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CARRIERS ADDRESS.

The year is past, and Christmas comes
TO bless us with it's cheer;
To fill our hearts with love and joy;
With blessings crown the year.
It comes to bless both young and old
The baby and his Ma,
And all the little ones that get
Their presents from Papa.
With crackers, rockets, drums and flies
TO pop and make noise,
With horses, wagons, sheep and COWS,
TO please the little boys.
With waxen dolls and China-scts
And all the fancy toys
That lovely little lassies get
From good "Old Santa Claus"
With turkeys fat, and sausage brown
And salad, "pies and things"
With syllabub and gipsy cake
That merry Christmas brings.
O, Christmas is a jolly time
For little girls and boys,
And grown up children too may share
Its merry sports and joys.
'Tis nice to frolic now and then,
Say once or twice year;
With open hands and merry hearts,
To chase away dull care.
Then let us have q royal time
And merry, merry be,
Aud eat and drink, and sing and dance
Around the Christmas tree.
And too, whilst happy hearts rejoice,
In cottage and in hall,
Let grateful homage rise to Him,
Whose are these blessings ALL
With thanks to Him, let love abound +
To stir both hand and heart II
As richly we receive from Him -
so freely to imnart n
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Avoid the law, if so we can,
But If to sue-be sued, we must,
MCGOWAN, Noble, Thomson, Burt,
Perrin & Cothran trust.
And they with Parker, Hemphill, Vance,
And Messrs. Lee & Blake,
Will do the best that lawyers can
For their and clients sake.
Mcdonald, Jones and Guf1in see,
And still Wasmanskey too,
And also Wright to give q chance
TO read the "lhediuna" through.
Enright & Smith and Lawson, Cobb,
Will furnish wood and tin,
And Kurtz the boots, andClark the watch
TO take our pleasure in.
And Westfield too and Shillito
Will give us of the best;
The best of leather for our shoes,
And coat and pants and vest.
But see the carriage needs repairs,
Let's call on Mr.. Cox,
And get from Mars as home we go,
The little Christmas box.
And now perchance some child has
caught,
The Group, perhaps chill;
Of Richmond, Parker, Archer, Branch,
And Wardlaw ask pill.
The moneys spcnt-we hcmeward 60,
Come children bid adieu,
To teachers W., p. and l..
And Capt. Parker too.
RsS stay, we must the preachers see,
Martin, DuBose and Round,
And "Uncle Robert" too perhaps,
Will helpto show us round.
1sSsure we all have moneIea \
TS<pay the printers 1des,
Wc'VeSead the paper@ecll by week,
And got the curIeht news.
The weddiHAsSdeaths and burials all,
And Oft a%oV too,
And prQyGand DSetry combined
ThVgsold and snething new.
d,4<I %.Az< -,
Hero ends the formers, ride and song,
And here the Carrierh hrcnds, s
A merry Christmas to you all
And merry to his friends.
And if you have some little change,
An extra dime or two, -
The Carrier III make his parting bow,
And kindly think of you.
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PRETTY WoMEN.-There is chilly,
disagrecable kind of article called
common sense, which is of all things
most repulsive and antipatheticaI to
all pctted creatures whose life has
consisted in fattery. II is the kind
of talk which sisters are very apt to
hear from brothers. and daughters
from fathers and mothers, when
fathers and mothers do their duty by
them: which set the world before
them IS it is, and not rs it is painted
by fatterers. Those women whopre-
fer the society of gentlemen, and who
have the faculty Of bewitching their
senses. never are in the way of hear
ing Fl ON this cold matter-tf f fact re-
gion; for them it really does not exist.
Every phrase that moets their car is
polished and softenod, guarded and
dslicately turned, till there is not a
particle of homely. truth left in it.
They pass their time in world of IL
lusions; they demand these illusions
Of all who approach them, as the sole
condition Of peace and favor. All
gentlemen, by a sort Of instinct. re-
cognize the woman who lives by fiat
terry, and give her her portion Of meat
in due season and thus some poor
women are hopeiesely buried as sui
ctdes used to be in Scotland, under a
mountain Of rubbish. to which each
passer-by adds,one stone. 1t is only
ny some extraordinary power of cir
cumstancos that man ran be found
to invade the sovereignty of a pretty
woman with any disagreeable tidings
or, as Junius says, "to instruct the
throne in the language of truth"
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With thanks to Him, let love abound +
To stir both hand and heart II
As richly we receive from Him -
So freely to inpart. =
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Squirrels are so great nuisance in
California that bounty of ten cents
Der head is paid for their destruction.
