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B?->y. A. LEE AND IIUGII WILSOlSr.' 11 % ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 186!). VOLUME XVII?NO. 25.
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Tho Foptsteps of Decay.
> 1 !" i ft l) \*2
<S
rr.oM tiik si\\*isii
0';.11ft the soul i1? slumbers bncak? t
Arouse its souses and awake, y
To ?ee how rooii j
Life i6 its glories glides nwav.
And the Blern footsu-ps of decuy
Conic stealing on. y
And while we view the rolling ti?lo.
Down which our flowing minutes glide
Awny so fast, \
Let us the present hour employ, 1
And deem each future dream a joy I
Already pail. " , ,j
Let no vain liope deceive the mind? J
iSo happier let im li'?p?? to find '
To morrow than t?? day. r
Our poldcn dreams of yon- were bright, I
Like tlu'iu the preson*. shall delight,? j
< Let tllC'IIt dctt^\ ; .
I
Our lives lik? liaetVmg streams iutest b*, j
That into one cngtilphiiig sea '
Are doomed to lull? J
Tito poft of death whose wavm roll on 5
O'er king and'kingdom, orowu und throne, j
And u wallow all.
a
Alike the river's lordly tid-\ a
Alike the liiinilde rivuh t.< glid-j C
To that sad wave; t
D-ftth level# poverty mid piide, j
And rich and poor sleep siJe by 6ide
AV thin the grave. 1
Our 1 ?irlli is but a star'ing place;
Life id the ruiinirg of t!i?: race, a
And death tin! gc?f?l; j\
There a'l ourglitie. i' gtoys arc brought? ft
The path ivloii''. of all uutuughl,
Is found oT all. c
V
Sec then how pnnr and I'ttle worth
Are nil these glittering toys of earth r
Tt?al lure us h>*rel <y
Drentns of a sleep that death must break ; |
Alas! before it l>i-ls us \v(ike,
We disappear. .
01
J.ong ere the damp of ear'li can hliglif, Is
The cheeks' pure glow of red uud while; ti
llus passed away. ,.(
Youth smiled, and nil wns heavenly fair?
Age came and laid his finger there,
And where are the}* ?
m
"Where is the strcneth that spurned decay, a!
The step that roved s<> light nnd gay, ll
Tim h?'nrt'8blithe tone? ^
The strength is?gon?\ the stej> is slow, .
Aud joy grows wearisoms and wo, * '
W lieu ng<; comes on. g
P
AN INTERVIEW WITH HIRAM s<
tiATtmnn *"' ' ?J'
ruwilitto. % ?'
u
b
Andrew Jackson's Idea of Bust Mar tc
king.
Ii
When I -first went to Washington I
had several letters to General J ackson,
and called first upon the President 0)
and asked him. after he had read my
letters, iflie would sit to me. '-Do
you daub an}* thing over the face?'" J
he inquired, looking at me under his i
Cnnnl n/.l AO ii'If 1\ n L
I'liwiuiH.!), II 111! >; VIIIIIIVUB JJIUHL'U
of inquiry; "because, I recollect poor
Mr. Jefferson got nearly smothered ^
when the}1- tried to take his bust.
The plaster hardened before they got .
. ready to telease hi in, and thoy pound- j!
ed it with mallets till they nearly
stunned him, and then almost tore oil' (j,
a piece of hisear in their haste in pull- ^
iug off a sticking fragment of the ^
mold. 1 should not like that." "Oh,
no," I said, "Mr. President, I don't rj.
wish to do anything of that sort.
I only wish to look at 3*ou, for an hour c(
a da}*, sitting in 3-0111* chair, and I will
engage to produce your likeness." ..
/'Ah, then, " he replied, "it will givo '
me very great pleasure, Mr. Powers, R]
to oblige you. ]>ut when can you
coinc.'-- "Ai anj- tunc, 31 r. I'rcsiUcnt,
it suits your conveniance. I have per- Si
feet leisure, and am wholly at your tc
command." "Cou'.d 3-ou come as car- ui
ly as seven in tlie morning?" "Cor- i"
tainly; the. earlier after light the better
lor me," Jn a le\v days 1 was in- a?
stalled in a room in tho Wliito House tl
itself, It was a room in which, every ti
morning, was thrown about a bushel tc
of newspaper's from all parts of tbe n
country, directed to tho President, g
aud marked to a'ttract his attention to
the.favo-frblo editorial notices of his S
il-- ..!! ' I
MuiuiiiiouiiUUiJ >V IllUi lUU CUILUI'S USIU
80 disinterestedly written tfnd publish- p
ed. 1 am afraid they would Have
been very 'much surprised and grieved c<
if they had known that. with tli^ exception
of one or two papers from his
own district, tho President never.look-'
eJ at any of these papers except as
they kin<llcd his morning fire. I ti
found the President an excellent, most tj
kind and courteous sitter. Ifo invited w
mo to dino with him, I think, the first o
day, telling mo the names of his own
household, whom 1 should meet. We ir
had an exoellent dinner, but. the Gen- t(
cral, I observed, ate only a large t)
bowl of bread and milk, not touching ll
either bread or wine. Jfi the course
of tho dinner, Major Donaldson I 51
think, was talking very interestingly p
upon some recent discoveries in as
ironomy. A Her listening attentively w
awhile," the General rjiised his some- 0
what thin.voice rather highlyI tell
you, Major, that wo don't realy know a
. anything about tbo weight and sizo b
of those distant heavonly jjodics. It's o
all a guess and a prtitcnco. It's non- s:
8eneo, sir, to talk about a little spark, ti
twinkling away up in- the sky, as if wo o
knew iust how far off it was, and just g
Low big it was." " But, General/' d
returned tbo Major, "jf wo did not n
know tho place, and the disk of some I
of tho distaht planets and stars, how c
could their positions bo calculated, C
and how could eclipses bo predicted, h
year* ahead, with porfoot certainty e
and exactness?" " That's all ' vory v
easy, sir; very easy," replied tho Gen- y
eral. "It's-done by tradition, sir. ii
Tho stKrs lAbVo in regular orbits. >
Their placO? ; are observed,. ab cortai n q
limAfl ori/1 ?a*a/1 I. ~~ -*
?.M4WU^ M^U UVIUU |U11U vv JLiC^H liiuj' UUIIIO
again tothd same places, it's observed s
and* h^Tded dowt^ arid so, sir, we h
know when they Will be ia those c
ptaois again, it may be'a hundred
fears' henoe. It's aH very simple, o
don't believe a'word of what those
ahtrononofers; say About'tho immense
distance and stee pPthe fixed stars. I t
shoulda't- woad^r if. the moon was as t
bigriTIiiy pt'emJ* It, wap Mrdly ?
