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- -B Y-^E ? Y T & "W AL TEE S. ? TE'BMS: ZW DOLLARS *AIttX A: HALF PES^ ASIHTH, Iii. ?SITED STATES CUKBEXDY. .-4 RATES.^OF ApY^KTIShfG. t '? AdveHisemenfcinserbc&a^the rates of One Dol? lar por square of .twclvc lines for the first insertion Sttd, Fifty Cents for each subsequent insertion, Lii.)3MV-iIc.u'Jction3 made to t-koso who advertis.0 by-, -the year..' - .' - ' ?'? ' J^?^ For announcing a candidate, F'to- Dollars j ^^vance. ;; _ V. --." ' . , .. . , I - " ifir &em.^wst?eatrJ?hns?Dj-dn the pub ' . lie debt and-.expenditures' of this gqyera wienfs is'ad?res?ed to Gen. Thoa. Ewing, ?* tflo-'oldest living statesmen of this ~'.country: . : ?\ -' - E*?ECttTivz Mansion, -^ - 7 Washington, J). C, Oct. 24,1868. "JDear JSir: In *a- recent conversation' upon the subject of the finances, you ex prcs?edjkdesire-fo-.be.furnished with some. .. ~c$ t-lVc Jeadingf?cts tficn meh'tlorfed, tohcn* . ing- the national' expenditures and the. ?jm^iic 'dcbfc' I now comply with your rs /'. quest, ''regretting, however, that-other and ' ^iCTe-4)r?^sin^matters have prevented-nie' . 'I'roixi n;ore clearly illustrating the absolute v. ^necessity lor. immediate reform in "the . ?miueiidioperations of the Government.- * ,- -JCn 1776 our national independence was ' ;$'rdt1(niusdp sin^rMsr ah exhaustive, ^fe?d-rs'ttniggi? vt seven years, was', in ':???? 27$3,:aCkup^edged %j. '?&"-p'arcnt^?ov v ?.-?njm'e^'.^1^7'^.\Foderai Gpnstitbr tionr;was'^med,'andTn 1789 the GbVen*-.. nTent^en^rjto operation under its prpr visions, burdened'with a.debt of seventy r .five, millions of dbj&rs Preajed during tue . "^ar^?f;;j:?ie-..^ey'olutioB, immediately .-'? ->jip.07v:.ihe organisation" of Congress, .meafcv :Zb^r?s)ff?t9. deviSctl' for'tbo payuient"of the ^??alionaf;'?b."ig?y pits.and the .restoration. i~?'4>?- :ibc:]i?bJic: c^^i^;.ajid .wlien, in 1812, ??:warv w^ decJared against Great Britain,'' ^^^ti@i^S?%t^?s^^^^ii{s^'Tb^^^c^dtt^^ to ?f"dpllars*.'. .'It was"then J&^iy; ^ncjeased" .by; the three years! struggle;.that, ensued between the- two V;v';^i?B^''toturi'iii 1846" W had reached the'' '^?a^;ci'.'^?.^UBdr?ltf' and; twchty-seven ? ow|liibi^_'';"Pe*a?;-.again established, p?: J> vusioniwaa.'made fpr/lho "cariiest.pra'ctMSfeJ bifr liquidation of.-. thia indebtedness,- in ~ border that it ^nigiit not berome a1 perma ?V:^.iieai]trip.umb'ra JTnder .Aviso' wtid cepnormeal legislation, the entire S ? ^iount;;uw,as; paid in :VW pcri.otl.of -twenty years,', / atid.V-taio'- . qxtingu ish m en t .-ot. - tbe ? ;* * ^.ationtii dcbCfilled theJarid-with rejoicing, "t^irnd was one of the ^reat. Cveuts; ?l ';Prest? ?{ijsii t.\f.acfcsoars;.ad m i u is trati on.. Even uf >jjK.^.^ftr\-i>?^TOent a. iiifund remained in .^:f^^.XiH!^ryi--' wb ich, for safe keeping, wa-s deposited, with tlio several States, pu comiitiuh" tb^it should be returned when jpcquired -by the public wants. ? In 1849,' V^Vjtie^ of an ox ^i-j>c(^yo w?r.. wjtjjJljexj,co,^we louiid pur?, ^?v'-sclvcs inV?ived-iu ;i debt. of sixty-fooi* " ^..iiirliion.s'f aitd this w:u> tlie-?ni?dnt owed by -the .'Government in I860, juot prior to ??**4t he aiHbrejfic of the rebellion. ... 7'-'-'fr? 'Oi'c'^pring- ?f -l^l-' the war of the '. rebellion eoinuionced.' - Each year'Of rts vrurima;tnco.:niadc an 'cnorinous addition i'cAlMj'deb'x ;'so that w4icn,in tbo.spring of "l-^l^??,Ihcjtat ion successfully emerged from e^-.^fbe .ili'?udl'id>fcupfiict,- tbo ? obligations of (i.ovvrnnioiit i:ad reached the. vast ^.lauiiut oi' twei)tv-fcik hundt'ed millions. Tlu-y bad not ycCJiptv j.ver,attained their .bigb.ot j)- in t; for,.*'w.hcfC(he army and . jmyy^Suui been paid, tho volunteer forces. . : <H'?bandetl*.and the navy .largely.Vcduccd, ?'jC^a2l'j?'Bud, "iti; b^brunry^ lbC6,"that 6ur: ^;^)j^^^^excoe^ bun-. Stf.:fttvd %-:iiliJctia. of dollarci J "f liavij'tg limn rcfen-ed to fhe .indebted tic.-?"s-'ol "ti'ie G overh'ijiori t at various periods^ . -Vf .its-existence, it may be well to call atr J '.. tctition-ip a brief statements of facts eoo : ?tfct?d with jts expenditures. '' ,- ' Prom tlio focri-jtday^of March, 1789, to ,7-^lllie ihiriioth ?of*'' Jiine^'lSOl,. tho enti.ro publ; c'.Cxnbpdi thres wore seven teen bun* "d.'red iiullionsofVdoIiars. Although cover .-, ing? period.of seventy-two years, this . amount seems small when compared with k.'