A single hunter has killed and trapped
ten thousand ir ono season, for which
he cot one thousand dollars. He sent
the skins TO Paris, where they sold at
fifteen cents each, swelling his receipts
to two thousand FIVE hundred dollars
for bis captures. The skins are said
to be more valuable than those of the
rat or kid in the manufacture of gloves.
A aiour' tailor named Jimmy Yolk,
ninety-four years old, is now traversing
Ohio as professional "tramp.' He
has been on tho tramp for seventy
five years, and has visited every State
in the Union many times, walking on
an average 5000 miles every year.
The murderer of the Justice Nor
mon Of Calcutta was hanged, and his
body then burned by low-caste men,
the object Of the second operation
being to scatter his ashes so that
when Azracl, tho Angel Of Death,
comes to summon sinners to judgment,
he may not bo able to find him.
A fearful scene was enacted recent
ly at Jauer, in Sllesia. A young girl,
who had murdered her child, was to
be bcheaded. When she was led out
she fought desperately with the exc
cntioner, who was not able to kill her
until he had stunned her by q blow on
the head with tho handle of his axe.
A guild of ladies is proposed to be
formed in England under tho leader
ship of Miss Harrison of Swanage'
Dorcsharc, "to promote modesty Of
dress, to do away with extravaganza,
and substitute the ncatncss and sobri
oty suitable to Christian women"
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Mr., ThurloW Weed.
New York Correspondence Syracuse
New York Journal.

I had the pleasure to-1ay Of brief
interview with Mr.. Thurlow Weed.
He has como back from Europe in
much better health than he was when
he went away, some months ago, ana
is rs full as ever Of anecdoto ana
reminiscencc of old times. His mem-
orv is clear as q young mans. and
rich in experience of many phases OF
nolitical life. Unlike most people OF
his aee, he is not inclined to look up
ON tho times of his yonLa rs better
than the present except in one par,
ticular--that thcro is more political
corruption among the people at large
and among politicians, at the present
day, than in the younger days of the
republic. 1t was pleasant to hear
him speak of the days when ho and
the late James Harper were fellow
pressmcn in small printing shop in
John street, and used to get through
with their regular "stent" Of work
before dinner, so as to have the re-
mainder of the day for "over-work," "
for which they received extra pay.
"Many time," said he, 1--WE have got
through two-thirds Of our task before
breakfast" Mr.. Weed has recently
boen placed on the pension roll, for
military services performed in the war
of 1912. and says nothing for long
time has given him so much pleasure
rs handing over the first quarters
ravment to an aged and poverty
stricken comradc who had served by
his side.
MIR. Weed told many stories to illus
trate the advance made in household
comforts since the days when the use
of ice, now an indispensable article in
every family, was wholly unknown !;
when house furnaces were still nnin-
vented; gas was not so much as
dreamed of, and the markets. except
in the larger cities, were small and ILL
supplied. "Why, sir" said he, Il re-
member once hunting all over A Albany
for tomatoes. Most of tho market
men had never heard of them. AT
last i IOIl1u Ouc w liO hoa ''SSh '''>'''
in New York, but didn't believe they
could be procured anywhere out OF
the city, [ asked him to send to New
York for them, and he did so; but
there was only one man besides my
self who bnu ght them when they were
obtained. Most people looked at them
with positive aversion, and many be-
lieved them to be poisonous. At that
time Spanish mackerel, now esteemed
one of our most delicious kinds OF fish,
were very plentiful but the fisher
men wouldn't cucumber their. boats
with them. They called them horse
uackerel,' and always threw them
back into the water, rs unfit Tor cat
ing"
Mr.. Weeds memory Of political
events is wonderful, and mis- forthcom-
ing book will be rich in "reminiscences
Of the man who shaped the character
and destinics Of parties up to the de-
parture OF the old whig organization.
