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* " ( .. . ' ' . N . v ? . ( VOL. XXXII. CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1873. NO. 44. i ' > * * THE CUM JOURNAL. AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY PAPER PUBLISHED BT JOHN KERSHAW SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One year, in advance. $2 60 Six months 1 60 Three months 76 jjfcjp^ransient Advertisements must be paid in advance. Prairie Detiedtives THE SKILL OP INDIAN TRAILERS?HOW THEY CAN TRACK A TRAIL. K A Dr. HanchendofF gives the following account of the extraordinary skill of Indian trailers: The mo^t^xtraordinary skill exhibited in the Wast, ewher by the white man or red native, is in the piactico cf trailing. Here it may be accounted an art as much as music, painting,' or sculpture in the East. The Indian or trapper that is a shrewd trailer is a man of close observation, quiok preception, and promptnction, As ho goes . along nothing escapes Jps obfervation. and what he sees and heans hera<*onnts for immediately. Often not another step is taken until a mystery that may present itself iq this line is f&irlv solved. The Indian trail er fill stand still for boars in succession to account for traces or effects in tracks, and sometimes gives to the matter unremitting attention lor days and weeks. The trailer is not a graceful man. He carries his head mdcfcL inclined j his eye is j * quick and restless, always en the wateh, and he is practicing his art unconsciously hardly everjr crossing Jhe track of man or ; animal without seeing* it. When he enters a house, ho brings the habits he contracted ? in the practice of* his art with hhn. I know a trailer as soon as he enters the room. He comes in through the door softly, aud witfcnatiur of exceeding caution. Be- ( fore he is fufy'in, at least has sat down, he |, has taken note of every article and person, though there xnay be a dozen vacant ohairs in the room. He is not used to chairs, and; like tKi Isflila, prefefs a more humble seat, j ' When I was empta/ed by General Harney last summer to charge temporarily of the Indians that -ysre gathered near Fort Randall, Dakota, to ^prm a new reservation, one day a guide and trailer came to the General's hfadouarters. I had told him to be scatef. ? Herssf down on tho flooV | bracing*his back agpinst the wall. The ,< General saw this, and in vexation cried oat, i "My God) why don't you take a chair, when there are plenty here unoccupied." The man arose and seated himself in a chair, but in so awkward and uncomfortable manner that he looked as though he would slip { * from it any moment. But when this uu- ( oouth person came to transact his business t with the General he turned oat to be a man ] of no ordinary abilities. His description of ] 1 *._ ??J i :i c Ik; a rum. n mu& as guiue uuu trauci ivi wuy \ Ogallalas in bringing them from the Platte t to the fort was -minute and exceedingly in- ] terestiog. Every war party that had crossed Q his trail he described with minuteness as to $ their number, the kind o? arms they had, t and stated the tribes they belong to. In i these strange revelations that he made there t was neither importanee or supposition, for j he gave staisfaotory reasons for every asser- i tion that he made. o I have ridden aeveral hundred miles with ] an experienced guide and trailer, Hick, 0 whom I interrogated upon many points in . the practice of bis art. Nearly all the tracks t * I saw, either old or new, as a novice in the ] art I questioned him about. In going to the Niobrara river we crossed the track of c an Indian pony. My guide followed the g track a few miles, and then said: -'It is a c stray black horse, with a long bnahy tail, j nearly starved to death; has a split hoof of t the left fore-foot, and goes very lame, and he t passed here early this morning." Asionisn- } ed incredulous, I ^sked him the reason for \ knowing these particulars by the traks of a the animal, when he replied: "It was a t stray horse, because it did not go in a direct t liqf. His tail was long, for he dragged it r over the snow. In brushing against a bosh ( he left tome of his hair, which shows its <] color. He was Tory hungry, for in going a along he has nipped at thoee high, dry weeds l which horses seldom eat. The fissure of v the left fore-foot left also its track, and the i depth of the indention shows