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? k THE ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER"* V , . v. W fciu .:...Ln2i^iT^r2r==r::LrrriJi^^ -tt? ?n?i 1 rr?m?mrn mwi ' " i?it itllulii ' iiiipwaa^^^^jgBaieggagaMft Bt W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY. MAY 27, 1870.' . VOLUMEXVIII?NO. 6. He Lq&iIb Us On. lie Ior.Is lis on, By pa'lis wo <1 J noCknow, Upward'lit) leads ua though our slops V slow,Though oil wo Mot and falter by the way, 'Though storms and darkiicstf oft obscure the d?y. ' Yet when I ho clouds ore gon? We know Ilo leads us on. lib lead* us on Through all the unquiet yenvg; Fast all jour dreamland hopes aad doubts and fears, lie guides our steps through all tile tangled inn/.a . We knoV His will is done ; And still leads us uu. aiiu ne, at las', Aftc the woorv strife, After the restlcw Cover wi> cull life? Aftfr thed eariuess, tl>e aeliing pain? I'ue wayward struggle* which Lave proved ia vain? After our tuilp are p?>t? Will give us rest at la^t. | THE PRESTONS AND HAMPTONS Interesting Family Reminiscences. [Correspondence of Cincinnati Commit'- j c/a/.J | Columbia, R. C., April 24. j "What* iino largo house is that standing over thoro, surrounded on f three sides by a high brick wall, and ! in front by an ornamental iron fence | with marble pillars at corner?" I enquired of a cilizcii. ' Oil, that's old General Prestou's, and is said to bo the finest laid off grounds in the South. There's a 1 "whole SOUarc -or four norna of* it nnH :i!l inside is ?very kind of shrubbery 1 tliat you could thiulc of with gravel and shell walks running all among it" ' "Docs Preston live there himself?" 1 "Yes cousidorably but I believo he i spends most of his time in Europe ' J! as got a considerable money iuvest- ' cd there in one way and another, lie |' prophesied that the war would come 1 up a long time before it did, and so to he on the safe side, ho sold moist of his niggers, and invested his money in Europe." ' What relation is lie to the Hamptons ?" "\\i\y, yon see, he married a daughter of old Colonel Wade Hampton, who was the father of tho present AVado Hampton, and his father-in-law being very rich, gave him this fine property that we've been speaking of." 'Tbo old original Preston of all of thein came here years and years ago. Ho was from Virginia, and was on his way to .Florida to get cured of the consumption. Ho was a young man then about twenty years old, and traveling along towards Florida, he passed through here and concluded to stop, as he liked tho climate. He went to school here a while, married and settled down. About that time oid General Wade Hampton, who I II - ? ? iiuu uuun a v^oionei in tne revolution- * ary War, settled heVc, raised a large * family, and got rich. Preston also' 3 got rich, and tho families afterwards 1 became connccted by marriage. They owned a great many plantations ' and kept getting richer and richer un? til the war camo. Of course they all ^ went with the South, and many, of ' them lost nearly all of their property. 1 General Wado Hampton, owhed a ve- l ry costly residence just out of the ' town, Which tho Yankees burned up. 1 Ornatnonting the grounds around his 1 house alone cost him sixty thousand 1 dollars. Now all bis fine shr'ubbcrv 5 are turned out and the' ruins look bad ' enough. On top of tho war t amo a ^ lot of security aebtB and the General 1 had to take tho benefit of bankrupt t law. They say he is ,now getting 1 started again in Miasissppi, and will 1 come out right side up. 1 "The Hamptons and Prcstons are 1 great workers. You may make them i f>oor but thoy wont stay so. Wado j ?as ono brother'in .Mississippi, I be- * lieve, who is very rich. Besides be- ( ing rich, .they, are all popular men, | and if it had not boon for the war no j tellfrig what .the. two families would 1 have oome to. Thoy would have own- * cd the State after awhile. But they 1 were very much set back during the war, and some-of them were killed. 1 Thomas Hampton, son of present Wade, was "killed in Virginia when.lie was only twenty-oneyears old. His remains were brought home, and passed right along the street, followed by <ovor a hundred of his negroes, most of them crying, for tbey loved their young master, This was in ?tbe fali of 1864. The following February here came Sherman with fire and aword, and destroyed a great deal of property belonging to the two famiye?, so that they, were 'crushed by all kinds pi misfortunes. It was*all that conld>lKi done te. keep the army from burning -that fine noose we were ?pes&ingo?