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BY B?RISOE, KEESE & 60.
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EDGEFIELD, S. C., JANUARY 30, 1867.
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VOLUME XXXH.-Ko. &
C. & A. C
Insuranc
No. 221 Br
Represent the following
' THE GEORGIA HOME.
MERCHANTS.
JEFFERSON.,
CITY FIRE.
MERCHANTS' A MECHANICS'....
STAR FIRE.
NATIONAL MARINE AND FIR]
NEW ENGLAND.
ASSOCIATED FIREMAN'S.
NORTH AMERICAN.
VIRGINIA.
UNION.
INSURANCE AND SAVING.
SOUTHERN MUTUAL LIFE.
SOUTHRRN ACCIDENTAL .
?^-MK. D. R. DURISOE is our authorized
wishing to insure will lind it to their interest to ca
Augusta, Oot 22
nm mn mm,
stablished in Charleston in 1837,
And in Augusta in 1848.
THE Subseri'-er takes plcasuro in informing
the residents of EugcGeld and tho adjbin
lu., District* that b? h*s teen uppuiritml Agent
for tho THREE BEST Pt AN O .IZAKEiCS
IN Tile WOK LO, viz:
STEINWA* A SONS, New York,
CH ICKERIN G A SONS, Boston,
HAZELTON BROS.. New York.
And he will sell their Instrument* al FACT9- i
RY PRICES, with freight added.
Persons wishing to pur?Jj;e a SUPERIOR [
PI A.'i O FOU TE /rill please send for Circulars
and Illustrated Catalogue?, and they will find
th-jy cao purchase from the BEST MAKERS, at
HS Lou- Price s as they can of inferior ones.
Illustrated Catalogues and Circulars "sent freo
ol all charges.
GEO. Ai OATES,
2iO ?road Street,
AUGUSTA, GA.
5-ir*Alyo, Ag?nt for Mason A Hamlin's cele
brated CABINET ORGANS.
Apr 24 tf [17
ESTABLISHED IN 1850
THESubscri
her vmnbi re-,cc;.v;:v.-y^>
_i'pcctfully in-^
form the citizens.of Edgefield arid the surround-J
?nie country, that he keeps a SPECIAL ESTA1>
LISHMBNT f.>r tho REPAIR of WATCHES
and JEWELRY. All work entrusted to bin
exre willaba executed promptly, neatly, and
warranted for one -rear. ?
At hi? Store will be found one of tho largest
Stock? of
Gold and Silver Watches,' j
Of the he-it European and American manufacture ?
in tbs S ?uthera States, with a select assort
ment of
JHICU AND NEW STYLES ETRUS
CAN GO Li) JEWELRY.
Sot with Diamonds, Pearls, Rubio?, Oriental G.ir- ^
nets, Coral. <tc. Also. SOLID SILVER
WARE, consisting of full
TEA SETS, WAITERS, * ICE AND
WATER PITCHERS, CASTORS,
GOBLETS, CUPS. FORKS, SPOONS,
At.J everything in thc Silver Ware linc.
FINE SINGLE AND DOUBLE BARRELED
Gr U W S .
ColtV, .'Smith A Weston's, Cooper's, Rcmming
ton'?, Sharp's, Derringer's,
PISTOLS.
Ano many others of thc latest invention.
FINE CUTLERY. SPECTACLES. WALKING
CVNF.S, PERFUMERY. P0RTM0N1AES,
AND FANCY GOODS
Of eve ry varioty ts- bo found in a first class Jcw
olry Establishment.?
A. PBONTA?T, .
Ono Door below Augusta Hotel,
1G3 Broad Street, Aitgusta, Ga.
Oct 15 .> tim +2
GUNS, PISTOLS, CUTLERY,
i
STILL CONTINUE THE GUN BUSI
NESS at my old stan J, ~43 Broad Street, and
my STOCK IS NOW COMPLETE, as follows
Double and Singlo Barreled GUNS;
POWDER, SHOT and GUN CAFS, aU varie- j
tie?;
FIXED AMMUNITION for all sisod Pistols;
Powder FLASKS, Shot il '.GS, G imo BAGS ;
Colt's, Smith A Wessons/and "-.her PISTOLS
.Also, afino Stock of POCKET KNIVES, of
R?gen and WestonhoJin's tatito ;
Rogers' TABLE CUTLERY :
PAD LOCKS and DOOR LOCKS. A.:
As m7 GUNS were made to ordor in England
expressly for me, they ara warranted to bo un A
Nu. I article.-and to giro, satisfaction, and at
prices to suit the time?.
REPAIRING OF GUNS dono promptly.
E. ll. ROGERS,
No. 245, Broad St., Angtrsta, Ga.
Doc :'. . Sm 40
J. W. BACOX. J. T. Evrox
J, W BACON & BRO,,
Wholesale and Retail Manufacturen and Dealer?
in atl kin ls of
SADDLES, HARNESS,
TRUNKS, LEATHER,
RUBBER AND LEATHER BELTING,
Wood Hames. Whips, Valises, Carpet
Bass, Shoe Pinding?,
French and American Calfskins,
And all other kinds of .Leather, ?cc,
169 Broad Street,
UNDER TEE AUGUSTA HOTEL
AUGUSTA, GA.
^arSADDLESan l HARNESS Repaired and
mude to or LT.
Augusta, Oe 22 3:n Lt
Just Arrived!
A LARGE Stock of OVERCOATS,
ranging in price from SI* to $-10.
Now cn Hand,
A First Rate Steck cf a!] kinds of
?hTEXS and BOYS CLOTHING.
Alt Goods at Very Lowest Pricys.J
h A. F AI
tog***, Ww il tn 46
yt
7.
e Agents
oad Street,
insurance Companies:
.. of Columbus, Ga.
.. of Hartford, Conn.
.. of Scottsvillc, Va.
.. of Hartford, Conn.
. of Baltimore, Md.
. of Now Yurk.
. of New Orleans, La.
, of Hartford, Conn.
. of Baltimore, Md.
of Hartford, Conn.
of Staunton, Va.
of Baltimore, Md.
of Richmond, Va.
30,
of Columbia, S. C.
of Lynchburg, Va.
Agent for Edgefield and "vicinity, end parties
ll on bim.
43
J.J). A. MURPHY I GEO. II. HOPE
of South Carolina. | cf Virginia.
L. SHEPPARD
WITH
J. D. A. MURPHY * CO..
V?hoiesaIc and Retail
-DEALERS IX
Boots, Shoes; frc., ?fe,
Po. 31J Broad Street,
A Li G L'S TA, GEOJR G TA,
Respectfully solicits the patronage ol his friends
??<r Edenfield District, S. C.
