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'it-N:A '.'?.<-? ' *3 1 ? HOYT &? CO., Proprietors, I^BRSON C. H., sToTTiuRSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 1873. VOLUME IX.?NO. 24. "From the Leisure Hour. Breams and dreaming. j Eariy in the present century a Wiltshire fanner had a dream soon after midnight, thrice repeated, to the effect that there was something wronggoingoninacertain fieldofhis; and after dreaming this the third time, so strong was his impression of its being r. reality that he arose/ and taking his gun he set out for the spot. 11t was Summer time, and an hour or two before dawn. On reaching the field, he saw, in a remote part of it, a faint glimmering light, toward which he directed his steps. On approaching he found a man in the act of dig? ging what appeared to be intended for a grave, the light being at the bottom. "What are you doing- here ?" demanded the farmer. But with? out replying' the fellow bounded off at the top .of his-speeq, leaving behind him his jacket, in a pocket of which was found a murderous weapon' in the shape of a knife. The farmer did not pursue, but retraced his steps; and on ?approaching the house met one of his servant girls carrying a bundle. He inquired whither she was going at that unseasonable hour. But baring' formed her plan she seemed bent on carrying it out, and she showed a disposition to avoid him. This, however, he would not permit, and insisted upon an explanation. It appeard that the wretched man who had just been surprised in the act of preparing for his wicked design, had promised to marry the girl; and the arrangement was that she should clan? destinely leave her place and meet him at a specified hour and spot in the field in question, bring with her the money she had saved while in -service. It need hardly be said that, after being apprised by her master of what he had witnessed, the poor girl was only too glad and thankful1 to -return' .with him, thus doubtless escaping, through the interposition of a merci? ful Providence, an untimely and violent death. In June, 1852, Mr. Robert Aikenhead, farm? er in Deustrath of Am hall, in the Mearns, about five miles north of Brechin and seven from-?Mogtrose, went; to a market called Tar renty Fair, where he 'had aiargesum of money to receive. His eldest son, Robert, a boy be? tween 7 and 8 years old, was sent to take care of the cattle, and happened to lie down upon a grassy bank, and before sunset was fast asleep. Although the boy had never "been far from home, he was immediately carried in his im? agination to Tarrenty market, where he dream? ed that his father, after receiving the money, set out on his return home, and was followed all:>the way by two ill-looking fellows, who, when he had got to the western dykes of In glismauldy (the seat of the then Lord of Hal kerton,-now Earl of Kintore,) and a little more tharf a mile from home, attacked and attempted rob him ; whereupon the boy thought he can to his assistance; and when he came within a gunshot of the place called' out to some peo? ple who? were just goiug to bed, who put the robbers to flight. He immediately awoke in a fright, and without waiting to consider whether it was a vision or a reality, ran as fast as he could to the place he had dreamed of, and no sooner reached it than he saw his father in the very spot and situation he had seen in his dream, defending himself with a stick against the assassins." He therefore immediately real? ized his own part of the visionary scene, by roaring out "Murder I" at the top of his voice, which soon brought out the people, who, run? ning up to Mr. Aikenhead's assistance, found him victor over one of the villians whom he had ~ previously knocked down with a stone after they .had pulled him off his horse, but almost overpowered by the other, who repeat? edly attempted to stab him with a sword, against which he had no other defense than his stick and his hamds, which were considerably mangled by grasping the blade. Upon sight of the country people, the villian who had the sword ran on, but the other, not being able, was apprehended and lodged in jail. Mean? time there was a hue and cry after young Robert, whose mother missing him, and finding the cattle among the corn, was in the utmost anxiety, concluding he had fallen into some water or peat moss. But her joy and surprise were equally great when her husband returned with., the boy and told how wonderfully both his money and his life had been saved by his son's dream. In the "Life and Letters of the Rev. R. H. Barham," author of the "Ingoldsby Legends," the following narrative occurs, as related to Mr. Barham by a friend who was told it by the dreamer himself: A Mr. Phillips, secretary to Mr. Abbot, Speaker of the House of Com? mons,-stated to my friend Mr. Wood, that about the year 1805 he woke one night in some perturbation, having dreamed that he had been sentenced to be hanged, when the agony of his situation roused him at the very moment they were in the act of pinioning his arms in the press yard. " .Heartily pleased at finding it but a dream, he turned and fell asleep again, when precisely the same scene was repeated, with the addition that he now reached the foot of the gallows, and was preparing to mount before he awoke. The crowd, the fatal tree, the hangman, the cord, all were represented to him with