Newspaper Page Text
era 1114 Vol. -IIWDNEDYMRIG AUGUST 14, 1872.No3. THE HERALD IS PUBLISMBD VIERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, At Newberry C. H., By Tha. F. & R. H. Greneker, Editors and Proprietors. rm"ge.8 Pax 4XxvA. invarlably in Advance. tie f ris stopped at the expiration of time for I w~cIs pad. g7 The k mark denotes expiration of sub acription. OFFICIAL. Acts and Joint Resolutions Passed by the General As sembly of South Carolina, Regular Session, 1871 and 1872. AN ACT TO CHARTER THE GREEN WOOD AND AUGUSTA RAIL ROAD COMPANY. SEcTRON 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the State of South Caroli na, now met and sitting in Gene ral Assembly, and by. the authori ty of the same: That, for the purpose of estab lishing a rail road, on the most practicable route,from Greenwood, in the State of South Carolina, to Augusta, in the State of Georgia, which company, when formed, with the~ conditions herein- pre scribed, shall have corporate ex istence asa body politic in per petaity. SEC. . That this charter, with the rights and privileges inciden tal thereto, is hereby granted to and vested in J. H. Jennings A. M. Aiken, S. P. Boozer, P. H. Bradley, C. L. Blair, J. D. Talbert, W. K. Bradley, Nick Merriwether, J. D. Neill, Wi. L. Parks, J. L. White, Wm. K. Blake and G. J. Sheppard, of the State of South Carolina, and Robert I. May, Thomas Phinizy, John D. Butt, Edward Barry, Austin Mullarky, W. A. Ramsey, T. Jefferson Jen nings. Jos. T. Smith and Wm. P. Crawford, of the State of Georgia, and J. A. Barker, Lawrence Cain, Everidge Cain, T. M. Talbert, of the State of South Carolina. SEC. 3. That for the purpose of raising the necessary capital stock of said company, it shall be lawful to open books of subscription in the State of South Carolina, in the Counties of Abbeville and Edgefield ; and, in the State of Georgia., in the Counties of Rich mnidd and Columbia:; and in such cities and towns as may be deem ed for tbe best interest of the cor poration, under the direction of the corporators, to an amount not ex 000,000,) in shares of twenty dol lars ($20) each, to constitute a joint capital stock, for the purpose of constructirg'>and carrying into operaioni the sforesaid rail road, or any part thereof. And it shall be the duty -of the said corpora tors; or a majority of them, to open books of subscription as soon after ,the: 1:tification -of tnis Act as miay be practicable, of which twenty days' previous notice must be given.: in any newspaper or newspapers of the States afore said ; and the subscription books shall be kept open for sixty days ; that on each share of stock sub scribed, the said subscribers shall pay two dollars (.$2) or its equiv alent, in currency, to the corpora tors, who shall give a certificate for the same ; and, on the non payment of said instalment, the subscriptio~n shall be voia, the cor porators shall deposit the money received by them on said cash in stairnents in a solvent bank, in any of the States aforesaid, and at the expiration of every thirty days. That when the sum of one hu~ndred and fifty thousand dol lars ($150,000) are subscribed, the said corporators, or a majority of them, shall give notice of the time and place of meeting for organi zation in some public newspaper in each of the States aforesaid. But if the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) shall not be subscribed within the first appointed time, the said cor porators may, for the purpose of further subscriptions to the capi tal stock, keep the books open for such time, and at such places as they may deem proper: Provided, That the corporators shall not keep the books open for a longer period than one year, at the expi ration of which time the right to solicit and receive subscriptions shall vest in the President and Directors of said company. SEc. 4. Whbenever the said sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) is subscribed, in the manner herein prescribed, the subscribers, theirexecutors, admin istrators and assigns, shall be, and they are hereby, declared to be incorporated into a company, by the name of the "Greenwood and Augusta R~ail Road Company," and may orgtanize as herein provided. SEc. 5~ The said company, by its name above mentioned, shall have perpetual succession of members, shall hold real and personal proper ty, may sue and be sued, may plead and be impleaded, may have and use a comimen seal, which they may break and use at plea sure, and make all such by-laws, rules and regulations as they may deem necessary for the well or dering and conducting the affairs of the company. Sgc. 6. At the first meeting ol the said company, to be called by the corporators, as above stated, *and at all subsequent meetings, it shall be lawful for any stock holder to be represented by proxy, whose appointment shall be in writing, signed bysuch stockbold- I er; but a person not a stockholder I shall not represent such proxy. A 1 majority of two-thirds ofthe stock- 1 holders present, or represented by proxy, or empowered