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i L 0fil . DOLLARS AYEAR,) FOR THE DISSEMINATION' OF' USEFUL INTE!JIGENCE. L _______- *IN YARIABLY IN A D vAGoC1 _WEDNESDAYMORNING, MARCIH 17, 1869, NO I T HE H ERA LD EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, At Newberry 0. . B.y: THOO. F.- J. k.GRENWRER, M,J9e t'j Ar]IUM,, IN CURRENCY OR PROVISIONS. Paymentreqikrld inariably In advance. jrIlao Notnc% Ruperal Invitations, Obit 01ree bles, MomWqcations subservingyrivatoi Interests, are charged as advertisenex4te. Lrom tIle oharleston Neys. A Willirg Witness. TIE LIBEL OF THE GQVERNOR, OF ' SoU'hl CAROLINA UPON TH1E PEo PLE,O SOUTH CEROLINA. We., nk some extracts from I the sworn testimony of Governor Acptt i.n the Third 'Congressional Distriot contested election case. In re ly to a question by S, L. Hoge, o,vernor Scott says: I am Governor R. K. Scott, Gov o ernor of the State-was so in July, August, September, October and November, 1868-inaugurated 9th July, 1868, and have been- Gover- I non up to the present time. Du- I ring that timo the political con. t dition of Newberry, Abbeville, Aidorson -and "Edgeoleld was one of great excitement. The laws could not be enforced, and were f not enforcod in these counties. C The dbstru'ction of law came from r 'r the fabt that political organiza- e A,idns sot at defiance the officers of i he law. The organizations were P th llepublican and the Democrat- C tc parties. The Democratic or ganization was arrayed aainst th; lawn I r6ceived the informa- t tion as Governor that the Demo- t cratic party.vas organized for the purpose of proventing the officers h W tho law f-om enforcing the law ' against any of thdir partizans, and n for thp purpose of controlling the C elections to take place on tho 3d 6 of November, in .the interest of a thkt:party alone. These political n organizations armed themselves P in order td carry out tie objects and purposes of their organization. I I . was informed by men who t blainied to belong to Democratic ( elubs 14gtetgey were,. providing C themselves with sixteen shooters an ho'Wnhoster rifles, with the de'. 0 dl bil prose of first controlling 0 the election by keeping the ie. t groes away from the polls and if' resistance was made they would e shoot the negroos down, and there by prevent the more timid from attending at all.. They did with ry knowledge bring into the State t,heAVinchester 'riflea in accordanco F yth ,.$ pso declarations. There W40:nQoleetion for Congress in d Edgefield County, Third Copgress iD6I 'Vstrict. Th' roagan why is this:' The taw made it my duty t appqin.t three commissioners of 0 l.4tionin each county; two of tJhes I first appointed were w.hite d meniand one a colored -man, of thVticounty. 'The white men ob- t joted,o.seryo' bqc,ane th4t pijr- c edrcooe inan.was a membher 3 of the -board. I -acdordingly ap- 0 pointed three other' cotmnissioncgrs, oneo,of whom was a 'Mr Root, a nimi of the present House of t ~eresentativos. . Hie replied to f N4RIitwas impossible for the l~ board to serve because it required at aill of his time to. save his life. n1 That he had been shot at twice i his owny residence,. hatd escapcd ~ from i js h ou unden cgvor of f darkfo b~1~ nd-'was thent rit'ing to mec from his p)lace of concealment t in the swamp. It was too late e then to appoint any othet' comn- t gnissiggora0fg.lcOtion, ,as the law V require.d u boetice of tw:enty days .h ibefore an elction could be held. * 'Tie genera, cy1ltion~ (of political :n:ffairs in that county, as far as the t .'.R'egparty is conceriod,, ag v Tegr Eheir safety, I.ean ; onlyJE sta ftpinion b et mipop ret " pos 6l ceitizens ' in 'in -the, county.,(Mr. Pope *objected to l' the6ioh'-Iasedi hon 1such in- F ovaio. I think~ theo~ftm e scarcely a mail receiyved in he Ex.. 1 eceutive Departhient during the e mqnths of Septem ber, Octobe.r atad 0 Nvemnbs'1868; that I .did not hi get one ot' mor'e letes reportlbg " th* fiuider of eitisons of the coun. a t4al~ir i Theso Jetters.to t be murdered in. consequence of .thorv1political opinion, ol' other ti outrages committed on them, and n bgigof me to send a military t Ii Q.