> Jtat'they left' it, and 1 that Is ftboafc all thsy -did leavo." \ There, is severalgrave ytod* in and about Columbia, belonging to differ- < ' . ent cbirtfcb'es, and in oatf of them aro ! the graven of. the Hampton and Preston families, all in one corner,'and partially., to , theoaeelves. Fihely wrought marble slabs are- over them All, upon which, are engraved tho aameaand date of deaths. The ijwa. tiate reaper baa been at work among these great families, .for 'aide by aide y?epo?Jth* aahee ^jf aome, t*cty-flve j ' They ttf e dghUogetook, fe* one ef Che oldest tomW/tnM kM<? uiu <Jmiend io the War of 1812, die J in Cfamhtjie?6, aged ^ ^ I.' ] ? l__- ggy cut do\Vn in tlio snring-timo of life just as they woro blooming into fYagranco and br nitty. Young Hampton toll when ho lacked but a low day* of reaching mail's estate, which makes his death all tho moro sad. Death is a cruel monster, any timo; but whon ho cuts down tho young, buoyant and [hopeful, ho seems doubly so. The Hamptons and Prcstons all espoused tho causo of tho South when the struggle began, and considering their location and interests, it is but justice to say that such a courso was natural. That they were in earnest, and not aeuated by selfish motives, let their deeds testify; when tho die was cast and the battlo came, they were not found shirking. The families aro both very popular with tho negroes; their old servants will not leuve them, but remain as faithful to their interests as before the war. Wade Hampton is ns strong a friend to the negro as lie can be, and remains in tho Dcmoeratrc party; he always befriends them both in public and private when occasion demnds. Tho negroes appreciate his noble stand in their behalf, and I am uot Ki.ro l>..f 1... ?..??!.! I-- ?? .u_n -ivuiu iiuiivv iiiuiiiiiuiiuiiy iiiroad* into the ranks 01' tlio Loyal League if he should run for-an oflice. There is no danger of that, however, as ho is too busily engaged in trying to build up his shattered fortunes, to go into politics. Nevertheless, as ioudly as wo may shriek "Rebel," and lash ourselves into fury over the misdecls of the great families of the South, on sober second thought, it ia evident it would be better for tbc col ored people, better for the State and better for tho nation, to liavo Wado Hampton iu Congress rather than Cadet Whittcmore; at all events it would save tho Republican party some disgrace, which is . desirable. When it jomes to such men as Whittemoro, Jio party might cry out, with one of )!d. "Oh, deliver mo from my riends." AVERY. ?:? ? Food for the Aged. That State of feebleness and decrepitude known as "old ago" is indueed bv :i f'VJldn.'tl ^nnsnlwlntmn r>f / ? O " the structures. "In infancy, tho proportion of the fluids of tho body to Lho solids is tnach greater, than in adult age; but this relation is constantly changing. The fluidity, flexibility and elasticity of youth, as the Jtructurea harden and condense, arc mcccoded "by the firmness, stiffness ind immobility of age." In other words (according to an able writer in that admirablo magazine. the Nrw Orleans JotirtiaI of Madcine} "Mineralization of cell coutcnts ind carbonizing of cell walls seems to je only constitutional causes of de:ay and old age*" Some may die of >iu ago ten. twenty or more years 'ooner than others. Some have been tnowu to live a hundred nnd fifly rears, in modern times, and then not lie of old ago. The article referred to in the iWio Orltans Journul of Medicine is entitled 'Physiology and Chemistry of .Old \ge," and is written b}r Dr. S. P. Cuter, of llolly Springs, MisS , and conains some most interesting, practical lirections with regard, to tho food lest sflitcd to retard this "mineralizing process." Dr. Cutler suggests : First .0 use food and water which is known ,0 bo most free from phosphates; and lecondly to make use of food containng a large percent of vegetable acids, figgs ana milk are to be especially < s uieweu, as iney arc Known to con-1 !ain all tho minerals in excess of alnost all other kinds of food. Butter ind all fats may be used freely as they >nly supply beat. Sugar, lemons, oringes, apples, cherries, plums, peach!8, currants and many other fruits and jerries are good. The rinds and peeing of fruit should always be discarded in advanced age, as they contain ,be chief minerats. In young subccts, this order should be reversed, is the}' need an excess of minerals up :o the time of full developement and growth. All acids containing hydrogen, (as most vegetable acids do) decompose phosphates and carbonates, forming joluble salts, which could not be deposited in tho cells cither of bones or Hhcr tissues. And free lime salts floating in the jystcm or even in the cells, paay be decomposed, and mOre saline formed md washed ont of the Organism. Not only this, but even the bones themselves, may be made, to give np uny surplus porlion of lime in this way, in old age as to fencer them less dense and friable and more susceptible of -nutrition, and old age 3ven put farther off indefinitely. Dc- Cofler does not. propose medi* cation asjk preventive of'old age, but suggests proper dietetic regulations in order to prevent" premature old age.. This much he believe* to be possible. . 