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i.jer.citi ; ; tuöLinto triir fuidat bt , 0. - II , C I N O II A U i Proprietor. ': ,.' H L ll - I, -..11.., . ) . ' 02es In tli s National' BanV Bailfilng, i ! J l! i I f - I I ' i''.'H 'V terms of suascRipTip.ru :j Pfe'R YEAH, IN ABTAMCI. n ! 53,00 M'Mr xot rain iMtica. No postage on 'papers delivered within tbii County ' ' V ' 'V Frtinlae Sow Ywk lrtbens. '' ' Tha Effect! of Impeachment.' If the BVnste convict the President, the diffsrenee thenceforth' between Andrew Johnson' and Teddy O'Flaherty will be that the Utter Is elcgiblo to office while the former ein never again We - even to the dignity of Alderman of a Tillage. An ex President is Paid to bare been elected llnadinuster of his town The rumor 4 b t Mr Johnson would ia ''awing roniithovcirph, in, 'UpdicaUlr of bis count juay exprese bit present J mention., but a few speeches to empty hoises Wtiild tJurc kim ot thts distemper 'Thc. King it dead" Live tb Kiogl'V will be tlie cry of the people. The public interest ill be transferred no Instantaneously to the llou. lienjauiiu 1. Wad aud bu new Cab inet, tbut it will sccto lorprisiog. that to lntrioMCally'Hisighiflcarit a a' individual as Andrew Johnson could have, occupiod attention no long, or that aoch formidable VfTorts were rcquitsd to ftW cf, hj', Should impeachment sieved, Mr. Wade Will coino Into the Presidency by operation of the Constitution,' initcad of by popular election. He was virtually chopeo for the Prtsldetioy by tbdSijoato aince th contingency of Johnson' removal wis iu the lutii'd of the. Senate when they iho-e him for pteaidlng officer. He waa v!f iid im re lioru'a no nue of ' his fitness fr the Pirndoney of the Unitoi hüte than from bia superiority a a prc-idtng ofliver of the Senate. AJr. Wado would giro the country a vijroroui aJuiintntraliuit, (u 1. urinuiiy with the laws and opinions of 1'tHipt-. ' The vait beiifim of auch an Jmibif-trntion cut only be estimated by it hVciini; bow ubnulutely all the function ' Guvtrituient are blocked, and tho country kit to drift without helui, by thut tiui of rts!tanco to tLLw and attemptid tyraiiiiy over Conjjifaa wbub Jobuoit Ltti tylcd "uiy policy." itccontraction is arretted; Labor, ibe n.oil.tr of 11 wealth at tbe äouth, i uuCapital avoidi that region aa a cu j le t!ce Jnm the plague. The Sjulh i poorer by niUliyn of dollar than wkeu tho ar closed. It cannot rvturu to order ud prwtMa until the broken-down aria-tocDfi-y and cinuncipated freoiten feel the piokciiti ud Co citing Land of Luuiauo l.ut i):(iittiii oTarniueltt.." Thia thejr vuuM lid -with Utt jati.in r. Wade u J'nui lout. lliboU Will abiiiJon tliuir l.i'pen of julii) the foulh." '"Kualux" Liiwill be brcken up. "Thoartito ocr i .; uir.iii' lutoll would be aupirndcd iy tl.c ipiivt power of ik uuiv''rai ballot, t huh is universal tieare. Tho wbiiea vuu!J u V.9 uii aciive part in rccon t ruction. , Slate (JovciiJuiciita, reprecuttiu ti e n fcj'-iity if all the people, end yet ad Willi. fcUitJ Ly loyal inen, kotiiij; under f 'und cuui-tituli'Mia, would upp'y for aoiniiion tu the Cuion and wid bo admitted. Tb whole South would atop sweariti', b(Hiing ai.d wrannlinj;,. aud u to woiL. , Uul in proportion. u ihu bouth i Im rka out ill own ilvation can its (l.italno iiore be iificd from tbe giiudI.Mie. All thut h necdt to accoiiiplieb this in the iniiiivdiaie and certuiu' leturn lo power of tlmatf l.Vputlicjn principles Vfi uh were itidicatcd by tho 'eloctiou, and bttrnjtd by the recreant adiuiniatru tioii of AiidreW' Jobnaon; Mr. Wade'a acc.ioii lo the I'rtnidenc v, with tbe certainty that bo will be followed by (Icn. tlraut, would jire tbe ISoUib the tvttuinty it i.etda. . Our uteru t)f revenue and tazat'on aro almost in ihaoa. Mr. Johnsoa'a whole attention baa been devoted, uoi to tbeap j ointineut of olliccra who would enforce .the law and bouestly collect the rovti'uo, but to ecuring aatrapü, however rascally vr iotouiietent, who woutd auttalu or pieeui to autiain bia policy. As nobody but himself ever sincerely 1'tlieved in bia policy, bjpocil.y was tbe firat (ualiücatioa tor an otlice-bolder. Mr. ' Johi.Miti baa no time nor disposition to injuire whether our ruvenue collectors .ti live used Governiuent thievoit; it baa land al; of bid energies to bunt up politicians whu could be boupht: lie did not atop tu think that one whom be could iuy with au cflice any body could buy wriih riionej. It enr, from one end of the land to the other, departments of revenue which wcro bonotly sdtuinistcrcd under Mr, Lincoln, have become einks of cortupiion under Mr. Jobnonv Tbisrotteotiviia iu otlice spreads its rnalar'u among tbe people, for tax-payera who feci that their tai collecteis are thieves rutth to the coticluniou (but tbey wil top paying tax aud wbou, a in tba coileclioo of lUa wb'uky tax, the Ibievepocket five dollars where tbe goveruuie" .collects one, thetc is atrouj provooatioWor such a resolution. Ueno JobtKöü's official patronage of rsacalilj baa a direct effect upon tbe credit of the Government and upon tbe legislation. Hence every rebel agrees with him. 7lr. Wade would atop this and would purgo tbe Augean stables of tbe Government of this leprous berde of political hypocrites aud cißicial coundrcla. " . Tbe legialation of Congress in every respect necessary to relieve tho suffering financial condition of tbe country is alntont suspended, assailed by avast army cf office-holders, whoso leader seeks only to employ them io rtiisting tbe laws. Congress has bad hardly time to discusa other measures than . those neeessary, to defend its own rights; and if itn Uiacuarion should result in the pasio of lawn, it i of no ue, inca ihej- cJiinot be executed. Tbe country Deeds couiprthetisive financial policies, a aouud currency, a safe baiikiug, retrenchment, and reform in many departments.