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BY KEITH, SMITH & CO. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1879. VOLUME XIV.-NO. 26. THE GENUINE DR. O. McXANE'S Celebrated American WORM SPECIFIC OR VERMIFUGE. SYMPTOMS OF WORMS. ?HE countenance is pale and leaden colored, with occasional flushes, or ' circumscribed spot on one or both chefcksj thc eyes become dull; the pu pils dilate; an azure semicircle runs along the lower eye-lid j thc nose is ir ritated, swells, and sometimes-bleeds; a swelling of the upper lip ; occasional headache, with humming or throbbing of the ears; an unusual secretion of saliva; slimy or furred tongue; breath very foul, particularly in the morning; appetite variable, sometimes voracious, with a gnawing sensation of the stom ach, at others, entirely gone ; fleeting pains in the stomach; occasional nausea and vomiting; violent pains throughout the abdomen; bowels ir regular, at times costive; stools slimy; not unfrequently tinged with blood; belly swollen and hard; urine turbid; respiration occasionally difficult, and accompanied by hiccough; cough sometimes dry and convulsive ; uneasy and disturbed sleep, with grinding of the teeth ; temper variable, but gener ally irritable, &c. Whenever thc above symptoms are found to exist, DR. C. McLANE'S VERMIFUGE will certainly effect a cure. < IT DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY in any form ; it is an innocent prepara tion, not capable of doing thc stightest injury to the most tender infant. Thc genuine DR. MCLANE'S VER MIFUGE bears thc signatures of C. Mc LANE and FLEMING BROS. on the wrapper. -:o: DR. C. McLANE'S LIVER PILLS ore not recommended ns a remedy "for nil the ills that flesh ir. heir to," but in affections of thc liver, and in all Bilious Complaints, Dyspepsia and Sick Headache, or diseases of that character, they stand without a rival. AGUE AND FEVER. Nobcttcr cathartic can bc used preparatory to, or nfter taking Quinine. As a simple purgative they arc unequaled. BEWARE OF IMITATIOXN. Thc genuine are never sugar coated. Each box has a red wax seal on thc lid with the impression DR. MCLANE'S LIVF.R PILLS. Each wrapper bears thc signatures of C. MCLANE and FLEMING BROS. Insist upon having thc genuine Dr. C. MC LANE'S LIVER PILLS, prepared by Fleming Bros., of Pittsburgh, Pa., thc market being full of imitations of thc name TSICTJUHG? spelled differently but same .pronunciation. Final Settlement. THE undersigned petitions to tho Probate Court for leave to make a Final Settle ment of tho Estato of Chorlotto Barker, dcoeoscd, at Walhalla Court House, on the 14th day of JUNE, nt ll o'clock A. M. for his Final Disohargo from tho adminis tration of said e?t?lQ. DANIEL HUGUES, Administrator. May 8, 1879 25-4t DRTJ. ^ HAVINO resumed tho practico of medicino, offers his professional services to the com munity. Offico at Iiis rosidenoo at Bachelors' Retreat, Oconco County, S. G. August 8, 1878_ 88 WALHALLA F??MALB COLLEGE -o:o THE noxt session of thin institution will commonoo THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th, 1878. It is an advantage to tcaohors and pupils to enter tho various ?lusses at that time, for a fow weeks dolay rondor it difficult to advance With class. Board in Collogo and in private families, per month, - - $10.00 (juvenile Department, por month, - .50 Primary Dopartment, por month, ? .HO AcademicDopartmont, por month. - 1.00 Collegiate Department, per month, - 3.00 Thoso prices aro oxoiusivo of Stato appro priations. Musi?, Wax and Fanoy Work oxtra. For partioulars, address, DR. J. P. SIflEI/rZER. July 25, 1878, 36 WAOT?lV^^ en?rgotlo canvassers to engagoin a pleasant and profitable business. Oood men will find this a rare ohnnoo To Petite berney. Such will please answor this advertisement Ay letter, enoloslng stomp for reply, stating vVliat business they havo t boon engaged in. i?one but thoso Who moan business nood apply. Address, *kil?V? Harvey & Co, Atlanta, tifa March l&v 1870, " )7-ly. M J>I:J:W.XI.A.M mm TOBACCO Our Confederate Dead* BY FATHER RYAN. Do wo weep for tho herooB who died for us? Who living were truo and tried for us, And in death sleep sido by sido for us? With tho blood they poured in a tide for us. Ah, fearless in many a day for us They stood in front of