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VOLUME XXXII.--KO. &
C. & A. i
Insiirano
No. 221 Bi
Represent the foliowmj
THE GEORGIA HOME.
MERCHANTS.
JEFFERSON.
CITY FIRE.
MERCHANTS' ? MECHANICS'..,
STAR FIRE.
NATIONAL MARINE AND FIR
NEW ENGLAND.
ASSOCIATED FIREMAN'S.
NORTH AMERICAN.
VIRGINIA.
UNION.
INSURANCE AND SAVING.
SOUTHERN MUTUAL LIFE.
SOUTHRRN ACCIDENTAL .
?35-MR. D. R. DURISOE is our authorize!
wishing to insure will find it to their interest to Ci
Augusta, Oct 22
siablished ia Charleston in 1837,
And in Augusta in 1848.
rrn'IE Subscriber takes pleasuro in informing
J8_ tao residents of EJgcficdd and tho adjt*in
iug Districts that he has been appointed Agent
for tho TUREE ?EST PIANO BAKERS
IN THE WORLD, vis:
STEINWAY A SONS, New York,
CHICKERING .fc SON?, Boston,
HAZELTON BROS., New york.
And he -.viii sell their Instruments ai FACTO
RY PRICES, with freight added.
Pers -ns wishing to pur?liJ50 a SUPERIOR
P/A.'fO FOUTK xii] ploisc sond fur Circulars
and Illustrated Catalogues, and they will find
they can nurdia*e from the REST .MAKERS, at
HS Low Prices as they can of inferior ones.
Illustrated Catalogues and Circulars Vent freo
of ail charges.
GEO. At OATES,
240 Broad Street,
AUGUSTA, GA.
jSSy-Also, Ac'.nt for Ma.-on L Hamlin's cele
brated CABINET ORGANS.
Apr 24 tf ;i7
ESTABUSHED IN 1850
THESubseri
t.?r wu i " rc- cnr.v,' ' <- ' AC
_kspcctfully \n-SjjgjeS
form r he cilixena of IMgefudd and tho ?nrronnd- j
in? country, that he keeps a SPECIAL ESTAIS- j
LIS HM EXT for tba REPAIR of WATCHES, j
?nd JEWELRY. All work entrusted 'o hu-'
caro will .ho executed promptly, neatly, aad
warranted for one year. 4t> j
At hts S'.oro will oe found one nf tho largest \
Stocks of I
Gold anti Silver Watches,' j
Of the he<t European a-;(1 American manufacture 1
in tha S lathern S'atcs, with a select issort
uicnt of
RICH AND NEW STYLES ETRUS- I
CAN HOLD JEWELRY.
nat with Diamonds,Pearls, Rubios, Oriental Gar- 1
nets, Coral, kc. Also. SOLID SILVER
WARE, consisting of lull
TEA SETS, WAITERS, . ICE ANT
WATER PITCHERS, CASTORS,
GOBLETS, CUPS, FORKS, SPOONS,
A:.d everything in thc Silver Ware linc.
FINE SINGLE AND DOUBLE BARRELED
? f N S . .
Colt's, Smith ? Weston's, Cooper'.?, Rcmraing
ton's, Sharp's, Derringer's,
PISTOLS.
And many others of thc latost invention.
FINE CUTLERY. SPECTACLES. WALKING
CANES, PERFUMERY. P0RTM0N1AES,
AND FANCY GOODS
Of every varioty t- ho found in i first class Jew
elry Establishment.?
A. PR?NTAUT, .
One Door below Augusta Hotel,
103 Broad Street, Augusta, Cia.
Oct 15 * lia +2
GUNS, PISTOLS, CUTLERY,
I STILL CONTINUE THE GUN BUSI
NESS at my old stand, 245 Broad Street, and
my STOCK IS NO W COMPLETE, as follows
Double and Singlo Barrule 1 GUN'S ;
POWDER, SHOT and GUN CAPS, all varie
ties
FIXED AMMUNITION for all ?acJ Pistols;
Powder FLASKS, Shot RAGS, Game BA'?S ?
Cotfs, Smi:h <fc Wessons,and other PISTOLS
.Also, afine Stock of POCKET KNIVES, o'
Rogers and WestonhoJra's mike;
Rogers' TABLE CUTLERY ;
PAD LOCKS and DOOR LOCKS, ?c.
As my G UN-J wcro made to ordor ia England
expressly fjr me, they aro warranted to bo an A
N?i. 1 artiele.-and to givo. satisfaction, and at
pricjs to mit the tiincs.
REPAIRING OF GUNS dono promptly.
E. Di ROGERS,
No. 215, Broad St., Augusta, Ga.
Dec .'. . 3m 49
J. V/. Dae-.v. J- ">. Bvros
J, W BACON & BRO,,
Wholesale and Retail Manufacturers and Dealer*.
in all kin ls of
SADDLES, HARNESS,
XBITWKS, NEATES EB,
RUBBER AND LEATHER BELTING,
Wood Hames, Whips, Valises, Carpet
Bass, Shoe findings,
French and An:crictin Calfskins,
And all other kinds of .Leuther, Acc.,
169 Broad Street,
UNDER THE AUGUSTA HOTEL
AUGUSTA, GA.
?53-5ADDLES and HARNESS Repaired and
made to order.
Augura, Oe 22 3m Lt
Just Arrived?
A
LARGE ?tock of OVERCOATS,
ranging in price from 912 to 240.
Now cn Hand,
A First Rate Sleek of all kinds ot
MUSH aud I?OVS CLOTHING.
Ali Goods at Very Lowest Fric?s.J
J# A* FA? mmiE.
Mg***, Nrr ll ia 4?
jr.
e Agents
.oad Street,
I Insurance Companies:
. of Columbus, Ga.
..of Hartford, Conn.
."... of Scottsvillc, Va. ^ .
.of Hartford, Conn.
.-..rf Baltimore. Md.
./.of Now York.
E,.of 3Sfow Orleans, La.
.of Hartford, Conn.
.of Baltimore, Md.
. of Hurtford, Conn.
.of Staunton, Ya.
.,. of Baltimore, Md.
.of Bi cb mond, Ya.
?SO,
Columbia, S. C.
Lynchburg, Ya.
i Agent for Edgefield and 'vicinity, and parties
ill on him.
6m 43
J.J). A. MURPHY I GEO. II. HOPE
of South Carolina. j of Virginia.
