Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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,>^Kl?p?^;^ SIMS, Vropvietors. .Ministers ?!r' t?o.pospel?.?, ? 1.00 V Vnj r.uyiguMKNTs. First InskMtion..,....81.00 jvilQU Subsequent Insertion.BU Liberal contract? 'Ifwtibi for I) month nmlovep. ' ! I _- :_=_-_- !?? JOB OFFICE v?. / I.-.!>?.. [f. ?/??? ^la.l.'HWSAHKp TO-PO ALL KINDS OK i Jo"b ^Printing . Apron-Strings. . ' 'Young girl, what has become of the apron strings of your mothers?' ?2Ftiu82W2}er Query. What indeed! Rarely does one . eec,1 now?n-days, liic beautiful solici tude ajid tender .tare qf n yqung daughter which clmracJLciyjcd Hie pe riod Q.f our mother's and grand-moth '.'or's ditys. ^Ij^p, in ,oider to make tho acquaintance of P young judy, it was first necessary to be introduced (to Uie parents, phd if* they saw fit, the young gentleman was .iuv;ii,ed to cull. vN(jW- a girl has^ but to meet a young ,,y tnab'onoo br twice at a friend's House, or on the streot, p.e^liap.3, n/.jd she feels a,L perfect liberty to ask him to come and seedier, and oftentimes the acquaintance is not made by tho hon-! prahle means of an .introduction either.' Mamma may possibly nsk the next mortdng ?fter the first call.: f.'-W^?'was .l^cje go laic, and laugh .- cd so loudly last night, Minnie?" ^ And Minnie will tuiblusliingly rc Ply : . "Oh, Tom," (his given name quite; ,I^rCSl^^a^lB^'i^ t:;ngtio,) "Oh,! Tom CpUjns, and he is just too lovely j for anything ; such sweet neckties and j tiny little boots as ho wears !'' Mamma smiles nt the girlish enthu- j sinsin, and with no ,more enquiry in toll his chiiracter or morals Mr. Tom Col lins is allowed to visit little Minnie. I He meets her on her way home from' school ; carries her books, puts fool-j ish thoughts into her head, and stu dious, ones out, ami in a short time , he takes her to the theater or matinee, perhaps, w.ilh ice cream or oyslers: n(fter. This go.ee; u.n^.and before Mm- j nie is out of the ''Normal" she is cn-'j gngodj'Surreptiliously tuny be, but it! entls in tnnnjugp with a man about1 whom her parents know little or noth ing; or eise results in some wildly , talked escapade which mars and soils i the whiteness of her maiden plumage. I Oil, 'gitls, what has become of the; npron strings of 3our mothers? And j yet should we condemn or blanit' the j noor children of the mothers V Oh, no, j Jet us rather lind excuse and pity for: them in our chari able hearts. What I fetter do they know ? j[ndccd ,The j mothers of to-day?not nil, Heaven j be praised, else we might ery iridetdi with bitterness, 110 temporal 0\ mores!" the mothers of/t'our girls" j to-day are on en as'liglil'and trilling! as their daughters. What willi their art of dressing and beautify ing, and 1 making youthful IJmJL ?Jiich is p '#*>?<???, '? jt is diHicutt sometimes lo tell mother j from -daughter. Apron strings, in-1 deed ! who beats of them now ? It is 1 jaunty hats, bepojning costumes, and ! bewildering coiffures; as for strings, the only kind they think or prate of, arc tliosc they lie their pull-backs back ami pnuiers! Oh, mothers, pause an instant. To j^liat end will this lax freedom in time j drift your daughters? It is fair and : pleasant and right to give them your] conGdcncc and trust ; but wo pray I you, put on some aprons once more, and tie your girls fast to obedience, duly, dignity and honor. Let us have the old time reign and fashion of aprons?and apron strings !?D< m prut. ? ^Counting In." Honor is honor?right is right? fAirness.is fairness? in any man or party. That which wc condemn in others we should not do ourselves. "While it would n fiord us pleasure to see the Democrats in power in Maine and all the other Slates, as well us in ibe national councils, il grieves us lo have to confess that it is quite appa rent to every man that in the recent Maine squabble there has been loo much counting. As Democrat, out paolto has been, is, and will over be; a fajr vole and an honest count. The political stream is muddy and needs Altering? needs purilication. Can we Upt got back to first principles in this mnt'.cr ? Jf things do not take a change ip this respect wc tear that before ,majVy years have pngsed wc shall see our boasted republican fab" ric, built, on