Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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vmrnem ?ZILLS ux. ?tamm* jaCHM HTTP V I TW^^O^A^IUS PER 4NN?M.. )? GOD AJSTD OXJR fOOXJjNTTTlY. ?{ ALWAYS IN ADVANCE VOL?WE 6. |!? II? ?fl-oT ??: SAT?BDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24, 1872. NUMBER 28 THTC ORAflGrEBURG NEWS IttMl >l t?wsO ??tr^T^y^ ?*PVBLIS1TED AT ?tery Saturday Bforoins. ^*?iR ?ifi ! . BY TlIE 3te?^Bt7K(9 NEWS COMPANY "WJffrrtitfS ?fSUBSCRIPTION. *ne Copy for one year. $2.00 i*' iifo? r Si* ?lPnth8. 100 Vy "?^enaln^ TEN DOtLARS, for n Clnb oTJrd" J^f^"*^6"' wUl rene'n KXTRA^COPY for ONE YEAR, fr< iny ive an free of eharge. Any one sending FIVE DOLLARS, for- ?; Club of Nffw Subscribers, will receive an EXTRA COPY for SIX MONTHS, free of charge ?ifjpsx .?hiliaii^jn,_ RATES OF ADVF.RTISING. 1 Square 1st Insertion. SI.50 ?? ?? 2d ?' . 1.00 A Square * consists of 10 lines Brevier or ?one inch of Advertising space. Adroinistra^or^'B Notices, .$5 00 Notices of Dismissal of Guardians, Ad mlnisffntors. Executor?, Sec.$0 00 A^ontVact'Advertisements inserted upon the moat liberal terms, "?oia^ V'iv,. ?:o: TK?RftlAGE and ' FUNERAL NOTICES, 'not exceeding one Square, inserted without 'charge. A s&* Terms Cash in dvnnce. "^a Browning & Browning, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ORAXOEBVRG C. II., So. Ca. Malcolm I. Bnowrnxu. A. F. Browntso. nov 4 AUGUSTUS B. KNOWLTON (Formerly or the New York Bar.) ATO?HNEY AND COUNSELLOR vt AT LAW, OnAiiGERURO, S. C. . ?j*lj.?_H RTLEY TKIAL JUSTICE, ^ealActoee in Fork of Ftlisto, ALL BUSINESS ENTRUST KD v ill he promptly and carefully attended to. my DR:T. BERWICK LEO ARE, SURGEON DENTIST, CJfaduate Baltimore Collogc ^?^?'?ttfental &*r?;cry. 'OFFICE MARKKT-ST. OVER STORK OF J. A. HAMILTON, METALLIC CASES. TIIU UNDERSIGNED HAS ON HAND ;all of the various Sizes of tho above <"!nses, Vhi.di can he ftrrnished immediately oh ap plication. Also manufaetures WOOD COFFINS a* 'usual, and at the shortest notice. Apply to H. RIGOS, mar iT_0m Carriage Manufacturer. Y.U*"/ % SEEDER"&; DAVIS, COTTON EACTORS tPTJ AHU General Commission Blercliuite, Atfgcr's mJrf. CHARLESTON, S. C. Oswell Rkedkr. Zimmerman Davis ?ot 15 6m f. P. Brouir. R. R. Huiiai.Ns II. C. HuBuIN?. BRODIE & CO. COTTON FACTORS ast) COMMISSION M EUCH A NTS, NORTH ATLANTIC WHARF, CIIARKSTON, S. C. Liberal Advances made on Consignment. R Ere it to Andrew Siinonds, Esq., Pres t 1st National Bank, Charleston, S. C. may 24 weo tf WASHINGTON HOUSE Mra. M. W. Stratton, c?bser 'CERVAIS k ASSEMBLY STREETS CTOI'JUIIA, S. C. tConrcrifcht to' the Oreenville and Charleston Railroads and tho Business portion of ^jej?i4ti#io?Uy, Rate of Transient DoaTd?Two Dollars per Day. Itf IftteTdorS received at Rcasonnblo at A Kentucky Anecdote. It was customary in former days for all the ladies of the best families to attend tho proniineut barbecues j and this wqh especially the cose in the con test between Mr Ercekenridgo and ^taeral Combs, in 1840. Out of these trlfurs gmv? the authentic story of the nicest widow in the blue-grass region. BRot fur fiom tho Forks ot Elkhorn livod tho pretty littla widow Fauntlcroy, and odo of her uearest noighbors was Qcucral Toy ton. Tho general had looked upon his blooded horse Pow huttau?"Tho Gnest horse, sir, in tho biuo grass region." The pretty Mrs. Fauntleroy had boon a widow moro than a year j wUilo the general, having a great regard tor etiquette, had waited patiently tor that time to elapse, to declare himself. Hut tlio widow, with her woman's art, kepi her lover at bay, nud yet kept him iu her train. He had escorted hor to this barbtcue. when rot urning had expressed his satisfaction at the prospects of General Combs, und the success of the Whig party. Tho widow took sides with the Democracy, and offered to wager her blooded saddle horse, Gipscy, or any thing else oh hor place, agaiust Pow li.it t.in. or any thing else she might fancy on the general's place. The general's gallantry would not nllow him to refuse the wager, which he promptly ncccpted. Hy this time they had roach cd the north Fork ofElkhorn, and were about to ford it (bridges wore not plenty in those da)s,) when John Peyton, the general's only sun and heir, came up at u sharp gait behind them. The widow turned and b-jwod tu John, and rode on into the stream, hut a little behind her companion. The east buuk was very steep, and required the burses to put lorth nearly all their strength to reach the top with their loads. As luck would