Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I'vo foamed through many a foreign land, liar* danaad id BngUnd's hills j I'va stood wboro Alplno summits rear, To bonom tho!r oaoWnt walla Pfs roamod #'?* away a froion plaid, ad slept 'noath palace dome ) I But oC all tha spots my eyes huvo aeon Give mo ?' My MouuUia Home." Hew, when a child I danced In glee, With gladuees on my' hrow 5 And though the ouch I lured are gone, Stilt eimr**( ttrt tkon note s I're wept o'er many a " castle's fhll," Ween doomed lb grief to roam ; Yet still iny heart doth torn to thoe, # J(g old Lluo " J/ouNtfliti Hutu*." u 'Tis Underneath that willow tree, Tho forms I lured are sleeping j Whilst o'er their graves bright angel ones, A losing watch are keeping : And when my Weary tasks are done, .. And I shall cease to roam, I only ask to rest stur them And the*-?" My Mountain Home." ?' UUC1KNIA CAUROLL." " Sonny Slope," S. 0., August 6tb, 18(18. 1 . L'. - . Tor tho Southern Enterprise. [We hare tho pleasure of laying before our readers a lea.tred and rery lucid opinion of lion. Gko. S. Brtax, t>iiitcd Slates District Judge for South Carolina, upon a quostion of very great importance to petitioning creditors in Bankruptcy, and to the membars of the Bar. The analogy of tho Bankrupt Estate to . that of the deceased Insolvent's is will sustained, and the decision is based upon that Equity. To require the petitioning creditor to meet this very heavy (\cui of expense witoout contribution pru rata from others interested, would not only be unjust, but the establishment of such a rule would be detrimental to thitf claM ftf * > Amrtl* M'tiil'l discouraged frotn acting singly ln.uintters of common interest and in which delay for consultation might prove diiutrovi:] /m the J hitler of Bnniet }\'{1Ntn**, Bankrupt, York JJiitrict?In Bankruptcy?I'ttitlon' by Creditor*, to hure Ihiniel Williautt aiijntljrtt a Bankrupt?Bryao, J attire. , The Court in this cave concurs In the conclnilon and rOeninmcodqliun of the KegU.er, for the season* stated by hint, and others which Ntu to have weight. The analog own case in which counsel fees are allowed in our State Court, in Chancery, Is that of a Creditor'* Bill against the insolvent estate* of deceived persons. Now, in eoutemfdetion of law, so far as hia property U concerned, the Bankrupt is dead, lie is no longer entitled to control over it, or tho distribution of it. It is assets iu the possession ol the Court to be administered by the agency ol an assignoe, fur tho equal benefit of all orod< itors?not preferred and protected by liens? and roch lien creditors secured in their lions, as in the ease of an insolvent deceased's estate In every successful prosecution o! a suit it involuntary bankruptcy, the result Is, thai the defendant, declared a bankrupt, is deprived of bta property, and it becomes an es late buhl f-r Urn benefit ef bis creditors. Tlx creditor's petition is inevitably to ell suob eases substantially a creditor's bill against i deceased Insolvent. Such creditor Is thi champion certainly of *11 creditors, who, ehhc at the time of |bt sail or after its seooeaafts prowcatioD, choose to tfill tborosolrea of it benefit. They ore at liberty, at any time, ti come !? and profit by It. Shall they do a< without making the pro rnln contribution t the expense* of tho rait, (aa In oar Court o Chaaeery*) which.baa mcured them a ahara li the bankrupt's estate? And shall the cred Itor, who ha* (aa In tbfa case) rescued the ea tate and made the fhnd for the. benefit of th general creditor*, be aloae excluded from lb common benefit f Shall he who la thna a com men benefaotor be made a martyr and aecape goaf} Shall he bear the whole burdon am , reap scarcely any?1/ any?benefit ? Not eer , tainiy. If the " Bankrupt Act" la founded ii jualide, and It* policy la to bo enforced. There la a very cogent reason why an, ingle creditor should feci at liberty to prose ewte sMtheM Me bar of baring hie claim awn! /lowed up by the trpfSHi of the rait?ere whaamaoaadafbl. The Act contemplate*/r<w< aa the ground ef prosecution in a great variot, of ftasaae. "IiManfcftiMtii by eae eredirer, in pwetee locality, separated from all othe ling with (hem, U neoeaaary for the efllctea administration ef the law, aad the proteetio of , tljre whole hody of ffftiUor* Xp wait ft time WPVW, iu