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D?Y1S, cotton fac*j()'lLS and General Com mission Merchants, mm* t Ailger's Whin V, cn a'ulKi^ton, s. c. . Oswsi.l Rbkdsh. 'ZimuuJXmak p*rm ?Ct 10 fiiu ? yry ry .aurr.- ^ ^ j I T. f. Rkodie. It. ft. II il on in.- I H. C. fTcnuixs. iBHOaiJiS <fc CO. COTTON FACTORS ? commission mluciiant.S, NORTH ATLANTIC WHAKt', CHARKSTON. S, C. Liberal Advances made on CnnstgaioCBl. Rsrr.a to Andrew Sinionds, K-ip, I'rea i Lit National Rauk, Chin lesion, S. C. may 'J! wee t f WASHINGTON HOUSE DV Mrs. ML W. Stratton, COItHKK U Nil V A IS k ASSKMHLY STULLS ; (OLIMRIA, s. c. Convenient to the Oreenville and Charlcsleu Railroads and the Duxine>* portion of the City. Rate of Transient Hoard? Two Dollars per Day. Regular Boarders received at Reasonable* a.!**. OLlt MN1ST*:US SAKIUACir 1IY MINN II MAHV I.CR. M ss Wilmor w as nominally but see nnd iu position at the M-Ladies Sominaiy She was, however, bead and front, ttenernlis-imo in fact, of thm institution. Not. one of tile dnfc.h teaeh ers and assistants dared make a move without the approbation of Miss Wilmei Not that this lady was the superior of all in yea,IS and wisdom. Not that sne was harsh or tyrannical; nor that sh< was unnecessarily* fault Qnding and mat ose. Not at all On the contrary, she was naturally amiable und beloved. Hut she was one of thoso horn to rule. She bore about with her that com man ding yet winning presence that captivat es the heart through deference of love She was goAl in kin_\ if not hsud'onio IferTeaturcM were delicate, With a cer tain softness, nay., sweetness of e.vpros sinn, thai Mtu rly faih d however, in the mastery over certain d ilcriuiued tin is of contour nnd nnisele. that said very p'ainlv upon that usually placid f ice? Aon Jh'ni. >t mow droit 11 or prec pt ions >\ ere intuit ivelv quick . Keen her sense of'figMff! an I wroiig. and her regard for justice inflexible. The* qualities rendered her peculiarly fitted lor tho office she held, th it of Mentor to the hundred young ladies, which she hid naturally fallen into a?id. fron bei original dignity of Professor of Higher M athehmtica Were there an infringement of ml s. the "vhole uuruliy congregation ol girl were summoned to i he Ha l. and Mir! Wilmer appointed to lee'ure them. Hu t a y nightly rcflec i a s by h >ok or h\ 0 ook, been stii?jrgled into tlie mode! imtitution. 't o happened ttiit Mis \\ tinier d o vered the law hrenkets, am! Miss W ilmer administrated rebukes and punishment. If one's light at ten o'clock had been hidden temporally und r a 1 ushel, instead of b-in- sou.Ted iut?) th . nrkucss ufj bcdieiicc thesjd.it rapt>iu ?.? on the door were at once Kit >\vn to he ilie koiiekl.jj ol -Mise Wilme:, a il he; unrutflefT voice would c urmur firmly Young 1 dies, lights out instant 1 v. Von will be reported iu tho ninru'n,; l,v|b;c tho whole echo t. Ina so.'o.d r\Mir rence, y our parents will receive u ; to ion nve you from this Institution.' Had i an' other of the twelv< t-' n lo r > spi k n this icpiiniand, it Wi uld hir e gone into one oar and out ol the other. Hut Miss ' \\ ilmcr having spoken it. made it quite j difercnt. She at lea-it, was rot iu the l.ahit of eating her owu words. I Tlie M-liadios 8emitraiy was a! Baptist school Everybody that hoi nn\th ng to do with it n u?.t he Ihq tist " even the tout ton and .Ocwmh-s If though necessity C.tholic Irish girl. v c.e employed in the kiteheii theii t laces were filled H'lOII as pn??ii.de by me in I ers of the essential faith The hirst Haptist Church of tho city was next door to the Seminary buildings. It n>a a cause of great grief w" i ? ? i or I >rs were left for any particular Mudciit to a trend iny othor plai e of worship Such a i tie was looked upon as heretical and h. a: hellish. V r Kdwurd lUley w as the pastor ol this Baptist church, lie Was regarded ' with considerable interest by the giils of the Seminary inasmuch as it was knovn that he was enga.