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BY \V. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. x\ ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY^ JUNE 4, 1869. VOLUME XVII-NO. 6
CONTENTMENT AND ITS REWERD
. ' CHAPTER I.
Jareb Gropp sat in liis little shop
upon hiB bench and he pegged and
tapped away, merrily upon bis wellWorn
knees, lie was a jolly fellow,
this Jareb. Poor, 'tis true, but
just poor enough to be free frou?
care. lie owned the roofed box ifl
which he worked, and so he owned
the little thatched cot joining it.
In the cot he lived with his wife
fold seven children, and in the shop
:he worked cheerfully all day long.
He was not afraid of robbers, for
he had nothing worth carrying off;
and he feared no man, for lie never
did man a wrong.
A merry jolly fellow was Jareb
Gropp. He sang as he pegged, and
his joyous notes only lacked musi
cal sound to make them attractive.
He was built after the same pattern
as were his cot and shop. lie was
short and dump3% with a round,
shiny goo-natured face, and with a
with a bald pate, though he was
five and forty years old.
"Troll-de-rol-do-loll-lardo !" sang
Jareo.
"Fol-de-rol-de-riddle-de-rol-rinetum!"
sounded a voice from the
inner door.
Jarcb looked up and saw his
wife.
Just a match for Jareb; ^BLall
the world. Short, fat, clean, gdronatured
as a queen. She was dressed
neatly for all her poverty, and
the flush of health glowed upon
ner plump cheelcs.
"Duck," said Jareb, "tlie likes of
thi6 never happened afore."
"What is it, my own sugar
plum ?" asked Hepesbath.
Ilepesbath was her name, though
slie hadn't heard it pronounced in
full for years.
"D'ye 8eetbis shoe, delight?"
"Yes, my love."
'Tis the last work in the castle.
. Not*auother place to put a peg
have I got by me. We'll shut the
gates, lower the draw bridge, put
tlie warder on guard, and call up
our coach, oh ?"
"You mean we'll go and walk,
peppermint?"
'I do, my treasure."
"Shall I pot on my silk or satin ?
or my new velvet."
Pal on all of them, my dear.
We'll make an appeasonce. Hifoi-de-rol-de-ri-do!
there (tap) that's
the last peg, and old Smith's shoes
are clbne. Smith?-Smith?didn't
you ever feel thankful that your
name -rearn't Smith, Ileppy, eli?
There was a Smith put in jail only
last week, for robbin' somebody.
Bt)t.ye never heard tell of a Qropp's
being put in jail, never. Now, my
maple segar, we'll be off. Bring
up tbe little Gropps.
Hardly -had Ifeppy departed
when a man made his appearancc
at the shop door. ' He was au old
man, very well Pressed in black
throughout, carrying a gold headed
cane, and wearing a watch chain of
the same precious material.
"Are you a cobbler?" he asked,
* aahe entered.
"I was two minutes ago, sir, bnt
I'm an old feudal baron now, sir!
Lady Gropp is a going to ride out,1
sir, and I'm to attend her."
"Eh?are you the man that does
mending ? mending of boots and
ehoea?'' asked the visitor, moving
back space, as though he thought
the strange fellow before him was
crazy, , l r ^
. '-Yes, sir," answered Jareb, "I'm
the man. Bttt you see my wife has
not walked otit for raorein a month.
1 jtfsfc tossgd off the last bit of
w6rk I had iti tbe shop.. I had hurried
it amazingly,' and was just a
-Tk-lL? j ?
jguiu w ^ik.c u ruoj .aown Dy tuo
riverw^thher' w<&rthe littlo ones."
xnar^ttmTing. '^low^you jast run
fintM&'trikmttotofct for'yon
]half an hoar, and. I'll satisfy her for
ti I am in: Whiirry.^ tThe stage
tor.**.**
giVOTOTO wOfTt rcfnse to
Mssist me undfir Bqeh. cirp.umBtances ?"
. I most 8tiok. ^o my, buruaes*.". , >
And *b?ti M rdtartiod he p?t 6n his
badly.
ed-end, singhif meirMytfee tfMie, and
when it fwm- lifEdf fee t?ofc*ip 0*
boot. '-'.P ~
jtosa^ssatei^
WWWM^it JWHTi mWf U6 Dmi
wiUM ImiVi food-sAttiMd ft*
?whftKA5ioo:3K & -OaKPiroft
' - .fla-gMfcn
"Why shouldn't I be? low# ijs
man anything?have my
love to do my wdrfcfc, ?<lx>l-^-i<?fl-lolde-Iardo."
