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. ./vit***.. K ?? fri M r? ^ -^^^^^? rp ini in c) i H r) \A JJ Iii \JU Ob IE s^^^^^^ft^fc ^ ^ ly Jil J LE L?U ? TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW A3 THE NIGHT THE DAY, THOU CANST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN. BY KEITH, SMITH & CO. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY (?, 1870. VOLUME XIV._NO. 12. THE Columbia R egister. Daily, Tri-Wcekly and Weekly. BEST NEWSPAPER EVER PUBLISHED AT THE CAPITAL OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Circulation Izarse and Con stantly Increasing. WK respectfully invito tho attention of tho reading community to tho excellent libwspopors wo oro now publishing in Column bia. TU li REGISTER, is tho only paper ovor published at tho capital of South Caroli na whioh is conducted S3 aro tho leading dailies of tho principal cities of tho country. Wo have au ablo and distinguished corps of editors-gentlemen well known all over thc State for their learning, ability and sound Democratic principles; mon who have served the State and tho South on every occasion when tho demand aroso for their services, and who may bo safely dopendod upon as rcliablo loaders of tho Democracy in tho line of jour nalism. Tho Daily REGISTER is a twenty-eight column paper, 24x38 inches, printed on good papor and with largo door cut typo, contain ing tho latest telegraphic news, full market reports, editorial matter on leadingoccurcnccs of tho times, und repleto with interesting miscollaneour. rouding. Tho local news is full and interesting, ono editor devoting his timo exclusively to that department. Our correspondence from Washington and othor piucos of noto givos an ontcrlaing resume o? nil tho important events nf tho day. Tho Tri-Wookly REGISTER, with some minor changes, comprises thc contents of tho daily at $2 50 less per year. Tho Weekly Rogistcr ia a hugo, handsome ly gatton up oight pago paner, 29x42 inches, containing forty-bight columns of reading matter, embracing all tho news of tho week and tho most important cditoriul and local nows. TERMS - IN ADVANCE. Daily Register. 1 year $7 00 " " G months 3 50 ?. 3 months 2 75 Tri-Weekly Register, 1 year 5 00 .< " 0 months 2 50 '? " 3 months 1 25 Weekly Register, 1 year 2 00 ?. 0 months 1 00 " " 3 months 50 Any person sending us a club of ton sub scribers ut ono limo will receive either of tho papers freo, postage prepaid, for ono your. Any person sending us tho money for twonty subscribers to tho Daily may retain for bis services twenty dollars of tho amount for twenty subscribers lo tho Tri-Wookly, fifteen dollars of tho amount; and for twonty subscribers to tho Weekly, llvo dollars of thc amount. As nu Advertising Medium, tho RCOISTBR affords unequalled facilities, having u largo circulation, and numbering among tts patrons tho well to do people of the middle and upper portion of tho Stalo. Terms reasonable. For any information desired, address GAD VG cv. PATTON, PROPRIETORS, Columbia, S. 0. Parlies desiring copies of Ibo REG ISTER to exhibit in canvassing will ho sup pliod on application. State of South Carolina) COUNTY OF OCONEE. IN THE COU UT OI? COMMON PLEAS. 'Leander. H. Johnson, Plaintiff, against Wm. II. Toy, Defendant- SUMMONS. To tho Defendant Win. II. Toy YOU aro hereby summoned and required lo answer tho complaint in (his action, which is filed in tho office of tho (Merk of (ho Court of Commoq Picas for said county, and lo serve a copy of your answer lo tho said complaint on tho subscribers at their office on tho publio square in Walhalla, S. U., within twenty days after thc sorvioc hereof, exclusivo of tho day of service. If you fall to answer thc complaint within tho limo aforesaid, tho Plaintiff herein will ' apply to tho Court for judgment against you for the sum of forty-four dollars and forty-six .cents, with interest on sixteen dollars and forty six cents fr om tho 1st. day of July, 1872, and on twenty-eight dollars from thc 81st day of De cember, 1873, and costs of this action. NORTON & STRIDLINQ, Plaintiff's Attorneys. Walhalla, S. C., December 2llb, 1878. |?Ts!| J. W. STRIDLINQ, C C P To Wm. II. Toy, Defendant heroin WAK 13 NOTICE, that thc complaint and tho .1 summons (of which tho above is a copy) in this aotion, were filed in thc ellice of tho (derk pi the Court of Common Pleas for Oconcc oounty on tho 24th day of December, 1878. NORTON & STUMBLING, Plaintiff's Attorneys. I)?o 20, 1878 6-0t ' THE FOR LAUNDRY U8E. . Nov, 21 1878 l-4t* NOTICE TO FIDUCIARIES, &C. 