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STATIC OFFICERS.
The following is n list of the State'.'Ul
cers elected to serve ibrthc next two
years;
Governor?Franklin .1. Moses, Jr.
Lieuteuaut-Govcruor?R i c h a r d 11
Gleaves, colored.
Attorney-Genend?Samuel V\\Melton.
Secretary of Sinti?Henry E. Ibiyue,
colored.
State Trenfjurcr?Francis L. Curd 07.0
colored.
Comptroller-General?S ulumun L.
H?ge.
Superintendent of Education?Justus
K. Jillson.
Adjutant General?Henry W. l'urvis
colored.
Meini>er of Congress at large?R, II.
Cain.
Representative from First Congression
al District?Joseph II. Raincy.
Representative .from Second Congrcs
**" Tflolial District?Alonzo'J. Hausier.
Representative iiom Third Congres
sional District? R. B. Elliott.
Representative from Fourth Congres
eional District?Alcx.S. Wallace.
Solicitor for the first Judicial Circuits:
Charles W. Butts.
COUNTY Ol'TICKUS.
Senator?James L. Jamison.
Representatives?Samuel L. Duncan
John Dix, Henry Rilcy, J.Felder Meyers,
Abraham Daunclly.
Coroner?John L, Humbert.
Sherifi?Edward I. Cain.
Clerk of Court?George Bolivcr.
Probate Judge?Augustus B. Knuwl
ton.
School Commissioner?Francis R. Mc
F.inlay.
County Commissioners?John Rcbcrt
6ou, Edmund T. R. Smoke, Alexander
ikown.
POETRY.
ItAUY TALk.
Tlic following production, in its pe
c ilinr line cnn lmrdly be improved upon.
"Why the King's Eugiish should bo mis
erably bungled, in tnlknig ton baby, is
a question unanswerable to all enve
mothers themselves. We opine that the
production referred to, is descriptive of
the homo scene that takes place when the
mother at work is .overcome by the "art
less cunning of the 'darling sweet,' " and
snatches it rapturously from among its
playthings on the floor, to kiss and talk
to it. Here it is:
"Where's ze baby, lies? it's 'art,
Muzz-jit's little durlcy hoy,
Turn and time into its tart,
Suck ito little .sugar toy.
Now we'll take it ridy widy,
Dearest, preshus, biidy, honey,
Ma won't let it slidy iddy,
Cause 'twould hurt her iltle sonny.
Oh, you pitty, ftignr plummy,
Does it want its story talky,
,So it sail; you ducky .tummy,
Lets its muzzy see it walky.
My what ails its twectest inouty,
Mama faid its going to ky,
Only See its lippoys n?utey,
Hushey durley rocky bye.
Docs the cabbage mania eaty,
Make its ittle tummy ach..?
Is its iltle eye? so seepy,
Ifiekun keep it wideawake?
Does it want to see its daddy ?
So it sail in ittle Vlu'e ;
See it trow its tunny paddy,
What duf<< ail ze blessed chile?
Ugh! you ncughty pin, go way!
Hushey, deary, go to Beep,
Mama by her baby stay,
Uggy lies from baby tcep.
Kxuurkiox to Eukopk.?A Masonic ex
cursion is in coorgc of preparation at Columbia
[?>irpo.<c of .visiting the great International Ex
hibition at Vienna. They .-tail about the first
of Jure next, ami will make an extended tour
through (ireat Britain as well as on the contin
ent* A rontraet has already been entered into
for carrying a limited number, ocean passage,
railroad fare, hotel hills and other expenses inci
dent to the'rip all paid. A fine opportunity here
presents it-rli* for milking a cheap and pleasant
tour io the Old Word. Persons desiring further
information ?>n the subject should address A.M.
I hi in ho, editor id* the Curanl, Columbia, I'a.
I'roni ilit* Aldiilc.
OVER A CABIN TABLE.
In the summer of 18o?, Krank Manly
and 1 were homeward-hoiiiid, from China
to Ik'slon, in the splendid clipper rhij?
Sunset.
We were children together, and had
followed many a butterfly in company.
