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Gud Ulnsia Yon.
Han- sweetly fill those simple wants *
Upon the,’human heart.
Whoa friend* long bon ml b> . ..■■ it:.',
Am (loomed tiy fate to par".
Yon f.v. iy press life liainl of tl. so
W lie- iliiw in love aim jtiu.
■ stml soul rmpoMire'lioais to syul,
hi lmithiag out 0(164 bliss jon."
‘•Cod bless yoiu” »!i! Ion." month ■ ,i■ ■> .
T hoard tin' inCDr> fn phrase.
Winn one ivtioiu 1 in ebildiiopd Jovcil
Wunufrom my dreamy yaw*.
Now bringing tours full thick and fast.
1 mourn niv long lost trea-mv.
While echoes"of the beiirt lu iuir back
The farewell prayer. "Coil ble.'u you."
■Tin' mother rending forth her hoyj
To scenes untried and new.
T.isps not a ‘studied. stately ;'}>* ■ h,
XSr nimmors out "s i# a.
81m sadly sitys, liOtavoeiilmr sol
••Whene'er .mUfortmies press you.
Came to thy mother, hoy. Como, htirl: . i
Theft sadly sighs, "Cod bli-.s yon.” ■ j
‘•Cod lile-s you,” move of expr •! five
Tharfroliim.-, without number. ,
llovealed wo tlnis oSrtwisein'HU.:
Whore eyelid* never htmnlier. *.
I ask ill parting ho In •• spei-e’i.
Drawled out in studied ire. .
t only ask the deaf old words.
<o sweet —so sail—"Co‘d bless you
. (fttupal (Tale.
WHITTEN FXIUKSSSLT FOR.TIIK tITIU': tlANXt.lt.
THE CONSCRIPT.
§-€tk of ftt ConftlmnSi @Lr.;
BY ( CL. J. U . ST. CIYU.
CHARTER IJ. •
Tin: r,} vo y A
■\Yo vi,n : | n< t. lincrf te r] enlm the
long? Roii'li' s pCrßrcu: in.B.o' our h-’t'o
in (lie rogimont.d.c” ; i.ldo: i > my,
That a fine mo: 1 'ft
rumor perva TV :ne camp ’ w ~
incut would ' ordered t > Virginia, as
the battle of “seven Piinw” bad so tliin
lied the ranks of the Confederate army,
that all the new 'regiments would be
needed fur immediate service. •
Ho for Virginia ! llu foe the grassy
slopes and the blue hills around Twicli
tr.oiid ! Ho for the fierce yell and the
clangor of arms ! Ho fur the joys ol
Battle ! We arc' off in tlm s-.f;, r- .<y
light of this beautiful June, m-rn-ing.- -.
Off, over lofty bills, and through h
valleys waving in the yellow sunlight,
•with golden wheat and rustling .corn
off through towns silent, almost', as the
gloomy grave; off roaring, dunking,
and leaving a long line of fire behind us
from that glowing monster fbc engine;
and with a clank, a roar, a jostle; «and a
bump—wo arc in iXio-JjqM at ftidnuond.-
\Ve file off the cars, and with arms at
will, wc march, with many a enri ms
glance, through the streets of that world
tenowned city; that c:ty,„ay ■ nst w.;:-
the waves (<f Yankee»spite beat an.
thundered 'for so many wary ye*'.:
promt old city, lovlier in her balth sc :r
red and fire dev a stub 1 rniiie.ti ah ot
cities blazing with pemp ui.o gi-ttetir g
in Toavble. * Then, out ou- the l,i\’ r
Railroad, and soon the Matting fires at
burning, apd the coffee is steaming and
avc eatonr supphrs.
