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Clayton herald. (Clayton, Del.) 1867-1870, 1869-07-24

to say why the sentence of the law
should not be pronounced against him,
and all eyes were turned upon tho pale
agitated young man, who arose with an
effort. and leaned against the railing by
which he stood, as if needing support.
"Will it please your honors," he said;
"to direct my prosecutor TO come a little
nearer, so that L can look at him and
your honors at the same timer"
Mr.. Carman was directed to come for
ward to where the boy stood. james
looked at him steadily for few mo-
ments, and turned 10 The judges.
"What l have TO say to your honors
is this" (he spoke calmly and distinctly
"and it may in u degree extenuate,
though it cannot excuse my crime.H
81 went othat mans store an inno-
cent boy; and if he had been an honest
man, L would not have stood before you
to day as n guilty criminalr'
Mr.. Carman appealed to the court for
protection against an allegation of such
an outrageous character; but he was
peremtorily ordered to be silent James
then continued in a firm and steady
voice:
"Only few weeks SITTER I went into
his employment, examined q bill by
his direction, and discovered an error oI
twenty dollars.''
The face of Mr.. Carman crimsonod.
You remember it, see," remarked
James, "and L shall have cause to re-
member it while live. The error was
in favor of Mr.. Carman. l asked if
should correct the figures, and he an
swered "No, let them correct their own
mistakes, we don't examine bills fol
other peoples benefit"
SIT was my first lesson in dishonesty
L saw the bill, and Mr.. Cameron take
twenty dollars that was not his own
1t seemed such wrong thing, Bu
soon rfter he called me simpleton fol
handing Back fifty dollar bill to thu
teller of bank which lie had overpaiC
mo OH check, and then
"May 1 ask tho protection of tht
court p asked Mr.. Carnsdn.
rs it true what the lad says?" askeC
the judge.
Mr.. Cameron hesitated and locke,
confused. All eyes were on his face
and the Judge and jury, lawyers nnt
spectators felt certain that he was rcall,
guilty of leading tho young man astIay
| d" Not long afterwards" resumed Lew
Clayton herald. (Clayton, Del.) 1867-1870, 1869-07-24

VI NdA nun li'tu pau IllS hily tSHtS TOO
much. was about 10 give it back TO
him WHOM l remembered hIs remarks
about letting people correct their own
mistakes and said to myself: Let him
correct his own error, and dishonesty
kept the money. Again the thing hap
pened, and again l Kept the money that
did not of right belong TO me. This was
the beginning Of evil, and here l am.-
If he had shown any mercy l would not
have enade any defence
The young man covered up his face
with his hands and sat down overnow-
cred with his feelings. His mother who
was near him, sobbed aloud, and nend-
ing over, laid her hand on his head say
ing:
MY poor boy! my poor boy !"
There were few eyes in the court un-
dimned. In the silence that followed,
Mr.. Carmun spoke out:
Is my character TO be thus blasted on
the word of a criminal, your honors? Is
this right ?'
" Your solemn oath, sir, that this
charge is untrue" said the judge, "will
place you in the right"
1t was the unhappy boys only oppor-
tunity, and the court felt bound in hu-
manity to hear what he had 10 say.
james Lewis stood up again instantly,
and turned his white face and dark
piercing eyes upon Mr.. Carman.
Let him take this oath if he dare y
he exclaimed.
Mr.. Carman consulted with his coun-
sci and withdrew.
After brief conference with his as
sociates, the presiding Judge said, ad-
dressing the criminal exclaimed:
" In consideration of your youth, and
the temptation to which in tender years
you were unhappily subjected, the court
gives you the slightest punishment
one years Imprisonment. But, let me
solemnly warn you against any further
steps in the way you have taken.-
Crime can have no valid excuse. It is
in the sight of God and man, and leads
only to suffering. When you come
forth again after your brief incarcera-
ton, may it be with the resolution to
die rather than commit crime"
And the curtain fell on that sad scene
in the boys life. When it was lifted
again, and lie came forth from prison a
year afterward, his mother was dead
From the day her pale face faded from
the court room, he never looked upon
her again. Ten years -Afterr5srds man
was reading newspapcS,,in a far wes-
torn town. lie had calm, serious face,
and looked like one who had known
suffering and trial.
Brought TO justice at last ?" he said
to himself, as the blood came into his
lace; convicted ON the charge of opon
insolvency, and sent to the State prison.
So much for the man who gave me the
first lesson in i'll doing. But, thank
God, the other lessons have been re-
membered.
"When you come forth again." said
the judge, "may it be with a resolution
to die rather than commita crime!' and
1 have kept this Injunction in my heart
ever since; and God helping ME, / will
keep it to the end.'
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Selected l5ostrp.
THE FA1ES.

