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Middletown transcript., 1869-01-23

woodl Upon light framework in the
centre were arranged four pistols, all cock
ed, and the string entering the coffin from
without, communicated with the trigger
of each.
The first movement Of the Commodore
was to call for water, and when it was
brought, he dashed three or four buckets
full into the Internal contrivance, and then
he breathed more freely.
"No, no." he uttered, as he leaped
from the hold. "No, no-my men. Do
nothing rashly. Let me 90 into the cabin
first. You may follow me-"
Commodore Tucker strobe into the cab
in, walked up to the bunk where his pas
senger lay, and grasping hold of the fe-
male dress, he dragged its wearer out upon
the floor. There was sharp resistance,
and the passenger drew pistol, but it was
quickly knocked away-the gown was torn
off, and man came forth from the rem
nants of calico and linen.
The fellow was assured that his whole
plot had been discovered, and at length he
owned that it had been his plan to turn
out in the course Of the night and get
hold Of the ball of twine, which he had
left in a convenient place; he then intend
ed to have gone aft. carefully unwinding
the string as he went along then to have
got into the boat. cut the falls, and as the
boat fell into the water, he would have
pulled smartly upon the twine.
And think you know" he continu-
ed, with wicked looked, "what would
have followed. I shouldn't have been no.
ticed in the fuss-Pd have got out of the
way with the boat. and you'd all have been
in the next world in short order. And all
| can say, is, that I'm sorry 1 didn't do
It,"
1t was with much difficulty that the
Commodore prevented his men from kill
ing the villain on the spot. He proved to
be one of the enemy's officers, and he was
to have heavy reward if he succeeded in
destroying the Commodore and his crew.
The prisoner was carried on deck and
lashed to the main rigging, where he was
told to remain until the vessel got in port.
What horrid death that villain
meant for u.s." uttered Carter.
eyes, he did," said Tucker, with
shudder -
"He belongs to the same gang that's
been robbin' and burnin' the poor folks
houses on the eastern coast" said one of
the men.
eyes" said the Commodore, with a
nervous twitch of the muscles about his
mouth.
A bitter curse from the prisoner here
broke npon the air, and with a clutched
fist the Commodore went below.
In the morning when Tucker came on
deck, Seguin was in sight upon the star
board bow, but when he looked for the
prisoner he was gone.
"Carter, where's the villain I lashed
here last night"
I'm sure / don't know where he is,
Commodore. Perhaps he's jumped over
board"
The old Commodore looked sternly in
Carter's eyes, and he saw twinkle of sat
isfaction cleaning there. He hesitated
he turned away, and NUT
tered to himself:
"Well, well--I can't blame them. If
the murderous villains gone to death, he's
only met fate which he richly deserved.
Better far, it be for him, than that nv no.
BILE crew were now all In the oceans cold
grave"
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A country editor, in reviewing the
"Matrimonial Market, says: "We quote
the marriage malk4t dull and declining
nothing offering. The temporary buoy
ancy which affected it under the influence
of the recent cold snap has subsidized -. and
lower figures are the ruling rates. The
attempt of the bulls to force remnants of
last years stock on the market has con.
PEELED some holders to send their goodtsto
auction and submit .toya. sacrifice A bet
ter feeling is anticipated, in view of the
backward condition of the crop now just
coming in, and parties are anxious to hold
on and take the benefit of the rise, 1aseat
anxiety is felt in some business eirciess in
view of fresh arrival of wall fowers,"".
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A talented young African. Of the boot.
black persuasion, while dancing like Ct.
Vitus over customers boots the other
day, observed a neighbor poring over a
newspaper, whercupon he addressed him
thus: .,....,, -, .4-..,t-.-
Julius, what you looking at dat paper
fur? You can't read" q ~ '' fVf'A's
"Go way" replied the other indignant
ly, nGursS can read. sPseybig 'nuif far
dat ..-1-.t, ef..sos,s',. v-.yss
big 'nuff," retorted the, other scorn.
fully. dat amt muffin, A cows Big
'nuff to cotch mice, but she can't ~
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A SMooTu-oorSG HARRow. 4cNear N,