-WVhafawas ther condition in -- --AbbovIIle-eto outrages ~labi of si NSboiurff ti 0A.-,he san Yti as in Edgefieldi t In -AbbdviIll cobpty 1 have re jssits-on file of' nin6oen murderi, 11 t ofeje- tlie.Noveiub,orelectio al n J.u. gan g from-the former electiont V in Anrit, and making due allo fl anos for nstiral olangos and i uences that might logitimate have beon brought to bear, ar ludging furthermore by the stat ments of men from the county both p-9liMCaL partieb, it is n )pinion.thiatthe Republicanswou have carried the c(unty b '18 )12000 votes. I nean by p1 194n, Hoge's nroty .for Co rQes. As to Newberry Count n;a fair eloetion, I cai' only judi )f it from the ,ame informlation utd.as to Abbdville. 1The m)jp ty in Newborry could have be< rom ton to twelve hundred, san ts for the Legislature. The vi once in Newberry was not to tl iamo extent as in Abbeville as 1 nurder, btAt the same intoleran 3xistod as to colored men voting 'here were two cases of murd< n Newberry-Lee Nance aid nan by the name of Johnson Glas row-prominont.colored men thi now recollect. Examination by J. D. Pope, Esc or J. P. .ccd : Q.-How many white men i mny p ty in South Ca'Qlna SU] (irted you for Governor, do yu hink ? A.-I have no means of knov ng. It was a matter of indiffe neo to me whether I was Yote or by white or colored men, nc Lid I rogard it as important to th esult, so long as there was a 1ai loction, and the voters had th ight to exercise the privileg uarantecd to them by the laNv ,f the country. Q.-That may be true, .but wil t, not the fact that you were ole< ed by. colored voters almost er irely? A.-I have no moans now < :nowing the relative number c dhite and colored votes cast fo 1e, but I know as a matter of n< essity, that I received nearly a lhe color'ed votes cast in the Stat( s they were Republicans froi ecessity, and voted for the R< ublican candidates. Q.-During thecanvass for Cor ress were yoU at any time 0 mes and how often, in the Thir ogressional District, out of h 'ounty of Richmond ? A. --I Was never Out of tho Cit SColumlia to visit any portio f the Third Congressional Dit riot during the canvass. Q.-Wero you in any of thea o ities before the canvass ? never was. Q.--ave you been since ? A.-I have not. My duti ere have rendered it almost inr ossiblo to leave the capital. Q.-Your 'information, then, i erived from others ? A.-Yes. My information i-d( Ived from information of citizen ving in these counties, from civ: flicers. of the Stato govornmoni nd military officers who were o: uty in these counties. Q.-You say tlat the resistanc the a,vs was entirely by Demc ratic Qrganizations. Who ga% ou this information ; Democrat r Republicans ? A.-Both. Many men of th, locr oiatic. party were opposed t, liese iDemocratie orgamizatioml >r the purpose of resisting th Lw anid setting at defiance th nthority of the Stateo govern mont. Q.-Pray name some of thes lemocrats who gave you this ir yrmation ? A.-rI am not at liberty to nam< hiem, as thov-enjoined confidene Iaiming that if it wore knowl at they gave the informatio1 'hereby the -lparties might b :'ought to justice, their own live nd property wouldl be in dangem Q.-You say,. thart Dem ocrat mid you that 'sixteenr shooter oreoimportedl to lseep" the ne( roes from the polls. Name som 'ho told you this ? A.-Momibers of the Democral club told me this. It-dOn't foi >w that they are Democrats bc inse 'they belonged to Denocra clubs. A number -of, Jepubli [Uns joinod 'beocOratic olubs il rderto diseover ivbat pbject the, ad in importifg these deste.u'tiY reapons. .I do not for precautior ry, reasons feel justified: in igivini ieoir names to the public., Q.-Wohld you believe the tee mony of any man who became eiemborof a Democratio-club fo be purpose of communicating t mtsidors what 'he tbere.siaw, n eard ? A.--When surrounding circumi tanoos and results corroborat 3Atinfl1~ftfly, I -wondd"belIev< Q.-LJou spoke of white menr be mtnied., So . you riot kildf eQt hVe were armed bands o ogroos,in ;Jdgef1eld and Abbe illeoIand.wvee you btapplied t< 'oqnditilf'th titevant their nan- c n- these arms? And what did you ly do to prevent it? id A.