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Noore Wi1aM-*- Praxrtetb - rcdb Desportes & WilliamF, Propriet'r.] A Family Paper, Devoted t6 Science, Art, inquirv, Industry And Literaturi. [Terms---$3.00 vor Annum n vanc V~ta. VIII.)- WINNTSBdOO S. 0., WEDNESDAY 1MONIG AN*f 8I7 -:-- [NO.( FAIRFIELD HERALD is PUnLIsIIKI) WFKLY nY DESIPOR'IES & WIIN.IS* , ndrms.-Tuin a 11iAD. iS published W y in the Towvn of Winnsboro, at 83.00 in variabty in advance. Atl transient, advertisenebts to be S t a..... p1-bituary Notices anic Tributes $1 00 per square. A Short Sermon for the Times. .ws an itingeredt and ve gave me no meat; nakel ind ye clothed me not," Mlat(. xiv 42, A . 0 ! yo cliris'ian's Wh6 hocv m6ney in your purses, coal in your cellars, wood in your yards, corn p gour . cribs, wheat in your garners, ,aeon in your smoke houses, and blani&'t'ts on - ,your beds, think, 0 think of the poor ! Look from the window of oyour well appointed home, and on the brow of the nearest hill top you will 'ie the shadow of the monster who, sit months ago, was driven to his polar hom by the blubhing 'Queen Vf May.' TI is looks are hoary with frost afid 'sn'6w, his hands laden with Viana los of ice, aud h'is bhariot is the Northwest wind, which blasts and blights and withers every iiving thing and leaves the dfen'Iel's waytarer benumbed, crithpod, shivering, ter - ror-strickec'r as it thunders and liowls o'er tie glade on its mit-bion of '1e strteetiou. It is winter, and in hi3 train comes colds, coughs, nievralgia, rheumatism, eatairah, pneuniauiii, conu sumption, and death ! But i hear you saying, 'None of theso thihy3 1u'6vo me. Olad in my ample gar 6nents, and sitting at my blazing hearth, or nestling in my downy b'e, I bid defiance to the raging itl'rii and the bitting craiping cold.' But ;i the muidst of' the.e comforte, you are not ill like Chtliustanices. Remicuber that the cold which bangeals the water in your cup, at the some time congeals the, blood in the hearts of the aged poor. Remeober that the dismal hoWI ofthe winters storni 1 accompiahled with the agonized groan of the pensionless widow as the last eibe'rs have died on her deso. late hearth. As the strings 6f do. mestio musie ring through your car peted hallr, set your ears to hear the piteous wail 6f th-e colld, amitten dr phains who 'oak for broad au'd n'd mAh reaketh it unto them.' The morning dawns. Thcrtm6rio ter t*o 'degro'is belbw zero. A con stab'o comes to s'dnmln you t6 an iquest. 'Old Mr. Smith died la t. night aged 76. Widow .Brown and two ehildrob foiln'd dead in their bbds ! Heie come twelve m6n and 6 ;oroner, all clad iii flannel shi'ts; wool-n socs ahd thick boots, fur caps nud heavy . Oyercoats. They' iset pui the bodies' Verdict, 'beath by th'e visitation of God.' 0 ye for clad bylp6crites f Ye inLerly wolves in sheeps' clothing ! Here is your verdict made to drder for you hundreds of years befdhie..you iet: I *ai an hungered and y'e gpve rile no meat; naked and ye blo hed me hot.' Yet on your oatha gou-have chargeU God with what is the legitimat'e result of human avarie and selfishness. Would you expe i-enod the blessedness of 'pure and uindbuiled religiob beI'ore God and tbb Varthor l1' Would yeti ,bc delivered 'in the time of trouble t' W ould you 'hafe the herd to iapresort!e you, and keep you alive, and bless you uloa barth, arid not,'deli#8r ybtt to the will of your enetuies 1' Would y~u have hIm to 'atrengthen you oni the bed of languishing, and miake all ydalr hod Iin .sickness 1' Thedi pity and feed the poor; and in the last glor'iotts in quest, the ver~d166 of thle Judge Ether nal sh all be;'Itiusmilch as ye hatvb (lone it ui the least upy brethren, ye have done it unto me.' -Full di the Cliff at Dlover. '.1ha doutinuous rains in Engin'nd have increasefl tihe danger from the overhangitig mnass of the cliffs at Do ver. EverS' liofft it has been expected that a mass weighing theme hundreds of tons, *ould fall dud crush the hiouses imnmediately under it, and most of the inhabitants hade vacated their