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VOL. XXII WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13^1871! " ~"~ NO. 20,
\j - ? " TImeo Da?aos Et Dona Ferentes.-Vir*.
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H?RICAX ABiO?lPT?ON IS 32UXE?.
i We spoke in our last of American
jsorption in Politics. We now come
speak of American love ol'money, lt
'a mean and sordid tiling, thc love o?
wey for money's sake, the worship ofl*
golden calf, and the daily prayer : | j
live me, oh calf, a big plantation, a j"
tmptnous table, a splendid equipage,
ld enab'c mc to outshine all my neigh
irs." Kven Mr.* Boffin, in "Our Mu
|u 1 Friend," the dustwau's wife, ap
sars for tho first and only time, un
feasiug, when, having heard of the
rtuoe her husband had iuherited,
le honest soul exclaimed, "Lor a massy
>whcn [ thiyk of me in a light yellow
iariot and pair, with silver bose? to
ie wheels, and a footman up behind,!
ld a coachman up in front, sinking
)wn into a seat big enough for three of
Im, all covered with upholstery in
reen and white, and with two bay,
irses tossing their heads, and with you j jj,
|id me, husband, leaning back inside j ?s
: grand as ninepence. Oh, hi-i-my ! '
Ia! ha! ha!" The materializing in
?uouce of the spiri: of tlie times stran?
ges every generous sentiment, holds no
rt in esteem exce pt the art of coining,
imites uo pictures except those on, T
mk notes, and applies to the :t.o-tj:.
enerable spots thc question, "how do ?(
icy pay ?" "And this." said a traveler j tj(
a man who was driving a yoke of oxen '
?er thc field ?f Lexington-"thisisit
ierc our revolutionary forefathers j ?t
ught and bled -This is classic ground!" >
don't know anything about the' clas- \y
les," said the mau, "but it's preciously
pod for white beans; aint worth a cent _,,
|r wbcat though." Men are valued and I*
llue themselves according to their ca
icity for getting out thc ore. It seems t0
us that the naked savage in his war j
lint, howling ?ike a boru devil through JD
ie wilderness, is a grander object than
ac of the selfish millionaires of civiliza
ou, ' sitting up'Mt their guineas," as
oe has described them, " li ko a clucking 1 s3\
en on a heap of yellow addled eggs
Dong the nettles." Even thc great an
lvet.tions and discoveries of thc age m<
.e chiefly valued with reference to their i 5a
iplicability to individual gain. "Traffic !Is
shares," gays Dickens, "is well known ' Pr
thc wise in this gcncratio*, as the one j rJ'
fling to have to do with in this world. j?n
lave no antecedents, no established;"1'
laracter, no ideas, no manners; have0*
^ares.-What arc your tastes ? Shares.!
rbat yonrreligion? .Shares. What "?
Fe your principles ? Shares. What arc j
ur politics ? Shares. Where do;
u conic from ? o'hares. Where arc you I ?^
ling to? Shares/' !lni
Even in the gentle domain of love, I ^u
amnion is fast seizing thc sceptre
hut old idea-Love in a Cottage-with ^c
ie woodbine and thc roses clustering "n
>out the windows and the nightingale* lv,t
nging sweet serenades in thc darkness. cu
,d ever anybody believe such rapturous j ?
l?sense? Love looks for a palace, not ? f*or
cottage ; has a sharp eye for real estate, : c'1:
d is learned in bonds and mortgages, ?f
s langnage may still bc outwardly. cot
h, that I were a glove upon that an'
nd, that I might touch that cheek," ca'
kt inwardly, "Oh, that I were a key Prc
lat I might unlock thc strong box of nc\
y sire," and when he tells a young
loman of fortune that he is anxious to SW!
lin her affections and possess her heart, lt 1
fe had better hand him the key of the j Prr
fe at once, or reply to him with the tnc
ruff old guardian of a young lady f jr ?"
jhom a similar proposition was made : ''v
.Vin her affections, and possess her [thc
iart! Mew, says thc cat; quack, fcs
lack, says thc duck ; bow. wow, says rro
ie dog- Win her a?et jis and pos- ail:
ss her heart! Mew! mcw>! quack, ? Sr?
lack ! bow, wow." j cat:
Yes,-Commerce is king, and Hags is!0*
^itne minister. Even some of thc boys *
e catching the general taint, like thc j bot
tlc fellow in Mississippi who p;ave a bea
lan ten dollars to*hold him up to bet at l?(,ri
le table of a faro lank, and even old c^
Dtncn iu some parts of the country arc |?f <
infecte 1 with it that a story is told of ic,v
Ie of them whose son was kicked to jeer
lath by a mule, ile tottered feebly Jacti
Jwards his mother's house, and f<_-tl j cn!
ad in thc yard with this remark : j800
fDear mother, I'm come home to die." U? '
Bo I see," she said, "whar's the mule?" j
lc lamented greatly at the funeral of !
lc lad, declaring amid many sobs and j >n J
fpans, that "he died withoutsigcrfy?og : ';in.
any respect, whor them mule went j mc?
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phc love of money is not only a peril
the man, but to bis family and socio
Our civilization is founded on thc
sis of business, and an excessive dc
tion to that at the expense of every
ingelse, and especially of Home, is
prominent and general defect in thc
piety of our country. Now the life
ld love of the household are the true
Isis on which thc highest civilization
founded. You may be a very perfect
an in yonr own opinion, but if your
mily do not reflect your exalted vir
lesj it may. bc because you do not give
icm a sitting long enough at home to
guerreotype your eminent and varied
.cellencos. You have thc right to say
at you are showing your love for them,
' d?voting yourself entirely to business,
li whilst it will not do for the husband
d father to cat up the business by
lying at home, neither will it do for
i business to eat np the husband and end
ber. It has been justly observed that tho:
y only through home agency, and by you
ive and constant communication of; dc3.;
laren with the parents, who have the ! Let
lt vital interest in the matter, and
mutt open the young bad cautions,
and tenderly r,o tho air and light,
it the essential traits of.charactcr caa
.developed; and external aids are
ly valuable as Auxiliaries in thc eda
tion of childhood and youth. The
?sequence of the present system is
lt out-side machinery is made the
incipal reliance in the work of home.