A SMooTH-G0rNG HARROW. In ear The
village of NJ. there lived a farmer who en-.
gagged a son of the Emerald Isle to work for
him, One morning in the spring Pat
was sent out to harrow piece of ground
He had not worked long before all tho
toeth-except two or three-oame out of
the harrow. After while the farmer
went out in the field to see how Pat pro.
ceeded, and asked him how he liked haars
rowing. "Oh," replied Pat, at goes
bit smoother now since the pegs are out"
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GRAIN FOR MILcu Cows.-Corn meal
alone; shorts alone are less useful than
mixture. Why? Because in corn meal
the elements of butter abound in shorts
the element of curd or cheese AS rule
the heavier milk is, the more cheese it will
make; while light milk makes the more
butter: if feeding for cheese or milk only,
shorts are best if for butter, corn-meal
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To make a young lady six fathoms deep
in harpiness-give her two canary birds,
half a dozen moonbeams, twelve yards of
silk, an ice-cream, squeeze of the hand,
and the promise of new bonnet, II she
don't, it will be because she can't,
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An attorney, about to furnish bill of
costs, was requested by his client, o baker,
"to make it as light as he could'p, "Ahi'
replied the attorney, "that's what, you
may say to your foreman, but it's not the
way make my bread"
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AT late fire, while the engines were
discharging their contents against the
front of a house, an inscription on it be-
came nearly obliterated. "By my SOUL"
exclaimed a witty Irishman, ''fhis is
queer time for joke" "And who the
devil is joking?" growled one of the fire.
men. "Why, don't you see, honey, how
you are playing upon scordS. " replied Pat,
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A sporting man remarked of belle. in
the habit of wearing low-necked dresses,
who carried off a matrimonial prize in the
shape of a rich old yidower, that 'sshe
won the race by neck!' -,,1 Jog Srg
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Felix Mccarthy, of the Kerry Militia,
was generally late on parade. "Ah, Fe-
lix," said the sergeant, '''you are always
last" ''Be aisy, Sergeant Sullivan WAS
his reply; ''sure some oas must be last"
Middletown transcript., 1869-01-23

Here is frst-class Chinese. loye-song,
translated into broken English by Man
DARN Burlinghame. If the reader gets
the chang of it, at the start, he will have
no trouble in making it out: n, B.. asa.
lilo veag irlwi tham onde yes
Ands almo ncolo redno sc 'f'
Shch asaq ueue ofre alsto rchair 1. I4-.te
He rclu bte cthn We not oes.
Onbi rdsne stso upnn dpup pyd ogs ''Nt
Shef ntte nsu pandg rows .r fs.s, tio
Sofa slit takeste nlnil lin crs
Towi demo uthc rclot hes. Aii ''{
Ilo veto 81 tdow nby hers ide
Anddr ink Yon neliys out ea
An dpu tmya rnar oundt hepl ace .,
Whc rehe rival stou ghtto be,
Thew aysh esni lesal lov ers = ra. 9slT~
A eau tionfo rtosee ..,.t
She'lln eve rbenl ybet terh alf
FO rshe'd makct emo fine. r Il. -.,s.;s
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"I understand your father, is Dead"
said man to little boy, as he entered
the house. "You're right, now ,-old hoss."
said he, "he's laid out in the other room
as cold as wedge. " sfs7.akseg,A haR
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Three rules for Renovating Old Pas
tures.-1. In winter, lime them in the
wet places. 2. In summer, NOW them
where bushy. 3. Keep sheep on them,
and feed the sheep with beans and oil-cake.
Middletown transcript., 1869-01-23

A young lady sends us the following
conundrum = -
Why is Twitchell, the murderer, great
man?
Answer-Because he levelled a Hill
with poker. III
Middletown transcript., 1869-01-23

Some ladies use paint as 6ddlers doros-
into aid them in drawing a bow. Il.
Middletown transcript., 1869-01-23

Old Maids-Embers from which the
..sparks" have fed, t3.S5
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-08-25
The New Reconstruction Bill