L. SHEPPARD
WITH
J. D. A. MURPHY & CO...
Wholesale and Retail
-DEALERS IN
5>W rart?\rj?J|
Boots, Shoes; &c, ive,
ft'o, 314 Broad Street,
A LrG ?STA, G E OK GT A,
Respectfully solicits thc patronage of his friend.
..r EJgefield District, S. C.
Augusta, Nor. 5, 3m -15
J. M. YOUNGBLOOD,
WITH
R, C, & H. H, L?STERUNG |
GROCERS, .
AND
General Commission* Merchants.
No. i:?0 BROAD STREET,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
j RESPECTFULLY i?*g isa re to i?n>rui their
I friend* ?I Kdg?*8cld and the udj-ining DistrioU,
iud the pitMic -rtncraily, li.at t?icj have tn han i
md )ir.; constantly receiving, A WELL SE- j
j r.ECTED STOCK OF
| {?rocerics o?' Every Description,
j Viii ?. V\ry ,-tr--r at rtrc-tbe LOWEST MARKE'I J
j i'll p.'!:.-.
They n?l a':sn giri- strict attention to thc Sal?
I ,f al! COUNTRY PRODUCE Consigned to thou
j And will til! ail orders, in ?heir Hus, with dis
I patch, a*. Tuc ?o.-.c.t market ?rites.
Augusta, Oct 22 tf -13
JOHN C, BOHLER
WITH
j H. WARNES ? CO.,
DEALERS IN
FINE LIQUORS,
Family and Fancy Groceries,
TOBACCO. CIGARS AND SNUFF,
PIPES OF ALL KINDS,
-.owclor, iS2iot? Ctxjpts,
FANCY NOTIONS'
A*D
Musical Instruments*;
AND ALL KIND OF STRINGS.
ALSO, DEALERS IN
Ready ,15a dc ?2 ol h s is jr,
Stacie and Fancy Dry Goods.
BOOTS-SHOES, HATS AND CAPS,
PERFUMERY AN I) SWEET SOAPS,
No. l i': nnd I i i Uroad Street,
AUGUSTA, QA.
Nov. 6, Cm 45
J. S. COLES,
FACTOR AND FORWARDING
M 3 B c H: A nsr T3
lil Reynold Street,
(Near South Carolina Depot,) .
A CC ('STA, GA.
Will Sell Co??o'.i and Produce Gen
erali},
OR RECEIVE THE SAME ON STORAGE,
j Will Furnisii pr 1'urchnsc i'lunter^'
Supplies.
i Augusta, Ang 15 Cm -33
BARGAINS ?
j THE "LAMP MAN,"
I So. 172 Broad Street, Augusta, Geo...
lr
INTENT*? to partly change hi-- btt-ir.ess, ann
? wilKoffer for THIRTY DAYS
Great [Bargains':
IN
LAMPS, CHANDELIERS, &e., &f;
Most of his G'-cds will bo offered for " GTOT
Backs"AS LOW, AND SOME LOWER, thsi
I tho (?old price prior to thc War.
j Thii a RARE CHANCE to all who need any
j kind of Limps.
I And it ought to bc known that Mr. FARR now
j sells the only
Genuine Kerosene Oil
To bo found in Augusta, and nt esme price of
Petroleum.
^Eff^Don't forget that ho hus moved to 172
Broad Street, opposite tho Augusta Hotel, sign
of thc RED LANTERN a> before.
X. D.-Messrs. MOORE A BROWN, CROCK
ERY nnd GLASSWARE DEALERS aro located
in same Building.
Augusta, Dec IO lm 50
Close Accounts.
rpiHE Undersigned would respectfully inform
fl all who are indebted to bim on Accounts
inodoin t.TO amt ? SO I. tbnt the Acrount? cw
|,o elosed by tho l":h February ne.vt, otherw^o
thay will bc ?nt into jodgmont to pravont them
from ?.'?ine; cut of dato.
Como and see ?e, and you may savo payuig
cat. **? JAS. B. SULLIVAN.
tn I ? I .
loaming House Calendar for 1S67.
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Millinery !
MRS. 0. s. mm,
finjiorlPr and Wholesale ami Retail Dealer i
STRAW AND FANCY GOODS,
MAIN STREET,
(Next. Door to Fisbcr i Heintiab,)
Coln mbi a, S. C.,
!NVI fES THE TRADE to examine hor FULL
--TOCK and VARIED ASSORTMENT of
BONNETS AND HATS,
Trimmed and Untrimmed ;
???HHONS AND FLOWERS,
Of all dcsc.-tpiions :
LADIES'HAIR, t
In every Color and Shape;
Uso, Plain und Fror.cli COI?SKTS,
rhich will be sold very low.
Coh.rabia, Oet 22 Sm 43
K E. BOWERS,
II AUBURG, s. C.,
GENERAL COMMISSION
M EE CHA NT,
C T T O ff F A V T ? R S,
* AND DEALER IN
R9C"ER;ES. BACON, LA??, FLOUR.
BAGGING, ROPE, TWINE,
TORA CCD, SE G A RS. Ar ,
? .\ VINO chanced lus Gh?cerv Aei-ney into a
^ ETCR.-VL COM M I?rSfeN;mJ^Ii?iS?JvilLb-,,i.eJ
*rcat pleasnrc in meeting the wau:.': bi-' o?d |
Prienda and Customers.
lin will p iy thc IIIG '?EST PRICEfor COTTON.
.'GENTRY PRODUCE, Jbc, or will receive thc
ituie on Ston.gc.
Consignments respectfully soMoltcd.
. Farmers and Planter;, and the public generally,
?rill lind it to their interest t" give ms a call.
S. E. BOWERS.
Urniburg. Oct. 1, ti'
r. E. COOK. JII.ES M. Rnr.nv
?00K & WIMM,
LATE J. E. COOK .1 CO.,
G-r a nit oville. S. C..
DEALERS IN '
? IR lift @
w ly ly
iiroeeries, Drngs and Medicines
8G?TS, SHOES, HATS A.N2) CAP?
ISTotions, ?cc.
Orangeville, Oet 1
Om 10
B. L. Turner & Co.,
GRANITE VILLE, S. C.,
AT THE NEW STOKE, ar.! pr-j-ircd to sell
DRV GOODS, ROOTS, SHOES, CAPS a nd
rlATS. il ARD AVARE. GROCERIES, PATENT
M Jj MEINES, .tc, an ehe,], ?4 aug mau.
c ?vc m a share ofyour custom, Iricuds, and we
il give % ott satisfaction.
(. rangeville, Nor. (!, 3tu 45
""HTM M immiv,
fi. AM NOW preparcil to walt upon you to the.