-I do not know that there e- were such armed bands in those of counties, nor do I now recollect of y any report of such armed bands Id. being made to me fYom Abbeville. )0 It may,. however, have been made, b- as there was a.:general rumor of n- armpi bands.of negroes.. Q.---Do you know that the im e portation of arms into the State, . w4.p lought about by the fact, r- that Overy negro man in the State mn was the owner of a fire-arm, and 10 the white man d1most entirely un. o. armed? 1e A.-On the contrary I know ,o to the reverse of that. You would .o scarcely moot a white man who D. did not have one revolver if not >r more, and a doublo-barrel shot a gun. It is true that many of the e- colored men were armed with shot .t guns and old muskets, but not more than a large minority of ., then had even these arms.. I wish to say hat I gave the white of' )f the State the credit with more in ?- telligonce and knowledge of the u negro chanacter than to believe that it was necessaryin any emer r- gency.to provide themselves with r- the destructive weapons in a time d of profound peace. r Q.-You think then and testify e that the sixteen shooters were im r1 ported to kill negroos? e A.--I believe from evidence o that I daro not regard as worth 's less that it was the belief of a par ty or a large number of men in A the S'tate, that Seymour and Blair - would. be elected, and thereby a i- decision would be given agains the Reconstruction policy of Con of gress, and it was the intention of if those to inaugurate civil war and r overthl-ow the governments that had been established in the South. L I will give as one reason for this belief: Conversations were not n uncommon among those who were most active in importing these arms, wherein they expressed ful [li and openly their plan of opera r tion, in which they stated that d they would bring about a riot; in e this event they would be prepared and kill off the 'leading Republi y cane, bot.hwhit and lack, and n that it would be an easy matter i. after they were disposed of, to control the rest of the negroes, o with these guns in their bands. The State officors disposed of, they would call a new election, when. they would have the whole mat s ter in their own ha.nds. In an i- swer to an inquiry whether they did not fear that they would be a called to an account for this wholesale work, they said : "Who' I ever heard of anybody being pun. s ished for a riot," and referred to I Memphis, Camilla, and New Or , leans in 1866. n1 Q.-You think then the sixteen shooters were introduced for an o other rebellion and a nev secs-. I sion ? e A.-I think it was intended for s another rebellion, but not a new secession. The New Cabinet. (e OPINIONS OF LEADING NORTnEPRN JOURNALS. - [kFrom the New York Tribune ( Rad ical) of Saturday.] e Mr. Greoley, now in the City of -Washington, Telegraphs as fol lows in reference to the new Cab , mret: 0 The new Qabinet means busi ri nes's emphatically. .Each man was a chosen by General Grant express. e ly to alid him in carrying out tho e programme of economy and intog. -ritv.eanmbodied in.the inaugural. s Th6 Hion. E.. B. Wa*1&rn ha a fought so vigorously and- success fully in Congress.agaim)o .co rrup 0 tion and prodiggilty that be coulId not be- spared from a :reformin~ Cabinet. his health isyMery poor, -and he is most reluctant to.. take any appointment that JNoeps him idi ,Wshington. On thesse gmqunds he at.first resolved not to accept, ri but it ishopcd that his repnignan.co V will be overcome, even though hie e should 'not be able to serve - through General Gr.ant's term. Prob ably noaingle ..member of the Cbnek AM .any.. reasn to -suppose. his name on .the slate till it wort into ,h4Medaw't;-4y., ( Fr'om the New York : Tine (Rs~ 4 piubli4ad~ O) SGttNrd4.J TJho Cabinet a-awhole *ihl'not "1 - politicjIans, bcaso ias -not. 4 b been -taken from their rak~s ;i a sWepghQepmpon% .'Yt En [ 4ientIy.welikown ;to .the' riubli6 - atlr c gi.'inId tsVIgde i h2 .ndnopf the commu-, o ) its , ein biera dare businead men e F