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K . . ; *5* ?* ,\> I ' I ' * 1' ' - ', + ? #% * * . . ( _ . . V 0. t y , . * - ', 4 to ) [ v v -t - & . _ ' '' \ ^ * ^7fTUT,XXVT7 ^CAMDEN; SX.THURSm^^ JULY 16/1868. . NUMBER 51, ? * PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY T. W. PEGUES & SONS. ! TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. * I Three Dollars a year Cash?Four Dollars ( If payment is delayed three months. ' katks op advertising, per square. ( Forthefirst insertion. Si.50; for thesecond, 1 $1.00; for the third. 75 cents; for each sub- | sequent insertion, 50 o?nts. S6mi-monthlv, Monthly and Quarterly ad- " vertisements, $1.50 each insertion. The snace occupied by ten lin?s (solid, of ' j this flixe type) constitutes a squnre. j , Paymont is requir?d in advance from trnn. i , ienf advertisers, and as soon as the work is 1 dons, from regular customers i m \ 1ft for voarlv and hnlf yearfy t a-lrertfoing (payable quarterly) made on moderate terms. > 1 mi ( DEMOCRATIC PL ATP J M. I The following is a correct copy of 1 the platform adopted by the Demo- ' oditic Convention: # i The Dcmocratie party, in National Convention assembled, reposing its I trust in the intelligence, patriotism, > discrimination and justice of the pen- f pie, standing upon the constitution as v rminilntinn *11111 liiiiitu Hon of the t HIV li/UMMHinm - I powers of the government, anil the f guaranteeing the liberties of the c:iti> \ zen, and recognizing the questions of ? slavery ami secession as having been J settled for all time to come bv the 1 war, or the voluntary action of the p Southern States in constitutional con- 1 ventions assembled, and never to he <] renewed or reagitated do, wiih the ^ return of peace demand : f First. The immediate restoration " of ajl the States to their rights in the * Union u ltd or the constitution, and of l r civil government toibo American pco- * pie. i' Second. Amnesty for all past po- v litical offences and the regulation of v the elective franchise in the States by " t their citizens. mi i mi J .. ,1 v ft nnr?. j ne pavmtuii cu hid jjuulie deht of the United States as soon as practicable ; arid that all moneys r l drawn from the people by taxation; ^ except so much as is requisite for the 1 necessities of the government ecouoni- ~ ? ieullv administered, bt^honestly np- f plied to such payment; and where 11 the obligations of the government do O O l? not expiessly state upon their face, *' .or the law under which they were is- 1 sued does not provide that they shall ^ be paid in coi.., they ought, in right and injustice, to he paid in the law- a ful mo. ey of the United States. " In demanding these measures and v ~ reforms we arraigti the Radical par 11 * ty for its disregard of right and the *s unparallclled oppression ami tyranny ? which have marked its ca ccr. After 1 1 111 a most solemn aid unanimous ptcuge * of both Houses of Co igress to prosci oute tlie war exclusively for the maintaitiauce of tho government ami the I preservation of the Union under the 1 I constitution, it has repeatedly viola- i 1 ted the most sacred pledges under ( which alone rallied that noble volut- \ teer armv which carried our flag to ( victory; instead of restorii gtheUnion, . it has so far as in its power dissolved \ it and subjected ten States, in time of i profound peace, to military despotism i and negro supremacy; has stripped r w the Presidont of his constitutional j t power of appointment even of his own \ Cabinet. Under its repeated assaults [ ( the pillars of the government are | \ rocking o>i their huso, and should it I succed in November next and i au- j gurate its President, we will meet as i a subjugated and complet ed people j i amid the ruins of liberty ami the t r scattered fragments of the coi.stitu-! < tion. j ( Resolved, That in the future, as in i the past, wa will adhere, with tin- i swerving fidelity, to the Union under (; the constitution as theonly solid foun- , dation of our strength, security and j i haDniness as a neonle, and as a frame '' 11 I I . work of government equally condu- ( reive to the welfare h (1 p -osperity of < all the States, both Northern ami i Southern. i i Resolved, That the Union estab- ? L lislied by the constitution is a Union i | of ?t ites federal in its character, i L of States thereby united, i aWtl is Capable of existing without the State#;as its continuing integral