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BY E. B. MUBBAY & CO._ ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 15, 1880. ~~ VOLUME XV.--N?74fT~ A CONFEDERATE ROMANCE. Tb? Youno Colo?-Bea-oer o' ? Virginia B*2 ! instit Who ms EDM willi the Color? tn His Bosom-A Child'? Apron Which, Floated Ow the B&ttle-Flfcld. At a meeting of thcSoutbcra Historical Society recently held in louisville, Ken tucky, Maj. E. H. McDonald Bubtnitted the following naper, which is full of inter est to all whi> lovo thrilling war inci dents: In the Spring of 1863, while the army of Northern Virginia was encamped on tho Rapidan River, preparing for that memorable campaign which included the battle of Gettysburg, there came to it from Hampshire County, Va., aboardless boy scarcely eighteen years of age, the eldest , son of a widowed mother. His home was within the enemy's lines, and he had walked more than one hundred miles to offer his services to assist iu re pelling a foe which was then preying upon tho fairest portions of bis native State. He made application to join Com pany "D," Eleventh Virginia Cavalry, which was made up principally from his County, and- therefore contained many of his acquaintances, and seemed much surprised when told that the Confederate government did not furnish ita cavalry with horses and equipments. Some members of the company present, who noted hie earnestness ana the disappoint ment caused by tl a announcement from ibo officer, said : "Enroll him, Captain, and we will seo that he bas a horse, and equipments the next fight we get into." In faith of this promise he was enrolled James M. Watkins, Company "D," Elev enth Virginia Cavalry, Jones's Brigade. Shortly afterward tho campaign opened with the fight at Brandy Station, in which twenty thousand cavalry were engaged from daylight to sundown, and before the battlo was over Watkins waa mounted and fully equipped and look his place with his company. It waa not long after this engagement that General Lee advanced the wuole army and crossed into Maryland, Watkina'a command covering the rear. During the battle of Gettysburg, on the 8d and 4th of July, we were engag ed oovoral times with theenemy'a cavalry on our right, upon which occasions he was allaya found in the front, and while on the march was ever bright and cheerful. On the evening of the 4th, Gen. Lee, in preparation for hia retreat, began to cend bia wagons to the rear in the direc tion of WiiliamBport. when it waa fonnd that the enemy's cavalry bad gone around our left and taken possession of a pass in South Mountain through which lay om line of march. T;? dislodge them required a stubborn fight,- lasting late Into thc night, in which Gen. Jones's brigade wai engaged, and ha himsef, becoming cepa rated from hie nten in tho darkness, wai supposed to have been captured 01 killed. Finally the Federals were repulsed, ant the wagon train proceeded on ita way tx Williamsport. In the morning Watkina'i corr ninnd was ordered to maven on tin left ?ihnk of the train, to pr?venta re newal of the attacks upon ft, and an ap preaching Hageratown those in the rca of tho column heard loud and repeatec cheering from the men in front. Aile having been in an enemy's country fight ing night and day, in rain and mud those cheers ' came to those CTh< heard them In the distance as th? first raya of sunshine after a storm Many were the conjectures aa to thei causo ; some said it waa fresh troops fron tho other''side, of the Potomac; other that 'it Was the ammunition wagons, fo the supply waa known tobo short; whil others surmised that it was Gen. Jone reappearing after his aupposed death o capture. Whatever the cause was, it effect waa wonderful upon the morale c those men, and cheers went up all alonj the line from those who did not know th cause in answer to tboae who did. Whei the command had reached a atone mil about three miles Southeast of Hagen town, they found the causo-only a littl girl about fourteen yeats of age, perbav the miller's daughter, standing in th door wearing an apron in which the col ora were so blended as to represent th Confederate flag. A trivial thin? it mtv GAARI tn those Th were not there, bot t? those war-wor men it wes the first expression of ayni nathy for them and their cause that ha neon ??ou?> given them since they ba ?croMed tho Potomac; and. their cbcei wont up in'recog??ti?'n of tho courage < the little girl and her parent?, who tbt dared to give their sympathy to a retros ing ?rmy; almost- ?n sight of a revesgeii foe. When Company D was passing tl house the Captain Vodo up and thnukc the little girl for having dono BO much i revive the drooping npirita of the troo] and asked - her if one would not give bil a pier.e of the apron aa a souvenir of tl Incident. "Yes, certainly." she repli?e "You may have it all." And in her 91 thushvsmVUe tore it off, not waiting . unpin it, and handed it to the office who said it bould be the flag of his cot pany asjpug as.it was apon Marylin soil.' "Let me bo tn? color-bearer, Ca tain," said young Watkins, vho was b his side : "X promise tc protect it wi my life." And fastening it to a ataff 1 resumed hia plhca a*t the tu id of the oct pany, which waa ia the froc .6q*&edron tho regiment. Later, in the evening, obedience to an order brought by a co A rier, the Eleventh Cavalry moved at * gallop in the direction of Williamspo whence the roll of musketry and rene of cannon had heed heard for coma tin and, rejoining the brigade, was engag in a desperate struggle to prevent t Federal cavalry from deotroyiug t wagons of the whole army, which, i, river irc??i?j ?wfo?u?uic, ?vero nmicu iv fiarkcd at thia point, their principal c enan against the whole cavalry forco . the enemy being the teamsters and atm flers that Gen, Imboden. had organ!? be Eleventh Cavalry charged tho bi tery in front of them? this gallant bc with bia apron flag, riding aid? by ai with those who led the charge. The b tery was taken asd retaken aud th taken again befttrf- the Federals withdr from the fie?t, ?bilowed io the direct! of Boonaboro until darkness covered th retreat. In thcwarfiesperato aurgwi mn went down on both ?ides; aed. it 'waa 1 until after it waa over that men thoufj of their comrades and inquiries w made for the . missing. Tho Captain Company ?