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Vol.*X WEDNESDAY -1O011NING, AUd~'ik'. r 2 THE HERALD Is PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MOlNING, At xewberry C. H., BY THO. F. GRNEKER, Editor and Proprietor. p, $2.50 per AnRUM, juariably in Advance. r' Ti paper is stopped at the expiration of time for which it is paid. ei 'he 4 mark denotes expiration of sub scription. OLD A-NO NEW. New little teet Patter on the floor New little faces Peep tirough tLie dor New little souli kkave entered into life qen itove or strife New little fingers Tightly clasp our own New little teiolril. Round our.heats have grown. Still the old voices Echo in our ear, And the old faces Hallowed are and dear ; itill the old friends Who have passed away, Live in our affection Love has no decay, And'Ific old words, Spoken long ago, 'Keep*he heart tonder, Make the tears flow. Thus New and Old Mingle in one, Each has its blessings; And when life is done, Old*face, old friendb Will meet us again Tresres 1ng bnried We shall regain All that is lovely, All that is true, Will live forever, The Old and the New. -Sunday Magazine. THE 1JwBTwKEY. :o: Some sage aves that it is with first love-as with a .first eigar , a man precipitates himself upon it, luxuriates in the draught, and is maelancholy when it is over. In the case I mention there was no reaction after eitlier. - Myv friend, Guy Mason, was a boar~der in a large establishment, presided over by Mr. and Mrs. Pratt, and filled dIuring the winter with fashionable immates. He had a room on the third floor over loo)kinlgthe street, and asm all room back of it which was use<ias a bed rodni and for books and w'ardi'obe This had a single window which looked iinto-a square court in the in terior of the building, open to the sky and also looking into the9 parlor on the 'sebond floor in the rear, oc cupied by a lady and her daughter, who had a country seat near Lake Mahopoc, where they spent their summers. A few days after they camne. to the house, the sight of a young girl seated at an embroidery frame near the window took p >or Guy's susceptible heart captive. IIer auburn ringlets seemed touched with gold when the lhght fell upon them; her complexion was exquis itely fair, with a rose-leaf tint; the line of her crimson mouth dis closed pearly teeth, and she had th~e finest tuirned neck and shoul ders nature ever fashioned to putf art to shame. N~o sculptor could have rivalled the perfection of her hand. How small, white and dim pled, as she held it up to select a shade of' worsted, thread her nee dle. or eounmt the stitches ! Those0 taper fingers drew tha string wvhich sped Cupid's arrow to the vounflg manlf's heart, lie tried to sketch that lovely snow-flake of a haud, but -ave up the task in de spair, for it never was still long enough. Sometimes it wandered over the strings of her guitar, for almost every evening she played and sang. Guy watched her tu ning the inst-ument, and groaned when the envious curtains were closely drawn, shutting out par'a dise fro;n longing eyes! Aor hours he would stand at the windo0w feeding the pigeons that gathered on the frame, observing the charmer stealthily as she plied her needle, or watered her flowers, or petted a canary bird, whose eage hung on the wvall outside. .In all the rapture of gazing up1on her however, he could see that his de votion was utterly unmarked. She was near-sighted, and ,wks un Sable to see that she was so earn estIy regarded. lHer mother had eyes that rival led thoso of a lynx, and the moth er alwvays retreated from the win- J dlow when lhe ap)proatched it. She wvas tall and robust, with black eyes and hair; a haughty carriage., atnd a harsh, imperious voice, that twanged painfully on the ea. G~uy Mason was a bookkeeper in ( an insturance office, with a mnoder ate salary, and had no fashionatble 1 friends. Hie knew no one of whom he could asked an introduction to Mrs. De Peyster; and he felt tha.t I his position in life did not antitle him to enter the list of her daugh, ter's admirers without such formal ities as migh t sm oot-a over a sur p,rise. Mrs. De Peyster was iinde p.endenit, though not rieb, and moi'vedl in good soecty. She had b... greily courted. wvas very proud, and would hardly have owned a workingman among her acquaintances. Neither she nor the beautiful Laura every entered the common dining-room; and at dinner, the only meal to which they caine, their seat