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"^^^Pl^Waalbeugli mylwlii were jet.)
And wheat I found that I moat apeak
My veteeseeeedetrangely low and weak,
"Tell again what Kobkbt eatd
And then I liet'ning bent my head.
"Thia ja hi* letter:"
' I will give
A house and land while you ehall live,
If, la return, front out your eeven
One ?UU to ne for aye la given."
t looked at Johu'a old garmenta worn,
(theogtit of all that John had borne
Of povet ty and work and care,
Which I, though willing, could not epart;
I thought of eeven rooutho to teed,
Of ?even little children's need,
And JJb0|X4>f this.
"TJome, John," said I,
" Well eltoose among them aa they He
Aalaep:* no walking hand in hand.
Dear John and I surveyed our bead.
Pint to the eradlo lightly stepped
"Where Lilian the baby slept.
A glory 'gainst the pillow WTrtte,
Softly her father stooped to lay
Hh rough hand down in loving way,
"Whan dream or whisper made her stir,
And huskily he said, " Not her?not her."
Wo stooped beside the trundle-bed
And one long ray of lamp-light shad
Athwart the boyish faeea there
In sloop ao pitiful and fair;
I mv on Jsmis' ) rough rod cheek
A tear uodried. Ero John could epoak,
" Hela b?t a bsby, too," said I,
And kissed him as we hnrried by.
Palo, patient Robbik's nngel face
Stili in bis sleep bore suftering'a trace.
" No, for a thousand crowns, not him,**
He whirjperad while our eyes were dim.
Poor DiukI bad Dick I our wayward M>b,
Turbulent, reckless, idle one?
Could ho be ap&red f " Nay, He who gave
Bida ua befriend him to ths grate;
Only a mother's heart can be
Patlafct enough for each aa he;
And so," aaid John, " I would not dare
To Mnd him from her bedeide prayer."
Theft stole we softly np above
And knelt by Mabt, child of love.
"Perhaps for her 'twould bettor be."
1 aald to. John. Quite silently
Ho lifted np a cufl (hat lay
Aeroea her cheek in wilfnl way.
And tiioolc hi* head. "Kaj, love, not
i thee,"
The whllo my heart heat audibly.
Only one more, onr eldest lad,
TMmty and faithfnl, good and glad?
fle like his father. "No^ John, no*I
eeenot, will not 1st him go."
And so we wrote In eourtoons way
VTe could not give one child away;
And afterward toil lighter scorned.
Thinking of that of which we dreamed,
- H*pry in troth that not one f*ce
> We mieeed from its aeeostomsd place;
>. Thankful to Work for all the seven,
Treating the rest to Ox* In Heaven I
THE THREE TRAVELING BAG8
, Tkore Were three of them, all of shining
black leather; one on the fop of the pile of
Irenkn; one on the ground; and ono In the
owner's band j all #Mng to Philadelphia; all
waiting to be checked.
-: The last boll rang. The baggageman bustled,
faming from ono pile of baggage to anether,
dispensing ebalk to trnuks, chock* to
paresngert, and curses te porter*, In approved
railway style.
M UU. III.II.J.1.VI. I ? ?1.1 . .1 A ?tit
K>arw 1 Hiivuwpuiai vu?u b nuuv uiiiitary
looking nan, with enormous whiskers
mad a nod bos, orowdlng forward, as the hag*
(SfSMfi laid his hand ou the first traveling
"Won't you ploaso to giro mo a chock for
ntreated a polo, slender, carefully
dressed young man, for tho ninth timo hold,
lag Ml hag No. 2. " I havo a lady to look
44 Say! ho you agetn' to giro me a chock foi
Hai 'efi, or not' f" growled tho proprietor 01
WgWo. S, a short, poek-markod follow, In '
"tpabl.y OTOtrost.
right, gentlemen. ITere yon are," nay
the functionary rapidly distributing tho chooki
"Wthadefpbla, tblsf Yes sir?10U1?1740tp9.
AU right."
