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Vol. Ix. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY '28, 1873. No. 2. THE HERALD -IS PUBLISHED EVElV Y WEDNESDAY MORNING, At Newberry C, 11., BY THOS, F. GRENEKER, Editor and Proprictor. Terms, $2.50 per tnnum, Invariably in Advance. c Th. paper is stopped at the expiration of time fur which it is paid. r:7 The O mark deuote:: expiration of sub scriptiou. TrHE PoETs DIEAM. 1:Y C,. H. ra::ST,. Near the ntrgin of a il-r, Neath a weeping willow's shade, Lay a poet sweedy dreaming Of a land, far exceeding Any Fanev ever made. Through his mind there swept a vision Clear and bright as sun-iet beam; Of a woman silent sitting, In a barque of airy lightness, In the middle of the stream. As the current floated onward, So the airy barque went on In its careless grace and beauty On the bosom of the river, Softly, swiftly and was gone. of ft Vt 4t -9 ar On waking he bethought him Of the vision in his dream, And half turned him rounil to view it ln itS careless grace and beauty Resting on the crystal stream. But like many other fancies, It had vanished from his sight, Down the sparkling, flowing river, With the silence and the fleetness Of a fading gleam of light. This is not a dream, he miurmur'd I have known a being- fair, Uright and glorious in her beau! As the stars that shine ai,ove us'! Aye, by far iore soft and rme! On Life's river we were floating, Gently, l.appily along, When from out of my terder keeping She was snatched, without a warning, By a wild wave fierce and stror:g. Life to me has since been gloomy Wer-my sod-a sadness caue; And I'm ever sadly dreaming Of the one I've just beholen Ia my visin-tis the same. TPhe Love 'That Was Never Told. :: 'A gulardian1ship)! Well, it's no new thing for me,' added John Steele.. He placed the letter on the ta ble. A packet layv there also. After a tmoment he took this up, and broke the sealing-wa.s. A pack age of yelow letters fell into his hand : closely united was also a velvet miniature case. and an old fashioned English locket. He turned the open face 61' the locket to the light. It revealed a- curious face-an aqutilinie nose, an artist's eye, the mouth of a ravening animail, half concealed by a beard oif silk. John Steele looked at~ it lon;. and earn estlf. "Poor Bert ! He'll do bet ter, now that he is out of the body," he said. He had always been the friend of his old schoolmate, discerning the delicate soul enthralled by the law of a depraved physical nature in herited from a line of debauched It opened softly. The face of an angel smiled upon him. It was the portrait of Bert Vatne's daughter, taken in her seventh year. Her fathcr's brow and eyes in fair tracery ; the dead mother's zweet mouth, the curls of beauty, and the smile of inno cence. 'We called our child Violet, John ' said the latter. 'You see she is a delicate thing to be left unsheltered. God forgive me my life !-for if I did niot tell you, you would know that folly has short ened my days. But I was never fit to be a father. 'Will you take my little girl in to your keep)ing? She is agood child, for the blood that flows in her veins seems to be that of her -mother's f:amily, with a little of' Sthe best of' mine-enough to en dear her to you, for you always loved me, believed in me, John, when I did not believe in myself. SWhen we meet again P iv daughter has a fort.ine. I trust~ yeu with her and it, as I would trust no man on earth. John-noble Johmn Steele! my weak hand treminbles-miy dying, dying sight fails mue That letter was Bert V ane's fi nal act, written in the last hour of his life. The child was at school in New Engla nd,and,after mature tho)ugh t, SJohn Steele decided tha&she bad better stay there for the present. Hie was about to embark for a trip to Europe, and had no one with whom to leave her if' he had her brought to Lakehome. But he wrote to the matron of the school, enclosing a kind note for the child, ettled the business transactions of the matter, and then took passage board t he Europe, in charge of syoung brother Herbert, destin -r a musical education. * * * * * vas absent two years. ing~ his stepbrother in Ger e returned to Lakehome. For months he was much engross ed by business, the, he found a spare Opportunity to visit the Westerly Academy. The matron received him with dignity. But he had not much time tc spend on ceremony. '1 should like to see the little girl,' he said, 'and I should like to talk to her alone'-looking at his watch. Madame stared, and withdrew. A few moments, and the door swung open again. A girl of seven teen, with clustering curls, and the trailing robes of womanhood, swept softly toward him. Ie looked into the oval face, chaste as a flower, and saw the lineaments of the child's portrait. 