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BY KEITH, HOYT & ?0. NIGHT THE DAY, THOU OANS'T NOT TUEN BB FALSE TO ANY MAN." VOLUME VI.-NO. M. IProfessiPnaJ O sur dis. S. P. DENDY, Attorney and Counsellor At LAW, AND ?S< >liortor in E?L'ui-ty, Will practice in thc Courts ol Law and Equity, iu thc Eighth Judicial Circuit. OFFICE IN TUF. COURT HOUSE, ^V?lh?Wa,-South Carolina. Nov. ?1,'1370 3 ly THUS. M. WILKES, ATTORNEY AT LAW -AND Solicitor in Equity. -ALSO, Unitod States Commissioner, For'the Circuit mid District. Courts of thc Uni ted States for South Carolina. <8?"- OFFICE ON THU Comer HOUSE SQUAIU:. "YjSfl WALHALLA, S. C. ?Tilly 22. 1870 10 ly J. P. REED, 1 f WI C. KEI TH, AndorsonC.il.,) \ Walhalla. HEED & KEITH, ATTORNEYS AT LAW ANO Solicitors in Eo^nrty, llavo renewed their Co-partnership in tho prac tico of Law, nod extended it to all Civil and .Criminal business in the Counties of Oconec and Picken?. ALSO, M.I. nUSINESS IN TUE UNITER 8TATES COVTtTS. Jt??y* Office on Public Square, Walhalla, S. C. July 18. 1800. 41 tf s. MCGOWAN, IL A. THOMPSON, Abbeville, S. C. Walhalla, S. C. M'GOWAN & THOMPSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, WALHALLA, S. C., Will give prompt attention to all business confided to thom in tho State, Count}', ami United States Courts. OFFICE IN THE COURT HOUSE. Tho Juniorpartner, Mic TIIOMTSON, will also practice in tho Courts of Piekens, Creenvillo and Anderson. January. 1870 tf JOSEPH J. NORTON, Attorney cut Law, WIIJl ltLA, S. C. All business for Pickcns County left with J. E. II AG 001), ESQ., PIC RISA'S C H., WILL HE PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO October 20, 1808 4 tf I. il- WIIITNER. Wit IT NE lt SYMMKS? WTIITNER & SYMMES, Attorneys at Law, WALHALLA, S. C. 15?" Office on thc Public Square, "?fl February 1, 1870 HS tf S. D. GOODLETT; Attorney at Law AND SOLICITOR IIV EQUITY, HAS LOCATED AT THE NEW TOWN OE PICKENS, S. C. Nov. 10. 1808 7 tf EASLEY & McBEE, Attorney? at Law, &c, WILL PRACTICE IN THE Courts of tho Eighth Circuit. OFFICE AT NEW PICKENS. W. K. EASLEY, I F. R. McREE, Ore ovillo C. IL 1 Piokons C. II. March 16, 1809 23 AI/X.S. ERWIN,) IO. C. BENTLY Athons Qa. j ( Clayton, Ga. ERWIN & BENTLY, ^ttQyn.Qys at X-iarw, WILL PRACTICE IN PARTNERSHIP IN TUE COUNTY OF RABUN, STATE OF GEORGIA. QcK5, 1800 * 53 tf POETHY. He Uciillc With Thy Wife. UY GARRIK WILLIS. Ile gentle ! for you little know flow ninny tr?ala risc. Although to theo they may bo small, To her of giant size. lie gentle! though perchance Mint lip May speak n murmuring tone, The heart may beat with kiudness yet, Ami joy to bc Illino own. l?e gentle! Weary hours of pain "Its Woman's lot to bear ; Then yield lier what support thou canst, Anti all her ao-rrows ?mire. Bc gentle! for the noblest hearts At limes niny have sonic .grief, And even inn pettish word May seek to find relief. Ile gentle ! for unkindness now May rouse nu angry storm, That all thc after years of life lu vain may strive to calm. Ile gent?o! none ave perfect Thou'rt dearer far than life; Then,husband, bear and still forbear 15c gentle io thy wifo ?cudi of'tlic Dil ? g of Pain. A WONDERFUL QUACK-lits CAIIEEU G it A rn tc SKETCH. Thc story of thc uKiug of Pain," other wise a quack doctor, named McRridc, who I j was well known in various portions of this State, some years ago, is told ut length by an Indianapolis correspondent of the New York livening Iietulcr, Ile was a tall, grace j ful young fellow, with much hair and an un mistakable appearance of quackery in his \ looks and actions; blithe made money very fast. His "King of Pain," as his worthless stulf was lal - led, was warranted to euro any thing from toothache to consumption. Ile went about with it in an exaggerated wagon a^id with an aecompaniamcnt of music, scat tering his small bills with, much looseness and haranguing thc cowds that curiously follow ed him. He. was known, thc corrrspondoiit tolls us, from the coast of Maine to the Ca cilie,from tin St. Lawrence to tho llio G rando. Ile got along excellently as long ns bc attcn ded to his legitimate, or rather illegitimate business; but finally ho acquired a passion for gambling. Ile was lucky with his first