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LEE, '"Ah, Sir Lancelot,* he ^?u? ^?t?ou wert head ot all Christian knights; nnd now, I dare fay," wd.SlriKctor.^-nhuQ Sir Luucil?tAh?VIihlulRst, tfltlhoi? wert never matched ol'earthly knights' hand: and thou w? rt the courtliest night that ever bare shield*;'--*' and thou wert the kindest man that ever stroke with sword: aud thou vert the goodlet tolson jt fat efef-c?dV am?r?g press of-ily-?ghls ; ufad UtW. ?weA ibo weekes^ mao aud the gentliest that ever ate in hall among Indies ; and thou wert the sternest l?igWt? thy mortal fo? that ever putfcpetfr in xUi'^TluHMbftS D' Arthur of ??ir Thomas Malory. With reference and regret we repeat to-duy Sir Kctor'a words of , sorrow for. the great Sir Lancelot, and appTy~fhein to the mon who died yesterday-the noblest knight of our general ion. The hero of the Arthurian, legends.as he luv, dead in Joy nus-G un rd *lth>lie rn of a life made splendid by great deeds, might have revived other than kindly or ennobled recollections io the. mou ju cr's mind ; for the wronged { king and the breaking up 'ofthVg^ooaty fellowship of tho Hound Table could not be for? gotten, but lay like shadows upon the dead knight. But in the Hf? of Robert Edmund.Lee there waa no reproach * of ninn or woman ; his. dceds^were dimmed by uo wrong de"ne or uiity unfulfilled*; there was no stain upon his- honor' and DO wrrightcous blood upon his hands. Ile, was, indeed, a good knight, noble of heart and strong of purpose, and both a soldier and u gentloman.? -Tho agc ti.at knew him, if nov thc age of chivad ry, will yet bc remarkable for having produced in him a man as chivalric us any that lives in history. He, too, was one, and the greatest one, of a goodly fellowship that .washroken np und scat? tered about the world. Some of these Southern knights have gone before him, and with him departs the lust remnant of the cause for which they fought und thc strength that so long upheld it. Only niue years ugo lie was a Colonel of cavalry in thc United Si tes army, and yesterday he died the greatest Sol? dier, in the world. Four years servier in the field at the head- of un army gained tor him this reputation, and though he was worsted at tho last, it was a reputation that he did not lose with his losses. It is stmng praise to give to him. but none the less uudur Bvrvcd, for even his farmer enemies must concede to him - th? first place m the civil war, and we know of m living Jiu ropean General who posesses.to thc same extent those attributes of ^.soldier which so distinguished the Confederate leader It is true that Ku'ro?pe hus yet Napier and .Mo Mu Iron and Von Molkte, andi America Raa also Sherman and Sheri-] dan and Longstreet, but all these men and all their fellow-soldiers luck thc grandeur which was inherent in Leo In every particular he possessed the requisites ol' a true soldier. He wa brave ; his whole military record and his life long scorn of danger alike bear testimony to his bravery. He was wise; his great-success against great odds, and his almost constant anticipation of tit? enemy's movements were proo?s of his! wisdom.' He was skillful; his forced marches and unexpected victories assert his skill. He was patient and uoyield-| ing; his weary .stniggle against the) mighty armies of the North and his steri defence of Richmond forever preserve| thc memory of his patience and resolu? tion. He was gentle aud just ; the sol? diers vwho fought under him and who came alive out of the great fight, remem bering and cherishing the memory of tho man can one and all testify to his gentleness and his justice. Above all he was faithful; when he gave up his J sword there was no man in his own rank.? or in those of the enemy that doubted his faith, or believed that he had not done all that- mortal could do for thc 'cause of which' he had made suoh a noble struggle. In the history of those terrible four years there is no more prominent figure than that of General Lee. ' It may be said that ho sustained the War after fail? ure seemed inevitable, and wheo other men were ready to give up thc fight. His defence of Richmond in tho face of such a mighty foe will forever remain ono of the greatest events in history. His strategy, if not his presence, influ? enced almost every Confederate victory, and through thc nobility and good that was io him he cheered the hearts of his soldiers and encouraged them lo furth? er and greater efforts. They spoke of him ns ?'Old Rob Lee," they liked to talk .about his manners and his deeds; they told each othor stories of the great ness of his heart, and although their commander, always looked upon him ns their friend and fellow soldier. Hu won thc love of his friends and tho ad? miration of his enemies, and now that ho is dead he has not an enemy at all. W bother thc, oca use . for which he fought was just or otiiorwiso, is not a question for us now ; we only' know that in thc fight he did not