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Erbad set, ^^HpHr tb* gnli| crowd* ^nHHMRHI^Ih umtlklng naw, ^R^flHW4PM(l*r of Iki tlage to vhw. S^ BPoo, where the wMontniltd circus spreads, I Xa gathered ranks its sod of llrltf heads, llE^?^ Ilinaail til Illfsa lait*l <4?1?? ?rf?? It, rnw The void area* claims the apfice Wow. . The seats were filled j hut ore %e Mb# be if Mi, A itrenger entered?'Iwu aw aged men. Awhile he sought a plaee with aspect mild ; The polished young Athenians sat end settled, Eyed hie oonfiasion with a aide-long glanee, But kept their seats, nor rose on his advanoe. O, for a burning blush of deeper hue, To mark the shame of that self-glorious crew! How poor the produce of feir learning's tree, That bears no fruits of sweet humility I The growth of arts and sciences, how rain In hearts that fool not another's pain1 Not so the Spartan youth, whose simple school Instilled the plain but salutary rule Of kindness, and'whose honest souls preferred Truth to display?performance to a word. These Spartan youths had their appointed place, Apart from Attica's distinguished race, And rose with one accord, intent to prove Tbe honored age their duty and^thelr love ; Nor did a Spartan youth his seat resusno Till the old man fbuod duo and fitting room. Thou came the sentence of reproof and praise, 8tamped with the sternness of tbe ancient days,' ' ' Tor, Shading full amid the assembled crowd, Tbe venerable stranger cried aloud t " The Athenians learn their duty well, hut lo i ( The Spartans prsatlst what the Athenians know." The words wer? rod in a virtuous cause; They justly earned a nation's glad applause; t But we hers surer wprds of precept given I In Ood'a own book, the words that came from I heaven: ' " Be kind, be.courteous, be all honor shown, i fSeak others' welfare rather than thine own." I [-V<lc<ix/?y. | Influence of Female Society. It it better for you to pMa ao evening ' now and then in a lady's drawing ( room, even though the conversation be ' alow, and you know the girl's aong by 1 heait, tbaa to a club, tavern, or pit of a 1 theatre. ' AH amuaeraenta of youth, to which ' virtuous women are not admitted?rely ' on it?are deleterioua'iu their nature. All men who avoid female society, ' have dull preceptions, and are stupid or have groea tastes, and revolt against ' what is pure. Your club swaggerers, ! who are sucking the butts of billiard cuea all night, call female society insipid. Poetry is insipid to a yokel; beauty has no oharm for e blind men; < music doea not please a poor beast who J does not know one tune from another; 1 and as a poor epieure is hardly ever tired of water sauchy and brown bread and butter, I protest that I can sit for a whole niffht talkincr tO a IV*II rAUIllAtAfl I nd kindly woman, about bar girl's coming out, bar boy at oollege, and like the evening'? entertain meet. One of tka great benefits a man derives from woman's society, is that be is bound to be respectful to tbem. The habit is of great good to your moral man, depend upon it. Our education makes most of us selfish men of the wortd. We fight for oureelvea, we push for ourselves, we yawn for ourselves, we tight our pipes and say we won't go 6*ui; we prefer ourselves and our ease and the greatest good that comes to man from woman's society, is that he baa somebody to think for himself somebody to whom be is bound to be constantly attentive and respectfol. [Thackeray. AaxcooTES o? StoftTtAHD.?The following te related of the good Dr. Chal mere. A benevolent lady onus Asked a poor 1*0man If sbe erer went to church f - vrw, ay," ape repMed, " tDeoe'ea man ea'd Cfiwa?n preacbee here, and 1 wfcUm fang 1b and hoar him just to en oprage him, pair body V* The aani? great preacher ?u once daring baa armon annoyed by soma dpga i?Um ebwrob. lie Hopped an<l ordered tbem K> be turned oot. When nrrbe wee orar, one old woman said to Mottrar, * And how did ye like tbe Doctor the day f " Aeh, bat he wo* | gmpT eba ranted * Did ya vndar ?U*' him T inquired W ooropaniam*. **The Lord forbid," ehe aiwoered, " th?i lebowtd hae s)e preenmptioa y bat waau'i Whennfo oo ^ ? seem* to ni* * *v** *' ? /' . * VI ^ HHP?