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-- f y~ ??r , -w ">' *' ' -r v t-. JK.17 ? '? ' ........ I. , ?<p???? * ???*rnmmw^i II ,. ? . A. nEinLEX OF POPULAR EVENT??ia?*";/) ^ f'v :>? -**-- V-- l* wT ' m7?, . . '? VA^T^ a "*'" - ?. ''I IJ ! H W"-??P-_?_iL Jji. .1 1 > i.._J '. 1LU Li-U tL-L .J .. J L .[ ',. II . 1 . 1 LU. ' 1 . -'1 ??? ? VOLUME XV. ' GREENVILLE. SOUTH CAROLINA. FEBRUARY 10. IM9. TZ'."' foj. 38. c*. f. townes. EDITOR. ' - J. 0. BAILEY, Pro'r. and Associate Editor. 11 t' Bca?cniPTioa Two QftUfcn par innum. ADTinTiaiKiitTi inserted at rates of ono dollar par square of twelvo Minion Unes (this tiied typo) or lots for the first in*or}lvn, fifty tents each for the second and third inter-. tlone, and twentvflVe oanU (or subsequent insertion*. Yearly contract* will be made. All advertisement* must haye the number of insertions marked on them, or they will be inserted till ordered cat, and chargfri for. Unless ordered otherwise, Advertisements will Invariably be * displayed ? * Obituary notices, and all mattqfs inuring to to the benefit of any one, ard" regarded at Advcrtisemoots. ~ orig i y ailpo fctirrr For the Southern Enterprise. Ahl nak me not for words of love, My heart beats calmly now ; I would not at another shrlue It e'er again should bow. I would not let Its fibres cling Around another form, And trust to find a slick ring arm, To shield me from life's storm. I'll freely give a eietor's trust, A friend I'll ever prove. If (hU i? all your heart can wish, But ask in* not for lot*. ' * * * , For your pure heart I could but give The ashes of rrrlne own. Then let u* meet In friendship ettll, In friendship's name alone. * Belle View, B. a "The Chiralric Southron M?A Few Kind Words About Him, by J. W. DeForcst, U 8. A., in Harper for January. I. MANHOOD. Tt teems to me that the central trait of the " cliivnlroua Southron " is an intense respect for virility. He will forgive aimoet any vice in a man who is tnaoly; be will admire vices which are bat exaggerations of the masculine. If you wilt light, if you are strong and akilful enough to kill your antagonist, if you can govern or influence the com mou herd, if you can ride a dangerous horse over a rough country, if yop are a trood shot or an expert swordsman, if you stand by your own opinions unflinchingly, if you do your level best on whisky, if you are a devil of a fellow with women, if, in short, you show vigorous masculine attributes, he will grant you his respect. It raav ly9 taken for granted that a people which so highly Cize virility looks upon man as the rd of creation, and has the old fashioned ideas as to what is the proper sphere of worann. If the high-toned gentleman continues to he influenzal at the South, it will be a long time before the u strong minded " obtain much of footing there, a long lime before they will establish female suffrage. Next to our supposed passion for putting the negro on nn equality wiih^Jil white, there is nothing in NortMqg, life so bhorreot loJhe Southerners, "of both sexes, as the mcvoment in favor cf wo mans rights. II.?OCKSUOSITT. M It wat not that Yankee fl^Maity which sends pundit! to conver^^Ben* tots, fouuds school systems, l^^iinla, military commissions, and endows colleges with millions. It was the old fashioned sort, the generosity of the Arab and of the feudal noble, feeding every beggar wh<J ?am? to the door, setting bounteous tables and keening full "wffie eellara' ft was the" profuse Bess not of philanthropy, hat of good fellowship. Kvtja-before tho war there yf.PA ainnta Ql a I A. 1A I V\ o V*rtrtli lul.l/iV. ?"?'V " ~~.?M "...v.. gave more to missionary, educational and charitable organizations than (ho Hiiro South. But the Southerner was moro than lavish \ ho was good nalnred And easy ' in iifa WWBti t'Ont-acfioiis; he had such a contempt for smalt sums that he would not use pennies; he paid loosely at long credits, and. **a careless to his collections. m.