In later years, we bad often run after
those marvelous butterflies in pink sun
bonnets?those Will-o-lhc- Wisps in di
mity?in other fields ? rather as rivals,
though, than side-by-side companions, to
confess iL
This was Frank's first voyage; as mas
ter. Ho wu.s now, two and twenty, every
inch a sailor and a man. I was his only
[?assenger, running homo nfier somo*
j trucancy, in a period between a closing
clerkship and an opening partnership at
Canton. These were to me delicious
days?care-frco, and every hour with
my old playfellow was communion of a
rare order.
We were chatting one evening openly
for there was now nothing between us
but the cabin table. The light burned
just low enough for the quiet dreamy
! hour thai Frank reeled ofl'to me the small
i talk of the dear old town, of which his
[ memory held an unrcckonablo cargo.
There was May who had married Jan
uary, and the squire who had drank him ?
(self from aflhicnco 16 the poor-house.
I Ic fold of young ?Skinnem, who in boy
hood won marbles, and sold them again
to the losers at a hundred per cent, ad
vance upon regular rates?who never
played on the ".Fourth," but opened a
curb-stone bazar of pop-beer?of hin own
brewing,?fire-crackers, pcanMs, and a
full line of dried apple tarts?of low
grade. Now he was piously loaning
money Saturday nftcrnoous to gain Sun
day, at two j?cr cent a month, and won
dering what this, world would bo without
interest. IJo had bought a book, "Busi
ness in Heaven," which proved to hint
tbat tho occupations of earth are con
tinued above. lie dwelt with miserly
unction upon the life to come.
The steward now appeared with our
evening coffee. Then came the usual
cigar, and we swung apart iu meditation
as lightly as two -vessels parting compa
ny after exchanging sea-courtesies.
"Captain," said J, suddenly, as if
something had just come to mind, though
tho question had been balancing on my
tongue for an hour?
"Hal," interrupted my compauion,
?'don't Captain me off-deck, here under
the cabin-light, if you lovo me."
"Well then, my modest old desk-mate
how is that little Amy Woodsou whom
you used to endow so bountifully in
school-days with pickled limes and chew
ing gum ?"
My captain?the splendid follow?to
show his unconcern, breathed a couple
j of smoke-wreaths out o? his mouth' and
replied with counterfeited sadness, "Hal,
I shall never have faith again in the
power of pickles with school-girls, and
I am a doubter forever of the virtue of*
spruce gum. !S\ so, my sly boy, you
were on that tack, were you? But you
fbiJiy as well emulate the example of your
forefathers and throw that chest of
breakfast-tea overboard, for father Wood
son has gone where tea-drinking is
neither a blesseng nor a sin. No, no,
Hal Ray Klwc'l wei.t'iered us all. By
Jove, to think of it! The little toad
that I nursed through vulgar fractions
and the rule of three?who never had
spunk enough to kiss a girl under four
years?to marry Am)'I But thii ways
of woman are woiuierous, Hal. The
Sunset is my choice. Isn't she a b?;auty ?
I am wedded to her."
and I thought, How could a woman
resist you my handsome captain?
"Poor puss, she ha l a confounded
rough w ay of it," he cont inued.
"What do you mean?"
"Why, haven't you heard of it?"
"Vague rumors only. Her lather,
cashier of the bank* Wasn't then; trou
ble? Was it all true ? Proud old man*
His heart broke, I fancy. For Heaven's
sake, Frank, toll me what you know," 1
demanded.
"Will, well, old quill-driver, don't
rough up m>. I do know about it, and,
though I say it, more than any but a
very few in the old town. 1 never was
any hand al a yarn, but if you will have
it, maybe 'twill harrow you some, seeing
you were a little sweet on Amy."
"Come, come, captain?there, chummy
then?begin. Hut, by George, if you
exaggerate one iota, I'll call the iSunset
a clumsy old nooker-"
"Well, I needn't nek it' you rcmcin
her Amy," began my vis a-vis, tonnen*
tingly, "nor tell you of her step in the
dance, ol the color of her hair and eyes,
nor what her laugh was like, nor what
a woman she ha.- grown. Let nie see,
von li ft home in forty ?"
"Eight."
"And you remember General Wood
sun, then, as a irheerful, c lastic old gen
tleman, who, at the bank-counter, told
off the notes w ith a celerity little less
than magic, to our unaccustomed eves.
He was a favorite every where, you know.
With a lad's help he performed all thou
labor in the bank, except when Amy
would come down once in a while lo
give him a lift on the books. Amy was her I
father's housekeeper, too; her mother
died, just after you left home, I guess.
