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1 ! y BY D?RISOE, HEESE & CO. EDGEEIELD, ?K, DECEMBER $4, 1866._^ uHJ'u". AXXI.--N<r> 52, Tnt?vnati n<* riphntn. 3Xr?^w- Store NEW GOODS. 218 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. WE bog- loavo to inform the citizens of Eugt - fiold^nd vicjnity that we have removed to No 218 Broad Street, three doors above Piumb A Leitners Dfug Store, whore wo^ will keep, con stantly on hand a LARGE STOCE of Men's, Youth's and Boys)' CLOTHING; Ladies' and Men-s HATS, all kinds; BOOTS and SHOES, every variety ; DRY GOODS!, HOSIERY, GLOVES; Ladies' and Gents?. FURNISHING GOODS ; HOOP SKIRTS and NOTIONS; TRUNKS, VALISES, CARPET EAGS ; Ladies' Travelling SATCHELS ; Also, a Rood Assortment of ?V AT CH ES and JEWELRY. All of tho above wu will sell at a SMALL AD VANCE FOR CASH.- We shall be hap.-vy to re ceive a call from you, or bo favorod with your . orders for all goods in our line. ?2&~ Country Merchants will do well ly giving cs a call before purchasing elsewhere. LEVY & ASHER. Augusta, Oct 1 . . Gm40 HMO FIT! J stablished in Charleston in 1837, And in Augusta in 1848. THE Subscriber takes pleasure in informing tho residents of Edgeficld and the adjoin ing Districts that he has bcon appointed Agent for the THREE BEST PIANO MAKERS IN THE WORLD, vii: STEINWAY A SONS, New York, CPUCKERING A SONS, Bosion, HAZELTON BROS., New York. And ho will sell their Instruments at FACTO RY PRICES, with freight added. Persons wishing to pur:haio a SUP Eft IOU PIANO FORTE will please send, for Circulars and Illustrated Catalogues, and tljcy will find they can purchase from tho BEST MAKERS, at as Low Pricey as they can of inferior ones. Illustrated Catalogues and Circular's sent free of all charges. , GEO. A. OATES, T 210 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. ?&~Also,-Agent for Mason A Hamlin's cclo hrated CABINET ORGANS. Apr 24- tf ;i7 V ISKEDIN1850| THE Sabicri L'v.-*-,vould re-.* _Ikrpeetiuny in-i_ form the citizens of Edgefield and tho surround ing country, that ho kc? ps a SPECIAL ESTAB LISHMENT for tho REPAIR of WATCHES and JEWELRY. All work entrusted to hi? care "will be oxecuted promptly, ncatiy, ani warranted for ono yenr. At his Store will bc found ono of thc largest Stocks of Gold anil Silver Watches, Of the boat European and American manufacture in thc Southern States, with a select assort ment of RICH AND NEW STYLES ETRUS ' CAN GOLD JEWELRY. Set with Diamonds, Pearls, Rubies, Oriental Gar nets, Coral, Ac Also, SOLID SILVER WARE, consisting of full TEA SETS, WAITERS, ICE AND WATER PITCHERS, CASTORS, GOBLETS, CUPS, FORKS, SPOONS, And everything in thc Silver Ware lino. FINE SINGLE AND DOUBLE BARRELED ? u rv S . Colt's,- Smith A Weston's, Cooper's, Remming tou's, Sh:.rp's, Derringer's, PISTO ITS. And many others of thc latest invention. FINE CUTLERY. SPECTACLES, WALKING CANES, PERFUMERY, PORTMONIAE^S, . AND FANCY GOODS Of every variety to bo f mud in a first class Jew elry Establishment. A. PRONTADT, One Door below Augusta Hotol, 1G3 Brood Street, Augusta, Ga. Oct 15 6?u 42 JOHN C. BOHLER WITH H. WARNER & CO., DEALERS IN FINE L I QUO RS, Famiiy and Fancy Groceries, TOBACCO, CIGARS AND SNUFF, PIPES OF ALL KINDS, Powder, S?iot. Cn, JD S3, FANCY NOTIONS AND Musical Instruments, AND ALL KIND OF STRINGS. ALSO, DEALERS IN Ready Made Clothing, Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, BOOTS,SHOES, HATS AND CAPS, PERFUMERY AND SWEET SOAPS, No. 142 anti li l llwad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. Nov. C, Cm 45 50 Sundries. ,IIIDS. CHOICE BACON,-Clear Side?, Ribbed Sides, Regulars and Shoulders^ 50 Rbis. Northern and Western FLOUR, IO Ta-rce-- Primo CAROLINA RICE, 125 Bbb??. Refinud JJ. SUGAR. 5 linds. MUSCOVADU SUGAR. . 10 Rbis 1st Quali'v Golden SYRUP, 10 nhd?. MUSCOVADO MOUSSES, 50 BMs. Large No. 3 MACKEREL, 1000 Saek? Choice Bread CORN 7:, Boxea FA MIUY SOAP, 30-B.xos ADAMANTINE CANDLES, 75 BM*, and Boxes CRACKERS and BIS CUITS, 50 Bois. Bourbon and other WHISKEYS Largo Lot of CASE LIQUORS all varieties, ^5 doz. HEIDSICK CHAMPAGNE, Pints, and Quarts, 40 Casks BURTON ON TRENT ALE, in Pints and. Quarts, 10 Chests Joukins A Co's, TEAS in Small Packages. 75 Kegs Oil Dominion NATUS, assorted Sizes, CIGARS, TOBACCO, CA ND TES, RAISINS. ALMONDS, PEPPER, GINGER, SPICES, 100 Kegs LARD, 500 Sacks SALT. Largo lot of BAGGING and ROPE always arriving, And every thing usually kept in my linc, For salo by A. STEVENS. Aa#i*h ScpL 4, tl St C. & ?. Qr. HALL, Insurance Agents, No. 221 Broad Street, Represent lae Following Insurance Companies: THE GEORGIA HOME.;..*.. of MERCHANTS:. of 'JEFFERSON.; of CITY FIKE '..;.%.of .MERCHANTS' A M?C.3ANICS'.of STAR FIRE.~v..of NATIONAL MARINE AND FIRE,.. of NEW ENGLAND....,...,.of ASSOCIATED FIREMAN'S..'.....).of NORTH AMERICAN. 