Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?:-'??'?? '??-?> _L .?uk fhft 4U?r J ,w?i a* t&yto ?- . :* .-. - ? . lift 4**7?? ? *Vl5> .?**t Tstii \*Cr<?rl P, T?b?^l>I?f *S - - V-L--1 iriasns&w SU -W im?)!??. *4\: fee totojiW* i TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, v GOD A. 1ST ID -Sttiwaunr lit. -M> m'lv.. ?.. ?? .?..... . . ? mm 4s? i A *W *1fc* I ft* .H? .05W A /f AttaJT/.* .-??V.vS. AT*\ '??USA 1 *.**V. COtTNTRY. .5 > ? ?{ ALWAYS IN ADVANOI ??-. i ; M.iir_^_^ .?. ?^ . r.<i, ? _?_i?? , ?=K^sg=^^JW,, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5. 1870. '.'!; ?^1?^ 1rf.fPWJER 51 VOLUME 3. -=-' ^yiii^r vf>oir^ 4M vfHA ? "i'1. ORANGEB?RG NEWS PUBLISHED AT ORANGEBURO, 8. C. Every Saturday Morning. ?-:o:? f'ffAS. TL HALL* CO. -PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. <9aa C?py for on? year. $2.00 ?? " " Six Month. 1.00 Any on* sending TEN DOLLARS, for a Clnb of New Subscribers, will receive an KXTRA COPY for ONE YEAR, free of] ?targe. Any one sending FIVE DOLLARS. tVr a Club of New Subscriber.", will receive an HXTR A COPY for SIX MONTHS, free of I :o: BATES OF ADVERTISING. 1 Square let Insertion. $!.f>n ?? ** 2d '? . 1.00 A Sqoare conniHts of 10 lines Brevier or am* Ineh of Advertising space. Administrator's Notices, .-...$5 00 Metises of Dismissal of Guardians, Ad ministrators, Executors, kc...t.00 Cantract Advertisements inserted upon the saost liberal terms. -IUI^f^AAliJ? kft exceeding one Square, inserted without ??- Terms (-ash in Advance. "(;~;a Augustus B. Knowlton, Attorney *\ *Jeuni*cllor ut Law. AT LEW IS VI U.K.?Wednesday and Sat ?rday. Resides at "Oakland" near Fort Matte, 8. C. dee 18 am I*AW NOTICE. DeTreville & Sistrunk, ATTOHNKYS AT LAW. ORASC.KRURG, & C. r. J. DsTaaviLLs. F. O. Sistrisk. jnae 12 tf GLOVER & GLOVER, .A-TTOIIjS J?ys . ... ? .?xi? iOI^SKLLOKS AT LUV. ORANGEBURG C. H.. 8. C. T?*?. W. (ii.ont. MohTiMKK Gkovicn. J?a 2 ly B1TO0NS & LEGARE, ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS. Win attend the Courts in Orangeburg, Borkw?!! and Braufort, and tht United States ?Geart*. OFFICE AT ORANGnRl'RG, S. C. W. M. Hcrsox. W. F. Hctsos. T. K. Lkgaui:. \am 23 e ly IZLAR & DIBBLE, ATTOHNKYS AND SOLICITOUS. OR A XGKB i'lt 6', S. C. Iambi F. !*(.?.*. s \>u i.i. Dishi.x. Ha 22 * ly MALCOLM L BROWNING, ATTOUNEY AT LAW, OBAHOEBI1BG ?. II., So. Cat augJl ly FRED. FERSNER, DEXTIST. Will be In Orangeburg every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Oft?? in rear of BULL, SCOVILL & PIKE, ftb 20 tf DR. H. W. KENNERLY, ? BANQKBUBO, Tf*AVING REMOVED TO THIS PLACE, |Tp Respectfully offers his Professional Meg-vices to the Citizens and Vicinity. Office on Russell Street, opposite Bull, Beevill k Pike's. 10 2m T>. w. robinson, JL3 FA3IIIOXABLE TAILOR, I have tile pleasure to ????u?vs to ray su reus Customers aud the Public generally, t haying removed to a Central Position, Msflr and convenient to all, 1 am now pre Bred Cut, Fit and make Up a GENTLE AN'S WARDROBE with Neatness and Despatch. Terms liberal and Work War ranted. Thankful for the Patronage of the K. I respectfully, solicit its continuance, t doer to Messrs. Bull, Seovill & pike, I mo be 'bund at all times. jAaO?ly H. W. ROBINSON. .a.. eJ. HAjliIIn FACTOU AND CeMWISMOA SSKIICJlf A\T, CHARLESTON S. C. Liberal advances made on Cotton. BlraaxNcss?First National Bank, Tco ***^s WjiUflSjaT fUsl^.Vwn?!. Jim. Fr?ser k fkttt^m^Brcr idly 81 iy O. D. KEITT, Lumber and Timber Factor, and Gene ral Commission Merchant, Prepared to Advance liberally on Consign incuts when in hand. Office West End Broad-Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. dec 11 3m Successor to R. W. Burnham, 421 King St., Sign Itcd Mortar, just below Calhoun St., Charleston, 8. C, in:.'