-j 1 to marry Mies Wilmer. Kyery new girl thai onitie to school, alter having been to lieu < the sermon of Mr C'?lry ujioli her fust Sdbath, would be Mirroinid jii by a buvy of yo -ng Sunday idlers, all oagsr to trli her that aho need not fL't her cap for the hsndson.c young minister, for he is en j gagod to marry Nliss Wiltjier, older thin j h u self. Then the st-ry would go on. OW Mr. Cilloy and Miss Wilmer had grown up together from childhood?he a poor boy, and she the daughter of a dressmaker?how they lud sti uggh-d for an cdueatinn *he, by her mother's ns is tancc having far outstripped him, mid gone to teaching, while he wa? put in the preparatory; how she had dies od poorly and live I ohs-ply giving her oniniogsto help Ivlward through h a div r.iug course and how he had been settled down two years over tnis church nnd they wore not married yet, to thu hurj ri>-e and gis-dp of ivcrjbv>ily Ai.d latterly it had b ion confidentially re ported by these jnveuilo busy bodies that the M SMiS WhitO, day schul.tin. daughters of Dn Wtlltej w ho was I're.-i dent of tho Institution as wall as de icon of the chnreh, had been heard to Sir that their father had uu f.ii'h that I'M ?vard 1,'?lrv ever intended tn tuurry M \t>* VYiiiner. Hut thin Ulua was rather -ooute.l by most of the girls nnd indig mntly disbelieved What! .Mr. Oilloy .?ho stund up there in the pulpit from Sunday tn Sunday, preaching the 'I us pel Baying such olo<|uent things nbout being good and doing right, ami nuking huqIi I' ii_', pious pray;>-s; and then going and bVmkivg hs word to our cxcellen Miss Wrui-r! It was to" incr. di'do Too UtOnstroutfly i>pua>-d to nil that child oh faith in human nature?-'hat Mill more exalted faith iu the chosen minister of God! There came n summer'*Sunday when Mr. Cilley'a place in the pulpit was supplied by a Minuter. Our pastor, it was said, had gone i" the While Moun tains for the benefit uf his hevltii. He might be absent two or three weeks ? peril ipa a month, "l?ur the b'cucGt of his health, ?net-ed Carrie Uriggs4 '"lie look od (he picture of health It is Miss Wilmer. who needs to t.tk ? a trip. Why didn't ho marry her, ami take li-:r along;. L won der if sbo t'u uishi'd him tu >m>y l should txiuk he would be ashumud t > hold up his head until iie hid piid her back eve y c ut l should think it vvou d frotitu? fetter hint like a ease ot 11 nier." It was Carrie llrigga the high min led West Lud an who spoke bur true th night upou otury occa-dou. It was the fourth morning after th? departure of Mr Oilloy. Thcgrcu hall beTl ran;:; an u: usili' Call'for a Saidulh ui Ttii g I'reparalious were h irriud md the girls Gllc I iu oiio ufter another, lcs oiderly thin usual, full if curiosity afl t i what this aUtUUtons might tneau. MiSri Wilmer was not tit th i desk . In her plan? was M iss Wcthtir.spnon, the mi ii a , an I at present still nominal g vc U--.1 ul' th - ?z\l ad. SIlQ was ;i spate midden lady uf ? ly yonrs, whoso dre a w is usually of a deep blue, sometimes Jolted u\ ;r with green sprigs crimson rovos, ?>r yellow ukuvh, whos; fasti w is pb mint t? !o>k up>a sjis !i \ 1 such u loving smile, auch ro#g cho.^w WeU a--It- oev. .^?..'.v.-?_-t."v.'t ? 4h ?'.*???. * baxel 0" es Wo all loved Miss Wether ?poon; die could never leny us anything ?.she. ciitihi not s:i\ no?-bit.-he Would Ecr.d cs to Miaa Y\ .on r. which eauic to be another ful in of ivfu-al. On th s morning she stood at h?r. p SI Uiiliai'ially htntciy all I stt m. 11?*c ehevk. irlowcd with a deeper real, and her lips essayed to sp-uk, without ut first.emit ? ing any souud. At length, by a jjro.ii effort at solf-control, she said : ?Young 1 di. a : il.c teachers of thi lustitutpiU will this morning and here after attend M. tiieen's church, second Bapii.