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VOL. XXI WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIt. 27, 1870. Timo kHUM Bt BOM F?NBIM.~Tlr?. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, MORALITY AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. KO L ' ' ^, -. . The Sumter Watchman {S8T?SL?8HSD IN ??9.) l? rv* ninan BV WIMHMT' MORN I NO AT >U MT E R, 8. O., BY GILBERT ** FLOWERS. Terms. 0--yw.....~....?..? g Six months. 1 ?. TkrM aoatbt.,?.. X te ADVERTISEMENTS im.rud st tb? rata ?f ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS per nun fer th? Ont. ONB DOLLAR for th? Mooad, FIFT? OBNTS for oaeh ?ubaoquent Insertion, for aa? poriod IMI tbao tbreo aootbs OBITUARIES, TRIBUTES OF RE8PECT and ?ll ooarnooloatlon* which subserre privat? ?nuroau, will bo paid tor aa adrortltomonu. ISAAC A. M'KAGUNJ THE ADVERTISER BBOS TO OA LL AT TBNTION TO HIS STOCK OF THE BEST AND PUREST CH EMI CALS, Drugs, -AND PATENT MEDICINES, A FINE ASSORTMENT OF PERFUMERY. SOAPS, TOILET POWDER | and Chalk, Puff Boiea and Puffs, Shaving Cream and Brushes, Hair Brushes, lofant Brushes, Tooth and Nail Brashes, _ All at MoKAff N'S. 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Comprising most of the popular Patent Medicines, -SUCH AS Rossdalis, Philotokcn or Female Friend, Mystic or Female Regulator, Jayne's Expectorant, Jayne's Pills, Ayor's Cherry Pectoral, Wistar's Bulsam Wilt) Cherry, Hembold's E: tract Buohu, Simmons' Liver Invlgorator, Sandford's Liver Invlgorator, Hall's Hair Renewer, Barry's Trlcopherous, Tammi's Aperient. Stafford's Olive Tar for colds, soughs and | .onautnption. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, Russell's Soothing Cordial, without ano? dyne, Holloway's, Vttn Deuson's and Hurley's Worm Candy, with all the Vermifuges. A completo assortment of PERFUMERY, TOOTH BRUSHES AND TOILET ARTICLES. -ALSO A choico article of CO LO 0 NIC, of our own manu? facturo, which we can sell ohoap-with all other | articlos which should be found in a Well Regulated Drug Store. Jan 20-tf J. F. W. DELORME. DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS! Toilet and Fancy Articles. A. ANDERSON & CO.. Apothecaries and Chemists, SUMTER, S. C. Are receiving constantly a full supply of Pure | Drugs and Chemicals, and a well seleotod I tool of Fancy Articles and Perfumery. -ALSO A great variety of Toilet 8oaps, * Extracts for tho Handkerchief, Fine Colognes, Foreign and Domestic, Surgical Instruments, Trusses, Ac. All Medicines warranted genuin? and of the very best quality. PHYSICIAN'S PRESCRIPTIONS, Carefully compounded night or day. To be fountLat night at tho residence of Mr. Anderson on Maui St. A. ANDERSON, - A. J. CHINA, M. D Jan 0_ Naya ssa G uanoi -FROM THE-! NAVASSA GUANO COMPANY! -OF WILMINGTON, NO. CA. INCORPORATED AUGUST, 1869. IMPORTERS OF Navftssa Guano, Sulphur, NITRATE OF SODA, kc. MAH0TA0T0RER8 0? Sulphuric and Muriatic Acids, And of the Patented "Nayassa Ammoniated SOLUBLE PHOSPHATE." FOR SALE BY A. A. SOLOMONS, Agent for Sumter C<Mnty% March 28-la, r PEACH TRI MANURE "PERSICATOR." The Original and Genuine Article. Prepared ander tbe Formula of Dr. DAVID ST? WA RT, Chemist, and ?ecured by Letters Pat? ent bj us for tbe Patentee. COMPOSED OF Phosphates and Potash, The FOOD which forms the mineral part of the slant, and that W removed from the soil with every crop. PARTICULARLY ADAPTED TO HORTICULTURE, FRUIT TREES, CORN AND TOBACCO, THE EXTERMINATOR OF Bust, Spores and Insects Diseased Peach Trees, With yellow leaves, under its influence, produce a dark green foliage in a few weeks. Put up in New Barrels. PRICE, $40,00 PER TON. Liberal deduction made to doalors. We annex the following certificates taken from many received by us : Son NT SIDS, Anne Arundel co., Md., ) March 19th, 1870. J Mtitr?. Wm. Crichton <? .Von-Gentlemen : I used tho Persioator on my Peach Treos last spring with much satisfaction. Many of my treos are six years old, wore diseased from th e wo na, tho leaves wore yellow and sickly. I applied a small shovelful of tho Persicator around the base of eaoh tree. In a few weeks they produced a rich green foliage, and bore a fine crop. I am satisfied that this manure completely doifroyed the worm, invigorated the trees and the growth of the erop. THOMAS SHEPPARD. RICBKOND, VA., Feb. Otb, 1870. Meeert. Wm. Crichton d> Son, Baltimore-I used the PRRSICATOR on a piece of very poor land to give the CORN a start, and drilled it in at the rate of 50 lha. PER ACRE, ot the cost of ono dollar. On this lot I never had been able to se? cure a "eland" by reason of tho "COT WORM," al? though I tried salt in various ways. On the rows to which I applied the "PERSI? CATOR," the corn came up "to a hill" promptly and grow oft* finely. On the remaining rows, not more than one third of the plants escaped tho worm, and those that did, woro puny in appear? ance. M If farther