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'THE FAIRFIELD HER/..D Pubished Every Wednebidiy at WI0LVSIJRO, s, C, Desportes, Wiims& Co. TRMS- A V I'ASCN. Onle Copy oliC yenr, -- $ 0 1-1 e4 . 4 2i 40 Notes on the War, EN. si1i:1)AN ON Till-* SiT1ATION. Tho following is ni extract of a let. ter fromt Gen. Shieridani, dated ait Rh-ims : "There seens t( be but, litItol of the wair left except tle siego of Paris anJ th.t will ntot save Prance. it is possibIle that Vench troops have not donei s o well, i, I thin k they are capable of doiig, ono or two ou ocasionis which I. witnessed, from Ihe, fact that the I!;or fellows found them sl1vos so badly handik h d ('by their com mandiiclers that they could see Ito equiv alent to be obtained by wacrifiving their lives. All men like oi have an ci ivaleit fir I he ir 1.bor, anid especi Illy is it so w ith soldhlie r, Who ropiiiro siccoss where many livesi hav to ho snerificed. 11 -erenli (Gene raship put thisl ont oil the questionl in I every battlo which I have witne.Aied."' 6aT11ASiiOU 0( A ND MEt W'. Th Ie special correspoleiit of he N. Y. 'l'ribune at Hierhn t-"legraphs : "UhI brich it Strasbouarg is greatly dis couraged ; his resistatice is dally fee bler ; an early surretier is ex poeted. 'l'he 11rina1s sneeeded it. ereotig a battery on o 10f bank of t(e, 1 Ia te, oliposito Kehl. A sort io wai madle la.,t nlight froml. tho cit-adel against this hattery by 1,(n10 Fricnehmen. 'I groiud was held by -100 aiden troops until they were roinforced by the Prussia ns, wheni t It herenheli we rn driven boek with heavy los4 inl kil!ed, wounded a14 ilu isoners. The crowni ing of the gliais being tomplteil I clear. breahel was Imale iII the wall "While mal b:ig approaiches between Sehiligheimti 1 Konigshlfen, th hint rul of, St.. 11lelen's (.1,1nch0 Wa14 pierid, amI the besiegyr were 1vork ing amoong co~llins and :,-letonls. "C'obow1.i is oxou,1pimtd by. thel Gev mans, who are iarchinig oni .larekol.. theim. The nive r uof ('ham k i and six iniimbitait were seit to It stdt, being charged with Hiring on the troops." The speela l Cot 1.0lt'14ndnt of the Tribuic beore ,'rr.,s'murg writeson tho 1-111h : "The firo coninine1ls with ut 'trmbslan. Tlie wilksare re duced to slapek mas o The ca. delI has boon subjeeled to an ineunt. lire froni the side, :tIId its plincip il ga te is d itt y.ved. There is it broach in its walls ont the I\1h3 side. Many btildi:.g., adjaceont to tle Citadel hive been ired. "'New batteries are opened daily 400 gulls 1r4. nio)w in position. h'lle garrisoni B ro is weak, and sometimes IT-' for hwa, ; 1 ihere ik no effort. tI) mrea' damanged ont works. Dlesperate rsare mlade (to conIvey :ue mun1ition he city andt bo its attoe:mpting.! it ro 'recquentt ly ca p nred. Thi~ morn telegraph's ~irei.sovered, IL eet ..1 it Tlheo speiail em0 3 espondtilent of t lie ~l'ribuniii before Met x on t1- 17.hl. telegr'aphsi via. . tin2ch : '' ine' diy. ..Iba1311r:. ei. I',t here atUiL y itnd e1'lihei abuouI ta grand11 sort1ie and14 cannioni~o cetti11 mplaited by) l'ai z / inei. A ct ually, a|i is qutiet but the Germain lines are.1 Iiml y tighteiiing on at semicircl Ttcomp1 JrisI ing (1rat "elottce, iille will be comple withitn n week " Ho0w t'.n1 i s To 322.:At ACmo :nt.) A Berlin corre'sponadent says': The plu 21'.o ope raiions aigaltt llris is 'this :.lTho Frteneh beittg unaultlu to' oppose3 the GA 3 ermans wit(h atny conisid erable-anmy on the field, tho Seiine will tieocrossed by sntoeessivo divisans9 to attack the weakes2t parts of thle for tificati oniz* those~ on th!:e con12th frmi;. ioveatin 1011 xist on thait side from wvhich an 1 el'eet ivo Ii rol can be1 openied on3 the French forts. lIbiring the lhst daly after their atrrivatl the (Germans wvilIlibe oc ouapied in preparinlg their cantoitneunts antd reonnoite.r ing ; invest ment, so, far as praceticabile, will follow i mmedi at ely. TJhae comnil iiicatiotns ont lie ntorth side aiio aflready destroyed thoso on all other sides soon3 willI be. T[here will be no0 delay down tn the miomeint w~hen pteace or ant atrmtistio is nettnamlly signed, whiceh is not anticipal ted before the city faibl.'' - DON'T nai ArniiAm i.