** Kote? a HV. Lfgal Tender. P9BSii tbi# question which Is no* PWing for adjudication l?efoie our LTgbeet legal tribunal; the Charleston Courier presents a sUlemeCt of the principle# of three ca#erf, all deckled in Cenj?#\lvaoie, which are cited in the American Law Review, for ^Vpril, 1807. j fn one of these, certain premise# were ( leased, the reel pefng payable tn lawlul silver money of the United States," eacA dollar weighing tc/cmeenpennyweights and six grain*, At leAst. Notwjth-tand ing tbe words used, it w?? held that tho rent rouid be discharged in legal tan der note*. That the covenant to pay rent M in lawful silver money," was merely descriptive of '* lawful money " iu existence wben the eontruet was enteral] into, and which tbe Government might change. In the two Other cases it wan held that where the contract was payable iu soin aa a Commodity, that United States IYeaaury -notes could not be a legal tender. The word commodity being distinguished from thai of money. Thus in the oase of Mather against Kirkie, the landlord leased his land for a certain amount payable in 44 Spanish piices of eight. Tho Court decided lhat here tbe gold was dealt' with as a :ommodiiy, and that the tenement was l>ound to pay as much lawful money as would equal it in value, or in other words, as much as would purchase It. So, loo. in a very recent cause, the rent was payable in Spanish silver mill ?d dollars of a certain weight. Here the words 44 lawful money." were not ised. The judgment rendered was that he tenant was not discharged bv an >flVr to pRT in lawful money, that in. United "States Treasury no'.ee of like unouut, but must oitber make payment n the gold itself or in its equivalent at he time the rent fell due. i ^ I Jen. Tope and Got- Jenkins of Georgia At'QL'flTA, April 24. A correspondence has taken place beween Gen. Pope and Gov..Jenkins, of bis Slate. Pope asked Jenk'ns if he jad seen General Orders No. 3, issued April 10, in reference to organizing States under ?ho Military Rill, before ho latter issued his address to the people of Georgia, advising non-action un.il the question was decided by the Supreme Court I Gov. Jenkins replied hRt be had not supposed that he Was zeroising such freedom in expression of >pinlon relative to public matters as eeins still accorded citizens of the Republic, not imagining that it bad been ibrulged by the accident of the speaker ar writer holding office, (n future he should do and say what he believed was required by duty and the oath of cilice. This, he honed, would not in volve either conflict or controversy be* Lweon them in the execution of their respective trusts, atrbe thinks it need not. Everything of tbij character he desires to avoid.The General says, in reply, that Gov. Jenkins' explanation is satisfactory, so far as the post is concerned, but being sent to execute the laws of Congress, he will carry out the provisions of the Military Bill, which recognizes the existing Slate governments as merely provisional, and are permitted to continue for the administration of the State laws during the progress of reconstruction Had Congress contemplated opposition from the civil authorities, it would have legis lated the present Slate governments out of existence. He (General Pope) re a aires that the civil machinery of the tate be not perverted to frustrate the execution of the laws. The civil oflicers are required not to use their influence to prevent the people from submitting to and carrying out the laws of Con "[rest. After discussing the matter fill ly, Gen. Pope says thfcl he will be compelled to remove all oflloers while in office who use their influence to prevent the execution of the laws, but hopes that harmonious relations may continue 1 . *_ ft?. J _? _ ? ?L 1 ueivreen 100 military sou citu auinoritits. The paragraph 3 In General Orders 1 No. 1, reads as follows : " It is to Wo clearly understood that civil officers | thus