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Tbe First Baby.

.n12 b. dssrsssr; ths ssa aa: etc. 10 oadsa Why
didn'eit lsy4 no ebaby2 Itscaue when it
raiped, dark Us pitch, and my umbrella at
the store, no cars running. The doctor lived
five miles due West, and the nurse six mi
due East, and when I got home to the bosom
of my family the condensed .milkman was at
the next door, Itis funny little chip, that
baby. Solferino color, and the length ofia Bo-
lorna sausage. Cross? guess not! Um,
nm it commenced chasing me down the
halfway of life just when muslin, linen and
White flannel were the highest they have
been ,since Adam built house for Mrs. Ewes
chickens. Doctor chargcdtwo dol!arsa sqnint
four dollars grunt, and on account -of the
scarcity of rain in the country, take what !;
left 10 mans pocket, no discount for cash
and send bill for balance Janusry lst. A
moor little thing is that baby; q speek, Of {
nose nose like wart; head as bald az d squash
and no place to hitch waterfall; nIoutl
inst suited to come tue gum game and 3chey
m;lk. Oh, crackce, you should hear ersiDg
have bumped it.. stuffed my fur cap dow
is throat, given it the smoothing iron to pla;
wi,b. but that little red limp that looks as
! If couldn,t hold blood enough tosksep q moi
onito from 4fainting, persists in Yelling lik
fbundor. It's pleasant thing to have abab
n tl,a house. Thiuk of the pleasures OF
rstbef. ii dishabiliE, trembling athe rait
! nisht hour, With hia utsm feet upon q squa'
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| yard of cold oil-cloth, dropping paregoric il
o tin spoon by moonlight; somebody thump
lag on the door, wife Of your bosom shouting
hurry, and the baby yelling till the fresco
drops from the ceiling. lisa nice time to
think of dress coats. pants, ties and white
kids. Shades of departed cocktails, what
comfort, what picture for an artist in plaster
of paris. Its mother says the darling is
troubled with wind in the stomach it beats
| all the wind instruments you over heard. j
have cradle with representation of mi
raculous soothing syrup bottle on the daah-
board. l tried to stop its breath the other
night, 1t was no go; ] rocked ittso hard
missed the stays, and sent it slap clear across
the room, upsetting jar of preserves. It
didn't make any noise, then, oh. no! It's
mother says only wait until it gets bleached,
(its been vaccinated, and old enough to crawl
around and feed on pins. Yes, Pm going to
wait. Won't it be delightful?, John, run
for the doctor, sis has fell in the slop.pail,
and-is choking with q potato skin; sis. has
fell down stairs; sis has swallowed the tack
hammer shows signs ofthe mumps, measles,
Group, vhooping cough, small pox, cholic,
dysentery, cholera irfantum, or some other
darn thing, to let the doctor take all the mo-
ney laid By for my winters corned beef, and
all this comes Of shampooipg and curling my |
hair, wearing nice clothes, looking handsome,
going courting, and making my wife fall in
love and marry me.-Western R. R. Gazette.
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shipwreck.ef q brazilian colony.

= ShlpWfeck:oi 2 abfaz1iian3 tolopY'c,
We regret to hear Of the disastrous result
ofthe first sHipment>5f col6nists sent out Tor
Brazil urder the auspices of Major Hastings
4 to whose Kindness we are indebted! for tho
following particulars: -',sItai )
! The schooner Neptune, chartered for the
purpose BY Major II, sailed from New. Or
leans on 9th December, with -jorty.tys
emigrants, bound for Rio .Janeiro. On the
4th inst. she went ashore in 8, gale Of wind,
on the coast of Cuba, twenty-si1 miles from.
-Havaua-whether to the eastward or west.
ward of that port, We sre not Informed.
+ The schooner struck upon projecting
rock, and id such a position that. happily for
the passengers and crew, as well as almost
miraculcusly they had only to step from the
vessel Co the rock: and were all saved. They
also sayed all their baggage and personal et, !
fects. . . - < :,
Tie violence Of thogaie-and the marvel.
BUSINESS # thee escape maybe Inferred from
the act.that the vessea-went to- pieeeswithin
two hours after striking. y; -t;3. s,,:o,. :s "A;
The coIonists made their way TO Ha9ana..
From thence some wolit to Mexico, some ne.t-
turned TO Florida, aud some of them, :.beize:
Aabamians, came by the steamship Gaidiug !.
Star to New Orleans, ind thence to- Mobile,.s
where they arrived on Thursday. 4. ..a.