.>e;t of my ability, and furnish you whatever
on shall call for in thc way ut
n:ii\r GOODS,
AND SUJVDK?JBi
S. F. 0OODE,E?i..lately nweinted with mr
M thc Dry Gouts and Mercantile htiplnc**, bav
0;: withdrawn his interest from thc eonrcvn, I
i nv respectfully soMri; fur myself a c'nirc of thc
patronage heretofore bestowed upon tho Firm.
to lu- found, ns heretofore f"- .-' inc months
oust, at, thc Coner-tb? old end well-known
'Ir^nd of Uland & Ratler. T have, nod constant
ly keep on hand, everything ;:: thc way of
Dry Goods, Groceries, &c
Usually found i\ a well-condneled Villr.gc Store;
ill of which f oCer for CASD AT 1 HE LOWEST
il ARK ET PRICES.
J, M, WITT.
Edgefkld, June IS, tf 20
MOUSE CARPENTEPilNG
AND
UISTIDS^T^I^: JUNTO 1
rzr^IIE Subscriber ri!?r,&''0*i'.";y nnrn.'Unc'cs to tho
B. ritixens of Edp? field District, that, ho is now
pr.pand Li execut- ALL RUILDING AND
CARPENTER'S WORK with fidelity aud dis
patch, and on reasonable term*.
Ile is also engaged, next door to tho Advertiser
(ifiice, in tho
Imileriakin? Business,
And hT on hand an assortment of REAUT1FUL
COFFINS, Rosewood finish, neatly trimmed, and
of thc latest styles. Prices ver'.' moderato.
My fine NEV/ HEARSE, with |t?ntlo Dorsos
Mid a Rood Drivor, will attend Futierais wbpn
desired.
Puring mv nhsoncc frote Hie s!.''p. Mr. .IAS.
CAUL, who'is conducting thc CABINET RESI
N'ESS in the sumo Rooms, viii give his individual
ittontion to all orders for COFFINS, Ac.
M. A. MARKERT.
Nov. 27. tf 48
I Pay up, and Save Costs !
I A T,L ,:is Indebted to mo for BlaeksmiUi
I J;%. w"rk. aro requested to pay Ibo sarao by tro
j 1st February noxL After that date their Accounts
I will l>o placed in tho haadd of T. II Clark, Esq ,
Jfor collection. ?
J.R.HENDERSON,
/au. J", if 2
Things That Never Die.
Thc pure, tho bright,.tho beautiful,
That stirred our hearts in youth,
Tho impulse of a wordless prayer,
Thc dream of love and truth,
Tho longings after something lost,
Tho spirit's yearning cjy ;
Thc strivings after better hopes,
* These 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 thc friend indeed;
Thc pica of mercy softly broathed
When justico threatens nigh ;
. Thc sorrow of a contrite heart,- . .
These things shall never die.
Thc memory of a clasping hand,
.Thc pressure of a kiss,
And all tho trifles, sweet and frail,
That make up love's first bliss,
If with a firm, unchanging faith,
And holy trust and high,
Those hands have clasp'd, those lips have met,
Those things shall never dio.
Tht cruel and tho bitter word
That wounded as it foll,
Tho chilling want of sympathy,
Wo feel but never tell.
Tho hard repulse that chills thc heart,
Whoso hopes wcro bounding high,
In an unfading record kept,
These things shall never die
Lot nothiuc pass, for every hand
Must find some work to do ;
Lose not a chance to uoikcn love,
Le firm and just and true,
So shall a light that cannot fado
Boam on tlr^o from on high,
And angels voices say lo thee,
These things shall never die.
THE M SER'S HEIR.
KY SYLVAN HTS COKU, JR.
411 teil you no, Agnes! I won't have it.
Ibo fellow emly wants my money. 1 know
ill these dandified j i ni cracks. They hang
around a lew bags of do]larsens crows around
.arrion. I won't have any such thing. Now
Jo you know.'1
'. euther, you judge Walter too harshly,
flo is a good man-honest and industrious-1
tnd
" Industri?os, say you ? By thc big ?ump,
I'd iike to know what he's got io show for his
ndustry."
'. ile has a .'cry superior education, father."
"Education? Fiddlesticks! Can he live on
Iiis educatiou ? CHU he make dollars of it?"
" Vu-, he cat; live on it. lie has already
obtained a good situation as clerk."
" And will carn just about enough to keep
im in tho ii;:o dollies he wears. I know
.ese fellow*. But there's an end on it. If |
?rou choose Lim rather toan your iioor old
at her, you can do so. I can live a'one-]
?bati't ?ive long ; you can-"
,; SU p, stop, lather. You have no right in
Lalk so. Yon know I could not leave you.''
And Agn< s Broman threw lier arms around
the obi man's neck, and kissed kini.and then
ike left the room. . ^
*' lt's cur?ous kow the.-:o young fools act,"
thc ui?.ser muttered to himself, after he hui]
watched his child depart. "There's been
wenly of til'' sharks after that girl-twenty
if 'ctn hovering around her, like man cate!.s
ificr a dead body. Don't I know what they
want? Aha, dou't I, though V li's my mon
3?TBilli ?^i*?.bt?.iM?*er loved^oue.ol' theo,
ill luis Adams came along. The jackanapes?
And ni'w shu want's to get married righi
iway. Nonsense! ^
Thu old mau bowed his head as hs spoke,
and he saw a drop upon the bick of 1rs hand
ii wa.? n bright drop, a::d thc rays of the stir,
were playing in i".
"She cried when sh;: kissed me," he v. his
tiered, wiping the tear ir?.tn hin hand. u 1
don't seo what male s her so tender hearted
jh? r.evrr took it norn me. But she may
have taken it fro?.?-"
Thc chi man stopped, and a cloud caine
?Vcr his wrinkled brow, for there was a
,:ang in his heart, lie remembered the gen
ie, uncomplaiuing hoing who had onie beer,
his companion, liie mother cf his child. liv
remembered how .she bc :atne his wife, ever,
when the bloom of manhood had p issed from
him, a:-..! cared fer him, and how she (aught
lier child to love and care for him, ton. Ami
i c remember, d how she had ?.over complain
ed, even while suffering, and how she had
died, wjth a smile and a blessing Upon her
lips, though the gold of her husband brought
lier no comforts.
Noah Breman bowed Iiis frosted head more
low, and in his heart ho wished jje could for
get all hut ibe few fleeting joys of his wife.
