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Vol. VIII. WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMIBER, 11, 181 -.N. y THE HERALD IS PrBLiIRED .,VERY WEDNESDAY 'oRN1ING, At Newberry C. H., By Thos. P. & R. H. Greneker, Editors and Proprietors. Trzems, $s Fzr et ewxA * Invariably in Advance. -7 The paper is stopped at the expiration of , ime ror which it is patd. :-; The o, mark denotes expiration of sub scription. HARVEST HOME. All sa114V gathered in Is Autumn's golden grain; Row sweet to hear the ringing cheer That greets the last full wain We may not even call An ear of whent our own, But where's the heart t,.at takes no part In bailing Harvest Home. Then let thanksgiving songs Be o'er the country spread, To Him to whom the praise belongs For sending daily bread. For He whose gracious eye Has slumbered not nor slept, Again has sent a rich supply, And twell His promise kept. So let thanksgiving songs Both far and wide be spread, To Him to whom the praise beloz,gs For sending daily bread. From the South Boston Inquirer. THE DEVIL'S FOOTPRINTS. -:o: BY J. A. JOHNSTONE. Yes, this is a queer old house, and there is a story connected with it, which, perhaps, you would like to hear. It is a bitter night, so draw your chair near this crack ling wood fire, and don't start so every time old Boreas whistles through the hall, or sends his imps to beat tattoo on the window patnes. Now you look comfortable, I will begin. An old gentleman and his two grand-solls once lived here. sole survivors of a numerous family. One was the son of the old mai's eldest boy. and the other of his only dauhter. When they were quite young, they were bright, handsome lads, and seemed to well merit the loving pride, with which their grandflath"er regardted them. The eldest who was ten years of age and but six months older than his cousin. betrayed the Spanish blood which he derived from his mother in his clear olive skin, and dark curling locks ; w hile the ruddy cheeks, frank blue eyes. and finely eut lips of the younger equally denoted the pure Saxon dles:-eint. As time passed on, the grandlfa t her became uneasy at observing the domineering spir'it of Maurice the elder, over his cousin William; and as the latter had no idea of tamely submitting to imp)osition, altercations arose, which seriously alarmed the old gentleman, as he was anxious to foster a close anti enduring affection between them. Hattempted tmaethem share everything in common, and as the school they attended was some distance from home, he gave them a pony which one was to ride a certain part of the way and thent fatsten to a tree for the other's benefit. IIe soon found, however, that when Maurice started first, it was all ride, and no tie with him. Thus it was in all things. The selfishness of Maurice seemed to grow with his growth, and as the determination of William was con stantly opposing it, they became more and more estranged from each ot her. The grandfather could riot help approving many times of the conduct of Wilham while at the same time he was compelled to gravely censure Maurice. This caused a fierce jealousy to take possession of the latter, which planted the seeds of a hatred which after wards sprung up and bore bit. ter fruit. The cousins now sought comn panions to suit their different tastes. Ma:urice would often be Sseen on the wharf watching t.he incoming or outgoing of sonme ship or else listening to some wonder I ul sea yarn told by a garrulous sailor, till he thought it would be a fine thing to run a way arid push his own fortune, with no cousin in the way for a stumbling block. It follows, of course, that one morn ing he was missing. N~o trace of the misguided boy was discovered up to the death of the grandfather, who, indignant at the ungrateful behavior of Mau rice, left the whole of his estate to William. The will was opened in a this very room by the family at. torney. As he was proceeding to read it,befo're the assembled friends and vouthful mourner, a footstep was~beard in the hall, the door openIed, and Maurice with sun. burnt face, and sailor clothing, stood before them. William start ed forward to receive him; but with a cold gesture t he other waved him back, and motioned the law ver~ to proceed. As soon ais the~ y 2-outents of the will were known, a dark frown settled itself upon; the face of Maurice. William noticed this, and step ping to his side, laid his hand on his shoulder, saying: "Cousin, dc not think I1 would defraud you o your rights, In our childhood we wer~e taught to share alike and thus it shall be now. In few days we can arrange every le thing to our mutual satisfaction be- We are children no longer ; let ut Worf ,'ta -t a snch. Will you not be tily away, muttering something ab)ut- his cousin "always making fine speeches