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.THE HERALD o IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY 1011NING, o It Newberry C. H. By Thos. F. & R. H, Greneker, Editors and Proprie:ors. Invariably in Advance. _c i t e is stopped at the expiration of USTbRNTNE~ time for whc iai Vol. VI WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30, 1871. No. 35. 0 The , mark denotes expiration of sub fcription.or_ eachsbsequentinsertion.Do - - - . - . ~ v I~c olu dyrtiet fiteu pe ir ce t Cso Sir Walter Scott. Commenting on the centennial anniversary of Scott, the Mobile Register furnishes the following particulars of his life : Walter Scott was born in Edin burgh, on the 15th day of August, 1771. He was 'educated for the i bar, applied himself to his profes sion with conscientious diligence, though ever delighting in poetry, tradition and romance, and was made sheriff, (or, perhaps more properly, "sheriff-depute,") of S11 kirkshire, when still a young man. His first literary efforts were metrical versions from the Ger man, published in 1796. Other poems followed from time to time, I ut his reputation as a poet was achieved by the "Lay of the Last .Minstrel," which appeared in 1805. "Marmion" appeared in 1808, and "The Lady of the Lake" two years after.vard. These poems, with i "Rokby" a'nd "The Lord of the I Isles"-neither of which met with as much favor as the others-cs tablished Scott's reputation as one of the very first poets of the age. 1 But Scott was to achieve a yet I more brilliant reputation in a new I field. "Waverley" appeared in 1 1814, when he was forty-three I years old, and was followed by that wonderful series, the novels 1"by the author of Waverley," which, in the course of the next seventeen years, created a new era in fictitiou-t literature, and achieved a success, tho like of 1 which had never been known, and which was as marvellous as any- 1 thing in the Arabian Nights. His life of Napoleon, and his various miscellaneous works, diversified the astonishing labors of the latter part of his career. Scott was mar-11 ried in 1797 to Miss Charlotte I Margaret Carpenter, by whom he had several children, and whom I he survived several years. He i died on the 21st September, 1832, at Abbotsford, his residence, which he had erected from the proceeds of his pen, and which is now own- I ed, we believe, by the husband ofl his grand-daughter, his only sur viving descendant. Honored be i his memory by this and all future < generations, as long as true genius, creative power, moral elevation, i and genial love and sympathy for all mankind shall command lovet and reverence. Referring to his literary produc tions, the Louisville Courier-Aur nal pays the following deserved I compliment to the deceased au- I thor : Take it for all in all, the career 1 of Sir Walter Scktt furnishes the most sati-factory esson which the moralist can find in the annals of brilliant achievement, and for this i reasnn, if for no other, the world i does well to celebrate the hun dredth anniversary of his birth. Extraordinary literary gifts have been, onhappily, too often asso-< cia.ted with some str-iking weak-] ness which has put its ugly marks 1 upon the 'scutcheon of many of1 the most eminent men of letters.< Voltaire and Goethe, and Byron I and Bur-ns-to go no further backi -raise up before the mind's eye a t *sion of beauty and glory, but al -so of deformity. Scott was a god ty no less than a famous man-so- I ber enough, indeed, to have been L thoroughly mediocre-and the con- 1 templation of his story gives strength and encouragement to x *the better part of our human nia ture. There is nothing in his re-i cor.d which one would havo other-t wise. He lived long and sump tuously ; was at once successful I and of good behavior, and died Ia- It mented and respected by all Chris tendom. His last words to Lock hart were, "Be a good man, my <c dear," and the injunction, as we] peruse it,is as strongin his actions as in his utterance- lie bad thet g.nteness Of Addison joined to Ic the power o f Fielding ; was steady t and industrious at his work ; pur-. sued poetry and fiction with the diligence and regularity w i t b * which he might have pursued law or commerce, and proved himself I the most realistic romancist, and I( the most romantic realhst, who r ever lived. In this imnaginative t inatter-of-factism, Goethe was his t peer to the extent of his literary 1 performances. But there was a s screwv loose in Goethe's moral na-c ture which we do not have cause ( to regret in Scott. In our day, we have had a number of most c snecessful men of