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AI IWIV Vol. V/IIL WEDNSESDAY MONNG, OCTOBER :30, 1822.No4. THE ERALD IS PUBLISIED rVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, At Newberry C. H., By Thos. F, & R. H. Greneker, Editors and Proprietors. roa-rs-9 $CT PW Iuvariably in Advance. -/- Th. paper is stopped at the expiration of t im': fur wLicb I: is paid. 7- The o mark denotes expiration of sub scription. Remember Thy Mother. Le.:d thy mothe- ent v Down life's ten declin(: Once her arma was thy support, Now she l.ans on tlilnt. See upon her loving IlAce Those deep iinez of care T:hInk-iz nas lier to:i for thee Left that record ther. Ne'er forget her ti.eess watch, Kept by day and i<.:ht, Taking from her step the grace, From her eye the light. Ciwvis!! weil her faithful heart, Which, through weary years, Echoed with its sympathy, All thy smiles and tears. Thank God for thy mother's bve, Guard the priceless boon, For the bitter parting 'our Co:ueth all too soon. When tiv ratel*6 t!nderness Loses power to save, Earth wilt hold no dearer spot Than thy mother's grave. ThE BOQUET OF ROSES. Walking in my garden the oth er day, I stopped before a tree covered with yellow ro-es, and looking at them reminded me of a tale, which I will relate. Two years since, I dropped in to spend my evening with an old lady who resides rear mv house. She is a most charming person amiable, clever, witty, and chari table in all things. She is passion atelv fond of flowers; and you will scarcely credit the coquetry and gallantry I expend in making bo quets for her, nor how much I re juice at her surprise when I bring ter a flower of the name of which she is ignorant, or which is very uncommon itn out- part of the coun try. One evenin, when I arrived at her house, I found her seated with an old gentleman who had been residing on his pruprtv more than a yeart-a handsome estate in the vici nity, which bali been left him by a distant relative, on condition of his taking the u.ame of his benefacetor ;consequently he was called Mon)usieur' Descou dr-aics. He had obtained at' in troduction to my old lady, and I had every reason to be jealous of his assiduities. They became warm friends, andl massed almost every evening toge'thei-, playinig back b towed silently, on the evening in question, as I entered, not to interrupt the game. When it was finished, I presented Madame de L:>rgerel a boquet at yellow roses whichi I had brought for her. MIy roses were~very' beautiful, and singularly so, because the con tinuetd rains of the season had bligh ted most of those of t he neigh boring gardens ; but 1. had taken the precaution of sheltering mine by a shed ;andi they ,vere, per h'aps, the only ones to be met with in perfection. Madame de Lorge rel uttered an exclamation of de ligrht when she saw the beautiful bu>quet. Monsieur- Deseoudraies said nothing, but seemae] preoCccu pied. I looked at him with sun prise, not well able to comprehend the mysterious influence of~ my vellow' roses. 3Madame de Lorge rel shortly afterwards spoke of something else ; and I thought I had' been mistaken. * A mintute or two subsequently Lonisieurn Descouidraies suddeniy burst out laughing,an sid "Woul youbelieve that this bo quet has evoked, as by magic, an entire ep)och of my very youthful dlays ? For. five minutes I was on lv.'in imagination, t wenty years o~f ige-for five minutes I became again in love with a wvoman, who, if she exists, must be at least sixty years of age. I must tell you this history it is one which has had tan iminense influence on myv life, and of which the memory, even nio'.. moves me in an extraordina rv manner-even now, w.hen my blood has only just warmth enough to keep rue alive, and enmable me to platy backgammon. I was twenty --that is more than forty years since -I had just quit ted college, where young men ver~e kept a lit t!e ionger thain they are in the ( present~day. After well weighing the matter-but without consult in m-y fater~ decided on my future p-ath in life. and aninouneeu to me one morning that lie had obtained a lieutenantcy fo me in the' regimenit, thien in the garrison itn Au gergne, and desired me to be:readyv to leave in three days. I w -as not a lhttle taken aback, for sever.al reasons. In I lhe first place I disliked a military career:i but that objection the sight of a d.ash in~ uni forum would soon . have overeome ;added to it a few amiUtions hopes exci ted. and -t lit tIe mnu!ic, woul. all combined, hao.e male either a Caxsar or an Achilles of me. But I wats in love Nthing~ in the world could have induced me to tutter a word of this to my fathler, whiose only reply tc such a confidential comnmunication -would have been to send me away that very ni $t. But I hail at umc-t-ad what an uncle:e was then a man of the same ag as 1 am now but he was sti young-not For h;njmcef, for no o! man ever renounced Satan and a his pomps and works better tha lhe did-but for othcrs. H1e love the youni, and perflectly undei stood, without being jealous c them. He did not deei the in firiitics of 'age a progres-z; neiti er did he think length of years nc cessary to be N ist. 