trials on lands infested with "Cut Worms" shall result in securing a "STAND" like the ono referred to, I should consider it an ex? tremely valuable, and tbe cheapest remedy, which could be used. S. BASSETT FRENCH, Editor Farmere' Qatette. PRESTON. Caroline Co., Md., Feb. 18th, 1870. I applied the PERSICATOR to Sonanox, alter? nating with a fertilizer costing $50 per ton in equal quantities. The growth of the "CANE" ?'hero the PERSICATOR wns applied, waa very su perlor and equal to any munurod with tho moro costly Fertilizer. * H. F. WILLIS. FOR SALE BY Wm. Crichton & Son, SOLE MANUFACTURERS, BALTIMORE, MD. For sale by Green, Watson & Walsh, Agents, Apr! 6-lm]_SUMTER, S. C. C. T. MASON . WATCH MAKER AND JEWBLsER. SUMTER, S. C. Has just received and keeps always oa hand New and Beautiful Styles of JEWELRY, FYE GLASSES, &C. WATCHES, CLOCKS and JEWELRY- RE PAIRED WITH DISPATCH. March 31 O. F. HOYT. SUCCESSOR TO I HOYT, SO. OA. "Y^OULD rospcctfolly inform his friends and tho publio of Sumter, and adjoining counties, tbat he has recently recoived a choice soleo tion of LADIES' AND GENTLEMENS? "\7S7 ones, JEWELRY, SILVERWARE,, SPECTACLES, &c, &c, His stook embraces all ?the latest stylos, and will bo sold at roasonablo rates. Sept 29_ P. P. TOALE, CHARLESTON, S. 0. ?-? i ?ty. ILargest endmost ooropleto*) Manufactory of Doors, Sashes, ! ma^t. Blinds, Mouldings, Ao., in the f Southern States. ) p&"Printed Pries List Defies Competition."^ Jt?aT* Send for one "KS*, ?** Sent Free on Appltoation. *~eta& April 0 ly Tales From the raimad. " Hope, resignation, and dependence on the divine protection, illustrated in the life of Rabbi Akiba. "All tbe paths of tbe Lord ?re mercy and truth* unto euch as keep bia oonvonan ts ?ad his testi? monies."-Psal ia ZXT. Mao, with bis boasted wisdom, ia bat a short sighted creature ; and with all his pretended power, a weak and help? less being. He koowa not in one mo ment what will happen to bim in the next. Nor oould such knowledge, were he to possess it, either prevent or - re? tard events over whioh he has not the least oontrol. The emiuent faculties with which he is gifted, may indeed enable him to see the immediate effects of particular occurrences: but the re? mote consequences and final results aro hidden (rom his coufined view. Hence he often wishes for things whioh, were thy granted, would tond to his injury; and he as often laments and bewails those very events whioh ultimately provo to his benefit. Thus oircum Btaucdd, iio uuuld not possibly escape the numerous dangers that surround him ; nay, ho would often rush on that very distruotion whioh he seeks to avoid, were it not for the meroiful providence of that Supreme Being who gave us our existence, who watehes over our welfare, and who gui les our steps. lt is he who delivers us from "the noxious pest ?lenco whhh marches in the dark, and from the destruction which rages at noon.;; It is he that turns our mourning into joy, and who changes present evils into everlasting good. "Happy then the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, and who trus s in the Lord his God." So convinced was Rabbi Akiba of these divine truths, so fully persuaded was he that from the Fountain of Good ness no real evil eau flow, that even under thc greatest afflictions and suf* fcringri-and they were many and va? rious-he was accustomed to say, "Whatever God does is good." The ancient sages of it-real have re? commended us to adopt the same max? im ; and they have illustrated it by tho following narrative : Compelled by violent persecution to, quit his native land, Rabbi ?kib;t waudcred over barran wastes and dreary deserts. His whole equipage consisted of a lamp, whioh he used to light at night, in order to study the Law ; a cock, which served him instead of a watch, to announoo to him tho rising dawn ; and an ass, on which ho rode. The sun was gradually sinking be? neath the horizon, night was fust ap? proaching, and the poor wanderer kucw not where to shelter his head, or where to rest his weary limbs. Fatigued, and almost exhausted, he came nt lase near a village. Ho was glad to find it in? habited-thinking where human beings dwelt, there dwelt also humanity and compassion ; but ho (vas mistaken. He asked for a night's lodging : it was re? fused. Not one of the inhospitable in? habitants would accomodate him. Ile was therefore obliged to seek fliehet in a neighboring woods. "lt is hard, very hard," said he, "not to find a hospitable roof to proteot mo against thc inclemency of the weather j but God is just, and whatever ho docs is for thc best." JIo (teated himself beneath a tree, lighted his lamp, and began to read tho Law. He had scarcely read a chapter, when a violent storm extinguished thc light. "What," exclaimed he, "must I not be permitted even to pursue my favorite study ! But God is just, and whatever ho does is for tho best." Ile