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'twas bitterly discontented that ?"morn?
ing', arrd there is no denying it?discon?
tented with my home, my husband, even
with my baby. 1 remember the morning
?well?it was gray and cloudy, with" a low
dragging* mist, that chiilcd' one to the
bone, and- hung the trees with recking
m< isture: Tho black mud, about the
?door of out'western home, was thick and
. deep; and the bare floor of our one room
was badly stained and soiled by the care?
less feet of the rough shod working men.
. I had beea cleaning up all the morning,
- but the-.more I ? leaned the worse matters
seemed to grow; soap and sand only
v served to render black foot-marks more
?^visible ; and when a certain puff of wind
'./whirled the smoke and ashes down the
pips of my' cooking-stove, covering the
books and tables I had just taken so much
^.pains in dusting off, 1 threw myself in
'"'the'"rocking-chair, and burst into a passion
of- despairing tears. -
We -brought the rocking-chair with us,
Ned and I, when we left our cottage, on
the outskirts of the city* and journeyed
3 westward. ^It was a pretty, cottage; My
eye's.-fill with, tears even 'now at tho
; thought of it, with its low, breezy win?
dows,, through which the odor of roses
?.'/fieated.the livelong summer; and its
".-/clean, wrell:ordercd.rooms, adorned with
l all- those charming, useless little toys,
/. that go so" far toward making a home
g pleasant and attractive. It was my first
i; home-after my marriage?and a woman
V always loves that "home better than any
-./other, We were very happy, Ned and J.;
as cozy: and. comfortable as two robins
" rn the heart of a summer apple-tree. Ned
'. was a-clerkj-'bat with a salary, and some
? jUttle additions flowing in now and then
from-otheaj^resources. And when bur
.:' baby cam of "LittlePearl," as we called
: her, our happrness was complete.
: 5. But after a while this new rapture bo
; gan to cool; and as Little Pearl's eyes
;. deepened and expanded, Ned began to
v.cast" about him in a sago and fatherly
?~: manner.
"We: must" do "the best we can for Lit
/?tle Pearl's sake, "Boll." " .
That was the opening remark?a dis
' "closure- of. his plans followed, lie had
i caught the western fever. ""Westward
':^e stj\r of empire makes its way," Ned"
'-"<_aoted, with telling, emphasis, adding,
/ "we must foliow, Bell,"- and build up a
^wame-and a home for-Little Pearl!"
' I assented; as I'always did, to Ned's
plans'; though, in my secret soul, I felt
; thattbe movement was a bad ono. We
sold our pretty cottage and furniture at
.a considerable^ sacrifice; Ned left his
^clerkship, and the November 'after Lit
/tle Pearl's,birth "found us in our western
homo. ? ' ?'.
. Ned had urged "me to bring out our
."-servants; but,"in a fit of high-strung he
'roism, -I determined to be raaid-of-ttll
? work myself. Ned. would have to- sacri
wfice-rbis case aDd comfort?I would not
% 'be.:-behind "him. It was, comparatively
light in the beginning,' when only Ned
- and mj'self.were to providejfor; but after
awh'ilc the. hired men came; and baby
-/required more attention every day. The
fall rains set in, converting the spongy
r^spiL-into black, adhering riiud. I worked
- late and early, but found it impossible to
/take.care of my babe, and keep our rude
. home iifanythiog like order. I bore up
? /as long as I could; but at last my strengt!?
-utterly failed, and sitting down in the
- rockiug-chair? I sobbed like a silly child.
-.'/Libought of refold home, with its prct
' ty, well-ordered apartmeuts; of the hours
, of'pl.easant leisure and .social enjoyment
' to which I had. been accustomed.; and
. then,.-with a fresh gush of tears, I looked
? orit at the low, (railing mist, and around
. the small, untidy room'in which I was
imprisoned. It was wrong in Nod to
.-bring me to such a place, and against my
will, too. I thought bitterly.
