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VOLUME . - ~ - ':*f _L._ "._' ' ' ' 1 "I ' ir ?. . \~ ~"T ; | *m??? ~~ CONGAREij I, 11 ^ <a y?aP? (of ?* 1 'tirer of $t/am Ei c ivf XMIB& Frusta' ? ^ Protn* f <jf. IjU. IjfitJPS; Anti-friction plates aud Balls for cfc rtou Pre** S20.00 nml 412.00 nejreet. 0 ?n ShM ft# Dec. 10, 187S, 85-tf New Store! Pf GOODS! JJfflHHE undersigned have ju?t opuc i.?V art ih*\v Kf/^k of W GBOCEEIES, M Provision and Liquors V ; JU well-as Other-, Goods iz R* their Line. AttbeOM Sfca*dof,A. M. HILL. ,re <wntly . TROWBItLDGfe & CO., when we will be pleased to serve the public * *?!? ? i CHEAP.FOR CASH. ; > . M. HILL. Jau. 29,1873, 42-tt : j CARPENTRY. . ?. ^ndersljrned liei^bv jjive* 110 iicie that lie Is oteparvd to' do ?I1 ti, kiudf nf OARPKXTKR^ WORK and **fr liLTI^DiXU. repairs.' . V, OOTTOaT GINS, THRESHERS m ANP FAys ^ A fiilrSiiipii" of Giy MATERIAL * " ahvuytfon liaiiil.'^FariU^rs art' requested * to brinj: their Gift* up early in tlie seat 4KUI, to allow lime to uHvethem properly pr*$?Wlrfr'3.ujL .'COfilW? I J >_ s' Abo Agent for the Taylor Cotton Gin, * Mtbe Brooks Cotton Press, ami all. kinds bekin^^^. " * UhL _ ir: H.i S. C. \ to furim*!i ull kinds' itie elu'XlSJii. ??e ?tu*)ruirriy nuu?u .MiH. 'i Mil] ?s*in good reirdh u "food Nifpply of logs '1. cttxfipior? jvee?d have no if delay ifi SHi<lg?*>Mer8. Price ?| HLjO per iMUnb'cd. CASH. TJ. W. THOMAS. ?n ibu r.>i.?f K1U, ptt, o^rLI R'S*FEVER& AGUE CURE. ^00-jier bottle, at ^PARKER & PERRIN'S. ville & Colombia E. It. jtS3$Ggj rt|VjL}.q (Sflfiyj NGE OF SCEDIJLE. d after Wednesday February10 e JPasjjea/'er trains over th< ' * '1? VI? O-St^-.nr* u>,'l p^^^BBHBe^ESag^^pygvvtT.T.1-: COLUMBIA 6:00 a. ni 7:55 a.m j^WSSMSBaMBP^^^Mfcy' --- ? 9:35 a.id ...12:59 p.m 2:35 p. in ? 4:20 pan Trai n on Soutl No. 1. 3:20 pji iBwaSSB^SKj^ff^MSSp^rajpK^^^Sp^^P^R1#'.* "v * * 4i20 p.o ?fflHi^SQ|^BBlp3!8WiT;v.w ~w.,? 5:20 p.u ^0^mM^MH*ertyviUe........ w,.. 6:10 p.n waTfcalla..^....- 0:45 p.ii j^^SaaEw^BfemtBooatiou Train between Be Anderson T#-\Veekly, .yUf y*j ThwsdayB and Saturday zSIfi^Sgga^TO- leave Bejton at 9.30 A. jtf.;' a nPnHffMTfiiili i "mil 10:30 A.M. No. 3 1&\ at 2.00 P. M.; arrive at Jiv ?WWmEwB?M??'p \f Ttu> Trains will run n KraS^ejKfonda.vs when Cour.t is in sessiun : fllr- ' ABBEV^LLE^B?A*ieH. PpjBr',-! 'ViJws'e Abbeville ??sw,..8:00 a. <i H ?. Arrive Cokesbury .,,..9:10 a. ju ilfiil ,|LeaVc C&kesbury ...?!: & p. ,a jjillp Abbeville ,...2:35 p. 11 jiS^B V- Accommodation Train on this Braive iB8|?jj ] Will %e r.UH oil Mondays, Wednesday ||H 5 aod Fridays. No. 2 leave Cokes bury j iggpl llj?5.a.Vu.'; .arrive at A bbeville 10;3o a. n Jf o. 3 leave Abbeville 12:30 p. m,:: ,arri\ ?|||j8 lCoke$b?ry J:25 p. ra. Train No.. 1, o Iglllg ^iPip gteac, Columbia to Greenvill I. toKesoury ic |fthner. " Train No. 4, Greenville I ralnmbia^ stops twenty-five minutes i Helton for Breaktast, and twenty gsaii ites at Alston for Dinner. Ji , THOS. DODAMEAjD, 1} Gen'l Superintends ^J^BEZ NARTO^XJen'J Tickrt y4.ge I Colds, CoughsAjpnchitii^ t, JT Io??*ene88, ObstUiWSung A{'? fectioi^f -yjma, Croup, EwtiJgofthe I, theLufcs^.'k-urisy, Dillio?6fBreaj?- 1 lug, Las of Voice, and *v^iiro Cqs'SUMPfON, ' ns 50,0agrave-robbed \v /s^es testify. No opfliu. Nothing p^/nous. Delicious ti Luke. The ea?>i* Saviour .to J all afflijefi with aft'ectt yof the throat - [uuu mps. juoqueainv ^posterity one ( S) reatest b{essfniySoui>d Lungs u unity from (J Jumptlon. ver. one i un^fl thousiind bot- L la ; been u&d/ful not x fibgk e inWrfir ^/i!ldj|f ?#?$- <] r wonderful res, Will b? ft'Ot, pljatioti, to a? fvho doubt. w ' sit* by all cJm tists. rS. B. I'Ei ftflTON & CO., j 5 ProprPjfts, Atlanta,' Ga. J 1 KEAD,IREAD!'! * v j Con^.imp efcn Cured J! Offic- ok 0./*ackkti, Urucsjuid Aldieii Albany, April II/, I I Dr. Jri Pct/y''?i, Atlanta,- i G&:.- I 51 Dear ?r?I je received \otxx clrcu !; wra, anjjin co<quence'of wfe distribution, I lve st aboiftfiix duzen .tilobe , T Jpelcbrity I ^commended it in two t - cases r^coi,mP^()"- One case was ] bed-fiistiia/,ot laid ?? but one side j ' for twoyirfliemorrhages almost every day ;'mun daeiated, and exacted to 4 die. Hejftaken six bottles of Globe ? Flower JrrP >' bis troubles are all gone, i except jtration, which is rapidly f I improvb He will certainly pet well. f T The oti case is similar, withr wune 9 good r?.c*. I can seivd you many testi- c mouialsyou want them. . t You/uly,'etc., O. SAC'KETT. 1 , ~ UMARK ABLE CURE. | j Umjoand, Ohio, April 12, 18741? ? i.,pairif??; of Ulobflower Syrup -have cured, my . son of i obstinate lung affection of i I s?vera! 'irn* standing:,' after onr^bestii pliysiciabadjfivou Jnniuptodie, with j 1 what Jllvpal ted Coiwumptioa. I #haU 7 evei; retfflber with prateftii liefirt arttt roeom^fli to altitbc OJobe flower Sy- | - rup. "t is brougjit more sunshine and ' r hap|)*iesio our hearU; ami homri than 1 one Qillhs dollars fcduld hiive done;? ' G'oJ biess^u. Your friend, , 5LIZABETH SPENCER. ' / 11 * i : For valey \V. T. PENXEY, Abbe- ! rille, C'. 1, S. C. ' PI)]? 0 mmrpmm ?~y Uilht . Ill D U U131T1 Oil l U. i i A 8 tlie iason is far advanced, we ] XI wilMI {for CA?H and CASH S O.N LY,) tl remainder or our Stock i G< <..*]>-. at ' " i"jl i .McDON'LD & IIADDOX. 1 r H Jj i . . v / ' i , 5 ^ I * , ' . 1 / *?Joly l.'lW 12-tf ( O^^OT^LI-. J I i State ']?. South Carolina. n Okkici: K HK^KK^AKY <>K STATE, \ * ??!un?bi?; Jftii'y IS, 1873. / a i Th^ilfevure ^JIESS AND B.0I5:?!" is ftsMfy- designated a I us the Nt ?"<pej Jul $ie publication t ! of ipl Legj,ibti<*s$qj5jl t>fficfalS?