'JM1E Law requires nil Executors, Administra JL tors, Guardians, &c, lo make tholr annual returns during tho month of January in caoh yonr. Ho ware, lost you should bo in default, and suffer tho penalties of tho law. I must do my duty in the promises. A word to the wiso is Bft$?lont RICHARD LBWJ3, o'ud/oni Proba1.? ?iouce County. January V, 1879 8-4t True Life. I live, for thoso wbo lovo mc, For thoso I know oro truo, For thc heaven that'smiles nbovo mo, And awaits my spirit too; For tho human tics that biud mo, For tho tusk by God assigned mc, For the bright hopes left behind mo, Aud tho good that I oun do. I livo to learn their story, Who've suffered for my sake, To omulato their glory, And follow iu their woke Hards, martyrs, patriots, sages, Tho nobles of all nges, Whose deeds crown history's pages, And Time's great volumo make. I live to huil thc season, By gifted minds foretold, When men shall rulo by roasou, Aud not alone by gold When mun to man united, Aud every wrong tiling righted, Thc whole world shall bo lighted, As Eden was of old. I live to hold communion With all that is diviuo, To feel there is u uuiou 'Twixt nature's heart aud mino, To profit by affliction, Itcop truths from fields of (lotion, Grow wiser from conviction Aud folGU ouch grand design. 1 live for those who lovo mc, For thoso who know mo truo, For tho heaven that smiles above mc, And awaits my spirit, too; For tho wrong that needs resistance, For thc cause that lacks assistance, For tho future in tho distance, And tho good that 1 can do. How Consumption May bo Pre vented. BY DU. Vf. It. BENSON. Consumption is o disea?o caused by the presence of little particles of matter called tubercles. These tubercles nro deposited hy thc blood, sometimes in other portions of thc body, but usually in thc lungs. They there act as foreign bodies. If you wore to stick a splinter in your baud and let it stay there, that splinter would bo a foreign body, and nature would try to got rid of it. Tho flesh around tho splinter would inflame, then soften or fester, and Anally slough out, carrying thc splinter with it. The. resulting sore would then get well. Tubercles not on the lungs like a splinter in thc flesh. They first inflamo, then soften thc particles of lungs in whioh they are deposited, and finally arc sloughed out, coughed up and expectorated. The resulting sores get well, but more tubercles are deposited in the lungs. These act as the first, and this process goos on until the lungs arc gradually destroyed aud thc patient's strength exhausted. This is tho ordinary course of most cases of cousump tion. The cough, the pain, the hectic fever, night sweats and debility, aro tho natural consequences of thc inflammation in thu lungs caused by thc tubercles. What 1 would earnestly pions upon thc reader's attention is thc simple fact that consumption is invariably caused by tuber cles. Unless a man has tubercles ho cannot have consumption. Sinoo this is tho case, what makes the blood deposit tubcrolcs? is evidently thc question to bc oskod. Thc answer is, Simply because the blood is im perfectly oxidized. Experience has shown what my theory teaches, that consumption bus been cured only by that modo of lifo calculated to completely oxidize tho blood. Dr. Syden ham, a very celebrated physician, said, "Hiding on horseback is as cortaiu a cure for consumption as quinine is for intermit tent fever." Dr. Benjamin Hush, Ameri - ca's greatest physician, fifty years ago hinted nt tho truo cause of consumption. After giving an account of sevorul persons who, during tlio war of 1812, woro cured of con sumption by tho exposure of military lifo, he says: uTo thc OU808 I havo mentioned I shall add one moro which was communi cated to mo by tho venerable Dr. Benjamin Franklin. Ju traveling many years ago in New England tho dootor overtook tho post rider, and after somo inquiries into tho his tory of his life, ho informed him that ho was bred a shoemaker, that his confinement and other circumstances had brought on a consumption, for which ho was ordorcd by his physician to lido on horseback. Find ing this mode of exercise too expensive, ho made, interest on thc death of tho old post rider to succeed to hi? appointment, in which be perfectly