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The ceremony of tying the marriage
knot is much simpli6ed in the Hocs;el
State, as the following will show
'Wnat is your name. sir p "Matty,'
"What is your name, Miss2" "Pplly."
"Matty, do you love Polly 2" "No
mistake" "Polly, do yon love Matty p
"Well, I reckon.'> Well, then,
az pronounce you man and wife
All the days of your life.'"
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Greenville and Columbia Rail
road.

49, @ ssss ssss|.;s sf:2 esisss - = =
GENERAL. I.SUPERINTENDENT OFFICE
COLUMBIA, S. G., March /, 1870.
ON and after the following Schedule
will be daily, Sunday excepted, run con-
Meeting with Night Trains Oh South Car.
olina Road, up and down, and with
Night Train on Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta Road going South:
Leave Columbia, ,.........~.IOO OOam
- Alston, ,................9.10 10 m
Newberry, ....... Ills am
" Cokesbury, 1900 p M
" Bolton. 800 pm
Arrive at Greenville,.. ,........6.30 p M
DOWN.
Leave Greenville.,.........6.15 am
Belton, .,..........S.05 m
Cokesbury,....."l0.07 Am
Abbeville, e,.........-S.1 Is o m
Newberry, y,.........-l.50p pm
Aston, p m
ArriveC Columbia. ..........5 55 p m
COL. THOMAS DODAMEAD,
General Superintendent.
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h'Come Bob :" hitc! up the team
To town we'll quickly CO.
And Pa and Ma will take the girls
And boys, both high and low.
The cotton we will sell, and buy,
a r0using bin in town, -
To make the merchants hearts rejoice
Aud do up Christmas brown. i
And White s; Smith will fill the bill,
And Norwood & DuPre,
And Robertson & Miller too
Will stir our hearts with glee.
From Fowler too and Penney next,
And Qmrles & Perrin near,
And Haddon & Mcdonald, get,
Nice tricks to eat and wear.
From Hiram Tustin get q watch,
From Lee & Parker toys,
At White and Hill, and Cunningham
Well please the girls and boys.
And Mrs. Cain and Lythgoe too, -
The Misses Cater all,
Will bonnets, hats, and dresses make
For church or festive ball.
Perhaps we want some cash to draw,
a check perehance to sell,
Well find Judge Wardlaw at his post,
TO do our business we'll.
gut here's the nice and new P. o.,
Wen drop letter in;
Here Lawson sells his fancy tricks,
He elsewhere sells his tin.
At Inman's get a jewel bright,
Chalmers, chrome sweet,
At Wardlaw's get "tirst-rate set,"
For Andy HIS treat.
At Barnwcll's get some dresses fine,
At Rogers something nice,
At Wardlaw too and Edwards next
Oh0w the money flies!
IA policy" we'll get from Branch,
From Williams our supplies,
"THe Press and Banner" read to see,
Ii cotton takes rise.
At Mrs. Wier or Talmadge next
Get dinner for us all
Next Trowbridge, Traeger & Bequest,
Then at the Marshall" call.
And Chalmers too shall sell stone
To mark q spot so dear,
And Knox and Brazealc next shall find
What's nice to eat and wear.
And Mays and Gutfin's too will hire
a pair of dappled grays,
Or if our "better half" desire
A span of gentle bays.
And Seal and Sign and Robertson,
A carriage nice and new,
To ride about an hour or so
And town and country view.
The Depot and the Marshalls see,
And all the produce stored;
The telegraph and Westervelt,
And learn the news abroad.
Hear SyGan cry out, "fire up"
And Hammond, ''all aboard"
The painting engine putt and blow,
10 bear its heavy load.
At Mrs. Hughcy's next We'll rest,
And then We'll walk awhile,
kaphan & Sklarz may something sell,
70 please in price and style.
Or if inclined to take drink,
Perchance glass Of ale,
The corner. central, "Christian House, ,"
Will either do as well,
To please the children next, cake
Will Mrs. LomaX sell,
And Levi soon will get for us,
Fresh oysters from the shell.
AS Milford has assessed us we'll,
See DuPre, Barnes, and pay,
Or Cason's sure to sell us out,
And make us rue the Gay.
