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??|ra Jnkl?pcct . *? ? . From the Rome Courier. ' Bill-Arp on "tho'Situation. Big Siia.nty Terkitori', ?Sto. 3. March Stli, '07. ' Jlr. Editor: My intention was to have remained in dignified obscurity the small remnant of my miserable days, but my friends Bob Hide, Sam McCracken, Tip and other respectable gentlemen of all sexes and both colors seemed to be dis ' helved about the times, and insist on my views about ibe momentous state of our sufferin countiy. I havent been to Wash . inton, nor been playing sentinel on a watch tower, but my observation convin? ces me there is a power of fuss on hand about something. Polities look squally and alarmin. BUI Sherman overrun the country and distroyed and carried away Our property, aud now bis brother John is'finish^n up the job by robbin us of the rights and liberties our forefathers won. Good gracious! What an awful people we are. And now comes Joseph, the senti? nel, with bis long-winded message of con? solation, telliri us how wc may flee from tbe rath to come?skoeriri tho people to death, and gcttin everything in a stew. What made, him in such a hurry? why dident he keep silence lot* a few days until the veto was signed, and the bill- was passed? Why dident he give Mr. Jcn Irjns a chance-? May be that Joseph feels sorter responsible for the fix he's got us in. May be he's rcpentin lor the didos he cut up, and the seeds of discord he sowed during the war; but I doubt it.? I dont think his ambition or his vanity sees anything but his own importance.? It looks like'he thought the Capital was moved to Atlanta, and he was Governor still. He's afraid the people will think He's dead, and just as scon as a big thing happens, and a little before, he-clutches the occasion?seises the-"opportunity, de? livers his message, stirs up the people, sets tho Gate City in a ferment, <_rels his name in the Herald and the Tribune.? . Joe Brown, a whale, big leader, conspicu? ous, fame,.history, Mr. Jenkins nowhere; Milledgevill gone upj Joseph E. runriin tho machine, in Atlanta ! Well, I don't know what is at tho bot? tom of all this, but I am afraid that while Joseph was in Washington somebody carried him up into a high mountain, and showed him a Kingdom or two, and he fell down and worshipped. These little kingdoms that a man sometimes sees from the top of a mountain are mighty demoralizing. My friends, we've got nothing to be ashamed of. Since ..tbe war .our pursuits have been peaceful aud honorable. Wo need'nt.htimiliate ourselves through fear of what humankind can do us. If the Radicals intend to confiscate us, they will do it, and no acceptance of Sherman's bill will prevent" it. If they want our cab? bages, they are goin to have 'em. If they will ride over.one law; they will over another. If they disregard Mr. Johnson's great argument,: they'l disregard iiny thing. Is'obody knows what they won't do, or when they will quit doing it, and my advice is to suffer and be strong, en? dure everything and accept nothing. All is lost save honor; hold - up your man? hood, don't lick the hand that's raised to strike the blow. Joe Brown's banner, says "all is lost save honor, and that is onfy tolerable I thank you, it grows puny and weak." lie says we can have repre? sentation in Congress. Who by i A man who can take the test oath, and control the nigger vote. Who wants such a rep? resentation! How long before he would jine the Radicals and go in for confisca? tion. If he controlled the nigger vote ho'd promise 'em land or anything else. Demagogues have always controlled the ignorant whites, demagogues will control the ignorant blacks. Who controls the nigger influence in Tennessee??who. Brownlow and his party. Tennessee has d'-me just what Joe Brown wants us to do, and now look at her aud weep ; a nigger candidate running for Governor. But suppose wc had representation, and that elected all good men, fair men, just men, what could they do for us ? Just ?