'Among tlte many Original characters
in (be' Regiment vj which John Yu: not
vas attached was a “bard case by lie
i ante of Jod Wilson. Joe, had ten
“liorned'’ upon the waters of the “Big
Pcdcc,”.and could tell to a nicety wtere
c onld be found the .biggest l*r am and
i the most overgrown waw-mouth perch;
; lie c, nld tell wlicrc to drive for the big
| gest bucks, and could kill a “gobbler’'
any fine Spring marning.’when nobody
else could by any possibility got a shot;
he (vnld, any time in the Spring i . a
si wheti other men had t > rot in. I’m
the river withutit a single scale; he was,
in short, a type iff a large portion of the
landless men of the South before the
war. When the war commenced these
j. m cii, naturally adventurous,- Hocked to
ll * lai ti:. ;c.C'imiti-y, and every
; ollieer in the Confedeiate army will bear
! witness that tln*v wer. good soldiers and
i true; they owned no slavi sand they
j i>wnod luvltind , Imt they f eight ft im a
'sheer, reckless lov 6 ail en ure, not cn
tirely untpinglcd with a deep, undying
I vo for liioiv natiye South. *,
Wilson was a great faVOrile with all
the officers and men of Ids Regiment, oh
i account, chiefly, of his unfailing store of
i anecdote and song; for he would trill
i forth in a loud, manly- v dec set to-hold
Matenl music, the sc a ballads and the
war hull ads, which his m ■ c ici elf an
Kaglish-wouian, had UnglsUiiin.
.On this night then, thair first upon
Virginiti • iil, Joe Wilson was in liigh'ie*
quest, nod Ts.c v ca:iip'firo of his metis was
jfirosigfid with eager listeners. ‘''Give tts
Hie ilovil E-tuiy, Joe; won't, yap?”—
“Well, new,; ti'-ys; 1 d.m’t nmeli like to
go over that ere Vperaince kase it'war
the curio rest tilingyon ever beam tell of
.in all your born days. Fadt of it irr, 1
■ war 'so badly skeeied, that time, 1 went
! to old I’assttiD Jtiier,-and axed Jilin ’bout
* . *
: it. Wl at yon think fiie ohl skunk told j
( me ? “J. o Vi'i!.' II,” s lys ho to me, “you
: was dl u:.k when you seed that thing,,
and you is dvirrftc now, and L want you l
I to git out o' my house, with your moon |
| eyed iitvihi ” t w.u; so mad, T cui}}d cr !
i chawid up old cuss, but 1 let him off
I that time. Hynungyou long legged cuss,
throw some more lighten! on the tire, and
‘ i'll tell.yon al!' : b u*l it.”
“Well boyifil the narrator sel-Oirig
himself fn a mure eoinf. rlablo position i
on Ins- blanket, “l* am gwine td tell you j
tho-d ,rudest tiling that ever happened
op tiffs green yeath. It war las’Spring, ■
five year ago, that old he
canto out to m.y lio'.me, and sc;-, lie, “Jue,
Lyvant a mi s:i of chad so much that Pm
most froze; and hyer is seme of the best
old apple jack in the Dees trick fur you.”
Well, f jumped inter the old kurioo ’bout,
dartt, and k-T the old msn at ley house, 1
‘'‘pretty much how cofoe you so,” (haAvar
a pi werfnl man to drink,) atid-I shoved
t.ff iy that' deep. cove, jeut bcUw.tny
bouse. 1-thro wed inyiiel and 1 throw
cd, lint nary’ a shad could I fiitd.in al!:
the rnver. Bion y, t I got mad and!
‘swore that I'd have spine-shad if bbad
l.i dive to the belfom of ‘.'Big Redye,”,
and cil Y; Ivoor the head devil ot , aii
1 the : had , AY, id you bcliew) it, boys,
, fio, sooni’f w.i. tlyCTn' wprdd outcri. my
m- at , t 1... n tiie gran daddy ol all lb
tdyu, I -;t retiohcd up and kotch me. j
tin,; ling me ov.-r the sale Ot the
luoluu.amt doue, <K»wn I wont ker slosh
r; ■, Hie "b tl'm of “] • ,i.’i th ■■ * B
war u«i.c ~so quieo, tjiat I didn’t nave
time, to draw t. breath tore 1 yas laco to
j facet with ono of the all-jiredist moon,
.eyed devils that you ever seed in .all
i your born days, in fl'e shape.of*a shatf
which war ’bout sixty, feet long, ami
b ait twenty,feet. wuie. .Lois ol other
Hhads which war bout. t<,n f.. t iy> g. and
bout four o'.et wide '.vai swan uin rnuitd
, lookin’, rather liongry, like they would
. like tintake a hRo out o’ me.
j j “Well, the old bedevil, ho jest- rarod
| up on his tail, and sez Jio very [icrlitely,
‘Joe Wilson you is bin # kfcloniu’ my little
people fur a long timepand now I wants
to ax you, if you is gwine to quit it ?
kase if von don’t, you is a gone sucker.’
