University of South Carolina Libraries
s fi-KUi VOLUME XX?NO. 21 ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 4. 1872 LEE AND HUGH WILSON. BY W. A. / Our S] IS NOW in store, and we would assured that we can please bot we desire to say that we have mor< heretofore kept, embraciug a large CTOTVfl S" UX IbXAl U AAi.1 a/ M to which we wou] Tn these "hard times to live" we -great'y to the "creature comforts." We intend to keep always "Fill Grocc JSv No. 3 ' April 10, 1872, 52?tf WE ARE I STOOK OF SPBINi Embracing a variety of C Dress Goods of WHr ESBBOIDMS, LACES, 3$roti< Also & fall line of Ladie . CASSIMEEES, HAT in E Together with Millinery Trimmed and Untri Also a Co: Tine 01< With a Choice Co. Hardware, Crockery, and All are respectfully iuvlted to ca April 17,1872,1-if MILLER & BEG leave to announce to the j and ready for inspection ; it Xliey call especial attention to tl . I * ; * < 1 ' .?: Dresi White Goods TJtir; YAJuiuuo j Staple and Fascy Dry M ; CROCKERY GROCERIES, SAI re all full and complete; all of u MILX,: APr|l 10,1872,1-tg ESTAB to i *=* 02 bundled different patterns for sale it New York prices. Mar order at short notice. Stair Rail, on hand and made to order. Good tablishment ascau be made in the stock of the above South of the ci give entire satisfaction to all who The subscribers are the only pra by Trade, carrying on the busines The subscribers can refer to geu liaa. and Florida, as to the cliaracl East end Hasel Street, opposite "VY vicinity of Charleston and Pavili< ?j?a Messrs. Seal, Sign &Robei Mr. Thos. P. Riley, for Green w to-yrlt; ,65 cts. per 100 lbs. over tin KAPHA AT THE WEM PROCLAIM in tones of Tliunc that now have on hand for { tionably low prices, in fact, most ( A CHOICE, RARE A READY - M Very cheap and of the vory lntesi rone are "all the go" iu America. They have also, HATS, GAPS, BOOT? OSNABT! and everything else, which the m Even the most economical person actly ''suited to their mind." April 17, 2372, 1-tf pring Stock invite all to call and examine the sam<\ feclin :h as to quality and price. ii UBIIi ? and bettor goods in their line than -\ve hav s variety of UMMER BBESS GOODS Id specially call their attention. have on band many articles that will contribut jL UP" in the Xjeine t Granite ange. COW OPENING OUR 6 AND SUMMER GOODS roods lievsr kept by us before?such as all the Latest Styles, fE GOODS, TRIMMINGS, HOSIERY, GLOVE! on?, dbo. s', Misses and Gents' Shoes, wit] S. TIES, COLLARS and CUFFS ndless Variety. Goods, Ladies' and Misses' Hats mmed, Flowers and Ribbons, Fresh Supply of nfecticnaries, 1 Havanna Cigars, Uection of Family Groceries, many things we cannot mention ill and examine our Stock and Price3. mblic that tlieir STOCK is now IX STORE is LARGE, VARIED AND COMPLETE. eir 3 C2?rC!,C30.^9 and Embroideries DEPARTMENTS COMPRISES j, Hardware, Boats, Sloes, Hals, Clfli AND GLASS WARE, JLEail ^hich will be sold LOW on a CASH BASIS KR & HOBEKTSOTST. LISHED 1851, o t?> i?i r w r1 hri CO H O co o [LING, WEATHER BOARDS, &C. of Mouldings, niaite over iuu,uuu iect uu nam itel-l'ieces, Door and "Window Frames made I Newels, Balhisters of Walnut and Muhogair I and substantial work made as cheap at tit is e* i United States. We have on hand the large ty of Baltimore, all of which we guarantee wi want good and substantial work. ctical Mechanics, Sash, Blind aud Door Maker >s, in the City of Charleston. tlemeu all over this State. Georgia, North Can tcr of their work for the past twenty vears. V/. P. kusselL & CO., rando Fertilizer Works and in the immedia m Hotels. tson are our authorized Agents for Abbevill ood, auil all work shipped by us is at half prie ^So. Ca. It. R. [July.28,a871.16ftf N & SKLARZ, " MOWN BENDY COffiEB ler to all the World ai;d the "rest of mankinc1 ;he present spring SEASON, at most unque lemoraliziugly ruinous rates. ND ELEGANT ASSORTMENT OF t styles which prevail in all the Courts of E 5 AND SHOES, DOMESTICS i'RGS, BEY OOODS, ost fastidious and cultivated taste could desir in all of Abbeville, can liud bargains just e; AN AIM. Give mc a man with an aim, Whatever that aim may be, Whether it's wealth, or whether it1 fame, It matters not to me. Let him walk in the path of light, Aud keep his aim in sight, And work and pray in faith ahvay ~ With his eve 011 the glittering height Give me a man who says, "I