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VOLUME XV. ' GREENVILLE. SOUTH CAROLINA. FEBRUARY 10. IM9. TZ'."' foj. 38.
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EDITOR. ' -
J. 0. BAILEY, Pro'r. and Associate Editor.
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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
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' "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.
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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.
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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*.'*
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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*.
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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!"'
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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!