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I . I ' . ? ! N N' ^' ' '"' '* ' "'**^' d VOL. xxxiii. CAMDKiy, s. c., o( touek J2, isrrt. v * ivo. r>. THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY PAPER PUBLISHED WFKKI.V. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year, in advance..? $2 50 Six mouths 1 1 fid Three months ' 75 Transient Advertisements must be paid n advance. The Redemption of Lands Forfeited to the State for Non-Paymen of Taxes. [From the Aiken Tribune.] Iu our last issue of August 30th, we published a letter from Comptroller-General Hoge to Hon. S. J. Lee, in reference to the redemption of lands sold for the payment of taxes, and forfeited to the State for the want of bidders, and remarked at the time that it was the intention of Mr. Lcc to test tho soundness of the Comptroller's attitude on tljis subject in the Courts. Our own views of the matter coincided with those of Mr. Lee, but as the subject was somewhat obscured by the amount of legislation which has been had on the tax question for the past ? . ? fA t\AofnAnA nnir lour years. ?u uvaiuuucu iu ponjiviiv uw > expression of opinion until we could q^nbrace the opportunity of critically examining the questiuu. This wc have done, and the enquiry ha,s satisfied us that the. Comptroller is wrong. In the first place, "he'.secms to labor under a misapprehension of the law when he broadly asserts that such lands cannot "be redeemed, and refers to section 108 of the law of 1868, alleged to have been amended by act of March 12, 1872, and confirmatory of his opinion. Now this section does not refer to forfeited lands, and was never legally amended by the act referred to; and it is strange that Mr. Hoge should so believe when he had befttfe him the Revised Statutes, in which thts very section, as well as others, of the tax "act of 1868 were adopted and matfe the law of the State by act of February, 1872, and of 4brcc by the provisions of the tJonsiitution Art. a, Sec. 22, Tit. Ex. Dep. At the time of the passage of the act of March 12, 1872, no portion of the tax act of 1808 was of force,* as of that year, and therefore, when the Legislature by- Sec. 1. of the former, sought to amend Sec. 108 and other sections of the latter, it attempted to amend a statute that was no longer the' lawo^ the State, having become nullified by the^e-cnactment and adoption of its provisions in the Code of Statute law, made thoJaw of tbe State ity the act and in the juS&ke r beforest&tedTjTlie Revised Statutes embody alLflfe State laws of the State of force at the^Jzne of the final report nf tlse Commissioners, by virtue of A. A. March 9, 1869, passed in pursuance of Art. 5, Sec. 3 of the State Constitution. The next report was made November 28, 1871, so that this Code contains all the law of a Statutory character in force up to that date, and made so by A. A. Fobruary. 1872; and in legal contemplation these t*a>ute3~>it *<? b?i*<l as havin"- been passed at the same time. "in construiug a revised Code of laws, they are to be considered us contemporaneous acts, parts of one entire system of law."?Black? m rtl'.l i?,p 1,1 j ? p. WCU On 131 Allies, uio. r rum ana aiici the re-enactment and adaption of the Revised Statutes, the tax act passed September 15, 1S6S, ceased to exist as the law of the State, but its provisions were made law by act of February. 1872. Pamphlet acts, 1872, pp. 37.. It will be clearly perceived, therefore, that the Legislature, in Sec. 1 of the Act of March 12, 1872, ignorantly amended an act that was not of force, and that the only law io relation to the assessment and collection of taxes and redemption of lands now of force, is by virtue of the Act of February, 1872. Mr. Hoge refers to the Joint Resolutions of 1872-73 as explanatory of the intention of the Legislature, and as a correct criterion of construction, but as it is the proviucc of the Courts, and not the Legislature, to interpret laws, there is nothing in this view of the question. The point seems, however, to he settled by the following citations from the Revised Statutes and legal decisions of the Courts : "The County Auditor, or his Deputy, shall attend all sales of delinquent real estate, made by the Treasurer of his county, etc.: and if any parcclwas offered for sale, and not sold for want of bidders, or shall have