-t. it i? our wi.di Cut all lilt' pupils do t he same.1 i\rt however j you have most u ? ou unexpirwd terms of pew iciit, at the First litnlUt, we ah il no loibiJ your attendance I here at pros ut lint a* syyll j o-siblo WC desire and rentiert that our pu its follow lie ii a tuples of th ir instructors, und recure pews .it Mr. tjtvcn'.?.. As t ? the roason fur such a eoui.-e. 1 a n gri >ved to say ?" and Miss \\Vth vi spoon's lip* rju'vor id. ami her voi ?? trombh?d -"tin I Ii pusfer of tho First Ibiplist has provud liimscif uhwortlij tin- high regard in which WC Itbld him, anil is no i mgi i di'seiving our esteem or respoit. Tin* ivho accompany u- to .Mr. liiccu s, w i .it li e aj tioilitud hour, lake ill ir |i ace* iu the Sbcoud Hall whern ti ?- will n et bj the leathers. Von arc excused.' | You may be sure it Was not muri | ih .n half a uonute bedoie ihc n-ystorj ot this bond >hud was unravul.ud And oh, iho .?u aIn-iO.s as o{ those hundred school g'ula ugaiusi Mr Cilley! How h a ears u u-t have burned '. 1 he wicked, ungrateful man ! To go and marry another wolilhn, and leave poor Olli?! Wilmer in tho lurch, w'.tio.ii si mueb i'.s saving a word ! and he u minister of ihe church! A pretty minister, iudced ? A wolf in sheep's idol hing! A snake iu the gra&S ! 11? bad stolen the livery ol lic&veu lo i-crvc ^thc dovil in 1 >hak-pcar, ^Hltou, l'yroii. and a whoi: host of poets wore brought mo rtqu'uutiou to give him hi- duo in vitupeiativo ?>pitl>ct a. Could th ? verbal UtiMtU'S, Hying hut from tho.ii; hundred tongues, pi'tritied in ibeit oourrc, they won id hi vc hhium! lo dualli the ertidg objuet ?>f their onnk. ''J be Sam?tiiiionious hypocrite !' cm J Cartie lirigu?. "1, lor one, ahull go uud hear him preaidi to dav. 1 w ml to sen if bo lookr any did'eteot since selling bimstlf tn i '.ti.au. "And win u bo comt.s mr<*t Iittit-iljthc vestibule, and ask htm if he is ii..-dmmed of himself." 'Carrie ftriggs? you wont do any such thin.;.,cried h ill'a dozen voices. ?lint I v Ii ; und who will go with me us a wil;tc|jt. Wo hu?.bef'ire ail d?;lirel ourselves ready to qJt the Ktrst Raptist. '1 w'dLMaaid Lillen Luwtou, Carrie's most intiI'M.c friend. Wo <i<'W- expected Carrie to he us good as jftr woid, for she was a damit le>s girl, nlei ishio .* scorn and contempt for injustiF and wrong. It was^lnuefore vvil11 eonsidersrablo rurioaity utut niter our return from our new plucT ol worship, we gathered at oind C?ji'io, to learn of her missi ?n. Sho taiiid her hands in deprecation. 'Oh, gwi>, y m may call me coward, any t h ? ng.#all the n?lines you please, but the trutlT ?s when I saw that angel ill pink :.iid|vh te. the most beautiful littl ? churub tJat ever the sun bin ne upon? [ couldii'T no J couldn't. She leaned upon biHEarpi so trustingly, she looked so swee^ypd intiocruL jiiih her bcauti ful bli)Jffjiyes?-how could I sliiko her with a drover by upbraiding that man '! I almosi^irgav e him as 1 looked at her ?she n?ght win nn angel. Poor little w mi ?'i l^T don't envy her ?1 pity her. And Mi--Wilmer is h great deal Letter nff, it ^ie could only know it. When my love -*jiIt* me, 1 hope I shall not he so fool. ? as lo cry ovcr it. 1 h'pc, rathor, ? shall have Bensq enough to thank (Teaven f ir having looked out tor ine oettcr than I could look out for Miyholf. mixA who would have thought of it ilj a minister of the 13 apt ist church. And everybody thought Mr. ('illy v. a* pci foctii.n itself! lint now he has shown his clovuil loot Well?Weil ? :n\ spnech is linished." 1 will only add that tho nine d y 'vonder.- subsided into an old story : that ap. loghts for Mr. Cillcy sturtcJ uj l.eiu und there; that his lovely voting bride'took all hearts by storm, as pro bably ,c had his own, u:i J lh.it by do :u<-Ajj?ie ?..!.. i.