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y ' ' ' " T: m, > . _ :%v- , -' /; -;w . <* . . ~ * * , r # % .*"*?"* r '' " - . I - " - -f" . * * ! " VOLUME XXX. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1871. NUMBER XljtS? " , . ' ' ' I I ia" ' , i- i -- i TERMS. TIIREE DOLLARS, payable in advance. Advertisements inserted at one dollnr per square for the first insertion and seventy-five cents for each subsequent insertion. Liberal discounts made to half-yearly and yearly advertisers. Transient advorfTscnicnts to be paid for in adVance. The space occupied by ten lines or less, of thiasixe type constitutes a square. E. J. FORD* bouse, Sign and Furniture PAINTER. , CAMDEN, S. C. Imitations of a!/ kinds of Wood and Marble. taper Hanging, China Cilnsa &??.. done in tlie 4>elt stjle. His prt<eS , jvill lie in uecordancc With the times- Jan. 20?Om. IMpnrf Aui I \ I 1. Walkii, Proprietor. R. ii. McT>osiai.d a Co., Drucfffctt A Qm* ApoU, Sao Franc i?cr>,C*l rautl 34 Couiuierco St., N.Y* ftllV.r.IATVft Rami* T?il!mANV f*> (Hrlf Wonderful C'nrntirc Effect*. *? Vinegar Bitter* aro not a vile Fane# "Drink, -Made of Poor ltnm, \Vlil*lio.ri Proof Spiritn nuil Refuse Liquor*, doctored, spiced and sweetened to please the taste, called M Tonics," " Appetizers." '"Restorer".' that lead tho tippler on to drunkenness and ruin, bat are a true-Medicine, mado front tbc Natlvo . Roots and Herbs oT California, free from nil "* > Alcoholic Stimulant*. They aro tbo GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER nnd A 1,1 FE GIVING PRINCIPLE, a perfect Jknorator and IuTigorator of tbo System, carryIngoffail poisonous matter and res tar ins tbo blood tea h stithy condition. No person can take tboso *-8lVler4*1iccor3lh'; to' directions and remain lou Unwell, provided their bones tjrc not destroyed br mineral poison or other means, nnd llio vital organs wasted beyond tho point of repair. Ther nrcn Gentle Pnrgiitlve n* vrcll j ^Ofctlsr Tonic, possessing, also, tiio peculiar merit " of actlnga* a powerful agent lu relieving Congostion or Inflammation of tho Liver, and of all tbo Visceral Orrans. FOR FEMA I.F. COMPLAINTS, whether lo young or old. married or single, at the dawn of womauhood or at the turn of life, these Tunic Bitters bave no equal. Far luflnnttunt ory and Chronic Illtrt), mntliuii nutl Gout, Jlysiiepsitt or In? , 4is??*on, Ullinu*. Remittent nml 1.' Intermittent Fever*, IM?en*e* of tlin Dlood, l.l ver. Kidney* nnd Bladder, , these Bitter* have l>eeu most successful. Such Disease* arc caused by Vitiated Blood, which Is generally produced by derangement of the DIire*iive Organ*. DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Haodnche. Tnin in theMionldoix, CoiiKbs, Tightness of the Chest, Dizziness, Sonr Eructations ol ] the Stomach, Had Taste in the Month. Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of the Heart, Inflammation of the Long*. Pain in tho regions of the Kidneys, and hundred other painful symptoms ore the offspring* of Dyspepsia. ] ? Tltoy invigorate the Stomach arid stimulate the torpid ldver and Bowels, which render them of unequalled efficacy in cleansing the blood of all impurities, and imparting new life and vigor to the whole system. . FOR SKIN DTSEASE8, Eruption*. Tr?-r. J Bait Rheum, Blotches, 8|iot*. rimpics. Pustules, Boll*, Carbnnclc*. Ring-Worms, Scald Head. Sore Byes. Erysipelas. Itch. Scurfs Discoloration* of the 8kin, Humors and Diseases of the Skin, of what ercr name or nnturr, arc litcrnlly dnz np ami car- 1 * rird out of the system in a short time l>y Uio use of J these Hitters One bottle in such cases will convince the most incredulous of their curative effect. Cleanse the Vitiated Blood whenever you find its ( imparities bursting through the skin In Pimples, Eruptions or Sores; cleanse It when you find it obstructed and sluggish in the veintr; cleanse it when it is foul.nnd your feelings will tell you when. Keep the blood pure, and the health of the system will follow. PIN, TAl'E, find other WORMS, nrklnff in the system of so many thousands, arc effectually destroyed and removed. 