stretched himself on the bare earth, willing, if possible, to have a few hours' sleep. Ho had hardly closed his eyes, when a fierce wolf came and killed the cock. .'What now misfortune ia this?" cjaculuted thc astonished Akiba. "My vigilant compaion is gouo 1 Who, then, will henceforth awaken me to tho study of the Law ? But God is just : he knows best what is good for us poor mortals." Scarcely hud he finished the sentence when a terrible lion came and devoured the ass. "What is to be dono now?" exclaim? ed the lowclv wanderer. "My lamp and my cock are gone ! my poor ass, too, is gone I And all is ?june ! But, praise be the Lord, whatever he does is for tho best." He passod a sleepless night, and early in the morning went to the villago to see whether he could procure a horse, or any other beast or burden, to enable him to pursue his journey. But what was his surprise not to find a singlo in-? dividual alive ! It appears that a band of robbers had entered tho villago during the night, killed its inhabitants, and plundered their houses. As soon as Akiba had sufficiently recovered from the amaze ment into whioh thi* wonderful occur? renco had thrown him, he lifted up his voioo and exclaimed, "Thou great God, thc God of Abra? ham, Isaac, and Jacob, now I know by experience that poor mortal men aro short-sighted and blind, often consider? ing as evils what is intended for their preservation ! But thou alone art just and kind and merciful 1 Had not the hard hearted people driven me, by thoir inhospitality, from the village, I should assuredly have shared thoir fate. Had not tho wind extinguished my lamp, the robbers wonld have been drawn to tho spot, and have murdered me. I perceive, also, that it was thy mercy whioh deprived me ?{ my two compan? ions, that they might not by their noise five notice to tho banditti where I was. raised, tn cn, be thy name for over and .rer 1" NATURAL HlSTOBkY-SWMIMIIfG BIBBS. The web footed bird (Natatores,') or swimmers, are a curious and valuable order iu the economy of nature. Their most striking character is derived from tht structure of the feet, whioh are furnished with webi botween the toes. These webbed feet are the prinoipal agents by. whioh the birds propel them? selves through the water, upon the sur* face of whioh most of them spend mueh of their lives; and by the same means many species dive their long nooks far below the surface in search of their food, whioh consista almost -entirely of fish and aquatio animals. Their bodies are of a boat like foina, so as to out the water with ease ; their plumage is dose and downy, and mado water proof by a greasy secret i on constantly flowing from glands-somewhat like tho oyo is mois? ted by tho tear secretions. Th? wings are developed in various degrees. In the penguins they resemble fins, hav? ing no quills and being covered with a scaly skin j in other species the wings are huge and powerful, so that these latter birds pass most of their timo in tho air. Most of these birds live in large so? oieties, inhabiting high northorn and southern latitudes. Many of them pre? fer rocky coasts, in tho clefts and cran? nies o?' which they lay their eggs, often on thc bare rook, but generally in the most inaccessible places. The nest is always of a rude description ; bUfc some species have the instinct to attach their nests to aquatic plants, so that although securely anchored it may yet rise or full with tho tide. The immense number of these water? fowl absolutely baffles oompreheosion. Not only the rivers and lakes-espe? cially those remote from the abodes of man-teem with them, but the bound? less oin.res of the ocean aro poopled with multitudes beyond number. Ou numerous islands they have heaped up mountains of guano, at times a hundred feet thick, affording bods of compost of incalculable value. An American traveler givos a vivid description of these immense collections of sea fowl on Ailsa Craig, an island on tho west of Scotland : "Thc Steamer kept nearing tho giant Craig, which was a baro rock from sum? mit to sea (OOO feet high), and all of a dull, ohalky whiteness, occasioned, as the captain said, by tho excrement of tho birds. We had got so near as to iee the white birds flitting across the black entrances of the caverns, like birds about tho hive. With tho spy? glass we could sec them distinctly, and in very considerable numbers, and at length approached so that we could see them on the ledges all over the sides of the mountain. We had pasncd the skirt of the Craig, and wero within a half milo, or less, of its base. With thc glass wc could now see the entire mountain side peopled with thc sea-fowl, and could here their whimpering, household cry as they moved about or nestled in dom-'stio snugness ou the ten thousand ledges. Tho air, too, about the precipices seemed to be alive with them. Still wc had not the slightest conception^if