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?An Independent FamUy Journal---Devoted to Politics, Literature and General Intelligence. VOL. 3. ANDERSON, S. 0, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1867. NO. 1. -y......-?-w--r__-___v_ . . 3 Y H;0 Y T- & .17 ALTE E S. / '\ KATES ~'0F - ADVERTISING.' Ajdyeripfi'emttta^ex^iti Wt> the Tates-of One Doi-.r qnct Fiflr Cents for. each subsequent insertion Iiiber?l'-detf^ ? the yean ? . - /' - ^ V: -? : ?'} ' ': jtfffi^i'iJ: ^ '':.[" ? : . - ? j*.;*.:'.... . ^^^^^^^j (Mtieised. 3U^-EDj^oR::^Th whahaye .commentedbn -the letters, .of "Goy.' Peniy hav.e^tr^ated^jnm :-with\:grj9aV tenderness. jWhiie cohderhnmg his policy^ ' his seriti Tmente^hd;^ believe this ? consistency,.(4?o,:' hayoi-heen- muefi.'ap}' rphindedV >,He Is -preser?^d^as .a; model of ? the .virtacs.^the- stHtesmai, withpiit the' poJicy-of a statesmaD^ ^Weltl, ta this we do hot'object.;- "ji^e :-Kkc -fair ?-?eriticism-^ ^b^^iath^ than "blame-,--and we ^ ^^H^-a|>j^^^eoi;iiL: :a'ie^spaper. But , .nra^^w.hat^fhaff-Goyc iPerry's "patriotism, cqnsiste^y, b^ however - IofJ^,:to dO;'^h7ihe"'qttes}ion'.^hieli evok ' ed these epistles ^.from. bis'scb'rnfal pen? ^?rtriotisra withcut dlscretion,7sen timonts . without;senser and- '-?oiisistency* without 'reason ,-^ou Id :bo ~ sad,;djis^^^ ?-.ties yVur'might ^manufacture a political ?zeaiot, but "not a sta?esm'ahV": We nave hol -? doubttbat Gov/P^ country;' "nor do. -w?-;aiStTOSt7'Ws4'deJi.tjf. tot the-IJn ion: -That has heen- the great_objeet of ' his worship through _"iifj, and I- suppose, that-ho ?wilLjirqve true to it'to the last) *;: ^?As-tho s?iiT-SpTrcr.-iurns ts;her Grid when He sets, ' lKe.6^o~ldol<. which she tarwd srhea he rose." The late Provisional ^Governor's love of - tne;Un$^ "amounted to ?>passl?n7.-;^Wj^-w^ir- rennemher that -the' feeHn'gs of Joy whiph 'were -TeichijE'ited^at ; 5i3r'grvjn?ln hiYadhesioh to the cause": of : .-thelate- Cdiifqderdey, were^exceedcionly by. the sui-prise/whieh ,Mmp felt that he shouliJL'havo tajk'en :thai; stop. Eis was eonsid6i"^a^ accession to-' the secession:1 ranks,- ttOtsbceauso of -any /:"^j%h- esteemr.?t 'irtS;--poli tical -knowledge or ? '- statesmanship . cau?e/iie* was;b^iiwed--tp;, .b& :aji honest, ? . "bat, before,that' time, nusguided patriot,; .'.'. and that hav|?g;b'e"en;the mc^Vpib.ralnori.t: "Uni?n - maif in; ;the'- Sta.te, .-his Tnfiiience i would-lend to reconcile -hi's. party "to the > iroljcy- which. the Stotel" had adopted; j '^^jj^^^S^^^^^^:^^: so much, '.honoredrr-his'antecedCrite were known J?r and wide-^hre'cl?*wh? wore ;recognized;at.s Richmond.-rHe-became- the >rccipieat of ? ^Ktcji^iv'o.ri^r^a^ the two iiigbest ap? pointments State. :wbich\ the Presi uentdiad Ihepower to make. When .he," wasihveste^vwith^^ little'. did the country of the Governor imagine' "^a'C^DaviVwas puttnrg'ori him "the shirt of 'Nessusr'-.-.The^-Confederacy in- those - clays'..was looked upon as a .fixed fact, hot as now", a bubble bursted. ' Any one, even ' even, ahold-Unioniriau?1\hiodcst man,-' - could tt?itafford;tov take.officeT;'? We" had" - .not then; reached tho'ipoiut'.j?here ,Gov. ... Peiry told-the lamented;.Go v. Means the v S^te."wa;$::goir?g?we.hud riot, then "got to the devil.'' " But -thmgs 'have turned" out dincrentryrrVom then ex? pected. .The Governor, however, has got XjQn thefital tunic ; jand by tlfe -way, .the part he is acting-under it:vbear3 a striking' .resemblance'to1 the conduct ot Hercules, who,"when he discovered that the. fatal ~poison.Avds ."'penetra'tihg- Ids - bones,- laid down on his5femsen lion skin and .made - .?;f?hej^lpyrel'of himself. "" Itis hard, we ad mit, for- the. Governor to-.be thuSjpvertaken,. and "so soon,' too, after;" 6e-: bad descended from the hi^h place' he 1,^tely -filled - under, the '*second Washington,'! to be translated to a^ still" . -higher position by the prjoyisional legisla - ture cf .1365, tb^fiil, with- Mr. Campbell, in the .U.: S; Sen.a'to,..ihe scats in which Calhoun and McBun^o onco sat. : After.iraving heen^? Union man all his lffe, and "with this..prospect ahead, to be visited. with-Jthe terrible consequences of a few short years'of political sin, falls very neavxly upon thoVGoverbor."' In all can-. - dor we must: say, that bo Ms; entitled to . our Warrnest; tenderest"sympathies... These . relleQtfonS, with' the thoughts of the fu ture".of bur beloved^ Strito which trouble his mind,"'are sufficient to arouse all the latent feelings of indignation which ho " has lately- ventilated through the press; ? ^o^ wonder-that.his feelings of.patriotism, ..' xnin^Icd - with /'that;-high disdain from ^'?ense of injured merit/'^flliould prompt ' hiin to give utterance f:d the' language of passioh-and invectivo jigainst those who. ;'are responsible ^foc, the^ present state of political affairs, that: they .should dictate -the fine sentiments, for which his letters ? Jlav^fb^en; commended.' But this" is not what we want to hear frbm;,poKtrcal leaderf-. It is ho advantage to U5 to be told that Gov. Perry-prpphc . fiied: evil to" Gov. Means years-.ago; and .that that prophecv iias. been f?lfiTlod; .01* is. about ; to be ".fulfilled. The gift. of prophecy?real prophecy, such as Isaiah *ahd Elijah possessed? is a very exalted attribute. . But tb^eir ' mantlo has not conio down to bur times.' There are, however, m-every community, and at all ^mesj wbuld-be-propncts, and they gene? rally prophesy evil ;-?hd if it docs not come to pass, they arc in the humor that Jonah .was'wlien-he ascended the hill to see the destruction' of jNinoveh, but was -disappointed; .This seems to_ bo natural ? writh,a prophet?ho wishes his prophecies to be -fulfilled, .whether, they bo of good or.evilTrtiud^hen the event comes, he "Nods his .wise head, 4E"d.<*rib3-^-r told you sb." We have" no doubt that this prophecy . of Gov. Perry, which is now^ held up to the State in their desolation and sorrow, as an-evidenco of his far-seeing sagacity and;political'wisdom, was mado by thou sands",-both North and South, but of ' - eburse chiefly by those who hoped to seo that calamity befall us.- sit would simply be a vain conceit"tol.haso a claim of merit ttpon so weak, a foundation as this. Qno who was.in favor of:the Union, at all . hazards and to the last extremity?who believed that" secession was not only.a delusion-.but a crime, it Bq had kept his faith- after"fighting the good fight, he fnigbfc bb excused for manifesting feelings of pride at ?seeing his prophecy of evil . fulfilled. .'But for one, who can say of the late revolution, "magna^pars_fui,''-?\v\io .had .staked his all upon, the issue, upon the. experiment of secession-rafter its . failure to cry out "I told you so,"toro .mind us,Of a prophecy mado years ago, . that" "the; State was going to the devil," -if. it be notivery .wrong, is, in our humble judgment, ;in exoeeding^bad .taste. And . -besides, what is still more unkind, if not .rude and supercilious..in Gov. "Perry, "he .thanks hisGod that he- and his brother union men.are-not as other men are; not; as secessionists are, those who advise" ac quiesence, or submission,.if the ' Governor prefers lhat word, to'the terras of recon -structipn, those "who (he says) are now urging, the people to voluntarily swallow the;'Military Bill, regardless of honor, '.principle or consistency."" Such self-suffi? ciency*, arrogance, and egotism as are dis? played in'these letters, "are rarely tpjbo Irnet . with. Wo"will rcservd something for another, number. MOLLOHQN: . Gov. PeeiIt': In. a~former number of -this paper I gave abrief notice of some of '.th<Lpbints of your late letter, which- Lad ^ dressed to. the Editors..' I-.now address 'you,-bpcauso. I prefer the use of Ih?^tec 'ond; person to. that of the third, when either one or"the other is jtp.be often re .'peatotL _I will also adopt the singular number of the personal: pronoun, and henceforth it will be, "you" and "I." . -You.have undertaken in" these letters, tp.arraign, not a few persons, nor a par? ticular, class, but a whole people, and to put them on trial for the! highest political crime,?-tho betrayal of their country. In making tho, charges'you .have thus pre? ferred,, you :.have exhibited }'our true character of,boldness and fearlessness: "? ' ... Yon;.havc taken' no pains ..to qualify your \v'ords,..