At that moment I heard tho voico of
:lbe.sjck, hired man calling for water, and
catching up the pitcher, 1 brushed away
j ray tears, and ran up to the rude loft
. where he lay. As I reached the bed, I
saw by the sun.that it was almost noon,
. and dinner was l;o cook"for Ned aud the
lured men. Giving the invalid his water,
-1 paused a-'moment-to mix a draught of
medicine, my thoughts full of the smoking
. stove, and dfstastoful'dutics that awaited
? me below; find just then, shrill and clear,
' came Littfo Pearl's cry. I threw down
the dose I was mixing, exclaiming,almost
".- angrily :
>It is no use. I can't get along/no mat?
ter how hard I strive. "What shall I do
i)ow? Oh, dear! 1 do wish I had no
baby!"
My very finger-tips thrilled with terror
- ? tho instant the unwomanly wish had
- -passed my Hps; and clearing the steps at
two or three bounds, I rashed to the cor?
ner where her crib stood, eager to clasp
_ hor to my bosom, and pour out my re
. morse in tears and kisses. 1 snatched
away the curtain. The crib was there,
so was the snowy pillow bearing the
damp impress cf her head; but Little
Pearl was gone. For a moment I stood
dumb and almost senseless, then a swift
thought came to my relief.
c;iS'ed has stolen her to frighten me," I
cried, and rushing out, I searched every?
where to find him, but in vain.
The mist was thickening into rain. I
knew well enough that ho was too care?
ful of hor to expose her in such a man?
ner; yet I clung to the belief that he had
? stolen her. as I clung to my life. There
-was fresh footprints in the black mud
about tho door leading out toward tho
wood lot, where Ned utid tho men were
at work. I followed them, my head un?
covered, unmindful of the chill and wind
an'd.dTiving rain, plunging ankle- deep in?
to the yielding soil at every step. About
half way I saw something in the path be?
fore me. It was a little crimson stocking!
Myvheart leaped for )oy. Ned had stolon
her, and she had kicked it from her foot
on the 'way; it was cruel in him to fright?
en me so. - I wondered if ho had heard
that silly wish of mine!.
Half a mile from the house I met him
and the men coming homo to dinner. He
started forward the moment he caught
sight of me.
"Oh. Bell! what's the matter.? Is Lit?
tle Pearl sick ?"
^^Qa^ glance at his white, startled face,
convinced' mo that my hope was vain ;
[yet 1 cried oat angrily, "Yoii've got the
child, Ned, you know you have?don't
torture me any longer."
"Bell, what do you mean?''
"She's gone?Little Pearl. You stole
her, Ned, to frighten me?"
"No; on my soul, Bell!"
"Then she's gone; God has granted nie
my wish. Oh ! my baby! my baby !"
I was rushing past him, bnG he caught
and held me fast, commanding me to tell
him all?and I did. And then his after
words thrilled my soul with horror.
?'The Indians! the Indians, boys!" ho
cried, "they passed us. you know! They
must have stolen her. Come I"
They followed him without a word?
and so did I. Over the spongy prairie
mud, the chill wind ana driving rain beat?
ing in our faces, through dense, dripping
woods, down to the shore of the river.
But we were too late. The last canoe
was moored on the opposite shore. God
had granted me my wish. I had no baby!
Littlo. Pearl could not be found, al?
though our efforts were ceaseless. Ilcr
crib remained in its corner, with the im?
press of her head on its pillow; but the
littlo, laughing face, that had looked up
at us from the depths of the coverlids,
was gone forever. I had ample time to
perform all my household labor then.
No ? little, quivering cry to detain me
when I was busy; no clinging hands hold?
ing mine, and keeping them idle. My
wish was granted me; I had no baby!
"The desolate, inconsolable sorrow of
the days that followed, no tongue can
portray; the tender longing, the sharp,
stinging remorse. But we lived and
worked, for life and labor must go on, no
matter how sore and weary our beams
may be. At the end of five years, Ned
looked round him on the ripe fruition of
his most sanguine hopes. He had built
him up not only a home, but a name, ?n
this now country. We had pleasant
homes, and luxurious furniture, and birds
and flowers, and all the little attributes
that ^0 to make np a happy homo. All
did I say ? Not all?we were childless.
Little Pearl had never come back, and
God had given us no other child to fill
her place ; but we desired no other, our
grief for her loss being doarer and more
sacred than any new lovo could everhavo
been.