Sez I, fur I seethe had j„ 'I-'t s take a
drink o’*tl* best‘apple, j a * you eYtr
seed in all your born days, a 1 then we
.cits git to business. ’ ‘Wot’s pie jack.'
sez the old moon-eye nrtlier mad, kase lie
thiirt I war foolin’ oi him. 1 tuck the
jucq ani!*l pintedlt l ight under his nose,
and I Jell you, he tuck hold mighty
quiiik, and tuck enuff to make every
shad in Fedee drunk. AVell, the young
uus tin v (si’fi round loreokly, and begun.
J celling at my jug, and I soon had ’em
all the most ripfbafeneat crowd of old
. drank shad yon ever seed in ad your
born days.
‘Whar’s your C 1 He,’ sez old moon-eye,
‘I wants to have a liltli; dance.” Woji!d
yon believe it, b ys, jest at lb a miunit,
my fiddle war put in rny- bauds by the
. purtiest little I toy -in ail niy burn
;, days.
iteRU suaxl ths press Ttta paoriE’s rights MAisreatfr. ."J.v.yED by peas atj cwemsettby cr.itc.
QUITMAN, GEO., AIARCH 26, 1869.
“Well, 1 war a little drunk, to tell the
truth, and 1 didn’t care a dam whether
school kept or not, so I'struok up with!
tho “Arkansas Traveler,” and if ever!
you seed dancin’, it war done in tlm hot. !
tom of at deep cove in “Big l’edce.”
They rarod, and they kicked, and they j
cut tip didoes jest like humans when they
| gits too much liquor on board. . Biincby,
•Id moon-eye !. cams to.mo, and -ez lie,
“Joe. I wants bother drink.” i guv if
i to him, ami while he was a drinkie.’, that
nice little lady what guv me tho fiddle,
•sez she, “Joe, you had bettor git out o
this, fur they intend to cut you uptoreck-.
Iy, an 1 fry r/o;', like you is in the habit
of fry in’ ws.”
“That made me Imppin’ mad, I tell
; yon. !’o, 1 walks up to old muon-eye,
i and sez I, look a here, old cuss, es 1 bid
you on Sharp, I’d licv the biggest fish fry
that you ever seed in all vouj born days,
j Torccklv them words foaie. milen my
j month, old moon-eye lie ups withdiis tail
and kicks me'in the small of my back,
I Hitch a thunderin' kibk.ns no nude in
I.Bmilh Carolina e mid chill it. Jest you
think ttv it boy.-', a kick sixty feet long
J and twenty feet wide! The ft st-thing •
I knmved, 1 Nvar in my. fetinoo, but the
jug war empty, tyul that is the reason
why lie nows that ole mooneye ami all
his little m on eyes drunk up all that ere
apple j»iok.
. “I cotch no shad that night, and ’mist!
had to chaw up old man Jackson he war
no riprourimis mad, but I gov him some
[leoreli that I coteh that moi nin’ and tie
war so drunk that he diifii’l. know the
difference
Liftid stionls iff applause ami laughter
followed this rather unique story, which
lind been delivered with as grave a-coun 1
teuancc, as if the story-teller' believed it
all hfuiHcU. W iUi 'a qtlizzie and look at
the laughing crowd, lie rose arid remark
ed that, “it war bed time,” and wrapping'
the folds-of his blanket around him,
.slept, the sleep of the Just, entirely free i
from “moon-eyes,” .
f'fO BE CONTIS’L'KU.)