?i the head of the family is always in
larry, tumbling intp the boase aud
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uaiblingout again, tumbling all through
iie, and gctfng extremely black and
due by the operation j taking in bis
linner like Mr. Pancks, "much as if ho
rere coaling, with a good deal of noise,
, good doai of droppiog about, and a j
tuff and a snort occasionally as if he !
cere nearly ready to steam away." "You i
cad such a busy life," said an acquaint- i
nee to Pancks. "Yes, I like business,"
aid Pancks. "What's a man made for?" '?
Eor nothing else ?" What else ? rattle
je out of bcd carly, set me going, give j
ie as short a time as you like to bolt '
ay meals in, and keep me at it.-Keep
oe always at it, PH keep you always at ?
t, you keep somebody else always at it, ;
here you are with the Whole Uuty of
Ian in a commercial country." Yee,
'c know no simile more apt than that
team tug man, never stopping at home
sccpt to coal, and then puff, puff, snort, j
aort, away they ITO, often bursting
leir boiier.s in the end. The conse
uencc of this exclusive devotion to !
usiness is that thc great work of home
i done by proxy. Thc steam tug j
rings novels and newspapers home to
ilk to his wife, instead of talking to
cr himself; his wife gets a nurse to do
ie maternal work, you depend upon a
acher to do the education, and a
.cacher to do thc religion, and when
;u get old, you discover that you have
.eu doing yourself out of all the reali?
cs of happiness. Thc consequence is
new social world; a club house and
>tel world, without a domestic idea in
; thc gradual demoralization of the
csent generation, and an impudent
oung America, raised by the public,
at looks upon its parents as mere
iblishcrs, who have been thc humble
id honored instruments ol introducing
revised and improved edition of itself
mankind.
IMP HOUSES AND CONSUMPTION.
Few people afc aware, says thc Pcnn
lvanian, ot thc danger to health and
c of living ir. damp houses. It is now
questioned by intelligently inclined
?ii that damp houses are a prolific
usc of consumption. This influence
more marked in individuals who are
edisposcd to thc disease of hcrcdita
taint, but unmistakable instances are
record wh :rc whole families have
id ot this disease, in which no trace
hereditary taint was discoverable by
e most careful investigation, from the
xious influence ol' living in a damp
usc.
What is remarkable about this phrase
dampness, like that of malaria, is
it its effect'} ?my not be immediate,
t fdiow themselves years afterward
seems somehow to produce such latent
pravation of thc vital powers that at
ne future time, when certain occult
al conditions a.-c supplied, that tubcr
iar generation inevitably takes place,
family reared in a damp house may
years be apparently healthy, but the
mees arc decidedly f.-tt they will die
consumption before forty-five. These
?clusionv. are borne out by carefully
llyzed statistics by competent medi
mcn. \ny r orson who is in any way
(disposed to lung troubles is in immi
it danger, if living in a damp house.
Sot only docs dampness produce and
ty th?; germs of consumption ;
nanifes is itself in numerous ways in
(ducting disease, and breaking down
. power? of thc system. To intclli
lt mediaa! eyes, those who have long
a? in clamp houses are known by
iir devitalized look. Children mani
t effects of thc poison in billions
ablcs, sallow complexions, scrofulous
:ctions, debility and raiasmus; while
wn pr opie suffer from rheumatism,
nrrh, frequent colds and general loss
vitality.
ir? manifestly dangerous arc damp
?ses tc* life and health, that boards of
ilth and civil authorities should prc?
?bc th cir usc and condemn them as
ctually as thntiph they were centers
ronfag.'on. Wc have no doubt but a
il action for damages, and under
tain circumstances even a criminal
ion. would be sustained beforo an
L'htcnc'? court, if brought by a per
who had been in any way compelled
live in a habitually damp house.
^ hou?e witn water continually in its
ar is as unfit and dangerous to live
is a malarious swamp. This is stro?g
;uage. but facts will prove the state
it. Thc fearful mortality among the
r of large towns and cities is largely
ng to so many living in damp cel
. Let no family live in damp houses
) value their health or lives.
lave you enemies ? Go straight on
don't mind them. If they get in
r way walk around them regardless
heir spite, a marj who has no enemies
eldom good for anything; he is made
hat kind of mat??tial which is so easily
ked that everybody has a hand in it.
iterling character is one that thinks
himself, and speaks what he thinks ;
is always sure to have enemies.
ly are as necessary to him as frein
they keep him a live and active.
:elebratsd character who was sur
nded by enemies used to remark :
icy are sparks, which, if you do not
ir, will go out of th cinsclvea." "Live
rn prejudice," was the Iron Duke's
to. Let this be your feeling while
leavoring to live down the scandal of
?e who are bitter tgainst you. If
stop lo dispute, you but do as they
ire, and open the way for more aboso.
the poor fellows talk-there will
i reaction ii yon but perform your
y, and hunderds ?rho were once
nated from yon will f?ock to yon and
aowledge their error. * V - *'-*'
i Qoiok Roply.-Judge Jeffries,
a on the beach, told aa old fellow
i a long beard that he supposed he
a conscience as long' aa his beard,
rea yonr lordship," nsplied: the ole
i, "measure consciences by beards ?
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AN ENGLISH TRIBUTE TO GEN?
Ri E. LEE.
