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Sili'iKiDAN & SIMS, Proprietors. SUUSCltU'TIOH. Ono Year. ?i.t.?.-.SI .GO Six Months.l.op Ministers of the Gospel.1.00 A OVICirTISKM ENTS. jFlrst Tnstcrtlon.. v.$1 .oo jEach Subsequent Insertion.?u ar.?oyer. J OB OFFICE 18 rmjl'AHKD XO DO AI.!, KINDS OF THE HS ADDRESS OP COL. DltOWNlXU, COUNTY CHAIRMAN. Tho following address was read by ,Col. Malcojin I. Browning, our efil cient County Chairman, befo c tlie ,County Convention, on Juno 21, <L879: - i... ' To the Democratic County Convent tion. Grating: The exigencies of political life .have called* you from your "homes,and %? peaceful pursuits at tins interesting period of the agricultural year* This is an exemplication of the fact that it is tho people wiio choose, as thcy^ should, 'thof? own-j-not .rulers?but .public servants! The ollice of Probate Judge, which Jias the care of the succession of property, involving tho duty of car rying out, the wishes of .the departed, and, the guardianship of the widow and orphan ; and the office of one of the Board of County Commissioners, which is charged with Urn internal po f lice and finance of .your county, are 1 ?aorfut to become vacant by operation of law : the former on the Gth of July proxini?, and the latter on the -p?., day of November.-next. You are .called together, under the rcgu lotions of your party, to nominate persons] to All these two imporlahV offices. | The contemplation of the Consiitu-j tion, and the intention of the Legis-1 I -lajure are1 oyip*ently that/thcro should ue but one general election for "Stale and county ofllcers, as most, expedi ent, economical and,convenient. As a further attempt 10 bring about this consummation the Legislature at its last session, by act of December 20, i 1878, voU 10, -p. 71G, provided that where vacancies occur in county of fices, the Governor shall appoint . pome fit and proper person to fill the vacancy, and that in all cases where the office is elective, the person so appointed shall hold his ollice until the nckt general election. It- uj un der this ucl, without questioning its effect upon the tenure of the offices, that these vacancies are to bo lilled. By a previous act (A. A. May 31, "1877, yoClQ. p. .2:30,) and by Sec. li, Art. ^r, of Ihc Constitution, the Governor could thus fill by appoint ment these offices, wheic tho unex pired term ia less than one year. Qne of tho cases now pefprc us, lhaL of tho County Comnrssioncr,'would fall under the previous act. The last statute, however, provides that the Governor appoint,-until the next general election, irrespective of:Hie length of the uucxpired term. ' inasmuch as theso ollices were elec tive, although to be filled, l\CPt /*?c vice by appointment, the County isxo cnti.ve Committee, thought a Conven tion should express the choice of the people as to tho appointees, and I, as County Chairman, was authorized to call you together. So that it is your duty to say ?What'persona aro the choice of" yon r party to be appointed to till Ihc of fices of Probate Judge and of County Commissioner from the expiration of their repeclivc terms, until the next general election. ?'Remember that you arc the repre sentatives of the people who sent you here as you discharge the duty. Before,proceeding to its perform ance you will indulge me in a few words: As I stated to the Executive Com mittee when I had the honor of first . meeting them, most of you are fami liar with the circumstances under Which the duties of the ollice of Ppunty Chairman devolved upon me. Lly predecessor to tho great regret m hja party resigned the post which lie had so well filled since the ollice was created. The unanimous voice qf the Conycntion selected Hon. Samuel Pibble as his successor. lie courtebqsh/j bqt peremptorily dcclinT cd. Then a scene of confusion fol lowed as name after name was sug gested, only to be withdrawn. Near ly every one declined. Among the other name^, mine was suggested and after several declinations, ihe. Con vention evidently at a loss what to do, elected mo. None woie more surprised or dismayed at such a choicp than .mvpelfl Tl|c Convention hastily adjourned and 1 was left to realize my 'difficult und responsible position.' I hud even h?ped' that my predecessor would hold over until his succepsor qualified, and I hesitated to enter upon any active discharge of duty. In this posture of affairs, a peremptory summons came from the Chairman ol the Stale Executive Committee, as to tho production of testimony? jn our hchnlf JjoJjprc the TelIer,Cotigressiopal dom$Attiec,thcn sitting at Clint lesion. 