when he thought any one was round to hear them." William looked hurt.; his face, flushed, and he seemed ready to retort ; but with an effort restrain ed himseif An awkward pause ensued, and then one by one, the friends took their departure, and the cousins were left alone. What passed between them was never known ; but it was understood that some E-ind of a reconeliation had been effected. They went in to society together, where Maurice when he ch-se, made himseit'quite brilliant. The demon jealousy, however, was but sleeping. Once in a while, one might see it flash ing from his eyes, as he saw that his cousin was more trusted and loved than himself. At 'Jength William brought. a fitir-haired bride to his home. - -Never did the house seem so full of sunshine before. Everything that was staid and ugly was meta morphosed beneath her touch; and it was a delight, to hear her merry laughter, or sweet singing, as she passed through the rooms. Maurice who had ever regarded woman as a sort of useless crea tion, betran to notice the uiusual brightne.ss around him, and in re lecting on the cause, turned his eves on his cousin's .vife. Ali why is it, that some unseen pow. er seems ever to encourage the evil within us, impelling us on to our fate ? Why could not Ma Iice perceive that it was to the magical touch of womankind in general we owe that enjoyment of cuntort and refinenieni, which surrounds us, and riot to one in parti;ular? Every day bright glances were thrown upon him from those more brilliant than she,who unconscious ly opened his eyes to the value of woman. To him they wereas no thingin comparisvn. He felt him self drawn more and more towards her. She was to hini like a new volime, whose every page reveals some unexpected novelties. In proportion a his love gained strength, the jealousy of his cous in reused itself within him: but this time it was hand in hand with deceit. He dared not show his feelings, for to quarrel with Wil liam would be to banish himself from her who had become neces sory to his life aid happiness. fHe would sit in his room, often, picturing to himself' what life might be to him if his cousin did not exist. To her , ho was the object, of his unholy passion, he dared not breathe a word of his thoughts, for she was purity itself. and would have scorrie1 him as ho deserved. The young couple occupied the room over this, opposite which is a covered stairway, outside the hiouse, leading directly to the garn dlen. Maurice had the back room, and as he sat there one winter night something like this, when demons seemn to laugh and shriek round the house, in a fit of pas sion, he vowed he wvould sell his soul to the devil. it' he could rid himself of his now hated cousin. His words seemed to be caught up by a mysterious voice, but he laughed and shook off the fancy. Somnetia e after this, William's wife expressed a desire to visit her mother who lived a considerable distance fr'om the city. William wvas quite willing she should do so as theire wvas trouble about some pr'oper'ty belonging to. him, in what was then the lar west, which needed his presence, and might take as long as three months. When Maur-ice heard of this, be tossed all night on his pillow, at the thought of the separation. At last he started up wildly, lean ed his head on his hand, an.d thus remained until the gray light of' morning stole in upon him. At breakfast he laughingly said, "they seemed bent on forcing him to keep bachelor's quarters ; but hat he was going to rebel, and would go to Europe instead." -'Don't let your roving spir'it catch you again," said William. "'I think it has ; but 1 shall chargo you both with the cause, for I should .not have thought of it if you had not spoken of going away The conversation di'opped, after some talk of the preparations no eessary. Mauirice suggested the propriety of' discharging the ser' vants and closing the house, as it was impossible f'or him to tell how long William might be obligod to remaimn out west. William ap proved~ of this, and so the matter wats settled. The vessel Maurice engaged pas. sag"e in, would sail two days bef'ore W ilim lef't for the West. WiI Iiamn was' to take his wife to her mother's, and leaving her there, would i'each home at ten the next night, wh ere lie proposed to sleep, and start fresh again the next morning. Both Willham and his wife saw iMaurice off. The ship moved p)roudly from the whar-f, as if sen. sible of the cheering of'the thronge .az.ine aifter her. F'riends strin, ed their eyes, and waved their 1 handherchiefs till the vessel di- 1 appeared from view ; then they separated, each going his appoint ed way. Maurice watched the movenen tS of the pilot, and when his boat i came alongside to take him ashore, he quietly stepped into it, as a Ie turning friend of one of' the pa seng~ers. The wharf was deserted when they reached it, but Maurice fold ed a large cloak about him and drew his cap over his eyes lest lie should meet some acquaintance. He then made his way to a notl where he was unknown, and wait ed there until night-fall ; under cover of which, he returned home letting himself in with a duplicate key. All was cheerless and deserted. After seeing that everything had been left secure, he retired to rest; but in William's room instead of his own. The next day he busied himself. 