a fright? ful distinctness, and the impression was so vivid that he got out of bed and walked about the room for some minutes before he could reconcile himself to the idea of seeking rest on his pillow again. He was a long while before he. could close his eyes, but toward morning-he fell into a perturbed slumber, in which precisely the same tragedy was acted over again; he was led up to the scaffold, placed upon the top, the rope was fitted to his neck by the executioner, whose features he distinctly recognized as those of the man he had seen in his former visions; the cap was drawn over his face, and he felt the trap giving way beneath his feet, when he once more awoke with a loud scream that was heard by a person sleeping in the next room. . Going to rest again* was now out of the question, and Mr. Phillips describes himself as rising and dressing, though it was then hardly daybreak, in a state of the greatest Possible excitement. Indeed, so strong a hold ad this dream, so singularly repeated, taken upon his imagination, that he found it almost impossible to shake off the unpleasant feeling to which it gave rise, and had nearly resolved to send an excuse to a gentleman with whom he had engaged to breakfast, when the reflec? tion that he must bv so doing defer the settle? ment of important business, aud all on account of a dream, struck him as so very pusillani? mous a transaction that he determined to keep his appointment. He might however, as well have stayed away, for his thoughts were so abstracted from the matter they met to discuss, and his manner was altogether so distrait, that his friend could not fail to remark it, and speedily closed the business by an abrupt in? quiry if he was not unwell. The hesitation and confusion exhibited in his answer drew forth other questions, and the matter terminated in Mr. Phillips fairly con? fessing to his old acquaintance the unpleas? ant impression made upon his mind, and its origin. The. latter, who possessed good nature as well as good sense, did not attempt to use any unwarrantable raillery, but endeavored to di? vert his attention to other subjects, and, their meal being ended, proposed a walk. To this Mr. Phillips willingly acceded, and having strolled through the park they at length reach? ed the house of the latter, where they went in. Several letters had arrived by that morning's post, and were lying on the table, which were soon opened and read. The last which Mr. Phillips took up was addresed to him by an old friend. It commenced: "Dear Phillips : You will laugh at me for my pains, but I cannot help feeling uneasy about you; do pray write and let me know how you are going on. It is exceedingly absurd, but I really canuot shake off the recol? lection of an unpleasant dream I had last night, in which I thought I saw you hanged." The letter fell from the reader's hand : all his scarcely-recovered* equanimity vanished ; nor was it till some weeks had elapsed that, he had quite recovered his former serenity of mind. It is unfortunate for the lovers of the mar? velous that five-and-twenty years have now elapsed, and Mr. Phillips has not yet come under the hands of "Jack Ketch." I suppose we must take it "exceptio probat regulam." Not less remarkable than the above was a case mentioned by Dr. Abercrombie, of a most respectable clergyman in a country parish in Scotland, who made a collection in his church for an object of public benevolence in which he felt deeply interested. The amount of the collection, which was received in ladles carried through the church, fell greatly short of his expectations, and during the evening of the day he frequently alluded to the fact with expressions of much disappointment. In the following night he dreamed that three one Eound notes had been left in one of the ladles, aving been so compressed that they had stuck in the corner when the ladle was emptied. He was so impressed with the vision, that at an early hour he went to the church, found the ladle he had seen in his dream, and drew from one of the corners of it the three one-pound notes. The same writer tells of another clergyman who had gone to Edinburg from a short dis? tance in the country, and was sleepiug at an inn, when he dreamed of seeing a fire and one of his children in the midst of it. He woke with the impression, and instantly returned home. When he arrived within sight of his house he found that it was on fire, and reached the spot just in time to assist in saving one of his children, who, in the alarm and confusion resulting from tho fire, had been left in a state of danger. A lady dreamed that an aged female relative had been murdered by a colored servant, and the dream occurred more than once. She was then so impressed by it that she went to the house to whom it related, accompanied by a gentleman, whom she prevailed upon to watch id an adjoining room the next night. About 3 o'clock in the morning the gentleman hear? ing footsteps on the stairs left his place of con? cealment and met the servant carrying up a quantity of coals. Being questioned as to where he was going, he replied in a confused and hurried manner that he was going to mend his mistress's fire, which at 3 o'clock in the morning in the middle of Summer was im? possible, and on further investigation a strong knife was found concealed beneath the cojfls. A lady in Edinburgh had