Von see the young girl had flushed enough
to fry. For all, she always had a .-pare
hour and some nicknack ol" her needle
work for us sailor-boys when about hav
ing home. And the old general would
say, 'Luck to yon, my lad,' in a mighty
good munucr that won us.
"But I never could sec that she favor
ed one much above another. Once 1
had bidden her ge?d-by. I remember,
and afterward seeing Ben Holtropo call
at her house, 1 stood out of sight and
timed him?you laugh?watch in hand,
and 1 had the better of him some odd
minutes, or it may have been seconds.
Go nnd see her, Hul.. But where am I
ruuingr Let's taok slii'p.
"You know the tvt/odson homestead
on the corner of India street. Yes, but
you don't know?as wo young fellows
never think of sucti things?that the
grand-looking place had been in the
YVood^on family for some generations,
nnd that the gensr?Vs father left it to
him encumbered, 'f lie^ortgago vasnever
lifted by tho latter. The general lived
pretty well, thinkir'p his position re
quired it. '
"Then in an evil.* time all Bramble
bend ran wild with u land fever?a spec
ulation that promise '. to make the poor
rich, and the rich T^ppy. All the old
stockings in nil tho dark corners in town
were emptied of th :r shillings to buy
land ia Boostock. Why, people,
old people, took money out of their
bibleSijj that they flad laid away to
bury them, to in* est. expecting it to re
turn them a hundred-fold before it would
bo needed. Burial dvy always seems so
distant to us, especially if there is a
chance to make any money to-morrow,
"A.ny's father wnpTntteu by tho going
madness, Ho gat b . red .the little he
could together. He drew bis salary reg
ularly, and let bis household bills run.
He sold wrongfull?"ji ftiw bank shares
that be held in trust, for Amy, which an
uncle had willed to 1 ;.r, and invested the
money in tho g'ohlcft land, secretly, in
the name of a hrotht&fiu Ohio.
"The voyage turn d out mighty poor.
The laud was well t -inhered, but a bun
dled miles away fron^river or tide-water.
The bubble burst, i'o the rich became
pot r, and the poor became, happy, think
ing bow thoir betf had come down.
They were sure of u burial for nobody
was ever too pucr forVuit.
ALT bo old geo-.b"?^^fcn?-;'d. .!'?" grew
TrciMfri?nlTntu c^rocoF
and butcher called again und again for
their dues?at the frflnt door, too. The
milk-boy was even more malicious. He
chalked on the garden-eute, '"YVarniu',
pay up, ol* boss,' and chuckled to him
self around the corner, as he peeped aud
saw Betty Floyd, the old domestic,
spend many minutes spelling out, and
many more in scouring off the words,
and shaking her cloth at the empty
I street. Thrift hud abandoned the house
hold.
I "Amy knew but little of the truth.
Ho said he had onlj the. amount oftwoor
three quarters' salary in th<> lamented
bind slide. saw thu failing step,
and that ho did not liko to have her
note it. 1 Ic was ghid though of her help
at the bank, which was ueodo now oftener
than ever. The t-iil began to tell on
little Amy. She didu't !o.-e her beauty,
though, 1 don't believe she will ever lose
that. My h >y. am I tedious ?"
"Very. (io on."
"Don't blow your Kinokc in my eyes,
then, or you'll swear I'm crying."
"Well, well , forward !"
"Where wsia 1 ? This went on a while
the old man keeping the ship on the oi l
tack, close-hauled, Hag at tne peak, aud
pumps n-going. But there ciiiue a day
when the world c ttld do little lor Abrain
Wood son, and bo could do less lor the
world. One morning, when Amy v:;.
helping him on with bis coat to go I ?
the bank, ho staggered and fell upon llse
sofa. The doctor came and said 'Paral
ysis.' He revived somewhut, bin t'te
old general was a w reck of the aaiKleU
kind- Hi couldn't speak an intelligible
word, Amy became bis band.-, eyes,
and mind. Boy Elwcll was appointed
acting cashier, for the director- aou'd
not supersede bint at once. He lingered
for months with his faculties at .-ixe
and sevens. Onedtv bo said somuthiug
that sounded like 'May tenth,' and soon
after be dropped anchor for the la i
time.
