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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-11
Marrieb.

REIO-GLovER.-on the I'd inst, at the resi-
dence of the BRIDES mother, by the Rev. JOHN w.
NOTE, Mr.. W. L. REID, of Cheraw, $. c., to MISS
VIOLA r. GLOVER, of orangeburg District, S. O.
ER-aEMENDEN-on Thursday eve
ming December ST. 1885, at the BRIDES residence, by
Rev. Mr. E. NJ. GILBERT. HERMANN L. SCHREl-
NER to Miss CASSIE aEMENDEN, all OF Savannah,
CARLETON-BACON.-In Beaufort, s. O., on New
Years day, at the American Missionary Society 9
House. by the Rev Dr. WALKER, Mr. n. E. G IRLE-
TON, of Beaufort, to Miss D. A. BACON, Of G1ead,
Ohio.
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INLAND ROUTE

INLAND ROUTE.
THROUGH TICKETS TO FLORIDA.
CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH STEAM PACkEI
LINE, VIA EDISTO, BEAUF FoRr AND HlLIoS
HEAD,
CONNECTING WITH
rup mr. INTJC AND GULF RAILROAD AND
C0WNECTlONS FOR ALL POINTS IN
FLORIDA.
-A The FINE, FAST STE AN 3
.sgs.slsass7 gs.slsSass7 PILOT BOY, Captain FEM PEch. wiz
leave Charleston on MONDAY and THURSDAY MORN.
IScs al Eieht o'clock Returning, will leave Savannah
TUESDAY MoRs1Nas at Eight o'clock, and FRIDAY
AFTERNOON at Two o'clock, touching at Edisto on
THURSDAY trip from Charleston, at Eleven A. NJ,
and leaving Edsto at Nine a. NJ, SATURDAYS, on re-
turn trip. oX...,,,
The steamer will touch at Bluffton and Chisolms,
each way, every two weeks, commencing with trip
OF January 2lst
For Freight or Passage apply to
JOHN FERGUSON,
Januarv II Accommodation Wharf,
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FOR NEW YORK
NEW ROUTE.
DEDUCTION IN FREIGHT.

DEDUCTION IN FREIGHT.
e THROUGH BILLS OF LADNG
ME4sSS}& from New Orleans TO Charleston,
LZ6fEHaH0C. VIA Florida Ra,iroad ana ALL ALL
$4lEfS&9 &9AANCE LINE q. 8. Mail Stea nshtps.
And steamers CITY POINT and DICTATOR, viii be
given for e,E
Sugar to Charleston, per hhd. d..:.............-.Ee
SUGAR to Charleston, per barrel.
Moasses, to Charleston, per barrel ....... oo
Rice. 10 New Orleans, per 100 pounds: .....".-
Other Freights In proportion to the above.
]. D. AIKEN & CO.. Agents,
Charleston.
F.wPERKINs & CO.. Agents,
No. 26 Carondeletstreet, New Orleans.
A. B. MOVES, Agent,
nocen,bar15 1mo Fernandins, Fla
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FIFTEEN CENTS A WEEK
Shipping.

FOR BOsTON-DEsPATCH LINE.
THE REGULAR Al PACKET SCHOONER
;tG& JONAS SMITH, NIcHoLs Master. having
ANN large portion cargo on board wants 2oe OF
.2S3d 250 bales cotton ana light frGght 70 III up
and sail promptly. WILLIAM -ROACH & co.
January IL
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EXCURSIONS AROUND THE HAKBOK !.
TILE FINE, FAST SAILING AND COM
NFORTABLY appointed yacht ELEANO &
NAwin resume her trips TO historic points IN
-6the harbor, and will leave Government
Wharf daily at Ten A. II. and Three r N:
Fer Passage. apply to THOMAS YOUNG.
Decenber1S smo 20 Captain. on Board.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-08-18