. the expenses, of the Governmen't during - - th^ rcccnt war of; four years, duration; ?pg .from the GrBt". of . July,. 1861, to the uthirtieth^of i June, 1865, they reacbed, tho ? * ?n?ri??us aggregate of thirty-three tun ^---/dred ..millions of dollars! An ijivestiga . tion into the disbursements since tho first ' d^)0>f Juiy, 1S?5, further shows, thati by adding to/ tho expenditures 'of"the last . ? throe yours theestimaled cost'of adminis-; tcriiig tiie G<>ye'rnment for tho year end.-, iug ih^ thiutrerb of-June, J869, we obtain the sum of eixtebn bundrod millions of ^dollars ~as. tho " amount inquired for" the lour 3* ears immediately-folio wing the ces 'yation of hostilities, or nearly as much as ' was expended during tho seventy-two year* that precedod the war? ? U:ml\ b&tr&n frprn: .this brief review,_ that from Ji9i to. 1861 puir public" debt was;at no time more than one hundred and /. twenty-sdven millions, of dollars, while, subsequently, four years, of civil war ex? panded it-to -twenty-eight hundred mil-, lions... It ' w'ili also bo perroived that wiiiie,' prior to 1861, the largest annual, disbursement was not quito.seventy-four millions for tho year 1858, the expendi tures during tho last.three years of peace 'have successively^ been^ fi.ye hundred and twon ty%iiili?:ns, three hundred and forty . ' sir mil lions, and three hundred andrninoty tlu^ee millions?throCbundred and sovon - ty-tvvcrmilli?ns being the-amount wbieb it is estimate6rwHl. be necossary for tbo ? year ending the thirtieth "of Juno next. In making this comparison, wo should remember that during the long interval between 1789 and 1861 the Government, was frequently required to make expendi? tures of an extraordinary character.? Jjqrge sums were paid, to Indians as an inoiti1"8} and -for the purchase .of thoir l*ands, and expeftsiyo wars were waged against powerful ;tribes. Louisiana was ^^^J^^^^^^f^l^' a cost of.fifteon ? rni.llipns of dollarsy Florida^ in conaidera-t ,th>n'of rfivo millicnSj^vas codod to us by Spain; California bepame a part of out possessions on payment to Mexico of fif? teen millions ; wbile'for ten millions'our .Oovornment secured from Texas tbo ter? ritory, of Kew Mexico.: During "thoao . pelned* of our bistory wo were also on gagod in wars with Great1 Britaiu and I Mexico?the- first waged against ono of the roost powerful- nations of the. world, the other made additionullycxpensivo by the prosecution.of "military operations in the enemy's-territory. .The startling facts, thus concisely stated, suggest an inquiry as to the cause of this immense incroase.ro the expendi? tures and7indebtedness of. the country. During the civil war the maintenance of the Fedoral -Government was the one great purpose that animated our people, and that economy womb should always #ha,r?e}erfse" our financial operations was overlooked in the great effort of the na? tion HLo^preserve- its existence. Ttfany abuses, which had-their origin in the war, .continued to exist loiig after it had boon brought to a. .triumphant conclusion, and the people, having become accustomed to a lavish'.expfnditurc of .the public mon<y for an object so dear to them as the pre? servation of the integrity of their free in? stitutions, have patiently tolerated taxa? tion of the most oppressive character.? Large sums of money contiuuo to be ex? torted from them, and squandered in useless and extravagant appropriations. Enormous expenditures are*demanded for [parpbBe$:tho.accomplishment of which requires a .large.standing army, perver? sion of the Constitution, and subjugation of States' to Jjegro . domination. With a military^ establishment costing.in time of peace hot less than one hundred millions annually, and a debt, the interestupon which draws 'from the Treasury each year, nearly oho hundred and fifty millious-r .making a total of. two hundred and fif >}? millions of dollar for these two items of expenditure alone?retrenchment has be? come an absolu to necessity, or bankruptcy must soon overtake us, and involve the country'"in its paralyzing and disastrous results, lf/bowover, a wise economy bo adopted, the taxes may soon be material Lj reduced,-not merely for tho benefit of a lew, bill in the interest of all.