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Ox OD"A-ISTD OTJH OOTIISTTIIY. Um i .v i .. ? ?, ,1 ti},-1 r_,__ 7', >i > o-miY.?? II?* ; ALWAYS t* ADVANCE. .1 ilA t 11. 1869. SB ilCarjH- cxclatwcd l'aul Gra ham, throwing aside the letter ho had been reading, end tossing the law book ?fr?*? Itia l-.p half-way ucros? tlio table. "'. "Lie here, yob old tautological hunt* hwp !" ii]i??jstrnjihiztMir :the book. ''You j ure not fit tu associate with a fellow, . \>li>>.-i' motto bhall heneeforth be?'?rrj*. "-'J o think the old mi.-er should have rit'iictnbcTi'd mo so handsomely at lust," lit, cmit'inned. again taking up ti.e letter rViWf running his eye over its contents, While his whole face spark U-d wih happy ?I swear it wai< kind in the pnpio jficojiU; .er? hum to luck?us the ?parks fly upward?no, thnt's not it; but <t. will do. 'Jhu gods preside ever their ,\?irth*. and suit their Meilings to their Ttewcwifte*. 'Now,' this fortune would, tl^ubtfess; have lasen scattered to top four winds, had it been niiue, before this 8H?I?eW?VcJ t,le W,M le Sout,,ern tSTMM^ryTbut my kind old uncle nursed it, ??rd tiouri.-hfd it on government pap, until l& grew into gigantic proportions, und now, juat in the nick of time, when a fellow can enjoy it. ho very obligingly j^ocf-.to , kUigdom pome, and leaves his pretty nursling to me'. By the great Mogull ! I am u lucky dog, and earjie. tlitw, stryw I." The young man folded the lawyer's i letter, that hid told htut he was heir to half a million, and let his eye wander over his apurtmcnt. It had never looked eo mean to him before?that circuit) nfribed office, with his unvarnished pine tfarniutre. 'r!By Jovcl I don't see how a fellow cant eXiat hi such a miserable hole," he exclaimed ; all the importance of half a million breuking.uut in his tone. "Not en* item to redeem its bald shabbiness." As he spoke, his eye fell on an exquisite 5 Batata tu re that hung over thur pine man tel. "Hal" a slight sneer tdiowiug the White teeth?"She'll think, we ought to He married at once, I suppose; but not no my incomparable Fan, not so! It Was all very well to wish for a fortune fa make two fools happy; but when the fortune comes all on one side, my Fan. you must not be so unreasonable !" "Liberty ! my darling, liberty ! How many men have died for thie glorious" phantasm of n heated brain ; but I, wiser than they, mean to live for it. And yet ft is ? pretty little thing p scrutinising the pir*yro closely, "and I jould not, perhaps, do better. A little more stylo, a little more dignity?hut they will come with years; I am told they always do. A Irttie more gravity, which will doubtless come with waiting for Paul Graham and his half million, and then, my Fan. jou'll he pretty nearly perfect; at least, I'll be willing to take you." And with out more ado, he, with perfect coolness, f fcus mentally disposed of Fanny Essex, . &a fairestjjjrl its all that country. "* JPaul 0 rahani w?tp a Virginian, of an old ami wealthy family, The Ja^o war breaking out whan ho was but a youth, ha/d sadly interrupted his studies. 11? we* not college bred, but he had gradu ated on the bnttlu-fiuld, taking his diplo ut* from the disastrous plain* of Appo if?i^toJE H<s returoan homo to find a desolate heart'; aud a broken household. There was nothing left to him hut to look out for himself, and he commenced the study of law* in that same little, dingy offico, iu a narrow street in Richmond, tho very place where ihe Tetter of Mr. Rlack, attorney for the estate of j his; uncle, reached him, bringing tidings of his great good furtuno. Iiis spirits, that had been weighed dovru by the sad changes uiisfbrtunes hud wrought, now sprang up with the clastic rebound natu ral to youth and joy. "A parting visit to Fan !" he cried gaily, "and then for New York and plea sure !" That evening found him seated by Fanny's side, iu her mothor's parlor, talking grandly of his possessions, his Bchcuics uud pleasures. She listened nt first, with n bounding pulse und a kin dling fuc -, for the happiuess thut hud just been awaiting a turn in fortune's wheel, would surely be theirs now. But as he went ou with hm uiry braggadocio, it suddenly struck her, like u blow, that he had not ouco included her in any of h': plans. Tt had been?"