>, looking over the battle-fi for the killed and wounded of his co maud, found young Watkins lying on I ground, his hea^^auKPorted by tho s peon. In reply to nts question, "VI he badly hurt?" ho answered;. "1 much, CAptauV. brit .Tva got'the fla? and putting ?us hand in his bosom drew oat) the little apron- and gave it the officer. When asked bow it cs there, he said that when he waa. woum and reit from his horse the Federals w all around bim, and to prevent their c turing it he had torn lt from the staff' hid it ia hia bosom. Tho Burgeon t the Captain aride that hia leg was al tcrcd hy A large piece of abell, which imbedded in the bone ; tb ai amputai would be necessary, and he feared . wound'waa mortal. "Bat," ho add he haa b**n BO Intent apon the safe livery oftbat apron into your bandi (to seem utterly unconscious of .a . ' 1 wound. After parting with bis flag tho bravo boy Bank: rapidly. He was ten derly carried by hts comrades back to Hnqoratown, wbero a hospital had been established, and his leg amputated. The next morning his Captain fouud bim pale and haggard from Buffering. By his side waa a hoquet of flowers, placed by some kind hand, which seemed to cheer bim much. The third day afterward he died and was buried in a atrango land by ?trangers^ banda, without a stone to mark the spot where ne aleeps. Thus ended thr mortal career of this gallant youth, who bad seen scarce BLzty days' service ; but though he lies in an unknown grave ho haslett a name which will outlast the most costly obelisk that wealth or fame car erect. - Gentle aa a woman, yet per ice. * fearless in the discharge of his du ty, so sacred did he deem the trust con fided to him that he forgot eveu his own terrible eufforinga while defending it. Buch names as thia it ia our duty to res cue from oblivion and to write on the page of history, where the children of onr common country may leam from them' lemons of virtue and self sacrifice. lu his character and death he was not iso lated from many offals comrades; he waa but a type of many men, young and old, whose devotion to what ia now known as a ''Jost cause" made them heroes in the ^fullest acceptation of the term, flinching from neither suffering nor death itself if coming to them in the line of duty. At the conclusion of the paper the Major stated that he was not iu possession 'of many mementoes of the "Lost Cause," but he was happy to be able to present the society with the apron which he had reference, and which the gallant Watkins had borne through the fight. The un furling of the apron battle-flag waa greeted with a round applause, and, upon a call from the audience, it was passed around and examined by every one pres ent. John 8. Jackman presented to the society a copy of the "ftwbel Banner," dated "Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 20, 1862," and published by "See De Kay," a well known gentleman from this city. Alco, a "Soldier's Hymn Book for Camp Worship;" a diary written by L. W. Lloyd, a member of McCiung's hat : tery, from Knoxville, Tenn.; an obituary on Thomas Julian Clay, composed on Missonnry Bidge, and a letter written by Gennrftl Ben. Hardin Helm in regard to the resignation of Colonel Thomas H. Hunt of ?he Ninth Kentucky Infantry. Some very interesting and pleasing in cidents were related impromptu by some of the members, which kept the audience in laughter ana formed a most enjoyable part of the proceedings. After some further discussion in regard to the well-being of society, the meeting adjourned. -Louisville Courier*Journal, March 81. PLAIN TALK To1 YOUNO MEN. Remember young friend, that the world is oider than you are by se?;eral\yeara; that for thousands of years it Las been full cf srtmrt-or young men than yourself; that when they died the globe went whirl ing on, and that not one man in a hun dred millions went to the funeral or even heard of tho death. Be as smart as you eau of course. Know as much as you can; shed the light of your wisdom abroad, butdon'ttry to dazzle or astonish anybody with it. And don't imagine a thing simple because you think it is. Don f bo too sorry for your father because, he knows so ;-uch less than you do. He used to think he was aa much smarter than his farther as you think iou are smarter than yours. The world as great need of young moo, bot no great er need than young men have of the world. Your clothes fit better than your father's fit him ; they cost more money ; they are more stylish. He used to be as straight and nimble-as you are. He, too, per haps, thought hie father old-fashioned Your moustache is neater, the cut of hair is better, and you - are prettier, ob, far prettier t-bac ; "pa" But, young man, I that old gentleman gets the biggest sala ry, and his homely, scrambling signa* ! ture on bnaineaa caa af acheok Will drain moro money, out of a bank in five ? minutes than , you could get-out with a ream of paper and a copper plate signature'in six months. .Young, men ' arn confu?, anil th?u nra /\?riii>?w^*?? <*-?i I weall loy'o ?hero, and we could not ea S'neer a picnic successfully without em. But tljey are no novelty; they havo been -here before. Every generation bas had a full supply of them, and will have to end of time, and each crop will think themselves qnite ahead of thc '.sst, ssd "trill li. e., to be cai i ed old ?fogies by their con3. Go a bead. Have your;day, Yoiir Bcr?s vril?, by aud by, pity you for your odd ways. Don't bo afraid your merit will not be discovered. People all over the world are hunting for you, and if you are worth finding, they will find you. A diamond is not so easily found as a Siartz pebble, but people search for it 1 the moro intently. _ WHAT WILL THE CENSUS SHOWT What the population of the republic is we shall soon know, so far as census , takers can ascertain it. Meantime pri vate statisticians , are at work to see how near they eau come by escalation and estimate to the actual figtree.'"One of these puta tho present population in round numbera at 43,27S,000, which would make the-gain since 1870 lesa than 5, 000,000. In ? work published a good while ago 8 per cent, of population was added to the total number each ";i the estimates' were found to correspond very closely to the figures of the census. The estimate for 1870 was 40,617,608; tho census was only 88,568,871 ; bat thc J_l_it_II*. I .1 *. .. * . s uraiiuuuuii ui ano vy tue civil YT ox omi not, of course, been mUcipated. The estimate for 1880 was 64,681,705. Tho gain from 1840 to 1850 was 6,122,000; from 1850. to I860, 8,250,000; from 1860 to 1870, 7,115,000. During ten years from 1860 to 1870,'Massachusetts gained 220,000 and New Nork 602, 000. These figures show o rapid increase of gain over the previous decade, and it is claimed and acknowledged that the Southern and.Western Stales have gain ed moro rapidly in tho .past nino than in tho previous tAn yrux. Therefore, the estimate of the statistician above quoted seems to be rar too low. A sordino to the best information procurable, and the mo'jt careful calculations, the census will .show the population in 1880 to bo fully 47,000,000, br a gain of nearly ?.UW.??u over the population' ten years before. The general estiufato ha? been ' between 47,000,000 and 48,000,000 and there ia Small doubt that this will prove to be correct,. It might be gratifying to. the national pride to turn 60,000,000, but1 pride and arithmetic have nothing in common.