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Selected Poetry. TO MY MOTHER-* IY- RaEV. EVFN It. rTArrA. I kntow fibon nrl Wef in) fihe mansion ofpence Thy gracious liedeenlier. hals given ; lease, Since 1ihou lire neceptll inl henvanl ? T(ou hast left us, aid gono to thy dhelling above, hero sorrowand grief enn not con; Thon hnsi soighI and obtained it bright m1ian. Hion of love, Anl angels have welcomed (lice home. Thou art gone to that. land where they need not tile sun To banish tile shades of tile nighi Whero God, thiall-seeing, oniiipotenit one1, Is (lie lire, and tile hei , and thle light. ''And there is no uight, thoro," for darkness and gloomi . Can not etler that far-away sphere, Whore dayhenm tos celestial forever illume, And summer encircles the year. I never beheld I lce, dear Mother, (heso eyes llaving barely been oped (o the light, Ere thou llst in foindiess looked up to (le sk i es, And (hy spirit had taken its flight: Yet, ol ! I believe thou didst, gjue upon mie With a fondnuecs that could not, bo told, .lAre hieivetn hnil opeaned ifts portals to thee, Or thy forni had grown lifele3s and cold. I love thee, dear Mother; and well do I know I shall freely partake of I hy love, When, no longer a pilgrim and stranger bel low, I shall go to be with (hoc above. Grown weary of life, of its cares and 'ts woes, 1y frather has gone to abide Wifh (hee, in that land where no blast ever blows, And is sleeping in peaco at thy side. And some of ity offspring, in life's early morn, Were doomed like the flowers to fade; And now they lie, wrapt in a slutmbcr lor lorn, Near tho spot where Ilty ashes are lail Anti 1, too, ant coming to join lice at Iast, (All mly nin and mly follies forgiven,) When lire with its Cares ait its sll-rings is paist, And will view thee the first timo in heav, en. THE SLEEPER. In an ancient shaft of Falut, Year 1-y year a body lay, (oi-preserved, as though a (reasuro, Kept. unto a waking day. Not the turmoil, not the passio-.s, Of the busy world o'er head, Sounds or war. or peace rejoicinigs, Could disturb the placid dead. Once a youtfliul miner whist.ling, lloweil the ehamber, now his tomb, Crash I lho rooky fragments imbled, Closed him in ahyssmnal gloom. Sixty years passed by, ere miners ''oil iig, hundred fathoins deep, Broke upon the shaft where rested That poor miner in his sleep. As the g9ld-grains liO uintarnished Inl tlao dingy noil ia nailtil, Till they gleam and flicker, stainless, in the digger's sifting hand. As the gem in virgin brillianco ltosts, fill ushered into day; So uninjured, uncorrupfed, Fresh and fair the body lay. And (lie miners bore it upward, Laid it in (lie yellow sun ; Up from out the neighboring houses, Fast the curious peasants run. "Who is lie?" with eyes they question "Who is he ?" they asked alorid ? liush I a wizened hag comes htobbing, Panting, through the wandering crowd. 0! (lie cry-hatnlf joy, half sorrow As she flings her at, his slide; Mohin I (he sweet heart, of my childhood, hice am I, am I, flhy bride. "imosa on thee has left no traces, Peath from woar hans shaiehled theo I am aged, wvorn anid watsfe'h O f what life has done to nme ?" Then his smooth, tunfurrowod forehead *lKissed that anocent withered crono Anil te deth whlich lad divided Now united them in one. Maximilian's Life in- Mexico, AN INTiERIIsTiNG' SKIC:Tei. A writer in tire Paris FigarO, M. di' Auvergene, who appears to have known the Emperor Maximilian in Mexico, conitributesi to that journal a fewv par ticulars respecting him. M. d'Auver gente says : "Everybrody wvill rememn her tire portraits of this fair German, with bhte eyes, light colored wvhiskors, and hair partedl ini tho mniddlo of tire forehead right down to the neck. Not only lis photograph, but isi bust by Dar:ton, rcsenmbles him exceeding ly. "Desbaurrollos was struck w ith the elegan:'o andi delheney of ihis handse, with his long and tapering fingers. Hek read1 in hinm a taste fotr science, an uniConcerrn for thei gifts of fortune, a decided tenr dency for ihusion, a love of power and1 pageantry, and, above all, a prodigious obstinacy, comin~red, however, wi th an .irresolutioin wich has unquest inably hastoned on the destmnies of the Mexican emnpiro. "Maximilian's taste for science wtas so strong thant hie was accusedl of shut hing hiinself upt at C'hapultepec for Ilio prpose of stulling' birds. Ho huas left, in farct, behhnd himt somo1 rema rkablle collections in inaturalI history, wvhichi weie thre only things thant theo poonr A rch-* duke throughit of saving and sending to Enrope at the t ime thu French ar-my took its