Fehtn*is« Beauty.—Mon in society have
frojn ti.m'c immemorial, so raved about
beauly in women, and poets in rhymes
and romances have so sung its praises,
that it would lie natural to c'oncluoe on
ly beauty lovable in the sex. Jn f the
proverb, “Men lose their hearts’through.'
tlreir eyes, and women lb .
ears,” not only cori'olioratdfi Hie Idea, Iml
makes it appear onr sex, the sen
ses—and iy.tlm opposite hj‘K, the intel
lect—predominate. Men set sullhiiiit.
store, the. goda Imiow, upon physical
comeliness in Bn* after "all, il
appeals to {hem as an effect ratle i than
a cause, and is nut Weighed by a dozen
other qualities. Beauty cpilitiia/pis, bn!
it dies' not. win; it. attract <,*ln< ij, docs i
not hold- And ii' it be not answeind by
Lmnnc ijuvavd beauty,M,syon disappoints;
jiuffi limy, by ctjistant anggestion ot dis
jiarmotiy* al Lst* i-' I>< 1, jti -• as a fair
(lower invites us. We admire its form,
: its ooiorpnis dainfiness. Hut flu'ii wc
pluolf it Idd'find it scentless, a pi-action
Tiniest borders on disgUst.. Weff*eß
y,-e have 1 -n cheated by a Counterfeit,
and the fi ,•• cr looks homelier thun if.it
I were less Hair.
do there intiftf be something mote -a
vast deal fnbre—than personal b' anr in
woman, to make .her, for any length of
time, even pleasant hi onr ‘.yes, much
U:.*s gratefai u, the heart, What that
sSniethiii'g is, it is dillicolt to say; hui.is
s cxpi'f s ieg in the word in * ■
'to cbm ey the esacK iyli-a, should be in
ferestingness. How or why ally One h>-
' tSestaus we cannot detei'ino'e. . (rr t:;e
fact Wc are coiivini*‘d beyonl a, miait,
but we are ineagable oi 'anyliz ng the
nbtle agencies > at pricluc •th <1 •
This capacity to intert is noi a neces
sary concomitant ot p TH m tl co.n• liness.
but on'the contrary, is Hid-ipemluiit of it
i—at least, in many cases. .
, Speaking of the iriuugsi! ndi Di ‘
the exclusion of tho man .u.i nrotucr
therefrom the Albany livening Journal,
an intensely Radical pup-■ i, (*.tys:
“The repugnance t > certain as.-ocia
tioiis and oili i iti ms i.s*ji n, ■ • l.v liat 'iral
* * There are physical and mental
differences in the two faces wh'ch sepa
rate them by inexorable law of repulsion
and which can be overcome by no a
mount of humanitarian plnlosopniznig or
; philanthropic legislation. Tho watte
(toes not accept the black as a. congeni
al fellow ond associate. Ami be never
will. . ' Wc.believe l bat .' -
colored people will agree with u ■ m on
q.O point. They sco that licit!• ' !
own happiness nor their position i. soci
ety wifi be improved by ignoring the
differences which tlte Almighty lias ere
; ated. No black man with a, proper sense
of :;i If re jit'Ct would seek to crowd nim
‘ self in tit society wlicrciie was a it wan
ted, and where iic must be conscious that
ail around regard him as an inferior.”-
'The noblest sight on carlli is. a. mat
talking rcasuu and bis wile hstcutng t'
| Iran.
WKITTKN Full THE Qnfir.lN BANNER.
THE DEAD FALL.
A SOUTH GARGLIMA TALE.'
bv ,t. w. ST. ci.am.
j [Xote.—At the request otu large nninher of
I new subfrrilier.-i. we repulilisli tlie following' n
miplng namtivo ivliith originally appeared la
| tlieJUxxTß January 15, 18«9.—Kwron lUnnkr.]
In .(lie good old times before the war,
I here _ lived ill Marion District, South!
J irulma, a good old member of the Moth .
‘“list Church. For obvious reasons, we
hall in.t give his name—enough that
we coH lii'ii—Muggins.
j '• NV Meggin who was gelicrally
! known by t ie go.Vi :jurl of the ■(leneral’-
| tviin tlumgli one of Hie kindest lieart
| *'d 'uen it the world was imndiuate-
I Iy ml. I (dell lo w : and, y and Hint of the
j n.ica:“ s’ kind; that kind that you could
1 buy before Hie war .at tvo t,y rente a
! fra'loii, and d.-ar at. that. If tiie “t.lener
-1;!” had a wis'i in the w rid that was
dear to lew jiriirt. it was Hie desire to i
keep Ids eijnviiia! propensities secret' •
from Ins Urtellirer!,’ and hi:, pastor. . !