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EARLY MARRIAGFs.-Opinions vary
much in reference to the subject ct
carly marriages. Some contend that
tho young should not take upon them.
selves the responsibilities of welded
life because their judgments are not
sufficiently mature to understand ana
npprooiate-tl.e- -5.-setssss+-ef those- re-
sponsibilities.
Others contend that age blunts the
finer sensibilitlcs, and causes the indi-
vidual to become set in his or her ways,
and that it is difficult for such persons
to harmonic, each one dis!iking to
reEnquish or modify habits which
have become fixed and somewhat like
u second nature.
The truth is, the freshness Of youth
ought to be preserved to q much later
period OF life than it is, and then this
last objection would lose much of its
power; additional age and the expe-
rience and ripcning of Judgment and
reason which it brings, would be bet
ter to qualify those Of both sexes to
enter into this solemn arrangement
with o surcr prospect of happiness
than is now the case. -
The unchecked imagination ofyouth
and early manhood and womanLood
pictures the future all too bright and
cloudless for the reality, as ii ever has
been and ever will be found in this
world; and tho result is too often a
disappointment so deep as to render
life unpleasant and to sour the dispo-
sition On the other hand, the set
way Of old bachelors and maids is
quitc an Offset to their age and Wis
dom. If the wisdom Of the old could
30 joined t" the freshness of the heart
Qf the young, the result would b.
happiness in nearly every case. OF
wcddcd life. This could be done, but
not we'll, Under the present state OF
society. ..
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Holiday Books.

GEIL BIAS,
Don QuiXote,
Gulliver's Travels,
Arabian Nights,
Pilgrims Progress,
Vicar of Wakefield,
Nursery Ballads,
Fire in the Woods,
P:,tdy Keeping House,
Little Folks Astray,
Harry Maillard, &C., &C.,
Nov. 33 LEE & PARKER,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-02-14
rs TENN: WEDNESDAY EVENING FEBRUARY a. 1872 NO. l43

| . HI..W u ..I
ure is the next passenger. She ha'
been frequent one for a week or two
and as she never goes with any com
panion, or is seen to have any articles
that may be smuggled, she is approach
ed by an officer, who whispers some
thing in her ear. 1t is TO the effect
that she shall just step inside the Gus.
tom-olfice minute. She does so, and il
then requested to step up stairs, where
there is sort of Miss jenkins, who is in
the habit OF interviewing all lady
callers. Madame must consent to be
searched" this new acquaintance re-
marks by way OF setting her caller at
ease, But Madame demonstrates, deem.
ing it entirely unnecessary, as she would
pledge her honor that no purchase had
been made in Canada.
But the ceremony must be gone
through witt at all events--a mere mat
ter Of form of course. Madame proves,
however, to have been a matter of form
produced by the storing of the follow
ing articles about her person: Two
pounds Of black tea, one Of green, three
Of raisins, one package Of assorted can
dies, one pound Of preserved fruit, one
also Of citron, q few hundred crackers,
obtained from various receptacles,
mostly from the dress sleeves, which
were as large and commodious as All
Sins. The few pounds Of canned meats
which were placed in the hustle, and
one or two other trifing articles com
pleted the list Of the mornings shop
ming "
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The rowing life Of the camp and the
b abit of telling stories around the camp
FIRE make military men not only capital
company, but the best Of rdconteurs.
Below are some readable anecdotes from
Gen. r. b. Marcy's Border Reminis-
cences
While commanding a post in Louisi-
ana, the major, upon a certain occasion,
gave permission for one of his officers to
visit New Orleans, and the young man,
finding the city very attractive, over
stayed his leave, and expected to be
called to account for it. .....,.-.-f ~.
Immediately after his return he called
at the quarters of the commanding
officer to report his arrival, and not lind
ing him at the moment, he endeavored
to place himself on as favorable footing
as possible with the lady Of the house.
He described to her the latest fashions,
related the most recent gossip circulat-
ing among the hdut-ton of the city, and
was ingratiating himself rapidly into her
favor, when the major entered, and in a
very dignifed manner asked him the
news from New Orleans.
Now the major possessed no penehant
for literary pursuits. He seldom read
books of any description, but poetry was
his abhorrence--he could not endure it.
