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?rw;-.:,^..-^ :-.-. ? r? v. -,-|i.. ?.?? --?..?.. ? ? . - ?^ ?^r.,..r . ,. .... _ . -- - ? r?r-r* * ^^l9| *&& - * ?88a '" 1 ' 1 '?' V n " ! .j 1 "Tin Mil mmm mi mmmmmmmmmmammmmammmaemmaasmm mmm i mm m S 1 'k-<- v- v. /iV./ v -i- P~^ : - -- sjgs BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1866. VOLUME XIV. NO. 30. 9 SOW AHP TO-DAY,1 Our to days?hov. inadequately aro they appreciated ! Now?in which all thebles,sings of life are alone included?with what fitrange indifference do we tnrn from its rich offerings, to feast our eyos on gardens of delight, that spread away, temptingly, iDa future that forever mocks us with the unatjtained ! Thero are pearls and diamonds .scattered all along the paths we are treading, but wo cannot stop to gather them for looking at the mountains of gold that gleam agninst the far horizon. All of our jinhappinesa BpringB from neglected or misspent hours and to-days. Tho present moment is God's loving gift to man. In it wo weave tho web of our future, and make its threads bright with .suusbioc, or dark with evil and suffering. 'Come and kiss rat-, pnpa,' cried a voico full of tnusic and lore. But papa was iu tho passngo below, with coat, hat, and gloves on, all reudy to go foith to the day's business, and little pel Louis was up iu bis mother's chamber, only half dressed. 'Haven't tune now; I'll kiss you when I come home,' papa answers baek3 ami ( then starts from the houso in a hurried man- j ner. A pearl lay at his feet, and Mr. Edwards bad failed to lilt tho precious tiling. He would have been no much ll?e richer for life. Dear Lu !'he said to himself as be uiov-1 ed along the ttroet, 'that kiss would have . .done us both good, and consumed but liulf & minute of time; and I hardly think I shall find another ininutc so richly freighted with blessing to-day.' At tbe corner of the next ErjUare, Mr. J wards wailed four minutes for an omnibus. It was lost time. Four minutes spent with dear pel Louis, how full ot pleasure thoy would have been?how fragrant their ^ memory through all the day ! When Mr. Edwards arrived at Ins office, |i?ither his morning newspaper nor his ' bookkeeper weio there. S?>, lie could neither get nt bis book*, which were in the firo safe, nor glean from hU Express the commercial news or state of the markets. J No customers were in at bo early an hour A 1 ' If T7 1 J. 1 .1... - i i 1 ^vuu so air. tawaras pasteu me ne.\i iweaAy minutes in comparative idleness, his .mind burdened just enough to make liim feel uncomfortable, with the thought of lit.-tie Louis quivering over the coveted parting kiss. At ihe end of twenty minutes, the book J Veeper arrived. The bouey of Louis's ' parting kiss would have sweetened the tern- j per of Mr. Edwards for the day. Without j it, under slight annoyances, his s-pirit grew sour. He spoke to the book-keeper with light impatience, and in words of rejirouf for being late. A Bick child whs the excuse ; and fjs he looked into the clerk's face he saw that it was pale with troublo and watchinf. Q Mr. Edwards feighed. The pressure on his feeling was heavier. Every tbinge, daring that day seeroed to po3feaa a strange power of annoyance ; and totbo failure to lift a pearl from hip feet in the morning, was added many failures of a like charac. ttr. ' Will you plpaee to Jbuy an almanac !' said a childish voice nefir him. No, I do uot please/ waa the gruff reply ,of Mr. Edwarda. He tpoke, as lip looked np, on tbe moment's impulse. Tbe timid, half-frightened face of a tender child, ecarcely a year older (llttn K10 /I Q i?l I n /V o f li/\mn /vl . n nAri ivrv All I i ry\ m ^>un>? 1119 uauill^ OV UVUIV^IUIJIDU UJSWLf Ullll for an instant, and then ho saw only the re- } ii treatiDg form of a little girl. Before his. \ v better feelings prompted a recall of his rp. pulsiye words, she was in tlje street auf) ' ou t of sight. * Tim watf a little thing jp ilself, but it ' fold ebarply on the fceliDgs of Mr. Ed- 1 . ^ wards, who was naturally a kind-hearted 1 T man.