0f VIRGINIA.of UNION. .. of INSURANCE AND SAVING.of Columbus, Go. Hartford, Conn. Scottsvillo, Va. Hartford, Conn. Baltimore, Md. Now York. New Orleans, La. Hartford, Conn. Baltimore, Md. Hartford, Conn. Staunton, Va. E..Itimore, Md. t Richmond, Va. 4> SOUTHERN MUTUAL LIFE.of SOUTHRRN ACCIDENTAL.of Columbia, S. C. Lynchburg, Va. ^MR. D. R. DURI80E is orr authorised Agent for Edgefield and ^vicinity, nnd parties wishing to insure will' find it to their iutores? to oall on him. Augusta, Oct 22 flm . 43 GUNS, PISTOLS, CUTLERY, I STILL CONTINUE THE GUI* BUSI NESS at my old stand, 245 Broad Street, ?nd my STOCK IS NOW COMPLETE, rs follows V" Double and Singlo Barreled GUNS : POWDER, SHOT and"GUN CAPS, a?l varie ties; ' - FIXED AMMUNITION for all sized Pistols : Powder FLASKS, Shot BAGS, Garie BAGS j Colt's, Smith A Wessons, and other PISTOLS Also, a fino Stock of POCKET KNIVES, of Rogers and Wcstcnholm's mako ; . ? : Rogers' TABLE CUTLERY ; PAD LOCKS and .DOOR LOCKS, fte. " As my GUNS were made to order ia England expressly for mc, they aro warranted to bo an A No. 1 article,-und to give satisfaction, and at prices to sui': the times. REPAIRING OF GUNS done promptly. E. BROGERS, ; No. 215, Broad St., Augusta, Ga. Dec 3 ? 3m 49 J. D. A. MURPHY of South Carolina. GEO. H. HOPE of Virginia. L. SHEPPARD j ijb WITH ?fD. A. MURPHY <t Wholesale and Retail ?J -DEALERS IN '9 Boots, Shoes, &c, &c, No. 314 Broad Street. AUGUSTA? GEORGIA, Respectfully solicits tho patronage of his friends of Edgefield District. S. C. Augnsta"; Nov. 5, 3m 4*5 GEO. ROBINSON . . WITH FLEMING & ROWLAND, AUGUSTA, GA. WE ARE PREPARED T(> ?SUPPLY PLANTERS WITH AND PURE ISTO 1 "1 LU; VIAN IN QUANTITIES TO SUIT. Tuc PHONIX is a Phoepbatio Guano, import ed for us direct from McKeon's Islc.nd, in the South Pacific' Ocean, und has been used with great success by thousands of tho bc?t Planters in Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama and Florida. {J^Call or scud for Circular. WILCOX, GIBBS & CO., (SUCCESSORS TO DAM. Ii. WILCCOC A Co.) KO. 211 Broad St., Augusta. Ga. Nov MS 3m -?3 JL i.'E .Subscribers invite the attention of the public generally and Planters in particular, to mci.- Stock of GROCERIES, consisting 1n part of-' " "' '"' ' . * . . '" GUNNY and HEMP BAGGING; ROPE of all kinds ; BACON SIDES and-SHOULDERS; ?- f -M^L^SStf?hi Hbds: tnrd-BblB. ; " - A B und C SUGARS-Refined ; CRUSHED ard POWDERED SUGARS; SUGARS of low grade; GOOD and PRIME COFFEE; Superfino Family and Extra Family FLOUR; WHITE ntid YELLOW CORN ; CORN MEAL; FRESH BEAT RICE ; SALT, IRON, NAILS ; GRINSTONES, NOVA SCOTIA GRITS; RICHMOND FACTORY OSNABURGS; " ? STRIPES ; <? KERSEYS; Plain and Twilled. Jatf Wc arc prepared to sell Goods LOW for ish or on Short Draft. FLEltllrYC! & COWLAND. Augusta,* Sept 15 3m38 Cn J. W. BACON. .T. J. BACOX J, W BACON & BRO, Wholesale and Retail Manufacturers and Dealers in all kinds of SADDLES, HARNESS, TRUNKS, LEATHER, RUBBER AND LEATHER BELTING, Wood Hames, Whips, Valises, Carpet Bags, Shoe Findings, French and Amcricnn Culf Skins, Aud all other kinds of Leather, &c., 169 Broad Street, UNDER THE AUGUSTA HOTEL AUGUSTA, CA. pif* SADDLES and HARNESS Repaired and made to order. Augusta, Oe 22 3m .. J. S. COLES, FACTOR AND FORWARDING MERCHANT, 114 Reynold Street, (Near South Carolina Depot,) AUGUSTA, GA. ?Viii sr-lJ Cotton and Produce Cen eraliy, OR* REC El VE TUE ?SAME ON STORAGE. Will Furnish or Purchase Planters Supplies. Augusta, Aug 19 (?in 33 G. W CONWAY, S. TuRxnm, Of Kentucky. Of Ed^t-field, 6. C. KjEirNTTTTcri^sr M m M?EIl? BY CONWAY & TURNER, Campbell St., Bclicccn Broad and Rci/noldt, NEA? PLASTERS HOTEL, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. ALL KINDS of VEHICLES ard- SADDLE HORSES fir Hire. Also, Fine CARRIAGES, strictly for Family uso. Match Horses, Single Harness Horses, and Saddle Horses bought, or sold on C Immission. Covered accommodation on tho Premises for Twc Hundred Hoad of Mules. Augusta, Oct 15 Sm42 MOORE & CO., OPPOSITE GLOBE HOTEL 235 Broad St., Augusta, Ga.. IMPORTERS AND DEALERS # mimmwMMmni IRON, STEEL, NAILS, AXE.S, HATCHETS, SMITH BELLOWS, ANVILS VICES, HAMMERS,;CHAIN* HOES, STRAW CUTTERS, CORN SHELLERS, PLOW? HARROWS, SHOVELS, S^DES, COOKING UTENSILS, CARPENTERS' TOOLS, POCKET AND TABLE 'JTLERY, &c., &c.. Ac. Augusta, Nov. 10 3m 40 Executor's lotice. a LL persons indebted to c E"'ato ofJOHN A OUATTLEBAUM, dec'' pease make immediate payment, and n*"soa ' h???g dc- . manas atrainsi tho said E'T0 a" requested to | 9m JL RIME Western Mired CORN, for feeding, Prime Yellow CORN, fer Meal and distilling, Primo Maryland Whito CORN, for milling, OATS, Bia* and White, RYE, BAILEY and WHEAT, for seed. A full su'Ply of tho above, direct from Balti more and no West, kept constantly in store, put up in finfBURLAP SACKS, in porfect order for