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mm/t jg WP- 'm . THOS..J. ADAMS, PROP'E. J VOL i.-NO. a THE BELLS Al KUSS I HE SNOW. 0 Christmas, merry Christmas'! It is ?eally co nj? ?gain, j With its DjenjurieK. ?nd greetings, With its j ?y and with it* nain. There's a min^r in the carol. ' And a shadow in ter iigbt, And a spray ot cypress ;'.vining With the bolly wrcnth to night.. And the hush ?s never broken By laughter light and low. As we listen in the o'.'ir!:^ht To the "btlly acre ss the -r.ow." . 0^Chr??fma8. mprrv Christma? ! 'Tis not so very !<">ng Since other voices blended In the enrol xml . ?.irg ! If we could nit, he-ir i bern singing As they are sistine ?ow, If we could bul see tte .-..lining Of the crown on ??eli dear brow. There would be no s-ich to smolhf r, No hidden tear to H w, As we listen in the starlight To the " bells ocrcss the snow." O Christmas, merrv Christmas ! This it nevei nitre a n be; "We cannot I ring again ihe.daya Of oar anabadhwed u'-^t. But Christmas, happy Christmas, Sweet herald of gu-, d will, With holy songs ot gi ?ry, Brings holy gladness still . For peace and in pe maj brighten, And patient l"Ye may ^iuw, As we listen m ?be start-gh i To the " bel!? ?.cross I br SLOW." TBE IMHTOh'ft tatisTWAS^ Dr. Alexander Audover threw him self into the big leather covered ctmir before his effive fir* with a we.,ry sigh. He was A fine j. oking man ol 30 ; not h?tideome, bur {?oble atd manly looking-T-one to be trusted forever, witn hits ' road, white brow and grave, clear, ry. ay ' eyes. BH lips-, too, under tin? tali biowa ba?rd, i were as fine HS a woman?, without ? lacking in etreugib und ri.'Di.'ie?-?. Dr. Andover 8 wKs OU- of those grand, kit dly natures which seen? i made ior lendern and conifor?en?. But fate bad lamely ft owned upon him. The bank io which the greater p*n of his snug little fortune waa deposit ed had tailed, and directly upon thru came the news thai t:uate mining etock in which Le ?.K? icveeled w;-?. worth j less, or near-y eo. The doctor did j not. le?r poverty bias* if-practice brought Lim ? comfortable income,' for th? ri?:h appreciated him >us well aa the pour-but mi U s ?way ?u .-. dis tant ci y there ww? a lovel j girl whom he had hoped to c-tii v. :tr- by Christ mas time Agni veiny, (,.;u^h ,.ot wealthy herte l, had been extravn gantiy educa:td by her uu?ie, io whose luxurious ho.-u;- ch?? Jiv^d. ii had never cpietiioned ii tie kr??** anything abbat work-Tic; idea in connection with Maud Everleto wa? absurd. He IUU-I givti :?<-r up; lhere Was no doubt lu his mina abc-u* that. Il-: contd not ?u-? arr to ehf.re the fate a pour ; hy sic:-in who dc pended upon kn: tera-?ur ?? livi?g. So Dr Andover bi, \ v.r,?u ?, Le:r * brave-??ir^wp?i !??vr j- st H Z?C:,;'I be *he> time ; v . itrji weil '? > . ..? ^ci ol ^E?V .?lu'fe? 11. rt ts, j?e??ng htr' lnia ber engage TJt^vy-ejt-hiXO.-ij?b.-.d received j:o answer, altbt-ugu u LUW 0:.mi maa-week. He. txperiet?c?d a ti un sense of desolation M..od had not loved him, alter ail. The office fire smoldered to nthe.-, and still he eat there, still aud ead, until Irom shetr exhaustion u? fell m to an uneasy slumber. A Lour mid night he awoke, aller: ??ely bu-mu g and ehiverint% while a du.i pan. throbbed iu his temples; <u?i -Alen his landlady Crime i'i me morning u> .Call him She ?0U1.U h:m -:n 'blt ty ?13 from his pillow, ?rVr-'.-h --.wi tait de lirious. Maud bad returnee!, the e. g ment ring. Dr Andover receive: the package in ellet-c;', awl ilif. Derby looked at ?>\m wttti a ete*u?i.i en expresi?n. "I thought yon would be please?!, doctor. I've come to k.o-v M <??;< Everleth'e handwriting, yon s?*e, -\ud I supposed ?.he hud seul yuii a Cu nm mus preseai Tho package caiae two days ago when you wno deiiriou , and I Kign-d th?: registty card nur made bold to send the i adv K leie ?ram, notifying hfr r,i your illness received a tele^n-m. ;ti return eta ting that MIKS Ever.eth vould star at once to cornu to yen. ?be t?l\ pxcbiibly be heit* toddy." "Today!" Mr. Andover listened to kind Mrs DerU' in bewilderment What did it all meau ? Christmas morning came*brigb ard ire-sty-a day after St. Nicholas own heart-and the doctor, a. tr fi' better, although weak and liguai opened his ejep t'? close tL.m ag?ii imme-diateiy with a tillie pang. Tdd was to have been Lir wedding day The laidl'idy, who had been like ? mother to Lim. cane pr-eently, wit. a very smiling expresmon upon he broad face. - Jtl-iuy ol his grateful patients ha remembered bim with ?'tif 1 ? ttl Christmas token, and Mrs Derby ba placed them apon the *ujaii eUtrd n -ids bedside, but. m w she held in ht hands a nm-il i pack*ge addrew-ed t him