- lie ent very still fpr a ,littlp while, 1 then sighing, again, vyont on with thu letter ' he was writing, wlipn the iittlp alrnanao- ' eellpf distprhgd hinj his .. work. Another 'now' hadpafsed, leafing ?i?hndow ibstead of the Bumhino it might have pestoweft, >. . . CJao you kelp, me oat to-day I- -I tmye alargenote falliBgdue,' s\ \ V 'Ipsannot/ replied lir.'Edfmrji. i * ^T^baijgbbor looked disappointed, ajidv. / ;' ' j;1! ?, * that neighbor bad many times ob ? jlcppdMr. KdwardAjo ^sltfiilar ifeay. Our . *$?? back.. ^^jpaay. ffigrijL pf b^i/. Bo^ bo bad money pnyable^n <^mabtl, afid conH, with- i . out inconyonieneo, have helped bis neighbor ? yM^mcmbored tbii^ftar H vu top iato? Ppoa- 1 . - Hlio'momoij another buedpa, .of qoqujet crv -r :Xr y < Aa$ ao ofclut <fr*yeaob? * jraiaT 1cjitrih>??rtoe 'novi* >ltiimnrovod^r-??me ' if . ~ . M*' J* bl^ifi^^tOttohej ; and' -ft? iMfc < . / ; W tbau uwd, ?r? fcjr . : Pear LowaJ Aff*ytait?r tiuuj hta fat' -' '* . ' V " / '? 9 X. ?* . . ' * . ->v.> v wi; \, would carry him, went the heart of Ed* w^rds toward hi? darling boy. Somehow^ tbo father's imagination would present no other imago of the child, except one that allowed him iu grief for the kiss denied that morning, 'Where is Louis V were the first words spoken by Mr. Edwnrdc, as ho entered tbo room where his wife was sitting. It was at loast an hour after dark. 'In bed and asleep,' was the answer. Mr. Edwards wont to the chamber where Louis lay iu his little bod. Tho gas hum ing low ; ho turned it uj> so that the light r..n r.? it? i ?:r., 1 nuvuiu toil UJ'UIJ ?MO inuc, AJ.VMV UCilUlliUl it was in its childish innocence! liow placid ! And yet the father's eyes saw, looking as they did through tho medium of a troubled state, a touch of grief upon the lip?, and a shade of rebuking saducss on the brow of bis dar'ing. Precious one,' he Baid, ns ho beut to kiss tbo pure forehead. 'I wronged both your bvart and mine,' It seemed to him, after tbi> kiss and confusion, that tiie sleeper's face bad a more peaceful, loving aspeot. For many miuI... J i.:~ ? uiuo iiu ciuuu on/<II,i3 uu>> 11 i>|'uu u?a uljconscious boy : then rrurmutingto himself 'It shall not he so Again, sweet one i'?lowered the gna to a taper flume, and went with nuiudehs footsteps from the room. From the gain of half a minute to business, in the morning, what a loss hod ther^ bten to love and peace and comfort for the ! space of houre. Let us take care of nosvp, and olu to-days ; for therein iios the true secret of happiness, and the true philosophy of life. From the Richmond Examiner. A ROKANCE--TIIUTH 8TRANGEtt THAN FICTION. It occasionally happens that an event oc i 3urs in real life as romantic as if produced j by the conception of a writer of fiction. ^ f A r\ r f 11 nr a I r* **? - ? - - ' ' y/liu VI VIICOC 19 W1 UlSnfJII IlliJ UUT 1(1 11J 1?> | lily. Eighteen years ago, in the city of j London when the parties were both young, j a genUeman addressed a l.<dy. For Mime , reason his suit was rejected, and in a thort j L'yiio the lady married another gentleman. ! 1'hey emigrated to America and settled in this city. A few days eiuce the bus- I band died and left hid wife a widow. Since j that limo she has been engaged in ao hon? j 3st vocation, l>y which she had supported; lieiself, and won the re.-pest of a large cir- I :le of friends and acquaintances. After j i?r marriage the gentleman who flr?t ad- ; liessed her al*o married, Ije remained in , London. So mo twelve mpn'.s since, hie wife died anil lie became a widower. ft HtUUMir-l lllfll lia litwl n? < ? -?