The bunk officers, when examintnj;
his cash and accounts, discovered
deficiency of between one and two thou
sand dollprs. And they who held lliq
old general as incorruptible ; aid, 'Tin |C
is none true under the sun.' J li> boml?
men wore called upon, and the low which
I always think of it when 1 m. t Ben*!
widow in tho streets. Ben! man md die j
miller's daughter, Melissa Ble.-s, who.e
name we young sea-dogs changed tu
M'lissy Blissy. He. went of to ^gaporc
a month after, second mate of - the hark
Reindeer, and was never heard) from,
Her widowhood began, you sec, as -non
us her l.oueynioon ended. >.I li.-.-a wears
mourning for him now ahd ulwtys will.
And Ben was worthy of all her tear.- ?
as good a fellow as ever canted a rope,
finally means the many, (.bought they
knew the cashier had used the lands in
his keeping.
contixuisiJ in ouri S'ifxr.
Ccnfiscated Cellen.
In March, 1805, a quantity o:* cotton
was seized in Charleston by the special
ngcn.t of the TJn:ted ?States treason de
partment, This was sold at one hundred
and seventy-nine dollar-; a bale for* the
sea island and one bun I red and thirty
four dollars for the upland; At the time
the sea island was worth two dollars a
pound, instead of the sixty cents, for
which it was sold. Mrs. C. H. O'Uryun,
the adm'inistrafrix id* I*. O'Hryan, ha
given notice to tho governmcnt of I.e."
intention to take testimony bttflfro a
com mission in thi.i city, to . bow that the
sales by the l.'nit.-d .Slate.- werq no tree,
criterion of the villas '" . -it <:i, from the
fact that tli '. e dl i : v i :-? ) ? r ? lly ?.; in
ipulafed and repav?; 1 by the t:\a-urv
agents. Any pers'ht's wh'O can give in
formation in favor of llic' claimant or
against tho U,.iitcJI Siauss, are requested,
to coiutminica.e v.kit Messrs. Walker ?.
llacot, Broad street, Charleston..
Home
The young "should beware of the error
of supposing that there area great many
better places in th'v world lor them than
hoine. Tinjy have tluir puit to. act in
iU^..^VMe^^r->X^L^' J.W h;\ f.^.tllCMj ,
and their parent/. There arc many
solicitation.-, these days to abandon home.
It is not every gay and well-appearing
yoting person, who is better company
for you young friends' then your father
and motlasr. While you may g-Jt and
give pleasure by going occasionally
abroad, you will promote your interest
must surely by being habitually keepers
at home. '1 be present tendency of
society i? lo he far to*.* often away from
bonir in more thronged and exeited
scenes.
Pearl
Tu publiccharitii ? ufL iiul ?a amount
to ft 0,000,01 '0 a j ear.
Time a strcami that wafts us on to
scene.- uhku iwn, and Lading on to Eter
nity.
True frienddiip i.- a gem thai u often
s night for, bill rarely foil ml.
lOcho is ihc Soft and beautiful mouh
i light of ! und.
I London, according tu all accounts,
no'.ui'h tanding the popular idea that
the tdith.ix oi \i r grovth ha- been
reachetl, . ? m- to )r increasing with the
rapidity of ti Westeri* tbirn;
We are -/hid to learn from Mr. C. E.
|{. D:avion that '.In- Citizens' Savings
Hank, of Columbia, ha- determined tu
establish a biaueh id' thai bank in Aiken
and Mr. Drayton ha- been appointed
assistant cashier at ibis place.
The host parts of human qu ilitics are
tli< tenderness and (hdicaey of lecling in
lit.lc matters, tie1 desire i ? soothe and
ploa.-a other.', the ut'nuliae of tho .-(?'dal
virtues. Bonn: ridicule ihcse feminine!
attributes, which aro left out of many
men's natures; but wo have known the
brave, the intellectual, the eloquent
possess these gentle qualities; the brag
gart, tho weak, never! Hcnovolonec
and f.cling cnnohle the most thrilling!
actions.
I'::\ your debts as soon as yen get j
money in yourp kel. Do wdtbout what
you ilont med. Speak your mind when
necessary. Hold your tongue when pru
den'y rSpor.k fb a friend in a seedy coat.
If you can't lend a friend money toll him
why, If you don't want to, do the same.
