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- BY W.'A.?LEE AND HUGH WILSON.
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ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY. MAY 8.1872.
The Love Letter.
She took it in her trembling hands,
That poorly served her Tv iJi;
The wave of life on golden sands,
Stood for>a moment still.
She read the superscription o?er,
And broke the careful seal;
The ],**** >us-burden thai it bore ?
She did not read but feel.
0, earth, so green \yitii sumnxer now,
' O, skc of heavenly blue!
O, mated bird^ on every bough!
Her thoughts are hot.tor you.
^he hum of friendly tones below,
"The life of pleasant care,
That swayed her soul an hour ago
Now rule no longer there.
She knows a love too pure a"nd high
For simple words to speak;
Its glory glistens in her eye,
And blushes on her cheek.
Its brighter \yarmth about her lips,
4 II fills each human hce<1,
Enfolds her life and glorifies
The simplest word.or deed.
H? has no promise to alluro
No fairy tale to teii;
The skill of honest love is sure
To work its purpose well.
It Scorns the flatterer's subtle art,
Th*S worldling's acted lies,
JLSUi storms uie Juruess ui t, |
Aud bears aways the prize.
Yet brave as spurred aud billed knight,!
f More tender etilJ than brave,
He lifts his vision into light,
Himself.the willing slave..
O, Love, thy kingdom stands secure,
Born with creation's day,
Thy sweet dominion shall endure
. When eartii hu.s passed away.
feie Stories About M!ss Cunningham. !
A correspondent of the JSew lork
World thus disposes of the stories pub
lished respecting the regent of the
Mount Vernon Ladies' Association.
vrhe correspondent says:
Recent sensational stories about the
imposing sty'c in which the regent of
the Mount Vnruou Ladies' Association
lives, her retinue of.servants, and ele
gant equipage, aroused the curiosity not
only of the Tallapoosa passengers, but of j
the unusually large number of excur
sionists who, moved by the hope of see
ing the Japanese embassy, had gone to
Mouut Vernon in the usual manner by
the daijy steamer. So the retinue of
servants was duly inspected, and there
was *110 little disappointment at seeing
gotae four or live darkies, including
farm lianas, attired not in livery, but in t"
loose baggy style of clothing peculiar to t
the Southern male servants. The car- ,
jiage used by Mins Cunningham was (
next inspected by theseif-appoirited in- j
vestigators. It was in keeping with the ,
old-fashioned mansion, old-fashioned |
a?d rickety?a crazy looking vehicle one ]
would not suppose capable of keeping j
tigtther while being dragged over the t
rough roads between Mt. Vernon and t
Alexandria.
Misa Cunningham has for her own use r
and that of the lady who is Secretary of
the Association two rooms, a bed room ! r
of moderate size and a sitting room ad-1 j
joining it, aiso of moderate cirnensious. J j
These rooms are plainly fitted up with j t
furniture, every piece of which has ! i
Ita Ivnot rlu\?cj HMio n-H'notfi nn thp 1 /
cccu 110 vvcw u,vc' A i,v ^*^7 " * ? \
floors are faded and worn. V\ hy Miss j
Cunningham is willing to remain at j
Mouut Vernon with a solitary com pan- ,
jton Ln a tumlde-town old house, in a j
locality famous for malaria, is in com pre- ,
henelble to any one who does not under
Htaud ihat a sentiment cherished in ,
youth may beconi^a passion i:i middle ;
life, and still encouraged will endure!'
when all other interests artd affections [
have died a way. Miss Cunningham lias, J
"for many voars centered her afl'ec- V
tious on "Mount Vernon. A sen-js
timent 6f patriotism and a, strong feel-)
iug of veneration for George Washing-]
ton leil her to desire most earnestly that.
his home should be preserved as & shrine |
to which Americans might make pil-j
grimages. it was the who first origina
ted the plan which resulted in its pur-]
clia^e. Articles written' hv her and j
.signed "ASouthern Matron" attracted j]
great attention l>y her earnestness ii: 11
advocating the purchase of the Mount -
Vernon estate for the benefit of the pub-1
lie. Her energy gave iaspiration to the
scheme, and when the property passed!
i u to tlfe possession 'of the Ladies' Asso-it
ciation she was appointed regent for ;
life. She receives no salary? nothingj(
but shelter anu toou. J lie lacier canuoij
be very luxurious, as it is chiclly obtain-; 1
ed from the pioduee of tlie Mount Ver- .
11011 farm, which want of means pre-;
vents being properly cultivated. To',
keep the Mount Vernon Mansion audi,
the two hundred acres surrounding it /
in proper repair as many thousands ,
shpuld be expended as there are now',
'hundreds.' I am told only about eigh-J,
tetu huudred a year is allowed fur the j
.support of the property. Miss Cunnin-'j
gliam is a lady past 60 years of age, a 'j
native of South Carolina, and belongs'j
to one of the most highly ie^pectable: j
families of that State. She has a pri-'j
rate means, and does not charge the!,
3!ount Vernon Association with her ,
' gupport. bp coupcientious is sne as to|,
the position of trust she holds with re- j
gard to taking care of the estate thaijj
she will allow none of her friends or1,
relatives to visit her at Mt. Vernon, not''
considering that she lias a right to en-'
tertain guests there. Hon. 11. D. Cooke !.
Governor of the District, is treasurer of 11
the association, and with him are de
posited ail funds accruing to the associ-j1
atiou, whether from the tariff paid by
excursionists or from occasional contri- ,
Tl.ii no tu li\r lirt mpjlll*
UU31UUO. JLilO I Vi V, II IIV/ - J ? |
large at aify time, $500 being the most!
received in any one month', but in thei
winter season dwindles down to a mere,
nothing. Duing the war, when no ex-;
oursionists were carried to Mt. Vernon,!
There '.vai, of course, no revenue at all.
The discussion of this matter among
the visitors last Saturday brought out
these facts, given by one of the most
highly esteemed of the vice-regents,
who. was of the party. Miss Cunnin
gham was ill and unable to Bee any one
except a few of her more iutimate
friends. Her health is at no time very
strong, as may be easily supposed, liv
ing as sne aoea m sutu u.u aimospueie
of malarias
e - 4 4 Blow ing for the Settlement."
?' I organized the first Sunday-school
in this county and ran it myself," said1
a shrewd but dissipated Wisconsin
lawyer. "A few of us Americans came
1 here early.* We wanted to get in decent,
industrious settlers, and keep the row
dies out. So I said, la Sunday-school
will draw the folks we want. It will
< * be the best and cheapest way to blow j
for the settlement.' They all agreed to
it. There wasn't a soul of us thai pre-j
tended to have a grain of piety. So;
they pitched upon me to carry out the I
plan. I did it, sendi-ng to Mr. Rice of,
the American Sunday-School Union for!
aJfibrary, vid ran the school all suru
th er. It did the blowing fc.r us apjea
didly. Several Christian f.i u..-aim*:
in, and as they had u better of pie
ty,!,handed the Sunday-school over to
tnem.; It **ras a grand thing for us. We
secured a good moral settlement. In
jact, sir. it got to be so pious that I
ouldn't live there ftfyoelf."
