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The New York Herald and Garfleld.
T/ho New York Herald declares that
the reason it^uoted the Sun'6 charges
'against Mr. Garfleld instead of going
?back to its flies, was that it wished to
Jgnore its own strictures on the man
.made during the Credit Mobilier in
vestigation, and by presenting the
viater charges open the way for any
possible defence of the candidate's
connection with the Crodit Mobilior
and De Goyler jobs. It declares that
?it is really anxious, far the credit of
?the American people, that a man
whom nearly or .quite half their num
ber are likely to vote for as their
choice for Presidont shall, if possible,
bo effectually cleared of the charges
of bribery and falsehood. Here is
what Uio Herald says:
*'No representation of the manner
in which the result of the Chicago
Contention was received could have
been faithful which omitted to notice
charges which must be fatal unless
they axe refuted. No mode of recog
nizing ,the existence of those charges
and of the use oortaiu to be made of
them could have -been more conside
rate to Mr. Garfleld than the mode
we adopted of attributing them mere
ly to one journal and enquiring
whether they can possibly bo true.
Vrora the moment the Sim presented
them we saw that they could not be
ignored, and forbearing to express
any opinion of their truth or falsity
wc treated them in the manner which
seemed least likely to wound the sen
sibilities of .General GarGeld. Some
of his indiecreet friends have made
this studied tenderness a matter of
reproach, as if because we did not
go further back thau the present ac
cusations of the Sun we thought thein
new. These indiscreet friends should
not tempt us to reproduce what we
said of Mr. Garfleld in 1873, when he
was too unimportant to be made a
target for any other reason than ins
complicity in a great public scandal.
Gur only purpose iu refraining to go
behind the authority of the Sun was
to put the caee as mildly as possible,
and to indicate a willingness to waive
our former severity, to give Mr. Gar
fleld a new hearing, aud to judge him
on the merits of his defence, if a de
fence shall be made, without, being
bound by the opinions we expressed
respecting him when the case was
new. His friends make a shabby re
turn for this constderate reserve by
trying to ridicule as if w? had just
learned of the existence of the charges,
/-f hl?f?ldiE Qr&st chatnptdhs will allow
ns, we prefer to make a tabula rasa
of all the Herald said of him when
the subject was fresh and to give him
the advantage of a new beating in a
state of the public mind more favora
ble to his defence. We are eincerely
anxious that lie should be cleared, for
it would be a reflection on our insti
tutions if we jump out of the frying
pan of imperialism into the fire of
bribery, perjury aud corruption."
This wjll be recognized as not
merely fair, but kind, by all those
who are not simply determined to
shut their eyes to the truth because it
is not plcasaut to them. It does not
assume that there is no possible de
fence, but, on the contrary, invitee a
defence and evidently hopes that
there may be a better oue than
appeared possible amid the ex
citement of the exposure when, on
what seems to have been a strictly
parallel case, Schuyler Col fax was
driven from public life. But while
thus hoping that there may be a bet
ter defense than it knows of, Iho Her
ald has no hesitation in saying that
the sort attempted by politicians
since the Chicago Convention is ut
terly inadequate. It says:
"Wo are'now gravely told that it
was only a small matter of $329, as
if the dishonest acceptance of that
sum were not as fatal as the accept
ance of a larger amount. If his con
stituents condoned his offence on this
ground the country will not approve
of their leniency. Besides, it is sheer
misrepresentation to say that the al
leged bribe was limited to that
amount. What is chu/ged is that he
had Credit Mobilier stock to the
amount of $2,000 ; that he never paid
or expected to pay a cent for it; that
the dividends on other stock which
went went with it were so enormous
that that they paid for the Credit Mo
bilier stock and left a surplus of 3320
which was paid over to Mr. Garfleld,
making th? actual brib? 82,000 of
stock which cost him nothing and the
surplus which he received in money.