in a l?m Inr lady's hired an registered in >? distant ci'y. With tre m lilil?.! ii-g?iy be tore *( the wrapper ti t?..e liny package, nt; opened a jeweler's caye. 1 bete opt ita bed oi pur^e Irfy H \>: i-, gf>! fitiger ring, extraordinarily wide, ii inside of which was completely co ered with fine lettering. And T Andover read then* the grand o scriptural worde which had arisen the bearl of the ??ir1, who thus pro ed herself worthy ol Lim, when k letters had come to her alter mai weary days ot delny : Eutreat me not to leave thee, or to i turn from following ai;er thee ; ter whil er thou geest I will go, end where th lodgest 1 will io?.'ge ; thy people shall my people, ard thy God my God ; wb< f ion chest 1 will rise, aud there will 1 buried; the Lord do so to mo and rn1 also, if aught Lut death pa?t me s It was nearly noon when Ma herself came. She bad removed 1 wraps in Mrs Deiby's room, and ter a light tap cn tte Eick man s di she ebtered. Alexander Andover he'd tbouj her lovely in her exqui-ite party t carnage and home tniets; but ne had she seemed eo Bweet and graci and womauly aa now, when in plain gray traveling costume, lovely face a little pale with ; ness and excitement, her monti uious, and her dark eyes p with solemn light, she glided ewiic, noiseless way across th< ? to hm fide. "My darling! Myownswee ; hearted darli? g I" cried the ; clasping both arms about ht '? drawing her face down to his < And presently, alter the first : i?:g was over, Miud explained : : " Y<>nr letter waa ' delayed i; j wny. I did not get it until a ! 'xso. You remember the grea ol gold you sent me from Cal j two years ago? Well, when : vour letter I took that gold i j - Weier and had it made into i j And rheo after I received Mrt by's telegram I . made uncle p: tu bring me to you at once. 1 have come alone if he had not with me,'horrible and unconve i al as ojy iashionable friends 1 j bavn called me. Why, Alexi i what a ?Hy butterfly y u m asl j thought me! Do you think I ' ' csir? for richea without you ? A . you think I am good for notbin j te dat?e the german and pla; [ piano? I assure you, sir," and : abo doubled one small, white ha I a threatening manner under his i note, '"this hand which you cot j so wenk and usvlees can make : delicious bread and pies and c* ? Can even make beda and sneep j wash dishes. Aunt Alice nevei j lected the most impor ant ? art ( j education, and I am sure I ! make a most excellent wile for a j man-that is, Alexander," and j sue flu hed up gloriously, " if j will b ve me." I Pr. Andover smothered the ! word against his ?boulder, ant j econ a? she could free herself : his unceremonious emtraceB she gan ar sw to coax and wheedle HMO Pome new plan of ber OWE which lie at first objected, but fi: yielded. The result waa that i o'clock that alternoon Maud Evei was made Dr. Alexander Andoi ... ?fe, arid at once asserted her thorny by taking upon herself dime?- ??! a curie. Ot c:ii2r>e under euch treatmen recovered rapid y, tn J every crew t'> apprtcia'e more at;d n !he loyally ai<d worth of ?be BV i' tie wom-xn who had not failed I lu bin dark hour ? -?o-- ? ' ?? ! tie KavcDoo^ Ltmattc hsyluu Tt.e amount of money propos?e be appropriated tuis year tor penni -.nd charitable instituions ."Saith Carolina is $168,438. ? Pea tentury costs but a trifle, i n? expected appropriation lor i D-??t Dumb and B.ind Aayium $10CM0. The Luffatic AeyJum Columbia, tht?eiore, swallows nearly the whole ol the vast s .?.hieb is asked for. There is nothi e?pyciaUy surprising' in this? Ii . tu.-* -to "ll? ?sBwi i'.T tat m?irj?enance of TEo~Asyn a?d the canstiuction o? additio: hulloing* was $151,515 42, and t r-aiim&ie of the Superintendent 1 ti?e prese.vs year-is $116,122. Tl includes $1S.422 lor completing t ceutrai bunding. The expense of the Lunatic Asylt is appalling. It cost6 nearly aa mu us the combined executive tad ju . i*i departments ol the State gove: m-rnt. It costs three times as mu as is p: o osed to be given ?p the oe cntiotial department, including t Appropriations for theCiiadel Aca< my and tte South Carolina Univer?i it cost last year nearly onehaif touch aa the interest on the pub iieot amounted to Uulees some w be lound to curtail us demands, l Lunatic Asylum, in a few years, Vi e ?i up the whole revenue of the St* Tue. ordioiry taxpayer will only fi -atety {rom crushing taxation by ta ing retrge in the Lunatic Asy:um. eeit. The truly crazy persons ? tbose who continue to pay taxes, a aro content to be BO imposed on. W e find no particular fault wi the mf.uagement ol the Asylum. T radical ot pction ia that there ?re 1 many persona lhere who are euppor! aud guarded at the expense ol 1 ? estate. Besides this, a considera! 