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SSelected Poetry For the News nud ilerm:d Mr. Editor : eloed I send you "The itrial or Our Ded," by Col. O'llarra of Kentucky. I received the manuscript from an esteented friend in Virginia. lie dii not so state, but I presutne it lhas been put. lished. Beligving that many of your read. ers will appreciate this tribute to the metno ry of our gallant dead, I commend it to your attention and request, its insertion lit the Niws anid ih:aA.B: THE BURIAL OF OUR DEAD. 11Y COL. o'ulARKA OF KENrU(KY. Tho mufiled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo; No more on life's parade shall meet That brave and daring few. On Fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tets are spread. And glory guards i i .-mn round Th bi vollac -r i b ; I ". No rumor of ilo w. , Now swell ii a itii, No iroubled i at idiinight hauns, Of love! oiew . eii ; No vlsion or the wiori w' i s st ife, 'Tie warrior's i elim alahrms - No braying horn lnor scremintig fife At dawIn shal onl to Ims. Their shivered swords are red with rust, Their pluntud heads are howed, Their haughty banners trailed in dust., I now their iitmrtial shroul. Am plenteous funeral tears have washed Their red stals fPoi each brow. And their proud foris in btile gashed, Are free from anguish now. The neighing steed, tei flashing blado, The t rumpel s stirritig bhst The charge, thit direadful nnuionado, '1'he dil Itid shuut are past Nor wt.'s wildi otoInor glorv's peal Shnll thrill Wth Aicee delight, Thse breasta that never muore shall feel Theralitro of the tight. Like ehi dread northern hutrrieano Tlo slyceps h is broetd plate0 I Fltushell with the triitil!i yet to gjnn, Caime down the nervied roe. Our heroes felt the Shock tud leapt' To meet them on ihe plain ; Aul long the pitying sky hatli wept, Above our galhant slain. Sons of our onteernfted ground Vo titut not. slunber th lre Whore stranger Steps nl tomigiues r.sound Along ihe muedileNs air; Youir own protud lrud's her, io soil, Shaltl he your fi ler grave ; She cnims froti war his richer: The ashes of hor brave I so 'nenth1 their, loarent 11u1rf 0.. % ,-t. Far fron to goiry fildl! Lorie to a Siti ini. iotther' 've:ust, On 1itnn1y a bloody shield ; The smshino of their itative sky Smiles sadly on them here, A td kindred hearts and eyes watch hy Tiho hteo'.i sopulchro. i st on embalnod and saluited dead I -1)eatr A the blooly gave ; NoJimpious footsteps here shall tread, 'Vihto ierbage of your gravo : Vor 41111 Y our glory be fit'got, While fame hor record keeps, 01 houno. points I lie hallowed upot You marble minstrel's voiooless tone, li. dn tithlos songs shiall tell, When tnaluy a vaniishied age hiathlo 1, The tory how yo foll Nor wreek, nor chango, nor wintor's bli11. Nr Times remorseless doom, Shall dim one ray of Ioly !ight, That gilds your glorious tomb. THE DELICIOUS LIT'LE 0 HEAT. she sald alto loved me, oftentimes She gave in klsen wnrm antd swee',, And I expended scores of' rhymnos On th!e deliolous little clieat. I enlltl:l her darl-ing, angel, dove, My bosomt's queen ; exhauistmng quite The whole vocabulatry of love, And, sure, I thought that all was rigt. luit, wheun I pr'ee her to cotnsant, To nme to happy bridal da~y, 11er ceaem to bonntyolabber' went Sihe laughed, anud said it. wouldn't pay, For I was poor, and she was worse F'or I had trth andi constany' EtL thten thle raisrintuig curse Nad mioro of cimmon senuse thtan I. Shte vedl a mill io~natiro, intel tnow, Whetn ago hits silvered o'er myt bien-!,. Atnd broughtt somne wvrink es to myt) brow, I thank her' for' the words shte sahh. For htad we two jolinei heart andl htad, lPor "lhettetr or for v :' t" nway, Thte worse would hitve n'r wni wor-ser, atnd The devil wouMd boe een to pay. T.iho Widow,>. IllI. Tt. was a bit Lter nI.ht. ~The sniow had becen fallintg int llecy lights doting the greater potLion) of the day, and the col wvas so' intense t hat little busitness of auny kind hadl beeni prostetted by the indus. rions and ettterprsing citizens of' the village. N ig.ht h~ad succeededu day T'ho'-snow tand silect we'roe stilt descend. ing, and tdhe spirit. ol the stornm seeImed t~o huow 1 aromud the ibonso and tronght the filds and orchards, and foreste, a'nd apiong the~ distant mnountai ne. Mr. Rowland had returned frotm htis counting haonso at ant early hour thant usutal. Sitppe'r had beon servedi, antd the famnilyi had gatherentd a rountd ther fire. PTe c'hibilron, had bceen put to beod int at. adjoiing a pirtimeni anid ant inf'ant was sleeping int the e'radle iuder immediat,. noti.ce of' its mthtIer. Mr-q R~owlandt~ was rending a ntewspalper, and as the' fit fl blasts monned~' a round his comthmo dionis dwellintg, bhe wotuhi 11 notmake re. matrks relative to theo severity of the weather. Mrs. I. was parting thei filakenu curls ipo.n le'ed of li hesleep. ed time warm kiss oif nmatetriu,nal aietio, umpnn its rniddy' cheek. Suddenly sonh Oine r' pp~ed a t i he. door. It was opened, whten a lith girl of about sevst na old' wa nai tittod. Hecr scaunty dress ives 1.1 tored and turn, a ragged qutilt.wnts thnuawi airqund