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Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-05-15
Boy Lost.

He had black eyes, with long lashes,
red cheeks, and hair almost black and
curly. He wore a crimson plaid jacket,
with full trousers buttoned on had a
habit of whistling and liked to ask
questions was accompanied bya small
black dog. 1t is long while now since
he disappeared. I have avery pleasant
home and much company. My guests
say "Ah | it is pleasant to be here.
Everything has such an orderly, put
away look-nothing about under foot,
no dirt" But my eyes are aching for
the sight of WRITINGS and cut paper on
the floor; Of tumbling down card
houses of wooden sheep and cattle ;
of pop-guns, bows and arrows, whips,
oops, go-carts, blocks and trumpery. l
want to see boats a-rigging and kites
a-making. want to see crumbles on
the carpet, and paste split on the kitchen
table. I want to see the chairs and the
tables turned the wrong way about. l
want to see candy.making and corn
popping, and to find jackknives and fish
hooks among my muslins. Yet these
things used to fret me once. They say
GLOW quiet you are here All one here
may settle his brains and be at peace y
But my ears are aching for the patter-
ing of little feet, for hearty shout, a
shrill whistle, q gay ira la la; for the
crack of little whips /; for the noise OF
drums, flies, and tin trumpets. Yet
these things made me nervous once. A
manly figure stands before me now.
He is taller than /, has thick whiskers,
wears frock coat, bosomed shirt, and
cravat. He has just come from col
lege. He brings Latin and Greek in
his countenance, and busts of the old
philosophers for the sitting-room. He
calls me mother, but L am rather un-
willing to own him. He AYERS that he
is my boy, and says that he can prove
it. He brings his little boat to show
the red stripe on the sail Git was the end
of the piece and name on the stern,
Lucy Lowe, a little girl of our neighbor,
who, because of her long curls and
pretty, round face, was the chosen ia
vorite of my boy. The curls were long
since cut off, and she has grown to a
tall, handsome girl. How his face red
dens as he shows me the name on the
boat Oh, I see it all as plain as if it
was written in a book My little boy
is lost, and my big boy will soon be.
Oh I wish he were little, tired boy,
in long, white night-gown, lying in
his crib, with me sitting by, holding his
hand in mine, pushing the curls back
from his forehead, watching his eyelids
droop, and listening to his deep breath
ing. If I only had my little boy again,
how patient would be How much l
would bear, and how little would l fret
and scold I can never have him back
again but there are still mothers who
have not yet lost their little boys. l
wonder if they know they are living
their very best days that now is the
time to really enjoy their children ]
think if I had been more to my little
boy, I might now be more to my grown.
up one.-Honae Magazine.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-05-15

THE Bitter BIrTEN.-A man in the
dress of workman was lately walking
in the streets of Berlin with packet
in his hand, sealed and inscribed with
an address and note that it contained
100 thalers in treasury bills. AS the
bearer appeared to be at loss, he was
accosted by passenger, who asked him
what he was looking for. Tie simple
countryman placed the packet in the
inquirer's hands, and requested that he
would read the address. The reply was
made as with an agreeable surprise:
"Why, this letteris for me! Ihave been
expecting it for a long while!" The
messenger upon this demanded ten tha-
lers for the carriage of the packet, which
was readily paid, with liberal addition
to the porter. The new possessor of
the packet hastened to an obscure cor
ner to examine his prize but, on break
ing the seal, found nothing but a few
sheets of paper, on which was written
"Dona"
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-05-15
A Murderer Dying.

James G. King, the lawyer who killed
ONeill some months ago on the stair
way leading from law office in New
York, and who has been confined in the
Tombs ever since, it is now pretty GER
tain will never be tried. King, since
the day he committed the deed for
which he entered the Tombs prison, has
been sinking under the weight OF sew
eral diseases, and has now come to such
a pass that he cannot rise from his bed.
Indeed the trial, which was to have been
on some time since, has been postponed
from time to time, to allow King to re-
gain his health sufficiently to appear in
court. Instead of this, however, he has
been growing worse, and it is now GER
tain that he can nneverrecover his health.
He never leaves his bed, and lies on it
constantly without moving, being unable
even to sit up. It has been clear for
some time past that he was not vel, but
it is only within the last few days that
the extent of his disease has become
known.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-05-15
Hard Drinking Times.