-nrHjorrey^RTr^ir--v'wc^^OTrrrrntif ndo any? thing that has been done, and with a Radical President they could do as much more as they pleased. Just let 'cm all alone, give'em rope, more rope; history is repeating itselfj tho crisis will come sometime, tyranny and oppression must run its course. Joe Brown's programme wont stop it. One of Iiis resolutions made my head swim; I felt like taking chloroform. IIo would make the whole Yankee nation believe we loved 'cm like brothers, and wanted 'em to come out South, and let us hug 'em Well ali that sort of stuff is played out. There aint a hundred men in the State that has any more respect for a Radical than a hyena, and Joe Brown knows it. But the good Lord knows our hearts, and how fondly wo cling to those moderate men of the mighty North win would save us from the humiliation that awaits us. Let a kind word be spoken to a subjugated reb, 'and the warm blood quickens in the veins. Joseph is afraid wc can't stand a mili? tary government. Well.. I know its hu? miliating, withering, crushing, but we havo stood it, and can try it a while lon? ger. We can do it till we can do better. Military Government aint the cause ol* our poverty and distress, its a govern? ment higher than Thomas, or Sherman or Sheridan. Its the loss of crops and the j want ot rain. The military never stopped the corn from growing, and thcr's just as much rain in one platform as another. If the good Lord will only bless us with abundant harvests, everything WHI go on smooth enough with the humble and hon? est people who drive the plow and hoe I the corn. If they prosper, everybody '? else will too, if they mind their own bus- j ness. We will have to quit talk in?- so much, and quit writing altogether; muz? zled lips and a gagged press. I've done ' took warnin* myself, and quit. Had my ! life insured in the Knickerbocker, and : policy won't allow me to expose myself, to jump in no unnecessary peril. The military can out wnte us anyhow. Folks say tho pen is mightier than tho sword, , but you put 'em both together, and they'll flank a man out of his liberty, and may be his life, in double quick. Tho Mayor1 of this town had a little billet (loin will) Gen. Thomas the other day, and only come out second best, though it wasont1 an open field nor ? fair rii^ht. I thought my sell'that 21 order must be a hoax, got up by Brick Pomeroy, or somebody, and was lookin for the General to come out in a card denyin of it; but I soon found that it was a genuine Hobespcrea.n docu? ment. I still think his posterity will den)' it some 30 }'ears hence. Well, I was mighty mad. I would have given a hundred dollars to have played Yantoun with him one hour, just to have been turned loose in the papers, all free, no gag,, uo jail, no barracks, no bayonets, no guard. I would have got such a grin on him for the next- six months a~s woidd have made everybody except Brick Pomeroy forget that Beast Butler stole spoons. "Living on their magnanimitc !" I tell you that gotjne ; that burnt me, when i knew there wasent enough magnanimity in a ship load of all such to: support a poor lieb 2-1 hours. Magnanimity.! My opinion is they've lost the seed, and don't know what tbo commodity is. I was as full of epitaph as Brownlow ia of piscn ; language:Would have come to me spontaneous; regular hide-lifters, that would have peeled the bark from a man's carcass like skinnin an align tor. But you sec I was in the cau? tious state, and had to smother my feel? ings. I think I should have gone up with spontaneous combustion if my wife hadn't broke the spell with her comic scenes. She is an ainusin and interest in woman, but much given to music in these days of numerous and lively offspring, but just as soon as order 21 come out, she hunted up .the "gray jacket", and the "conquered banner," and jest such a solo soiree as I have 21 times a week, was never heard in Biir Shanty before She seems to take a delight in lcttin the rebel flag on the title page "see the light," and "flaunts it abont" in my face because I call myself a Union man. She says that part of the order about Gen. Hanson's remains was founded on Scriptures, and so was Phil. Sheridan's about Gen. Johnston's, for Solomon says in Ecclcsiasl.es, ."that a liv? ing dog is better than a dead "lion." My opinion is that it will be impossible to harmohjze these women darin this Centu? ry.,. Such orders as 21 will cut" oil" all hope of it. I think if Gen. Thomr.s haderit, been a Virginian, ho wouldent have issued it. I've noticed that when a Virginian falls, he falls heavy and fur. IIo gits further over on the side agin us than anybody. Hope for the best, my friends. Don't imagine you see panthers and injuns, be? cause you are in a Territory. Don't mistake a Bureau track for a bear sign. Don't fear it will be sickly because Flor? ida is hitched on to our diggins. Attend to your business, keep off a high moun? tain, and all will be well. I would say more, but my wife's music has begun. Yours, respectful I v, BILL