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A Trne Lady.

A true lady is easily recognized in
public places By her neat and tasteful
dress, by her quiet aud unosten,a, a,ious
demeanor, and-if there is occasion for
her to speak-by her gentle voice aud
choice language. A loud, harsh voice
and "sslaDg phrases" coming fiom those
who IN other respects appear 10 have
been we'll brought up, always jars
unpleasantly upon the hearer.--
There IS n long list Of unauthorized
words and phrases, which are 10 com
mon use, and are supposed TO give a
certain zest 10 conversation, but which
are very far from being elegant. They
are coined in various places--in, The
boarding school, in college, in the store,
and on the street. Oue by one, they
enter the family circle, and become dis.
agieeably common. A man who con
iinually interIards his conversation with
words which The dictionary, ignores,
does not. thereby, increase our regard
for him ;1and when we hear woman
hsbitualiy usniag "sIang," we canno,
but feel that she is wanting IN that del.
icacy and re6Rement whish are the
brightest ornaments she can wear. Ia
deed, II is.very certain that the FREQ uen,
use of course aud Vulgar words Lcgets
dissgreeable'condilion Of mind, which
may no! he realized BY The possessor.
but which is very apparent TO associates
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feet stranger : this seourtsoasr advance
toward q wall flower, " rs icbarac,eris,ic
Of the rnan, and, in general Of his caste,

VI tuo tpau, aDo, IN general vi MS caste.
4 Iv.--Horoa.
] Notwithstanding hi, tbough,less lay.
ishness there was a high sense Of honor
in the :. chiyaltous Sodthron." He did
not meanr 10 defraud, any one. 4 have
known an expensive, generous fellow 20
cut hia throat because he could, not
meet q note which WAS coming, due. I
have known another bankrupt to put
bis, wife and children into buggy, and
drive with them into the sea, drowning
the whole party. / do not assert posi-
lively Il only give il MS my strong i'm.
pression--ihat such tragedies Of wound.
ed honor were more common in Dixie
Than 10 Yankee land The honor oof
Southern students Is not college honor
as il is understood at the North, and per
haps IN Europe; il comes much nearer TO
the honor ofgood citizens, and the honor
ofthe gentleman Of society. The pupils
are not leagaed against the teachers for
The purpose Of passing fraudulent ex
aninaiions by the triekeries Of stealing
prepared lists Of questions, carry lug fur
tive copies Of lessons into the recitation
rooms, mutual posting, and purchased
compositions. a professor Of th Q
Charleston Medical College assures me
that he has never detected such cheat
in thirty years of tuition. A professor
Of the Universits at Columbia S. c.,
told a friend Of mine that he had known
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|, BRowSLow has retired from tho Knoxville.
Wbig, after an editorial career of n third Of q
century. lie was a bitter politico, religious
partisan. Tho parson says that if he was nt
times severe, it must be remembered that, like
ST. Paul. he has fought among wild beasts ut
Ephcsus
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Circular

70 No O6leers Of tks Bible Sacistiess and
others Co.operdting scih the Ameriean' Ri
Ole Sooisty In .SontA sCdrotina. issg s&,
DEAR BasrnRss; Permit mo to direct your
attention to the following important iuslruo,
Nons from the Secretaries of the American
Bible Society, Bible House, Astor Place, New
York City. II, -, ~
"The Committee Of Distribution have in
structed us to state that, hereafter they will
expect all applications for grants Of Books by
Auxiiiaries and SO far as practicable all others,
TO receive tho endorsement of the Agent from
whose State tho requests are made, topether
With full information OF che facts which on
force each case. They are especially desirous
to know tho cstent Of destitution, tho efforts
made by applicants to help themselves, or to
pay in part for Books received from our De,
pository, or to contribute to the cause, tn,
number and character, Of tho population to be
supplied, and in fine all that may assure the
COMMITTEE Of the propriety Of theee requests. .
10 meet tho demand for the Word of God in
this State, "The Auxiliuries are earnestly 70.
que'ted to increase their efforts to raise funds
Tor gratuitous work, and especially to forward
without unnecessary delay all funds now in
hand, or readily collected for Books or on
donation accouht."
Collections rom Pastors of Churches, and
from all friends of the Bible, and cou,ribu,
tions Of any amount will be thankfully receiv.
ed and duly acknowledged.
flease address mo at Columbia, s. c., and
1t will aaord me pleasure to serve you.
Yours truly, .-....s,' -
~.' -'. "'." E.A. BoLLEs,
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"JoHx, what is the pas, Of see ."