i'athey'thWh' llibAWA, p4 .ae likely to make the practical inter. osts of the country their first care, we see ground for bolieving that the Cabinet will by its prac. tical workging, vindiete the wis. don of its selqction. (Fron the N , York World (Dem. ocrat) .of Saturday.] This is President Grant's do. ings, and it is naryellous in our eyes I In ouArcommepto:'yestorday Oil the Inaugural Adores, we had oc casion to ronark that 0 contained nothing which was not borrowed from the Republican newspapers. We cheerfully admit that the same charge cannot be made against the selection of the Cabi not. Nobody will doubt that Gen. Grant's whimsical pretence of composing his Cabinet without anybod 's advice, was quite sin core. He1 has not only deviated from the beaten path but devia ted into absoluto od Ity ; having made such a Cabinet As no politi cian would have advised, such a Cabinet.as no newspaper could have'conjectured, a Clibinet which fills his pOlitical Opponents with wonder, and his political friends with suppressed dismay. Take it all in all, the new Cab inet is "fearfully and wonderfully made." The otly hypothesis by which we can explain its forma hion is, tl)at General Grant moans to be the candidate -of the Repub lican party for a second term, and will tolerate in his Cab'inet no statesman froni whom he would have anything to fear as a rival. [From the New York Herald (Inde pendent) of Saturday.] The Cabinet of President Grant, promptly confirmed, will puzzle the politicians. He has chosen his men for business and .as his subordinates, and with not the remotest idea that they are to be his masters or his co-equals in the dministration. He has utterly inored the Cabinet thcory of Kc lUre, and has selebted his men as his friends,. his assistants and his secretaries, and each mainly in reference to the special duties of h is department. But, the moral of this. Oabinot is tha t it is President Gran t's Cabinot, ind that he intends to be' the master of his administration." Fron the New York Times, of Sunday) There is t key-note on which the irmony of President Grant's. eow Cabinet depends which does iot seem to have been fully ap )reciated : that is, the absolute ndependence of every member of t upon any merely party ties. As io one of thom is a representa ivo of a class or clique to whom le owes his place, they are all intrammolled. Their first "loy ilty" is due the country, their ;ccond very pro)erly, the Presi lent whose political family they iow are. lie is rerponsible to 'lhe peopl0, and his Ainisters to nim; and we have his word that f his first choice should prove in mny case unfortunate, he will not besitate to make a second or- even i thir-d trial, with the . advice and 3onsent of the Senatot. G-ant's udgmnent of men and selection of ,he right man for the right p)lace, ms always been his strong point. [t would be sti-ange if he should hil at this day. We can afford .0 wait and see. Fr-om the New York Journal of Commerce.]) The public curiosity in r-egard :0 the Cabinet is at last satisfied. L'ho Pr-esident has fully vindicated is preodiction that the nomina .ions would take the country by urprise. N'ever before .einco' the brmation of the Governmnent has 10 lar-ge a proportion of those ap >ointments been composed of ,hose no1t previously nunwed forthoe flice. As a whole, the Cabinet sy.il die, appoint the politicians. rTho rom.. neos5 for the state and' ]iieriot )epartmnents are the oily lupmi tent- pat.y men on the'list; This s but two out of seven, - 'a -'snmll >roportion to satisfy the' hoirde of ingr-y expectants who are . wait ng for party favors. The iynasses fthe.people, irrespective of par-ty, viii regardl the list with. mrore a or. Now York has every reason o be proud of her' posi.on ;in. the e0 tile most important thatt -e: ohneb9fdi'e the coun-rf, and tlo ~eeretaI-f, we believe, wll'iip iniself'eqittd to the emeraptief. F,oit~he New York Eutt Post ( Reptublican) of Satttday.]J The pr'ofessional politicians.are 'erg generAlly- disappoint4d ; they esent this attempt of a residenf, 0.carry..on the' Governtnent-with tA,thero.,.. Not .only. that, othey Sfnannnahe AttMmnt - as. foolieb and declare success impossible. Tho political "i ar horses" are fu rious, and prophecy defeat. The people, on the whole, ar pleased with the novelty of the experi ment. They do not know wheth or it will slieceed.; but they hope it will. In the eyes of the peo) e, a government carried ol without subjection, to the politiciails, but on the sano plan as any other great business, would be perfcc tion ; they wait to see whether It can be done. For ourselves, we are content to hold the .President responsible for the Cabiict, to put them to the best use; to change them if they do not answer; and to see that they serve the nation properly. The responsibility is, after all, upon him. [From the New York Sun, (Repub lican) of Saturday.] The first impression caused by this Cabinet is one of surprise. It not only differs entirely from all previous conjectures re.spectin its composition, but it departs -om the usago of' all our former Presi dents in tho small numier of'gpn tlemen that it contains who enjoy a national reputation as statesmen trained by habit to legislative,'cx ecutivo and political afl'ir,s. In deed, while three of its members Waslhburne, Creswell and Cox may be -classed as belonging to this category, there is but one of' them, Mr. Washbu-ne, who has for any length of time performed a conspicuous part upon the politi cal stage. The others are men of' business, because General Grant regards them as eminently fitted for the duties to which he has as signed them. Thi's is a working and not an ornamental Cabinet. [From the Washington Star, Ande pendent. General Giant was right in sup )osing that the announcement of his Cabinet would surprise a great many people. The politicians cor tainly were taken abmAk, and they do not seem yet to have quite got the hanLr of the thing. Thhi, we take it, is a good sign. The worst and weakest Cabinets of our politi cal history have boen those which were mado up by the political traders, or to suit party exigen cies. The new Cabinet is com posed of men thoronghly in unison with the .Republicani party, but who have other tests of fitness be side that standard. They are men having 1o, special linllcs or idiosyneracies. to intorfero with their usofulness or capacity to work in haI'mony with each other and with their chief, and, one and all they are.just the men to aid President Grant in carrying out his favorite ideas of rhetronchment' reform and purity in the public service. (From the Philadelphia Inquirer, Republican.] Take it all in all, the Cabinet of President Grant represonts the good sense and patriotism of the country. It does not contain any eminent politicians, unless that dis5 tinction can be awarded to Mr'. Washburne and Cr'eswell. It is a solid substant,ial convocation of business men, andl it will be in its char-acter and acts eminently prac tical. [(F romn the Philadelphia Post, Inde * pendent.] Grant has not promoted the ofi cers, but has taken his comumandl ei-s of departments from the rank and file. Grant has chosen the men lie personally prlefcierre, and at any i-ate has avoided( the errior of sulbmiting to political dictation. There areo no pr-ofessionial office. seIers in the cabinet. Th'lis Cab. ine wllbeaccepted by .h e puiblican partyv, but vi il inot be a:pp)toved until its charactor is-bots ter k nown. Untried, pink.ioi1,. a noveltyand a wurpiso,. it stands ~before the c'ountr-y as a gigantic .political . xpinent. Vast i-o. sponsibilit,icsa nre imposed upon its members, and as they discharge thorn Ao Will they be judg&. ADVERTISING TESTD-An At lanta paper', in the course of an arteolo.on the value of advertising 'to business men, says: A merchant' iM Acoth who had beeuin iuccoefu1l for y'ears, conclnded at the beginning of the year th at 1he would try the virtue of advert ping. That year he spent eigh. teen .huindred dollars with the printers,. 'and. bis own testimony i,.thpt he did three times the Amount. of business -tF'at he ever did before in the saute longth of tipne. Ae still keepuids Mme~ and biusin0ss protninent in.the pA'pra, and fnds his.prpfltq steadil, .In croasitig. 