" Afl aboard V shouted the conductor.
t^Whswehsk I" responded tho looomotivs
add the fcreia moved slowly out of tho statio:
Tho haggagota an msdltatirely watched it a
It spdfe ahsy in tho distance, and thou as If
IhSwght suddenly struck him, slapped his thig
44 Blest, M I don't believe?"
c, j^Whgt?" Imit'lrod tho switchman.
,, " That |'ve gone and gars the in three In
filled* (ho wrong chocks. Tho erissed Hit
Mask things ware oil aliko, and thoy bother
" Tclcgra. i./ :ald jo .w'trhinj-v
to nilliikilphb.
H||Q|BRpwHp?t Whoti they got thoro."
^KHR
nSHriblfti toth. Continental Hotot'
HW. Front parlor up stair*. Oeeu.
WBBs^Wwpig gentleman alluded to m No.
Plody. In aowrduM with the
the times, the twala hod boon
ily matrimony at7 JO a. duly
gratulatod UU 8:16, pat aboard
nn at 8.d6 and deposited at tbo i
Ig and baggage, at 11:68. t
xney were seated on tho sofls, tbo black
broadcloth eoat sloove encircling tho slender I
walrt of the grey travelling dress, and tho jetty <
moustache in equally affectionate proximity to
tho glosry carl*. <
" Are yon tired, doarcst V (
" No, love, not much. But you are, nron't
you 7" t
x No, darling." i
Kin*, and a pauto. <
" Don't it seem fnnny 7" said tho lady.
"What, lovel"
"That ire should be married." c
" Tea, darling."
''Won't they bo glad to ooo us at Qoorgo's 7" c
" Of conrso thoy will." i
" I'm sure I shall onjoy it so much. Shall
wo got thoro to-night 7" i
" Yos, Love, if?"
Rap, rap, rap, at tho door.
A hasty separation took place between man p
and wife, to opposito ends of tho sofa; and f<
then, a
" Come in." n
" An' yo piaso sur, it's an M. P. is waiting a,
to soo yes." v sl
" To see me?a policomnn 7" b;
" Yos, sir." 0
" There must bo soroo mistake." u
" No, sur, it's yourself; and ho's waiting in a
tho hall bcyant." It
" Well I'll go to?no toll him to eomo hero.'" 1
" Sorry to disturb yon, sir," said tho M. P.: 11
with a largo brass star on his breast,appoarlng h
with great alacrity at the waiter's elbow. I bos d
liovo this is your black valiso 7" d
" Yes, that is ours, ccrtainlv. It has Julia's ir
?tiio lady's things am in it." *1
" Suspicious circumstances about that 'ere
v tliso, sir. Telegraph oamo this morning that tl
a burglar started on the 6:46 Philadelphia h
train with a lot ofsilvor spoons in a black va c
jiac. Spoons marked T. B. Watched at the ?
forry. Saw tho black raliso. Followed it
hero. Took a pocp inside. Sure enough, Ihoio tl
was tho spoons; marked T. B., too. Said i "
was yours. Shall hnvo to tako you In chn'gt.' a
" Tako mo in charge ?" echoed tho dismay^ d
ed bridegroom. " But I assure you, ray ?lcar si
sir, tliore is some mistake?it's all a mistake.''
" S'pose you'll bo ablo to account for the e
spoons being in your valise, then T" n
" Why, I?I?it Isn't mluo; It must bo somebody
else s; somebody has put them there; lt
Is somo vilianoua conspiracy."
" Hope you'll be'ablo to tcU a stralghtcr ito.
ry before the magistrate, young man ; 'cause if
you don't, you stand a smart ehanco of boing
sent up for six months."
" 0, Charles! this is horrid. Do send him
away. Ob, dear 1 I wish I was at home," sobbed
the little bride.
" I tell you, sir," said the brhlogroom, bristling
up with indignation, "this Is a vile plot.?
What would I be doing with your paltry
spoons T I waa married this morning, in Fifth
Avenue, and I am en my wedding tour. I
have high relations in New York. You'lh recent
it. if vou dam to arrest ina."