"'Seen. sir."- '.......
p. "No, John, il is saw s. .......
d" Yes, sir so ia sea fish swims by
me it becomes SdW fish when i, i,
past and can't be SEEM ..
Teacher" II en-! Yea. N O w,
John, you had hetter go home. Ask
your mother 10 soak your feet in hot
water. 10 prevent rash Of brains 10 the
head" r.r.. .a....... .....
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IT has just been discovered in Co.
penhagen that sleeping in church is a
punishable offence. The people threat.
en- revolution if tho law is enforced.
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In Baltimore, Farraga, wi,tily turned
the Laugh on Grant, when the latter
said that ' smoking was not vice or
the Admiral would smoke" bv reply
ing: "Tle General forgets that am
no longer vice ainir,." ....
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Agent American Bible Society for sout
Carolina .... ..- .....
Columbia, S. G., January Ist, 1860.
The New York herald., 1869-06-03

TIE WATERS STRIKE. walters who
have struck for an advance of FIVE dollars on
their monthly wages in the New York restau-
rants and hotels are for the most part, II must
be conceded, both overworked and underpaid.
But, with few exceptions, their employers con-
tinue TO resist their demands. Meanwhile the
large number of people who eat in restaurants
and hotels are exposed to all the annoyances
occasioned by the incxperience and incivility
Of the billiard markers, porters and grooms
who have been pressed into service as substi-
tutes for the walters. Strikes are always 90
uncomfortable and almost always 80 unsuc-
cessful that We hope the walters and their en-
ployers will ere long agree upon some fair
compromise; otherwise we may have to return
to the old days when pretty waiter girls began
to flourish
The New York herald., 1869-06-03
News from London.

The insuferable impertinence of the cox
comb who writes letters from London to the
Tribune of this city tends to make that sheet
nuisance. Every representative abroad Of
this country is apparently called upon to pay
this fellow q tribute of notice and civility or
take chance to be vilifed and slandered.
Our Consul at London has just called upon
him to be set right in regard to charges made
against him on no better authority than the
scribbler's spleen, and the scribbler makes
haste to chronicle the fact. The Consul might
have been in better business. Some time ago
our Consul at Southampton, Mr.. Thompson,
was requested by member of the United
States Legation in London to get free
passage for afriend of his, and the Consul, fan
cying that the United States had sent him out for
quite different purposes, failed to do it.
Hence he incurred the ire of the attache, and
the ready correspondent of the Tribune was
easily induced to lend hand in writing him
down. Letters that 80 handle mems names on
rumor and even worse authority ought to be
more closely scrutinized before they are given
to the public; for we know that the Tribune,
so careful Of the reputation and feelings even
of enemies, does not sympathize with this in
discriminate assault
The New York herald., 1869-06-03

A RUSSIAN REMEDY FOR RAILWAY AoOr-
DENTs.-The Czar has given proof of sound.
good sense, by furnishing the officials of tho
Koursk and Kew Railroad in proportion to
their respective responsibility in the late acci-
dent. Railroad travellers should be relieved
of the exposure to such acts of wilful negli
gence, and the Emperor has struck the right
track The chief engineer, Counsellor Of
State, got off with a severe reprimand, but
the manager was placed under arrest for two
days, and the local inspector was sentenced to
two months Imprisonment. We're such steps
to be adopted here, at the present rate of acci-
dents, the government prisons would have to
be increased merely to accommodate the Of
ficials of the delinquent lines. Although Rus
sifcation is sadly complained Of in Poland,
would slight touch of It, in the above ten
dency, not prove boon to our travelling COM
munity, and cause the officials to pay more at
tention to shat broken rail 2"
The New York herald., 1869-06-03