retained in- office shall confine themselves strictly to the peiformace of their official dulios, and while holding offices they ahull not use any influence whatever to deter or discourage the people from taking an active part in recon strucling their State government, under an act of Congress to provide for a more effioient government of the rebel Stales, and an act supplementary thereto." " l l" fiOPfi' gNo Dakorr or Confiscation.? The Griffin Star says the Yankee* tare altogether too shrewd a people to confiscate onr lands an long aa we follow our present system of business; "?r they already get everything valuable that .we raise on our farms, and we bey everything we wear, from them, rid everything we eat, except a little nrn?p salad?-*ud if the Yankee* *o?ild tend that here for eale^our people would <yiit railing iu Z * ' ''' ' > 1 *~4*4 SX OF P( T yf,^|L "L . *^3p h* ^ P 1 GREENVILLE;- SOUTJM r^' d i ', ~ ~ iirr i Headauartcrs 2d Military District, C.MK.K^.S.C. Aprifl8,h, 1W7. " &PJSCIAL OKfiKfttf, NO. 2r. I. IfC liaVlpg become 'apparent thai }u?-" lioeto'frcedmbti cannot be obtained In (ha' eTvil* court# wltMh the tnTIJlahj p??< Nof Aiken, 8. C., consisting of Edgefield "ftnd &rnweil DlstilhU, i-Vmw Ghitftfff1 \i' hereby e#t*b!i?ho<i at the port. of AMto'n, S. C., to consist of 1st Lieutenant \VilitA* Stoni^ 46th U. 8. Infantry, prcrkHiijf/toeither tvith Sid T.tent Ed. P. Donkaiv! filK' U. &. Cavil ry, and A. Ramsay, Tlsq, of Edgefield District, S. C., acsoointr*. II. Tlio court stiaTl' fiaVe jlirlscllclloti of any oau to which a person of color It a party, except murder, arson nnd rapf.? Sentences Imposing' ffoes' exeb'eding^ btle hundred (flOO) dollars, or imprisonment exceeding two iivmtbs, will not be exccti led until appi oved at lliese Headquarters. Tlio eonrl will cfcrefully observe the requirements of G. O. 10, current series, from there Headquarters. lit. The provolt cdurt may upon applf cation of any person of color, sued or proa ceuted in any civil court In Edgefi -Id or Barnwell District, order llife transfer of snob ease lo the provost court. IV. The proceedings of the court in each case, will bo forwarded to the post comtnauder for revidou and approval; appeals to those Headquarters from the decision of the post comrtiahdcr will Hot DC considered unless accompanied by piloted arguments of the parties of their cuOpscV. V. The compensation cf tlio civilian Judge or Judges will lie four dollars a day; the court tnoy employ n clcrlt nt a compensation, uot exceeding tluPu dollars a day and purchase stationery. All the expense of the court must be paid out of the funds accruing from fines und costs paid^ l>y partics tried before it VI. At the cud of each month a return of all fines nud expenditures, with vouchers, will be made by the court to the po*t commander, and by liiin forwurJcd to these Headquarters. VI t. So ranch of Gonernl Orders No 102, iTjmrii:i?nv 01 liio rHJiiin, jm, ?U, i?S, 4V, 1)3, 50, and 03, D.pnrlin'nt of South Carolina, cries of 1805 ; Oeneral Orders Nos. 7, and 87, Department of South Carolina, and Circular No. 2, Department of iImi Mouth, cries of <860, as doos not conflict will* litis order, is still in force. By command of MajoriUensrol 1>. E. SICKLES. J. \Y. Cunt's, Captain S8tli U. S. Infantry, A. D. C., & A. A. A. O. Oflielftl: AlBuKdri Moork, AKl-dc Camp. Virginia Lands?NoimiKttN Pkr on asks.?The Richmond Dispatch learns from otto of the ptiueipal real estate fbins in that city, that, within the past few weeks, many applicants from the North have called on them, to inquire about lAnds, and frotu the general tenor of the inquiries, they seemed real ly anxious to make investments and settlo in that Slate. They seem reluctant to invest at this time, doubtless because they fear that political matters may not be speedily settled. The Dispatch says: On this subject, no one desiring to remuve to Virginia need haveanv fears. Our people will unquestionably take action under the Sherman law, and do whatever lies in their power to muse the settlement of