1 uumber of persons obtain admiwi to the Any lum who are entirt I harmlees and need no aupervisii The KUperintendent says, in his purl, that a colored women, wa* s< t to the Asylum who is over 80 yei s ,,id, and whose " insanity is sic-; - dotage." From another county v . tem a young negro man who had b< it removed enly twenty four days ?. fore, and yho is a good natured i beeile who is able and willing to a -ift lu many simple industries. 1 li eupentiter dent says, too, that it r uut surprising that the death n should be high, aa the authorities i d compelled to admit, without discrii I? ni'ion, idiots, paralytics, dotar ?1 drunkards and epil?ptica, as well it ail classes ot the insane, fr It is expected that the avert n number o: inmates of the Asyl d this year will be at least 680. T i.uuibt-r, under tho present law, v ff include many persons who ought i al to be a charge upen the State, a ?? need not te sent to any Asylum. 1 .d -uperititcudent says : if .. It .ia oten charged that the A v ?um is ma:ntair.iiig at the expense '.- the State many persons who ors i ld fit subjects of its charity. It ia tr in but it in not our lault. No one is t v united except in strict conformity ii* the law. In this State there are ty institutions lor the defective clas except th9 Lunatic Asylum and I rc- Institution for the Deaf and Du; fa- ttUd Blind. There is no hospital o ou ?ide of Charleston. With few exci Bbs none, there is nowell appointed coi 'il ,v poorhouses, and in popular estie re tion it'is more respectable to be in I .nd Asylum than in the poorhouse. Hei it happens that many paralyti ud simple epileptics, natural imb?cil 1er per?ons help'essfrom o:d age, 8 af inebriates, and, in Bhort, all th Dor who are troublesome at home, i sent to the Asylum. If we dischai sht them they are soon recommitt ind Mun? of theoa are really objects ver charity, but their proper place is i nus in the Lunatic Asylum." her j This explains the nature of t her evil. Who is to blame? It is sorted, by the superintendent o Asylum that " the chief r?ej bihty rests with the physicians < l?tate." No persons can be adn to the Asylum except upon the ci cate of two physicians. Their e: nations are often hasty, and in conduct there is " a certain can ness which comes from a want ol predation of their real reaponsibil We are amazed that the Legisli does not take decisive action on subject. There ie wrangling anc bating for hours over a proposit? epend a few hundred or feW thou dollars with manifest advantag the ?State, but hundreds of thous of dollars are allowed to be swal ed up by the Lunatic Asylum \ oat protest, and almost without mark. lt ?B all very well talk 01 cha ble care of persons of -unsound rn and to peate of humanity and rest. Charity begins at home. T is no true charity in compelling State to take care of those who be taken care of j ust as well by t friends. There is no true charit burdening the taxpayers for the i [ of persons who are not lunatics, are only sent to the State Asylur save their friends the trouble and pense of looking after them, have always thought that each con should be made to pay for its < lunatics. 1 he responsibility will i come nearer home to the officers the counties, and they wilt be t jected to closer supervision. W the lunatics can be bundled off Columbia and can be taken care at the charge of the State, there much less inducement to be vi gili Indeed, some county officers n think that they show their smartrj by sending up a larger number lunatics than other counties can i ai ch. In ord?- to place the responsibi! for the over-crowding of the Asyli where it belongs, and at the sa time impose a wholesome check np those who are responsible for filb it, it is BuggeBted that the super tendent of the Asylum be requir to give ia his annual report, in cc nection with the name ol each paii< received, the physical end men condition of such patient ?nd t names of the physicians upon wh( certificate he was committed to t Asylum. Physicians are sensitive tbe criticism of members ol their ov profession, and will hesitate, it is I li^ved, before advertising their o? carelessness or incapacity by sencV< persona to the Asylum who are n proper subjects for the care of tb institution. The Board of Regents, in their r port, say that they urgently commet to the representatives of the peep of South Carolina "a liberal and co tinued care of, and consideration fo this institution, es appealing to the patriotism, their philanthropy az their Cbriatianity>*ith tbe frll u surancc that thejkApw ^-???j- Al fulfil the purposes of ?hese sacred 0} ligations." No one wishes to evad