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lewis m. grist, proprietor, j $nkgcnl)cnt Jamiiji ftcinspaper: jfor % |1romolion of % political, Social, Agricultural anb Commercial Interests of % Soutlj. ]TERJIS?$2.50 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. VOL. 81. YOEKVILLE, S C., THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1885. 1STO. ^elected fofttg. COBWEBS. A spider spun a gossamer web With threads of the finest tether, And as light as the buoyant thistle-down It swayed in the wind and weather. And over the threads the breezes swept, As sweet as a lairy vesper, And over the leaves and the grass below, Came a faint JEolian whisper: "Oh! I was woven of silken strands, In a web and woof together, And I swing from a thistle's prickly top, On the brown and wind-swept heather. , "I'm lulled to sleep by the cricket's chirp, I wake at the skylark's warning, I am wooed by the twilight's loving eyes, And the tender kiss of morning. "I hear the chant of the bending trees, From a distant thicket's cover, And faint and far front the sky above, The cry of tho golden plover. "To-dav goes by and to-morrow comes, And it leaves me as it found me, I am safe from all destroying hands, With the arms of Nature 'round me. "I care as little for time and tide As the fickle wind that passes, My world is here with the sun and dew, Along with the leaves and grasses." iMWMMMWW?Jfc????? Jkh Original Jtorg. Written for the Yorkville Enquirer. A RASH EXPERIMENT. BY MISS M. LEE. CHAPTER V. ^ Several months went by unmarked by ? any notable event. Harry obtained two short vacations, which he spent at the home of his betrothed; but no word he had yet breathed of his engagement, to his uncle. He now got a fair salary, and as he lived economically and discharged his duties in a satisfactory manner, he and Mr. Monteith continued on very comfortable terms with each other, the only point of dissension between them being the lady whom Harry refused to court. "Why can't you like her well enough ?" i the old gentleman asked, testily, on one occasion, when he was arguing the subject. : Isn't she good enough for you ?" < "She is probably far too good for me," re- i plied his nephew. "I have no fault to find < with her at all." "Then what obstacle is in the way? Con- j found it, I can't understand you young fellows at all. Most young men in your situa- 1 tion would jump at the chance of making < an excellent match like this." i "My dear sir, you speak as though there ] could be no doubt whatever of the lady's j state of mind?as if it were quite certain < she would accept me. I don't see what can make you think that," said Harry. < "Try her, that's all. If she refuses you, I | shan't say another word on the subject." i But Harry, for the best of reasons, would < not put'the matter to the test. I As the year drew to its close, he began to ] feel some uneasiness regarding his future. | He was not. of course, certain that by mar- j rying Elizabeth he would forfeit his uncle's i favor, but he felt that the chances were ( against him. He must provide a home and l support for his wife, and if obliged to lose ( his present situation, and seek his own for- j tune, he knew that for at least some time < to come poverty would be his lot. Would < it be right for him to a3k Elizabeth to share t Seh a lot, particularly after she had been t i to believe that his future was assured? t On the other hand, he felt that he could s brave everything, endure anything, rather than o-ivA hpr un. Such reflections often i made him anxious, and then again his naturally hopeful spirit would bouy him up, and he cheered himself with the belief that his uncle would pardon his offense and retain him in his favor, and all would thus be well. ' His conscience told him that the right course for him to pursue was to lay his case candidly before the old gentleman, and then, if the result of his confeasion proved unfavorable, to exercise equal canuor towards his betrothed, so that she and her parents might understand exactly how his future stood. But he dreaded a postponement of his marriage, and decided to wait and let matters take their course. Elizabeth in the meantime, unconscious of these perplexities, cheerfully pursued the even tenor of her life, happy in Harry's love and the prospect which looked so fair < to her. The only shadow that clouded its brightness was the natural regret she felt in j the anticipation of leaving her parents, and ; her childhood's home. Harry wrote regu- ] larly. He constantly alluded to their mar- | riage, and at last came a letter reminding < her that the