will do 'something' well, And make the fleeting days A story of labor tell." Though'the aim lie lias be small, It is better than none at all; With something to do the whole yen through, He will not stumble or fall. But Satan weaves a snare For the feet of those who stray, With never a thought or a care Where the path may lead away. The man who has no aim, Not only leaves no name When this life is done, but ten to one, He leaves a record of shame. Give me a man whose heart Is filled with ambition's fire Who sets his mark in the start, And keeps moving it higher and liigl: er. Better to die in the strife, The hands of labor rife, Tl.nn tn ,r]'i/lr? MTltJl tll? utl'dnltl ?H rt T1 if]] 1UU11 t Kt iUU IT A bil KiiV . I dream, And live a purposeless life. I Better to strive and .climb 1 And never reach the gtJal, Than to drift along-with time? An aimless, worthless soul. Ay, better to climb and fall, Or sow, though the yield be small, Than to throw away day after day, And never strive at all. ?"*= en MR. MAYNARDS HIRED MAN. " 'Dickery, dickery, dock; The mouse ran up the clock ; The clock struck one, And down he run: Dickery?' j Oh, my ?00(1 gracious! how clar ) you ?" Fanny laid tlic pink buiidl down in a rooking chair full ( nil lows. The bundle protested wit a vigorous movement, and in ai other moment the rocking chai and the baby came down togethe: "Now, you awful man, the child i killed!" cried Fannie, with a scare face, as she lifted the tiny mors* from the floor; but the pillow had protected it, and the startle baby, after one effort at curling he lips, broke into a charming smili ?JSTo harm done ; and I trust I'i forgiven," said Mathew Donn. "No you are not forgiven, shall never forgive you, Mr. Mathei I)onn; so please leave baby an me. I have nothing more to say. "Well, I?I'm going." "You can go, sir." The young man went softh slowly out, but he looked neitlie grieved nor angry on the other sid of the door ; he smiled. The circumstances were these: Fanny had been amusing lie sister's child, and the little chcru seemed never to tire of music; sounds; so Fanny, who had "Mc ther Goose" by heart, liked notliin better tlian to sit in the cozy si ting-room, which was really th nursery, and sing those old, ol melodies. i .Mathew Donn was the hired mar anu cn tUis particular morning ha stolen in qti^tly behind Miss"Fai ny, and, temped of?what? surcl not the Evil One-?bent ovc and kissed her on the toi'cljead. And this he had dared to dc knowing that Fanny was a ci'i young lady, living in a fashionabl quarter, and used to the best sc cietv. Fanny's sister had married a ric' farmer not quite two years before People talked about these liryson' burying themselves alive; hut hot Olive and Fanny loved the countr hotter than the town. Every sun mer Fanny was glad to leave th "stuffy.old house," as she called i and almost hy one leap on the c: press train find herself in paradisi breathing air redolent of whit clover and sweet-brier. Durin Uii; wiuit;! uiv; v. ui ic^irjuuv regularly; and Olive had sung th praises of Mathcw Donn, the: hired man, so often that Fann found herself thinking of his a< quaintance as one of the pleasai probabilities of her next visit. 41 We don't pretend to-treat hi] a as help," wrote Olive, holding h< l.jbaby 011 one knee and steadyin ^Ih'for lie is not in the least like tl st] men who hire out in these part 11 I should be ashamed not to as s him to come to the table ; and ju ' for the novelty of it, I want you 1 tike a peep in his room, llari ealis liim his vara acis ; and the t\\ te really enjoy themselves togetlx almost like brothers. Besides, he nearly as handsome as my Harrj he, you know, is the handsome man in the world!" And the pleasant pen ran on an told about planting, the prospecth sweet-corn, and pea blossoms, an how the grape vines were full i the tiniest bunches, and the youn peach trees were going to do splci s* didly; and Adela had two of tl "cunningest, milk-white teeth, and I know not how much inoj loving nonsense. ISTow Fanny had a rich love tf and, like most rich lovers, he w; not prepossessing in his person appearance. In her own writto language to Olive, ?,he pcsterc her to death." To be sure it wi J pleasant to see his splendid cqui 1 age in front of their door, with tl two superb grays, for on rare, oec sions Fanny yielded to his