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EDITOR.
J. C. BAILEYS Pr#'r. aad Aaaoeiata Editor.
fDiiCMtvoft Tv? Ovllara par uoia,
ifrafrmaaMaatb iDNMpd at tba rataa at
ont dollar par upan of hnlrt Mlnkm line*
itbla aiaad typo) or ku for iba first Imortion,
?*Dtt aaob for.UK mond and tblrd iuaartiuna,
and twoidr-ftra NitU for aubacqooot
iBwrtlm Ytirfj oonlnutt will bo wade.
\ AM adfMadnula amt baa* tha unnbtr
*C inaarfloM uiarksd ao tbam, or. tbay will ba
inaartod Jtlll ordorod out, and ch?rgad for.
- ? ^*.VnI?rg or d out otborwlao, Advertisement*
' _M V_ U J tU?d "
win mTiMMWi/ -.'w*
"Obituary aoticea, and all wttara Intsriog to
Wthe h|*??flt of any PBc, are ,ry*r<letT as
V'rt iujgrf.
, B?y?nd ?h? River.
The ?l Stonewall Jackson
wfra, *'I>t us aroaa oyer the river, boys,
' And real in the rhade."
" We'll |>aae beyond the river, loya.
Well eroaa the cooling tide,
r And reat Along the falvet shade.
That clothes tl?e other aide.
Together we her* struggled long,
And many marches made?
We'll paae beyond the fiver, boya,'
And raat within the shade.
* When foemen gathered either aide,
Aa dangers thicker grew.
The more I laan'd upon yo?, boya,
And found you ever true.
But worn with many atrugglea o'er
The mountain, hill and glade
Well paaa beyoi.d the river, boya,
And raht within tho shade.
- Whare grmiee dhonk the blotidy fivlda,
And death in atllbyi ftuw,
Btlll Arm amid the eritnaon tidd
A stonewall there yo't grew.
And rolled the ruahiag numbers back,
- > Fear?atri?ken snd'diamayM?
We'll paaa beyond the river, boya.
And reat within the shade.1'
The Christian and the ehh ftalu'a gone,
ilia country heart ntt more .
Ilia trampling of hia mighty host.
His eannon'a opening roar.
f lta Irnttltlna Kara ware I ItrnwM aatila
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For croons that never fade,
lib paas'd beyond the river, Ixvya,
Abd reels within (be ehnde.
beyond the waters, mid the scenes
Where happy apiriia stand,
The noble chieftain fondly watts
' Tha coining of hi? hand,
Then, let n* to the last be true,
And bo the wish obeyed,
We'll paaa beyond the river, boy*,
And rest within the shade.
[ Lairrentvilio Herald.
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Letter of Ex-Got. Perry.
"tiih following latter front Ky-Qoremor
Ferry. of GrebttVille, which Will be peru*ed
With interest by our readers, wan written
in reapobae Jo nn Invitation to attend tha
freoiocraMe mass meeting at this place on
Wednesday last. The able letter, of Hon
X. B. Campbell, of Charleston, has also been
, handed to U for publieation, which, for
W*ot of apaoe, we are compelled to defer
tiati! nest week:?Albeit He Banner.
Oaarsvtu.it, R. O., Angwl 28. 1868.
Hon A. Butt, Chairman, <tc ?My Dear
Sir: I hid the honor of receiving your
kind letter last evening, requesting me to
Mddreaa "a mass meeting" at AV.beville
Court Hooae, on the 2?th inet. Nothing
Could give me greater plea-urn than to be
With yon on that occasion, but I fear it
will be impossible for u?e to attend, aa ihe
Federal Court is sow in session at this
place. "?
. . lj?t rae assure the good people of Abbevilli
thai I am kwrtily with tli rn and the
t)emocmey of tlie United States iti the *f
fort they arc notv making to hurl from
|?owtr and, place the most lufamnusly op
preeuve, uiutplog, despotic and damnable
party, that i?.r dlgiriewl the annala of
Listory in any age of country. lTght years
ago thla audaciously wick-d and criminal
Radical party jgpme into power by an unfortunate
division in the Democratic ranks,
ad what dir? calamities have befallen the
country within that brief period I For
years and years these United States had
ptuapsrfd, grown great ai d powerful under
Democrotio rule, at no ithar people ever
did oo the fae* of the earth. Ihey had in.