.. deemwj^oioai tb preeft jtfcjbt OQnvor- a
sation on Astronomy any further. t
,5 '<->4
ALEXANDER T. STEWART. .
The New York Herald of Sunda}*,
mnls u' long biographical skctch of
he great T)ry Goods Iving, from which
ye talcothe following interesting cxract:
Zi. J[Mr.
Stewaut is in liis G7th 3'car.]
UtUlVAL in NKW "YOlUv AND EAltl.Y
LIl'K 11 Kit K.
Mr. Stewart .was scarcoly mxtefn
vhen lie came to this city. J To came
lot as a fortune liunlor. " .No gleam of
lis future career entered his mind.
I'ho idea 'of becoming a merchant
vas latest from his conception. Jle
Kid no distinctive aim. With a mind
natured beyond his years lie studied
11011 and things and customs in this
icw and strungo world to him with
]\0 A'WrAl* '/no! nP vnnf I. ?'? , 1 I v A !
~ VI JV/ltlll, IIU I1WIMII, Ull I
lis main thoughtb centered in-liiq
looks- These woro his" divinities:
lis lifo purposo eentored hero.,. .??_
eliolarlyambition was his only aim.
lis lij'e at this time was a very pleas- i
nt one. Ilis utter freedom from care
ii*l the joyous abandon wit it which lie ,;
on hi devote himself to li is favorite ! '
rxl-books ami authors made it so. <
lis stroug, social nature, always a
larked characteristic of him. happily
lirough letters of introduction to i
jine of our leading eitzcns, found
bumlant opportunities for cullure
ml enjoyment. From the first ho
uind admission to our most aristo- (
ratio families, and which afterwards
roved so advantageous to liim in bis ;
usincss. Ife lived this easy desulto- I
y and yet very pleasant life for sev- (<
ral years. Jn this time the only la- j i
or be performed?if it may be called ; I
iuor, ior ne uia it con amove and withat,
compensation?was temporarily 1
iking the place of a youngInan as:'
richer in a school at >Jo. 7, Jtoose- j I
clt-strect; on account oflho hitter's <
ckncss. This young man died, and ?
acontinuod to lill his place several s
lonths, instilling "with sedulous care >
nd skill, knowh-dgo into thcniindsol' t
ic rising generation, but still not lor t
jnipcnsation. It is a pity to controvert '
lepublished stories of his early strug- I
les here, the painful humiliations ol' overty
he is said to have undergone,
nd his final compulsory taking up with s
;hool teaching to keej) himself from i
arvation. After picturing him boldly '
iill'eting his wildly raging sea of trou- '
!e, the biographical fashion has been t
> show how l?3" nobly opposing the 1
nnultuous tide of threatening waves I
o was magnificently triumphant.
t last.- This is the regular dramatic j x
ivler, and reads better and is more j i
dogistic of its subject. The order of;1
ir narrative is the plaiu order of
els. ilr. Stewart never suffered any
irly privations. IIo never had to
niggle for bread. IIo did not go
jout with inquisitive gaze looking for ^
>me opening path to fortune. He c
id enough to hvo on, and took mat- t
srs easy. As some mcu have great- t
jhs thrust ujion them, so his troin<r I .
to business was fairly thrust upon i ;
im."a fact tliaL will be developed as v
ir narrative progresses. Wo' h^ve ,
welt longer than we intended upon ?
io early life of Mr. Stewart. The
iCt is n'o correct account of this per- t
4 of his life has ever been given. 9
lie authenticity ofour statements ]
lakes them reliable, and the knowl- j y
Igc of this fact we know will make | ?
icm doubly interesting to the pub- I ^
I
ETURXS TO IRELAND FOIl UIS PATUI- | 1
M0NY, AN I) IIOW IIE XX VESTED IT. ]
Having attained his majority, Mr.
Lewart made preparations to return 1
? Ireland to- receive Jhis patrimony,
lion the intei-esl of which he had !<
lien living. 13
"IIow much is your patrimony ?" '
deed Mr. Chambers, a gentleman
ion well-known as a buy or at anc- i
ons for several business linns, and '
iwhoin he had stated' his intended :
;turn to Ireland and the object of hja !
oing.
"About 810,000,1 suppose," taid Mr.
tew art.
"A.snug little sum. "What do you
ropose doing with it ?"
"Reinvest here and live on the in3me."
"Von can do bettor."
"How ?" '
"Go into trade." '
"Xonsensc ; I know nothing about 1
a?Ie. I have a horror of trade. 1 ?
m't buy a liat or a pair of gloves '
ithout gcttiug some one to pick thoni 1
ut for mo." I
'lSt utt'," ejaculated 31 r. Chambers, f
npationtly. "J>o as I tell you. (io '
) Belfast, buy insertions and scallop (
inuniugs. Spend all your money in !
icni, and j-ou'll double your money." 1
"If I ever boy theso goods," Raid
[r. Stewart, "you shall have all the 1
rofits." . '
Mr. Stewart went to Ireland. It '
as a forty day's voj'agc. There was '
nly one cabin passenger beside him- '
elf, and on the ftvro of dry biscuits <
nd musty bread they liked to havo '
tarvod. But. at length the voyago
nded, ho reaohod his native town,
aw his guardian and received his parimony.
It was only 85,000, hblfttie 1
vnnnfo/I anm fpl.~ -1 -? -
~xuo gummun, us '
uardians ai*o givon to do in thcso 1
ays, had speculated on his ward's
loncy and lost. Ho went to Belfast,
'assing through High-strict, ho rcalled
his conversation -with
lhambers. It occurred to hiwi that
e had not the remotest idea what
ith^r insertions or scallop trimmings
rci*e. Seeing a small storo and a
roipan behind the counter he wen*
o. . .' . . . , . , ,? .