ENGLAND has had notion that we wanted
to fight, and the whole press has been depre-
eating the views that seemed to move this
humor in us. England has quite wrung her
hands and tore her hair in the excitement Of
regret that we should have thought her
capable Of such bad conduct a Sumner de-
picted. It seemed that we were the terrible
clustering fellows and she the calm saint eager
for peace and good deal afraid Of war. The
fact is, however, that we are both afraid OF
war. We know that it is our evident destiny
to fight her some time, sooner or later, for the
antagonizing claims Of two such Powers can
finally be determined only by force but wa
know that the struggle is to be terrible one,
and, therefore, we are in no hurry for it.
The New York herald., 1869-06-03

HOSTAGES. have another Indian war
on hand, and California sends us a hint how to
conduct il and even make II merciitil contest
on the part Of the savages. The whole plan
is in the one word hostages. We are not with
out instances to show that this plan has had
reasonable success in the hands Of government
officers; such success as ought TO encourage
us In its use. We would urge the most ex-
tended application OF II. Indian communities
are controlled by just that class Of ideas that
enables them 10 understand such a system,
and it would be cheaper to hold in durance
half the Indians Of the Plains than to fight
them as we have done hitherto. One live In
dian in our hands is a reason for peace 20 oil
his brothers. one dead Indian, grlnning at
the moon is an incitement to further hos
tilities.
The New York herald., 1869-06-03

WHAT Is THE LAws-Is it trud or not true
that there is no warrant in the law for the ex-
istence Of the very expensive machinery Of
special Treasury sgents1 This system be-
came notorious abuse under johnson, and
now apparently Mr.. Boutwell, is extending and
conlirmingit. These agents are something like
our detectives. They cultivate crime because
they live upon II. If such agents are necessary
Congress should give them existence by law.
Until II does so Mr.. Boutwell, should not use
such dangerous tools.
The New York herald., 1869-06-03

DowNISe. They who press upon General
Grant the recognition of the claims of our
colored citizens are urging that Downing,
the greatest man on oysters that the world
ever saw, be made Collector Of Newport.
That Is good idea. Newport would be an ad-
mirabe place for Downing, and Of all places
at Newport, or any other port, none could
be more ft than the Custom House. Down
ing has o more accurate knowledge Of
the internal organization Of custom houses
than any other man can possibly have. He
has fed the machinery for years. He has
furnished collectors, deputy collectors and
all sorts Of clerks with brains and business
on the half-shell-the real. raw material
time out OF mind. He knows exactly what
is necessary, aud can feed himself up to
any given point. His presence at Newport
would assure the travelling public Of first
rate bivalvular refreshment The claims Of
the colored citizen cannot be better presented
than In this shape.
The New York herald., 1869-06-03

TIE Wool INTEREST Is exercising the Ohio
radicals. They don't want Ex-Governor Hayes
renominated, because he voted in Congress
for the reduction Of the tariff on wool to such
an extent as to forbid its being grown in Ohio.
Ohio has been In the wool business very long
time. She was the head scenter Of the under
ground railroad when Il was the practice to
run of the ebony and enslaved population Of
the South TO some point where they could en-
joy the glorious atmosphere of the free North.
The Ohio radicals should never go back on
their wool
The New York herald., 1869-06-03

q gentleman Of culture and experience, and Is
known to have proper sense Of the dignity
Of the nation he represents, as we'll as of the
important interests Immediately conHded to
his care. We shall rejoice if he succeed in
settling this vexed question. II, however, he
should not succeed, if the temper of the
British government and people is such that
negotiations for the present cannot be resumed,
we can well afford to wait. There is no neces-
sity for being in haste. Time, which is loss
to England. is a gain to us. We grow
mightier and mightier every day. Our
voice will be more authoritative, more
imperious, ten years hence than it Is
to-day. If war with us would be dangerous
to England now it will be infinitely more dan
haste. There Ia no occasion for anxiety. IL
would be absurd for us to preciptate war.
We make larger victories by peace than we
could by the conquest of Great Britain or the
forcible annexation of the New Dominion. Let
us strive to develop our resources. The
Pacific Railroad has brought within our reach
untold treasures. Let us stretch out our
hands and claim them. While we are thus
waiting for England to come to her senses the
rich resources of our enormous territory will be
astonishing ourselves and the world (; our broad
acres, where now is the waste wilderness, will
be yielding their increase our mines will be
vomiting forth their silver and their gold our
hillsides-North, South, East and West-will
be made musical with the rattle of the mill and
beautiful by the hand of industry and thrift,
and our population will be multiplying at a
rate unexamped in all history. If need be we
shall be able in brief space Of time to defy
the world in arms. Time, therefore, we
repeat it, will be gain to us. We can Yait 1t
is for England to say whether she will make
terms now, when terms are possible, or
whether she will defer until no terms can be
had. This is her affair, not ours.
The New York herald., 1869-06-03