war with his own conscience, but like a true man stood up to what he believed to bo thc truth Ho was a Virginian by* birth and tceob.iagrt, and the son of Henry Leo, a general of thc revolution. Ho inherited the creed as well as the profession ol his father, and it is a strange circum? stance that the United, ?tates troops, sent to quell the insurrection of John Brown, at Harper's Ferry, were under the Command of Col. Robert IC Lee, who was shortly afterwards tc lead one people against another, which sang, willi Biioh enthusiasm of the martyrdom o old John Brown. Nobody doubted thc sincerity of Loo wheo he left the army of his country, for which ho had beer trained and iq which ho passed th< greater paft of his life*-, and fought ru??jj]pt that cguqyj to the best of hit ?kin;?T?(? fjt?o?gth.' Tho mao was too noble to haye done wrpog:, and too go tl?, to havo aided io sacrificing the live? a patriot-he wa* a just mat), wheo he weiit into thejwar he did baute far the Wfft Wft*-?*^ was upholding the right. His military geuius derivos its most irbportan ' proof from the fact that, from tho time ot hia appointaient to the po sition of Confederate Commandor-in pbiej UQtij the clu>e of .tho war,;tho ap. poip jui?)nt?^8 ?nav^r chj*oJ}^j|. ?Th ore Were many taten ted and bravo mea io the'South-roen like. Longstreet 'and Polk< and tho twp J oh neo os, and that ono who/oojc wjth"hiiuitoSoldier's grave the love of the vhole world and i he'name of Stonewall Jackson. Dut there was only one Leo, and to him the South , knew m UM her satety and her hopes be com mit ted. He failed to rea ?ze th?se hopet?, but he gained, if not tor his cause, at lonst lor Ins country -?yjrihimself, k ^lory imperishable atlA unclouded by his defeat. On the other hnnd; the army of thc North ras co m - polled to endure a long succession of lenders, ?ue as incapable as tho other, until uictrof reul 'Worth Were discovered ut last. It seems incredible, on looking back to that wur time, that Leo should have held his own HO long and so brave, ly, when he was opposed to ever chang? ing tuotica and n fore-? immensely su? perior jn Qumbers. 0>)ly a king of men oould have possessed suoh courage and enduranoe, ?nd his whole life isa proof that among the brotherhood ol men Lee was indeed a king When the last chanco was gone, and all hope was at an end. the old hero bowed to a higher will than his own, and accep'ed the fato of the South with eui o grandeur. But he was done with all his war? Ile could never take the field again ; he knew that it was not for him to see the Act of Secession upheld by the South and recognized by the .North, nnd after the failure of his own countrymen he wits too old and war? worn to draw his sword in a foreign quarrel. He passed from the fever ol thc camp into the quiet ot the cloister. ttn?l us the President of Washington College, in Virginia, spent, the remain ing portion ot his sixty throe years in working for the good of his native State. Wo .cannot express all the truth thal could bi? told about Le?:, nor can we dr justier5 t? his worth nnd fame, but per? haps the few w<irds of Sir Kctor ure t < best after all. He was a good knight, 1 true gentlemen ; knowing this, let u: h-a- c li i tu with (nine and posterity with the rest, thc light, tho Resurrec? tion and thc Life. -?.? [Dolowaro (Ohio) Cor. Cinoinati Commercial ] THE. 1H>I III. I. DA KV. Detalla of tlie Wonderful Freak or tva Hire lu Ohio? Our community is much excited ove a freak of nature in thc production o n double baby. The Siamese Twin are completely overshadowed by tl)i infant wonder. There is living it in Per? Township, Morrow County, i family named Finley. Up to las Wednesday morning it consisted of Mr Joseph Finley, his wife Mary and twt children, little girls, aged three und fiv< years. On that morning Mrs. Finie; was confined and gave birth to twin joined together ina manner un know i to tho books. When thc gossips brough tho news of the event to our oily, ont gave descriptions of the child. or rathe ehildrcn, it was laughed at by the pro? fessional, and pronounced a good hoax A gentleman living in the vicinity o thc Finley homo called on one of ou physicians nod assured him that there wa no exaggeration in the description, a he had seen the wonder. Convince) that there was something in tho ease, party of gentlemen consi- ting of Drs. J A. Little und T IL Williams, W. C Seamcnt, Professor of Natural Histor and Chemistry in the Ohio Wesleya University, and S. K. Donavin, on th f Gt h ult., Visited, tho family. Befor reaching the Finley farm, tho party call ed ott A. K Westbrook, of Ashley, wh had been called to attend the mothc and learned (rom him that tho half ha not been told Dr Westbrook accou Esoled tho party An hour's driv rou-ht thom to the place. On goin to the gate leading to the yard, a wri ten notice was discovered annoucin that visitor* would not. bo admitted. This did not defer tho party. The imine intel y entered