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EDGEFIELD, Si. C., JANUARY 30, 1867.
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VOLUME XXXH.-Ko.
C. & A. C
Insuranc
No. 221 Br
Represent i?e following
' THE GEORGIA HOME.
MERCHANTS. .".
JEFFERSON.
CITY FIRE.
MERCHANTS' A MECHANICS'....
STAK FIRE.
NATIONAL MARINE AND FIR!
NEW ENGLAND.
ASSOCIATED FIREMAN'S.
NORTH AMERICAN.
VIRGINIA.
UNION.
INSURANCE AND SAVING.
ATif
SOUTHERN MUTUAL LIFE.
SOUTHRRN ACCIDENTAL.
?&?MR. D. R. DURISOE is our authorized
wishing to insure will find it to their interest to ca]
Augusta, Oct 22
" FiM?ll?? i?iT~
stablished in Charleston in 1837,
And in Augusta in 1848.
T'lE Subseri'-er takes pleasure in informing
lae residents of EJgcfitld and tho adjoin
ing Districts that he has Veen appoirted Agent
for the THREE BEST PIANO MAKERS
IN THE WORLD, vix:
S CE I NITA J. & SONS, New York,
CHICKERING .fc SONS, Boston,
HAZELTON BROS., Nen-York.
And he -.viii sell their Instruaienu ac FACTO
RY PRICES, with freight added.
Portons wishing to pur?'uj.-e a SUPERIOR
PIAXO FORTE *ill ploi=csend fur Circulars
and Illustrated Catalogues, and they will Cud
they can purchase from tho BEST MAKERS, at
HS Lou* Prices as they eau of inferior ones.
Illustrated Catalogues and Circulars sent freo
of ail charges.
GEO. ?. OATES,
24x0 Broad Street,
AUGUSTA, GA.
;35ry~Also, Agmt for Mason tfc Hamlin's cele
brated CABINET ORGANS.
Apr M tf ;i7
ES?ABUSHED IN 1850
THE Subvert- ^<^<TJv|?
be r WO ti ld re- ?ff?!fi>?2s??L j
?cctfully in-?3&3^??3??>\
forsi r ite citizens.of Edgcfielii and tho snrronncl-J
in< country, that bc keeps a SPECIAL ESTAIS- jj
LIS II M E.VT ror tho REPAIR of WATCHES f
and JEWELRY. All wor'< entrust id to nisi,
cir? Trill _bo executed promptly, neatly, and. i
warranted for one year. 4u {
At his Store tvill be found one of tho largest \
Stock?! of j j
Gold ?and Silver Watches,' j
Of thc be<t Europeana*!tl American manufacture {
ia th s S rathe ra Skates, with a select assort
ment of
RICH AND NEW STYLES ETRUS
CAN (?OLD JEWELRY.
Sot with Diamonds, Pouria, Rubios, Oriental Gar- ?
nets, Coral. Ac. Als-?. SOLID SILVER j
WARE, consisting of full
TEA SETS, WAITERS," ICE ANO j
WATER PITCHERS, CASTORS,
GOBLETS, CUPS, FORKS, SPOONS,
At.d everything in thc Silver Ware linc.
FINE SINGLE AND DOUBLE BARRELED
Colt'*, Smith .t Weston's, Cooper's, Reinming
ton's, Sharp's. Derringer's,
PISTOLS.
And many others of the latest invention.
FINE CUTLERY. SPECTACLES. WALKING
CANES, PERFUMERY. P0RT.M0N1AE3,
AND FANCY GOODS
Of every varioty t- bo found in a first class Jew
elry' Establishment.?
A. PE?MT?3T, .
Ono Door below Augusta Hotel,
1(13 Brond Street, Augusta, Ga.
Oct 15 * Cm +2
GUNS, PISTOLS, CUTLERY, !
I STILL CONTINUE THE GUN BUSI
NESS at my old stand, 215 Broad Street, and
my STOCK IS NOW COMPLETE, as follows:!
Double and Single Barreled GUNS ;
POWDER, SHOT and GUN CAPS, all vario
tie<;
FIXED AMMUNITION for all sized Pisto:.?;
Powder FLASKS, Shot BAGS, G une BAGS :
CJU'S, Sm th & Wessons, hr.d other PISTOLS
Also, afino Stock of POCKET KNIVES, of
Rogers uni Westonhalm's nuke;
Rogers' T ABLE CUTLERY ;
PAD LOCKS and DOOR LOCKS, &c.
As my G?N3 wcro m ide to ordor in England
expressly for mc, they are warranted to bo un A
Ni?. 1 article-.-and to give. satisfaction, atti at
prices to snit thc times.
REPAIRING OF GUNS done promptly.
E. Ii, ROGERS,
No.. 2i5, Broad St., Augusta, Ga.
Dec .'5 . 2m 49
J. W. BAO rt. J. T. BACOS
J, W BACON & BRO,,
Wholesale and Retail Manufacturers and Dealers
in all kin ls of
SADDLES, HARNESS,
TRUNKS, LEATHER,
RUBBER AND LEATHER BELTING,
Wood Hames, Whips, Valises, Carpet
Ba^s, Shoe Pindi ups,
French and American Calf Skins,
And all other kinds of Leather, Ac.,
160 Broad Street,
INDER THE AUGUSTA HOTEL
AUGUSTA, GA.
i^-SADDLESand HARNESS Repaired and
made to order.
Augusta, Oe 22 3m tl
Just Arrived!
A LARGE Stock of OVERCOATS,
ranging in price from ?12 to 810.
Now ca Hand,
A Pirst Rotc Steck of ali kinds of
31 ENS and BOYS CLOTHING.
AJI Goods at Very Lowest Prices*J
J? A* FAS WJ5KLE?
A??B8ta? Jfov H te 0
e Agents
oad Street,
Insurance Companies:
.. of Columbus, G..
.. of Hartford, Conn.
.. of Scottsvillc, Va.
.. of Hartford, Conn.
. cf Baltimore, Md.
. of Now York.
. of Noir Orleans, La.
. of Hartford, Conn.
. of Baltimore, Md.
of Hartford, Conn.
of Staunton, Va.
of Baltimore, Md.
of Richmond, Va.
SO,
of Columbia, 6. C.
of Lynchburg, Va.
Agent for Edgefield and ^vicinity, end parties
1 on bim.
