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Tables supplied with the best the Markets afford. Every attention paid to the comfort of Quests. tfef Persons stopping at (lie Latham House will be conveyed to and from the depot free of charge. Passengers, without heavy baggage, will be conveyed to and from any part of the town, not above DeKalb street, at 2f> cents. mrOonnected with the house is a first class Bar, which is located separately from the house, and orderly kept. l&'Coaveyances supplied to guests on liberal terms, cither for city or country use. jan8-ly S. B. LATIIAM, Proprietor. JJeKalD uouse, BY A. S. RODGERS. Most Centrally Located Hotel in Town. Terms Per Day. Commercial Travelers will have every attention paid to their comfort, and be fur nisbed with SAMPLE ROOMS at this llouse; and persons visiting Camden will find it a quiet and pleasant home Special rates made for parties traveling together, and for those who wish to stay a week or more. gMT In connection with the bouse is a flrst^ias* LIVERY STABLE, where horses and vehicles oan be had at all rimes for town or country use, at ths most reasonabit rates. Conveyances to and from the depot at every train. dec!8ti 411 Kind* Of Canned Goods, of best quality, and warranted full weight, for *ale by jttitiV kir&LEY * VOLUME XXXVI. THEY MET?THEY PARTED. Upon the sofa, us they sat. The lovers talked in pleasant chat, Of that and this, and this and that, But of their wedding mainly '; Their wedding was soon to be, And Sue and Gus did quite Agree; He said "yes, yes," to all that she Thought, in her judgement, best would be. "One thing, dear Qua, I think, should be Understood uow, quite plainly." "Go on," Gus, "just speak it out, I've not the faintest shade of doubt m That still in all thiugs we'll agree, And end as we've begun? 'Two souls with hut n Mingle thought, Two hearts that beat as one !' " A loving siiiiie, a tender squeeze, Gus added to his language; Then Sue these softly tpoken words Between his hugs (lid sandwich. "Of course, mamma will live with us, | And 'rule the roost,' my darling Gus, For tha?. you know she's used ter." "Not much !" cried Gus, in temper high. And grasped his hat and said "good-bye; That settles it 'twist you and I. Recorded in my vow on high: No mothcr-in-lnw. with threatening eye, And tongue all peace to crucify, Shall ever rule this rooster!" BROUGHT TO TERMS "You are surelv not in earnest, father?" "I assure you I atn. I will not give my consent to your marriage with that n?jlllf L'iri, saiu r. viiuiciuu uugin^, .... firmly. "You are unjust to her; you admit Chat you know nothing of her?" "Except that she U the daughter of a farmer, a poor, illiterate farmer who has half-a-dozen other children.'' "Mr. Litchfield is poor, I grant, but neither 1 e ti< r bin children are ignorant; Sophie has as good an education as any girl I know." "Hah !" exclaimed the old man contemptuously "Of course she is perfec tion ! Why couldn't yntt have had sen>e enough to fancy Lottie Fellon. or that pretty little Milliard girl f I'd welcome either of them willingly enough, but this girl I will not receive." 4 Siroplv because she is a farmer's daughter ?" "Simply because I choose not to !" answered Hasil Cameron, nil the obstinacy inherited from his Scotch grandfather rising up against his son's cool inflexibility. "I say you shall nor uiarrv her?and you shall not!" "And I say I will," replied Maurice, angry iD his turn, 4 I defy any one to hinder me without showiug better cause than her poverty." "You seem to forget, young mau. that you have not a psnny of your own ! t?? i j_ i,, Hunoort a ! rray now UU Jf<iu - f r wife that I disapprove of. "By my own exertion, sir, a* thousands of better men than I ?m are doing ; I atn neither an invalid nor an imbecile." "Ha ha, ha!" roarod the father. ' you work ! Thst i* rich ! Go and tell your sweetheart that your father will not give you another dollar during his life or after it, and see how quick she'll repent of saying 'yes' to you." "On tho contrary, sjr. her father's only objection to u>o is that I am an idle young man." "Don't talk about the matter, Maurice. Come, give me your word to break off this engagement, and?" "Never, sir!" 