'r1mW1 CXCC sive goodness and good sense h lived in the happiness ot otherz He was ever found sympathizin; with the noble and generous fbli. of youth ; he wa the confidan and protector of all true lovers, those harmless debts young me contract, and of all youth's hope and fears. I went to him, an said. 'Uncle, I am very unhappy "I bet twenty louis you ar not,' was the reply. " I h.1ucle, don't lauglh ! Ik sides you would lose.' " If I lose I'll pay; and perhap that would help to console you.' 'No, uncle, money has nothin to do with my grief.' " 'Cone, tei! me your t:de.1 ;-'iy father has just infor1m mue that I have a leutenan toy 1I the - Cregiment.' IWhat a readfl misfortune One of the most a!lant regilient in the service-a handsorme uni form, and all the officers are iei of1 ran k.' "Uncle. I don't wish to be s ',;0 1JC *.' -1ow! You don't wish t serve ? Do you happen to be coward ?' "'I don't know Vet; neverthe less, yon are the only man whon I would prmit to address such: question to tme.' "'r weil. n, Cid. my goo< friend why don't you wish to b, soldier ? - Uncl. because I want to mar 'Oh -There's no oh. in the question Uncle. I'm in love.' And yoi call that a nisibr tune! Unl-rateful wretch! Ishoul like to be in love! And pray whi is the object of your ardent flame? "Al, uncle, she's an an -' 'I know she is, of course-i is always an angel ! A little late in life you will prefer a woman But by what mortal naoe do yo, call this angel ?' She is called Noemi, uncle.' CiThat is not what I asked yov Noemi is enough for you, I quit comprehend ; besides, it's a prett, name. Rut for me, I mnust knov who this angel is, and to wha nanily she belongs? What is th faimily name?' 'Tis Mademoiselle Amelot.' That's better than an angel a brnliete tall andi slight, wit: Ieyes lieblack velvet. I (don'ta all disapprove of' the object of you affection.' "'lh, uncle, did you know he soul! 'I know-I understand a about it. And does she retur' your affection, as we used to say Is that still what, you young one call it ?' I1 don't know, uncle.' "C'How ? You don't know, nt phew. un worthy of ani unicle lik myself? How ? You are ever day in her house, and don't knio yet whether you are lovcd.' I" 'She does not even know the~ I love her.' '0', in that idlea yo)u are mist ken, my handsomec nephew, an comprehend nothing of' woman nature! She knew it at least quarter of an hour bef'ore yo d so yourself.' " il I know. uncle. is. that Ihall ill myself unless she ma ies me.' "CO O! Well, then. I can te 'yon thait there exist maoy cbanet aginsti.t your union. Your fath<i is. much rieher thani hcr's ;and 1: will not give his consent.' "'We'll, then. I know the on! thing which is left me to do.' "'Come, come. listen to nm Let us look into the business.' "'I am all attenton uncle.' cannot marry at twenty years Wynot, for goodness sake 'Because I don't choose yc should do so. And, with>ut mn this marrTiage cannot take p)lace. .my good, dear uncle! If shec loves you. and will rr muse to w ait three years-' T .jhree 3 jars?' Do't argue with me, or to wait thtree years, you shall jio y onur regigmen t. but not at Ch mont. I will get an exchmange to oneC a few leagues from Pari andl von shalh come here once er rv three months until the expir ion ofthe given timen.' Bulit how anm I know w~heth she loves mec?' * Ho'w are you to Snud it ou By asking it, to be sure! -"'h, dear uncle, I never da *do so!' 'Then obey yoiur father, ai pack up your port man tcau.' -But you do not know the g A hudre tines I wished to t< e her I loved her. I have bitterly 11 blamed myself f'or my timnidity. I d tried everythin- to 'ain courage I to speak; I learned my4 speeches a by heart I wrote piles of letters; d but. when the moment arrived. the first word I endeavored to ut T. ter choked me. and I began speak ing of something else. She had -so sweet a look. and vet so stern. that it seemed to 1-.e she could never lore. As for the letters, it was far worse. At the moment I attempted to give them, I found them so stupid that nothing ap sMpard diitive elowdh to tear t them into. lest a word should ap f:! pear a ai' sL me.' n "' Well, but.. my boy. you must s decide at last., and for this reasoln 3 -your father has iot confied aI to yoo. If' he sends you to Cler e mont it is because tihe colonel is a iriend ol his, aid has a daughter. a:1d this daug.hter is destined fr you. Lecause it will be a good and s rich marriage. But don't answer me ; I know all this is nioting %wAe' we love. 