was at another ta. ble, at a reinote end of the dining room. They received privileged visitors in their own parlor, and were set down by the iniates of the house as distant, unsocial and repellant. Whatchance was there for the commencement *of an ac quaintance ? Mason was desper ately, madly in love with the girl. but the hauteurof the mother kept him effectually at a distance. In the . fair Laura there was such a sweet unconsciousness of her own superiority, such a child like humility, mingled with the graceful pride of woman, as com pleted the fascination her beauty had begun. Her admirer saw her occasionally at the concert or at the opera, and to him she was the soul of music. lie met her walk ing, sometimes; but the mother vouchsafed him the most distant bow of recognition. Laura was looking down ; but now and then the image of her blue eyes 'would be suddenly lifted, disclosing a world of' witching, to be quickly veiled again. The evidence of this consciousness fanned Guy's love conti-hually into a brighter flamo, and caused him to revolve various expedients to secure the enjoy ment of her society. He thought of painting her pie ture and sending it as a present to her mother; or of offering his services to teach the beautiful girl Italian. Next day he heard that a riarkvisaged whiskered fellow had been hired for the last,and he wish d him in the dungeons of Spill berg. The first sparkling fbam of the Dup had been quaffed; beneath was that which bewilders the brain nd steals away the senses. Guy had been reading one night antil past midnight, when he heard a carriage stop in the street. before the dor. The bell rang not very gently. After a short ause it was again rung. He felt tinge of synpathy for the late omer; for the night was piercing old, and the wind came in hoarse >lasts, rattling the window-panes, nd sending a chill through the >ones. le glanced around his nng-room,with its.crimson chintz overed sofa, and the glow of a oal fire thrown on the Venetian ug, suggestive of ideas of comfort, nd thought how hard it must be or the man waiter to be called ut of his bed at such an hour. Again and again, and yet again, ounded the bell; each time with Smore prolonged and angry pull, s if the applicant at the door, vith exhausted patience, was re olved to take the place by storm. Athought darted like lightning ~boughi Guy's brain, lie had seen iiss Dec Peyster mn full dress that ~vening, passing with her mother brough the hall. They must have one to a party and returned late. ie spr-ang to the window and brew it open. It was too dark to listiguish objects, but ho. heard listinctly the shr-ill, complaining one of Laura's mother. By good luck Mason was still ressed, and lie lost not an instant. natching up the light lie has eed dowvn two flights of stairs 0 the front door. His heart beat ; s breath came quickly. He cIt that the crisis of his life was t hand. He would meet her face o face; lie would render her- a ervce that demnanded acknowl dgent, and might open for him vista of happiness. Hle seized e knob of the door, and with ~rembling hands unlocked and peed it. There was a rush of ind and the light wvas extin ruished. "You sleep like a night..watcher, e~llowv!" cried the angry voice of SIrs. D)e Peyster, as she pushed ir way in. "To keep us stand g half an hour in the cold ; we night have caught our death! Tou deserve to loose your place, shall make complaint of you in he mnormn&." She wvent on with a rustling of ilk and velvet. The daughter's artle brushed the young man ightly as she passed, and her ioved fingers pressed something at his hand. Guy could not utter a word. [is breath seemed to forsake jim, and his silly bashfulness hained him to the spot. lHe stood here till the ladies had gone up tairs, grasping in his haud what he lovely girl had placed in it. ~ould it be a note ? It felt like a oft paper. As soon as his self ,ossesson returned, he- ran up tairs, relighted the lamp, and ex mined the gift. His beloved had resented him with haif a dollar! It was evident that both had zisken young Mason for the 'orter of tho establishment, then oring in his .dornltor'y; o,nd the etle girl had bestowed th,e moy b y way of consolation for her ther's'eI:ing,. The enamored rency which had been touched by her firongers, and proved the benev olence of her heart. The imistake must be rectified. This might lead to an inteiview. After deliberation, he concluded that as the affair