have it, good or ill, tho widow's girth broke when just at the commencement of the steep part. The lady, stiil seated on hor saddle, slid swiftly back into the water, while her horse went up the bauk like an arrow. John Peyton looped front his horse, und in an instant caught the flouting lady and saddle, and, before tho general had recovered from his astonishment wus at the top of the bunk with his burden. The little widow wus equal to the occasion, for she begged the general t> ride on aud stop her horse, which had now begun to understand his part i.i the mishap, and was beginning to increase his gait toward homo. fhe general did us he was bid, and soo. returned with the horse. Iu the meantime John Peyton had secured his own horse, aud when the general came buck with the widow's horse she and dohu were laughing merrily over the ridiculous accident but what further passed between them is only knowu to themselves. John Peyton repaired the broken girth, fastened the saddle again on tho horse, placed the lady in her scat, bade her good evening, mounted uij horse, und taking auothcr road down the Elk horn, rode rapidly homo, leaving the irnnor.'il to nsrnri i.l.r? wSdrnv It is not neccsary to relate how l.c entertained his fair companion with ponderous anecdotes of Mr. Clay and other famous public men ; hut when he reached the Fauntlcroy place, he accepted the lady's iuvitatiou to d.s mouut und tnkc tea with her. Alter having changed her wet cloth ing the pretty widow entertained her guest with her brightest smiles, and ei.nic new songs. The general was delighted, a'.d expressed his deli-ht tts Kentucky gentlemen of that day would do. "You arc tho finest Bnugstrcss, madam, in the blue grass region." When ho bid her good-night and shook hards with her on the porch, the wicked little widow gave his baud a little squeeze, only a little, but, it thrilled like un electric shock through his groat, ponderous frame, while she laughingly reminded him of his wagor. That night in his dreams, the littlo Widow Fauntlcroy was repeutcd so often, and in so many bewitching forms, that ho resolved to propose to her at their first meeting, nor did he dream that ho should be refused. Tho next nooning a letter from his tobacco factor called General Peytou to Eouisvillo, aud bel'ure his return the political cuutcst in the AsbltnJ district was over; and, wonderful to relate, Johu 0. Breekenridge, the young Detnoerat, was elected to Congress. General Peyton was both asteuishod aud indignant. "Mr. Clay's district sir, tho finest Congressional district iu the blue-grass region, has disgraced itself, sir," was almost his first remark to his ueighbor, Colonel Beaufort. To his sou, John, he communicated his intention of bringing Mrs. Faun tlcroy to adorn the head of his table. ''Sir, she is the finest ludy in the bluo grass region, and I hope, sir, you will always respect your future mother." ' Johu with a quiet smile, assured him that ho was pleased with his choice. This pleased the general highly* for he had been a little afraid John woufd^ob ject to a step mother younger thau him self. The next morning the general ordered Powhattau brought out, and led over to Mrs. Fauntlcroy's. Calling John, he requested him to call upon Mrs. Faun tleroy. "The Whig party has disgraced itself in Mr. Clay's district, sir, und I am compelled to part with tho fittest blood ed horse in tho Stato to pay my wager with that lady, sir.'' The black b y had led Powhattan to the hitching mil iu front of Mrs. Fauu tlcroy's yard, aud having tied him, had gone into the quarters to tell his colored brothers and sisters of their mistress's great good luck in having won the famous horse, Pawhattun When General Peyton and John arrived they found tho pretty widow and two young lady friends iu the yard admiring Powhattan. uMadam," said tho general to Mrs. Fauntieroy, "I have coutc like a true Kentucky gentleman, to pay the wager 1 have lost. Powhattan, madam, is rightfully yours." '?Hut, General, I believe the wager was conditional. It was the horse or anything else on tho place, was it not V "Madam, you are correct ; but I can not permit you to select an inferior animal." "Von have another and superior, animal bero," replied the widow, blush ing. "Your son John ; if he would but use his tongue. I think 1 shall choose him." The general rose and in his bland sat manner, bade the ladies good morning. To Johu he said : "Sir, you will remaiu." Geucal Peyton never forgave his daughter-in-law her practical joke. In after years be used to say : "Sir, fell'.' is the finest lady in the blue grass region, but she licks taste sir." An Interesting Incident, It was twenty-live years ago. A gentleman?this time, in fact, ' a solitary horseman"?was ou his way back to old Virginia, to revisit the home of his childhood. His father had moved to Kentucky from the "Mothor of States," and set tied in TVdJ county a fow years before. His elde>t son, at the period mentioned, had jits; attaiuedhifl majority j nod being presented With, perhaps, his fir.