But he cou!d not forget. Ile could not forgei
that it had been whispered how his wile might
nave lived longer, had she had proper cloth
it.'gaud medical attention.
"But it would have cost so much ; I raved
money ?"
Al:, thc reflcctiqn would not remove thc
pang. Ti e other mern .ry was uppermost.
Noah Broman had passed t! alio!ted age
. if men, being over three score and ten, and
all his ?lV: had been devoted lo thc accumula
timi of moppy, ile had denied himself every
comfort, and bia heart pad boen almcst as hard
as the gold hf hoarded, hue va l>;s hair
grtW more white and spar.-p" and the years
came mere heavily upon him, he thought
more; rt-ll-ctcd more. The sweet smile ol
his wife was doing its mission now ; a .d the
pun. love of his gentle child was a continual
remembrance to him that lhere wore better
hearts tuas his own.
Ai length ibe miser arcs.-?, and pa?scd out
ci the room. Ile would havo left thc hilt;
but as he read: d the lillie entry way, he
heard a voice from tho garret. ft was his
child's. He crept np the rickety stairs, and
i oked*through a crack in thc door. He saw
Agnes upon ncr knees. Tears were rolling
down her cheeks, and her hands were clasped
towards Heaven and she prayed :
'.Oh. God! be good to my father, and
make his heart warm and peaceful ! Make
me to lore him with all tenderness, and ena
hie mo to do welland truly tho duty I pledged
to my sainted mother ! 1 promised I would
lo7e "and care for him always. Father in
Heaven, help me ! Oh ?help me!
Tao old man crept down stairs and out of
doors, and for a whole hour he walked alone
among the trees. He thought ugain of his
child ; and then, of his gold I And this was
not the first time ho had walked alone thor.
Ile did not himself know how great the in
fluence of bis child was exerting over him.
Ague?, pure, good, beautiful Agnes, wept
Jong and bitte.ly in her little garret, and
when slie had become calm, and her checks
wcro dry, she came down and got supper.
But sho was.not the smiling, happy being
that had Hilted about the scanty boafd here
tofore.
A few days after this, as Noah Brcman ap
proached bis cot one morning, he heard voices
from within. He peeped through a rent in
the coarse paper curtain, and saw Walter
Adams with his child. Her hoad was upon
Walter's shoulder, and his arm waa about her.
Walter was an orphan, and had Leen An
nes' .schoolmate, and her fervent lover through
all the virtuous man, nnd loved thc gentle
girl because she was so good and gentle, and
so beautiful- And sho loved bim, not only
because ho wa?, of all her suitors, thc only
one whose character and habits promised joy
and peace for the future.
;- J cannot leave my poor old (tither, Wal
ter,'" tho old mun heard his daughter say.
" I mu. t live to love and caro for him. On
ali tbp earth I am tho only one loft to love
bim. ItifllwdJ My heart may break I
But tbc pledge of love I gave to my dying
mother must he kept."
'. ".And so the great joy~drcara of my youth
must be changed to t!)is sad reality ! I can
uot.ask you to leave your father,, sweet Ag
nes, for the very truth in you vvbicli I wor
ship would he made a lie could you do so.
But I have a prayer. I pray that God in his
mercy way; remove thc 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 wcaltfiy than he is now. Then ho would
know how ?.o appreciate thc priceless bles
sings of hts sweet Agnes' love, and then the
crust might be broken, and his heart grow
human again. And more ?han al!," Waller
continued. ' winding his arm more closely
about the fair form of hts companion, and
speaking more deeply,' " then I could prove
to him- my love. Then I could take you to
my home ; and we could both love him and
care fur him whilo we" lived !"
Noah Breman. stopped to hear no more,
and as be;walked away, he muttered to him
self: 4 J
" 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 among thc great sycamores, ho wiped
something from his eye. Ile acted as though
a mote, hid been blown in there.
* Two weeks passed on, and Agnes grew
pale andjthin. She did not sing as she used
to, nor could she smile a3 had been her wont.
Still she murmured not, nor did her kindness
to her farther grow less. .
" Oh, God, help me to "love my father." sh?
prated ?W night. " Let not my grief make
me forget my duly !"
And the old man heard it.
One night Noah came home from the city,
and in his u>u;d In- brought a small trunk.
Ut! barred the door, and drew the tattered
curtains' close.
..See," he said, as he opened tho trunk,
and piled tint new hank noios upon the table.
" Lo..k?there, Agnes, and see how I have
wofkerTin my life tims. I had no educatio i,
nut. ?*? !a:d tip money-money-MON KY.
Qow .Ai\.ny men wou'd sci! mo all t heir brains
tu-mgbt for this. Sec ! one thousand-two
thr?04-i<ur-. Count them Agnes.
lucre's a thousand dollars in each package."
" Wt)' have voy taken it irom" the bank,
fatherK
.' Ttf Itt i!, my child ; lo let it at a round
it.tjreit, Agnes. 1 ?hall double :t, darling."
A lid whi le ibo oh! man's eye s: nrklcd with
evident satisfaction, his child wore a sad, sor
rowing look. And Ung after that she looked
al tue woikit.t: fe i?uros of her f.therand
|jrayojd that the G.du Fiend would sel him
Ires. ..
? Wileri Agfos retired shu left her father up ;
but.e're long sh.- beard him pt;:, hu ! it r lo trunk
?vvi?ji an ! ?o !:> ?iii bod ; .iud then shu i-I ? t
Hark ! What sound is thal? Agnesstuns
up in bifri.hr, and listens ; luit see, e. blight
ligut'?s gleaming out into thc night, and thick
vo.unies of Mtioki pour into thc garret. -
.'/Jfirr, lire.'' MIHI nh.'.! a voice from the en
tryiand she hears the sharp crackling npw,
anfflecls the heat.
SsAgucs, my child," ai.d in another mo
mc:j.', her faintr ?-N:J^.JU th.- stajrs. lie
is'Wfc?i*!, bw^?ieji^ok^_
"Take all your cl J: hing, Agnes, and you
can put them on i.t ibo CH;ry. Thu h.-use is
til on lire."
In a lew minutos more ibo father and ci i'd
.toud in ihe read? thu latter with ti bundle of
clothing in her i?a il, white th? former held
a small trunk. They gazed upon ?1 burning
building ; hut neither ol ilium spoke.
And others came .running to tho scene,
bat no one tried lo slay the flumes. And
the effort would have hi cn i-:->.*'e-s had il betn
made, for tbc old .?heil but ucl like tinder.