80IJ) BT ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS. J. WALKER, Proprietor. R. H. MCDONALD 6c. CO.. Druggists and Gen. Agents, San Francisco, UaL, and Si and 34 Commerce Street, New York. c DR. SHALLENBERCERS Fever and Ague I ANTIDOTE ? Always Stops tlie Chills. This Mcdicino lias been bofor o the Tublie fifteen years, and is 6till ahead of all other known remedies. Itdoesnotpurpo, j does not sicken tho Btomach, is perfectly J( safe ip any doso and nnder all circum- a, stances, and is tho only Medicine that will CURE IMMEDIATELY and permanently every form of Fovcr and Aguo, because it is a perfect Aatidfte to ldalaria. % Sold by all Druffciots. ' f&Sfilti , ^ATER WHEEL, Mill Gearin?, Shamng&ruiieys j j JOOIE? HC$%1M0RI? I I .LlIbZHD fOBa circular. ^ S REMOVAL. * c Ob and after March the 1st., the undersigned ^ can be found, at his residence, on MONUMENT AL SQUARE. Patients waited upon at their residences at any time if solicited. Feb. 23. I. II. ALEXANDER, tf Dentist. j Ayer's Sarsaparilla, FOR PCBIIYOG THE BLOOD. - ' * The reputation this exccllent medicine enjoys, fk if derived from its cures, ^ Ar-^ 2? many of which are truly i f"- marvellous. Inveterate Ar >?22ir cases of Scrofulous disff .ij. ease, where the system VX Bra seemed saturated with corruption, have been ftjgffigs &*'. CSr purified and cured by it. Scrofulous affections and A disorders,which were ngpravnted by the scrofu^'BfissSWSp'*-' J0U3 contamination until they were painfully afflicting, hare been radically cured in such great numbers in almost every section of the country, that the public scarcely need to be informed of its virtues or uses. Scrofulous poison is one of the most destructive enemies of our race. Often, this unseen and unfclt tennnt of the organism undermines the constitution, and invites the attack of enfeebling or fatal diseases, without exciting a suspicion of its Sresenre. Again, it seems to breed infectioniroughout the body, and then, on some favorable occasion, rapidly develop into one or other of its hideous forms, either on the surface or among tho vitals. In tho latter, tubercles maybe suddenly deposited In the lungs or heart, or tumors formed in the liver, or it shows its presence by eruptions on the skin, or foul ulcerations on some part of * " ~ neo Af ft WC iiouv. uencc iiiv wwivuiu v. of this Sarsaparilla is advisable, even when no active symptoms of disease appear. Persons afflicted with the following complaints generally find immediate relief, and, at length, cure, by the use of this SARSAI'AIilLLA: St. Anthony'* Fire, Jto*e or Erj/slpelas, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Scald Tlrad, Rtnyirorm, Sore Eyes, Sore Ears, and other eruptions or visible forma of Scrofulous disease. .Also ill the more concealed forms, as Dyspepsia, Dropsy, Heart Disease, Fits, Epilepsy, Neuralgia, and the various Ulcerous affections of the muscular and nervous systems. Syphilis or Venereal and Mercurial Diseases are cured by it, though a long time is re* quired for subduing these obstinate maladies by any medicine. But long-continued use of this mddicino will cure the complaint. Eeueorrhcea or If'hites, Uterine lacerations, and Female Diseases, are commonly soon relieved and ultimately cured bv its purifying and invigorating effect." Minute directions ibr each case are found In our Almanac, supplied gratis. Rheumatism and Oout, when caused by accumulations of extraneous matters in the blood, yield quickly to il, as alie Liver Complaints, Torpidity, C'ongestion or Inflammation of the Liver, and Jaundice. when arising, as they often do, from the rankling poisons in the blood. This SAJlSA' PAR J IL A is a great restorer for the strength and vigor of the system. Those who are Languid and Listless, Despondent, Sleepless, and troubled with Nervous Apprehensions or . Fears, or any of the affections symptomatic of Weakness, will find immediate relief and convincing evidence of its restorative power upon trial. rnepared dr Dr. X C. 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Inflammation of the Lungs; nil Liver, Kidcy, ?and Bladder diseases, organic Weakness 'emalc Affictions, General Debility, and all omplainLs of the Urinary Organs in Mail and 'cmale, propucing Dyspepsia, Costivcncss, Grael, Dropsy and Scrofula, which most generally erminatc in Consumptive Decline. It purifies nd enriches the Blood, the Billiary, Glandular lecrctivc system; Corrects and Strengthens the [crvous and Muscular forces; it acts like & harm on weak nervous and debilitated females, oth young and old. None should be without it. [old everywhere. Laboratory?142 Franklin St. Bait., Md. Aug. 1? ly. Axle Grease, ly the Box or Keg. HODGSON & DUNLAP \ Belle Alden's