1 MiNonrrr Bte^swTATiow.?This {>1811, 'which "has beeh-tnirch discussed otejy in England arid in thif country, wae pracuotujy. applied )g JHQQmsDtirg FensylVtaU, Oir a sfflatl seate. An set was passed by the Legislators Cf that State amending -the charter Of tWiown.bf J31pom$borg, ?hic|t. provides that when ett officers qtf to be chosen each to(er may giv# oas vote to each of fix: persona, or doe rote and> half to each fynr, two-votou %o each ot th*ee, three TroUm toejich pf two, ttt sfx"*otee to One. # At ths ifrst eieetioh held nodes* the'tieW r^nlatjoa' toft seven, member* ot the Cooncll three Democrat* were ctaoeen Jbnr. ojT hjfibht mote Sftee -rkf j*twdlpanie# aw of tWO#'ti^TOSk *cr*" ^I2IH *3tffcr H; .' ' * A Letter from D. Wyutt Aikoa, CuKKbDt'UY, May 14. To iht Editor of the Charlatan Aeiet: It appears that tho remarks 1 made bcforo tho rccout convention in your city liavo oxcitud the iro, disgust and contempt of both friend and foe, und curacH hot and heavy liavo been heaped upon me from overy hole and cornor of tho city of Charleston. What uro tho fucts in tho case ? On the morning of tho Inst da}' of tho convention, alter a freo discussion upon subjects generally porlinent to i the object of tho convention, I veu-1 tured to obtrude upon that body my j opinions, and, in reply to a member j who had argued that in importing | immigrants to ibis country wj must i receive thSm as our equals socially, 1 i entered my protest against any such inducement being presented. A promiscuous recognition of social equality with strangers from any quarter I would not subscribo to. Neither would you, Mr. .Editor, nor would ic bo asked for or expected by ?ny intelligent immigrant. This was tho idea* I intended advancing. If I was unfortunate in ex- ' pressing a different idea, I can but regret it. 1 feel that no man in the State, according to his means, has don**, can do, or will do more than I to encourage immigration, elevate la- ; bor, and rejuvenate our old worn-out ' lands. If t.ti pfYW't. tkia 1 VWV. forbids tho truth should bo told, then my consolation is T am. too honest to bo even politic. A word, if you please, to tho Char- ] Icston press. Your German paper 1 says I have learned but littlejduring tho past six 3*ears. I plead guilty to tho ' charge, and I confess the Correspond- ! cut has by no means increased my learning. It calls me "a slaveocrat." Wherefore ? Because, forsooth, I did ' not extol tho fair-haired German, and 1 waste volum.es of gas in declaring tho geuerous welcome that awaited the 1 immigrant.- ' ' I narratod simply what I had seen | of tho Chinese, and expressed myself 6 pleased with their.labor; that where working with negroes they had al- j lowed spectators to pass unobserved, wKilr. t lia 4 !.?!- I - f *? MMW K11V iivga wvc DLVjJ tllULl WUili LU tako a survey of the visitor; thatthej' * are frugal and economical, while their I eolored co-laborers wero extravagant, and oftoner than otherwise would * spend on Saturday tho next earnings of tho week; that tho Chinese would 1 answer for our tide-water lands, Jbut * not for the upper country, and that I j did not advocate their introduction 1 into the latter section. For this and ^ this alone the Sucdlicher Correspondent accuses me of seeking for South- * ern redemption through Chinese la- . bor, and usos other truthless' and 1 inconsistent remarks that have fallen harmlessly at my feet. For its cdifi- ? OfltlAn T tr?o*r env T k?t?A ? -*? ' <*~J CI?J , X UU > O 111 Lll V tJILl" ploymcnt Germans and uative whites, e and colored laborers, who are perfect- 1 ly content and satisfied with the fi treatment they receive, and .would v not exchange homes with nny of my fi traducers. Only to-day I havo -rt- * eeived from Charleston a family of English immigrants, who seem nei- I ther to fear the "Slave Pascha," nor to anticipate his extending- to them ought elso than kind treatment, and fjiuiiijjb lutyiuuiib jor i&oor periormed, . both of which, they will surely get. J" Bat enough of this ireful German. ^ A friend has handed mo two copies of a Itadieal sheet published in Char- 2 leston, one.of whien contains an ex- q tract from an article in the News that 1 had not seen. This article enumer- 0 ates a host of great men who in the ? past havo risen from humble origin. Sha?*speare was a wool-comber, ho T says. Shall I, therefore, anticipate- f poetio ideas from the Englishman * who is this day ehearing my sheep? , Because the father of Grogory VII was ft carpentcr, does it follow that r ftVPTV ("ornnnlnf'u cnn - n?- ? ^ J vv? U uwu Ml uov UC U A upu r Ridiculous nonsense. Such inatancos ? prove that genius cannot be hid under ( u bushel, and nothing more. Merit should bo -rewarded, and conscience 8 tells mo I have never rejected its v claims. f This 6ame sheet has dotted all ovtr , its columns gurbled extracts from J what I said, and a paragraph or two of what I have written. To this I have no objection. As a target I 8 have been shot at so oftoD by Radical c marksmen that their assaults are re- j ceived rather as healthful - tonics. I take them as a dyspeptic would "Sol* I >i . 4 * utiiuu V UliWlDi ^ Mr. Editor, I cherish individual re- * spect, but have never stooped to court 1 lit. I have not "crooked the pregnant J hinges of the knee that thrilt might , j follow fawnicrg." I esteem the regard of acommunity, ftnd have never will* i fully given offence. If I have done J bo ip tbis instance, it is because I have ? been misunderstood, and thorefore I ' feel do mortification for what I have ' said. ' Wk.t 1? ? ' 1 it uuv nfjuuner ueiore mo convention claimed that "all the sense and ( alt tho cultivation of the universe was confined to South' Carolina?"'