When the exposure came he throw up
and repudiated his stock ; but had there
been no exposure he might have re
tained it*. His acceptance of the sur
plus of dividends beyond what was
necessary to pay for the stock looked
like an acknowledgement that the
stock was his. There must be some
better explanation than has yet been
presented before the country will
think otherwise. Wc arc willing and
anxious to see a defence which is not
an damaging as the original charge.
Will any Republican contend that
if the 8329 which Mr. Gar field
received from Oakes Ames was a sur
plus of divideds on his Btock ho is Qt
to bo President? If, as Mr. GarSeld
tried to have it appear at the time, it
was borrowed money, why did he
borrow so singular a sum ?
"Tho defence put forward for the
$5,000 received in the De Golyer
business is equally lame. It is not
denied that he received that sum, but
it is asserted that it was a counsel fee.
It is not yet shown what servico Mr.
Garfiold rendered to earn it. It was
equal to a lull year's salary as Con
gressman, a salary which is earned
by many speeches on the floor, much
arduous labor in several .committees,
and many services for his constitu
ents. ,U ie averred that he never
made a speech, nor did any imumble
thiog for that largo counsel fee. If
he did let his friends prosent a bill-of
particulars. If they tun find nothing
to insert in such a bill let them oensc
prating about a counsel fee,* for it
will be evident that the money was
paid him because he was chairman of
tho 'Committee on Appiopriations.
We waive the indecorum of taking a
counsel fee in tho interest of a job for
which Mr. Garlield's committee was
asked to make appropriations, and
simply suggest that a precise state
ment be made of the services be ren
dered as counsel. If the list of ser
vices proves to be n. blank what inter
pretation will be put on the offer and
acceptance of the counsel fee?"
We have quoted thus at length
from the Herald because its article is
not conceived iu any spirit of gloat
ing over the evidence of Mr. .Gar
field's frailty, and is rather a state
ment of facts than an argument
founded ou the facts. Wo ask all our
readers, except those positively blind
ed by irrational party zeal, if they do
not think that such incidents in the
career of one who aspires to the
Presidency of the Republic ought to
be explained ? These are not stories
invented or raked up depeuding on
some testimony by au obscure indi
vidual, but they are facts brought to
light by the investigation of commit
tees of Congress, and the first ol them
by a oommittee appointed by a Re
publican House, with Judge Poland,
of Vermont, at its head. It is neith
er sensible nor honest to speak of
them as "abuse," nor to fret and
chafe against their production by the
press. There is no more simple or
imperative duty thau that which
newspapers owe the people to tell the
exact aDd provable truth about can
didates for their support and favor.
One Enough.
Mr. Goober was a gentleman who
lived In the Mormon country. Ho
had but oue wife, and never thought
of taking any more till one day an
elder tackled him and told him sol
emnly it was his religious duty to, seal
unto himself a few others. Mr.
Goober wont Jbome anti sadly informr
ed bis wife of what tho elder had said,
and Mrs, Goober said 6he would have
no objection provided the elder would
come round and argue the case with
her piously. Goober told the elder,
and the elder dropped around. He
smiled sweetly as Mrs. Goober ad
vanced to uieii1; him. But, alasl that
smile was his lust?for a week or two.
The next thing he knew he was slip
ping arouud the room with his coat
slit up the back and his hat knocked
into pi, while Mrs. Goober whooped
him up with the broomstick. He
finally jumped out of a window and
escaped with his life, a sadder and a
wiser man. The next time he met
Goober he told him ho had a celestial
revelation by which he (Goober) was
relieved from the necessity of talcing
any more wives. The one he had
CM re. Goohe.) would count for almost
a thousand in the New Jerusalem.
A Hint to Husbands.
Love and appreciation are to a wo
man what dew and sunshine are to a
flower. They refresh and brighten
her whole life. They make her strong
hearted and keen-sighted in every
thing aft'ecting the welfare of her
home. They enable her to cheer her
husband when the cares of life press
heavily upon him, and to be a very
providence to her childen. To know
that bar husband loves her, and is
proud of her; that even her faults are
looked upou with tenderness, that
her face, to one at least, is the fair
est face in all the world; that the]
heart which is to her is the great
est and noblest holds her sacred in
its recesses above all other women,
gives strength, and courage, and vi
yaoity which all the wealth of the
world could not bestow. Let a wo
man's life be pervaded with such an
influence, and her heart will blossom
and sweeten, and brighten in perpet
ual youth.