'Tis p Very :tujid thing. to think thus. and loe dis inWTereStedly ; but I Aiould be sor i ry not, to have been guilty oF So I doin. Only ien of biassed minds are ineapable of' the like. I know the old call these delusions; but who knows whether it is not th'y - who are self decived ? The iglass awhicb danninishes objecIs is no't more true than the one whieb en a lar-cs them. If she loves you. yi shfUI sacrific,e everything ) tor her. It will b'e vcry fooiish to do so, but quite igh1t; and you must do it but firz;t find out whe ther she loves you-aid you have i an ceceilent opportunit tfo doin iso. They wish to make her mar ry, nephew-you turn pale at this 1 ea You would like to have vourot".us rival at sword's-length. WCll then. try anhd gain a little of this noble courage in the prce ;uf y air Nimri. Thev wnta her.. to miar.*V: von :e ricler tha111 . ho. but tle man theyrv to 'iVe hCi to is richeo than your self. . being tilled aln quae .1 re-ti (the v:eddijngr-clothes and.pre -iis'ats are also): wh,nres ther 4 would be obl,ired to wz,it for you. Now go and seek Nomni: tell her t you love her-she knows it. but it ri nevertheless a thing avavs . itd Ask I er if' sh retur is your Saffecti : is and tell her-for -1he mo111st love on, I am suir'e-Vouare younu. handsome. and n ty AsIC her to promise solemninly to vai 0 three years f'or you, bult to Wr1ite 1 mie, and I will keep the letter. V I Xill then break oli your mar L riage with the colone!'s dauhter. e W wil get. your exebU!C ; and. despite ior father, in thr'e y.ers you shall marry Nueml' 4Uncle, I've an idea. b " Let's hear it.' t" 'I'll write to her.' r " -JIust as you please, my boy; only act at once.' r "I 'quitted my uncle, and went to write my epistle. This was Il riot tire most dithiult task. I had aitnfifty letters to hrer befor'e. ?though I hrad nrever for'ward(edl s them. The most embarriassiing i ciustanuce was to send or gie it. Never'theless, as there was rio -timeC to be lost, I mfade tip my e id,ad, p)ur'chasinig a boquret of v velw 'ra'-SeS. phircrl the nOte inl v tzhe centreC of' themri. It is v'ery~ sib ly, hbut I seem even now to live .t o\er the trine again ini memuory. Af\ter the avowal of' rmy love, I be 1 s'ughit her' to love me, and inake d mec happy, and wait th:ree years s Ifor me. 1 imploried her, if' she a consented, that evenin to wear d one of' the yellow roses in lier bos.om. 'I shall the'n dare to speak 1 toyou' Isai, snd ellyou wh iat -youi must dlo to secur'e liy hiappi ness-I dare not say &u'i." An ~id you lput tile no'te in theC sboquet ?"' asked :31adamen de Lor' e' "Yes, rmadamf." "A\nd then ?' y XXWell, theiin tihe evening Noe mii had n1ro rot-e in h ier bosom !I. e. w' nted to kill 'myslf but imy) un ele. .arried rie off to Clermnont. IIe rec '' in two mnonths with mec. un mixed with the young oliii''rs, andi >f ended 'ty calmring myv sorr'ow anrd diisapp'i n unenit, by pini'~rg to melt ?' that N oemii hadr never I->veud me. u 'Uut, un!clec,' I said, 'sire was-she e.appeai'ed happy wh len I ar'rived, and rep~roachred rie geintly fur com-i ing lae.' \o-iWoen," centinu ted 3Inical K>s :Onldraies. ''iove tile dlev'o ion of' all thre wor'ld: but i.iter art Ii thte:-e they never' !ove'. In short. *e ended by abnost fm-get tinig her. ini Theri I m:rrried th Ie colonelvi r. daughrter, who died eig,ht year: n- after our mfai'i'ige ;and now iO. aa s;quite alonie, for myr unucle has been e- deal a long trie-woubl y'ou be a- lieve 1 often thin k of Nocuii? an. -thart whliebr is rmor'e serrous anu e' absurd-i always see her in im uginatrin as a young gil of' seven t? tjeen with her1 dark br'own hair and, as my unle said, her eye: re like black velvet !Wher'eas.i living, shre must be now anr ok "You1 donl't know what has be rl. ,,nic ohr 9" sked \baduine di "No." "Your name, then, is not Des coudraies?" she hastily inquired. 'No : t1hat is the name of the property left me by my uncle. My name is E,imond. d'Althiem." ..So it is!" '1H*w do von know ?" "I will t~ll youi," she added, withoit replN ing 10 his question, ,.wlat has beciei of Nemn." Can you ? e she loved you u)it tle vellow rose .She dlid not S.e tIh ICote. Your iastV dopartue caused her many tears then afterwards, she mar ri--d Monsieur do Lorgerel." -Yes. 1onsieur de Lorcrcl, whose widwv I am to-day." "What ! you--you Noemi Ame lot ?" "Ls. a truly as you are, nd ' are PntO like. dinond d'Al ,(food gr"acious! who would have ti iough t that a day could ar rive m whibc we shwuld not re cognize each other ?" -Yes. it is Strange. is it riot ? And only reunited to play back gammin :ni "lI,:It the boquet ?' 