"Do you keep insdrtfoni T. ^ he.
uiotly asked. r. j> ft ,b
"Yes, sirf" politely answered the
hopwoman. , Hero is sopie'H andstrg
landed him a piece, tehiclf hb pfo-;
eeded to examine. ;w*? ?i
"How much is it a yard ?" inquird
Mr. Stewart. ' i<fcA.
,r"Dne shilling." * ' ?' '
"I'll take a quarter of a ya^j 'an.d,
his quantity was. quickly severed iresW
he piece. A very sitoilar dialogue
sued in regard to scallop trimmings,
nd with the same resolt, Mr. Stewart
u^ipg tt.quarter of ayard oft his al4C
' ? ; 1
*
.
| ! ! ! - _imUII !
so.. Mr, Stewart now.aw what ii
sertions afcrt scallop-' trimmings wer
It occurred to him that ho had n<
gone to work, however, in exactly tli
right waylo carry out the plan of M
Chambers.
''Cau yon eelt mo those gopde an
cheapcr if I buy considerable quant
ties of cacli ?" he inquired of thesho]
woman.
' How much do you wish to buy <
"A thousand pounds worth."
'Oh, my, sir, you had better t
Mr. Workman's, tho manufacturer,
said tlie shopwoinan, and she directe
him th?? way to go.
To Mr. Workman's Mr. Stewai
went. Uis one thousand pounds wn
noon exchanged for insertion and sea
lop trimmings. Mr. Stewart soon ai
rived in 2\ew York, bringing wit
him the product of his purchases.
1.1
iiumviu lll^' yiH.1 IIHUIJJ" us yw
wished mo to," sttid Mr. Stewart i
Mr* UluuaLora* . .
"You iwivc done just.tho thing,
spoko up-Mr. Chamberti, with :i livel
buret ol" enthusiastic joy. "Scarccl,
'.my of those goods arc in tlio tnurkol
They arc in groat demand; sure t
ioublo the money paid for then
Whore are the goods ?"
""Brought them on tho ship will
m<\"
'Lucky; we'll open a store at ouco
''Who do mean by wo?"'
' You aud I will bo partners, c
L-onrsc."'
,:Kot at all," answered Mi*. Stewart
'you sell tho goods I bought, pay m
?aek my $5,000, aud that's all J asl
jr expect. J bought thorn for you
lecominoilation ami not to make any
hiMg for myself."
It is unnecessary to pursue this dia
oguo. Mi*. Chambers would not luen
to any thing else than sharing th<
>rofits with Mr. Stewart. I To insist
id further that they should open i
'tore together, and that 11 r. Stewar
fhouhl be tho salesman, while In
vould buy other goods at auction fo
he establishment. This programim
>f business finally agreed upon, tin
ICXt thill" WHS fo <ri'l 'I'1""
oolced through Pearl and Hudson
trcets, tho groat centre* then of tin
otail trade, but could find no placn l<
suit thein, tlie principal objection bo
ng the high rents ashed. Finally i
ill "To let " upon tho door of Xci
Broadway attracted their alien
ion. The vent, on enqriiry, was fount
o be a year. For ^ometinn
Iny pondered over the expediency o
issuming such a high rent. The 111:11
vho had just vacated the place ha<
ailed, and this made them extra can
ious. They decided to take the store
Our Women's Voices.
An excellent thing in a woman is a g?n
io, net-, mellow, pure tone of voice. Tli
:u hi vat ion of the speaking voice lias no
men sufficiently considered in any part c
lie United State?, and the consequences i
hat American yirls, are, most of ilium, talk
naj with a hard, nasal twang, which is,
writable torture to a fine ear. A puri
joo'd, i'fined woman's voice is the best c
ill tnu-ie.
In olJcii litre the nn?al quality was at
libuteJ especiilly to New England woman
m<] tiie con?< qtienco has been tliat Nei
England women have been educat d out. c
he vicious habit of their mothers am
rraudinothers, and now there is no Steele
'o.ce heard than that" of a cultivated, rt
ined woman pf Boston, or of any of th
arg< r Y;inko cities. "The twang exile fron
STankee land teem'," hays the Philadelphia
fiullvt'uty to have tak'-n lip its abode ii
Pennsylvania, aul conspicuously in th
-v.. .1- r. -
iuuKBi v^vy. jlhq manner 111 wlncli man;
>ftlic young women, and some, loo, of tli
,oung men, talk about walking 4<leow
cown,'and of going 'lie-vei' and 'ihey-er
i so dreadfully shocking that the Nev
?n?lander?, purged of their faulty proviu
ilalisuiP, turn tho laugh on us. There ar
u;?ny more voices of phrase, or proitunciii
ion. of accent, and of inH'jetiou llmLcil
icatod strangers, visiting Philadelphia, ar
ipt to reuiatk in the conversation.of yoiui,
#omen. I3ut the woist vice of all, ard ili
.nr.loal ' -
iu uurrvci, is mm Ol lltC meialK
rapping, high pitched voico, which is lieiy
jv6n among tlio school girl*, nnd which i
iggrnvated in maturity, The ouo redeerc
ng trait of nomo of tho English Inulefpi
ictrcscs that have visiled this country laU
y, is said to ho the dcliciou3 quality ofthei
,oicc8 in speaking. A stuJeut of lang.iag
iu! tho voice mentioue, in a mngaziu
irticle, ono of them 'whope speech is voct
velvet.' Itmnv be something in educatio
hat makes an English woman's voice i
'peaking, more musical than an America
w- man's. The improvement in tl>o voic
jf the New England woman, howeve
ihovrs that fhcra is nothing in our climat
lo destroy the best qualities of tho vol?;<
The had voice all result* from bad habi
imi careless training. Theie is a coilai
vulgarity about the ordinaiy tone of m<x
jf the young women of the pc.iod in Atne
ca that is repellant to ft sensitive ear accu
lomcd to a different tone. Words of el
jouragemeut, of hope, of consolation, utlr
ed-in such n voice, sonnd like ft burlwdu
Ab for words of love, it does not seen? poss
ble that, in such tones aa ,aie the habit >
Ihe time and the placo.lhoy could ev<
create a good impression." Mothertj fath
ers, and scliool teachers should nnitern'i
endeavor to reform the bad tone and ll
bad inflections oflhe voices of ibeir gro*i
ing young girls V ?nd> indeed, boys, lo
bhould l>o included. The .ouiture :of ll
voice in speaking ought to bo inrtde 'R'pa
of the training of youth throughout it
country. ' " ' tM#!?< *
VilAli. QT rUAd
The Blikd " Preacher.?The Ro
Wm H, -M.IU .L- ?II V ' -
M?..*?? iVI>uuri!, VUO.W9M ; KIIQ^n Ulll
preacher, has just rtiurned -froarn lot
ab*encffyir^ jjwhi|b^ hy we
seeing* aid from> Qr*$?fe,i)x9 p.v?t,e?.,Q9qli
ol liwlin. ; Tha operation ito waul.tlu-ogj
whs %ocee?fifl W*HWU?i? Kteii^'bttV -h
tio^As fret fkt ^lI'Mfr^prbvrfd the-Vfofof{t |H
iippi
light, wKkoot bwo? ftVfc 4o.?e?.fit
tto?MUi?e? of ofcjeatt. 'iH* returtg, bo?