'Then the sooner you get nut of my sight, the better. I wash my hands of you. you thankless boy ! Go and work, and come to me in a year b"gging bread fcr your wife. I'd see you ?tarvc before I'd give it to J"0 then." Maurice Cameron was the only son of Busil Cameron, one of the riclns? and most influential men in the busy town of Nelson. He had received a liberal education, and his father, who accumulated wealth only for him, looked to sec him take his place among the leading men of the State, Caution#, p. rsevering. obstinate, be ha*' tnark-d out a certain course for bis hands-one ful n?ed bov and determined that lie must carry it out, forgetting that the son usually inherits most, if not all. of his stronger parent's characteristic*. Mr. Cameron, too, was proud ; proud of his good Scotch j descent, of his abilities and his position i in society ; and the idea of Maurice j taking as a wife this daughter of a small farmer was bitterness indeed. It is , true he knew nothing wliatever of the I jcirl, but that made no difference he i had made up his mind that Maty-ice must marry into either tho Felton, Milliard or Stuyvesant families, therefore this unheard of Sophie Litchfield wh? an interloper. Mrs. Cameron worshipped Loth husband and son. consequently this disagreement? ripening, as it did, into an open rupture between tho two?cost her many a tearj; but against two such stubborn natures she was powerless. Tho Litchfield's were, as Mr. Cameron bad said, poor; but they wore cultivated, honest, sonsiblo people, Sophie was the second daughter and was as pretty, woll-read, graceful a girl ns any Cameron ever wooed, and would do honor to any position in life. Mr. Litchfield talked seriously with Mau* rice when he heard of the quorrel be* tween him and his father, and finding that he was determined to purnuft hia own course, told him that a little adversity. a little genuine work would proba* blv make a man of him, and that Ik would give him Sophie more willingly than ever. So Basil Cameron was u false prophet. Maurice left home, bag and baggage the day of tho conversation ubove re j corded. IIi* father felt very curious tc li' ow what ho would do, but would oo j condvrend to'mako any inquiries oi ' iboV any icterekV. c A fortnight passed. Mr. and Mrs.. Camrron wore dining with the Feltons (a quiet family) on* day. wlien there | was a very fine leg of mutton on the table. "Yes, thank you, Felton, I will take another slice," said Mr. Cameron; "that is the be?t mutton I'v* tasted this long time, far better than Brooks giees us? you trade with Brooks, don't you?" "Ye es. usually," answered Mr. Felton. hesitatingly, while Lottie and her mother exchanged amused glancps and twelve-year-old Susia giggled right out "T shall go to Urooks' to-morrow." "We?we did not get this out of Brooks'." "No ? Who then ?" "Of a young man who has re opened Evans' old place," said Mr. Felton, emi11 nr?1? ' Then I'll patronize him." ' You could not do better; he is a very worthy yountr man," said Mrs. Felton, her husband being too bu*y carving to reply. What is his name ? Is lie a townsman ?" "I?I didn't a?k him. Is it true that L?timer has f?il<-d ?" said Mr. Felton. 'Thc?e good friends evidently don't wnDt me to deal with their botcher, but I will," soliloquized Ba>il Cameron. On his war down town next morning he took pains to pass the new butcher's shop. Glancing over the door-way (fancy his horror!) he saw a spick-andspang new sign board with "Maurice Basil Cameron, Jr., Butcher. Poulterer and Fishmonger." plainly thereon. Young Cameron had indeed gone to work; this was the first, indeed the only opening that presented itsdf.-for Nelson was a steady going town where business rarely faile I or started up very vigorously. and chances of establishing one's self did not occur twice in a lifetime. Mauric was standing near the donr wh- n Ins father approached; with his immaculate apron and snowy shirtsleeves, glossy collar and narrow black neck tie, he was a handsome picture in spite of his very unmmantic surround tigs. Good morning. father." said lie, cheerfully 4 You see I have pone to work; took that money I've been Raving for a trip to Europe and opened this little place. I've pot Evans'son with tne. and he knows all about meats and thing*; I'll learn after awhile. You'll give me your?" ' Great heavens ! Is it.?is it you ?" "Yes, sir, I, Maurice Uasil Cameron, Jr." I think that "Junior" was the bitterest drop ir. the whole cup of the old man; I really believe that, for a moment, he repented miming h s son after himself. Too anvry. too much astonished to know what to say, he turned on his heel and walked away, but could not escape the memory of that awful sign-board; threo times that reck neat straw colored hand bills wrre thrust under his eyes hy boys who wero distributing them through the town, and bore (he same legend ; every time he picked up u newsyaper he saw Maurice's advertisement; all of his acquaintances were laughing over Maurice's freak. (as he called it.) and not a f< w men applauded (he young man and . blamed him It was a genuine agony. Then. too. he loved the boy aud missed his bright face from the home that wan a?? quiet without him; h* knew his wile mourned d.