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TR -WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., AUGUST 20, 1881. ESTABLISHED 865. PARTED. Can I believe, what yet mine eyes have soon, That we are parted who were once so near? That far behind us lie the meadows green, Where we no more may greet the early year, And praise the dewy crocus buds, while yet More happy in each other than in Spling? If I remember, how should you forget, And leave me lonely in my wandering? Can I believe, what yet mine ears have heard, That severed is our sweet companionship? An autumn wind among the woodlands stirred And blew your kisses from my grieving lip; Tinie stopped between us and unclasped uu hands That reach in vain across the widening days; Life met our wisiful looks with stern commands, And led us coldly down divided ways. Can I believe, what yet my heart has felt, That never more our paths will be the sane ? That even now your joyous nusings iuelt To tenderer longing at a dearer name? Then say farewell, since that must be the word. In life's strange journey I may yet rejoice, But still through all Its volces will be heard The lingering echo of your vanished voice. THE BOARI) FENCE. "Shoo, shoo, got home, you plague) orittet?" cried Mr. Babcobk, waving his arms, as he chased a dozen shoe and lambs through a gap in the fence. It was a wooden fence, and when hi had succeeded in driving the animals t< the other side of it, he lifted it from the reclining position and propped it ip with stakes. This was an operation h found himself obliged to repeat many times in the course of the season, and not only of that season, but of several previus seasons. Yet Mr. Babcock was neither slack nor thriftless ; in fact, he rather prided himself on the ordinary appearance of his farm, and not without reason. How then, shall we account for hit negligence in this particular instance? The triith was that this fence formed the boundary line betweon his estate and that of Mr. Small, and three gone. rations of men who' owned these estates had been tunable to decide to whom it belonged to rebuild and keep it in re pair. If the owners had chanced to be men of peaceful dispositions they wculd have compromised the matter and avoid ad a quai-rel ; but if, on the contrary they belonged to that much larger clam who would sooner sacrifice their owi comfort and convenience that their so called rights, this fence would have beor a source of unending bickerings and strife. And of this class were the presen1 owners. Again and again had they con suilted their respective lawyers on the subject, and dragged from their hiding places musty old deeds and records, bui always with the' sane result. "I say it belongs to you to keep it in repair ; that's as plain as pike-staff,' Mr. Babcock .would.say. "And I say it belongs to you-any fool might see that," Mr. Small wouli roply ; and then high words would fol low, and they would part in anger, mort determined and obstinate than ever. The lawyers' fees and the loss by damages from each other's cattle, hai aiready amointed to a gum suffidient t< have built a fence around their entir< estates, but what was that comparei With the satisfaction of having their owi way? At last, one day, Miss Letitia Gill, woman much respected in the village and of some weight as a land-owvner ani tax-payer, sent for Mr. Babcock to com<t and see her on business ; a summnon which he made haste to, obey, as hov could it be othefise where a lady wan concerned ? Miss Lititla sat at her windowv sowing aseamn, but she dropped her work an< took- off her: spectaces when Mr. Bab cock made his apgjearanco. "So you got my message ; thank you f or coming, I'm sure. Sit dowvn, (do. suilpos mny mniii Isaac toldl you 1 wantet to consult you on business-a matter o. eqjuity, I may say. It can't 1)e exp)eter that we women folks should be the hIss judges about such . things, you know thero's Isaac, to' be sure, but then hi lives on' the place ; maybe he wvouldn' be exactly impa~lrtial in his judgmnon about our affairs." "Jes' so," said Mr. Bahcock. "Well, the state of thte case is this When Isaac came up' from the loni meadow to dinner-they 're mowing th<i meadow to-day, and an uncommuonl: good yield there 'is-when he camne ul to dinnoer, ho found that stray cows ha< broken into the vegetable garden," "He did, hey ?" '"You can fancy the riot mad, I do claire,. Isaac was almost ready to uus, profsne