been bid in on behalf of the State, he shall enter it on record, A." See. 20, Revised Statutes, pp. <y. "All real estate which has been, or may hereafter be, sold for taxes, assessments and penalties at delinquent sales, under the laws of this State, may be redeemed at any time - 1* 1 Wttil)II IWO years iruui, jiiiti aim, nuv.. ale, tic." Section 2t?., id., pp. 80. "Kaeh tract, or lotofland, <r part thereof, which shall be offered for sale by the County Treasurer at any delinquent land sale, as provided for in this chapter (Id) and not old tor want of bidders, shall thereby become forfeited to the State of South Carolina, and thenceforth all the right, title, and inter- j est of the former owner therein shall he vest- j ed in the State of South Carolina, and shall be designated by the County Auditor on the j Jist of delinquent lands as "forfeited, and transferred to the State of South Carolina, j and charged with taxes and penalties as if the same was purchased by a private individ- j ua), and returned by the Treasurer as delinquent, until sold as forfeited real estate, sec. , 91 IA A-2 "The ('ounhr Auditor shall enter in a sub-! stantial book, Ac., denominated the Forfeited Land Kocerd, a list of all real cstato forfeited to, or purchased in behalf of the State according to the provisions of this chapter, (J3), sec. 35, id 83. In the ease of ail lands purchased on behalf of the State under the provisions of section 18 of this chapter (13), the County Treasurer shall, in the nauie of the State, enter upon and take possession of ihc same and may lease the same, Ac., and subject to all the lights of redemption in such ease provided for by law, Ac. Sec. 13, id 81. "Any person who shall have rented lands under the provisisns of the foregoing section, 42, shall at the expiratiou of the time during which said lands were redeemable by the OTigiuftl owner, be deemed to have acquired a V right of pre-emption t?? the same. See. 43, id p 34. The above citations from the Revised Statute? are sufficient to reftuc the dictum of Mr. Iloge, in regard to the redemption of lands forfeited by want of bidders; and also, upon the generally accepted doctrine, that tax laws arc to be construed in favor pf the taxpayer and against the State.?Why lands forfeited to the State, should not bo governed by the provisions and equity of the Statute, which, in general terms, give: the right of redemption in all sales of delinquent real estate, we arc at a loss to understand. The following citations from legal decisions may not be amiss in this connection : "General words in a statute are to receive a general construction, unless mere is something in the statute to restrain their operation. ?12 Georgia Ilcp. 527. .<? Shipley 308. "Whore a statute makes no exceptions, the Courts can make none.?25 Miss. Rep. 571. "The exception of a particular thing or person, or class ni'things. from the general words of a statute, proves that in the opinion of the Legislature, the thing, or class of things or persons, would bo within the general elause, but for tho exception.W12 Whea 138; 12 Johnson 290. 11 Johnson 391. Statutes arc never to he construed to work injustice.?7 Johnson 495, (T. "Revenue Statutes are to be construed most favorably to the citizen.?Rlackwell on Tax Titles, 027. "A statutory power derogatory to private pmperity, ought to be construed strictly, and not enlarged by intendment, id 028: Without intending this article beyond reasonable limits, we will say. thai in our opinion, owners of delinquent real estate sold under the provisions of the tax law, contained in the revised statutes, and forfeited for the want of bidders, have not. only the right to redeem, but have within two years, in which they can exercise this right of jedemptinn. Then: is no authority in our law to controvert. the positions we hav# taken, so far as we cart seo^tVAdd, as all tax laws are to he construct in favor of the taxpayer, it necessarily follows that the right of redemption in all cases belongs to the citizen. Why the State should be preferred to individual purgaasers at delinquent land sales is more thatrWe can comprehend, and we hope that the Courts of the State, organized under a Republican form of government, will affirm the doctrine of reduiption whenever it cymes properly before them. What the South Needs. view s