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VOLUME XVI. LANCASTER C. IL, S. C., NOV., 28, 18G7. NUMBER 42.
SELECTED STORY, j
will? INEMER TOLD, I
o
I am an engineer. lv/or .ince the C
#ojkJ wj?s laid, I've travelled over it etfery
day, or nearly ever duv of my life.For
a good while I've bed iho same
engine in charge?the San Francisco? |
the prettiest engine on the road, and aa |
rell managed, if I say it, as the best.
It was a southwestern road, ranging,
from A to y*. At A my good old mother
Hv?d ; at 7.1 had the sweetest little wife
under the tnu, and a baby ; and I always
had a dollar or two put by for a rainy day.
I vfaa an odd kind of a man. Being shot
Op with the engine, watching with all
your eye# ami heart and soul, inside and
out, don't make a man ta'.kativo.
Uy wife*. nam* was Josephine, and I
called liar Joe. Soma people called wo
wnarcrable, and couldn't understand how
a tnan could feel friendly without saying
ten words an hour. S >, though 1 had a
few old friend*?dear ones, Joo?I did
not have so m inv a -ipi tintanc* as most
people, and did not c*ra to have. The
house which held my wifo ami baby i/a#
(he dearest place on esrth to me, except
tho old house which held my mother up
iu A.
1 never belonged to a club, or mixed
myself up with strangers in any such war,
and never should if it had not been for I
Granby. You see Granby was one of |
the shareholders, a handsome, showy feb
f??. t i;i...,i -it
una unna to milt o I HI 111 111 , HIIU WO |
*we friend*. IIo often rode from Z to
A and back again, and on?e lie said :
"Yon outfit to belong to the Scientific
Club, Guet'don."
'Never board of it," said I.
*'| mi a member," said bo. "Wo meet
Once a fortnight, and have a joliv good
time. Wo want thinking men like you.
"We have some among us now. I'll propose
you, if you like."
t was fond of ?ucli things, and I bad
ideas that I fancia I might be worth
something. It it then an engineer don't
have" nigh> and days to himself, and the
club vtUUld have one ovuning in a fortflight
boat J 10. I said :
I'll ask Iter. It site likes it, yes."
"Ask whom!" said be.
"Joe," said !.
Mf (tvarv tnun liarl ual?A.I l?!a ?'^
mnitS wife wou'd have mill, 'can't spare
you, itij' dear.' un?J >o should Lave bad
uo^elah at all," tnij Granby.
,Mlut I made no anawer. At home 1
told Joe. Site said 1
'then if Granby belongs to it thoy
must be superior man."
"No doubt," said I.
"It isn't everybody who could be made
a member," said Joe. "Why, of coarse
you must nay yes."
80 I said yr?, and Granby proposed
me. Thursday fortnight, 1 went with
him lo the rooma. There wore aonte men
there with braiut, and aotno without.?
The real business of the evening was the
aupper, and so it * as every evening.
I'd always been a temperate man. I
actually did not know what elfect wine
would have open me, but coming to
drink more of it than I ever bad, at the
sflttft table, T found it put tho steam on.?
Xfler ao many classes I wanted to talk ;
after 10 many more ! did.
T seamed like somebody else, the words
Verb so ready. My litt'e ideas came out |
anil were listened to ; T made sharp bits;
T indulged in repartee; I told stores; I
even came to pans 1 heard one Bay to
Granby :
"lly George, that's a man worth knowing.
I thought him dull at first.**
Yet I knew it was belter to la quiat
fad Gaaidon, with his tan words an hour,
than the wins made wit I was.
I was sore of it, when, three hotira after(
I stumbled up stairs to find Joe, watting
/or me, with her hate on her breast.
* You've been der?lv:ng me," said Joe. j
*1 it, but I wasn't sure. A
aelentlflo club couldn't smell like a bar
room."
Which rottni I do," said t, waving
is the middle of the room like a signal
fNg at a station, and seeing two Joee.
"And look tike one," aaid Joe ; and
able went and locked herself and the baup
in the spare bed room together, j
"Ned," eat I she, "do you think a thing
so uiuch like a battled up and strapped
down demon as steam is, la fit to put into
tbahanda of a drunken man I And soma
day, mark my words, the time will come
when not only Thursday eight, but all
the days of the week will be the same.?