-t er ci.o. back i;?:o , rWfhr* .ct. jp :: i l.Li p^a.:c. und that by and by, when Miss Wether >p -on was gouc from earth, aud Mire Wilmer from the in.-titu i-u. wo ucytr stictt tvhllliur, I he pupila-tii l!.e c..od ??? ;it again to life ! i-t H.qti-t. its though it-- pus! i had t. ver do'iic a wrung. Such is the way ol the world Hot I, us one who loved Mi*s Wilmer' am old-fashioned enough tu believe that those who suffer tvroug in :h.s w,.rld, as well as ili.se w ho do the wrong, shall meet with justice and judgment in th : world lo come. A Uuiiiutus Speech. Our readers will do btles give ?s credit for having kept our columns clear I politics Among all our exchanges there is none so entirely u-. less to us a.* me Co lyrrss 'o ial. (,'/ ?/,t. Oil looking over a Copy a few d y*. since We found n sj cech of our idd friend S. S. C..x. formerly of Ohio, now of New York city, uprupn? of t e Commissioner of Agriculture, which wc have hern in duced t i publish to show how a j ike may be made lo lUTcat a serious and Useful j tirpore. We do not approve the jibes and .-ii era which certain news papers arc constantly directing agiiflsi the Department of Agri ultiire. Wc decirt it a vc v valuable branch of the Uoverri'i o it, in d capable of confer ring g:e:t benefits on agriculture if adequately sustained by Congress'.? farm and II m >. Mit. C ii .\ i hm an -1 think thore is a go d deal of undeserved roprosch cist on ti.e in blc Dej urtuicut of Agriculture. The gentlemen from Illinois ? Mr. h'arnswoiih) uudirtuok to say that the present Commissioner of Agriculture kept a CW ?" l" COOk the seeds scut to him from ull par's of the World [Laughter j Other members say ho boards and live? in our Patent Olficc ficc of cxp nee. I recollect whi n the Commissioner of Agrcultuvo used lb make hinter f r the Presidential Mull* .-ion. Those were unctuous and happy days, [liiiughiei ] I remember well th it u lemu r Commissioner raised strawberries for the Presidential Man siqn It is a put of the htuinc-s of that b/jrcaii, [Laughter.] There is no quc-tion of i a constitutionality. [ Laugh ter ] It seems wo are now to hive in the Agricultural Bureau a microsoopiil ' In fact it is n put of our new bureau eiatic system. Illing iu the micros cope. | that we may see the ins ctivormts aui- | n als which are preying upo'i and autioy iiig this usrf'ul bureau. I am amazed 'tut the House doi.-B not appreciate these reports oh agriculture. The Com ninsfoticr. on the very* first pn?_'o of bis rrport, tells us that the "segrated ohar ntcr of the rural population has been has been Buch us to forbid that COnCCn tr nation ot ideas and consultation *of views wl ich uro common to nil I other protcssidtis and OCCtipitintis !" j This is :t pecics nf "unahridg d dic tionary" language wlii b liils the j.hi!o logical und analytical mini with won der. Hut look ut the cud! The last ? page of tl.port udvisci us that we any save 8i,1O00,o00 by dispensing with I FoilCttig ! L< t us be niL ised and even du better Dtspeosu with barns, stables ami bouses, and then wj uiil he ib er ful and happy. I admire ccouomy -- I based on a concentration of rural iduas. { Again, I tum to the Commissioner's re J port of November. ISTl. I real Crom' I pipe sijity nine. It i* the report of the I j entomologist and ourntor ! God help u- ' ' t j a fait oful lexicon, h .ve just ' made a bureau of the microscope. My | friend from Indiana (Mr. lib] man) ! opposes^ it ; and I never oppose him. ' J Wh:.t is this bureau? It i?. in fsct. 1 : the bureau of bugs 1 deny that I entomology as u science dots not include all b'.i^s, humbugs u'l excluded. ] [Laughter] The Uun ui.uio:iur s iys ' . lltut bug.i nie not imoguiricant insects, as they are generally and erroneously j ! called 'But, sir, they ?re bugs. Now. ; I always supposed cutoutology did refer ! to baga. [Laughter.] '1 he Couituiss- j iouer gives the v; rious modos of find u.g these h-igs out. Ii,- tell you of the , ;?