- Congre?r can give even less attention to all this with a Hebel in the White Ilotuo than it could waile the ilebcla wore merely in tight of the Capitol, but b()otircted. an entrance. But with Mr. Wade's accession, Congress coald devot it wbola attention, tu( lbe( practical juetions of finance, rcvenuo, reticuebmcut and reform.' , With Ueeaoatruetioa placed io course of ijHldy cniuuituatioo, aed our rsvsuuo aud, finances, vigorously, cconoUiically, a od honestly adcaioUtered, there ia no remain-

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lug reasoo'why the country should not eo- choose those men; aud I have no doubt that tcr at Once on tho highest degree of corn- j both .parties .will exert their : utmost ucreial and buslbess prosperity. '.1 Labor sreogtb, and put forward . their best and and capital would resume their wonted so- sliest, men to inaugurate the ncw Governtivity.v Enterprise would succeed atagoa- jment. . If tbia is done, I sire no reaion tion. Mines and factories now - closed whatever why yirginia tny not. at . once would, i be ra-ojianed. i Everywhere.' the , outer .upon a cource of prosperity and hap country would leel tbe salutary effects of ! pincss rapidly tending toward that reat c-ovcrotutnt at harmony ; with litaclf and ! dntiny which I fully believe a Viiid and

with a majority of the proploone which could bo trusted and tuust be obeyed. Gen. Sehofteld's Speech In the Virginia "" '' ' Convention. ' On the last day of the Convention in answer to an Inquiry from that , body, whether be had any comnruuicition to make, in company with Cola. Campbell, Wherry snd Mallory, of bis atatT, U"n. Schoßeid visited the Convention, for the lirrt time, a" was e"yjj W' -Uuaf iiuvTipoke aTollows: ' ' Mr. President and gentlemen of the Convention It afford tue much plcu.ure to congratulate you upon the near approach of the termination of your long and arduous labors. 1 buvo watched your nrogres with interest und, at times, no little anxiety. . Representing, as you do, every shuJe of politicnl'opinion, every extrcmo of tntcrcht, policy uild purpDM',' it is not strange that you lionld have found, in the couro of your dcllbt-ratiotia dillicul ties which seemed al i ihurtiio:iinubU and which Could only have been overcome by long, patient and pcr-evering Llmr. I have not huaitutcd to jy tti )'ou, through j thoie utiitleti'i'n of your body who Live i beeu pleased, frutu time to time,' to uk my opinion upon m!jictj presented for )our Coiihidelutloli, that Ihne wcro ccruiu jiovihioiis j rp dl " to bo engruftcd into this Consiiiutioti . which, iu my juJgmeiif, if ukptoJ,' would pfovolaUl to that iiitroineiit. 1 refer luoic partiuuluily to extended diKfrnnchUo iiieiit and di'iiiialilicutions for oHuo not plOVI iJt.il for by the uvu of t'ongrcM. Yuu hvo wit-tlv, c I think, derrniinc'd. . . i I . , .. :, . ' . . i ro fur us JUliuiu hUcments nie 'concerned, tij luau tba ul'ject as ordcicd by ' C'ongiera. ' lit o'her word;, to frfimo your CoiiBlitutiou, in (bis imj otlutit partieulst, uiiuu i he Laris Lid dov n bv your fiiciidf in Congitsa. There only rcmuins, so for ua 1 am uure, a siug'v provision thut I rt-rd ua bcli.July ol j etioibb!e. I icier to thut p H lion wi icli i r-'-cril on ipiuliQ C4i.ui.a fir oüi'c. uiid which I leliivc will be, iT allowed to rcu ain in its piosi t form, liviiiiiiehtjl in it" tllict upon tho od- p tion of il. L'uiiiiiuiion. It is piactically im poMibio tu tarry on a Goicrnmcut in Virgriiiu upon that biuls. 1 have been now for more than u yeur ndn inivltring lli 0 Uwa io aciHM datice with th teoh ott uctiuii acta of t'ongrcs, in this f-tate. 1 Laeh-d to tt let t ai.d npjoint KiKttriiir oüivtra, aa welt as civil t Hicer, ju the iliHetent count ie throughout the Httile iu Kumt) of tie eountic 1 have been able to find one, and ouly one; in sjine two and in tome time men, of cither race who could read and wii'e, aud who could at tLobjme t j tue take tic oath tf cluco. There are, 1 believe, in Virginia, ouic countiea whieh will rrfjuiie tu curry on the government thirty or tnoro civil officers, tuch aa in a pi träte, heiiM, c-oiiblubles. ovieeia of the poor, A.o. You (an not find in thou touiitiiB a ruflii ii'iil tiutiihor ol men who aie C4pale of filling the ithcef, and who cuu.tiiku the ohiIi you bavo pre scribed Jiere.' They pay u veiy liuiitcd halury. and even u c nmioii luboicr cuiiuol afford to come liotu utroad f r the purpose of filling l he in. 1 huV) no briiulion In saying thut 1 believe it i uij o.-t.iblo to inaugurate a Government upon (but bnM. I have heretofore absiuiticd from any attempt to xtrci.c tho lightest infiuence over your action, as you will remember, at the commencement of your tctioti. 