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^^Ony^rT^DffXRD^tL^^PRO'BS. GREENVILLE. 80UTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 16, 1870.
G. F. TOWNE8, EDITOR.
J. C. BAILEY, ASSOCIATE
Hciacnirrioit Two Dollara por annum.
Adtbrtihrmbht* Inaerted at the ratea of
\>ne dollar p?r aquaro of twelee Minion liner
Itbla atsed type) or lean for tho flrat i.iaertion,
fly cent* ?aeb for tbo eeeond and third interticin,
ud tweoty-ire wnlt for uhacquen*
Iciartiuna. Yearly enntracta will ho made.
AM kdrertlaementa muat bata tho nnmhor
hf iLMdluoi markad on then, or they will ho
InaotMd till ordorod out, and charged for.
Uoleaa ordered otherwiae, Adrertlaemonta
trill inrariahly ho "diaplayed."
Obituary nntiooa, and all mattera Inuring to
to the hehcttt of aby one? are regarded aa
AdrartlaawoaU.
IHfttrh $ortrt|.
The Dying YearFrom
tha old woods dim and lonely,
Comes a moan i
There the winds era sighing only,
" Bummer's gone !"
All the bright and sunny hours.
And the green ahd leafy bowers,
With the summer's latest flowers,
Are faded now,
And the l>roW
Of the waring year,
Has been twined with dying leAV?*,
And the gathering sheaves
Tell us autumn's here.
How the winds go loudly moaning
Through the ealea j
And the forest trees are groaning
%M f.l
ra"uimm ?
X)f decay* that awiftly gather,
T)f the coining Wintry Weather,
Of the idd? that like a feather
Soon will fall t
And the rait
Of death ia aighihg
Over all the ripplina streeWi,
And the aummer'e lingering gleam*
Are *o aadly dying.
'Tla the wnnlng, waning twilight
Of the year
That bnrera now all atrangrly bright,
Kound ua here ;
And ?o..n the year will para *wey,
Like the light of an auiutnn day,
Aduwn old winter'a dim highway
To iia tomb:
And the gloom
Of Iba silent land
Will reat on the bright yeara flown ;
And the wiuda of time will moan
O'er the dreamleea band.
Bpi eoh of Ex-Pre?ident Davit.
;* At the meeting of ex Confederate
soldiers and sailors hold in
tiichtnond a few days since, Mr.
Dat is made toe following eloquent
Speech:
As Mr. Davis arose to walk 'o
the Stand, evervv person in the
house v<??-e to his feet, and there
followed such A storm of n|q)lau<?e
as seemed to i-hake the verv tbtin
drtii"liBof the building, while cheer
upon cheer whs echoed from the
throHte ?f veterans saluting one
whom they delighted to honor.
Mr. Davis spoke at length, sod
with his accustomed thrilling,
moving eloquence lie addressed
his hearers as "Soldiers and sail
ore ot the Confederacy, comrades
and friends:" Assembled on this
sad occasion, with hearts oppressed
with the grief that follows the
loss of him who was our lender on
many a bloody battle field, a pleas
ing tliotigb melancholy spectacle is
presented* Hit tier to, and in all
times, men have heett honored
when successful, hut h*?i*?'? ?h?nnm?
I
w
in Virginia's annals, given by
Virginia to the service of the
United States, he represented her
in the Military Academy at West
Point. He was not educated by
the Federal Government, bnt by
Virginia; tor she paid her full
share for thu support of that institution.
and was entitled to demand
in return the services of her sons,
Entering the army of tire United
States, he represented Virginia
there also, and nobly. On many
a hard-fought field Lee was conspicuous,
battline for his native
State as much as for the Union.?
tie came from Mexico crowned
with honors, covered by brevets,
and recognized, young as he was,
as one of the ablest of his country's
sol iersk And to {trove that he
was estimated then as such, let me
tell you that when Lee was a Cap
tain of b-hglupers. stationed in
Baltimore, the Cuoan Junta, In
New York, selec'ed hlin to be their
leader in the struggle for the inde
pendence of their native country,
i'liey were anxious to secure hie
services Hud offered him every
temptation that ambition could de
sire, lie thought the matter over,
and, I remember, came to Wash
ington to consult me as to wbat be
should do, and when I begen tc
discuss the complications whicli
might arise front his acceptance ol
the trust, he gently rebuked me,
saying t is was not the line upon
which lie wished my advice, the
simple question was, 14 Whether it
Wax right or notHe had been
educated by the United S'ates, and
tfclt wrong to accept a place in the
army of a foreign {rower. Such
was his extreme delicacy, such was
the nice so se ot honor of the gallant
gentleman whose death we
deplore. But when Virginia withdrew?the
Sta'e to whom he owed
It s first and last allegiance?the
same, nice sense ot honor led him
to draw his sword and throw it in
the scale for g?K>d or tor evil.?