1 earnestly re quested Qcn. Izlar to attend, urging that his being in charge of affairs, during the last canvass and election, better fitted him for the duly. lie was unable lo do so. Some one had to ;do\yn, ^caving} professional engagements, I went out of court,after arguing a ease until a late hour of the night, and spent a week in Charleston in constant attendance upon the sessions of Ihe Committee and General. Kennedy ami others iu conference. I returned to sentl-wit r.csses down at my own expense to testify before the Committee. I had the gratification of receiving the ver bal and flattering thanks of Hon. M. L\ O'Connor and of Gen. Kenned}', and have a letter from the latter gen erously Ihaukipg nie for; my assist ance.. Thus was I, as it were, plung ed into the duties of my position. It is due to Gen. Izlar to say that on this and subsequent occasions he has aided me with his suggestions and experience. I ask of you, and 61 every member of our party, as I ask ed of your. Executive Committee, to let this result How out from the posi tion in which wo are mutually placed ; that each one feel the greater respon sibility and realize the necessity for better and more earnest attention lo parly duties, because you have a pi, lot to whom yon arc unaccustomed. To these personal remarks,which I ask you to itidulge, I dosbe Only to add that Ibring lo the discharge of duties which you know are onerous and hard and thankless in arty case, and peculiarly so iu my own, a single and sincere desire to do some good for tins people. I have no sel fish end to gain ; no "axe lo grind ;'* no friend lo press for* preferment; no aspiration of my own, oven to be a Notary Public, as the out.-growlh of my ollice; no wish even for compli ment or praise, but. simply a desire j lo possess tho viens aonacia sibi of having done my best. (Jn the good men and true of my part)', 1 shall re ly for support until 1113' brief term will expire at Ihc opening of the next campaign ; I shall expect that sup port.; not for my pwn sake, but for the cause in which we arc associated together! I ask your hearty and Iii? dulgenl assistance anil may God bless our endeavors to the promotion of the highest and truest interests of our-whole people 1 This meeting is an interlude as it were. The duties hero comparatively .easy lobe per*, formed. Hut'there oomcth a time, in the near future, when over/ nerve ami . fibre of our political party, will be stretched to its utmost tension.] -Already the air is vibrant, with thej preparations for the gigantic struggle.. The lino of battle is being marked' out at Washington ; the opposing forces arc contending for position in the great political duel of 1SS0. The next campaign will decide whether the dominnncy of the Democratic party is to be durable, or whether its present position in National politics is but a brief interregnum^ which will pass and leave no permanent impress upon the destiny of the lie public. Each of the two great politi cal parlies have alternately had long leases of power.'' For a period of over thirty years the Democratic par ty swayed the destinies of our conn try and wrote its political and consti tutional history! The end came when tho -Hlack Republican clement made slavery the issue, and Abraham Lincoln their standard bearer,' and at the hazard of even dismembering Ihe Union, swepl amid revolution and Wieck into empire 1 Through those long years of our bitter experience its supremacy lasted, until its politi cal issues being nil effete and over-) pii8tdt])^r(she]d^n thedrldeouH attempt to tear open the scams of a blood ccniented Union ; and its pecans over /?iii?ii victory had sobbed out into a dirge over American liberty 1 And so the day dawned upon the darkest hour of night; and with United Stales soldiers with fixed bayonets in the capitol of our Slate, demanding pass ports of entry from the representa tives of her people and the judges of her Supremo Court, Hampton be came governor, and the exodus of the vandal viceroys was performed amid the fluttering of the wings of tho liar pies, as they were Hushed up from their fcuh,L upon a plundered Slate ! The next campaign must decide I whether this advent