letters who led t blameless lives; but the success r of no one of these-not even the success of Dickens-can be meas- t u.red by that of Scott, who was fors thirty years without a rival- 1 "lord of the ascendant"-a sort of ~ monarch in his state and in the c consideration in which he was c eld. SThe present generation of read- ( Sappreciate but feebly the im - -ion which the Warcrley Nov ade upon the world. They ] - a new .iealm, full of spien '~+of a barren waste; they3 ~oundations for all that te , created since in fiction; s, 17 now, we suspect that1 ther fictions. In spite of the un ,hivalric tendency and temper of :be times, Scott's novels are an iually issued from half a hundred >ublishing houses. and caught up: ind read by multitudes of chil Irc, old and young, and never .ith greater pleasure than by .hose who go back to them after nany years, to find in them an inceasing fountain of comfort, in truction an entertainment. What world it is, to be sure, and what Ln1 odd impulse that carries us ,ack to the fantastic lights and hadows, with a sort of sneaking cindness and no manner of grati ude that we ourselves are blessed n living under a more peaceful lispensation of Providence ; that very mansion of our day is not a astle. and every castle a den of: 'reebooters; that our highways re plain and open and secure; hat our gypsies are merely vaga )onds, and that witches are total. v unknown. The magic of the vizard's wand holds us captive vhen we cross the confines of 5cott's country and mingle with uis delightful and terrible people, i i s hob-goblins, banditti a i d nights errant, his heroes in mail xrmor and damsels in distress, his ilted ruffians and tartaned foot ads. What a picture-gallery! ['hestately Baron of Bradwardine, nd the tremendous Balfour of: 3urlev : the voluble Davie Gelat y, and the excellent old Dalghet y ; Jeanie Deans and Dirk Hat crick and Petit Andre; Lucy Ushton, ind Womba arid Gurth, he swineherd, and Rebecca, the ewess ; Dominic Sampson anl ob Roy ; Flora Melvor and Die ernon and Amy Robsart-were ver such women, such men, in tory or song ? They are more istoric than history. They move vith life and inspiration, shut out rom the present )ly by a silver nist, through which we see the amp-fires glisten among the bills nd the turrets rise in the mnoou ight. There is Old Mortality, ike a figure in Scripture, gliding mong the tombs. There is Jeanie )Cans trudging across the country o London. There is Caleb Bal erstone tumbling down the stair f the wine cellar and spilling the maginary wine. There is the roman sitting on the sto.ie at the urnin.g in the mountains to warn 3rley that a lion lies across his >ath. There is Meg 3ierrilies Trooning over the "bonny, bonny irn." There are the predatory >ands and burniig cottages, the >ows and spears and claymores, he moated castles and the caves nd crags, the pleasant old forests nd the ancient hostelries, the Iay-poles and the meeting-houses. he bugles and the dogs, (lone to he life, ven down to the dryest nd most trivial detail. What a vor-Id it was anrd is! One fanniesi ie can see the fog roll away and lisclose the bold outline of Ben omond, and that hecan fcation' brough the haze of the fcin he shine of the Tweed as it steals ff into the lowlands. One fancies1 re can hear the notes of the wind ner horn and smell the breezes eat blow up from Loch Katrine. ['be spell is an undoubted power, vn at the present time, and can e contrasted with nothing so trong outside of Shakspearc and )ickens. If the present celebration gives o special impetus to literature, it iill, at least, freshen the popular nterest in Scott's writings, and in his way do acdeal of good. Those critings overflow with good in-j tructions, as well as good enter-I ainment. and should be made fa iliar to all our children. They nswer a better purpose, in this tirection, than the writings of )ickens; for they arec the bess noral and historic text books in he world, having the sure faculty f cultivating ;ms well as absorbing he infant mind. GOOD FoIt GEARY.