numerous la etaneea* be telose (be golden pomeat, and U ** fi"* . U l faf> i There should he ay binderanpe to any ered Iter actlggyrpmpt^anUor auohoireumalanea. Oo contrary, t* > permit* and IfiViftd to play the part of champion , those In eommftk Interest with fcim?to beeom ) HEPLE __ abMoM, cannot take care of themselves. How cm tbia be, when the paralysing thought is ear present to his mlnil; that when be has maintained the Justice wf the Act And secured the bchificont ends contemplated by it, he is w m fiuumucu ana noi rewmaea, lor bis Mil, nativity and vigilance? That ttfikh ho lias brought conviction to the fraudulent debtor and roaeued property in tho act of Unntitldtti the debtor himself in the act of escape, he Is to be Mulcted for all hia pains and expenses,' and others, not hlna*ekf. roap the benefit of labor and sacrifice, sanctioned by the Act f And let it be noticed that it ia only -erhen successful that the petitioning creditor can sisk hia fellow-ereditors to contribute anything. He takes all thehasards of dctbnt. It ia only when successful, and the creditors eleot to share in the benefit* of his success, ht asks them ia due proportion to share the eost of It?and thus equalise the benefit and burden. And he Is paid out of an esMts in which the bankrupt, as ia the oaso of an estate of a deceased insolvent, has no interest. For, as has been said before, the bankrupt, so far as bis property k concerned, is as a deceased insolvent. His property bos consed to be his, and thenceforth is to He mdmiuistcred ss an estate. Another important consideration, entoring into tho determination of tals question, it that tho measnre of the counsel fee is not left to counsel and client. Whether a fee should be allowed, and for what ntpount, is to be determined by the Court, and is a question addressed to its cfpllty. Tho Judge, iu cotuing to his Conclusion, Ss aided by the fact, that inttch of the labor to be compensated is done In his presence. 01 this, tho bighost form of service, he is suffered to be a competent jud/e. ll not fully informed, he takes oouuse) through the proper officer of the Court, of the value oi the whole service rendered. And he does not allow the foe unless satisfied that full value has been given in the services rendered. Tho estate, of the ereditors is thus protected against any possible sinister speculations of client and counsel, or any iunooeut fanciful valuation that counsel I might attach tu thalr service*, and clianU | might be disposod to allow, if permitted without restraint to taxthg estate* of bankrupt*. Upon very full consideration and after uiueh deliberation, it i* ordered that the report of Mr. Register Clawson be confirmed. It ia also ordered that ho report what in his judgment is a proper counsel fee in this cause, and that if there is any doubt upon thoamount that he take evldenoo upon the question and submit it with his judgment to the Court. GEO. 8. BllYAN,* U. S. Judge, D.st. of 8. C. " i 11 n i . The Democratic Nominations?Mr Seymour's Letter of Acceptance? He Indorses every Plank in the Democratic Platform. UTI*A, August 4, 1808 Oenttemen -^ \Vlinn in the City of New Yoik on iliar 11 It ull.. in the pies eiico of a vmxi iiiiiltiiud.*, on In-half of tiie ^f.Miional Democratic Convention, you tendered lo no-its unanimous nom illation as 1 lie candidate for tlie office of t'leflilrnl of the United States, 1 staled I had no words ''adequate to expre?* mv gratitude for the good will and kindue-s which that bodv had shown inc." Its nomination was un-ought and unexpected. It was inv ambition 1 to take an active part, from which I am I 1 now excluded, in the great struggle j going op for the restoration of good government, of ponce and prosperity to r ow country, but I have been caught up ! by the overwhelming tide which i* ' bearing us on to a great political change, and 1 find myself unable to resist its ' pressuie. You have a bo given me a copy of the rvsoftition* put forth hy the ' Convention showing it* position* upon II the great question* which now agitate the country. Ah the presiding of fleer of that Convention, ! am familiar with their scope and import. A* one of ila member*. I am a parly to the?r , term*. They are in accord with my r views and I aland upon them in the I content upon which we are now entering, and f ahaW strive