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ritKr URARTU, run Ml NUM. FKEK l'KOPLK, ARK TII K MATfcUlAL, ANl) 1IIK
ONLT MATKKIA Ii, UTTO)' WHICH r R K K UOYKKNNKNTS ARK CONSTRUCTED.— JirniMi.
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BASTROP, TEXAS, SATURDAY, JANUARY !), 1875.
1 WIIOI.K MiiuiPR M.
JOII I'ltIN I INO.
THK AI V Kit I' IHKII "
JOI fHlNTISd KSTA Itl.lHIIM K.NT
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A* ! m <h«< ' B'
nisrtci pvt. i r tout it k b
T#r-t:,,.« ib . *n I •atufftlon *u«r«n""l
U | |*/; f & t Tit I•# I..
Or'ic> Nor'h *ni "I M *n s!,r.i
*
MAM Alt'
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lj i ^ 11 ■ ' ■' N"
SKLKCT IMIETRY,
TI'XAH Ot-It llOMK.
nr MI;K WKITIIKI oniHAM.
II- nit 'ill limil of fr.iniani bliium*
I iBi'i nlil r«i jw-t *rwl rivli p' rfinuf ;
l-iuj ol 0 •> t ruvr, tli lr l *111] ihi* trii#
WIiii*' iiu uf,r' mid itirr lilim
Th ti !!• iiirlln « I li^bi ol lU.iunliftbl |' 'f
[the sea, it was to Johnson again that ! remaining in the service of Virginia, the command. lie retired into pri-
the confederate government turned ah The first serious attack was made by vale life, whence he did not again
the only bulwark of the Carolina*. A the Init ial army under General Me- emerge until the army of the Teiin-
Idstory from hiti own pen, or, an he Dowcll against Manassas. Johnson essee ha<l been shattered to pieces
hiore modestly «t y los himself, a nar- at once hurried to the relief of Beau- under Hood, and Sherman had | ene-
1 ative, of the military operation** regard with a portion of hi* army, trated to the heart of the coufedera-
1 directed by this eminent aoldier in J leaving the remuinder to hurry after cy. Then he wax once again sum*
the greali st ol modem civil wars, him as quickly us it could. He ar- nioned into the field, but it was only
annot but be highly interesting to | rived in time to consult with Beau-, to have tiie melancholy honor of be-
j N tt. tbr .unj g|.-iiu, (,K uf midoiglii'i tall ' the military atudeut. In a brief in- regard, and agree to the plan sug- ire.'the last southern general win
troduetion of less than three linen it jested by tin latter. Cut before the surrendered
is unpretendingly offered as a eontri-1 pla-i could be carried out. the federal ,uerer.
button ol materials for the use of the ! general at tacked, and Bull Bun was
j future historian of the war. It is the result. This great victory secured
| written in the tone and spirt we j Virginia from invasion for tin- re-
should expect from one who had
borne himself so steadily against
tremendous odds. Tin re is no vain
l . ln) •lirri- In Kurg. iiiif uliliumm iii| lii
On (lif y 1 It!«-ii b«*ut h ihr *«fiu ■•ml thine®,
Ai'l thr 4lt!it mom ill tg* ob apftt'4'
\p t r M*a I e iiuiilil** hi* Ki-4%) fac«*
Ali«! ilit* )f*«-l)t«(i iliopr* of -f if'tiiin liu
I I.' h ulioM Uiiil i;.iibti it siiuift xf.)'.
an army to the con-
AN INI'OltTANT DUTY FOB
Ol'B NliXT LKGISLATUIIK.
I'M in rAi M w irl
H
K k-Tit «•
mot,
j.t M n 1
of Ihf pmirict thf (br (rrt*,
i hat •itm jn i ii.i* | iin of ttf ifr« rnti|< \n>m,
'•Ntt i - i ' d«j k« | rti 1 p• § Mi jti*«*)ii*fl cr '*l
«>r •ink- in «1rf«iii • i, t 'tfhl'n
Willi jrric ah I a kiii«ili«*r pown
Au«l . «u 11j ol lice • u l (low«r.
It 1 I'.fn I la- !it«* ak :• if U Ucatl
V .li. lii 1 . iMAfii;- In !.•' |hit lr *4J *
• " > J li *«i | ol 1!.# 111) 1 t^f.