Traveling-Bag. _ ' ' f A train bound for St. I^ouia had* just left thj depot of Jiellcfontaine, when a gentleman entered the smoking ear and laid his hand upon tho shoulder of his traveling companion?a tail, handsome mau of thirty, who sat musingly blowing rings of smoke into the air. "3Iarcy;" said the new comer, "if you want to see at once the sve te t anl saddest sight }'ou ever beheld, go into the last car but one on the train.' There's an emigrant German woman with four little children, and during the afternoon the youngest, a baby, has died. The mother and the other children arc inconsolable." '1 can understand." interrupted tho amo t . i r kcr, ''tlic saiifiess ol sucn a scene, ouc wncrc is the the sweetness you spoke of ?" 'I'm euming to that. The whole partyhave been taken in charge by a young lady. Such a beauty ! She hits dried the mother's tears and wiped the children's noses. She's a divinity. She only needs a few feathers on her shoulder-blades to make a full-fledged angel of her. If I was not a married man I'd never leave her till I made Mrs. Angelica T wnsend o it of her." ' Teat's a speech which I shall faithfully report to Mrs. Agnes Townsend," said the ge.itlcn.a i addressed as Marcy, rising. " shall go back and feast my eyes on this beautiful Sister of Charity, and," he added, taking his traveling satchel and shawl from the rack, "as we stop at the next, station which is due in ten minutes, 1 iniyas well take my traps through with me, and join you on the platform." Thus saying, itichard Marcy threw his shawl over his shoulder and sauntered, leisurely through the long train?rushing blindly and calmly to his fate. For as he entered the last car but one he became.a witness and an actor in a scene that influenced his wi.oie future life. The poor, giiof-strickcn German, of whom lis co npaiiiun, !>r. Townsend, had Bpoken, with the dead infant in her arms, sat silently weeping over the little dead face. The three sturdy children, grouped in childish sorrow about their little dead brother, was indeed a touching spectacle. But Standing beside them was the divinity of Dr. Townscnd's admiration, and she who was most certainly to "iehape the ends" of the unhappy Kichard. She was a tall, slender girl of eighteen, with mairnificcnt eves and hair. As he cn tcred tlic car siic was speaking, her lovely face Hushed, and the suiall, rosy mouth, disclosing a beautiful set of teeth, turned bcwitchingly towards the tall stranger at thoL door. ''Ladies*and gentlemen," spoke the sweet voice, ''this poor woman, friendless, penniless. speaking no English, with fuur little children, was expecting to find work in St. Louis to support them. If everything had j ' gone well with her it would not have been hard for her; but with her little dead baby and sorrowful heart she is certainly a deserving object of charity; and I propose that such us feel willing contribute their mite toward a little purse for 'her immediate wants and the burial of her poor baby.? And," she added, with a bewitching smile, ' if any gentleman will lend me a hat I will go round and take up a collection." In an instant the gallant llichard pulled his traveling cap from his blonde curls and , offered it to the Angel of Mercy, who accepted is with a smile, this time all his own, and commenced gathering the readily forth- j coming dollars her generous, graceful appeal I' brought from the parses of all in the car. j, Kichard watched the slender figure in ', I 1 gray gathering the money, and looking at the plaid cap in the white jeweled fingers, j lie bethought, him of his own donation, and ( stepping to the scat the beauty had just occupied he laid his satchel and shawl upon a j family of its kind, belonging to the angel in gray, and took from-his pocket a ten dollar bill, which lie placed in the little hand that returned him his cap. further damage the ? poor fellow received when a second smile j and warmly-worded thanks for his liberal t contribution were dealt him from the beau- j tiful mouth. Pick was in the midst of an elaborate re- . ply when the cars stopped. fie lingered J yet another moment, seized his satchel and shawl, with his eyes still on the face of his charmer, and then, even as the cars were again in motion, he bethought himself of the doctor, and hurriedly left the car and ^ joined his friend on the platform. j ' Well," ejaculated that worthy, "I began j to believe you'd concluded to go and bury the dead bah)', and make the protecting j beauty Mrs. Angelica Marc}'. Isn't she a stunner ? " iiT/urncnn/1 n ynfiirnn/l liiQ fVlPnfl T use slung in speaking of the noble creature." 