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A Family Companion, Devoted to Literature, Miscellany, News, Agriculture, Markets &c. Vol. XII. WEDNESDAY MORNING,- OCTOBER 4, 1876. No. 40. TH~E HERALD IS PULISHED ,~VE-IY WE'--)- DAY HORNNG, It -Newberry, S. C. BY TH108, F, GRENEKE, Editor and Proprietor. Ter,nss, $2.50 per JbnWm1 Invariably in Advance. Tepaper issoped at the expiration of N me for whioh it is pgud. Er'Y- The >4 mark denotes expiration of sub Fcription. OLD SAYINGS IN RHYME. As poor as a church-mouse, As tin as arail; As fat as a porpoise, As rough as a gale; As brave as a lion, As spry as acat; As bright as a sixpence As weak as a rat. As proud as a peacock, As sly as a fox; As mad as a March hare, As strong as an ox; As fair as a lily, As empty as air; As rich as a Crcesus, As cross as a bear. As pure as an angel, As neat as a pin; As smart as a steel trap, As ugly as sin;. As dead as a door nall, As white as a sheet; As flat as a pancake, As red as a beet. As round as an apple, As black as your hat; As meown as a mier, them. "And I love you Charley, ever as you love me." "And you will promise what ] desire ?" "Of course." "It is this: That the coming ol this Miss Wardour shall not take you from me in any degree. That you will still give me an hour every evening, just at sunset, and that you keep your Sabbath afternoons reserved for me." "You foolish fellow! I hope you are not jealous of poor Mercy ? Why, what will yoft say when I tell you the news which my letter egn tains! Mercy's brother, Col. Ralph Wardonr, is coming with her !" "Indeed!" Charley tried hard to speak pleasantly, for he felt how absurd was his jealousy; but, in spite of himself, his tone was a lit tle constrained. "Col. Wardour has a name in the world. He was a very gallant officer, and was badly wounded at Port Hudson, Mercy wrote me about it at the ti&ne-she was in such affliction, because they thought at first that he would have to lose a leg, and then she was so happy when it was decided that amputa tion was not necessary. She writes now that she hopes we will be will ing to receive him. The doctor has recommended the air of this part of the country for him. He has been a soldier, Charley, and that alone should commend him to our interest and consideration." "Certainly," said Charles, a little stiffly-and then the conversation turned to other matters, and short ly afterward Charles Hampton said good night to Angie, for the first time since their betrothal without kissing*her. Angie felt inclined to be hurt over it, but then she ex eused--him by thinking, or trying to think, he had forgotten it, as if forgetfulness itself should be an excuse! Why, the very forgetful ness itself should be considered heinous! Charles Hampton had been An gie's lover a long time, but they were only two months engaged, and during that short period the crown ing fault of his disposition-jealousy -had crepped out i so many ways that Angie, if she had not been the sweetest little thing in the world would have got out of patience with him long before, and thrown him over. On the day appointed, Col. War our and his sister came to Oak-' awn, Mr. Floyd's suburban resi ence. Mercy was a charming rown-eyed girl of twenty-three or four ; the colonel was past thirty, all, soldierly, and, as the girls say, "nice-looking." Charles Hamptona and Angie drove to 'the depot for them, with the double carriage, and Charles ooked on fiercely while Mercy and Angie kissed each other scores of times, as girls will do when nothing better offers. For a few days Col. Wardour and Charles were left mostly to their own desires. The girls were completely absorbed in talking over the past But the most enchant ng thing in the world will weary after a. time, and by and by the friends came out of their confiden tal andiconfessional, and condescen ed to make themselves of some se in the world. Julie Hampton-Charles' sister, a pretty flaxed haired blonde-came ver to Oaklawn for a fortnight, and, some other young people of the vicinity being invited in, the ld house become very gay and lively. Poor Charles found that only an extremely small portion of his be rthed's evenings could be devoted o him, and in some way he con sidered himself a desperately wrot}g d man. Though he maintained silence about it, and did not allow ngie to mistrust that he was not the happiest of the happy. It seemed to him that Colonel War our was always by her side, and be grew to hate the man bitterly. And, to show Angie that he did not are a particle for the way she was going on he was Miss Mercy War our's most devoted cavalier. Angie looked on, and doubt crept into her heart. Mercy was very lovely, she thought and men were proverbially fickle. And then An. e, sige ma ent up stairs, and cried, and got her eyes very red, and had to spend half an hour bathing them with rose-water, in conse quence. What consumate fools people in love will make of themselves. Sen sible people who could interest you and I in an argument on the ology or a