Augusta, Nor. b, 3m -15
J. M. YOUNG-BLOOD,
WITH
fi C. & H, fi, EASTERLING
GROCERS, .
AND
General Commission Merchants
No. 130 BI?OAD STREET,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
R.
.ESPECTFUJ.?.Y big karo to inform then
friend* ol Kdyiield and th<s adjoining Districts,
tud th-; public ?'-noral!y, (i.:it thej have . n ban
md nr.: constantly receiving, A WELL SE
[.BOXED STOCK Ol'
Uro.eerj?5 pi Every Description,
.Vhi.-h tVv . i-.-rV.t crrcrfn; LOWEST MARKET^}
Pit IC ES.
They v?i:l ?iso gifc strict attention to thc Sali
>f all COUNTRY PRODUCE Consigned to thou
And will Iii! all orders, in their lins, vri:b dis
patch, a: thc iowc?t market prices.
Au"-!t?t:i. Oct 22 tf 4:t
JOHN 0. B OHL E B
WITH
H. WARNER & CO.,
BEA LEUS IN
FINE LIQUORS,
Family and Fancy Groceries,
TOBACCO* CIGARS AND SNUFF,
PIPES OF ALL KINDS,
IPoxvcloi-, SIio?, C^vjps,
FANCY' NOTIONS'
A*D
Musical Instruments^
AND ALL KIND OF STRINGS.
ALSO, DEALERS IX
Ready Made ?!othsEs?,
Staple and Fancy Dry GoodSj
BOOTS.SHOES, HATS AND CAPS,
PERFUMERY AND SWEET SOAP.-,
Ho. 142 and 144 Broad Street,
AUGUSTA, QA.
Nov. 6, Cm 45
J. S. COLES,
FACTOR AND FORWARDING
IVE 13 IR, O IPI .A. JST T3
. 'Hi Reynold Street,
(Near South Carolina Depot,)
AUGUSTA, GA.
Will Scl? Cotton au?! Produce Gen
erali})
OR RECEIVE THE ."AME OX STORAGE.
Will Furnish .or Purchase Flanter>"
Snppliea.
Augusta, Ai:g 15 Cn: -33
BARGAINS !
i TEE "LAMP MAN,"
I n?o. i72 ?road Street, Augusta, Ceo..,
\ INTRN?^S !.> fierily change Iii.-? bu-ir.es?, and
j rrilVoffer for THIRTY DAYS
Great iBargainsI
IN
L?1IP5, CHANDELIERS, &e., &c?
Mest of bis Goods will bo offered Tor "Gro*r
Backs" AS I.OW, AND SOME LOWER, thai
tho <!<>'. 1 jirir.e prior to tho War.
This ts a RARE CHANCE to oil who need any
kind of L imp*.
And it ought to lc known that Mr. FARR now
sells the only
Genuine Kerosene Oil
To bo found in Augusta, and at samo prico of
Petroleum.
f?SrDon't forget that ho li? moved to 172
Broad Strr-ct. opposite tho Augusta Hotel, sign
of thc RF.D LANTERN as before.
N. B.-Mew*. MOORE k FROWN, CROCK
ERY and GLASSWARE DEALERS aro located
in jams Building.
Augusta, Dee IO lm 50
Close Accounts.
rgl'IE Undersigned would respectfully inform
' i ;i?1 who nrc indebted to bim on Aeanhnts
uiado ia I8?0an<1 ISG1. that tho Accounts uin**
bo eloged by tho 10th February riwcf, otherwise
tb v rill bio pu? into judgment to pravent them
. from soin^ out of dali?.
Colac and sec mo, and you may savo paying.
cet. -H JAS. B. SULLIVAN.
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Millinery ! I
1RS. C. E. REED,
?i?iportpr and Wliolcsn'c ami Retail Dealer i
STRAW AND FANCY GOODS,
MAIN STREET,
(Ncxi D.ior to Fisher & Nuinti."!),)
C o 1 TI m b i a., S. C.,
INVITES SHE TRADE t?. cxw:n?. hw FULL
STOCK and VA RIED ASSORTMENT of
BONNETS AND HATS,
Trimmed and Un trimmed ;
RIBBON? AND FLOWERS,
Of all dcccrip:ion3 :
LADIES' HAIR, t
In every Color and Shape
Uso, Th in and French CORSETS,
vhich will 1 c sold very low.
C Minni.ia. Oct 22 3ra 43
E. E. BOWE KS,
HAMBURG, s. c.,
GENERAL COMMISSION
MERCHANT,
COTTON FACTORS,
. AND .DEALER IN
GROCERIES, BACON, URO, FLOUR.
BAOJING, ROFE, TWINE,
TOBACCO, SEGAES, ?tc,
tjAyiNll ghan ged his Grocery Atjtncv
TENET* AT. TOM M155 ION r,l;?I2????Lwi?l>ke._|
;rcat iilea.- uri. 5 . .?K-cting thc ?'?I??? ?if LiJ oh.
Friends an 1 Customer*.
II?? will pay thc TIIG HESTPRICE for COTTON.
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Jb :, or viii receive thc
.m?o cn Storage.
i/.*3" Consignments respectfully colioitod.
. Fanner* and Planters, and tl e public generally
.rill find it to their interest to give we n call.
S.E. BOWERS.
Hamburg Oet. 1, ti" 40
?. K. Coo;:. Jans M. RF.r.r.v
COOK & WEHM,
LATE J. E. COOK & CO.,
G- r o ri i t c v i 11 e, S. C.
DEALERS IN
HY SO0DS,
i?roceries, Dregs and Medicines.
BOOTS, SUOES, HATS AND CAFS.
ISTotionSj <tc.
Granitoville, Oct 1 0m40
D. L. Turner ?5 Co.,
GRANITE VILLE, S. C.,
A TTHE NSW STORE, aro r.r<-pnrcd to (?oil
A DRY GOODS, BOOTS, SD OKS, CAPS nnd
tlATS. HARDWARE, GROCERIES, PATENT
MEDICINES, .tc., <./.<.?. ?i un uno vitia.
Give ni ii sh ire of your custom, Iricuds, and we
will give you satisfaction.
Granite ville, Nov. fi, 3m Ai
liras OF ??11?!
? AM NOV' prepared lo wait upon yen to the.
.c"t nf my ability, and famish you whatever
<>u shall call fur in thc way u(
nnv GOOD?,
GBOCERfF.?,
AW? KUJVDKIES.