-fdy over the separation and strongly su-pcctcd that she visited the j obnoxious shop ev-ry day; ho did not i want t" iiuit her feelings, so he never a-kd her win r<- s' e bought thvir meat , an I p> ul'ry. And a* t' e n w butcher j v ;s iloMig a thriving hu-*u?ss ihetv was ; no hope nt I is -ning l< r te* rey or help 'J'hre month- pas- d ami a day came that, f.-r twenty-eight years Mr. and Mrs. Cameron had hold as home festival?their wedding anniversary. The night before it dawned 11a- 1 Cameron ; kn-w that ' is wi c Imd cried nearly a|l j night. li W eouM hln ke ti festival wit hum In r hoy ? 'Oh, d-ar !" lie groan <1, as In b rt j the house nfier hreakfa-t. "I must do it j The l-oy is stubborn?as I ant; and I ; can't rcc hi- mother fret. Ha shall have his country girl?confound her !?just i as he had the hammer and the looking | gl iss when he was a bnhy." Richard, the coschman, alo.o-t fan- j en d liiiiise.f crazed wlicn his ina-ter told i him to drive on the Barton mad t<> ' Farmer Litchfield'" instead of down to the hank as usual early in tli" morning, j "Do's Miss Sophia Litchfield live ; here V he asked of a pretty little girl j who was just coming out to the front j door of the house pointed out to him as I Litchfield's. "Yea. sir, please walk in; she's hore in the parlor " Instead of a slipshod, blowsy girl. Mr. Cameron found Sophia to be a very attractive voung lady; quite as well mannered and pleasaotns Lottie I'elton. His visit was fur longer than he intended, t'?>e ho pmli>d it hv enine all over the ,v" """ " *w "j r* n ? farm with the father, while the daughter was making a few changes in her dress preparatory to spending the day with hor future mothcr-ui-law. Mrs. Cameron hud smiles instead of tears that day, for she not only had her bov at home again, but discovered that Sophia , was just exactly the sort of gitl she had . always pictured to herself as Maurice's . wife. "I could not have chosen better , myself," was her verdict. ' Maurice stuck to his determination to i go into business instead of playing the gentleman all his life, but readily agreed , to his lather's proposition to buy him an iotercst in the only wholesale dry goods > store in the town, saying that hecertaiuly t preferred thut to his former occupation, r hut then I was poor, and beggars must dU Ucf chtti&r*, yWi kuvw." 3AMDEN, S. C., APB1L ? The Departure of the Liborian Immigrants. The migration of tho colored people from the Southern States has begun. They do not now seek a Northern clime, for them, within the hroad dominion of the United States, there is no East or West, no North or Sou'h. Wherever they turn, in this preat country, they have and enjoy without etrupple or labor, tho rights and immunities won hy the white race in war. in travail and in revolution. To them freedom, with its privileges aud responsibilities, came as a gift. And the first preat use they make of it is, to turn their faces to the land of their fathers, leaving behind them the security and order of civilization to build up a dwelling-place in the jungle I or desert. And who shall blame them ? , The colored people did their part in i making this country what it is. Build- j ing better thin they knew, their hands achieved n work that a higher race could not have performed When the t'ine was ripe, when the task was done, their condition of life was changed by the stroke of a pon, and the colored millions were confronted hy duties of which they had no conception, and by industrial limitations and restrictions for which they were wholly unprepared. A period of riot and debauchery is f<il- i lowed by a period of pood government and peace. But deep down in the hearts of those who Telt. deep-seated in the brain ol those who thought, was the sad conviction that, in thn struggle for life, the fittest must survive, and that there is no place for the freedman on the vast continent of America. This conviction is formulated and crystallized in the nroieet for a trerteral emigration - . ? f - to Africa. It io tlie key to the en. thuein?m. the burning zeal, with which tho colored people enter into the Liberian movement. It is born of their fears and necessities, as they understand them. They look to Africa as the exile ; Innjra for home. And their trust is that I they will be able, in that wild land, to j create a simulacrum of American civili- 1 ration, beiug there the superior race, *s here they must always remain the lowest in the sociul scale. The friends of the colored people doubt the wisdom of their course, but j reasoning and argument are of no avail. . They are moved, with one accord, to shake the dust of this fair country from their lect. and are not daunted by stories of the privation und hardship inevita-1 bly in store for them. They regard themselves as missionaries, as