He had, however, accomplished the task
Of wading entirely through the four pom
derous volumes of Emmons' epic, The
Fredoniad," in the vain effort Of finding
his own name mentioned in connection
with the events of the campaign of
1Sl2-l4. Instead of appreciating the
merits of the work, he seemed most es-
sentially disgusted withit, and even went
so far as to pronounce the author OF ut
humbug, 80 5i sysi- d.w ..sii
The lieutenant, aware of this unjust
prejudice against the writer Of the his
torical effusion, replied to the question
as followss odw 8di t4i4 .b-1ns
Indeed, major, there is but little news
in the city, excepting / heard that Mr..
Emmons had issued new edition of his
poem, "aR ~ cl9. BID diiW
He has, has he2'' said the Major,
F" Well, Mr.. -, I'll tell you what it is,
sir, that man Emmons take. to be a
consummate ass, sir. f--'
why, major" said the lieutenant,
do y0n know he has introduced you
into this edition2'e !
The devil he has, What, | should
like to know, has he got to say about
me2" N' ~ t'f
"WelI, sir, he says a-t tNafl
: And there was Major c., in blaze of
He caused the British for to retire."
The major face lit up with a most
grati6ed expression Immediately, and
he observed that, upon reflection, he be-
lieved "Emmons was a gentle exple-
tive) sight more Of a knave than fool"
The adroit lieutenant escaped without
arrest or even reprimand.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-02-14

WATsON's IL Jefferson street. Choie.
wines. liquors. cigars, etc. ftae Old sioci
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The solicitude displayed by. Queen
Victoria during the illness OF her son
recalls (by the doctrine of oppositesl
the conduct of the Queen Of England
one hundred and twenty years ago
when her eldest sou lay dying at Leices.
ter Castle. Frederick Louis, son Of
George II. BY Caroline. his wife, had for
years been at daggers drawn With his
parents He was strongly suspected oi
plotting against his fathers life, aud the
dislike Of either father or son was sure
passport to the favor Of the ether A
short time before his death, his fond
mother wrote 20 Lord Hervey as follows;
Ny dear Lord: will give 1t to you
under my hand, if you are in any fear Of
my relapsing, that my dear -hrst-born Is
the greatest ass. and the greatest harr
and the greatest eanailic. and the great.
est beast, in the whole world; and !
heartily wish he was out Of IT, rf
When, shortly afterwards, he went out
of Il, the JOY exhibited at the Court oi
81 4 smes was shameless. The contrast
betVee'n the eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries is q sharp one.
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Ratnapura, CeylOp. ApriIll. lS7I.
women as smuggIers.

The Detroit Post, concerning the
amount of smuggling into that city from
Canada, says: .V.T.a
1t seems 10 be fact that in the trans
action of this illegitimate trade
women are the most numerous offenders.
That they are women protects them to a
great degree. Unless there is something
suspicious in the manners, looks or ac-
tons of the travelling feminines they
are not molested. If lady is seen
TO cross the intervening waters quito
frequently, and without any apparent
object, the last trip is apt to prove quite
eyentful oftentimes. The occasional
visitor is, however, generally successful,
and can carry of the few articles she
may have obtained. Watching the dis
embarkation of passengers from any of
the ferryboats, an attentive observer can
usually form a tolerably correct opinion
as to who have been doing little trad
ing with her majestys shopkeepers.
sometimes from the boat will come
two on three nicely-dressed young ladies,
very demure and innocent.looking 1t
is SO cold that they are obliged to keep
their respective nanus IN tneir Respective
mufFs. OF course, the keen air is felt
considerably in coming from the warm,
close cabins into the outside world. A
sharp. brisk walk is necessary, and they
hurry up the avenue. Somehow they
breathe much freer after passing the GUS
tom-Lopse officers. But then, the air of
the cabin les been so very close, you
know. An elderly lady, who has com
promised matters with her conscience
BY only buying what she really needs,
follows, wishing she was safe at home
again, and vowing not to repeat the ex-
pertinent II she escapes this time. She
does not, however, evince as much agl-
tation as she feels, and passes on all
right Several more follow, but whether
they have managed TO secrete a thousand
dollars worth of valuable laees, or only
few cents worth Of cotton, it is alike
difficult to determine.
A woman Of rather singular appear
ance in respect 70 perfect outline OF tg-