solicit o. tions to take a ride; and lie alwa; x" contrived to drive her by his cast of a brown stone front, perhaps 1 tempt her; for Fanny was as fond of beautiful things as women ought i to he, and was well aware of the e is advantages which money can give, f Loth her father and mother were anxious that she should marry the 3 Hon. Ebenezer Wolcott, but Fanny 0 was high-spirited, and the}' seldom advised her. The girl knew that s thej> were living beyond their c means for her sake, and this knowl- t edue had been bitterly earned. She and Olive had many conferences i over it. . . c ;r "I think if you were married," I said Olive, "papa would come here ? and take a small house; then busi ness need not press him so iu his f old age." ^ Ebenczer had done the proper r thing?had oitered Fanny his heart, t his house, his carriage, and his r horses; and although he was known \ for a pugnacious old gentleman, \ terribly set in his way, he was hon- f orable, and he loved beautiful 1 Fanny Bryson with all his heart, c l" And Fanny had told him that she could not then dccidc?that she i was going for the summer months 1 c to sister Olive's, and at the close f of her visit she would give him his i answer. ( '"And may I come out there t sometimes?" asked Eben. Fanny gave a reluctant consent, 1 and wished with all her heart that t she had refused him; bo, with the < / ! /M? % * lift TT7 0 a +A />oll 1 Mlilil/JL OLUIIVllIJ^ liiUb JUS* uao W VMii as a friend, the two parted. At the depot Fanny found her sister's carriage in waiting, and was accosted by the handsomest as well as the tallest man she had ever seen. Six feet four and propor tionately majestic, he seemed like Apollo and llerculcs in one. e uCcin this bo the hired man?" e thought Fanny; and then she look ed at his dress* Not a trace of servitude about him; but he treated her with extreme deference, said bat little, drove with the precision of a man accustomed to horses,-and drew up before the cottage 111 grand style. Fanny was in her sister's arms, and after her, the baby came in for a fair share of kisses. "Well, is that your hired man ?" queried Fanny, after her comforta ble instalment in one of the luxuri ous easy-chairs. "Yes, dear; that is Mathew Doun. How did von like him?" "lie looks like a gentleman,' said Fanny, after a little pause. "He is a gentleman, dear, in the best sense of the word; I told you that." "And does he speak English well ?" "Why, child, he isn't a foreign er," laughed Olive. "I mean grammatically," said Fanny. "Oh yes; I presume he has had' a good common school education," replied Olive, "and something bet ter. I know there are certain clas sical books in his room: whether a he ever reads them or not 1 can t say." "Why in the world does lie hire out':" cried Fanny, dismay in her voice. "Why shouldn't he?" asked Ol ive, laughing heartily again, "lie likes the country, is used to horses, and?and I suppose he can't get anything "better to do." "Jjut a man like him might?be - somebody:'" ejaculated Fanny,with j vehemence. "My patience! has he I'ino ambition? I'm al'raiJ -L shall - despise him." '8 "Perhaps, dear, lie wouldn't mind h i if you did," said Olive, hiding lier yj'face in tlie white neck of her baby. 1_ "He is so very independent.'* c Surely, why should he care what jshe thought of him? soliloquized iFanny, lier cheeks flushing. 2>j The next day she met him at the Citable. It seemed strange enough 8; to sit down with hired help, but (ljshe was forced to confess that in [c I nothing did lie give tlie impression 111 of being a menial. "Shall we take hold of that five acre lot this morninghe asked, respectfully, of Mr. Maynard, Ol ive's husband. "I -v\o; -i preier you snouia looici' -l* ] to tlie drainage of that strip east ofj S | tlie hill," was the answer. "There'll!1 : 5;he no rain }-et a while, and I want! 10jto prepare tliat land lor potatoes."!1 ?-i Fanny watched Mathew Donnt ^ out on the slv, and Olive caught st | her at it. * . . t?| ' ! wanted to see what kind ol'a!. 7idress lie works in," said Fanny,!' '?j with tell-tale clieeks. 