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"You'vo laid by somctlfyjg'I pappose,
for a rainy day>?v imrauoji the
Btran^er. .'jr
I 7
"Ay thousands upon thousands ol
'&11 ars, sir I" cried Jareb, giving hia
' W .1 _ ?* - i
<1 uwi a. luuuus puncu.
"What! so much as that?" .
"Ha! I'd like to show 'em tc/yo|*sir.
They might have dirty facgs.W,Seven
of 'em. sir! Seven of^Ute best nature<J0tff8drcu
ye ever saw. sir, and
t!oo."
"A'li! 1 meant to ask you if you
had not managed to lay "by a little
money, niy good man. You seem
steady and industrious."
"Jloney!" repeated Jarcb, with a
comical leer. Does .a man lay by
money, when he's building himself
houses and gardens? No, sir. Nor
docs a man lay by money when lie
makes half a crown a day, and rears
seven children. Them little uns will
take care of mo when I am old, never
fear. No, no-r'Monev
or gol?l in honrded sjore?
I liave rone of it?I have'none ;
I live nnd breathe?I do no more?
To-dny its a curse, to-morrow a boie.
tor, a lawyer, or may be a minister.
But never mind?they're in God's
hands. I don't complain !" repeated
Jareb, thrusting his awl through, and
then pulling it through. ''Why
,.1. ~..l .1 TfO TT * *
siiuum x i iiuw many a ricn miner
would give all lie's worth if his children
would only be different from
what they are ? Sickly and weakly,
maybe, or perhaps bad and wicqed.
"There is no such word as complain,
For by it we nothing can gain,
Save trouble and all mental pain,
With a fol-derol-de di do."
"No. sir. I've got enough, and
that's raore'n everybody's got."
The boot was finished, and the old
man took out a golden guinea.
"I've no chantro for such a Dicce.
sir!" said Jareb.
"I don't want any change. Take it
all. A shilling ia to pay you for mending
my boot, and tbo rest is for your
wife and children to pay them for the
loss of their walk. Come, don't disappoint
me."
Jareb took the coin, and though bis
thankfulness was deep, its expression
was simple and polite.
The old man put on his boot and
went away. The wife came in and
Sareb showed his treasure. They
Were as rjch aa monarchs now. They
danccd and sang, and then cach called
the other a fool. However, after this
they went and took their walk?they
and their children. The oldest child
was only twelve ' years old, and ihe
youngest two, Tommy and'Johnny
were twins. They were a jolly looking
family.
When Jareb. returned and entered
his shop, the first.thing ho saw was a
green silk purse. Jle. picked it np
and found it full of gold. Quick as
thought be put on bis hat again, and
ran fVom the shop.' He reached the
Hotel, but the stage had gone, and
f the old gentleman had gone in it. So
I the cobbler returned to his cot and
there. 'sat down with the purse'In bis
band.
! i . h- : rsi 'i '.-'* : :
'\ cbgap*** ir, j , *;
-; ^What shall wo do 'with it?'' said
, Jayeh, qneoeiiy,. . . 3
jf . "|iet'8; tftkd it djmntio the cellm
fehd Hido it. iThen we shan't be robbed
Of it, Wfc shan't loso it, am
; Wgiyipi wC^Sai hj*T?it fa
m*tk ***&m
4*t% and tboy pmj lUe
Fol-de-rol-lol-dc?lido.
And I'm the linj>picst mnu alive?
Fol-dc-rol lol'de lido.'"
"Then 3-011 live contcntcd on your
sc-nnty store?" said the old man regarding
the cobbler enviously.
"Just as coutentcd as the day is
long, sir. And why shouldn't I? I
won't starve while there's a crust of
bread in the house, or a ripped shoe
in the village. I should Jikc money if
I I could have it; but I wouldn't pass
I one day or night of discontent for all
the money in tho world I"
"And if you had money, what
would you do with it?"
For tho first .time Jareb looked sober.
Ilis awl was stopped in the
puncture it had made?his eyes rested
vacantly on tho floor. When he
spoke all his lightness of manner was
gone, and his voice was tremulous.
"Well, I'll tell ye," he said, while
the twitching of his nether lip showed
that he felt deeply. "I can't help
thinking that my little ones aren't a
coming up as some folks' little ones
arc. They arc good, honest and happy
; but if they could have a chance
to get a little more 1 arnin than their
poor old fathci*'s got, I shouldn't
mind. I cannot help thinking as how
there might be a bright mind or two
amongst them that might make a doc
J- delight,yon aro right."