'But- , he stammered. 'You thought I waq a little girl, Mr. Steele ? No; papa thought me only a child wheu he died, but I was fifteen.' She had a strange, sweet digni ty. She was utterly lovely. And John Steele was strangely col fused. The train he had meant to take went by without him, the conver sation with Violet so deepened and broadened-she showed such frank happiness in his company. 'I have wanted to see you so much, Mr. Steele.' she said. 'That note, so kindly worded to the coin prehension of a little child, made me love you.' John's swelling heart came into his throat, but the artless eyes, sweet as heaven's trulth, met his calmly. 'I am so old and ugly, shel does not think that I have a heart,' he thought, the blood receding again and leaving an aching void. I am her ,uardian-that is all. I must not forret. It was decided that she was to go to Lakehonie. The inmates of the academy parted from her as if they loved her. But it did not need the beaming looks of teachers; or the clinging embraces of the pupils, to show John what a trea sure she was. He was lost in a kind of maze for days. She stole quietly as a sun beam into her place at Lakehome. She brought floweri into the house, she opened the grand piano, she sung to its music the sweetest words. Finding that she had been taught to ride, John gave her the little brown pony, Barley, who had hitherto consumed his useless days in idlenuss; and every night as he drove out from the city, Barley and his mistress came to mect the buggy. So fair the sweet face under the plumed cap, its frank eyes nearly drove wild her guardian. If lie but told the truth, he knew that he should acknowledge himself her slave. The summer went by. Winter came. 'Will you stay here, Violet, or shall wve go into the city for the season?' 'Which would vou like ?' 'I have no choice but to satisfy vou.' 'Then, we will stay here-it is homne. And we will have company, and keep holidays-make time fly, in short. How 1 love this old mansion !-do you know it guar dy ?' He (lid not look at her, though she twined her little bands over his arm. 'Dont you ? she asked. He did not say that of late it had been a paradise. He responded indifferently-turned away with a white lip, and a choking in his throat. The weeks flew by-Christmas came.- The house was full of com pany-smiling matrons, gay girls, indulgent papas, favorite sons and brothers. It was a happy time. Alas ! Alas ! that earthly happi ness is short. It was Christmas Eve, and in the midst of the merriest game, John Steele had just kissed Violet under the mistletoe, when the door swung open, admitting a new a rival-a young man of one-and twventy, handsome, healthy, de bonair. 'Brother- John!' 'llerbeit ! It was the young musician from Germany. Fresh and ardent, he was one with them immediately. In the confusion, John did not see that from the first, he admired Violet. Hie had come and seen, and lie conquered. John observed, with a sharp surprise, the change in Violet. She was another being, to his young brother from what she had been to him. He was in-' credulous. It could not-must not be. Then lhe forced himself to reason calmly. What right had he to rebel? They weire both young and happy -it was fitting. 'Only she is all the world to me and another fair face will please Herbert as well!' his tortured spirit cried. 'But 'tis a dangerous thing to p)lay with souls.' lie dr-eaded to interfere - he dared not confess. "Fool ! 1 should only frighten and wound my little dove! What arn I in her eyes! A dull plodding gray-beard! Why should I scare her in her happy dream?' Then a gleam of hope would force its way into the darkness: But she has been huppy with Ine uitil that boy caite. Jlight she not be willing, if she knew ai b if she knew but ha(i my love ? Oh! I cannot. cannot lose her!' And yet to all observant eves ho was the grave, reserved, quiet, John Steele--courteous wilhi his equals, kind to his inferiors. He was, as ever, the thoughtfil host, the imdulgent the steady friend. The hidden war with bilmself went for weeks. At last he miade a decision. 