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i 7 . s ,?r ^ , ititM | r i - > ^ ^ ^ ~ ^ "~~~ ^ ' - -i? .. i. ' 1 ? ' ?T-r-r ?m .- ??m^mm^?mrmrmMmmmm??.?.m?., , | , -.J,:? 11. ^ ^^ ... AND 1^1 B?->y. A. LEE AND IIUGII WILSOlSr.' 11 % ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 186!). VOLUME XVII?NO. 25. ? f I'ii ii > - *- ? ... IV "* * "' 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 /. * t.-. . . >?. t 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; .i ' }{-? 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 I A ?. been rediotocl, itbd M. X^^^a haa n lu ;: /I iil tbii-ihl/iO rcaiii oi. ;-' .'yV ' "*V , > . ' fi 1 .'v' -s ^ MKc.