So fliey went down into their rmr?
row cellar, and having looked ail
around they finally removed a-atone
from tho wall,, put Jlio-'pursc in?having,roHed
it up in many thicknesses
ot^stout paper?and then put the
stone back as it was before.
On tho following day the cobbler
watchcd.for the stage, and when it
CauVe lie \Vfcnt to see if the old gentleman
had come back. This he did ev
cry clay for two months, but no old
man came.
At the end of that time Jareb was
taken sick. lie was very poor, too.
Many a night tho children went supperless
to bod.
"Jareb," whispered Heppv, with a
frightened look, "there is gold in the
cellar."
"Don't! don't! O, never speak of
it again!" gasped Jareb, in agony.
^T'va ilmilafltf nf if I A <h<vpn'o
- ? ~ %.. "J } li.HVO ^UIU
there; but 'tisn't ours, Ileppy."
"I didn't mean we'd take it. Jarcb,
I didn't mean to take it, Jarcb, I
didn't mean to take it,,' cried the
wife. "I only thought you musn't
die !"
"I shan't die, soul's delight. But I
would, die if we took that. 'Tisn't
ours, Ileppy."
After many days Jarcb Gropp was
able to walk out.
One pleasant Autumn day, as he
hobbled along on crutch and staff, he
saw the stage coach coming. It passed
him, and lie saw that same white
| haired old man on the box with tho
driver. Tho poor cobbler hurried 011,
and when he reached the tavern, he
found tho old man standing in the
hall.
"Ah! this is the merry cobbler?"
asked the stranger.
"I am tho cobbler, who mended
3-our boot last Spring, sir," said Jareb.
"Yes, I know," added the old man,
"and the driver tells me that you
have been very sick."
"I have been sick, sir. Ah, I was
made nervous at first, and then I
caught cold. Yes, I havo been very
SICK."
''The driver tells me that your family
Buffered much during your illucss."
' Some?some, sir. But that isn't
the thing now. Didn't you lose something
the day you came to my shop ?"
"JjoseL" repeated the old man,
starting. "Did you find anything?'1
"Yes, sir."
"Was Jt a purse7"
"Xes, sir."
"Of green silk?"
"Yes, Bir."
"With fifty golden gaineas in it ?"
"I don't know what was in it. I
found it, and if you will go down with
me you shall have it."
The stranger regarded tho cobbler
for some moments in silence, and finally
said he would go. So Jareb led
the way to his little cot.
"Here my love," said the cobblor,
addressing his wife, "let us hnvn n.
candle?the gentleman has come for
hia purse."
"We haven't got a candle, Jareb;
but I have something that will answer."
And thus speaking Ileppy wont out
and when she returned she brought
with her a pine knot, which she lighted
by the fire. Jareb took this and
turned toward tho cellar, and the
stranger followed him.
"I can get it, sir."
"Goon; I'll follow you."
The cobbler said no more, but hobbled
down the narrojv steps, and
when he came to that part of the
wall where tho purse had been concealed
he asked his companion <o hold
the torch. The latter did so, and then
Jareb removed a stone and drew forth
a paper parcel, all damp and mildewed.
They returned to the upper
room, wbcro Jareb unfolded tho stout
paper and produced the purse uninjured.
"Here, sir, is yonr purse, just as I
found it.
The old man emptied out tho broad
gold pieces and counted them?-just
fifty of them. He returned them to
their parse, and looked Into Jareb's j
face. * |
"Have you suffered for want of |
money daring your sickness ?" he
asked.
"Much, much," was the answer. .
"And you had this gold by you all
the while r 3
"IVwasn't ours, sir. Oh, I may
have suffered, but not aa Iwoaldhaye
Buffered had I token that. It wasd't
I mindf it wfts ?<mW.' v'.^afcefy sur; and
| when you remember poor i>ld Jarab
, Gropp and kid seven children, find his
Wf
* "From ifb#t '<
"From Paventry, among the bills of
.'"Northampton."
"And what was jTour name before
you wero married?" tho old man
asked of the good wife.*
"My maiden namo was Ilepsebath
Munson, sir."
"Wero you from Paventry ?"
"No, sir ; I was from Kibworth, in
Leicestershire. I went to Daventry
to Jive when I was sixteen."
"You never had a brother?"
"Yes, sir. 1 had one?George?he
went off to India, and there he died.
Poor George! He was a good boy?
he was very good to ine. lie was a
smart young man when ho went
away."
"How do yon know that he is dead?"
"Becauso wo never heard from him,
sir."