to carry them out j in the furore wherever I mar he placed, 9 in political or private life I then 9 tinted that I would send you these f words of acceptance in a letter, a* i? the i customary fonn. I tee no reason upon - reflection to change or qualify the terms - of mv approval of the resolution* of (lie Convention. I have delat ed the more formal act of communicating to you in w-iiting what I then publicly said for the pur ^ nose of sceintr what licrlit the Action of Congress would throw upon the inte* rests of the country, it* acts since the adjournment of the Convention show an y alaim lent ? change of political power will give to the people what thev ought 0 to have? clear statement of what hn* j been done with the money drawn from ' tliero during the past eight years ? A Thoughtful men feet that these has been r wrongs in the finaiiclal management which have been kept from the pnblic ii knowledge. The Congressional power n has not only allied itself with military ? power wbioh is to be brought to bear i. directly upon the elections in many >l Stalee, but it alto holds itself.in per pet si si session, with the avowed, purpose of making such laws ae it shall *ee fit i.' .in view of the elections which will uke 1 place within a few week*. It dul not * iberefoie ndjouru, but i.,ok a r** < * t.. * meet again if its partisan interests hail ?? ' "im, *mmm i t?' '.?;{ jmr.'-t'ttA _ > i*>* of r?c -'A i ,kiiHitl?Ma?1 | * JLL .ILL . i i _ i i i , GREENVILLE.. SOtJTt B*"" II. '..L ... - J- I I. I.'l I I! for* iu ihe history of our country has f Congr**s thus taken a nith>citig atti- n tude \owards it* electors. ' Under it? c influence some of the States organized r b) it* agent* are proposing to deptiye * the people of the tight to vote for I'rea- j idential electors, and the first bold steps ?l are taken to destrpy the rights of suf- I frsge. It is not strange, ihetcfure, thai ii thoughtfuI men see in such action the (i proof that there is with those who shape e the poliey of the Republican party mo* * lives stronger and deeper than the mere I wish to hold the political power, that t there is a dtead of some exposure which a drites them on *J> acts so dopciate and I so impolitic. ManV of lite ablest lead c era and journals of the Republican parly e have openly deplored the violence of tl Congressional action and its tendency ii to keep up discord in our country. The b great interests of our Union demand v peace, order and a return to those in- * duslrial pttrsni's without which we can c not maintain the faith or honor of our I government. The minds of business v men are perplexed by uncertainties.? 5 The hours of toil of our laborers are I lengthened by the costs of living made t by the direct and indirect actions of il government. Our people are harassed S by lite heavy and frequent demnnds of ft the tit gatiivter. Without the disiinc* a lion of partv there ii a strong fueling in li fivor of that line if action which shall i lestore order ai d confidence and shall l< lift off the liurdens which now hinder i and v? x the indu*lty of our country.? t Yet at litis moment those in power < have thrown in the Senate chamber | and Congressional halhnew elements of 'I dbenrd and violer.ee; men ha\e been { a admitted as repiesentatives of some of \ lite Southern States with the dcclara- r lion upon their lipn that they cannot j live in the States they claim to repre c sent without military protection. Tliesq t men nre to make law* for the North as I well as the S.?uth. TLe.?e men who a | few data since were seeking as euppli- v ants that Cong ess would give thetn f power within their respectiveStales, are I l > day the masters and controliets of t the actions of those bodies. Entering t them with minds tilled with pa<o>ions, i theii lir-t demands have been that Con > gre-a shall iook upon ihe btntes bom < which they came as in conditions ?.f < civil w * ; that the majority of their I populations, embracing their inlelii- i geoce, shall he treated as ptddic cue | mies; that mililarv threes pIihII be kept j up at the cost of the people of the < North, and that there shall be no peace i and order at the South save that which Is made bv arbitrary power Every in l telligent man ktmwrs that these men owe thotr seats in Congress to the disorder in the South. Everv inao knows i ihat tlrey not