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their dear friends true, or whether they know
the actual state of the case, it is impossible to
guess Certainly they feel no shame in the
exposure of their own depravity; for we have
seen with our own eyes a lady WHO had just
been relating the most shocking stories of fe-
male friend, upon which select circle of
charmed auditors made approving and appre-
clatlvc comments, turn. with the scandal still
upon lpr lips to greet the very person Of whom
she had been speaking, and exclaim, = I'm SO
glad to see tou we we're Just talking about
you" while her assistant scanlal-mongcrs
joined in the welcome. and smiled upon the
object OF theirahu>e. Perhaps She would have
served them in the same way But it makes
our blood run cold
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ARE MINISTER'S IIRELINGs. =" Are you
the man We We hired to preach for a,?''
: No sir, | am not =
" beg pardo4l are you not the minstcr?"
" Yes sir | am the pastor Of the Church
here; hut do You really think have been hired
to preach for YOU
Why yes sir | was at the meeting when
the vote was taken to raise the money. Did
you not come here expecting a salary? ~
!" Certainly and 50 does the Governor of
this State enter upon his duties expecting to
receive salary; but would you say that ne
hired to govern the State?'
= Not exactly.
" And the reason is exactly this, the Gov
ernor Is ctcd to fill a certain office. and when
you speak Of him. you think more Of his office
than you do his salary. You DC not hire him
70 do whatever you may wish to set him at,
but you elect him to an Office, fixed beforehand
and expressly defined in the constitution. and
then YOU fix salary, that he may attend to
his duties without embarrassment. The same
is true in a pastor. You do net hire him to do
a job of preaching for you You elect him to
an office, ordained by Christ and defined in
the constitution of the Church, anl then YOU
fix a salary, that he may give himself wholly to
the duties Of his Office.
our theory appears very well, but what
practical difference does it make"
just this. When you hire Il man, YOU cx-
pect him to do as you say When You elect a
man to an Office, you expect him to do what
the constitution says. = -CAriStjua A{rocutt.
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POET r Y.
LITTLE ONES LIKE ME.

ut Jesus called them unto him, and suiG
Suffer little children to come unto me, an
forbid them not for of such is the Eingdo,
Of God. LUKE, XVIII, l6.
Jesus, when He left the sky,
And for sinners came to die,
In His mercy passed not by
Little ones like me.
Like me,
Like me,
Little ones like me.
Mothers then the Saviour sought,
In the places where He taught,
And to Him their children brought
Little ones like me, &c.
Did the Saviour say them nay?
No, He kindly babe them stay
Suffered none to turn away
Little ones like me, &c.
Twas for them His life lie gave,
To redeem them from the grave;
Jesus died from hell to save
Little ones like me, &c.
Children, then. should love Him too:
Strive His holy will to do,
Pray to Him, and praise Him too
Little ones like me, &c.
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MAGAZINES, sc.