apostles. There arc few who do not cheerfully abandon comforts here that they cannot soon enjoy in their new homes. They who sail in the Azor from Charleston to-day are, in intelligence and thrifti- i ncss, higher than the average of their race, for they have, at least, the means lo equip themselves for the voyage, and the courage to stake their existence on a desperate chance. The Southern pco pie, therefore, look upon these dusky , emigrants with kindly c-impassion. ; They were once our slaves; they are now, before the law, our equals; they wto, not long since, our oppressors. Hut the South remembers their natural j pood-heartedness, their simplicity, and, above all, their sublime fidelity during the dark and bloody days when the white men of the South were in the fore-front of battle, and our women and children, at home, were committed to the keeping of the humble African slave. So the Southern people wi>h the emigrants, most sincerely, complete success in their undertaking, and bid them in oik vo'ce, God-speed ! Upon the course of the two huuJred wl>o sail in the Azor to-day, upon the nature of their rccop ion in Liberia,; and upon the chaructcr of their new homo, its drawbacks and its disadvantages. depend, in large mrasure. the future movements of the millions who watch and wail iu the South. It is, i eref re. ol Mipr-tin- cotisequi-nce that the pain ui'V?tni*hed truth r-hull be known and that. ilatk or bright, good or bid. herrful or .-orr>'wful, the tale of the African Exodus shall be faith ' m 1 l. fullV told. r rouj onarie.?niu, mivic i the Inst cargo ol slave* Mere landed, the first ship-load of colored emigrants, sailing al tlnirown charge, are about to take their departure It is meet that Charleston shall follow them with watchful eye. for tluir own euc 'uragcno nt, and for the guidance of thoso who remain behind. The Kxodus Association, it is just to 6uy, have this d<sirc. und are anxious that the whole truth shall be published. We sh.dl, therefore, send out on the Azor to Liberia, a* our icprcscntativo, Mr. Alfred B. Williams, one of the moat trusted members of the Xrict antl Courier staff. This young Virginian **! - j I.i \fAttrnvm WIU gO Willi IMC CUII^IUUMI tvi'iv.v..., Hiid his gruphio pen will give the whole country a trustworthy accouut of the voyage and arrival, together with a description of tho different phases of industrial and social life in Libetia,and of the hill-couotry to which the emigrants propose to wend their way. Fioiii him whites and blacks will learn what are the prospects of the emigrants in thoir land of hope and promise. Upon what lie says the public can implicitly rely, for we know hiui to bo os conscientious as he is capable and fuithful. It is a mission surrounded with unpleasantness, and not without its dangers. These, however, will bo corn* pensated for by tho rare opportunity, the mission gives, of winning reputation and distinction, while serving a high public pnrpose. Tho letters of Mr. Williams will be dispatched to this couutry us rapidly as the mail an 1 telegraph will allow. They will to ftwuiwdy wv uevU mft auy, with IJrat SO, 1878. 1 anxiuui interest. To our young rr|ireson tativo, ami to the immigrants whom he accompanies, wc agaiu say, Godspeed !?Xeicg and Courier. McEvoy's ConfessionIt is vv-ll known throughout the State that what McEvoy supposed were his last moments on carlh, when his coffin was just outside of the jail door, and he supposed he hud but an hour to live that he evinced u disposition to tell what he knew about more than one murder, other than tho one for which he was to die, which had hoen committed in ?V?>uth Carolina. It is said that McEvoy was persuaded, the day upon which he was to have been executed, not to put a halter around the neck or any man unless I it would save an innocent man's life. I and that he had concluded to let his knowledge of these murders be buried with him. He this as it may, since his respite he ha? thought better of the matter, nod in various interviews with Col. Claude E. Sawyer, a member of the House of Represents! ives from Aiken County, has given him the information in his possession touching the murder of W. E. Sawyer, Jr., in February. 