creased from three millions to thbty mil
lions of people, from thirteen States In
thirty-throe Bum, and all ?Were happy,
tprespecufia and free under our Republionn
form offlpovernment. The American Re*
publie Was the admiration of the world,
aad a standing proof of maa'a ability to
gwsra himself
But I a an evil hour, as I hav? said, the
Radleat party got ptoses*ion ef the Ooreratnani.
and by refuting ell compromise* or
eooaeerfoop to the Soothern States, involved
tha country in a moat unnatural, cruel and
bloody War for four long year*! In this
war wars slaughtered and sacrificed tone of
thousands of American citlxens, gallant,
prmva men} Seven thousand ntilfions ol
dollars were expanded by the Federal Qov
prnment In proe*enting this w?r| And
Pf* utoMua million* ny w? OMTirtiriti
Oo7?ram?n( In it/ftndir.g tf>a ai.rod rWht
of wlfy |lti|lli fci gom4fn | TH?
Bo?U ?H ruiaad nod lha North .imporar
iah?d I QonuB?ra?. . apt-Wtor* mm! ihuh
faaturca paralysed t Tha notional d?M ol
tha UnHad Stao* h? boon Increased to
thraa hltliona of dolla a, and la *M ioarrOalag
I Tba paoylo kite poid in l?xt% aine?
th* war. oalv tbrao yoora. Afl*on hundred
MAtlHoaot tan aonual ikynilUwrt of ihi
dftfMUMU, ia Uaaa of poaoo. Itaro Ineroaaod,
undor Radical Itrataj and reek*
lata prodigality, fr-w eighty million* to ira
huadrod mlll'oaa A ttandNgf army km
km trapt op ooutrary to th? api-U a?4 gonioaof
out' fto|>wb|Unu ii*tit?tio??, at an
ospowM of hoadrada of million# of dollar*
annually. A Prosdman'a Biffnou hat bars
organiasd, at so aspaoaa Of fifty m>Hion?. to
mir up ami pre lad toe tba freadman of tl*?
tMk moldrt Mnrlr farantr ownara. llogued
M" till area boo* boo* plaoad la poarar
*jgod tba t*r?ald?tti forbidden to rawar^
A. REFLI
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them. But one of thaea high official*, Vol
tl?t ?li k !_ o???- n 11 -- -
tw?, KIIVWII ID ouuin VII Oil UN M it
cultoo ihlef, under th- Radieal government,
?M Mat lo the Penitentiary the other day
Ij the courts of New York for hi* roguery.
The RtJItel Congie*s here, fur th-w
years peat, prevented a restoration of the
Union. They elruek down, at one fell
awoop leu sovereign 8tat.ee of thia Union'
They abolished the StsUgovarniuenU, and
a ' etituted a military despotism la their
p!a#e. Military commissions were snhstttoted
hr eanrta of Jastiee and trial* Uy
Jury. The bayonet took the place of the
writ of fiabea* corpus. Innocent men, in
eountli-m numbers, have been arretted In
the boeom of their families, end dragged to
the dungepn cells to be eoodemnod end executed
I 1 have recently men President
Johnson ' pardon of three of liie-epoor, un
fortunate men, who Were condemned to be
aeeated by that notoriously Infamous
satrap. SickUt. the murderer rf hia wife's
paramour, net that he cared for the pollu
tion of bis bed, but on tba Lsc<dv">nnian
irtae ol not ooncesling her critna from the
public. One would heve supposed that
'.hefv poor men, who were charged with
shooting a flegro for brutally violating a
?oung lady, might bav# found sympathy in
is Mack debauched heart I Rut they
should ram-mber that lie look to hit bosom
again hia polluted -pouse I General Callby,
another military entrap, who was supposes
to be a gentleman, out proved himself a
heartless tyrant In 8outh Carolina, commuted
the Sentence of these unfi.ituoutturn
from* death to flfiecn ycara* imprison
mcntl
Regardless of the Constitution which the/
had sworn to support, and tvrecklessly determined
to prrpctUHt? their infntnnos tyrauny,
the Radpal Congress stripped the
President of luv highest constitutional prerogatives,
and placed the commanding
General of the army, their candidate for
the Presidency, over and nbovehiml B?
cause President Johneoi# resisted their
usurpation^ and vtnod by the Constitution,
they Impenehed him of high crimes and inlsdeniettnoi*!
In oht^n times, it required, as
we are Worthed by holy writ, ten righteous
men lo save a city, but tlnee lets of ju-t
Kadicala. were euoi.gh in the trial of thie
impeacluiv-Dt lo save the Republic from
eternal dishonor.