Pardon trie tor this brief defence
of my illustrious friend.
When Virginia Joined the Con
lederacy, Hubert Lee, the highest
officer in the little army of Vir
ginitt, CHtne to Richmond, and not
pausing to inquire what would be
Ids rank in the service of the Confederacy,
went to Western Virginia
under the belief that he was
6till an officer ct the State. He
came back, carrying tlie heavy
weight of defeat and unappreciated
by tiic people whom he served,
for they could not know, as I knew,
that iti?hi>? plans and orders had
been carried out, the result would
have been victory rather than retreat.
Yon did not know, nor I
would not have known it, had lie
not b: cathea it in my ear only at
my earnest request and begging
that nothing he said about it. The
clamor w hich then arose followed
Iiiid when lie went to South Carolina,
bo that it became necessary
on his going to South Carolina to
write a letter to the Governor ot
that State, telling him what manner
of man he was. Yet, thlough
all this, with a magnanimity rarely
equalled, he stood in silence, without
defending himself or allowing
otheis to defend, for he was unwilling
io offend any one who was
wearing a swot d and striking blows
for the Confederacy.
Mr. Davis then spoke of the
6traiglits to which the ContedraCv
was rod need, and of the danger to
which her capital was exposed just
after (Iia <>f ki??on t'...?.
? ^ .w ? vj a. 111*3",
and tt?!<i how General Lee had
conceived and executed the desperate
plan to torn their dank and
rear, which, alter seven days of
bloody battle, was crowned with
the protection of Richmond, while
the enemy was driven tar from the
city. The 8|>eaker referred also
to the cirtnmstances attending Gen.
Lee's crossing the Potomac and
the march into Pennsylvania. Lie
(Mr. Davis) assumed the responsibility
tor that movement. The
enemy had long been concentrating
his force, and it was evident
that if they continued their steady
progress, the C- nfederacy would
be overwhelmned. Our only hope
was to drive them to the defence
of their own capitol, we being enabled
in the meantime to re inforce
our shattered arinv. How well
Gen. Lee can ied out that dangerous
experiment need not be told.
Richmond was relieved, the Con
fi-deracy whs, and time wiu obtained,
if other things had favored,
to reinforce the army.
But, said Mr. Davis, 1 shall not
attempt to review the military
career of our fallen chieftain. Of
the man. how shall 1 speak 9 lie
was my friend, and in that word is
included all that I could say of
any man. Ilia moral qualities
rose to the height of his genius ?
LI J ? _ - - I
oeii-aenying?hi way* intent uj>on
the one idea of duty?self controlled
t?? an extent that mauy thought
hi in cold. Ilia feeling* were really
warm, and hi* heart melted freely
at the eight of a Wounded aoldier
or the story of the sufferings of
i the widow and orphan. During
the war he was ever conscious of
the inequality ot the means at his
oontrol; but it was never his to
complain or to utter a doubt?it
I was always his to do. When in
. the last campaign he was beleagu*)
I ered at Petersberg, and painfully
, aware of the straights to which we
I were reduced, he said : 44 With mv
t army in the mountains of Virginia,
1 I could carry on this war for
. twenty years longer." His men
i exhausted and his supplies failing,
he was unable to carry out hi*
plans. An untoward event caused
Iiiin to anticipate the movement,
, and the army of Northern Viri
ginia was overwhelmed. But in
i the surrender he anticipated con>
ditions that have not been fulfilled
?he expected his army to he roi
spected and his paroled soldiers to
i be allowed the enjoyment of life
1 and property. Whether theso con
ditions have been fulfilled, let
others say.
