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March 10 10 tf. 1 1 la1tC00kSt0 e 1I t n~ tx1 anidDp ~ ~P~n~oinh Fuel ; p adtywi1r king 1oi. 1.Sepilig; *7Tht ~iaf pdWht'of" onf in, Sistand vf&Boiling, with aniiveinyv.emir l onsumuption & Ior1 cauty of Design. e9i rnoothnoss of Castings aLndi Eegange of Finish; '.he "Cotto Plant" smoNDt EUAuED. ABI1S-tId AL I(ellibn, S. 0., AlS~I Astret,aIfthe 8stt.r.. C, with tue ~1Vl ee f WI5ot Mantfe np~4 tuos a OI nd fdr#4afd the oto (W i ntiy' wat; at the iuanfadfb 0,' * )~' .'8 d iiio s( '.o hhi ei .f An Act to Organize. and Gov Orn the Militia of - the State of South Carolina. S.1. -Be itndeNd by the Sen. d@hn4 ;Rprientti6e of tHI State of SONth Uarolina, now met and sitting in General Assem. bly, and by the authotity of te same-, That all ablebodied male din,6115 'b'otw'eon 'the ages of' elghteOl and 'fdrtig-ivo yeas, re Sidi'ig inl this stte, ai d not ex. cimpted' hy thle lkws of the United States, Shall be subject to mili tary duty, excepting Ift. All persons in the army or navy or Volitntoer fore's of the Uiited Statos. 2d. Retularly ordained or Ii-. tens';d fi iset'.rniiieahs of 3d. Lieutonant-Govdrnor, m6m Wlis knd 01ft646 6f the GeneilI Assem'bly, the ecretar.y of State, Attorney.- Genbra; Compt roller Gcno'al, Stto AuAitor, Conmis si6neffr (BIrelau of,Agricultmral StAiAlics, Shii$drl'6t'ndanjt of-Edti oation, State hiiginoee' and Sur veyor, State Treaskrer, anid clerics aid eniptojoyes in thoji olces, Ju dicial officers of the Stato, inolud ing Justices of th'e Peace, Sheif., Coronors, Con8tables, Civil Offl oors of the United States, Ferry men employed at any ferry on a p)ost road, aid Millers. 4th. And all persons entertaiin ing conscientious scruples against bearing arms, practicing phymi. Ipro8essorA, teaeRis and itudents in colleges, aeademies and commo,n schools. 5th. Persons 1,egularly and hon 'rably discharged froni the arimy Indl navy of' the United States in '1sequenco.of the performance of m ilitar'y or nav'al d.ut.y,i n pursutance Wafny law of thisState, amd all per ions who now air , e, or may hereaf er be, ao ive memhers of regu. uArly incorporated fire companics ni this State. he loyal Iilitii of' this State, or n'any ot the- United States, fn he space otMeven Yoars; but no meh officer shlili be excimpt l unless y his resignationl aftor such term -fservice, (Iuly Accepted, or in ;omic other lawful ianner he shall bave beenl honorably discharged. 7th. Idiots, lunaties, piupers, and perisons colvIted of' inf'a. Ilmolut crimoles, shall not bu subject to military duty. Sc. 2. That. undeir the direc tions of the Cotinider-in-Chief, all persons liable to military duty, within this State, who are not al readv membrs of the National Gunri'd. as heroinafter provided, shall illimediately on the passage of thia Act, and from time to time ihierealter, as the Coninander-in Chiefishall deem necessary, but, as often as once in every two years, be enrolled. Sneh enrollment shall distinctly specify the namCA and residences o the porsons oil rolled, and shall also divide the samre into two classes--the per sonsg between tho ages of eight teen andl( thirity years to con11sti lnto the first clast, and the per-. 5(ons het ween the ages of thirty and for'tjy-fivc year.w to constituite t he second c'lass. Four copies of stieh enrt>lment shall be made by the offkec' making the samie, one of. wh ich, (after being corrected), a"all be retained by him ; another ashall be filed in the office of' the Town or City Clerik in which such comnpany is enrolled ; another shall bo'lied in the office of' the Clark of the Conrts of Record in the County wiher'e such dlistr'ict is situated ; and the fourth shall be filed in the Adjutant-G~eneral's offieo. The persons mnaking such enrollmonit sh all be comp9unsated