to transact any and all business connected with the company. At the first meeting of stockholders, and an- I nually thereafter, at Ruch time and 1 place as may be appointed by the by-laWs, they shall elect, by ballot I to serve one year, and until ano ther election, a President and ten Directors. No person shall be elected a President or Director who is not the owner of twenty shares, which must have been held for three months prior to his elec- f tion: but this does not apply to the first election herein provided I for. In the election ofPresident ' and Directors, in the establishment of the by-laws, and all other Acts to be done by the stockholders. in their corporate capacity, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for every paid up share i of the stock subscribed by him. SEC. 7. That, for the purpose of 1 acquiring such lands, or right of I way, as they may require for the 1 location and construction of the 1 said rail road, with such depots, f warehouses, stations, wharves,and < other necessary establishments, or i for extending oraltering the same, - the said company shall have every I right, privilege and power hereto fore granted to, and which now is I or has been used or enjoyed by, any rail road company heretofore incorporated in either of the States aforesaid; and shall, also, be enti tled to the use and benefit of every process and proceeding provided by law for enabling rail road com panies, in either of the States aforesaid, to obtain such lands, or rights of way, as they require, in cases in which the consent of the owners cannot be obtained.. And the said company shall have the same exclusive right of transpor tation on their rail road which is possessed and enjoyed by any other rail road in either of the aforementioned States. And per sons trespassing, intruding, or willfully destroying any of the property of the said company, shall be liable to all penaltiem to which persons willfully destroying, dama ging or obstructin g any other rail roads, or parts or parcels thereof, are made liable by any law in ei ther of the States aforesaid. And the said company shall have the same presumptive right and title, and to the same extent, to lands through which their railroad may be built, in absence of any agree ment with the proprietor or pro prietors of such lands, which is possessed or enjoyed by any other rail road, in the States mentioned above, as to the lands through which their rail road may have been, or may bs, constructed, in absence of any contract with the owners thereof. SEc. S. That it shall be lawful for the said company to increase their capital stock to any amodnt not exceeding two million dollars ($2,000,000) by receiving subscr-ip tions for additional shares, on such terms and conditions as they may think pro per to prescribe; and also to borrow money for the purposes aforesaid, on such terms, and at such rates of interest, as they may,' think proper. SEc. 9.Subscriptions to the stock of said company shall be payable by instalments of five dollars (85) on each share, after paying first instalment as aforesaid, and at* intervals of not less than ninety days, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the by-laws. Public notice of the time and place of payreent of each instalment shall be given at least twenty days beforehand; ard, in case any instal ment orany share remain unpaid for the space of thirty days after the time for payment ther-eof, the share shall be forfeited and vested in the said company, and the de *faulting stockholder released from Iall obligations to pay the amount unpaid on the forfeited share. T he shares of the capital stock of said company shall be personal proper-, t, and shall be assignable and transferrable, in such manner and under such regulations as may be prescribed by the by-laws. SEC. 10. The President and Di rectors of the company shall have authority to execute all the pow ers hereby granted to said corn pany, subject to such liititations and restrictions as may be impos ed by the by-laws. There must he an annual meeting of the stock-! holders, at such time as may be appointed by the by-laws, at which the President and Directors shall make a report, in writing, of the affairs and condition of the compa ny, which report shall be publish ed in a newspaper of each of the States aforesaid. Other meetings may be called by the President or Directors, when they deem it ex pedient, and, also, when twenty Istockholders, representing three hundred- shares, shall demand the ame inivriting.' The corporators, 2erein appointed, shall give a written account of all funds re ,eived by them, and of the dispo ition of the same, at the first neeting after the ratification of. ,his Act. It shall be lawful for he stockholders at any meeting ,o remove the President and Di -ectors, or any of them, from of ice, and elect others in their stead. Che President and Directors shall iave authority to draw out the noney deposited in bank by the lorporators, for subscription to he stock of the company: Prori led, That the same