- A revenue would yet remain sufficient for the admin? istration of tho Government, as well as for such a reduction of; the public debt as would in a few years relieve the pcoplo from millions of intorest now annually drawn from their resources. The idea that the debt is to become permanent should be at all times discoun? tenanced, as involving taxation too heavy to be borue, and payment of an amount in interest every sixteeu years equal to the original suru. The gradual liquidation ol the public debt would by degi-eost-clca.-n: Ihewarge capital invested in tho secun ties of the Government,'which, seeking remuhoj-atidn in other>*uurccs of Income, would add to the wealth of tho nation, upon which it- is now so great a drain. This1- immense debt, If permitted to be come permanent and increasing; mrifci eventually be; gathered into the hands of the few, anil enable them to exert a dan? gerous and controlling power in the affairs of-the Government. The debtors would become the .servants- of the leaders?tin creditors the .masses of the pi-ople. Jt i* nOw.our boast that we luivegivcn freedom, to three, mill ions, of slaves; it will then be our sbome.that by "iheirov^i toleralii-n of usurpation and profligacy, forty. mil-.' lions of people have enslaved themselves., and exchanged slaveholder for new task uiasters.in the shape of bondholders and taxgathorcrs. Hence tlie vital issue whether Corigrrss and its arbitrary as? sumptions of authority shall supersede the supremo law;of the land?whether in time of peace the country shall bo con? trolled by a multitude of tax collectors and a standing arm}', the one almost as numerous as the other, and making the debt a permanent burden; upon the pro? ductive induct ry of the people ;or whether the Constitution, with each and all of its guaranties, shall bo sacredly preserved; wbother now, as in 1789 and 1816, pro? vision shall be mado for the payment of our. obligations at a,s early a period as practicable, that the fruits of their labors may be enjoyed by our citizens, rather tban-used to build up and sustain a mon? eyed monopoly at home and abroad. The contest is .not. merely. who shall occupy the principal offices in the people's gilt, but whether the high bohests of tho Fed-, eral Constitution shall bo observed.and maintained, in order that our liberties limy be preserved; the Union of the States restored, that our Federal system may be unimpaired jfraternal feeling re-establish? ed, that our national-strength may .bo renewed; tho expenditures diminished, that taxation may be lightened; and tho public debt once more extinguished, that it may not injuriously affect the life and energy, tho prospority and morals of the nation. Beliering that for the redress of the groat wrongs, and the correction of the many abuses under, which tho country is now laboring, we must look to tho Ameri? can people^ and that in them is.our hope, I am, very truly, your friend, ' ANDREW. JOHNSON. '.-j--?b-.? -? Old Tom Corwin never said a more truthful thing than the following in re? gard to -the way to make character as a publie man. Tho s?iemn fo?l frequently passes for a wiso man, w-hilo the witty genius passes! for a fool: "Quit that," ho suid to a young friend once, "y?n must not make them laugh. If yon Want to succeed, you must be as. Bolomn as an ass. The world confourjds the satirists of genius with the clown,and looks down on both alike. Bo solemn? solemn as ah nss? and you'll bo respected living, arid ^mourned when dead. All tho great monuments arc orceled to solemn asses," ? "May I bo married, ma?" said a pretty brunette'of sixteen to her mother. 4,Wbafc do you want to 1/e "married for?" returned her mothor. ''Why, ma, you know that tho children havo"never soen anybody married-, and I thought it might please 'eni.