any proper obligation, but there is n obligation whatever to accept ell tb patients whom careless physicians 0 careless county officers choose to seo to Columbia to be maintained at tb public expense. An obligation quit as sacred as that of caring for tl lunatics is the obligation to exercit the strictest economy in spending th mon*y wrung by taxation from tl people of the Sute. In these timei the working men, in particular, fin it difficult to make both ends mee The Legislature may actually be tal ing bread from the working people < the State, ti - laborers and mechanic when it piles vx on tax for the Lum tic Asylum, instead of framing euc laws as will prevent any further in position upon the charity and libe al lty of the people. Growth of toe tat nolie I Borea, The third Plenary Council, new i eeesion at Baltimore, is made the 0 caeion tor calling attention to the r tnarkable growth of the Cathol Church in this country. In 17? there were 26 -priests, 10 church and 25,000 Catholics in the Unit< States. In 1808 the number bad ii creased to 70 priests, 80 churches ar 150,000 Catholics In 1852, whe the first Plenary Counci1 was held i Baltimore, the Catholic populatic was 3,500,000. The second Plenai Council was held fourteen years late and at that council there were 6 arc: i bishops and 37 bishops. At that tin i the number of Catholics was estiraat< to be 4,500 OOO. Between the sec or council aud the one now in Bessie the church bas had a growth that j eimply marvelous. The present com i eil is compelled cf 12 archbishops, ? ) bishops, 72 procurators, mitred a ; bots, supervisors of theological sen naries, etc., and about 100 priests , minor degrees. The Catholic pop s la'ion of the country is placed 9,000,000-by some writers at 11.00C e OOO-the number of churches is ov a 6 600 and the number of priests s pbout 6835. In New York St? ll alone there are about 1,300,000 Catii it hen. The Catholic population is n >? however, confined to the thickly se e tied portions of the country. In ti sparsely settled territonee they ou -number any Protestant sect. In D )f kota they number 10.000, while tl :t largest Protestant sect-the Luther e, uumbe.-B only 7,000. In Montai I- there are 12,000 Catholics, who O?J :o number sn y ot her Protestant eei 10 there are only 3,000. Even in Uti es their number ia 2,000, while of tl ie Methodist, the largest Protesta ib sect, there are only 500. The aim t? the present Plenary Council 13 to s< p* Us upon the means for governing tl n- vast and growing religious organs a- tion. That it is well qualified for i be work is generally admitted. It ce certainly composed of men of gre :B, experience and remarkable ability. ?8, " .-! "?" . '.. ad Rev. Mr. Talmage, m the course iee a Sunday eermon, said : ** When BVJ ;re den sickness has come and fiei ge cholera and malignant fevers ta jd. the castle? of health by etorm we t of peal to God, but in theee chronic a iot ments which wear out the streng j day alter day and week after we ,be and year after year, how little we : aa- ' sort to God for solsca !" Tbe Enforcement of lae Payccnt of Taies. The Tax Commission, whose report is DOW before the Legislature, gave particular attention to the methods cf enlorcing the payment of taxes on real estate, which have been found hitherto wholly insufficient." They eay that not a ?ingle tax -title Jbas ever been approved by any Court in this State. The Courts "hold the title to be ibe execution of a power, and, therefore, not sufficient tor the pur poses intended, unleBa all the. condi tions of that power have leen fully complied with. It is no exaggeration of expression to say that there ie probably Dot one case in a thoueand where ell the conditionsi of the power have been complied with." The Commission think it possible to amend the law so as to make the conditions necessary to aTalicf transfer of. title, by a sale for taxes, easily capable of proper proof, and recommend pro ceedings against the actual property taxed, with a sale by order ot Court. The Commission are confident that the Courts will sustain a title acquired in this way, atd in the Tax bill submit ted to the Legislature they define the ateos i reposed to be Uken. The plan of the Commission is that, immediately alter November 30, in every year, the county treasurer shall make a list of all delinquent taxes on real property, and summon all per sons having any right in any property, on which taxes are unpaid to show cause why the property Bhould not be sold under the lien of the State for taxes. On or before^cember 15 tho list and eommons must be tiled in the Court of Common Pleas, and be published, by advertisement, once a