Not satisfied villi usurping Ilia executive
powfrt, tfia Radical CongrrwdeUrniinxl to
ocrnaeh on the Judicial y, and pum-id a
lew that there should be no appeal to the
Sitpretna Cobrl, in ?Mtr to leal the validity
of their unconstitutional, tyrannical and
oppressive acta I Tliey were determined to
concentrate in their own hands all ihe pow
era bf the government, Itglrlutir e. ex?en?
live and judiciary, With ati obedient tool at
the head ill the army. Although lliera are
aaveral vaoanciea on the Supreme bench
they will not prevent them to he filled t>y
nomination of the President. They inuai
tie kept open till they have a Radical President,
In order to perpetuate their power
in the Southern Mate*, the Radical C<>n
grass have disfranchised thousands and
hundreds of lliou?ande of vii'luoQa, (nielligent
and patriotic white men. and enfrnuch
Sed seven or eight hundre I thousand ignorant,
demi-fnvage negroes 1 lu this way
they have placed all the Southern Ht.iieunder
negro supremacy.
At.J not yet satisfied with their wicked
neaa, they have il iu contemplation to arm
these enfranchised freedmen in order to
-carry ihe elections next fall by force of the
bayonet. Iu Plurlda and Alabama they |
have caused their bogus legislatures to take ,
the deetiuh of Praaidential electors from I
the peopla and appoint ibeni themselves!
It must be remembered, too, thai this pre
tended legislature of Alabama was a fraud
on tin reconstruction acts, ami elected sole
ly by (lie Radicals.
The Radical party have likewise declared
lliat whii-t the poor ti.ah, the meuhanie,
the merchant, the farirlfcr and plant
er, are crushed to the earth wit h the burden
of government taxes, the rich bondholder
and millionaire in public funds shall pay
taxes at all on his immense ill gotten
waltlil They hava declared that there
hall be on* currency in gold for the rich
bondholder, and another cuire?cvin riepr*e
ated piper fur the aoldtvr, nncnanio and
laborer!
f* it possible that the American people,
devoted to republican principles and con
atitutioiial liberty, as I believe they are,
will eoniii.ua in power such a patty, whote
fratricidal crimes and atrocious wrongs, are
unatoned for, and are still crying to lieavwn
for vfeng-aneel Never! neverl neverl
Two years ago these black and hellish designs
ware concealed front Ilia people of the
North. They did not dare then to declare
universal negro suffrage, and payment of
boade in gold. They caused the elections
than to turn on the adoption of the constitutional
amendment, lint emboldened hy
their success, they openly aroused their
platform and have bad nothing but dia.ietor
and deb at is all the .States and munici
pal elections aiuee. Towns, villages, cities
| and States, one after another, have abandoned
the Radical party, and wheeled Into
mi? i/t .ii' crmic linen. ine glorious Mine
Htate of Connect ient, over whelmed m we
thought with abolitionism and radicalism,
1 ke a strong man, and was (be first
, to hold aloft the D?-moerat!e banner. The
great imp're Slate of New. York followed,
and gave a Democratic majority of
thousand 1 The heyotone State ?aa ocxt
in order, and she trampled a radical major,
ity of thotiaunda lha year before, in the
' dual, and alec ted a Democratic Chief Jus*
tie*. Ohio, the empire Stale of the West,
' then eaiae forward, and roled down nntversal
negro suffrage with a majority of fifty
thousand! New Jersey, about the same
I' time, trailed in iko duet her radical flag.?
I Tha golden State of the Puelfle followed
, suit; and Iter sister Oregon eamc immediately
after into the DeaMMrativ lolj. Little
Montana usd Idaho, not yet growe to be
f State* hare r/eentty changed their colore,
, and hoisted the Democratic flig. The no
, hie old oommon wealth of Kentucky bad the
i honor of firing the flrat Democratic gun af
tee the eomiualion of Seymour and Blair.
| It waa a big o?a, and produced great eon-.
, steruation all over the Radical kinwdom.?
, The ear(iel-ti*cgrya treniblod and thought of
, " hum." The sealawaga began to dream of
! tha Ku Kiua Klan, and some raw heeds
, and bloody hmteal Ninety five thousand
Democratic at^sniy in "old Kealnokl"Indieaa
only went* en opportunity to dieplan
her Ivmecratle banner with "jt/ty
(hoHMond majority" cmblaaoned on ita ample
fold*
la troth these le reason tn heliere, that-the
whole Nortb-Wleet will be-Democratic In November
goad- TM* l? go telling where thi- |
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SX OF IX
GREENVILLE. SOUTH
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Democratic revolution will end. MmehusotU
la not anfe f Fottr thoufanri Democrats met
the other day in oM FmmII llall, and bad a
glorious " rousificatiyn " iu " the eradle of liberty
!" George ii. l'endleton, the Napoleon of
tbe Weat, bee gone to Maine to aeevre that
oma Ai-rnihMPi mm tbaj redeem the
granito State. Kx-Prvsidcnt FillmorS . bat
placed himself on the Democratic platform.
