the llerold, j ?ignci3 Frances .Rose Mackintey, that t fady says the coarseness with which t men treat women now-a-days in public ind'cntoa a decadence in n\anners ;wd feelings from that high position 3f deference to the female.which was ? tho former reputation df this couhiry. 1 Does it not strike you, Mr. Editor, j ind even* othejt sensible man, th:vt it i is the,women who arc degenerating {I from that modesty and refinement of Poolings which characterized the wo a man of our country in our grand mo* .v thcr's time? Woman may travel all orcr America without an oscd*t; ii' a her passport be modesty and purity, f Men aro not loss chivalrous whim tboy meet woman to call forth that e fooling. Sho mult first command re- P spoet, and can the men respect the e majority of the women, they meet * now-a-days? Can they, respect the woman who so far forgets herself as ? to make a perfect doformity of what , God made perfect ? Can such women . cxpoct rocpect from, a refined, high- 1 toned man? Now, they, aro a clasp 11 of women who complain of mooting insults from beasts anu oruic^a* mcy term thorn "in- some articles I Lave i rend in your paper," in stages, in car* and at hotel tables. It is their dc- c form it jf that meu stare at, and if they c did not return the stare they were Id t not know it. There arc very few e men, no matter how rough or mtcult}- i yatcd; who will not respect a modest 1 and well bred woman, and such wo- fi mon have no eanso to .complain, jt When a woman loaves her home, her j i children, and demands her rights 'itt' J the ballot bos and- to sit.in t'be Pros-1 i idtfotial chair, J tbjnlc Hit ( ? : ? . > ^ i': *% r * $&?*** ' V * * ' - ^rg; .;-A u-;v16'Mw ~A} ' lomo when .men, nv.nsi cease1 to^ re^ ; ipeet her. 'A tfn#,' puf<r-w<>rnRflri"ift % nan's eqtiial, and wiW'be-respected as " in$r now-ivHays, as in thedays ofcM,^ md mw^r b?Hev<vto be the-fi^Andi|i^ lobJestwork of God.",. 3 ^A v* * t /?. : 1 * i * / y 4- m v """ '*'* ' $9 ***'' ^ |ing. 5 v- .kami?4OTV;i, - J The cxaminationa^in JBrakfhs- ?pl- g oge, and in ttfo Du? .We^t, Female 0 College, Will begin .Qn Thursday morn* ngj'tnb Gt!b of JtiFyvlSTi, arnd hdcdn: ^ inuwl until tho afternoon^ tbe'^tbl-'"v owfog.Tuesday. . a r'y . TJho.fallowing goutlemep havp beerr. ^ ippointcp to attend'as an. Examining, ,5 Committee: Revs J. C. Chalmers arid 1 RT.^B. Pre*sly,of North Carolina f 'r Revs. JV L. Martin, J. O^'Luidsay,: J.- ^ Bloyce, DJ>.,. W. F. Pearson, II. T. T Jloat^-of Abbeville, S. .CI; Bevs. J. C. t 3oyd arrd E. P ' McCjintock, of Nowjerry, S. C.; Rev. J. P. SmtTtzcr.-l^D.Ji^ >f \Valhalla, S.C. ^Jlov. W. L. Press-* & y, of Anderson, S. C.; Prof. Bennet, v )f Cokcftburyr Si' Doffio/ \ 3sq, of Columbia, S. C.. BACCALAUREATE SERMO.V. "' I"'^ Tho Baccalaareato'Scrmon will- bo* weached on Sabbath, tlie Otb, by-Rev-'* F. IL Wilson,. D. D.j 9f- Columbia, S. C.. .f BOARDS. t ; ., i Th o Coard of Tru 8 teca - of Ereiti foe- i College. anil vthe .Board of Dijeotorfi Lt >f the Due West Foraalo Cpllego,. will t neot on tlio Afternoon of. Tuesday,8 ho Jltli, in the College ITalu".' 