1 even iclerred to youisclvcs the question of returns und qualifications of members, leaving you fieo to adopt iuch acouisc as you should deem wi.e and proper. Now, however my duty it would i-ceni requires me to convey to jou whut I conceive to bo tho effect of such a law, its pructicut bear ing upon the political uffjirs of tho country and upon tho interest, if you pleuso of the paaty to which you , belong That provision, if left iu the Constitution, will, I believe be not only opposed to tho wishes , of your friends, but will be ftital to tho Constitution and perbspa fatal to ynum-lvcs. 1 cannot, cf course, ay that all the other prvViaivna, nid from that, are such as I would have thought best and wisest, un der all ciicurustatices. I presume that no person could say that of any t-onMiiution in tho United States, they all being more or less . tie' result of compromise made between the opioions of a hundred or more men, and may not, in every particular, please any one; but, as far aa I cun see, your Constitution, in all essential par ticuiars, Is neither better nor worse than tho Constitution of any of thebtutca now in' the Union. . Whether the Government established under it will prove good or bud, will simply depend on the &iud of men you elect to fill tho different offices. If good met) are elected, you will have a good government; if bad, you will, certainly, , havo a bad one. Especially is ibis truo of the men you elect to forwi tho &vt Legislature..1 Tbut Legislature will buvo work to i'i no lea itnporta tit than thut devolving upon (be Convention, it will be necessary to modify the code of laws to cot rcripond with the new order of political principles Oil which the Conatitutio itself is based.. The manner in which that work ia te be done, and also tho necessity which rosy exist lor future changes, and the mode prcsenud tor making them, should determine tbe qualifications uf thort elected to that body. 1 say, then, that whether yeur Govcrnmentorgaiiiaod under. this Constitution will bo a good one or a bad one, is to be determined by the qualiScatioas of the men elected to carry it on, Io this view of the caie, you should have left open the widest field frem which t.

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"THE U.NION

T n ECO N S T I .1 , beneficent Providence baa In st store. I see no reason why! under a wise Constitution, u ;inauguraicu snu put iu opcrauou throughout the State, she may not at once regime her proper place among the sister hood if States.. .. , . , . , ' ('vntlemen, I wish you all success in your laudable aspirations, and especially in your cITorta to rotoro ViiylnU to kcr pluce in the Union. Nothing will afford me greater pleiisure, and 1 bi'jo the, time 1 very' cor when I can experience It, than to lorn over to the constitutional representatives of the peoplo of Virginia the power I now have tho honor to exercise here, to salute and to tender to them and tu him my cordial support In executing the law and in maintaining the luprcmucy of civil government. , , 1 ... j DEMOCRACY. . AFulmlnatlon from tho Acknowlcxfgeo? , Organ of .the Party, .The following attiolo oppoars as editorial in the Li CroMU Detnocrct, tho most popular and 'widely circulated IX' moo rut lo jnuruul in thu Uniona paper that his probubly twice aa many aubscribers in the I parly us any oilier, l uat tue renn men is expreaed in the articlo are thoso of tho patty at large cuiinot be doubted, though very likely nine-tcuths of them would dony that they held any such opinions. When they rush by thousands to the support of the beastly, profane,1 sod indecent sheet which indulges daily in' such writing, i it ei r dental ot sympatuy witu I , ... . , ... the oiticlis amount to nothing THE CHIMSTIAN ASSOCIATIO.W'AWAKKN- ' I NU. ' .-' Thcjifl bmrj found impi of niyjrmin and bitter foca to true religion, ihe Young yjcn'a ('hrii'tiati'ssociationa (o-calleu,) who infest the State of Wisconsin, Luve irsued a "call" for a cener.il Live Toast of the brethren to be holden at Mudison this week. Tbe ostciii-ible object of tbe pow wow is to extend the evangelical faith into tho turul districts through tho efforts of lay lnisbionurie:,- tbo brethren claiming iluit the peoplo are so anxious foe orthodox religion that tho regular mini.steis cun not supply the hpiriiual vsnts of their fl tUsf licnoe tba neconsitv that the lay lircthren do liyholl and flop around in the JjiinVa viwijurd until they do iuy out tho unbeliever. This planüible yarn may Jo lor K'bool inarms or wheel) Puritans, but to the niind'a ey - of an able- bodied working wbite man, it looketh amazingly like a huge Subbuth School lie. In the tirst place, the ticnitinJ for Etonylicul fniih U dull with n downward Un din c i; thousand of luuh-prcssure divines aro out of commission, perambulating the country, selling the "lives" of tho Late Lamented, peddling putcnt Itch-Killer, and picking up a precarious subsistence in various other itinerant callings, for which their ministerial expciienco has well qualified them. In tho next place, uhu rvif foard of a great vii$ionif'J fffort Leitij ttarfnt ia the Hiring, at the