the fray for us, And hold tho foeman ot bay for us; Fresh tears shall foll Forever-o'er oil Who foll while wearing tho gray for us. How mttny a glorious nama for us, How many a story of fame for us They leftl would it not bo a shamo for us, If their memory part From our land and heart? And a griovous wrong and a blame for us! No-no->oo-they woro slain for us; And bright wero tho lives they gove for us, Tho land they struggled to save for us Cannot forget It warriors yet, Who sleep in so many graves for us. No-no-no-they were slain for us, And their blood flowed out in a ruin for us; lied, rich and pure on tho plain for us; And yours may go, But our tears shall flow O'er the dead who havo died in vain for us. And their deeds, proud deeds, shall rctnaio for us, And their nnme, dcor names, without stain for us, And the glories they won shall not wane for us; In legend and loy, Our heroes in gray, Though dead, shall livo over again for us. Annals of the War. The book published by General Tayloi just before his death hus produced quito t sensation. Loading Northern papers have reviewed it at great length, and give it higl: praiso for literary merit and independence of thought. Thc author spared nobody whom ho deotnod worthy of criticism His praise und blame uro impartially dis tributed. We give somo of the leadiu( topics: GENERAL MCLELLAN. Liko tho majority of professional soldier? Oe norn I Taylor concedes great merit t McClellan os an organizor of armies. II considers tho correctness of tho systcu adopted by that officer, demonstrated b the history of tho groat military machin constructed under it. Ho reminds us tha tho army of tho Potomao although oftoi ill directed, evinced throughout surprisini vitality, as an organization whioh althoug frequently defeated, and at times apparent! dislocated oould not bc destroyed. Genera Taylor thinks, too, that McClellan's stroteg was sound, "tho only military road t Richmond, os events provod, being by th peninsular and tho James River." Il sees, however, that the Washington Qo> ernmont folt itself constrained to prefer less promising lino of attack, because sudden dash of tho Confederates on th capital would almost oertainly have change at oortaio junctures tho attitude of foroig powers. CONFEDERATE BLUNDERS.. Blunders quito es gross as any committe on tho Northern side are mentioned 1 I General Taylor, sr di as tho inozousab ncglcot to ocoupy Fort Sumter and Fo Piokons wheu those postu were afc t! meroy of a corporal's guard. So, to when tho writer of this book roache Richmond at tho head of a Louisiana reg ment ono thousand strong, and fully pr vided with ammunition, no effioicnt measur woro taken to despatch him to tho fron although a battle was then raging at Mann sss, only six hours sway. How unoorta tho issuo of that notion was considered I tho actors during tho first part of tho di may bo gathered from a foot mentioned I General Taylor, thot on his way to tho fro ho mot numbers of Confederate soldici with or without arms, moving South, whioh quarter they all appeared to ho1 pressing engogements. General Taylc ' who went over the battlefield on tho folio* ing day, intimates a decided opinion upi the question HO often and angrily diooussc whether Johnston could havo gone I Washington and Ballimore. Ho romin us of Napoleon's axiom, overlooked at tl timo by tho Confederate commundor th no matter how groat tho confusion and e: haustion of a victorious army might bo, t plight of a defoatcd ono must bo a hundr fold worse, and that on this disorepan action must bo based. And througho tho volumo ho holds that tho value of t initiative in war was not properly appro ted on tho Southern oido, though ho 001 oodes that tho superiority of offensi movements requires for demonstration t possession of trained soldiers, and thi perhaps, the wild confusion of the Confo crates after Mannssos would not havo jua fled such notion. JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON. After tho Manasras campaign tho writ of this book was soparated from Gone Joseph E. Johnston until tho oloso of t war, but he sets forth at length his opini of that ofilcor, which is worth quoth both on account of tho author's persoi reputation and his relationship to Preside Davit*. ?His ?kill," taya General Teyl "in handling