term of their engagement was i nearly expired, and asking her to fix definitely upon the "happy day." "Whatshall I do about it, mother?'ask- ; ed Elizabeth, when she had told her moth- | er the contents of the letter. "Well, dear, thee must keep to thy agreement," answered Prudence, stifling a sigh. ; "Thee knows we have looked forward to j i this, all along. We will hold a family ; council, and decide upon the day." The family council was accordingly held, the point in question finally settled, and the bride-elect, with a fluttering heart wrote i to inform her lover of the decision. i Now came the ordering of the weddingdress, and other preparations necessary to : the occasion. Prudence, notwithstanding thp crripf nf the imnpinlimr sspnarntion felt a secret pride and satisfaction in the fact of her Lisbeth making such an excellent j match, and was worldly minded enough to ! take sincere pleasure in ordering all things | suitable for tne celebration of so momentous I an event. ; The wedding was to take place at home, < and the best parlor was to be renovated by i some inexpensive additions to the furniture, I and the substituting of lace curtains for the 1 plain drab shades that hung at the win-1 dows. These improvements had just been effected, and Prudence, standing in the parlor, was looking around with pardonable j pleasure, when there was a knock at the | door and Friend Simpson entered. "How gay thee looks in here," he remark- J ed in a tone of evident disapproval, as he i took a proffered seat. "I see the pomps i and vanities of the world are not without j their charm, even for thee." "There is nothing unseemly, as I think, | in the few changes we have made," replied Prudence. "Our poor room was looking somewhat shabby for a bridal party to en- : ter." "Party," repeated Simpson, with emphasis. "i use me term simpiy m reiutiun iu uie \ small company we expect to assemble together, in connection with the event. Of! course we shall have only a quiet time, j Thee will be here, I hope, Friend Simpson ?" "Thee must excuse me,"stifly replied her visitor. "I should feel myself entirely out of place ; and under the circumstances,'thee could scarcely expect me to witness Elizabeth's nuptials with a joyful heart." "I beg pardon, Friend," gently rejoined Mrs. Carey. "I forgot at the moment, that thee had 'felt a disappointment in connec-1 tion with my daughter; but she would ! grieve to think that thee did not regard her | with kindly feelings still." "I made no allusion to the fact thee refers to," said Friend Simpson, more stiffly than before. "I have long since accepted that as a dispensation of Providence intended doubtless to further my spiritual welfare, and have ceased to repine. What I meant was, that the wordly prospect upon which I see Elizabeth entering with so much eagerneas, affords me pain, and serious doubts as to its results. Has thee well considered the dangers to which thee permits her to be | exposed?" "What dangers?" asked Prudence. "Her union with a carnal-minded, frivolous youth?one who is a follower of fashion, of light and dissipated habits and tendencies; one totally unfitted tobeherspir itual gmde or waf?h 0ver her spiritual interests. Does thee think honestly that thee is doing thy duty as a Christian parent in this matter?" Mrs. Carey's gentle face was flushed with unusual emotion, and she was obliged to pause a moment before she could obtain the proper control over her voice and manner, as she replied, "In the first place, Friend, I think thee knows too little of the young man to pronounce so decided an opinion on him; in the second, thee can give no proof whatever of his being light-minded or frivolous, unless thee considers such terms applicable to the natural joyousness and unreserve of youth, particularly where it has been untramelled by the enforcement of our stricter rules and observances. Even our own Lisbeth, as thee knows, does not adhere to the customs to which we have been used; but how is she the worse for it?" "Is she not the worse for it ? Has thee become a renegade to cur time-honored creed, that it seems so slight a thing to have her depart altogether from it?" "Thee knows that nearly all the young people of our sect have freed themselves from our old-time restraint. Lisbeth has done no more than the rest?and I will say, and every one knows, that a mor obedient and dutiful daughter can no ..here be found," cried Prudence, warmly. "And I have come to think, of late, that our salvation does not depend upon a formal exterior or an intolerant spirit, but that true religion is not inconsistent with a suitable