thippin.' or wagoning any distanco without waste. BAGGING, ROPE and planters supplies gen er-Hy Forsole at the lowest mnrket prices, by A. H. KETCIIAM, Lato of Charleston, S. C., Ja?on St, Between Globo notol and Bell Tower, AUGUSTA, GA. $33" Mr. Jon;? LTOX, formerly of Edgefield will h happy to seo his friends at tho nbovo house. Nov. 20,_Ira_ 47 J. M. YOUNGBIi?OD, WITH R, C. Sb H, H. EASTERLING GROCERS, AND General Commission Merchants, No. 130 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA., RESPECTFULLY- beg leave to inform their friends of Edgefield and tho ndjnining Districts, and tho public generally, that they have on hand and aro constantly receiving, A WELL SE LECTED STOCK OF Groceries ol' Every'Description, Which they offer at tho tho LOWEST MARKET PRICES. They will also give strict attention to thc Salo of all COUNTRY PRODUCE Consigned to them. And will fill all ordors, in their lino, with dis patch, at the lowost market prices. Augusta, Oct 22 tf 43 Administrator's Notice. THE Creditors of tho Estato of DAVID QUA RLES, dee'd.^arc hereby notified that n settlement will bo made on his Estato in tho na in Dee. 19, 3t? 4-W an bc: a c thi bu toe ott wo Th thc a s io; gi? an twi he: thi lit,' "I goi lor itei th? bet of th: rai pei am an? oni Do ye: thi thu sac ter mo ov< ott Wt lie ?iii I am his an i em if poi inj COI wo uni nai ma wa Li: Soi am Do dei fur ab ba) a s six ma tho too art '.\ n kit thc Fe aw as vii rot for Pe am at sh'. hat inl co Tel! me, fringed Winds. BT CniCLtS MACKAY. Tell me, ye wi jediwinds, That round ? ?jKpf thway roar, Do ye Dot ko'oj rTsanio spot Whoro nrortss: weep no more ? Somo lone and plaisant dell, Some valley IT tho West, WheTo, freo fro n Ipil and pain, The woary toni may rest ? The loud wind sofuned to a whisper low, .And sigh'd for pity W it answer'd "No 1" Tell me, thoa j?gpty deep, Whoa.e billows round mo play, Ivnow'st thou some favor'd spot, ?.. Some island faoaway, "Where weary man-may find The bliss for which he sigh?, Whore sorrow rf&^or lives, And friendship ?never dies ? Tho loud waves, rolling in perpetual flow, Stopp'd for awhile,-ind aigh'd, to answer "No!" And thou serenest moon, - That with aueh/holy face, Dost look upon toa earth Asleep ia nijhrs embrace, Tell me, in'.all thy round, Hast thou not seen seme spot Where miserabiejman Might find a' happier lot ? Behind a cloud thoimoon withdrew in r.o, And a voico swectJbnt sad, responded "No!" Toll me,'my sccrjet soul, Gb! tell me Hope and Faith, Is there no resti?g place Prom sorrow, flin, and death ; IB there no'hap Where mortal Where grief mai lind a balm, And weariness spot may be blcss'd, a rest ? Faith, Hope, and ?Lovc-best-boons to mortals * given: I Waved their bright wing?, and whispcr'd "Yes, in Heaven ." ;'< Wriltoa"jjfor tho Advertiser. bristmas ?jtihe cid Homestead ; ? n The . ?^t-astrophe. STORY F-OsicHE LITTLE FOLKS ?y s. A. L. A Merry Christi is* to my young readers, or, old Anthony,.a-; egularly imported African who longed to my. fat iur oner, (I hope this is no ?asonablo Temar.:, andi am in no danger of ing spirited o?j'to "Castle- Thunder" for thc mo,) uaod toUaj^ j'A Melly Cl?sinas to chery c of you. Hops jou lib to see ten tousand ire." I don't su'jp?se you will care to live quito long.either; wf?bqut yuii ci.uld be dipped-occa nnl?y in a'iertwn fabulous stream and rcjuve tcd thereby. . j I have a'parti?Uar regard for littlo folks, so I II try and give'.^ou a sketch to amuse you, ono mmembmtive of thc season. A. few ye'ars Ji;;5j';?n a bright beautiful Christ ie m<^ing,>bi4&jii?^ tongue d gory band, lind laid wnsto our brighT ana lutiful Southern land, there was a great stir in .crtain h< nscbold not a hundred miles from s incorporated lunn of Edgcfiold. There were sy feet, and basier bands, and agreatraltUi g of igues, fur on that evening at nine o'clock an icr of "Grandma's" famous Christmas Trees uld shower down a wealth of hoarded treasure?, o stockings had been mysteriously filled thc ?ht before by that nrch little elf, St. N;ek, and ! raisins, candy, nuts and apples devoured ns ort of prelude to break fast; but that was noth \ to what was to come. Old Chris roust have .en his funny little head a more cunning nod, d his queer little perked up chin a more decided itch I iiun usual, as he winked at lite little curly ids which were so cozily smothered in blankets it frosty morning, and thought how much de bt his bounty und good saturo had provided, lasher, and Prancer, and Dunder, and Blixcn," ist have panted tremendously if every other me was as well supplied us this ono was, with sd cheer, and gay toys. But lot mc digress ig enough to inlroduco you to my dr amalie ?ion UP: First then, was Grandma, in her cory nook by > fire, dirccting and projecting, her placid and ncvolent face looking almost as young as