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< / / ( / / / /I / V-?W \.v ? ?- ~- , ~?'? ? ? . ~ :./ '-^i^v : r JTilisralure, |)olii?s, and the Current fte JlMhf S"? vor.. 3tlV._ New Sekiks. UNIONS spiiw^^^jna, .iUIA 6, 1883. """^v.. w NUMBER 27. ^?- -- ? - > ' ~ ^^yvriifn tnVftNTaRl jpT^k '"fct ' For tho Times y -f . ^ ^ ^UXf MAUNDY'S LETTERS. Xf# Dkvr Nieck :?Intnj last letter I informed you that most generally young women hanker ] % , after tho blessed utnle of matrimony. I feel ' ^-certain that you're fully convinced that I told 1 ?'-V the truth, for you an.' evory other iVia woman who ain't married can, if you will, bear witness to what I've said, for you all want to marry and are tryiiMo marry, and will marry tho very first got^l chance that comes along your way. You needn't snigger, and blush, and hide your faoo, for I know what I'm a talkin about. Ain't I a woman? Wasn't I young once, and didn't - I think, awi f*.cl, anil .hope, and plan, and do 1 !.l lib. nnu nil... n ?f ?1,. J... ...V V.HV. .uw?tai JUUIIJJ WUIIITH1 Wl *,,v mm$ T .. ^ wnen>rv ^fttffPgUo "nfc a "cWanco I said "yes'1 anil so we get married, and I am glad I said "yes." I'd do it agiu under the same provocation. When a person wants a rabbit the first thing is to ketch Mm and it's the same way about a husband ; you must first ketch 'im. Aud let me tell you, it ain't every woman that knows bow to ketch a husband. Sometimes they think they've got 'im when he tins no idee of bein capiur'd.? "There's many a slip betweon the cup and the lip." Bo enrolul, or you may fiud this truo in your cuse. Never count a man you'rn till you'r? married to 'im, for if you do you may find to your sorrow, when it is too Kte, that a lover is like the person that owes you monoy, never on hand when you want Mm, or like the grasshopper, he.washerc yisterday but to day ho's goneNow as the husband must first be ketch'd I will say a few things on that subject. IIow shall I manage to kqtch a husbaud is a question almost every young woman tries to answer. Some of'era answer it wisely and suo cesefully, and some fail to answer it, or I a'pose they fail, for they don't marry. ^ A woman should never let the world thiuk that she's a huntin a husband. If she does he II likely have to keep oh hutitia to the end of her natural life. A woman should never be a husband hunter. Ju9t lot her keep herself pure, and make herself attractive, and a husband will be almost shure to hunt ber. When a man thinks that all ho has to do is merely -? ask a woman to marry 'im and she will thankfully throw herself into his arms, he's not very likely to do the askin. There's Sarah Seokim- , hard; she never saw a man in her life 'thout ecttin lior cap fur 'im from the jurup, go. She'd ^ bow and curtsy, and ogle, and look cunnin and innocent, and smile, and talk finiky, and try to ' look sweet u til the poor (ellow'd git disgusted < and leave her alone in her glory. Yes, he'd 1 leave 'er, but not till after he'd had a heap of < fun at her exponsc. If a Woman don't want to ( die an sid maid she'd better not tit a man think she's tryin to marry 'im; for no matter how touch he likes 'er the very tninit he finds she's tryin to ketch 'im away he'll gb and leave'er Gaddin 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. Il'a right to go to see 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 speeds all his time lyin 'round the corner grocery a whittlin, and playin Checkers, and tellin long-winded stories. They ought to marry, for its a pity to spile two houses with 'em. Home is the best place for a woman to show rael worth. Many a woman makes a good show away from home, whs at home is oross and sloutcbey, and selfish, and anything but nice; but that woman who oiajs m noine ana tries u> ao tier whole duty t there, will steod a good chance of winin the g love of some true man. ( Some girls seem to think that the bolder they are the belter the young men like 'em, and the ) sooner they'll marry. Now, if a man who tries 1 to make a woman out of himself is conterapta- l ble, a woman who is bold an* tries toJ>e like a \ rakish man is disgustin. A girl who uses slang ^ is not the kind I'd choose for a wife, if I was a man. No matter how much I thought of a girl, if I'd hear her sayin "I'll bet," and "you bet" ' and "I'd smile" and "IIow's that for high" and ' other slang, I'd be shure not to marry ,hor, for ? 