'When Herbert asks her hand of me I shall know whether or not she truly loves him. If all her! heart is not his I will hope-I will offer my love to her. , If she con fesses to loving him I will be si lent forever. The holidays went by, the house grew quiet-Herbert sought an interview with his elder brother. John listened quietly. '1 have expected this, Herbert. I will talk with Violet,' 'But you can give ine your con sent.' '1 can say nothing now.' With a look of surprise, Her bert withdrew-went down the wide oak stairs, crossed the ter races, whistling. John rang the study-bell. 'Pompey, ask Miss Vane to come to me.' He turned faint at the sound of her light step) on the veh'iet u the hall, yet fought off the weakness successfully before she came in. The pain remained but she saw no sign of it. She wore a dress of blue, her bronze curls clung about her shy face, her pet grayhound, Caliph, followed close at her side. He motioned her gently to a seat. For a moment he did not speak -he felt tired with suffering. Her dog which lie had given her, crossed the room, and laying his slender head upon his knee, look ed up wistfully into his face. 'What is all this that Herbert tells me, Violet ?' with a forced smile. a steady voice. "lie has told you? with a swift blush. "Told me what, Violet? Come closer, little one, and let me look into your fice. What could he tell me ' 'That we love each other.' She was on her knees besides his chair, hcr blushing bright feat ures hidden on his shoulder. She could not see his face. His face? -no, ah; no! fy child, have you quite given your heart to this young brother of mine so soon ? It is but a little while that you have known him.' Utterly! A little ?-but it seems a long while that we have been together. I have been-[ am so happy with him guardy !' 'But you have been happy with me-ha've you not ?' 'Ah ! that is different.' A little silence, lie quietly and forever put away all hope. 'Yes, very differ-ent, my Violet. Kiss me, little one-only once. There; thank you dear-. Go now and say to Herbert; that I give you to him, and to the life you have chosen as his wife.' Sth6 slipped away like a beam of light. But Caliph, for the first time in his life, when permitted, did not follow her. He pressed closer to John's knee, and-uttered a pitiful whine. Gaining no atten tion, he joined the sile~nce of the stately room, easing his troubled heart by the employment of lap ping up, with his slender tongue the tears that fell on the folded hands of the master of Lakehome. [OFFICIAL.] The Laws of South Carolina. Acts and Joint Resolutions Passed by the General Assembly at the Session of 1872-'I3. JOINT REsoLUTION TO RATIFY TIIE AMEND)MENT TO TIIE CONSTITUTiON OF TIHE STATE OF sOUTH1 CAROLINA, RELATIVE TO THlE IIOLDING OF ELECTIONs. Whereas Article XV. of the constitution of the State of South Carolina provides that an amend ment or amendments may be made to the same; and that such amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each House, such amendment or amendments to be entered on the journals, re spectively, with the yeas and nays taken thereon ; and that the same shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the State at the next genera election thereafter for represen:.atives; and if a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General As semboly, voting thereon, shall vote in favor of such amendment or amendments, and twvo-thirds of each branch of the next General Assembly shall, after such an election and before another, ratify the same amendment or amend ments by yeas and nays, the same shall become a1 part of the con stitution: Procidrd, That slch anendeinitt or aiendnents shall nave been read thr.ea tio8yes, oi three several days, in each lois: and whereas the ceneral A.ssem11 bly, at its last session, did, int each branch, pass a joit rcsol tition proposing an anendment, to the constitution of the State of South Carolina, whiCh was agreed to by two-thirds of its meimbers, to wit: Strike out all that portion of see tion 11, article If., following the words "4ei-hteen i u nd red and 'evety, ocurrigg in the fourlth Ind tifth lines, and ins!rt the fol lowing : "And forever thereafter, :n the first Tuesday following the the first Monday in November. in aVery second year; in such 11ai ner and such place as the Legisia Lure may provide;" and whereas the said proposed