the degree of t his lameaftas; and his tracks show-he was } hero this morning when the snow was hard 0 with frost." r Another Indian track we saw twenty a miles west of this he put this serious con- t strnction upon: "He's an upper Indian?a t ? t J . j ui_ prowling norwj Iiuivi?vunvu a uuuuiv barrelled shot goo, and is a rascal that kill- i ad soma whitefraan lately, and passed here i one week ago, for," said he, ('a lone Indian 1 in theee parts is on mischief, and generally I on the lookout for horses. He had on the I shoes of a white man, whom he had in all i probability killed, but his steps are those of i an Indian. Going through the ravine the f and of his gun hit the deep snow. A week < ago we had a very warm day, and the snow i being soft he made these deep tracks." I I suggested that perhaps he bought those J shoes. "Indians don't bay shoes, and if | they did they would not bat them m large < as these were, fur Indians have very small 1 feet." The most noted trailer of this I oountry was Paul Dalojia, a half-breed, who i died nndep my hands of Indion consumption < last summer. I hare spoken of him in a i former letter. Atone time 1 rode with him, i and trailing was naturally the subject of < our conversation. I begged to trail with i him an old track over the prairie in order to learn its history. I bard(y made the proposition when he drew up bis horses i which was at e ravine, and said : "Well here in an old elk track- Let us get on oar 11 horses and follow it." We followed it but few rods when he ttuid it was exactly h month old, and made at 2 o'oleck in tho afternoon. This he knew, as then we had our last rain, and at tho hous named tho gronud was softer than at any other time. The traik befyro us was then mode. He broke up here and ther# olaiters of grapes that lay in the path of the lrack, aq? showed me the dry ends of some, the stumpf of others, and by numerous other similar items accounted for many circumttances that astonished mo. We followed the trail over a mile. Now and then we saw that a wblf, fox, and other animals had practiced their trailing instincts on the elk's tracks. Here and there he would show me where a snake, a rat, and a prairie dog had crossed the track. Nothing had followed or crossed the track that tho quiok eye of the Daloria did not detect. He gave an account of the habits of all the animals that had left their foot-prints on the track, also of the " J "** " **alIr nooonrl siat? 01 ane weawter oiuto mw. ? ?. and the effects of sunshine, wind, aridity, sand-storms, and other influences that have a boaring on these tracks. At another place we came across an Indian track, and he said : "It is an old Yankton, who came to look at his traps. In ComiDg over he carried in his right hand a trap, and in .his left a'lasso to catch a pony he had lost. He returned without finding the horse, hut had caught in the trap he had out, a prairie wolf, which he carried home on his back, and a handle of kinikinick wood in his right hand." Then he gave his reasons: "I know he is old by the impression his gait has made, and a Yankton by that of the moccasin. He is from the other side of the river, as there are no Yanktons on this side. The trap he earned struck the snow now and then,"and in the m'anner~as when he came, shows that he did not find his pony. A drop of blood in tho centre of his tracks shows that he carried the wolf on his back, and, the bundle of kinkiaick wood he used as a staff" for support, and catching a wolf shows that he 1 had tAps." "But," I asked, how do yoa know it's a wolf? Why not* fox, or even i deer ?' Said be: "If it had been a fox, or a coyote, or any other kind of small game, he would have slipped the head of ihe animal in his waist-belt, and so carried it by his side, and not on his shouldors. Deer ire not caught by traps :^mt if it had been ? deer he would not have crossed this high hill, bnt he would have eone back by way )f the ravine, and the load would have made his steps still more tottering. Hie Monks of Bethlehem. Six miles south of Jerusalem lies, on the ilope of rugged ridge, the town of Bethlehem >f Judea. It oonsists of a few narrow streets. , ilong whioh straggle some two hundred , louses. The traveler who leaves tho Holy ioly City by tbe Jaffa Qate, crosses the , ralley at Gihon, and taking the rqad over j he heights that skirt the Valley of ] iephanairo, catches