-~Governor leary stands to his ground as to h bayonet election law. "If irant don't like my position," ho emarked the other day to an in erviewer, "-I can't help it. As h Governor of this Common -ealth, I was bound in my mes age to allude to that, and to con mni the action of the genera l overnment in using the marines t Philadelphia during the election f last year. I don't believe in hat policy, and I never can be ade to believe in it. Had I the ower, I would give the South niversal amnesty. Theni I would ay, -You ar'e put upon your good ehavior. Hold your elections in 'our own way. E!ect your own andidates. Let the elections be onducted fairly. If you are not ble to maintain order, let your rovernors or Legislators call upon ae, and I will back them with the rhole strength of the Government. believe that would have done raoro to secure peace than any hing else. You can't govern this leople with the bayonet. When ver it eomnes to- that, the Repub c is a failure, and we had better The Prettiest Women at New-, port. One of the really prettiest wo. men here is Mrs. William F. Shir- I ley, of New York. She is a slen- C der, graceful woman, still very< young, although for some years a! matron, and retains her winning, c girlish manners. She has a clear complexion, with just a hint of J color in her cheeks; her eyes are,2 brown, and very expressive, and her abundant hair is a dark chest- L nut.. There is a new arrival who, for e the past two evenings, has attraet- t ed a great deal of attention, as she t has walked up and down the ball. & It is Mrs. Hiks, of New York, a t very beautiful and rich young widow, and the finest amateur t equestrienne in the country. Rer c mother is with her, a very band- I some lady with silver hair and c lovely face. She has fbur servants, : and two horses said to be the finest t in the State. Mrs. Hicks is tall, above the usual height of women, and has a most, magnificent figure. 1er eves and hair are dark. She T dresses her hair very peculiarly i.n a style entirely her own. It isa brushed smoothly down over her edrs, braided at the back and knotted up, and surniounted with a row of three puffs. She wears C all her dresses very high in the r throat, with a full Marie Stuart L ruff, that softens her faceo and is wonderfully becoming. She ha:St not yet appeared on the avenue, and there is a great deal of ex pressed curiosity regarding her riding, which is said to be some thing wonderful. She was dressed last evening in a pearl-colored silk, made walking length, not even touebing the floor. It was trimmed I with elegant point lace, and, al though rich, was very simple; r and she was entirely with:ut or- r nament. t Among the younger ladies who ?re attracting much atiention are t Hiss Ludlam, a pretty blonde from c Baltimore ; Miss Craig, from the same city ; Miss Hoffman, from New York ; Miss Chapin, from e Providence; Miss Allen and the Misses Henderson, from New York, and thbe Misses Antello, from Phila delphia.-Cor. Boston Post. f Animalculm a Cause of Chol- e ' era. s The grave apprehensions re garding the westward advance of the cholera will receive a new in- F eitemntin the announcement that the disease has made itsappearancee a at Konigsburg, one of the most im. portant Prussian ports on the Bal tic. A curious theory in r-egard to the malady is just now receiv- ) ing much nttention. It is that of Rtaaspail. who holds that animalen - x are its primuary origin. It is~ an old thicor-y, it is true, but none tre wvorst for that; and what givesd it importance just no,v is the fact t that there is a remedy for it. In 149 and '50, during the ravages r of the cholera in the West Indies, it was found, An examining micro scopically the we.ter of the locali- . ties where the disease existed, that it was impregnated with ani-: mnalcuhe foreign to the pIlace, wvhich i disappeared simultaneously with J the disease. These animalcuher c would die when placed in contact I with camphor, which seemed1 to be to them a deadly poison. This r is the evidence in support of Ras-I pl and a thorough microscopic-al I investigation of the wvater in lo alities affected, and of the evacua tions of a sufferer from this pesti hence of the Ganges, it is evident b will establish the fact that the dis ease is p)ropagated by animalculo. In view of this, a coiresponmden t of the IIerald suggests, and in good time, that "All water for drinking purposes houd be well boiled and kept 1 tightly covered, for it is in the wa',er where the greater number of animaleruho aire found. We should also carefully abstain fr-om all liquids which have not been thoroughly purified by firc. A ju dicious use internally of a few. rrops of spiiits of camphor daily destroys the animaleuho as fast as they enter the system, thereby ar rest~ing the disease." Camphor is ono of the remedies for cholera, as well for a preven-3 tve as for- a mitigation or cure of Le disease.-Batltimore American. SocTva CAntoi.InA PuosPuATFs.