^ John Quincy Adams at Home. WHAT IIJ2 SAID TO IIIS MEIGHHOIIS AND FUIENDS AJJOOT THE SOUTH. The lion. John Quincy Adams made an address to his friends and neighbors at Wey mouth, Mass., iu the course of which ho said: As you all know I have made a little trip to the South. I wished to see what a reconstructed State was, and I Went to South Carolina for that purpose. I have come back with this conviction, though I do not know liow the. ether Conservative citizens of the Union may feel about it. I never intend to stop, to relax for oue moment in the heartiest, most earnest and most' honest efforts I can make to remove all such ''blessings" as reconstruction from tile -necks of every one of my fellow-citi? zens. [Loud applause] Tho issue in this campaign to nie is singly this, aud noth? ing more. Reconstruction, as you know, is the Radical constitution. It is the only constitution now in ten States of* tho TJnion,'and what is it ? It is simply tin?, the "rule of the military and nothing; else.. In order that it may not jar too much upon the nerves of a republican people to see eight millions of their fellow-citjlzenB held down by* the bayonet, they' have brought iu a great mass of three or four millions of poor, ignorant, degraded black men, and set them up in a row, as it were, across the Southern. States, and because, [they think you cannot see the bayonet: behind them; they say, "That is a repub? lican form of-government." How repub? lican ? What is this republican form .of government? Why look at the condition of those States. Suppose that almost all the voters iu this Commonwealth should suddenly be deprived of the franchise, and in their place it was bestowed upon a set of men who were entirely ignorant of the value and responsibility of the voting power?:who knew nothing about any of the principles in regard to which they Avere voting. ^Suppose such a class of men were-to" be1 put over you, of course you would not like it?yoii would feel un? comfortable and.disagree, aud you would not suffer their rule, if .yoir could help it. Yet this imprecisely the condition iu which South Carolinajis to-day. She-is govern ed by a set of men who, if the people were left to themselves, would have no more.chance.of holding the offices of) our government they now hold, than I;should of bring elected King of ?reat Britain in place Of Queen'YieU?Lf; if'i were lo uc to England to morrow.. [Laughter.] And these, officials having no hojd upon tjitf ist^cm of die people, as they call them down there in their .expressive, though slightly inelegant language, "-scalawags'' and. "carpet-baggers," . cannot command any of their respect aud confidence. The Consequent o of this is, that they -have to he svi'portod in their "places' by the bajo nets .of the'VTnittd States soldier?.. And as there arc not United States soldi;.;s ? ij.Migh .at the? "South lo keep inc. pioplc entirely '''contented;" nor enough to make ihego\ eminent Ihcrouglrly "Democratic!" so every day or two they are calling for ti>.ore soldiers in order to support these thoroughly .'.'democratic" and "Ivepubli can" governments; and that is reconstruc? tion!; My Southern Democratic friends do,;n there greeted me in a way which 1 shall never forget to'my dying day. The kindness, th? warmth, - the consideration^ the order which they showed in welcom? ing any Northerner, especially from' Massachusetts, who would go down there and say to them ? kind word, who would ?not treat them like boys, aud call them rebels, traitors, miserable rascals, or vil? lains, went deep to my heait. They asked mo to say to my .fellow-citizens at the Korth that they fought you in the war; they believed that they were right-; that they fought you as hard as they could, and when the war was done they frankly abandoned what they had fought for. i They said we had whipped them; we had conquered what we demanded during the war, and they were ready to give it up. They would fight no longer, and all they asked was friendship and kindness. What they deserved from us at the North was mercy, the hand of kindness, good fellow? ship and brotherly love. [Loud applause.] They want no more contest, uo more ill blood; they want merely to shake hands, saying, we fought, and now the fight is done, let ns be friends. That is the feel? ing of the mass of the whole people I met at the South.' I saw no unkiridness, no sort of feeling indicating unkindness to? wards any of the people at tho North. That they may be treated in decency and kindness,-they do ask, aud that is what I pi-ay of every one of you to labor for. [Applause] It is the thing, it seems to me, that we need here at the North as much as they need it at the South. All that they ask, and all that the-Democratic party at the North seek to accomplish, is that we may be allowed to come together once more in peace and amity; that this incubus of reconstruction may be taken off the people; that these soldiers maybe taken away from between us, and that we?all of us?once may feel, North as well as South, white man as well as black mau?the benefits of a Union under the old system of government. ? "Wantod at thisoffico, nn able-bodied, hard-featured, bad-temporod, not-tc-be putoff and not-to-be-backed-down,?freck Icd face young man, to collect for this pa? per. Miist furnish his own horse, saddle? bags, pistols, whiskey, bowio kniio and cowhide. Wo will furnish tho accounts. To such wo promise constant and labori? ous employment. . ?