in sonie points wore a comical aspect, it would be best to present thq explanation in that light. le haminercd out some poetry to be sent with the half dollar and returned to the donor. Under the veil of a fiaetious ffti Sioni he thought, more could be saiI than iII a grave note, and no offense could be taken at a jca d'esprit. Part of it ran thus : "That touch of money to my pah was shock-ng, Oh, had the gift been but a glove 'or stock Sneh token from thy hand a joy had given, I would iiot barter for the joy of heaven." Guy was not used to writing poetry ; but on reading it, it struck him as combining humor and sentiment in a manner pe euliarly felicitons. With a crow quill,-he copietI the verses on rose colored paper. In the morning, folding it witQ the money, he dispatched it to the young lady by the maid. Toward evening he took courage to ask how it had been received. "Why, sir," she answered, "the young lady only laughed, and showed the paper to her mother, and Mrs. DePeyster threw it into the fire, and said as how she won dered how you conld have the im pudence: she expected you did.not know any better." A blight fell upon the lover's hopes. It .vas the unlucky "stock ing" he was convinced that played him false. A thousand wild pro jects flooded through his brain to achieve the accomplishment of his hopes. He would hire ruffians to attack the dear girl; would rush in time to the rescue, and be wounded in her defense-l Ie would play the incendiary, and bear her bravely through the flames ! He would get up a quar rel, and fight a duel for her sake The more impassible the barrier the lovelier did she appear. And he could perceive, when he. stole a glance whon seated at the table, that the older lady had grown colder and statelier than ever. Laura was ill two days from cold taken that night; but ere long she reappeared at the window, playing her guitar, and as Guy imprudently leaned out of the window to drink in the melody, he saw an unmistakable smile on her lips. Yes, she smiled ; although she drew back, and the guitar slid from her lap, his heart thrilled by the knowledge that she was at last aware of his secret. The next morning he bribed the maid to leave a mnagazi[ne on her table, in which was a love poem,'around which ho had pen eiled a line. It was brought back as if left by mistake, but he saw that it had been read. On St. Valentine's Day he sent Laura a delicately embossed and printedl missive, glowing with soni timnent. Flowers would have fol lowed as offerings but for the awk ward interruption which b)rings on 'he conclusion of thlis story. One evening Guy Mason re turned late from supper, and,walk inig home rapidly, the street cov ered with snow he san two ladies alight from a cariage in front of the house where he lived. A thrill of joy penetrated hlis breast. It was she. huis beloved, with her mother, and both were destined, by a happy chance, to be obliged to him. He sprang up the steps, mur' mnured a "good evening," and drew a night-key from his pock et. With a brief' apology to the ladies for thus venturing to save them the tronble of ringing, he thrust the key into the loek and turned it with all his force ; it snapped violently; lhe drew the fragment, and, to his hlorror, dis covered that in his haste he had used, not the night-key, but the key of his chamber'! "Really-beg ten thousand par ons," he faltered, "it was the wrong key-" "The key is broken in. the lock," ried the shi-ill voice of Mrs. De Pyster; "it is dreadful to be kept standing here! She pulled the bell furiously In affright Guy pulled also. The porter's hurried steps wer-e pr1es ntly heard in the hall ,and he was rattling at the lock. "Open the door !" cried the lady, mpatiently. "I cannot unlock it," said tile man within; "there must be some thing in the keyhole." "The broken key ," screamed Mr's. DePeyster, with angry glance t the unfortunate Guy. "So offi ius, to insist-" "Mother !" pleaded t hi a soft oice of Laura. She saw that the ady was forgetful of good breed nig. "So bitter cold," muttered her mother, shivering, "and no know ng how long we mnay have to wait. Gan't you break the lock ?" she shrieked to the man in.zide. T he carriage had driven off 2"rha lo.k must r-ome otf'" Guy exclaimed. "I will run f*r a 1>wk smith." "Anld we are to stanld hore alom in the cold. perh.aps to le instilled by any drunkoi va-rabolid !' eritd Mrs. DePeyster, with the Shuri tW.ang of rLroh:1l in her v "But go-noth ing else can be done Make haste ! What arEe you wait il" for ?" (uN flow into the next strvet to a locksmith's d weli; b u t l had munh. ado to get him,. awake, and much wvait"ig and grmnbling to unergo before hie Could pt o his clothes and collect his tools. Guy ieanwiiIe It a d hastened back. 