-t? ? ' - - v?.w ..iM? MV MIIU iiUlt tvil^uiu u U|9 ijtt love, and a letter, with a foreign post? nark* directed to Mrs , if living, ; 'cached shis pout-office. It was advertised ind was received by the lady to whom it va? addressed.; Ita-purport was to aaceraiu, first, whether she was still living, aodf f bo, what her condition was; whether itill married or a widow. She replied, iu'orining tho gentleman that she was still dive and a widow. Ia a short time &he received another letter, renewing the rejec .ed suit of eighteen years, ago, and incloang a photograph of the writer, in order hat she might see the changes that time bad wrought in him. She, evidently satisfied with his porsonal appearance, and not porgetting his eighteen years of constancy j returned a. favorable auswer, The gentleman immediately embarked for America, and on reaching Now York ivept to the WoBtto attend to. some busiBeas jn that quarter- " At'Cbicugo he was taken nick, not ill, but too sick to travel^ rho lady was notified of his arrival ind - of thj) , cause that detained him rroip coming ou immediately to the , sity. A correspondence is coromcnced, ibd the lady is informed that tbe 'gentlem8n is conyaleseing, and will be hare in a ihort lima. Jt'is arranged that tbe mar riage is to lake place on the geiitlemau i arrival bore, after which the happy couple | will depart immediately for London, thp ) borne of their childhood and early lore, Boan Brurnmel osed to day, "Always accept a seat io the carriage of a lady who haa eaten rio dinner, for the obanaeb are that, a% ;ahe has touched nothing eincd fnuebeon,-there Sa-'a good sopper waiting for her at hotne, which she will of course have to ask you to share. A* dtsareat -.and watchful man may -nearly earn his living in this way.' r' y-W ?. --: f- -r***? Clerical > Wit,?A& old gentleman of eiorhtVr-foaf. bavins taken to the Altar a. ? r ? ..?w . g'4 1 joung damsel pf about sixtfeen, 41)0' c|<ar$-J foc^t ih?: bft?r?^#?*3fcut<& *mp &?.l waot, w ith flio (oat mso.''" >&1l he%your pardon," sbtfc? Q}erioa} *itT uI ?hought yoarHad ^rfyjgbfc ; ibrt clifld hfci'to fo christened,ft- J V h" "<>b - V" ' .w >' fS1 v' * / ' \ /.i., ' ' ' ^ LEARNING TO WALK, Only begining the journey, Many a mile to go; Little feet, how they palter, Wandering to nud fro. Trying agttiD, so brav?*ly. Laughing in baby gl?*e; Hiding its face in mother's lap, Proud us it baby cun be. Tulking th* oldest. language Ever before van hetird : But- niotlior (you'd hutdly think eo) i Tottering now and fulling, Eyes that are going to cry, and plenty of love-words, Willing again to try. Fuiher of nil, O! gnidc them, The puttering little feet, While they are trending the up-hill road, Braving the dust and heat I Aid them when they grow weary, Keep theiii in path ways lilesi: And when tho journey's ended. Saviour, O 1 f;',ve th?-in rest. WOMAN. When wearied with toil, or despondent from cnre, Wc seek for some joy to beguile oi refresh us, The earth in its glories, the ocean and air, Present each in turu wljat can cljeer or is pre- ' eioim, Nor nature Alone; tweet music's delight, The spell of the poet in magical measure, And color and form all their beauties unite, | lu creation of art for our solace aud pleasure. Vtl would we eombiue in one ccntre of light Rotii nature and art, all that's charming or pleasant, The perfume of flower*, the splendors of night, Glad dreams of the p;>6t with the blius of the present, The graceful in motion, a lioart warm with love, As true as the sun, yet in tenderness human, As wise as t he serpent, vet irentlc an a dove. We finil all coi>>|ilnte but in exquisite woman. THE BACHELOK'T^OLILOQUY- * ! Ultss my soul! I'm thirty-nine to-day, nix feet in my stoek'rg*, black eye#, curly hair, tall and straight as a cedar of Lebanon, and still a bachelor 1 Well, it's an! r independent life, at loa^t? n j it isn't, citli ! er! Hero's these uow gloves of (uino full J of little rips, siring off one of rr.y most j faultless (lie keys, nice silk handkerchief in j my drawer wauls hemming, top ballon off i I I... ,naUtl...n>l ?