sent her watch to be repaired; a long time elapsed without her being able to recover it, and after many excu? ses she began to suspect that something was wrong. She now dreamed thai: the watchma? ker's boy by whom the watch was sent had dropped it in the street, and injured it in such a manner that it could not be repaired. She then went to the master, and without any allu? sion to her dream put the question to him directly, when he confessed that it was true. The Road to Knin. Some one, it matters not who, said that Eome was net built in a day. This may be regarded as a sort of proverbial expression, de? noting that no great thing is accomplished in a short time. Some men apparently accom? plished a great deal. There are not a few authors who have written books enough to fill a moderate sized book-cast. These men, or at least most of them, think, when they contem? plate all that they have done and all that they have not done, that they have only gathered a a few grains of sand. To effect anything great and good, takes a long time. It takes a whole life to build up a good name. We must commence with our childhood, and struggle, with untiring perse verence, until our faces are furrowed with wrinkles and our heads covered with gray hairs. To become skilled in any art or avo? cation of life, requires years of study, observa? tion and practice. No man is good in any? thing by intuition. The road to the accom? plishment of anything, great or good, is long, meandering and difficult. An individual may be born rich and heir to a crown ; but no one is born a good mechanic, farmer, mathemati? cian or lawyer. To be good in any of these things takes a long time. The road that leads to true greatness is a long one, and often hard to find. Such is not the case with regard to the road that leads to ruin. It is short, and so plain that the veriest fool experiences no sort of difficulty in finding it. Often, in the short period of a few years, individuals spend for? tunes which it took three or four generations to accumulate. The hard earnings of several individuals, for many years, is often spent or squandered by one individual in as many days. Property passes out of the hands of some individuals, like snow from the bank of a ditch. Kather we should have said, it flies from them as the morning mist flies before the rising sun. Fast and easy as some men may make way with their property, still faster and easier do others squander everything of good character which they possess, and rush to ruin. If it is hard to accomplish anything that is good, it is exceedingly easy to affect our ruin for time and eternity. The ways which we may ruin ourselves are infinite. We may contract habits in youth which will cling to us during life and j keep us poor; cover us with shame and infamy all our days, and bring us down, unhonored and hated, to an untimely grave. A large amount of the human family, in one way or another, commit suicide. They shorten their days and make those days full of misery. With a speed which is so rapid that it cannot be checked, they rush headlong to ruin. Some rhetorician said that it was but a step from the , sublime to the ridiculous; from honor to shame is less than a step. The line of demar- j cation is invisible with the natural eye. His tory affords numberless examples of individu ab who commenced life with bright prospects; | but who, in a moment, as it were, terminated them in ruin. Never should the young forgot that it takes I a long time and a continual struggle to ac- i complish even a little good ; but ruin may be j effected in a moment without an effort. To do j good is rowing against winds and waves; but neither winds nor waves arc contrary to those who would rush to destruction.? Yorkville En-1 quirtr, ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS. Comments of the Press on the Great Georgian. From the Cat/iolic 3firror. Leaning on the arm of his private secretary, and further supporting himself by the aid of a 1 crutch, Mr. Alexander H. Stephens entered the I 43d Congress on last Monday morning, and j took his seat near the Speaker's desk. He was j soon surrounded by a bevy of members, irre? spective of party. There is something in greatness which attracts homage, whether it appears under the form of a "steam-engine in breeches," as Sydney Smith called Webster, or a "skeleton in armor," as Voltaire called Mar? shal Saxe when he beheld the great Captain on his way to win Fontenoy. This great Georgia lawyer, who won his spurs at Nim Prius forty ' years ago; then entered politics and spiked all the big guns of his native State on the hust? ings aud in the Legislature; then went to Congress (thirty years ago) with a fame some? thing like that which Patrick Henry won from the Virginia Burgesses, and there rose at once to a rank only less than that of the veterans Webfter and Calhoun ; and where for sixteen years he was in the habit of emptying the Senate Chamber, as well as all the great draw? ing-rooms and parlors of Washington, and gathering their inmates along with the whole diplomatic body into the House whenever he arose to speak; who next was named for Presi? dent of the United States by the Douglas wing of the Democracy in 1860, and would have been nominated and elected but for the party split; then thought of for a seat in his Cabinet by Mr. Lincoln, and next made