Laurens and Augusta Railroad.
Editors Chronicle and Smiincl:
Please be kind enough to republish
tijjp article v.-hich appeared in your pa
per dated August 27th, 1871, on the sub
j?*ct <?l* a railroad irctn Augusta, 10 Green
wood, South Carolina.
This request is most especially insis
ted ui:i>n just now, a^ the road is assum
ing both body and iife.
In the article referred to the reader
will discover the necessity of innnedi-i
ate co-operation of all well wishers to!
tlie enterprise?the project being now)
on foot. The road i? is practicable audi
must be built. If Augu<ia acts well lur
part, all is rirjhl?and if she is indifler
* .. . rn i _t a _ .
letsr, <7ft in wrong. ine tiiiiniTiBuuiaiu-i
cd, and the corporators do urgently in-1
I v.ite and beg every friend to attend aj
meeting to be hefd at Dorn's Mine, 0111
May tiie 2itU, 1372, 11 o'clock a ni.
1'Jease give us an editorial urging the j
people of Augusta t<j study well their i
interest and *>loep no longer on post. 1
The car of progress is passing through j
Abbeville and Kdgegeld,.
f Yours trulj\ . e?a\-?.
'fThe following is" the article veAirrIB i
to by our correspondent:]
, Some time ago, the Chronicle <? Senti- !
j id alluded to ?4ia scheme on foot for
budding.a railroad from Laurens Court j
House, South Carolina, to Aiigunta, and j
earnestly favored the proposed roud.i'
We then stated that the business men 11
of the eiu would give encoura'gementl!
and substantial aid to* the road when- 1
ever they saw that our South CarolinaI
friends were willing to put their shoul-:'
ders to the wheel, and we now repeat .'
that statement. Let Edgefield and '
Abbeville and Laurens put the aflairi1
into shape and show that they ure ready ' 1
and willing to *.elp the road with their 1
money and their land and we have not :
the slightest doubt but that Augusta 1
will give liverai aio. Augusta is not 1
dead or ashvp, and has been as gener- 1
ous to railway enterprises as any city in <
the South. The people here are aware h
,f fiin npepssiiv for siieh a road, and of!*
the benefits which would- spring from
Its completion, but they can do nothing
without the earnest eo-opeftition of the
South Carolinians. Etilow we publish
in interesting letter on the subject,
written by a gentleman in Abbeville to
i tirni in this city.
Greenwood, Abbevijxe County, \
August 19th, 1S71. ' |
Messrs. : Excuse me for drugging
you with the following crude remarks:
In this age of railroads, when it be
hooves every city to keep her eyes well
jpen, to see that her trade is not taken
'roru her, I have been often astonished
;hat Augusta has not been awakened to
:he importance to her of a connection,
jy rail, with this or some other point on
lie Greenville and Columbia Railroad.
\ugustu-owos lunch of her prosperity
o the traue of tne upper .Districts orii
his fcstate, the loss of which siie felt s?e-lj
iously when taken away from her by
he building of the Greenville and Co-1
iimbia Railroad. A moiety of that trade *
night have been restored to her by the
>uildingof the defunct Savanuah Val
ey Kail road; but that having failed, ,
t is remarkable that she seems now qui
:tly to submit to her loss. Although
lie Savannah Valley Koad would have
jten near twice ihe length of one from .
his point, yet it could never have car- t
ied the trade of Augusta that this will. I,
Phis latter will not only carry all thej '
radethat the other could have done, U
Hit will command the ou?tern portion of
he District of Abbeville, a large part of!
Laurens, and all or measurably all, of'
jreenville. There scarcely could be
buud anywhere more easy grades for a |
railroad than from Greenwood to Au- h
rti??n vi-i Hnrn's Mine aiul Fui v's Fi*r-t
ry, following the ridge which "divides
:.he waters of Little river and Stephens'
. reek. 1 doubt whether a single stream
need be crossed, anu the distance, I pre
sume, is only about lil'ty-livo miles.
If you think such a project worthy of
consideration, you will please confer
with some of your leading men on the
subject.
Augusta has always been the favorite
market with the people of this part of
he country; but while the Greenville
ind Columbia Railroad belonged to
hem they were willing to make othrr
nisiness connections for the sake of sus
aining this their little pet; but now
hat it. has been wrested from them and
jut into Yankee hands, they are anxious
u return to their old and favorite mart? j
\ugusta.
* *?*
The Ku-Klux Thiai-r.?In the Uni
ed States Court on Wednesday last,
tfter the jury had brought in a verdict I
?f guilty of conspiracy against Robert
L\ JKigirins, of York, a number of priso
lers were sentenced. The Charleston's
iVc WN says : a
While the jury were out, a number of j i
i>ri3onert> who had pleaded guilty to con-it
^piracy were brought upforsentenee.il
i'he prisoners were called up singly and j i
ixamiued by Judge Bond, and each told l
i pitiful story of his enforced paiticipa
:ion in the raids, of his final desertion
from the Klaus and surrender to the v
Federal authorities, of the months al- i i
ready spent in prison of the dependent
family left at home awaiting his return. I
Fn niont nf : 11r> fjisHs (.'aomin Earle. of 1
lie District Attorney's olflCe, supple- s
nented thyse statements with thosur-rJ
nises, suspicious and information injl
>ossession of the Government, taken jo
from the unsworn testimony of the con- U
fessing Ku-Klux, and then the sentence ;S
ivas pronounced by the presiding judge. J?
rite sentences were iw follows:
Leandei Smith, $1,000 tine, ten years'I'
imprisonment. * 11
William Smith, SI,000 fine, ton years' !t
imprisonment.
PinCkney Caldwell, $1,000 fine ten11
years' imprisonment.
Julius Howe, $100 Hue, four years' im- j
prison ment..
Allison Hays, $100 fine, four years im-;
prison men t. "
Lafayette Hood, $100 fine, three years'
imprisonment.
James A. Sanders, $100 fine, two years'
imprisonment.
Felix Dover, $100 fine.three years' im
prisonment.
William Ransier, $100 fine, eight
years' imprisonment.
Walter Moore, $100 fine, eight years'
imprisonment.
Joseph Lucky, $100 fine, eight years'
imprisonment.
. -i T\ I,M 1 <? ? ? ?...n tvif.nfliol
Artnur r. r i<Jmyu, uu uvu uiumus I
imprisonment.
Creighton Pope, sentence suspended.
The (.'ourt then adjourned until ten
o'clock to-day, which, it is understood,
will be the last day of the trials, as
Judge Bond leaves "for Baltimore to
morrow night.
?