\ Hero he now sleeps in the land
he loved so well, and that land is
njt Virginia only, tor they do in,
justice to Lee who believe lie
. tought only for Virgin a. He was
i I'P.lu!V tfk trr% niivuil.."". ""
, , ....j n>icia( VII ?IIJf uwri
vice for the good of liis country,
i and his heart tDas as broad as the
f fifteen States struggling for the
, principles that our fore lathers
i fought for in the revolution of
i 1770. lie is sleeping in the same
! soil with the thousands who fought
under the same flag, but first oilercd
up their lives. Here the living
i are assembled to honor his memory,
and there the skeleton sentinels
i keep watch over his grave. This
. citizen 1 this eoldierl this great
t Genet all this true patriot! left
behind Itini the crowning glory of
a true Christian, His Christianity
i ennobled him in life, and affords
i Us grounds tor the belief that he is
i happy bevutid the grave.
lint, witile we tnourn the loss of
i the great and the true, drop we
also tears of sympathy with her
who was his helpmeet in life?the
noble woman who, while her husband
was in the field lendincr the
army of tlio Confederacy, though
an invalid herself. passed the time
in knitting socks for the marching
soldiers. A woman fit to be the
mother of heroes?and heroes are
descended from her. Mourning
with her, we can only offer the
consolation of a Christian Our
loss is not his, but he now enjoys
the rewards of a life well spent
and a never wavering trust in a
risen Saviour. This day we unite
our words of sorrow with thoee of
the good and great throughout
Christendom, for his fume is gone
over the water?his deeds will be
remembered ; and when the monument
wc-build shall have conn
Died ihto dust, his virtues will still
live, a high model for the imita
tion of generations yet unborn.
Wo have given but a faint idea
ot the eloquent thoughts and chaste
oratory ot the speaker. IIis words
were heard with profound attention,
and received with frequent
applause.
A bkautifui. smile is to the female
countenance what the sun
beam is to the landscape ; it embellishes
an inferior face, and redeem*
an uglv one. A smile,
however, should not become habitual,
or insipidity is the rcst.lt;
nor should the mouth break into a
smile on one side, the other remaining
passive and unmoved,
for this imparts an air ot deceitful
grotc^qneness to the face.?
A disagreeable stnjlo distorts the
line of beauty, and is more repulsive
than a irown. There are
many kinds of smiles, each having
a distinctive character: soino 1
announce goodness and sweetness; ,
others betray sarcasm, bitterness
and pride ; some soften the countenance
by their languishing tenderness;
others brighten it by
their brilliant and spiritual vivac
ity. Gazing and poring over a
mirror can not aid in acquiring
beautiful smiles halt so well as to
turn the gaze inward, to watch (
ihat the heart keeps unsullied (
from reflection of evil, and is illumined
and beautified by all \
sweet throbs. I
Tiik snow was so docp in Chesh- <
ire countv, New Ilumshire, last 1
winter, that it was difficult for
persons meeting with teams to
tiass. An eccentric citizen, well i
mown in that county, and hav- j
ing a detect in bis speech, was t
cuniug to the village with a I
horse and sleigh, and t>eing about I
to meet a stranger with a team t
exclaimed, "Turn out I torn out! f
my wile is dead 1" Upon which J
the stranger with much difficulty,'
turned out and gave him the entire
road. Alter he bad got fair- J
ly by, the stranger turned and in- ?
quired of him when tiia wife died ;
to which the grief harrowed citi- 1
zeii responded, " about fifteen 1
_ _ tit
| jear& ago r I j
Tiie Cdfisuftption bt Gunpowder.
It is generally supposed that in
time at war there is a tast in
ci*ease in the consumption ot gunponder
) but this is not the case.
It is a curious fact that tiie arts of
peace rcqnire a much larger tise
of the explosive than the rtfts of
war, and that conseduHntlv Kmnpn
and Germany will \?nrn lees pow*
der from month to month, during
ttio contest, tbAn they otherwise
would if peace Lad continued.?
Even in the severest and most
protracted battles comparatively
little is horned. One of the own*
ers of a large powder-mill in tills
State informed ns recently, that he
could make at his establishment,
before breakfast any morningi all
the powder that was consumed ttt
Gettysburg. General Butler stored
more powder in his u bomb ship/'
which lie exploded against Fort
Fisher, in North Carolina, than
was used in soipe of our most important
battles. War takes from
minc6. man 11 factor in*. ??<> I
, ...... V.V.,
tens of thousands of men who are
constantly engaged in consuming
funpowder for various purposes.