tho yura, and o rcaohing the front door of tho dwellin they were met by "Mr. Finley (the Iii thor) and a gentleman who appeared 1 be acting as his uid do cutup, who in formed the party that they could I admitted to see tho show on the paj ment of twenty five cents enoh. Tl professor promptly forked over, and tl party stepped in. In a few minni the nurse made her appearance with ll wondor. A double ohild wita exhib? te Two perfectly formed bends ouo on < ther oed of tho spinal column To give a clear idea of it.just suppo that you sever tho bodies of two men tho lower part of the abdomen, and tin pul fho two upper parts together/ at you have tho ti uti lc of this ohild. At t instance of Drs. Willum* and Litt tho clothing w<s taken from it, and critical examination was made,'sb far oould bo without doing injury. - Frc the occiput of one child to the occip of tho other, there is a continuous ?pi in a dircot line. Upon one side a i directly in the centre of! tho trunk wt i perfectly developed hips, thighs, lc . end foal..- They are io nico pfoporti I' to tho body of either ohild. On t ? opposite aide there is one large, imp r feotly formed log, presenting the appe i j anco of the consolidation ol' two legs. ) j There are eight toes on thia limb, t ot wWtWi &&P?f?M*M? i toes, being much Urger thau the others Each hss? ^atWoV?erlhe^j ^ fe? 4 situated, are the anus and sexual organs io common. Tbe Jowar portion of the bowels, the .bladder, and perhaps the kidneys; are lo common. - AU tho Other Organs are senaratev^- '. . There waa Vut_ono umbilical cord and one placeo ta. ? The length of the body is-'twenty inches, .And-the umbilicus is central tn the abdomen sud eqni distant front eaoh bead. It Durftet? weU at both ends; aud wheo first exhibited to the party, ono child was asleep aqd the other wo? crying.^ While the physician* were making their examinations, Both cried, but a few minutes after the one whioh wail crying Grat want to sleep; While the othor remained awake. When either head would cry, the perfeet leg which was nearest to that head kicked and drew np, while the leg. nearest the other head remained quiet; When cither cried the toes on the {inperfect foot would move, but the limb remained sta? tionary. Both'heads nurse well, and thc child, cr rather oh I'd reu, are' in excellent health. The physicians could nee no reason why it, or they., should not live. The mother n-doing well. There was no physician present at the birth, and tho labor pains lasted only fit teen minutes. Mr. Finley is alive to the importance and valut, of this addition to his family. He is now charging gate money, and be informed the writer that he had already entered into an article ol agreement wit h a gentleman for the sale of the budy if it should die. Price fixed, $10, OOO. Negotiations are in progresa for ifs exhibition if it lives. He is convino cd that th ore ia money in it, dead or ulive, but thinks there is mott in the lutter condition. He says that he it> conscious of the fact that he "is an un? tamed man, but has sense enough not to )>e fooled out of it " THE MOON A DEAD STAR. A Terrible Theory. An exohange has translated an artiolo from the cosmos, in whioh Stanislas Meunier gives some curious speculations with regard to the present physical con ? dition ot the timon. His theory is, and ho has the support of eminent astronomers li ko Beor, Moodier and Arago, that tho moon is a dead star. He draws this inference from n singular appearance upon the mr t'uee, which is called "grooves", .by thc physicists. These grooves havo parallel .-ides nearly a mile in width, and from tinto one hundred and twenty five miles in length. There are already ninety of them, and it is^stipposcd that more are in process of formation. Reasoning from analogy, we must be? lieve that, at gomo period in the distant past, the moon hud an atmosphere und water, and also thut on account bf her inf.tr.ior size, she hud cooled much more quickly (hun thc earth 'The water penetrating the crust has been absorbed as the decrease of internal heat in* creased the thickness of the crust, until long before the cooling process had reached tho centre, the water hud dis? appeared. The rocks then solidifying, a- the heat supply diminished, contract ed in a manner resembling the appear? ance of basalt, and produced the grooves into which the atmosphere settled - Hence comes the ohaotio appearance of the moon, with its immense mountains, volcanoes and craters. Some astrono? mers have detected an appearance of action in some of the volcanoes ; but thc general opinion is that every vestigo of physical life has long since departed from the surface of our satellite. These theories are all very well when applied, to our distant neighbor, the moon ; but wc cannot shut our oyes to (ho starting fact that thc earth is under ?oing a similar''process of transforma tion. Geologists place a close resem blanoe between the circle? in the moon and tho circles