puits ana^wereh fc the perpetuity of the ^ States in their political integrity, the (Government of the United States a being a federal republic and not a ^ '^^consolidation of the whole people into I '?fie nation. That the perpetuity of i the Union ami Ifrb-sQniiylai^uhce of the government, as boflf were -estab- ? lished by the constitution, ajJnLp^ both under the constitution, have Seen expounded in the forgoing resolutions in conformity with the vonerable teachings of Jefferson, Madison and Jackson, have ever been held as ca linal doctrines of the Demo .'ratio pa ty, and they are reiterated with i i reased earnestness, under the solen conviction that constitutional liber cm be preserved on this contine D'.ly by bringing back the admit.i tratio i of the government to tho t'mr-honored principles on which, f d> tv years, there was such unpar? lolled happiness and prosptrlty. at in rescuing it from the hands of tho who have ever held the constitute itse'f to he not better than acovenn with death and an agreement vi tell, whoso revolutionary policy at Tieasures have brought such genet liscord, stiife and war, with its a endant ills, upon a large portion he country, an?t su--ii wi ie-sprei Icmolizat:on througl out the whole t. Resolved, .That the Democrat )artv in sustuinn g the fedeial ai niiiistration in the late unhappy co lict of arms did so in good fait villi the hope and earnest wish maintain the' principles ahovc s orrlp and with no view of wagil rar 0,1 the part of the Northei states in a y spirit of oppression rail st their hrcthren of the Sout .or for any purpose of coi quest 1 ubjugatiou, nor purpose of ovc lirowii or or ii terferii g wilb ilie rigli >r established institutions of titoi states, but to defend and mainta he supremacy of the coistitutio nd to preserve the Union with a lie dignity, equality and rights i he several States uni/npuired. Tl uhjugation of these States, or hoh ug them as co quered territor kould be, in the judgment of tliiseoi ontion, the destraciiou of the Unic tself. JleHolved, That the highest mcc f patriotism is due, and should ev< e extended to all those who in tl ve t war p ri ed life or fortui or the mai te anccof the Ui ion an ho benificcnt system of America ov< r mci t thereby estab isl.td upc ho fundamental pmtciplea set fort ii the foregoing resolutions; but v e p avo neither thanks Vor svmpath or those who entered ai d carried <j he contest for the subjugation < ? ? I T? Mates it <1 t??r the subjection ny rei nil uutliority of the white race i i y of the States to the doinii atif f the black ; tlic ri?rlit of suffrage, < kho shall exercise the political po\v< s a tinitter that rests in.tier the eoi titurion exclusively with the sever: Mates; there it properly belongs, at here it should continue ever to r iiain. GCV?KNOR 8CDTT S MTSSAGE We print this morning in full tl Message of General Robert K. Seol lecteil under the Reconstruction ac jloveri.or of South Caroli a. and la veok appointed to the same office 1 jet.enrl Canhy. The readers of t! Mercury will peruse this doeuuie villi interest, for however we and tin nay differ in our views fioin tl lew Governor, ami however much \ nay protest against the legality he acts that have placed him titer ve cannot be indifferent to a pl'Onu . iaiiiento. sei'i g forth the policy I vliicli we are to be governed, curiai v lor a sasom Without, therefore, yielding 01 ota in our view of tie right oft! Ulcer to the position |ieoc<upieu ^ nay yet say thai we u e phase 1 >1 serve the moderation ainlg' o . set: hat. in the main pervades this do Ulie.it. m A> might he expected, it opens wi i eulogy of "equal rights;" iiiimci utely after which the subject of "I uai.ee ai.d State Debt" is taken u The "valid debt" of the State is gi en at about $;">,50U.0U0. The (jti ernor recommends th; fundi, g of t ui paid interest now due, am! al tlmt accruing up to July 1, 18(i'd, I which time lie thinks we shall be a better condition to meet our oblig lions. The "State Bank" he advises to put into liquidation, in treating the subject of "Bonds of State olfict and depository of State Funds," earnestly recoinmeiids that atnj: bonds and security be required 1 their safe keeping or faithful di bursctueiit. This will disappoint t recently elected officers, who ha settled it among themselves, that bonds are to be reduced fifty per cen if indeed not altogether abolished. W-lry' tdwtujd a carpet-bagger