"Hepsebath," * cried the old man,
starting to his feet, "look at me! look
at me, L say ! See if you can't tell
me who I am. I remember of hearing
that you had married a man
nuincu uropp, but I could not fuul
where you had moved. I was negligent?very.
But say, do you know
me ?"
"It ain't George Munson ?" gasped
Ilcppy, starting from her chair and
trembling like an aspen.
"Look i.t that purse! Didn't 3Tou
see that name ?" and as. the old man
spoke ho showed her a name worked
in gold thread, hut which she had not
detected. But she read it now?
George Munson.
Then she looked into the time worn
face, and gradually the features of
one she had loved in j-ears long agone
were revealed to her. It was her
brother?her own dear brother
George.
Presently Jareb Gropp saw his wife
in the old man's arms, and with .one
bound bo reached tho middle of the
floor.
"There," he cried, "now see ! Supposin'
I'd taken that gold. If I had
we'd never have known George Munson.
I tell ye there's always a sunbeam
sure to fall upon a good action.
ii il come some time, 3*0 may depend.
George, how'd yo do? Aint I glad
wo didn't touch your gold ? How
could I ever looked my delight's
hVbthcr in the faco of it? How'd ye
do?how'd ye do ?"
The last half of this speech had
been made with tho old man's hand
in his grasp, for even then the thought
K.wl -.1 t > .
imu uui: n ui ivuu iLbUll 1I11U J ureu s
honest mind that any pecuniary good
was to grow out of this.
But it was indeed Heppy's own
brother, and one of the objects ho
had in view when he set out on his
travels was to find his sister if jiossiblc.
lie had forgotten her husband's
name having heard it but onco in India,
and then casually in conversation
with a man who had just come
on. The old man was very rich : and
now that ho had found the only living
relative ho had on earth, ho resolved
to settle down with her.
A largo bouso on a beautiful eminence",
tho wealthy owner of which
had just diod, was for sale, and Uncle
Gcorgo bought it, and thither he took
his sister's family. And in after
times there were some great doings
in that great house. Tho littlo
Gropps had a competent teacher, and
they became prodigies of learning.
Jareb was utterly astonished at the
wondrous intellect they displayed.
But tho balance was kept np. As
the little ones bceamc moro and more
advanced and threw off the children's
things, Jareb and uncle George put
them on and becane children themselves.
One day tho two men were
caught in the act of jumping leap
A.. . * *? " *
irog over eacn otuerers shoulders;
and had not llcppy como out and
stopped them, there is no knowing
how many necks might havo been
broken.
It was fortunate for .them that
the good damo rotained all her strong
sense, for thero wc^e seasons when,
in the height of their childish joy,
they might have done much mischief
had she not been ever noar to watch
over and protect them; and once (I
- >
have in good authority) when she
caught them wrestling "at side long/'
she took them by the ears and led
them into the h6nse. ...
Bnt they had 16 indulge in rongfa
sports, for as Unole George had sud>
denly become thawed ont' of the icc
of misanthropy andioncsomonese
and as : Jareb had full.ias -?udd?nlD
been lifted op firom> tho .dark deptbt
of poverty and wdnty.^ they found
themselves moved by ft spirit of joj
and gratitude that wouldn't, bo -Onrh
cd> So. Heppy had to watch their
ontikeome ofihe ahiidreikjbteaa&ok
enctagh to reasoh vrith thcm7 and fbot
?he pUyed ^ith; the girls in tho hou^
?nd Ik*-;!!# bajr*> t*k?*ur*a?;?H
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i1 (?'i1iiifiiBliMtei'?ri'-yifKiiifrr- - -
Bong of Steam<
[Tlie following fine poem, by Gsorqk
W. Cuttkb, of Covinglon, Kentucky,
Blickicood lia* pronounced "the best lyric
<?f llie century":]
Ilnrnesa me d*wu with your iron bands,
L>e sura hi your euro ana reius,
For I scorn Ihe strength of your puny hands,
Aa a tempest scorns a chain ;
How I laughed ?s I iny concealed from righl
. For many a count le*s hour.
At Ihe childish boasts or human mi|;ht
And the pride ofliumun power,
When I siivv an army upon the land,
A uavy upou tho peas,
Creeping along, a snail-like bond,
Or wailiu^ a wayward breeze;
When 1 ira the peaseiit. reel
Willi the toil he faintly bore,
Ashe turned at the tardy wheel,
Or toilsd at the wenry oar.
When I measured the panting courser's speed
The flight of ihe carrier dove,
A? they bore a lnw a king decreed,
Or the !iui*s of impatieut love ;
I could not think how the world would feel,
Ah these were outstripped-afar,
When 1 nhould be bound to the rushing keel
Or chained to tho fljing curl
11a I ha! ha ! they round me at last,;
And they invited me lurth at length.