APP. P. S.?I date my letter from Big Shan? ty, as I bear these 'diggins! are to have that name. Let us all be thankful we know where we are. For two yours it has been doubtful whether we were in urout. My opinion now is that ioe are out, and I heard a female voice say"Svhoopec ! B. A. -4? Good for Forty Tuxes.?The Shelby (Iml ) Courier says: Organs in the churches have become very fashionable of late. In almost eve "ry church 3-011 go into you will find one of these instruments. A friend of ours related to us on yesterday an amusing incident which occurred in their church. He said, to be in fashion, they must have an organ. The congregation could not afford to pay organists, so they got a self acting Organ, ft compact instrument, well suited to the purpose, and construct? ed to play forty tunes. The sexton had instructions how to set it going, and how to stop it; hut, unfor? tunately he forgot the latter part of his business; and, alter singing the first 1 four verses of a hymn before the sermon, ' the organ could not be stopped, anil con I tinned playing two verses more; then, jjast as the clergyman completed the i words, 'let us pray,' the organ again 1 clicked and started another tune. The sexton aud other.- continued their of the stoutest men in the church to shoulder the perverse instrument, and they carried it down the aisle of the church, playing away, into the church? yard, where it continued clicking and playing away until the whole forty tunes were finished. Casting out Devils.?We have a friend, a Methodist preacher, and a jolly fellow he is. He lias a large, muscular frame, with corpulence to correspond; has a huge hand, with a powerful grip?save us from giving him offence if he were ? common sinner. II? is an earnest worker, and has a well earned reputation as a, revivalist. Some years ago he was holding a meeting at which quite an interest was awakened. A number of persons had come to the anxious seat, and some had been convert? ed. One evening a group, consisting of two or three young men, and as many young ladies, were present, whose object in coining was to have* merriment. The I minister having noticed their nianouvers lor a while, and thinking it was lime they j were checked, found his way to them, and addressing himself to ihc young men, kind? ly requested them to observe decorum be lilting the place. One of them, whose ideas of politeness were hardly to the mark, ventured in a rather ungracious manner to reply that they had "understood that miracles were worked there, and he had come to see them performed." Upon this our robust friend, the minister, coolly took the yong man by the coat collar, de? liberately led him down the aisle, ami opening the door, without ceremony land? ed him outside, quietly remarking: "We do not work miracles here, but we cast out Devils!" ? The following is said to have occur? red in a Probate judge's Court: A lady enters the Court room in haste; meeting the Judge she accosts him?"Sir, are von the reprobate Judge?" Probate Jud^c_I Madam, I am." "Well," said the lady, "My husband died detestatc, and left nie j six young 'uns, und I want to be appoint-1 ed their executioner." ? Josh Billings says.: "(Jod save lite fools, and don't let them run out; for il it wem'! for them, wise men couldn't get a j living.*' I Wit and Kumor. Tlie Lest masters of the art are gradually dying out. Cant. Derby, better known as VJolmPhuiiiix," one of the inimitable and unapproachable writers of this gene? ration, died some time since at his station on the Pacific coast, and now we hear of the death of Charles F. Brown (Artemus Ward,) who crossed the water to delight the people of England, and then died among them. Artemus was a practical printer, and showed his appreciation of the craft by his will, in which he left all his properly to his mother, for her use during life, and at her death it is to he devoted to founding a printer's asylum in New York. His property is estimated at over ?100,000, which, if judiciously invest? ed", will afford relief to many an indigent brother of the craft. The original Jack Downing (Seba Smith) is, we think, still living in Portland, Maine, but the man who took up" the title after Mr. Smith dropped it, aud wrote some of the most pungent criticisms on the gov? ernment and its acts, departed this life a llew days since in New York. '?Jonce Hooper," as his friends called him, the author of "Simon Suggs," is an? other one who is missing when the roll is called. No one looking at him would think that so much fun laid under that apparently solemn exterior.