If • k lU ilb fi« t*
\-l' •* li-l ifif !U* , vt t« f *.! |bltiiiigV pit}'
If- 'i* a;C4I* fr-'tii i|« "t i 1 4«tT
tnainder of tli«- year. M'Clellan was
ap|toinled to tie command of the
northern army, in>I lie devoted the
autumn and w it ter to the work ol
properly organizing and disciplining
it. F/irly in the following spring In
moved hi* forces bv w iter to Kortn s>
IK I*. II. I.I ( It ETT
t ||rit' —1>' D I'fup ^«ort
H4«nt< l' • • • TEXAS
|h'I«v T*l*« J l1 10.1 « HUU
r r r.Air v
f# t * l'f *'"• A • •" i C 1
-f IUtir<* t .a f
ii- ?•*''? 4
ltf U*«n«'p \a( U l>
iur it 1 dim;
KOK IIIK
I ^ - ie ■••• n# ({• i'\\ flf
1 • • !f. ' in* if .. «• ! >utr of #'• rfiil%
■*«' I R* R l <Uf !..it • k ♦ I t
N« * ■ 1 a I fil Rti I !ul ft! on r in. 1 f.t-• '• trr*
."k1 •• .tutltcrt <1 grtm fc>tl* • fic «iut**r • km-
\ J i r.ii#-' 1 tut *arm a to bliRt
t'oatting of tht* nuperiority of the
■outhern soldiers, and no disparage
ment of northern courage. < >n t.n-
contrary, thv general goes out of kit-
way on more than one occasion to Monroe, and thence advanced up (lie
bear testimony to the gallantry of! peninsula to iti\ «t Biehmond. tleti-
the foe. And when writing in tell j eral Johnston assumed the direction
i< lell e
defense _ ^
fall back
for the book is esui ntiallt a j of the "pi ration? un>1. riaken ug'iinst
ol the g' neral ajjaiiift thelhim. Johnston stronutly urged upon
■tnetures pa-aed upon him ; he never 11'reiident Mavis to fall back upon
{On c
I tl >1 I;
A ti • ar' ir-' '
I Iflid at • • 'f!fl|«! f! If. 1
'o tti (j • tlj I I « !•%«.) 0' f|
ft t* r .. •i'.n t.M •
jfornel* the dignity that bt his
(ihnracii r an I anteci"leuti>. At the
: same tinn the fact that the work is
an ap 'logia. a ju<tifleation ol hi mil-
itary operations, somewhat detracts
As the second session of the Four-
teenth Legislature convenes on the
first Monday in January, and the
time ix near at hand, we do not think
the suggestion, if acted upon,of some
appropriate legislation in regard to
t ixation of wild lands in the various
counties of the State upon which
tla re lias never been any taxes paid,
would In inappropriate. Much has
already been said and done on tins
subject,still we have numberless acres
•V uu b « u< • «l '«■ ! *• a.i u l l"u« aho*
I Ur« t tl '' ' tut*|
l glii j i p t' miiflli} ft
H'ii*
■\ liti Uf •
I <*
ib,
;ofit« by
••4 :tO. it) •' V> I. Ik'
• Itnrf %S
' • ' « . i!<) | u r t ■
j Plfrttfl*.
j .%• -ufllv • 4 ** 'jR)« I
VVhr'il • Htr-ifol ^'«|**<l v.j'1 V
• .. 'nr.#' IIR ti ihAliyt -«•
itXtoJ 1.1 tirt'du :
I w t b< 11 *> t
r .f • ' r iI
1 R'rf <*t I fi
* yi l'ir \i«ut <
1 1 bf ' c
t.f • 1 fit •
* j ■ A!i 1 • * ft*p lig
Bichni"iid collect
military force of
there the
the confederal'
whoh j *'I ifI I'livc novc-r yet been rendered
^ , for taxation from various causes.
and then, when he u a* at a dlManc.', if and the taxes
from his bas.^ ill upon him, and jn. 1 <•<'Hcctc«l, would be a means of eon-
fiict such a blow as would decide the ;B,,l! ra,,l,,reVrnU,',° countif in
which they are located. If the proper
.. ... , tax as assessed there is no doubt
war w as lu l<I, at
war at ote
A ecun
ill upon him, and in-
Id
llle south
w as I
« as present, and, mainly
111 la\ •
1 ,.r
■ill that a larg'- quantity of such lauds
.Vfii
• i,.'
k
U
<< '*
I l!