It was hard drinking time, says a
letter writer, referring to many years
ago in the old country, time of bac-
chanalian toasts and royal bumpers,
when gentlemen" sat down early to,
and rose up late from, the dining-table !;
when at certain periods of the evening
boy was introduced under the table to
unloose the neckcloths of gentlemen
who fell down drunk; and when a re-
monstrance at some one more temperate
than another passing the decanter was
thought to be more stringent If it was
enforced by calling attention to the fact
"that the night was young yet-tne cal
lant's not under the table" All classes
of society drank, and drank frequently
to excess too. A jovial farmer would
go into q tavern when the landlady was
"setting" hen, and would never come
out again until the chickens were run
ming about. His superiors might not
carry things to such an excess, but a
two days drinking-bout was thought
the most common thing in the world,
and the capacity for standing certain
number of bottles the test of thorough
good fellow. These were the days of
fve-bottle men, and in st. Andrews
University was students club called
the Nine -Tumbler Club, the test of fit-
ness for entrance into which was the
ability of the candidate, after drinking
nine tumblers of hot whiskey toddy, to
pronounce articulately the words, "Bib-
ii-cal criticism" A miserly old laird
used to make it his boast, that 80 popu-
lar man was he that he could 60 to
market with sixpence in his pocket, and
come home drunk with the sixpence
still in it.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-05-15
THE MARRIAGE SERv1cE.-An Englis

THE MARRIAGE SERVICE. English
clergyman lately reported in an evening
contemporary some of the blunders he
had heard in the marriage service by
that class of persons who have to pick
up the words as best they can by hear
ing them repeated BY others. He said
that in his own parish it was quite the
fashion for q man, when giving the
ring, to say to the woman, "With my
body thee I wash up, and with all my
hurdle goods I thee and thou" He
said the women were generally better
up in this part of the service than the
men. One day, however, a bride start-
led him by promising, in what she sup
posed to be the language of the prayer
book, to take her husband "to ave and
to old from this day form fer betterer
horse for richer power, in siggerness
health to love cherries, and to bay" ."
What meaning this extraordinary VOW
conveyed to her own mind the clergy
man said it bafflsd him to conjecture.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-05-15
City VS.. Country Newspapers.

The city weekly newspaper il usually
made up from reading matter used and
paid for by the daily paper hence 1t
costs but little while the country paper,
on account of the limited amount of the
local advertising patronage, cannot at-
ford daily, and must make its weekly
from matter expressly prepared for Its
columns. -.
The city paper is made general In
character, adapted to one part OF the
country as we'll as another, and conse-
ouently has wide field for circulation;
while the country paper must be made
local, and adapted to its particular iatl-
tude. hence its circulation is limited to
its particular locality. But does the
city paper answer the purpose, and sat
isfy the wants of the country reader ?
By no means.
The paper published in the city re-
alizes thousands of dollars from its ad-
vertising patronage, while the local
country paper gets but meager sup,
port from this source. The principal
clerk in one of the agricultural news
paper offices in New York informed us
that the advertising patronage OF their
paper amounted to an annual income OF
over one hundred thousand dollars"
And yet the people of the country ex-
pect the local paper to be furnished alta
lower price than the city monopoly.
And while he pays cash in advance for
his city paper, he puts his home paper
off with a promise to pay when ne sells
his produce after harvest, or when he
gets ready, and can best spare the.
money, at the end of from one to three
years.
The tendency of such procedure on
the part of some delinquent subscribers,
as well as the recent act Of Congress,
taking away from country publishers
and their county subscribers the only
boon they ever allowed them to have,
will require the utmost economy in the
conducting Of the country papers.
The best way for subscribers to en-
courage their papers and keep them up
to their present standard, is to be
prompt in their payments. s.-Erchange.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-05-15
Percentage
of Increase
=. If...L..

The percentages given in the above
table are, in each case with the excep-
tion of the Mormons), much less than
those of the decade between the years
1850 and 1860. The Universalists and
the Friends, or Quakers, each lost nine
per cent. during the last decade. Of
all the creeds, the Methodists stand
first in respect to the aggregate value
of church edifces, the Catholics second,
the Presbyterians third, the Baptists
fourth, the Episcopalians fifth, and the
Congregationalists sixth. A singular
fact connected with the churches is
found in the fact that the smaller the
church membership the greater the
literary ability displayed as compared
with the churches of greater member
ship.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-05-15
VOL. III. NO. 32.
Ny April Love.