-Th'le follointg - Was foundi pasted111 in a Christian'% pocket book: "Don't bo afralid of trying to d1o good to the mhost hairdlened,. Make no calculition01 that anly arE)e.s strong, so pr'oud,-.sa wicked , so unltl1ieveiitg, theo gospel will 13ot subdnoti thiem. Thtey htatv souls and htavo theoy feelinigs; they ofet feoel miisgivtinigs andi fear s and remorso11T$, to whtich( oid al1one is witness. I low can 3011 tel Ilt.a Gd i . htas inotseAit y'ou to speak 1 to such a person at jusit such a timo0 ? ibsides, G (od's Spirit is to do0 the work, andil - Lb at Spirit ean dlo every thinig. ]Ue. w'ite of limiting Ontlonpit..nec . A box containing a1 bhek bear was rosoived at an express~ o)lice in Stan Franitoiseo thel ot~hor day, with this *inscription: ' illack 1m'ro. Ef yew * 9.j wAn t to get bit, k upo fyor iintgers o ton the cratx !" A Schenec.tdy Jutstice of thte 'is not good witlannt a etipn Ti l'sl rI3Ni MOPEt- Ol CoN DUCT i:; EL:c-toS.-As the time draws IejI for the eletina-, we deem it wise to refrn A t tie memory of our readers -y : f. - jk-o concerning the present 11. a e of holding said elections. h, . w1il1 continue lut one d a y. The polls will be open from 6 o'elok in ti t morning tintil 6 in the afternoon, without interini.sion or ad. j ,rnment. No registration of voters will be required. There will be but #)iJu general ticket which shall contain the n-ims (if every person voted for. Thii tibket is to be foldoed so as to COhCCa the na1n0 111,011s upon it, an1d caeht voter is reiuirId to insert his vote in to the box with his own hatids.-E dyc fi..as ' Adccrfisrer, TI.r: 1',(I.s1I IN 'ARIs.-A com man1Iliention in tie London 1'Times, Aua gust 30, states that a large number of govorneis, servantis, 1a1d poor lng HlI people in I aiis, who, for want of moais, are unabloe to rotarn home in com111pl1an0ce with the notico of Ueneral Troun tlat all persons who could not provide for themselves imnist leave the City. A comnitted hais been formed in intlosIn to raiso stubscriptions to ahsit thes destituto i,111lish. thE"nui. obrii.K AimONo -rm.; Ik: ri:N rOmns tw P.%1Oit.-Tho following prragrI-aph cones uniong the Iatvst, cale telegrams from beleagtered P'aris " Gon. Iliploy, if the Conifede rat I roy, anid two artil lery ofiiects of the United Stntes army during the war, huvo a command unidcr Troehu. ainy Americin, have volunteered." W mm ORo. Wednesday Morning. Sept. 28. 1870 Uin e'1) r tOttl Nsaa NitlnatiNa s ItS O ' toU I I tttt.|-|'I'0 to'. en 1ienera It. . ARUETL141 tha(at. there roare me mItbers of the pres entt liadiical party itt this State, who desire .ist so tunch collision and bloIdse l11a will ril the mSialic aton prejuidien of tile bldacks againmt. the whit:" : ,> i) -p their VotO uttei.d fr party putposes. It is q:x te poesi blo the d1i abolical plan will succeed. It,tniverthtelesms, works two ways, like a two-edged smord. It will keep the black vote unit ed, to be sure, but it will lessan greatly, because many blacks will keep away frutm tie polls, in u.10- e.. ,- whiltes IhaIv but to do t.. r 1, it I sl a o' i:sg a I1 vote, and good bye to Scott, Whittemore, Neagle & Co. The excitettenut In Newberry Is ane -tr ..Isont for us, too. oe h-sw' -mi~ idely~ a ser iouts collisioni ttay bo pT 0(cipa tedt utpon us ! is it ntt. ordi itasry cottainon setnse to be reatdy fsor it, 'e s'tow of th nt ecessrary de moa tion andsa fsorc, tolt mainItaitt the ate.- 1 Th Wiinchester itiffib has beent lauided as the best law for thtis Str. to ly biigat (lliial auithiority. Let nu5 haves' Ot enegh of' thet gsood thtinig, hen, by a 1 li~ teas. iTte Winehtesteor It illes that hasvo qitlyi) founid thecir way's into every County of tthe State, since thse blacek mxailitia htavo beetn pa zrd ing, atro theo pece-m~iakers, doubt lebs, to whtieb Goernor Scott roforr-' od. 'lhe Ktepumbican l'art~y Ell'Ivid. jng. There are two Riepublican tickets no5)' beintg run tn thte great State of NIlissoutri, the (Conservast iv and the td icail ticket. 'JThe cont testis, int tmatny of' its features, similar to th onte whioh redeemeduo VirginIa, and wiltl proba~bly result in a Conservative triumtph. We take thte occasion to repezat our oreed as to thte mtode int whioch ref'otrm and~ relief in F~odoral pollities is cominiig, viz withtin the Rie. pubtlican party, aid thtroutgh its inevi table divisioni into two) parties, whtioh whxatever tmny be theoir name, will correstpond to whtat is now understood by thte termas lldical and Connerva tivo 1{epublicani. T'o the latter party of ('onaservat ive Republlios in F'ode~ tal politics we look witht hope. After reading Carl Bohuorz's speech in thxe Sonate on theo bill to enforce thte fif teornth