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An Independent Family -Journal?Devoted to Politics, Literature and General Intelligence. VOL. 3. ANDERSON, S. 0., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1867. NO. 21. . . . /B Y H O Y T & W A L TEES. . .. TERMS: . . - '3HE70 DOLLARS AND A HALF PEE AffOTTM, IX UNITED STATES CURRENCY. KATES OF ADVERTISING. Advertisements inserted at the rates of One Dol? lar per square of .twelve lines for the first insertion "and Fifty Cents for each, subsequent insertion, liberal deductions made to those who advertise by the year. - ? ' " - - .. Jgf-For announcing a candidate, Five Dollars in advance. ^HE^ liOST'- WILL ; ? rtiLY (DILIE?? ?ffil?DSIP. ?. V ; ._ ? 'f - The scenes lam about to describe oc ? .CULTdd about the year 1860 to a respecta .bW family by the name of Cuiverton, in. . . Grange county, New York. The Culvertons had lived in the old family mansion, and enjoyed the revenues -? ^?f the family estate for many years, with - out the slightest doubt that they had a right to it, when suddenly there started fcp, from goodness^kuows .where, an .indi? vidual who laio^-laim to the property, an seemed likely to prove hid claim to all ?v"?-but the Culver'tous themselves. It was certain, Jabez Hardy was the Nearest relative; and certain that Mrs. Culverton was only a grand niece of Hi-' '";. rara Hardy, deceased; but the Culvertons had lived with the old man tor years, and he had promised, time and time again, to: ? leave., them everything. He had even declared thai his- will was made in their .lav?rf'and that sucli a. document was ac? tual lyjn existence, Mr. Culverton could not doubt; but diligent search had been made in vain, and Jabez. Hardy, whom the.old man.never saw, was to take the - place of people he loved so fondly, and ?-who had beeuhis comfort in his last mo? ments. "It was a shame!" said every one. "A cruel; wicked thing!" sobbed Mrs. K.-. Culverton. . . And Mr. Culverton, who had never ex? pected a reverse, was quite crushed as the I - pending lawsuit progressed. A thousand times a day he said : ".How, providential it would be if Un? cle Hiram's will would turn up at this mo .-?ment." "I wonder how he can rest, poor man, with such injustice goiug on." .. But no matter what thej'said, or how ^-"they managed, no will was found, and Ja V.-Jbez rubbed his hands in triumph. It was strange that while matters were in'this condition, one so deeply interested in the subjoct as Airs.- Culverton necessa? rily was, should dream of anything else: but: dream she. did, night after night, of .?; .an entirely different subject.? Inevitably,-for a week at least, she had ? no sooner closed her eyes than she fouud herself in an intelligence office, full of i^T employees of all . ages' and nations, and face to face with a girl of small stature, with white Scotch features, and singular blue eyes, vvTde'; apart and staring, who Sc-desired the situation of. cook. *^t?" At first she did not. like the girl, but in every dream she found her aversion van ^V/ii.h'. " - ..-.1; l\' After a few moments conversation, and invariably, it had began to melt when the girl looked at her and said : '?I'd like to hire with you, ma'am." . It was always the same office?always the same girf?always the same words - were uttered?until Mrs.-Culverton began to think there must bo ?ometbing iij the dream. "Though it can't come true," said she, "for while Johanna remains here I shall never.hire.another cook." And just'as she said this there was a sctvaiit in the kitchen, and the littlo er? rand girl ran in frightened out of her . senses, to tell how Johanna, lifting the ?wash boiler, had fallen with it and scalded herself. Mrs. Culverton followed the young girl into the, kitchen, and found Johanna in a wretched condition ; and the doctor being sent foi, she was put to bed and declared useless for her domestic capacity for at least a month to come. A temporary sub stitute must be bad, and Mrs. Culverton that very afternoon went to New York to ?- .?nd out at tho intelligence office. Stange to say* in the bustle she had quite forgotten her dream^ until she sud? denly stood face to faco with the very girl she had seen in it. A small young "woman, with very singular blue ej-es in a white face, and whose features betrayed Scottish origin. She had risen?this girl?from a seat in the office, and stood - before hor, twisting-hcr apron strings and eenrtesying: - 4iI'd like to hire with you, ma'am," she - .said. The very words of the dream, also. Mrs. Culverton started, and in her confu? sion could only say: "Why?" The girl blushed. "I don't know," she said, "only it seems to me, I'd'like to live with you." - It seemed a fatal thing to Mrs. Culver? ton, but she put tho' usual questions and - ^received