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THE WEEKLY Wk BII0I TIMES, " * yc: -' j 3P??<^ftttMjjy^^^SiI?rature, politics, and Ihc Current ^teios of the $ng. VOL. XIV.?NebTsbbiks. ION O TWW^^^^^MA. JULV 6, 1883. NUMBER 27. For the Times AUNT MALINDVs LETTERS. Mr Deab Nieck :?In my last letter I informed you that most ginerally young women hanker after the blessed state of matrimony. I feel certain that you re fully convinced that I told the truth, for you aud ever} other IKiu woman who ain't married can, if you will, bear witness to what I've said, for you all want to marry and are tryinjo marry, and will marry the very first good chance that comes along your way. You needn't snigger, and blush, aud hide your face, for I know what l'tu a talkin about. Aiu't I a woman? Wasn't I young once, and didu't I think, and feel, and hope, and plan, and do s:-. ?:i vv..m:i't of (he J 13%. I live i%l?J VIIICI "?vuw% J v""b Well, yes, I warned (o~mnriy, and when Simon give ine a chance I said "yes" and so wo get murried, and I am glad I said "yes." I'd do it agiu under the same provocation. When a person wants a rabbit the first tiling is to ketch *im and it's the same way about a husband ; you must first ketch 'tm. Aud let me tell you, it ain't every woman that knows how to ketch a husband. Sometimes they think they've got, 'ini when he lias no idee of bein captur'd.? "There's many a slip between the cup and the lip." Bo carotul, or you may fiud this true in your case. Never count a niau you'rn till you'r? married to 'hn, for if you do you may find to your sorrow, when it is loo late, that a lover is like the person that owes you money, never on hand when you want 'iin, or like the grasshopper, he,was here yistcrday but to day lie's goneNow as the husband must first be kctch'd I will say a few things on that subject. IIow shall I manage to kotcli a husband is a question almost every young woman tries to answer. Some of'em answer it wisely nnd sue cesefully, and some fail to answer it, or I s'pose they fail, for they don't marry. A woman should never let the world think that she's a huntin a husband. If she docs she'll likely ha to keep ofi huutin to the end of her natural life. A woman should never be a husband hunter. Just let her keep herself pure, and make herself attractive, and a husband will be almost shurc to hunt her. When n < I, i.. 1.1 11... I .11 ?. - I .1- 1 ? .....u vhiiiuo UIIU ?U( IIU IlilS IU UU 13 lliurt'lj' ask a woman to marry 'im and she will thankfully throw herself into his arms, he's not very likely to do tho askin. There's Sarah SeekiiuliarJ ; she never saw a man in her life 'thout sctlin her cap fur 'im from the jump, go. She'd bow and curtsy, and ogle, and look cuunin and innocent, and smile, and talk funky, and try to look sweet u til the poor lellow'd git disgusted and leave her Alone in her glory. Yes, he'd leave 'cr, but not till after he'd had a heap of fun at her expense. If a Woman don't want to die an old maid she'd better not let a man think she's tryiu to marry *iin ; for no matter how much he likes 'cr the very minit lie finds she's tryin to ketch 'im away he'll gt> and leave'er Uaddin around is not a good way to ketch a husband. No man wants to marry a woman that goes a visitin eight days in every week. It's right to go to sec your neighbors now and then, but a woman who's always on the pad is not the woman to make a good wife. She's a good match for the fellow who spends all his time lyin 'round the corner grocery a whittlin, 1 nun pinyiu ciieckers, noil tellin long-winded ( stories. They ought to marry, for its a pity to , spile two houses wUk 'em. Home is the best place for a woman to show rael worth. Many a woman makes a good show away from home, who at home is cross and sloutchcy, an.l selfish, 1 and anything but nice; but that woman who stays at home and tries to do her whole duty i there, will stand a good chance of wiuin the Iotc of some true niun. Some girls seem ti think thnt the bolder they are the belter the young men like 'etn, and the sooner they'll marry. Now, if a man who tries to moko a woman out of himself is contemptablc, a woman who is bold and tries to be like a rakish man is disgustin. A girl who uses slang is not the kind I'd choose for a wife, if 1 was n ^ man. No matter how much 1 thought of a girl, if I'd hear her sayin "I'll bet." and "you bet" and "I'd smile" and "How's that for high" and