THE FATES.
BY FRANK FoXcRoFT.
Somawhcrs upon the unknown shore,
i'nt1uchcd by mortal tread,
Where the streams of life their waters pour,
There sit three sisters evermore,
Weaving a sillSen thread.
Never a fabric half SO rare
Hath man or angel seen,
For the lives of men are woven there,
Clayton herald. (Clayton, Del.) 1867-1870, 1869-07-24

ALE causes many ale-ins, (ailings.)
Clayton herald. (Clayton, Del.) 1867-1870, 1869-07-24


"Do you feel bettcr?" asked Mrs.
Lewis. lIo had remained sometime
with her hand on his forehead.
mot inuch," he replied, and rising
as he spoke he added, "I think IL walk
in the open air would do me good -
"Don't go out, James," said Mrs
Lewis, troubled feeling coming into
her heart.
"I'll only walk few squares"
And james went from the parlor and
into the street.
"There is something more than head
oche the matter with him." thought
Mrs. Lewis.
Ibr half an hour james walked with
out any purpose in his mind beyond the
escape of his mother. At last his walk
brought him to Mr.. Carman's store, and
in passing he was surprised to sec a
light within.
"What can this mean ?" lie asked
himself, now fear creeping, with shud-
dcrng impulse, into his heart.
lie listened at the doors and windows,
Dut ne cOulu near nOLnlnS.
There's something wrong" he said
"what can it be? If this should be dis
covered, what will be the end Of it?-
Ruin ruin My poor mother"
The wretched young man hastened on
and walked the streets for two hours
when he returned home. His mother
met him when lie entered, and with un-
consoled anxiety asked him if ho was
better. lie said yes, but in manner
that only increased the trouble she al
ready felt, and passed on to his room.
In the morning, the strange altered
face of James, us he met his mother at
the breakfast table, struck alarm into
her heart. lie was silent at the table;
the door bell rung loudly. The sound
startled James and he turned his head
to listen in anervous way.
"Who is ?" asked Mrs. Lewis.
"a gentleman who wishes to see Mr..
James" replied the girl.
James rose instantly and went ont in
to the hall shutting the door as he did so.
Mrs. Lewis sat watching her sons re
turn. She heard him coming back in
few moments; but he did not enter tho
dining-room. Then he returned along
the hall to the street door, and she heard
it shut. All was silent. Starting up
she ran into the passage. But James
was not there. He was gone again with
the person who called.
"The young william shall lie in the bed
he has made for himselfr' exclaimed
Mr.. Carman in his bitter indignation.
And he made the exposure completely.
On the trial he showed an eager desire
to have him convicted, and presented
such an array of evidence that the jury
could not give any other verdict than
guilty.
All, that was sad g ling awayl Mr..
Carman was half the nightin examining
the account of James, and found frauds
of over six thousand dollars. Blindly
indignant, he sent an officer to arrest
him in the morning; it was with this
officer he went away from his mother
neUer TO retuIn.
The poor mother was in court, audi
BILE in the silence that followed came
her convulsed sobs upon the air.
The presiding judge addressed the
culprit, and asked if he had anything
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but none, perhaps, unless it be the Education
bill and bill to provide for the care Of the
poor, from the postponement of which the
public at large will experience any serious
eoss.
Some excitement was occasioned just before
adjournment by a dispatch received from
Charleston that Judge Carpenter had given a
decision against the Pillsbury party. The
Judge was denounced on all sides as traitor,
and the opinion generally expressed that he
never was . Republican. Threats weze made
that at the next session of the General Assem-
bly, the charter OF the City of Charleston would
be legislated out Of existence. On the other
hand, Cain, OF the Senate, and DeLarge, Of
the House, exhibited the most serene satis-
faction, saying they knew it could not have
been otherwise, and that the Validating act
turned out just as they predicted-a signal
failure. The Governor is now appealed to to
take the matter in hand.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
CONGRESSIONAL.