j ventures, which were made in Indianapolis, j and this turned his head, so that at. times ht; i would abandon bis business altogether, and remain at thc faro table day and night. NV o quote from the account : On one occasion he began a gambling ex cursion in Chicago, then came on bore. In both places he was fortunate, and followed up bis luck in Louisville and Cincinnati. His wagon und six followed bim wherever ho went, but he gave hardly any attention to that I business. In thc two cities we have tuon I tinned he still went on pursuing his lack, which pursued him. When ho went on n Mississippi steamboat to proco? to New Or leans bc had some $30,OOO in ... I pocket, which bc increased sailing down thc river. Ile arrived in New Orleans, where he again bucked thc tiger, but here his luck seemed to desert him. He played his money and grad ually lost it. After his money was gone to the lust cent, he played his watch and jewels, of which he had ti great number, and lost them. Then ho played his wagon and hor ses and lost them. After that bc borrowed as much money as he could possibly get to gether ami played that, and again lost, until ho was ''laid perfectly flat." For some timo he wandered about tho Crescent City, living from hand to mouth. Then bc made a little stake, and, apprehensive of losing that, took a berth in a Btoamship to Now York. There he opened some plaoo on Broadway, whore he made another pilo of money. Ho began patronizing thu green tablo nguiu, and his luck turned to him. It was there that one day I saw him givo a poor girl with whom ho came casually acquainted, a roll of bills amounting to S3,700, upon condition that she would leave tho city and turn to a virtu ous course of lifo. I was present at tho timo, and remonstrated with him on his rather ex travagant piece of generosity. Ho answered, '.I won it in four nights, at faro, and if [ can do a worthy deed with thc infernal money, why shouldn't I ? I'll make up for it in deviltry beforo another week passes." And so he did. He was an habitual lounger in houses of ill fame, where ho would spend hundreds of dollars in a night. Then ho would go to playing again, and perhaps somo drinking thc next day, and in all this tur moil and excitement found time for business. At length business grew dull in Now York, and ho determined to start onco moro onjiis travels in his wagon and six. In this way bc again found his way to this city, where he was suddenly prostrated by his life of excitement. Only three days ago ho took to his bcd, never to risc from it again. Reck less, immortal, on cmpirio, a gambler, a rogue, but with a kind heart, ho lingered on tho verge of death, and lost night quietly passed away. Tho cause of his death is supposed to bo some affection of tho lungs. Financially, tho oa.ccrof this man was an entire success ; yot ho was ono of tho most transparent rogues that over gulled n oonfid ing public. Ho boasted publicly that ho was a humbug : but his wagon was surround ed continually, often by those who had heard tho boast, and after a littlomusio and a speech they would buy eagerly. Tho fuot is not a pleasant ono; and wosupposo this mention of it will bo moro of on advertisement than any thing oleo for tho follow that takes tho groat charlatan's place, Obstructing (lie 31 slier io*. Thia subject having boen referred by thc Legislature of tho State, nt its last session, to thc Bureau of Agricultural Statistics, thc Acting Commissioner applied to thc Attor ney-Go.noral of the State, as tn his powers and duties in tho premises Thc following reply of that officer, which is ns explicit as tm phut ic, is published for thc information of our readers : OFFICE OF TIIE ATTORNEY GENERAL, | COLUMBIA, S. C., May l?, 1871. j John Heart, J'Jsij., Acting Commissioner JJ urea u Agricultural Statistics. LEAK Stu : Your note of the Otb inst, has been before ino for several days, awaiting un oppo'f unity for reply. An examination of thc statutes of thc Stato since 1780 will show that the State has sought to protect, in thc amplest manlier, thc great interest of all her citizens in the paysage of migratory fish in all her inland crocks, bays und rivers. A scries of general and