degree of merriment, and a moderate seeking after pleasure. As to Henry Monteith, we have found him neither vain nor irreligious, and we have no reason to fear that he will exercise an unholy influence over the precious charge we are about to yield into his keeping. Does thee think that we would be justified in marring her happiness, perhaps for life, by refusing our sanction to her marriage, simply because the young man to whom she has given her heart has been brought up with wider views than ours? I tell thee, Friend, we cannot draw the line so close. My conscience fully acquits me in this matter, and Iteuben feels as I do." "Well, I can only hope it will turn out for the best," said Friend Simpson ; "but if thee finds thyself mistaken, do not forget that I warned thee in time, and that I have acted according to the moving of the spirit." Although Prudence had so strongly defended herself against the attack of her 30ur-minded visitor, the interview left an unpleasant impression upon her, nor could she entirely shake off its depressing effects. Had he been truly moved by the Spirit to ?ive her timely warning, and was she wrong not to heed it? Sne could not believe so?and yet the thought perversely recurred to her that possibly she might have taken the wron? course, for she was always prone to believe herself incapable of judging, and bow to the superior wisdom of othDrs. However, the time for deliberation passed, and the wedding-day arrived. Harry iiad come down the night before, and all misgivings seemed to vanish under the 3heering influence of his presence. The iridal company assembled in the little paror, the bride herself looking as lovely as a Doet's dream, in her robe of simple white, ind her cloudy lace veil, crowned with ivhite blossoms?natural blossoms, for Pruience would have no artificial ones adorn ler child?and the marriage ceremony was luly performed. There was a quiet breakfast, and then came the sorrowful moment )f parting?tears, hand-clasps, warm caress;s, whispered words of attempted cheer? ind Lisbeth, with her husband, passed over ;he threshold of the home which had shelered the whole of her happy life, but which she could no longer call her own. They traveled all day, and stopped late n the evening in a little town a few miles iistant from the city where Mr. Monteith esided. "Shall we not go on to your home tolight ?" Elizabeth asked ; for she had supaosed that they would complete their jourley at once. "Not to-night love, I must have a quiet evening alone with you here?and my uncle loes not expect us," replied Harry. They had a supper which they made mer y over, feeling it something new and deightful that they should thus sit down to a meal together, and that it was natural and *ight for them to do so; Harry was full of lively talk, and the evening sped away aDiulv and without constraint, until Eliza aeth fnade some chance allusion to their 'uture arrangements, when a shadow sudlenlv fell on the brightness of her husband's spirits. "Lisbeth, love," he said after a brief pause, "I want to make a confession to pou which I have postponed too long already ; but I count on your goodness to forgive me. I have not been quite as honest with you as I ought?or with my uncle eixher." Elizabeth regarded him with surprise. "What do you mean, Harry? Doesn't your uncle approve of your marriage?" she asked. "He uoes not know of it yet," replied Harry, feeling very much like a culprit as he met the inquiring glance of her clear eyes, but resolved to make a prompt and free confession. "Why, Harry! Do you mean that you have kept it a secret?" "Yes, and I'll tell you why. He was anxious for me to marry a girl that he has taken a fancy to ; and I was unwilling to break the truth to him.prematurely, because I felt sure that as soon as he should know j/ou he would be entirely reconciled to my choice? so I decided to wait until I could present you to him as my wife, and claim his forgiveness for having stolen a march upon him." Elizabeth looked greatly troubled, and the tears came into her eyes. "You should not have done this," she said in a low tone. "My darling, I did it for the welfare of us both. I was anxious, too, to keep my place in the bank as long as possible, because, not having many expenses, that has enabled me to Jay up a little sum on which we can depend, if?" he stopped. "You mean that it is likely now that you will lose your place?" "Not likely?but possible; it depends on my uncle, and on the impression you make on him," said Harry, caressing her hand. She drew it away; a vivid Hush suffused her cheek. "What a position you have placed me ?" ? 