[Jut more still, no oro would have ma?n tho
oitort, Bven had success been evident, far th -
miserable old hut ir..1 too long oci-up.el,'
0 ic of the ('..irest ?pots (?I tuc village. Tin re
were no other buildings to ba endangered, so
they let the oid thin^ bum.
" 1'ou have your money safe," s-id Agnes.
" Yes. Sec, I toi ?t thc trunk. I !e!t thc
c itmle burning so tia! I could watch it But
1 went to shop, :.:!.! the candle must liavo
fallen over. But. I got the trutik." As he
spoke he held it np und gazed upon it by
the light ol' the flaring ruins.
" Thal is not thc Trunk !" whispered Ag
ues in M ! fr ght.
"Nur-." But the old man spoke no
further. He saw fcc bad tfckcn tho wrong
trunk. This wa.: uni)' filled willi old do^di
aud dusty receipts.
"?RainedI Jsisl!" groaned Noah Breman.
r.s ho turned from thc scattered embers. "I
had fifty thousand dollars in that trunk, ami
votiere are they now ?"
" Never mind," said Agnes, winding her
arms about her lather's neck, we'll bc hap
py without it."
* * * . V * *
(- What," uttered Noah Breman, gazing in
to Walter's lace. ''Do you mean that you
will give P^fl a home Up ; that you will pro
vide lor me, and Keep.roc7"
" Yes," returned the youth hopefully, " I
could never be happy with Agnes, much as I
love her, if I thought her poor old father had
no home. Come, wo will live together, aud
he as happy as the days are long."
" But your salary, young man V . .
"Is suHicicni for us, s r. I have five hun
dred dollars a year. We cen Jive on that,
and lay up something, too."
11 We''i WfcH > toke ^er, love her, bp. good to
her, make her happy, don't never
When .tho. old mau saw thc joyous tears
leap from his child's eyes, he turned away
and walked quickly from thc house; but he
was not so cjutck 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 thv gentle, beautiful
Agnes, when she became the wife of Walter
Adams. Thc rose bloomed ugain upon her
happy face like sunshine all the dav long.
." Do you pray to God to help von to love
mc now ?" the old man asked a!ter ho had
lived with Walter some months.
" Woy,, what do yeti mean ?" Agnes asked
in surprise.
" You used to pray so, for I havo bcird
you," returned Noah.
A moment the young wife gazed into her
parent's face, and she answered, while sue
threw her arm3 about his neck, ':Ob,-I-pray
that you may be spared to us for long years
in ponce, and" happiness, but love you ? Oh !
1 could not help it if I should try. And
Walter loves you very much, for he has told
rac so many times."
There was something more than usual in
the old man's eye now.
One evening as the Happy trio sat nt the
tea taftle, Walter looked mora thoughtful iban
was his wont.
" What is it love ?" Agnes asked.
" 0, nothing, the husband said, with a stiii?e,
"I wa3 only thinkiug."
" But o? what."
u Onlv caslle building, that's i? nil."
"In thc air, Walter," asked Noah.
,; Yea, very lug!? if the air," the young mar.
return*.!, wi ii :: '?ugh.
.' But iel! us what it is."
Well, I'd as lief ti;!! you as not. . Mr. O.s
gojd is tu ioUrTe ?rom oin- firm in ? lew day3.'
tit ?8 well advanced in years and he made ?
OTtunc ?n the business, and will live now fi
j comfort and health alone. He has not bcei
j very well of late years/'
* And is that nil ?" . -
* No. I ara to be advanced to the post o
head book keeper, with a salary of twclvi
hundred dellars."
" And is that ali ?"
"Yes."
" But what casllc in the air, is there abeu
that."
,f 0, that isn't the castle.'
u Then what is the castle ? Urged thi
old man playfully."
" Why, simply this, said Walter, laughing
but yet almost ashamed to tell it: This noon
Mr. Osgood patted rae on the shoulder anc
said he-in his playful way-Walter, I'll eel
you all .my interest heie for fifty tliousanc
dollars."
" ila, ha," laughed Nc>a*h Bremau, " ant?
yoa thought he'was in earnest."
"No, no," quickly returned the you np
man, " I did not think tltat, though I ' knou
that the other two partners would be willing
to have me for an-associate."
i; But it seems to me eld Osgood holds his
share in tLe concern at a high figure."
" Ob. no. Ii is a very low one. There i
clear capital of one hundred and fifty thou
saud dollars in tho business at this moment,
and then think of all lbs standing and good
will which goes fur nothiug.
'. Ha, ha, ha," laughed the old man again.
Then Waker laughed, and then they fin
iehed their supper.
On the next evening Walter Adams came
iii and sank down on thc sofa without speak
ing. He was pale aud agitated, and his eyes
had a vacant wondering look.
" Walter !"' Cried Agues, in terror, " what
has happened ?"
" He's sick," muttered Noah Brcman, with
out looking around.
.'No, i.o, n'-ffcick," rt tamed the young tr ?1
starting up ! li But I ara the victim of a mis
erable trifiing."
''Eh ? How so?'.' Asked old Noah, now
turning his chair..
"Til tell you," said Walter, with a spas
modic cfijrt. "I had some lorjg entries tn
p sr. this evening, so I remained ?D the count
ing room after the rest had gone. Twas still
at work when Osgood came in and placed
some pap rs on tn}' desk, saying as ho diu BO,
'. Here Waker, 'bess are.yours ; and then he
wont out. W?.en I (ifished my work I open
ed the papers. The first was a sort of inven
tory of wu.it Osgood bael owned In the busi
ness, and footed up, in square numbers, forty
nine thousand eight bunded and seventy five
dollars. The'next paper was a deed colive)
ing the whole v;ist p'rovcrty to me, and mak
ing rae a partner in the concern upon equa
fouling with thc other two !"
11 Well," said the old man, thumping I is
foot up:irf the carpet, and keeping lime
with his bands, u 1 don't see anything very
b^d iu that."
'.But 1 do," replied Walter. " It is crml t
trifie with me thus."