Udrpers Monthly for this month begins the
thirty-seeOnd volume Ofthis popular periodical.
It's opening article describes at length how the
magazine is made, and exposes the mysteries
Of book making. Names of Men is read
able and instructive article. Miss Muloch con
tributes an excellent poem Our Mutual
Friend makes his parting bow, and "Arma
dale is continued. The other articles are inter
esting and the Drawer amusing.
atlantic Monthly for December presents more
than an ordinary good number 1t opens with
the initial chapter of new story entitled
Griffith Gaunt" There is a wcl-written
sketch Of Adelaide Anne Proctor by Charles
Dickens rendition of the parting Of Hector
and Andromache, by William Cullen Bryant
. Books for Our Children" and "Clemcncy
and Common Sense" with the continued arti-
cles, make up this excellent number
Hours at Home-The December number Of
this popular monthly contains beautiful steel
engraving of the National Cemetery at Gcttys
burg. The leading article is styled " France
and America" Among the contributions are
many of a very high literary merit. Scribncr
& Company, New York. SO.
Ladys Fiiend-The December number of
this favorite magazine is a superb one. The
leading steel engraving is one that will go home
to many hearts. The engraved titlc-page is a
gem Of art. The double colcred fashon-plate
beautiful, as the other patterns are correct
Deacon * Peterson, 3lg Walnut st., Philadel-
phia. $3.50.
Ieterson Hd1Gsine.-Dccember is a splen-
did number In 1866 it will be greatly i'm
proved. The reading matter will be increased
and each number will contain double size
steel fashion plate, elegantly colored, with from
four to six figures making Peterson" tn,
cheapest in the world. The terms will remain
the same, 81 c. j. Peterson, 305 Chestnu
st., Pha.
Our Young FoLks for December closes tn,
first volume The principle in publishing thi
magazine is to furnish % children the best lit
erature that can be procured for them. This ha
made it success. Over fifty thousand cOpie
were circulated during the first halt-ycar of it
existence. New attractions are promised il
the next volume. Ticknor d. Fields, Boston
Price, 80.
Frank Leslie for December presents all it
usual attractions. The fashion-plate, patterns
&c, present some odd styles. a new volume
with new attractions, commences with the mex
number. Frank Leslie, New York. 81
We have received another of those brillian
gems of literature, The Champion Poets,
the present number being the humorous poem
of Oliver Wendell Holmes. These publica
tions are meeting with marked SUCCESS Pub
lished by TicknOr 4 Fields, Boston. so cts.
We are indebted to w. Jennings Demorest
473 Broadway, n. Y, for three pieces of ne1
and popular music Grand Indian March,
from Meyerbeer's Opera J. LAfricaine; 6 Fest
val March, by Chas Fradel, and beautiful
seng and chorus entitled I" The Boys that Wea
the Blue" Prices SOc. each.
<N
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"Tombs do worms unfold. "
-Merchdnt Of Venice, II, i.