GEORGIA TO BE LET ALoNE-sEAT1Na OF A
MARYLAND sENATOR-TENURE-oF-oF OFFICE RE-
PEAL POSTPONED IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, March 25.-IN THE SENATE,
Rice introduced bill restoring republican
government to Georgia. A motion to con-
slider it failed by vote of 40 to Is.
Hamilton, of Maryland, was seated.
Inc bill providing for redistribution and
Issue Of additional fifty millions national cur
rency was considered without action.
The amendments to the National Junction
Railroad, come Getting north and south with the
roads around Washington, were adopted, and
the bill goes to the President. The Senate
then adjourned.
In THE House, joint resolution, restoring
the jurisdiction Of the Court OF Claims to the
cases Of citizens Of the loyal States for vessels
Impressed during the war. was passed.
Upson replaces Poland on the Reconstruc-
tion Committee.
bill restoring a republican government to
Georgia was introduced and referred to the
Reconstruction Committee. 1t reassembles
the original Leg islature and imposes the test
oath qualification, and declares the expulsion
Of the colored members void.
The consideration o3 the Mississippi bill was
resumed, but laid aside for the Tenure-of-
Office bill, which, after strong debate, was re-
ferred to the Judiciary Committee by vote of
ninety five to seventy mine, only ten Demo-
Gratis voting nay. The House then adjourned.
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WASHINGTON.

GRANTS OPINION ABOUT MISS sIssIPPI-LLNEss
OF Ex-PREsIDENT Observation-Disclosures
AND COMBINATIONS.
WASHINGTON, March 25-In an absolutely
authenticated interview between General
Grant and the Mississippi delegation, who
were urging Grants assistance in passing the
pending bill, Grant said he doubted whether
the bill would restore peace in Mississippi. he
favored appointments by the military governor
with a reelection on the constitution, with a
separate vote on Tho Objectionable features,
some of which probably would and, perhaps,
should be defeated.
Ex-President Johnson's physician has left
for Greenville, Tennessee, in response to dis
patch announcing Mr.. Johnson's dangerous
illness.
The customs for the week ending the 2Oth
were four million one hundred and fifty-six
thousand dollars.
!. The President has made the following nomi-
nations: Edward l.. Plumb, Consul General at
Havana; Alonzo p. Cornell, Surveyor Of Gus
toms at New York; E. A. Merritt, Naval Off
Ger at New York; julius Emmerson, Assessor
of the Third Louisiana District; James A.
Cooper, Collector OF the Second Tennessee Dis
trict; Isaac J. Young, Collector Fourth North
Carolina District; Julia P. Voolfolk, Postmis-
tress jackson, Tennsssee; Joseph " A. A sEmith,
COLLECTOR Jof tha!senona Diatrict Of Iissass
and quite q nnnihst UF no olnina tioilS
az III The s,enate Ia. session cont Hrtneas
Bancroft Davis as Assistant Secretary of State;
JAS. 81. Casey. Collector Of Customs, New Or
leans. Delano has appointed Edward w. Bar
Der, who was for several years Reading Clerk
for the House, Supervisor Of the Revenue in
Michigan. +-E
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SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