language. I am not sure tha lie didn't ; and, after all, I couldn't fee to reproach himi very severely, for th, pains lhe has taken with that garden i something amazing ; working in it, Mr Babcocok, early and late; wooding,- an4 digging, iynd wvatering, .and now to se it all ti*n and tramipled so that yol wvouldn't know wvllich w~as beets ant which was cucumbers. It's enough t, raise anybody's ternber."' ' "It is so," said Mir. Baboook. ,"Aind-that isn't all, for b~y the look of tihinags they m196 have been i-am paging in the drohiard and clover-field beforetkey~ got into the6 garden. Jud you comli and~ see;" and putting on he sunbonnet, Miss Letitia showed Mi Babcock over the damaged pireinets. "You don't happen to know whos animals (did the mischief ?" said Mi Babcock.. "Well, I didni't observe them In pai Istular iihyself. but Isaac aid1 there wn one with a peculiar white mark, some thing like a oross, on its haunch." "Why, that's Small's old brindle, cried Mr. Babcock. "I know the marl as well as I know the noso on my face She had balls on her horns, didn' she?" "Yes, so Isaac said." 'And a kind of hump on her back ?" "A perfecot dromedary," said Mis Letitia, "I noticed that myself." " 'They wore Small's cows, no doul of it at all," said Mr. Babcock, rubbin his hands. " No sheep with then hey ?" "Well, now I think of it there wer sheep-they ran away as soon as the; saw Isaac. "Yes, certainly, there wer sh1ep," said Miss Letitia. 'I know it-they always go with th covs; and -what do you want of mae-" "It's to fix damages," said Miss Leti tia. "As I said before, women folks ar, no judges about such matters." Mr. Babcock hesitated a momni and then said: "Well, I wouldn't take a cent lem than seventy-five dollars, if I were you nob a cent." "Seventy-five dollars ! Isn't that good deal, Mr. Babcock ? You know don't wish to be hard dn the poor man all I want is fair compensation for th mischief done." "Seventy-five dollars 'is fair, ma'ar -in fact, I might say it's low. I wouldn' have a herd of cattle and shep tramil: ling through my pr'mnises in that wa for a hundred." "There's one thing I forgot to state the orchard gate was open, or the, couldn't have got in ; that may make difference." "Not a bit-not a bit. You'd a rigli to have your gate open, but Small cows had no right to run loose. I hop Isaac drove them to the pound, didn lie ?" "I heard liim say he'd shut 'em i somewhere, and didn't mean to let 'ei out until the owner calls for 'ciii. Bui Mr. Babcock, suppose lie should refus to pay for the damages ? I should hat to go to law about it." "IHe won't refuse ; and if lie doe keep the critters till lie will pay. As t law, I guess ho's had about enough < that." "I'm sure I thank you for your ad vice," said Miss Letitia, "and I mean t act upon it to the very letter." Scarcely was lie out of sight, who Miss Letitia sent a summons for Mi Small, which lie obeyed as promptly i his neighbor had done. She made to him precisely the sam statement she had made to Mr. Babcock showing him the injured property, an asked him to'fix the damages." It was remarkable, before lie did thin that he should ask the same questio Mr. Babcock had asked; namely, whetl or she had any suspicion to whom th animal belonged. "Well, one of them I observed, had terrible crooked horn." "Precisely-it's Babcock's heifer should know her among a thousani She was black and white, wasn't she ?" "Well, now I thigI of it, she was one seldom sees so clea1' a black an wvhite on a cow.'? "To be sure, they're Babcock's an mals fast enough. Well, let me see what you want is just ai fair estimate, s ujpposo ?" "Certainly." "Well, I should say ninety dollai was as low as lie ought to be allowed got off with." "'Oh, but I fear that it wvill seem as I meant to take advantage. Suppose ui call it-say sevenity-five ?" "Just as you please, of couirse ; bi hanged if I'd let himn off for a cnt lem than a hundred, if it were my case." "'And if lie refuses to pay ?" '"Why, keel) time animal until lie comt around, that's all." ''But there's one thring I neglectedt .ntion-our gate was standinig 0open that may alter the case." "Not at all ; there's no law againi keeping your gate open; tliere is againil stray animals." ''Very wvell ; thank you for your a< vice." said Miss Letitia; and Mr. Sma departed with as smiling a contoenant as Mr. Babcock had worn. But at milking-time that niight I made a srag -discovery-old brind was missing I