-Nea York lima. - A Now Hampshire woman hos a husband who is addicted to joining secret societies. One of her exasperated outbursts is thoa reported by the Man cheater Mirror: 'MinoI HoM jine any thing. There can't nothlug come alone that's dark ?cdalyand bidden hut he'll jlno it. If anybody should get up ? society to burn hid houso down ho'djino it just as soon as he could get in, anri if ho had to nay to git in he'd go all the 6uddencr.A . v.. . I .li .' I A REBLA UK ABLE INVALID. The bmgalME Freaks ol Pretty SUM Colline. From the Louimlte Courier-Journal. MIXLERBBUEO, Ky., March 16. The case of Miss Lillie Collins, ?bose queer oomnambulistic freaks, enperindue ed by a nervous affection of the spine, were first brought to the attention of tho genera! public ny the letter of a local cor respondent, is attracting considerable at tention among medical men. The Cb?-, rier-Journai correspondent, in company with the representative or tho New York Sun, visited ber on Saturday last. Her father. Mr. William Collins, is a well to-do farmer, living about three miles from hero, on the right-hand aide of the JLtuddol's Mill road. He is well known in thia vicinity, and bears an excellent reputation for honesty and troth. Lis sie is his second daughter, and will be fifteen the last day of the present month. In figure she is about, the average height of women, measuring five feet seven and one-half inches. She i> bf delicate frame, and weighs ninety-nine pounds. She has a pretty face, inheriting,the' beauty ol ber mother, who was considered tho handsomest woman in Nicholas county. From infancy Lizzie bas been deli cate, and all told has had but about sev enteen months schooling, yet she ia in telligent beyond her years, and very lady-like in manners. Last New Year's her spine began to trouble her, and she was forced to take io ber bed. Dr. D. ty. Eada, her medical adviser, says that the nerves in all parts of ber body are super sensitive, so much so that the pressure of one's hand on her feet, legs or back are excruciatingly painful. Her lungs, heart, etc., are nominally healthy, ana sae has a good appetite. Some days the nerves of her body are less sensitive than on othere, and she ia allowed to move about the house on crutches. About six weeks ago, ! strange phenome na in connection with tho disease began to manifest themselves. At irregular intervals, sometimes in the morning, but generally in the cariy evening, the girl to all appearances, falls asleep, atways on her right side, with. her . right arm doubled undor nor head. Her eyes close, her breathing becomes short and spas modic, and a low moan escapes hei lips. The muscles above her eyes twitch convulsively, and her mouth to frequent ly thrown to one side. While in thu condition she manifests..what in mental philosophy is- called double conscious' ness. The nervous sensitiveness van ishes or is deadened, and she has been known to jura? out of bed and wall about the house unaided and without ap parent effort. When in her hon?!'con dltion the weight of a person's hand laid upon any portion of her spine will, cause her to scream with pain. In the abnor mal state a brisk rubbi ^g of the back Ii unnoticed. But stranger even than thu physical chango is her mental metamor phosis. As soon aa oho enters into thc new state, aho acts like' one' ba comnanv bulbun, but very unlike her natural self. Is ?act, in her normal and abnormal con ditions she appears to have two separat? identities, physical and mental.. In hei normal condition she presents a body the nerves of which aro,sensitive in i high degree. -In.her abnormal condi lion the nerves lose their ttonsitive quat ity. Naturally she is shy and quiet ii manner, choice in her Selection ot words and intelligent in conversation. In th somnambulistic state oho is the reverse romps with strangeta, talks with an in fantlle lisp, has the pettish, willful*man ner of a spoiled baby, and reasons' lit a child. When ? herself she is fond o reading the more abstruse books, poet! and prose, masterpieces. : Abnormall: oho cares only for nursery rhymes ani books written for little children. Bu there is also another phase. of th i st rango condition. She will frequentl; call for her books and slate and nroeeci to study her lessons : do difficult sum in arithmetic, write letters etc., all with her eyes closed entirely She recently wrote a letter of four page to a relative, end, on reeding it ovei corrected several misspelled, words. While in this state ot ?iomnambulisr she calls Dr. Eada and - his wife her p tm A ran^ an A r>c\\a har jool naranta pa and grandin3. Dr. Eaos has attend ed her from early infancy. When aroiu ed from this strange state she ia alwaj laughing, and before waking hos fr? quent romps with those near, her bet aide. When awako she baa no rocollei tion of what she did or said in the son nambulistic statis, and is really two sept rate pernuna. When awoke she writes with her rig] hand altogether, and - when asleep al writes with her left hand altogether, at in ?itii?r state pens a" fine but ?*ry di li?rent handwriting. Dr. Kenney. '< Paris,, madp. a,caretal examination ot bi whiloln 'a '?tat?'-or-?bmn?mbuliHm, at slates that her, eyes ar? really;. closed fl tho time, -'l?o has never come across similar case in all his practice, and ?do not; know of a similar, case on record : nil the works known to the medical pr fesslon. Tho gentleman who accomp nied your correspondent on his rece; visit und paid/professional visits to ?oung lady' nearly similarly affecte liss Fouchre, of Brooklyn, New Yor whMb M? p?2ilcaft|a medica! won m waa the wonder of the ignorant and s perstitioua last spring. De. Hammon of SCtw York City, Who has had hear a b-tlf century's experience lu the tr? mb?t of nervous diseases, claims th peap?c afflicted: with hysteria are mu given to deception. Fearing thatt,Mi Collins was doing Something of the s< to impress, her ever-credulous and lo critical friends and relatives, we ma ?n? Ol DVlcim ww.- wv nuwivmu wu?tu abo in reality saw without seeing. Toi lng tho pages bf a book at random, passage was selected and the book ht in such a position that tho sick g could not,ha7o seen the printed paj even had her eyes been wide open Without hesitation, she correctly rc the passage selected. A number of < jectn wero scattered about over the b .near enough for her ' to reach any them with ber hand, but ia such a pc tion that she could not eeo any oi 1 articles were her oyes really open wi out turning her head. Then she i asked to pick up somo particular arti< Instantly her hand nought the desi object, and without being-abie tosed she described ita general apparat color, peculiar marks, clo. In' her n mal condition ab?is very fond of ki ting l'aco, and while wo were examin ?cr she called, for ber dace, and did alicate needle-work as deitly a? thoi ber eyes wert upon the-work; - On* the "18-14-15" puzzles was placed such a position that she could read Without- being ablo to see it. Sh:.' auntly began to move about tho m bored blocks, Sod successfully HOI several of the problens. Dr. Eada i me that he had knew her aloco abo a little child, and ho had never foi her guilty of willful untruth cr de< tion. He does not pretend to exp! tho cause of tho phenomena above ticed, but says that in time abo will gain her health and lose ber dual < 'cciouanesa. When Miso Collins rei ered from this soranambaUttlo nandi ? she was taxed with, having perfon the strange freaks I have described, bat stoutly denied all knowledge of them, maintaining that we were minreprosent iug. 8be modestly shrinks from any publicity, and aller successfully stand ing the testa imposed, we.are forced, al though this account appears a little sen sational, to. acknowledge that ehe seems innovent of any attempt at deception. Fish Callare. . The following letter from Hon. A. P. Butler, Fish Commissioner of South Car olina, Will be read with interest : COLUMBIA, S. C., March 17, 1880. Dr. H. A. /Shaw, Curryiown, & C. .