1 He worm Jnat naCn eat or king.
-Hdn,tet, ", iii.
Byron freely uses the same image, two in
stances OF which we will cite In that sketch
wherein he pOrtrays the character of the woman
VINO was active IN bringing about the alienation
between himself and wife. and which contains
perhaps the severest denunciation of anything
in the English language, he says:
g Down to the dust and as thou rottest away.
Fen worms shall perish on thy poisonous clayi''
and again, in describing remorse:
at is as if the dead could feel
The icy worm around them steal
Without the power to drive away
The cold consumer Of their clay.''
Dr. Watts improved the occasion in the well.
known strain:
"Thy flesh, perhaps thy greatest care
Shall crawling worms cODsume
But all! destruction stops not there;
Sin kills beyond the tomb.
Carlyle, satirizing a dO-nothing aristooracy
speaks of them as fattening for the worm.
Thus have poets and preachers made thu
worm an inseparable adjunct Of the grave and
the tomb. And yet, after all, there is not q
word Of truth in it. The body, when .decently
buried, or when deposited in q tomb, Is entire
ly safe from any predaclous dnnetDtd. " ma
St Paul calls the temple Of the Holy Spirit Il
not subject to such proclamation. Only in ex
ceptiOnal cases-as when bodies are exposed i
warm seasons in the open air-insects, who d
not discriminate between man and beast, de
post their ova in the carcass, and the larva
iced sweetly upon it. Incremation and inter
ment are designed as much as anything to pre-
vent such a fate. No one dying in his bed
and among human beings need apprehend an
such dissection of his mortal remains.
After allr it matters little what disnosition i
made of our mortal relnains--of the body W
are SO prone to call ourselves, but which is onl
cast,1H garment we have picked up by til
way The vaults of 81 Denis could not gnar
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a correspondent of the Lewiston JoWma!
says that, among the large families in the town
Of Marlborough, are the following names
Head, Foote, HYDE Horn, Sides, Hough,
Heart, BowleS, Ilaslct. At last a prussian
came in named Onbehnd
BIRDS FROM SEED. Are these pure ca
naries !" asked gentleman Of a bird dealer
with whom he was negotiating ler gift Tor
his tair. -
Eyes sir. said the dealer, confdentialIy,
" | raised them ere birds from canary sccd!'
A temperance friend recommends brandy
annlications ior badness, continued externally
tiIlI the hair is we'll started, and atterward ia
ken ia generous quantities Internally, to clench
the roots
The price of the new fal and winter bon
nets in New York, ranges from twenty to six
ty dollars, and occasionally higher
There are seven hundred and fourteen female
clerks in the United States Treasury Depart
ment.
As telegram has superseded the word tele-
graph so, in London, the word Paragram"
threatens to take the place OF paragraph.
Why are lawyers and doctors safe people by
practice their professions.
Tcnnyson speaks of +" the angel of the rain.
bow" That angel must be an arch-angel
Preachers profess to teach people how to
live. Culprits on the scaffold would like to
learn.
A lady, playfully condemning the wearing of
whlskers and mustaches, declared " 1t is one
ofthe fashions invariably set n.y. face against .
SHOCKING IMMORTALITY. How often do
we hear Of people ssiag at the point Of death.
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At the recent burial of soldier and Young
lady, in a town near Paris, the funeral authorl-
ties made the singular mistake of confounding
tho two. The young lady was inferred with
military honors, dragoon regiment followed
her to the grave, while the soldiers coffin was
covered with white drapery and flowers, as the
symbols of virgin purity, and was carried to
the grave by four ladies', whole galaxy Of
fair damsels escorting the troopers remains,
and chanting funeral hymns.
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"GooD-BY, OLD Arm I'm the hospital
ut Nashville, short time ago, a wounded he
TO was lying on the amputation table, under
the influence of chloroform. They cut oif his
right arm and castit, all bleeding, upon the
pile of'human limbs Thenthey laid him gent,
ly upon hissceuch., He awoke from his stupor
and missed his arm. With his left arm he
lifted the cloth, and there was nothing but the
CORY stump. Where's my arm?" he cried !;
. get my. arm. I want to see it once more
my strong, right arm. They brought it to
him. He took hold of the .colc, .clanlny fin;
gers, and, looking steadfastly at the poor dead
member, thus addressed it with fearful car
nestness: Good by, old arml We have been
a long time together We must part, now
Good-by, old arm ! You'll never fire another
carbine, nor swing another sabre for the. Gov
erntnent and the tears rolled down his cheeks
he then said to those standing by Under
stand 4 don regret its loss. 1t has been tori
from my body that not one State should bt
torn from this glorious Union,
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In an Eastern village when the plate was be-
ing passed in church, newly-apponted editor
said to the collector: Go on, I'm dead
head, ri We got pass. = 6
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Bassomptrrre, the French Embassador to
Spain. was telling Henri Quatre how he enter
ed Madrid Il was mounted on the smallest
mule in the world "Ah,' said Henri,
what an amusing sight-the biggest ass on
the smallest mule q" was your Majesty )
representative, was the rejoiner.
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teachabie But there is one in store, in Con-
cord. New Hampshire. that has been taught
to cut, with its teeth. the twine with which
packages are tied. and performs its work with
much deXtcrity. 1t is even impatient to exc
cute the feat before the package is in readi-
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TIE LAST THING IN LUcIFiER MATCHES. =
There is an ingenious safety match, now in
general u.s., which will light only on the box,
and not always ON that We hear that it is to
he superseded by u new invention which will
not light at all. The latter is especially intcn-
ded for the use olnurSeres, powder magazines,
and aoylnus.
Smyrna times., 1865-12-06