'T'he angry lady'stood on the steps, her teeth Chattering Wit the cold, her velvet cloak covered with snow flakes; her Ilaugiter was leaning in silence against the side of 'le door, and within could be heard the growling commen ts.of the porter. The locksmith, having examined the lock, decided that it must be pieked from the inside. A ladder was in requisition to enter bv'thc window above. .\Prs. Dleoyster was in desp-ir, and broke out into comp!aints and reproaches, intended for poor Ma son. The ladder was brought by two of the company, followed by some others, eager to know what was going on. These were joined by some late idlers, while the wiudows of the adjoining houses were thrown open, and numerous heads were thrown out to see what was the matter. A pretty. scene for the crowd hating, aristocratic, haughty Mrs. DuPeyster! For once, an mindful 'of'her dignity, she stood giving voluble directions to the lock. smith at the window,'calling to him with flurried emphasis to be careful not to throw down the flower-stand or break the vase full of goldfish, which belonged to her. As for the innocent cause of all this trouble, his feeling was of ab solute despair; for he knew his transgresion was to be unpardon able. The party obtained entrance at last. The hapless lover heard the farewell of his hope in the indig nant rustle of Mrs. DePeyster's robes as she swept upll the stairs without a word to him. A short time afterward, she and her daughter left the city for Washington. My friend never saw them again. But the spell was broken, and lie did not allow him self to' be made wretched for life by this disastrous termination of his first love. From the Enterprise and Mountaineer. REMINISCENCES OF PUBIC MEN. BY EX-GOVERNoR B, P. PERRY. SDmEON FAIR. Co]. Simeon F-air represenitedl the D)istrict of Newberry ini the Legislature for several years, and took a high position amongst the emnent meni of that body. in the better days of the Republic. lHe was respected by all of his com peers for his talents, integrity, honor and patriotism, and they elected him Solicitor of the middle circuit. This import-nt oflice he continued to fill, by successive elec tions, for nearly a quarter of acen ury. Ho was once or twice put in nomination for the office of Judge, and came within a few votes of being elected. As Solici tor, he was a model officer. Al ways prepared in his cases, he ar ued them with ability and learn ng. The guilty seldom escaped, and the innocent had nothing to ear from the prosecuting oflicer on the part of the State. In the administration of his office, he was ftirm and impartial, and gave uni -ersal satisfaction. Ho had an xtesive pr-aetice as a lawyer on the civil side of the court ini his 3ircuit, which was composed of the Districts of Newberry, Richland, Lexington, Sumter, and Kershaw. Colonel Fair was born in New erry District. His father wvas a >rosperous farmer and planter, and gave his son a good classical edu cation. D)r. Fair, one of the 01(d entleman's sons, graduated at Lhe Medical College of Paris, es ~ablished himself in Columbia and ecame one of the most eminent physiians of the State. Simecon stalished himself at Newberry 3. H. as a lawyer, and there had to contend at the Bar with Chief ustice UNeall, Chancellors John ston and Caldwell, who were all pacticing lawyers and resided at ~eberry wvhen Simeon Fair en ~ered his profession. 'That he was tble to achieve success, where Were was so much talent aind a ning to contend with is high ~vidence of his merit, industr-y and F or almost a half century, Col. Fai and mryself wer personal and olivtia frijends, and there atlways, ip to his death, 5xisted a great of my groomnsmenl when I was I married, and I had for lih lirou.ghd lilfe a cordial irit-indship. I knew w-ell hlis high MOral qutialit- .1ie greatly esteoeled and admired him t a-; a friend. In 1831, whenr the t Nul1iifleationl coitrOversy prunrC up in Souh Carolina, Col. -'air I and myself took sbles agadst this p:l)itical lieresy and were ever afi terwards identified in politics. The 11nion party was in a Very Icl il minit in New ber-ry )istr L 