cvmmtncchunt of tht Imry nvon, vchtn ivcryone i liuniml, while tho dull winter months were allowed lo pass by unimproved. No, tbo true object of tbe forthcoming I)evil'a Auction, or Young Men's Chris ttuu Association cnmpiign is to put a lare linef Kini-cletieul vugabonds in the field to prowl through the country, deadbeaiiug it all around, sponging their victuuls, organising pruycr circles on tho Ethiopian busia and setting np Grsnt clulu in every town, villugo and hamlet, What euro the b mkrupt booundrcls, lu conipiihO the Y. M. C. A., for the cause ol Chiist und Iiiin crucified? Who ever knew a broken down sculner fon tho Chicago or MilwuOkio Hoards of Trude) who failed and settled up ut HO cents on the dollar, three years paper, that was not a loudmouthed member cf the Asxociatiou? Who ever knew a man go through bankruptcy on fulso affidavits, and bogus t-cho-dule, who was not a bard praying member cf the Association? Where is there a J'faulting tonic chrl; a thiniug railroad ijjicrr, vr a difimortd mtrchunt, who ft not it ttuckholder in th '. M. V. A. citirt. In the Westorn cities their rooms arc generally located near the Hoard of Trade, who composo. moat of their membership, and it is notorious that no such collection of ßnithed, juilithrd, heartless rotcufi, are to bo found elsewhere on the planet as . tho men who eompoco these sumo Hoards of Trads. ' The mongrels are u.Mog thchr religious understrappers to sandwich boudholdin politics in between their hymns and sermons. Aud it devolves on Domocratio journals and apcakcrs to warn tho peoplo against the Sutunic tfnVe m'gyr twLi, known at Chrittian Aociatini, Aid Societies, Mission Clubs, etc. Dcnmcru't, avoid the in os j ou would the pliiguH. Protect your children from their insidiocr wilec; they arc the bastard foes of your raco and yuur (od. i The Almighty i wiping tbe fowl breed from tho face of the carrh. Their mlssionsl . their astociatioos, and their reign will soon terminate. White men, wo must cheek-mote thefe pttlm tinging litjtonitetihi year, and their power will be gone forever. "Doyfdid you let off that gun?" exclaimed i enrrtged1 sdioolmntor; 'lYes, mastVr.' Wall, let r off." - A would bo gen tie oi an, the other day, called at a poet ofice, and displayed lib ignorance of natoral bsstery or the F renclr Ixngarage, or both, by rrraesting to be iuplied witla a ttzvaftd anktKl- . . -

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The Child In Search of Hif Father. : . . sr Mas. t.. ii mnnriiNtr. . ' .. i ! ' , Frora ths ChrlitUn Itcglittr. Ihy sajr X was but fourrsars old, , Vfbsn fitter wsnt away,, , Yst t bava asvtr itsa his fc, Plooa tht !, partlnx day.', .t ' lis went, wbsrt brlghtor flowrats grow, Dnniath Vlrglota ikltst Dtr Unohor, iho ma on your USf Wboie that far country ltti. ' ' X bd blt4, "Falbar. do not got Porslnosmy motbsr dlJ , t luv AO ant 5 wall al JOU'- ., , , Anl ellnglnf to his ild, . , , . . lha t4ii osioa guUlo down my ebeska , Until my y wvra diis) 6ui wura. la sorrow fn tUa dead, , , 4 Aadippjaltt Uttt foT l.iuiT - - Ha knelt sn3 fry'J of Oo4 abovsj MMy llttl dautfbtar spar, ' An t till wa both Lall tatst siln, Oh, kaap bar In tby ar." . II iloai not oomnlI walfU for bliu, At svsnln( tsHlfht f ray, . c Till avtry hajour rLli ibsjis, ' Atonf tba fr) wy , , i ' t tnut sad llita all alo'no) ' VThn,tormy toiU'aro high,. ' And llilnV I hear iU trndar tona, ' And onll, liul no rsplyf - ' i And so I'vs lont these faar long yssrff Wltbln a lonely buna, i . . Yst evory druut of bepa (s rain ' Why don't my fitbor cotut? , Father dror f4ibor, aro you ilek ' Upon a itranjrnr'a sliors? ' Oranjiuotbar lays It uiutt bs so 0 wrila tuui ones inor. And tat your little daug-btor cnuis, To finooih yourroittnii bod, And hold tho cordis! to ycur tlpi ' And irei your aaUiug biad. ' ' . ! AUt I four Üiat be ll dead , j i . . Who 111 my trouble ibaref j - , Or tell ma bare bis form Ii U1J, ( , , f And lot uis travel tbera! TJy mothit'i t'imb I luv to sit, , Where tbo jreen brnbe w.ira, Oood paojilo) b1 an trbua ohilj To Cad Ltr father's grave. , " f.' .m..m- . i '.' PROPOSING DY LETTER. - 9 t LV KIlIttLEY UnoWNX.Eleven o'clock at least so said the golden tido of sunshine, creeping over tho velvety turf of the vilbo green, aud losing it It" in the txurmurous foliugo of tbo biB mnple trccit; ,und ao Faid tho littlo clock iu JuJ-e Coi null's law office, on the main street, speaking in a low, r-barp, .mtlodious chime,., , . Harry Gtiver glanced quietly up nt the uncompromiaing little diul. as he entered tho duuiuiu of 'Coke upon Littleton." "I'm into this morning,' be muttered, hanging his hutbehiud the door; "but, us good luck will have it, tho Judge bus not mudo his uppearunce yctl" . ; lie was a straight, haudome younz fel low, with curly brown biir, limpid hazel U v.. ..I I ....Iii... 41... I. .... 1- i'1 eves, and a heoltnv llu&h uu- hia ..i.l-. ...... .... ....... ...i sun I i I a 1 1 J : I llkflltl-ri Vol full Vl.lS. 1,1 P...a ' I a aa ., aa v l S V iy B S w WU IIUV It ft I ttttmvcct as ou looked into Iua iVuuk und ! )l II f I IM t I !1 ln 'Pll - l-A Ba tint eimn a. .k 1. 