the political affairs of the Stato, and secure the rostorathn of Virginia to her place within the Union. Ko other Slate can oiler greater inducements to thrifty farmers. Our lands lie well, are abundantly watered, and susceptible of the highest state of improve roenl. Our climate is genial, and overy region of the State healthful. East of us, rivers, tho best of the highways > of trade aud commerce, are numerous ; whilst, west of us, railroads and tho ! canal penotrato eveiy section. Kvery denomination of Christians has ? foothold here, and churches are found in every neighborhood. The prices asked for our lands are remarkably low?lower, indeed, than those asked for lands in many less favored parts of the country. We enn assure all persons desiring to settle in Virginia that tlrey will be warmly welcomed, and will meet with no other treatment than such as has made the Old Dominion proverbial for hospitality. . . Ccri for Chills.?The receipt which we copy below wit cornmunicated to thte^y^WKon (Ga.) Journal by a gcntlemlitflof'Itint town named Aide hoflf, whoftronounced It a specific.? Our readfra may remember that wo published n year ago, the elateineot ol one of oar own townsmen that he atop pcd chilla by talcing good apple vine1 gar. Perhaps the virtue of the corapo si lion recommended by the Daw sot gentleman ie found mainly or entrrelj in the vinegar. Here ia hia remedy M For an aduh. take a lahlespoonful o prepared chalk, put it in a little lex than half tumbler of good vinegar, anc drink while it effervesces. Take on< auch dose the evening before the dai you expect a return of the chill, and an other next day about two hdurs hcfor the expected attack. T ' ? . \Cot^bu$\Ga.) Baqutrtr. JTJyVr..: adi - mi .wv^'wwbsw" ?W #tau; uimimi % *>jp1?X ... n ' ? : .j_ii '.' " ?? r.>i> liinjHwt ??WT < CAROLINA. MAY 2* JWJ7* ifleLjiUaLi iHliitfl I?tt.H i il ml?M*i" * '* km# OilAKofc roll Wo>imr.--J? M tho cMtetitfaost "t>nH of tlm eoomry, *b HN 8t*t* of Alamo, tlw question ?f &+ * h?Wob bus boon mi dor n diUkto fa - tli? 'i^fgwfnJtiro,' and eMm r.oar Mng enAeied into la*-, bos h??r ? postponed ;but nov^ihe Mine subject i is up for | rnctical decision ir. nn? ot our . wikmi nmost SiaiM?to wit ; Kansas |J nml it is not nntikvlv that ibis will b? ; id? rn naie in llie. Liuion lo eoofur (be fmochUe Bpco women. A joint -1 tesuhiiroa hn* pnaaed bath braJ?ake? ot J the Legislature, providing that the pro I position to strike the word mala from i thai section of (be Slate . ConsUl nlioo i which ealabliolie* the qualification of ,i elector*, shall be eolnniliuil to the pop- < tiler vote. Wo judge it to be more i thai) likely that the amend meal will * ratified by the people of Kansas. No- I where elso in the country are the.people i so progressiva as Kansas, and their past < history lin been such as to matte them i afraid of nothing. The women of that I State, moreover, ore un colter Polity well ' prepared to exercise the light of voting, i 1 laving all of tbenr travelled from re- ' gions more ?* less distant with their < husbands of brother*, having long been ? compelled to take a real interest hi tbe I stormy politic* of their adopted home, t having wisnrpasAed opportunities for . the acquisition of education and intelligence, they nre ahlo to take hold of the questions of the day, not like girls. . Or novices, or niilk-mnids, but with knowledge and self possession. It is ceilain that the expeiimeni of female sutrrnge coold have no more favorable fiold: and if the men of Kansas vote for it, we shall see the beginning of that which will not soon have an ending. A fiastrtrcl Skntimrnt.? -Shortly beforo the departure of the lamented Holier for India, he prmvhed a sermon i.UI. - 1 >i.s. i? ?