other slang, I'd bo sliure not to marry,her, for o woman who uses vulgar lnngungc, ami al. slang is vulgar, is not the kind of a woman I'd want for a wife. I don't care how pretty she'd look, nor how graceful iu person she was nor how stylish she'd dress, if she was in the habit of using slang, that'd be enough for me, she couldn't be my wife. Nor would I marry a man that used slang, for he'd be shurc to be a vulgar rake nj, heart. Don't be too free with your lover, ifyou want 'ini to marry you. Hotter be a little too distant than a little too free. No man will have much respect for a woman if she's in the habit of throwin her arms 'round his neck and hoggin *im anil kissin *iin, and scttin on his lap, and layiu her heal on his shoulder, and nctin the part of a love-sick. fool. That's not the way to win a man. Keep your arms from 'round your lover's neck, you will be jist as well oil' if you ' don't kiss 'im, nor nllow 'ini to kiss you. A chair is almost rfi comfortable to set on as your lover's lap ; and since I've c me to think of it I o'leevc you'd better set on a chair, and thcro's no need of restin your head on his shoulder I 'I hout you're sick. Set unlike a sensible girl 1 ^^ain^Jjdk J.(t?Jjj" n f>^ain sensible way. lie reserved in your inannersS'et'im sec that you've lots of self respect, for he wNl respect you in the same proportion that you respect yourself. I'll give you some rules, and if you'll follow 'em you'll find 'em a great help to you : Never forgit that you must give an account tc **ud for every action of your life, therefore walk , iprightly every day of your life. Never keep any thing a secret trom your mother. That girl is ir. a dangerous path that has a secret I'uat she is aslumed or afraid to tell her mother. Never write anything to any V?udy t\?ut would make you blush it it were to become pubV*. Make the men with whom you associate Ui<yW that your person and character are sterol- ? ^ j th? "is IIa?e uo coulidcnt* except your parents.? Remember that two people can't keep a secret unless one of them is dead. Observe these rules in the fear of God, and in all things, and at all times be pure in thought, in word and in deed, and you will never have cause to regret that you took the advice of Your Lovin Aunt. MALINDY HUNTER. Westeun Ij.mid.?The investigat o i couducted by the Directors of the Chicago Board of Trade over the charges prcierred against the lard of the l'owlers is a star* chamber affair, and the public will therefore be apt to 'ose all iutercst in it. No matter how the matter is decided the people will they can base an opinion as to the correctness of the decisiou of the Board. The investigation will last, it is said, several days, and if it was conducted openly much good might come of it. Whether the lard in question was adul. teratcd or not, it is admitted by all good judges that the inspection methods in use in Chicago and all other packing cities of the north we ,t a^c simply delusions. They a?c inspections that do uot inspect, and any reasonable degree of adultcratiou is bianded by the inspectors as primj steam lard. The Fowlers practically claim in their answer that their lard is as good as any other |team lard in the Chicago market, and doubtless they will be able to establish its comparative value; but wheu they have done that they have uot shown that they manufacture pure lar r On the contrary quite the reverse. All U-.1 1.. ..11 1 1 Iill hiiu, Ul ilUtU IV ill! lillU UHUUUUbUUiy all shipped to Southern markets?is adulterated. Some of it is harmlessly adulterated. Some of it is uot. The Chicago Tribune printed a talk between one of its reporters aud Dr. T. Williams, a chemist of high standing. Dr. Williams stated that he frequently fouud 10 or 12 per ccut. of water in steam-rendered lard, when there should be but 2 percent. He added : "I hoard that ono very promiucnt renderer here received 210 barrels of Missouri clay, and 1 saw a sample. It is scut here as an adulterate, and is used not only in lard, but iu almost everything else, where terra alba could not cut any figure. It has :io texture and has a granulated appearance under tbo microscope when pulverized for the market. It is a better adulterant than the white earth for lard, because terra alba would be precipitated in this climate and be fouud at the bottom of the package The clay is not so dense, though quite heavy, aud could be used with success to the extent of 10 or 15 per cent. Its presence can be detected with the uiicroccope. 