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HOYT & CO., Proprietors. Anderson c. h., s. c, Thursday morning, august 14,1873, volume ix.?no. 6. For the Anderson Intelligencer. Hope and Faith,. : This subject-- though really two questions bearing on moral and spiritual progress, they being inseparably connected? is; invested or Bttrrounded and connected with tlie lives of all, but especially those of the pure and just. This question has a peculiar interest, more than the uuobservantmay know. Hope is an attendant at a very early age, and inspires the young in various wayg., It. is more perfectly developed by maturity of thought and experience, vary? ing in its effects and power according to the circumstances that man may be placed in. Hope deferred is sometimes a cross, though it is fortified and is conducted on by 4he more ?powerful support and grander inspiration^ which is known by the mme of faith. Im? plicit faith in man is rare, and should be in human affairs sparingly entertained. The child has implicit faith in the protection and abiding love of his parents towards him. That is one faith, and has been, as many can show in their childhood experience, beautifully and devoted? ly illustrated. Hope is the desire of some good, and is ever sustained by the faith that the good or benefits we seek are possible or in reasonable probability of attainment. Hope actuates the springs of the heart and mind, and diffuses itself in and around our daily actions; and of course our thoughts, if founded on a rational hope, are directed to proper subjects that lead happily on, supporting under trials, crosses and weighty afflictions. In the ordinary events of life, as one instance of the power of hope, it never deserts a pious mother in a conflict with a straying child. Her 'effort to save,guided by the most powerful love, is continuous, ingenious, and never yields, con? stantly hoping that something will cause him to turn. Often the wife, actuated by the noblest love, contends against a drunken hus= band. And* what is it but unyielding hope that directs her, aqd faith in God? Hope, faith, and consequently that which is beautiful? ly and gracefully attractive in life, is higher wrought by woman in and around her peculiar sphere; refining, elevating, and commanding the respect and love of all who are pure in heart or lofty in sentiment. These experiences are common in life, in and out of the pale of pure, Christian influence. But now, Christian, your hope and faith? planted as they are on a belief in an eternal reward, having final faith in the infinite power and goodness of the Creator?places you on ground with hopes and few fears, that the un? converted are strangers to. When the mind, heart and actions are invested, beseiged and prostrate almost before the powers of sin, some? thing interposes; it is caused, perhaps, by a latent hope, and it is repentance. Complete and thorough repentance causes the. beautiful messengers of hope and faith to appear, and man places himself humbly, as a creature, seeking for grace at the Throne of Him "who j deems even Seraphs insecure." Yes, Divine) grace lifts the veil; clouds, storms, sin and the powers of darkness are swept off in a moment; a new spiritual existence is started; the beauty, glory and attraction of holiness is presented. You are pardoned, and this is called regenera? tion of heart or a new heart; newness of life, and therefore of motives. It is the work of hope in the goodness of God, and complete faith in His promises. The Holy Scriptures abound in monuments of faith, actuated by a hope that all would be well. The very noted example of Abraham in the tri al of his faith is one, and will suffice. This an i others in the Divine Law are. familiar to the Christian. In? stances might be noted of hope and faith in the transactions of life, but we vriU desist.' Have 4ve abiding, firm hope and faith 1 The Christian lys. STOREVTLLE. The American King.?The wealth and power of Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt is assuming appalling proportions. The grea; consolidated railway *line from the West to the Northern seaboard, which he controls, is represented on the New York Stock Exchange by sureties equal to $215,000,000, and its grots income last year was not less than $45,000,00?)?more than the whole income of the United States Govern? ment a few years ago. In commenting upon this fact Harper's Weekly remarks: It is impossible to contemplate this vast ag? gregation of money power and commercial con? trol in the hands of one man without feeling concern for the result. Neither military nor political, nor commercial supremacy can be' pushed beyond certain limits without danger. It would seem as though the limit in this case had been reached. Yet not content with the mastery? of 2,150 miles of railway, involving in a large degree the control of the internal trade of the States of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and New York, it is well understood that in October next, at the annual election of the Western Union Telegraph Company, the Com- j modore will enter into possession of that great j property likewise, with its sixty or seventy thousands miles of wires, its forty millions of capital, and its eight or nine millions pf reve? nue. When this occurs, not only will the commerce of the four chief States of the North be subject to Mr. Vanderbi??under such fee? ble restrictions as our Legislature!