gi bond ? His *ft>wl of honor ought to as good as it bonifcyPcrliaps it 111; be, but General Scou evidently titiu otherwise. r-| Our ntt?r.tior is novt diro<ted to r- "Taxation ami Assessments." Here i> Governor Scott feels it incumbent to in meet one of the great objections to ty the new constitutioi?that bt era-1 nt hies the non-property holder to legis-1 is- late for, and tax the property holdso er.M The answer is specious, i.e.! or will satisfy his Radical constiruei '8, il- but no otic else. Banks, railroads, id municipalities, and all other corporate | tions are to be embraoed i t the new in ta'x bill. Are we to understand that j lit General Scott recommends the taxatli tion of schools, churches, charital le j id societies, &c. which have always been : 1 exempt, by virtue of their charter:*? Would i of this he ex postfajto and of uricoustitutiot.nl? ul "Countv Treasurer and Auditors" of are o e of the creations r.f the i ew constitution. The district tax colic lector lias heretofore discharged these d- duties. The Gov?r or suggests the n- creation of new counties, ranking 625 h. square miles the maximum of in y new to county. This will give us over forty et counties, instead of thirty 01 e as at .g prcse/it. lie reconimetids also the n subdivision of cadi county into Road n- D'stricts. adding "It should also he h. provided that the County C< nimisor sioncrs may be held responsible in r- damages for any i jury to peiroi s or ts property that may accrue to any citise zen because of their failure to keep in l the roads and bridges in good and | ii, safe repair." Now this may be a II v rv wise e ir'tment in 01.i > or Mas* of! sachusetts, I ut in new Soi t*i Carolina ic j is utti r!y absurd, for it s notorious .1 i !...? ilir ?ll tk.i tir fnininik. 11" ' tllitb IIV'MI IJ Ull llll. Vwmi.i^ vmmmmm _ j v, | sio .era rece-.tly elected arc jrrespo.jii sihfe, without money. without properiii tv, without respectability ai.d with- j out credit, id ; In speahi g of the Judiciary. Ccn. jr Scott recnniiue. ds the early ronrgan- ^ ie iz.itionof this department, the extcu- ,, 0 sion of the jurisdiction of Justices of d 1 he IVace, that the code should be ii revised, and plead ii gs charged; that n a Statute of Frauds and also a jew ' h Statute ofdLiniitatioris bclouii Ot^aei- ^ re cd hy the Legislature, y j lie rcconitnetids the Legislature at ' in i an early period to nuinor.alize Conif | gress to relieve every citizen of South 1 1- Carolina from all political disabili- ( Ill HI'S. 111 | Speaking of education lie recom>r mends tlmt the "provision of our con- (( ur stitution upon this subject, lie carried j ii- out in its fullest cxte t, at d that ill as thorough a system of free schools 1 id shall he established as is consistent e- with the i'vescnt taxable resources of ; the State." I The Governor recommends tbc es- ' tal.lisbnient in each school district of ' ie two school hnus s and schools, one fgr ! [t white, and one for colored, as any | ^ other course lie says, will repel the st whites, and give the public schools to )V the negroes, ' l,"c The new constitution calls for one 1 j t school house in every sixteen square 1 ... miles, and the ex pen; a of an educa- ' l10 tional establishment on this basis will ' vc he ?1)44,000 fur the first year, ai d 1 0[- S'r)7M,U00 for every voar thereafter.? J . , General Scort's ree? limiei datiot' will 1 i v ilveaimd ' ti i alo: p - fe?<f(01tbJV 000 for the fiist year, ai d ??44.000 |; \ fur every year thereafter, or a total ' of ?1,854,00 for every'subsequent ' i>e yi'i!r. Tlie foregi ing figures are ex)jg plained by the f dSowii g table, which v was published two ino (lis ago by the ,0 democratic Central Committe of thi se 1 Schoollioii'c to rncli JO squnre m.lioi n. turiMlnvv rn:iL*inrr l.KflO I I Si-lifKilliouscs in I lit* S'tutc at th ' $200 oicli $300,000 |j. If00 Teachers, cncli a' $300 per p. . mi ii nut 510,000 | 1 Suite Superintendent ofErlticap. | tion 3,000 V, : 31 chool CoinmissioncrF, cncli I $1000 31.000 1 " I 1 Slate Normal School Building 0.000. he Tiachers for same. 4,000 j so I We do not know whether General Scott wi l consider this "consistent 111 with the taxable resources of the i!ls State." The subject of "Agriculture" pass'J0 es next under review, and with some 1 ?f uood advice contains sundry fallacies I O * t I r* to which we tnav return another time. l,e The Blue Ridge" Railroad scheme ] |'e is heartily endorsed hy the Governor, ol" and we commend his views on this ISk subject specially to our miners, he (Charleston Mercury. ,t. ?