S. F GOODE,E?trj..lately a.?r.<'cia?cd with me
n tho ?)ry Goodland Mercantile burines*, Lav
og withdrawn his interest iron, thc concern, I
mw respectfully s":ir':! for myfelf n eiiaro of thc
patronage heretofore bestowed upon 'lie Firm.
I ara l<> bc found, ns heretofore for some month*
?.?i?!, at the Corner-the old and well-known
<tand of Eland <fe Ratler. T have, and constant
ly keep on hand, everything in thc way of
Dry Goods, Groceries, &c
l"?ual!v found ri awell-condncted Village Store;
ill nf irliic^j f of/or for CASH AT THE LOWEST
.I ARK ET PRICES.
J. M. W ITT.
tf 26
Edgeficld, June IS,
HOUSE CARPENTERING
AND
HSTO- I
rfgr^TI Ii Subscriber respectfully nr.nounc'cs to tho
fl. eitizent" ?f Edp field Di?liic;, that bc is now
pr-pun-! t-. execift- ALL BUILDING AND |
CARPENTER'S WORK with fidelity and dis
patch, and un reasonable tern:*.
He is also engaged, nest door to tho Advertiser
Ofiicc, in tho
Undertaking Business,
And 'ins on hand an assortment of BEAUTIFUL
COFFINS, Rosewood finish, neatly trimmed, and
of th 3 latest styles. Prices very moderato.
Mj fine NEW HEARSE, with pen tie Horses
and ?1 good Driver, Mill attend Funerals when
desired.
During mv nhsenco from the ??.'.p. Mr. JAS.
PAl'L, who*is conducting the CABINET BUSI
NESS in th ? me Rooms, will givohif individual
attention to alt order? for COFFINS, <tc.
M. A. MARKERT.
Nov. 27. If 48
Pay up, and Save Costs !
ALL persons indebted tn mo for Blacksmith
w"rk, aro requested to pity th** s:in)-> by tho
1st February tifwf. After that date their Accounts
will bo placed in tho hands of T. H. Clark, Esq,
for collection. -
J. R. HENDERSON.
Jm*t, 2t? %
Things That Never Die.
The pure, tho bright,.tho beautiful,
That stirred our hearts in youth,
Tho impulso of a wordlcss prayer,
The dream of love and truth,
Tho loDgiugs after something lost,
Tho spirit's yearning cc ;
Thc strivings after better hopes,
* Theso things can never die.
Tho timid hand stretcded forth to aid
A brother in his need;
That kindly word in griefs dark hour
That proves the friend indeed;
Thc plea of mercy softly broathed
When justico threatens nigh ;
* The sorrow of a cntritc heart,- . .
These things shall novcr die.
Thc memory of a clasping hand,
.Thc pressure of a kiss,
And all thc trifles, sweet and frail,
That make Mn love's first bliss,
If with a finn, jnchanging faith,
And holy trust and high, .it
Thoso hands have clasp'd, those lips have met,
Those things shall never die.
Tb? cruel and tho bitter word
That wounded as it foll,
Tho chilling want of sympathy,
Wc feel but never tell.
Thc hard repulse that chills thc heart,
Whoso hopes wcro bounding high,
In an unfading record kept,
These things shall novcr dio.
Lot nothing pass, for every band
Must find >->iue work to do ;
Lose not u chance to woikcn love,
Be firm and just and true,
So shall a light that cannot fado
Beam on th;o from on high,
And angela voices say to theo,
These things shall never die.
THE MISER'S HEIR.
nv sTi.VANirs conn, JR.
"I tell you nu, Agnes ! I won't have it.
1 be fellow only frants my money. 1 know
those dandified jimeracka. They hang
around few ba^s of do!lars<as crows around
carrion. 1 won't Lave any such thing. Now
.Jo you know.''
"Father, you judge Walter too harshly.
Ile is a good man-honest and industrious-'
and
- Industrious, say you ? By the big lump.
I'd like to know what he's got toahuv/ for his
industry."
'. H.; has a very superior education, father/'
'* Education '.' Fiddlesticks! Can be live on
Iiis td tient iou ? Cnn be make dollars of it ?"
" Ye-, be car. live on it. Ile bas already
ibiaiued a good situation as clerk."
'.And will carn just about enough to keep
itn in ibo fine clothes be wears. I Know
i..esc fellows. But there's an cud on it. If
you choose btw rather titan your poor old
tither, you can do so. I can live a'one-1
-han't ?ive lo?;: ; you can-"
" Slip, stop, father. You have no right to
;.a:!c sb. Yt?' know I could not leave you.''
Aud Agn?:s Broman* threw ber arms around
tb? old man's neck, -nd kissed him^ind then
she left the room. * ^
l< It's curious kow ihp?? young fools act,"
the miser muttered to himself, alter he bud
watched id-: child depart. ''There's been
twenty ol' the shark's after tb it girl-twenty
if 'em hovering around ber, like man caters
iff cr a dead body. Don't I know what they
want ? Aim, dui.:t [, i bough ? li's my ton
".'y?" Brit-Agnes-?HWS never loved.one.of ?.yem'
nil this Adams carce along. The jackanapes!
And ww sin: wai it's Li get married righi
away. Nonsense! ~
Thu old mini bowed bis head as h3 spoke,
air! bc saw a drop U;MII the bick of bis band
!i '.vu* SI bright drop, a::d tuc rays cf tho sun
were playing in i'.
"She cried when sin; kissed me," ho whis
nered, wiping the tear from bis hand. .. 1
don't sec what malera berso tender hearted
ibo never took il norn me. But she may
have taken it ftv?.s-"
The old man stopped, and a cloud camt
,wr bia wrinkled brow, for there was ?1
,.>ang in bis heart. He remembered the gril
le, uncomplaining being who had once been
iii-, companion, the mother of bis child. lie
remembered how she became bis wife, even
when the bloom of manhood bad p issed from
him, and cared for bim, and bow .-lie laug!)!
lier child to love and cure for him, too. And
i c remember, d b.-r^v she bad never complain
nd, even while au dering, and bow she had
died, wj ill a .^n-.i'c anda blessing upon bei
lips, though the gold of her husband brough 1
her no comforts.
Noah Sreman bowed bis frosted bead more
low, und in bis heart bc wished Jje could for
get all but the few fleeting joys ot his wife.
But be C:jii!d not forget. Ile could not Corgi !
that it bad boen whispered how bis wife migln
.ave lived longer, had she bad proper ?loth
i; g and medica! attention.
"Bur it would have ce..<. so much ; I raved
money?"