IL ~
Nor DEAD YET.-Andy j ohnso1,'s
return to the United States Senate, in
view of the result in Tennessee, is
almost certain. Thisis not the least
satisfactory result of the contest il,
that State. Andy ista bold, positive
exponent of that class, Of political
ideas that ia least agreeable to the
blatant radical rulers. He has the
one grand virtue that no will not be
put down, and, therefore, discussion
in the:Senate will.be the less. mono.
tonous for his presence. sEs hes a
Union record that no man can I'M.
peach. He'is a Southern Senator not
open to the carpet-bag objection nor
assailable on the copperhead sneer.
Ho is genuine mall senses, absolutely !
fearless and honest, and will s.make
Rome howl"zfrom his place in the
Senate with much better effect than
ever he did in his messages. He il
the first President since John Ouinoy
a dams whose political vitality has not
been exhausted by the Presidency 8
New York Herald. y ~ ~
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Sun and Shadow
ASH9oklfron the isle,I5 o'er{ii.s billo,wss Of

Ao NVohsHVn Atue 1917. " cTNb plllOWS OF
green,
To- tho billows, Of foam. crust cd blue,
Yon nsbn;k.i that afartin the dislancelis seon,
Halt dreaming, my eyes will pursue;
Now dark in the shadow, she soatiors inc
spray l'hh' &a& AliH1 il&&Af
As tho ohatf in the stroke of the fail;
Nov white as the sea.gull, she flies on hor
,D{Eway, H3%#@f
The sun cleaning bright on her sail.
Yot her pilot lie thinking Of DANCE TO shun
or breakers that whiten and roar aG
How little he cares II in shadow or sun
They see him who gaze from tho shore,
Ho looks to the beacon that looms frou tho
To the lrook that is under his lee, s
As he drifts on tho blos., likp wind .waft-
;,stcaed Leaf yIF9 ~ se.a}, e,.,es ..s n
/ Der the CULTS Of the desolate $40.
Thus drifting afar to the dim. vaulted caves
Where life end it's ventures are laid
The sdreamers who gaze while We battlo the
May SEQ lis in sunshine or shade:
Yet true 10 our. course, though our shadow
g II ~ grew dark,
W6 II trim our broad sail as before,
And stand by the rudder that governs the
q Nov ask how We look from the shore.
E2'Es7 $50 Ohuer WendelJ Hoimes.
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r,EA A.,-E
Western&w omah's rights leotarer, and
IN Arkansas squatter's wife. Of
course pitied my friend, and, when
the terrible female had left, I remark,
ed. 4 congratulate you on y our csc ape
that horrible female would have ex-
hausted any mans patience I'm to
moments conversations What was my
horror when he replied: Iskmust beg
you to speak more respectfully of that
lady; she is at present my wife "a fact
of which you arc, Of course, unaware ,as
we wore married worry privately last
night s,.,,y ,oyeyp. ',eye,, .,,1s,.,
"I never said d word, but" fed
abruptly from his presence. Onoe
moro / sworo--and Iwent beforeqya
notary, who had the biggest kind Of a
Biblo, 80 as to make the oath moro
binding- that never, ne Yer would l
speak disparagingly Of any Chicago
woman to any Chicago man. Aftor
that l felt better, and for two weeks
avoided making any moro mistakes.
at the end of that times however, l
met the new and angular Mrs, DE
worse, to whom I had, in the mean
time, been introduced, having the
liveliest kind Of quarrelwith o big,
prize.fghtipg looking fellow, who was
apparently on the point Of knocking
her down. OF course I flew to heI
rescue and demanded to know of the
fellow what he meant; also if he was
aware who that lady was, and who her
husband was7 To which he briefly
sententiously, but, as it struck mo
irrevelently remarked, HELP
81 paid no further attention to him
but turning to Mrs. De Worse, said
MADAM permit me to protect YOU
from that ruflian's insolenoe.'
"Instead of thanking me, she aotu
ally slapped my face, and said: Cpl
teach you to interfere between mar
and wife. That's my husband, and
we've been married three days. IT,.
a pretty hard thing if wife oan't
stop in the street to speak to her hus
baud without having some idiot come
and make muss about it,
"Now," continued the LAWYER, "thi,
is not only true story, but it is fail
example Of the continued trouble tha
g man gets into who lives in Chicago
and doesn't know how to hold hi:
tongue 70. new understand Why
hate the Chicago customs, and why
60 in for indissoluble marriages.
never made mistake in asking maj
about his wife the whole time / liyec
in New York, but here have got in
to somo awkward places, and had NOR,
fights that | can count, just bocaus,
no man stays married moro than .
month at furthest."
We drank weak lemonade togethe
in solemn thoughtfulness, and l part
cd from him with tho feeling that bat
as it is to be indissolubly connected
with an unpleasant mother-in-law i,
IL netter than to bo constantly bother
ca oy change of wife.-Mobile Reg
| IStcr .t... g .va'' ass. 81 H.a.'Fh ~ y
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HOrribleIC O. icagO.