Chere was something .in Noah's eye again,
but'he managed to get it outj u:.d Un n ii
apotie thu-> :
" Walter Adams, when young men, used
to hover about ray chili*, I believe, they uer.
only after my gold ; an i I knew that in mo~l
cases I was correct. I bel temi the same ol
you. 1 knew nothing but the love of money
could underlie human action. My heart hud
become hardened bj; it, and my soul darken
ed. But it was ?or ny sweet child to pour
the warmth and light into wy bosom. Li
? -wes-for-her to keep before mc, thu image os
the gentle wife whom I ha l loved and lust,
but alas I who occupied a place in that 1- vi
second to my gull! It was for my child lo
open gradually, bur ecreiy, founts of feeliuv
v. hich had been for a life-time closed u;>. 1
beard-her pray for mt-pray th:-.: she utit'ln
lovcj rae-ih;it she mig ht hare help !'r"in God
I tu love m>-; ami t- at was alter I had refused io
let her bc your wife. I saw her grow pal
and sorrowful, ami .viii ulla prayed God lo
help her-help her what 7 Help her love
bet lather! 1 was hilling her and she trier
I to smile upon me. 0 .e evening i heard yon
both conversing in the "old hut. My chi!-'
I chose misery with dn'y :o her father rather
j i!;:!;t break thal duty hi union with the mai.
?jho loved. You prayed that i might be made
penniless-Stop] bear roe through. You
would then show d sintere&tcducss. I wa.ked
ti way alni pjndercd. Could it be that I had
found a man who woe ld lovo an ol i wreck
like rovsrif, without money. If it was so.
ti-.tii lu-.A wou d b eak thc!n~r layer of a Ci Us'
C om my soul. I determined to test you. J
bad gained a glimmering*of light-my heart
had ot'giin to grow warm-I prarcd fervently
tltat I i*rii t not be disappointed. I went to
tho bt|uk. and drew out fifty thoa'and do.
h..'.., ia bills. That nigh} my miserable .old
|::;t was set o:i-or itcuugut lire. 1 s-ball not
say bul will always tliink ftwas Tny candie
did il hu'*'ho old shell burnt down, a- Jr Om
IV s made for a better building, I o nae ou
with th? wrong: trunk; and tho niher "trunk
was burnt np. But the money wasn't h>. i\
No, no I had that safely stuiled in my bosom
and deep pockets, and-ail butt med np; and
i hie next day I carried it ali back to the bank
: and had it put up with a few thousand more
which J. hadn't disturbed. And so my expel'
I ?munt commenced ; anti l found thc lull sim
i .-lune at last. "Aye. 'Walter, -; found you
j the noble, ltuo mau 1 hud prayed lor. IV.
j took tue into your he me and loved when you
thought me penniless, and you took my child
j to your bosom for just what God had made
her.
j " And now, my boy, I've been doing a bit cl
work in the dark, ivo paid Mr. O.sgood fifty
? thouvtud dollars in ca-h for his share in tht
i business and it is all yours. And let me tell
I you one more thing, my boy ; ?fy mr two part
j ners can raise fifty thousand more to invest,
j just tell 'eui you can put in five and twenty
? thou and inoio ut twelve hour's H"tice. Te I
: 'em that old Noah ain't quite ashore yet ! A
Heart, my boy ! Come here Agnes, come here
Waiter. God bles.-, you both,-bless you as
v..ti have blessed me !"
Nobody pretended that they had motes in
thc eye now. lor the occasion of the weeping
was palpable.
LOVE ANH DIFUSO.-Tito pdiio?.oi the
Galveston Ncw?&t highly excited tho other
iiiirhL during the performance o? the " Lady
of"Lyims," for while Claude and Pauline
?rere billing and cooing on tlip stage in front
of him a fresh married couple from the emin
Iry, alongside of him in the boxes, got at it
in'real earnest, and right before folks. Says
the News : ? - .
" Tho lady's head reeled lovingly upon-the
shoulder of the gentleman, whilst his ann
encircled her waist, and warm and fervent
were the kisses he Imprinted i:p:jii her glow
ing '.beek. The lady relieved thc gentleman
of his burden, ami his turn came "to recline
noon her shoulder, whilst her arm was around
his neck, ever aird anon gently palling him
upon the hack. Thon thc K-'enc changed,
whee, oh, horrors I wo were sir eked ui -se?
the lady produce a snuif- box, in sur!, a, utui.
lu thc villainous C3tnp0und, and e;o deliberr
ately to Work rubbing it upon, her teethe"
With tho dipping" away weat all the ro
manee, aud the News wau moved .away mar
voliug.
f?S?" A clprgymr.n" " down {?4SI? asked a
woman he had baptized, ass!:.1 was coming
e*it-ol tho water, bow sue foll In ber mind,
atih was somewhat "surprised to'hcar her an
ewer " Bully.v
BG?T If a-Oofi's'instol- hrS six barrels, V.w
inaoy barr?la ougU; a horae pUtol to faaVo'?
r from fie Jewlerry Herald.
1 Foreign Immigration.
MESSRS. EDITUKS :-I band you fur publi
cation tee following letters, showing wha". can
f bo done if energy is used in thc procuring ol
2 immigrants from Europe. Thc occasion ol
this correspondence is this. On my way tc
Florida last month I met Mr. Merrin": non
.the train to Charleston, and the conversation
t turning upon the condition of the country
and the subj- ct o? labor, he mentioned to me
the letter he had received from, the Rev-Mr.
* White, Zurich, Switzerland, and spoko of
puDlishingit. On returuing-horae I hati not
> heard any thing-of Mr. White's letter to Mr.
1 Merriman, and I wrote to him in relation to it.
I Hue lettjr No. 1., is tho lofer addressed lo
I me by Mr. Merriman, in reply to. minc. Let
I ter No. 2.. is the letter ot' Mr. Merriman to
Rev.. B. F White, and letter No. 3.", is from
I Kev. Mr. White lo Mr. Merrimau, givirg in
formation upon what terms laborers' c?;n be
' procured! of what character the per-om- wilt
' be. and bow they "viii come recommended.
I As so much labor is removing from this part
of the country ; and as it 1s important that
tho lands should net be left to- grow cp in
weeds, and thus be converted into a wilder
ness, and be deserted, it is important that our
people should make all necessary efforts ;o re
store the coat^'ry t<> its former, and eren gtea'
er, prosperity.. People must begiu to work
to accomplish something. Plans to sicure
immigrants must be matured, and the people
must .see to it that their lauds shall bc cul
tivated, and improved, Tho country can be
improved, but energy is r-'quired to effect it.
The attention of the people will be direct
ed-to this subject during the curse of this
year, and that too in time tc make all the ne
ces-ary arrangements for the introduction of
foreign labor, for the year 1868.
HENRY SUMMER.
GREENWOOD, S. C., Jan. 0, lirGG.
HENRY SUMMER, ESQ'R-Dear Sir-I have
received yours of thc 8th ult., and contents
duly noticed. And in order that you may
folly understand the correspondence, I senil
voit the let-ter I wrolc, and also the auswers
io it.-by Rev. B.P. White.