IVe often heard you wonder what the
feelings of an engineer, who ban about
ihaaame aa murdered a train full of peo,
jle> must be, and you will know if you
V * *#?<
don't stop wliere you ere. A steady hand
and a clear hoad have beau your blessing
all these years. Don't throw them away,
Nod. If you don't caro for my love, dou'l
ruin yoursolf."
"My little Joo! She spoke from her
hoart, and 1 bont ovor and kissed her.
One club night, as I was diessod to go,
Joe stood before m?i.
"Ned," said ehe, "I never had a fault
to find with .you before. You've bean .
kind, and pood, and loving, always; hut
I shall he sorry we ever met if you po on
in this way. Don't ask tne what 1 |
mean. You know."
"Joe," said I, "it's only club night."
"ll will grow," said bLo.
Then she put her arms around my
neck".
"Don't he nfraid, child. I'll never I
pain you ao a pain."
"I mount it; but at 12 o'clock, that
nigbt I felt that I had forgotten my pro- j
raise and my resolution.
I couldn't go home to Joe. T made np j
my mind to sleep on the cluh sofa and i
leave the place for pood next day. AN !
ready I felt my brain reel as I never had
before. Iu an hour I was in n land of |
stupor
It was morning. A waiter stood ready
to brush my coat. I sa w a grin upon his
face. .\fv head seemed ready to burst;
my nand trembled! I looked at my
watch ; I saw that I had only five minutes
left to reach the depot!
Joe's words catno to my mind. Was
I fit to tuko charge of tho cngino ? I was
not fit to answer. 1 ought to have asked
some sober man. As it was, I* onlv
caught tip my hat and rushed awav. I
was just in time.
The San Francisco glittered in tho
morning *un. The cara were filling rapidly.
From my post I eon hi h?-ar the
talking?bidding each other good bye,
promising to writo and coine again.?
Among them was an old gentleman I
knew by sight?one of the shareholders ;
.he was bidding two timid girls adieu.
"Good bye, Kiltie?good bye, Lite," I
heard him say ; "don't ho neivoua. Tho
San Francisco is the 6af<-st engine on tho
line, and GuelJon the uiost careful en
ginoer. I wouldn't be afraid to trust
.everv mortal I love in the world to their
keeping. Nothing cou'd happen wrong
to the two together."
I said, 'Til got through it somehow,
flr.r) .1 ha ult all nuvtr .?%.? ~
After all, it was easy enough. I roele I
hs I spoke. I heard the signal. Wo
were otT.
Five hours froin L to I); five hours
back. On the last I should he mv*?!f
again, T know. I saw a red flutter, ar.d
never guessed wont it was until we were
past the down ^rnin at the wrong place.
Two minutes more and wo should have
had a collision. Somebody told me. I
laughed. I heard hiin ssy respectfullv :
Of course, r. GueMon, you know
what you sre ubout !"
Then 1 was alone, and wondering
whether I should go slower or faster ; 1
did something, nnd tho cars rushed on at
a fearful rata.
The same man who had spoken to me
before, was standing near mo. I heard
oine questions,
libw mmv miles an hour were we ma'
kins; ! I did uot know.
Ii?ltle, rattle, rattle, I was trying to
slacksn the speed of the Shu Francisco.?
I could not remntntx r what I should do.
Was it this or that f Faster-*? onlv fa*'
tor. I was playing the engine like n
child.
Suddenly there waa a horrible roar?a
crash; I was flung somewhere. It waa
into the water. Hy a ruiracie I was only
sobered?not hurt. I gained the shore.?
I etood upon the ground between the
track and the rirer's edge, and tliero
gased at my owu work.
The engine was in fragments, the cars
in splinters ; dead, dying and wounded
wore strewn around?men, women and
children, o!J ago and tender youth.?
There were groaus and shrieks of despair.
The maimed cried out In pain ; the uninjured
bewailed their dead ; and a voice,
unheard by any other, was in my ear
whispering, "Murder !"
The news had gone back to A, and the
peorle came thronging down to find their
loot one*. Hearehing for an old ninn'o
daughter, I came to a plaeo nnder tho
treee, and five bodies were lj ing thoro ip
all their rigid horror-?an old woman, a
young ono, a f.ahy and two little children.
