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) . '- 1 - 1 - '-f - -.1 - I J1 L-U-? : VOLUME iVI. LANCASTER C. H., S. C., DEC., 26, 1867. NUMBER 46. p o_et r y . One Hundred Years to Come. Who'll prees for sold this crowded afreet A hundred years to come ? Who'll tread yon church with will'iog feet A hundred yea re to come? Pale trembling ago and Aery youth, And childhood with hia brow of truth, The rich and poor, on land and aea? Where will the mighty millions bo A hundred year* to came? . We all within our graces shall sleep A hundred yaara to come; No living aoul for ua will woep A hvedrad yta-a to toaia; lint other men ?or lend will till. And othera then oar atreeta will (ill, And other worda will aing at gay, And bright the aao ahioa aa to day, A hundred yeara to coma. SELECTED STORY. JOHN MORTON; OR, TIIE RUNAWAY SON. to: "Johk, give me back that book."? Theae worda, apoken in a harah tone by hit father, caoved John Morton to atart in affright. MPlea?e. fulhae T ? ?! ?n "No word*," interrupted the father? | "give me the book I" With tearful ere* and trembling band* John pa**ed the book to hi* father, who immediately threw it into the fire. 'Now, air, go and finith chopping that bru*h, and remember, if you quit it again before it U all done, I'll give you a whip ping." Mr. Morton-waa a imall farmer, who lived a few milea from the village of M , ie Ma**acbu*etl*. A man of no literary ta*te, himtell, he could not en dure it in other* ; and for lbi? reaaon wa* en unkind and often unjual father toward* John, hi* aecond ton, who loved book* batter than anything el*e iu the world. John wm not a lazy boy, but aa a farmer boy koowa no encb thing aa laiaura, be wae obliged to do kia reading at aucb time* aa I.a could atenl from hia work, wban bia father waa not by. George, hia aider brother, waa hi* opposite in every reapect; be waa a good farmer, but the duoce at achool. "1 tell you what it ia, John," he would aay, "I wouldn't give a anap of my flogara for all your book learn* ing ; bat It you like it, go ia, if tba old tnao will let you; but a? for ma, I am bound to atick to tba farm." John Lad t*aan aaving hi* money for ome lima, to buy a fin# adition of Coop* ar'a work* complete, which an acquaintance bad bought at auctioo in a neigh* boring town, and not earing much for it, bad offered it to biro for half pric?. Tbe night before our atory commence*, John had procured tha long coreted treaa ure, and in tha rooming had commenced lo read aa aoon aa it war light. From tbia ba naa aoon called If lira father to ebop a load of bruab ba bad jual brought ia? . Reluctantly John I ail tha book and vent to tha taak, but tba departura of hia rather aflar another load vaa too much foe biro ; ha lafl tba bruab heap, and vaa aooa abaorbad ia bia book. Mr. Mortoa bad gove but a abort die tance, vhan ha ramambared tome direc. tiona which ba bad forgotten to giee Gaorga. aad returned. At he naared tbe bawM? ba aaiaaad the aooad of tha halcbat. Wkea ba aataead the bouae, there ant John comfortably before the Are, complete. I* !o*t in hia hook, fl naa lhi? that mult hltn angrily born tbo book. with a horaling bnrl john went to tbo brurh boa? nod com bit work.? i bl woritod ntoodlly all day, bat ?poko sot word to uj one otoigt, rooing bow bod ho ml a soot it, good mtarodty *o?d to bin : "noooo ooiod. jack, i wouldn't onto? lot h go, awd tho ooit tiro* i go to i bo oky hi got 70a noothor." 44and wbnt if joa dot" rophod john, oajly, "bo will not lot mo rood it. i toll 70a. (ioorgo, it'ooo mo; i'm going 0w07 ; I ecu Into o ebnnoo to study m tnnrh h I plnM." 'Oh, nonmom, Joek," Ooorgo, *y<mi will moo got nttr H. Ao for my port, I i can't M? wbot you find m int? rooting in ! book*. I'd rolbor go into the corn-Add i ood work the bottoot day to lunaw Ikon to hm to got ono lowoo of any kind." "I know ll.ot- Mid Jobi, it'e your notoro, tot ( ooo't do tho form work, it ioo't in mo. I woo never meant for it, j ood thoreforo, to morrow morning I'm going, eowo wbot mey." Ooorgo triod to ehongo hio mind tor oomo t<m?, bot finding bim doterminod, be'pod bin to got roodj to tbo boot of Mo j ability, forcing bitn to accept all bia apare pocket money, toiling biiu that ha could repay it when bo got