- lie looked [and acted like a preacher; but, in compa? ny, he would sometimes unbend, and then the boys enjoyed themselves. As editor of a country paper in Alabama, and after? wards managing the Montgomery Mail, lie made "troops of friends," avIio regret? ted his early death, and still cherish the memory of J. J. Hooper, who was decid? edly the best humorist that Alabama has produced. The Rev. Judge. Longstreet, author of "Georgia Scenes," is, wc are pleased to hear, still in the enjoyment of good health at Oxford, Mississippi. We hope he may live many years yet; and when he is final? ly called away from earth, that it will only be to exchange the troubles and trials of tnis sublunary sphere for the enjoyments of the righteous, to whom it will be said: '"?Conic up higher." C. II. Smith, the original "Bill Arp," has become "reconstructed," and settled down at his ranch in Koine. He will write again, sure, for he is ouc of the irre? pressible kind. ? "Sut Lovengood," alias Geo. W. Harris, formerly Postmaster at Knoxville, Ten? nessee, has let his pen lie idle too long.? We don':; know where he has located, but hope soon to hear from him. Col. W. T. Thompson, the author of "Major Jones' Courtship" and several other humorous works, which have taken a high place in the standard literature of the country, is still living and flourishing, and wc hope ere long to see some new pro? ductions from his pen, now* too long un? used. We now turn towards the Southern ex? tremity of the country. Geo. McKnight (Asa Hartz) has written many good pieces, but it is unfortunate that he writes so sel? dom. After the death of Jos. Brennan, of the N. O. Times, he holds the first place in that section. He is a printer; as, in fact, are most of the good writers in the world. Going from one extreme to the other, we find in Boston the rotund and tjood liaturcd B. P. Shillaber, the original Mrs. Partington, who lias done perhaps more than any one else to dispel the blues. lie is another typo, and the fattest one in the country, except Bill Daggctt, of the Charleston Courier.?Savannah Adcerlizer. --o Reckipe for Fits.?Though no doctor, I have by me some excellent prescriptions, and I shall charge you nothing for them ; yon cannot grumble at the price. We arc most of us subject to (its; I am vested with them myself, and I dare say you arc also. New, th"n for my prescriptions. For a fit of passion, walk in the open air; you may speak your mind to the wind without hurting any one, or proclaiming yourself to be a simpleton. For a fit of idleness, count the lickings of a clock. Do this for one hour, and you will be glad to pull off your coat the next and work like a negro. For a lil of extravagance and folly, go to the work-house, 01 speak with the rag 1 t .1.1".,.... ? M - 1 you will be convinced ? "Who makeih Iiis bed of liricr and thorn, Musi be eoiiiein lu lie forlorn." For a fit of ambition, go into a church? yard, and read the grave stones. They will tell you the end.of ambition. The grave'will soon be your bed chamber, the earth your pillow, corruption your father, and the worm your mother and sister. For a lit of repining, look about for the halt and the blind, and visit the bed-rid? den and afflicted and deranged, and they 'will make you ashamed of complaining of your lighter afflictions. For a fit of despondency look on the good things which God has given you in this world, and at those which he has promised to his followers in the next. He who goes into his garden to look for cob webs and spiders will lind them; while he who looks for a flower, may return into his house with one blooming in his bosom.# For all fits of doubt,perplexity and fear, whether they respect the body or the mind, whether they are a load to the shoulders, the head or the heart, the fol? lowing is a radical cure which may be re? lied on, for I had it from the Great Physi? cian: "Cast thy burden on the Lord, and he will sustain thee." Tine Yai.uk of Latin.?A very good member of the General Assembly of Rhode Island once moved to translate all the Latin phrases in the statutes so that the common people could understand them. The exquisite folly of such a measure was by no means obvious to the great body of the Assembly. It was quite as likely to pass as not. A good solid argument against it would probably have carried it through. The late Mr. ?pdikc took the ground that it was no advantage to have the .people understand the laws. They were not afraid of anything which they understood. It was these Latin words that they were afraid'of. ".Mr. Speaker, there was a man in South Kingston about, twenty years ago, a perfect nuisance, and nobody knew how to get ridot him. One j day lie was hoeing corn and lie saw the ' Sheriff coming wit h a paper, and he asked i what it was. Now if he had told him it was a writ what would he have cared ? but he loht him it was a capias ad satis faciendum, and the man dropped his hoe aud ran, and has not been heard of since." ) Definitions of Character.?Filie fe!