Horrible O. icago.
WILL THE WOMEN READ this STORY
WORSE THAN A CHRONIC MOTHER.
IN-LAw-THE HEART .RENDING EX.
Z HPERIENCE ,op$A LAwYER--now THEY
MARRY IN THE GARDEN CITY OF THE
WEST.
=. ! think | remarked in my last letter
that ! once met q Chicago lawyer who
warmly advocated marriage, and who
explained to me his reason for 80 do
,ilgs5 For such q man to do such o
thing, was, to say the loast surprising
{ ! listened with breathless intores,
while he gave me brief history of
his experience during the first ton
years Of his residence ii that oolobra.
t,d olty.
Said be: sI first oame to Chicago
htteen years ago. Thon was youHg
: and innocent, which it IL hardly
necessary for mo to say that am not
at present. | had a friend living
here whom I had known while he re. o
sided in New York. and, conducted
himself@like a Civilized man ii d civ.
il'zed community. AS he had wri..
ton me TO visit ,himself and his viii,
When came to Chicago, remembered
the invitation when'I did visit that oitv
and Immediately on my arrival pro.
oeeded to his houee. Ifo was not at
home just at tho moment, and 80 |
asked to soc his wife, whom I had
Known only a, year before in Nov
xork: In answer to my inquiry for
Mrs. De Worse, a protty, black owed
girl came into tho rawing.room and
received mo quite warmly.
"Well, we chatted very pleasantly
togethorgppptil my friend came in, and
really feitimyself beginning to OK.
pertonoesa very .atfeotionate impulse
towards her, supposing, Of course, that
she his rleice. or cousin, or unolo,
or something Of that sort. but in
s1o 90 course t. of Of the evening | asked him
whethsr his wife was at home, and if
40, when ho proposed to let mo 500
herr IVY
"rc my sssopishrens, he ropl:od.
'Ihis lady is Mrs. De worse I
thought you wero already aware of
the faot.' fI'fT ~ "
eOf course T blushed and fo,t ~,
ribly uncomfortnbIe' ond s,;5 .tI
was not aware that bo had W loo, 'nas
Emily. 800 '">I''f Ao'0 poor
"sOh,' said he. emily ia v,rv ,vo,,
and he's married. 4 nartnar' t' os - w.
W. were S;nauo.s partner OF mine.
six months aso' ana pa ,Sr;.y Know about
sent wifoSonfy laas SweaLss = iSo ( "y Pre-
"Well! I 1idn,t seal o,;to e
tionate toward her aftar M to fbat s.. Iiteo,
been ,sarmly, attaohaS en- % Em;I. iyi ma. hae
we eaid no mora's a'shoSt ,Ss,.,at.Sy ~ .a.y SaS S
I went aWay. vowina naxs. ss 'a'ss.' ~ ! :. anp
self into suoh S scrsna a'soa aoa, ~ ges NY
ING, after FanyboJv,a w;fa ss'T y ask.
not sec my friends new w;ta for via ! bnos nos
a month aftorwardsI mail r ~ p1u. shS
mot her in tba house ~ 49, ono Iuay
quaintance, and I'M Che oourss " s'%"l of oom ~,
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SOUTH CAROINA RAILROAD.
4 : @ &aa ,5l2 "a