*- in <'uii.u buuiuiiicu luit utMuuiu. iiiustrn- , lion : , Life bears us oil liko the stream of j a mighty i/ver. Our boat nl ihsl ( "glides down tho mighty channel? , Ihtoiigh the plat fill murm uiing* of , the little l>rooh ami (he w indings of iu . grassy borders. The treos shed their . hlo?soin? over our young heads; the { flowers seem to offer themselves to . the young hands{ we nre happy in , hopo, and grasp more eagerly at the j beauties around us, but the stream ( hurries on, Hnd still our bands are ( empty. Our cotfrao in youth and t manhood is along a deeper and voider ( flood, among objects more striking | than magnificent. Wn are an'imated at the moving pictures and enjoyment , and industry all nround us; we nre exeked at some short-lived disap- ] poiutruent. '1410 stream bears us on, and our joys and our griefs are alike 1 left behind us. We may be shipwrecked, but we cannot bo delayed ; whether rough or smooth, the river basleua on till the roar of ocean is in [ our ears, and the to-sing of the waves is beneath our feet, and the floods are lifted tip nround us, and we take our leave of earth and its inhabitants, until of our filluro voyage there is no wit ii8*% bave the Infinite and Eternal. The Lovieo Kikun ess or God-* The loving kindness of God 1 what n beautiful expression ! How rich and conxoU ing the thought contained in it! It is ( not mere good will, nor meie cotnpla* ( cent friendship, nor the mere neighbor- , y kindness of human beings, although { these are of high nnd precious account 1 it is the good-will, the friendship, the kindness of love?of (lie love of God, who is lo?e itself. We know something of the loving kindness of father and mother. We have teen gently tended and nursed by this kindness; of parents o .rsclTes, we know full well the throbbing of parental affection. Ueep, earnest, selfsaciificing is human love in ruany tender relations. We trust in it fervently, and without fear. Oh I if there wcro no hutnau love in which IVA Irilai tllrat .?# a "v " UVOWI4IIU |Mn^G would ll.it wofrld l?e f Hut the lovingkindness of God, of thnl great incomprehensible being who fills the universe with his presence, and before whose majesty the pillars of heaven tremble? what a loving kindness that must l>e! the kindness of iufinito love wedded with infinite power I There is nothing that love can conceive of, or wish to do , for its obj^ot, but is contained here, and reudored not only possible, but absolute i ty certain. Oca Comixo Dklivkran^k.?Mr. i Gieeloy says, in a late dale of the TriF bune ; Every loyal citizen, black or white, is enabled, by the (wo reconstruction Acts, to have a voice in the good work i of reconitriicliott, with at least fonr-fiflhs r of tboso who have been rebels. The re : mninining fifth we hope to see enfran* f chised very soon. Congress has provi* s ded for that In the pending eonstitu] lional amendment, and we mrstthef its s consummation will not long be delayed. |r The South clearly understands, aa we do, that the way to this lies through a e prompt and cheerful conformity to the requirements of Congress. The South tat?a to bo noting noil her part. t(f.Ij m> jlatt nt: iw-'HC"i j /Jurats vJr-". ."4s >r~m*( mm nans, _hs * If , ? - . " - ' i \ uf'.t ' 11" i i"n?'gg 12:%'/ - "V n? ?h i i"i? in?urtji 4 Timeout*'iron Yoow*'Mrne?OootIj nppartuu* nod tplendid cnblnri# bare no mngiea) po wet to make tobol 4 M?. lb nit ciratomalafteM, umu iir -i under God, tbo matter of lm o rn for t\ine, ifr it bo the maker of bio own Mind. Th* Hr-iA. K? ? ^ < lite human intellect, that k- tin grow wily by its own action, sod by its own I action it most certainly and neeeaea^ lily grows. Every man must; tllefe < fore, ia an important sense, educate himself. Bis boobs a*d' teas More are i bat helps; the work it hi*. A man I ia not educated mail he has the abii , J itv to summon, hi casj of emefgeney, .1 all hie tuetutl power in vigorous exer- ] ;ise to effect hie proposed object. It i is not the man who has sees most, I >r who has read moat, who can do < lib; such an one is in danger of be- 1 Og home down, like a beast of bur- 1 ien, by an over loaded mase of other .i men's thoughts. Nor ia it the 1 man that can boast merely of native rigor and capacity. The greatest of < ill the warriors that went to the ( dege of Troy,- had not the pre emm- f >nco because Nature had given him strength and he carried the largest f ww, but because self-discipline Lad 1 aught him how to bend it. < |Dtmni Webster. ] Sensidmi Slogkstion.?'