1 H "Don't you think him a little s; handsomer in his blouse uiuWieavy, 'field boots?" asked Olive. jsaid Fanny, frankly; "but why in I L<1 jthe world?however," she added,. :cistopping short, "it's none of my! td J business; hut such a man as that) should surely work his own land." "That's true," said Olive, quiet " hy. | Time passed on. Fanny became ? |accustomed to eat, .sit, and even L'G talk with the hired man. One day Olive took her up into his room, i'j Fanny stood aghast. It was as ex as j quisite ill its way as a lady's bou aljdoir. m | "He furnished it himself," said !<lj Olive, in reply to Fanny's look of, i surprise. p-j* "A Wilton carpet," murmured io | Fanny; "marble-top set; that; a-j Psyche! those flowers!?and whati a- is this?" She lifted a lovely little! rsj miniature from the tabic, one of; lc j the most beautiful aud refined faces to she had ever seen. "Oh, one of his friends, I sup wse," said Olivo, in lier undemon itrative way. "And see how per fectly neat everything is kept; tlways in this beautiful order. Dc -ou wonder Harry calls him a rara wis ?" "Indeed I do not," said Faun}*, lowly; "but he must spend every :ent lie earns to furnish himself in his extraordinary manner." "He has nothing else to do- with lis money, dear," said Olive; "he loirt even buy cigars. For my >art, I think he is perfectly elc rant." Fanny said nothing,- but she bund herself wishing that she knew vho was the original of that lovely niniature, and trying to reconcile he tastes and surroundings of the nan himself with his servile occu >alion. Not but what the work vas good enough, and honorable or any man; hut why was lie not aboring for himself instead of an >thcr ? For days she thought of the min ature. 'Every time she met him, leard him talk or Bing?he had a ine voice, and was not averse tc ising it?up popped that mysteri es fane with the Snanish eves ami # v lie clustering curls. Mr. Eben Wolcott,. meantime lad taken advantage of her relnc :ant permission ami brought his lasliing team to Winnicut. Pooi Fanny, at sight of his respectal>l< ildermaiiic person, his gold-bowei spectacles, .anil thick gray whiskers ielt a strange sinking at the heart Why would that - six-footer rise uj n her imagination and cause bj jiere force of contrast a repulsioi 50 terrible ? "It's positively wicked for me t( jcem to encourage that man," sh< said, almost passionately, one morn ing, the day after a drive. "Which man ?" asked Olive, in nocently, and their eyes met. The r?d blood tlew all over poo Fanny's face; she felt hot to thi 2rown of her head?and yet wlr 3hould she? "Thnf'a n nrnfK* ftnr?s+inn nsk '' *he exclaimed, nearly angry. "Well, dear, but how am I t< know who 'that man* is ?" querie< Olive, with a conscious look". "You know it is Mr. Wolcott,' said. Fanny, nearly crying. "Well, he is a good man, and i rich one," was the answer. " know girls who would .jump at tin chance, as the saying is. I woul either marry him or send him oft/ "Pshaw! ' said Fanny, biting he red fips, and a few moments afte she left the room, conscious of i new, a panitul, and at the sam time strangely delightful experi once. No use to try to conceal i or cloak it to herself-?not tli slightest: she loved Matliew Donn her sister's hired man. IIow she paced her room, hal distracted, sobbing without tears forming wild resolves, and thei throwing .herself down with a sens af her litter helplessness, I shal not describe. How could she eve meet him again ? Could she keej lier almost painful secret, and dii Olive guess at it? "What wouli Olive think?-What counsel her i she kiiew ? Only'the next time that Mr. JEbei Wolcott came out she quietly dig missed him, and then made up he nmiii mat sue liiuoV' go noniu. i she could only fly to the ends c the earth! But Fanny did not go, for Ollv wCuM not hear of it. A slight col< confined Olive to her room, but on 2vening slie cent Fanny out an< bade her peremptorily to take liar l*v and go for a walk. Then sh summoned her husband to g'iv liim his orders, but when lie cam Jown stairs Alice was gone, am Mathew, with a wicked little smile ivas taking down his hat. "That's right, Don," said Harry breaking into a laugh; "she ougli to know better than to go alone By the way, I happen to know tlia she lias dismissed old alderman." Ponn smiled again and went out dosing the door bohindhim. Ther u'us a bright moon, displaying how cr, leaf and bud. (Supposing tha Fam$ would only make the rouiu of the place, lie ran swiftly dpwi to the back gate, and met her jus as she had reached the great ell) that stood guarding the lane. She starter! at sight of him. * "You will allow liic to walk wit] you V' he said. "There is a squai of gypsies' in the neighborhood, am someone might molest you." Fanny could not say no; couli not talk', even, for with ready tac he took all the conversation oi himself. "What did he not touel upon ? Opera, arts, nature, city country?all derived new beaut from the glamour of his tongue Was it strange that Fanny lbuui herself leaning 011 his arm and li.