_ , ^ no A Westcnn publisher lately gave t., i notice tliat he intended to spei ?1 fifty j ? dollars for tlic purpose of getting up , ve "a new head" for his papep. The j he next day one of his subscribers drop, ay ped him the following note: "Don't ks do it?better keep the money'and 1 buy a new bead for the editor." i '. A General Frank P. Blair Defines his Torit c?. TiW;S"i\*0T0N, June 30, 1868. Colonel James 0, Broadhead: Dour Colonel,--In reply to vou inquiries, I bc^ leave to say that leave you to determine!, on eonsu lation with my friends from Missour ivhcfher my name shall he presente :o tho Democratic Convention, an to submit the following as what I cot dik'K tlic real and only issue in thi 'JH0j reconstruction policy of th Radicals w ill he complete before tji test election ; the States so lor" e> dutle'1 will have been admitted, nc rro stiff) are established, ar.d carpel ? ' r~> ( i iatrgera installed iti tluir scale i .nth branches of Coi gress.- 'flier s ro possibility of changing the pc itici.l character of the Senate, eve f the Democrats should elect the! President ai.d a majority of the po[ ilar hrftneb of Congress. We can iot. therefore, undo the Radical pin )f reconstruction by congressional lotion; the Senate will continue inr tS its repeal. Must we suhmi n it? How can it he ovorthrovn? I an only be overthrown by the ai liorify of the Executive, who isswor ^maintain the Constitution, and \vh vilin-il to do bis duty if lie allow lie Constitution to perish under icries of congressional enactment ivhicli tire it* palpable violation of it at damemal principles. If the Pnsident elected bv thcDt noeraov ?iforcer, or pennits othel ;o enforce, these reconstruct o i act! be Radicals, by tbe axtrson < sweiffy spurious set-atom and fift eprescnta lives, will control bot rai'iljcs o; Congress, jnd bis.admit ration' will be ns powcrlcw as tli jreseiitone of Mr. Johnson. There is but one way to restore tli .rover;.tnetit and tbe Constimtioi u.d that is for the President elect t leclare^iest; acts null and void, eon jei.thp.arwy. to undo its usurpatioi it-tlfr&ifcnuth, disperse tbe envpet-ba :!tate governmei.ta.low tbe wbil icople to reorganise their own G< en.mcnts at d elect senators at. cprcscnt a fives. The Hoipsc of R '| esentatives will contain a majorit if Democrats from tbe Nortji, an bey will admit tbe representativi v ? -i t . _ I r . 1 loeteu i.y tne wmic peopie or u >ou?Ii, ai.it with the co-operation < ;he President if will t ot he difficult 1 otnpel the Senate to submit oik nore to the oldigatint s of the Cot ititution. It will not he tilde 1 ivithstand the public judgment listinttly invoked at d clearly e: pressed on this fundamental issu ind it is the sure way to avoid a 'uttire strife to put this issue plain! before the country. * I repeat that this is the real an inly question which we should alio ;ocontrol us: Shall we submit to tl tsurptions by which the Govcrnmci lias been overthrown, or shall we e: ?rt ourselves for its full and cotnple restoration ? It is idle to talk of hom greenbacks, gold, the public f.iiti ii.d the public credit. What can Democratic Preside! t do in regard I ii v of these, with a Co: gress in hoi 'tranches co itrolled by the carpc baggers and their allies? lie will I powerless to s-tnp the supplies 1 which idle t cgmes are organize*! in politiciil clubs?by an at my is mail taincd to protect these vagabonds ilx ir outrages upon the ballot. The; iimI things Sko these, out up tlie re jnucs and resources of the Goveri ment i?i.d destroy its credit; mal the difference between gold and greet hacks. We must restore the Const tution before we fan restore the I n t:,cos, and to this we must have P csidei.t who will execute the wi if the people by tramplii g into du the usurpations of Congress know is tho reconstructions acts. I wii to stand before the Convention npr this issue, but it is one which ombr ccs cverythii g else that is of vali in its large and comprehensive r <ults. It is the one that include? 