of the great par 1 ty that knows ho tinman law higher than tho Constitution, is to ho its turn to guide for a period the policy of American affairs, ur whether it was but a momentary stem in the tide of the Hood of Republican tri .umph 1 Your organization, devotion, prompt and enthusiastic response to duty., or indifleronce and dissension will contribute to the solution of this grand problem. Let us realize this as we sit in council to-day, and carry ihb realization back to those homes we love, and to thoso pursuits in which wo arc engaged, in life's battle for bread, juid comlbit, and compe tence ! Let the thoughts of the com ing storm keep us vigilant, and pre pare us for a grand onset that in its sublime irresistibility will be victory ! Your club organizations must be maintained; where they have fallen i asunder from ndglcct, they should be at once re-cslablisod.. The central organization, the County Executive Committee, above all must be kept in working order. It consists of one member from each club. There are vacancies from two or three clubs. The clubs should fill these, vacancies at once, and I desire this convention by a call of the clubs to ascertain the alntus of this committee. I hiive been engaged in ascertaining the in debtedness of the part)', and have a| plan by which every dollar of it will be paid at an early da}'. Thus when the next campaign comes on.apace, with thorough or ganization, no impedimenta with t..c experience of veterans and the pres tige of victory, we may enter the field with confidence of success?a success that means Che permanent establish' incut of .capable, honest home govern ment. Let us net as in view of this grand issue ! True to our parly creed, yet conservators of the rights of our op ponents, ami treating them with exact and scrupulous justice! , One of the i grandest maxims of individual life ever uttered was this: "Work as If you'expected to live forever ; and live as if you expected to die to-day." .'t his stern and rugged umxiin applhns to party duty ! As members of n great party of historic memories, as South Carolinians, let us live as if we had to render an account of our political trusts before an exacting add all knowing tribunal, and work ?s though we were building for all t ime the. niajcp'|c structure of a govern ment of the people that will fulfill its' great aims of liberty and protection, upon whose facade our children's children will read the ascription J-Jslo perjviua! 1 am your fellow-cil z.en, Malcolm I. RitowxiKu, County GbairmUn. His Garden. Four ok live city hall officials wore sitting on the steps on the Woodward avenue side one afternoon, discuss ing polities and the weather, when ? smallish man, seeming to be in CQii sidcrale mental distress, approached them and enquired: "Gentlemen, is there n .scientific man here?*' "Certainly there is," they replied in n chorus. "And you must be familiar with tho laws governing storms?" '.'\Yo are," was tho prompt answer. "Well then," continued the strang er, "I wish to relate what may seem like a singular occurrence. I live on Davison Street, and though it began iraining the other night at midnight, and continued for twenty-four hours, not a single drop of water fell on my garden." "Is thai possible !" gasped one nf ttv another. "It's the solemn truth, gentlemen, and I'd like to know by what law of nature you can account for it! Il was a long continued, drenching storm, yot not one drop of rain fell upon my garden." There wasn't even room for a sug gestion. The crowd were astonished and silent. After a long minuto one of the gentlemen, turned to tho stranger and asked : "You must have a theory, haven't yon ?" "I have." '?And what js it!" "My theory, gentlemen, is that I rent rooms on the third lloor, nnd had no garden for the rain to lall on I" Five men rose up in chorus, brush ed oir their coat-tails, and followed each other into the hall in Indian file.?Detroit Free Press. A i-Ilt??NlAL ?v)* A KKl'J.Y TO IUI. WKtJsyKU'.S I.KTTlUt, KK CliNTLY L'.UllUSIIlCD. Oiiangkiiuiiu, S. C\, June 2G, 1871). On Saturday, t^vp 21st instant, a committee representing every part of the County, met'<'agreeable lo a r? nnest made by tho eiUzens an follows : OitAXuicnimti, S. C., June 1(5, 1S70. Dkai: Sik:?Afr.'iv. meeting of Ilm, citizens of the Courthouse, you were elected to serve as one of a .commit tee to reply to certain lihelous charges