of granate and porphyry upon the earth. They have also discov? ered evidences of a fine stratification among the lunar ?nountains; while volcanic formation? beor a discernible analogy to those of Teneriffe and Puma. Acoording to the new theory, the follow? ing is the process slowly taking place on the earth's surface; for she, like her subordinate, is gradually cooling. It is estimated that one fiftieth of the original ocean has been already absorbed, and thut when the crust ol the earth hus become one hundred miles in thiokness, every drop of water will disappear. It is also estimated that the earth would easily absorb fifty oceans like those which now cover a large portion of the surface All thc water at present on the earth constitutes one twenty lour thousandth part of its weight,'and ouco absorbed would become insensible to i chemical' analysis. The water being absorbed, the earth will orack open like thu moon, and form similar grooves into which the atmosph?re will settle. Long be t oro this era a|l life-will have oeased. ! \V bother thora ts any truth in the theory i or not, we,have no immediate cause of i alarm ; for the process will not advance I enough to givo the slightest record in ) the sliort span of a single life time. , According to the experiments of His i ehof, it wilt take niue millions of years i for tho earth to cool down fifteen i degrees. This loss is almos*, imperoep t tibie, as the internai heat addi only a J thirtieth of a degree to the tejnperAture I of thVsttrfte?.**ff'this prooefef-fs'Jrue i of the earth and the moon, the same ? cause must produce the same effects in i tho other planets and satellites of the ? system. ETOO the great ann himself - Didst be subjected to , th?/ laws which . rulo his subordinates,. Therefore, the - time must como in the distant ages of a I tho hereafter, whoa suit, planets and ?noo, losing ?very vesfig? of heat, wilt ?'v e'ibacorbed dt cry drop ;of witer io their thickened cruafs, and will have imprisoned every partido of atmosph?re in their ft ugo fissures. The solar system, ??W BO grandly beautiful, will then be ut an assemblage of dead worlds, without p ray of Tight, without a wave of h oat, wi th'oh t a drop of water, without a breath of air, floating around in tho immonaity of apace, bound together by the law pf gravitation io the embrace of death. v. . LITTLE MINNIE'S DREAR!. Dear , little Minnie caine down to break fast with her cheeks rosy, an 1 her bright eyes having such a depth to them, that papa and mama both saw it. Mamma, said, with a smile, "ll av o the bright angels been iu your dreams Min? nie, that you look ao happy ?0 "I think they were almost, mamma," said Minnie, "tor I have had a curious dream. I thought ? was in a deep, dark wood, and I didn't know the way out. I could hear wild beasts howling dreadfully not far away, and I was afraid they would conto ard Sud mc, by and by. When it grew very dark. I caned and called, and cried, because I was afraid. Just then there came out of the dark a tall, strong man, and oh, with such a noble face I and as ho look ed down into my eyes, he eaid, 'What, is my little girl lost in the great wood ?' Then, when 1 still oried-but now for joy that I wasn't alone-he took my hand tn his, and lcd moon through the woods. Then I said, 'I'm afraid tho wild beast will bite us.' 'You are in no danger while I um with you, hu said, .I cun keep them all off.' And he look ed as if ha could; for he scorned so strong and brave, and his face had such a calm, kind look, that I knew nothing could frighten Lim. So we walked on through the wood, and when 1 was tired ho took me iu his artus, and I felt so sale, as I could hear his great heart beet. Hut I loved better to walk by his side und hold hin hand. Dy and-by we came to a great rock that rose right up in tho path, and I didu't know what we could do. So I looked up to see his face, because ? thought he hud lost his way, too. You can't think how calm and kind he looked t'icn. Rut I wus afraid when he pointed to a hole in the rock, and said,'Hero is a dark woy through the nu k, and it is the only way out of thc wood. Will my little girl be afraid to tru-t herself to rae. and go with me down ii, to it ? I wasn't nh i t afraid when I looked into his face again, und thought how kindly he had lcd mc und curried mc so far through the wood So I told him I'd trust myself to him anywhere-only I didu't like the cold %JH\ damp of thc dark eave. Then he said to mc,'Stoop down Minnie, and look iuto the cavo.' O, mamma, you can't think what I saw. Through the dark, that only went a little way, I Saw such a beautiful pince, where people were going about over such smooth, green lawns, vhcro fountain'! were playing, und sweet music was sounding - I could just hear the music, and oh, it was better than any I hud ever heard before. There were children there, ton, beautifully dressed. Mamma, I didu't feel nbit afraid of the dark. So I took hold of tho