An April maiden is my love!
So full Of moods is she,
I hardly know. to tell the truth,
Which mood most pleaseth me.
Her smiles are as bewildering
As April's sunniest day
So tender, am fain to wish
They ne'er may pass away.
But if my love doth charm me so
When she with mirth o'erfows,
How can tell the strange sweet spell
Her sadness DER me throws?
Like violets bsthed in morning dew
Her dear eyes seem to be;
And then think she's dearer yet
Than e'er before to me!
All smiles and tears, my little love
Is Like an April day,
For sunshine giveth place to clouds,
By sunbeams chased away.
Ah. me! which mood doth please me most
fear will ne'er be known;
But what care ], since in them all
Her heart is still my own!
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-05-15

WHAT TT Cosrs Edward Young,
at the head of the Bureau of Statistics
in Washington, estimates the amount
paid for liquors consumed in 1870 at
$500, 900, 600, averaging nearly $40 for
every man, woman and child. The to-
bacco sold in the country for smoking,
chewing, and snufing costs $3.50, ,OOO, ,0OO.
No wonder 80 many people are poor,
when such sums of money are expend'
ed on indulgences of this kind.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-05-15
Religious Statistics Of the Census.

The church statistics of the late CEN
sus furnish some very interesting facts.
The church buildings in the United
States number G2, $50, affording accom-
modations for II, ,395, $40 persons out of
the 27,90O,0O0 individuals over ten
years old in the country. The total
value of church property is $349, 619, 7S0.
The annexed table will lshow the strength
of the various denominations in the
order of theirnumerical preponderance
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-05-15

Edwin Noyes, who has bled the Bank
of England to the extent of over mil
lion, was formerly a dry-goods clerk at
Newark, N. j., where, on salary of $3.50,
he boarded at the rate of $50 q week.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-05-15

A Kansas paper describes man as
being "as sociable as batch OF candi-
dates two weeks before election"
National Republican., 1873-01-07
Jast Puhllshed.

Foa RrSr-FurnIshed parlon and bed rooms,
1905 street
National Republican., 1873-01-07
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

NOTICES OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
VIA o. II. MORRISON have received all the
new books.
LArIMER L CEELRT have nrst-clAss restAu-
rant for sale.
wN. HERRING and J. Stanley Jones have dis
solved copartnershp.
Tm new brick dwelling house, No.l6l2 seventh
street northwest, for rent.
Two CATTLE, one red COW and one spotted stag,
have been taken up astray.
De- W. Y. BALDus preventive Of smallpox II
sold at No. 52l Tenth street.
THE Central Association Of States viii hold
their annual meeting tomorrow night.
THE regular monthly meeting OF the women's
Christian Association will be held to-day.
The regular board meeting OF the womens
Christian Association viii be held to-day.
J. srASIEY JosEs, agent for the Mutual Benent
Life Insurance Company Of Newark, MI.
Two-sToRY frame house on street, between
Twenty-nrst and Twenty-second streets, for
sale.
The annual address Of the Medical Society Of
the District will be delivered at Marinis hall on
Thursday, Januarys.
NErTIso OF the stockholders Of the National
Metropolitan Fire Insurance Company viii be
held Monday, January 10.
National Republican., 1873-01-07
A wANDERER.

Yesterday considerable condemnation was
created In certain ycinlties OF this city by the
announcement that colOred man, pltted terri
bly, with the smallpox, was wandering around
the streets In search OF some place where he
would be cared for. Ladies' who were out hear
ing the fact Immediately took passage In the
stTeet-cars, and returned to their homes, while
gentlemen confined themselves 70 their places
Of business and avoided the street a. much as
possible. Even the guardians Of the peace who
saw this unfortunate wanderer kept As long
distance from him as their oflicia positions
would allow. The facts Of the case were made
known 10 the Board Of Health, and he was fol-
lowed by their Oficals until found, when II was
discovered that his name was John Jones, and
lhat ne had been living at the house OF August
Fleming, an ID street, between New jersey ave
nue. aud First street northwest, where he was
taken with this terrible disease.
Ills friend, having the greatest horror Of the
smallpox hospital, determined to avoid It as far
as possible, and, In company with the sick man,
proceeded on foot TO the Freedmen's hospital,
where application for admission was made. This
request was refused by DR.. Reyburn, the physl-
clan In charge, and the two started for Lieut..
JOhnsOn's station, from which he was again
started with Instructions TO 20 TO the Board OF
Health. The employees Of the health once
finally succeeded In llnding him, and with due
promptness he was sent to the smallpox hos
pitAl.
National Republican., 1873-01-07
Rssump,Ien Of specie Pa,mep,..