.!.',:;; in Drills, Medicines, Chemicals, Alcohol, Pure Wines and Liquors for Medicinal Pur poses, Perfumery, Soups, Brushes, Fancy and Toilet Articles, oct 2 ly GEORGE a HACKE^ SASH BLIND AND DOOR FACTORY. KING STREET, OPPOSITK CANNON, CHARLESTON, S. C. A large Stock of the above on hand. All orders for the same promptly filled. sept IS Gm Fuetorf*'an5r COMMISSION M KRCH A NTS, 22 A DOER'S WHARF, CHARLESTON, S. C. Wm. C. Bra. Thkodobk D. Jeuvet. LIBERAL ADVANCFS mado upon Con signmenta to tho above House, for the Char leston, New York and Liverpool Markets. Apply to JAMES BROWNE, sept -1?tf At D. Louis' Store. REEDER & DAVIS, COTTON FACTORS -AM) tiENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, ADGEK'S NORTH WHARF, CHAULKSTON, So. Cn. CONSIGNMENTS ItESl'ECTFl'l.I. V SO Lit: ITED. OsWl'.LL P.CmUt. Zl M M hu m an Davis. au? 28 ~"T' - av i i i t v:' s 91 A It II 1. E WOK KS, 117 Meeting-Street. Oktirlrtton, So. Ca. MONUMENTS. HEAD STONES. MAli bi c ami Stone Tile, Blue Flagging and [ n Stone Work, of every description. SCOTCH GRANITE MONUMENTS, Iron Kallings. a. a. wiiitk. a. n. whits. may 1 c 12m EDWARD TPERRY, 155 MEETING STREET, Opposite ChnrlcHton Hotel, CHARLESTON, E. E. DEALER IN SCHOOL, LAW ami MEDI ?-:il Book*. l.AW BLANKS. &c. BLANK BOOKS of I all Styles on hand and niude to order. STATION Ell V of all kinds. PK IN TINO of every description executed with promptness and at reasonable ratC3. PRINTING PAPERS and Wade & Co.'s P.ook and Job PRINTING INK. oct 2 Gm Campseu Mills Flour RECEIVED TUB FIRST FREMI?M At So. Ca. State Fair, Columbia. S. C.,'] 18g9. Th? undersigned offer to their Country Friends and the Public iu general a choicu and pure urticlu of Flour. They have on hand and Grinding Daily a full supply of Choice Family Extra anil Super FLOUR. Also, Northern and Western Flour at low est tnurkct price. CORN, OATS and HAY?5000 bus. Prime White and Mixed Corn. 2000 bus. Prime Oats und 500 bales Prime Eastern and North River Hay. JNO. CAM PS EN A CO., dec 4?8m Charleston, 8. 0. MII,?, POAO ami CHANNEL OYTEHS supplied in quantities to suit purchasers. Orders from all parts of tho interior solicited. Address THOMAS McCRADY, Agent, P. O. Box No. ?81> Charleston, S. C. Ri:u:iiknci:s?James Adgcr k Co., Hon. J. B. Campbell, Dr. St. J. Ravcnel, David Jen nings, McCrady A Son, W. 0. Dingle, John 8. Ryan. nov 20?3m J?. 1?. TOALE, Manufacturer of Doors, Sash Blinds, Charleston, S. C, TTAYiKG THE LARGEST AND MOST 11 COMPLETE FACTORY in the South ern Stau?, and keeping always on hand a large and most complete stock of DOORS, SASHES, BLINDS, Sash Doors, Store Doors, Shutters, Mouldings, Ac, &o., I s**> enabled to sell low and at manufacturers' prices. N. B.?Strict attention paid to shipping in good order. July 24 spl 24 \y My Wife's Bridal Tour. BY MOSE 8KINNER. ? .t ,.- . - -TTf.?*?.3 ?A Wiioo I married my second wifo, the was dredful set about going off on a bri dal tour. I told her she had better wait six mouths or a year, and I'd try to go with her, but she suid she rather go alone ?when a womau wua traveling a man was an out-and-out humbug. So I gave her seventy five cents, rod told her to go off and have a good time. I never begrudge money whero my wife's happinc s is concerned. My first wife never could complain of not goiug any- : wbcrcs, for I'm dreadful fierce to go off on a good time myself, and always was. | I don't prctond to Bay how muny times I took her out to sec the engine squirt, aud there was no end to tho free lectures I let her go to. The neighbors used to say : "It does beat all how the Skinners go r When Signor Blitz was in Slunkvillo, with his wonderful canaries, he gave my jt^fe. a c/i'uiy U.niantarV ticket. I not only sold that ticket for my wife, but I gave her ha I' the moucy. I don't boast uf it. though ; only mention it to show how much i thought of my wife's happiness. I don't think any man ought to get married till ho can consider his wife's happiness only second to his own. John