Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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? THE IMHT KUVAJ.. STANDARD and CGK81ERCJAL; itKUFORf, S. 7, 1*73. SlUSiKIFTlOVS. Out Y?*;*r, S'i 00 SIx Mouths, I OO j Advrrti^r-UfUt* will bf lus? ? r<-<! nt tl?<* rttlr cf 91 3d p?*r #4nave, 10 Nonpareil 1 uc>, for ttie A<?t Insertion; ul tu*rr(li. 11? by i-Autrai't. vrm: 01 h ook. The situation in Coluiulna is Jiunclin j { ting to thoughttul men whose love ol j country rises higher than prrty. The! events that have transpired since the j commencement of this session of r ins leg-1 I islature, have addcdwamother dark page j to the hrtlory of the State, which years of peace and prosperity will hardly wipe < out. On one bide ue have the combined tal-1 cut and wealth of the State, seeking and dcuianJiug almost by force the control of a State they claim has been w..n by a in a- j jority of the votes of the people. On the orher hand, we have a party | t representing a class who have a confessed j majority of 3CMXK), composed of the j "boue and muscle" of the State, but J lacking wealth and intelligence, the real elemeuts of final and permanent success. To the iaiter party the present administion belong: arid although Gov. Chamberlain has talent and ability equal to the most gifted auioug the opposition, yet in thia criais he feems to be unequal to the task. Within the very Capitol of the i State, United States troops are camped j to prese.ve the peace; and in nnd around [ the executive office the "'blue coats" arc stationed to prevent threatened violence. 1 riot and disorder, and to protect an ext- i cutive who governs a ]>eople, who either through hostility or fear, cannot be called i upon to sustain the .majesty of the law, oveu ;in face of the appeals of General Hampton to the party in opposition to keep the peace. This ? the problem for our legislators to aolre. A work that they must either ]>?rfona or step down and out. The people of all parties are tired of repeated interference of the military to protect the eitiaeas, and artless the legislature and the administration can give ns a government that will restore peace and harmony they mast assigu the control :o men who will he equal to the demauds of the occasion even though they be among our opponents. Better than a thousand fold^that the Republican party become a victim of fraud than a party to it. It can better afford to bear the ills of the one than the shortlived triumph of the other. If the Republican party is ,worth perpetuating, uow is its opportunity, and uow is the time for its wisest counsel to come to the front, and for the time being lay aside the consideration of .party control for the beaeSt of the triumph of law and order. Its present embarrassment is not the result of any merit of the Democratic party; it is not because the people want to trust the control of the Government in the hands of its enemies, or in any sense because the issues of the rebellion* are failures, that emancipation wa3 wrong, the enfranchisement of the colored man a mistake, or any ot the great fundamental doctrines enunciated by the early founders of the party. None of these things are to blame, but ?re rather among the imperishable records that make up the glory and renown of the Letter ant brighter days of the party. The exigencies of the hour bear quite a different sic nifieauce, and there is not a sensible Republican in the laud who does not understand it, and knows that the secret and cause ot the present humiliation is due to but one agency?false aud corrupt leadership. This is it, and argument piled mountain high cannot reason it away, it is not our purpose to expose any more of the past than already stares us in the face, and whether we escape defeat or not, it is uo time for the Republican party to try to repudiate the just public sen tiinent that has chastised it. If it would recover itself in the fsture, it mu*t commence unloading itsc'f at once. The men who have dragged it Its prcseut disreputable plight mu't ! c cot i:u cf, aud those who have been driven from *th. " ' ??