Ah, ibo reflection would not remove thc
rang. 'J'l.e other memory was uppermost.
Noah Brent an bad passed the allotted age
?f men, I cing over thrco score and ten, and
all bis life had been devoted lo thc accumula
lion ol moppy, lie had denied himself every
comfort, and hu bear! bsd been almost as hard
as ibo gold l-o hoarded, hue ia b's bair
gi'itr motz wLite and spar, e, and the yara
came more heavily upon him, be thought
more; reflected more. The sweet smile ol
his wife was di ing its mission r.Ow j a .d the
? ure love of bis gentle child was a continual
remembrance lo bim that lhere were better
hearts th?z hU own.
At length tho miser ares.-?, and parsed out
ol the room. Ile would have left thc but;
bul as ho reach d the lillie entry way, bc
beard a voie? from the garret. H was his
child's. He crept up thc rickety stairs, and
i oked through a crack in tho door. Ile saw
Ag:;es upon lier knees. Toora were roiling
di wo her cheeks, and ber hands were clasped
towards Heaven ard she prayed :
'.Ob. (?od! bo good to my (allier, and
nnke bis heart warm and peaceful ! Wake
mc to love bim with, all tenderness, and ena
ble mo to do well and truly the duty I pledged
to my sainted mother ! I promised I would
love and care for bim always. Father in
Heaven, help me ! Ob ?bel]) me!
Tac old man crept down stairs and out of
doors, and for a whole Leur he walked alone
among the trees. Ho thought again of bis
child ; md tlicni ms ?0,cl 1 And thia was
not the first time be bad walked alone thee.
Ile did not himself know bow grcai the in
fluence of his child was exerting over bim.
. Agnes, pure, good, beautiful Agnes, wept
jong ar.d bitterly in ber little garret, and
when slie bad become calm, und ber cheeks
were dry, she came down and got supppr.
But sho was.not the smiling, happy brdng
that had flitted about the scanty buafd bere
loforc.
A few days after this, as Noah Brcmati ap
proached bis cot one morning, be beard voices
dum within. He peeped through a rout in
tho coarse paper curtain, and saw Walter
Adams with bia child. Her head was upon
Walter'" shoulder, and bis arm wa., about her.
Walter was an orphan, and bad been Ag
nos' schoolmate, and her fervent lover through
all the virtuous man, and loved tho gentle
girl because she was so good and gentle, and
so beautiful- Aud sbo loved him, not only .
because bo was, of all ber suitors, 'bc only
mc whose character and habits promised joy
and peace for thc future.
i; I cannot leave my poor old father, Wal
ter," tho old man heard bis daughter say.
,l I must live to love ar.d care for him. On
ali the earth I am tho only one left to love
him. It is bard I My hiartmay break 1
But thc pledge of love I gave to my dying
motlier must lie kept."
".And so the grout joy-dream of my youth
must be changed to this sad reality ! I can
uotuisk you to leave your father,, sweet Ag
nes, for the very truth in you which I wor
ship would be made a lie could you do so.
But 1 have a prayer. I pray that God in his
mercy may; remove the curse from your
father's bended form !"
"The curse! Walter?"
"Aye- the. Gold Curse!" rejoined the
youth fervently. " I hope God may render
him penniless !"
''What?'. Penniless?'' Repeated Agnes
with a start.
"Aye ; penniless! for then he would be far
more wealthy than he is now. Then bc would
know how .to appreciato thc priceless bles
sings of his, sweet Agnes' love, and then the
crust might be broken, and his heart grow
human again. And more than all," Walter
continued/ winding his arm more closely
about the fair form of hts companion, and
speaking more deeply, " then I could prove
to hinr my love. Then I could take you to
my home ; and wc could both love him and
care for bon whilo we" lived !"
Noah Breman. stopped to hear no more,
and as hej,:walked away, he muttered to him
self: . ;
" The rascal ! He'd do great things; me
penniless,'and he praying for it, the young
villian!"!
When the old man gained his accustomed
walk ainring the great sycamores, ho wiped
somi'thing from his eye. Ile acted as though
a mote had been blown in there.
"Two weeks passed on, and Agnes grew
pale andjthin. She did not sing as she used
n>, nor couid she smile a3 had been her wont.
Si ill she murmured not, nor did her kindness
to her froher grow less.
" Oh, God, help me to love my father." sh?
prayed erne night. " Let not my grief make
me forget my duty !"
And the old mau heard it.
One night Noah came home from the city,
and in his baud he brought a small trunk.
'lu barr,t'.d thc duor, aud drew tho tattered
curtains close.
.. Six-," In: said, an he opened thc trunk,
and piled tho new hank notes upon thc table.
" L'. 'kf-.there, Agnes, sud see bow I have
wofkecHn my life tim;. I had no cducalio t.
oui fv?j la:d up money-mmcy-MONEY.
flow muny men wou'd sell me all their brains
io;mebt for this. Sue ! one thousand-two
ibrnfMour-. Count them Agnes.
Lucre's a thousand dollars in each package."
" Wi1)' have von taken it from* the bank,
fa'.herV
.'To'lot it. my child; to let it at a round
Ltureit, Agnes. 1 .-hall double it, darling."
A?o while, thc ord man's cyes;arkled with
evident satisfaction, his child wore a ssd, sor
rowi?jg look. And l-?ng after that she looked
a', il?fe woikit.g features of her father and
pray?!' that the G dd Fiend would set him
lree.?
When Atrito retired she left her father up :
but ere long sh.- heard him put his little ?rcnk
a.-.ay', an 1 uo ty his bod ; and th en shu s-!-j.t |
Hark! What s-ound is that? Agnes starts
up ih bffri.h:, and listens ; bul see, bright
light'Ss gie; ming out int.) ice night, and thick
voiumes of feraoke pour into thu garret.
.' Bro, liri?," sounded :i voice from thc cn
try, p;i'i she hears the sharp crackling npw,
angfeuls the heat.
'-.Agnes, my child,'*_a>.d i;i another mo
mea.* her fainer >.'-Jf*,.J? th.- stairs. Lc
" Take all your cl libing, Agnes, and' yo IT
can put. them'-'ti in the entry. Thc house ?8
ill on fire."
In a few minutes more the faber and ci i'd
?tcod iii thc i i ad, the latter with :; lundie of
clothing in her ha il, white the former held
a t-mall trunk. They y.-tv..-A upon a burning
budding ; but neither cl them sp,,ko.
And others caine .running to the scene,
but no one tried to stay thc flumes. And
thc effort would have !). cn useless had it been
made, for Ibu old .-heil bu rite. I like tinder.