1 lie looked after the train just disappearing ' in the distance. liI wish to heaven," lie J continued, '"I'd remained aboard. How * siupid 1 was to leave it. I might have 1 learned her name and residence. And * now? t "Now, in nil probability," broko in the doctor, "you will never meet in this valo of f tears. But you will know her in heaven if you behave yourself well enough to gctthcrc by her wings; she will have the biggest of c any of them, seeing they have commenced to sprout on earth." * And thus rallying his thoroughly capti- c vatcd friend, the two made their way to the s house of an acquaintance, with whom they f were to remain that night, and go on the * 'next day to their destination*?St. Louis. ' After the first salutation our hero went to 1 his room to remove some of the evidences of * his long ride Irom .New lork. Jtle had re- 1 moved liis coat, vest lind collar; he had 1 splashed, soaped and washed until his damp 1 curls hung close to his shapely head, when < he made a starling discovery. ] Flushed and breathless he burst into the next room upon his friend. "Townsend," he cried, "what upon earth : do you suppose ? I've got the wroDg bag. I've changed baggage with the Angel of Mercy. Look at that Blippcr?sec that thimble?contemplate that glove." "It is evident you've the lady's satchel. And what was there in yours ? " "Don't bring up that dreadful idea," said Dick. "Cigars and a hair brush, a pack of cards and a comb, pocket-flask and a tooth-, brush?everything disreputablo. If I am judged by that bag I am a lost man." "And this I took for a clean phirt," and Dick held up a frilled and fluted sack, such as do duty for extensive night dresses with ladies when traveling. "I'd like to see Angelica when she opens my satchel." Dick fell to musing, with the slipper pcarched on two fingers and the frilled white sack spread out tenderly upon his knees. * * * * * * In an upper apartment of a handsome mansion in St. Louie, on tho evening of the day our heroine first made the reader's acquaintance beautiful Belle Alden, the petted and only daughter of the house, sat contemplating the various articles her confidential maid was disposing upon the table?articles taken from no less a receptacle than Dick's traveling bag. The cigar case and cards lay side by side,and a highly-scented party they were. 'What's.in the silver flask, Rosa ?" said her fair mistress. "Brandy, ma'am," replied the maid. "lie can't be very dissipated, to travel t with such a little bottle. That's in case of sickness, I suppose," returnod Belle. "It is my belief," said Rosa, who was a shrewd girl, "that the gentleman was a mighty nice once, else you'd not so readily (excuse the cards and the bottle." "For shame, Rosa. All gentlemen play euchre traveling, and every clergyman takes a little brandy in ea6C of sickness," answered Belle, "and this man was a gentleman, and a liberal one, too, for he gave tlie poor emigrant woman ten dollars. What's that, Rosa ? " For at that moment Rosa held Between her fingers a letter. Whether it wa* wrong to'read a stranger's letter vexed Belle for a moment, as her eyes glanced at the superscription and handwriting. "Why, of all things!" exclaimed the delighted girl, seizing the letter. " Why, Rosa,this is Jennie Marcy's writing, and ad dressed to Richard Marcy?licr oply darling brother?who was in Europe when we two graduated at Madame Ritter's in Brooklyn." Belle read rapidly till she had reached the middle of the letter, when she burst into a merry laugh. ' Hear this, Rosa," she said, and she read from the letter. ' '.'Above all things's Dick, dear, dou't fail while in St. Louis to ece my best friend and school mate, Belle Aldcn. I know you will fall in love with her, for, besides being the best girl in the world, sho is a beauty and an heiress, and father's choice above all others for his son's wife. He uscd'to think it over home, and hope, and hope Belle would not marry before you came home from Europe. She is full as anxious to know you, and wears your hair and mine in a locket father gave her last year. Give her lots of love and beg her to overlook your many imperfections for the sake of her old school-fellow,. Jennie." "Then