11 y the use of water ani the clay lard can be adulterated 25 per cent." Ho added that this kind ol'adultcralion could not be detected by the eye?certainly not by tho inspectors that Chicago prefers to employ. Water and Missouri clay are not, however, wholly to be relied on in the packing house. It is known that tallow, beef fat, cotton seed oil, ^nd low grade grease that should not be scon outside of soap factories, are often used. It is kuown that lard which has become yellow is subjected to a vile process of bleaching, restoring its colorand market value without rendering it more palatable if the entire process was understood. The truth is, no family man who wants to know just what is put before him and hi8 family at the breakfast table should use Western lard. Lard of homo production can be trusted, and when that fails wo have an excellent substitute in cottou seed oil, which is now refined to such a degree as to be unobjectionable for nearly all domestic purposes. It is also a product of home factoi ics.?Atlanta Constitution. "SATAN'S SNARES Ft)II OUR BUYS.? It is DO 1111c mimon sight to see boys ten, twelve, fifteeen anil seventeen years obi, with a little hesitancy, Birown by the hasty glance up ami down the street, stepping into tho saloon. These boys have a desire to see the inside of a saloon. There may be boys who, ha .dug seen, arc satisfied to turn their feet in another direction, and shun these places. These boys, perhaps, have "received a proper education in regard to alcohol or they may be boys of marked character for good. But what becomes of those who yield to the temptations the saloons offer thcui ? They meet oilier good hoys and men there?good, in the common acceptation of the term. Having gone to see, they go next to enjoy themselves ; to bo bad, never ! Step by step they drift away from their boyish purity, from mother's influence. Oh, Satan litis set his snares for our boys. They arc in our licensed saloons.?Our Hcrulil. Knocking at the Wro.no Door.?At the i'erraco baths Sunday an impaticAt young man walked up to the door of one of the compartments and knocking on the door, testily inquired, ''When in blazes arc you going to got tlu?.- e pants on ?" There was a faint giggle, and a silvery voice replied : "When I get married, I suppose." lie had mistaken the door, that's all.? Toronto (Hi,he. Subscribe I'm* the 'I'tMi;.;. it iii hravn % !_ . . . THE TAX EXEMPTION ACT. * ^ Spahtaxiiueo, Muy 5th, 1883 n Mr. Editor:?The importunity of some * of my friends induces mc to give expression tjj to uiy views on the subject of cxemptittgS certain manufacturing properties from tax ation, through the press. A? I had th0< { %onor, at tho lust session of iho legislature 3 to introduce a bill for the repeal of the law j which now exempts these properties from taxation, it is thought proper that I should - - ... .. uru:i.? T detenu my acttou in too inaucr. it uiibk i i, would be willing to leave tbo question to I bo determined by tbo go>d scuso of the! people cf the county and State, it may ott| _,.i ; ' * ? * *rf y||jyfq[ gumcuts which may have occurred (o uie. ' This is more than an economic question. This exemption law, as I understand it, is a bold uud dangerous violation of some ?f the vital principles of republican government, as declared in the fundamental law of the laud. When it was passed by a radical legislature in 1873, the constitutional difficulty was suggested, and with that un* scrupulous ingenuity for which some of the members of that body were distinguished, they proposed an evasion, which would be ridiculous if it bad uot bceu lor* uially endorsed by a body of gentlemen who are presumed to be above resorting to a legislative subterfuge. I quote from the constitution of South Carolina : Art. I. ?. 30 **All property subject to taxation shall bo taxed in proportion to its value. Each individual of society has u right to be protected in tho enjoyment of life, liberty ard uroDCitv. accoidinor to i ^ r r rs standing laws. lie should, therefore, con tribute his share to the expense of his protection and give his personal service whou < necessary." Art XII, ?. 2. ''The property of corpo- J rations now existing, or hereafter created, 1 shall be subject to taxation, except in cases otherwise provided for in this Constitution," 1 Art. IX. ?. 