Brigham Youngs wives have arrived at Chi
chago.
Rhode Island has postponed action on the
Fifteenth am endment
Boutwell, wants Legislation for the redistribu-
tion Of the national currency.
The Governor of New Jersey has sent mes
sage to the Legislature Of that State arguing
against the ratification of the Fifteenth amend
ment
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sz7USa .a;S :v.ss E1-
gine COMPANY as part OF the fire department
of the Town OF Sumter.
An act to incorporate the Vaucluse Manufac-
turing Company, in the State of South Caro-
lima.
An act TO incorporate the Home Insurance
Company of Charleston.
An act to renew the charter Of the Charles
ton Ancient Artillery Society.
An act to renew the charter Of the Ferry
across the Savannah River. known as Stony
Bluff Ferry.
An act to amend an act entitled "An act to
establish Quarantine ct Geor stown, Charles
ton and Hilton Head"
An act to regulate the agencies Of insurance
South Carolina.
An act to prescribe certain lies to be OBJ
served in the government OF ferries and bridges
pri !leged to charge tolls.
An act to amend an act entitled "An act to
regulate the manner Of keeping aud disburs-
ing funds by certain officers"
An act to incorporate the Carmel Church in
Pickens County.
a Joint resolution instructing the State Trea-
surer to pay B. II. Rice & 90. in United States
currency.
An act to renew the charter of the Charles
"a An % act to establish the lien Of magistrates
executions.
An act to establish public ferry in York
County.
An act to incorporate certain societies &c the
City OF Charleston.
An act to provide lien on buildings and
lands TO parties furnishing labor and materials
thereon.
An act to authorize Sylvanus Mayo to build
. dock and collect wharfage in the Town of
Beaufort.
An act TO provide for the collection Of wharf
age at Hilton Head. &
An act to renew the charter OF ferry across
the Congaree River.
A joint resolution authorizing the Governor
to cause snit to be instituted against the Lan-
rens Railroad Company. o protect the in er-
ests Of the State.
An act to establish q lazaretto OF quarantine
hospital in the harbor OF Charleston.
An act to establish ferry between Hilton
Head island and the main land in Beaufort
County.
An act to repeal an act entitled s'An act to
ument from leaving the State"
to regulate the manner Of drawing jurors"
. An act to amend AN cot entitled .sAn act to
define the jurisdiction and regulate the prac-
toe Of Probate Courts"
An act 10 define the duties Of State Report
er, and to provide tor the publication OF the
Supreme Court repQrta.
An act to mako appropriations and raise sup
plies for the year commencing in October.
1893. ts
An act to provide for an election to fiu GER
tain vacancies In county ef1ces. WI
An act to repeal section eight Of an nsact to
alter the act entitled 'An act to amend tho
criminal law"
An act to incorporate the Dorm Mining and
Manufacturing Company Of South Carolina, FOR
mining and for othes purposes.
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SENATOR CORBIN AND THE WORK
ING MEN.
TO rHR Ep1roR OF rHE NRw,.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS.
At the suggestion Of Alderman Voigt, the
author OF the bill before the Legislature ssTo
rebuild the waste places OF Charleston" which
was laid on the tablein the Senate, I, as a DIS
interested party, wrote to Senator'S Leslie and
r. 81. Cain to induce them, if within the range
OF their power, to take that bill from the table
and have it passed.
What good it would have done to the COM
nnunity requires no great stretch Of the imagi-
nation to conceive. Two millions Of dollars
poured into the lap OF suffering community /
Aud from spite against the Acting Board OF
Aldermen, the Senate laid .he bill on the table.
You understand that Che measure is entirely
In favor OF the working man. 1t gives him
bread, and now steps in Mr.. Corbin and says
s'He shan't have lt; Mr.. Pil.sbury & 90. are
my clients, and the entire laboring population
OF Charleston must stay their stomsehs the
best way they can till my client takes his seat"
My letters elected the following reply fro m
Senator Cain JIM. M.
OoLuMnrA, y. o., March 2S, 1869.
Mr. James N Morrison:
DEAR S1R-Yours OF the 21st was duly re-
ceived this morning, and In my place in the
Senate l made inq Try after the bill you refer
to. And that Mr COrbn had the bill post
p0ned, or LAID on the table, and that at this
late date it will be impossible to have any 40
tion taken on it at this time. MIR. Corbln has
manifested spirit Of disregard for the poor
man, and all OF his real interests, in such q
manner, that have come to reg srd him as the
enemy of the poor only 30 far as he can make
good thing out Of them. II was Of his in
stance that this bill was la,d on the table, and
\ hencelost. So the schooi bill ls lost by his ad-
yics, and every other good measure looking ia
the peoples interest.
Iregret very much that many other meas
nYes, which ought to have been passed, have
failed to do so by reason Of tho persistence Of
y partlsans to carry their pet schemes through
Vhen we shall have men in our Legislature
Nho will regard the interests of the poor emo
Se laoOring classes. A revolution must b the
rtnedy, and until that tame we must suffer
n4ny wron 70 at their hands. m
AhAve the honor to bo,,
''' 4, q. cAm.
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NJ- The Relatives, Friends and Ac-
quaintances Of MI. and Mrs. J. e. ALBERT, Mr.. and
MzE. .. ". L1nLEY, ana Mr. and Mrs. J. FORREST
GOWAN are respectfully invited to attend the Fun.
eral Services of the latter, THIS DAY. at St. John
Chapel, at halfpast Twelve O'Clock p M, Immediate
" after morning service. March 20
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EUROPE.
rHE NEW spAN1sH ooNsT1rur1o