or hon* a. \v. j A vast deal-of the property of the South is fictitious She receives vast sums f?r her cotton and her sugar, yet she is no richer for it; she lays up no stores ; projects of new commercial enterprises, Loth in town and country, is very low; and well nigh unsaleable. As the South is almost exclusively an agrieultunibcountry, the low price of real estate conclusively demonstrates that her prosperity is more apparent than solid. No doubt much of this depression .in the price of real estate is attributable to the 1111 reliable character of the lebor which we are forced to use, and the necessity which wc are under of employing two laborers in order tn ?.<>t il?o labor of one. vet the fundamental 7 n% cause of the present state of affairs must he looked for elsewhere than in our system of labor. It grows out of several causes. Chief among these is the want of confidence, which leads moneyed men to hoard their money instead of putting it into active circulation, or investing it in commercial and manufactur ing enterprises. Secondly. It grows out of the absured sacrifice of independence an comfort to t he growth of cotton and sugar. Our cotton and sugar crops are thrown into the lap of the Northwest, and we are no richer by the exchange, since we are stripped of our money buying that which we should make. The downfall of slavery, was, in itself, a prodigious revolution. History, full as it is of revolutions and vicissitudes, furn shes nothing to parallel it. It suddenly put an end to the far iiimti in which the South hail slumbered. and throw her white iiihuhitants'on their own resources; it swept away her labor system and foisted an entirely different one upon her; if it pitchforked the late slaves into freedom and citizenship, it also revolutionized the condition of their lute masters, and imposed now burdens upon them. The exigency demands steady pcrseveremc. rather than dash; energy; instead of indolence; cool-headed ncss rather than fiery passion, and that sternest and homeliest of all virtues, eeonomy, instead <>'' the open handed profusion of tin- olden time. The first of the grave duties devolved on the white inhabitants of the South is to force the South into the new channel marked out for her by the downfall <>f* slavery. This new channel is a change in the entire commercial, agricultural and industrial system of the South, sous to attract an influx of white population both from the North and Europe- to open new avenues of commerce ?develop* our latent resources?utilize our waste and unproductive lands, and keep our money at homo instead of enriching the Northwest with it. To effort this mighty change we must make up our minds to tli<> fact that slavery, with its customs, habits and traditions, is stone dead, and is ineapa bio of resurrection. Leaving the negroes t<. work out their own destiny, we must arouse the white men of the .South to the necessity of putting forth uew energy and activity in order to escape from the ''slough of despond" into which the war precipitated us. The negro race never will be replenished and recruited from the jangles of Central Africa; and so, must depend on its natural increase I to keep up its present numbers, while the J whites will be increased by immigration from Kurnjip and (lie Norlli. provide.!, we use the means to attract population. Tli% preponderance of the-negro race, then, is accident and tempoiary. It will gradually coiroct itself in conforming to the laws of natural increase. Our duty then is to address ourselves to the task* of cutting loose from the customs, creeds and traditions of the past, and adapting the policy of the'South (o the wants of the present, and demands of the future. Tn one word, wo need a now commercial. agricultural and industrial "departure" far more than a new political "departure," since political charges exert little influence on the prosperity of nations, and only amount to putting out those who are gorged with public plunder, and installing in their places a half famished class made terribly voracious by long abstinence from the rich morsels stored in the public crib. What the .South needs is a change in her whole commercial", agrfcuIturnTTrnd -ln^^tiiul 5^ tern?which involves in irrrehange in the habits and aims of her people.?X. 0. Times. Diversity of Labor. National and