1 ''The general assembly shall p ovide by law for a uniform aud equal rate of assessment and taxation, and shall prescribe such regulations as shall < secure a just valuation for taxation of all property, real, personal and possessory, ex cept miucs and uiiuing claims, the proceed^ . ot which aloto shall bo taxed ; uud-JoswoS* > coptiug such property as uny be exempted by law for municipal, educational, scientific rclitjious or charitable purposes." Art. IX, ?. 5. "It shall be the duty of the General Assembly to enact laws for the ex-, cmption from taxation of all public schools, colleges and institutions of lea mini/, all charitable institutions in the nature of asy ? aims jor the tnjirm, (tea/, dumb and blind, idiotic and indigent persons, all public libraries, churches and burying grounds; but property of associations and societies i although connected with charitable objects1 ' shall not be exempt from State, county or municipal taxation ; Provided, That this exemption shall not extend beyond the buildings and premises actually occupied* 1 by such schools and colleges, institutions- 1 of learning, asylums libraries, churches and burial grounds, although couuccted with charitable objects" 1 The italics in above quotations are our own. It is too plain for argument from the above provisions of the Coustitutiou that all ' property, whether of individuals or corpo. rations shall be taxed, except the property therein enumerated. What property is exempted from taxatiou by the act in question ? This question was answered by some of the distinguished advocates of the law, iii ilie Uoucral Assembly : "JVomc whatever These properties arc taxed as the (Jou* atitution requires, .1 ud then the State re- 1 quires her officers to return the tax money 1 It is a donation." I will not attempt to ' ar^ue a quibble like this, which would bo ' unworthy sophistry in one whoso highest ' ambition was to deceive his audience. The ' attempt at evasion is ro palpable that the ' commissioners who revised the statutes, classes this as one of the kinds of "property ! exempt from taxation." lG'J of the General Statutes, is as fol> I lows : "1'ttOl'F.HTY EXEMPT HtOM TAXATION." j "The following property s all be exempt i from taxation, to wit : (Here follow 22 sub- i divisions, most, if not all of which are in- j j eluded within the exemptions, provided by t the Constitution.") i 23 1. -'Any person, who, since the first of i January, 1872, lias invested, or may invest < capital in the manufacture of cotton, woolen and paper fabrics, iron from iron ores and I agricultural implements within this State < shall, for the period of ten years from the i date of his investment, be entitled to re- s ceivft from the treasury of the Stale, a sum < cijuar to the aggregate amount of State, and from the county treasurer, the aggro- ] gate r mount of county taxes, less the i two mills for school purposes, and from the treasurers of all municipal eorpo- < I 8U111 equal to the aggregate th municipal taxes, which shall bo lb police: cd up>n tho property or w ployed or iuvested directly in oj ifaotures or entcrpt is?s ; not in? to rein the tax lovied upon the land p< ii the factories may be erected." to ct is not an evasion of the Con- v< re would liko for tho friends of re re to let u& know what would, iu tl on, constitute an evasiou. If the tl mentioned in ihl* subdivision con- si thing to tho sup po?* of the gov in why uiay not every species of w o exempted hy a like evasion of w ituliap, and the whole burden of c; taxation Uu imposed upou Jfibor. Dj those if pots ofjhc State, protected as they are ,liu si the .enjoyment of life, liberty and property, (contribute their share to tho expense t< o( $hcir protection ?" Most, if not nil, of b thoh) are regularly incorporated companies, d' Arctfthey taxed as required by ?. 