et?rf in excellent healUi, probotiag-ft wfa
"What * Wind manV-teacpamoca, *7*#
B?lr<jbiog fw fight,Matfdko| p?of, fa'tl
Spring, to g^ttoXftr ?*ft>?W^twi<l *a? H
tru^^jY^ifhr^ijliion.
4 v
ii- The Truo Version of tlie "Lady of
Lyons.
>t
10 BY MARK TWAIN- '
r.
Lyons has always been associated
? in my mind with the sentimental lady
whom JJulwer introduced us' many
l>_ years ago. 1 looked for her all along
(>J the Khine, and could not discover her.
When I had despaired of getting at
the lacts int'.io case, 1 heard of a man
who know them. Having long entcr1
tained a suspicion that the story had
l' not been rightly told. 1 solicited an
interview, contrary to my custom, and
' had the tale 1'rom his lips, ile said
IS 1'aiilino was not interesting nor roman
tic. ]lc thanked me for the interest
I had shown in the sentimental
" history, anil favored mc with the prosaic
details:
" Claude Melnotto was in truth ft
? gardener's son, who fell in love with
n Pauline while t>ln? was buying radishes
of liiui one morning wheii'her father,
y having heen drunk tho night In-fore,
y refused to purchase the household ncb
eessaries, as was his custom. Claude
? was rather suseept'ble, and sold her
' tho radishes at half price, on account
of her pretty face, as he said, which
'> pleased her, and so delighted her praclieal
parents, when he heard it, that
he insisted on her- going to markot
every morning, fthe did not like to do
it ; but papa being obdurate, she obeyed.
Claude finally became so interest?
ed that he gave her radishes for noth0
ing, and even went so far as to purc
chase mutton and corn beef, present'*
ing them in the name of love.
Jler mercantile papa was in ccstacios
with Claude, declaring him a
- very generous person, who ought to be
encouraged. Jle demanded that L'au3
line should take everything that was
* given gratis. Pauline beeanio the
1 regular market goer for the family.
t ....'.i i_... ici .- 'i . ' - *
til 111 ill. KIM i.lilllMO I < JI (I 1UT 11 Kit lie
L> would like to many her if theold gonr
Ionian would come down handsonielj\
2 She felt affronted, and informed 1 lie
3 elder Pesehapclles, who, living only in
money, inquired into Claude's circumstances,
and found that he had not re
turned any revenue to the assessors
} for several years. I To then called on
the sentimental yout h and threatened
11 to take away his license.
' Claude got mad and brought suit for
" the things ho had given Pauline, lie
' failed to got judgment, and. resolving
L'. on revenge, induced one of ])eschapel'
les' clerks, who had been refused by.
' his lady, to introduce him as n wealthy
' chap that cared no nioro for a
" thousand dollars than A. T. Stewart
' for teii cents.
Old Desehapollo.B was taken in and
so was Pauline; for Claude dj'ed his
whiskers and put on a new wig to woo
- her in. She did not. emu Imtc lm
c ed or talked; lor the old man having
t gotten hard up, couldn't pay her hills,
if and she was hound to havo a wealthy
s husband. When Claude proposed she
> asked him to make out a statement of
n his cHeets, and having sworn that he
!, owned ten corner* lots in Ijyons, she
if accepted him, and her father 'ratified
tin* contract.
They were married at once, -but
i, after the ceremonies Deschn'pelles diav
covered the trick and .put his new
if son-in-law out of the house, receiving
J a black eye in his laudable labor,
r Claude would have been sent to prison
v for bts Bcouudrelisru, tnrt ltd offered 10
e go into the army, and thus escanc
i) punishment, liedid't tight very well,
;i but played an excellent gamo of drawu
poller, and in two years made nioyey
u enough to got out of the service.
f lie tf{en returned, to Lyons and offered I
o to live "with, Pauline. The old man
it said that he would consider his case;
that two more men had proposed in
v his absence, and that the chap that
- that had the most money should tnlA
e the girl.
i- Claude fell short by several tfiousI
and dollars, and was in consequence
o ordered to keep out of the way.
g J'aulino married one of the other
e follows (the report that she went to
5, Chicago to get a divorce is without
d foundation),an^ Claude took it so ens
thusiastically that he fell ojf one of
, I # l.-. k~! i ? - -
j w.u jmiiiiu uriugcs uii a cerium night, |
'o! ahd tho coftiuora allerwardri made
) twenty-live dollars by holding an. inir
<jnost on liis body.
g Pirolino was happy,.as women uaualo
ly arc, in her second marriage, for her
il husband paid all her billtj without
n grumbling. She had acvcraLcliildiXU,
n grew fat and frowsy, and died at \ast
n of a chronic and combined attack of':
a boerand dropsy.? Claude never knew
r, a line of j>octry in htslifo, and couldn't"
e tell tho difference betwoen tho T-iake
3. of Co mo and a Dutch canal. 'vDost
is thou like tho pictured"
I) . '*" ,0)
,l Pere IIvAciNrua.?'The Atlantic coble
announces that this celebruted preacher
s" haa renounced hi* allegiance to* tho church
* " of ltomc, and a sliort account of him may
r' not he uj?int?r?6ting. Charles L,oj?on,
?* known a* Farther Hyacinthe, was 'born-at
"" the Academy of Pati, of frhiyjh his father
wav recto*. ami ?t an early age became
5r famous for hit? rertnrbnble poetical writings.
