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EDITOR.
7. C. BAILEY, Fro'jr. md 4ijkUU Editor.
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The Little Doves.
High on the top of an old pine tree
It roods a mother dove, with her young ones
three,
Warm over them is her soft downy breast,
And they sing so sweetly in their nest:
" Coo," aay the little ones; "Coo," ssys sho,
All in their nest in the old pine tree.
(Soundly they sleep through the moonsblny
night,
Ksch yonng one covered and iueksd In tight;
Morn wakes them np with the first blush of
And they sing to each other with all their
might?
" Coo," say the little owes: " Coo," says she, i
Ali ia their nest in ths old pine tree.
When in the ncsl they are ail left alone,
While their usotlacr tar for their dinner has
flown
Quiet and gentle they all remain,
Till their mother Ibey see eome home again;
Then "Coo," say the little ones; " Coo," days
site, I
All in their neat in the old pine tree.
When they are fed by their tender mother, 1
One will never push nor crowd another; I
l?acb opeus widely bis own little bill, ' . j
And he patiently waits and gets his All :
Then "Coo/' aay the little ones; " Coo," aays 1
she,
All iu tholr n?it in tlie old pine trco.
TV iaoly the mother begins, by end by,
To make her young onea learn to fly ;
Just for? little way over the brink,
Tlion back to the neat as quick as a wink ;
And "Coo," say the little onea; " Coo," say*
alio, - i
All in their neat in the old pine tree.
Fast grow the youug ones, day and night.
Till their wingj are plained for n longer flight;
Till unto them at last draws nigh
The time when they all must say good-bye ;
Then "Coo," say the little ones; "Coo," aays
alio.
And away they fly from the old pine tree.
ORIGIN A la.
. rou tue soITiiKrn KXTKaruiaE
To the People of Greenville
Friend* and Fellow riiitm* Feeling
thankful In yon for your general expression
ol approval for the stand I took in the (
daikest horns of our e*untrj'* history, 1
take this occasion to say that I hops, for |
the future, my name will not he used as a
publie, political speaker. I hare alwaye, ,
in feeling, been opposed to a minister of the :
gospel engaged In political feuds?I am
still opposed to it The present contest,
however, is not a contest of this or that
political party, with ns, it Is a contest of
rsees ss well, or rather more, than ? political
party, liad It have been giving the
Kadieal party aaerodiney through the
white race only, 1 should have been silent ;
but when It came to giving thom this as
cendaney by |dadng negroes.over roe. my
family, the orphans and lha widows of the
noble dead, who a]e< p npon ao many battle
fields, I should have been recreant to
my high trust, both as a minister and a eit
icen, had I not raieed my solemn protest In
behalf of these dead and the dead of the
Revolutionary fat here. Rome of tha blood
that watered the American Tree of Free*
dom circulates the veins of my own body '
and thia blood demands that white- men
shall be free.
1 have also Ml. frcm the tendency of
things in the North, th .1 not only our race,
bnl our religioua principles, are all hinged
upon the present struggle; I firmly believe
that this is ao. Hence, it la not onfy a
struggle with us of liberty againat tyranny,
bnt it is a struggle of Christianity against
a loyal or Stats religion, I Yelieve ihat a
heavenly inspiration moved my mind to
thatdeeieive stand which has marked my
course In this matter, so that what I have
done has not been from a feeling oi choice,
bat one of necessity with me. All Ibis has
been alone for the good of the whole country,
and of both races. That necessity, npon
my part, has now somewhat subsided.?
nik<a -..ll,- .. -.11 t. ? - ? >
V.VO gWMWWIWVW, WWII Willi WII HQ OI a I ft*
llnfulilltd ability, Have entered tba arena
of public dissuasion, the white race hae besoms
organised aU over the Ktala, or nearly
aw, and having no wish or ambitions ?lo
aire for political promotion, I now ask thai
Ike publie shall only consider my name In
the humble eapaeily of a minister of the
. gospel. I |sk this from the fast Rial the
preaching of the gospel is my first great
duty, both to God and to mi n. Whatever
begins to evnfliet toe taaeh with thia duty,
evea to the burying of the dead, should be
$ * left for others whose immediate duty may
ha of a different character, rolllieal dla
eaaatoa aait conflict, more or leas, with
tbiaduty- Experience la rapidly teaeking
an thia. Invitation* arc uaoapacudly comlog
from other Districts, beeldramy owa, to
eddraea tba people, with which, were I to
comply, would take all my time
the heat of political excitement too, 1 >
might nay, and may bava aatd, things I
weald sot do oa more mat ore raflretloa.?