<iver-i e : tiscmenis fpthu CofjijJty of Abbeville, j j under the jet, Uljprovgi. Februqry 22d, j 1S70. entltfJi "Aji ^c*(p livgfJJHte the i ; I'ubiicatioi Of Legal and Public JjiO- v ^tices," uii^the Order heretofore issued I i deafeiiaTh: thO""J6WtyMc Medium is ] < hereby reinded. ',, , i SAM'L.W. MELTON, L Attorney General. i' j Comptroller General. I h. j1a i jb, [ K Secretary of State. t j I cerfciftfiat the foregoing is a copy o the origiiifon file iu this Office. * s j H. E. HAY2JE, i Secretary of State. ( ' \ ; j f I ! AN A Cfto Regulate the Publ'uu * \ (ton oaU Jjcqal and "Piiblic No- ' I fas.] a mi ?if7F{h Hi i Skctk; iJ lie it enacted by the Sen- j j iaU?and idseolf Representatives of the], ! State of >uth Carolina, now met an^fe |; sitting iiitauerul Assembly, and by. theW II authoritjof Uie same, It shall be the ' j duty of b Attorney General, the Comp- <c j trofler Gienal, anil by the Secretary 10 < I State, coointly, to designate, by pub- , 1| lie uotic[in] one.or more newspapers I in this l^te, in which all legal notices, _|advertlsflents, or publications for the : State, ofny and every character re^uir- i ! ed by lajjo be maae'puimc, snaii ue publbhi andsaid Attori^ (ieneral, , j Coinptrfe <ieker*it *tfuli^fejetary or State, sljFIilive'8ueh . ciiun^eHUd . how from * . time toptf,'a'S'they that i , tiie pubj taterest re<juli}28. W. . Sac. fidLll State and <&unty^QsJoer8, 1 and otlj Persons are. )i?retiy required : to furnijp> the newspapers designated * uiu'er ti! Act, for the State and for the represeijavg counties,' for jhiblieation, 1 - all legawlfeces, advertisements an<Jii . pulilicatp, of anyand everjlcharaeter ; . retjurrea/j^w to be made e; and . Iuverusemeni-iB^jJuuii>y law to be naH puby valid forcyJBefleet 1 in the neWspMmdes- i is Act; and flHbpibliaracter in unflna:d uuder this jWr^wi'all ihe funds of this State, y: Provided, That the tionecT In S?ction one , in cases requiring uno orders publication 'n , in addition to those thlav&cC, *s- by and of the Governor they bills so incurred shall lid in the usual inaus and parts oC^cts inth are hcrebj^Hjfefcd. :t shall taked^^Bom! f.Tnn BflU UtICw<ocw^v. j," ~ -|; EuMfcical, & lagpticall I im mmh. j t D. WEBB, il Mjp! ?j Abb rille ci"&.,$0c. Nov. 1874 33-lgu. ' rr i Tkm-iin ?,- nnTunr immiTmnn iiM'l'fiS till- JSilTMD. 1. AND/.-.;;' HOiST TONIC. > The aro good preparations. J; PURER & PERRIN. * July 16-tf ' .; ' ; Frnit is, Fruit Jars, Frnit M fr A La?r," Lot of CHEAP FiiUIT to JAKS, jd something new for Jelly, *" at " W. 'DEL SMITH'S,*' ? .July.: J4-tf - 3/ i> . ' t,. .. I jf; The Sweetest Memory. Were's an oW picture on the wall, jA. sea-view from a master's hand, Which ever to me doth recall FSweet memories of a far-off laud. [ brought, it with me o'er the sea Many, aya many a year ago, kVhen I fjoi%"ht the land wliere liberty Made tijtn the poor mau'sheartaglow. . V " iVith fortune's smiles I have been blest, .1 own my houses aud my lands, l kliow that the wealth which is the best .Is earned by labor's willing hands. 3iit amonjj the dearest things I prize is mis oiu picture uu mu tvuu , X looks at ine with loving eyes And leader grace o'erepvead^it all. u n.a L v, ?. yi:... >? X 'minds me of a time when vre One summer evening rambled, where kVe saw the moonbeams kiss the sea, While the breath of ol^er^miej}, the( , air. * J" 'X O W j rowan! the land of the lofty pine We saw the great ships sailing away, \.nd a hope grew in her breast and mine, L , /, A hope to reach that land some day. fulfillment crowned our hope, and we Have in that land livel many a year, )ur lives have passed most happily, j Our eyes have seldom felt a tear. Vml nnw when we review the past (And. uiauy memories recall, " le sweetest memory round us cast Comes through that picture on the . wall, i} ' i'AN AMERICAN GIRL AND HER -'^LOVERS. iMI'W'f, .<vo.. in TuitEBi\a.&ts.Y .1 .J \ / ? (Lippincott's Magazine for February.) PARTI. In riie spring of 18691 was inductid, or the sake of rest and recreation, to Wil.-n of a vouni? trirl (Jurinjr a www v?... Q U > *_? our in Europe. ' This young girl wasj Vliss Heleh St. Clair, of Detroit, Michgun. We two were by no means! linngers. She had been my pupil ^tiee the lime thal'she wan tho '.pretifst little creature that ever wore a it-arlel hood. I have a little pictureicarlet hood arid all, that I would not exchange for tho: moktOjeantiful one ,hat Gi'eu6c ever painted. Not that ler face bore any fesembianco to1 the ncto'res of Greuse/'Itl had neither .ho s(vc6t simplicity of the girl in 'The Broken Pitcher," ndr 'he Bcntinc^ital graces-which ' he-'bestows on lis court beuuticA, It was an cxccedngly piquant, auimated face, never at est, alft'ayK klndling, flashing, gleam ng, whether with sunlight or lightling. Her movements were quick ind darting, like thoseof a liiimtning>ird. Her enunciation, tlioogh perbetly distinct, was raarvelously rapid. Hie same quickness chaiaoturized tier ancous. Her prompt;, ^decisiveness, icr talent for mimicry and hor witoh>ry for grace and beauty won hor a icvofed foliowbrg of dchooF^IVJfi, td" vhom I) er tauten nud; o^iniofts -frdrifc is authoritative as ever \ycro thoae of Eugenie to the .ladies of her court. School-girls, liko collc^c-boys, arc apt n nicknamcs, and Helen's was tntf 'Little,Princess " whLyh her proltSy, m ff&ridus* Vra j*s4ft add 0 petirfitfrty4 jropriate. ' , " .J*?'*' !! Wfj 1 do' not know hb^ her jtorpota* larcd trusther to rue Tor a year ' bpond the sea, but they; did. We eel >ff in high enthusiasm, and Helenvas full of nurtli abd laughter til! A.?mIi. am f Ivrt 'uf/?omAr in I V'J V iilll IJ Wll irvui u vuw wvMiifVi, fM, !sow York harbor, whet} sJic ttirew jorsclf on her fisher's; hreaat/wJlh a gesture of utter abandonment lljaL votfld'hafe1 fiimlc tlid-fo'Wuft^ w-a-^ei >utant of a' stage in' the tcorld. It i;a* so unlocked for ibaff wo all broke ou'ti, mid .Mr. St. Clair was strongly' nclined to take her home with him. iut so sudden was sbo in all her uood* that his foot had Bcarcely 'it-'cL.? 0UC11CU IDC Miuru uyiviu onu %v?o gain radiant with anticipation. 1 will noil;'.linger on the pleasant uramor travel, the Rhine majesty, lie Alpine glory. September saw ub i5tat>liHbcd in the city of cities?P^ris. iverywhere wo had met throngs of * ? ? \T?i'/?kKAi?o rnnr?-* AVOM iku 10IWI J.UIJJUWVI o #S Will V *,Vi *IIU vay in our own ci'y greeted us warmy in most unexpected placcs. In ?aris wo were determined to eschew loteis and peusteusand to become the nmates of r .p/encli home. Every. >odj- tqUTuS tliiH.wouJd be imposei)le, but rifrid nothing ho stiulat'ing ?s ho assertion that a thing can't be lr>rif? Twn u'Ritkn (if enp-e:* inauirv md we were received into a fumily vhieh could not have been raore^ to )ur wish if it had been created oxjressly for un.: It was that of Mori>icur Lo Fort, a professor in tho M?dcaP&jllege. a handsome elderly man .vrt1i%? bit of red ribbon coveted by Pi^nclntjfiri in his button hole. Madmio Ly^ert, a charming, graceful ivorilaffiBfckyav fcetween" thirty Tand jprty, aiT^PRpi'City" daughter.' of sovWteen, compl^Ted th^ family. With rrcat satisfaction We took possession )f "t^jpvpretty rooms, 'tfil "white and old, overlooked the flood Point ios Champs Elyseoe. '' My little princes had found a prince in her own country, and considering tho laws of attraction, his suddfio appearance in Paris ought not to have Deen a surprise to'her. But, to his discomfiture, and even anger, Helen refused, to see him. She had bidden him gpOd-bye at home, she said; they would not bo married for tbrco j'ears, iftbejjiever were ; sho was going to fievqUfclierself to her musjc; and she iid uo?.