only owe their present 1 positions to disorder, but that every motive springing fiom the love of pow er, of gain, of a de-ire for vengeance, prompts them to Ceep the South iu an- | archy. While thai exists they nre in- i dependent of the will or wi dies of their l rdiow-ciiiz-n*. While confusion reigns 1 they are the disj ensers of the profits < and the honors which grow out of a i irovprnmunl of muf? f?? D ? ' ..v v men i I me now placed in position where (liey can nest only urge their views of policy, i but where they can- enforce them.? When others shall be Admitted irr this manner from the remaining Souihern States, abhough they will have in truth no constituents, thev will have more power in the Senate than a maj-?ritv of the people of this Union, living in nine of the great States. In vain the wisest members of the Republican party protested again?t the policy that led to this result While the chiefs- of the late rebellion have submitted to the results of the war, and are now quietly engaged in the usual pursuits fur the support of themselves and their families, and are trying by the force of their example, to lend back the people of the South to the order and industry not only essential to their welt being, but to the greatness and prosperity of our common eonntry, we see that those who, without ability or influence, have been thrown l>v the agitators of civil con vulsion into poritronsof honor and prof it, are striving in keep alivo the pas sioiis to which they owe their elevation, and they clamorously insist that they are the onlv friend* of our Union?a , Union that can only have a sure foundation in fiaternal regard, and n coins mon oesire .o promote tlie peace, the order, end the happiness of all sections of our land Event* in Congress eioce llie adjournment of die eonvention liave vastlv increased the importance of a political victory hy those who are seeking to bring back economy, simplicity and justice in the administration of our national affairs. Many Republicans have heretofore clung to their party who have regretted the extremes of vio tenoe to which R has rue* They have cherished a faith that while the actions of their political frienda have beeD mistaken, their rootfvee have been good. They must now sea that the Uciiubli can party is in that condition tb t it oaenot carry out a wise aud peaceful poliov, whatever its motives may be. It is a misfortune not only to '.be oonntry but to a governing party itself when its J action b unchecked by any form of op h wl * * , ;'l M * iPULAU { CAROLINA. AUGUST 1 U?U-.fUl. UJ l..mi!_-L!JI _. ot-irion. It has "been the misfortune if the tt'puhlimn party that the events if the past few Veers have given it so nuch power that it has heen alile to Itnrlr la iho IT? ?? ? * -* ? ? 1 4L -MV ?/Acv<Mifc, X\r uniuuiVI illtJ titficiary nrnl to carry out the views of he mo?i unwise and violent of its inein era. When this state of tilings exist n any party it has ever been found that be sober judgments of its ablest leadm do not control. Th? re is Lardly an iLJe man who helped to build up the iepublican otganizalioti who has not vithin Viie past three yeats warned it gainst its excesses; who has not been ioiue down and forced to give tip his Miuvicliotia of what the interest* of the ounlry called for; or if loo patriotic to lo this, who has not been driven fiom ta tank*. If this haa been the case leretofore what will he its action now villi this new infusion of m?*n, who vilhout a decent respect for the views if those who had just given them their xtsilions, begin their legi.-laiive career tith calls fur arms, demands that their itates shall be tegatded as in a condiion of civil war, and with a declaraion that they are r'-ady and anxious to legrade the President of the United llates whenever they can persuade or arce Congress to biing forward new nicies of impeachment. The Repuh* lean patty, as well as we. ar<j interested it putting some check upon this vioence. It must be clear lo every thinkng man that a division of political lower lends lo check the violence f party action ami to nature the leuce and good order of society, [he election of a Democratic Executive tnd a majority of Democratic members o the llouse of Representatives would tot give to that party oiganization th- j lower to make sudden and violent I Images. but it