amendment has ieen submitted to the electors jualified to vote for members of' Aje General Assembly at the next leneral election following the ac ion of' the General Assembly, and L m:jo'rity of the said electors have voted in faivor of the same Be it resolved by the Senate and [Iouse of Representatives of' the .taLte of' South Carolina, now met And sitting in General Assembly, 1n4l iy the authority of the same: That the amendment to the con .titution of the State of South oarolina1, proposel and agreed to by two.thirds of the members of 2-wh branich of the last Genieral Asseibiv and voted for by a ma ority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly at the last general elee Lion, to wit ; Strike out all that portion of section 11, article II, tollowing the words "eighteen hundred and seventy," occurring ii the fourth and fith lines, and nsert the following: "And fbrever Ahereafter, on the firsL Tuesday ollowing the first Monday in No emi)ber, in every secon.d year, in mch manner and in such place as -he Legislature may provide," be id tihe same is hereby, ratified ind made a part of the coustitii ion of the State of South Caro ina. Approved January 29, A. 1). [873. VN ACT To I.m'ULATE THE APPOINT -.ENT AND SALARY OF TRIAL JUs TICES IN TilE CITY OF CIIARLfES TON. Be it enacted by the Senate and [Iouse of Representatives of' the tate of South Carolina, now met knd sitting in General Assembly, mud by the authority of the same: SECTION 1. That the Governor lo appoint by and:with the advice tnd consent of the Senate, five .rial justices for the city of' Char eston, and no more, to hold their >ffices for the term of' two years, inless sooner removed, according .0 law: Proovided, That during tIhe -ecess of the Senate the Governor nay appoint either one or all of' laid trial justices, to hold their >fices, unless removed by Legisla ure, when the appointment shall ,case, unless confirmed by the senate. If a vacancy occurs dur ng thle session of' the Lcgielature, t shlall be filled only by the ad nice and consent of' the Senate. SECTION 2. That the trial jus ices appointed for the city of Tharleston shall reside in said city mnd keep their offices there, which hall be opened fr'om day to day 'or the transaction of business: Provided, That the trial justices ippointed shall be commissioned y the Governor, in the following flanner', to wit: Two for wards >ne and two; one for wards three Ind four; one for wards five and iN; one f'or wards seven and eight; Lnd shall have theiir offices located n a.centr'aI location, convenient .0 t'he peole of the wards for vhich they are appointed. SECTION 3. That, instead of the ees and fines heretofore allowed by aw for the tr'ial justices in the city >f Charleston, they shall each be dlowed a salary of' t welve hundred lollars per annum payable quarter y, on the first days of January, XIpril, July and October, by the ~ounty tr'easmurer for Charleston ~ounty, out of the county funds, lnd that all fees taxed1 and recover d in criminal causes in tihe courts >f said trial justices shall be forth vith turned o,ver to the county of' hlarleston; and the said trial jus .ices shlall make to the judge of' the irst circuit a monthly report of' 1II fees, fines and costs rccover'ed >r collected by them during the aid month. SECTION 4. All the appointments >f trial justices, resident within ~he city of Charleston, heretof'ore nade, shall cease and determine n and after the first day of April iext, and the trial justices pro Tided for in this act shall enter 1pon their duties upon that day. SECTION 5. That the trial jus ~iccs appointed for the city of Dharleston may each appoint two ~onstables, and no more, to serve ~he processes of their respective ~ourts, removable at pleasure; the aonstahlas so appointed sali en ceive a salary of five hundred dol lar per annum, to be paid at the times provided fur in section 3 of this act. SEeTIoN 6. That if either of the trial justices appointed for the city of Charleston shall neglect to at tend to the duties of their offices, or shall be guilty of eXturtion or oppres,ion in oflice, or shall fiail to pay over, as required by this aet.the fees and tines collected by him in his office,be shall be liable to indict ment therefor; and on conviction shall be liable to imprisonment Ior two years and a line of one thousand dollars, or both, within the discretion of the court, and shall be