the most satisfactory answers, except as to references. "But I can't employ you without a re? ference," said Mrs. C, knowing that Fate had decreed that this girl should tako a place in her kitchen. "If you can't I must out with it," said the girl. "There's my lady's name, ma'am. She will tell you I'm honest and capable; but sho turned mc off for fright? ening the family." "Iiow ?" asked Mrs. Culverton. feeing ghosts If replied the girl. "Ev <ery day I saw a little child in white play Jog about tb# house; and all said there wan no such child there, though there had jboen once, but he was dead. Mistress eaid I pretended to see it for the sako of impertinence, and she discharged mo; but . I knew by her trembling that sho thought I had seen a ghost. I went to a doctor, ?nd he called it optical delusion, and it would soon pass away; and sure enough, I have not seen it since J left tho house." It was a queer story; but Mrs. Culver? ton believed it, and before she loft tho office, had hired Jessie to fill Johanna's place, for the space of ono month from thatday. That evening she came, and wont to work with a will. Pinner time passed comfortably, and tea time came. The Culvertons never ate anything but a biscuit or cake at this meal, and cups were handed about in the sitting room. Jessie came in at the ap? pointed hour with her tray, served eveiy one, and then stood smiling before Mrs. Culverton, as she said : "Please, ma'am, let me pass you, the old gentleman has not been helped. Yes, sir, in a minute." .u The?old?gentleman !" cried Mrs. Culverton. "Yes, ma'am?behind 3'ou in the corner, there, please." "There's no gentleman, 3'oung or old, there," said the lady. "1 can't imagine what you took for one." The girl made no answer, but turned quite white and left the room. Mrs. C. followed. At first, she could extort no explana? tion, but by and by the girl declared she saw an old gentleman sitting in an arm chair in the corner, who beckoned to her, and she fancied in a hurry for his tea. "What did he look like?" asked Mrs. Culverton. '/He was thin and tall," said the girl? "his hair was white and very long, and I noticed that one of his knees looked stiff", and a thick gold-headed cane beside him." "Uncle Hiram !" cried Mrs. Culverton, "upon my word 3'ou've described inj great grand uncle, who has been dead fur twenty years." Jessie began to cry. "I shall never keep a place," she said. "Yon will turn mo away now." "See as many ghosts as yon please," she said, "as long as you don't bring them before my eyes," and went back to her tea without saying a word to any of the family on the subject, although sho was extremely mystified. Surely if the girl had ever seen her un? cle Hiram?which was net likely, consid? ering time?she must have seen something in the ghost line, and if indeed it were uncle Hiram's spirit, why should he not come to aid them in their trouble ? Mrs. Culverton had always had a little super? stition hidden in her soul, and she soon began to believe this version of the case. The next morning she went into the kitchen and shutting the door, said to Jessie: "My good girl, I do not intend to dis? miss you, so be quite frank with me. I do not believe that these forms are opti? cal illusions. What do j-ou think?" "I think as 3*011 do, ma'm, said the girl. "Our folks have alwa3-s soon ghosts, and grandfather had tho second sight for ten 3'ears before he died." ."If3*ou should seethe old gentleman 3-ou told me of, again ; said Mrs. Culver? ton, bo sure and tell mo. I'll keep the stbiy from the young folks, and .Mr. Cul? verton would only laugh at it; but 3-ou described my dear old grand-uncle, und 103' belief 1*93-011 saw him." The girl promised to mention anything that might happen to her mistress j and from thatdiryan interchange of glances be? tween them and a subsequent conference in tho kitchen was of regular occurrence. The girl saw her apparition seated on the sofa in tho parlor, seated at the dinner table, walking in the garden, and so life? like was it that she found it impossible to refrain from passing plates and cups and saucers to it, to the infinite amazement of people who saw 011I3- empty air in the same spot. B3' and by she invariabl3r spoke of her ghost as the old gentleman, and was no more affected b3* his presence than by that of a living being. If it were an op? tical illusion, it was the most singular on record. But all this while?ghost or no ghost ?the figure never spoke, and never did anything to help the Culvertons in their dilemma,"Mid the lawsuit was nearly ter? minated without the shadow of a doubt in Jabcz Hardy's favor. In three da3~s all would hoover; and the Culvertons who had earned their property, if ever mortals did, by kindness and attention to their aged relatives? whom they