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HOYT & 00., Proprietors. VOLUME VHT.?NO. 5. Ex-Gov. Perry'a Reminiscences of Public Men. William K. Easier. The sudden and most unexpected death of General Easley, a few days since, was a great shock to the community of Greenville, in whose midst he had lived many years, and by whom he was greatly respected and admired for his many high and noble traits of character. He was a gentleman of feeble constitution by na? ture, and for 3ome time had been in delicate health. Bat when he lefc home for Atlanta, Georgia, where he died, hi) family and friends regarded him in ordinary health. He went to Atlanta on business connected with the Air Line Bailroad, an enterpris e in which he had taken a deep interest, and one which he was mainly instrumental in carrying through to a successful result. For the last two or three years he had devoted all the energies of his nature to the accomplishment of this great work. It was through his influence, in a great measure, that this Road was located to pass through the city of Greenville. He prevailed on the County bf Greenville and the city au? thorities to make appropriations which secured the location of the road. The first news of General Easley's illness, three or four days after leaving home, was a telegram stating that he was not expected to live! In the course of a few hours another telegram announced his death! and that his remains would be sent by the eight o'clock train that evening. The community was star? tled by this appalling news. His friends im? mediately appointed a committee to go down on the morning train and meet his remains in Colombia. They reached Greenville, on their return, by an express train on the next morn? ing before daylight. His remains were carried to his residence, and the next day, at 9 o'clock in the morning, escorted by the Masons to the Baptist Church, where tt e funeral services were performed by the Rev. Dr. Buist, of the Pres? byterian Church, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Fur man, pastor of the Baptist Church. Dr. Buist spoke of the talents, anility and virtues of the deceased, but said he came not to praise the dead; that mournful duty he left for the Bar ] to-, perform, of which the deceased was so bright ana shining a light; for the Masons to perfo;rm, and for the community and the press of the country. The funeral services were then com pie ted by the Masonic Fraternity, at the conn try residence of the deceased, where he was in? terred by the side of his wife's grave. The sadness of General Easley's death was made more sad by the reflection mat only a few short months since, his beloved wife and the companion of his sorrows and joys for twenty years past, and the model of a domestic lady, was taken from him by death, leaving eight motherless children to his care and protection. They are now bereft of father as well as moth? er I This is a most terrible affliction, and well calculated to increase the sorrow of his friends and the community. There were few persons living in this community who had so many warm and devoted friends as Gen. Easley. He seemed to have some mesmeric influence over those who came in social contact with him.? I They all admired him, and all loved him for his purity of character, his sincerity in friend ship, ana the warmth and generous feelings of his heart. General Easley was born in Pickens County, not far from Greenville Court House. His fa? ther, Colonel John Easley, was one of the ear? ly settlers of Pickens, and came to this part of the State quite a youth, with his father. The General was well educated and a fine classical scholar, though not a graduate of any college. In his boyhood he manifested a great love of polite literature. He read poetry and novels with absorbing passionate interest. But his reading was by no means confined to this class of literature. He was a laborious student of history and science, as well as poetry and gen? eral literature. Nor did he neglect the hard and dry studies of his profession, as may be well supposed from his success at the Bar. He would sit up at night in reading, and studying, and no doubt in early life injured his constitu? tion in this way. This habit was firmly riveted on him, that he could not throw it off in more mature years. He was a great student through out his life, and yet he spent a large portion of bis time, daring the day, when not engaged in bis professional duties, in conversation with his friends and associates. He was essentially a gentleman, and yet there was a tinge of mel? ancholy about him, which cast a gloom over his whole life. Shortly after bis admission to the Bar, Gen? eral'Easley went to New Orleans for the par pose of practicing bis profession, rightly be-1 Wing that it was better for a young lawyer, who had talents and ambition, to settle where there is business, no matter how crowded the Bar was. But the yellow fever broke oat in the city and forced him to leave. He returned to hits father's, and temporarily established himself at Pickens Court House. He remained there some time, and fonnd the law at so low an ebb that he deemed it prudent to move to Greenville. But during his short residence in that mountain village, he made warm friends of all the prominent men