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BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 18(56. VOLUME XIV. NO. 17. fcl????? mi i ii in Lexington (Pa) Correspondence Richmond Times. LEE AND JACKSON. Some Interesting Gossip about Gen. Lee? the Ex commander as a College President? His flabils Of Life?a History of his Campaigns in /Vt^arfion. A visit to Lexington, pleasant ?on accounts, is pecuniarly so by reason a l'ie facta that you hear on nil 6idea incidents, anecdotes and personal recollections of the two great nien whose names are so dear to the South Everyone iovc6 to talk about Lee, and every one has something new to tell about JacksoD. I know not when, in all my life, I passed so pleasant an evening, as that at Colonel Massie's, where, for hours, the conversation related wholly to his colleague and intimate fi iornl. the lender of the Stonewall Brigade. Never before bad I heard or read so lively and graphic of tho complete physical, mental and moral n lure of the man, and I am quite sure that, if this oral (ketch could be put in print, just as it came from Col. Ma?.sio's lips,-it would bo far more entertaining than anything which has yet been published. It is surprising what a number of characteristic incidents are remembered by ulmost every person you meet ,and this fact alone is enough to prove that Jackson must have been no ordinary man. Perhaps at some I future time I may give your readers an t outline of what ha6 been told rue about 'the Major.' With regard lo Gen. Leo, the following questions and answers will afford you some idea of his way of life, and of the esteem in which he is held by all classca: 'Do tho college boys like him ?' /Like him? They love bira ?' '"Well, does be like his position as President, or does he merely put up with it in ^7'iew of something better?' uuiortunately lie likes it. When the place was first offered him, by letter, lie declined it; but after Judge Brockenborough had visited bim and explained to him fully the views and wisheB of the faculty he accepted, aud accepted in good faith, ;b2ing satisfied tli'it be could discharge the , duties of the position and be of service to his country. 'Since be came be has been pleased, I . suppose?' 'How could it be otherwise? Everybody is delighted with him, as he must know whenever ho looks in tho face of studeut, cadet or citizen; besides be is doino good.' '.lie lives comfortably V 'Quite eo. He has a comfortable house, .^well furnished ; and while bis salary is not large bis every waot is supplied, and oftentimes anticipated.' 'How do you mean V 'Why, every stage that enter-, the village brings him a parcel or box, sent by express, and these boxes and parcels contain almost every imaginable thinsr. from books and pictures down to clothing and promions.' Where do tbcse boxes come from !' 'From every quarter of the globe, you may say, but chiefly from Baltimore.' 'Are the donors .known !' /Not always; indeed 1 do"not think they generally are, but when known the gilt is promptly acknowledged. The other day a little girl, living Borne four milts in (he country, sent the General a present of apples, and the very next evening, to the great joy and the amazement of bcr parents, Gen. Lee rode up alighted, entered tlie House,and afterreturning his thank*, paid hra little friend a visit of some length.' 'Does he mingle freely with the peo.piei' " : 'He ia not at all unsocial, is free, yet cautious in conversation', but his visits are made chiefly to the ladies,' 'I aunnOHA lift in crrontltr -t-S . rr?- ? ? 7 wmuwtw yj vioi.tors!' 'No, you can bardlr My that. Sometimes his patience is tried by persons requesting him to. sit for hit picture of bust, and op one occasion he was beard to declare that be had rather stand the fire of half a dozen of the best marksmen in tbe army of Northern -Virginia, than be vexed by the continued solicitations of artists, pbotograhera and tbe like. 'He was particularly worried a few days ago by an old lady from tbe South who insisted on hav / g n iock of eren 'three threads of hfo fair,'v)aich the had projniMd faithfully to f/ieod in Alabnma or Georgia.' ? U;ow did he manage to gel rid.of her 5' "After Considering the difficulty, ho per. . Ktaded the.old lady to put $pjffith a phot o^phjftpl*}* of the locK/<jf'li*ir. She V" ' ; waa hy .Ti^ ra^anB atofied, but the gepwll ; ? annoyed V>U??? . ' -, * '*. V?" '*' . * ' ' * *' 5 "l-f-' ' ~ " v-*"1 ' o-? f- '' ? jj m "' ... * ' > .