their frightful multitude. Wc got about against tho centre of tho mountain, when thc swivel was purposely fired. Tho shot went point blank against it and struck thc tremendous precipice as from top to bot? tom, with a reverberation liko the dis ? charge of a hundred cannon. And what a sight followed I They roso up from that mountain-tho countless myriads and millions of seabirds-in a univer? sal, oucrwhelming cloud that covered the whole heavens, and their cry was like the cry of an alarmed nation. Up they went-millions upon millions ascending like che smoko of a furnace countless ns thc sands on thc sea-shore -awful, dreadful for multitude, as ii the whole mountain were dissolving into lifo and light, and with an unearth? ly kind of lament, took up their line of march in every direction oft to sea ! thc sight startled the people on board tho steamer, who had often witnessed it before, and for some minutes there was a general quietness. For our own part, we wero quite amazed and over? awed at the spectacle. We had socc nothing like it ever bofore. We had seen White Mountain Notches and Ni agara Fulls in our own land, and thc vastness of the wide and deep ocean which was then separating us from it Wc had seen something of art's magni? ficence in the old world, 'it? oloud-oap ped towers, its gorgeous palaces anc solemn temples ;' but wo had neve) witnessed sublimity to be compared t< that rising of sea birds from Ailsa Craig They were of countless varieties, in kine and size, from the largest goose to th? smallest marsh-bird, and of every con? ceivable variety of dismal note. Of they moved, in wild and alarmed route liko a people going into oxile, iillim tho air far and wide with their reproach? ful lament at tho wanton cruelty tha hat' broken them up and driven then into captivity. Wo really felt romorsi at it, and the thought might have oc? curred to us, how easy it would havi been for thom, if they had known tba the little smoking speck that was labor ing along the 6ea surface beneath thou had been tho causo of their banishment to have settled down upon it nm ingulfed it out of their sight forovor I "We felt astonished that wo ha never bofero hoard of this wondorfu haunt of sea fowl. It struck us rcall; as one of 'tho wonders . >f the world And not u> alone ; others, not all give to tho marvelous, declared that i surpassed every thing they had eve bofore witnessed. We supposed th mountain must have boen quito deserted from tho myriads that hud flown away but lifting the glass to it, as wo wor leaving its border, we were appalled t find it still aliyo with the myriads lol behind." . And this IB but ooo of hundreds, nay, of thousands of rooky recesses along the interminable boundaries of the ocean, filled with myriads of sea fowl/ Nu? merous islands among tho Hebrides : others to the north-'the Shetlao d and Orkneys; the high beetling oliffe of North America, from- NOTA Scotia to Greenland ; the Southern ooasts ol Africa; the bleak, dizzy crags around Cape Horn ; the lofty cliffs that hang frowning over the sea on either side of Bearing Strait-breasting the shook of the Pacific that has sundered, and still sunders the two continents; these, and a multitude ot other wild, rooky ledges, are, like Ailsa rook, the abodes of millions upon millions of sea fowls, geese of many kinds, ducks, flamingoes, swans, guillemots, grebes, divers, puffins, sheer-waters, turns, gulls, petrels, cormorants, frigate birds, and pelicans. And besides all this, there is no part of the ocean, however distant from the land, where som especies are not found; in many plaoes, especially in high northern latitudes, the taco of the waters is cov? ered with them. What is loneliness and desolation to man, is peace and abund? ance to them. DIRKS Cli li ST Ii It IIS G FOR WARMTH. Through lofty groves the ring dov o roves, The path of man to shan lt ; The hazei busii o'erhangs the thrush; Tho spreading thorn the linnet. Thus every kind their pleasure find, The savage and tho tender; Some social join and leagues combine; Some solitary wander. It is curious to witness the assistance whioh some animals will afford each other under circumstances of danger or difficulty, and it shows a kindness of' disposition whioh may well be imitated. It is not, however, confined to their own species, as the following fact will prove. A farmer's boy had fed and taken great care of a colt. He was working one day in a field, and was attacked by a bull. Tlic boy ran to a ditch, and got into it just as the bull catno*up to bim. The animal endeavored to gore him, and would probably have succeeded, had not the colt come to his assistance. He not only kicked at the bull, but made so loud a scream-for il oould be called nothing oise-that some laborers who were working near the plaoe came to sec what was tho matter, and extricated the boy from the danger he was in. Cattle have