&mh to eee liimg^re. When tadiadcbtopleted his eXnlfeaund their E&gcmwwas ^Hnnouhc?j.(it was tlTSFwouiOTE*. time XCTOUBmito see each4Met u^mo.' E>'<^plent reahfind between my eyes and tho Figaro n^ittlcfjl|bto on which I read: f " './ : "Dear Feed: I think ^ should like to say good-bye again. ' * n ^ "Yours, 'fV Helen." The dark eyes looked half elyly, bali'coaxingly into mine. AL* i "Well," said I, "Katrine will mail it for you.*' ' The next day I saw. -for the first time Mr Dfnliam. He wa?tall ant^SieSafr, with a sallow com ploxiao, i-athk^U|?lull gr|j?voy?8, and blayAair, by- Ifco m?aur'hapdaomc, oloWly well please n't cc9tess 45)d reJT'which Ksed for Haughtiness. -He wan said Ed posse* great talents ami ambition, and li!0]ea had the fullest belief in his genius'anil succoss.. Not Goethe liimself wjjgfa greater man in her eycr. I hap frequent opportunities of seeing cnem togcthor, for, according to French ideas, nothing is naoro improper than to leavo a young man and worn tin a moment by themselves. Was it n>y fancy that ho seemed too .1. in tAA 1 i M I n II1UU11 Uimui Utu ??j ti 111.'nr 11^ wv tibbiv sensible ofth.e rare good fortune Which made him' the fitfored lover of the beau^U^l Miss S>. CJair ? It might bo so, bui others shared it. . ^What ails the .American ?" asked Madame llfPort. ^Is it possible that he is nq?TOTo$p with that fticinatinij a. n r\_ _n yuynff \iwt?uure t yjr uru uu ty uui countr&jfcn so'cold and inanimate? Eflletest feviBSant, adorable 1 I cannot cOjpprehend it." "Probably," I replied, "be has too much reserve and deliaccy to make a display of his feelings in tho prosenco of strangers." ? >i! . >. t/ : ^8 i iff $jn<jt Ijwas'iiot fiatifcfiec^Jafbfifmoro I watched tbcm, the more I perceived a lack of defenco to hot opini6qs 8nd rcspcct for lier judgment?irritating assumption of superior wisdom, as if ho?b\id?\tfptfn thi*[visibly "totjErtjTip-; tion; "I will accept homage, but not suggestions. jOffor incenao jandijbc content." "Would thb little princes'be content? r I saw symtoms of robelIfon.^1 "*H'w>drrA ni {want u.ao ' Do yon think I am a little fool, Madame Flermning?'' she asked with; heightened color and impetuous tone, turning suddenly to me while they wore conversing apart owe evcningl( Nov'embci* iiime' and 'we 'were launched on the full tide of Parisian society, Mr. Denham hud gono to ?4rma1iy to 'complbtef'tiefrtnin scientific otnrlioD ?>nfj hn lnf>, hlB fiiri4 bfi trothed witl^ not to dance with ^n|J^mafter-fr A 11 "Wiut nor, ^ are the fVeo'rft*ri hd pt^'&^fthagJttAlile. Any person who has the entree of the houso corpus when J|o feels inclined. IntVdiftictiorre lire n&tr indispensable as- with, us: any xrentleman maf'riftfcii'ldity' 4t> tfancto *with brtn'l whether ho has been formally presented or not, and it would be at* af'-; '-"-t ? ilAfilmn o'vnont. fnr n nrfivIrtHH 11 IMI U hi/ UUVIIIJV vaw^/v M . engagement} The cpmpany assemble about ten, ancl often danco till three or four in the morning. (> Ip any, one, house wo efco nearly tho same p.eopfe! once a yveok for the wljole winter, and such frequent companionship gives a fueling of intimaiy. jit is sur:. Sriaing bow many French m?n and French women have some special artistic talent, dramatic or musical, and with ..what ready good-bumor each contributes to tbe eniortain^eot ,of thc^ rest. In every assembly, with onen it never .seems to/drajv many from the salons (lo dhnsc. In the8o salons the little princess entered' at once upon her royalty. Her dunfcing'was the peotry'of motion. She sang, and the.most brilliant men hung oyer her. epr^ptnred. "Slio was like Adelina Prttti," they ?aid, "but of a more perfect and delir date typo of beauty. Whit wonderful" eyes, with the'Jong' thick lashes 'trailing rtripntnf dcrithfl oflioufd light!' flow the music trickled from "her small throat like tho'delicious warble 01 h highdingalq! What a loss to art that her^osnicKs prie&udeti lifer" frdW singing in tho opera! Not Malibrari' or Grisi ever had triumphs lhat wo'tild equal hers." Eminent painters wished to make a study of her face. Authors who hail ricfeivb'd the prizes of the Academy for gravo historical works sent tfcr'adlrlatory verses. "May I? tlirtation?wid yon?loavly moes?" listed ^>no of "tho imm'ortal fnrty," displaying his English.' ">< '* <! > ' It grow rather annoying. I was i* Will J OL" fuuui > c j/1 ?/|ivouiw ?>( M>Ma "riuge for aHsh St. Clair?, "Wfaai is hcr <^a\riy>?'' '^Ar&jfat? d'ntra&tea t6* find u husband for Lcr abroad?" . I was tirod of answering, "Mi'm St, Clair <vilt'probably marry in her own ^bountry." "Her ; parbntB wodJd toe very reluctant to consent to anv .fpjegri rnarmigc,^' "I caL'nof tbll what Mr.;^t/jP?air will give )ii? jiiiighter. It is notitno custom to give'dowries with ub as wT(h'voir/' 1 1: lf' I' One eveijjyar\ue. *ayy aU-ilaxl^e Le Fort's rc'ccplion ii young man so distinguished in appqaranco.that lit* was known as ")c beau Yergniaud." He wan six feet in Jiejjri^t afijl/well made with abundant cnistmii 'hair, dark hazel.. oyew, cloarjy-cut, regular features. and a complexion neealeealy .'firio'/or ji man. From that tjmo he .wasi invariably presont, hot' only at M&dame j>e Vori'fybut wherever wo went. /-?- J-.. TT_I? ,a unu uuy UUICII ouiu iu mc, X innuv a silly speech last evening. I was dancing vritli M. Vej^gniaud, and we were talking of that, charming Madame 'de L'aihViy.' T'said, 'I should think Hhe might be happy,, baring an elegant houae in Pari#*, a chatequ in the country, and such a handsonwr husband so devoted lo her.' And be rejoined instantly, vej*v low. 