houses. Iteeently, 'duilg a teriflo storm of wind and rain, ia pArt of the overhanging debris gave way; and fell in immense pieces .against the as far as somec stables a f6ew fards away Thewhole of 57? was crushed iand h ofb'ldwn entirely into teroad, and n6'lhiing bizt broken tiebricks and tafters remain to mark the sito of the house, 58 is alad severely darnag 6d9 and the least move ment will bring th6se' two houses down. The back parts of oh' and 80 are likewise injured, and the yards fill with lumps of chlk. No one was sleeping in either *of the housed or fatal consequences i'nl'dt inetitably have ensued. The reiander of the cliffs is still in a dangerous stale, and before the danger is over-the renhiin; lng parle of chalk must bo removed. London Post. "Why was Noah a bad mouser 1" "Give it up." Beoause he was forty days and forty nights before he #etnd ary rat ( Ararat.A How Birds are Taught to Sing, Each ki4d of, bird sings its o% peculiar note, but all may be tang to sing regular notes. The mecki bird and thrush learn tunes witho 'raVAing'. hug,, by a regular educ tion, other bids may become fi performers . X contributor to t Ngrsery says I 11AstniYmmer I, w ais p t i frgnd wouso ;aftt ahant. I ro.'e Oarin til mnopning, and w'nt dlowe. -irs walk on the piaza. Whilo there heard, as I thought, some perso whistling atune in a very sweet styl I looked around, but could Oee no on Whero coul'd tile sound come fioni Slooied pp 'ana' Sa, ) Iittle bird a Ong Tho oa wEIS 1.1 t\Y i1t Iadst of flow rs and twiniing plant "'Can it be," thought I, "that su( a little bird is that has been taugi ,o ')ular ttne sq sweet T Idid uo now what to minako of i 'hen iy ~i'i. 'caIe dov~n staiI she told me that it Wao the little bir who had whistled the hwet 'tuf Then my friend 'rVed 'out t'i trio i "Come 8ully', BIlly'; s-West litt bullfinch, give usubt 'on'e inore tune And then th's dear littl'e bird lioppe nbout the enge, looked at its mpiire.c and whistled another sweet tune. was so strange to hear a bird *hist a regular tunle. "Now, D-ully,' said my friend, "yC must give us Yankee Dood le. Coni come, you shall have some nice frd aeed if you will whistle Vaijkec Doi dIe." And the litte thing did whi, le it much to umy surprise. My friend then told me that sh ha'd b'oi- t the bird from the lit-ti town of Fulda- in 'Germahy, whet th'el-e a're lItttl'e schdols fPr tegelhin h birds to sing; When a bul Rn'uh has lea-ie'd to ~sing two or thre 6f th.ese tules he is worth from $-t to $60, "for !*e w-il bring that prie in either l'-aince or l mgtaghid. C'reat skill and patievi:e aie need c to teach thcse bir'sh. Few teachie 3an have the ti me t give to the chi Iren under their charge so much car Is the bird teachers give to thi irds. The birds are put int.m ibout six each, mi d k in a dark room. lle , Food is given to them, they am. Lo hear musio, so that; wh en . ure baten their food; or whei the wahl wore food, they will sing anl 'ry to !mit-ate the tune they have j u leat-'1. this tWld they probably eou aeet Mth the idt bf feeding. A oA as thsy begin to imitate a fe, botes the light ib let In the robm, an this dheers tiom still nmre; amid make lhbui fel as If they would like to sink [n sonme of these schools the birds at illo*bd hliither light nor food ti Lhey begin to siiig. Thbee are th icbool where tle tbiachers are mo stribt. After beiilg .tius tadglit in olassoe each bullfihch -ii put unhlbr the car A a boy; 'hI plays his organ froi diolning till higlit, Ohil the maste 3 iiiihtreM of th' b"uiid school got rounid to eb how Le pupils are gel ting on The ihillhnehes eebm to know v pnee i'hen they aie s"olded and who bhey afo praised by their master au mistress ; and they like to be pette whenm tliey hiive done well. TIhle training goes on for nin Ilionths; an'd then trhe birds have g< their education and 1-e sent to IRn land or F'rane'e, and sometimes Ameribn, to be slild. All animals; all birdsl, and all rei tiles--bven fishes-are sitsbbikbb< btttro and impr8t'embat. So at plants, roots, and