N'is said that heieaptain of the-sclsonee,
whose name we did not tlearn-astributes
the. .disasterto soms,dffcctin .his.compass. );
Major B1stings, although feeling histea: ,,
aln!ey very sensibly, is still Asoluteandh hope:
ul In his enterprise, and informs us thatthe >.
.olonists, With whom lie has conyeraed; avow.
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:. The PRIyu.EaEs OF FREEDoM.-Three me-
eroes stole hog from the plantation OF Dr..
M.. about fifteen miles from Madison, Ella.
They were apprehended, duly tried, convicted,
and sentenced to six months imprisonment.
On hearingthe sentence thoy all looked some
what blank ;4.bui, after short conference
amongst themselves, one of, them, who acted
as spokesman, said to. the officer, !" Massa
Judge, spssen re take de ole fash'n whippl,n
and be let 60. How dat dol ?" The good,
natured official, smiling, replied that he had
no authority to order whipping, nor had ne
any one to lay it on if he did commute the q
punishment. g But, massa judge" said the
aspirant for stripes, /" sposen we gets some,
body to do de whippen, how den ~ Yerl
well !" replied his honor, Z" If you prefer the
whipping, and employ some ono to lay it, Of
we'll, ] have no objection, and will let you OF
from the punishment" A coloreds friend, q
their req uest,, after some search, engaged
ncigbboring overseer to do the. whipping
When the men were tied preparatory to thel
receiving the preferred punishment and tb
operator was about to begin, he said, :" Loo
here, boys, I caa'twaste my time and strengt
for nothing; mint agoin to whip yon unles
I'm paid for it." We'll, massa," said tn
spokesman, " How much you a1P Ihre
!. dollars and half head,p he replied, an
:, not a cent less" Cash was arnther' searc
a with the cuiprfts. saBut with the acrapingss
their pockets, supplemented With what the
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DISTRESSING OccURREScE,I IN WAKE CoUN-
TY, N. C.--The Raleigh Sentinel, of yester-
day, gives the following particulars Of dis
tressins occurrence which occurred in Wake
county:
to his home n the AFTERNOON Ree macse sea9 Of thus
with spirituous liquors. he was babtraaslte6
the use of it to excoss, and when in that
condition was unkind to his family. lie had
ON other occasion been unkind to his wife
and daughter, and his daughter had LEFT her
home on account oft. On this day, Friday,
he struck his wife. His son Alonzo, lad
about sixteen, had before demonstrated with
his father about his treatment to his mother,
and on this occasion told him if he repeated
his assaults upon her, that he would shoot
him. This excited the father, and the son
left the house aud went to the mill to attend
to his duties. The father pursued the son to
the nill, and commenced beating the boy.
The bow ATTEMPTED to defend himself with
his pistol. which the father took from him
and threw in the mill pond. In the scuttie
the father cut the boy severely with bis knlle
and the boy ran home as soon as ne coulo
cxtricate. himself. The father pursued, but
the boy reached home first, and seizlng his
rifle, attempted to FIRE ct his father, but II
missed fire. He then. took gun and fired,
bringing his father down upon his knees; ne
seized q second loaded gun, and fred, killing
his father outright. The boy is said to have
been seriously injured by the cut given by
-. A moro sharp rebuke has seldom been
given than this to the practice Of intox!ca-
tion, and the neglect Of family discipline
Seldom hes the peace of an entire family
been more thoroughly destroyed than in this
naen
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Shocking Tragedy.

From the Shakopoo tMinn. Argus, 11th.
One Of the most heart-rending accidents
by fire, that has ever come to our notice, tool
place on the opposite side Of the river, and
about two miles from Belle Plaine, on the
night of Thursday last. The name Of the
unfortunate family was Shilock, composed Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Shilock and five children, the
oldest some eight or ten years of age. Dur
log the night Mrs. Shilock awoke and found
the house in flames, when she Immediately
sprang from the bed, and remembering the
four. children in the other room that was
reached by a passage, she rushed to their
rescue. -
Mr.. s. followed in On instant later, but in
his passage broke through the burning floor,
and fell into the cellar. By desperate eff
fort, almost suftocated:by heat and smoke,
he again reached the bed which he had left,
and grasping the sleeping babe, threw it
through window he broke out; but on turn.
ing to see what had become of his wife, he
was met by the 1ames,s and but barely escap-
ed BY the window through which he had
thrown his child. Upon reaching the out
side, he heard the cries of his wife from the
entry way Or narrow hall, who had been fran
ticaliy endeavoring to gain the reom occupi-
ed by the children, until she herself had be-
come surrounded by fire.
Through almost superhuman exertioh lie
succeeded in bursting in the door and rescu-
ing her, although both were terribly burned.