Vice-President of the Southern Confederacy; this famous man is once more back in Congress. He has not been idle during his retirement, but has written a profound book, the Constitutional History of the War between the States. The Saturday Review, the highest critical authority in Eng? land, has pronounced this work the greatest legal, philosophical, and constitutional argu? ment ever written by any American from the foundation of the Government to our own day. When it is remembered that the Saturday Re? view never had any sympathy with the South or its politics, it must be conceded that its criticism on Mr. Stephens is high .praise. Let us see what this companion of our "great men gone" is going to do for the 43d Congress. From the Seaport Appeal, If the American people should ever be so fortunate as to place lion. Alexander H. Ste? phens in the Presidential chair, it would be like "throwing oil on the troubled waters," There is no such a statesman in America. If such a desirable event should transpire, theu President John Quincy Adams, who was in Congress with Mr. Stephens in his early career, will have proven a prophet. It is related of Mr. Adams that, while in his seat in Congress, he did a large amount of writing, aud seemed to pay very little attention to what was going on, unless something extraordinary attracted his attention. Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, at that time, had every appearance of a country youth, and was making one of his first efforts. Mr. Adams was seen to look up to Mr. Ste? phens repeatedly, and finally said: "That toning man is destined to some great end." He then contined writing. Mr. Stephens proceed? ed with a logic and eloquence peculiar to him? self, when Mr. Adams looked up and said: "That young man is destined to some great end. He will be President of the United States." Wc repeat, again, there is no such man in America, and whether he gets to be President or not, we predict that he will have a powerful influence in the affairs of the natioik, and we shall ever feel proud of the little support that we have already given him, in obedience to the dictates of duty to our country. From the Courier-Journal Correspondoncc. The election of Speaker was known to be a foregone thing, so that I think the especial in? terest of the day was to see Alex. Stephens take the oath. From the seat I occupied I commanded a view of all the faces, aud, al? though I never recollect to have seen Mr. Ste? phens before, I soon recognized him from his age, infirmity and crutches. He occupied a front seat, near the Speaker's chair, and wore both hat and gloves most of the time. The eld man must have noted some changes in his thirteen years of absence. Had he looked be? hind him he would have seen in the last row of seats some of these colored men, whose muster roll his friend Tcombs expected to call on Bun? ker Hill, occupying a position of honor equal to his own. He smileoLwhen one voice voted for him as Speaker. Those who know him fif? teen years ago thinks he looks about the same as he did then. All the new members from loyal States were sworn in squads and took the iron-clad oath. I observed that some held up both hands in swearing and others only one, and wondered if one hand indicated only a half swear. When the Prodigal's turn came a gentleman stepped forward to assist Mr. Ste? phens in rising. He accepted the offered arm on one side, and with*the crutch on the other, tottered to the front of the Speaker's chair. I thought he would, like Moses of old, need an Aaron to hold up his hands, but he did not. * * * * * # He is the most prominent man on the floor to-day. Men of every political faith flock around him and treat him with distinguished consideration. This is the honor that men in? stinctively pay to transcendent iutellect. From Correspondence of Atlanta Herald. The Earl of ltoseberry, who is a member of the Household of Lords, received an introduc? tion to the "Liberty Hall" statesman at the hands of Mr. Cox, of New York. Speaker Blaine descended from his chair and was in? troduced to both ; then up came Ben Butler, of Massachusetts, when all four engaged in a spirited conversation. Every glass in the gal? lery was turned upon the intellectual grou.>, and many of the ladies were as enthusiastic over the honored son of Georgia, as if he was some fiery Adonis, in whose years yet ran the hot blood of romance and youth. Mr. Stephens called upon the President again to-day, for the purpose of introducing Mr. Lamar, of Missis? sippi, when Gen. Grant very kindly came down on the first floor to receive them. The intenlc cordiale (to use a political phrase) be? tween the two distinguished personages seems to be mutual aud worthy of note. From Correspondence of Brooklyn Argus. Chief of them was Alexander H. Stephens. General P. M. B. Young and General Waddcll, of North Carolina, supported the brilliant, in? tense, magnificent tactician of other days to his feet. He then took their arms and dis? pensed with the significent cruthes that had been stacked in front of his desk, lie stood right at the beginning of the middle aisle of the House. By felicitously dramatic accident or happy design, all the rest of the many ex Confederates ranged in a semi-circle on cither side of their former Vice-President. Then the modified oath was taken by them with uplifted hands, and