1 collecting a number of brieks to-' guther, and inixinga certain quan- I tity of mortar, which he carried 1 into a room called the buttery. I This room had a brick flooring I with the exception of a square place in the centre consisting of wooden planks, covering the open- 1 ing to a long disused dry well. As these boards were a stein lower I than the surrounding floor, Wil- 1 liam's wife had often expressed a desire to have it filled up even with brieks. in order to make the room more convenient for use. William had neglected doing this, and now Ilaurice proceeded to take up the boards and examine the well. le found it to be about fifteen feet in depth with solid ia- i Korilly all around. He remembered his grandfiither I saying it had been used for the pu11rpose of preserin g winl ter storeCs] of perish->le artiices. A ier ex- 1 aminii tbe well,to his satisftct ion, instead of proceeding with his work. lie left it as it w%as. and busied himself with other matters till night again closed in, and with it a witches' revel seemed to be inaugurated ; for the wind howled round the house, and the rain beat against the window shutters as if it would burst them in. Maurice now lighted a fire in this very room in which we are sitting ; he had not lone so before, lest the neighbors should observe 1 the the smoke risimg from the chimney. He let the heavy cur taiis fal befbre the windows, for fear a ray of light should be seen from without. He then placed a light on a stand which lie drew i near the fire, and also rolled for ward a lounge. Then he went to the sideboard and filling a decanter with wine, brough t it with glasses, and placed them on the table. Just here he seemed to be overcome for the first time wit.h some inward em o tion. Leaning his arms on the man tle with his head resting up-I on them, he stood gazing a long time into the fiire. At length he rousedl himself with ani impaftient exclamation, and filling a glass with wine draiik it off at once. Taking up the other glass lie. poured into it a snmall portion of a colorless fluid from a vial which i he 1eplaced in his pocket. Next| he lighted a (igar and with a book in his hand threw himself on the sofa with his face towards the dooir. All was silence now save the crackling of' the fire, and steady pouiring of the rain. Time seemed an eternity to that gloomy watcher, whose ev ery action up to this time, had been as coolly performed as if on ly of' every (lay importance. NOW, however, when all wvas .prepared. and lie but awaited his victim, Nature would have her sway ; and the battle between right or wrong Igoing on within him, showed it sel f in the clammy moisture of his brow, and alternately quiverin and coinpressed lips. You will soon: see which spirit gained the victory. C N%ot long after ten o'clock, a key tuirned in the lock of' the out sideoor f'ootsteps moved along the hall, the door of this room opened, and William enteired. HIe started as if' he saw a ghost he. for'e him ; and wel he might for did he not believe his cousin to be tar away on the broad Atlantic? Maurice broke idhe silence. "You are startled, no wonder ; but you nieed not tremble any longer for I1 am flesh and blood. You see our vessel sprung a leak Ijust as we got outside, and as the car'peniter could not find ik we were obliged to put back inito por't. As no other ship was in i'eadiness to sail. I returned home.' William endeavored to recover himiuelf arid greet his cousi.1 pleas antly, but his fright had almost unnianned him. "Pour yourself a glass of wine," said Maurice, pushing towards him the decan-; ter, at the same time taking up: his own glass, which he bad pre-, Iviously filled. William did so, drank it to the last drop. and then seatedlhihself by the fire' ,hanked his cousin For the warm -eception he had given him. but aid, "why did you not open tihe hutters. and put ba-.k he cur ains ? I woild have been Ie >ared then to have fomil someiv )ne here, but never would have ,reamed of its being yourself. IaUrice replied that lie wishe-d to ;urprise him and did not think of 10s beingo firightenled. Soon William exclaimed that ie had never felt so sleepy before n his life ; Maurice said it was I >robably the effects of the wi.e Lnd heat of the fire. and advised im to lie down oi