I-have not had the lotter published, but
>hutiid you deem it worth doing please to ask'
'he kindness of the Eiitors to do so f3r the
general good.
Your ob't Scrv't.
.L. D. MERRIMAN.
GREENWOOD, S. C., Oct. 18, Hfiti.
REV. B. E. WHITE-Dear Sir-I have seen
the statement of thc letter of yours, dated
Zurich. Switzerland, July 17th ult., saying
von could furnish Swiss labourers from Swit
zerland, lt is now too bte to obtain them,
f r next year's crop. If you caa make ar
rangements with ten hands, to come for the
vet: IStiS, and give mc notice, I will arran.-."'
with the house of Messrs. II. B. Cia*.ton, k
Co., of New York to" pay their passage to
Charleston, S. C.
When I receive an assurince from you of
a'i ; rrangement. I will forward to the United
S ales Consul the necessary arrangetcent for
their passage. I will want them foi three
years upon the terms proposed in -yours of
July 17. Say after'deducting all expens.es of
the farm and travelling to said farm, .hey to
Uko one third of the profits for their services.
1 will al.-o promise to sell them land low
a d give them tim" to pay for it. so they may
have a home nf their own lor ever. Our eli
' nate is pleasant and healthy. Your
0'.?d't serv't,
|L. D. MERRIMAN.
Messrs. II.B. CMFTOJ: & Co., N. Y:
Sirs : enclosed lind a letter addressed to
me by Mr. L. P. Merriman of Greenwood,
S. C. I answer through you, believing tba
I can in this way have tho labourers for Mr.
Merriman* at bia house'by 13th of January
which will be in good time for the-crepof
1S.?7. Picase telegraph to him that I hav
ibour 300 laborers ready to start with lc*
days notice. I can sc d men.with or witkou
families. From here to New York by Steam
er it will Cost $35 per - r-nvn pers-ju. B
-.ill vessel it will cos*. ?4*2 all expenses incb
ded. I will send none but such as are wed
reeommer.ded for honesty and industry by
both the civil and Chm eli authorities. Le
rne know whether to send families or sit gi
men. Ten men will cost $530 anl their fami
li?? will cost about $1200 per steamer, per
* sail ten men will cost $420 and ten families
about ??000. To get families is probably
better. 1 wiil not rcmaiu here air.il next
tall, and cannot teil hew engagement* now
would bc ?net then. The House of Stutz &
Co., who are immigrant agents lu re will" fur
ward any persons desired. By telegraphing
simply thp price and the fact that wc hav
300 laborers r?-?dy, and ctn have them it;
N. Y., by the 10:;; of January, I thir.k Mr.
M.. will ord. r Hiern mi'mcdi?Hcly.
Yours Ac,
B. P. WffiTE.
Zurich Switzerland, Nov. I Ith 1S66.
What Hie Love ol' -aouey^Docs !
A gcod illustration of the results of a love
of moaoy was fttrr.iu'.icd recently in Paris ii
tu:; c.isc of a baroness who dird at the ag
of liv years The appearance of her apart
menis inulcated eztn O.'dinary reglen. Thcr
was scarcely any furniture; the dust/of yeat?
obscured the window par.es, and the paprr t n
the walls was spottet, and rotten. The plac*
i appeared to have boen uninhabited -'rora time
imroem ?rial, and yet the baroness had lived
* ihor'125 years, paying an annual rent ol
I. ?OOf. lu tho bedroom, stretched upon t
, truckle bed. and partly covered with filth
Tag?-, lay thc body r,f tho baronesa. An ex
. aminatio.? showed that death, arose fionwcak
II. s.- eau-cd by want of food. It further ap
: pear?d that Hie bad starved herself willfully .
and indeed in point of avarice thc brrr.'?; es
I would havo horne away thc palm from liar
i pagon> or Gosbeck. Notwithstanding her
Considerable fortune, estimated at ?"30.000
? or $250,000, a year, .she always went Clotbcc
liku a beggar, and citen solicited charity in.
lucjstreet She lived on crusts of bread, tin
refuse of cabbages and other vegetables, and
such like garbage th".t SAO piekrd up from
dir', heap;. A few days before her death she
fell down from weakness, while p.issine th?
d or of thc concierge, from. want of food:
but she refused to take some refreshment
pr< ff red to her, no doubt fearing that J-he
w >uld haw to pay fur it. She .succeeded in
gaming her apartments, aud Was n>jt alter
' \v.;riii> seen alive.
KtKDXESS TO N"-(iROES-Wc like to Sci
kindness to worthy -negroes, and ?ve encour
age it en al! occasions'; wo even like to see t:
former master take .A faithful old fccrvant by
th.; baud and give it a kindly shake; but then
is a certain unmistakable familiarity ofte'i
exhibited, now a-days, that is supremely di
gu-tii'g, and we eau (eel no rcspeq- for a mit:
or woman who can exhibit it.
This disgusting familiarity is gcuernliy af
lected by persons who have, in former time*
been cmre! and iuluunan to slaves, and wh
. now, from motives of policy, would pander t<
; their worst passions. This is all wrong, an<
I cannot but result in evil consequtuoes, . Tht,
j m gro will never respect-thoso who do no:
i respect themselves, and now, that we have
I so little left us beyond our own ?clf-respe?U.
j if-.ve once give that up," wo bhall sink our
scias and our country to a state of depravi
ty ir, whie! our children's children wingrove!
. through ages bf darkness and misery.
-i^..-^_
' *!r2?- r< b , what did the Isrr.Hlitcs do when
;l:ey4-r'*siedvtlie R'"? ??a-2" Ski duanoybuv
ft- ?ueih they dried themselves." ...
" Grecn,backs,"--or the round ot*
Flcsh-WhicU?
Wc cordially endorse the following excel
lent and sensible article from our esteemed
cotemporary the " Lanca-tcr Ledger."
"We regret to see some disposition manifested
not te receive United State? currency at par
for existing liabilities.. At a time like ihis,
when money is so scarce, and. the country de>
pressed by a failure of crops aud other causes,
Greenbacks ought to be received readily by
creditors 33 a basis of compromise with their
dcb. ors. Tb talk of relief by stay law?,
or scaling of debts by legal measure, is a
mere; waite oftlme-afict of which the pcop'e
are now pretty thoroughly convinced, but a
great relief may, and ought to be extended,
through a willingness on the part of creditors
to offer liberal terms of settlement. There
arc doubtless some exceptions, but thc "Cases
are rare, where greenbacks at par would not"
bo a fair and equitable satisfaction of any
existing liability. Not to re?oive it is evidr-i?ce
of a grasping and uncompromising spirit ;
and if generally folio wed,, 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, thby
should be delayed, and otheis, more liberal .
and indulgent, preferred.