Defective Cotton Seed.?The Au
gust a Chronicle A Sentinel says :
"We hear very serious complaints
from planters in "Burke, Jefferson and;
Columbia counties about the defect in
cotton seed. We are informed that
three-fourths of the seed saved for plan-!
ting have been found, upon examina
tion, to be defective?the germ entirely,
der'.tnryed. It is thought that the con-,
tinuod rainsof the early picking season, i
and tin* extreme moisture of the atmos
phere during the entire Winter, caused
the seed to "beat" when thruwu uu iu
heaps in the gin houses." The com-1
jplaint 1b general in that section of the'
'State. * ]
Our Position,
The one great purpose of the tax
paying citizens of liouth Carolina is t
obtain, at an early day, an economics
.Stall1 government, which will, wit!
equal care, watch over the interests o
all classes of the people. This is mor
directly important than the success o
any purely national movement. A Lib
eral Republican administration, ii
treating this people with rigid in:par
tialityand without political prejudice
would give them that feeling of publi
security which they have not enioyei
for four years and'more; but such ar
administration would not, of itself, re
iieve South Carolina from the evils o
extravagant expenditures and corrup
JI'^ISIUIHMI. J. Ill* JJUUJUC >v\miu uu 1CI
true to work for the regeneration of tin
State. They must, however, rely oi
themselves, and on themselves alone
for whatever may be necessary for ro
turning our Scott's, Neagles and Mack
evs into private life, and for filling thei
places with capable and honest men
This 4s the -.tAsk. before us, whether th<
Cin8itnta*i Convention Be, or.be not,. &
fruitful fn beneficial results as we-now
have reason to expect. It matters ven
little, in soiue respects, to the peoplo-o
the North and West, who is eleOtet
Governor and who are chosen as tin
members of their Legislatures. * The^
are sure.to have a sound and trustworthy
government in auy event; and they art
at liberty, in their States, to cause tht
soutest for supremacy to hinge rupon the
National questions of Amnesty, Reform
and' Decentralization. This is not .the
jase in South Carolina. There-election,
next October, of men like those who
ule and ruin this State, does not merely
lortend the victory or the defeat of a
political principle.' It means two years
nore of unblushing rascality; two years
nore of \vholesaie swindling; two years
liore of class legislation; two years
nore of taxation which is fast becoming
onfiscation ; two years more of a policy
.vhich lms no other aim than to drive
he white people out of the State, and
eave South Carolina to the control of
he Elliotts, Ransiers and Mobleys, who
iveln fear of a day when their mis
guided supporters may know them as
hey are. With a decent Conservative
state Government in South Carolina the
jeople may retrieve their losses and be
:ooie happy and content, although
'resident Grant be re-elected. But the
lection of Davis, or Gratz Brown or
Charles Francis Adams could not do
nore uian lessen me misery ui uur uu;i<
lilipn'.' if tho crew who now govern U3
vcre chosen for another terra. To the
welfare cf the State, we must look first,
.'hat being secured, we may enter as
leej:ly as "we please into the troubled
waters of National politics.
The Lunatic Asylum.?The follow
ng is the correspondence between Dr.
'. F. Ensor, Superintendent of the
itate Lunatic Asylum, aud Xiles G.
'arker, State Treasurer :
Office Statu Lunatic Asylum,
Columbia, April 17, 1872.
'Ion. Files G. Parker, State Treasurer.
I)kah Sih: Please inform me wheth
r or not you are able at this time to pay
,ny portion of the appropriation made
ly'the last Legislature for the support of
ne State Lunatic Asylum ; and if not,
iow soon you will be able to do so. The
redit of*the institution is exhausted.
Ve are no longer able to obtain supplies
f food or clothing, and a condition as
lesperate and disastrous in its effects
ipon the institution as it is humiliating
,nd disgraceful to the State, is staring us
n the face, and unless relief is obtained
n thirty days at most, some other dispo
ition must be made of those who have
?een placed here, under the care and
>rotection of the State. It is with this
ie\v that 1 address you to-day, in order
hat, in cu>e the Stale is unable to take
are of her insane, some other provision
nay be made for their care and pretee
iou in time to prevent the dire calami
le.s mat win oiuerwise eiicumjjjis;- mem.
. need not remind you that the care of
he insane is regarded the first and must
acred obligation of every civilized peo
>le. Hoping that yon will make extra*
rdinarv effort*, if necessary, to dis
harge that obligation in behalf of the
>eople of this State, in giviug that re
ief to the afflicted and sullering inmates
f this institution which she honci of
he State, the behests of justice and the
ii?ims of humanity alike demand, I am-,
:c., J. F. ENSOIt, Superintendent.
EXECUTIVE DUPA RTMKNT,
State Treasuheh's Office,
Columbia, S. C., April 3(?, 1872.
>. J. F. Ensor, Superintendent Slate
Lunatic Asylum.
DearSik: Yourletterof the 17thin
tant. in which you request information
s to whether I am able, at this time, to
?ay any portion of the appropriation
uade bv tlio last Legislature lor the sup
tort of the State Lunatic Asylum, ami,
f not, when Ishuli be, was duly received,
>ut the answer has been delayed ou am
ount of my absence from the'eity.
In reply, I would state that the Treas:
iry is not in funds; and that, therefore,
i will be impossible lor me a.f present to
nuke any payments to your institution,
rhe amount of taxes collected during tlie
ast lour years lias each year fallen Jar
hort of the demands made upon the
treasury. Heretofore, this detioienry
ius been supplied by borrowing money
111 State bonds, through the Financial
\.gent in New York ; but that source of
upply, as you weil know, is now
toiijiiJJ. In addition t?> the fa'ct that
he' tax levy bus been too small, it must
>e borne in mind that ovor $1,000,000
iavo never been collected.
The license law, which was expected
o supply the Treasury during the sum
ner, will ?Jo no more than take up orders
hat. have been uiven on the various
Jounfy Treasurers- for salaries of County
tticers, legislative expenses, &c. From
be best information to be obtained on
lie subject, it appears that, leaving out
Charleston aud .Richland Counties, the
imount that will be realized under this
rVct will not average over $600 a quarter
!ur each County.
The sale of delinquent lands takes
place on the first Monday iu Juue next,
tnd it is hoped that a sufficient amount
ivill be received from that source to meet
the more pressing demands against the
Treasury.
T am not unmindful nf the flaims of
the institution, and will cheerfully and
gladly do anything in my power for the
good of its unfortunate inmates*. Ho
ning and believing that some way will
l?e devised hy which the institution may
be maintained, until the collection of
taxes, and assuring you of any assistance
to that end which it may be in my pow
er to give, I remain very respectfully
yours,
NILE8 G. PARKER,
State Treasurer.
Jeffrson Davis' Commission?Cor
rection.?'The Savannah Ncii/s correct;
the paragraph going the rounds, statin'
that Colonel Morrison, of Illinois hat
Bent to Jefferson Davis his original com
mission as a Colonel in the United States
army, signed by Andrew Jackson Pres
Kieii*, and Lewis ('a?s, Secretary o
State, which commission had fallen iuU
the* hands of the Illinois troops after tin
capture of Jack.-on, M !sr. Ex-l'roaiden
Davis never wa? a Colonel in the Uni
ted States army, but served in the Mexi
can war as a volunteer Colonel of mouu
ted rifles from Mississippi, with a com
mission from the Governor of his State
Laws of South Carolm;
ACTS AND JOINT RESOLUTION
PASSED BY THE GENERAL
- . "ASSEMBLY.