here and there, through , ipenings in the hills, glimpses of the Dead , lea. On the crest of a rocky emiuence, at | he eastern edge of the town, rises, massive , n strength, and hoar with the weight of four- ( een centuries, the Church of the Nativity, ] rhose Basilica and Sacred Qrotto now,. as j n ages long past, are in tne joint possession if the Greeks, Latins and Armenians. Hach of three orders of monks occupy their iwn' monasteries adjacent to the choroh ?those of the Greek persuasion being under he protectorate of Russia; those of the ^atin under that of France. Front the broad flat roof of the qionastery >f the Latins there is a grand view of the urrotwding country in its beauty and its lesolation. From the valley below, with its ^een meadows and its orchards of olive rees, comes up, as of old, in the still air .of he early moruiugj of the sheperd leading lis flocks to pasture, and the tinkling of ells. The dark green foliage of the orange ind the fig, tempered by the greyer tints of he olive, spreads, in places, aoross the valley intiJ they mingle with the leaves of the vines ilanted in traces on the broken slopes of the tills. To the east, are the plains of the Jorlan, and the mountains of Gilead, Moab, ,nd Seir. To the north, the bleak rugged tills of Jwdoa, rounding and softening gradiaIIot ?m4a HAM/lnM AO fkdn anosn fn fkft WAOl iniijf iinv vviuvuo ao vuoj d vv|/ w ?mv nv?v | u the remotest distance. On the sooth, are , ho gardens of Urtas, lying in the lap of , tills all bare and scarred, and not very far j iff aro the Pools of Solomon?three vast , eservoirs, built one abovo another, on the , loping sides sides of a narrow valley, and , apped, at the lowest point, by tho aqueduct j hat supplies Jerusalem with water. i Descending from the roof of tho monastery, j tud entering the Church of the Nativity, its ( loble Basilica, with its double lines of ] Moorish columns, tho most striking archi- , octural feature, under tho high alter is j tho Grotto of the nativity, reached by two , short flights of steps, one on each side of the < iltar. The so-called Grotto is a small sub tcrranian chapel, constructed in the natural .*ave{n of limestome rock, once used as a stable, according to the frequent custom of the country. The chapel, thirty five feet iu , length and twelve in breadth, is hung, in part, with cloth, painted in colors and , emblazoned with Latin emblems, and partly with richly embroidered tapestries. Thirtytwo silver lamps, suspended by chains of the same metal, light up the interior. At one ond of the sacred Grotto is a semi-circular rocess of about six feet in diameter, faced and paved with rare marbles of various colors. In the centre of the pavement of ?k:? .'o ? i._ buio IDVViO *0 *9 OMfVI DMI , VflllUll UIBI UT is supposed to mark, tho identical spot on which the Saviour was born. On the opposite side of the chapel is another holy place, lighted, like the shrine of tho nativity, with sixteen lamps, and tho smoko from golden censers fills tho air with aromatic fragrance. This doccption, gathered from many sources, will serve to olucidate the causes of the quarrel between the Latin and the Greek Monks, which has stained the pavement with human blood, and brought dishonor upon the Christian name. As 'at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem, the joint occupancy of the Church and the Grotto of the Nativity at Bethlehem, has led to frequent and bitter controversies, each of the two district orders of monks being jealous of its privileges evenin the* most trivial matters. These guardians of the sacred edifice have illustrated on many occasions the Christian zeal by the most unohristian practioes. At one time, years ago, the disappearance of the silver star from the recess in the Grotto, gave rise to a bitter feud in which the Latins, by French intervention, ultimately triumphed over the Greeks. More recently, the attempt of the Latins to repmr the painted cloth?worn and* blurred with age?with whioh the ceiling of tho Grotto is covered, excited the anger of the Greeks and the trouble was only settled* I by the arrival of the Turkish troops, and af ' ter protracted diplomatic negotiations bc-i tween tue reprpwuuii/iYes ut riauuo .auu Russia respectively at Coastantinople. The evil spirit thus engendered has, since then, been continually tnanifesing itself in petty