-1 low?Tlic mau who advertises in our pa-1 per; the man who never refuses to lend yori money, and the rieh fellow who ? is courting your sister. Genteel People?The young lady who lets her mother do all the ironing for fear of spoiling on a rainy day, and the young gentleman who is ashamed to be seen walking with his father. Industrious People?The young lady who reads romances iu bed, the friend who is always engaged when you call, and the correspondent who can never find time to answer your letters. Unpopular People?The fat man in an omnibus, a tall man in a crowd-, and a short man on a parade. Timid People?A lover about to pop the question, a man who does not like to be shot at, and a steamboat company with a case of cholera on board. Dignified Men?A midshipman on quar? ter deck, a chit in a country town, school committee on examination day, dry goods clerks, and beginners in law. Persecuted People?Woman, by that tyrant, man, boys by their parents and teachers, aud all poor people by society at ; large. Unhappy People?Old bachelors aud bid maids. Ambitious Chaps?The writer who pays the magazine for inserting his communi? cation, the politician who quits his party because he cannot get into otfice, and the boy who expects to be President. Humble*.Persons?The husband who does his-*'ife's churning, the wife who blacks her husband's boots, and the man who thinks you do him much honor. ?--^>. What We aim-: Made Of.?The follow? ing is from an article by Dr. 0. W. Holmes: ? If the reader of this paper lives another year, his selfconseious principle will have migrated from its present tenement to another, the new materials of which have not been put together. A portion of that j body of which it is to be will ripen in the coni of the next harvest. Another por? tion of his future person he vril' purchase or others will purchase for him, headed up I in the form of certain barrels of potatoes. I A third fraction is yet to be gathered in i the Southern rice, fields. The limbs with which he is then to walk will he clad with the flesh borrowed from the tenants of many stalls and pastures now unconscious of their doom. The organs of speech with which lie asks so wisely, pleads so eloquently or speaks effectively, must serve his humble brethren to bleat, to bellow, and all the varied utterance of bristled or leathered barn yard life. His bones themselves are, to a great extent, iu posse and not esse. A bag of phosphate of lime, which he has ordered from Prof. Mapes for his grounds, contains a large par.t of which is to be his skeleton. And more than all this, and by far the greater part of his body, is nothing at all but water; the main substance of his scattered members is to be looked for j in the reservoir, the running stream, at I the bottom of the well, in the clouds that float over his head, or diffused among all. Juntus Bern's Booth.?.Tunius Brutus Booth kept the portait id Washington in his drawing-room. No visitor was per? mitted to stand iu the presence of the pic? ture with the covered head. Iiis admira? tion for republicanism was greatly due to the rivalry which soon sprung up between him aud Keen, which ended in his perma? nent emigration to America. Beforc-that he had achieved great success on the Em; lish stage, and Ila/.litt had been compell? ed to acknowledge his supremacy in the character of "Lear." For thirty years he hold the first position on the American stage. His religion is worth describing : "All forms of religion and all temples of devotion were sacred to him, and in pass ing churches he never failed to bare his head reverently. He worshipped at many shrines; he admired the Koran, and in that volume many beautiful passages are under? scored ; days sacred to color, ore and me? tals were religiously observed by him. In the synagogues he was known as a Jew, because he conversed with the rabbis and learned doctors, and joined