1 woman who uses vulgar language, and all 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 in person she was nor how styl- ^ ish she'd dress, if she was in the habit of using lang, that'd be enough for me, she couldn't be I my wife. Nor would I marry s roan that used 1 slang, for he'd be shure to be a vulgar rake at heart. Don't be too free with your lover, if you want < 'Mm to marry you. Better be a little too distant 1 than u little too free. No man will have much 1 respeot for a woman if she's in the habit of 1 throwin her arms 'round his neck and huggin ' Mm and kissin'im, and seltin on his lap, and 1 layin her head on his shoulder, and aclln the * part of a love-sick. fool. That's not the way to * win a man. Keep your arms from 'round your ( Tver's mtok, you will be Jist as well off if you c don't kiss '1m, nor allow Mm' to kiss you. A t shair is almost W comfortable to set on as your 1 lover's lap ; and sinoe I've o me to think of it I 1 ^ b'leeve you'd better set on a chair, and there's * no need of reatin your head on his shonlder fi i- . 'thout you're siok. Set up like a sensible girl * and tflk to?'im in a^ain sensible way. Oe f ' rssersed in your mannersSt^ 1m see that you've Jj * lots of .self respeot, for he wTU respeot you in the same proportion that you rfppecl yourself. -i??V? HLk ?* ... * K / V? PWMiW ? ?*! II /WU Aft IUIIUW 'em you'll find'em a great help to you : ^ Neesr forglt tbftt you must (Its an account to y Ood for ftoery actios of your life, therefore walk c uprightly aesry day * yur Ufa. ^ Ef, Meter keep any thing ft secret from your >J mother. That girl is In ft dangerous path tbftt ' has ft soordt that sbo is asbamed or afraid to tell 1 'J&fc. Motor srrito anything to sn^ody Wat would I moke you blush it it wero to bedyae p?b\- ? Make the men with whom you a^ftociato k\?w Et.# that you r persou and oharactcr aro rtcrol^V Ilavo uo con(ivlont-< except your parents.? Remember that two people can't keep a secret unless one of them is de-id. Observe these rules in iho 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 C Your Lovin Aunt. a MAUNDY IIUNTKR. \ * * r . . t Western Lard.?The investigate conducted by ti. * Directors of the Chicago * Board of Trado over the charges preferred 1 against tho lard of tho Fowlers is a star- ^ chamber affair, and the public will therefore v be apt to lose all iuterest in it. No matter ^ how the matter is decided tho people will J they can base nn opinion as to the correct- ? ncss of the decision of tho Board. The investigation will last, it is said, several days, ^ and if it was conducted openly much good a might come of it. 1 Whether the lard in question was adul. c teratcd or not, it is admitted by all good 0 judges mat tue inspection methods in use in Chicago and all other packing cities of ^ the northwo it aro simply delusions. They 6 are inspections that do not inspect, and any 11 reasonable degrco of adulteration isbianded 1 by the inspectors as prime steam lard. The ^ Fowlers practically claim in their answer u that their lard is as good as auy other g^eatn v lard in the Chicago market, and doubtless a they will bo able to establish its comparnlive value; but when they havo done that they havo not shown that they manufacture ' puro larJT On the coutrary quite the * reverse. 1 All lard, or nearly all lard?undoubtedly all shipped to Southern markets?is adul- 8 tcratcd. Some of it is harmlessly adultcrated. Some of it is not. The Chicago ^ Tribune printed a talk between one of its 11 reporters and Dr. T. Williams, a chemist of high standing. Dr. Williams stated that r he frequently found 10 or 12 per cent, of 8 water in steum-rendered lard, when there 0 should bo but 2 per cent. He added ; "I heard that one very promiuent Tenderer 8' ueru received carrels ot Missouri clay, ind 1 saw a sample. It is sect here as au a ldulterato, and is used not ouly in lard, but 8( in almost everything olso, where terra alba P jould not cut any figure. It has no texture c< iud baa % granulated appoarnnoo-umlcr tbfl ol Microscope when pulverized for the markot. c< [t is a bettor adaltcrunt than tho white earth ^ 'or lard; because terra alba would bo precip- r< taicd in this climate and bo fouud at tho >ottoui of the package. The clay is not so louse, though quite heavy, and could be Cl ised with success to tho extent of 10 or 15 c< jer cent. Its presence can be detected with cl ,bo uiicroccope. liy the use of water anl he clay lard can bo adulterated 25 per " ;eut." He added that this kind ofiidultera,ion could not be detected by tho cyo?cer- ^ ;ainly not by tho inspectors that Chicago a jreters to employ. Water and Missouri *' day are not. however, whollv to bo relied on a the packing house. It is known that o; allow, beef fat, cotton seed oil, ^ud low ^ ?rudo greuso that should not bo seen ^ >utsido of soap tactories, are often used. It ?' 