rcoovcrod his hoolth. Aftor this ho returned to his old trade on whioh his consumption returned. Ho again mounted his hmso and rodo post in all soasous and weather, in whioh employment he continued in cuod houlth for thirty years." During the lato oivil war, palo and deli cate young men, threatened with consump tion, instead of being injured, woro in most cuses vastly benefited by tho toils and exposure incident to thc lifo of a sol dier. If space permitted, I could advanoo other arguments in support of my theory that consumption, this terribie disease of whioh one-fifth of civilized nations dio, is owing almost entirely to tho foot that mon, on account of leading sedentary lives, and liv ing in oloso, badly-vontilatod houses, do qot thoroughly vitalizo thejr blood by mc ms of tho oxigon they breathe. Indeed, wheo wo contemplate tho lungs, tho most delicate and wonderful of tho organs; wheu wo retlcot thnt nil tho blood of tho body pusses through these lungs every few min ? utOB, for tho sole purpose of being oxidized, cou wo donbt that if from nny reason this tnsk is imperfectly performed somo grout evil must bc the necessary result? Tho idea is provident that consumption is a cold or analogous to a cold. This is u mistaken idea, und ono calculated to do barm, us its prompts a consumptive patient to stuy in tho house, to heep in close rooms, not to expose himself, nnd otherwise to lead precisely thc kind ot' lifo ho ought not to lead. Consumption, then, lo sum up, is n plain, spcoifio disenso, caused hy tho presence ill the lungs of little particles of unorganized mutter, called tubercles. The tuborclon are deposited in tho lungs from the blood. Tho teasou why tho blood deposits then is that wo have not sense enough to mnko a proper usc of thc boundless supply of oxy gcu with which our Crcntor bas supplied us. There ure, of course, exceptions to nil rules. Many persons havo inherited such a tendency to consumption that they arc nfllictcd with thc disease, although they themselves may lead tho proper kiud of lifo. If my theory is a true ono, tho modo of treatment to adopted by all persons threat ened or nfllictcd with consumption is obvi - ons. As it cnn rarely be cured when once it hus firmly seized upon the lungs, it is olour wc should do all in our power to pre vent it Abandon, if possible, a sedentary life. Spend nil tho limo you can out of doors. Walk, rido ou horseback, swim, row a bout, hunt fish, work in tho garden, cut mid saw wood-do anything tbut will make you breathe often and freely in thc open air. Blowing a wind musical instin ruent is o good thing for u consumptive man to do. Sleep in a well ventilated room and when you rise in tho morning inflito your luo?s three or four time*. If you ulrcady have consumption you dinuld do this slowly nnd carefully. Bathe frequently ?ind rub tho skin with a coarse towel. Keep thc bowels open and rat ns lieb food ns you can digest, and drink moderately nie and porter, gcuerous wines und pure li quors. Words of Comfort Beauty gets plenty of praiso. Poet* sing of it, roma roora furnish it in abun dance to their heroines, dramatists usc it us tho motives of their most stirring plays, painters nnd soulptors de ight to portray it, all tho world worship it-and yet there ii something lo bc said e. Lo nt the noble quali ties of ugly women. There is often more charin in un ugly li'llc woman than in hall a dozen tull, queenly beauties, who huvc been on tho watch all the time to pose wei! and make their points offectivc. Then: have been men in the wotld who thought il u linc thing to say that "un ugly woman has no place in the economy of tnturc." Hut if tho records of thc world were intelligibly written it would be found that uuly little women have been tho heroines, the help mutes of thc heroes, lt i<j the function ol beauty to get mun into trouble. Helen, ol Troy, Cleopatra, Mitty Queen of Scolts mid hundreds of others, wherever th oj came they brought calamity. llo.iuty and nnguish have wuiked liam in hand the downward slope to death, nut whenever the poet dreams of fair women In is sure lo dream of something doleful. 