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* ,",.",.,.;,.,."..".."...?.N...."..-..-..??....".....,.?..<... , " EDGEFIELD, S. C/'SEPTEMBEK 25, 1867, . """""^ M. C. BUTLER. LE ROY F. YOUMASS. BUTLER & YOUMANS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, AN? Solicitors in Equity, WILL Practice ia Edgefieid and the adjoin ing Districts, in tho United States Courts, and in Bankruptcy. Also, in Augusta, Qa. Office: Edgefieid C. H., S. C. Sept 3 tf 36 I Ut S? Court in Bankruptcy* WILL, in addition to my business as Attorney at Law, attend to the preparation of CAUSES IN BANKRUPTCY. Make out tho Petitions, manago thc Causes in Court, and attsnd to all other proceedings ne cessary to procero final discbarges for applicants. I will attend In porson before the Register of tbe 3d District, aad give prompt attention to all causos confided to my care. J. L. ADDISON, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND SOLICITOR IX EQUITY Ojjlct: Law Range, Edgefieid C. H., S. C. Aug 13 3m 33 JOSEPH AB.NET. H. T. WRICHT, ABNEY & WRIGHT, ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND <~ Solicitors ia Equity, ED G EFFELD, S. C., -Will Practice ia tho United States Courts, giving their especial attention to cases in Bankruptcy. July 30 tf_81 j>(L^L. BONHAM, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND Solicitor iii Equity, ED?EFIELD, S. C., Wi ILL Practice in the Courts of this State and in Augusta', Ga. Also, in tho United States District and Circuit Courts for So. Ca., giving special attention to cases in Bankruptcy. April 2nd,_3m 14 M. W. GARV. WM. T. GARY. GARY & GARY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND SOLICITORS UV EQUITY, EDGEFIELD, S. C. . inc 2S 2m 26 Medical Card. DR. T. J. TEAGUE has moved to the Dwelling recently occupied by Mr. J. R. Carwile, next, door below Episcopal Church. Ho ojjy bo found at the Drug Stoic of Teague it Carwile Amin g che day, and at his residence, dur'mg tho night, wtJcn n?fout or. pror0?i\?r?aT J" business. Having been engaged in the practice of Medi cine, in its various branches, for the last Thirteen Years, bo feels that be does not arrogate to him self undue merit when he solicits a liberal share of patronage at tho hands of this community. .Ian 1 tf 1 DENTISTRY. Di 'll II. PARK?R>e?pectfully announce that he is woll prepared to execute in thc best manaor and promptly ail work in the business, -and at greatly reduced figures. Having acquainted himself with thc lute ines timable improvements in the profession, and se cured a full stock of materials, ic, he warrant good and satisfactory work to all who may desire his services. Edgefieid, S. C., Aug. 1, tf31 . For Sheriff. The Friends of Capt. A. P. WEST respectful ly announce him as a Candidate for Sherill' of Edgefieid attho noxtelection. Nov 7 te* d5 ?St" We have beeu authorized by tho Friends of Capt. H. BOULWARE to announco bim a Candidate for Sherill of Edgefieid District at thc next olection. Apr 12 te* 16 For Tax Collector. The Many Friends of D. A. J. DELL, Esq., respectfully nominate him as a Candidate for Tax Collector at thc next election. Oct IS to 43 TUB many Friends ol Capt. JAMES MITCH ELL respectfully nominate him as a Candidate for TAX COLLECTOR at the next olection. SALUDA. Dec ? tc* 50 We have been requested by macy friends ..? Mr. JOn.V A. BARKER to announce him a Can di l ite for Tax Colicctor of Edgefieid District at the ensuing election. Oct. 2, tc* 4 Wa have boon authorized by frii cds ol Capt. STUART HARRISON to announce him n. Candidato for re-election to the office of Clerk bl the Court of Common Pleas for this District, ol the next olection. April 'J tc 15 ^E?J-We have been authorized by the many friends of Capt. L. YANCEY DEAN to an nounce him a Candidate fer Clerk of tue Court of Common Picas for Edgefieid DUtrict at thc next election. June 20 tc 27 CARRIAGE MANUFACTORY E D GE FI BtiDj S. C. TIE Subscribers respectfully announce tba tiny ir.-. r\-,\r prepared tn du all work in tb* COVCn MAKING and REPAIRING BUS1 N ESS th it :n < v be entrti - ted tn them, in a work u i il i ?sc :n in nor, und ?vi f I, neatners?nd disp.it cl. Wo hare o;i h ind * few CARRIAGES OF<1 su porior BUtf;HRS,of our own manufacture, which we will sel I low. All kinds or REPAIRING done promptly and ur i -ranted to jivo satisfaction. ?39"* As wo sell ONLY FO il CASH, ourprir-f ar unusually reasonable All we nsk is n trial. S.11 IT H & JOKES. Mar 7 tr 10 W.i6??M?l SHOPS. TL HE Undersigned rives notice that he is now prepared to have REPAIRED in a good and workmanlike manner, WAGONS, CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, and other Vehicles that may be brought ta his Shops, nt fair and reasonable pri ces for Cash. NEW WAGONS, CARTS and BUGGIES will also be put up in tho best style, and on as reason? nble terms as can be afforded. Having EFFICIENT and EXPERIENCED "WORKMEN in mr Sh"PS. and a go-d supt ly of me II ESI SEASONED UMBER, no pain* will b? -ai \r* 1 ciya ?afire sati?f?ntica .'> those who may *oad taoir work to those Sh""' ?. W. W. ADAMS, ??pt. 2* tf 1 Sentinel Songs. Br RUY. FATHER A. J. RYAN. When sinks tho soldier brave, Dead at tho feet of Wrong, Tho poet sings-and guards his gravo With sentinels of Song. " Go Songs"-he gives command " Keep faithful watchband true ; Thc living and dead of the Conquered Land llave now no guards save "you." " And, Ballads ! mark ye well, Thrice holy is your trust; Go out to the fields where warriors fell, And sentinel their dust." And the Songs, in stately rhyme, With softly sounding tread, March forth-to watch till tho end of time, Beside the silent dead. And when the foeman's host And hate have passed away, * Owr guard of Songs shall keep their, post Around oiir soldiers' clay. A thousand dawns may glow, A thousand days may wane, The deathless songs where tho dead He low, True to tho last, rt main. . Yea, true ! They will not yield To tyrants or to time, At ev'ry grave and ou ev'ry field Whero men died deaths sublime. Lono vigils'they will keep, Obedient to their Bard, And they will watch when wo shall sloep Our last and only Guard. What though our victors say No column shall bo built, Above tho graves where thc men in Gray Lie monld'riag in their guilt? Ah ! let thc tyrant curse Thc dead he tramples down ! Our strong, brave songs, in their swcot, sad verse, Fear not the tyrant's frown. What though no sculptured shaft Commemorate our Brave?