At about the same hour Mr. Blaboot made a similair discovery ; the lblacl and~-whrite heifer was nowheore to 1 found I Aliorriblo suspicion seizedi them bet -aiosuspicion they would nrot have mai konto each other for the world. TIhey waitedi till it was dark,- amt the Mr. Babcock stolo around to Miu Lotitia's aind meekly asked leave to loc at the animals which had committed tI trespass. Ho would hisvo done it with out asking leave, only that thrifty Mil Letitia always shut her barn doorsi nighit. XWiiie ho stood looking ever into hi Spens where the cows were confined as trying to negotiate with Miss Lotitia fi tire release of tire heifer, along camne M Small in quest of his brindle. r' The two inen stared at each other : .blank. dismay, then hung their heads: confusion. 3 It was. useless to assert that tihe dam .ages were too high, for had they i fixed them themselves ? It was ursole - to plead that.Miss Letitia was In a ma S nnr esnahit fo Avat ha hrammen - on account of the open gate, for had they not assured her that that cirrmn stance did not alter the case? It was E useless to say she had no right to keep . the cows in custody, for had they not t counseled her to do so? As to going to law about it, would they not becomo the sport of the whole town? "He that diggeth a pit, 'he himself i shall fall into it," said Miss Letitia, who read what was passing in their minds as t well as if they had spoken, for the light from Isaac's lantern fell full on their faces. "However, oi one condition I will free the cows and forgive the debt." 3 "What is that ?" Both thought tile question, but did not ask it. " "The condition is, that you promise to put a good new fonceo in place of the 3 old one that separates your estates, di viding the cost between you, and that - henceforth you will live together peace 3 fully, so far as in you lies. Do you urolnise ?" , "Yes," muttered both, in a voice searcely audible. s "Shake hands upon it, then," said - Miss Letitia. They did so. "Now let the cows out, Isaac ; it's [ thine they were nilked," said she. And the two men went away driving 13 their cows before them, and with a shame-faced air, greatly in contrast to 1 the look of triumph with which they t had before quitted her presence. - The fence was built, and the strife ceased when the cause was removed ; but it was long before Miss Letitia's Part in the affair came to the public ear ; for she herself maintained a strict silence concerning it, and she el t joined the same upon her man-servant, 5 Isaac. t The Fragile Follower. ? "Are you esthetic ?" inquired a New Haven young lady of a Brooklyn girl, a8 the two sat down to a dish of fried 0 clams ill a Fulton street restaurant. "I guess so," replied the Brooklyn girl, vaguely. "Why do you ask ?" '"Cause its so terribly awfully the I thing. We're all esthetic at home. Everybody is, and you don't know how . we enjoy it." D "Is it-is it very expensivo ?" queried the Brooklyn girl, feeling her way, a "It comes rather high, but it is so es sential. I haven't felt so well since ] left school as I have siice being esthe tic. You don't know how much I hav< e gained I" "Wh at's the nature of it?" How dc you take it?" "Oh, you sit around, and he exces. sivc, and when one speaks to you glare at 'em1 and say, 'How quite ' Tieii you shut your eyes and broathe hard. I e wouldn't be without it for anything. They say it's very healthy." I "Call you do it alone ?" "Oh, gracious, no ! It takes four or I five to play. All you've got to do is to cut off your eyelashes, so as to look stony, and then practice with some chairs until you are ready to go intc society. A t home we commenced witli clothespins to represent the gentlemen, and bandoline bottles for the ladies. Then we joined the Association and Ilicked 'emil all." "I had all idea that esthetic meanit the pleasuralblo sensations that airist from a gratification of artist apprecia. tioni," explainied the Brooklyn girl tim-. Sidly. e"Merciful goodness, 1no 1 On the coni. trary, it mecans tile absence of taste.Yov t mlustni't have any taste. You imust only a be utter." "How (10 you fetch that ?" '"That's done b~y holding your breath Suntil you are nearly ready to burst, and then let it out quick. You (do that when o) somiebody asks you if you are prepar'e( ;to esthet. Then you go on1 estheting~ until the p)arty breaks up. Myra Browni, t of New H~aven, is just lovely at it. W( t admire her so mluch." "It