troops was groat, and in retreat tho precision and coolness of his movements would have dono oredit to Moreau; but it never seemed to occur to him to assume tho offensive during the many turning movements involving time and distance." In the judgment of our author, Leo was evou more overweighted io Virginia than Johnston in Georgia, and, on tho whole, tho lattor cannot be said to have proved a fortunate commander. Leaving out of viow Bentoovillo and tho cloning scones in North Carolina, whioh ure pro nounced rather tho spasmodio efforts of ! despair than regular military movements, General Johnston's "oftcosivs," we are told, must be limited to Seven Pines or Fuir Oaks. Hero two corps of McClellan's anny out oft from their supports, ought to have boon crushed; and although Johnston foll sovcroly wounded in the notion, General Taylor intimates that this oocident docs aot oxouso the substantial failure of tho engage ment. It is noteworthy that our author, notwithstanding his sympathy with Mr. Davis, does not hesitate to call the removal of Johnston from a command in front of Atlanta an egregious blunder. If tho latter iutended to fight there, ho was enti tled to cxecuto his plan; while if, it is shrewdly added, he bad abandoned Atlanta without a struggle, his deposition would bavo met tho unqualified approval of tho army and people. General Taylor took part in the noven dayB fighting around Richmond, and his discriminative judgment on the Confederate operations is extremely striking. Ho praises tho strategy of Leo, by which Jack? son's forces from the valley were suddenly thrust betweon McDowell and McClellan's right, but he has not a word of eulogy for the tactics on tho field. Indeed, ho assorts with confidence that the Southern oom mandora knew no moro about tho topog raphy of tho country than they did about ocntral Afrioa, and that oil their movements, f.om Cold Harbor to Malvern Hill, wore only o serios of huge blunders. McClellan, we are told, waa as superior to them ic knowiedgo of their own land, as wcro th< Germans to tho Frcnoh in 1870, and ht owed tho success of his retreat to it "We had much praying," says Genera Taylor, "at various headquarters, and larg* roliaoce on special providences, but uom wore vouchsafed to supplement our igno ranee, so we blundered on like pcopl trying to road without knowledge of thei letters." LEE AND STONEWALL JAOK80N. After this campaign tho writer never roe General Lee again, and therefor takes occa sion al this point to mako sorao genoro remarks on the latter's placo in Southon history. Ho considers Leo's defonsiv campaign in 1864 on a lovel with that c Napoleon in 1813, although ho thinks th weak poiut of thc comparison lies in a absence of sharp returns to the offensive In his judgment, tho Confederate cominan der's genius for aggressive warfare ba suffered by a too long service i an engineer In both the Anti? tam ond Gettysburg campaigns ho allowa his oavttlry to sopurato from him, and wt loft without intelligence of tho enemy movements until tho lattor was upon bia In both, too, his army was widely soattoroi and had io be brought into notion pieoe meal. It is affirmed that his own repa of Gettysburg confess- :n his mistakes, an thc writer can derivo nu additional ligl upon that action from thc rambling aocoun since published It is plain that Coner Taylor holds Lee mistaken in his reluctant to assume a vigorous iuitiativo at certa crines of tho war and imputes his habitu attitude in this regard to his protracted trail lng sn thc engineer oorpe. It should bo sai however, that the criticisms are offered wi unaffected diffidence, and that he do ample justice to tho puro and lofty chara? ter and tho indisputable services of li oommnnder-in-ebicf. We moy noto he that although Stonewall Jackson is credit* with thc very qualities which uro indiont os lacking to somo degree in Leo, yet tho is a certain roticcnoe in tho author's n marks concerning tho former Genen "What limit," soys tho writer, "to sot 1 ability I know not, for ho wan over supori to oc?anien;" but bo adds that under ord miry circumstances it was difficult to est moto bim because of bis peculiarities, ai to 000 movement in particular along Fr mont's lino in tho valley campaign, (jenni Taylor does not hesitate to apply tho op thot "rash and foolish." lt must not supposed that theso oiroumspeot yot oand i opinions betray any animus or jealously spite. On tho contrary, they rovoal a sii cero destro to discern thc truth, and a stur resolve to utter it. ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSON. Gcnoral Taylor oonouro with mosteo potent students of tho content, thot I issue of tho battlo of Shiloh was a profou almost irreparable misfortune to tho Co foderato oauso. Ho docs not doubt tl ono short hour more of lifo to Sidney Jol son would have completed Grant's dentro tion. In tho author's judgment he brou; to tho Southern sido a oivil and railiti experience, surpassing that of any oil leader, and was pro-ominontly fitted command Western armies. "With him the helm there would havo l een np Vio burg, no Missionary Ridge, rio Atlant We aro furthe informed fha! Johnson s in no souse rcsponaiblo for the construct of tho forts on tho Cumberland, or for I assignment to their command of cert politioil Gonorabj "who, with a self-abr ' gatton worthy of Plutarch's heroes, w anxious to get away and leave tbe glory and ronown of dofoooo to others." It was cer tainly no fault of his that his Hoe of oom* muniootion was uncovered by the fall of these ill conceived fortresses, and that he was compelled to retire to the 8outhorn bauk of the Tonoessee River, although a howl of wrath carno forth against his aot. Like puro gold, however, ho carno out of tho furnace tho foromost man of all tho South, and the writer adda that had it been possiblo for one heart, one mind, and ono arm to savo her oause, she lost thom when Albert Sidney Johnson foll on the field of Shiloh." SPEAKING OF GETTYSBURG, Genend Taylor concludes that it nowhere appears in tho Confederate commander's report of tho bottle that he ordered Long street to him, or blamed him for tardiness; but he thinks Lee quietly took the respon sibility for his subordinate's errors on his own shoulders. Our author has no patience with tho reoont artiole eommuoioated by Longstreet to the publio press, in which the failure at Gettysburg is oharged to Loo's mistakes, against which he (Long street^ remonstrated. "That any subject," says General Taylor, "involving the exercises of intellect should bo clear to Longstreet and obsouro to Loo, is a startling proposition to those having knowledge of the two mon. Wo have biblical authority for the story that the angel in tho path waa visible to the ass though unseen by tho seer, his mas ter; but suppose, instead of smiting the honest, stupid animal, Balaam had caressed bim, and theo been kiokod by bim, how would the stot y read?" Suoh are some of tho most salient points io this work which bristles with epigram matic sentences from beginning to end. To be fully appreciated, it must be read in full. Tho Improving South. -- While tho Republican papers and omisse? ries aro drawing frightful pictures of the South, and trying to force, under delusive promises, an exodus of the too confiding negroes, Mr. Edw. Atkinson and Mr. W. C. Morrill show a very different state of things in that section of our common oountry. These gentlemen, it is truo, speak only of several of the Southorn Atlantic States, but there is no doubt muoh tho saino progress and improvement in most or all tho Southern States io thc Mississippi Valley. Tho same reason pre vail and the same cconomio laws are in operation. Mr. Atkinson, of Boston, who is well known as a political economist, and thor oughly reliable as to any statements he makes of his own experience, soya the tes timony ho obtained on bis way to the South was to tho effect that tho negroes wore lazy, dissolute and dishonest, but ho found at Charleston, Savannah and everywhere ss he traveled along, an industrious, con tontcd and well-to-do people. Gangs of colored men were corning from 81.60 to 82.25 a day. This, too, in a oountry where all kinds of provisions are abundant and oheap. How would our common laboring white men like tho opportunity of earning Buch wages and of living as cheaply? Mr. Atkinson drovo (o tho poor quarter of the oity (Savannah), and he says ho was much struck with the order and cleanliness of these poor quarters as oomparcd with tho disorder and filth of tho poor quarters of New York and Boston. In traveling through