is only used br the interest of said company. SEc. 11. This Act shall be in bree for the term of forty years rom the ratification thereof, and hall be deemed and hereby do ,lared a public Act: Provided, Chat the work for the execution vhereof the said company is form d, shall be commenced within two cars from the first day of Jana ry, one thousand eight hundred nd seventy-two, and be comple- I ed within eight years thereafter: And provided, further, That said cad shall be subject to the provi ions of an Act entitled "An Act o declare the manner by which he lands, or the right of way ove: he lards of persons or corpora ions, nay be taken for the con truction and uses of railways and ther works ot internal improve. nent," ratified September 22, A. ). 1868: Provided, That nothing ierein contained shall be so con trued as to exempt the said com any from the payment of taxes. Approved March 13, 1872. LN ACT TO CHARTER THE LITTLE RIVER AND CIIERAW RAIL ROAD COMPANY. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the enate and House of Representa. ives of the State of South Caroli a, now met and sitting in Gene -al Assembly, and by the authori y of the same: That for the purpose of estab ishing a rail road from Little Riv r to Cheraw, a charter with all be rights and privileges inciden at to the same, be, and is hereby rranted to Thos. C. Dunn, L. D. ryan, J. T. Walsh, Joel Allen, J. R. Dusen bury, F. A. Kehew, John )ouglas, William F. Johnson,. C. '. Townsend, S. W. Thomas, Abel .uck, F. A. Mile*, C. J. stuart, 5amuel Jackson, Jacob Allman, tnd their associates and successors, .vho are hereby constituted a body >olitic and corporate, by the name ind style of the Little River and /heraw Rail Road Company. SEC. 2. That the said company s hereby authorized to construQt t rail road from Little River to lheraw, by such route as shall be ound most suitable and advanta %eou. and crossing the Counties f Marion and Marlboro', between ~he Great and Little Pedec Rivers. SEC. 3. That the capital stock f said company shall be one and i half million dollars, with the >rivilege of increasing it to two ind a half million dollat s if found aecessary, to be divided into shares f fifty dollars each ; and for the )urpose of raising such capital tock, it shall be lawful to open books of subscription, at such ims and places, and to keep hem open for such periods of time, and under the direction of uch persons as may be determin ad on by a majority of said comn rany. That subscriptions to said capi Lal stock may be made in land, at i rate per acre to be agreed upon it the time of subscription : an d hat each and every person sub scribing land, shall execute a deed o the said company, and that all imounts subscribed either in land er money, shall constitute the Joint Stock Capital, for the pur pose of constructing and carrying into operation the radl road pro ided for by this Act; and the said Rail Road Company shall have power to mortgage its pro perty and franchises, and isspie bonds on such terms and condi tions, and for such uses and pur poses of said corporation as the Bard of Directors thereof may deem expedient. SEC. 4. That the said rail road hal be subject to the provisions oan Act of the General Assembly :f South Carolina, passed Septem ber 22, 1868, entitled "An Act to leclare the manner by which the lans or right of way over the lands of persons or corporations ay be taken for the construction or use of railways and other works f internal improvement :" Pro uded, howeter, That nothing here in contained shall be so construed is to exempt the said company prom the payment of taxes. SEC. 5. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act aec hereby repealed. Approved March 9, 1872, AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE AN DERSON FARMERs' AM) MECHAN ICS' ASSOCIATION. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa ives of the State of South Caro tin; now met and itting in Gene ral Assembly, and by the auth ty of the same: That B. F. Crayton, J. V. N ris. D. M. Watson, W. J. Li-g B. F. Whitner and W. W. Hr plhreys, and their successors in ficc, and associates, be, and ti are hereby, declared to be a bc politic and corporate, under 1 name and style of the "Ander, Farmers' and Icehnuics' Asso< tion." SEC. 2. That said corporati by its corporate name afores shall have succession of offic and members, to be chosen cording to the rules and by-la made, and to be made, for its g ernment and direction; shall ht power to make by-la,v3, not pugnant to the laws of the lar to make, have and use a comm seal, and the same to alter at w to sue and be sued, plead and impleaded, in the Courts of I State; to purchase, hold and joy any lands, tenements or heri tanents, goods, or chattels, wh may be necessary, connected wi or conducive to, the objects of s association, and the same to al and convey at pleasure. SEc. 3. That this Act shall deemed a public Act, and contir in force until repealed. Approved March 9, 1872. Financial Panic. ALL THE HOLDERS OF CONFEDEW CURRENCY