rich, "Hut one thing, Jack," said he, "what* over you do, be an honeat man. You'll make a atnarter man than ever I shall, I ; am aure of that. And remember, I ex poet to bo horo aa long ao I live. Ho if at any time the world goeo bard with you, I don't forcrot hnia?" P " * "* The nest morning at breakfast, John w?t mitted. An examination of hi* room ho wed thet he bad taken hi* little bundle of elothe*, and gave evidence to hi* 1'ather that he had gone for good. "Naver mind," eaid he, ube,ll toon be back." Thirteen year* have pa**ed since John Morton left the old homestead, and eon trary to hi* father'* prediction, he had not I come back. [ In the meantime, thing* had not gone I on smoothly at the farm. Fanner Mor I ton had given up the whole charge of the I farm to George, who had married a girl I in the neighborhood, and was now the ' father of five children. Years before, In | a caie of emergency, Farmer Morton bad mortgaged the farm to a small amount, j and ever aince the marriage of George, in | spite of alt bis exertion*, the mortgage had been gaining ground, until now the place tnu?t be sold, as he could not meet the terma of agreement. mi.:. ? * ? ? . < vim m iHTioia mow to <teorgo and the old man, hut there wa* no help for it; their friend* and neighbors were no beti tar off than theraeelre*, and therefor* could not help them had they been ever ao much inclined. | It wa* a hitter cold night in December, and they were seated around the kitchen fire. It wa* to be their laet night at home, for the next day would be the aale, and < then they would be houaeleaa. Farmer Morton ant with hie head buried in bia hand*. At times he would raiae it up and gaxe upon some cheriahed article, aa if to take a laat farewell, and then bowing it again, would aob aloud. | "Coma, coma, father," aaid George, "don't be to down hearted. Chaer op, cheer up. I am young yet ; and If I lire, and hard work will do it, you ahall coma back (o the old placa yet." "I cannot hope for it, George," return) ed the old man. "It will require year* of auceeaeful labor; and I am old and cannot laat long. I had hoped to die in the old nouae, out l am arrant it cannot b?.? Sixty y#nr? I bar* paaaed hare, boy and man, and it ia bard to leare now?" They wara interrupted by a knock at the door, and upon opening it, there entered a young man very shabbily drened. For a moment be atood eurreying the group, with teara in bia eyee. and than reached forth hia hand, exclaiming: "Ooorge, do you not recognize roe F* "Father, it ia John," exolaimed George, joyfully seizing hia hand, and leading him toward* hia father. # The old man aroee, and turning towarda him, exclaimed : "John, my aoo I" at the same time etretching forth bia arma?then suddenly j drawing himself op to his foil height, he aid, "John, for thirteen year* yoo hare been a stranget to roe; during that time wa bar* known neither where you were, nor what yon were doicg; can you give me the hand of an honeet man I" * 1 can, sirP replied John, proudly, ap?l the next moment he wae folded in his father'* arm*. Next fallowed inquiries from John as to how things had gone in his absence; J and he soon laerned the whole atory. "Ae for you," said George, * ! do not need to a?k how the world baa gone with yen?that coat speaks for itself. Bat newer mind ; I hare soma better clothes op stairs, and you are welcome to take your pick. But what bare you been do ing. Jack ; trying to get a living by books I" "Yea," replied Joha, "I bare lived en? tirely by booksP "And a poor living you hare bed, III l>o Kaiih/I " eai/l aU WV WVV'I ? *! ?U? ?IU 111 l?U , i IIBTVf knew book-worm yet, whoever turned oat much." "Hot ft Mama that we shall be equate to-morrow, father,H a*id John, p!eae?eti I/. "That'e very true," aaaivered hie father, rather Ratify, "but bad you ateek to the tmrm with George, r.hia had not beeet" "Nevsr mind, father," aaid John, "go to bed now, and George and I will try and make eonoe provision for the future." After the old man bad left then, John aaid he wee rather fatigued, and believed that he would retire aleo, -Hut," aaid George, "you have not in? quired as to our future prospects. Do you not wish to know f" "No," aaid John, rather shortly, "oot tonight; I