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PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1801.
NIGHT THE DAY, THOU
NO. 5&
POETRY.
Sword and Plough.
[From I ho German of Wolfgnng Midler.
There toas once a count, so I've heard it said
Who foll that his end drew near;
And he called his sons before his hod,
To part thom his goods and gear.
Un called fur bis plough, ho called for his sword,
That gallant, gund and bravo;
They brought him holli nt their father's word
And thus ho his blessing gave:
" My first-burn son, my pride and might,
Uti thou my Sword retain ;
My castle un'tho lordly height,
And all my broad domain."
"On theo my well lovell younger hoy,
My plough I hero bestow ;
A tioaeciul lifo shu t thou enjoy
In thc quiet volo below."
Contented sank the sire to rest,
Now all wa s given away ;
The sons held true his last holiest,
E'en to his dying day.
" Now tell us what en me of tho steel of flame.
Ol the cast lo and its knight :
And tull ns what earn o-d' ibo vale sn ?anio,
And the bumble pensant wight.
0 to-k not of me what tim end may br I
Ask of thc country round !
The castle i? dust, the sword i? rust,
The height is hut desert ground.
But ibo vnle spreads wide, in the golden pride
Of the Autumn sunlight now ;
It teems and it ripens far urn! wide.
And the honor abides with the plough !
Important to Ex cutois, Tiustses, &e
Thc following order appears in the Wil
minston papers. Though in its terina only
applicable to North Carolina, its principles
may ho applied to this .Stale also Those
principles, if carried into pr ?ctico, will upset
ul most every settlement nf estates and trust
funds, made during lh'! late war, and in fa ot
KS there can bc no just distinction bel ween li
lucia ry and other transactions, in thc appli
cition of tho nnxii!), that an ll|csr I o.im-id
Srittioll V?'.bil os J he contract, a derision re rog
niling the ?nilcr us law, Would bo precedent
For avoiding all ton'.r?eis, tho poYiatdcrt>tion
:if which was Confederate money :
IIJCADQWAUT'IIS2n M li. ITA nv DIHTMOT )
OUAUl.KSTON, S C.. Sept. ?, lbdi? I
[Special Orders Aty Ill]
[l?XTUAOt J
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IV. Whereas, the Cloner il Assembly of.|
North Carolina adopted au net entitled '. an
tct for thc roi i of of executors, administrators,"
fee. ratilied March 7, 1807, whereby it was
smutted in substances as follows : That exe
cutors, administrators, guardians, sheriffs,
constables. Coroners, clerks of the Supreme
ind County Courts, clerks and masters of tho
Court of Equity, trustees and others holding
[daces of fiduciary character, should not bc
debi liable for having received in payment of
Jehls the currency of thc Confederate States,
nr for having invested trust funds in their
hands in the securities of thc said Cob federate
States; that said guardians, trustees and oth
ers should have authority tu compromis"
claims in their bands arising Indore May
1865, ?md d coln ring such compromise va
lid and binding on all parties; that tu ci
se? ?if contracts w h crein any person neting ill
n fiduciary capacity is concerned, and where
deductions should be claimed by reason of
such contract bel ll ur foun "ed on tho Collied
rate or any other depreciated security, such
persons acting in a lidyciary capacity to have
Authority in conjunction with the party cr
parties therein concerned to appoint arbitra
tors to assess in gold value the property in
reference lo which snell contract was made at
thc time of- milking tho hame, (heir award to
bc. binding on ill paVtics ??'tob?Mcd therein :
[ind that cxo< alors and administrators bhoubl
have authority to prefer any creditor or (ired
itors of the deceased persons whom they rep
resented over nil other creditor of equal dig
nity, stich payments to have li!-e force i ii
effect and such personal representative should
in all eases be treated in law and equity as
though judgment had been conferred in favor
of the preferred creditor or orcditor. as there
foro allowed by law j and wher-ns s...d net of
the. General Assembly of North Carolina is
in violation of the Constitution of the United
States inasmuch os it appears the obligation
of the contract subsisting between persons ac
ting in fiduciary capacities, and those for
whom they ave empowered to act, and is in
violation of tho acts of Congress passed
from time to time, prohibiting and declaring
unlawful all nets in aid of thc laic rebellion ;
ind wherons the said nets ?re in violation of
the rights of minors and others : lt is there
fore ordered, that the said acts of tho Gene
ral Assembly above recited be and are hereby
In alt thing? revovked, annulled, and declared
void and of no effect.
lt is further ordered tlmt nil nets done or
suffered in virtue of tho authority nttemptod
to be conferred upon trust?e?and others stand
ing in fiduciary relations, are annulled and de
clared void as to tho rights and remedies of
all persons affected or projudiccd thereby.