-j .v.. I root must of recaueu, uuci iuc u?uuci of Ciaeinuatus oi'oldi and placed in cominaud. This has been no str ggle with j the Dewoeratic party, but with the peo-; lie, whose convictions are as strongly j with the Kepubiican party as ever, anJ j who will allow no other to control the j . government. i . There is u) doubt that the present stagnation in business as well as dcdiuing i prices is due almost wholly to the prevail- j iug epidemie of politics. People were; willing to stand anything while scratching through a presidential election, but they had noi Ui-counted the possibility of' having two president.-, instead of one with i a prospective lie lit between tuen . \\ ?- , u.o a e, liCi'iou.? peop.e, and mis- I . " \V ' I e' L. > . * '** ** ? *" ? inovoi-y iiu:t;ieia! wind a-a No.theruer an shakes on the lice hums of S n;;h Caroii- jtl iu?, ami there will be noth ng but aiter- ,,,. uate shake.* and chili.-- muil thc.?e vexc 1 questions are >et;'e i. , It is the duty of the leaders and prom- j " ' iiieiit men, both whLe and colored. to de- ' w b' uounce all lawlessnc s and use every of fort to stop u. Vt into men mu.-t not be j vOUiitcuab?cd in aggiesNon* up<?:i the op- h; jiositc race, and the colored ineis ua;.-! iearn the same, and act it out. The poo- . a1 pie of South Carolina aie going to he gov cm erucd by law and person ami property ate yt going to be protected, if it takes the ( bi wh*le power of the State and I nited n: , i , 1 States' government to briri^ about the re- j , 1 4 ^viiC. ! V The Returning Board of Louisiana is j ct not the outgrowth of the war. as some be- i sv lie'.e. it was ii'.t born of rebellion, but j w of Democrats, years before the war. The j sj eyes of the whole country were turned to j it during the Know-Nothing excitement J (j of 1856, as it is now in the election of our i ti President. This Returning Board exist, j P o<] then a^ it does uow, the child of [>etu- j I <*\ oeratie parent's, enacted among the old * laws of the State of Louisiana. t] xi> ? c< WlllLE finding fault with the auitiinis- j (ration for permitting, and not punishing i\ the men who continually threaten the peace of the State ; we feel satisfied that i there are none who claim to be honest! ^ and law-abiding democratic citizens who j p can do otherwise than condemn the action ! a of their party leaders in reference to the ;t: proceedings in Columbia^u Monday. All . . ' I' I of General Hampton's speeches go for I ., f, j uaught whii<|Tie men who are fighting .< his cause are telegraphing to all parts of the State for anued lueu to come to Columbia. It is better that both Chamberlain aud Hampton be set aside than to t; j drench the soil of Souih Carolina in j h blood. There has been enough turmoil |11 r and strife, and ihe democratic leaders ( should bear iu mind the evil cousequen-1 ? ces that followed the war. If they do j 1 uot heed the lesson the people who bore 11 the heat and burdcujof the day in the late j * struggle do; they feel aud know that they j t hnve all to loose and nothing to gain. j L The following extracts clipped from ! democratic papers of thi3 State, tell the | i( story of the desperation of the leaders: '*1 am informed that the telegraph has I j been'-brought into active use to-uigh", L summoning citizens from other portions j j of -Vee State, and these will come j thoroughly armed. Nothing but the ac- | tive agency of the troops will prevent i bloodshed. ' !, ' In the ; ame papers we find the follow- . I iug sent abroad for effect which is a cot:- j t tradiction of the above as telcgiaj h,d to J * the Ni fs: x j "Columhia, Dec. 2.?Hon. L. 0. C. J * Lamar; 1 Yaslttnatoii: Ifave the President, i Secretary and Cabinet waited on iuiiuedi- ! c atcly by our friends. Let them state that ! * abs lute pence prevails here and in the i c House, where both bodies are in session, j 0 i If JKugor interferes it will be without the j ^ shadow of an excuse. Republicans are | y expressing on the floor of the House their j f dCgu.