* MY DEAR Sm-Your favor of tho Otb inst, received aud contents carefully noted. I regret exceedingly to bear that the State authorities of Georgia aro giv ing no protection to the fish in the Sa vannah River. The conference our com mittee had with the members of tho City Council of Augusta led me to hope that some action would be taken at an early day tc -Sect a free passage for the flan over tho canal dam and the necessary Erotection would be given to the nab. I ave recently released a shipment of Cal ifornia salmon in the T?galo River, (the head waiora of the Savannah,) and I am confident the results of the work would be perfectly satisfactory in due time if tho necessary^ protection would, be given. I contemplated releasing a large lot of ah ad fry and sovcral new varieties during tho Spring, but it would be folly to con tinuo tho Tabor and expeuae of stocking that river with fish if no efforts aro made to preveni. rm indiscriminate destruction. I asked Ibo co-operation of the Commis sioner of Agriculture pf Georgia during1 the Spring season of 1879, but failed to effect any arrangement. There 'ta no j river possessing superior advantages for the propagation of fish than the cavan-1 nah. It once yielded ita rich treasures of tho beat edible fish, and can be made to yield them again but for the murderous system of destroying them by the various ! devices of capturing them. Tho Opinion is prevalent that thia State has no juris-, diction over the waters cf the Savannah, but I have indulged the hope that the great and enterprising State of Georgia ' would not neglect so important an indus try by refusing to grant the necessary aid. It ia an enterprise in which both States are mutually intereated, and we are now onabled, from convincing statis tics, to show tho most satisfactory resulta in adjoining States from the efforts made to ronloni8n the depleted waters with food nahes. We have the -.aoct satisfac tory testimony, tending to prove that the increase of shad and Borne new varieties of the beat edible fishes havo rapidly in creased by , artificial propagation and properly protecting them on their pass age to. their spawning grounds, and ?t will be a great loss to tho people of South 'Carolina and Georgia if they aro de ??rived of tho benefit of so valuable a bod supply. Very respectfully, A. P. BUTLER, Commissioner. A MILLIONAIRE'S CAREER.-Million aire Borland landed in thia country from Ireland when a boy and worked on a farm un the Hudson for i $10 a month. ? In 1852 hp went to San Francisco and soon afterward began work in the mines for ?4 a ?day. Since' that thoo he has .made and lost fortunes. He la represen ted by tho Daily Mining News as say ing: "In 1872 I bought 500 shares <? Central for less than $5,000. Thia mine waa coon afterward cut up and put into California, and the redistribution gave me 1,250 ahares. I never paid an oases ment on it, for none waa ever,, called foi. and in no timo tho Btock w?nt up to'" $740. a' abare, when ' I sold. That Said pretty well. Let me eec; I paid 5,000 abd Sold for $950,000. That left mo a net; profit of $920,000, That, waa ono of my best speculationB,^ but not ?fui?? ?a good as another ono that I waa n almost at, the eur?o timo. I bought 500 shares of Consolidated Virginia for $50.a abare and paid two' asseaamcnta on it, Which brought up the price to $56 a shore. Thia mme was also "cut no" just about this tims, and my 500 shares spread, out into 2,750 ahares. I held thia atoci.' for two years, when it went up like a flash. I sold ont in 1874 for $750 a share. It coat me $28,000 for my i stock, end I sold it for $2,062,500. That waa pretty good interest on the money, j On Saturday tho stock was selling for i &35? aBha??^ bui, ? heia on. The follow ing Monday it wai $500 a abare. I tell you it took a pretty strong head to stand .that,, I was getting rich, not at the rate of a million a minute, aa they say, but $100,000 a doy or eb; but. that was iast ; enough. Nobody knew anything abdiittbat till ft waa all over. I ns vor told my ;?fo and family any of my busi ness affaire, abd never kept any booka. The only book that "I kept was a little passbook that I carried in my inside coat pocket, with a record of all. that I bought ' and cold, and the price. I never let any one ace this, and never brought it out ex cept aomotimea on a Sunday afternoon, or when I waa alone,, My heavy losses in 1878 were on Sierra Nevada and Union. I lost $1,400,000 then ine'de ot ten days shrunk that much in depreciation, of fetcck. *?he veins were not.so. wide aa -waaexpected."r---iv*tru7 York Iribune. Lra Bv EtEorniomr.- Wahctih, Ind., March 81.-Aa tho clock struck 8 four Brush electric lamps, of 8,000 candle power, put forth a noonday light extend ing one mile in diameter. The Umps, being suspended midway of the iron ix -Z. .L. -iL. _t-1-1- . i:?tgovnu vu IUD uvmtuuuov, . irutvu wn era 200 feet above tho business part of town, were furnished with electricity by a No. 6 generator driven by a eeven horse-power engine. According to con tract, the light was to light up one mile in diameter from tho Courthouse, and equal to a gas burner, 2,640 feet from the light Men were scattered at differ ent! parts of the city, and reported it satisfactory. At urbana, ave milea north, the light ic report' - aa being beau tiful.. Theteat has given general c?*?