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yu Vc?^r x. i ? ii 4> l??#?UHMS.?HJN:MMS."Ml?,M1??.|lM??.?tl?M??,l.??M?l^Ult BY D?RISOE, REESE & ?0. . _.Mu? MM? (< I, Ul? 11 l'Uni lilli' Il l'I.M.M |f M,M,/lii'U/':,' - , Hl,f lu'l.H?!* ^,^fc,..M...ii??.u-w?.i?..?.??M???..ni<'1^M?w?..''U?..?...>??-?i<'?.<???i..nn?^i^Hi.>w'.,?,..i.'...>iin,.!..?..?..?"?.....n,,...,.,....?.,'....,,.,.,....!..!!.....?..?.I.?.'..MW.".< >. f VOLUME XXXI.-No. 4. EDGrEFIELD, S. C., JANUARY 24, 1866.. The Drifts at My Door. Angela, sweep the drifte away, They're heavy at my door; I move my lipa, and try to pray, My heart haa lott its power ; My faith ia weak, and hope's last ray Ia sinking lower, lower : Oh ! angels, swoop the drifts away, They're heavy at my door. The lamp is dimly flickering, "he embers mouldering low ; Th ) silent tear ia triokling Why throb my temples so ? Ah me ! what meagre pay, li'en when my task is o'er; Angela, aweep the drifts away, They're heavy at my door. Thora is a grave yard in my heart, I'm wandering 'mont; the tombs ; Qhosts of dead hopes attend me here, And congregated glooms ; The dead leaves rustle as I stray, For summer days aro o'er ; Oh ! angels, sweep the drifts away, They're hoary at my doer. * I sUnd upon a precipice, And close my eyes to think A yawning chasm lioa below, I'm leaning on the brink ; God save me from temptation's lure, T isat gulf that bas no shore ; Angels, sweep thc drifts away, They're heavy at my door. -? From the Nashville4Banner. Bill Arp to bis old Friend. MR. JOHN HAPPT-Sua: I want to write to you personally about some things thats wcighin on me. I look upon you ?s a frieud, and I feel like droppin a few lines by way of unburthenin my sor rowful reflexions. For the last few years you have travelled round right smart, and must have made a heap of luminus observa tions. I haar you are now livin in Nashville, where you can see all sides of everything, and rexd ail the papers-where you can study Paradise lost without a book, and eec thc Devil and "ais angels, without drawin on the imagination, andi thought maybe you might assist me ia my troubled feelings. I have always, Mr. Happy, endeavored to see the bright ade of every piktcr if it had any, but there is one or two snbjecks about which I had m i ty nigh gin it up. I want you to tell me, if you can, about what time :.rc the black republicans goin to quit persecutin our people? What arc they ?rc soeveriastin mad with us about? Old Skewbald says its for treason that we've gone and doue, and that I am thc slowest per seevin maa he ever seed not to have found it out. Now treason isa mity bad thing, and auy man found guilty of treason ought to be talked to by a preacher right tinder a gallup and then bc allowed to staud on nota in for a few hours by the cluck. Snore enufi'trea son I mean. Treason where a man slips round on the sly in time of war, and takes sides agin his country. Just as though, for instance, I should bave worked agin my suv. rm State arter she had seceded, and had stole her powder, or deserted her in her time of peril, while .?he was defending herself agin the combined assaults of tt?b world, the flesh and the devil. I wouldn't have blamed no body for haiigin me for the like, would you ? But Skewba'l says we aint got no suvrecn States-that the war hiv settled the ques tion agin us. On that p':<t ' do-.t think so, my friend. I admit that we aint nothiu in partikler now, but we did hav suvrecn States before the war, and the sword aint settled nor unsettled no great principles. There aint no trial of right or wrong by wager of var now adays. For mighty nigh a hua cred years this country have been a big de bati? society on these questions. From ibo time of Hamilton andfersen down to 18G1, tho right of is State to dissolve her own part nership havo been argued by powerful mind ed men, and there has been more for it than agin it. More Presidents-more Senators, more statesmen, mere judges, more people. Massychusetts and Connecticut were for it at one time, ind hollered round and pawed dirt amazin to git out, but they found out Barcus was villin, an-j they didnt go. I be lieve, however, that old Nutmeg did stay out about two hoars and a half. Well the South went on mity unwillingly, Mr. Happy, as you know. She had been mity nigh kicked out for a long time, and there waa a big party that wanted us to go out and stay out. Everybody knows that we dident git along in peace, so we conclu ded to do like Abraham and his brother in law ; to seperate our households. What they wanted :o keep us for I never could see, and can't seo it yet. I woaldent have a nig ger or a dog to stay round mo that dident waut to. Soars say they wanted us to strength en 'em agin their enemies in case of a turren war. Does any man in bis Rober senses ex pect us to help the black republicans whip any body ? Have we got any worse enemies thau they are ? They can't make us fight I reckoa if we dont want to. We have fout enuf aud made nothing by it but glory, and we aint going to give another war to gratify other rx-ople. Dodds says before he'd pull a trigger for Shad Stevens, he'd have his soul transmigrated to a bench l?*cr*d fice, and bsrk at his daddy's mules 20d0 yeats. 1 wonder if the experience of thc last four years aint satisfied them fellers that our boys are a dangerous set to be turned loose in t\ time of war. Wou'dent you think that as a matter of policy they would soft soddor us a little, and quit their slandtrin. If we do fight for 'em, it will be on one condition cer tain-they must bo put where David put Uriah, and our boys must consent to make; a charge or twe behind 'em with the pint of thi bayonet. But I want you tell .me, John, if I a.m right about this business. It aint a IOOR story f I'll tell it tho way I see it. Old Pewrytan went off one cay wi h some ship* and took a few beads and juce harps anti bought up a lot of captured niggers from the Hottentots or some other tots, and stole a few nu re on the coast of Ar'riky and brought 'cm over and oducattd'om to work in tho field, and cut wood, and.skeer bars and so forth, but not includin votiu nor mosterin, nor the jury bus iness and so forth. .Well*arter while they found that the cold winds, and codfish airs of New England dident ajree with the nigger, and so they be gun tu slide era down south H.H fast as Apo.ssb bliii Arter th ny bad sold them and got the money, they jiued the church and bec.