and supported by the will^o^tirjSyjppbple, Juji into nothing, and be lost.? Yiov}an. Sigismund K-aiW?man, Republican pandidnto for j^u niennnl-Gpye'jnpr of JJew Yoik \n }?7tt, is out with a vig orous address to his fcllpw-Ocrinan Republicans, calling upon them to 8.lprnly oppose a third term of Gran! unless they wish to repent the history pf the decline and tall of Republics. Ulf wo must have 11 strong man and a strong Go vein incut," he says, "let \19 return to Bismarck nud, to his iron iHle." Cooked Alive. One.of Uic jnostsiekcning ninth's, if indeed it is *iot ,tljc most horrible, which It litis been our duly to croiri cle, happened last .Saturday on the premises of Mr. Solqn Jfejly, about eight tnilco from Huntsyille. There was.f. hqfj .filling in progress and two colored tuen, Hubert and Pen nie Patrick, brothers, got into u diopute about each other's share in the year's crop. A large kettle lilled with wu ter was near by. The water iu the kettle bud been healed to such a high degree that they were waiting for it to cool a little in order to scald hogs iu it. The water was so hot t,hat they were afraid it would.'-set" the hair of tlic hpgp. This was the high temperature uf the water when the brothers began the quarrel. Dennis, who was the oldest', told Hoheit that be would put him jn the kettle if he didn't shut up, and Hubert, the preacher brother, told Dennis that if he put him (HoherI) in the water, lie fDcimjsj would have to go with him. Denuis caught Hubert and pressed him backward in the direction of the kettle. "He pressed him, both of them having their arms locked meanwhile, until they both went headlong into the kettle of seething ;,Y.;iter. Their piteous and awful screams and moans sunn attracted others to the place, who finally extricated them from the boiling cauldron. They retained their senses when first taken out anil their, intense agonies were simply beyond description. They at once complain ed of their hut, vlothos^ sind when; these were taken from their limps gieat (lakes pf boiled llcsh went with them, leaving llisif bones exposed. The beards (ell out and their hair fell from their heads. They bad literally been cooked alive. The sight was such that those who witnessed it were well-nigh paralyzed with horrur. A 11 possible means of relief were tried during tho nigijt, but Hobelt died near day, and Dennis died on Mouday. We copy the above from the IJunts ville, Ala., Independent. Knights of Honor. From a recent paper we learn that this order is now only sixyears old, but from an humble beginning has made remarkable progress. It bus now in this country [1,9,91 'ol'gP8 SfilU OQ,000 active members. Within the six jours of . its existence the order has distributed and paid in benefits from its willows' and orphans' fund $2.0f)l ,!)30 fJl, and its average annual distribution und payments amount to 6100,01)0. The Knights of Honoris a grand, organized, systematic chari ty, with its members chiefly from the middle classes cf society. It is also of great advantage by elevating its tneqibprs socially and morally, and is most beneficial in its relief of suffer" ing and prevention of poverty, and is therefore a benefit to the whole com munity even outside of its own organ-1 (gallon. Its ptability and soundness have been thoroughly testet!, and the pledgee pf Sip members can be relied on, n6 has been amply proved, The Knights pf Honor's s)stem is much more economical and reliable than the established systems of life insur ance. Tlic Knights paid iu the yel low fever season, of 1878, 8500,000 in beneGta without difficulty.? Yeoman. Death of Bishop Haven Rev. Gilbert Haven, D. D., one of the Bishop of the Methodist Kpisco pal Church, died January 3, 1880, at the home of his mother, Maiden, Mass. Bishop Haven was abundant in la bel^, specially zealous in the inter eslsof the colored peoplo in the South, He had few equals as an off-hand speaker and writer. His ultra views on the race-color problem, end his out spoken manner of prdscnliug those vievs, barred greatly his ac cess to the whites of the South gen erally. His professed convictions us an anU:Slavcry and race-equality man, were doubtless held in ull sin cerity ; while men in the South were equally sincere with a different