THE NEW SPANISH CONSTITUTION.
MADRID, March 25.-The committee appoint
ed by the Cortes to dratta form of government,
has reported constitutional monarchy. The
King is to reign eighteen years-the senators
will hold Office for thirteen years, and the
members of Congress for three years. The
Church and State will be kept separate. The
Cortes has passed the CONSUMPTION law.
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Obituary.


WHARTON.-Died. at Hunters Point Lone Isl.
and, March %, 1869, ELIZABETH ANN KECKELEY.
wife of THOMAS j. WHARTON, and daughter Of DR..
EDWARD @. KECKELEY.
Ills fuishedI the conflict is past
The heaven-born spirit is fled;
Her wish ts accomplished at last.
And now she's entombed with the dead.
Her months of afdiction are o'er
The days and nights Of dstress
We see her in anguish no more
She's gained her happy release.
Her soul has now taken it's flight
To mansions Of glory above,
To mngle with angels Of light,
And dwell in the kingdom Of love.
How blest Is our Lizzie, bereft
or all that could burden her mind
How easy the soul that hath left
This wearisome body behind
Then let us forbear to complain
That she is now gone from our sight;
We soon shall behold her again
With new and redoubled delight.
SISTER.
DAyANT.-Departed this life, at Gillison vile, on
the 18th instant, Mr. JOHN LOYER DAVANT, in
the sixty-sixth year Of his age.
t'He sleeps in Jesus.
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" sTWrTHOUrAGO A GOOD QUESTIONABLE
other temporsa blessings arc comparatively worth
less. The dyspeptic milltsnaire who hes tried all
the posions Of the medical proieason In vain,
and believes his complaint 70 be inourab1e. would
give half his fortune to be freed from tho horrors Of
indigestion, and thus enabled TO enjoy the other
half OF ooufss he would.
Perhaps HOsrHr1 RR'S STOMACH BITTRRB
has Ueen recommended to such sufferer. Possibly
he has turned from the friend who made the sug-
geston with sneer. .ntimating that no has NO fath
in any s.patent medicne.'' II this has been tho
case. 80 much the WORSE for him. HI, iAore6uHty
dooms him to life Of misery All the Injuries
which wealth CAT" purchase are at his command.
Not one OF them can glvo him pleasure. His own
Irrational cbstinacy 10 hts bsne.
The 1nasses happily for themselves, are less
skepheal. There 10 such thing as bigotod tnbe-
lief. well as bigotsd creduhty, and golden mean
between the two. which men and wcmsn VINO are
gift~d with comSnon sense adopt and profit by.
These are the class that patRon1e aud recommend
Ho,TGTTER's HIrIRRs. Why DO they opp ove
tins famous ant-dyspsptic and ant-biious prep ara.
tionf Simply Because they have mot ba a too m uch
tho savo Of senseess prejudice give It fair trial.
and haveTund that when MI other tonics attulants
aud stomachtcs failsSit produced the derei effect.
Strike. but hear" said the Roman sags. " hen
hisignorant enemies were asaailiua hmm. "Douot.
but sry. says the man who has been cured Of indi-
gestion. or bousness. nternit ent fsvar, by the
tsers as he reAtas his exserisnce or the medsetne
TO his invalid ftsnds. Whoever 10 so welded TO his
own foregone theossioAl conclusions, 40 to decline
to teat the properties Of medicine endorsed by the
to timony Of intelligent IA every walk Of iiss
and approved by the people at large. deeerves ID
sufssr. DAo March 40
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9nneral Notifes.