-.'.ne sa^ctiiied about slavery, sorter like the wo ^ttan.that got converted and then gave all ber -novel.? aVa.y to ber unconverted sister. ' Well, tte' Old Dominion and such of her sons as.Washington, and Jefferson, and Madison, rind .Randolf, bought em and worked ern to satisfakation, whereupon Old Pew got jealous j aad began to preach agin it to bieu-k it down. . The fact is they woudeat work gals in their I fakt?r?es* if it warrent so profitable, for they r are conscientiously opposed to everything j that*Jrmt put mu??y iu their pockets/ . Af ter awhile they w nt into thc striped aliua cac business, making bloody pik:ers cf poor lasera&d niggers ge tl in a. huudred lushes for Buthing, and n'.ourc'ug for .their first b^rn becaase they were not. Then -they started the it??ling ppjg^azn, nnd^rtrile we wore try- : iii alt tho'big conrts and Tittle " courts "to git j back one siklj mclaltef'by'fn? ?am? ol Dred j Skfit,tbey ???aha from fire to fifty ?| day, and coverin their carcasses all over wil nigger larceny, and smuglin the Constitute into sn abolishun mush. They built a fen( around the institution as high as Haman callus, and hemmed it in, and bid seige 1 it just like an army would besiege a city t starve ont the inhabitants. They kept pe? gin at us until we got mad-show enuff ma -atd we resolved to cut looee from em an paddie our own canoo. Now all this time wo had some goo friends among em-6ome who swore wo wei imposed upon, and said we bad gojcl eau? to dissolve the partnership. They said tho if we did seseed and thc abolishunests mad war apon us, they would stand by us an throw their lives and fortunes and their BI kred honor right in the breach, and the firs fight would be over their dead bodies, and s forth and so on. My memory is bad, but remember that tome of em were named Jame Buchanan, and Dan Dikinson, and Jobi Cokran, and Logan, and Cusbin and Butler sur .named the Beast, and McLoroand, ant Steven A Douglas who got his coramissioi about the time he died, and carried it witl him to parts unknown, and lastly a man b; the name of Andy Johnson, who I supppsi are some distant relation to the President o the United States of Ameriky. But a mat aint responsible for the bad conduct of hi? relations, and I dont throw up to nobody. 1 suppose that our President aro doing tin best he can, and Mr. Ethridgc oughtent tc be rakin up his record. Well, the war come on. and show cnuf Lo ?an and Cusbin and McLeruaud and Butler ind Company buzzed around awhi'e like bumblebees, till they were brought up and then they lit over on the other side. They ?ot their reward and tbey are welcome to it io far as I am concerned. How is it now Mr. Happy ? They con juered us by the sword, but they havnt con rinced us of nutbin much that 1 know of. All s lost save honor, and that they cant steal rom us nor tarnish. If they had held out the hand of fellowship ve would have made friends and buried the ?atchet. But the very minuit thev whipped is they began to boiler treason from one end >f the country to the other, just like they had nade a bran new diskovery. It seemed to trike um all at once like anXpo^t fakto lavQ ind they wanted to go into a general hangiu lisnc-ss, and keep it up as long as they could ind rope and timber. Now the idea of several millions of Araer can freemen bein guilty of treason at once! ['he idea of applying such a crime to eleven ?reat suvrtcn States, which met in solemn onveution and in the li??ht of day dissolved , Union they had created, and which have ?eon a disunion for twenty years ! Thc iden if applyin treason to thc O?d Dominion the nutber of States and of Washington and efierson and Madison and Marshall ami Pat ick Henry aud all the Lees, and who have ive away all the territory in thc northwest jr nutbin ! Is she to be scand.Ji/^d bj tbe^e iew light christians who are conipjuuded rom all the skum of creation, and thiijk that 'aul and Peter and all tho Kcvel.ilious hcv ecn for 200 years inukUg special ari augo lents for rcceivin their franktiried souls ia 'aradise. Treason the dickens! Where"* our dictionary? Wheres Dani Web--tcr ? There's the history of the Amcrikm revolu un ? No it ant treason or reason- but its dev ish infernal inhuman hate. What do t'.ey eep Mr. DAV'IS m jail for ? T hear sum say bat it ain't Mr. Johnson's voluntary doing.*; ut tho tremenpious pressure of surrounding ircumstances. Durn the eircumManou*. Aint Ir. Davis a great and good man ? If Audy obnson aint an infidel, woodont he swap hanee.s for beven with him and give all his ar'hly Ot?tam to boot ? If Mr. Davis' honor nd integrity, and patriotism, ahd courage -ere wrighed in a balance against Sumner nd Stevens', and all of bis enemies, woudont e outweigh em all ? Wont Lis conduct in loxicoaud in the late war, and bi? nobility f character live long and grow bright in ?.storr, while the memory of the bowns that ro bayin him in hi* dungeon will sink into blivion ? I think so-thats what f say, and !11 bet on it, and Charles O'Connor and all bo women ia this country will go my halves. But there ain't no particular point in all bis, Mr. Happy. It's only my opinion chat's II. I may be a tarnal fool, and I sonu-times ?el like I am a fool about every thing and on't know nuthiu. I'm tryia my best,.hoo ver, to take things just a3 they come, and ly principal business for the last twomocths as been weanin niggers to make cm feel ree. I put em all to take care of themselves, tut they keep coram back to me, and it keeps ne workiu day sud night to provide for cm. 've been wiitin a long time for cm to bc free ["they could take care of themselves, and I lon't knov? what Thad. Stevens is a fugsin bout, unless he is just mad because our lovs burnt his iron works. If that's all, we an plead the ruins of various i-imilar estab ishments in these regions, and get ajudg nent against him. But I'm about through, Mr. Happy, with vhat I had to say. Only this-if there ever ras an afflikted people that needed friends ta us. If we've got any friends anywhere I vant em to show their hands and stand bj i? in our trouble. I feel like reacbin out to he five points ol the compass in search of lympathy, and if there is an honest states nan or a brave soldier north of the line who oves his fellow men, let him open bi s heart md meet Us un hall- way ground. We nint ifeered of beasts or varmints-of devils or lemons-of Stevens or Sumner-but M e are ?Tarni hearted and fcrgivin people, and love mr friends. Aint wc and dont we? Your-;, everlastingly, BILL ARP. p. S.