truly loved and honored? would probab.13* be homeless. One morning Mrs. Culverton set over her breakfast after the others had loft the room, thinking of this when Jessie came in. "I've something to tell you ma'am," she said. "There's a change in the old gen? tleman." "What do 3-011 mean ?" asked Mrs. Cul? verton. "I've seen him twice at the foot of my bed in the night," said the girl; and though alv.'a3-s before he has been kind and pleasant looking, now he frowns and looks angr3r. He beckons mc to go some? where, and I don't dare?in the night time." "You must," said Mrs. Culverton. "1 know he'll come again; and I'll sit with you all night and go where you go. It ma3r be of great use to us till, Jessie." "I shan't be afraid, ma'am, if I have company," said Jessie in the most matter of fact manner, and carried out tho break? fast things. All day they never spoke on the sub? ject; but, on retiring, Jessie found her mistress in her bed-room wrapped in a shawl. "I'm read3T, you see," she said. And Jessie merely loosened some buttons and hooks and lay down dressed. Ten o'clock passed?eleven?twelve; Mrs. Culverton began to doubt, when suddenly she saw Jessie's eyes dilate in a most peculiar manner, and in an instant more tho girl said. "Wh3', here he is, ma'am." "There's no one there," said Mrs. Cul vorton. "Oh, j'es, ma'am ! I seo him," said tho ' girl. "He's in great excitement, ma'am, he's taking out "his watch to look at, and I the chain is made of 6uch bright yollow 1 hair, 1 thought at first it was gold." "His wife's hair" said Mis. Culverton "It was buried with him. You see dear old uncle Hiram. Docs he look at me 1" "Yes, ma'm, said Jessie. "Uncle," said Mrs. C, "do you know mc after nil these years ?" "He nods," said the girl. "Have you come to help us?dear uncle ?" said the lady. Uncle Hiram was described as nodding veiy kindly and beckoning. "He wants us to follow him," said the lady, and took up the light. The mo? ment she opened the door Jesse saw the figure pass through it. Mrs. Culverton 6tiII could see nothing. Obedient to the girl's movements, Mrs. C. descended the stairs and stood in the library. The ghost paused before a book case. "He wants me to open it," said Jessie. "Do so," said the lady. "He signs to tako down tho books," said the girl. And Mrs. Culverton's own hands went to the work. Book after book was taken down?novels and romances, poems and plays. A pile of volumes lay upon the library carpet and still the ghost pointed to the rest till they were all down. "He looks troubled, ma'am. He seems tiying to think," said the girl. "Oh, ma'am, he's gone to the other case !" And so to cut a long story short, the four great book-cases were omptied with? out apparent result. Suddenly Jessie screamed. "He's in the air. He's risen, ma'm, to the top of the case. He wants me to climb up." "Get the steps, Jessie," said her mistress ?and Jessie obeyed. On the very top of one of the cases, covered by cobwebs, she found an old German book, and brought it down. "This was there," she said. Mrs. Cul? verton took it in her hand ; from between tho leaves dropped a folded paper, fas? tened with red tape and sealed. The lady picked it up, and read on the outside these words: "?The last icill and testament of Hiram Ha dy." For a little while she could only weep and tremble; soon she found words: "Uncle," she said, "in tho name of my husband, aud my dear children, I thank you from my soul. Docs he hear me, Jessie ?' "Yes; he nods and smiles," said the girl. "Will yon let me see you, uncle?" said Mrs. Culverton. "He has gone," said the girl. "He has kissed his hand and gone." And so he had. for good ; for from that moment he was never seen again by mortui cj'cs. Nobody believed the story of his ap? pearance. But the will had been dis? covered, without doubt, and the Culver? tons were no longer in danger from ex? pulsions from their old home. There they lived and died, and Jessie remained until she married; and all her life re? ceived every kindness from the family, who were indebted to her singular pecu? liarity for their comfort and happiness. Whether uncle Hiram's spirit really j came buck to earth or not, it is a ques-i tion; but Mrs. Culverton always asserts that it did, and quarrels with every one ! who ventures to doubt the assertion. A Radical Circular.?The State Cen? tral Committee of the South Carolina di-! vision of the "Union League of America*' have issued a circular designed to discip? line and consolidate the freedmcn of this : State so as to enable the patriotic whites who arc manipulating them to cany the State in their own interest, and thus ride into places of profit and power. The greater part of the circular is made up of regulations concerning the details of par? ty action and voting; but