" Ob, coano now," said tho incredulous official,
' I've board stories Uko that before. Tbis I
ain't tbe first time swindlers bavo traveled in
eonplcs. Do you supposo I don't know nothing
t "Taint no use; you've just got to t
come along to tbe station bouse.-?Migbt as
woll go poeoeably, 'cause you'll havo to."
" Cbsrlos, this is porfcotly dreadful! Our <
wedding night in tbe station house I Do send
for somebody. Send for tbe landlord to explain
it."
Tbe landlord was sent for and came ; the i
wa ters and chambermaids ami bar-room loungers
cause without being sent for, and filled the
room and the adjoining ball?sotne to laugh
and some to say they wouldn't bavo belioved
it, bat nearly all to exnlt that tbe unhappy pair
had been "found out." No explanation could
be given ; and tbo npsbot was, in spite of tears,
threats entreaties, rngc and expostulations, lb*
unfortunate newly married pair wore tnkon in
charge by the relentless polico and marched
down stairs en rontfor the poliee office. 1
And here let the curtain drop on the meian- I
oholy Mono, while wo follow tbo fortunes o.'
black rallso No. 1.
When the train stopped at Camden, four
gentlemen got off, and walkod arm in arm rapidly
and silently, up one of tho by streets and
'.ruck off into a footpath leading to a seela<*od
grore outride tbo town. Of the first two, one
was onr military frlond in a btno coat, apparently
the lender of tho party, Of tbo second
r two, one was a smiling, rosy Httlo man, carryk
irrg a blsok raliso. Their respective mmpan
ions walked with hasty, irregnlar strides, wort
abstracted, and apparently ill at ease.
' Tbo party stopped.
" This la tha place," said Captain Jonos.
"Yes," said I>r. Smith.
Tho captain and the doctor conferred together.
Tho others studiously kept apart.
J " Very well. Ill measure tha ground, and
do yon placo your man."
^ It was done.
a " Now for the pistols," wlilepcrod the enptain
h to his fellow Second.
" They arc all foody, bi the raliae, replied
the doctor.
Tho principals were nlacod ten paces apart
wearing that decidedly uncomfortable air of a
^ man wholias tbo momentary expectation/of botJ
lng shot.
"Yoawill fire, gen(lemon, rlmultancout'y,
when t gi\? the word,'* raid the enptain. '
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Then, in an undertone, (o (he doctor:?
" Quick, pistols."
Tho doctor stooped oror and famblfag at the
ralise, appeared to And something that Mr*
prised him.
"Why, what the deril?"
"What's tho mattert" askod the coptaiu>
striding up. " Can't you And tho caps T"
" Deuce a pistol or cap, put this.1
Ho hold up?a lady's night cap!
" Look hero?and here?and hero !" holding
up successively a hair brush, a long white night
gown, cologne ttoiuo, ud a oomh.
They war* grwled with * long wblsllo by
the captain, and a blank ataro by th* two prinsipals.
" Confound tho luck," ejaculated tbo captain'
If we haven't made a mUtako, and brought
the wrong valiao!"
The principal* looked at the seconds. Tbo
loeonds looked at tbo principals. Nobody vol:n
leered a suggestion. At last tbo doctor inluircd:
44 Well, what's to bo done T"
44 It's d ? -d unlucky," said tbo captain
igain.
"Wo shall bo tbo laughing stock of tho town,''
onsolingly remarked the doctor, " if this gets
rind."
44 Ono word with you, doctor," hero interpoed
his principal.
They conferred.
At the end of bis conforcneo with bisprincl>a),
the doctor, advancing to tho captain, con'
srred with htm. Then tbo captain conferred
rltb his principal. Then tbo seconds conferud
with each othor. Finally it was formally
groed between tbo contending parties that a
latcmont should be drawn up in wi iting, wbero"
y brineipol No. 1 tendered the assurance that
to offensive words, 44 You are a liar," were not
sed by him in any personal sense, but seloly,
I an a Us tract proposition, in a general way,
i regard to tho matter of fact under dispute,
'o which principal No. 2 nppondod his statotent
of his high gratification at tho candid and
onorable explanation, nnd unqualifiedly with"
rew tho offensive words, "You area scoun.
rel, " they having been used by him under a
lisapprohension of the intent nnd purpose of
..V.I..1. l?l -1? ?