her shoulders, and a paitr of miiserable-old shtoes upm lher feut. Shei was almtost frasen, "otare thet widow WVatkins' litle daught er ?" said Mrs. foiviud, ingnir ingly, Th'em litulo girl answere4 In the atfirm Alive, anrd added thait her.Ma .ws sick rtd .Rowinnd to stehp over. r~.' Yow1.nd oWnet9 the glieg3 whi@,~ the sick woman resided. hal wasi very indiguent, and but poorlJ able to pay the extravagant rent wiI the nifeeling owier exacted. Th< house was once her husband's, or rathei her ovn, being a gift from her faitier oi tho very day of' her wedding. Mr Wlvatkinls weali by when a young inar a id ws eduicated for tlie bar, and nt( (In, seemeitd mlore likely to be Atugeessfull iln his 11rofessiOnI. Ile said Mr. Hola) we-pro early atssociates. The latter, 0 few years before the period at whici we Iow id fi him, had comimncied th( nefairiois iraiie it arden*it spirit-lia griowi. rici-had induced Vatkinis tc dritik.-made him dri ak, and byl egree, it druikrd ; am l ln thle poor besott. (n Viel liml was uannble 1to pay his debts, contracited miost ly for rtii, blt pnmlily by negleciing hit profeCssionlI dutiv-, lie, his foriier associate, I is pretelided friend, his destroyer, was the first to decry aid opjress him. IHis horses itil oxenl were sold by the shtifT; ilext his household anid kitchei luniture weare seizel ; arid Iiiially a mortgago was giveni to RowIn ad upon the himesi'tead of tie drink:ard, to sceuir. the rimidealer in the payment of a pitiful balance in his favor. This clninrity did not check 1.t pro. diaI career of tho inebriale. le still <iuafedlth lie liquid poison1, aid sLill did the lieartliss dealer hol out unice. l)eltR to prev.Iil uponM1 him) to sink low er into wretchedness annd shame. A few'weeks after, lie waRs one day fondii dead in th street. I b) had left hie grocery at a late hour tieb precedig night, in a state of ititoxiention. The night was daik, aId he probably missed i:is step - fell iito. n gutIter--foultA him .4Clf 11malie to get ont--nald, being 3t111w. fied with Ii11r1m, lio Went tosleep, and froze to leath. (iiwl in a short timle foreclosed the norogo. and lie homo of' Ile druntikard's wilo bcami. tIe legal pro pvrty of Lihm maln who ial dles oedv h-r peI'ace, anid ruduced hirr to leLq!iiIy' and0 wvant. Iliepermiittedl her 1o remlainl oi tie promis, exacting tall extrava. .ilt rate of reint. Aleital an11gtih,. xessivel ior, Iailt of proper no'ir isliieit, 1and expolsire, Imd wvell Iigh wor,1n1 hli ot, and he was faist sinkir. ilto tlie gi'ri ive where thlm weay ar at re4. N o ono 1al1 been near her ;. no on11e stieeme1.0 to care for her ; in fact, it was not iown to her netrest neighbors tinit she was sick. Mr. IowIaId felt anxicous f1or his rent, there being at that time a sall sum dir. Adli( perhnps it is wiig to itt. ciretinstance that lie so readily cotnsenlted to aecompaly the little girl to the room of her sick motier. Ie drew on his overcoat, tied a w.oolen (omilforter routmi lis ick, aiu drew on hii gloves, aid, taking his itutibrella, set. out tlrough tile driftilg Snow nInd sleet, :1l hent his lwny to the widow's tin. 4,1..-table homeo i foilld her lying oni a miserable bin( it stra'V, witih ler iond slightly Ilevated, the only chair' beilnginrg to her ha0so being plleed Ituider ter p'il low. Sho was pah- an14d gasilv, and 1vidently near the houir off dissoluiltioti. Nr. Rowlanl being seaitel oil a rude wooden stool, ahe said, in a feeble but le-Cided tole of voice, "I have senit, for you, sir, to pay 1m10 a visit, that I ma y make you the heir of my estate. My estate ? I kilow you ro ready to ask what estate I have to m'ne1; it was1. myl fathier's glft--my wed (drg port ion. I had horses and1 OXen,1 .'and cows and1( sheep, andlt orchmrds atnd meiadow'is. 'Twias you thaI inlduced my pieor errinlg hlusband t~o dirimk. It was y m wholi placedl beforeo hiim the liquid p )ison, andiu pressed him to take it. l'wns y'ou that took away my hlorsen and4 co)ws, aillnd mdowvs arnd orchaiirds, anlti luy) owna boue. ''Iwas you tita. iruinled lmy peace destroyed my huasbanld andil iln the very 1noon of' lfe sent, him dhown trol a idrnkard's ( dishoneslt grave. ''wias you that, rue a begg4ari, and( enst my1 poorI~i'i s rvig babhes upon01 thto chi 'yoif a piitiless~ wourld. 1 ha~ve noth ingii left but these raggod quilts ; thiem you1 do rnot wanilt-yet [ hiave dletermtlined to bequenthi you my estate. I fere, sir, as my last will and testimnt. I do) bequreat~h to you this vial of tears. They atro thet the tears that, I have shedI -tears that, youli havel' cautsed. Take thlis vral ; wear it aboiut your ile person; anid whenl hereallter youa presient thte flowing howl to the lipA of a hustban rd andl father, er ial of widow's tears." Ain hiour more anid thre poor widow, the widow of a thiousandll sorrowis, thie once favored'child of fortune, the0 once lovely and wealthy bsridlo, the 011ce iiffetionate wifr and dev'oted voinnr miot.hr-r, lay cold and senseless in dheathi anid her soutl laid been sliritmoned to that Glod wht' has said, Vengeance is mine, andii I wvili repay." A x A (-ivr Vot.cAuo ir -rus~ Moos. -A volran