And I rushed to iny throne with a thundei
blast,
And loughrd in my iron strength!
Oh ! then you e >w a won irons change
On the earth and ocean wide,
Where now my finrv armies runge,
Nor wait lor wind or tide.
The ocean pales where'er I swetp,
To hear my strength rejoice,
A twl mtinat*ra nf <Iim K.itiv ilnan
J ~-"-r
Cower trembling at my voice.
I carry the weulth and ore of enrth,
Tlie thought of the godlike mind ;
* TtxMvind lugs alter my going furih,
The lightning U left behind.
In the darksome dep'he of the fathomless mini
My tiresome arm doth piny,
Where the rocks ne'er eaw the sun's decline.
Or the duivn of the glorious day,
I bring earth's glittering jewels up
From the hidden caves helow,
And I make the fountain'* granite cup
>v iui a crystal gush o'rOuw.
I blow the bellows, I forge the steal,
In all the shops of trade ;
I hammer the ore mid turn the wheel
Where my arms of strength are made.
( manage the furnaces, the mill, lite mint?
I carry, I wpin, I \v?-uve;
And all my doings I put iu print
On every Saturday eve. ,
I've no muscles to weary, no brenst* to decay
No bunra to be "luid on the irlf,"
And eoon I intend you may ' go aud play,"
While I muimgo the world myself.
But harness me down with your irou bauds,
Be sure of your cmb und rein.
Fur I pcoiu 1 he elrengih of your puny bauds,
As the tempcit scorns a chain.
The Coming Cotton Crop.
The Jackson (Mies.) Clarion, notic
ing the speculations of Northerc
papers *in regard to the cotton crOp
says:
It will be observed that speculators
or writers in their interest, have com
mcnced the old game of predicting s
large incroase in the supply of the
staple. Wo are told" that the price it
LiuiuiuLJug pruuucnun, ana inut a
considerable addition will be made tc
the acreage heretofore (sinco the war]
employed in its * culture. Conse
quently wiseacres aro already pra
dieting that tho next crop will reach
3,000,000 bales?probably 3,500,0001
This originates solely in the imaginations
of the writers. The breadth ol
laud devoted to cotton this season will
not exceed that of last yoar. We arc
certain mat 11 will not equal it. It it
tho experience of almost every plantei
that fewer laborers are engaged in itt
production than were thuH employed
ust j'fear. The remunerative prices
of cotton last season left a largo num
her of frecdmen with means at its
close to set up for themselves after t
A_Li- rni -? - * *
iuBiiion. ijiiit ttiey have done, witl
insufficient teams and tools, and undei
circumstances generally not favorable
to largo crops of cotton, which, more
over,they are ambitious to raise. Be
sides, since 1865, thperop prospocts al
this period of tho season, bavo not
been so unfavorable as at tho present
season, in this section whence the sap
ply is mainly drawn. The excessiv<
' rains have damaged them immensely
When they commenced falling, twc
: weeks ago, in consequence of the pre
lx viops inclement . weather, manj
! planters had not pnt thoir seed in tlx*
, ground. And in .instances when
they had come up, the young plant
lT- has. been killed or. washed. away bj
the flood. ' Consequently it may bi
i said that now, in the early part o
, ay, flip tin^ whon. ordinary cottoi
f receives its workings, it.has yet to b<
i, planted. Owing'to ^he wet weatbei
[ two .Itttykfe. of t?e. most valyablo tim<
r to beon entirely lost
. The crop has been thrown back a
l . . f ...V ri-fc t Arf!' w
t< least turefi we cits. Aticl evefybodj
1 kfiowfc 1/ow itnport^nU^irrtd ie in eftv
^jffiinn i hi ii- iVi'iin'iii in iifiVfi
A NOBBY WEDDING OUTFIT.
IIow a New York Belle Gets
Married?Tue Trousseau and
tue puesents.
Tho^ewYork Sun gives the following
description of u costly wedding
outfit:
t, Through the courtcsy of a friend
wo havo been permitted to examine
tho trosseau, part of which was im
puricu irom i*ariB, 01 a ueue ol Madison
Avonuo, who is about to be led to
the hymeninl altar by a Boston gentleman
of high social distinction. All
the articles and dress material sent
from Paris were done up in packages
elegantly embroidered and edged
with Valenciennes lace, each package
being enclosed in a substantial caso of
straw. A package of handkerchiefs
like cobwebs in quality, each bearing
the monogram of the young hrido in
new and uniquo designs, won our admiration,
and we were struck with
several sets of laces of exquisito pattorn.