Wise, a neighbor of mine, did thusly, and when I got married 1 concluded I'd do like Wise. But tho plan didn't work in the case of my second wife. No, 1 should think not. I broached the subject kindly. "Matilda," I said, "I suppose you arc aware that I am now your lord aud was* tcr." "Not much you aiu't," said she. "Mrs. Skinner," I replied, "yoti arc fearfully demoralized. You need reor ganizing at onco. You arc cranky." And I braudiahtrd ma ?ivrr.uvo cent umbrella wildly amund her. She took the nmbreua away from me, aud locked mc up in the uhithcsprcss. I am quick to draw an iuferchco, and the iufereM.ee I drew here was. that 1 was not a success as a reorganizer of female women After thin, I changed my tactic?. I let her have her own way, and 'he plan worked to a charm from the very first. It's tho best way of managing a wife that I know of. Uf course this is between you aud inc. So when my wife was bound to go off on a bridal tour auyhow. I cordially un dented. "Go, Matilda," said I "and stay as long as you want to; then if you feel as though you would like to stay a littlo while longer, stay, dear, stay." She told mc to stop talking, aud go up stairs and get her red Hanne! night-cup, and that bag of penny-royal for her aunt Abiguil. My wife is a very atnart woman. She was a B .xter, aud the Baxters are a very smart family indeed. Her mother, who is going on eighty, cau fry more slap jacks now, than half these primped up city girls, who rattle on the piano, or else walk the street with their furbelows aud fixings, pretcuding to get mad if a young chap looks at 'cm pretty hard, but getting mad in earnest if you dou't take any notice of thorn at all. Ah ! girls ain't what they used to be when I was young, and the fellows are worse B?lt When I went courting, for instance, I never thought of sliying till after ten o'clock, and only went twice a week. Now they go fcvcii nights iu a week, and cry because there aiu't eight. They write touching notes to each other during tho day. "Pear George, do you love mo as much now as you did at a quarter past twelve "last night? Say ' you do, dearest, and it will givo me courage to go down stairs and tackle them cold beans leftover from yesterday." Well, well, I suppose they enjoy them selves, aud it ain't for us old folks, whoso hearts have got a little calloused by long wear, to interfere. I,"t tbctn get together and court if they like it, and I think thoy do. I was forty-soven when I courted my present wifo, but it seemed just us nice to ait on a littlo cricket at hor feet and let her smooth my hair, as it did thirty years ago. Ah I aaid before, my wife is a very smart woman, but she couldn't bo any thing else, and a Baxter. She used to give lectures on Woman's Bights, and in one place where she lectured, a big col lege conferred the title of L. L. IK upon bet. Hut she wouldn't take it. "Ho, gen'.lcmen," sho said, "givo it to the poor " She always was just so charitable. Sbo gave my boys permission to go barefooted all wintert aud insisted upon it so much in her V|ksd way, that they could not refuse. kl. She fairly dofcee o?yi?y*ln*ldreTi, and-] I've seen her many i$ time go to tbeir trowscrs pocket and tUke out tbeir pen nies after they'd god to Bleep, and put them in her bureau ddp wer for fear they might loose them. .f* * * I started to tell ytfU about my wife's bridal tour, but the fattf'iaj I never could ?nd out much about it pijself. I believe she had a good tiinaT' -8he came back improved in health, jatid I fouud out, bet?re she had been inIthe house twenty four hours, that she)-had gained in strength also. 1 don'Wsay how I found it out. I simply say I (bund it out. In conclusion I would^iay to all young men: Marry your secQKd wife first, and keep out of debt by W\ means,'even if you have to bonow motley to do it. o^fefia.?1 Tue Natur of RoosJtbrs.?Roosters