1874. The statements of McEvoy were conveyed to Governor Hampton, which induced that officer to offer a reward for the arrest of any party, or parties, who were ensraged in the munier. Acting upon t he revelations of McEvoy, Colonel Sawyer and Mr. Southall, a deputy sheriff of Aiken County, proceeded a few days ago to Euharlee. a Rniall town in Bartow county, Georgia, and there i arrested Solomon Aultman. The latter surrendered readily, required no requisition from Governor Hampton, but consented to return to South Carolina at once. We learn that Aultman protested hi* innocence while on his way back to this State with Messrs Sawyer and Southall. implicating Elijah D Watson und Milton A. Watson, two white men who arc first cousins, one residing at Ninety-Six, in Abbevlle bounty, and the other at Johnston, in EJge$eld County The two Watsons were arrested yesterday, and are at. present confined in the county jails of their respective counties Our informant, a gentleman who arrived in Columbia \esterday, and who is well acquainted with the accused parties, states that Aultman, who is quite a young man?not 30 years of age yet ?says that since the crime Aultmun'a hair has turned from a raven blackness to be as white us cotton, and that he says day or night, since the commission of the bloody deed, he has never had a moment's peace of mind; that the murdered young man has been ever before him. whether sleeping or awake; like Banquo's ghnst, lie would not down, and now that he has confessed his participation in the foul murder, he feels greatly relieved in body and mind. Mr. Meyers, McEvoy's counsel, was in the city yesterday for the purpose of -1/1 calling upon ine uovernor in iuuuwjr b behalf. It is not known what the result of his interview with the executive ?as up to a late hour last nigh. His Old Friend. "I understand," began his Honor, as Arthur Dodge appeareJ, ''that you are a stranger among us." "'Tis true?'tis true," replied the prisoner, bowing and smiling. "I am further informed," continued the court, "that you have been looking nround town to find two old friends." "I?I do not so" the force of the illustration," smiled the stranger, bowing two U'sutiful bows. "Last night, at midnight, Mr. Dodge, last night ? When the south wind blew, And the silvery moon was new, And the stars were blinking end winking at each other, You passed up Congress street, Like the vanguard of the fleet, And you made a dozen people lots of bother." "Don't remember the cognixance of any such events," smiled the prisioner, bowing to the clock this time. "Mr. Dodge, memory is tho sweetest thing planted in the heart of man. If it wasn't fur memory these men who ran for office sixteen years in succes?....I.) it a t*n i* kn atonnod on 1?V the HIUU IT"UIVI IK * i W u??- j'w ? ? j lone-suffering electors. Hut, memory U treacherous. I may be introduced to John Columbus this morning, but unless he borrows a dollar of me, or I go mi his bail-bond, 1 may rcmemb?r him by niuht i.s John Smith or Christopher Columbus " 1 flflt s irue?mm o 11 ut') u<uovi the prisoner. "And in order to 6x this ease in your memory I shall elevate you for sixty days." | ''Doyou mean that you will bctrin to elevate uie now. and continue to elevate me for sixty successive times?" earnestly Inquired the courteousyoung man. "No, sir ; one elevation is intended to last you for the eotire sixty days." "It will?it will, no douht, your Honor. I suppose I can begiu now can't I ?" The bootblacks waited for him, and as he entered the vehielo they sang : Wish we could use such language, Wish we could how like that ; Wish that we had such a neck-tie, And wore such a gorgeous hat." And all he said was ; "Trn-la, boys!" ? Detroit Free Preu. As the nature of love is divine, that is to say, immortal, when we think we havo destroyed it, wo have only buried it in our hearts. NUMBER 42 Rest for the Weary. What a strange thought!?all this restless worhl is seoking rest. Those who drag their weary bodies home night af'er nieht, and fall down upon restless beds, worriod with the anxieties and cares of business, are yet seeking rest, and yet believe the time will come when their desire shall bo fulfilled. The carc-worn brows you will m"et to-morrow arc all seeking rest, rest. It is not found in poverty?perhaps it lurks under the rich man, who all the while lies groaning upon his couch, or stands with wrinkled brow, perplexed with care. Whero i"? rrst ? What is rost ? Is it the divino principle of peace within that comes from God ? As well seek roses upon the pallid cheek of death as rest out of God. The needle never rests till it turns to the pole. If a little child is frightened at his play, he comes running into the house to mother. She takes him to her bosom, presses kisses on his brow, and while she sings some lullaby of love all fear fades from his faco, and i - i /i i . e. . nc steeps in peace. uoa warns 10 ui a mother for the whole world. If it be misfortune or povcity or gloomy forebodings that make on" unhappy, God can give him rest, and breathe a lullaby of love above his tempest-tossed soul that will still its raging. Rest, peuee, is a principle that lies within us and not without us. Some, possessing it, have rejoiced in their rags and poverty; others, not possessing it, have found a crowned head uneasy. Oh, that every anxious, longing heart would look nway to Him who walks among the golden lamps of Heaven ! '-Take my yoke upon you, and ye shall find rest unto your souls." Mothers as Doctors. Practical mothers learn much by their experience with the littlo bodies entrusted to their caro. Some of the most common sense facts in the physical culture of these little ones known to the more exp-rietced mothers may not come amiss to those who have had but little care of children, The foundations must be well laid to iosure healthy and happy children The child must be well nursed, well aired, w?