11 that is worth a contest, and witlioi it there is nothing that gives dignit honor, or value to the struggle. Your friend, Frank P. Blair. When poverty 1 cgs, ihc dogs lai nt it, and when poverty is ill, tl loctors mangle it, and when Poverl is dying, the priests scoid at it; ai lvIiuii is (1 i.tiLndv W'Cl' for it. Mr. Dickons is said to have sc home eighty thousand ilollairs in gol is pari of Lib profits in this couutr Ji L S 11, i Political Orgauiza'ion in Ecoth Carolina i ?caVd the 8;are?Let us Rally. j j Soon will the National Democratic j Convention give us a standard-bearer,j i r and .write our principles upon his i i j dag. Let all good, and conservative ; j, men in the State prepare to rally a- < j round that man, and to accept those : t principles. The one we expect to be 1 < (| wise, moderate, and judicious. Friends of the State, South Carolina is not ] ls vet lost. It is true that she passes | for , awhile-r-::er body passes?into, < c alien hands ;t but the. itnftiortal soul i p of tlie ancient commonwealth can not l he fettered or corrupted.- The negro * and his white brother may lav thrir | j. impious hands upon the body of the n State, hut her proud spirit escapes and finds refuge in the bosom of her j faithful children, who preserve the ] n memories of the past, and intend to | r give her yet a bright future. Care- < Unions, a h 'other appeals to von.? 1 For Heav-.n's sake, for the sake of our ' ? homes and fire-sides, for the sake of . (] all we hold dear of persons and prop- j efty, let us rally in our strength and ] I, save the commonwealth. We have 1 tv much to contend for. We have a no- . hie State to redeem, Its soil is fer- ] r. tile; its climate is genial; its women , 0 are true, awl gentle, and nob'e; its ? sentiments and traditions are full bl , ,, patriotic inspiration; its past is heroic; , it# future?let us ulake it prosperous \ s and. briyht. Awl this is the duty of the hour?to make the future of the ~ " " " J " T ' * j. State prosperous and bright. But to .s do that, wo must overthrow radically ism and all its bitter fruit. Wo must I jf take away from negroes and South- ;| v em lcnegndcs and Northern "carpet'], baggers," the reins of power, ui.d ourselves again drive tlie car of State * lt, But to do tliis, we must take up tlie banner of the National Democracy; (C we must rally us one tnnn under that , banner, and, with our strong arms n and stout hearts, help our brothers ol tho North to plant it upon the heights s of success. 7 et us say to the North, <v- tL-tf we accept the legitimate rosultslt of our defeat in the late war. We , abandon forever the institution oi ,] African slavery; wc throw around ). the negro all the protection that civil v rights involved; we yield him a qual|| ified participation iu the political role; we abandon toe claim of the right of the State peaceably to secede -,f from the Union. Let us, in fine, say l0 to the North, that we honestly return .e to the Constitution and the laws? fairly interpreted. But let us, also. !o say to the North, that negro yuprernjj a eg and State obliteration were not K. involved in the late struggle; that (1< these we do not yield, and, willingly. || never will. With the great Demo . t* . I . v cratic party or me com.try, we oppose rregro rule, and we contend that I the Carolina of '7G, aid 1812, and w 1845, and 18G0. still lives; and that the Carolina of the military neonit stuction bill is a pretender, and can K never command^the loyal support of f the genuine citizens thereof. This, i now, is the issue. This is the issue which the Democrcy of the country will make for us. But to make our l co operation with the Democratia parj( ty of the country effective we must f organize and work. Not this man [?? O M and that man must work, but we must all work. From July to November, l* though the sun be hot, and though the crops he growing, we must work. We must look to the country, in . J <t. Fellow-citizens of Oconee, Pickens, York, Spartanburg, Anderson, ij. Chester, Union, Laurens, Abbeville, ct. Lancaster, Lexington, Greenville. i,. Ilorrg, Newberrg, Marion and Chesj. field, you went to work according to [j. th" recommendation of the April ? Convention. You organized your ill Democratic Cubs, you entered with st j a will into the work, and you won ? the day. See to it, friends, that you jh still better the next time. You have hi done well, hut you may do better, a- Fellow-citizens o\ Fairfield, Richie land. Kershaw, Orangeburg^ Marl-! i- bom, Edgefield, Sumter, Clarendon, J ill Barnwell, Williamsburg, George- j at town, Colleton, Beaufort, Charleston y, and Berklg, in many of these pis-1 tricts we know that you have made I a gallant fight. Make another effort i repeat your zeal and activity and! vigor, and you can add tnoye Dis- j k tricts to the sixteen now resting upon ' 1 I . r If | UlCil* laurels <u wouoy. xciuui us tv i to urge you, however great the odds, .