No amount “di ipline” w uld ri*
form him; year aflor-.year lie wont-off i
Ilia old cqurse, without linwovor,’ being!
seen by the piffacher in a state of intoxi- i
cation.. . • .
; “The host laid ‘•i-liemes n'mlce tin] mon
j Aft gang gley”
The “(dep.-ral” was taking* his after
. dinner s’louy.i?, when to his utter dismay
| his wife aionsed him frtiin a vision which;
he afierwbu-ds averr.il to be the sweet- j
est ot Ids l ie .; he was dreaming tliht the j
Roden Livin' In! been turned into a:
mighty river of red eye, and that lie was
stooping down to take n 'drink ofit yriien !
• tin
vision I’orev.T. woke up, ole
man, fur sh"re's your liuriKthe pceaeln rs
al Hie dour!”' Tl'.ere was no tiino for re :
treat. There *v':ts*a ladder leading to a 1
101 l above, which loft, as was the case j
.with h-ost houses at tliaLday ,is com- j
■posed of loose elapboards ill fitting and;
on jointed. A s Hu* long fi.gs ~f the j
“General" dTipppareil up''tire Mi the;
pieacher made his appearance in £hc |
room. Looking around him with a din
appoidted air be. asked for .brother Mug j
IS. Ills wife, ! bad been pievi
onsly instroeted, told him that broHicr |
,\lue.gins had gone to the limit to bring j
.’ip.t"dt'him until dark. ■After tlm usual i
Inquiries alter the health of the family !
the premier ’ rop. .ad family nerviee.
A tiy mu a sung; and kneeling, the]
preacher e erta- need one o/ those l'ci vent i
c'xfeftn ■ »r: ii prayers fir which the |
early pr of t'ji; M (li.ulisf church
wreso and o vedly famous But who)
can picture ttv "feelings” ol the “Gener i
al” during this atvtfil time ; ho thought
over all .th ■ I . a tliing i that he ever!
I .; :i■.■. 1 ev.i dia.: and- they
were not fe4’ —ho thought of that last ?
game of “nrwn up” at. the store down j
the liver, in Avnie.h, tluingh there was;
nothing bet ifni. the drinks, he half enjoy
ed himself t. irv I. ... tented with i,
ahd reii: ‘• iT>i :!i a : any el the aviW
! fellow* in fhr game ; he thought of the j
cock fight but. Oliri.stmas, in.which light
lie had .i ' e Hii ei’lich ifiterontefl .Dial
; lie got: up a lit de fight: mi Ids..own ’ac- j
I count in which lie didn’t imitate Ilia own ;
mck by any mean,- ; fir while that gal-;
i lanf bird won bis batllfi I tttu sorry to ;
record that! t o "til : .tl’ 1 w:ts prgtt- «
wall “c’":wed,” ftp pinch so indeed tl. ci
his higldj dollectnal cmiiiyi . aueo look
ed like a suedf ei.liligji of the uiup of th i
world ; *ll 1 ■ if :i furrowed scratclics-rep
: resenting tlie livers and. Ill" Mark and
| blue briDHos i (‘presentin t tho variatia
uriiilit-i ins: lie .thought i“ xliorf of all Ins |
sins of “mission an I of- cfimtnis.-uon, he
knnlt dowtfatid tried to f“lh)'v.otlie“preac!i ;
er, but thajpwas a simple impossiblity.-1
At last tho pi e ,I’ii‘T ii.n nl i.m. M. the ‘Gun ,
i rjil h” name—‘J > wil .' ■ o*y h« con t
cljldeil to get nearer «o Hint I o might !
j hear h. Irio, what w.u boir * said about
him. .
\ .«• ‘‘.is V •• I : dd: matt rat any
In Im' rev f; e “(.'en
era : ’":eid -■ -ont qaot ..i strong whisky
in him, tun boards "1 too 1-dl being in a
! loose if.quin and condition, a i 1 have he
: hire said, i: ivaa a matter of careful
?:r twling ‘'•ii- : “General” to remove
liin-ell any .tancewithniit tlu 1 leaf of
tilling up a 'd.'.pboaul and coming down
with lotto.i more speed than dignity.