* may impose ?but the whole telegraphic correspondence of the country will obey his law. He may pre? scribe not only what shall bo the price of a barrel of flour in New York, but also when, how, and at what cost citizens may communi *cate with each other by ? telegraph." Of course he will be subject to legislative control. What that will amount to we all knew. In the past no Legislature in this State has ever dared to beard nira. He will be a bold man, indeed, who attempts to do so now, when his resources are so unbounded and his power so far reach? ing. It was said that the late James Fisk, jr., who controlled a paltry 450 miles of Erie, run? ning through a half settled country, could on any emergency bring #,000 votes into the field. At how many votes, then, must we reckon the master of 2,150 miles of railway through a thickly settled country, and 75,000-miles of telegraph? It is, moreover, one thing to pass laws, and quite another to execute them against a man fertile in resource, energetic in action, obstinate in combat, and inexhaustible in purse. The Greenwood and Augusta Railroad?A Link in the Chicago Air Line. There arc few observant and reflective minds in our mid it bold enough to fly in the face of facts and dispute the proposition of the com? mercial importance, the mechanical and man? ufacturing thrift, and rapidly expanding geu eral prosperity of Augusta, at the present time, is due to itdvantageous railroad connections; As each of the complete lines of railroad cen? tering in Augusta have, in their turn, added an impetus to the growth of the city, so may we reasonably expect a proportionate benefit to accrue from projected lines now" being dis? cussed among our merchants and business men. Of the fir st importance, as promising a large and profitalle trade to Augusta froni a thrifty and prosperous section of onr sister State, South Carolina, the Greenwood and Augusta Railroad?already surveyed and located along a thoroughly practicable* route?claims the prompt and liberal encouragement of our city government and of our merchants, business men and capitalists. We are as sured by the most competent au? thority that a subscription of $150,000 by the City Council of Augusta will segure this new connection beyond the possibility of doubt. It is now in order for our enterprising City Fathers to give this project their most earnest and careful consideration, and as early as prac? ticable, consistent with the importance of the subject refer the matter to the citizens for the ratification cf such liberal subscription as they may be induced to make toward the consum? mation of an enterprise cf such great impor? tance to the future trade of Augusta. Arguments and facts?clear, convincing and conclusive?have been repeatedly presented through the press of this city and a portion of South Carolina, as well as by public speakers, showing the great benefits to accrue to the trade of Augusta from the development of the section of Carolina in which this projected road has been located. It is not essential that the length of this article should be extended by a recapitulation of these arguments in order to convince either our City Council or citizens in general thit the completion of the Green? wood and Augusta Railroad will afford ample return for the investments which they-may be called upon t > make in furtherance of the en? terprise. Our Carolina friends are thoroughly in earn? est in the effort to secure railway connection with Augusta, the market- of their choice, and we should at once give them practical evidence of our cheerful disposition to aid and encour? age them to the full extent of our ability. Aside from the great local advantages prom? ised to the trade of Augusta by the completion of the-Green vood and Augusta Railroad, re? cent developments in connection with the pro Sosed air line from Chicago to Port Royal in icate that it is likely to become an important and essential link in that projected great high? way between the Northwest and the Atlantic ocean. ? The -favorable geographical position of Augusta as a point for the safe storage of Wes? tern products, from whence prompt shipments can be made on order to the choice of three separate, seaports?Port Royal, Savannali and Cnarleston?bra already claimed and received due acknowledgement from prominent; and competent raihoad men actively identified with the projected short line from Chicago to Port Royal. There are few, if any, of our dealers in Western produce who will not concede that our j present Westen connections are inadequate* to meet their corimercial necessities. The fre? quent protracted and annoying freight block? ades at Chattanooga during last winter, are yet too fresh in the r memory to need a recapitu? lation to convince them that another Western connection is essential to the satisfactory and profitable conduct of their business. The pro? posed connection with Chicago promises relief from the loss and annoyance subsequent upon the blockade of the single Western connection upon which we ire now dependent for supplies of bacon, grain, &c. Our merchants owe it to the interests of