dissertation on psycholo gy, and who would have no diffi culty in cheating us handsomely in the way of business transaction, will suffer themselves to be perfect simpletons in love matters, and of course deserve the contempt of all the rest of we stolid people like you and me, reader, who never suffer our dignity to sink to the level of such folly. The summer slipped away in a round of amusements. Boating, riding, walking, pienicing, and in the thousand and one delightful ways by which time can-be killed when one is young and handsome, and has nothing else to look after. Angie and Charles were never alone together now. Both seemed instinctively to avoid such a catas I trophe. Angie almost always rode 'with the colonel, and Charles Hamp ton was gayer than any butterfly. I You know that these proud peo ple are always gayest when their hearts are saddest. They will not permit the world to know how fate has swindled them. But while Hampton was out wardly so pleasant and amiable, in his soul he hated Col. Wardour deeply and bitterly. He lay awake at nights to indulge in wishes that something dreadful would happen to his rival. Of course this was ex tremely wicked in my hero, and I would solemnly . warn any young man who may read this story to avoid the example-but I think I have sometime before told you that my heroes and heroines are not of the perfect order. Bring to my acquaintance some of your pattern men and women, and I will write you a romance whose characters shall be so nearly cherubic that they will never need to put off their mortal for immortality. One fine day, the first of Septem ber, Hampton and the colonel had been out in the woods shooting. They were coming home by the short cut which led across Rocky river. The stream at - this point was narrow and consequently deep, and it was spanned by a mossy pole sufficiently dangerous enough foot ing for an angle man, but particu lar precarious for one who had so nearly lost his leg as Col. Wardour Hle was still weak and unsteady in the wounded limb, but he had a man's pride in desiring to possess a man's capabilities, so he did not say to Hampton that it was doubtful if he could cross on the pole, Hampton went over first-the. colonel fol lowed-the treacherous pole swerved slightly, and the next moment. he was dashed into the water. The weakness which had made him fall rendered him helpless in the mad current, and fighting vainly against it, he was borne along with: the tide. Hampton stood on the river's bank, and a terrible temptation beset him. He was morally sure that this man was the lover of his betrothed-nay, more, he believed that he had won her heart from its allegiance to himself. He had de stroyed his happiness, wrecked his life, and here was a chance to be rid of him forever ! He need not commit~ any crime-all that there was for him to do was to stand still and let fate do the deed! Like lightning these thoughts swept through his brain, and were as quickly thrust cut of his heart. He flew along the brink of the river until opposite the .spot where the colonel was still struggling with the flood, and plunged in. Even for his strength, the effort to beat back against the strong force of the current was not small ; but Hampton was in earnest, and, after a weary time--faint and exhausted he dragged his heavy burden up the grassy bank-just as Angie Floyd came out of the belt of wood land which bordered the river closely-came out vwith her cheeks flushed and glowing, and hands full of flowers. "I have saved him for you,".said Hampton laying his unconscious o a here, and, only waiting to see her lift the dripping head c the colonel to her knee, he hurrie away to bring a carriage. He sen I one of the hostlers with it, for b wanted to spare himself the pai: of ever seeing her again. He hai made up his mind. The firm t which he belonged were in want c a trusty person to go to Calcutt for a term of years to transact thei business there, and he had decide< to go. He would write to her, in stead of seeing her.' He indited brief note that very night-col enough it was, but nevertheles kind He gave her up; wishe< her happiness, and bade her al eternal farewell. This note hi sealed and laid away in -his desk tA be sent to her on the morrow al ter he had left the vicinity of Oak lawn, when it would be too late t< go back from the position he ha< taken. But he was still weak enough t< be unable to conquer the desire i felt to see once more the hous where she was ; so late that nigh he crept into the garden of Oak lawn, and sought the grape-vin4 arbor-the very place where he ha< told her his love. He was just going to fling him self down on the ground where he dainty little feet had so oftez rested, when a white figure rose ul before him, and there was a fright ened cry: "Charles !" "Miss Floyd? Indeed! I beE your pardon," said Charles, turninf to an icicle; "I had not expectei this pleasure-" "Ah ?" said she, equivocally, anc that "ah" might mean almost any thing or almost nothing. "But now that r have