South Carolina and Georgia he found marked sign of improvement and progress, muoh of which WBB brought about within tho past two years-that is to say, since tho grip of the Radical Republican politicians ?nd oarget baggors had been loosened from these States. Ho found no sign of ilUfooling between black and white, but from tho evidonoe of these, well to do colored mon with whom ho talked, it WHS clear a great chango was taking place. In fact, thc main difficulties hot ween thc two races, which woro mostly fomented by tho Radio?) Republican whites for political ends, have been surmounted. In this wo hove tho truo reason why many of thc blacks now voto with tho whites. Tho South is improving generally, and it is the land of plenty, not only where the negroes need not suffer, but whore all oan get good wages, can save money if they I ohooBO, oan even becomo, at little oost, land owners. It is positively cruel, therefore, for tho Republican politicians to mistoad these poor pcoplo by urging them to loavo tho bountiful South to go to Kansas or any other Northern Stato.-A''. Y. ?Star. Alston's Murderer Pound Guilty. ATLANTA, Moy 7.-Tho Jury in the Cox case wero out all night and oame in at noon to-day to bo recharged in full. At a quarter to 4 P. M. they ca tn o in and announced that they had .agreed upon a vcrdiot. It was detained to correct an informality and was then read as follows: "Wo, the jury, find tho prisoner guilty, and roooromond that he be punished by imprisonment fur lifo." Cox recoivod tho vcrdiot with calmness and atoioism, having ovidontly nerved himself for the worst. His wife, on hearing the words so fatal to her hopes, sat for a moment trembling and then rushed foi1 the op?n window near by for the purpbso of throwing herself to tho ground below. She was Wild With grief*. As she reached tho window sho was caught by Cox who hold her fast. She throw ber arms around his neok and olung to him, wildly exclaiming, "Ohl my God! obi my poor darling." Her shrieks were besrtrend ?og and tho occupants of the orowdod room could nut restrain their tears of pity. Cox used all his power to oalm her, and fioally soothed her griof until only her deep moans broke upon the solemn stilcess. Judge Hillyer sentenced Cox to "be con fined in the penitentiary, or such other (dace as the Governor may direct, at hard abor, for and during his natural life. General Gartrell gave notieo that tho de fense would make a motion for a now trial, and praying a writ of supersedeae. The exeoution or sentence was thereupon stayed twonty days. This ponalty is virtually tho extremo of the law in this State, as a law passed with Alston's aid, at tho last session of tho Legislature, giving juries tho right to recommend tho lifo imprisonment io all oases of murdor, as they seo fit, in effect abolishes tho death ponalty. Cox is tho first man convicted of murdor who receives tho benefit of that law. The verdict is re ceived with gonoral approval. Jurors Need Not Answer. IMPORTANT DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT ON Jimv TEST OATH. Tho obligation of a juror in the South to answer as to bis participation in the rebellion, was decided in tho United States Supremo Court, by Mr. Justico Miller ye jterday. The case, which was simply one of ejectment, was that of George Bart against M. M. Pan joud, error to the Circuit Court for Florida* In this case a juror was asked if he had aided nod abetted in tho rebellion, and, upon being advised by the court that it was optional with him to answer or not, declined to do so, but did not servo ns a juror, although a motion to exclude bim for this cause was overruled. Tho reason of his not serving is not shown by tho reoord. The question bore was upon tho ruling of tho court as to tho duty of tbo juror to answer the question, and it waa decided that a juror is no moro bound to disclose, on oath, bis guilt of a crime than a witness, in order to test bis qualification. In this caso an affirmative answer would have admitted treason, and whothor pardoned or not by a general amnesty, the juror could not be required to disclose the fact in this manner. Tho judgment and ruling of tho Florida court was affirmed. Mr. Justice Field agreed that the juror could not be required to answer tho questions, and went