1an0d beneCCe CoL. -air did not Lo in- Ir to the Legiltre as soon as he t other-wise would have done. But i Ithe 1loridL w%*,ar caie on, and he i volunteer-ed his services in that G Nampaigni and against the In- C diais. I think he commanded a I company in the ILegiment of'Gov. Butler. As soon as hie returned honme, ii.4 foilow-citizens of New- f berr-V overlooked 1 is political I principles and elected him to the , Legislature for his gallant and pa- i triotic services. This Seminole I Cmpaign Nwas extr;iordinary in L ele7atig all who served in it to r public office. I t elected Co. Butler c Gc overMIor -of the State, and I be- s lieve every oflice within the gift t of thre Legislature, down to door- I keeper, was filled by a Florida a volunteer. V In tho Summer of 1S46, Col. sl Fair. Frederick Vance and myself fi made the tour of the Northern a States and Canada together. We t spent t wo or three months very ti pleasantly, indeed. Neither of us e had ever been North, and every- q tlhirgwasnewandinteresting. We b visited Washing-ton, Baltimore. n Philadelphia, New York, the Falls I of Niagara. Montreal, Oucbee, Bos ton, &e. I paid my resipects to Gov. y Konible, in A lbany. who was there ei asa member of the New York Con- k vention, and also to Silas Wright, Si their Go-ernor f0 the State. In tl Washington, Congress was still in ti session, and we had the pleasure S of making the - acquaintance of n1 most of the distinguished men -i there. In Boston I had a letter of ft introduction to Mir. Everet, from ic Joel R. Puintsett. and valled to see o1 him. who was very kind arid civil. a We were greatly interested in I Montreal a n d Quebec. Every- ii thiring we saw reminded us that we a. were in a Foreign country. In w walking the streets of Quebec, and in passing down the St. Lawrence iR River, we were struck with the diminutive size of the French peo- A pIe. Col. Fair said ie frequently saw the Canadians stop and gaze at us as we Were walking the streets. A The heighth and size of three such or men as we were attracted their y notice especially. But in Mon. ,I treal I never saw finer looking t] men than the English officers and soldiers stationed there. In Que- 3 bee there was a Scotch Regiment v. of IIighlarrdrs. whlo wer-e all overs six feet in staturd, and fanicifully bh dr-essed in tire IIighland costume. le Their appear-ancc was indeed ver-y ti imposing., Whilst in Albany, Col. Fairre-c mnar-ked to me, one mor-ning, that we were a long ways from hrome- re "Yes,'" saidl I, "we ar-e a thousand L miles.'"' "But ,"- said lie, "'I allurde y to the hrighrer civilization of this tx region of country over Newberryb and Greenville ini agriculture, corm- gi mer-ce, magniticent buildings, and m in all the comnfor-ts and luxuries of' th: life." I recplied that I had once e hear-d Gen. Thlompsor, say, whilst i~ abusing tire North, that it would c riot do, rowever, for one who . thought meanly of tire Northrrn th peolile to tr-avel amongst them aind en witness their grecat wealthA and , high civilization, if hre wished to retain his opinion of tIne people ne and country. a3My impr-ession was j that all their super-ior-ity consisted in their superior industry and ho- h mnogenity of r-ace. In the Sou'h a we wer-e cursed wxithn slavery anid pr the African race. f Col. Fair was a most gen ial com i panion arid pileasanit irr conversa- th tion. lie had a happy knack of w gathering news, and rectailinrg it to his associates, both at home and in th] travelling. Whenever I mret hin1m on the circuit or in Columbia, I E eagerly expected a budget of news, interiesting arid racy. iIe was gr-eathly loved anrd esteemed s by all of' Iris associates and ae quaintances, every oee had confi deuce in his sincer-ity, integrity and honor. iIe wvas a gentleman t of sterling good sense and judg-~ mnent. At the Bar arnd in the t Legislatur-e, his arguments anrd speeches wvere alw-ays t o theu point, and conceived in wisdom. There w a s nothing rhertorical about threrm, or for- display arrd vain glory. IIis mind was solid and substantial, lik e hris per isoil- 4 The gr-aees ire dil riot <-uItivate in br speech or moanniers, andi thorughrt inn thenm mrore appropr-iate for those ; of less calibre. e A few weeks before ire died, he i passedI through Greeonville err iris e-u way to tire Glenn Springs. iIe sh came to my office arid sat some har time. chatting wvith me. le was su evidently in feeble healthr, anid ve said he was going~ to the .Spr-ings, er. to recrnit up for tire winter's w~or-k ne in ~his p)rofession. lIe saildire an wouldbio abandon ihi nrOfesionrr, mt intended to die in hiarness. Xienic he eft the o lice, I reinik i to my i4on that I thouIlt lie va overl sangi.e in hi e xpeta ions ot rectttig t 11r the win 4r's prof-QeSSionajl labQlr, anld i $reatly feared lie was t lien sinkin; n11.0 his grave. I made thw acquainltaice of ("d. a:ir's puarenits unl'exper-telly :ull ather strangely after a long and ry intimate aegr intance with lim and his brother. i)r. Fair. lI etirnin.