Where there are judgments and execu
tions; preferences aro not practicable, but .
where the Sheriff, in obedience to orders'
'from a grasping Shylock, collects his judg
ment debt in gold and s'dver, ho does so at
His 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 tendel' for tho pavmcnt
of debts.
The ouly decision which wc have in this
State is adverse to thc legal tender law, and
it isjgenerally believed that tho Court of Ap
peals will sustain the Circuit decision. But
oven in tho latter event, thc point is not then
settled: ca some suppose. The dccUiniof
the highest Tribunal in the S'a.te, affecting a
law of Congress, if made ayainxt (he hnr, is
not conclusive of th^ question, even within
the limits of "South Carolina.
Thc Supreme Court of lin: United States
;ia3 appellate jurisdiction : in certain cases,
over final deciiions in State Courts. If tho
decision is agninst the constitutionality of a
law of Ccfngres*. there is an appeal, by writ
of Error, to the Supreme Court of the United
S'.atc-s, as the appellate Court of the la<r. re
sort. Judiciary Acts 1789, .Sec. NNV, Kent
Com.vol. 1, .113-"J21. Williams vs. Norris
12 Wheaton 117.
In view of Vhat is clearly thc public policy
of the country, with a fair .'bow of cons'.itn
tion.il argument on thc same side, it is mete
than probable that this question v iii ultimate
ly bc decided in favor of the law cf'Congrcs.s
W'e repeat, therefore, that thc executive officer
who undertakes to decide in advance that a
law of Congress is null and void, sud ads
?ccordingly, docs so at his peril. A safer
course would be to assume that fhe law is '
constitutional until it is declared otherwise
by thc constituted anthoritk'*v
If thc currency is generally received in
paymeut of debts, it will no' only bc a public
co venience, but will be ono means of reliev
ing the country of its present embarrassed
condition ; a contrary course will leadlo great
annoyance, distress and ceaseless litigation.
Another Order from thc Bureau.
The following order frcm the Bureau ai
Columbus,- Ga., appears in thc papers ol' tb.it
city :
BUREAD CY H. F. AND A. L, "i
OFFICE A. S. A. CCM'R, \
COLUMBUS, Ga., January 7, 1867. j
Circular No. 1.
Persons making controe s fo^this year aro
hereby informed tba-, thc Regulations of tow
Uurcau for last year are s'i'l ia force. No
contract will bc- considered b'nding ut:k-^>
ipproved by an Olden- or Cr.il Agent of Uo
iJureau, und freed people hoing cogged by
contracts not approved bysiuch authority, aro
it liberty to leave their employers' service :>t
my time. Should any difference e-ee?:r i i
regard lo compensation for their seiticrs,
luring the timo they veno employed, ?ho
employers will hg required to pay the high
? .st prices that are paid in their scelioii of tLo
couutrv.
FRKD. M OS E I> A C ii.
Br't Msjorand A. S. A. Convg, .
. District of?Columbus. -
One of our Alabama exchanges publishes
this order, arid makes 'thc following com
ments :
Let the Bureau restrict itself fo,itslegit?
mate duties and net interpose an unnecessary
officiousness in ibo reVaticns of the two rac? <
:n this ccftntry.- We believe honestly, fJi&V
the Southern people pent rally have not onjy
-.cquiesced, without liageriug regret, in ibo
itw relation*) now sustained t&wart's ii.. "i
by their former- slaves, but fully recoffoizn
i be justice and obligation of according the ni
he rights prescribed by thc law, and of trial
mg ihorn with kindness and humanity, Ibo
aw puts both on aa equality as to the con*
tact, aud both hive equal.remedies ta i s.
. -ola ion. Besides annulling the law and
-citing up in its p'ace ti c will cf tho cou-.
Handing officer, thc order is obnoxious for
the addition?! reason, that while it is imper;
cant io'individual and general prosperity, that -
, i he fr.v-imtiD should be ir.dusirie>us ?nd CbO
tented, it ence urages idleness, pauperism, tiid
A spirit of oppressive extortion and cxact'ou,
----
WELL PUT.-In i letter from Ge?. Wil
liam Preston, in response to an inquiry of
whether he would allow hts name to bo used
io connection with tho candidacy foi* the
Kentucky Governorship*, is the hollowing rc* .
terence to ibo third clause cl the Consti?itu*
tiol?al Amendment : ....
lt ihe people accept their own pcr.lon
ender the amnesty-by "the sacriSoe-of iha?t
chiefs, and trusted comrades, and lead;.-rs}
then indeed are our misfeAtnncs irremediable .
nd our dishonor unfathomable. When a
Virginian can look-in the face cf Lee, or*
Kentuckian in that of Brackenridge, or a South
Carotinian-iu that of Hampton, and o~.:i say -
to himself,11 regained my right's by: desert? s
ing and denouncing yours',' then in sooth is
our degd'aratron perfect.''
A BLOODY AND UXRI:I.ENTIXO-FI;CD_Tti-v-.
.uisvill.- Journal, of the 14th insr.,'contain?
.;d surs anially thc following :
Two families of Carter County, East Tea--,
lessee, named Roberts and Johnson, huyo
oem waging a bloody war beljyceu each
other-dor twenty years. During this limo
bari er n tuen belonging to the. two faniiii.M .
lave h st their lives, and on thc evening of ,
'.be 5th inst, ia Elisabeth, Tennessee, ta?
-ole surviviug males of tho two families cr>
*agcd in an altercation which resulted fatally
?0 both. . a>.-:? . .,
This domestic war originated about a doz^ .
.n fetnee rails.
An English jury has decided that when a
man who js smoking in a railroad car rcfusea
to remove his cigar .at the request of his fel
lb.v,passeugers, they havo the right to knock
it out ci his mouth.
?SC" Tho months Jo life most fatal, aro
February and March, August and September
hu first two for throat and lung difficulties, ..
md thc laue- two for stomach and bowel ,
complaints. May and June are tho healthiest
months in tho year.
" Iko" was partaking of pudding onco.on _
tirai, whoa old lady Partington adv'sod Lim ta ,
?top, aa fe?i hai;aijea4y ,j? tT?ke^mora.?aaj?OHS*,^.
was any necessary for." ' A3*?ITWU U rS*"?
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