further, saying that ho did not think that the act of Congress which, by requiring a test oath as to past conduct, excludes a great majority of thu citizens of one-half of the country from the jury box, is valid In his judgment tho aol is not only oppressive and odious, repugnant to the spirit of our institutions, but is clearly unconstitutional and void. As a war meas ure, to be enforced in tho insurgent State? when dominated by tho national forces, thc aot could be sustained. But aftor tho wai wes ovor, and those States were restored tc their normal and constitutional relations tc the Union, it was os much out of placo and inoperative as would be a law quartering o soldier in every Southorn man's ho uso. Jus. tico Strong placed himself on record as dis senting from thin decision of tho court, which was otherwiso unanimous. t Washington Post; 20th ult. SICK HEADACHE.-This complaint ie tho result of eating too mnoh and exerting too little. Nine times out of ten the cnuoc is in fact that tho stomach was not able tc digest the food last introduced into tt, eithci from its having been unsuitable or excess ive in quantity. A diet of bread and butter, with ripo fruits or berries, with moderate, continuous excroiso in the opec air, sufficient to keep up a gent?o pcrspira tion, would ouro almost every oaso in e short time. Two teaspoonfuls of powdered charcoal in half a glass of water, and drank, generally gives instaot relief. Wo are in olinod to think tnat tho above remedies maj do in some, but not io all eases. A sovereign remedy for this disenso is not oasily found. A correspondent contributes the following on this subj oct: Siok headache is periodical and IB tho signal of distress which th< stomach puts up to inform us that thoro it an over alkaline condition of its fluids that it neeus a natural acid to restore tin battery to its normal working condition When the first symptoms of a hcadaohi appear, toko a teaspoonful of lomon juioi fifteen tnirutcs before cadi meal, and tin samo dose at bedtimo; follow this up un ti all symptoms aro passed, taking no otbei remedies, and you will soon bo ablo to gt froo from your un welcome nuisance Mani will objeot to this because the romcdy is toi simple, but I have made many ourcs tin way. - - Mr. I). A Klrod, a progressive ond en terprising farmer of tho Sandy Spring neighborhood, paid us a visit on Saturday and gave us some information that wi! doubtless bo of very great value to many o our readers, viz; tho oausc of tho blind; staggers among homes and how it can b prevented. Ho says that this discos which has bcon so fatal among tno horses ii this and adjoining counties during tho pas winter, is eauscd by a green mold on corn generally found on tho small end of th car, but sometimos on other paris of il This mold is very poisonous, and is gone rally moro plentiful aftor a dry yoar, or i now ground oom. If the molded grain aro carefully taken from tho cars befor they ore fod to horses or mules, blindstag gera will bo prevented. Mr. Klrod any tbat he has observed this rule closely fe ninny years, ns also havo others of his ai quaintaneo with Uko results, and has nert lost a horco or mulo from tho disease. [Anderson Intelligencer The triompha of truth are tho most gie rious, chiefly bcoatiso they are tho mo bloodless of all viotories, reviving tho j highest luster from the number of tl ' saved, not of the slain. The Republican Caucus. WASHINGTON, May 5.--Tho Republicans had a stormy joint caucus to-night lasting from l.ttQ to 10.30, .on tho bill introduced . this morning by Reprccontotivc Lodd to prevent tho usc of troops at elect io DH. A ?elf appointed committee of his frionds waited on tho President to?day and con sulted him as to his wishes in tho mattor. It ia understood that tho Presidont signiGed that the bill as agreed upon by tho Demo cratic caucus was ono that ho could sign. At any rate, as soon as tho caucus was oalled to order to-night, one of Mr. Hayes' friends, Mr. McKinley, of Ohio, opened with a 8pccoh favoring tho paeeago of tho bill. This aroused tho indignation of the stalwarts to tho highest pitch. Mr. Cook I ling spoko for half ou hour, denouncing tho 1 weakness of tho "man in the White House," as ho culled him, saying that he lind per sistently thrown over tho Republican