Grant Gossip.
Fred Grant?"Who'd a thought it
?they actually weut back on Paw 1"
Senator Conkling?"I feel the snme
sensation that I experienced when I
looked into the inuzEle of Sprague's
shotgun."
Senator Logan?"The country's
gone to the devil."
Don Cameron?"I wish I could sell
out that fine lot of niggers I bought
the ether day."
George Francis Train?<4Tbc inter
nal bias of Republicanism bna collid
ed with a polar wave, and the times
will increase with abnormal celerity
after this."
Judge Lochrane?"D?n it."?At
lanla Post.
?We learn from somo of the or
gans that tho Democratic papers are
slandoring General Garfield. This
is very reprehensible on the part of
the Domociatic papers, as tho truth
seems to be sufficiently distressing to
answer all purposes.
Santeo Riv&r, Picnics, Sociability,
Crops, Etc.
Editors Orangcburg Democrat::
On the 17th instant, by special in
vitation, I had the pleasure of attend
ing a picnic at Prospect Landing,
?Santee "River. It was gotten up by
a few gentlemen who know by expe
rience how to entertain, and for the
enjoyment of all who participated in
the pleasures of the day.
The morning was beautifully bright
and clear, owing to a fine fall of rain
the previous afternoon, and reminded
ono of a cool, bracing September day,
instead of hot, dusty June. There is
a certain degree of pleasure about
country picnics?wo do not go doubly
veiled, for fear of having our natural
complexions sun-burnt or ruined, but
for enjoyment; and we arc not gener
ally disappoined. There arc also, no
doubt, in ai\ gatherings corse would
bo aristocrats, but alas \ for the aide
bellum aristocracy ; nothing now re
mains but honesty of purpose, purity
of lives, and a high-toned intellectual
principle for thoso who would be
looked up to, or be nblo to influence
others. How little do wc think of the
value of a day spent in social enjoy
ment! Away from labor and partial
responsibilities, by the side of such a
river nB the Santee?one we a'l love?
and on whoso quiet, shady banks wc
long to roam, gathering ferns, flowers
and gtasses. J never fail to feel im
pressed, and think of Him who
"Piled up I he mountains, and scooped
out the valleys." The picnic party
gathered abou!. 10 A. M., soon ca
noes were filled with living belles and
beaux, rowing on Santee's yellow
tide. There is something about the
manner of crossing the stream ?n
those diminutive boats that is pleas
ing to any one. During the dny a
few boat races were made, adding
something to the interest of the par
tics interested. The dinuer was good
and bountiful, and everything neces
sary to tempt the appetite. Fish was
served in several ways, and the deli
cacies were fine, and no veils were in
the way to prevent oue from enjoying
them. About 4 P. M., the happy
picnicers left for their respective
homes ; and no doubt, some may not
soon forget tUo aspirations awakened
and the sentiments expressed.
Crops, by the way, must be noted ;
and I shall endeavor to make this re
mark answer: An average young
man was asked to describe a crowd
of ladies, and he replied, "some were
pretty, line, g^otU toler&bly fair ind
poor." Intelligence, ensh and fertil
izers tell on a farm ; and is evidently
apparent to the most careless observ
er. The heat hod been recently so
great; thereby causing a few fleshy
men to bathe in a ditch that had been
filled with water. Thib being a po
litical year, you may gain many a
fair lady's praise by keeping np with
the|latest movements of the enemy.
Yours iu interest, J. J.
A Bride's Flight from the Altar.
Miss Kitty Minaugh. a preposses
sing blonde who resides on St. Paul's
avenue, Jersey City Heights, and is
employed in Lorillard's tobacco fac
tory, was to have been married to a
respectable young man who resides
on Pacific avenue. The appointed
time aud place for the ceremony were
3 o'clock Sunday afternoon and St.