* What though no monument epitaphed . Be hail: above their gravo ? When'marble wears away, And monuments are dust. Thc Songs that guard our soldier's clay Will sliil fulfill their trust. A Lucky Mas?n. There was once upon a time r. poor mason or biicklaycr in Grenada, who kept all the S lint's days and holvdajs, and St. Monday in the bargain, and 3 et, with all his devotion he grew poorer ?iud poorer, and could scarce ly carn hoad Cur his ruinerons family. Ono oiichJ?.c was aron.1;: <i fro rn his first ^.<:Cp l>v a knocking at the door. He opened it, and bf'beld before Lim a tal!, meager, cadaverous looking priest. ,l Hark ye, honest frk-nd,'' said the slrin ger; " I have observo! that you are a goul christian, and one to bs trusted ; will you un dertake a job this very night ?" " Wilh all my heart, Senor Padre, on c m dicion that I am paid accordingly." " That you shai! ; but you must suffer yourself to be blindfolded.'' To this the mason made no objection; sr., beirg hoodwinked] ho was led by the pries1 through various lar.es and winding passages until they stopped before the portal of a house. Thc priest then applied a key, turued a creaking lock and openr-d a ponderou door. They entered, thc door was closed and bolted, and the mason was conducted through an echoing corrider, and a spacious hall, to thc interior of the building. Here the bandage was removed from bis eyes, and be found himself iu a pario, or court, dimly lighted by a single lamp. In the centre was the dry basin of an old Moorish fountain, under wbich the priest requested bim to form a small vault, bricks and mortar being 'at hand for the purpose. He. accordingly worked all night, but without finishing the job- Just before day-bre^k the priest put a piece of gold into his har.d, and Laving again blind folded bim, conducted him back to lti-. dwelling. . M Are you willing,'" said be, " to return and complete your work?" " Gladly, Senor Padre-provided I am so well paid." ,; Well, then, to-morrow, at midnight, 1 will call again." He did so-and the vault was completed. " Now,5'said the priest, "you must help mc to bring forth these bodies that are to Le buried in this vault. The tnasou's bair .-ose on his bead at tbeae words ; he follower1 the priest with trembling steps into a retired chamber of thc mansion expecting to behold sonic ghastly spectacle of death, but was relieved on seeing three or lour portly jars standing lu one corner. They were evidently lull of money, and it was with great ?abor that be and the priest car ried I hem forth and consigned them to their tomb. Tbe vault was then clesed, the pave ment replaced, and all traces of work oblit erated. The mason was again hoodwinked and led forth by a route dill'erent from that by which bc Lad come. After they Lad wan dered for a long time through a perplexed maze of lanes aud alleys, they ha?ed. The priest tbeu put two pieces of gold iuto bis band "Wait here," said be, "until you bear tbe caibeiftal bell toll for matins, ii" you presume to uncover your eyes before tba. time, evil will befall you ;'' so saying be de parted. ? The mason waited faithfully, ainu ing him self by weighing thc gold pieces in bis band, and chinking them against each other. The moment the cathedral bell rung its matin peal, he uncovered himself and found bim se!!* on tbe banks ol' the Xenil, from where he made tbe best ol' his way home, and re veled with bis family for a whole fortnight on the profits of bis two night's woik j after wbich be was as poor as ever. 1 He continued to work a little and pray a , good deal, and keep Saints' days and bo!y- , days, from? year to year, while his family 1 grew up as gaunt and rabid as a crew of gipsies. As he was scated one evening at I j ,? door "I In- hovel ho was acc"-ted by a 1 rieb old curmudgeon, who was not. d lorowri ] ing a treat mauy Loases, and being a griping . landlord- The man of anocney eyed him fora j j moment from beneath a pair of anxious shag ged eye brows. "lam told, friend, that you are very poor/' u There is no denyirg the fact, Senor-it speaks for itself." "I presume that you will be glad of a job and work cheap." "As cheap, my master, as any maeon in Grenada." That's what I want. I have au old house fallen into decay, that costs me more money than it is wort^h, to keep it in repair, for no one will live in it; so I must contrjve to patch it up at as small an expense as possi ble." The mason was ..ecordingly conducted to a large deserted house that seemed going to ruin. Passing through several empty halls and chambers, he entered an inner conrt, where his eye was caught by an old Moorish fountain. He paused fora moment, for dream ing recollections of the place very distinctive ly came over him. " Pray," said he, " who occupied thishcusc formerly ?" " A pest upon him !" cried the landlord, " it was an old miserly priest,'who cared for nobodv but himself. Ile was sai ? lo be im mensely rich, and, having no relations, it was thought he would leave his treasure to the church. He died suddenly and the priest and frairs thronged to take possession of his wealth, but nothing could they find but a few ducats in a leathern purse. The worst luck has fallen to me, for, since bis