-SV*I f. tral years age an unde-rlying depositj0 as discovered around Charlestojn, S. C., which upon analrysis, was fo'und to be hosphatic rock, composed largely of ' yones of extinct animals and tishes. Its ar ertiiizing qualities have lately made it b ~rominent anrong the enmmercial ma- b ures of the day. The bones of mram-r noths, mastadons, megatheriums, ae ~alonyes, phocadns, and of several ex inct species of the saurian genus are sound in abundance. Bones and teeth of C rrorses, dogs, sheep, cattle, anrd hogs are ilso found, mingled occasionally with t human bones, stone hatchets, antique t rockery, &c. This rock, when ground Ene, is said to equal calcined bone, having seven per cent. of organic an mal eatter, highly nitrogenous, and yielding one anid a half per cent. ofm ata~a~a.W~bn~to Cbc~ice. Vovement Agranst Lawyers. i The Greenville Enterprise con- d ains the following call Ior a pub- f ic meeting to take into consider- i1 Ltion the heavy costs under the 3 ode of procedure, and the propri- y ty of establishing some system a >tside of the courts for the ad- v ustments of claims and disputes. v [he call is signed by sixty citi- s, ;cns of that county. In their ig- 0 iorance; they charge all the fault ipon the lawyers, while, if they ad examined the code which they s lenounce, they would have seen o hat no costs under it are taxed b ip for attorneys in civil cases.- b cetion 329 of the code enacts it hat "all statutes establishing or p egulating the costs or fees of at- t orneys, solicitors and counsel in 3 ivil actions are repealed, and a creafter the measure of such a ompensation shall be left to the ti LCreemlent, express or implied, of m he parties:" p inENN-ILLE COUNTY, July 15, '71. Whereas we, the undersigned itizens of Greenville County, ap- V reciating the oppressed and im overished condition of our State, rising from ex parte and unjust C -islation, not the least of which s the class legislation, establish 1g what is called the "new code t procedure at law," and the out ageous, extortionate and intolera e fees of costs allowed lawyers nd court officers under and by his act, the whole thing being on rafted upon our statute books by man-the offspring of recon truction iniquity and one of the reatest monstrosities of "carpet- tl aggers." yet spawned upon our t tate. That while we are fully ognizant of the fact that there as been a great deal of dishon sty and extravagant waste of the t ublic treasurv on the part of any of ourT officials, and that the axes are burdensome aud bard to c te borne, yet we are candidly of he opinion that much of the dis- d ontent and demoralization of so- d ietv arises as much from the C ractical bearings of this odious ode as anything else, and we P c' tl vouid further submit that we do iot regard it either patriotic or ight, in any sense of the word, r attorneys to demand or ac..ept i ese exhorbitant bills of cost, and h annot conceive how their con ciences can be soothed and at ase when it is so palpable and pparent to any and every one hat their fees are so far dispro. ortionaLe to services rendered. The courts have, upon broad nd high grounds of equity, jus ice and expedioney, and in view I the fact of the greater bulk of he property of the Southern peo- le lie being swept away, held, very d isely and patriotically, that old I ebts should not be paid in full; h t what relief isit to the masses to e relieved of portions of their in ebtedness, when the costs of ob- C aining this relief is often twice,a reven more than three-fold. as inch as the amonnut of this reduc-n ion, and into who-se pockets thise oes, the record showeth. And F re further- su bmnit that it is the b-h terest and duty- or the peop)IC to t ake care of thems~elves, and keep ut of the courts. andl for- the ad- di stment of claims and disputes to stablish a board or hoards of ar-- ; itration, and to the end that a f alI expression of. public opinio:' iz ay be elicited, we request a pub ic meeting of the citizens of the ounty be held on this subject on ale day in August, at the cgrt ouse, to develop an ature some c an for- the establishment of this h oard or boards. fa ([Exchange paper. b Immigration and Labor. Ii The following letter contains me cellent suggestions on the i bor question, and explains itself:0 TnE U.NITED STATEs c .1(iontTioN AND BANxiNG AGEN-0 cy, No. 36 Frxssactr CRaciA LoNnox, EsN( , Aug. 2, 1871. tI DEAnt Sia: We havo pleasure ~ inormning you that this agen- b y, being very lar-gely engaged in ~ rwarding fir-st class emigrants the United States, proposes to 0 ;sue, at once, in this country, ao exvsaper, specially devoted to l h :nited States, with r-eferen~ce to di be subject of~ emigration ; and,. so, a volume covering a deserip-a ion and par-ticulars of each State h the Union. The vast