Poor Ned, that unforgotten sorrow, to?
gether with his arduous duties, made him
an old man before his time; tLi silver}'
threads were-thick on his temples, and
the furrows on his head deeply cut; when
we went back on a visit to our old home,
the friends of his j'outh did not recognize
him. His life had lost its impelling aim
?ind motive.
One night, in the great city, wo were
returning from the opera, when a voice
startled U6. -
"Please, sir," it said, "a penny to buy
a loaf!"
It wa3 mid-winter; the pavements
wero glazed with ice; and the countless
stars overhead glittered in the cold, blue
sky like so many points of steel. I was
dreaming of 1113: home in the far West,
and longing for the hour of my return to
come. A strange feeling of tenderness
bound me to the spot where I lost my
Little Pearl. I could not bear to be away
from it, because of a foolish fear that she
might come back again, and I not be
there fo welcome her. .
The slender, pleading voice broke in
upon my. reverie; and gianeing out at
the carriage window, I saw a small, child?
ish figure, and a tiny hand, blue and stiff
with cold.
"Stop tlie carriage Ned; I shan't close
my c}-es to-night, if we pass that child."
My husband started up from his half
doze and obeyed me.
"A penny, please, sir, to buy a loaf for
granny?she's sick."
. Ned took a silver piece from his pocket,
but I. caught his arm before he dropped
it into the little, waiting hand. Some?
thing in the soft blue eyes, looking up
60 pleadingly in the winter starlight,
thrilled my heart to its inmost core. I
3-earncd to clasp the little, shivering form
to my breast, to stroke back the tangled,
golden hair from the pallid, want-pinched
lace.
"Take her up, Ned," I entreated ; she'll
freeze if we leave her hire. Wo can put
her out wherever she lives."
" And good-natured Ned, who never de?
nied me a thing in his life, complied.
Down dark and unfrequented streets into
one of th? lowest haunts of vice and pov?
erty; then she guided us up a long flight
of stairs into a careless attic.
An old woman lay upon a heap of
straw, her face wearing that cold, grayish
hue which is the unmistakable precursor
of death.
"Have you como," she questioned, ca
gerh*, as we entered ; "give me the loaf!"
The child ran to hdr side, and bogan to
stroke back her gray hair.
"A good lady and gentleman's come,"
she lisped, softly.
"I'm glad yer come," she said, address?
ing Ned. "I'm goin', you sec; and some
one oughter look arter :ier," pointing to
the child. "Sho's a good little thing; I've
had her wi' me six years next winter.
She ain't mine, though. I got her from a.
squad o' Ingins, when my ole man run a
flat-boat down the Mississippi. They'd
stole her from sonic one and brnng her by
our cabin, and she was such a purty little
thing that the ole man an' mo struck a
trade for her. I allers kept her clothes,
the ones she had on, in case her friends
might know her, if they ever turned up,
but they didn't; an' now I'm goin', and
she'll be left to herself. You might look
arter her, madam, couldn't yo?".
"Whore are the clothes she had on ?"
asked Ned and I, eagerly, and in the same
breath.
She looked into my faco inquiringly,
and then pointed to an old trunk. Ned
bro^e it open. There they wore in a
faded heap; the dainty embroidered slip,
the tiny pinafore, and one crimson stock?
ing. Its fellow lay in the bottom of my
drawer in my far wostcrn homo.
"Oh, Ned?" I cried, "she is Little
Pearl."
And so she was. We had found hor at
j last, our baby, our darling.
? A lady, who was very modest ami
> submissive before marriage, was observed
; by her friend to use her tongue pretty
j freely after. "There was a time when I
I almost imagined she had none." "Yes,"
saidghcr husband, with a sigh, "but its very
long since!"
From the Southern Cultivator.
A Letter from Gemes Munro.
Mississippi, Feb. 1SG7.