1 ho were to have n dream of nu ugly litth woman it wou'd bc full of brightness, loy city, devotion, sinocrity, foilitudc, and ni thoso lovable female qualities that nuki sonic one happy. Tall Beauty is epic, Lit tle Ugly is lyric-homelike. Just thinl what u deep scated compliment is involvct in calling irregularity of features homeli ness. lt means that she is not for tho ball room, but for tho home, for the friendship that, cluster around the hearth for thc men" little sociable, tho pic-iiio or tho oll'-hum gamo, or for tho darkened sick room, wher she brings rest nnd comfort. ''Pretty is as pretty docs" is on oh maxim, whose truth is only half npprcoi ntcd. For in thc plainness of feature nm insignificance of person of homely WOlllOl there is often found nu earnestness, n whole souled swoctness nnd sympathetic expr?s sion that win love far quicker than mer beatty. Tho world could fur moro cunt 1 afford to loso its supplies of beauty than t givo up its prcoious stores of ugly littl womon. Thc beautiful wait to bo loved tho others delight in loving. . --? m Tho Teller Committee havo boon i session nt Charleston during tho past wee taking testimony on the conduct of tho lat oleotion in this State. Evidcnco lins bee given in on bolh sides of tho question, tb only difference between tho witnesses ex unlined being that tho Democrats uro a rcputiblo, trustworthy oitizons and thc Had ioals n low-flung sot in no way worthy ( confidence. Tho up country witnesses tn ken down by Mackey hnve not yet boo heard from, though it is probable they wi kcop a full length ahead of the State i lying. Tho result of this invcs:igntioi while it may provo little irregularities i somo sections, will bo n oompleto nnd tri umphnnt vindication of tho much maligne peoplo of this State. Tho talcs told b fmrohnscd tools of .the Ilndioul party will b libeled in sections and put aside for uso i thc noxt campaign, but no positive inquir can oomc to thc Domooraoy from thc parti San otu tc m cn I H of perjured witnesses. Tho Visiting Statosmon. United States Senators Teller, MoDonald, Randolph, Kirkwood and Cameron, Com posing tho "Teller Committoo," by invita tion visited the armory of tho Charleston Li'iht Infantry Tuesday evening and woro received by Capt. Courtenay in n fow patri otic remarks. In their responses tho Sena tors gave expression to sentiments as follows: Senator Teller: "Wo liavo como out of war aud lind ourselves under ono flag. Wo have u common past and o common present, and, wo hope, n common futuro Your in forests aro identical with thoso of Massa chusetts, and her glory is your glory. 1 trust that hereafter, in tho great future that Iles before us, ?vc shall hear nothing of sectional bute or sectional strife, or.d I think 1 speak the sentiments of the com mittee when I say that there is u universal and widespread desire on tho part of the people of this great country that all section al feeling and prejudice sliull bo forever forgotten." Senator MoDouald: "When it was deter mined to build a monument to tho memory of thc Falber of his Country. George Washing ton, whoso namo you hear, each ?State was re quested to Bond a block of native stone with nu inscription thereon, that it might bc placed in the monument and stand forever. When my Statu contributed her block of stone it boro the following inscription: 'Indiana kuows no North, no South, no Fast, no West, limbing but tho Union.'" Senator Kirkwood: "I live in thc State of Iowa, but it is bet a small strip of land in this croat Union, lt is, us ii were, but a flinn in our common country. In my opinion it is tho highest attribute of an American citizen to subordinate State pride lo thu good of bis common country." WASHINGTON, January 27.-Tho fol lowing i? thc full text ot tho proposition reported from the Scunto Judiciary Com mittee se ? substitute for thc constitutional amendment on thc same subject proposed hy tho joint resolution which passed thc House on a t-uspension of thc rules on tho hist day of the last session: AltTICLK XVI. No claim against thc United States shall ever hereafter bo sus tained Ol' allowed by Congress or any de partment pfliccr or court of tho United States, or money paid by thc United States or from their funds, whether us damages, compensation or other .vise, for cv on ac count of tiny property, real, personal or mixed, taken, used, injured or destroyed by United States troops, or by or through any officer, civil or military, or persons acting or professing to act under or by au thority of the United States or of their enemies, or taken, used, injured or destroyed from tiny other oauscs whatever during the existence of tho late