in thela mn is said to bo ii ann active State. Thela criter called b innie, (on thie Miate Selrnlatia, wans ni. iend by3 an1 astiirnomer1 all A hienis, a M\. Schii duirinlg the iiomb~lS (if October ond No vembller, to be obscur~ed. Eng. ih lphotoegrnpjhis talken dunirng I ieo samo 111e show thle crater very') fati nthy mar1 k. edl. Thre samie dairkniess was oibservedl nI t his spot by tilh' emalinet ast rolnmer %ehroeter ill November, 1 788. The1 hLodo Spctat or says: ''The imnres' 4ion is Ibuit all an eruption is going on 'isa if' so, multst not lho monon have an at tmosphuere ? Could combuhist ion talke place withouit hixygn ? Wo'ultd the 4,moke(- the0 carboniio acid gas--rise withlout some heoavier gas, hik3 atmnos. ihioric air, to rise in ?" The peitions against thle impeachmioni of the. Iat'riot koYo comlmenqedl to arr~iyo, ha the Hlouso. oni the &lst uhimlo. Mesre. Rtay mond and( le)rling, of Ne w York, pro <cnted numerously signed memorials, pro-. testing ngainst tthe impeadhment pr'njor'. amt boaning Congress to adnat, ryrantes to rouigthen ile putbli confidence,. allay Ihie x,"iiiuent. l'evYi e theo inteed oflbor nn'd ash m p~romote the peace anad properi. SOUTIAIN SCuOOL JBoOK.-It is no longer possible to use, in our schools, the books of North orn origin. They aro found usually to belio our history, slander our people, and spoil our Ion guago. W e want the truth, and not liotions, which are not only terribly false, but terribly dull and stupid. We want the English language, and not a brogue. Wo rejoice to see that proper efforts Laro making, in propor places to givo us the sort of books wo nlood for the education of the young. The prsfessors of the Virgihia Uni versity, all Southern meni, and all highly eidowed and highly en )able, have taken the matter in ham, and through the pires of C. B. Itichardson &. Co , we are al most fully provided, already, with an cnt ire, complete 'and most, exeollent Southern shool and university series. Professor Gco. F. Ilolmot has prepared, for our child ren, a pictorial priner, au clomontary speller, and five successive pictorial roaders, all admirably conceived, finloly illustrated, and excellontly got Lut up. School clartm Iecoiipanly ts series. Professors Venables, M. 1". Alanry, JeConz to, (1uildersleovo and DoVere follow, With text-hooks in lauage and the scivilecs ; Holmes, (3 ayarro, Porter and 8inans follow, in history ; and, ill together, imtke us in dependent in educational matters, if we are not in political. We counsel our people, as well as our school teachors, to examitO theso volumes, anld we should insist that tho time his come when Southern childron shoull be taught only by Southern m1en. If not capahlie of teaching our cllIdre n we iave 110 right to children at all all ; and we certainly can do thmoi ito justice. We are happy to seo that the Seiaito and Ilouse of Represelnta tives of the State of Mississippi has IC011mtononend edl this series for a1d optionl in all the selhools a11l acadeilies of that State ; thatt he (ienelra l A.9o, bly of the State of (Georl:gia halts loio tie sane tlh ing, and that the press of Alabama itand otier Southrn States is callig upon their people to do like wisc. Lot time hall of refori 1 and upirogress roll on, and all impedimnlclts e swept out of tht track.-C/wreston Jlr-re I(ry. AToNOF GEr.',. P:AINonY, 199., 'ro -ni.S rrin.-XV AisumNo'ox, e1biia. r-y 8-Mr. 1abody lsa adiressed a let. ter to It C Winthrop, Massaceieseit ; lion. II Fish, New York ; Rt. Rv. "has. P Mellvnine, Ohio; General U S Gruat.; lion. V C iteeves, vigiia, luon. J;hn 1l Cliford, Missiclitset.ts; Hon, W Aiken, Sm h Carolina ; I Ton. W hEvart,, New York; lion. Wm. A Gr(lian. North Carolina; Clas. Mc Onlister, G WV Ri , q, Wash111ing tonl ; Samuel Vetmore, New York ; M A Bradlford, Louisiana : Geo. N a. toil, Marylaid, an I G P Ittissel, Massl cliusett, ill W ich he s3 tshat., willit his tiltjve land has been1 but mhore devot e4 lie gives toe the gentlemen addressed a milhon11 of dollais in trnst-tho in -1C01111 to ho used for thie promiot1ii aid encour agement of t.he intelivectua, moral sno idlist rial eduication of the yoing of the more 1destitio 1101tions of ti Soitthern and Southwestorn States. .j3asides this income 1n auithorizes the'm to ulse .10 per ceilt. of the prileipal within two years. Ini addeition, ho places8 in their hands bondsd of the Plainters' ilan k of MIisiSippi amh)oun~ting '0 $1, 10)0,00)0, the proceeds to he addied to ai nsed for t he purposeA of thbo trnsat. I le leaves the details with tim t rusitees, req4~ueting thant MrX Willro may0 befV i cli umn, and Georgo innut andl iiishuop MeIllsran, Vice-C'hairmen- Them t rust hacs beenl accepted andie 5an organuizanon01 hias bieen r'edly el'ected with Mr ~ Win throp as Chiairma n, and conr.mit tees of ingniry and11 finlance hnavo been alppo)inted It is the inltention of the trustcees to cniommeco ope rations as soon as possi. A N INmA x W Au.