- f rom Co!bibl. ono wvin e1, I toOk the ro:a! thr,1u-h LUx nirton. to avoid the mud on tho aain road to N ewberry. ight vertook me, the'! weatihr W"as Cx essivey cold, :u1ul the rod, Which had never passed over befoire. as very bti. S'omie ni'les below ewberry Court loutse, I saw a tri house lighted tip s-.me dis anee fro:n th ( ra.i I determ led to drive IIuI aild apeL)al to the uanaity of tle owners for a ight's lodging. An elderly gein lenian came out, arnd hearing my opt esel tation, ie said, with great ordiality, "surely you can stay, ir." When I went into the house, lie old lady, hearing me say that had left Columbia that morning, lid had been there for some eeks, enquired if I had seen her >n D>r. Fair, and how he and his inily were. I said to her, "I Im, inldecd, Imost happy, madam, . meet the mother of iy dear -iend and groomsman, Col. Sim )n Fair, your son, the doctor, is uite well, and I saw him the day etore I left Columbia." The kind ess and hospitality of that night, never can forcret. Col. Fair married late In lif. a Oung, beautiful and accomplish I lady. who made him a most >ving and affectionale wife. I tw her before her marriage, and 1o1ght her one of the most beau ful young ladies I had ever seen. he died several years before lier oblu husband, the mother of a .rge family of children. The Col. iU deeply the loss of his conipan 1n. and well lie might mourn for e, who was the solace of his life, id the stay and prop of his house old. lie died at Glenn Springs. the seventy-second year of his e, esteemed and regretted by all ho knew him. ESPONSIBILITY OF BANKS. IMPORTANT CASE JUST DECIDEII. In June. 1869, a most daring and eeeSsful burglary Wa, conmitted up the Ocean National Bank of New ork. On Saturday night, or during inday or early on Monday morning. e burglary was committed. At all 'Cts. when the bank was opened on onday and a look taken into the ults, a startling state of facts pre nted itself. Nearly all the money. muds. securities, anud other valuables ft there ou deposit at the closing of .c banik on the previous Saturday are gone. The burglars had made an work of it. At the time of the burglary above ferred to tIhe First National Bank of fonts. [owa, had on deposit in the uk $5ti.000 in United Stattes five renty bonds, which, with their other oty, was carried away by the bur ars. It was a serious loss to the re ote rural bank and they looked to e Ocean Bank, for indemnity for eir loss. The offcers of the latter .k did not. under the circumstances. nsider themselvcs liable, and refus to make good this demand upon ir already severely depleted ex equer. Trhe result of this refusal is asuit brought by the Bank of Ly s :iaainlst the Ocean Bank to comn I its pyet As is usual the suit et with the proverbial law's delays. Lt finally it came to trial in .Januar'y at ini the Court of (Commion P le.u fore Judge .J. F. I )aly. After being' otracted live days one of the counsel r the defendant was taken slek. and consequence the trialI wasabandoned en and went over till March' It is then tried before .Judire Larre ire and lasted for ten days, when e jury brought in a1 verdict of disa eemenut. For a third time it was ought to trial before the same judge. imc new and important testimony s elicited. It was shown, for in eae, that the door of the vault had eso as to leave an open space for ~des, jimmies, and powder; that ere was no night watchman ; that ere waus no light in the bank at eht. and that they had an tinlucompe t janitor. a neg~ro. who laid been rmlerly emiiployed is a waiter. Pie dge charged that it they found gro.ss ligtec oil the part it the ban~k ofli thymust render a verdict for e plaintifEf. The ease was given to the jury at :o'clock. and ait eighut 'chck ?lhey iuhut in a verdict for $8%.I),I, be the fulhl amoun'ilt eh:itiml. and also :ringti grioSs nieligce t'' the olli r. ()f coJurse in a case of such magze ude there wais a nmuhiplicity of able ansel on both side.s. .