assented to with an unanimous and quietly-elegant how. There were many mag? nificent-looking men in the company ; 1 doubt that any one observed them ; the pale, sutler ing, distinguished little man in the middle was the cynocure of all eyes. He was dressed in exquisite black, as if in mourning for his coun? try. In sitting, he had wore his hat to protect him from the draught. In standing, he dis? pensed with it, and disclosed an abnormally large head, pierced with intensely black and deep eyes and covered with a short, disordered growth of iron gray hair. When he responded to his name the strong soul in him was mani? fest, for his clear,Psharp, penetrating voice, the echo of that soul, was heard distinctly all over the house. The ethereal part of the man is as strong as ever. The physical is a wreck. It was a historical scene. From the State Capitol. Correspondence of t/ie Charleston Neics and touritr. Columbia, S. OL, Dec. 9. The crisis of the session of the General As? sembly is near at hand. A concurrent resolu? tion was adopted in the House to-day to take a recess from the 13th of the present month to the 13th of January, 1874. It will doubtless be concurred in by the Senate without any material amendment. It means, of course, that the tax bill and the mode of adjustment of the public debt shall have been fixed upon before the time mentioned, and as they act upon those two measures must the General Assembly be adjudged as wise and economical, or a failure. The latter will doubtless be the verdict of every intelligent observer, for as time rolls on the disposition to pile on the taxes, and to complicate the matter of settling the debt still further by the introduction of all sorts of questionable and illegal claims, appears to in? crease. At first, sixteen mills, which is the rate of levy as fixed by the House in the bill to raise supplies, was regarded as enormous, and as bearing dangerously hard upon the peo? ple, as it unquestionably does, for it is two mills more than was ever levied even during the reigu of the unlaraented predecessor of his Excellency who now is. Now, the talk is that ey?n sixteen mills will not satisfy the avari? cious cravings of our delectable rulers, and that they must have a mill or two more. If they continue to respond to the frequent and loud calls of the Credit Mobilier Printing Com? pany, that insatiate monster which actually devoured far more of the taxes last year than did the public schools, and to make wild ap? propriations for the benefit of other favored claimants, sixteen mills may probably not be enough to meet all expenses, and in the same way thirty mills or any other given rate might also fail to realize a sufficiency of the needful. But two wrongs will never make a right, and this reform administration of the Radical par? ty will never be able to justify their uncon? scionable burden upon the people, upon the ground that it is necessary in order to meet their imprudent and dishonest appropriations. Tinkering at the debt, the fever for which, so high about a month ago, suddenly abated en? tirely, is beginning again to engage the atten? tion of our mighty rulers. This time the Sen? ate is to try its hand at adjusting the finances. Senator Jervey leads off in a brilliant bill in? troduced by him to-day, which is called "a bill to adjust the debt of the State." It does not differ from the bills of a similar character which have been introduced in the House, and ex? plained in my correspondence at the time of their introduction, except in the rate of dis? count, and being more omnibus in its nature. The same enumeration of the bonds and stocks is made; a tax of blank number of mills is declared to be levied to pay the interest and provide a sinking fund ; it is made a felony, punishable with heavy fine and imprisonment, to embezzle or divert the money raised for in? terest and the sinking fund, &c.; the coupons and interest, orders are made receivable for the taxes to be provided for in the bill, &c., just as the former bills provide. The original features are that the old bonds and the new bonds, outside of the fraudulent conversion bonds, are to be exchanged at the rate of sixty six and two-thirds cents of their face value. The fraudulent Conversion Bonds at twenty five cents of their face value, and the pay cer? tificates, bills payable, Blue Ridge Scrip, and other evidences of indebtedness at fifty cents. The bill, I am informed, is not the omnibus bill proper. This latter, it is said, is being doctored up by Honest John, who is here in busy consultation, commonly called lobbying, with the members about something. In the Senate to-day nothing much was done. In the House, the sergcant-at-arms reported the num? ber of extra attaches, and the "cat in the meal tub" was disclosed at last. He reports that there have been employed outside of the regu? lar list, which was fixed by resolution last winter at thirty-three, extra attaches to the number of eighty, being four committee clerks, fifty-one laborers and twenty-five pages. This makes in all one hundred and thirteeu attaches, some thirteen less than the entire number of members elected and more than the ordinary number of members present. This is retrench? ment and reform with a vengeance. How io Drive. There is a point of prime importance in driving any horse, but especially a young one ; it