2. Art. it Xt; of tho Constitution ? Is their cxemp- c< tiqo provided for iu the Constitution ? Did tl the framers of the Constitution, whoever pi they were, imagine that its plain require- v mteits would be tnado the subject of un- ai blushing evasion, by those who were sworn w to observe it ? By what right, legal or c mq|nl, shall moncj-making corporations bo h thai* favored by tKtlftgislaturo ? Iu geu- p ew:'eriift> thinly.answer we have seen h is this : By thdy.lwjton^pg,these niauufuc* lb turing interests frdfliMH^jOpj capital from tc abroad is induced to seek investment iu si them, ind the value of neighboring property is enhanced. it This conclusion assumes a premise that in we are not prepared to admit. To attribute ti the prosperity of manufactures in this State gi to the enactment of this law, is equivalent pi to saying mat mo superior climate, the b spleudid waterpower, the proximity of the I cotton mills, auil the large profits which si experience has shown may bo realized, has al no controlling iufiuence ; that a trifling ex- m cuiption from about 8 mills lax of uncertain in duration, will induce investments of large sums of money in untried cuterpri es. Will pi any practical busiu \ss man afhrm that lie was tl induced to put his money iu any of these ol ventures by tho trifliug consideration that is itwpuld.be exempt from a tax of 8 mills f?. for 10 years '( Is it reasonable to Buppose ir that a single spindle has ever been added tc to a single mill by a consideration, at once q so trifling and uncertain ? Every invca- p tor knows that this law is liable at any time ti to be repealed, or declared unconstitutional la oud void by the courts, and would there* tl fore require a more certain and substantial sc basis far his confldouce, when lie pai ted with c<: his capital, if lie could be shown that h there war money in the business?a fair S n - . i i* v prout 10 ue rcaiizeu on ms investment, over | bi aud above this capricious exemption, be pi might chuckle over the folly of a people, tl who would thus needlessly contribute to his income, without thu hope of couipcusa- pi lion, but he would laugh to scorn a propo- ri tit ion to invest with no higher inducement in tha<) this tax-exemption affords. Ic The cotton-mill statistics of this State, tl show that their profits amount to from 15 w to 21 yer ceut. upon the capital. Is not h this a sufficient inducement for investment u without the 8 mills exemption ? W at tr other busine-s pays so well? If none, why b protect the most profitable business at the c< expense of the less profitable ? It But it is said that the establishment of factories adds to the value of other property w iu the viciuity. If this be true, it only in ri creases the burden of those who arc so un is fortunate as to own this other property. It The productive capacity of such property is ci uot increased, and therefore its increased ol market value only increases the onus of tax- tl ition imposed on tho owior. If it shall e: bo answered that the exemption will cease si it the expiration of ten years, and then a is large amount will be added to the taxable properly, and thus rcduee the ircneral rnto I ? V > 1 I wo reply, lliat if this be true, it furnishes no reason why such property shall not pay " its tax during the ten years, unless if can Lo 0 ihown that the exemption produced the 11 property. l?ut,"^rT* I am rightly informed, 'die exemption, as applied to cotton factories, l' is practically perpetual. Machinery for the manufacture of cotton, I am told, usually * wears out iu less than ten years, or is re- U( placed by new inventions, and thus tlu rc is i new snvestineut under the act every time i new. pierfb oftnaohiucry is purchased and ai ;hc exemption begins to run from that j" late. 'r J*ut even admitting that tht arguments of )' :he friends of this exemption, as to its ex* 11 V expediency, cannot be answered, I reply :liat it is wrong in principle and ruinous as 1,1 ? precedent, and no law can be justified ai which sacrifices principle to expediency 81 KT- _ I! ? - .... . I c<o poncy is wise wn icn is unjust.? " [f it be riylit lo exempt such enterprises is lire nnuiod in tliHTStet, tlicn it would 1" Ic equally wise to exempt every ruilrond) :oltun gin, saw mill, gi? st and flour mill and h iresliing inaehino in the o^untry. Ail tcsc contribute so the convenience and ealth of the cominunitcs in which they are >erated, in us great a degree in proportion ' the amount invested as do the speciul 3ts of our legislature. If tysomptions are ? be made for tho sako of encouraging in3stnients in useful enterprises, for tho sason that such cutorprises increase ?e value of property, where would :oystop? Would we not bo forced by ich a precedent as this to exempt every tari'a land upon which a good a good house as built, or a new ground cleared, or a orn out field rcolniuiod ? Where would xemptiooB end ? Who would pay the ?xo3 ? From such a premise the oonclu? on is n :crssarily absurd. It is cl.'SS