1 it T -I 11 i 4.^ in:"sne exciaimea. -j. ?imu nut umc m meet your uncle?he will never believe but that I have been a party to this concealment !" "J)o you suppose for an instant that I would allow you to take any share of the blame?" cried Harry. "What must you think of me? Oh, Elizabeth, my darling, don't turn against me?who have I got in the wide world to love me but you ? 1 ac- j knowledge that I have acted foolishly? wickedly, perhaps, in conealing the truth? | but surely you ought not to be the one to condemn me." Elizabeth burst into tears. He clasped her to him,, and she hid her face on his breast. "Forgive me," she sobbed; "I ought not to have reproached you ; I see we must help each other now and always. I know j you were placed in a hard position; but you see I was so taken by surprise, I scarcely knew what I said." So they kissed and made friends, like a pair of children who had quarreled; and then the young bride dried her tears, and they sat down, hand in hand, to consult soberly over their plans. After all, nothing so very dreadful was in store for them. If the worst should happen, they could surely manage to earn a living; and of course there was a chance that old Mr. Monteith would take their marriage kindly after all. It was decided that Harry should go to him j the first thing in the morning, and tell him the whole truth ; but on one point Elizabeth was firm?she would not present herself before him until she was sure of a welcome; and Harry agreed that, on the whole, she was right. [to i?k coNTrxnm.] 1 ihe f cmocvatic (Tabiurt. MR. CLEVELAND'S POLITICAL ADVISERS. BAYARD, SECRETARY OF STATE. Thos. Francis Bayard was born at Wilmington, Del., October 29, 1829. He was chiefly educated at Flushing School and his early training was for a mercantile life. After having nad some experience in business in New York he returned to Delaware and studied law with his father, Hon. James A. Bayard, who was then in the Senate. He was admitted to the bar in 1851 and in 1853 he was appointed United States District-Attorney for Delaware, hut resigned in 1854 and went to live in Philadelphia, where he remained until 1850, when he re I turned to Wilmington, where he remained ! through the civil war, practicing his profession. In the winter of 1868-69 he was elected to the Senate to succeed his father, and was re-elected in 1875 and 1881. In 1876 he was a member of the Electoral Commission. Mr. Bayard is the fourth of his family who have served in the Senate. His grandfath?BliJlP^ ^ " THOMAS P. BAYARD. i llgUygi fw^ PIIES er, James Ashton Bayard, was elected to j the Senate from Delaware in 1804 and served until 1813, when President Madison , appointed him one of the Commissioners to negotiate the treaty of Ghent. His un-: cle, Richard H. Bayard, was elected to the Senate from Delaware in 183(5 and again in 1841. His father, James A., served in the j Senate from 1851 to 18(59. MANNING, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. Daniel Manning was born in Albany, N. ! Y., August l(jth, 1H31. ius parentage was ; of Irish, English and Dutch extraction. He j was a poor boy, and his early opportunities j for schooling were very limited. At eleven ! years of age he went to work as an office 1 boy at the establishment of the Albany I Atlas, which was afterwards merged into I the Albany Argus, with which paper lie has ! ever since, in one capacity or another, been ! connected. In 1873 he re-assumed sole ; charge of the Argus, and was elected President of the company, which position he yet holds, though he has done little or no writing for sometime. He was a member of the Democratic State Convention of 1871 that nominated Samuel J. Tilden for Governor and was a delegate to the St. Louis Convention of 1870 that nominated Mr. Tilden for President. He lias been a member of the Democratic State Committee since 1870; was its Secretary in 1875) and 1880, and was j elected Chairman in 1881, which place he now fills. He was warmly interested in the j nomination of Mr. Cleveland for President | at Chicago last July, and it is generally con- j ceded that he showed great skill in the con- | vention as the head of the New York delegation. Mr. Manning has been active and successful outside of journalism and poli- ! tics. He has long been a director of the J Albany and Susquehanna Railway Com- ; pany and is President of the National Com- j mercial Rank, of Albany, of which he was I first director and then Vice President. He ! is also Park Commissioner of Albany and is a director of the Albany Electric Light Company. KXIIICOTT, SECKKTAKY OF