amnendmtent, we are not suir pris~ed thtat heo is the recsognized head' er of thte Conservatives in Mlissoulri. Theli interesting problem is ; will thte two wings of the party split itt the t're.iadential contest of 1872 or not ? l'Tho doings of thte Congress just abot to be elected will probably settle that. Thtetr are really three great politiczal parties iln theo Uion now, thte lDemocratio, the Rladical and Con xorvative, the latter holding the bal aneor power bet ween thxe other two. WVith which it iiill aot in 1872, tno one0 Oan prophiecy now :but'mnost pro talywt the Radicals, and if so, (aant, or iodody not as good, will be our Colt President. The Rights8 of Property. Su fauatically bent has the Radoal party hitherto been ulpou seouring the rights of person to the negro that they have apparbotly forgotten the rights of property not only of the white man but of the negro too, There is as much need of reform in fi finaincial ntgement of thu rdvenuos of the government both State and Fodoral) aas there Ci in the personnel of the present State goVernmont of-the soveral Southern States below Vir ginia. Why are we paying thirty cents a pound for ham, twenlty-five for Uird, aid so onl for our neve s-) daily food ? Why is -nyl, ,.. and tea so highm ! Why dos.4 NiU- cost us eight dollars a hu-hl Why are wages in proportlon to the cost of liv- I ing, 8) low in this land of naturi fer, tility'and abuindanw I The eo-Isc itn one that works dnArlI y aun1d intsidioumly, but not thu less (ihectively onl that te count. It is bad governim enmclt. The Comitry is cursed with inc m petent and corrupt umen ast rulors, wto uP& pealing to fananletl prejiidice by a great outCry in fCAvor if the rights Of porsoti, outrage the rights of propl ty. Soon the great miss of the pe,.pe of the U.nited Srates will be reduted to this condition--Ilborty to euj y their projerty, th i impl-st freedlom of per sonal right in tbis regard, but with no paying property to enjoy. Oflice. holders and monopoll.its will syte Inatically overtax the people ant! de. vour the spoils. Oiur Ci tin 'rilbCo ienience. 'oiMA 1.1s, CA 1.., Sopt. 2. California ncxt claims our atten, tion. This in an immnnctse State, extend ing North aind South seven Indied miles, from the latitude of 'ort ov 10, to that % lbh1A forms the northern boundary of 1timnsylvainia and Conlta .tecticuts In width it. varies from one hundred ai lifIy, to two hund red and seventy iiles. The surface of the country is of course greatly diversi tied. lxtOIendiig alnig the I'Acitic shore, and in sotome cases terminmatlig ill waVC-las1 clii1 many feet high, is the Coasd /Uh a lUw tige, or series of ridges, -eldum (Ittaining a greAtcr height thati two thousatd feet, Thie snow cliffed summits of the dtem ra Nevada, with their appronches, form the lqlatitern portion of the State; while between the.-o two are the fertile valleys of the Siacramento, San Joaquitit, ind the tribitari. s. The Souithe in port i.>n of the Stata, consists, for the most part, of Iry, sandy plains. In the middle section nmre the valleys labove Ientioined. Towards the mouth stro'elh extensive forests of the line*st, tibther. Only r. smaIll portion of t hii vast area is de voted to Agr-icultumre. Th'le nmounmttain ramnges are chiefly vahtuable for their ummnes mand timbmher I butt miome part: all'ords tind' piatutrflge I the sandyt plaimns of thme ith are barren. Onlyl tho middle section is well settled. (Califormnia is ini the Zone of pire viinmg wester ly wmmada, land the cli manto being tlherefore (J- i.iCe, is comt paratively unmiform. tim iit, taloug thme entlire P'acitie Coanst, there is little variation for diaflorencme of season ~'aid of thme Unmited Stat es5 is e mblioiced I.e. tween the ls tthe'rus of 50i and 635 degrees F~ahremnhmit. Thiene 1tines rap'!!y conlve'a ie in ging eastwa~rd, ithec Hocky Mountainsm. they api. oachl w iti tour d egrees of each other. lFromm this poinit t hey gratdu ally diverge, until on the Atlantic shot i they eminiec aill thme country from Niantueke, I slandu to (Capm. boiok out. Thtus the et re Pat itie C. ast enjoys a tempejiraute elimmate tubject to few suitten~t chfianges. Tlhis unuiformi ty of clianatte hmowedver, inm pam tat, ex tendis only a fte w miles jinand. 