6m 45
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
Boots, Shoes; fcc, AT,,
Ko. 314 Broad Street,
A UCr U S TA, G E OK G TA,
Respectfully solicits the patronage ol'his friend.
o? EJgefield Ui?trict, S. C.
Augusta, Nov. 5, 3m 45
J. M. YOUNGBLOOD,
WITH
R. C, & H. Hi L?STERUNG
GROCERS, .
AND
General Commission Merchants.
Nu. 130 BROAD STREET,
AUGUSTA, GA-i
RESPECTFULLY i??g karo to inform their
friends ?I Kdgrfield and iii?! adjoining Distriot.-.
iud lb-.- JJII'.Ji,- generally, (Lat t?xcj have < II han
ind ?rc constantly receiving, A WELL SE
LECTED STOCK OE
??rj)ceric3 o?' EVery Description,
?Vhich thVy offer at tire-the LOWEST MARKET j
PRICES.
They ?iii also girt- strict attention to thc Salt
?f all COUNTRY PRODUCE Consigned io them
An.i ??iii lil; all orders, in their lins, with dis
patch, at thc iowejt market prices.
Augusta, Oct 22 tf 43
JOHN C. B OHLE R
WITH
H. WARNER & CO.,
DEALERS IN
FINE LIQUORS,
Family and Fancy Groceries,
TOBACCO' CIGARS AND SNUFF..
PIPES OF ALL KINDS,
Powdor, fSiiot, 0<tvips,
FANCY NOTIONS'
AND
Musical Instruments;
AND ALL KIND OF STRINGS.
ALSO, DEALERS IN
Ready IHtodc Clo?hiugr,
Staple and Fancy Dry GoodSj
BOOTS. SHOES, HATS AND CAPS,
PERFUMERY ANO SWEET SOAPS,
No. 142 and Ml It roa tl Street,
AUGUSTA, QA.
Nov. 6, Cm 45
J. S. COLES,
FACTOR- AND FORWARDING
MSBCHA3KTT,
'1M Itrynoltl Street,
(Near South Carolina Depot,)
AUGUSTA, GA.
Will ScH Cotton and Produce Gen
erali)')
OR RECEIVE THE S A M E ON STORAGE.
Will Furnish fir Purchase Planters'
Snpplic*.
Augusta, Ang 15 ?m -33
?A?NS?
THE " LAMP MAN,"
No. 172 ?road Street, Augusta, Geo,.,
INTENDS to parilj change his buiness, and
Kilro.TKr for THIRTY DAYS
Great [Bargains!
IN
USPS. CHANDELIERS, &c, &c,
Mrst of his Goods will bo offered for "Gro'r
Backs" AS LOW, AND SOME LOWER, thai
tho (?old price prior to tho War.
This i? a RAKE CHANCE to all who need any
kind of L imps.
And it ought to bc known that Mr. FARR now
sells the only
Genuine Kerosene Oil
To bo found in Augusta, and at ?arno price of
Petroleum.
j?^Doo'l forget that ho has mored to Vt'Z
Broad Strpct. opposite tho Augusta Hotel, sign
of tho RED LANTERN as before.
>\ B-Messrs. MOORE k BROWN, CROCK
ERY and GLASSWARE DEALERS aro located
in same Building
Augusta, Dec 10 lm 50
Close Accounts.
nn'IE Undersigned would respectfully inforrr
1 JL all who nrc indebted to him on Account;
modo io I860 and 1S11, that thc Aerounts inns'
ho closed by the ln:h February ne.xf, otherwise
j they irill be put into judgment to pravent then
from iroing out of dat?.
Como and sec nie, and you may savo paying
Wlt -4 JAS. li. SULLIVAN.
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IRS. 0. s. mm,
importer and ttliolcsnic mi;! Retail Dealer i
SB Ib-ib BB SS Yt
STRAW AND FANCY GOODS,
MAIN STREET,
(Next Door to Fisher & Ileintisb,)
Columbia, S. C.,
INVI TES THE TRAUE examine h>r IT'LL
.'TOCiv and VARIED ASSORTMENT of
BONNETS AND HATS,
Trimmed nnd Untrimmed;
RIBBONS AND FLOWERS,
Of all descriptions;
LADIES' 1IA?U, /
In every Color and Shape;
Vise, Plain and French CORSETS,
fhicl will bo sold very lo-.v.
Columbio, Oct 22 3m 13
s.
ii
B OWE IIS,
UAIUBUltG, S. C.,
GENERAL COMMISSION
MERCHANT,
CO?T0.\ F A C T ORS,
. AND DEALER IN
GROCERIES. BACON, LARD, FLOUR.
BAGGING, ROPE, TWINE,
TOBACCO, SEGABS, ic,
.f?.W?Nd cliansel hi* Grocery Agtnev inloo
.IE?.TRAT. COMM :S5fO^ Rl^IXIiSiLiv.ilLtnk.:.
irait plcasnrc In meeting tho wnuts.of Iiis ola
Friends and Customer.*.
II? will p ?'viii.; IIIO !!EST PRICE Tor COTTON
JOUNTBY PRODUCE, ic, or will receive thc
?imo on Storage.
J/'S ? Consignments respectfully colloitod.
. farmers and Planters, nnd the public generally
nrftl find it to their interest to give ina a call.
S. E. y.V>Vi ERS.
?Hamburg, Oct. 1, tf 40
)K & BEB8?
J11.KS M. Bnnr.v
5
LATE J. E. COOK & CO.,
G-r a 11 it oville, S. C.,
DEALERS IN
HY iiiiij,
Groceries, Drugs nnd Medicines.
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS AND CAPS,
Notions, &c.
Grantville, Oct 1 6m40
?>. L. Turner & Co.,
GRANITEYILIiE, S. C.,
AT THE NEW STORE, aro pr*-pircd to soil
DRV GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES. CA PS nnd
?ATS. HARDWARE. GROCERIES, PATENT
M BDICINES, .tc., a* che<i]i nu uni/n-m.
Give us a share of your custom, Irieuds, and we
?viii give you satisfaction.
Granitcville, Nov. 6, 3m 45
Iii OF lii?i
I. AM NOW prepared lo wall upon yen to the.
.eft ?.f my ability, :>i:J famisri you wb.-itcv'cr
<>u ?hal! call for in thc woy u(
5>BY GOODS,
GBOCERiF..?,
ASI* BUJVDRIJGS.
S. F. COODE, E?q.. lately nr?wio?erl tr?b rae
n tbc Dry Conds ??nd Mercantile business, bav
og withdrawn his interest from (bc concern, I
mw respectfully solicit for myself :? snare of the
mtronago Sierctof. r-j bestowed i:;.'.n Kio Firm.