WAIt. William Crowninshield Endicott, Mr. Cleveland's Secretary of War, was born in Salem, Mass., in 1827, and is the son of Win. Putnam Endicott and Mary, daughter of Hon. Jacob Crowninshield, who was a Representative to Congress. He attended the Salem schools, and was graduated from Har- < vard College in the class of 1847. lie married his cousin, a daughter of George Pea- i body, and has two children, a son and a i daughter. Judge Endicott studied at liar- i vard Law School, and read law in the office of the late Nathaniel J. Lord. He was admitted to the bar about 1850, and a few years : later formed a partnership with the late J. i W. Perry, and continued with him until his i appointment by Gov. Washburn to a seat on the Supreme Bench in 1873. This position I he held until 1882, when he resigned on account of his health. In 1882 he made an 1 extended tour of the Continent. He was a member of the Salem Common Council in 1852, 1853 and 1857, when he was selected President of that board. He was City Solicitor from 1858 to 18G3. He is a member of the Historical Society and of the Hoard of Overseers of Harvard College. The new Secretary of War is a direct descendant Irom Gov. John taiaicott. rolitically, Mr. Endicott is of Whig antecedents, his affiliation with the Democratic party dating from the Bell-Everett campaign of 1860, but he has never been an active politician. Last ? T,IK STUS H. OAKLAND. THOMAS A. HENDRICKS. SfeJS pooped 4 $ IDENT CLEVELAND AND | fall, it may be recalled, he was the candidate | of his party for Governor in the State, but he did not himself appear in the canvass, and received a comparatively small vote. As a lawyer and a judge, Mr. Endicott holds high rank, and personally he is a gentlemen of the highest character. The object of the appointment is manifestly to gratify j the independent allies of the Democracy, ; and may be accepted as an indication of Mr. Cleveland's purpose to make them, if possi- i ble, permanent supporters of himself and his party. The rank and tile of the regular Democracy appear to acquiesce in that idea, as a shrewd and politic thing to do, though there are, unquestionably, a dozen leading New England Democrats, the selection of any one of whom for the Cabinet, they would have hailed with a warmer and more sincere satisfaction. WHITNEY, SKCKKTAItY OF THE NAVY. I William Collins Whitney, Democratic Secretary of the Navy, is a native of Conway, Massachusetts, and was born in 1835). His father, General James S. Whitney, who had been Collector of the port of Boston, a -1-1 f'nni.ontinn f\f UVlUgillli IU lilt VlliVIIC.IUMI VUlUtlHIUII vr. I860, and prominent among the great Democrats of that State, was regarded as one of the leaders of the party. The latter died in 1878 during the exciting contest against Benjamin F. Butler. After being graduated from Williston Seminary, at East ham p- [ ton, William C. Whitney entered Yale Col- | lege in 18">0. With William U. Sumner, the well known writer and teacher upon political economy, who was his classmate, Mr. Whitney divided the first prize for English essays. He was chosen to deliver the oration of his class on graduation. Entering j the Harvard law school, he was graduated ; in 18(5"), and continued his studies in New I; York with Abraham It. Lawrence, now one ! of the Judges of the Supreme Court. On his h admission to the bar he began the practice | of his profession, which he has since fol- ! lowed. In 1871 Mr. Whitney took a foremost parti 1 in the organization of the Young Men's j Democratic Club, which still continues as a I vigorous and powerful political factor. He j < was prominent among those in the club who j maintained and perfected the system of inspection at the polls in the memorable elec- | < tion of that year, when the citizens asserted j their rights and fought against the notori-) i ms Tweed and Republican-Democratic ring. S He contributed largely to the honest vote > and count which turned the rascals out. The a attention of Mr. Tilden was attracted by his si sagacity and courage exhibited in that con- b test. Mr. Whitney's prominence in the c< politics of New York has been uninterrupted \\ since that time. The friendship of Mr. Tilden given him then has never been withdrawn nor weakened. Mr. Whitney served as an Inspector of c, Schools in 1872, and the same year was de- j, feated for District-Attorney as the candidate v of the Reform Democracy owing to the de- a moralization of the party. g LAMAR, SECRETAY OF THE INTERIOR. j Lucius Q. C. Lamar was born at Oxford, t Putnam county, Ga., September 17, 1825, t and received his early schooling in his na- s tive town. He graduated at Emory Col- v lege, Georgia., in 1845. He studied law at tl Macon, Ga., and was admitted to the bar t in 1847. He moved to Oxford, Miss., in 1849, a and was elected Adjunct Professor of Math- a ematics in the Mississippi State University, j Dr. A. T. DIedsoe, editor ot the southern 1 1IVATB S^RETARY. / / 'VV:::: L. Q. C. LAMAR. CI ROVER CLEVELAND. IIITNEY. HIS POLITICAL HOUSE IK Review being the senior professor. He re- < signed in 1850 and went to Covington, Ga., 1 where he devoted himself to the practice , of law. In 1853 he was elected to the Geor- I /?