-or tp soften ' the epithets which you'have, applied to your political adversaries^ Thoso" with whom you diner in oprnionyou etiargo with no less a crime . than treason to the "State. In your first letter yon say?"But n?jv ?they (meaning as "tho.. context shows, the people .of South Carolina)' are going to ^acu'ificc their honor as a people and Ijjse their, lands in the bargain! They arc' going to enfranchise GU,U00 black voters, and surrender.the. political power of the State into the hands of the negroes." Again; in ..your second' letter you say :?"iStrango to say that thcro aro 'matiy. persons in the Southern- States, whose .high sense of honor would not let therri adopt tPo Constitutionnl amendment, who are now urging the people to voluntarily swallow ".the military' bill, regardless of honor,- principle, or consistency. I. am happy to know that thoy we're secession? ists and never "werc Union men." 'In your third letter you say further? "In order to hasten their return, thcy (the people of South Carolina) arc not only - willing to give up all the "rights of their State, all constitutional and repub? lican principles and eelf-governmcnt, but to transfer the government of their once proud and chivalric State into tho hands of the negroes." And at the conclusion of your third let? ter, you "make tho announcement?"A rebel reluctant and unwilling I did bo come. My father was one in '76*. But a traitor I never can be." Tho italics are your Own. I now put the question to you, it the language which you have here used, ?*fid applied to thoso who differ with- you in opinion, were applied to j*ou personally; if you wero "denounced as a traitor*-and your conduct characterized as being "re? gardless of honor and principle, or con-"" sisteuey," how would you tako it! If you could recall a Jew years, I fool quite sure that you would resent the insult with "sterner stuff' than mere paper missiles. Why then did you so far forgot the rules of legitimate controversy, tho language of politeness and good breeding, the dignity of your position as an Ex-Governor and quasi United States Senator, as to speak thus of your political opponents and tho people- of South Carolina? Surely, sir, you lost your accustomed equanimity and self-control when you wore engaged in penning these philipics. Or will you leave us to imagine, that you claim for your? self what you deny to others,?that you can say with impunity what you please about others; that }*ou havo tho right to hold others up to scorn and contorapt, while, they havo no right to hurl back upon you your own words ? Did it not occur to you that other peoplo besides i Gov. Perry .have tho right to think and speak -for themselves, without having thcir honor, motives, and character as? sailed? Are you and your opinions to bo set up as tho only model and test of honor ? . Is Gov. Pori-y, par excellence, a Chevalier de Bayard, while all others arc admirers of SirjJJohn's "better part of valor ?" Is every man who has tho hardihood to differ with you, or to adviso a course of political conduct which meets with your disapproval to bo denounced as a.traitor to tho, interests of tho Stators acting "regardless of honor ?" If so, then I. retract all that-I have said, and dismiss from my mind all that I have thought, about your arrogance and sclf-sufficicucy.". . But I join issue with you upon the facts which you state. You havo misrepre? sented thoso who diffor with you as to tho true policy to be pursued by tho peo? ple of South Carolina at this important juncture of aflairs.? I do not say that you have dono this wilfully, but you have dono it dolihoratoly. Those charges wcro not made by you in the boat of debate, and when you were hurried away by the swelling tide of your own cloquenco; if so you might bo excused. On the con? trary,, they wcro made with cool prepara tion, jh .tho closet,?perhaps in -.night's still hours, when thought and feeling.are generally sobered and tempered by reason and judgment; and you have reiterated them iu several communications. Thoy must therefore be taken as your well, con? sidered opinions, at least, as charges which you are willing to stand by. You do not make good by proof any charge that you have made. Naked as? sertions, in a "Jupiter- Tonans" style, are tho great weapons you. wield. What proof have you addueed to show, that the people of South Carolina "in order'to hasten their return (to the Union) are not-only