-t with the revolutionary proceed ; ! iugs of their party and are joining us. i Press these points or let the country kcojv 1 the real s'tuatiou. (Signed) J. B. Gordon, Wade Hampton." |1 Iv | find th-it: { { I "Outside of the Statehouse were as- t ' , J m-nn-it fit'iloln. (frits' f Sell! LUC J llli iiauicu^c viviiv. . who were kept out of the Statehottse by ! v the Federal bayonets. Had a shot been tired no power under Heaven could have J prevented rhcrn from storming the Statehouse at wha ever cost." And that in obedience to the telegrams ! "There are fuily 5,000 visiting demo-1 j crats in ihccity and, as may be expected, J i they were up to a short time ago, intense- i k ly excited "and gathered around the exe-} eutivc committee rooms for information, j a Gen. Hampton came out and delivered a i c j long speech, in which he assured the j1 i crowd that our prospects of success were i ' j never brighter, and that nothing but a * i rash act on their part could rob them of 1 their weil-earncd victory." I i Is there a candid thoughtful man who ; J can support the presence or the leaders in ; 0 | securing the presence of armed bunds at j ii the Capitol. The election is over, the ! a i i bitterness engendered bv the canvass: I " . . ! 1( I should be forgotteu. and every citizen I , . _ . ." . i0 1 should le: d his efforts in restoring peace s, arid harmony among the people, without \ t1 j which Hampton or any other leader can I do nothing l'or the prosperity of the State, j '' Democrats Lave duties to perforin; j /. they claim the wealth and intelligence of1 ? i 1 the State and should therefore be able to a maintain all their*rights without, resort- 0 iog to the unchristian virtues of proserip a tion ostracism or bloodshed,or even tie appearance of violence. j j | hs Tom Hamilton said iu the legislature 0 that he was opposed to uortherri men ' p , j coming iuto South Caroliua. Torn seems ,J to have forgotten that if the northern ft men bad not come hire he would have , been hoeing cotton in the field iu- ti stead of following the occupations of pro- It unal lawmaker ? and rice planter. Thk < ! u t"?M:i? n house after five days v, I iuiir i?*>:111.s camping in the ''tato use ha\e to (. uiohiia Iluil. so republican-* '.ill "hohl ibe fort." ? - - The Jacksonville l\e*> gives a tabuled statement of the vote of Florida liieh elects Hayes and \\ heeler electors forty-two uc;j viiy. \\ K understand tout a .v mail fortune i* change I Lauds it) (.oiumLia. Nut .*11 i i t/ers went up OiOkc ;u;u nas >i no pay a - member from cither the s> ..'led coii.njtutional or Bayonet IIovi.it.;t Nat Las bought a male an I acuns to .-flush. W e wonder if Tom is as wed! \od. < >?? The late constituents of Ilamilion am! [yets s:.y they will give them a warm re ption when theyeome Inane. They mt them as republicans and when thev ant the other party they will take resectable white democrats. A newspaper has been started in New > leans to advocate Imperialism and ha: otte 1 out Gcu. Grant as "Ulysses Im erator" with the following prospectus "Its object is to lead in the van of the aihering hosts of Imperialists, who fron 1! sections of this country an* looking ti 10 silent man .at the White House t< inne forth, and with his strong arm a: Ictator save us from anarchy and ruiu ii te person of either Tilden or Hayes." Arms for Ike South. The mo.-t prominent dealers in arms ii lew York city say that their trade in tin ast two months has been livelier than a ny time in the past ten years. - It is C; mated that 20,000 stand of arms hav< een sent South in the last two months rincipally to South Carolina and Missis ippi. Cannon have also been sent it trge quantities. ? Tom Hamilton** I>< parterre. Tom Hamilton, of Beaufort, now el ained the floor, and said that the issiv ad to he made sooner or later; that h 1 - ?i rr> LllgM as wen lllUMi ll uun. uu Hi*., roceeded to arraign the Republics! eadc.s of South Carolina who h;?d do ounced Chauibejain as a traitor, )euiocrat and a thief, after he had nom uated him in the Republican Conventio le proved his consistency as a Republ an, and pointed them to measures whicl ie had opjmsed, but which they in thei nadness and folly had passed over hi lead, and afterwards accused him of di: ovalty and want of paitv fealty. It pd them of his determination to d iiriit and fulfill the oath he had take o support the constitution ley a rules-: c he consequences that might follow 10 told them that two y- ais hcueo h could t-e a candidate for re-election, an hat ho would he returned from his cam y. lie denied that the people of Soi.t V.ro'ina had any objection to Norrlu t icopde coming into the State, provide hey did not ( tune as professional pol itieutn?. lie a!l;:A:d to L * re as a we mown thiol" who had tied the S,:,t< iamiiton ridiculed the id.ti of li.