!>ut inure still, no one would have made the
c'lort, even had soccers boon evident, far th .
miserable ol-l bur. find too long oecupei,
o.ic of tho fairest spots o? tim village. Tin re
..vere no other buildings lo ba endangered, so
tiny let the oid thing bum.
" Von have your money safe,1' s dd Agnes.
" Yes. See, I took the trunk. I lett tho
cindie burning so thu! I could watch it But
I wont to sleep, an.1 the candle myst bava
fallen over. But I got the trunk." As he
spoke he held it np and gazed upon it by
me light ol' the flaring ruins.
" Thu! is not thc Trunk /" whispered Ag
ues in alfi ght.
'.'.Nor-.'" But the old man spoke no
further. lie ?aw ])C had tuhen tho wrong
trunk. This wa.; unly lilied'wi.h old de^d'i
aud dusty receipts.
" Jinined! Losl!" groaned Noah Broman,
as ho tinned front lb" scattered embers. '. I
had fifty thousand dollars in that trunk, and
where are they now ?"
"Never mind," said Agnes, winding her
arms about her father's neck,"we'll be hap
py without it."
* ?* -:?? * *
i; What," uttered Noah Breman, gazing in
to Walter's lace. "Do you mean that you
will give i;;c a home tcp j that you will pro
vide for me, and keep.ruc7"
" Ve.-," returned tue youth hopefully, " I
could nc-ver bo happy with Agnes, much as I
love her, ?fl thought her poor old father had
no home. Come, wo will live together, and
he as happy as the days are long."
" But your salary, young man ?" . .
"Is sufficient for us, s r. I have five hun
dred ddlars a year. Weean live on that,
and lay np something, loo."
" Well, weli ; take her, love her, be good to
her, make her happy, don't never-..
When tho oid man saw thc joyous tears
leap from bia child's eyes, he turned awn)'
and walked quickly irom tho house; but ho
was not .-o quick but he heard thc blessings
that followed him.
And when ho walked alone beneath tho
starry heavens he wiped his own eyes as
though something troubled him.
Gay as a lark was lb?, gentle, beautiful
Agnes, when she became the wife of Walter
Adams. Thc rose bloomed again upon her
happy face like sunshine all the dav Ion?
." Lo you pray to God to help von to love
mo now ?" the obi man asked after ho had
lived with Walter some months.
" Why, what do yeti mean ?" Agnes asked
in surprise.
" You used lo pray so, for I have he ml
you," returned Noah.
A moment tho young wife gazed into ber
parent's face, and she answered, while she
threw her arms about his neck, '; Oh, Lpray
that you may be spared to us for long years
in peace and happiness, but love you ? Oh !
I could not help it if f should try. And
Waller loves you very much, for he has told
mo so many times."
There was something more than usual in
thc old man's eye now.
Ono evening as the Happy trio sat at the
tea table, Walter looked more thoughtful than
was 1?ii wont.
" What is it love ?" Agnes asked.
" 0, nothing, the husband said, with a snSiie,
"I was only thinking."
" But of what."
u Only castle building, that's is all."
" In thc air, Walter," asked Noah.
" Yes. very high in the air," the young man
return* J, wi h a laugh.
.' Bul Iel! us What it is."
H Well, I'd as lief tell, jog as not. Mr, O.-i
good.bi to retiro from opr. 'firm in ? lew day:!.'
Ut a well advanced in years abd he made c
intime in the business, and will live now for
comfort and health alone. He has not been
very well of late years/'
"And is that all ?"
" No. I nm to be advanced to thc post of
head book keeper, with a salary of twelve
hundred dollars."
"And is that all?"
"Yes."
" But what castle in the air, ;s there about
that."
,l 0, that isn't the castle.'
" Then what is ihe castle ? Urged the
old man playfully."
" Why, simply this, said Wailor, laughing,
but yet almost ashamed to tell it: This nomi
Mr. Osgood patted me on the shoulder aud
said he-in his playful way-Walter, Til sdi
you all.my interest here for fifty thousand
dollars."
"Ha, ha," laughed Noah Breman, "and
you tiought he was in earnest."
"No, no," quickly returned the young
man,111 did not think that, though I ' knew
that the other two partners would be willing
to have me for an-associate."
" But it seems to me eld Osgood holds his
share in the concern at a high ligure."
" Oh no. It is a very low ooo. There i
clcar capital of one hundred and fifty thou
saud dollars in the business ai this uioraei t.
and then think of all the standing and good
will which goes for nothing.
'? Ha, ha, ha," laughed the old man again.
Then Walter laughed, and ihen they li:
ished their supper.
On the next evening Walter Adams carne
in aud sauk dawn on thc sofa without speak
ing. He was palo and agnate J, and his eyes
had a vacant wondering look.
" Waller !" Cried Agues, in terror, " what
has happened ?"
" He's sick," muttered Noah Breman, with
out looking around.
''No, i.o, n"t "sick." n t imed the young ti.in
Starting up ! u But I am the victim of a mis
erable trifiing."
Eh } How so T] Asked old Noah, now
turning his chair..
"TU tell you," said Walter, with a spas
modic ellort. "I had sume loup entries t<
pjst this evenirg, so I remained in thc count
ing room after the rest bad gone. Twas still
at work when Osgood came in and placed
some pap rs on my desk, saying as he did so.
'. Here Waker, lies? are.yours ; and then he
w.-nt out. \Vr.eu I lieished my work I open
oct the papers. The lir.it was a sort of inven
tory ofwh.it Osgood had owned in the busi
ness, and footed up, in square numbers, forty
nine thousand eight bunded and seventy ivc
dollars. The next paper was a deed couve;
ing the whole vast proverty to me, and mak
ing me a partner in the conrcrn uponeoua
fjoiiffg with thc other two!"
" Well," said the old man, thumping lis
foot upiinf the carpet, and keeping time
wita his hands, "1 don't see anything very
bad iu that."