willing to give up all the rights of their State," &c., "but to transfer the government.of their once proud and chiv alric State in to.the hands of the negroes." How d?ro you make such an imputation upon, a noble and gallant people, - who during many long .years tolerated what they conceived to bo your political here? sies, and havo lately honored you, and sought to confide, to your keeping their dearest interests. - Who is willing to do what you have hero pictured? Where is the son of South Carolina who is willmg thus to betray and dishonor his mother? Can you point him out? If so, let tho dastardly traitor be known, and his name be blackened with infamy. . You cannot, do;it, sir. You have brought against a, whole people a charge which you cunnot in?ke -good against ono individual, or if | that one bo found, he is already"suhk so low as to he despised/; . ' Does not every body know,"dp you not ] know,' that the people of South Ca'roliiflt have had no. voice -in the. adoption of tbe*| measures -which aro now being .enforced for,their government by military power? .And where did you learn that thoy "aro gr ing"lo enfranchise G0,000 black voters." Has that not already been-done by an act of Congress?^ What agency .did tlvey have in passing this measure? Can it be now provented ? The edict has gone forth, and it cannot be recalled.by any action of. the people of South Carolina. Tho thing has already been !done, which you say" the people "aro going" to do. .This Chinese method of reading tho his? tory of political events I have not been accustomed to. This going backwards, "putting tho cart before the horse," may answer the purposes of your argument, but it will not deceive. P? wayfaring, man though a fool need not err. therein." More Anon, . MOLLOHON. Respect tub Aged.?"Tako my place sir, if you please," said a boy, rising-from tho - scat he had occupied in a crowded street car, and addressing an old gentle? man who had just entered. "Thankyou, my bo3', but I'm sorry you should have to* stand," was the reply. "I shall not mind it, sir; and sure you need the seat more than I," retu'rhed the youth; and the pld man tcok his place, a look of | weariness, that had been noticed iu his face when ho came in, leaving it as he did so. It was a listtle thing for the boy to do, but it was a kind, respectful act, and some of those who saw it felt that it promised well for the boy's future. ? Another' old man walking down the street somo days later, when another boy came by apparently in great haste.? "Come, hurry up, old 76, or you'll never get where you're going;'' were tho rftde words ho spoke, as he rushed by. The old man mado no reply, but looked sadly, after the boy, and moved slowly on. "I should nover speak like that," my young reader will say, and perhaps a leeling of indignation against this boy. Well, I trust, you would not. There are very many ways in which the young may show respect for tho .old, or rudeucfn to them. *Vhen you seo. an agod mar. or woman, never forget what kind of treat? ment they may.rightly expect fromjou. Rcmombcr that they wcro young and strong and merry onco liko you. But that was long ago. For them the busy day of life is nearly past, and night is near. Try to make them happier. You will bo glad somo day to romomber that j-ou did so. -?*> How to do Good.?Dr. Johnson wisely said, "Ho who waits to do a great deal of I E5od at once, will never do anything." ife is mado of little things. It is but once in au ago that occasion is offered for doing a great deed. True greatness con? sists in being great in little things. How are railroads built? By ono shovel of dirt after another; ono shovol at a timo. Thus, drops mako tho ocean. Hence we should bo willing to do a little good at a time, and never "wait to do a great deal of good at once." If wo would do much good in tho world, wo must bo willing to do good in little things, little acts ono after another; speaking a word hero, giving a tract there, and sotting :t good example all tho timo; we must do the first thing wc can, and the next, and then the next, and so keep on doing good.? This is tho way to accomplish anything. Thus only shall we do all the good in our power. / -o-?