1 waav invvi A Si V S W eS A v UVe UJIUl IUIU. more s tue pttyl , - . ' "Whew w Lew whew," whistled Mr. Harry Urovcr, turning, over bis pilo of leg.tl douuinents in a very immolhodical hurt of way. ' Law -and love were never meant to go together; ef that I am certain. Pretty Ariel Urowu'a blue eyes uro shining roguuhy out ut me , from every bit of purehmenl or printed blank I touch. How lovely she looked lest night aud who would ever suppose that the old cat with the la!o curls aud grinning porcelain teeth. could be her unt? Hieb, too,. they say; a good match fur some desperato fortune hunter, who is willing tu swallow the bitter old pill for the sake of the gold coating. Let mo sco talking about old Experience Drown, 1 buliuvo I. havo a buMiiet-s letter to write to her about that picco ol land by the 8thool-hou.e . corners that bo wauts me to buy. Not t.- When 1 purcha-e land lor a building foot it a . la V , won't bo a dciiolato pasture, whero rocks and mullein alulka fiht together to see which hull posses tho staunch soil. Tho old lady uiu.t take ti;e lor a very unsophisticated churactcr indeed. I wonder, now, if blue c; cd Ariel will ever bo u wrinkled catamaran, clutching after bargains. Poo Ii', 1 hhould as noon think of a while plumed littlo dovo being trans formed into a greedy vulture' Ho Icitied back in his chair, with both hands clscpcd on top of his curly head, and looking out abstractedly into tho slushing villugo street, humming an old tune under his breath a tune whoMj burden was. "lore, atill lovo." ; Plainly, Mr. Harry Gruvor, was very little disposed fvr woik thut morning. And when, at 12 o'clock, Judge . Cornell came iu, thcro was a hopeless chaos, of papers on the tsblo to represent his young muster's piatilutinal labors. ''Why, Grovcr you haven't accompll-di-cd a thing this morning', paid tho old Judo, glancing keonly around through hisustjquo (ilver-bound spectacles, ' I am s-liuid that tho pretty girls at quiro Dockthoru's party lat niht weie too much for your moutal equilibrium' : "Well, you aee, sir, I've been rather sorting t W papers over," iaid Harry, a little sheepishly, "and Ivo f rillen two letters thin morning." , , r, ' "Two ktteisT "Yes sir." .. . "May 1 ask to whmn?' Ouo was . to old Miss JiXpcrienco Drowno about that lot she wanted to aell me a ffnuV'r elipper giving the old hag a piece of my mind and tho other". , " I he olhts " . , . 'Ahctn that w nm't exactly a business iiii v.. I. ..i.. . .. ... . .1 r i Iiiiii ivn, vuuf, ur)vi ywu mu look Over thoso tjaetosont papers togeth-l er.",. ' .. IL rfuJe smilel sliTy; he- had an idea at to what tbe i niher letter contafnvd. Every one in town, well knevr Uotv h-opc-

ORCE M ENT; OF THE hk W.S.. ill i lessly Mr: Harry Orover was in love -with rrettv Ariel Iirownel Juice Cornell had been youtig himself and, not so very many years ago!' " 1 '.J ,I,,Y": ' It'sjust as well for the - lad 5 to- tnarry and Settle down," thoogbt the old gentleman,' :atid Ariel' will certainly make as sweet a little wife as human mortal coald wish, for." " . " . ", Harr needn't bava been so tnyaterlons, sealing and directing bia two letters at the tall desk behind tbe office door. ' ' Jddge Cornell knew just as well -what was in them as If be had read every word with bis own eyes. Uut young -poople have a mistaken idea that old peoplo don't ktiow anytblnftt - ' - " MUs Ariel Urowne sat in her rootn, lüsy with a complicated ploco of bright' colored Web wot k that ladles eall erochct," when Uildgct tapped Softly at tho panels of the door. ' ' ' -Please, Misii Ariel, a lrttcr!" ' "A letter! and for me! Pear wo, Bridget, who can it be fiom?" 1 1 Falx, then, and it's niesolf doesn't know, lut Lawyer Ü rover's 1 office boy brought it here, and an Impudent young Spalpeen It is, iVira-"- " - ' , - Hut here Itridget became oonicious that her young mistress" was paying no attention to her, and with.druvf into her depart ment of tho kitchen, there to, uure her griefs in solitude. , .. Ariel's Check Lad turned as pink is tho Inhldu of a wild roso-bud, os sbo read the ruperscripiion of tho tetter, aud ler hcurt best 'fcrhupaa pulto or twu faster than was its wont) but ehe broke open the niissivo viith a rcoliito band! and read: , . i , . . ( , r ' i, , "My Dear Misu Uiiownk: 'ltather cold beginning.' she poutcdj I must beg to decline all further , hcgoiistion's ' with you. As you can not for a moment sern ously suppose I care tc pcwUs anything so utterly worn down and good for nothing, it is useless to wate cither, of. our time in any more pre!iiuiu8ri.si , ; ' I will eall this uftcrhooti ahd fetürn to you tho papers you so unnecessarily took; tho trouble to send to mci :aYouis, Very truly,; ', II. Groveb." Ariel threw down the note,' and burst into tears. '; , ' . :. ' '"The cold bcarted, pTcumptuous ' vtlHanl" sho obled 'Psptrs, indeed!' I suppose be mcana the note I wrote i him about tho picnic! Oh j how foolibh I have been,' how absurd, and 1 am rightly puiiibhcd for my folly." ' - . llut still Ariel wept on; when a ßirl .of eighteen has built' up a 'glittering castlo in the air, whoso foundations ore laid in bcr own heart, sho cannot see it'daahed ruthlessly into ruins without shedding a few natural tears. ' 'V " Mesnwhilo, M'ss Experience Brown, ufat fifty w-ll ripened autumns, wuh read jug. with no little astonuhment, the .let tcr which Uriduct' enemy, ' tho f pout-buy, nau orougut io ner. , . . , ' U pi)ti, tny; w-ord," exclairoci Jliss Experience, slcwly and emphatically. ''The iaipertient young furtune-huuting lutnbuiil .HiiCi ho futpoee Im a born tool to Bwallow anc-ai a tac fool to b wallow stieb a t ack of sentimental Cat tafry Hi tlu.