themselves and their patrons to give whatever of impetus they can to the opening up of this new route to the great West. We doubt if the;' can more clearly demonstrate to our Western friends the desire to participate in the advantages to be secured by this new line than by an earnest and practical effort to place themselves in a. position to make Augus? ta the objective point of the Chicago air line, in securing tide-'rater connection. A prompt and libewl extension of aid in the construction of the Greenwood and Augusta Railroad will, we have.little or no doubt, be accepted by our Western friends as an earnest of the active desire of Augusta to forward their great enterprise to the full extent of her abili-, ty. We are led to this conclusion from the fact that one of tie moist practicable routes un? der consideration fer the new Western road is via Knoxville ami the Blue Ridge Railroad to Anderson, S. O,: nd from thence to some point on the Greenwood and Augusta Railroad?say Dora's Mines?forty miles from Augusta and fifty-two miles from Anderson. The people of the upper counties in South Carolina are pro? nounced in their preference for an Augusta connection over f it other suggested routes to deep water, and?it simply requires a corres? ponding earnestness on the part of Augusta to secure a unanimity of effort, which will go very far towards inducing the location of the Chicago Air Line Road on the route herein in? dicated?bringing into use something like two thirds of the fine of the Greenwood and Au? gusta Railroad in reaching this city, i Quite a sharp rivalry, however, is being de? veloped in Edgefletd and Aiken counties against the Greenwood and Augusta connection, and in favor of the proposed line from Anderson to Port Royal, via Abbeville, Edgeficld, Aiken and Allendale. A mass meeting of the citi? zens of Edgerield Las been called to assemble at the Court House, to-morrow (Monday,) to select delegates to attend the Railroad Conven? tion commissioned to do vigorous battle in fa? vor of the line taking in Edgeficld Court House. The purpose of the mass meeting, as announced and urged by the Advertiser, is to authorize the delegates to pledge a subscription of $100,000 from Edgcfield, as an inducement for the loca? tion of the road on the route adverse to the in? terests of Augusts. A similar meeting has been called in Aiken, and the indications are that our friends of these counties mean busi? ness. We, are, at least, persuaded that it will not be altogether safe for Augusta to assumo an indifferent attitude in regard to the Abbe? ville Convention, lest our Edgcfield and Aiken friends go up in solid phalanx and capture thoi prize, which only awaits our proper effort to make it fully ours. Augusta should be strong? ly represented in ths Abbeville Convention by her ablest citizens, fi>lly commissioned to pledge, on the part of the city and citizens, such sub ? scription as will secure us beyond doubt the Greenwood connection.?Augusta Constitution? alist, 3rd inst. ? A good Methodist parson, somewhat ec? centric and an excellent singer, exclaimed to a portion of the congregation who always spoilt the melody, "Brothers and sisters, I wish those of you who can't smg would wait until you get to the celestial regions before you try." Tbe hint was a success. The Cotton Caterpillar Effectually Flanked. The Tallahassee Floridian contains the details of some experiments recently made in that vicinity wtth a mixture of Paris green and flour to destroy the cotton caterpillar, one which prove 1 entirely successful. The information is contained in a letter from Messrs. Earlc & Perkins, of that city, who, one day last week, visited the Lake plantation of Mr. Henry Winthrop, of Leon County, and witnessed the application of the mixture to a cut of five acres. The compound was one Sound of Paris groen to twenty-four pounds of our, and the result is stated as follows: At the time of the experiment, the entire cut had caterpillar in all stages. The applica? tion was made on <;he centre rows, by dusting the poison over the top of the plant with a common sifter. In twenty-fonr hours- not a live caterpillar wasi to be seen. We examined the cut carefully; iihe toprleaves were crisped; the stock and remaining leaves looking as fresh and vigorous as if the preparation had not been applied. On a portion of the leaves we found quite ? number of dead worms, but none living, although the bottom leave? showed no signs of poison. Two feet from thesfalk, and where the poison had not been applied, we found a stalk containing about fifteen cat? erpillars, green and black, busy eating the cot? ton ; so numerous were they that we counted five worms on one leaf. We were told by the manager that where the poison had been ap? plied a number of the worms had died, falling to the ground, and were eaten by the chickens, yet the chickens still live on. We examined the cut where the poisot. had been applied and could find no worms, which demonstrates to our satisfaction that even if they do not eat .the poison, the preparation being distasteful, the worms desert the plant and seek more healthy<[narters. A preparation of one pound of Paris green and twenty-four pounds of flour was made and dusted in our preset ce over the cotton contain? ing the worms. In fifteen seconds one cater? pillar leaped from the stock and was eaten by the chickens, others crawled to the main body of the plant, workitg their way to the ground, while others remained in a sluggish condition, a sample of which we brought to our office and in a. short time this pest was dead as Hec? tor. We have since been told by parties who visited this cotton in the afternoon that no sign of caterpillar oould be seen, yet the ap? plication had only been made that morning. We visited this cnt tbe next afternoon in com Sany with Dr. A. B. Hawkins, W. R. Wilson, reo. Lewis, Chaa. D. Pearce, Mr. Winthrop, Mr. Page and a colored man from Mr. Pearce s place and examined the cut, and after a dili fent search not a worm could be found. Mr. 