Joseph's Church on Baldwin avenue.
At that hour the bride and groom and
a few intimate friends repaired to the
church. As the ofliciating clergyman
was about to pronounce the solemn
words which would make them man
and wife the bride suddenly turned
and fled out of the church at the top
of her speed, The groom and specta
tors were filled with consternation,
but nothing was left for them to do
but to return home and seek an
explanation. What transpired at
the bride's house is not publicly
known, but in the evening the bridal
party returued to the church, the
thread of the ceremony was taken up
where the bride's sudden caprice had
dropped it in the afternoon and car
ried through to tho end without fur
ther interruption.?New York Times.
Tho Press Suffers Most.
Railroads occasianally complain of
dead-heading, but no institution suf
fers so much from it as the press. It
endures afflictions of dead-hcadisms
from tho pulpit, tho bar and the stage
?from corporations, society aud in
dividuals. It is expected to yield its
interest; it is required to give strength
to the weak, eyes to tho blind, clothes
to the naked and bread to the hungry ;
it is asked to cover infirmities, hide
wcukcuesses and wink at quacks ; bol
ster up dull authors and flatter the
vain, it is in short to be all things to
all men, and if it looks for pap it is
denounced ns meanly sordid. There
is no interest under the whole heav
ens that ia expected to givo so much
to the society without pay or thanks
j as the press.
Refeiuuko to the political cam
paign now opening the New York
Tribune Bays : "This is not to be an
easy fight. Republicans bad better
put away that idea at once. Whether
Domocrnts split or unite, whether
they agree with Greenbackera ordisa
agree, whether they put up a good
ticket or a woak one, tbo fight is to be
close and hard." The Tribune con
couccdcs a solid South to tho Demo
cratic nominee.
Proposals of Marriage,
There ere certain subjects about
which both mon and women seem to
think themselves privileged to be un
truthful, and they aro not :;io.v to
exercise the privilege. Quo of tho
subjects with men is busiucss, and
what belongs to it, such as capital,
credit, profits. The topic that women
are most prone to exercise their fan
cy on, irrespective of auy basis of
fact, is .proposals of marriage, which
they may -regard a a tbefr business,
since, unhappily, most women, when
young, have no other business worthy
the name. Their highest intelligeuce,
their greatest energy, their best
thought, is devoted to wedlock. They
are taught to believe that wedlock is
their destiny, and it must, be conced
ed that, as a rule, they take no pains
to counteract it. Naturally, they
want to make the best,match they
can. They hope to love their hus
band ; but they wish, very reasona
bly, to have something besides their
heart to support love.
Marriage is to them ch ideal state,
a husband au ideal creature, until they
have been attained. They think that
they can secure the most desirable
husbands by making themselves ap
pear in active demapd, which connu
bially not less that commercial!}', en
hances the price of the thing in the
market. Kvery time that they have
an pfter, and the olfer is made known,
their chances for a marital prize are
bettered, and every woman, whatever
her lack of endowmeo, lias at least a
latent hope of winning a prize. If
they do not have as many offers as
they believe they ought to have, why
should they not imagine or invent
some? This is the suggesiiou of their
vanity?the most dangerous tempter
to woman?and the suggestion onqe
made cannot be forgotten. It is like
ly that the suggestion nuvy not come
in so definite a shape. The wish to
be nought as a wife being so strong
in the feminine breast, may it not be
come the faUier of tho belief? May
not women deceive themselves into
thinking that, men have proposed who
have uever dreamed of proposing?
May they not see what they want to
see ? May they not hear what they
wnnt to hear? ._.
This is true of some women, proba
bly, but the mass of them undoubted
ly stretch their conscience and the
truth when they speak of their offers.
The fact that any woman will or can
make such a revelation, except under
/nost cxtraoiKUnary-tof'Ciimstaupes,
sufficient ground to discredit' her.