at the rate of' one dlollar and fift.v eentw per d1ay for every (lay noces siarily spent in making and copy ing the same ; the number ofdays not to eceed ten; and the amount of'suoh compensation shall be paid hy the Tr'ieasurer of the State, up. Onl produictionl ' the cor'tiflea( es of the Clerk ot' the Courts of' Re. cor:i*in the County andi of the A d. jutant-Gener'al, that' such rolls have been, dulV flied, on ot' beforo the firat (1ay3 of Febr'uary in each year in which .such enrolOllment shlall bie mado : Pr'ovided, T hat, the Commrander-in-Ohief may, if lhe doomi it necessary, extend the trmof''onlpleting the first en r'olmet'udet .tisAct; not to exceedl twenty Ainye, and auithor izo payment foQr the same, as here i1iofo.'e appelfled a,qd sot forth. SIW. 3. That all pers~ons duly wei'biled, who s'hall idglect to at ,tensl'the mineiW. dnd drills pr'o vided -for in this Aot, exoopt in -cases:of' sickness, -ell be' subject toa flno,of, one dollb- fob' oeh day so n hwie~nMg whIbi f' nN: p'aid to the County Treasurer on or be fore the fifteenth day of March next ensuing, shall be collected by the collector or receiver of tax et of, the city or County In which the persons so neglecting is on. rk.lled ; and the Board o County Commissioners, at their annual meeting, are authorized and di. to annex alist of the several do linOUents, with the fines set op posite their respective nmes, to the assessment rolls of the several towns ai( wards ; and the war rants for the collection of the same shall direct the collector or receiver of taxes to collect the amount from every person ap. pearing. by the said assossmeit roll, liable to pay the same, in the samo manner as other taxes are collected; the same to be paid to the County Treasurer. And When the name of any person be tween the ages of eighteen and twlenty-ollo years shall appear on the said roll liable to pay the said file, the said warrait shall direct the collector to collect the same of the father, guardian or employer with whom such persons shall re side or be employed, or out of any property such minoir may own or posAcss in the city, village, town or ward in said County; and such collector shall proceed and exo cute such warrant, and no propor ty now exempt from other exe entions shall be exempt from the plyment of' such fine. SEc. 4. The County Treasuror of each County shall, on or before the twenty-filt.h day of April in each year, pay to the Treasurer of' ti e State, upon his orders, the actual sum received from declinl quents who have failed to attend such muster,s and drills; and it shall be the duty of the offit-ers coimanding the several regiments to fur1nish the County Commis. sioners the names who have failed qlow .1vuity Uom im>in'Cs 'aNT, givp the name of t he persons so fhiling to the County Auditor ; an1md unless they are excusod, shiall place an extra assessment of one dollar per day on their general tax, if a property holder ; and in cas said defilnquent or any of them are not property holders, then he or they shall be compel led to worc tie public roads, at a rato lot execediig one dollar per1 day. SEc. 5. The bond required to be executed by the collectors, -c ceivers of taxes and County Treas urers, shall also apply and extend to any moneys required to be col lected for military pulrposo by this Act. SEC. 6. That all tavern-kopers, persos keeping boarders in their Cimilies, kecpers of boarding houses, And anly master or inis. ress of alny d welli ng'house, shall, upon the application of any officer autlorized to make such enroll ment, givo i[IfoIIatioin of the mlilles of, all persons residing or lodgiig itn sleh-i holso liable to be enrol led, and all othoer proper in formua tion c-oncerninig such per uos s such omheers imay r'equir-e. SF.c. 7. That if' 1any peirsOn 0f w horn in form tion is reqired-c( by and suchl oflie, inl order to en aible' him t i comply wiithi the pr'o visionls of this Act, shall refuse tc give infIOrmilatiton, or shall give falIse information, he shall forfeit and pay t,w'enty dlollars8 for each item of iniforimat ion demaniided o. himi by any such offcer and false. 