Thorn being no longer a causo for quarrol,
le duel was emlad. The principal* shook
ands, first with each other, next with the scs
onds, and wero evidently very glad to got ou'
fit.
" And now that It is so happily settled," said
io doctor, chuckling and rubbing his hands,
it proves to have been a lueky tn intake, after
11, that we brought tlio wrong valise. AVon.
or what tho lady who owns It will say when
he opens ours and finds tho pistols ?"
"Very well for you to laugh about," growl,
d tlio captain: " but it's no Joke for 1110 t?> lose
ly pistols. Hair triggers?best English mnke>
nd gold monntod. There ain't a Oner pair in
imcrlca."
" Oh, we'll find 'cm. We'll go on a pllgrimgc
from house to hoaso asking if any lady there
imdlost a nightcap and found a pair of dueling
dtols."
In very good spirits tho party crossed tho riror,
and inquired at tho bnggago room in rcfironeo
to each and nud nil black leather trnvolng
bags arrived that day, took notes of where
hey were sent, and sot out to follow them up[n
duo timo they roached the Continental, and
is luck would have it, met tho unhappy bridal
>air just coming downstairs in charge of tl o
t dlccman.
" Hello, wbats all this about f inquired tho
ivp tain.
" Oh, a couple of burglars, enught with a raise
full of stolen profwrty."
" A valise I?what kind of a valise ?"
" A black leather valise. That's tho ono
i hero."
" Hero !?Stop! Hollo !?? Policeman !
Landlord 1 It's all right. You're nil wrong.
That's my viiliso. It's all a mistake. Thoy
got changed at tho depot, llor^s their valise,
with bor night eop in it."
Oreat was the laughter, multifarious tho comments.
and deep tho intoroat of tho erowd in al'
this dialogue, which they appeared to rogard
as a dolightfnl entertainment, got up expressly
for their amusement.
44 Thon you say this 'cro is yours ?'* said tho
policeman, relaxing his hold on the bridegroom
and confronting tho captain.
44 Yos, it's mine."
44 And how did you eomo by tho spoons ?"
** Spoons,yon jackanapes T" said tho captain.
44 Pistols !?ducllin < pistols !"
''l>o'you call theso pistols !" said tho policeman,
holding op one of the silver Spoons marked
44 t. n.w
Tbo captain, astonished, gasped :
44 It's tho wrong valise again, after all!"
44 Stop 1 Not so fast 1" said the polico functionary,
now invested with great dignity by tho
importaneo of tho affair ho now found himself
engaged in. 44 If so bo how you've got this
'cro indv's valise, sho's all right and can go.?
I Uut, in tnat cnac, wua u yours, nnu 11 gmuos on
yon to account for thorn 'cro apoon*. llavo to
toko you in cliargo, ail four of ye."
" Who, you impudont seoundrot J" roared the
Captain j " I'll eoo you in?. I wish I hnd my
pistols hero[ I'd teach yon how to insult a gon?
tiotnau !"?shaking his (1st.
Tho dioputo waxed fast and furious. Tin
outsiders l.ofcan to tako part in it, and them ii
no telling how ibwoutd hare andol, had not an
explosion, followed by ? heary fall end screai.
of pain boon heard in an adjoining room.
Tho crowd rushod to tho scone of the now at
traction.
Tire door woe feet. It was soon burst upci
and tho mystery oxplaincd. Tho th<<if whi
had carried off tho oaptaiu's ealiso for his own
hod taken it up to bis room and opened It t
gloat over tho booty ho supposed it to contair
thrusting bis hand in after tho tpoous. In s
doing bo had touched ono of the hair triggori
and'tbe pistol hud gono off, the bu let raakin
a riVml hole tbror g'i the ride of the vslis
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[ CAROLINA. JULY 18. I
and a corresponding round kolo in tho coir
hi? Us.