>//;?.,/,/ uhoXf which I hope uiy friends \ from Ohio1, (Mr. Caifi'dd.) wh i is now going uway from my teat, after instruct tug me iu Latin, wid he able to explain I to the Houjc. [Laughter.] There are vaiiota other bugs inferred to. W.z I have the caJop!cnus feninrrrbntm, and 1 ! the cul?pfeiiHs iprcitts] und .tic 'xdip ?V.x ' ' j tit.i<\ '</it, slid t!i c r/M 1 simi V.r. and 1 the Wropntfltn r-'pmht, the eapiopkorn , mucronatn, aud the phtUlla it ml>'p ?clLi. I [Great foiughtCX.] -Thcro nie f .r the 1 I couim hi luiud. ! Latighter.l Kduca t'ou frirn.s it. Now iliesis reports havo b en p?b II hci! 'n grcti expense, and this itifarihatinn :s of cuur e inteud.'d lor the common peopl ?. I hope the g nt'.emeu will bo able to e.x; luiu u: lb> I liou^o what all these tliir.gs are. '[Lsugbtrr] Let tl.^ie be annotations an out with tb.se reports. Mr. Chair I l man. 1 would no: hp so particular in thi I 1 I remarkable uome.iclature I ad we not bei advised to day by the honorable l.geutlaman (Mi. Garfield) thai it was the duty of the federal Guvcrimu nt, by j its function of educator, to inform ihe common mind Me iliougltt we should, by Federal authority and money. ilifTute knowlc Igv among men. I therefore boldly ask. where, does he got power to inteii iot to plain an.t h net*I people the ' rulojttenus tjwtu* of \ hier? [Laugh ter.] Who shall dctermiiift, by federal tests, the length of wing of the j ealitptrrius femnrrrbrumt [Laughter:] 1 n.av admit, tor b?ke I argument, that i ilie learned and fresh men from the .South may tell its why the iintibra.*\ sim)>fr.r is sn mtlmptcrud insect, but | why do you invoke Federal powers to 1 aid in thin microscopic work ? These : uro roco?dits thought-, and illustrations We have in (his agricultural bo A ^ t reference made lo rations other rocon j dite things. I hope this bureau wil j not be disc ihraged in it-, work. We have here on one page?as you ecc? I what seems a liydrsujic ratn ; aud then on another, in oiagnifiuout wood and j typo, the picture and description ol thj [tierino raui "Diotat >r. ' (Sue page 137 ) ! These ate } ut in I he m< Bt extraordin. ry relation. [Laughter] Look all throne.;? ' this book. Look at the pictures of these ! bugs. Loi k at th .>e piotures of tho fungoid h. ties. Here we h ive thj/im- \ i/Ofii .-jm-.-. bund within a blighted i lil.ie leaf; and the mjfceh m and other funwitd forms found oil the libf.r 6f.a tree having the "yellows." [Lmighter.J N. w, it is veiy evident when wo send thcao out we ought to scud out at the a.uur time an interpietatiun of thom lor the benelU of tin c ninrni peopl''. [Luugh'.er J \\ hal have tl.c peoplo I done that, they should he crucified by j Mich public reports ? And whilrt we are lunditating ab ut the new uiicm-ct?re bureau, \ w ul I like to take one more 'glance at the book. Where*, oh ! where am I to find the proportions of "the ?(?heater White now.'' called Mnfy ? [Croat langhtcr] Only one year old! Bring on your microscopic bureau. Observe the length of thst inquisitive snout and tho com pound curl of thrt tail. [Laughter.] Sec the lengthening lusciousncss of those lacteal glands ! [Laughter.J But her name it is Mary ! Is there a hlan who ever loved a Matw 7 [Laughter.] Let him construe our beloved Coostitu j lion. Perhaps there *18 some one here I attach'd to the Constitution and to education will reproach me for not mentioning the ? aphictiih tiUloi?m\ or the putator bf Beck. [Laughter.] Wili the Scotch member from Kentucky please explain this melodious tertniudl ogv whicti bears his name? [Laughter.] Mr. Chairman, I have only risen for the pnrposo of