insurrection or rebel ? lion against the Government of the United States, unless thu owner thereof, ?ind in the ease of ?ny cor portion, its governing author ity and management, was during ?ill limo of I such insurrection 01 rebellion loyal in fact to tho Government ol' the United States, and g ivo neither nid nor encouragement to thc enemy. No pension, bounty grunt, pecuniary indemnity or pecuniary benefit shall over be paid or provided for by cr under the authority of Congress or any Stale, for or on noeount ol uny military or other teivicc or injury suffered in hostility to tho govern ment of thc United States. No par.lon or amnesty pist or future shall have any effect to lake any person, case or claim out of the purview of this ur'.iclc. -- * ? * IN PORTANT DECISION.-Wo laarn from the Columbia lligislcr that Judye Mackey will, nt nu carly day, (ilea decision oslo the tender of the bills of tho Dink of thc State for taxes and thc enforcement of their receipt by mandamus, since ilic passage of tho lute act of thc Legislature upon that subject. Ho will not hold (hat tho manda mus prayed for in each case must be refused on thc ground that tho relator now has un ad?quat') remedy at law, if tho bills ten dered aro genuino issues of thc bank and were not issued "in aid of thc rebellion," or otherwise subject to a valid legal objec tion. Ile will further hold that thc act of thc Legislature, passed at thc recent session, is valid and operative, for while it changes the remedy und renders it more circuitous, yet, tlniugh passed after the execution of thc contract, it is not repugnant to Section 10, Arliulc 2 ol' tho Constitution of tho United States ns u "law impairing tho obli gatior. of contracts," inasmuch as it leaves tho complaintunt a substantial remedy. Thc act of December 1878, in his opinion, abolishes the remedy by mandamus in every 0980 involving tho receipt of theso bills for taxes, and remits thc pu'ty tender ing the bills to bis action ot law to compel tho County Treasurers to rcocivo tho same and refund tho current money paid in for taxes pending suit. Tho full text of tho decision will bo awaited with interest. Picken? Sentinel'. On Monday night, thc 20th instant, F. C. Denton, white, stole a mulo from Mr. Payno, of Central, in this county. Mr. Payno and Mr. lt. G. Gaines started Tuesday morning in pursu't, and overhauled him near Webster, N. C., brought him book and turned bim over to tho Sher ill on Thursday following Denton appears to bo about 20 or 21 years old, mid says ho carno from Bristol, Fist Tontiossco. Sorrow comos soon enough without do* spondoncy; it docs a man no good to oarry around a lightning rod to attract trouble. Southern Democracy WASHINGTON, January 23.-A mooting of Southern Dem?crata was held inst night to doviso ways nnd means to ohoko off tho hot. hoadtd discussion which was provoked hi tho IIouso yesterday hy General Bragg, of Wis-, cousin. The Southern Conservatives very much regret tho speech of Mr. Ellis, of Louisiana. Mr. Williams, of Alabama, said tooday: "I nm very sorry, indeed, that tho discussion caine up, und especially that Ellis should bave hoon led into saying what he did. I myself um a Southern man, und nil my sy m put h ios ure with tho people of my j section. What Ellis soys is true enough, hut thc effect of such things may become disas i trous. Thc Democrats of tho South must at all hazards maintain friendly relations with thoso of tho North. It is comparatively a small thing if tho party is beaten at thc North, considered locally, but a defeat in tho South means tho uttor ruin of tho white race. 1 toll you tho South is solid only in self-defense. Wo uro Democrats not always from choice, but from necessity. Whcro Republicanism means carpet, bag or negro rulo and Dotnoci moy moans Ibo supremacy of our own race, no intelligent mun need long hcditnto us to which party ho will join. Debato like that of yesterday cannot do ns any good. It sinn ply puts tho party in a ridiculous attitudo, besides creating a bad feeling which is wholly uncalled lor."-New York World. GitKKNWOOl) AND AUCIUSTA.