must be funl," mused tile Brook l- lyn girl, holding a clam on her fork and iI)lonmlat inmg her companion. e "It just is. The gentlemenl are evei so nice. They wvear swallowv-stomacl (e coats and eye-glasses-" e "Elh ?" ejaculated the Brooklyn girl rather sta rtled at thme uniform. ki "Yes, and they are so extreme. Oh, -you dlon't know. When wve girls aro '0 esthecting we wear a sort of shroud. Mimnt is a cashmere, and $2 a yard. Some c: h1 the societies wvear~ lilies, but we uso( pop1) 0 pies. They are more languid. ThoJi last timi we met somebody pu1t red1 poppher on the n stove, and I haveni't fully recovered yet. s Then some of the esthetes are gracile k but our society runs to flesh. We think e it more soulful." m- "I've got an idea that it's a sort c: is a fraud, from your description," observ t ed the Brooklyn girl gulping dowvn th< clam. e ''You nasty hussy I" shioutedl th< d esthete. "You've got no more intensita r than a lobster I You're a coarse, vulgal r. animual I You are a sensile groveler I An< more than tha~t, you pay for those clami n or you stay in pawni for 'era I" ni And the fragile follower of the prevail in~g (a4Ihiion slaimmed out of the estab 1- lishmient, leaving her hard-hleadoe >t friend to liquidate the account. I 1s doesu't (10 to rouse up the unlutterab~les in- They are liable to forget thme suflecien '1 am1d become asnant, A Comical Outlaw. A good Btory, with a touch of the pathetic in it, is told regarding the no torious outlaw of New Mexico, Allison and a distinguished editor now of Col orado. The latter went at one time to Trinidad and became the editor of a smiall daily publication at. that place called the Enterprise. About that time Allison had been raiding the saloons of Trinidad. Feeling in aln unusually happy mood one morning the editor took up his pen and dashed off the followiing brilliant paragraph: "Wo have a curiosity to see this pest Allison-this' monister in hun form, from whoim n111 run and hide.'" On the next day about 9 o'clock the editor iat in his sanctum with his feet cocked back aid a ripple of amusenent breaking over his handsonie visage aA he pursued the racy productions of his fertile brain in the coluimns of the En terprise. A stronger built on all unusu ally tall frane suddenly threw open the door, and striding into the rooim, an. nounced himself its follows: "My m1ne i Allison--Ci Allison. Is Editor Dill in ?" The inau in the chair hesitated a mao ment and then answered, "No, sir-Dill is still ill bed. My uinie is Smith." It i4 of this Allison that the story is told regarding the killing of a gaimbler lnied Chulib at Cinarron, New Mexi co. Court was in s1ssion when the iuur der was coinnittedl, and the Sheriff took Allison inun ediately before the Judge. When Allison caine to the front he suid denly whipped out ia big navy revolver, and plaeing it hofore hini oii the table said: 'Judge, don't iike no imistake ! I waint justice done, and prolpose to hold this court responsible. " "Serii', disarn the prisoner," said the Judge. "Your Honor, I beg to be excused " replied the Sheriff. "Suinmon a posse," ordered the Judge. "I will kill the first ian that moves," exclaiied Allison. ''This court standa adjourned for the present term," was the( only further order of the court, and the prisoner and the court mioved out of the building from opposite doors. Not long ago d&omc boys fromt Williasport, Pa., started up Lycoinig creok after making arrangemients to have their stores transported to a wild point in a little dell, surrounded by ragged rocks, where they intended to caip. They reached the point selected early in the afternoon and pitched their tent. The first ilight was passed quite pleasantly, although Ecles dreaied that he was chased by anl enormous black snale and did not sleep very soundly. The next morning they started out early to fish, each man armed with a small bottle of snake iedicuie in his satchel. The stream made its way over rugged rocks, forming little cascades and pool every few humdred yards, where some very fine trout were found. Primeval hemlocks formed an archway overhead, comp)letely shutting out the sun, and the air was cool and refreshing. Tho11 second day thie p)arty scatteredl alonig the little stream to fish, each man intent oul bagging all he could. Deacon Calvert went ahead, followed by Policeman Blubb, who was about a quarter of a mile ini his rear. The others fished down stream. Everything