RESURRECTED. THE ALABAMA CLAIMS DISCUS' AND A RUSH ON TUE DEPOSI RY. As illustrative of the practi utility of advertising in a popn newspaper, we need only refer the results of a single adverti ment in the City Items column our Wednesday's issue of the B nor. A well-known boot andsl merchaut on the Public Squa in a spirit of waggery and by v of attracting attention to his hoi of business, inserted the followi among the new advertisements Wednesday's Banner: "CONFEDERATE MONEY WANT -I will give 75 cents in the d lar for o!d issue of Confeder money, and 50 cents for new sue, provided the money died the hands of the owner. J. Winstead, No 19 Public Squar He had scarcely opened 1 shutters of his store on that mo ing ere a procession of the hold of Confederate currency, loa( down with shinplasters, cc menced crowding in. They co from all quarters, in all sha and sizes, age, sex, and compl ion, like swarms or suddenly < turbed spirits rising from 1 dead, to the trump of Gabri horn. The scene was as good a play. The photographs of countenances of those who the first intelligent glimpse of "sell" they were gullible as perpetrate on themselves, we have made the fortune of a cot almanac. Every caller who i sented his lhttle roll was blani offered in retnrn the same sort currency. When "old issue" presented, seventy-five cents tho dollar was offered in new sue. When new issue was y sented, fifty cents in the dollar old issd~e was offered. Thoi badly plagued, every victim t< the joke in good part, and knowledged the corn." The f caller was a veteran dealer short currency--one of the n: active of street operators. approached the shoe store witl sombre cast of countenance, ii eative ot stiffness in the marl was introduced to our mercan friend, when the following cc guy ensued : Seller Short-"Air you the r that wants Confederit ?" Buyer-"How much have yoi Seller- "Well, say $200,00 but the trouble is, it's at home. Buyer-"Oh !well, that's rigrht, bringr it in to-morrow." Seller Short manifested a Ii uneasiness at this propositi The golden opportunity mi vanish like the baseless fabric a dream. "No," he said, "I gt I'd better go home to-night bring it in-I'm a leetle afr your orders will be filled." Buyer--"Well, to makei trade, I'll just give you ten del now to stick to the contract." With that "Buy-er" spread crisp tendollar Confederate r in his visitor's p)almn. The la1 put on his gold-rimmed specta and inspected it. His vener: features wrinkled, and he held a little closer to the glasses. T he just ducked his head a t: and peered over the rim of spectacles at the imperturb: wag across the counter, wi features preserved a most funi gravity. "Seller-Short" then gan to smell a mouse. "Confo your ugly picture," was his c ejaculation, and taking his c from under his arm, he stal rapidly for the door. The next caller was a nc stock raiser, of broad acres enutinu madows and sleek. ri cattle. He dropped in leisurely as if it was the merest acciden or- in the world. Ogling his eyes ir on. every direction, to be very war im- of prying eyes and impertinen of- suspicion, he shambled up to th< rcy man of boots and shoes, and lead >dy ing him confidentially by the but ,he ton into a corner whispered : ion "Do you really want Confede :ia- ate ?" Boots-and-shoes remarked thal on, he really did-oceans of it. Fat cid, cattle said he had "right smart' ers and could get any amount of it ac- when would he want it? Any ,ws time would suit boots-and-shoes :v- any time during the week, in fact tve he would give him until Satur re- day. d ; [Fat-cattle is out now after thai on currency, and will possibly mon ill; opolize all of it to be had in hiE be district.] he . One unusually sharp operator, ,n- evidently conceived the idea of a di- gigantic "Ring," as he slipped ich around to Boots-and-Shoes' desk th, and proposed to "go in" with him, aid He thought he could control n ien large sum in notes, and perhaps v bfew Confederate bonds. He seemed be quite confident of a big thing tue nay, even jubilant. He alway, had been satisfied there was some thing behind this Alabama ClaimE excitement. England's up to it don't you see ? That's what's the matter with Gladstone. Bismarch ,TE hadn't thrown a "bomb" into thc United States Congress for no thing, etc., etc.-"booming" away 'ED like a bumble-bee at a window TO- and accompanying all these start ling suggestions with sundry con fidential winks, and nudges, and cal twitches at the coat-sleeve o lar Boots-and--Shoes, and nearly to smoked him blind with agitated se- and spasmodic puffs at a long-jim of cigar. At last he said, in a stag an- whisper to Boots-and-Shoes: "A, 1oe you are in the business, however re, I'm not disposed to intrude,I'll nol ay be in your way-what do you say ise if I sell out to you ?" ng "I'll take all you've got," said i' Boots-and-Shoes. "What!" screamed the seller ED. aghast-"take all I've got I Why ol- I've got $500,000 dollars." ate "All right-I'll take it all." is. Seller's eyes stuck ..out fai on enough to hang a haton. 