. [Published by Authority.]
c
1'
1 AN ACT to Incorporate the Water<
* Presbyterian Church i/i Fairftt,
I County. -
1 Section' 1. Ee it enacted by the Sei
ate and House uf Representatives of tl
State of South Carolina, now met an
sitting in General Assembly,and by tl
authority of the same:
That the WVteree Presbyterian Churc
of Faii-lield Cuilnty, is hereby inooipi
rated, with all the rights and privilege
awarded to'religious denominations i
thi-.j State. ' ' -? ' .
Ssc. 2. That the said church may a<
n uira- limnsrrr. n?al and ueryunal, If
.-religious and educational purposes. an
way dispose of, regulate and govern tl)
{same as? they may deeui proper., in.at
cord a nee with the laws and diseipiint
such Jaws not being inconsistent wit
the laws oi' the State.
Sho. 3. That this Act qball b
taken and deein'ed'tb be a public Acl
and "shall continue in force untii rt
pealed. - J .
Approved March 13, 1S72.
: A-N atl lO jnvvr/Jwui-u i/tt j uinivia
Laborersand Mechanics1 Lam
Company, of Orangeburg County
South, Carolina.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Seijat
(ami House of Mouse of Representative
i of the Sfateof South Carolina, now me
and sitting in General Assembly, an*
by the authority of the same:
That Jacob Moore, Henry Wallace
J. L. Jamison, E. I. Cain, Isaac Speak
ier, Christian Green, JT. C. Andrews, B
i Bvas, George Bolivar, and their asso
ciates and successors, are hereby niadi
; und created a body politic and corporate
! under the name and style of tiie "Far
niers', Laborers', and Mechanics' Lam
Company,01 uraugeuuig vyuumj, uuun
Carolina.
Skc. 2. Tliat the said eorporatioi
hereby created and established shal
ihave power to make such by-laws, no
! repugnant to the laws of the land, am
1 to have, use and keep a common seal
land the same to alter at will; to sue an<
be sued, plead and be impleaded, In un]
Court in this Btate; aim to have an<
enjoy all such property, real and per
soual, as may be given, bequeathed o
devised to it," or may be, in any manne
whatsoever, acquired by the said corpo
I ration: Provided, the amount so helt
shall not exceed the sum ol' one liun
dred thousand dollars.
Sec. 3. That the said corporation maj
from time to time, invest their funds
moneys, assets, and all other property
stocks, public or private, notes, bills
bonds, with or without security, bj
mortgage of real or personal property
or by surety, in such sums, and oi
1- no tlu.u mm
SUl'Jl l?riur> uuu k^iiuiuvnofiw v/.v.j
j deem proper; and it shall be lawful fo
I said corporation, from tune to time, an<
! at all times, to sell,'convey, mortgage
iassign or transfer al! of its property
: real and personal, as and when it ma;
jdeem proper and expedient; and
. make and execute bonds, under thei
! corporate seal, with or without mort
iguge, for the purchase uf real or person
; al property.
Skc. 4. That the real and persona
property of each corporator, shall b<
liable for the debts of said corporation
in any amount not exceeding the pa
value of the slock hold by him.
Si-.C. o. That this Act shall continui
in force for the space of twenty-on<
years, and the same shall be deemed j
public Act, and may may be given ii
evidence without being specially plead
ed.
Approved March 13, 1S72.
AN ACT to Renew the Charter of Ma
n'on Lodge, A'o. 2. I. 0. 0. F.
Be ii enacted by iLe Seriate am
House of Representaiives of tin
Stale of South Carolina, now met am
sitting in General Asserably, and l>j
the amhority of tlie same:
That the charter of Marion Lodge
No. 2, I. 0. 0. J1'., he, and the same i:
hereby, renewed and shall continue ii
force until amended, altered or repealed
and that all acts done by the said Marioi
Lodge, No. 2. I. (>. 0. F., since the ex
piration of its charter, in uonformiij
thereto, shall be, and the same are here
by declared to lie, as good and valid, t<
ail intents and purposes, as it' the satin
jhad before the expiration of its charter
j Approved ilarch 13, lb7J.
; AN ACT to Declare Public a Certaii
Read indie County oj uranfjeuurg.
Suction l. Be it enacted by the Ser.
ale and House of Representatives o
I the State of South. Carolina, now me
land sitting in General Assembly, am
by the authority of the same.
I T.hat a certain read in the County o
jOrangeburg, leading in a Northoasteri;
I direction fro in t!i? town of Branehville
i to what is known as the old Orange
j burg Road, he, and the same is hereby
de.Jared public.
i Approved March 13, 1S72.
'AN ACT to Incorporate the South Car
\ olina lical Instate and Joint Sloe.
j Company.
| Section 1. .lie :t eimc-lcd by th
iStdiiaie and House of Representative
iof the State of South Curol.ua. nov
;mot ami sitting iii General Assenibi}
land by the authority of the same :
i That R. A. Sissou, Lewis Heyward
[Washington Ash, Lewis Wilson,' P. I;
' Lush, Lewis Carr, Robert L. Jones, M
: D.Stone, Edwin Marks, Mlenry John
I son, T. 11. Snyder, T. Sands ami A
Boldgood, together with such person
i who now, or may be hereafter associate
I Willi lUULiJ, lit, UUU UlBy U'.V IJLMt'UV lit
jelared a body politic and corporate, tin
der the naniu and style of''The jjoutl
Carolina ileal Estate ;\ud Joint Stool
Company," for the purpose of loanin,
out money on interest, purchasing aiv
mortgaging real estate, buying and sel
i ling, or otherwise disposing of person?
! property; and they shall have the j-ani
irights and privileges now enjoyed b
' banking corporations of this State; the
ishall also have undisputed right to di>
I /*.f ntiv ??tu? nil Kllf'h nrnriprtv rn<i
! peraoual or mixed, time they may bi
come possessed of, in any manner, an
on such conditions as the said assoeh
tion, for their own interest, may deer
lit and proper.
Sec. -. That the capital stock of sai
company aha!! consist of two thousaw
shares, to be paid in by successiv
-imonthly instalments of one dollar o
?leach oh are, or in such manner as thei
r! constitution and by-laws may liereafu
1 provide for; and such shares *hall I
-: neld, transferred or assigned and pled'
3! e<i, and the holder thereof i,o be suhiec
- to such flues and- forfeitures for del'av.
f in their payment as may hereafter L
,>' provided.
i\ Sec. 3. That the . aid company sha
t' have jpovver and authority to make :u<
such rules and by-laws for its goveri
- ment; aud shall have such floeinbe,
-land successioh of members aud ottlce:
- as shall be ordained and chosen accor<
i. gin to their said rules and by-law
made or to be made by them; shall
have and keep a common seal. and may
alterthe same at will; and shall have
and enjoy every rii^ht and privilege in
Tn cident and belonging to corporate bodies:
and the said company shall, and is here
by authorized to begin business in any
county in this State, and ro establish
agendies at any points' that may be
deemed advantageous to the interest and
benefit of said company.