/?!olnfm?n onrl in fho f/\llAUMnOP VP!l F I lJU^lOUlLUlU CillV.A III IIIV/ ivynv *T * J VW? returned to Mississippi, where he settled on t a plantation in La Fayette county. He was f elected to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth t Congress and resigned in 1860. He entered i the Confederate army in 1 S(>1 as Lieutenant- { Colonel of the Nineteenth Mississippi Vol- t unteers, and was soon promoted to the Col- t onelcy. Jn 1863 he was sent to Russia by I the Confederate Government on an imuor- c tant diplomatic mission. He returned to t Mississippi at the close of the war and in j r 1806 was elected professor of Political Econo- \ my and Social Science in the university of v that State. A year later he was transferred ? to the Professorship of Law. He was elect- o ed to the Forty-third Congress and re-elected to the Forty-fourth. In the winter 1876-7 he was elected to the Senate, where he has since served. . VILAS, l'OSTM ASTER-GENERAL. William F. Vilas was born at Chelsea, Orange county, Vermont, July 9, 1810. When he was eleven years old he went to I Wisconsin, where a few months after, he 1 was entered a pupil of the preparatory de- J part men t of the University of the State, e In 1853 he matriculated in the freshman t class of that institution, and was graduated I there in 1858. After taking his academical v degree he studied law in Albany, New I York, and was graduated from the law d school of that city in 1860. After his admission to the Supreme Court of New York c he removed to Vvisconsin, where, on his ti birthday, July 9, 1860, he made his first a argument before the Supreme Court of that 1< State. In the same year, 1860, he became a ti partner with Charles T. Wakeley, a lawyer 1< of good standing. Upon the outbreak of a war Mr. Vilas entered the army as Captain d in the Twenty-third Wisconsin Volunteers, and rose to be Major and Lieutenant- si Colonel. He resigned his commission and \ resumed the practice of the law January w 1st, 1864. In 1872 Gen. (4. E. Bryant joined him in partnership, and in" 1877 his \ brother, E. P. Vilas, also became a partner s< in the firm. The Supreme Court of Wis- k eonsin appointed Col. Vilas one of the re- J visors of the statutes of the State in 1875, I and the revision of 1878, adopted by the tl tate was partly made by him. Ih 1879 S Ir. Vilas refused the use of his name as a n mdidate for the Governorship of Wisconin. He has persistently declined office, V ut went to Chicago as a delegate to the T invention of 1884, which honored him C dth its permanent chairmanship. GARLAND, ATTORNEY-GENERAL. v Augustus H. Garland was born in Tipton * ounty, Tennessee, June 11,1832. The fol- ? iwing year his parents moved to Arkansas, ^ /here he has made his home ever since, * nd which State he has represented in the " lenate since 18(57. He was educated in St. | Jary's College and St. Joseph's College in I Kentucky. He studied law and was admit- a ed to practice at Washington, Arkansas, s he place where his parents had originally ettled, in 1858. He removed to Little Rock, v /here his home now is, in 1856. He was a a lelegate to the State Convention that passed 1 he ordinance of secession in 1861, and was a ilso a member of the provisional Confeder- J tte Congress that subsequently metthe same rear at Montgomery, Alabama. He served ? n both the House and the Senate of the ] ( | ( I < i \VM. C. ENDICOTT. 