Radical olactorc are taking (be atutnp fur Seymour
and lilalr. And it it gravely said in the
National InUlligeaeer that Groat himaalf ie
about to withdraw from the cauvoss, and leave
tbe Radicals with the bag to hold. It ia not
improbable. Ilia nomination he* fallen stillborn
before tbe American people and hat tlcited
mp enthusiasm anywhere. Tbe kindred
and friends of bis hundred thousand soldiers
butchered in Virginia feci no intetaif in bis
election. The Audcrsouville prisoipn whom
be refuted to have exchanged cannot feel any
enthusiasm for him. The men of honor at the
North cannot make an idol ef Kim after bis
treachery and falsehoods to tb* President.?
The tncii of sense all know that Grant it no
statesman, and witl bo the mere parly tool Of
bis faetion if elected. The nomination of
Seymour and Blair has been mat with the
greatest enthusiasm from one end ot the Republic
to tbo other. Ratification meetings
have been bold in almost every county,-town
and village in every Stato of thw Union.?
Torchlight processions, with banners, flags,
transparencies and suitablo and appropriate
mottos, hare gree'ed the spectators avery
wlioro. The people seem run mad with enthusiasm,
and with the hope of'rescuing the
Republic from tlio terrific domination of Radical
rule.
This Presidential election at the North is a
question Of liberty or despotism. But at tbo
South, my fkiends, it is a question of li/t or
dniik / If tbo Radicals succeed, .a war of
races in the South ensues inevitably. Frightful
will Lc the consequences tor * time, hut the
result ie certain. The Inferior tr?;e will be
extinguished or driven from tl.e country.?
They will go as the Indian has gone when he
made war on the white uinn. As deep an interest
as the North may fuel in this ennvass,
the South should ft el a still deeper. We must
tell them plainly that these carpet-baggers
and renegade scalawags are no friends of
tbolrs. Their only purpose is to get offices
and position by means of the colored voters;
and if danger comes they will flee the country
and leave their poor deluded victims to their
la to I Tbo frsedtnan ought to sco and know
thai thfelt f..rider ohrncrs and frieuda are their
best protectors, and that they can derive no
benefit or ndrantago ffobi tho qarpct-hngger*
and renegade whites! They bavo Nothing to
give them but lies for theft votes. t ,
We must explaiu to tbe colored people that
they were set free bv their owners nod not i.?
tho Radicals. That we will protect them in
their (ruudotn and in the enjoyment of all their
right*, and life, lihertjr and property. When
i they are qualified by ilitclligcqlso and proper|
ly, we will extend to thutn the right of suffrage
likewise. At present they ought to know that
[ they ora not qualified to govern the State,
and cannot do so. This is n white man's goveminent
and must ever remain an. I,?-t thein
lie told that we tire mutually dependent on
each other. They want our lands to cultivate,
and we want their la'-or. INwc gruw rich
and prosperous, they mu^ share it. If wo
are poor and wretched, they will bo Mill tttoro
poor and tuoro wretched. Our Interests are
their iutcrcsts. Rut if they will not act with
us, but against (is, we aiust discard them. No
one ia hound to employ its enemy in his household,
of on his lauds, and shoald not do so.
If we refuse to employ them, they cannot get
employment from their political friends, lor
they have none to give. Wo ought to show
them that the men rlicy are following are had
men, and tell them that it ia a shame they
should he voting for rogues and worthless
White men Inalend of viitiug for gentlelucn
and honest good (licit. If we are taxed heavily,
they must pay their proportion of those
taxes when thoir crops are gathered.
I cannot conclude without paying a compliment
to (he ladies who I know will attend
your mooting. I bavo ever found thctn mora
patriotic and self-sacrificing and more spirited
than the gentk-incn. The instincts of wotnnn's
heart are always true and patriotic.?
After the passage of the Reconstruction Acta,
the State seemed panic-stricken and paralysed.
There was not a newspaper in South Carolina
that cptrosed them, nor a leading man.