Under the reconstruotioa billIfor
Mississippi, Texas $and Virginia, it is
easygto seeswhere everybody tlse's bone
fit is to come in save and alone the bcne.
it OF the citizens seyorally of those
States. BY the operation of this bill =
aud we know enough of reconstruction
to know that all the elections under it
will be declared "duly" carried, aid all
the oarpet-bag candidates pronounced
duly" elected---the Jacobin leaders will
gain, frsl,. three ratifcations uf the pro.
posed neg' o.equality amendment; sec
ond' six more surrcptilous Senators !;
and third, seventeen more bogus Repre-.
sentat'ves; the carpet haggrrs will gain
some nine thousand State offices, little
and big and about one hundred and
fifty thousand more negroes will be lug.
ged into the American body polite.
These being the advantages presented
to non-citizens of these three States,
what are the advantages proposed to
the citizens themselves ? We look in
vain for one.sf ,ss 50 .g ,r,I
Should they dek;at these pretended
instruments, they will nevertheless be
declared carried, as in the cases Of Ala
bama and Arkansas. Should they. Sc.
cure aenators Of some personal respecta-
bility, they will b,. refused admission. as
in the case of Georgia; should they elect
a full conservative delegation to 'he
House that entire delegation will be de.
MED seats, as in the case OF Louisiana :
and il the delegation be half representa-.
tive and halt m,srepresentative, the mis-.
representatives will be admitted and
The representative members excluded, as
in the case Of South Carolina and last
ly, if, foregoing all questions Of Consti-
tuition, Senators or Representatives, the
effort be to secure good State officers,
such mon will be instantly elected on the
lei: st hesitancy in lending their official
influence to any scheme for tho promo.
tion of Jacobin interests, as is evidenced
by the fact that such is now the case bv
law in every enc of these three States.
The citizens, then, Of Mississippi, Tex.
as, and Virginia, are brought face TO
tace with this certainty. that, if in any
manner they may obtain, under this bill,
any advantage as against Congress, sucl,
advantage is, by the terms oi the l;'.
to DO legislated by Congress out of their
hands. The last secIlou Of the bill
reads:
SEC. 7. That the proceedings IN any
Of the said Statcs shall not be deemed
tnat, or operate as q complete restora
ton thereof until their action respect.
ipely shall be approred by Congress.
Banner Of Liberty.
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vent by stealing valuable set of, ia
ro checks from an establishment In
this CITY, which checks he sold In
New York, whore they were recover;
cd by the owner, together with the
written proof Of Bowen's guilt. This
fact can prove by "oloud of wit
nesses." The municipal authqrities
of this city have been frequently ap-
,pealed to during the past month by
his wife at Louisville, whom he has
abandoned, although a worthy woman,
to aid her in securing support from
him, while he is living in open infamy
with another in this city., rs ,....,
Bowen charges that l sspreside over
so.called Union Leagues, where, for
fee of fifty dollars, he puts through re-
solution to slander good Republicans" !"
It is true that I am president of the
Union League Of Charleston, the Same
League that subscribed money, earn
ed by the hard hands Of the laboring
men who chiefly composed il, to feed
Bowens putative children in this city
in 1867. while he was imprisoned 10
S"So.o 'hehhey Ou inc cnargo or
stsahne'-a charge which the mem:
bers of the League were led to believe
untrue from his plausible representa-.
tions and earnest protestations Of limo.
oence. The resolutions to which
Bowen refers were passed to denonnoe
the proposed appointment of his
friend, G. w. CLARK, as collector of
this port, and to stigmatize the politi.
cal treachery of Senator +. A. Saw
yer and @: G. Bowen. Surely it did
not require ga fee of fifty dollars to
induce me to support suoh resolutions.
1t is worthy of note, that United
States Senator Sawyer, who is pow
Bowen's bosom friend and oo.oonspi.
rator, was charged by Bowen, on oath
in July, 1868, with having committed
the crime of perjury in taking the
iron.clad oath-a charge which is true.
| have thus briefly glanced at the
criminal history of this "Honorable
Representative from South Carolina. %
1t is to be hoped that justice will
yet overtake him,
"And put in every honest hand whip
10 lash theraseal naked through the world" "
T. j. MAcKEY.
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Household Recipes.