'.But 1 do," replied Walter. " It is crml t
trite with me thus."
l here was .-ometLing in Noah's eye aga'n,
but'he m in.igeJ to get it out, aiid tin uh
spoke thui :
" Waker Adams, when young men, used
to hover about my child, I believe, they wer.
only after my gold ; and I knew tii.it in ino"!
ej.-es I was correct. I believed the same ot
you. I kr.ew nothing but the love of money
! could underlie human action. My heart had
j become hardened by? it, and my soul darken
ed. But it was tor my ?weet child to pour
tho warmth and light into my bosom. 1
w-ft* f<* ?mr to keep before me, the image ot
the gentle wife whom I had ?(..ved and lost,
but alas ! who occupied a place in that h vc
second to my gol i ! It was for my child to
j o; en gradually, bu' purely, founts of fee-lint
I whiclr had been for a life-time closed up. 1
Li ar i her pray for inc-pray that she uihihi
loVCj me--ih.it f?ite might llave help from God
j io love m> ;aiid t' at was alter I had refused to
j let her bc your wife. I saw her grow pal*
and sorrowful, and still sh:: prayed God to
help her-help her what / Help her love
I ber father ! 1 was killing her and she trier!
to smile upon mc. Oi.c evening I heard you
boin conversing in the oi l hut. My chi!'.'
chose misery with duty tether lather rather
loan break that duty in union with the mai.
j ?jlio loved. You prayed tba: i might be made
penniless-Stop] hear me tiiroiigh. You
! w> uid then showd sintercsicdnuss. 1 wa'.ked
away and pandered. Gould it be that 1 had
(bund a ?ian who would love an oi l wreck
like myself without money. It' it was so.
tb.cn U<-J. Wviu d b eak thela-f l iv er of a cats'
f om my s ul. 1 determine 1 to test you. J
had [rained a glimmcring'of light-my heart
had begun to grow warm-I prarcd fervently
tba; I might not be disappointed. I went to
thc hank, and drew on: fifty thousand do.
lars lu bjlls. Thai nighj my miserable oil
jiut v;..s ?e: o.:-or it caught lire. 1 .-hal! not
say bal will always think tny candle
di l il bu!? tlie old shell burnt doini, a- d r om
I v.' g rnndo for a better bujidiug, J o une ou:
with the wrong trunk, and tho oilier "trunk
was burnt up. But the money wasn't in iv
No, no I had ?hat safely Stuft;d in my bosom
aud deep pockets, and*ail butt med up: and
the next day I carried it .ill back to thu bank
j und had it put tip with a lev/ thousand more
I winch 1 hadn't ui-lurbed. And so my expel' i
I intent commenced ; and .-. found the tull sim
.?hmo at last. 'Ave. Waller, found you
i thu iiirblc, ti im mon 1 had prayed lor. IV.
j lojk me into your homo and loved when you
thought me penniless, and you took my child
1 to your b-JEom fur just vrhui God had made
j her.
j " And now. my boy, I'-.-e been doing a bit cf ?
I work in the dark. Ivo paid Mr. Ongood fifty
j thousand dollars in ca-h for his share in the
? busmen and it is all yours. And let me tell
! you one more thin-'', my ooy ; il'yoijr two part
I net's eau raise liny thousand more to invest.
just tell 'em you can put in live and ?went)
j thou ami more at twelve hour's rt-. tice- Te i
j 'em that obi Noah ain't quite ashore J'el ! A
: Heart., my boy ! Come lu re Agnes, c imo here |
Walter. God bles.-, you both.-bless you as j
you have blessed me !" - " j
Nobody pretended that they had motes in j
thc eye now. for the occasion of ihe weepinf
waa palpable.
LOVE AND "Dirniaq-Tho odiioy.oi tho
Galveston iy'ctwgot highly excited the other,
hight during tue performance of tho "Lady,
of Lyons," for while Claude and Patiljne
were billing and cooing on tho stag:- in iront
of him a fresh married couple from thc conn
try, alongside nf bini in the boxes, got at it
in real earnest, and right before folks. Hays
the News: . '
" Tho lady's head reeled lovingly upon the
Shoulder of the gentleman, whilst his arm
! encircled ber waist, and warm and fervent
were thu kisses bo imprinted upon her glow
ing "beek. The la'dy relieved tho gentleman
of bis burden, an.1 his turn came to recline
upon her shoulder, whiht ber arm ws.s around
his neck, ever aird anon gently patting him
upon the back. Thon thc swne changed,
when, oh, horrors 1 we- were sh' eked to .se?
the lady produce a snuffbox, insert, a stu's.
In thc villainous compound, and gc deliberr
atoly to work rubbing 'L upon her tech." _
With the " dipping" away weat all the ro
manee, ;?ud the News utan movc.dj.way mar
veling.
ggv-? A clergyman* " down Jlast!' auked. ?
womau he had baptised, nn sbo was coming
out ol tlio water, how sfie feb in ber nii'if',
and was somewhat surprised to'hear her an--?
awer " Bttllj."
c 03" Ifa-ColtVpistol. hr.* six barrels, Vow
many barrels ought a horse pistol to haVo'7-" "f
I--r. ? ? . .. ... ~,
From thc Newberry Herald.
Foreign Immigration.
MESSRS. EDITORS :-I band you fur
cation tue following letters, showing win
bo done if energy i? used in tho procur
immigrants from Europe. Thc occusii
this correspondence ia this. On my v,
Florida last month I met Mr. Merrin-1
.the train ?0 Charleston, and the convers
turning upon the condition of the co
?ind the subj ct o? labor, he mentioned t
the letter he had received from the Rev
White, Zurich, Switzerland, and spok
pub?shing'it. On returning-home I hai
heard any tbi?g.of Mr. White's letter t<
Merriman, and I wrote to him in ndation
Tiie lett-T No. 1., is tho lotter address
mc by Mr. Merriman, in reply to. mine,
ter No. 2.. is the letter of ?lr. Merrim;
Rev. li. F White, and letter No. 3:, is
Rev. Mr. White to Mr. Merrimau, givm
formation upon what terms laborers' ca
procured^ of what character the per-ODS
lie, and how they will come rccommen
As so much labor is removing from this
I of the country ; and as it is important
thc lands diould" net be left to grow U]
weeds, and thus be converted into a wi
ness, and be deserted, it is important that
? people should make all necessary efforts ti
store the coat? 17 tn its former, and even gi
cr, prosperity.. People must begiu tov
to accomplish something. Plans to sei
immigrants must be matured, and the pe
must see to it that their lauds shall be
tivated, and improved, The country cat
improved, bul energy is required to effec
Thc attention of the people will be dir
od-to this subject during the course of
year, and that too in time to make all the
ces-ary arrau^emcjits for the introductioi
foreign labor, lor the year 1808.
HENRY SUMMEE
GREENWOOD, S. C., Jan. 9,1SG?
I?KN'RV SUMMER, ESQ'R-Dear Sir-I h
received yours of thc Stu ult., and conte
duly noticed. And in order that you 1:
folly understand tho correspondence, I si
vou the letter I wrote, and also the answ
io it. hy Rev. li. F. White.