Under the head ofilAmerican Litera?
ture," io The Saturday Review, we ?nd
the following notice of Mr. J. E. Cooke's
Life of Gen. Lee, in which the critic
takes occasion to pay a noble tribute to
tl;L. character of oar immortal country?
man, Gen. Robert ?. Lee :
The most interesting work on oar list
for this month, beyond all Comparison,
is the life of Gen. Lee, by Mr. J. E.
Cooke, who, though ha assumes no
military title, appears, by internal evi?
dence and by one or two direct re?
ferences to his personal presence on
certain occasions, to have been an officer
in the Confederate army of Northern
Virginia, and, we should fancy, tem?
porarily at least, a member of the staff
of its revered chief. The work is in
many respects defective, especially from
the tact that the writer appears to have
been unauthorized and unassisted by
the General's family, and is consequently
llmost without information as to the
?arly lifo of his hero. Indeed, probably
from the want of material, he has con
ined his narrative almost exclusively to
:he Confederate War of Independence
passing over with a slight and cursory
reution the previous services which
lad led Gen. Scott to recognize Lee as
n comparably the ablest officer in ~ the
Federal army, and his own fitting sac
:cssor.
This is a remarkable and un quest ion
id fact, and it leads directly to an
nferencc which ought to silence the
)fTeosive and very ungenerous language
n which certain Northern and English
politicians' have been wont to speak of
he "wicked rebellion" of the South.
The leading officers of the Confederacy
vere the men who, if they had chosen
o remain in the Federal service, would
lave commanded the army of the
Union. Albert Sidney Johnston was
jee's immediate senior, and Lee himself
nd his comrades of the 2d Cavalry were
Darked as the picked men of thc army.
Two of Lee's subordinates in that regi
acnt were among the ablest and most
[istinguished of Grant's Lieutenants,
nd no one can doubt that their seniors
n rank and equals or superiors in ability
night have at once commanded the
srecs of the Union if they had chosen
0 do so. The temptation to adhere to
heir colors must have been very strong,
et almost every Southern officer threw
n his lot with his State.
Only the fanaticism of faction would
arc to ascribe unworthy motives to
ny of them-to Lee himself the most
iolent of English Radicals never ven
ared to impute anything of thc sort ;
Il sordid considerations tended the
ther way ; all of them were men of
igh honor and virtue ; many, like Lee
nd Jackson, of pure and deep religion ;
lany of them did uot approve of seces?
i?n ; yet one and all threw ap their
nm missions, and fought and suffered
>r thc Southern cause. We needed no
iography of Gen. Lee to assure us that j j
e was one of the best men and truest
hristians, as well as one ot thc noblest
)ldiers and greatest Generals, of whom
?story bears witness; but it ie impossi
le to read this story of his life without
nding our admiration of his character
eepeoed and strengthened. His fellow
itizcos evidently had, from the first,
rofound and entire confidence in him;
confidence which must have been due
3 much to the force of personal charac
it as to his long past services io the
toxican war, when he-a Captain of
Inginccrs-was one of the interior
lilitary council of the Commander-in
hicf, and one of those to whom the
ittcr chiefly ascribed the completeness
F the victory. He was not successful
1 his first operations-a fact which his
iographer explains, or explains away
it he was as thoroughly trusted as aver
y Virginia, and was selected by the
OD federate Government to replace
en. J. E. Johnston of the command
: the principal army in the Sooth.
From that time his history is the his
>ry of thc Virginia army; and his per
mality impresses itself on the character
" that army. No atrocities on the part
' thc enemy, bitterly as he felt them,
mid move him to anger or provoke
m to revenge. After his native State
id been ravaged and his own home
:stroycd io wanton spite, by the direct
dcrs of thc Federal Government and
? favorite generals, he refused to re?
l?ate, or even to exercise the common
ghts of an invader, in Pennsylvania;
id in its self restraint, aa in its heroic
uraga, the army imitated the example
' its chief. Hts relations with a man
ie Jackson, whom no ordinary ohief
aid have kapt ia steady co operation
id doe subordination, and of whom any
dinary chief would have been jealous,
it who regarded Lee with absolute
mention, and was treated by him "as
s own right hand," testified in no
mmon manner to the real greatness of
oman.
Wc find, from Mr. Cooke's narrative,
at Lea wu equally awecessfal 'with
c utterly different character of Stuart,
e representative Cavalier, as Jackson
ts the typical Puritan. Even when
oort's misconception of orders took
e cavalry oat of reach of. the maia
my, and contributed in n j small dc
ee to the lose of Gettysburg, Lee
pears to haft spoken no word of
mplaiot: To all oBder . bim he- waa
er ready to give credit ; on himself
> wai ever ready to take responsibility
d blame ; and those nader him ra?
llied bi? in kind. Mr. Cooke's aa?
ont of the tamper of the army as it
ll back from the fatal heights of
Mtysburg/ thinned, haffled, exhausted,
it still shooting alood ita ooahaked
k ia I who kat the battle; you mast
tip ma oatt." It waa perhaps as inoah
is wonderful power over hts men aa
s admirable genios for war that
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end never, save at Gettysburg, to be
beaten In the Seid.