things. A few months ago the old casus belli broke out afresh. In spite of the protests of the Greeks, the pictured canvass that had been so long a subject of dispute, was removed by the direct orders of Sultan, and replaced by another freshly painted and an exact reproduction of the original. Then followed further contest. The Greeks introduced an additional lamp into the Grotto, the Latins supplemented the innovation by hanging on the walls an addi- 1 tional piece of silk drapery. This brought 1 on a war of words. From words the rival j monks proceeded to blows, and from blows ' to a disgraceful fight, with firearms within 1 the precincts of the sanctuary. In the melee ' eleven of these precious members of the ' church militant were either killed'or severely wounded,.and the murderous affray was oniy 1 brought to I.close by the interposition of 1 Turkish troops. It is a scandal to the age; 1 a scandal to civilisation, tbat tne tana rrom which we derive oar religions faith, and in j die very birthplace of the Saviour, such an- ' seemly brawls and sanguinary excesses shonld 1 be permitted to desecrate the sanctuaries ( that are the constant resort of pilgrims from ' Bvery Christian land.?Baltimore Gazette. 1 MitoMahon's Leap For Life. . | i rH&ILLlNG INCIDENT IN THE CAREER OP ] THE NEW ^RESIDENT OP FRANCS. In 1831 McMahon, then ayouhg Lieuten- , int serving with the French army in Algeria, , under the command of Marshal Bugeand, . pas stationed with a small company of 6) en , An nntlvincr AAttlnmAnt fnrtv miles, from . Headquarters. The Arabs, then bitterly'> hostile to the new colonists, besieged the y imall fort, slaughtered all the settlers they s jould catch, intercepted all supplies, and wrought the little garrison to the verge of starvation. Capitluation was not to be thought >f, for that meant immediate slaughter. Holp from the marshal was not to be expected, 1 for he was quite unaware of their danger; e n fact all hope seemed lost when MaeMahon t volunteered to be the bearer of dispatches t mnouncing their predicament. The commandment thought the venture perfectly useless, as the intervening country was abso- 1 lutely alive with infuriated Arabs, but be- s ing aware that help must come in that municr if it came at all, he reluctantly con- ] jented to'what he considered at the time was't the desperkte sacrifice of a valuable life. g MaeMahon, perfectly overjoyed at gaining t >onseut to his enterprise, spent the short time intervening'before his start in looking j carefully to the equipment of his horse and ( to his'own accoutrements, and in the first iionr of darkness he set out brisk, blthe and ] iebonnaire as every gay young soldier on 1 pMftUQ IT UU UligUVVJCO^(M>lUg UU UI0D|/tVUUUl? 1 fhe wily Arabs, seldom caught unaware, jood noted his departure, ond followed hard ( xnd fast in his rear; but, seeing that his 1 course lay toward a broad and deep ravine ] some five miles from the post, they spread cut widely, hoping to outflank him when he t ihould be compelled to turn at the brink, y ind so, securing him alive, learii from him under tortuae all those particulars concern- t ing the French forces which they wanted to 1 obtain. MacMahon, who had in the first ] mile or two easily distanced them, under- 1 itood their plan thoroughly and was well prepared to meet it. He looked back and j taw in the moonlight the constantly-increas- i ing crowd of white-clad warriors, spreading ^ Dut in a wide semi-circle behind him. He \ knew woll how they exulted in the thought | that they would wring from his tortured frame all the seorets they wanted to know, and he nnioklv slackened a little the head- t long speed of his horse, in order to reserve | its strength for the effort he had determind j upon, that should?ho hoped?savo life and | liberty. The Arabs, thinking that his horse .2 was already failing, renewed their efforts to 1 overtake and surround hitn, and by the time ] ho had reached withiu a few hundred yards < of the brink, their shouts of triumph were < clearly audible. But Arabs, as well as other 1 men, sometimes counk their chickens before 1 (hey are hatched, and it proved they had Kaa/Ia/1 Kim almnaf In tKfl HrinW fit fho ucnucu iiiui niuivov w ? *? ? ? v *?? v.?VHv. fal chasu, and followed hard behind, certain 1 of an easy capture, when all of a sudden, | obedient to the master's resolute hand upon 1 the