dear, strong man's hand again, and we were just going into the cave when [ woko up. I was so sorry when I woke up, dear mnmrau." When mamma toid Minnie that just such a great wood our life is, and that there are grout wild beasts, called Temptations, that come to destroy peo pie that aro lost in it, little Miunic loved better thc dear Saviour, who is the strong man that lends those who put their hands in his out of tho dark wood Mamma told Minnie that tho dark passngo through the rook was just like death, which looked dark and cold and dump, till one had looked through it as Jesus teaches us to do. ELECTION 1'lt AU IPS IN CHESTER* FIELD COUNTY. The diction in this county, thongli resulting in thc election of the Ucforn candidates, was conducted at two pol h (Oro and Old Store) in tho most fraud uleutand villainous manner. The lie form party had their tickets numbered and hud committees at each poll to koc| an account of them as they wcro deposit cd iu thc box; by this means the com? mittee at the poll knew the cxac number of Reform votes put into th boxes by tho time the polls wore closed they also kept an exact account of th number of Radical votes polled. Whci tho polls at Old Store wcro dosed no exceeding 215 votes hud been po!leo and of these tho Reformers had a ma jority of 98 or 99; yet when they wer counted at the Court Housu they ha increased to 379, and a Radical majori? of 89. It oao be proven that on th dosing of tho polls there were not ex cocding 215 names on tho poll list, an 379 tickets wcro found iu thc box nt. th counting, the Commissioners refusing t s li ow tho list. At Oro, while th oumbor of votes had not increased, til numbered Reform tiokots had bee taken nut, and bogus Reform tioke printed in imi utiou of the genuine pi tn their places; most of theso hu Donaldson's name pas'cd over Duvall' When this was not done Duvall's nar. was printed (}. M. Duvall; M. Hough' printed M. L. Hough, ?ti using wrong initials in each nnn throughout the ticket, thus making it loss to the Reformers. It can be prov* that the managers, a?tor thc dosing the poll, gave the box in charge of Jo M odilia, at hts house; that ono Peat, brother in law of lt. J. Donalds? (Radical candidate for Senator) lc Cheraw on the night of tho election early next morning, passed fhester?e C. H. about day break, going in t direotioo ot Oro, and was given acot to the box by MoCulla. It is oonfidot ly believed that those wero tho parti who abstraoted tho Reform votes, a replaced t ii etti, with tho boes we have described. 0.0 the Saturday afternoon previous to the eleotion R. J. Doneldf seo applied to ua to print him fivo hundred Radical tickets, whioh we consented to do, but after the eootraot waa made he requested tho same ?nod of paper and .stylo of typo be used winch we bad used io priming the Re? form tickets; we became conviuced that he desired to deceive Reform voters, nod refused to print them. They doubtless were intended to deceive ig? norant voters or to ba used in stuffing boxea, as those at Old Store and Oro were stuffed; and could his creatures have obtained access to the boxes of the other polia, no doubt this county would have been lost to the Reformers. 3t't for tho stuffing of the two boxes the Reform ticket would have hod over 400 majority; as it is reduced to some? thing less. We will publish the lull statemcot io our iroxl issue. m OTU BR'S KISS. George Crown wanted to go some? where and his mother was not willing, lie tried to argue the matter. Whoa that Wo-iiid nut do, he spoke roughly, and went off slamming the door behind him. Instead of saying, "I should really like to go, but if you oaonot give eon soot, dear mother, I will try my best to be content to stay"-instead of saying and feeling so, he behaved in the way which I huvo described, just as too many boys do. George was fourteen, and with fourteen years experience of one tho best mothers, ono would have thought better of him. But ho was a boy. What can you cxpeot of boys? So say some people. Stop ; hear moro. That night George found thorns in his pillow. Ho could not fix it io any way to go to sleep OD. Ile turned and tossed and he shook and patted it, but nut a wink of sleep lor him. The thorns kept pricking. They wore the aniiry words he spoke to his mother. "My dear mother, who de serves nothing but kindness and love and obedience from me 1" ho said to himself, **I cnn never do enough for her, yet how havo I behaved ; I, her oldest noy-! How she nursed me through that fever !" He would ask her to forgive him in the morn Cut suppose something should happen before morning. He would ask lier now-to night-this mo? ment. George crept slowly out of bcd and went sufily to his mother's room "George," she said, "Is that you ? are you sick ?"