which have, been \vi itten from here to the Northern press, in which our people arc nunrijjjre.senled in the severest possible light. The''reply, .when prepared will be presented at n public muss meeting, and ordered lo he printed, Pleaso attend at the Courthouse building on .Saturday, 2lst, at 12 o'clockj M., to confer. Yours Respectfully, &<;., John A. IIamjlton, Chairman. comshxtkk. John A. llamdton, S. R. Melli chatup, Col. A. 13. Goodwin, Samuel Dibble, Dr. J. W. Summers, M. Glo ver, Dr. O. II. Oll. W- C. Haue, Dr. G. I. QJoin, Dr. tV. F. Barton, Capt. .1. S. Bowman, H^G. Sheridan, lion. I. T. Shumaker, 15., G. Frederick, M. J. Keller, M. I., Browning, \V. J. Snider, Dr. 15. llXKnol.ts, Dr, O. N. Uowman, F. M. Wuuuamu'cer, D. L. Connor, Dr. W:^B. Barton, W. .J. DeTreville, D. L3Hildebrand, Capt. .J. M. Davis, Bf O. Evans, Rouse Bannister, G. D, |iu.<h, j. W. Sellers, Capt. Slawson, F. W. Fairey. There had beim for years various misslntemunts, injurious and greatly unjust to the comhipuity, which, from bources not knowj? found publication in the leading pstSers of the North. It were' unreasonable to have expect ed to refute these^when a parly press denied an impartial hearing, and when the clamor of contending polil cal factions alnuit excluded calm discussion, and ,t was hoped, and reasonably too, that when our State was favored with&pod government in 187(5, and when order was brought out of chaos, the bitterness oh! partix.au hate woi Id admit the change ; "ft for the belter, IUI*|, Llia.t. our work of sacrifice and fori ?arance would have its just reward of. I! ic bunds of the ?nnoi ??.>).?!.i.jiitf-'Jnn., ;.. ii,?^.;?.._ mcnt of peace and security, while en deavoring to cultivate every oppor tunity for bringing about local and national good will, .while caring for and co-op?rating with the colored race to better its condition morally and intellectually, that his citizen ship might be a credit to the State, and witch in the view of success, we uro met again and again by these [statements in Northern papers which jasperse :'iml traduce with general and malignant charges. A. letter of this character having appeared in the Tribune of May* Gth, over the signa ture of Alonzo Webster, it was deem ed proper to lake some action upon it, ami al ihc meeting of the Committee Mr. .J. A. Hamilton was called to the chair, and after a calm and short dis cussion of the object of the call, the following papers were read, adopted and ordered Lo published in the local papers, the News d) Courier, and in the .Now York Tribune and Spring field Republican : Oi;an<;i:ni;iui, S. C, June 21, 1870. A statement over the signature of one A. Webster, published in the Mew York Tribune, of May Gth, mis leads tho Northern mind with regard to the truo condition of tho .col ored people among us, and equally so with regard lo the altitude of the while citizens towards them. We feel it a duty to our people, and to those of the North who will suspend opinion even in view of so extreme a communication, to state that thc.io is no such condition of nllairs existing as represented, nor would there be a shadow out of Which to form a pre text for such statements, were it not for such disappointed political aspi rants as the writer of these letters and a lew others of the same ilk whose chagrin finds vent against good government. Mr. Webster's profession is that of a minister of the Gospel, the spirit manifested is that ot any thing else. Some of us know that he has persistently persecuted and sought Iq injure the influence of Northern ministers here, for no other reason than that they made friends among us, and eschewed active pnr ticipancy in politics. Tito cultiva tion of a neighborly and friendly in tercourse with n?tivo citizens was a a proof of ,4parly" disloyalty and consequent unlitness. The reception given to these gentlemen, regardless of their private political views, has assured them of our desire for peace, I while the ignoring of Mr. Webster's t existence except as the cause of mali cious mischief, is the expression of that honest Indignation and contempt which is felt by a people who have re ceived only malice at Ills bauds, \Vo know of no cause for nor dissatisfac tion among the honest, and industri ous colored people. Wo know of no proscription of the deserving colored man in any way. No combinations exist to deny tho colored man the fruit of