death, the otu fellow continues to occupy my house without paying rent, and there's no taking thc law of j a dead man. The people pretend to hear thc clinking of gold all night in the chamber \vbcrc the old priest slept, as if he'were count ing over his money, and sometimes a groan-, ing and moaning about the court. Whether true or false, these stones brought, a bad name on my house, ?ind not a tenant will remain in it." f Enough," aaid the mason sturdily, M let me live in your house, rent free, until some better tenant presents himself, and I will put it in repair, and quiet the troubled spirit that disturbs it. I am a good Christian and a poor man, and am not to be daunted by the devil himself, even though he should come ' ' in thc shape of a bag of money. ( Thc oiler of the honest masen was gladly 1 ncr pied ; bc moved with his family into the house and fulfilled all bis engagements. Ey lit? le he restored it toits fermer 6tate; the clinking of gold was no more hoard at night jr. thp-rloiu.i.-r nf.tho deiiitct priest, but bo gan to be heard Ey day .u? ?h'?' poc&et of! tho living mason. In a word, he increased rap idly in wealth, lo thc admiration ni all his neighbors and became one of 'ho richest men, in Grenada; ho gave a b -.'o sum to j the church by way. no doubt ol satisfying 1 bis conscience, and never revealed tho secret of thc vault until on his death ' <"d, to his son and heir. Gcorgiu Scenes. Old Stanwix tells thc folio**?! Georgia story, and vouches for i's truthfulness : ' About thirty-three and a third vtar< Rgf lhere dwelt in ono of the rural districts e>i Georgi0-, an old codger by the name ol Butt Cut Taylor, wno had formerly enjoyed t;:o honors and ?moluments perta dug lu the ollice of Justice of the Peace, ti. i duties of which ( llice he discharged with acknowlcdg ed " ability" and dignity j and so far as bis neighbors were capable of judging, he ap pcared to be a very honest mau. He had. however, acquired the habit of .' trumping up" accounts against thc estates of those of j bis neighbors who were so unfortunate as to | "shulllo off their mortal coils" within thc bounds of his bailiwick. Ile lad carried the practice to such an extent as to arouse a -us picion in the mind? of some of his meddle- .^ some neighbors, that there.might bc "some thing dead*' somewhere in the "scat of hi?" -financial operations. Bjb Crogan, who lived in the neighborhood, and.'* run" the.J t post ollioe at thc cross roads,being something | ufa wag, and having an ideatkat (he 'Squire's , honesty should be quoted below par, conclu Jed, with the connivance and assistance of a j , few comrades, to " unearth thc sly oid fox,51 ' ? ind expose Ids rascalities. Accordingly Bob j ? pretended to die, was rcgularlarly shrouded j ind laid out on the cooling board in the most | ?pproVcd fashion, and Borrowing friends pro- j seeded to spread thc news of his demise, ? svhich soon reached the ear-- ol r'i Butt Cut. j [Io lo.;t no lime in repairing to L'ie house of mourning, carrying with him a full and completo assortment" offiist cl.vs condolence . ind sympathy, for gratuitous distribution t imong the members of thc here .ved family, ind the many sorrowing friends of the sup- ^ posed deceased, who were present when he irrived. After he had relieved i.is heart u! his burden of healing words, and had sue , scuded in a tolerable effort at crying, and was ibout lo leave the scene, he tenderly spoke is follows : c " Ah, poor Bjb ; I'm sorry he died, ho was ,: i good feiler, and I allus liked him. When " ne and him went to the races at Augusta- t now nigh unto two years ago-1 loaned bim } i hundred dollars to bet onto a bay marc, v ind he lost and has never paid me a cent of j ;hat money from that day to this. Poor ?, cllow, ho forgot it I reckon, but its an hon- " ist debt ; of course I can get it out of his es- a late, and-" ?; Butt-Cut didn't finish the sentence, for s ust at this point Bob, tho corpse, slowly f raised up in his shrod, and stretched out his a inns toward thc old rogue, as if to clutch o lim, yelled : d " You are an infernal old liar, and if-" p The din and roar drowned the rest, and old j v Stitt Cut didn't wait lo see or hear anything c nore, but with the hurried exclamation, v ' g?ddlcmity," be shot through tho door, hur- t .ied io his home, " packed h?3 traps," aud not s mly left thc neighborhood but the State of v 3eorgia, forever. r T- t ?J^*7* In lfiCil the radicals declared that ihe President had power, by asimple proc- ' ! tarnation, to emancipate -1 OOO.; JO of slaves. I [n 1867 they deny that L. br?s he power to t remove ? member of his cabinet. ' J i MM. mi ????PB---^^?-.-11 ? i_ From the Hound Table (It'p ) Can Wc Educate thc Negro ? Education is tue- only legitimate basis tho suffrage. It is the ha' it of men ? strain for notoriety by advocating extrem to obscure by clouds of rhetoric tho sim] fundamental truths which ought, for the sa of good government, to be kept clearly view. Americans arc said to be habitual dazzled by success and to despise history, b they cannot avert by ignoring the cons quencos that reason and experience ensure result3 of a given line of policy. Nothing more cert?in than that thc lower the avcra Iatelligcnco of its electors, thc lower will 1 the character of a representative assembl The character of our national govem?ie has been sinkirgdor a qua;ter of a centui in obedience to this law. The Congression standards of morality, intellect and cultti; have depreciated in about the frame relati' degree. Ignorant immigration, the corruptk of cities, the universal and debasing pursu jf more wealth-in the absence of other a tainable objects of ambition-a/e. 