Tho wounded rascal wastakon in charge fir
by tbo policeman, and thou by tho doctor ; an
?k? ?I IV- 1-V_J
? * iuv wuuuuu pair (IIUOK up
friendship on tho scoro of tholr mutual mUhii
which culminated in a supper, whcro tlio fu
was abundant, and wboro It would bo bard I
fay which was iu the best spirits?tbo captni
| fur recovering his pistols, tbo brido for guttin
her nigbt cap, tbo bridegroom for escaping tli
station house, or tho duelists escaping enc
other. All rcsolvod to " mark tho day with
white stono, " and henceforth to mark tbci
names on tho black traveling bags in whit
lottors.
Wonders of California?Tho Gey
Mrs.
"The Oeysen of California are unequal
led among the hot springs of tho worlJ.Tliey
nro reached by steamers ncros* tli
bay from San Francisco to Pelnluma
thence l>y stage for about fifty miles, ove
one of the finest farming regions of tin
State. From Foss' Station?a favorite re
sort among the mountains?tho Geysers an
twelve miles distant, nn<l are reached by i
wild, romantic road. For two miles i
winds nlong the Hog bank, a mountain sum
mil like the ridge-pole of a steep roof. I
has been levelled uulil barely wide enougl
for carriage wheels, and on each side om
looks down precipitous banks for one <>i
two thousand feet. If the wheels diverges
tea Inches from the track, the load of pas
sengcrs would reach the bottom much in
the condition of a bushel of apples aftet
passing through a elder mill.
"Tho ridges displny tho dense shrubbery
of the mnnzinetta or monntain mahogany
upon whose rod juicy berries, grizzly bear1
subs's', nnd ttnvellere qnench their thirst
the strongly spicad bay or popper wood
which lias tho virtue of driving nwny fleas
nud the exquisite madrona with a rounc
n un, insiing 11 ko inc tirieu iniinbicUerry.?
Here boirs and antelopes offer great tempt
nllon to hunlors.
" The roar of tho Oeysers is hoard, nnf
their smoke seen two miles sway, In favor
able conditions of the Atmosphere. Aflci
being hurried along a road which pilclui
down sixteen hundred feet, with thirty-fiv<
sharp turns in two inilee, tho visitor find
himself in a narrow valley, viewing hun
dreds of sWnm jots pulling up from tlx
ground. They are chiefly in a ravine hnl
a mile long, known a? the Devil's Ca.ion.?
Steep walls rise from filty to one huiulrei
and frty feet, bare, spongy, ashy, claye;
soil, without tlie faintest sign of grass o
shrub. There are fuily one thousand [ lace
where steniu issues from the soil. "Hot wn
ter often bubbles up above the surface
hut much more startling and impressive i
the boiling within hundreds of cavities un
dor ground. One feels that the flimsie*
shell protects him from aomc vast subterra
nonn cauldron. At limes the ground vi
brutes so as to rattle crockery in the bote
one third of a rnilo away. Hot, cold nu<
boiling springs are found ride by side, cacl
with its own individual hue?blue, brown
black, red, green, yellow, pink or gray.Their
constituents vary groatly, thoug
soda, magnesia, Epsom salts and variou
salts of iron predominate.
In passing up the canon the visitor burn
his fiugoro and receives stifling blasts frot
natural hot furnaces. lie must be cautiou
whero ho steps, unless lie would brea
through the crust into some of the scethin
pools below. Steamboat Spriug is granges
of all. It hits no water, but consists ci
tirely of steam pufliing through an npertui
as largo as the body of a man, with a rot
like u great sU-iun-iiip, thccoluina rising u
for huudrcds of feet. The vent holes ai
two springs, a few feet apart, which wi
boil an egg in n minute and a half, no
from which the steam escapes with gret
force. A stone as largo as a man's fi?
thrown into one of them, rebounds three <
fonr feet, like an India-rubber ball.