It is further ordered that all suits or pro
pcodings nt law or in equity instituted for tho
purpose of the effect to tho provisions of said
pot, or founded upon any right or authority
claimed to have been conferred by the author.
Ity thereof, and all plcir, answers nnd de
fences, allegi ng any right or authority olaf med
(a bo derived ut Inst aforesaid, bo dismissed
with ousts to the party against whom ? aid
sujit.s or proceeding shall have been brought.
All judgments, ordors and decrees finn! and
I interlocutory, nod so much and such purls
j thereof as allin.i or enforce any of thc provis
ions of sahl acts are revoked, annulled, and
declared of no effect, and the courts wherein
tint same ure entered or d oed? et ed are hereby
required to dismiss the same as to all matters
relating to atty right and authority claimed
under the net of legislation aforesaid, with
costs as above provided.
* * * . * * * *
By commaud of Major-General D. E. SICK
LES : J. W. CLOUS,
Capt. 38th U S. Infantry, A. D. O. und A.
A. A. G.
h. Negro Jurors.
The following order was issuud yesterday :
HBADQ'RS. 2D M ir,H AUY DISTRICT, T
Charleston, S. C , Sept. 13, 1867. j
General Orders No. 89.
Paragraph II, of General Orders No. 32,
dated May 30, 1867, is modified as follows :
All citizens assessed for taxes, and who
shall have paid taxes for the current year, and
who are qualified, and have been, or may be.
duly registered as voters, are hereby declared
qualified to serve ns jurors.
lt shall be a sufficient ground of challenge
to the competency of any person drawn ns a
juror, that he has not been duly registered as
a voter. Such right of challenge may be ex
ercised in behalf of the people, or of the ac
cused, in all criminal proceedings, ami by
either party in all civil actions and proceed
ings.
Any requirement of a property qualification
for jurors, in addition to the qualifications
i herein proscribed, m hereby abrogated,
i The Governors of North and South Caroli
! na, respectively, are hereby authored ami
I empowered to order, if it should be necessary.
[ special terms of courts, to be held for the pur
p rsc (d' revising and preparing jury lists, and
to provide for summoning and dla wing jurors
ill accordance with the requirements of this
order
liv command of Brevet Major General El).
IL S. GAN nv.
LOUIS V. CAZ!ARC, Adj f. Cieu'l.
The following is paragraph II. of Goner I
j Orders No. 32 :
" All citizens assessed for taxes, and who
i shall have paid taxes for the current year are
! qualified to serve as jurors. It shall be the
ituty of thc proper civil officers churned with
providing UM* of jm-.??-.-, io j>-.>-.<?< -.1 wtt-tyVt
their several jurisdictions, without delay, and
ascertain the names bf all qualified persons,
.ind place them on the jury lists, and from
-ueh revised lists all jurors shall be hereafter
summoned and drawn in the manlier required
by law."
Or fer No. 32 made evor\ poison who had
paid tho current t axes eli tri Ide as a juror.
tinier No. 89 makes eligible only those who
have paid taxes and are qualified and ret fis.
; tered raters, livery person, therefore, in this
State, who is disfranchised hy law. or who
1 does not register, will be ineligible to s< i ve ns
a juror.- Charleston Mereurjj. 19/// S pt.