Mr. Cooke shows that, except on tbe
Cbickabomioy and at Gettysburg, where
be took the offensive, Lee was always
outnumbered by. nearly twp to one ; and
ttt Chancellorsville, where be divided bis
army and attacked the enemy at once
in front and flank, he had not more
than one to three. Of course this in?
feriority of for?e exposed him to be
Worn out by sheer loss of men ; and this
Grant saw. "He could afford to lose
ten men for one"-and he actually does
seem to have lost three or four for one
even in the campaign which ended in
the surrender at Appomattox Court
House. After that event Lee's life was
ina of silence and retirement-it could
sot be a life of obscurity-and finally,
fvhile still far from old age, and of
robust frame, he died, really, if not
literally, from a broken heart. But,
painful as his latter years were, they
vere full of such honor as is rarely paid
;o a fallen leader; he was still the idol,
;he guide, the counsellor of his people ;
[till the object of reluctant reverence
rom the; conquerors, of deep respect
rom those who had-fought against him,
)f admiration from the world, of pas?
sionate affection from his countrymen ;
md, warm as was the sympathy felt for
he Southern people, a large part of the
espect paid to them in their misfortunes
te ascribed to the profound impression
ion made in the world by thc character of
?eoeral Lee. We trust ere long to have
ome better and more authorized biogra
?hy of him than than this. In the
meantime thin is acceptable as the only
ne wc have ; and, despite some de
iciency, of literary aptitude on the
writer's part, it is not a wholly unworthy
aonuraent to thc memory of one of the
reatest soldiers and noblest gentleman
hat ever spoke the common mother
ongue of England and America.
WORK DURING SLEEP.
Those cases in which the brain is
ard at work during sleep, instead of
eing totally oblivious of everything,
tay be called dreaming of soainambulis
sm, according to the mode in which the
ctivity displays itself. Many of them
re full of interest. Some men have
one really hard mental work Tr hile at
leep. Condorcet finished a train of cal?
ula tiona in his sleep which had much
uzzled him during the day. In 1*56
collegian noticed thc peculiarities of a
?How student, who was rather stupid
ian otherwise during his waking hours,
ut who had got through some excellent
ork in geometry and algebra during
eep. Condilac and Franklin both
orked correctly during some of their
eeping hours.
The work done partakes in many
ises more of the nature of imaginative
imposition than of scientific cac ula
ons.
Thus a stanza of excellent verse is in
riot, which Sir John Herschel is said
i have composed while asleep, and to
ave recollected when he awoke. Gothc
"ten set down on paper, during the
ay, thought? and ideas which had
resented themselves to him during
eep on the preceding night. A gen
eman one night dreamed that ho was
aying jan entirely new game of cards
ith three friends ; when he awoke the
ruc tura and. rules of the game, as
eated in thc dream, came one by one
to bis memory and he found them so
igenious that he afterwards frequently
layod the game.
Coleridge is said to have co-nposcd
s fragment of "Kubla Khan" during
eep. He had one evening been read
g Purchas' "Pilgrim f some of the
mantic incidents struck his fancy; he
ent to sleep and his bu?y brain
inposed "Kubla Khan." When ht
roke is the morning he wrote out
bat his mind had invented in sleep,
itil interrupted by a visitor with whom
) conversed tor an hour on business
alters ; but alas ! bc could never again
earl the thread of the story, and thus
vubla ,Kbto" remaius a fragment,
r. Good nen tiona the ease of a
intleman who io his sleep composed
i ode io six stanzas and set it to
osic."
Tartini, the celebrated Italian violin
;, one night dreamed that the devil
pcarcd unto him, challenged him to a
?al of skill oe the fiddle, and played a
eoe wonderful for ita beauty and diffi
ilty : when Tartini awoke he could not
member the exact notes, but he could
produce the general character of the
usic, which he did in a composition
er since known aa the "Devil's Sona
." Lord Thurlow, when a youth at
liege, found himself one evening un?
ie to finish a piece of Latin composi
>n that be bad undertaken ; ho went
bed full of the subject, fell asleep,
ished his Latin in his sleep, remem
red it next morning, and waa compli-.
sotad on the felicitous form which it
esented.-AU the Year Round.
STRANGE FREAK OF NATURE.
A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun,
iting from Rockingham county, Va.,
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A strange freak of nature hu taken
sec in tnc track of the severe hail
>rm weeks ago. We are not aware of
ything of tba kind occurring hereto
re. lt ia thia: that ail tba orchards
tba iraak al' tba hailstorm v - ve coma
t in bloom. Soma orchards ara in as
ll bloom a? tnay arar wera in the
ring. . Not only tba apples are in
x>m, but tibe locust trees io many
aces ara also in bloom. A gentleman
me to my house lut weak aod told
5 oo bia road hera he ga? aa apple
;e tyfhjsV?era? bushels of ripe apples
and thousands of blooms on the same
se.- "? A^or* pretty-bat strange sight.
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fte beat throw upon tba dice ia to
row them away.
A fl It OK EN PLEDGE KED KE.TI ED.
Release of? Famous Italian Bobber
Chief and Hie Eland?
Rome has scarcely recovered from the
excitement of the late auspicious events
when a new commotion is created bj
the arrival within its walls of Antonio
Gasparone, the famous robber chief,
with the remnants of his band, now
again seeing the free light of daj after
forty-six years' imprisonment. Men of
the present generation may be forgiven
if they plead complete ignorance of a
name only too well known during the
pontificate of Louis XII., a Pope who
already reckons three successors in the
long line of reigning pontiffs. At the
time that Pope Deha Genga sat in St.
Peter's chair, Gasparone and his bandits
were the terror of the frontier districts
between Frosmone and Terracina, hover?
ing on the hills that skirt the Poutine
Marshes, with their headquarters at
Sonnino, the birthplace and home of
their chief.
Ad all thc measures of the Papal
government against these formidable
marauders had proved unavailing, a
good priest, Monsignor Pellegrini,
Vicar-General of Sezze, now stilt living,
though eighty-seecn years old, mst thc
brigands in one of their mountain
haunts, and tendered theo], in thc 1
Dame of the government, a free pardon :
ind liberal pensions if they would
surrender to the public forces and to <
SOOSCOt to quit the Papal States under '
jolcmn engagement never to return.- I
The offer was accepted, and the bargain I
struck. The band, twenty-two men 1
strong, laid down their arms and were i
?scorted to Civita Veccbia. where far 1
from being allowed to set sail for some ?
land of freedom, they were thrown into I
?ail, with an intimation that, instead ol '
ihe^allows which they had richly dc- 1
.erved, their punishment would bc life- 1
!ong imprisonment. They were accord- ?
ugly immured in thc State fortress of 1
Spolcto, and later in that of Civita t
Castellana, where, upon the arrival of ?