faith and eoti8oieiice-7d)Qth;tlic result of education. Here Is"the only ground frorji which men fit differing faith and conscience can judge each other with out contravening the greatest of all laws or principles?charity.?Neigh bor. _ ? From an explosion of celluloid in Newark, N. J., on t}ic ?tb inst,, tho building in which it was stored was destroyed, three men were instantly killed and two other sq badly mangled tlmt they cuunqt reepvpr. - H'tVHl-'-It??J*IH"J ~~ Grantism. , There is a desperate qpfqrt Ajeing made to give a little notoriety to the (act that a lew malcontentp at the South have, in a wild sort of a way, said that they would bo willing to have Grant rather than a Radical President. It is more and more ap parent every day that Grant is the willing candidate of the Radicals iu 1880, but it is equally more and more ccrluiu every day that there is no such thing ns a Grant parly at the ?South, There is no choice for a Pres ident from the South, cither among Democrats or Republicans. Both parlies in this section await the ac tion of their conventions, which will be lef?t pre.tty much to the dictation of the North. As to the Democratic pielereuce among Radical candidates the South, as a section, is opposed to one of them as mother. To us, Grant is particularly obnoxious and pecu liarly .antagonistic .to everything Southern. Morally and socially he is nobo.dy, and incapable of ever be ? ing made into anybody, for be has no instinct upon wh(ieh to ,build a decent set of ethics. Ho is VUlruqiming" the South, ami appears lime and there to strike a community conspicuous for a turn .out of a dozen or so prominent! tnen-r-most of them Northern tacn.prl West Pointers. Tho town of Renu lorf was unique in' its welcome. It was our native place, and wc are pleased to note that, though Flliott, Stuart and Veidier were in the throng, we saw no Barnwell, .Gibbcs, Hamil ton, Means, Rhett and many others that wc might mention. The duties ol , the present may call upon us to bury | many thoughts of the past, but why Beaufort guuljhjtnc^ should turn put j with Smalls in a Grant procession on an emancipation anniversary posses our comprehension.?Kingaftec JSlnr. American Aristocrats. Twenty years ago this one made candles, that ono sohl eendles and butter, another butchered, a fourth carried ou a distillery, another was a a contractor onpa;;als, others wcrcjj merchants aud mechanics. They are j acquainted wjth bqj,h ends of society, aud their children will b.b' after them, though it will n<d<dQ to say so.out 1 jud. For often you. Und these toiling worms hatch butterflies?aud -lluy live abou'. a year. Death brings a division of property, and it brings new'financiers. Tito old gent is dis charged, the young gent takes reve nues, and begius to travel?toward poverty, which be reaches before death, or bis eh i I id i en do if he dues not, so that, in fact, though thero is a sort of moneyed rank, it is not here ditary ;'it la accessible to all. The lather grubs and grows rich ; his children strut and use the money. The children in turn inherit pride! und go shiftless to poverty. Next j their children reinvigoratecl by fresh plcbiun blood un by the smell of the clod, come up again. Thus society, like a tree, draws it? sap from the earthy changes it into seed aud blos soms, spreads them aronnd in great glory, sheds them, to fall to the earth again, to mingle with the soil, and at length to reappear in new dress and fresh garniture. Sixteen Sons in, the War. Rev. Dauiei S, Hello1?, a Baptist preacher of Roane county, Tenn., is eighty eight years old, and is as active as most men of fifty. He recently walked three miles to give testimony at the counl> 6cal and returned the same day. He says; "1 pun sight a rifle-guu as I could sixty years ago, and can bring a squirrel nearly every lime, and only for a slight tremble iu the hand would not miss ono shot in a hundred." He had sixteen sons in the war?fourteen ou the Federal sidp and two on the Confederate side. He has been twice married, and is the father of twenty-four children. He served in the war 181?, but draws no pension, It is authoritatively statpd here that ex-Seuator Spragtie, who has been for some wcaks engaged in taking privalp depositions for use