PLAIN CAKE.--Two cupsof sugar
one of butter, one Of milk, half q tea.
spoonful of saleratus, two eggs, four
cups of flour.
MOUNTAIN CAKE..1-Two coffee. cupr
OF white sugars, one teu-eup. of butter,
ono Of milk, four of -four, before sitting,
two teaspoons of cream tartar, one 81
soda, six eggs, grated rind and juice
OF one lemon put in the last thing.
CoRN BRRAD.-4-One quart Of milk,
four eggs, two tablespoons Of sugar,
ono teaspoon Of soda, nix with meal
as thick as sponge cake. q BI
Y CREAM TARTAR OAKR.--one cub 81
sugar two Of fonrs one of sweet milk.
one egg, one tablespoonful Of bnttor.
soda. N''S sSssssN ss'' ;,
Nsa s 8 e R Gsg SRS aggs
Y @TaAvELiNd BIscuIr. Two poanSis
of flour, ono quarter pound Of butter,
one teaspoon OF f salsratas, milk aa8i.
cient to roll out; knead till perfectly
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In the pocket Of Ferret was found
the subjoined letter:
\ have have so much endured that
| am tired ofliving any more !; after d
long struggle between life and death.
my fate is to finish my life with this
bloody tragedy. . fra.
mo man can imagine what I havo
suffered in the last ten years. Ten wears
ago swore to kill myself at thirty
years Of ago if my constitution in life
had not changed before that tin,e. In
stead Of getting better, I have surk from
bad TO worse. IFhvae passed through
all the passions that can torture, a hn.
man heart; The last Of ALL accursed
lovee-haa TO give the last stroke to my "
existence. But I cannot leave this
cursed world alone. am bound to
take before die the life Of the woman I
love madly, and by whom / have been
(made) SO much unhappy for the, last
mCnths. 81
"For MY part see death a sweet
thing before my eyes, because am
positively sure that s'as 81. ssta S;Ste
"'lost a,ortem nihil est tpsaque moro
.n,Mt i ss.l 5E 81 : ...T'S' 4.
sEa1J "GAsroN FERRET." S
:tas I'm O. Picayuns. Il
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-08-25
The Cabinet Meeting Yesterdax.

1t appears from our special Washing.
ton telegram that the Cabinet at its
meeting yesterday was occupied chiefly
with disposing Of mass of department.
tai and other routine business, and tha,
little was said about Cuban affairs OF
our relations with Spain regarding
them. Enough is known. however, to
assure the country that the President
and Cabinet will adhere to the position
taken with regard to the Spanish gun
boats. In other words, there will be no
backing down. The administration will
wait probably to hear from Spain before
taking any further steps relative to Cu-
ba. The country is not left IN the dark,
however. concerning the views of the
government, for the full and free con-
versation OF Secretary Fish with our
correspondent, as published in the Her.
@td on Monday, may be taken as the
expression Of tho administration. The
Spanish gunboats will not be permitted
to leave the United States. The gov--
ernment expresses its sympa,hy with
the Cubans in their horoic struggle for
''~NPS'uohSSt oua uOe6 lOt neSlt0L6 10
say the inevitable destiny of Cuba ,s to
be Tree and to become part Of the re.
publican system of America. The Sec.
retary plainly intimated, too, that the
administration expects the success Of the
Cubans, and that tho time will come
when our government can recognize
them as having an independent or ma
tional existence. So much is gained at
least, and although tho government does
not move as fast as the people may
wish, such expressions will have their
effect both upon Spain and Cuba. The
cause of Cuban independence, as Mr..
Fish said, has been steadily gaining
strength, and If tho Cubans continue
their progress towards liberty, the day
cannot be far of when the United
States must follow other American re.
rnblica in recognizing them.-N. Y
Herald.
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SOUTH CAROLINA.
State Agricultural aud Mechanical