In 1845 he entered tiie theological seminary
ln of 6aint'Sulpico,'il pAiiv'and, after tour
,e years' study, was ordained priest, lie was
next appointed professor of philosophy at
?? the great semiring a# AVignrm, and dub16
8<-qi)?ctly professor, of theology at tUa grejt
ft seminary at Na?|es. .JIa eexl performed
ie 'V.
|?nv uutivj va piicoi iii mo parisu oi i11 o
Qhuroh of Siiint- 8tilpk*j Aen
year's trial beeameeornflKftd nhfrtl biaAcue
iv. vocation - wan pr ?u>hin g. lie lit en BpMH
glvrd-ytnn irrM^to^errt of tfhe*CaWiWlrt??
at Lyono, wriil -Htm AAmMt&T to
rst ibat OrfaMnhd iriado liifc hrfpe4'ittfet
nl as a pulpU b*ttto*!hy pteaclfing #Uh"?rtAt
|}i *ueeete during
**; Lyceum of Lyons. He next phfct?bi(l''.<%e
[K, Ad vatt'o'oUrse^f sirrrions ml Bordeaux, it
f-' lQ*3tyg?d &e Lent sermons at Perigneux
in 1864, and in UidHBt/mMien ntf \Htki ^ear
id. Notre Dame. During tbe last five years
t? U?? (ffi9^n^;oiiFMtUr^Mjiii^.t>^Ta|tnefe
he ?9f??f;Jtb#r^04l ?Ura0i*?d?ofi rar^fnj
to; his preachrn(;4>?iMtM(i|Qd;l?rg9.4Q4iBt?l*
Hgfnt audionse., j ; <j ^
i . ' ' - ' ' ..,1 !
Tennessee Affairs.?A spceial t
tbo Louisville Courier-Journal, froti
Nashville, undor date oftbo 2filh ult
has llio following concerning the situ
aliou in Tennessee :
The Legislature convonos on Hon
day, and early in the auccoedin;
week will elect a United States Sonsi
lor. At this early day tho following
events can be predicted with reason
able certainty of their fulfilment:
1. Andrew Johnson will be eleetci
Senator.
L5. Tho fifteenth amendment wil
not be ratified.
| 3d. A constitutional convention wil
I bo called at an early day, which bodj
will cdoct tiio enfranchisement of ev
cry disfranchised person in tho State
at the earliest practicable moment
but will not interfere with tho oivi
and political rights of the negro.
4th. Tbo bonds of theStrte will no
be repudiated, although earnest advo
catos for such a measure will not b<
wauling.
5tb. The partisan legislation of th<
last few years will be generally re
pealed.
Tlieso are tbo main questions t<
conic before the Legislature and lh<
convention growing out of it. Tin
Ibjht over tbe Senatorsliip will b(
lierce, but the result can be told in ad
vance. The msu* lio^Kinim-a ?-;n
' vn.w..,v.ii?l II 111 VVU
lam an abler set of men tlian has cvci
been found in the Tennessee Genera
Assembly before. The Press and. Times
tho Radical organ of this cit}r, wil
suspend in a day or two, leaving not:
single <lrM" .Radical paper in th<
State, as l>i^ .vnlow's Whij has becomt
quite conservative.
The coWnp.sc of Radicalism in Ten
nestle in as effectual as that of i
inanunoili balloon bursting from over
infliition.
Matters are quiet throughout the
Slate.
14>?
Cotton Skeu Oiii.?Wo met in this
cilv, last week, a South Carolina geri
tlemaii, who cainc to investigate tin
prolits ami advantages of manufactnr
iug oil from cotton seed, with th<
view of embarking in tho business a
home.
lie becaiuc abundantly satisfied o
this, and found the only drawback tf
be tho enormous waste of the fertili
ty of the land which would be causet
by tho carrying oil' its richest, ant
yet smallest ingredients, which an
eow'or.trated in the seed.
This would be especially dangcroni
to avogon now terribly devasted b^
lonj cropping, without restoration
aud which is able to maintain itsol
only by the use of concentrated l'crtil
izors.
Perhaps the best means thcjqgconli
use to retain t!ie strength to bo fount
in the scud, would bo to feed eottor
seed oil cake to their animals, and U
place their manure with tho ingrcdi
ents of the oil and cotton fibre, l'ouiu
in the other sustenances, upon tin
soii. if possible, in augmented tjuanti
tio.s.?Niio Oilcans Picayune.
Mr. George Peabody sailed fron
New York for England on "Wednesday
in the Scotia. I[e returns very weak
indeed his debility has been sueh tha
ho has been obliged during the las
three months W confine himself with
ill llnOIS. Iviti'f /lnu?i?
?v.v > n VIIK-T <ivui<
or more of the twonty-lour, and onlj
ijoing out wliou compelled to do so b}
important business. lie bus beside:
experienced an almost total loss o
appetite. Still, thevtrnro cneouragin<
symptoms in his enfee;-inasmuch ai
his cough, which weakened liim s<
mucdi, Las nearly left him, and ho ha
latc'13* commenced to gain in.weight
It is hoped that a winter residence ii
warmer climate, even if it docs no
entirely restore iiim. may so far im
prove lii:j health as to prolong hia use
i'ul and liappy life.
T . ,
The fall book t'rado sale closcd ii
New York Wednesday, having bcei
in progress some daysj. Throughou
the naie the bidding' was deciilcdb
brisk, ami tho number of books sold
readied the unprecedented number 0
50,000, at an average* rate of lifty cents
llUiL'itxr i l>ia liiJol <1.? ?I
vtiv JIIA/\UVV4."J \JL tiiu Dtlil
$250,000. The miscellaneous bookssuch
afe old novols, eehool books am
old editions of Uwo more popula
work s?oQimnimUoiJ father low pr^et
but tho standard Jingli6h classics, an<
especially Shakespeare,. Milton, Moor
and .Scott, sold in large numbers an<
at very Iiigh priecfi." A most, noticca
blc feature ofthe'enle wni' tho extra
ordinary number of the copies of By
ron's works which were disposed o]
more than 10,000 of nil editions an<
etylos of binding having been sold
Thd.groat-number- is mainly attribu
ted by the shrowd dealers- present t<
the popularity his-works iiavo of lat
! atKniirwi iVom i lid irtn^ nf M ! <
Harriet Jiooctiir Stowcj /.