General Mouri, after struggling through a
long, lank butter-mt-dyrd native boy how
far it was to terra .frn,d. han't hcern o
such place about yer, was the cheering re-
rlv
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FEN1ANIsM The Fenan movement seems
to be ON tho decline at present, both in Ire
land and America. There is no excitement
about the matter. and there are re- no signs oEfany
Tanada ' Is being quieted, and the fear of insur-
roct;on or invasion is passing away. In the
mass of English newspapers which we received
NV the last mnil, the subject is hardly men
toned. The London Times has ceased indul-
ging in either threats or ridiGlle about ID.
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DEATH OF \ llERO.- There died ON Thurs
day last, at the United States naval hospital,
Brooklyn, and old sailor who, though in hum
bic station, made himself lasting fame Viii
liam Conway was, in 1851, an old sailor in our
navy, having served over forty years as an en-
listed sailor In April, 1851. he was stationed
at the Warrcnton lPensacolal naval station
Florida, and was the man whom the traitor,
+. b. Renshaw, of the old navy, ordered to
lower the United States flag ON the secession
of the State Mr.. Conway, in reply to this
order, answered that he couldn't do it. y"
The order was repeated more positively -
=" Lieutenant answered the old sailor, -
have served under that flag for forty years, and
| won't do it." The rebel lieutenant did not
insist. Shortly after Mr. Conway was sent
North and here remained during the war He
received from the citizens of San Franc SEQ Il
god medal commcndatOry of his gallant action
on the occasion referred to, and this he had on
his person at the time Of his death, together
with letters from Secretary Welles and Gen.
lIaleck praising him for his devotion to the
flag. He was native Of Camden Maine, and
was about g.
Smyrna times., 1865-12-06

STRANGE CURE FOR THE CHOLERA A sto-
ry is published in Paris confirming the fact of
the immense influence of the nerves in cholera
as illustrated in the year 1892 by Professor Re-
camier. He was summoned to a bedside,
where he found dying man, the features CYAN
OSe, cramps all over the body, the voice chang
ed-in fact, all the most fatal symptoms strong.
ly characterized. After an attentive diagnosis
the sagacious doctor suddenly snatched off the
bed-clothes, and commenced hogging the pa
tcnt with all the strength he possessed. The
spectators, tor an instant electrified were natu-
rally enraged. The dying man, by one expir-
ing effort, started from his bed, threw himself
on the DOCTOR who ran off hotly pursued along
passages and corridors 10y the cholera patient:
till both reached the top of the hospital stairs,
when the breathless professor stopped, and,
looking at the ghastly pursuer, coOlly asked:
And how do you 1eclY'
"Feel!" said the astonished patient" feel,
indeed why" latter pausel--" have no
more crampsr'
Il believe you but after this fine race you
require rest. Some cups of Hsd"s and rog"e
Ia gatere."
The pseudo morbund was saved.
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III -, 1T I,'I' III H'II VITVIVCU HV9II
May yiolets spring.
This is the true transmigration-tol live again
in tree, or flower, or bird. or insect pursuing
that long series of changes, which, for aught
we know TO the contrary, may be infinite, and
which render probable, if not positive, the
Immortality of matter as we'll as OF spirit
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The Bible.

. - 'xne 61O1cs =
I1 ksa Editor Of tie Coz,un6ia PAe,,i1:.
sBsin assured that you and the.
readers Of the PAgnir feel an interest
in every good work, permit me to
state what is doing in South Carolina
and other Southern States for the
great 'cause of the Bible, under the
auspices of the American Bible So
ciety.
During the past three months, a
kind Providence has permitted me to
prosecute my labors as Bible Agent in
South Carolina. under favorable cir
cunstances. Bible committees were
appointed IN various Districts of the
State, and addresses made at several
Bible meetings. Donations of Bibles
and Testaments were made to Bible
societies, committees, destitute Sab
batch schools and individuals: And
letters Of encouragement in my work,
together with letters requesting dona-
tions of books for sale and for jistri-
button were received from prominent
friends Of the Bible. in this State.
Donations of Bibles and Testaments
made to societies, committees, Sab
bath schools and individuals, fre
Mousct7ad rolun1eS.
In Georgia, Mississippi, North Ca
rolina, the Valley of Virginia and
East Tennessee, the Bible cause is
promising. The following agents have
been appointed for these States: Rev.
G. Jefferson Pearce, Georgia; Rev.
w. c. Johnson. Mississippi; Rev.
Henry Hardie, North Carolina; Rev.
E. O. Dunning, Valley of Virginia
aud East Tennessee. These gentle
men are SoutherDers, and, except Mr..
Hardie, were in the service of the
American Bible Society previous to
the war. They are experienced la
borers in the Bible cause. Before
winter, the Board of Managers of the
Bible Society expect to complete their
corps of agents in the other South
ern States.
Orders for Bibles and Testaments
on donation account Will be filed by
addressing Rev. e. A. Bolles, Orange
burg, s. @. Also state the name Of
consignee in Charleston, S. G.
:. A thousand blessings on all who
love the Bible, and who will pray and
act, so that 'she Word Of God may
haze free course and be glo1lfed
Yours truly,
EDWIN A. BOLLES,
General Agent American Bible
Society for South Carolina.
ORANEGBURG, S. c., Oct. 10, 1866.
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I.ocal Etena:s-
RELIGIOUS NoT1cE.-We are requested to
state that there will be service in the Bap-i
tist Church thismorning at 10a o'clock.