Mj hwft 1 hope Is hoorsh I am fur whits
?opr?masyk am efpossd lo anything like
K IH !
REPLE
ft i> vitr-??' J ? "ri
political or oocial equality of rsecm I'want
peace*?I believe this sail never be attained
nntll the party vhlcb founded and carried
on th? Oorernttienl in peace and prosperity
fo> seventy year# of it* brighter! history, it
again restored to power. This party hae
my sympathy and my prayers. Iloplng a*
umphant success, I look In confidence to ita
re establl-linient In power, for final peace
and happiness to onr troubled land.
Finding it impossible lo comply with the
tnany requests coming from different sections
of the conntry for me to address their
people, without neglecting matters to me of
the first Importance, I humbly ask that, for
the future, anr *ueh invitations shall bs regarded
as merely complimentary. Praying
God to unite and keep united our people,
for the salvation of our country, and once
more to blees our land with peace and domestic
tranquility, and with an abiding
o ?nfidenca In an overwhelming Providence,
who works all thioge together for good.
I am your'e, as eTer,
A. C STF.PP.
Line Creek, S. 0 , August 15, 1808.
ron rits so ut urn* BXTanraiaa.
The Democratic Picnic at the Trap.
$ie??r? Editor*?I had the pleasure, on tho
13th of August, of attending a Democratic
Picnic and Mass Meeting,Vlth the people ol
Pickens District?County so-callsd. It wns
held at the Trap, situated about twelva miles
from Greenville.
Aftrr&inott delightful ride with tuy with
and ell the children, through e beautiful picturesque
country, we arrived nt the piece designated,
and found there assembled, at leaaV,
a thousand of the good people of the surrounding
country ; and a tnoro intelligent rcipectible
looking crowd, it has raruly been my
good fortune to see. Indeed the fact, that
out of a thousand votos east at the Trap, at
the last election only I?h wero Radical, and
the nine hundred and ninety Democratic,
hows that the sons of Pickens are what they
hould be, intelligent thinking men, and truo
patriots. The ten Radical votes spoken of
were negroes?so you see, there is not a white
Seulawag nigger in thnt whole region. The
issemSly was addressed (from a stand prcpar- I
?d for tha purpose,) first by Ocn. Garvin, n
reterau Democrat, in au interesting speech of '
n hour's length?a speech in which great
good sense, as well as good feeling, was cvinch1.
Tbo distinguished gentleman from Greenrille,
failing to arrive as was expected, your I
humble servant next followed the General in
an address of about an hour. The crowd
bowed us profound respect, by giving us their
undivided attention. I
At the close of the meeting. Dr. J. M. Mc- <
CUnaban, offered tho following appropriate \
Resolution, which, on motion, was unanimously
adopted: |
" Jietolird, That we heartily approve of
very provision contained in tho platform of (
principles of the National Democratic Party,
and endorse the nomination of Horatio Seymour
and Frank P. 'Rlair, for the Presidency
and Vice-1-residency of the United States'
and pledge oursotves to do all in our i
Kcura the success of tli? Party, end the aloetion
of these our candidates."
The crowd was then intitcd by thc^Coramittce
of Arrangements, to the long tablet, ?
burdened with the richest provisions of every
variety, which showed, on the part of the Ladies
who prepared them, that their kotpitality
was surpassed only by their 6e?M'y and their
denv'.ion to Democratic principles.
Respectfully yours,
1.1). a win.
Laurel Creek Democratic Club.
The above dub held a meeting at the house
of John T. McDanicl, on Saturday afternoon,
16th instant. Mr. Mi-Daniel, to hie credit be
it said, had fitted op seats for the crowd, and
arranged them nnder his salabrioas grots.
The Club omitted to retire thanks to Cspt.
McDanicI for bis kindness aud attention in
supplying them with comforts, bnt the Secretary,
in behalf of the Chab, does now publicly
return tbanke for the tame.