dleparture. "Thre Emrperor rosa regularly at four o'clock in the miorning, arnd dressing himself in a hittl gray sit-gray from - thio gaiters to (ho hat--sat dlown at his writing table, and only rerigned heis p)on whien ai9 precisely hlis valet annouinced to him (liat Ins breakfast was ready. Alter pairakinig quickly of his frugal meadlihe rett.rned to his i'nterruptedl work ; this, with an hour's reading, one or two audienicese. rdja counsel with hris miinisters,; sufficed to fill up the "At thfrolo'cloctkid1!nmperor dined with his entire suite whe'n (ho court was at Mexico, anid with a sim. pheity whichi; was ahnost citiz.enlikeo, .when hei anid (ho hiimpress were at Char-' purltcpec. 1ii the hatter caso the'ro were usuall three or four priests, the .oeop. tioni o1 whon wasima. l neror and Empinrss sat side by sid6, and )ho guests took their seats at. pleasur, 3ach strivimg to be nearest their aInjes tios, who did thio honors of their table wghoa aMiabiliy'l a cordiality, and a gdod humor that cliarinod: e very one. "Three domestics only served the din. nor, at the conolusion" of' which the guests smokdd without ceremony some exqtiito segars made at Ifavana expres ly for the Emiiperor, who himself handed them rounid. "The peopli by whom ho , was sm rounded were a most despicable set, and(), as I should have muich to rcecomt to their disadvantage did I tell all 1 know, I will limit myselr to two or three anecdotes. Exanmple-Thlte En peror had oin his table a revolver dania. scened witht gold, th liaidlo of which was of ivory, and which had disappear ed one day after at series of audiences at t which the lowest in rank prosont was a Mexican genierrd. "The' Empress, too, allowed herself to be robbed of a couplo of' valimble gold walches by her own lidies of honour ; and the Same Colonel Lopez who has jist ilmmortahIzed hitmwelf at QuIeretar1o by betraying his chief, volintecred one day ' the Emperor to steal from his bureau in less than a couple hours'.time iny object that iniihit bo pointed out to him, and this withmout being detected. As for the bureau itself, Lope*. madIe a wager to remove it while the Emperor was out for his daily walk, and to coiv(.y it to any, other apartment that mnight be il.Aicated. Lopez was at this time commandant of t.he imperial chateau, and Maximilian laughed a good deal at Sheso pleasatries. Oin know.s now the exterst to which Lopez has since pushed them. "At lexico the. imvtnerial household was phlae-d on a most' liberul footing. The guard of Ihe Empeaor, known as the Palatine Guard, consisted of forts lalberdiers, clothed inl a splenidid cos. 1ime, and was und1ler the comn ma nd of Count de lcilhwlle, a fri- ( of M:ixi milian's almost from his i .fancy. "The Emperor wore at all Limes the imilorm of a Mexican general-black frock coat and goid epaulets and black trousers ticked into long riding boots Ile usually wore the Order of the Gold. en Pleece romid his neck, and latterly the Ribbon of le Eagle, ni1 order of his own creation, together with that styled of Merit. When the ilsti tution of this order was inder considieratioi the Em. press Charlotte had a spirited dispute with the French Emperor, who objcted to the same color ribbon as that - of tihe begion of lHonour being adopted. When the argument hl0 been bronght, to an end-the discussion, it should 0b remoenabered, took place through the medium of a written correspondenco t1h .l'nijress ginuimmed on a piece of pa per three leaves of the flower of the wild poppy, and wroto beneath tLhen theso words: "I adopt for my order the tint of this flower, which was crea ted I imagino, before the Legion of iHon. onr.' I myself read this sentence quite recently in a curious collection of Au tographs of the Empress Charlotte." How IENRY WAR BE.:CIHERL CAMNI To wHrTE A Novi..-Nearly a year ago, Henry Ward lleecLer put Firth certain views that alienated sonmc who had1( boon huts warmest frieinds, and griev. ed imany more. In a few weeks there- I alter, tho lecture associations put forth their respective programmes for the alp. p)roachinig season, when Mr. JDeecher's name appearedl upon but two .or three of them, and was soon withdrawn from even these. "There I yon see fleecher has killed j himself ; he isn't invited to lecture any umore," was the sage commient of hun- I dreds. Yet iiever were mon mero mis-. taken. The D~octor had more invita tions to lecture at high prices thani lie could find timo evenI to decline, and was thre'alenedl withi an action for damages 1 by~ at least one association which clam ed to !have some sort of engagement f with him i. Still, lhe