'My dear Miss St. Glaiiv can I udt 'giro <rou all this?' It was not fair to take advuntage oiiinutw ^a^jo^.!'W X .J vfl "What did you say ?" "Oh, I laughed itf(off -*1 did-not think he was in earnest, hot he spoke to rne a</ain before he went awav." That afternoon Madatpc Lc Fort came into my room wiUfc.tie look of one who -had something important to communicate. "I have been wishwg to Bee j'ou,'1 she said. "M. ergni^Da has taken m? into fiisconfidenco. Ho. has formed la eerfous attachment to Miss St. Clair, arid wishes to make her hiswife. ; It is a spici^dici chance," she contrriuid 1 Wafnwng wTth her theme: "if he had asked for my daughter I would givo her to him blindfold. You' should see his boose in tho Avenue de Montague. Have you never seeii him driving with his superb horses in the^Bcw'dei Boulogne? Ho has an estate with.jd^ old cjjateau (lis character and habits are unexcepLi^nabloioo," fiher added by way of nafrinf^TiMthis. "It in not often that f? ?v- ? you find aM'that io n mun-of twentysis:. So htiidso'me'besides." ^Trne," said I, "but you forgot Mr. jBetfAam." ^n the contrar}*, I remember him. too well to conceive the possibility of his being a rival to Bene Yerniaud." "But,did you mention him tq^M. iVerpniaud?" "Yes", and ho was grcntJy disturbed ut flrst, but when I told/him that he imd no expectation of marrying for two or three yftars to come, he laughed and said ft wiafii of no'wnpor*unce. M. Yergniau^ would Jiketo t i married io a few weeks, aBfis the j custom with us, but I suppose it will j talcp?longer jto adjust the jjireMminaiimgk'oivaccountioi her parents being! across* "the Atlantic. What dowry lias mp^ittle jew,el?" (The inevitable question, always put with as much' simpficity abd directness as if one were asking the tiriw of day;y "I do not know,".I replied. '-It is so contrary to all oafr ^notions. I do not think there is,a t\ko in America who in asking a father for the", hand of his daughter would.inquire how ; much money he was to hi?ve with her. It wouid be considered an'insult." "Py-^ape Mr. St. Clair would prefer settling"an annuity on his daughter. Is that the way the thing is managed in your country ?" "It is not managed at all. A manj gives his daughter what ho likes,.ow Iia? nrwi liin rr hnf. Jinr llHflfill HQ vo. WW* ? W. suit. It is neycr a condition of the marriago.".. . . * ; "ijow stranga all that ia| One ca? hardly beliet'e it in. France. Yfo set by a'fjum of money for Claricc's dowry almost as she was bora, and it would bo a hard necessity that could compel as to diminish it by. a single 60u. If yon' would like it, in a couple of day* I can give you an exact inventory of of all M. Vorgnard's prop ! erty and possessions, I will guarantee that it wili not vary; twenty napoleons from the fact. We do every thing so systematically hore.'' "Thanks l'-I think it will hardly bo necessary. Tdo not know that Helen likes kirn particularly." "Nobody admass that little para i goi) more tnan x?i snouiu uc uuun-j cally in Iovo with her if T vcro a I man?hut she had better think twice before rejecting such a patti as Hene Xfcrgnidtidreflpocially if she baa do dowry.,i You will surely, not permither do.so without communicating with her rather? lie willunderaiand her interests'bettor." ' t "In this, case J, shall .Jot ho.rdojuat < as she pleases, as her father- would, if he were hero." '' "*/ '' "' 'I lAM.ndnth'S Lo* Font's ftwazed < look of iflcredaity was truly comical. What ought I to do;? I qaorried. On the \ybole,. I decided to do the easiest ?Vi5n<*?\rn?f """"b f" . The ne!ttday I was honored with a tfoll from M. Yergniaud. Ho bolipvod that Madapio La Fort had spoken to me of bis profound attachment to the lovdly Jfiss St. Clair?the moat imphs- i Vtonater'lhimo&t-dcvotcd. ; Higbt he < hope! /.fog:,?iny influence ,(with her father,ana'mother? Tne matter of" xjowry Was 'mdrfferctit to 'him; his i iincorrno' Kvas sufficiently. large, and ylas.^Jjte Jiacl -no parents w iuuwn- i JVoi^Jd I favor him with Mr St. Clair's address lew words' of int'rbcfiic-1 tiori'*^ HblW! He should bfr fanjler's everlasting obligations to-' me>: and: jf; thei;e .w^ anything. hp.could do to i show hij^'gratitudejbis appreciation? I"ir.twrnpted m6se phtteWaftfofial: I <ui doobt if Mr. SL Clair .would ?om . sent to any,; marriage jWbigj^ jwpujd J ecpar*urblar^oin his daughter, however advanta^Csoiis It' might !bo ifi other respocttf* ' . . "Aly dearmadame,-who asks it? I i 4>avo no busitoeas or profession ; wo, ^ould easily apeiid a part of every. , year id anuji'jfju, m nfj.yv" ? uco??- . "le" I,till i 'if. u'tujlji' l'i ,, "That would certainly make it easier, bat it will be bottor to defer writing till wfe have some' fntimatron i of Mies St. ClairV. sentiments. Her ( father will bo guided chiefly by her I inclination." ; .' "it-Is a "'nice country for jyoong II girls,; America,?' said he with'a snaile, j "I 'shall do ail-that is possible to win ' Miss St. ClUr'R f|J7pr, fof.Iif$,would.be s worthless without-Jjar." And-'' he bow?d jbim??Jffgracefully ,ouf/, ^.iM| i Ia;.it,,p08Mble. that.iigtyn wilj, be MU&jen t(ito ^ia yojbg 1 thought 4-. Poor Mr. \Penham would ; have small chance with me, if. f weic' in bor; place.'^ ! ' "An hour late'r, the concierge sent up! to the an exqbisito boquot of violets , onH Wh'to ekmeHab.'With the cal"d of Rdtfe V-etfgninad-and a folded note: "IfMadameFteming does not think it Jmpropor, will she bo so kind as to ; giv?? these flowers to my beautiful ' I^'V&'gnTatfd1 had asked Madam* " Le'FohJ's jitirtiTrjisi'dn to'call din1 Miss < St;' Clair.! "OeMmtyi not," she' re-f. piled; am'aatGWisned at satb'pro* 'l sumption! ^.Bot yoa call on , me/vTof-, morrow evqoing .*e,fcQ> to. t!|o; opfera, j and Wednesday, to. ^adame Perier's 1 and Thursday' ris itiy-r'eoeptionj:at?d | Friday itc havi'licfcfete.lio: PJicari at/ ( tho Frrihcnrte: Saturday; then it: W ; the first evening, we have free," vi f We were all assembled in the Ralph i as usual after dinner when M. Yorgw nia.ud was announced. The little princess was radlont. She had never bden morrlpr.in n jjchool-gir|)ftolio;oi more ready gibe and jest and laughtow annir'ttAF hf>sf. HOnrrfl. Dllttinp , hor whoJo .aonl/.ioto there ;-f."Si'.tu navais com me j?; I'ujme. Reno Tergniaucf wnk ?6 uaifed^hit'hc fame tfeur bidding :far6W6lW6 bii'senBtfe fbreVer. 'He evidently thought that all this brilliancy was for him, ana 'was in such a rWfJ?&oy$ghLLi^bfl nevor notic^ajBiiduxiXe IW&* l&peated glances at tho cjack, aqd, was. only roused.