Tho bride's dress, made by the J
. court dressmaker, is of white satin of;
rare magnificence, with an entire over-1
dress of point lace, which is looped up |
at the sides with largo satin rosettes
orange blossoms. Tho bridal veil is
also of point lace, made to order in
Brussels, tho pattern corresponding
with the laco overdress.
Tho expectant bridegroom has
given his fiancee an elegant set of seed
pearls, purchased at tho Paris Exposition,
which are to bo worn on her
vrpdilihcr <lnv
O ? ?J
We waw among many beautiful silk
s drosses one of pink?the new shade?
made with a long train, and trimmed
with a deep point lace flounce, above
which is a row of pink and white
marabout feathers as a heading. The
short skirt is turned over at the back
and fastened with a small bunch of
pink and white feathers. Boots to
correspond, of pink silk, with high
pink French heels, were shown us,
which wo admired as a matter of
course.
Another dresa of blue corded silk is
trimmed with two point applique floun-i
ccs, with headings ofpeacock's feathers ,
beautifully arranged. The dress is
made with a corsage cut quite decollate,
with berths nf appliquo and tufts of
peacock's feathers. As with all other
toilets, boots, gloves, fans, &c., correspond
in shade and pattern. A reception
dress of gray satin is beautifllllv
t.rimmprl with tlin nnm
J ?*??U VMV IIW1T Oliauu Ui
green in small puffs arranged around
the bottom of tho skirt, with a bow
- of gray and green between each puff,
i AH tho dresses wo have described
, are of tho richest and most expensive
quality and material, and mado in
, accordance with the advanced Paris
- fashions. Among tho items were
\ twelve pairs of shoes, No. 2; six doz(
en assorted gloves, four dozen hand)
kerchieft, toix pairs slippers, six round
i huts, four bonnets, four parasols, two
lace shawls, three lace parasols, two
) India shawls, twelve dozen pairs of
hose, twenty-eight evening, dinner
and street dresses, five cloaks and
i sucks, and cartloads of other articles
I of wearing apparel.
The bridesmaids' dresses?six in
r number?were sent over at tho same
I time and have been presented to the
? misses who are to officiate on the ocj
casion. They are of white corded
: silk, with lon^ trains, and trimmed
I witu a heavy ruciiing of white satin
t around tho edge of tho skirt. The
overdresses are of fine white tullo el
egantly trimmed with Valenciennes,
? inserting, ed^god with whito lace, and
i looped up on each side by a vino of
t tea roses and buds.
Tho father of the bride has already
i given his daughter a present, which
- is a fine brown stone house on one of
- the fasbionablo thoroughfares, clogantt
ly furnished throughout. The entire
I house has beon newly decorated, each
t room being frcscoed in new designs
- and colore?-tho furniture correspon)
ding. The walls are adorned with
. elegant and rare oil paintings, son?e
> of them by old masters, sent from
- abroad at great oxponse. Bountiful
r pieces of Btatuary fill all tho alcoves
) and niches,- and rare ornaments are
j distributed about the rooms in profnt
sion- :'-l
r Among thd drawing-room orna3
ments wtfjsaw a small table of the
f finest ivory, inlaid with gilt, the feet,
? made to represent bird's claws,' with
V tcaall birds ftetened at inteival# up
r, the legs. '
i ' Nearly all the Wdrpom? aw? hang
v?ith silk, the beds being placed jn
t ,aloova? . mxi, entirely hidden from
t view. Long mirrowfroro eeiling to.
* floor rttytp evert* t*0otf. ## nothing
!* ground, tfcft walU *M
> woodwork padded with green reg&j
r aud the floor covered with the eaajl
i 'gsgs$mBm
b tiworae o? monoloMut.nOihei. &
{ i?to^ jjgjBUml j
> -V-' Wmj;.,
pavod, along alley has been built for 1
bowling, with every convonienco of bro
gas, fires, Ac., for all weathers. for
The taxes on tho house and ftirni- ble
tur? have all been paid for one year ligi
in advance?so it is said?that tho the
newly married conple shall havo , bey
neither earn r?r?r rvnnnan Atlrw.kn/1 5a It
( ..
to the house is an extensive Conner- ami
vatory, filled with tho choicest and and
most beautiful exotics. ing
g?G
the
Views of a Sensible Northerner. ^>U8
tiot
Charleston, S. C , May 10, 1809. trie
To the Editor of the Netos : a8.'