did not aind would not, lecture, simply because Mr. Robert Bonnoer said to him, "'Name the aum that you can make this Winter by rid-. ing night and day, through alternate< siiowdrifts and mud, to fulfill lecture engagements, andi I will double it ifi you will stay in your own~ comforiable I study aind devote your sparo hours to 1 writing me a story for the New York I Ledger." rIlho bargain wvas struck ; the story written aind pa id -for ; and that is the sole amnd snilicient explanation of AMr. Ucecher's failuro to addres~s fifty to'n hundred associations last, WVinter. Heo chose to interest several hundred thou sandi people at onee, thus to earn money wvith less fatigue and oxposure.-New Yo'rk 'I ribunc. WIA iu' 'mOTriFInD:" Mi:AN.-Com mmissionier R~ollins ha's recently been 1uesioned as to the effect of the word ''rectified" when branded on distilled spirits. I Co decided that when the word is staimped or branded on vessels contauining distilled spirit s, it does not mean "tax paid." In faot, it does not mean aniythiing. Vessels may bo so stamped1 oi branded by any one withl impunity. It, is, therofore, surpriingv to learn tbat fratudsb are beiing' pr~aet ieed iundehr shelter of the word kretified and instructions are to be givent ngonits of thme iternal reveniio to detect -the perpetrat ore of such frauds. The Viceroy of Egypt arrived in [Lon. ' d16n oni Satitrday evening, July 0, .and< Uis Highnoss was received by tIme l24rl I of Dudley and Mus-urus Bey, the Wmrks < ish A mbassador, Eo .w@~ nidii pleasi I 0(1 with his receptio:E Two of' the Quenm's carriages woero sont to convey I him to Lord Dudley's, at whose mansion hie is lodged. I'n the~ evening, IHis - Highnese wvent ot tho opera. On Sun. day$ bie pid, visite .of' etiqiette to t.be Prince of WValos, theo Earl of Derby and Lord Stanley, The Prince of Wales r restutnd hisa visit. 4:War Inoldent. "A Saf"fOflicer," in the Masonic cob Imns of the New York Dispatch, fur. lishes 0he followigg I "I give tho'rollowiiig incident falling mdor my own observation, as an in. Lance where the masonic tie of brother. iood proved stronger than the fear of leath, and more lasting than the hatred f motil Coos. At the second battle >f Cold larbor the repulse of the ederals lef t the ground in front of the 'onfedprato works strown with their leai-uand wounded - these, lying more han a day under the hot JInly sun, dy nIg with thirst, beggiing Jpiitously for idp, but inl vaili, tle federal uIlies were o close ilhat, none coluld leave the pro ec>.ion of the breast work without beir;g ade a target for their bullets. Somo Irawod themselves to th ditch and vero horsted over by means of waist >elts buckled together and let, down to bem. "At this time, when to cross the vorkssednic pertain death, two men amo to headqutiarters, and asked per iission to brimg in a -wounded federal ying in their framt. They were refer ed to the order prohibiting such oxpo uIre, and the danger of the attempt minted out. They answered that the niian had shown th 0mflUlsolic s.inal gf listress, and that as iimasons they felt >utind to attempt to relieve him at any ost. Tho General (.It. I'. I oke) could tot rebuse his consent. and at nightfall he two went upon the field, and though Xposed to tihe greatest danger, succeed d in brnging the man safely of. I Fe rovel to be a lientenant colonel badly hot in the head ; ho was carried to a rivate hospital, carefully atteled by niasons and eventually recoviered from us wounids, at. first considered mortal. ks General Grant sent in- no flag of race, but coninted his fire upon the ,onifedrato am I ulance corps, his woin led lay where they fell, nearly all died vithoumt, help in sight of two armies, hut Ie masonic signal, feebly raised, had bunid a response in; hostile breasts, and dded one nmore to tho many victories >f love over death." "Tn ! THE Poon TNmAX."-Wo iave often wondered why the state of ,he poor Indian's pocket Is so low I )ut after having road the following maragraph, we wondered no longor Tie St. Lavwrence (Kansas) Journal, if fthe 18th, says Colonel Dole, Coim iIissionler of Indian Aioirs Iuider 'resident Lincoln, had arrived in awrlece, and would remain in the state a col)le of weeks, "to make ar -angements for the sale of about twen y thousand acres of Sac and Fox auids, the greater part of which lie >wns, and the balance of which lie is igent for." The samo paper, ironi ally alluding to the manner in which [idian agents noeum ulato fortunes, nys : -An Indian agent's salary is bont $1500. By being economical mn the saving of' his salary, lie nmaiages o retire at the expiration of a four rear's terni with about $40,000, and n the ieantino supports his family II a style that corresponds with the lignity of an official and representa ive of the best Government the sun ver shown upon. * * k superintendent who undertakes to ay that an agent shall not iimako 1.0,000 ont of an income of $6(000 * is apt to get him 'elf into trouble, &c. lLun niun Bnm.uxs.