They now used every e1ertion to save the
children, but all to no purpose, and soon
they we're enabled to see tho four standing
together in the middle Of the room, clipging
aae @ athfs ,es ~ L i their gaiSed toTaEd
agonized parents, who could lend them no
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SHOOTING on A BURGLAR.-Wed ednesda,
morning, about 4. o'clock, burglar forced
open the shutters on the east side of the In
ternational Saloon, under the Concert Hall
This done, portion of pane Of glass, suf1
ciently large 10 admit a hand, was broken
the catch fastening tho upper and lower sashee
removed, and the window silently raised,
which gave the robber admittance into the
billiard room. The individual in question
approached the glass door leading from that
room into the saloon, which, on finding It
locked on The inside, he proceeded TO open
by breaking pane of glass in the same
manner as inthc first instance. After punch.
.ingSdt part of the glass with,a small piece
of wood, he inserted his hand, unlocked the
door, and walked behind. the oyster stand,
located on the east side of the saloon.
In the meantime, the breaking of the glass
door aroused one of the proprietors, who
slept in small room. in the saloon, adjoining
the door. Selling double barrel shot gun,
he stood up in the bed, and, as the gas was
bure;ag, hehad no difficulty in seeing thein-
truder and defining his object. Raising the
gun to. his shoulder, he fred, and the burglar
fell, exclaiming, 40 my Godn Mr.. VOL
laston Immediately called on his brother,
who was sleeping in, another part of the
building, and both of them lifted up the
wounded mau, brought him from behind the
counter and placed him on the floor. After
! few moments he come to, and asked for
'ome wine, which was given to him.. This
'eviyed him considerably, and on being ques-
ioned as to his object, he candidly admitted |
hat he entered the saloon for the purpose of
obbing it, and added, that as he was about
o die ho might as well tell the truth. He
ave his name as Slaton, and said that he |
belonged to Charleston. The load of small |
hot struck him in the breast and shoulder,
nd it is thought tina. the wounds will prove
lortat. Slaton, or whatever his name may
&c, was discovered few nights since in the
ct of stealing at the Planters Hotel, but
7as afterwards turned loose. His unfortu-
ste but just punishment will, we trust, have
salutsry effort in preventing others OF his
lass from meeting with a similar fate, and
bould prove warning to all to desist in the
ursuit of their nefarious deeds.-Constitu-
Qaslist,
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Honey.NIoon Scene.

A correspondent thus describes scene
that took place at Saratoga, short time
since, between newly married couple, who
were spending the honey moon
A bridal party came down few days
since; | never saw more honey.moonish
looking set in my lfe The bride and groom
looked, walked and acted loveto the life. A
more devoted couple you never beheld. They
were sitting in the parlor one morning when
I accidently heard the husband say, With a
melting tenderness of voice and manner:
"Did You speak, dearest?"
"No. net, l did not-I was thinking" re-
piled the bride, looking as angelic as possible:
"Ol what were you thinking, my loyef'
"I hardly dare telfyou my pet"
"What, loveliest Of your sex, distruat your
'adorer so soon 2"
:" Pardon-a thousand pardons, dear Edgar,
if have even seemed to wrong so noble
Icing" ;. ~,
fond and dearly loved wife"
90, Edgar Edgarl you are hatterer;
know you are. o, you naughty mon you
know how dear you are to olne."
YOU are-you will tell me7"
"I will-but first give me assurance thai
YOU will not frown on your too fond Kebecca
A frown, Edgar-nay, even reproyiag, LOOK
from your own sweet eyes would break my ny
now too happy heart. Say, then you VII
not frown."
Foolish child Do the stars frown wher
the poet looks up to them for inspiration
Does the fond mother ffown' when her first
born looks up to her e-es, IS he restles still
closer to her bosomq Does love, fond, trut
love, ever frown?"
;e.e o, say no more, dear, dear Edgar; I feel
-I.know, you are the best the .kindest, tn
most devoted of menp ...-..
"Tell me then, love, Of what you wer'
thinking" -.
nof you, only you Edgar, on my troth."
"And what of ME, my own Keoeoca q"
~Alasl What shall say? How shall
extricate myselffrom this perilous dilemma 2
aSpeak, loved onei charge you'll
| gDear Edgar, you know
/ ayes, sweet Rebecea-'"'- :.
That-O, how shall / say it ~
"Any how-go on-dear Rebec-" -.