I commenced my series of lotters against those
...m.uuuo hivocuics, anu ihpj were aonounocd
by tlio press. Homo refused to ptfbllsb thorn,
whilst other* gave them a place it) thoir col.
umns only to criticise and abuae them. One
newspaper only?the Kingstree Star?dared
endorse them. Hut everywhere, and on nil
occasions, tho soft, sweet voice of woman
cheered me on, and every mail I received ?
letter from ladio* whom I had never known,
giving me cneourag?mont. They said if the
spirit of the men of Carolina was broken and
crushed, that of the ladies was not. And tbey
bid me go on in my patriotic labors, and said
their prayers were offered up for me and my
causa. Their prayers were heard, and now
every decent man in Soath Carolina is heartily
opposed to these infamous Reconstruction
Acta. They will be swept out of existeucc by
the election of 8eymnur and Blair, and the
whole South will stand redeemed, regenerated
and disenthralled. B. F. PBRUY.
Tie History of * Little Fish.
rnOM TIIK BOTTOM Off TitK BRA TO CHtFUKCTA
KIVBK
t *m t little fish?my parents lived
at the bottom of the sea. They laid
me that I was bom in a small river, a
great way from where we lived. They
said, also, that they left me io tchool a
good while before ihev look me home.
Indeed, I w as in tchool from my earliest
recollection, though you may think it
strange I never learned ray letters.?
The first (Ring mv teachers taught me
?e~ I i ; .1 *
wot, iu irnrn 10 iwilll, IHU ID IHI* 1 f UC
ceeded very well; having, I believe, n
natural turn for it ; though, I must con
fens, I rpenl loo roucli of my time in
play, of which I wa? excessively fond
? suoh a* chasing my school-mates,
biting them, and slicking my fins in
their aide*.
After that, I was tanght the use of
inv limbs and flns to guide me in swimming,
and to enable me to turn at
pleasure. They showed me how to expel
the air from mv body when 1 wanted
to sunk to the bottom, and inhale
more air from the water, through
my gills, when I wanted to rise to the
top. They taught me, aVo, to keep
out of lite way of bigger fish, le*t they
should eat me up. l'hey abo showed
sou bow to oatcb flies and water?spiders,
and to get my own lining when I got
to be a men,.
A long time ego, (for my paaeut*
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CAROLINA. SEPTEMBER
'?L j-'V "I M ' .. Jt ' ..t.l-IM'.'U
say I am a whole year old.) a grtnt I
many fi.-b-folks pot in the notion to go I
West. They told iia there wfc* a gre?? ;
deaf better living away tip the mers I
there titan there was in the tea. The 1
olcj folks did hot wsifrt to lbt the go; f
bui 1 was not going to atay under tny f
mother's aprou strings all my life; so a
we started on our journey. In company
with Mr. Hass and family; Mr. Gar .
and his wife { Mt; Ttout, yrife. and
twehty-?ev?n childten { Mr. Rock and ..
two daughters, bis wife having heen
caught a long lime ago, by a Mr. Dolphin
; Mr.- and Mia. C?l6?h and cbil- 1
dien; Mr. Perch and seventy-five children
; Mr. and Mrs* Goggle-eye, and
one hundred ahd thirty seven children ; E
Mri Bream, wife, and one hundred atid
seventeen children ; and myself, with
one Mr. Jack fish for our pilot?and p
we traveled a long way, and it took ua
a long tiiue. " ^
At length, we got to a narrow water
between two lakes, (Regolets,) and go
ing on wo Caftio iulo a wide, shallow
Ir.ke, (I'ontcbarirain;) and finally, we 8
came to the inoulh of a little river,
(Chefuncla.) which Mr. Jack fi-h saiJ ''
he was well acquainted with,- and
which did not extend more than eight
or ten leagues up. Put he *aid as
there was danger in these waters fiom
some great black-bodied blonder*
(sieam-boats) that walked the water,
and were a* big as a whale; that he in
would stop and iuquite of the llonora- sc
ble Mr. Mullet, who was in the habit w
of jumping out of the water every now U
and then, to look at them, whether sj
there was much iit?k in going any far tr
liter. Mr...Mullet ntAde us nil very glad
when lie told us, that though there tl
..cast ?.? ? -r tl?