individual prosperity are in-' timatcly and inseparably connected It is possible for a few individuals to be possessed of a large amount of property in a community or nation, in which the multitude are iir a state of abject poverty. Such individuals, however, cannot he regarded as in a prosperous condition. Their property, it matters not in what it may consist, does not contribute in the highest degree to their happiness and Usefulness. Prosperity, iri the civilized acceptation of the word, is dependent upon the elevation and improvement of the condition of the whole. The real condition of a community must be judged of by the condition of the majority; and the condition ol'thc majority is determined l>v the extent ofdiversity of labor hi which the masses are engaged. If there is any onesingle thing which, more than any other, marks the advancement which a community has made in rovilivif inn it is ltu> ovfciif In uluell tllC several members are engaged in diflir refit occupations. In the nature of things it i not possible for a people, exclusively eng.i in a occupation, over to become either rich or refm*l to a groat degree. This declaration is capable of a historical demonstration. The lowest order of th?* human family which exi: t in the most d' -i aded condition, are exclusively devoted I lite pursuit of a single occupation. They arc all li: hers or hunters. I'ovcrh ami ms cry are visited upon these people. So hmir as they remain exclusively tishcrs ami hunter lecttial, can overtake plaee amongst lliedi. Their condition ifTmt a little, if any. ahovc the wild beasts wdiicli inhabit the I'm -1 in common with themselves Amongst mere advanced savages, we find some individuals engaged, th a limited extent, in riy rieitlluml pursuits. The horse and the o:: are domestieated. and rude instruments arc invented and used by them. A - (he human family advance from the lowe t condition of bar barity to the highest decree of civilization, wc find that every stage is marlfod by a greater diversity of labor than the one preceding it. A nation resembles a family. Tn f.i -t .1 nation is simply a large family composed of a mmilmr nf utii-ill -t* 1111 i 111 < In ovnrv Wc't L ordered family there arc a multitude <f offices to be tilled. Kacli individual men b-r has its particular duties to perform. So is in a nation. Civilization, instead of decreasing our wants, increases them to a nn.sberlcss extent. T>iversity of labor is necessary to meet this state.of things. Hy diversity of la^or. it is not meant that every individual must be < ngaged in a multitude of occupations. 'J he attempt to put such a theory as this into practice must ever prove futile. Nature is opposed t<> ;-u<li a theory, and forbids that it ever be .put into practice. In well conducted manufacturing establishments, the principles of diversity j labor is jmt into practice. The simple I thing it. Composed of parts, and each laborer has his own part to make. Jl'it he a sin e factory, one man eutsout," another -'elo another''tils," another does omething el?o. ltVfl ?l ell. ki li'Kkil)'. I 11 l*i kl I < i 11 ? I'll!lli>: *1 til i V < * 11 ...... .. ...... 1 1 - .. I ol' liaiuls lie litre if is coiiudi-led. Tlii i I what is understood by diversity of laJn.r Kxpericnec proves that such a sv leai i:' the only way I hat rapidity of execution and p>r feel ion offinish can he attained. The res ill is that tn each individual tlie profit is i.m. J. 1 greater than were one lalm-cr rcijuiied |. hoe in ami finish any paitietilar piece ,.| work. Tin; civilized a;'peel ol'thi- tjueslinn ci?;n mends it ell'to theserious e<.ti ideialinn id'in Southern people. Wo are a ei\ilized p. op|o I hnt onr eiliz.it ion. if the in:. of our mi zens is taken into considerate n. i not ol a very hiph order. I nh ss ti wind laUir system id'the South is revolutionized. it i difficult to understand liov. we can ever ' i ,.r IIIUKC ;iliv '.'I (.Ml .11 1.11IIHUH 1 III l III; .111. I'l | civilized lil'e. In fuel, flicre ! a greater probability that wo will retro rade. I ntili .-\-t?*ni of diversified lalmr is established ii (lie Suntli, permanent recnj itioii cannot, lie altaiimd; the resources ? (lie country never can ho developed, tind the nia>-es if <?ur people never can become l! >r? n;*11ly civilized and enlightened.? 