'rmonm the cmoast of .aUnlifoirti . thme hoothe.mia 1,1 lines extend northwar di into lhe itro rior until thme elevated pieiks of the Siermas dtiive :hem Southi again. Thie climate of Saun Firatncisco is that, of the interior a humid ed and seventy miles North ; anmd at San Diego Lte difference is still gmreter. A muong the Sie rras the climate is continentaml, andI subject to ext remest snow falling int winter to the dtjh ofi several feet. 'The inrdoi tetmperature of ahn I'ratmic~co is thait of Phlilaidel phmia. Sacr~ mnonto anmd ILyne.hiburg, VTa,, have nearly the same elimnato. In summer the suni beanms iiercely up..I on thme interior ; while the niestrnm winidsi are arrested biy the .Coalt Ratnge, i n.cotisequmeiico, while alomng the coast, the~ Wind is extremmely disa greeamble I the inlanid townms aresboorcha ed. Sacramtetto i hmot, Stockton isi hotter ; but Marysville h the hiottest o~f all, the thormnomewter of'ien reachinig 100) degre.es. Mostquitoes aboiund, timd in bloodthiarstminess fully 'equal their brethren of the A tlantico shore. San Diogo is on t bo isotheo of Co. lumtbia, thq interior in the same lati tude, 1 i a warm as Filorida. In the Armny Rdgister, the temnperatumre of San Frano soo, St Louis amid li'ortress Monroe are conmared. All these same meuan aant l temperature, buit the seasonr differ widely. The tem pornature of San Francisoo ini winter is 50 deagrees, in summer 57 dogrees; that of 8t Louis is 32 degrees in win ter, and*76 degrees ia summer ithat of Fortress Moniroe is 40 degrees win ter- and '70 degrees. in eunminer. Ini 3-In Francisco and Califirnia general ly, although the nieau temperature of the day searoely varies, there are several duriog each( day. Mornings are cold, and souietin.es frosty, even in midsummer ; by midday the sun it often oppressive ; but as the shades of evening fall, the beat is rapidly ra diated into the clear expanse above, amid copious (lws are deposited. (vonsequently, d t-ing the months of July and August, while sleepers on the Atlantic shore tOss to and fro sweltering in the beat, their Cal for iia biethren drawing utp (a-il and blalankots co'o// consign the mstelves to the Morpleiii mbraice. N.# matier b aw hot th., day, (ho night is en.d. Thui on ex pie, iince.i duoided ci .ngi every day. and enjoys the v'nI ytng 401.4)11'1 three huntd-ed atid tixsy-tive times a year. Sommer is genierally the imost disagremoate part of tihe ye..r, on acecuunt of PEUlOI)WAt. RAINS. California is si uated in the region of periodical -ait's. The rmtai.e of this has beeni slown) ; af8 fullows : Along tho coust flowvs a enrrent from the Arctit, Ocean ; and this enrrent is several degrees cude r tLan the cold est. sprin- water. ConiserA enitly, winds blowing i'ato the illtel or, in stead of being cooled are raied to ix hlihe' temper1atuire, aid their moin ture is not co.lensed. It is only whni the land blreomes suifficiently cool to cindente this vapor that rain falls. The last showers fall in May ; and the whole summer is dry. Along the coast, however, heavy fogs prtevll which partly compensate for the want of ran. By June, grass in dead, grain iv turning; and Irish Potatoes, thanks to their Feiniati proclivities alone, con tinne to "w~ear the green." Wide pldivs, as far as the eye can reach ; or billIs rising above hills ;' clothed in somubre garb, s-ei to tell a tale of doath and decay. Nothing but dust, im;ipalpible dast I 'ens and pliats al.ag tlie road b comine browni foil thir foliage is coin pletely InAt m11an1tled. lIue30s are paiited a dn sty brown ; and people weair dust-brown clothes. Travel ing is uplcanaut, a passing vehicle is en veinlped in a ctliod, for dut lies seve ral irLhes deep in the wheol-rut. Driven along by tihe strong wester ly % inds it pervades everything, eps, oars, nIse and month are quiokly fll. eo. W11e tint-) tie traveler whose hair Ihus beenl poimatumled Ito sooln wears i pvell powdered wig. And happy 1ilie wh. rejoices not in the po-ses.iun of a beard. 