- u. i kuv* ixuniudiiu ui iiij |/aiiia , nuuv a tu ue done? IIow provoking it w to see tlieso married people looking bo ?elf-aatis>fied aiu) consequential, at lite head of their fat,iiI us if they limj dope the Stnto a great $er vie?. \V'hy s?s lo children, they are a* plan ty as Hies in August, and about as trouble j some; tvery alley, and ect;rf, and garret is | swarming with tlietij j they're no rarity,' and any poor miserable de? (E beg parclou !) wretch, can get a wife, enough of Ihem, too, such as they are. Il'b enough to scare a man to death .to think how much it costs to keep one. You ig folda hnvft Jo ht?r?in now xvhf>r#? t.ln??r farI ersand mothers left off. Silks and SAlinp, ribbons and velvet, feathers and flowers, cuff-pins and brncelets, gim cracks aud there's no help for it in my eye3?for if 1 married a woman x loved, aud the dear litllo thing should ask me for my scalp, 1 should give it to her, I know I shouldThen there's the tapestry, carpets, and m'rrors, and sofas, and ottomans, and damask curtains, and picture?, and crockery, (and you must look at the subject in all its bearings) little jackets nqd frocks; and wooden | horses and dolls, and pop-guns, and ginger* bread, don't believe I can do it, by Jupiter! Burthen, hero I pit, with the too of my beat boot kicking the graU>, for ihe want of something better to do ; it's coming awful cold, dreary weather, long oveuings, can't <jo to concerts forever} and when I go, my room looks so much the gloomier when I come bacjc, and it would bo so cosy to hare a nipe little wife to chat and laugh with. I've tried to think of something tl&e, but 1 can't; if I look io tbo Are, I am sure to ?ee a pair of bright oyes; even the shadows on the wall tnke fairy shapes. I'm on the bridle or ruin?I feel it. I 6hitll reed fliy doojn ip the rparriage lut -before long?=-1 know I shuH. Heaven help me, for there's no hvipg .with a better half, 'so they say j- npd rpay l be refused' if i - can get a lQug withont,on?. . . t Wjfci A friend of oura waa Lruyelitig while affcioted ?r}th a very, bad' ooOgb. lie " annoyed fellow' traveler*, unrtfl one of' them remarked, (n fr-UHte of diaDliaMiira * T "Sir, thjtf is ' vary- btwT^cpi^b*?? your*/* True, $ir." replied our fr|end, "but you will excuta me?iiV 0ie bpst 1'ye got f* ? - *4*^- *r - ' A.o oU'gqqthjrAan who ''jiving- with his Bppu?a9,.9a mupg ?&e<l'tb (jammurji-r ?*tabi* secret, wpUe$,*Jt^lk? rttoaplwt jlh'vygw (^jr?^ . It i?awi -f *-. * ;? ' ' '. ?'v * , "^* J4 .* -* ? ' .' '.'.* >? AN ANECDOTE CHARACTERISTIC OF JOHN VAN BO BEN. Among thoso who have paid a tribute to the memory of the late John Van Bhrcn is Judge Edmonds, who presided at the anti-rent trials in New York 6onie years stgo, when Mr. John Van Uuroji was C<>tn monwcalth'a attorney (as we call it.)? Judgo Edmonds, to illustrate the magnanimity of Mr. Van Buren, tells the following anecdote ; 4Whi!fl tll? filial iuuu in - - "r posing counsel called Mr. Van. I'nreti a liiir. When ho wat* thus grossly insulted, I wilh tho grealetl coolness in tlio world, lio j looked around at tho counsel, who sat behind him, and then raising liis elbow, without turning struck his adversary in the face. They then rose and placed themselves in an attitude of hostility to each other in the court. Tho Judge (who had been invited to dine with Mr. Van Btireu's father, it must hero he mentioned),ordered both to | jail for twenty tour hour.-}. Mr. Van liu" j ren legged to be fined five hundred dolinra j and not imprisoned. Hut the Judge was : ut.. i mvAviauic/ Tbo next morning, tho twonty-four ! hours having expired, tliey came out nod walked into court. Each took a feat at the tabic. Tbo trial coutinucd until 11 o'clock, when, as those of them know who had practiced in the county, the usual hour had comc to adjourn for a short recess. Up to that lime no word bad pasi-ed between cither of the counsel and the presiding judge, except what transpired in the course of the trial before the audience. Then Mr. Van liuren, stepping up to the bench j with some nonckalaucc, loaned on his nrm, | and in a low tone of voice tnado the re mark than ho 'hoped llie court had slept well last night.' 'The Judge paid, 'Yea, I was not aware thatauvthiug had disturbed its siuinhere.' 'I didn't know that ita conscience would, under the circumstances, permit it,'said he; and then ho said,'l snppo.