* ^ i , * ' . . "* . on all subjects. Ouo of these lately rec,,;v, J was from an old woman in England, who scut him a bill for four dollars, which a man of his name, Robert E. Lee, baa i borrowed from her in 1862. As the old lady was evidently an earnest, and the letter genuine, the General promptly replied, and proved an abba.' .'Js he writing a history of hiB campaigns ?' i tlrnk bo. At all events, ho is collecting materials for a .'j'Htory. Many think no would ue unwilling to p?i?'1',s:> a nn?iory just at tills lime, when so tunny 01 'he ac* tors are living, and tlic passions engendered by the war are etill fresh and rankling ; but the fact that Richardson, the New York publisher, piad hftn a visit not long since, is regarded by others as proof that the history is now in process of composition.' 'Have no other publishers besides Richardson approached him V "Oh, yes, ono certainly has. A New York publisher, whose name is withheld, offered to endow Washington College with the sum of $>10,000 Annually, if General Leo would contribute ono article a week to his pnper. The preposition was mado in form lo tlio rector by a responsible parly ; I..it ?l.~ .? r i ? uuw iiic cuiui| lur runsuus YYLllCU JOU Call appreciate, withheld it.' 'General Leo, then nevor heard of it?' 'Yep, ho did; nt least it is said he did. He became apprised of it in Eome way, and declined the offer.' Does ho concern himself about politics ?' 'Not at all. On the contrary, he Jb cxtrenfely careful that even tho suspicion of politics should attach to tho college.' 'Ilia habits are industrious, I have heard V 'They are. As early as si* o'clock ?n ??.? nmrn;.,n - ? vmv imui uin^ juu iiiity ecu in en w aiding in? j to town to gel Lis letters and papers ; the remainder of the da}* is devoted to his manifold duties, and in the evening he rides into the country on his white horse, not unfraquently stopping to conve?sa with the farinerB and country gentlemen with whom he chances to meet, about crops and such matters.' Is there any truth in the story that du. ring one of these rides he was baited by one of his own soldiers, a simple minded, enthusiastic countryman, who insisted on giving bim three cheers, then and there, in the middle of the road 'I think not. -We never heard of it t* 'The family of the General is as much beloved almost as the General himself, I have been told.?' 'Yes; every member of the family is a rrreat fnvorilft wiili mir ronnlo ' o i ,'Gen. Custis Lee is said to be a man of promise?' |He is. In Borne respects he is a more mysterious man than his father. There is something of Jackson in him. lie is very modest, but he is very firm in his conviction, and his opinions are remarkably practicable and sound. He is a practical thinker.' 'Gen. Lee does not intend to quit the college ?' ."W? have no reason whatever to believe that he will abandon the college bo long as be is competent to discharge the duties oi President. It ia said that ho once dedired to become Govenor of Virginia. But tha^ was before the war. Tim$B have changed, and under the new order of things the gubernatoral chair of a Southean Stale can have few charms for any gentleman, much less lor Geo. Lee. We think, therefore, that he will remain with us, and this is one reason, indeed the chief reason, why you jiind our people bo cheerful, and hopeful of the future of their town and country, and jn fact of this entire, portion of tbe ralley.' The Morality or Amusements.?Des cribing tbe morality of amusemeuls a Troy itiar/v'vtnan w.??g^uii4M| ? iui ,r iuwoui| aiij a 'One .of tbe spiiiiual wiseacres v. bo web opposed to amusements says, 'can check era soothe a dying bed-F and auother, *If Christ were to visit earth, would you in. vite him to a.gatrie of chess !r Now this is very foolish Iogio. Tbete ar.e quite a bomber - of JhiDgs proper for u? which would bo 'unbecoming in tfte King of Saints. For instance?and we put in the piQst eerious spirit, and only as a reductio ad absurdujin?if Qbriat should revisit the eorth, we would not aa^t himtoaing 'Hall ColuTibja,1 or ru.tj for Congress, and yet it win.noi oa ounraea tact uiam ficta mre wrong 5o men. 'On Jtbecontnirj^we bare heard of good clergymen among our - National X^giiiatow, Checkers would not ; .: .. ; * ^ ~v.;i '? - ^ ' r ; * *: f ' . * r * . % ,h v 1 % ~ " 4. v *- 4 *. . y" " , s k ; . ?