-r. 'Lotfly eves dimpki e S a ll he'd luve said spcctaclcj and wrinklcs. ho'd have been couidcrably nearer right. No you alon't, my fiuo fellow no yu don 7 ,., Experience. llrow no hasn't . lived fifty-fivo' years in this world to fall .into such a trap us this ; it last. 'He'll, call this afternoon to receive tho sftswer that is to decide tho whole current of bis , future life,' will he? .Well, let him come. I'll .bo ready lor him, and I ., warrant rue he won't bo iu a hurry to cull sguiu.', And Miss Experience chuckled to herself until all the false curls quivered, aa she folded the 'letter neatly, aud put it back into its hurriedly-directed envelope. 't never hod an' offer of marrioge before," rhe thought', viewing her autumnal eouirferirire in tho pier-glsss, und adjusting tho little puffY of ribbon in hor. capborder, 4,nd it does mako one feel ! kind of queer! I t's soinethin i to toll of, anyway. Met hilar Jones needn't go to f-syin,' now that I am an old maid because I never had an offer. I jusfwordcr what Ariel wonld aj I cucrs I won't tell her? she Would only lauiih nt me!" Miss Experience drew herelf up as grimly us if her' fpiniil Column was. a but- of iron, that' afternoon, when' Pridgcl announced.' "Mr. Grover, wem." " ". ' Show hi tn iu, IJrdJyj I am qulto at leisure to receive him." ' 1 Aud our hero, entirely innocent of tho impending storm that awaited him, walked into Miss Experience's awful presence, with a bundle of title deeds in his hand, tied with (he official looking red tapo of his profession. . ' , Ain't you ahumej of yourself, Harry j Grovcr?" ejaculated the spinster,' in a deep stern voice. 'Get along with youticlt, mukin' love to in1 old' 'woman ' more'ri twico ns old us you bo,' just( because , re's eot a littlo money! ' Wl at do yo9 take ! no stario' .'there?' uick.or I'll'throw j me for,' hey? Ddti'i rtano? Walk vnl of this roou quick the big dictionary SC your he-id! Aro, no,' NU! A" io havo you got your utiswer 'plain' enough? 1 wouldn't murry you if there wasn't another man in tho vvholo tewn!" '; Horry Grovcr was a little appalled al this churgc of hoto and foot, -but ho toed his ground manfully, not eveu quailiog at the big dictionary'. ... , "Uut, Miss Urjwiio will ypu hear mo, t tuouienif I don t. wool you to marry uie!

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"rfl jour iieao. ...'. I , . ' You don't want to marry: me? Then whot tho mischief docs thisjclter mean, Pd liko to know." i , i i - , "May I look at il?'V ',":. . . ''Yes, if you like' , . , , 1 ion Harry took the letter, ana glanced at it its eorsteti threw now linht upou the ...u.nlK,.f,t. .i. i .rr.:. uiiwvi.vuiii.ui. .tiic.vi uiia... ; J 'Good Cop id, what a btockhead'-wnat an uninttwateAl, trrexcusaViei . iocpmpraIda donkey I brave breul . What cpu-ld ,IJ have teen .tbrokin,hvuiJ' v ,. , yJi II''' deiaa-aeUd) tKc parxlcd tpicftcr.

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'! . ,TJ. Jt tJ II. . " "1 it: WHOLE NO 83h ' -"Exeuie "me, roa'aruj bttl tbltb hai beeb a miataxo a jitWc.y And without toppiog to complete llje fragmentary sentenee, be tashed," out of tho room to tbe little bay-windowed par lor. where Ariel usually sat. ' ", ' Well, I rjeverl" exclaimed 3IIii;B. pcrlence, as the door banged' auccrctoonioufcly.in her faoe. :; i.,- ,.. ,i l'.,-. : ;'Aticll Miss Hrowntl" , . ,, ,; , , Hut Ariel turned haughtily from the pleading eye of her lover. ' ' 1 '''.'' Your letter is quite sufficient,' atr; I need no further exposition of your mean1 inp.V j .... v . 1 i j , ,j . i ' . .fi ..a , ; "Ariel dsrlinff--thtre h, . been in sbsiird mistake;' this is tbb letter that was Intended for you. ' The other Was written to your sunt on business, sod "by some unaccountable blander got into the Wrong cuvrlomd I have been a fool a blockhead; but I lovo you, dearest, with oil my Leartl Ariel, . you will not send me iw7,'S - ' - , - . o No Ailol did not' send Ilm a way,' for the shy smiles ktid thb'-rosy blootn were beginning to come come back to Ler 'face as she read tbe real letter. ) ;-. I ,.:ti . , "llut, Hirry(" she said, wljh a roguish dimple at tho corner of the month, ;'ju müht, coufi'sa that Aunt Experience's note had rothcr an'unplessatit style." " " "1 was a earcless rcprobato," eaid Hsrryfrs oily, ."but, you see, i Judge Coruell wos wutcbing me,- and ' Jut I that was the end of atl m'sunder standings between itsrry ürövet lud Ariel Urowne, thenceforth,' forcvermoroi' 1 - .Mite ixperience was rather disappointed in two things, bbe would like to hsye sold the chuoiboue -"corner lot," and she would luve paid that imcex jn the course of bcr fifty-fivo years of life, sho had had ian offer of Ttiarriago. ' ' However,' said Miss Experience, Ariel is ory happy, sud utsy-bc tblngs are best aa lie are.'' u -. .' . .i v . i . !: ...' . .... The ku-Klu)(. In Tennesjee. Frofn tbo NaibrUU Trsis, 1 4 1 b .