-~ ooua-ncar. I shall neter forget the grace and kindnces of a man, who must jet he remembered in Charleston as one of its most flfMttdi *pc|al ornamenU. I was at ?Sttpi4f * thdClterary Club ; we were standing or silting around a table which would hare pleased Brillat Sa> tarltf; all the others were well.know n itiaens, reverend and respectable; I was tbe youngest and only'stranger.? I had dropped out of the conr*i?mion and withdrawn a little a*i<le, when ' Cotonsl John Alston observed me and divined my strandedsituation. He did not know me; it was the first time that we had ever met; but he instantly CAlHe ; tbl^ivd itMi And Uava IA waft on itie. It teas not (tie daed so much ?? tlmmanner which wa* so exquisitely i'lgrallating. There wm an JmprirtimeHt Hij hi* exp rWi<A trVich ; Mwmad 40 aiyL" ?ir,\6*tn jher{ appearance fillimo villi reject anil ia tefcat r*yon are otMotftljp iroiihj of ?nj -JttionlifM a." I la*e omotime* thought that it would he a fine thing to be a handsome young lady ; and I felt at that moment na if I were one.? Well, this hospitable act lowaid a | er fvtt atraiigar; thi# courtaoua advance 16 ward II wall fiimtr, wna cbnracteriaiic of i)? roan, anil, in general of bia caste. it.?nvwoh. NotwWrithmHhir hia ibooghlleM la*UVrflOM there was a liigh sent.6 of bottnr in ihe ** chivalrous SpiUhrolt." Ho <li?l' nol moan to defraud any oo?. 1 baVe knt>wn ah expensive. generous follow to cut bis throat btcaui? ha could not . ...i. _t. i-L -1-- -I- ? ' "in iiuiv *UKH win cvioing uue. I have known another bankrupt, lo put Ills wife anJ children into a buggfy, and drive with them into the sea, drowning I be whole party. I do not mm! po*i lively?1 only give it as mv etrong impression?-thatsuch tragedies of wound* ed honor were more common in Dixie than In Yankee land. The honor of Southern students is not college honor as it is understood at the Nurlh, anil per haps In Europe; it cones much neator to the Ironor of good citizens, and the honor of the gentleman of society. The pupil* are not leagued against the teachers for the purpose of passing fraudulent ex animations by the trickeries of stealing prepared lists of question*, carrying fur tive copie? of les-ons into the recitation rooms, mutual posting, nnd purchased compositions. A professor of the Charleston Medical College assures me that he has never detected such a cheat in thirty year* of tuition. A professor of the University at Columbia, ft. 0., told a friend of mine that ho had known but one instance, and that, in that case, the two criminal** were forced to leave by their classmates. The * chivfclrdns Southron" undergraduate, at lea?l while surrounded by hit native moral atmosphere, considers hinwlf a gentle man nrst and a student afterward.? When one remembers the strength of college esprit de corps, these facta exhibit an iudividuai self respect and uprightness which is astonishing, and which muM, I suspect, fill the faculties of Yale and Harvard with envy. A IIatpy Woman.?What spectacle more pleasing does the world afford than a hnppy woman, contented in her pnere, reacy hi nil lime* to benent tier little world by her exertions, and transforming the briers and thorns of life into rosea of Paradise, by the magic of her touch t There are those who are thus happy because they cannot help it ?no misfortunes dampen their sweet smiles, and they diffuse a cheeifu! glow around them as they pursue the eveu tenor of their way. They have the ee cret of content loent, whose value is abofe the philospher's stone ; for without seek ing the baser exchange of gold, which may buy sotne sorts of pleasure, they convert everything tb^y loiich into jov. What their condition is, make* no dif fcrencc. They may be rich or poor, high or low, admit ed or forsaken by the fickle world?but the spatkling fountain of happiness bubbles up in their hearts, nnd makes them radiantly beautiful. They live in a log cabin ? they make it shine with a lustre which kings and <,neen* may covet, and they make wealth a fountain of blessings to the children of poverty. H?ppy wo men are the highest types of humanity, and we cannot say bow much we owe to tbera for the progress of the human race. New York has a numl??r of14 veloe ipede " schools. Each school has three classes?one for beginners, one for those who ran r!?!? writliAiit inmlilinK * > few minutes, and one for those who are nearly ready to make their debut in the street, These schools are well patroniaed, and llie managers are making monI ey. When the roads harden after the spring thaws, the velocip<de-triatw will iafwl every highway and byway. Al ready we bear of some clerks and nier chants making their way down town in the morning on velocipedes, and bv next May we shall meet them coming in from the country in the same fashion. At least ten thousand who do business in New York live in tlie suburbs; and it costs them from fitly to two hundred dollars a year to come in and go ont duting the summer. They can save