'But,, M. he stammered breathlessly, "wha e." do you pr-)pose to pay in ?" ,he "We propose to pay in fund. rn- that are satisfactory, else it's n< ers trade." led Seller meditated. Te war ex im- citement; the European compli me cations ; the unsettled state of thi pes money market; rumors of war ex possible revolution, even an Ar hs. mageddon; down goes greenbax the up goes Confed. Well, he would 21'8 may-be part with his Confederati as currency, at 50 per cent. discoun the -but his cotton bonds-never ! Tot IIe would go and think about it Ehe And he went. to A :Robertson County visitoi aId handed in $800, and received jus nic four of his one hundred dollar bill: ire- in return. 11y "What the h--l's this for ?" hi of asked. ras "Why, ain't that fifty cents in to the dollar ?" is- N. B.-Down goes Robertson ire- "but. see here, don't you go an in tell any of our fellers about this igh ef you do I'll never buy anothe >ok pair of boots of you as long as 'ac- live." [Robertson stood treat.] rst One old lady from the countra in came in with $200. The mer ost chant handed her back a $10 HUe bill of old issue Confederate, bu 1 a on nice crisp paper. "But, is thi idi- good ?" she asked. "Well," wa cet, the rejoinder, "one's about as goo tile as the other." The old lady hui llo. ried it into her reticule and darte< into a dry goods store adjacen ian jand bought a bolt of calico, an presented her Confederate bill 2 "Ah," said the clerk, "you've bee1 0- in at Win stead's-that ain't wont) S a baubee." Back she went t all !Winstead's and cancelled th trade. T wo hundred dollars of it ttle shesd, was better than one hut on. de, bad as it was. ght Along toward noon visitors be of gan to slack off. The supply wa tss1 being exhausted or else the "sell and was becoming generally realizec aid, Still an occasional straggler wont rally to the front and return a good order, though financially d ars moralized. Just about this perio of the comedy, who should loor a up on the horizon but Senate ote Bayne. The Senator's stride i ter at the door and promenade up t les the counter-s was never more cor tble sequential and statesmanlike. tit Halting imposingly just to th ben leeward of the stove, he took -il majestic pinch of snuff out of his blacking box in his left palm, an ble before applying it to his sensi ose tional proboscis, beckoned wit eral the pinch to the proprietor an be- then threw himself outside of th und snuff, and-sneezed. nly The proprietor of the establisl ane ment deferentially approached. ked "Can't we go above ?" said th Senator, elevating his eyebrow: ited his hat-brim and his blac~king-bo and towards the ceiling with -a jerl fat as if t indicateni the propriety of private conference on the second floor. "0 yes," said Rheumatix, and he bobbled off up stairs, followed by the Senator. On the second floor the Senator observed that there were a num 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 blacking-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 Rheumatix, hobbling up the secoad flight of stairs-"we can go out on the roof if you like." But they stopped on the third floor, and set on a goods-box,when the Senator said : "I have a 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 $185 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 the sky light-and finally took a 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 fifty 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, v; ith his respects, and ask him to pay the national debt with it. Thereupon he took a 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 telegrams 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 $250 to $250,000 and upwards, since Wednesday morning. The different phazes of finan cial shrewdness developed; the frugality so slyly unearthed; the long-headed monetary sagacity lying low and keeping shady, an( coming all of a sudden to the sur face to meet with its final reward, would have furnished a study for the sagest of political economisls. The fact was developed also of the -existence of numbers of old cod Igers who had been nursing these antique promises to pay for many moons, no doubt cautiously hid' Iaway in all sorts of nooks and old crannies and secret pigeon holes. Ph! Bien! So long as there's life there's hope. Let them hold on t.o it a few. more centuries. It. 1will all come up right one of these Sodd days.(?) The worst sold chaps Swere those speculative cusses Iwho went on the market to buy it all up. This set came very ne'ar making a Black Friday of the whole business, trying to lock up the circulating medium. In such a possibility, the crash of empires and the wreck of worlds that might have resulted, who can conceive ? As we go to press the market is flat with but little inquiry. T HEIR HEARtTs.