'hlie boquet is here. I ahways Aid _ialame de Lorgerel went to , cuplboard, and, opening a box in eioI. took out a laded bouet. She truliodel as she did so. -L le it ! l untie it !" said Mon sim: Deconrai es. She untied the boquet,and found the.! nte w1hich had been hidden there forty-two years! Both of i Irmaincd silent. I wished to .l bulit Monsieur DescoudraiCs . bviame de Lorwerei took his :m, aiid said : -You arc right. n mit not let this memory of youh in our hewarts pass before t' . oii fales lik ( ours. Let Us, av iany ihin so ridiculouus,whichi ui de-rade the noble se,nti u whiCi will, perhaps, make 1s1 happy the remainder of our iveS. Di nut returnil for some i0e that eveninIg, .Desoudraies Ln('M:,damc de Ldor arel searcely ver quidt; - each other's society. Ther--e exists between them a sen Iti1t such as I never b-forc be held. Th(yN" go over together all I the minute (-tails of that iove w h1ichi11 wa- never explaiied nor x They have a thous and things to t'll each other: hey ve i r-trospection. They WOUld mluch like to be married but ther dare not. so much does idiclel- oftell Mar our purest w ishI N. B.-Younc ladies. always un tie and wel examine any anony mnous boq1uet you may receoive; Ifor a lover is more agreeable at twent tha bn at sixty; and forty years o expectaitioni is really no Good Temper. uod temper is the sunshi no of the domae-:ie (c-Ice, and mrust be prnize-d and culi vated ac-ordinugly. Frecti'ahess, peevish ness. sullen ness, 'i tternuess arid angelr must b)e viewed as so many h:issing snakes, andl dr-iven from every hcar-t that claims the distine-ton of beingt happy-. W\hen tempeto ie aa toany ill-feelinigs. self-re straint must be exercised, and mutu-l forbearance shown. Much il;be accoem plished by carrying out Ithe dletermnination that both shial Inever lose their ternper at the sami ti me-the one bringing~ wacter where the other bringrs lire. I Let themi tr-eat each other's feel ing, it has been well said, "wt lenity. and learn to be, as occasion ere,blind1(. deat and dumb-es peial dumb. Not sullenly dumb, Ibit cieren-lv dumib. Not silent fromei modliiness andl passion, butt sil erm reason and affee tuhiOnloking out thme while like a m oarinerc in a dark niighxt for the i-st stre\aks of the dawn, anid hail in-- it at withi gra:eful welcome. A. get conatrast, a well1 arriange Idiversity gm ves are-li.'h to married e. J is the niecessary coni tion, how'\ever, of such a diversity~ tha t the parities should view thing 0cia ionalily ifi'o , diIferenit point ot view D!! -d wisdoum wvii be re quired. therefoeVe. by mutual con 'eesions. gCetieness, good humor lad .nrbaran ce. to prevent suchi di versities of taste. 01r opdiinion be coing~ theC source of qiiarirel. Irii tat ion. or, to use. a phrase of mod ern -0 oinage2. "nagge.' A elergry mn wh o had tiedl the mai-riage k note fri manyV a coupI le. was care l nl:ays ta whiisper to the br-ide. as his paarting counsel, "'Be sure lever to have t.he last .word"--ani advice whlich is excellent, but whiChi is siurpassed b y th re0 nco m -menidationi that inei thee parLty should take the first one. A St. Louis r:at made a comfort. able but somewhat expensive bed outrao S1.500 in Goveornment bonids a ~l l-ht the owner possessed. A 1ok hou;se ad'-erti-es :"an Lu --C iime to se-l On eOm;,:i.uIOD.' (;al rime..* .vo - .-h . To the Citizens of South Carolina. COLr.U3A, S. C., Oct. 21, 1872. For the inf'ormation o .he pub. lic and for the purpose of' proteet ing the tax-pavers of this State against a schCme which has becn gotten Up by certain State olli cials, by wlhieb eertain men arc to ma,Ikce a large amnount of noiey by defrauding the people, I wish to address to you a f0w words. A little more than one year ago I Was supported to tie position of' Auditor of State, and since '.hat time I have endeavored to do my duty in that connection to the best of my judgment. How far I have succeeded remains for the people to decide. The first action. which. out of my regular course of duties, I deemed it ineunmbenit upon me to tuke, was the prevention of the circulation Of the B'lue Ridge Scri). This, I was repeatedly told by the Govcrnor, some one was going to d1 ; but after waiting until almost too late. I learned that the action of the Governor was simply for the purpose of f6reing John J. Patterson. the President of the companv. to pay certain claims which he held against the road, in the shape of a note of the compa ny, which he procur'ed in a way iot likely to add to tle repIuta tion of an honest m:an. Wai tin , as I have heretofore said, until