-.uiv: nd Kdgo3e!d being thrown out on a< ount of the number of vofos cn-t, an aid that his own county, which had gb 11 the second largest Republican majorit. ii any county in the State, had ca.-t b, ?-JU more votes than it had two yea go. Hamilton's speech was a long an exhaustive one, and he closed it by wan ng the " bob-tailed Legislature, ' as h e.med it, in their effort to .orce itj.o he people of the State their unlaw li lody as a geuuiue, buna fide Legislature At the conclusion of his speech, Han Itcu approached the Speaker's statu, vith xii? commission in his liaud, and t< [UUaiCU Wt cnuili j ii cio 14 uniuiyw v he constitutional body. 1 he most ii ense inteiest was manifested all over tli louse as Hamilton took the oath ; aftc riiicli he returned to his. scat. imasosmii.ni fou contempt. [From the PhiJad?.*l|>l?iu. Day. t The telegraph informed us, a day o wo ago, that Mr. James (1. Thompson 'Jifor of the Union- Herald, at Columbii South Carolitia, had been imprisoned b he supreme court of that happy star md we have heard nothing of his bar ase since, save the facts published tr lay, that " the supreme court did n political business yesterday, except soin iroccedings to punish the contempt ii lie Union-IUndd " Mr, Thompson he unfortunate victim of judicial dignit, n this instance, is a graduate oft lie Da; ;ffice. He was one of the original owner r stock-holders, of the Day, when it wa ssucd as a morning paper, and we havi sort of suspicion that Jaiues was 44stucl ar some five thousand dollars, more o jss. At all eveut-, he is graduate of tin ffice, a native i hiladelphia and tie on of an old and honorable printer, o be former well known firm of Merrihcv : Thompson, and we therefore object t< is imprisonment by even the suprenn .-kiipt rtfviii-li :i :ts ."nulli Carol! 11:1 jr which court so many people anpea } entertain contempt, and we pro to. iso against his incarceration, in irehal; f the freedom of the pies#, i:i which w< re interested, both generally and partic larly. As a graduate of The Day office s a Philadelphiau and as an editor, Mr houipson lias rights which even Moses ; bound to respect; and, if oid Mose; r Moses the elder, and his two side sup ortcrs, Willard and tiic darkie, whost aine we forget, do not soon release ou; iend aud late associate, tiny may hear oiu us. Mr. Thompson is a young mar f excellent moral character, fine intelleelal ability aud fervent patriotic impulse: t was the last named qualities o." his na ire, no doubt, that pioniptcd and u he I li'ui k> the point of oflcndiin.' the tse:al!c Mo c; and his right an 1 the left bowers. Mr. Thompson. as iLoar-r! dent liiend and supporter-of- Coventor h (JLai.diiNlain],and (?> a still more anient J friend of republicanism, could not Lo ex 1 pected to witness the proceedings of the J | South Caaolina supreme court without J i indignation, and it was was, we dare say, I ! ' . I i itiipossible for dames to ,l hold his; J horses editorial. | Ilis very nature compelled him to i write bitter things ftirninst the action ol 1 the court, a..d Moses cv Co., should have j * - - 1.. .. 1 ?V.,. given iuc euusmi i.uu>u iv in-. man as well as to the freedom guarati-! i tvou to the press in this free country : [Why >hoii!u our enthusiastic young I J t ieii 1- be coi?j|>el]ed to lie in the prison j j for words printed in hid paper, while i | other editors oi papers in the palmetto j l j suite, who have shown the greatest eon. | tempt tor the supreme court, are perj milted to ream at liberty in that agitated j commonwealth ? And is Mr. Thompson j to be forgotten, in the discussion of more ; momentous subjects, and left to languish indefinately in his prison house? Is tne mere question of who shall be governor of South Carolina, or of who shall be ? president of the United States, to be allowed to swallow up our friend Thuuip. son and his cn-c and consign him to ig1 motions oblivion in, perhaps, a lilihy eell 1 and possibly iu the society of niggers ? > We trust not. We call upon the euurt } to instantly liberate its victim and per" mlt our friend to resume the u.