is the way you handle the reins. Most driv? ers overdrive." They attempt too much ; and, in so doing, distract or hamper the horse.? Now and then you find a horse with sueh a vicious gait that his speed is got from him by the most artificial processes, but such horses are fortunately rare, and hence the style of management required cannot become general. The true way is to let the horse drive himself, the driver doiug little but directing him, and giving him that confidence which a horse alone gets himself when he feels that a guide and a friend is back of him. The most vicious and inexcusable style of driving is that which so many drivers adopt, viz., wrapping the lines around either hand, and pulling the horse back ward with all their might and main, so that the horse, iu point of fact, pulls the weight back of him with his mouth, and not with his breast and shoulders. This they do under the impression that such a dead pull is needed in order to "steady" the horse. This method of j driving I regard as radically and superlatively wrong. It would tax the ingenuity of a bun- j dred tools to invent a worse one. The fact is, j with rare exceptions there should never be any j pull put upon the horse at all. A steady pres- j sure is allowable, probably advisable; but any- j dring beyond this has no justification in nature or reason ; for nature suggests the utmost pos-: sible freedom of action of head, body, and limbs in order that the animal may attain the highest rate of speed ; and reason certainly forbids the supposition that by the bits and not the breast collar, the horse is to draw the weight attached to it. In speeding my horses I very seldom grasp the lines with both hands 1 when the road is straight and free from obstruc? tions. The lines are rarely steadily taut, but held in easy pliancy, and used chiefly to shift the bit in the animals mouth, and by this mo? tion communicate courage and confidence to him. I find that by this method my horses break less and go much faster than when driv? en by men who put the old-fashioned steady pull upon them.?From Mr. Murray's Book on the "Perfect Horn?." KcminiscGiice of Sargent S. Prentiss. A correspondent of the Union Times fur? nishes the annexed reminiscence of the great Mississippi lawyer and orator : Between thirty and forty years ago, a time when this government had reached the zenith , of its greatness?alas 1 alas I in little more than I ten years, it has sunk down to the Nadir, or lowest point in the political hemisphere; when the intellectual conflicts in the national legisla? ture, and at the hustings, between the leading men of the two great political parties into which the country was then divided?namely, Whigs and Democrats?might be aptly denom? inated the wars of the giants ; then it was, that one of the most remarkable and highly gifted men this country has ever produced, burst like a meteor upon the political arena?Sargent S. Prentiss. By his cotemporarics, including such men as Webster, Clay, Everett, Wright, Benton, Choate, and others, he was, ura voce, pronoun? ced the most eloquent mam this country has yet produced. But it was not upon his oratorical gifts alone that his fame was made to rest, for although but a youth, he was scarcely less dis? tinguished for the extent and accuracy of his juridical and classical attainments than for his unrivalled powers of eloquence. During an exciting political contest, Mr. Prentiss delivered a speech in Fanuel Hall, that celebrated arena of intellectual gladiator ship, which was pronounced by the illuminati of the hub, as one of the fairest specimens of eloquence ever listened to in that hall, even surpassing the best efforts of their greatest orator, Fisher Ames. Notwithstanding the large Democratic ma? jority at that time in the State of Mississippi, the Whig party determined to run Prentiss and another as their candidates for Congress. McNutt, by birth a Virginian, and a man of eminent ability> but unfortunately of intem? perate habits, was the Democratic nominee for Governor. Of all the candidates McNutt was the only one who ventured to meet Prentiss on the stump ; but it was only once that he ven? tured to encounter so formidable an antagonist. That memorable occasion is thus described by one who was present: Upon the only meeting between Prentiss and MclSutt, the latter in his speech urged, as a reason for the rejection or defeat of the former, his dissipated habits ; admitted his great abili? ties, his masterly genius, pronounced him the first man of his age, intellectually, but deplored his habits which were rendering him useless, with all his genius, learning and eloquence. Prentiss, in reply, said : "My fellow citizens, you have heard the charge against my morals, sagely, and I had almost said, soberly, made by the gentleman, the Democratic nominee for the chief execu? tive office of this State. Had I said this, it would have been what the lawyers term a mis? nomer. It would be impossible for him to do or say anything soberly, for he has been drunk ten years; not yesterday, or last week, in a ::*rolic, or socially, with good fellows, his friends, at the genial and generous board, but at home, ;ind by himself and demijohn; not upon the rich wines of the Khine or the Rhone, the Saone or the Gaudelquiver; not with high spirited or high-witted men, whose souls, when mellowed with