in the district, and was some years afterwards elected a member of the Legislature from Pickens, although his law office was at Greenville. Whilst in the Legis? lature he originated some important measures, and amongst them a Bill, which I drew for him, making the parties in a suit or criminal prosecution competent witnesses in the case, We both thought it absurd that those who knew all about the matter in controversy, I shonld be excluded from giving testimony as to the facts in dispute. This Bill was re? modelled in committee and became the law of the land. The present code of South Carolina embodies the same principle, and was taken from the New York code. The wisdom of this alteration, has now been acknowledged by the Bar and Courts of the State. General Easley was elected a member of the State Convention from Greenville in I860.? This Convention was called for the purpose of seceding from the Union. The General was a fierce secessionist, and had been a Democrat all his life. When the civil war commenced he raised a company of cavalry in Pickens and Greenville Districts, and was received into the Confederate army in Charleston, South Caro? lina. But his health became so bad that he was forced most reluctantly to resigu his com? mand and return home. Before his resigna? tion, however, he had been promoted to the rank of Major in the array. He was again elected a member of the Legislature from Pickens in 1865, and took an acti ve part in all the debates whilst he continued in that body. He was selected by me, whilst I was Provision? al Governor, to represent the Executive, and defend his measures in the Legislature. This he did with j:eal and ability on all occasions.? The unanimity with which Governor Manning and myself were elected to the United States Senate, in 1865, was owing in some measure to his exertions in our behalf. During the can? vass it was proposed to him by the friends of one of the candidates for the United States Senate, that twenty votes should be cast for me if an equal number of my friends would vote for this other candidate. He promptly replied that he could not dare to make such a proposi- J tion to me, if he was unscrupulous enough himself to think of it. After the expiration of his term in the Leg? islature, the State went into the hands of the present corrupt and infamous Radical party, under their new constitution. The General then confined himself to his profession, and acquired a very large practice in the courts of Greenville, Pickens and Anderson Districts.? In the argument of his cases he always evinced great ability and learning. As an advocate Before the jury, he had no superior on the cir? cuit. He always spoke well, and often was truly eloquent in his addresses to the Court and jury. He had great' fluency of language, and great taste and beauty of expression on all occasions. Some of the most touching and beautiful bursts of passion and sentiment that I overheard wen; made by General Easley. In his character and political principles, he was upright and pure, but often eccentric. He had no great faith in Republican principles, or the permanency of the Republic. The little faith he had in those matters was very much weakened by the present condition of South Carolina. He would willingly have exchanged, at any moment, the present corrupt and des? potic government of South Carolina for a mon? archy! He thought a King would rule over us more wisely, more justly and more patrioti? cally than the ignorance and corruption of the present masses could. He had theoretically very little confidence in or love for the great mass of mankind! And yet, in practical life, he was a most kind and benevolent man, and would relieve a fellow-creature, in distress, as quick as any one I ever saw. He was a most warm and sincere friend, and had the faculty, as I have already said, of attracting friends to him in an eminent degree. His health was bad all his lite, and this, I am sure, tinged his nature with that misanthropic melancholy, which he often exhibited through life. I knew General Easley well, and understood his character better than most persons. For many years we were on terms of great intima? cy, and I can never forget the many, very many, pleasant hours we have spent together. They have endeared his memory to me. A Word to the Wise and to Some that ore Otherwise. j We have forborne hitherto alluding to a state f of things which for several days past has threatened to disturb the peac e of our quiet city. Under the instigation of pretended friends, yet real enemies, several ill-disposed negroes have been trying to provoke a collision I with some of our young men upon the street cars, and courting at least, violent expulsion from those pubkc conveyances, by conduct which would not be tolerated in men of aDy color, or escape except under such exceptional circumstances, the chastisement it invited. Not satisfied with obtrusively asserting .and availing themselves of the right to ride on all the cars of the line, whether full or empty, I certain evil disposed fellows of their number I have been organizing a regular body, at or in I the vicinity of the Custom House, and it is I said and supposed, (by and with the advice and encouragement of some of the Grant ofiicials there)?three of. whom