'earce noticed live vrorms on a stalk that had not received the?application and dead ones on the next row where it had been applied. All of the parties left fully convinced that it was a complete success. Wednesday the first appli? cation was made, and on Friday night this cut was visited with a heavy rain, and still the poison remained on the plant, the flour making a paste which is difficult to wash off. Mr. Pope, one of Mr. F. R. Cotton's managers, who has been experimenting, reports that after the poison had been applied the worms in the next twenty-four hours deserted this gut, and none could be found. Mr. Isler, his other manager, visited this cotton, und reports about, as Mr. Pope. He also stated that this cotton had put on a new growth, showing the poison did not effect the plant. Mr. Itufus Tucker, a practical planter, also tried the poison, and says it is" a complete success. H} had worms in a cut, made the application, and next day could find no live worms, dead ones appearing on the ground and stalk. A Wooden Railroad?Fifteen Miles an Hour Made with >>ase.?The Clarendon Press, of the 18th, contains a lengthy accour t of the wooden railroad or tramway which has been lately built, and which brings Manning Court House in communication with the out? side world: 'The South Carolin! Central Railroad had been allowed to drop th rough the hands of the original projectors, and a considerable amount of cutting out and gr iding had been accom? plished, when Messrs. Land & Pritchett, large turpentine distillers, doing a very large busi? ness, purchased the right of way and sefabout to construct a road that would take their pro? ducts to market. The road from Manning to Lane's Turnout, on the Northeastern Railroad,1 was cleaned ont and graded, and laid with scantling. This road is fifteen and a half miles long. The bed n, constructed precisely] as all other railroads are . The whole structure above the bed is precisely similar to other rail? roads, except, in place of iron, this road has wooden stringers, four by five inches, fastened down- to tbe cross-ties by long iron spikes pass? ing through both stringer ana cross-tie, making the stringers both steady and firm. These stringers are five inches upon their face, and the tracks or wheels of the running stock are five inches upon their face. The friction in running being distributed over wide surfaces, the injury to the rails will be less. The flanges in the wheels are two and a half inches deep," thereby preventing any probability of running off. A portion of the road has been in opera? tion five months, over which trains have been running daily, and mojt of the stringers ?re smooth. The rolling stock on the road is com? mon, but quite effectual. The engine is worth only eighteen hundred dollars, but is sufficient to carry seven or eight leaded cars, at the rate of fifteen miles per hour. The proprietors are now gone to the North lor another engine of greater capacity. The road is regarded a suc? cess, and answers all the purposes of a first ass iron road. Tho road has cost about twelve hundred dollars per mile. By this road fifty thousand pounds can be sent twice a day. Off foe the Promised Land.?We under? stand from reliable authority that one day last week about fifty negroes;?men, women and children?passed up the Buncombe Road, on their way, as they said, to the Promised Land. seems that these poor creatures, who hailed from the southern portion of this County, had been so deluded by a negro preacher who aimed to be inspired and commissioned to lead them to the "Promised Land," that they astily sold everything that they had, inclu? ding their growing crops, and with their fami? lies took up the line of march, under the lead? ership of this self-styled Moses, for the land flowing with milk and hoqey. This new prophet told them that the land of Canaan was about 160 miles distant, but as far as our infor? mation goes, be failed to locate it exactly. These "Zion Travelers," an they called them? selves, will travel a great ways, we fear, before they find the Paradise promised land.?Sjiar tanourj Spartan. ? There are so many Americans traveling in Europe this year, that; at nearly all the English churches on the contiqent, it iB said, the usual prayer for the Queen is immediately followed by one for the President of the TTni ted States. The Gray Mare the Better Horse. This well known proverbial saying originated from the following circumstances: A gentle? man from a certain county in England having married a young lady