I have not had the lotter published, 1
"biiuid you dee-in it worth doing plea?? to 1
'he kindness of the Editors to do so for
general good.
Your ob't Scrv't.
.L. D. MERRIMAN
GREEXWOOD, S. C., Oct. 18, lSfiC
REV. B. F. WHITE-Dear Sir-I ii ave se
the statement of thc letter of yours, du
Zurieb, Switzerland, July lTth ult., sayi
von could furnish Swiss labourers from St\
/.orland, lt is now too late to obtain the
for next yeai's crop. If you can make
rangements with ten hands, to come for t
voir 1S6S, and give mc notice, I will arran
with the house of Messrs. H. B. Clafton,
Co., of New York to" pay their passage
Charleston, S. C.
When I receive an nssurince from you
an arrangement, I will lorward to the Unit
Slates Consul thc necessary arrangement I
their passage. I wil^ want them for tbr
years npon the terras propped in -yours
July 17. Say after tieduciing all expenses
the farm and 'ravening to said farm, they
t ike one third of the profits fur their servie,
1 will aUo promise to sell them land lc
a\d give them time to pay for it. so they mi
: avc a home of their own lor ever. Our c
" nate is pleasant and healthy. Your
Obd't serv'r,
L. D. MERRIMAN.
Messrs. [I.B. Curios & Co., N. Y:
Sirs: enclosed lind a letter addressed
me bj Mr. L, I), Merriman of G reen woo
C. I answer through you, believing tin
I cati in this way have tho labourers for ll
Merriman* ut his house'by loth of Januar
which will be tn good lime fur the-crop 1
KS.17. Please telegraph to him that I hai
i bout 300 laborers ready to start with u
lays notice. 1 can so <l mcruwitb or wit. hoi
families. From lie-re lo New York by Steen
i r it trill O'st ?efl per -r.iwu peraoo. 13
-?til vessel ii vriil cos: ^42 nil expenses ?ne b
ded. I will *ctid none but such as aro vre
recommended fur honesty and industry b
byth the civil and Chinch Authorities. Li
mc know whether to send families or sit gi
men. Ten mon will eosl ?590 an 1 their fami
lie-? will cost abort $1200 nor steamer, pe
sad ten menwill cost $V2'\) and teu fara lie
about ?jjWOO. To get families is probdil,
better. 1 will not rcruaiu hero ua'.il nc.\
fall, at;d cannot loll how engagement": nov
would bo met thou. The House of Slr.'.-/. ,
Cu., who are immigrant agents lu re will fd]
ward any persons elosired. By telegraphir.
simply t hp price r,nd thc foot that wc hav
300 laborers Mtdy, and cati have thjm ?
N. Y., by the lOtu of J^tuary. I think Mi
M., wsll o:d r them nuine'didtoly.
Yours Ac,
B. F. WHITE.
Zurich Swifzerl?nd, Nov. I Uh 1S06.
What thc Love ol'.liowcy^Docs I
A gc.o.1 illustration of t'ue results of a lov.
of money waa funds! <.d reccntlvfa Paris ii
tin; case of a baronesa who died at lb;:
e>f G5 years Tho appear?neo of her apar!
me-n s indicated cstni?'/dinary neglect. Iber
was scarcely any furniture; thc dust bf yean
obscured tho window panes, and the pap r t r
the walls was spotted arid rotten. The phic>
appeared to have boen uninhabited from linn
immemorial, and yet thc baroness had liver
thor" 25 years, paying an annual reit 01
l.SOOf, lu tho bedroom, stretched upon e
truckle bed. and partly covered with filth;
rsL"<r lay thc body r,f thc baroness. An ex
amination showed that death amsc fronTcak
n.s.t caned by want of food. It fun h -r ap
pear?d 1 hattie had starved herself will mil v .
and indeed in politt of avarice ?ha brr: :>: es
would havo horns away thc palm fron. Har
pag.)T> or Gosbcck. Notwithstanding her
considerable fortune, estimated at ?50,000
or $250,000, a year, .-ho always went c otbec
liku a beggar, and often solicited charity in,
ihc/treet. Sh?? lived un cruets of bread, thc
refuse of cabbages' anti other violable and
such like garbage th'.t sha picked up iron;
dirt heaps. A few days before her death she
j (Ml down from weakness, while pas*ir.<r th?
d or of l!ic concierge, from'want of food:
bi.t she refused to take some refreshment
pn ff reit to her, no doubt fearing th.it she
w >uld have to pa}' fur it- S;-;. Miccceded it;
earning ber p.p'artaients, and was not alter
warda seen alive.
KI.VDNESS TO K Si. ROES-"Wc like to set
kindness tb worthy .negroes, and we encour
age it en all occasions'; wo even like to soe u
former master take fi faithful old servant bj
thu hand and give it a kindly shake, but then
js a certain, unmistakable familiarity otto
exhibited, now a-days, that is supremely di
gu<tii'g, and we eau (e-el rio respect for a ma'
v>r woman who can exhibit it.
This disgusting familiarity is generally ai'
tooted hy peiwns who have, in former time
been crue! and iuhuinan to slaves, atid wb
r. "v, from motives of policy, would pander t?
ilntir worst paBsious. This is all wrong, atv
cannot but result in evil consequence!*. The,
mgro will never respeci.f! aso who do no:
respect themselves, and now, that W-J have
so Halo left, us beyond our own sclf-:.'especU.
if wo once r;ivo that up,'wo shall sink our
RC1V.CS and .nur country to a state of depravi
ty in which ourtchildroti's children wnijjrovel
through ages bf darkness and miser}'.
fig?" '*T? b , what did the Israelites do when
?'bey ^-rrts'-ed-tiitT Red ?i?a2" 5k 1 dunuo,- but ?
I- ?iieth they dried themselves,." *.
*'(irecn*backs,"--or thc Pound of
Flesh-Which?
"Wc cordially endorse the following excel
lent and sensible article from our esteemed
cotemporary the " Lancaster Ledgei.!;
We regret to see some disposition manifested
not te receive United State? currency at par
for existing liabilities.. At a time like .this,
when money is so scarce, and the country de*
pressed by a failure of crops and othe r causes,
Greenbacks ought to be received rsadily by
creditors as a basis of compromise vdth their
dcb.ors. ' Tb talk of relief by stay lawi,
or scaling of debts by legal measure, is a
mere waite oftlme-afict ofwbichthe pcjp'e
are now pretty thoroughly convinced, but a
great relief may, and ought to be >.>xtendcd,
through a willingness on thc part of creditors
to offrir liberal terms of settlcmcn :. There
are doubtless some exceptions, but thc cases
aro rare, where greenbacks at par ronld not "
bo a fair and equkable satisfaction of any
existing liability. Not to receive it Li evidence'
of a grasping and uncompromisitg spirit;
and il'generally followed^ would, in effect, add
almost fifty per cent, to the indebtedness of
the country. Creditors ought to receive it
without hesitation aud if any will not, they
should be delayed, and others, more liberal.
and indulgent, preferred.'