Robert McKay, Esq., gave as a " talk," interparsed
with stories, the "bar" story
rmongst the rest, to the great merriment of
the crowd. The stories were told in " Bob's "
usually fsiicltnns style, convulsing those honest
Democrats' fsees with laughter. A happy
time, long to be remembered, did the Laurel
Creek Club buve on Saturday afternoon, August
16th, 1868. Bis teen new names wsrs enrolled,
and as many more would hare been
but for i religion* meeting going on not t
great way off. At our next ntoeting, wliicli U
to take plaee on the afternoon of tbe TVth Initant
at tbe same place, the Hat will no doubt
be Increased considerably. On motion,
Ilcnlcfd, That a Committee of three be appointed
to ouebr with the Central Club la re*
gard to a badge. (
RttoUed, That we return oar thank* to Bobert
McKay, K*q.,+for hie very la?tra4tlve
and interesting remarks.
On oar way borne*we met aeorea of negroea
who had been to tbe pow-wow at Oseenville,
and to their honor be it said, all wcro sober
and rcspoctfUl.
A full attendance of the Clnb la earaeatly
desired at our natt meeting.
W. RAXBT MILL Ell, Pres'f.
P. E. Mautiii, Seet'y.
Protidkkcb hiu ? colored boy, aged
thirteen yeara, who, for a few con la, 1
will lake ? mouth-fol of glAaa, chew ii
op line. And awallow it. He aaya be
h*a followed the buaiooaa aioee he wwa
nine yeara old, And c?n keep fat on il.
He wgkt to beve a ^j.ane" in bia
ibouiAch by ibit Lituei
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IX. OF PC
GKBBNV1LI.B. SOUTH
Disinterment of Kings.
"the following very interesting extract
is from the North American Ueview.
We sometimes hear of the disinterment
of dead bodi-e, which, nfter having
been entombed for many years, have
presented relics in a reinaikahte degree
of pie*ervailob. The following cases
are exceedingly interesting, in consequence
of the antiquity, and the histo
rical relations of the subjects, and. still
more, because the statements may be
relied on as strictly authentic.
"One of the moat interesting accounts
of the "preservation of a body,
the identity of which was undoubted,
is tbat if the disinterment of King Edward
I. of England. The readers of
history will recollect that the monarch
gave, as a dying charge to his son. that
his heart should he sent to the lioly
Lsna, but that his body should be carried
in the van of the army till bootland
was reduced to obedient;?.
' tie died in July, 13U7, and notwithstanding
hisinjunction??, wan buried
in Westminster Abbey in October ,of
the same year. It u recorded, that he
wa? embalmed, and orders for renewing
the ceiecloth about iiis body were
iftsued in the reigns of Edward III. and
llvnry IV. The tomb of this monarch
.... .....I .-.I I.I ?_ : 1 5
nna upcuvu, nuu ill* UUUJ VX'UIIIIICU Ilk
January, 1774, under the direction or
Sir Joseph A t I 'tfe, after it had been
buiied 407 years. The following ae- .
count we extract from a conteinporanoous
volume of the Gentleman's Magazine.
'"Some gentlemen of the society of
antiquaries, being desirous to see how
fut ttie actual state of Edwaid First's
answered to the methods taken to preset
ve it, obtained leave to open the
large stone saicophagus, in which it is .
known to have been deposited. This
was accordingly done on the morning
of January 2, 1774; when in a coffin
of yellow stone they found the royal
body, in peifect preservation, enclosed
in two wrappers; one of them was of
gold tissue, strongly waxed, and fresh ;
he other ami outermost coti-iderably
decayed. The corpse was habited in a
licit mantle of purple, lined with white,
and adorned with ornaments of gilt mov
tal, studded with red and blue atones
aud pearl*. Two similar ornaments Lay
on the hands. The mantle was fastened
on lite tight shoulder by magnificent
fibula of the sstne metal, with the
same stones and pea. Is. 11 is face had
over it a silken covering so fino and so
closely filled to it, as to preserve the
features entire. Uoutid bis temples was
a gilt coronet of ileuie de lys. In his
linttds, wtflch were also entire, were two
sceptres of giit tuetal; thai in the right
-urroountcd by a cross fieure, that in the
left by three clusters of oak leaves, and
a dove on a globe;?this sceptre was
about five feel long. The feet were en
veloped in the mantle and oilier coverings,
but sound, and the toes di-tinct.