numberb f superior mechanics, artisans, a' imers, small capitalists and oth-. a rs, (the real bone and sinew of~ a :ngland,) who desire authentic nd reliabk information upon the sI dvatages and privilege afforded y the United States, is almosth eond belief; and were it not S bat ve are in active and inces- ri ant communication thr-ough some tI 00 agents with all parts of this d ountry, we should scar-cely our- a elves credit this eager desire on t] he part of the very best classes" o o to the United States. The t' up~p of this much needed infor- I ation we have undertaken, and sk your aid, by sending to us all, he information within your pow- I ,- ering on the needs and re- 3 uirements ot those requirir killed or unskilled labor of ar eseription, or of opportuniti )r the investments of small ca 'alists, (not mere specualtions9 ,our personal position may enab ou to mention our purposes ar ims to influential persons, at -e shall be happy to correspor rith all anxious to ava;1 ther -lves of such advaatages as % fei Any communication or a ouncement of sufficient intere ball be inserted free of charge i ur newspaper, and will alwa] e welcome. We trust you wi ear this in mind, and we espe Lily invite your attention of or urposes and actions in any qua r where good may result. OL [r. Reed is himself an Americai nd, therefore, we know how I ppreciate and use such inform on as you may give to us. Coni e receive copies of some of ti rinciple newspapers in yor tate, they would be of great se ice to us. We remain, dear si cry respectfully, REED & KED1. To Francis P. Porcher, Es] harjeston, S. C. Negro Outrage--Heroi Conduct of a Ladyi A most diabolical outrage wc )mmitted, on Saturday nigl St, by five unknown persons, , )e house of Mr. James HJ. Go Att, one of our most valued an miable citizens. It appears th: ic parties stole noiselessly up i ie house and fired one sh< irongh the windoi in the dire, on Mr. Gossett's bed, where i -as lying, the ball striking abot x inches directly over Mr. G. ead. They then fired throug ie corner of the house, in the d ,ction of the bed on which Mi. 'ernandis was sleeping, t b arge striking about a footabov er head. Miss Fernandis imm, iately jumped out of bed, obtai I a pistol, threw open the doo nd, seeing one of the assaultin arty ruoning, gave chase aroun e house, fired at him, but, it ared, without effect. On exan iing the premises, it was iisce red that there were five in ti arty-one on a mule, one o orseback and three on foot. Oc >ot track was undoubtedly th.1 E a negro, barfooted, and mea red eleven inches ; another trac 'as about the size of an ordinar o 7 boot. The reason for sue i attack upon Mr. Gossett is it ,led in great mystery. le io of the most peaceable, honor: le and pure Christian gentleme the land, and has never had th ast difficulty with any one, nc >es he enter,.ain the slightest at iosity towards any man. He i Dwever, an unflinching Dem< at, but modest and( courteousi cpressing his political opinion: ad never intrudes those opliniot pon any one unnecessarily. I et, hc is a good citizen and kin aigh bor in every respect. Th'l >Ol bravery exhibited by 3Mi ernandis is wor'thy of imitatio y all our ladies, particularlyi mese dangerous times. We sincerely hope the scoir els wvill be caught and the la, ritly enforced against themn. hose negro assaults are becomin equent, and it behooves our er ens to keep strict watch on thei reie anrd prepare themselve ainst such scoundrels. We se any signs of insubordinatio nec the visit of the IKu KIu ommiittee and Buttermilk Wa ce to this section. We are ir med that the negroes hav en promised that martial Ia' ould be declared in a short tim< there were any more outrage om either party, whieb mean the white people are quiet an 'derly, the negroes themselve t bring it about by committin itrages uponO peCaceable citizen r can all imagine upon whom a hardships of political martia w will fall, if instituted here jus fore the next Presidential elet on.- Union Tbne.. SIacrLLan CAsE.