13' stated, and a like sum for1 enal indhividuial name concealed or falso, ly stated ; and every person whc( shall irefuso to givo Is own name and1( prioper illlormnation when tap p)liedl t.o by any such officeer, oi shall give a falso natme or inform attin, shall for'fuit andl pay a Ii ke sum, suIch penalties to be recov oredl in any cour't of' comnpetcnt juriisdlict ion ill the name of' t h< State of SoilthI Carohilina; and1( it ii hoereby madto the dutly of such ofli cor' to ror)llt, the name of ail perons81 who may ii incur 101 ally penlal ty uinder this Sectioni, to anyt) Mag istrate 01' Julstice of the Peace ir the Coun11ty of pr()oecution. S,ec. 8. T1hat wvher'ever an en irollmen t, shall be made as prov'idet ill this Acot, the Board of CouintIy Comtmissioneirs 8shal1 cause to h< puiblished, onro a week, for' fou1 weekse preOvious to the flest day o Febmruar-y, ina newspaper with cir' culation in the- County, oir b) written or printed placar'ds, in noi less thtan four' public places, a no tieo that such rolls have been corn pleod andl fled as aforesaid, whicl notice shall ailso speify that any pe son who claims thlat bo is, fo, any salln exempt from militarj duty salon or before the fifteentl day oftF'ebruary next ensuing, fil' a written stateonrent of such ox emntion. certidad by affRd'avt-' ft the office of said Crk of the Courts of Rec6rd, oi- butbre at Jus. ico of the Peae 6r Muistrat. in said Cointy ; and the j$ublieation of sucl n1otico shall bQ Sufficient notico of such o1rollments to all persons named thoroin ; such roll shall be made in the form pro. seribed by tho- Coinmander-in. Chiof; and the Adjutait-General shall furnish all the 6irollizig ofl. cers suitable blanics and instrue tions for the completion of such enrollment. SEC. 9. That til persols claim ing exemption shall fil at written statoineit of tho siame, .verilled by affidaVit, in the offico of the Towni Clerc of the township in whie he resides, on or bfibro the 15th day of January ; iI default of which, such person shall lose the benefit of such exemption, ox6opt such as are especially exempted by this Act or by Act, of Congiless. SEC. 10. That tho pbrsoll mak ing seh io nrollment shal, there UPon, if such person be exempt ac cording to law, mark tihe wqrd "exmlA" opIosite. the name of each pWerSOn .)resenlting sn1h Ox emption be pormaneiont, the name of such person shall not be inclu. ded in anly subsequent-enrollment. If any person shall swear fiaely in such affidavit. Ie shall, uponl proot thereof; be adjudged guilty of perjury in aily J.1udicial Court, of com potelt jurisdiction. Sc. 11. Thatt tio per1ons thus onrolled allil form the reserve militia of the Sta o Of South Car lima ; those over cighteon and not over thirty years of ago, shall col stitute the reserve ot the first class; and those over thirty and under forty-fivo years of age, shall con stitute the reserve of the second class. SEC. 12. That if any oflicer charged with ainy duty under the provisions of this Act', shall refuso GU(%g'eW"6f'liiin 6b this"A 6i, he shall forfeit anld pay the sum of not less than fifty nor m1ore than one huidred dollars for each and every offeee, to be recovered in the name of the people of the Stato (it Sout t Carolina:and stuch officers shall, as an additionlal pen alty, be deemed guilty of a mlisde meanor; and it, shall be the (ity of the Solici tor of tie Judicial Cir cuit within w1hich said 0lender. re sides, upon the complaint of' the commanding