according to profane history, if mi cdu kashun remembers me afl?ht, were form pfcrAv, ?. nvtfJL, who cum suddenly upon one c?v the heathen gods, at a time~W7TcW lie was not prepared tew see company, and wax. for that offence rebuilt over into the first rooster, and waz forever afterwards destined tew crow, az a kind ov warning. This change from a man ukounts fur their fighting abilities, and for their po liteness to the hens. Thurc is nothing in a man that a woman udmires more than his reddyness and ability to smash another fellow, and it iz jisso with a hen. When a rooster gets licked, the hens all match off with the other rooster, if he ain't half so big or lntidsome. It is pluck that wius a ben or a wo man. Roosters d..o but very little household work. They won't Inj cnoy eggs, nor j try to hatch .cuny, nor sen to the young ones. This sati.sfys me that there is ^'wu :i-- ?V?* jI nimum v? | the rooster's fust origin. V u kau't git a rooster to pay nttcn i*huii Uta young one ;.thn spend their time in crowing, strutting and occasion ally find a worth, which they make a re markable fuss over, calling their wives from a distance, apparently to treat them but jis az the hens git thare, this elegant ami elaborate coxcomb bends over aud gobbles up the morsel. Just like a man, for all the world.? ?/o.</l Bllli'l'JA. Rich por a M ?ment.?The British ship Britannia was wrecked off the coast of Brazil, aud hud on board a large con signment of Spanish dollars, lu the hope of saving some of them a number of barrels were hr ught ou deck, but the vessel went to pieces so fast that the only hope for life was in taking at once to the boats. The lust boat was about to push off, when a young midshipman went back to sec if any one was still on board. To his surprise, there sat a man ou deck with a hatchet in his bund, with which ho had broken open several of tho casks, the contents of which he was now heap ing up about him. 'What are you doing there ?" shouted the youth. :'Don't you know the ship is fast going to pieces V "The ship may," said the roan ; "1 have lived a poor wretch all my life, and I am determined to die rich," His remonstrances were answered only by unothcr flourish of the hatchet, and he was left to his fate. Wc should couut such u person a mad man, but he bus too many imitators. Men seem determined to die rich at all hazards. Least of all risks do they couut tho chance of losing the soul in the struggle, ut any moment at u!!. Aud yet the only riches we can hug to our bosom with joy iu our lying hour, ?re the riches of graco through Jesus Christ, which wo must mako ours boforc the dark hour comes. Buckwheat Cakes.?These arc peculiarly adapted to cold weather. The appotito craves them, and they supply the system with warmth, to enable it to resist for a long time the feeling of hunger. But they must be made just right, aud hero iv a prime recipe: Make thin batter with a quart of flour, halt a cup of yeast, warm water and a little salt. Let it rise over night. Baku on both sides on a griddle. A little of the batter left in the rising dish will serve as yeast for the hext bath. It is better to add a teaspoonful af saleratus boforc baking in the morning, and it is very essential that this bo good and strictly puro. The Last Morsel. All that remained of the last loat of bread which widow M-could erffl'hor own, was npon tho table. Where the next morsel of food was to come from wub a qnestion to which the widow her self could not givo a ready response. Three littlo children looked up with love and trust into 'her face, and called her ''mother." For six months she had pro vided as best she could, for their many necessities, with her own feeble hands; but health and strength failed?a severe pain in her cheat preventing her from working so hard. Added to this, but little sewing was to be obtained, and for