\lcanwil!e. it ildl be staite.d that the Ocean Bank s failed. sinmce the institution of 'his it. but of course the anmonut of thec rdict is good agxainst the stockhuold .A point like the present one has ver before com up,.C it thle court-. i u-im L. 'f iins ti' bankers all IN .1E'?ORI.t)I. Spriot.i. Vr..-on the 4Ith of July. ]1s7::, I h-t he. r \' i. m ; 1: . - . , t at 1,b01c0cr nw.1'o Gray- Lodge,C r'y .i. /n-rt,r,ia / ii /. i ., .G .2: . A . F. I l . The undrik ed I o :i c,t Ix - V k,, L.od..c. on 11t. . I ()-e : t* Lhh loop lN* b o "I o r it h0 r. r Wiiu O. Wisn. l:1v t o .smt th own: h rohrWilliam' C. Wilson wast born ;n.eewbrryclest. South Car.)inn, oni ihe 28th d;;Y ()f Fobr-.i Ar . \. ,1. 1-8211. aii:i !;o,! t Rock- o brl lek\b n .p ig .V r ii.J - Brother W ikson entered Er LIIh Colleg,- Otue Wes,t, South Carolina ait the age of 13, and graduated tl with distin guished honors at the early age o 16 years: The young- g e-t student. but oue, that ever o graduated at that noted institution a of learnin. During his studies b his mind developed so rapidiy that his friends were alarrnd 4or LiS health, and advised a different course of life, bui to no avail. Soon after g'adating. he deter- t mined to shape his own destily N anid to that end comnenced read ing medicine, which he continued i for soletimet!. FinIng that the O practice of' m1edicinlle was not adap- " ted to his peculiar mind -and con- t stitution he abandoned it, and be. rc (aI reading law. and soon gradua. r ted ini th at departm1. ellt. I e was . married in Newberr. South Carolina. on the 17th day ifb Novonber, A. ). 1853, to Miss IO ariet 11. Dewalt, who survives ti hint C Soon after his marriagc he was, solicited to take charc of the j male and female college in New berry, both of which he declined, tI and determined to move to Tex- 1) as. He arrived :ii Texas on the 15th day of Febuary. .. D. 1855. and settled in Fairfield. F r e e s t o n e county, and began the practice of law, and by his bearing, high mor al character a n d gentlemanly conduct, soon placed himself at the head of the bar in that coun cc ty, of which the lamented jurist e and gallant soldier. Generai John Grea. Was a member. At the breakinu out of the war betweeny the South and the North , iike a true Southern gentleinan a1a he was, he volunteered in the cause of the South, was elected a Captain of his company, and ser- cl ed in the field until his naturally T feeble constitution, worn out by d the fatigue and exposure incident li: to tihe life of a soldier, he was . forced by Lis superior oficeer to ro sign and return~ to his home ; after tc returning' to the quiet of' his fain-. iiv anid ho me, his health soon im- ti proved, and he was elected a meni her of the State Senate. in which he served one session, with great 1 credit to himself and his constitu en cy. His health was so much improv ed that he deemed it his duty tor return to the airmy. lie there fore reosigned his seat in the Sen ate and returned to the field ; but' his constitution was naturally so0 weak, that it was deemed pruder.th by the commander ofhis reginment . not to allow him to go into active service, and he was placed in the resp)onsible position of' Conf'eder-h ate States Trdasury Receiver. and put in charge of one of thec; depositories by the distinguisht Judge P. W. Giray then assistant Treasurer of- the Co n f'edeorateth Statecs, which he continued to dis charge with great ability and en tire satisfaction to the department until the close of the wvar. After the war he removed with his family to this city, in D)ecemn beor, A. I). 18G00, and resumed the practice of' law, f'ormingz a co partnership with Major W. 11. Crank. Hear it was that his splen - did legal abilities and extraordi nary mind soon p)laccea him in the th front rank of the learned bar of this city. But his grcat hr mind was too powerful for" his w e a k 1 y constitution, and his th health declined so rapidly that by the advice of' friends he was in duced to take a trip to Virgin ia, which lie did, leaving homne on the 10th day of Ju ne, went to Staunitonl where lie has a <iaug'hter at school. It was nloticed by 31r. W. 11. Crank anid othlers, who traveled with im, that he was si kin g very raphiily, and on their :rrival at S taut.l Mrs. Crnk w~rote to~ hen hu:niand that IBro thier Wilson would not live to re turnt.w .