-" Have Your Own Opinion.?Tho Knox villo Commercial gives a word or two of wholesome advico: Think for yourself, act for yourself and speak for yourself,' honestly and independently. Woo unto any man who thinks he can get through tho world by endeavoring to please every? body. All persons havo a right to their own opinion, and ho is a coward who dares not, at tho proper time and in a proper way, express them. It is a falso conclusion for any ono to roach, if ho con? cludes any ono will respect him for sup presain"- tho conviction of his mind. We say, judge for yourself; wear your own colors in spite of wind and weather, storms and sunshine. It costs thevas cilatinn- and irresolute ten timus tho trou? ble to shufllo and twist that it docs honest, manly independence to stand its ground. A New Version. The following graphic description of an interesting event is taken from a sketch by Fanny Downing, tho popular author? ess, in the "Land We Love." Wo would advis6 all men who are determined to re? main bachelors against a perusal of this brief narrative : Dismissing Maudy, her foster sister and -maid, Miss Preston performed the task of diErobing for tho night, without other as? sistance than that of her own nimble fin? gers. ? - v First.the little lace collar and ribbon -were removed from the-neck, and. the bright-merino dress laid aside; next -tho snow skirts wero lifted over the head, then a spring touched in front of tho rounded waist, when with a clicking and metalic sound,.down came the wide ex? panse of crinoline, while Miss Charley stepped out of its steel circle, considera? bly . collapsed, but all tho prettier. A somewhat similar mechanical operation was repeated and numerous sprues and curls wero set in a lively motion,-and "then, with a stretch upward of the plump white arms, and a long drawn sigh of rc .lief, oft* camo the little French "railroad"' corsctj and tho dimpled shoulders of the wearer rose in unrestricted freedom. -The snowy night gown -was now slipped over the head, and its delicate frills, daintiby adjusted to tho throat and wrists. Next the- mirror was visited, -and tho charming little moues made at the bright face it reflected, and then "seizing the brush, tho girl proceeded to apply it to her glossy curls until they shone like satin., Thence to the wash-stand, whero toothy white "as- cocoanut meat, were rubbed until, they gleamed still, whiter, and the rosy face dipped in the gilded basin ?f .puro, cold^ater until, it glowed with renewed crimson. And then draw iug a low seat close to the fire, the young girl laid one pretty foot lightly on her knee and began to unlace the tiny boot which encased it; in a few moments both littlo feet wero bare i n their childish beau? ty,' and pressed down oh the hot brick's of the hearth,'while a careful measurement was made.as the relative lengths, of the big toe and tho one next it, for on this important difference depends the momen? tous question as to which of tho two shall rule in the future married life of the measurer. It having been-decreed by mysterious and immutablo signs, that should the .great too bo tho longer, tho forthcoming-lord of the lady will bo her master as well, whilc-if tho second has tho pre-eminenco, a similar fate is in store for hcrseli", and her only muster will bo her own sweet will. In tho present instance, both of the pink toes were of such sameness of length, that the inference was sufficiently clear that destiny decreed the married life of Miss Charley Preston should bo a state of equal rights. The young lady sat still and amused herself by doing a littlo prospecting in the way of gazing down into the coals glow? ing before her, and then taking her Bible from its stand, sho road the lessons ap? pointed for the evening, then knelt and said her simple prayers. A puff of fra? grant breath from a pair of rosy lips, and out went the candle, leaving, the room lighted only by tlic rich firo-light. Then unbolting the door that Maudy, who slept in her young mistress* room, might gain access, when it should please her to leave tho delights of the kitchen, the young girl turned back the soft blankets, and snowy sheets of her bed, made tho improssof her rounded figuicin its downy depth, laid her innocent head upon the tastefully trimmed pillow, and went to her happy dreams. -.