fruits. And abos and beyond all are human. being capable of almiolt illilfitalle detlol meuts both of btid$ andm urifl: , 'b'r mhodils this aeotion dt Le0 Stat has been suffering from the effects< the long and continued .drouth. Faa nl)ers are a ctualI'ly aulln'g wdutsr la their stot-k (cattle, - c., itot m-ailroads and the upply uphd dhichm they de pended s nearly exhdiusted andi stil no rtuln In our city ne' rly ever aistero and well is ds di-f as a wvel] regulated powder-flask j our whol dependence is upon the watet fuirnisl ed .b~y omur systen of water Work: wluioh will be reliable until $aiigm nmd river follows the prevailin style and dries up.-SptingfieM (Ill Soecinelly atated, 'i'he New York Herald does not ey aggerato the matter when it declar< that "such corruption anid anarchy oxist now in the $outh are not on] injurius to that section, net oni check its progress and material intel cats, and, therefore, prove damnagiti Lo the business interests of the NortI: buit they ar'e infectious,! and musti the c6nd dem'noralife the whole r< public. It is, in fact; ai lony step t< ward centralization, despotiam an amilitary rule. It is the way in whmic all nations have marohed, te libe tics and institutions of which ha; beeni subverted or overturned." 'i~oneitault is s'tringent og the deaa hand Annation. Andrew Stroiw Shot. n One by one the banud of Robeson lit county outlaws, the famous "Swamp ig Angels" of North Carolina, have ut dwindled d9wn, until tliers V qw ut a- one left of the eutU'e forid le l( gang. For .otte tivpe pu'lt ,,Ajidrpw 3(e Strong and Stephen Lowrey have es coped the vengeance of the law and ' have reigned uInolp.ited :>vor Sauflb e town i but at length ,the former bas L) been killed, and Stephen towrey is I the M t~~I. - . 1."I 0i O.%IY ONP: LErT - of the entire baud'. S.t Eureka, a small station~on the %Wilmniqgton, Charlotte and RutlLer ford IaIroa-d, and abput eighty miles e0 from this city, there vas a considora - ble Christmaa9 gathering of the clans of the outlaws on Thursday. Steve. it fiowrey was absent., but AN nE 6' A. nTIAONO wAs TIM1119, s ith a nntbe'r o'f liis friends. At d vbouit two o'clock in the day, while a . ium f o's wore in, store at, : ., on of themn stole a num. a ber of loetcs anod secreted them in his " koe tot. ie was chagged with the d ' hleft at young ihan named William Wilson' a clerk iui Ilo storo, Uit lie denied having tacen them. Mr.. Wil .on ten put his ha'ud in the nian's -oat pocket and drew forth tfle looks. The crowd so'ui aft6Arard's left the :tore. About an liou' after thik, An drew Strong, %vho had evid'enU) been drinking, came into .3 store and 0o11:1i.: anR. wNIT.SoN 1 LIAVE In COUNTiy, e swearing that if ie did 'tot he %votild e kill himl. The yotng man informed g hin that he wo'did do so, where 1- upon . rong left the store. About e live . e !.-nk he returned, niorc int'di 0 cate-l til before, and relieated Lis e comuinzails, tellin.; 31. Wilson that if hie foind him there at six the iext A.110i Eiimrim; he woulid eertain!y kill hint, 8 After saying this the outlaw turied to [have the store, and as lie did so e Wilson raised a double barrelled gun r that was at. hand and discharged one barrel at the outlaw, m.. frN. I': tIT~:n tILTICSIOT IN fits NECK AND HEAb. Ifell with scarcely a grdan a expired at once. The fall of the y onltlaw at once spread oonsteiaatioHi .1 and dismay throughout (lie grotip of t his dusky followers, but no attempt - was made to interfere with Mr. Wil. s son. Had Stephien L'iwrey been thei-e v it might have been different, but, lie J was absent and noi attempt was made t to rescue the body. hliody Lowre, , th' wvidow of Henry Berry Lowrev e the defunct oitlhqw leader, and sister I of Andrew Strong, sent in a depu. e tation requestilig thatthe body be de t livered up t0 her, but this was of course lefila8ed. Word was sent to them at the same time by Mr. Wil e son that lie would shoot the first mati a who dared to touch the body. Never. r theless, feariig a resete might be at s tempted, Mr. Wiks'dn and a number of other gentlemei hastily placed the boly in a wagon and crnecyejl it to t Lumberton, arriving ther5 't 2 i p: The body was at once surrendered t> Sheriff MeMillan and was 3esterday FUI.LY InENTIFI .