|>y tha pqtitp.invjiatiofl focomo 'again. IIo' was not.tocLdisconcerteoto mako a uhariaing.apology, like a true Ptittuairoorw m jtmnwai a Late as it was, as soon we wclVo in our own little parlor I conld hot for- . boar saying, "I was surprised at you { .to-nigJiviidlen.il Bp$ cpvld you ;run | on so? Madame L^Turre there, tool ( ^'r's < si.qntf t(r*gcb_t^fv^x i Vergniaud think?" j '*'[ don't'card what., he tbink$/J, | flinging herself ^Jowri on an ottoman , writh her head fn ray "but I do care what you think,,Madame Flem- , irfc;J ^id'T behavo-so v$ryB?dly ? < I din't mean t6,;but l vri& resolved ho ( should not get a chance to talk any nonsense to-night; and ho did^ after ( ali^ I hate being made lore to before | a wBolo rtdtti tad tolnagbor ] else.(fty.'^Apd, the .Httl?, fairy "die-. . solved iry.p shower of te.ai'8,-Ji^e ao^' ( other Undine. , 'i : .: i ri < : /1 rfr j Ariother week went by. On Sat- r urday afyujnopn Heloqr asked,. " W!iH- [j you bo soljindas to take roe to the j. little Protestant .church beyond the (. Arc d'E toils this evening,. Madame . Fleming?'''''! sbotild like* so much -to j hear that good M. Bercior." , e "So should I But., you have not Q forgotten M. Vergniaud wjll bo hp^p." t "I am under no obligation to en- g tertain Madame Le Fort,s callers." 0 "But you know, Helen, ho comes t for youn sake, lfi-ij "wpl.1 fpr.you to considbr~tfiVt thB 'fatitar Madame Vergniaud will have in some respects thfin perhaps any man in the coun- ? could offer you. ' :5' ' ' 4 "I know all that, and Pdo not pre- " tend to 6ay that I should-not like it. a I am ashamed of being so worldly, J ' - 1 ?U Dut to .nave n Hujjeiu uotuunauuici^v and all this charming Parisian society, and give a grand baH whenever:I liked, would be just paradise, And to c ;!$&'. itiflf in; my/, grasp,, and aot .be F i?bje trfTOKe it is loo aggravating. It vexatious that the right man never J ys the right things." * w?. 'went to church. M. Vergniaud . called, but recollected aa engagement 1 whicli took him away early. ilonday evening bo dropped in again just 8 yter dinner.' ' Do not let me derange . you in tiie least, je vous 6n prie, mad- ^ a'i^g.. J come early because I am enftaged to three balls o-nigbt.'V; if Miss St._^CIair could h'ardfy 'have been moroTnuto and fltatu'o-lifccTrsEc a had been born and bred fti France, ? tv here in the presence of'gentleftuft J1 yonng girls silently adhere to their i* brilliant mothers, whose wit and" graco and sociil tact make the chai5n 1 of the Paridia,n salorifc, "Apparehtfy, 11 the Frenoh qonsider tjiat the combined. attractions of youthful faces ^ and sprigltfly conversation would fee j to^much for any man, and mercifully ' divide ^he two. And this leaves them b ^jelpless before a iittlo American girl, 6 .^ughlng,talking, jesting, teasing, till, bewildered by such a phenomenon, they are swept down so asily that j, one is reminded of Antllla's taunt to p t?e Roman's. "The thicker, the ^ 'grass, tho thicker itis mowed." g Kj- The social etiquette was very irk- 0 tmo to my litle fire-fly, who eoemeci n ways opening and shiitting |ier f( wings. In the coarse of the evening u M. Vergniaud clipped into her hand, unpcrceived by any of us, a closed ;i envelope with the whimper, "Pat it in ? your pockct. Do not let any one seo B, you." c 'She 'opened it delibarately: M. c, ^crgniaud is so kind a^tb give rae n T?ib photograph, Madame. Fleming. t| fio you thluk it a good likeness ? ? The mystery which French people are food of attaching to harmless trifles is inconceivable. One evening in the earlier part of our stay in h Paris, a cousin of Miss St. Clair's who E was in the samo hotel with Mr. Dcn-Jt ham, called on us, and when he was t< taking his leave sho held out an un- i* fi?nloH nnto: "Will vou cive this to W Fred? 'Don't forget." " 4 Madame Lo Fort was tbundgr- it fttruck ; "Is it possible 1 a ?oto ci i <v, ? to ^Brdung g'entfeman right before Fleming afid all of us I" < >-''?by?" 8liicl ^ "do young people novM.writo notes to each other in t**i 3$; urftft: ' 1 Oflorily lik<B'4hxrt^-l{ttlo threecoBraed rvoto^ to ,tfop goto the hand wnj^o ibid .them," sMtrClflrtc'd, taking tfp a small shtfet ofptfffafc ^You?6o that ^ill.jnkt fit into the hoi Lo w of the hand, and nobody Qpfrld sftojit." ''I^hRe^yorir way mtiifh better. WhttMd donir openly is not; ha|f so mischisf^aa.!* vri' -v^ ''Nde^&Ifso interesting," rejoined Clarice#' ' ' The nimbft>: honrs danced On, as shey bad a trick of doing in Madame Le Font's najon. "I aip. afraid .you fyreet the three bajfls. Mi Yergniaud." ilUAtM'AA'M ?v/i 11 hft a A' a 1 ftid^Am. UU>V tuil J UU L'O OU VI uuij muuuur 6?8elfle ? : I shall only mnko my compliments,^ the hostess and danco oue sot at each, I ncVt-r do more cxcept :,nt ' 11 A'-'feW' dnyd?lACUr' I asked Helen, tfHa.ve yon made up ycm* mind,/what answer Jo .give M.rVorgniaud ? . He intends to write to yotlir 'father!. He waa speaking to me about it again today.!'; fifty ,t: ? "X wqnjt hayo him writing to my father,1,' she replied with; her wonted impetuosity.1 *1 will nSt'bdvo' my father' worriod about nothing. It would be a mon|,h before I cgpld set it right." "He seems to be very much ir> love witl/ytinL'-'-'He says he shall bed ti$$! spair, wretchedifoivjvorr-if\j-pu reject him." "So they all eay. I don't believe t word of it, and I cau't marry more than one of them, and I don't believe [ shall ever marry anybody. I won'l to persecuted be death." f i Thfr little. princess was. irritated. Something had evidently gone wrong. It soon (Jaime out: "I had alette! from'Fred this morning?a very dieagreeableJetter." .. "Indeed 1. You have not vet answered it, I WppoStf. v j . ( "Nd? He ttill bfrvfe to>:'write differently from' tb*C before he,gets any annwej: from mo. I am not going to *?nfi onAl/lo/? no If* I urnfA A UU IUn?UIICU nuu ovviuvu oo ia a Tfvtv m little giH. Father never does if., and I am nob going to submit to it from him.", After a pause: "He is ijot so much to blame. It Is,that odious Mr. Wilkins, who keeps writing to him how mach attention I roceivcy and all that, as if I' could help it I Ppor old Fredl Wo have known each other aver'since we ivoro children." That eixplains it, 1 thought. "HelBn if yoii havo decided tor-say no to M. Yergniand, the sooner yoa spyit tho better." . ^I'-baVe foiitf it, And he does'n't rriln'Q !?f h* :T-.?ifth w>u would tdll hicn t you always gpeok so; th/it pep, pie know thpt you are in earnest and '/Very well! Hel&ifc'1 ask Stfrfdamd Le-Fort to tdl bith that his juitfs hopeless,- and that ho naust npt innoy.ypu by; periling ;n t&t, To be Continued. " . /I.'i . ' t"!'" (. |H BULWEE'S BUEIAL. A writer in Westminister Abbqy reminiscences says: "On