1 ?? /. / ///< /.' / '/> /'. ' , " " ^ 1 t<YMNASTIC I'Kltl iHtM.W I ol' A NAM ite 1.1ST'?Opposite the \N 11 stable a Mai net street is a hoarding li <11 ; IVci|Uoiited by a number of street ear r.-'fiductors ami drivers, and among the huardthere is a young man named Leslie, a cmlm lor. lie is much addicted to somnambulism, and in his abnormal condition he sometimes per- i forms teats which would tax the skill of the i most practiced gymnast. Night before last, while in a tit of somnambulism, his perform-! ances were witnessed by two or three hund-j 11 '? ' I ?red vrsohs. His room is in the tliiril story" ^ of Ilk' house, from which access can begM|e t ed I > the roof. On the'night, betv een eleven and twefvo o'clo^k^^c /fctfe nhsufvod upon the roof in his nfj^ttfresS, troiilr through a scries of performances of the most unique description, a sort of tumble, t of acrobatic, military and pugilistic maneiyB vers astonishing to boholjl. and especially W in viw of (ho dangtfrqdjrlocality where they took place. No man fflF.hi? ordinary cond?? tion of mind would he ntduccd to attempt the performance) of such feats in suih a place. A ngi-flap somersault from the .edge of a pnrujwt wall sixty feet, ftj^h is something frightful -to contemplate, yjjfcthat was among the minor feat* of this worn! erf ill performer, rerunning up and down the parapet, "of two or. three of th^adjacejit houses, Climbing around the chimneys bh tfte outer si*!?, dancit^; hornpipes on the ridge-pole. tlie" caves with lii.s legs dangling over; that sort, ho.tijiished up with a performance brrstack*-wiref walking 'on the. fire-alarm. telegraph, thofwires of which passed over the building adj'ining his boarding lrbuse. the ptrBrinancc of this feat, wly^^juj^jft with as ilheh apparent ease as;^ 'w^hliTwalk on thefsidewalk, the spetjlatArs below'wore in' brojfchlcss suspense, expect in cry moment to lie him fall to the grdiitid and be'doshed to liccca.- After crfntinfting this exercise fori few miuittos, he suddenly jumped on to tlni'roof of the house, sprung up from tlichcc to 4iatnfhis own'platfc of abode, which Was si\]or eight feet higher, anil from thence took a flying leap into the wihdow of his own room, which was open, and the pcrfoamano? was dosed/ Every one was afraid tfti. interfere while it wag going on, lest fatfu 3 iT-.-iU'Lri might ensue, hut as soon as he enter- " ?1 bis room, several of his acquaintances rusted in and found him lying on the hod sleeking soundly.* Tie. was with difficulty awakened. and appeared entirely unconscious of jwhat he had been doing. His feet were found t<> be badly lacerated by the bricks a?'l telegraph wires, but otherwise he , didufot appear to have sufTercd injury. Jfiniouri Rrpubh'can. Textile Fabrics in Europe. Diking alarm at the state of the labor market and the increased importation of foreign manufactures, the National Association of 1'iieiory Occluders of tireat Britain and I rrhml uiemoriaMxed the government, in Jul/ last, for the purpose of obtaining aceuratr information as to the cost of production of L'jtile fabrics in the principal industrial centres,'bo tlx* continent. The result has , been the publication by tbc Kareigli Office of an interesting blue book containing a vast amount information on tlw^subjcet of wages, hours of labor, and aninunt^of j.rod notion in tho cotton, sill:, linen and woollen factories iii various parts of Europe. The evident object of the association is to ascertain the relative cost of production i? the European i Slates as compared with the cost in this i country. Perhaps some members of the assoeiation may be able irom the mass of facts i prepared for them, to arrive at a satisfactory result. For ourselves, when we bear in i mind tliat successful production depends i upon the possession of large capital, the ex- : ccllcnce of machinery, the intelligence and eapicity of workmen, a cheap supply of fuel and raw material, the facilities of transportation, the relative amount of work done fit wages pa hi, and upon a variety of other i circumstances, and when we find those circumstances varying not only in every country. hut iu different parts of the same coun- 1 try. we are compelled to relinquish the task, t From a glance over the reports, however, j it does not appear that English manufacturers have cause to apprehend any great amount of competition from their rivals