AS- The Relatives, Friends and Ac-
quaintances of Mrs. ELIZA TRNNENr, and Ct Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. TENNENT, are invited to attend Funeral
Services Of latter at alebe-street Church. at half.
past Three o'clock THIS AFTERNOON.
March 26 X
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THE "a GERS OF KEROSENE. "a kerosene
oil lamp pSxploded last Wednesday evening In
che contstionery store OF Mra. Hcanloh, in
Grand-stAet. New York. and set fire to the
carpeinN.j Considerable damage was caused
bsfOr0 tk flames could bs extinguished. bat
fortnnatel mo person was injured.
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Spefial MDtifes.

aJrCONSIGNEES PER STEAMSHIP
CHARLESTON. from New York, are notified that
she is discharging cargo at Adger's Wharf. Goods
remaining on the wharf at sunset will be stored
ct owners risk and expense.
JAMES ADGER CO.,
March 26 Agents
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AT CONSIGNEES PER STEAMSHIP SEA
GULL. from Baltimore, are hereby notified that che
is TINS DAY discharging cargo at Pier No. 1, Union
Wharves. All Goods not taken away at sunset, will
remain on wharf at Consignees s. risk.
MORDECAI & CO.,
March 26 Agents
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For PALATXA, FLORIDA.
VIA SAVANNAH, FHRNANDINA AND JACKSON

VIA SAVANNAH, FHRNANDINA AND JACKSON.
VILE.
@ THE TIRsT-CAss STEAM HR
TY, win sail from Charleston evers Tuesday Euenjp0
at Eight O'Clock for the above points
The drstc'ass Steamer CITY POINT, Captain GEO.
#. MCMILLAN will rail from Charleston every Frt-
day Evening" At Eight O'Clock, for above points.
Connecting with the Central Railroad at Savannah
for Mobile and New Orleans, and with the Florida
Railroad at Fernandina for Cedar Keys. at which
point steamers connect with New Orleans, Mobile,
Pensacola. Key West and Havana.
Through Bills Lading given for Freight to Mobile.
Pensacola and New Orleans.
Connecting sO,A II. 8. HdSts steamers OclasDah1
and Griffin for Sluer Springs and Lakes Griffin, Es-
tis Harris and Durham.
All freight payable on the wharf.
Goods not removed at sunset will be stored at ria
and expense OF owners.
For Freight or Passage engagement, apply to
]. d. AIKEN & CO., Agents,
South Atlantic Wharf.
n B.-No extra charge for Meals and Staterooms.
NOYemhar Al a