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BY ROBERT YOUNG & CO. SOUTH vluolm* I WALHALLA, S. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1869.
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VOL IV,.NO, 27.
I\ ik von Tim KKOWBB cowman, and
/ F The Loved. :Dea,d. | ?l?v
1M f - noe
Ii AU alone I sit in my darkened room, sum
1. \ Whoa the rest havo gone to bcd { tnc
f i J And I think of friend? who have pnssdawny. ^
I j With the unforgotten dead
1 Yee I saw them die ; and my Ups were presa d ?ne
1 * n> ?bftlr oouch, to hold my brcaih, pro
j test the .aintcst sigh might the canvass fill bril
Of tb ?ir bark on tho son of Death. ,
i Ah J *.iy heart grows wonk ns a Utile child's, cor
And the briny tour drop falls, old
I Aa these mournful scenes with dieir ahad'wstlit QjM
Through tho Hold's desoviod halt? ;
And I long for somo with their hand8 te smooth ^
From my brow the tanglod hair, ,
For I'm weak and aiok willi tho cmos of lifo till
Which ?ho weary breast must bear. WC
I You can uovor think, who have always dwelt pu
With a oloudless sky nbovo. fir
"What a drea.-y thing 'iis for one lo live, WJ
When t ho heart has none to lovo ; ut
When tho tender glenco, wit h tho sunny amilo (.
1 ^ By tito silent gravo is hid,
. Sj! { ^ nd tho forms of thoso .'.l?o were dear nor ^
f foi, 'Neath tho mould'ring collin lid./
*S "n4itWft!'noios^of 'Youth"seem a fun'ral dirge,
As Ibo ghosts of burial years
Dear, withunhcardtrcad. from thehnuiiledsoul
AU its pleasures on their biers ;
For the goldeujoys winch these mem'riusdark|
Dy their touch, have sered nre rife,
A.ul no Master Blands at i lie city ga,0
Who can call thc dead io lifo.
> I I nm blind wiih grief, but I hope tho break
fl Of a day, as yet unborn,
May my spirit waf. with Its wing of light
Where the loved of earth have gone ;
,1 For thc wond'rous tales of that " Sun brigh1
'J CHmo,"
j j Which wo hear, I Utile care,
{. And I would not osk, if they all ore true
jj Tis enough ; my friends ure Ibero.
I E. A. AV.
(I 3? o Hi rr TJT_ xjp A L.
Bs-3cvornor Wise-His Views on the War
to md the Abolition of Slavery-The Patti
* ot's Duty To-day.
RICHMOND VA., March 81, 1809.
Rev. Janies Mitchell.
DKAR Sm : In reply to yours of tho 28th
instant, V can only say that I am perfectly
content to await the " delay" simply which
was resolve! on. It tuny be wise ns to action,
but is dangerous as to the work of prepara
uion. Of Uns. huwcvcrfyoiir authorities arc
j tho proper m
As to thc
thc effects c
jfifc^J relations of
loT?HT d?st Epi?co
?? of convictio s
'i,' ?Sj Prcsscd the
.'t Hu-tfon to thoi
l in th- oubject-mrr
?"?TP. ?rcs8iou 00
r?-r j pcrhtrps, tc'
' What i ?J*
W remember,
! and should
in repcatin
The lonj
j ry, its hist
k self, convi
rican bond
mighty hat
poer fiuite
foroscc-tb
t\ of war ant
III *v\i'
iamaooipanP nogra staves on this continent,
[?J - in a oountry governed, as tho United States,
' 'a tho form of constitutional republics bound
together by a constitutional union. By no
i Meps in normal times could Congress ever
\ avo abolished slavery j and tho States would
j fever have commenced emancipation by peace
it means, gradual or otherwise, for reasons
?Woh it would be irritating now to stale.