special enactments for the past ninety years attests this desire and purpose on tho part of thc Stato. By one of those Acts, all obstructions to thc free passage of lish arc declared public nuisances, and any citizen or citizens arc authorized to summarily abate them. The greater part of thc older Acts upon this subject aro still of force, but two more recent enactments pro scribo anew tho laws which govern these eases. By a joint resolution of tho General As sembly, passed January 10, 1870, a board of Kiah Commissioners arc authorized, and their duties defined. These arc : 1. To inspect all inland streams and report what obstructions ought to bc removed, or what impurities are allowed to How into streams where fish arc found. 2. To report all violations of the fish laws to thc Solicitors of tho several circuits of thc j State. The Solicitors arc, by thc same resolution, directed to piosccutO all persons reported by the F.sh Commissioners. This g:ves the fullest power to enforce all existing laws, and, as [ have said, the laws then existing were very full and complete for that purpose. [ can li.udly conceive of a case which is not covered by thc various Acts passed prior lo ! 1808. But at tho last, session of the L?gis lature an Act was passed which fully re-en acts the leading features ol former laws, and again offers the fullest means for tho Completo protection of our migratory fish. Thc first section of this Act forbids any permanent ob struction of any kind whatever in any of the inland waters of the State, to the free migra tion of fish ; and further provides for a "close time'' in each week, from Saturday night to Monday morning, and any person violating the provisions of this section is made liable to a fine of twenty dollars for every oil? nco. j Thc second section of this Act requires all manufacturing ooinranics, or piteous erect ing dams, to provide tuitablo Hallways, and ; renders them liable to a linc of $?,U00 for ! failure or refusal to comply with this require ment. Thc third section of this Act makes it an indictable Offence to cause to How, or to bc cast into the inland waters of thc State, any substances poisonous or destructive to fish, and attaches to thc offence as penalty a fine of not less than ?500, or imprison ment not less than six mouths. This law is now of force ?.od !s supplemented by many | of thc provisions of former laws, which aro also of force, and, I am sure, that as Cominis j sioncr of the Bureau of Agricultural Statis tics, you could hardly ask for moro completo legal facilities for carrying out tho duties of your office. You have only to ascertain any violations of the foregoing laws, and report them to the Solicitors of thc several circuits wherein they occur. In addition to this, T shall be glad, at any time, to give you any farther aid in my pow er in rendering your administration of this branch of your official duty effective and use ful. Yours, very respectfully, 1): II. CHAMBERLAIN, Attorney-General. SWEARING -Thc most truthful and strait forward article on thin disgusting habit that wc have ever heard is tho following, whose author's name wo ure not acquainted with : "It is no mark of a gentleman to swear. Tho most worthless and vile, thc rcfuso of j mankind, thc drunkard and the prostitute, j swear os well as tho best dressed und educated I gentleman. No particular endowments aro roquisito to give a finish to tho ort of cursing. Tho basest, and meanest of mankind swear with as much tact and skill ns the most relin ed ; and he that wishes to degrado himself to tho lowest lovel of pollution and shame, should learn to bc a common swearer. Any man has talent enough to curse God, nod im precate perdition on fol low-mon, Profane swearing never did any man any good. No man is thc richer, or wiser, or happier for it. It helps no man's education or manners. It is disgusting to tho relined, abominable to tho good, degrading to tho mind, unprofita ble, needless, and injurious to society. Wan tonly to profane His name, to call His ven geance, is perhaps of nil offences thc most awful in thc sight of God." jjgy A Western contemporary makes an interesting cstiinato of tho gain in Congres sional