I r.r.i to bc found, ns heretofore for some month
.a?;, at flic Cori.cr-the old ned well-known
'land of Uland .'c Ratler. I have, and constant
y keep on band, everything i" 'he way of
Dry Goods, Groceries, &c
Usually found in a well condnclod Village St.-rc;
.1! of ifhicli f . fVr for CASH AT Til E LOWEST
HARKET PRICKS.
j. H. witr.
Edgeficld, June 18, tf 26
HOUSE CARPENTERING
AND
xjX?TiospiT^-33:x3sra-1
THE Subscriber respectfully announces to tho
ritir.ens of Edp field District, that he is DOW
'pr-pan .1 exectft* ALL BUILDING AND
CARPENTER'S WORK with fidelity and dis
patch, and <>n reasonable terni*.
Ho is also engaged, nest door to thc Advertiser
Ofiice, in tho
Undertaking Business,
And has nn hand an assortment of REAUT1FUL
COFFINS, Rosewood fini.-h, neatly trimmed, and
of tho lates', styles. Prices very moderate
My fine NEW HEARSE, with gent?o Horses
and a Rood Driver, will attend Funerals when
desired.
During mv anson co from thu vi.op. Mr. .IAS.
PAUL, who'is conducting the CABINET BUSI
NESS in the same Rooms, will give his individual
attontion to all orders for COFFINS, Ac.
M. A. MARKERT.
Nov. 27, tf 48
Pay up, and Save Costs !
A LL persons indebted to mc for Blacksmith ;'
?Q. wnrk, arc requested to pay tb^ samo by tho,
1st February noxt. After that (late tl.?-ir Accountb
irfll bo pince1 in thc hands of T. U. Clark, Esq,
for collection. .
J. R. HENDERSON,
/a?, h if 2
Thiugs That Never Die.
Thc pure, tho bright,.tho beautiful,
That stirred opr hearts in youth,
The impulse of a wordless prayer,
Thc dream of love and truth,
Tho longings after something lost,
Tho spirit's yearning cgy ;
Thc strivings after better hopes,
* These thing? 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 plea of mercy softly breathed
When justico threatens nigh ;
* Tho sorrow of a contrito heart,- . .
These things shall never die.
Thc memory of a clasping hand,
. Thc presiurc of a kiss,
And all thc trifles, sweet and frail,
That mnlto up love's first bliss,
If with a finn, unchanging faith,
And holy trust and high,
Those hands have clasp'd, those Hps have met,
Those things shall never dio.
Th? 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 au unfading record kept,
These things shall never dio.
Let nothiuc poss, for every hand
Must find some work to do ;
Lose not a chance to woikcn love,
Ho firm and just and true,
So shall a light that cannot fado
Beam on thee from on high,
And angels voices say to theo,
Tho?o things shall never die.
THE MISER'S HEIR,
EV STLVAXirS C0JJ11, JR.
<: I tell you no, Agnes ! I won't have it.
Tho fellow only wants my money. 1 know
ill these dandified jimcracks. They hang
iround a few baga of dollars<as crows around
..arrion. J won't Lave any such thing. Now
io you know."'
"Father, you judge Walter io harshly.
Ie is a good man-honest and industrious-'
md
?. hiduslriuup, Pay you ? By thc big lump,
I'd ?ike to know what he's got to show for his
ndustry."
'. Hu bas a very superior education, father/'
"Education? Fiddlesticks I Can he live on
lis tduraliou ? CHU he make dollars ol' it?"
" Yo-, he cat; live on it. Ile has already
>biained a good situation a? clerk."
''And will carn just ahout enough to keep
itn in ihc linc clothes ho wears. I know
...ese fellows. Lut there's an end on it. If
rou choose hi:n rather than your jioor old
lither, you can do so. I can live a'onc-?
.han't ?ive long ; you can-"
u Stopj stop, father. You have no right to
.alk so. You know I could not leave you.''
And Agnes Broman* threw ber arms around
.'.!?. ol'! man's neck, and kissed him^ind then
thc left the room. . ^
u It's Curious kow ibese }c.u:<g fools act,"
he miser muttered to himself, after he had
batched his ccvA depart. .'There's been
wcnly ol' tho sharks alter tint girl-tweuty
?I' 'em hovering around her, like man caters
ifier a dend body. Don't I know what they
?vant? Aha, don't I. though ? li's my inon
7/".*-Lnt- Agnes-ba? never lov:e(Lo.u.e.oi' thctv
iii liiis Adams c-t,;c nIo::g. The jackanapes.'
Vnd now she want's lo get married righi
iway. Nonsense! ^
Thu old man bowed his head as h j spoke,
ind he saw a drop upon the hick of his hand.
!r wax a bright drop, a::d the rays of the sun
?vere playing in i\
"She cried ?heil she kissed in-'," ho v.his
tiered, wiping the tear from his hand. '. 1
ion't seo what maki'S hers? tender hearted
S::o never tonk it from mc. Lint she maj
have taken it fro?.:-"
Thc old niau stopped, and a cloud came
?vcr his wrinkled brow, for lhere was a
,;at>?? in his heart. He remembered the gen
le, uncomplaining being who had once beci>
his companion, ino mother of his child. Hr
remembered how she beoame his wife, even
wlum the bloom of manhood had p issed from
him, and cared for him, and how the taught
her child to love and cure for him, loo. And
i c remember, d b.-rw she had never complain
nd, even while suffering, and how she had
died, wjth a smile and a blessing upon her
bps, though the gold of her husband brought
ber no comforts.
Noah Breman bowed his frosted head mort'
low, and in hi- hean he wished i]e could fir
ret ??11 but ?' j few fleeting joys ct his wife.
"??nd not forget. He could not forget
that it had been whispered how his wife might
isavc lived longer, had she had proper cloth
ing and medical attention.
"Lui it would have cost so much ; I raved
money 7"
Ah, tho reflectiqn would not remove Ibo
pang. The ether memory was uppermost.
Noah Breman had passed the allotted age
nf men, being over three score and ten, and
all his life had been devoted lo the accumula
non ol mopey. /Ie lind denied himself every
comfort, and bia heart jiad been almost as hard
I he gold hf hoarded, linc nj Ids hair
gi l rr morz white and sparse, and the years
callie more heavily upon him, he tbungin
more; reflected more. The sweet smile ol
his wife was doing its mission now ; a .d the
pure love of his gentle child was a continual
remembrarlo to him that lhere were better
hearts tuan his own.