.Who 1 said we' coald not ? learn tnneh from ! the Geribao, the Irishman or . the En- ! giishman ? Certainly I did not; for among the adopted citizens of this ] State1 have the honor to. number 1 many warm personal friends. And ' one of ths stannehsst ftiends I have if a Northern man who > ih>w ray J neighbor. \& ?JS[ ? [ . ' Your oh&Jlsnt servant, . . ' . - D. WTATT AIKEH- { ' " v'.y- ' V - . I . The jfdfc M^n of iTe^ lTorJc- are \] paia to rjrnK as follow? In ibo matter , of .OTnaial fc. .AbIot, ' 160,600-,(M-r A* ft Mwift* $40,<rt<? ' OOOv COT-noIida -Vindehbilt; tSO/OOO, ; knd two hnndred thousand dolhirfl apiece/ ' ' ' t :*:> ' u..;"-! ?tf "' ': rr.i The French Constitution. Tho Constitution, on tlio ratification of which tho French people were * receutly permitted to vote, mid \Vhich >'! they coiiiirmod by so overwhelming a ^ majority, was promulgated January 0 22(1, 1852. It has boen subsequently l< modified by an Imperial Decree, Do- i?; ceinbor2d, 1852: by tho . "Grannie" l\ I\ -- + *.% 0 . . I j^vc-cuo, jL/uuciuuur 10111, 16J2, Ui.U l)y " several Sewttus Conaulte. It vests w power in tho Emperor, in Ministers P appointed by him, in a Council of J* State, a Corps Legislatif, and a Sen- '> ate, which is the "moderating power" " or pouvuir ]>onderateur. All changes in tho fundamental law of the fctate e: are proposed by tho Senate. If Bane- 1" tioned by tho Emperor, they become M Henatus Consultc. Tho Senate, as it at 'r present exists, cmvnot be termed part 11 of the General Assembly. It moves P in a different sphere from tho Corps c; Legislatif. The former has charge of' J the Constitution, the latter of the or- j dinary laws. Ono is a constitutional j v.' ana mo oilier a legislative body. Tho amended Constitution is very 11 concise. It is divided into six chap- 11 tera. Chapter first recognizes the grand 11 principles of 1789. n. Chapter second confirms all the powers heretofore granted Louis Napoleori by the people, regulates tbe ni succession, by allowing tho Emperor lo choose his own successor among P! bis descendants, excluding always females and their heirs. It regulates 11 royal marriages aud provides for a J1 regency. Chapter third gives tho governing P1 power to tho Emperor, with tho aid l' A' the Ministers, Senate, Corps Legis- iu latif and Council of State. It propides, however, that the Constitution 4 :*an be modified bv tho noonln of ?K?. ai v 1 T'" "" VMW . suggestion of tho Emperor.. In other 11 ivords, if-he does not like tho experi- s* nent, he can set aside the whole mil- sl jhincry of government, and, through u he nnny, control votes enough to get n' luch powers us ho may dictate. l' Chapter fourth makes tho Emperor e' esponsiblo to the people, to whom lie 01 ins a right of appeal, llo is respon- 1,1 'ible to no one else, and is given by ?J his chapter pretty much autocratic V, jowers. J, Chapters fifth and sixth relate to 1 ,he Senate and Corps I/egislatif. Tho 01 Senate, composed of life members, is ' railed and prorogued at tho will of \ ue .Fiiviperor. so with tho Corps " jegialuiif. Its racmbei*H are electcd a. or at leant six yenrs. The sittings of ?* hese bodies are public, but at tho re[oest of any fivo members in either jy louse the proceedings become secret. * Tho other two chapters are general ? their character. . *s The practical effect of tho Plcbisito on the 8th instant, by which this J1 Jonetitution was i-atified, is undoubtdly to strengthen Louis Napoleon in J1? he eycB of France and tho world, by " living once more, to the powers rhieli he has virtually usurpod, the anction of a formal popular vote.? P1 Charleston News'. . it< ^ m ^ olitlcal Capital at the Expense of Industrial Capital. The Charleston Republican is seektig to make all the capital it cnn out f some remarks attributed to Col. D. Vyatt Aiken, in the Charleston Agri- Ei ultural and Immigration Convention, ai ]*he effort is now making to improve ht louth Carolina by the introduction in at ur midst of a good and intelligent Tl las^of settlers from tho North and wl Surope. So far as Col. Aiken-'s re- nc aarks are concerned,* ho speaks for m limself. But if tho Republican desires ni I understood that a cordial welcome a? Iocs not' await tho immigrant here, re hen does it misrepresent the senti- ra aents of our'people. The immigrant rho comes here will stand upon his ir< acrits, and those merits will secure Be or. him the same recognition.in South gl Carolina as elsewhero This was tho on entiment of tho convention. But wl vhy parade tho remarks of a dele wi ;ate, and make political capital out of pc hem? What good to South Carolina II loes this effect? The Republican af- fr< ects to desire immigrants to Bottle in at his State. ' But does its course not fu how that this is a mere pretense and dr i sham? Does ils course not show wi hat it is ready to sacrifice the indus- in rial interests of.the State to aceom- w ?lish small party purposes? The Re- TJ uiblicin, we presume, does riot roally ro lesirc the introduction of white retilers in n tho State Jt prefers, the political eh ..wl lU. C ?