--Il appears to be a loreg~onoi con1clusion that I ho reed man is again upon the War paith. Tidings of massacrea have reached the East, to get.hoir with corroboraiuve intelligence going to show that. Isargo bodied are gat herinig in loca.itie's w here they cain aie lnt the largest possibl amt~oumt of daemagu. Ti's- result is not a subject of wonder mnitt. A n y one fa miliar with lthe heart h- a mnner inl whic these.105 poor sara gesa ilave been1 treated,-the swinldling spec nh,1ilons ol contractoera who fui h t~iIheir ltlmdet walnts, t he legislativo robberies that1 have from year toycar driven them11 fr'omh their hutnng grounds to make w-ay for tile whmiteo man, mtight, have forasceen what is ablont to take plaee. For thle proteetion1 of the great initer eats t~etwelr the~ Pacilic and A ilanitic tile railroad, telegropha, and trains of tra vel--the Govern menmt will be forced to csall out a large airmyi, bult, oven thten the smgall, well organized, suift footed bandls of Indians mauy succeed in making a wvar almost pelrpeltual. T 'he~ .('aroliniona, in referring to the South CaiOroluia Peniitentt iry sava:5 We are indcebted to the 'a rchaiteet, 'Thomn II. Lee, INsq., for aI copy of(a ph~otographi ref iclis nluui institultionl. WV hen compliet ed it wvii l posent aI IrontL pairalel wihh the river five' hunidred feect, and facing I reteld his subhjet, anld aIvoided that lonmg cnlt iniuityV of lunbrok'hn front that. we are tioe apt to see in buildings of such matignitnde.o. Th'ie fomndiationl of tihe ce-lis feor the south wing are' now in, and we hope, at an eaily date, phoni thbo inelemrent we-ather cease, to) ae this work rapidly springing into shape. A eit izon of Galvtoln was arrested by t g mliitar-y for wishing tihe Froed betn's IBarean ini warmer .quarte~ra thtan any on tho Gult coast. --tvo of4the Stml and4 4, of ,i mob 3n. - The New Compromise, The Richmond Enquirer publishes a plainof settlement of the political dillicl. ties of the contry,.the maum outlines of Whiqh have already ben given by !ele. graph. The subjoined is the proposition in xtonso: PRO1?OSED AMENDMENT TO TIE CONSTI TUTION OF THE ONITED STATES. Articio XIV. :kc. 1. h'ie Union under the Conti. tutiont is, and shall be, perpetiual. No Stato tsha1111 piss italy t iw or ordnanen to secedo or withdraw fromI the Unlions, ndll any such law or ordinnneo ishall he ull and void. S-:e. 2. Tie public debt of the Ui. ted Stateos, an'st.hsried Iv liw, shall ever be held sacred and invi'ilnio. Blit neith tho Ulnited stiaosis nior 1ny itate shall assume or pny ni)' chbt, or obligtiom ineurred inl aid of instrrection or rebel lion ngainnt the Goveunnit or nttliori thy t Uh lUited States. Sv.c. 3. All person, 'ti i i or na-f t rn Ii Zed in ih lhied Snilinvl t 111es, iml ittt,'ert it) ite jim iatlictions I bereof; n re citizo-ts e th Utied Stites and of lie Stntes in which they reside. No Sin tishall makl. or-enforce any Iaiv which shall abridge Lite privileges. or immnintit.ies of cit.ize.ns4 of the mIJited States; nor shall anyil State deprive any person of lift-, libet'r or property. without process of hw, isor reny to nnyi person wit.hin its jurisdiction tih enoil protection of the law, Smn- 4. 1..prsetat.ives saIll 3e ap port ioned a omong till several Si nte*sac. uord inig ) 1.liir respective niumbers. r(otmtiing ithe wioile numbr of pers.ons eich State, excluding. Indiants not Iaxed. ]lhit when anIv Sta.e shall, on iecoult of rnsee or color, or previous Coll lition of serviitmle, exclh firoll Voting It anly election for the choice of elvetors for Presidit, and Vice-rresidnt of whe United Sties, rpresetativ S ies of C(n. ess, eibers of the T'giS.latuare or ot her'i oflicers eleclive by the peoiple. Any f the male inhabitants of'snleb State., being tweity-one years of ige andi cid* t((its of Ile United States, hie the eln ire cls.i of persois So excinded from the electiv Ifl'ranchiise sall 0Lot be count. :.d in the basis of represeittion. No State shall re(rrtire as a propert qitli atimon for vot ers more hnt.i $210 worth of taxable property, tnor as in i dica ional p 'tailitiention more eduication thin .niongi to(Oi Ienbe the voter to ren d Ilhe Jonstitution of thel- United S-ais in the 'Iuglish language and write his own i me. 'tolloSi:D AMi:NUMiENT TO STATFa CoN STITU TJo0N. A RTTIV.:.--Kvery male citiz NeI who Its :edided in this State f6or'oine year. al 1n the CoutV in which le offelrs to Ve six t hs, inimediatelv preecedsng th la,,of election, and who cain r.ad the .oInsI titutiotn of the United States il the1 1l'nglish lnigmige, or who can write his >wn naim, or Iho may be tit owner of 250 worth of taxable propert.y. shall >e entitled to vote nt nil elhee inns fir lovernor of tll' Stnte, -iimibirs if Ite mrgistla ture and ill ot her oflicers slect i ve >yv tho people of t.ho Stawt : /'rovubled, V hat no person by reasoin of this intile thall be- exchid.dts from vo!ing who has ssretoforn exercised the elective fra. Iihe nder ithe Consti.tntien nid Ithe aws of this State, or whio, at thte timet( >f the adoption of thsis amnendsment , may *o enti' 1ed to vote nder the said Cot Situttion anf 1 lan wis. -BoTIOT AND T' .: Lon~s PHAty ~i.