offimer of the regi ment., or on the mart of the Board of County Com mm issioners, to pros vecuto the samo. Any penalty in. curred and paid, or collected unll der this section, shall be paid into the treasury of t he County, for the use of the military fund of the CouAnty, where the fimnd may have acerned. SEC. 13. That the Adjuitant-Gon e-al, unlder. time direction of' tie Coin man1111der- in -Clief, s hall organ-. izo aild mpportion the militia, and time districtre therefor, into divis ions, brigades, regiments, squ1ad rons, troops, batteries amId com nio.s, and1( cause the same to be numbonhred and lett,ered as nearmly in coanform ity w ithI thme laws and the United States as~ circummstaan ces will pecrmit, mand may after di. v1io, annex omr consolidlate the same, and( thme distr1iet s thle reof, as lie may jimilgo expedient. SI-:c. 14. That, the organized mili tia of this Stato shall bo known ar, tho Nat ional Guaard of the State of SouathI Carmol ina, and shall consist of such di visions, br-igades, regi. meonts ad bat,tlions, and in addi tion thereto, suceh batteries of light artillery amnd traoop.s and squadrons of c-avalry, as the Comn. mandor-in-chief may dleem expedi. cnt ; and not hing herein containmed shall be so construind as to iter. . fe wit h the power .of the Comn. m,mndem-.in-Oh ief, in case of~ war om iiinsurrect ion, or of i i mmi nenit dan ger thereof; to om-dem' drafts of thec . militia amid to form new regimen ts I battalions, brigades or dlivisions, an hio may dleem jutst andi( p roper: -1P,ovided, That t hem-e sadall 1)0 ne militIarmy organ izations, or f'ornma tions, for the pu rpose of ariminug, drilling, exer-cisinig the manual 01 arm or military )mnouvros, not auth )rizedl under this Act, and by the Comnmander-.in-Chiief, and any n)eglect or violat ions of' the pro. j.visiomns of' this section, shall, umpovi conviction, be punished with'im. ,iwisonnion t at hard labor in the - tato Penitentiar'y, fair a tomrn noi .less than one year, nr more thar . throoe years, at the disemretion of5 comnpotont Court. SEc. 15. That an Assistant Adl e jutant-Gonioral may be app)ointe(l e if' deemed niecsar'y by the Gov ornor, by and with the advioeeant > caonstnt,oof the~ Sonato ; his 'salar3 - shall bo at the i'ate of fifteon haun a da6d dlana The in tie of Qur termaster-Geeoral shall devolve A upon the Adjutan t-Genoral iu times Of peaoee. 'E0. 16. That in caso of inva sion, insurroctiQn or rehelIlon, or imillinent danger thereof, the Gov- a ornor aball appoint, by and with r the advieo anld conesit of' the Senl- A ate, a Quartrtormls(O.-Gen e r a 1 , 11 Commissary-General and Surgeon- I General. - 1 SE. 17. That the arms, equip- r ments and intmitlons of the State 11 shall bo stored un der the direct ion v of the Commander-in-Chiet, and in ii such places as he may designate. E SEC. 18. That all oicers of the a militia (except as lhereil )rovidedl,) 3 shall be appoited and coiiis siOned by the Governor. They shlli draw pay only whoi engaged a inl actual service. I d SEO. 19. That all commissioned t ofMce's of the militia shall be alp pointed and commissioned by the Li Coin mander-il-Chief, aiidIl may be v removed from oflo on recoitnie- fi dationl by the commaniidiig oieer t of' their respective brigades and 1 divisions. Removal ina he also il made by decision of' court martial bI or retiring or examininig board, iq pursillat to law, tid for mis col- h duct any oflivers may be suspend- e ed by the Comlillander-i-Chief. i SEc. 20. That the milit.ia of this U State shall be mustered and i- illed a at suk-h times as tile Commander- -- in-Chief' or coimlailndilig oflicers of o divisions, brigades and regilents t may direct. 11 In the Senate House, the fifteenth v day of1 March, in the yeari of our ( Lord one thousand eight hun dred and sixt,3 -nine. V CHlARLES W. NIONTGOMI-RY, V Pre.