-[s Brownlow dead yit? i'm wiitin jis obituary, and thought I would like to isve the sad event come oh" as soon as pos sible. I wish you would send me a Hst of four members who voted for the resolution tpclaring JeiT. Davis and Gen. Loe infam.?ns. kVe are Retting up a bill in the Georgy Leg dater, declartn them infamous who voted ur the resolution. Fight the devil with lire s my motto. B. A. ADOUT ACTRESSES.-Formerly woman was iot trustc-1 to be the sole protector of her >wu virtue, either in public or private Hf -. The beautiful female conceptions of Shake ?earo, which will live through all ages to idorn and sanctify thc sex, were performed n the author's day by beardless boys, and nust have lacked in representation all the rigor, grace and beauty which woman aloi.e :an impart to such delineations, and which fthak?pcar? alone could have conceived. In this country, where woman is everywhere se cure from impertinence and insult, it is a shame to believe ber incompetent to be thc custodian of her own honor in a reputable public profession; and socieiv luis no right to i ilecidii against her social claims, in view bf her exposed condition, until she bas proved j herself un wort hiL.of confidence. When the actor and actress are properly respected they i will be come respectable, as we know that a great many of them uow are. in spite of all the unfavorable influences which are exerted to depress and debase th.:tu.-Journal of Commerce. -1-~<i> ? ' ?*1 The-Rom* Courrrr says that Chcrnkno Gj'.rgia is decidedly tho white man's country, lae colored population ar* grad nally with.lraw ?pg from this ..section, .and thrifty, enterprising; oitisune, from Tennessee; ; Virginia, Mid'JIe and ' Lo war Gaorgia, and other sootions, are constant iy j sieving ia. I President Johnson nnd Senator Sumner. [Washington Correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial.] There is a good story told about Senator Sumner's last visit to tho President, which I cannot withhold, because it shows that Mr. Johnson inherits, to some extent, the peculiar mental traits that e*oabled his lamented pre decessor to look upon the brightest side of every picture, and frequently to sugar-coat the bitterest of his official pills with a pleas ant witticism that tickled the ear, ?nd yet was pregnant of political philosophy worthy of Alexander Hamilton. Mr. Sumner called [ on the President a few evenings since, and was immediately invited to a conference with him. Mr. Johnson asked him how he felt, and how he liked the political horizon. Mr. S. inhaled several cubic feet of the ambient air, laid his hand upon that part of his outer garment which covers other men's hearts, exalted a ponderous sigh, rolled ais lumiuous visual orbs, and said that he felt heavy and sad. Mr. Johnson naturally inquired the cause of his distress, and was answered that the condition of thc freedmen was ominous of great evil for the country. u We must do something for these freedmen, or the war will have been fought in vain. The whites of tho South are as disloyal as ever and never ceased denouncing the ?nion."' The President smiled and told the Massa chusetts Senator to be of gocd cheer, that matters were getting along very well, not perhaps as fast as we would like, but as fast as all things considered wo had a right to expect. "And as for denouncing the Union, I am very sorry to say that's true to a great extent in thc South, but you know Ikey xe been doiiiy thal in Massachusetts too.'' Thc wtiglit of the last claude was duly felt, and evoked a smile from thc cavernous depths of tho despondent heart of the champion of freedom, who next remarked that Southoru whites were continually insulting and abusing the blacks in the lately rebellious States. " Well," faid the President, "I know that's true, too, but if you'll read the papers you'll fiud that up North, white nico are very oftuii found abusing and insulting one another." ? .'?es," said Mr.-, "but ia thc South j it is the infernal spirit of oligarchy and cast that doe* it. Its nothing but an unjust pre judice of race, that must be exterminated." | Tho President was not to be beaten, even | willi this sage and philanthropic suggestion, | for he replied in thc twinkling or an eye. ( that there was a good deal of this prc-judiu.i j of race up North ; as was manifest from thc | haired against the Irish and Germans exhibi- , ted every now und then. j The heavy hearted Senator soon found that ? Lhe PrCMdont was mero than a match f r him, j md his lugubrious concern f. r thc freedmen , ?ave way to a more cheerful spirit, which ad- ] mitted of thu discussion of more interesting t .opics. Strange Affair in St. Louis. . The St, J.-mis JlcwQcrul, qi thc* ?]d inst.j ( contains ?e fellowing: Charles Moritz ii an unsophisticated bache- ? . >r of thirty >ix. Having ?erred a full term n the army, where ho was successful in i lodging the rebel bullets, he considered him- i elf equal to almost any Miunr?iuu.j:_awl~-- - .!...-l...i . . ni.r.. M... Ufitu- ? r .Moritz, therefore, called on his friend, > jco. Walther, who keeps a saloon at the c :orner nf Morgan and Twenty First streets, ? md offered Geurgo fifty dollars to get him a ] ' good, plump, fat and docile wife.'' George \ tad no license as a matrimonial broker, but -? t being Christmas time, he thought he would* 1 )Uvy a" I'mle joke at the expense of poor s Jharley. Ile acquainted several other friends a ,vith his intention, r.nd they entered into tLc ? jonspiraey with good will. Among ihn friends consulted by \Valther c ?vero Joe Gyltwald and Anton Jorgen. Joe lad a brothes" who WHS a smooth fuced, rosy i :heekcd boy, fat and plump as a head of cabbage, and full of mischief. Joe's brother { vas dressed up in the gorgeous array of a | iride, and a grave looking Hessian was cn- ] j3g..