~^ p>8 sufficient to spy,(hat too many in the
|SH*.; l&OiAh fought for nothing but tho right of
... 4gopcrty in slaves; and it is time that tho
.iBrth was informed that by far thc most res
Retablo portion of tho Southern people
> Tught for something far moro precious than,
?fi? . *&o legal privilege of being the in??stors o1
?& '^aves. Thoy fought foV tho more glorious
\ &rmlego of self-government. They aro wil.
'.jo fling to emauoipate slaves iii thoir Own time
d??T ^ndlown wafy ^ut wero not willing to allow
t ?a fyWte1"08* *? rcigulato their domostio govern
y Vaajt and concerns for thom either as to slave*
? \w anything oise. Thus, thoso woro double
I \ yraints against omaucipation which eould
\ Uko removed in time to prevent either dis
k mion of tho Union or oivil war. Tho war
La nntioA?' noocssity, pormittOd by Divino
hvidenoo, to provont (in tho ond, I hopp,)
li .{. f*^* ov-'8 tnan tno war itself.
) knd I mark this view of tho caso AS essen.
jj to guide all, good Christians and patriots
! their endeavors now to onso a most glorious
h. J ywtvy> Bt,|H suffering from tho losing oivil
^?Sefty foy ?Al r?eos in the struggle to oman
heep I ipttto one raoe. Tho viow I have taken is a
f $Hd\M<inlric ono. It salves, ^9, rearh Qod*
! I ? ?
nut our WK;KI v..
tho end.
forced t
es in Ali
ithcr way
o time sav
least doul
s, or tn nt
logitiuiat?
vidonco, "
uga up the
What slu t
iBcqucnccs
strifes mu
irity, tolci
iducss. I
you tuc, I
is war. S
laking
irgconls
0 and ' 8 8,n nn(* sntauto lnflucnco by
\r WUP olood. His fire and blood, for the
;L ? His if thc sin was mino. Hut woe
ito
those, on either side, who shall cause the
..rcs to burn and thc blood to heat after the
1 sin and causes of woes have been burnt to
ashes. Wc must uot keep the fires ignited
thc ashes must be allowed to cool, and then,
as from battle fields, thc green herbngo uiay
bo mado to grow moro luxuriant than ever j
so good fruit may be made to spring even
from thc cinders and ashes of this horrid war.
No man, or set of men, must dare to take any
bolts of vengeance in their hands. God of
ten used thc heathen to punish his own cho
sen people; but if they dared to do ovon His
will in a heathenish and unchristian way, Jo'
hovah never failed to make them, too, feel
His wrath. Let the North remember that,
and that if the war was Providential, then
wc all were but mere instruments of th?x Di
vine Government, mid dancess in the pince ot
God. If we do, wc will curso ourselves nnd
country-wo will becomo pretty tyrants.
Guided by a catholic spirit like this, and luck
ing to God all tho time, in every act nnd
plan, wc will prevent tho whito man from be
ing enslaved hy the causes which made thc
black man freo ; wo will prevent the contin
uance of tho causes which separated tho Mcth
o Hst Church os the precursors of tho nt tem p.
ted separation of thc whole country ; and wc
will cause tho wholooountry to bo stronger,and
safer, and freer than it ever was or could bc
before.
I have written enough, and you arc wei
*n these views into those of my
d print them together,
xaiuincd your pamphlets, and
r them.
' and respectfully yours.
II KN HY A. WISE.
ta (??tt.) Christian Advocate.
?JELI E T If -
Beautiful Extract.
wing waif, afloat on tho "sen of |
KS clip from an oxchangc. Wo
enow its paternity, but it contains
beautifully set forth :
lom think of tho great event of
the shadow fulls across their own
forevor from their eyes tho trace
ones whoso living smiles wore
of their existence. Death is thc
nist of life, and tho oold thought
is tho skeleton of all feasts. Wc
to go through the dark valley,
passages may lead to paradise ;
and, with Charles Limb, we do not want to
Ho down in the muddy grave, ovon with kings
and princesses for our bedfellows.