?.VU ,v UVJ room Ul IIIV Ulg VIUCK IIIOH- g
sters in that river, last blossom-lime ?(
(spring) five or six of them came up tl
there all alive and well, but ihut when
they got up, they took an unnccounta- la
hie flight about some new-fangled In
shark.-1 (Yankee gun boat*) tluil they rc
beard were coming to catch them, and re
they all begah to belch out a red lit me hi
and sank to the bol'.om of the river, hi
and that since that time there had be< . f<j
none of the monsters about; except one it
or two that came up once, and belcbed
like thifnder, and went awav. Mr.l'ike "
also sp ike up and said it was all true, 0
for he had seen the bones (timbers) of a!
the monMers at the bottom of tlio river. U
While we were slavitig down here, l><
we organised our Company, and ap- ki
piiinled Mr. Gar as our Squire. We ni
also had a wedding tit thb mouth of the p<
river. Mr. J'eich befcnfhihg acquainted at
with a Miss Fin, he fell desperately in
love at first sight, being chatlned with v:
her ied eyes ?*rid shilling scales, and of tb
feiiug her iii* heart, was acbepted on
the spot. We were a whole llokr talk | ij
ring in the company to the marriage, tl
and Squire Gar, after performing the b<
ceremony, took the first ki** from the tr
bride. 'J hat wedding was tt delightful
time. We had everything that was tr
nice : red worm, grub-worm, sawyers, fy
tadpoles, shrimp**, and dog wood bios- si
cuius; and Mr. liieam played music hi
on a periwinkle shell, to the delight of ol
the whole company, while we young li]
tiers held a long stringy weed in two of ui
our nioutbs, leaking a rope of it, over hi
which wo all jumped till two young Mr. u
fetches mid a young Mr. Trout Jumped i!
rigid down an alligator'* tbioat, who ir
bid himself there lo watch ua. This ri
broke up all our fun ; but we did not A
cry much, but got fiightened, and atari
ed up (lie river to get out of liia way. tc
W hen we got about half way up the it
river, we met a cou-in of Mr. Water ti
snake, by the name of Bel, who told us o
there waa a great deal of danger up el
above from falae baits, that concealed
sharp hooks iu them, and through the tl
ordera of Squire Oar we stayed two 'I
days under Mr. Eel, learning bdw to b
tell the real from tba false bait ; but p
Squire Gar went right on up, saying,
for his part, be did not care for them, z
Mr. Eel told us that these false bails p
were ukUalijr attached to a string, with m
a little lump (lead) just above them ; p
thai they rouiatned still iu water, while ti
the true bait bad ao siring lo h, and 1
neither floated down with the current V
uor sunk to the bottom ; " but," said o
he, " above ail thing*, if you see a sharp si
point sticking out of the bait, do not n
touoii it for the o:ean, or you will be q
I . tl
CKIiglll. ?,
We ihen went on several miles, and
came up, and were all d<ilighled with v
the country ; far we could dive (o (he "
Itoliom, aud come up lo tbe lop, and c
*eo llie trees, and tlie sky, and titer pret fcl
ly dowers. We lived about here some
lime, enjoying ourselves very much, rt
and at last we found a nice little eddy
iliat was shaped like the moon * sowwe
all went Into il. and madesit our home, cl
Hut oa the first day of flower*. (May) at
I was skipping and jumping about, liil' in
I got very hungry, aud seeing some 1'
new dish, (craw-H?h,) 1 swam right up it
to il, and began to taste it, but let it go hi
agsin and ran oflF, for f was rather at
afraid of it. At last, it being so nice. I ?j
carne back, and look it iu my mouth, it
and all at once I' felt it jerk, and a
sharp book stock right into my jaw,
and I Said " Oh, oh, I'm caught now !*' ?
So I ihook my bead, and dived down,! i*
s
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F.YE]STT?
9. 1868.
?nd Ihert c'aitie Op, and saw a little hoy
iad hold of me with a libuk, and he
>nlied me bard ; but just as I tbougiit
le had ids, he f??t,.the line slacken, and
slitfok it out of tny mouth, and got
ret'. ?n T said : " Now, little fisher,
ureweli I I'm off to my home io the
ea;"
ntS soxo.
urelvell to the flsher*, farewell t
I'm off to my homo in the wi;
> giro me the ocean'* awell,
And I'll float on lb* wave ao free I
"ou may talk of your rivera and streams.
Tour bayoos, your creeks, and your
brook*;
tat their good things are falter than
dreams,
While tliey sorer the piercing hooka
areweil I I am off, ao farewell!
To live by my mother's side}
i gtve me the ocean'* swell,
And a home lu the turfy tidal
MORAL.
t> now, young purple, though 'li* kite,
I've gottwn tltrotigli my tcribble:
low many linvo been canghl by bait
Who only meant to kibble 1
o. t. v.