-d to play the part cf Justice of lue t Ueaco, and tic the nuptial I?nQi. i Moritat was delighted with the appearance 1 jf his " bride." He considered that he had obtained "a great bargain," and at once ac cepted her as his better half. A room in t Walther's house was nicely scrubbed by ? Jorgen, and there the mairiage ceremony i was performed. Morita was jn ecstacies. Ax - ?oon as the noose was fairly around bis neck, ; be gave the " 'Squire " $?5 for bis trouble, ] presented $5 to Jorgen for scrubbing the ? room, and made young Gottwaid a present of j $13 as a bridal gift. s The liberality of thc happy man did not i 3top here. He sent out and invited a num- < ber of acquaintances to the frolic, and spent >75 for wines, cakes, and cigars. The spree \ was kept up until a late hour, a:>d when the wodding guests at last took their departure, ; Moritz was informod that the sister of Iiis i bride was very sick, and desired Mrs. Moritz j to sit up with her that night ; it would bc taken as a favor if ho would remain at his j old quarters until morning, whim be could i conic and take bis wife home. Moritz reluctantly agreed to this arrange-/ ? mont, but fearing something might be wrong, he demanded of the Justice his marriage certificate. He was handed a card containing the following words : " Reward of merit, pre sented lo Louis heelier, by M. E. Sccer, teacher." With this document in Iiis packet, M ritz retired to bed, thauking his good for tville (hal be had at last procured a youngand handsome wife, ile slept but lillie, beinrr feverish with anxiety, and fearful that he would wake up and fiud it all a dream. Moritz was not a sluggard the next morn ing, but, bright and eirlv, he arose and has tened over to Walther's house to fetch his bride. Hi was informed that lhere was no such person there, and after going nearly crazy, und searching all over thc house, he was told that he had been made lhe victim of i practical joke. For two days poor Moritz was confined to his room, refusing lo eat or drink, and disdaining all offers of con solation. Ho now mediated revenge, and took the proper course to obtain it. He called the poiice force, and officers Rosseau, Dickson .iud Voinupe arrested George Walther, Anton Jorgen and Joe G ott walu, ona charge of obtaining money under false pretences. The bogus Ju -tice could not be found, and Joe's yoting brother, the "brido," was also missing. The three men wore taken to tho calaboose, and will be examined before the Recorder on a charge of felony. They begin tu realize the fact that a practical joke can be carried too far, and they will be lucky if they escape without bring bled to twice thc extent of ?their victim. $3!r An exchange says: General Grant, last week, was riding f.iet from Georgetown to Wash ington, wbou be was overtaken by n butcher's cart, which passed bira. Somewhat surprised, bo j.ut " Cinciunatus" to his metal, but the butcher whippod up his nug, p.ud soon completely brat l?cncral Grant on that lino, leaving Cinei(inatus far bebiud. Thc Oenur/il determined tn own that butcher's na;*, und bis friends at last fucceuded in finding thu owner, who sold him to General Grunt for $360 cash. It was ono he had bought r>r a trifle at a sale of condemned armyhoreos, and with caro will be soon made worth $ 1,000-. ?pit- It is said that when thc dogs of Norfolk' and Portnuoalb, Virginia,, heard of Cutler's res ignation, they held.a glorification mooting tu com memorate tlio auspicious .crcqt. TL ero .bas not i boen sa-much bow-wowing thoro atan; time si nco j tb? nar; I Nnt ??arrisc?n^ THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM HAMILTON. " In carly days, old Nat Harrison was elcc ted to the legislature from this section," said an old fellow, as wo were all seated around the little hotel at McLanesborough, Hamilton County, Illinois. " Old Nat was a regular brick-he was elected just because there was no one to run in opposition to him. Our country was rather bad off for intelligent people in those days A few days after old Nat had gone to Spring field, to attend to the duties of his office, I happened to be there also? on some business of a private character, and thinking he would be glad to hear from the folks at home, I concluded to call on him at the ' Prairie,' and enquire alter his health." M I've been well, Tom," said he, " but I got aw "illy scared the first night I ataid in this darned place." "How was that?" I inquired. ? Well," said Nat, " I'll tell you all about it. You see that fellow behind the counter -the fellows here call him the host-well, I told him I wanted to see my bed, so I'd know where to sleep when I'd come in after a while. He took me up stairs to a little room, and said I could sleep there, and then he went down. I took good notice of it-brown door with yellow streaks herc and there, nr;d a white airthen lock-handle-I started down, a tuinkin' about this, and I wouldn't look at no other door, for fear I'd kinder get 'em mixed up ia my head, and forget which was mine. " About twelve o'clock that night, I came in with a half-growin' humuib' in my head, and the very first thing I found at the top of the stairs was my identical door, with the yellow streaks and white lock-handle. Good says T, and in I lumbers. I walks up te the bed and what do you think ? Why I found ODO of your long ?egged black-whiskered town fellows in it fast asleep. I takes him by the beard, and rears him up on his end, ind gives bim a short sarmin'j tells him to leave as quick as double triggers, or I'd be cussed il I wouldn't kick him downstairs; tells him I don't want to do it nuther, for I was a member of the Legislature, and Kcp resentative from Hamilton, but it I got to light ir ?? he'd find me to bc a full team. " Tue fellow baked awfully scared, and without saying a word he got up, very hum bie like, and started for Ins dry gooda which iiung on a chair up in one corner. I sot down the light and begun to undress; and says 1 Lo hiiii. qraxv on fhpw, duds and toddle from ..ere, or I'll bc darned if I-(turning round ,o look ljerce at him) sees him a comin' at ne with one of thc doddroddest butcher cnivea in the world. Well, thought I, Nat, rou've got yourself into a tight pince, by ?ugo ! ami so we began to lumber about thc .oom like the very nation. Here I went, and 1?re he caine. At last I got between him and he door and cut I shot. "'This beats all,' said I j representative )f the legislature created in this way. I went ?own stairs and told the feller behind the luunter th-1 SQUJJ; ?u-ja waa iq r,iy rooia." " No, I guess not,?' earn he,11 perhaps there s S' me mistake ; yours is No. 8. Thinks ? perhaps there may be some inis ake, and so I goes back.' When I got up to he lop ol' the stairs I bogan to count at the nund they all looked ??cv exactly alike. T~j pened the eighth door and went in, feeling er tain that was the one nicked out for me. I candle wtvs burning aa'tbs tibie, by thc ij?hl of which I saw that sonic per.