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?j?OD rxi fin TWO rBiiSaiLAMS, a.^.^Ki)^;,},/, ''Im/ I ,ii?AO tel ,lt >i / i*:i?r* .. t. Y . iz? ,t:-i ??<. i j ?'T nn t'u ?' ' q ..f T'- " ? - I ? ??? i : : fbn, ' , ' j -! ?-, ..i " 1 ) I H :t til"' . ?>: ?' ? ? ylbshft ?.!..;; u .. * . ----i^f^Mi.r .???.ivi,..,..- H*r .?1, ? .?AJJ'I /.-.?'r/ 'i Min f J w 111 ? ' r%?,'l ir1 ?I U - * .Li- it J ? .1 ito.ifej vd ?((;. ?i J?> i [? tjui: : i>/.ih:i r?/,ifr^a OOD .A^lj). OUR COUNTRY. i ,1 >' \ " ' Nr . \ Aj_ ... ... . :"> > v " * 1 1 "*'f ' ' 11 ""' ' '- r*1 i ni firkin ni' .?fi|)v>| : ? 4 ALWAYS IN ADVANCE rtr-'f-M.'-^'^i T iyn'1 nrwi|?t>l VOLUME 5. SATURDAY MORNlM, DECEMBER-9,-4471: . >_!._._._mom'-l,_*.. -i ' i. i' 1 .. I l?JI ?_ V? - .?...??.-.-. i .1 * _i t JT t ? ?? . , ?_s. NUMBER 43 THE ORANGEB?RG NEWS ?:ot? PUBLISHED AT OjRA.]sraxcBTJiRa Every Saturday Morning. BT the Y"J ^sou^ ; .'"I?: \, ??/ / 9na C?p?j forou?year,.vr-*-v.. $2.90 ** ?? vir'1 S?* Montbp.- LOO Any one sending TEN DOLLARS, for a Clnb af Jfess. Subscribers, will receive an EXTRA COrY for ONE YEAR, freo of ?karg?. A*#>?ne sending FIVE DOLLARS, far a Clnb of New Subscribers, will receive an EXTRA COFY aOi SIX MONTHS, free of | ?karge. HATES OF ADVERTISING-. 1 Squ^raj Jsi Joaertion........ $1.50 " ?? 44. LOO A Square eentista ef 10 lines Brevier'9r ?na inch ef Advertising apace. Adrainintrater's Notieea, ......$,r, 00 Ketieea ef Dismissal of Qnardians, Ad ministrators, Executors, Ac.?$9 00 Contrr-.ct Advertisements inserted upon the meet liberal tanas. ? ?:o:? marriage and FUNERAL NOTICES, net extoediag eae Square, inserted without ?karg?. MT* Terms Gash in Advance. Synopsis Governor's rVos<j sage, Sent to the Lrgaslatnre Nov. 28th, 1871. The Governor in the introductory portion of the document say* : '-In this the last Annual Message that I shall trananijtWo-^ljq G?nj?m| J^ci^ly^f^pi pose to ctnte tuy views frankly upon ttfa chief iqm?tajv of public interest nud to I frivo altthe facts within tny kuowledj?c^ wiih.arMwtfksrovas alike due to tho.peo-, pie utid impf-scd by my offiuiul obligation. 1 will ihus, I trust,.be enabled to correct, f^tmamgtoteMn&iMM that .. hciujj dili gently cit?fclMA i 1 fore t too txj?Or fl-i an re* and the entire adiuinistr itiju of ^*?lu Stat4j.n : TnE STATE DEBT Tho fo'.hiwinff stutciujnt of the State debt is contained iu tho Messagfa :* " Old d dji'........S6,603:90S93 Less old debt paid July, 1871. 112,000.00 Total.$0.453.908 08 New Bonds.89,51-1,00(100 Less in hands of Financial Agent to the crodtt of Sinking Fund. 200,0 J?.00 Total.$9,314,000 00. New Honda iu hands of Agent now iu use as col lateral Security for loans..53,773,000 00 AtuoutfC\mf t?aw 44uuda r, T, ?1 Old debt us above. 6.-153,008 98 $11,994,008.08 taxes. Statement of Amount of Taxes Levi< Amount Collected and Appi^dprhttiOiVs made, during Years, 1868, 1869 and 1870. TotSl,iU)Xatiop for 1808, rate of taxa tion, State, 71 mills, $1,333,742.19. Total fafnbuot collected, $1,103,053 - 28. Doliuqnout. $175, 688.91. Total appropriations Kir the year 1868, exclusive of interest on public debt, for which no appropriation was -- .,0 ntayo, * . ^ ? Total taxation for 1869, rate, State, 5 milbfvftlill40WL8^ Total ain't collected ?760,7.36 OS. Delinquent, $248,105 75. Total appropriations for the year I860, iucjuyliug interest, on public debt, $1,191,803.09. Total taxation for 1870, State. 9 mills, $1,670,063.66. Tofaf auVt collected, $1,146,037.06. Delinquent, $524,026.60. Total appropriations fur tho year 1870, $1,604,053.54. Total delinquent ftajlos;...^ 917,881.26 Twenty pr. ct. penalty.*.,.. 189,576.25 Total...i.,..