-A young lady vntes to us~ that she "had Mrs. - lo her some hiair wioihk and alter she Lone, it wa so bad she took it to J[rs. and she made a number one ob of it, and so she would reckomnend li her friends to call there for she knows ow to fit all the young lady's heare o they can't help biut catch a bough. All this the young lady desire~s us to nak, public and furthior: "To'llihomthat I have got a ..3V dozoni ioughis since [ have had my hair fixed vcr and theg come in very nice now or ice cream and strawmberri.:s these varm days.' TIhis young lady will pardoni us, if' we. corno*n, but we cannot withhold an xpression of tho bolief that she would atchi more desirable beaux if sho would naniifest more concern about ornament ng thme imside of the head, and less about ho nppearance of thmo outside. Sonst. le nion are "caught'" with brains ,not tair.--lixehanJge. \VICTOR II~ IN PAnIS.- The lI:orningj Post corresp~ondlent wvritos: 'Theo news, tho'ngh -scarcely erodi >le, that Victor Hungo 'is in Paris, corms to be truo. Hie arrived at Tfavro two days ago, in a Southiamp.. on boat, and was-Aeon sitting in front >f the (Cafo Felix, in the Place Napo.. eon HIT, in comipaiiy with his old1 riend and disciple, M1. Aug. Vac uorio. : He took a train for lUaris thme iext morning; TIhie objoet of his visit s to Witness the success of hnis play, tfernanni, at the Francals'. There is o reason, except hii own disinelina ion,-why. VictorI Hugo should not avo..comio to'Pai-is long ago, for ho v'as not excepted from the general imnestyjhfut cmn- imression, greatly moeouraged by hims~elf, prevailed thant lie Jersey exile would niot se foot in franco so long ~as Napoleon III. cigneod over it." A ona -CoNT Jintvlf .tv.\ie hu:m. ion onrrrenadors, especially buisinets nen, 'gamnst coimnterfeitas of the detn6'inatioi f $10 on tho' thuji1 gutional btik of 1laihadelphia, Whiich are b6IiM put into ircuilat ion by sope. 8CQ'undroj. 'Thoy re pretty well g~ecutd, but will not iear a closoJxaminiiotn,' na the ,pF I. ng ie souiethiat -b'ltred'aiiAno4 elhar, nd4 the noto kiaelfhas& darl'er greasy ppeara'nco. *Stilh thiey are pronounced o be a capital countorfieit. The widowyof. Stongwall Janson his old Ltm6 huorso '"Suporior" ridden by him Inrin thn wne, , Tho Printer, 'i'ho printer is the adjutant of th'onght, and this explains the .mystery of the wonderful word that can kindle a hopo as no song cat,; that can warm a hopo as 110 1101)o can ; that word ."we," with hand-in- iand warmth im it-for the au thor and Drinter are on ineere tneihor. E3ngincora indeed I When the' little Corsican bombarded Cadiz, at a distanco of five miles, it was deemed the very triumph of engineering; but what is that range to this, whereby thuy bombard the ages yet to be? . There at th "caso" he stands and marshals into lino Ihe forces armed for truth, Clothed in immortality niid En gi ish. And what canl be nobler than equIpment of thought in sterling Sax oil- Saxon with the ring of Bpear or shield therem, and that commiistonizng it when we are doad, to move grandly on tp " the latest syllable of time." This is to win a victory from death, for.this has no dying ill it. '111W- printer is called a laborer, and the office lie performs is toil. 0, it is not work, butt a sublimo rito ho is per l'orming, when ho thius sights tle en go tt is to fling a worded forth in grander curve than misz-ilo o'er before described; fling it into the bosom of ages unborn. I t-hrows off his coat indeed ; we int wonder the rather that lie does not I'imt his shoes from onf his feet, for the place whercod lie stands is holy grotid. A little song was ittered somewhere long ago ; it wandered thro' the twilight feebler than a star ; it died upon the ear. But tIe printer takes it imp where it was lying there in sdence lii~e a wotinded bird, and lie selids it forth from tho ark that had preserved it, and it flies on into the future with time olive brantch of peaco, and aroiid the world with melody like tihe dawning of a spring morming. 13. 