She who has the largest number of
otters is apt to he she who is absolute
ly silent on that point. Men, how
ever foolish in matters matrimonial?
and they are as foolish as their worst
enemy could ask?show'a degree of
discretion in committing themselves
to women manifestlyly without re
serve. Still, it is surprising and pain
ful to think how many women of the
better sort, women ordinarily pos
sessed of delicac}', re tin men t and
trustworthiness, will deliberately fal
sify concerning the conduct of men
they are or have been on terms with.
Apart from gratification to their vani
ty, they may have a feeling of anger
toward men who, in their judgment,
should have proposed, and have not.
They may revenge themselvhs on the
stupid or perverse fellows for their
failure to do the proper thing by
misreporling them. If they would
have accepted nn offer, had it been
made, they may be, from a law of
their sex, innppeasably iuimical to
ward the non-makers.
Bo the cause of motive what it
may, the fact remains that no man
can have any kind of associations with
the other sex without liguricg some
time as a defeated candidate lor mat
rimony. Indeed, there is no way of
escape for him. He will be put in
the position of a refused lover in ul
most any circumstance. Men are of
ten declared to have been rejected by
women with whom they have never
been alone for half a minute. Proba
bly there has never been an anchor
ite whom rumor has not sometime
jilted. The feminine world is unwill
ing to believe, it cannot be persuad
ed, that any masculine being averse
to marriage on principle ever has ex
isted or over will exist. And to sus
tain their favorite theory, as well as
to mvgnif'y their cannubial value,
women have recourse to invented pro
posals. These inventions are very
apt to be accepted as truth, for there
is no improbability in any man want
ing to marry any woman ; and then
the woman would not, it is common
ly held, tell such a falsehood on any
account. The mere citcumstunce of
her telling it gives it weight, for it is
go unmaidonly, so indelicate a thing
to. do, that she would not and could
not do it were it not a positive fact.
This, like many popular opinions,
?? has no basis. The very reverse is
j true. Td>o woman who is inclined to
j talk of her offers may safely be dis
trusted. Her violation of what should
be a sacred confidence proven her too
deficient in moral sense t > tAop at
what plain people would call down
right lying. How she would regard
a man who should sny that this or
that woman wanted him to marry her,
it is easy to bcc. Sho would regard
him as a contemptible coxcomb, an
impertinent puppy, a sorry cur, even
if she should believe him ; and if sho
should disbelieve him, as she would
surely have abundant reason for do
ing, sho could hardly find words
convoy hor scorn and detestation.
Where is the wide difference be-;
tween the offence, whether committed
by one sex or the other? She would
probably answer, "It would be
shameful for a man to tell such a
thing, even if it were true. But if a
woman were to tell it, and it were un
true, its untruth would do no barm.
If it were true, she would keep it to
herself." This is a fair specimen of
the average woman's logic and of her
eccentricities. She would be pretty
nearly right, though, in the last part
of her utterance. As ,to a false re
port of a man's proposal doiog him
no harm, there may be diversity of
opinion, and he would be likely to
take the affirmative. A man of
character, self-understanding and
judgment is not apt to offer marriage
to a woman without excellent cause
to believe that he will be accepted.
His instinct ought to inform him so
fully as to render an individual avow
al superfluous. Men who are neither
fops nor dullards are seldom refused.
It is a reflection on their intelligence
that they can he refused, and they
have good reason for indignation
when they hear that they have boon
discarded by women whom they could
never esteem, much less love and
seek as wives. Men bear this gross
misrepresentation stoically, because,
perhaps, tboy consider it inevitable,
and if they are manly men they are
silent, when a word might blast.
Many women take a mean advantage
of such men by confiding in their
honor while devoid of honor them
selves.
The Republican Programme.
The programme of the Republicans
is indicated by a gentleman promi
nent in politics as follows :
First?To prepare, in the event of
the election of a Democrat, a contest
ing list of electoral votes from States
which have been carried by small
majorities by the Democratic candi
date.