/will do this and, will do that," with a selfish oblivion of her dearest hopes. When this thought came to her, her hands ceased their happy, nervous fluttering, and tho flush died from her face. She1 sat by him very still, her lips never moving?just her heart crying out, in its great agony, "If (Jod hud but given this Voalth to me, how freely, how gladly. I would have luid it all iu his, hand." And he, utterly selfish, rattled on, unheeding the fierce* warfare that love and pride were waging iu that gentlo busom. At last, ho rose to go. "Well, Fan, rather patronizingly, "I suppose you will hear from me while I am in New Yojk." Fan raised her eyes?how tender and sad they were! "I du nut know why. I .should, Mr. tiroham." ??Mr. tlruh.-ini," who had qlw.-iys been ??Paul" before, had uever started nt the ' shriek of .passing kIioIJ, as. ho did at a nameless something in that loW> even tone. "Why, Futi," he cried ; "in the name of ull dial's wonderful, what is the mat ter with you V "I hiive been dreaming," said the girl, "and have just awakeucd. I hope l.did not startle you !" "By the gods! you did, though ! Bcon dreaming, eh ? What about ?" "About a great .possession, that I thought was mine. I dreamed that you loved nie, Faul." "So I do, my angel. 8o I do." "You do not," she answorcd, calmly. I "Vor love but two things on the face of the earth?yourself aud your niouey." " You arc wrong, my dear little Fanny, Ibr I love you ; and you must not be so bar' on a fellow, whose greatest fault is, (lint he want.- to enjoy himself a little before settling down." "There was a time," Baid she, "when you swore your elite! joy was to be near me. But all this wealth has changed you. I was foolish not to know it. For give me, Paul, that I did not release you at ouco." Bho spoko without any passion, and he looked sharply :'.t her, to see if she could be ? iu earnest, but there was no smilo on the glowing lip, and no light in the tearful eyes. "Why, Fan, you abominable jilt !" ho exclaimed, lightly ; "you do not think 1 am going to give you up, do you ? No ?You are to be my truo princess always, und otter a little while we will be mar ried, and, as the story books s?y, 'livo happily together ever after.' " But she only shook her head, and said, 'No, Paul j you arc free. It is bettor so. I know it is. And he, not fully persuaded that she waft *?rong, did not entreat with the warmth and passion he would have evinced before his fortunate windfall; for he, silly fellow, thinking half a mil lion would buy everything he could pos sibly want, wi'.ii the trifling ingrodieut of happiness thrown in, left her stand ing there with her firm denial and breaking heart. "She'll come round," thought he; "and if she don't, why, by th( powers, thore are plenty more. Pick and choose. Paul, my man, take your time <'nrp* diem! That's your mot to!" Carperlttm! With what a relish it went. Women and wine, houses and dogs, cards und die?! Everything that pander to a vitiated taste. No estab lishment could via with his in the luxury Of its "pp":iit?rtcnfs; no hounds rn fleet; uo stud ho cottiy ; nuu the best bloc 1 iu his stalls whs but typical of the paco at which he was ruahiug to ruin. Could the old man who had amassed all that money, with such pains-taking and miserly caro, scraping it together from highways and by-ways, have seen how rapidly it was flowing back into its old chanuols, ho could not surely hare lain so still in his narrow house.. No phantom hand, however, closed around the money bags, and the string of Paul Graham's purse always "hung on the out side." Thus it continued fur two-years. "Dear little Fan" was well-nigh* forgotten in the multiplicity of exciting pleasures, ho managed to crowd into the days. Ilia friends?of whom he had a host?(for what good fello.v who spent money free ly cvor lacked^ them t) His friends, I say, looked on him with a oertain kind of admiral ion for his reckluxsnera, and pity for the ruin that was inevitably com ing upon him. At first, Paul had supposed that tho purse of Fortunat us never in its palmiest days contained more than half a million; but latterly he began to have .forebod ings that, through the glitter of the coin, he could t?oe something that looked mur vclously like tho bottom of the wallet. And though he had enjoyed the day wonderfully, he did not like the prospect of night coming on with its darkness and want. "Sotno fools would tell me to econo mise on what is left," he soliloquised, in taking a mental review of the situa tion ; "hut that's not my stylo. Live* while you do live, iV.nl, my hearty, and die, if die you must, bravely, with colors flying ! Before giving up, however, l'lj strike onto more for life and liberty? that is. I'll go round to Talbot's Saloon and cither get hack the hint sheep, or .scud the remnant yf the fluek after them." All night long he sat in Tulbot'a mag uiGeeut gaming saloon, watching the revolutions of his fluctuating fortune. 