money by buying velocipedes, which cost from $05 to $150 each, and will soon be cheaper, learning to ride them, nnd then liaveling on their own steeos. The nuinl?er of velocipedes now in use in New York is about two hundred and fifty, and in a few months it will probably be ineieased to two thousand. ? Tim statistic* fit Cwitl? Girden hot* that 213,680 emigrant* landed At this poit daring the year 1868. Of these, 101.989 were German*, 47,571 Irish, 20,002 English, 40 Chinese, 10 Afrie*n?, 3 Japanese and 1 Sardinian.? Of the whole numlrer 65.714 remained in New York Sia.e, 34 025 went to Illinois, 3,115 to Utah And 5 to New Me.'tieo, while all the lately rebellious Slate* received an aggregate of only 2, 311. Ik Ualtimore, Far r ago t wittily turned the laugh on Oran>, when the latter *ai,^ that ' smoking was not a vice or the Admiral would amoke," hv replying : "The General foigits that I am no longer a vice Mdinif i SuisftefM StiCcoW-PaCt? fot Yotftg Mwr. " The New Yf>rk cortdspctfdent of lite Uoston Journal s;*ys : . A young man coining to tliiw ctlj i? greeted wiiu two kinds of business? one good, and one bad ) one djflteuii to obtain, the other found everywhere.? Clerkships in bank*, insurance offices, nod first clave store* are hatd to be got. Capitalists Croats tbeeo insiiluiione for their sons and relatives; few die, and none resign. liar-room*, concert saloons, low groggeries, the offices of vbyt ten and quack doctor*, and bueineva of a questionable character, are uvually open to young men fresh from ibe conn try, with good morals; if they have a dash of piety it i? all the better, for tbey will not' drink nor steal. The kind of lutsiness a man adopts usually settles the question of his Success. If be has brains and pluck, is content to wail, doea w?ll whatever be does, Is Hot sfraid of earning Ms monev, makes himself useful so that he cannot bo dispensed with, be will succeed. He may black boots, pick rag-*, shovel coal, be a low purler in a store; if he lias integrity, talent and industry he wilt make bis fjriune. One of the richest men in New York began as porter, and his master is now a book-keeper in his es? tahli.-hment. One of the must eminent hank presidents in New York to day came to this city a penniless boy. " Do you want a boy, sir J" be said to a gen it em an who stood in his store door.? 44 What can you doT' 44 Any thing, sir, to got an honest living." " Take theso boots down stairs, where you will find some blacking, and black them " The lad soon returned with the boots in a high slate of polish. 44 You've done theae well," said the merchant.? 44 My mother told me to do everything well, sir, that 1 did," was the reply.? That answer touched the merchant's heart. He baa done everything since rs he blacked the boots. There is no place in the land where honesty, industry and integrity bring a better reward This is shown in the habits of a few raeu who succeed permanently. ?? A True Lady. A true lady is easily recognised in public places by her neat and tasteful dress, by her quiet and unostentatious demeanor, and?if there is occasion for her to speak?by her getillo voice and choice language. A loud, harsh voice ami 44 slang phrases" coming fioru those who'in oilier respects appear to have been well brought up, always jars ..?^i ?.i- ' - ? ifnpcMauii| upon me nearer.? 'liter* is a long lint of unauthorized words and phrases, which at* in com raon u*e, and are supposed to give a certain seat to conversation, but which are very far from being elegant. They are coined in various places?in the boarding school, in college, in the store, and on the street. One by one, they enter the family circle, and become dis* agieeably common. A man who con linually interlards his conversation with words which the dictionary ignores, doea not thereby, increase our regard for hiin ; and when we hear a woman habitually usuing M slang," we canwo< but feel I lint she is wanting in tbat delicacy and refinement whbli are ibe brightest ornament* she can wear. In deed, it is very certain thai the frequent use of course and vulgar Words begets a divagieeuble condition of iniud, wbicb may not he realized bv the possessor, but wbicb is very apparent to associates. ? a , <>* - In New York city thero are 113, 060 families, and only 30 552 build ing* u-ed as dwellings. The average number of families to a bouse is about llirtw ?uft iif nA"nn? fil*. ? II... .LI .... , .? M - piirniun UIVOCII, |j\ll lll|> statement <h*? hoi l>v any tn?nns show I the crowded condition of (he city.? Sixteen thousand familie* occupy a whole house each, and seven thousand other dwelling* Iihvo but two families each, leaving about sixteen thousand hou?es to accommodate upward* of eighty five thousand families?an averaga of more than five families and twenty-six persona to eadi bouse. In otta quarters, thin density of population becomes ah* solutely sickening to contemplate, the extreme being twenty-nine houses with an agwreg.tto population of5448 souls, or 187 to encft house. Though only half the building lota in the city are vet covend, the increase of population far exceed* the rapidity of cnnstiuction, and, consequently, the overcrowding grows worse and worse every day. Ark. On aw authorises the Trihu**, to ray (hat the articles written )>y an occasional oor respondent of the World, purporting to relate conversation*, or foruish opinions ol hi* in nagard to public men and public matters, are utterly without foundation. A'? hnmun btimj Km ever li'tcned to or ihored tnrh conversation f in'/A him n? thnt-: reported. General (iront would not deem it becoming In him to contradict the .rtieles in question, if they imply affected hfmsolf, but m they nro eviJently published with * view to embroil hie reUlieue with prominent gentlemen, in out of them hi* political ?r personal friends, or at least to outrajre their just acnsibil t if, he think* It be?t to deviate In thia insiai.ee from his usual course, dnd pronounce the article* alluded to Incorrect, indelicate, and impertinent in an extraordinary dayr?c. lA'ce York Tribune. s Tmt winter in Bvrope rmmblw oar own. A Pari* correspondent wrii?? on (be 8tb : " Tbe weather stt'l continue* moat extraordinarily mild. Tbe cajrs on tbe lloalevard in all open a* if it were spring; consumers of bocks and detni Lusts art out in the warm air in light ?umm?r over coal*; truck* piled up with bouquet* of violets pa** aloug the streets; the skating clubs are one and all frantic } the tables and ormiues of our Pari* elegante* lie at boine io ignominious idleness; it i* as much a* ladies can do to bear tbe waimth of tbe tiuiesl of tiny muds. " Tbe Paris journals try to console amateurs of cold winds and ios by tel* iiug them that in 1822, 1807 and fur tber bock, io 1791. the temDtrauire was as unusually warm as H is ibis year; that to 1002, (be Germans never lighted their stoves ; that in 1017, 1012 and 1007, were likewise wonderfully mild; that in 1638, the gardens were fnll of flowers in the month of January; that in January, 1421, cher ries ripened, and grapes in May; and that in 1172. the trees were covered with leaves, flowers bloomed, and b'?rds ^uilt their nests, while the little one* fledged in the month of February." now Lono will Cotton Kkep.? Loitering by chance in the oifice of a well known fi>ra lr#g in the cotton trade, we were perfectly astonished, both as to the length of time for which our staple mny be preserved and by the original financial policy pursued by our farmers. -A grand son of a life long farmer was advised orally of tbe consignment of a certain number of bales, on account of grand pere. The question was asked: "Is it this real's crop, or when was it grown P " No! it is in goo] order and bcautifui cottoo, that has been on band since 1839." The ancient date referred to start led us and led to the inquiry, " why has it been held so long ?" The reply was, " Well I don't know, but cotton will keep if sheltered, and it is always ca-h when you want it." An appealing look to the venerable senior of the firm called forth, "That is so. That is his policy. I've known hiin longer than the period mentioned, and have sold his cotton every year. I know thai he keep* cotton as each; and I have sold it only a year since, grown in the yenr mentioned.'' This was not only novel as a financial policy, but provokes the in* qtiiry liow long may coiion bo preserv ed !?Aug until Chronicle. Natuuk Covkrs cp Battle FlKI.d8. A correspondent of an En-lei n paper *ay? : *' Ainorig the affecting tiling one is always seeing on these battle fields, how on the ground upon which the battle of Bull Run fought. I sew pretty, pure, delicate flowers growing np out of the ammunition boxes, and a wild rose thrusting up its graceful head through the top of a broken drum, which doubtless sounded its last charge in that battle; and a scarlet verbena peeping out of a bursted shell, in which strange spot