MdGAIINE.
(O6icidl Organ Of tho South Coro1ina Stufe
Agricultural and Mechanical Socicty.)
At an carly date, the subscribers will
publish the FIRST number Of a Monthly Ma
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material interests Of this State, and the
whole South; and will distribute five thou
sand copies gratultously, so that every one
may see what 1t Is before subscribing. They
intend to mako 1t tho best and handsonest
industrial magazine ever published at the
South. and they ask the cordial co.opcra
tion of every good citizen in this enterprise,
which must rebound to the public welfare.
Persons wishing copies of the first mum
Der, will please send their address, TO
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WHAT CAN BE DONE

WHAT CAN BE DONE IN SoUTH
CARoLINA.-We paid visit, yesterday,
TO the model farm Of Mr.. James Craw-
tortl, in Cotton Town, near Columbia,
and inspected his cotton field which,
in size and quality of the bolls, far ex.
ceeas anything we have ever seen or
heard of--the famous Georgia brag
acre, of which we published an account,
& day or two ago not excepted. An
old and experienced Mississippi cotton
planter made an examination and calcu.
lation Of the crop of one acre as it
stands in, the field--the "brag" lot
with the following result: He counted
three stalks, taken indiscriminately from
this patch, which averaged 800 bolls
10 the stalk So rows to the acre; 70
stalks to the row allowing 100 bolls to
the pound, shows lO,92O pounds to the
acre--provided. of course, that it mn
lures. Some Of the stalks had over
500 bolls. Mr.. Crawford has another
most excellent lot Of four acres, the
smallest stalk counted in It containing
sc bolls; another l56, and still another
358-an average Of 200 bols to the
stalk. The entire crop was grown from
the well.known Dickson seed. Doubt
ers can examine this cotton at any time.
The ordinary stable manure was princl-
ral'y used, and the soil is far from being
the best in this vicinity. Thorough
tillage did the business Mr.. Crawford
declares that a man who cannot make
good crops in Richland, had better lay
a aside agricultural implements = Coluns-
biG Phenir.
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T. j. MAcKEY.

The Democratic press of Ohio com :
ment in glowing terms upon the nomi-
nation of Mr.. Pendleton. The Gin
oinnati Enquirer says he ia the right
man in the right place, and that his
election is as certain as the dawning
of the election day. The Columbus
Statesmen asserts that no nomination
could be better received--none that
will be 30 cordially accepted BY
the Conservative mon of the State,
anxious that the executive affairs be
administered by one of the noblest
minds Of the Republic. "The nomi.
nation of Mr.. Pendleton, his prompt
acceptance, and his pledge to canvass
the State, carries with it an assurance
1T Ru"c"es. No man is more loved
W the u'a.ses Ut the people-none
stand higher as man of talent-none
of purer morals or more uprightness
Of conduot--and we venture the asser.
tion that no nominee for office since
the days of Jackson ever excited more
of enthusiasm than that with which
the name of George II. Pendleton, for
Governor of Ohio, will be received by
the Democratic and Conservative yo.
ters of Ohio. That he will be elect.
cd, no man in his sober senses can have
n reasonable doubt" The Cleveland
lPa'ndealer says his nomination has
thrown the Radicals into great, oonfu-
sion. SO say all the rest. t''"
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A TWENTY THOUSAND DoLLAR
ELoPEMENT.-Robert f. Sprague, who
had formerly been in the employ Of Mr..
Derby, broker Of Ogdenshurg. N. Y,
resolved to enter into business for him
SELF and had become well established
and respected, when al event occurred
which astonished the qnst citizens of
Ogdensburg. On the goth OF May
Sprsgue disappeared, and with him the
wife OF a prominent citizen, about
Sll 200 ih notes Of the Prescott Bank
of Canada, and abont $4,000 belonging
to various citizens of Ogdensburg. His
own wife and two children he left be-
hind. The compile came to New York.
Here he turned his paper INTO gold
Then the fugi'ives took passage for We
ra Cruz; but having been unsuccessful
in that city Sprague returned TO This
city and put up at the Belmont Hotel.
Walking one day in Fulton street he
was recognized by, a person from .Og-
densburg, who, on lis return to that
city, gave information to Chief of Po-
lice Chaplin, that officer at once sent
word to the detectives Of this city. and
on Frhlay both Sprague and the woma
were arrested, and yesterday afternoon
they took their departure for Ogdens-
burg.