The following Ia the text OF the bill introduced
by Mr.. Hooper, OF Mass, In the House Of Repre-
sentatlves, and referred TO the Committee on
Banking and Currency:
Dc q enacted, De-, That on and after May l,
1874, United States notes not bearing in.
terest payable to bearer at the Treasury 0f the
United States shall he redeemed In coin on pre-
sentation At the ONCE Of the treasurer OF the
United states or OF the assistant treasurer at the
city OF New York, and the duties on Imports may
thereafter be paid In United States notea.
Bee. 2. That from and after the passage OF this
act the Secretary OF the Treasury, under such
rules and regulations as he may prescribe, Ia
States notes and issue therefor certificates pay
able on demand In United States notes after
thirty days from date and ten days notice, and
bearing interest at the annual rate Of three and
slxty-fye hundredth per centum; but the amount
OF certificates so issued and not redeemed shall
one hundred million dollars. National banks may
hold such certificates As part Of the reserve as
prescribed by section 81 OF the national currency
act but not IN larger proportion than one half
OF the required amount OF the reserve.
provide additional coin In the Treasury TO re-
deem United states notes promptly on presenta-
tion, issue bonds, payable In twenty years, hear
Ing interest, payable semi-annually, At such rate,
not st exceeding sX per sentum per annnn, as he
Of such bonds shall not exceed two hundred and
nfty million dollars, and he shall negotiate and
dispose Of the same at not lesa than par In ex-
change for coin Of the United States and the pro-
ceeds Of said bonds nnAll be used only for the re-
redeemed may be relasued at the discretion OF
the Secretary Of the Treasury In payment OF any
dues OF the United States, except bonds Of the
United States and interest on the public debt.
National Republican., 1873-01-07
lily NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, TUESDAY JANUARY Z 1873

imitation e met with little favor, though the
sonRs Of kitty TyTell,"b sallle Mason, dsheils
Of the 0cean,rby Bertha foy, and ''Neapoiltan," :"
6y Mlss Annetta, were pleasing performances.
the talent At hla command, 1.-THE Musical othei-
10, : by Douglas and Amanda Lee, was well exc
cnted, Gu Douglas never appearing here to so good
for his Dutch songs and dances he was greeted
sn,na nIn 4 hearty round Of applause, AZ Dutch
comedian comedian he hasn't hi, equal in the variety
alho handsomely applanded, and he still dances
and sings n well M ever. The stage was en-
ilyened BY the familiar faces Of salie wesner
and others OF the famous old ballet troupe, for
whom sig Gus. Peter has arranged the new bal
Icy ,sts Of Ia Pleus De Castillo The performance
which took immensely, The new company AZ
me Comlque ha good one In every respect.
The Art Entertainments.
Professor Cromwell commences q brief season
this evening Of his art entertainments at VIII
lards hall. Professor Cromwell IA q gentleman
OF liberal education and an artist by profession
and in remarkable degree he has the faculty Of
humorous description and Illustration, and his
audiences always pleasantly follow him when he
stops from his conversation and stories to beau-
uIuily play o. sing some piece Of music appro-
brnte 20 the scene Illustrated on his canvas.
Louis XIV and the Museum Of Art in France,
anu many other objects Of interest, aud close by
pauslnR IN hunirntlOn OF the lovely picture of
"No cross, no crown" The Illusions OF hIs cos
moscope are perfectly wonderful, and bring
home the objects looked az M realities T'heae
entertainments arc everywhere received hy me
cultivated with delight. WIZARDS hall Ia on n
street between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets,
directly In rear OF the hotel.
Theatrical Revival.
During the last two nights OF Lestor wallact's
engagement At the National there were signs Of
penitence on the part Of theatre eoers, but
during the holiday week the backslidIng was
fearful to notice; however, with BoucicaultS ad-
vent the revival broke out fresh aud strong, per
yadlng all classes OF society, and now, under the
tremendous attractions Of Janauschek we shall
look for great victory for Mclpomene, the muse
The Opera Route.
The face Of Mile G. Bonelll will he new to
Washington audiences. She Ia said 10 he young,
handsome and dashlna, and young gentlemen In
pearNcolored pants are every day seen standing
In admiration Of her picture displayed In the
windows Of the music stores. 10 Mile Aimee
me credit belong. Of producing in America the
opera boune Of I" les Cent ylerges,r the newest
one OF them all. Ita music II by Charles Lecoca
MT. u. DeVlyo, the manager, has already left
washington for short trip TO Havana In behalf
OF the company,
National Republican., 1873-01-07
WASHINGTON MARKET COMPANY.
Annual Meeting Of the Directors.