-e of his 1 trenchant pen. The "devil " of the) Union-Ileralu, no doubt is crying for copy and the compositors standing idle in the oulee of that fearless journal. The 1 ! court is injuring Mr. Thompson iu both " Lis business and his person. Why uou't M t'hey snatch Chamberlain for contempt ? " | Why spit their spite upon an editor ? * I Where's Judge Bond .? * If Moses fail ' j to liberate Mr. Thompson, Judge Bond j should interfere, as he did iu the case 4 j of" intimidation, " but we suspect that j James will not intimidate easily. Ye1 he ought to be released, and we hope to have the pleasure of recording his enlargemeut very scon. Newspaper Men in Columbia, e * 11 Be?ide the regular correspondents of 11 j the Charleston papers and the local press there are now in Columbia watching the a course of events and faithfully noting every change in the political programme M many attaches of other journals. St. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville, ' Xe\v York. Bost- n. and in fact ihe principal eities i:i the Union are represented I 1, ? tlioir ri.iw.T.nniT rPDOlTCrS. The in tercet that center in Columbia h:i> also attracted the artists of I'bank Leslie's ii0 lustraied paper and a correspondent ol " ! the London Times was iu attendance a: '' the the House during the pro.vedi'jgs of last .Saturday. e i d | Owis 5 to the disaster to the Arctic 1 j fleet, v, haicboue has gone up a early 50 i: i nor cent, ia value, and oalv steel corset| a : will be worn this winter, Steel corset. ! a.e more objectionable than whalebone, i- j on lite ground of danger fret a ligkiuiiig. ill, ?' * i'i .. 1. uUi <i* tHere is a goo ^ uoai uiore gi^e ?. to theia. even uitc.i embraced by the left 1- ! artn. we haven ? much ol at; opinion 6f :< : giii who won't he willing to risk tile J lightning.?XnnricJl iiuii'-iit. Tin: \ cMiioiil legi.-.iature has attacked ' cl.o (jua tien of salaries, an 1 has etit the . i State Treasurer's saiaiy 'Jo per cent, (o , iu ? x 'J tViiiJuiii e-e:A line , and tlitere d . f its said to Ikj cvc.y prospect that tin ? I movement will he uncomfortably iuclu T) j sive ol"all State officers, i] ?Th. re is a vague suspicion in the | public uiind tl.at this delay in the verdict | is a coiisj iracy to sell newspapers. In the i j offices, on the contrary, there is a firm 2- eouvicliou that it is a deliberate plot to ,f j kill off the editors. i. i ?If Mr. Tiluen cannot get that one e | vote somewhere, while Hayes is skirmish :t j inir around ior twenty lie needs, lie is not j the man for business v.*e took him to be.? j Xac (J run us Tuurs. [Dcqj. ? " John " said Mrs. Smith, "don't you think a newspaper reporter has rather a low calling, since he goe abou. r poking iiis nose into everybody's busi' : e-s ? "Well," replied Mr. Smith. 1 " I believe it is a sort of lo-ca.'ling. " e j ?The statute of religious liberty, which ,j | is to be presented to the general goveru} | meat by the Jewish order of B'nai Ji'rith j to commemorate the freedom of the Ile1 brew race under our institutions, has ar/< * ! rived at New York. The work, which was executed by M. Ezekiel. at a c< s' of ! $ JO. 000. is 11 feet in height and 15 tons . j in weight. It consists of three figures of { which the chief is a female representing | America. On one side of this is a boy (I h dding a lamp, symbolical of religionL j laith, and on the other an eagle, with its v I talons buried in a huge serpent, which r I . . i represents intolerance. L' j 1 ?Tiw t.nNif fnr rbc (i-celov memorial D } .... p monument i.s being cast at \\ o id's fouiiv! dry, in the city of Philadelphia. It is to .! be of bronze, and in size proportionate to .; a lieu re of about ten and a half feet. The | pedestal and base are to be of Quiuey and r i Maine granite, bearing a bas-relief in t j bronze, with the inscription: ''Horace HGreoley, bora J'ehruary o, IS11 ; died ?j November 29,1872. The founder of the N. Y. Tribune.'' The entire cost will be over ?5,900. It i.s expected that the uu~ veiling will take place early in December. ? \\ hoover is shown on a fair, open ? J and honest count to be elected President -! will of course be installed, and no Amer-; j ican will be so idiotic as to grumble, j U'heu Mr. Lincolu was inaugurated, in j j N'.l, his forcmu.