week for three weebB, in a newspa per published at the county seat. This advertisement is made a sufficient Bervice and commencement of action, and in lien of personal service. The different cases shall be tried at the next term of the Court of Common Plcae, the Court disposing .first of ac tiona where no cause was shown why the sales should not take place,, and making a eeparate decree in each ac tion for the eale of each tract or lot. Where the property is in default thit is, where no cause why the prop erty should not be sold has been shown-the property, *'or. as much 1 thereof SB may be sufficient,'' shall be eold at public auction under the direction of the Bhenff, at such time as the Court may direct, the sterifl executing .the purchaeer a deed which shall convey a title in iee of the property, and upon the produc tion ot which the purchaser shall be entitled to possession. The sheriff shall deduct from the proceeds ol ?als the costs and expenses and the amount of delinquent taxesj with eny : taxes which have accrued since, and shall then dispose of the remainder of the nrocseds as the. Court may di- j ?DHMBHMBBn^at' th? Auditor]^ :o the amou^BffHgWw^ffeii^^Hp with costs and expcnete. In cases ', where cause ia shown why the prop erty should not be sold, it ia required as a condition precedent that the re spondent shall deposit an amount sufficient to pay tbe taxes on the property, and the fifteen per cent, penalty thereon, to abide by the or der of the Court, and the Court on trying such ca es shall mrke such de cisi?n as shall bs "just and right and according to the substantial merits of the action." This in general terms is the manner in which the pay me ut o! taxes on real estate is proposed to be enforced. There is no question that it is desira ble to prevent the owners of real estate from evading the payment ot taxeB, but we fear the Tax Commis sion have not taken sufficient pains to protect the interests of persons other than those who are p.ctually ia ptS9essionof the property on which the taxes ?hall not. have been paid. It may be proper enough that all the interest of the defaulter in the delinquent property shall be sold absolutely, though there ought not to be any necessity to put the State in position to profit by the misfor tunes or oversights cf any of its citi zens. But what of the case of a per son who has but a life interest in the property ? If it be right to Bell his interest, it certainly cannot be right to sell aiso the interest of the person to whom the property should co upon the death of the person who is in de fault ?. has a certain estate for hie life. B. is to have the property ab solutely upon the death of A. B. is not in default in any way^but A. fails to pay the State taxes. Where is the justice of selling the estate out right and giving a clear title to C., when B. has not been at fault and has had, most likely, no notice of the default, or intended sale of the prop erty ? It will be practicable for A. to rob B. of his interest, nuder such proceedings. A. can allow the prop, erty to be sold by default, and, through his friend C., buy it for the amount of tho taree, penalties and costs, and so obtain fora trifling sum, in thu way, a clean title in fea simple. B wculd get absolutely nothing, and A. who was intended to have tho prop erty during hie life only, would b< free to dispoeeof it as he pleased. It is cot wise to arrange our tas lawB in such manner that the difficul ties in the way of borrowing mons; upon ths escurity of real estate eha! be ir creased. Non-residents certainl; will not lend money on real estate, i it is possible to sell that propert outright for the accumulated taxe upon that particular piece of propert] and on all other property ol the morl gagor. The lender who seeB that b: claim can be pushed aside Completel by the tar lien will be disposed 1 keep his money in his pocket. Whe property belongs absolutely to tl taxpayer who is in default, it may 1 proper to sell the property outrigl by a summary process when the taxi shill have remained unpaid for ot or two years. But we see no justit or good" policy in allowing mortgag or other special liens to be nulhfie The mortgagee or other person i terested should have the right to pi the taxes at any time within five ten years, and collect the amount u der the mortgage or other lien. [ is not nec?jjs?r? th? taxes shoo Id , be aJiowectio'? isolate, and a sim pie ?Jeanfl,cpalisvi8ed,we should think,- Tphefeb/BO?a otuer than fhe taxpayer^U who have an interest ia: the.