rein, tho horse broke iqjo a swift gallop, < and, with a touch from the spur, a flick ' from tho glove and an encouraging word ' from the well known voico, gallant steed and 1 rider cieared the yawning gap, and landing ' safely on tho opposite side, were out of sight 1 of the enraged Arabs before they could get tho slightest chance of taking even a deliberate aim. In two hours more MacMahou stood bofore his astounded chief, and two hours after that, refusing rest and relief, ho nccom- , panied the aid he had risked his life to procure on its way to his bclengured comrades Kdward Elds; Hanging docs not stop murder, but it comes nearer to it than any experiment ever tried. _ i The Indian Wives of Border Whites. Th^oustom of taking to themselves Indian wives still prevails among the hunters and tmppcrs of <Jur western-territoaies, and a correspondent of the tjhicago Tribune, writing from Wyoming, says: It is no uncomming thing, in the mountainous region, to fifld a whito man and squaw who havo a numerous progeny of half-breed children, growing up around th6m. These children areactive and quick witted, and their descendants will go toward making up our highland population. The squaws make 4*uod and faithful wivos, and, so fur as tiiefr knowledge goes, good mothers, They /seem to enjoy life, and in their gamboling Emes, get thoroughly excited. The women vo games of their own, and no man interferes with them in auy way. The game seems to be somewhat like the old play of the children called, "Button, button, who's get the button V! During the whole game. .11 xL. - *1 -1 f 1 an me women sing wgctner tne nveiy air i havo ever heard among tho savages, and all are eager for the possesion of the grond prize, which consists of "beads and bead work, scissors, money, needles, thread, and a hundred other things dear to the feminine heart. The chirldren, too, ape anxious lookers-on ; and he who supposes tho Indians enjoy themselves ought to see them engaged in this game, where whole souls appear to be absorbed in pleasurable excitement. It is called Niu-witz, the Game of Hand; and, while it is going on, a woman, it either end of the two rows of players, beats on the dales which' separate them, with all her might, keeping time to the music, and increasing the enthusiasm as. much as possible. Some of the young K^uaws rre handsome, blackeyed creatures, with masses of raven hair, who would attract ittention anywhere. Their bright-colored blankets set off their charms to the greatest advantage, and they appear modest and lecorous enough. For a Lug time I was )f the opinion that thero was no such thing is a handsome Indian girl, but in this I was greatly mistaken-*-some of them being 'air to look upon. They break early in life, rnd the old women look like the veriest lags. v The young girls have fcll the playful ittle ways of their fairer sisters, and the ittle ones have their dolly papooses, the tame as white children. Human nature, ifler all, is a good deal the same everywhere, md a little observation among savages ihowa that they are governed by the passion ind imputes that wc arc, though untamed. \ love of case, and a contempt for hard rork, are by no means confined to the redikins. But They Have Done It. A man shut up in jail entertained a >elief that he was illegally confined, and so icnt ior a lawyer to consult about tho mater. AjTter listening to the prisoner's story, (aid "Put in, jail for that!" f'Can't they, though ?" "Certainly not; the thing isjpreposterous. rhey cannot put a man in jail for such ictions." "But they have, though," urged the jrisonor, who fhlly agreed with the lawyer hat thoy couldn't do it; but was unable to ;et it out his head that he was in jail lcvoathelcss. "I tell you my dear fcllow, it is imjossible; they cannot imprison you on a charge like that; it is against the law." "But they have done it," criod the jrisonor, stubbornly aud with rising anger, 'confound 'em, hfcre I am. I want to get >ut." But I say they can't do it. If you un? InratnnH thfl first tiling about law. VOU vould see they couldn't, yourself. Mr. [Jlackstone srys?" "Confound Blackstono! Ain't I here, ind haven't I been here for the lest six veeks ?" "I tell you they can't put you in jail for hat," shouted the lawyer, springing out of lis cljair and growing excited himself, because lis client refused to listen to'thc point of aw in his