11c Had been r:ui:, r lucky up to tho early hours of morning, but then the fickle jade gave him the cut direct, ami bestowed her favors on his patient op ponent. 4, 5, G o'clock, and the pale dawn looked in upon the paler faces of the miserable devotees. And still tho wheel turned, sud still fortune frowned on the boldest gambler that ever quaffed the maddening wine in her honor. Paul Graham was penniless. The pis tol from hie belt, the watch from his bosom, and the jewels froui his huuds. had been the last offerings laid on the unhallowed shrine. lie got up and strode fiercely through the glittering rooms, as if to shako the dust of the ac cursed place from his feet. He hnd reached tho door, aud turned it on it* silent hinges, when a subden thought caused him tu close it softly aud turn haughtily back. The men who stood urouud were his friends; they had eaten of his salt, drunk of his cup, and reveled on his bounty. Verily. Paul Graham had been "wouuded in the lw>use of hia friends," and they looked on now, won dering what the baukrupt spendthrift could be going to say, for they thought ho was one that "would die, and make no moan," aud not like some of nerveless mould, come whining around his lost fortune. lie atood just iu front of tho man who had heaped tip before him the remnant of his abundant wealth. The wine Ilm h had died from his face, and his fiery eye* gleamed from their pnle settings, like living coals iu the dead white ashes. "Walter Klbert," addressing his fortm uatc rival, "you have known me long, and known mo to be an honest man, though a foolish one. Fortune came to me unexpectedly, and turned my braiu ; but beforo i.' came, I had one treasure that t prised above all the gold that ever glittered on that table I have it yet. Bisk something against it, aud give me one more chance to walk out iuto God's fVee world, for as a heggar, I will never leave these walls; aud I tell ynu, though smiling and unconcerned as you sit there, my blood will bo upon your head." "What is your treasure, Paulasked tho other, lightly. "Perhaps I'll stake a few thousands against it. I may just as well add it to these," touching the nctes and money lying before him. "It is the woman who onoe promised to be my wife?the fairest and best in all lite world." Such a laugh as went up from these uen! "Sad Mtyk. Paul, bad stock," said 'Waiter Eibcti. ' That happens to be a - 1 ' -'-'?;!?.? liiiio niticl? for which I: have no use. And suppose I would be willing to take mademoiselle, who in to guarantee the little flirt's acquiescence f'f "She would marry ?r*e#-. f/tm to sato me I" ? 4. : "Tut, Paul, my vcrdautfj; I am not n marrying man; know mc bettor." The sudden light that flamed over the young man's face checkefthc infamons insinuation ou Elbert'a ?9T 1 "However," he continded, "I never did tho shabby by a fall^tffoe, so there goes fur a thousand ou yesr fair capital, and may she bring you lufck, any I." ? j She did bring him luck. Once more they stood front to front on that despe rate battle-field. The ground that had already been won and lost was gone over again with bitter tenacity. The sun went down, and night deepened, bot still liioy pin; cd?fortune balancing her favors so evenly that the young men cursed her for the fickle jade she is ever rcpiesented to be. Put at lust iltoro was a change, and the heap before Puut'grew in magni tude, until it swallowed all the wiouiogs of his ?ppoucut, and made deep iuronds into the capital of the bank. Ho was rich again ; and he bet with a maddened recklessness that startled the oldest habitues of that splendid toinpl? of siu. A few' more nervous revolutions of the wheel, and the buuk w?f 'broken 1 Paul Graham had redeemed his squandered heritnge. His gold, his notes and vouch ers were all arranged ; then he arose, smiling, with his haggard,-- ghastly face, and 'pointing to the OttWdtig day, said, "Carite (firm! (iciitlfJEglMwI bid you a hnppy farewell." >3>iW5 He reached the sidewalk, managed tu signal n carriage, and, wjth the driver's assistance, got in. That was the last he knew for many long days and weeks; lor the tense bruin and ncVtttfci relaxed, and a lever, that almost took the mind and life out'oi him, hold jjflii long -.c;ii suuiing fires. Untsthrough nil h.