the lounge for Lwhile. William comnlied aI VOS soon asleep. Maurice stood I )ver him watching him intently. n about half an hour the muscles >f the face worked Lnvulsively. shiver passed through the form Lnd William was no more for thi, vorld. Maurice left the room, lighted hree lamps, and placed one i: he hall, one i,i the stairway, ano ne in the room with the briek looring. Returning he attempte<. .o lift the body, but found himsell inable to do so. He then placed us arms under those of the corpse. Lrid with almost super-humani trength dragged it acros tht -oom all through the hall. an; lown the kitchen stairs; the heavy )oots on its feet dropping with a .hug, thIr from stair to stail Vhieh chilled even the heart of he murderer. At length Maurice reached the >pening to the well, and withoxL11 )ausing to rest, lowered the body nto it, with a rope he had pre .aired. Theri replacitg the boarl. I, filled up the space even with he flooring with the bricks he lad brought for the purpose in .he morIning. fie the renOved all the debris. >it out the lights and restored] hem to their plices. Next he arerily washed the glass Wil iam had draink from. put it in its )laCe, half tilled the other with i vine, cominenced a letter to "M% Dear Wife," oi it placed a bah Uil(oked eigar. threw his cloak ihout him. and glan-ing about tht -(orn to see if :Jl was as lie wish :d, his eye fell on the window ,vbere the curtains had fallen iside and he started back wit. iorror for he fatncied he saw two ys glarina at him. He strode o the window. hut it only threw iack his own reflet-tion, so lie turned round and hasti'y left the Up and v own through tho st reets IC walk1ad tle remairider of thi ight, unhieeding the wild storm, which pdlted against him. but. ver and anon looking round as f he f-It again the gaze of those ycs upon him. In the morning ec took the first conveyance for he west, inr his eou siti's namxe, af .er assuring himself that he' was xnknownu, and travelled night andi Jav. until be reached his destina-f .inn. A rriving there he transact-i ~d his cousin's business, wrote let ers to the unconscious wire, sute ,essfiully imitating' his victim's iand writing, and when the sweet replies came, would smother his ealousy. wvhiich was not dead yet. n the thought of how soonl he would teach that sweet voice to talk lovingly to) him. All this took place, you will r rember, before the day of rail roads. Maurice busied himself~ biyinlg the swiftest horses lie sould find and directed them to be left at certain places until he shouldI call for them. Tfhus lie es tablished a direct and rapid line of commnuication with the nearest weapo(rt. Ascertainmtg when ai vessel wvould leave for- Europe, he calculated his time, and then wirote I ;i letter in a etramped illiterate style addressed. to the wife of Wil liam. statin:g that, while out htunt iig with him, he (thle writei) had fallen from a precipice and was crushed to pieces. He had fallen in such a mannter that it was im possible tto rec-over- the body. He h-ad heard thle dieceased1 speak of his w ife, au.I had mailed letters for him for- her ; thierefore he deemined it hxis duity to inform lher of his tmelanc-hxly end. Such wats the substance oif the letter'. (rTo be concluded in our next.) Thie Chcg -ie hus intdtifnantiv sque-lc-hes a Cinint:iLj outrt-al ftir dai i ng to in i nte that B stoti hadt gonie '-head of' ChIictaZo int I le mu te-r ofC a confl:xera cthli-h ini the idei of the Cincinnati perstot chucikling over the thoug~ht thit some other city has hal a btigger lire than Ciingo. 'fTc- Pet ty jealo(u-y anid mtaligntanti but imnpittetnt hi::e Ithait :3reL coindenrw~d in the above ariicle becomie all the m:ore riiu!oubus w hen t is c tn scere-d thait the Bo,toni confl:igrt ;itn was- not "o.lf-tiI so great an axlfair, imeas-ured ii any wa'., as the Chicaou conltttgr:i..n. CTe he:t-r muust still be the standazrdl of comip;ariion fr calmi;ties of tii chamracter, just as the energ~y of' the city in recoverintg fromt the disasteLr must remain beytindt all compijat ison." Joiu Strong, of' Wesehester, Pa., was hanged the other day, and smoked his cigar to the fotot of' the gallows. After lie had fin President's Message. Washington, Dec. 2. The followin s is a synlopis of the President's mlessag4e, whilih was received and read at 1:40 p.m. It corn mence's with a recogni Lion of the blessings which the A merican people have enjoyed the past year, the only ex )eption bein_- the rreat fire in Boton. It refers to the Genev:t Arbitra tion and its satista.