-e our agreement to visit the old man is good ?' The visit was not made ; it would not have done under the circumstances. The father subsequently told the Judge that he appreciated the motives that induced him not to make the visit, hut that ho approved of tho action of tho Judge on VUr^L. uuuaoiuu* Not twenty fopr lioijrs after tlie Judge wit? informed that in pon^eqnenua of what iiad occured Mr. VAn Buret) had tendered to the the Governor hid resignation. The Judge immediately wyote to the Governor >. not to acpept it, as tiie gt iuleman h:pj been groi?t?ly insulted and was bound to resent i|, was a violation of order and decorum in the court. The Governor wrote back that he tdiould not accept the resignation. . Af terwAvds Mr. Van Durcn replied to resolu tiotw of a political club, ?ympatbi?ing with him censuring the Judge for not having .I._ .1... .1 - ?4>ouiiuiiuui?U ucmcou mo mu, Liiub me | Judgo did right; that liis busiuess was with the disturbance in which both were actors. To show the magnanimity thus etemplified was what he bad in view, the .speaker said, in relating tbe circumstance. Judge Edmonds related other incidents illustrative of the greatness of sou! of their deceased friend. Oihera might speak of bis position as a lawyer, as a politician, as an orator; he mourned bis loss hb one whom he could not but love and respect na a mat). Admirable Views.?Hon. Albert Piko, of Arkansas, recently wrote a letter to President Johnson, asking for a pardon uu^ar flu* aari "? make the annexed pointed and truthful ex. tract; ' ' "The late war tfas more owing to the dead of tbe paat,' who are honored, tban to the t'.ving of the present, who are exp^craicd; more to Jefferson and Madison, than to Davis and Xiuuter more the Ken tuck)* and Virginia resolutions than to the argnmeuts of 180Q, fCiyil coiniuptiuna have long roots in the past,' and their truo authors havox>ftpn'b^n loijg and boyond the reach of human vpngeamie, while thpse whom hatred acuks to immolate have been but tb? bondtnftn of necessity, the blind iflitromenta- fatip. Why. slio\ild\ thy onffqld 0ray4 ibe blood of tM llvtn# who only obeyed'tbo dead 3 ? ' "I respectfully submit that it is not just to r^giird as rebellion, at\d treason what had b?pn,claimed by ^iat^sitq'd parties for seventy years toj the lawfyl ejuuflha t>f, a political right by n State.^ aijd that it ttM^e 9Sr?^ dnn imaii ind ^^eoDTicipiri^ ibe ^beli,ve; . .": ' - ' $' ' ' *'--'*: *" ' ". ' . - Jv ;\V eSkv.'^ ;: FEEDING 80LDXBBS. When wo are informed that the daily rations of a Prussian soldier consists of a pound of meat, a sufficient quantity of bread and vegetables, cofFoo, a reasonable supply of braudy and some segars, wo arc not surprised at his fighting so well. Pluck depends a great deal on diet, and if a soU dier is not well fed, fighting goes agaipst his stomach. There is little reason to doubt that the South failed in her struggle from the poverty of her commissary and quartermaster departments, And had it been possible to feed our soldiers at tho I conclusion of tho >ar as well as at the commencement, there is very littlo reason j to ilouht that tho decision of that contest woti'd have beau f^r different. Good clothes and good food have a vast deal to do with llwj courage and esprit de corps of aoldiers. Our poor boys were kept ragged and bare-footed too long and corn bread and sorghum soon reduced their pugtiacity. Who doos not believe that our men II I *- * * * woniij iihvu conquered u ihey could have had a judicious supply of brandy and segara all during tlio war ? Why, their longing for these articles frequently lost them the victory after the capture of a Yankee camp. Ilad they been supplied with all those "knick-knacks" which are so irresistible 10 a soldier, who can affirm that w* would have been bcateu ? Sardines,crackers, cukes, cheese, whiskey, coffee, sugar, and all these innumerable at? ! tractions of a Federal camp, always proved more dangerous to us than the bullets : ami h?vi>i!?