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Cotton TA3TT!raifl]is.?The Maco
(Go) Ttkgrajifi Vas Vsbje'n a circula
from Washington which states thci
it is now-eertam-that the entiro Su
^feme Bench, With -onc'excej^ipr
rite of the o^infoh cotton ta
was unconstitfltiopai, and will hav
to'jbe refunded.1!,. A oaa* is to be mad
itt 'cmirt^'niktc TDgcewber; and !i\
' tfoTrtfrlg-felrabcm^ the ultimate read
It is further 4bld/<tUai' a company i
l^b)g prga^ed in #ew YofE'wTt
a capii&Urf fiveoritep millionft to hu
up t^ese dlairtiij and tfrat ,^affie&ai
ihquw smung*neni lOT-A' -SOBg,' '-W1M
, tfuMUMraitf-m*
, f\?d ptjwsi wbo.hdFO pwd tUi? .t*j
ara L?k,?rtesrUy.; ?dvi?dd )Kxi ito^jac
< JiV/ ,vTu:'jJy n>;>nq r? ~,'jr. 3 yA
traders there are packing up tn*
gctfxty and flitting; e|Bewher>v!>fvii
,:n6; (^Qojera.. ,V;
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A
0 Ohio.?Tlio Cincinnati Enquirer is
1 very confident of a Democratic tri.,
umph. It says :
i- "Advices continuo good from all
parts of the Stato. Tlio ccntro will
show tremendous Democratic mnjor~
itlos ; p'o will Southern Ohio. The
3 backbono counties will also givo us
l~ splendid votes. Thoro will bo a caving3
in of the Itadical strength in the river
counties, and throughout Kastorn
j Ohio, thero will bo tlio eamo report.
From tho "Western ltescrvo there arc
j good tidings, and wo confidently expect
a hands<wi<% diminution in tho
I majorities that arc always given
against us in that section. Well-informed
parties no longer doubt the
success of Air. l'cndleton and tho
' Democratic Legislature."
>
1 Thero
was a great excitement
t among tho negroes in Sunflower Co.,
\r;u.> inr-i- e.,i?i? T?.: ? i_i ? ?
JI 100 , I?4.->u IJiUlllUiy. JIlMMgUlUU l>y
3 tho inccndiary harranguos of one
Combash, a colored man, they assom2
blcd^to the number of 400 or 500 in
- tho vicinity of Minter,s store, on tho
Tallahatchio Civcr. After going to
) tho store and making threats, ond
2 cursing out tho whiles generally, Colli
onol ilinter made them a little speech
3 for the purpose of pacifying them, but
- he was met with yells and abuse.
- They threatened to burn the store and
r dwellings of tho white in that vieini1
ty. "When tho whites by words could
, not pacify them, they tried tho effect
1 of powder and lead, which dispersed
x them in a few rounds. The freemen
2 to the number of 500 and upwards,
3 were, at the latest dates, encamped in
some old fields on tho Archer place.
. + ?,
On the Virginia and Tennessee
Road, .Sunday, between Salem and
5 Big Spring, three cars, rushing with
fearful velocity down tho grade, ran
into the engine of Xo. 3. Tho collision
was fearful, smashing tho caboose
3 and the cars attached into a thousand
- fragment. Tho cars were loaded full
2 of valuable freight, fino dry goods, &c.,
- and they were scattered broadcast
3 along tho road and terribly damaged.
I The engino of No U was also wrecked.
Loss estimated at from $10,000
f to SI3,0?0. Two colored children,
uiiu an inuiiiu at me oreast, Avero
killed. No other loss of life.
The merchants and planters of Chesterfield.
at a meeting held on Tuesday
last, denounced the illicit traffic carried
on in Heed cotton and other agricultural
proilucCs. Resolutions were
adopted condemning tho practice of
purchasing corn and cotton after
nightfall, and requesting the County
Agricultural Society to bring the
whole subject before the State Society.
The County Society was also advised
to a reward for evidenco sulli
mum 10 convict any person engaged
1 in the purchase or sales of stolen pro5
ducts. There should be similar ac"
tion in every county in the State
which has not yet publicly considered
this important matter.
r A gentleman was seated with other
> person in the room whero a country
t lass sat bolt upright, aud utterly silent,
k Silence, indeed, fell upon the entire
" party, aud tho gcutlcman first allu*
ded to said, in what ho supposed to
f bo an almost inaudible tone of voico :
1 "Awful pause." "I guess, Mister, oxs
claimed, tho indignant county lass,
f jumping up, "you'd awful paws too,
' if you had to do all tho scrubbing that
3 I doos iy
>
A Wall-street speculator, returning
l IinmA An f n \r n r? i ? *
t viable frame of mind, announced the
- result of liis operations to the family
- group : "X.o more silk dresses this
Winter, my dear ; no more balls and
partios ; no moro opera boxes ;" and
thon warming with his subject, "no
1 more infernal wininga and (linings,
1 and no more d?n nonsense of a
t sort, Matilda." Snrelv tho most un>'
initiated would have known that the
j man was a bear,
fl
a A now hotel, with a marble front,
_ eight stories high, has just been com]
plctcd at the corner of liroadwav and
t? 31st-strcct, Now York. It is known
tj us tlio ''Grand Ilotel," and was built
1 at an expense of 8800,000, exclusive) of
0 tbo land qn which, it Btanda. The
1 fyrnitiuro and equipments cost :?,nothor
$200,600. More than $20,000 was
paid for mirrors. Tlio establish.
ment has boon leased at $65,000 per
fj annum. <
j , , ,
'* Frantz, of tho Brandon Republican,
l" rather quizzically roplies to a North0
cm radical paper, which complains of
0 his being too severo on Ames. Frantz
' says : "Ames is onr Governor ; Grant
gavo him to us, and wo have tho.right
to wallop him when ho don't do
n right.
f "Thing have conn to n very pretty paw.