$1437,457 51 If the taxes, as shown in the fore going statement had been paid, as they should have bejn, it would have^avod. j the State at least two millions and a half Of bonded debt. tuk honi)ed Debt. The Oovornoir says in tho Mcasago that the Ihcrddse'Ih'tho'' bbn'thM dtibt,ii uot iu any considerable degree, the ere ation of thy present adtmuis'tr.ttion, but represents mostly, liubilitcsof previous adminstrations, a large portion cousiat ing ef bonds issued to meet the ante-' war debt, in order to faatutaiu tbo faith and cred it'of tho Stato. Jj He says, that the result of the fioan ciaj policy of the present administration was that in 187C tho new bond.;, fc .arlug lit) per cent gold, interest comtnanded from 80 to 85 per cent of thoir par val ue, and were refused to buyers at those figures. But afterwords, owing to the opposition press of the Stato, and tho cry of repudiation raised first by *the Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade in Charleston, our securities were terribly depreciated. The action of the Tax-payers Convention was also extreme ly disastrous to these securities. The Governors Message in laying the blame upon this cause says : "For them now to complain of our immense bonded debt and high tax ation, add tb claim commiseration for these direct and inevitable consequences of their own acts, is to imitate tho crim inal who, having murdered his parents, plead orphanngo in' mitigation of Ben - teuco. On this question of responsibility be tween them ami the State adniinistra tion, I invoke and fearlessly await that just judgment which always spriogs from the sober second thought of the people. The depreciation in our bouds, there fore, springs from causes puroly artifi cial, aud in their nature temporary. The State cau and will redeem all her obli gation, to the last cent. I might, with propriety", cud thia branch of my Mes sage, here, but I deem it both proper Und'timely to show who these tiieu are that arrogantly nnd falsely assume, to represeut abroad the wealth Of the Statu ami'the sentiment of the poople of South Carolina. They aru a remnant of the cj^yjs who. ruled this slatu when ^ho ! many toiled aud suffered for tho o juetU jr^$o tew)?siMt9>^MeMl?u??a^seAV^ j cd the lurgcat good oi|.Jt.he sw'ulleat tiuni b r. Asserting and exeroising a pre hit: iptivc right t) govei n wrong, iu times fiW.V *ua?'0 lioerjiig JuaAe^ whhbilt r.cgirj to race, th :ir pack-hor ses, to hear the, bur-lens, of a Govern incut that uoufeiued its baneuts only upon a limited and select class of its people. * They rtro essontially non-pro* ducors* and do not contrilmtc fife per cent, to t!ie. thirty tulftlaiiJ v.due of tKu annual exported products of the Stale. Claituing tp represent a amount of capitkl, their names are oh it'fly found oo; the arrCar list, when found at all in the tax books, and nearly all of them have long sincq' voluutarily recorded them selves upon the roll of bankrupts. Their pretence that they arc the guirdians of the honor aud credit ot Sout h C.wo Hail would bo supremely ridiculous, if 'itwere not so supremely shuueless. . Their present cry of "repudiation" is not surprising. Repudiation is their chronic disease. When they were in power in 1872 they repudiated all their debts due loyal men, both private and public, and have themselves been re pudiated by the people of South Caro lina, upon tho blood and muscle and sinews of whoso hard-handed laborers these privileged few so long fattened. Professing to be tho champions of good government when they were in power, instead of effecting an equitable distri bution of tho tuxes over all classes of property, they creatod numerous railway aud other corporations, exempting them iecjj ait taxation lorcver. Theoo cor | orations, although owning millions of property throughout the State, pay not one dollar of taxes into its treasury, aud even successfully claim, iu tho courts, exemption from all municipal tax .'.iuu for the residences aud pleasure carria ges and horses of their offioers in our towns and cities, where, iu nearly every street, these wealthy bcueficiarics of the State own long rows of houses, uutaxed and untaxuble, which they buy und sell on speculation. <$* Remembering the. general private suf fering that they have caused, and the great public burdens that they have ai ded to create by their treasonable acts, it would better bcoomo' these sell-styled representatives of South Carolina to j walk more humbly, aud to show a grate ful appreciation of the gencreus mag nanimity that they hare received at tho hands of the National and Stato Gov ernments, by honestly 'endeavoring in some measure to repair the ruin that they havo made. As these pui'.