*? intol erable burning and nnguishj there fceui ed to be a pitying angel ever near, miu istering to his frcnr.ied wants. And when the disease at length released its death-like grasp, and he opened his eyes again to consciousness, the some angelic presence stood by his side, and louk<.-d pityingly down ou his helplessness. His feeble lips could just form the syllable "Fan," when they were sealed by a light kiss, which gave thu impression of for giveness and reconciliation. Whcu he grew strong enough, which he finally did, mutual explanations were givon. He learned that he had been Ich. at the Fifth Avoiiue Hotel. The physi cian who was called in, hearing the young man's piteous entreaties for ' sweet Fan," looked among his papers, und finding that young lady's address, did n^f hesitate to dispatch for her. And she, tender, compassionate, for giving Fan, came and nursed hiin through his desperate and tedious illness, and now, that he was getting well ?gain, was going back home, to the old aimless life. Put he took her in his feeble anus and I swore that that should never be, declar ing he needed her now more than ever. He made a full confession of the vicious life he hud been leading, even down to his insane and audacious recklessness iu Talbot's saloon, and then he swore, by the piper that played before Moses, th.it she alone would keep him from sueh wild pranks in tHc future. ?'For you see, child, I am rich yet, and my conduct has proved that I mo not a fit recipient of fortune's favors. I must have a custodian to taku caro of inc and my money, ami you, Fan, have been my guardian angel, und guardian and angel you must be still." A ml so she was. The dignity and gTavity had come to her with time and trial, and no une who seos her ns she rolls by it< ncr splendid cquippnge, thinks that she is wanting in stylo either. A few of tho initiated, when they meet her und Walter Elbert iu society together, whisper to him : "Walter, old boy, you were devilish unlucky." And Wall tr thinks if he could find a duplicato Mrs. Graham, be might he !ndneed to become a marrying man. Paul has not changed his motto, but he makes it mean nobler things, and he sets a seal to all of his many ohsritable deeds, by softly saying to himself? ? t ujjiK Diem." ' ??-?-?- ? Memorable Date*. 1180?0Ism window* first uted' for' light. ;? lifBi T hi inn i rn first put to houses. 125$">-Eead pipes for carrying water. 1290?Tallow candles for light. 1299?Spectacles'invented by an Ital iau. i:i02?Paper first made from linen. < 1341? Woolen cloth tret manufac tured in England. 1410?Art of printing in oil. 1440?Tbc art cf printing whh muta ble types. ' 1477?Watches first made in Oer ?any. 1540?Variations of the compass ftrst noticed. 1543.?Pipes first used in England. 1590?Telescopes invented by Paro aud Janseu. 1601?Tea first brought to Europe from China. 1603?Theatre erected in England by Shakespeare. 1610 ? Thermometer invented by Sandtor. 1019?Circulation of blood discovered by Hartey. 1625? Bricks first made of any re quired siae. 1626? Printing in colors invented. H529?Newspaper first established. 1630?Sho buckles first made. 1635?Wino made from grapes iu England. 1639?Pendulum clocks invented. 1641?C< ?ee brought to England. 1643?Sugar cauc cultivated iu the Went Indies. 1643?Barometer invented by Torri cellf. 1646?Air guns invented. 1749?S.catn Engines invented. 1760?Bread first made with yeoat. A Vert Obtudk Witkkos ? Pat Pogarty. went all the way frota Man chester to London, to thrash Mfckjfj^ ; ' ? hidinjikap th< ' ': :'?oo,?w* *wwi thtnrtn^anaKrao '^mmmfmfmkt lie was detected, and brought beforo a justice. A part of the examination is nnucxed: Court?Well, sir, you e.tmc from Man chester, did you ? Pat?Your llouor hat? aruwerod cor rect. Court?You sec the complainant's head; it was cut by n sharp instrument. Po you know what cut it? Pat?Aint your Honor after saying a sharp instrument did? Court (becoming restive?I sec you moan to equivocate. Now, sir, you cut that head ; you came here to cut it, did you not? Now what motive brought you to London? Pat?Tho locomotive, sir. Court (waxing warm)?Equivocating again, you scoundrel; (raising up the horse shoe, and bidding it before Put,) I do you see this horse shoe, rir? Pat?Is it a horse .?