at most too late, tor some one to take this matter into the courts, I finallY instituted the necessary proceeding> with the sanction of' the Govern >r. An1er praecdinlgs had been cojimmenced and the usnal necessary in i ucements been offer ed his Excellency, an effort was made by himself and others inter ested, to in:luce me to withdraw the suit. Ti thousand dollars in cash was offere<i me by one party the day that the case came into court; and an indirect offer of 825.00 in scrip was subsequently made by another party. in case I would consent to withdraw the suit. This, I. of' course, refused: and the matter has been a bone of contention between us ever since. An effort was made soon aftCi the adjournment of the Legisla ture, and entinuel for some two or three months, to induce me to levy a special tax to pay the in terest upon the entire bonded debt ol' the State, legal and iliegal., to be collected immediately. This I iefused. tlthough an inducement of' 20,000 in cash was offered me. to either levy the tax or resign my position for the purpose of allow ing Dr. Neagle to make the levy an1d, at the same time, I was in fornied that Governor Scott had promised Dr. Neagle to remove nmc, in case i refused to make the leTy. I again declined to comply with their wishes. Now. a second effort has been mnade to force me to levy' a tax to pay the interest upon the fraudu lent debt of the State. and to in c:ude a levy of three mills ur>on the dollar to redeem $450,000 of the Blue Ridge scr'ip-one quar ter' of he entire issue-which has. by decisionr of Iris IIonor Judge A. J. W\ilard, of the Supreme C~ourt, been decided unconstitutional and invalid. Now, whlile I deem it the duty of every good citizen to pay all jurst andI lawflul taxes, I do not nsider it his duty to pay every tax that may be imposed by un scruplulous men, who chance to be in p)ower~. Nor do I consider it thre duty of any' oflicer who, thro' tIre force of ci rcn istances, hap pens to be thre appointee of' such men, to blindly follow their dicta tioni, without regard to right oir wrong. So thiniiking, and acting as I consider it thre duty of' a good oficeer and an hronest man, I have again refused to comply wvith their wishes .and I have tis day rec,eived an order removing mec from office. It is but just to my self' to add, that I was informed ly hris Excellency the Governor that I might retain the office, pro vided I would make thre levy. IIis Excellency, whrile insisting upon tire levy of' these taxes, informed me that Ihe knew the money, if collected, would not be applied to the.roe fSlot' which it was le vied, but that that was none of our business ;that it was our duty to levy the tax; and he cased his argumnit on the ground that many onutstandinurg claims were now held against the State, (of w hichr he is thre possessor to the amount of' $40.000. as he himsell informed me.) and that the Trea surer would have no f'uds to pay' them.i his onlhy other' argument w's. tha't he had publicly pledged lis w Old to lienr'y Chews & Co. tha't the~ tax would be levied, and that. should it not be, he would statnd before the~ people in the lig ht ofinoscy Tis scheme is, as I have said no nrew movement;' but wh i l Auirator oh thre State, I sucaeeded iin pr'eveintin;g its consummuiation B3eing" no longer .in such position I am powerless to protect youi int.er'ests, and I nrow leave it tr you to say', shall tis plot be car' r'ied ont, and yon be suhijeted t( pay this enormous tax, amounting to twenty mills for State. and. in this C'ounty.five and cone-hall mills for County-two and one halIf! times the tax of last year? or will vou unite in a determined eff'rt to prevent the continuance of the frauds which have impoverished the peopie and disgraced th(?State? To bring shen an effort to a sue eessfil issue, I pledge f'r mv own part my most hearty co-operation. EOWIN F. GARY, Late State Auditor. Animal Sagacity. INSTINCT OF A MONTANA MARE. The Virginia City ;ttauan says that Mr. John Fletcher. of, Norwegian. (wns an unbroken Ca yuse mare, which :rus 1 a pas ture adjo1:iing his house. The :nare (whiib is very wild) has a young colt at her side. A few nights sinee,. after Mi. Fletcher had r.:tired, he was aroused Lv the mare cming to the windo.v of his hiouse5. and by pa,wing. neighing, and in every way pos-s'ible trying to g,et his attention. Tlis contin ning for some time, he got up and went out and drove her away. and returned again to bed ; but she immediately returned, and, if pos sible.inereased her demonstrations, He again went out, when the mare came upl) to him and rubbed her nose against him. although always before she had been very shy of allowing any one to come within reach of