on the continent. Certain specialties there arc of course, and always will he, which must i always command the market, hut it is not improbable that Melgiuin, their greatest rival in low priced goods, will find greater difficulty in future, in keeping ahead of our manufacturers. The cheapness of llelgian products now chiefly depends upon the low rates of wanes paid to the workmen; so low in Iced, as to necessitate the employment of all the children of the family in order to ijiifi eunuch to support the household. As wanes continue to rise. as they surely will, and should a law he passed regulating the employment of children ?a subject which ins oeenj ied the Belgian legislature without effect for the last thirty years?the cost of production will necessarily ho enhanced,and the I Vlgian producer he less able to compete in ilit* Knglisli market. Asa rule, factory npi ratives oil the continent work longer h-uu than factory operatives in this country ; in some parts as many as seventy to . i' litv hours a week. In Ccriuany the employment of children i gulaled by law, hut in most countries t v are worked us long as adults. There i .1 general tendency every where to reduce !lie day's work to twelve hours, including done r time. At (icncva the hours oflahor ire fixed at ton all the year round. The ;o iiui'it of wages earned on the continent is p. it'll l.?\vcr than that earned in this country, ' at it is nut necessarily loss by the actual Mb ivneo, since the purchasing power of nion -y is also dilTeront on the continent. In umim : every instance factory wages arc re] lit tl to have risen of late years, hut not so ' i. .'cl\ as th ose of huiltlers, masons, carpcni' i-. do. Productifii has also increased, ii"' i nly on account oftho increase of population, but ft'.in the increased wants of the people, which have been engendered*!))- the removal in recent years of nianv obstacles both to internal and international exchange. If is to bo understood that the above remarks 'I t not apply to France and Austria, from which countries, as yet. reports have not )ct been received.?/'iff Mill . .!:l*V\vu" Headache.?i Hie female h?ft&mrTtic. innumerable, but $py arise princ^Tfty fVfJkn vexation and dis appointment. They inky bo divided into "norv^ujii" aad "sick'vbeadaches, The nervous is friable nnd can not bean being spoKn to,. The sick is de^poftcCat or sulky, tlfourffs int.) (ears at tha least contradiction. "When a lady cahoot have her own Wzy} a. headache is the painftil consequence. \n ' unpopular visitor, brought home accidently to dinner, will produce an alarming attack of headadhe. and the symptoms that successively follow are an instant loss of appetite, deafness, peevishness, hysteria, and finally a precipitate rbtreat to the bed-room. The poor servants feel the effects of the headache as much as any one, and do not stop in the rboni any longer than they can help. These unfortunate headaches arc very frequent about this time of the year when every one is, or supposed to be. out of town, and do not cease until ttye patient has been carried to thtr sei* a olmngc of air. The milder forms wi^vanish upon the application of a pificodf jewelry, or if the forehead is wrappwbup in a new shawl it is astonishing with what jopidity tho pain disappears. Sometimes f^$hi$$jig of the scene is requisite, and thus alJOR tit the opera has' been known to produce an instantaneous cure, even when the headache has been of the most stunning description, apd the. opera played has been one of Vcrdl^. .. ^^ ' '.'w w. - . T\ GtoitpiA the peopfc arc enjoying the blessings tha'tTlW From a good government. The whole face of the country bears evidences of prosperity indicative of a healthy ?j?tem. The laws are administered in the Spirit in which fl^y are enacted?for the mod of society. Jt^^eourtsseck to decide ttic questions propounded agreeable to principlos of lawglntTeorrcgt logic, regardless of the benefits or disadvantages that such dccisions may bring to any particular party. The consequence is. the people are growing rich, taxes arc light, the best m<u^ of the country occupy the positions of Em*'and trust in her government. All fttoid&institutions which tend to elevate mankwm are in a flourishing condition. Tn fact, Georgia presents a nictnrc of prosperity well calculated to excite our envy.?Shrlhy (A/a) GiihIc. A Club.?"Tommy, my son. what are you going to do with that club?" "Send it to liie editor, of course." "'But what arc you going to send it to the editor for ?" "Cause he says if anybody will send hiin a club, he will send them a copy of his paper " The mother came pretty near fainting, But retained consciousness enough to ask:/'But, Tommy, dear, what do you suppose he wants with a club7" "TTeTl, T don't know." replied the hopeful urchin, "unless it is to knock down subscribers as don't pay for their papers." An old friend of the Into Chief Justice tells the New York Evening I'ost an anecdote showing Mr. Chase's cleverness at repartee. While on a visit to the Southern States after the war, Mr. Chase was introduced to a very 1 beautiful woman, who prided herself on her devotion to the "Lost Cause." Anxious that ] the Chief Justice should know her real senti- { ments, she remarked, as she gave him her hand, "Mr. Chase, you see before you a rebel who has not been reconstructed." "Madame," ItO rorvliO/1 UMt li n til rt #1 1\attt ilt'aii n wa ba i ii\j iljuau, ii uu a piuivuuu uuit, juu iiiv; nu perfectly bonstructed that any rcconstruc-1 tion is altogether impossible-" The women arc shopping now nothing but the top-knot of the average clerk is visible :ibove the towering counter, except when he goes up for another piece of goods, and it is interesting to study the emotions that are at work within by the wrinkles of the scalp. Ah, no one can really understand the mighty thoughts that surge through their brain as they are asked, if they haven't got something a liitlc lighter. We who have comfortable homes, and kind parents and bakers' bread, seldom thiuk of this. A somewhat quaint story is told in the Church llcruld. published in London, of a Haptist grocer who called upon Monsignor Cupel to complain that his daughter, having surreptitiously attended a service at the Cathedral. had renounced her misbelief. Monsignor (lapel listened with demure urbanity, and ended by inquiring in what way lie could assist his visitor. "Well, the fact is." exclaimed (liegrocer, -my daughter used to l?e in the shop, ami 1 want to known whether she will Ik* obliged to inform her confessor, who lias long been a customer of mine, of the little tricks we are obliged to use in our trade!" 'I he Mmisignnr replied that, if the I baptist's daughter were a good girl, she would be bound to disclose all that lay on her conscience. "Ah, well, if that's the ease," cried the grocer, ' I'll just join your church too: for 1 should like to give him my own account of the matter." Always suspect a man who affects great softness of manner, and unruffled evenness of temper and an enunciation studied, and deliberate. These tilings are all unnatural, and bespeak a degree of mental diseipinc and which he that has no purposo of craft or design to answer cannot submit to drill him self The must successful knaves arc usually oi'this description, as smooth as razors dipped in oil, and as sharp. They affect the innocence of the dove, which they have not, inordcr to hide the cunningncssof the serpent which they have.? Cotton, Long considerations arc cotnmonly a proof that we have not the point determined clearly in our eye; precipitate proceedings that we do not know it A question ?>t' privilege?asking to g" home with n girl. ADVERTISING RATES. Space. 1 M. 2 M. 3 M. 6 M. 1 square 3 00 G 001 8 00' 12 00 lq 00 2 squares 6 OOi 9 00 12 OO! 18 00 20 00 8 squnres ,9 00 18 Oo 16 00 24 00 30 00 4 squares 12 00' 10 00 20 00, 80 00 43 00 l column rO 00 19 00 24 00 34 00 00 00 I \ column j 20 00 30 00 40 00: 66 00 80 00 1 column ! 30 00 50 00 '60 Oo 90 00150 00 All Transient Advertisements will be charged One Doj.i,ab per Square for the first and Seventy-five Cents per Square for' each subsequent insertion Single insertion. SI 50 per square. oup CHIP-BASKET. , ' . Good company makes ^he longest road sooni short. x The lie-abilities of some men are" wonder ful. ' > What did the spider do* when he came ont of the ark. Ho took a fly and went home. Don't tell an editor how to run a newspaper. Let the poor fool find it out himself. How to make an Indian loaf?give him a gallon of whiskey. The papfir having the largest circulation ?the paper of tobacco. How to keep above board?Stay away from boarding houses. A woman's modesty is