-? ' iiiv> tuu uiiiiiiciai passenger, it pre- ce era that the soil of South Carolina be ta cept open to the inroads and ravages to >f the robbers and pilferers, who irn- w properly manipulate tho bondff and ag itocka of the State, and pat their lo lands deep down into tho treasury, to It would have South Carolina to.oon- at ,inue one vast preservo for the wonid- in >e lordly masters of the State's finan w 508. A? tO this Convention I m pliicb the Republican rolls like a sweet et norsel tinder its brisy tongao, its el jourse has beeri most nnfai?. It' lo brings oat most prominently one 6d- m irerse feature of Col. AIkcn's remarks; it has^tnlo to tatr about ibe gen- srtma, Jbearty,liberal and bfoad views tbat^he^Oonv#nti6nx apptrored an$ M ipplaudedr Jiet tha State1 perish,ln*t m Mr'&*'' p$rty ir^ih}n atoms *?* .? creed pC "ifce OTgan." To ma, it lav * jnrs, that * batter sentiment to let -? part??fl perisfi add ofih? eeekerii: And ? 5^boTdMr?>StUJi -with tluiffl, ? rid&T tTbio. shull TJbns, rti 2 " J f-fv s..v-; ii rv(!ft.'.^f. . "*P S^^StiiBSS w?a $2^S1??*w^&I%?*be/5iifc o and the. hoet )n?i aa?owo? to f ?j" '*/fe W .* 5 v'* ' ' *' ' / '?!. .' Tho Revision of tho Bible. It will be remembered that tho IV/rf noticed at length last Fcbruny llie resolution offered in the upper louse of Convocation of tho Province l* Canterbury uppointirg a commit;o to "report upon the desirableness f u revision of tho authorized vcron of the Uld nnd Kcw Testaments, 'hether by marginal notes or otheriso, in all thoso passages whore lain and clear errors, whether in 10 Hebrew or Greek texts, origiunlf adopted by the translators or in ic translation made from tho wmn, tall be found on duo invepfigation to sist." This commillco has now re iiruiu 111:11 11 its <:c*>irai>ie-io attempt ich a revision of the Uihle, but that 1 attempting such u revision no new anslalion of tlio Hiblo is cotilcinlatot), and no alterations of language xccpt where competent authority uenis it necessary, and that where lianges aro necessary the existing L-rsion is to be followed as far as posble* Jt has further been suggested lat the convocation should appoint coniinittee to undertake the work f revision, with "liberty to invite le co-operation of any persons einiiMit for scholarship, to whatever tiaoh or religious body they may being." Tins suggestion was unani~ ?1.. * 1. ii.? *. IxJUCIV llll IUU I VjU'l l. In tiupportiug the committees reart, Dr. Wilberforee, of Winchester, ischiimed any intention to "recast" us authorised version. Followiug ini, the Bishop of Gloucester and ristol deelare'd his belief that the roposed changes would "Frenchify" ic Bible?whatever that may mean id he confessed that he saw no obction in that clause which, allowing ie revising committee to call iu the d of persons belonging to any na011 or religious creed, would cause >ro trouble to many pious souls.- "I iall feci," saya tho Bishop?and it is truly liberal sentiment coining from :i Anglican prelate ?"I shall feel int. scholarship is the bond which in ."erjT such case will bo found snperi to separating influences whieh ight arise out of either conformity non-conformity.'' After this it is ' less wonder to hear tho Bishop of nth and Wells declare- that the .vhole truth should be dcelarod at ico," and that '"it is ustlens to protend at the authorized vrrxion irus an inspirpiodaction when they knew that it was. it. Some of the bishops advocated tentative version ; and the Bishop. London, who presided, thought lat the revision should be confined . present to the New Testamcfht, vhich was now.ripe for it." That the bishops of the Church of ngland are undertaking a noble and i honest task in seeking to purge leir version of error is undeniable; it is it not strange, in this nineenth century, to tell peoplo who mn Irtn/v r\ ??a/1 4 a f kik i? U iVlig V4VIVI < iU IUV ttUkiUUI 1 tj ' the English Bible as tho supreme lide of faith that "it is useless to etend that it is inspired," and to jar the bishops to whom tho deposa o; faith has been committed dcure that "they kno\V that it is not"? rorld. The Air We Breathe. Dr. Angus Smith, of Manchester, , rcgland, who has been analysing the r we breathe, for twenty-five years, i is studied in detail tho forms of the oms which we seo in sunbeams, i iie air is charged with tho scraps of I hatever is knocking about in the < iighborhood we live in, -coal in tho ining districts, cotton in the spinng districts, hay and Btraw in the [riculturnl districts,'stono and horso < fuse in the busy streets, iron in the , ilway carriages. In these, ho says, vo breatho rolled plates of mctalic >n, which aro large enough, to be ' en an the naked eye." And mined with all those dormant, myeteriis germs of plant and animal life, i hich, after a few days' steeping in ; ater, throw off their torpor, and apar as living plants and animalcules, e has t-hown us what wo cast ont )m qui* lungs?tho Bowngo of the mosphcrc?aud told of tho wonder- i 1 scone of life which is developed in .; op.of condensed breath from?the : all of a crowded room. The taking the "sewage of the atmosphere" is hat most people seem to enjoy, tiey go to churches, church lecture 1 oma, nonoof them ventilated at all, none of them any circulation to lange the air, to theaters and conrt rooraa, where they pack in .and sto each other's sewage for hoars ' gether. Delicate, fastidious women ho would not brush their garments jainst the clothes of the thcatroafer, nor soil their bands by the uch of- bis, will sit a whole evening idexohange breaths with..biro, the most for the inmost, as the Germans ould Bay, in a room scarcely ventit?d at iuI } but where the used air L < I I 1 ? / '.t _J_ igm ue vuDn{r?u iur iremj mr .vyuantly. And architects will so biild. lurches nod theatres, and halls bo ng as the people submit to it as eekiy&s-they now do, ;-<v ' :j:?v? ' . 