the following paragraph which we extract will sufli ciently show the spirit und temper of this precious document: "Ballots.?Jt is advisable that the strict? est sccresy with regard to the vote we arc to use in the coming election shall be maintained; it is therefore recommended that there shall be no ballots exposed till the day of election. It is also recommen? ded that certain unmistakeablo emblems shall appear on tho ballot, so that those who cannot read will know that fcliey aro voting the right ticket. It is also advised that strict instruction shall he given that no name on the ticket regularly nomina? ted shall be scratched or loin all'?that the whole ticket shall be voted. Should differences exist in opinions with regard to candidates, they must be settled before the nominations are made. "Unity of Action.?It is imperative, if success is hoped for in our cause.and that opposition to our policy and principles ? shall be defeated, that divisions aud dis? tractions in the party shall be prevented, that unity and harmony shall prevail ; therefore all who bolt tho regular nomi? nations, or lend themselves to conserva? tive or rebel interests or influence, shall be considered enemies of republicanism? worthy of denouncement by our party, and looked upon as the foes of humanity, justice and equal-rights. Such nienshall be made odious as traitors to tho great hopo and interests of the nation, as Well as a race." ? The editor is absent, the foreman has the toothache, tho devil is drunk and trying to drink lager beer out of a boot? jack, tho press is put out of order, and wo ain't well ourselves?so please excuso a poor paper this week. So says an ex? change. ? If you would add lustre to all your accomplishments, study a modest be? havior. To excel in anything valuable is great; but to be above conceit on ac? count of one's accomplishments is greater. Judge Chase and the Presidency. The intelligent, well-informed and able New York correspondent of the Charles? ton Courier has the following summary of the position now occupied by Chief Jus? tice Chase. We publish this extract, in order to prove that the recent elections are having a salutary effect even upon the chiefest of Radicals, for the prominent position of Mr. Chase and his aspirations for the Presidency entitle him to this ap? pellation. It will be seen that his views are somewhat modified: The letter of Jay Cooke, supervised by Ex-Secretary of the Treasury Chase, who were both in Ohio together when that financial document was gotten up, is re? garded here as the opening of the Con? gressional campaign by the banking in? terest of the country. There exists no doubt that a large number of people, ir? respective of part}-, arc ready to take away from the banks some of their ex? traordinary privileges. It is proper to diseriminute here between that and the question of paying the national debt in greenbacks. The ojbection to the na? tional banks is that the}' get interest on their notes, and that for every S1U0 in bonds, the Government gives them the privilege to issue SOU in paper, thus ena? bling them to make 14 or 15 per cent. This feature of the case seems to be mon? strous to the public who cannot find an}' sound reason for permitting those en? gaged in the national bank business to re? alize fortunes, while the languishing trade of the country forces the rest of the com? munity to get along the best way they can. Look, for instance, at the National Park bank of this city, one of the young? est financial institutions in New York. The bank has made so much money since the breaking out of the war, that now it is erecting one of the handsomest edifices that can be found in the country. In this matter of National Bank privileges, the expression of public opinion is all on one side; the people aver that these privi I leges cannot be maintained, and bankers seeing the drift of public opinion, have wisely determined to make a point out of this rather than out of the repudiation scheme, which they sec, is a mere chi? merical movement. All the great com? mercial interests of the country arc op? posed to these bank privileges, while again on the point of paying the debt in gold, they agree with the banks. Mer? chants here arc willing to acknowledge that they have derived great advantages from a uniform currency, but they arc not yet prepared to acknowledge the jus lice of an organized privileged class of citizens, as those engaged in the National Banking system undoubtedly are. Ol course the bankers' money may have a good deal of effect on the action of Con? gress, as its members are mainly drawn from that class of the community, of which local bank managers form part; and it is, therefore, extremely doubtful whether any agitation of the curtailment of bank