0Lbor miercban-tso.Ma, 6do,.wltnessing the. suocess.oftbhis .house, followed .ito .exaknt>le; and WHY IS THE PRUSIDENT IN1Uk1t1 IATED ON THE .QUITH OF, X (;? We renembor many yeare ago0 when a. child, (says" thbo 'Vief burg llerald,)to haie,, hekk ..As intorrogatory answered fin.. tpe dechitratior, that'in consequence of the ohitnge occasioned by. tho 401 dition of one (ay every bid94iUo, or leap year, thle 4th of Marcb occurred less often onl Sitida than any other day of the weok, and for this relamn was soloete'l, Curiosity has prompted us, ' to make - the examination, and; %o find that., in thirty Presidertiali torms, from 1789 to 19051 iniald sivo, the fourth of' March has, and. will have fiflen oftener on Sun day than any other day of -the wecek excel)t Tucsday. Thus, .w: have the fourth of March in those years wming four times, each, 6iv Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday aid Satir-day, and five times each on Sunday and Tuos day. The Federal Constitution, witm aadopted Oil the 1st of 3arch,. 1780, but the first President,. George Washington, was not iTi. auguratod untif*Apwil 30, 1789... Washington' secoid term, com m)eneIg on the 4th of March, 1793. loll on Sunday, as did also,p the term of Jimes Mon roo, 1821, and Zelachary Taylor, 1849, all 4f' whoi, we believe, were inangt. rat.ed on the 51,h of' Mfarch, the following day. The 4th'of March will also be on Sunday in tho years41877 and 1905, completing: the thir-ty Presidential terms enu mor'at.ed. .BLUFFJNG AN AUDIENCE.--JOhIr Palmer had a VCry long part in n; now play ono evening, and wag sct, downl in the bills to speak the p*ro logno. Trustiig to a quick study he kept postponing his attention to both until the last moment,-and whlen the boll rang, went on for the prologno without knowing' 0 word ofit. The house was packed, and of course in a terrifio uproar, as always at the commolncement'o' a perforinanco. Tlle indomitahi, Palmer, amid the confusion, begant to' move his lips and gesticulato As if delivering his lines. As. nobody heard a syllable, the cribb of "Silence," "Hear the prologuo," "Down in front," "Order," re doubled from ever y quarter. HIo, eamod his motions, and with the most graceful dexterity, protonddd to be greatly disturbed by the dis order, and mado a token to the gallery as if to indiento that lie. could not proceed unless that part of tho audienee becamo quiet. This stratagoin set the pit howling at the stiplsod offonders in the nilporregionIs, andl ait.ii the riotous clamor which ensued, Palmer cam-o forward, moved his lips and gesti oulated as before, and just as the Babol was corsiin made his bow and w'bit off. .llo performed' his; part in the play with equal success, though he knew no more of thae janguage in it- than of the pro logie. fMPRtovEIM ENTs IN V ELoci PEDE's, --It will be strange if ingenuity does not contrive a Volocipede which will b)e o,f practical use.. The instrumeints whlich now run are fit only for floors or very smooth and level r'oads, they mnay remain for awhile a fashiionable luxury, but they answer no really useful end. It is stated, however5 that a mngiber of ingenious m.ie chiances ini different parts of' the' country are at work upon imiprovo. monts which they expect widl' make the Vol ocipIede prootically useful. What is needed for this. country is a Ve'locipedoe whicla,g'n be used on cou ntr'y road8 ieh' comf'ort, without too great ex ertion of strength, an. at such, mioderate speed that m'en don buisiness in to wn may nae Vel'oo i pedles in going between thW'doget anid -thoir homes, or Othor.v4... Trhe man who contrives geonci at machine will matko a large fortigi by it, NorMAnanm.-Jn oneq f the cour-ts, a few dlays sine'~ a .very protty young lady,. appeared as a witness. Hecr testimony was like. ly. to result unfavorably for the client of a por't young lawfe'lor addressed l1,or very stipercillo4sIy. with the inquiry: "You are. niarr'ied, 1 believeo?" "No, sir." "Oh I only about to be mrrried?" "N'o, siri . "Ony 'wish to ?" "Really, I-4I6n't knoi' ok yon adviso'soch a St op?" "O'"dLainly I m ri6tl m-an myseld~ "1Is It possiJz;e I hoer sabld ,It~ 'oa~1ynecessaky,to sltt'&'loQ fl(ed at tOrno 03.did now the Macon papors are among the best patronized in the State, and the business men of that city are among the most substantial in the South.