Where there are judgments arid execu
tions; preferences are not practicable, but .
where the Sheriff, in obedience to orders'
from a grasping Shylock, collects his judg
ment debt in gold and s'river, he does so at
uis peril; for it is by no means a settled ques
tion that U. S. currency is not what it pur
ports to be-a legal tender for tho payment
of debts.
The only decision which wc have in this
State is adverse to thc legal tender law, and
it isjgeneraUy believed that tho Court of Ap
peals will sustain the Circuit decision, lint
oven in tho latter event, the point is not then
settled: ca some suppose. The decisimof
the big?est Tribunal ia thc State, affecting a
law of Congress, if made against the lair, is*
not conclusive of thc question, e ven within
the limits of South Carolina.
Thc Supreme Court of the United States
ha3 appellate jurisdiction ; in certain cases,
over liual d?criions in Stale Courts. If the
decision is against thc constitutionality of a
law of Congres-, there is n.n appeal, by writ
of Error, to thc Supreme Coart of the United
States, as the appellate Court of :h<; last re
sort. Judiciary Acts 1789, Sec. XXV, Kent
Com.vol. 1, .?>13-321. William:; ts. Kori's
12 Wheaton 117.
In view of Vhat is clearly thc public policy
of the country, with a fair show of constitu
tional argument on thc same side, it ?3 mero
than probable that this question v iii ultimate
ly bo decided in favor of the. law cf 'Coogrcss
We repeat, therefore, that thc executive officer
who undertakes to decide in advance that a
law of Congress is null ?md void, and ads
accordingly, docs so at his peril. A safer
course would be to assume that thc taw is '
constitutional until it is declared otherwise
by the constituted authorities
If the currency is generally received in
payment of debt.', it will not only bc a public
convenience; but will be one means of reliev
ing the country of its present embarrassed
condition ; a contrary course will le?d-to great
aunoyance, distress and ceaseless litigation.
Another Order frd*m thc Itureau.
The following order frcm thu Bureau ni
Columbus,- Ga., appears iu thc papers of tho*
city :
BUREAU CY R. F. ANI> A. L, i
OFFICE A. S. A. O'OM'R, ?
Oo LU M BU dj Ga., January J, l?ti7. j
Circular No. I.
Persona making contracts fo?'this year sro
hereby informed tba', thc Regulations of lbw
Bureau for last year are s'ill in force. No
contract will bo considered banding unless
ipproved by an Oiiicer or Cr? Ll Agent of tho
iJurcau, and freed people being engaged by
contracts not approved by such authority, ure*
it, liberty to leave their employers' service at
any time. Should any difference occur iii
regard to compensation for their services,
luting the timo tbey were employed; tho
employers will IH? required to pay tbe high
est prices that are paid in their section of ir.tr
country.
FRED. MOSEBACL?,
Br't ilsjorand A. S. A. Com'g,
. District e..:'-CoiuutbuH. -
One of cur Alabama exchanges publishes
this order, and makes 'ike fdlowirg c>;:.
mcnts :
Lst the Bureau restrict itself to its ?e.j'ii
mate duties and net interposenu unnecessary
officiousness in the relations of the two race a
:n this country.- We believe honestly, iluvt,
the Southern people generali}' have not onjy
acquiesced, without li.igerin:.' regret,-*.in tho
iew relations now sustained towards thean
?:y their former slaves, bu: Icily r.:.;c?j/u'...'>
uhe justice a::d obligation of according th? ni
ho rights prescribed by the law, and of trot
ing them with kindness and humanity, T?Lo
aw puts both on aa equality a* to thc ccu
tact, and both luve tonal remedies fyi i's.
/iola ion. Besides annulling the law and
-citing up iu ?ts place thc will cf tho cora-,
nanding ofiiecr, thc order id obnoxious fur
rhe additional reason, that while it i-. imper?
taut io-individual and general prosperity, '.i:?t
i ht freedmen should-he industrious lirui c^o
rented, it eaccu ropes idlcuess, pauperism, i nd
a spirit of oppressive extortion ana exaction.
WRLL PUT.--In a letter from Gea. Wil
liam Preston, in ref-ponsa to aa inquiry of
whother he would allow hil name to bo used
in connection with tho candidacy for tb?
Kentucky Governorship, in the" following ro
terence tu thc third clause ol' tboConstititu?
.ional Amendment :
" If the people accept their own pardon
under thc amnesty by'-tho sacritice-of thnif
cLicfr, and trusted comrades, and leadsrsj
then indeed are our misfortunes irrcmediabl? -
nd our dishonor unfathomable. When a
Virginian can look-in the lace cf Lee, ??r&
Kentuckian in that of Brackenridge*, or a South- *.
Carolinian in that of Hampton, and ov.i say .
u himself,'I regained my right's by-drsert
ing and denouncing your*?,' theo in sooth is
our degd'aratron perfect.''
A BLOODY AND UXBBI;B.\TINO*FEUD_Tii-*r?
L 'Uiavtlb- Journal, of the 1-lth tnsr.,' contain
ed sufs an dally thc following r
Two families of Carter County, East Tca?-<.
essee, named Roberts and Johnson, hara
oeuu waging-a bloody war between each
other for twenty yearj. During this {KID
bartc-n men belonging to tho. two famiiiea.
lave h.st their lives, and on thc evening of
die 5th inst., tn Elizabeth, Tennessee, tho
?ole surviving males of thc two families en
gaged in an altercation which resulted fatally
>o both.
This domestic war originated about a doa- -
.n fence rails.
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* An English jury has decided that when a
man who js smoking in a railroad car refuses
to remove his cigar at the request of his fei- .
Ibwrpasseogers, thoy havo the right to knock
it out cl his month.
532?* Tho months . to lifo most fatal, aro
February and March, August and September
; ho first two for throat and lung difficulties,
ind thc hitor two for stomach and bowel
complaints. May and Juno ure tho healthiest
months in tho year.
.^3- " Iko" was partaking of pudding oreo on .
i time, whoa old lady. Partington advised him to ;
?top, aa he had;ab?eady ? tafc^mpr^lun: tfeg%??
Vas any nectsjary for." * * Ste&TlW v?