11 ^ ' , '#v N# . liwtfss for yrvwl-^wben per? ar# feverish nod thirst/ beyond 1 b$t is; natural, indicated in eotne wesbya meUillic taste inthemoutb, tfifler drinking wster/dr hy trhUUh appe&lrAnce of the greaWr ajt of. the Burikoo of ch? toogae, one FU>? bwV-ic^>le^/ tn<<*ru*l.,<>r W* jpmL 1? to ta^o aJemon, cutoff & . ny a comfortnblo tdght'& sleep, ami on t awaUontng after rust, no inviuorution, u with an appetite Ibr breukfhst to ? which they are strangers who will t have their cup of tea for auppor, or t "relish" and cajto and berries, or ? poaches and cream.?Dr. Hull. X ^ "Pat Cleburno. Memphis, Tennessee, with her vn- ^ rious civic departments, her Irish societies, hor ex-soldiers, her distinguished citizens, has dono honor to the remains of tho brave Irish Con- r federate general, l'at Cleburne, lie i fell in the front of tho '-lost cause," | doing what he believed to bo his du- r ty, defending with liis life tha* side of ^ tho final appeal to Heaven, which no 8 tribunal on earth was left to decide. ?i It matters not to a brr.ve man, upon t which lino .of battlo he leveled his 0 bayonet; be knows how to honor tho c gallant dead when the victory has t been won. The crimson fields of this v war are sacred places in the mcraorv t of every true, 'honest soldier; and e however sharp the agony, however natural the . preference and emotion, ho can stand by the side of the common graves of the struggle and minglo the tear of pride or regret with the dews of Heaven that fall on all alike. In the heart of every true man, and particularly in the bosom of those who fought the desperate field, the horoic dead on both sides sleep quietly and well? 1 Under Ihe laurel t1i? blu?\ Under die willow the gray." Native arid adopted, right or wrong, lost or saved, Americans all. There let them rest. Let no voice of detrac-. tion insult their reputation, nor rude hand d-isturb the repose of their ashes. They tried for us beforo the last High Court the desperate issues of a unirtmon pnnntrr Thpv r?lof>n^ nnn - - J J J fidingly at the mercy of the Supreme , Judge their lives and fortunes, and J they do not murmur because He hps ^ chosen them, and washed in their [ best blood, from the royal robes of ] our Republic, the errors and troubles f of the past. Why should we, who \ were not called upon either side, for i the sacrifice? Let the flowers of i peace decorate the gravosof all-alike. 1 for the rose of eternity has opened t alike a golden crown over the tomb of t the oast. In that Riiri'rmhncriia thprn r " * **> *"v*v eleepfl no nobler spirit, no braver man or better Irishman than Put Cleburne. With Corcoran and Meagher, and I hundreds of Ireland'a sons who fell 1 lighting on both Bides of the civil i war, ho haa gom to tho silent shore, t With a most Christian imagination, J we can see them walkin ; hand in i hand tho Elysian fields, and wonder- t ing perhaps, if there should be any- s thing in their memories to keep alive i the banes of the past. We think not. I We hope not.?Southern Cell, <3 t _ _ fi important Decision.?A very imEortant decision was made yesterday fi y his Honor, Judgo Bryan, in the v District Court, sitting in bankruptcy. r The question was whutner discharges r in bankruptcy could be granted un- v less the assets of the bankrupt should g pay fifty per ccnt. of the debts. p The 33d section of the bankrupt ? act of 1867 provided, that in cases j, commenced after ono year from the jj time the act went into operation, no p discharge should be granted, uuless t] the assets of tho debtor should pay n fifty pep centum of the claims against a his GHtato^ unless the assets in writing ei of a majority in number and value of ^ the creditors who had proved should v be had. f, Ilia Honor, Judge Bryan,, has de- e eidcd that the act of Congress of 27lh t July, 18G8, has modified tho act of 1867, bo that it is not ndcessary that tho assets should pay fifty per centflm, but that they should be equal to fifty ri per centnm of tho claims proved. b It will thus hb soon that many debt- Li ors who hayo boon restrained from I applying for tho bebefit of tho bank- S rnpt act since 31st Deecm.ber, 1868, c< upon the generally received opinion h that a discharge could not bo had tin- tj less their assets shoulil pay fifty per I centum of their debtt*,*can enjoy its o advantages if their assots ho equal to t! fifty per cent, of their debts. Ji - ? r - J Boy Smokers.?Here, .and there about the street-corners and around ^ the doors of places of arrtnsemeht you will boo a lot of urchins, some of them ? rieccutly clad and presenting-a res. 1 poctable appearance, who are engsg-' v ed i" assorting their manhood by ? puffing away at execrable cigars. It ? is fair to presume that their: anxious . mammas are not awaro of ths ibul Jf habits their darling boys pick op and J practice ontside of theparental roof^ but for their benefit they should know . that it Is stated that a French pHy?l- ? cian has investigated th* effect of?, pmoking on thirty-eight -befys, be tweon the. agos of nine and fifteen, >. \yho wore addictcd to tl\e' habit. "Twenty-seven presented distinct g symptoms of,, nicotine poison; In twenty-two thertf wer^er! on3. disor- 8 derp of the oircnlation, indigestion* t dullness of intellect, and a matkedt, appet'te fpjr etr?|>g drink#, j 1st throe r the^Sj^ hean a^ti>nj.tonightde? t cid^d deterioration of the blood: iq ? twelve'tfi'era Was-' frrfqaefit cptfoje js; ten bad'disturbed steep v*ndfWbWj n ulceration of th^mnensniatabrari# of i the^onth," illjf ^JTr tftW:;% or nft'edy *betM"h td'foiny foy? 1 In trs$ni?& fk/irtum trtptofo anUUll 1 Xhip homw of <fiwip*tion. .* fr iffinite, 1 ?.' 1 /<'- *' . #<!$ ho top of which will be fiflv fort ihove high watermark, and the pisi's will bo 146 to 174 In height IVoro heia foundation up. Tho span of nr he principal arch will bo 615 feet, '0 aid the arches will be constructed of . uhUsU'oI. Tho bfiilgo will bo a high- 1 vay for eight railroads. It will be tv, jomplcted by tho lost of next year.' 00 ? ? cit rhirty Millions of Dollars Finding an Owner. at _ in/ Eight lucky people in New Jersey ind Now York aro rejoicing over heir good fortune, having just "fallen icira" to on ostate in Scotland, va- 1,8 iously estimated at from twenty to oc llirl.v millioDN nf il'ilhii'n Tlin HOI J ? . . I'"* on who gave the information to tho heirs" was a man named Smith, who nakes it his .business to look after v*. iiid*collcet claims of this kind. Sonio if tho heirs are in good cirounistanes, but most of them are poor, and |,c vhen tho news of their vast inheri- usance in the old country reached their ars they could not believe It was rue. aud for a time nothing was done g*, ind.the matter was dropped. One of m( he party, however, wrote a lot tor to ir i roniincnt member of tho Houbj of jordu, England, making inquiries as. la o whether any nuch citato had been E$ eft. In the course of two or three nonthu he received an answer, stating hat fuich an eet:.te had been left to fa iVilliam Innis, and that it* the heirs tin :ou!d prove .their claims there would ou >c but litt'o difficulty in getting their noncy. Since then one of the heir.s las visited England, and found th'it ,n )otii tlio statement of Smith and K' hat contained io the letter were true. VUlo counsel were consulted, who bo state that if the claimants could proluce the old family 3iblc, with the ccords it would he the',best evidences . 1 is to the title. The gentleman enme J''1 hjiiiu uiju i-uiuuiciK'ca sea rolling for h? key to tho vast estate.?the old un 3iblc. A few days ago tho sacred 00 rolumo, in a double sense to tho leirs, was found in tho hands of au 'nriis living in Ponsylvania, with the u<s amily record complete. Tho Niblo vas printed in Edinburg, in 1722. jand c a in a good state of preservation. . number of persons named Innis , . mvo heretofore laid claim to the 1 istato, which is of course not asido by ur he discovery of this old relic. ? M: Lahqe Heads.?A general Idea *1' lolds ground that large heads mertn ar-'e intellects, that weight of brain Pr ndicates mental strength. But this lotion ia lalrie one; one fact will disjrove it. Man it inferior to aomo apes n tho proportiaon which his brain tears to his body. When wa come to gj inimalstho differences aro verj' slrikhg. A continental physiologist has R teen gauging the skuiIs of different : [uadrupeda, and weighing their con- ,l ent?. There aro beasts, whose intinct approachca to reason, and we tyle such intelligent; their high intinct is not however. commensura'blQ wj vitb their cerebral development. To ot; ange a tew. ot tbo. commonest ani- tjc aals in tho order of brain weights, wt re have tho following declining tjj cales: Cat, dog, rabbit, sheep, ass, wj ?ig, horse, and ox Ihe twd last tj0 ave tho same weight of nerve centre re, n proportion to the capacity of their ^ oaieS, but they have only a Sixth * art of that of the first on on the list; hat is to say, the cat has si* times qb mb mch brain it? proportion, to her siee Yo a the horse has in proportion to hia Be ize. The pig has more than tho ,j0i Orse, the Bheop more than the pig. fit\ Vho would have thought it? The tbi icts almost set us wondering wheth f,-fl r tho brain has anything to do with he intellect at all. ?