dEEERAL SUPgaINTgNDEN OFr1oE, a.
." 6ACharleston,s s. c. April 10, 1868.
0N and after Sunday, April 1lth, Tho
" Passenger Trains on the South Carroll.
2 na Railroad will run as follows. VIE:
For augusta. eus
..eesa 'phnrleat"n. a'. 112a F'8.80a m
Atriye AT aogasla, @@A 4.A5 p N
N!emphis, Nashville and New Orleans, via
Montgomery and Grand junction. ~ aF
For Columbia.
Leave Charleston, +'" 8.3Oom
Arrive at Columbia, ~.saA 8lOnn,
Connecting with Wilmington and Man
ohestcr Knilroad. Charlotte and South Ca.
roiina Railroad. aud Camden Train.s.
la4aeo,r' !, For Charleston.
Leave Augusta. 9.OOn m
arrive, at Charleston, 5.I0pm
Leave Columbia, 745p m
Arrive at Charleston. 5.l0nm
Augusta Night Express. n
(Sandays Exoepied.) ~
Leave Charlesion, a@,s'f 78onm
n.riye ~ augusta, .~lE1 6.10 am
n ~ oohneotihg with sTr"ins for Memphis,
lion. '""o'
Leave Augusta, 41Onm
Arrive at Charleston. "@ 4OOam
Columbia Night Express.
Sundays Excepted.) 'di
Leave Charleston, 6O5nm
Arrive at Columbia. 44bn m
Connecting (Sundays excepted, WITH Tho
Greenville and Columbia Railroad. I,e''
Leave Columbia, b.5Onm
Arrive at Charleston, $50 a nm,
"& oA Sumaervile Train. #23
Leave Charleston, t#1 u8.85nm
Arrive Mt ,Summerville, s. =, 500 I'm
Leave Summeryille,, rrF .7.l0a N
arrive at Charleston, 8,25am
Is Camden and Columbia Passenger Ttqin.
On Mondays, Wednesdays and .Satur-
days, connecting at Kingsyiile with ,up and
down Day passengers. sS S'I8
Leave Camden, o-" S& ~i 88san,
Arrive at Columbia, ,eta. ,l5utlIO( n m
Leave Columbia, ia,r.-,sy. .4ss Q. 90, n IN
Arrive at Camden, 80 4ks. ,s4... 7O5nm
ssz,,o 3. II. 7. PEAKE. aen'l supp,t.
. . /.
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DOMESTIC ECONOMY
ROW 20 SUBSIsT YOURRAM,
III, zs',s .yE'i"' f.., HES, @,9 70 h9!7@'sS
:. Il. 1 al AND SAVE MONEY!
4 lB'UIYs55YYoUR q q. GRO ] cERIEs
FROM ,$4i5IiI os4a
JOHN M RE t;O,

WHO have the largest and finest' ius,,rtt aasorrt.
". w Iensof Groceries they have ever be.
a9rs any,sasns gsssa and as cheap as oe, bsboasht
xEeslaes 70 suit the wants Of the .sorntry
generally, they are pleased Id offSsS d Ey'y yeryy
SSset,ent ns'. Stock Of Boois, Slices, HardwaFS,
ss Our goods sre ,nnmerous,l u well aaiao,s,,
ne Iresh, have been bought for, Cash. ana ssi,i
be , sold tstnall dsaHces for Cash. ss,gsptS
80. IS""H' Ioo"uus !" y se, Csegta,
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- ''rAMR "a IRr71InAu nEAA d :