representation which must aooruo to tho Southern States under tho new oonsus. By the emancipation of tho slavo population two fifths of that nggregato, or say 1,080,000, havo boen added to the representativos, the sluvoholding States had 84, or ono less than ono third ; they will now, out of 280 mem bers, bo entitled, undor thc census of 1870, to 104, or ten moro than one-third of tho whole house. A Talk With Senator Robertson. Thc correspondent of tho Cincinnati Com mercial writes from Columbia : Senator Robortkoo, while ho is a Republi can, oatt not bo called a carpet-bagger. Ile is a South Carolinian "to the manor born," and in proof of bis being "iden ti tied with the interests of the people," I will mention that ho yesterday contributed into thc State Treas ury thc sum of ?1 (>00 for taxes. Being iftcr inf?, n-ition, of course, I asked tholSenator how h?-*und mutters here,in com parison with what they wore a year ugo. "Oh, very much improved, indeed," said he ; "thc change from bad to better is remar kable. Thc publio mind is more tranquil. There is far less bitterness. Why, when I was molting my canvass for the Senate, there was hardly a dor.en white men hero io Co lumbia who would speak to mo. Most of my old friends cut mc. You sec, I hud been raised right hero among thc'*peoplc, and they denounced ino worso than they would had I been a carpet bagger, as they arc called. But I knew I was right and went ahead. I bore their abuse and unkind ucts, feeling that it would all come right after a while. It has, and now I lind those who were my enemies on account of my political course, are my friends, to all appearances. Thc old preju dice is dying out. That may haVc something to do with it, Senator; but. perhaps your courso in thc Sen ate had innre. You opposed tho Ku Klux bill, did you not .'Yes, and voted for a straight out amnesty. Moro can bo gained hy eoncilation than by force. Look at England; thc union of Eng land and Ireland has never been cordial. The Irish people have al ways supposed them selves hardly dealt with by thc British Gov ernment; and, after long experience of thc inefficiency of a repressive policy in regard to Ireland, thc Government has become sat isfied of the necessity of a policy of concili ation. Thc sooner the Republican party stop passin?; Ku Klux bills, and pass a universal amnesty bill, thc bettor it will bo for party and country." "Do you think the parly can survive the Ku Klux bil!, carry Grant, and bc successful next year '(" "Yes, provided we con count as much as usual on Demoer?tie stupidity. If they put such a ticket and : latform in tho field as they ri i J l.tct ti mo, w<? ft ill Loot (!,o.H Aa fin ti rant, ho will be thc nominee, because there is no body else to nominate. The nearer the time approaches, thc moro certain it becomes that ho will ho tho man. There is a little talk to the effeet that the Democracy will take up Trumbull, but they won't-at least I hope they won't. Ho would run Grant a close race, if not beat him. I regard him as the ablest, most clear-headed man in tho Sen ate." A TouonINO AND ROMANTIC INCIDENT. | - A recent sketch of t he loves of the greatest lawyers contains this touching incident in thc lifo of William Wirt : In his younger days lie was a victim to that passion for in toxicating drinks which hus been thc bane of so many distinguished in the legal profession. Affianced to a beautiful and accomplished young woman, he had made and broken repeat ed pledges cf amendment, and she, after pati ! cntly and kindly enduring his disgraceful habit, had at length dismissed him, deeming him incorrigible. Then next meeting, after his dis I missal, was in a public street in the city of j Richmond. William Wirt lay drunk and I asleep on thc ddewalk, on a hot summer day, I tho mya of the sun pouring down on his un j covered head, and thc flics orawling over his ! swollen features. As the young lady ap : proaohod in her walk, her attention was at ! traeted by this spectacle, strange to her eyes, bu.. alas ! so common to others who knew tho victim, as to attract little remark. She did not at first recognize thc sleeper, and wos about to hasten on, when sho was lcd 1 ono of those impulses which form tho turning points in human lives, to scrutinize his fea tures. What was her emotion whon she ro cognized in him her discarded lover ! She drew forth her handkerchief and direfully spread it over his face, and hurried away. When Wirt came to himself, ho found thc handkerchief, and in ono oornor the initials of thc beloved namo. With a heart almost broaking with grief and remorse, ho made a new vow of reformation. Ile kept that vow j and lie inarmed tho owner of the handker chief. A Bin FARM.