privileges can bo successfully maintained. All of them arc, of course, in favor of Chief Justice Chase for the Presidency, the father of the National Banking system. The hitter's anxiety to keep his name prominently before the public in connection with that high office, lias of late been noticed on various occa? sions, and the very agitation of this Na? tional Bank question, as stimulated by Ja}* Cookc's letter, shows how determined he is in defending the policy inaugurated 'Ivy himself when .Secretary of the Treasu? ry, and how desirous he is of proving his friendship to the great money men of the country. But not only financially?in other mat? ters too is he working with a steady ob? ject before him?that is the Prcsidenc}'. Thus the Tribune, his special organ, has taken great pains of late to prove that Chase never urged negro suffrage to any extent in Ohio, and in fact he is a good deal more of a consevalivo than people generally believe. It may be, but very lew people seem to know it. In this con? nection I cannot omit to give the report quite current here why Chief Justice Chase is so desirous of trying Jefferson Davis in Richmond this month. Simply, as it is generally believed, to have Mr. Davis made use of to assist the Chief Justice into the Presidential Chair. Mr. Chase is anxious to follow the example of Horace Greeley, who gained such an en? viable notoriety "'hen he bailed the Con? federate Chief; and therefore is prepared to do his part of the programme in a man? ner which cannot but be profitable to himself. When the last proceedings with the <Tcat State prisoner had ended in Richmond, it really never entered the mind of anybody connected with either bench or bar that the trial of Mr. Davis would ever take place; all were of opinion that after tho lapse of some time a nol pros would bo entered. Now, however, comes a letter from the Chief Justice to the Judge of the District, stating that ho had belter inform Davis' counsel that the trial will take place in November. Well, then, on the bench of Bichmond, Mr. Cliase is about to signalize himself by dealing with the utmost leniency with the lato President of tho Southern Con? federacy. It will bo remembered that at the Peace Congress, held before tho war, he favored homogeneity, another name for consent? ing to the separation of North and South, lie has already proven himself as opposed to confiscation, and is disposed totako tho most liberal view of the position of lead? ers in the lato rebellion. Chief Justice Chase, lite Horace Greeley, is a firm up? holder of a political theory, both parts of which are inconsistent?first, in univer? sal suffrage, because they believe that the tendencies of tbaagerun in that direction. In this they agree with the extreme par? ty of the North; but they are also be? lievers in tho right ot people to govern themselves, and revolt if the government does not suit them. Greeley entertained these opinions during the war, and ex? pressed them on several occasions. This is also ('base's view, and, in so far, he finds himself in accord with the feelings which animated the Southern people du? ring the war. Under the circumstances, the most intimate friends of Chase would not be surprised if, in a measure, he should justify Davis and his followers in their attempt to break away from the Union. -4>> From "Washing-ton. "Leo," tho Washington correspondent of the Charleston Courier, disccurses thus upon the situation : Washington', October 25. ? The address of the .Radical Congress? ional Executive Committee to the people of the States that are to vote in Novem? ber, appears this morning in the Congress organ. This address is duly signed and authenticated by the Chairman, General Schenck, and the other six members of the Committee. Every word of it points to "another civil war," as threatened al? ready by the organ of the Committee. Every word of it is addressed to the fears, the passions, the prejudices of the people. It shows what we knew before, that the onl}' hold which the Radicals have upon the people is by the menace of force or of anarchy. Thus the}' denounce and men? ace the free?the yet unconquercd people of the great central States, who are about to revolt from the despotism ot Congress. The address reproduces some very ex? cellent comments upon the political situ? ation from three Southern papers upon the Radical designs, and makes them the ( pretext for Radical violence, usurpation and despotism. The Committee ought to add some opinions on the subject as ex? pressed by the Northern papers. I have before me?the Boston Courier of the 25th?a paper edited by most able, and conservative, and popular and influential men, which goes a bow-shot beyond any Southern journal in condemnation of the Radical despotism and