11 the army they pass numti s,
perhaps years, in idleness, and no
occasion is afforded tor its use except
in salutes, etc., so that they
actually consume less in service
than out. There was during our
contest, especially during the first
part of it, increased activity
among powder makers, and the
materials of gunpowder rose in
price, but a very small part of that
manufactured was ever consumed.
The government has now on hand,
in its magazines aud arsenals, prodigious
quantities; enough, probably,
to carry us through two such
wars as the last. It may be further
observed ?
- j', vuiiuiy kiuw
one 01 nee ot gunpowder in twenty,
used in buttled, does any execution.
Its explosion serves to increase
the w noise and confusion,"
but comparatively very lew are
hurt through its ngoncv.
[Boston Journal of Chemistry,
Too Contented.
Contentment is a very* good
tiling in its place, but it is said
that44 virtues carried to excess become
vices." Some people have the
vice of contentment very bad. As
Hugh Miller justly remarks of the
Scottish Highlanders, their contentment
was certainly no virtue,
44 when it had the effect of arrest
ing all improvement. It is also
perilously allied to great suffering,
when the men who exemplify it are
so thoroughly happy amid die me
diacritics of the present that they
fail to make nrovision tor tl?n ?n??.
tingcncies of the future."
There is tio merit in being contented
with An old leaky root and
patched windows; a house with
loose clapboards, and a tangle'I
door yard, whose one hinged gate
gives free ingress to cows and pigs,
unless all these things are positively
unavoidable w The field of the
6lu^gapd " met with no commendation
from the wisest of men.?
Tho shiftless contentment of the
lazy man is no akin to the resignation
of the true Christian, Who.sub
inits humbly to the Lord's will,
even when inclination is sorely
crossed.
The best sermon to preach to
some people would seem to be the
dutv of discontent umiIi
I??w> 1
out surroundings. There id no
hope of arousing them to improve
merit till they Can be6hook awake,
and made to open their eyed to the
wretchedness their sluggish content
has brought them into; have
them dissatisfied if you can with
the crazy old house and broken
fence, the sorrel grown fields, and
garden of nettles. Show them the
unoroveinent a pound of nail6 and
a half a day's labor would make
on the house and yard, and it need
he lend a helping .and to start the
ball of improvement. You will
never lose time by such good
deeds, and it will give you sat idfaction
every time you recall it.?
W heu you have done your beet to
jvurvcu ana jour condition,
then is the time and place for
xmtentment to c me in. Then
yon may cheerfully leave the remits
to a higher power, satisfied
that yon will not receivo the coniemnation
of the " slothful servant."
A youno man in Louisville examined
a keg of damaged gunpowder
with a red hot poker to
tee if it was good. It is believed
his friends that he has gone to
burope, although a man has found
uimn !>.!??.?* ? V?" ? - *
?.m? uiiuimi uvuw auu a piece ot
ihirt about twenty miles from
Louisville.
A son of the Rev. 8. Q. Brown,
Editor and Proprietor ot the
'Christian Neighbor," had his
inn broken by being caught in
the machinery ot a press in the
printing offioe.
T?he Vote.
According to the official report
of the B<>ara of State Canvassers,
as stated by a Columbia Correspondent
of the Daity News, the
total rote cast at the State elections
of the 10th ultimo, was 134,570,
of which the Radical candi
date for Governor received 84.475
rotes, and the Reform candidate
00,104 votes. At the constitutional
elections of 1*68 the total vote
was 07,846, and at the election for
Hn wrPi ? - -
wuTornur trie, IOV, OtH in ttld l'residcntial
elect ioti, two years ago,
the etitire vote was 108,153. The
vote cast last month is, therefore,
20,426 votes in excess of the highest
vote ever before cast in this
State. According to the census
taken last year, the total number
Of voters in the State was 148,716,
via t 50,801 white, and 89,410 colored
; so that, assuming that every
vote was deposited by a person
qualified to vote, and who had not
nlroad v rotmt t1. :? -? ?
j . ivn 10 winrary
to both knowledge and belief.)
there were 14,000 voters who did
not go to the polls. Making allowance
for the repeating atn) ballot-box
stuffing, which the Helicals
are known to have practiced,
it is probable that 20,000 legal
1 votes were not brought out by tlie
stirring canvass of 1870. These
figures make one point clear, viz :
That the white strength, while
steadily increasing, is not yet fully
polled, and that the colored people
are not, as was suggested, dis posed
to refrain from exercising
the privilege of the suffrage secured
to them by the laws of this
State and of the United States.?