glorious wine, leap from their lips sublimated in words swollen with wit, or thought brilliant and dazzling as the blood of the grape inspiring them. No; but by him? self; selfish and apart from witty men, or en? nobling spirits, in the secret seclusion of a dirty little back room, and on corn whiskey; these only communing in affectionate brother? hood, the son of Virginia and the spirits of old Kentucky! Why, fellow-citizens, as the Governor of the Si ate, he refused to sign the gallon law until he had tested, by experiment, that a gallon would do him all day! "Now I will admit, fellow citizens, that some? times, when in the enjoyment of social com? munion with gentlemen, I am made merry with these, and the rich wines of glorius France.? I It is then I enjoy the romance of life. Imagi? nation, stimulated with the juice of the grape, gave to the world the songs of the aacient Poets. "The immv/nal verse of wandering old Ho? mer, the blind son of Scioss, Isle, was the in? spiration of Samian wine; and good old Noah, too, would have sung some good and merry song, from the inspiration of the juice of the vine he planted, but having to wait so long his thirst, like the Democratic nominee's here, be? came so great t?at he was tempted to drink too deeply, and got too drunk to sing; and this, I fancy, is the true reason why this distinguish :d gentleman never sings. "Perhaps there is no music in his soul. The glug-glug-glug of his jug, as he tilts and pours from its reluctant mouth the corn juice so loved of his soul, is all the music dear to his ear, un? less it be the same glug-glug-glug as it disap? pears down his capacious throat. Now, fellow citizens, during this ardent campaign, which has been so fatiguing, I have only been drunk once. Over in Simpson County I was compel? led t:o sleep in the same bed with this distin? guished nominee?this delight of the Democ? racy?this wonderful exponent of the princi? ples and practice of the unwashed Democracy ?and in the morning I found myself drunk on corn whiskey. I had lain too close to this soaked mass of Democracy, and was drunk from absorption." It is said that, before Prentiss closed his re? ply, McNutt left the ground rather hastily, and never again made his appearance on the hust? ings during the balance of the canvass. A Rose that Lived Eighteen Years in* a Child's Coffin.?Mr. B. F. Remington, of this city, who was present when some bodies were disinterred at Claysville, Harrison county, | for reinterment in Battle Grove Cemetery, Cyn- j thiana, informs us that a metallic case, in which had been placed the body of a two year old child, a daughter of Dr. Curran, was opened. The body was found to be remarkably well pre? served, and the features wearing almost the same expression they did when the child breathed its last, with the exception of the sinking of one eye, a slight flattening of the nose and shrinkage of the upper lip. A rose- i bud had been placed on the breast of the child when buried, and when the case was opened it was found that the bud had expanded into a j beautiful full-blown rose, and was lying upon the breast of the sweet little child, who had j been an angel for more than eighteen years. It was a beautiful sight, and was accepted as a good omen by those who looked upon it, and truly felt that "of such is the kingdom of heaven."?Paris Kcntuckian. ? An agriculturist of Buckland, Mass., is proud of having raised any vegetation at all on his farm this year, considering that it was covered with snow up to the 20th of Juue, and : a?*ain covered with snow, up to bis ankles, on t?e 30th of October. _ This is a bad year for Ben Butler. He owned stock in the New York Standard, and has to fork over $13,000 to the creditors of that I concern. He has also lost a large portion of ?200,000 he had invested iu railroad operations j in Texas. Don't Forget the Old Folks. j . Let me say a few words to children who have I gone out from their old homes, but who have parents still. There is always a liabillity, when sons and daughters have gone away from the home of their childhood, and have formed homes of their own, gradually to lose sight of ojd attachments and cease to pay those atten? tions to their parent* which were so easy and natural in the olden time. New associations, nesv thoughts, new cares, all come in, filling the mind and heart, and, if special pains be not taken they crowd out the old loves. This oaght never to be. You should remember that the change is with you and not with those left behind. You have everything new, everything that is attractive at present and bright in the future ; their hearts cling to the past they kave most in memory. When you went away you know you knew not, and never will know till you experience it, what it cost to give you up, nor what a vacancy you left behind. They have not, if you have, any new loves to take the place of the old. Do not, then, heartlessly deprive them of what you can still give of at? tention and love. Visit your parents. If you live in the same j place, let your steps be, perhaps, daily, a famil? iar one in the old home ; if you are miles, yea, many miles away, make it your business to visit them. In this matter do not regard time nor expense; the one is well spent and the other will be fully, yea, a hundred-fold repaid.? When some day the word reaches you, flashed over the telegraph, that