his labor. On the contrary .we are in the midst of law and order. Acts of violence and lawlessness com mon -l(> a few year.'; back nro hut heard ojf. Tho largest ami handsom est public school (Clatlin) is exclu sively for itho colored people. A corps of four Northern, two native, and one colored teacher, direct its affairs. It Is fostered and supported by the State, and is the equal of any school for the colored youth iu tho land. Our tux books show that in side of this corporation of a popula tion of fifteen hundred, there have been built ami paid for, thirty neat cottages, which with their lots of an acre or more belong lo coloicd men. There are hundreds of colored men paying taxes on tracts of land from twenty-live to live hundred acres, and tho laborer who has not secured his homestead and mule or horse ia thought Jittle of by his own people. The last political parade made by the colored people, when this Mr. Webster offered bis private promises for the display saw at least seven hundred colored men mounted on their own mules or noises. We un hesitatingly say that a cordial, kind ly feeling exists among the races where no political teacher is found, and wc arc pleased lo see that even the clerical politicians arc losing in fluence with the colored man. Wc have no further aim in this than to allow the readers of Mr. Webster's letters to see the contradiction of their statements. Claiming to live in a section and a Stale where civil and religious works arc to be com pared .with those of any part of the Union, where law is supreme, and where prosperity is certain if slow, we regict to slate that Mr. Webster's letters arc prompted by malice, and are not in accordance with facts. As men whose avocation? are outside of politics, and freed from its emolu ment?, and wjlh :i desire for harmony and peace, wo are ready to assort that the charges by this Mr. Webster against lids people are.not correct. flews. T. If. Legare. l'resbyterian Church ; Manning Ur?wn, Presiding Elder M. E. Church, South';.!. I). A. Itrown, Pastor Presbyterian Church,; .O. A. Darby, Pastor St. Paul's Church, Mi E- Church, South ; J. F. Kiser, Pastor Evangelical Lutheran Chinch ; Tims. A. Flliolt, M. D., M. G. Salley, M. I)., A. I). Goodwyn, Lewis 11. r.vunS, !>. O. Kv?llS, W. J. OeTieviile, .1. W. Sellers, F. M. Waunainakcr, G. p. Rast, F. W. Fairey,.!. YY. Summers, M. D., Hugo G. Sheridan, Wm. S. Lai Ion, M. D., John A. Hamilton, \\r. II. Pcrryclear, O. N. Uowman, .lohn 0. Howe, Jho. L. Moorer, .James p. T-iczevnnt, Daniel II. Trezovanl, W. M. IJutson, Theodore Ivohn, J. S. Cununings, ?I. G. Wahtiaiiinker. M. D., Henry Ivohn; T). Lmis, T. R. Malone, M. p., Thomas C. AlbcrgOtti, .1. S. Alhor gotti, Alderman Town Orangcburgt Wm. Willcoek, .]. C. Edwards, das. II. Fowlcs, O. 11. t)lt, M. 1)., W. .1. Snider. OitANOK.nuih;, S. Q., Juno 21, lsT'.i. Certain letter.? having been written I from this section, ami published in Northern papers (including the Trib une) of wide, circulation, whu-.li must have the effect of damaging our repu tation as titizens of this community, inasmuch as they represent us as combining to defraud the colored people of the value of their labor, deny them civil and school privileges except in shadow, and otherwise act unjustly towards the in as citizens. We deity' the .same in (<>lo, and nllirm thai we enjoy peace and contentment wita them, thai Ihc industrious arc rcspcc.tcd and thriving, and that no scctiou of this great country is less liable lo the censure of political or race persecution than this. J. 11. Rcnneker, Germany, Mer chant; John English, Ireland, Clerk; John Ogren, Sweden, Saddler; M. Alhrccht, Germany, Shoemaker ; das. 11. Kelly, Ireland. Farmer ; J. F. Ad don, Germany, Merchant; .1. Strauss, Germany, Miller; Thomas Ha)', Ire land, Mechanic; O. Champcy, Island of Guadeloupe, Merchant; .Joseph Loryca, Russia, Merchant; J. S. Sor entrue, Russia, Merchant. The names of the gentlemen sign ing are a guarantee of the calm, yet indignant, denial of the gratuitous abuse they have iu common been I subjected to. The sacrcdness of tho pulpit has stamped it as without ! foundation in fact. The seclusion and retirement of Venerable ago has set ! its seal of denial. Tho moderation j of the private! citizen, and profes sional men 1ms rebuked il as a slan der. The few foreigners who form a valuable part of our community, and who have made