;he Italian troops, on their way to {
Rome, a year ago, seven of the twenty- :
wo still survived. Upon thc news of v
Victor Emanuel's late visit to his new t
capital reaching the prison, Pietro Musi, G
he only man in the bane who could f
.ead or write, represented to the King
hat Gasparone and his followers had f
?ever been tried, or even indicted, and '
hat, whatever might be their crimes- a
Jasparone himself is said to have at r
east fifty murders, besides arsons and f
.urglarics, on hi* conscience-the law C
lad lost its hold upon them after more >
han thirty years' proscription, and they e
rere now entitled to a full and free i
elease. The justice of their dcm iud 0
ras admitted. The seven prisoners arc 0
low at large, and if not pensioned, are d
t least provided with means of suste- t
ance at a charitable institution for r
[ecrepid old men. s
Thc report of their arrival reawakened d
n Home the memories of their former fi
xploits,' giving full scope to that "
opular love of the marvelous and the *
errible which draws such glowing 0
ictures from traditions dimmed and il
furred by a long lapse of time. The
ld cut-throat heroes drove through the si
treets of new Rome as the Yclics of fi
bat old Italy from which, it is to be T
oped, a whole age of progress sepa- p
ites thc present generation. Gasparone c;
i now seventy-seven years of age, and ii
is youngest companion is only ten a
cara his junior. The old miscreants 0
lade their appearance .in the Corso, in c:
be Plaza Farncse, and tho Campo del n
'iori, in their gala costume-conical o'
ats, with flying ribbons and peacock ti
?athera, velvet jackets and sorts, crira- ol
50 silk sashes, and high gaiters-their ?]
Qowy locks and beard3, which reached S
own to their shoulders and breasts,
nhanciog the glance ot their dark ol
yes, their wild but fine features, and tc
leir firm and erect bearing, indicative il
fa manly strength which nearly haifa fe
?ntury'a captivity bad not wholly pub- ir
ned. A curiosity, not unmixed with ol
srtaio admiration, wrung cheers from ni
ie crowd, which pressed everywhere ij
ri their path, the object of thc goner xl ci
iterest being, of course, thc chief,! fe
lasparone himself, who boasts of deeds d'
I daring worthy of a second fra Diavolo. ol
Themselves a wonder to the world, ci
lose old ruffiacs gazed upon the world tc
ith wonder, the discoveries of our aire a
-gas lights, steam engines, telegraph ic
ires, photographic apparatus, and es- nj
ecially revolvers-filling them with as ei
tuch surprise as if they were thc ?1
Seven Sleepers" just roused from a a]
alf century's slumbers. All thar, a
owever, would have passed through ai
icir minds merely as matter of specula- ai
ion, for otherwise thcee ajed pensioners ti
re DOW not only perfectly harmless,
nt even piously inclined. w
In something less than forty-eight st
ours they bad already visited most of c:
iie Roman churches ; and Gasparone- j a
bo, even, when he imbued his hands tl
od arms in blood to thc elbows, wore 1 is
Tapuhuiott, mumbled hts Ave Marias, I
ad never "worked" on Saturday, being' ni
ie day consecrated to thc Virgin-is at u
resent wholly bent in "making his ia
>nl f and to obtai? leisure for the w
arp?se has id the meantime hired it
imself out as a.modcl to some French 01
rtists, who want his fine patriarchal *
ead to personate Moses io the Wilder- ri
ess, or Joseph io a Sacra Famiglia. d
?erndon limes-August 12.
'" i ?ai i
A Gentleman who had been victimiz
3 by 8 notorious borrower who alway?
>rgot to pay, called him one of the most
roaming men jf hi? acquaintance.
A lawyer once wrote "rascal" io the
at of a brother lawyer, who, on dis
jrering it, enterer} a complaint in open
>urt against the tress psaacr, wfcu, he
tid, had not only taken his hat, but,
ad written his own name io it.
?;
COTTON SEED AND ITS USES.
Wc hope, through the mes.ns of the
following article, to call the serious at?
tention of our planters and the busi?
ness men of our towns to a manufac?
turing industry which has been quietly
growing up in our midst, little attention
having been paid to it by others than
those immediately interested, yet one
which may exercise a vast influence
among the economics of agriculture,
the cultivation of which are pressed
upon us with an irresistible force which
all must acknowledge. It, in itself, is
an illustration of economy which cairies
a lesson well worth studying.
The manufacture of oil and cake or
meal from thc cotton seed is assuming
proportions throughout the South, and
that with great rapidity, which ought se
riously to attract the attention of us all.
It furnishes ns a market, and a good
cash market, for what was before almost
a dead loss, in many cases worse than
that, as the illness arising from huge
piles of decaying seed on maDy planta?
tions will testify. The meal, which is
always exchanged for the seed, is a most
valuable and harmless fertilizer, as well
as a most excellent food for cattle, par?
ticularly milch cows. The hulls are also
an excellent manure, and make the best
of ashes, cither for the application le?
land or for lye. Thus it is seen that
every portion of the seed is made avail?
able.