some her daughters, notwithstanding tho frosts of ?oe-scorc yor.rs and ten liad fallan upon her once rcn h.iir. Grandma wns, and still is, an exalte ! rsonage in tho estimation of her dctcend.thts, d no greater treat lay in storo for the children J grand-children, and grcat-graud-cbildren than ? of her yearly festivals. Nest came the " Old ctor," bending, not quita under tho weight of irs, but rather under tho heavier, weigkt of rty years of country practice. I'll lay a wngcr it he had ridden more miles on his girthlcss Idle, given more bread pills and sweetened wa , had moro consultations with hysterical wo n, moro hair-breadth escapes from tumbling W tho boads of his stcods, ?c., kc, than any icr Doctor in all these Con-United States, ill, never mind what kind of practice ho he rod in, ho is a great favorito with nil the old ing women, at lcatt in tho community, jn this pnrticulur day ho was running hither 1 thither, poking bis head in tho flour barrels, fingers in tho Lugar barrols, his noso in this, i his feet in that, until his better half threat ed to comb his bead with a threo legged stool ho'did not ho quiet and behave himsolf. She, >r woman, ran hero and thero fussing and fa ng, asking for a dozen things at once, and ue of them thc ones sho was needing, nndlook ; ns if sho thought Christmas would never no again, sho was in such a stow. Thon thero ro Marys, and Katys, and belles, and beaux, 1 among tho rest two littlo cousins whom I shall aio Lizzie and Sopbio, and who had a perfect nia for Cats. Anything in thc shape of a cat s petted to death-or nenrly so-by them. :zie had four, besido Trusty, her fico dog; und pirie, scvon. Now, tho grandmother, being old J lonely, prevailed on her son-in-law, the old ctor, to inovo over, arid tako care of her in her :liniog years, and when tho last wagon of niturc left tho door in tho morning, there was Dud shout heard, and a cry " You've forgot tho ?,"*'You'vo forgot tbo bag," and hero came talwart darkie lugging a tremendous bag, with cats, each almost as largo as a good sized stiff, lo put in. They wore lifted in, and when i owner of tho aforesaid natural curiosities k hor seat in tho carriage, with a bundle in her as, .sho was accosted by her mother with, irhy, Sopbio, what have you got wrapped up so that groat sh#wl?" "Nothing but poor littlo ty, ma. I hated to put her in tho bag with i big cats you know." Sho had just loft hor lino cemetery whero Hbo had laid twelve others ay decently, her father's pill tilca doing duty monuments. On the demiso of each, tho sur ors had boen decorated with a black ribbon ind tho neck as mourning. A abort timo bo 0 eur story opens, a fino largo mouser, namod arl, had disappeared, and his littlo mistress, ;l her sympathizing cousin, wcro inconsolable j J bis loss. How many heart-wrung tears wero id for poor Pearl ! Somo vile dog, or vih-r boy, '? j 1 killed, tanned and cat his beautiful akin up ! % te ahoo strings. Tho boy, (not tho dog,) had \ mmittod tho latter heartless act tbqy know. ' What should thoy do without Pearl, and regularly fixed tho hugo pan of bread ai or bread and gravy, for their rogiment they bemoaned his fate, whilo a fow bril fell to givo an additional flavor to tho disl was finally given up in despair, while Ru George, and Daisy, and Tom, and the res pettod tho moro. Tho Christmas day wore on, tho old gotting moro and morn troublesome, and moro jokes than usual, 'occasionally gi punch in the side of one or mor,e of tho that wero in everybody's way, when theil tionato mistresses wore present, and wishi a fow moro wero manufactured into shoo ? or fiddle strings. Tho little people met were anxious to know if Pa or Uncle Jo any presents to give, whon the tree carno i was some timo before he would .satisfy the osity. Ho at last hinted that they might something very elegant. It: was variegi color, could make splendid music; by to a string could bo mado to moro, to ran, to -to cut all sorts of antics. In fino, ho 1 idea that one of them could, guess in a hi guesses what it could bc ; and, as lt was h attempt at decorating Christmos trees, it : bo invisible until tho finale of the feast. Tho evening carno on, an elegont table v, ranged as had been tho custom in tho old stead from timo immemorial. Beautiful cn every variety, fancifully decorated in ove: aginablo way ; pyramids of fruits of ever scriptum; PJno Apples and Oranges, slice sugared, and buried under a snowy cover grated cocoanut, confectionery in many forn various devices, with tho more delectable i of trifle, jelly, blanc mange and Charlotte 1 and tho more substantial ones of ham ant] chicken salad, and turkey, with its aocom ment of cranberry sauce. You seo I bare given you a bill of fa Grandma's Christinas tablo. If wo cau't such a variety at our family gatherings hard limes, wc must