don't feel interested." And taking bia light, with ft yawn, be left the room. George felt hurt. "After nil," thought be, "he has changed, lie don't teem to are what becomea of ua. Nevermind? poor fellow, no doubt he baa aeeo hard timea, until thej have hardened even hie heart." The next morning found John Morton engaged in a noi*y romp with the whole of his brother's children. Indeed, eo far did he carry it, that he received a cutting rebuke from hia father, for his heartlessnesa. "I cfn't help it, father,** he replied, "everything reminds roe ao much of child hood, that I cannot realize that I am a roan." At twelve o'clock the auctioneer appeared, in company with thoae who were disposed to bid for the place. Immediately upon their arrival, John took the auctioneer aside and oonversed with him earnestly for a few momenta. Soon after the auctioneer mounted upon the atepa, sod said : "Gentlemen, I have been requested by the celebrated author, Morton J. Hall, of Hoston, to bid upon this place for bim as high as thirty five hundred dollars. If any of you feel disposed to bid higher than that we will proceed, otherwise, there is no need." As do one seamed disposed to make toy advance upon that bid, tka place was de< clared sold, and aoon (be family was again left alone. "Well," said the old man at dinner, "the worst is over ; and I shouldn't won der if we could hire the place frotn this Mr. Mall, who seems to be a city man." "Oh, yea," said John, "I know you can. Me don't care anything about farmi tng. I know him well." "Dou't say any more !" cried George, jumping up, and seizing both his brother's bauds, "that one expression betrays you ; he don't like fanning.' John, you John, you are this Morton J. Mail ! I half sua peeled it this morning; for you never was bard hearted when a boy, and you didn't act the part very wall." The old man cried for joy. "I see now, John," said hv, "I did not understand you as a boy. I thought books wonld he your ruin ; but, instead, tbev have saved me from want." 'You are right, father," said John, "I am worth, to day, ten tbousaod dollars, all earned by my pen ; while, had I stay -j i - si ' - * eu uy me urm, I anouid have been aa poor?yea, poorer than I found you ; for yon and George are good faimera, while f could never fix ray tnmd upon it; in fact, it ia evident that T waa not born to be a farmer." Blander. A woman in Detroit haa bean arreated for amuggling lea in her atockinga.?JCx. In Norlb Carolina ibe women carry naila in their atockinga.-?Jtal. Progrtu. Nothing wonderful. The ladieeof For..ik. ..... 1 !- >L-I- - L' Iiuo CHIT sni'CT IB llltir SlOCEIOgB.? Salem Obterver. And one of our ladies carries her Corn in here.?Rome Commercial. The ladies in this section who sympathize with Andy Johnton in hit flght with the Kadicals, carry V-toea in theirs,which are very seldom passed over their heads. ? Vincennut Sun. All the women down our way carry splendid elegy's (legs) in their stockings. ?Kentucky JViriej. The ladies here all carry 'eels (heels) in their stocking.?St. Joseph Vindicator. Down this way some of them not only carry calves in their stockings hut tbey carry bran to fatten tbetn.?Mexico He? ueuger. And in La Croeae they carry their odds and ends, soles, and Inn Steps in their stockings, besides a couple of little Topb u. Some of tbem have their evidence* of bolinete there alao, avowing tbet their work ie not ned lee. Io feet the ladiee' atocking* here come to fer above the un< deratanding there ie bo telling to whet extreme jokee like the above might be carried.?-I/a Croat* Democrat. Now, gentlemen, we beg of yon, ie it fair to expoae the abort cominga of the fair aex in that offhand atyle t We are aore that fa lee calve* are not generally carried by the iadiee in their etoekinge in thia vicinity. Tboee that we've had the pleMure of giving a critical examination were certainly of the right 'Stuff," though we can't vooch (or othera. Geaae your elandem, then, gentlemen of the preae.? C%*rais Atlvcr titer. The wife of a Brooklyn ahoemaker baa recently preaented her huaband with thir- [ ty twn pounJa of baby in four paekagaa. Atrooioui Murder In Jones County, Horth Carolina. On Sunday night the 8th, at 9 o'clock, a party of armed