WJien a man can't wallop his own jacknsa."^
) Genera! Canby hns ordered that a*
' ranch of the January interest on th<
Statodcbt as t^o treasury is ablo t(
e jiay must bOjpaid at onco. Thoro ii
e. over $ty)0.T)0 in tha Stato Treasury
0 A little over ortc-half of tbo rtraonntii
; tftt# 6n> the January' interest.
, ' /il ' ) >).*; ui . *. , .>'><>i';
|k $trr .W^iiftm^oSleii Bryant, of th
k ?venjung; Post, and Mr. Jolin Billow
p. ,editor of ^he linios, avo fcjlow mow
.?orp yfipk. ^jp^MaPton _ Marble, of .th
rt, VtoffyQ^ecutivQfJopwitte^ <;
jl tho Free Tradjg ipeggue. '.
rt': A{yWiWg:maWV>kiied - Wftl^AVap
k?y^ ^ >BotoWittrt<<36amtj^ i
>ir - j
ig. I A^?I^MtiJwftt4i?itt J)?tw<wi Cb^rl?
tpn and Boston is to bo e.Habltsned,
j
DUST AND DIAMONDS.
Richmond, Va., shipped over 011c
million pounds of chewing tobnecodur
ing August.
Action should follow thought. No
farmer can plow a field by turning it
over in his mind.
'.Tho Alabama liivor -is so low that
it is almost impossible for boats to navigate
it at all.
Why are horses in cold weather liko
meddlesome gossips ? Becauso they
arcthc hearers of idle tails.
Bishop Philpots, of Exeter, who
died the other day, was tho son of an
inn-keeper, who filled pots before
hiui.
Mr. John Cox, of Georgetown, is
now at the point of death with lackjaw,
caused by using blueatono as a
remedy lor toothache.
Corning has white blackbcrricn of
an amber color. .Next wc will hear
of a white black cow of a brilliant
tint.
A North Carolina farmer has a couple
of "foolish turkey goblers," who
will norsist. in Kr?ffirifr r>n r.ill ?<
, I ? ?" "t) 4WU
I apples.
Tlio New York papers are discussing
a proposal that the United States
shall pay that State ?12,000,000 for
the Jirio Canal, and open it to trade
free of toll.
The Ilartsvillo Videlle says to the
Nashville Press and Times : "If the
late olectiou kicked you over, just lie
still, for tho thing isn't done fcliootiiig
yet."
And it lies very still. It's-dead.
A colored mail-agent in Mississippi,
"distributed" tho mail as much as
he could, but hadn't enough to go
round.
Mr. Ogileu, of Barnwell, contradicts
his reported death in a well. ILc is
alive and perfectly sound.
(Jen. Joseph E. Johnson is asked to
accept the Presidency of the Nashvil.c
University, which is to be re-established.
Mr. James "Woodruff, of Covington,
Ga., committed suicide on on the 25th
ult. Cause unknown.
What is the difference between
Noah's ark and an archbishop ? Noah's
ark was a very hiffh ark. but an
archbishop is a hierarclx (higher
ark.)
Ajunior Dent, whoso Christian name
is Fred, turns up in California, and
chccrfully serves his country at SI,500
per annum in the San Francisco Custom
House.
There is Kentuclcian who has no
ears. 31c is marriod and'happj' whether
in consequence ol'being married or
of having no ear's, wo have not learned.
Joseph TVhitwortli, inventor of tho
Whitworth gun, and V.rra. Fairbrain,
tho celebrated engineer, have been
created baronets.
* A new municipal Sunday regulation,
closing all the barber shops and
clearing tho hoot-blacks off the streets,
went into eflect in Washington City,
on Sunday last.
Mr. William D. Coleman, editor of
the Richmond Enquirer and, Examinvr,
is a candidale for tho position of
Clerk of tho Senate of Virginia.
The reason why Frelinghuysen declined
tho Chinese mission has leaked
out. He wasn(t on good terms with
his uncle, oid llyaon, who lives there.
Goorgo S. Bonnet, local editor-of
tho Cincinnati Enquirer, is dead. For
twenty-eight years he collected news
for tho same newspaper, and lived out
three setd of proprietors.
Tho largest schooner ever built has
arrived in Now York. Sho was
launched at New Ilaven, measuros
875 tons, and her first voyago will* bo
across the ocean with 2,400 bales of
cotton.
A memorial against Christianity lias
been presented to the Japanese Government.by
thrco priests of high rank.
Considerable opposition to. foreigners
is manifested in tlio Japanese Parliament.
Miss S. A. Brock, of New York,
proposes to publish a volume to bo
made np of contributions from poems
alroady published, one poem to be selected
by each author as his favorite
production.
Itovt Dr. Sears, has appropriated
$1,000 of the Pcabody school hind to
"Virginia?89,400 for public free schools
in four large cities, 80,200 for normal
schools and normal classes, and 86,000
for colorcd schools.
A woman at Platlsbnrg,Xcw York,
didn't kAow whether sho could fill a
kerosene lamp whilo it was burning,
until she tried. She now wears a
wig, and her face, heretofore hand*
some, looks like a raro beefsteak.
A writer wants to know the differ,
ence between tho ivory checks that
, gamblors buy for playing faro, und
t tho paper chocks for tho Gold Exohango
Bank the other gamblors in
- the Gold Koom ? Tho legitimate domand
for gold for custom houso and
other purposes is not half a million s
day. v;
' Mr. and Mrs. A T"Stcwarl; are mak>
ing extensive preparations for open>
ing thoir new fifteen hundred thous
3 and dollar residonco on fifth ayguuo
Thoy will exhibit on the occasion ?