-ons hiV? bei u pleased to oxoop', Jrjuj thoir I proposed scheme Of1 "repudiation" the ["old bquds" of the State,.it may be well j to.inform them that should the evil day never Coiiio for South Carolina to pro-, claim her perfidy or insolvency hy repu diating any part of i*?er valid debt, she will not first dishonor that cl am of her obligations in the benefits arising from I the creation of which the largest number of her people havo shared. On such a financial doomsday toe, last would suraiy uot be the first. In dismissing this branch of my Mes sage I would observe that tho local combination agaiust our finances was simply Ku Kluzism applied to the State oredit, and naturally had, upon the exchangeable value of our securities, the eaoio depressing effect which that infamous system has had upon the ma vv.i ml prOSpei ??.Jf ui vuu u.uic. While holding the political opponents of the Government responsible for the depreciation of the Bocuritics, and charg ing them with conspiracy against the credit of the State, the Governor blames also tho Legislature for its high expenses and recommends tho reduction of these and of salaries and the abolishment of offices. During the last session, $98, 904.90 were expended for current print ing, besides it oost 8103.651.44 to print the laws. Besides this the sum of 829, 814.05 was drawn for the undefined item of '-contingent expenses and re pairs." The grand total of ''legislative expenses" were $583,652.44. The Gov ernor recommends a regular salary to be paid to the members of the Legislature, iu lieu of the per diem which can bo ex tended at their own will ad libitum. Also that the office of Land Cotnmis sioner bo abolished and that Secretary of State perform the duties; also the abolishing of the office of State Audi tor, tho duties to be performed by tin Comptroller General, likewise tho Mcs sage says that tho office of Coupty Au ditor can be diepcueed with and the duties ^r/yrmed by the 'Areas' /curuig increased efficiency in the collec tion-of tuxes aud saving the Stute 850, 000 annually. The office of Trial Justice is again recommended for aboli ?tion uuJ the appointment of Police Judges- In fine the Governor recom mends the reduction of the salaries of every officer in the State, except the Judges. UKVENUES. The Murage aa;-s that real estate has to bear an' undue proportion of the taxes, and that cotton und rice cecupo taxation. These should be taxed, und the Phosphate product*, and Railroad and Insurance Companies ; und Licenses should help till up the revenue. UKI.INQV'KNT TAXES. The amounts of Mr rear tax list for 1868, '69 end '70 aggregate 81,137,431*. The Message recommends that real and persouul property should be sold in LJu days alter they become delinquents uu der the tax levy ; and that the property be sold absolutely. TUB KU K.1.UX. The Message says s "This system of organised murder began in IS??." And has coiit inued to increase and to subvel t the supremacy ol law an 1 to destroy the public peace, until it has necessitated tue presence of U. S. soldiery mil the deelurutiou of martial law iu some coun ties of the State und the arrest of 60U prisoners, now being tried iu Columbia. A'lie Governor deplores this ahuuic upon our eiwluatiou and blames the oppdsi and disgrace I'AI PAYKlts' CONVU.NilON. Tbo IGovernor says that he has instructed the olhccrs collecting the taxes to give those who are unable to pay their tax now. until March 1st for their puymeut. 1876. . ho Message concludes with u letter from tho Goveruor of Pennsylvania, asking the Stutes to uppoiut Comiuittees to arrange for tho celebration of the 4ih of July 1876 which will be the luOih Anniversary of Auiencau 1 udepeiideiico. It is proposed to make the celebration ou (hut i crash n the grandest ever known iu tho world Not long since, a couair mau, whi.e o.i his way to Loudon, was stopped ou the highway by a thief, aud requested to hand over his taoun) or have his Drams blown out. '?Oh,' said the traveller quietly, 'blow away, blow away. It's better to go to London wtluout or' ns than without monoy.*' , A CALlf?lWil V A0^JfcNX?KE. / ? ; .? -t.., ?