this gentleman is, of course, Miss Jennie's brother," said Rosa, "and what will she say when she hears of your having met in this romantic way '(" "I don't intend to tell her of it. till I go to New York this fall," said Belle. "Perhaps her brother will call. But in this supposition Belle was wrong, rhc month passed, and she saw no more of he golden-haired Richard. And she carefully separated the yellow ock in the little keepsake from the dark ;ress of Jenny's and put it back into its ?lac? alone, while another locket held the )it of Jenny's. And somehow Beffe looked rery often at the wee golden curl, and she lever did so but what the rest of the handlome head sprang up -beside the lock; and iho would sit and contemplate the picture icj fancy wrought for her, little dreaming lie interest she was allowing to grow in her josom for Jenny's brother. In the fall Belle and her father went to ! ^ew York, and the first day after her arrival bund her pitting with her old friend, who, ' tfter the first effusive meeting was past sat lown to empty her soul. "I am so glad you arc here this month," : Jenny said, '-because I'm to be married in Ictober, arid L have always been crazy to lave you for a bridesmaid, and Dick is to be .Iarry's best man." Belle blushed. "But Dick has fallen hopeless, madly in ote." Belle turned palo. "V?o T wna flromlftillv nrnvoked when he O.V*-, J t , >asscd through St. Jjouis and never went loar you. But he went wild ovor some lady ic met on that trip. He will talk to me by he hour of his Augclica, Aud when I lave spoken of you he has been positively ude, and asked me to have done with bothsring him about my freckled school friends, t'ou know your picture shows freckles, but )less mo, you haven't any now! And your )icture don't look any more like you than it Iocs like me, not a bit." "But tell me*" said Belle, "is your brother ingaged to this lady ?" "Engaged ! Why, dear heart, he don't enow her name. He just found some of her >ld clothes somewhere. He's got her old ilioper under a glass case; he's got her night jown done up in mvuuuwj ue ? nui ^u>u hinible hung on his watch chain; and I do iclieve he's got a hair brush and somo hair jins next to his heart. Oh, it's filly to interfere! He's beyond all hope. I did ;hink the excitement of my wedding would >vean him from it, but not a bit. lie looks it my new things as calmly as an oyster, and mly said?but it is not kind of me to repeat it,though," broko off Jenny. "What was it he said ?" enquired Belle, laughing now heartily. "Don't fear for my feelings." "Who, he said, ' I'll stand up with your friend Belle, and see you safely married, and then I'm cff to winter in Paris. I'm. done with loye on my own account.' It's positively awful." And so Belle thought as she looked at her old slipper and glove lying beneath a globe on either .side of the faithful Richard's mantle. "And,' said Belle, "'since he desires only to meet me on the morning of the wedding, so it shall be. I will be introduced only as wo are leaving the house, and he can do as he pleases ubout continuing the acquaintance." Belle was radiant with happiness when she returned to hor father, and delighted his fond heart by the change, for Belle had been very quief of late. Jenny and Belle shopped, and talked and visited together, for the next few days, and when the morning arrived, and amid a boty nf knnnt.ifiil orirls "Rfillp shune litft a. mififin. ? a" ? -j 7 the bridle was eclipsed, and delightfully acknowledged it. 'O, Belle!' she said, 'I long to have old stoical Dick sec you. Hark! there's his step. Come into the next room now. and be introduced. Dont wait till the carriage comes?it's an hour yet.' And Belle, with a beating heart, swept through the door and stood even as Dick first saw her, only in place of the gray traveling dress,-a magnificent white satin fell in rich folds about her, and about her lovely white throat lay the turquois' locket that held Dick's golden curl. Upon the beautiful head crowned by its chestnut hair, a coronal of pearls added to the grace and beauty of an image that shrined in Dick's heart, was already an angel. Belle did not looked up, but she felt the presence, as Richard Marcy's came up and was introduced to little .Jenny's old schoolmate. Then, as he held out his hand, she raised her eyes, aud laid her tiny palm in his, and said: 'I think we had better rectify that mistake about the traveling-bag, Mr. Marcy!' 