Tho whole length of the corpse was five
feel two inches.'
" This last statement, it will be ob
served, is tbe only point in' wl mb tbe
narrative appears to disagree with bis
tory. We are generally given to understand
thnt Edward 1. was a tall man ;
and that be was designated in hi} own
time by the name of Longshanka. Ha
ker, in his Chronicle of the Kings of
England, says of bim that he was tall
of stature, exceeding most other men
by a head and shoulders. We have
not been able to find Sir Joseph Ayloffe's
account of the examination, and
know of no other mode of reconciling
i ho discrepancy, but by supposing a
typographical error of a figure io the
account which has been quoted,,
- "Edward I. died at Hog upon Sands,
in Cumberland, on bis way to Scotland,
July 7, 1307, in the 68th year of his
age.
"Another instance of partial preser*
valion is that of the lady of King
Charles I.'the subject of the work at
the head of this article. The remain*
of this unfortunate monarch are known
to hut* been curried to Windsor, end
(here Interred by hi* friends* without
pomp, in a hasty and piivnte manner.
It U stated in Clarendon's Ilii-tory of
the Hebellion, that when hi* son,
Charles II. wm desirous lo remove ami
re inter his corpse in Westminster Abbey,
it could not by any search be found.
In constructing a Mausoleum at Windsor,
in 1813, under the direction of
(rforge IV. tben l'rince Kegent, an* ?c
cidenl led to tbe discovery of J his rots!
body. Tbe workmen, in forming a
subterranean passage under ^he choir ol
St. Qeorge's Ckxpel, accidentally made
an aperture in the wall of the vault of
King Uenry VIII. On looking through
this opening it wa? found to contain
tbree coffins, instead of two, as bad
I>eeo supposed. Two of these were as
cmlained to be coffins of Henry VIII
and one of his queens, Jane Seymour
Tbe other was formally examined, after
permission obtained, by Sir Henry 1U|
ford, in presence of several members of
the royal family, and other persons of
distinction. The account since published
by Sir Henry, corroborates tbe one
given by Mr. tysrbert, a groom of King
Charles, bed chadber, and is published
ifx Wood's Athena Oxooiensea.
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3 H 4 J Ami O ? .
CAROLINA. SEPTEMBK
"'On removing Ihe pall,* say* (lie
account, 'a plain leaden coffin present
ed itself to view, wi It ho nppenratice of
ever having been enclosed in wood, and
bearing nn inscription, * King Charles,
1048,'in large legible character*, on a
acroll of lead encircling it. A square
opening wna then made -in the upper
pari of the lid, of such dimensions as
to admit a clear insight into it* content*.
These were an internal wooden
coffin, veil Much decayed, and the body,
carefully wrapped up in cerecloth, into
the folds of wliicb a quantity of unctuous
matter, mixed with resin, as it
seemed, had been fuelled. *o as to exelude,
as effectually ns possible, the ex
(erttal air. The coffin was completely
full; and frou) the tenacity of the cere
cloth, great difficulty was cx|rerienced
in deiflchitig it successfully from tiie
parts which it enveloped. W'liet ever
the unctuous mailer had insinuated it>
self, the separation of the cerecloth was
easy ; and when it came off, a correct
Impression of the features to which it
had been applied, was observed. At
length the whole face was disengaged
from its covering. The complexion of
tlie skin of it was dark and discolored. |
The forehead and temples had lost little
or nothing of their mu?cular substance;
the cnrtilage of the nose was gone ; but
the left eye, in the first moment of ex- |
posure, was open and full, (bough it
vanished almost immediately ; and the
pointed heard, so characteristic of the
peiiod of the reign of King Charles,
was pet feet. The shape of the face was
a long oval; many of the teeth remained
; and the left ear, in consequence of
the unctuous matter between it and ibe
ceteclolh, was found entire.
"* It was difficult at this moment, to
withhold a declaration that, noiwith
j: a . .1
ninuiiin^ me uisux uremeui, wie counie
nance did bear a strong resemblance to
the coins, the busts, and especially to
the picture of King ChArles the First,
by Vandyke, by which it had made
familiar to lis. It is true that the
minds of the spectators of this interesting
sight were .well prepared to receive
ihis impression ; but it is also car
tain, that such a facility of belief had
been occasioned by the simplicity and
truth of Mr. llerbeit'a Narrative?every
part of which had been confirmed
by the investigation, so far as it bad advanced
; and it will not be denied that
the shape of live face, the forehead, and
the board, are the most important features
by which resemblance is determined.'