their worship iu the Hebraic loniTue. lie readthe Tab , .. -. Minn, ui ii> laws. Several tat hers of the Hornau Cath? olic Church recount pleasant hours spent with him iu theological discourse, and aver that he was of their persuasion, by the knowledge of the mysteries of their faith. -^ An Open Rear.?Deacon A-, while passing through his lot the other day. stooped down to tic his shoe. A pet ram which the boys had trained, among other things, was taught to regard his posture as extremely offensive. lie instantly pitched into the old gentleman's undefen? ded rear, and laid him full length iu a mud hole. Picking himself up, the dea? con discovered the cause of his overthrow, standing in all the calmness and dignity of a conscious victor. His rage was boundless, aud he saluted him with the energetic language : '?You d--d old rascal!" At that moment he caught a glimpse of the benign face of the "minister," peep? ing through the fence, and he instantly added : '?If I may be allowed the expression." --o Puetty Goon.?Soon alter the "sur? render," a North Carolina soldier, who had been for a long time living at the ex? pense of the Federal Government in a Northern prison, had reached, on his wea? ry tramp homeward, the border of his Stale, wearing the rags of his Confede? rate gray. He met an old acquaintance, and this conversation ensued : "Hello,-old feller, whar ar you from ?" "Johnson's Island." "Gitlin home agin ?' "Tryin to." "Better not go over lhar with them clothes on. They don't let anybody wear gray anymore; they'll take you up sure." "Jerusalem! haint they got over their scare yet?" -?<s? ? A female freedman was brought up the other day at Aberdeen, Miss., lor i lighting. "This is your first light, is it not, Peg? gy ?" asked the mayor. "lircss vour soul ; no ihassa," was her energetic reply, "when we used to b'long to Dr. W., we tit constant. Here warn't no p'lice bothern fokes bisness iu dem times. Why, mussa, we fit constant in detu daye." 1 D.qn'tbh Extravagant.?If-the poor house has any terrors for you never buy what you don't need. Before you "pay three cents for a jewsharp, my boy. ascer? tain whether you .ca.ino't make just as pleasant; a noise by whistling -,for which nature furnishes the machinery, and before you pay seventy-five dollars for a coat, young man, find out whether your lady would not be just as glad to see you in one that cost half t'iie money. If she would not, let her crack her owu hazel? nuts, and buy her own clothes. When yon see a man spending two or three dollars a week foolishly, the chancee are five to one that hell live long enough to know how many cents Jiere are in a dollar; if he don't he's pretty sure to be? queath that privilege to his widow.? When a man asks you to buy that for which you have no use, no matter how cheap, "don't say yes until you are sure that some one else wants it in advance. Money burns in some folks' pockets, and makes such a big hole that everything that is put in drops through past finding. Whom not to Marry.?A southern edi? tor expresses himself annoyed in behalf of the fair sex at the reception of the follow? ing, and yet inconsistently publishes it: "Never marry a woman whose love for you will defend upon the gratification of her wants, or of her love of power. For however ardently she may profess an at? tachment to you, or to extol you lo others, or take pride in hearing your good quali? ties praised, you may rest assured that the moment you venture to interfere with what she considers her sole prerogative, even though it be the discharge of a sol? emn duty, or an exercise of the rights which, as a protector and provider tor your family, you possess, both in law and equity, then she will hate you as cordially as she loved, and not to be at all back? ward in calling you very ugly names to i your face. 2s'o matter for your excuses, or for disclaimers of malicious or spiteful in j tent, you are a lost man so far as your do I most it* peace is concerned?take my word I for it." Men* of Few Words.?Some men use words as riflemen do bullets. They say j but little. The few words used go right j io the maik. They let you talk, ami guide with your eye and face, on and on, till what you say can be answered iu a word or two, and then they launch out a sentence, pierce the matter to the quick, and are dime. Your conversation falls I into their mind as rivers into a deep chasm, i and is lost fiom sight by its depth and I darkness. They will sometimes surprise I you with a