negroes, fire in number went to the bouse of Col. John II. Neth ercutt near Trenton, and demanded ad mittance. Col. N. opened the door to see who was there when he was immediately shot and almost instantly killed. Tbey then went into the bouse and after beating Mrs. Nethercutt severely with a chair and locking up the children in a barn proceeded to rob the bouse. We have known Col. Nethercutt, for a long liioe, and know him to b&vo been one or tbe most inoffensive living,and tbe only thing that these fiends in human shape could have murdered him for, was plunder, and bis having taken an active part in tbe Rebellion.?Newbern Commerce. Col. Nethercutt commanded the 00th N. C. Regiment. Tbe Newbern Nepub lican gives tbe following aceoant of the horrible affair : "On Sunday night, while Col. Nether. I cutt end his family were seeted around I tbe fire in the sitting room, some persons I entered the house, and before Mr. Neth* ercutt who was facing tbe fire place, could turn, some one discharged a musket, almost instantly killing Mr. N., the ball j passing through his chest. "The murderers, who are reported to be five colored men, then attacked Mrs. Nethercutt by striking her upon the head I with a chair- T?Anor? ?t.?* \I? ?r-.. ??? ?'? Nethercutt's skull was broken by the blow nod that she cannot survive. The murderer then proceeded to lock the chib dren of the family in the smoke house next to the dwelling, and ransacked and robbed the house. During the night the children made their escape from the smoke bouse and gave tho alarm to the neighbors. "WorJ was at once sent to Trenton and Newbern and parties were started to ferret out the murderers or pursue them.? Major Van Horn the commandant of this post, at once sent a detachment of troops I ...j ? ? | uuuer command oi LI. Fletcher to the I scene of the outrage. Sheriff Colgrove of Jonee county ii also in pursuit. ' "This horrible murder hu caused great excitement and gloom throughout the counties bordering on the scene of the tragedy, and the opinion ia universal that the most energetic steps should be taken to punish the fiendish murJerers. No steps, labors or mooey ought to be spared in the effort to bring these out laws to justice and it is to be hoped that rewards will be Offered to aid in bringing tbem to light. "Col. Nethercutt was a gentleman in middle age, who bad served hia Country as Sheriff before the war and held a position as Major and afterwards as Colonel io the Confederate service. Many com Aiding rumors were in circulation as to ' the probable motive of the murderers, but there can be no doubt, if the above report be a true one, that robbery was their object. Col. Nethercutt has been a very quiet and peaceable ettizan since the close of the war, and no act of bis since then could have made him an enemy.? It will be remembered by our readers thai the Uniou soldiers who were husg at Kinstoa in 1864 were alleged deserters I from Nethercutls Battalion. The men ' alleged that they were recruited with the , understanding that they should not b? taken out of the State and deserted when the battalion started for Virginia. This unfortunate affair made enemiee for Col. N., who was, however entirely blameless for the order which sent his command out of the State. ? "Advice to Yoim MaM.-boa't driok, don't amoke, don't chew, don't awear, a wo'; g-iu'o!d, don't J';#, don't steal, dca't deceive, don't tattle, be polite, be gener oo?, be kind, aiody herd, be in eerneet, be aelf reliant, reed good hooka, love your fellow men, ea well na God, love your country, end obey tbe lewa, love truth, love virtue, elweya do what your eonaci* a nee telle you to be a duty, aod leave tbe I eoneequencea with God." Election Incidbnt.?"II a Mo, daddy," i eikftd twU^A ~r ? -iJ -L1 ' _ .. m mm u vlU III BO, WOO DM juti pat bia ballot in tbo box, nod ?u Jowly retiring from tb? field, "bow do you rolo I' "Got Amighty only know*, idmh,' said tbo old mto rnther^loomily ; "Dot du yonder fib mo acrab ob paper, nnd I drop 'otn in do box, bat I doa't know r.nttio about 'am. It mity dry work, dio rotin." Com io oiling at Cbarlotto and other point* on tlio N. C. Railroad at 80 oooU por buohol, and Pork in Kdgooombo at 8 con to por pound. I I The New Alabama Convention. In looking over the new Radical Meg n* Chart* of Alabama, we ficd that in Iti principal feature* it reeembles the old conatitution* we have known in thie country trtnce the American Revolution, In tome rerpecta, however, aa waa to be anticipated, the new rune ahead of the old, and we will endeavor to note the raoet striking of theee changes: 1. Imprisonment for debt ie prohibited. 