I Irom the >alue; while the oni Hsion
to supply maps very seriotialy itip iir-
1 its usi tulne-s. It i imp ssibh for a which I.
' reader to follow intelligently tie do hy I.i e' vlvicc, as Johnston states, I w "u'^ 'orc"' u',on l'u> lnar'tct,
' tails of battle, and of the mov. the plan o| the latter was set aside. '1"'r",,.v ^"-.ling men who dc.ire to
..tents which preceded it, wit lout a Under these circumstances Ceneral l,l'uU' an,on« us ™ opportunity of
plan of the field belbre hiin. And we Johniton determined to delay tht ad- l''a'B l'l,ndition to enhance
I would urgi nponthe publisher of the vance of the 1 nemv by evtrv means 1 ltlf> va'ue adjoining lands, it uoth-
I "Narrative," when preparing for a in his power, without however, i ""'re' These wild lands also af-
: second edition, to supply thisstrangc J bringing on a general •ngagemeut ,or'' l'',"-nnt pmturage for the Indian
1 omission. |.ik< his in< ■re famaus chief, too m oh. Accordingly he occupied *raiding for the purpose of plun-
'(ietieral J >« • ph Johnson « v a Vir- i in force a defensive line construeled ''l!'r-' what little is on lied by those
J gfedsn, and like kim, too, In held a 1 by fltwwil M ajnider, wliich atrotofi- j ^***^5 aotii of toll who are trying to
Jcomnn-siou in the I'liited St;<(es army e l fryin Vorktowu to W arwick I'r ra!'1' 'waV l«>r (riends at home
j at the outbreak of the war. General j • ourlliouse. The line w t( too l«-fisx. 100 timid to \ ent uro on the life ot (he
f Johnai'ii dev oti b a brief spa.'e to jus j and beside-, a I mil ted of being turned 'r""' ie.' sinati. e think a cue to this
ttly his resignation ol his c mliiissioii, I but the federal general -at down b« • remedy could be found in hav-
|.
• t i-d 1 • t«u I
i Mft1 ^uiiiiii fle'et.
ileif MM ..( « viir. ; I; I ,
. .iidt |'l*v * a k" mil'
milimcf «f ti •*
u, 1
a*. Aiimi it !*'<
>1 t>
ll.- till III lie* III, «U!
I k f r |if . .| A -i?. 1: I • ll* llg
a li. i. "I 1I1. «iua *t o.n - in
! and hi« passing oxer to tale service
{with the confederacy. I tdouhtedlv
' it i* a \ ery grave step on .lie part of
a > 'I'on tIK- tide
! e 1
Ir
l Ctl'd
Hiige batteries.1 '!lfa' ' v,'r.v of la"d assessed, and
were ready, the confed-1 (>v, r.v dollar of taxes paid in the
retired. At Williamsburg county w here the land lies; holding
tin proper county official* responsible
for it* correct nssessmi ut and returns
to the t'oinptroller.—Sail Sitka Xtir.*
n '•)
I,
6U1B0R IP HOUSE
:LIYK1!Y STMILi:.
« f 1 r : «1
'U * Hi * • i
\ lit I I •' HR* id •{<•
an t > t- •' f • %rn• • 1
\ 1 t\ • f Vfl..,
I 'to ' *1 ♦ c* * ■ i• ol
tali
I I * it'.
bio
;
i-niiig fi 1 * 1
a : 1
1 Mrti
fore it, and e
When the
• rati s
lamgtlrcet's and Hill's division, to
allow time for the removal of tin-
baggage and ammunition, engaged
a portion of the federal army, and in
dieted a loss tw ice as _n at as these
divisions sutbrid themselves and
then the army once more fell back
slowly to the neighborhood of Ilich
mon 1.
McClellan's forces in (heir ad\ance
were divided into two parts by the
W ah, Outkiuiit wah,with M exi-
co—BaIUKIIS ami) 11 hill w ay u us.—
Brownsville, December IS, lS?4:
Kditnrs Ih murradc Statetmnn :—
A crisis will soon be inevitable. The
Mexicans arc killing and robbing us,
and our people, irrespective of nation-
0 W l Rt:-i'U I'rcfit sler.
I
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t t•
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Yb
WOtTl.t) BS
■f IrlvaJ, >>4 1
kill Um.4 Ik*
AIRtltN K 11 'i'-
F0K FtVK
•aim turd k' • 00
■V r !«• tikr aa
Ut^—till rai b# «i n • r
•f^M ltoo tl '■ C f I ' "
f*11k*l«I
RATE? Or CHARGES
DmIIU Rsf^' «• 1 • a
info!y
ta>t I
l'i:- *T A HI li
4 K<!
ft • r ■ ■ r
. ■ agr «O'J *•
11L < i * , t at
• ■ ' • % lit-
• 'rt . An ,i .\ r *u f (ocll !i ntH
• ' with tl.r J if itrda J git*
w «'t
• r i* •• lie ir lit i ■ ii' '*bfiilli'- p it'iotUand
SVfff • • 1 rr JI «•. • ..Ai.d in hai.l,
1 \ lU, r i.. I toil I" <l«*ltf |fic i t
! rj not*'!* it it- In • 4-1 t< • t !'KhI.
S <f !. «'ort Mil* I. « IL ffii ! i" I run
A■ Mi«ti i- n' •! ni • v Six l. -ibiT roan,
VN ih ^'lat p < r an I | o* Mjf 'a •
i' f t jiriorMl u 111 lr ttb'« « uf,
Ami tii* ! irk -ofiif Jr- 'f H v g 1 « f ir
S ft rt* !. I b; tl- hfiiaiR ■( It) j|.nrii .a aUi
Chickahomioy. Johnston took advan-1 alit>'- art takin« a,,J i'an«,r,P r:ki,,"r''-
1 age of the separation to direct t wen-! * tw<> Mexicans were
r 1 • . . 1 • • broucht into town They had been
ty three of his fw entv seven divisions | ■ «• ..,
. . - 1 1* a , hung tor cattle stealing; the animals
against theriilcra! left wing, consist j * , . '
were in their possession. It created
I intense excitement among the Mexi-
cans; one of them made oath as to
>rps. or about t wo fifths 1
■tt|U
t« 11
•aMU I urtt
■•ok tt.l !> riftf )
lirk • llh' Ul 1 >r t*r
FmJ of II . ( i 1 uigLl.
Riegls Frsd,
Tm4 for l*n H rs
puirl.; I M ll.'f
Two p m nei r- !• M I' '
i will mit, 'iii ' l l', .
aNaalion, ami «ili knj' 1
• atpsri^bce ! !>i •'
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■ 'Ttif .ir I fi*at.
tc s i l 1J 11V 1(0 'Ht§t
« vii l t>' an I •!%l«-• a e d *.rk,
! ; ' 11' > tin ■ r itp ifk
1 : .• • tti . i'm <•
i
r li't ■ att '
(K) ,
M I .--.f I h I. \ N L O I 8.
iil-.M.UAl .lo-l I'll I. Ji Hi \S« )N
ing of two 11
of the entire federal force. The bat
lie of Seven Pints, which ensued,
was undecisive, as night fell bt fore
the cotif b rales could prove tin ad-
,\an age they trained and dctcra!
Johnston having re, ind a seiere
wound, was never able to resume the
content. A few d ivs lati r (teneral
I.e. was appointed to bis command.
llefTe.lobnstonli.nl completely re-
covi red, he w i- or ten I to the Wi st
to superiuteii 1 pei at ions in M issis-
sippi and Tennessee, but w ant of
means coinpellc I him 10 look 011
helplessly while (lencral <3rant re
du 'c 1 Vii kibiirg an 1 l'eiubcrton's
arm v.
1,0
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nisi
lit.1
u>oi.i'.:i
I.
r 1 it s
1 ti it'] u.
oil
>'. r ui;u 1 • 1
I f« V U ■ . -
jn holding tb 1: i Slate ha 1 the right
to sec Ie, a:i 11 cii to his state a citi
fell owed hit tirst allegiance As
1 Ion;; as Yirgi« a remained in the l'n
1 ion both iflio 's retained (In ir coin
mi-iions and ni l their duly As s <.n
a V irginia seceded both resigned
their coinius-ions and hastened to
place their-er\ ices at the disposal of
their State, < icnera! Joseph Johnson I'he dis isi'>rs experienced bv <>en-|
hid been tie senior in rank in the eral Mragg next stiinm in I him to
Uniti 1 Sutes army At the time of the command of the n.\ f Ti lines
his resign!ion he w as i|uarieruiasti<i sec. In a campaign ol - \ent\ 1 >ys,
gem r il, A'itli the commission of a opposed to ,n army 1111>
bri i l bgeneral, whereas l.ec \, is more than 1 : ii' i«
ic faun
" l< l\
w
CILLCSPiE.
wi 111
BRAIAR. PORVlANrE i GO.
f'O TTO*V /.#/ tan\
Commission Mcrt'liiuifs
HO M. RTKAND tiAI.VKslnN
"'"I
lie ol!
f. li r.