in' determination to resist it. Throughout the West and tho central States, and even in the Estern States, a spirit of revolt arises against Radical domination. The Radical Executive Committee will find their match before long. They have no arguments for their despotic measures, except the falsely assumed disloyalty ot the Conservatives of the North and of the white citizens of the South. The people of the North will not sub? mit to the extension of negro Radical domination over them. No body pre? tends that they will. Judge Chase fears the experiment and goes against it. Sen? ator Trumbull is here, and will place "him? self in direct opposition to Sumner on this subject. The North revolts from negro suffrage, cither in their own States or in the pre? scribed South. Will the great States of New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio tole? rate the rule of eleven Africanized States of the South ? These three States will soon be. if they are not now. politically regenerated. They will move, as Ex Governor Horatio Seymour, of New York, has lately indicated, with their vast nu? merical force, against the despotism of a Senate, which is controlled by the solid mass of New England Senators. They will be prompted to move also against the representation of eleven Southern States, of only three millions of negroes, by twenty-two Senators. The Boston Conservative organ de? clares that negro suffrage will not be heard of six months hence. I believe it. There is a rising feeling against it. So Gen. Schenck may bring on his civil war at once. Washington, Oct. 27. The intelligence from Italy this morn? ing excites much interest in diplomatic circles here. Garibaldii, the irrepressible, is before Rome with some force, and no doubt has partisans in the Eternal City itself. The French fleet had saiied, but it is conjectured that it will hardly arrive in time to arrest the revolutionary move? ment. Some of the diplomatists here ex? press doubt whether Louis Napoleon is in earnest for intervention. Had ho been so. he would have stopped the movement some time ago. As to the result, it may be, not only the unification, but the re publicanization of Italy. The Republican contagion of 1S4S may extend to France and Germany. So the world may soon witness stirring events. Having got partially over our own do? mestic troubles, there is no reason why this country should not present a specta? cle of union, concord and prosperity, and be prepared to receive from Europe vast additions to its population, wealth and enterprise, from disturbed Europe. But for us, unfortunately, there is a very sad prospect. A part}' intoxicated and cor? rupted bv long possession of absolute power, now rules this country, through a Congressional caucus. Though the mass of Radical Republi? cans mny bo honest and patriotic, they are under the domination of a few very bad men. The Radical leaders are bitter, vindictive, arbitrary and corrupt. Still there is little chance to escape from their despotism. Every Radical press and ora? tor now boastingi}* claim that the coun? try is at their feet. From the recon? structed Southern States thev claim sev? enty electoral votes for their Presidential nominee. With an addition of fifty mem? bers of the Houso and twenty Senators, they will maintain their ascendancy in, j the Legislature. Having established State Governments in the South through military agencies, and tho teaching of the ignorant- freed The Intelligencer Job Office. Having recenlly made considerable additions to this department, we are prepared lo execute M% W0& ?IF EEOTS" In the neatest style and on the most reasonable terms. Legal Blanks, Bill Heeds, Posters, Cards, Handbills, Pamphlets, Labels, and in fact every style of work usually done in a country Printing Office. CST" In all cases, the money 'will be required : upon delivery of the work. Orders,- accompanied - |withthccash, will receive prompt attention. men, they will proceed to bring the Nortis under the same black domination. The people of the North are hardly yet awake" to this danger. Twenty-two Senators from the South, including Tennessee, will represent the black: Radical interest, while New York with over three millions of people will be represented in the Senate by only two. Senators. Half of the population of the United States is in the great Northern and central States, but they will not pos? sess, in. the Senate, a representation equal to that which three millions of blacks send to the Senate from the South. We are warned, too, by tho Kadical or? gans that, if the}- succeed in effecting a reconstruction upon the basis of black as^ cendancy, the people will accept it rather than be plunged into "another civil war." ' Anxious for peace and commerce, the , people cannot be excited