-For mothers, you know, slsep with one ear and ono eye open, cspcciully when the lathers aro uwny, as George's luther was. "Dear mother," he said, kneeling at her bedside, "I could not sleep for thinking of my rude words to you tow day. Forgive, me mother ; and may God help me never to behave so again." Sha clasped tho penitent boy in her arms, and kissed his warm check. George is a big man now, but he says that kiss was the sweetest moment of his li lo. His strong, healthy, impetu? ous nature became tempered hy gentle? ness of spirit. lt softened his rough? ness, sweetened II?B temper, and helped him on to a true and noble Christian manhood. Roys are sometimes ashamed to act out their best feelings, Oh, if they only knew what a loss it is for them not to.-Mother's Mayaaine. SPURGEONS ADVICE GRATIS, Do not choose your friend by his looks, handsome shoes often pinch the feet. Don't be fond of compliments; ro member, "thunk you pussy, and thank you pussy," killed the cat. Don't believe thc man who talks thc most; for mewing cats are seldom good mousers. By no means put yourself in anothor person's power; if you put your thumb between two grinders, they arc very apt to hito. Drink nettling without seeing it; sign nothing without reading it, and make sure that it means no moro than it says. In any business, never wade into wa? ter whore you can't see tho bottom. Put uo d?pendance upon the label of a bag; and eouut the money alter your own kin. See tho sack open before you ; buy what is in it; for he who trades in tho dark, asks to he cheated. Keep clear of thc man who docs not value his own character. l?a war?; of the man who swears ; he who would blaspheme- tho Maker, would make no bones of lying or stealing. Beware of no man more than ofyotir self; wc carry our worst enemies with us. When a new opinion or doctrine comes before you, do not bite till you know whether it is bread or stone, nnd do not be sure that, tho gingerbread is good because of the guilt on it. Never shout halloo! till you arc quite I out of tho wood ; and never cry dried fish till they aro caught in tho net. There is always time enough to boast -wait o little longer. Don't throw away dirty wafer fill you have got clean ; keep on scraping tho roads till you can get better work, fur tho poorest pay is botter than none, and the humblest office is better than being out of employment. Always givo the road to bulls and madmen ; anti never fight with n coal heaver, nor contend with a base charac? ter, for thoy will bo sure to blackcu you. -Charity is tho shining through us of a spirit too groat to bo pet nie nt or small-hearted ; too rich to bo self Book? ing ; too good natured and happy, to think nvil ; and so thoroughly concious of superiority over all (vroumstanota, that it cannot loso tempero r bo discour? aged. From a Now<York paper of gat ?Td a y wo take the following ,dworipiioo . of the, latest sty leo io promenade dreaf?a : These dresses are chiefly black or dark colored silk, though We saw aorae pretty ones io grey, blas, aod anew color ?jail? ed Prussian green. Heavy gros de grain dresses seem most ia vogue, ?ott are truly dsasling io their sombre magnifi? cence. Almost all of the?e dresses are trimmed with volvet and lace, and aomo with vaesavientcritt of a rich arabesque fiat tern, and others with a melange of see velvet. Frioge nrd /eathers. Indeed, OOO dress struck us io particular, from the way this new and elegant trimming was disposed on'it. It waa a massive black gros de grain, with a deep flounce of black guipure lace and au overskirt of velvet trimmed also with lace, a baud of over four ?oohes in width of ostrich feathers weot round the flounce and j overskirt, both of which were caught up at intervals with similar plumes.-- ; This singularly magnificent dress had ? coat sleeves, cuffs of velvet, arraoged io < two !;rgc fist bews with Jung ends ?im- 1 med with very deep taco. The corsage j was high, witn vest front and postillion i back, a kind of hood or scarr of laoe j wns arranged on the shoulders, ' and disposed in a large bow in front. Thc price of this unique dress was $350. PROMENADE BONNET of brown velvet, moderately olose shape, tho exterior of the.brim decorated with black lace, profusely trimmed with flowers, foliage and a plume of white ostrich feathers ; long strings of rib* bon of the same hue as the hat. with inner ooes of blue, were fastened under the ohio. This is returning somewhat to the old style worn some years ago. TXIB RIGHT KIND OF A BOT. Tom dropped a large, floe red apple out of the front window; whioh rolled pretty oear the iron railing between our grass plot and the street. Tom forgot to pick it up. Pretty soon two boys came along. "Oh I my/' cried one, "soe that bouncer of au apple; let's hook it. The other boy nudged, him, with a whisper, "Shut up; the folks are look? ing." And on they went. A little girl oext passod. She spied tho applo, and stopped, looking very hard at it, then put her hand through tho rails and tried to reach it; her fingers just touched it; she looked around, a man was coming down the street; the girl withdrew ber hand aod passed on. A