boon seen, when flies were troublesome, to stand side by side and close together, the head of one at the tail of tho other. By this mutual ar? rangement flies were brushed off from tho head of each animal as well as their sides, and only two sides wero exposed to tho attacks of the insects. Sheep havo been known to tako care of a lamb when the dam hus been rendered in? capable of assisting it, and birds will feed thc helpless young of othors. Birds also will cluster together for thc purpose of keeping each other warm. Observers havo noticed swallows cluster? ing, like bees when they havo swarmed, io cold weather, hanging one upon anoth? er, with their wings extended, under thc caves of a houso. In more than ono instance wrens were found huddled together in some snug retreat for the purpose of reciprocating warmth and comfort. Allan Cunningham, a Scottish author, made some interesting memoran? da on this subject. '?1 have onco or twice in my lifo had an opportunity of answering that touch ing inquiry of Burns, 'Ilk happing bird, wee, hapless thing, That in tho morry months o'spring, Delighted mo to hoar thee sing, What comes o'thce? Whore will thou cowor thy ohitl'ring wing An' close thy ?j'e V "Ono cold December night, with snow in the air, when I was somo ten years old or so, 1 was groping for sparrows under the caves in the thaoh, where you know they mako holes like those bored by swallows in tho river-bunks. In one of these bolos I gota handful of some? thing soft ; it felt feathery and warm and a smothered ohirp told me it was living. I brought it, wondering, to my father's house, and took a look at it in tho light. The bali consisted of four living wrens rolled together, the heads under their wings, and their feet pulled in, so that nothing was visible outside save a coating of mottled feathers. This I took to be their mode of keeping themselves warm during tbo cola of I winter. If you ask, if I am ?uro my memory serves mo rightly, I answer, Yes; for having allowed ono of tho wrens to escape, it flew directly to where my father was reading at a candle, and 1 had the misery of receiving from his hand one of those whippings which a boy is not likely soon to forget. "When some eighteen years old, or thereabouts, I met with something of tho same kind : there was a difference, indeed, in tho birds, for on this oocusion they wero magpics-r-not birds of song, but of noise. I went out with my bro thcr, ono fine moonlight winter night, to shoot wood pigoons in a neighboring plantation. Tho wind was high, and we expeotcd to find them in a sheltered place, whero tho Boil was deep and the spruco-firs had grown high. As I went cowering along, looking through the branches between mo and an moon, I saw what seemed ns largo as a well filled knapsack fixed on tho top of a long, slender ash treo, whioh had strug gled up in spite of tho firs, whioh you know grow very rapidly. I pointed it out to my brother, and sicr.ing the shaft of tho tree, shook it violently, when il ono magpie fell to tho ground th ero wen not loss than twenty dropped in a luui[ at my leet. Away they flew, screaming in all directions. Ono only romaine* on the spot whioh they oooupied on th? tree, and I shot it, and so settled wha kind of birds had been huddled togoth er to avoid tho oold. I lookod at then before I shook them down for a minot or more, and oould see neither heads no feat : it seemed a bundle of old clout or feathers," ?OVK WM. THU DEAD. j The grave ie the ordeal Ot true ?ff ec- I tioo. It is there that the divine passion of the soul manifests its superiority to the instinctive impulse of mere animal attachment. The latter must be con? tinually refreshed and kept alive by the presence of its object ; but the love that is seated io the soul oao live' on long rememberance. The mere incli? nations of sense languish (and decline with the charms which excited them, and turn with disgust from, the dismal preoinots of the tomb ; but it is thence that truly spiritual afleoti?n rises puri? fied from every sensual desire, and returns, like a holy flame, to illumine ind sanctify the heart of the surviv? or. The sorrow for the dead is the only ; Borrow from whioh we refose to be di? vorced. Every other wound we seek to heal, every other affliction to forget ; but this wound we consider it as a duty io keep open,-this affliction we cher- i ?sh, and brood over in solitude. Where is the mother who would willingly for- , get the infant that perished, like a ? jlussom from her arms, though etery recollection is a pang? Whore is the ' mild that would forget the most tender < )f parents, though to remember be but j ,o lament ? Who even in the hoar of igony, would forget the friend over | ff hom ho mourns ? Who, even whonthe :omb is closing upon the remains of her ie most loved, when he feels his heart, as t were, crushed in the closing of its por- ', als, would