our little town their home, join us in asserting that they too arc misrepresented, To avoid any coloring of political or party sen timent, it was thought best to allow only the names of non-oilico-holdprs, and persons not prominent, in politics to be* attached, and it may be safely said that every part of this county ia represented by a leading name. It was thought best too to avoid a mass meeting as first pioposcd, because of tho. pressure of time bearing on the fanners, and to prevent any martyr capital to be made. One thing is sure .the people know who it is that bus misrepresented them, and they, hope ah indignant protest will make any further action io be properly re presented unnecessary. Showing the matter iu a light as scon by .Dr. E. Cooke, a clergyman from Massachu setts, and one quite as reliable, ac cording to the Sptingfleld Republi can, as the Tribune's correspondent. Wc quote from his letter of Decem ber 28, 1878: "When correspondents of the Northern press come down here they arc taken in hand by these disappoint ed ones who arc filled with hate to ward Southern people * * * and the next number of the papers such correspondents represent will come out at the North, with all the distor tion and coloring of the facts which these disappointed haters can invent." * * *." Taxes have been levied to provide means for bis (colored man's) education. Common schools have been greatly improved, and appro priations made Lo pay the interest on educational bonds .squandered by pre vious administrations to Hampton's. The .Stale is now struggling to pay off a school debt of more than 8^00, 000, the stca'ngc of previous officials. * * ?*" "The opposition of the Southern whiles is not to negro suf frage or negro oflice-holding, or to the rights of manhood, whi.h the constitutional amendments secure, but the opposition is chiefly lo turning again the government of the State over to eajrpU-bag ^ul bayonet rule." Our lax books show that the color ed people of this county pay about onc-scyenth of the taxes, and that Ihe aggregate value of propoiLy .owned (iy them is $0:),000. There .are ISW colored children in the public schools, against 1211 white children. All the colored children are under colored teachers. Jl is hoped that tips state ment will have Ilm effect of remov ing the cobwebs of prejudice from Northern eyes. Joux A. Hamilton, Chairman of Committee. Happy Marriages. The universal expectation of mar ried people is, that Lhoir married lives will always be'happy ones. Deluded dreamers ! They imagine that they arc different from other people, and that when they enter the portals of matrimony, love, peace, and propcri ty will ever be their attendants. Such had belter consider themselves the same as others, but from iron res olutions lo do different from other married people?resolutions that will > keep then) from the dangerous coasts on which so many have been, wrecked laud ruined. Unhappy marriages de pond upon many causes. Previous to marriage, many try to appear more intellectual, and intelligent, more amiable or more, accomplished than they really are. Depend upon it, that love brought into existence by a moonlight stroll, strengthened by de ceit and fashionable displays, and finally consummated through Ihc in fluence of intriguing friends, will fade in after life almost as last as the (low ers which compose the bridal wreath. Death of Gen. R. H. Anderson. This brave and noble corps com mander of the Army of Northern Virginia died in Beaufort lapt week, where he was stationed as commis sioners of the phosphate interests of Ihe State. We bad not been inform ell of the illness of General Ander son, and his sudden death will fall like a clap of thunder oil his many devoted friends in all parts of Ihe Slate, and especially upon the men who served under Iiis gallant com mand. There could have been no death In this Stale which will awak en truer sympathy than of htm, pro nounced by Gchoral Lee '-a most no ble Soldier." One by one the vete rans sink lo rest.?Columbia Register/ Wum.k George Schaffet', wife and child were riding near Torre Haute, Ind., their horse took fright and ran away. Mr. Schatter was thrown out and fatally injured, and an instant after the carriage struck the side of a bridge and precipitated the mother and child over the railing to the rocks below, a distance of thirty-live feet, killing both instantly. *JWhat