However bepna..aged at last to got
iniinedeii.-Iy irv . tne j.i'eaCtier; ativt’jli
ing out ids long neck, he looked over or
rather thro igh the boards down at the
(Uieonsciotls preacher below; the (..eiiev
al’s interest .was now of the iutensest
' character; the preaciicr in calling' down-,
mg.* i.j-uj ;!m .iusenoid (-sp"e: i’dy
l eleried l/i i ' r .Muggins, and prayed
i fur Ids refer mat ion ; at tii-j brother lean
■ ing over to be cm tala tmw the preacher
i was going to rebuilt him he leant too far
and like the t--w r of Plan, lie went over
from ins pel 4 im: do'; Hie unlucky 't.en
• eful” fel| i toil v., a crash, a clatter of
fading bo; i-i iniermiogied with loud
oat ii.- of p; vug- anieligiuim character
1 plump u; a . unfortunate preacher,
who may !'< t nsimnal was at miicii ns
■ founded as il the “General” had fallen
. (rein the . ... ..
Fur a . . 'e, in the prccino!;; of that
o’.d log i-. .ii there I. gned the in.a t
‘ i proioriu.L'tne e.'-t e!i>.|uent.-6.1 -nee —
> then, the.'‘General'’ rose like Antacor.,
: .vueger from hi. fall, and reiaiug. the
luckless preacher by tlie throat cornnienc
jed belaboring him in the most scientific
j manner.
Now be it known that the Methodist
preachers . f Hieohf n lime wen; of the
; Church militant ; they v ro stern, earn
est men and ms they lied usually to gam
their living by cultivating the soil, they
were a strong active litudy race; not a-
Verse if need bo to maul a sinner, if the
said sinner infringed in any manner up
on their rights.
l'ur a moment the preacher was too
jhi itch astonished to heed tho blows that
fell thick and heavy upon him; then com
mence'd ac mbit, of winch my poor pen
is power'. ', to give the details. Suffice !
il to-say that after frightening Mrs. Mug
voir into tits; after turning over every- !
thing in the cabin including the bed, the 1
c iuli.it was ended by the “General sing i
. ing out in a very .weak voice the magic |
monalylable—“Nutf!” Tho preacher |
r ise from his prostrate antagonist eyed
hint Hcvcroly—then in a hollow sepul- j
j dual lone lie asked him: "VVliurM youri
jug V’ The “General”-read the dunin ol
te = red eye in that voice and replied limn i
bly “In the cubliaid.”
Justice,, tvidi her bcperions sense ot
right demanded lliut the felon whiskey
should bo destroyed. Mercy with her
white hands interposed wliispPrjng. that
after flic beating the “General” had re
] ceiv al.lie sh uld have ono drink ; for n
long time the scales were about evenly
p ’ : and, then Mercy piae'ed muman infir
mity in her siilu of the scales and won
the victory ; slowly and sadly did the
‘.‘General'’ raise Ihc jug to lii.rlips; most
'tearfully did-ltd drink, than he saw the
red eye poured out upon tho gj’uiin 1 to
mingv with that great river of whiskey
of which he bad dreaiiicd. .
•1 will that 1 could saY in this
Oner true tale,'' ,
ihaflhe “General” reformeil from that
hoyr; I wish tiiat 1 could state th t he
‘•left off. eoelc -fighting seven up, and red
iey ami that he became as In' pretended
I to be-a nl mernl'i'i' of tlm clmrcli ; but
j the great tre.'dis of Jlistor.v cannot be |
trilled v. i til and J am sorry to state that |
ih • ; known f.-r a long t rue after as!
the most “owdacioub"’.rowdy ol the Big j
Redon. 01 one thing though 1 am fier
ta.iu.his, conueclioli with the Methodist j
j Ghtirch‘cornel from the nigiit iir which
■to use his own language, “Tli:d: cftnlcr-l
I lop’li ms! of a Methoclint nrcacltpr gave !
Bid Muggins the all firiWst wal opin j
that a gentleman ‘ever toted,’
For a fmg time after the event'nl j
night in question if you said “16ft” or!
j “clapboard-” in the “General’s” presence, I
it was the signal for tho commencement
of iiuisi.ilit ies on his part, and in llio sol
| eini) v'atclnfS of the night boats* that j
! werelloaling down tho broad river in 1
front.o< his bouse, would round to while
a perfect chorus, of "lofr” and clapbovd
would go up from the wild fellows that
! composed tho crews. .