" These springs arc numerous for s
miles along the I'lu ton river ; and trarelle
declare that they far surpass the fami
Geysers of Iceland. They Mrs not volcani
but result (font chemical notion. The ?m?
of brimstone, the Irisdug steain, thro
Mng water-, and underground rearing ai
trembling, are peculiarly diabolical India
regard tbem with the wildest terror, ai
cannot bo persuaded to Approach -thei
and Some white visitors never daro to ent
the canon They are among the most eu
oils nnd wonderful of the many curiositl
and wonders of the Pacific coast.
" No other regions of equal area c
honst half the natural beauties nnd inarv
?f (Islifnctis. Yosoudte, the Sierras, Mot
$hn*t*r, the Hi^ Tree*, tho Oeysers, n
bskc Tsho-*?brightest gem in innt
tnin coronet?nil nrn worthy of note snrn
the moot inipve<wivo fentureeof tho viail
> universe. Atrcndy they nre sought nn
slly liy hundreds of foreigner*; And 1
, completion of llto I'Aelfio railroad v
m?k<' them the pleasure ground* of
world."
1' i %
I'krronal.-?Mr. J. I'. Pool, the p
prletor of the Newberry Hotel, we i
pleased to notice. After a prolonged i
^ sence, is again in owe midst, lock:
hnle, hearty nn?l rejuvenated. We
licvo it is hi* design to tnnko Newbo
' hit home permanently, and of course
, bcetow a greater attention to tlio nt
? agenient of his popular House, and
, tho interests and comfort of the pu
% generally, than he has been ablo h<
j tofo'O to do.?SVarbert y Ilcraht.
I
EVENTS
867.
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of Letter from Gen. Siokles
Clen. Siick'oa has ad J rested the followlnj
letter to the Hon. Lyman Trumbull. Gha'r
man Judiciary Committee, United State
* Senate}
Charleston, 8. C., July 8, 1SC7.
" Mr Deaii Sir: I have decided not to be
to .
gin registration in this dislriot until C-?n
gress determines who shall lie registered.?
io I trust, therefore, that it will be the pleas
jj tire of Congress to extend the time for the
? completion of my registration, until?say,
^r October or November. If I pr ceed now
0 and disregard the wishes of tho President,
my action would be regarded as insubordi
nation; if I follow his intimations, many
- would probably be registered not etigihh
aocordtng to the true interpretation of tht
1- Acts of Congress.
I it is meant that all who bttvo held nnj
office?Federal, State or municipal?having
1 taken an oath of office to support tho Coo
r slitution of tho Uuitod 8tafes, nnd aft-r
0 wards engaged In rebellion, or given trd
comfort, etc., are disfranchised, this should
9 be expressiy declared ; otherwise, if left lu
1 construction, it may bo held that no other
1 officers are included than those classes cnu
merated in Article VI of the Constitution
l and that even at to these a fall pardon re
1 moves the disqualification,
' If it is mesnt to exclude lawyers, tbey
r should he expressly mentioned, or elso de
' scribed by some classification ; as. for OX'
ample, after the word "office," add "any
' icensed calling or employment or profession."
Otherwise, if the eligibility of lawyeis
bo left to con-trnction, it may be held
that a lawyer is not a public officer although
' a functionary of a court or other judicial
body.
? I
The Irntlt is, wo have now in opoiation
' two d;s'inct systems of reconstruction,
I originated by Congress, and engrafted upon
the President's plan of reconstruction. The
first Congressional plan is exprossed in the
Ilownid constitutional amendment, lca\ing
suHYngo to ho regulated by the several
' States, and imposing upon c<rlain classes of
jioi'sons disqualification for office, as a pun
r ishment lor rebellion ami as a talc-guard for
Hie rut ur<\ That plan having been refusal
by the rebel States, Congress passed ,the
* reconstruction Acts, whioh form a second
scheme of reconstruction, entirc'y distinct
in principle ami plan from tha former. In
1 llio second plan, Congress assumes control
of the <pte?tion of suffrage, which is extend
' cd to nil who can Inks h prescribed oatb
I and also enforces the disqualification foi
r oflice, wliich would have been the ponal ant
* conservative future of the first plan. Now
i it seems to mc that the true conservativi
; guarantee against reaction is in tlioaddilior
* made to the loyal voto by the enfranchise
inent of the colored people. That lieinp
' done, flic occasion fur the disqualificat or
clause ceases. Hence, the true solution. ]
belUvc, is to declare, with universal suf
I
frags, general amnesty?naming the ex
' oeptions. A more liberal amnesty is, in mj
'* judgment, essential to tho snoc< as of lh<
' Congressional plan of reconstruction. Il
will enlargo the range of popular choice foi
'* the iinpoitant judicial, executive and legis18
lativo de|>artnients of tho State Govern"
nieute, otherwise inconveniently confined
18 to classes, very few of whom arc fit to hold
II office.