uPon, q warm midsummer sday-,thus
supplying the roots with moisture
holding in solution those fertilisin9
gases, which the atmosphere contains,
SOL 80 necessary to the growth. and devel.
opment of the plant, and in this con.
altion llS. On 50 readily TO be taken up by lis
roots and fibres. .'''-.%''s8 W. sf'SF' 8'S
Besides all this, these atmospheric
gases and water, make soluble and
food for the plant other substances in
the earth, which without them would
remain insoluble, inertiand useless.
81 Aodeeply pulverized soil has still
another another advantage in dry weather. II
draws up the moisture: from below,
upon the principle of capillary attrao.
ton, which may be illustrated by
holding q lump Of loaf sugar. part way
Immersed 7 ! rt'Y in your CUP Of coffee The
sugar'will Immediately draw up isuffi.
cient of tho liquid to become saturat.
ed with tho moisture. Z 4 "a 4asflstyE{
All these advantages are greatly
diminished or entirely lost III a hard.
compact soil. Whom the rains fall
impregnated with these fertilizine
gases--2if the soil be deeply mellowed
and porous, they are absordea at oboe
and penetrate to tho roots of the
plants, with their rich burden Of life
and fhoalth. But if only the surface
is mellow, and the ground be slopine
orshilly, most of tie rains runs Off
carrying withit much of the surface
mould into the streams bslow. Ou
the other hand, should the ground be
level it lies upon the surface till eva.
porated by the sun and the enriching
gases escape again into the atmosphere
which should be appropriated by the
crop. 4sla .5ss1g.,ss,r sz,s...,z,.z,
J. Water which lies upon the surface
till!evaporated by tbe sun makes the
ground cold. 1t takes the heat from
it to convert the water into vapor,
upon the same principle that room
or sidewalk is cooled by Ssprinkling
with water on Q sunny day.. Finally,
if the water remains upon the surface
long enough to become stagnant, it
becomes SO poisonous to the plants
that they turn yellow and siokly.
II would be easy, Messrsy Editors,
to prolong these remarks indefinitely,
but but have no time. ] hold you re-
aponsible altogether for this apparent
obtrusion Of myaviews. i have no
desire to championize them or to COM
bat conflicting opinions but, having
appealed to me for an explanation Of
some little singularity in the mode of
cultivating the cotton patch in oues-
ton, | have written this solely in de-
ference to the requests Of your road.
ors5 and yourselves, Yours truly,
FEs.S' Fss@'ai' si sfstSsI II gS.sI.SG.
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and en- Shingle Mills, Wheat ana Corn Mills.
Circular Saws. Betting, SO: SEND foT des..
fcriptiye Circular and Prtce List.0 If lFg'@
WOOD & MUM sTSAm EMO. eo.,;,y
teD lo-om F.a Utica, New ;Yosk.,
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. a woman at dispenssarr,yi Il iss,ifplspliad fls l
sesss S med aisslsaia. stating he's diseasa Ia
be Sfiirsation ofthss sheart.a essNotan
uncommon ailment With YOUR sox
%asaln, = !, said the doctor, with a twing
xle Of q the oyesi s'bpt 1t 10 not danger.
Gus IT the propef remedy is applied. ]
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DEATHoF A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER.
Tho Anderson Mte!hgercer ANNOUNCE
es tho doceaso of Manson jolly, dar.
ing Confederate soldier. The lntelli.
gencer says: afSSs
This nows will bo received with re.
"t bl 'he many friends of this bold
"d daring 'onfedcrate soldier. 3 Wo
learn thatia private letter has been
received, stating that Manson Jolly
was drowned on the 9th of July, near
his home in Texas. lie was buildinp
residence on tho opposite side of the
creek from where he lived, and had
crossed over on horseback several
times during tho day Tho stream
was greatly swollen, andin attempting
to GROSS for the third and fourth time,
nc was carried with his horse down
the creek, and in the struggle which
ensued both wero drowned. Mr.Jol-
ly had been married about one sTsy Tsyeor
and leaves young wife, the daughter
OF g former resident of Anderson. :"
The thrilling exploits and .1adyen-
lures of Manson Jolly in this scction
OF the country, immediately aftsr the
tion of all. Ills name was asee,.ao ! taa
long time to Tho parrisom 'o ofsJiS;t !" ie;to1 !
States soldiers, esDeoiaIlv tbaIsai.s''
teer white and oolored reSim entss1sta
toned at this place. Wien thy raa', sSr
la lar troops arrived, he removed to
Iexas, whore he has since bean leads
ing a quiet and ,poaoeful I;fo ooo" y a'' 4'Au'
CSH ! q : " = W. n f$
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aTwso ,boys sess sSeas q1aarr,0l shs
othor day, aud the bigger proved the
best man 80 Darn p said II 5. 3,
wnen Y en- ne 9 3 found he was ap.--"darn ye!
II ca 9 lick ye,yI'll hakosmSSiihss sas
your sisteF." TsFslEass SsBsss
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PURE FWATER