-i<f Iln of the SOi1 PRO TEM. FRANKLIN J. MOSES, Ji., Speaklr lit'use of Iejoreseaititivic.. Ap 1oved the sixteeiith (a)y of* March. 1869. RORERT K. SCOTT, Governor. 1l Lucky Marriages. Th lato Joseph 11hmino wenit to In1dia, While hie wals still at younlg man, accuiilated it colilderab'le fortune. Iro sii that har-1idly aly about, him knew the native lan gaIges, so he applied himself to the hard work of, imiasteriig them, and turned the knowledge to most profitable accounlt. Oil one oc catsion, when all the gunpower had failed the British army, he suiceoded in scraping togetfier a largo amount of the necessmy materials, anld maiifactulred it fbri tile troops. When he return'led to Enghnd he cal vassed with so much ability and earnestess For asat in the East India Dirctiorate that, e might carry out his scheme of' reform, t hat, though he failed to get tho Vote of it certaii larg pr-Oprietor of' stock, he woin his daughter's heart', and m113ado a pros. 0 perous m1a-ria.ge. Ahi ! marriage t is, after all, the luckiest bit ofl iec when it, is atll it should be. e' nl Henry Baring (t lie lite Lord Asi. birton) traveled inl America (not. merely dile1tante traveling bmit like Lord Milton ini(l o luay, pieing into unltraveldl wils, meet ing only a stray enuthu;siasti nCaat u ralIist, lik wvith Miss Biiiihlam, and so coni solidaitd the Amrilican buiness10 of ~ the~ gr-eat hiouseJ of Bain g. lat an initernaitionial ploinit of' view this w~as a happy miaririnigo for' in af'ter' y'ears it gave im a pecui n'ar i Ihiity for conlcluingi the great Ashilburitoni treaty. We hiavo jusRtseen wvith un iver'sal satisfhetion ai greOat,iady addled to t lie p)eerage of' great Biitaini. Mr. D)israel i dle(dated ono0 of ofh iis works to the 'severest, of' cr'ities, buit~ a per' fect wife ;' and at, the Edinibiirg, banquet ho told th le guests how much lie owted to his miat'hilessI wife. It is ino soeret how much of h bia for'tuneils ho~ owed0 to her help, and how greatly he benefited( by her' symnpathy and( wis4dom. The hiusbanid whom' n shle so he tlp1ed in hiis youthful sti uggles for 'ortun le hias iPt intur madeiii lier ia peeressC5, and1( we all w nishll happiniiessunmd lon g life to 11ho Viscouot i ess Beaconsliel. So lucky has Mr'. Disraeli beeni his wife, thatd is hiarly wor't b) whi alluding to lie minor' and su rbor dinate (circu'mstance that an old lady, a atr'anger, somoi y,ears$g( ag left himi a legacy of thirty or f'orty thousand1( poundls, tii ough adlmi ation of hispublic chiaractor. Bro IIE,ELS.-A little shoehlack wvas asked hy a Rhadical member of' the Logislatur'o how much ho char'ged for blacking boots. "Ten cents for Publican boots," was the repuly. "How much for Demrocrat boots?' "'1Five cents." "Why do you make tho differ- I one?"1 "OCaue it takes half as l.ong to gni 'r-nnnd Dam onratin ,hnolu." L Remarkable Career.-The Guorrilla's Bride. Neurly every pleasant day po. ostrians on our principal avenues ass I dark-eyed brunetto, of' me ill size, ia pluip figuro and ichly dressed. In the early priig of' 1861, Sue Kitorage, a )vOly girl, just r.eturinied from oarditig school, lived upon her %ther's plan tation in one of thl1e uiral districts of' Kentucky, thait ung in a balance, uncertaini hbethetr to risk her fFate with the uw "conl'ederacy," or hang bavic. io wa8 17, and a frequent visitor t the adjoining plantation of Mr. und), an old gentleian whilost if e and son, 'young mian, com osed a happy funily. o00 (lay comipany of Uniun evalry rode owl) u1poln the place, pllildered lie premises. carried of' tle vali bles, burtied the residence, and nAlly slaiightered the patrents, -Io wero defendiiig their own re-sides, laying waste the coun .3 in t1heir track, and leaving ong Munidy and Suo