2. No property qualification can be eetabliehed for electors of the State. 3. The clause of slavery reads as follows : "That no form of slavery shall exist in this State, and there shall be no let voluntary servitude otherwise than for the punishment of crime, of which the party shall have been duly convicted. 4. Divorces can only be granted by suits in chancery. 5. The judges of the courts are to hold their ofTices for six years, but may be removed by the Governor on the address of two thirds of the General Assembly, or by impeachment. 0. In ell elections by the people the electors shall vote by ballot. Every male person bom in the United States, and every male person who bss been naturalized, or who has legally declared hie intention to become a citizen of the United States, iwentyone years old or upwards, who shall have resided in this State six months' next preceding the election, and three months in the county in whioh he offers to vote, except aa hereinafter provided, shall be deemed an elector. Soldiers, sailors and marines in the United States service are not permitted to *-- ** ?v.?j ujr icnnun ui DPIDR Stationed 10 the Stale on duly. Registration inuat be provided for by tbe General Aeaembly, and the following peraona are not permitted to register: First. Those who during the late rebellion indicted, or caused to be inflicted, any oruel or unusual punishment upon any soldier, sailor, or marine, employee or citizen of the United States, or who in ) any other way violated the rt|l? of eivi, lised warfare. Second. Those who may > be disqualified from holding office by tbt proposed amendment to tbe Constitution l of the United Stetee, known as Artlels > XIV., and thoae who have been diaqualii ) tied from registering to vote for delegetes 1 to the Convention to frame a constitution, provided, that tbe legislature any remove said disabilities. Third. Tboae who shall be convicted of treaaon, embezzlement ol public funds, malfeasance in office, oeni tenliary offences, or bribery. Fourth. Those who are idiote or insane. An oath covering all these qualification! ia necessary to registration?to aupport the Union, tlie State of Alabama, to no cept the civil and politioal equality of all men, and agree not to deprive any one, on account of color, race or previous eon< ditioo, of any political or civil right. Brownlow at Home. A correapondeut of the Charleston Courier, who waa Id attendance on tb< meeting of the Preebyteriao General As aerebly, at Nashville, while there, paid a visit to the notorioua W. G. Brownlow, the Governor of Tennessee, and fires the following pen and ink aketeb : "We found him lying on his baek on a lounge. He ia sick?-could not rise . icroir* wb, out mim at to tit Ho it t 1 ! man or moderatt tite, with to intelligent I and mild fact, and ipeakt pleasantly.? ' | Ha bat what (bay call "the dead paby,* I aad abakaa all over, aad it it pitiable (c I tea him. Hit friendt tay it ariaea from bad treatment from the Confederate! while in prieon io Knoxrille. How thU it I do not know, bat it aetata to me a? 1 if be wat smitten by God, aad bed the ' | mark of Cain tat upon him. lie told m< he waa suffering from acute rheumatism, And eorely at he oppresses the Tenner teeant, one thing it certain, bit own life ie one of pain and aogoieh. He ia pale and tickly and cannot, I opine. Bench lorn gar do harm. He ia aixtydWe yeara old, and yat hat not a gray hair. He licet in the rooms ataigned him in the eapitol, and never leaves ft to go anywhere.? The people here aay he ia afraid to come out, I tea tome one may about him, bat I I do not think to. He ft to feeble, aad 1 disturbed by loeooaotiee, that he flndt it I - be?t to atay is one place. Hi* mind b id to be aa active and plotting aa ere?, and hi* aickneaa do?a not Mam to sancti fj, but eiaaparate him." The Ch aelottb