ragged little fellow passed by soon ofter. ? That boy will grab the apple," I said to myself, peeping through the blinds. H's bright eyes at oncacaug'it sight of it, and he stopped; after look? ing a moment, he ran across the street and picked up a stick; he poked tho stick through the roils, and rolled the apple near enough to pick it up. Turn? ing it over in his grimy hands, I could not help seeing how ho longed to eat it. Did he pocket it and run ? No. Ile came up thc steps and rang the door bell. "I found this big apple in your yard," said the boy, "and I thought maybe you dropped it out and didn't know it was there; so I picked it up and fetched it to you." "Why did you not eat it?" I asked. "Oh!" said he, "it isn's mino." "It was almost in the street," I said, "where it would have boen hard to fiud an owner." "Almost is not altogether," replied the hoy, ' which Mr. Curtis soys makes ull thc diff?rence in the world." "Who is Mr. Curtis?" "My Sunduy school teacher. He ex? plains the eight commandment, and I know it; what is better, I mean to stick to it. What's the uso of knowing un? less you act up to it?" Here he hand* cd mc tho apple. "Will you pienso take the applo?" I said. "I om gio i you brought it in, for l?kctokn?w honest boys. What is your name?" Ile told mc; I need not tell you, only I think you will agree with me that ho is thc right kind of a Sunday-school scholar. Ho squares his conduct by the faithful Christian instruction that he gets thoro.- Youth's Cabinet. TUB DRPARTBDSOIIL, Heavens ! what a moment that must bo wi.eu tho Inst flutter expires on our lips! What a chango! Tell me, ye who are deepest read in naturo and in God, to what new world are we born ? Whither has that spark-'that unseeo, incomprehensible intelligence, fled ? Look upon that cold, livid, ghostly corpse that lies before you 1 That wns n shell, a gross earthly covering, whioh held tho immortal essence which has now left-left to reign, perhaps through illimitable space-to reoeive new capaci? ties to delight, new powers of beatitude -Ten thousand fancies rush upon tho mind ns it contemplates the awful mo ??..?)? between life and death, lt is a moment big with imagination, hopes, fears : it is tho consummation that clears up all mystery, solves all doubts-which removes ali contradictions, and destroys orror.. Great God! What a flood of rapture may af onco burst upon the do pnrted soul. Tho un clou il cd brightness of the celestial region-the solemn corot* of naturo may be divulged, the immediate unity of the - past, forms of imperishable beauty may then suddenly disclose, themselves, bursting upon tho delighted sense, and bathing them in I immeasurable bliss.-Spurgeon. -Some girls are like old muskets ; they uso a good deal of powder but woo't go off. CITIZEN'S SAVINGS BANK i SOUTH CAROLINA, Depotitt f)/$l and Cjttcurdi Received. INTEREST ALLOWED AT THE KATE OF SEVEN PER -OB NT. PER ANN VU, . ON CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT, AND SIX PER CUNT. COM ' POUNDED EVERY SIX MONTHS ONA CCO UN 1 E. OFFICERS, Wo. Mar tl o. President, A. O. Brenlser, Ca abler. John 0. fi. Smith, Assistent Cashier. J, tT. Dargan, A isis tant Cashier nt Sumter. Local Finance Committee at Sumter: J. T. Solomons, I J. 8. Richardson, Jr. L. 0. Pate, I T. fi. Fraser. Heehantes, Laborers, Clerks, Widows, Or. phans nod others may here deposit their savings .nd draw a liberal rate of Interest thereon. Planten., Professional Men ?nd Trustees wish lng to draw Interest on their funds until they re quire them for business or other purposes. Pa rents desiring to set ?part email sums for their children, and Married ' Women and Minne* [whose deposits can only be withdrawn by them? selves, or, In ease of death, ay the!, legal repr?? sentatives,) wishing to lay aside funds for future ase, ?re here afforded an opportunity of deposit? ing their means whore they will rapidly'accumu? late, and, at the sarao time, ? be sut Ject to with? drawal when needed. Oet.9 tf 100 years a secret? ea- Cures as by magie **sry- 1,000 persons testify Pains, wounds, and sufferings cease S&r Physicians ?so and recommend It 95.00 pots ordered daily for hospitals and public institutions in all parti of the U. S. jpWEBE JJ?KER ^ALVE all Cuts, Burns, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Canoera, Sure Nipples, and Broken Brenrts, Chapped Lips and Hands, Eruptions, Chil? blains, Bites or Stings of Insects, Ae. tefc. A WONDERFUL CURB FOR PILES. Put np in 60o. sites (and $1 pots for families.) All Druggists everywhere sell lt. DON'T BE ONE DAV Without it in the House. "COSTAR'S" Standard Preparations ARB 'CostarV Rat, Roach, &c. Extermina? tors. 'CostarV (liqnid) Bcd Bug Exter. 'CostarV (only pure) Insect Powder. 