*!l fed and well bathed. By n thorough understanding and practice of these four simple rule?, much of the physical, mental and moral suffering in life would be avoided by parent as well as child. If a healthy child (and a delicate one proportionately) is regularly put to bed about dark, in a quiet, well ventilated, or even a cold room, after a supper of plain food, it will uaturaliy awake at daybreak, good natured, with a keen appetite for a wholesome breakfast. Nutritious, plain food, at regular hours, with no candy or stimulants, and free bathing help the system to ward off many prevalent children's ailments, and to bear with much less danger the f'ow that must i necessarily come to the majority of little ones. The child that is just given a little confectionery, or any unsuitable food; and then rocked to sleep, should cause no surprise at waking peevish and feverish. It is simply the result of imaginary affection and want of knowledge on the part of the one in charge. It will certainly pay in the end to search diligently for tne cause when a little child is proverbially cross. An Eccentric Merchant. At Hanau (Germany) a merchat re. sides whose history is somewhat curious. A quarrel with his step mother induced hiiii to leave ''his Father's l.ouso," when young, and embark f<>r England. liar* ing acquired in trade in London a fortune sufficient for comfort in Germany he married, and returned to his native town, when be found that his parents were dead and that their property had 1 devolved to him. A large, rambling house, containing thirteen rooms on a floor, and adorned with pictures of old electors and land graves was part of his patrimooy. The house goes by the name of Noah's Ark, from the singularity of its construction, arising, as the story goes, from a cause not less singu lar. The upper story is a complete second house erected ou the first. The builder, an opulent citizen, who possessed ninety-nine houses in Hanuu, nktitr.n* nf rmindinrr his number to one hundred ; but tho jealousy of the citizens opposed his whim, unless he consented to pave a path to the church, some hundred yards loDg, with riz dollars. He declined this exorbitant tax ; but unwilling to resign the distinction of owning one hundred houses, he contented himself with a hundredth placed on tho top of one of the niuoty nir.o. The End of an Infamous Life. The manner of the death of Wo. M Tweed was a fitting end of a life of shame and ill-fame. "The choice and master spirit" of a great, rich and populous city played his people false, robbed them of millions of money, debauched public morals, forfeited public confidence, was indicted, tried, sentenced like a common felon, and has died io jail like a common thief. This is a sad, sad story?this story of the life of Wm. M. Tweed. For years he held New York city as in the hollow of his hand. lie was rich and powerful, and the noubriquet ' Boss" was bestowed upon him not without good cause. But he lived to ace fear turned to scorn ; to see himself forsaken by friends and derided by enemies, to find himself oucc a fugitive from the city which he had so long governed and finally faced death in a cell of a public jail! With the history of his life is bound up a rich moral and one which is self apparent. Time brings its revenges, and justice often overtake# the omfofector ewu io tbip wvrW. t * ADVERTISING RATES. Timr. 1*in. J col. } Cel. 1 col. 1 week, $100 $6 00 $9 00 $16 00 2 " 175 7 60 12 25 20 00 3 ** 2 60 9 00 16 25 24 00 4 " 3 00 10 60 18 00 27 60 6 ' 3 60 11 76 20 60 31 CO 6 4 00 12 60 22 76 84 00 : 7 " 4 60 13 25 24 75 87 00 8 ? 6 00 14 00 20 00 40 00 i3 mos 6 60 17 00 32 00 60 00 4 " 7 60 19 00 89 60 69 00 6 " 8 60 24 00 48 00 84 00 9 ? 9 60 80 00 69 00 105 00 12" 10 25 35 00 68 00 120 00 tr TranMent ad vertiaements must be acccmanlc.1 with the cash to Ineare inaertiou. The Poor Gentleman. There are more young American men in the penitentiaries of this eountry learning trades than there is outside of ihem. The principal cause of this is that we arc educating our young men for gentlemen?tryios to make lawyers. preachers, doctors and clerks out of material that nature intended for blacksmiths and brick'ayers, carpenters. tailors, and other honest "hewers of wood and drawers of water.