'T'"1 s id that even the fogs aile dus. tv, This et-te of things lasts until the arrival of Novembet. Nut the chill dreary November of the Eastern shorn I but balmy, moist, and cheerful November. Stepping sea os the Bierras, and entering into this de. lighlf'ul olime, the old man la'vs asd1e his iey mantle iad boary beard, and with rejuvenated powers, and "'youth. full jollity" trips blithely along umid it. beauaties of revivitied nature. Under the geiial influence of the rains:, swealing in at, uight, and fleeing at. the approach of the su , every thing awakes from the its long slcep. TIrees doff their dusty wrappers and appear In their natural green. Dor tnamut seeds q1uickly germinate ; and grases and grains throw an emerald Str pet 'vern the bare country. No ie noi snow, fow frosts to nip the tender buds. Theia willow-like honghs of the a ender Australian khucalypitus away goattly in the breeze ; the graceful Acacia waves its yellow plume-like filwers, ande la.des the air with fra grance ; wthile fu..han, .geix.viumns, helie r .pea anid roses, all in the open air, gine promise of new heauties in the Spring. Tia a velers escaping from the snows anid frosts of an eastern winter, vivd crossling the icy barrier at night find themselves1 on awaking. rtrasportedl by thu mavgie power of Alad lins lamp into an Edeni, the oft. mnitioned, long-looked-for "'Dorado,"' vithId its golden st reams, its fertile soil, and its gift, of perenial life. "P'. E. S. Tie Terrni's d( ile Ilail, A Co.OltEiD MaAN TIaD IJOWN ANb, STUeK WiTil A iAYONsIT. The Chester Ri.-porter prints the folloswing letter in usatit tion of a st.atemnit made b'y the Union irnes the truth of which is, 'as usual, clamor ously denied by the Ring: CIISTnn, 8,:ptemiber 19. Above plent-e find an e~stract front the Uinit Times itt which reference is made to, tne as to its truth. The f iets as represented to mnes ate as follows., 'tylvanas Atkinson, a very steady and hard working colored man, and a metauber of the U ifion League w hieb meets at Nancy Hudson's, near Obaes. nnt Grote, emiployed on my "Miller Ilace,'') received, as lhe says, a positive ordler to attend the imeetivng of that League, on Friday night, the 5th of August, to be tried for negigcvnce in aitteninlg the meetings, Believing tht tle was compelled to go lie did so. After thie Leaigue was organized hie was taken out behlind the house, un. der.armed guard, .and riccordin~g to his report 'suck with the bayonett" -nrot whipped. 2Idward Wright, another colored leaguer, told me "that they tied him down," Tfhis samte colored man, Sylivanus Atkinson, was arrested oni the following S'unday morning, August 'hh at ray planta tion, by two colored men, named Win. BlIaek artd Antly Rheinhart, anid two white men, namned Joseph ffudaon and John Bee, undeir the following order fropo Captain IRoo, of the milh tia, delivered verbally by Wmn. Black. the colored man :"ou must bring hita or his God d--d head," and was forcibly .taken. to Na-c Uud,..s, CUaptin Kee's home. Sylvanus Atkinson has prosecuted William Black for a.sault and battery for the attack on Frid ty night and Sunday. I have prosecuted the tour for riot on my place oh Sunda y, the 7th of A iginst. Tine constabulary have not tuceeled in art esting the man Wm. liack for assault., and frotn present propIects, d*.a't thuk they intend tloing it.o For tie eorre'nioe-.4 of my statement I refor to Trial Jastijos \V. M. ie Donald ani John Lee, bofore whom the allalavits wura rnade to obtain the W I if., Very ropectfdlly U cryo. : Y. hiir is. LJotIICA am et~. Thet lIrawer of Ite Oeoher I l1arper h1as the following : noting liko Granmar I lietter go with diut a cOw than go wit hoil Lthat.'-here are numbrb'S "pref rs" wh' g, "traimp tramip, lralnyi, my hovs I" aromdti tI.e coutry peddlling a weak article, by which "-it 1.wemy davs" tle-y guaratite. tt .41 at t4 mall thronaily I) iii ihl- Entg IshIt languae. .A insttilce in pbttua c011ea I rtin G reen ville, Ala hatn, where is "proif-.r had labon ol with 'ie voith of that. leoph., ist tahtLe-Al themll to dOsie o)tt I itaj tata r a-cord ing t o "1 Irris' sayrtim. Diaring otne of ilit lsctuirtes the senitt-nco. "Mary, milks the cow." was givn ot it) ha. 1mrsed . eadh word 1ad beea a:raisave one wIIIh fell to Bob b--, a sixteen-year-old. ntear a1 the foot of tht Clisi who commtened this "Cow is a nonti, fi-niaiihine gele-r, sinagat Iar numbe'r, tiard p-rson, an1d stands for Mary." "Sintanlstr Mary I" said the excited professor. "Ilow do yott make that. onit ?'' 't-an e," anwered Ohe nobh-. popit, (i( Ohw cow ihn't siaind far .\Mary how could NMarv milk her ?" h'le Pilot th1aas alludes to the ap proachitag election III liou isianta: "None have more reas-oin to regret the conduct of oar neighbors and par. ty hrethren, than we of jsisippi; iand we might, too, feel sorely their defeat and the triutmph of the Demo orecy, Buat *e say ctphatically, and with the best motives for the continu. ed aaseendency of Itepublioauist in every Southera State, that rather than witness atother two yearn of pros fligney and crime in L.oukiiana, we would kil vwthl gladness the triumph of any party that would bring relief, and infuse inte the govertmient conti dence, economy, and an impartial exe cution of wholesome laws." Coo., iUT CUwSATIt.