her, then ran on a few yards before him, continuing her Nei'hin.'; thenl, as he did not ful low he', she retuined to him, rub. ting a ga inst him in the most de monstrative manner. IIe attempt ed to drive her off, struck her with a stick, and followed her a few yards to frighten her away. As soon, however, as he turned to. ward the house she returned and tried in every way to prevent him from doing so. le then remarked that her colt was not with hcr. a !'act he had not noticed before, as it w-s quite dark. It occurred to him then to follow her, which he did. So soon as she saw he was doing so she ran off before him, stopping every few yards, turning around to see that he was still fol lowing. then again running on keeping pim her calling, until she reached a distant part of the field. where she stopped at an old "pros. poet hole." On coming up with her she again commenced rubbing agtlnst hin. and drew his atten tianl to tile hole. where hLe Soon discovered the colt. It appears it had slipped i.to it and was unable to gePt out, and the mare had taken this method to obtain assistance. liein-,r unable to get it out alone. Mr. -Fletcher went for some of his nieh!i!.hbor. anid with them return ed. Wi,ile they were taking tihe little fellow out the mare mani fested the most intenSe ddlight. and seemedI almost beside l'erself' with joy ;andi afterward, when the men hlad got out of' the ho,le, she came uip to Mr. Fletcher, and placing her nose on iis shoulder gave every sign of gratitude that a human mother might under sim ilar circumlstance.. A Goon On:.-The following good story is told of Major' Gene ral Thomas. While in Eastern Kenltuicy. many of the troops uin der' his command, passed near' their hom1es, and being~ anxious to: see their wives arnd little ones, were da ily' imploring the General for fur iughls. One of' these sol die; more determined than thle rest, visited him, when the f'ollow ingr convcirsation tock p)lace: G(enerarl. I'm only about forr miles from~ home-want to go over 'and get up a little wood-kin ketch y~on in a day or two, ete." "Howlongsince y'ou sa.v y'our w ife andi' chiildr'en ?'' questioned the sterna old Major General. Wirth a woe begone exp)ression the sixfooter replied slowly and solemnlv: "WaaI Gineral, its nigh on to t-c-l-c-e muonths sinlce I was to home. "Why, man," said tile General briskly, "I hiav'n't seen my wife for two y ears. andl don't expect to see her until the wai' is over.'' Tile Kentuckian putting on the airi of One r'eseinting an insult said VWal G i(ineral-me and my wife is not that kind of' peolie." A. curKiousI ci.e of sponitanieoi u cm butoni noted' in Readir.g, Pa. A gen t!mn, anfnter oiling somne wood work, left the~ pce'o. flinnel heC haid used ill a bowl ithm a -mall quantity' of tinseed oil, ami placetd it on the seond-story haleony in the~ open air, intending to use the~m agiin. The follow'izng orr.ing he found that the flannieIliha taken fire and been wholl' con sumned, the ashes rema:ining in thei' bowl. An Enghish photographer hasi inven ted a panolr;dic camera, wich, by inigenious miech-anism, sweeps the whole landscape anid takes it en a plain surface, emnbraLci!g on one negative one-third of' a circle. The exacitude of its operation is said to be as singular as the beauty of its results. A W~ester'n paper tells the sad story of ac -id:mt, death and maurning in the&e brief words: At Port Ausin-gir'i-ke-roso:e tears-funeral-vaant ebair.* A Mechanical Eye. No mnechanie can ever nttain int .1 unless hie i" able t dettet ordiniry iiperfeeLions at sight. so that he can see if thin g are out oi plumb. out of leVcl, out of square. and oUt of proper shape: and uness lie can also deteet dis proportioned Or illshaped patterns. This i- a great muchanic..l at t:liiflment. 1 say att:ainmrent bV cause it can be atutined by any ordin1ary pe-son. OF course there are defeetive eyes as ther are other detective organs the speec, f in-ance, is somet defctive, but the eye is suwcep LIe of the same tr:ining as a .y olher orn. The muscles, th". v4ice. the sense iheairring. tJ 1e artist must tram the orgaL a 0igh ill Qordcr to e ict LhI I. h. Ilip,)rTect' ; n,il :aVle Color 1 portion, Shape, exprevstionl, eC. Not 011 blacksmith in fivC eVCr attains the art of hammering square ; vet it is very essential in is occupation. It is simply be 'ause he allows himself to get into a careless habit ; a li,tle training and care is all that is necessary for success. The fact is that the eve is not half as much at fault as the.heed ess inilld. Some carpenters ac Ire the careless habit ot usin' a ry square every time they plame >ff a shaving, in place of giving hieir minds right to their busi less and properly