Co+inglon, t.a.
? ?- sot ?
The W crthiest of freei.
A V/feary traveler bad been journeyig
all day across ah arid plain under a
!Oiching sun, and was almost overcome
ith fatiflruo wlipn hI l?n?ili I.J* ??.i
o ' ?- -"S""
!(] him into a thick forest, where the
Heading bough* of tiiitny A stately
ee cast cool shade over (he ground.
Winding antid the tre >3 was a gen
e flowing rivulet, and on its brink
rew crowds of bulrushes villi bending
ems, and heads humbly sloopitig It
le stream beneath.
Here the traveler rested, and as he
y on the ground began to admire the
eatiliful trees by which he was sural
tided, and to wonder which was the
lost valuable of all. Tltua thinking,
a fell Asleep, and dreamt. Behold in
is dream, he saw the trees of the
nest pleading before him, each claim
ig to be considered the woilhiest.
First spoke the cedar, and said.
What tree can be compared to me 1
n the lofty heights of Lebanon is my
bode, and my top touches the sky.?
rider my far spreading houghs, all the
easts of the field find shelter. Of me
ings build their palace*, princes their
lausiohs. All men admire me; al!
jets have sung my pi wise. Surely I
n the king of the tree*.''
' No," said the palm ; " with all thy
iin boa?d, O Cedar, ihou art' barren,
iou ) (eldest not sweet fruit*, which
ilisfv the hungry and refresh thb wt?ar.
And does not my tall trunk excite
ie admiration of men f Useful and
jautiful, 1 claim to be king of the
efts,"
Then Spatie the myrtle. " Ye, tall
ee*1, lack ?ny fragrant odor. Ye grali
only man's bodily wants; but my
veet scent delights his soul. When
ungrv, he, like the brute, eagerly eats
p thy fruits, C palm ! whtin weary, he,
ke the beasts of the field, lies down
uder thy shade, 0 cedar I But when
is eouI Is caliu and sCrene, when con*
mplating the gloiies of his Maker,
ten he holds in his hands a sprig of
ly bough1*, and its grateful t gran e
lises his lofiy thoughts still higher.?
nd so I claiui the royal crown of tree."
Then a multitude of other plants
>ok up the strain; some boasting of
teir delicious fruits, soma of the beau
es of fragrance of their flowers. Each,
n account of some quality of its own,
iairaed the pre eminence.
But the poor bulrushes, that grew on
he bank of the rivulet were silent.?
'hey knew that they had nothing to
oast of, and they humbly held their
eace.
The wayfarer in his dream felt pnzled,
not knowing to which of the haugh*
y candidates to allow the superiority ;
rlien lo I he heard a voice from heaven,
reclaiming?"Be abashed, ye proud
rees, ye that vaunt of the gifts which
have deemed Hi to bestow upon you.
re hie all alike deficient of the virtue
f humility. To the humble bulrush
ball be aligned the superiority. Its
leek silence is in iny enrs more elojiient
than your pompous boa*U. Mo
se, the meekest of men, has been cho*
en by roe, as the messenger, through
thorn my Lew shall be given to the
rorld; and the meekest of men shall
hoosc the meekest of trees as the in
trument with which to write thai Law."
And so Moses wrote the Law with a
ted of the lowly bulrush.
Tmkrb is scarcely any ache to which
tiildren are subject so hard to btsar and
> difficult to cure as earache, but there
a remedy never known to fail:
ake a bit of cotton batting', put upon
a pinch of black pepper, gather it up
rul tie it; dip it it. sweet oil, and in>rt
it in the ear. Put a flannel handle
over the head to keep it warm, and
will give immediate relief, v
TwO' Chattanooga sports have made
bet on the election, in which the lose.to
est a full grown rat fried in butter,
I
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NO. 16.
Bleotion of Circuit Jfadfeg.
Tl?e election of Circuit Judges tooi
place in the Legislature on Wednesday
last, and resulted a? follo#? :
First Circuit.?D. T. Cbrbln, noW .
of Charleston, formerly of tiatwischasetts,
we believe, wtio U (he United
States District Attorney for tbfs State;
and also one of the honorable (!) Sen*
atom from Charleston;
Second ?Zephaniah Piatt, formerly '
of New York, father in law cf the recently
elec'ed Associate Justice Witlard,
and who was appointed by Gen.
Canby to fill the poeitiqn of Judge In
place of the lion. A. P. Aldrich, removed
by the military.