-A man named Thompson, living near tho town of Wells. Minnesota, is doing a big thing in the farming lino this sea son. His farm has 1,400 acres of wheat, 1,250 acres of flax. 800 ac'es of oats and 400 acres of corn. About 4.400 ncros all told aro itndor cultivation. Ho put. out 80,000 cut tings, cotton wood and whito willow, and built oightoon tons of fonoo, consuming 40, 000 pounds ol wiro and 20,000 posts. Ho now owns twenty brick farm houses, twenty stables, thirty-three by sixty foot, and other improvements. Ile wants to open twonty moro farms this summer, putting up tho noo cssary buildings, &o. t&T' Charleston county being eight months < in arrears to tho Sheriff's office, for dieting prisoners, and to tho Sheriff to a largo amount for services in criminal oases, Sheriff Maokey has addressed a letter to tho trial justicos of tho county refusing to reccivo any moro pri soners in tho county jail until ho gets his t&Sr Tho King of Siam, on hearing that tho Popo had lost somo valuable jewels, in consequence of a thief having got possession of his koys, romarked, "Ah I what a man ! professing to keep tho koys of heaven, and 1 not ablo to guard thoso of his own bureau !" nunile Versus Cotton. Our Liverpool correspondent writes that Ramie is wanted ia that market at $204 gold per ton. As tho culture of thc Hu m io plant in tho South is understood to have passed be yond mere experiment, and as cotton is said to be too cheap to bo profitable, tho wonder is that thc planters do not turn their atten tion more to tho first-mentioned stnplo Ra mie culture has many advantages over oolloo. It is n hardy and vigorous grower, and its growth is continuous. A crop once planted will stand for years, without requiring to bc renewed. It is not destroyed by worms, does not BU IIb r from excess of rain, and stands tho longest drought without injury. From all that is related of this wonderful plant, it would seem that it is exposed to no special danger in a suitable clime, has no enemies, requites but littlo labor, needs but a small capital to produce a crop, propagates rapidly, yields largely, commands a ready market nt a price for all that can bc produced, aod thc market is never likely to bc overstocked, as the area for its successful growth is limited to a belt in thc Gulf States. It requires loss labor to cultivate than cotton, thc process be ing similar to com culture; and it is said that one hand can take care of fifty or sixty acres, after thc first year. The only drawback to unqualified success in Ramie culturo seems to bc thc difficulty of separating thc fibre from the bark and the bark from the stalk; but wc have no doubt this difficulty will eventually bc overcome. So important is tho cultivation of the plant considered in Lidia, a cotton producing country, that thc governor-general, a year or more ago, offered of 826,000 for the I machine or process best adapted for separa- j ting; also offering to buy tho successful ma chine at five per cont, above its cost, and to secure tho inventor a profit of five per cont, on all machines made under thc patent. Hero is an opportunity for inventors to turn their genius to profitable account, and at the same tillie confer an inestimable boon upon tho commercial world.-.V. lr. Sh'ppiiKj List, LOST RELICS OF THE FAST.