removed from office. SECTIoN 7. The trial justices so appointed shall give a bond of twentv-five hundred dullars for the faitLhful performance of their duties, the bond to be approved by the judge of the first circuit. OFFIcE SECRETARY OF STATE, COLUMBia, S. C., February 21, 1873. The foregoing act having beei presented to the Governor of this State for his approval and not having been returned by him to the branch of the General Asscm bly in. which it originated within the time prescribed by the consti tiltioll. has become a law without his approval. HI. E. 1IAYNE, Secretary of State. AN .ACT To AMENl) SECTIoNS NINE TEEN AND TiiiRTY-TUREE OF CRAP TEaR XvfI. UF TITLE VI. OF THE ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT FOR RE VISING AND CONSoLIDATING TIIE GENERAL STATCTES OTHIE STATE, RELATING To TIlE LOUNDARIES OF LANCAsTER AND YoRK COUN TIES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of th1e State of South Carolina, now met and sitting, in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: SECTION 1. Tbat Section nine teen (19) of ehapter XVIII. of ti tle VI. of the act entitled "an act fbr revisint and consolidating the general statues of the state be and the same is hereby amended by adding after the words "Catawba river," in the second line, the words "and Big Sugar creek, from the point where it enters into said river." SECTION 2. That section thirty three (33) of said act be amended by striking out the words "fron, which it is separated by the Ca tawba river," in the last line, so that the section will end with the words "North Carolina line." Approved February 27, A. D. 1873. AN ACT FOR TIIE BETTER PROTECTION OF RELIGIOUS WORSlIIP.. Be it enacted by the Senate and IIonsa of Repr-esentatives of the State of South Car-olina, now mnet and sittinlg in Gxener-al Assembly, and. by the author-ity of the same: SECTION 1. That if any person shall, wilfully and mrr!iciously, dis tur-b or interrupt any meeting, so ciety, assembly or- congregation, convented for the purpose of re ligious worship,or- shall enter such meeting while in a state of intoxi cation, or shall usc or sell spirit uous liquor-s, or use blasphemous language at or near the place of meeting,su ch person shall be deem ed guilty of a misdemeano-, and shall, on conviction be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than one hundr-ed dollars, or be impr-isoned for a term not exceeding one year or less than thir-ty days or both, or either, at the discr-etion of the court. Approved February 20, A. D. 1873. AN ACT CEDING THEl- JURIsDICTION OF TIlE sTATE 01- sOUT11 CAROLI NA TO TIlE UNITED STATEs OF AMERICA, OVER CERTA;N LANDs IN TIHE COUNTY OF DARLINGToN. KNOWN As TilE "NATIONAL CEME TERY." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Car-olina, now met and sitting in Gener-al Assembly, and by the authority of the same: SECTIoN 1. That the jur-isdiction of the State of South Carolina is hereby ceded to the United States of Arner-ica ovcr certain lands sit uated in the county of Dar-lington, and near the town of Florence, known as the "Natioual Ceme tery." Provided, That the jurisdic tion .herebv ceded shall not vest until the United States of Ameri ca sbal!l have acquirecd the title to the said land by grant or deed from the owner or owners ther-eof. and the evidences of the same shall have been r-ecor-ded in the office where, by law, the title to such lands is -3cor-ded; and the United States of America are to retain sneh jur-isdiction so long as such lands shall be used for the >)urposes in this act mentioned, and no longer-: and such jurisdic tion is granted upon the express condition that the State of South Carolina shall retain a concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over the said lands, so far a that civil pr-ocess. in all cases not affecting the real or personal property of the United States. and such criminal or other proet-s as shall issue under the authority of the State of South Carolina ag5aiist anV persoIn or Perso nIs ch ar'.ed with crimlies or Im isdenicmanors colilnit ted withiln .r without the limits said lands imay b." executed there in, inl the same way anl mannuer as if nojarisdiction had been here by ceded. Si:crioN 2. That all lands and tenements which may boe granted as af'oresaid, to the United States, shall be and cnitiine. so lo : as the same shall be used for the pur poses in this act melioied, exoll crated anil dischi:Lred fromi all taxes asse-ssmen ts and f It C r charges whibch m1av be imlposed under the aULIority of tle State of South Caroliia. Approved January 1G, A. D. 1873. AN ACT To PROVIDE FOR AN ASSEss ".ENT OF RE.k, 1'ROPERTY IN THE YEAR 1873. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of th. State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: That an assessm-eit of the real property In this State shall be made in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three (1873,) at the same time that the assembly of personal property is made. and in the manner and ae cording to the rules prescribed for the assessment of real property in chapter XII. of title III. of the general statutes. SECTJON 2. The comptroller-gen eral is hereby authorized and di rected to adopt the measures ne. cessary to carry out the intent ofi this act. and to exercise, for the purpose of making and complet ing, the assessment provided for in this act, all the powers relating to the assessment of real property conferred upon him by the chap ter of the general statutes herein before cited. Approved February 27, A. D. 1873. THE STUDENT'S TRICK. A young man of eighteen or twenty, a student in a university, took a walk one day with a pro fessor, who was commonly called the student's friend such was his kindness to the young men whom it was his office to instruct. While they were walking together, and the professor was secking to lead the conve--sation to grave subjects, they saw a pair of old shoes laying in the path, which they supposed belonged to a poor1 man who was at work close by, and who had nearly finished his day's work. Theyoung student turned to the professor saying, "Let us play the man a trick ; we w ill hide his shoes and conceal ourselves behind those bushes, and watch to see his perplexity when he cannot find them.*" "My dear friend," answered the professor, "we must never amuse ourselves at the expense of the poor. But you al-e rich and you may give yourself a much great er pleasure. Put a dlollar into each shoe and then we shall hide ourselves." The student (lid so, and then placed himself with the professor behind the bushes close by through which they could easily watch the laborer, and see whatever wvonder or joy he might express. The pool- man soon finished his work and went across the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes. While he put on his coat he slipped one foot into one of his shoes, but feeling some. thing hard he stooped down and found a dollar. Astonishment and wonder were seen upon his countenance; lie looked upon the dollar, turned around and looked' again and again; then he looked around on all sides but could see no one. Now he put the money in his pocket and proceeded to p)ut on the other shoe, but how great was his astonishment when he found the other dollar ! IIis feel ings over camne him, he fell upon his knees, looked up to heavernS and uttered aloud a fervent thanks giving, in which lhe spoke of his wife, sick, helpless, and his chil dren without tbread, whom this timely bounty,from some unknown hand, would save from pcerishing. The young man stood there deep ly affected and tears filled eyes. "Now" said the professor "ar-e you not much better- pleased than if you had played your intended trick ?" "O dearest, sir," answered the youth, "you have taught me a les son that I will never forget. I feel now the words which I never before understood: "It is better to give than receive. The young cotton crop of Alabama is represented to have suffered much 1NNx( HALF A MILLION P O ND--.N ECCAENTRI ENGISH.MA.N'S WILL. An c:Grarinary wi Iase was :w- l , ebildre of an eeenti to:a~ a! Irwh bccea h V I ImiC '-It :ay to :n utter Straigri. The jiihren) en!eavered1l tosIo tha te fthrxas in!!-a.,e. 