would serve to che<k hose extreme measures which have >een deplored bv the best men of both rolitical organizations. The result would certainly lead to that peaceful eiloration of the Union and re eolabidimetil of fraternal relationship which he country desires. I am sure the best Din of the Republican party deplore is deeply as 1 do the spiiit ot violence howir by those recently admitted to veats in Congress fiotn the South. The ihtlwlSlittn i\f avtvil IS- o ' Is.aai ? ? template must be abhorrent to every i ig'ul- thinking man. I have no me e personal wishes which mislead my judgment in regard to the pending election. No man who has weighed measured the duties of the office of L'resioent of the United Stales can fail to he impressed with the cares and toils uf him who is to meet its demands.? It is not merely to float with popular currents without a policy or a purpose. Oil the contrary, while our Constitution gives just vAighl to the public will, its distinguishing feature Is tlint it seeks to piotrct the rights of minorities. Its greatest glory is that it puts restraints upon power. It gives foice and form to those maxims and piinciplea of civil liberty for which the martyrs of free dom have struggled through ages. It declares the right of the people to be secure in their peisons, houses and pa pers against unreasonable searches and seizures. That Congiess shall make no law le pecling an establishment of re ffgloft, or the fiee exercise thereof, or abiidging the freedom of speech or of the press, or the right of (lie people to petition for redress of grievances. It secures the light of speedy and public ttial by an impartial jury. No man can rightfully enter tinon the unties of the 1 residential office un? lex* lie is not only willing to carry out the wishes of the people, expressed in n constitutional way, Out is also prepared to stand up for the tight* of ini norilies; he must be rendy to uphold the free exercise of religion; he must denounce measuies which would wrong personal or home rights or the religious conscience of the humblest citizen of the land, be inuat maintain, without distinction or creed or nationality, all the piivih-ges of American citizenship. The experience of every public man who has been fnilhful to hi* trust teach o* him that no one can do the duties of the office of President, utile's he is rearly. not only to undergo the false* hoods and abuse of the bad, but to suf fer fiotn tho censure of the good who are misled by prejudices and misrepresentations. There /ire no attractions in such positions, which deceive my judgment, when I say that a great change in going on iu (he public "mind. The mass of the Republican parly are more thoughtful, temperate and jnai than they were during the excitement which attended the program and close of the civil war. At the energy of the Democratic party springs from their devotion to their cause, and not to their candidates, I may with propriety speak the fact that never in the political history ol onr country has the action of a like body been hailed with auoh universal and widespread enthusiasm as that which has b?en abown in relation' to the position of the National Democratic Convention. With this the candidate- h-.d nothing to do. llad any others of those named been selected, ibis spirit would have been perhaps mote marked. EVENTS 9. 1868.. 'L'he fceril and energy of conservative masset spring from a desire to make a change in the political policy, and ftom confidence thai they can carry out their purpose. Iu this faith they are strengthened by the co-operation of the great bodv of those who served in the Onion army and navy during the war. Having given nearly sixteen thousand commissions to officers in that army, I know their views and wishes. They demand Union for which they fought. The latgesi meeting of these gallant soldiers which ever assembled was held in New Yoik, and indorsed the action of the National Convention in words instinct with meaning. They cal'ed on the government to stop in it* policy of hate, disoider and disunion, and in teims of fervid eloquence demanded a restoration of the lights and liberties of the American people When them is such accoid between those who proved themselves brave and self-sacri being in war and those who are thoughtful and patiiotic in counoil, 1 cannot doubt wa shall gain a political triumph which will restore our Union ; biing back peaco and prosperity to our land, anl will give us once more the blessings of a wise, economical uud lionet government. I am, gentlemen, truly vnurs, Arc, UOTtATlO SKYMOUU. To General G. W. Morgan and others, committee, Arc.' India.?Timour was justly denomimi ted the tire brand of the universe ; the irreaiHst w 1- l.i.i?t>?