went wecll for about two hours, wh'len Buibb was suddenly startled by a series of frightf ul screans mn the direction the (1eacon had taken. Dropping his rod1 lie rani to see what the0 trouble was, feaing that his comirade had been1 caught bly a b~ear. ~Arriving at the sp)ot lhe was horrified to find thie (deacon1 stainllg like a statue 011 a large flat rock, so completely charmed by four eniormiious rattlesniakes that lie could not move. As lie dlid not fear snakes and wished to have somei funi with the deaconi lie rushed up and grasped the largest snake with his right hand around the uneck, as it evidently was on the point of spriniginig at the charmed fisher man. This broke thie charm. Tho11 other snakes fled and Blubb shook the poeisonious reptile which ho grasped at Calvert, who gave a frightful yell and 14.tartedl downl stream as fast as his legs would carry him. Bubbh purllsued, shaik.. ing the snake at him, which writhed anid twisted as lie held( it in his grasp). [1n a few minutes hie discovered thait it was coiling tightly around his arim andl it shook its rattles defiantly in his face. ie found its coil grow tighter every minute and~ his hanid blegani to relax. This alarmed him anid lie would( gladly have flung it from him, but lie could( no', Hoe must retain his 1hold, as it was life or deathi with htim.' Great heads(1 of persp~irationi stoodl on his forehead and lie felt sick. The reptilo coiled tighter and tightor around his arm, while its eyes glistenied like sparks of fiIre and its wvhite fanigs could be plainly seen. Finally, in a moment of desperation, hoe thought of his jack-knife and after Ifumbling for 501me minutes lie got it out Iand, opening the blade with his teeth-, sovered the head of the reptile from its body and savedl his life. His arm re miainedl partially paralyzed for the Ibalance of the day, and lie declares that ho. will never grasp a snake in 'that way agamn. On making his way to the camp lie amundlthe "Deacn" linas whiito a a sheet and swearing furiously that he would not remain there another hour and he immediately commenced packing up to leave. And while engaged in this work Fromont came tearing up the path, pursued by a blacksnake which appear ed to be about ton feet long. It, ran alongside of him, with its head elevated as high as his shoulder, and looked him s4quarely in the facm in the most tantali zing manner. Bubb nulaged to seize i stick with one hand and dispatch it. before it got away. Fremont, too, was terribly frightened and fully satisfied with fishing on Rock ri. 11 declarv( that he would leave at once for Ralston and he did. Eeles had not been heard from and it was feared that, a1s he was so afraid of sinakes, a whole colony might have attacked and devoured him. The three fishermen now resolved to leave t a51 f*tcursed place, which seemed to be the favorite abiding place of ser pents, and giving orders to the servant. to pack ill) ats quickly as possible they hurried away. On arriving at 1iaistojn late inl the afternoon they found Eeles ahead of them. iHe had been chased down stream by a big blacksnake, evi dlently the mate of the one that. had pursued Fremont Updogral' to the camlp, and lie looked its pale its a ghost. 'There," said Chet. Myers, with a broad grin on his face, "II cautionev you aboit keeping a sharp lookout for snaikes, but. you seemed to think there was no danger. Why. I tell you there ire blaIckHnatikes upl) ill that imioiititiin tell feet. long, and ats to rattlesnakes, there is no end to then-I mean in mnmbers. I 11111 glad you got back safe. Have 11 little of this sike iedieine to drive the recolletioni of the serpents out of your minds !" The boys declared they were satisfied with fishing for trout on Rock run, and when their baggage arrived they boarded the evening train for Williamesport. And as they stepped on the cars the piazza of the hotel was filled with young ladies who were heard to remark to each other : 'Oh, I'm so glad the poor fellows were not eatel up1 alive by those horrid snakes." When the train rolled away Chet swung his hat. and yelled after them: "Come again, boys ; tiere's always good fishing in these mountain streamis. " The Late l'ope's Tomli. The translation of the body of Pope Pius IX., front its resting-place inl the Basilica of St. Peter to the tomb pro vided for it iq the Church of San Loren zo was accomplished recently in a single night. The ceremony was attended