-*-_-? A Sister.?He who has never known a sister's kind ministrations, nor felt his heart warming beneath her endearing smile and love beaming eyes, has been un? fortunate indeed. It is not to be won? dered if the fountain of pure feeling flow in his bosom but sluggishly, or if the gen? tler emotions of his nature be lost in the sterner attributes of manhood. "That man has grown up among kind and affectionate sisters," we once heard a lady of much observation and experience remark: "And why do you think so?" said we. "Because of the rich develop? ment of all the tenderer and. more refined j feelings of the heart, which arc so appa? rent in every word." A sister's influence is felt even in man? hood's later years ; and the h?rt of him who has grown cold in his chilling contact with the world, will warm and thrill with pure enjoyment as some incident awakens within him the soft tones and glad melo? dies ot his sister's voice. And hs will turn from Iiis purposes which a warped and false pluiosophy has reasoned into expedi? ency, and even weep for tho gentler influ? ences which moved him in his earlier years. - ? The popularity which Eowland Hill, during a long scries of years, enjoyed as a preacher, was partly owing to his ec 'contricities. Ho onco commenced a ser? mon by shouting "Matches,, matches, matches! Tou wonder," ho continued, in a loud.voice, "at my text; but this morn? ing, while I was engaged in my study, tho devil whispered me, :Ah, Kowlarid, your zeal is indeed noble, aud how indc fatigably you labor for tho salvation of souls!' At that very moment a man passed under my window crying 'Matches!' very lustily, and conscience said to mo, ?Rowland, Kowland! you never labored to save souls with half tho zeal that man "docs to sell matches.' " A Snoring Story. The following anecdote is"told of a gen? tleman who was able to see himself through under all ordinary circumstan ces. On one occasion he bad been driving hard, from morning until night, over the rough roads in the neighborhood of Pitts burg, and alighted at the only comforta? ble looking tavern in-the place, very hun? gry and very tired. - Sticking his eye-glass to his eye?his constant companion, he be? ing very near-sighted?he demanded a roast fowl, Borne good wine, and comforta? ble room for the night. The landlord was "exceedingly sorry/' but he "couldn't give him a comfortable room, the onlv piace he could have to sleep in was a double bedded room, with another gentleman." "Very well, sir; let me have the best you've got., No man can do more than that sir." . ( 'After discussing his supper, he sought his room, "turned in," and went tp sleep. His slumbers >verc destined to be of very short duration. Before long he was awakened by a call from the other bed. "Sir, sir!" . "Bless my soul!" cried D--,. thrust? ing his glass up to his eye, and endeavor? ing to .peer through the dark -"what's the matter, my dear sir ? Is the house oil fire, or are there bugs iu your bed?" "Neither, sir, but, my dear sir, you snore so terribly that I cannot sleep, sir. It is terrific, sir." "Bless me, my dear sir, T am shocked that I should have been .so rude as to snore in a gentlcrnans's presence, and ho a stranger to me. I really ask your pardon, sir, and beg you'll overlook it. It wasn't intentional, I assure." Tho apology was accepted ; a "good night" was exchanged; and both parties went to sleep again. - It was not long, however, before a rum? bling sound was. heard from the polite gen? tleman's bed, every moment growing louder and louder, until at last it ended in a thunderous diapason. The other lodger, driven almost to madness, started up and exclaimed? ... ? "Good gracious! this is too much! I caif t stand it! I say, sir! sir 1! sir!!!? wake up, sir4" "Bless my soul! well, what's the matter jiow?" cried out the offender, starting up. in bed; "you seem to be "very restless, sir." - \ v .. "Restless! I believe you!" said the dis? turbed gentleman; "you've boen snoring again, sir, worse than ever, and I cannot get to sleep." "You don't say so ! Have I. been re? peating my rudeness to a stranger ? I ani really .extremely sorry, my dear sir, but I. was really asleep ; Good night?night? night; very sor-?sor?sor?ry." And off he drowsed