'Good Heavens, Jenny,' said Djck Marcy, 'why didn't you tell me that your friend Belle was my 'Angol of 3Iercy' V 'Because I didn't'know till last night, and "Rolln niuln mo nrrmiiao nnh t.r? foil UllsII U1UUU MiV ViMtww I1VV %V VW. And besides, you didn't want.to meet the fecklcd school girl till jt was positively necessary," returned Jenny, mischievously. It would be hard to-say which of the four that made Jenny's bridal was the happiest that day. Dick did not go to Paris that winter.? He found that St. Louis contained more attractions than any foreign city. Put the next fall will see Dick and Belle on their wedding tour, and he vows he will have the two old romantic traveling bags brushed up for the occasion. 'Dr. Town'--'' send, who is to go along, says he knew the . minute he saw that giTlsho would one day be Augelica Marcy, as he *'felt it in the air." Almost a Duel, In our chapter of duelling, in last Monday's Mosaic, we omitted an amusing incident which occurred a good many years ago, between two men in Mississippi, whose names has since become historical in the annales of this country. We refer to Robert J. Walker and Doctor Wm. M. Gwin, Duke of Sonora. An altercation occurred between them which led to a challenge from Mr. Walker. Walker was a man or remarkably diminuttive size, while the Doctor towered like a giant, with the brawn and bone of a London porter.Walker was bent on fighting; butthe Doctor, J who was naturally a jovial and kindheartcd 1 soul, did not feel at all aggrieved towards his 1 adversary. Be that as it might, the Doctor accepted ] the challenge, and chose the Indian war- < tomahawk as his weapon. The terms ' were I so arranged that on a given day the com- < batants were to be posted one hundred and fifty yards apart, and, at a signal, to rush past , each other like knights in a tourney, flinging their tomahawks in their course. The Doctor caused it to be bruited abraod that he practised every day in a savanna, a few miles away from town where both resided. Piqued with curiosity, Mr. Walker allowed himself to be persuaded to visit the 'spot- < surreptitiously, and view the achievements of i l: * :* \Trtt en cmtnvmtif mnclr I f in" aiiwguuwu. iww w ever, that Dr. Gwin was not aware whoso i prying eyes were fixed upon his movements. Measuring off one hundred and fiifty paces ] from the solitary stump of a pine tree, the f Doctor bounded with a spring and yell that ( would have delighted CKngncegook, the , venerable padre of the last of the Mohegans; . his tomahawk- poised high in the air, a grin of demonisc ferocity lighting up his strohgly marked features. As he nearcd the stump 1 he projected the missile with a powerful 1 sweep of his arm, clean up to the handle in- ' to the'soft pine, and, panting, came to a dead 1 halt. f There was something so ludicrously sav- 1 age in all this, that Mr. Walker and his com- 1 panion burst involuntarily into a fit of laughter from their ambush. The Kugh betrayed; < a reconciliation took place, and up to the I breaking, out of the Confederate war, it may i be, up to Mr. Walker's death, they were fast < friends.?New Orleans Times. 1 A drunken fellow, with a box of matches in his pocket, lay down on the 1 side-walk in Muscatine, the other day, 1 to enjoy a quiet snooze. Whilo rolling over in his sleep, tho matches took fire. , Awakening, he snuffed the air conspicuously, smelt the burning brimstone, and ejaculated, "Just as I expected, in h?11 1 (hie) by hokey." A New Version.?A boy in school 1 was reading a lesson from the Bible in 1 that deliberate fashion so usual with ] chaps of six, and when he came to the . passago "Keep thy tongue from evil and , thy lips from guile,'drawled out, with a decided emphasis, Keep?thy?tongue from evil; and thy lips from?girls.' - JS-1SWS IXJKiitt?. ' How was Jonah punished J -WhaledL r, * Affaire politically in Texas are said to be quite lively. Fifteen thousand pounds has bean allowed Prince Arthur, ? r The Spaniards have been defeated m Cw' ba by Quefada, with considerable loss. The Persian Minister in England demen the reports of famine and plagdC. A New Orleans washerwoman invested 25 cents in a lottery and dr6w $4,000. * Elder's painting of Gen. Lee has been placed in the State Library at Richmond. The lightning last week at- Cambridge " - "l- ?!