At length tho miser aros."1, and passed out
A the room. He would have left the hut;
out as ho read: d the little entry way, he
heard a voico from the garret, lt was his
child's. He crept Up the rickety stairs, and
i oked'through a crack in lue door. He saw
Agnes upon her knees. Terrs were rollins
down her cheeks, and her hands were clasped
towards Heaven and she prayed :
'.Oh. God! bo pood to my father, and
mike his heart warm and peaceful ! Make
mc to love him with, all tenderness, and ena
ble mo to do well and truly the duty I pledged
to my gaunted mother ! 1 promised I would
love and care for him always. Father in
Heaven, help mc! Oh ! help mel
Tue old man crept down stairs and out of
doors, and for a whole hour he walked alone
among the trees. Ho thought again of his
child ; and then, of his gold I And this was
not the first time he had witlkcd alone there.
Ho did not himself know how great the in
(luence of his child was exerting over him.
Agnc, pure, good, beautiful Agnes, wept
jong and bitte, ly in her little garret, and
when Slio bad become calm, and her cheeks
were dry, she came down and got supper.
But thc was.not the smiling, happy being
that had flitted about the scanty board here
tofore.
A few days after this, as Noah Breman ap
proached bis cotouc morning, be heard voices
from within. He peeped through a rent, in
tho coarse paper curtain, and saw Walter
Adams with his child. Her head was upon
Walter's shoulder, and his arm Waa about her.
Walter wa? an orphan, and had L,cen Ag
ncs' .schoolmate, and her fervent lover through
all the virtuous man, and loved the gentle
girl because she waH so good and gentle, and
so beautiful. And sho loved him, not only
bccau?o ho wa?, of all her suitors, thc only
on? whose character and habits promised joy
and peace for tho future.
i: J cannot leave my poor old father, Wal
ter," the (dd man heard his daughter say.
" I mu .t live to love and care for him. On
all the earth I am tho only one left to love
him. It is hard! My hiartmay break 1
But thc pledge of lovo I gave to my dy in
mother must he kept."
".And so the great joy-dream of my yout
must be changed to this sad reality ! I car
not Ask you to leave your father,, sweet Aj
n?s, for the very truth in you which I woi
ship would be made a lie could you do si
But I have a prayer. I pray that God in hi
mercy may/ remove thc curse from you
father's bended form !'
"The curse! Walter?"
"Aye- Hit. Gold Curse P rejoined th
yor'h fervently. "I hope God may rende
.him penniless !"
"What?*: Penniless?.' Repeated Agne;
with a stark "
"Aye ; penniless! for then he would bo fal
more wealthy than h? is now. Then he woulc
know how-.to appreciate thc priceless bJes
sings of his sweet Agnes' love, and then lh<
crust might be broken, and his heart grov
human again. And more than all," Waite:
continued,: winding his arin more cluselj
about the fair form of his companion, ant
speaking more deeply,' " then I could prove
to hinr my love. Then I could take you tc
my home 5 and wc could both love him anc
care fur litta while we" lived !"
Noah Breman . stopped to hear no more
and as hcywalked away, he muttered to Him
self: . ;
" The rascal ! He'd do great things ; mc
penniless,; and he prayiDg for it, the young
villian !::
When the old man gained his accustomed
walk among the great sycamores, he wiped
something from his eye. Ile acted as though
a mote bid been blown in there.
"Two weeks passed on, and Agnes grew
pale andithin. She did not sing as she used
to, por c?uld she smile aa had been her wont.
Slill she murmured not, nor did her kindness
to her father grow less.
" Oh, God, help me to love my father." shu
prayed che night. " Let not my grief make
me fcrget my duty !"
And the old man heard it.
One night Noah came home from the cit}',
and in hi", hand lu: brought a small trunk.
Hu barred the door, and drew the tattered
curtains'close.
.. Se?," he said, ar, he opened the trunk,
and piled the new bank notes upon thc table.
" L'.'dff- there, Agnes, sud see Low I have
WOfkecHn my life tim;. I had no cduca'.io i,
nut jt*t<: la:d up money-ninney-MONET.
[low nanny men won'd sell mo all their brains
to-night for this. See ! one thousand-twu
three-four-. Ci.nut them Agnes.
There's a thousand dollars in each package/'
?1 uny have vou taken it from" the bank,
father!
" Tcf let if, my child ? to let it at a round
it-tore?t, Agnes. I shall double it, darling."
A?o while ?he oh] man's eyes: arkled with
evident satisfaction, bis child wire a s:;d, sor
rowing louie. And g af'..r that she lookpd
al the wotkitig fe A! urea of ber father arid
prayjB that the G dd Fiend would f.el bim
I'reeB
When Agi-ns retired .stu: left ber father up ;
but.ere long sh J heard him put. his little trunk
awayj and itu .. his bed ; an 1 than abu tsle| t
Hark ! What sound is Cuni 1 Agnes starts
up irt D?ffi.hr, and I.sur..? ; .-.it see, a bright
light'is gleaming out into thc night, ar.d thick
vo:Unacs of -moke pour into the garret. I
.'.Fin-, lire," sounded a voice from thc c-n
trv, and she hears the ??harp crackling i:pw,
an&fccls the heat.
v-Agues, my child,"__ai.d in another mo
m?blier fainer-' .NJ^.J.u tL' stairs. He
?smA1"/; -b^iiliiJ^vA*._
'. Take all your el >:iii:ig. Agnen, and you
can pur. them un KI thc entry. The h.,usc is
ill on fir?s."
In a few minutes more the father and cl i'd
.tood in the rcadj the latter with a bundle cf
clothing in her ha il, vvhiie tiff fortin r h.-ld
a small trun!:. They erti/.jd upon ti burning
budding ; but neither cl them spoke. .
And others came .running to the scene,
but no one tried to stay the flamea. And
t ie effort would barn i; ci useless had il bein
n?tido, for ibu dd .-hell burne.] like tinder.
Hut more still, ro one would have made the
cllort, aven hud success been evident, fir tb -
miserable oi l but bsd too long occ-up e-1,
one of the fairest spots ol tuc village. Tin re
-.vere no other buildings lo 1)3 endangered, ?.u
tiny let (he old thing buen,
" l'on have yr.ur money safc,'; s ud Agnes.