father or mother has gone, you will not think them much, those hours of travel, which last bore you to their side. Write to your parents. I have known father and mother wait with sick hearts through weary mouths, longing that some word might reach them from an absent son. They have watched the mails till in despair they have ceased to expect any more, and while they may not have the grief of a great bereavement, they have what is almost as bad, the bitter conciousness that they are not in mind enough even to call out a few poor lines from one whose infancy and early years they watched with sleepless love. Sons are very often guilty of this crime?I cannot call it less?from sheer neglect or indolence. While an hour, per? haps a few moments, would suffice to write a letter which would, give unspeakable satis? faction, they let months and even years slip away in utter indifference to all the pain they were causing. Oh, how full is a many a mother'; heart of sorrow and foreboding, when just a few words from an absent son would fill it with joy and praise I Such in? difference and neglect is shameful and wicked. One need not wonder that sons that are guilty of it are not prosperous; that they wait in vain for those turns of fortune which will send them home, as they dream, to surprise the old neighborhood with their wealth. Their thoughtlessness has been productive only of disaster. Keep up your intercourse with father or mother; do not deem' it sufficient to write when something important is to be told; do not say, "No news is good news." If it be but a few lines, write them ; write if it be only to say "I am well;" if it be only to send a salutation that says they are "dear," or the farewell that tells you are "affectionate" still. The little messeagers shall be like caskets of jewels, and the tears that fall fondly over them will be treasures for you. Say with a warni hearted son: "The hills may tower, the wares may rise, And roll between my home and me! Yet shall my queuchless memories Turn with undying love to thee," In the passing of human life there frequent? ly comes a time when mutual duties of child and parents are reversed. Advancing years bring childhood to one and the care of the child? hood to the other. To the aged father and mo? ther the days of labor aie over; the work of life has been done. Now attentive kindness be? comes the duty of those who once received it all themselves, while those are dependent upon it who once gave it all. Now tue parent is the child, and the child is the parent. The watchfulluess aud care of many years is to be repeated over again ; only that the giver then is the receiver now. To a true-hearted child here is a return of love which it is good to make. There is a deep satisfaction in being able to repay by words and looks the lavished love of by-gone times. A Home of One's Own. (The following are the opening paragraphs in a new book, "The Home Guide," now in press, and soon to be issued by the Beverly Publishing Company, of Chicago. The work is a compendium of useful and practical infor? mation, and will, no doubt, meet with a very large sale.) "Human existence implies the necessity of food, raiment and shelter. A habitation is scarcely less important to life than the ques? tion 'what shall ye eat and wherewithal shall ye be clothed ?' Happiness, in civilized countries, largely depends upon the comforts and conveniences with which a home may be invested. "Every man in this country, especially if he has a family, should possess a home of his own; and generally this may be secured in a few years by jndustry, frugality and prudence. In large towns and cities, the money expended for rent by persons engaged in ordinary avoca? tions will," in a few years, purchase a modest home. To be dependent upon landlords year after year for a habitation is often inconvenient and unpleasant, besides being very poor econ? omy. There are many vexations and annoy? ances, which few renters escape, attending their experiences as tenants of other people's houses and tenements, while the burdens of taxation for municipal purposes fall mainly upon the tenants ; as landlords charge the taxation im? posed for public improvements on them to the rent-roll, and it therefore comes out of the pockets of the tenants. "In a house of his own, one feels not only that he is less dependent than when occupy? ing a tenement belonging to another, but there is an incentive to improve and beautify a home I to make it attractive and thus add to its value? a. motire not often present when a man lives in a rented tenement. "From every point of view it is advisable for a man of family, when he has found a perma? nent place of residence, to determine to pro? vide a home for those dependent upon him. Whether in a town or the country, this is ad? visable, and the reasons for it are so obvious that it is scarcely necessary to refer to them." ? Out West, where women are running for office, the newspapers whose candidates have been elected no longer place defiant roasters at the heads of their columns. A modest hen broods over the glad tidings of election. Egg zactly. ? A fellow called to see a man in town the other day who was engaged in taking his first bath since the financial panic set in. The man's wife told the fellow he could'nt see him, as he was engaged in making a transfer of real et-tate.