that little the remuneration was scanty ?a pittance. What was she and her three fatherless little ones to do ? It was a bright day. The gladness of j nature was a mockery to her heart. She placed her children around the board, aud leaving her humble abode, she hied herself to (.Irecnwood. Tears streamed dowu her pallid cheeks as sho trod the well-worn track to her. husband's grave. The widow starttWfas We caugh't""8ignrt ?T a white -rflau, newly erected at tho head of her lost compan ion's grave. It was au honor she had long yearned to pay bis memory; but she lucked the means. Who bad fulfilled her wishes so exactly ? She pressed for ward and read: Sacred to the Memory of S-M-, Who died Greatly beloved by I All who Knew Him, In the Thirty-third year of his Age. Near the top was carved a Masonic emblem. The woman knelt upon the sod, and blessed the widow's (Jod for this tnfcon of his nir>rcy. '"Surely." she thought and murmured aloud, "those who haVA hnnm ?.-? ??? ? ?? -C ??. - dering ashes of tho dend will not be en tirely unmindful of welfare of the liv ing." A strong confidence was boru in her heart. She arose and retraced her steps. ''Mamma," said the little ones, totter ing toward her as she approached the door; "a man came here just now, aud left a whole basketful of nice things c i which he says was sent to us, but he would not say who sent thorn. There is meat aud bread, and tea, and sugar, and I don't know what all ! Haven't wc got kind friends, mamma ?" Now you won't look sad any more. Sure enough, the woman found her pressing necessities relieved, aud supplies were sent bor from time to time, aud continued for years to be sent. Who were the self-constituted guardians'' It is unnecessary for us to name them, but we vouch for the tiuth of the story from pcrsoual knowledge.?Pomeioy'? Democrat. Fashion.?Fashion rules the world, and a mast tyrannical mistress she is, compelling people to submit to the most inconvenient things imaginable, for fashion's sake. She pinches our feet with tight shoes, or chokes us with a tight handkerchief, or squeezes tho breath out of our body by t'gbt lacing. She makes people sit up at nights when they ought to be iu bed, and koeps them in bed in the morning when they ought to be up aud doing. She makes it vulgar to wait on our selves, and genteel to live idle and useless. She inukes people visit, when tbey would rather stay at home, cat when j tiiey are not huugry, and driuk wheu they arc not thirsty. She invades our pleasures and inter* rupts our business. Sbo compels people to dress gaily, whether upon their property or that of others; whether agreeable to the word of t i oil or the dictates of pride. Sho ruins tho health aud produces sickness, disease and occasions death. She makes foolish parents, invalids of children, and servants; of all. She is a tormentor of conscience, do spoiler of morality, au enemy of religion, und DO one cau be her cuinpaniou and enjoy either. Shu is a despot of tho highost grade, fuii of intrigue and cunning; and yet husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, and servants, black and white, voluntarily have become bor obed??nt servants and slaves, and vie with one another to see who shall be most obsequ ious." r Protection to Horses ?Many of the best-teamsters protect tho breast of their horses by a piece of cloth nbout two feet square, hanging down from the lower end d? the collar. This is an ex cellent practice hi cold weather, as the moat important part of the animal is con stantly sheltered from the cold wind, es pecially when traveling towards n strong current. The forward end of horse blankets should be made as closely around the breast of a horse as our garments fit our bodies. Some men have been using horses all their lives on the principle of forcing obedience by the whip, without ever learning tho true system of