RAILWAY CoNsoLIDAToN.-A through rail-
way corporation between the oites Of New
York and Chicago seems an accomplished
fact, now that Commodore Vanderbilt has en-
larged the field Of his operations from the line
of the Hudson river to the great northern
boundary OF the country. Were not the
undertaking so regal In Its character we would
compare Mr.. Vanderbilt 10 General Grant in
the distribution OF his places. The former is
the President of the New York Central Rail-
road. He has given his son, W. II. Wander
bilt, the Presidency Of the Hudson river,
while his son-in-law Is the candidate for the
Presidency Of the Michigan Southern and
Lake Shore line between Buffalo and Chicago
The era of great railway combinations is at
hand, now that we have through route to
the Pacific. The public will have TO endure
the increased burden which the watering Of
stock and the extra dividends will put upon
travel and freight
The New York herald., 1869-06-03
tho Now style i. rAs..rsc., Criticism.


Criticism keeps pace with the theatre. and
the theatre has very emphatically gone whittier
Macbeth proposed to throw physic-" to tho
dogs" Our stage has gone the downward
road and would be reprOach to the city II
our people were to any degree involved in its
fame. But they are not; for since the intro
duction here of the leg drama there has not
been metropolitan audience in the especial
temple of that style Of ''art." Our people
have abandoned the theatres, or have restrict
ed their favors to the two or three establish
ments that have kept themselves free from the
common contamination. In all the rest Lon-
don concert troupes have played trash, and
sometimes very filthy trash, too, to the gotc-
moucAes crowd of countrymen free for day ia
town and eager to see the elephant or any other
animal that might be on view. In this there
is nothing of our metropolis but the accident
of places and we conceive that the HERALD
was never more happily in sympathy with the
true sentiment and the correct and judicious
taste of city people than when, at the very
outset, it raised its voice against this theatri-
cal indecency. But we were not prepared to
see the press, or any portion of it, or any per-
sons affiliated with it, adopt style in its way
equally discreditable. 1t is true that critics
must, to certain degree, have sympathetic
natures. The older drama filed with it's spirit
and its dainty taste the men who wrote upon
it., and left us Addison, Charles Lamb,
Hazltt, Talfourd and the rest, and
the time just passing away gave us in the
harmless and genial school of oyster house
critics nothing worse and nothing better
than the drama of the time had called for.
But now that the drama has gone down, now
that it has ceased to be harmless stupidity
and become public nuisance, the critic
should cease to sympathize with the de-
bauchery Of theatrical managers, or he In
his turn becomes a public nuisance also.
Criticism should not essay the style Of the
prize ring nor the knock down and drag out Of
the Water street dance house. Give us salt,
gentlemen, but do not put it roughly; and
above all do not make it the rufianly assault
of robust critic on poor little sinner Of tho
theatre.
The New York herald., 1869-06-03

EPIDEMIC Smallpox is contagious
disease, and the word epidemic does not pro-
perly apply to il either in its general or techni
cal sense. Infectious diseases are epidemic
because the poison by which they are caused
can he spread abroad in the air so that all tho
people may receive it in full virulence; but
contagious diseases are communicated by moro
or less direct contact with o sick person, aud
dissemination in the general air deprives tho
poison of Its power.
The New York herald., 1869-06-03
Tho Late Presbyteriaa Assemblies -Uniss
and tho Prospect.