-t horse, handsomely caparisoned he set out across the mountains of Rastern Ken tucky, on horoback, provided with the 1 ueoessary ndjuueta of that mode of travel, a pair of saddle-bags and log I o o This Wits before the era of railroad t in Kentucky, and hence the young gentle man did not Buffet the tedium one would experience o i such a journey?for going and coining, not only horsemen but wag ons, buggies, carriages, etc., relieved the monitory, and furnished a number of these trifling incidents to "solitary horse ui-'n" generally. These were then the only modes of travel overth.it route? and long wagon trains ol families, and even whole neighborhoods, setting West, were inetovory day. While crossing the mountains, one evening, u lew miles beyond the Virginia border, ho came face to face with a spectacle which was in all re spects pitiable and distressing. Sitting on the roadside was a man with his wile and two or three children, whose woo begono and squalid appearauee indicated not only poverty, but almost absoluto starvation. It was n pon- family moving West. Having becoino completely bank rupt in Virginia by boiiio sudden failure, they had gathered up what littlo house hold goods the sheriff had left them and fdarfced for Kentucky. The two skele ton frames of horsos .^bich were used for drawing their .little stores of plunder were energetically endeavoring to ex tract sustenance "by the skin <>( thoir teeth" from the barren soil, as the young man rode up. As ho drew the reins for a momont's chut with this "beggarly account"'' ho I was saluted by tho "hold" with the Masonic sign, which, being himself a Mueou, ho at once recognized and re turned. The poor husband aud father thus meeting tho lirst friend ho had seen siucc leaving home, poured out his whole heart to tho young stranger. His j story-begat a lively interest?revealing us it did, a tale of misfortune without crime. The youug man was soou im pressed with the fact that, nolwithstand ing outside appeurauces were drmidedly against his "brother," hoHras not only a remarkably bright Mason, but a gentle man of excellent ma liners, good educa tion and high brooding. "When I tell you that my poor wife and children have seared/ eaten enough to keep them alive, for three days, you will excuse these umnur.'y tears," said he, weeping freely as ho gazed at the little hungry innoccuts cVoging urouud him. Th c young traveler wuvJiimsclf moved to tears, and could uor.doubt his own eyes, though the picturo Vas one he had expected to meet, and one which he had, perhaps, never met before. lie nt once handed tie unfortunate husband and father 520,^\mot>t the last cent of money he had-^.rctainiug only sufficient to take him to^he end of his journey by a scant ulloW,anco?not car ing to keep any to return on. The stranger insisted on receiving only $5, trusting to Providence ?Cor enough to complete his journey to tins part of Kentucky whither he wufc moving ; but the young man's heart wa&t$o largo not to have given five times tfcai amount if he had been able. Bes^S, ?as he him self relates p.) his eyes filled with tears, as did those of the father and mother, while the poor, hungry children literally devoured the fragments ofn lunch which the young Samaritan had brought with hiui from his last breakfast. Amid the tears aud blessings of the litLlo circle, tho kind-hearted stranger rode ofi", thanking Cod that it had been in his power to bestow so much happi ness and so opportunely. Years passed by and the incident was about forgotten, when the benevolent young gentleman received a letter, in closing a $20 bill, gratefully recalling the circumstance above related, announc ing that the family had reached their destination in Southwestern Kentucky, making money and living happily. Almost another decade, including in its whirl and turmoil the bloody story of tho great civil war, hud once more about shut out all memory of the occur rence, when the hero of the story, n >\v long since grown to man's estates and become distinguished in the political history of Kentucky, win elected to the Lower House of the Legislature. Mis talents and influence worj such that, with but little difficulty, he w is elected Speaker of the House. During tho con test over tho Speiikciship, ho had noticed that a stranger?and a men.her of the opposition?was one of his uio.