to resent that flagrant wrong, except by the slow pro? cess of the elections for President,for the House of representatives, and for State Legislatures. The r.adicals may keep the Senate for at least four years, and they ; boast that they can also keep the majori? ty of the House at least for the forty-first ? Congress. The President and Gen. Grant appear to have abandoned the work of recofl struction. They have left it altogether, to the military commanders. No obstruc? tion will be offered to the process, and all ? ma}* well be, as claimed by the Radical chiefs, that nine of the ten Southern States will be represented in Congress by ultra Radicals six or seven months hence. ? Death of George wilkins Kendall. We were startled and pained to learn last evening of the death of Mr. George Wilkins Kendall, one of the proprietors and the only surviving founder of our es? timable contemporary, the Picayune. The dispatch communicating this sad intelli? gence states that he died on the 21st ult., at Post Oak Springs, near Boern, Texas. Mr. Kendall was a nativo of Vermont, -, but for upwards of thirty years had lived in the South, making his home in this ; city or in Texas. In 1837, in conjunction with tho late F. A. Lumsdcn, he estab:~ lished the Picayune. A compositor by " trade, the fruits of his practical knowledge of printing, combined with the results-of energy, versatility and tact possessed by few, soon became visible in tho enterprise, spirit, sprightliness and-popularity of bis paper. Having succeeded in giving it such a start, he was fortunate in obtain? ing for it a still more substantial basis and securing its permanent and progress? ive prosperity, by the accession of Mr. A. M. Holbrook, who has for a number of years actually presided over its destinies. Yet rarely successful as Mr. Kendall was in his connocliou with the press, and much and arduous as was the labor he thus devoted, it may be said that his newspaper duties and achievements con? stitute but an inconsiderable part of his - existence. lie was one of those natures > which arc rich in all the elements of va? rious vitality and vigor; natures so ex expansive, buoyant, excursive, that they will inevitably grow beyond what they work in, whether it be one of those voca? tions which are apt to subdue the mind or only enslave the body. In this he re? called the yearning for largeness which was a passion with Daniel Webster, of whom it was said that his love for the Union arose from a sense of suffocation at the thought of having to confine his po? litical life to a part of it. Mr. Kendall was never more at homo than when tra? versing the wild stretches cf Texas. He obeyed a constitutional tendency when, ho joined the "buffalo hunt" which turned^ out to be the Santa Fe expedition, and resulted in the capture of the whole party beyond the Rio Grande, and their im? prisonment for many months in Mexico. A like spirit led him to go. first with Taylor's army, and then with Scott's, when the Mexican war occurred ; quitting the former after the capture of Monterey, and the latter after the capture of- the City ol Mexico. While with Scott's army he served as volunteer aid on the staff of Gen. Worth. Returning from Mexico, Mr. Kendall " almost at once set out for Paris, and to his great delight, was there during the exciting and interesting days of 1848." After his return from Europe, Mr. Ken? dall resided for the most part on his farm, near Brannfels, Texas, devoting himself with eminent success to wool culture. The social qualities of the deceased were so prominent and attractive that they tended to throw into the shade his sterling abilities and his literary accom? plishments, which were far abovo tho mcdi&re and common place. Ho leaves a widow, a French lady of .: fine mind and many graces, and a daugh? ter who we believe is at Paris where she has been educated.?JX.O. Crescetit, 'iQthult.. -? -v? ? A young man from Vermont, who went out with a sailing party recently; and became a victim to sea-sickness, de? scribes tho sensation thus: "The first hour I was afraid I should die. and the second I was afraid I shouldn't." ? An ignoramus had been sick, and on recovering was told by the doctor that ho might take a little animal food. "No, sir," said he: "I took your gruel easy enough, but hang me if I can cat your hay and oats." ? Henery Ward Becehcr in a recent discourse said that "some men will not shave on .Sunday, and yet they spend all the week in shaving their fellow men; and many folks think it very wicked to black their boots on Sunday morning, yet they do not hesitate to blacken their neighbors.' ^reputation on week days." ? Ouo thousand girls with blue eyes, coral lips and golden hair, are gathering hops in Bethel, Maine. Who wouldu'fc b6 a bop.