"Yes. See, 1 toole thc trunk. I lull the
e.itidlc bun,?rig so tba! I could watch it But
[ went to siecp, an.1 the candle must havo
fallen over. But I got the trunk.:' Ai he
spoke bc held it up und ?razed upon it by
lue light ol' thc flaring ruins.
" Thal is not thc Trunk P whispered Ag
nes in alfi ght.
".Xor-," But the old man spoke no
further, lie saw };o l;t;d taken the wio'ng
trunk. This waa only lilied wi:h old desds
aud dti3ty receipt?.
" Rained! Lost!" groaned Noah Breman.
as ho turned fran tho scattered embers. " I
had fifty thousand dollars ?ti that trunk, ami
where are the}' now ?"
11 Never mind," said Agnes, winding her
arms about In t- lather's neck, .' we'll bc hap
py without it."
+ * . ?. * *
1 " What," uttered Noah Breman, gazing in
to Walter's fice. '-Do yon mean that you
will give r,;o a home teg ; that yon will pro
vide lor nu-, and keep.rue V
" Ye.-," returned tue youth hopofu'.ly, " I
could never be happy with Agnes, much as 1
love ber, if I thougtit her pjor old father bad
no home. Come, wo will live together, and
he as happv as the days are long."
" But your salary, young man ?" . .
"Is sufficient for us, s r. I have five hun
dred d-d lars a year. Weean live on that,
and lay up something, loo."
,; Well, well j take her, love her, be good to
her, make her nappy, don't never
When .the old man saw thc joj'otis tears
le.tp from hts child's eyes, he turned awn)'
and walked quickly from tho house; but he
was not .-o quick but be heard thc blessings
that followed him.
And when bo walked alone beneath tho
starry heavens he wiped his own eyes as
though something troubled him.
Gay as a lark was th<- gentle, beautiful
Agnes, when she became the wife of Walter
Adams. Thc rose, bloomed again upon her
happy face like Sunshine all thc dy long.
" Do you pray to God to help von lo love
mo liow 7" the ?ld man asked after ho had
lived with Walter some months.
" Why, what do yeti mean ?'! Agnes asked
in surprise.
" You used to pray so, for I have he ml
you," returned Noah.
A moment tho young wife crazed into her
parent's face, and she answered, while she
threw ber arms about his neck, " Oh, [.pray
that you may be spared to us for long years
in peace and happiness, but love you ? Oh !
I could not help it if I should try. And
Walter loves you very much, for he has told
mc so many times."
There was something mere than usual in
the old man's eye now. r
Ono evening as the Happy trio sat nt the
tea lanie, Walter looked more thoughtful than
was his wont.
" What ts it love ?" Agnes nsked.
" 0, nothing, tho husband said, with a stritte,
"I was only thinking."
. " But of what."
" Only castle building, (hal's is all."
" In thc air, Walter," asked Noah.
" Yes, very high in the air," the young tsar,
returned, wi h a laugh.
.' But tel! us what it ?3."
? Well, I'd as lief tell, you as not Mr. Os
I goad is to retire from our firm in fi lew day3.'
j Hs ifl well advanced in years and he made p!
?r^tunc in the business, and will live now
I comfort and health alone. He has not t
' very well of late years."
? And is that all ?" ? '
" No. I am to be advanced to the pos
j head buok keeper, with a salary of twi
hundred dollars."
"And is that all?"
" Yes."
u But what castle in the air, is there ab
that."
a 0, that isn't the castle.'
'"Then what is the castle? Urged
old man playfully."
" Why, simply this, said'Walter, laughi
but yet almost ashamed io tell it: This nc
Mr. Osgood patted me on the shoulder i
said he-in his playful way-Walter, I'll i
you all .my interest here for fifiy tlious:
dollars."
" Ha, ha," laughed Noah Breman, " a
you thought he was in earnest."
" No, no," quickly returned the you
mau, " I did not think tbat, though I kn
that the other two partners would be willi
to have me for an-associate."
" But it seems to me old Osgood holds I
share in the concern at a high figure."
" OU no. It is a very low one. There
clear capital of one hundred and fifty tht
saud dollars in the business at this momei
and then think of all the standing and go
will which goes for nothing.
'. Ha, ha, ha," laughed the old man aga:
Then Walter laughed, and then they li
iehed their supper.
On the next evening Walter Adams cat
in and sank dawn on thc sofa without apea
ing. He was pale aud agitated- ind his ey
had a vacant wondering look.
" Waller !" Cried A? ues, in terror, " wh
has happened 'Ia
" He's sick," mattered Noah Breman, wit
out looking around.
.'No, i.o, n-'t^ick," n t imed the young rr.?
starting up ! 11 But I am the victim of a mi
erable trifling."
'.Eh? How so?'.' Asked old Noah, no
turning his chair..
"TU tell you," said Walter, with a spa
modicejfort. "I had some lorjg eniri?si
p.sr. this evenirg, so I remained in thc coun
ing room alter thc rest had gone. I'Was sti
at work when Osgood came in and place
some pap rs on my desk, saying as ho did si
'. Herc Waker, 'bese are.yours ; and then h
went out. Wi.eu I fi ei? bed my work I opel
ed the papers. The first wa-) a sort of inver
tory of what Osgood had owned in the bus
ness, and footed up, in square numbers, fort'
nine thousand eight bunded and seventy iiv
dollars. Tho'next paper was a deed couvcj
ing tho whole vast property to me, and mal;
ing me a partner in the concern upon equi
fjutiffg with thc other f;wo !"
" Well," said the old man, thumping l i
foot up:m* thc carpel, and keeping tim
with his hands, " 1 don't see anything ver
bad in tl. at."
'.But 1 do," replied Walter. " It is crud t
trifie with me thus."
Chere was something .in Noah's eye aga'i
but'hc managed to.get ic out, a^d t?un h
spo^e lbus :
" Walter Adams, when young men, use
to hover about my child, 1 believe, they wc:
only utter ruy gold ; and 1 knew that in no"
cases I was correct. [ believed rho srime <;
you. I knew nothing but the love of mone
could underlie human action. My heart hui
become hardened by? it , aud my soul darleen
cd. lr>ut it was for my swe'-t child to pou
tho warmth and light imo my busom. 1
Lr?w-lb*-ker to keepi Jjefore ino, the image o
the gentle wife whom ? had !..vcd ar.tl- l?si
bul alas ! who occupied a place in that V v
I second to my guli! It was for my child ti
open gradually, but f uroly, founts nf feclini
? which had been for a life time closed up.