few words, that go to the mark i iike a gun-shot, and they are silent again, I as if they were re-loading. Such men are I safe counselors, and true friends in every j case where they profess to be such. To j them truth is more valuable than gold, j while pretension is too gauzy to deceive i them. Words without point, to them, are like titles without merit, only betraying the weakness of the blinded dupes who are ever used as promoters of other men's schemes. --p. Extract.?When the summer day of youth is slowly wasting away into the . nightfall of age, and the shadows of the past years grow deeper and deeper, as life wears to a close, it is pleasant to look back through the vista of time upon the sor? rows and felicities of our earlier years.? If we have home to shelter and hearts to rejoice with us, and friends have been gathering together around our firesides, then the rough places of our wayfaring will be worn and smoothed away, in the twilight of life, while the sunny spots wc have passed through will grow brighter and more beautiful. Happy indeed are they whose intercourse with the world has not*changed the lone of their holier feel? ings, or broken those musical chords of th'e heart, whose vibrations are so melodious, so tender and touching in the evening of ? A certain minister had promised a little boy of his that he should accompany him to church the following Sabbath. The I little fellow, although not quite four years j old, was still old 'enough to rcjnember llie .:.nv,"? .,..i??, ,.'i,i,i-,.li ....... . : j happened that he was fast asleep, and ids parents went away leaving him in bed.? Some time after he aw?>ko, and cubing to his mind the promise giv en him he hurried down stairs only to lind his lather and mother gone. Determined not to be frus? trated in this manner, he made his way into the street, and crossing to where the church stood, entered the opened door.? The minister at that moment was com? mencing his sermon. Fixing his eyes upon his father, the little fellow waddled up the aisle, in his night clothes, until di? rectly oppo.-ite the pulpit, when huhalted, and looking up at him, called out: "I des Von fordet me !*' i -?> - A White Mule.?A friend told us 3-es lei'day of an amusing scone he witnessed lately at the Old river ford, near Natchi toches. in this State. A negro had a wagon and a team of six mules which he wished to drive across. The two lead mules took kindly to the water, but one of the hind ones, a white mule, obsti? nately refused lo enter the stream. Jump? ing from his seat in a furious passion the teamster began beating ihc perverse one with might and main, exclaiming between the blows. -Voii think you's while, does you? But-1*11 show yon dam quick col? ored mules is as good as you is. Gee up !"?-N. 0. Crescent. ? A fireman, in the Galveston News, apologizes for the conduct of the fire de? partment in failing to have any public de? monstration in honor ot Washington's birthday, by saying that the firemen are not aware that any orde r has yet been issued to allow "a public demonstration over dead men?rebels, as Gen. George Washington was." ? It is said that a law exists in Ger? many to prevent drinking on Sunday during divine service. It runs thus: " Any person drinking in an alehouse during divine service on Sunday 01 any other holyday, may legally depart without paying.'' ? A man was asked what induced him to make a law student of his son. "Oh, he was always a lying little cuss, and I thought I'd honor his leading propensity.'' } ?"""What a grasping disposition you have," said a young lady to her lover whose arm eucircled her pretty waist. 1 TUB;.,;;-. ?g Literary and Family Newspaper. Enlarged and Improved for 1867i: NEW TYPE AND NEW ATTRACTIONS \ FOUR ORIGINAL STORIES, AND THREE VALUABLE PREMIUMS 1. THE ENQUIRER will appear on Thursday,'ihe 3rd day of Janury, .1S07, increased in size, and printed on entirely new material, with the latest improvements in the art, presenting a more attrac? tive appearance, nnd containing at least five addi? tional columns of reading matter?(he largest newspaper in. the State outside of Charleston. The Ediioria! department will be conducted by Mr. James E. Wilson, assisted by Major James F. Hart. Mr.'James Wood Davidson will continue his versatile "Contributorials" from'Columbia. ' '. Four original Noveletts, written expressly for tlie Enquirer, will be published during the year The following nre the titles: '?The Spectre of the Fireside"?by J. Wither spoon Erwin. "The Shadow on the Wall"?by John Esten Cookc. .. .. '?The Wealth of Home"?by Mrs. M. A. EWifrt. ??Elinor Westcrvelt, the Tory's Niece"?by, Car? oline F.Preston. , . ? TERMS?IX AD VANCE. spEiicB cubrescT One copy one year, ? 