-tory results, which left the two Governments. America and En-gland, without a shadow on their friendly relations, whieb it is hoped may forever re imlailn unc!lided. It recommends the ilimmt(diate creation of a board f commissioners .o decide upon IhIe amounts to be paid to indus trials. It compliments Messrs. Adams and11 Bancroft upon their iinent services in the matter of ,he Geneva and the San Ju.ai ar >itrations. Thle deci,ion in the atter ease leaving- the Urited StateS for the first time without toy question as to disputed boun aries. lit regard to the fisheries, and 0 our relation with the British North American m ovinCes. Tihe President Savs that he has r eived notice tlat the Imperial Parliament and the Dorni0ion 01vernment had passed laws to ar the pIrovsiots of the Treaty >f Wahingto ioti i op-eatioi, and he, therefore. recommends the egislation of Cong ress iri the same firection. Ie speaks of flie friend 1Y relatiois of the United States with all the Governments of E;i rope. He refers to the viennia International Exposition, reemn mends tle ii".ti p), i of two Na tional vessels to cNoveY the f0tis Kif exhibitors to Trie'ste, 0111 sU. Zests that a propwiztionl be Imlade to have the next %realt expositin Im this eotrv in 1876. at the :ime of tle Centenni1al Celebra ion in Philade|phia. IIe reiers to the distmebed condition of Cu ha. anil says that no advance to wards pa-it-ialil in that Island has been mad" -hile the i urree tion had gaintel no o1vantae( mnd e!xhibited i. more of thue ele ients oi power or lrospvc.iv succee,s than a year ago. Neither had Spain succeeded in tepresin the iti.urrection. The partios to the strife were stalldmn" inl the i same attitude as ior a long time past. The coi ti i nat on of slavery in that Island, he regards a almotg the strongrest cau-es of the Conti liancee of tle strife V, an d,1 be thinks that theabolition of slaverlv aid the institution of oither rle ft1o-Is there could not faii to adl vance the re:,torlatim; of peave anld ,rder. It. was grI tlV to b- hoped that the present Liberal Govern. ment of Spain will voltintarily adopt that view. Re;er-rig to otur r-elations with Cina anid J1apant, th le Piresidenlt recommends:lil provisions for~ main raininig four A mericean youthbs in ecah of th ose cO ontries. 0s par~t o the diplomatic faumily of minis ters. He gives details of the revenue received in) the paust year-. and of the reuc ition to thle amtoun0t of over $100.00,000) of t he yublic debt. ile expr-esses a doubt w hethrci arty fitrthbetr reducit-iOn in taxation is pr-acticabhe for- the present. and lie reomminends that not mor-e legislationi be hadl on that subject, except to correet ertrors of 01mission or01 co mm)i ssion itn theC presenit laws, uintil suflicient time shall have elapsed to prove that it c-an be dlone, aiid still leave suif tic-ient revenue to meet current epees paIy initer-et Oil the putb Ice debt, arid pro' v ide for- the Csink in)g futndh. iIe sugzests, also. that the curriene-v shall bie as5 soon as possible brorugh t to a par witrh gol-d. IIe says that vaionts enter prises will be b-rught to the at ten tioni of Contgre-s lotr the cheapj ening of tranisportationi o) protduce fritm the West to the Atlantic sea coia%t, and stuggests t hat stepis shoulrd be takeni to gain all availa bile iniformiaticon to intsiure equlitabile anid judicious legislat ion. In this connection he r-efers fa vor-ab!y to) the proposed route I to coontaI the M ississippi Valey with the Ar an tic at C ihrlet inc andl Savanntah by way of1 the Ohiio arid Tenniessee liivers. also to the pr-oposed extenisioni of the K ania wvha acid James Catnal and the C1esapeake and Ohio Canal and to the propoJb(sed Carnal aronitid Niag at-a lFalkli.e says that there shoutld be an ab cOst coniitinutouis sy stem of l and Ior-ke navr..ation fromti Maine to the Golf of Mexico, nia:ure hiavinig provided a gr-eater pat of thce r-oute, ando thce ob, La eIes to b- over-comeI becinag witini lie 'k ill 01 eng'r iners He1 c-alis attention t. the weak ness of the A mer-icant Navy. aind endorses the r2comm ndatchtion of the Secrie:ary of the Nay viin that respect. lie re.comnmendls subisidies for Steatmship lines to Brazil, and between San'Fr-anei-co, New Eng land and A ustr-alia, also an in ctease of the salaries of heads of butreaus. lHe fauvors the abolition of the frankin.g nrivihe-c and re. commends a iodification of itj existinig evils. He also recommends the adop iion by Congres- of the best me thod of acquirin-g title to all tele r*aph lines now in operation and contnecting that service with Pos. tal service. It is not probable that the subiet can receive prop er 1onsidr'ation at this session. butt he thinks the movement might be initiated. so that future a- tion may be had, fair to the Goverrimient and the private par ties concerned. He calls attention to the alarni 1og falling off in the American carrying trades, and says that a yearly expenditure of five million d..llars t'>r the next five years to restore t0hat trade woulid be a profit,ble investiient. Referrn to the K!i Klux out rage, the l'resident expresses his conviction that the timne is not fiar distant when the obvious ad vantages oF goot- orde.r and peace will induce an abandonment of' all such conibinations. and when it will be 1inonecCssary to carry on prosecutions or to inflict punish ti it in order to protCCt citizeNs from the lawless doings of such comnbinations. He makes suggestions in regard to the Indians, that they shall be confined to the territory south of Kansas, and that fIaris be assigned them in f1ee and in severalty. He recommends that a further census be taken in 1875, but that no reappoininmn,]t u" n!