"That if you continue" -,
"Yes-continue-"
"To eat-cabbage-"
"Cabbage-what then?"
mYou may catch the cholera, (sobbing) an
tsobl and (sob) may (sob) be left lsob)
! widow (sob) before (sob) the season (hister
col sob) is oyeri"
didn't, Icoulan't wait to hear any mo-
of this conversation I do wonder if
li iust married" folks go on after this fashio
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.Paop1e Atty AND ExrRAyAaAScE OF THE :
souru.-From the following, which we hna
ia a late number Of the Macon Journal "a ana %,
Il Messenger, it would appear that the reign o.
extrayagance is commencing in the Soutn'
. The yeryidea Of economy, andeyea OF reg.
ulsting expenses by income, seems to nave .
departed from among us, The opening o.
Northern store houses to our astoniSnea W, VI
sion seems to have run eyerbody crazy, w!
well as The rich .,s W0sn r she aaSil Iners as
they were Ioconogs signs sao.tv tps as erars, drni
siUa 6iseen dollar brandy, and drive fast horses
as % If they. were loaded down with riches, ant
| so had but short time to I've, and nobody t
leave it to. We shall. wake up from this De
iusion. % before many months shall have passe
over our heads; and @hen tho crash comes
what an awful fall it will DO ] 80
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scolored friends lent them, the requisite SUM
of ten dollars and fifty cents was made up,
and the whipping was fully and faithfully ad.
ministered--they got the full worth of their
money. Nevertheless, like man everywhere,
discomfort with his enjoyments even under
his own chosen conditions, their eloquent
spokesman again thus delivered himself,
HMassa judge, dis am hard case, time use
to been when We could get acproper whippen
for muffin, but dey yis free US and nowwe can't
get whippen wid out payin for EN-. Massa
Judge; I wieh dey would make'us as we usen
be n'-Laurensville deraId..
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= The Charleston Press

L Tn f&o roIr,;,ot H.. of'1L.c - -,
# a, m g rsycr ,a1. uas az .has gooa ea Guy
prass d. :, guy teptsssntse p tae
,nr;sI ssS ah;1;, sn a' iHer i9 p9!ns q ed
literary and miscelaneous matter. or IN uIn rns.
chanical appearance. ~isas ~
q the. CNartessg~ az :,9 DdlH Nsea, publshed BY
9aIneaEt, Mc M,ian q eortoY, is the latgest
aa,iy eyer Puoiisnee IN south Caroiinas beng
. dopo;e aheetof about the sizs Of Tie Nsw
oIk herald. Ihe PrlpcfEai EDITOR, Mi.
Cathcart, is native Oaeotnian, and although
q young man, be has had much experience ID
journalism, being engaged for copsideraEie
time on the London and New York pspsrs.
Z. ". Spsatt, Esa, forniegly editor AID pro-.
pnstor o. lhe Charlsstot! Staadard, Is believed
70 Do one a. tne editorial Contributors, and !.
.nsre are lew neu 1n carolina WHO wisd
more feaay ana Yigofops pen, MT. TaFelt, q
wen known smP news and coplmefciM. rea
porter ana MI, John Mlller, comprise, 50 far
as we knoW, tne editorial staff of the News.
Mr. ames mcmillan, genial, Bholesouled
gentleman, ,s tho business manager.
Ihat sternng oio journal, The Charleston !,
oouT'er, after many trying yiclsslhddes, has
4Sa.n passed I'd into the hands OF the old firm
~ u a; >; N lhngton q Oo;, the senior member
oi @nica Ias long since been gathered to his
fathers. The Office, with entire material, was
consumed intke late cosFagration on Hayna
street. but she Gausia :; ;ss,,sd fromthe
rom lne asnss Anss .sl
ass sl:sss s.}a z 3. 80
in iormer gea':, Tue Iost.. s e.a was Goi:a Cue
wy :oIMa ;aa a.a ,,.osan, VI as aon.ss;. ' an
'a, Juas'as .oai .io IsHus ;.s t
p," ;an ou.,na . .ha W hnsgaaa % a1ns,n"n;.s ~ % NJ
tagu W % Ia;a,sr.. ,u I,r - ,a., u.s.a ~ Sn.;ss.s
m' na!.e, :o y IL 80 aa.;,;., ;ae I To.onos
1recsor' Is assn IN n,' orc orc pos,..on. Iolons. @
Leaao,', .oe Ees.of ~ W.s inc ua,e Goa.r, s, nas 90
'enaeu .9o 'fipo1i msj1. mu:sel,, .nn
seous anu accohplisaeu n1anS'e y 10; ~
same' az ms 1la ptase nSa, Dsnlaa 'ns ugss aud
80 on ., ali 'ne o'nef s'.s'n'S "a ''ne' anu
'esTel %a uays: naz ou..r e,.,, ,,,,;.lo 81
raI: 1us ',T.H' ~ .o.as ,. y ,u,M
Gol1mela' nas Deeu resumed IL Jal.es.a'
y =. u. oe 'nea'ne, WHOSE gtspnis ,S nsn eon.i
,utions graeeo tne Columns OF tae oou,ertn ~
ne Garner Gays Oh the war over soe eIeoa'ote
'f PeIsonne." Associated with him IN the
EDITORIAL department are W. Gilmore Sln1ms,
tde distinguished Itteratsur OF the Soutn, .ena
.ne gifted poet, henry Ilmrod. In point sI
TALENT the CaroI'nsdn ID SURPASSED oy Do paper
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IsouEsr.-Coroner Whiting on Friday last
held an inquest at No. IL Duncan-street
upon the body of an old freedwoman nance
jimmie jenkins, found dead in her bed the
ntevious night. A large portion OF the necs
and face of tho deceased had besn eaten ou.