1 -M r; _ 0it i k ' (I , COMU^KCEMEVT. IN SgjfSHtfI. j 'Tho Cpnt)ir>ciicoi^ciit ISxercises in C Srskine College >viil begin mi,Tuqs- 'f Tay night, the lith/afid b6 resumed c tt 10 o'clock; A; Mr,' oh Wectafelirfay, C ho 12th, closing. in the .^nfterDoon n pith An Anniversary Address by Col. ii r. S. Cothran, of AWjevUlc^S.-C, ^. % V ADDRESS AND ?SA?.<. ? On Wednesday nighty th&~A1dmni $ \ddress will be delivered by GoL J. i II. Baxter, pf Newberry.and g \.luran? Essay read by Miss,ill. LpU a 5ricr, of Due"W&t, S.'CS * r' M''' r COMMENCEMENT IN FEMALE. COILEOE. Commencement In .the Duo *We$t u ?etnale College will be on jS?h Jwday, a he 13tb, the exercises to begin' at 9 J c >'elbclc, A. tf. v " '? -> * v Tho Address before the Ametfan Jofitrty "of' tbb Due West Female v Jollege will-be delivered by Professor t [. LL- Carlisle.., of .Woffard College, -v Jpai'tanburg, S. C., on Thursday. 8 CONFERRING pF DEflRBW. ^ At tho close JoC tho excreiflor in ^ :acli College the Baccalaureates will ? ;o delivered,,- and Degiecs conferred ' ?u tho graduating classes. 8 - ~ v V'- : -ft - V V1 : I* C * A XMieso- Wiil- t ..... t iffrttf I *.<. . v.'-O T A Chinaman died.-leaviog lya prop- Jj rty b^vill. to his three Rons, as fwl- il 3W8To Fum-Htim, liis eldest,' on?- c ialf thereof; .Nu-Pin. his second son, w no third thereof, and to Ding-Bat. p lis youngest, one-ninth ^hereof. j| Vbdn his property';\ra? mtentofied; u t was found to -eonsfct of nothing ft rvow* nor Jest than -sorontcen; ok- 71 ibants, and it puzzled- those three .? icirs to decide how to divide the 0 iroperty according to tho terms of ho will without chopping up tho 11 eventeen ?Jcphants, and* thereby ee? ti iously impair their valno;*; Finally ii hey applied to a wi$o neighbor,.Sum- ? 'tint, far advice., Sum-Punk had an tl lephant of his own. IIo drovo it ft nto tho yard with th<3 seventeen, and aid: "Now wo will suppose that your ^ ither loft these eighteen -elephants. 'am-IIum, take3*onr half and depart" *1 o Fiim-Hum took nine'cle'phants and -rvnf Vi?a vrn\r 'N'nw' "Wu.Pin " an? ,1 ^ ho wiso man, 'tako y&ur third and ai it." So2Ju-Pin took ?ix olcphfents s< nd travelled.. '"Npw, Ding-Bat," paid ci he wiso man, ,:tako your ninth and ai ego no." So Ding-Bat took two eje- "J bants and .absquatulated. Then g. nm-Punk took his own elephant and a, rove blra homo-again. .Qnpry*?AVas he property, divided according tp the ^ erms of tho will ??JKr. . J Jonx O'Gboat's House.?-"By tit? a'stoms'of Scotland; the head of the ' imily or dart entered tbo hrniso by s< ho principal door, and occupied tho p But at t!ie head of the table.-.: Tradiion informs us that the family of ohn Groat became somewhat mixed; a, nd it .could not be determined; who ' ,-as the rightful head. . Eight mem- 4j ers claimed the honorable position; nd a fea?fiit quarrel impended. John " ettled tho question by erecting a 'c iousc with eight sides, each having t< ight doorB and windows. In tho w rincipul room was also,a table with'.o ight sides. By this happy atrange- h (lent, the head of each branch of the ti itmily would enter the house by ms wn door and seat himself at'hi? own ^ lead of the table In 1711 Malcoltn Jroat sold the house, but now noth- J n^g remains of it but a small greou nouud.'