-,mbers of Conlress be made under it. In -nly one of tr.e Territories Utah-is the condition of affairs retgrardde by the President as un sat isfactory. It had s!ened to bu tile policy of the Uta LeislatUre to evasle all resposib-Jility to the Government of the United States, and even to hold a position hostile to it. le recommends a careful revis ion of the present laws, and the enactment of' laws that will secure peace, the equality ol all citizens bef 11he law. and the ultivma-e extillguislilent of poligamy. He recomimends an appropria ion to reimburse the City of Washington for work done in troi(t of the phlic reservations, and for the embellishment of the pubdie bitilding.s and grounds. H fe favors aeti)in to ,,ire greater eclat and success to ti. -ervance of' the Centeiinial anniversary of A merican independence. In regard to civil service. he says he will carry out the rules durin! his term of office, but stif. gest- that there should be direct action of Congress to make the system hinding nn his successors, so as to secure to the public ser vice a practical method of obtain in faithful and efficicint officers and emp)loyees. Tne reading of the message was eran i)eted at 2:50, having occupied one hour and ten minutes. Tais T.tx TO Bis InvzcD AND Tile ITE-s nmsr ON TiuE BoNs-Trhe recent tax levy ha:s becen declared uniconsti'utional. It appears, frein the special teleram to thle (Curier', pubbish'ed ihis molrning, that the adonrni,stration toi he inaugutated prop -ses a tax for State purposes of' tweV'ei mi! liiio the dollar, exclusive of the tax for (Coun ty purposes, which is to he thrlee inmilis mire. No provision is to be m-ule for the paymientl of' the interest ''n any p.r tio n of the public debt until it has hbeen a-ce'rtainred by a comifZis.i'on of citizens, selected irrespectice of poli ties, whiat pairt of' the debt is legal or ille gal. Sich a colmnission to ana:il sho'uld bie selected from lie tamx pay ers, an:d bhouldr he -ihove sus'picionf or reroaeb. it shouhi he~ ,-uch a c.o;mi'-ion a- will at oncei!i:iand the confidence anid assent oif the wholue Stai'c. The tax of twelve mii,for 'other than State purpis-es, ap ipears io us as unne:essariily large. T[he rlhrv of thce hour: is re'treinchme'nt, re reinim'. t in the numbiier oif empl!oyeci arnd ij the longr Sessions and pay of the rmimbhrs of the General .\-sembhly. 'This is f the first impo''rtanc'e. The affauirs ef ihe' Smaie shtu!l Ibe brought as near :as po:-i ble w itin thl~e .-*Lnel comilpass as h'-f cre th hite war. Hun rdreds of thocus ainds of doll a rs non!ldi hs be cut offT from, uis-leue ad uinne.-eseary annual ex pene, ihis would utford the highe-t -ibsantil guara' tee of finranei di andi honei',t reform.-Chcarle-ton Cuourier. A Foammov Wm\X~' DEsERTED. Here's a trueii talc of' woe, all about a bceaiutiful anid ab)andoneCd wife in Ne w Yoi'k. She married a w retch who1( lov~ed her' money riot wisely, but too wvell. Wheni he got the money, he loved somebody else. an<i diepar'tedi for the roiling prai ries of the West. is earthly pos sessions were burnt up~ inl the Ci eago~ fire, and then he came hack to New Yor'k. arid p)ut up at the AGtor HouseL, without a cent in his poc(ket. Remorse seized him-it must have been remorse-anrd as ccrtaiingi tihe a'idi'ess of' his law f'u partner, hle thus wr'ote hiei -"I am here anid penniless. For give tile p:ast, and come to my T1hh, is what she wr-ote back. 'I'll come as sooin as I c'an. Ex enise delay. I ve gone to have a loaded head put on the cane you left." He didn't wait. Remorse seized him again and carried him off. Corn is cheaper than wood for f-oel in inwa lime kilna Oyster Babies. An observer of the oistcr :Iys he is not as stupid as i, looks. He can keep his mouth shit. and thereby defy all our arts to wile a secret from him. Whet spaLting time with th- oyster comes, it is s.Iid to be sick or milky. This alppoarance is due) to the acenmu lation of the spat. which is, in the earlier stages of its development. o a creamv consistence of color. When the spat is natural, it as sitmnes the appearance of the serap inl o 'a s late pencil the Parent Oyster then opens its