aooept of the consolation 1 hat must be brought by forgetfulness ? ' !f o : the love whioh survives the tomb ' s one of the noblest attributes of soul. 1 [f it has its woes, it has likewise its de- 1 ights ; and, when the overwhelming Hirst of grief is calmed into the gentle tear of recollection, when the sudden j tnguish and convulsive agony over the j cresent ruins of all that we most loved, ire softened away into pensive medita- ' don on all that it was in the days of its 1 oveliness, who would root out suoh a ' iorrow from the heart ? Though it may 1 ibmetimcs throw a passing oloud over 1 he brightest hours of gay o ty, or spread * i deeper sadness over the hour of gloom, 1 /et who would oxchange it, even for ' he song of pleasure, or the burst of < ?ovelry ? No: there is a voice from < he tomb sweeter than song. There is * i remembrance of the dead to whioh ' ve turn, even from the eharms of the 1 iving. Oh, the gravo 1 the grave ! it 1 juries every error, covers every defeot, 1 ixtinguishes every resentment 1 From ts peaceful bosom spring none but ' bnd regrets and tender recollections. 1 Who can look down upon tho grave, j >veo of an enemy, and not feel a oom- ' mnotious throb, that he should ever 1 lave warred with the poor handful of ' >f earth that lies mouldering before lim. I Ay! goto the grave of buried love, 1 iud there meditate ; there settle the ac- 1 sount with thy conscience for every past ' mdcarment unregarded of that depart? 1 id being, who can never, never, never j 'eturn, to be soothed by thy contrition. ] [f thou art a child, and hast ever add? J id a sorrow to the soul, or a furrow to j he silvered brow of an affectionate 1 tarent; ifthouarta husband and hast J iver caused the fond bosum that ven- 1 ured its happiness in thy arms to doubt 1 ino moment of thy kindness, or thy ] ruth ; if thou art a friend, and hast 1 iver wrongod in thought word or deed 1 die spirit that generously confided in ' lice ; if thou art a lovor, and hast ever 1 given one unmori ted pang to the true lieart which now lies cold and still be? neath thy feet ; then bo sure that ?very unkind look, every ungracious word, every ungentle action, will come thronging back upon thy memory, and kuueking dolefully at thy soul ; then be sure that thou wilt lie down sorrow? ing and repentant on the grave, and utter the un heard groan, and pour the unavailing tear,-more deep, more bitter, because unhoard aud unavail? ing. Thon weave thy chaplet of flowers, ind strew tho beauties of nature about the grave ; console thy broken spirit if thou canst, with these tender yet futile tribute of regret ; but take warn? ing by the bitterness of this thy contrite inaction over the doad, and honoeforth [>o more faithful and affectionate iu the lisohargo of thy duties to the living. Irving. CAUSES AND CURE OP 1MASRIA, At the first meeting of tho Interna? tional Medical Congress, reoooily held at Florence, Prof. Lombard, of Geneva, ?bowed a scries of statistical maps to illudlrato the rate of mortality in Aider Mit countries, the lowest being in Iceland; also the effects oj*malariawi?h reference to difieren? seasons of the pear. In marshy countries tho death rate is highest in sumraer'olsowhore in winter. In thc district of Massa Mari? tima, the averago duration of life has been lengthened by the draioago operations from 10 or 12 to 18 or 21 years. At a later mooting Dr. Panta? loon! returned to tho origin of miasma, which ho attributed not only to the direct action of tho mixture of salt and fresh water, but to the resulting putre? faction of plants. Ho recommends as tho best antidote the planting of lofty trees; and believes that drainage is useless, and that it is botter to lay the whole dist i int under water, or, where practicable, to fill up the marsh by earth. He has no faith in tho uso of quioklimo ns a disinfectant. Prof. Cipriani regret? ted the groat increase in tho cultivation of rice under the law of I860. Prof. G. Molli, of Milan, road a paper stating that he had found tho sulphite salts of soda and magnesia more efficacious in marsh favors than preparations of bark. Tho Congress approved the proposal for appointing a speoial ooromission for inquiry into the canses and effect? of the marsh-miasma. UraVB? FKOXk ?H, OBAU? th* followiog letter from Chief Justice Ohne (sej? tb? Riohnond Dispatch) waa addressed io the Co?tait? tse of Correspondence of the colored people of Ciuoiauati, who, preparing for their celebration of the adoption of the fifteenth amendment, invited him to he present. The Chief Justice, in this rather striking and concise epistle, while trno to his opinions so long publioly proclaimed, is equally faithful to his broad and comprehensive platform of universal amnesty. He eorreotly states the nature of the fifteenth amendment and the extent to whioh it a flo o ta the laws of States. We may rely upon it, that in