8 known that lard which has bcoonio yellow ai s subjected to a vile process of bleaching, w estoring its color and market value without -endering it more palutuble if the entire 0 process was understood. The truth is, no family man who wants a' ,o know just what is put before hiin and hi8 P 'amily at tho breakfast tablo should use n Western lard. Lard of homo production ;an bo trusted, and when that fails we havo c: in oxcellnnt mih*t?tnt? in onOnn ?:i tl which is now reGncd to such a dogrco as to ?' }e unobjectionable for nearly all domestic 11 purposes. It is also a product of home ^ raototios.?Atlanta Constitution. 81 ?. q Satap's 8n arm for ooR Boys.? It is no an- li lommon night to see bojs ten, twelve, fifteeen ai md seventeen years old, with a little hesitancy, iHbwn by the hasty glance up and down the itreet, stepping into the saloon. These boys ni lave a desire to see the inside of a saloon. There al nay be boys who, having seen, are satisfied to ct urn their feet in another dircotion, and shun el hese places. These boys, perhaps, have we- c: leived a proper education in regard to alcohol >r they may be boys of marked character for* ;ood. But what becomes of those who yioid to he temptations the saloons offer them ? They . ' ocet other good boyi and men there?good, ia he common acceptation of tho term. Having ;one to see, they go next to enjoy themselves ; o bo bad, never I Step by step they drift away di rom their boyish purity, from mother's influ- cl noe. Oh, Satan has set his snares for our boys. ^ "hey are in our lioensed saloons.?Our Herald. Knocking at tub Wrong Poor.?At ho 1'erraco baths Sttoday an impaticftt 01 ouog man walkod up to the door of ouo ai if the compartments and knocking on the a| loor, testily inquired, "When in biases 8 iro yon going to get thore pants on ?" There 1 ras a faint gigglo, and a silvery voice re- CC died: "When I get married, I suppose." * lo had mistaken the door, that's all.*? *' Toronto Globe, THE TAX EXEMPTION ACT. ' ^ Spartanburg, May 5th, 1883 Mr. Editor :?The importunity of some f my friends induces mo to give expression : 3 my views on the subject 6f exempting crtain manufacturing properties from tuition, through the press. As I had th0 lonor, at tho lust sessiou of tho legislature o introduce a bill for the repeal of the law rhich now exempts these properties from axation, it is thought proper that I should lefend my actiou in tho matter. Whilst I vould be willing to leavo the question to >e determined by tnc go >d scuso of thq >coplo cf the couuty and State, it may not "" *" ' * *?gf?r>n? nf fllfl y. jumouts which may havo occurred th nTFT:3 rnt i. ins is more man an economic question:7 riiis exemption law, as I understand it, is i bold aud dangerous violation of souie #f ho vital principles of republican govcrnncnt, ns declared in the fundamental law if the land. When it was passed by a radcal Icgislatul-c in 1873, the oonstitution?r liffieulty was suggested, and with that un* crupulous ingenuity for which some of tbo numbers of that body were distinguished, bey proposed an evasion, which would io ridiculous if it had not been lor nully ondorsed by a body of gontlomen rho are presumed to bo above resorting to legislative subterfuge. I quote from the .institution of South Carolina : Art. I. ?. 3G ''All property subjoct to axation shall bo taxed in proportion to its alue. Each individual of sooioty has a ight to bo protected iu the enjoyment of ife, liberty ard propcity, aocoiding to tnndiug laws. lie should, therefore, conribulc his share to the expense-of his pro? iction and give his persoual service when eccssary." Art XII, ?. 