It was fancy?it *M pure fancy, >>orn to
m? angnieh?they looked like?oh I groat
Uaaven ! there were old mother, my wife,
tny children I all cold and- dead.
Ilow did thay come 00 the traio I ?
Whet chance had brought thia about??
I gated on the good old face of her who
' M dh $i ?
! had c;ivf?n me birth, on the lovely features
! of my wife, on tho innocent children. I
I called them by name ; there whb no nn?
swer, Tiieio never ? > .Id ho :V.tr on ]
I be. And an I comprehended thie, onward
up the track tliund jrin ? another train.?
lu rod eyo glared on mo ; I llun^ myself
before it; I felt it crush me to nloma ! ,
| "llii head is very hut,", said some ,
I body.
I opend my eyes and saw my wife,
"llo v do you fool ? ' alio said, "a little
bettor ?"
| I was reioicol and so astonished by the
I si^ht of hot thfct I could not speak at |
first. She rsposted tho npiestion.
"I must l)o crut.hr.1 to pieces," said !,
for tliD train went over me; but I fool no j
pun."
I "There ho (mcs nhout the triin attain,"
remarked my wife. "Why, Net! !"
j I tried to move; I ant up. I was in my !
own room, opposite the crib in which two
children wore asleep.
I My wife and children wore r-afe! Was 1
1 I delirious, 'or could it bo ? ?
j "Joe," cried I, "tc'.l mo how it Imp
j p.:nod."
' It's nine o'clock," Raid .Too. "You '
cmne home in such a dreudf 1 state from
the club that I couldn't wake you. You J
were not fit to manage steam and risk 1
| people's lives. The San Francisco is half ,
1 way to A, 1 suppose, mi l you have lieeu j
. frightening mo to death with your dread*
! ful talk."
And Joe hegan to cry.
It was a lire an?onlv an awful dream.
! 1 *ut I had livtJ through it ftil as though
it whk reality.
"Is tLeru a Uible in the Louse, Joe,"
a A ill I. *
u i?re r.o heathens!" a lid Jo.*."
"(live it to mo this moment, Joe."
S* ? broU:;bt.it, and 1 put mv hand on
it and t .ok an oath (too eolomn to hn ro?
pentrd hero) that whst had happened
nover should occur a^a-n. It no?or hn?.
I And if thn Sun Francisco over comes to
grief, tlio verdict will not he, as it ooelit
(to bo so often?thr (nfjhwcr f/ot drunk.
Gen Marion's Utvorcl.
We were shown a few days AfOj \ y
Philodoie S. IV', T'- j, i niembor of the
bar f f tli'.* c 11*, the id :.t;c i! sword worn
l v tl.e famous partisan fi,liter, General
, Marion, in the tirsl w nr of the K public.
, 'I he sword vt ti eapturr ~ by Captain K.I;
war 1 M cKaige,(th?n acting master U.S.
; S*xy.) May 1st, ISO J, nt St. Mary*a, Gs,
It was f nnd eoncea Vl in the top of an
| ouj wnrurube iu &n aoc.eut storo l ouse.?
II was presented !?v Captain McKeiga to
Commodore Mead*, of l!;o N'.tvy, who
presented it to M ?j >r Gtotrsl Georq ..
; Meade, ??i)0 Again preset ted it to !:o gon1
| lltmian in whose pose- . n it now is.?
I .
> The blade is an ? kc< ed.n '.line .mo. Tiio
mottoes on the ! ! i Id are characteristic of
olden chivalry, ex:>r. *- n * < 11 t no s Me :
J ''jVq me saquct si.i rorcin," (''Never draw
in* without cam**.') and on the other,
"Ao me ntihair)(j sin honor." Never
sheathe mo without honor." Ocn. Msri(
on's natno is rudely en. . 1 on the handle,
j bearing date 177.1. It is probajbio that
the sword wi . li i its way back to Geor.
gia.? 1'hiladclp! i i Mercury.