by Ronmc Of the Mtost sham.neful scenes ever seen in Rome. Immediately after his deitth and his obsequics, it will be re membered that the body of the late Pope, encased in several cofilis, one within tho other, was elevated to ia nicle prepared for it high up on the walls of on11 of the chapels of.St. Peter's Church, where it remained until the time of re Illoval. Meanwhile, in accordance with the order given in his will, a simple and inexpensive tomb had been prepared as its last resting-placo uder the altar of the Church of San Lorenzo, which is somel dlistantce from the Vatican. The late Pope hald certain tender remlinlis concees conniected1 with this clhuirch an d for this reasoni wished his body to replose thiero. Morcover, it is said that the pr1ofounld humility of spirit of which lhe wasH capble1( at timies haid indunced1 him to wish to mortify his pride in life by directing thatt his body shoutld not have the honor of plermanlent seplulture ini the grandest clmrleh of the world and near the remains of the Apostles Peter and Patul. The tomb in the Church of San Lo renizo 11as beeni comleted for somei( time b)ut for reasons satisfactory to Hs execiu tors the trianislation (If the body was p)ostp)oned unitil last niightt. A careful waitch was preserved over it until all the arrangements were comnplet e. At mid night the collin was carriedl from the chapel, anld, suirrounded antd followed by a large body of priests and Catholic laymn, the mortutary processiona set forth. Th.'le coilin wasH placed upon0 ai bier drawn by horses and1( the priests and1 laymen carried lighted candles. TIhec sconlo was solemnI and1( sombre in the ox treme, bunt searcely had the procession letft the stops of St. Peter's than ani tun rtuly mob of the roughs of the city swarmed around it, hustlinig and1( inter eepting the p~riests, endeavoring to ex tinguish the candles and to overturnt the hlier anld shouting ''Long live Italy!~' "Do)wn with the Popol"~ Away with the black gownisl" and 5s) on. Th'le disturb anIce became so great and1( the fear oif ii terrible scandal was so imiiinent thai the city authorities were comipelled kc intervene. The police force proving in,' adlequato, some companies of soldiert were huirriedly sent for. On arrivin~ they dispersed the mob, order was re. stored, the procession moved on to th( church and the ceremonies of placin~ the bod~y in thme tombh were compllleted(. 1Dangeva of the Ice-Ilous~e. - It is not generally known, btut chesm istry nevertheless aflirms, that a certair~ gas is generated from ice. An lce-houis< is, in fact, a regular p~owder magazine, and people who have ice-lhou Res shmouhl take care 6o scure proper ventilation, At a certain state of heat, the gas in at ice-houjse has been known to explode b,) the lighting of a match. The fact does not apnear to he gnallnomi. Political TragedIes. The disputes of party leaders for the ast three-quarters of a century in the old state' would make a wonderful volume, but those of New York would surpass all others. As I recur to the bitter contest between Burr and Iamil ton, I find how many others have flowed from that early example, and how strangely history repeata itself. There was a iperiod in the history of Neov York tilled with duels produced by these con flict. From 1797 to '1801, and from 1801 to 1804, the utmost violence marked the polities of New York. Not only ink but blood was freely shed by both parties. I count a dozen serious dtels in that interval of eight years. Tie rivals were Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, but long beforo the first was killed by the bullet of the latter, there were other fatal affiairs. In 1.798 Mr. Henderson killed Mr. Jones in New York city for writing a political squib. Jef'erson and Burr were both Democrats, and inl 1800 both received the same nuimber of votes for president, and sone of the federalists, eager to defeat their ales't foe, Jefl'erson, were disposed to throwv their electoral votes for Burr, hut Alexander Hamilton, the federal leader, bitterly opposed that alternative, and no doubt his opposition to that scheme led to his death at the hands of Burr, less than four years after. "I trust," wrote Hamilton, 'New England will not so far lose its head as to fall into this snare, thUre is no douwt that upon every per Ianient and virt uons calculation Jel'ersonl is to be prferred. Ie is by far not so dangerous a man, and he has preten.sions