'among th causes of a degeneracy wliichihtelligent pe< pie cannot fail to see, and which, if candil they freely admit. At 'this-juncture, whe the weakness and dangers which substrat from the benefits of cur system are airead lugmer.tcd to an alarming degree-a degre which leads many of our wisest thinkers t iespair of the permanent success of ihn Jj8tem-it is deliberately proposed to take step which, by vastly increasing the collectiv gnorance of constituencies, promises to jrayate in a similar ratio the evils thus dc pbred. It is proposed to admit to the frar chisc something like a million of colored mer most of t hem emancipated slaved, and to leuv sn our already deteriorating national a'serr bly with the clements such a ineai-ure is cal eulatcd to produce. That this can be don ind the national edifice still hold together fo some time longer, may bc possible, enougl Thc discontent that comes of conscious dc jradatiou is, perhaps, an essential precurso ff revolution, and a community which ac :epts with complacency-or with cyuica ipncby-the presence iu Congress of thieves ?amblers, and pugilists, may assent to thei tssociation with new members quite proba ?ly their superiors in morality il not in colo: ff their skins. But the indifference whicl night tolerate such a Condition of thing ?vould be unlikely to last. Those who wis! .0 retain power seldom weigh or take heed o the ultimate consrquencea to others of tb< neatnres they adopt for thc purpose. Th gnorance of thc great muss of Am?ric?n vo fcis, CTCTI ;r vr.. * claim for them 'super^ofi ti iver the commonalty of other nations, br ??bjtc?s of ethnology and historical analogy 5 .'limos- as great nc their ignora-.ce of polit cul economy j and Ibu exhaustion of agr?ai ivar, Lhe stress of laraticisia, lim reluctant' jl the dominant party lo forego muht whicl. may protract its tenure, and a Certain sym pathy fer thc much wronged black nice, unite with this ignorance to gain the popular usent to a measure whose proportions uui significance the popular mind does uol un lcrstand. But thc instincts of race are string, inti with thc uneducated liny arc apt 11 run ?nie bitter prejudice. The more we lower jur representative assembly-and the pro less .-ceins a graduated inevitability-the greater thc risk that this prejudice, how hal) smothered, will burst foi th into angry flames; White men will never confer.t, in the long run, to be ruled Ly black men; ami the ccn llict once begun, where will it end, and bow? . Among Certain classes of. thc community lialrcd ol' the negro ii a universal passion i passion which, .at one time; tinder strotii; ind misguided excitement, led, in New York. lo deplorable excesses. Whether ri;:ht or prong, this passion exists, li may be a sa| jtary instinct, it may bc an unreasoning pre iidicc ; but bc this as it may, thc scnt?rhi nt uust bc taken into account by those who vould rightly calculate social forces or co;i ilruct political innovations. Suppose, now, to lie population of New York should bc added m equal number of negroc7?, or, to perfect be intended analogy, a greater number in ;omc wards, a lesser in other?, so that on the vboic the two races should he numerically lalauccd. Suppose, millier, the franchise to ie equally conferred upon ell. The political es?it would then bc what, it is proposcl to .ting about iii some cf the Slates of the Jnion. How long would it last in one case, ind how long is it likely to last in the other? dr. Lincoln, with his homely sagacity, per icived all thc difficulties of a reply. Ile hts eft upon record distii.ct and explicit warn iigs against thc concession of a suffrage lo lie black race. He knew the question must trise, that its decision in thc affirmative would tc strongly ia the interest of thc dominant .arty, that such a decision could never bur? noniously and peacefully bc carried into ef cct ; and to escape thc difficulties of the ?roblcui he even contemplated wholesale de portation. Are our present Republican lead ?rs wiser than he? This will hardly be ad mited, but thc inference from their proposed ...lion must be that they think so. Like nany others of their countrymen, men like Jr. Wade appear to believe that because the i-ar is over ar.d ile Union preserved, the ilillennium is at hand. Perhaps it ?sj but ii thc meantime mankind, with their boppj nd fears, their passions and their interests: re just, what they were before. Immigration s adding to tho rapportions of igncir.ai.ee and cupidity among the laboring classes rather u-ler than ?ducation is diminishing them, nd in this respect wc ore worue, not better iff than bef rc the war-which is no: a con- ( litton favorable to tho division of political tower between antagonistic races; bu other- , .ise, save in a growing popular impatience of , oustitutional restraints, or rather, perhaps , ire should say, a growing popular indifference- \ o their disregard by public men, we are sub- ? LantiaHy unchanged. Thc number of people j kdio hate slavery without loving the negro is j irobably what il was five years ago-no more, s io les3. The specious plea that tho black t nan must \c armed with a vote for self-pro- ( ??lion is perhaps more generally believed io j han heretofore;, that this means thc protect; | ion of tho Radical party may be hiss com- ( no n'y suspected. Our own conviction hag I j been a:jd still is thar, just as slavery did mc Barm (if less wrong) to the whites tnan the blacks, so will the franchise in bia hands do more harm to thc latter than t former. The experiment may not end, some predict, in the absolute destruction the- negro race ; but so long as whites ai blacks are what they are on this continent, longdo wc believe their permanent and peac ful association upon tho basis of enforced s cia! and political equality to be utterly hop less and impossible. Why, then, can wc not educate the negrc The question is Datural, plausible, and lu mane. Why not ? The objection lies in ot of the most