~ e The Sheriff at onice paid over to the Sfortunate young man $1,000, the re -ward offered by the county for each 0 of thme outlaws, dead or alive. He aides this, there it a sum of $5;o00 to be paid by the State, the reward doffered by the government under au e tbority of the Legislature; which eeun 0 bo obtained on application. Mr. s Wilson is tiuite a yourg mani, but one of much nerve and determnination. lIe Is from the Western part of the Staith jnd has L.eon clerking at Eu reka for sofie time past. The, re. wards which he iiains for the liill.. Sing of the outlaw will amount to q}uite a small fortune: It was a brave act ind the people rejoioe to see it so twell r.0ardlea..'l'i!. a'dj-; J. y. efolloting x'lamed personii, who were convicted at the rebeiit tei-mn of e the U. S. Circuit Codrt ist Colid bia of violations of the ellforeement act, were sent to the steamer Janmes Ad. gtTues~day from Chiarles~on; in o harge of 11eputy Marshals I ublbard Sand Coates, to serve out their sen tonees in the Albany penitentlary. Robert Moore, Wnj. C. WVhitesides, Jolin and k.rom~e WVhitlock, Alfred LiaMaster, J. S4. lfehllJ A. Ionald and Marion F~owler. Ea'ch of these 'a persons aire sentenced to five years' 8 imprisonment, except Donald and F~ow. y ler, whose terms arc four aiad two Y years respectively; Master Eddie was discovered pt. Sting flannel bandages iround the neck of his favorite bobby horse, and being questioned as to his motive for d so doing, confea-oed to a feeling of h great alarm lest the noble animal .should beoo affected by the pro. e vailing indisposition among theo thoroughbreds. Col., Ingalls Chief Quartermaster l. Division of the Atlantlo. Idian Com mtoaioner Waher has reatuned. The Buening of Columbi'. A Washington despatch of the l!i to the Courier-Journal, says : Gen. Shr:iban *as examined before the Anericat'i and British Coaiivi.i. aioni to-deg, in ,t egard to the burning of Culiumbis. ..l 1nied 118i 1 hd issued orders t0 buro ColumbWa, but admitted that the army was greatly exaspqrated again8t South Carolina, and raid this oxspioration was, in oroased by Oenergl flauwpton's. -ear guard t'ring into his errup a night, or two beforecentering Gului ia', whieb e !tasperatin f'ie apid his on orapr. ticipated i', and. this wys kilown to the men. A porresyoneeie was tje!n shovn '.o 6'cn. irmia', puri)or. ting to have taken p'r.:: beteewh him and General HTalleek', while on his march t'd Gluni1ia. The communica tion from Halleck desired him to des troy Charles'tol jind sow it with salt, so that t) ere might n'6 4grq..iuljfiejrs or ecesaiouists grow up there. To this, Sherqan in reply wrote that Chiarlvs. ton and Columbia wotld goon be in his hiaide,1 and 1Ialleek,.woild have no cauo to complain, Of his treat mnt. of. tpm ; that fie had tiho Fi f. tieewth (,qrps Ivith him, aid their well and further, that, he (Sherianii) would noT apa'o the Vublic buildingi in o6lunbia, as lie did at Milledge ville. en. Sheriu ndmitted, on hbs e'zamiuation)'? th*Akp this corespon'. denc'c w'as antthout'iatcd. Gen. Sher. ,.a satel thAt he Qcupied Columbia with the 1"ift'centi Corps. Ibl reply 1o the q uebtion wh.eth'er lie hcpt the men in the 't1orig a'fter taking posses. zion of the city ho Iaid no ; he ooid-1 pot'have qone so to h ave reveyted the burniog of every, tovn in th' gtate of' South, Caroli%.. Thes'o responses were drawn out by the representations ,of 'rmitieb eli ani, w'ho lege lhat their proei- ty at Columbia U v des troyed wantonly and in l'iolatioii of the usages of war. Gon. Shiorwn nanifested i .ood deal of exe'temient dtirin th W investigation ObiItcnsed Nen's. Tb5 'kin or the Sandwieli I lands is dead. Twenty-the keraonu wui-e :iled in thle tailroad accidcnt at Gjooj Ureek, Pennsylvania. A California vigilance Oommittee hung a murderer. All thlo