2 50 S Z 50 Two copies one year, 4 00 C 00 Five copies one year, 8 75 12 50 Ten copies one year, 17 50 25 00 One copy six months, 1 25 2 00 To the person sending us the largest club of snbsenbers, at SI 75 in specie, or f?2 50 in cur rency, we will award a Patent. Cotton Planter, which will cost in Charleston fifty dollars. To the person sending us the next largest club* ! on the same terms, we will award a Patent Corn1 ! Planter, which will cost in Charleston thirty 'dot* I lars! To the person sending us the third largest list, on the same terms, we will award one of Ames' Double Corn Shellers, cost in Charleston, twenty dollars! The premiums will be awarded to the successful competitors on the first Monday in March next, al 3 o'clock. The names should be sent in,.however* as they arc obtained ; additions being made lo tha list up to the day of tbe award. No names will bo counted unless p:iiS for; To persons who may make up clubs of ten or more names, but who may fail to obtain a prize, j we will send the Enquirer one year free of charge, i and a copy of either "The Land we Love," "Scotl'it i Monthly Magazine," or "Godey's Lady's Book:w L. M. GltlST, Yorkville. THE T?l-WEEKLY PHGEKTI^, . rCBUSUED at COLUMBIA:, SO; CA., : CONTAINS the latest, most interesting and im 1 portant News from every section: Neatly printed I ou good paper. teems?15 advance : : Trt-Weekly one year, 52 50 I Weekly one year, ? ? 1 50 Advertisements inserted on reasonable terms. Address JULIAN A. SICLHV, . Columbia, S. C. - DAILY SOUTH CAROLINIAN, F. 0. DeFONTAINE, Editor and Proprietor,. . COLUMBIA, S. C. TERMS: Daily, twelve months, S? 00 Daily, six months, . -3 00 Daily, three months, . 1 60 Single Copies, 05 j To News Dealers. 2} (Strictly in advance.) Advertisements inserted on reasonable terms. Address as above. Greenville & Columbia Kail Roa-I. general Sl'pkrintkxdext'm OrncK, oUinibia, Sept. 12, lSliti. On and after Monday, 17ih inst., the Passenger Trains will be run daily. (Sunday's excepted] un? til further notice, as follows : Leave Columbia at - - 7 15 a. m. AU.-ion. - 0 05 " " Newberry, - - 10 35 a. ?i. Arrive at Abbeville, - - ,3 18 p.m. ?? " Anderson, - - 5 10 " " .? Greenville, - 5 40 " Leave Greenville at - - G 00 a. m. " Andrrson, - - - C 30- " '? Abbeville, - - 3 35 a. n. " Newberry, - 1 20 p. m. Arrive at Alston, * ? 2 45 " 44 " Columbia, - 4 40 " The bridge at Alston being now completed, pas? sengers and freights will be transported without . - --r--?? ??--:ei?i >-j- >h? J.'.-oontin unnce of the wagons and boats, will be largely reduced. J. f>. LaSALLK. Gen'l Supt. Sept 20, lSfio ].] Schedule over S." C. Railroad. GENERAL SUP'TS OFFICE, Charleston, S. C., Nor. 3, 1SGG. ON ami after Wednesday, November 7, 18?>U, the Passenger Trains of this road will run the following schedule : augcsta train. Leave Charleston, g.00 a. m. Arrive at Columbia, fi.i>0 p. m. Arrive at Augusta, 5.00 p. m Leave Augusta, 7.00 a. m. Leavj Columbia, (!.50 a. m< Arrive at Charleston, 4.00 p. tu. THROUGH MAIT, TltAtX. Leave Augusta, 5.?0 p. m. Arrive at Kingsvillc, ].05 u. tn, Arrive at Columbia, 3.00 a. m. Leave Columbia, 2.00 p. m. Arrive at Kingsville, ;U0 p. m. Arrive at Augusta. 1^.00 r.irht. H. T. PEAKE, Gen'l Sup'f. Nov 15. isor> -2-> 1 Schedule over tlie Blue Ridge Railroad. ON and after Monday the *7tIi inst., the Trains on the Pdttc Uidgc Railroad will leave Anderson for Pendlelon and Walhalla, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, after ihe arrival of the Greenville & Columbia Railroad Trains. Will leave Walhalla on Monday? nt 3.1 o'clock a. in., connecting with the dowu Train of Green? ville & Columbia Kailroad. Will leave Walhalla ou Wednesdays at 10 o'clock a. m. 1 W. II. D. GAILLARD, Superintendent B. lt. ft R Sept 20, 18C6 1-3 W. H. CHAPEE, WHOLES ALE GROCER, AND Commission Merchant, DEALER TN Butter, Lard, Cheese, Liquors, &c Consignments Received every Steamer. 207 EAST PAY, OPPOSITE NEW CUSTON HOUSE CHARLESTON, S. C. _^_ 12m PLANTER'S HOTEL, A UGUSTA, GA., NEWLY Furnished and refitted, unsurpassed by any Hotel South, was re-openod to the public Oc? tober S. I860, by T. S. NICKERSON, Proprietor, late of ihe Mills House, Charleston, and proprie? tor of Niekerson's Hotel. Columbia, S C Nov 30, 1300 Qai