having the House under stand the uStonishing effect of these i a :vi u'tural reports, not only upon the j poople in the country, but the people in j the <itv. 1 acknowledge that the efFact I i> different according to locality. I now ? represent a city, though* by Pome ndsap j prehension in the la*t campaign th? people of New Yo-k State outside of our grand metropolis voted for me to repro sent them. 1 fell short in t'ie country. [Loughter ] To be sure 1 carried th.it city by some twenty five thousand '. Though I may ndt, owing to misappre hension, be with you next Congress [Laughter;] I must refer to the effect of these reports on the city. The effect upon the wicked city of Philadelphia, which acted so badly in the late election, [laughter ] is espe ially notable. 1 re fer to it lor the purpose of calling the ; attention of my friend !rom Philadelphia . Mr K el Icy to the dreadful cmscquen ees he imposes upon his constituents in sendi ig those reports into the heart of Philadelphia. Head very slowly, Mr. Clerk, tho extract I send up from the S?uU iy Disphtrh, of Philadelphia,] -'lowing the direful off et? of lh*v i ? "rrible rSpotfj. [Tbc Clerk real (ym ' '.-y.;as follows:] "We owe < nr fchbrlfe? 16 judge KePey fbr the utTc.-u Patent Office report. We alrbiuly luv: a'xfcen Tiuudrc 1 of those tut r.'stfiig vc la ucs in our 1 i*tie libriry. hut they have been real aril rorsid so runny timoi thu we kbow evevy pige of them by heart. This new volu ne came .<; p rtunclj rlnrl "gratefully ou Chris? iras morning, and that liiglit wo gather od our little family around the fire and r ad it through tu them. The affidctini; ta'c, entitled "Improvement in Monkey Wrenches,' s emed to touch every heart [laughter,] :n:d when we fame to the climax of the little story about 'Ilevcr sibl? Pie Hoards,' tlior? *as riot a dry eye between the front door and the suhle. [LaUghtot*] During the read ing of the ,piteous narrative, '(?um W ibhors for (. tniage A.xles,' the whole family gave expVessibu to boisterous eitibti n, and the hired girl was so much excited that sh^ h?st her presence of mind !-:.d- went urouml to her mother's inadvertently with six p lunds of sugar ati 1 butter kettle full of flour, aud cuuic hotnc at midnight itltoxicatud. [Laugh tcr J We can never Sufficiently thank Judge Kelley for the innocent euj >y mont thus furnished us. The memory of that happy evening will linger in our minds very much longer than that hired girl ever lingers when she lights on a lot of substance which she thinks wid suit the constitution1 of her ige 1 Jpar e-.t." [Or.-at laughter ] * President Grant is not adlictel to I conversational chaff, but he occasionally ' a mil-es himself at the expense of his Democratic frituds. At the Whita House reception a few days ago a New York City representative stood near the President watching the dense crowd surging along. "Mr. President," said he, "this crowd increases every week. 1 his is getting to be a jjroal country." Yes said the prenideut suiiliug; wo are hooomiug a great peuplo aud now that the Democratio party is crushed there if nothing to obstruct our national progresas "But," taid the Congressmen, "tho poet ? a..- Cat truth e. u died to earth will nso agaiu." ''Very true," replied the Presi deui; "i iily 1 fail to see the rcScmblauoo I etween truth md the Democratic party. - Mrs, .lotiBs has long been wanting to i yisit (Ireenwood Cemetery, aud in early she says to her husband; "You have { never yet tak ti me to Greenwood;, J "No. deur," he replied; ?'that's a pleos re I b-ve yet h ol only in aotiripati -u The Chicago Evening Post mot?bW as follows upon the execution of Geofjfja Driver on Friday, who murdered mit wife in ? drunken fit: .i-*o id* Driver left A Very exact text upes which tho sermons will be made. He s?.J to thoso who