I 11. 1
1 bet
' ha■ e. 1
soul In ru
dier w l,o
dy ing, gl
inond
.1 ohiison
ot <ietn ril
\ i r-hadow
in 1111 ai \ eliii I
thai probably
public now
- 1 1 ■ inmand
1 ee has so
I that of all
. I tl 'ti-
lt w of the
11 ii< tuber tbat
1 r of the army
U Mil the plot ctioli of the
ij.it 1 befor. tin -r. il sol-
has linki d hi- name in vin
..1 , with tin delete"1 ot |{icb
\ 1. I \ 11 I icin r il Jost ph
• fur. ol c irse, il is ol liiin
, ti
I.,
w i spi ik , g.a\' 'ii! nco i
that entitle him to ti-• tin an rcputa
tioii as a st 1 at eg 1st ()u tin li' Id "■
Hull Kun h" wi 1 lie seiiioi oilicor,
mi,I he was the first eh sen to beat
b.ai k I'oitlu in in 1 asmii,
.I. 1 isi\ t si niggle, \i In n Sl.et • in ha 1
s. aticri'd th' army of (i. orgia an 1
. i I f^itiMii". hi' Ii inarch t
abilities ||
I •III ha In I} III I •< III n III' ill
kii«in,-.< „ ai i , ,, ,, , . , ,
linn l«i sl| H |s<t,«<li • ♦ I .•• ' * i \\ 'i •! .
•j Wf tulirr ful • t • r (> • \ *•
i M «.i| I l.'P p
Bss'mp * j
v J
only ln|i:enant colonel. Hut
.loh';*ou'« arris.il in It ic I: tn "ll 1
: iuii I t nit I ee had been ip| . i• ■ I
eomniau'lir in-chiefof tin army oi tl .
State, wt^ tin rank of major general.
Ji.litis i| >, a it otn'c gii en the -auc
rank, .ill et l ra-le I with 111 tiaiiiing
of tin H t" levies (>n the aece-si >u
of \"■ r ji ia to the ciiutederaci. how
ever, t'< neral Johns.m entered the
c m,'edit it. • eri ice, an I I ft mm
I'resi l'il Davis the cotnni m I of
irp'i Kerry, wliih Ocinral Item
reunn vas appointed t<> the confed
crate v minim I at ^I 111. s-s4|. f.,. still
11111 the
ims c ■
itls li
k i I'll
ston boa
orati I I \ I w
d e r -, 11 a' '
enuaocini n -,
ter day . ' < v
lie ab il. I •'i. I
h ind< I i'vet t
sor unpr v ■ I in in i i'<
ness. II a b I th:ii 11•
r M
I'llS,
i t is
"•ps C(
_'bl in ;
i -11111 • •
■ r:11 111
John-
'urrob
intiu'. ti-
the parties who did the hanging. La> t
night, w arrants were issued for Hill
Hurke, deputy sheriff, Lino Saldana
and Ji -us Sainloi at ; the first two are
in jail. 1 understand they belong to
a large band ol riuicln ru , organised
' to <lt ti.tid themselves and property.
■ The Irietnls ol the thieves are using
their iiitluence to have them punished
for the hanging. It is doubtful where
| the matter may end. A collision is
among the ptobabilities. Day-before-
I ycsicrday, a drove of 100 cattle ware
driven to the Hio (iratlde below here,
l lie jury of inquest went to the
! place ol hanging, about ihree inib s
i from towat,tnair the Point Isabel road,
and a number of Winchester rifles
and siv shooters were carried along,
the sensi
•i i .
band ; "from this moment yon have
not a tanlt in the world I Indeed,
From th« San I itiieWc" C ll ]
A MATHIMONIAL LKCTUHK.