-t competitor, Stephen] i A. Dntitrlass, stood behind him and held j . . . ; i Mr. Lincoln's hat while he took the oath ; > of uAx. That is the true an I American 1 way, and if either Mr. Hayes or Mr. Til-! i i den is fairly and honestly shown to have a i..a;oritv o. the electoralvote, in either e.,.-;e \vc advise his dv' a ted competitor to Willi MOMCTrwryrciii ? i mmmmumummmm . . , i attend the inauguration and follow the j ci example of Mr. Douglas. |m ?The imitative Chinaman of Shanghai "( has tried his dexteious hand on a couu- w turfeit $-5 note of tiie Hong Kong and Shanghai hanking company, and has prtt st duceii an article that the most expert tel- " ler could not tell from the genuiue but for the fact that the date is "December #sl 30, 1ST I. C1 ?"Jake,." said the blushing damsel to a lover whom her father had forbidden i a tV' house, don't cure if vour feet are ! "fit big; 1 love you just as much." "Well, Sally, I don't tuin.l so much abuut the j size of my own itet, but I wish your dad s were a liilletmulier; I should feel more 0 confident, you know about staging.*' -These are simple hints but they involve health, comfort and progress. Do- > vote your energy to securiug a juicy, ^ broiled steak, dry and mealy potatoes, brown and not buttery pastry, and light, . thoroughly-baked bread?"only these and ^ nothing more"?and not your children . , j only, niadaine, but all wearied souls who have been long watching for the dawn will rise up aud call you blessed! t ?It cannot be too frequently impressed on the public mind, that if the conduct of j elections in the south is to be made the j { subject of complaint, the only party which I has a right to complain is the republican. ( I The sixtecu southern states owe almost j solely to negro enfranchisement tho possession of the twenty-one votes added to j their representation in thc.electoral col lege by the apportionment cf 1871. In most of these states the democracy wield this additional power, while virtually disfranchising the element to whose admis-. . sion to the franchise it was due.?X. Y. i Times. ?Why the New York Jimes does not publish eyrtain Associated Press dispatches: Soiue of our contemporaries have asked why the Times has not published 1 the Associated Press dispatches giving what purported to be election returns from South Carolina, Florida aud Louisiana. The un.-wer is simply because ue considered our own special dispatches to be more trustworthy, and because wc have daily evidence that the southern agents oi the Associated Press send out the most exaggerate*] democratic claims under the form of news. Take the case of Florida. We publish to-day a full list from our special correspondent of the republican majorities at present conceded by the democrats and of the majorities in democratic coun ties as reported by democrats: The Sr^t show a total of 7,433, and the second a total of 7.1SS, so that on their own showing, and in advance of the board of can vassers ou returns tainted by fraud and i'ltiiuidutionrtMfe democrats iiave lost the state. Yet it is only three days ago since an A-sociated Press di-pateh was publish od sumaiuing what claimed to be an an thoritalive table of comities in which the republican majorities now conceded by lemocrats Wert; m;der>tared by 5<M voteand (he majorities now reported or csti mated by them were overstated hy a Km;: 70.! votes, thus fabricating a majority o: votes out ul"the uie;e>t brag an assumption. - The Maeon. (1 orgia. Telegru; h and j Messenger >ays: "Whenever an 1 wherever the slogan <>!'war is raised let the emphatie respondof the entire South l>e. ' tret thee behind me. Sat an ' Our people have already