it was planted I Wasn't that peace growing out of war ? Even so shall the beautiful and graceful ever grow out of the horrid and terrible things that transpire in litis changing but ever advancing world. Nature covers even the battle gionnd with verdure and blooin. IVaco and plenty spring up iu the track of the devouring cam paign and alt things in naturo and so-i -11 1- ? aii?n work om iue process ol man kind." Tiiic small-pox is reported to he very severe in the Western cities. It it I asserted that the number of deaths from this disease has been unprecedcntly great in Cincinnati. Small-pox is de clared to he an epidemic in St. I/>uU it is scourging Chicago, though noth ing is snid about it in the new-papers ami in Milwankie the public school and the rink have been closed in conee quence, and the shutting up of theatres concert saloons, and other places, wher< large numbers of persons assemble, hai ho'-u discussed. " Jonx, what is the past of see T' ' Seen, sir." ? M No, J >hn, it is saw.** " Yes, sir ; so if a xra fl*b swims by tne it becomes a sow fub when it i past and can't he seen.'' Teacher?" II e in ! Yes. Now John, yon had better go home. A4 your tnotuer to soak your fuel in ho wa'er. to prevent a rush of brnins to lh< head." A l-KAR^ni tamn writes to th( American Na'uralist that utl?e ma'< mosquito In beautiful, both physically and morally, a* they do not bite; tbei mnnnrri are more retiring than thori of their stronger minded partner*, a they rarely enter our dwellings, am live unnoticed in the wood*.'* ?? ? mm i ? ? It ha* just been discovered in Co peuhagen that sleeeping in church i? i punishable offence. Tho people threat en revolution if tho law is enforced. \ Ciroalar. fV ll? Ojlcere of the Bible S >c telle* on'I j Other* Co-operating with the American Bible Soeiety In South Carolina. I Deah Rnrrititii: Permit me to dlMol your ( attontlon to tbo following important loalruoMAt from the Secretaries of the American Bible Society, Bible Ilouso, Astor Place, Mow ' tork Cit/. " The CommUtoo of tTistributloa bate Instructed as to state that, hereafter they will expect all applications for grants of Books by Auxiliaries, and so far as practicable all others' t<> receive tho endorsement of the Agent from whose State the requests are made, together With full information of the facts Which onfurce each case. They are especially dcslrou* to know the extent of destitution, the efforts made by applicants to help themselves, or to pay in part for Books received from onr Depository, or to contribute to the cause, the number and character of the population to be suppliod, and in fine all that may assure tho Committee of tb* propriety of these requests." To meet the demand for the Word of God in this State, " The Auxiliaries are earnestly requested to increase their efforts to raise fuuds for gratuitous work, and especially to forward without unnecessary delay all funds now in hand, or readily collected for Books or on donation account." r>..n (?? - ? .vimiivur irom ration of Churches, and from all friends of (be Bible, and contributions of any amount trill bo thankfully received and duly acknowledged. Please address me at Columbia, 8. C., and it will afford me pleasure to servo yon. Yours truly, K. A. BOLLF.S, Agent American Bible Society for South Carolina. Columbia, S. C., January 1st, IS69. Titn Proposed Couttvv o* Aikex.?As is well known to our readers, a Bill bag been before the Legislature, proposing to croato a new County from segments ot Uarnwoll, Edgefield, Lexington and Orangeburg. Aiksn was to bavo been the eounty-town of this now oounty, and Uranitcville, Kalinin Mills, Bath, and Hamburg, if we mistake not, wcro to have boon comprised witbin its limits. Tbe people of Aiken, gcnorally, woro highly in favor of Ibis new arrangomcnt; and so also, we dare say, were the inhabitants of the other places niwucd. And very naturally so. For when any legal business has to be attended to, a majority of thu inhabitants of certain portions of Edgefield, Barnwell, Orangeburg and Lexington, have to trnvul many twiles?contending with wretched road* and dilapidated tiorteflesh?-to reach their respective Court Housos. The ltaiiroad makes Aikon convouicnt to vast numbers of people, mid ticing central, and not far from any persons living in the proposed new oounty, tho petition soul forth to torus another District was, it seems to u?, u very righteous one. But tho Legisfnture, Inst week, killed the matter by indefinitely postponing its consideration. Therefore, for a long time to come, there will bo no Countv of AiV<.?