shl1!. and a kini of mistiness is observ,a ble in the surrounding water. Ibis is caused by the myrial-k of yo(g )ysters sea. .terd in every d(ir'ct ion. No Sooner ire these tiln vieatu*cs free r their mot her-. than they a-sumc the m'loSt aCtive .tate of life and motion, I dancing a yrati n g ujp and down in concentric columns. as mid"its play in evening sunbeams. Un der the lens of a microscope you will see how exquisitely these lit tle fellows are fashioned. A pair of tiny shells, the counterpart of' those of the mature oyster, in closb the yet rudimentary organs, while affixed to the mantle is a kind of tiny coronet, composed of' minute, hair-ike appendages (ei lizi.) The violent and ceaseless vibration of these living paddles serves to row the infant ovster rapidly from the place. Should it become the destiny of one of these fiaile beings to become a steady. well-behaved ositer, it finallY settles itself on some suitable rest ing place, t which it makes itself fast-no ove ever clearly know., l->w-by the under valve or shell. Thte bristle-like porWes or Cilia, lio longer of any utility, disappear, and now a permanent fixture. the baby oyster, begins to grow. At about a fortnight old it is not much bigger than a fair-sized pin' head. and at three months about that of a split pea. Having at I-ained a year's growth under faIv 01rable condItioins the young ovster will become as big as an ordinary half-penny; while at four years growth they are considered mar ketab!c. MARRIA6 E AND CELIBACY. Those dry but useful peoph who delight in statistics have been in vestigating the effect of imiarriag and Celibacy on mortality. They have demonstrated to their satis faction the beneficial effect of marriage upon longevity. The last person who has devoted his attention to this subject is M. l3ertillon. His statistics cover! the States of France, Holland and Belgium. According to M. Ber tillon. between the ages of 20 and 35, out of 1.000 married men there are 6 deaths; and out of~ 1.000 bachelors 10 deaths, and out of' 1,000 widowers 22 deaths. Between 30 ansd 35 the deaths in the san 3 number are: Married men 7, bachelors 11, and widowers 17. Between 35 and 40 years of' age the mortality per 1.000 is: Married men 1. bachelors 13, and widowers 17. Continuing these calculations through different se ries ofycars, the advantage are on the side of the married men. \XHIsKEY AND TOBACCO, NO1 CHANGEs IN Exis-rING LAWS -rO BE PaOosED.-Wash in gton, Novcm - her 12.-The commissioner of' in terinal revenue estimates the re eeipts of the bureau for' the pres cut fiscal year at $105,000.000, or $30,000,000 less than last year, with a national increase an nunally of' three per cent. Theli receip)ts of the first quarter were larger' .than those su bsequently collIc-ted. being ace uulal iou s on account of past indebtedness and other causes. So far as the burean is aware, both the tobacco and the sp)irit interests arc satisfied wvith~ the late law of Congress, and there fore there is no reason to believe that any modification o1 it will hbe recommended. unless ini the mian ncr of administration and reor ganization of the districts, in or der to render the system more compact anti to0 reduce expenses; nor is it probable the tariff act will undergo any material change. IMPORTANCE OF .I}EADING.-No matter how obscure the position in life of'an individual, if' he can mead. he may at will put himself' in the best society the world has ever seen. lie may converse with tihe greatest heroes of the past; with all the writers in prose and poetry. He may learn how to live, how to avoid the errors of his, prdecessors, and to secure blessings. present and future, to himself, He may reside in a de sert. far away from the habita tions 01 man ; in solitude, where no human eye looks upon him with~ affection 01' interest, where no human voice cheers him with the animating tones, if he has books to read he can never be alone. He may choose his com pany, and the subject of' conver-sa tion, and thus become contented and happy, intelligent, wise and good. ADVERTISINC RATES. Advertisements inserted at the rate of S1 A0 per square-one inch-for fir,t insertion,.aA $1 for each subsequent insertion. Double coin mu advertisements ten per cent on above. Notices of meetings, obituaries and trilut: s of respect, same rates per square as ordiur.!Y 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 accordingly. Special contracts made with large adver ti 1h wi liberal dleductious on above rates cria P R'p-qzI'a Don, with Nc-unes, .1d Dispatch. Terms Cali. Th Greenville Railroad Case. J Bryan has made the foi!owing dere i the cae of arles Miadsun ani th r- ., a:i-iners for the invol,,njtary b::: i f he Geniile and Coitie. It : be se.n tha. the ssue mie . te p dings in this case are a Lfui ht. Whther this couirt haa jzrisdic i:m, the 5t: te of~ Sant h C: roli nat havi, iautted pr oceedi:>gaz guarantor upol the bod ,f the res~pod1tnt, and in the ate court, under whihi all the proper 17 of th.e corinpany; hUs b'en taken pos - or 2d. Whether the Greenville and Col. l I: ai Iind iCoL!,pany is a cOrPor :> -Q Ject to the provibiots of the b:ankrupt act? 81. WVhether- the interest co)ipon.; .:re-i fron the han-j are couneneiI paper, and t' tion raymei.t ther:-f ,.r four teen d-ys is an act of bankrui-t. cy . +th. WhehLer the Greevile and Co lhbi:z Rail:.ad Company was bank r8pt ad i.sih-r at the time it suferd judgent to be taken agaia.,t 't by de fault? 