-lIn h~e paln dsvsays of Boloth (s le father ot ldw isn Htoobs,) ihe great, traigidian, to. O ther withI se'vercl friends, was in viied :o dine by a person who was opposed to ,bieatres ansd theatre-go0iing--and yet, hsad Iiirtosity enough to wish to see soime. Lhing of' sthe hson if tht day. Duiring Ito evenmig some otte r, qut's' ed Boot,b, -is a partienlar favo-, to read the fiord's Prayer'. H-o exprstsCed Isis willtmgness to aliord She comipanty this grat ifien-tiin, adi all eyes wvere turntei oxpfectaitsly towatrds him. Slowly,- anil reverestly lie aroso. All wero astuunishid at the platy of' emotions that con vsilsd hi coun. Loenanice. Is faco became denthly pale, itdt his eves tremblisigly tursned upward ivero wet with tears. Th'le silence could ulhnost, be felt; it, becaime absolutely patiiht before his rich toned voice fro:ni lie dont1 bs huned-lips inid .scribably syhll.. Ilecaven," etc. Ever y bsotL was thrtill ad with the pathos nso slemmt;t y of theO aconsio(n. After lie hnd fliised lio si. itnco Conistiued, jittul a auidtitled sob rom a remoto cosner of the rosm broke lt spell. The host steppe'd for ward w'ith streamuing eyes and seizing Booth by thie htand, said: "Sir, yout htave af. rorde'd muea pleasnre for which my whole futture life, will feel grateful. ' unmsin old mhan, anid every) day from my [oyhtood to then present 1time I thoeunht, I htad repeaited the Lord's Prayer, bt I iever heard it before, never." BoothI replied :"To r'ead lhat. pr'a yer ie it should be read, htas cost mnn ihe m far fsromt be'ing entisfieds with mv rens. lerintg of thit wonderfusl prodthic in. If ardly onei p'rson iniI'' lonthosanid coin prehtends how much 'r.t, indertness tnd grandeur can bei conenised, in a pace .o smnall and words as5 simiple. Tht. trayer af itself stnleieitly sllust.rmsn-s hse tnI h of the Bilhse, ansd staipls utpon it hie seal of' Diviity.s" So great ant e'ffect hind 'h'en prodneed01 y th readintg, that. usfit' r few rpiint-e ) subdhued Iconve'ist tiotn, t ho con)pari y rauiaj and retired for the time, sit, least. ~Ith full hearts. .A4 ftf Axcion.-The largest anoh~rhin lio wld1 has beon completed for the treat latern'at d1of!OehAnhpto1a Englitd. Its 8 t aagtttn~xlev of the atook ; gkotewodstock, zotoon test sIx ostedoftarms, seven eot fotur inoh.e . hanobhot~has been proved, antI found 9tse tieala ofge onenroi tonI The Amerioan Journal of Modioal Soon 0es -Interesting Discovey. Tlhis valuatiblo quItrterly Il agayzino of Medical literature over finds a wel comeo1 upont our table. On0of' tho anost interesting papers of thie present. voltne, is 'on a now mllodo of t-reating that frightful diseaso -cancer, discovrered an11d succesefully em11ployed by Dr. Broadbeut, of 4t. Mary's hospita 1, London. By tinl in jection into the cancerous tumour of Ioctic acid, diluted or otherwise, that gentleman ascertan c0( t hat it so far al tered itS structiro and n:odified its nutrition, as to roard and arrest its growt It. 'Ih is species of acid was solectod for the fllowing reasons, which will be 1understool by those 'faniliar with tine huInanl t isues : 1. This acid <loes not coagulato al buimen, and inigh t hiereloro be ex pected to d ifl'use itself through the tu mour. The efect would tium not be0 limited to, aind concentrated in the iloi t i njeted. 2. If it entered t:.o 'ircilation, it cothtl do no halrm in iny way. 3. Acetic acidl rapidlly' isle the walls and iodifies tho nuelci of colls.. 4. It has been applied with ad vantage to open canleLr, and to cancer out ulcerations. On Iaking experiments it was found althougix acetic neid inl healithy tissues causes seVerO stmartiug and burning, niless very stong, gavo little Pain witen thrown into rtealignan t structure. Oin the other hand, it acts energetically oi cance r, but 1119 com paratively little offect on tho normal Dr. Brondlheiittafe th: in the ap plicaItionll of this treatment, his experi I cit nitidies himo to tihe Ite of a 1.1iro jitanti.ity of* dilute :1 i'!, vather tluwit (X a smier pr<,'t 1imn il l inaire conlcenl Crated forml. Dr. 13roa:11henIts papl-r hai aihtractedl nimucit at tention in E;:Inlid, and sover al surgoonts have triead the Imleasuretcs Iq him propor-eo. At a ml-eetinf of' the Pat lological Society of Lotoa , a nu11miber of i ntitten were presentt, io had tri.1 the e peri n nt til t fully. Dr. loore stated to tite 'A0 ciety its follows : Javintg eanIttd Dr. Broal huets palper it. ite uritish Medi c(al Association, h" at ce idorted the plan recotlu- :. !, I har since triate I thra. r. .. ,,:! , I --Wm it iors by the in. -i. of . . ' ,1 and tite result N.; t, ':t (,l~ , peareil--not a t-... --.-. -!'1. g let SpeimIs of inject :.i wre ex hibitedl atd tuador th l -itroce(T scr.Il y anly fu.wef'orn cells e'rn to he foutld. Anafliern surgeont reirked that It haid treate-l the It n li..t nant grtowt I of anl (Yeliifl t.v tisi proces wvith sur1prising1 'resultS.-- (blrobnifil. M1. SRitArt.