of considerable fortune, and at the same time possessed of many other charms, he found not long after marriage that she was of a high, domineering temper, and al? ways contending t? be mistress both of him and family; therefore he formed the resolution of Earting from her. Accordingly he waited upon er father, and told him that he found his daughter of such a temper that be was heartily tired of her, and if he would take her home again he would return every penny of her for? tune. The oldjgentleman having inquired into the cause of his complaint, asked him why he should be more disquieted at it than any other married man, since it was the common case with them all, and consequently no more than he might have expected when he entered into the married state. The young? gentlemen de? sired to be excused if he said he was so far from giving his assent to this assertion that he thought himself more unhappy than any other man, as his wife had a spirit no way to be quelled, and most certainly no man who had a sense <rf right or wrong could ever submit to be governed by his wife. "Son," said the old man, "you are bat little acquainted with the world if you do not know that all women gov? ern their husbands, though not all indeed by the same method; however, to end all disputes between us, I will put what I have said upon this proof, if you are willing to try it. I have five horses in my stable; you shall harness these to a cart, in which I shall put a basket containing a hundred eggs; and if, in passing through the country, and making a strict inquiry into the truth or falsehood of my assertion, and leaving a horse at the house of every man who is mas? ter of his family himself, and an egg where the wife governs, you shall find your eggs gone be? fore your horses, I hope that-you will then think your own case not uncommon, but will be contented to go home and look upon your own wife as no no worse than Ler neighbors. If, on the other hand, your horses are gone first, I will take my daughter home again and you shall keep her fortune." This proposal was too advantageous to be rejected. Our young mar? ried man therefore set out with great eagerness, to get rid, as he thought, of his horses and his wife. At the first house ho came to he heard a woman with a shrill and angry voice call to her husband to go to the door. Here he left an egg, you may be sure, without making any further inquiry. At the next house he met with something of the same kind, and at every house in short until bis eggs were almost gone, when he arrived at the scat of a gentleman of family and figure in the country. He knocked at the door, and. inquiring for the master of the house, was told by a servant that his master was not stirring, but, if he pleased to walk in, his lady was in the parlor. The lady with great com? plaisance desired him to be'seated, and said if his business was urgent she would wake her husband, but had much rather not disturb him. "Why, really, madam," said he, "my business is only to ask a question, which you can solve as well as your husband, if you will be ingenu? ous with me. You will doubtless think it odd, and it may be deemed impolite- for any one, much wore a stranger, to ask such a question; but as a wager depends upon it, and it may be some advantage to yourself to declare the truth to me, I hope these considerations will plead my excuse. It is, madam, my desire to be in? formed whether you govern your husband, or he rules over you." "Indeed, sir," replied the lady, "this question is somewhat odd; but as I think no one ought to be ashamed of doing their du? ty 1 shall make no scruple to say that I am al? ways proud to obey my husband in all things; but it a woman's own word is to be suspected in such a case, let him answer for me, for here he comes." The gentleman at that time en? tering the room, and after some apologies being made acquainted with the business, confirmed every word his obedient wife had reported in her own favor, upon which he was requested to choose which horse in the team be liked best, and to accept of it as a present. A black geld? ing struck the fancy of the gentleman most, but the lady desired he would choose the gray mare, which she thought would be very fit for hei side saddle; her husband gave substantial rea? sons why the black horse would be the most useful to them, but madam still persisted in her claim to thegray mare. "What," said she, ,"and youjKi^iot take her then? But I say you shall^ior I am sure the gray mare is much the better horse." "Well, my dear," replied the husband, "if it must be so?" "You mhst take an egg," replied the gentleman carter. ! "and.I must take all my horses*back again aud endeavor to live happy with my wife." An Erect Posture.?A writer on health very justly condemns the habit of lounging, in which large numbers of persons indulge, as injurious to health. He says: "An erect bodily attitude is of vast more importance to health than is generally imagined. Crooked bodily positions, maintained for any length of time, are always injurious, whether in the sit? ting, standing or lying posture; whether sleep? ing or waking. To sit with the body leaning forward on the stomach, or to one side, with the heels elevated to the level with the head, is not only in bad taste, but