1. TA'YLOR. The New '.l'ycnoi of Japan appears to b, a ituch mIor (O1 nlightened ruler than his predecessor, and to have a just contceptioni of the miieanls n0ecessa ry to assist the growth and prosperity of his empire. A Yokahoina corres pondent says of him : "Instead of cooping himself tip in a castle either at Yaddo or Kioto, allowing but a fax vored few to see him, ho circulated briskly around his empire and took upon himself the task of governing it. ie wound u i a war which his predc cessor had boon carrying on with Unoisin ; sent an eibassy to Russia to confer with Alexander upon matters of niutual interest; sent his brother with another embassy, as his representative at tihe Paris Exhibition ; sont a lot of o6icial comm issioners to Washington, and finally, to crown all, lie invitod (he representatives of all the treaty powers to visit him at Osaca." CaowNs.-\e hear that one of our most prominent jewelors has received orders to mako a imagnificient croywn for one of the monarchs of the Soith. The sceptro lie forwarded some timo since. The gala carriages for State ceremon ies and the I iverieco( the out. riders will soon be ordered, as also the uniforms of the body guards, which his Majesty intends shall rival in splendor those with which effete Sovereigns of the Old World clotiho their attend ants. We regret to add that with these insignia of Royal State, a new and very sharp guillotine has been or dered, and that from all appcaraiices it will be much in deimaiid at the South, wvhere the poor whites are to be disposed of at the shortest notic. . Y.- xprss TVhe following is a short .awalysis of thme comp'ositiont of the convention: Whito mnen, 16 ; coloured anid black min, 49. Of the whites six are Northl ernimen feeding on government pap, one is a Southern mani supported by the same diet, two are Northern men who have beeni long resident at ihie South, andl the romaindler are ignorant South erners. Of thme blacks and coloured, six to my knowledge arc Northern men who were never here before the war, and~ all these six took a prominent part in the proceedings of the assemibly. In fact thiese meni, with Deofargo and Wild cir, seemed to control thme convention. Some of the white men it is triue nmade speeches that met with applause, hut it took the black amid colouirod to carry the measures.- Cor. Chacrleston Mercury. TPun INDIJAN WAR.-A diSp~ateli, dated the 19th, says Oenornal Shermaii is wvith us, en route to Chicago. The General found at St. Louis a telegrami fr'om the Secretary of War announo ing time unwilligncss of Coingreoss to authmorize the voluntoer regiments ask ed 'foir. General Shermnan says lie has but thrioo regiments in his whole com1 imand, firoim the British possessions to Texas, not an average of a muan to 0110 thousand square miles, a force ob viously anid rid icuously inadequate. le says the more recent. rumoirs of trouble are wvholly falso or largoly ox aggerated, tsuual, biut that the sup ply of buffalo nmeat wvas so scarce, both in the Ute country and ini the Sioux, that the Indians must steal or starve. A LAny ReuAI.--fl-TheO following singular occurrence took plao a . few days sinco at Riavenina, Ohio :While a lady of that place was working in her flower-garden, near her house, an owl suddenly darted dlownnd alighit ed on her head, inserting his claws mnto her scalp, causing the - blood to flow froeoy over her person. Thie lady, of course, being badly frighutoned, soreamed'at the~ top of hick Voce andl h r son running to her assistance, t nd hier-strugglng . to detach the claws from her hegd, wlic;lieo finally succeeded In doin~g ,by an effort that' exhuausted heu' trongth-for she re mained, after asiahtanco came, for seine timet in a state :of uinoonseious nnasbaarn .hn.rcnnenor1 h tewanto1 After the execution General Corona sent for the Bishop ef Queretaro, and demanded the two letters wiuch AIaxi m:lian had giv'en him. The one lo, the Archduchess Sophia was left untouched, as she is the mother of the condemned Emperor, nehn o~ ohgdan gerous. Tho letter to the .Empress Carlotta, for grave reasons of Stato that are quito justifiable, was opened, and a copy was taken by General Corona's secretary. It was written in French. Tiho following is a copy: My belove'l Carlota-il God permit that your Iealth get better and you should read thiese few lines, you will leari the cruelty with which fate hasu stricken Ine sinco your departure for Europe. You took along with you not only my heart but my good fortune. So1hyVdid I not give hced to your voice ? So many untoward events I A is I so nny sudden blows havo shattered all my hopes, so that death is but a happy deliveranco-not anlagony-to me. I shall die gloriously, liko a soldier, like a King vanriished, but not, dishononred. If your suf'erings are toogreat, and God should call you soon to join ie, I shall bless his Divine hand which is weigh. ed so heavily upon us. Adieu! Adieu! Your poor MAx. stu-rw;ui ANSwElis.