are you looking for?" ask ed one of Widow Rcdotl's two daugh ter, who wcic entertaining their young fellows on the piazza rather late ono night last summer, of their mother, who' gporaod to be hunting for something around tho front yard. "The morning papers," answered Ihc willow. The young men took the hint. J'AThTK AND TWO SU.Y'. ?', 'vQ ? ' ffHBY MAltRY AllLUSUIN'G MOTHER ASP y\VO ltf.OOMI.NO DAUGHTERS* Mr. J. JL. Ilolcoinbe, a gentleman of Ktm lucky, dm t who baa been ia Crittouden ?County, Arkansas, foi several months, tells the Little Kocjc Gazette of a rather ?e mark able though hardly unprecedented matri monial affair, which occurred in that county .recently: Gut from the line of tho railroad and .aside from almost any other very well-defined mark of civilization? marks so ill-delineated, in fact, that they are as a half-worn date on an ancient coin-^-lhero Jived ? qld man Rosebury and two.sons, twins. (The age of the old man is ra'.her doubtful, it is believed by his near neighbors, the nearest of whom aro within a stone's throw, that is if the stone be thrown a mile and a half, that he is about fifty. The sons, being twin , are about the same age, twenty-si, - cn. The nearest human habitation was a house occupied by a Mrs. Glenn and two daughters, though, pity to say, the daughters were not twins at ;the time of their birth, and have not yet succeeded in attaining that point. Air. Rosebury fell deep ly in,love with Airs. Qlcnn, and ,the two sons, Robert and John, fe'-l equally as much sp with the two daughters, Mary ami Rachel. . The most imaginable wholesale love-mak ing ensued. TJic old man and widow seemed deyotctl to each other, and the younger jicoplp ere suflleiently so to marry, which they nil did on the same day. After the ceremony the six happy souls and the six hap py bodies repaired to the residence of the husbands. Everything work ed, ainoo' lily. The old man was very land to his newly made daughters, particularly so to Rachel, the wife of his son Johji. The kindness increas ed and the other matrimonialists mar velled, one lo another. The old man even diregarded the wishes of his wife, and Rachel snuffed her Cfrecian nose at her ^toman-nosed husband. ?Quo morqing, about two weeks after the marring', tho family of sqveral divisions discovered that the old man and Rachel hud gone. Search ing and not being able to find them, but, learning from .a ferryman that they had crossed the rijtfjr iijlo Ten nessee, the family returned. Pretty soon an intimacy sprang up between Robert, Mary's husband, ami tho old lady. The old lady was so wise and had had such broad experience' that Robert,never grew tired of profiting by her counsel. Another disaster. Robert and the old lady rau awaj*, leaving John and Mary, who seeing, as they were not blind, that t^ey were h it alone, ciasped themselves in loving embrace, for it seems that they had loved each other from tho first. Did they slay on tho farm? No, sir. There is a mortgage ou it. They packed up, and, according tp the ferry man, went over into Tennes see. Now, when the man Urcd hiqi down to sleep, the mosquito of his childhood sought his couch, and saw the man his nose it was full fay re to look upon, and he sayed : "Go to, f. will sing thee to thy sleep/' And hp sang, "Come1 rest in this .buzz'em." lint when the man awaked und heard the song, he would not, but smote thp mosquito until the man his eye was blacked and his face was banged'up. Hut the mosquito was laughing away oft on the ultimate side of the room, where he was eating up the baby. It's a deep luystery?the way tho heart of a man turns to one woman out of all the rest he's seen in tho world, and ma^es it easier for him to work seven years liko Jacob did for Rachel, sooner than havo any other woman for the asking. I often think of those words, "and Jacob served seven years fcr Rachel; and they seemed but a few days for tho love ho had for her." Mas. Hayes went into executive session the other day, introduced a bill providing that tho President should wear his llannels until tho first of June, suspended the rules, moved its third reading, had it on grossed, demanded the previous ques tion, p issed it by one majority and sent it to the President for approval. ?Brtftgeport Standtrd. Rob Ingersoll says tho black man must go North, where there is .fresh air. That is about what he will havo to live on if he goes.