*? 'O?i ? A yankeo.doctorhasrocontly got up ? remedy for hard times. It consists of ten hours hard labor well worked in. The Congressional Result.?The electirn returns indicate tiro Democracy Have gained one member of Congress in Indiana, live in Ohio, and two, perhaps three, iu Pennsylvania. In tho language of tho Nashville American, this is a grati? fying result, and gives encouragement to hope that the remaining States to vote this fall will g*vo such additional gains as will reduce the Radical majority ip the IIouso of Representatives below (he t wo thirds point. This will bo a valuablo result. It will prevent that body exer? cising in conjunction with the radical Senate tho absolute tyranny it has lately wielded. There will be a gain of several members in New York and West Vir? ginia, and sufficient Irora the Southern States to accomplish this end. An infa? mous system of gerrymandering in- In? diana and Pennsylvania, has alone pre vontod the accession of a half a dozen more.Dcmocrats' to the Spartan band on the floor of the IIouso. The election of -that gallant gentleman, Daniel W. Voorheestof Indiana, is matter of sjiecial congratulation., as is also the defeat of the notorious Ashley, in .Ohio. Mr.' Yallandigham was defeated by loss than 500, and this is not to bo wondered at,.when it is romombered that his com? petitor was Schcnck, the .Chairman of the Military' Committee, and second member of the Ways and Means, connected by marriage with tho whiskey ring, and dis? penser-general of pjekings and stealings. ? ' ' ' ? '--iiK--?? The State and County Elections.?; Wo are informed and. beliove, that in fill? ing tho vacancics-in tho State aud County, I tho party now in the j.a:endancy, have determined to look for good and true men, who are fit for tho positions, without any reference to thoir political opinions or an? tecedents. ? Should this prove to bo true, there will bo one ray of hope dawning upon our down-trodden and oppressed people It -is a matter of comparative small con soquonco to us in South Carolina?who. may bo the officials of the Goneral Gov? ernment. Here at homo it is of over? whelming importance to us that we have good and true mon iu tho various officos of tho State and County. We therefore think it the duty of any Southern man, any member of the Democratic Party? lo accept any olliee which may bo ten? dered him by the Republicans?provided that ho accept such office?without any \ sort cf abandonment of his principles?' 'a'nd without having in a"uy way to com : promise his. private character or past record by taich an acceptance. Wo go further and say?that it requires a high I order oi moral courage lor any man . to accept ofKce at this lime, and that no man should do so, who deems himself unequal to the faithful di.-cha rge of h is w h o 1 o d ti l ies in such office??umter Neivs. -:?ajji-: N?.ble Sentiments.?Tho following is an extract from Albert Pike's late speech i in St. Louis'. It cannot bo -repealed too often : ? '?Tho man who says that we who are now designated as re hols do not intend in good faith to support tho Constitution and labor tor tho preservation of the Union, tells you a falsehood. Ho lies in his teeth, and 1 have no hesitation in saying so. [Groat.applause] It is not tho honorable Federal soldier who makes the charge, but tho sneak who never saw tlie tented field, and who never dared to enter personally into the fight. [Cheers.] 1 desiro to testify my appreciation of the kindness and magnanimity of tho F?deral sqldiors, who, wore it loft to thorn to de? cide, would settle our difficulties at once justly and generously toward all. [Cheers.] 