Mr. Editur:?Thar ain't no use to deny
it, ibc its jest as the poit said, some twen?
ty hundred yores afore this here present
writer, when lie said, "limes aint as they
aster was." No sir, when 1 kast my op?
tical luminaries askant, and xperience the
floatin' events what ar happenin ever and
anon, kontinually, I'm Icon strained to
mako u.?,c of the aforesaid poit's language,
with felins kin tor mclankoly. Every?
thing is changing, and I leant keep up
with 'cm. "We go from bad to bad er, and
I'm alercd there is a worser still away
fernent the present. 1SG6 has disceasod
?gone glimmering?been wound up and
slid silently back into the vast lumber
room, whar time draps as it wares out?
taint even a "skool boy's tail." Kould I
step back inter that thar aforesaid "room"
I'd pick up the yere '6C and wipe out a
heap er things recorded agin Gomes Mun?
ro. Yes sir; dont know but I'd tear the
hole kontrapsion. from Krismus lor Kris
mus, and let (35 run smooth into G7?skip
pin 4th July, even. "How, 0 ! how ar
the might}* a fallin !" But its all been did
now, and its too late to cry after yer
b??s ar tore. Wisdom says mend um
quick, ter kivcr yer nakidness?be more
kerefid and tare cm no more.
I wound up at the end or the ycre with
31 bales er ketten?havin spent 25 bales
ter make the 31. Now I have the 31 to
run me throu this yere. The niggci-s
made but little, and I made but little?
?but bavin adopted the britches parable,
proverb, cr whatever it tis, I am tryin it
agin, and don't low to give up yit?how?
ever, everything is a runnin kontrarywisc.
Tho't I'd ship ten bales or kotlon to Mo?
bile tother day, and bawled it ter the De?
po?a feller kum up an said he had ter
way the kotton afore it kould go?that he
war government agent and somcthin bout
rivcrnue. 1 told him it want government
kotton, but belonged to mc and the nig?
gers what made it. All the same, ho said,
and wayed the hole of it afore I kould x
plain a thing about hit; then said that I
must fix up the taxes afore it kould git
on the kars.
You kno I told yer I wa3 tryin to quit
fight in and kussin, so I sot right down
thar all day, ter see if he done everybody
the same way, but ho did, and I had to
give that thar chap nigh on to ore hun?
dred S tor git the kotton released from
konfiskasion, and get it on the kars. Do
they do your Georgy folks in this way
Mr Editur? Has the North busted up.
and art: we cany in on the Goverment by
taxin cotton ? ?Somcthin isrong?thing's
ortcr be more equil on "the best Gover?
ment on the ycath." What sorter pcr
ducc have the}* got, they .tax like kotton ?
May be wo aint back in the Goverment
yit- but then yer kant make a feller pay
the preacher afore he jincs the church.?
I'm so fur behind, I kant understand their
changes. I'm lookin fur a tax on korn
and pertaters, next thing. When they
do that, blievc I'll quit the hole kontrap?
sion, go out an jine the inj uns, whar thar
aint no laws, taxes, Goverment agents,
nor mithin else, and every feller skufilcs
for hissclf. Ter tax one set er folks and
not the tother, aint that konfishasion ?
Whar's the use cr callin it taxes. When
me and my folks lived on Little River,
Georgy, I uster to go to town?run my
ban in my pocket, pull out a few ihrips
and bits, pay my taxes, get a recipe, and
heard no more of taxes that yere; but
now, out here, you kan't sneeze thout
pay in for it, and its that way all thro the
yere. Then, when krismus komes, they
jest mako a clean sweep, and take nigh
onto all yer produce. Yer kant write a
'?One day after date." thout by in a per?
mission and stick;n it on. Has Missis?
sippi moved ter England? Do white
folks git auy thing out er the "Civil Rights
Bill?" If so, what civiltics, and whar ar
yorrighis? Ar "all men born free and
equil," as they uster was? If so, whar's
your freedom and yer equil ? Yer see I'm
so fur behind the times, I kant locate my?
self?believe I'm lost. They say the nig?
ger's free?if so, I know white lolks ar
sold, and we aint found out who we be?
long ter?-just a slosh in round loose?stray
dogs thout anybody ter give us a bone.
