The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-10

In the evening TO smoke cigar, Is to |
accost any young lady they may chance
to meet. There is, he says, Il stareDa
blush, a litter, and presently it is al
right. AS they disappear in the dis
lance, the young mans arm glides a.
round his companions waist, and--adds
this funny correspondent, tive will
leave them to their musings
"Musings" is rev and good.
Here is theme for a thesis of a thou
sand pages, of which We make you a
present
When men begin to breed men as
they breed horses, dogs, cattle and hogs,
then the elevation of humanity will be-
gin.
But you don't believe moral men may
be grown.
You are mistaken-they can be bred
with as much ease and certainty as
Frederick the Great bred gigantic gre
nadiers. AL; flesh is plastic as clay in
the hands of the potter, and man, to
use not impions figure, is his own
Creator-God over himself.
Dr.. WitherwaX died lately from hair
dye. This is double death. But his
is not ga name which the world would
not willingly let die.''
An English paper places the follow
ing American items in juxtaposition
and without comment.
The statistics of divorce in Connec-
ticut are startling. During last year
thedivorces numbered 47S,or more than
one-tenth of the number of marriages.
Ohio proposes to counterfeit the evil
effects of increasing celiDacy by the en-
actment of law that shall make it
criminal to remain single after the age
o. 20 years.
Legislation will not cure the conju-
gal evils of the Northern hordes. The
plain truth is, that the lower order OF
animals ought not to marry. The ex-
pertinent has been fairly tried, and has
failed signally,
Choy-Chew, the Chinese merchant
who visited New York the other day
has one of the finest faces we ever be.
held. His likeness is given in Harper:
Weekly. 1t reminds us of one of the
Marshals of the First Empire, whose
name we forget, but is much handsom
err than any Frenchman of that day OF
this. His companion, Sing-Man, hal
also strong, intelligent face, more like
a North American Indians than ;
Chinese.
Modesty is not quite extinct. A few
women of 90 may still be found, whit
can blush and do not think themselve
disgraced thereby.
Twelve students were recently sus
pended and two expelled from Fairfa,
Institute, Vermont, for violating tn
5ye-law which prohibits the student
fIom walking or talking with young la
dies in pubic places.
When Malone gets to be Emperor c
these United States. we shall ask hir
to issue ukase forbidding any man t
speak to or write about the ladies. Thi
will gag the vile newspapers. When
man so much AS thinks about a woman
in the only way in which man ca
think about a woman-i. C., with sent
men.s of the most profound pity-h
snail be required to commit suicide, b
hdYi kari or otherwise. This perniciou
business of having anything whateve
to do with the poor creatures, must b
stepped summarily.
Here is an item which we donate tn
Dispatch, with the simple request thu
it will not annex or prefix moral
it.
The editor of The Carson appeal re
Gently saw a white boy and little dan
key hitclied up together as horses, an
China boy was holding the reins an
driving them.
The Petersburg index emphaticall
, approves the proposition tor Stat
Press Convention. We again sugge
Richmond as the place, and the Stat
Fair week IA the time of meeting. "a
in favor of that proposition will sa
AYE" '-Riclmond Wig.
Aye !-lpder and Express.
Response by the Native. NO; unlei
, the Richmond editors agree to pay fc
, the supper, nisnamed Convention
Ballard has done his part. Now q
yours, Messieurs Mcdonald, Cowardil
Southall, and VIM. Wade.
Sand SO" 10y express permission
=, the World and Mr.. Coleman) Mr.
Sickles turns out after all an innocel
J woman. A lady correspondent OF tt
L World says, among other things, this
, One day she turned suddenly to
Young friend and asked: ''Do you thir
me guilty woman? "and without wal
ing for an answer, SIZE went on. II WI
to speak now while / can. ! was
shocked and terrified at thai hor"lo
time that did not know what SAID.
But 1 am not guilty of any sin. Nj
= Sickles was very violent-I was afrai
of him-be brought me paper, whic
: he said | must sign-he said he shoul
be hung If did not sign it. l nevt
read one word Of that paper; l did III
know one word written in it. l pl
my name where lie told me, and to say
his life."
NAMES.