-'ou was n bed. Not feeling inclined to kick up .nother muss, I concluded lo crawl in with lim and say nothing abcut it. Io a very hort lime I was in beti and ready to go to leop. I had not been iu bed long before thc loor opened, and a young man and woman ?ante ?rilo 1 he room and took seats hy thc andfe-stapd. " Something else on hand, Nat, thought 1 o myself, bullet 'om rip," They looked vory HUI?OUS at flr?t, but it bally wore t-if, ai.d they got to cbatlin' very ovingly, and to hoggin' and kissin' a little. . was delighted with the performance, and ho't the feller in bed with mc ought to fee t and enjoy the bn too, SQ I whispered t0 lim : "Say, Captain-old boss. jusUlook up." They both started up like a loctricity ihockin' mill had touched 'em, and they ?ecmed lo be orfully scared, till ihe rpd said t was only the wind blowing agin the winder. They soon gol iq hljggin1 and kissin' again, md as I could not rouse my friend I thought I'd just have a little fun to myself. " Slips |" lays I", j?st as they were fetching lips to gether, and up they sprung like ?gbtniu'and doped for the door, but as fortune would have t, the young fellow dropped the key and ;ouldn't get out. " Never mind," said I, " its fun for mc as ?veil as you. I love to see suth thing-; go on." This see med to scare them more than ever, lt was rich-too rich to enjoy alone, and I determined to wake my bed-fellow. I slapped him on thc chin-it was cold as icc. Thuuder and St. Louis, Nar, said I, you're in bed with a dead man, and without waiting to consider the matter I spruug to the floor. The youngsters gave a loud squall, fetched agin the door, and I piicherl with them, which resulted in cmaahin' the darned thbg open. Wilbaut waitin for formalities we all bolted for the stairs. Hearing the racket, the land lord, who occupied a room further buck, came bolting alter us. I couldn't pass them, how ever, for they were frightened out ol' their senses, having no idea but that I was the de ceased in closo pursuit. In this condition we all tumbled promiscuously down stairs to the bar-room. " Now let's take something, old boss," said Nat, " but don't say anything about it when you get home, cr Sally may be uneasy about mo." Thorts on a Faded Unka. DT A JBBXBa SNOOKS. In looking over my Irunh ono da i lit onto a old boka lmmogitly thorts como inls my bed & thus to tho boka I scd Puor dried up thing what made u faid And rinkle up like a old mado What mado u laze your sweet perfumo Which u had about tho middle of guno. A lass what alessen in u lyr.o Tu all hu see u with tharc ?zo But monet of awl .?hud thc fare seek Learn wisdom from u I expeek. Tharo pborma sa phare and plump to eoe Liko ded roaz levos will dryd up bee Tharo sholdcrs which they eho to awl Will then bo kivcrcd with a shorl. Tharo round br.ro arms so very whyte Will then be hid cloan out of Bito And various other of theo* man killers Will bo conseeled by phyno inanlillers. ?g?" General ltobsrt E. Leo's military fiionds j boro presontcd him with a piano. It is un cle- j gant instrument, Louis XIV: style, ROVO? octavos^ extra richly carted case, round cornors, full iron j frame and heavy strung. Tho namo-board is j richly inlaid wilh mother of pearl, w'uh tho name of tho maker and the words, " Prosonted to Hob .rt E. I*?-" ..'-.:: ^t-fj- Tho Swiss aTC Sending a block of Alps ; granite to thc United Stares, to'serve rttf a podes- j tal for a- stat?o"of tho lato President?'Lincoln, whom Garibaldi, (si ho is a t-ubscribor,) eui ls" " the j nair redeemer of saan." The New Bankrupt Bill. The proposed National Bankrupt Act, wu ha6 been read twice in thc House of Rep sen ta ti ve?, and referred to a committee, i long document, which would fill niue of th( columns in small type. The Bill, as it n stands, gives the present United Slates Coi jurisdiction in all cases arising under the A and regulates the appointment, duties a powers of officers who arc to act in judie capacity under the supervision of the Com and subject to their order, tho practice in i procendings in bankruptcy, and some otb matters of merely professional iuterest. Ti Bill then provides for voluntary banlrupti on the motion of thc bankrupt himself ; ai involuntary bankruptcy, on thc motion oft! baskrupt. Thc provisions are distinct as each. , In involuntary bankruptcy it is provide that any person residing within the jnrisdi lion of the United States, owing debts prov ble under the Act exceeding S?OO iu atnoutj can apply by petition to the Judge of tl judicial district in which he resides, settle forth his ability to pay his debts, and anne? ing a sworn schedule of his debt?, the imount and nature, with the names ard res ?euces of his creditor.*, annexing also an ir ventory of all properly of every kind in hi possession, or in which he has any interest ind tho filing of puch petition ia to be an ac )f bankruptcy, and the petitioner shall b idjndged a bankrupt. Tho Judge is then t ssue a warrant directing thc marshal to lok possession of all tho debtor's properly o ?very kind, and keep thc semo until tho ap loiulment of an assignee, and dir?ctiiig bin o notify creditors to prove their dobt3. As ;ignee?s arc lo bc chosen by thc grcatm* par n value of creditors, and such assigners vben approved by the Jutlgp, take possessio! )f the debtor's property and all books iou >apers relating thereto, with certain sligh (xcepiions. A!l debts and liabilities existing, thong! tot matured or not ascertained in amount al he time of the adjudication of bankruptcy nay be proved against the bankrupt's estate \.nd all claims provable under the Act can bc irosecuted in no other manner thar nnder bc Act. except for thc mere purpose of deci ding their amount. Ail claims are to be pie culed on oath, and are to bc investigated udicially in case cither their amount or alidity is disputed. The assignees have power Iso, under the supervision of the Courts, to ell or redeem proptrty, and to tafce v rions rescribed measures fdr l!:e ad vantage of the state, and to bring and to defend suits on chalf of thc esl ate. "Wages due any operative, clerk or house crvatit, lo an amount not exceeding fitly ollars, nr.; to have a priority over all claims f individuals, and be first paid in fell. At uc final dividend claims are to be paid in ill in the following ord.