*. ?,. i... Toward, the Into afUrnoon, trotting down a gentle forest tlope, I eanio in bight of'a number of "rainJhe buildings, grouped about a control open apaoo. A stuafl stream f owed by the oat-buildibgs, and wouuJ among chappurel covered spura below. Considerable oropa of grain had becu gathered., into a corral, aud a number of horses wore quietly straying about. Yet with all the evi dences of considerable possessions, the whole place had au air of suspicious mock repose. Hiding into the open square, I saw that one of tho buildings was a store, and to this I rode, tying Kaweah to the piazza post. I thought the whole world slumbered when 1 behold the sole occupant of this milintrv Rtnr? n r?>d tuPrtd fttnn In nnnt.n -I -?? ? ? - - c loons und shirt, who lay on his back upon a counter fast asleep, the handle of a revolver grasped in his right hand. It seemed to mo if I were to wake him up a little too suddenly he might misunder stand my presence aud do some acciden tal damage; so 1 stepped back and poked Kareah, miking him jump and clatter his hoofs, and at once the pro prietor sprung to the door, looking flus tered and uneasy. I asked him if ho could accommodate me for the afternoon and night, aud take care of uty horse ; to which ho replied, in a very leisurely manner, that there was a bed, and something to eat, and hay, and that if I wus iuclined to take the chances I might stay. lioiug in mind to tako the chances, I did stay, und my hobt walked out with me. to the corral, aud showed me whore to get Kaweah s hay and grain. 1 loa I od about for an hour or two, finding that a Chinese oook was tho only other human being in sight, and thou concluded to pump the landlord. A half hour's trial thoroughly disgu.-ted me.1 sind I gave it ua-as a bad job. 1 4*$^however,Lirb^uat he was* a man'of southern birth, of considerable educa tion, which a bruul lifo and depraved mind bad not Buflk-ed fully to obliterate. He seemed to care very little lor his business, whieh indeed was .small enough, for during the time I spent there not a single customer made his appearance. The stock of goods I observed on exami nation to be chiefly tiro artun and every manner of gambling apparatus au i liquors ; Hie few pieces of pulls, barrels, aud boxes of groceries appeared to be disposed rather for ornament than actual sale. From each pt (he man's trousers pock ets ptolrtided the handle of :i Derringer, and behind his counter were arranged in convenient positions, two or three double barrelled shot guua. 1 remarked to htm that he seemed i > have a handily arranged arsenal, at whieh he regarded me with a eooi, quiet stare, polished the handle of one of his Derringers upon his trousers, examined the percussion cup with great delibera tion, and them with a nod of the head intended to eouvey great force, said, "You don't, live in these part.","-?a fact for whieh 1 lelt'uoi unthankful. The man drank brandy freely and often, and at intervals of about an hour Called to his side a plethoric old eat named "Gospelj" stroked her with nerv ous rapidity, swearing ut the same time in so distrait and uno uisuious a manner that he seemed mechanically talking to himself. Whoever has Ira veiled tin the west | coast, has not tailed tj notice the iear i ful Volleys of oaths which the oxen ' drivers hurl at their teams, but for in genious flights-of faney profanity 1 have uover met the equal of my host. With the most purleet good nature and un moved countenance he uttered floiid blasphemies, which, I think, must have [ takeii hours to invent. 1 was glad when I bedtime came, to be relieved ol his pre I senee, and especially pleased when he I took uie to the little BCpaialO building, I in which was a narrow single bed. Next this building on the left wus the cook house and dining-room, and on the right i.i> his own sleeping apartment. Directly across the square, aud not more than sixty leet off, was tilt) gate of the corral, which, when moved, creaked on its rusty hinges it; the most dismal manner. A?? I lay upeu uty bed I could hear Kaweah occasionally stamp; the snoring of the Chinaman on one side, and the low, mumbled conversation ol my host and his squaw on tho ether. 