met you perhaps I might as well say good by. I am going to Calcatta, ani shall not see you again before sail ing-" "To Calcutta ?" she faltered, lay ing a trembling hand on his arm. "Yes. And I trust you and Col Wardour will, be very happy I This was spiteful in Charles but hi felt particularly waspish. "I am greatly obliged to you, and so doubtless will the colonel be I hope we shall appreciate yoiu kindness,"-and just here an effoi to be -very cool and frigid, poor Angie broke down in a most heart rending sob. Hampton's heart gave a greal bound. -- "Angie, why do you cry ? Are you not happy ?" he asked almnost tenderly.. "Oh, Charles, why will you hurt me so ? when I love you so de votedly ? It is cruel, cruel!' and Angie sobbed more desperately than ever. Whatever else Charles HamptoE might be he was not cold hearted. Instantly he had her in his arms, and was kissing away the hot tears. "My darling Angie ! My precious little girl! Is it possible you do not care for Wardour?" "And is it , pos$ible you do not care for Mercy ?" "I love only you, dearest!" "Charles, we have been a couple of simpletons. Colonel Wardour is engaged to your sister Julie, and I thought you loved Mercy, and -and-oh, dear !" and it is none of our business what followed. Charles did not go to Calcutta though, and in November there was a double wedding at Oaklawn, with lots of bride-cake and pretty girls for bridesmaids. A sensible writer says a good thing and a true one, too, for boys who use tobacco: "It has utterly spoiled and utter !y ruined thousands of boys. It tends to the softening and weaken ing of the bones, and it greatly in jures the brains; the spinal mar row, and the whole nervous fluid. A. boy who smokes eagerly and fre juently, or in any way uses largE guantities of tobacco is never known to make a man of much energy, m.d generally lacks muscular and physical as well as mental power. We would particularly warn boys, who want to be anything in the world, to shun tobacco as a most baneful poison.'' Boston is a learned city. She Fas a pauper who can solicit alms PREFERENCE, NOT PRO. SORIPTION. a The mechanics and working raen of Charleston are true a 'f steel, and will follow the standart L of Hampton wherever it shall lea( r them. They have an organiza tion of their own, known as th( Workingmen's Democratic Asso ciation, and are, with the War< -Clubs, doing good service in tho canvass. At the meeting of ti Association held on Thursda3 night the following resolationi were unanimously adopted: Resolved, That we, members o: the Workingmen's Democratit Association, do hereby endorse -the resolutions adopted at th( last meeting of the Sixth Ward and further, that we insist thal Democrats should no longer pa tronize Republicans in trade ot retain them in employment. Resolved, That we make it known to the public that we have in the Workingmen's Democratic Association good, true, capable able-bodied and willing-hearted -men who are ready to answer tc the calls of the Executive Com '-mittee to fill places of labor oi trust. 1 Resolved, That many of these t men have been compelled foi months to remain unemployed, and are ready and anxious toearn honestly the necessaries of life and can and will, if the chance ie offered, fill positions such as team sters, truckmen, warehousemen, porters, shipping clerks, cotton samplers, railroad yard men,whar and vessel men, laborers in facto ries, &c., &c., and, in fact, any po sition requiring muscle and brain. - Resolved, That we believe thal these men amongst us with a fair -education are better capacitated to fill these situations than most of the'Republicans now thus oc cupied. Similar action had already been taken by Ward Clubs and by .the Butler Guards. The claim is just. How shall we obtain and retain friends, in a campaign where ev. ery vote is important, if the Dem ocratic public persist in placing their supporters and their oppo t nents on the same footing ? The line of Preference not Proscrip tion must be drawn. Long enough have the people of South Caroli na fed and clothed their political enemies an,d1 done good t1o those who hate them ! pUpon this theme of Preference, in every walk in life, for those who support Hampton we must harp, at the risk of wearying thE public. We d well upon it because the rigid application of the prin. ciples we advocate will give the State an efficient and economical government. Oatside of those who live by stealing, public or private, ninety-nine in every bun. dred Republican voters in SQuth Carolina live by and through th& citizens who have staked their political fortunes and business welfare upon the election of Hampton.. We are not of those who would interfere in any way with the free choice of a voter, when the can did ates of both parties are capable and honest. Nor do we propose to interfer% with that free choice now, although the struggle is be. tween a chosen band of spotless Carolinians and a clique of fanat. ics anid knaves, backed by igno rance, prejudice and vice. What we advise