-A meet ing of the Greenwood and Augusta Railroad Directors was held ut Greenwood laut Friday and thc couditiou nnd prospects of tho en terprise very fully and satisfuctorily dis cussed. Resolutions wcro passed looking to tho steady und constant piosccution of tho work, which will now be pushed with re newed energy and determination. Tho stockade will be moved to the river ns soon as a break in tho lino already graded is dug out. Tho Georgia end of tho linc has been pushed on towards the river with re markable activity and thc wholo road will bc completed hy tho end of this year. Tho most unfavorable present aspect of thc en terprise is tho failure nnd refusal of the tax payers to pay the special levy for tho road which will now bc forced into tho courts to muko its collections. Thc delinquents claim that thc levy of 6uch a tax was not constitutional and two or th roo test cases will be beard ut the coming court Able counsel have been retained by both sides and it is unfair to predict bow tho result will he. With tho exception of this trouble the road wa? nover in better lix than ut present and in spite of every hindrance it will be com pleted.-Abbeville Medium, January 20lh. WAY oi' Tu KATI NO A BAD Cou).-A had cold, like measles or mumps, or similar ailments, will run its course of about ton days in spite of what may be done for it, unless remedial means aro employed within forty-eight hours ofter its inception. Many a useful life will bc spared to be increasingly useful, by cutting a cold short off in thc following salo and simple manner. On the first day of (dunga cold thora isa very unpleasant sensation ol' chilliness. Thc moment you observo this, go to your room und stay there; keep it such n temperature ns will entirely prevent this chilly feeling, even if it requires a hundred degrees of Fahrenheit. In addition, put your fed in water, half leg deep, ns bot ns you can boar it, adding hot water from time to lime for n quarter of un hour, so that tho water shall bo butter when you take your feet out than when you put thom in it, then dry thom thoroughly, and then put on warm, thick woollen stockings, even if it bc summer, for summer colds uro tho most dangerous; and for twenty-four bouts cut not mi utom of food, bul drink ns largely os you can desire of ?ny kind of wann teas, nnd nt tho CUL of that time, if not sooner tho cold will be effectually broken without any mcdioinc who tor cr, A B(I8IMB8S~IJ1KK COUUTSIIJI*. - A solis tary gentleman, sixty years of nge, posses sing property, nnd bring filled with n desire to have a homo of bis own und n wife to keep it in order, conceived tho idea of eal ling upon a very cstimablo lady whom be had heard of, but never mot or spoken to, (ind of presenting his caso for her consideration, Ile called at tho house whero tho object of his choice resided, and tskod to seo her She made her nppcurnnco, and he made known his business. Ile stated briefly that he was alone in the world, desired to marry, had heard of ber eminent qunliQo itions, odored to pr?vido her n good homo, to oaro for her, und naked ber to become his wife. In tho same strictly bu8?nC83 manner tho lady responded that she had beard favora bly of her present oaller, she bad no home of her own, und had no objection to shoring ono of bis providing, Tho happy arrange ment was thus ut oueo concluded, and tho gentleman toft. On Wednesday he called again for her, they walked to a minister's residence, and wcro married. Neither of the parties hud known ouoh other previous to this unique beginning of their acquain tance. Tho lady is about forty years of age.-Davcnj>ort (iowa) Democrat. A Washington letter says: ('V. L Car duzo, tho colored Secretary of Stnto under Chamberlain, in South Carolina, whoa few months ngo was t.ppointcd n $L,200 clerk in tho sixth nuditor's oIBco, lins nt Inst arisen to tho dignity of e seoond class clerkship leaching that elevation lifter nu examination in which ho worsted twenty ono competi tors." Ho said but little, yet as he gazed on tho mutilated edge of his best razor, be mentally vowed never again to murry a wo- ? inna willi com*. I TUB PEDDLER'S BARGAIN.