* * * 4 :'S V * . - ' f \ "t . - *' v - V. . ^ sootho the ilying bed nor would church fairs, nor Sabbath school picnics, nor a hundred other things equally harmless ?or praiseworthy.' STONEWALL JACKSON'S WAY. To the l?dilor of the Jiuiind Tublci Dear Sip :?Your correspondent "X," in yoW Insl issue. lias something to say about tho rebel ballad "Stonewall JucUson's Way," which was so popular in Con fed rates camps and homes during t!ie war. As the song is given incorrectly in moat of the Northern collections, perhaps you will not object to print the true version ; anil ho obl gfl that "Scrvcantof the Old Stonewnll Biigndo'* who wos not "killed at Winchester,-' and 011 whose dead body it was nut found. Jfcw Yolk, July 10, 1806. STONE>rALL JACKSON'S WAY. Come, stack arms, mo.ol Pile on tlic rails; Slir up the camp fire bright I No matter if the canteen fails. We'll make a roorirg night. Ilcre Shenandoah brawls along, There burly Blue llidgc echoes stong? To hwell the Brigade's rousing song Of Stonewall Jackson's Way. Wc see him now ; the old slouched hat Cocked o'er his eye askew; The shrewd, dry Mvilo; llie speech bo pat? bo calm, '.Hint, ho true I The 131u? Light Rider know#'em will; Says he, "Tiiut'a lJ.inkn ; l^o'ti tend of elicll, Lord euvo liia soul we'!! give him"?Well, Tlml'e .Stonewall Jiiel;#on'8 Way. Silence 1 Ground arras ! Ivi:cel all! Caps off 1 Old B!ue Light'a going to pi ay. Strangle the lool that durca to ecolF. Attention! it'ahia way. Appealing from hia native sod In forma pauperis to God, "Lay baro ihine arm! Stretch forth thy rod I Allien I" That's Stonewall's Way. Ue.a in the Smldlc now : Full in ! SUn.lv 1 il./. ? -i j . x^. Ilill'e nt the ford, cut off; weM win Hi* way out, ball ami bhulc, Whrit mutter if our ehocd are worn f What matter if feet urn tori, f Quick step!?we're with him before morn, That's Stonewall Jackson's Way. The f>ui?'e bright lances rout, the mists Of morning, and, by Gaorge, Here's Lougtreet, struggling iu the list*, Hemmed in an ugly gorge. I'ope and his Yankees?whipped before! "Bay'neta and grape!" her Stonewall roar. Charge, Sluuit ! 1'ay off Aelibj'a ecore, In Stonev*a!l Jackson's Way!" Ah, maiden ! wait, and watch, and yearn For nows of Sto; c wall's band. ,/vu wiuow : reaa, Willi e\ea that burn, Tlint ring upon ?hy hand. Ah, wife I sew on, prnj* on, hope on. Thy life shall not be all fulroru. Tho foe haJ hetter ne'er been bora Tbut gets iu Stonewall's Way. THE BEGGAB BOY. 'Get away with you, you dirty beggar boy I I'd like to know what right you have to look over tho fence at our (lowers V The speaker was a little boy not more than elet'en years old, and though the people sometimes called it bandaoine, bis face looked very harsh and disagreeable just then. lie stood in a beautiful garden, in tbo suburbs of the city; and it was June lime and tbo tulips were opening themselves to theEunshine. Oh, it was a great joy to look at them, aa they bowed gracefully to the light, with their necks of crimton, or of yellow and carnation. The beds flank* ed either aido of the ..path that curved around a small arbor, wbere the young crane clusters, that lac hirMpn nm/in?? t- . . ?J ?WWg .l.D large lcnvos, wrote a beautiful prophecy for the autumn. A white railing ran in front of the garden, and over this the beggar boy, bo rudely addreoRed, waa leaning. I am afraid you would have turued away in disgust from so repulsive a spectable, and yet God and angels loved him. . He waa looking with all his eoul in bis eves oh the beautiful blossoms, as they swayed to and fro in the summer - wjiiie be leaned his arm on the fence railing, and forgot everything in that absorbed gaze. aii i. it was eeicloin tbe beggar boy saw anything that was either very good or beautiful; and it waB-sad that hit dream should have ftuch a rude awakening. jho blood rushed up in his. face, and a glance-foil Of evil and defiance flashed into Liu eyes. But, before the .hoy could retreat a little gir| sprang out from tbe arbor and looked eagerly from ime b.o'y to the other. She waB vury fair, with eoft hazel eye?, over which droped long shining laehea. Rich curls hong over her almoat bare whito shouiderB, and her lips. vera almost the oolor of jorimson tulip blooms. 4,IIo*? could you epenk so cross to the boy, Billion ?Tshe Jfeked, with* tODa of ad reproich qui vering jbrougb th#. ?woet' f . r I >' v . ' > * ' V ' - 1 . \ ' s, ; * ' ' ., * f-< .... * a& * - - 1 harm us to lmvo him look at tho flowers if ho like "Well, II?