Philadelphia trains delayed by snow. Two people killed and four wound ed on the Atchison, Topeka aud Sante Fe R. R. by telese.ping of trains. . Slteen lives lost in the wreek of IthC Noastle, off Cooke $trnits. A car whebt factory in Philadel. hi . ts criished in by inw and Inany 1 oIkmedi. were bitried. Thu ceiltin of tie Baptist Chur, h at Williainsubr' loll l 6 live hundred worshippers; foui'tien killed and thirty iijuiecL Rehorts from4 ek'bry quarter repre. selit the w atfei- duilng the pat WO days as v'ery sievere. Great storm had divei wtc'r dilt of Niagara River intd the Jkko d Buffalo faotories have ispeided. Five negro women to t Christma in Memphia, two fatally.. Memphis Bank stispeiid m. Boweiy Theatre, New York, dam Twevdincessnow in New York, White House closed until after New feai.'i. So great was the snow sto~ni that thousands of business. muen in New York slept in their offices Thursday night unable to get Iioihe. No mails received dnd none liave left tlie eji,ty. Baltimo1-e hai-bor closed to esiil ing veagels. P'otoriac hroden solid. Ice gorge breaking caused consider' able dainiage at Memphis. Southern bound train from Louis.. 01,l16 ran off with a large number of fassepgmrs.' Nine killed (several se riously hurt. The baggate hair was burned. Manillii birijuo Kadesh, lAAdnd for Boston, ash~re j Uiaptain and six of crew lost. Medoe Thiaid 2aljaing soldiers. Ship Peruvian, Singapore to Boston wrecked off Cape Cod ; all the people on ho rd lost. Euffilo hasi ii wtir famine. 'ih Newberry h~erald has tists mi. tuilty record: We regret to learn tilat Nfr. W. b. Rc~der, of this cotinty died on the 22d instant aftor a birief illness, of meningetis. Col. Lriffin, who buried his son, Frank,, on fSun. daiy thre 15th, wa:; ('.li'd upr 1 Sabbath to consign hibs beloved datigh. ter', Alice, to thie tomb. Miss Lizzie Butler, of' Jalapi, dieil enf Monday last, of puoumnonia. We also leam that Mr. Richard Gatterwhbite and Mr. J. havis havoecao~i lost a, ohild. Several colored peap i ha've also d'ied of meningetie. Our record of death, at this festival season, is a sad one. "Come in, there's fire in the jSar0 lor," wore the whispered words we heard while passing a house on one of thefmincipal streets, last evening. l't is sehi little eourtesies as these that in~'efase thme coildealor's profits; and ten$ t@ nialgo the banker sweet over sli-story wedding cakes before the wintar IlaQOer. Pro erty of Iiullyidul's f. Ridgewaf, Rl es aib'l' -'I (', 0, b .t Your subscribers, Mr. Editor, look upon.youtis the Omnnium". Otheru -ii of tuiseful kcnowledge and desirablo iV. IIrnintio": ant one they cain apply to, witlout a f'e iu any need. ,This heretofore ol)eure stution, lk mn ny others in our tat , .has Ie'res ed in digni ty and i In porta lice, and is 4ntit led to some considerat ion from the JI., C. & j. It-!ilroad, into %%hose coffers we pour daill a laie alount .of money. .his is tt present not (lie ca*e. Our cottor (some 3:,o biles in , r season) is w;ithout a platform, the ole put up iye year -ftIer war being en ti'ely two S aLl' 1 th1, neig ibor hCUd cattle devour it front the mo ient the wagons are unloaded. We "'order off" the cotton, and the elli eieut (but poorly, pptid) agent does all he can to g-:t it off, but his efforts art in many itistances abortive. The Iigbering noith waribo'id train ar raes, -and there are ., many "empts boxes" iN the train, b-it the- are alfi billed fur Charlotte and stations fur ther up, where it pays the road bet ter.' Our fertilizers remain in the weati er and - are rUined before the poor igitera: can get "4%wordl that they ljtvc arrived. Our hay and line is thrown out, to the wverey of the afore sai cattle and cap i.iouls weather, yet we get no through rates of freight in our inerchandise beyond Chailotte by the Northern route, or beyond Columbiabythe b Sothe-in. We pa;4.or inAistance, 65 cents per ,bund red ror bacon, and the Columbia citizen or merchant for whom the road has to carry it, 24 miles furslier hais only to pay 50 cen-s pe' h'u. dired ' on other articles the diffbri'ce in fr-eight is geater. We wi.sh, 3'r. Editor, to know if giny body is respoile1 ahd ihrw n e are to wanage to get our cotton be yond the roach..f hIngry ow. oir fertilizers, hay ati limo detercd for a f w ilys, and inore etluable rates of "eight l-Uuscniio.. ( CaroUn ian . '1c ilr !