ring the night by rats. The jury rendered
. veerdict that she came to her death from
w Anothor inquest by Coroner Whiting va'
held on Sunday morning at No. 8. Soutt
Bay stree, upon the body ofan old freed
woman. who fell in the FIRE and was burnt Il
death. Verdict of the jury in accordanc'
with the above tacts.-Charieston oourler
29th.
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VIEWS OF President JoHssoy-Pres;deni,
Johnson said, on the 2Sth,. to distinguished
Senators, that the agitation of the negro tran.
chise question in tho District Of Columbia at
this time was mere entering: wedge ta. the
agitation. a of the question throughout t. the
States. It was ill-timed, uncalsd-tor ard
Calculated. to do great BARN. He believed il
would cause great trouble, and ensender con. ..
tentiou and strife between the TWO races. II
would lead to war between the two races
war which would result in the injury to both
and cause tho certain destruction OF the NC
gro population. Precedence, he thought
| should be given to more important and Ut
| gent matters--legisatiop upon which; vas es
sential for the restoration of the Urion, Y
secure peace to- the country and .prosperl'''
ia the people.
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The oasas lsel Hard Case.
Bypleboian generals, IL has long ,besufaid
{ battery,isJ Jnnegros head; ;a,r
HOW Oftitstandaunscathed, the crushing shock,
et-gravitating tinaber, brisk anirOck!i'-
Aud lately anation did in warfare fsurs5
Bccausothe country split upon-yhe nfgser.
= ~
@sc A Michigan soldier, arrested 1for. stealing
so6se, said he found tho bird bissisg at the
American flag and arrested him fiji treason.
~ Washington special saysA Union scna-
tor has received . lsttsf fs0w Kentucky stating
that a movement is, bsing organized to return
John O Brcokiaridge da tho Senate in place of
Garrett Dsris 9 :
as- Lofd PssmsfstSnn' WIT shswss'Shiim to hare
died ~orta sses,ooo, nearly IN 5F wsica aasleasos
to Els widow, and dponP her -dsssyE4t goa to hOr
Fsdn, Sho is.tO aisans thensme 81 Temple. Hil
fldttSts ''Sad papary'h hlSs ar6srt TO bis wife.
aSsstzS ~ se ssi,Etssss
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mae MI. Liud.hl, The editor Of Eredorneslaudet'
newspaper ,publiihed in Stockholm, ha. been on
r,oontly condemned to death by the axe, for hav-
inc falsely md with evil intentions accused Mile.
Mepdsl.hson of an infamous crime. His COUNSEL
NJ q @. Usela, has boon condemned to one
months imprisonment and to tho introduction
for having, with full kneWladge undertaken ts tho
de,anss Of "a unjust cause. s,., s..,;x;-s.s
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Taking for granted, for the sake Of rasgu-
ment,. or rather to avoid argument, that the
people of the South have, BY the, late, .reSo-
luton, forfeited all of their political rights.
and can, with justice, be debarred ths priyi-
loge Of representation in the Congress Of the
United States till such time shall arrive
when they may betaken. back. hike tho pro-
digal son, into theefoldaof the old aag; LAX.
ins this for granted, we would Ike. to pro-
pound a pertinep. I'VE hope not gu iuperti-
nent} query. ~. rs -; is>
By what code of constitutional or uncen-
,stitutional. laws have the "powers that be"
in Washington toe ability to .ssate a single
iosa of the rights of an American. citizen who
chooses permanently to remove, his .do@icil
from. one partqf the United States to anotkar
And who shall:say that "a citizen. of, New
York in choosing TO, become o citizen, Of
! Charleston shail thereby forfeit a-siDgle right
or privilege due him as a citizez Of the Uni.
ted States? sWo would spggesttoour friends
in the North to fight their battle and ours
on this new 6eld.--Charleston Nlews,