exceedingly detri? mental to health. It cramps the stomach presses the vital organs, interrupts the free emotions of the chest, and enfeebles the func? tions of the abdominal and thoracic organs, and, in fact, unbalances the whole muscular system. Many children becomes slightly hump backed, or severely round shouldered, by sleeping with, the head raised on a high pillow; when any person iiuds it easier to sit, or stand, or sleep in a crooked position than in a straight one, such persons may be sure his muscular -system is badly deranged and the more careful he is to preserve a straight or an upright position, and get back to nature agaiu, the better." Mad Dog Bites.?The recent cases of hy? drophobia in this city, s?ys the Baltimore American, have excited a discussion concern? ing the nature and origin of this mysterious disease which may contribute something of substantial value to medical science. We find that a large number of intelligent writers are of opinion that cases of true hydrophobia are exceedingly rare, and that those distressing symptoms which affect patients who have been bitten by dogs supposed to be rabid are duo in a large measure to the influence of the imagi? nation upon the nervous system. Another theory is that the poison, when communicated by the tooth of a rabid dog, is held, as it were, in a little vesicle or sac which forms about the wound, and that it is not ab? sorbed until this receptacle is destroyed by the assimilating processes of nature. If taken up Uy the blood immediately, hydrophobia would result immediately. The fact that the wound becomes 6ore just before madness comes on shows that some disintegrating process in the cellular structure must be taking place. Great faith should be put in the cutting oat and cauterizing of the wound, for there can be no doubt but that rl!e poison remains there a Jong rime before it is absorbed. The Value of Things.?One of the most I frequent errors we all make in life is the valu? ing the thing according to the difficulty of ob? taining it, and this error is universal. We do not believe anybody is free from it. No doubt the desire of overcoming a difficulty was im? planted in the human breast for very good reasons, but we have carried this desire to an extreme, and it mostly renders us blind as to the real value of the object we pursue. In love, ?for instance, the earliest conquest is ihe besti We know that this is a very daring remark, but we are persuaded that it is a true one. The love which soonest responds to love, even what we call love at first sight, is the purest love, and for this reason, that it does not depend upon any one merit or quality, but embraces in its view the whole being. That is the love which i?likely to last, incomprehensible, unde? niable, unarguable about. But this love often fails to satisfy man or woman, and he or she* pursues that which is difficult to obtain, but which, from that very circumstance, is not the best for him or her. The same thing occurs in friendship. The friends .that are the easiest made are the best friends and the most lasting. But often an ill-conditioned or even a cantank? erous man offers some attraction, by reason of difficulty, to other men to gain his friendship. After much effort, what friendship this man can give is perhaps gained, and is ultimately found' out to be worth but little. As an additional argument for not being led away by the diffi? culty of.the pursuit, let us remember how very short life is. In material things the folly of pursuing them eagerly, merely because the pur? suit is difficult, is very apparent. A man will seek after more almost hopeless honor, or some station in society which ne never attains, or finds worthless when attained, and all the time he neglects the pleasant things iu life which are around him, and within reach of his hand. The daisies and the primroses and the violets he passes with an unheeding eye, caring only for some plant that blossoms once in a hundred years. We repeat our belief that the most fre? quent error in life, is the placing an inordinate value, merely on account of its difficulty, upon that which it is difficult to attain; and we would have for a motto one that has never yet been selected by mortal man, and which should run thus: "Choose the easiest." We are not afraid of quelling men's efforts on high en? deavor by this motto. They will always be prone enough to run after what is difficult.? Arthur Helps. -?* ? t longstreet and gettysburg?Gen. Peo dleton's statement in a public lecture that Gen. Longstreet was responsible for the loss to the rebels of the battle of Gettysburg has called out a letter from ex-Gov. B. G. Hum? phreys, of Mississippi, who commanded a bri fade in Longstreet s corps at that time. Gen. Humphreys gives a vivid account of the three days' battle, and contends that it was not Gen. Longstreet who disobeyed orders, but that Gen. J. ?. B. Stuart is possibly most responsible for the Gettysburg disaster. After reviewing the principal events of the battle, the Governor says: Nearly ten years have now passed by since the battle of Gettysburg, and with many Get? tysburg seems to be an enigma. They seem to be unwilling to accept Lee's self-accusation.? His overweening confidence in Stuart, they say, reflects too much