: Jerushalem! Wish a ycth quake would
koine?make a big land slid? of Missis?
sippi, and land her away out yandor in
the Ocean, sorter Hand like. Somebody
woud want us then, I rclcon, thout 3 cents
on kotton. Then, if Alabammy and Geor?
gy begun ter crack all round and slide
slowly, wouldn't somebody wantto throw 1
on tho grapplin' irons, and may be offer a
premium of 3 cents on kotton. Whoop o?
wouldn't ther be a shakin cr the dry
bones in Ivongress, and a bcllowin and
tarrin up cr dirt by the Bulls on Wall
Street. Yer 5-20's would drop down to
1-nohtins, and grcenbacksberkomc thum
papers fur kollored children. This may
never Iconic to pass?that is ter say, the
land-slide; but that other things?i.e.,
"shakin of dry bones," and thum papers?
?is as certain as Krismus, if things keeps
cr goin on as they ar now. Aint the
goose most died whar laid the golden
nig? Aint Kongriss sittin on a litter of
foreign aigH, and a hachin out things
never heard of afore? Don't the hole
elements (pcrlitically spcekinj stink er
rotten aigs? In short, (speelcin of free?
dom) aint the hole kontrapsion a dad-rat
ted skunk stensh in ther nostcrls of the
Ivoustilusion as it uster was?
The Scriptnr tells of aonruly boy what
cut up tremendusly and seceded from his
daddies government. This boy arter
tryin ter live solus bolus, sorter busted up
and cum nigh onto starvin, and wont
back home. Tho old man seed him a
komin afar off, down the lane, and run
out arid met and hugged him; put a bran
new coat of many kollcrs on him; had the
fattest yea Hin on the place killed and bar
bakucd, and all the nabors cum over, and
they had a big dinner, and the old man
wai happy, for his sou war found. I x
pect they had chicken fixens, and a heap
cr other good things. Well, away back
yandor in 01, we down South, got ter cut
tin up, and busted loose from the old
house at Washington, and made right
sharp history for 4 yores?wo did ! But
then we wore out all our clothes; eat up
all our sugar and mcrlassis; got ter drin
kin tatcr IcofFeo, sorgum whisky and sing
iu "hard ap," and the boh; land got lcivcr
ed all over (xcopt whar thar was to ho a [
fight) with detailed under-strappcrs, rum-1
atised Iiominissary's and \ Masters?in?
somuch that the land wouldn't support
tho "Stay-at-homes" cvon. Thcso, tcr
gctlicr with a hold mixture of other cir
kuinstances, too unpleasant to mention
now, made us all start hack to the old
home. Well, we have been a walkin down
the lane, for nigh onto 2 ycrcs. Has
aii3-body givo you an}- new clothes. Mr.
Editur ? Have }'ou ever heard of a yenr
lin hein kill'd and barbakucd. Ain't we
all standin at the gate, tryin tor sing Hail
Kollombia, and a hollowin hell?lo ! fur
the folks tor kome out? Ain't the yard
full er barkin, snarlin curs, ready to tar
oft'even our old clothes. Says I, "Watch?
man, what er the night?" Says he, "I
leant see the Millennium yet!"
I am yourn, kompletcly lost,
Cremes munro.
-
How he Lost Iiis Tail.
"Gentlemen,' said a tall Kentuckian,
hauling up, and leisurely taking his seat
in a vacant chair, "don't make fun of that
dog, if you please," aid with a face of pro?
found melancholy and touching pathos he
added, "unless you want to hurt his lecl
ings."
"Of course not, sir, if you dislike it. But
pray, how did he become curtailed ot his
fair proportions ?"
"Well, gentlemen," I'll tell you," said
the Kentuckian replenishing the spacious
hollow of his cheek with a quid of to?
bacco.
"That thar dog was the greatest bear
hunter ol Kaintuck. A few years ago 1
used to take my rifle and old Riptearer, ol
an afternoon, and think nothing of killing
ten bears. One cold day in the middle
of winter, hein' troubled a good deal with
an old lie bear that used to carry off our
pigs by the dozen, I started with Riptear?
er determined to kill the old rascal, or die
in the r.ttcmpt. Well, arter we had gone
about two miles in the woods, wc all of a
sudden came right smack on the old bear
with his wife and three cubs. I knowed
I could'nt shoot 'em all at once, and I
knowed if I killed either of the old'uns,
t'other would make at me, for I could see
they were mortal hungry. So says I,
'Rip what'll we do?" Rip knowed what
I was saying, and without waiting to hold
any confab about it, he guv a growl and
pitched right in among them. With that
I let fly at the she bear, cos I knowed she
was the worst of the two when the cubs
was about.