*ifec tion. ; Y Aa Wabash ia the first city in America to adopt the electric light for general illumination, the announcement brongbt p?oplo from all sections, and at 7 o'clock ,ii?ly meoo were piewjut. Among tho number were nineteen councils' of adja cent towns and the mayor* Of ' Marion and North Mabcheater;'and now that the undertaking'has proven successful, the representatives of tho, other townB will place the iubicct of electric light before their people for immediate use. Mr. ' F. 0. Phillip?, the electrician who superin tended the contraction of the apparatus, waa entirely satisfied with tho light. . Aa this waa the first te. <, and sale of the stationary engine and rthcr prelimi naries are not all arranged, the eity will .not be permanently lit for three or four weeks, at the end of which time, howev er, gas will bc unknown here for lighting parp?se?., ', , _? Shrincr'a Indian Vermifuge U strictly a vegetable compound, formulated par ticularly for ; destroying and expelling worms. Try Rv, - ,.. I ? ? Work for Ycaag Hea fa? Politics. Tho Boston Herold suggests that the young Democracy organise in the same fashion as the young Republicana to de mend good nominations for offico and over-ride the dictation of tho back poli ticians. Where thero Is need for this sort of thing the suggestion should bo carried out, and meanwhile . there should ba throughout the whole country a coming forward'pf the young Der-Mamcy into public affairs with & view to curies fer their party a candidate capable of calling forth their enthcaiaam and worthy tho support of honest men of both patties. Horatio Soymour said the other day that it waa a mistake for parties to espouse old men's quarrels, but the active men of a fiarty should rally able and vigorous caders and presa them for nominations. Thia ia tho duty of the young men, every where, and nowhere more than at the South. The South has sentsomo splendid men into politics since the war. Wade .Hampton, Lamar, Randall, Gibson, M. C. Butler, and others are no cold-blooded schemers, pulling wires is cornera, but flue specimens of vigorous manhood, in the prime of Ufo, wno illustrate tbe virtues of the Southern character without mani festing its faults. They are not hot headed or romantic, but carry level heada on noble bodies. and they inspire affec tion aa well as confidence among all with whom they como in contact. They are no mummies whoso purpose must bo read iii cipher, nor spiders who spin webs to secure power, but honest, manly men who Say what they moan and mean what they say, and who have come into public life because they love their own people and the love is enthusiastically returned. They are the true conservativca aa well aa the really progressive men of the South. Thoy do not think juatice to their own States ia to bo won by a swap with Grant ism in which they surrender consistency and self-respect for the capricious favor of an autocrat, nor do they think on the other hand, that faithfulness to their own people demands that they shall refuse to recognise that anything whatever has ^happened aloco James Buchanan went ont of the office of President. These aro truo leedora of tho South and they will lead it wisely and ita young men ch oui d rally around them abd follow thom in maa??g the voice of the South heard for a wiso and manly choice of a candidato for the party in which the South is so potential.. It will not profit the South or the Democratic party to have the Southern Democrats try to conceal their choice, and on tho other hand a wise choice by the South Is the beat guarantee to the country at large that the Democratic party will choose wisely, for no one ia ao blind as not to see; that tbs Southern Democrats are numerous enough to control that party, and no one ought to be ao forgetful aa to not remember that several times of late years they have controlled it to its own and the country's good. Let the young men of the South, then, assert themselves and apeak out, and let them eeo to it that ! their beet and truest men go to Cincin nati, and go their to expresa with manly firmness the wishes, of their people. If the Democratic porty atanda for one thing moro than another in American affairs, it ia for the rights to an equal voice in thia republic of all thc people of ali the states, without regard to geographical 01 other divisions, and any convention fit to represent it will apply the aam? principle to its own d?lib?rations.'-' It is not only s cowardly buta mean and sneaking sug gestion that the Southern delegates al Cincinnati aboli ait with locked lips v.iiilo mon whorepresent no constituencies with tho power to elect anybody choose s candidate for others to elect. Thc young men of the South cannot do a bet ter thing for their, party, for the Sooth 01 for tho country, than elect men to thc convention with too much manliness tc submit to any such, policy .-r- Wilmingior (Del.) Every Evening. A Pog's Doings. He was a pure Newfoundland, with. i nice broad head and beautiful lighi brown eyes, and auch a sweet exoreasioi "f tUm. ^Ji-J._,f u!-_ii-_-? - St CCrnCr? CI .... M?V?*U ;VU nuuu be aure to think he waa smiling. A mpr< affectionate '\carfc never beat than tba beneath t VJ ahaggy breast of, our doj Caster. We trained him to hold tb< halter in bb mouth and lead tho .horne away, and he waa very proud to beal lowed thio honor", and would wag his big boshy tail iq .a satisfied w*y* ?nd boh hin head high in order to look as dlgni fled as possible, I suppose. Hia tricks and accomplishments wen many. He could carry two .eggs in bl huge month at once and nevcr.bi'eak one H" ,-ould tura a knob aa well aa any one ?nd on entering , a room. would 'alway turn arnaud ana put his paw on tho doo to close lt. if thia foiled ho would j um] upon thedoor, taking care not to aerate! with bia nalia.. He was moro intelligen than many mon I ha70 seen, , and if an; one sat down in the house without doti lng bia bat Custer would steal stealtbil; up behind him and pull it off, then drop ping it on tho floor at the side, of hi chair, would walk quietly away and li down, as one who had performed a dutj ..We-would wrap a few pennies in paper and Bond bim wit1* it in bia moutl to a atore for candy, pf which he wa very fond.' He would never give.itt any one but one clerk, with whom he wa acqr?iainia<]. urtA ?euld bring thc car<d homo untouched, but. after delivering i to ns would stand expectantly by, wag ging his tail and wa ling for tho sw? morsel he knew he was sure to get. H waa fond of milk, too, but would carry 1 faithfull? tn nur net lamb : land thong he would glance fongingly- into tho pa occasionally, be was never known to bi tray our trust dr steal one eip of tho coi etea .beverage. We could send him to ? remote part < tho house for any article, and ho wodi be sure to understand and bring it to t if he coqld find it, and he general! foUnd whatever be searched for. I won! say: ."Coster, bring my overehoea fro; the hall." He would get np and yawl perhaps, and look up. in my face with dog smile, a? though bo said : "You la: girl, w*y did you disturb' my pleaaai dream 1" then turn the knob of tba hn door, arid in a moment return to me wit both rubbers in tho cavernous depths . bia great red month; I would aay : "Bring me my thimbl If is upstairs on tho window." Ha Won turn hu grand, glossy hc.4 first on oi side, then on the ether, and look atc in a puttied vrny, na though trying to i it upon bb memory, thea turn slew away to de his errand.' waVetimee t the way ho wonld seem to forget, ai come back to me 'toking- very mci asnamed, dropping lib wide, curly erv and 'peering atme from the top of 1 eyes. . Then Iwould repeat my demar anet *'? Would run iriakily away aga and coree back with the thimble hidd in his month. Often ho would fantail mo playfully and refuse lo givo it to n sbakfe'g bb head in a mischievous wi and Seeping jost out of my rcach^ ran toward him.