a cloudy ind ijferaa) winter morriing a hearse bearing a dead body woe seen to bait ;n! the court-yard in front of/ .the i # was foyowed by tjjree jarrjagos containing' tHo frionds oi th'6'tlec^is6d;' iTb^<^8kett#ife';tjbtnlB by four personstiami"-placed:in ifront jf th^aiMfv^fORnd,, jF^h ^lq^re.4 jomabalf-dozon pprsone clad in the Jecpest' habiliments \ of wofc."'ks this littteMbd'of tttta? who mbarifed Ibcrlo?od.nnd lost koelt abound tbe jhancel, the dean qommencea'readng the Jboricl, servlce-pf the Episcopal cbaWtW^WftdM^coald bo more solemn and" beautiful. He bad scarcely commtenbted when tbe aisles, already- dim became snddonly iurkened, so dark { that to proceed w^tb the services was an impossibility As there are no arrangements for ligfairig tfie abbey, it Ipofefd. for a moment rather dubious. "However, a bergher soon appeared from behind the.pulpit,'bearing two small candles, which hv' placed 06 cither hand oi Lhe reader, by which mean? ho was anabled to proceed?* Nothing could surpass the 'solemnity of tho hour, Again tho organ pealed its thunderous toiiee?not a 'wedding march,' u...* ? uAiiiam fivi* t.Vtn donH Tho ser ISUI/f* I UVjUl VU4 A V* WM? rices .concluded, adeatb-liko stillness yorvaded thc: vast edifice, broken )oly by fbe'stibs of those who wept. Fust at t})At moment light sufficient ^earned from without to reveal hero ,ud there a few scattering obos who iad corns to witness the service, or lad flccidentlyfctiufced there at; that ime. Thetfasc^tw^a now deposited a its final r6stirig place, the moarnr? hastily departed, and w#re borne way Uo their distant homes; and hus, amid tiijs' sco??o of darkness and aidnjjjtft glootn/'^ro^erlcTmed the ibseqaies over ail tbatwas mortal of he "Night and Morning." A Modest Maw Cojtosed.?A corespondent tells a capital story uponhe poot Whittier, who fo as- modest she in gifted, fie was in Chicago, ,nd wont to hear tbeitav^E; H. Cha?in speak , a lefture aopiewhere v Th * rlnravman., was elo i y w i i j ?r/; t i 10-7 ^ [uent as usual, hU.dwppurac., interlarled with highly. wrought passes f rhetoric,' closing with a Btjrring loutical quotation, so well delivered hat the Quaker bard applaikfed with ho rest. Some ono sitting next to lim inquired,? "Do you know, Mr. Whittior, who 9 the author of this extract?" "No, I do not. It sounds familiar, ,nd I like the sentiment," ffWhy, the lines are yonrs, Mr. Vbittier. .You must remember thom. They arc from your famous anti-sla1 ,1 J . . -ii ery odo. . ; | ,/4 ?, , , "So they arc," said hittier, after , littlo,reflection, and blushing like a chooi-girl caught readibg her first ave-lotter. "I really did not fecal 1 hem. Indeed, they sound so mtfch letter than they over sounded before, bat is not atrango I failed- tor,recoglize them.' The poet, though thoroughly sinere. did not rccovcr for somo time rom the embarrassment of outwardy acclaiming his own composition, mt has now como to rcguru n us ou ;0od a joko tnufc lie tolls it himself. Singular social sensation they have iad in Atchison. To the shivering cor of that city, Senator Ingalls ;ave fifty cords of wood ; and, at rst, everybody said, "How gonerus!" Alas! when the relief comlittce inquired for the fuel, it was )und to be threo or four miles away or.bluffs and in ravines;" and that i would cost five dolors a cord to get i to the city! Thon some newspaera insinuated that it was "all a sbome to get a bit of land cleared up hoaply." Finally the senator's fifty ords of wood given to .the beggars 'ent-a-bogging. Thedftfcussion about lio donation must havb warned a reat many people. in* V**!' * ^ ?r? flnoA.nnt- Tnaroranll nf VIUV^I UWt UV.,, w, ? J as appointed William W. Eaton, of [artford, to fill the vacanc}- in the Jnittil States Senate, cansed by Sena-, sr Buckiqgham's death.' ?r. Eat&n i senator-elect from Connecticut, and ould havo bfen tho senataij after the th of March without this appointlent. He is a States Rights I)cniorat of tho strictest School. * i Das Veilchen. FROM GOETHE. Lonely.and sweet a violet grew I ..-The meadow weeds among. i One morn & rosy shepherd maid, { With careless heart and idle tread, ? . , ,lp '''Came by,' < * , o^'Came by, tfc'tflj , TBe meadow lands and sung. ^ ' "Ah!" said the riolct, "would I were, 1' Then I hjijfM gathered be, and pressed? One little hour to her sweet breast; Jfg Ah, me! M. : Ah,-me! > ? ' W : Ofoly one little hjwir!" .. ,, Jrj On came the rosy ghepnfertllass T ' WlthheiJfajiatiWlltflylMtt. I 1 And crusHlffithe vloletin tbajjfWa. It only saBHMfeVsrfteetl How sweet Rj^rt. Jjajd wjtty - fainting, ^ . r . moan, .'\ , "Jf I must diei'todtoalone.-' ..J ;L ] To dlo at hefrdeafr feet."? ^. ht:* ^ MYjXJ TP. ' . ' '.K--' -\\ - J The Bills,of the. Ba9k .0f ,^ho( ^tate. ( Tho Coriimittfeci ofWaydantl1 Alcfcnfc of the; House of Representatives presented, on Friday, a bill* tp provide J for tbe redemption of the Bills of the Bank of tho State, which bill is said * tft hnva the sanotion of Govornor ( Chamberlain and tho Attorney-Gen- ' 1 eral. The general provisions of the J ' bill are as follows: ( Tho Govek-nor is directed to ap1 jpojnt, before the first Monday in Apn^ V - tiei& a Coromjasion /jfl&tkx&tuBmnK- J ' tent eitizcng,oP-'tj^f-|BftK<^ho shall 1 * .ascertain, afr f^ ^c^wjP^able, the t 1 whole amontit of bflls Is&kd by the 1 ' Bank of tho State, tho amount issued J | in aid of tho rebellion, the amount c ' outstanding, and the amount oi tho I bills tbat are valid and subsisting ob ligations of -the State. Such of the bills as shall be found to be valid ob- ( ligations of tho State shall bo stamp- , ed "Iogal" bf the" Commission. The Commission sJaall have power to send j for persons aod papers, and are r.e- ( quired to render a final report to the i General Assembly on or before the | fburth Tuesday in jNovembfeVnext. , ' The Attorney-General is required to J-; attend the sessions of the Coramis- { sion, fpr the oxpenses of which the sum of eight thousand dollars is ap- t propriated.. ^ { The bills that shall be stamped as legal by the Commission are made ' receivable for. taxes, as follows r First for the redemption of forfeited lands; 1 second, for taxes past doe at the date ' <>f the passage of the act,, provided a that the bills shall bo tendered on or 1 before tho first day of January next, * In all caSps where (taxes shall be : lev- 1, ied for .the.Sfta^ except for/tbe tfup- a Sort of tne free schools