\ftecr remlatii! at Sta::nton ~oIIe. days with his daughter: he'' i-te'rmined to go to Rockbridge .Inlum 1 inI !,5 wher hiCc le ariived l m tIhe 2Sth dayI of .J arie, an:d on hie 2d of July lie w~rote to his 'i fe. hiis daugzhter and Major ra'onk, that he was very weak but s lpedl to be better soon. P>ut alas! -uX oniie-tainl mvc :l hEnmani cal. ADVERTISINC RATES. .11 Ar, --Mu":MY :or r q urertimL.a:y Speci' nzctieo. -.n ! CU! (!IMn "'I' C ?T* er iach. Adverrisemems not marked wiln tne abumv lti o inmertions w bi he ko:t in tib futi 1 -t charged accordin l. SWv. Mntrac:s markde with hirge adver t r cduczious on ab)ove rates. DiT' wcit N:ncne,s and Dispatch. Terms Cah. ulatioi! . b eibre his letter eachoi thei detination the sad nnonntiC'CmenIt ren'1hed us by tee r.ph that O."r. beltoved Brother HAW1111 K' Wilsun died at :Aek r'!idge A lumi Spng . a':t 4- o'clockI n he m ornin ot.I Ith J : T h'"!e. we how X! wih humble> a;m:S:n and ro'eveec to tlm hat n: ':ui f the n t ur beulove' BrtherIT fromi ntabor to .aIens .~ th r to r'ceiv-e the glo. tous benedictioln). "Well dono thoa 00d andJ fithful Servant. thou ast ben nithful over a few AT*.! a make .thee ruler ver m :: enter tholu into the 1L o 0 t Lord. *I l 11"s (ro. sed ev the river" a.d rets unde 10 Shl:L- O l ::0 u t to km:w that o1ur !4,S i: i ! I'S I ' aworld whore tho t wr I' a thre at ret. That iln the doath o.- o:i' disir. aished Brother' our11 State ha lt 0e of he noblest ci'izens. oC-i't v splendid model of '-nat1re's - est work AN i.N:,'MN i* r'der One f it s br'h! t and ing li:hits: our Lod one of s chiefi i spportS.- an: C ori:2'limd iarter nenmbe'r. That Im token of resper.t for our .Ccascisd Brother. the Lodge ho. ped in, aI lel'lbers wear tht' uai badge for thir da: .11A ".,I bl.u.k (,it~ (AU,ii COrdS be inIS(Tibed to his memo al.11 this roport spread upon ;c minutes. /esolecd. That we tender to the reave, fa.m1V of the deceased, ' :fetionate condolence in vr ifrrparable loss. al;(l that a py of these resolutions be deliv to the widow of' the deceased, d also pliished in the J/rrCr an d Ui paers of' the ciy ; also that ,e Newberry,'V' South ('arolina, pa r1s be0 re quested to c'opy. RoB'?. BI:RNS. T'. U. Lu usehC,C'L (Commnitte'e. IIOU5To, July15th, 187:3. No LEer.-A German paper ~ntains a reply from a cl(ergymlan ho was tr'avelling. and who stop d at a hotel much frequented by ags and jokers. The host, not ing' used to havingr c'lergymen1O his table, looked at him with prise; the (eeks uIse:l all their tillery of wit upon himi without jeitingC a remark in self defence. be- woth ler'gymnan ate his nne'r qu ietly, apparently W wihout iservingb the gibes and slneers of s n-cigh bors. O ne of them, at last. despair at his for'henan('e, saidi him. - 'WVell. I won.ier at your pa mee!C iIave' vonl heardT what has yn StC saidgainst you?"' 'O h, ves. but I am n<ed to it. e vou knowX who i am'. W'eVJ, I w'.iii.in(forml you. .1 am uaplin (Cfa lunac:tiC asyum;sne marks have no effect upon me !" A C'i EEnr L~ H1om:.-Of all the Cssings enj oyedI by human be gs. there is none better or more sirable than a cheerful. happy >me. It is. therefore, tihe first ty of every one to endeavor to omoTte2 the mo~st amnictble rela m1l in theL hiome circle. A sinlei tr wor01d miay diisquiet anl enI -e family for a1 w~hole day. (One rly glance casts a gloom over c household: "'1 ie Ia :~smlile like a aam of1 suii ne,I' may light upC e darkest anJ weariest hours. ke un.expectedi flowers which ring up along our path fulof ishness, fragran;(ce andC beauty. the kind word anld genItle acts d sweet dispositiconS make gladC e hiome w here peace anCd anity 'elI. No matter how humble e abode. if' thus garnished withi odness and sweetened with *adness and smiles, the heart will rn longingly toward it from all e tumultits of the world ; and me though it bc ever so homely, li be the dearest spot beneath e circuit of the sun. WHArrt C aN NEn'i:it C'\rei. ys ::d irls ; what:C i it that yCou Inever'l CaItCh. thCuhh ' y n :-C' af it i'l the winlI'of the windC? Y u canl never' b.C. the word thClIat oCe:'C . .:n 1m Lb vCIT. litC. Once k~enl it C:.: CC' of yur reaCh ; doC yo)ur .C v ',u canl T e: reniit ihLeror' take e::r. CT' w ''t youL say. L.)!yi;.Twr. a proC faneI wordC. S>I.TIvnnah ('Ci:to)r "ays no' maan .xsynper4~i was:L e'X.:r hCiT'by a mlad dlotto for insur1lani( (IeIj con 'i ''' C! tuL Cl. L'he ~Sh' ' W ves wC\ear trow; -