-i tcning with rapt attention to th eloquence of his speech ? Fron that time there was a certain taci understanding between them, am all went smoothly till the mornim lie kissed her. For that Fann; was angry at herself that she wa not angrier with him. All da; long she was full of moods, chan? ing from grave to gay, from fits v reflection to the wildest merrimciil ' Fanny," said lLirry, coming u to his wife's room after tea," "Mi Dunn wishes to speak with yo down stairs." All the luvcly color faded out c her face at this announcement. Hh longed to assert herself; but "migh they not read tho truth in her eye if she refused ? Slowly she went down stairs.' Donn was in the parlor, walking ; back and forth. He came to meet her with outstretched hand. ! "I want you to forgive my rude ness of the morning," he said. "In , my assumed, character I had no - right to take such a liberty, or, in . deed, my own." "Your assumed character!" she exclaimed, trembling, as she seated : herself. "Yes. My friend Harry met me a vear aero, when wo were both traveling. I was a good deal rut) down in health, and the doctors said that were I a laboring man I might overcome the disease that was wasting me. So I contracted with Ilarry to work for him, like any common farmer, and he was to keep my real name and position a secret*" lie saw the change in her beauti ful eyes. "My real name is Don Mathews," he added, smiling, "and there is no need of my working for a living: but I really think I shall go in part nership with my friend Ilarry, and turn farmer. i3ut you have not told me whether ;you forgive me." "I?I don't know," retorted Fan: iSt* V.ol-f liiiKrl'iinn* half orvin<*. J ill Hi. ??*ir w? j-.-. "Fanny, Fanny! if you knew how I love you," lie cried, suddenly .stopping in front of her, "I do tliink you would." "I?I am bo, so glad!" It was not politic, perhaps,- tint confession, but it was very natural, "And I think I can match youi alderman's house," he added, tat in": her hands in his, "dear, deai Fanny!" "And his horses ?" laughed Fan ny, looking up with beaming eyes "Yes, dearest, and perhaps?him self;" and the ringing laugh, united sounded through .the house. , 0 course Harry?who had an inkling ?and Olive catne down stairs, ant of course, everybody was very hap j>y over it. "Hany,'' said Don, after a mo mcnt, "11Unite 1 am qmto curea. A NOBLE LETTER. General Lee's Counsel to his Son. . During tho war .Northern paper: published the following excellent ant characteristic private letter fron Gencrel Lee to his son Custisr thi original of which was found amonj tho papers which were purlainc* from Arlington. It is interesting, an< although writton many years ag( will well repay perusal: A nr r?*nm/MiT T-T r*TTr?T^ A ntiil 1 Qa9 ilLVlJl LIU XUil UUUDJb, XL|/I U Uj xuy<j| My Dear Son: I am. iD the act o leaving homo for New Mcxieo. Mj tine old regiment has been ordered ti that distant region, and I must hastoi to see that they aro properly takei care of. I have but little to add ii reply to yours of March 26, 27 and 2i Your letters breathe a spirit of frank ncss. They have given myself am your mother great pleasure. .' Yoi must study to bo frank with th world; frankness is the chiUfrof hon csty and true courage. Say wha you mean to do on every occasion and talco it for granted you mean t do right. If a.friend asks a favo yon should grant it if reasonable; i not, tell him plainly why you cannot you will wrong him and you \vil wrong yourself by equivocation o any kind. Never do a wrong tninj to make a friend or to keep one; th man who requires you to do so is dear ly purchased at a sacrifice, Deo kin.dly but firmly with your class ~\4cs: you will find it the policy tba wears best. Above all, do not appea to others what you aro- not. If yoi have any fault to-find with any otT tell him, not others, of what yoi complain j there is no more danger ous experiment than that of undeY