think of those we ha\ joyod in tho past, and try to bo contented it will all be the same fifty years hence. In thc centre of thc table was a huge tub, j cd white, and towering from its mossy bed a symmetrically shaped holly, in whoso brat jloamod a hundred tapers, and glittered i variety of pretty things that it would i pour eyes glisten this Christmas, I know, ( vou seo just such an ono. There wero pin c ons of all-shapes und sizes) guitars and bell joots and shoes, hearts and books, and poor .abbits with pins stickiug in their sides, and ;yes as pink as if they had boen crying. T Tere doll?, and tops, and horsos, and dogs, wo or three cats, (notliving ones,) and pai ri tb red eyes, yellow birds and green wii imong the resta squirming snake or turtle, mo corner stood a small tablo with a sort of bc if evergreens arched over it, under which w luge tin dish-oover, minus thc handle, wi eft two or three holes in the top. It seeme bo lound to tho. table by a crimson sash, front, and very near tho table, sat a comical lc ng colored gentleman, flourishing.a tambor ?tow, Grandma docs not believe in tamboril ?Vas-tba-older, young folks ^.?d'gromised. fa: 'ully that tho younger ones wero inorcb^dut he was overruled, and there sat Cuffee jingi iwuy, and grinniug with all his might. As xpectant party filed into tho room, their c rcrc greeted by a din as if a hundred hive! ?ces were swarming, and all tho old tin pans a ofjee pots for fivo milos round bad been cal tito requisition to^scaro them away, and, agi ral exclamation of, "Now, Pa, is that your grand musical icsti uenrj"' " Uncle John, aint you ashamed to do us s lut what have yon got under that dish co\ hat you've fixed up so fine? Now do let us sci " Is this thc present then?*' But entreat vailed nothing, and tho wonderful present whi ho donor declared was for tho whole house, t was. sadly in want of tho article, should bc t erved for tho last. It seemed singular to sot irescnt that Cuffeo would occasionally censo 1 ingling to their great relief, but on tho rori? f a straogo noiso outside tho door, or in tl orncr, ho would commence with an energy pc ectly astounding. Tho presents were distributed, Lir.zio at iophie each rejoicing in an artificial cat, whii hey severally declared was just like .poor dc 'carl, only Lizzie's was black and Sophie's ye ow, whilo Pearl wus yollow white. After a got ii'iny debates and suggestions, they finally agrct hat " uext Christmas" they would make presen i a few of their favorites to thc colless mcmbe if tho community, and enter into a moro profit: ile business than petting cats Katy rejoiced i . new Joli of wonder.'ul proportions and qualifie fhich s.ho called Jcnnio Belle. Little "Liza," i . terrapin as natural us life,-but it would tal ip too much spneo to onumcratc all thc presen riven, and on whom bostowed, so they tasted an ito, and smacked their lips, and jingle, j ingi rent darkio and his tamborino. They laughe ind talked, and some who thought they wero al aost grown, whispered sentimental nothing! md.tho outcrtainracnt was almost concludei vhen ti yell arose from Cunee as if ?ill the tigors i. ho tropics were at his heels, accompanied with rash on tho table, nnd tho overturn of a bug liih of trifle, and a goncrul clatter and smash u; if glass and china; a rush to thc doors and win iow?, peals of laughter, and the old Doctor' ?oice of " Clear tho woy. It is only a Bengal Pan her. Don't bo scared," and numerous other ox lamations of horror and dismay, tho scene wa t last understood. Poor Pearl hnd been living luxuriously in t loigbboriug mea' houso for a month or moro rhen a dog was pat upon his trail, and ho wu: ;lad to got home, bat spying Miss Lizzie's darling ittlo Trusty ho thought doubtless that " discre ion was tho better part of valour," and made hit ray through an opening into tho Doctor's meal louso. Tho latter person, thinking that times ..ero too hard to feed an army of cats, concluded o get up a sceno which should pall upon th? uperubundant affections of his tender-hearted icico nnd daughter, so concoctod tho schemo ro uted, littlo thinking tho Cat-astropho wuuld be o unfortunate. My littlo friends, Astronomers tell us of tho 'cbris of a ruined world, and you read sometimes f tho debris of a feast, but never was sudh a de na witnessed as tho ono described*. Grandma ;avc her son-in-law a sound lucturo about it, baking in her seat all tho limo ; and as for tho audio lectures ho had from another sourco I hould bo sorry to toll you. AB to what was nally tho destination of tho Cats and Kittens, rhite, grey and yollow, doponont sayoth not; and 0 hoping I havo amussd you as much as I have njoyed writing this sketch, I bid you an nfloc ionute farewell. Ilote Cottage. HE FAINTED.