'CostarV (only sure remedy) Corn Solvent. te??. SOLD everywhere. Ask for "COSTAR'S" (take no other.) $1, $2, $3, and $5 sises, order from COSTAR CO., 18 Howard-S t., N. Y. GOODRICH, WINEMAN & CO., Wholesale Agents, CHARLESTON, S. C. May 4 ly SAFETY LAMP. PERKIN 8 8L HOUSES' NON-EXPLOSIVE KEROSENE LAMP IS j absolutely safe both from Breaking and Ex? plosion. Uives twice as much Light as ordinary Lamps, and uses 33 per cent, loss Oil. Hives ott | no oder, and lasts ? liletiuio. For sale by J. P. BBOWNR, Xb. 13C Meeting street, and No. 51 Broad | Street, Charleston, S. C. Agent for State of South Carolina. GREEN d' WALSH, Agents for Sumter. Sept 5-_Sm D. A. SMITH, WHOLESALE ANO RETAIL DEALER IN 7 Parlor, Chamber, Dining-Iloom, Office and Library IT1 urn! tu r o, Mattresses, Window Shades, Sash, Rlinds and Doors. Granite Iront Buildings. Sept 14-Cm] WILMINGTON, N. C. WILMINGTON Iron and Copper Works MACHINE SHOP, FRONT. STREET, BELOW MARKET, WILMINGTON, N. O. Deniers nnd Manufacturers of Steam Engines, Pea Nut Mnchinos, Sugiir and other Mille, Ctn Goar, Cotton Si-rew* and Prouse*, Turpentine Stills, und nil kinds nf Curling* nod Mnchinery made or repaired. .Also, Packing-and''Belting, Wood Moulding. Brackels, Newell ToM?, Stair Railing, Ac, of the latest pntiorns. HART & BAILEY. Sept 14 _ "",*> P. HE?NSB?RGER, BOOK SELLER,'STATIONER - Ann Blank Book Manufacturer. DBA LRU' I* Pianos, Organs, Melodeons, Ouitars, Violins, Chromos, Ac. At New York and Balliincra Prices. Sept 14- WILMINGTON, N. C. rpHB undersigned' would, ?oil respectfully ? X announce lo lb? people of SumU>r aqd eur?, jg rounding country bur ho have Jun received .> .. SPLENDID LOT.OP 'fi'* 33 Mariele. ! end* le now prepared to re?oive ?nd cxeoutc or- 3 der? ?if aj| kind? lo bi* Un?, with. neatatasfand; m dispatch. - ' IRON RAILING FURNI8T1RD TO ORDER. ' *1 W. P. SMITH. (<m 6 UM T KR. 8. O. : : , Kro- 17 . tf . M NO. 3 . I THE ONLY STRICTLY 8 Grocery mid Liquor House IN TOWN ! ? r . r- - TUB UNDER SIGHED, begs lear? ta : call tho attention or hie friends and tba' j jubilo generally tobie ' , . vi NEW AND AV ELL SELECTED STOCK OF " " I Heavy and Fancy Groceries I IVbioh he offers low for CASU ONLY. \ ' - 't ^.ft. All artioles warrunted as- recommended ;. ?&- Pure Medicinal-Eiqnor? kept constant - in band.. J. II. EBERHART. April IS , ff " SOUTH CAROLINA . Central Rail Road Co* CHARLESTON, S. C., October 13, 1870. THE FOURTH INSTALMENT OF FIVB DOLLARS PER SHARE, will be payable) >n 16th November proximo. Ln Charleston-at tho Office 'of the Company, No. 10 Broad street. Tn Sumter-To Major JOSEPH JOHNSON. In Clarendon-To Dr. JOHN I. INGRAM. WM. H. PKRONNEAU, Treasurer. Oct 10_. ' . For ?Sale,. THE PLANTATION ON WHICH I RE-~ SIDE, containing about Three Thousand Acres. -ALSO My Plantation in Clarendon County, contain? ng about \ rwo thousand & (wo hundred acres* Either of the above will be sold as a whole, or livided to suit purobasers. I also offer for sale the residence of Mr?. Julia Grierson, with THREE HUNDRED ACRES LAND, : Daking a compact and desirable Farta x JNO. N. FRIERS0?, Aug 10-3m] _ . Statebnrg, S. C. EXECUTOR'S SALE O 27* L 1> . BY CONSENT OF THE PARTIES INTER* LSI Kl) in the Beal Estate of Mrs. MAR. UARET .McLEOD, decensod, nccording to tk? terms of ber will. I will sell at Sumter Court House, no sales-day in Nuycmbor next, . a .tract fl mf lu H il belonging tn said Estate, In the County of Sumter, in the State nfSoutb Carolina, con? mining THKEB HUNDRED AND TWENTY FVE ACRES, moro or lo.s, hounded North by land of John Montgomory ann Samuol N. L?eoste, East hy land ol'J. H. Wilson. South by land ofBcnJ Wi'snn.und Wost, hy land of Estate, .if Moses McLfliid. TERMSs uno half cn?h and tho- balance on ? credit ?f twelve nvurhs. with interest, the pay. mont to bo secured by Bond of the purchaser with mortgage of tho premises. ' Purchaser.* to pay for papers ?nd stamps? . U. M. .McLEOD, Exeoutor. Oct S-td _. General Life and Fire \mwim mmi. SUMTEa, s. o: T X HE following Companies hnving compiled with the Law, and deposited $20,00)) each with the Comptroller Oeii?rwl, oller protection to households against loss or damage hy fire : Pheonix Fire Insurance Company, gf Brooklyn, N. Y. Uush Ae?ei", 81,70),00?. Soutlicrn Life tn ti tl rh no? Cotnpuny/?f Atlanta, Un., (Jen. tl.-ft. ti on DON, PresiuNnt, M. C. MonriiH, 8cc'ty. Security Fire I ns?vance Company of Now York, Awoitss, $2.017.800 81. . German Fire Insurance Company of Now York, ASSUME.. 1.?5C.0M Ul. Georgia llnutft ln.iur.inco Company, Columbus, Ga.. Assctts, 403,7*81 10. Richmond Banking Insurance Ct?., of Virginia, Asset ts, 270.r>4f> 24. .\. WU ITH, June 22 Two Dwelling Houses in Town, and a Farm NEAR SU MT IOU FOR SALE. A HOUSE With (Ive I looms, and Outbuildings, ' on Washington Mrcct. A HOUSE -villi four l{..utns anil Outbuildings on Sn.ular Stri ct. Also a Small Farm Fifty Acres, I within twa miles i t Sumter. Term? easy, Applj t<> OitJ _ t'HAS. il. MOISE, . ROBERT BROUN, Architect, County Surveyor, -AN I) : Mechanical Engineer? WILT. ATTEjND TO ANY BUSINESS ?N tro*ted to him with nenracy and dispntcb. Refers to FOES ?>t: KRIBNDS._ Ad lr. s-, ManeteJbJL J. 0. 1 Octl?