NEW YOHK, Sept. ix.-A party of South
ern gentlemen ?jnve a dinner lo Gun. Beaure
gard, nt the New York Hotel, today. In
the course of his remarks, tue General stated
I that he hud received toinptiiig oilers from Eng
lish capitalists to take up his resid nee in
ICughtfld ns superintendent of extensive ongi
neerin?! works in that country; Ito lind con
cluded, upon calmly surveying the diU'cient
Governments of the world, their status and
their inherent strength, that this country pos
sessed the most stable government of any ex
isting on tho face of tho earth, and that, foi
his part be was determined to spend Iiis lib
under the flag of tho Government that wai
thc most stable and least liable to disorganiza
tion. It was nothing short of sheer nonsenst
to talk of another rebellion If they wanted
to raise one they could not-it was utterly
in.possible, and will be impossible for them t?
do so for thc next generation.
MONTANA, Sept. 19.-The volunteers ha vi
been reinforced by eighty men ami li piece o
i rt il lory, Tho Crow Indians, while proles-;
ing peace, aro undoubtedly depredating.
2,000 hostile Indians environed Kort Po dire
and captured live of forty wagons, loaded will
n?il unition and stores, within thirty miles o
Fo't. Dodge. On the 10th, (the next day,"
they attacked another train, killing four mci
aud capturing twelve mules. There were twi
fatal cholera cases at Omaha yesterday. Tin
Commissioners arc nt the North Platte, tint
aro holding a council with 200 Indians, in
duding Spotted Tail, Standing Elk, Swif
Bear and others.
. ?*.
IN 1810 a Colonel in tho Austrian ?rm;
caused a young Countess to be publicly whip
ped for concealing ono of the revolution?r;
party. She died shortly after, leaving n son
two years of ngc. Tito eon grew up, and
with the purpose of avenging his mother, per
feeted IlilUSuif in the use of the Turkish sabre
When ho thought the time had como, som
few weeks ?go. he went to thc country seat n
the Colonel, then Baron Prangen, and sluppei
him in tho faco A ohallenge was, of course
sent; and the younti ?natl choso ns weapon
Turkish sabres. They met, and after inform
ins the Bnron of his origin and ) urpose, th
son of tho outraged Countess proceeded ti
slice and hack his ancestral enemy into sinai
pieces.
DETROIT, Sept. 19.-The tue A. R. Mm!
exploded to-day, killing six and injuring fiv
portions
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 19.-Thero wore 5
interments from yellow foyer up to 0 o'cloc
this morning.
.CHARLESTON, Boptombor ?9.-Rcgisln
tion olosed in this oily today; colored mt
jority 1,801.
8cenee at Antietam.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.-Just West of
tho main stand, and within tho cemetery en
closure, is a limestone rock, some six foot long
by titree fe? t high* known, far and wide,
throughout Washington county, ns ?? Lee's
Kock," from the faot that it is said that (jen.
Leo stood thereon during tho fiercest of tho
fight nt Antietam, directing the operations of
the Confederate army. During the day, n
party of curiosity-h Un tors were hit ?illy ai?(*.iif><t
in chipping pieces of the rock ns relies. Mc
Clellan's position during the light was pointed
out, near a red farm house, in a position a lit
tle less commanding than that occupied hy
Lee.
The following illustrates the harmony of the
ceremonies: The loud call for Gov. Geary,
of Pennsylvania, on the conclusion of tho ad
dress of ICx-Gov. Bradford? showed that many
Pennsylvanians were present, and that there
was an under-current of ill feeling, on account
of some slight, real or fancied, to their Gov
ernor, in his name not appearing in thc pro
gramme. The out cry for Governor Geary,
for the time being, overpower?'cl thc calls for
the President, Mid prevented thc reading of
the poem from being heard. The brass bund
essayed to perform a piece with aa little effect:
and finally, after a hurried consultation on thc
I stand, Gov. Geary was induced to present
himself, nnd ask that thc programme should
he gone through without interruption. When
he subsequently spoke, after the pioccedingt
were ended, he showed considerable feeling.
The President and the members cd' the Cabi
net left thestand while Gov. Geary was speak
ing, in order to proceed to Keedysville to take
the train, ami this proceeding was taken by
some of the friends ol' the Governor as an iii
lentiontil slight. Gov. Geary opened hi"
speech thus : ?. Fellow citizens : After all
von have hoVd to day, 1 hail supposed yon
would want nothing moro. Tho program inc
I opened ami concluded with prayer, ami those
who had waited must conic in nt the last
hom But. my friends, we still have a place
in the hearts of the people. [Appiause:.]