?Oliver Optic's Muguzini. ^ ? . ' t 1 ** . f*t' i' Morning 2?Xl>s.?A writer. in Every . Saturday Buys:'*"1 ' A ; * u ' " 8' Not being a lark onrselvee we do- r iline to regulate our movements on d iny ornithological principle. "We ^ leliove in a generous allowance of a loep. "We beljevq that too littlaeleep g s moro injuiions than too much. ^ Unless a man's business or'proles* lionttl engagements oblige him to 2. rum out vory early, he does his physcal nature .injustice by deirauding -V limself of those delicious ,morning o iaps whicii so.rofiojh and 'fltrengtlitjo L8 . > * -J "* \ ? ; t ; gU 4-'&U W. i. / ;?Jfcft^Etyukti&a; for tis 8outL t W*i i XKVI r*^5 SO* Uj ? -'; - >' ,j9v^p^X^g^lnFg?. ?UL-b&' Sana tno ^nuouncement.. or, a _ grandrffi'^n ^rp>feo7Ta^nit5h"*ih^^Ifthbffri t f half fa toWferPMNtolltftt ritl bWigr ,'4>y Jiw So^hr.Carolina iLam* ' aa& f: Tuo importanco .pt the object .Ok, h(y&As^iaffon ^sfrfcaW' ?fcfebtn^h<F ho-eptepprisD-io .everjicitirwi ,otf; fch q, , itnto, and tbo inducements which.are flVnwl nrrt ft?ir>h ft<* tn tnmtil avurv {fcktft&is 0f?fy five ioUars, q&a. ?5?e.hifil(kPjQffio* of tf*am ne df tno most valHanje piepo of pro., : iertyfo Urtrwbote Soiithef^i cblitttry. "he store a i n i the building can raahd ' li^h-.rcotsj t ho. s^lgon am< ow and can always hafe a/{enant;; The flails abov^ tLn in^oi^tttft do; r land,' and the.tiicafcra is by /arrAfao" lapdao raj2^in,^he.Sdu^k. b?.| nek)*;1 ibidcr of the tit-Eel which 3raws that; \'ii?'frill' 8e(&f&. a"'f6rthn&' *'Ttro econd ptnjte,"vthOTigb< less ' alu'aWo, ?ll' WfcnooBU.,4a satisfy oTIar^ts at, ti6 timo to 60 .despised.^ ^larg^nOWbel- dronnfr pr?ejF:aVe , a^be* giyoi^ayyin^vfrdte $3^00, 0 ov<$r 2,4O0. , ."' . ., :. r TiiV^fJaftrete?- o?'(lie fho areTiat th? head of thie Wer-' iri^ is. ey (jljias;, ^eatiafy,; ey^ry-vOpe1 bat there cau bg nothing unfair ilV-ho 'waA'^actfoo';*-' Mdst "gift Bcberfofe^ f*e [starljfcd -by irresponsible pftrtr6$* [Ibis one, i3^ ori. ibe^qofctraoV- con-" uptGrander the auspices ?o?; Genera b. Sutler, a fb'rme.r Xfjijor-kerieral of the; JLrtnjv abd the candhtato , or Liouteoarit-GQvtjraor ;at the -last lection; a man w^ioae npme.ia South ' 'aroliqa,. has always'.^Wa. sjjrnpnya<kiV'With* Srfgfr'" totio lidnesty and ntegrrty;: 'Mr. JobnJCbOd\?lck,^a' ;eotlerqa?, yvbo -has. in .vested- bUn d red 8 f thousands of doU^w in ^ho State, fid tfKo' Is 'bonot-ca and Tc^pected, by,. bo entfito eOmm&rilty^mid G&fCGirfyr, h a hoaeit, xJaravc,' to an ly ffttd.popa Ifcr entleman, who never kqpw>.%ar,: nd whose character .stadds without > eproac!*?*1' *** ^ , ' In additioirtOi the fafgir tonc^eharcter and responsibility; of th^ Mftngcra, other safeguards ,arc thrown : round the sehdfWe wftieb WQuld. 'fak, ommetKl :m6stal&jkieal, as pill fppcs^; by^ej ^tiai*rfc?li8' ^fW5 SfMM?5 vblch will be bad m a few days witf to Wo'Obtaining Y,f tickcts' as iSoy irill be e&tferly.'aotigh ad'erinT.every ection^ .of . the .country.-*- Ohurlmon' Tbvrier. * ' r , I-? , mix trvi t. . ;*^r,?rTT--t;- 1 Remedy' Tok Oi&os [w eclitnr of the' TVtstern rJRuraL ays: The onion worm or Maggot, \riiiyh ia. ^destructive to the-onion rop'iu some .placed, /s.the Jaiyfe-of he'Onion Fl\y[Antho)iigia Ceparum); riiiclreitts into lire rbots' dnd,; fcilte he plautft!'