caressing, coaxing aud rewarding by such means as the animal can appreciate. A hand ful of grass snatched from tho roadside and given to your horse when tired, w*H do more good than a cut with a' whip. Tho horse is not ungrateful, treat him kindly, and he will serve yo^iaithfully. He is fond of being patted, aud we hhould tuVc advantage of this Unit in his disposition. How to Fit a Collar to a Horse. ?In purchasing a Collar for your horse, it is important to get one that fits him. ( as both the animal aud yourself will thus I be saved much annoyance. Tbc Harness and Carriage Journal says ; "The plan adopted in the West, and which, we are assured by men who have been long in the collar business, docs not injure the collar in the least, is to dip it in water until the leather is thoroughly wet, then put it ou the Imrsc, eccuro the hames firmly, keeping it there until it becomes dry. It is all the butter if heavy loads arc to be drawn, as that causes the col lar to be more evenly fitted to tho neck and sholder. If possible, the collar sho uld be kept on from four to five hours' when it will be perfectly diy nnd retain the same shape over afterward, and as it is exactly fitted to the form of the nccK, wm never pre?uee cnaies or sure* ou the horse's ueck," A Little Hint, BtmiEn Alive.? About - four weeks ago a little German girl iu Brooklyn, Ohio, took sick with the luck-jaw, and iu a few days she was thought dead aud buried. Ou the even ing of her burial, the mother, for some rcasou was led to the grave, and, with her oar pressed close to the ground, thought she heard a noise and believed her child to be moving in its coffin. She withheld from askinir assistance for fear of being ridiculed, and immediately pro* cured a spade and began to dig up the earth. Soon she came to the coffin, and hurriedly taking it from the eurtb, open ed it and there fouud the body of her child nine hours after its burial, as warm as if it were living, ou its side. She took, the child to bur house, where a phy sician was immediately called in, and every restorative applied to bring the child to lifo was too late. Tho soul hud takeu its flight, and iu a few hours more the body was cold and icy. It was soon buried again, and has not since bee . dis I turbed ?Buffalo Express. A Wasbingtou letter says : "Two rep resentatives of foreign banking houses (one from London and oue from Frank fort) have arrived in this country for the purpose of making propositions to tho government to negotiate abroad a four and a half per cent, loan, should Con gress authorize it, on tho plan submitted by Secretary Botitwcll in his auounl re port, nnd which will be considered at an early day by tho Sonate Finance Com mittee. 1 hey state that if the interest is made payable semi-nnnuully in Lon don. Paris and Frankfnrt. they w-ill be able to effect the sale of at least two hundred millions of dollars of such a loan. Pending the action of Congress on this question, the terms on which these foreign houses will undertake the proposed loan will be submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury. These are of course based on a commission, whioh, it is said, will bo much less than was paid for selling the fivo twenties. Tho Coward estate in England, claimed by American heirs, is said to amount to 8150,000,000, and the prospects are be lieved to bo good for the recovery of the entire sum. All the foreign line has be come oxtiuet in the death of William Coward, in England, in 1817. No heirs have appeared, the property was- put in the bands of three trustees io manage for the benefit of future olaimanta. Some of the heirs of thij estate are resi dent? of Toronto, New Jersey The Lau cast er Ledger says : Our able cotomporary of tl*tr ?airDeld Her ald advocates a ruoro liberal policy and loss prejudice in political affairs?cspe. cially in our own State. He