_? th( T> , Oue . Noveust. ? An exchange . ays: William Grlmore Sim ma, has tely been visited in Charleston by 0,1 iarry Gray, vrho is writing to the lome Journal ' an aecount of his outhern travels. Dr. Simons, in ^ ourse of conversation, Bpnka most m! ighly of Mr. Bryant's translation of H>l lie Iliad. Barry Gray adds: "The >octor thought that-the-literary men tln f ibis country were too much nudor lie control and in the power 'of-pub- ? sherS, They should cast aside all ettv jealousies of each other, be said C8t nd do banded together in a guild a . o-operathro. union?nucfi ?a many i<3n icuhanicB possess, and demand and re oivo* of publisher* a 'ftiir rertiansrft- ^ ion iorjneir Drain wor^. u.a -spgice v~ ery eadly of himself?his library 8,8 nd possiuns all gone, his.constitution P?' rokejvand.h&.youtb and rigor gone teI jreVcy. ."Oh l' liu exclaimed, spring- . ' ig suddenly from the lounge, and fting himself up to his full height thi is blue eyes Hashing, and bis -long ce' rbifcs hair and beatd streaming about fshsad, if. this poof old * body* wero ( de nly as strong as is iby kill "'I'd -show bear whatliterary'man could do."' - rae| sbwpflkiif- Mats.?Mefca strong th osp-lnds, using hot-Water, pot in the re ^ f _ a al . * * * %/. j . <n?* V. # a uuu &uu ivt -mem sxa'.a 1111 wia; ,w hen Vaeb then&in cold water till 'nit ' heeoap iaout. ftextdwolv.e. balf * & lotind each of salt nail alttm lb a little ^ tot water/and putiotoataboftsoW e<! rat$* ?a!ffp^tvto' eov*r vfet ?kla?, nd let tliemeoak titers boiirtV tfetif . lank brtjih; t^hcn !3 BCRAPP. Hov. W. H. Milbnin, the blind oaohgr, is lecturing in Bon Frftneis* The population of Berlin Has inaased from 25?,000 in 1832, to 800, 0 in 1870, and it is now tho third y of Europe. ' j i Ex-Confcdcrate General "Wigfall i8 Central City, Colorado, represont1 an English mining company. Mr. Fane, ono of the secretaries of e British legation at Washington, is made a match to walk 32 miles i the road in 8 hours. Governor Warmouth has appointed sneral James Longfctreet Adjutantmerit I of the Louisiana State militia, co SheridaD. resigned. Jenny Lind is. so embarrafiscd in r pecuniary affairs that she thinks opening a Binging school in Paris* IIor8o racing is dying out in Yirniu, and the Richmond papers jurn the degeneracy of the times. The American officers who bavo ken service nnder the Viceroy of jypt are twenty in number. Josh Billings says be will never tronizo u lottery ho long as he ean il any om< elae to rob bim At readable wages. Tho entire amount so far collected Baltimore lor tho relief of tho i-hmond sufferers amounts to 0, icluding $3,000 derived fYora the uctit at the Holiday-street Theatre. It is reported that fivo of tho large etich muil steamers passing through c Suez canal have each broktji from, o to three blades of their serenrs, I that other steamers have beea mpelled to return to Suee fbt rolirs. ; North Carolina Iras another jtair of iiumese Twins." Theso are colored t Ai#nf J "J ? ?a ?? ?!r of Eng and Chang. They wore irn in Columbus Cohnty* ate in good ulth, and are intelligent. They e about eighteen years oldButler says: "Now, we know that lftxaehusotts ideas, Massachusetts itistics, the education of JfassachnLts people, quite "conBidehfcbly imeas tho legislation of the whole untty." -Yes, and <hB i&tasBachalt? men put the pftbllQ money ill eirpoekyU considerably, . Tho Calcutta Englishman, of Harcli , reports that cottoh in the central ovinees of India haAeafifered during e past year from,damp weather, in, red fly and boll worm, and in uiy parte the lo.sa la estimated at Ly per cent. f V - Wj. . Certain.timbers of great durability mn framed together,, act upon each her so as to produce mutual destrucm Experiments wjth cypress and xlnuts, and cypress and- cedar, prove at they will .rot each other die jointed together, but on sepato* >ti they will cease, end the timbers nain perfectly soi^qid fbr a long pe? At the nnnnal meeting of thf? 'Wonn's Suffrage Association, in New >rk, last Wednesday/Henry Ward echer,( in the speech of.the day, blared : "He had douht that in een years it wOafd seem strange it tho rights of women to the aof* ,ge had ever been dofeted." Tim Fisk, the prince of\Btie, took a Democratic Delegate^. to the ichestcr Convention from that place a special train to New York-runig part of the time at a - speed of ?enty?flve miieaan hour, Yandert rfcn a tram from Bocheeter to POAtiuA loot. flu'n/li'ir o{^k4vnAna ? v ? lea, in one hoar and thirty-one nates Fast meo. FisJc'#" traia ined five hours oo lightning tigress It is stated that there ar&^q# BixTour cabled fn active use,^ bfishort, of which isythroe mites and ) longest- ' is .3014, aud tMir..lotal gth is 22,00t miles. .Bwk^.tlli? lr and the next 20,82$ ttiifes jafir* cable are contracted far, in lengths vary from' 116 to 2976 milerfT^ened to comieot various important intsin both the Eastern anar Wet? 'n hemispheres. ' - ' 4^'- J* : , : . .i . j-j .-i ? nr The colored people of LonfftfRe, fa sir recent Fifteenth ' amendment ieftration, hfcd a transparency tri vfch the 'Train of Frojfteili* WW pioted a? * K>90rnotlV<i?jbellod 'he Fifteenth A tttendriMj^" With ft liq of twenty?nine cars ftttaibhed, presenting the ratifying titaUfl^ and number of jaekaw^.lrttt'Bftfaed to e rear ear, am I# mat|**t- th*8tate* fasintfto;. ratify* ?od *?inlf tryia* The Ne<sr York %?ddstri?] j&MWU it to? to Bb^Mdt? fS? i-thaflrppo?i nifiliir ? 3|e* ) rk UHj| w nty, oro? . iroo^d gl^a, two ^ -w, "? - ? ? ? *#