I have read with groat satisfaction .
your article in this morning's News, j an(j
headed Northern men in the South, i IVn
That the "old residents have no social! get
intercourse with the Yankees," may Put^
be (doubtless is) truo in many eases ; | 1,00
that undue prejudice exists is not to 1 ue^
be wondered at, and for the reason reli
mainly described by yourself. The 1
writer of this article spent a year in
Richmond, whose citizens 'are sup- ^Ul1
, . . . . 1 mai
posed to have a due appreciation of v
their own social position, and although crei
in no instance seeking to enter the and
charmed and charming circle, he Pal
never made so many acquaintances in
a strange place in so short a time, nor gjg
met a more genial and intelligent peo- ^ali
pie. You 6ay, "If a Northern man, rJ
or any other man, comes to South anc^
fS.WwlIno. 1 t -* ncv'
vitivuiiti, it 13 uuuiiusc iic sues u cnance .
. in t
of making money, not for society." tj,e
That is'curtainly a legitimate conclus- ten
ion. I have traveled from New York flue
to Saint Paul, from St. Louis to Washiugton,
but in tho whole route thero . c
seemed to me less chances for investments
for rapid, at least certain, re- Avi
flivnn florin <? Inn r* tltn * '*? 1 ?
vm.M.i Mivlig V11U 1 V/ULC 11UIU IUU V
lust named city to Charleston. anc^
mo
I have spent the last week at Long- kui
wood, 011 the Pcdoe River, a planta
tion or nearly six thousand acres, Bru<
which has recently been purchased by ^
New York men for less than two ^
dollars per acre. Some of tho low .
lands of that magnificent estate are .
equal in fertility to tho land in New ^
York at two hundred dollars per acre.
Tho buildings are substantial and , .
0 tern
numerous, and, with the fencing, must
have cost tho sum paid?certainly ^
would havo cost more at the North. par
This plantation was sold through an jow
(ldvfirtinfimnnt mnfn knr* ??
~ ..uuw a j W(W
iu the New York 'Iribune. I -would j
say to Southern men, if you want to WJ|g
sell your estates advertise in the New . |
York and Charleston papers. How
many Northern men do you suppose ^eM
are in Charleston to-day, perhaps, ^all
that want just such property as yours j(J ^
if they knew where to find it ? And | e
if you have two plantations, let me wj
advise you to sell one and hold the tj
othoK ' pub
I think Southorn men are too much
discouraged. Look- around you? ,?hi
travel rrn Nnrth W paf lrnnn "
O- ; -VVJ/ ,, UU' UllH
eyes open. Can you not make money Hluj
out of your own lands as well as a amj
" Yankee?" As for the prejudice of slju
the South and the North, I am sick
and tix'ed of reading about or discussing
it. The Northern mon are not all Sim
"adventurers, carpet-baggers, vermin ?-xar
nor blacklegs," nor have I seen a
scalping-knife or tomahawk in all my *a*
Southern travel. (I have seen a few
good rifles.) I leave for Now York ^
in an hoar. w**i
Kcspectfully, ^av
GEO. NORTH. ?p':<
* tic i
, the
Twenty or thirty years ago, when pjjc
missionary enterprise was in its infancy
omong the islands of the South now
Seas' (paptain Summers anchored his pra
slooji of-war off one of the Marquesas. lrefl
The next morning ho saw an Ameri- an(j
can ?ag floating from the beach, union 8tllI
dowp. This excited him fearfully,and my
lie aunt off a boat at once to inquire
info the matter. Presently tho boat
returned, and brought a grave lookiog
missionary. The captain's anxietjr
ran high. ;
What's the trouble ont there?" ho
aaked.; " quick 1" ' : : ^rai
Well, I f?n grieved to eay, sir," Men
rowed the missionary, " that the 8^m
ogives have been iaterruptingour fegt
sacerdotal exercises#' . me<
{" What ? what was that you said 08e,
they'd boen doiDg?" ,,
^flt paioa m?, sir, to say that they j
havo been interrupting oar saoerdotel ^
ettftGMjeS.}.rfyr
vjpMlMi^heyntUr^rd gTWta J stand ^
hfrWti tftkgivig !ei& . .the whole batt??
& effelaimed the captain. :l i
Jjpfc.etetynighed missionaryhastened /
against Buoh rigorous measDM
and finftlly ga(?0eoded iEi m*Uing .