Leard uer pray for mc-pray that she uiigli
I luve, mc-?hat she might have help ?rmn G .<
I lo love me ; arid t; al wasaf'terl had refused ti
let her bc your wife. 1 saw her grow pal.
and sorrowful, and .viii shs prayed Ged ;<
help her-help her what ? Help her lev,
her lather! 1 was hilling her and she trie.
tu smile upon mc. One evening I heard yoi
bo;u conversing in the old lau. My chili
chose misery frith duty to her lather rathe
than break iliac duty in union wiih the mai
;,hu luve J. Von prayed that i might be mad.
penniless-vt"p! bear roe through. Yoi
wi ui< 1 then showd sinteresicdiicss. 1 walket
away and pandered. Could it. 'oe that 1 bar
found i\ ma.n who wcqld love an old wrecl
like myself, wi:bout money. If it was so
V\tn t:-.4 wou!d break thc last layer of a Ci tu1
from my soul. 1 determine 1 to te>t you. J
liad gained a gIimmering"of light-my hear
bad begun to grow warm-I prayed fervent!}
that 1 might not bc disappointed. 1 went ti
tho bank, and drew ou; fifty thousand doi
larg m bills. Thap nig.hj my irdsevable .el i
?;:;l was set on-or it caught lire. 1 shall nol
?av bul will always tjiisk .'twas fay candi?
did it hu'* tho old shell burnt down, a- J r bin
Vf. g made for a better building, I caine ou
with the wrong trunk, and thu other trunk
was burnt np. Hm thc money wasn't in i\
No, no, I had that safely'sr nil; J in my bosom
and deep pockets, and . all buttoned i p : and
ikmext day I carried it alf back to the bank
and bad it put up v/'uh a few thousand mort
which 1 hadn't disturbed? And so my exper
I inient commenced ; and ? found thc full su?
I slime at last. 'Aye. 'Walter, .: ?qcm? you
j thu noble, trim man'i uad prayed fer. IV.
j tojk mo into yuur nomo and loved when you
thought me penniless, and you took my child
j to your bosom for just what God hid made
j her.
"And now, my boy, I've been doing & bit cf
? work in the dark. Jvo paid Mr. Osgood fifty
j thousand dollars in ca-h fur his bhare in the
I business and it is nil yours. And let me tell
I you one mere thing, my boy ; ??'your t.wo part?
? ncrs eau raise fifty thousand more to invest,
j just tell 'em you can put in five and twentj
j thou and moio nt twelve hours ri"tice. Tc I
j 'um that old Noah ain't quite ashore ) el ! A
I Heart, my boy ! Come here Agnes, pome here
Walter. God bless you both,-bless you as
you have blessed t ie !"
Nobody pretended that they had motes in
the eye now, for tao occasion of the weeping
waj palpable.
LOVE AND ".DINUSG.-Tljo oditoy.oi tho
Galveston Newqfyt highly excited the other,
night during the performance of tho "Lady
j of Lyons," for v hile Claude and Paulino
' were billing and cooing on tim stage in front
of him ri fresh "married couple from the conn
try, alongside of him in thu boxes, got at it
in real earnest, ard right before folks. Says
the Naos: - .
" The lady's head ccslcd lovingly upon'ihe
shoulder of the gentleman, whilst bis arm
encircled her waist, and vwarm and fervent
were liiii kisses bo imprinted upon her glow
ing '.uCik. The .adv relieved tho gentleman
of his burden, an.1 'his turn came io recline
upon her shoulder, whilst ber arm-was ?round
his neck, ever ami anon gently palling him
upon the back. Thoa the scene changed,
whee, ob, horrors 1 wc were sfrcked u> -seo
tho lady produce a snuff-box, insert a. stuk
lu thc villainous compound, and gb Jeliber;,
atoly to work tubbing it upon her teeth."
With the " dipping" away went all the rn"
manee, aud tue New? man movedjiway mar
vcliug.
-? -*- *>
A clergyman" " down Jiasl?' asked .a '
womar, b? had baptised, as sh,; was c.-rafag ;
out*oFthe water, how sile felt in lier mind,
and was somewhat 'Surprised lo;hcar her ari>|
awer " l>ully.v ' . . ?
0 ??* If fffftHVpist.nl. hrA six btrrtels, 'Vow
'rhftDy barr?la ouijkt a horse pistol lo haVo'?^ f
I From thc Neichen '/ 'Jerald.
Foreign immigration.
MESSRS. EDITORS :-1 ?and you for publi
cation tue following letters, showing what cati
l?o done if energy is used in thc procuring of
immigrants from Europe. Thc occasion of
rbis correspondence is this. On my way to
Florida last month I met Mr. Merrirran'oo
.tlie train to Charleston, and tbe conversation
turning upon the condition of the coantry
and the subject o? labor, he mentioned to me
fiie letter he bad received from, the Rev,Mr,
White, Zurich, Swirzerland, and spoke of
publishingnt. On roturning-home I had not
heard any thir.gof Mr. White's letter to Mr.
Merriman, and I wroto to him in relation to it
Tile tether No. 1., ia tho letter addressed lo
mc by Mr. Merriman, iq reply to. minc. Let
ter No. 2., is the letter of Mr. Merriman to
Rev. B. F White, and letter No. 3/, is from
Rov. Mr. White to Mr. Merrimau, giving in
formation upon what terms laborers can be
procured^ of what character the per-0D3 wil
he, and'now they will come recommended.
As so much labor is removing from thin part
uf the country ; and as it 1s important that
thc linds should hot be left to- grow np in
weeds, and thus be converted into a wilder
ness, and be deserted, it is important that our
people should make all necessary efforts to re
store the coarvry to its former, and even gtea'
er, prosperity.. People must begiu to work
to accomplish something. Plans to secure
immigrants must be matured, and the people
must see to it that tiieir,lauds shall be cul
tivated, and improved, Tho counlrycan bs
improved, but energy is required to effect it.
The attention of the people will be direct
ed-to this subject during the ourse of this
year, and that too in time to make all tue ne
..es-ary arran<?c-mcyUs for the introduction of
foreign labor, for the year 1808.
HENRY SUMMER.
GR KENWOOD, S. C., Jan. 9,1SGG.
HENRY SUMMER, ESQ'R'-Dear Sir-I have
received yours of thc .Stu ult., and contents
duly noticed; And in order that you may
folly understand the correspondence, 1. send
you the lotter I wrote, and also the a sawer*
to it. -by Rev. Ii. F. White.