*' It is a mi?'ake, and a big one, to teach boys and girls to believe that to labor is disgraceful, and to do nothing for a living is tuoro becoming to society in whioh they expect to move and have the respect of. "Hang such society! It is rotten to the core to-day. and thore are many men's sons and daughters who are being educated to play the part* of leading lady" and ''walking gentleman" in the drama of life, who will light oat Tor a poor house or a penitentiary before they have played their parts and the curtain drops. Go to work!?Courier Journal. Victory or Death. The following singular courtship of ? prairie gallant is an illustration that ' faint heart never won fair lady." He went a sec and and a third time with the same result. But at length he rode over one evening au J told her that he rode over one evening and told her that he would ne ther eat, sleep nor speak until she consentel to be his bride. She invited hiui to dinoer; he shook his head. She talked on ; ho nrrely looked dej -cted. Then she requested hiui to coma to supper; a negative shake of the head was the only replv. She played, saog and cha'ted on till bed time, wheo the servant showed hint a room; a n-gative shake. She tripped away to her chamber: he a it deter* mioediy sliM. [ do not wish to cause the death of a good officer, so I will marry you." The released one rose, and with much eagerness said : "My dear have you any cold victuals on hand ?" Put Agreements in Writing. flow many misunderstandings arise from the loose way in which business matters are talked over, and when each party puts his own construction, the matter is dismissed with the words "all right, all right" Frequently it turns out all wrong, and becomes a question for the lawyer and the courts. More than three-fourths of the oountry would be saved if the people would put down their agreements' in writing and sign ?Koif ?.amno in it V.nnli word in our language has its peculiar meaniog, and may, by its change in a sentence, convey an entirely different idea from that in* tended. When once reduced to writing the ideas are fixed, and extensivo law* suits avoided.?American Rival Home. Where God cannot accompany, the Christian does not go. Walking with God, he cannot defile himself with dishonest gain he cannot mingle in worldly revelries, ho caouot dwell in the tents of wickedness. Aqd God is with him in trouble, Christ walks with him in ths fiery furnace, and in death the mightv God of Jacob in his refuge. For all practical purposes, the line is drawn bv this: Without God in ths world, with God in the World. Go which side do we fall ? It is a question which deter* n.ined Dot only what wo are now, but also what we thall be. Shall we did without God, or shall we have His presence to sustain us ? Shall we be with God evermore, or shall wc be forever without God f W. P. Longlcy, of Texas who killed thirty-two men in the course of his varied and exciting career, is now preparing for the gallows. The Appellate Court has refused to interfere in his behalf and>everal thousand anxious Texans feel confident that they will not be deprived of their long anticipated hanging bee. The story of Longley's life is far -X.A aC ?nn Awrl?navv fan Mnfr noreal in auuau vii ?mj v? m. ..w v. ... sanguinary interest, besides being more matter of fact in its conclusion. What shall I give? To the hungry, give food ; to the naked clothes , to the sick, some comfort; to the sad, a word of consolation ; to all you meet, a smile and a cheery greeting. Give forgiveness to your enemies; give patience to the fretful; give love to your hotsebolds; and, above all, give* your hearts to God. A Fifeshire man took his ohild to the i minister to be baptized, who asked ' him, "Are you prepared for so solemn and important on occasion ?" "Prepared !" ho echoed, with some indignation ; "I hae a firlot 'o the best Highland whisky, and I wad like to ken what better preparations ye expeck frao a man in my condition o' life 7" The Smithsonian Institute at Washington has just received some Indian relics from tho Florida mounds, among which is a piece of gold rudely beaten into a representation of the head of woodpecker, which is said to be the first specimen of gold found among the re? mains of the aboriginal tribes of Ameri' oa. A wife's love is tho goldoo chain which unites her to her husband. Il has a thousand delicate links, forged by sympathy, self-respect and mutual confidence ; sever but one?of them and the chain is as completely broken as though a hundred were doetroyed. God linen pro mates tbt mitfltUl wdfhrt bf ill tosianraftJ* 4 V a