Sec. 4. That all right conferred upon
thin company, ?s provided for in the
preceding sections, shall be exclusive in
this State, and all acts con Hiding are
,c hereby repealed, and ll.e company here
icl by incol'i'iorated shall not be subject to
any laws that may hereafter be enacted.
Sec; 5. That tins act shall be
h; deemed a pul lie Act, and shall con
d | tinue in force for the term of twenty
ie| five years.
, i Sec.' fi. That this-Act shall be of force
" j immediately on after its passage.
" Approved March 13, 1872.
'FATHOMS OF HUSBANDRY.
?r) The following J?iihor<linaie Granges oi
d j.Patrons of Hui-baifdrv have.iately been
e organised by Col. D. W.vatt Aiken, uep
;-!uty at large,.for the .Southern .States..
\ j V. titan iterti 11c Grange, No. 2, Sumter
hjville, S. C.; Joh.n A. Richardson, mas
ter; A. White. Secretary.
2. MavsviileGrange, No. 3j Maysville,*
P.O.; W. J. Mublrow, .master; 13. F.
Wilnon, secretary.
3. Cokesbury Grange, No. 4. Coltes
bttry, S. C.; JV A. Conner, master; Dr.
"VV. Sims, secretaiy.
4. Du?rWe*t Grange, No. 5, Due West,
S. C.; J: I. Bonner, master; Dr. John
A. Robinson, secretary.
d\
o. Calhoun Grange, No. 6, Calhoun's
j Mills, .S. C.: Janie.-* Aicuasmn, master;
J. L. Corwin, secretary.
I 6. Long Cane Grange, No. 7,{Bradley's
* j Mills, S. C.; Wi K. Bradley, masterJ.
IE. Bradley, secretary,
j 7. Lowndesville Grange, No. .9,
J Lowndesville, S. C.; oHleers not'elected
I when report was mode.
8. Greenwood Grunge, No. 9, Green
ly wood, S. C:; A.M. Aiken, master; S.
j W. Jordan. Secretary.
B 9. NinetyTSix Grange, No. 10, Ninety
Six,S. C; J. W. Calhoun, master; G.
J M* Jordan, secretary. ,-i.
Increasing interest in. the Order is
now being manifested, and Col. Aiken
is expecting to organize throughout the
, | State during the summer and autujnn.
' Those desiring to establish the Order in.
I i their respective neighborhoods should
j address him at Cokesbury, S. C.
i! A Oioto IZruwiru Vine r>rir5ini7.fi(5 in
*1 Mississippi, with Gen. Vailghan as mas
] tor.?
. i +"?P-o
r| An Immense Undertaking.?the
r j Scientific American in calling attention
- i to the statement of an Italian journal
j!that tho recent visit of the Russian
-! Czar to the Southern part of his e rap in
(had particular reference to the projec
, Led junction of tho Caspian Sea with
, j the Black Sea, says:
,j "The entire length of the canal would
, j be six hundred and thirty Russian
/ i versts, nbout four hundred miles, though
, i the mountain chain to be pierced only
i1 measures eight versts, or about five
j' miles. It is calculated that thirty-two
r thousand laborers will have to be em
1 ployed for fully six year9 in order to
, complete the undertaking. Quite apart
, from the direct commercial advantages
f] which would result from the completion
of this canal, it would serve to replenish
r the Caspian tfea with water, a highly
-j important consideration. During the
- j last decade, and ercn longer, a remark -
[ able reduction of water was noticed, so
I mueh so that the final extinction, that
2! is exsiccation, of the eea was apprehen
, ;ded. The result would not only be ma
r larious in the extreme, but also de&truc
li! e t ..f I
! UVt' Ul 11 l^ruui t*L*'11 CVJ U1 ?? taiou, uuiuvaj ,
s the sturgeon, sterlet, and seal fisheries,
f Many thousands persons are at present
ij employed in these fisheries (chiefly at
?j Astrakhan,) hy whom eight thousand I
-! pounds of eavier alone are annually oh-]
tained. An insurance of water supply i
to those persons would, therefore, give,
renewed stimulus to their local enter- i
.'prise, though the same may not be ax
j merely important as the ellect on coiu
j' merce at large.
31 ?
i j Neatness.?In its es.-enoe and purely
' for its own sake: says Hall's Joutnai of
Health, neatness is found in few.
iMauy a man i* neat for appearaiit-e sake;
there is an instinctive fueling that. there
' ' * W'l.uii ii i>i iii i'nlit-: :i
I? JJUVtCJ Ui 1U ?? nvu
physician or a lawyer fur the iirst time,
or conies to rent a house or borrow mon
ey'-, lie will come in his beat dress ; a lady
will call in her carriage. A man who
means business and honesty comes as;
he is, just.as you will find him in his
store, his .-hop, his counting-house.
The most accomplished gamblers dress(
well; the most enterprising swindlers
jare j'aultJessly clothed; but countless'
! multitudes are I ur whitewashed seoul
chres. Many doiu care as long as it will
i not be seen. Washington Allston the
great artist, the accomplished gentleman
suddenly left his friend standing at the
door of a splendid Boston mansion as
j tin v were :iix;ui entering tor a party,
! because lie just remembered that he had
j a hole in hist stocking. It could not ne
' ;seen or know n, but the very knowledge
j of its existence made him feel thut lie
"; wftt; Jens a man than he ought to be;
' gave him a t'eeling cji" inferiority.
I When yon .see a neat,- tidy, cleanly,
I cheerful dwelling there you will liud a
| joyous loving happy 'aniiiy.
| "Tun Lvdkpexdknt Okdf.k of Uxi
8!wn nnpniHi'.x.''?Alluding to the al
8 iout d purposes of Mji?> organization, the
r j Charleston Ji'cjivMican says:
! Wo arc members of this order of Uni
'jted Brethren. In the first place, it has
! no ritual, but simply a constitution, a
' copy of which we wiil allow any one to
I examine. Tin objects of the order are
slated in the second article of the cou
"'siituiion. It is follows:
gj "2. ObjkC'T.?The object of this order
[ shall be to preserve liberty and the
' I Union of the United States of America;
*!to maintain the constitution thereof and
ijj the supremacy of the laws; to sustain
j. :the State and National Government,
,^jand assist in putting down their ene
h mies; to defend free speech, a free bal
_i!ot, without regard to race, color, sect or
Ti party, and to elect only honest ahd rc
LI : .. - * ? * - a - i* i . j\~> _ * a.
; liable JttepuDi leans w> uu umuw m jinun
lor trust in National, State, ond local
jgovernments; and to secure l>v all
peaceful ami lawful means, equal'civil
ami political rights to all American cit
izens."
The only oath administered is one re
quiring members to carry out the objects
of the order its set forth iu the article
quoted. No penalty' whatever is at
tached to ils violation. "We take pooJ
care to admit no one who is capable of
I violating his obligation. The oath is as
n I follows T
irl "Oath.?I do solemnly.swear that I
sr will to the best of my ability, as a true
?e | Republican, aid in carrying out the ob
r-'joct of the Independent Order of United
:t! Brethren, and I will keep secret all law
It proceedings of the order, ^o help u?t
V; According to f lic census for 3S70, dur
inil tiint year in Massaclmst-U.H six gi.'.s
rS| were ifcrirrJed at fourteen, thirty- ti.:eo
rs ;at fifteen and 1S1 at sixteen. A woman
i-i of twenty-five was also married for the
3, fourth time.
i Temperance. Address..