In future elections, therefore,
where the canvass is active and
thorough, the whites and blacks
will poll within ten or twelve per
cent, of the full legal vote.
The entire tmml>er of votes cast
for Judge Carn^ntAr tlio
candidate tor Governor, w?6 50,104.
This it) the highest vote ever
cast in the State in opposition to
Radicalism. Against the constitution
of 1868 only 27,288 votes
were polled, and In the same year
the Democratic vote was only 45,237.
The anti Radicals have gained,
therefore, in round numbers,
5,000 votes since the elections held
two years ago. At that time llie
lines were plainly drawn between
Radicalism and Democracy; the
Democrats offered the negroes
n *thing more than a qualified suffrage
; the Democratic platform
declared that the Reconstruction
acts, which were then the guaran
tees to the freedmcn that they
should he the political equals of
the whites?were41 unconstitutional,
revolutionary and void. With
all these drawbacks the Democratic
party polled only 5,000 votes
less than are nulled in 1870lw tl.?
Reform party?which makes no
political issue, which recognizes
the civil and political equality of
whites And Macks, and which declares
that the amendments incorporated
into the State and Federal
constitutions, since the war, are
accomplished facts, having the
force und obligation of law. The
Reform party was supported by
the white people, as a body ; it was
led and defended by the ablest of
our younger statesmen, and b}'
the soldiers whom the State most
honors and trusts. The platform
of the party gave the Colored man
a guarantee of all his frights and
privileges ; colored men helped to
define that platform; colored men
Were candidates for office on the
county tickets; the two races
worked together, as it seemed,
with the one object of obtaining a
capable And trusty representative
government for the State. The re
suit is a gain of 5,000 votes in the
? i.:I - .l- T? ?
jwm, wmie me ivauicai party, in
the same period, gains more than <
20,000 votes. The Radical vote
at the Presidential election in 1808
was 62,916 ; it now is 84,475.
[Charleston, Nevie.
Old Sisters and Yonuo Broth
rub?Sisters, do not turn off your
younger brothers as if they were
always in your way, and any service
which they might ask of yon
were a burthen. Perhaps the
hour may come when* over a coffin
that is strangely longer than
you thought, and over a pale brow i
where often, half unwittingly and j
6perhaps with a petulant push, yon
arted the hair?you bend with
lindiug tears and sobs that shake i
vonr v?rv nnnl whiln mi?ia.ii?#hI
? ? - J 1 -?*???
njemory is busy with the bygoOe t
hours. You will wish then that (
when he came and asked yon to ,
help him in his play, or to lift him |
ou your lap because he was tired, j
or take him out because he wanted
to see, you had laid aside your
book and made the little hoart j
glad.?AikrruvrCa Life at Home. \
? .
Kindness, like the ffentle breath
of Spring, melts the icy heart.
Tub beaatr of holiness, like the
son, is seen by its own light.
A fariHu SxpeTL
When the opera of the44 Prophet
n was first brought out in Paris,
so great was the demand tor
seats that tickets were sold at a
most cxtrAvauAnt nrominm- Dn?
night a young officer, who had
just made an unsuccessful appli
cation for a ticket, was dexterously
lightened of hia watch by a
pickpocket. Detecting the thief,
lie recovered the stolen timepiece.
Then, taking the thief Aside, he
sitid 1
u Yon are an expert In your
profession, and now I wish to
avail myself of your skill."
" Monsieur le captain may oorotnand
nie."
44 Then go immediately and relieve
some gentleman of his ticket,
and 1 wilt pay you one hundred
francs, ito hesitation! Be
quick 1"
44 It shall be done.1*
In a minute the thief Was back
with an elegant case containing four
tickets, together with a number
of cards having the mame of
\M~Am o.i * ?-1
mnucuiuisciic ooinngo jL/uaevini
engraved upon them.