-A youug lad, Pittsburg to all appearanet( id dcadl for 22 days. When shi ed ('?)there was s~ueh a pecu lit Cpression on her countenrane id decomposition not appeari ns 2 friends refused to allow hert buried. On the 22nd day sh~ -os with a start, as if jum akeed from a rafreshing slee] id was surprised1 upon being it med of her Rip Van Winkl umber. About her first motmo as to go to the cupboard aind pt arself outside of a couple of pie be then told the astonishe eighbors who had filled i ho hous at she had only been asleep reaming, and became greatl anoyed at wDat she thought w~ eiir propensity to "tease" her f< >ver sleeping herself an hour1 ie morning." It is a very sing hr case. Young ladies suffering from ane in the side may relieve it t rueLLy Lu AmII1a. 1s The well-timed and earnest pre p fatory remarks from the Savan- I .) nah Republican,introducing a scene Ir le which occurred in that city, con- i d tan excellent suggestions, which 1 d we hope will be read with profit c d by those in our midst who are the f 3- owners and drivers of dumb ani e inals. We bope we have not here s the counterpart of the exasperated b - man referred to by our contempo 5t rarv. We dio not say, however, n n tbAt anirmals are in use in our city, C s :whoso appearance on our streets il 11 often touches us: it D- A brave man is always forbear- p r ing towards a dumb brute. His f .i r- treatment to obtain obedience does b1 ir not consist in the utterance of s loud oath in connection with the t 01harsh use of the whip. Persua- fi i- sion applied in the shape of mild p d or pet words goes further, as a , a e eneral principlc, toward causing! o tr an unruly or stubbor.i animal to t r- yield its will to that of its master a r, than all the lashing the muscles c can apply. '1 We make these remarks as show- ,s ing the necessity to drivers of| drays, irrespective of color, espe Cially those whose business call h C them under the bluff, being less h severe upon, and more gentle to, it their beasts. The love of an Arab a s for his horse is well-known, and ( t our draymen may take a lesson in Y Lt this respect from the sous of the ir 5 desert. p d While passing along River-street d a few days ago, in an intensely t) 0 hot sunj, our attention was attract- s: t ed to a small group of people t watching the efforts of a driver to if e cause his horse to start a loaded a t dray, one of the wheels of the lat- a s ter being fast in a rut. The man b was in an ungovernable rage, cur i- sinr fiercely with every breath it s and only ceasing from an al)l)lica- t C tion of his powerful whip to the s e body of the horse froin sheer it physical exhaustion, the poor b quadruped standing trembling in s r, every limb and bathed in perspi- it g ration. It was obvious to every S d mind that the exhausted beast did v is not possess the strength necessa- fi 1 ry, under the severe punishment C it was receiving, to accomplish d C the wish of its master, who seem- n n ed determined to have his way in " the matter, and was about again t lifting his whip for use, when a a young boy stepped up to him and d k said, "Here Mister, shall I get him Y to go?" The driver looked with a h contempt on his face at the lad but answered, "Yes. If you can c do more than I can !" The youth walked up to the horse, which had P n an intelligent look, patted his neck C and spoke gently to him, the horse P r the while showing appreciation of t the contrast in various dumb ways. After a few minutes coax- I in,, the animal made a desperate n effort, and was successful in extri 6' eating the wheel from the ruat. P s This cir-cumstance points its 0 n own moral too forc-ibly for- any P d comment by us. s THE .ANKEE F.wrOR GInts. I ni In one of tihe factories in Maine, n recently, the proprietors reduced Ii the wages, wher-enpon thiere wasb I i-a general determmnation to strike ;a y and as they were obliged to give I - a month's notice before quitting s] g work, they had meanwhile issued s t-a cir-enlar- to the world at karge, in a r which is the following interesting a paragrph :1 e "-We are now working out our n n notice-can turn our hands to t< xmost anything-don't like to be d - idle-but determined not to work It ifor nothing where folks can afford a e to pay. Who wants help ? We d V can mnake bonnets, dressing, pud- d ,dings. pies ; knit, roast, stew, and a s jfry ; make bu tter and cheese ; milk Iti S cows and feed chickens, and hoc le d corn, sweep out the kitchen, put a sthe narlor to rights, make beds. ol split wood, kindle fires, besides bt- p . ihg remarkably fond of babies; in t n fart een do anything the most ac- b d complished house-wife is capable el t doing, not forgetting the seO(id-1 -ings on Mondays and Satturdays for specimens of spirit will refer you to our over'seer. Speak quick. d yBlack eyes, fair foreheads, cluster- e s ing locks, beautiful as IIebe ; cana e sing like a seraph, and smile most I r bewitchingly ; any elderly gentie- 1 man in wvant of a good house- - keeper, or a nice yourg man in 1 o Iwant of a wife-willing to sustain a e either character ; in fact we are in ti tthe market. Who bids? Going. fi , going, gone ! Who's tho lucky eA very rerious conspiracy