-r: First. Fees and osts of thc proceedings. Second. All dues ) the United States. Third. All dues to tl c ?ate ?ri which the proceedings are pending, dui th. }\'I?2 ^ of operatives, ?c.. which lavo ccruod during tho six months proceeding tc first notice of the proceedings ai above icntioaed. Fifth. All dues to persons enti ed to priority, aside from the provisions of 10 Act, under the laws of the Unitea States. nMaritiftiPOtiy., and at jihf?.?me^djunder_ ??efiarge ii lo be given to the bankrupt from 11 claims provable gn?jcr tbp -\ot j .-ucb dis barge lo be withheld, or to bc invalid if ranted, in-case of any fraud or violation on IQ part of tho petitioner of the pr..visien of ie Act in that behalf. No second discharge is to begranlo'l to any ankrupt whose es?-ate is insufficient to p:iy ?veuty per cent, cf the claims against him dthout thc consent cf ibrec P-urtbs. in v.vlue, f his creditors. And no ikjrd i^e! argo c:?n C granted ju. ;>?:y case. But a banktupt who as paid all claims existing at the Umc cf a revioua bankruptcy -hall bp entitled to a isahavge &3 though there bad been no pre i?us application. Crediton may oppose the Ischarge, and have the grounds of their op osition tried by jury. All debts created by dion of thc bankrupt in a judiciary capacity ro exempted irotu tho opci?tion of tL-e ischarge. Similar provisions are made a.< to bankinpt y proceedings on the part of par! nc? se ?is nd corporatioi'S. The prooobdings In Involuntary bankruptcy :i thc motion of the creditors, iliflor from hose in voluntary bankruptcy simply i? their j omtncncenienL Whenever a debtor avoids egnl process i? an notion for thc rec'very nf , debt, or demand provable under the act, ir disposes of his property in fraud of bi* xedilorsj or whenever a banker, mrrchanl ?r trader, fraudulently Mispcnd.sand does n-.t csume the payment of bis commercial paper vi th in fourteen (lays, and in a largo class of ?numerated cases, thu debtor, on bis petition if his creditors to the amount of over two mildred and fifty dollars, shall be adjudged a lankrupt. After the adjudication of bankruptcy, .hrce-fourlb$ in value of the Creditors can, Hider the direction and approval of court, (rind up and settle the bankrupt's estate in ?neb manner as they may acree upon, and ! be estate is then vested in trustf* s. the : .ights and duties of the trustes being aimi lar to those- of the assignees under the ordi lary method of procedure ; and tho discharge is to be in the same form and of the same! iiTcet as though the usual proceedings in bankruptcy were bad.-X. V. World. Good Advice to Business ?len. If you want tn coin money, ndvortiso ! Keep j your nnmo heforc the dear public. Make it know j-ou, thiuk and tnlk about you. Make it believe vou are doing a Smashing bu^incs.?. Now n d;'y; Ibo man who .?tops advertising might rs well lie crape on hi* doors. Ita tho life of trade, tho cni mus of competition. If your neighbor has ono column in th:i morning paper do you occupy two. A thousand dollars in a newspaper always pays, ind it is tho knowledge of this fact, and the eour ngo to buy monty for tho time being in this man ner, that has made thc fortune of half thc s^r?ine aristocracy o* tho country. So says thc C-irolhiah* - , _ ?&" The Madison (Wis.) Journal snys that, within tho last five years, six children belonging to thrco families in Watcrboro, in thc before- j mentioned Statu, have mysteriously sickened und died. Their disoaso manifested itself in spasms, I but its nature was not understood until recently, I when ft cow died with all the symptoms of hydro phobia. It was then recollected that the cow had been bitteu by a mad dog six or seven years ago, and all thc children had since been drinking her milk. ?3T There aro forty-five blocks on Fifth Avo na?, and three hundred and forty residences with tho exception of soioo cheap and old-fash ioned shanties fur up toward the park, there is not a house on the entiro avenue thut cvst less than $32.000. ,JSr?- An cid gentleman rcnarked tho other day that in 177(1 wc went to war on account of ibo j stamp act, and got tho nigglr; while, in ISfil, wo went to war about the niggor, and got tho stamp net. jZ-fi- Tho good pooplo of Baili, Maine, liav? lud n. fair for thc boncfit of thc poor, is which all denominations participated and which was a de cided, success. One of ibo peculiar features was a hugo "Uiblo duke," which WHS to bo given to tho clergyman who tbould roccivo thc largest number' af votos 'at fivo: oontj -each- Over lt- was .a card inscribed "Volo early nnd voteoft^n for your-fa-i vorite minister." Rov. Qoorge W. Durell got the i asks. I Love thc Old. v. ? .. * "Ye?, love thc aged-bow before Tko venerable form, So soon to seals beyond thc sky, A shelter from the storm. Ay, lovo them-lot thy silent heart, With rcvcrcr.ee untold, As pilgrims vory near to heaven, Regard and love thc old." Secretory Seward's Little Trip. Secretary Seward lias gone away in stea mer, and the purpose of his trip and his dec lination are alike shrouded in profound, solemn and almost awful mystery. Whither can be be gone? What w lie lo do? Curi osity stands 0:1 tiptoe everywhere. TLc news papers guess in a vague, wild way at wbat may be in the wind, and past before the public eyo a panorama of possibilities ir which Mexico and Maximilian do tromer: lous duty. Tho telegraph contradicts itself ;ve:7 hair hsr.r. Kvery one wonders-jusi is men-did at liahkhva, just as they did r.-hen Marlborough, the prit.ee of commun lers, had -.jone to the war in Flanders - just is they always do when an occurrence ot the grandest importance may bo announced at inv momeut, and a stroke of vast statesman ship may dazzle us iike a comet. Meanwhile the Secretar; goes on quietly n hts li:tie trip, bolds his tongue vory Larri, md will enjoy tho amazement v.i?L which the toiiiitry watches his movements. Iiis little rip isa success already. Mt. Soward has u.i bad any croud opiurtiinitt laielv lo figure cry largely before the pc p?e. Hi-: occupai ion s not absolutely cr.;-,c. hut thc edd CT the var Iris belittled u sadly; Iff felt'that bc ras playing a minor parr. Ile was over laughed in tito croat topic of recon-'triH-tii-in jctv.'cin Congress and the President.