princi ples since ho hod been iu office. Ho be lieved that tho timo hud como when it WOH tho duty of the true Republicans of tho country to uphold tho principles which hod been enacted into statutes by thc Republi can party, and which, liko tho power now songbt to bo takon from the Presiden', had always sustained tho party and given tho country free and fair elections. He was followed by Edmunds, who spoke moro calmly, if more sarcastically, in the same dircotion. Conger, also, and Robeson, Keifcr and many others spoko in tho stal wart woy. Tho tenor of the debato was all hostile to the administration and tho bill, although ot least twenty Republicans inti mated that if {eft to themselves they would voto for the bill. Finally, Edmunds moved tho appointment of a committee to amond the bill and ask for a reasonable timo fer debate. Ho intimated that tho amendment might define generally tho powers of tho Federal Government over elections. This motion was carried by almost two to ono, and Messrs. Edmunds, Robeson and Frye woro appointed as tho committee. If amendment is rofused by tho Democrats, tho bill will bo opposed, but it is believed I that tho Presidont will sign it. [iv". 7, World. GOVERNMENTS LAST AHOUT FIVE HUN. DitED YEARS.-The following is au extract from a late sermon of tho Kev. David Swiog, of Chicago: As nations do not riso in a day, so in ft day they cannot be overthrown. There aro some singular records in history. It seems that a groat nation cannot turo on its axis more than once in 400 or DOp years. Some of tho old States lie outside the bounds of hit tory; 6ut those inside these bounds show groat uniformity in making tho tun? of radical oh&ngco in dynasty. Egypt waa undor shepherd kings about 500 years. Her golden ago, when sho so flourished in art, spread over SOO years. Tho liebrev republic ran from Moses to King David 500 years; and then came the empiro to enter upon 500 or 900 years Oi sticccsB; The glory of Greek liberty oovered nbotit 500 yeorsj Romo enjoyed all tho splendor of a republic for the same strange period 482 years. Thus, between Oincinnatus, tho farmer President, and tho overthrow of tho republic by Caesar and Anthony, thcro intervened tho magioal five ocnturiesi Spain and Franoc and Gormany, formed out of new countries which followed tho breaking up of tho Western empire, ore now living woll and happily io tho 400th yoar of their separate lives. Theso state ments aro sufficiently truthful at loast to assuro us that those great stars which we ?alf '-nat ions" can neither he pl ac sd in tho sky in a day nor in n day bo blotted from tho galaxy. Behold through what turmoils France has cornel Tho atheist and com munist assailed her. Napoloao drained her of men and money by wars of ambition. Other revolutions came. Then came tho usurpation, of Napoleon, theo tho German war with defeat and a Gno of ?1 000,000. 000; aud vot, to-day Franco comes out of those commotions a wiso and poworful republic . Tho American Rapid Telegraph Company reoently organized, proposes to work quito a revolution in telegraph rates. Tho capital stock is 83,000,000, and they intend to put up wires along all post roads in the. Unitod States. Their ohnrgos will bo, twcnty-Gvo cents for oaoh thirty words to nny part of tho oountry East of tho Rooky Mountains, Gftoon couta por Gfty words night messages, and ten cents per hundred words for prosa reports. The company soj that thoy confi dently expect iu th'.co years to telegraph ordinary business letters to and from all points in tho country for ten cents. Advices from upper Egypt represent that the conflicts between tho Egyptian t roo pu and tho 8)ove doolors on tho I3th and 14th of January resulted in tho completo defeat of tho latter, with tho loss of G.OoO killed and wounded and prisoners. The loss of tho Egyptian troops Was 200. James MoCrnty, father 6t tho Seorctary of War, writes to tho Stat?svillo American to say that ho is a native of Ircdell County. N. C., whenoo ho emigrated at tho ago cf 9 years with his falber, who Grat Bottled io Tennessee, and aftciwar<?8 in Indiana* Tho fathor of tho Secretary married a Koo? tucky lady. Mr. Daniel Horlbook TIBS resigned hi? position a? Clerk of the United 8tates Di?? triot Court. Mr. E. M. Seabrook, it ia said, will mitered him.