-i active nnrnnrtors m.o few ?lnVs after the accomplished speaker remarked. "Mr.-, 1 have been curious to know why you were among my warmest friends during the election?doing all you could fur me. I never met you be fore in my life?you very name is un known to me?we are opposed in poli tics?aud, while thanking you kindly for your partiality, I have enough of the woman in me to insist uu knowing why it was so." "Sir," replied the member, "Von will recall, when I mention it, a little scene that occurred when'you were a boy on your way to Virginia (relating it. ) It was you who saved my wife from starva tion. She has told tno time and again that never did a morsel of food taste - ? sweet?so utterly delicious, as that you gave her then. She was but six years old at that time ; but when she saw your name, during the late canvass, among the prominent probable candi dates for the SpoakciTihip she 'laid down tho low' as to how I was to vote. This is all. Neither she nor her father und mother, brother ami sisters, nor my sei I can forget you." "I have a groat love for old hymns," said a pretty girl to her masculine friend. "I am much fonder," he ro> plied, "of youug hers," A Pretty Good Story. In one of our Southern seaboard cities, and on a long street?almost a road? leading there from to the country, dwells* an apothecary, a very tall and remarka bly slender person?so thin, in fact, that one would supp-jso he fed exclusive ly on his own piofessional mixtures. No tailor dare venture to cut a coat or any other garment in any way approach ing a snug (it to his person, for foar of having the work returned on his hands, and in that easa they would fit nobody else. And yet, with this extraordinary paucity of flesh, there was a great sup ply of humor in our hero ; ho was ex travagantly fond of practical jokes, and practised them freely, when occason and opportunity offered. He had an elec tric machine secluded from sight, and when any lazy person sauntered into his shop, aud ventured to indulge in a nap or lounge, he was sure to hi shocked into activity, and and pushed off. He was a great advocate for temperance, and yet was ready to furnish gratis a brimming glass of any sort of liquor a customer, might fancy ; his liquor was found inva riably to produce more miusea than any other sensation. Hut a contrivance which afforded him j most merriiueut was a skeleton of a full grown person iu a closet of easy access | in his shop. This skeleton was placed j erect on a platform which ran on smooth wheels; und who i the donr was opened, this platform was pulled forward by an unseen thin wire or string, which con nected it with the boltiug of the closet door. There were also similar wires, fastened to the wall behind the skeleton, and passing over each shoulder-bone were attached to the bones of the wrist. Consequently, when the closet door was opened, the platform on which, tho skele ton stood not only advanced, but both anus and hands were lifted upward! If any intoxicated, noisy, boisterous, or iuipudeut fellow came into his shop, (he apothecary would manage in some way to loud him to open that do >r ; nnd it rarely failed (as he used to say) "to t- ke the liquor aud the spunk out of i him. He had two or three apprenticed lads iu his employ, who naturally relish ed these jokes, and practiced them, with his full consent, when he might bo ab sent. One d:^ during his temporary al sec nee a sailor came drilling along occasion I ally stopping and dancing a jig and singing, to the great merriment of a gang j of boys who followed and surrounded i him. lie was just drunk en ?ugh to play the fool, but not too drunk to navigate, lie eventually brought up at the door of eur apothecary, and braciug himself in tho door way, yelled out : "Hollow, my hearties! here you are with your stuffed aligators and gallipot, I and mixins lor six-folks! Why tho devil don't you keep grog for tuff folks like lue," and here he shuffled off a riga tl ?ir. and made himself very merry. "Well, Jack," said one of tho lads, ' What kind of grog i\> you want?" "i'll lake brandy,"' was tho prompt reply. ?Very well; go and help yourself j" ? handing him a tin in lg i "you will iiud it in that closet." ?Jack went as directed, and pulling upon the closet door, he found himself within grasping distance of an advanc ing skeleton ; he incotiliucntly fell back a step dropped his tin cup. turned ash color, made one spring to the door, and when lie reached the street took the middle of it, and ran Hko n deer until he reached a supposed safe distance. Shortly alter this our apothecary ro lurned, and being informed of the event was greatly umusod, but sadly lamentod hit! absence. '1 would not ,havc missed seeing it," said ho, "for a gn at deal. I do wonder if he will come back this way V* Uut this was not probable, and yet ii was the only way back to town. In the course of a few hours, how ever, suit: enough, .lack was heard at a distuuee on his way back, singing and d ineing. Our apothecary, anticipating uu euooro, wont on: on his door slops, and elevating his thin per..on, and cx j tending his Ion-., emaciated arm aud hand, v-ry kindly beckoned .lack to repeat his visit. Jack no sooner saw him than he "put his helm hard a port," and sheered over to the other side of tho street, bultouiu' his jacket over his breast, aud passing his. tarpole hat closer on b'-^ head, so as to be ready Jbr a run if chase was to bo given. "Ay-yoy, old bag of bones," .says Jack; "there you are again, aro you? You think I don't know you, now you've got your clothes on !" and away he went on his course, leaving our apothecary rather puzzled in deciding which of the two got tho sharpest end of that joke . Ticklish Table Talk. An amusing case happened at ono of our loading hotels recontly, in which although tho party claiming to have in jured was not at all interested, goes to show "what might have been." A gon t Irma u connected with a prominent bauk ing bouse iu this city, going to rathor a late dinner, found at one of the tables where he occupies a scat, two young geu tlemau.in all thcgloriesofnew ready-made clothes, aud who had evidently come in from some flourishing country city for the purposs of having a limited good time. Their conversation was principal ly upon the couqucsts they had, or fan cied they had made. Suddenly No. 1 brok e out ; "O, Frank, yoa remember about that Mrs. Mason, that we road ahmt in tho papers t'other day ?" "Well, yes; why ?" "Sent my card to her last night." "No, did ye though ?" "Did, for a fact. She came down iuto the parlor, and we h id quite a chat. She's gay." "Oh, you rascal." Then followed sundry words, wiuks, and further conversation, in ?hieb the name of the lady did not appear to great advantage as a loving aud faithful wife. At this juncture the bunking gcutle nmn looked up, and with an air of one injured, mixed with ouo of sattliJ, stern but mild ferocity, said ; "It is perhaps my duty, gentlemen, before thu thing goes any furthor' to inform you that tho htdy whose name you are using with such gros? familiary is my wife." This was a percussion shell, an 1 si Icnco reigned for the space of a few Be c >n 's One of the young fclljws turned pale while tho other assumed a roseate hue. Thou they exchanged colors, aud stammered out some half-uttered words. ' Yes," eoutinnedthe gentleman "aud I have always supposed that some little eccentricities of my wife would net be taken advantage of, or subject her eith er to rude conduct or outrageous insults. I have the right to doniaud an apolo trv " The waiter c truing up at that moment asked them what they would have for dessert. With a sickly smile one of them Used his eyes upon frozen custard while the other was entirely absorbed with jelly. Then they said they guessed they didn't care about anything more, and sneaked foolishly out. When tho banker came out, he found them in tho hall, looking as if they had just been engaged in settling a delicate question. One advanced and said : ??That was all confounded nonseuse, you i know." I "What was nonsense?" ' Why, 'bout my having an interview with your wife. Just got it up as a joke .>?> Frank I am sorrv fur it" He was then read a severe lesson by n man who had never seen the lady iu question in his life, and told that here after he should be extremely cautious how ho allowed his tongue to wag in such an unlicensed manner. And why should ho not ? An editor dowu Fast lately killed a lady iu his papor. The bereaved bus band visited him. "Villian," cried the ouraged husband, ' you have killed my wife!" Editor, with dignity: Sir, I am an editor, not a doctor." "That's just j it," ereid the bereaved husband: "you j have killed her ou paper, and she's alive. "If she is uot dead, I congratulate you" "Congratulate? 