Second?To insist upon the power
of William A. Wheeler, fraudulent
Vice-President, to open, count, and
declare the result of the votes.
Third?To insist that Mr. Wheeler
acting in a min:sterial capacity but
for the occasion vested with judicial
powers beyond right *of appeal or
review, shall declare the result as it
may seem good for him to do.
Fourth?To maintain"that the Sen
ators representing the States trad the
members 'representing, the .people* of
States shall submit to*thexlccre<r of
Mr. Wheeler.
Fifth?In the event of both Houses
failing to concede this arbitrary pow
er to the fraudulent Vice-President,
minority will attempt, by revolution
ary means, to inaugurate James A.
Garfleld.?N. Y. Sun.
Timid People.
The are a class of timid people who
are afraid of store clerks, and who
hardly dare to go away without buy
ing something. They tremble at the
sight of a waiter aud fee him, and pa
tieutly take what he places before
them, never grumbling. They rever
ence a conductor or brakesman as if
he were a prime minister, and are
filled with glory if he only does not
put them off the car. They always
take the poorest seats for fear that
people may think that they are sel
fish ; and if a snowball bits them in
the head they turn and smile a vole
of thanks to the hoodlum who threw
it. They ore Uriah Heaps, but mod
est, unwoildly, good-.hea;tod people,
who admire the saucy, practical ones.
B,ut a,wny down in their hearts is a
spirit of Wild Bill, and once in a
while when too much imposed upon
they riso up and spill things.
Fifteen Wisconsin editors have
becu united in the holy bonds of mat
rimony since Jauuary I, and twelve
of their newspapers havo been sus
pended in cousequence.?Detroit Free
Press.
If you mean that twelve newspa
pers have been suspended by strings,
and used as wearing apparel, all
right. But if you insinuate that re
cent matrimony ha3 brought twelve
Wiscousin newspapers to an untime
ly grave, wo are in a position to prove
that you ai e from Louisiana. Wc do
not desire any controversy, or hard
feelings, but the editor of the F,-ee
Press is a Louisiana witness, and we
I will never take it back.
Here is a New Jersey story, told
by tks New York Hour. It isn't
long, but it's hard on New Jersey.
Tho said deponent says -that a few
days ago a train pulled up at a small
station where it was not advertised
to stop. A passenger, anxious to
learn the cause of the stoppage, en
quired about it, and found that a lady
had signalled the train to stop in or
der to see whether any passenger
could abiige her with charge for e 85
bill.
The Berricn County Neios, of
Georgia, has two editors, one of
whom opposes whilo the other en
dorses Colquiit. Consequrntly the
paper publishes editorials on oppo
site sides of the question in tho same
issue. The Atlanta Post nays the
Constitution is in a somewhat similar
predicament, the majority of its staff
opposing the Governor while the pa
[ Qt itself is among his few supporters.
An Editor's Troubles.
It is amazing bow people imagine
an article in the paper refers to them
selves. A Western editor who wioto
funny articles had a heap of trouble
on that account. His first yarn had
a Mr. Bunting for its hero, and the
day it appeared Mr. Flagg?ascertain
cd that it wasn't a hit at him. The
next etory was about the Hon. Eg
gleston Eggs, and the Hon. Carrlng
lon Cart left word that if <it occurred
again he ehould sue the concern.
Tuo editor tried the name of Mon
grel, and a prominent citizen who
was not only named Cross but had a
little Indian blood in his veins, came
into the office and tried to take the
editor's scalp. The editor having had
so much trouble deter mined to be
safe the next time, and the man that
ho described as falling down stairs
into a soap barrel was named
"Morgue." That time the unlucky
humorist had to fight two men,
Messrs. Graves and Coffin, who
chased him through the main street
with pitchforks and a dog. He did
thmk that no man would mistake
himself.for a person called Cow-wal
low, but Mr. Oxford did and stood in
front of the office for three quarters
of nn hour, and threw stones into the
office window and called the hapless
editor to come out and be ground
against n tree. The editor did not
respond, as he was too busy attend
iug to two gentlemen who thought
they were slurred in a laughable ac
count of the misfortunes of a Mr.