But tho fiat of nature is inexorable. There
is no appeal of relief from thc groat law
which dooms us to dust. We flourish and
wo fade as tho leaves of tho forests, and tho
flower that blooms and withers in ft day has
not a frailer hold upon life than tho mightost
monarch that over shook tho earth with his
footsteps. Generations of mon appear and
vanish ns tho gross, and tho countless multi
tude that throngs tho world to day, will, to
morrow, disappear as tho footsteps on tho |
shore.
In tho beautiful drama of Ion, the instinot
of immortality, so eloquently uttered by tho
de&th dovotcd Crock, And* & dcop lespoofiQ
in every thoughtful soul. When about te
yield his young existence ns a sacrifice to fato,
Iiis bolovod Olomanthe asks if they shall not
moot again, to which he replies: "T. have
wked that dreadful question of tho hills that
look otosnal-"Of tho Clear streams that flow
forever-of tho ?tara among whoso field of
azure my raised spUU hath walked in glory?.
All woro dumb. Bab while I gazo upon thy
living faoo, I fool that thore is something in'
the love that man ties,, th rough, its beauty tfyat
cannot wholy perish. Wo ?hall meet again,,
Clomantho."
Tu WllWCN LiNBtf,;-Put a handful of tho
loa voa of the Jamestown wood in the pet end
boil with the doilies.. Tho frequonfc uso of
th vi whitcuu clotho? very nntoh.
"The Imperialist."
that a pnpor has been started iu
or tho purposo of advocating tho
it of aa Imperial government in
States. Tho following notice of
dical organisation is copied from
rk Commercial Bulictin :
)crialist, a copy of which is beforo
thc appearance of something moro
ril joke. It is a handsome six
iper, published evidently without
*t, and containing among others
omcnts of scvcrul of tho loading
nd banking houses, and financial
)f the city. "Wo cannot, of course
access, but whether it is sustained
otcrmino tho sentiments of tho
dging from its appearance thc
rc either regardless of expense or
else arc assured of a lib?rai support from tho
public.
And now do wo nsk what docs all this
mean ? Cuu it bo that tho people of thc Uni
ted Statos, sick of ofiicial corruption and
seeing no hope of reforming thc defects and
nbuscs that havo crept into our system of
government, are willing to accept with apa
thetic indifference any chango that will bc
forced on them by ambitious politicians?
Possibly this is true ; if so, wc have ourselves
to thunk. Legislative corruption would not
have existed if corrupt legislators had nol
beqn placed in office and kept there ; and
oflioiul dis'ioncsty would have been unknown
if thc American public had vigilantly watched
and held to strict accountability those wht
were entrusted with responsibility in the ad
ministration of our civil service.
Wo don't behove, however, that thc adair:
of thc country aro in a condition too bad t<
be remedied; or, that an imperialism otferi
tho only refuge from the fraud und corruptiot
that is eating out tho very heart of republioai
institutions. If tho people will once roust
themselves, and, realizing the importance o
a reform in tho administration of our Govern
ment, weed out the irresponsible and dishon
est officials and elect honest and honor ubi
men in their stoad, wo need have no fear fo
tho perpetuity of tho Government, and, th
cry of 44 imperialism for America," will lim
no echo in tho hearts of thc people.
"Tho imperialist" conics out very squarely
and docs not mince matters. "For thc firs
time in tho history of tho United States, '.'soy
that paper, "dares to proclaim, os false an
pernicious, in their influence, thc democrati
dogmas of popular sovereignty ond equality
and to demand that on thc ruins of this ur
fortunate Republic shall bc reared thc fin
and substantial struct ure of an Empire !"
Tho establishment of a newspaper open
advocating r. change from republican io ?
im penal form of government docs not surpris
us at all ? It ts tho legitimate outoroppir
of Radicalism-just such fruit as wc expeote
it to boar ! Thousands and hundreds .
thousands of people have become so much di
gusted with tho tyranny of Radicalism-gtli
they havo arrived at the conclusion thaj|j}
better to bo under ono despot than a thousam
No more stnrtli ng evidence could be offer
of a determination to bring about a rodie
chango of our form of government than tl
establishment of such a paper at this time.