have been detached to accompany every car on its different trips, and Erovoke a disturbance with any of our hot eaded young men they may encounter there. This proceeding has already led to several slight collisions, for which insolence of con duct and gesture toward ladies riding in the cars is alleged as the chief moving cause. We must heartily commend the forbearance and good sense manifested by our young men, under j circumstance of great provocation; but must also urge upon them the necessity of still prac? ticing forbearance, and thus disappointing the wicked machinations of unprincipled vaga- j bonds, (whoever they may be) who are secretly J stirring up the ignorant negroes to do the dirty work, in making political capital for their mas? ter, Grant. For that this villainous plot has been hatched "by authority," and is the result of orders from head-quarters, that more "South- ] era outrages" may be telegraphed North to ef- J feet the elections, no one here for a moment j doubts. Again we exhort and implore our young f men to patience, and to the exhibition of that highest kind of courage which is manifested by self-control. To frustrate the knavish tricks of the white and black plotters, such self-con? trol is eminently needed, and we believe we appeal to a class of young geutlemeu who are fully capable of making even the sacrifice which the peace of this community, and the success of those striving to liberate it from Grant and his myrmidons, compel us to ask of] them. Let there be (if it is possible to avoid it) no controversy and no collission with the poor dupes and tools of men whose skins may be whiter, but whose hearts are blacker than theirs. Let law and order reign in Savannah, in spite of all provocation, or, if the peace be broken, let not the initiati ve be taken on ou r side. Thus, and thus only, can this vile plot, con? ceived in iniquity and carried out in cowardice, be frustrated aud brought to nought, to the shame and disappointment of its concoctors in high places and in low. P. S.?Since the above warning was written, and just before going to press, it is our painful duty to record two riots in which the machina? tions above referred to culminated last night. In our local columns will bo found detailed accounts of both. We forbear comment, until we can fix the responsibility where it belongs. ?Savannah Republican, July 30. A Chinese City.?Canton is the happiest looking city I have seen in Chiua, and every? where the people seem ready for fun. Chil? dren are born in the boats and live all their lives in boats, and the mother of them often rows or sculls with a child strapped ou her back. Upon some of these children are tied bamboo iioats, so that if tiie darling tumbles overboard it is easily fished up and in. Then there are grand boat restaurants where parties go to feast free from the dead air of the nar? row streets, and enjoying the free air of the river. At night the river is ;;ayer than the city; for the gates of the city?gates by the score, within the great wall gates of the city? obstruct all night locomotion, while the river is open and free. I loved to revel in a house? boat at night, broathe the good air, hear the squeaking guitar or harp of the Chinaman, see his fire-crackers, peep into his restaurants, hear the babies laugh and squall, and the mothers and fathers snore. Canton city is divided by its streets into hundreds of compartments at night, and in or over each compartment is a gate, closed at night. For order and peace every little community within these gates is responsible to the authorities, for there is no local police. The system works well?shuts up shops at dark, sends people to bed early, thus preparing them to rise early; stops all night gadding, all theatre going, all soirees and evening parties, all courting and billing and cooing, brings husbands home early and keeps them from straying at night. There is a river police, which cruises about the river at night, and bangs into you if you do not sail straight.?James Brooks. I Droughts. The greatest draw-back to the farmers of I South Carolina, in fact to the farmers of all the Southern States, is long and parching dry spells. With proper cultivation and a small quantity of manure, our poorest lauds will yield immense crops of grain of almost any kind, provided we have no drought. It takes a drought of but a few weeks in July and Au? gust to cut off the corn crop. Two facts are true. First, droughts are more common at present than they were in the early settling of this' country; and second, droughts have a more injurious effect upon crops now than they once had. It is easy, on philosophical princi? ples, to account for both these facts. In reali? ty, they are but one fact. The one is simply a result of the other. They stand connected with each other in the relation of cause and effect. Many ieasons may be assigned for the decrease in the fall of rain. The main reason, we conceive, however, to be, because the forests have been cut down. The effects of forests up? on the atmosphere are two fold. They fill the air with dampness, and again this dampness, when it is condensed into clouds, is attracted by the forests. The roots of trees run deep down into the ground and absorb the moisture that is contained in it at a