-. i , hC.Si i %,-- ollr of 111e voindlellil. ince oiur article of' Tiuesdiay night was penned, four of the per.-ons in jured by the boil-4er ciosion have 4iCdie to wit. ic--ee %idisill aiid lad'dy Le wis, white, dnd ifranlf 'l'hcoiii pson and one other, nainie uknown, colored. The three first nielkioild, alfter if furing untold agony, bi-aithed tici: last late Tuesday night. The fourth one survived nititil about 9 o'clock yeiterday morning, vwhen aftor ex periencing tortures, wor.c than death lie expir'ed. Drs. McCoaih and Grat ham who ere called in to ad miiiister relief' to the su(ferers, were unremit ting in their attentitfis; bu it was evident from the fith that the hand of death had been laid upon them, fid all efforts to save theni were futile. t'cie uneral of Eddy Lewis was preached yesterday afternoon about three o'clock from (lie Presbyterian Church by Ret. Pr' Miller and that 6f Loe ludisill from the residenco of his father on College strct; by e. L. S. Burkhiead, aftecr wh'ich the bodies were coni',eil to Niniwpoil Cemnetery; followed by inany of the citizenis of Charloge. 'I'h6 exot edaiou of the two star vivors of' the accident, we have not been able to learni, though it is hoped the ir wounds may not prove fatal. . TI'ib frighitfulI disaster; Sy which fou-r human beings, ,in less than twelve hours have beeni hurried from time into eternity, occasionas heartfelt aregret on all sides, anud the welIl-nigh distracted parents anid otheqr ielamtivesi of the deconsed ones, have the sympa thy of all. We sincer'ely trust we nany never again bie called up n to record such an cent. -C/uabott 05. A rderglit KrNic. citizen of W ilcox, wont into thme woods a few days ago to feed his hogs -- While going along fgo saw a black fox squirrel nmoving very i.!owyy through the grasas, and hIIiip cur iosty be-illg excited, lie wenit u/i td i ,when,,Lo his astonishimont, lie behol d1 a milli high. land terrapin holding faut to the rrquiirrel by one of its hin'd legs. Th'le nquirrel uised all fts ci'rngth to ccape by aetuially dragging the ter ny eern!~ yards through the of rolhasing the te'rrapin. liut the terirapin hel d on to the shiirrel's foot with a deoath-~grip, and Mr. G ibbs went to thu ,sap~ling and shook thiem out; Tho~ terrynrin' still kept his hold, and was draggd by the squ'rrel, to a gopher hole near by, and ways ear. ried into it. ;Thid was the last seen of the terrapin and its vietiin. The last ,bensation in Savannabi, Oais the mysterious d isappearance "of a merohmant ijftef'luaving sold out his establishmnent in bulk." He left a wife and ch'ild, and numerous eredi tors, to mourn his depar-turo, and is supposed to have taken another woman to comfort him in his absence. What is Troule. A company of Southern ladica wer one day assembled in a lady' parlo when the conversation chancedi tc kuru op.the subject of nthIly l Utli tion., reach 'had h-er . ;tory of pivju. liar trial and Lerca -n et to rchI o: except one pale, fiad loohing wouin .whoe luptrcles eye and d.ejected ni hoVed thaIt she wxas a proy tQ ti dcioeet iielantholy. Suddenly ariuia ing herself, shite said in a hollow voice LNt ono ofyou know what trouble "4\41ill you please, Mrs. r'ev. said the kind voice of a lady who well knew. he" iztp, 'toll the ladies whaut you call trpule '' 'I will, if yoq dedire it, An 7. plied,"fo.r [ have seen it. .\ly pa - rents po;sessod i. a com ipec6so, itil my girlhopd wa, a urrounrdnod 1-y : the conifort of life. sWldoI knew an ungratiiled wi.h, and Was ahVys gay and lighLhearLed. I miarried at, nineteen, one that I loved more tih In ill the world besides. Our home was retired, but the suglighi unver fell.on lovier opes or a.hsppier household. Vears rolled on peacefOully. )ive children sat around our table, ,it a little curley head still iestled in I;. bDoS3om1. One night, about 'Iid owi', one of t.he fier We i Roh-ek tris came on, which are%3 do comm2Iionl to ou. Sou1i~ther elinudet. For~l many11 honr's 2lie raii poured dowilessantiv. MIorning dauned, but stll the el imients raged. 