taking to bo one thing bef'oro a man'; face and another behind his back Wc should live, act, and say nothing to tho injury of any one. It is no only best us a matter of principle, bu is th'3 path to truth and honor. It regard to duty, let mo, in conclusior of this hast}' letter, inform you tha nearly one hundred years ago then was a day of remarkable gloom ani - | unruuuss, r>wu iuiuwii ua uiu umi L'! day,- a day when the light of tho sui . was slowly extinguished as if by ai " eclipse. Tho Legislature of Connec | ticnt was in session, and, as its mem bers saw the unexpected and unac 1 countable darkness coming on the) shared in tlio general awe and terror il;It was supposed by many that tin | last day?the day of judgment?liai come. Someone, in tho consterna i; Lion of the hour, moved an adjourn |1 rncnt. Then there arose an old Puri | j tan legislator, Davenport Stanford? jwho said that if the last day hac I como ho desired to bo found at hi; , ! j)IUUU UUJIIiJ 1119 UUIJ j illiu luwiuivn | moved that candles bo brought 8( |l ilho house cotild proceed withitsduty ' j There, was quietness in the old man'i '?j mind ? the quietness of heavenlj v i wisdom?an inflexible willingness t( obey present duty. 'Duty, then, i: 1 the subliinest word in our language i- Do your duty in all things, like. th< 0' old Puritan. You can do more.; yoi J should never wish to do Jess. Neve; j. | let mo and your mother wear on( j gray hair for any lack of duty oi your part. Your afiectionato father, 11. E. LEE. To G. W. Guslis Lee. v ?[ A high toned paper up the rive; ' isays that jolc^.s about Mrs. Dr '.'[Mary Walker awl her doings havi ['j become ' himllorablo stale." Tha ' settles it; now keep quiet. A Western paper .-peaks of fin; if'gr.rdons surrounded by mountain: eiall grown without irrigation. 1 t|would have been a pleasure to se< s'these mountains growing. MIRAGE, The sweetest songs are those That few men ever heijH And no meu ever sing' The clearest skies are those \' Tliat farthest off appear * To birds of strongest wing; The dearest loves are those That no map can come near "With his best following. CALHOUN'S MILLS GRANGE-CODE OF BY-LAWS. Editor Abbeville Prc83 and Banner : Tbe farmers of tho Savannah side, feeling the necessity of an agricultu ral organization, convened at Cal- ( houn's Mills, April 19th, and, after a mutual interchange of sentiment, under tho auspices of Col. D. Wyatt Aiken, proceeded to ofganize a , Grange, denominated Calhoun's Mills Grange. Since tho organization of this institution, it has bccomo an in despensible in our raidst-r-einbracing as itnloes, much of the good materia! of tho vicinity and surrounding coun try, aijd best of all, woman, earth's purest jewel; she too has a place in our temple; it being a social order, she could, by no means, be discarded from its mysteries. At tho regular meeting, 12th August inst., the fol lowing code of bylaws Was unani mously adopted j and, in accordance with a resolution passed, instructing the Secretaty to furnish a copy for publication in the Abbeville Press and Banner, I herewith place at yoar dis posal the same. Respectfully, J. L. COvIH", Secretary Grange No. 6, " Calhoun's Mills. Code of By-Laws Adopted by , Calhoun's Mills Grange, No. 6, 12th August, 1872. - ' Article 1. This Grange shall be known as Calhoun's MiUs Grange No. 6. Its objects are, in connection with other Granges, to promote the farm ing interest of its m'emhers, and for the cultivation of more kindly and social feelings. Art, 2. The regular meetings, ex copt the anniversary meetings, as hereinafter provided,, shall be held in the Grange Hall, on tho third Satur day in every month. The hour of m<oting shall be 11 o'clock A. M., precisely. . Art. 3. Tho regular meeting in Au gust in each, year shall be ,the anni versary 01 mo urange, ana may pe held at such place as a majority of tbo members present at the regulaf meeting in July may select. At this moeting, the officers for the year next' ensuing shall- be elected, and the Master-of the preceeding year, shall deliver an address upon some agricul tural subject. ; - Art. 4. Evory maloT-momber, on signing tho by-laws, shall pay to the Secretary the sum of one dollar ; and at every regular meeting in January, the further sum of one dollar and twenty cents. The Grange may, by a voto of two-thirds of the