-Chicago Field, ; -- Does a man contract a debt when pays part of it and makes ft amalle; 1 Tho Atlantic and Freu?? Broad Talley Ballroft4: Last Saturday, 3rd Inst., Capt. Kirk, Chief Engineer and Superintendent of tho Atlantic and French Broad Valley Railroad, returned from Columbia to the stockade with fifty-one convicto. On Monday morning following the Board of Directora met at the stockade, and in the presence of a Urge assembly of citizens of this County and representatives from Anderson and Greenville counties, the ground waa broke and the work formally commenced. President Bowen threw tho first a'.iovel of dirt, followed by Capt. Kirk with the second. After Col, Bow en's speech, representatives from Pick ens, Anderson and Greenville threw dirt together. The crowd was almost wild with enthusiasm, and when tho dirt waa formally broken, broke forth in hearty and continued cheers. Colonel Bowen spyke as follows: 1'WloiO'Citizens: We have met thia morning to commence the work on ono of the moat important enterprises ever inaugurated, not only for the Counties of Pickena and Anderson, but for the whole State of South Carolina and our slater State of North Caroiiua as well as the great West. There ia no doubt in my mind whon this great enterprise ia made known, with ita feasible, practicable, easy and cheapest grades aaron tho mountains thai baa ever yet been discovered on any other line, that the great West and tho inland and seaport towns in our own I State will take hold and subscribe a suf ficient amount of capital to insure its early completion. '.When completed, my honest convic tions aro that it will form a part of one of the most important thoroughfares Southward. Our efforts heretofore have been attended with more or less difficul-1 ties, and we cannot commend too highly tho sagacity, skill, pluok and enterprise of our distinguished engineer, who is, \ without a doubt, entitled to more credit for keeping the ball in motion than any ! other man. [Hero Col. Bowen took hold I of a shovel and threw the first dirt, and then continued:] And now that we have commenced this great work, let us keep it going until the last spike bas been driven, and all the connections made through from the South Atlantic, when the iron horse will rest et night on tho banka of the Ohio and in the "City by tbe Sea," and will leave ere the dawn of the morn and at nightfall rest side by ] side at Asheville. North Carolina." At the conclusion of Col. Bowen's ad ! dress there were long and enthusiastic j cheering. ! Dra. W. C. Brown and H. I. Eptlng were then called upon and made eloquent and stirring speeches. We regret that space will not permit ua to give a synop sis of each epeech. The convicts were then put regularly to work under the supervision of Cant. Sommet, sad the crowd dispersed fully convinced that the work would not cease nntil the last spike was driven.-Picken? Sentinel. TBUST.-A good woman was visiting! among the poor in London one cold win-' tar's day. She was trying to open the door , of ? third story room, in n wretch ed-looking home, when she heard a little voice Inside say, "Pull the string up high-pall- tho airing up high," She looked up and saw a string; she' pulled it, when it lifted the latch, and the i door opened into a room where she found j trio half naked children, all alone. They looked cold and hungry. ' I i "Do you take care of yourselves, lit tle ones?" said the good woman. ?"No ma'am, God takes care of us," replied the elder of the children. I i ?*You have no fire o?? this cold day. Are you not very cold?" "Oh! when we are very cold we creep under the-quilt, and I put my arms around Tommy and he pots bis arms around me, and we say, 'Now I lay me,' and thon we gat warm,'? said the little girl. "And what do you have to eat, pray ?" asked tho visitor. " When ! granny comes home ehe brings us something. Granny says we are God's sparrows,- and he baa enough for ns; and so 'we ?'?y, "Oer Father?' ?'~d "daiiy bread," ovcry day. God ls our .Father."..' j Tears esme into the eyes of this good i woman. She had- sometimes felt afraid < that she might bev starved j but these1 ?two little "sparrows," perchen alono in ! that cold upper room, taught her a sweet lesson of trust in the power of God, I which hit? felt she could not Roon lor- i get." ? . m ROAD LOCOMOTIVES TOR TH? WEST. j -There was recently brought to this country from England a number bf road ? locomotive?, consigned to'1 Wadsworth, Nevada, where they will be employed in the transportation of minor?is ana gen eral merchandise. - These steam road wagons were manufactured in Rochester, England, and aro quite extensively used in heavy freight work in various parts of Europe, ana especially in connection vitb army transportation, t - They sreim I ported by the Nevada Steam Transporta tion Company, and Intended to be ope rated in different- parta of that State, connecting outlyingmlnbagdistricts with I railroad : stations. These uteara wagons weigh about seven.tons each, andar? ratea at from twelve to fourteen horse power. They are fitted to use any kind of fuel, and in case of need the road i whaols can be replaced with flango wheel* for running: orr rails. They BISO have winding drums attached to the driving axle cnpabl? of holding one hundred yarea of coiled rope, for battling loads Up steep hills. ^These road engines, with an I ??giu??? ?i? vi tit O i?uO?c??, Coil fja??i iruxn 10 to 12 ton* of paying loads on edy good road not steeper than a grade of 1 to 12, and make anaverage speed of 8} miles an boqr. A sixteon-mulo team, with a wagon ca.Tying from 0 to 10 tons, can not make an average'of more than two miles an hour. I The locomotive and ito train of wagons does not cost much more than tho mule team, and it can bani freight for from fi to 10 cento per. ton per mile, which ls about one-foo dh as much as the hauling by malo team costo.. *- ' r-p-w 1 --. - The Eugene City (Oregon) Ouard says among the many probable , candi dates for tho Presidency named, by tho Dem?crata wo find that of Hon. Stcpbon J. Field. Should It bo . tho will of tho convention to gi va.us this sterling State righto Democrat aa. our standard-bcarar, we can assure Domocrato,of the East; that no one IB BO cerUin to carry this coast ashe ia. Out here we are not only, trae to the faith of the "fathers,'.' but we would roll, up such, maioritie* for Vow TO'' as wonW.astonish, tho., haUvev-rr _lve us Field, and wo assure., you we will give you this en ti ra coast, KT? other man can certainly get these electoral votes. ... ' . ,j . ?