Third.?John T., Green, of Sumter:
lit* politics are not khown to oe.
Fotirth.?J. M. Rutland, a promineoi
member of the Reconstruction Convent
tion, now State Senator: tie was des
featcd for Associate Justice, and is a
correct representative of the Scalawag: e
Fifth.?Lemuel Boozer, ot Lexington,
ttow Lieutenant Governor, and by
virtue of his office President of the
Senate. lie is a weak ?(fecitnen, and
will be totally out of bis element in a
judicial capacity. Poor old Lem 1
Sixth.?G. W. Witliattis, of York,
an able lawyer, and identified with the
Democratic party, Unless we are rriuch
mistaken..
Seventh?T. O. P. Vernon, of Spar:
tnnhtirg, lately held the office of District
Judge, and is also a Democrat."
Eighth.?James L. Orr; of Ander:
eon. It is understood that Gov. Orr
will hot accept the position. Under
the tenure of office bill, recently passed
by the Legidnlure, it is repaired thai
the Supieine Judges should qualify on
or before tbe 6th of September, and as
the Chief Justice elect, F. J. Moses, Sr.;
' C.tnnn: take the oath without first having
his disabilities removed by Congress.
that position will be vacated, as
Conffress Cannot moeL t!i? 91?ti
o t . ?* , ""* _ t ? ?? ? - - *!
according to adjournment. It is eifleeted,
therefore, that when the portion
is again deviated vacant, the Legislature
will confer the doubtful honor
of Chief Justice uporl our fellow-citiien:
Gov. O.r. We have no means of
knowing; that gentleman's intention*,
but would not be willing to risk a large
wager upon his accepting any office
from tbe bogus concern now sitting id
JMniley'* LImIt: The Governor Is in the
North-west, and will not return for several
weeks, we aie assured.
[Anderson InUlligmeef, Id inat.
As EfrrifctRNt VVtAfroif.?'the great
advantage of the Winchester rifle over
all others doci not consist solely in being
able to deliver eighteen shots iu
nine seconds, but in the moral effect it
bas, (either Upoh an tirthy or an indi*
vidua).) for if there is anything that
will make a party of men, or one single
man stand up and fight to the last moment,
it is the knowledge that life has a
gun in his hauds that will not fail to do
its duty just at the time when it is
mo?t wanted.
For those living in a country wherei
there is reason to expect an attack from
Indians, (and as it Is at times necessary
for all tbe men to be away from home,
conseqjuefftly leaving their wivba and
children to fight for themselves,) this
gun is what has long been wanted ; if
is so simple in its construction, that k
.? _?jt J. _ >.t L-I* - u
bunu iru Jrcmn uiu cnil Willi IIHIi an
hour** instruction, load and fire it with
perfect safety, ii being impossible tcf
get a cartridge into it otherwise thaii
right.
Another great advantage that it has
over all other ritles is, that it can be
fired as a single breech loader as fast as
any other breech loading gun that is
built either ift thfs country or Europe;
at the same time having in the magazine
in reserve sixteen shots that can be
used in an emergency as before stated j
this last advantage places it far ahead
of any other rifle yit made, whether it
U repeating or single loading. Willi
regard to penetration, it is fully equal
to any other rifle that is made; having
the sain A length of barrel1, Charge 6r
powder and calibre or bore;
? < ?
Tiik wardrobe of the Princess better
: tiich, it ?s said, Consists of lid dresses
of silk, each of 110 pieces, a(Vd trimmed
with 1000 yards of trimmings; 104
morning gowns of varid'us materials,adorned
with 1,000,000 of buttons f
61 walking dresses and cloaks, Ornamented
with one ton 6/ bugles ; 51
shaWls of various sizes and dolors ; 151
petticoats, in variety ; 275' Other undergarments;
365 pairs tf stockings;
56 pairs of gloved of eveiy known
color; 40 pairs' Of boots and shoes ;
71 sashes and ntJhs ; 64 brooches, in>
variety ; 72 pairs of ear rings, in va*
riety ;3l fans;- 24 parasols; 1 umbrella..
A 8KRVANT Was dismissed in England
because she did not go to bed at 10 ;
30 P. M. when ordered by the master
of the bouse. The case ewMfeff before
the courts, ibo Judge j atone? the gentleman.
Tiik last question before J^^ebatingr
j<>cte,y *? , " Wbsther lf^fc4oe.or
orders bark, the patient bsft tMl n right
to growl l" - fV/?>