Lookiug at these facts, can our plan?
ters allow their seed to remain longer in
the rotting piles as formerly ? The meal
from thc seed is by far a botter fertilizer
:han thc raw seed; still it is much
more economical that it should be used
for stock and thc increacd bulk of their
manure bc placed upon thc land. Ic
seems very strange to us that of tb
,his year's production of cotton seed
neal, probably fifteen thousand tons
line-tenths should go to England to
ced their stock upon. Wc are here
icarching very earnestly for a grass
vhich will give us hay, and at thc ram
ime good grazing. Wc have at every
rin house door that which will in
;rcat measure take its place ; and ye t we
illow the English to take it away rom
is almost entirely. Let us state here
hat English farmers consider cotton
ced meal one-third more valuable for
'ced to stock than the best of corn meal
There are now engaged in this manu
aclare one mill in Nashville, two in
.Irmphis, one in Selma, one in Mobile
nd three in New Orleans. These ore
lot all at work at the present moment
br instance, the largest mill in New
)rlcans was burned within the past
car, but a much larger one is being
rcctcd in its place, which will soon be
n working order. The total capacity
f these mills is in the neighborhood of
nc hundred tons of cake and seed per
ay, yielding fifty tons of cuke and three
housand two hundred gallons of oil,
eprcsenting a cash value of two thoa
and eight hundred and fifty dollars a
ay, or about eight huddred and fifty
ve thousand dollars. This large sum,
rhich a few years ago waa utterly
fasted, is now placccd in clear cash io
ur pockets ; and still the business is in
l3 infancy.
This quantity of seed, large as it
cems, hardly takes a perceptible amount
rom thc great piles which go to absolute
?ste, with the exception of the small
or ti cu used for manure. The farmer
an make mere eventually by exchang
jg seed for meal and either feeding or
pplying to his land than by selling it
utright; still there is always a ready
ash market for all he raises, and if for
0 other reason than that of health it
tight to be removed from the planta
on. Wc all know what a sad instance
? its unhcalthfulncs3 occurred this
aring on Mr. Mcllwain's plantation,
elma.
It is well to remark here, that there
Ften occur complaints of cattle refusing
> cat tito meal, and of its making them
I. This is invariably thc effect of ovcr
eding. The beneficial results are so
nmcdiatcly apparent that too much is
ften given at first, or it is not properly
lixed with other food. This is especial
. the ca?e when the feeding is entirely
rttrustcd to negroes. It is exactly iikc
;cdi?g a man or. plum pudding-it may
J for once, but two or three full meals
[ it would probably most effectual!}
ire thc victims appetite ?or ?orne time
?come. In no case should more than
double handful be givea at thc first
;ed ; the result with a milch cow will bc
[.parent within forty-eight hours In?
case thc quantity very slowly, and
tould the slighest symtom of scouring
apear, decrease thc amount at once for
few days. It is very strong nutriment,
ad requires great care at first, least thc
aimais be' thrown off their feed" cn
reiy.
Thc number of nearly starved cattle
hich wonder in thc autumn about our
rects is a disgrace to the city. Thc^j
rouse of a lack of obtainable food is not.
good ouc, and all should remember
tat an animal, if worth keeping at all,
worth keeping well.
We m?y, in a future articlek speak
tere at large of the details of mauulae
ire, of thc especial usc to which the oil
: put, of thc methods of refinement
hich make it an equivalent of olive oil
1 taste, color, smell, and usc, and many
thcr matters of interest in connection
?th a business which wc hope to see as
ipidly increasing as it now promises to
o.
Tho estimates of quantity of seed used
od cash value of product as given above
re very low ones, thc approximation bc?
ig made with great care not is any way
a overreach the real figurer
In conclusion let us again call thc at
jntion mon earnestly of our farmers to
lie great advantages which it will be to
bern to foster in every waythu? "easiness,
ngaging in it if possit wiciffsefrea, Of
Utkisg thc utmost possible intelligent
se of so profitable a product of their
lat?tations as cottou need meal proves
& bc.-Souffi'm Arywt, Selma, .ila.
tl
ti
HOW NOT IO BE BEAUTIFUL.
A vacant mind takes all the meaning
oat the fairest faee. A sennal disposition
deforms the handsomest features. A
cold, selfish heart shrivels and distorts
the best looks. A mean, groveling
spirit takes all the dignify oat of the
figure aud all the character out of flu
countenance. A cherished hatred
transforms the most beautiful lineament
into an image of ugliness.
It is as impossible to preserve good
looks with a brood ot bad passions toed
ing on thc blood, a set of low loves
tramping through thc heart, and a sel?
fish disdainful spirit enthroned in thc
wilgas to preserve thc beauty of an eic
gant mansion with a litter of swine in
the basement, a tribe of gypsies in thc
parlor, and owls and vultures in thc up?
per part. Badness and beauty will no
more keep company a great while thru
poison will consort with health, or tm
elegant carving survive the furnace fire.
The experiment of putting them togcth
cr has been tried for thousands of years,
but wjth one unvarying result.
Stand on one of thc crowded streets
and note the passerby, and r.ny one can
see how a vacant mind has made a vn
cant eye, how a thoughtless, aimles
ruind has robbed thc features of expres?
sion j how vanity has made everything
about its victici petty ; how frivolity has
faded the lustre of the countenance ;
how baby thoughts have made baby fa?
ces ; how pride has cut disdain into tho
features and made thc face a chronic
sneer j how selfishness has shriveled,
md wrinkled, and withered up the per?
sonality ; how hatred bas deformed and
lemonized those who yielded to its
power ; how every bad passion has
turned tell-tale ind published its dis?
graceful story in the lines of the face
ind thc look of tito eye; how thc oid
nan who has given himself up to every
?ort of wickedue;;s is branded all ove:
?nth deformity and repulsiveness and bc
will get a new idea of what retribution
s. This may no! be all, but it is terrible
-this transforming of a face once full
>f hope and loveliness into deformity
md repulsiveness ; then the rose blush
ng on its stalk, now ashes and a brand.
-Atiunal of Phrenology and Physiog
lomy.
WITHERED FLOWim
Only a bunch of withered flowers,
fet how their faint odor carries our
houghts back to that little grave where
re knelt one sunny morning and gath
red these first born blossoms of the
pring. It was only a chi Id's grave
Baby Bell" was all thc headstone told.