reported to this sort of 'arbiframeut,' and were so terribly in earnest that they uev cr succumbed until nearly every family mourned the loss of a gallant son, broth er, or father, a debt of two billions o! dollars had been repudiated ; four miliums of slaves, our rightful property, etuaneiiwfed; towns and cities laid waste and gaunt famine and want stared every .me in the face. We state deliberately that the assertion that the South is perpared by force of arms to seat Mr. lilden or engage in another attempt at revolution is wholly and abiblutely false. The very men most opposed to such folly are the battlescarred heroes of tLe lost cause They have felt the shock of buttle and re lize the miseries of war, and therefore shrink aghast at at a renewal of the dreadful spectacle. No. Having talen anew the oath of llegiance and plighted our faiih to conserve the public peace, i we do not inteud to be seduced into rebellion upon any national issue. ?A Blind Brooklyn newsman trusts his customers to pick out their papers and deposit the proper change on his stand Such blind faith in public honesty in these days forecasts the early bankruptcy of the sightless uewsvender. ? Publishers of weekly papers, in j Boston and New York, now state that chromos are no longer of use in obtaining subscribers. 1 he idea has lost its novelty, and there is hardly a country home but has its two or three oil prizis upon the walls. " Come, Ned, you picked cotton for j me la.-t year, a/id T want you again, " ''1 | duuno, mussa. '' " Come along and get i iu the wagon ; I've good cottou, and I'll give you six bits a hundred. " " Well J it jes depends ou one things. " "What's j that? " " Is you got that same ole par I scales ? '' " No; a brand new pair. " i " Well, dat beiu de case, I'll go wid you. ' Definition of Bohcnii anism. , . 1 j The term " Bohemian " is one fre- , : quently applied to certain writers for the ( j press. It by no means applies to all the , j fraternity, but to that class of trust-to , luck scribblers who are a compound of ] the Ilaroid Skiiupole and Micawcr orders j ol men. A Bohemian is not merely one | who holds 110 salaried position. lie is j also one, who not having achieved repu* tatiou, yet writes well enough to git paid a certain sum, geueraily the lowest price, lor his contributions to papers or nn.ga- ( ziues. He is thus poor. Jfhe was possess- } ed ol'ordinary dilligvnce. he could make j ? lough in this way to make both ends c eet, by strict economy, Generally, n Dwevefr, lie is neither uilligent uor ii :onomioal. As soon as he succeeds in j l making a raise " of a tew dollars, he 11 arts out to have a good time, speudiug .3 is mouey freely down to the last cent, i f'hen that is gone?aud it is soon iu a c :ate of poneuess?he subsides to his < ?.? , t ..*1,1 Uhi <*0 iM-at twifK iWAni^rfnl .In. 4 L Llol auu LI 10 1 v.v una ^nviiuvtiui VAV" ree of equanimity. i Some of them are college graduates, : ml i'rom that fact are iuclined to try heir hand at literature. Others ?re | raiting for an opening ou some newspaper, while still others arc imbued^ with a lesire to attain literary celebrity. The Bohemain, in one sense, leads a Vee-aud easy life. He is bound by no uaster to regulate his hours of labor. Ie can get up and down when he choose Alien an article is fiuished, he takes it o a magazine or newspaper office, and, f it is accepted, he is paid without any urther ado. If not-accepted, he throws t aside and writes another. There are grumblings or criticisms for his cars. Jncc in a while a genius makes fame md is rewarded, But such cases are exceptions, and there aiways will be Bohemians. Most of them hire lodgings and aoard around?in other words, take meals wherever and whenever they choose. A garrot apartment lodges him in independent poverty. A singular life md yet rather fascinating to a multitude it men. Presidential Responsibilities. Steubenville, 0., November 15,? Dear Husband : It's a bqy. Shall we name liini Rutherford or Samuel? JlT lia Rogers. New York, November 16th.?Dear Wife: Wait. Nothing can be determined until the returning boards report. John Rogers. Manchester Mirror. A gentleman in this city, who has uew iy married son residiug in New York, received vesterdav th? following telegram: New,..York, Nov. 17. 