Beast. One was named Lyon and
the other Lamb, and the editor whis
pered to each that the other wrote
the piece, and then Lyon and Lamb
lay down together on the floor and
clawed each other's clothes off, and
then they got up and threw inkstands
and did over $75 damage to the place
before they were taken out. And
then the editor inserted an advertise
ment requesting anybody who consid
ered the name of Daguerreotype Q.
Watermelon a slur on him to respond,
and as no one responded, he now
uses that name. And people won
der why humorists give such odd
names to their characters.
A, Littie Romanos.
A story of Andrew Johnson comes
from a Washington lady as told htr
by the former Prpsjdont himself. It
is well known how, in early life, an
attachment with a charming woman
was broken off by the. opposition of
her mother.and brothers, who did not
consider the young tailor a good
enough match for one of their family,
Years after, when the tailor was
President, while stopping at a small
town in Tennessee, he was told that
the woman of bis first love was living
there, and he desired to meet her.
By the offices of Colonel Bell, his in
timate friend, the woman, then mar
ried and the mother of four or five
children, was brought into the parlor
of the hotel with her daughter, not
knowing whom she was to meet. She
saw the President and sprang towards
him, he rushed to meot her aud the old
time lovers threw their arms around
each other, with tears falling from
their eyes, forgetful of Col. Bell and
the daughter, who stood by, forget
ting everything but the feelings of
youth which had survived so long.
President Johnson told the story af
terward, with tears in his eyes, to a
lady whose face reminded him of his
first and truest love.
The following has been perpetra
ted by somebody who styles it "A
maiden's soliloquy"?.'Tis wondrous
bow great the change since I was in
my teens ; then I had a beau, and a
billetdouXt and joined the gayest
scenes. But lovers now have ceased
to vow; no way they now contrive?
to poison, hang or drown themselves
-rbecauae I'm thirty-five. Once, if
the night was e'er so bright, I ne'er
abroad could roam, without?"the
bliss, the honor, Miss, of seeing you
safe home." But now 1 go, through
rain and snow?fatigued, and scarce
si?ve_threugk all the dark, without
a spark?because I'm thirty-five.
We are in tho midst of another sea
son of remarkable occurrences?or
stories. North Carolina comes to
the front with the latest, it being
stated that a womau who was cxhum
cd by grave robbers, after having
been buried, two days, arose and
walked home, assisted by the would
bo robbers as soon as they had suffi
ciently recovered from, their fright to.
tender that service.
He came into the sanctum with a
large roll of manuscript under his
arm, and said very politely : "I have
a trifle here about the beautiful sun
set yesterday, which was dashed off
by a friend of mine, which 1 would
iike inserted if have room." "Plenty
of room. Just insert it yourself," re
plied ihe editor, gently pushing the
waste-basket toward him.
Mr. Frederick Tyler, of Ilartfprd,
Conn., who is now, a litClp more than
eighty-five years old, and is in fair
health, oan remember seeing a man
who was born in 1699. It was his
own grandfather, Mr. Tyler, who was
born in that year, and lived until
1800, covering the whole of the eigh
teenth century with his life.
SuB?cnirr* for the Orangeuurg
Democrat.
The Code.
Editor tOrangcburg Dtmocrat:
To -what extremes < of lawlessness
is society .drifting when .an nnii-dui*l
ling society is formed to repress the
duello. How subservient to publio
opinion have men allowed themselves
to be when the pistol is the only ar
biter of a fancied or actual wrong.
There is a cause for derangcments?nd
ills, physical or moral ?; and there is
a remedy. If a cause exists for men
to "wipe out insult" by shedding the
blood of his fellows (often a friend)
there must be a remedy. It is very
well, nuy it is humane and timely
that a man of tested, .courage like
General Kershaw (we prefer the he*
roie prefix in this case rather than
the honorable title of "Judge," which
he so fittingly bears to-day) should
preside at a board of other brave men
in Gr?nden to denounce the habit of
duelling. His example must be a
bluff rebuke to the blood sniffers,
and his repudiation of such "honora
ble redress" must Assure all that it is
a brave man who bravely opposes
such guilty means of satisfaction.