- , Maury county teems now to bo about tbe only.cnuuty in the State where 'the KuKlux Klan operates' with'the lawlessness and recklessness which w as designed by the originators of tho conclave.; In other aeftious of the Stato the society appears to have subfided into inactivity. Iu Msury county," however,' ' the demoniacal' 6!au seems to have couicntratcd its whole virulence.- Ostrsgo and toufder ere here rampant, and 'State of affaira 1'earlal to cooicuiplate has been produced. There sto .1 . '-tt i t it- f a i and we fee) assured that, tbev have f t?oi piemy oi union coiorea soiuicrs io .usury. tho Outrages upon their faee fl'otit aSloV as weak bumSn 'nature can endure. Wo trcn.ble at thd thouirht of a aangolnary conflict which might occur at almobt aoy hour.. , Not content with beatingshooting and hanging -grown colored people, tho Klan, with" a refinement ' of demoniacal cruelty, bavo descended to torturing1 the children, (7att Saturday night four of s gang of msskfd'tillains took ff otn a caiin, about three ml! from Columbia, two little girls and two b'oyij carried them to a creek not far off, threw? them into 'he water, and afterward mudi them Wsde, about for a long time. u trill tho little tictifti ?fe so cold and benumbed that they c'ould scarcely move. Of auch material is tbe chivalry of tho Ku Klux inaJo. , . A lew cava siro. wo arc tnlormeu. a man 'notoriously Ku-KIux, was overheard talk--:.t. ..--.I . - ..:..i '.v..n m-i. inj; wiiii unuiiivr juiciii icvci, a no eon-vcr.-ation revealed a dreadful plot which has been concocted umong the,KuKlux for marderins; tbe oloied people who are obnoxious to this devilish secret: society. The conversation commenced on Filipatrick, who was bung by tho Ku-Klux lust week, near the Sulphur Springs,, not far frönt Colombia: The Ku Klux said to hit compuiiion: "Wc didn't think he(Kitpa' trick) would be foot enough to stay around after we had given' him tho two hundred laahes,biit be did, and, G d d n hitn, we hung him. Wo aiu't through with 'em yet, and by G d we'll string up about five or six more iu this neighborhood, iu short order." . 'Ibis glimpBO tt the nnltnus cf the fiuKlux revealed through the crnversutiou of one of its prominent mctfibers (wo have his name.) is suggestive of tho must bloodthirsty spirit.1 May heaven grant (hat the perpbtrstorsof the horrible outrages which have digrscod . Maury county and the whole Stuto bo speedily visited with a vcu gcuueo commeucurate with their crimes THE CONNECTICUT ELECTION. Hi Result a Union Viotory. - The Uontorv Traneript publishes at letter from a leudrrr; CVinreoticut Kepuhlioan, which says ' Another election is over, and this ttroe we remain in poeion of the Gold. - Of coarse tho Democrats make a creat noise about the sticcch.f of their Stste ticket, but they ure whippet),' and ' try Vrrow'it. When I tell you that In' Connecticut a Uovcrnor s veto can be overridden by a bare majority and that we have a majority of m'i in the House und '1 in the Sen sto, (1 1 in tho House und 1 in tKe Strivte 'ast jesr,) you will understand bovr1 Ihtle the success of their State ticket really amounts to. J Tho real gght wos f f ' tho Uultcd Stutjs refis'tnr"l bo Co'jpevhcuds relied ou largo ffuaJalf n't accessions to' thttr vote in tne large citiea and towns, iberf rca . i - .1 . i . i " .' i a aa a in inia nuuiin., i i tiiu uv iiruiruy , WCBIU'UUI have bs.on whipped to tf eyrtiinl; ' We have, the ptiro most to be destred--a Ü lilted States SonatOT This vn the! g which English Was playing,' and he spent a fortune this spring' only to Cud that he had lost." Count on os fur Graut pcit fulK , ,r'" u, i . , i i., . i'i A ewrisnri fypographioal error' appeared1 in.a mortiing. pHper reeeatly', , In" giving an account nf'a'O jnrrueft, it wis stated "the deceased bvre an accidental character, a'nd Jfhs jnry return a verdict vf 4 fccci diah. ir

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nrAsiixrar. r vsw srw aw wf i a w -ww . j - Dae ejare, r, to trsnitr. .-i..tf--.no eqaare. .no eqaare, Wires Iniarlioni. . I ' , t iIIlalaotaatT&t.tt!SZrrrpMH-:",a One SotaiBB, aksageabla ' ' " '.- Thfaa-ooartari of.a : j ............ Stib-balr of a eblamn......-.:.' fce-Brtar of a elaa;3. 2... Ons-elgbtb f a ot-lomB .... ...... . . TrsJitlat njTrt;aiueau ibai ald fwr ia Sdrlcea. ' ' ' il ' Unltn a particular Uro li aj.at.'o ad la, advartl.anaala wtfl ta putlltk dertd oat and ekariad aoeordiagly. the Neto CönstlluUöncf C:-'.:. The follewitJ2extrsetfr:2; r " llbn. A.lL JlatleyU'esiikfalxf L1 -Cafblilia Convention, delivered on iia l jodfuliieut, gives lie lLeral ouili tea of the new vooatituttoo ai adopted: - The work wbich wo were sent herv to do) Was luosttuomentoUitu the Comuiou wtalt h which wt reprtsant and1 the tneffll'i cf this Cobvcntlof) sic, t ' tllnt, vioril) if much corumendstioo tor the itcproveu.e tit they have made in the urganid Jawwhtn their labors are conipsred irith those of their predecbsaoi).. - Wl liiir pt(rent to Ottr ConatUueat Cwoallt ulion lu hieb; for tho tint ti ne io tie poifkil bUtorj of this State, tbe arrest doetrine of, tasohoo ufrsge is di.tifeeiiy recognised, apd .II the tigLti ore secured to every ifixcn to which nature's God Lao , cotitKd .hi'M. Here have we alr'tcksn ' cv erj vealT6e of serfdom fiom bur.inititutiotis, end, , tbst, too, in so emphatic add unaruln;riou way, that no doubt can 'be entartainwd of our determination that Uiit relic of baibsr istu 'aball'iievrr agalnfHi afrormT'poTTu'e our soil; "lliis ws) have Tilade evciy need-. fu).airiigemont for b free cdncatielu of our people, jio that; if-JiiUTe legjatsiois shall carry out in goi-il laillt, the ryCiai.