again, and in five minutes-began snoring as .londly as ever, until he was again awakened by his room? mate's complaints. "Snoring again, have I, sir ?" said the unconscious offender. "Well, the fact is, I have had a hard day's journey, and eat? en a hearty supper?and if I spore, sir, I 'can't help it. I have apoligized twice, and that is sufficient. I am now about to go to sleep again; but allow me to inform you; sir, that if you wake me up again, snoring or not snoring, sir, I shall proceed at once to get up and give you the sound? est thrashing you ever had in .the whole course of your life. Good night, sir!" His slumbers were undisturbed for the rest of the night. -o Hard on Confederate Money.?The New York Times has the following hard hit at our once favorite blue backs: "In Arkansas, Texas and elsewhere. , military orders have lately forbidden tl% collection of Confederate taxes. That is ul) right, practically, but poetical justice might better be dono by allowing the tax-gathor to go about, but not to take anything but Confederate money in pay? ment of his claims. When deserting was pretty brisk from tho rebel lines around Petersburg, our soldiers, with "character? istic humor, had a way of asking fresh deserters when they we'ro paid off last. On getting tho reply, they would soberly count out to thorn their back pay in Con? federate currency provided for the pur? pose. A good deal of Ccnfedorate 'mon? ey' is religiously preserved in England; a good deal is hoarded up for curiosity, and a good deal has been used for wrapping paper, for covering boxes, papering barns, and so forth. Still, onough could be col? lected to satisfy the most avaricious Con? federate assessor. Whon Wcitzel's troops entered Eichmond. Confederate promises to pay wcro Hying all around the streets in the wind, and could be picked up by tho handful. And thoy aro not to be de? spised after all?they" aro worth somo thing in these days?avoirdupois." A Beautiful Thought.?Wo know not tho author of tho following, but it is ono of tho most beautiful productions we over read : Naturo will bo reported. All things aro engaged in writing their own history. Tho plant and pobblo go attended by their own shadow. The rock leaves its scratches on the mountain sido, tho river its bed in tho soil, the animal leaves bone in tho stratum, tho fern and the leaf their modost epitaph in the coal. The falling drop makes its epitaph in the sand or stono; not a footstep in tho snow or along tho ground, but prints ^characters moro or loss lasting, a map of its march; ovcry act of .man inscribes itself on tho memories of its fellows, and in his own face. The air is full of sound ; tho sky of tokens; the ground is all memoranda signatures, and every object is covered over with hints which speak to the intel? ligent. . . - i The Intelligencer Job Office. Having recently made considerable' additions to this department, we are prepared to execute ? WdDIRK ?IF &Ma KfflDg In tho. neatest style and on the most reasonable terms. Legal Blanks, Bill Heads, Posters, C.rds, Handbills. Pamphlets, Labels, and in fact every style of work usually done in a country Printing Office. - fi?* In all cases, the money will bo required upon delivery, of the work. Orders, accompanied with the cash, will receive prompt attention. A Deaf Rebel. The New Orleans Plcagune has the folv lowing: . q ^hoy ha(1 down in Florida, not long since, and perhaps have now, a shrewd old fellow known-as "Old Hunter." Ev? erybody knew him. He was as deaf as a post^and through his deafness arid his shrewdness he'-.managed completely to hide his .sympathy for either party during. the war. It was suspectedv however, that he was with the Confederates in heart, and that though his Th?nse was guarded by the Union troops, ho sold, as many supplies t? the one as to the other,' for he dealt.in "stores." Every means ' had been tried by the Union officers to procure^some admission of preference, but of no avail. When reduced to a corner, he never lacked an expedient to get him? self out. But one day a Union Captain" put up a bet that he could tap him and get his secret. He accordingly went up to Hunters and skirmished around,, but not one hint could he get. He would bo deaf, to questions that