-Among thc saddest losses that tho country has had to mourn for some time is tho destruction of old col lon ?al and revolutionary buildings by fire at Alexandria, Va., yesterday. Thc country is just getting old enough ,u cherish warmly thc memories ana relics ol its young a?jo, and when it is known that among the houses destroyed by this fire were the Masonic lodge of which Washington was thc Master, and tho old Colonial Court House, in which his pro vincial troops were quartered in 1751, from ibo door of which Braddock marched to his defeat in 1755, and in which ex-President Washing ton gave his last vote, in 171.10, a feeling of genuine sorrow is likely to come over our hearts. Wc could better have spared many richer and grander edifices. These relics arc the things that certify the truth of history, and in this agc of iconoclasm, when it is argued that William Tell und Shakspearoaro myths, thcro is no certainty that ere long j somo irreverent enemy of thc past may not i propose to prove that there was no such per- I son as George Washington. Thc old r?volu- I tionary flags in the Court House were saved, | however-thc flag of Washington's body j guard, the fltg of Paul Jones, and that of a company of Alexandria Continentals. These lesson tho misfortune in somo decree, but it is a greater loss than busy Yankceland of to day has time to brood over, this loss of thc grand old landmarks of tho revolutionary days. G HEAT BUSINESS IN ONIONS-A Rhode Island paper says that State rivals Connecti cut in tho production of thc onion crop, and cites statistics. Samuel W. Church, of Rhode Island, has raised, from four acrcf. 1,475 bushels of Red dobo Wethersfield onions, and 1,300 bushels of carrots. Ed wards Anthony raised 000 bushels of Weth ersfield onions, and 400 bushels of carrots from one nero. Benjamin Doty raised GIO bushels of Wethersfield onions, and 400 bush els of carrots from an acre. Allen Mathew son raised 1,900 bushels of Wethersfield onions, and 1,300 bushels of carrots, from four acres. Seth Thayer raised 2,GOO bush els of Wethersfield onions, and 1,200 bush els of carrots, on four acres. Edward Ather ton raised GOO bushels of Wethersfield onions, nnd 400 bushels of carrots, from one acre; the onions sold for 81 per bushel, and thc carrots for 80 cents per bushel-making the income, from one aero, 8720. In Bristol, It. L, in 1849, 09,802 bushels of onions were raised; in 1859, 84,046J io 1864, 21,734; in 18G3, 100,500, which is probably thc lar gest crop ever raised in that town in one year; in 18G9, 80,000 bushels were raised. Tho usual yenrly average is somewhat less than 400 bushels per acre. SgX, A very fair-minded Massachusetts man who is sometimes deeply moved by tho peculiarities of tho rulers of his nativo State, when venting his indignation that instead of preserving Fanctiil Hall asa sacred shriiio it is routed out to butchers, exclaims against this short sighted economy and declares that "Liberty, Loyalty and Lard havo ?ll been mixed in ono hugo lump. Mrs. Sarah Johnson, of Willinmnton, was spurred by a game chicken last wcok, and died of lockjaw in a few hours. Her husband, who was sick st the time, also died from tho effcots of tho occurrence. jfcgT No less than two hundred nod twen ty-four lifo insuranoo companies havo been wound up in Groat Brntain, within tho last twenty-six yours. This is twice as roany as now oxist there. New Dcmocfl-atlc Depart uro. DAYTON, (),. May 13.-Tlic Montgomery County Democratic Convention met to day. Mr. Valiandigham from thc Committee on Resolutions, reported a new Democratic de parture platform, intended for thc ground work of u national platform. The resolutions, which were prepared by Mr. Valiandigham, declare that they unite upon thc living issues of thc day ; accept thc legitimate resulta of thc war, ?O far as waged for its ostensible, purposes, and folly concur in the three sever al amendments to thc Constitution recently adopted, and acquiesce in thc 6amc as no longer issues before tho country ; declaro that thc Democratic party pledges itself to the faithful and absolute execution and en forcement of the Constitution as it now is, so as to secure equal rights to all persons, with out distinction of race, color or condition ; demand absolute equality for each and every State in tho Union ; oppose centralization and consolidation of power in thc General Government j demand general amnesty ; fa vor the payment of thc public debt as carly as practible and consistent with moderate taxa tion, and call for strict economy and honesty in all