case. "InJ T *??11 i.nii I" vnlUil #Vin nriannop AUtt X Will, J UIIVN* V..V ^..WV..V., umping to his feet and dancing around ffith excitement and exasperation, "they javq done it, and 1 am here in jail, and ivuat in the thunder's the use of saying key can't do it?" The gentlomen of England who last year 10 earnestly debated the efficacy of prayers jnght toroad this short story, which conic, jfoui Decatur, III. A preacher of that plaae who had been blind lor sixteen years, ind for whoui the uiodk'al men could do lothing, at last strenuously, prayed for bis sight, and "in one moment it was dully ind permanently restored." A .brother jlorgyman relates this talc, but strangely inough withholds t lio man's name, "to save die fselings of the family." A Witty Hkbukk.?The great philosopher Locke having been one day introduced by Lord Shaftcstfhry to the Duke of Buckingham and Lord Halifax, naturally expect jU to converse with them on nieraj-y topics, but tho three nomcuien shortly betopk'thctn* selves to playing curds. l,ocke looked on silently for a while, and then, takiug out his note-book, began to write.t Ono of thegentlemon begged leave to ask what he was \s riling. "My lord.* ah we'red Locke gravely. "1 am ondavoring, as fyr as possible, to profit by lay present situation; fof having waited with impatienqe for the hynor of being in company with the three greatest geniuses of Iho age, I thought I could do nothing hotter than to write down your conversation; and indeed I have set down the substance of what you have said for an hour or two.'' At th is wi tty rebuke the noblemen dropped the cards and began to converse on topics suited to men of intellect.? U>. Hope and Peace. [From the Evening Herald.] The people of these Southern States, and ( particularly of the State of South Carolina, ( have had enough of broil and excitement. We verily believe that there exists in the j breast of every man, independent of ^>arty ( .politics or individual opinion, an honest, anxious long for the quiet ways of peace and the hopeful ways of business. In some wild, rest- 1 less, lawless spirits on both sides, there may * be a deep, bitter, unconquerable feel ing, which, in the satisfaction of private t feuds, may break out in flame from the ashes v of the old fires; but> apart from this, we verily believe that a better and more law j. abiding spirit prevails among the leaders and the masses. The most terrible struggle that a nnrfc of thin nnnnle was cnnnhle of against r ? r?r 7 ?r?'? 7 the denomination of a different political faith a has been ?>? !j tried, and has fairly failed, p It was a war between tho extreme doctrine o of States rights and the peculiar institutions g of which it was the defender and exponent on the one hand, and the extreme doctrine a of individual freedom and national consolida- e tion and supremacy on the other. The last ^ appeal to the God of Battles was made, and. t] after an exhibition of American heroism, military skill and splendid devcJtion on eaeh * side, such as challenged the admiration of ' the world, that Supremo Being decided * against the South. It became the South to yield and obey that high decree, and we be- a lieve that it was disposed to do so in good C faith, the Invisible Empire to the contraly ^ notwithstanding. It is a good principle of moral philosophy . that there is no such thing as a pure unmix- . nil mil V.vil i flirt norrrtftnn nf iriirw 1 anil ^ VIi?? * *? ? V"V uvbuvivu v* gjvvvtj *?u%t # presupposes something good in the very fact of its negative existence. This principle, we believe, will apply to the late unfortu- d nate experiences through which we have re- li cently passed. Terrible as have been the r< sufferings of the people mistaken, and, perhaps, criminal, as has been the administration of their public affairs in some instances, ^ there is yet something of good in the final Q( results. That good, in our view, consists in the firm establishment'of the fruits of. the war and in (he complete vindication of the c< national authority. The people have learnt ?'i this much?that the national will is the law V of the lan<J, and that the citizen of the State cl must, at his own fireside, if need be, respect the uniform of the Federal soldier* It is consolidation, centralization, one flag, the wiping fcl out of State lines, tho concentration oftwwer ^ in the Federal government. It