-hoe. your Honor? Court ? Don't you see eit is, sir? Arc you blind? Can you not tell at once that it is a horse shoe? Put?Bcdad, no, you/ Honor. Co u rt ( angr i ly?A o * "fcPat?No, your Honor; but can your self tell ? Court?Of course I can, you stupid Irishman! Pat (soliloquising aloud)?Oh ! glory be to goodness, see what education is your Honor; sure a poor ignorant creature like myself wouldn't know a horse shoe from a marc's. "Pitpa," said a little in chin to his father the othor day, "I saw a printer go down tho street just now." "Hid you, sonny ? How did you know the person was a printer ?" "Because I do, papa." * But he might have been a carpenter, blacksmith, or a shoemaker." "Oh* uo, papa, he was a printer? likely an editor?for he was gnawing a bone, aud had uo stockings on. The crown was out of his hat, und his coat was all torn. I am certain he was a printer. An cx-"uevil" of a country printing office was questioned as to tho duties of a I "printer's devil." He replied, "to bring i in clean water, carry out dirty water, steal i wood., lie, aad numerous other things." Twelve men from Spartanburg County have been convicted of illicit distillation by the U. 3. Court in session at Green ville, and Kentenoed to imprisonment from two to nine months, and flues of ti.000 iu each ewe. An Kxcitlng Race. I .- ? i ? ?? -v-"= " ? ? the topic of convention to-day in sporting circles is the raco of yestcrdny over the Goinotte track. *>. fkm astory *oo good:to keep, bat out of pure sympathy lor the Iterated feeliuga of a dozen gen tlemen who thought they knew a thing j or two about horses?but were badly ' picked -up by a greeny yesterday?we won't give the names of the sufferers. The race last Wednesday after*so*t . was attended by quite a number from this city and elsewhere. Among Ihom present was an ofd nod seedy-looking farmer from near Riebmond, Kay coun ty. Ahmg the fence he had three lank, rawboned- horses tied. After the adver tised races were concluded the aged agri culturali&t was bantered to put up 'some .money on ono of his "plugs," und so help to get up a "scrub race." He re plied that he believed that animal, point ing to an old mare who stood with her head down and half asleep, could run pretty tolerable well if she wss "trained "Hut," said he, "she's been at work all spring and summer, and ain't fit to run now." q While several sports were trying to cajole the old fellow into a wager, an other party slipped around to the roar of the stable where stood "Punch," a very fleet goer for a race of 300 yarda.? Punch is, in fact, one of the fastest races for a short distance that is to be found in the State. The blanket was stripped from the nag, an old rope halter, torn bridle, and half-worn saddle put on htm, j and he was quietly led a abort distance and tied to a fence. After considurab'e talk, the veteran son of the soil burst out with the propo sition to bet $25 that his mare could beat any other ordinary horse on the ground., lie was then tnken to where .Pnnoh was tied, saw that the animal looked to be anything but a horso,<.kept, for racing, and 'expressed h'iinaclf sntis to run his mare against "that air ufTV. against his old nag ttercd. The farmer, who appeared to Ii.se all his wits, took up the beta one after another till he had staked $250 against an equal amount put up by several parties, in sums oT from 610 to $50. It was agreed to postpone the mee till yesterday attcruoen. The " ports" of this towu rode back to the city in high glee. They bad a sure thing on th t confiding old rustic, they thought, and indulged among themselves in all sorts of witticisms over his simplicity. When the time for the race occurred the foolish farmer was promptly on hand. Again he was tempted to stake more ni'-ney, and he recklessly plunged down into the depths of his pockets after greenbacks, uutil he wagered $1,500. Sums of $300 and less amounts had been staked by the "knowing ones", of this' towu chuckled over tho "soil thing" thoy hud secured, until the entire pile of the "greenhorn" had been covered. Tho word to "go" was given amid the wild shouts and loud laughter of the backers of "Punch." "Go it, old sor rel!" "Harry up that mare!" and other jeering expressions passed from mouth to mouth. The "old sorrel!" did just more than hurry up. She shot ahead of the racer "Punch," kept the lead easily and came in the winner by forty feet. Well, wasn't that a sick crowd of sporting men, aa the old ?greenhorn" received the fifteen hundred dollars ho had won ? Shouldn't wonder. Aud when they rode uWay from the track yesterday afternoon did they uoacklc" to any perceptiblo degree? Scarcely. The nice trap they hud fixed for tho old man didn't catch him, but he worked out his own little game most beautifully. ?Kanena City Bulletin. i . ? ^ ct .jVerA 7i?