'The whole Savannah Neemed allbat. The little striam near Our d welling hecautie - i aging torrent. %%eem no w re' aw :I, o .i i.:, br ouse w;119 Si rll ded 1.',' w-t- W. Ia-1 aged wit iy hale to recih I ic olevaited spotonl which a feiN a.' sleeading tre'. were Mag & iQ., whi. deIse foli.ge niorded zo:12 bprotection wlile, tiy Ihua Ad ioi s btirovo to save what, they c&n ' oir property. AL last a fearfd ni - wt-ept awIy 1 v huiband, :nd he -t ver r.so again. L1adieS--no OneC lu0 i a1 hu 1s.u,1! inure, .ut :at W2 .1t tyrble. "PreSently my3 sons taw 'ii' a. ger, aind the struggle 'or litI beca.mine the only consideration. They were as brave, loving boys as ever leslsed a m1other':;heiit, and [ watYhed their eAMrt Lo %Vp w'tth . '111"Y Ias pinly m110othieris n: feel. ' - I i fir off I coul not speaa to t Im:i, but I could see tieini elosiig nea'eer anid nearer to each other, a their l citu shoan grew smaller a "d sma'tle r.. l"The Mul en river raged r"rlul th.: huge trees (1. dead branclhes, upt d Strunks, wrecks of hinoei , drowling cati t.l i ssis of rLlubbish, aii went floating past nM. MY boyn wnve,, t.eir hiiid to m, theii n pinrd ": wird. 1 kh1ew i .s a farnre!i sit 1ia1, and you, inotherm, van iinigine myauinukh. I saw them all perish. and yet-that wrts net. troulc, "I hugged iny babe close to vly hcurt,and when the water rar to iy feet, I cli med into tle Iow i-bancheis of the tree, aln I so kep" retiring he. fore ittill an All-powerful hand litrid the waves, that they khould come no0 further. I was saved. All n word. ly possersionls Swept away ; all m2ly eurthly hopes bIighted-yet that wia not trouble. "C( y baby was all i hIl left o earth. .I laboiredi nightI andl dIay to suppoi!. htim and 12yself , and~ sought heo grew clder', evil compnions~iilt won hint away frim iomae. I Te ceased to care for his~ nuo heor'i cioselti ; le would sneer at her entreatp fand agny tgpryr luc Lfrt 'It iicm. in', t(13 pttrsiit of evil, andtu t last, when thated by wineO on2. t.yht, hie took thle life of a fellow-bein12a2 d i''mri dod his own ou the ca II hl. My biorienlyFatb'r hadl fill ii; cup of' snorowv befoi u ; now it ran iover. Tis was t !ouble, 1lad1icis, such as I hope Jlis nmercy wtill spuarei you from ever 9rxfef~encing. Tlhee.a not,1 a .dry eye atmong h:e: listener:, and2( the w iIrmeist 53 riympthy was egpreed~ for t$: birreived miotli. erg vihogjo sad( hisrtory had( taug ht them a anefu! lessen.. .Look fOut for flini. A White man, who says his name is ltastinjs, ealied oun Rev. Dru. Wat fo,6tetoi' of St..I .lit. me Chiurch ini thlis oily, ii. low da nys sineo,0 anid pre't sented a letter' to himu purtpor ting to brnde beoni wr-itteni to Dri. Wartson2, by ai clergymiian in 1 i elunor,2,l. Ti u genit lma'n assiisted himn, but d .ub ting the goenginenei. of thle h tter, tele. gralphedr to Riichmnd and)2 aierCtaini other tljit, ,. ..e , . .. people ere'vrywherer woulid (10 well to be, on their guard .- tl'smintyf' b.f:. na/. A part of the Louisiana delegation are in New York. Mayor Ra~l1, of that oity, hearing of their proenoc, adgressed them a communication ask.. ?ng them to meet the citizens of New York in a p qblio meeting and make knowvn to them the oondition of affuirs in Ijouisiana. . 'I'hey prefer to wait until other rmemubers of the dolegationt arrive in New, whbo aro niow in Phiha dolphia and Boston. .Afaudiy of circus performers mur kdored b'f Iadians in Arisona. Tc Annaican Title of ".liister." .OnC of the Now Yorl papers hav. n1g uittere(d a.serious protest against the1 A ine an fashion of prcfixing.thp title ot "',.onorable' to the nait'e of m el in puioio positionf, the sharp,. odgcd lRith imn( Eng (uiror cries "ditto to Mr. H urho," and d ihqourses tbu, with an aneet, 'thr.wn 'n We...hase ':al.a mtraue lovo for that simpk but ianly title of uwittoy eve'rincitee Ie were able to d'istiuguish betweeik true \worth atidkmprepreten, slt.