When you come to Pennsylvania, we let eve
rybody speak ; we want to bear Thanks tr
Almighty (?od fm- his preservation nnd can
ol' the country, we have no gag. ?Appl iuse.
We have no programmes for this purpose -
( Bellowed applause.]" .
RA MHO PHOMUKSSINC.-The "New Or
b-ans .Times " s.-?v-< :. . ? -?.
" lt is UliileiliabhT that a stroiej- icofmgo
caste- of exclusiveness-is growing up in tlii
breasts of the colored people, and thai t.hi
tendency to ignore white men as cou n's Her
and leaders-even though they be of i.li?
no^t radical type politically-is constant!;
mi the increase, liven nt this early d:iy, hm;
before tin election for new local govern'Owii!
can bo held, thereis sea icely a St do iSv inn
nicipal ofTtee th tit eau bo named tor which
negro candid 'te has not already been pnt foi'
wald, with Strong ami active supporters a
his back. A colored Minn now holding nfllc-'
by appointment of Gen. Sheridan, bc listed 01
i a leading thoroughfare, in tones to be hean
by passers, that be would bethe ni'r.t sheri!
elected, if it cost him 550,'KIO. Ile is conti
dent of succeeding without any such libera
expenditure. Another is quite ns confidcn
of being thc next mayor. The member o
Congress from the First District is decide
upon, and so on tri the end of the list.
I Tm: B KV t:t,ATI o v DP PROPHECY.-1
18 18. Henry Clay, who led tho Whig hosts i
the great, campaign of 1844, made the follow
ing prophecy :
Thc agitation of slavery in thc free State
j will
' 1st. Destroy nil harmony j
'2d. Lead to division ;
8d. To poverty ;
4th. To war ;
6th. To extermination of the black race;
Otb. to ultimate military despotisch.
NASHVILLE, September 18.-A dologntio
from Jackson County has arrived hero with
petition for the removal of the uiiliafia, wh
aro (lepredi.ting. The d?l?gation uioludt
Senator .Muse, a radical.
Three of the hlilitititl implicated in Maye
Hartman's murder have escaped.
NEW OHLKANS, Sept.. 18.-The dcntl
from yellow fever up to six o'clock this mon
ing amount to forty six. The fever is sprent
ing among towns in the interior of this Stat
A colored Judge presided this morning ft
the first time on the bench in the First Di
trlc-t Recorder's Court of this city.
, -T * -
THE GREAT AMERICAN DKKEKT. - A wt
ter from Nebraska explodes an dd geograph
cal fiction, and draws a picture which those i
our readers v ho studied geography fiflei
years ago. will readily recognize. He sa}'*
" lu nu atlas l used to study, long ago-au
1 nm no chicken-thors was laid down ju
west of the Missouri river a tract, broad at
expansive, called 'Tho Great American De
erl.' 1 recollect a forlorn bu halo, with t;i
erect, sprawled away otitsido of this tract,
show that he did not belong in it, and cou
not afford to live in it on any terms ; and evi
an Indian with his pony's tail turned to tl
Desert was chasing off at full speed for a bc
ter looality. As an infant in geography, I i
wnys took n groat anfount of stock in til
Desert idea, which now I think, after ?
grew out of tho conceit of sonio lazy engine
who got sick of tho vast expanse of ohai
drng'/ing, and lumped tho wholo ss a regl
not worth ten day's work with ohain and lc
ol. He libelled the fairest whent-growii
section in the world. Today thousands
acres of tho finest wheat that ever grow yolk
in tho summer's sun, aro bonding arid rippli
on tho fertilo bosom of Nebraska, to give t
Ho to tho old nttns ?nd (he topographical eh
who misled good Mnlte Brun
A Pactfio Rail Road Town.
i.ivKLv Train's AT JULESUURO.
A correspondent of tho " Chicago Tribune"
gives a racy description of tho present singu
lar and chaotic condition of affairs at the lit
tle Pacific Roil way town of Julesburg :
THE rorur.ATjON.