in a divorce spit wljich ho shortly contem plated uringing against his 'wife, he carpe satisfied yesterday that he could adduce no substantial proof with tvhicl]'lp sustain his funner nllega ixdtii'against Mrs.' Sphtgoc, and in sljijctpd his lawyers to proceed no fuiliter in thc'irhillcr. A ' reconcilia tion between the husband apd wife is jooked for as the eventual result of this.? Washington Post . Acknowledgement. Editor Orangeburg Democrat: ?There is a tine old air beginning, "CUirlatdnus comes but once a year," jkf!v v$\\uh most of. your readers have beard and doubtless appreciate. But we,do not propose to eay much ou the musical subject jusi now. We re ceived & handsome sum presented to us during thu Christmas holidays as a token of appreciation of our musical service as organist, and wc take great pleasure to acknowledge ,thc same through your valuable coluinns ; and herewith return to Mr. jJamcjj 11. Haigler, our yuun$ friend and bi.oth-, cr, tor the active part he took in ibis spontaneous effort, our earnest, sin cere and heartfelt lhanks for bis kind remembrance; and through h:m to express the same to those who have so generously aided him in this work and labor of love. With love and gratitude 1113' heart is lliled And those who thought of my toilsome lot, Sllfll] never, ?iever.be forgot. Wc also received some months ago the sum collected by Mrs. IC. K. Oli ver, for the same purpose, and return to.her and those who assisted her the same grateful thanks. We have often ,fcit our inability as an organist, yet under the cireuwfrtjapecs wc feel a conscience .ejear tl^it we have done w,hc,t ftfl could. Iii? extremely grat if}iug to know that all, from the gray headed lathers to \hc little children, and those also who" do not belong to our grand old Lutheran Church, had us in kind icuiei^hrajiec. May the God of love und infinite wisdom rich ly reward them nil for Ibis liberal gift. We had on lud f?tinday a very, pleasing njfu interesting Sunday sclfool sei.vice at Mod pi Lebanon .Uburclj. A large and attentive con gregation being out""* to witness the happy children recejyp l^ejr pri^e books. The sweet aty.l tender similes that played o'er their faces bespoke the joy and happiness within, liev. ?. T. llollma/j addressed,the children in bis -usual pieasifl^^futihoTj gtying them soilio very beuutiiul illustrations, suitable on such occasions. Then our faithful and fatherly superintend ent, who often gives the children a Sunday talk, did not fail on this joy ous season to once more warn arid en-J courage his schoojj. in a ypry interest ing manner. Then the sermon. Words fail us heie, and we hud beider? lay our pen away or close our article It was a ruse treat and kept us chain7 ed till we hud paid a short visit to {?ciblche.in to see the sweet and inno cent Christ-child wrapped in swad dling clothes lying in a mnjjggr. With u hearty wish tj:al the editors of Hie pKMOpnAT had a merry Christ mas and a happy new year, wo bid you adieu. A. M. It. Oak GitovE, Dec. 29th, 1871). Luck and Labor. If the boy who exclaims, "Just my luck!" was truthful, he would say, "Just my lay.iness}" or "Just my in attention 1" Mr. Cobden wrote pro verbs about "Luck and Labor." It would be well for boys to memorise them : Luck is waiting fox toinething to turn up. Labor, witb keen eyes and strong will will turn up something. Luck lies in bed and wishes the postinau would bring him news of a legacy. Labor turns out G o'clock, and with busy pen or ringing horamoi' lays the foundation of a competence. Luck whjues, Laboi whistles. Luck relics on chances. Labor on character. Luck slips down to indigence. Labor strides upward lo |ndcpcpd- j puce. Mrs. Meekcp's Horriablo Story. Cincinnati. January G.?A special from Al?ra?sa confirms the horrible rumor that tho Meeker women were outraged while in the custody of the Uto Indians. This fact was given with details to thp commission, hut the women begged that it be not made public. Mrs. Meeker now pub lishes a letter telling the whole story, from which it appears that the choice was given them of submitting to the designs of their captors or of sulle ring death. T ho examination farther dis closed thnj. they were permitted, as a lust alternative, with tho exception of Mrs. Meeker^ to choose from among thp phiefs whp should cohabit with them during their captivity followipg the inassaprp at the agency. Put to Death by'Plratos. Chicago, January 2.?A dispatch from Buttle Creek Mich., announces the death of an old sailor in the poor house ut Cassopoiis, who,,in hia lost momonts' told a most remarkable story of the mysterious fate of Aaron Burr's daughter, Tbcodosla Burr Alston, nearly three quarters of a cen tiny ago. Mrs. Alston was the only daughter of the slatcstnan-^-a woman of beauty, refinement and most, amia ble character. She eat Ice] from Char leston, S. C, on December 30, 1812, for New York, in the Patriot. The vessel was never heard' from -again.' It was never known whether she w.eut ?fto\yn at ?eu or was captured and destroyed by pirates. The death bed confession of Benjamin F, Ben driek, the s;'.i.!or mentioned, solves tue mystery, IJendiek, who has been an inmate of the Cassopoiis poor house for some time, died yesterday. Just before lie died he sent for the keeper and other persons,connccted with th.e establishment and told them be bad a su'cmri confession to make. His statement, which was taken in detail l y his nsionhhcd heaters, was in ef fect that the Patriot was captured by a crew of pirates, of which he was a member, on January 3, 181U. They took possession of the vessel and (breed the enptairi, crew and passen gers to walk tili plank'. Mrs. Alston was one of the doomed passengers. She begged to be spared, but her entreaties were unavailing. .She dreiset! herself all in white, and with a Bible in her hand, waited calm ly, but with a blanched face, for the fatal order. When it came she mov ed silently and with a steady step' from tho group on the deck, clasping j her Bible to her breast. She stepped upon the death plank without ti tre mor. It was Benedict's lot to pull the plank beneath her. The dying sailor 81136 the scene bus haunted him ever since. Tho white face of the doomed w.oman walking calmly to her "death ; was' present in all his dreuirs, and scarcely ever left his thoughts. lie expressed penitence for his part in the crime, saying he was forced to obey the decision of tjtc },o.t et iho peril uf his life, A Beautiful Thought. - When the sujnmcr of youth, is slqw ly wasting away pn the nightfall of uge, and th,e shadow of the path be comes deeper and life wears to its close, it is pleasant to look through the vista of lime upon the sorrows and felicities of our parly years. If we have had a home to shelter, aqd hearts to rejoice with us, and friends have gathered roind our fireside, the rough places of wayfaring will have been worn and smoothed away in the twilight of life, and many daik spots wc have passed through will grow brighter and more beautiful. Happy, indeed, are thpse whose intercourse with the world hats't chungeij the tone of their lighter fccljugs, or broken those musical chords of the licurt whose vibrations arc so melodious, so tender utjd so touching iu the eve ning of their Jives. Bloody Mexico. Bio Guanoe, January C.?llutnorq of a re\olution in the Slate of Durun go, Mexico, 'nave reached here, Par ticulars, however, are meagre. Some time ago General Trevino was order-, ed from Monterey to suppress tho in surrection in Durango, and news was received yesterday that he had been defeated by revolutionists and was calling for assistance. All available troops ut Monterey have been sent to his aid and the government is raising tj)en. The prevailing opinion is that this revolution will be general, as it is well planned and extends, it is un derstood, throughout the greater part of Mexico and will have gained im mense proportions by the ]st of March. TiiERK were neaijy five hundred "mystcripus disappearances" in the United Slates last year, and in many cases no trace of the missing party was ever found. In connection with these statistics is tho statement that a largo majority of those who disap peared and left no clue behind were married |ttAp, but whether |,hiu addi tional fact is simply intetjc^ in the way of infprmatiou or is meant to rc licvp lp,c police generally pf responsi bility for not unravelling the myste ries by insinuating that most of the ensns were hen-pecked benedicts free ing from broomsticks and pokers, is |lcft to conjecture. insolent end Unfounded, The following nrlielc from the New York Sun deserves unqualified con demnation! for it is both insolent to the South and without justificationdn the fucts. 