-A pupil of the Able Sicore, gavo the following extraordinary answers: What is gratitude I Gratitudo is the memory of the heart. What is hope 1 lIopo0 is tho blos somn of lappiess, What is the (differeieo between hope and desire I Desire is a tree in leaf, hope is a tree in flowers, and enjolioyment, is a tree in fruit. What is eternity ? A day without yesterday or to-morrow-a day with out. end. What is time? A line that has two ends-a path that, begins in the cradle and ends in the grave. What is Cod I A necessary being, the sun of eternity-the machliin ist of nature, the eye of Justice-tlie match less power of the Universe-the soul of the world. Does God reas l ? Man reasons be cause he doubts ; he deliberates, lie desires. (lod is omniscent ; ie ney er doubts ; theerofre never reasons. Tnm- SuLrrAN.-1O is portly, but quito beneath the European stature. 11is forehond is low, although shaved at the top, and his face does not indi cato much intelligence ; he has, how ever, ai Very frank expression of face, and his manners are of remarkable simplicity. 1ie is very gravO, and looked about him somewliat wearily. Although not yet 50, his hair, so much of it as could be seen, is white, his beard being entirely black. His eye is dark and pleasant; li nose inclined to be Syrian or Jewish. An Exchange, speaking of absent minidediess, tells a remarkablo rongh story. of a "bach' friend. It says: "1ec is in the habit when lie comes to hia ten, of putting the kettle on the stove and taking a snooze until the kettle be gis to sing when I( would get ny and make his tea. The otier evening being a little prostrated on the account of old Simpkin's daughter "cutting" him on the street, lie put the kettle on the lounge and got upon the stove hiimself, and never discove'red his mistake until lhe began to sing." TAnrLE Itoca.-A dispatch dated Clifton the 13th says : To-day a sec end attempt was made to dislodge Table llock. Tlen blasts were made, each containing one and-a-half pound~s of powder. The only ceet produced wvas a slight explosion on the surface It is said that a third attempjt will be madoe with fifty pounds of powder, anid it is thought it will succumb to this. NEanoES CAN'-r 111o1 OFF.icu E~VEN iN WAS iNOToN.-Senator Suminecr's bill "'to secure erqual rights in the Dis trict of Colmbia," which passed both houses of Congress at, thme recent sessioni, failed to become a lawv through the re fusah of thme Presidenit to sign it. Thlis is another illustration of the love of our mnoderai "Moses" for the colored people, and of his regard for their rights. -For ucy's Chtron ice of yesterday,. T1heo military authorities have direct. ed that the name of General Iharry 'T. Hays, wh'lo took the oath proscribed, aiid was registered as a voter in the Fourth District of New Orleans, be stricken from theo list, and that his cer tificate be cancelled. Young men, if- you wish to know what is going on this world, take a newspaper. It will only deprive you of a few drinks in the year, and may be of immense value to you. Sub.. scribe to your' home organ. It fights your battles, and it should be paid for in- seone manner. There is deW in one flower and not ianother, because one opens its cup and takes ijt in, while the other closes it-self and Lhie drop conies oflf. God rains goodness andl nmory as widoe as the dew, and if we lack them, it is be cause we will not open our hecarts to receive them. GENE~RA. SIHE~f DAN NOT 'TO nE RE MrovED.--It is atuthiori tatively aninoun ed to night that theostatement that Pros. ident, Johnson intends to remove Shieri dan is without foundation- in fact. His friends say that lie may 'have contenmpla ted suidh a removal, but net recently. Wash, Cor. ..Y.-'lRmes, July 23. John .0 B3reekinridge writes that lie is tired of the hubbub of the P'aris ex. hilpijion, and Is- ~oIn to Switzerland br, Jrfky~ *th jat cucuanbore can bii mdlsointo pieklos, while growing, if yeu gtacosold maid to- look over the fec t hvn threa times we.wt We find the following.