considerable depth below the surface. This moisture, much of it at least, is evaporated by the leaves, and thus the air is loaded with water. The amount of water that is drawn up from the stratas of the earth lower down than the roots of ordinary cultivated plants penetrate, is enormous. This water, if not drawn up by the roots of trees, would gradually make its way into creeks ana rivers, and ultimately into the ocean. All na? ture is a kind of work-shop. The waste mate? rial and refuse matter of one part is taken up and used by another part, and thus there is a continual round of operation. When the laws of nature are not transgressed, iiothing grows old and there is no scarcity of anything. Our fathers, when they cut down the noble forests which once decorated our hills, inflicted upon us. their children and grandchildren, a curse grievous to be borne. If let alone, nature would in time restore things as they were once. Our old fields would in a few years grow up and restore, in a great measure, the fertility to our soil which it once possessed. Cutting down the forest has two other effects, both of which result in decreasing the amount of rain. Dry and parching winds are unim? peded in their progress, and the result is that they carry off the moisture which is in the at? mosphere. Another result is that small streams of water have in many instances been entirely annihilated, except during the winter months. This has decreased the volume of water in the creeks and rivers, and consequently decreased the attractive force of the clouas and the amount of water evaporated from the surface of the earth in our particular section. In view of all the facts, it is suicidal to cut down any more forest trees. There is in South Carolina enough of cleared land, if properly cultivated with such seasons as once were in the State, to support ten times the number of inhabitants that are now in the State. All the old scarred hills should be sown in grass so that their bald faces might be shielded from the summer's sun. In the meantime, crops which mature earlier in the season should be cultiva? ted. Such crops cost less to produce them, and consequently are more profitable. They are more certain. Wheat and oats, when sown at the proper season, are more certain crops than corn. We have high authority for saying that rebels inhabit parched lands. Those who scar and mutilate the face of the earth are rebels against the natural laws of the universe, and need not expect to escape with impunity. The exclusive cultivation of cotton will reduce any {>eonle to poverty, and convert a well watered ana i to a parched desert. It is simply a mat? ter of time. The result is sure, a foretaste of which we experience nearly every season.? Yortoille Enquirer. Terrible Tragedy at Eochester, New York. A fearful tragedy occurred in Rochester, N. Y., a few days ago, at what is commonly known as the "Old Break of Day House," kept by John McLaughlin. The place has been for years notorious as the home of the most vi? cious characters. Gilbert McLaughlin, son of the proprietor, while delirious, it is supposed, from the effects of incipient fever, or from some other cause, shot his step-mother fatally, and wounded a man employed to take care of him. The murderer, according to the testimony thus far gathered, was under the hallucination that there wa? a design against his own life, and he took a position on the second floor at the head of the main staircase with a duelling pistol in his hand. Mrs. McLaughlin locked herself into the front parlor and waved her handkerchief, and called upon the man Jewett, who was hired to take care of young McLaughlin, to come up stairs. Jewett endeavored to do so, but retired after receiving a bullet through his arm. Then ensued a fearful struggle on the part of the woman in tho room to defend her life against the madman outside. Her old and imbecile husband was in another part of the house unaware of what was going on, or at least unable to interforc. Jewett raised an alarm when he retreated, and all the persons outside seemed most unaccountably dilatory in interfering. Tho unfortunate woman placed herself against the room door to hold it firm. Young McLaughlin placed his pistol against the panes and fired through twice. It is thought that one of the balls passed through the body of the deceased, inflicting the mortal wound, and that she dragged herself over to the window near which the corpse was found. It may be that she was struck while attempting to escape at this point, as tho murderer finally kicked in the panel and reached through to take aim in firing the last shot. McLaughlin was one who often showed a dis? position to escape from the associations of his youth, but lacked strength of mind to do so. He was clad in a night-gown during the whole affray, and refused to allow any clothes tu be put on him after his arrest. A Darkey on Scalawageby.?A colored orator at the Radical meeting in Edgefield, ou Saturday last, "went for" the scalawags with gloves off, and said, "when I see a Carolina white man making believe he is a Republican, I know right straight that he is a lying hypo? crite, and only wants to fool us colored men, and cajole us to vote for him, and put him into office. In slavery times I always did despise