1 felt no inclination to sleep, but lay there in a bait'dose, quite conscious, yet withdrawn from the present. I (hink it must have beet) about 11 o'clock when 1 heard the I clatter of a cow pie of horseman, who ? galloped up to my host's building and sprang to the ground, their Spanish' spurs ringing on' the stone. I sat up in. bed, grasped my pistol, an J listened. The peach tree next my window rustled.' The' horses moved about so restlessly that I heard but little of the conversation, but that little I found of personal interest to my* self. I give aa nearly as I can remember the fragments of dialogue between my host and the man whom I recognized as tho elder of my two robbers. "When did ho come?" "Wall, the sun might havo been about four hours." "Has his horse givo out?" X failed to hear tho answer, but was tempted to shout "No." "Gray coat, buckskin breeches." (My dress.) "Going to Mariposo at 7 in the morn ing." "I guess I wouldu't, round here." A low-i~uttercd solioquy in Spanish wound np with a grew!. "No, Antone, not within a mile of tho place." " 'Sla buen.'" Out of the compressed jumble of the final sentence I got but one word, buckshot." ? t /1 ? : The Spaniards mouutcJ, and the sound of th ir spurs aud horses' hoofs soon died nway u tho north, and I lay for halt an hour revolving all sorts of plans. The safest course seeuiod to be to slip out iu tho darkness, and fly on foot to the mountains, abandoning my good Kaweak; but I thought of bis no ble run, and it seemed to me so wroug to turn my hack on him that I resolved tJ unite our late. I rose cajitiously, and, holding my watch Opto the moou, found that 12 o'clock had just passed, than inking from pocket a five dollar gold piece. I laid it upon the stand by my bed, and in my stocking feat, with my clothes in my hand, started noise lessly for the corral.? A ?erce4l|u|l-dog who had, shown no disposition to make (fiends with me, bouuded from the open door ot the proprietor to my side. In stead of tearing me, as I had expected, he licked my hands aud fawned about my feet. lieu oiling the corral gate, I dreaded opening it at oaoe, remembering Abo rusty hinges, so I hung my clothes upon an upper bar of the fence, and cautiously lifting the latch, began to push back the gate j inch hjy inch?ua opcratiou which required me eight or teu minutes; then I walked up to Ka weah and patted him. His manger was -empty; he had picked up tho'lust ker nel of barley. The creature's manner I was full of curiosity, as if he had never been approached iu thu night before. Suppressing his ordinary whiuifying, he preserved a mot ion less, statue like si I encc. I was in terror lest by a neigh j or some nervous movement he should I Bifukcn the sleeping proprietor and ex pose my plan. The corral and tho opon rauafe were half covered with loose stones, and when I thought of l lie elatter of Kaweah's shoes I experienced u feeling of trouble, and again mcditnlcd running off oo foot, until the idea struck me of muffling the iron feet. Ordinarily Kaweah would not allow mc to lift his forc-fect at all. The two blacksmiths who shod him had dodo so at the peril of their lives, and whenever i tiau aiiuuipiuu iu ptu? up uu? hind feet he had warned mc away by dangerous stamps ; so I approached him very timidly, aud was surprised to find that he allowed me to lift all four of his feet without the s1 ig h teat objection. As I stooped down he nosed me over, aud uibbed playfully at my hat. Iu coostaut dread lest he should make some uoise, 1 hurried to muffle his forefeet, and with rather more care, to tie upon bis hind feet my coat, und drawers. Knowing nothing of the country ahead of me, und feariug that I might again huve to run for it, I determiued at all cost to water him. Groping about the corral and barn, and at last finding bucket, and descending through the darkness to ?h ? stream, I brought him a full draught, wfceh ho swallowed eager ly, when I tied my shoes on the aaddla poniun 1 and led the horse slowly cut of the corral gate, holding him firmly by the bit, und feeling his nervous breath I pour out upon toy hand. When wc had walked perhaps a quar | tcr ol a mile 1 stopped ind listened. All was quiet, the landscape lying bright ? t-??