Jut oh ! how much of the joy and cora
ort of our household wa9 expressed in
hose two words; how they recalled the
weet baby face, with the soft light hair
lustering io tiny curls over thc white
orehcad, the laughing blue eyes and
inipled cheeks, the cheery lips that
eemed only made for kisses, and in
incy we feel her soft nrms around our
eek-when there comes another vision.
>ar darling is tossing wildly on her
ouch ot pain, the dimpled checks
urning with fever, and blue eyes wild
rith delirium. Soon this scene is
hanged, and now the little form is still,
be fever's flush has faded from thc
heeks and the blae eyes arc closed ;
ut the look of pain and suffering has
;oce forever from that little face, ar.d a
eavenly smile lingers round the lips
ke thc gentle touch of unseen ange!
ands, pausing a moment ere they b ar
?ie freed 3piritto the gates of paradise,
ill this is recalled at the sight of tba*
t?lc bunch of withered flowers au-,1 cur
;ars fall fast upon them as wc lay them
irefaily away with thc little ringlet of
lken hair and the best loved play
tings of our darling, who, though lost
) us in this world, will bc thc first, cv?
.ust. to greet us on thc other shore
herc flowers never wither and sorrows
innot come.
LEVITIES AND BISEVITI21S.
Thc slave of thc occau-thc surf.
Wool gatherings-Fights between
cgrocs.
Persons given to abstraction-pick
ocketa.
When docs a man have to keep Ii is |
ord? Whet? no -nc will ':.kc it.
Thc latest thing out-Tl>o gas, whet)
is turned o?T; :v.d every ouc has gene j
) bed.
Beauty in a womin is like ihe flowers!
i spring, bu*, virtue is like thc stars of j
caven.
Why is4 the root of the tongue like a
ejected man ? Because it's down in
ic mouth.
An ill bred man is said to be like!
ghtoing, because he docs not know how
? conduct himself.
Cool-Totdke a man's hat with Lisir
ame in it, simply because you want to ? e*
et hi.* /infograph.
A female lecturer says thc only decent
ling about Adam WHS a rib, and that
cnt to make snmethiog better.
Advice-Avoid arguments with ladies,
a spjuuing a vam amongst silks and
tting, a wau is ?ure to bc iconUrd.
"Would you call thin the calf of n
g ?" asked Hub, pointing to one of his j
ether limbs. "No," replied a lliber*
ian, "1 should say it was the leg of a
tlf."
Hook and one of his friends happened j
> come to a bridge. "Do y.n kuow who]
uilt this bridge ?" said he to Hook.
No ; but if you go over you'll be 1
dd."
Modern Mirrors.-An old coquette!
?oking into her glass, and seeing her | v
Tinkles, cried : "This new gla*s is not j ^
orth a farthing. They'ctnnot mike
iirrcrsjo well a? th^cj used to do."
It bas ramed so bard at Milwaukee ] ?
>r four months that the Chicago Jiepn? j .
em asserts that all tbe ehildren born (
acre are webfootcd.
EVERY DESCRIPTION
PROMPTLY EXECUTED AT TBE
OFFICE OF
The Sumter Watchman,
-IN THE
Highest Style of the Art
Sert 6
UrE INGREDIENTS THAT
COMPOSE ROSADALIS .ire
published cn every packa<^ there?
fore it is not a secret preparation,
consequently
PHYSICIAN rr.^scr.:DZ IT
iitis a certain care fer Scrofula,
Syphilis in all ils forras, Rhccma*
tism, Skin Diseases, Liver CONI
plaint and ali ciscases of thc
Blood.
CNS B0T5L3 C? S0SO?3
will do more good than ten bottles
of tho Syrups of Sarsaparilla.
THE ?JNDERS1CNZO PHYSICIANS
.'rave used Rosndalis i 11 ?jeir prac: ico
for tho past three yen rs an-.i f-rc!y
endorse it asa rc;.u.L.'o Alterativa
and Ulocd Purifier.
DR. T. C. rrOTT. rf Ealtiracrc.
DR.T.J. BOYK?X, "
DR. R. W. CARR. "
DR. F. O. DANNKLLV, *
DR. J. S. SPARKS, of Nicho?asrille,
Ky.
DR. 3. L. KcCARTHA, Columbia,
S C
?DR. ?. B. NOBLES, Edgecoo!:, N. C.
loZZD A?7D ESOOBSED BY
J. ^FRENCH ?t SONS, Fail River,
IF. W. SMTTH, Jackson, Mich.
A. F. WHEELER, Lima. Ohio.
IB. HALL*Lima.Ohio.
CRAVEN ?E CO., O. MOT?ST?IIC, Va.
S-Oi'L. G. UcFADI>EX, ??urfrevs
bozo^Tcaa.
Or.r space will not aTJov of arr os.
tended remarks ia relation to tho
virtnesof Ro?ad\!i*. Totho Medical
Profession\rcguarantee a Finid ET
trartsuporiorto any tl.ry baro ever
used ia the treatment of diseased
Cloe*'. ; ar.? to th . afll Ictcd wo say try
Bosadatis, ann j ou wilt bo rct'ore-i
to health.
j Rosada.is i3 sold hy all Drojrrssts,
'price S LOO per bottle. Address
L-J?. Mun .SituLa a CJ.
ilai'jfGdvrxvg Chemist*,
EAtTZZtOBX, sr?.
ly
um m MIXTURE,
WILL POSITIVELY CURE
Chills and Fever,
It does not milter if th? caso be chrome,
MATIN AGUE MIXTCBB" will eradicate it en
rely from tho system. Wc can refer to thoua
ids in Baltimore, w'.io have been re'eivodby
Platin Ague r&ixlure
h. It. H. Higg-.r, Baltimore, Md :
My Dear Sir-I have tho honor of ac
novrledging thc receipt of the 10th ultimo, con
ining order for fifteen thousand francs npon
'e?srs. Taillander ? Co., in Com; li: nco with our
mtract of lath October last, ar. '. it ?j with
ensure I constitute you Sole Agent of tho
nited States. Central aad South America, for
ic sale of Matin Ague Mirtwfe, which has al
ady accompli >t.ed so much goet in our own
inntry and Spain.