like her color?extremely becoming if jjot put on. Almost all absurdity of conduct arise, from the imitation of tfiosc we can not resemble. Success in life is very apt to mako per sons forget the time when they were not much. Idleness is hard work for those who are not used to it, and dull work for those who are. Reality teems with disapointmcnt for him whose sources sf enjoyment spring in the Elysium of fancy. .'A/correspondent of the New York . Mail sayf&hat kissing a lady with an Elizabeth ruff on is about as much fun as embracing a circular saw in full motion. t A trife in San Francisco mauled her husband with a rolling pin for his habit of soiling his shirt front with tobacco juice, and the court imposed only a nominal fine." Fancy is a butterfly which must be delicately handled; if rude fingers tamper with it the flower-dust is rubbed off, and the gay insect perishes. It is not what we earn that makes us rich, but what we save; it is not what we eat, but what we digest, lhat makes us fat; it# is not what wo read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. A religious weekly, eloquent on architecture says : "Wd must beautify the fronts of our churches." A practical man suggests that a few posts be set out tor young men to lnnn Rfftinst. whiln waiting fur thi?ir aisfprj ^3 O ? A Woatern editor, anxious to do justice to the description of a croquet party lie attended, longs for "a pen plucked by the queen of fairieafrum* the brightest and most gorgeously tinted tuft of the bird of Paradise, and dipped in golden ink." I!oiv to Po It.?Punch says: To resuscUato iv drownnd Yuiluic, coinuicucc | searching his pockets. To resuscitate a . - ? | drowned Englishman, broil a beefsteak under his nose A Frenchman may be brought to life any time by a skillful imitation of a bullfrog in his ear. A Spaniard, by applying garlic to his olfactories. A WESTERN editor having beard that sulphur in the socks will prevent cholera, has worried a stick of brimsone out of a new ' druggist, and now wants some one to loan him a pair of socks while he tries the thing. "I say neighbor Snobs, if you don't keep I your liens out of my garden I will shoot j theui." "Very well' lioolittle shoot away; only if ycrn kill any of my hens throw them into my yard." Crack went the fowling*picce morning after morning, and the large, fat hens were pitched into neighbor Snob's yard like rain After a fortnight or more, Doolittle discovered that Snobs never had any hens, and that he had been shooting his own, they having broken out of his own coop. A shrewish wife, quite sick, called her husband to come and sit by her bedside. "This is a sad world, my dear," said the wife, nlaintively. ' Very," concided the man. Were it not for leaving you, I should love to qnit it." "Oh *uiy dear," eagerly responded the fellow, "how can you think I would interfere with your happiness? tiro, # by all means!" Doctor," said an old lady, the other day to her family physician, "kin you tell me how it is that some folks is horn dumb ?" "Why hem! why certainly, madam," replied the Doctor, "it is owing to the fact that they eonie iuto the without the power of speech! "ha me!" remarked the old lady, "now jest see what it is to have a physic edication; I've axed my old man more nor a hundred . . * ,i i ,, i . , tlinos that arc same mini;, ana mi i could ever git out on liim was. 7ro?r they is.' " "Well, I'm glad I axed you, for I never should n died satisfied with out knowing it." Mississippi has a statute that punishes and removes from office all officials that are guilty of being drunk. This is a most excellent law. and. if enforced, should clear the courts of men who, having no power to govern themselves, should not be instrusted ??*!? tKa ?\An?nr I a imvurn nlltofo null lilt jrv??TV* ^ Viu VIIIVIC. Division of Laijoh.?A certain preacher was holding forth to a somewhat wearied ! congregation, when ho "lifted up luV eyes" | t?^the gallery, and beheld a youngster pelting the people below with ehesnuts. Dominie ; was about to administer. r.r ctithnlra? a.sharp i and stringent reprimand for his flagrant act i of impiety and disrespect, but the youth, ani ticipating him, bawled out, at the top of his voice? " Yon mind your preaching, daddy, and : I'll keep them awake!" ! The scene that ensued may bo safely left | to the imagration.