>? K/xmito nf o lialitnlncp rfW^ f?LI Ul* IUL UVUTV V* ( Kguvutu^ ...... ... - , A Sacramento bride hag commenced her honeymoon with a SlOOjOOO -check from . "the old man." ' . 1 v The Hon. Tobinskitawa, Chippewa Chiefs was in Chicago lately, and ,pronounced the weather "big hot." Baltimore brags over an ox-horn from Pat' agonia. It is sixty-five inches long, and seventeen i? circumference. The Paris Council is composed of thirty" eight Conservatives, nine Republicans, and ten Ultras. . -* 'it * M One hundred apd twenty-seven carload? of peaches were'shipped to Now York,from Baltimore in one day/ Richmond paperskbink tbey have graffito emotrgh in that* vicinity to supply the walks of the continent. . ? 0 It was in 1820 that the first examination 'of a young lady in geometry was witnessed hi cms couucry. A French barber's sign reads thus: -**Tomorrow the public will be shaved gratuit! ourfy." Of courier to-f birow never comes. It is stated that tho wedding ring otttf at the marriage of Miss Swan, the Nbva Scotia giantess, was about the ,size of a inuffifrring., ?fne hundred bales of Japanese silk, received overland from California, were sent to Europe Saturday, forty-two dayt from Japau. A man in Davenport, Iowa, offers through the columns of a local paper to give $50 to any mau who will elope with his wife. Squibob suggests that the cause of the potato rot is the rotary motion of the earth, in which view the be9t commentators coincide. *?he aggffegate cost of the five largest lto? * *, tcls in Sau Francisco was $4,800,000.? Their annual receipts are reported at $3,000,000. The latest revised tables of thecenrai/ office make the aggregate population of the United States to be as follows; White 33,581,680: colored, 4,779,323; Indian, 25,733; Japanese, 55; Chinese, 63,196. Total 38,549,986. A (H.) Stamp is a clerk in the post office. 3Ir. Plant buries folks. Mr. Plugg sells . . _ __j ii 1 .i: t 411 CODacco, ana .Dscunun uiapciiacs uwr. iiu in Washington.' And a Mr. Mugg sells lager in Brooklyn. The government printing office at Washington, already the largest printing establishment in the world, is now being added to by additional buildings that will increase its capacity one-third. Queen Victoria has given, orders that the pulpit sand glass which indicates the length jf time allowed for the sermon in the Royal Chapel, shall be measured for twenty minutes ' >nly, instead of an honr, as formerly. S. A country editor's sole editorial in one iveek's issue of his paper was to the effect ilmt if anything will make.a man feel juioy xbout the heart, it is to talk velvet to a pair )f sky-colored eyes, by moon-light, in a ilover-field. John Ditto is the name of the Buffalo ;ity engineer. His wife's name is Ditto, ind the children are all Ditto. When ho . signs his name under that of somebody else, t is said to create some confusion at times. Speaker Blaine, who is at his home in Maine, tiiinKs it strange mat me newspapers should report him out ?n the Rocky Mountains, and at San Francisco, beside being on i tour in Europe. He says he has not been iway from Maine this summer. The Kickapoo Iudians kick both ways.? Part of them livo in Mexico and part in the United States, and it seems that those in ;hc United States maraud into Mexico and ;hose in Mexico maraud into the United states, the two divisions doubtless sharing the profits after the manner of civilized men. The London Echo has been authorized k> :mphatically deny the Times' statement that the Empress Eugenie ever contemplated a divorce from Napoleon. The statement that she did so grew out of the dcvelopoieuta of the Emperor's" relations with Marguerite Bellangcr. A mnn in Jersey City, who had forcibly IfiKSfld il school crirl. was fined by a magis trate, horse-whipped by the girl's big brother, and snatched bald-headed by his own wife. And it was not much of a kiss after all, he says. Scenes of a rory grotesque nature are constantly occurring in Paris before the special tribunals appointed to decide between landlord and tenant. "What is your trade ?" said a justice of the peace to a tenant in the 17th arrondis8ement, who pleaded inability to pay his rcmt. "Perfumer," was the answer; "and a bad trade it is." "Bad trade, indeed I" exclaimed the landlord; "his pieces of soap cost him two sous, and he sells them fpr fifteen. He is well able to pay." "That's false," roared the tenant; "the trade is bad ; and who ever heard of washing under the Commune V