amazing discrepancies that h? ever existed between theory and practice, is said that we can form no just idea oft! negroes' capacity for development because the protracted oppression to which they ha; b,een subjected. This seems rational enoug] But we cannot forget that for centuries tl African race, master of its own destinies upo its own continent, has made nj progress wha ever, bu1 "eraains snnk in the very lowe; depths o^ barbarism. All that can be sai to this is that contact, association, minglin; with a higher race, will produce different r< suite. But morally, intellectually, and ph] sically, this contact, while only temporarily benefit to thc inferior, seems invariably to b a detriment to the superior race. Are nt tions to be expected collectively to iubmit t ? degradation from which individuals ar justified in shrinking ? The conditiou of th mongrels in Mexico is a solemn warnin agaias1, an admixture which ends only in de striictitin. ID is true that opposite races ar not compelled to intermarry because they vol together; yet this, which sounds conclusive means little or nothing. The Spaniards sui fieienlly despised the Indians at the time c thc conquest of Mexico, but the blood wer mingled notwithstanding to produce what w now see. Perhaps it might be well to let th negro alone for awhile. Perhaps it would b well, before undertaking either to educate o enfranchise him, to try to educate those wh already have the suffrage. Tho number c grossly ignorant persons who vote is incread .:g, and increasing relatively to thc who! vote thrown. Already thc intellect, the taste thc culture of the country are swamped, au< couut for little or nothing in iis governmen hr prog:ess. is it wise to carry this state o things t.till further-to place all power stil more rcservrdly in thc hands of the ignorant tho debased, aud the needy? Possibly it ii inevitable Perhaps it is altogether iosepa rabie from institutions l.ke ours that thei - - J ?nuu;d ?oVerOpe downwards in progressiv? decadence outil the lowest deep is attainci and the na;ion is ripe for despotism. Wc would gladly hope for better things j bu1 when Humanism is -oposcd os a bait to tht pnpubic . by a leader of one faction and re pudiation i> similarly suggested by a Icadei of the (tiber, wo cannot doubt that the conn' try is almost prepared to accept extension .1 the franchise in any and every direc tion; regardless of education or consequences, and can sc-e litige promise in tho future, or at least until our cra/.d oi'mob-worship lias run Its feverish course aud br. ught its u-r.::l fruits. - -- .* ? UTI MTVOF BKAIIDS.-There arc more solid inducements for wearing thc beard than the mere improvement of a man's personal ap pearance, :'.:id tho cultivation of such an ai-i to the every-day? diplomacy of iii'?. Nature, combining, as site never fails to do, the use ful with the ornamental, provides us with a far better respirator than science could ever make, and one that is ic vcr so hideous lo n-earas f lint black seal upon the face thai IcKiks like a passport to the realms of suffer: ing and death. The bair of the moustache not only absorbs li.o tn uMure and miasma of ibc fogs-; but i; strains tire air from tho duit ind ?oot of our groat cities. It acts aro in he most scientific manner, by l iking heal from the warra breath as it lt ave:, the chest, m.i supplying it to ike cold air In ken in. Jt s not only a rest-itv.!or, bul with the beard >nlire we aro provided with a comforter as ?ell ; and these tire never left at lunn.-, like dm umbrellas, and all ?uch appliances; when iver they are wafted. M IkU and Living .tone, the African explorers, and many othcT travelers, say that io thc night no wrapper ian equal ibo beard. Thc remarkhblc thing s, too, that the heard, like the hair cf the lead, proltcis against the heat of the sun ; jut, more than this, it becomes moist with ;he perspiration, and then, by evaporation, ?O'JIS the .skin. A man who accepts this jro'.cclion of nature may face tho rudest itorm and the hardest winter. Bc may go 'rom the hottest room in the coldest air with >Ut any dread ? and. we verily believe he night almost sleep in a morass with itnpuni ;y; at least, bis chance of escaping a terrible ever would bc better than his beardless com union's. MARMAUE AND DIVORCE-In the small state of Couneclicuk it is stated that no less han ( .ur hundred and eigkty-eigot divorces ?ave been granted durirg the past vtar. fine lawyer in the Connecticut Legislature ?aid in a debate that he bad himself procured vi thin thc year three divorces for one wo llan ! Connecticut has been called the " land ii .steady habits." and there was a period j ?/hen ihe boast was a just one, but according o '.?.is showing, it must hive fallen from its ira. estate. The relations of polygamy among ho Orientals, and even in Utah, arc really nu:? respectable than such a state of things, ri acTCral of thc Western States the same Icraoralizibg leniency exists in granting the Involution of the marriage lie. And even in ? he great Sta'c of New York, where the law | cquircs the safeguard of actual residence, nd presciboa only infidelity to the marriage 1 ow, desertion for five years, or great person ] .1 cruelty ns tim justifying causes of divorce, i t is sr:d that so close a secrecy may be main- < ained in proceedings for divorce that parlies 1 oineiimcs find themselves divorced before ( 1 hey have learned that proeecdingc have been ! < ininrnencucl. Thc advertising columns bf the I sew Voik papers contain cards of certain nt- ? orneys riv offer to procure divorces with >ut publicity, and .these men manage thc < preliminary proceedings so as to make it ap- i pear th ut the defendant had boen duly sum moned, when probably the only notice ban been published in an obscure corner of an obscure newspaper which the defendant has never seen. The court turns the case over to a refferee, who. in some obscure office, listens to tx parte testimony, reports cause of di Yoree to the court, and the latter then grants the separation. Tho very purposes of the marriage law are defeated by these devices ol fraud and secrecy. Tho welfare of society demands that all the proceedings for a divorce; should be prominently published in leading journals, and be thoroughly investigated in open courts. All history establishes the in timate relation-between national morals and soundness of the marriage tie. There has been no more invariable precursor of ruin ol liberty than the prevalence of licentiousness, and there can be no greater incentive to licentiousness than to permit these marriage relations to be readily dissdved.