-arty shall be noti fied of the ?e'ftf d be given ample ! i opportunity' tMf?tr themselves. \ It may be tlke^Kon ot' the Tax I CpmmiBeio^^TJ^v^kg djffi. | caltiea we? 9o? J? means of tbe ??haB^ which hftve beH^fW^^anoDnt for which W>PertyTa eold, ihe ? alance ehali'BPpsed of as the Court majr^Mri?B, however, is Bot very' dJePd there is no as f?T^i^&?5*7 wil1 be flold at ita io]] ..TM What ja necessary is that the.SijabH be enabled to coUact the hf ithin a reasonable tine; and l?he rights ol' the owners o/ ^ty, and the rights of those who Kfiji^bwpon ii, sha}] be protected. All this i? jeafiy to accomplish, perhaps, but t. States have had euch difficol?i?we now\ieet with, and their Idi $n. which the Tax Commie8?on?i? etudied, will help the Legielafio > overcome the diffi coltiea. 'J* The \fpSpbsfiioo. The aajrn?*!*rf' the Buildings-. Me?lc?'a ka?7A View 0f the ?lids. Mr. Joaqojciler, under the date of flew OrJeaakcember 22, writes an intereeiing ir to the Pittsburg ?ttpatch in rt*d to the World's h-xpoeitioa, .^y lo open, from wirl?h the fc/ing txtracta arc taken : i . It ia a fact t?foo could put near 17 the entire biings of Paris and Vienna which o devoted to iheir Jaira into the vT^uilding 0f the New Orleans Cition. It is about one-third Jarochan that of the Centennial at s??c?e]pbia. It is bj all odds the Wt edifi-eof which history gives iy account. The Coliseum.at &? a structure which gave a word to i^rorld by which io cxpreea magc#, does not com pass half as audace as this Ex position at Nf-Orleane. But ol conree thisja^as lohy. and sob stantiaJ as the. O^?m. wa*. The enginee lighting the tremendoue tl eration at the nial by the ? General Grant mg tho exhibit wearies of these lude. Bri?y^j rangement ia OJ-J worthy ci .th a ; ' paed: after it S splendor. Oai^he loTdmgthe whoi Great ^is^rp ?t?urr' .. . place might be' lemplating the voJved. We ha ty five aerea 0 you will go out try to find a fieJ._ seventy-five acre^ feeble eort of w>. htre we have on re cou D( ry ac arge as thi you can in son understand th) -w "vs "ave WU , -' sal work that ev?a tbe mo8: colc To me the bet J"* . b-6t, most impret-bere? i] most marveloue ilve; moet beautifi can be brought L a11 ?bat ia here, ancient and widf8* ld ,be arm7 stand in solemn "^"gbed oaks lb and priestly gai06, "*Q their ?r goard the eipuei?ent? 0I" mo8a * and down to the00 ,bu,ldlog8 abc swift river. Bt*0 of tbe gn ?ere, gold and ?? wbat 7?" n things, ? ibu JI and precie these gray old f:rn 'irom tnem ali sive Druids fox^ried aud injpr companionsh'p^' conternPlat'oa * j Theee wonder . ~ .. , I long been ceJe;Ql Drmd oake hi ! booka el travei/aTtefl in "oog ? what famous tri Cflnnot say r but I think it wfeier deacribes th? or Baron von H*Li_n ,Bavard Tayli of them, but I Jmboldt'e book I r They are not di?ew tbem verv w the great treea \ 1D*be ,8a8t? 1 iesfiesaanddew0' Yo8en"te, lo glory ; but thev ate la, tfceir g'ga J are broad-bougl everP-'i. , ? ? -Jreen. The least green and . of thia won?erf] ter from sun or' a79nue *ould ? thousands. Anr?rm an arm^ green beneath t? tbe ?ra?8 ?r tremendous tro*C!l even UPt0 the trunks the f^a* Afld then way. And far crDB h&ve ft)anc'1 tho spreading b*? and iar out al rank and green ?uShi fche ferDa ? There are co elfffl in the work00* oaXs at7w and the beaaryi1, But 108 no singular and r?iT~t!l?a naa ioa gray and majeaf jW^;? 1 almost tc- the (r? t**T8 that s< wind, moving to,rth: ^ MoviDS ? and restfulntea,, aDd fro mth * ? woether, the ?evea??the cal ancoren hie he^-r inet,nct; aa if he etoed ? iD their Prea deities of time, f"0" 1110 tlit! Hy own Dril , Mexico, in po'infc'T .notlon ia etruction, ia aot lnterest RC palm. Yooseef? tj Cart7 ci er things, or con^L?-08?.?1 ^ least, have been^T? J,ke th* ia other lands r**eea> or can 08 tiona. ButMej?d ftt other ej the oldest civil;/00. 13 nmque nen; ber wondeS??.? thif much to bMio^K . ^ fih' eentimental inta#?b '? 'he WI ?pet. And thei ie it es ie ce ea d. n? ?7 cr n it producta ore r Ail these thingsT be70nd, Pa in a building ap,4? N.W?7? w aside. The oictrt and 8et mo O away down in aurea<3Ut? 1uart{ ie This building tj w>r?er ot tne small, is of iSlHSg? comparu one cf th3 beer a? fraction, in the waT 0f^nd brightest whole ground, f ercbllt>cture c The action of lL mentinpromTjtlth8 M?,cao G a quarter of a* ilconlr,blu,t,n8 teroriBe, the fi^'ili0n S?ld t0 ' eera in charge hf behav'?r cf t and ability ?dipt;rc 7d tbs c their work here,Ka^ed ,n Per ?>uch good willlbavf wo? ?or -*-?cd admir?t ready, oom m?ui <n , ..?...?.."