Rp*t vms srrcksfi.? It is worth while
to notice the almost wonderful success
achieved by >om? business i -ti in this
j city who commenced with only moderate
, capital. The iii" uis adopted hy our most
prosperous merer .tit>*, wo If irn, on ii iiry,
are, lii?t, une-asipi* aaaiduitv to their
| business, ami watchful attention to all its
i details, great ami small ; second, a deter
ininalion not to encourage the desire to
j grow suddenly rich ; and, thirdly, to make
a reputation and establish a l?0"d and
I reliable namo. A reputation, in a retail
business, is made, in a grout degree, by
j liberal advertising, io being satisfied with
a moderate protlt, and hy making it a
rule not to miarepr.'sont the arieles sold.
A noted millionaire! says, to realize a for1
tune, you have to do but two things ;?
first, get bold of a good thing, and then
let the whole world know c-f it.? A'. V.
' Horn* Journal.
In Sumter county, A'abanvi, the p'an
ters have boon considering the eul j.wct of
the labor of freedinen. At a recent meeting,
they adopted resolutions, insisting uj?
on a future f^itliful compliance of freed*
tqeu with their crop contract*, on penalty
of being discharged, and thing one fourth
of the crop as the ahare of the laborers |
when provisions aro furnished them, onethird
when thcr furnish their own pro I
vinim s and pay half the expenses. They
' also recorohrend $10 n month as war?<-*
of first ?U*s field hands, ?0 for second
1 class and for third c!??s, with ten
hours* work a dsy from April 1 to October
1, nnd nine hours for the rest of the
[jeer. |
| Anticipated Ifesro Insurrection i
STAUTtrKO IN'FOHM \TlON*? A D E V I. I 8 II
l't.oT ?:sc'jVKi;nD.
Wo cv;. iho following nrlic'o from iho
Lynchburg (V . ) Xcios. Itdbeb.yes ono
of tha most di ?b mini schemes as y-1
, concoetc 1 ; ) tlio Sialo h'neo iho Southamnion
insurrection, and shows conrlnI
aively that mischief is brewing, and il behooves
us to bo prepared to uuct iho issuo:
Wo ore no sanAal'ionisls, Lul wo cannot
shut our eys to tho alnrminsj fact that
thu neirrofls mean mischief. On S,i?nr.1 iv
ft nevro nf Cona>:rvativa principle*, n'ltuI
( i lWnard it rook*, 'oij;ed complaint
with Jmtice 1 trace, ft mngistnito of Cambel!
county, tliat Jacob Jones nn<) Jacob
Johnson, twonorrro radical*, living in the
county near McAllisb r's shop, wore prepariii!*
to kill him, and usl;.*d for ft warrant
for their arrest. The wnirnat was
issued and placod in the hands of Constable
(i-eo. M. 15ruot>, and .!>o accused
were arretted nr.d brought to Iho ci'.v,
win-re tlu-y wen parti illy ex ami nod before
.1 uslicos i). 1'. l*e? o, James M. La */
borne, and Geo. M. i truce, whi 'i r.; ? 1 * 1
In Iho prisoners l? ing committed to? ill
for farther bearing <> ; FriJ t- rr'Xt.
Among the witnes. t ex unim 1 was
Mrs. I 'r. McAllister, wh > s'.at ! that r.o1
crroes to the number of lif!v or more, hid
been ho! lip.g Ir oo ?t m< '"?s\ wi !./.?
husVnttid'a p'antntion, bd<w
t!if? "Hr, on t! n Kiel .ootid roi l, ni ! tint
h!io fin -illy li i l her suspicions nr.v-.-.vj to
fueli a pitch tilHt s'ro dotormi : to eo
what w?s point? on; Friday night she
went to the ho iso where a inee?!*' ' \vi
I 1'i-inr* he'd n- ' noon neHtTc found n d*>"
I . .
tied, is she ?.<-.pp.vn.l to give t' r> Rlarm,
should n"v on p] ?*- r ir<eh. Ketnrnint* to
i h(,r own louse no-?r hv, she provi 1- 1 h-r
" If with brfv; to ft'vo tothed"g to h'-ep
him miiet, urce* led in lirr p' in, and ti
! nally reached the cabin undiscovered.?