"Over she rolled as dead as a mackerel.
Rip he hitched on the bear, and they had
a mighty tussel for about live minutes,
when the bear began to roar enough like
blue murder. I ran up and knocked his
brains out with the but end of my rifle.
The cubs were so skcered and cold that
I killed 'em all in two minutes with my
knife. But Rip took on terrible about my
knocking the bar on the head. At fust 1
thought he was going to tackle on me,
and says I, 'Rip, that's down right un?
grateful.' With that he sneaked off in a
huff, but I could easily sec that he was
terrible mad yet. Well, I left all the bears
on the ground, concluding to call back
with the neighbors for 'em as soon as 1
could let them know. On the way home,
Rip kept' ahead of me. Every time he
thought how I killed the old bear, his tail
would stand right straight up on end?he
was so powerful mad. It was gettin' on
to night and began to grow freezin' cold.
About half a mile from the house, Rip he
eame to a halt, thinking he'd have anoth?
er look back in the direction of the bears.
The scent of 'em raised his dander was
than ever. His tail stood right square up.
as still'as a hoe handle. Just then it comes
on colder than ever, and Uip's tail friz ex?
actly as it stood. 1 was in a bad'fix ? 1
had no fire to thaw it. While I was think
in' what I'd do to get it down agahi, a buck
deer sprung up and darted right over a
fence about fifty yards ahead. Hip did
not. wait to be told what- to go, but pitch?
ed evil bent arter the deer. 1 cracked
away with my rifle and just raised the
fuzz between his horns. As soon as Rip
got to the fence, he thought heM make a
short cut, so he dashed right through, but
his tail was so brittle that it broke oft be?
tween the rails. Poor old Rip was done
fur good. He never had a tail to show
after that?it broke his feelings as well as
his tail, and that's how he came to lose it,
And now, gentlemen, I'm gettin' a little
dry, ami if vou'vc no objections, we'll lake
a horn."
The Yankkk.?Ad ::irnl Sennits, of the
Memphis Jiulldin\ draws the following
lively picture of the Yankee race:
"The individual energy, industry and
enterprise of this remarkable race is equal?
ly astonishing. They construct the Jong?
est railroads, dig the deepest canals, and
build the finest ships ot any people in the
world. When wc were afloat in the Ala?
bama, endeavoring to prevent these icono?
clasts from pulling down the idol of gov?
ernment which they had SO recently sei up.
if we were in doubt as to the nationality
of any ship wc were pursuing, we had onlv
to take a good look at her, at whatever
distance she might be, through our teles?
cope, to determine at once whether she
was Yankee or not. It she excelled the
ships of all other nations in the symmetry
of her hull, the length, the grace, and the
taper of her spars; if her canvass was
whiter, her sails larger, more beautifully
set, and 'sheeted home,' and hoisted in a
more seamanlike manner ; if, in short, like
a beautiful woman, she ravished flic be?
holder as well by the swelling and grace?
ful outlines of her ligure, as by the witch?
ery of her drapery, we were alwavs sure
she was Yankee. What is it that the
Yankee cannot do 'i And whether he can
do it or not, what is it that he will not at?
tempt? He has recently invaded the Holy
Land, intent upon uprooting the Turk anil
get ling possession of the holy sepulchre.
The Sultan had belter look out for himself.
If lie permits the cockatrice's egg to hatch
he is gone. The Yankee will steal his very
yatagan and turban, aud swear that they
are his own."
--o? ?
? There arc two of the impulses in man's
nature?industry and idleness?to one ot
which lie is bound lo yield, either going
the way leading to happiness or i hat lead?
ing to utter worthlessness. They are so
distinct, the effects they produce are so
entirely different, and we have illustra?
tions of travellers in the path of glory so
beautifully line, that it should be an in?
centive to put forth all our energies to
walk in that path, which, though rugged
and rough it may be, still contains at its
end the'goal of higher honor.