\Ve find the Allowing sensible suggestion in a Flori- j ia paper, ciedited to a "Georgia eXihange," . 1 " Let the planter take the $150 ' .vhich he propo&ea to pay for an extra * sand, invest it in manures, judiciously, ind he will increase the amount of his nop more than the work of an extra ' land. Besides he makes clear above 1 his the hoard and other extras- neces- ' ary to the obtaining of hands the pres ?nt flliv. T11 At) talro llr/i ftOAA il??? 1?A would pay for the inule, and invent in 1 ho same way, to cay nothing of the J linrmss and plough, and any one can -eadilv perceive the advantage a man I would have over his neighbor who . jres none pf thece fertilizers. We are yind to see so many of onr better ' slanters taking this thing into conskl . ration, and procure faige supplies of pinio and other manures. Although 1 he number of laborers has decreased j iy hundreds in the lower counties luring the past year, yet the neat j :rop is anticipated to far surpass that >f 1R?3. We trust that they will not be :)i?appoinled. Cf.oriiF.8 on Fikk?What to Do.? ] There are many lives lost annually especially of females by tbe accidental ig < rdtion of their clothing. When Hn occurrence of this kind tskes place it re- , quirts cool and prompt action to render assistance effectual. Hesitation, brief though it be, generally renders aubse* queni efforts at relief unavailing. The Scientific American suggsls that when the clothes lake fire, a woolen garment should be immediately clasped around the person, and the body bo placed in a recumbent position, as the clothing will burn less rapidly than when erect attitude is maintained. The burning clothing must be removed as soon as possible and tho burned portions of the fle?h be sprinkled with flour which will heal the wounds speedily, unless very deep. In the latter event, other applications may become necessary, but as a first one, this will be found of excellent service. A Quekr Will.?The Nashville Gazelle has heatd of a rather queer will which was admitted to probate in one of the counties bordeiing on the upper Cumberland. A wealthy old citizen had two sons, one of whom was in the Federal army and the other in the rebel ranks. During the early part of the war the old gentleman was taken suddenly ill, and wishing to divide his properly equally between bis two sons, bequeathed to Henry (the Federal soldier) all his slave properly embracing about fifty negroes, and to ThomsS (the boy in gray) bis landed estate, lie died, and thus the will stands. Both brothers lived to return from the war and the gallant soldier of the " lost c- ?" being perfectly satisfied that slar was no moro, generously divided the lands with his brother, Hnd both are living happily together, and Are bitterly opposed to the radical programme. A IlaprV liEJOir>DER.-*-At Oxford some twenty years ago. a tutor of one of the colleges limped in his walk.? Stopping one day last summer at a railway station, be' was accosted by a well-known politician, who recognized bim, and asked if be xtm not the chap I lain of the college at such a thr.e, naming the year. The doctor rspited that be was. 44 1 was there," said his interrogator, 44 and I knew yoo by your limp." 44 Well," said the doctor, * it seems my limping mads a deeper impression on you than my preaching."? 44 Ah, doctor," wa* the reply, with ready wit,44 it is the highest compliment we can pay a minister to say that be it known by hie walk rather than by his conversation.'* I 4p| j^ | MWi B - Hi / *? .t'^. ?B ^vj8B r b^t^ ** fmisk#mBHMBi hi* Wmiufat morning. I Firing-eaten a boilid be turned t- hi* daughter and said,:' "Tthink I am yetbtingry *y?u ioajy bring me another gg." He then grew thoughtful" a motnbM^ lt hod musing a little, added " Ilolfl; daughter,, bold t'my Master jalletH me L' Hem bin tight failed him bat oaty* rng for? Bible,b*re^?