2. ''The property of corpoations now existing, or hereafter created, hall bo subject to taxation, except incases thcrwise nrnnidr.d. fnr ??? /him " Art. IX. ?. 1 "Tho general assembly hall p ovide by law for a uniform and jual rato of assessment and taxation, nd shall prcscribo such regulations as sbat] jcuro a just valuation for taxation of all roperty, real, personal and possessory, ex jpt mines and mining claims, the proceed^ L jrhich aUita sb*il bo taxed ^aaj> aiootl opting such property as may bo exempted f law for municipal, educational, scientific( rligious or charitable purposes." Art. IX, ?. 5. "It shall bo tho duty of the encral Assembly to enact laws for the ex* uptiun from taxation of all public schools, dlcges and institutions of learning, all haritable institutions in the nature of asy ims for the infirm, deaf dumb and blind, liotic and indigent persons, all public braries, churches and burying grounds ; ut property of associations and societies i Ithough connected with charitable objects ' Hill not be exempt from State, county or mnicipal taxation ; Provided, That this xeuiption shull not oxtond bovond tho uildiugs and promises actually occupied* y Such schools .and colleges, institutions f learning, asylums, libraries, churches ad burial grounds, although oounected ith charitable objects" The italics iu abovo quotations aro our ffQ. It is too pluia for argument frotn the t>ove provisions of tho Constitution that all roperty, whether of individuals or corpo. itions shall bo taxed, except tho property tereiu enumerated. What property is tempted from taxatiou by tho act iu quoson ? This question was answered by some r -j ? *- ? > uisiiu^uiouuu uuvuuitves ui mo law, i the General Assembly : "JVone w/uitever hose properties aro taxed as tho Con* itution requires, .ind then the State reuires her officers to return the tax money. ; t is a donation." ? will not attempt to rgue a quibble like this, which would bo nworthy sophistry iu one whoso highest mbitinu was to deceive his audience. Tbo .tempt at ovasion is ro palpable that the numissionurs who rovised the statutes, asses this as one of tho kinds of "property compt from taxation." ? 169 of ^10 General Statutes, is as ful* ws : 'PROPERTY EXEMPT PROM TAXATION." "The following property si all bo etcmjit oui taxation, to wit : (Here follow 22 subivisions, most, if not all of which aro inuded within tho exemptions, pro?idod by to uonsiuutionTT^ , ' im I 23 J. 'Any pcrtton, who, since (ho first of anuary, 1872, has invested, or may invest ipitol in the manufaotura ofoottoq, woolen id paper fabrics, iron from iro2 ores tyid ;ricultural implements within this State tall, for the period of ten years from the ito of his investment, be entitled to re'Jflttftom tho treasury of tho Stale, a sum |VKo the aggregate amount of State, id from the oonnty treasurer, tho aggreite r mount of oounty taxes, less the ro mills for school purposes, and from tc treasurers of all municipal oorpo Iff; a sum equal to the aggregate l Kof municipal taxes, which shall be jpfcli oolloet.ii up >n the property or inployed or iuvestcd directly in i innufucturcs or enterpiisrs j not in* 55 herein the tax levied upon the land rhich the factories may be erected." lis act is not an evasion of the Conin, wo would liko for the friends of easuro to let us know what would, iu pinion, constitute nncvasiou. If the ties mentioned in this subdivision conl nnlhiiKr tn ihn Xim nnrl. of tli<> i?ntf criSont, why may not every species of Jwftarty be exempted by a like evasion of j J^jfiponslitutiaii, and the whole burden of ' tft^irtiOo OcTlm posed up On fabor. D'J IftCSS pets ofjho Stnio, protected as they are ,lin the enjoyment of life, liberty nod property, {contribute their share to tho expense o( thoir protection ?" Most, if not all, of thenare regularly incorporated companies. Artfthey taxed as required by ?. 