"
How to E&ise Winter Cabbage.
Having been requested by many
friends to give them my plan of grow
ing winter cabbage, 1 have coucluded
to do so through the columns of the
Press & Messenger, that all who wi?h to
enjoy the luxury of fine, large cabbage
duiing the winter at a small cost and
trouble may do so. The mailt point in
raising cabbage for winter, in this eli
mate, is to have tbvin head up late in
the fall and early winter. If they head
tip eailier, while the weather is hot,
they are moat certain to rot.
The seed must be planted in May or
eariv in June, and it remiirPH much earn
and attention?not much labor?to secure
the plants sow Into in sea?on. If
not protected from the sun, they will
die as fast as thev come up. Prepare
a bed in n partially shaded location, If
possible; Lave the ground thoroughly
pulveiiz.'d, aud if dry, well watered ;
lay otf the bed in small furrows, six or
seven inches apart; sow the seed thick ;
cover tiieri) carefully with a rake, or the
baud, which is bettei; press the earth
gently on them, if the location is much
exposed to the sun. Shade (bust not
he too dense, or Ihey will run up very
spindling and fall down. Have the
ground watered every evening, unless
the weather is damp.
After they come up, remove the shade
gradually and continue to water occasionally,
if necessary, until the plants
are well rooted ; work (betn well and
keep ail grass and weeds down.
JS'o one who is unwilling to bestow
tbe proper care and attention, need undertake
to raise cabbage plants st this
season of the year. 1'iauts raised in
the spring and allowed to remain in the
bed until the proper time for transplanting,
will tnake good cabbage, but
not so good as planted later, 'i'be stalk
become* loo dry and hard.
They are to be transplanted in the
month of Aligns!, and'ip the following
a 1\ _ s .?- - _ .1 J -IJ.L
manner ; iyig ntriea umuepii anc wiaui
of h spnJe, three feet Spurt each way ;
fill them half full of good, rich, well
lotted manure, first putting in the bottom
a table* puonful of Peruvian Guano,
if to be bad, llteu fill the hole
neatly full with the top soil. All this
must be done in readiness for transplanting
during (he rain* in August.
Transplant deep, up to the leaves, in
the middle of the hole*. My thia time
(he plants will have long shank*, the
whole of which must be put into the
ground. A very good plan, if it is deSired
to raise tbom on a large scale, is
to lay oft very deep furrows with a largo
turn plow, put in tha manure heavily,
partially till them, and transplant in
them. They must be hoed frequently,
iferf
EVENTS
R 2. 1868.
I U-L? 1?11 - 1 . .1 -1 j * * JJJ . _
once a week is not loo often, end nl
ways in the morning when the dew i
on. All cabbage should be thus hoed
The bottom leaves must not be pulled
ot they will not head well. Upon ?h<
approach of very cold weather turt
them down to tha earth, and cover up
all (he stalk, leaves and all, well with
dirt, sufficiently lo hold ibetn down
onlv lenvinir out iIia tnn il.??
? o ? ?"V mvhm
Thus managed they will continue tc
head during the winter. It may be ne
cessarv to put some pine btok or hi raw
over tlie head, io further protect (hern
if the weather is extremely cold, though
I hare rarely found it necessary.
Upon the first appearance of the
heads bursting to run to seed, cut thetn
ail down and put them away in a cellar,
or any other cool place, and they
will keep until they can all be disposed
of.
Cabbage are very -liable to be eaten
up in the fall by the green worm.?
They may be caught by breaking ofl
a leal and putting on the top at night,
when numbers of them will be on lit*
under-side next morning. This repealed,
will soon destroy '.hem all. Fowls
let to run among them will destroy s
gient many of them. Cabbage planted
my way will head very low, near eft
the ground, and fowls can reaeh them,
A sure preventive against cut worm,
is to sow salt upon the ground in the
fall or winter at the rata of three or
four hundred pound-* to the acre, which
is also a good manure.
The Powers Of the Memory.
Those who have seen that prodigy.