low down 'buckra men,' and now whenever I see one of the honeyed tongue, home raised white folks stalking around as a Republican, I always think of them poor buckras of slavery time?and I ain't got no use for 'em now, henceforth and forever." That fellow's head is "mighty level," and has an eminently correct appreciation of tho true status of the so-called South Carolina Re? publican, when he classes him with anything that he conceives vile and contemptible. ? The New York Herald will soon start an I expedition to fix the disputed location of the Garden of Eden. ' Thrilling Adventure. On last Saturday, between 2 and 3 o'clock, Maj. John B. Steward, who lives on his farm near the north base of Stone Mountain, thought he heard the voice of a man in dis? tress on the steep side of the mountain. Upon looking up he saw the head of a man, and saw him waving -his hands for succor. The man called to Maj. Steward for a drink of water, and said that he had but little money, but he would give it all to be taken from the place he was. Maj, Steward asked him if he was not hoaxing him. The man replied that he was in earnest. Maj. Steward was a gallant wearer of the gray, and has a heart always open to the cry of the distressed. Cautioning the man to keep quiet, he proceeded at once to town and obtained assistance. The news spread like wild fire over town, and every heart ran out in anguish for the condition of the unfortunate one. Those who went to the rescue made "quick time" to get there. Men were stationed at the base on the north side to signal the party on top at what point to descend. Securing the rope to a sedar tree firmly im? bedded between two massive rocks, Col. J. T. Williugham and F. P. Julian made the peril? ous descent to rescue the man. About three hundred feet from the top of the mountain they came to him. He was lying in a gulch, or water course, furrowed out of the rock by rains. One foot was jammed in a crevice, and the oth? er bent under his body. He was hugging the rocks closely, while one hand was grasped in the strap on the collar of his coat. A small table of rock, two or three feet long and a foot or so wide, was all that was between him and a fall of some twelve hundred feet to the ground. Had he moved two or three feet, eith? er to the right or to the left, he would have been precipitated to the bottom, twelve huu dred feet, and only a horrible mass would have been found to tell the tale. He had lain there from Friday evening late until Saturday evening about 5 o'clock, a peri? od of nearly twenty-four hours. His anxieties and sufferings were intense no doubt. His feet were swollen, lacerated and blistered by the hot rocks; the sun poured upon him its fier? cest rays, causing the most excruciating thirst and producing almost eDtirc blindness. Death seemed to stare him in the face on all sides. "Return without friendly aid he could not. He was afraid to move either to the right or to the left, or get up, for that terrible fall was beneath him. Without succor he must die a lingering, torturing death of thirst and starvation. In adjusting the rope several rocks were in the way, and fearing that the rope might dis? lodge them and bring them down on the unfor? tunate man, they were removed and thrown off in such a direction as not to strike on the spot occupied by the man. With a crashing noise they rolled to the brow of tho precipice ,pn a Hue with him, and then plunged down that terrible distance, burying themselves in the earth at the base. Reaching the place, the rope was tied around the man, and, assisted by Col. T. D. Willing ham, he was conducted to a place of safety, and Mr. Willingham returned then and assisted Mr. Julian to get back. Upon reaching the summit the rescued man was so thirsty that he would have empted a bucket of water at one or two draughts had he been suffered to do so. He was earned to Col. Willingham's store and cared for. Much praise is due to Maj. Steward, Col. Willingham and F. P. Julian for their praiseworthy and humane efforts. On Friday evening the man alluded to, repu? ted to be a Mr. McCarty, of Villa Rica, Carroll County, went on tho top of Stone Mountain, taking with him a bottle of whiskey. He drank rathor freely, and, perhaps, was light headed. He started down in search of the devil's cross roads, and finding the decent be? coming abrupt, he pulled off his boots. He had not gone far when he recollects falling, and scrambling. His boote were found by Master George Jones, with an empty bottle, at the foot of a cedar tree, some 100 feet above where McCarty was found. Hence it is sup? posed that he fell and scrambled together, some 40 or 50 feet. He recollects leaving his boots there. The 'accident occurred about night fall. It is doubtless one of the most miraculous escapes from death on record., when it is con? sidered that death seemed inevitable from fall? ing down the steep, or from starvation, or that he should fall that distance and escape without serious injury. That this providential escape will have its influence on him we can not doubt. He expressed a desiire, as soon as he got Bafely to the top, to join a temperance soci? ety. This sermon on the mount to him is a more effective one than a hundred temperance lectures. 