- People k-ere in longer willing to re;.d Lis ten column ctters, and he saw that ?a the Sonate tberf rere other ideas on loreign affairs besides thc ?eward ideas. He resolved, bice the boy ii; be thunder storm, thai something must ? lone. But what ? That was tho grand gae* iou, and while hi.-s forbin J.ibored at t!:e pru ramrae for a sensation why f hould he HO; ake a little rest ? And how coiild he take , netter than in a govc?T.meht s'oaf.vr on a oyage to the tropical s.imrnn- ? That would 0, and tho steamer was made ?cadv. and. ehold, this little trip answers the vcrV pur ose. lt ?.wakens curiosity, it excites inter st, it keeps lite Secretary's name in every louth, and the papers ore full ol' Seward, eward, Seward. There is a great sensation ud the Sec:olary is unce more the great ian of thc hour. K?coii-tniclion is forgot >ii, Grant passes cut of sight Does any ne v?nlnre an attempt to draw from th* cudary the secret of his vryyngft, kow wisely e will shake his bead ar.d'shnt hi.; mouth s if to put a doulilo guard?n his loneiv! [ow oracularly he will give out scraps ol ".wise misensc and shrugs his shoulders ! For even teret?/ies can sonu'tim'"s b3 of ?.Lat -ort ot en that I) i a wilful stillness entertain Wi h purpose to bo droseed h aa opinion Ol' wicdoui, gravity, profound conceit. Ile.can b? as wise as any one when saying Jibing ia a satiofactory cvidti-.ee of wisdom; ho Secretory will tap his sherry here and "Tr?fe 1 "> fi? Mt L-- ", V, n ? ud lie will er-jiy tbVt shVrry all nu re beti ho considers ihcVitei success that hi* Ula trip hss had before th* Ame: ican 'people, ut he ? ill still bc " reputed wise," for he ill suv nothing.-Arte }'wk iUralJ. . t> _ The National ittu;ks. Tim Wi.ihir.gton correspondent of t':e trtisiicu liv'j'tt Uti},. says \ There is a gpjddcul of nervousness, (which i.kept put ot tho new.-papers as much af ouible,) respecijug the issues ofth'c Naiionai fapks. H is true they t ie scoured by the iposit of Federal JecuriMcs, I nt like thc iveu-thirticHand ten-forties, (-.vi ieh pre much i-P-w the wr of greenbacks',) they are not ?sal tenders except to thu government. A ?un mn}' not be compelled to receive them ir a debt. It seems to be the policy .ol the 'reasuty DtpartnitDt to diminish as rapidly s possible Uta volume tl - leg-1 louder*," ui. to swell with at leas: equal rapidity, tat ulume of c-utr- iicy that is not ' lrgr.1 tender.?' 'hus it is propod-.d tj fund ibu c'"inpound j ?teiel h-gal 'onticis, (amocntir.g to $172. 00,000) in gold bearing bond"?; sud to with raw a hundred indium dollars in greenbacks ub.-tim ting them for an tqnal am' nut < f nr. ional cmrcncy. Tho result may be that thc National t'rcasury and Sta?? Hanks may rc niue .specie- payaienls ve rr ?cou, and all debts iccomc payable itt gold u: ?ts equivalent, and ?t these issues ol ti'-' National Banks rc tiaiti at an uncomfortable discount. As soon s the fir.arcial pulley cf government ?dial] 10 fully inaugurated, "the issues of the Nat ional Banks may fall to a discount rf live >er cent. The difference botween l*gal ten 1er. and not full I.-al tender, is known by me fact. The ten-forties, bearing live per ont. interest in gold, (or more t''an seven jer cent, i'. currency,) seli ul Uo. The in er?..st bearing legal tender, bearing but si> 1er cent 'ri currency, tell al l0l-]alOS. TlIK CONKEDKK??? DEAD AT INDIANAPOLIS. -Captain C. C. Slttlwelt, itt Iiis search after tis brother Bald? in, who was captured at Llcsaca in May, t?fii, and whoso further f.;le ,va> unknown, finally f und his grave in th Soldiers' Biirytng Ground at indianapolis, Indiana. Captain Stillwell writes that he there found tho graves of one thousand live hun ired and ?eventy-nine Confederate soldier?. Surely, Andersonvillc was not the only place whore soldiers died, nor thc only prison wherein soldiers were not comfortable. Wi are informed that the Cherokee Artillery (te which this unfortunate young maa belonged) lost, by capture, twenty-seven men, and out of all these < niy two have returned or are believed to bo now alive. Captain Stillwell ? arranging (0 bring his brother's remains to Rome for iinal burial. Rome (Georgia) Courier. Tho Paris correspondent of tho Liverpool Daily Journal says: Tho visit ol'the Yankee trent nil Schofield to Europe has been so thoroughly sifted that we have discovered its renl moti\c, which is noihing less than the purchase of one of the islands in thc Archi pelago, named Spezzin, possessing every fa cility for a marine depot, pi it ard dork yard beneath the American ?lag. Thc discovery of this proposed arrangement with tho Amer ican government lias given u<< a terrible sur prise, as it is considered as a realization ol thc lamons threat which at one time ap peared like nothing but Yankee bombast. "WHO'S HIT.-The Columbus (Georgia.) Sun says: All our citizens who take tho oath of allegiance are required to state iht-ir political opinions in I860. On the books in thc commandant's ellice the Union signers largely predominate Captain Goble,-so thc story run?," waa looking over tbo list, when he would roe lor a whole page the names ol secessionists as scarce almost as hen's teeth. " My Hod !" exclaimed bo, after reading awhile, " if these few 'seccsh' caused us all this trouble'for thc past four years, what could'nt thev have done if all those Union men had joined them." We give thc 6tory as we heard iL... .; .;. . gtJT Mrs. lt. E. Tice 'ft??'softiihtfr" fafrt?, hoer Wnrrenton, to T>r. Drcwry, ?f: Richmond, at $4? por'iioro. ..'It'tWrn?arb"i?'--ub>>ot -800 &ore3i:ftnd tho price paid for it was ?30 per nero, or ?S2/0CQ for the ontiro trsoU Conversation Between Two Gentleman. " t?.? ?d morning, Tom !" , "flood Morning, Ja-:k!' JACK.-What do you think of the *itua:i->n of affairs row?-And excuse wo if I askyou who ?old jo;: that admirable fitting suitwf clutbea yon have on. lhere,ia not such a wbll-drcEsed man in thc village ! Tox.-Well, do yon sec, happening to be walk ing down Broad Street, in Augusta, lait week, I saw"a ?rcnt many boxe?, Ac, at K<?.