training theirV. ,yes: and unless thv cultivate :his power of the eye, they wil i v av be at Journey work. Look ii the well trained blacksmith e goes across the shop, picks up he horse's foot, takes a squint. eturns to his anvil. forges the hoe, and it exae.lv fits the loot. "ontrast him with the bungler vho looks at the foot. then forges I shoc, then flis the foot to it. often o the ruin of a fine horse. Now he fault lies in never allow ing inlself to put a shoe on that is >0 t in proper shape for the foot ac should determine to make tiw ;e Tit the foot in place of the Wot latting the Shoe, and he should follow it up untd the object is accompDlished. A very good way to discipline tLe mechanical eye is to first measure an inch with the eye. then prove it with the rule, then neasur i a halfinch. then an eighth, and so on, and you wil be soon able to discover at a glance the difference between a twelfth and a sixteenth of an inch ; the" go to 3 inches. 6, 12, and so on. Some c-al this gunssing; there is no guess wcork about it ; it is measur ing with the eye and mind. Ac. quire the habit of criteising foir imperfections every piece of work that von see, do everything as nearly as you can without meas-I uring (or spoiling it). or as nearly as you can trust the eve with its present training. If you cannoti see things mechanically. do not blame the eye for it ; it is no more to blame than the mouth is be cause we can not read, or- the fin-| gers because we cannaot write. A person may write a very good hand with the evesclsdth mind, of course diclosed, then gers. The eyc is - essary, how ever, to detect imp)erfections. Every occupation in life requires a mechanically trained eve, anid we should realize, moire than we do. the great imp)ortance of prop erly training that org-an. J. E. E. The latest invention is in the shape of a ni:iow distended by miniature hoop-skirts. A lady correspondent says thlese can be :nade very useful. Constrivinig a double debt to pay Pillows by night, and busties through the day, By the simple attachmnent of a couple of strimgs. A Rtostraver firmer laughed when his prudent wife advised himn not to smoee on a load of haiv. lie footed it home that righit with his hair signed, most of his gar merits a prey to the devouring eleniet< and part ot the iroa work of the wagon in a potato sack. The London Spectaitor contains an adver riseme,nt ofa nose rmachire which, applied to the nose for an hour daily, is said to so lirect the soft eartihige of which the memi ber consista, that an iil formed no-e is qjuickly shaped to perfection. Any one can use themi, and without pain.* U):rru or SE:ATr DUsca.-IHiram W. Duncar., Senator from this County, in the State Legislature, died at his resi dence in this town, on Sunday last, of congestive chill, after a severe illness of five days.-Union Timres. The captain of a Massachusetts whaler, ont a recent voyage, took fronm a spermi whale, which lhe captured in tihe South Po citie, an iron belonging to the ship Catawba, of Nantucket, lost some twenty years agr. A voung lady wr ote so:ne verses for a country pa per about hern birtlhday, anud headed thema "May 30th." It almost made her hiair gray when it appeared in print, "My :;oth." EGG MAst-racToIY.--Twenlty acres of hens and tie necessary quota of eminent roosters, are employed in egg ma4nufac turing at Wyandotte, Kansas. George Augustus S-ala says he has pro posed the toast, "The Ladies," !i sixteen dii'erent langu iges and in uint.teen diffe-rer.t ADVERTISINC RATES. Advertisements inserted at the rate of F 50 per square--one inch-for irst ingenion, awl 51 for each subscrquent insertion. Double column advertisements ten per cent on aiG %e. Notices of meetings, obituaries and tributes of respect, same rates per square as ordinary advertisements. Special notices in local column 20 cents per line. Advertisements not marked with the num ber of insertions will be kept in till forbid and charged accordingiy. Special contracts made with large adver tisers, with liberal deductious on above rates Jra. P szer.v Done with Neatness and Dispatch. Terms Cath. S.-WACITY ()FA Do.