is, that the average Re. publican voter be made to under. stand that his personal interests require the success of the Demo cratic candidates. You- may ar gue with him for hours and make no impression. lEven platforms and constitutional amendments will not satisfy bim. For years he has seen that the Democrats would speod money freely to ob. tain votes, but he has never seen that when he wanted work it made any difference whether he voted one way or another. We propose to change all that, and say to the Republican voters: " We shall, no matter what the inconvenience, employ those who are members of Democratic Clubs and vote for Hamnptoi, in prefer. once to those who vote for Cham berlain and Elliott. We will give work to those who follow Hamp. ton and gewith us ; and we will not give that work to these who, b he ir vones, ask to defeat. hurt and ruin us. They who vote with us are our friends, and we will take care of them. They who vote for the Robber ticket are our enemies, and we % ill have nothing to do with them." Let the Democracy say this and act I upon it, and every Republican will have one good reason for hurrahing for Hampton for every dollar he expects to earn during the year. They will not all come over. We do not wish them to. Some should be left behind to mark the contrast between the reputable and well-to-do support era of Hampton and the disreputa ble and out-at-elbows Republican. Once convince the masses .of the voters that the Democracy, in town and country, are in earnest about this, and the fight is surely won. The cry will be raised,of course, that what we advise is "intimi dation." If it be " intimidation" to discriminate in favor of your associates and neighbors, and against ruthless or senseless ad versaries, the Radical press are welcome to make the most of it. We know that the purpose is pare and the object good. The Nation, than which no journal is a more influential supporter of Hayes and Wheeler, deliberately announces its conviction that "the stre of things in which the negro votes with his employer, and thereby secures himself good will, securi ty, fair wages, light taxes, in oth er words most of the results of good government, * * *. is a great step in advance, and a grati fying result of the experiment;" and it reminds the public that the very politicians who "inveigh over the political subserviency of the negroes at the South are- un blushing supporters (in the North) of the very system which they find so abhorrent in the South." This is high authority; but high authority or none, the broad fact is this: By making at' once a practical distinction between friend and foe, by preferring, in every case, the man who is sure to vote for Hampton to him who means to vote for Chamberlain and his crew, the election of the Demo cratic candidates, State and Coun ty, can be made certain. The more general the practice the greater will be the Democratic majority. With a fair election we need at least ten thousand Republican votes,, and there are at least fifty thousand employers of Republican labor who can get them, and more, by Preference, aot Proscription.e (News & Courier. -A MoDEL WinE's LEMB.-True love, not content to bask in the sunshine without an umbrella -han dy in case of rain, finds fit ex pression in the following -letter, which the Danbury News has di vulged: Mr DEin Husano : I got here last night all safe, and was met at the station by uncle and aunt. They were so glad I had come, but were sorry that you were not along. I miss you so much. We had hot rolls for breakfast this morning, and they were so delicious. I want you to be so happy while I am here. Don't keep the meat up stairs. .It will surely spoil. Do you miss me now ? Oh ! if you were oaly here, if but for an hour. Has Mrs. O'R brought back.*your shirts ? I hope the bosoms will suit you. You will find the milk tickets in the clock. I forgot to tell you about them when I came away. What did you do last evening? Were you lone some without me ? Don't forget to scald the milk every morning. And I wish you would see iflIleft the potatoes in the pantry. If I did they must be sour by this time. How are you getting along? Write me all about it. But I must close now. Oceans of love to you. Affec tionately your wife,-. P. S.