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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.