-;-<-?*--rr-- ' PROFIT, $1.200.-To sum it up, ?ix long years of bed-ridden sickness, cont ing $900 per year, total *i^0p-sll of thia expenso was stopped by, tb ree but ti ea of Hop Bitters, taken by my y wife. Shs has dopo her own homework for a year since, without tho lo? of a day, and X want every body to know it, for their bencfft."--A:??fa*fr.. , v., Tales o? Buffering, Tho following are some of the aooonntt received in response to letters of inquiry to responsible parties in Ireland for in formation as to the extent and severity, of the distress in the several localities. Bitters. M. Teresa, of tho Convent of Our Lady of Mercy, Cappaquln^ writes : ! "Since tho famine years there was not, I believe, such distress, because the far mers and shopkeepers who wera ablo to help the poor people, either by Riving them work or alms, are now ss badly off as theanelves. Many of the farmers could rot pay their rents and are sold out. May our good God comfort them and inspiro tbcao who have money tb be generous for at least a few months, when we are in hopes things will not look-so awfully hopeless as at present. When Katy's ?2 came wo commenced the chil dren's breakfast, which we have contin ued to keep on ever since; but tart ?eek, when the numbers bad increased to near ly eighty, it waa . announced ia school that from Mouday all whose fathers were living should breakfast at home. Al though tho father may oarn one ehiiliug or one shilling fourpence on fine days, what ia it but starvation wheo rent, fuel and food aro to bo paid for? As to clothes, they are out of the quotion." Sister M. I. Conception, of St. Teresa's Convent of Mercy, Oappaquln, Ireland, writes : "Imagine some of the children living on the nreakfast we give *them every morning, and having nothing else till tho following morning! As they say them selves, "we aro starving unknown lo the world;" and indeed how they are able to support life on the little they get I don't know. Our fund for the breakfast .baa fallen considerably, so that we have been obliged to reduce the number relieved to one-half. This ia very ead. but we can, Sot help IL Of course when tho dni ren aro suffering so much the parents are suffering a great deal more." Mrs. Cullinane, of Bantry, writes : "lam sorry to Bay there ls great dis tress bore. But for the money supplied by tho friends in Dublin and what.,was contributed by th?? shopkeepers, I don't know what Would have become of the small farmers and laborers. Evory mern: ber of tho relief committeo has his thro fully engaged. You know the district from Luave. Bridge to Glengariff; and how wretched tho inhabitants aro all the way. The poor creatures get no employ ment their crops failed altogether, and they have como down to Bantry, to get a share of the relief, which, on account of being divided between so many, como tlmies a family is obliged to'subsist..for a week on a couple of shillings. Picturo to yourself perhaps eight or uiue human beings living on two shillings per week. It just keeps them from dying of starva tion. 1 went into a houso to-day in whieh there were three sick children lying on what appeared to mo to be old meat baga, and the covering was not much belter. In the mother's arms was a fourth child, -who. I waa told, waa re covered from "the sickness," but was not able to walk from weakness. There were other children, also, looking miserable. The father wes only able to get work, for two days last week, and. the mother as sured me the only drink she was .abie to ?;ive the sick children was waten I am ii toning to Bindiar stories .ff misery every day. Crowds of poor peuple come about the house trying to got some Of tho relief. Only two landlords contributed to the fund-ono gave ?5 and the Other ?Z. I don't know how any ono can be so heartless as to put forward a statement to the effect that there is no distress. Unfortunately there is, and, until crops grow, it will continue. I hope the col lections to relieve our poor people will bo kept up in America.1 If those cease, Ire land will be in a bad way. God bless thc good people/who bavo given Us' theil money so p;onerously, and I trust that He who has His own wise ends in view will grant a plentiful harvest nest year." - A DEMAND , ros MB? EIGHTEEN FEET LONG.-A soldier who served ic tho swamps of South Carolina during thc war tells the fully wing story : Amona tnt o Si ce ra whom I remember well at Morrh island was vol. Bowell, of New York, ? moat excellent officer and .Sb aecom pushed engineer. Col. Sewell was. en gaged on the Swamp Angel, and beinj; very energetic himself he was not nfraic to enter the swamps. His surprise ear bo imagined when one day coe. of h?? Lieutenants whom ho had ordered to takt VHcuiy men ?ud, enter the swamp, salt he could not do it . ."And why, sir, Can't you db it?" erk* tho energetic Sewell. ,. .'.The mud ls too deep, Colonel," rc plied the Lieutenant "Yon cab at least try," enid Sewell.. Tho Liou^enant did so, and in an hon leturned, his men covered with mud fron head to foot. 1 i^Hers, now," cried Bowell bq seelnj them, "whattringa you baok?? ; ., "Colonel, the mud is over my men' heads, ! can't do it? ''Oh ! bul you can raako a req?kdt?pi for anything that is necessary,for ilje gif passage of the Swamp, aud I wi:? givd j -to you, but you must go through it." The Lieutenant did make a reqttlsltio: in. writing, which waa as follow* ? : ;. "I want twenty men eighteen feet Ion to cross a swamp fifteen feet deep."' / This joke was a good one, but Sewol who waa terribly In feimest, c?uld ht joss then appreciate i?, an? ho promptl arrested theXieut^hant fot disrespect t bis superior officer. Another Llevtcnai was detailed: and be went into tb swamp, felled the timber, and scobs Ellahed what his unfortunate bredece$9i - ? fctl- il '.. J_. Q_,1 Lil,,. ?a:iia -t ~.z. w., -^nu.? M?"V ? battery with tho aid of wheelbarrows as sand, and the remains of it still stand ? a monument to bis energy and skill t an engineor. ' iJamm. . '1 OLIVE LOGAN'S ApviOB TO Ginra. A woman' safeguard is to keep a roan hand off her. If you need bis as? tance in walking take bis ?raa insten of his taking yours. Just tell him' ; plain English to "bands off." He mi not Uko it at first, but will respect vi tenfold more. Mett will be and do Je what women allo*r them to do. M< will not doto trust Give a mani your ai and you will find him very confidents and be will tote many privileges th he would not take if be were not pc mitted to do so. . He will give your ai many loving-'-san?ese*- and sty fcwfi that he should have no opportunity dbing, abd that opportunity ls jost wi he ia after. A row morn words of i vfce and-1 close : Keep your girls. tba street1 except oh husmees; Tea them that it is unnecessary to * go to t postoffice every theo- they