* ?? ? ??? 1 ancient lines of Rdgofh-ld, Harnwell, Lrxing ton and Orangeburg will remain intact. And, although we were nut opposed to the proposed measure, it ia pleasant to think that 1 such important ami promising places as (Iranitovills, Kuluiia Mills, and Hath belong still to old Kdgetk'ld.? EdytJUld A ditrliter. At the regular quarterly nice ting of the Hoard of Directors of the South Carolina Railroad Company, held in the City of Charleston, on the evening of the 20th instant, L. D. Lie. Kau.isure, Ksq., presiding, ns chairman pro tem., the following preamblo and resolutions were unanimously adopted, and ordered to he engrossed as a part of the minutes of the meeting: WAerean, At the termination of the Into wnr tho property of this company was in a ruinous condition, its treasury was empty and its finances disordered ; and, ?ckereni, the Hoard of Directors will now hare the satisfaction of submitting to the stockholder*, at tho approaching annual convention, an account of their property highly satisfactory aa to its ' present condition, and equally promising in [ respect of its future prospects, Ilfolvtd iinuai'moMs/y, That tho Hoard regard this improvement as due chiefly to the able adui nistration of the President, Mr. William J. Magr^th. Keiolvtd ssnsiaomljf, That they take pleasure in expressing their sonse of his tealons devotion to the interests of this ooropany dur, ing the long period of tweuty-three years in whieh ho has beon in its service, and of the ' eminent ability and success with which he has l administered its affair* since ho was elevated I to tho honorable position of President. [CUrU.toH AVl* 2U/A ?/? I ' Cotton is Kijio.-?TUo Turf, Field and Farm, a well c?n<tuctc<l and spirited sporting , journal, published In New York, says: * The Cotton Crop of '68.?We are told the orop just gathered will command for the * country as much foreign exchange as nny , planted since Whitney invented the cotton gin. s The fact is, cotton is still the agricultural and financial king of this continent, lie was tarn* pornrily dethroned by his own subjects, but his golden sceptre will, in the cud, triumph over all obstacles, and assert his royal perogatives cn all the marts of the world. Had the Confederate authorities, at the ooiucnonceroent of the late doplorable civil war, takou all the eotton then at the South, fur which tbo planters would have been willing to nccept eight cents per pon.id in Confederate bomls, and , shipped it to Kurope, the issue of that war might have been indefinitely postponed, if not entirely changed. Re this as it may, the cot, ton fields of the South are yonr tiue " Kldorado," and now the ohjoction of slavery is removed, it is Southward the tide of emigration ' must now take its way. Row at Ukaxiteyu.i.k, S. 0.?Within ono milo of Granitavilte, S. C., on Saturday night . last, it ufbet rcprehensiblo mill disgraceful assault was made upon an asseinblnge of per' nuns oho were engaged in social festivities. f For some unexplained cause, several unknown f person* conceived the evil purpose of break* nig up the partv, the most direct manner oi * doing which they bslloved to be in shooting A the musician. This they accomplished, severe | ly wounding, in the bowels, a Mr. Umkins. who was acting violinist for the occasion. N< t content with this Hcndish act, they rormncnr* od a? indiscritninate bring into the us i n.blage. during which they shot a ludy in ll o ? tlrgb, and inllicted a woifhd in the shoulder i f ^ a one armed men named I'roscoit. Ot o of iho a sa lanU is sa d to bate receivod a w nnd in * i ono of his legs, although not sufficient to ie> I suit iu his-capturo, as yot.?I'rm*. -j. ?1 " .. '.) ..jl ?l* ' A Qcrsif itrmn Book.?A go d foke id told of a preacher in Nebraska, who had dined whh a fitend hut I e' fore afternoon services. As it liapporttwl, tbia friend occasionally luxuriated in a smile of tho ardent, and sometimes carried a moiocco fla>k in bit over coat pocket. lty mistake, the roiftister took the friend's over-coat for his own on bis depa-ture, and, walking into the pfalpft,-' b g\n the exe ci.es without doffing ti e garment, it being rather ebillv iu the rootn. Looking very ministerially ofer hf? congregation from behind his spectailee, be beg-in drawing from his pockut, as he supposed, Ids hymn book, with the in' iroductory