-l which' we.uave rdaiiitd on thia vital aub jectaiti a few uara the stain of fnorautsj which now pollutes our hutury will i bo forever obliterated and the bppy pojiot ifiil Late uriiwd when no ion or JuuU of South Carolina will be unable ,U .iced or write. '' Thus bavn'wc broadly' s6wn if e seeds of public educalion', and thuq'shall we, in no distant time, reap ike rieh Lavct (-('public virtue, t-rifut aßJ Igfiotsneo art itihi-paralle , Companions. . We l uve strilken a htaty Mow at both, at,d may loofe lor tl.ti'uattifal iui b.evlialle' it-ult itt'the elevaticn of all our pecple to a social, political and religivua- ruiinoi.ee, to which, under the lotmor . Cvnaitwtioit anJ laws of the htste. they had uetir attained. ' IUie,' (oO, we have obliterated fiom'oor political s)stem that iuost pcriiiclods heresy of tfiaie aovere ignty s heresy "which, for nearly, L II a century tsuphj by - our leader,, had, like an ignit fotuvt, ItU .if, 9 people of tSoulh Carolina, on inore thsri one' occasion, tothe brink of rebellion, until there arose at length, a a Lecersury ti suit of thia doctrine, one of tbe rooat fiatri-. cidfl wafs that the wtiU ever .., Th theory of sxdividv,d.nMe:ist.te, aod It sovereignty within a sovereignly, alike rncongruous with all the'piiiicijdcs uf polt tieal science and with thevystcm of nation al power established by cur fathers,1- has received from you. a dtalb hlotfj f No ( loogtr, if. (he Constituibifl tou' tave adop i;3 rtiumo, oe ranctQ oy tue pvopie, .win there be any dah:erof ir future rebellion in pvhlehtTle, pTfffroti fljg or our -couiiuou country a fla vthieh ttst often 'bravrd tho battle and the bretiV' sbail Le treat ed by a perlioo of the natiou with inaolf; ond ior it in ensign bo subetitutcd,' tbu" sccrated by no iialional' tiaJitlui.', " and1 simply the novel insignia jol. it 'dirtjptfl edhfrdcricy. 1i cititlipthis principle (if a i-araiLouut,. alleiauco to th. National Govefiiftieiit, you have thrown a protection arottGt) the national lite fr tie fotuft, uhd ycü f.'a jtfalif?ed the" acts1 of thoe Union metl Who, in the juldst tf a wide-spread abd,t th re I en inj rebellion, nobly alood by the doctrine you have announced, aud would not acknowledge that the 8'ffie. howavar sinih tlier loved 11 a their fitffte, totll fpllnt Ia tfitlf afferfitions tho nifliiQ ftbtu whu h they teceivetl protection, , , . . - , , Old Bonis. 'The otlet remnant of uiCrtalfty cilafit is the skeleton of one of tho cailief VhaVaoha, (encNued In its original buiial roi:-, aud wonderfully perfect mntUering iu og ) which waa deposited, .about eighteen . or twenty ftfrtifhs apo, in the Iiriti-h MdsCurn, aod is ju-tly considered tbo most val nable of all its 'srehii-olouical ' treasures. Tbe lid of the cotlln which, contained the royal mummy wsa inscribed with the namtf of .its occupant, Pharaoh Mvkcrima. who urceeed tho heir f, tho, builder of .the gfeat Pyro'mid, shottt fwetify-lwo fenturiel before Chritf. ' Only'think uK'X) IttnU areh hoe foniMlfij; bofics ind' leathery integutnents are now exciting the furiosi ty and woi)dr of I'Uiiieii u gazcis iu Londonrvigncd iu J'y pt before Abraham walbtirti, end only about two centuries or so afar M izintm, the ttrandsou of old I'atl -' er Noah aud fiiet of the PharaohK, had been gathcied to his (uthcrrf hj, fho tide marks of ihe delude could amrccfv I ave been oMiicrated. or tlo yirvhcr wood knee timbers of the .Vk have Mied oft Mount Ararat, when this luarf oftr.e enrtv world lived, moved and hai his hrtngr His fle!f arfd blool were eoiittmporary with the progenitor of the ureal patrisrvh; his bonvs and shrivelled skin iro cotectJVpvraft Wii fi' ff.e frfi.eee t h eeni it ' the date 'if tlit? Crueifialon is nly "r i. e midway botween his era and nur. U'hnt a gulf ol time is lridgnl.. as it' were,' y those u ouhk'iioi: relics! Of all the resutrectiori elfecteif Iry th-9 .rh.'roloy t, thatof Pharaoh M Weritn J is undoubtedly tho tnost extraordinary end intrre-tinV. When he huiihud, "reimte aiifitrTv' had j'ifst bf4r,uu. ejeaa siaWaaWaeX i e rWhitt hfoirrght yoütt'o frUn, m , colored ftieiidr '"fwo coiiatables,' aah."' 'Yes, bot I mesn hsd intctopetance iny thing to do with ii?" "Yes, Sah', Ivy was bvfe tf'e in drank. ! .. " . ' ' A; prt little prr? tMateif to on e1 vi bar little t'ric;nds thaf ftc'r father kept a ear riare." Ah. hot' Was lbs triumphant pep,yf'ny father drives an oTonibun," . ; ' A disthiguiahed friend of Ours ssys that "poerry iw evervt'Oby'e c-in, which ono Oish j'ngles" Ve aro afraid that it k penerally a coin jingled most by . tVfrt who hsve rrcr Other to jingle. .. . f a-SalSats9eaVaaoVaHaMea . ' f f Aman hsd" a sign ut V.icb t'it' t-TiocaTor fs'le l.ere.'' Her found thvf nor a. woitiait et.teied lie hepv -No wonaleljf tie ladies uoo'l like to be called ebeay they Tfant to be callcJ drf. , ,