- '? n ? ? -- -???IW UU<VHQI lilOb II U manilv ever heard of, lie plundered nn<l mass-end without distinction of religion and sex, and his truck was marked with Mood, desolation, famine and petilence. Arungzbe was little better towards the Hindoos. Tippoo Saih circumcised all the Urahmin* he could get hold of, and it is said >ixtv thousand Christians were subjected by him to the sa.ne operation. After Abdella captured Delhi, 1701, h? ordered a great massacre which lasted seven days I his guards were not even then glutted with slaughter, but the stench of the dead bodies drove thetu out of the city. A great part of the builddings were reduced to a-hes, and thousands who escaped the sxvord. suffore.. a lingeri >g death by faro ine, sitting upon the ruins of their smoking tenements. Thus a city, <x tending thirty four miles in leugih, and containing two millions of inhabitants, became a heap of ruins. The historians of the day have handed down to poateiilv the most appalling dor-crip lions of human suffering, of women and men whipped through the streets with tortures, citizens fleeing from their deaiesl fiiends^ as from beaMa of prey, for fear of being devoured amidst genet al starvation ; women feeding on their ,.i.;t i? > - r ' - .1 viiiiuivu, **i?u 11 rm ?s pucking 81 i ihe breasts of their deceased mothers. Fire and sword seemed to contend for preeminence in die work of havoc and destruction ; the woiknf sar and blo? d was perpeiud ; human heads piled in pyramids, and the streets of cities and towns rendered impassable Ly heaps of slain. The countiy i^tnany places ex hibited few signs of being inhabite save in tbe bones of murdered bodies, and the moulJering ruins of villages and temples. All law And religion trodden under foot, bonds of private friendship as well as of society broken, and every individual as if amidst a finest of wild beasts, could rely upon nothing but tbe strength of bis own arm. < r the deep villainy of liis nature. [History of the British Colon\es God's Judgment.?Mrs. Surratt was hung for being an accomplice in tbe murder of Lincoln. The testimony on which she was convicted was that of four men ? Laker, Montgomery, Clever and Oonover?precious scoundrels.? Laker is now dead. Montgomery is now in prison for embezzlement, Clever lias been convicted of an infamous offence, while Oonover is serving out a term in mo pt-nuenuary. ireston lVing, who prevented Mrs. Surrall's daughter from seeing the President in In half of her mother, committed suicide by drowning in the North Kiver ; while Lane, who supported King in his conduct towards Miss Surratt, shot himself in St. Louis ; aud now Stanton, who bept all the records of that trial from the Presidertt, at last sneaks out of the War Office like a mweuttde hound that has been detected in stealing sheep. God's judgments are sometimes slow, hot they are very sure. The Kadicat party that upheld this infamous crowd in its rascality, has yet its judgment to receive.? That will be done in November next. The sweetest wives are those who possess the magic secret of being contented under ?ny circumstances: Rich or prov, high or low, it makes no difference; the bright little fountain of joy bubbles up just as musically in thoir hearts. A reflection upon the Indie*?The looking-glass. An object of foul play?A henpeck ed huobaud. c* s . * rTf? sbm^b ^ if ^#'%/<^ ** > - /* a.. O* #4 # **4. fi K >vS * " ' . , i w ?H ?iT) " " >. -' ggMgjt NO. 13. A Wifo-Whipper Mobbed by We* men. Last evening on? Mr. Downer preferred a charge of assault, with intent to kill, against a number of bis neighbor?. Downer wan a sorry looking object?