5th. Whether being baiik;-upt and in solvent, the defendent suffered payment to be taken against it with intent there. by to give a preference to those credi tors, or to defeat or delay the operation of the bankrupt act? 6th. Whether the respondent has suf fvred its property to be takrn on legal process with intent thereby to defeat and deay the opeation of the bankrupt act in the case of the State ex-ri:latioie, to- .Aitornev-General, v-. the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company? A., to th' lirst quetjonl, 1 hold Ohat wha.itver the iiter=st or tien the State my have i! or upon the propertv cf thle sid Gre.nviile and Coluiia R:iI. road Company, it said company .e b:mk ru t, t i j . iSdiction of the bank - rupt court Is not aw,ted because the State i, a C editor. A- to tie .ccod question, I holl th-:t ifhe Greenville and Colu-.lbia Railroad, u-der the act and deci,ions upon the 'act, is a corporati.n subject to the pro Visi'llis of the bankrupt act. As t > the thi:d que.stion, I ha)ld that the intere-t conpons severed from the b,nds are commercial paper, and if the Lireenvi'le Railrad were "a banker, broker, merchant, trader, manufacturer ar i;nor," the ron-payment of its cou pons for fourteen days would be an act of bankruptcy; but as i does not (in - my opi. ion) fall within any one of these classe.s, the .penalty for such stoppage adoes notL a'tach. As to the fourth ques-tion, (acting in stead of ajury,) I have not been able to finda the inasolvency of the company, or decide that it i- insolvent. As to the fifth and sixth questions, not having found the Greenaille and Columbia Railroad insolvent, it is tun n:cessary- that I should decide thema. A young par-soua of the Univer sal>t faith, many yearts since, when the Simnon pur~e Universal ism was pr-eacihed, startled west - ward to attend a convention of his brethren in the faith. He took the prec.aution to carry a phial of Cay-enne in his pocket, to spr-inkle his food with as a preventive of fever and ague.- Tne convention met, and at dinner a tall Hoosier observed the parson as he season ed his meat, and addr-essed him thus: little o t er re al,foI' kind o' cur-ious to tr-y it." "Certainly," return ed the pa son. '-but you'll find it very pow erful ; be careful how you use it." 'The Hoosier took tihe proffered phlial and feeling himself proof against any quantity of raw wbis key, thought that he could stand the "red salt" with impunity, and accorditngly sprinkled a junk of beef -ather bountifully with it, anid forthwith introduced it into his capacious mouth. It soon began to take hold. He shut his eyes and his features be gan to writhe denoting a very in harmnonious Condi tion physically. F-inrally hle could statnd it no lonig er. He opened his mouth and set-earned --fire." --Take a drink of cold water f-rm thme jug." said the par.-on. "Will that put it out?'' asked the martyr, suiting th e action to tile word. In a shor-t time tIhe unfortunate man begunI to reacover, and turnllingO to the pasn his eyes yet swim mIing inl water', a "-Varselit, I bie lieve ?" "I am." mildly answer-ed the par-son. Iwn ok5 -Wall, I att nwif you think it consistent with your be lief to go about with hell fire in your breech;es pockets." A virtuoi-s landll. rd in Louisvili has just been muleted in a consideraible sum for turning a yo)urglady traveler away from his hotel because she was uinac companied by a ge-ntlemian, the act being publicly done andl creating considerabie talk. The youug lady, whose character was proved to be above reproach, in censed at the insult brough t suit for defa muation of character, with the result above chronicled. .J.sh Bilings, in his directions "Ho0w to pick out a good boss," says: "Good bo-ses are skarse, and good men, that deal in enny kind of bosses, are skarser. 'An honest man iz the noblest work of God,' this famous saying was written in great auguish of heart by the late Alex - ander Pope, just after buying a good fatmily boss." It is said that 875,000,000 worth of fuel is burned yearly in the Uni ted States, and $90,000,000 worth of lumber-ia used in building and in mannfactures.