1 say it with pride that nevor since tha c!o?c of the war have I boon treated discourteously, nover an unkind look, nor unkind word from tho open, manly F?deral soldiers. They fought nobly, they fought successfully, they know how to treat a bravo and manly foe And if you givo confidence to the honost and courageous peoplo of the South; if 3"ou tako tho bayonet from their throats, the padlock from their lips; if you enfranchiso thorn and trust -them, I pledgo 3'Ou the word of a man, ayo, I pledge you tho honor of my race, that wo will in good faith discharge all tho ob? ligations imposed upon us by tho Consti? tution, all our duties under tho Union." Youxu Men.?It should bo tho aim of young mon to go into good society?we mean not tho rich, nor tho proud, the fashionable, but tho society, ot the wiso, tho intelligent, and the good. Whore you find men who know more than you do, and from whose conversation you can gatho'r information, it is alwayssafo tobe found. It has broken down many a man by associating with tho low and vulgar, whoro the ribald song was inculcated and the indecent story told, toexeit* laughter, or influonco tho bad passions. Lord Clar ondon attributed snccoss and happiness in lifo to association with persons moro learned and virtuous than ourselves. If you wish to be wiso and rcspectod, and dosiro happiness and not misery, we ad- i vise you to associate with tho intelligent and good. Strive for excellence and strict integrity, and yon Will nevor bo found in the sinks of pollution, or on the bonclrcs of revelers and gamblers. Onco habitu? ate-yourself to a virtuous course, onco Bo euro a lovo for good society, and no pun? ishment would bo greater than by acci? dent to be obliged for a half a day to as? sociate with tho low and vulgar. ? The best part of human qualities are tho tenderness and delicacy of feeling in little mutters, the desiro to soothe and please others, the minulia of the social j vhturcu. m 10TB 3P?H "Arc there any more of lliese letters ?" When her father asked this question in an awful tone, Lucilla Richmond could hot say "No," and dared not say "Yes," but as an intermediate course burst into tears, and sobbed behind her handkerchief "Bring them to me, Lucilla," said her father, as if she had answered him, as, in? deed, she had ; and the girl, trembling and weeping, arose toobey him. ' Then Mrs. Richmond, her daughters very self grown older, came behind her husband's chair and "patted him on the shoulder. "Please don't be-hard with her, my dear,"'Bho said, coaxiugly. "He s a nice young man, and it is our fault after all as much as hers, aud you won't break her heart, I'm sure." -"Perhaps you approve of the whole affair, ma'am," said Mr. Richmond. "I?no^r-that is, I onjy"?gapped the little woman; and, hearing Lucilla com? ing, she sank into a chair, blaming herself dreadfully for not having been present at all of ber daughter's music lessons during the past year. For all this disturbance arose from a music teacher who had given lessens to Miss Lucilla for twelve months, and who had taken the liberty to fall in love ' with her, knowing well that she was the daughter of one of the richest men in Yorkshire. ' "It was inexcusable in a-poor music teacher, wlkTshould have known his place," Mr. Richmond declared, and he clutched the little perfumed billet which had fallen into his hands'as he might a scorpion, and waited for the others with a look upon his face which told' of no softening. They* came at'last, six little white envelopes, tied together with blue ribbon, and were, laid at his elbow by his despairing daugh? ter. "Lock these up until I return home this evening," he said to his wife; "I will read them then. Meanwhile, Lucilla is not to see the music master ou any pretense;" And then Miss Lucilla went down upon her knees. "Oh, dear papa !" slie cried, "dearest' papa, please don't say I must never see him again. I couldn't bear it.. Indeed 1 could not. He's poor, I kno\v,T> but he's a gentleman, and i?1 like him so much, papa." "No mo?