Yet the prime cause i not yet reach
ed ; the work of the Anti-Duelling
Society is to deal with unruly ele
ments as they are, aud we wish the
gentlemen God-speed. Who of to
day has failed to observe the want of
a decent regard for the opinions of
others? Who has not seen in the
public prints, on the street, in the
Courthouse an indecent violation of
the widest privilege witb questious of
difference? Who has not heard the
innuendo?baser more cruel than the
degrading blow. A pandering to
small chit-chat, emanating too often
from small souls and smaller brains;
a jealousy that seeks opprotunity to
de Ii I e a neighbor's /' record for some
slight advantage gained ; a harmful
habit of depreciating tho motives and
sayings of others. This is the cause;
this the position of society. It be
gins very often at the table and fire
side?where a sanctity of privilege in
duces fathers and mothers to descant
on the affairs of others. The tempers
and senUmenls of the young people
growing up aro colored and affected
by this incautious and unwise prac
tice. Instead of a charity for infirm
ity, there is bitterness sown. Im
prudence at home is taught, it is
token into the every day affairs of
life ; men do not respect their fellows.
Words are uttered, sentiments msde
public, bad blood is roused and, socie
ty ,is demoralized. The insult is given,
the' blood is demanded. Drunken
ness, the quick bullet, the duel may
be the widening wavelets of that fear
ful war convulsion which tell of the
past horrors, and which day by day
under healthy tone will abate; but
that reform is needed at borne is not to
be denied. Teach the youth that his
mate is the counterpart of his own
poor self; that human errors are his;
that a generous magnanimity for an
other's failings is a splenddd, attribute
of real manhood. Let our youth, be
taught to despise the vituperator, and,
loathe the vilifier let H be a, breach,
of decency to hear or encourage abuse
and defamation, and in place of men,
baring their breasts to bullets, th#i$.
will be a cordial, mutual respect be
tween gentlemen. That severe trials
of temper is under the best circum
stances to be expected; but that a
brutal public sentiment is to override
the peace of home, and inaugurate an
era of murderous purpose, is to he
put down, first by law, and after by
inculcating those rules of honor which
teach a sacred regard for the feelings
of others. f
What the Stars Foretell for 1881.
Those who study the stars, says an
exchange, will have plenty of occupa
tion in the coming years. The iudex-,
hand of the celestial dial-plate points,
to events of momentous import. The
four great planets reach their nearest
point to the sun more nearly together
than they have done for almost two
thousand years. It is not unreasona
ble to suppose that, with a strong
pull and a pull together, they will cre
ate some unusual disturbance In the
chaotic elements that make up tbo
sun's fiery mass. The forces of the
new spot-cycle are In active operation,
und those who have closely watched
the influence of the solar disturbance
on climatic conditions predict a hot
summer from the heat-waves that fol
low tho commencement of the tremen
dous solar outbreaks, The hidden
chambers of t,he great pyramid uavo
given, forth, in oracular fashion me
inen tons prophesies for 1831 the few
disciples who have had faith in their
teachings, and astrologers cast
strange horoscopes from the unusual
planetary combinations.
The colored people were mystified-.
1 hey thought that G^aui's viejl to
Arkansas insured his. nomination.
The great commauuer, of unmet* to
them waa. ttjc boss of tiie, Republican
party.
"Who is djs. niaji ?arflsh?" asked
an, old negro whose idea of politxa.
had been moulded between the cotton
rows.
He's do man what whipped out de
kuklux," replied a colored school
teacher.
"Den I'm him. I doantcare^ffho
is a garfish. 1 would be vvid him un
der sich circumstances ef he was oat
fish or a grinnell, an' Lord knows dat
do grinnpll is the' wu?v meat, olj.nii."