--We Iopy the f)lluwitng fromn the Latancaster hedger. It it very neat and ruggestiV e: It hais beeti brought t') ottv atten tion that we iade a slight error in it previous lssuu, in stating the wealth of Governor A. It. Scutt when he came to 8.amth Caiolina, We inteud ed to say "that G overnot Scot Os whole estate, naoordlng to the tax books in the county in Ohio in which he lived, was valuad at $14.75." The types made us say $17.50. We 1iit1e the correction, in justice to the Governor. Tim. Pufr.WCT iiuGTENS.- We speak for old Lancaster. The Reform movement is ott thc high road to sue eess. Fron most every 8ection we hear of the rapid gaias of the party fronm the colored population. In the WVaxhaws large numbers of the colo' ed umeta haive tulready joined the Re forna clubs, antd the cry is, still they comte. The tide hats turned, tand all thait we nesed now is vigorotis action to carry the county for the Ref'orm etan didates bay att overwahaming miajority. - ancaer Ledger. Sever fortske a friend. W~het One mies gather around, whetn slkntess faills on the heart, when the world is dauk anad chteerless, is the time to try trne frieunship. T1hey who turn ftrom the scene of distress bcittay their ay peerisy, andr prove that Ituterest onily moves thetna If you have a fraietnd who loves you, who bias stu~died your interest and happiness, be sure to su~tain hiint in adversity. Lot haimn fool that his former kinadnass is ap preciatted, and that his love was not thrown away. Neaar Shermnan, PToxas, en Mon M evening of last, week, a Miiss 1bunds, taged about, ulevena years, was riding~ oin a reaper with her brothier, wihena the mulhs botaame frightened and han away, I lrowinag isa Bounitds' off', atid her clothes becotiing etntangled in the driving wheel, shtt was dra wn into theo maaebtiaery amnd litoe ally cut to guieces, killing lher almost instantly, A beautiful young girl heft her father's roof, at Cohoes, N. Y., quite recently, to atdopt a life of shame, because her habits wet'e of so costl~y a natlure that Mhe was afraid of being Li burden to haim any longer. She was followed, overt aken, antd plaed under the ecare of a rcligio~us society. '['he extravaganoe of dlress encouraged by the woalthy classes is but too often the cause of working the ruin of young girls of hunable mieans. flo not. be trotibled b~oaitso you hate tno great vir'tuer. God naade a million spears of grass wherd ho made one tree. The earth 'friaaged and carpetetd, net with fores'm, but with grasses. Onaly have enough of little t'artues, and common fidelities, and you need trot mottrn because you are neither a hero or a saint. A crowd gathetedat the IPiitna (Ohio) rnairoad station the otrtH day to see Grant. As the train was moving off sin old genatlemnan tasked :"Who did they say that, fellowt is ?"' "That is Generaf1'raat, omir Preideat ."' "tOh!" said fhie old fellow, t is, is it? Well stranger, you see, I'm not aboit- towvn manch, and don't pay mauch attention to thes newspaper., and know biut lIttle about these things. What might his THE Ai Itt EUItE ' atest Advikes. ItAI DOU I I ET Sbptember -'The enemy has dis aGped frorx Dour dan. -The London . telegrat,,posted at the news rooms, Strasbourg theatre, with 200 refugqes, .o ijs.T. onew was burned b.y abells, have not boo eo ~firmeod. 'he iniiabitants of Suvres sent 'a deputa0tion to doiand protection froit the Ievdt and partL.y fron tue imperial function tries. A panic oouied 't Beauvais upon the approach of the riuvosians. IAVANA, September 23.-Captaia Niteo, wirh sixty soldiore, attacked the iii.tirgents in the .i'omndetQ hills and kdiled five, includ!pg Cartos Roelef. Thero have been '-sevetal skirmishes near Santa 8pirita and Santa Cruz, with.'at important results S. rA.N iatNSCLscO, Se ptomber fg.-= Thu Oregon Seiiate refuses to plss the Ilouse resolution inviting b herman anl stafi to the capital, on the ground that the ciVii servlee is under noobli gat ion to the nilithry. NEW loAK, 8Uptember - 23.-A rribune special, fiom Paris, 22d, 5h s : "A ttacks on the .goVornment continge mo:Q bitter than evur, oW we are shut up. Trochu's'otree, sent to the fro t having failed to check the enemy, feAl back upon the original idea'of defending Paris by itself." NE* YOnK, September 24.