' Rev. Mr. Miles, agreeable to appoint
ment, delivered an address last Friclaj
night before Newberry Division .Sons o
Temperance. Although the time hac
been changed from previous notice, am
many doubtless Iraa not been apprised
the audience was large and appreciative
After the signing of an ode by (he Di
vision with pleasant effect, and the of
fering up of a brief and fervent petition
i b3r Chaplain, Rev. John Stout, Mr! Miles
| was introduced to the assemblage, anc
j began his remarks by a felicitous avowa
j of the fact that he was> not a member o;
[the organization before he would en
: deavor to present a few simple truths in
! favor of the noble benefaction? incidents
showing the dreadful resulis of intem
perance?either within his personal
! knowledge or from the reliable testimo
ny of friends.
i Mr. Miles' candid statement of hit
early views relative to societies in the
J which some might possibly give prior
| claim anu precedence 10 cneir espousais ;
I elevating the principles of their order tc
fan equal .position with the charcii?the
j muring Mother of all the elements
! which aucoi'i soothe, sustain andsaticti
; fy humanity?and;his mature and mod
ified convictions, Vere quite happy, and
| placed him (he being not *a 'member of
'the Brotherhood of Temperance, but of
ja Society which includes within itself
; all the * principles of temperance, and
which commands obedience to the law
* 01* ''temperance lu ail things.,") where
[ he desired tc be with his audience?in
I no equivocal-position. ) ..
| The addl es as :we have said was made
j up of dark life-pictures?shadows deeply
:flunu: athwart the hearth-stone, of bro
| ken homes, and broken hearts; of chat
tering gibes and cruel blows?fading
I loveliness, the pall of death, and the
welling grief of tender, helpless girl
hood and uncousiuus. infancy. The ad
dress was as it should has'e been we
think, an appeal to the heart agonies en
gendered by the insidious monster
Hum, and not an intellectual dissertation
about the effects of alcohol upon the
blood and brain, and the nerve forces,
or an argument deduced from statistical
reports, &c.
Mr. Miles closed his address by a rec
ognition of, and adversiorr to the fact
that societies instituted for the purpose
of alleviating distress, assuaging grief,
relieving want, helping up the.fallen,
I ameliorating evil, elevating, ennobling
and blessing men in all the ramlflca^
tions of society, were not inimical to re
I 1 n-rtpo Uo Q.oti'ira qIKac finr? do
such he wished the Sons of Temperance
hearty God-speed in the good cause of
making men truer to themselves and
hence more noble in all the relatiens of
life.
Mr. Miles took occasion to remark
that while he had always th<*oght it a
discourtesy to an audience for the speak
er to confess himself unprepared, yet he
felt it due to the society ne was address
ing, and the worthiness of the theme
upon he had been privileged to apeak,
to state that imperative circumstances,
not under bis control, had very mate
rially interfered with the preparation of
his uddress. He expressed his deep
sympathy with the Temperance move
ment set on foot by so many earnest and
high-toned men of lsewberry, and de
clared he had never esteemed himself
more highly complimented than when
invited to address this Order of the Sons
of Temperance. He felt much more
than he had been able to say, and hoped
! they would believe he had, under very
embarrassing circumstances, done all
he could to serve the noble cause he, as
a man, and a Christian, uiost assuredly
had at Newberry.?Newberry Herald.
The Columbia correspondent of the
Charleston News says:
The mandamus served on 'State Treas
urer Parker by General Stolbrand, the
Superintendent of the Penitentiary,
which is made returnable on Wednes
day, has, in a manner, created some
commotion among the State officials to
day. The disposition to keep secret all
transactions bearing npon the finances
was sedulously observed, yet enough is
known to warrant the assertion that,
to keep the matter from investigation,
the Superintendent has been promised
sufficient funds to keep the Penitentiary
; afloat. This, however, lias to appear in
the return to the Supreme Court on
Wednesday. The jjrate officers held a
kind of meeting over the matter
in Hardy Solomon's Bank this afternoon,
and acce.-s to it was'impossible. Should
their overtures not be accepted, nothing
follows bu; an investigation of-the
masury. Should they be acceptcd It is
-safe to count on a :-maiI army of ruanda
rouses m trie tu:ure.
Blue Ridge Revenue Scrip stands
pretty weiI as a collateral security, and
the hopes that are hinging ou the com
ing issue are mountains high.
1 How A Pl'LN'TKR GOT IIlS PAY.?
The Richmond Dispatch is responsible
for the lb.lowing: "A circus company
in Iowatttved an 6&ior a bill for adver
tising anil refused to pay it. Thereupon
the editor called upon the sheriff', who
attached the Bengal tiger, and brought
him around to the newspaper office in
his cage, lie was placed in the compos
ing room, and during the tirst two days,
he not only consumed lift eon dollars'
worth of bi'tM", but he scratched six dol
' lars worth of trowsers l rum the log of a
j local reporter who endeavored to stir him
; up with a broom handle, to make him
roar. On the third day the tiger broke
I loo-e, and the entire force of composi
I th? staircase with iudi
I clous - suddenness. The editor was
I alarmed to iind his exit through the
composing room cut oil', and that the
: latch upon the .-anctum door was bro
ken. ?o he climbed out of the window
j and sought safety upon the roof. The
! paper was not issued for a week, and
even after the tiger was shot, the editor
i had to slide down the water spoilt, be
; cause he was afraid to descend by the
route by which he came.
Befop.e United States Cojimts
! sionkk Boozkr.?J. Osborne Bishop, of
!Kewberry County, was brought up be
fore the Commissioner, yesterday, for a
i hearing, on a charge of conspiracy, Ac.
! Alter an examination, the defendant
J was remanded for a further hearing to
I day, at 4 P. M.
John P. Elkins, of Alston, Fairfield
County, appeared yesterday on a charge
; of a violation of the revenue laws, in
selling unstamped tobacco, and after a
; hearing was bailed in the sum of $1,000,
to answer fof the fame at the present
itorm nf m?? United States Circuit Court.
John A. Leland, Dr. Thomas McCoy,
I Dr. Wrn. E. Black and Alexander
I McCarley, committed for trial 011
'charges of conspiracy and murder at
jl.aurensville, in October, 1S70, -were or
dered to Charleston, togetherjwith nine
iteeu witnesses in the several eases.?
' Phoenix.
6S5- The Barnwell Sentinel is confi
dent that the road from Barnwell tc
Blackvills will open to Charleston n
large trade which jjoes to Savannah and
'Augusta, and that it will, al?o, increase
considerably the fineness of Barnwell ?
| K expresses, tlse hope nnd belief th?\i
jevery facility will be extended to the
iSout.i Carolina Kailread, and under
stands that the land-ov. ners along flit
line will extend to the engineer of flu
J-\>*.:th -Carolina Kail road 'very facility
in their power, and that what timber h(
[may require for crosities, trestle, &c.
will be furnished without coat.