-" Madame." said ? very po ke traveller to a testy old landlady, "if I see ironer to help myself to this milk, is there ,ny impropriety in it?'' MI d.n't know what you mean ; but if you nean to insinuate that there ia anything nas y in that milk, I'll give you to understand rou've struck the wrong house I There ain't 1 first hair in it, for as soon as Martha Ann old me the cat was drowned in the milk, I vent right straight and strained it over. The vou ng man /?in ted. The Winter of the Heart. Let it never come upon you. Live so that good angels may protect yon from this terri ble evil-the winter of the heart.' ' * Let no chilling influence freeze up the foup tain cf sympathy and happiness from ita depths ; no cold burthen settle over its with ered hopes like snow on the faded.flowers; no rude blasts of discontent moan and shriek through its desolate chambers. Your life path may lead you amid trials, which for a time seem utterly to impede your progress, and ?hut out the very light of hea ven from your anxious gaze. Penury may take the olace of ease and plenty ; your luxurious home may be ex changed for a singlo low room, the soft couch for a straw pallet-the rich viands for the coarse food of the poor. Summer friends may. forsake you, and the unpitying world pass you with scarcely a word of compassion. You may be forced to toil wearily, steadily on, to earn a livelihood ; you may encounter fraud and base avarice which would extort thc last farthing, till you well nigh turn in disgust from your fellow beings. Death may sever the dear ties that bind you to the earth, and leave you in fearful dark ness. The noble, manly boy, the sole hope of your declining years, may be taken from you, whilst your spirit clings to him with a wild tenacity which even thc shadow of the tomb cannot wholly subdue. But amid all sorrows, do not come to the conclusion that nobody was ever so deeply afflicted as you are, and abandon every sweet anticipation ot* " better days" in tbe unknown future. DQ not loose your faith in human excel lence because your confidence has been be trayed, nor believe th it friendship is only a delusion, and love a bright phantom which glides away from your grasp. Do aot think you are fated to be miserable became you are disappointed in your expec; tation.s, and baffled in your pursuits. Do not declaro that God has forsaken you,.when 3'our way is hedged with thorns, or repine sinful'}' .when he calls your dear ones to the land be yond the grave, Keep"a whole trust in heaven through eve ry tris I ; bear adversity with fortitude, and look forward in hours of temptation and suf fering. When your locks are white, your steps falter on the verge of Death's gloomy vale, still strive to retain the freshness aud buoyancy of spirits which would shield you from the winter of thc heart. Mcsic AT TJ/WJ?.-Every woman who has an appetit3 for music or for ealing, should bless God for the gift, cultivate ic with dili gence-cot that she may dazzle strangers, or win applause from a crowd, but that she maj bring gladness to her own lircside. The in fluence of music in strengthening the affec tions iii far from being perceived hy many of j its admirers; a sweet melody binds all beam I together as it were with a golden cord; it ? makes thc pulses beat in unison, and the heart thrill with sympathy. But the music of thc firc-sida must bc simple and unpre tending ;?it does not require brilliancy of ex ecution, but tjndcrness of feeling-a inerry tune for the young-a more subdued strain for the aged, but uone of the noisy clap-trap which-is so popular in public. It is a mistake to suppose that to enjoy music requires great xnltivwion. The^degrec 0/ enjoyment will, ot coT?TscT vaTyiv'rth;our--power. of^?Dpje?j&-j; tion, but like all other great influences, it is able to attract even the ignorant. And this is what the poets taught when they made Orpheus and his brethren the civilizers of the earth. -? ? ? " LEARNED SO.METHI.NO_A good joke is told at the expense of a suburban niwol teacher, who kept after school a youngster, who had manifested a great aversion to acquiring ad ditionr.l learning, and in the course of the re primand the teacher said : M Now, James, can you teil me one single tLing you have learned since the quarter commenced ?" " Yea, I have learned one thing." ''What hit?" " W?l, I've learned where there is a bully chestnut tree that none of the boys know any thing about, and I was going for nuts if you hadn't kept me after school." -? ? ? "Sir," said a fierce lawyer, "do yon, on your solemn oath, declare this is not your handwriting?" '. I reckon not." was the cool reply. h Djcs it resemble your handwriting?'1 . " YDS, sir, I thiuk it don't." 1 ,: I)3 you swear it don't resemble your writing?" " Well I do, old head." " YJU take your solemn oath that this wri ting does not resemble-your's in a siugle let ter." " Y-e-a-s, sir." "Now, how do you know ?"' " 'Cause I can't write !" TUT. LAW.