---During the late civil war it was considered ne Scessary in Cynthiana to keep a few soldiers at that place. One rnight two of them happened to stray into the church of the col Sored people just as the minister. was concluding an invitation' to any one who was inclined to S"come in and join the church." rAfter he had finished, these two soldiers got up, walked forward, Sand presented themselves for ad mission ; whereupon the preacher -said : e"Bredd ren, dis is a cullud church, aand I dun no as I's any 'thority to Stake in white folks." At this point an elderly uncle .rose in the congregation, and Sejaculated: d"Take 'em in brudder Jilson, take 'em in ; dar skins is white, dat's fact, but dar hearts is jis as black as our'n, suah." At Jonesville, Wisconsin, agirl frightened eher serenaders away by falling out of the ~window. A Stradivarius violin of 1708 is offered , fo sa in PMri-only 8.000 francs. Ticklish Table Talk. An amusing case happened at one of our leading hotels recently, in which, although theparty claim ing to have been injured was not at all interested, goes to show "what might have been." A gentleman connected with a prominent bank ing house in this city, going to rather a late dinner, found at one of the tables where he occupies a seat, two young gentlemen in all the glories of new ready-made clothes, and who had .evidently come in from some flourishing country city for the purpose of having a limited good time. Their conversation was principally up on the conquests they had, or fancied they had, made. Suddenly No. 1 broke out: "o, Frank, you remember about that Mrs. Masou, that we read about in the papers t'other day?" "Well, yes; why ?" "Sent my card to her last night." "No, did ye though?" "Did, for a fact. She came down into the parlor, and we had quite a chat. She's gay." "Oh, you rascal." Then followed sundry words, winks, and further conversation, in which the name of the lady did not appear to great advantage as a loving and faithful wife. At this juncture the banking gentle man looked up, and with an air of one injured, mixed with one of settled, stern, but mild ferocity, said: "It is perhaps my duty, gentle men, before this thing goes any further, to inform you that the lady whose name you are using with such gross familitary is my wife." This was a percussion shell, and silence reigned for the space of a few seconds. One of the young fellows turned pale, while the other assumed - a roseate hue. Then they exchanged colors, and stammered out some half-uttered words. "Yes," continued the gentleman, "and I have always supposed that some little eccentricities of my wife would not be taken advantage of, or subject her either to rude conduct or outrageous insults. I have the right to demand an apology." The waiter coming up at that moment, asked them what they would have for dessert. With a sickly smile one of them fixed his eyes upon frozen custard, while the other was entirely absorbed with jelly. Then they said they guessed they didn't care about anything more, and sneaked foolishly out. When the banker came out, he found them in the hall, looking as if they had just been engaged in settling a delicate question. One advanced and said: "That was all confounded nonsense, you know." "What was nonsense ?" "Why, 'bout my having an in terview with your wife. Just got it up as a joke on Frank. I am sorry for it." He was then read a severe lesson by a man who had never seen the lady in question in his life, and told that hereafter he should be extremely cautious how he allow ed his tongue to wag in such an unlicensed manner. And why should he not ? Railroad tunnels are proverbial for scrapes. They sometimes come it over cooing lovers, who, having made good use of them in day time, forget that by the light of whale oil, long after the sun has sunk behind the western hills, they cease to be a protection, and osculate fearlessly, to the delecta tion of heartless passengers. But a young Cahifornian, who was re cently returning from an Eastern trip to a beloved home, and a still more beloved somebody who was to make home beautiful some time, had a different adventure. He remembered that he hadn't changed his shirt since leaving Chicago, but they were nearing a tunnel where the transfer could be made, and taking his spotless linen from his traveling bag, he ixe al the preliminaries and cllawaited the protecting shade, and for a time the train was tearing through thiAk dark-* ness, but when the light of day streamed in again all eyes were turned to the young man's seat were two white arms plunged madly in the0 air. Unconscious that he had emerged from the re gions of dark'ness, he was still struggling in the folds of the clean shirt, through which he \vas un able to force his head, having omitted, in his haste. to undo the collar button. As with one final jerk his pink countenance burst through the white garment, allow ing its snowy folds to sink over the uncovered portion of his ana tomy, he took in the situation at a glance and sank, demoralized, into his seat, as altered and reformed a young man as ever made a mis calculation. Spotted Tail, Colonel Mosby and the London Times have declared for Grant. 