The Penitentiary
As nono of our roadors and but few Spa
tanburgers of any class ever have the preoio
(?) privilogo of visiting tho Penitentiary, \
suppose they would Uko to have an idea
tho manner affairs aro oonduotod there. V
make this condensed oxtraot from "Halifax
a correspondent of " Charloston Courioi
| gives about all tho information in rogard
tho convicts, their number, class and tre;
mont : ?, ? / '''IO t il
Wo paid a vory interesting visit to d ly
tho penitentiary. There aro 23 whito cc
viots, and two hundred and thirty colored cc
vieta. Total, two hundred and sixty-two.
You will nutioo tho troinondous predominan
of colorod convicts; and throe of tho wh
ones aro discharged United Statos soldic
Qonoral Stoibrand is not as popular anio
tho oonvlots as Major T. R. Lao ; ho foi
them os woll, and works them harder, ;
wo must oonfess Gon. S. appears to und
stand his business, and everything is carr
on economically. All thoir clothing is mr
.up and manufactured by themselves, as t
their shoes. ThorO is also a well ko pt gard
a blacksmith shop, a grist mill and tin sh
The oonvlots that aro not employed in nnj
those departments work on thoquorry, wh
is tn tho inolosuroand from whioh all the gr
ito for tho. building is obtained-.. Thoro.
twenty sovon guards-flftoon nogroos i
twelve whites. Alt thoso 'waites, , ft/o, j
oiiargod United States soldiers.
/ "AN Irishman reoontly, soliloquie
"What a waste o'money to, buy mato w
you know tho half of it ls bone, whlhr
oan-aptofiUfot mm thav^hasn'fc a bom
it." *
from Washington.
WASHINGTON, April 28.-Spraguo's words
which offended Abbott wcro : "Mr. Presi
dent, in answer to tho tirado of the Sonator
from Novada, and tho Sonator from North
Caroliua, I am reminded of a little illustration.
In my travels from tho oontro hore, into tho
rural districts, through tho woods and farms
of tho surrounding neighborhood, chance, at
ouo time, brought mo to u farm houso. I dis
covered on looking up a largo mastiff and a
mongrel puppy dog. Tho littlo dog moved
on mo with rapidity from behind, bit at my
heols, and frightened at his temerity ran
frightened and howling away, followed by his
larger companion. Tho Scnato will observe
that tho mongrel whining puppy, encouraged
by tho mastiff, and omboldcnod to make tho
attaok from tho shadow of his backer, ran rap
idly away alarinod at his temerity, whilst tho
overgrown cur followed after with cars lapped
and tail between his legs, to a placo of safety
beddo his menaced oompanion.
During yesterday ovoniug Abbott trcatoucd
to horsowhip Spraguo unless ho retracted.
In tho Scnato last night, Abbott said :
"When I arose in cxecutivo sessiou to usk
that tho doora bo opened somo time ago, I said
that I did not intern! to utter anything unbe
coming thia floor. What I did intend to d ,
was to ask tho Senator from Rhode Island if
ho iutondod to apply tho term puppy to uro,
as implied in thc connection of that language.
If ho did intond to apply it to mo, my purpose
was to ask him for a retraction ns full as tho
implication of tho languago, aud if ho refused
that retraction, my intention was to ask for
satisfaction out of this chamber. I now, sir,
give notico inasmuch as that Sonator has
skulked out of tho Chamber, that I intend to
havo satisfaction outside of thc Chamber.
Sumner called Abbott to order, who, after
much confusion, was allowed to say in cxpla
nation: "I will siy I am not a duelist;
I was not educated as a duelist, and did
not mean that soit of thing; but I mcaul
to say that tho Senator from Rhodo Island
must make n.rotraction as bro id as tho asser
tion, ('order') and that I shall have that sat
isfactiou outside of this Chamber."