*lcn," urged tho brother, slightly mortified nnd'ashnmed, "I don't like to have beggars looking over tho fence. It iooks so low." "Now that's a notion of yolirs, Uiitotl. I'm Buro if tho flowers can do any body [ any good, we ought to le very glad. Lit* j tie boy I" nrul tlie child turned to tho beg- i j gar boy, and addressed him as courteously ! as though he ha.; been a prince?"I'll pick I you sorue of tho tulips if you will wait a i moment." "Helen, I do believe your'c the funniest (girl that ever lived!" ejaculated her brothjer, aahe turned away, and with a low whistle Fauntered down tho path, feeling very . uncomfortable; for her conduct waa a : stronger renroof than anv wnrilsrmiM lio?? ; been. j Helen plucked ono of each specimen of ! tulips, nnd there was a great variety of j those, and gave them to the child. Ilia j face brightened na ho received them, and ho thanked her. j Oh ! the little girl lind dropped a 'poarl ;of piie?' in the bac'tC, turbid billows of the | buy's !*??, mid after years would biing it up, j beautiful and fair again. j Twelve years had passed. The blue ! rved gir! hud grown into the tall, gracej ful woman. One bright June afternoon I walked with hor Im-shrinrt itirniirrli tlm r.?? V..V, 6<Wden, for she was on a visit to her parents. The place was but little changed, and the tulips had opened their lips of crimson and gold to the sunshine, jusl as they had twelve years before. Suddenly they beheld a young man in the workman's blue overalls, leaning over the fence, his eyes wandeting eagerly from tlio beautiful flowera to herself. lie had a frank, pleasant countenance, and there was something in his manner that interested the lady aud gentleman. 'Look here, Edward,' she said; Til ! pluck sonic of the flowers. It h1wav? ?ln^a J ? good to 66C people admire thein ; atul relenting he husband's arm the j.pproacbed j tlie pales saying?and the smile round her lips was very like the old child one?"Are yon fond of flowers, sir? it will give me great pleasure to gather you some." The young man looked for a moment earnestly into the youag, sweet face. ''Twelve years ago, this very month," h? said, in a voice deep and yet tremulous with feeling, "I 6tood here, leaning on this .railing, a dirty, ragged little beggar boy ; and you asked mo the very question. Twelve years ago you placed the bright tlnwam in nr.tr Imn'l- <1 ? ... ?j ..uuua, iiun tuey inaao 1110 a boy?aye, and they made a man of me, too. Your face has been-light, ma'am, all along :he dark hours of my life; and this day the little beggar boy can stand in the old j>lace and say to you, though he's as bumble and hard working man, yet thank Gok, he's an honest one. Tear-dropa trembled, like the morning drew, on the shining lasher of the lady, as she turned to her husband, who had joined | her, and liptened in absorbed attention to the workman's words. "God," alio eaiJ, "put it into my child-beart to do that little deed of kindnesf.and see bow groat is the reward be bas given mo. And the setting sun poured a flood of purple light over the little group that stood there over the workman in bis blue overall, over the lady with her golden hair, and over the proud-looking gentleman at her side. Although it was a picture Tor a painter, the angels who looked down on it from heaven saw something more than a picture there. * ?'?-t? Women Fattened at Tunis fob Marriage.?A girl after she is betrothed, is cooped up in a- small room; shackles of gold and Bilver are placed upon her ankles and wrist*, as a -piece of drew. If she is to be married tq a man wLohas discharged, dispatched, or lost a former wife, the shack? les which the former wife wore are put on the neW bride's' limbs, find she is fed till the/ are filled up'to a proper thickness. The'food used for this custom, worthy of the barbarians, is called drought wbioh is r\( ' " uu ??iai?uiuiir|- luitemrg quality, and also fnroous for renderir g the roilk of the nurse rich atd abundant. - i With Ibis seed, and their natural diab, catcatcio, the bride i* literally crammed, and raany actually die under the epoon, r > *- ; ' An apple tree in Solith Gardiner, Me., pofcforth among the appfe blouoni? a perfect whiio rose. - . Tho Ghibiaae popuWUoir of California U 3 ":v;. f j.'y.-rf--V-' ,T'' ' - V."; ' -f >*'" ;V V * 'x C' 1":*> '- i" . -rf.