_-__
_A secret warranted to keep in any cli?
mate?a woman's age.
The Franchise Law in Tennessee.
The unanimous decision of the Supreme
Court of Ten iicssce, is that the Acts of the
Legislature of June 5, 1SG5, and May 3,
] 806j determining the qualifications of vo?
ters, and limiting the elective franchise,
are constitutional. The opinion of the
court, delivered by Justice Shackelford,
discusses at length the formation of the
present State Government, and conclusive?
ly shows that the people of the State, in
their sovereign capacity; had conferred up?
on the Legislature full and ample power
to determine these matters, and that in
exercising this power it had not exceeded
the limits of constitutional provision.?
The court held that the elective franchise
is not an inalienable right of privilege,
but a political right, conferred, limited or
withheld at the pleasure of the sovereign
people or their representatives; that once
granted, it may be taken away by the ex?
ercise of sovereign power, and if so taken
away, as by an alteration in the Constitu
tion of the State, no vested right is viola?
ted or bill of attainder passed, or act of
pains and penalties, in the sense of the
United States. It was further held, 1 hat
the effect of the pardon of the President
of the United States was to restore the
citizen to the rights and privileges of a
citizen of the United States, but did not
restore to him the political rights, as a
citizen of the State, which the people, ac?
ting in their sovereign capacity,' denied
to him.
Fortune Teixtxg.?One of our ex?
changes is responsible for the following
story relative to this popular and perni?
cious voice:
Not many evenings since it is recorded
that a sinner who has escaped hanging
for lo! these many years, was in company
with several ladies. The object of fortune
telling was introduced. Several of the
"angels"' pleaded guilty to the solt im?
peachment of having written toM'lle. This
and Madam That to furnish them leaves in
their future history. Instances were men?
tioned or some very remarkable develop?
ments in a certain case hereabout.
Elder K-was asked for his opin?
ion. He replied : "So far as I am person?
ally concerned, 1 know more about myself
than I wish to. I don't think any good
comes of those things. I had a friend
who dressed himself in a lady's clothes
and called upon a celebrated prophetess.
He did not believe that she would discov?
er the disguise, but he heard what made
him exceedingly unhappy." Here the old
reprobate ceased. A lady much interest?
ed asked, "What did she tell him?"?"She
told him he was to marry soon, and be?
come the mother of ten children !"
A Doctor as is a Doctor.?A self-surf
ficent humbug, who took up the position
of a physician, and pretended to have a
knowledge of the art, was once called to
visit a man with the apoplexy. Dolus
gazed long and hard, felt his pulse, and
finally gave vent lo the following sublime
opinion :
"I think he's a gone feller."
"No, no, do not say that," exclaimed
the sorrowful wife.
"Yes," resumed Beins, lifting up his hat
and eyes heavenward at the same time,
"yes, 1 do say so; there ain"t no hope, not
the least mite. He's got an attack of nihil
tit in his lost front is?"
??Where?" cried the startled wife.
"In his lost frontis; and can't be cured
without some trouble and a great deal of
pain*. You see the whole planetary sys?
tem is deranged. Fiistly, his voxpopuli is
pressing on his advalornm; secondly, his
eutacnrpial cutaneous has swelled conside?
rably, if not mere; thirdly, and lastly, his
ribs arc in a concussed state, ami he hain't
got any money : consequently, he isbound
to ilie."
latiire is the same all over the world,'cept
n New England, and thar it is, 'cording to
Pkoverhs ok Josn Billings.?"Human
na*
in
sarcumstances.'
"I?um is good in it- pince, and hell is
the place for it.''
"If 1 had a boy who didn't lie quite well
enuff'to suit me, I would set him tu tend?
ing a retale dry goods store."
"lie who kan ware a shurt a week and
keep i! klean, ain't n'l for ennything else."
"I never knu a fool who hadn't a good
voice."
"Thieves hunt in couples, but a Her has
no accomplice."
"There is multitudes of folks who mean
well enutF, but how like the devil thev
act." J
"Give tho devil his due, may read well
en tiff in a proverb, but mi friend, what will
be cum uv me und you if this arrangement
\z carried out ?"
