The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-08-14

floor.
20 yes," said Rheumatix, and
he hobbled off up stairs, followed
by the Senator.
On the second floor the Senator
observed that there were a mum.
ber of cord-wainers hammering
away at shoe-pegs. The presence
of these plebians slightly discon-
certed the Senator. He took re-
fuge in the blaeking.b box, sneezed
twice, elevated his eyebrows with
another jerk at Rheumatix, and
his hat-brim, and his blacking.
box in the direction of the other
ceiling:
"Can't we go up higher ?"
"Oh! yes" said Rheumatic,
hobbling up the second fight of
stairs-"we can 60 out on the
roof if you like"
But they stopped on the third
floor, and set on a goods-box, when
the Senator said
II have little Confederate cur
rency left on my hands, which is
Of no service to me. Sir, I am
willing to dispose of that Confed-
crate at your own terms"
"How much ?"
The Senator counted out S185
in small bills. He was running
light, he said, as he spread them
on the box, "but we won't bicker
about the small change-take 'em
all for $50"
Rheumatix examined the bills
with his closest scrutiny-feeling
them with his thumb-throwing
aside the suspicious ones-putting
them back again-smelling them
holding them up to tho sky
Highland finally took q list Of
them on a paper collar box and
added them up. He handed the
sum over to the Senator and asked
him if that was the correct calcu-
lation. Senator said it was all
right. He wouldn't cheat him
and he didn't expect to he cheat
ed. Rheumatix handed him a
| fftv dollar C.. s. bill Of the new
issue.
The Senator realized the situa-
tion for the first time, but itnever
changed a muscle of his impertur-
bable features, or threw him off
his center of gravity. He majes-
tically handed it back to the
donor, with the request that he
would send it to Mr.. Boutwell,,
with his respects, and ask him to
pay the national debt with it.
Thercupon he took decisive and
peremptory pinch of snuff, adjust
ed his cuffs, shook his locks to the
breeze, and solemnly descended
to the street, and sternly wended
his way to the Rialto.
The kilograms and letters of in
quiry from a distance, proposing
an exchange, would fill a cellar
full of bandboxes. At a rough
estimate, there may have been as
many as two hundred and fifty
visitors, with sums varying from
$3.50 to s25O,0O0 and upwards,
since Wednesday morning.
The different phazes of fnan-
cial shrewdness developed; the
frugality so slyly unearthed; the
long-headed monetary sagacity
lying low and keeping shady, and
coming all Of a sudden to the sur
face to meet with it's fnal reward,
would have furnished q study for
the sagest Of political economists.
The fact was developed also of the
existence Of numbers of old cod
gers who had been nursing these
antique promises to pay for many
moons, no doubt cautiously hid
away in all sorts of hooks and old
crannies and secret pigeon holes
Eli! Bien! So long as there's life
there's hope. Let them hold on
20 it few more centuries. 1t
will all come up right one of these
odd days.(D The worst sold chaps
were those speculative cusses
who went on the market to buy
it all up. This set came very
near making a Black Friday Of
the whole business, trying to lock
up the circulating medium. Ii
such q possibility, the crash o:
empires and the wreck Of world:
that might have resulted, who
can conceive? AS we 60 to press
the market is fat with but little
inquiry.
THEIR HEARTs.-During the late
civil war it was considered ne
cessary in Cynthiana to keep
n