Ti.is mixture contains ro qninina, and nof?
\g Khatever that can injure tl< get-ral health;
>r is it disagreeable to the taste. I purchastd
io prescription of tho celebrated Spanish Physi
an. Pr. Piedro (Jonza.cz, nfter his retirement
om his profession, who gate SM thc mott con
H*tceproof? and attmramcet that Se had need
c proscription in ii* practice of forty (U>) yearn
'thint it* haring failed Mt tx ofaj/e wtfwacc.
Motin A'jnc Mix<?re is chiefly C'-mposed of
every bert and oli>o.>t wine, and the patient
?cd n<>t chance li* cus^rr.ary Dodo ot living
iii'st taking thc reen: iv. Indeed, it if a pleas,
it Muir, and if taken in small quantities before
oak fa st each day, tl Will Pi\rr,,t i!, ill? and
err in localities where wimma pr- rt,;;?. Tho
iticnt will find that the Matin J ;-ir. Mi*tnte
citei an appetite, and that instead of injuring,
improcct th? general health. I warrant tho
attn Ague Mijctnrr to effect r,:rr in all raie*.
Tours, verv Truly,
GUSTAVE DURANTE.
r. V,':ii. Frederick S'. teart'* Certificat
Baltiaore, .May 1,1ST!.
Having analyzed thc Matin A gie Misfit.*,!
n^?t hesitate to reeoaraend i: aa aa ex'.-vl'.cnt
mci? f r Chills an?l Fever. 1: e n'ah.s aoth
? rvliich can injure the jrencra! health.
WM. F. STEWART. M. P..
RcsiJest Physician .Maryii.iid II t; i:.:!,
r../. H. W'Uiant*' Certificate :
BsiiMr.-ra, April I9,1S71.
I hereby fortify fha'. I have nw lc. a c.ir. ful
alysts of tho **JTatin Agar. Misfire* and that
.liv? not contain a particle of ,'i:n"r.o, 1 lo?
re it to bc a ru'..?t ?:". icm remedy : .r t hilt*
?I Few. JNO. ii. V, ?LLlAMS, M. 1'.,
If Vari* Act-r. Mt\Tfi:::f..:'- itacvcriaH?
>:.ey will be rc(ur:.<jd t? purchaser.
R. Ii. BIGGER. Proprict r. and fir>eer, Snc
?*or t.. C. M. ur. 1 D. W. M Y KU.
Nc WEST BALTIMORE Street Baltineorc,
d ali .?rugrists.
By i. A. McKAGUN,Druggist, r"aj.t?r. S. C.
.<.,,{ r,- ?.:n
LUcbvi.i.i i:.v..?^.j.'.'.i;i
>0ARDMAN'? C".r! LIVER OIL.-This Oil
5 Ss pat ap wit!, rr. ?: rare Ir??ra perfccily
ah Livers and ts, .ut I?*bt the ;".:.^ct p:o.
ce?.
"YARDMAN'S FRENCH WORM C0NFEC
) fl ?NS.-IavaiuaM? is a ?\ r Wi r.:i>
d in thc t?.na tt .? ?Jy lozcs>?e aro
idtlj taKca.
^0.\RDMAN"S Ct>NC"?? EXT.?JAMAICA
> C INGER -A spica T ' . . itv? and tx
.;; >. 'y n^cfel in C-.:ie>, ?,'r. -, ! er l.;:::*y
.c "il-rities '.I ti:-: Ii ??..!
">R VXrS INDIAN PUR?.FV:NO EXTRAC.
) ,\ medicine l??agin J : I.- riersari^in*
. i r.?i impere state oft; . l.\ . '. T:-:< article
i# ( crt?rntvi ?. v ti ..-* o ? ..; i si v.* i ned
the Ur^tartielcoxact f-.r ti.e ; nrpore.
>R.\xrs INDIAN rr.."- Y ? A:.
y JAM.-EvtcKsivcly u r KI'paltaoaar?
irplainta, i*iiijr ; ?rely \< : . '.. uaiiko n?*t
?purations trC????^hs. C . . v-^., .: - j t.<-t
nitij^te or la^c :v y . . nt after clfcet,
it alway* affvr I? .-p' . dy r -?O?L
"1 KEENE'S DYSPEPSIA REMEDY.-A
JT sVc,pure and spocdy rare of thai oio^t
.?rr .. "fcomj ! i !i'> s:.?>iv," jut t:p
i?-> ui! oricitini rcet;?s ?' i1!-. ^iftr;t:^^". Port
G?.by wiitin it ba? : l-t. u used with
?ad. : ? ?1 surcos?.
y ANKER'S XfERVE AND BOXS LINI?
MENT.-T!.e t>e?t c>tcr- .', i^isedy forman
beast. A cc.-tVsti care f>r Rhcamatistn,
amp*,Sprains, Bruises, Swelling, Wook Li:ui.s
d pains uf all kittda.
") MIRER'S C0MI?0UXDFLUID EXTRACT
BCCIIU.-Tho purest arti he.st it? as?. A
rw reticf far all dtstwse* of rho Bladder sr. l
idne>s.-ask for tio other,-PbjajcinBf re
mmend it.
HALIE! I", SEAVEH f<
19 Chat;ibcr?t and 131 l :oa<lo S'ro??:??,
?iEVv ?.'Oi$a\?
Sept?-_ _ Iy_
ew Style Windon Shades.
JUST HKA'M! V T:;>.
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