Some of thene, possibly one-fourth, nie peo
ple wino havlrljgfconC thor? to do a legitimate
business, as tVyv^Vr- f.?itg'tite?i and so on, but
tlio large majority of its inhabitants wore
frontier gamblers, whiskey sellers and demi
reps, worn ortt in Chioago, St. Louis and
Omaha, and Broking "new fields and pastures
fresh," toward tho puro air of the mountains.
In short, tho worst and most reckless charac
ters that ever gathered together ot a new fron
tier town.
ITS BUSINESS.
As you go along the two long streets run
ning parailol to the rail road, nearly every
house is a wniskey shop, gambling saloon, or
ItOUSQ of prostitution ; not utifrcquontly all
of these combined in one great shanty, with
here and tlu'.r* ;.. clothing store or it: trading
establish monti as if thrown in occasionally to
prevent the total depravity of thc street and
preserve to ibsoinc slight air of respectability.
During the hours of daylight the town pres
ents on all slues the busy nspect of legitimate
trade.
I'K'i UR ESQ UK ASIM.PTS.
Great white-covered wagons, drawn hy num
berless yoko^of oxen, roll slowly and heavily
along from the railroad depot towards the
camping grounds on the Platte 01 Lodge Pole ;
stages splendid io vile paint and varnish, and
with teams of six horses to each, that prance
and elmfo as they are kept waiting for the
load, and daffi olf with much dust and crack
ing of whip.\ns they leave for Douyer, Salt
Lake nod San Francisco; wagon masters, her
der.-;, cavalry soldiers mid officers dashing
about on line horses; locomotives puffing
in and ont nlong the tract, drawing long
trains of ties, rail?, freight nnd passengers
nil th eso from daylight to .sundown combine
to make a bu-\v scene, interesting and pleas
ant to watch, because telling of thc growth
and progressif a prent people. As daylight
fules the scene most wonderfully shifts. The
houses that wore opened by day ?ire nearly all
closed, always excepting J h. e. saloons, nnd in
stead the br^ad glure of many lamps is thrown
tl!T?UKuJ1??%t'Jnora windows of whiskey
1?TwpfgH7^^ v.bik
brass bands, painos, hand organs nnd the con
fused murmur of many human voices inter
rupted oeensionlly by a pistol ?hot and a few
shouts, make up a concord of sounds, new, al
h;;ist, if uot sweet, to Easlcrn oars.
A GAM W.I NI} "SALOON.
One of the principal gambling establish
uients is worth describing, as being new in itt
scenes outside of the California of 1849 or
the Colorado ot 1858. As you squeeze your
way through the crowd on the sidewalk and
around thc door, following the brilliant light
from the colored windows in front and thc
j sound of a brass baud at the rear end of thc
long building, you como into a long, one story
frame, building, it can hardly be called, cov
ered and sided with canvas, and perhaps fort)
feet wide. On each ??dens you enter is a bar
with all tho attractions of mirrors, mnny-huet
glasses, and bottles mid endless varieties o
drinks, that aro tobe found in thc best know I
of their Eastern models. Between the tw<
doors in front is a knot of men gathered abott
a .small table, nt which a ha rd-faced pro fes
sional is engaged in dealing 1 Spanish monte.
A few dark-looking Mexican teamsters an
betting small sums at tho game, while a fev
more are interested spectators, but the gani,
is small and tho customers few, and we wi I
seo what that unceasing talk is just behiud us
THE GAMES PLAYEO.
Now, gentlemen, you see the throe enrds
two black and one red ; black wins for mo am
red for you; turn tho red card, and the mon
ey is yours; anv amount up to iivo h und rot
dollars."
J Lore is tho old familiar secno of thc rnc<
track nnd oircus of years ago, " three-Can
monte," with its usual crowd of gaping vcr
liants, with here nnd there through the crowt
a "capper," a " roperin," looking to the in
experienced oyo green Or thnn any, but bctrny
ing themselves to tho initiated by occasions
offers to some by standers to " go him halves'
on what ls certainly a ?. ?uro thing."