-Ballimore Sun. The Radical Defeat. The Savannah Republican (Congressional Reconstruction advocate), draws the followin conc'.u-ions from the Radical defeat in Cali fornia: The defeat is ominous in another sens and we presume the wise men of the Repub bean party, such statesmen as Fessenden and Trumbull, will perceive the truthfulness of what we aro about to utter. In nearly every Southern Stats there are to be found to-da. regiments of just juch men as Gorham, and corps of men without either brains or charac ter, who arc vo?ilercusly seeking to repre sent thc Southern people. These men are very loud in their professions .of love for the colored race, have au unlimited amjunt of friendship for tho Government and fairly adore Thad. Steven?3 proscriptive wing of the Republican party. Place these adventu rers once in power and we have the spectael in every Southern State o? an ignorant usur per seated on a throne, wielding a sceptre placed in his hands by the votes of a rabble and surrounded by a council of petty tyrants whose chief delight would bo in trampling under foot the sacred rights of good and true men. lt is not iu the nature of things that such a piar of political degradation should be carried out any more successfully in the Southern States than in California or any Northern State. The day is uot far distani when it will bo made manifest to the Repub Hean party that, with all the gorgeous trap pings and paraphernalia of party pow<?r, it is impossible to force the well meaning South ern people, who are as._ well-disposed towarri the Government as could reasonably be ex peeled (all things considered), to calmly sub mit. to much lesa to sanction the elevation to positions and power of a corrupt class of mei who already boast, ihat :1" ever invested wrti authority they will rule i 1MMr political oppn nonis with an iron rod. .Thc recent Amnesty proclamation which ha? emancipated so man; good and honorable men Irom an unjust re str.iint, will doubtless h PVC a salutary tUeCI in chocking ihe designs of these men. If the Republican parly h s any desire t succeed I? thc South, the}' must send us re gpectablc, la:(!:;'u' m -n >;s leader?, or be pre pared, wherever tho elections are held, io ?e< th? tableaux of California repeated. Net tb? i Northern or Southern nvn of honor, we si - eerely trust, will ever willingly become iht instruments ol' ,-,pprej>sion or corruption, airifi We cannot have one without '.he other. Thc Koomi Table <. ti Southern Pros? peels? The Hound Tobi': draws* terrible p ct:.rt of thc; condition of th^ South at the presen time, and paints to a yet more Corrib] . condi lion as sure to follow the elevation cf the ne ero to office. At the beginning of ibo artic!' i*, thus speaks ol thc present slate.of afiV.r at th? Sonth : ' . ''From whatever point of view- moral financial or political-we may regard tin1 Southern States, their situation is unspeaka bly deplorable. The effect of subjugation iv always deplorable. 3I?n ?-.?sc heart, and hop.-, and self reliance. Energies are paralyzed. Self respect L- lowered. From ihe inspiration ol" battling for a cause thou sink to mere vul gar self-seek mg aid greed; and oftenest it happens lb.it, the nobler objects of life, being abandoned, they plunge recklessly into debase pleasures and degrading .sensualities. Vee Vieth! It' the v'mtors be not, what the vic tors seldom are, magnanimous and generally mindful of their sulj-.'ct thralls, " tho lost :auso:' soon becomes thc least of the regret* of thc more wise among the conquered, A lost people is an infinitely worthier subject ol sorrow. ln " Under their defeat, it cannot be deuiod tu thal the>SoUlberu people have behaved with "tn jrcat nobleness. Before the close of .thc war. '-" iicn at thc North as well as at the Souih be an icved that the surrender of the Southern ;!n trades would be followed by a guerilla war OTU of years, yet from the duy of Johnson's Pr lUrrendcr not one outrage has occurred such a had with reason been anticipated. The ;ause of this is twofold. The Southern peo- . 3le were always a martial people ; and how- - :ver wo may sneer at their chivalry-which . loubtless w?s an element both of weakness . ind of strength--we must at least concede ?R. hat they possessed the virtues as well us th. ' lefects of thc martial nature." ' It concludes as follows: ?