members presont at the regular meeting in No vember, increase the annual duos to a sum not exceeding three dollars. Art. 5. The funds thus contributed, together with all other funds belong ing to tho Grange, after deducting therefrom tho annual dues to the Stale Grange) and' tho currcnt and necessary expenses of this Grange shall bo set asido as a fund for such purposes as a majority of members at a rogular meeting may eco proper to apply it. Art. C. Tho Grango will receive donations from any source in further ance of the object sot forth in the preceding article. All donations shall bo entered in a book kept by the financial committee, with tho date, tho nnmo of tho donor, and the amount given. Donations may be made for general or specific purposes, and shall bo administered in accord ance with the expressed wishes of tlio donor, Art. 7. The Master, Overseer, Lect urer, Secretary, and Treasurer, shall, ex officio* composo the financial cora mii tao. and ^liall havo the cbarcre of T all the funds of the Grango?shall ? invest tliem in good security, but t subject to' their call; and shall pay 1 thein out as hereinafter directed,' or 1 by resolution of the Grango adopted t at a regular meeting; and shall, annu ally, at tho regular meeting in each j year, exhibit to the Grango, in wri c ting, a full and clear statement of tho 1 condition of the funds?the amount j appropriated and drawn, and for what purposes, and the amount then, on hand, which exhibit shall be recorded j by the Secretary, in the book kept by J the committee, and in which shall be , roenrded in detail, all tho transactions j of the financial committee. j Art 8. Tho financial Committee' shall give anj' information respecting < tho funds which may be called for by a member at any regular meoting, and their record-book shall be always j open to tho inspection of any member 3 desiring to examiuo it. Art. 9. The Master shall, at the j regular meeting in September in each iyear, appoint a Belief Committee- of j!five members, to serve for one year, and to whom all applications for re lief shall be madc,g;and whose duty i*. ; shall bo to investigate each caso, and j report the same at the next regular mooting, and also to report all cases which may como under their knowl edge among members or tbeir fami i lies requiring assistance, where appli cation has not been made, and, to J meet cases of pressing neccs-ity, they may, through their Chairman, draw upon th.o financial committee for a sum not exceeding ten dollars per 'month, and report thefr action at the (next regular meoting, for the approv al of the Grange. Art. 10. Tho relief afforded may bo temporary or permanent, as a loan or as a jjift, and mado consonant with j the feelings and wishes of tho recip-J jicnt, and in such manner and in such sums as the Grango may determine; and all appropriations, except so pro vided for iir article 9th, shall bo made in open Grango, and by a voto of a majority of tho mcmbors present at i regular meeting; and jn no c#(dr ihall any other-security be requireij )f any person receiving aid from Grange, but their word of honor. Abt. 10. The Members of Ttte** Gfrange should oxeroiso a paternal stt ici vision over one another, and may , uimonish or rebuke for any irregular^ ity of conduct. Any member who fails for more ttian one month after the regular meeting'in jaridary id1 pay ^his annual dues, shall iherc4>y?) forfeit ,all participation in the benefit of this fund of tlie Grange, arld. 'afco forfeit his right to vote' upon. ktff t question beforo the Grango. Butupop ; payment of all dues, with interoefc' thereon, reckoned at the rate nn the invested fands, he. shall be re stored to all his rignts and prtrilS?fekA Art. 12. Any proposed change. in these by-laws, most be made in wri ting, and read at a regular meeting. Said proposition to/lie over until ^ho next regular meoting, and if then rip l\? +mA flitw/4a mAM'hAMi j [UVVVU tsjr l/n V-UUUUO V& l*UV uuviwivv** present, may bo adopted. , ... v.1-V dodqlas^Jebeoid. DouglaS Jerrold's reputation for fajfJ stan t repartee, if it bw occasionally been rivalled, has ccrtaiolyoever been surpassed. No readier . .comer of mots?ringing harmoniously as of the - purest gold, and bearing each* tb**[ true guinea stamp?ever scattered r more affluently, the lafgees . of - hla. r\ wit among those