^ The people can surely b? entrusted tc
judge and select from those who took par
^ in the rebellion, the men at once qnalifiei
nnd sincere in their adhesion to the nev
order of things. Such men, being eligibh
to office will have motives to identify them
selves Trim reconttrucuon, ana to suppor
' tho view# of the majority. Now, mor
U than ever, men of ability and experience i
j public business are needed for the Stat
Oovcrninents In the South ; and it is trnl
t unfortunate that at such a moment near!
w nil who know nnylhing of public ntfniri
and especially those who could fill judicii
x stations, are disfranchised. This expos*
the experiment of general suffrage to neet
j less hazards If the experiment fail, it
*c moat likely to fail from tho inability of tl
|j people to put in office thoso who could nn
^ would assure lUcoes*. It would have bee
advantageous, perhaps, to have remove
many disaffected persons, especially judge
n I sheriffs and magistrates, In the execution
the sixth section ot the Act of 2d Mnrch,
' competent successors could have been four
rj among those who are eligible to office,ies
And I would regard tho poeseaaion now
a wider field of choice for civil officers,
one of the moat effectivo instrument iliti
i',,l in the execution of tho military authoii
nd conferred upon District Commanders i
1n' it is, I find myccIf prevented, as will tl
bio people by and by, from securing for tl
mi crvteo men 01 apmuuo ana etmrf
Ihc tor, whose repentanco is as certain as t
Jl"' devotion of the most consistent loyalist,
truth, the zenl of some of the converts ot
runs the discretion of many of the falthf
ro With reference toother practical snggostin
are ',e tiaeful if Congress, hy one of
?h- committees, interrogated the commatidi
jng officers of tlio aevernl Dietrieta npon t
be- operation of tiio reconstruction Acts, a
rry the further legislation required. Very
, apoetfully, 1?. K. SICKLK8
to Tup. King of Italy gives as a ronton
blic not going to I'sri* tl at ho has not euoi
jro- moneyt>buy a thir . ass ticket on
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Remarkable Dog.
? The following Tfcrjr remarlcaOl* dog
wni communicated to th?i Sunday 8 ?>l Oaf
VI itor. a fow v?ara ion >> . ?
and pious A. L. P. Oreeoe, I). D., of Tennessee.
We may have published it before.
It will do to read again:
" Did you ever notice what a vary email
amount of education the dogs reeetve t?
We learo tliem their name?which tbay
i obtain a knowledge of vtry soon?we l*Wru
them 'get out,' 'begone,' here I beret
, here!' and ' eiok I sick-/ sick I4 jtffff then
, their education stops; but I vroufd Judge
that as the length of ItTno it Ukee them to
r learn this much ia so very short, we eoold
> teach them a great deal more, if we Were
j to try.
" 1 will here give yoa the account of s*
r d?g that I was well acquainted with. He"
, lived fcr several years in the town of Clarkaville,
Term., and almost every cUImd of the
pines was acquainted with him.
" lie mode his appearance on entering
I the town at the hotd, the piatie where other
t strangers were generally first seen. Be
did not register hie name and call for
room, but ho went into the back yard and
laid himself down to rest, but soon render-'
' ed himself useful by keeping all dog8 out
of the back yard, by which service he enrncd
his supper.