rtiinkrilitf' white people of the State should sieve the weapons mauufactuaod by the bitter enders ia Congress and turn them to advantage. There is much sense in the argumenta of the- Herald, and we are free to admit thai Ire agree in sen re par ticulars, and hays no objection to tVe experiment being made. If the State is to be wrested from the hands of its present unworthy guardians, a Be^4ud complete system of plans must shortly , be inaugurated. Tbs policy of "stand aloof," Vfta them work oat their ow? destruction/^nsay, and in our judgment will, lead to our own. The advances made in Ed gehe Id recently, urUcre rep resentative men of both parties met,'4 conversed, aud parted on better terms,' augurs something. ? ??a .??????m3 It is estimated that over oue mill ton of skilled workmen are entirely out of employment in the United States, with constantly decreasing demand for labor eis. Hero then b an clement in our midst, fraught ultimately with vital dan ger, not only to our social, but also to our political institutions. Men must have bread, and when push^tl to extrem* ities, will have it \Yc luve now reach ed that point in carrying out the pro tective! tariff policy when it ceases to foster any other interests than those of the manufacturing capitalists. Large profits obviate the necessity for increas ed labor ; in the constantly closing mills and furnaces we find confirmation of this fact. Four years of the present policy, steadily pursued, will create a pauper population in this country of fearful proportion, and such is invariably an element of danger. One of the newspapers tells a story of, a ZNortti L'aroiiuiau who, hko tue most of his countryman, was not willing that any thing pertaining to his property, his coun try or his estate should lo.-o in the estima tion of strangers for the Want ofan imp?.j tant name. He was hailed by a Virginian from the shore of the Roatiokc while he was floating with the current in a small flat boat : "What have you got in your scow, and where are you going V Ho jumped up, and, assuming a proud bear ing, answered, "Stranger, this vessel ia the Rebecca; and I'm her captain. Our cargo is fruit and furniture, and wo are bound for ply mouth and a market." -What kind of fruit?" "Persimmons." "What sort ol fuaniture ?" "Hoop poh>." The North Carolinian docs not stand alone in his vanity. A Liverpool maten vender calls himself usually a "timber merchant on a smsli scale," aud almost every dramshop keeper in New Voik protends to bo an importer of liquor*. A nice young woman called upon a clergyman one day, and told him that her husband was unkind to her, that he passed nearly all of his leisure hours away from home, and that, in short, his conduct was rendering her miserable "I thought, sir," said she, "as ytu are a good aud wise man, perhaps you would advise me what to do, that I might re claim my husband." "Your complaint is not an uncommon one, my good woman," said the pastor, "and I think it is within the reach of a simple remedy." "Ob, tell it to me, and I will biet, you," said the poor woman. The paster took her hand kindly, and looking into her face, said, impressively : "Always meet your husband with ? smile." Au English clergyman went to a hotel id order dinner for a number of clerical friends. "May I ask, sir," demanded the wiif or, gravely, "whether tho party be High or Low Churoh ?" "Now, what on earth do my friends' opinious matter to you?" said tlm cl. r. gyman. "A great deal, sir," rejoined the wait er, "If High Church, I must provide more wino, if Low Church, more wit ties." - sssw I. ia;$ Know all men by thaao "presents." is Grant'* reply to *A seck?t? of uStce. As a tanner, Grant w.ts bred, but as a statesman, he is dough.?Afobifr H?>j. Ben. Butler tho other day -quoted fron the sermon on the Harp of a Thousaud Strings, crediting it to the Scripture.