" Wretch !" exclaimed the captain,
"you bare been robbing a
lttdy l1'
" No indeed^ sir,11 replied the
sharper. " There is my unfortn
nate vie im,M be continued, pointing
to a young gentleman who
was engaged in an animated con
verca'ion with a couple of ladies
within the vestibule.
" Dolt 1" exclaimed the captain,
" that is a lady dressed en cavalier
: it is Mademoiselle Solange
Dudevant 1 Return the articles
immediately."
" Monsieur is right,'" said the
pickpocket. u No one but a brute
would knowingly rob a lady, es
pecially when that ladv is the
daughter of George Sand. Excuse
me, Monsieur ; I will yet find
you a ticket."
In an instant the thief placed
himself before Madonioiselle Solange,
with a profound bow.
4k Begging Mademoiselle's pardon,"
lie said, 44 she has had the
misfortune to drop her card
case."
*4 Thank yon, kindly," replied
Mademoiselle Solange. 44 Allow
tne to reward you for returning
it,"
14 As to that, Mademoiselle, permit
mo humbly to suggest that
you have four tickets in your case,
whereas your party Consists of on*
ly three persons "
(1 V? .1 -
xuu men wonia nice to hftve
the extra ticket f" asked Mademoiselle."
44 Exactly so, Mademoiselle.
44 You are quite welcome to it,"
said the lady.
The sharper took the ticket to
the young officer, who, having
noticed the manner in which it was
obtained, did not hesitate to receive
it And pay the promised hun
drcd francs.
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in Extract from Dickens.
44 The rain fell heavily, and a
dark mist drooping over the dis
tant town hid it from view. The
chill wind was howling^ and the
day was darkening moodily, when
Harriet, raising her eyes from the
work on which she had long since
been engaged, saw one of these
travelers approaching. A woman.
A solitary woman, ot some thirty
years ot age, tall, well formed,
handsome, miserably dressed, the]
soil of inanv mmniru ?
j onus III ?# ,
ried weather?dust, chalk, clay,
gravel?clotted on her gray cloak
by the streaming wet) uo bonnet
on her head, nothing to defend her
rich black hair from toe rain but a
torn handkerchief. As her hands,
parting on her sunburttt forehead,
swept across her lace, there w as a
reckless and regardless beauty in
it I a dauntless and depraved
indifference to more than weather
; a carelessness of what was cast
upon her bare head from heaven
or earth * that, coupled with her
misery and loneliness, touched the
heart of hoi fellow woman. She
thought of all that was nerverted
and debased within her, no lose
than without; of the modest graces
of the inind, hardened and steeled,
like these attractions of the person
; of the many gifts of the Creator
flung to the winds like the
wild hair ; of all the beautiful ruin
upon which the storm was beating
and the night was coming.
"Thinking of this, she did not
turn away with a delicate indigna
tlon^ too many of her own compassionate
sex too often d<?. She pitied
her. She asked her to como
In atisf 1 ~ *
?s>4 M>l\4 I i>?u nor iu uuiii up her ]
bruised and bleeding fort. The
woman caught her arm, and, drawing
it before her o#n eyes* hid
theui Hgningt it and wept. 1 Have
von been far!1 k Very far.
Mouths upon months over the sea,
and far away even then. I have
been where convicts gny' she add
ed, looking inil upon her enter
K'uvnu iLI II"^41U? f i
.1 i _jn . _ i
txiner. ' t )mr? tww one myself.'
* Heaven help jrwn end forgive
jroo,' wm the gentle answer*
4 Ah 1 heaven help tne and forgive
inel' abe returned, nodding her.,
bead at the Are. * If man would
help soine of na a little more, God
would forgive u? all the soooer?
perhaps/ " ?
its* I
Pgiwcfrr Wojtlt.?The roOiMn of
I5f? ;? ? I.:-?-?
mviiivtuu ? hii( mmi oogin
from thd point where each one of
us stands, ft cAn be sorely attained
only by beginning now, ami
by toiling steadily and hard.