to character. As to Burr, there is moth ing inl his favor. His private ehiaractor is not defended by his most partial friends. He is bankrupt beyond re demption, except by the plunder of his country." And Jolerson was elected over Burr. Then began the reign of the Democrats in New York, an(d ot.her duels. First, the death of Philip Hamilton, the eldest son of the great financier, Alexander Hamilton, in 1802, in a political duel with i Democrat named Eacker ; then t he quarret between CIeethamn, the Jefrerson editor, and Coleman, the Hamilton editor, whielt resulted in the idel which onded in Coleman's death. This was followed by the fierce conflict -between De Witt Clinton, afterward governor of New York, a Federalist and John Sartwout, a Demoerat, and a friend of Burr. They fired five shots, and Swartwout was terribly wounded. This followed by a challenge fron DO Witt Clinton to Seiiator Dayton of New Jersey, after ward arranged, and this by another duel between Robert Swartwout, in which Richard Riker was severely wounded. Matters were sliaping for the mortal coibat between Burr and Hamilton. Jeflerson was nominated for reelection as president in 1804, but Burr wtas de feated for vice-president, and Governor. Clinton selected as the Domooratic candidato in his place. Indignant at this new outrage on his pride, and fail ing to get the regular Democratic nomni nation for governor of New York, Burr ran as stumpl candlidate for. that ofilco againmst Morgan Lewis, regular Demo craltic cani didate. Hlamil toni was fierce in lisa hostility to Burr, and Burr wvas badly defeated in the same year that saw Jehfferson chosen presidenit a second time. T1here is 1n0 d1oubt that from this moment Burr resolyed to fight HamilIton. The lattor haed been unsparing in his assaults upon his rival, and Burr, hear inig of these comments, sont him .a ch allenge, and1( refused all comnpromisec b~ut an abject apiology. This wals refused by Hamilton, and on the 11th of July, 1804, they fought at Weehawken, near New York, and Hanmilton was killed, leaving a widow and seven children, his bcau ti ful daugh ter Angel ica, made a maniac by the fearful tragedy. Such is the skeleton of New York polities over three quarters of a centugj ago. The future, if lesa tragical, has not been less quarrelsome. Beth parties have been almost equally aihieted by able and ambitious rivals. Georgo Clinton, -Do Witt, Cliinton,- Governor Morris, the Livingstons, the Van Renseelaers, the Hloffmnans, the Wrighits, thme Van Burens, the Dickinsons, the Sowvards, Weeds, Talmnadges, the. Jays and the Msareys have been on both sides of varlin factions in the Deimocratie, Fedleral, Whig, Anti -mlasonic anmd Repubnl nican parties. Hom~ne P'retty. It is strange hiow little people make of meanms that aire at every' oine's disposal for making homes piretty. Creepers over a doorway, or climbing up a house, attract onie's attenition directly -one, turns into) a side stret; it is sinigular that they should bie coumparatively rare. In this soil creopers, like' the Virginia, flourish luxuriantly', andl another hardy cluster, thfe ivy, will grow anywhere, under any circumstanices. In Germany the ivy is aln intimate family friend. It ais often trained indoors, carriedl over framework, andio cultivated until often the whole side of a room will be covered with it. In many parts of the country beautifulcom hinations are made by the simple inter.. growth of ivy and the Virginia creeper; Iand in the fall the effect of .contrast be twvoon the dark deop green of the ivy in. termingled with the varying colors of the favorite oreeper, make the ruins of tile Rhine more p~ictuuresque than any. thing else could possibly do, -Let any one wvho desires an interest and an or, nament i one, cultivate an Ivy tree andl( lie will be auitprised anid gratified'at the res~zt i e Will obtain withi seaircely' an efort, A Novel Defenpse. On the fifth day of our march from Iondwe, I was, as usual, considerably in front of my men, who, with their loads, wero not able to walk as fast as myself. The sky threatened a storm,which made me hasten to reach Pamlio. On ap proaching the village nobody was to be soon, the natives,boing either out in the fields, or in their houses out of the rain. The stockade presented a rather unin viting appearance, -being ornamented with a few hundred human skulls in all directions, from the freshly stuck-up head to the bleached cranium, an'd