orphans ideed. Young Munldy was at Ist. aIroused, aid while being car !d oil' at prisoner no word esclped is lips biut "Sue," probably the teet of a disordered brain. Iis lie bellig examined, lhe indeli 10 name (f "Muinldy" was founid, Ild ever iater lhe "is known as Sute Mundy,'' the-c(onsttant terror I' Union citizens and soldiers inl at seCtiCon. Released On )aroIle, e immediately returiied and in trred I he cliarred remains o his wI parcnts, as well as the bodv I Mr. K. Tcaking a solnmn ani 'artiful oati of venlgeance, and m. 3Iipalied by Sue, who was now -ithout homo or friends in the -itle WOrl, lh0 started for' a Iigh orin11ga camp of' I ush-whackeirs or errillas. where he was received 'ith openl arm1s, and WaIs soon romI oII l.u L o ff i& O mv e %, m-%,eyv)- %I,I iised and passing by the name * 'Kit,' tn abbreviation of Kit rage, proved ilviiluable Its I a spy, fe-arless rider, and of undoubted ravery. Kit, after serving near t wo yesII'8 as I spy mtit genleral liiner For the hanid foutd her calth failimg. Disguised, and miled withl the highest testimo ials, she succeeded in securing a ositionl on the stall, of, Gei. (Ic urne, tle hiudest, fighting Irish i4n in the rebel army. This po ition she held, doing her d13ty ke a man, until the battle of At nuta, July 12, 1864, when Pat. 1iebno1 was killed. Retur'ning ) her youthful heiro and his bam, lie again reveled in tht Cain'ival i' blood. and though her evil spir , was willing, t lie flesh was weak, lid Kit was ain traiisfi'red to iard duty at. Anldesolville. Pris ners wlho have shareid the hiospi. Jity of' tihat, eelebrated camp 'Ill p rhilap- reicmil bl.r sihlor, lout an Id mu11senlhir younig lieit 1ntil, with ibishiig black (yes, a ice sM ot I as aI ImIalide '1-, .tid I'uel, Its th ougli a ioid inlcarnamte Irked wtithiI. This was Sue lilt rage, the aimiatbl( younig boiardl gs schooI l miss, thle cheerfu comi (0) an ion,i I t) he 'o w,,eatlthy hiress lie be!auiful maid--n and friiendl of' oun g Mun dy, whIiosec Ii f' to heri '1s dletrer' than bori own. Sieno ndyl a ml a part of hiis and11 i'ro EaturtiPEd. an id trPied by Courit mari' al. Kit, was pr'esent, iirintg thle whiiole tr-ialI, and1( used er greatest influienice. buiit of nto v,ail. Sue Muindy was convicted nd hung at Loisv',ille, KCy., in I arch '65. The flowing hair still uing about his shoulders, and 'lion his youthf'ul corpse was I a en) doEwn and laid away in his arrow bed, th.: bloodinrg and br en hear't of' Sue 1Kiterage was ur'ied with it; and. now', a wvan erer' on the face of' thle eartih, oiimeless and1 fr-iendkess, sheO livtes eiI honut, hope of' heaven ot' miercy, :,r.akon andi( dishonored and cast A p)oor manti camie i to iiministci' .nid begged to be unmarr'ied. Th'le )ii ster' alssuriod him that it wtas u t of' tlhe quiist.ioni, andc i nrg('i im i to pnt at'ay the niotioni of nythiing so ablsurid. The man ini ist'ed that, the marr-inge could( not old good, for thle wife was wtorse han the devil. The miniuster (de niir'eid, Paying, that was quito imphossile. '"No,'" said the poor01 nan, "the~ Bi ble tells ye, that if oe resist the devil, lie flees from oe ; hut if ye resist her, she flees I, yo." EAn) unhov,ed wife,' w,,ho ought~ to ~nowv of that wvhich she has so nuch expoioneo, satys that the cason w'hy ladios look so mneh o money in the matter of mar lago, is that now-a-days they si oldom find anything else in matn rth having. Too Mainy )QektX, .EWARE oF TimE BELLM WIg AD. MIRERS MANY. A lady contributor to * NTew York literary paper gets of the followin1g senlsiblo and truthful ro. miar'ks: It' by the term "prospects," as a1p))lieud to a youn g lady, you 110an the pl'obabilities of'her gotting-a hu1sbanld, then shlo wholso admir ors may he called legion has infl lliteky poorerl Pro0specto thal n o whlos