1 3LD. i Confederate Congress, being in the Senate i when the war closed. He was elected from i Arkansas to the United States Senate March i 1, 1867, but was not admitted to his seat. < [fe made the test oath case as to lawyers in t he Supreme Court of the United States and j gained it. lie practiced law with success * ill 1874, when he was elected Governor of c Arkansas, without opposition, and at the ex- t )iration of his term was elected to the Uni- f ed States Senate, again having no opposi- s ion, and succeeded Powell Clayton. He ( ias taken high rank as a lawyer from the i lay he entered the Senate, and has for some (. ime been a member of the Judiciary Com- a nittee. He is of medium height and speaks vith clearness, deliberation and force. His vife died soon after he was elected-to the i Senate, and he has since remained a wid- 1 iwer. c a LATER DAY CABINETS. * Jackson's Cabinet consisted of Martin rj ,Tan Buren for Secretary of State, Samuel s ). Ingham for Secretary of the Treasury, p ohn II. Eaton for Secretary of War, John 3 Jranch for Secretary of the Navy, John M. e lerrein for Attorney-General and William ? \ Barry for Postmaster General. In the arly part of the third year of the term he Cabinet was reconstructed with Edward Jvingston, Louis McLane, Lewis Cass, Lei Woodbury, Roger B. Taney and Amos ' Cendall in the respective offices in the orer in which they are named. n President Van Buren's Administration v ommenced with the same Cabinet, except c hat Joel It. Poinsett took Air. Cass's place r s Secretary of War. During the term But- a ?r was succeeded by Felix Grundy, who in i urn gave place to Henry D. Gilpin. James o L Paulding took Mahlon Diekerson's place \ nci jonn iu. iMies succeeded i\nios ?ven- c all. r President Polk's Cabinet was composed of j. nch leaders as James Buchanan, Robert J. t V'alker, William L. Marcy, George Banroft, John Y. Mason and Cave Johnson. President Pierce called to his Cabinet a VilUam L. Marcy, James Guthrie, Jeffer- o 3n Davis, James C. Dobbin, Robert McClel- ii ind for the Interior, Caleb Cushing and S nines Campbell. Buchanan seclected Cass, Ilowell Cobb, Jeremiah Black and men of fi lat stamp. Lincoln had Seward, Sumner, tl tanton, McCulloch, Wells, Speer and Denison. President Johnson's Secretary of State was Villiam H. Seward. His Secretary of the reasury was Hugh McCulloch, of Lincoln's abinet. His Secretary of War was first E. I. Stanton, then Gen. Grant and finally ren. Schofield. His Secretary of the Navy ,*as Gideon Welles, of Lincoln's Cabinet, lis Secretary of the Interior was first James peed, of Lincoln's Cabinet; then Henry tanberry,and finally Win. M. Evarts. His 'ostmaster-General was first William Denison of Lincoln's Cabinet, and then A. W. tandall, of Wisconson. Three of President jincoln's Secretaries, Seward, McCulloch nd Welles, remained in President Johnon's Cabinet during his entire term. In Grant's First Cabinet were Fish, Boutveil, Rawlins, Cox, of Ohio, Robie, Hoar tnd Creswell. In his later Cabinet were lelknap, Robeson, Delano, Akerman, Richirdson and Chandler. In Hayes' administration were Evarts, Sherman, McCrary, rhompson, Schurz, Devens and Key. Garield's council consisted of Blaine, Windom, Lincoln, Kirkvvood, Jame?, Hunt and McVeagh. Arthur's round table was made up )f Frelinghuysen, Folder, Win. E. Chandler, Teller, Hatton, Lincoln and Brewster. Compared with any of these the names if Bayard, Manning, Endicott, Whitney, Lamar, Vilas and Garland, will sound well ind carry weight. The Will of David Dickson.?The will if David Dickson, of worldwide reputation is a successful farmer, was admitted to probate before Judge It. H. Lewis, ordinary. The following are the bequests: Mrs. F. M. Richardson, Atlanta, Ga $ 1,000 Miss Anna Rogers, Atlanta, Ga 1,000 David Whorten's five sisters, 82,000 each.. 10,000 Jeff T. Whorten's five brothers and sisters, ?1,000 each 5,000 Mrs. S. D. Rogers 500 Miss Berta Rogers 500 Tell' T. Worthen, 3,000 acres of land 30,000 Edward Eubanks 2,000 Julian and Charles Eubanks, (both colored) 500 acres 5,000 C. W. Dubose, Esq., Jeff T. Worthen, exexecutors, 82,500 each, in lieu of commission fees 5,000 Amanda Eubanks, (colored) balance of estate, fully 400,000 Total 8400,000 The above is the manner in which the late David Dickson, one of the most successful farmers and one of Georgia's richest men, saw fit to dispose of his large estate. The principal heir is a colored woman, Amanda Eubanks, whose share in the estate is said to be fully $400,000. Why the deceased made so extraordinary a disposition of hi^ property in favor of negroes in preierence to ms wmte relations may De imagined by the public, but is well known to those who live here. People who lived contiguous to.the lands of Mr. Dickson held but little neighborly intercourse with him, and his large wealth failed to gain for him their social consideration. It is stated that he made no bequests of a public charitable character, but nevertheless the public will have the lesson of his life and of his death, for its enlightenment, he being dead, will receive its charity.?Columbus, Ga., Times. Form Blindness.?Said a prominent artist of this city the other day in the course of a conversation : "I have during many years of art teaching and in various other ways, encountered a peculiar form of visual defect which is akin to color blindness. Instead, however, of being insensible to a difference in color, these people appear to have lost, if indeed they ever possessed the power of perceiving clearly defined forms? form blindness, in other words. I have sometimes placed objects in the shape of hexagons, or octagons, or decagons, or even so qommon a shape as a pentagon, or a five pointed star, before these pupils as a | test and almost invariably they were unable to distinguish one form from another, even when with careful distinction the differences I were explained to them. Then, again, I 1 have tested them by asking one to draw a I figure with a certain number of sides, and I the result in this case would be the same. | request 10 uraw a, uecuguu wuuiu unug i forth a figure whose shape has never been ' and never could be named, and if asked to draw a square the result would be a rhomboid, or some fearful atrocity of angles and lines. It was very amusing. This fact is a curious one, arid I do not know whether it has ever been treated scientifically or not. There certainly seems to be a good field for scientific investigation in this strange defect, and I suspect that the trouble would be found to be very near to that which causes color blindness, if ever it is investigated." Wiio Was Driving ??One of the prettiest conceits in Uncle Remus' new book is put into the mouth of an old negro driver, who had run away from his master and could not be caught; but an old lady bought him, because he had saved the life of her son, and he surrendered himself and became a faithful servant. When his old mistress came to die her wandering mind dwelt upon the negro who had served her so faithfully. She fancied she was making a journey. "The carriage goes smoothly along here," she said. Then, after a little pause, she asked, "is David driving?" and the weeping negro cried out from a corner of the room: "'Tain't po' Dave, mistress! De good Lord done tuck holt er de lines." And so dreaming as a little child would I ream, the old lady slipped from life into the beatitudes, if the smiles of the dead mean anvthing. The Earth's History.?In a recent lecture Dr. P. H. Carpenter, of Eaton College, England, mentioned the case of Greenland is an illustration of the manner in which the earth's history is read from fossils, those remains of by-gone life which in the middle ages were regarded as "snorts of iature." Fossils of four climates, all warmir than the present icy one, are found in ;hat country. Itemains of the oak and maile tell us that the climate was once very irnilar to that of England to-day, and the :oal, found lower down, shows that some;hing approaching tropical heat prevailed it an earlier period. rlhe fossils of certain ;ea creatures appear on the land, and that Greenland once lay beneath the sea and that ts water was temperate, while the coral, >btained still lower down, must have grown vhen the waters were still warmer. The Statesmanship of To-Day.?The Massachusetts Legislature was in session ast week less than three hours. Many >f the members from Boston and vicinity ire* business men who keep right along vith their business while giving the State i little fraction of their time each day. Phey rush up to the State House at 2 o'clock, tay 20 or 30 minutes, "adjourn," and then ;o back to work. Menantime the Western Massachusetts members who can't go home very night, can roam the streets of Boston, >r lounge in the hotel and meditate upon he glowing speeches made less than a nnnth nor*. fjilUntr for ji short, spssinn ! Vhat a blooming humbug the Massachuetts Legislature is, anyway!? New Engrmd Homestead. A Hint for Wakeful People.?When lervous wakefulness ensues at night time, k hen there is a desire to sleep, but, on acount of a peculiar state of mind and body, est will not come, inhalation of pure air is safe and efficient soporific. It is observed n these conditions that a person breathes nly halt-way, and that the oxygen in the ungs is kept exhausted. A physician reommends a few full respirations as the best emedy for this kind of wakefulness, which s produced frequently by the condition of he atmosphere, as well as of the mind. - ?- The house in which General Burgoyne, prisoner of war, partook of the hospitality f General Philip Schuyler, is still standing ti Albany, X. Y. It was built by Mrs. ehuyler In 1761, while the General was in lurope, from whence many articles for the urnishing of the house were sen?, and was lieir town residence. k