CHINA WARE, &c.-By an advertisement
In to-day's paper, it will be seen that w. B.
Stanley, Esq, SO well and favorably known
to the people of Columbia, and other por-
tons Of the State, as q frst-class merchant
in his line of business. Mr.. Stanley was
one Of the few who, during the war, sold
out their goods at old prices. He more
over furnished soldiers families with his
goods at half-price. Such instances are.
rare, and we have no doubt his friends and
the public will manifest their appreciation
of his former ibcrality and generosity, by
giving him an extensive run of custom.
His establishment is one that is greatly
needed in the community. We wish him
success.
NEW ADTERT1sEMENTs.- ID call.
cd to the following advertisements, which.
are published for the first time this morn
ing:
Ward Il Harvcy-Post Coaches.
Col. A. r. Taylor-Exchanged.
Col: Rolling Mills-Sawycr Wanted.
.. J, Scott-Nomination
+. H. Elmore-Special Notices.
The Misses Henry-School Notice.
w. B. Stanley-Chin& Glass. &c.
w. G. Embleton-Notice.
Ed. McMullcn-Goyetnmen Prono-ix
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Society for South Carolina.
ORANEGDURG, S. c., Oct. 10, 1865.

REAlM1scENoE Or ia37-AN AMER1-
CAN ExIhE.-Not long since an elderly
man, bent almost double with age
| and work, and in garments tattered
and torn, while passing through
Rome, New York, stopped at one of
the stores and asked for food or
money. He volunteered the remark
that he was ashamed to beg, but
stated as an explanation and in ex-
tenuation. the following as the cause
OF the necessity: His home was Sara
toga, and he chanced to be in Canada
at the time of the rebellion in. that
country in 1887. He was charged
with being engaged in that outbreak,
was tried and convicted for being in
completely with the Patriots, and
sentenced to Van Dicman's Land for
life. He says he was not guilty, but
that the feeling was so strong against
the Yankees at the time of his trial,
it required but slight evidence to
convict.
He was then some twenty. zone or
twenty-five years Of age; he was taken
to that penal colony, and there sub
JSSCSst w SCl1S1 SCtCI ana
the most inhuman treatment; he.
with other convicts, was compelled to
draw the p1ow and cart like oxen, and
to labor early and late, and treated
not much better, if any, than the
dumb beasts. Thus were twenty.
eight years of life passed, never hear
ing from friends or home. nor allowed
to communi ;ate herewith. He, with
others. wc,s finally pardoned, and al
lowed to reach home as best he
might
He left the country a hale and
hearty youth, erect and full of life
and vigor; he returns to it after
nearly thirty years absence decrepid
old man, bent over with age and work.
and with shattered health and
broken constitution. The narration
he gave of his life there and the de-
tails of his treatment fully impressed
his hearers with the truth of his state
ments, and that he was no impostor
He was on his way home, not know
ing TINT he would find a being who
knewthim when boy.
Utica m Y. Herald.
"Eotten Blanks" and pegmits-indisre !
sable to all persons purchasing or shipping
h> oh{ IL L
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BHpIoYHxNr.-Mght OF ten good print
srs can obtain employment in this office
during the approaching session Of the
Legislature.
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CIvn AUrHoRITY.-The Charleston

CIVIL AUTHoRITY.-The Charleston
Courier, of Friday, says:
3tAnother step towards the restora-
lion of civil power was taken on yes
terday. Mr.. Steadman Yeadon, the
keeper Of the State Magazines and
Powder Inspector, received the keys
of one ,ofethe magazines from Gov.
Perry"