Tho Scnato rejected two of tiio twelve Qua
kers whom tho President nominated as Indian
Agents.
At 1.30 this morning thc Scnato adjourn
ed sine die.
In contradiction to tho report thatSpragui
loft to.vn carly this morning, and that Abbot
wis absent from his usual haunts, it is know
that Spraguc has boen at homo all thc morn
and Ins not hoard from Abbott.
Spraguo rode out as usual to-day, nnd lu
a dinner party to night.
Thora I? uo definite roporfc of Abbott
movements or intentions. It is supposed tin
tho magnificent distancos characterizing th
oity will prevent tho dangerous proximity c
of tho partios.
Tho oxpoctod iotorviow between tho Pro
idcut and tho Wells wing of tho Virgin i
Republicans fuilcd to-day.
COLUMBIA, April 22.-In the Suprcu
Court, to-day, Mr. Whuloy delivered an ab
and olaborato argument, of tivo hours i
length, on thc Nogro Bond caso. lio rovioi
od tho roconstruotion Acts of Congress ar
tho proceedings of tho Convention of '68, a
nulling all contracts whore tho considerate
monoy was for tho purchase of slaves, and o
gucd that tho legislativo onactmcnt forbiddii
uuoli cases to bc ontorcd on tho Dockets
tho Courts of tho State, wa? in con fermi
with tho Acts of Congross on tho subject, at
tho Stato Constitution of '68.
Ho argued that thc present Constitution
South Carolina, whon adopted by Congre;
bioamo an Act of Congress to all intents ai
purposos, and that thoro is no law of tho Iai
which forbids Congress to pass a law violati
tho obligation of contracts, though suoh po
eris doniod tho several States. Thc j ur
diction of this Court was, thoroforo limit
to a gonoral jurisdiction as a Supromo Cot
of tho land, to seo that organio law of tho la
is carried out and enforood. Tho qucstit
what was tho Constitution of a Stato, wai
political question, nrpl not ono of judicial i
termination, and rested with Congress, whi
was bound to soo whether it was a Roptn
can form of Government.
Messrs. Thompson and Noblo will ar<?
thc opposite side of the question to-raorrt
followod by Gonoral MoGowan in reply.
Tho arguments arc being phonographioa
roportcd by Mr. Josephus Woodruff, aud t
bo publishod in pamphlet form.
PAINTING HOUSES.-Ropoatod oxporlme
provo that paint applied between No vern
and Maroh will last twice-as long ns that,
plied in warm weather. Tho reason le t
in cold weather tho componont parts of
paint form a hard ?ubstanoo on tho surf
as hard almost as. glass; but in warm weal
tho oil penotratofl. the boards and. thc n
WW?, off
Bands of Gold
A word fitly spoken is Uko apples of gold
in pictures of silver-Proverbs.
Laws aro like cobwebs, which may oatoh
small flies, but let wasps and hornets break
through.
A man who tells nothing, or who tells all,
will equally havo nothing told him.
Tho desire of nppenring to be wise often
provents our becoming so.
Thcro is nothing of whioh wc arc so liberal
as advice.
Wo lmd better appear to be what wo arc,
than affect to bo what wc arc not.
Those who apply themselves too much to
littlo things, commonly become incapable of
great ones.
The misfortunes of other pooplo wo all bear
with an heroic constancy.
Tho sure way to bo cheated is to fancy our
selves moro cunning than others.
Truo cloquonco consists in saying all that
is proper and nothing more.
Wo confess small faults in order to insinu
ate that wo have no great OOM.
-? sTn^
A SHORT LECTURE FOR YOUNO MEN.
Keep good company or none. Ncvor bo idle.
If your hands cannot be usefully employed at
tcud to thc cultivation of your mind. Always
speak the truth. Make few promises. Livo
up to your engagements. Keep your own sc
ords, if you havo any. When you speak to
a person, look him in thc face. Good com
pany and good conversation arc tho very sin
ews of virtue Good character is above all
things else. Your character cannot bo es
cntiully injured, except by your own acts.