The New York Herald.
The editorial staff of the New York
Herald consists of one chief, one mana
ging, one financial, one city editor ami
eight editorial writers. The ship news,
foreign news, domestic news, statistical
matters and translation departments
each have a chief, with such assistance
as lie may require from the city depart
ment. The city department is presided
over by a chief who must have gone
through all the gradations of the reporfr
orial department.
This force consists of twenty-seven
reporters, who cover all the news points
in .New Yt?rk, Jersey City, Brooklyn
and contiguous places of easy access to
New York. The Balary gf^uauaging
editor-is ^3,000 per annum,'and financial
editor $5,000 per annum, and the wri
tors, or Btiij-eiiitors, irom $sw to *ou peri
week; reporters $J6 to $30 per week. | dn
In the composing room, seventy-five
men are employed, whose pay depends
- upon the skill and steadiness of.their
labor, some making as high a&Jfettper
werk. . . , ... .;,
The clerical force of the paper nurn-1
bers about twenty, divided into relays
for day and night .work.
The editorial force meet daily in the
"council room" of the establishment.
The meeting is presidedover by Bennett,
father or bon, as the case.may be, or, in
the absence of both' these gentlemeu,
then by the senior writer, Dr. Geo. B.
Wallis. At this council all the current
questions of the day are discussed, all
formality in speakingon topics is avoided
and it partakes more of the character of
a family gathering. Mr. Bennett, after
carefully looking, over his memorandum
points, breaks silence, and the conversa
finn fnl/fc o nhdai'fnl turn nnrJ nnnfilillPR
for upwards of two hours. In the in
terim, each editor is assigned to write a
certain article. Mr. Bennett, Sr., has
not written an article in the Herald for
upwards of thirty years, yet he identifies
himself with the editorial columns by
requiring the editors to keep the tone
and style of their articles witnin certain
cardinal points.
Mr. Bennett has a telegraphic wire
(nine miles long) connecting thq Herald
office with his residence at Fort Wash
ington ; also a shorter line (three miles)
to nis house on Fifth avenue. By thiB
means he is in constant communication
with the office. Important news from
Europe, and, indeed, from any part of
the world, is announced to him, and he
sends the points for a leader over the
wires, the telegraph key being manipu
lated by the geutJe hand'of his daughter,
Jeanette.
The foreign correspondence on the
Herald is now in charge of a gentleman
in London, who receives a salary of live
thousand dollars per year in gold. He
moves and instruct* tne correspondents
at the various European capitals.
The receipts from advertising range
from two thousand fl ve hundred to five
thousand dollars per day, according to
the changes in the busy season of the
year. . .
Mr. Bennett's income from his real
estate and newspaper is two hundred
and twenty-flve thousand dollars per
year, and that of his son forty-five
thousand dollars.
Bennett, Sr., is seventy-five years of
age, yet his brain is as vigorous as it
was twenty years ago. His habits are of
a very abstentious character, and to this
he ascribes his good health.
HebaW) Diplomacy.?The New.York
Herald suggests a plan by which it
thinks the administration can get out of
its claim for consequential damages un
der the treaty of Washington. "Let
England (says the Herald) agree that in
the event of war in which England is a
belligerent and America a neutral, that
America shall not be held responsible
for any indirect or consequential dam
ages arising from the escape of any
armed ship from our ports under circum
stances similar to those under which
lifl A Inhoitia on/? tha 'iRlnorliuh rohpl vm
i sels escaped from Liverpool. tFpon this
j declaration being made and ratified by
' the two countries and hallowed into a
principle of interuatlal law, so far as
they are concerned, let America with
draw her case so far as indirect damages
ure concerned.
Greenville and- Columbia Rail
I road.?The annual meeting of the
I Stockholders of the Greenville and Co
lumbia Railroad Company, was held
| yesterday in their hall over the South
j Carolina' Loan and Trust Company.
! Upon motion of T-V. J. Mag rath, Esq.
Geii.M. W. Gary was elected chairman,
nuil \fooiii-j V Pupptnufnn amH -Tnmpm
S. Simons, Secretaries.
The reports of the President, VV. J.
Jfagrath, and Superintendent Thomas
JDodamead, were then read.
The following named gentlemen were
elected to serve for the ensuing year:
W. J. Magratb, President.
Biuectoks.?Messrs. Robert Adger
and Tlieo. D. Wagner, Charleston; L.
i I). Childs, Edward Hope, I. C. Roath,
and J.- E. Marley, Columbia; R. L.
ilcCuiighren, Newberry; F. F. Gary,
Cnkesbuiy; James L. Orr, Anderson;
H. T. Farmer, Flat Rock, N. C. ; Tim
T-Tiirloif Pho rl?iufnn orwl .TnGPnh
.Mil J 1111HSJ, N-i
Crews, Laureus.
A VlCEBOYAT/TY WORTH HAVING.?
! The Vicerovalty of India is probably
' the most valuable in the world, as it en
lables them to pave, as a rule, $69,000 a
! year out of his salary, and the whole of
his private income for five years. The
I salary is $125,000 a year, besides allow
ances, a furnished house, and all trav
elling expenses, and half that sum will
enable most men to live in becoming
splendor, To a poor man, however,
(says the London Spcciutor,) the olllce
is less valuable, as he saves less from his
home revMiue, and if, like Lord Mayo,
he is fond of splendor, an Irishman,
and unlucky enough to have a royal
duke for a guest, lie may save a little
indeed.
The Missionary Record says that "the
I Hfltprmlnod nhctinsnv manifo?T?il in thp
Santo Domingo affair, and the removal
of Mr. Sumner from the committee on
foreign relations, and the antagonism
thus engendered, and the determined
opposition to civil rights and amnesty,
have resulted in an estrangement of
ilarge numbers of leading Republicans
] from General Grant's support, believing
ia.sthey do that it will not do to trust
I him four years longerand it admits
j that the Cincinnati Convention will ac
complish a great work, if it can nomi
nate a President ro pure as to bring
j around him honest men, and keep them
so for four yearsbut, curiously enough,
' if tttSn tin until n rlnnln tlit
iv uji nun u ucviaiakiuii tllat it v '
will go for Grant whatever be the action nJ1
of the Cincinnati Convention." ?"*
th
taj
In the Electoral College of 357 votes
this year, the former slaveholdingi 1
1 i States will have 134 votes, the Western j
j States 102, the New England and Mid-pe
[I'dle States 109, and the Pacific States 12,ev.
*; votes. Therefore, according to geo- Pj
' graphical apportionment, the South is^1
f-tiiI the leading political power in the, * '
Union.
*,..?? idP
; i)l
Considerable of Liberal Popublican; $ i
enthusiusm exiit3 throughout the State |jn
of Maryland, ex-Governor Bradford ;d<
being at the head of the movements
there. w
Scraps, ^rpnSSf*
General Wade Hampton will^^iwr
te memorial address ia Raleigbf'^orihf
irolina, on the 10th instant.
A person claiming to beihe-Bilpitrde?
endant of John the Baptist, i&sprerfd
g the Gospei in the streete of Citfla/
linois.