'* Don't you seo-the fool hos accidental!,
j twisted the corner of that red card-go in
I'll go you hulvei ; we're bound to win." Wi
to thc poor greenhorn who bites nt that bait
Tho card is turned and the accidontal twis
of tho corner of the red card has mysterious!,
become a*UOSt skilfully intentional curl on th
comer of ono of the black ones. Tho mone;
is lost and thc same old traine goes on, whil
it is hard to tell which of the two, victim o
" capper," shows thc most rueful face ovc
what scorns their common loss
Just beyond is a billiard table, with per
haps fifty people crowded around it. Bellini
sits n Imrdfcnf ired mnn, whoso tongue i
glibly running over sonio small variation a
tho unceasing strain. Five more dollars t
bo taken on fotpdo; any gentleman want?
Only fi of more dollars on rondo, and the gani
gnes on? There you aro. sir," as some on
hand? np . tho amount, M tho gamo is mad<
Will souio gentleman .roll tho balls?" i
A pause ami " Coule wins," ny tho sam
voice, and a few minutes after bocina tb
same monotonous recitative to make a no1
gamo.
Opposite this ia a dirty-looking follow, bi
hind a tablo on which is spread a painte
cloth, marked off in squares with numboi
painted in them, and yariousadditional mark
'which'he explains na' he goes along: "1
HatTan? ioddery, sliontlomon, viola vins ye
ein ble brise, widout dst you makes mue
risk. You zoe "-taking ?fp'his box and dice
und throwing them by wu;/ of illustration,
" dare ces vorty-sofen ; now lindi forty-scfen,
nndt, you zee, for VOllO lollur you yin two
hundred fifty dollar." Presently tome poor
devil of a teamster1 or emigrant is eaug'??? in
bis toils, and finds too late that it is only an
other phase of thc method of cheating a man
out of his money which he may seo all around
him.
..A little, further r-Vmg o? ?fo? right is a ifeip
lette wheel, just beyond it a doy.cn mon ?it
ting round a tabb; While one deals " vingt'
un, while on thc opposite sido are half dbvien
faro banks, crowded with betters, and a glance
nt which will no doubt satisfy very quickly
your curiosity, for the first thing that catches
your eye is a couple of revolver:} lying very
suggestively near thc banker, but ostensively
used as paper weights for his pile of money. A
look tit Iiis face and at tho pistols convinces
you that should you detect any trilling little
liberty taken with tho cards while dealing, it
would be prudent to keep to yourself any
mild suggestion of unfairness which might
risc to your lips, ns you saw him rake in thc
little pile you have " coppered on the ncc"
or 41 bet flat behind thc queen."
A PLEASANT COMMUNITY.
Leaving thia house you come only to anoth
er phase of the same thing more or less exten
sive, in nearly every house along the street ;
varied now und then 1)3* n dance-house where
faded nymphs du pave, in iow-necVed dress
es and high-nook od skirts, "ply their avoca
tion," ns G?n?ral lintier gently phrased it, or
dirty rail road laborers, to?! dirtier Mexican
ox drivers, with here nnd tlu>re an attempt al
flash gentility by some rough gambler orstool
pigeon. In short, whhjtkoy-solling, gambling
and prostitution in every conceivable and in
conceivable shape, occupy aboul thr?e.fourth:
of the town. With sucha population it maj
he readily imagined that murder, robbery a nc
crime of every kind are rife, that life is heh
cheap, and that punishment seldom foliowi
crime.
A REVOLUTION.
This is, indeed, or was, the case until it be
came intolerable, nnd the respectable citizen
held a meeting, nt which they resolved that
?is nobody knew certainly whether thc towi
was in Colorado or Nebraska, (it is very nea
the linc) they would establish a govertimon
of their own - which they accordingly dit]
and did pretty well for new beginners, Tbi
^miRed.tlic ganiViling and whiskey-selling pat
of'tbo'eotifuni?it}* to rfesim ju :.ut.h.)i/l:.y, ar.
they had a meeting, nt which they formed ai
other government, to suit their own notion:
which us may bo conceived, was none of th
most correct. At Ibis juncture, and. whoo
fight between thc li viii mayors, councils, coi
stables, etc., was imminent, the military std
in, and finding that thc town is on a militai
reservation, take quiet possess:"-! of the reit
of Government, and having the power, it
probable will keep hold of thom until sue
time as recognized civil authority can bo e
tnblished there. It is no doubt the. best thin
that could have happened forthat conimunit;
and is necessary to protect the large inter?s
of thc Government at that point, but meat
time it L'ives rise to a very curious cocked-hi
quarrel among tho claimants of authority.