^t^d bisdkugh,er to place hi* linger on Romans & Z , &8, 3th, TKia Being done he repeated the Verse, dwelling especially on, ? 1 kfn persuaded that aefcher Vifc *??r do?tt? ihnll be able te separate me from tber fore of God, wBlcfi fr * Christ **? ? ?y Lord." lie tbe? said t "&od be with you, net thWdrsw:) ? tare brealtfcsted with yew, and shall wp witB my Lord Jesii* Cbriet tbto light I* " JTheee were bit laet worths fbr,*vrWb. jut r sbirer or a groan, be at owce Parted on bis flight to ever Last tag ports _ lfeader, yon breakfasted witll yoa* < araily circle this morning. Soppoeev ike tbe good Mr, Brace, you eUoubf lie suddenly to-day, whb whom wotxhl roa aup t,o-night ?? Good JVews. African Explorations.?The Afii:an travelers are generally moat unbrtunate people. L)r. Livingstone wee nurdered in Zanzibar. G4ra*d wee nurdered or drowned. An English ionsul and misaioDariqs are alill prl?? inert in Abynlnia, with little hope of lief. The English Government has tent out a parly of artisans with guns tnd machinery Air the Emperor Tbeidore in exchange for the consul and missionaries, but who knows that be trill not keep them all t The men >vho are on tbe way have, however. igreea to take the chances Mr. Du Jbaillu got safe borne, but hia book s a story of diflicukies and disasters, rbere is no telling what may be done 'or Africa hereafter, but Africa at present is a pretty hopeless case. Death or Col. D. S. Tatlor.?We record ibis morning the death of another old cili/en of Pendleton. On Friday lul Cvl. David 9. Taylor de? parted ibis life, in the 60;h year of bis age, after a brief illness of apoplexy. His summons was short, although premonitory symptoms of the disease had been apparent for aevetal years. Co). Taylor had accumulated a large fortune before the war, and was regarded one of our wealthiest citizens, lie had recently accepted the appointment of Assistant Assessor of Internal Revenue, and was at this place in the active discharge of bis duties but a f.-w days previous to hia death.? Tickcns Courier. Drau Ladif.s.?Your lines ara cast in pleasant places, and how thankful you ought to he that you live in tbia enlightened century, when fashion is free end unrestricted. This local's heart thumps with joy. Read (his old act of (he British Parliament in 1770 : AP women, of whatever age, rank, profession or degree, whether they be maids or widows, that shall from and after this net, impose upon and betrav into matrimony any of (lis Majesty's male subjects by paints, sdfcnt, cos* enetic Washes, ' artificial teeth, falae hair, Spanish wool, iron atays, hoops, high heeled shoes, or bolstering hips, shall incur the penally of the law now in force against witchcraft and like demeanors; and the marriage upon conviction, shall stand null and void. ? ' < w A Good Hit.?One of the Universalist papers insists that the preaching of Univertaliam is older than the preaching of orthodoxy, and cites history in proof. There is no need of argument on the point. Wo confess judgment at once. All the orthodox hold that the first teacher of Unlversalisra was the gentleman In black, who said to Eve in the garden : M Y shall not surely die" No apostle. prophet, or patriarch goes back so" early a date, and the Universalis!* are entitled to the full WnefU of the fact. H i > A volcano in the moon is said to be hi active eruption The crater called Linne has been lately observed to be obscured, and it is said the same darkness was observed on thie spot in 1786. The London Spectator says: " The impression is that an eruption is going on, but if ao, must not the moon have an almost phere f Could combustion take piece without oxygen f Would the smoke ?the carbonic acid gas? rise without some heavier was, like etmosphereie air, to rite in I*' 8prei* Pavmants.?The Washingtoe Republican aaya that Secretary McCullough thinks it wiU be poeaible, without materially disturbing the bta*. siness of the country to return to specie payments wit bin two years, and believes that, if be ie not inieiftred with, he can bring gold down to $1.16 or $1.20 before December,