If one speaks evil of you, lot your life be
suoh that nono will believe him. Di ink nc
kind of intoxicating liquors. Always live?
misfortune ncccptcd, within your income
When you retire to bcd, think of what you
have bcon doing during thc day. Make nc
haste to bo rich, if you would prosper ; sir
and steady gains give competency, with I
quilityof mind. Never play nt any kin.
gamo of chanco. Avoid temptation, througl
fear you may not withstand it. Never run in
to debt unless you soc a way to get out igaiu
Novor-borrow if you possibly can avoid it.
Never speak evil of ono. Bc just before yoi
aro generous. Keep yourself innocent, i
you would bo happy. Save when you an
young, to spend when you aro old.-IlanC
Magazine.
A USEFUL TAULE.-TO aid fumers in ar
riving at aocuraoy in estimating tho nraoun
of land in different fields under cultivation
tho following table is given by an agricultura
cotomporary :
Five yards wide 978 long contains 1 acre
TOM yards wido by 484 yards long contain
l acre.
Twonty yards wido by 242 yards long con
tains 1 acre.
Forty yards wide by 121 yards long cot
tains 1 aero.
Eighty yards wide by GO-} yards long cor
taius 1 noro.
Soventy yards wido by 69 J yards long coi
tains 1 aero.
Two hundred and twenty feet wido by 19
foot long contains 1 acre
Four hundred and forty-fect wido 90 fd
long contains 1 aero.
Elovon foot wido by 898 foot long contaii
1 acre
Sixty feet wido by 720 foot long contains
acre
Ono hundred and twonty feet wido 3(3
fcot long contain I nore
Two hundred and forty foot wide by 181
foot long oontains 1 aoro.
IN A TIOHT PLACE.-At L--, on Sundi
ovoning, fatigued by his long journey, a wa
onor and his son John drove tho tonm into
good rango, and dotorminod to pass the Sa
bath enjoying a soason of worship with tl
folks of tho villago. W^on the time f
worship arrivod, John was set to watoh tl
toara, whilo the wagoner wont in with tl
oroa J. Tho Proaohor had hardly nnnounc
his subjcot boforo tho old man foll fast asloc
He sat against the- partition in tho oontro
tho body slip, whilo just against him, sepal
tod only by the very low partition, sataflcsl
lady, who soomcd absorbed in tho sermon.
She struggled hard with her footings, unt
unablo to oontrol thom any longer, she bui
out with a loud scream, aud shouted at t
top of hor voice, rousing tho old mom lr
a wa ko, who thrust his arm around her wai
and orlod very smoothingly: "Wo Nano
wo I Hero John, out tho belly band and lo?
tho broeohing'-quick, or shVH tear eve
thing to pieces 1" It wes all tho wonk, ol
moment, but thc sister forgot to shout, I
preaober lost tho thread of his discourse, fl
! tho mooting carno prematurely to an ond^ wi
deeply mortified, thc old man skulked aw
determined not to, go nioeting again until
oonld manage to keep his senses by remain
awake
W
.-* . . Al V/1 W
Tho Last Dance.
During tlic occupancy of the City of Mos
cow by thc French army, a party of officers
and soldiers determined to have a military lc
vco, and for this purpose chose thc deserted
palace of a nobleman. That night thc city
was set on rro. As thc sun went down they
began to assomble. Thc wombil who followed
tho fortunes of tho French army were decora
ted for thc oocasion. The gayest and noblest
of thc army were there, and merriment reigned
over thc crowd.
During thc dance tho fire rapidly approach
ed them ; they saw it coming, but felt no
fear. At length thc building noxt the ono
they occupied was on fire. Coming to tho
windows they gazed upon tho billows of fire
which swept thc city, and then returned to
their amusements. Again and again they
left their pleasures to watch tho progress of
thc flames. At length tho dance ceased, and
thc necessity of leaving thc scene of merri
ment became apparent to all. They were en
veloped in a flood of fire, and gazed on with
deep and awful solemnity.