i Tin ro si. lie rd the r ?^roPR difeu- -'ng
\ the nioJo hv which different white people
in tha nciyhborliood uoro to I a hi!!ej(
i amongst whom was her husband, v.ho
I was to be shot. Other whites were pro
i . .1 .t
1 nouncec! i >o mean to ho granted so rcspee
, tnhlo a (J. .'h, ii". I 'i r;r.apa vino hnltor
, w:is doer?- ! '' "Mi. The r.o.?ro rr.o:.t! tied
nltovc, Fleron: ! !' ;<* !{?, was included in
| tho list of those wh were to be killed J
his oticneo being his cm sr.short
work was to ho nmdo of !.i::i wit1,
a grapo yh >. Farther developments of
the plans of those blood-thirsty villinns
, wore made, and tho lady became completely
satisfied from what she heard,
that they were preparing to carry them
; into spec !v execution.
Amort? the r.erwoes nresant on thn nn.
casino, Jacob Johnson and Jacob Jones
were id-T.tiii- !, a: 1 others a! >, warrant*
I f. r whoso t were . *> to 1, tin 1 will he
at once executed.
The n<-under n.rrr*st are the lowest
and m at iffnorsnt' of their class, and
are ju?t such creatures as can he relied
on to do tli.' murderous work, which tlic
tenchinpi of the white scoundrels liirvc
prepared them for, and r.ro uri?ii?;_j litem
to. These <li ibolicsl men, with while
fik'ns bnt hV(< hearts, will ret 1>0 caught,
; an 1 theii f r them ? a grnpo vino and the
nearest tree.
The i:tekiu:a?'' Srrnrr.? At r
Democrat'.: meeting in MiMsboro, O., dor
ing the Into p ditica! canv .^s, the chair,
man, Jilson by name, before introducing
Mr. Vallandigham, the principal epcakei
of the occasion, announced that lie liad
j received a letter, and would like to rend
it. ITo read r.a follows :
I.v Hem., Hooiu No. 11,150.
To the Itlaek Hepublicans of Ohio :
1 nna here suffering torments for mv
crimes aod pstirpations while on earth. I
vn reminded of mv great wickedness,and
r.cnd tK??e wor is* to you that von may
take warning, (reorgo Washington pa's
. oil me on the other aido of tho grest
gulf, but oniv looted at me with (mutter1
aide scrn. 'l ake wsmine c.f mv fnt<*
|^i o 3<l] Abraham Lixcotv.
T! o reading of the above choice proun.
::on wa? loudly Applauded ; bat it is
j j?t to aav that it was greeted also with
a storm of hisses.
f,oor> nti;wa for tfirc 1'oor.?Tiro
Nftshv ilo Cji/ .'tB says: "Men conversant
wills nattors agricultural assure us that
from ten to fifteen fold tlio usual amount
of wheat will ha sown this fall. Our
plantar* have become hcartilv s:ck cf cot ?
too. TliouRAud* on thousands of acres
devote i laat voar to tire delusive staple
will b? sown in wheat. The call for seed
wheat is most extraordinary. From two
to three thousand bushels cotild be sold
here daily if obtainable. Tho mills have
ceased malting (lour because it is more
profitable to sell the wheat for planting."
"What V/ill C snrfrcss Do ?
Thero in nmh rpeslion and discuss*on j
| nn to whiit.lho President will do in viow .
! of tlio roui'.t (<f the elections ami the as .
s inhiit.^ of C >Ti_rrc-', and tliaro aro sto- j
< f anni"'4 and disarming militia and
I mustering of tro'-rs, and other nets of .
pit?'nI mngni 1 ^enco o-i the part of the'
' Chief Ma??a<rat?. But his is not the j
| case for disc-mion. Wo know scry wall i
j wliat the President will do. l!o will do'
for onco just. what ho on?fit to?stand I
| Mi!!. Or if ho coirr-n't s any offence aj
gainst pnMic propr'ety, it nil! onlv ho In '
ji ' "*s-i,'i. in;tr.iiv? some interpretation
rf tin* re en', emotions as nnrxt !