" I HAVE NO TIME TO RRAT>."<-The id<
about tho want of time is a mere phantom.
Franklin found time in thc midst of nil h
labors to dive into thc hidden successes
philosophy, and to explore thc untrodden put
of science. The great Frederick, with i
empire nt bis direction, in the midst of wr
on thc ovo of the battles which wero to dcor
thc fato of his kingdom, found time to rev
in tho charms of philosophy and intcllecte
pleasures. Bonaparte, with all lOurope ntl
disposal, with kings in his ante chamber be
ging for vacant thrones, with thousands of nu
whose destinies were suspended by the brill
threads of his arbitrary pleasure, had time
converse with books. Ctosar, when ho h;
curbed the spirit of thc Roman people, ni
was thronged with visitors from the roinott
kingdoms, found time for intellectual Oonvi
Ration. Rvery man has time, if bc is carri
to improve it as well ss he might, he can re
a three-fold reward. Lot all make usc oft
hours at their disposal, if they want to obt.i
a proper influence in society. They can,
they please, hold in their hands the destin
of our Republic.
NEEDLES wero first made in London bj
negro from Spain, in tho reign of Queen K
ry. Ile died without imparting tho seci
of bis art. The art Was recovered in 15f
Elias Crowes first taught the English to ma
needles, but thc art wtis again lost for neal
a century, when it was again rcct vered
Christopher Greening, who settled at Lo
Crendon, in Buckinghamshire.
WASHINGTON, September 10.-Sir Fri
erick Bruce died nt Boston, this morning.
A Lieutenant, who for'-ed a lowd worn
into n hotel in General Ord'? District, 1
been court tnartinled and dismissed from I
service. Thc sentence was approved at he
quarters.
BUFFALO, Sept. 10.- A fire destroyed <
win?of the Wadsworth House; loss $20,0'
A woman jumped from tho fourth story.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 10.-Tho olty rati
tho Constitution by 10,000 majority.
DURING the recent session of the Eq
Rights Convention s strong-minded fem?lo
tercd a street railroad oar. An old gent r
to give her a soat, but naked, " Bo ;
one of those woman's righters?" "l b
Ysu believe e woman should have all tho ria
of a man ?" . " Yes 1 do." " Thon stand
and onjoy them like a n??n," and sho
stand up.
Miraculous Healing by a French Zouave.
A NEW SENSATION JN I'AUIS.
Accordir lo thc Paris correspondent of
the " London Star," there is a Zouave in Par
is whose gifts of healing rival those of Dr.
Newton, -who was much talked of in New
York some ti??Gingo. The Mar's correspon
dent says : "* il K """-L
.. J ho groat J , r JS^r^fe^S^WitM^00^"*"'*'''
joel of all conWsnti.m, ia the miraculous gift
of healing possSsscd by a Zouave of tho name
of Jacob, who, by the mere exercise of his
will, performs daily tho most extraordinary
! cures of paralyztd persons who for years' hove
I been unable to move without assistance. The
i Zouave receives no payment for the boon ho
I confers ; ho is perfectly assuming in manner,
and does not attempt to explain by what means
he accomplishes the cures bc undoubtedly* ef
fects. His regiment is quartered at Versail
les, but in consequence of t li o difficulty tho
poor'experiencod in roaching tho only portion
of tilla barrack in which he was allowed to re
ceive Im patients, thc Count dc Chateauv?l
laid, himself a paralytic, offered him the uso
of several rooms in his hotel, where Zouavo
Jacob daily administers relief to liions iuds
who flock from all parts. Thc Count publish
es in La Petite Presse a plain statement of his
own experience in the efficacy of Jacob's in
fluence. Ho drove in his carriage, accom
panied by Iiis wife, to the manufactory of M.