Iinndrods of yonng men are
waiting for favorable circnrtistances
and for agreeable employ*
inent. This plea it* but a soft way
of excusing laziness. A man has
no place bnt the one io which lie
stands ) no titne but the present \
no chance but the one before him j'
no wofk hut that which he can do
to day lit his place. From that
place, alone that path, bv that
work, must lie go so much Iiighef
and better as lie is able to. But
let him start to-day.
Indolence and pride May WilisEer,
Wait for better opportunities.
!ut the voice of great men sounds
down to us Iroin the heights of
honorable success : " If you see no
onr?r>rti?iitiIoq m?l?? M U ?
-rr?? W| mnno IIIVIII. IVW
oiute industry today, in whatever
work comes to hand, is the sure
guarantee of future wealth and
worth.*
ATx*ai* AwiccOotK.?Abotttthd
close of the Texan war, a steam*
boat was running between New
Orleans and (Galveston, tho captain
of which, in a truly pathetic
way, let it be known that he would
transport the discharged Texan
soldiers to New Orleans without
fee or reward. It may be made a
sure thing that tho worthy steamboat
man was not without calls.?
One day a stalwart fellow cama
down and demanded passage on
the aforesaid promise. The cap*
tain looked at him for a moment)
and then asked :
44 Were you in the war!*
44 Yes, Sir r-r-r," responded the
six fi?oter.
" What were you said the captain.
44 A high private,*' answered the
applicant.
" tto right on board, stranger,"
said the captain. 44 I've been rnnnine
this boat two years, and carnod
up more than two thousand
men that fit, but you're the fust
private I've met so far."
Tub: census takers throughout
the country, in com paring notes*
lind that the highest age attained
bv unmarried women is 2G years*
Heretofore it used to be 23. It is
well to h&vc the time definitely
fixed wlsen women cease to grotf
older.
ti>
Tits by laws of the Grand Lodge
of Masons of Illinois, which pro hibited
colored persons from admission
into Masonic lodges in
that State, have been repealed.
ThS Tssbaaicctinfr t!? Kartisiqub ?Latdr
advices from the Preneh isltuid of Martini*
que show that the rssalt of the insurrection
there, oh the tltl ult, w>) the hurtling of
about ItkeniV s'Juar Bs'atea and the tllllh*
of I'Trril leipetUbl* pl?ntets. inteodia?y
bands were ooropeaed of idle end
, worthier persona. The Governor, who is
en . xperienerd Sjluler, speedily suppressed
ih* rtnute, end meny of the persons eon*
corned in It tried to crcspe to the belaboring
Knghsli island of Rt. Lucia, bat were
prevented. In about Itx days after the oat
brenk. the insurgents, who were estimated
to number abnat 400, ware entirely dispere .
ed, captured, and s. me of Lheort killed. Em
gene Leeailir, the prineipal ring-leader,
was captured ou the l?t of October. Oil
?h<* thir l inst., the volnnteere that had beetl
called out were disbanded, and the p> ison*
era were aader trial by e military commit'
sion. The island is now quiet.
Acoosomo ta the London Dally News,
the French Government is tdlylng grsat
quantities of arm a anintitmtt>? ^t~??-i?
..wii-ng,
ftd., in l?nddn. They p?v e?ili down and
any price rtMjuirll. The Pruifitni are iN
o baying tons of btenkeie ee if they ex*
to Spend the winter in Frenee.?
The London Tiroes is eurious to see wb itber
P' uests will inek* sny protest sgslnst
the export of srmi, A?., troon America?*
Fire million pounds of gunpowder is the
amount of the Kegliefc order, end the merw
ket is swept of erery sort of fireerm. In
the mesutirae Birmingham hes gone to
work on beery orders from Roeele. The
question is esked, Is it to he murder m
merer f
j psraonino THAT Pats.??The tale of prwi
in llr. Beeelter's fashionable * ?
?.
BfooUtyn, fea'taod $176,000, Ihe other day.
A hniir ftroof eou'd not he aakrd of th?
popularity of that prraohar, whaUTtr w?
nay think of hitn in other reepecta.
I A Bimcot.rr occurred on Taaaday U?tk
j about Are mile* front Kd go field Govt B??Ht
I oautod by the refaaal of a nartw ??? ?
I m ortMtod ob wttrati fro* On iktrtff i?4 %
I triBl JntUro for itrotUg hog* fig** IW
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