-=A Telegram special fro Verriutes, tea. Paris, dated 10 o'clock tO dtiy, says rifle and cannon firing was heard on the streots of Paris this morning. On the 21t, it was distinctly observed from the heights that a confict was going on, but nothing hap been beard regarding the details of the parties engaged. Lter .inteliigence says a revolution is threatened by the Red Republicans, who are furious against the precseilt leaders. The Ilotel-de. Ville will probably be seized. Resis tance to the revolutlun will probably be ituposible. Tout has boon captUrtd by storm. The town was badly dam aged. The Gertian steamet Ifermann sailed at 6 o'clok tiis morniing, but returned upon sLding a Vreneh gun. boat anhoread outside Study Hook. The Prenohmait got under way, and is now watehinig off the shore. The IHermann ainchored at qu,,rantine. WASmINoON, Septembef 94 -The Treasury has received 4,000,000 new thousand dollars notO4-the first of the issue of from 30,000,000 to 40, 000,000 of this denomiuation, BKLIN, September 24.-Tiho Prs stanis captured Toul at sunset yester day. Touints, September 25-Midnight. No Paris news to-day. The scare at Orleans was nauseless. Only a small body of uhlans are at Pethviers, twenty-threo miles northeast of Or leans. Upon the appro-oh of the uhlans, hundreds fled from Pethviers -the town being left defenoeless. The uhlans mada large requisitions. Another result of the soare was the needless destruction of the railroad to protect Orleans. Three delegates from Lyons have arrived to c3onlsult the mainistems. It is hoped troubles will soon be settled. The red flag is still flying, and .will remain unt il after tbe election on Octobjer tule 2d. It is reported Bismarek has issued atiothter eisecular t) fertigt ntnbassaa dors on the -war' and the prospects of peace, which is conceived in a inuoh milder tone thtan heretofore., Rusa, September 24.-Efnint - Two sinall villages between Meaies and Epinal wore burnet1 by the Po. 5)ians, who shelled the eitigens whlen endeaoing to eatinguish the flames. The Prussians have bombarded Manites'la-Ville. (Jeneral WVimplien, in a recent let ter, says the Emperor surrendered at Bedati in a cowardly manner, Wimpffen propossed a Inotement whieb would have redeemed etery' thing, but it was overrtuled at once, ILAvANNA1 September 24.-Louig IAyestaran, recently a Cuban repre aentative at, New York, was captured while attempting to return. He was court-mnar ti:led and shot this morning. Tcunts, Septeumber 24.--The Con' stitutiomnel says is has positive know ledge of only forty-four persons being killed behind the walis ot Strasbur within the past mouth. Yesterday fourteen Uhlans entered Etamupes and demanded money. The Mayor .refused, unless a sufliient force appeared to enforce the demand. '[he Uhlans departed, and lisye not returned. The l'russians are in fore at Peth vie rie. The government authori ties blamp the Amiorican gov'ernment for the ddi tenition of the steaarer Lafayette at Now York, claiming that from all ports of tbe United Statea frsin are allowed to depiart. The Ministry have issued a proola matioan that France will rather bery herself under hor own ruins than so copt the insolent conditionsof Gerwa ny. The rumors of new poisee develop. ments are cotifrmned, The RMinistrg to-day publishtes the following, Iii. marerk demanuds ae:plrelimniid oondl tionathat al[-the fortresses,witha Al. sace and Lorraine, be delivered to the Prussians na *oll a Fort Dumont Vaterien, at the walls of' Parisa. The Protisionaal Government considered these condi ions absolutely Inadmie.. sible, and will Immediately address the people of the nation and the aw bassadors bf t be foreign nations ox. poditg thdf *itatldn and indicating noty measures for national defence... In view of the bogtilo terms, there will be an indefnite potpounment pf the eaeLkaot lte Costtun A. metmbly. BRUes EI1, September 24-Noon.--& Baaitine hats offered to capitulate Metj oat condition that lie be allowed to rid tain his baggage and arms, atipulat. ing that lie will not take up arms again for three months. MtlAnont. September 24.-Senator Qreei# pAblishes a j the forniatsion of a Jegai o"to fi Frapsav .H4 &sy the , cai4idat re of Notlie.otlcro, or anyr othea'poeton in Prussin interest, is inadmisaible. Do Rodas anuounoos the approach of the submissAin of all classeb in t. ba to Spauigh rule. WhIn that 00 eure, lie will accord them the samie privileges as accordtUl at Porto Rico. Ft.onser., Septemwber 2-.