>he old tar qpder?t(iod that tho njriives
???>1w Viaan kWaaUn* ' ?
pNNtw? ??$&!$** " ';I2L
L J0h! j? tW all?" ?aH.;fc9M* ??
ftop- |gj
, ^ :> j . -;.:J p
^ " B?e jJ6 ^
Iebrew Piiilantiiroay.?Tho Hews
havo always been roniarkablo
their excelleut system of charitareliof,
in which but ono otner reous
body, tho Quakers, can rival
m. No ono ever naw. a Hebrew
gar or a destitute Quaker, and this
ot owing to the absenco of want
>ng them, but to their peculiai;
thorough arrangements for takcaro
of their poor. Each syna;uo
has a committee, composed of
most respecteble members, whoso
iness is to inquire into the condii
of every Hebrew in their dist,
and to afford assistance to snch ^
equire it. They acton the simple
icipie of putting the needy in a
ialion to supply their own wants,
do not encourage pauperism.
rk is furnished to such as cannot
employment,' and many of the
dlera and glaziers of our city liavo
u set up by them. The aged aro
sioned, and the disabled placed in
lospital, or furuished with regular
cf.
'he Mount Sinai Hospital is ono of
best in tho city ; it has been orlized
seventeen years, and is reliable.for
being open to all persons
without regard to color, sex, or
ed?Hebrew, Christians, blacks,
1 whites being found among tho
ients. During tho year 1868 thcro
e G71 indoor and 743 outdoor paits
treated, at a total outlay of
,830, of which'only ?3,707 was for
tries.
?hcro is a Hebrew Orphan Asj'lum,
1 they have also a number of bcolent
and mutual benefit eocioties
.he city. The great efficiency of
so is duo to their being superinded
by the mOBt energetic and initial
members of the denominate
who take a personal.interest in
ir managament. A grant has latebeen
received from the city of
>lvo lote of land on Lexingtan
unue, between Sixty-sixth and Sixjeventh
streets, for a new hospital,
[ arrangements aro making to raiso
ney lor tho ercction of a suitablo
Idiug.?N. Y. Post.
tal Treatment cf the Insane in Massachusetts.
'be Massachusetts legislative committee
ch is charged with the investigation of
death of Pinks, at the Tuunton lunatic
utn. happened, a-lew days ago, upou a
of new testimony, of just such a charaois
furnished Charles Beade with the mnnl
for "hard cash." Patrick Milan, of
ulville, a former patient otv the afylum,
ifiid that he saw the struggle between
ks and the attendants; three men held
ru the victim; of these three, Young
knealmcr on lii? u:_
a -- ?UI'U
Ktiikmg him with bis fist; Lampson
eiampiug upon Paiks' breast with bis
I, and kicking biin in his side with all
might, waiting for a chance to bit fair
veen the struggles of the victim, who
ootd as often as there was any breath
iia body. "When Parks was completexbausted,
he was taken to hi? bedroom,
re the witness heard more violence in
night. Why didn't the witness make
lie such doings! lie did not dare
bad kuown patient* to be beaten for
ting complaints. One day, keeper
rles Acorn required witness to bathe
, upon his refusing, knocked biin down*
kicked him no severely that he was
lame from the injo^M then received,
had alto bee?> kicked and bruised when
was in a Btrniijacket. George O.
ttuck, counsel for the asylum, crossnined
and bully-ragged the witness,
failed to i*i?credit his testimony, which
very clear.
.lphonse Karr relates an anecdote
ch shows that priests occasionally
e some remarkable penitonts. A
>st recently demanded of a dornesBervant
whether she had fasted as
Holy (Jburcli enjoined, She red,
" It is impossible, reverend
tcr, for I am very poor. To fast
7-a-days is to eat oysters and
wns, carps and lettuce, truffles,
h peas and beans, and asparagus,
to drink champagne arid conice.
It is only rich people, like
master, who can afford to fast,"
rERMIW nv riwTmr*Mo A
dent at Kirkwood, in the Journal
Agricultre, stated that for some
3d years his chickens have b&en
t ftree from lice by strewing small
aches or spray of'cedar about the
nery. : Previous to the use of this
pie remedy; they were badly ine?U
-No Whitewashing or other
mjs tor expel -retrain have been
i. '! W\ ' . 'I
^ i j ? "j. [ jmi.u . i
L church member of iftv-Western
r.rw*? recently a*K?a W itttuoribo
chandelier for aohdrcb. .vNow,"
(the, vrhat'ethe use of jrohahdeT
After you get'it, yd* can't get
' am* to pUyoo it"
"i *1 *l'l ti >llil< ' |
ibout eix hntodred .hktida have been
oirh out of empfogpneut in Grane,$L
in consequence of an
er recently isaued by the inspector
"tig vp the tobat^o* factories for
?k- iiofcitioi
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