* hie looks giving ihe truth to the a*ser> ion thai be had suffered some hard usage. IJ in clothes were torn and thor? oughly soaked with water, his f?ce was matched, and he held in his hand? bundles of his hair and whiskers, which he said had been pulled out. He was sitting in his bouse down on the bench quietly, doing nothing at all to break the peace, when who should come in but all the women that bred about there, and before he said a word they assailed him with clubs, slicks, guns and brick hats, and beat him to a jelly. He knew all the women, and he wanted them arrested and punished* A well known citizen came in and toKl the story in a manner which did not add much to the credit of Downer. The gentleman had been on tha beach for an evening promenade, wheft his attention was attracted by loud cries, which came from a knot of shanties some distance away. Upon going to them, he found that Downer was iftdulging in his Usual amusement?whipping his wife?and the woman, suffering from the blows, was uttering most heai t-rending cries. The gentleman, well aware of the danger of interfering between husband and wife when quafreling, nevertheless was about to.interfere, when his attention was attracted to the actions of a woman, wbo looked as though she had the strength of ft young Samson in her limbs. She raft from shanty to shanty, calling out lb* women, who promptly responded, and it did not stem to be inure than ten ae' conds before a dozen were assembled, each armed with a mop, a broom, A fiie-?bovel or a pair of tongs. The band marched directlv to the hou*? from whence came the cies, and, With out the ceremony of knocking, entered. The gentleman followed, deeply interested. There was a sound of voicet,- M if somebody were ordering somebody else out of his house, in very coarse language, sadly mixed up with oaths. Then there was a general onslaught upon the wife whipper. Mops that had been soaked in dirty water swabbed bis lace; blows from brooms came thick and fast upon his head. The astonish' ed wife-whipper dropped the subject of his blows, and looked to his own safe' tv. He struck at one of the women with his fiat, and this brought up tha rear-guard of fire shovels and fangs.? On his head came the blows, t^ick and fart. He grappled with one of the women. The rest immediately dropped | (heir weapons find grappled with libs, Stiong they were, thcrr union perfect, and their cause just. They fauly scratched Downer upon the floor, and .-caicheJ him up again. They left tha imprints of their nails upon hir face and hands and neck. They pulled otit j his hair, lietisl he tried to, but he waa as a child in the hands of tha mrrtnss. -- ? armed women, and he soon fbund M out. Cowed, beaten, demolished, he bellowed like a mad bull, and begged that^lhey would nol kill him. A pai ley followed?a truce they cafi il in war times. The prostrate, thor* onghly cowed individual was told that his abuse of bis wife?a poor, sickly woman?had grown to be a nuisance, which could no longer be submitted to. They had complained of him, but hia *ife refused to appear against hid), and he went unpunished. If he would prom* ise never to strike his wife again, they would let him go; if not, they woul^ punish him until there was not a breatb of life left in his body. Downer was ready for anything; be was alread the worst whipped man to be found. lie promised, promised faithfully as a man could promise, but they brought a cross and made him swear, lie rebelled at this, but the upraised mops, and brooms, and clioveU, and tbo clanking of a pair of longs, brought him to his senses, ai d never did raao lake an oath more earnestly. [Milwaukee Wisconsin. I IB $ ? A viinv pretty incident ia related of a canary bird by a Georgia pRper.? The door of thd bird's cage wa? occasionally left open that he might enjoy me ireeoum ot me room. One day be happened to light upon the fnantle shelf whereupon was a mirror, llere was a new discovery of the moat pro? found interest. He gazed long and cu? riouslv at himaelf, and came to tbecon* elusion that he had found a mate. Going back to bit Cage be selected a seed fiom its box, and brought it in bia bill aa an offering to tbe stranger. In vain the canary exerted bimaeli to make bys, new-found friend partake, and becoming weary of that, tried another lack. Stepping back a few inches from tho glass, he poured forth his sweetest notes, S* using now and thea for a reply.? one came, and moody and disgusted ? he flew back to hie perch, hanging hie I l.e <l in abame and >ih nre for the real I of tbe dav, aad alibougb the door wi? was repeatedly opened, he rtfu?eu V<* 1 couic out again.