? An attorney who wished to show his
smartness by quizzing an old farmer at an
elect ion dinner, began asking him if there
was many girls in the neighborhood.?
"Yes, there's a dreadful sight of em,'' re?
plied the old man; "so many that there
ain't half enough respectable husbands for
em all, and some of cm are begin ing to
take up with lawyers!"
The attorney didu't follow up the sub?
ject.
-:
If a Laddie Meets a Lassie.?If a lad?
die meets a lassie walking in the street ;
if the lassie wears a "tiltor"?shows ar
ankle neat; if the wind is rudely blowing,
lifts her skirts too high, and the laddies
sees that ankle need the lassie cry? Even
lassie wears a "liltcr" and a -'hiiiderpest," I
and a metal "palpitator*' on her snowy
breast, If when married to the lassie
these false charms he spy; if he says,
I'm sold, by jingo!" need a lassie cry ?
_-?-*
_fjc wlio can lind nobody that will
credit a word he says, may fairly boast
that he has no creditors.
SHIVER & BECKHAM,
wholesale and retail dealers ix
DEY GOODS,
Plain .Street, 2U door from Main,
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late of the Mills House, Charleston, and pro-pric
(ov of Niekersou's Hotel, Columbia, S. C.
Nov 30, 186? 6mi ^
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Greenville & Cojainbia Rail Koa!.
General Srrr.itixt'rxdent's Office,
?Limbio. Sept. 12, lKtfU.
On and after Monday. 17ih inr>t.. the Passenger
Trains will be run daily, (Sunday's excepted) un?
til further notice, as follows :
Leave Columbia at - - 7 15 a. m.
" Alls-ton. - - 9 05
" Newberry. - - 10 05 a. m.
Arrive at Abbeville, - - 3 13 p. m.
" m Anderson. - - 5 10 *?
" " Greenville, - - 5 40 "
Leave Greenville at - - ? 00 a.m.
" Anderson, - -. '- -? 30 '*
" Abbeville, - - 8 35 a. m.
" Newberry, - 1-0 p. m.
Arrive at Alston. - - 2 45 " -
?? " Columbia, - 4 40 44 -
The bridge at Alston being now completed, pas?
sengers and freights will be transported without
delay. The expense ol freights, bj t lie discontin?
uance of tho wagons and boats, will be largely
reduced.
J. B. L.vSALLE, Gcn'l Supt.
Sept 20. 18GG 14
Schedule over S. C. Railroad.
GENERAL SLT'TS OFFICE,
Cuaki.kstox, S. C, Nov. 3, 18G&
ON and after Wednesday, November 7, 1806, the
Passenger Trains of this road will ruu the following
schedule :
augusta train*.
Leave Charleston", S.OO n. m. :
Arrive at Columbia, 5.^0 p. m.
Arrive at Augusta, 5.00 p. m
Leave Augusta. 7.00 a. m.
Leave Columbia. 6.50 a. m.
Arrive at Charleston, -L00 p. m.
tiikol'cii xait. train'.
Leave Augusta, &6Q p. m.
Arrive at Kingsvillc, 1.05 a.m.
Arrive at Columbia, 3.00 a. hi.
Leave Columbia. 2.0? p. m.
Arrive at Cingsville, ?L40 p. m.
Arrive at Augusta. 12.00 night.
IL T. PEAEEj Gcn'ISup't.
Novl'i. 1SCC 22
Schedule over Hie Blue Ridge Railroad.
ON and after Monday the 17ih inst., the Trains
on the IWue Ridge Railroad will leave Anderson
for Pendleton and Walhalla, on Wednesdays and
Saturdays, after the arrival of the Greenville &
Columbia Railroad Trains.
Will leave Walhalla on Mondays at 3J o'clock,
a. in., connecting with the down Train of Green?
ville ix Columbia Railroad.
Will leave Walhalla on Wednesdays at 10 o'clock,
a. m.
W. IT. D. GAILLAED,
Superintendent 15. R. R. R.
Sept 20, 1SG6 15
m HOESEY,
SUCCESSOR OF
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Dec 0,18(55 25
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Dec 5, 180? v 3Qi