-ODO day a tin peddler, with uu assortment of kniok knacks, arrived at a village and called at ono of tho houses to sell his wares. After disposing of a few articles to tho lady of the house, who seemed to livo in tho midst of children, sho declared her inability to buy more for want of money. "But marm, hain't you any rags?" "None for to sell, sir," "Well," said lie, "you seem to havo plenty of children. Will you sell mo ouo for tiu ware?" "What will you give, sir? Ten dollars for ono of theim" ' Oh, yes, marm, thc best. "Well, sir, it is a bargain." She handed ouo of tho urchins to the peddler, who surprised that tho offer was accepted, yet convinced that tho mother would not part with her boy, plnood him iu tho car, und supplied thc woman with tins until ten dollars were mudo up. The mun feeling oertuin that the mother would raise tho money rather than pp.rt with her child, scated himself by thc side of tho boy, who WUK much pleased with tho ?dca of having a vide Tho peddler kept his oyes on thc house, expecting to seo thc woman hasten to redeem thc little ono, and rode off ut u slow puce. After proceeding sonic dis tance, he began to repeut of his bargain, uud turned back. Tho woman hud just finished ornamenting her dresser with tho tin, when the peddler returned. "Well, 1 think the boy is too small; I guess you had better tuko him back again aud let me huvo thc waro." "No, sir, tho bargain was fair ond you shall stick lo it. You may start oQ as soon us you pieuse." ?Surprised ut this, thc peddler cxoluimcd: "Why, marm, how con you thiok of parting with your boy, so young, to ou cu liro strangers'" "Oh, sir, wc would like to sell all of our town paupeis for ton dollars n bend " Thc hoy was dropped ut thc door, tho whip cracked, the tin rattled, ond tho pod dlcr measured the ground rapidly, and ho ucver forgot his pauper speculation. TUB NEWSPAPER-There is probably nothing so common, of which so little is known, or about whioh there is so muoh curiosity, as tho newspaper. Men read it every day, they abuse it, threaten to givo it up, praise it, advertiso their wauts ia it, write to it, 8coroh it to soc if their letters are iu it, cull it hard UOUICF, poy for it ycor after year-aud still to ninety-one out of a hundred of them its production is a mys tery. To them it is a business office, a newsboy, or a post office, who aro simple, earners, und that is all. It is tho exempli fication of effect without cousc-on imper sonal institution with plenty of vitality, and sometimes even with genius; but it is always mysterious, even to those most inti mately connected with it. The whole of its secrets ure known to no singlo individual. Its personality is swallowed up in thc edito rial "we," into whose depts no man pene trates, and even the inquisition of tho law never gets behind its innermost curtain. DEATH or A VETERAN.-Capt. David Denny died at bib-home in Edgefield county, suddenly, Wednesday night, lie was a Captain in the Seminole war and also in_the Confederate wur, and was as gallant a sol dier as ever fired a gun. lie went into tho late war when his huir was white with age, but ho refused all favors and bore thc bur dens and did thc duties of a young mau. His death is a sci iou* losa lo Iiis couutry. - .? . *- - - GOVERNOR SIMPSON AND TUE STOCK LAW.-lt is said that recently u petition was sent to Governor Simpson to postpone thc operation of tho stock hw in Lauron* County. This petition was carried by a oomtnittee and presented to him in person The Governor said: '-The bill has passed it is the law. I couldn't, stop it if I would, and 1 wouldn't if I could. Let it olono and you will find that it is thc best law ever enacted for your section of thc country." Dr. Lovick Pierce wont through a severe storm to (ill an afternoon oppoiutment du ring tho late session of t'io North Georgia Conference. M tiny of the young prcoohcrs remained away, thinking tho iain was too heavy for an old mun of ninety-four. Ile preached with o strong voice and largo liberty on the "Duty of tho Minister." Dr. Pierce has improved in health sinco ho returned to his home in Sparta, Ga , and is as vigorous us any man of sixty, HAPPINESS.-Thero is nothing purer than honesty; nothing sweeter than charity; nothing warmer thou love; nothing brighter than virtue; nothing moro steadfast than faith. Theso united in ono form one of tho purest, the sweetest, tho richest, tho bright est and most steadfast happiness. WHAT'S HUED IN TUE HONE, ETC.-A girl of Irish doscont but raised in Vermont, was rohukod hy thc lady with whom she was living for her Interminable propensity to ask questions. Closing tho rebuke, the lady remarked, "You beat thc .lows to ask questions," when true to naturo, the girl replied, "Do tho Jews oak many questions?" .-. -? ? <*?''*- -- A man addicted to snoring, remarked to his bed fellow in thc morning that ho slopt like o top. "I know it," ?aid the other, "like a hutu piing top."