-lv reausuon of ite bi:1c . ciCasIe, lhe inferee i- phain i hal Mr,. S-tr, a.1 wa % n ot 112 nIlyh illegally. tri... but 1. let.ally ex(e' ti file. . i he Ne wY )Irk Cii Zel nitlaowldgus it is, im t q'*tali its id. mis-ion in th iie Vo ict t 'i' tot' etrliating a .h dE-riqiltl o s iY1 4 iteny. wien 111p.p>'ell tit, ahe 'hillm u r-h oft ilhe domnat fiction. Wti uitn . ' watftllstt s i oreath it argling te ideceney juslice of pticy of the hitaifiention, we e'ls t)o lok the gift ho-rset l il e tu10111h 111id r ie p he! ackl %v. i lol iot as t w av it. ivn \l, .f SI tt rlod' pe i a i: d etsa tdc grave a'l he~r mins tr. isinee'! ie l'- r m 'u t sti l t surive a.ul~i (!inee Pres iena lhsonsado fal t'h1(( i 't: (:tt1 futhe.. . ie- hegl is or eixetor doy thll iw is hbe (wi it bound~e by~ everey ttletti jsti cel nmllsWr h in a uy t idre sinore th'e relyi of~ .\nry out' i t ' ca re 1( omertig in his. invt, f, nai thom' blsody there~' s tne tn iuitgr.nv to hose even Ia 'Ito rsoI ') Fet' six.-ty e dlin bill ies denIt pricl inl Engich pltmel ii hjiling11cr land t pityc calle-t "sI etlitig tm-my." Itli ix .tdt i.t me days bia pybe mwt enpo)tt m - I : I pee nttion,01 bu thec cutm of ti ran'.9~o tn h ei1 daltya gracIe .att silh inm iol geneal us bittnl5 EnCi, nnd ~hve ihnsi tahor eplly ptbo three(u Ity iaf ter'm presentation. irntl Cth le piice at it i the drawor udetr. oakespa n po n d ster tgo'lig lto mhe hold fin'ii hobion s sixtytreedys ftr po~trt'.. yio ther for n'ecrept nce lits ntte9 qont rthe ocua vnex -th oimane;ltu i tV im edsra iequno o oitid. (ofemintingo r tin. 'iThei tlatterithe valink det by it in gtoldo hr for ea pound ptrling o the bill of e. ontigei pNowt ino.te.0 xlds a10 'ei'qun- t pi.0 8rc~, which isnte valuei. i pt'apc, raery radte rai~ te give Th ritlisul hr 'fire fislobvious: Aluakp fou rt dlN, f'o rte'nn of exch ag tatt wil~I aivey thelos he fatim oeipound ot' exchnge obl.The mnly tis producat ott the uoat ilco iiim o'i tigl;tat l~t~l. pod' ti e o'st o the iipund paer eimoe. Tis is a veryOcm im-n pltiemrocu', who toe i h oit isie pohnble, 5utli e sa / / ,/, n n Ita tat'ghtti ad vy wet. anormdcjorn-: of' Ite Cot'h .o~, ''el aoWe hat ar ithoughne.ti p ivnit anr.ea diret. t fo Wnpeinton,. tat stiihee itst oti te impeachment~''t schmiuo. iv 01 i i cl oniitin itnu'n who~l are in't thie ntinceo ofh naestilt i mentonvodv woubit garntoI the toectea f the thir toneh ist freely avow- thater rho la ivn" of it hiav.a mens'. ute of suprt t anyti ta the wi'i g M~v. Outn.retaryhine liur.' Theloin gae wil. toion sayt the outlnamt Ih p.resent tin "It was a *ism law of' t. Aiioent Jsws, that the soha of evetn t wdtthies.t me-i shoiuldi bd madleteomers ant apprenrticoslidp to somo unoftil pecutpatlone-so thait ini ea'se1 of 'reverse of fortune Itey might hafsomo. thing to 4f~il -baok- upone' Th'le - e still t 1st' In T1urkey, where orcy ititn, '*Afih the 8;Ill in 'tbiipelfri.tist learn ai trade. I1ow fttttet would it bbtfoW,4actti t g a law in lt's couintrvy ! *Wonkt c Godt I knd it Itrado I' Is the ory of thousands of ro turning soldiers, North and 8outh1, who uind thomselves ruilled ill pookot, Wilt no imnclto. dinto prospects of' gaining a livelihood. It should tonch ptrents that whatever else they rmaty gi'o their sons, they should give 0 n10111 i I fidio.' The Southern people have lonirod a los. son from-the oircumaces by whiohl they Aro sitr'nllidQed-.tlhe results of the war. They have not, the ample .nens they had formeerly to give their chilren a colloginte education. This, in some degree, mny be regarded as a bonetil: for, nilhough we may not. hav.e iore useful businessi 1uen. and o. pecially will our impoverished sct ion be moeelt' spemilily recuperated, if our sons 101e I trades n3111d acqu1 tire a thiottgh prei-dCli ed lition, liilne themt for file responsib'oe duties tiit: lie before then. SCM"',tn OrVA SvnutSHIP, WM4n PAANON ANl Smta. Alula --Tho New York I!xprcas of Saturedily says: Thte .tenmshoip R It. Ctlylor, whichl hfl been prepitring Ill I tis harbor for somec I 1moe past, oetensibly for the service of the Goev elrnntl of, tlie Unlited Sate s of Coluibia, atnd whiii was shio at few idys ngo, it. wats saido tieneral nlgar, the rlplresenlalive of Conltlnhin. wa.is eized this at ..ernooni by Surveyor Wnkemtan, under thlee direoiol of Collctlor Smytho. The chare againest the IL 1t Otyler Is, that . she hias beeunarmned nol tilted our for file Chiliant or Pcruvinn senye anilst the (Govuement 1 Spain. ill viebllion of' tIhe leutraliy law of the Uni ted States. Sihe had on honlrd an armament, consistdig of timr nine inch broadsiideo can I unet (sliul in le Daligreens). Iwo pivot ritie (Parrot guns), and a large qnlat ily of am. Iion and small aritm. There were, he. sides, soveral great packages containing cec. 1ions of boats, which Were it I supposed by the olicers o' the Goverm'ntf to ho used fl torpedo boats. A party of ex rebels, nllelring probably sixty, it. is Said, were alh on oard. Tile Cfyler Was formerly a tlerhll-1t shiep21, running to a Southern porL Rho.ile No ( om tima. in tle 001ploy of ithe G ovlneIllRt:4 n. gnlhot. and it. the con chtlon ef ie war' i l. out, of thle navy and plrcbasel ostensibly for the Coltumbialn GUZAT Exem:.:rN' IN Prr-r Correv..