accompanied his te> the scaffold: ??Whiskey did this ^fsfw me.'' Not a murder, not a ffxese of ?s*f ?ort. his ever occurred io this city whUtJt had not its inspiration, near or remo&e, in the same cauFe. TL?is bus been illasv tratcd within the. past fort jight in th? most emphatic manner. The murdor.fr? in the jail ore testimonies to ita tl Driver's wofd.t i "Whiskey did tl me," might be plaeed permanently the Cook county scaffold, and the traits Of the t pit ah never be questioned! mm matter whose the dead body bcucath it. the graves of Patrick and James 'Me* Veigh, out in Calrert Cemetery, ery after Saillti menace and officer ivoch, il fM have occasion to use a crtftob, might efsfty the aauic thereon with hi* penknife, tot it it doubtful whether that, if ?ot been in a saloon himself the ni tho McVeigh double tragedy, be or need have conflicted with each Msw4W mutual anl fatal injttrj. ??' Hut the pulpit; may pr:ach oa the text left by Driver. The prett p >int to tho illustrations of the tr? 11h he uttered iu his personal eo69m\\)0' nation. Wise anl good sad virtueue1 people will bemoan 'the disgrace to the1 city, thS degradation to that iraiBetflfel creature, u:nn, and the deplorable fsief-'' of tho children orphaned by the 1 man. The ru Han cists will be and interested for an hour, and reeeil f< r tint brief period frjm the pursuit of crime, "for tac weariest and most iotfSh cd worldly life that age, ache, penury, imprisomcut, can lay oa nature il' ? paradise to what we fear of death.** Bttiff in a w ? . It the excitement, like tl alizing, will have been ignored, world is n tt to be reformed by a pair of hunting'. Driver will rot is fcttsjssV honored grave, Us Judge Gray well seid: ' Too wjri.ig utte-ed by his^riuea, hit trial an 1 bis scaffold will like the voices of an ugly dream/' do the. Sh:tll we Mt?et Agaiiii T'.C following Is said to be one efthe mag brilliant articles tVrlttea by tit* lamented < Jeorgo .1). 1'? entice. ? The fiat of nature is ioexerabfe? Tbera is no appe il for relief from tfrnf^ great law which dooms us to dvf*t. We Sourish and fade as tho leaves of the l?sest and the flowers that bloom aa4 wither in d day have no frailer sjott upon life thai the mightiest nftttsWeft that ever *hook the earth with hie tfMjfr stops. (icuerations of men will eppMt and disappear as tho grass sod the titudo that throng the world will disappear as the footsteps shore. Men seldom think of the event of death until the shadow ftifc orpis their own pathway, hiding frf*e? their eyes the fsces of loved oeet p?jf$f$ living smile was the sunlight of thttf existence. Death is the snUgosHst 0 life and the cold thought of the . fsssjrfclh the skeleton of all feast*. We la east ?va nt to go through the dark Hj0t?? although its dark passage may lead. %? paradise; we do uot want to lay dowu im die damp grave, oven with priacee $tf bedd'cllows. In tho beautiful drama ef Ion. the hopo of I m mortality So lIli^Ttetsa ly uttered by the death devoted Greet* rinds deep response io every t\\mM?0f0 soul. When about to yield hit young este? tence as a sacrifice to fate, his Cist asks if they should meet again, to' he replies:?'I have asked that question of the bills that loss ?of the clear streams that flow ?of the stars among whossj fieljft sjTf azure my raised spirit has walked in glory. All were dumb,but as I gave upon thy liviag face, I feel that there is something in die love that through its boanty that perish. Ws shall meet ?galt mantha. Thin party (to street urchin), what do you suppose that dog fet ing me for?" The youngster knowing look at him sod reefttr* ftf%m%*i ??Guess he takes you for a boeer* .Miss Lyons, of Newark, shot her bra...9 .out because she was ofeHget te> b,ard with Orangey*. We kewejaetssa wondered why more bosrdere $4m!% c 'ti.mit : uicidc,