and tho Prospect.
Tuesday was the eleventh and last day OF
the Old School Assembly. The New School
Assembly had already adjourned, and Its
members had departed for their respective
homes, well satisfied, on the whole, that union
must now be regarded as un fait accompN-a
fixed fact But at the eleventh hour or day
the Old School Assembly, which had also as
sented to union with apparently hearty good
will matches lot of eggs out Of which full
brood Of future discords may be expected.
After an interesting and gratifying report from
the Chairman of the Committee ON the Mar
rative of the State of Religion, the announce
ment Of the estimates eight hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars) of the moneys
required by the several boards to carry ON the
work of the Church during the ensuing year,
and the report Of the Committee on Theological
Seminaries, minister from Kentucky brought
to the notice of the Assembly an important
memorial relative to matters of difference be-
tween the Old School Presbyterian Church in
Kentucky and the civil courts of that State,
involving the rights Of property in Kentucky
of the Northern Church as against the claims
of the Southern Presbyterian Church. This
is revival Of the question of the North
against the South in new shape. 1t is
fresh exemplifcation Of the usually unper-
ceived extent to which the question Of filthy
lucre is mixed up with the so-called religious
questions of the day. Here is betrayed the
cloven hoof of the devil, who would fain kick
vigorously against any such cooperation on
the part of his Christian foes as might possibly
result from carrying out the spirit of union
manifested by the two General Assemblies
which have recently met in New York. The
| action of certain courts In Kentucky was de-
nounced by one speaker as the first attempt to
| subject religious bodies to the civil courts on
religious matters. The attempt, he added,
should be crushed under foot. Another
| speaker believed the question of civil liberty
involved; because, if civil courts can over
ride the decision of ecclesiastical courts in
matters purely ecclesiastical, religious liberty,
| he said, is gone. But however this may be,
the question at issue involves so vast an
amount of property in the shape Of church
| edifces and church funds that to outsiders, at
least, it seems mainly to be money question
rather than a question of religious liberty.
| Provision was made to sustain the expenses Of
an appeal to the Supreme Court. If the Pres
| byterians have to 60 to law so soon after hav-
ing solemnly resolved upon union the prospect
| for lasting union is not 80 encouraging as we
had hoped. If, however, all divisions Of the
doughtiest disputants and most beligerent sec
tarians in the Christian world should harmo-
| niously combine their forces in perfect and
permanent union, we shall believe that the age
of miracles is not past.
The New York herald., 1869-06-03

PLYING GRANr.-Ben Wade went TO WASH
ington for nothing else in the world but to pity
poor Grant, who is condemned TO be President
and fight the party men of all stripes for the
peace of his life, and to make the President
unhappy by showing him how easy and good
natured q man may be who Is quite out OF
Office. It was piece of the most coolly cal
culated cruelty our annals can show.
The New York herald., 1869-06-03

THE NARRAGANsET STEAMSHIP UoMPASy.-Thc
stockholders OF the Narragaaset steamship Com
pany have made choice OF The following ofcers for
the ensuing year:Prcsldcnt James FISK, Jr.; Treas
urcr, John II. Bacon, Jr.; Recorder, John GORDON:
Directors James Fisk, Jr., william N. SImons, A. A.
burnside, Charles E Iill Il. W. Corlies, Jay Could,
OF thanks was rendered TO General Burnside the
retiring president. Everything passed or hafnoni-
ously and the prospects Of the company look dat.
tcrina,
The New York herald., 1869-06-03

Aquatic. Admiral Porter's letter on boat
races has called out the secretary OF one Of
our rowing clubs, whose letter we give else
where, and who asks for Information in regard
to the boats the middes use, with q view,
perhaps, to challenge. This will be pretty
piece Of sport.
The New York herald., 1869-06-03

JUSTICE on THE CHURCH STREET wIDENrSa
PLAE--Lessecs having to pay rent after the
city dcmolishes their buildings, destroys their
business, sells the material of tho old edaces
and pockets the proceeds, and finally assesses
the lcssees for the benefits supposed to accrue
from the widening Of the street This is rent,
assessment, taxation and justice on the Church
street widening plan.