-The Ruman populace puilled dbwn escutoh. eons tof foreign legatiolis where com bined with Papal arms. loadorna had. issued it proclamation denouncing such aotions he violatioss of interational law, and threatening severe peinalies. LbM DON, Sept. 94.-The Times has tAe following convorsation betweed the King and the Emperor at Belle,. King-God has given our arms vi - tory in the war you have -precipitated. Emperor-War who tot sought by me, but was imposed on me by publiS opinion. King-Yoile ministry crested that opinion. Your army, however, er' tainly fought bravely. Emperor-But the Prussians had the discipline that mine has recetly, loked. King-Before and since 1866 we stUdied carefully the experience and invetitit of otiet nations. Emperor-our artillery won eye rything. It is the fnest in the worlds King-la the matter of artillury particularly we have utillied the ex perience of other 'hations. Etperor-Prince Frederick Charles denided the event of the laht battlb his army carrying our last pisition. King -You err; it was my son who fought at Sedan. Etmperor-Where, then, was Prinee Fredrick Charles? King-Hi, army corps was at Mets. [lave you anything to propose ? BoHperor-Nothing whatever; I am a prisoner. King-With whom, then, have I to treat ? Emperor-With the lmpress and the govorunment at PAris I am pow., erlets; can make no terint, and give no nrdeas. King- Will Wilbemahohe suit you as a rosidoce I Er..peror-Yes. The convereo tiun was continued a short time. The King expressed con dolence for the nperor's misfortunes and withdrew, with every mark of respect. NEw ORLEANS5 September 24. Yellow fever deaths yesterday, 20. Market Reports. NEw YoRk, Snpt. 24.-Evening, Cotton heavy; sales 760 bales; .up lands 18 1 Orleans 181. Gold 18. CnAILtaTON5 September 24.- 6ot ton tiiet-middlings 16 ; sales 400 bales ; receipta 768 bales. Livari-tooi., Sept. 24.- Evening.. Cotton dull; tuplands 91~ ; Orleans 9j. sales 8,000 bales. Jos BgLnfo NJ FFM~iNA Ti MEN.-i.he effemingte inan is a weak pottltiee. lHe is'a -drs between~ a root bezor and a gingerpop, with thd cork left out. A fresh water mer' maid futid ia Oow pasture *ith handts fled with dandelions. He Is si teh ohsp full of syjlliabub, a kitten in piintu. iets, a 'gick monkey with a blondE moustache. Hie is ai vine without any tendiln-a fly drowned in oil-a paper kite in a dead calm. He livda like a butter fly-nobody can tell why. H~e is harmless as a cent's worth of spruce gum, and as useless as a shirt button without a hole. He is as lady as a bread pml, attd has tro more hope than a lastya'grhpe ; He goe thong lie o tp toes, and dies gre ou ogne water spiut . 'ever the ernl,t, i1 Couris -Tiie flow of Foro pean -ca pital to this counnty continues inm asteadyv stream. ,The grand uph'ea, val of all the transatlanti. .empires which is lkele - to follow the Frahnee Prussian war and its'anextwcted estaba h~ltment of a republic in: France Is start ling the wits of the men, whiose treasures would be in joopardy in the grand cofta vulsion which threatens thte old world. The young. vigorotus iepubtic of gilis New World presents the aafeat'refuge for timid cypitel and'heties we 4jnd..ther Canadian banks constantly .tranderriag money to.Wallatrebi fot t'ae account of their London corr~pondente, The inlVestme ~.is not ~wba4 onpr, IV wilt make-mofi.'y for the odnets--and for us ing to the Phoenix, Columbia must bej a pr.osperona conditiesi. jt says: " lInmbia is pushing forward. New buitd4 Ings are going uip in every directiqn, and the fee.Iihg is generally expressetd that but feiw years will elapse ere tief former prosperity will not only hbr reached'., but act ually surpagssed. Caripens tera and bricklatyer,. are obtainiing o'k. cellenat wags ; andr mechanics of uver grade are in demand."'' , hid .oss asudent~ oar ahb hoe ught swingi;ng,to uosytheo mnqtt lustily in f iold of stoht grass r 'l~rank, what makes youe ifok tot a living. A fellow with your talents and abilities should not be eaught en. gaged In hard labor. I mean to get moy living by my wits." "Well, Bill, you can work with duller tools thati I oan," was the reply. A movemnent id on foot to convesae an seta session of Congress, to passa a law authoristn6 negr'oes to wear' their hah- salghe