The Washington Market Company held their
annual meeting at the companyS ONCE, on
Matthew q. Emery In the chair, and D. b. Whit
fhe following report by the president was
submitted:
WASHINGTON Jan. G. Is7a
TO Ne SoctAOif-rs n hs Haskiagon HaTisi GsapaEy,
Since the annual meeting OF the company, one
year ago, the permanent market buildings have
been completed, and are now fully occupied al
an annual rental OF between ts0,OOO and 900, 900.
The rights 10 occupy the stands paying the an
Ing to the charter, at auction for two years from
July !, lsI2, the bonus at the sales amounting
% about 1000, Of which upwards Of $4,000 has
been paid In cash. The accounts for the year
1879 have not yet been fully closed bat are being
audited by committee OF directors.
The result Of the Two years occupancy OF the
market grounds by the company may be stated
the year 1919 were tI2,69s.t9, and the expendl-
lures Qneludlng the rent paid the city Of Wash
lngt9n for the support of the poor were about
1879, so far as collected to December 20, were
For the old market for the hnst six months OF the
year, tli 5000 for the new market for the last
receipts from dealers, 81, ,ssS.lG; making q total
OF llt0l24S, or In round numbers the receipts
for 1874 were $4,000.
The expenditures for the year including run
ming expenses, rental to the district and the
annual taxes, will amount TO about $4,000 less
than the receipts.
~ VIII We IOllttu tnht lne fecelptA Tor the old
market for the 1rat six months OF 1919 were less
than for the same period In 1871. This Ia he
cause during May and June, lsT2 portions OF
temporary buildings had 10 be torn down, and
dealers were Obliged TO lease them before the
new market buildings were ready for occupancy.
But the receipts for the nrst six months In the
new market buildings indicate an annual rental
Of about 10000. The cost OF the market build.
ing has been betrayed from the 100000 paid in
on the stock OF the company and about tiOO,O 600
borrowed on the two and three year notes OF the
company, and from the bonuses received from
the sale OF stalls. The buildings are of first
class construction. and worth more than their
cost.
The result Of the maTket-house enterprise thus
far Is successful. The rental paid for the ground
IL too high, and should be further reduced; and
u will require care and good management In de-
termining the proper occupancy Tor the front
building on PennaylvaniA and Louisiana avenues,
the construction Of which will 20 forward during
the present year. But with good management
the stock In the company Will prove permanent,
profitable investment.
NJ. a. EMERY, P. NC.
The stockholders then entered into an elec-
ton for directors, and the whole number of
votes Qh,02Ol were cast for the following gentle
men: NJ. q. Emery, W. 4. Chandler, Fisher A.
llildreth, n. @. ordway, Moses Kelly, X. X. Tin
ker, 7. Q. Connolly, 4. \. smOOt, Caleb Cushing,
Fltzhugh Coyle, r. d. CLARK aud Preston =.
Tue meeting then adjourned.
National Republican., 1873-01-07
CITY SMALL TALK.

Joe Jefferson, the popular comedian, appears
at the National theatre next month for four
nlghts.
The martethouse commission did not meet
yesterday In consequence OF their not being q
sufflcient number OF members present,
George Y. Mcclellan has resigned the position
OF school trustee Of the second school district,
and W. j. Rhees has been appointed by the Gov
ernor In his place.
One OF the new freight wagons Of Mcfarland
A stephensons line broke down on Massachu-
sets avenue yesterday and required considerable
trouble to remove II TO the wagon factory.
The following was the range Of the thermome-
ter yesterday at Hemplers OpticlAn store, No.
4b8 Pennsylvania avenue corner Of FOur-and-a-
half street; a. m, 81 10 a. m, IS; - m., 30; p.
m., %; Ap. m., %; o p. M, %; 8 p. m. "a.
Tue Washington Artillery observe their ami
versary on the evening OF Wednesday, the sth
inst, At their headquarters, opposite the Treas
uTy Department. Arrangements have been made
for addresses by the Officers OF the association,
and an artilleristS welcome will be accorded
every o1e on the occasion.