- -' ?. * ' O * I * 3 ? ;* * , . . * ^ THE NEW ORLEANS RIOT?WHAT LED TO IT. An election was held on tho 28th of March, 1804, for dolegates to aConvention for the revision nnd amendment of the Constitution of Lousiana, Tliis olcction was ordered by Gen. Banks, then commanding tho Federal forces in New Orleans, nnd in compliance with tho terms of Mr. Lincoln's proclamation authorising tlio formation of Slute Governments iu those States then in arms against tho Federal author!1 when one-tenth of the people wero in favu" of i returning to the Federal Union. Louisia* I n a ..I ll.ot 1.-1 I... - r ? - - I m, v.< . iniivj, mm, uy u lurraai act ot a duly tleclcd Slate Convention, seceded from tlio Federal Union, and Lad cstab lished a State Government under the Southern Confederacy. Not more than one-fifth of tho territory of the Stale, and less Mran ore forth of the legal voters, were, at tho dale of tho election in March, 18G4, under the jurisdiction or control of iho Federal forces. The order of Gen. Banks", calling a Convention, prescribed the number of delegates to be elected and tlio qualifications of vo- j ters?in both these particulars very differ* ent from tho requirements of tbo Constitution and laws of ihe State. This action of Gen. T;i?nks was baaed upon his military authority under tho proclamation of Mr. Lincoln, and at 3 time when tbo only power of tho United States Government, over the State of Louisiana, was that claimed from tho military occupation of the country. Tho Convention assembled on tho Gtb of April, 1804, and proceeded at once to revise and amend the State Constitution, aud organize a State Government, in oppo nan 10 me reguiariy constituted State Government then in oxistcnco, whose cap ita! was at Baton Kougo. This Military Convention closed its labor9 and ndjourned of tho '25th of July, 18G1. Tho State was then under military law, and the military authorities of the Federal Government assumed and dirocled tho conduct of affairs in all portions of the State over ill.;,.I. l-.i -l? udicii iucj nau ou^VDUCU 1U JJiaillllJg lUtilT arms. The Constitution adopted by the Convention was submitted to the clasa of voters alone who were declared by the military to the military to be qualified electors, and by them so ratified. 13y the aid of the military authorities the Constitution was put in operation, and the State Government, formed under it, duly installed in power and authority. The Government thus inaugurated, and the Constitution thus framed aod ratified, have been reooguized since that time as the only Government of the State. After cessation of hnatilif'Joo l!./? n.. ? iuu uiaig UO> Cia" incnt continued to be regarded as tho only legally constituted Slate organization in the Stale of Louisiana, aud bas used and enjoyed all Ibe functions of a perfect Slate Government. Under Ibis Gonsiitution a Governor and Legislature were elected, and a Judiciary appointed. Tbo only class of persons in Louisiana who could claim any right to tbo question the legality of this State Government, are tho men who were excluded from any particination in ita firVoni?>.l!nn I. ?' - v.g?Miua?vu?mWO WUU, at the time it was inaugurated, wero opposed to its purposes, and deuiod its legitimacy?the men who acknowledged the supremacy of the Baton Rouge State Government, and wore identified with the Slate's struggle for independence. ' When the war ended, with the losa of the Confederate cause, thpse men?constituting a large majority of the legal voters of the State?quietly- acquiesced in. the change made in their organio laws, and peacefully submitted to the authority of this new Government. They abandoned all hopes of reviving their old State organ* ization, and, yielding to th? pressure of the time*, determined to accept the new order .. of affairs in good faith, and try to make tbe beat tbey tould out of it.- ' ^ : Io attempting to carry Out his reconstuction policy, PreaWent Johnaon baa recognized tbe existing Stale Government as' the tree representative and agent of the people of Louisiana, and as, in all his official communications with it, regarded it as the legally constituted Government; The laws, which have been passed by .it,. have been duly observed and enforced... No doubt of their legality has been raised, and no Attempt io evade them been cos templated. All wOrkfd harmoniously, until tbe B*dijoala.begaa to develop tb?ir hostility, V lhe restoration of the; Uiiion. Wiien tfcey commenced to w?ge thai?,war- upon the President, they ?oppoftod that th?- IrouUii i 1U Stat? Government would enpportihem yn; ifieir %?; ^truoOvo AulSaJfa MxrtSJr s ri&'t ' 1- . '"' ; '- '?