IcgielatiooN To say that iuesluicuts in thoso enterprises oucy be uiade y anybody, the poor as well as tho rich, ocs not avoid the charge, for whoovo. does lvest in them, whether rich or poor, bo* )uios at once one of tho favored class, and ic balance of tho people, whethur rich or oor, arc compelled to pay their taxes. It ould be just ns reasonable and as log J, id wo thiuk as wise, if tho legislature ould exompt from tuxation the land of 'ery farmer who increases tho value of i^ farm by skill and industry, or .the roperty of every man who builds a now gin ouso,or alicw mill. Why discriminate in ivorof cottni, iron, wooleu and paper fac>rics ? Whence their royal right to exclu* vo privileges and peculiar protection ? I do not wish to be understood as oppoiig tho establishment of cotton, %r other iniiufaetorics. I believe they arc of inea uinblo benefit to the country, nnd I would o as far as any ouo to promote their rosperity, either by individual effort, or y legitimate constitutional legislation, but c..n sec no reason why the legislature 10.ild protect an already prosperous class ; the expeusj of those who have not tho icans or tho opportunity of. making suoh ivcstuicnts. The democratic party arc pledged to opase a protective tariff. The argument is mt such a tariff builds up tho fortunes f tho few at the expenso of the many. It au unjust d:scrimination in favor of a >w manufacturers, ond against the great lass of consumers who uJTlst pay tho proactive duty. In what does tho act in uestion diflor from a protective tariff? The eople pay the taxes which theso corporaons are exempt from paying. In fact this iw operates as au additional protection to ic tariff established by the United States, > that a South Carolina manufacturer of )ttou, irou, or paper, may congratulate irnsclf that he is the favorite of both the Lat?' and National governments, and of ith the great political parties. Tho rcublicans protectoet hiui at Washington and 10 Democrats at Columbia. If I mistake not the signs of the times, the joplo arc beginning to understaud their ghts iu these matters. They have been lade the subjects of legislative oppression tug cuough and I bejjyc will soon demand ic icpeal of this and every other law hich pampers a moneyed power, from tho aid earnings of tho houcst laboror. I havo .. ?_ . I i.?; ;*_i u uujuuuuii u) iin; uccuiiiuiuwuu ui capital > any extent, by fair and legitimate) means, ut it becomes dangerous when acquir1 at the expense of others, or when used >r purposes of opprcssiou. It can never be right, in a free country, hero each individual is cutitlcd to equal ghts and privileges, to so legislate that one required to bear the burdens of ano'.hcr. , can never be right to openly violate, or lnuingly evade the fundamental principles ' republican government, as declared iu ic constitution for the sake of temporary tpediency. Let us stick to the old conitutioual landmark. Every departure dangerous.?El>.\ II. Hono, iii the '(jar tan. fiioitouoii Ventilation.?If it is esscual that Court houses, school liouscs and her public buildings be thoroughly veuluted, how much more important that our welling houses should have perfect and torough ventilation. The well known Savant, Philologist aud hilotcoenist, I)r. II. II. Tucker, in a recent 1dress said : "It is probably true that by far the router purl ul the diseases thai affect u.s c imported into our systems by the nir we rcatho. If uonc but pure air were ever dialed (lie sufferings of niaukind would be jstly diminished, and the average longcvy of the race would be greatly increased, dialed nir affects the brain. Windows do at aflord sufficient ventilation. A large iiiounl of fresh air must be supplied and one of the ioul air removed. This is cured by mechanical contrivance." Light and air should not be denied any ortiou of your house." Wheat in Pickens is backward but very cabby and promising. A CHILD'S THRILLING ADVjJNTURK. Moheiikad City, NV June 27.?Mrs R -bert Elliott of Texts has been hero for tho past ten days or uioro tf? resloro the health of her littio child, Rirdtfc, a bright little cherub loss than three ycarsV^dd, who is much emaciated from a spell of Texas " " " " lever. Little Rirdio, by hor general sprightlincss has endeared In rs If to <v ry gu st of tl o house; she is a pet aud favorito with every one and no ono passes her without a kiud word, which sho rcudily recogniics. This