. The paroftt-fly deposit# & eggs WdYe ,lpi*Y#3 crf/tl)e ..ouion lose to the earth, -aucljt ^Maggot, rhen hatched, eats Into, the Seart if the:onfoi>. 4 The larv^i corae lo heir gTO^thf^ fir* abo&fc i#o ^eeks, tarn to pup? in the onion, ; ad co-Out pefieot flies in tf'fortight ^ifterwariJ., pawling ;^aw n ibe surtace Qf the grouud^bere < he seed is lobe sown* lYsauHo'be ( n effectual piweutive~cf the at-, icks ofo&i* iasqotjis' used l DanVeftj,' ^lassacmusetts, with ood'effect., A a onion grower in iat celebrated odiori "locality' says ? d divided his onion.'ground' into m iree parts, all of it trim rig been F) 'ell prepared by suitable tilHiig j nd TitauUring, and was ready"for \ \e seed,. -One part wa's co^red ifbt wood asbeS, another witheoot, J ud tb<t: third, left-. a& .it was, qSfhe ?ecl was then suwu in drii&r, It itne up ?efj*^well, and. fyr af time if appeared .to;thrive, egoally well. , he part jjown witli tlie Boot, howPer soon tddlf tfie lead; the wood 9hes was next, but the bnions on < le part 10 ' which ndTpreveftiire ] ias applied, was entirely destroyed yt the .worms. , i> c*2 > lt?T> : " 1. -No onedoabts, remarks Profes- j >r Newton, thai>coroets are com- '' osed chiefly of- very light. sapors; joogh 6ome of., the lafgef ones i; lnyTjave a solid n.qcJeus, "If, as 3 intirftated, cert;vin observed comtary phenomena indicate that ie*e vapore, like the solar, vapors, (ia nnwin^AVl ftxi* <S iTunfK af I IV CUIUU^VU AV/i U VVI VUiU iast, in envelopes which are' liiiblo >-be greatly-, expanded, or even 'holly expelled by the Increasing ; mo out of heat from th? son, we ave in the prpbable physical stru<N ire of comets auother iudication aat these bodies were originally : etached from tjae sun's pbotppliere, in addition to that fi|r niched v certain features of the cometary lotiyns." _ * ?* ? a- , y-'i'or The practical application^ of team to locomotion on common uads bavinc' been satisfodtoHfy emonstratea iri*Edfn','thefd(Ja has j ikon mot in London. Thn nnoancea that a tramway for rood teamera haajast. been completed etwee a .Newgate, and Ialiugton, no of tho, Northern flnbm'bs of ion lon, and also that other trammya are ^to W made in various iher parts of the great citv. The. ydt^ra prdmf&os to grow U* favor .tfd Import a note, i) j ? w r?iwi> >?iu<"r^Wi<T .m Kt ?toiSC3M^8%i5i?*?-4 Xi* ***** **9* , lean1 ia tbat ha w warth'*$^0iiijl^0, I aud'ir?&ri^gW*Am?1?; , f>?*- >1' rjuft^&Klr&ib ur?qil a i a ffeffljr 'btrttra, 'AiMfcd . , L / _.iwvt?a> ^<CV> waiwj?jw? parsnasea *y to* *Mirer*r* M ? ?n i>foaqw>f 1 Virginia, lias been elected president, of the Um^M^y^t^Alabama, and . will accept. _ g r Cyras >r,Ai*4rew9F of /4anftnah, injurrfckaMH J jf.' I0St,C : V, /. ;.?? ??': t,1 . / ,: Hiuton> ]^p0,p^|>^?S91!*# oiis gstliO/autbar, of the, "4?p?D<K ing. C^i8j" bilitl8lied'.prfe^Jbtia tb the wiair^ lifis :satled' tot i&efios 'Ayxosp'S-* ",***& otf* i?