& * rff#* -'*f V>> ' v vi'-t ' " " '** '. ^ r" . % r ~ ? .. . * * -? v , V. .. . : - # ' ^ % A . , . - - ?* * : * ,y ' % X - ; ~ ~ ment were e'ected at a time and under circumstances which might well induco them to believe that they would bo subservient to their will, yet, fortunately for tho Stato and for the ponce of tho country, the gentloinen in oflico thero are of sterner and bettor material llinri lb<> Tlpnwrnlr>?-o n??l ITaniltons, and Stokoa of other States. Finding that they could not control tbo Stato Government, the Radicals determined to overthrow it. How to accomplish tbia nefarious design, was tho first question to ho met. After consultation with a few of their satraps in Now Orleans, it was determined to re-assembla tho State Convention of 1864. This was a most astounding proposition, and at onco met the indignant rebuke of all tho truo men of tho Stato. Tho President of that Convention?? lion. E. H. Durell?recognizing that body a6 fundus ojflcia, refused to call it togetli-* or. A few of the traitors then nsued tho following Circular, which was addressed to those members of tho defunct Convention who they thought, coald bo induced to join in their revolutionary scheme : New Orleans, June 23, 180G. Sir?Several members of tho Convention, as well as tho Executive request you to attend a meeting of the members of tho Constitutional Convention of tho State of Louisiana, at tbo Mechanics' Institute, New Orleans, on Tuesday 20th inst., at 2 o'clock r. m. Joiix E. Neelis, Sec'j. In obedience to this call a few of tho revolutionists assembled in Now Orleans on tho day indicated, nnd proceeded to elect a now President. Many declared that the lorraer rresideut bad forfeited his position. One It. R. Howell waa dcblared duly elected President of a Convention which had been dissolved in July, 1804, and ho and tho Governor of the State directed to assemblo the Convention at such time aa they might think best. Tbe reasons for the assembling of this dead body are thuagiven in tbe preamble to the resolution adopted by the revolutionists at their meeton the 20th of June : Whareas, the Civil Rights Bill has become a law, and certain amendments to tbe Constitution of the United States have passed both liouses of Congress, and now await the ratification of the loyal Legislatures of tbe several States: Whereas, in tbe opinion of all th? k fT" ? er8 of the General Government, of the Ercutivo of the State of Louisiana, of all the membors of said Convention, and of all the loyal citizens of tho State of Louisiana, there is sufficient cause, and the emergency does exist for the re-convocation and action of said Constitutions/ Convention. These revolutionists, numbering twentyeix members of the so called Convention of 1861, met in New Orleans on Monday last, when a riot ensued which compelled them to forego for tho present, at least, their unlawful purpose. We are glad to see that President Johason has promptly placed the military power of tho Government al tho disposw? of tho W?u uukuunviC3 IU proveDU IUIB -uniawiui assembly" from carrying out their programme. We believe that his prompt and manly action in this matter baa saved the people of New Orleans from 8oeHe? which would make the terrible outbreak? at St. Domingo and Jamaica seem light and tiivial. The true men of Louisiaaft owe him a debt of. lasting gratitude for pre* serving their State from the horrible cononnnnnnno waiiM I. _ _ - .v^...vv? n->vu "VU4W VClkalUIJT uavo ioilowed if the revolutionary party bad not been promptly defeated. All honor to Andrew Johnson, the friend of the Constitution and the Union 1 From the Boston Post. ALL SOBIS OF PABAGAPH8Bonner's income: $165,609,05. Jericho (Vt) has had a first-class torn ado. , > A Cabinet motto?the more haste thai less Speed. A negro died recently in Louisiana aged 120. "* : Punch styles diplomatic notes waste pa per.. All Yankees at Beaufort, S. 0. Horse Shoe Falls, Niagara are tumbling In. : -. .* *' The burnt distriot in Portland cover? 327 aorea. Important discoveries of copper in St. Domiogo. Georgia is opening her diamond nrinei . Washington la getting too hot for tbe Radicals. So will the whole oonotrjr b% DWWUI f ^ The Lebanon, QR<?* Sbatera are. tryiuj tif eorghum, ... One bowe railroad in Philadelphia cariled 3^254p4*5DgeiTj.oa ? tho Fourth/ ; CpDD&oticut b'|8 700 itojme, and frf* build, a hospital for them* ' v J . ' + ' V.v. ,r ' /.' 'V < \ *f ?,