(1 to organize, and in every District of: n* of the State to have at least a Saxon fores?a Spartan polit c *1 band? keeping the faith :ffid preserving the nt sir'c of our liberties. Leti.ottho. Cr.s of Democracy go out in v single y* District. Even in Beaufort aud Georgetown, and tlic Districts where the radical element is largely in the wee id ncy, let the aocrat'o ban* ner be up i/ted, a'id evoryg'Ocl and r true ti an stand u: dor its Coir', The ipper country ai d middle country ivill yet save you, if you are powerlesa t s tve yoprielrcs. But help us, and lesp iir riot. t'nM-iifcyn ^ tJi: vW.t Siih, ' let u? orga: ize, let us rally, and tht> will he saved. These dark r-'ou 1 w 11 p iss a'wav, and if we but mwI it ?rewbe-^vro rrn ivmoons He wanted, South Carolina will bo 'ledefimkd, regenerated and disenthralled."?Phoenix. # . Use of Arms In Walking.?The ,. Srst time you are at liberty, stop and hold them by your side. . STou will l?e suprised how*soon your companion tvill leave you behind, although you; lurry, twist, wriggle and try very mrd to Wp up. One reason for dow walk among girls is to be found n the practice of carrying the anra notion less. Three miles an hour ivith the arms, still, ii as hard work is four miles with the arms free. X lave seen the qucene of tho stage ivaik. I have seen a few girls and "omnn :>f queen-like bearing walk in ;hc street and drawing-room. They move their arms in a free and grace ui manner. Could this habit become uiiveival among girls, their chests would enlarge, arid their bearing be greatly improved. See that girl walking with both hands in her muff. How sho wrigglea twists her shoulders! This is because her arms are pinioned. Give them, free swing and her gait would soon itecomc more graceful. You 1 ave een pictm es of our mm cleft* Those ^ of the tipper part of the body, Von / ememler, spread out from the shoul- t t 'er in all directions l.ke a fan. Now# if you hold the shoulder still, the mua- ^ eles wift shrii k? the whole chest be- - ? 'm come thin and ugly. But sTJmc gina will say swinging the arms* is very flight exercise. True it is very slight. > If you swing the arms hut once or ten times, but if you swing them ten .1 .1 \i ... :11 UIOUSUIMI lilUCSU yUU MIIIOOWIUI more (xercisc of the muscles of tho chest than 1.}' all ordinary movements combined, lr.?leo(l? ifi was asked what sort of exerc'sc I thought most rfTectve for developing the chests of American girls, I fhouhl reply at once, swinging the arms while walking. - Camlhl?"I am afraid you will come to war t," said an old lady to*v young gentleman. "I have come to want already," was the reply, "I want your daughter." Tl?c old-lady opened her eyes. A lady was urged bv her friends i to marry a w idower, and as an argu- 4 mcnt they spoke of his beautiful ehildren. ''Children," replied the lady, "arc like too'.hpicks. A person wonts her own." A celebrated lawyer once said that the three most troublesome clients ho ever had, were a young lady who uNinfnil t r\ trt*f nifti*viml tnHrrinrl ?--? woman wlio wanted a divorce, and an old lad}' who didn't know what sho wanted, A Merchant put an advertisement; in a paper headed, "Boy wanted." Next morning lie found a bandbox with an infant on his doorstep with this inscription, "IIow will this ouo. answer." A maiden, who had suffered some, disappointments, thus defines the human race: "Man?a conglomerate mass of hair, tobacco, confusion, conceit, at d loots. Wr.niar.-Mhe waiter, perforce, on the aforesaid animal." A newspaper in Cleveland, having advertised that llfty would send a copy of their pnfter gratis for one year to the person sending them "a club of ten," received the ten spot of clubs fiom a young lady in the country. i A young fellow once offered to kiss a Quakeress. "Friend said sho, u?pi . . : ?? ~miici; uijpi i u?? 11. l,0h, l>v Jove! but I must," said the youth. "Well, frio'rd, as thee has sworn, thee mry do it, hut thco must not make a practico of it." * A short tin o ago, a man became 7 ^ so coinpl >telv "wrapped in thought," <hat how;is tiilup. labjllelaadsoat} ^ off on the "train of ideas." The Democratic maajority in Ore? gon in placed at over 2,000. V % ' /