may be all P this and much more that appears abhorrent " to the striot constructionist of the old school. But it is certainly the assurance doubly sure sj ofthe peace, prosperity and integrity of the y country. It tells us of this State the stub- ^ born fact that under no circumstances, how- fa ever .aggravated, wo can tako the law in our own hands; If bad men come down upon us like tho wolf on the fold and sweep away our substance, we must go to the law, to the -cc r.ronor tribunals, the courts. It will not do sa r"f / to say the courts are partial and will furnish 4<1 o honest redress; that we cannot try the d] farce, and that all that is left us is a guerilla' fr war, murder and midnight raid. It effects ai nothing but retaliation, suppression and a hi delay of that better time which will surely come, when qniet and order obtains. That time, we sincerely hope, is brightening along J11 the sky. In this State the government has put its foot down; in Louisiana it has done e) the same thing; and Grant says, plainly and w decisively, that P' "The States lately at war with the general government are now happily rehabilith- in ted, and no executive control is exercised in ai any of them that would uot> be exorcised in fa any other under like circumstances." tl This languagc'is unmistakable. It mefns w an unconditional surrender of all domestic m troublo to the general peace of the country. It means the end of Lynch law, of vigilance committees, and all unlawful organizations, ^ no matter how evident and grievous the condition it is proposed to remedy, or how pal- J* pably the excuse for their being* It means that this is one country, with its business, c< political and civil life so essentially inter- ^ twined and dovetailed that the general na- ? tional peace depends on the quiet of every section, and that no community, no State, no b man or set of shall right any wrong, roal or c 'imaginary, except through the courts of the a land, and never at the slightest expense of the public peace. . fj The sooner wc appreciate this great fact tl the better. Wo believe,, in this State the b people have taken the important lesson to heart. It is fact, hard, stubborn, iron fact,and cannot be gainsayed, neither in the c streets of the city, in "the narrow' woodland p path," nor in the lonely cabin near the t! mountain. If there is a man among us who u knows of another driving a spunking team i instead of rolling a wheelbarrow full of stones d in the penitentiary, let him drag him before ii th<yourts, with proof to bonvict; but let him p not take 'law in his own hands, with a mask b on his face and in the shadow oi the n.iirht. And we believe that the opposition has been thoroughly convinced of this unyielding do- u cision of the uational will. Wo believe that, u'Wli n mm (it?*ntion here and there, there ,r< is an end of that mad, reckless, ruinous, fa- " tal policy. . We think we can seo the native genius b. of the State rising superior ft> the prejudices Jv of the past, holding up the loom rih^l the cot- ^ ton M as embleuis of her dearest interests, " and speaking oucc more to an attentive peor,c? .. ci "No more of that Hal, an thou lovesi uie." p t b A Texas newspaper annonnces ??osh lfil- n lings "the most stupid ass of tho .nineteenth g century." No wonder Josh is getting rich n and distinguished, standing thus at tho ii head of so vast a ^najority of the human f race. . " j * # ADVERTISING RATE# Spacb. 1 M. 2 M. 3 M. 1 Y square 3 00 6 00 8 06 12 00 16 00 i squares 6 00] 9 00 12 00 18 00 26 00 \ squares 9 00 18 00 16 00 24 00 86 00 1 squares 12 00 16 00 20 00 60 00 48 00 \ column 16 60 19 00 24 00 84 00 60 00 \ column 20 00 80 00 40 00 66 00 80 00 [ column 80 00 60 00 60 00 90 00|160 00 . All Transient Advertisements will be cbarf )nk Dollar per Square for the first and Ssvb ry-FiYE Cents per Square for each subsequ lertion Single insertion, $1 60 per s St.' OUR OHIP-BASKE Why are horses in cold weather like medllesotne gossips; Because they are bearers >f idle tales. What is it that the rich man wants, the. poor nan has, the miser spends, and the spend* .hift saves? Nothing. Religion teaches us to supprea private jrejudices, ta forget animosities, and to lis* en to the voice of reconciliation. "This engine won't work," said a fireman o the chief of fire department. '-No wonder." ras the reply;4'it was made to play." A