- e.carnot. ,;ay :t.. wast innmqty or intittive, but it came tc. ps thrutni' (11ur devotioni to our boyhood's hro a giahint oflecer of the army, long Smee dead, and who, alas ! fell by his own liand. in. a t' t. of jiereditgryIs sanity at 'iotrcs:: )o.n oo ::n L; boforo bit was forpeed t.9 dquide hlotwoeen'bia Stale and :im4 country.. It war at the close of the Aexican war, whon tmost, (f the omeloers were receiving. brovot t itles. We ippened to be present, at. were tolerated by them as a more boy, when a (iscuiission aroso among thptu as to titles. Our favorito anud Mentor; whose \rorlIs were then our oraolos, and *...o hal received a brovet for gal lant ant(d mori orious sorvices' said "Th:e( t:-uo ..ttle of, ntli Americatl Petit biai j miiter. It is,, wben wort hily w'rn, abovo any that. can Ie oitferred by prince or potontato, or W0n by military or civic tervioca ' al wieu I shall deserve tho respect of mon 4.1 far as to imerit that titlo, tyLa, rt e 1at tery, I am..content.'' l'ir1n thw tm we have set a h.igli1 val-o n vi our only Amerioan titto (1 tu simple, but exprer. - I wo:d .\:itr ! Southern News. t.ons of Alisis.ippi have dip thera. ii :. Ie disap'pearing in Ma p editor haQ . gon tie Itrury business-weod niot G reat H astcrn Ciruen dissolved at 1-lm1a. They have rented the Solnia F-air routnt and will winter there. ..asgoula t 4 improving rapidly, aull-.ng pyo::isep f 0on boisg the o ot exten.Sit e11.mbeir ',or41 1E Midsia.. n - -- .. ) . lii G eorga dur.g as .. t five tyi~ run over and dostroyed by loo There are fnars of troublo on the *'.i': n of the inauguration of th9 ef Arkansas, the 6th of .' in ~ i'; cg m u ,c d ,. u i Oi 4 O i T e the h ':-p:1a1 at. 4t 1 Whe:. a Q Igo. 110 wor a ntr.rP b,* a, noto aeing tha:~ t his .eth.. e "Oorg'mca ted to Yr. J. 1'. GrCLn, Kansas City, .Tho recontoer4:ng. pf t 'ino 9f railway frou Louisillo t, Mlontgoi ory, nearly nix hundrd miles i4 e. tent, af'ected by the opylot ion p fkf the South and North Alabama.i ra'l. road, i1 an event of Southern railwpy eiterprise which mnust prove,of vast im port anie in thle de volopmenitt of tie great re.soureces of thtat, region, and especi ally of theC rich mninlg district~s mn A labhun~a through which the r~ad Entder .iost Strange. Tlhrecriiminatl court of Wanesburg U enue cuty, Pa,, has been trying a ro(t1:hat' uj urder case (during the paai~ week(.,';h1 pas i18that of Thiad. deunlt ' u::kin.i, fqr the murder of his~ I ather, i.hiatlei Yoiinkinr Tihe~ pris one'r i~s a young man, twepty-ope .or I wenty-two0 yearn of~age, and, t,he fa ther was aged'( fifty.:jx. It is.olairn., ed by the ( omfi.nonwtfVat1I in the, trial ti h rt th~ ol0d mn,f.w::.f,, r~hpt wbilya he steve, a.waitinig his suppqr. .ThIe de fece~ admit tbat tiio acoused i 0t lhim but cani'.ended that the fathor was B iehad.c givon lx wife ten ninutteit to got supper and furnishi warm~bread threatening to kill her if she failed. The aliotted~ tim was( w e Wll-nigh up. She had run to the cellar for cream aund had geturned to got figur. 'Tho dlegoart(d 'hadfollowed hetr~iid struck hor ith a dlipper, ]'ecomning utill more e'n' raged, hie threcw ,utsid o the dipper uind ru.hued for a butcher-kniifo. Not oetced ipjj in getting tie, ho co den- ,i *'t t r.ch a Itargo iron - m.be w.as inA the mnen. .- oa ry :. Th'e soe, -.. tiCereupon whet bis father deaud. s ida: ers Noi flesponsible fqr ther Loss of llegistered Letters. 'i'ho Postmaster General scomns con siderably amused over the discussioni now, goipg on in the newspapers over' a stupposed decision of the rostoffice Deopartment to the effect that .post masters are hold responsjble for the, loss of registe~'dd,lettore,. ,e slof that no such doeisiotz hap oeter boee. made, and( that neither, postmaete. nor Piostoffios D~opartmient are respon., 51ib1o in any way for the loss of suoh inttori.