-Two Dutchmen, who built and usc ' in common a small bridge over a stream which ran through their farms, had a dispute cor.eeming some repairs which it required, and one of them positively refused to bear any portiou of the expenses necessary to tho purchase of u plank. Finally, the aggrieved party wont to a neighboring lawyer, a id pla cing ten dollars in his hand, said : " I'll give you all dish money if you'll make Hans do justice mit de bridge." " How much will ft cost to repair it ?" ask ed the honest* lawyer. " Not moru than five dollar," replied the Dutchman. " Very weil," said the lawyer, pocketing one of the notes and giving him the otjier ; " take this and go get the bridge repaired ; 'us the best course you can take." " YaaV' soid tho Dutchman, slowly, "yaas, dat ?sh more better as to quarrel mit Hans ; but as be went along home he shock his head frequently, ns if unab'e, after all, to see quite clearly how he had gained anything by going to law. ----? -? JOSS** Blasphemous Brownlow, in his Cleve land speech, discoursed of his future state as follows : " If God, tn His providence, should call on me, 1 have co fears of the consequences be yond the grave. . If the books have been cor rectly kept in the upper world, as I have no doubt they have been, there will be a small balance in my favor." '.'he " small balance" in his favar includes probably, his Philadelphia statement that he " had rather go to hell with loyal negroes thau to heaven with rebel whites." To YOUNIS HOUSEKEEPERS.-How to get a good servant-Do your, work yourself. How to preservo fruit-Put it into glass bottles, and seal the corks. Put them in a strong bo- (au iron safe will doh an^ hury them about ten feet in the ground. After that, never j;o near them again. How to prevent your cat from stealing Never4cecp one. How to pay /axes-Look ont of tho top of the window and tell the collector you are all out of town, and never expectedback. If he docs not believe this, you must prevail ou him lo pay t hem himself. How to prevent beer from turning soar Always leave the key in the tap, and don't lock tho cellar. . How to buy coals cheap-Don't give too high a price for them. . The Sunday Atlas, in a fit of revolutionary enthusiasm, says : " Hurrah for the girls of '761" " Thunder I" cries a New Jersey Whig-" that's too darned old. No, no-hur rah fer the nirb of If." / ; We extract the following from a special despatch to the Baltimore Sun, of the 18th : The Rouse was int wested to-day in a brief discussion on an anomalous proposition of Mr. Lawrence, of Ohio, to repeal the statute of limitations in trials ior treason, and provid ing thft any man guilty of treason may bo tried anywhere and a; any time. Mr. Law. renco gave as a reason for the paanage of. this bill that unless it should be enacted we can not hang Jefferson Davis.. .Several members took legal exception to Mr. Lawrence's posi tion, but.Mr. Stevens went still farther. He said he would rather see every traitor in the country escape than ?ee one of'them hung by a law passed after his offence and for the pur pose of haDging him. Mr. Stevens denounc ed such legislation ts utterly unjustifiablo and discreditable. He did not believe Mr. Davis could be tried for treason, nor that he had been guilty of teason. His offence was that of a belligerent, not of a traitor. He (Mr. Stevens) bad nat opposed the efforts made to bring Mr. Di.vis to trial, but he had ?not favored them. But he was utterly op posed to any legislation of the kind proposed, which would make th-3 mode, time or place of trial different from wlat thev were when tho offence was committed. Mr. ktevens' remarks were listened to with profound attention. The bill went over. There is something unusually refreshing and hopeful in portions of the legal argument of Mr. Stevens. It gives assurance that some of the monstrous propositions and legal ano malies embraced in certain bills before the Congress, and thr.eattned to bo brought be fore that body, will not receive the unani mous support of the radical party after al! Retroactive or expos- facto law has thus far, in this session of Congress, seemed to be in general favor, and onb yesterday, a very good lawyer, Mr. Bingham, of Ohio, permitted his party zeal to run away with his legal knowl edge and judgment to far as to introduce a bill to make valid ar d legal the acts of mili tary commissions, wtich have already been declaied, by United States courts, invalid and illegal, so far as they have assumed jurisdic tion of civilians for civil offences, and for acta d je after the close of the war. '-+-^.? . MONETARY.