2. Art. XEfof tho Constitution ? Is their cxemptidjrarovided for iu the Constitution ? Did thffffawers of the Constitution, whoever they*were, imagine that its plain rcquirenfeftts would be made tho subject of unbin hing evasion, by those who were sworn to observe it ? By what right, legal or maul, shall money-making corporations bo tjAkfayored by tkl^lSgwlaturo ? Iu geuera^tcruft> thinly answer we have seen is this : By tbftJtyMfa&ng, these mauufucturiug interests capital from abroad is induced to seek investmeut iu thein, tnd tho value of neighboring property is enhanced. This conclusion assumes a premise that we are not prepared to admit. To attribute the prosperity of manufactures in this State 4o the enactment of this law, is equivalent to saying that (ho superior eiiuiate, the splendid waterpower, the proximity of the cotton mills, and tho large profits which i exporienco has showu may bo realized, has no controlling influence ; that a trifling exemption from about 8 mills tax of uncertain duration, will induce iuvestmcuts of large sums of money in untried cntcrpri es. Will any practical business man affirm that lie was I induced to put his moot-y iu any of these < features by tho trifling consideration that .Afuyptldobo exempt from a tax of 8 mills for 10 years 1 Is it reasonable to suppose that a singlo spindle has ever been added to a single mill by a consideration, at once < so trifliug and uncertain ? Every investor knows that this law is liable at nnv time to be repealed, or declared uocoustitutiuual and void by the courts, nud would there* i fore require a more certain and substantial i basis far bis coufidcucc, when he parted with i his capital. If he could be shown that ! there war money in the busiucss?a fair 1 profit to be realized on his iuvestmont, over I and above this capricious exemption, ho | might chuckle over thu folly of a pcoplo, i who would thus needlessly contribute to his income, without tho hope of compensation, but ho would laugh to scorn n proposition to invest with no higher inducement tbav this tax-exemption affords. The cotton-mill statistics of this State, show that their profits amount to from 15 to 21 yer cent, upon the capital. Is not this a?ufficient inducement for investment without the 8 mills exemption ? W at other business pays so well? If none, why. protcct-thc most profitable business at the expense of tho less profitable ? But it is said that tho establishment of factories adds to tho valuo of other property < in the vicinity. If this bo true, it only in i creases the burden of tboso who are so un j fortunate as to own this othor property. ] Tho productive capacity of such property is < not increasod. and therefore its increased < market value only increases tho onus of tax- i ntion imposed on tho owior. If it shall < batrasworod that tho cxomption will cease t at the expiration of ten years, and then a i large auiouut will be added to tho taxablo J property, and tbus reduce tho goneral rate, we reply, that if this bo true, it furnishes no reason why such property shall not pay 1 its tax during the ten years, unless if. cau bo ( shown that tho exemption produced the 1 property. Hut^T I nui rightly informed, 1 the Xothptioa, us appliod to cotton factories, is practically perpetual. Machinery for tho manufacture of cotton, T aui told, usually woars out in leas than ten years, or is re- 1 pluced by now inventions, and thus there is a new anveatmeot under tho act every time ' a new^piodb of tuaobinery is purchased and ' | the exemption begins to ruu from that \ | date. ' i Hut esan admitting that the arguments of the firtouds of this exemption, as to its exexpediency, cannot be aoawerqd, I reply that it is wrong in prinoiple and ruinous aa a precedent, and no law cau bo justiflod ' i which attendees priuciplo to expediency. 1 No policy is wise which is unjust.? 1 If it be right to oxcuipt such enterprises as aro named in thiftSQct, then it would Ie $qunlly wise to exempt orcry railroad, cotton gin, saw mill, gr ?t aud flour mill and threshing machino in tho country. All these contribute so the convenience and wealth of the communitcs in which tbey are operated, in us great a degree in proportion to the amount invested as do the special pets of our legislature. If exemptions are to be made for tho sake of encouraging investments in useful enterprises, for tho reason that such enterprises increase the value of property, where would they stop ? Would we not be forced by such a precedent as this to exempt every moil's land upon which a good a good house was built, or a new ground cleared, or a worn out Geld reclaimed ? Where would exemptions end ? Who would pay the tirtca? From auoh a premise the conclusion is n iccssarily absurd. It is cl.ss legislation. To say that investments in theso enterprises nicy be made by anybody, the