. A New DoMie fog Baaui-ci. Lovees.--
X nice way of over Com fig-bainful scru
pit s iiira been formed in North -Carol tin.
tta !■•■ lilt wedding a guest proposed
that.one man jn tho cumfuiny should bo
" elected- as President ; *tlmt- this Rrcsi
dent sjbould.be duly sworn to keep*entire
! y,secret all co.mnwnic.itiuns foi
h i in |iii•, official cteparffment that nirjit;
l Reach unmarried gcriilcmau and fatly
non! 1 write tiis -oiMicr mime on a piece
( r paper, and uti ler it pine > the naino of
j the> . sou, ti :•;’■ wish to marry,* then
hand it to th !'resident ’ inspection,
i lif any 1 'ty I gciiT- bad 1 ' 1 ) -
jprocally ci.osea ••ttcii otlu;', H e J’rcsi-j
: dent was to inform each ot tlio result;
mi those who had Vcn reeiprocd in
til:-ir'c.lioicc Were to be kept entirely se
cret. After the appointment ot the Prim
i iiL nt commnnicatiotis were accordingly ;
’ handed np to the chair, and it was found
: Ural t welve young ladies' and gentlemen
: had reciprocal choices, and eleven ot tho
twelve matches were solemnized.
/.';< ■) of r\", 'inur Sir—l notice you
ti- :cntly quoted from the Post tin uriiclc
1 In Mr. Warning giving the value of dry
garth,u o a die ting for wounds ami ugly
„ i inn • n :.:,y ; ■■■ •» torn 'I p:u-_
s sit cm! igiou* opthahnia tfttli drear- *
mgs or poultices made only oi wot clay
dag ivom cold springs. d>y biudin'g it
oiuho eye at night in ns large quantity ,
s. a pint it Often netn l:,ce a ciiiti-.n. Us
:i;.,t effepts are to reduce the iiiflunlation j
foil it s s*n becomes diy arid liard and
then absorbs like dry (firth any' pois cl
ous matter that is s .ereted by dm ml!am
rd parts preventing it from doing further
injuiy. This remedy w.vr suggest ul to
I me years ago by. an old man who never
knew anything about tin: regular prac
tice of medicine ana 1. have seen it work
-o weil that 1 btdic'v. it" t) It worth a
( ,(• and and trial. M. 6. ri n. IBOOK, M. D.
New V irk, March 11, 1 'dr.
“Sammy, Sammy, my ..in, dun t stand
: there scratching your beau ; stir your
stnriips or you will make no progress in.
' }•!'(•” ' "Why sash-r, 'replied- tiio young
k.-nefni. “I’ve often board you say-that
in'! oui way tu get along iu this .world
was to scratch alicad !’’ '
1' exclaimed an English cockney
to a Western, traveler in England, ‘speak
ing aw of the law ol priinogou ituro, av
. ...i beritail iu Auk.-vwica.F “lieutuifl
-aid the American, looking at lid inter
rogator with curiosity'; 'n i, sir. \\ c
liavo the cocktail in America, and a
very popul drink it i d'
[f'li.OO per Annum
NO; 10
Maimer. On oiie.of our crowdetj Chi
capo streets to day I passed a little boy
not more than four or five years old who
was a cripple. One Coot was drawn up
ami a little crutch under each arm.
Every lew steps lie would pause to rest
mil my heart ached for him while I
| looked expecting nr see his countenance
1 distort with pain. lint no; a sweet smile
was on Ids pale, w n lace, and 1 thought
to myself after losing sight of him in the
surging crowd how much hotter to lie a
cripple and be good—as 1 knew him to
he by a single gVnce—than io he strong
and (healthy and ban. Dear children,
don't let yimr sovl grow up.maimed and
| distorted. If any are like the little one
’ 1 saw he patient, tememberiug that God
; knows best.