> *aU&W: , Stt'i^evt&r O&fofV BenefifJ cbraqflUm stthjitffe; by-c^tHn^bis^hl^!1 Wh a. razor a fe jv days si ace Ht liii Mlije htmW>* ;*x A Mr. Meves, whp now *?i?tia hiius^ Aaguffi d? . m*m ijft ijWiJg:" dressed a lon^st^tement ifctAar ms fbr -ttie French'tbronj^ "* ' & . VL li L#!fc'i?- ''iL'S^LJEL:' .. jljuc xiiux ui uaiv uuu ui^KHn jnal bn: he \rilll^mfcta a Bhort tirae and :. return "to ^Florence. - lie will Visit Pjedms^'fta ?^4^94 once ^o^^pte^ae %?WS^jh-. w.tzA-'i*'* ; ) AiialdJadf gweatba'aefcitodM of;ogreotmau,;^Qne selling the'woM^ajid dma^r 6n 'wdsh 'dfry bliog.":'^ >.::? ijr. i/K'i .*nrj.~;'J fail iSi&ilM-^5$%. It aseefo^tU&Vnd'^at&f WKdHs'roe rioulo-is vrhefr tfae^Sre^Uiing^lie ?QlloD,ibr tLe.?Q0ue4?ua?^aIloes hfmseffin positiou ff>jrVt^'Wl|?p> aiid as fc6bii_'as he is 'hitcaed iip speeds awbHb^^rewi&'aimt might' - ?** *'*' ' Xs *}\ geropa .tflieje-there is a tendency io disease1 of !thfe Beart. ~ MW^pl?&? and sc?ne? t&tf pasaidfclfto liable to be' stiw^^iiger,<>rHiiwr, of 8trou^ eympatbyT-Atp'bo ifiuribeaT'vMoW^te ~ tMUt wiirdb aty^liahTi, tmo drama end othittjjc&ftl ?4Mrt(!e;difd ars waail?4 t.<h ti&rltiathof pkwiy'te .^ws&wst-*^ erpwa nt afuje, v or, of a Torpjrp *iu 9<^o npfey pblificat mWnj^nfiy b^feastwtw. 'A-Vegtilar $mr$ffbt hfeVfrw irorir ^xtrertiw,1 oMnRa. by nois^ttod fusion; better for the hoatV: ejua!, more stirely m tie countirthan m tWttfl **? **- *?!?? ? k ,? Ati.it ;: ;.;? i>t:? Otb . J^ie sweet potaty % has *, JBSft fn t u r e: ft hps'been dbcaverea tnat frbtrfit canbe "extracteir i?'Jvl*pp that far WTpasiba that df:4fc& %ew, abd'even the eorgham, in". ?f flavor,; wjai|e the w&ixUbiko more abundant. . The- avDiiMMHirodactofa^Sr^f of ~t&e^t?v&ri^' fs'altegecT t<f' do wrar W6 g-allcAiSf whTcrh" woftftlgSr'o from 860 ta860 gallons of 8yrapn|Q thoacre, ^ t^ av^srag% p^ilactWn qu poor flnij aand>- frO^k-MO to 180 bpself per acre, And j&yeu after thersyrtip' Iiat b&h'eluded thrfefiidufe-ft pmrforln ccfr'8 pVjh oib)e cdibla fprboth man" It thng seema that iho potato Ma pjay the sapaa jol&afli*ft cam p^rw of oprcpnnny, Traere.it is ratied'to gte&t abundance, ja*the bread-fni!tcrn" ;tl?e ' Sbatb 8ea*%lands, as it can be used hrIte -vrrfious forma-a% an oacolcnt, in making breadpiu. tiie.breinqg ofibettr, us 0 for coffee,, f<yr .tije production of syrup, accl for fattening pigs'and other fertn anfrnat*. ' '-*m+ ] One of the peculiarities Jof, t|e Government of thePariiCompaunt *as thfr great-'prepo iterance L"fu tbfc really influential positions of foreign adventurers.. That., these men, composed, cif a^io^- e'very nationality, were involve# !n &* leadership of r'tbe movement,'is shown-in recalling the* flawed'of nrapy of them. The<jaestt6n^is, how ^lid themnjority of these men find'tbemselvcd-iu Paris just at tlae juucture u*ben their reckless pptttinn 1 sratir*>Q 'm5<rht filld ODDDOTlQ tiity ibr action? It is-not clekr that they were in the city" before the war, nnd but litt!o timo *WB9 afforded thera to reach Pari&dariog the internal yeuv^eu the departure of the Girmaus and the flight-"of . ibe Thiers ^Government. Their presenco in. Paris, with all tbeir hair-brained; thoories* .must wifwraya have eomqthiug of tho my$er*)tia atta^od -to it; tyut there . the^mya? tery connected vritH'tliOin cuds.