against the lire of the Czair of Russia, and against thet .t sovereignity of the house of Romanoff, shas been follwed by the trial and con d victon of sixty-six conspirators, among 0 ethem several nobles and persons of note- p a Their punishment is not yet announced, a Moscow was the seat of the conspiracy. n rThe groomn was 21 and the bride u n 71a ia1ssouri marriage. "Maria Antoinette slippers" are considered recherche out West. sy There is no sufficient recomn -.,s for an unjust slander. E .L AL 4 E 41L -l1 JA.V A_ A AL-'. -)J A A San Francisco Herald reportei as lately interviewed Mrs. Fair ow lying under sentence of deati ri the San Francisco jail. Fron is letter. published in that papei f the 7th inst., we extract a Cllows: She was lying on a narrow bed tead of painted wood, and was abited in a cross-barred black and ray siik dress, fastened at the eck with a brooch in jet and gold. )ver this was a loose tartan dress ig wrapper, and over the skirt of his was thrown a black water roof cloak, which concealed her et. Her right hand was inder er head, which rested on the now-white piliow, over which ber [in curling stnset anburn locks :11 somewhat tossed. They were arted in the centre and un braided, rid ever and anon as they strayed ver her broad, high forehead, iey were pushed gently back by elicate. small, thin hand. You Juld not say she was beautiful. [er figure. as well as it could be ,en under her heavy wrapl)er. -as rather slender, .hough per aps well shaped. The neck was )ng and round, and as she raised erself for a moment showed that supported a well balanced head nid sloped gracefully into the lines I her shoulders. Then the face. Ehat was there of the murderess i that ? Firs*t your gaze met a air of cold steady eyes of clear ark blue. A trifle hard the look lat dweit in thema even while a .uile was on the lips, that seemed > be fond of'droppingat the corners ito 6omietiing between a sneer nd a pout. The nos was gently quiline and sensitive as a war orse at the nostrils; the jaws -ere rounded, but not fleshy, and, i fi.e, from the rounded chin to ie forehead there was an expres on more of well-hidden, all-watch ig intrigue and ruse and latent oldness than of positive agres re badness, and nothing of what 'is vulgarly supposed a murderess iould appear. Yet as our inter iew progressed there peeped out 'om time to time such an oc sionai shadow of mental thun .r-cloud as showed the lightnings ot to be fhr on. Descendants of'the old families long the Atlantic sea-board, who ate back their ancestry to the -ttlement of A merica, and thereby sume a faintly aristocratic dis neticii over less fortuate fellow tizens who are ignorant of their neage, have been thrown into a erfect flutter of alarm and excite ent at the vagaries of' a London ublisher, named lotten. This )o enterprising gentleuan has Ltely set himself about tracing up oselv the connection between 'te origina! A merican families and ]eir English progenitors, and ublishes, as his ir st instalment f the resualt, the "Original list of ersons of' quality, em:!grants and ters, who went to the Ameri mn plantations fr'om 1600-1700." tis exp)ected that, in fulfillment I 31r. Hlotten's original intention. is next volume will comprise -1 st of convicts sent to this country LIring the same period. .!t is nown that during the intervai ecified, convi-ets~ were exten vely colonized ini this counlitry, lthough the American historica re judi"-iou sly si1en~.t en this un ensant tonie'. This second work ill certainly be looked forward >with great inter'est, though we anot envy 3r. Ilotten the be .boring he is destined to receive, Sone of' the most vicious of mo rn iconoclasts. The fires of' in ignation will be lighted on many hearth, the New Orleans Times~ inks, now only illumined by the .mbent flame of' Puritanic repct sility, a general hunting up of d tomb-stones, and an extensive bilological change in nomencla re will undoubtedly take place; t, upon the n~ hole, the cause of arity and humility will be great -strengithened and benefitted. WVis'vRax WAITEIa GIns-The I, and attended by very dre'sy ,d attractive looking waiter gils, ho display their agile figures in 1e latest Eastern fasions-no't ighting ther enormous head gar. hcey mo've about the tables with dignity and elegance which put >shame any idea of a menial of e. With t.. 