3 table servico of solid silver lined wit!
gold and costing about eight thousanc
dollars. 7 '
John Deery, who holds the diaqrtw
o cue, emblematic of the charapipoBbii
f of America,, started overland jfos Call
forma on Tuesday eveninr/'Jio ha
received a challenge from (SJyrHIe IXoi
of Jfontrfcil, and will return to pla]
. tbis match a? soon.as. the ohallengibj
party, desure?? \ h J| J. ~
My., Grant's extensile ciroalf^tio
has indixocd his sef^tfoWis an adtei
? tislf?^ nwdttfmby *n!iafaterpriaiarcul
Y< lory ihmnvtoiarHig OOropanyeOfw
ftaflhuaottf! ^qfeAjta pre^nied
with a variogaied set, of knives an
forks. Ai whd MirK's ate fwo^ttongeu
s Mr. o. is, itr 4M0?-instancer prevent
from say jug: i'JUet us fcftve peas." ?
. /*?! -A- 1."' , t
General Jeff. Thompson, an eX-confederato
widely known, is engineer for
tho Louisiana Board of public works.
Ambroso Jlodgcs, of Pine Bluff, Ark.,
has realized ?1300 from tho proceeds
of six acres of broom corn this season.'
Mrs. Abraham Lincon is still at
' Frankfort, Germany, living in great
retirement, and in very unpretending
quarters.
Govonor "Walker, of "Virginia, who
is only thirty-seven years old, is the
VOUn<?eafc imvnnni- l.no
^ a 0vIViivi tuv fjiwtv i?ar> v; v u;
had.
Madamo Rachel is sued again by a
lady in Loudon for ' JCliGOO for having
failed to rnako her customer beautiful
forever.
Mr. Maurice Strakosch lias concluded
an engagement with Miss Adalina
Patti for the season, of 1ST 1-713 in this
country.
It is announced that M. do Lcsseps
has passed through tho Suez Canal,
from Port Said to Suck, in a steamer,
in fifteen hours.
Mr. John Swinton, for many years
of tho editorial stall'of tho Xcw York
Times, has resigned his position 011
that journal.
Jt is believed that Sam llildobrand,
the outlaw, has cscapcd from Missouri,
as nothing has boon heard of him for
some timo.
Tho Rev. E. Husba'nd, an English
riiualisic clergyman, has been received
into tho Roinau Catholic Church
by Dr. Newman.
SaYsaparilla Townscnd died in Boston
on sunday. IIo was seventy-six
years of age, and of courso had never
indulged in his medicine?.
Isaac Y. Fowler, whoso defalcation
and disappcarauco many years ago,
when postmaster at Now York, is
well remembered, died 011 Wednesday
in Chicago.
London is to have a street railway
along tho bank of tho Thames, through
tho heart of tho city.
Mrs. Andrew Johnson, wifo of tho
nV_Pl?newl/in<- '? * J ~ 1 '
v?.-i .vomvui, *.-? iiuu u.vjjtutcu IU HVO
througb'tho winter.
Photographed copies of tho gold
bulletin boards of Fridajr last aro Bold
as curiosties in Nrw York and Boston.
Pins found in tho ruins of Thebes,
and made thrco hundred years ago,
luvvo been placed in the Louvre Museum.
Iloraco Greeley has been invited to
preside at tho Capital-llemoving Convention,
to bo held in St. Louis on October
20th.
A bronze statue of General Grant,
representing him on the battlefield, on
horseback, in full military costume, is
being made in Washington.'
One of the Salt Lako saints has for
three of his wives, a grandmother,
mother and daughter?in this way
avoiding tho unpleasantness of a
raother-in law.
Tho merchants of Louisville, Ky.,
have contributed #70,000 towards defraying
tho expenses of the commercial
convention which meet's in that
city on tho 12th of October.
llorsotr tllO fnmnilH I'lmninff
o> ? a **"*
that made a mile iu 1:43}, the best
time on record, died on Wednesday at
the Bnekcye Conrso, Ohio. His owner
refused $25,000 for him within a
few da3*s.
During the month of Angnst, at
the public baths in Boston, 332,800
persons indulged in the summer luxury
an increaso of 101,031 over tho
same month last year. Of the number
58,G70 were girls.
Agassiz and Nathaniel Bowditch
wero too poor in early lifo to purchase
tho books they needed for their studies,
and. wero compelled to make hianuscript
copies. Thoso which Dr.
Bowditch copied aro in tho Boston
public library.
John C. Breckinridge, having boon
recently addressed as " General" by
tho Judge in a Kentucky court, Breckinridge
sujrcrcsted that hereafter all
military titles bo disregarded in the
court-room. The judge said lio acquiesced
with pleasuro.
In the Nashville municipal election,
on Saturday, the Conservatives mado
a clean sweep, electing all their candidates
by largo majorities. It is considered
singular that the negroes deserted
tho itadicals in this ejection, for
the first time.
Alex. T. Stewart & Co., Arnold,
Constable & Co., and other large Now
York establishments, wbo advertise
cxtonsivoly, generally give tho .prices
of tho articles advertised. This is a
good rule, and should bo followed.by
all who advertise, whenever practicable.
The kangaroo skip is a new thing
with young ladies at Newport. J?hey
lap tho hands, keep the arms close to
the sides, and go skipping and imping,
hopping and bouncing, vdr^mtfeh... .
like the kangaroo. The motion must
- I iL- J? - -1
uv uo giwiumi u? mo uigmuyu, u.cruo
of a lamo Shanghai ohicken ip tho wot *
' ?ra8S- > 'It?
"Washington College (Tjonofal "Left's) '
opened on Thursday, tBe^lWh tilt.,
i- -with a larger number'ofstfictefttgthan
' it hud this time laefc Sesftipn*;) A judil
eions professor hap qpcpres&ad ,the opini
ion thai the n^iajbor this session Will
reach 400. *; *'*
At Belleyu'e,' Baton' frniniy, Sffob.,
on Tuesday last, i negro at work in a
' field.-wHh'out any prtvocation; shot
and killed'* i>inei ?ear old son of his
1 employer, Captftin Fitzgerald. The
j m^rd^rer eacaped^tttwap trapped to
?: i1< Cuba.?Tho. news item Cuba. Idok*.
. 'squally "fbr| the. pH^Hotii. ' The 'flew
\ YotftBetald'im have to ^dObbW^hotg
ite gtms ob Grant and it will w
beiloo laU to bring tfeem. up to-the
1 ; i.^1 L^i! i
rr VWf1 rx.it
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?. been rediotocl, itbd M. X^^^a haa
n lu
;: /I iil tbii-ihl/iO rcaiii oi.
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