-e-of this absurdity, my dear," said Mr. Richmond, "he has been artful enough to make you think him perfection, I suppose. Your parents know what is best for your happiness. A mu/ic teacher is not a match for Miss Richmond." ? With which remark Mr. Richmond put on his hat and overcoat, and departed. Then Lucilla and her mother' took the opportunity of falling luto each other's arms. "It's so naughty of you," said Mrs. Richmond. "But oh, deur, 1 can't blame you. It was exactly so with me. I-ran away with your papa, you know, and my parents objected because of his poverty. I feel the greatest sympathy lor you, and Frederick has such fine eyes, and is so ' pleasing. I wish I could soften your papa." ? '?".. "When be lias seen the letters there'll be no hope, I'm very much afraid," sobbed 'Miss Lucilla. "Fred is so romantic, and papa hates romance." "Ho used to be very romantic in those old times," said Miu Richmond. "Such letters us he wrote me. I have them in my desk yet. He said ho should die if I refused him." i "Sp does Fred;" said Lucilla. "And that life would be worthless with? out me; and about my being beautiful, (lie thonght so, youknow.) I'm sure he ought to sympathize a little," said Mrs. Richmond. But 6he dared not promise that ho would. She coaxed, her darling to stop crying, and made her lie down; then went up into her own room to put the letters into her desk; and as she placed them into one pigeon-hole, she saw iu another a bundle, tied exactly as thoso were, aud drew them out. These letters were to a Lucilla also. One, who had received them twenty years before?and she was now a matron old enough to have a daughter who had heart troubles?unfolded them one by one, won? dering how it came to pass that lovers were all so much alike. Half a dozen?just the same, and much more romantic than those the music mas tor had written to her daughter Lucilla. A-Btrange idea came into Mrs..Richmond's mind. She dared not oppose her husband; by a look or a word she had never at? tempted suoh a thing. But she was very fond of her daughter When she left the desk she looked guilty and frightened, and something in her pocket rustled ?s she moved. But she said, nothing to any one on the subject un? til the dinner hour arrived, and with it came.her-husband, more angry and deter? mined than ever. The meal was passed, in silence; then having adjourned to the parlor, Mr. Richmond seated himself m a great arm-chair, and demanded : "The letters," in a voice ot thunder. Mrs. Richmond put her hand iuto her pocket, and pulled it. out again- with a frightened look. Mr. Richmond again repented, still more sternly : V "Those absurd letters, If you please, my dear.ma'am." And then the littlo woman faltered : "I?that is?I believe?yes dear?1 be lieve I have them," and gave him .a pile of white envelopes, encircled with blue rib? bon with a hand that trembled h kc an aspen loaf. ? J As for Lucilla, she began to weep as j though the end of all things had como at | last, and felt sure that if papa should i ju'OYQ cruel she should die. Tfcb IiUcIIi-Giiccr Job 0ffi6& Having recently made considerable additions to this department, wc aro prepared iu execute In the 'neatest style and on (ho most reasonable terras. Legal Blanks, Bill Reads, Posters, Cards, Ilandbius. Pamphlets, Labels, and in fact every stylo of work usually done in a coaniry Printing Office. In all cases, the' money will bo . required upon delivery of the work. Orders, accompanied with the cash, will.receive prompt attention. "Six letters?six shameiul pieces of de? ception, Lucilla," said the indignant pa? rent. "I am shocked that a child of mine should practice stich depravity. Hem \ let me see. dumber one, 1 believe. June, and this is December. Half a year you have deceived us then, Lucilla. Let .mo see?ah! From the first moment he adored you, eh ? Nonsense. People don't fall in love in- that absurd mauntr. It takes yeais of acquaintance- and respect and attachment. "'Wilh.yuur smiles for his goal, he would wiu both fame and for? tune, poor as he is 1" r Fiddlesticks, Lu? cilla! A man who has common sense would always wait.until he has'a fair Com? mencement' before he. proposed to any girl. "Praise of your beauty. The lovci licet creature he ever saw !" Exaggera-' tion, my dear. Yon are not plain, but . such flattery is absurd. "Must jiear from you or die 1" Dear, dear?how absurd 1" ? And then Mr. Itichmond dropped tku fi.st letter, and took up another. "The same stuff," he commented. "I hope you don't Jbelic.ve a word he says. A'plain" earnest, upright sort of a inau would never <jo into such rhapsodies, T am sure. Ah! now, in number three ho* calls you "an augel!" lie is romantic, upon my word. And what is .all this? . !