departments of tho Government j oall for reform in tho internal revenue system and civil service ; for a strictly revenue tariff, and declare taxation should bc based on wealth, not population ; demand a speedy return to specie payment as possible; sympathize with thc laboring class, nod state there is no ne cessary war between labor and capital ; oppose thc granting of public lands to railroads; oppose tho acquisition of San Domingo; de nounce tho bills passed by Congress known os the bayonet bill and Ku Klux bill, and claim that thc Republican party is no longer a Union party, but the administration party. Mr. Valiandigham made a speech in support of tho resolutions, will ell wore adopted by ac clamation. THE STAU SIRIUS.-Many tilings combino to render this brilliant star an object of pro found interest. Who can gaze on its puro silvery radiance, and reflect how many ages it has adorned thc heavenly dome with ita peerless lustre, and how many generations of mankind have rejoiced in it-and among them all the wisc and thc good and the great of history,-without awe. and admiration ! In ancient l?gypt, it was an object of idol atrous int/ - . .h.. It was then of a.brilliant red color, jut is now a lustrous whito ; and thc cause of this change of color, as we'l ns the nature and period of thc revo lution it denotes in tho star itself, are wholly unknown. Tts distance from our earth is not less than 1,300,000 times our distance from the sun ; and its light must travel twenty two years to reach us ! Another circumstance of deep interest connected with it is, that it has changed its position, during thc lifo of thc human family, by about thc apparent diameter of the moon ; and the astronomers, detecting some irregularities in its motion, have been convinced that it had a comp inion star-which they thought to bc non luminous, since their telescopes could not detect it. Rut Mr. Clark, with his new and powerful achromatic telescope, has found this neighbor of Sirious, hitherto invisible, and verified tho eon el usions to which astronomers had been lcd by reasoning on thc facts they had ascer tained. ills FIRST KISS.-Thc Rev. John Brown courted a lady upward of six years, and was 30 singularly modest and bashful that bc had never ventured to kiss her. Ono day lt oc curred to him thnt it would not be a bad thing to do. So, it is recorded, ho said : "Jnnc, my woman, we'vo been nequaiutcd now for six years, an'-nu'-I'vo never got ii kiss yet. D'ye think I may take one, my bonnie lass ?" Thc reply was wonderfully characteristic of tho Scottish maiden. "Just ns you like, John," said she, "only bo becom in' and proper wi' it." "Surely, Jenct," said John; "we'll ask a blessin'." Tho bles sing was asked and the kiss exchanged. "O woman," said the enraptured, but still devout minister, "O woman but it wns ide. We'll now return thanks." And they id. "Martha, my dear," said a loving husband1 to his spouse, who wns several yenrs his jun ior, what do you say to moving to the Far West?" ?'Oh, I nm delighted with the idea ! You recollect when Mr. Morgan mov^ cd out there ho was ns poor as we are, and in, three yenrs bc died, leaving his widow worth* a hundred thousand dollars." BgX. It is said that a tourist travolling continuously, without any stoppages, can now go around tho world in eighty days, making the entire journey hy rnilwny nnd steamship,, and going by way of Liverpool, the Suez Car nal, Ceylon, Singapore, Hong Kong, Yoko? bama, San Francisco and the Dacifio Railway ?ffiT F.xport3 differ in their estimates oC the coming vintage of California, tho lowest figure named being 8,000,000 gallons, andi thc highest 12,000,000. There is reason to? believe thnt the vintage of 1871 will not faU much under 10,000,000 gallons. Hoff, tho Berlin malt extract man, has become in fifteen years a millionaire by ?jr? tensive advertising. Ho asserts that he baa paid to dnily and weekly journals, ia that ppnee of timo, tho enormous sum of three? million thalers. B*9u Tho New York ladies wear thoir para? sols sword fashion, nt their sides, when no| in uso-a killing military stylo. A singlo fishing firm on tho Dotomsoj caught, last week, 800,000 herring and 85,000 shad.