by whom hechanccd at any moment tio bo surroaodod. ' Even th$.victims'of his sarcasm, if thev winced, were cxhilirated.. Who.. coura .resist, or seriously; fort that' matted who could resent, lhe; most1 fleeting gibe he ever uttered? Hia replying?to the manager's boast as? to one of his company?"There's;' Dash, now; why, he's been bred up$h'f the boards!" "He looks as : if he'd been cut out of .them." His comment ^ on the enthusiast about sheep's heads, , who, after a sapper on tli&t homely dish, laid down his knife and fork, > exclaiming, ''Well sheep's hea4 for ever, say II" There's egotism." His r Vllgei luv^uuji) nusu ouwsvug, taiiui: about an air, declared, "Whenever I hear it it carriesme away.* Car# nor body whistle it?" Hi?, answer to Mr. Blanche's interrogation "Do you' re. meniber my .Baroness' in 'Aisk -Kb' Questions?'" "Yes, indeed; -K fooft" think I . ever saw, a piece of yours : without being struck with ..yopr .bar renness." His quiet put down of one who majestically interposed between ' twef excited disputants, and who hid Begun by saying to them majestically, r "Gfentlemen, all I want. is common" sense." '"Exactly; that is precisely what you do want." His" adding- toi. anorder for a bottle of: old port, '^Hot ' older- jjort J" His answering a tipsy gent'who staggered up to him in tho street with a hiccupped inquiry as to wWeb-was the way to, the Judge tuid Jury, "Straight on> young gentlomeu; keep exactly in the way yon are go ing, and you're sure to get thore !" i i,:' * ' ' 4 To the People of South Carolina, r I havo known that for somctlihe' Lawa Kaa? 'fkn! I'll UXUIO Iiavu UCVI> I 41V Itllivuguvuvvuv State, charging me with having is 8ned, as Speaker of the. Hoose of Representatives, false and franefnient "pay certificates," and that I WVo'1 received a certain snm of irtontcy. f from the "armed force" fond of iho Stato, and appropriated it to my own use and benefit In accordance wfch the rule of com!act observed by roeti'. in public position, I have not felt myself called upon to inako answer . to these charges. Bpt in the roani frfttoR isaned bv a so-called convert tion, recently held.in this city, signed by James L. Orr, these chjvrgea ^vo been formally presented, and from such a source as enables me, with aomothing of self-respectS to respond to them. This I now orave loavp to do, by pronouncing the charges,; in part and in wholo,'false. And I here by- challenge, in reference to them, such thorough and complete invests gation as wilt avail'to-vindicate tUo truth. Yerr respectfully, P. J, MOSES,Jsu Columbia, S. C., 4-ugust28, 187$....., What a Baby Th*nks,?"I am here. And if this is what they call tho world, I don't think much of.it. It's very flannelly, and smells of par egoric. It's a dreadful light world, too, and makes me blink, I tell you. And I don't know what to do with my hands; I think I'll dig my fists into my eyes. No, I won't. I'll scrabble at the corner 6f ray blanket and chow it up, and thon I'll holler, and the more they givo me, the loud- , or I'll yell.' The old nnrse puts tho spoon in the corner or ray raoum m * very uneasy way, and keeps tasting " my milk all tho while. Sho spilled snuff in it 4ast night, and I hollered 1 till she trotted me. That comes of: boing a two day's old baby. Never mind! when I'm a man I'll pay her I back. ' I found out to-day who I am. I heard some folks 's^y, 'flash, don't wake up Emoline's baby.' That's mo. And 1 suppose that pretty, yrbite faced woman over on the pillow was Emeline; I was mistaken a chap just now wanted co see B6b's baby, looked* at me and said I was a fanny little toad, and lookodjust liko Bob. He smelt of cigars, and I'm not used to them. I wonder who else I be long to? Yes, there's another one? that's 'granma.' Emelino held mo against her 6oft cheek and said it was granma's baby, so it was. I don't know who I belong to, but I'll holler and find out. The idea of giving babies catnip tea whon they are cry ing for information. I'm going to sleep. I wonder if I look red in tho face ?" * ? j The. local editor of the Paducali Kcnluckian lately attended a party, and, according to his own words, saw nothing toward the close of the evening but "a beautiful bil lowy ocean of foaming skirt*, which, in their virgin and uncoil taminated purity, rolled and puffed and surged in the gas-lit air"