_ strangers. Tiie Mexican exhibit ia ready. j Here you are to *ee bea ps on heaps of precious st ones, opila, pe^rl?, diamonds, rubies, indeed all iLiogrf that are hidden inlier great, ?i?h J j heart. Heaps and he*ps ot gold, ' rich and yellow from the min*: silver 'in bara and ingots and bricks. Gre t eeams o? /-ilver and gold threaded ic j together that have been hidden aw'^y \ in the mountain's heart, where it va* j placed by God's finger on the dey ?ii*! creation, until to day." >Tbreade V d seams and fl ikea ot' silver'and go)d j that never eiw ?he light until a litt!? ' tima ago; a glittering hmise of g?id j and silver and precious at,o::ea ia* tu rs : of Mexico. Thia ia a climate tb*? rot only U ].?. j rates but invites, even compels, o!or. ; Na* dre se ter the ex mple. Trie bound Ieee blue skies compel aime *ort rf}*- ! liefern" contrast lo their krorioW monotony. And so the^ green fields' h^re are fervidly green. Tbere is no gold ao golden aa are theae orang* trees. The leavea on the trees are like banners, and so we have many banners in the one hue. As you drive up the new and fashionable streets here, toward the exposition ground, yon aee some houa-a that ur? painted in all the p;wion?te hues OJ the rainbow. Seme are yellow, p-.>m< are red, all colore. And it is not the least bit in bal taste. In Genoa, under the enm? kind of skies, the same custom pre vails. Andi think no one can e.c ense the Italians of bad tas'e in !L> mat'er of color. You may remember bow*constantly Dicken? refera to hi-, reaidence lhere In Genoa as "th pink jail." Rogers, the b-tnker poi!, in writing of the honsrca of this Sim city, says that they are ?o lull f color lint it h.? flowered out all ovv'r the walis. And w) I find the five milea of a] j proach io the fair grounds, (roto ;.-.<. beert of the city to the upper *Jge j of it, a moat delicious and vivi '? bit of road. The whole way ia'Kron, : I a greeo grove of magnolia i reea, wi'i: j theae buming hi'a of color dashed ii j here and there, ja3l aa n-t ire woii'd have done it. The ro-*d ir good,pri feet; the same sort thnt prevails it. Washington. And tho perfume ? f roses poured out everywhere H ??re i? a perfect riot of red perfume. P.r haps the very next Bpacious doory*rc aa you dash past up the To?d toward? the grounds of the exposition ?ill bs bed ol snowy whit?, A ?now wliit. se with a t?o?ryaid ol tall abd ely green maguolia treea, tlea> rds, and then a little sean' ?i undercurrent ol fervid.; udall these nuratd un s-.ppjbir^-and lh'i< "which you en youj WHV t (Hs Accuicplbbatnt^. George bad proposed and been ac ceptea. " Well," she said, "1 <ly. sing and play on the piano and hni can paint, and ai the seminary 1 v. . up in the fine arts and political eco:: omy and io>iic, and I can croche beautifully and play lawn tennis an and-that's about all, I think.- Nov\ tell me what are acme ol youl acc. ::. pi ia bruen ts, George ? ' " I Haven't gol any." " Nut a aiDgle one?" " Well," he said, with a sigh, the worst should cjtae to the w< e I think I might be abie to cook.' N. Y. Sun. ' NttReJ*! Washtegtoit. A lady of Wewt Poiut, Mi?e , r cords a ecene in' Washington nef.; 30 years ago that abc we wh*t a p triotic man Preeident Buchanan w> She flays: "During, the administt lion ol Mr. Buchauan the daug?.t ot a Senator waa married in W A< ington. The President, Cabinet a' many members of Congress w^r* attendance. After the ceremony t Buchanan stepped forward to pre?; hie cocgratui.il rons to the bride prominent feature of which wss hearty kise. .? member standing cloae proximity inquired : " Ia i; . deraLood that I am io follow sua "No, air,' replied the i'retident, is understood that I kibs for the tion." The bride was a daughtei Gen. Toomba, of Georgia, the mein of Congret-a was Gen. McQueen, South Carolina." The New York Herald's Bo? correspondent aaya : it can be st i now ai an absolute fact that Ai bishop Gibbons, ct the metropo!' see of Baltimore and delegate TE; tolic to the third Plenary cou; will be made a Cardinal before adjournment of the present com or at least before January. Thi* determined upon at the connel American Bishops held at Rom? Nover.ber. A! ter hie elevatiot the cardinalats it ia likely th?t will be given a coadjutor, on acci of the increase cf wo;k- in this a dioceee. -. -...fl^..- > ... - Owing to the largely incre quantity of quinine manufactun hone and abroad, the price, of drug ha-i been reduced to a 1 limit than WAS ever reached oe A few days ago quinine waa bc often at $5 an ouuee , in Novemb last year it hid fallen to $1 75 ptice ruling for ihe past two mc has been about $1, while now iu York it ia practically 78 cent? ounce, this last r?duction, wbic greatly sta-iled the trade, the York Tinu? e&ys baa been bri about by tho eetab?shment c agency in this country cl the German nanufactnrjne hons Bcehruiger, ol Mannheim. Governor Elect Scalea.ol Nonr Hua, will rengu bia ae.