ana the pay- c lent of the-iftfcci'eSt dri ? ihe public I debt, it is: made thet^ut^of the Coun- F to jeceive,2n pajm?u^ n of.pnch taxes, from each person pay- J 1 fag'ihe'sam^, on^Hfth of thoamoatitf 'v i 6^18 tas}58l$ t&e'billb' of'tho Bank n pf. theiState stamped and attested as S before mentioned. All bill^ so ro- t ceived shall bp stamped by the Court- 6 ty'Treasarers, ''Received foK Taxes," together with the date of the> roceipt s and the name of the persoi^: or per- 8 sons from whom received, and ,the Coenty' Treasurers arr directed to ^ report to-the Com ptrolleM-reneralithe h number and amountot: such . btfla .'SO V received.,* An wwal,^xjfraodvjapji, f "a 6;*oiMs .isjegiedifritityft parpose/J ? ijedeera'fpg the ^aid, bills^ ani t?e ? Coprnty Auditors are directed to in- n elude this tay fp .their, annual levies t: for tho noxt fiye'fjscaT yeirs. ^be' proceeds of the levies arc appropria- t] 'ted to thio ^ederapt'fori of such 6ini & r mayreceived for tines. ? ? ' The Ow&yfl*iuaaerror is directed to 6 *ka PiinatTTOM nf fJlAI ? UUXUaiJU IIU1II IIUV Atvvvi * V* Vk Bank the sum of $46,437.81 iu bills of f the Bank, being the amount taken by 8i W. C. Courtney, Beceiver, in pay- f< raentof notes discounted j^et'oro jSva b assets of the said Bank became "a ? fund in equity; also, any other bills B 1 which may hereafter be paid into the c . hands qf any Receiver in the said , caa^^flfcfik. bilbi are to be can- a cellcd ib the pre&nci of the Comp- 0 trolIer-General. The holder of any a of the bills who may be aggrioved by j i the action and decision of the Commission concerning the earners given ' the right to proceed by Mandamus, c and, in the event of obtaining a fa- p vorable decree, the billa. shall-be ap- D proved by the commission. All the tl bills not presented by the Commission before the first Monday in No- a vember next are declared invalid, so e I far as any act of the Genoral Assem- c: bly may make thorn so. ' P The bill appears to bo just to tho "] bill-holders and liberal to the State. e It is truo that the State is liable for the whole amount of the genaine j( bills, and, when the laws delay shall q bavo been exhausted, must accopt fl the bills in payment of any taxes f whatsoever they may bo levied by the State. But the bondholders of ^ tho State, whose claims were unquestionably binding, have accepted fifty n cents on the dollar as tho best terms 0< that conld bo made with tho State ; n and; when the State ngreos to take ^ the Bank bills in redemption of for- w feited lands and in payment of all tt past dao taxes, and asks to bo allow- w ed to pay such bills as may not boab- 'r sorbed in these ways in fiyo., annual a'j installments,.she has done all .that 0J could bo expected or uer, ana, we o< [doubt not, as .much as thd* mass of P' tho billholders desire. Wo ' trust, J theroforo, that the biff'tfill he u ! actedbn at once, in ordto lit at th? tt whold.tjq'estfdn of the ' bills -is w far asiegisliltton goes, be pot at rest, r ?Nem arid Cottrisr. ' S ' ?' ' JJ ? . M .. fah _ . . M Coy rnis Oui*.?Every person ti shouicr.kndw how to treat p flesh te wound. Every ono is -ljgbfer.' tCqro w placed in circumstances away- fr'd'm any surgical and votriuarj' aid, where pj he may saVflfhis own life, or a frieud ce or a beast* simply by tho exercise of tli a little common sor.se. In the fn$f s' pla'je, close tbo lips of the wom\$~ .with the hands and hold thorn flrqrift Va together to check the flow-of bl^BjV^ until several"stitShes can' b^tmSiijj and a bandago applied. Then baF the wound for a long time in cold j^} water. Sho.aJd it bo painful," a cor [ha respondent saya "take a panful of lie burning conla-and sprinkle upon them cli common brown sugar, and hold the al wound in the smoke. In a minute or two the pain will be allayed,-aid tI the recovery proceeds rapidly, fiv tei ray case a. rusty nail had ntado a bad 1 wound in my foot. The pains and rai nervous irritation wore severe This on was all removed by holding it in the '% smoke fifteen ^minutes, and:I was able to resume my reading with comfort. < Wo havo often rocom mended it t<f . other's with like result. Last week of one of my men had a finger-nail torn Ai out by a pair of ico tongs. It became very painful, as was to bo ex- a9 pected. Held in sugar smoke twen- we n-MniitAc n.n'n reused and nromiscd ha v. ?,,,? speedy recovery." | P* In Aldernach, on the Rhine, a practical. if homely and unscientific, ^ method of cleaning the pipes which | ] supply that picturesque town with i water has lately been adopted. An I j army of wator scavengers, in the j shape of eels, is collected in tho re- jj,, servoirs and driven through the pipes, he It is repor^d that the eels comp^to ni sight again in a most edifyin^flMZJ?* condition, bringing with thsnjSUHnb imnurities which had collecrfeifTn thojfoj i uri pipcp. ; NEW a ixjuqa. ? i 1 *' oaJpi 4.-CfvV, jl .? - / ,An oration over the tomb of Gep:ral Robert fce-delivered jy Jeffci^on Wf^Lex^niirton, The Princt Itop"?$fai- is/now nnderjoing'lm'fi'Hal exartftlfy'tiofr at Wool- ;T' *ich^ Jcfo,ha^Jbge1> ^94earao6ti#nd in; S?vat?|^*(Jarinj|. his iify-at'the Academy/* : . .. rJ? j^Eho favorito refroshnicnt at Marwl X(clIahon'fj groat fete at tho Ely- $ Hrwa& tea and hnpi sandwiches.? P&jte's KVeron't v>9#hed, Who says ?|a^e isih't Rep^jWfian ? T1i^i:oporters4OT,"the German pa )ors Atfy&q. ftrowt tn?i are to oe piucu. Cboj^'a'teblo.op sacl^'exprcssions as darling of hn-lfngajp '\My ,;cfcj?^i5tres9f" and iro{?^hiflf?J pftwift iflp|pP3:.. ;,\i/ , Tho pew senatorJltoni Wisconsin, tfr.'Cainerou,1 is Isapfttf':l/e art attorioy of the .miwaukj^tujti St. Paul iiailrbad, and tho Joa^ftllo Gazette . ,j >n fcBitrgroanU attatluMb "Granger" nembera,wbo. ^ot'ed*iS^m. : . ; - ' ,A;/niftd h un J rod and ninety-}/inc rears' leaso has just ^rt^dbt in Engand and tho festdto b&s reverted to he representative^, of the original iwners. -4?be~j||d> ? at-Woolwich, . ?nd was c h u i-JjBfvoperty one thonstnd years ajBH was leased to the >owtfJorfimmslpy purposes. . i? ?? 