every ease, in the South at least, where, directly or by inferenoe, there is sn abridgment of the privileges of the voter sought to be established by the amendment there will be Federal interference. And that ts a thing we should avoid by the frankest and Blearest praotioal acknowledgment of the Pull force of the amondmont. But we only intended to introduce the letter to the reader : "WASHINGTON, March 80, 1870. "Gentlemen -Aooept my thauks for the invitation you have tondcrcd me, in behalf of the colored people of Cincinnati, to attend their celebration A the ratification of the fifteenth tmendinont. My duties here will not permit me to be present except by good trill and good wishes. ?Almost a quarter of ?a century ha* passed sinoft Borne of you, probably, heard me declare, on the 0th of May, 1845, in an assembly composed chiefly of the people whom you now represent, that all distinotioas between individuals sf the same community founded on any mah circumstances os oolor, origin, and the like, are hostile to the genius of lur institutions and incompatible with the true theory of American liberty ; that true democracy makes no inquiry ibout the oolor of the skin, or the plaoe >f nativity, or any other similor cir? cumstance of condition j and that the exclusion of the oolored people os a body from the elective franchise is incom? patible with true democratic princi? ples/ "I congratulate you on the fact that these principles, not then avowed by me [or the first timo, nor ever sinoe aban loned or compromised, have been at length incorporated into the Constitution md made part of the supreme law of the land. "Many, no doubt, would have been glad, as I should have been, if the great ?vork consummated by tho ratification of the fifteenth amendment oould have been accomplished by the States through imendment of State Constitutions and through appropriate State legislation ; but the delays and uncertainties, pre? judicial to every interest, inseparable from that mode of proceeding seemed to necessitate the course aotuaily adopted. Mor does the atnendraoot impair the real rights of any State. It leaves' the whole regulation of suffrage to the whole people of each State, subjeot only to the fundamental law, that the right of no eitizen to vote shall bo denied or ibriged on account of race, oolor or previous condition of servitude. It is to be hoped that each State will so con? form its Constitution aid laws to this fundamental law that no occasion moy bs given to legislation by Congress. "But tho best vindication of tho wis. lom as well as justice of tho amendment must be found in tho oonduot of that large class of citizens whom you re prcsont. On the ooonsion to whioh I have referred I ventured to say that the best wuy to ? usuro the peaceful dwelling together of the different races is the cordial reciprocation of bonefits, oot the mutual iofliotion ol injuries;' ind I cannot now givoyou better council than I offered then : 'Go forward, having perfect faith in your own manhood and in Cod's providence, adding to your faith, virtue ; and to virtue, knowledge ; sind to knowledge, patience; and to pa tienoe, tempor?neo ; and to temperance brotherly kindness, aud to brotherly kindness, charity.' * "Why not signalize your rejoicing in the rights seoured under the fifteenth amendment by urging upon Congross the prompt removal of the political dina bilittes imposed upon our fellow citizens by the fourteenth amendment? so thut through universal suffrage and univorsa amnesty, poaoo, good will, and prosperi ty, may be established throughout our oountiy. "Every good mm must rejoice in the progress which tho colored citizens of the United Stu:cs havo made in educa tion, in religious oulturo, and in th general improvement of their condition Every good mnn must earnestly desire their continued sud accelerated progress in tlie same direction. All publio an" all private interests will be promoted by it; and it will insure, at no distant day cordial recognition of their rights evon from those of their fellow?oitizens who huve most earnestly opposed thom. "No man oan now bo found wh would restore slavery; a few years hence, if the oolorod men are wiso, ' will bo impossible to find a mao who wi avow himself in favor of denying or j abridginpr their fight to vote. "Very respectfully yours, "8. P. CHASE. 1? h. In - Oue of the hours each day wasted on trifles or indolenoo, saved and daily devoted to improvement, is enough to make an ignorant man wise in ten yours -to provide the luxury of intelligence to a mind torpid from laok of thought to brighton up and strengthen fa?nlties with rust--to make life a fruitful field, and death a harvester of glorious deeds ownvm (tare? ?be Sumter' m TH?, Highest Styl? ^.??H The youngest oft faintly rf*fM lerited only . tom ott, whVwhjllM nestor's Bsd ness, spoke kindly >y[fi tod SM a rod him that he I 'lill jjWB ilea ty for both of thom toi castor would give him a draiil^j? Pus? wa? provided with '?jmfK iceded, and dressed .ais.