all apparently snapping their jaws at the thought of a iew companion as the wind wheeled them backward and forward. However, the rain was falling fast, and there was no use of being squeamish. So into the village I marched unnoticed, and finding out a hut with a broad, overhanging cave, I took refuge out of sight, waiting until my men came for ward, in order that I might appear with appropriate pomp. I had been thus en sconeed nearly ten minutes, when sud denly ,0he stillness of the village was broken by a loud, peculiar shout. This was almost immediately taken up from every quarter of the village, -until every stone seemed to yell out the strange cry. Drums added to the uproar, while women screanmedand the mien were seen to hurry towards the gates,shouting and brandishing their spears. I was very much astonishcd at tiis; bu t, supposing it was simply thme fashionable mode of reliViig a caravan, I remained still, ox pecting lmy menm every minute. How ever, the uproar continued without abaement, and my mnen did not appear. Thinkiig there must be something wrong, I emerged from my cover. To my surpriso I found the gates closed, and the stockades and crOws' nesta manned by an excited multitude brandislihig their spears at some appa rent ncimny outside. It instantly flashed upon me that f was a prisoner and cut oll from my men. My presence in the village was evidently unknown. For, on my appearance among them, overy voicewias silent, and the once excited multitude seemed paralyzed with fear. I was supposed to be a ghost. Seeing this, I recovered my presence of mind, and striking an attitude like Hamlet's ghost, I moved forward with slow,dolib orato steps,and severe expression of faco At each step- the warriors recoiled. Struck with awe, they looked at me with staring eyes and open mouths,in-breath lems silence. This was too much for me, and unable to keep up the character, I burst out with an irrepressible roar of laughter. Tho effect of that laugh was tremendous. The amazed savages re coiled still further, leaving the gate free. With a bound I reached it, and before they could recover their senses it was open, and I was outside, to the unbound ed joy of my men, who were trembling for my safety. The need of especial care in the prep aration of refreshments for pienie parties and the like has been shown with -pain ful emphasis in several instances recent ly. At Decatur, Georgia, thirty-five per sons are rep~orted to have been seriously poisoned, June 21, by' a salad prepared in ai brass kettle. All suffered seriously; but, thanks to promp~t medical service, no lives were lost. Loss fortunate wei'e a p~arty of 500O or imoro who attended a picnic at Warrens burg, Missouri, July 4. The caterer provided lemonade, so calod, in which some unwholesome acid was substitu ted for lemon juice. A pre report--possi.. bly exaggerated-dated thme following day, said that eight drinkoi-s of the apu riouis lemonade had died and a hundred more we're in a critical condition. Ice cream mado in a copper-bottomed boiler is similarly charged with po0ison ing paifully two hundred porsons, near Keota, Ill., on the 4th. Possibly indis.. cretioni on1 thme part -of thme cream eaters may have cc~asioned serious gastric troubled without any inischievous agency on the part of the alleged copper-bot tomned bil er; amid similar indiscetion many have occasioned the illness charged to poisonmed salid ini G*torgia. Still it should b)e bornom in mind that badly pie p~ared rofreshments are a too frequent attendant of p)opular merry-makings, and peoplo)1 cannot be too careful wvith ro. sp~ect to their eating and driniking on suchl occasions. Thme Hible4 Man11 Startled4 hum. TIhey were waiting for a traina at Albany, ando started conversatiomn to paus time. The dry-goods drumier was aL Young Meni's Christian Association mnembmier, and a truly good .young man. H le was imutch pleaxed to learn that his new acquamitanoe attended to theQ ilol trade for a large publishing-house in New York, in fact there was a pious air about him that could como onmly -from a business of that kind ; nehallowed, holy look ; a cert~ain scrip'tural okprenaon, as it wore, wvritten on every feature. "Hlow is trade ?" sai the Bible man. "Never better ; how do you thmid it ?" said the dry-goods snan-, "Well," -said the9 holg mali of the Bible, "tiA .4 M.m on onO f doing tansfor th Bble trade is -very IA t this noint the aeqnaintanna cased