" The next place where he mc3a his ap]
pearar.co was at the Presbyterian Church1,
which he attended for a while with great
rogularity and promptness, not merely going
when the bell rang for preaching, bat went
to the prayer meeting, which was not announced
by the bsiL From the fact'tiiet'hrf
attended the Presbyterian Church altogether,
the boys called him Calvin. He hqver
went to Cliuroh wHh any person, or. kept
the company of any other dog. Be bad
two other places of visiting; one was tho
Democratic meetings whenever they cam*
off, and he wont to market every morning.
And without any election or appointment
in any way, be became town constable, la
so far as keeping order at the market hotfee,'
not suffering a hog or any other dog to'
trouble any article that might be in the
market house. In this service he was perfectly
impartial, lie took as muoh into'
rest in minding the pioperty of ono person'
as unotlier navar (oimtiinn ?? 'tlni. U .
, .-D ?V
self. But ha wa> always' rewarded by tha
persona attending the market, for at' thd
' end of the marketing hour they handed'
over to him enough provisions to last him'
during the day, which ho in the most orr
derly manner carried home in his mouth.
' " So things went on for some time, till*
at last Dr. Boecom had an appointment at
s the Methodist Church. Some dhe so hi that
1 Calvin would be at the Methodist Chureh
next Sunday ; he would go to hear Basconv
' certain. Sure enough, when Snnday came,
1 he made his appearance at the Methodist
' Church, and seemed to listen to the Doe tor
with great interest;'and after tWi/' WW*
never again known to attend the Preabyte'
rian Church, hut attended the Methodist
> Church evor after. He also changed hie
^ politics, and went ever aftdr to the Whigmo
t;ngs. ,
" I havo preached to this dog frequently,
lie had his regular place in the aisle eldla
' to the head of a certain pew. Here he
' would lay himself down, with his head to'
the preacher, looking liltn ltl' the eye and
> listening attentively. I never knew him tb'
t go to sleep In Chureh, or to get up and go'
1 out in liiue of service, or leave the Clisrth
r before the congr. gallon was dismissed. Ha"
e was the wonder of all who know him.
i- came to his en^hj taking up acme poisoned
ia Kail ll.nl l.u.l l./.nn aol f<\o oama' Iv.iti <)ai*
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e A lengthy notice wai publiehetPof-bini at
n the time in the papers. 80 lived aod^'dWd1
e thib singular dog "
y KfMPEtt or Wn?M in Unit?Prot tfit
s Mnl!er, quotes the statement of a elergj-'
,1 man, thai some of the laborers in his parish
|S had not three hundred words in their ??
]_ eabulnry. A well-eduestcd person seldom'
j8 uses more than about three thousand or
ie fonr thousand words In aetual conversationr<l
Accurate thinkers and close reasoncrs, who '
in select with great nicety the words that *x.,1
oe.tly fit their meaning, employ a much'
larger stock; and eloquent speakers may
0f rise to a command of ten thousand words,
if Shakspeare, who displayed a greater variety
l(j of expression than probably any other
_ writer in any language, produced all hW
0f plays with about fifteen thousand words.?
UtUftn*. ?n.lr d A.A li.lllt nt\ wilt. atnk( 11...I. -
ft* ? v-.. -r ? .... ..gn.
t>(l sen i wor<l?, and the OM Testament mji ?M !
ly that il Ik*? to my with five thousand six
hundred and forty-two different word*
j'e A??wm to ah Atiitier.?A writer, iHnstrilling
the fact that s?ms errors are lifted
into importance by effoits to refute theth,
wh< n they need t* be treated with eonlenlpt:'
and ridicule, ol?s? rves that all the blow* ili11
rii'd 1 iy the Herculean club of eerUft)
logicians, arc not half so effectual as a box
?* on the cor of a celebrated atheist by the
11 * hand of some charming beauty. After hav-"
ing in vain preached to a clrclo of ladies, he
"j attempted to Avenge himself by saying:
" Pardon my error, ladies. I did not Imagino
r? that in a house whore wit Irves with grace,
I alone should hive the honor of not htdiev
ing in God." " You are not aloite air," ?e or
awered the miatress of the house. "Mr
tgh
horse, my dog and my cut, share the hon r
"IS with yen ; only these poor ! ?it?m tinve toe
good s.-nre not to boast of it."
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