8unday he left for home.?Atlanta (?o.) Conttitution. Striped Bugs and Cockroaches.?I pro? pose to inform you what I know about the de? struction of one sort, and the prevention of the ravages of another. The bugs I refer to are striped ones, that are so destructive to melon andother vines, and the cockroach. For the last two years I have been in the habit of using hen manure for mv vines, and have not been troubled at all with the striped bug, while mv neighbors' vines have been injured very much by them. Last year I began to suspect why my vines were exempt from their ravages, and on hearing one of my neighbors complaining that the "hugs were eating up his melon vines," I told him what I thought kept them from mine. He told me that he had used hen ma? nure for a part of his vines, and had noticed that the bugs had not touched them. Several years ago I had honey in a vial, and after using nearly all of it, I set the vial on one of the timbers of an unfinished upper room of an old house where the cockroaches were numerous. Tho vial was left uncorked, and stood so that the roaches could get at the top of it. On going near where it stood, a day or two afterward, I noticed something singular in its appearance, and on a closer inspection I found it packed full of cockroaches ; and they were all dead. So I concluded that honey in a small-necked bottle, placed in a proper posi? tion, is a good trap for roaches. And hen manure in the hill is a good remedy for the ravages of the striped bug on melou and other vines.?AT. H. Baker. Guard the Weak^pot.?All men, howev? er strong, have a weak spot, like the rhinoce? ros, which, though plated like a monitor, is vulnerable to a spear thrust below tho plates. Satan is not such a fool as to attack the strong defences; he would bo sure to thrust at the vulnerable points. Some, indeed, think they have no weak place; and such people arc right, for they are weak all over, and no part, there? fore, could be called weak in particular. The polar bear has a weakness, which is for blubber, and his hunters knowing this, coil a piece of whalebone like a watch-spring, wrap it in blub? ber and freeze it. They then drop the tempt? ing morsel in the way of a bear, who swallows greedily; but as soon as the blubber melts in his stomach, the whalehono springs out. The bear then rolls over in agony, and they come up and kill him. Thus it is when men yield to an easy sin, it will rut tbeni assunder.? [>r. H. M. Semldcr. 'Take My Hat.???The Origin of the Phrase. Every one heard this phrase but few know its origin. The following account of it is good enough to be true: Many years ago a fine looking old gentleman from Western Virginia entered a store in Nash? ville, Tennessee. Said store was owned by a bluff, honest, old trader, who knew more about the quality of the counter than he did about the fineness of the fabrics on it?nevertheless, between the two extremities of that shelf con? triving to make both ends meet the necessity of the case. The Virginian cast his eyes around the shelves and finally remarked: "Well, neighbor, I see you have got hats." "A slight sprinkle," was the answer. "Whar ye from 1" "Old Virginia," was the response. "Eight smart old State," replied the Ten nesseean "but getting rather too old to keep her har on." "What do you mean?" inquired the Vir? ginian. "Well, just what I say, uncle; she can't keep her har on; for instance, now, I should think you hev been a right healthy child of the Old Dominion but she has 'shed' you at last, and like Samson of old that's the way she is losing all the best har off her venerable head." The old Virginian looked around the store rather bothered with the liberty this Tennes seean was taking with his mother State, and finally remarked: "I came here to talk about hats, stranger, and not har." "Well, well, uncle, don't get wrathy now. I was only venturing a political opinion about population in r_ cal, and on that we won't quarrel, but before we look at the hats, as they are intimately connected with the heads, 'spose we take a mite of bold face." The proposition was. agreed to, the liquor was imbibed, and next followed the hats. The merchant tossed down four or five wool hats of various sizes, and invited the old gen? tleman to select one which would fit him. He looked at them, examined the sizes, said they would do, and requested the store-keeper to hand him a few more. "That is all the sizes I've got," said he, "but here's a few more, if you would like them bet? ter," and so saying he tossed down three more. "Them's all right," said the old Virginian, turning them around, and the stout old store? keeper, blowing with exertion, descended from his perch, where he was straddling from shelf to counter. As soon as he reached the floor, the old Virginian remarked that he had not got enough yet. "Oh, you want 'em for your niggers ?" says the store-keeper. "Well, why didn't you say so when I was up ?" and again proceeded to perch himself up like a mercantile Colossus. When he had blowed himself into his former position, the old man quietly remarked: "I weru't talking about niggers I" The fact is, the old man was enjoying the extra trouble he had put the Tenneuseean to. "Well, what do you want with so many hats? "I want them for my sons," said the old man. The store-keeper began to count them