go bat. Gi can walk alone as1 well as boys. Do . allow- your girls. If thay mast, hav? beau, to go with boya older than the acive* If possible, Will Into their vt nature that they aro ?der lu their o banda thia they aro in tba handa'nf a mao.;,-,:. *. ? ; \ . . . - iWtnt "wouldn't bo a boy? xhi of tho fan boya have. ' Nortspoasib 2. Clothed, fed and housed withoU ought or a care about it And Sboy ls never contented, and we would girt a fly for him if ho ATM. "Ml Be BongeA ii i Three jelly husbands, by the names of Tim Watson, Joe Brown, and Bill Wal ker, eat late one evening drinking at a village tavew, until being well "corned" they agreed that each one. on returning homo should do the tint thing that his wife told him, in default of which he should tho next morning pay the bill. Walker and Brown were early at their post, hue it was sometime before1 Watson made his appearance. Walker bc&an first. "You cae, whee T entered boase the candle was out, and the tire gave but a glimmering light. I came pear walbing accidentally into a pot of batter tba?; tba pao cakes were to be made of in the morning. My- wife, who waa dreadfully out of humor at sitting up un late, said to me, sarcastically : '!B?l,>do your foot in tbs batter1* , ''Justas you say. Maggie," said I, and without the least hesitation, I put my - foot into tho pot of batter, and then went fobed." Next Joe Brown told his story, j "My wife had already retired to oar unBual oloeping room, which adjoins tba kitchen, tho door of which waa ajar, and not being ablo lo navigate perfectly, you know, I made a dreadful clamoring among the household furniture, and my wife, in no very pleasant tone, bawled Out: ( "Do break tho porridge-pot, Joe !" "No sooner said than dona I seized bold of tho bail of the pot, and striking lt against the chimney-jamb, broke it into 9 hundred pieces. After this ex ploit I retired to rest, and got a curtain lec ture all night for my pains." ! It waa now Tim Watson's turn to give Sd account bf himself, which ho did with a very long face, as follows : ! "My wife gave me tho most unlucky command in the world, for I res Wan dering upstairs in tho dark, when abo cried out:" ' "Do break your rotten neck-doTim I" j 'TU bo hanged if I do, Kate," said ?, sa I gathered myself up. "I'd sooner pay the bill, and so. landlord, hera's tb? : oaah for you, and thia ia tho lait time pit ever risk five dollars on th? command of my wife." . .-- . .""-?WI I . ! THE SNOW BBEAKEB,-The loose snow - drifts' deeply betweonTrnckee and Sierra? . ?llo. Tho mailla carried tri-weekly. and e road baa to bc. traveled ase way ?ach day. During th?. heavy winter weather the alolgh which carries iba mall is drawn by three horses drivao tandem. By this means a single broad path is beaten in lae middleofthe road. When the etc-n?a : ate raging it Is necessary to carry the J wail on horso back. Its average waight : ls from one huudred to one hundred and Bfty poantls each trip. The mall bags sro strapped on two horses, which aro ' led by the driver, Sol, Bosaeau, who Tide? - a third horse. A fourth horse with only & halter on is turned loose to break the read. This horse is kept for. thia reola pUrpoao, end is? .?.'?led the "snow breaker." For six winters tels animal ha? travel? 4 Hie Setrta Valiey road. Turned loose at Bitber Truckee or Biarraville, he will at ance set upon: his dreary journey, i The winda obliterate all traces of the path,but with marvelous instinct tho boree .follows its ov?ry turn and winding. Sometimes the huge arift? bewilder him far va moment, add missing the bard, beaten path he ricka out of sight in the loose anow. Oat of sight ls used quito literally, for it fre ?iqently ocsurs that bia body is complsta v covered* and his head alone ia above the.surface. r JlT be knows On which Bldo tho trail lies, : ho will plonge and straggle to regain his,,.; fobthold. Ir, as sometimes occuro," he is confased as to the. proper direcilou, he possesses tho wo" eriulinstfncfcofkeeping perfectly quiet until ,tbe driver, dismounts fr?nt bis horse and cornea forward to point out tho road. By means bf along ?Mck tho driver flnd3 the trail, abd beating a ii?th for.a. f?w.feet-ia fronsof ihedisseia-. fited show breaker speaks aa encourag- ; lpg word. to tho poor animal. Every brSskOT corma i? uiusuai ?nil? nn. . . inan intelligence. Neither darkness nor Klmsi:ever daunt hltq or cause bim to misted inore than a few feet. When ' in doubt hewUl take short, etepa scarcely abc Inches in length, and .ea?h foot feels, for tho hard beaten ledge, wbibb forma tho path.-^gj^e^ ^ag^. ' . lAi^?SnnM?'BokaM^ ?ter'^ heir two married women take lea vol cf each/other at the gateen asnmraerevon.-;. lng ? ' This ls the way they do it : ?Ooed-byl" "Qood-by? Come down and . seo us right scon/' '?I will. Good-by." "Q<fod-by. Donpb forget to come soon." [ ;>*fNc I'wbi?t., ;Ppn't you - forget, to come.'oit.? 1 1 ; . ' : ' u^mtut?.^' fie sere and bring Sally Jane witb yoo next tltao.** ">e )d%W8iy P4-?-W> brought her up this - time butane wasn't veryw?L\ Shewantr< e??^?a>r^bad.? ' ' ' ' . retold she' ?OW f ?? That's too bad. Be see and bring her nest tim?." . ! , *1 will : ?Td you be aaia and bring the baby.? ? ."l wilt: I forgot to tell you hf.'? cut another tooth.'* "You don't say I How aiany has bo got ""'''Five. . It makes him awful croas." . /^' gUeas it doe*,.thlo hot .weather. Wei!, good-by I Don't forgot to coate dowr??r.v i * f :; "No, j won't. Don't yea Jorge* to ' come un. Good-by f And they "separated.-Kew York Con wmviaf Advert?.: lr. . THJ5 JtTJYTTJUB OF SMOKING.-I . ?hall not live to sec it, but fiftv^nara will not elapse beforo amc?dn? ia permiii?d every whei*^ Smok?oY^rriagea wi? be no more needed on railroads than reWUog carriages. A person, whetbor in church, or in a law court, or ta a drawing-roo?v Will bo more ask permission to smoke than to breathb. No one accustomed to tho: smell of tobacco objecta to it, for lt becomes imperceptible, Ev?ry ona'con eequently,should bring up tbt?rcbUdren lac id, atmosphere of tobacco smoke, so. a* tA acftURinm thct". to it from their ear*' liest chiiilheod. If ? were Wested'with daughter* ? should seek oat .a? Irish; Bttrso for them and insist npo?hc?smok-s ?agavery doy ia the nursery a pertala amount of tao strongest tobacco from a si-ort eb?r pipe. In after years ray daughters would not render ^eiaselv? objectionable to thomalo sex fa gagerai, and their father ba particular, by docitr iovit?tat they could not endure tho odor of a elga* or a clgaieM?'^-l^?^ft < - The Georgia Demc?wa^?C^mmUteo has called two convention, a National .rmo fet-Jane 9th, abd a State Convention fer August 4th. Dwnooraii ar? urged to forget their differences asd combine ?O? the good of tho State. ? t*S Within less taau two yews nine tta persons have been put to de?*h:*n Rosall, for political eBeiwca. Pobh.cs nuder *a strong government ?eam <o iWarL