Blind Tom, in one of his concerts know
the rest, it is only necessary for him
once to hear the most diilictill music,
when he immediately seats himself, and
I wish the most wouderful ease aud cor
redness executes it upon tbo piano.?
lie has in his a ecu rale aud piodigiously
releulive memory, it is said, as tnany
as five thousand pieces, which he will,
with unerring fidelity, reproduce at call.
LUstoiy funui-Iick u? instances of the
power of memory scarcely less amazing
perhaps than this, but the intuitive faculty
of executing tbe mtuic which i*
laid up in the chambers of his memory
is something apart from all powers 01
recollection. Tins is the astounding
feature in the phenomenon which puu
all philosophy to the test. Wiiteri
upon mental science have onrefully pre
served many instances of the moH
amazing powers of memory, to a few o!
which it is interesting to recur.
Oyru*. it is said, knew the name oi
every^oflicer, Tiiny thai of every soldiei
thai served uuder him. Tbcmistnclet
could call by nam? each one of the
twenty thousand citizens of Athens.?
llorleiisius could sit all day at an auction,
and at night give an account ol
everything sold, the purchaser, and the
price. Murotus saw at l'adau a young
(Jorsican, says Mr. Stewart, who could
repeat, without limitation, thiitv-sis
thousand names in the order in whicli
he heard them, and then reverse tlx
order, and proceid backward to tlx
first. L>r. WalHs, of Oxford, on one oc
CMxion, at night, in bed, proposed tc
himself a number of fifiy-lhico places
and found its square root of twenty
seven places, and, without writing down
numbers at all, dictated the result froir
memory twenty days afterward. I
was not unusual with him to perforce
arithmetical operations in the dark, at
the extraction of roots, e. g., to forty
decimal places. The dialingnhhed Ku
ler, blind from early life, had always ir
Ida memory a table of the first six pow
ers of all numbers, from one to on<
'hundred. On one occasion, two of hit
pupils, calculating a converging seriea
on reaching the seventeenth term, fount
their, results dtfF?-iiii?T Ku nnu ? ??? ?
. 9 -V VMV MM"
the nfnelh figure, and, in order to de
c de which whs correct, Euler wentovei
the whole in hi* heed, and hi* deci.-iot
was afterward* found to be correct.?
Pascal forgot nothing of what lie lute
rend, or heard, or seen. Menage, a
seveo'.y-seven cotnmcmoiaies in Latii
verse* the favor of the god* in restoring
to him, after partial eclipse, the ful
power* of memory which had ndoruoi
his early life. *
The instances now given are men
lioaed by Mr. Stewart, but, perhaps
the most remarkable instance of grea
memory in modern times is the case o
the celebrated Majflinbechi, librarian o
the lJuke of Tuscany, lie would in
foriu any one who. consulted In in, no
oniy who had directly treated on anj
particular subj'-ct, but who bad indi
tecily touched upon it in treating o
_.i ...t,:.-.- .. .v. 1 r
umur iiii'jrvis, lit IIIU numi/ci ui, pvr
haps, one hundred diflercnt authors
giving I lie name of the book, the word*
often iii? page where ?hey were to b<
found, and with the greatest exactness
To test hia memory, one Any, a gen
llernan of Florer.ee lent hint at one linn
a manuscript be had prepared for tin
pics*, and some lime afterwards eanu
Khirr. with a sorrowful face, and pre
nded to hare lost his manuscript bj
accident. The poor author seemed in
connolahle, and begged Magliahech
to reculleot what be eould and write i
down, lie assured the nnfortunati
man that he would, and setting aboa
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it. wrote out llie entire manuscript
s without missing a word. He bed rt
. local memory also, end knew wlttfNf
i e?#rv book stood. On? <t?? ?k? o??l
?MW V* I nuu
i Duke sent for him to inquire if lie
i could secure a book Which *m eery
> scarce. " No, air," answered Magliabei
chi, " it is impossible; there is but one
, in the world, that is in the Grand Selgtn
. tor's library at .Constantinople, and in
? the seventh book on the seventh shelf;
on the right hand as you go in."