on his sagacity as a General; and, as Stuart was a pet in high feather with the army and the country, the story of his dis? regard of Lee's instructions, by making a bril? liant dash and fruitless foray on Meade's rear instead of being on his front and keeping Lee informed, must be lost sight of and forgotten. Again : Ewell was charged with losing the vic? tory at Gettysburg by failing to seize Gulps Hill and Cemetery Bidge on the first day. Ewell was then living, and, being in good odor with the Confederates, readily squelched the idea of making him the scape-goat of Gettys? burg. Now, nine years after the battle, comes Longstreet'8 turn, and not being iu high feather and good odor with the Southern people, his "unworthy ambition" and "ill-temper with Lee" is readily accepted as the true solution of the enigma of the loss of Gettysburg. My love fir t the true soldiers of the Southern Confeder? acy, true when we needed friends, has not failed me, and I may be too prone to' defend them; yet, I am persuaded, that when an im? partial history of our civil war C?n be written, the military fidelity and heroic record of James Longstreet will shine bright among the brightest ornaments of the Confederate struggle for liberty and- the independence of the South. Egotistic Talkers.?Almost every circle is blest with an egotist, who exercises a kind of dictatorship over it. Are you in mistake as to matter of facts? He cannot suffer you to proceed till you are correct. Have you a word on the end of your tongue ? He at once comes to your relief. Do you talk bad grammar ? He quotes rules and gives examples like a pedagogue. Does he discover that there is a link wanting in the chain of your argument? He bids you stay until he has supplied it. Do you drop a word to which he has devoted much research? He asks you whether you know its primitive signification, and straight? way inflicts-upon the circle a long philological disquisition. When you relate an incident which you really suppose new and affecting, your friends listen without emotion. When you are done he observes that he heard the same long ago, and adds a very material cir? cumstance which you omitted. He is never taken by surprise, and it is impossible to give him any information. And yet he never takes the lead in conversation, not advance an origi? nal thought. It is his business to come after, and pick up the words which others let slip? in a running talk, or to check their impetuosity, that he may point out to them their missteps. Had he lived in the day of Solomen he would have flattered the royal sage with an intimation that some of his proverbs were but plagiarism ; or, had he been a contemporary of Solomon's father, would have felt himself bound to give the slayer of Goliath some lessons on the sling, and whispered to the singer of Israel his pri? vate opinion that the shepherd bard did not perfectly understand the use of the harp. Nothing?and Blasted Little of That. ?A good story is told of old Jimmy McGill, who resided during the war in East Tennessee. Guerrillas, representing both parties, kept it so warm in that forsaken region, that it was dan? gerous to belong to either side. McGill had, in trying to ride both horses, got several black jackings, first from the rebels and then from the Yankees. As they were dressed alike, he made several mistakes in trying to pass for either Union or Southern, as he thought would suit the crowd. At last he was met by a party whose politics he couldn't even guess al", and the following conversation ensued : ''Sir, are you a Union man?" "No, sir,'r replied McGill. "Arc you a rebel, then?" "No, sir." "Then what in the devil's name are you?" roared the captain. "Well, sir/' hesitated McGill, "to tell the honest truth, I'm?nothing?and bat blasted little of that." ' All Sorts of Paragraphs. ? The moment a man is satisfied with him? self, every one else is dissatisfied with him. ? Why are young ladies so partial to sunset and twilight? Because they are daughters of Eve. ? What unthankfulness to think so much on two or three crosses, as to fbtg'et a hundred blessings. ? Mrs. Partington thinks that the grocers ought to hire a music-teacher to teach them the scales correctly. ? Some people live without purpose, and pass through the world like straws on a river?? mere passengers, ? An Englishman has discovered that there are fifty-four distinct varieties of fleas. One is enough for all practical purposes. ? A Connecticut man is going to move out lof the State, rieht away, because the trustees 'of a cemetery object to his raising onions on his cemetery lot. ? The hegro who was hanged at Suffolk, Virginia, the other day, remarked as. he was going to the gallows: "I wish dey had put it off 'till after watermelon time." ? "What shall I give my boy to make him honored and respected ?" writes an affefiouate father. Education and moral precepts Were once required to accomplish this purpose, but a diamond pin now covers the ground. ? One of the late boys, while reading a chap? ter of Genesis, paused to ask his mother if boys in olden time used to do their sums on the ground. It was discovered that he had been reading the passage, "and the sons of men multiplied on the face of the earth." ? A St. Louis journal tells the story of a Missouri