BGV" ihe Glasgow (Ky.) Times I,a*
S the following specimen obituary*. Hag—’
gin Moss, an citizen of African de--
scent, and minister of the gospel, of tin:
colored persuasion, w II known and high
!y honored f r his many good qualities,
w’"t to his final nccuunt last Sunday,
: fill owed to Ins last resting place by a
long, dark cloud of mourners. He bad
earned a reputation for fidelity, and had
! experienced at leant his ewn avoirdupois
weight ad hj>ii itu.il comfort, when he
Icl A(;y Ids eyes on this, telluric scene,
I where it t ikes work to get duds and
j grub, without tiicke ing.
\\ ho Gi fnis'g Kkkt ?—The Duchess of
Burgundy said olio day to M.nhune .Main
lonon: “DoVou kno'w why tho.Queeus
of I'higlfind govern better than the
Kings ? It is because tlic QiiCGtis gov
ern by the advice of men, and the Kings
I by tin advice of wo'metv”
Three things appear to he uninjured
by the Kail—the s mgot birds the beauty,
of flowers and the smile ot infancy ; for
and is difficult to conceive how either of
rthese could h’ave been more perfect had
man remained hy'.f* ; as if God would
leave us something purnjto remind us of
the Paradise we have l. l to that which
we shall regain. A smile is ever the
most beautiful and bright with a tear up
on it. What is the dawn without iis
(lew f .
~ .
. • ( 4fi£**‘ Benevolent ladies iu Paris have
spirted a novel means of reformation for
abandoned women. They marry them
j to. male, convicts, and give each pair a
sum (if rnphey to. start'iu life! We til
ler that this martial undertaking serves
I lie convict as a Commutation of puuUlw
nn nt. It certainly ought.
Iv a N rr-Pnr.i.f. —The South, while the
■trouble is brewing- -~:is brew it will—
must \v.itch and 1.0 silent; bearing it ai
! ways iu. mill'!' that wo Inno nothing to
! expect fipin Con. Grant,'or any other
IK publican .President, save.what, may be
IV,reed from the weuktieis or" necessities
of the North by the strength and r'e
j sources .of the South* ' -
Norwich+tas a profane parrot whose
utterances ■ ought, to shock that moral
■ coinnnuiily. Polly dislikes johnny-cake,
: hut one morning there was nothing for
her breakfast but a piece of the objection
‘able vian l,‘and it was placed before her
, with the louuirlt that it must do. The
hi id,’eyed it tv i lli evident disgust, turned
lit over, lnoke 1 bp to, the one who had
phi and it before her and exclaimed: “Oil,
he!I! Nothing but johnny cake ? ’
(I, ■:r..,: Koi.il ■ The yotfrig lady who
lets her mother (io the ironing fit* tear
of spreading tier diauds; the miss who
wears thin shijoa on a rainy*.day, and
'theyhing geii'f .email who is ashamed
to pe seen walking With his father.
A OuWtiu heiress 'as ma lea sensation
in jV-w OrV ms as r. “refugee.” Her
warn, be is two bundled dresses and
jewels in proportion -
Uncle: '/! dare say when I take you
home again, Charlie, your mamma will
; hare a nice* present for you. What
would you like best, my boy-—a little
broth.a or a little s's' ’.* ’ G i irlie,* »j
--ter so.lie v-xr'.ideruition. “Well, if it
makes no difT.-reoee to ina,‘ I’d rather
have, a little pony.” ■•'. n
Tan e.iu he remove I from the face by
dis lying inagiim-ia in soft water Reat
it to*a tin el;. niass, spread on the face,
and let it remain a initiate or two; and
then vvi-:li off with v '.stile soap sals,
. and rinse with soft water.
'csy* Cen. Gl int’s Cabinet, although
mo. ly at first, h is got a JSoxit icell, and
although it has been purged it st 11
smells very /'.■ A >j. /i ,/eivi/- Lnioii.
Such of Cite Smith Carolina negroes as
are milled iip m to pay taxes receive tlio
collector with surprise and indignation,
and ask him, “pwii’t you know tliat w.o
elected yen F
.TefTc'rson, at his inaugural, rode on
horseback without, a? singly guard, bitch
ed h.s bersc at the capilol grounds ami
walked into ilic l apilol in the most uu--
ctifiuoiiious imuiuL*';*.
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To di *pcl d.irkuoss fi.nA about >ot>,
i make light of -,eir t roil bps.