| pression iri support of his policy. It is of
j f.?r more importance to tho country to i
I tho country to Know" what will he the I
course (f the National Legislature.? |
j What will Con rr"~s do ? Will Con<*ro?s I
j l>e:?r in good n.K| he governed by 1
i tho d*'cUratioh of tho people, that recou j
I structioii on the nigger supremacy basis j
i is not to their lilting 1 Or will it refuse i
to rec -n.I/to this voice and rush blindly '
f rw?i !, i ''.nil s of any result but the
real :', ition of a fa: all a! idea ? Congress |
, tnav see, if it will", oxactlv what will suit |
! * ' j
, the i r.t - n. It must' *? content to retrace
the r*'. at <!r<'u 1 .1 atrid '9 of the radical I
revolutionary ; j , r.rd must cloarly and
squ .-' !y pl .r ? it If on that amendment1
to the Con?t:t'.:lion which lias been ac 1
c< pU d 1 e t'.o N wti. trn rnnPb'>. whose ,
jmr.rp!. or ruind and saf.>, and promI
i-a a r r m '* j n that will bo natural
I ar.'l peaeeab! >. This h too only courso
fir Cm : < <. I' r.ui t wipe out the false
I recoflstrue'ion r.f tho last Con^rtsf, jaft
as that Congress wipe 1 out tho reconstruct
i lion of ll'.o Pre i lout, an I, starting frotn 1
the C >v * i' al an', ml.-nent as accept j
j oil, base all reconstruction on its princl
! p!os. Will Congress do this?
[ \':>n York ITcrahl.
\ A Thief Caught*
In tho Rpr' v of 1805, while tho ftnii.
' ] lies of Gen. Wade llatnp'nn and tier,
j John S. I'reston, were r.*fts??e?*s in this
torn, a !ar ;? ; 'n of the f.'.niily pinto
an<J jewels worn conceal 1 ia retired
spot, near tho villus, to protect them
from Sherman's "birnm rs." The "bum*
i rj" <: I n< t >11 .s was expected ; but
t' ! c ! v..' . il>] s wore stolon from
I their liidim; place, and not until a fuw
!. \ ; a^ di I tho most vigilant searches
avail anything toward* a''.discovery of
thoir whereabout!1.
!' <*>n Saturday last, Gen. Hampton rei
ceivod a telegram from Knoxville, Tonnes
see, annour.c; ig the arm L of one Uobort
; McLaln, wii'? ??iaa of tho lost valuable*
i.i hi. pors. dm; and a.so a statement
from MoL ; : , v.l.^ro the remainder might
be ' und.
Oa Tuesday evenin^; a haul was made
upon t; rt m.i n> ; imiclea which were
conceal.-d in the house of a brother Al
pheus Mi Lain, about throe miles from
: this placo. This property is of a very
i i i i
vhui.v.mg character, comprising jewels ar.d
' plato that have an unto! 1 value to tlie
1 1 owners as family hidr-looins. Tiio actual
: 1 value of the articles recovered in Knoxi
' i vilio ami lu re, is probably about livo or
1 1 aix thousand dollars. Very few of the
' j articles are yet musing, and these of
tamall value. McLdn will probably be
1 returned to' this place fi r trial, lie states
' >hat ho found tho box containing tho val1
uablcs, whi:e out hunting, a fow days ah
' ter it was hidden; and inning once ap
propriated it,% he could not command
' | courage enough to return it to its lawful
' owners. Very likely!?Vorkville En
H Mirer.
Tho Shenandoah Herald tells a story
of a newly enfranchised negro named
Ctour, who voted in the Into election :
The day of election camo. Caciar put
; his litt.u s.;g of paper into tho mysterious
ballot I a. lie bad voted ! lie cxprc**<
cd his opinion?yts, Lis opinion, on a
' great question ! lie was met bv one of
! hi.4 white friends, who accoste I him thus:
' Well, Caesar, did you veto J"
1 , "Yen >h!i, I did vote.'
j. "Well, how did you vote!'
"Don't know, rah ; 'twon't ho known
. for several d u s. When do vote's count
ed den I'll know all about it.''
Very intelligent darkey! Ho know
'now to vote, lie had learned a thing or
two in the "Union League,"
Rknatou Wilson's Dkclaiutios.?
i Senator Wilion. of Massachusetts,.in a
letter to Jamc* IT. Liar, is, a colored man
i of Raleigh, who is a candidate for the
j State Convention, says:
; "Do not fear Congress. We will not
, retreat ft single inch. Congress will stand
like a rock in defence of its policy of Ret
( construction. I >epand rr.on this."