on the counter. "Eight, a pretty big spread of boys already, I'll swear, but here goes;" and added one, and then another, and put a fourth, and picked off a fifth, and finally seeing the old man immovable, he tossed down three more, and was about to descend himself, when the old man told him to hoM on and throw down a few more. "Oh, come, uncle," said he, "you are joking;" but to please hiin, he threw down.tweuty. "That's just oue too many," said the old man. "What?you don't mean to say that you have nineteen sons ? Whar, in the name of Tennes? see, are they ?" "They are in Tennessee?right here in the city?up at the hotel," said the man. "Stranger," said the store-keeper, "if you ken show me nineteen boys of your raisin, thar's the hats." "Hold on then," said the old man, and off he started. In about ten minutes dowu the street he came leading a line of nineteen boys, marching single file, each bearing a gun, and followed by the venerable mother. They en? tered the merchant's store, and ranked along the counter, the store-keeper ran his eyes along the line with astonishment. "And you say these boys are-all yours?" he inquired. "Ask their mother?she says they are," re? plied the old man. "Do you say so, madam ?" he inquired. "Yes, I do, and I ought to know," was the reply. "Well, you might I'll swear," said the store? keeper. "Old friend," he added, "I ain't got a word to sav?just take them hats, and mine, tool" A Prodigy.?Washington and Lee Univer? sity has among its students a youth of whom the Lexington Gazette furnishes the following account: We have received the first number of the Rockbridgo Baths Renew, Brown Ayres, editor and proprietor. The Review is not as large as the London Time*, but is very sprightly. It is a tri-weekly. Brown Ayres is a student of our University and about fourteen years old. He sets up and prints his paper without any assis? tance. It is a model of typographical beauty. "Browny" is a rare genius. His home is in New Orleans. How the petted little fellow ever learned so much about the printing busi? ness, is a mystery. He has at his fingers' end the historv of all tho presses, their comparative merits and the reasons. The type founders arc well known, and their style of work. He is a tasteful job printer?in* a word, a case full of all sorts of typical matter well distributed. Printing is but one of his many accomplish? ments. He erected with his own hands a tele? graph line along our streets; put up the in? struments and taught some amateur operators among his friends, the students. He touches the "key" with rare dexterity. He is not a mere mechauical operator, but an expert elec? trician, and was employed by the Professor in the University to explain to a class the reasons of the telegraph. He carries with him a little portable French photographic instrument and takes "views" when a scenery pleases him. With all his ge? nius he is frolicksome as a kitten and gentle as a girl. - ? > m - Chicken Salad.?Mince the white meat of a chicken line, or pull it in bits; chop the white parts of celery ; prepare a salad dressing thus: Rub the yolks of hard-boiled eggs smooth with a spoon, put to each yolk a teaspoonful of made mustard, half as much salt, a tablespoon ful of oil, and a wineglass of strong vinegar; put the celery on a large dish, lay the chicken on that, then pour the dressing over it. Let? tuce cut small in the place of celery may be used. Cut the whites of the eggs in rings to garnish the salad. Turkey-meat prepared in the same way makes almost as good a dish. ? Bad cooking on the part of the wife is held by a Texas Judge to be good ground for divorce. If this ruling obtains throughout the country the lawyers will all get rich. "Are We Content V9 Who, living and breathing on the face of this mortal globe, can truly and honestly answer this question affirmatively ? Occasionally one may meet with an individual who demonstra? tively affirms his or her perfect satisfaction with the "goods the gods providebut place them under strict scrutiny and soon some lurk? ing cause of discontent will arise to shame their assertion. Perfect content was never one of earth's in? stitutions ; that belongs to the sphere ethereal, where perfection only is allowed, and where we who cheat and torment each other here, hope to meet in united bonds of love, which all the sins of the former life cannot sever. Were perfect content to reign paramount, it would sound the death-knell to ambition, and honest thoughts would be lost to posterity. Look at a child as soon as reason holds sway, is it content? What a creature of contraries; what a busy-working brain is developed.? Throw open the house for its amusement, even to your best room, with its costly articles of "virtue," will it suffice for long? Ask any mother, and the query is solved. Even our merchant princes, and it is our glory that the Dominion can boast of such, seldom, if ever, possess the sweet content, the very spice of life, which the poor laboring man believes, through ignorance, his riches can give ? No, ye laborers of God's own toil enjoy the sweet hour of evening's rest after the severe exertions of the day, surrounded with an affec? tionate family, with more true zest than the in? habitants of the marble palaces, whose brain is always full