'Ind i ! :et . One of the .on conhi ren".mber on two Occasions bing t!ied by tle icet to tie han :u 'hO sion hii father tivi a I*tpe r,41:nd1 his nock, hicbl the end ofit n:ee ImII runl round the room, an'i th:-ashed him as he %xent oi l. I' H W hen living at t lrii-usscl he had known his fitther to walk ill) and down the front of I he hionsta iiight with loaded pis toLis. and one evening while the servants were at church, his father issisted that there were robbers in the house, and took his blunder buss to shoot them. It was all de lusion. There- weas no noise a bout the place. On another ocea sion he insisted that he heard peo- e ple whistling outside of the house. and went out with a loaded blun. derbuss. On one occasion during the six weeks he n%as referring to his brother and himself went with I some ladies to the theatre, and d out of spite, or from some motive or other, his i*lbder dressed the housemaid up as a first class lady of fashion. and sent her to occupy a the next box to them. They had L to cbange their seats in conse quence. His father aiways kept y a lot of fire-arms in the house d generallv !oaded. lie always t kept a loaded blunderbuss in his n sitting-room. There was also a needle gun. several revolvers. and a number of bayonets. This L testimuony being corroborated by c other members of the falmiy, the will was broken and the children became heirs to an estate valued at half a million pounds. [Ia;fax (N. S.) Citi:en. How A PARENT PLAYS ISDIAN c AN) GETS THE WoRST OF IT.-A f New Yorker is very much annoy- t ed because his two boys have read I so many Indian stories that they j have gone wild with anxiety to i play Indian, to go out on the prai rie hunting for the real noble red men. The man was taking a nap r after dinner in his easy chair, a when he was awakened by an I alarinig noise and a strange t sensation in his head. HIe jump- 1 ed up suddenly and found that , one of his boys, dressed in a red a table cloth, and his face decorated i; with blue paint, was trying to i scalp his father with a carving knife, n hile the other boy, attired r in a blanket shawl and a rooster m: feather, flourished a hatchet and a emittedl war whoops from behind I, Ai chair anid a card table. The e man decided to put a stop to this e kind of' thing. So next day, while C the boys were playing with bows e and arrows in the garden, he I; dr-essed himself in an Indian cos- s tume, and jumped over the fencee with a wildl,unearthly yell, for the 3 purpose of frightening those clil- 1 dren. The oldest boy, however e stood his ground, and drawing an a arrow to the head, in which was f inserted a tenpenny nail, he bu- 1L ried it in the chieftain's leg before a lie took flight. That night the fatthmer walked up stairs on a crutch I anti flogged the family all ar-oundv bcfor-e he sent them to bed. IIe isj thinking now of' some other way to effect a cure of the sanguinary disposition of his offspri ng.-in- C cinnaLti Go:elte. TIHE CoTT~ioN T.Ax DimInuED Ul c 's-rrrenox..-The Atlanta 11cr aid is ini ree'it of inftormaition that the United States Court of Claiins has decided that the cotton tax law. under which sonme eighl ty-eight mail- t lionis of dollairs were collected was un constitutinal. It appears that a Mr. Berg in tead of petitioning Congress ~ to refuind the tax paid by him, brought suit in the Court of Claims for its re- I "overy. and employed eminent council,. amongv whomii was the present Ord i niary of Chatham county in that State-. Tis~ gentleman a few days ago re ceived a pirivate letter which annouue ed that the Court was against the cou stitutionality of the law. but its de cisions has not yet. we believe, 1,;eui officially promulgated. To a very largec number of our readers this intel ligence will be most gratifying. as it will eniable themi to recover the mou e'y illegally wrung fromi thenm at a time when they were most in need of freedm from taxation.- V~ W iigton JIournal. It is said that in Scotlanid one mian in every thousand goes to college; Gernmany the proportion is one for ev ery two thousand six hundred ; in - Eugrland it is one for every five thou sand eight hundred. Another cotton factory is to be i started in Anderson County, five milesi from the Pendleton Factory. with a I water power sufficient to drive thirty< thousand spindles.1 ADVERTISINC RATES. AIv rfo -nri t !i!N w n -d :i t!:( rate wI 7, 11 411AI-one inch- ior tirs ineion. an 1>'.1-re ch u p: t: cr n. I b! oltniiii :adverti:c-uemts ten per cent on above. Notices of inectings, obitunries and tribua:, A repect, !ane rates pter :-quare as ordinalv vertisemntns. Spcci:al notices in local column 20 ccnts jer line. Advertisements not marked wiii tie nun jer of insertions will be kept in till forbid tid charged accordiugly. Special contracts ninde with large adve iserS, wio ieral deucti,us on alove rates Done with Neatness and Dispatch. Tcruis Cash. INCIDEAT IN -A R.AILWAY CA M. .\ few days 'inece,says the Toledo ano-/. as a pia>5Lenger tr-ainm Iinli! e:* wvard ove2r the ~h.