~in tihe Fremont (Iowa) Times: "On (ho night of the th the water in the Missouri liver mudo a grand rush across the narrow neck of laud at Peoru, a distanco of a quarter of mile, there by shortening the river some twenty miles. lamburg and Siduoy landings, which aro situated in this bend were left several miles from the river. This is not ln uncominon frcckk of' k the mig "ad, us n1o u.an .;te to-day where it will be to-morrow. On the inorning After the river made (Ito ctt the steamers Cornelia and Miner camte around in the old channel, and after iaviiig made the entire circuit of. the boud, arriving at thouppor end of the cut were drawn into the current, which it that time was runninil very swift, and carried thliough in 1-pite of theiselves, ithus losing twenty toile. tr:avel in a few minittes. ThI ey were coipelled1 to make the circuit over ainti. The Deer Lodge, on her way from the mouintini mis, not being advised of this fact, was tiakeIn, dowin sideways, iijuring her consideraly. At present wriiting boats are inaking trips up and down through (he now 0haiiie10 with all ease. This shortening has nece;ssarily imaude a greater fall to tho river and tle low lands below town wr completely drained on last. Sunday, notwithstanding the lis souri was oin (he ri-c. This will lie of great bvnefit to lthat part of the country. Wo understand that a siiall steamliboat is to he iminediat ely put, in operation lietween thisi pliacte and Poru, ont the Nithnabotaati River, which st reali Ia1 beenli Tioiunee'l na vigable by old settlers, for lairge boats ptip as far as Ithis place. Vi mv-s or ni WI it- K OW Coxri:ni:nan. -liathal Semites. ex-Confeternte admiral, presented a sot of U'nioii colors to (lie ste:: or Commercial, at 3lemtiphis, last. week, anil innde a speecl, Winding up as follows : "We were beate i in (tho war, atil t lie flacg of tle conqotetr became otr lag-. Takte. then, thise colors, captain: th ey are the colors of otur comtimiiimi conitiry, what cver may he their presetit significat ion. t' c cait all eel an hotiest pride in t heir- inor-e in cieut history, as I trust we shall be en: bIled to do inl their futtitre history. With ri-g- id to wh:at I tmay call their espeial historiy that i.i, tle history which coverits fhe lour years of our itt e-neine war --it is our dit y, both as Christinuis and bi1lrethli-rn, to forget it.. That war hits left mtaiy and11( ;hiastly wounds. Let is, of the Sotth, do iur p1:11-1 by Closing th1ei withi a tider awil gnItle hanil, so lint. Ito scats inay rei ii tio i-e nil l its of (tie coiii ct.. AtId let, it.; lden Vor also (o convert this new th. itio tlie obl flag ain, that we mvy love it a o1 yoiC." past few motitis, there have lwen reveral parties brought up hero omii inr llotbeck, ot the Untited SZittes Coi, in (the charge of selling or hiyinig eiipty wi:l key barrels, witlioit haviig th i liiiti-l Revemno imarks ol,literted, nth na th is is a iat ter which our eitizens, geaerally. to tii appear to urderstand fully, il wouhl bo will for then to heatr it int minid. An empty whiskey barrel, with (the lcv couo maIrk on it, cannot he sohl. or puircins ed, without leaving seller anid pirchasei liable to a heavy ule, iile-ss said ieveitt mark or stamp is lot ally obliterated. !h:y before yesterday, lint honiest, upright dray man, was before (lie Coinissioter, tor p chasing two batrrs, and had to give hools for $300 to appear at. the' sessiot of lie United States Court, in October next.-M/r cury. Som idea of the terrible havoc of war ity lie gainied fromt (ie followiig tiglres : "In tho desperate encoitt.or at Chickimtian ga, itoscncraitz lost. lt,8t51 men, anid at Murfecesboro' 12,085 ; at Pittsburgh Latol, ing, Grant. lost 13.5'73; at Vicksbtirg, 98'7 , and at Mlission lidge, 7000 : it (ines Nlills, PeachI Orchard, Jiavago Station, (hlettiale, Whila Oak Swamp tnd 'Malvern II ill, McClellan lost 70,000, and at Antietam, 11,426; Hlooker loft in his camiipaignt in thie Wilderness. 20,100 ; hurnsido at Fredericks birg, 12,000 ; and Griant's united losses, from thes t imo of crossing the Hapidaii. i his Ml campaign it tile surrender of Lee, are computed at 90,000." --- -.0---. A SmxovtAn Lt:'i.-Thoa Watco (Texas) Spttor~i reports (thburin g of a gin house and a lot, of cot tont tni'ar tint placte last iiinthI. The imanntier ini which thie lo as ocenisiotned is somewhatsnulr pile' of cot ton seed on lie otia.n took ftiro from exposure to (lie hot rays ofthle suin, whi was commaunicated to (the aidjoinitng build ing, causinig its total dlestrultion. It. is ndivisabilo lthatitu planiiters shottuld look inito thIis tmat ter anid take tmely precaut iott to pr-evotit siimilatr ociirrenmcs. This is (lie first caiso of (lie kiiml we hatve hieatrd or', A Prcth macthitie in (lie Expjositjin cx hibits the manattcttuore of a fitnished-lfel, hat, readly for usa. ini fifty inuates. JlThe firs' operattioni cottsists in blowinig out, by meaits ofa fain, about four' otuices of i'abbit's fur upont a trevolving conte or' motuld~ of copper, pierced w ith holes, from witichi (lie air is exhnusted, causintg (lie furt to adhere to (ihe cone. It is t hien covered withI a wet clothI andi stcepeid in a tubh of lint water fist a few minties c, afteri which it, tundet'goes uthe pr cess drying, heating, rolling, bindiing, anid lining with silk, atnd comes out a p~erfect hat. fRv. l~eni'y W. Dollows noew iojournaing it Pai'is, writes I hat iNalpoleont has a poor walk aind ant tuninterestitig pi'eseneo, Ieo looks care-worn ai col, nnxious anid ro.