-The Haiional Intelligencer has an article in reference to Wall street, from which we extract the following paragraph: . Many people are inquiring what they shall do with their surplus money. Thc time for speculation i:i petroleum, mining, stocks, goid, whiskey, flour, fte/, has gone by. Any thing that will give an interest of seven per ccot. would be readily purchased. If confi dence was felt in the restoration of thp Union, the Government bonds would be bought up at an advance. The five per cents would not linger at par. If -the people could be made to believe that we can or shall have a sound currency eighteen months hence, they would anticipate, or as they say in Wall street, die [ count, the fuct. They probably know, how ever, that Congress is to control this matter, . ..tad that body will have their hands so full of political subjects for the next two years that they will give little atteution to financia . . forms. ? ? ?. RAYMOND THREATENS.-The New York Times, of Taesday, says : iSsWe can tell-tha-.. Siwih something more. Uuless the pending amendment be accepted by tho Southern Legislatures, the fate of ex iling government oivranizati )ns at the South may be considered fixed. Wo indulge in no menace. Wc affect no prophetic vision. Wo essay no abstract argument, and lay claim to no exclusive information. But there is a fact which the South cannot loo quickly compre hend, and that is, that in tbe absence of a set tlement based upon the proposed amendment, Congress will affirm the territorial existence of the South, legislate out of official being its present functionaries and machinery of gov ernment, and provide for the orgarization of territories on a plan suited to the emergency. Are the Southern people prepared for this al ternative? SENTENCED FOR TWE.VTY-ONB YEARS. James Jordan, the Moutgotnery Post-offico Clerk, recently arrested and tried before the United States District Court of Alabama, for purloining valuable letters, was, on trial, sentenced to twcnr.y one years in the S:a'.e Penitentiary. In the case of the Government vs. George W. Gayle, for treason, (alleged offenng a large rewnrd in a Selma paper for the assas sination of Mr. Linco'n, .during the war), a continuance was granted for the United States until the next term of tbe court. Old Deacon Sharp never told a lie, but used to relate this : " tie wai standing one day be hm a frog pond-wo have bio word for it and saw a largo gurter snake make an attack upon un enormous bi?, bull frog. Tho snake seized one of the frog's hind legs, and tho frog, to bo on par wit h the snake, caught him by the tai!, and both commenced swallowing one another, and continued this carniverous operation until nothi.tg wa3 left of either of them. SETTLER.-Two g.-.llant sons of Erin being jus' discharge"! form the service, were re joicing over thc event with a " woe taste of tlie critur," when otto, who felt all thc glory of his own noble mee, suddenly raised his ijlass above.and said, u Arran, Mike, here's to the gallant ould sixty ninth, the last in tho field and ?a- to let.ve !'' M Tut tut, man,1' ?aid Mike,'"you don't mane that." "Don't mano it, is it ?''-" Thon what do I mano ?" " You mane," said Mike, and he raised his glass higb, and looked lovingly at it, '* Here's to the gallant ould sixty-ninth-eqnal to none P And so tbeir drank. ?NMOIANITY AND PREJUDICE.-An atroc ious outrage was pcrprot rated orr Tuesday morning, in Brooklyn, by a gang of ruffians, who entored a house occupied by a number of sewing girls, and having robbed thc in mates, seized the terrified women and sub jected them to the siost revolting indignities. All the females were outraged in a horrible manner. Had this occurred in the South, it would have been declared'a remnant of tho barbarity of slavery, and-be cited as another evidence why the South-should bo politically persecuted.' Wo note far more of these shock ing crimes, as well as murders, in the North and North West thai in any, other part of tho country, and yet th?ra is, of. course, much that is good in these scctifjns.-Bait im ore Sun. The New York Herald, as usual, is sensa tional about Surratt. Its Washington corres pondent says : . . ... " It is expected that John H. Surratt, lately arrested in Egypt a? an accomplice in the assassination of JPre.iident Lincoln, will make certain revelations that will inculpate parties hitherto unsuspected. If there should be sudden departures from this section of prom inent persons who have no particular reasons for going abroad, it may reasonably be attri buted to this cause."' Which of course i $ all gammon. --.> -? -_. It was reported in Washington on Friday that a Georgian who is them socking par(]0l{ was so anxious to bnve an interview, with the President that he ofTered five hundred dollar? to sec him for ten minutes, A Jeadiorf ?Ju byman at once offered to arrange it that Afr" Johnson could be mn, bat ascertained that the Georgian wai bi n J,- . / 1