-.t iu Co at once. He will be inaogurater tr nor or Jan^ry Sh. ,rmrvri IS COMT. .?!> FIXIrS ? S K!-AU? "ir? YOI.:, NO MATTER WHAT STYLE OS GRADE OP T Yon M'a? Wieli! BUT. remember-the nt tide vv?iich costs the least money is not necessarily the pb?apcat.: See the po?ut ? Discriminating buyers talk io us in this style : M We have LOOKED-AROUS . and heard all sorts <A' highly" colored state ment?, but wc like yonr GOODS and PXL1CES best; and, be sides that, you give us the Goods in better shape than w? ?et them elsewhere." : WK love to heat" them talk that way. We strive for that kind of endorsement Do you wau ta Sard Wood Post BEDSTEAD, nicely fin ished, with Casters and Yellow Pine Slats, at ?1.75! We statt there, and go up to-the most costly Goods made. The Prices Will Always Pi**&ss You. PLATT 708 & 710 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA. GA. - tv*?. ure ? ii iu '?'JIii ?0 ' f 1 Specialty! A Urge Stock ol Wood and Me?altc ?TO KP i NS, OASES and CASKETS aiwa.v?J-on haiei. at, rcHSbtmblc prie s. f?T Sight rallan;'rear of Store on Ellis street. PLATT CROTHERS, 0..;.1 im ;?S * 7!0 firuadSL, Afi??sT?, 61, V \s BI a \> ?vy ^ M vt-A ?i a \_/ ij. vc ^/s, j 3ILYBR-*?a PLATSD WARE, CLOCKS, &c. ! hair? rtcwifij ?r,<Ps???ai?>?iyinfc ?JU'Y. tbr ?irr*i !ir>*. of the above vcoda ! BTr?T lirtf?fftil t6H?? tW? St PR?CiSS LOWER THAN EVER. Agett ior j tb* BKAZiLiAN SPEGTA?IiE WATCHES fe?] r LOCKS m?i?a and hvurraht?ir?. W:?. ?Cn WBliSl?RT; {.Ott LS, 82. -U] 7:??, Pnrati St.. fi tuf rr rentra! Rot*!, tiisnsta. wes* ?MW??W Ul* w 'JAS. L. Q??NBY & CO., STU;C2%SSOKS TO S'&bi&n SO. Coote.. Have just received and Lave now on exhibition, an ex ceedingly large and wc !1 selected t>f goods, which they oiler at prices low eumiglt to satisfy all : Print*, '- ' j Cfo'MlJg, i.ireetr.iiond?, j yatf, j p.up-11-.pit?, ' T i fonts' FtiriiSMiig O.ends, j Ca*KNi*rr?, I tl??-i?rv, - lt .?*HU-, Ni eli Wear, e-nii-Mies | Umbrella-, .Vcrti.an. . ; Trank*, ITarri war?, ('rockery. Glassware, ': invar*, WoooMiwsr*, Staple strut Facey Grocer i < Bnyglrg ?nd T:?s. V."- inafce t rpniailT ?ff SUOES, SC cl'Carry ?he l-r^<--st sleek ?'?tsi.ln of t ri! Y. tve Our 'VAGON YAH? is '?p?n ami fege fur tb- usc <;f our, customer*, ?f? Pull (H: Ttlne paid l- r oKton &ui< i.tlier country proluco JAS. L. QTTXNRY A CO., S-'.t 85. i**4 OaAff.ITKflLt.ffcl ft. V. re MI WP b i r.d ! ETE OPEN! SAVE fipS^CTP MONEY ! wi. ?c?ras? ? GO., , j ART O.VTH8: ;cWA!'fiK TRACK - AND WILL SELL :'|Bools. Shoes, Hats 4 Clothing At Ridiculously Low Prices. bel tn-. : il tari * noa- j i?i',1 tho neil, Wd9 1 Of last i ro , be DU nt ircb rhilrj. Ki ii Buttoned shoes, : to n, MisocA! Henry Pe?Kod Shoe?, Yon. h's ?m? Soys' Brega**, Boys'Calf Dtea?FSh?e?. vVnmen'sStanrtuni I?tdiod Skae*, IrAic-:*' Sofort I>i?f??. i-.hoes, Mnt'.i Jir'-.^n.*, 10' 150 75 75 2? M ffcrzu.apo??al Price Lid: r-0 ! Men'.?! Solid Calf Shoes. ;*U j Heavy Roots, ; .? (Jeir bress Boob*, 7:": j " .lo;i?|M Cnn ts. MI i Ledi?V Tfirnm?d Hats, i O?? ! rioya' Wool Hats, J 00 ! Men'? " ??rn'.V Kr:t. Hats, 1 crt Jt is tiniiLiinoti^lc air^'-.d ?hs.t Ti-?? iiave ^'.r>:rU - ??nil xqoara on tl>? has-? ia :h? poribaee of our IMMENSR NEW STOCK ! If Money ia rm obi <? ot Of ioteriat to you ? that you rili ?insidsr our clHir.3 on 7o:tr attention bofor? oiakiu^ y e pureba***. A Bold Strike tbat we made when I .. inst enables us lo ofter a nl??**ant sur prise to ell our friends, anti you wiU surely conclude tbnt you missed it. if yon do not faror ns with sb early cali. In our search for Bargain* we w??re re^anied far t?evonr> our espoctations, and caught on to porno ?hlnirsih.it fairly astonished us. Look through our assortment, closely rrnmine nnr BIG STOCK, and you will.rorn rrali?e that we aro Chock Foll of New Uoorls, nnrl that in p-rery d-n?rtrncnt a BAR GAIN AWAITS YOU! Be careful to disr.rhniufttfl lir>;n-ien "Lort Prices f.-r Inferior Goods," and " Bottom Pricfls for Best Goods " Mihd you, no * leaders" below Cost do we offer to catch, trails, but crcry srticla sold r?; Bottom. We I??1?: <o remind you, in conclu sion, thst now is vonr solden oj-.pnrtunlty. Oomo'atonce and bring vonr friends. WM: MTTDHilSB?I?Sr & CO.'S TWO ?TOISE9, 739 A Bronc! SI., Augusta, ?a. Sept. ?, mi.- 42 WHELESS & CO., COTTON FACTORS, ftsed sd at the ower : ore. ugbt ier ot ; th, )Dtbs New b bas New I Our Warehouse having been recently rebuilt, with n!i roo?Urn imprj DUght i menta, we ate prepared to handle Cotto-. upon very fav i ti trai. )1 an ! Spcciftl Pereofi?il Attention given to Weighing and Selling, great j e of - AUGUSTA, iCirc ngr.>B I Gov tie Aro ficacral Aven?s for the Ob bruted Daniel Pratt Remiting Head Gin. Sspt. 16, 1S94.-41 *