-The above caption grets ou . n in over our ex eh:u - inper-, very freciuently. But wo kn%ow of no instance in) with t hs in tro(duced a miore i c:11e of c:tnine saozicity hieb was related to us a day or two since. The ntie man who owned le dog lved, :t titne the1 crrnehapnd in Southingt-n. I was a ood while a Hik dog. a foX 1oun. was bitti in tUe 'ose t h Y ed adder. This- is a snake he I enifoou qualUity is onh-' inferior to tat of te a t! ake: it Will int ; alwa., kl I a man. The d.thugho il,*t:n. continued to n t.ail. he nae. and succeeded in To the s oti'i of his owner, who I ha wit.''ed tht~ecomib: . i d thn trne I and 1led at hi'S be-'t p"dfrLhomle. the Jhouse two miles distant. The pleCl at the house saw him come rushing up the road and plurge into the open cellar-way. There they found him energetically paw. inl' up the m10 oist Ceath of the cellar bottom, and into the bole thus made lie Stuck his nose, and then, holding it t.ere. he pawed more dirt aroind his he:d so as to bury his nose and fatce out of' sight. They conld not Call or coax him away; and the?re he staved-so tar as the Ianily were observers of bim-or vo dys.with his nose andifae bIrlieI i the moist ground it the cellar. Then he caite forthi all wel!. How did that dog know that singular treatment would save him? Mississippi Baccansers TMTn: ILAND HOMN NEAR MUSCATIYE. A tiickl -wooded island, known as Long Island, about fourteen miles above NIuscatine, in the Miissippi. has turned out to be a regilar robbers' nest, a sort of fzle of Mo::te Cristo, as far as secre ting valuaIbLes is concerned. The dis covery was made by the police of Daven p,oet, who, having had their suspicions arousee, visited the spot a week ago, butt on reaching it found that the birds had flown. Many evidences, however, of tccupaLtiont of the island were strewn around. Boxes of all kinds and many sizes were thick on the ground, with bits of paper and pieces of twine and rope, here and there an old garmen.t, and itany signts of carpenter work. Accord ing to the report of farmers living n.ear by, the idland had been abandoned b~y the vi!!ains only tihe day before, when they had~ loaded a large yawl and a skiif with p'undier, and stacrted sonthward. None of' the hotuses in the vicinity of the island hadi been disturbed by the thie'.es, and the farmers thought that the people on the islan-1 were a party; of sportsmnen, for they were often seen fishing in the river and starting off with guns on their shoulders, as if going off on a hunt. It is supposed that most of the burglaries whtich have been committed in Daven port, Muscatine, Wilton, West Liberty, and other localities in; this section during the su:trmer, were the work of an or ganized band which inhabited the island, who used the secluded .spot for secreting their ill-gotten good1s. There is living in Kanawba county WV. V., Mrs. Ratchel Stanley, who was born in Bed fotad county Va., in 1774. She has a grand-daughter fifty-six years old, and has Ifourteen children, ninety nine grand-cildren, ai.d two hundred chidrte. .ythe get-great grand chilren.TheCharleston Courier savs: "Within that period - of ninety-eight years the Revolution caime, Cornwallis sturrendeired. Wash.ing'ton and fourteen o'.her Presidents presided and died, Napoleon began and ended his military career, Byron came into the world, startled it, and died. And yet, here is oild Annt Rachel, perched upon the sum uait of a Kclley's creek mountain, in her old arm-chair: ; like Tennyson's eagle, ringed with the azured woild she sits, and breathes that pure upper air as if s.he iended to live right on in defiance of ti:ne." Chticatgo has celebrated the first anni versary- of her great fire with a pro cession, brass bands, newspapers in re built olfices, and wvith sixteen-page newspaper supplemients, one of which, the Tribune, is nows before us. The event has- also been commemnoratcd by old i rms taken possession of new trade palaces, andt the board of trade installed in a b)uilding that outshines the one which went dow~n in the great fire of 1871. U pon the spot from which the former C.hicago was swept another Chicago has risen more glorious titan the first. The mtarvel of its restoration has been greater eveni than its rise. It is in this but a typte of Amterican energy. If we had but the ability to reconstruct politically as rapidly as we can materially the nationaledlifice would have been rebuilt within a year after the end of the war. A new s;timulant has been invented in F.ngland whnose grow' :ng use is exciting cojnsiderabie alarm. The stuff consists of a mixture of naphtha and ether, and it produces a kind of intoxication which its adircrs find highly agreeable. No cheek can be put on the consumption of the fluid, for the reason that it is not sold urnder the name of any excisable spirit, and apparently an act of Par liament will have to be devised to meet the difficulty. A Canadian family lately crossed Lake Michigan, bringing with thema an ances tur who had iain in Dominion soil for twenty-seven years. A storm arising, the superstitious sailors attributed it all to the presence of the dead body, and promptly pitched the latter overboard, when the temnest lulled. The President's friends are drawing -on G3ani.a for November negroes for Michigan.