1876.? Dear Father : Maria gave birth,, to twins this morning. All well. JoilN. REPLY. Cincinnati, Nov. 1876.?To John I)ear Son : I congratulate you. 41 (jrive us a fair count. " Fathjh. Cincinnati Enquirer. Cold Powder4. We have long been ia the habit of" using what we call a cold jiowdcr, which we have fouud of great valut*in break me up colils when taken in time aud iu modifying their.force when taken late. \ The prescription is as follows : Camphor, five parts, dissolved in oith er to the consistency of cream ; then add carbonate of ammonia, four parts; opium powder, .one part. Mix and keep iu a tightly corked bottle. The dose is, of course regulated by the opium, auU ranges between three and ten or fifteeu grains. We have been jceustomed to prescribe it for our friend by the finger uail. TliLs powder may be taken iu a little water just before retiring, by preference' at any hour of the day, whenever thi re is a suspicion of having caught cold. If'need be. a moderate dose m.^ be ta ken several days in succession. o .1 1 The aivantages or tnis powaer artvery great * 1. The taste is agreeble, or at least i> not disagreeable. Even the bitterne? of the opiuiff is mostly neutral zed by the c iniphor and ammonia. No child ob jects to this power. 2. It is singularly and inexplicably effi cacious. We believe it to be more el ticient than Dover's powder, and incom parably more agreeable. In some cast in produces a gentle prespiration; in others this special effect is not observed It is so easy to take and so harmless in small doses that it is safe to take it when ever we become chilled.?Archicvct of Llectrology and Neuralgia. Had no Fuu in Him. One of the members of the Methodist ouference held here was out for a walk at an early hour one morning, and while on Howard street he encountered a strapping big fellow, who was drawing a wagon to the blacksmith shop. "Catch hold here and help me down to the shop with this wagon and I'll buy the whisky," called the big fellow. "I never drink," solemnly replied the good man. "Will you can take a cigar." "I never smoke." The man dropped the wagon-tongue, looked hard at the member, and asked : "Don't you chew?" "No sir," was the decided reply. "You must get migh-y louesome," mused the teamster. "1 guess I'm all right?I feel first rate." " I'll bet you even that I can lay you on you back," remarked the teamster. "Come now let's warm up a little." "Never bet." "Well let's take each other down for fun, then, You are as big as I am, and I'll give you the under hold." "I never have fun," solemnly answered the member. "Well I'm going to tackle you any way. Here we go!'r The teamster slid up and endeavored to get a neck hold, but he had only just commenced to fool about when he was lifted clear off the grass and slammed agaiust a tree-box with such force that he gasped half a dozen times before he could get his breath. "You keep away from me!" exclaimed the minister, picking up his cane. "Bust me if I don't!" replied the teamster, as he edged off. "What's the use of lying and saying that you didn't have auy fun in you, when you're chuck full of it! Blame it! You wanted to Dreak my back, didn't you?"?Alta Odiro/nian. Living in Ice for a Year. Fish are cold blooded creatures as every >ne knows, but the proprietor of the 14th iVurd House, on Murray street, has a ample of the piscatorial tribe which for i 1 oolness is equaled only iu scientific aniuIs. lie is of diuiuuitive size, a minnow i) fact, and was broughtto the establish uent embedded in a block of ice. some wo inches below the surface. Me had evidently been froacn is whea the ice was brined last winter, and has been liviag a somfortuble though inactive distance ev. ir aiiwtt. That he was alive, has been alive, and is alive at present, is demon it rat id bj the faet that whea removed from his iay hotne yesterday morniJg and placed in water he paddled off comfertably and easily, evidently euiovio* a release trom his long imprisonment. 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