The death of Maj. William H. Tttlt
rger, proprietor of the Pulaski House,.
ivannah, ia announced in the Adverff
T nf tViot., ni-txr
There is a Dutch vessel now in Boston
hich Is said tabs uiDety,years ola.
le i9 built of teak and Is good for au
her half century/a service.
Joseph Price, a lad lfr yearfe'of'?ge,
u of the late Alfred Price, acci^euuTlV;
II from a boat at Wilmingfoa,' on Fr?
ly evening l&stand asdntarned.; HW
4y had not beer* recovered; la?|
counts. . . r
- t.tt b&amap*
Bits of silver were picked up. in the
reels of Jacksonville, Oregon^ dnirn#
recenv nun. -1 "iney i?ve? 0?Tf Jsiren
>tn that "cloud with a silver IJniogJ'
tiicb we read about.r
The- Philadelphia Post, of ApHl'^d';*
ibliahes abetter ftrom'CairoliweS.; Burn-"
,m, who, having been refused. adrais
iu to the law d^pn'rtment <Jf the State
liversity^ fiercely denounces tbi ti&l
ty accordingly. . ; ;cuos
A.- New Orleans .paper; s^ys; tfflltn*
ung widow iu that city, who writes
ill, "is training herself for ari ecftfcyf^t
ie editor's namq is not fciven,
)uld be well for the fra.tetnity
ire 01 we viauer."
He'niy "Ward Beoeher, in^'dWddunie
phrenology, said that; ho.had'aeem
an with large biup eyes, "whojp
uld no more stimulate to actlon'tnan.
u could a lump of dough IfyiMoWtt#
eaurrectiou trump over it.
Josh Billings says:. "There /ijf}0ne>
ing about a hen that looks like, wls
m, they don't kackle much nntll after
ey have laid their egg. &Uj? photic*
' j alwus a bragging and. a, cackling
lat they are gofng to do beforeh'aiitil ^
rhe Rev. Alfred A." Curtis,'late'frefetdr
Mount Calvary Church,-, Baltimore,
a letter to Bishop "Whittingham, j aa
unces that he has dissolved his con
ction with the' Episcopal ChurCh*4kad
ned.the ChurchjO^JRome. ;>i ,t0
itochefort is employed in tiieKitcaen
FortBoyart, where he serves ou^hls
m of imprisonment. He to" allowed'
o hours daily to reid and write.
in good spirits, but frequently com
ii ns bitteriy that he is trot' fttWtrfcd
y qewspaper*.:- .... , //p# j
?rauk D. Millett, of- Boston; .-who
tered the Academy, of fipe> pb
ltwerp last June, has beenawarded
; medal of the academy at .thei Cant
irs just closed, and waato, be-decorated,
d crowned with laural. He stood
it iu-seveh of the ^Ine'hfrfnches In;
lich the class .was examined->the best
lk that has been taken for years.
\ Millett is the -only foreigner vtfao
9 ever won the medal. r ~ ;r .
rhe "cheek?' of the ordinary female
3k agent is proverbial, hut the quality
ims to have reached its climax in a
man who called the Goveauor of
lode Island from his place as presiding,
leer during an important debate in;
j Senate the other day, tcf solicit hjs<
bscription for a work on ^w??raore
ality." Upon her making fcnown
r business, the interview terminated"
AJLU U1UU y OUUOViiVUf i? . '. *
rhe Chicago Post says: New York,;
lid endure Josephine Mansfield, ap
lud Jim Fisk ana make him rich, hotd.
i hands of Jay Gould, and eJe@fBtll
reed to the Senate by twopty thousand
tjority, but she is horror stricken at a
v and audacious comedy rt'hich under-'
;es to represent their roguery-and
gravity upon the stage. This is auewT
istration of th* definition of hypocrf
: 4iThe tribute that vice pays .to
tvie." : I . . . , .. .
loyal ladies in Europe cannot govern
>ir'owu health. The Empress of Aus
\ is consumptive, the Empress of
issia suffers from gout and dropsy of.
; heart, the Empress of Germany is a
:tim to rheumatism, the Queen of
Hand is subject to frequent fits of
steria, the Queen of Portugal is a con-,
[iied invalid, aud the Queen of Den-'
irk is deaf.
Ui Hank, a Chinaman, was tried Ifl
w York for highway robbery, tho
nplainant being Ayee, also Chinese,
ee wished to be sworn after his native
jtom, and to this end a crockery plate
a procured. The iuterpreter th,en re
nted the word9 of the oath, arid at the
i Ayee waved the platetwice in the
, and brought it down on the report
3 table with a crash 'fhat* "sent the
inters in every direction and caused
eneral retreat among tho Caucasian
ment. .
*JL'J . i i * . . . .. . . '
V novel temperance pledge is that
tich originated in the New York
jck Eschancre the other day. It is
iressed to "sensibly practical- tem
ance people," and runs as folJoWs}
b, the undersigned, deprecating tho
>wing evil of intemperance, and be
ving that it is in a great degree in
ced by a mistaken idea of sociability
d politeness, therefore, with a view of
tigating this evil in. a practical way,
hereby pledge ourselves to pay only
the liquor which wo- ourselves
nk, and to abstain from drinking any
uors which others pay for. . ,
rhe hanging of Joe Logston, a yoong
sperado, near Nashville Tennessee*
)ke two ropes before it was consuun
ited. "Oil, Lord, don't do that again,"
d Joe to the Sheriff, as he writhed ou
i ground, the blood running from bin
>uth and saturating the white cap and
roud in which he was drestfed. At
,t lie was oeau, out uie perionnaucu
:upied over an hour, what witfci the
mon, prayer and failures, and over
o thousand people watched the wholo
th unflagging interest. He was cool
d pale, and his only speech was, "Lot
is be a warning to all."
rhe correspondent of the Springfield
ipublican, who visited the banking
use of Wood hull, Claflin & Co., in
oad Street, New York, does not give
ose-coiored view or euuer preuneeu or
lupauts. The rooms are dark and
jomv, one clerk only occupies tho
sin designed for twenty. Mrs. Wood
ill has ono sanctum and the .famous
nnie and Colonel Blood another,
ngy carpets and cheap pictures supply
e ornaments* Colonel Blood is a
?a->ant man, with large mustaches,
nnie is short -and thick, and wore a
nesuit Her features are described as
asculine, and he* movements heavy
d ungraceful. She was idly 6caunin(5
e stock quotations on the telegraph
pe, or giving directions to Colonel
Af noil? In oKo rrv rr??o flnrr Mn/u
r "Jimmy," to deliver some letters,
esently two young Englishmen en
red and asked to see Tennie. Their
rand, as they stated, was to get her
eture, but it was patent they had
nply come to gratify a curiosity.
?nnie listened to their shallow flattery,
liiJo trying to induce them to buy a
i cf her published books and those of
t sistor,' first for S10, then $5, nest
,00, and finally at the greatly reduced
ice or* Si ,50, "while the youngster*,
ispiteallher begullfng speech, ended
/ purchasing a ten-cent picture, aad
ent off in evident glee.