~ you never had a fault; I was bat
After having been m.rr *d soma joW ,0„,t n,llu.mb<,r a wofd |
weeks, it came to the head ol a young ... >||(J h(j ^ tMft
husband in this city, one Sunday, tliat hliu tumbled in tU little ^TO-
when lie had but little to occupy his „
mind, to surest to his wife that, Kevcr again did tbe hnsband scrn-
they should plainly and honestly state j (jnil4, the tinwan. m
the faults that each hud discovered j;s|( ri,r
in the other since they had been man on(! wt ",,e f|t((ltH ||#i, t.ll0Illl.r!lted;
and wife. After some Hesitation the ,,ut aftcr th- 11,.ighbolil)g womcn
wife ogreed to the proposition, but
stipulated that the rehearsal should
be made in all sincerity and with an
examine the
never so much as mention
honest view to the bettering of each
other, otherwise it would be of no
use to speak of the faults to which
marriage had opened their eyes.
The husband was of the same mind,
wi re wont to say :
"It is wonderful how mat Mrs. ■ -
keeps everything about her house.
Her tinware is always us bright as n
new dollar; and I do believ* she not
only washes but irons her dish-rags!''
And the n< ighbor men were heard to
say, 'What a steady fallow Mr.
and his wife asked him to begin with j ^ ^ l(j ^ ,at#. hc don t spe, d
hi?r faults. He was somewhat reluc-
tant, but his wife insisted that he
was at the head of the house, it was
his place to take the lea 1. Thus
urged, he began the recital, lie
said :
"My dear, one of the first faults
I observed in you after we beg n
keeping house, was that you a good
deal neglected the tinware. You
didn't keep it scoured as bright as it
should be. My mother always took
great pride in her tinware, and kept
it as bright as a dollar."
"I am glad that you mentioned it,
dear," said the wife, blushing a little;
"hereafter you shall see no speck on
cup or pan. 1'rav proceed."
"I have often observed," said
the husband, "that you use your dish
rags a long time w ithout washing
pa i
da;
• i,
iu<
al
ii'h
and
in a '
!i tent. • ry ,
my t.> his sticci s
m l i-fleetlyI'-
ll I I III 11 lit
Mors
the
111 r
to
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I>- "lit I• Ml will ! I lie had intend■ I
in Ac a li n il st ii !, w here t hey
ii abb lo av ail tin ni-elv c
iipi run it \ of tiilinbi rs.
w oni I not
of their
win I - , <f d« feati d. li i \ w ould I i lar
lYoui iheir base, and where, il In turn
ni ,li self 'u"" red a ri vi rs. he had a -.'rong
o hi the la*l .ecli'i 'lilting the In I. IVi.t ln'iw fi t!n> posit imi to fall ba. upon li ivevi r,
llv .tcsi'i'li I I .hnst.mi, Hem ri l the government was .1 i--ati li« I be
I ( ca use he ret il'1 I pe I «I s| i til I \ I" t re
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them, and then finally throwing them
away. Now, when at homo, I re-
member that my trnVher usad to wash
out her dish rags when she was done
using them, and then hang them
up where they could dry, ready for
fhe next time she would need them."
Mushing as before, the young wife
promised to amend this fault.
The husband continued with«a
most formidable list of similar faults,
many more than we have space to
enumerate, when he declared that he
could think of nothing more that w as
worthy of mention.
"Now," said he, "iny dear, you be-
gin and tell me all the faults you
have observed in me since we have
been married.''
The young housewife sat in silence ;
her face flushed to the temples, and
a great lump came in her throat,
which she seemed striving hard to
swallow.
"Proceed, my dear; tell me all the
faults you hav« observed in me, spar-
ing none."
Arising suddenly from her seat,
the little wife burst into tears, and
throwing both her arms around her
husband's neck, cried:
"My dear husband, you have not a
fault in the world. If you have even
one, my eyes have been po blinded by
my love lor you that, as long a* we
have been married, I have never
observed it. In my eyes you are
perfect, and all that you do st ems to
me to be done iu the bist manner
and just what should be done.
"Hut, my dear," said the husband,
his lace reddening I'.nd his voice grow -
ing husky with emotion,'' "just think,
I have gone and found all manner of
fault with you. Now do tell mt
some of my faults ; 1 know I have
many, ten times as many as ever yju
hail or ever will have. Let me hear
of) them.
"Indeed, husband, it is as I tell
you ; you have not a single fault that1
1 can see Whatcviryou d ' «eems ,
right in my cycsj.ind now that I know
what a good lor nothing little wreti'h j
I am, I si all at once bt ;in the work j
of reform, and try to make my self'
Worthy of rou ' j
"Nonsense, my dear, you know |
sometimes 1 go away and leave you!
without any wood cut 1 stay up I
town win n I ought to be at home , ;
in a b.ulet it. his leg, and it | spend my money for drinks and cigars
from which he hat w hen I ought to bri'.g it hone to
After the | )'(,u
"No, you don't!" cried his wift.