^lf aa$VijH I rabbit warren, where ha ^^^MM tap with his saok and ?4^4tlMMBj eaves. Ha hid himself behhi&jr<a| nd io a short ilma ssbo'f?d-.ife? Rabbits werta favorite diah wit|| inp;. Puss therefore presentad MpflH efore him, saying,-"My maattf,^^S Jarquis of Carabas, takes the? Nbtfj?HW resenting to your majesty 'ttf|l?lv? abbit" The kiag was pltMeVtwTOJfl eut his complimente to the"Meirqs|?M ?arabas/' as guss called hit ?i^?wB The Marquis wont into b?tfcjjwjm ay, when puss hid bis mietetet tio^HK nd aB the king's carriage octa?. ?MB e called aloud for help, and. bia majejgg rdered his servant to prQtltJa/$B larouis with some Quo clothes ftamf?f ayal wardrobe. M v l^S Clothod in rojal apparel, the mftSjtj^nb BB invited to rido with tho king. 3NR jute homo waa over an estate wloj*|ft ig lo en ogre and onohanter. '?$Eft urried along in advance of i?kf -?Q#M! -ain, and paid hia respects to the lot? rtheoastlo-the ogre. i^II Puss beoame friendly with the ''ajax Kanter, and inquired if he really eo?UL dango himself into an animal. TM ire rcpliod by immediately obeoguw trnsolf into a lion, at whioh ptMaV-lfm luoh frightened. -,A^ Puss inquired if ho could ohantjt ip^ little animal, Buoh as a moose or aff^ i she was afraid of a lion. Tb^ **< ?antcr, without thinking, beotmi'.ft tt, and puss devoured him at ones," '. When tho king drove past the <Nunft usa bogged them to "enter the Oes? ? the Marquis of Carabas." The WBw jooptcd, and waa.so charmed withjJbJt. aod qualities and riches of tho marcrj^aV tat he gave him his daughter* Wm. riooess, in marriage. >-.;v^^j Puss having kept his promise to hts aster, was highly honored for it, and ves the life of a gentleman of leUcrty ily hunitns rata and mice ?rhea !$ leasei his fancy. ' ; f' ORIGIN OP GREAT MEW. St. Andrew, apostle, was the POA merman ; St. John was also the ax fisherman ; Pope Sixtos V., was ?n of a swine herd,--?he was also < r is to tie, of a doctor; BoooaoiO, lerohant; Columbus, of a imber; John Basth, of a flahe iderot, of a cutler ; Cook, of a si ampden, of a carpenter ; Talma, ant ist; ?esner, of a bookit alvador Rosa, of a surveyor; Euri ! a fruit woman ; Virgil of a loraoe of a denizen ; Voltaire, of )1 lee tor ; La moth e, of a hatter; ? r, of a chandler; Masillon, of a turn ftmerln.no. of a shepord ; Quinal iker ; Rollin, of a cn tl or ; Mor* i upholsterer ; Rousseau, of a \ iaker ; Sir Samuel Bowditch lversmith ; Ben Johnson, of a I hakspeare, of a bu tah er; Sir Th awrenco of a custom bouse "t" ollins, of a hatter; Gray, ot a n_. cattle, of a laborer; Sir Ed ugdon, of a barber; Thomas Mo? swordraaker ; Rombrandt, of a ntl enjamin Franklin, of a chandler ; ardi?al Wools ey, of a butcher ; Nape? . on, of a farmer; Lincoln, of a back oodsraan. Jj -H4?**-?- I SI li Ii NT INFLUENCE, F \ % If a sheet of paper on whioh ? key hat sen laid, bo exposed for some miartttet t the sunshine, and then instantan?^ t viewed in the dark, the key remor faded spectre of the koy Will be ? le. Lot thia paper bo laid aside tany months whero nothing can nb it, and then in darkness be l?! plate of hot metal, the spetre ey will appear. This is equally ttut %\ four mi ods. Every man we meet, very booIMro read, every pio?uro o indsoapo we seo, overy word or toot we' car luavos its image on our brain.?* '.' hose traces, whioh, under ordijD ircumstanoes, aro invisible, nor er ut.in tho in louse light of oerobrai excite-.* tent start into prominence; just. t)t 'tkef^ peottal imago of the key started Into' ight on tho application of heat. * II; Jlfest ms with all the iufiuouoos to whioh Wt ^ re subjeoted. - It ia not surprising that foreigners coasioually fail t? catch a?i the deljioate ?'>}' hades of moaning belonging to o(?r ) -ords, and some of their mistake*' are, lughable. Of suoh a oharaoter wart the ? araark of a Fret ch man, who, flnditg?<4 lint fermout meant to work, skia "h<* M 3vcd to fermout in the garden ;" and bfc,? nothcr, who asked at a lawyer's offioe ir a "Khali,'' meaning a will, Still not her anid : "I lovo do . horse, heep, do d<>g. do cat, in short, e tiing that is bens'ly Shakspeare'e Out brief canille," was traoaiftta^ rally by a Parisian author, 'KJe*-- , ou filtert candi? !" und tho expression^ With my sword I will oarve mr vwal? o fortune." was rendered, "Wita , irJyr word I will make my fortuno ti ieat,"-one of the meanings \*f x? cing "to cut meat." --^, + .mm V<% .. -Tho White Pine (Neted*), , NV HM of Maroh 14th was issued in aid?t of a torrin? wind storm*? inroofod tho of?oo, onmpelHnjjf all o work unxholterod in the tHtfaf -, 3very man *tood to hi? poit'^'l gallantly, and the piper oaint ' imo, if some .?frat, deficient jr* ..rr--"V - If roo^rtHjlW ba pungent, fer lt li'.*Hh ?o?dt a? wr -the more thaf' 'aye leeper they burn.