-i?;?" . and district in foil moonlight. I -an bound the wrappings, shook from them as much dust se possible, dressed niyaclf, and then mounting, started aorthmrd, on the Maripoaa trail with cocked pis tol. In the soft dost we travelled noiseless ly for a mile or so, passing from open country into groves of oak and thickets of chapparel. Without warning, I suddenly came upon a smouldering fire close to the trail, and in the shadow descried two sleeping forms?one stretched on his back, snoring heavily; the other was ly ing upon his face, pillowing his head upon folded arms. I held my pistol aimed at one o! the wretches, and rode by without awaken ing them, guiding Kaweah in the thick est dust. It keytd me to a high pitch. I tamed around in the saddle, learing Kaweah to follow the trail, and kept my eyes rivit ed on the aleepinp forms until they were lest in the distance, and then I felt safe. We galloped over many miles of trail, esjoying a sunriso. and earn a at last to Mariposa, where I deposited my gold, and then went to bed and made op my lost sleep. A Horrible Tragedy at tuv. Penitentiary.-?A meet horrible mur der was perpetrated at the Penitentiary about 2 o'clock yerterday moruing. It appears that two convicts by the name of Kotnique, alia* Kirkpalrick, and? Smith, tho former white and the latter colored, occupied the same cell. Smith was a hard working, industrious man, and was iu no degree quanelsome. No evidence exists that there was any mis understanding between the men. The first intimation that the prison authori ties had of the murder was after it was all over. Those in the next cell heard some wrangling, and called the attention of the watoh to tho fact, :/ho upon vis iting the cell found Smith upon the floor dead, hie skull having boeu frac tured by a blow with a ptaoe of the beuch in tho cell, which had been bro ken for the purpose. His throat was ulso cut from car to ear, but not suffi ciently deep to have proved mortal. Kirpatriok, or Komiquo as he styles himself, is a Canadian, who was convic ted and sentenced somo months ago for horse stealing. He appears utterly un concerned about the murder. When Smith was found by the prison authori ties, he was lying upon the floor with cue baud in his pocket. Coroner Cole man was summoned to bold an inquest. The jury rendered a verdict that Smith came to his death from injuries in Hi ted by Keiuique alias Kirkpatrick, in the cell in the Penitontiury. An order has been left with the Su perintuudant of the Penitentiary to turu the prisoner over for trial as soon as his scntcucu is served out, which will be in July. The murderer made a full con fession of the crime, saying that he thought that was a good way to keep Smith still.? Colmcbia Union. Saturday Niciiit.?Saturday night makes people human, sets their hearts to beatiug, as they used to do before the world turned them into drums, and jarr td them to pieces with tattoos. The ledger closes with a sla?h, the irou doorcd vaults come to with a bang, up go the shutters with a will, click goes tho key in the lock. It is Saturday I nicht, and we brratho "r?? " ?? ward, ho ! The door *tlmt has been ajar all the week closes behind us; the world is shut out. Shut in, rather. Here are I ._.-_ t\?- -I! , _ ? _. JU ., uui 11 CaouTca unCi an, 1uu uw mm Bias vault, and not in the book?save the eid record in the old family llible?and dc4 in the bank. May ba yea arc a bache lor, frosty and forty. Then, poor follow Saturday night is aething to you, just as you are nothing to nobody. Get a wife, blue-eyed or brown-eyed but above all true-eysd. Hot a little home?uo matter how little; a sofa, just to hold two, or two aud a half, and then get two or two and then road this paragraph by the light of your wife's eyes; and thank heaven and tako courage, A well-known colored preaoher of At lanta, Ca., said this in his sermon last Suuday: "My brudders and sisters, eWy tkttg ycu 'bout i:. fine close, Sue ?loa?. You in her link ok nutting else but fine close, and you maj aavch de Scripture fron Genesia to iielation and you won't find nary place whajr it say Christ wore a choke rag." Somebody who wants a wife publishes the following in a 0t. Louis paper i Wanted?I