<? With a penniless negro legislation to tax, mt md defenceless white men to bc taxed, the 0", ssue cannot Iorg be doubtful, lu every j|, lounty laxes will le laid in the same way by th? legroes upon white men. In ihe towns and rc< lilies negro councilmen will vote themselves arge salaries, create unnecessary offices for jurpo5cs ot plunder, and for like ends under- Th akc enormous jobs of fanciful public im- chi irovenient. Justice administered by negro no nagislnites will be a farce ; redress of wrongs liv viii bc impossible. Liberty of outrage! will lyr )e amply secured. The liberty of death will OO1 >e the only liberty secured to mon whose em ?rime is that they were bora white." inj -? - the gy^C Tredegar Iron Works at Richmond, be Va., coveting:eight acres of ground, employed coi luring the past mon til six hundred hands, no md disbursed $25,000 in wages. or Coming South. A letter from Des Moines, Iowa, 5ays : " A ?cat many people ia this regiou Lave a cle re to go South to plant cottoa. Governor tone, o? Iowa, bas just retuned from Alabama, id says there never was a greater opening r capitalists than is now presented at tbe Duth, and advises his friends to invest there.'' Thus we begin to seethe first ripples of the dc which is to flow over and to fill up our icant and half cultivated lands, to redeem ir waste places, and to give new growth to ir cities, and add new vigor to all our indus ial enterprises. Place the State back in ie Unic.i, give her discreet and houest Iaw akers, enforce with rigor and impartiality ie laws when made, cease political agitation, . m?.ke it subservient to some practical good, id wo should soon have such a flood of the sst population pouring in upon us as would deem th.e South from thc lavages of war, id piace heron the highway to greatness and ealth.-National Republican. JEFFERSON DAVIS AND HIS TRIAL.-A Rich. oiid correspondent of the Tribune writes :. " Some are o? the belief tbere will be no ?al, and tint Davis will either bo included i the forthcoming amnesty, or be will be par Jned specially by the President. Others as ?rt that it never was intended that Davis ?ould bc tried when he was released on bail, id that he will remain out of reich where 3 is, in Canada, or goto Europe. But these .e mere conjectures, based on noshing more ian the peculiar opinions arid prejudices of| ie parties. From an authentic source.I have lason to stati that Davis will oe tried at the ovember term of the United States Circuit ourt here, a ad that be will be forthcoming , that time. " The counsel for tho defence will declare emsclves ready for trial. The Court will gni/y its assent in the same manner. The overnment will ask for time under the pre nce of being unprepared-a shift to get out ' the trial. The Court will then say it will ; in session for a considerable period, which ?ll afford the Government ample time to .epare, and if its representatives fail to pros mte tho prisoner before the term of the ourt expire, it will ii? that case probably .'clare the prisoner discharged, iu the absence thc prosecution. Such will most probably 2 the programme cf the long expected Da s trial, and such tho upshot of it in cas,e of | ic failure of Government to substantiate iu larges. The country will then be rid of a irions incurnbrance." Judge Underwood doubtless inspires this, r.d it is the best disposition, for all hands wc ness, that can be made of Davis-New York xpress. -? ? A n-visF. FivDS His WAY HOME AFTER AN BSENCK OF FOUR YEARS.-Mr. Groen Trip :. of Fleraiugaburg, Kentucky, sold a horse i a man who was buying horses for the ?.vernmcnt carly in the war. Thc same >rse was taken to Cincinnati and soid to i officer in thc United States army, and in-e hat time nothing has been heard of m until a few days ago, when he relumed the furiu f Vir. Triplet, who had raise*] rn-from a colt. The horse was four years d when he h fr, and now returns ager! eight sirs, having bivn on quite a tour since Lc t his Iioiiie. Where hu came from, or bo-w ; managed-IO find the placo of his birt h, is volved in mystery. Mr. Triplet is an excellent hand with irsiis/and it is supposed that the animal ns badly treated, and having evaded thc .??lance nf his masters, has relumed to the >me of his choice. This horse was absout ur long yours in distant and strange lan ls. :d how he managed to Gnd his way back mic is rjuiie a problem for the naturalist, his is a remarkable illustration of the won* rftil inst i ter, possessed by ibo horse, it iowa that ibo horse is possessed of a won >iful instinct, and that years do not wipe ir hi* memory. GENERAL GRANT WILL NOT BK PRESIDENT, -A Washington correspondent of the New otk Keening Post says: '. Au officer of General Grant's staff relates conversation which bc bud willi the Gi n al a few days ago, wherein thc General re arked, concerning the talk of making Lim resident, lliat "he would not be President the United States if the opportunity wire feted ; that bc was no politician ; that he j ted politics j that, so fur as reputation and inor were concerned, be thought he ought be satif-fied with what of these he already j ned ; nat holding the cflBco of President mid mar his present comfort and drag him to the storms and excitements of politics ; at as the General of the army he had all e work le could do, and time enough to joy the comforts ol bis family and home, d that he, as a soldier, had gained friends ougb lu the country without now Geekinga ice where bc should gain no more, but obablv Lise those whem he had gained." THE COOLIE TRADE und its abuses arc ex ing uttemion in China. Thc coolie trade Macao is declared by the British tiuthori s at Hong Kong to bj ai organized slave tlc. The emigration is not voluntary. Thc happy coolies arc kidnapped and forced o slavery by traders. The only way to pe with the evil, it is thought, will be to jhibit coolie emigration altogether at Hong mg. and thc Chinese Government will bo tmorialttsed to that effect. So long as thc igratioa from Hong Kong continues, the icao Government it is said, will pretend it their trade is conducted under the samo relations. How to get rich-stick to your business, ere is a man in New York city who has a icken stall at one of tho markets.. He is w reported to be worth $2,000,000. Ho ! j es in a large brown stone palace-on Brook i Heights, the furniture for which cost $120,< D. Ho attends to thc sale of his own chick 3, never taking breakfast at home, but corr, ; over to the market every morning betwen ! 