2? ' xucrc ;is tu uv ?u ujvy4u?vivu?i owing contest on tho Scboylltflt'in [876. England htia'proiiriskrtorae. of ler champion .parsme^ arid. Paris, to lso the words of Philadelphia paper, 'proposes also to contest for the Naiads' Laurel Crown in the struggle )f acquatic skill upon the silvery )osoia of the river." ^ J. B. Booth is equal to any emergency on the stago. At Albany the other ivenlng the doctor in Macbeth failed ,o appear while the piece was being <> played at the opera house. Mr. Booth ipologized for the baulk, saying that the "doctor" had forgotten that he aad anything further to do and bad eft the theatre.. "Therefore," heeoaliuuod,^t^row ph^'sic to, the dope; LII nono ot H." xnese woras, wmcn is tho play is written arc the conctulion of tho scene and the "one" for ho entrance of the next ;character, sreated a roar of laughter, and the >lay went on. He led to the altar?it was in tr iVreconsin church-^birt just as she vas about to plight lier. virgin faith, :/ he saw a discarded lover in the eal-f ? ery, gazing down upon her with a pixiore of sorrow and angdreiftrehie-1 ? y piteous to behold. She ,did what i? he.jcoflld under sucli .embarrassing M ircum9tanco??she fainted away.?' temorec and-auguis'h ha8 W?jr p&leriy'-takcto''possession, tyf hep soul; ; pr'Bhe bad on attho ?ppj^nf,,of coJr , apse somo fifteen hundred dollar', forth of jewels which ,thdt' WV(Jt<ib6d nan Ih the'gaUerj^"^^'^^^ her.i? [till anhnnon tlifti nKft ffftVA HIV VVtr?9Ujr|/VWV ?MM?r WHW pw - T ? he bird in bpr lilly-whito hand. They rought her to, and made thom obc. From the Otceola (Ohio) ScntincPa' tatemeufc below JlMHOBhl seem that . ioufch Carolina isriaot the' only State.afllcted with inttn'Om wpr^entatlves:1 "It seemsthat Hon. H. W'. Phlilt*, . be Representative from Jasper county, tas been engaged in a little game of dnror " and passed a $#(coitfitf*feIt<?k* omeof the other, players. An attempf ' . ras'mnde1 to arrest nim :at Cartfcage last r?tk,;bnlte$81tfrcfc.A# '\ rasa member of the legislatu re ana coula , , $> ot be arrested, and-;Jtfm{jed aboard 'a. . radn find set for,^ereoai^ . ^ J Washington cory^pcndents represents, -iS bat the Radical leaders are In a frightiiI rige at Gag^law Poland. HW Offena#*-.^ onsisted of reporting,that the exipUng^ evernmcnt of Alkanspe .was legallK ' atablUhed byirwge majority of the eople, and should no" be molested. tut It was a good report from a partisan tand point. A Southern State at "per5Ct peace; its government administered f onestly and with the full support of the eople, is jpmething that a Radical poll- A ician cannot contemplate with equar i unity, lie nee uraovs revuiuuuuu; aessage. California telegrams speak of a strong ,nd growing feeling inJavocof the Texts Pacific Railroad. T*r say that In .11 parts of the State the press is distinct y outspoken in advocacy ofrit ffcvo rl 'Scott's proposal for the completion of he Southern Overland line." and are pposed to being devoured by a great lational enterprise, which is now a close irivate corporation, and as the onlv aeasure qf relief they want competllon. They do not think that Col. Scott rould ever receive a dollar of public ioney if the bill is properly guardfed, nd believe that the proposition forgov- , rnment assistance for Scott's Texas Ifc*. \ ific Railroad as an independent eo' etingroad would sweep the State by n almost unanimous popular vote frftm le Oregon border to the Coloradc -.JSlir * The result of the subscriptions to tig >an recently put on the market by the', lty of Pans was quite remarkable as a . nancial'succcsb. The city 'asked the ~ reuch people for 250.900,000 francs, ad they responded with fortytwo times iat amount, in all 10,500,000,000 onceor vice as much as they paid to Germany i the form of a war indemnity. In our loney, it woul amount to about $2,100,)0,000or a nftle short of th? $ura of our ational debt. The promptness with blch so vast a sum was tended not only lowed the ability of the people, but aa even more ''decided testimony of jeir fafth in thd Republic, and their illingneBs to give it a moneyed support, he rapidity with which the French naon has recovered from the effects of its most subjugation by Germany is one ? the marveis of the age, and has only jeriirendered possible oy the intense i&(ot^U[ of tjae people. we everbrought before the olttil States^feqprpme Court involving te questf&u of woaJtOtt^ right to vote as argued lastiWj^k. -The case was .*4 iii'Tv \ritiAp wifti whnm ink u?; ??giiii?^........ arjiusband is joined, against Happertt^registering Afticer of the Stateof lissoarfV who had refused to register raf'Mio&r As lawful voter. The plainff'clairos that as a citizen of the Unld States she is entitled to the privilege unfhori to all citizens, of voting, parJularlvat Federal electlous. The State rart decided against the right, but aintiff claims voting for Federal offlrs is not controlled by State laws; that e fourteenth amendment to the Conitution of the United States give the ective franchise to all "citizens," irspective of sex, and that by ratifying ^amendment the several States are Jfcped froqUong claiming the right to prttie> fWWSBlBrto'fflales as ?rogative, and that all legislation by c States tending to that end is voia. nf linmrn Hllfl'rflffe UUVUWIVO v. *. w~.w.. ? 0ive claimed the chief justice as a betver io a woman's right to the franise, but if this be true, his personfeelings in the matter would not of urse atrect his action when sitting in udicial capacity to interpret the laws, ie.decision will be looked for with inre?L la the Hotise of Representatives, Febary 8v 187S, Hon. L, C. Carpenter, leave, iutroduded the following bill: Bill" to A'jolisli the Circuit Court Powej? of the DIs'tript Court of the Western District in the State of South Carolina, , Beii,enQctc( iby "Senate and Houso RepfeafotaSves of the United Statesof nertc^vfccjSbgress assembled. That macfc'{>f section 571, of chapter 3, of b Revised Statues of the United States provides that the district court for the CnntK r^ornllnn chnH .'MICl IJ UI9U1VI Ui KJtSUVU Vyuivium ???? ve Jurisdiction of all causes, exceptapals and writs of error, which are cogzable in a circuit court' and shall pro}d there in the same manner as a cuit court, be, and the same is hereby sealed. Also, the following: Bill Making an Appropriation for the [improvement of the Harborof Charleston, 8. C. J Tic it enaofed by the Senate and House Rcprcscri'tative^f the United States America, in Congress assembled that n an in nf ^100 nnrfTTij nnrl tli*? snmn is reby, appropriated, out of any money ih* treasury of life United States not KWtae appropriate!, for the purpose deepening and fpTening the harbor, larleston, South Carolina; o.Tpeuued under the direcU^HpMrc /A -r.-K?* Af