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Houstons isnoW placed at IL, 900. - y.
Tile @LegislatiyeSelect as far as heard :
fre,n,s have resulted in favor Of the Democrats
y ST. LOUIS, August 6.-Rolns, the Black aIse, I.
publican and Know Nothing Candidats Sior :
Governor in this State is defeated by Stewart
Democrat by from fve"to ten thousand MA
jority. ~ y
DuBuouE, August A:-Thc Democratic major-&..
ity in this county is about 1900, Ttie major ..
ity against the new constitutions. is 1000. !.
e; In Scott county, the Democrats Ia4ss iestad Il
their sheriff and judge by small majoritys3;s
the Republicans the balance Of the officers. ~
WMMlNuroN, August 10-Scales has beenrA
elected member of Congress, certainly IL SHAY
probably; and Gilmer by much reduced ma
jprity. y - 80. :.
A Coon TEAGHER-SAt q late educational tasf
tival in New Hdmpshire, the following incident s
"Some years ago teachor, nSput to opanhi4
school in Charlton. heard of ono boy who had
always made trouble for teachers, ahd fha41E
succeeded in breaking snip ;severaE schools by 8
his turbueuce. The Iteacber detergilhedss tJ s<
take measures to awaken the boy,ss SopscisisSo.
visited his parents ataikeasyith rhima mamadsaI
impression. At the closo IF the dky of-tta-
school he hadseceasion to tell the scholar that
he had beenGgood boy Tho prude1tiAl com:
that boy: out or he would break up the school,,
The TEACHER replied that he would give him vi !,
fair trial first. At the end 6f tho ssSGnd daV
the committee repeated their advice, but tfee
teacher replied that he must and would give.
disorderly lad became the best scholar in &C lool
and that boy was William L. Marcy, late;
secretary of State. And always. on his return !.
to his native place he called on his,old teaeherg
Gen. Salem Town. and acknowledged his ifi.f'
tion of.character which had made him WHIT ho s
became. q - =. -
AocrDENT-We learn from the EdgefeidsAd-
vertiser that the stage-coach which runs from
Ninety Six to Augusta, had n very ,narrowies-
cape from n serious accident On Friday last.. :.
Stephens Creek, nine miles from Edgefe cid G..
H., had oveifiowed its banks anI the approach
to the bridge was little difficult. The.coaeh,
containing one passenger was driven ID, anfH !
in moment torrent of water cnme. pouring
down from the mill-pond above, of which the
dam had broken away. The horses were in
stantly submerged in the flood, but fortunately
the coach remained stationary. ;Mrs. McCuiS Z
Tough, of Augusta, who was the only passenger,
succeeded in climbing to the top Of tho coach,
and thence by means of ropc thrown bysome
negroes was enabled to rcacl, the bank Final :
ly, the driver, horses, coach arldmaii.bags iwere
rescued with little other injury than thor,
ough wetting. *.
THE JUDICIARY OF s. C.-In the Crusader, d
temperance magazine, published in Cincinnati.ss+
| Ohio, for August we find the following inst
an and well well %eri,ed compliment tothe JsdissaEy
"Chief Justice ONeall, oeSonth CSrolina, has
recently delivered,in Columbia. two addresses,
on the Law and Equityebencles Of that State
from their beginning. lie takes up.t each Judge
and Chancellor separately, and sgives Shia 6lo-
grnphy, and sketches his peculiarities These
| addresses should be preserved in theez arehissSs
of the State, asethey will be of inestimable
no TO the future historian No man livintsis8.
SO well nble TO give these dclincdtions as thsss'
venerable O'Neail. Although we are not per-
found interest No State in the Union has had
an nblcr Court from the begining Of tho Repub-
lie. than South Carolina" -, ..fE.;.. H. ;sss.-
DANGEROUS CouNrEREElr. The MontgeiH.:s
cry Messenger has hccn shown count tcrfait
| purPorting to be i've dollar bill on.the bank
Of Georgctown South Gnrolina. Tic counter.
felt hns figure ofSlibertyson- tho nghE ;1fAnd
sild which is not intthe genuine; on tho Left
hand side Sf the counterfoit is IN. eng Icon tha
readily be. detected rs oil. good five, dollar
bills on thcs Bank Of Georgetown~ have red
check baek:' The eoloring Of the printing ior,
rather pale, wlienscopparedwith the gennine.T
Tho cngrayer'a IMPRINT on tl,e good bilf il
lsawd9stw , Wright. ha!sia }, Z Edsp, Now Fork,
tAts& Co, N.eYs1s-. This .countertat Is tahngafs
oaa asit is a new issue from tho dens, aid On 9
(which has not yet been exposed by any of the.
published dctectors. - .,s...' s-:s.s3fs "
Yousas EArIrn's REr4LI1r1os "a enerais sirs
Charles j. Nepicr tolls tho following storyspf
his childhood: There was in Limerick agreat
coarse woman, wife Of DR.. -. =. When sl,e
heard of my nisfortune,, she said, ..PSoH boy1
! suppose %., q fiy kicked his spindle s6ahks BE.
known, five feet seyen inaPes and o half iigfE
| this offended me- greatly; and as the Eofd<