hare lived solitary long enough. I want somebody to talk ai, quarrel with, then. kiss and make up again. Thcribre I mm ready to receive cnmnninipiif.infia from young lttdl?S Sad blooming widows of tnoro than average respectability, tolerable fair in their disposition sod hair of any color. As near as I can judge for myself I am not over eighty nor under twenty five years of age. I am cither 5 feet eight or eight fest fife I forgot which. Weight 139, 351 or 631 pounds?ooe of the three, recollect each figure per fectly well, but as to their arraogemect I am somewhat puzzled. Have a whole nuit of hair, dyed by pasture sad freo of dandruff. Eyes butternut brindle, tinged with pea green. Nose blunt, so* cording to the Ionio order of architec ture, with a touch of composite; and a mouth between a catfish's and aa alli gator's?made more especially for orato ry and a large oyster. My whiskers are a combination of dog's hair, mcrs ssd briar hush, well behaved and fearfully luxuriant. I am sound in limb and on tho negro question. Wear boot No. 8 when owns arc troublesome, and can write poetry by the mile, with double rhyme on both edges?to read backwards, forwards, crosswise or diagonally. Can play the Jew's harp or beat tho bass drum, and whistle Yankee Doodle ic Spanish. Am very correct in morals sod first rate at ten pins; have a regard for the Sabbath, aud never drink u:ile*3 invited. Am a domestic animal, and perfectly doeile when towels are clean, shirt bat I tons all right. If I possess a predomi nating virtus, it is that of forgiving all persons whom I deem it hazardous tor handle. I say my prayers every night, mas- * quitoes permitting; as to whether I snore in my sleep I want somebody to tell. Money is no object, as I never was troubled with it and never expect to be. I should like a lady who is per- ' I fectly able to support a husband, or if she could idtroducn mo to a family where religious example would be con sider ;d sufficient compensation for board it would do just as well. ? -?????> ? - ? Mill Caue or tub Fbkt.?Concerning this Hubjcct the Scientific American very truly says: '?Many are oarc'osa in the keeping of the feet. If they Wash them once a woek they think they are doing well. They do not consider that the largest pores of the syateni are located in the bottom of the foot, and thut the most offensive matter is discharged through the pores. They wear stockings from the beginning to the end of the week without change, which become complete ly saturated with offensive matter. Ill health is generated by such treatment of the feet The pores are repellents but nbsorr-ents, and this fetid matter, to a greater or less extent, is taken back iota the system. The feet should be washed every day with pure water only, as well as the urm pits, from which an offensive odor is also emitted, unless daily abluw tion is practiced. Stockings sbrnsld not be worn more than a day or two at a> time. They may bo ;worn one day, and then aired and sunned and worn another day, if neeossary." ??w ft a bash (Indiana) oountry bos alwus been celebrated 'or the persisten cy and quality of its fo\ >r snd ague. ? local physician thus describes the geuo i uiae Wabaah article: comes creeping up a fellows beck like a too of wildcats) goes crawling through his joiute like iron spikes, sod is followed by a fsver whieh prohibit* tho patient from thinking of aaything but Greenland's Icy Mountains. It isn't the 'every other d*y' kiad, but get* up i with a hub at daylight, an I sleeps in the small of his back all night. Hi? teeth feel about six inches long, hie joints wobble liko a loose wagon wheel, and the shakes are sc. steady that one can't hold a conversation except by put ting in dashes,w ?Joseph Itareh died tho other day in the poor house of Hamilton County, Ohio in his 50th year. He is said to* have- adopted the profession of a pauper as scan as he reaohed his legal majority. Ue woe so much pleased with it that be> foikywbd it with extraordinary energy sssftreal for 37 years, and wo*!d bests eoutinued it much longer had set death mtorfcrcd with his laudable ambition. Her w; s eminently qualified by nafursj r r Isis ai d nous calling.