- We ltre ilfrined by it gentlet'anuIst 1rom i hor'. s- I I'te Wihniniltoki, (N. C.) /i.'p tch ilul the great e ci CXle'let prevaiil in it.t coinly in reg-id to delsi. Nimet'rs of writ hl ve been ieseted, nnt creditors arei )re'd IIgI their chlils wvith it relentle -I .ne whiell nIs d1rivel mllntly dublors to a slte of desparitlioll. A few nighk ago. our informatt goes On to isthe, Mhe Sherif of Hill. Ucnnly waS rid ing near the town of Greenville. hing in li- pos.(-s(eson a nuImher of paper ret 'retin blet th e liP Spn ermel of thei or le Coml. nho hl w s lezd I eoh of a epiterson in di. giu'p., 2111e1 in strong force. ai stripped of till doelInentIs th le nature deseribed. The party l'ten ropnited to the f'lerk's nfice, ill ( th-enville and destroyed nil similar piapers IOfml I ther'o, after which they .qu1lietly dis. They were so disguised ntoprechdet any linOsibility of detclioll. nnl a yet nn ehite h-ig beeon found Ioimplicatunny of the Wren. We r rp to chronielo such wIIessness, but think thin is u111t, Ile 11111tral lesult (ef lihe ruin whichi ban been wpought, by the war, and ive ilprelelonive (hlt Such dis. graceful proc'eding will sprend il o1her eptarters. W:l.%T I r'v1o WANs ? -1 h1ave fireqttent ly, in tlh contrS or ti. coreslponietio, no-. T~i'~l'li - it - k r ---it~igg I SEll'e~ht'M"I3' '1Mf(lMl iifil-etHiliY, c ,tins till ed as Ilis (elangre s flow io , i ny t*)le'CeV 'iv le )Itl cal bn elt visel, I1s it finli1.. ty, wich1 w'sld receive a cont-rollitn( vote. 111 tile elion uo1)111 Ilh-- measlitture of itevens sily'f proves tihe tell ItaIhlity of tie d1) 161illt pnr3- to dispoe of (le1 grett qw-mii~ofu p:v hu itin--huhilig tuore nor. iothing les. The progamme 10Of o ho st eci011 of which SIevenS is 1110 loole' coenes'edly deman14,1ds thrcee Iiings, nlelelIly: I .l'The r''ene-val ,- th P'reshelet, the seet. Iin lt 1sh~ttift thlt peen0t state0 Govelnnmet of t he South I. and11 t remoellintg of' tae 2. Thate no10 1 eouthiernt territ1ory tcall be rnnIzed a Stat une il thie F'~ederal Com.. Stitntion01 itseilf gualranut '.'es Io eveyCI "loyal"' citizen withlin ith Uno(ion lice bllet.nnitd edut set ion, noel ItoIbe th n eoe la.d~ bes'ie. .3 ThIie dlisfranchlisemenit. of' every man11 It IIho Soulth comp11 ili:'ated inl anty Ilnin11110 it thle 1:ate civil wI.tir, andie con11 cat ion01 of his jlprperty, evet'1 n o lhe'CI exen f ignorlinlg theo pardloninlg plow'er of lice PriCeiou.. 1hliA phin in alt tl i1s etlermlity, leas the suppeortI of lat leasqt eevently-ftve memitbers of him' .It:i licali rephrC'e': etation. Tlhose whoe lenl tll of' thet r'ecoil olf plllhlieent11ien'lt., amthI thce ernsh4i'eg power. of p~orlelar react0lo-' wheevter'llL~ - Ihee risiuIe shll be a~tt(epted to he pral1ia!! an1 i)booIly put into( exo. Otionti hav e hesitalt ed toe fol low thce iend oef mandt: otec d I. The reconstruction of lthe Sotherint St ates, ini vir:uo of ani not of' Conegros rvp-l. dl1Iiatin their existineg stactus as .Starte.', tand anl ndellissijon of theo pow'ert .of Coi.tress to r'eg11 i e tile righte of suffraI:ee thereein. i. 2i. Thie eI'tennI prohibeil i,m to ho'ld even State0 otlies of al- len s- four-.tfits of thle peoplle ef those Ntates aint S. Theo est riion ol (unl'ler 1est. eathis) ofl r'eesentt 1 'ieon -i 000'5*. and all fe0I el offioet, to (lie n1egroes and1 ineterlopOra of (lgo Tu NeUt tA O IUnaNR.cy sc'l tIl)NoS- '.StTI NT fly AtTuotnry. -- WVo ar'e athorenized to st ate thtit thce elant of Sotlhoc'n lio.aensin11o0ion-' publlishced in thce (Chearlestlon Mherfcury, of' yeostterday, is str'iotiy and enltirely corireot, Thibs plan1 wavis (drawl) nep by, a-ied in conoert, wvithi, the follYlwig gelt Iemen :--Ooverniot' S har'key ofl Nt issis. Nippii. (levernor Marvin of F~lrin, lion. Mr' Jonea0 of Ar'kantsas, (ioveernor l'intton of Alabnmea, lion. Mrc. Epperson of' TDenn, thce Comihs.imers from Ih ieState of- Nor'th UnriOlinaf, lende (lovernlor Or' of this S9tato. Tie plin'a to) have been sutbmbiItedh to l.ho~ Nor' i th Carlina. Loegislad.nlro, on 'lTuoedaty :ast, nudl it was1 exptetedl thit it wouald be apoeddiy atd'ed by iei thcat hody aeedd1 bhe ,I ogisilituro of the btaite of' Arkanisas, no Th'le noew plan of rerconstreti~on - has t he oaetir'e suppirt, andt enouvrence of' the gen.' I leien whiom We haet' eIantedl, 1stevll Its of ghInthement of' highe positio llin Was'nefgton'; ande wee he'o autihorised to'statoe that thelplan1 proiposted, ase it tins for tho Sitlos the right to dlecideepon (Ice qulilfeation of vo lers witihhie thei' llimts, and-tns it con.'ldes to Congem~ oney stich- powerTh ni nie lreaf. d.-- veestod in that, body--will have the hearty sanictihn ahd cor'dial on opt'intion of the Praoent of theo Uited 8Intes. ere,f TN 'ont.traoN WV~ru t--.Wthile tho pris O.eors were coeeYyed from Colulmbia lo Oi celotte, a few diyslbefor'0e elaoptulre, of t e furmuer let. El iP. A lecandiervntto hit oecapeo andh his not, 81in00 b~een herned from. hiti anhout five feet, eight or-ten lnchces high, light coiplecloed, light hair and graye egee 'tfLvr-ina'ekedh on one hlsiddnd aut annloci on the othier drm. Any informtation'ragt; in jhhim, Wi'llh'er ete'(d 6' ndIsv,wi be thank. 1 y ecevedibl', oft i.',w or hf lofter addreBsed to fi"'.Leor'augoti. Miotgg Mbi'j pCO~ 41.thtttthit&A WIQS pleest Things Wise and_0therwise. When is older like pastry? Whot it ls a little tart. 