* S - ? asm ? "Papa," said a little urchin ?o his father the otlur day, "I saw a printer go down the street just now." "Did you, sonny ? How did yoa know the person was s printer?" "Because I do, pupa " "But he might have been a carpenter, blacksmith, or a shoemaker." "Oh, no, papa, he wss a printer?likely an editor?for he was gnawing a bone, ind had no stockings on. Tho crown was out of his hat, and his coat was alt torn. I Sm certain he was a printer. Tho white cititeus of Lunonhurg Cotmty, Vs., gare the conservative color ed voters of the county an elegant dinner last weow. ???Itfa hhi iiiffltt tfist ev new p?i iy ti tytfttyg* jug into existence. 80 far R Iii 4fc,coaj^fc;ifcelf with tho hn^VV??i)l of Bop^bUc^,' prefajpg ^Jndsfiajte edjectivo , 'Conservative' . ea su%i?arfljr wbicli WtlTM'i?either jm^' WUMM says democratic opspion that ?MI? sorvatn e' sound* refreshing in th^ssd^ys of radicalism, 'Republican' callsffifclMsi otj too much of oppression Mo pifMW le^statSon, to suit BoutStotti white ?*?*. The new formation fcr tt*e#T a. aainc; aud, parfea**, < ly indicative of its principle*, WtflJ&t fco tho term, LIBERAL. 1 he tw? wjfcffr of the Republican party repre s,nt'& fcre^ces great enough for tf&TfS?tf platforms ; and to this it is rapidly e*? L! if-f..-- r.:(.*l.cr yesr, thO'OiMBr vativo wing will beeotW ajMW^sjfty. quite distinct from the Uepubficaa jajfy, and bearing some new name?peffcpf* that which we have suggested. So much for the new party name; e&?3 ??w what arc its principles? ' TffiH|sJ note of its success in Vir?ttrt?1 nee see was Universal Aaaaentr. StatoT the two newspapers catc the measure, (the Orot end the Winnsborough Aesw^j iddcd another plank. ?oppioirloa |?xtraraganco, corruption* sad I of the present State oaectstkre satt I lative departments. So far, agree with them; but ve oktss^^ef course, approve of tho new organisms* until fully advueu hoW tench inrf pbr pose to retain of the principles dNlwt-* party from which they steed* Jf is Jbclioved that such ?cn aa TMisll/ITIsrtiis Francis Adams, Corey, . X Fsssendcu, Kvarts and even Grceley will attach theruaej !;ufdVen/cni,? urogimj w??V &-TCWy number of former republicans, ifew { effect ii will have npua the dgiattetn&ic I partyj wc cannot predict. The adof||sa ?'?sawi;i^ic4f.*?aiUi \ atfe^***. party, with a uow ^"^^HH dead issues. And such Was the View taken of it iu Virginia and Tennessee, where it received the enthusiastic sup port of our beat mon, not excepting fjia. Lee. It is, there lore, not to be distant*! as a 'damning alii nice,' without aos*e reflection. , I MM The white people of this State, are a unit. Radicalism, in the form it has taken in South Carolina, they bitterly oppose. Towards its overthrow in 1870, \tiVy will bend all their energies. But ttfey have not to use the arguments esNfcgat year's, campaign, nor to ask the acgyo to oppose suffrage for himself. States i Rights and Secession, Slavery, Congress ional Reconstruction and Negro Suffrage have been irrevocably fixed No party will succeed that undertakes: ?0 rerSU; these dead issues.. New . issues havoto be taken, and swallowing up al! others now, is opposition to the radical cerrup tions of the present State Government. In our State canvass we beg the PiS&rtij aud the Charleston AWs to let aWfct auch barren questions as Free Traslc Protective 7'urirTanud rniform Currency. Let them alone, until our greatest evil is removed. If tho new party will aasum? a new name, ad.qrt proper principles and act honestly, let us, as in Virginia,' try the experiment of dropping the (to sjMNf) hateful name, of democrat, and work with our new allies for discnthralmcnt.-t? it Time*. A colored child, aged about five years, living mi the farm of Mr. Edward Coles, in Albcrmarlc County, Va., a few days since got into the hog lot on. the farm, aud caught a young pig by the tail. The old hogs; attracted by tho fc(eeoling?f the pig, attacked tho child and literal!) tore it to pieces. One foot and Were entirely eatett oft", aud tho otherwise horribly mutilated. At the recent meeting or the "siock. holdem of the Spartanbarg sod ^flratsti llailroad, the Treasurer'* report gtsOmsjl gross receipts for tho fiaoal year ?57,803 - 36 ; total expenses tor same time, $3b, 467 62; leaving a nett surplus of lit).. 74. N umher of bales of cot ton shipped over the road for the year*, 10,?58. T ie County CotawMsstBviw atf <ta9 shaw h ive called a public faceting of th citizens of tho County on Monday, 6th I September, to lake into consideration j toe scheme of constructing a rsilrW.