Missouri railroad oonductor got "rob>ed" of $13,000a few months ago, and is iow building a $10,000 residence. W e notice tnat tne agricultural euuera ui n exchange advises their readers to "plant teas in the new of the moon." We 'advise ur readers to plant their peas in the round. Once give your mind up to a suspicion nd fear, and there will be sure to be food nough for it. In the stillest night the air ) filled with sounds for the wakefal ear bat is resolved to listen. The New Haven police will be provided 0th straw hats for the purpose' of showing rhich way the wind blows on dusty days. ' A Rochester man lay drunk in an alley II night with 8800 in his pocket, and the Ihief of Police has a mjnd to discharge the hole force. An educated professor is roaming about, le wilds of Northern Pennsylvania, lectorig "early candle light on the science of etiology and fysialog." If you have performed an act of great and isinterested virturer conceal it; if yon pubshityou will neither be.believed here, nor swarded hereafter. A Vermont school teaeher has struck the ting at last- He makes unruly boys tarn ie grindstone one thodband times while an* ;her boy bears on with a stick of wood. We noticed, the other day, in a puff of a mntry grocer, that he was spoken of u me of the old war-horses of the trade."? 7e suppose that means that he is a heavy larger. / Next to the boyish delight of surreptiously socking the mouth of a molasses jog, w mb a philosophic correspondent is the \ leasnre^of breaking an engagement with ie dentist , 7 "Men are what women make them," is the ngular title of new book. It may be true, ot we have seen some dreadfully poor specious of the manufactured articles, which ,ct reflects badly either upon the material the maker. "What's the matter with Augustus ?" ask1 one friend of another. "He's gone inine!" "Bless me! how happened that?". Why, you see, he parte his hair in the mid-7 le, and the other day he happened to get re more hairs on one side than on the other, id the inequality overthrew the balanqp of is brain." 9 "You have played the deuce with my Bart," said a gentlemen to^a Ady who was is partner in a social game of whist at au waning party. "Well," replied tha lady, ith an arch, smile, "it was because yon layod the knave." '4 irn- u v J xnu rrcuuu uurncrjr uiaiu id imon uuuwv ig Bridget in that capacity in New York, id with her ueat drew, white cap, pretty ice and black eyes, forms a pleasing escort to te groups of neatly dressed children ifiet ith on the-fashionable avenues every after* Don. Recently a young tnan, who was attending night writting school, near Danville, Iniana, was smitten fry the eharms of a lady ho was -present, at the close of the sohflbl ustlcd forward to solicit the pleasure of esjrting her home. "Yes," said the lady, "if ou will carry my boy." He wilted, and the oung /natron walked home alone. Some people are as careful of their tnwles as mothers aro of their babies; they .. uddle them, and rock them, and hug them, nd fly into a passion with you if you try to ike thein away from them; they wantyou to rot with them, and to help them to believe hat they have been worse treated than anyody else- " A skeptic who was trying to confuse a hristiau colored man by the contradictory assages in the Bible, asked how it could be hat we were in the Spirit, and the Spirit in s, received the reply: "Oh ! dar's no j>wIc 'bout dat, it's like dat poker I put it in ' <*0 tire till it gets red hot?now dc poker's 1 de lire, and dc fire's in do poker." A rofound thoologiun could not have mado a otter reply. I do not merely admire woman as the tost beautiful object of creation, or love liem as the sole source of happinessbut I ? avcrcnce them as the redeeming glories of umanity, the sanctuaries of.Jtho virtues, he antepasts and pledges of those perfect ualitics of the head aud htart combined ith cxtcrnaband attractive cnarms, which, y their union, almost exalt the human* into ic angelic character.? Ttritt.' A gushing correspondent, speaking of a attain fair creature, remarked that "the refusion and color of her hair would lead one > look upon it as though it was spun by the imblo ningers of tho easy hours, as they lided through the bright Juno days, whose lany sunny rays of light had been caught ii the meshes, and were contented to go no urther." This is better than saying the ;irl's hair was red. % V