~ "Those who would forbid me to see you can find no fault with me but my poverty. I am honest?I am earne.it jn my efforts. I am by birth a gentleman, and i love you from my soul. Do not let them sell you for gold, Lucilla." "Great heavens! what, impertinence'to your parents!'' "1 don't remember Fred's saying any? thing of the kind," said poor Lucilla, "lie never knew you would object." Mr. Richmond shook his bead, frowned, and read on in silence until the last sheet lay under his hand. Then, with an. ejac? ulation of rage he started to his feet. "Infamous!" he cried; "I'll go .to him this instant?I'll horsewhip bim!?I'll?. I'll murder him! As for you, by Jove, I'll send you to a convent. El?pe, elope with a music teacher. Pm. ashamed-to call you my daughter.. Where's niy.hat'{ Give me my boots. Here. "John, call a cab!?I?" 13ut hero Lucilla caught one arm and ? Mrs, Richmond the other. "Oh, papa, are you crazy ?'! said Lucilla. "Frederick never proposed such a thing. Let me see the letter. Ohj papa,- this is uot Fred's?ujvon my word it is not. Do look, papa; it is dated twenty years back, and- Frederick's name, is not Charles! Papa, these are. your love letters to mama,. written long ago. Her uauie is Lucilla, y?u know ?' Air. Richmond sat down in his ami chair in silence, very red in the face? "How did this'occur?'' he said, sternly; and little Mrs. Richmond, retreating into a corner, with a handkerchief to her eyes, sobbed : "I did it on purpose!'' and paused as though she expected" a second judgment. But! hearing nothing, she dared at last tor rise and creep up to her husband timidly. "You know, Charles," she said, "it's so long ago since, and I thought you. might not exactly reuiember?how you fell in Iovo with me. at first sight, how.papa and mama objected; and how-at last we ran away together, and it seemed to me that if we could bring it all back plainly to you as it was then, we might let Lucilla many the man she likes, who is good if be is not rich. I did .not need it to be brought back any plainer myself; women have more time to remember you know. And we ha-ve been very happy?have we ' uot?" - And certainly Mr. Richmond could not deny that. So. Lucilla, feeling that her . interests might safely be left in her'moth? er's keeping, slipped out of the room, and heard the "result, of the little ruse next. morning. It was favorable to tho young teacher, who had really only been senti? mental, and not gone haif so. far as elope-., meiivj and, iu due course of time, the two wem married with all the pomp and gran? deur befitting the nuptials: ot a, wealthy. ;-merchant's daughter, with'the approba? tion of Lucilla's mama, who justly believ - ed that her little ruse had brought about all her daughter's happiness. Pbetty Gooi).?Many incidents of an amusing character happened during the lato war- which havo never lound their : way into print, but which are too good to bo lost. The following, wo believe, has uot heretofore met tho public ej-o : Wash Petty, a notorious bushwhackor whilst foraging in Southwest Missouri with his followers, rode up to.a farm- - house whose owner was known to havo . ample provisions for man and beast, but whose politics w.oro best known to him? self. Potty and his men boing dressed in ; Federal uniform, were mistaken by tho farmer for ;'jay hawkers." Ho'began to declare most positively that he was a . "Union man. God never made a better." Petty said "we are hunting your sort; wo. are rebel bushwhackers." Whereupon tho fanner changed his tactics and de? clared just as positively that he was si.* "Southern man." "Loot' here, old man," said Petty, "you don't kuow to which sfdo we belong, and you must take one side or tho other, and stick to it; if you happen to take tho wrong sido we'll kill you." This staggered the man considera? bly, but after thinking a minute, ho said ; "Well; I said at the start I was a Union man,'and I'll stick to it if it-is ad?dlicP ? He was left to enjoy-his peculiar opuK ions Without further molestation. _When a woman says, another wo? man has a good figure, you. may be pret? ty sure that other woman is freckled, or that sho squints, or that she is marked With the small pox. But if .she simply says, "sho is a good soul," you may be morally certain that sho is both ugly and ill-made.