\lih o: 1!-m t 1h )ii-ion kf the Lake ba:ndi .ilicPhigan1 SoutheLrn a l w'as bLVtween liillsdlL :i thit city. Oquite : exCe:C:nCnt as cre cl the lad icS car as ,l!- >:hI: l'1>o 0de o1C (har al sittig :!n , as a Germi0an f -ood Iro.ortions , while upoo he (t her sOle at a tall, Jack com lexioned, li!!-whi.eredi Amelri en. The i va ellI i filled, ,n the I i al gentlemnan, d:,-ir a li!e rCSh1 ai ra"Vissing th jildow 1'ext he seat ;ck-up"i.dI by him, but was llested by his fierman fellow asseilger to ( "put that window own r!ight away quick '" The re UCst wa.s coInpled WiLL at Once, nd the tall g' o-tleman moved to he rear end of the car and raised not her window: when his German 1end immncdiateLiy left his seat nu requestLd that the csecond indow be also elosed. "No !" said ur American, "I have complied -ith your request once, and hav ig -Ift your neighborhood, can 3C nojustice in your demand. Up U r'Veeiving- the a1bove reply the evrman returned to his seat, and rawin forth. a sachel quickly Un >cked it, and taking theref-om a .volver. to the utter astonish kent of all, and causing no little 1rprise among the ladies, placed ie weapon in his pocket with the rnark -'I'll shoot that d-d Yan Co if he don't shut that win ox!" The tall, dark man notieed .e movement and heard the re iark, and after the German had gain taken his seat, walked down be aisle of the car. approached be German fromi behin1, and pIaL ing his left arm (a la yarotc) round his neck, with his right and he drew out the pistol, and, lacing it in his ow n pocket. quiet 'resumed his seat, to the no mall amusement of the othcer oe upants of the ear. Whlen theC onductor came round our tall eiend gave him the revolver, with he request that it be returned to is German friend up)on arrival at 'oledo, provided he had cooled own. Anoi;tir An'varsl.(.-W ill it ay ? With the great share of liber 1 and progressiv.e men. who are enter rising and thrifty in the ir businetss, is query has been, settled in1 the um.,t ractic:d~way. They advertise end et rich by it; but there is aright nd wrong way to advertisc. Tf a mian: : to advertise in a paper he- wants to now several things :Is the papr ad ? It is mat.rial what class of cople read a papier as well as how lany. Many a man who wants to dvertise fails to see this point clear and, thlerefo-re, isapprehends the collical or profitalble a spects of tlle use. If a mdan says to ti dry goods caler. *What ude you ask for bjroad otf alnd tile answer is . iX dol rs." the inquirer purov-es nothing' by ying. '-It is too much ; I can buy l' th for four-and-a-halfi dollars." Vhat is the quality ? That the test. ?erv likelv the six-dollars cloth is the hel:pe.,. A lady goes into a store nd wishes to see silk; thecy are three. >ur. or ten dollars a yard. 1- cain ny them cheaper.' she says5. Is it ny reason why the seller should re uee his prices ? There is very like y, to be ai great differene in value. a:s e-ll as price. b)etwee-n dealers. It is tso in advertising. TILE LENGTII or DAYS-Thle ays of summer grow longer as re northward, and the days of 'inter grow shorter. At H1am urg the longest day has seven een hours and the shor-test sevetn. Lt Stockholm tihe longest ha:s ighteen and a half hours and thme hor-test five and a half. At St. >etersburg the longest has nine cen, and the shoirtest five hours. Lt Finland the longest has twen y-one and one-af, and tihe short st two and one-half hours. At Vandorbus, in Norway. the day ists fr-om the 21st of May to the ud of July, tile sun not getting elow thle horizon for tile whole ime, but skimming along ver-y lose to it in thte North. At pitzbergen the longest day lasts bree months and a half. D)r. W\yville Thomllpsonr decribe-s the ceaIn as conItalInfln a moltle,y numbeir f loo.'e thisloting.aOl at different epth-skeleto-s of men,li anuchors. hot an-d cannon ;and the broad gold ieces wrecked in theL loss of umany a alleon off the S~panish main, 'the rihe forumin am kind of false bottoum 2 the oeeatn. beneath which thlere Ily lthe depthl of clear. still water. rhich was heavier- than. mltenI lead. A Mr. PenliStan. a Philadelphia li Luor dealer. it is stated drew the first apital prize in the Havana lottery ist week. 8500.n(i0. lHe had just ailed in business. an:d it is not a mprobable thit previous lotter- deal ngs and its losses was the e: of is ailure. So it is not wonr' wihiI for very foolish per-son t - iand imitate