e t-rionds of the opposite sok. iy ho coutited oi the fingers of ai single hmid. Now, it is truo that overybody patr-onizes the church and store that everybodyelsesupports, for it isthe easiest aid most natur-al,thing in the vorld to "follow thm crowd." But this is not to say' that, a younig man watts for a wife the girl who counts her beaux hy the score iand her con. quests by the dozen. IL is true that evory chicken In a br-ood will leave a good dinne.r, tind ill go inl piursuit of' tio saime object it they see on of their nitilber rIu1n1ing away with a ltge-sized cleram 1), or fter an im. ligiily Iligle-worm111. But it is not. tirtic that t young mini will forsake the Illodest., gentle girl, whosu society lie caln onjoy with. out rivalry, to 0omploto with 1a score of, others for the company of a young lady whoso smiles aro fI'le to ill. 'Ther-e is, indeed, a class ofi mon who pay assiduous court to tho latter. She generally possessos many at ti'actions-tliis pet of 8.0 ciety. Sh1e has a tine instrument and pltys toleraly. Po4ibly sho .-Mg<. Imarviatbly sho dances. ish1 is altwiys i'rontded by the gayest ol the gay, and inl conse --C-A- A. "vu - viy -q r inan, her palrl. is a very agreeablo. plaeo in which to sponld anl oven iig ; or, as oiryouing 111011 ire Wont to say, "it is extieioly pleasant to submit onc's self occasionally to be handsomely ontertained ; but 1n1less strongly inclined to flirt, would not uponlf any aiccount havo it sipposed that he was looking in that directionl for a wife-by no n1iCnis !' h'lius hese gallants are wont to speak. Anld ats at 11ule, they 1110 not 113nui1ryin1g men. But when one of them wold take to himself a wife, he goes Esm, or West, or North, or Soi Ih--any)whero to find a gir-l unspoiled by society onle who hA not inl his pr-sen1e lphi3yed the a-rece-*blo to a score of otlhers, ami whom I ho Mtrongly suspects anly ole of tholm could ha've' hiad her for tlie askinlg. T1he worst th ing for' a girl--u nloss shi waits to livC and dit an old idIll-l, thoughi she might do worso --is to hlav too m1any bLeaux. Sho 11y ble lrctly, stylish, accom plished, gr',acefu -anyiljthing you plea,sw, it 11111 t's littiv. 'ho vevry fiet tha2t. 4io hls bon the roipi. enit oIfalt totions11 from miore0 mein Ithan11 shle woulId nieed to k nowi in the c*ourse of' a Ii fein~1e, phicos her 0n thle levelo wit h a wiorn- ou t boot -d-cesirabile only to thoso who cannoti get, but tetr. If' girils wouIld. hnt I ake tho ad v'ice of' thiir owni sex as gracious las they taike the carhessos of' the ot her, some1i, at least, wvould cut loea fowii of their wiorthless ao qualinltancLes, uad, in turetw, guard thiemselues againtst tihe attenitionsB of too manny beaux. A Gow.n TrIorOir.-Wo know not the ant hor of' tho following, but it, is one of' ihe most beau tifu prodneitions11 we havo oer read; "Nalturoi' will he r'epor'ted. All ihings aire engaged in wiriting their ow histor'y. Thel1 planlt atndl peblel go ntttended by their ownvi shladlow.-TIhe race loaves its scra&t(hes' oin thle mo(11untin side, and thle r'i ver its channe01 l n ',o soil, I he nuimal leaves das bonos in i ts straltim, t he fern and I ho leaf their miodest ('pit,aph ini thi coal. 'The fuiling driop) miakes its so p)ulebr uo in thle sand, or along on lie g'iroud, hut priitsm in char. actors mor'e-or less lasting a map of its march. Every act of' man inIscribes it-Clf(.fn tho moemoriesof his fellows or on his own face. Thio air is full of' sound, the sky of' tokens, and Coery ob)joot is. covored ovor wvith hints wI.oh sp)eakc to tho intolligoit. Josh Billings dlivides the human, rae into thr,oo classes : "Those wothink it is so, those who. t hink it isn't so, and .thoso . whos don't care wvhother it is so or not." E. A. Pollard has suod for a d11 voreo from his wifa.