1 ! hours of four and five o'clock. He can seen every day, standing behind a marble inter, with a white apron tm. In the after on, ho drives out, with his wife and family, a few ; friends, in an elegant carriage. The Bore of the Sanctum. BY JOHN 0. SAXE. Again I hear tho creaking stop ! IIo's rapping at tho door ! Too well I know thc boding sound . That ushers in a bore. I do not tremble when I meet Tho stoutest of iny foes ; But Heaven defond mc from the friend Who comes but never goes. Ile drops into my casy-chair, And asks about the news : He peops into my manuscript, And gives his candid views; * He tolls where he likes thc liae^ And where he's forced to grieve ; He takes tho strangest liberties But uever takes his leave. Ho reads my daily paper through Beforo I have seen a word : Ho scans tho lyric (that I wrote,) And thinks it quito absurd ; He calmly smokes my last cigar, And cooly asks for more; Ho opens everything he-secs Except tho entry door. He talks about his fragile health, And tells me of the pains He suffers from a score of ills, Of which he ne'er complains ; And how he struggled once with earth - To keep the fiend at bay ; On themes like those away he goes But nevor goos away ! He tells rn?, of tho carping words Somo shallow critic wrote, '"" And every precious paragraph Familiarly can quote. He thinks the writer did me wrong, He'd like to run him through ! Ho says a thousaL J pleasant things Bat never says " adieu.!" Whene'er bo comes-that dreadful man Disguise it as I may, I know, that like an Autumn rain, He'll last throughout the day. ? ? In vain I speak of urgent task?, Ia vain I scowl and pout ; A frown is no extinguisher It docs not put him out ! I mean to take tho knocker off ; Put craps upon thc dcor : Or bint to John that I am goce To stay a month or more. I do not tromblo when I meet Tho stoutest of my ftes; But heaven defend mc from from tho friend Who never, never jrocs ! A Discarded Daughter! Wc lind the following incident recorded in a tfew York paper : A gentleman residing in this city, not many ' miles from tho stronghold-, of what may be called <; upper tendoin," lias a daughter some where in the neighborhood of seventeen sum mers, tall, majestic and finely formed-more pulpy and voluptuous than is generally ac corded to one of her year.-:. Her mother died in 13G1. The father is lich. nobbisb, retired, and very reserved -iii his Vays. She has a step mother who has Leen confided to a:i in valid bed fur over two years ptist, but she bas always seemed tobe friendly lober "step childs'' as site has so frequently cal ed htr. The daughter possesses much beauly, is the owner of two evil looking, bine eyes, and is remarkably t: forward' ?nail manner of ways. Uiiring'tbe past year she has been not only extravagant, but very imprudent, immoderate in her vehemence, wayward in actions, ried wicked in design. 'A devil in petticoat ' is no harsh natue for brr, taking into considcra tiou the incidents of some of her startling episodes; for certainly -he bas been a 1 b;g bill of expense' to some one ! First of all, she purchased a spin of horses and ordered thc bill to be presented to ihe father, it was paid. " She then reined her steeds furiously about town, having sometimes a boy or a giri with her. Hearing that a prominant man had madia public remark that *no woman could ever drive' him, and sh'! khowii g him, drove up in front of his place of business, called tmt for him, and when be made his ap peal ance, she invited bim to take a ride be hind her high spirited ttccds; which'favor was accepted'. " I drive nry own team," seid she, ?is bo was about io handle the reins, t?;id in ti ?illy <.<!' ?he went, driving Curiously through the public thoroughfare-', turning corner.-, "rapidly short,'' while be endeavored to tell her that she was too "fast" altogether, btu what cared she ! When he was fair-y landed in front cf his place of business, she spoke up in the presence of a dozen or more gentle men: <: Whenever you make another asser tion that nc woman can drive you, b?.r me out," md bowing, c?' sho drove. Next she got tc drinking huge horns of old brandy at bom ?nd abroad, and using profane lunguage o :he public streets, wbenevor anything crosse KT path, thinking it would be overlooked b ;ausc she was a rich man's only dangbte From this sac g)t to carousing in dive ?vays, turning male company out of thc hon i ?ooo after they had called, assorting that s!.. lidn't want any ganders about. Talk to be vhy, her father's reprimands were hissr icorned and laughed at, as so much nonsens' )ut bc told her, last for all, that her action vere intolerable, her profligacy tcrriblo, ai i itop she must-which threat she passionate!;, lurlcdback in language unbecoming a lunatic, nucb more a woman cf her culture originally, vheu both lather and stepmother agreed that ho would be thc ruination of them both. Jhe, ia the absence of the former from tho tty, called around ber in tho family mansion :crtain characters, none too good in morals, omc half dozen of both sexes-and thus, in ' losed rooms, under thc very roof where an uvalid relative could hardly move, unless as istcd, a scene occurred, which was kept ui he outirc night, of a most licentious and de railing nature. On the return of the father, md after learning the particulars, she was liscarded at once, driven away, and is now uaking a sinful living, pretending not tocare or mau or thc devil." A STEVENS' OI-INION.-C. L. Vallandig iam made a speech at Ripley, Ohio, one day ast week, in which he said he had ?eec a etter from Thad. Stevens to President John ion, asking for tho release of Clement C. Clay, u which Stevens said that uo man 'could be egally and constitutionally convicted of trea son, and that,:therefore, the sooner these men .vere let go thc bettor.