remark that the c mtrreoration would king from a particular page which lie bad selected beforehand. The miniver held ibe supposed book op iff full night of the congregation, and attempted to open it sideweje, but it wan no go. The situation was realized in a moment, but alas I it was too late. Ilia reverence was dumb founded* tbe audience gigg'ed* and tbe whole scene made ludicrous by a fellow iu the back part of the congregation, not altogether 100 sober, wlio brawled out i " Say, mister, kin we all (hie) jine in that ar by tnti!"' + ? . ? A Boston correspondent writes that th* decrease in the number ot children iff Massachusetts Is a subject for our aim mint# to ponder upon. Many towns in the State have been settled over two hundred years, and their history includes from six to eight generations. The record* of many of then* towns'have heen examined by a State offi* cial with re*| ?ct to the relative nnmber of children in each generation, and it appaan that the families comprising the first genrelatioohnd. on an average, I at ween eight and ten children. The next three genera* lions averaged between seven and eight to" each family; the fifth generation about five ; and the *ixlh less thsn three to each family. These changes ere as suggestive aa they are startling. Now it is rare to find married persons hav rig one, two or threw children. This, also, is the testimony of physicians who have been extensively engaged in the practice of medicine frcn* twenty to forty years in the Stale. If it were not for foreign emigration Massachusetts would run mil inn" constitution .turf 0* th* flovjtstfan la^. ??Thc question of llie constitutionality of tho Homestead law, enme tip for argument before Judge Carpenter yesterday. Tli# issue arose upon a motion to enforce a judg* ment, obtained prior to the passage of tha law, and in bar of which the defendant hud pleaded the Homestead law. Ex Ghaif eel'.on- I'unkin appeared tor the motion, an4 B. J Whaloy, E?q., contra. For the plain* tiDf, it was argued lliat tlie Act impaired the obligation of contracts, and being, therefore, contrary to the Constitution, sis illegal and void. After a bearing of th# c ise, Judge Carpenter nnnounced a r?ser? vation of his decision until next Friday at 10 o'clock, when tlie consideration of tl.h case will be resumed. The decision of tha f ease involves interests of great magnitude, e and wffl be looked for with anxiety. It 1? very probable that the law will bo declared Void.? Charhsl on JS'etM. Tns Rki.igiovs IIkuald.?In tho last number of this valuable denominational paper, we observe that Rev. Richard Furman, pastow of the Baptist Church at Ncwborry, takes charge of the South Carolina department of tho HerulJ, as associate editor. This nn? nounoemunt is truly gratifying, and wo are confident that the arraagotnouts of the proprietors will soeure to patrons in this State I overy faoility for obtaiuing denominational news. Mr. Furman is a practical and forcible I ? > ? ... I -iiu mi iwu unit grace in nis productions seldom equalled. Any items of interest communicated to him at Newberry C. II., will be thankfully received. [ A ndcrtnn Inlell'(j;nct r. A Tntrt.* TRAfiicnv.?A murder, followed by most melancholy results, lately occurred near Columbus, Miss. A young man named Domsey was murdered by one Juke Hampton. Young Dcrasoy was an only son, aud his father, on bearing of his tragical death, was so overwhelmed with grief that ho dropped dead whore ho stood. Another member of tfio family, a daughter, brave spiritod, though stricken with grief, started after the body of her brother. Returning to tho house, sho found thnt her mothor was also doad o a broken heart, and dressed ready for burial.. Tnr. Judge* of the United States Phprrmo Court were in consultation on Friday and Saturday, on the legal-tender case. The discussion of tho judges was quite extended, b'lt no acrision nas often rescue.1. The consults lion has dovotoped the (act, howovor, thut thcro will bo two opinions prepared, but at this time it is unknown upon which side tho majority opinion will bo uindc. Future conforenoca will decldo this and who shall l*o solcctod to prepare tho opinions. Browslow has retired from tho Knosvlllo. Whig, arter an editorial career of n third Ufa ccntnry. He was a bitter pnlilieo^rcligious partisan. Tho parson suys that if he was at times severe, it must ho remembered that, liko St. I'aul, he has fought among wild boasts ut Kphons!