poor as well as tho rich, docs not avoid the charge, for whoovo. does iuvest iu them, whether rich or poor, be" p.ninns nt nnr*o mm r?f llm fnuAvml the balance of tho people, whether rich or poor, arc compelled to pay their taxes. It would be just as reasonable and as log.I, and we thiuk as wise, if tho legislature would exonrpt from taxation the laud of eery farmer who increases the value ot hi* farm by skill and iudustry, or the property of every rnau who builds a now gin house,or ahew mill. Why discriminate in favor of cottui, iron, woolen and paper factories ? Whence their royal right to exclusive privileges and peculiar protection ? I do not wish to be understood as opposing tho establishment of cotton, ^>r other manufactories. I believe they are of inestimable benefit to the country, and I would go as far as any one to promote their prosperity, either by individual effort, or by legitimate constitutional legislation, but I Can sec no reason why the legislature should protect an already prosperous class at the ex pens j of those who havo not tho means or tho opportunity of. making such investments. Tho democratic party arc pledged to oppose a protective tariff. The argument is mat such a turitl builds up tho fortunes of tho few at the expeuso of the many. It is an unjust d'scrimination in favor of a few manufacturers, and against tho great mass of consumers who uifcst pay tho protective duty. In what does tho act in question difler from a protective tariff? The people pay the taxes which cheso corporations are exempt from paying. In fact this law operates as an additional protection to the tariff established by the United States, so that a South Carolina manufacturer of cottou, iron, or paper, may congratulate himself that he is tho favorito of both the Stat>* and National governments, and of both tho great political parties. Tho republicans protectoet him at Washington and tho Democrats at Columbia. If I mistake not the signs of tho times, the people are beginning to understuud their rights iu these matters. They have been made the subjects of legislative oppression loug enough and L bcHve will soou demand the repeal of this and every other law which pampers a moneyed power, from tho hard earnings of thu honest laborer. I have no objection to the accumulation of capital to any extent, by fair and legitiuiato means, but it becomes dangerous when acquired at the expense of others, or when used for purposes of oppression. It can never be right, in a freo country, where each individual is eutitlcd to equal rights and privileges, to so legislate that one is required to bear the burdens of auo'.her. [t cau never bo right to openly violate, or cunningly evade the fuuduuicutal principles )f republican government, as declared in ;ho constitution for the sake of temporary }xpcdicncy. Let us stick to the old constitutional landmark. Every departuro is dangerous.?Eon II. Uouo, in tlie Sqartan. Thorough Ventilation.?If it isesscn ul that courthouses, school houses and >-hcr public buildings be thoroughly vcu .dated, how much more important that our dwelling houses should have perfect and thorough ventilation. The woll known Savant, Philologist and Phiiotcobnist, Dr. H, (I. Tucker, in a recent iddress said : "It is probably true that by far tho greater part of the diseases that affect us sire Imported into our systems by the air wo brcatho. If uono but puro air were ever inhaled tho sufferings of uiaukiud would be vastly diminished, and the average longevity of the race would be greatly increased . Vitiated air affects the brain. Windows do Dot afford sufficient ventilation. A lame amount of fresh sir must be supplied sad souic of the foul air removed. This is sooured by mechanical contrivance." Light and air should not be denied any portion of your house." ........ Wheat in Pickens is backward but very healthy and promising. A CHILD'S THRx..r c JuQe 27.