Obtained easily and chesply byitho AMsar-
oAN DRIVEN WELL. N. w. GREEN, ihe or.
1gihai inventor and patented. Send for cir.
onlafs: I'D. SKINNER, Amherst, Mass,
Gen. Agt foF Y. So tN..n 80 july %.
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AN. AMUSING ETRsoK.~-One of The
latest parlor genes, which ought e
t%, become quite popular, is termed
"Ihe Printers Delight" and is per.
formed 'is the following manner: "
"Iake a sheet OF note paper, fold i,
carefully, and enclose bank note
!snptileieently pt9ede large 10 spaysup arrearaesi
and year In advance. What Mai
immensely to'the featisto SEND aalone
,ths name pgl Of new subsoribeY,s with
seash to balance. Keep yonr ave n,
tue pfintef, and ifsy6a deteos d smile,
the trick DO o stlccossa.N ~. .,n - /,
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LAND ssLIDE.-Ah huge land slide
occurred near Stockport, in Colrmbia
county, N. Y:.,,on Monday last. TIE
earth eaved TO o distance Of eighty
feet, and the surface moved 800 feet, fact
carrying trees and fences with IT,. and
ieaviugthem upright and in good OR
der on their new site. Some of the
weaker. trees were snapped OF twisted.
The movement occupied half aii hour.
being very gradual, and no noise was
heard until the mass struek the base
OF Q hill with q crash like thunder
a fissure deep beyond sounding has
appeared near the sunken, portion of
land, and fears are entertained that
another slide may OCCUR. IS Thousands
OF people have Waited the scene of
the phenomenon, and great excite ment
existsfin Stockport. 6s'pas f1f3ss1 ! az
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s 70 2 cause a 'ca sbagger TO effect An
iast0tsyil 81 ;iApos in \. v
serrihle Z ssarb gs' saissnnesases9ga gixtyl
nyss ly; thousand majority for Senlsr!!
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= DEATH OF ANMoDERN SAMpsoN.-
Captain John w. Russell died in
Franklin County, Ky. j, last week, aged
7e years. The louisville Courier
Joutnal says: &s2I.* . E@ &Ehs5%
He was famous among Western
pioneers for his strength and intrepi-
dlty. He served in the war of 1912
was member of the State Senate.
and an intimate PERSONAL and partisan
friend Of Henry Clay. He was for
many years s., . Mississippi steamboat
captain. The incidents of his force
OF Will and power Of command would
I'LL volume. On one occasion. in
New Orleans, he had a personl rem.
counter with the pirate LATTE .xand. i.
unarmed, whipped him, and .e}eoted
him from bali room. on another
while landing at Natohez, a passenger
OF his boat wasNrobbed by the gang
which infested thezbortion of the town. town.
bordering on Bhe river, and known as.
"Natohez-d6 the Hill.". By sur
rounding with his Grew the .house in,
which the robbers took refuge, he pass
ed a cable around it, and under threat
Of pulling it, with its inmates, in the,
rivers hecompelled restitution of the
money, and made himself "a terror to
the thieves and gamblers who then ia.
tested the river7towns. Ofshis great
strength, persons who knew him only;
IN his later years, when enfeebled byl
age, would have had but little concep.
ton, though when in his prime il was wa
known from sPittsburg to New Orleans
ne had lifted.a shaft weighing 4l,647
pounds, and that he had carried entire
ly across the deck of the boat an an .
: chor h OF l,242 pounds weight. /
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Two vehorable darkies Inc meeting II,
one OIL opristreetsa few daya ago stop.
pedStoi talk. Ins the 1ceurso 5of.qtl,o
@ 90 versation one of tllofia asked tbc
other what hs thought Of t,dat 1ar San
~. sJs.onsing.S,, g.,,s eilsssh ,hssWas tile an sre, 4
fPly, 'lse gotnutfing ,tossay agin San
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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-08-18
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Having long since been golasser,
among that despioable (7)sorder Of, old
mppids, Il fee! enc hesitanog in speaking
candid to my young friends. First,
aiword tosthose who arasiusts entering
the much desired opocfi of sYYoanes
ladyhood. You are s,perbapsy 3,tnsos
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of the edeoeps
tion Of mankind, and are yet unao.
quainted with the usage of flattery
and fascination; and Iwish that YOUR
characters may everbe devoid ofthese
qualities, as we'll as the desire to, ;qtyt.
Howthe sFcharming pbe,len longs to
have that dashing beau numbered
among the many who worship at her
shrine !--to;what does she not resort
to have him offer her his heart and
lland--and then Perohanco scorus
the love which she has striven so dill
gently to obtain. But rememh Yer, q
9Th vain coquette each suit disdains.
And glories in her lovers pain :,"sts''s
With age she fddes-eaoh lover Rtes.
dies" a9 S
Surely that should be. sufficient
warning to ooquettes !; for mono of Us
desire our lives to terminate SO deplo.
rably : And again, you should not
attemptito Firt, for the young men far
excel you In the art. You certainly
40 not doubt the veracity of the old
adage, "Practico makes perfect.'
They,of course, should be more skill.
ed IN the wiles of coquetry than you.
Then pause, vain coquette. ere you
foil your own sanguine hopes, orsbe.
come entangled in Cupid's complicat-
ed net, which you fondly5 imagined
you had judiciously woven for him.