~ served. lki compitlexioni is pallidh, aind h is expression deprecatory. There is nothiung to excito entustl~iasmt In his look or mlanner. hn ptrivate, lie is reporiit'.d as mild spokent, amiable, aind of quic1k ltntoliigenice, bitt. his face is both imtpassive and untpraoisinig. All (lie portr-aits flattot' himti." T'he London Time~s r'emariks : ixperiecte has pr'obitbly shown t hat geineral oathis of allegiance has proved utterly useless. Ini pteacefitl amid prosper-ous (ines they are inot nteeded ;i in ties of difficulty andi datnger they arc net obsetrved, .Kuropo, Inidia aind America have of late furished abunhdait proof thiat. oaths, as a political siecuri ty, whether they be tankoi by people to t heir rulers, or by trulsts to their people, hmave proved ttecrly inotiiient. A car-ieatur'o hans beeti publishedi at Mauta mtoras, which represents Uncle Sam hyiing (lat. ont his biaok, withl (Caniada uindernieathi himt, tand his head In his II ussiani purcihases, taking ttn iced dinik, hiis legs cramipetd uip by a rilokety fonce nned Mexico. Unmclo Samt immtedhiately ays hto will have to stret ch ot his legs dir-ectly. Thie pictuiro tickles iho Tlexanis atmazinigly, The crops of hutcklebomrries in Now Jor.. soy, It Is estimated, will amtotun, In dolhnars andl cenit, to mijoro thain (lie comnbinted ct-aops of' strawberries, resphborries andh blackbor tios. DaIly hticklohteriry trains at-c rut over thec railroad leading to Now Yor-k aind Philadlelphia. Robert Taylor, who was left an orphan, andl~ who commenced lis butsinoss caireer' by blacking boots, has endowed an or-phan asylum at Rtacitno, Wisconsin,- with' time handsome stum of $6160,000. - n!isl 4hjsoigoo Is said to have sent this comtfortlog muessage to hits steward: "ittell thme tennan-ts that tno threats to shoot you will torrify m," It is i'at her rdmaurkable that while soveral thotusand fet, tare' feguired to make onei rood, a single foot, proliorly ftlplil, is' oflat ant,.a~n to .utk on.e > | P.i thaowl L. I ta v beenl ti'olIii 1iii imipeial 3tll~ a grieat, i~i tiliies w~rites a Vari-i eori'eSp'n1Idet. I kiad no'. 11111.11 the re vie wv. I I' c 1.0a' Nveio :11 I('as, qev'ei' tv 1"r t ratLcea~i L Sol; 11ed ill tit( baroC'mt2ie'- l~~~ ~da' A~t Oiii!mte Of the race 11'.1 Ct! ~ sevciaty-c1'(ilt I bor-ough itre saddi.) laorsve3 for'[lie Fltiich E'. iporOl' 11114 the( slvreg l 5 )1 wilal11 Oii ty*uiza t. not inaferior horses for thc~ servants. 1,1101.0 NVlrc mut oil tho road that day Til rO ',e at, t l Eysein chlt' veit I )ij fir thI e ( 'zAv Ii th sti'iabjle,; or I ho 'Il i l .cs I1l.t. VCi-c at lost si'volit V-fivo ;1i1ii' nIlill). 'I'lln, would! give two) 111111 d reI an I s t'veitviight IIi.,-vs to lilt) ii~jciii ~:'~j.', xc'lilkI'vct Of tle xtra~ hors's to bvi Im((I "1 cs aflly it1 44ti~t Ile lotid" inl ... hii'go a sulble, the 111"; terts nSixty 'LI?' (.2?'-II 01 ASt)) t the lwnti' hr IIC' h ifi witl1 Ilhotia h-)!? I f;a in. ' ll K o ill" of Pri-tisa, ro'Ii: tii ( Ii )ttl of Srlov. IiO ihsOil SOVt' tI'f' riiiI )' their haonwaeA Nvith thet"i. whlez Ilev v !') o a, i-:1 3 :1. 1'e~lew i; h..v. C'0"114 frIten orI Iil'lci, I'l (l-hr be-ll vlmn:'o ;1)' p~ceo Ilk! wouild joinlI! A v III payinvri I'l o I.( I I v Iv 1 fsill S :11 t')C4(C crwV of 1 lt i 'Ii v'iitl to hiis Itoisi. Ir cEueC~.(jItI11v Ca111it'z \\ ith 11;11 :1 v';laa1er vwithl whot!?) lie .s ttitirty ~I' u1)1 i' I- In vhjoiui it! ii 'I' lleih1.r'] ve ,* Emptll ;IvI 0-vi!. tt lo flotl'.olwie \.:l lliil al-:I " haj~t' l~t~. .A. .siort tila after, MvI Q.1id N~ I I. '1 ]ilic, v oua are a ]wpt. ofi 1,1ve Ct1twil', '"voin'. relaiailtk 10 t ho l ;i ..tI1i ' fil d til t1f:1p I s'm to c'onflict so(:tvIC ! ".N at at all --Inot at all, siar. 'I'll01 is a diliioieitce inl Iliv~ state Ilivlfs. Pi'Ii-!() be Ilorc.' Olisolt.ing , Fi . 'hvt ppy dog,' and T say t lie innn wit.hao haad at -fe wa :I 1,1pyv 11 tl. Nothlng Ic'i-tng sh noth ing at all. I liao\ v wt I say 1.I .SOH-1N CI. DI A'lg Atli /it. v, ' thc (7 un Pad Lock, ('OLIJM-11BIA, so (li, \Y1I 0 EESA ThEi A ND. 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