__Mrt Morehead City, ?.N^bocn here for II bo rt Elliott of Texas rc9toro the tho past ten days or uioro 3 bright health of her little child, Hirdiiv^j^ w|,o little cherub less than three years is much emaciated from a spell of Texas ? lever. Little Itirdie, by her general sprighllincss has endeared Inrs If to ry gu st of tl o house; she is a pet aud favorite with every one and no ono passes her without a kiud word, which she readily recognizes. This morniug about 10 o'clock a strolling Italian made his appearance in frout of tiio hotel with a large cluster of red toy ballocns. Major Hawkins of Alabama, to amuse little ltirriie tied the curd around ? - ? I ? ? her 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 hauds for her return. "Great God ! she is gone," cried the Major, as he saw her rapidly going up, up, up, uutil she had passed tho houso tops. Floating in the clouds with outstretch* ed hands the little angel could bo heard distinctly calling, "mamma ! mamma ! mamma!" until her voice became drowned by the whistling of tho winds. "All to your boats !" shouted old Captaio Dixon, "and never a sou of a man turn back until tbat child is brought to its mammy!" "I, I, I, I, I, I," responded six of as brave aud daring boatmen as ever reefed a sail, and all with boats seaworthy for any waters. Minutes appeared as hours aud the babo was flying Southeast like a kite and would be out over the great Atlantic Ocean in less than no time. Away went twenty or more well manned boats amidst the shouts ot men and screams of women nnd children. These boats were joined by a like number from Beaufort, all of which kept as nea * under the little angel in the cloud as possible. Mr. Charles J. Voorhccs of the Southern Ex pigoo vvuipui'J) tv ivit a pai ij ui ^cuucuiuuf were out taking a sail. Mr. Voorhees is one of the most oxpcrt riflemen in the coun* try, and he had onboard his Smith & Wesson rifle. He at onco took in the situation, remarking: "Six miles out at sea and going at the rate of ten miles an hour, and now 400 yards high, and every miuutojgoing higher, higher, higher. 1 can cut those balloon.*, aud will do it or die. Steady the boat." Bang ! went the rifle, but to no effect.? Agaiu and again the report of the rifle rang out. At the fifth shot one balloon disappeared amidst the shouts of the boatmen.? At the eighth shot it became evident that the balloons could not longer carry the weight of the little one, as she was gradually descending, not in a straight line, but in a Southeast direction, towards Barkers' Island ?but whether dead or alive none could tell. Down, down, down, she comes?os gentlo as if handled by human hdnds?and to fall in a cradle of sand. All the boats now put to shore as fast as the sails would propel them. Before they reached land most of the men had jumped overboard and waded ashore. Then began the race for the babe, assho had come down on the sand bank only a few hundred yards distant. With fear aud trembling all ran up. There sat lixtle Birdie, playing with a lot of shells, and as she was picked up sho clung on to a handful, saying: "Dese sels for mamma. With the prize all returned to the boats. There sal Mr. Voorhecs, with a death-like pallor on his countenance, and when told that he had saved the babe unhurt his tender heart gavo way and ho wept like a child. The boats wero rapidly gotten under way and headed back for Morehead, and each wanted to be first to convey tho glad tidings, but they all ran in near together, with hats and haudkerchiofs flying amidst tho cheers and screams of several hundred people. The excitement of landing surpasses descriDtioD. At the wharf, ufter everything seemed safe then little Hirdio came the uonrcst of losing her life. Colonel Whitford, a man of generous impulses and ono always studying to make somo one else happy, seised too littlo girl in his arms and at a lightning speed started for its mother, who was thap.lying - ??? in an uucouscious state, and under the skillful care of Dis. Haywood, Arrendall and Kelly of Louisiana. JVut beforo the kin 1-hearted Colonel htu5 gone far, amidst the denso crowd and cokfusion, he ran off the whnrf intr? irntnf ri-? ? * ? yor uigui ices u?ep. Several jumped ov&rooard mod aided Khn in lauding his prise. The little girl oamo out aa bright ac a new pin and xoented to look upon the whole matter aa fuo gotten up for her nuiueemont. By four o'clock Mra. Elliot became coqacioua. Tho guests of the houao assembled aud returned thaukato Mr. Vorbeee and the noble boatmen, aud expressed condolence and sympathy for Mra. Elliott and littre Birdie. To burden our nyfcoiory with the renemhraaee of the iigurioi^wt have received, ia to puuish Ourselves for mlatshments already suffer* 1. v I...