Du Noyct, where Jacob was engaged with
Rovoral poor and disabled patients. Tao
Count, who had been paralyzed for years, was
supported by his footman and a workman, wh ?
obligingly lent him his . rm from his ourringo
to the salle, where he was allowed to take ti
place in tire circle of thc sick surrounding
Jacob.
" Persons were being transported on litters
or carried in mon's anns to his presence,
many being so uttcrlX-helpless ns to J?o,unnblo_ _
to sit upright and only wolp to support them
selves by leaning against each other. As
soon as the room was full, Jacob entered, and
said; " Let no one speak until I question
him, or I shall go away." Perfect silence
ensued. Tho Zouave then went from ono
sick person to another, telling each exactly
the disease from which he or she was suffer
ing. Then to the paralytics bc simply said
" Ilise." The Count, being of thc number,
arose, and that without the slightest difficulty.
In about twenty minutes Jacob dismissed tho
crowd, M. Do Chntcnuvillaid walked to his
c-wymfr^f*i?*><mt tKo ?lu'nic-tndiumulty,. red
when Wa wife wished to express her gratitude
t!o'j\icob, he replied that lie had no time to
listOn for bc had other patients to attcud to.
Medical men arc themselves iaken by surprise,
but tho fact's aTe not contradicted."
Tn a later letter thc same writer says:
?'Thc " Zouave Guerissour" is decidedly
the lion of Hie day. The importance attach
ed by the public, as wed us by tho press, to
the soi distant cures operated by this private
a (lords a striking indication of the temper of
the public appeetite in this coutitr}' towards
supernatural agency. France is a Catholic
nation, and cannot do without miracles. To
many the feats accomplished by the said Zou
ave, appear as a delusive farce and extrava
gancy of superstition ; but to many moro I
am assured it is a serious, all-absorbing faith..
Scores of people in Paris, as well as Versailles,
arc actually made crazy by thc miracles ope
rated by Monsieur Le Zouave. He has crea
ted the greatest curiosity, and hundreds of
men and women of character and ability now
seek opportunities to witness and investigate
thc phenomena produced by Jacob, lc Zou
ave.
" If this Jacob is r. mere impostor, whioh
many persons broadly assert, it is neverthe
less confessed by careful and candid investi
gators that he is most successful in concealing
his imposture. The fact is that Jacob, dis
daining the former manifestations of spiritu
alism, which merely consisted in rocking, lift
ing, rapping, or tapping, has had tho good
sense to turn his mind towards things of or
dinary and tangible utility Ile does not
pretend to introduce you to Socrates and Sol
omon, to put you in communication with Vol
taire ov Alfred dc Musset, and ofter to de
scribe to you thc scenery of the planet Jupi
ter or the star Alderbaran ; but bc, moro
practical and matter of faot, undertakes to rid
you of rheumatism, gout, amaurosis, palsy,
&c. For stan ling effects, the phenomena,
which he produces are worthy of tho ago of
Michael Scott."
THE "Shelbyville Uuion," speaking of
confiscation, says that " nobody but. arraufc
fools will t-.'or buy real estate at a confiscation
sale; aud nobody buta rogue will accept a
gift of confiscated property."
A MODERN PHILOSOPHER, talc' igthomo-.
tion of the earth on its axis at sevontoon
tuiles a second, says that if you take off your
hat in tho street to bow to a friend, you go
seventeen miles bareheaded without taking
cold.
Wu KN asked how he got out of prison a
witty rogue replied : I got ont of my cell
by ingonuity, ran up stairs with agility, crawl
ed out of tho back window in secrecy, slid
down the lightninged with rapidity, and aux
now basking in tho sunshine of liberty."
LITTLE deeds of lovo and kindness cheer
the downoost spirit, and fill thc aching honrr
with gladness. Minutes, hours aud days mnko
tho year; sOtho smaller aots und thoughts of
lifo prepiro us for eternity.
FLESHY persons may bocomo loan by catino;
slate pencils. JU reduces them to a moro
ciphor.
THE vanity of human lifo is like ? Tiver,
constantly passing away, and yet coWahtrjj^
corning on.