of schemes of aggrandizement, and who is too pre-occupied to cultivate the finer feelings of home life. The discontent at the lot assigned us by one whose wisdom cannot be questioned, I believe to be the real secret of so many careless hus? bands throwing back the pure and wifely love, inborn in the heart of every true woman, and the result ofttimes?with grief do I confess the weakness of the weak sex?seeking for that affection abroad denied the starving heart at home. And the children, Heaven's choicest gifts, God help them and their future, with this life example before their eyes; no loving words, no sweet caress to stir the fount of tender feel? ing ; the discontent betrayed in the home will be carried out into the world, and like all evils, scatter its seeds abundantly. In this world of sin and misery I know of but one instance where content'may be truly said to reign. Go with me to the bedside of some confirmed invalids, and hearken to their sweet language of content in the moments of acute agony. Their faith gives content and they have no wish that it should be otherwise. Happy, thrice happy, ye earth's suffering ones, for your cross is your crown, and that content the glory of your sufferings some would barter years of existence to obtain. Speak for yourself, dear brother or sister, have you discovered the secret of happiness ? Content, I am told, furnishes the mystery; but our longings and satisfactions are so numerous and so indigneous to our humanity as to place this boon beyond the power of frail mortals, and frequently our strivings after contentment only tend to agitate some conflicting emotions ana disturb our peace of miud; yet, in all our sorrow and lack of content, bear in mind the comforting words of a well known poet, more adapted to the discontented heart than any that I can now recall : "The Ocean has its ebbings ; so has grief." Southern Cross Brotherhood.?This is the name of a new society which has been originated at Richmond, Va., by the organiza? tion of "Lee Camp, No. 1." The society is composed alone of those who were Confederate soldiers and who maintained unblemished rep? utations throughout. Its object is to perpetu? ate the memory and heroism of those who fell in battle, to aid the families of the dead, and "to try to preserve the truth and purity of his? tory." This society is now engaged in gathering the remains of Confederate soldiers from the bat? tle-field of Gettysburg, and from other battle? fields, where they are being desecrated and scattered about as if they were no more than the bones of dumb animals. The society pro? poses to collect these remains and decently in? ter them in Hollywood Cemetery, near Rich? mond, where their graves will be cared for and receive, each spriug, the tribute of flowers which is the emblem of the consecrations of man's devotion to those who died in battle. There are, it is estimated, about 1,000 of these dead still remaining upon the field of Gettys? burg. Means are needed to effect their re? moval, and "Lee Camp, No. 1, Southern Cross Brotherhood," asks aid of the South in fur? therance of the patriotic purpose. Large or small contributions will be gratefully received and applied faithfully to the purposes men? tioned. Communications upon the subject may be addressed, W. C. Carrington, Rich? mond, Virginia. A Calm and Peaceful Life.?Said a very old man, "some folks arc always com? plaining about the weather, but I am very thankful when I wake up in the morning to find any weather at all." We may smile at the simplicity of the old man, but still his lan? guage indicates a spirit that contributes much to a calm and peaceful life. It is better and wiser to cultivate that spirit than to be con? tinually complaining of things as they are. Be thankful for such mercies as you have, and if God sees it will be for your good and his glory, he will give you many more. At least, do not make yourself and others unhappy by your ingratitude and complaint. Nose-Bleeding.?To stop excessive nosc hlceding press the finger firmly upon the little artery which supplies blood to the side of the face "affected. A small artery branches from the main artery on each side of the neck ami passes over the outside of each jaw hone. If the finger be passed along the edge of the jaw bone until the beating of the artery is felt, and the latter pressed hard for five minutes, until the ruptured vessel in the nose can con? tract and the blood coagulate, the work is done. Effect of Lightning.?During a recent severe thunder storm, the Hon. D. S. Ham? mond, 111., lost 50,000 voting trout, valued at $2,000. It is believed that they died from the ctiects of the lightning. ? A close-fisted old fellow, in treating a friend to some liquor, poured out a very small drink. The latter, taking the gl::?s and hold? ing it above his head, remarked very skepti? cally: "You say this is forty years old?" "Yes," replied the host. "Then," replied our friend, "all I have to say is that it is very small for its age." ? John Robinson has sued the New York and New Haven Railroad for ?50,000 damages to his circus by the wrecking of several of Iiis cars on account of a low bridge. ? At Bloomington, Illinois, the liquor law is dodged by placards over the jSaloons--<'Ad mittance ten cent? ; diiuks free."