I have not had the letter published, bu?
>huiiidyou deem il worth doing please to ask'
tho kindness of the Editors to do so for the
general good.
Your ob't Scrv't.
.L. D. MERRIMAN.
GREENWOOD, S. C., Oct. 18,1866.:
REV. B. P. 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 frora Swit
zerland, lt is now too late to obtain them,
f jr next year's crop. If you caa make ar-^
rangements with ten hands, to come for the
roar 1S6S, ar.d give mc notice, I will arran."
with the house of Messrs. II. E. Chiton, <?:
Co., of New York to" pay their passage to
Charleston, S. C.
When 1 receive an ossurmco from you of
a'i ?.rrang'jment. I will forward to the United
States' Ccfnsul the necessary arrangement for
their psssage. I will want them fer tbroi
years npon the terms prop-wed in -yours of
July 17. Say after deducting all expenses of
the farm and travelling to said farm, they to
take one third of the profits for their ;ervices
I will nl.-o promise to sell them It nd low
a>id give them time to pay for it. so they may
:;ave c. home of their own for ever. ?nr eli
"mate is pleasant and healthy. Your
Oxl't serv't,
>L. D. MERRIMAN.
Messrs. n.B. Cunos & Co., N. Y.
Sirs : enclosed lind a letter addressed to
me bj Mr. L. I). Merriman of Greenwood,
S. C. I answer through you, believing thai
I can in this way have the labourers for Mr.
Merri man* at .'.-is house'by loth of January
which will be in good time fur the-err poi
lS.iT. Please telegraph to him that I ha*
i bou tr 300 laborers ready to start with lo
lays riot:e<'. I can sc .<! men.witli or withou
families. Fr mi hero to New York ty Steam
er it will cost per frown person. B
-.iii vessel it will COS? $42 nil expenses iocLn
ded. I will send n-me but such as are we^l
recommended lor honesty and industry by
both the civil and Chinch authorities. Le
rne know whelk? > to send families or single
men. Ten mon will cost 85-90 and their fami
lies will 'cost abont $1200 per ster.mer,- per
sad ten raen will cost r?42i) and tea families
abott'. S+OOO. To get famibea is probably
better. 1 will not remain here until next
fall, and cannot tell how engagements now
would bc ?net then. The House of Stutz &
Co., who are immigrant agents here will" for
ward any persons desired. By telegraphing
simpfj th? (?rico lind the fact tba) we har
300 laborers r.-ady, and cab hive them in
N. Y., by the 10th of J?fc?ary. I think Mr,
M., will ord: r ?heia uumediately;
Yours Ac,
B. F. WHITE.
Zurich Switzerland, Nov. 14th 1S6G.
What thc iiovc of MoneyvDocs!
A gcod illustration of the remits of a love
of money was firms'.cd recently fa Paris ii
the case of a baroness who died r.t the ag
uf G5 years Thc appearance di lier apar'
moirs indicated exttt o ..-.nury neglect. Iber
was scarcely any furniture; thc du t of yean
obscured the window par es, and the pnprr t n
the WKMS was spotted and rotten. The pine?
appeared to have boen uninhabited from time
immemorial, and yet thc barones:, had lived
thor" 25 year?, paying an annual rent ol
1.500?. In tho bedroom, stretched upoa i?
truckle bad, and partly covered with filth;
rai.'*, lay thc bod)*T,f tho baronesa. An e.\
amiuatio/i showed'that death arose from weak
ness cati-ed by want of food. It further ap
pear?d that f lie had starved he'rscif willfully ?
and indeed in point of avarice thu bsror?s?
would have borne away the palm from Har
pago? or Gosbcck. Notwithstanding her
considerable fortune, estimated at ??0,000
or $250,000, a year, she always weat clotbec
liku a beggar, aud ofteu solicited charity in
ihe/treet. Sho lived on crusts of bread, th
refuse of cabbages and other vegetables, and
snob like garbage thr.t sae picked np Trou
dir?, L;eap;. A few days before ber death she
MI down from weakness, while paseine 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 she
would have to pay fur it. She succeeded in
gaining ber apartments", and wai not after
wards seen alive.
KIKDXKSS TO NEGROES-Wo like to set
kindness to worthy negroes, and we encour
ae it on all Occasions'; wo even like to see a
former, master take fi faithful oil servant b;
thu hand and give ita kindly shake; but lhere
isa certain, unmistakable familiarity ottc
exhibited, now a-days, that is supremely di
gu^tii'g, and we can feel rio respect for a mai
or woman who can exhibit il.
Tln^ disgusting familiarity is g?uerally al'
fected bj* persons who have, in former time
been cruel and iuhuinan to slape!, and wh
now, from motives of policy, would pander ti
tiroir worst passions. Thia is all wrong, ani
cannot but result iucvil consequcuocs, . Thj,
mgro will never respect.thoso who do no:
respect themselves, and now, that we have
so littlo left us beyond our owt: iielf-respe?U
if wo onoagive that up,H wo shall sink our J.
st'lvca and .our couutry to a stats of depravi
ty in which ?uivchildrcii\s children willgrovel
through ages of darkness and misery.
?S^'T? b-', what did tho Tari ?lites do when [
fliey-*rrts*edvtho Bed ?i?a2"' fcJ, dualitybu\7
3D giieth they dried themselves."
"Greci?backSj'V-or thc Pound ol'
Flesh-Whick?
Wc cordially endorse the following excel
lent and sensible article from our esteemed
cotemporary the " Lancaster Leiger."
We regre: to sec some d??posHiou manifested
not te receive United State? currency ot par
for existing liabilities. At a ti 1:1c like lb ii. . ,
when money is so scarce, and the country de?
pressed by a failure of crops and other causes,
Greenbacks ought to be received readily by -
creditors a3 a basis of compromise with their
dcb. ors. ' Tb talk of relief by stay law?,
or scaling of debts by lojral measure, is &
mere wa ?te oftime-afact cf which the peop'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
are doubtless some exceptions, hut the "casos ;
are rare, where greenbacks at par wonld not'
bo a fair and equitable satisfaction of any^
existing liability. Not to receive it is evidence'
of a grasping and uncompromising spirit;
and il'genei-ally followed^ would, in effect, add
almost fifty per cetftrtothe indebtedness of
the country. Creditors ought to receive it
without hesitation and if any will not, they
should be delayed, and others, more liberal.
and indulgent, preferred.'