New*?Tha Char lot ta Mm, which oaa**d publication ft abort time tinea, baa baan porebaaad by Meaara S. P. Hotaon and H. Met*#, practical printer* of Charleaton, and it* pnblicatioa aa a daily and waakly journal will be reI aunaal in a faw weak*. Bed BugsDT JOSH BILUKOI. I never seen eunybody jet bat whet despised Bed Bug*. They ere the meant est of eul creeling, creeping, hopping, or biteing thing*. They desent teckle e men bi delite, bat eneek after dark, and cha# while he is feet asleep. A rauaketo wilt flghl 70a in the broad dalite, at abort raage, and give yoo a fair chancato kaockin hi* aide?tha flea ia % game bug, and wilt make a daab at 70a aven in Broadway?but tba bed bug ia a garrotar, who waita till 700 atrip, and than picks out a mellow piaca tew eat you. If I wax in tba habit of swearing, I wouldn't heaitate to cuas a bad b^fc right taw bia face. Bed buga are uncommon smart io a small way, one pair ov them will stock a hair mattress in 2 waeka with buga anuflf taw last a small family a whole year. It don't do enny good to pray wh*a bed bugs are in season; the only way to get rid ov them is tew bile up the whole bad in aquafortis, and then heave it away and buy a new oue. Bed bugs when they have grone sut they intend to, are about the size of a bluejay'a eye and have a brown complex* ion, and wben tbey start out to garrote are az thin az a gtease spot, bat wben they git thru garroting tbey are swelled up like a blister. It takes them 2 days tew git the a wet* ling out of them. .If bad buga have anny destiny to fill ji must he their atummuks, but it seems to ma that tha* mml >*?? J- V? MX* V l/WU UJ*U? Accident, jiat as alivvera are, tew atick ioio tumboddy. Tf they w?z got tip for tome wiee pyrf pote they mutt have took the wrong road, for there kant be enoy witdora in chaw? ing a men au\ nite long, And raiaing ft family beeidea to Toiler the tAroe trade. Tf thare it turn witdum in an! thit, I hope the bed bug* will chaw them folka , who kan tee it, and leave me be, bekauae ( I am one of the hereticka. ( Oriental La"?*d.?"Every man," an i eaatern legend aayt, "has two Angela, one i upon hie right aboalder and one upon bin , left." When he doee anything good, tlie i angel on hia right ahoolder writea it dowa I and tenia at. Lactate whet ia onee w^ll f doee ia doee for ever. When he doee evil, the angel upon hia left aboalder , writea it down, hot doee not eeal it He waite until midnight If before that time i the man bowe hia head and exclaiaaia, | -vrMiou Allab 1 1 hate inead?forghra I ma 1" tba angel rube it out; bat if act, I at midnight ba eaala it, and Iba aogal upon tba rigbt thouldar waape." ??? "Mr. Snigabaa, you eeid tba defendant waa in loaa; bow do you know that f? "Ha raada novate npaida dona, and wrkaa poatry in tba day book wbaa it ebould ba ebaaoa." *Aay otbar raaaon f* Yae, air; ha ebaaaa without katbar, and vary fee* quaetly miatakao tba elaeraa of bia oott for tba laga of bia pantalooaa, an error ba ' don't discover till ba triae to faatan tba taila to bia u?pandara.M A claeroaaa, ( oall tba oast witna?a.M ' "bi* 1 TVwm ft? n?l*_TL 1 ' negroes of Vaeheille are disappointed la 1 the mw (radical) Mperiie?.H They urai , them juat aa the old force did. 4> ^ darkey wee heard to reaeot it thoely : ' "Dab ( d're eee dat f 'Fore Ood, dat'a de seeon' time I*se eeed dat ar man cum 'long here to day wid a nigger. Thought ' dem teUcs not gwtee to 'reet ne whan day 1 got in r Faleahood flies swift ae the wink, and ' truth create hehiud her at a euaiifc paau. Bat falaehoad neakae aa uraay twisting 1 aad turnings, that truth, keeping steadiig 1 on, looking aeither to the right uav to the left, overtakes bet before long. The Rmpeuae Eugenie ie cultivating a ' moustache. Our faehioaable ladiee wdi of eourae, follow suit The "liouataineer" eeye that lea droeea of bog* hare reached Gneaville from Teaaeaeee, aad aeore are ou the way. cotemporary truly reraarka that uot. withstanding the increase of UnpwHM societies the limes continue tight. "fconny, dear, you hare a rsry dhiy face." "Can't help it, msrm, dad's a blaek rspabMcta." 'r'i?? "Hern a ear*," said a Quaker to an aba?hra yoang man ; "thou merest ma thy fees agaioat my lot P but l>*r \int&.n J ''*4tp V* ~ I ? 1