--3<24, nnd looking in, saw my oid friend I. Slit OX, who, I immoliately recognised a.;; tho old ac ?uainttnce, who used to supply us with the beet furnishing go ids in tbp States^ and at prices ta? below any other establishment of tho sort ; consoqaenly, I immediately patronised bim, and bought all I hive on of him, at t?;onty-flvo per. cent, cboaper than ?ny other boase in town; and advise all i?y friends and acquaintances to give bim a call nnd 'lo likewise Jw l?as n splendid assortment of readyrUiade clotiiiog, both dress ar.d walking snit? ; hats of tho best quality, and in tba newest styio and fashion. Betides, bc baa a large varie ry of every style of neck tie?, l-r.iccs, sleeve but ton?, and little etceteras required by a weil dressed ra .111. JACK.-You always wcro, Tom, tho boy to find >ut the best sMro in tho place, so I shall certainly ?o and get a full suit ol' clothing there. What lid you say the nuuil.tr was on Broad street. TUM.-So. 221-near Gray, M??larky ? Co*?, fou will know .'be placo by thc articles at tho loor; aud iosi.lo arc to Lo seen a lurgcsssorlmont it ludich' trunk.1', valise.-, carpet bag?, ?c. A?.?O, ilario and splendid assortment of Genfs Fur luhing floods. Tho goods aro all marked in (lain fi-jures, the lowest price, and no abatement ?indo. - * Tn addition, all these goods were manufaelur-.d iy a well known bou?c in Now York, and aro (?ie cal t'j be had. ' # GOVERNOR Oak's ME-SAOE.-The Cincinnati "liQttiro', one of the leading Democratic oiirusJs of tho North, coraincnts".aivereIy on hat part'of tho document where Guvan.r Jrr iays: '*[ Where the fights o' R State are di.*re ?arded, or unconstitutional acts done fey any lepauuieiit of the Federal government, re Ircsj con no longer be sought by interposing ho sovereignty oV thc State, either for ruii!i? Ic-'-lioneVsecession; b-.it the remedy is by letition or remonstrance, by reason, which, .loner or later, will ?vehake justice ; by an ppeal to the supreme jndichi 'power of the jni?n, or by a revolution, which, if unsttc ossft:]; s treason. ,; T.-.c de'eirion was far .more imposing and blig&tory than if it had bren pronounced by he Supreme Ccurt of thc United States." The Enquirer thus replies to these scnti ienfs: "If they arc correct/or South Carolina, hoy aro not so fdr Ohio*. Ohio has not yot een conquered, and in respect to ber sover ig-.ty. inc samo principles of government rh'ch were true ton years airo are trueto day. " If tho doctrines of Governor Orrluveiu sait? become fix-d iii our government, as if y thc court of thc highest constitutional ulhority, thc political revolution which has r.l-.-,n -nhl na tlirnyrrH j U .1 jr o-p-1"nf^nf tim rec- country oin hr.rdi}' allora to nr.vc physi al force inougnrafefl as tho supreme ruling riucipie in govcrr-mcnt. If they* can. tho ?ss t?iey say of their political \ : letter." REPORTS FitoM AMERICAN Covsc/r.s ox TJ.'E 'II-M.I::;A.-IT. JJ. P.ibinroa, American Con ul ct Per: Mahon, say? the Na/ionul Intc?li encer, reports tc th? Department of State !:at ti., Colora has nearly disappeared from li?t province. A few casts only have cc rtrred at Gindadilla during th? werk ending l?vember ?i'Mb. The Consdl pays thal the lorlality in Spain has been greater thau vcr wil! be known. Thc Consul at Constantinople, Mr. Goode ?ow. is under the imprc'sinft that tho e'tolera ms reached America, and encloses a commu icition from thc Levant Herald, a paper iub?shed in that city, which h? forwards io ho Department, co 'taininjr some useful lint* upon the treatment of tho d;sea3C. The iV.mbcT f deaths that hav? occurred in tint .ty he sets down at fifty tbo'JS'Pd, thenum . r . f de tth? in it singlo day having exceeded IMO. T: o Consul states that ono of the most ef ect?a! rc tm dies for litis malady is a mixture c:iu\vn as V Dr. Hamlin'.*," which ia composed ti equal pari? of laudanum, tincture o' rhn >arb und spirits cf camphor. It has been i-.-.d in Coii?taiitinoplcand many other places frith eminent success. Writing upon the causes of the disease, the Consul ?t itos that there was hardly a case but ?batcould lc traced io bad food, bad air, inprudence in,diet, undue exposure to heat ir cold, excessive fatigue induced by over exertion, and last, though not least, morbid Tear of the disease. NI:VEU SLEPT WITH TII.V REGIMENT. Senator Wikon, of Massachusetts, now stump ing New Yeti Stale, went to W'ashi?gt >n as the head of thc Tweiiiy-.-croud Massachu setts Volunteers, but, it will be remembered, turned tai! at the Capital and let his men g > on to batik?, while be cultivated Ute Arts of peace in tho United States Sonaie. In his speei-h at Yo: keis he said, in abusing the Democratic party, I know them. I hav? si pt with them, wintered with them, and summered with them." .rust then a return ed soldier in the audience called cut at th i top of his vr-ice, ''Well, what if you have? Yon never sh pt with thc Twenty second Massaclf?setts?!' The roar of laughterth.it erected this ?raily completely abashed thc do nnent gentleman, and when it subsided ho oadn't th? heart lo go on with his vitupera lioo_N. Y. World._ SONS or SENATORS PROVIDED FOR.-Tho Congressional dictionary, says afAVaahbgton correspondent, records that a son of Senator Clark, of Now Hampshire, is doorkeeper of the reporter's gallery; that a son of Senator Cowan is clerk o? Senator Cowan's commit tee, at six dollars a day for doing nothing ; that a son of Senator Doolittle is similarly favored : likewise a son of Senator - Howard ; ditto n ?on of Senator Dixon ; of -Senator F -oto ; while a nephew ol Senator Wadestands triinrd nt one of (he entrance doors to the /bamber for ?1.230 a year. And tho pres sure is still heavy upon the appointing power in behalf of tho uncles, aunts, nieces and grandmothers of other members of the Amer ican House of Lords. The Grave. I envy not such graves as tako np room, Merely with jot and poi ph} ry : since a tomb Adds no desert ; wiidont, thou thing divine, Convert my humble soul into thy .?brine : And then this body, though it wants a rinne, r?liall dignify all placea where 'li? ifrrown. - " . - ? <?-. ? LTonrJBLK_Yesterday morning policeman Vail arrested a negro man, bn Broad street, who was attempting to sell the carcase of a fat terrier pdp under the name bf "nice fat ebon,' massa ; ketched him mysef;" ' Live nig ger and dead dog were spat to the lock np. Mind who you buy game Vrom ; it is terrible io tbickof-it.-Augusta Tcauscript. , . r. ? .?-:.! ??. ? ii--.. ? :.>." ??}-. Crime ia Tcnn&ssce.is on tho inweasc. ^T-.'-JrVT ... -.- .. *r? ..?-'.-. . '.'.,.'.* Tho State Tenilentiary is filling np ripidly. 89" A bridge ia to bo built acroai ths river at St. Louis. . . ..?