-Don't- set the teapot on the stove. There are a good many people who are beginning to believe that the man who said 'there is no such word as fail,' lied. A clear conscience is the best law and temperance the best physic. ORIENTAL MARRIAGES. In America, love precedes abd prepares the way for marriage-at least thisis our theory of courtship. In the East, marriage piecedes and prepares for love-at least this is the Oriental theory of the wedded state. It quite accords, therefore, with the Eastern ideas of the mar riage relation that women should enter into it at an age which to us t seems very unfit; and this practice of c early marriages is also favored by z the -fact that women Teach their 8 maturity at a much earlier age than with us. They are at the height of their bloom and beauty at ifteen or sixteen. They are often married at thirteen or fourteen, and some times as early as eight or nine; r and Dr. Van-Lennep mentions one c instance of a wedding which he at tended in which the bride was so 3 young that she was carried about y in the arms of her relatives. Nat- , urally courtship is done by proxy, a and the young men are cheated out t of what the American regards as -one of his most sacred inalienable j rights. The duty of looking up for the young man a suitable wife, ( which even in our,own society the mother, aunts, or sisters often assume, is in the East, by universal I consent, developed upon them. Womanly nature is essentially I the same the world over, and we may safely assume that they are nothing lodth to perform the duty -a which social custom*intrusts to them. For this purpose they sally E forth in a body on their tour of in spection, call at any house which i affor Is reasonable hope of contain ing a suitable inmate, are invariably v greeted with the utmost courtesy, and ushered at once into the recep- a tion-room; the young lady is s - moned, and presently enters, bear- 0 ing sweetmeats and water; she is arrayed in all the finery and jewels fi which belong to her dowry ; nor is it considered a breach of social pro- f, priety to inquire with particularity respecting her marriage portion. This frankness prevents some of p the awkward discoveries which sometimes occur with us after mar- ti riage to mar the happiness of the honey-moon. If the preliminary no- t< gotiations are satisfactory, a bargain is made between the parents, in a which the amiount paid. by the hus band or on his behalf, either to the o> bride or to her parents, is defi .nitely agreed upon. This, which under the Mosaic law was fixed at a a uniform rate-at fifty shekels, or si twenty-five dollars-varies among p the modern Jews with the condition B of tic bride's family, while among w some of the Circassian tribes and a the Tartars, as among the African w savages, the daughtir, when she si reaches a marriageable age, is sold na to the highest bidder. The parties o1 are considered as affanced as soon "I as the marriage contraet has been fc agreed to, but the nuptial ceremony di is sometimes deferred for a con- ti siderable period, during which time sj the bride and groom are notp6r- a mitted to see each other ;their sole hi intercourse with each other is ei through the intervention of a le "frienid of the bridegroom." The le wedding-dress is even more a mat- i ter of importance with the Eastern w bride than with us. The prepara- In tion of her toilet, in the presence of g female friends, often ~occupies a large part of two days. The wed ding-veil, the bridal crown, the a dodos, or cap, are some of the em blems donned for the-bridal cere- ~ mony. The costumes are often h rich and gorgeous beyond expres- A sion. Fashion, as interpreted by g an Oriental milliner quoted by Dr. ~ Van-Lennep, prescribes the charac- ~ teristics of an ideal wedding-dress. t It should measure six yards from 'J the shoulders to- the end of the S' train ; the long sleeves-should sweep s the floor; the material is silk; it is elaborately embroidered by a party w of professional embroiderers under the direction of a chief. The sum paid for superintendinig the needle- a work on a single robe referred to P2 by Dr. Van-Lennep was five hun dred dollars, while the charge for h< the work done by the subordinates was two thousand five hundred dol lars, and the entire cost of the dress was ten thousand ; nor must hi it be forgotten that labor in that country is very much less expensive, than in this. si ADVERTISINC RATES. Advertisements inserted at the rawe of $.00 per gquare-one inch-for ftrt insetion, azd 75c. for each subsequent insentiom. Double column advertisements tenper can& on Wwore Notices of meetip obtaWn tribues ofresp'ed. same raxev imw*dde as ordinwy Special notices In loal _4kfim 15 cents Perline, Adv,er6-.;rm#".t, not MOWs Wftb tdw Mm-n ber ofinsertiol-, w: " 1cl Lev to t fatbid IM dWaged accordinely. Special wis,t. actPAF wi I dIr, Witb liberal de~ductfu~n obas ayerate. JOB ~A*rj" Done with Neatuem~ and Dispat&h Terms Cash. The marae fesTities last Often 'or a wee]; and inTmny Sections of he East the old praewe are seil naintained. The bdgoo with Sprocession, startsvwith muskc awd orches, by nightk 'for the hop"s of he bride, where after a show of ,esistauce, and. sometime quite a truggle, she is taken poses9ion of4 nid borne away to her future home. l~is risAnce by the coy aWden o the approaches of be g husad is uriously ill1stat oUe1 of the, -mar isge - estow -of M8bnycountries, ad in various *rm-friha~ of aptures, -and~are her -.-iway Od(MY9 to that of the xqsor 59s rhire 'the bride remain i n. cor er of the 6urch unt4.,oJie 0me for. the oIng JOMhWd rhen she is dnagged baf sum-athe tUiding by ramregth W#rd er intended 1husband,' whbd . )wved to seize her hand onI _jAer vehement struggle, d thigche 6xniaGsirel b P.lai oofin