Cut ncquaiutnncey who lac't pi in< ijd\ .
Bear with inlirinatics, hut liot vlce??*1
lie* poet honest v, drspwe publicity. "Wear!
yuur oul cloth's till you can l'ay^furjpew^g
o ;es. Aim at couilbrt and propriety, juojo*
lash ion. Acknowledge your ignorance^
aud donH protend knowledge'youibaviVtn 1
got. JJntcrtain your friends*ibut never**/
beyond) your means] ?? ' ^iiil
'?Vr\ Stt'ii 'i'il lU'/s .^'t')i! 'u'to
1 know notlnug in the world jteudoref
than pity that a. kind U ;arte(Kryounafeiri/,r
Jm* for a young man who teeli} J?n?lyV? I
Is is true that these dear creature""**m
all coin passion lor eyery form of human
uo ?, an 1 i nx'o is to alleviate all huniitt^
?ni.-fortuius. They wili go to SuvdayV.
aehools through storms their brothers are
afraid of, to teach the most 'unpleasant
and intractable classes ol little children'
the age of Methuselah and dimeusion of
Qg' '.he king of Bashan's leistend. - Uhey
wdl stand behind a tab!c at- a fair all
day until they are ready to drop] dressed7/
in their prettiest clothes and thejr syrce
cst sutUotf, aud lay Lauds an you, tike so .
imtuv Lauy Potiphars?perfectly correct .
' .. * . ' l . ?I t; v- "Jd i
ones, ol course ?to make you buy wliut
you do not want, at prices which y?n::''
(.annut allbrd; all this as cheerfully as if
it were not martyrdom to thenr as well
as to you. Such is their love for*Kir,tl
good objects, huch their eagcruess t? ,*
sympathize with all their sulioring fcllojvy ,,?
'creatures! But there is nothing . thcy^ j
j pity as iliey pity a lonely, young man.
; ?Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Brevities.
A young lady has been found, who
instead of having a pupil in her eye has
a handsome young schoolmaster.
In London, wife beating receives a
penalty of three days' iiuprisoUracJjty??
refusal to pay omnibus litre, seven, day,,, >,
I A lady wrote of her lover who'had be
come insane, that ho had goue out of his
nunc!, uut liail' never gone out of llLl'i?'"^"
Why is the coupling chain of a locc
motivc like a iovcr? Because its u ten
der attachment.
A negro, a/ter gazing at some Chinese,
shook his head, and solomuly said, "If
de white folks be so dark as dat, I won
der w hat's do color of de black folks,"
When you sec an old gentleman of six
ty, on a clear bright day, carrying a blue
cotton umbrella, tied tightly about tho
waist with a shoe-string?the umbrella
tied, not the old gentleman?}ou mny
look for rain before night, but tho pro*
liabilities are that you will pot sec it.
A Chinaman in Weathcryillc. Calfor
hia; whose life was insured for a largo
amount, was seriously hurt by falling
from a wagon. There was some doubt '
bu his friend.- of his ever getting better,
and at length one of his friends wrote to
the insurance copany, "Charier half dead,
lik'ee half money."
A Physician, cxaming a student as to
bis progress, asked him : 'Should a man
fall into, a well forty feet deep, and strike,
bis head against one of his tools with
which be bad been digging, what would
be your course if called in as a surgeon ?
The student replied :
"I should advise them to let the ma i
lie, and bill up the well."
A popular attoney called upon an Uber
member of the profession aud asked his
opinion upon a certain point of law. The.
lawyer to whom the question was nd
dressed, drew himself up and said, "I
generally get paid for what 1 know."
The questioner drew a half dollar .''frae
liona!" from his pocket, bunded it to tho
other, and coolly remarked, "Tell mo all
you knot? nnd give me the change, "There
is a coldness between tho parties no?v.
A western schoolmaster says; I wil
fcpcl euny man woman Or child in tho
bull state for a dickshunary, or cash pri/.
of one hundred dollars aside, tho money
to lie awarded by a kommittcc of clergy
men ?.?; s'tool directors. There l^as been
a darned .?die of blowin about mi spelliu,
and now i want them to put up or shut
up, i wont bo put down by a parscl of
ignannnuscs because i differ with noar
webs tors stile of *pellin." He's hired
by the Slate.