"you do nothing ol the kin 1 I like'
to See v mi enjoy yourself; I sh al.!
be unhappy weie y. ulo I otherwi-.
than just iintly as v mi 1" '
j "t;. .i I.less v u, lilt, u !• ' ' -ri■ • I
I till tt"« tl. 'ten III V -u'"jll" l* ' l i-
ven gii I evidence
insecurity. Cattle are becoming
scarce. The raiders are stealing
.nils, Tin y will begin !• rob houses
-i mi. 11 i wa'■ oil the side ol Mexico,
an I it ought I" In war on our side.
111 n tkx.v v
a dime now wlisrv he used to spend
dollars, and can never be Vept from
home half an hour when he is not at
work, lie seems almost to worship
that wife of his.
DKAl) HEADS.
The New York Fra, speaking of
the "dead head" system, very truly
says that no profession or business is
more beset by dead heads than tho
press.
Not a week passes but an editor is
solicited to give this or that enter-
prise a favorable notice ; one day a
"few lines'' asked lor, in behalf of
"our church the next an amateur
dramatic society wants a "real nice
notice, written in your best style j*
another day John Smith calls and
says he is about to open a gin mill
he calls it a sample room) and would
like a "bang up" puff; then llcv. Dr.
Drya.-Just, must have hi* sermons
opened regularly; Itcv. Dr. Mild do*
sires a special mention rr. idu of his
donation party; Miss Flora Flyaway
drops in with a prettily written per*
tonal notice; Sam i'impkins wants his
wife advertised because she has "left,
his bed aud board;" and last, wbea
you are extra busy and have not A
moment to spare, in pops the fellow
who bores you, in spite of all your
'gentle hints,' for half an hour or more
with a description of his patent ap-
paratus for taking the stings out of
bees, and which he w ould like to have
noticed t" the extent of half a column,
"beeanse it is of general interest to
the public.' Then there is that class
of dead-heads, with which most of
the country is afflicted, composed of
non-paying subscribers, vast army of
dead-beats of the first water, who
subscribe tor every paper who will
put their name on its list without pay,
and they never mean lo pay.
The dead head business, w e noticc,
does not prevail at the express office
the banks,or the posteffices. These
establishments are business all tbe
time. No work without money down,
no accommodation without money
down. You talk to any of them with
tears in your eyes and represent most
eloquently that they should loan you
mom y, deliver y u g 1- or mail you
letters as a inatu r of | ublie interest,
but none of them tvill sue it, New the
press ha- b> i u humbugged,wft soaped
and cajoled oul ot its labor, material
and time long enough. Let there b«
an end of it. and the public be brought
down to bed-rock at once.
i bu t y -tiv i y i ars old lias
bt, ii retired trotii active service in
la b.hi.>ii county, I'eun«yIvaiiia. iu'
is veteran "t tie rchollieu, in which
h vi a- tin. b r liri iu nine butt let and,
via- t m i e wounded. His last hurt j
was from a bullet In bis leg, au« .. |
eausi i'
in v i r
w ar hf si 11 led
lamilv t at ria r
n -p. . ti d for
ami ilulit v
sion c' lour quarts of oats and as
mil' b ' .' fc I as he w ants i \cn day,
v I i" In 's I im is he ph i« -
a latin in s
tpi11e ti cm i n
The New York I'ribuuc says that
since the beginning of the current
yci'.r sixty million dollars of gold litis
been exported ttom that port in ad-
dition to a considerable amount from
>un Francisco, at I the entir produc-
tion of tin 'uiinshas thus been ab-
sorbed. Tho editor adds that the
fact that such an extensive and per-
sistent exportation g<dd as has
b,*cn going on forth'1 last five or six
wiek is a convincing pro if that
there is no i \| i elation, on the part of
tic*, in N't vt York who control the
niovctr iits hi coin, of any ctlieient
inca- • t 'wai ljthe restoration of
tn. -1
t iiidard
low n in civ il life as a I
horst, and w as much
trust worthiness and
1> now injoys pen
You tn't tell
now i lays, they
in vv .| Ipcl c,l|
see i "ir! as she
drop in mi her
some ne Ii i> re
lie i I 'ill out
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