Where there are judgments and execu
tions ; preferences ara not practicable, but .
where the Sheriff, in obedience to .orders'
["rom a grasping Shylock, collects his judg
ment debt in gold and sHvcr, ho does so at
tiis peril; fer it is by no mear sa settled ques
tion that U. S. currency is not what it pur
ports to be-a legal tender for thc payment
jf debts.
The only decision which wc have in this
State is adverse to thc legal tender law, and
,t isjgencrally be1 ed that ;he Court of Ap
peals -.viii sustain ine Circuit decision. But
sven in the latter event, thc point is not the?
settled ; tu some suppose. The decisi m of
he bigl?est Tribunal in the Slate, affecting a
law of Congress, if made against (he laic, is?
lot conclusive of th** question, cvettwitbin
.he limits of South Carolina.
Thc Supreme Court of the United States
ia3 appellate jurisdiction : in certain cases,
jver fiual dcciiions in State Courts. If tko
ieeir-ion is against the constitutionality of a
aw of Congress, there is an appeal, by wric
>f Error, to thc Supreme Court of the United
states, as the appellate Court of the last re
iort. Judiciary Acts 1780, See. XXV, Kent
Jom.voi. 1, 313-32L Williams vs. Norris
12 Wbpaton l!7.
In view of Vhat is clear!}- thc pablic policy
if the country, with a fair show of cons'ittt
.ion.'il argument on thc same side, it is mere
han probable that this question viii ultimate.
y bo decided in favor of thilaw ef'Congrcss
We repeat, therefore, that thc executive officer
who undertakes to decide in advance that a
aw of Congress is null arid void, and ads
iccordingly, docs so at Iii:; peril. A safer
.ourse would be to as3Umi? that (he "law is '
jonstttotioual until it is declared otfieiwise
jy the constituted authorities.
If the curroncy is gcu?valty received m .
payment of debt:?, it will not only bc n public
io venience, but will be one means of rtlicv
ng the country of its present! embarrassed
condition ; a contrary court e will leadlo great
innoyance, distress and ceaseless litigation.
Another Order froir thc Bureau.
The following order frcm the Bureau a?
Columbus,- Ga., appears in thc papers of that
city :
BUREAU cy R. F. AND A. L, 1
OFFICE A. S. A. COM'R, >
COLUMBUS, Ga., January 7,lSu?. )
Circular No. 1.
Persons making contracts foi^thii year aro
hereby informed tba-, the Regulations of tlw
Bureau for last year ar-.i s'iU ia force. Xo
sontract will be considered binding unless
inproved by au Oliicer or C ii! Agent of liio
Bureau, and freed people b-ii.g cugrigod by
sou tracts uot approved by such authority, aro
ir. liberty to leave their employers' service ak
v.\y time. Should any difference occur sn
regard lo compensation lor tl.cir se??icis,
itu i tig the tittie they were employed, tho
employers will hp required to j-ay thc high
est prices that are paid in their section of tb?
country.
FRED. MOSEBACHj
Br't Major and A. S. A. Com'g. . .
. District oft Columbus. -
One of cur Alabama ?changes publishes
this order, aivd makes 'ike folloVrirg com
ments :
Let ihe Bureau restrict itself to its lelil?-. .
?nate duties and net interposent! unnecessary
olficiousness in the relations of the two racc.v
:n this country." We believe honestly, thitt.
the Southern people generally have not onjy
..cquiecced, without lingering regret, in tho
tew relations now sustninc-d towards.them
?.-y tbe'r former - slaves, but fully raeoirni/.<>
LU-J justice a::d obligation of aceo?d?\-vtht nt
:ha rights prescribed by the law, and of treat
ing thom with kindness and humanity* Too
aw puts both on aa equality as to thc con
tact, aud both hive equal remedies fox:lia,
/iola'ion. Besides annulling the law and
??citing up in its place thc will cf thc com*,
mantling ofiiecr, thc older ia obnoxious fur
the additional reason, that while it is imper; .
?ant .to individual and general prosperity, tlut
iht freedmen should he industriousam! toa;
tented, it orceurages idle'-ess, paupcrbuj, Hid
a spirit of oppressive extortion and exaction.
WELL PcT.-In a lotte* from Gea? Wil
liam PrestOD, in responso to an inquiry of
whether he would allow hts name to bo used
in connection with tho candidacy for tot
Kentucky Governorship", is tbs" following re*
terence to thc third clause ol' tbe-Constititu*
donal Amendment : ....
"If the pcopie accept their own per.lol
under thc amnesty by thc s?crifioe-of tinir
cbicfr. and trusted comrades, and Iradi.
then indeed are onr m sfdrtodes irremediable- -
nd our dishonor unfathomable. When a:
Virginian can look-in the face of Lee, ?>r A
Kentuckian in thal of Brackenridge, or aSoutlv-'*- .
Carolinian-in that cf Hampton, and ov.i say-,
to himself, '! regained my rights by desert,
ing and denouncing yours,' theo in sooth ia
our degd'aratron perle't.''
A BLOODY ANO UXHULEXTINO-FEUD.-Tb??.
L uisvilh- Journal, of the 14th insr.,' contain*.
ed surs aiiially thc following :
Two families of Ca: ter County, EastTcaw
icssce, named . Roberts and Johnson, hayo
leen waging a blooey war bet JV cea each
other-for twenty yea\3. During this t,iui'i
burtefO men belonging to thc two famiiiea.
nive lest their lives, t.nd on the evening of
the 5th inst., in Elisabeth, Tennessee, tba
>ole surviving males of thc two families en
gaged in an altercation which resulted fatally
to both? -, "
This domestic war originated about a doz.- .
w-u fence rails.
-? -
An English jury has decided tbat wheo a
mun who ja smoking in a railroad car refuses
i > remove his cigar .at tho request cf his iel- .
?oiv,passeoger8, they havo the rightto knock
it out ci his mouth.
The mon tbs. to hie most fatal, ara .
February and March, August and September
tho first two for throat and lung difficulties,
md thc latter two fer stomach : and bowel
complaints. May and June are tho healthiest
mouths in tho year.
jST* " Ike" was partaking of pudding once on
a ti nie, whoa old lady Par ting ton adyisod kim td ;
.t?P? 3*Hh?d;a?eady ??* tt?e^orcfc?han. .th#%A?
was any necessary foi." * * " jtTdaih^W^lM|i
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