11 the 3un is only as true to Democracy as the South is there will he no complaint as to its course, 'ihis papor, however, seems to lake pleasure in abusing tihe-South and our people whenever opportunity affords, and has done I ho Democratic party and the country as much harm as-any paper in the country by its persistent abuse and misrepresentation. The article given below is a fair sam ple of the fabrications which ern annte fi;o.m its columns: "Mr. Don Cameron was made Chair man of tho Republican National Com mittee, not only because ho is bold, rich*and powerful, but because he is personally' on tho best terms with many of the Southern leaders. This js remarkable, but it is also true. ljEc w&i'cs and dines them, and trans ports Uiejrn free lo horse races and other entertainments.. Besides, Mr. Cameron U always ready, as his father' was before him, to grind a little axe for any of them it? a strait; to get an j appointment made, a contract protect ed, or a railroad pass provided. Thosjb who think these relations of no importance may remember how he shouldered into the Republican Sen ate Gen. Butler, of South Carolina, when all (he organs were denouncing him ns the author of the Jlrtmburg massacre. The conspirators of the third term look forward to a period iu, their game when they may need Southern support, and in case it should be . necessary to count Grant in, and 6cal him by force, they want the Con federate long-swords on their side* This is the meaning ?f Ihe Grunl dein-, onslration among the worst of the late rebels. With tho existing Administra tion, with the regular army under Sherman and Sheridan, and the flow er of the Confederate brigadiers', the conspirators think they' would "be strong enough to defy the people, North as well as South. The Confed erates traded with Hayes, and why should they not trade with Grant?*' Concealed Weapons. If there was a law in the State pun ishing men for wearing concealed weapons, says the Georgetown Times, the practice would be checked, if not entirely stopped,and our courts would have fewer of those blood-cuidling crimes to deal \yith? which are so re volting to human nature, and which generally brings sorrow and distress to some household, it matters not how poor pr humble the unfortunate victim may be. The editor of the Abbeville Medium, writing cn the same subject, remarks: "Every at tempt made by ihe Legislature to prohibit the carrying of concealed weapons has been a failure. Why wp cannot tell, It is no sign ol bravery or manhood ip go through life with a bnUtery under your coat lail and it is not much of an, achieve incnt to kill a nigger or shoot a bad dog, but the General Assembly seem lo think there is no use for lagisla tlon on this scoie. Public sentiment could iflect a cure of this abuse if il would take proper hold qf J.|ip sub ject. There is absolutely no necessi ty for any firearms at all in as peace ful a country an this, where tho laws are in force, and the courts are open for the trial of every offence against one's person or property. If wc were desperadoes or all our neighbors out laws, there would he some sense in going around like walking arsenals, bul it is a slander upon our civiliza tion and a disgrace to our iu.an.hood to go through life armed with pistols and murder in our hearts. The Leg islature should make it manslaughter for any man lo even carry a pistol, or [pass an act requiring every man de siring lo go armed, to get a license from the clerk of. the Court, paying therefor twcnty-livo 'dollars a year lo be turned over to the County Treasurer for the benefit of the public schools.". Nothing like a family quarrel to disclose family secrets ! Here arc the Brooklyn Republicans accusing cacli Other of treachery and bargaining with the cneiliy in tho late election ami in the heat of the light up rises c.