'Cm you tell ime, sir, how to find the Sheriftis office ?' Yep, sir; bovry timo you earn five dollars sliond ten.' A bachelor arithmetician says a girl is a sumIII when sho caaa- S one to sigh-for her. 'I will never marry 4 woman wlhG can't carve,' said Jones. %Vly not he was asked.--'Roeause 1he would not be a help-tncot for me.' The Dotroit Post -says that all that ix left of the Fenian navy il 'the tog of war' betn ec tho factions of that brotherhood. 'I wonder,' said a Seotch maiden, 'what my brother John sos in the Ins Ses, nhat he likes thei Sao wool ; for mly part, I wad nao nie the company o0 anie lad for twenty rssem. A 'down-East' Yankee lins recently invented a rat exterminator, consisting of a tsort of' powder stuff. The - ani mn jorks his head off at the thiid mnoezo! . An irrsi b'o gentleman lately fou ht a dul with his intimate friend o. cause hie jocosly awserted that he was born without a shirt to his back. Boileau being frequently called up. on by tiln idl, ignorant person, who complained to him that ho did- not return his visit : 'Sir,' said the French satirist 'we ar not upon oqual termis you cdll upon ie td'got rid of your tio ; when I eall upon you I loso 'ktine., A dentist presented a bill for tho tenth time to a rich skinflint. 'It st riles me,' said the hitter, 'that this ' a pretty round bill.' 'Yes, replied the dentist ; I've sent it round often eouigh to make it nppoar so, and I have called now to got it squared.' From your ohildren's early history inenlcate the necess ity of insint ohe dience. Unite firimiess with gentle no0ss. Lot your children always un derstand that ou ilmoai exactly what you say. Never promito thorm any thing uT.less you are sure you can give tlemtt What you promlis. A clergyman layII" traveling in the oil region saw a cli ld stumbling and falling. -lo kindly picked her up saying 'Poor little dear, are you hurt 1' Vilien she cried out,' 'I aln't poor- ; dad has done struck ile. 'H1usbaind, I wish you would buy me some pretty feathers.' In1deed, my dear1 little wife, you look bettor without thor.' 'Oh, no, sir ; you al-. ways call me your little bird, and how does a bird look without feath'jrs V' An old minister enforced the ne costy of di-ference of-opinionl by ar. gument :. 'Now, if everybody had een iof my opinion, they would all maontedm old woiiman.' One of the dencons, who sat just behind him re. spoided Yes, and if everybody was of my opinion, nobody would have her. Goon Fanurwe-.-The Ooaln (Florid(u Jiagnner says; "A genttinian in tbis vioinity purchased~ 120 taros of' pine land-onne-half oiear~d. for $375. With himoself and -family, con siling entirely of femnale,,. ssisitld only by a smtall boy, foir whoie services he- paid $50, hei raised ilto followingt crops, viz : Elight balesv of long oet ton, wvorth aboat. S2,) - $850 wvoitr b nornt; $.'0O) wvorth of peta. loe,:.oats anad f'odleur iwo.rth $75, and from theo polerCIs tied~ hto ftterned $400 wortl' of pork. In the prodnot ion of those crops ho employed two htorses. liis total ex pen, ses fotr the tierm and thme support of the family was $@0O." The Osage Chronicle urges the devel. opment of' ti h rich coal fie'lds in -Ksttsms, whiiehtmuinhrlie, as is claimned, one-third of' ihe co, wiry at. a deplh of l,nt SIey (ct from thmoeasir ftee. It cors'ders thrit if u rnilroad ever goes iih otin - tI oro, the chief source of :Wealth w~ll Ibe the-ir coal. Jdur.-Tn matny parts of England they estimate the value of thir land im proport ion to thea nearness of access to ,the hiamekilns, on account of it~s val unible roporties wvhon-useod for dress ing. -Fairmers should givo more 6f theirm attention to th is subject, and uso lime mloro liberally where theosoil is unot oncarcoreus. ANOraS-r Str.vaai Cozy.-A :man 'while plouighing up a heuadLAndl on Chantons farm, ma Sn-sox, Englmbe threw QUt, oftue furrow mn old crocls, or earthienware pot., eoin~ lng al tnmber' of 00ol18 echiofly of the tim ji IEdwar'd thie Confessor and Hawrold. Thaey were all packedi in the crook ons their edgenm, ats closely as possible, and had evdletl~y rembaiued undist ributed sin.c . arst hiddeji, TI will be noticed by otmr Congressional reporthby .telegraph, that. the .house of Rese''anttive have refused, ot'ter a bitter dl'ectssion, to Rorond1 the move for :the pro vietns qumestion on the' MIllIary :Diill of~Ir. Rtavents, of''eunn., by a vote- orf30 to 02. Tis.yoto probably .term'inates th, Jat at temtalt oti the. part of Mr.$tQ4/us I ut9 the. oumt.tlor thme goveraoaent, of military G B. Unon's "C1nanrGE..4The bloodecd fwar hiyso', usqtd by General Thrtxton Jlragg due-ing the wtti.nw it) Montgomiery, a thJ~e Mlontgomeory Stables, and is offTode for sale. Tlda maagtuificont apimal wa~s .prosented t~o Gon B.rujg: by th9 941~onIs of hi. Thme New Yorkhr preas is v onbb for n ta 9 eolnt. wh~c h interosst. eteied bthepnblicauiM of., Pe.a let~by ingt. koIu oldemt the ptighiet la Ipo per-. autade he' sM! t lit, It's t Wal Je64 d51n T stin-. - A latly glIppeun th ..ide~ in Phi'. dl1hjalan4 wpmi I ' hmaso. -dahed ,1.e br e utbt for her Wmt0, inl