'To of these have no vote. ADVERTISINC RATES. Advertisements inserted at the rate o" 51.50 per square-one inch-for first insertion, an4 $1 for each subsequent -insertion. Double column advertisements ten per cent on above. Notices of meetings, obituaries and tributes of respect, same rates persquare as ordinary advertisements. Special notices in local column 20 cents per line. Advertisements not marked with the num ber of insertions will be kept in till forbid and charged accordingly. Specialconracts made with large adver tisers, with iiberal deductious on above rates Jo ParxzzMM Done with Neatness and Dispatch. Terms Cash. An Extraordinary Story. A MAN MARRIED TO ANOTHER MAN SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO, AND NOW ASKS FOR A DIVORCE. The Carlinville correspondent of the St. Louis .Delmocrat relates the following story, the circum stances of which, while they are exceedingly sensational can be vouched for by persons residing in that city: One of the most remarkable divorce cases on record has begun, and is to be tried at the August term of the Macnpin county Cir cuit Court. The parties have lived together for seventeen years known to the world as husband and wife. The reputed husband now files a bill, alleging the so called marriage to have taken place in Macoupin county in 1855, and praying for.a divorce on the ground that the person to wtom he was then formally married is not a woman, although pievious to and at the time of said pid;ed marriage he was induced 16be lieve the person aforesaid tM be a woman. If the allegations of the bill and outside parties are: true; the trial will show the extraordi-, nary case of two men having lived together for this long period of time, in the character of hus band and wife, an instance, in other words, in which a natural eunuch has been able to persoiist the female character and as such to go through the solemn external Forms of marriage, and then con tinue for many years to deceive neighbors; and even intimate friends as to his real sex. The. complainant alleges that his igno rance of the laws of this country (he being a German), and the ad vice of supposed competent par ties, prevented him from filing a bill for release long ago from the bondage of this pseudo marriage. As the parties have accumulated considerable property, it will be a point of great interest for. the court to decide upon its equitable division, in case of a dissolution of the curious co-partnership. The Fine -Art of Smiling. Why do we not always smiile when we meet the eye of a fellow be ing ! That is the true, in tended recognition which ought to p ass from soul to soul constantly. Lit tle children in simple communities do this involuntarily anconscious ly. The honest-hearted German peasant does it. It is like magi cal.sunlight all through that simple land, the perpetual greeting on the right hand and on the left, betwveen strangers as they pass by each other, never without a smile. This, then, is-'the fine art of smil ing ;" like all fine arts, prefection of art. the simplest following of Nature. Now and then one sees a face which has kept its smile pure and undefiled. It is a woman's faice unusually; often a face which has tracesof sorrow all over it till the smile breaks. Such a smile transfigures; such a smile, if the artful did not know it, is the greatest weapon a face can have. Sickness and age -cannot turn its edge; hospitality and dis trust cannot withstand its spell; little children know it and smile back; even dumb animals come closer and look up for another. If we were asked to sum up in one simple rule what would most conduce to beauty in the human face, we wj-.ld say, therefore: "Y ever tamper with your smile ; never once usc it for a purpose. Let it be on your face like the reflection of the sunlight on the lake. Affectionate good-will to all men must be the sunlight, and your face is the lake. But unlike the sunlight, your good-will must be perpetual, and your face must never be overcast." A smile can be indicated by a movement of muscles, so light that neither instruments nor terms ex ist to measure or state it; in fact, the subtlest smile is little more than an added brightness to tha eye and a tremulousness to the mouth. One second of time is more than long enough for it; but eternity does not outlast it! Gauss BaOW.-A gentleman was walking behind a couple of darkies, a night or two ago, while they were dis cussing the campaign. Said or.e to the other: "Jess tink, now ; who ever taught Horace Greeley would turn Democrat ?" at the same time applying an epithet to the wood-chopper of Chappaqua as viru lent as inelegant. His companion, who had listened with great interest to his remarks, after holding his breath for a few moments, enquired earnestly of the candidate for the Vice-Presidency of the Liberal cause in this wise: "But John, who is dis yer Grass Brown, any how ? I nebber heerd talk of him 'fore. "Grass Brown !" exclaimed the darkey to whom the query was addressed, "Grass Brown I Grass Brown ! Oh, e aint nobody; an' if he am too wiry, we gwine cut umn down dis fall, sure." [Charleston Courier. Itis said that the balcony of the Cats kiil Mountain House commands a view of