^-Shei ill Dagget, who is treasp pr of l|io Re putiiioan organization, he discloses the details of a bargain with. John Kellcy by which ihe Renub)leans gave ssveti thousand dollars to Mr. , Kcliy. and kept the independent Dem ocratic ticket in Ike Held. , Sad-Hearted. As a sample of the strange things that.often ifmd their way into a now::., paper office, we append the following, sent to us by a lady with the state ment I hut it had been found among some old letters of a lady who died of hasty consumption about a year ago: **J would to God I had never met you:! Then the deception you have .practiced on me would never have taken root so deeply in this poor, sore heart of mine?you, who knew well that your heart was ghv.au to another;; you, who knew the .weak ness of human nature, having been in my company three .or four limes a week for tire last two years, knowing my disposition, and nature as only one who has won the coincidence and trust can know. Still, you would go ou day by day leading me to believe you thought mere of me than any j other of your many lady friends, Once I believed you all honor, and that rather than give another pain you would deny yourself almost, any en joyment |n Hie world, J wish you joy with your new love, but I pray \ou will once iu a while let your memory drift back to days gone by, [ when you and I wondered over hills aud through fields with only one thought and that for the wel;are and happiness of, the other. Tray do not striyc to forgeJl them. I pray God to forgive you. I will try to. As for me, I shall go on day by day, work ing as though not a care or a sorrow ever troubled my weary life, and no ouc wiH ever know a. poor, tired, broke* heart lies buried in my bosom. When 1 think of the many, many times you .could have told me of your lpvp for another,.that I might havo mastered my ..own heayJL and schooled myself to believe that my place in l.youj* affections was only a. small bit i compared to tile tender feeliugs you cherished for another ! But s.tdl you led rpc blindly KQqwIng die wjrile yqu were doing mp. ^ w,rppg that you could' neves remedy. "But we must ? live find learn. Perhaps the lesson , yap. have taught me I may profit by in years to come. One thing : I will never place the confidence in another m.an that I have in you, even though, he were my husband. J find tbn.t even my best friend would not hesh ! tale a moment to gratify his own pleasure at the risk-of wounding my feelings. . You, who alone could have saved me this pain, have taken all the brightness out of my life. Qod, grant that you loay ever he happy, ajid never know the pain I have Buf fered."?Exchange. How q Colonel Won a Bridle. The Hartford (Conn.) correspond j ent. of the Springfield licjmblican tells the following story of Gen. II. W. j Birge, formerly of the Thirteenth Connecticut volunteers: Birge was ever a line horseman, and it was while he was recruiting hi3 regiment I that the incident occurred. The eoio | nel?:as ho was then?was riding down the street when hb saw in the secoud slory window of a harness shop on elegant bridle. "What will you take for that bridle 1" said Bjrgp tp the proprietor. "You may have it frep if you will lido up there and get it,:f was the reply. 'J'his was no sopnej: said than, the polpnol turned his horse's head and spurred him up the wooden staircase that led to the seoj orid story, seized the biidlc, turned and rpdp down again?this last being as Birge phrased it, "the only tick lish part of the job." The horse that performed this feat was very highly valued by the general, and was ten de:ly cared for as long as he lived. Defalcation and Suiojde, Frauds on the Produce Exchange, New York, to the amount of 831,000, have been discovered. The defaulter was Benjamin F. Bogert, who ~hf\\\ been Treasurer of the Exchange for many years and was a highly res pected merchant iu whoip gcncinl confidence was felt. Ifpgprt did npt appear at the Exchapgc or nt his ollice after the djsepvery was made, ami died very suddenly on the 8lh iust. at tho house of u friend in that city. U is thought that, unable to bear his disgrflce, he may have com mitted suicide, There d.ipi| jeppntly in Kansas Nich olas Wyker, wbp listed to be a clergy man iii Bulks county, Pa. He mado it n ruble carry $1,000 in cash around with him in an old carpet satchel, keeping up the habit until his death. He had read the Bible through from beginning to end just ono hundred times, aud knew much of it by heart.