were .unpleasant, and tho inquirer was baffied. At last there came two large bull dogs into his store?fierco fellows, and exactly.alike, . I'Fine dogs these," yelled the inquisitor in-his ear. "Yes," was the reply. "What are their names ?" in the same '' loud .tone. . "Why," "said tho old man, "? call one Bcauregard and the other McClcIlan." "Youdo !" shoutedthe inquirer; "which do you like .best ?". "Hey?" queried Hunter, putting.down his ear. " ... "Which one do you like ?" ho repeated. "Ob, wall " said he, with a twinkle in his eye, "both of theni are as ?gjy as the devil." The captain paid the bet. On another occasion a. party were drinking.iu his store, when one of them,, taking advantage of tho old man's deaf? ness, proposed a toast. ? " ' "Here's to .old Hunter, the two-sided old villain; may he be kicked to death by mules, and his body be sunk-in the sea a hundred fathoms deep. May no prayer bo said over him, and his blind soul wan? der rayless through all eternity." The toast was drank in great glee, in which the old-man joined. "The same to j'ourselves, gentlemen," said ho, "the samo' to yourselves." ' r Of course he had not heard a word that was said. ~-A gentlemanly agent of a certain city was collecting fares from the passen? gers of a 'bus one mbrhing. ; All-paid promptly except oho fat: Old lady, who", sat next tho door, and who seethed to. be reaching down to get something that she. had dropped-on the floor.. When her time came to pay, she raised herhead and thus addressed the blushing youth: "I alters, when I travels, carry my money in.my stockin', for, you sees, nothing can- git it thar, and I'd thank you, young man,-jest to reach it for me, as I'm" so jammed in^h that I can't git'to it." The youth looked at the other passengers, some of whom were laughing at his plight; one or two young ladies among them blushed scarlet, and he beat a-sudden- retreat, muttering something about hot charging old ladies, &c. His cash was short.that morning the fare of one passenger! ? .' ?:-'?????- ..'.. Beacttfcx.?When the. summer, day of youth is slowly wasting away into the nightfall of age, and the shadows of the past year grow deeper and deeper, as life wears to a close, it is" pleasant' to look back through the vista of time upon the . joys and sorrows of our earlier years'. If wc have a home to shelter and hearts to rejoice with us, and friends who have been .gathering around our fireside.", then the rough places of pur wayfaring will be.. - worn and smoothed away in the twilight, of life, while the bright sunnv spots we have passed through, will grow brighter and more beautiful. Happy indeed, are those whose intercourse with the world has not changed the course of their holier feelings, or broken those musical chords ?f , the heart, whose vibrations are so melodi? ous, so tender aud so touching iu-'the even? ing of age. . , Practical Receipt's.?Fly timo is ap? proaching, and with it will doubtless como the usual, myriads of insects,?&c, to pes? ter and ? an noy. us. We haye ; selected a . few receipts, which wc" can recommend. Try them: To kill roaches?Put your roaches in a barrel, put on a pair of heavy.boots,.and^ get in and dance. To render musquitocs harmless??ull out their bills with a pair of tongs. For fleas?Tie them to the bedpost with lo?- chains, and Tot the dogs finish them. To kill mice?Fh-.cteu their heads with a lemou-squcczer. . - To kill rats?This receipt is cheap, and never , fails. When you retire for the ni"ht, place a small bit of cheese in your mouth. Care should be 'taken to keep tho mouth well opon, and when tho rats whiskers tickle your throat, bite. _-o-: ? It is said that a strip of woolen cloth is far superior for lamp wieking'to that in common use; it W be out any length ' as lon- asitis of the proper, width? it ^ves^rnore b^*^S?^^ " less dirt is"less trouble in trimming, and less liable to explode. The above infer-^ mation will be-useful to people m the country, who frequently have to send a considerable distance for a. wick suitabio for their lamps. ? Alexander Dumas, the elder, return ibg from a day's sport at the country seat ' of?a friend, with a perfectly empty game bag, was asked, "Well,-won eher,'wbat have yon killed?" "Time," was the quieV replv. '