'i the vocationl tems a p)erpetual testival and their ilettes are~ as carefully made as oe those of their Eastern sisters > any dr3ss occasion. This ens >mn is common in thec Nor'thi estern cities, and instead of :.he ~Ec degrading the person, such ersons as these dignify the office. ind their influence is strikingly uanifest in refining the manners [ travelers, whose for'mer coarse~ ess the table was a reproach to he country. West Point belles no longei rear cadet buttons. Western belles play croquet in tNnned hosiry. Do It, If all the survivors of the war could be interested and indaced to join the Survivors' Association. and pay one dollar each year, quite money enough would be thuo obtained tu carry out the plan of educating so m e of the or phans of the dead, as aug gested in our last, in its three parts, in local District schools, in a State central school, and at the Virginia University. In order to collect the annual contribution of one dollar each, an honest and deserving disabled soldiershould be appointed collecting agent and canvasser in each County, and paid twenty per cent. for his work, Who is there that will iefuse hi. application, or grudge him his twenty cents out _feaeb dollar? If an active executive committee be appointed in each County to confer with toe ladies and get up a County Survivors' Fair in De cember, we believe that this alone would provide sufficient funds., What Ctristian will refuse assis tance to such a fair ? What Jew, what Turk, what infidel? Does not the entira world accept the doctrine that "pure religion and undefiled is this-to visit the fatherless and the widow in their affliction ?" Thank God, however much we may differ in dogma, thtr tear of bereavement makes us ai one iii heart. and we all bow, down, in hamble love and faith, at the graves ofour dead. And what. citizen will icfuse co-operation in such a fair, since his local school and half-paid teacher will reap de cided indirect advantages from the direct benefit conferred upon the orphan? Let not that benefit, too, though conferred on a *ew only, be underrated. The 4duea tion of one destitute orphan boy, Warren Hastings, saved to Eng land her Eastern Empire., ( Winnsboro News. Frightful Calamity, TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE BY A VOL CANIC EaUPT10N IN TTE MATAY ARCHIPELAGO. Batavia ptapers, received atLon don by the overiand maii, via India, contain details of a terrible calamity which has visited the small island OfTagolanda, in the Malay Arebipelago. about fifty miles northeat, of the island of Celebes. The volcano of Rawang broke out, after a long interval of inactiv ity. It was preceded by a terri ble earthquake, which unroofed the dwellings and rent their walls asunder. The eruption was ot the most, fearful character. Several craters opened around the side of the volcano, and continued their ac tion at the same time, the rapidity of the exp.losion causing a tremne' douis roar, which was heard allI over the neighboring islands. The outbreak was accompanied by concussion of the sea. A wave fo.rty yards in height issued with lightning speed, and swept all the human beings, houses, cattle anid horses, from the surface of the~ island. From every crater pro ceeded flashes of electrie li;ghtning and volumes of simoke. Red-hot, stones, disrupted fragments of' rock and currents of mud were thrown with inimnense force high into the air, and the earthi was rent open all around the volcano. ~Besides covering the whole sur face of the islands'. the matters thrown out accumiulated in some phi,ces, ining hills several hun dred feet high. Amid the most terrific explosion an island sud dcnly rose up from the sea. Four thousand and sixteen per sons, all Malays, are stated to have perished by the eruption. Not a sin.e beig on the islandl could be saved.-Netc York Jierald. TirE Wowm. wro DARtED.--. story is afloat of a husband andl wife at Tona Branc~h, the forimer givecn to nightly visits to the h:iir of Chaimberlaini's tiger. and the latter affectionately solicitious oft his welf'are in the encouinter with that royal beast. Wisely refrain in' from curtain lectures, the wife undertook a more auidacious~ arid effective means of reformi. A ttiring herself in hemr husband' best broadcloth and tightest pair of dress boots. this "woman who dared" followed her dissipatedI lord to his evenmng haunt, arnd. whm he was anxiously awvait;iia the turn of the card after coppe:. ing the ace, blew a cloud of smiok" across the table into his face to~ attract his attention and eahnziy put teu dollars on the k-irig. Ti; story concludes with the rapid andi terrified exit of the husband, fel lowved by his successful wife. and' the extraction of a proiaise, on the way hemea, of future astineave from the green table The Kentucky Legislature stands as followvs: Senate-35 Democrats, 3 Republicans;lin