At last thc fire, communicating to their
own building, caused thom to prepare for
flight, when a brave young officer, named
Carnot, waved his jeweled hand above his
head, and exclaimed : " One dance more, and
defiance to thc flames." All caught tho en
thusiasm of the moment, and "One dance
more, and defiance to thc flames," burst from
the lips of all. Thc dance commenced ; loud
er and louder grew thc sound of music, and
faster and faster fell tho pattering footsteps of
dancing men and women, when suddenly they
heard a cry : " Tho lire has reached tho
magazine ! Fly-fly for your lifo !" Ond
moment they stood transfixed with terror ;
they did no' ' now tho magasin0 was thcro,
and ero thoj .'coovcrcd from their stupor tho
vault exploded ; tho building was shattered
vo pi< ces, and tho dancers wcro hurried into a
irful eternity.
Thus will it bo in thc final day. Men will
I be as careless as these ill-fated revelers-yea,
thero jire thousands and tens of thousands
as careless now. Wc speak to them of death,
the grave, judgment nod eternity. They
pauso a moment in their search for plcasuro,
but soon dash into tht?Vorld and forgetfulness
as before. God's hand is laid on them in
sickness, but no sooner aro they restored than
they forget it all, and hurry on. Death en
I tcrs their homes, and thc cry is heard, " Pre
pare to meet thy God !" but soon, like Car
not, they say, " One danoo moro, and defiance
to tho flames," and hurry on. Tho spirit of
the living God speaks powerfully homo to their
hearts, and they shake, tremble and aro
amazed ; but earth casts its spell around them,
and sing? to them its songs, and with thc ory,v
" timo enough," " by and by," they speed on,
stifling tho voice, till often^ore days or months
have passed, the bolt has sped, tho sword has
desconded, tho Judgo has ?onie, and thc soul
is forever-lost ! LOST ! ! -LOST ! ! !
BANK REBELLION.-Tho Stato Journal,
tho Radical organ in Richmond, Va., reports
the following startling occurrence :
The Fla;/ Hissed in a Richmond Thea
tre.-An aooidt?nt oocurrcd last night at tho
Richmond Theatre during the performance of
thc " Forty Thicvos," which proves beyond
pcradvouturo of a doubt that tho people of
Richmond arc "thoroughly reconstructed and
Americanized." Ono of thc actors, during n>
I melody song made up of nursery rhymes, and
odds and ends, happened to sing, when it
came to his turn.
"Tho Star-spangled Banner, long may it
wave."
Fro ho had completed thc linc, thcro wcro
hisses from different parts of tho house y
I whoroupon Bishop caught up thc refrain fro n
his brother octor and added,
" O'er Afrio's barning sands."
whioh was rcccivod with tho most deafening
applause from all parts of thc house, long con
tinued and enthusiastic It was encored, and
tho samo scone ro onactod. A number of ar
my officors present (all honor to them) loft
tho houso, to manifest their indignation at
this insult offered to their country's flag.
AUO few "hisses" oflorod would not havo
i .'mounted to anything; but whon tho ribald
jost, at tho oxponso of tho flag, rocoived such
a tremendous outburst of exultant delight^
hero was no mistaking tho truo sentimont of
tito vast majority of tho houso.
Had the officers, who to their houor loft
tho theatre, any objootions to the Star-span
gled Banner waving " O'er Afrio's burning
sands?"
DitKdfra monkoy in silk if you will. Thc
monkey will bo a monkoy still.
AN UPSTART.---A negro, was driving i
mulo in Jamaica, when the animal suddcnl;
stopped and refused to budge. "Won't yo1
go, oh ?" said tho boy. Fool grand, do you
j Is'posoyou forgot your faddor wosajncl
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