youth who has been fearfully perse? cuted by a married woman who loves him to distraction. She has followed him everywhere, and his parents hustled him offper the Kansas Pacific road the other day; out before the train had gone ten miles the woman burst through the door of the smoking car, and flung her arms about the young man's neck. He is now making arrangements for the purchase of a burglar proof safe with a duplex elliptic combination lock. ? A Nashville man was awakened the other night by a pain in his stomach, and thinking that the cholera was at hand, he clutched for a bottle of camphor which he kept on the table for instant use, and commenced to apply it with vigorous rubbing to his abdomen. He experienced immediate relief, but was consid? erably surprised at not perceiving* the strong scene of camphor. .Suspecting that he might have made a mistake, he lighted the gas and made an inspection, which resulted in the dis? covery that, instead of camphor, he had used a bottle of ink. ? From Columbus, Ohio, comes one of those singular episodes which seem to justify a belief in the supernatural. A lady in that place was awakened from her first sleep the other night by a mysterious voice exclaiming, "Your brother William is dead." At this spectral warning; of course, she screamed and swooned and would not be comforted, and passed the rest of the night in tears and harts* horn despite the consolatory skepticism of her1 attendants. And the Curious part of the story is that the very next day she received, a letter" from this identical brother in a neighboring city announcing that he was quite well and in possession of a profitable contract with the town authorities. ?'In one of the towns of Mississippi, two colorecLmen were arrested on the charge of burglary. The jury before whom they were tried were all colored. After the case was tried they retired and made up a verdict, which was announced to the court. On being called, the Judge asked for the verdict, which the fore? man delivered as follows: "Dis jury find dat one of de 'cuse busted in de sto', and stole dat bacon, and dat de oder didn't do nuffin." "Which one do you find guilty ?" asked the Judge. "Dat's de question, boss," returned the foreman; "dat's jest what we can't find out, and we recommends dat dis honorable coat jest have anocler 'trial and find out which on dem two niggers steal dat bacon." The Pride of the Family.?The Rome Commercjlal under this head, tells the following story i "A young married friend tells a good joke on himself, perpetrated by a little three year old 'pride of the family.' She is the only pledge of love that has twined itself around the hearts and affections of himself and wife. A few eve? nings since a minister visited the family sind remained until tea. At the table the reverend visitor asked the blessing, and the little one opened her eves to their fullest capacity in startled wonderment She could not under? stand what had been, done, and it was .With great persuasion that her mother could keep her quiet during the time they were at the la j b!e. When they left the table she walked up to the minister, for whom she bad formed a s great friendship, and caught hold of his hand, i and said: 'What did you say at the table be? fore we commenced eating?' 'My little darling, I thanked God for his goodness in giving Us to eat, so that we might crow and De strong.' 'Papa don't say that'. 'What does yoor pftpa say ?' 'Papa says, goddlemighty what a sup? per.' Papa just had time to get his hat and slip out to see about the cow, or do some other chore for his wife. He assures us, however, that the 'pride of the family' was put to bed that night with an extra kiss, and that he had promised himself never to be caught again," housework for american womejt,? Miss Margaret Buchanan, in her "Queen of the Kitchen," seta up an argument with those of her sex who are compelled to rely upon their own exertions for a living, that it is no more healthful, honorable and profitable to do the work of a family than to do work behind the counter of a store, teach school or labor in a manufacturing establishment Says she : "Housework is admirably calculated to pre? serve a robust woman, and to strengtheu one that is weak. An hour in the laundry is better than a vial of iron. For a woman not obliged to support herself, housework is a duty. Housework is easier than running sewing ma? chines or making .dresses. It is easier than teaching; and while engaged in its lighter forms, a young lady* may find more time for mental culture than teachers do. Housework is the natural physical occupations for airwo? men. It is not only woman's right, but it is their duty to hold exclusive possession of the kitchen and dining-room. It gives them a great power, Upon the administration of this kitchen hangs a world of weal and woe. An innumerable train of diseases merely, but hy? pochondria and hysterics, and their blue and stunted offspring. A lady is the mightiest sceptre on earth." This is all very good, but before Miss Marga? ret Buchanan or any one else can persuade American girls to enter kitchens for hire she must either divorce them from the idea of in? dependence, or else remove from the domestic "tba badge of menial placed upon her by the mistress of the household.