The question has been discussed by
i wiiters upon the human faculties, * how
i fur the power of memory may be regarded
as a lest of intellectual ability.*'
Some have contended that an efttrSof-*
i dinaty memory is incompatible with a
sound judgment, and even that an tin>
usual development of the facultv is at*
I tended with a corresponding deficiency
of some other mental power. Gibers,
i and it is believed the majority of sound
writers on the subject, entirely contro('
tert this idea, contending that the men
, of the most active and commanding in)
tellect have been men also of tenaeiotf*
. and accurate memory, Napoleon being
i produced as a remarkable instance in
t point) also philosopher Leibnits, as well
as others whose cases we hare tneo-'
i tioued.
A Gknkhous Auciibibiiop.?Thd
1 other day there was a destructive port*
flagialion at Audi. From one of the
1 burning houses burst forth criee, " Save
ut, save us 1" Heart rending were the
screams of a mother, " Save my child ln
The Archbishop, who bad hitherto assisted
the firemen at the engines, step|
ped forth aud shouted our " I ? '"
twenty-five gold pieces lo him who
saves tlie mother and child V* Several
j men hastened into the (lames, but start-*
ed back again.. The Archbishop repeated
his offer, but to 110 purpose?
lie then took a blanket, dipped it in a
pail of water, wrapped it around hie
body, and climbed the ladder leading
' to the burning room. The bystanders
( fell on their knee*, their eyes steadily
, fixed on the Archbishop, lie succeed-1
| ed in reaching the window, and soon
after re-appeared, carrying the mother
, and child. tJpon reaching the ground
C below, ho tore the half burned blanket
, from hjs shoulders and thanked Govt
; on his knees for ibo success of his efforts.
lie then stepped to the poor
mother and said : " Sly good woman, t
have offered twenty five gold pieces to
^ him who would save you. I have earned
that sum myself, and will give it to
you.
ts<
Tua accident which caused the death of
Waa-ne po-wink a, (Pretty Bird,) at La
Crosse, Wiaeon-in, is narrated asfollowat'
She was standing at the railway depot
. with her two fatherless childien, waiting
, the arrival of the train, when one of thei
\ little ones got upon the track. Seeing its
j danger, the mother, regardless of her owfi
j life, sprang forward and snatched the
! child from the very jaws of destb. 81ie
lliraic I ftft lifttl-a nns nrvAn ?I.a k
it w?? too late (0' save herself. The rush
lug locomotive caught her blanket and
threw her upon the traek. The wheefa
Caught her foot, run over it, crushing the
bone to atoms, tearing off the fleah and
miking a frightful wound. The hone up to
tho knee was splintered. Such an injury
could not be but excruciatingly paifftul,
yet the Indian mother, with wonderful
nerve, drew her knite from her belt, and
culling off the loosely dianging flesh, washed
the limb and hound H rrp With hsr own
hands, refusing all assistance. A physician
was called, who Recommended amputation
as the only possible way in which to save
her life. She refused to have (he operation
performed, mortification took plaee, and
death soon after ensued.
Tiiic Confederate ram Texas is now endployed
In conveying pine Wood from Norfolk
to Boston, Mesa. The Texas is two
hundred and thirty feet long and fifty feet
wide. In form it is somewhat similar to a
monitor, with a huge Iron horn in tho
prow, about eight feet above the keel.?When
loaded with three hundred cords of
j pine below deck and forty above deck, it
draws ten feet of water. While building
at Richmond, the fodWa nf the city gave i(
' the name of Lady Davie, but when the vea
#el was launched it received the name of
^ Ttixae. It la reported to have cost ?90,000.
' The machinery doe* net appear to have
been placed in the hull, as the Texas la
, now us d as a barge, having been towed from
Norfolk to Boston by tbe slean\er Jersey
1 Blfta. * ?
VoTans, Do rou IIxsiTAiaf?The national
debt increased from June to July $63,000^>
000. At this rat*, (he terrible footings
9 ?
i> would be increased, at the end of the year,
, $4*0,000,0001 The paper dollar has now
fallen t" f.9 eeAfa, gold being quoted 144. * ,
e The Worthless, characterless carpet bagger*
S have come Into Cotigreai; nigger Senators
a are there now. The mongrels are preparing
to hold on to power anyhow, f)? y*??
f know what all I hi* means, Democratic vo>?
tersf Grant and Colf?x iutend not only t? .
i mis but to rain. Tliey know no other
I word. Will they have a chancet Nof?.
8 the millions of Democrats will thandct?
1 Noil?R*cordtr a d Dim-srat.