1 demand dam I ages for disapointment." TllK IjAND Ol' Fi.oyvkhs.~-A travel ler in Florida writes: This is the land where towns consist of one house, where steamboats make eight miles an hour (ou my honor, they are four hours going sixteen miles from Tocoi to St. Augus tituo,) where the happy maxim rules "never do to-day what you can put off till to morrow," whore, tho mail comes pemi-oecanionally where tho newspaper is almost as rure as a snow storm, and where telegraphs arc unknown. Excused for Catjsb.?Capt. Tom Bugbco was out with his company ob detached duty. Ia fact, ho had two companies under his command. He had with him a small brass Napolean and an ambulance. Captain Tom was a striot disciplinarian, but a convivial fellow withal, and iond of creature comforts, not many of which waro obtainable in tho wild country through which he was marching. Tho column has just left she small hamlet of Jasper's Cross-Itoads below Jacksonville, when the Captain observed that one of his drums was not beating, aud he directed a Lieutenant to inquire the cause. Tho Lieutenant sought tho delinquent, and demanded to know why he was not bratitig time. The fellow nodded mysteriously, and whisper ed into the officer's ear? "I've got a psirof roasted chiokena and two bottles af whiskey is uiy dram, and a chick anda bottleare for tho Cap tain." The Lieutenant returned, and in & whispered tone, reported to the Cap tain. "Zouuds!" cried Captain Tom with Tene ment sympathy, "why didn't tho poor drummer tell us that his legs had given out? I don't wan'i men to march if i they're lame liko that. Put him in the I ambulance sir!" I The drummer was consigned to the ambulanbo and not long after Capt. Tom and tho Lieutenant went to examine more particulars into the nature of his trouble. From the New York JStar: "Yester day a young man, bearing the exhilarat ing cognomen of Joseph D. Drunk, was arraigned at the Essex Market Polioo Court, before Justice Scott, for throw ing rubbish in the street. Justice, to the prisoner: Joseph D. Drunk. Jus tice : Is that your right name. Prisonor: Yes, sir. Justice : You ought to be l>cked up for having such a name. Prisoner : Why so, your Honor. Justice: Because you shouldn't be drunk. Priaoucr: I nevor was drunk in mjr : life, sir, though I'vo been Drunk as long as I can remember. I am not drunk now, though I am Drunk. Justice: You're a living paradox. You may go this time, Mr. Drunk." Tueir Hk.vrts.?During the late civil war it was considered necessary in Cynthiana to keep a few soldiers at that place. Otic night two of them happen ed to stray into the church of the eol orcd people just as the minister was con cluding au invitation to any ono who was inclined to "come in and join the church." After he had finished, these two soldiers got up, walked forward, aud presented themselves for admission, whereupon the preacher said, j "Brcddren, dis is a cullud church, 1 and I dunoo as l's any 'thority to take in white folks." i At this point an elderly uncle rose in the congregation, aud ejaculated: I "Take 'em in brudder Jilson, take I 'cm in ; dar skins is white, dat's fact, but dar hearts is jis as black as our'o, Isuah." A couplo of young ladies in New Haven lately visited the Sheriff's office :.. i.:.. ..v_.. ?r 4?_t_ > ? :vvii -o a pair of patent spring handcuffs on the desk, concluded to try them on. Wheti tii ? treacherous cuffs bad closed on her wrists with a spring, she learned to her dismay, that tho key used to unlock the. "bracelets," was in tho sheriff's pocket, and that ho was out of the city. It was not until a gallant youth had hunted up a detective officer who carried a duplicate koy, that the young lady could be released from her self imprisonment. A vulture it is said can fly one bun-, dred and fifty-uino milos an hour, wild geese, ninty miles, au hour, the common crow, twenty fivo miles, and swallows, ninty miles. It said that a falcon was discovered at Malta, twenty-four hours after the departuro of King Henry IV,, of France fr:m Foutainoblcau. If tree this bird must have flown for twenty four at tho rate of fitly seven miles an hour, not allowing him to rest for a mo ment during tho wholo time. A Judge, iu remanding a criminal called him a scoundrel. Tho prisonor replied: "Sir, I am not as big a ecouo drel as your honor''-?-hero the culprit stopped, but finally added?-"takes me to be" "Put your words cloicr tv?eth ct ," said the judge.