morniug about 10 o'clock a strolling Italian mado his appcarauee iu front of tho hotel with a largo cluster of rud toy balloons. Major Hawkins of Alabama, to amuse little llirdic, tied tho cord around hor waist, and then, as is so often dono to amuse children, gave her a toss of fivo or six feet in tho air, and held out his huuds ! for her return. "Great God ! she is gone," criod the Major, as he saw her rapidly going up, up, up, until she hud passed tho houso tops. Floating in the clouds with outstrotched hands the littlo angel could bo heard distinctly calling, "uiatniua ! matnuia ! mamma!" until her voice became drowned by the whistling of tho winds. "All to your bouts !" shouted old Captain Dixon, "aud never a sou of a man turn back until that child is brought to its mammy!" "I, I, I, I, I, I," responded six of as bravo and daring boatmen as over reefed a sail, and nil with boats seaworthy for any waters. Miuutcs appeared as hours and the babo was flying Southeast liko a kite aud would bo out ovor the great Atlantic Oooan in less than no time. Away went twenty or more ? "II ? l?\n t o nimrlot I K a oliAliln a! miaa null liiuuuuu uuaio uuiiuci ?u<; ouuuio ui uiva nod screams of women and children. These boats were joined by a like number from Beaufort, all of whioh kept as nea - under tho little angel in tho cloud as possible. Mr. Charles J. Voorhocs of tho Southern Express Company, with a party of gentleman, were out taking a sail. Mr. Voorhoes is one of the most oxpert riflemen in the coun< try, and he had ou board his Smith & Wesson rifle. He at once took in the situation, remarking: "Six miles out at soa and going at the rate of ten miles an hour, and now 400 yards high, aud every uiiuutejgoing higher, higher, higher; 1 can cut those balloons, aud will do it or die. Steady tho boat." Bang! went the rifle, but to no effect.? Again and again tho report of tho rifle rang out. At the fifth shot one balloon disappeared amidst tho shouts of tho boatmcu.? At tho eighth shot it became evident that the balloons could not longer carry the weight of the little one, ns she was gradually descending, not iu a straight line, but in a Southeast diroction, towards Ilarkers' Island ?but whether dead or alive none could tell. Down, down, down, she eomcs?as gcntlo us if handled by hutnan hdnils?and to fall in a cradle of sand. All the boats now put to sboro as fast as the sails would propel thcui. Heforo thoy reached land most of tho men had jumped overboard aud waded ashore. Then began the race for the babe, assho bad come down on the sand bauk only a few hundred yards distant. With four and trembling all ran up. There sat little llirdie, playing with a lot of shells, and as she was picked up sho clung on to a handful, saying : "Dese scls for mamma. With the prize 8)1 returned to the bonts. There sat 31 r. Voorhccs, with a death-like pallor on his countenunce, and when told that he had saved the babe unhurt his tender heart gave way and he wept like a child. The boats wcro rapidly gotten under way and headed back for Morehead, and each wanted to be first to convoy the glad tidings, but they all ran iu near together, with hats o..,l n..:. .1 1 emu iiuuuBbivmi/io **j "'n Jinii'jav iuu cuuuro and screams of several hundred people. Tho excitement of lauding .surpasses description. At the wharf, uftcr everything seemed sale then little Birdie came the nearest of losing her life. Colonel Whitford, a man of generous impulses and ono always studying to make some one else happy, seized tho littlo girl in his arms and at a lightning speed started for its mother, who was thgn lyiDg in an unconscious state, and \>/udcr tho skillful care of i).s. Haywood.,' Arrcudnll and Kelly of Louisiana. JVut beforo tho kin 1-hearted Colonel had goue far, amidst the dense crowd and cofifusion, ho ran off the wharf into water over eight feet deep. Savcral jumped overboard aud aided him in lauding his prize. Tho littlo girl camo out as bright as a new pin and soeme* to look upon me wnoie matter as luu gottcu up for liev amusement. lly four o'elock Mrs. Elliot became conscious. The guests of the house assembled and returned thanks to Mr. Vorhees and the uoblc boatmen, and expressed condolence and sympathy for Mrs. Elliott and little Hirdie. To burden our memory with the remcrahranoe of tlie injuries wo have received, is to punish ourselves for punishments already suffere I. * / v 1 / ) /