What it Cost3to Reconstruct and Govern
tho South,
A man once bought an elephant xt
what be regarded a moderate price, but
found beforo very long that be, and not
tho big animal, bad been sold. So il
seems to Le with our Federal authorities
in tho matter of the reconstruction and
restoration to the Union of tho Southern
Statea.
As figures never tell an untruth, we
have ouly to cite in support of our statement
the fact that the report of Paymaster
Stanton shows that so far $200,000
have been paid out by him towards defraying
tho expenses of registration in
Virginia, and ho ostimate9 that it will require
the disbursement of $10,000 more
to complete tho payment of all of the ac*
counts.
From January 1st. ISO?, to October
31st. 180*7. il roniilroil finn nee
... , F?JT
off the troops stationed in and around this
city and at Fredericksburg and Peterc*
bur,*.
The troops at OM Point nnd Norfolk,
and in that soclion of the State, received
their pay from Baltimore, and the troops
stationed at Lynchburg from the pay*
master at Washington c'.tv. Tire dis?
hurssments to those 'acidities for the same
period has amour tod to $3,000,000 more,
it is estimated, making nn aggregate of
$3,000,000 alono for the military guardianship
of the State.? Whig.
Brigham Young on MarriageA
few Sundays ago, Young treated his
audience to a very quaint kiud of a speech.
He wants ail tho young women married
off inatauter, and wants all the youug men
in Zion to marry them ; and he openly
threatened, if the young men failed to do
| the job, that he and the bishops and tho
i elders would tako tho matter in hand, and
.
> marry them a!! themselves. Marrying for
I lovo had played out; that old fashioned
| way of getting married was exploded.?
It wouldn't do here ; because, if a young
; man allowed himself to love a young girl,
I and then married her, tho dickens usually
whs to pay when lie wanted to take a
second wife. Sho had his hearf, and vt
i was impossible to divide tho affection with
f two or tnoro wives.
Hut lie insisted that tho young men, as
j a duty, a religious duty, should go for tbo
j young women and marry them all off.?
| They wero instructed to marry them by
couples, and pairs, and triplets ; to quad*
j ruplo, quintuple, and sextuple, if they
j could support them. The only consider!
: ation for a prudent man was to inquiro
) how nary wives ha could &upport. Tba
! }oung women, also, wore ordered to mari
rv whenever a young saint went for them,
j and to become mothers in Israel.
! Thr Cotton* Tax ?Tho Macon Jouri
nal and Messenger contains tho following
I gratifying intelligence, which wo are sure
j will ba hailed wuh delight l>y every wellj
wisher of tho South :
'We loam from a prominent fellowcitizen,
(Col. E. S. Shorter,) who has heen
i in correspondence with Senator Ilenry
i Wilson, of Massachusetts, in reference to
: repealing tho tax on our great Southern
: staple, that he hss received loiters from
; the Senator, and also from Colfax, the
| Speaker of tho House of Representatives
1 announcing themselves in favor of a
i a prompt repeal t>f the tax of two and a
' half cents per pound on cotton, and njaj
king the repealing law retro acting in its
| operation, so it will go hack to the first
! of last September."
bankrrrtci Decision in Richmond.
J ?1 learn fron Richmond, Va., this evenI
ir.g, that Judge Rond, Register in Dank'
I ruptcy, delivered to-day an opinion in
regard to applications for bankruptcy,
j similar to that of Judge Dlanchford, of
New York. It is that property acquired
, or inherited after an applisation is filed
is not liable (or the debts of the party
applying for bankruptcy. This decision,
it is said, will increase materially the
number of applicants in Richmond.
[Cor. N. Y. Herald.
1?? *. w .
Right hard against a hasty temperAnger
wili come, but resist it strongly.?
, A spark may set a house on fire. A fit
, of passion may giro you causo to mourn
j all your life. Never revenge an injury.
A man should know when to laugh or
smile in company, Tt shows much more
stupidity to bo grave at a good thing than
to bo inorry at a bad one.
A smile may be bright when tbe heart
in sad. Tho rainbow is beautiful in the
air, while bonoath is the morniug of the
sea.
A crest mind, without il.a ~/
n ? ?w?nviuu vi
I jKhewty would star?*, 1