- We happen to be able to testify to the tiuth of this statement in overy particular. For the size of the place;.there is mor advertising doijo in XacQn than in nny other city of the South, and henco her ex traordina ry prosperity siilce the close of' the war. Tho namo of' nCarly every nerohAnt i-ad business Inan Il the city is to be found in her daily papers ; not occasionally and con densed mnto the smallest possiblo space, as if the parties were afraid somebody woUld find out where they are, but regularly, systemati cally and Iominently, and in many instances with an apparent disregard of cost. They know what they are at, and go into the papers and stay ther-e beenuso it pays. The result is practically do monstrated inl the rapid growth of' business and accumulation of' fortunes. The Schoolmaster's Promise. A correspoindent tells the fol 'awing ancedote of his old school master, old faskins: "Boys!" said he, smilingly one Yhat's up, thought we and were all attentioni. I was liku a stn-peop through a heavy storm cloud, when "old Iiskins" smiled, and the p: tomenon was unac countablo. "Boys," said he, "I am about to ba gain with you for good be havior," (a chango of tactics, ver ily ;) "I desire that you wi|l con. duct yourselves with decorum for one week, and I will promise to show you a curiosity--what no man ever saw ; and, having shown it you, what no man will over s0 again." "Yes, sir !--"Agrood" ! - "1pyi, sirl" and various other expres sions of acquiescence camo fr-om every quarter of the room ; and, as a preface to the new state of' things, the school was dismissed at an early hour, leaving the boys to gaze into each other's eyes in astonishnent, as if todivino in each other's intuition the answer to the riddle which had stolen upon then as a pleasant dream. An anxious wok followed-a week of curiosity, bewilderment, hope, and ploanure in embryo. Out of school it was all the talk "what no 111111 ever taw, and what no man shall ever see again 1" not ever the terrible author of the compromiso. What could it be? Anothor and another day, until at last the identical named one (law ied upon the gladdened young hentS. Nino o'clock came-ovory ur chin was at his post-books and sIntes, all in readinez3s for the day's battle twith th0 demon of darkness and ignorance-overy task fully committed to memory. Altogether, a charming state of affairs I An active mind not wed ded too close to orthodox ideas, would have dlivined at once the great advantage of rewards and k indlnoss oed oppression andl cru elty But our old tutor was in vinci ble. Un mikeo him ? Never. You could not altoer lis plains an iota. 'inglo I tin)glo!I sounded the little bell--that bell had a voice as well as a tongue. Boys, all attention I -eyes, ears, mouth agape l momenitous epoch I Old Hlaskins raised the lid of his (lesk, and drew the wondorful thing forth--adjusted his ominous looking spectacles astraddl hc1is nasal p)rojection andl proceeded to the solemn ceremony. "A tten tion, school !" A'oared the teacher' A single ordoer wvas all that was necessary--you might have beard a pin drop. 'The hour has at length ar rived : beholdl in my upraised1 fin ger's a single almond " (terrible susp4nso 1 "In tihis afrmond is a kernal," (coreomoniously breaksa the shell and exposes the tiny thinge.) "'Ih is no man ever saw I" then opening his capacious jaws, ex posing an interal arr'ay of do coiving ivory and rawvflesh, that remn(6d uis of the mouth .of a Bengal ti ger--ho thrust in the mysterious kernal-crushod and swallowed it I "lBoys," exclaimed he, with gronko mp isIk "bofs; you wil never-1.will never-no man will eter see that kernal, again~ I. r6 your' lessonas you rasqals, every dog of you 1"' A lady fi 14 e York rin 'up ta bill o I4 000 for d'ress goods tn' th/e# Whonths, Kon ran her husband 1sta mm