*fq of tlio onnmtt 1T...1 " ? ? . w. ?... w v??VIUT ? Aiau UUf men been well supplied wiih all these ihoy would never have stoppeJ for them, because llien no novelty.?Richmond. Dispatch. Gentle Anna, Again.?Tlio lioston correspondent of tho Louisville Courier who went to hear Miss Anna Dickinson lecture, and was impressed. Hear what the gallant youth says of tho fair Yank ; And that reminds ?ne, I ivcnt to see and I hear Anna deliver her new iecturu, which ?he calls ' The Rejoctod Stone," but I wa unable to discover tho relnti/in tl.n abofp held tp itn liilo. Bqt Anna is hs sprightly little cuss, and ban a voice that wou]d pharm |tho birds off thp bushesFor the benefit of yoqr fair correspondent' ?'Kentuikienne," I will describe her costume in full. Straw colored silk, with black laco face trimming* around her neck and down her waist in front ; diamond on h>ft hand finger ; hair short and bushy. Trtk?*n as a whole she WR3 exceedingly nice and pretty. I don't care if uho did n^t. ItfwH. Il.ill.rlrtU vIlO ?C Kl? *?r*r?rv I r" T-? -5 d>-r-t I'""VI"; J'"6" ' Slje hurled her rejected boul'er at ihe audienpe as gracefully as David slung his little smooth stono-at the giant. She wna severe on President Johnson, comparing hitn to all the tyrants of any standing in ancient or modern history. She told about Dick Tfiyloi'd making Union men dig their own graves, and about* I3urk I Blackburn's shooting two little Union girls She brought up the God send for the HadiOafa, tho New Orleans riotfr, also the Mem ' phis massacre of school marine She lied like the devil. She vindicated Congress, ' aud pointed out the only mode of /econbixuction, e!c. , el?\ I left wondering how a human female oouhl bo*o b'eauliffil and bewitching, and ten sucn voopperq. CBN, BltECItlNIUDOK AT BaTOS ltOUOE. ?The Baton Rougo (La) Advocate, of the 8th, contains an anpedote of Geo. Breokinriilgo whiuh we have never before heard : When General Breckinridge was marching on Bdton lionge, he one day, unattended by his aids, rode up to a eo!i~ tyry pin'ey woods vidette who had' just coiue iu frorn St. Tainmany, and was new to the ciiipioife pf army life. Tho general naa qoi me pass woju. ap/j iUQ viaotte. uhu no advantage of him in that rwpeoU >}.)?ipb to piifi9,'' eaid the gdnteraT, *\Ve1l, dod'durn yon, pass on, who-' cares a ;us?, I ain't cudppio' this, hero road, afoir /' : ' \.'*fYoa don't know wJiqlLnpfc," ' BaiJ the genWfli6Qiillng, i'vf'lJv; ' . -'* -7?^' are on, anylmvif.''. ^ /- * * ."lam. General i^a :oom-. _1M J - ii.-. i.'j.'i.;"!'"' UJHUUJUg - CUIIUHUBIJ vijw . <TOyr Jtequireu oF.Ihu?, ' . , ... Bob Ohlg^H &&#*'; '% ;' 41$ 1 iog a hand m' Ih^o a* a fryfayjjib, " J ..v.;, ' Admiral Skmmkb on Yankee Energy.? Admiral Bentmes t'ow editor of tbo Mobile Gazelle, Bay a ; "We have been beaten in all our con testa with the Northern people by want of ' energy. While we are day dreaming or sleeping they aro at wo?k ; at work like bo many beavers or bees in a liive.. If they have a railroad to build they set energy at work, aud it is built; witness the great an immense serpent across tho Rocky Mountains?a work scarcely retarded by tho war. They ure as energetic in politics as in political economy. Wo picked up tho Detroit Post the other day aud among other things tho energetic woiker in the greai one liivo of Michigan politics informed us lb.il ho was putting "out a campaign* paper " ?utl that ii bad received eleven hundred subscribers lo it iu one day! At the last census (18GG) Detroit contain ed a population of fortv-Iivo thousand, and was therefore, a lilllo larger than Mobile. The Post is u republican paper of the blackest stripe. This is the way in which the Republican majorities are mantained, and even increased in the North. Every man subscribes to a newspaper and reads ; and as the newspapers aro Republican machines?uiue tenths of theui?run hy the giant energy, can wo wonder that all the people are Republicans 1 What a pity this giant does not live among us." How to do ui? biuut Dosoms.?We havo often heard, says the Noifoljk Virgin- I iatt, ladies express a desire to kuow by what process the fine gloss observable on new linen shirt bosom?, is produced, and in order to gratify thorn we submit tho following receipt for making gum Arabic starch : Tuko two oz. fine white gum Arabic powder; put it into a pitchqr, and pour ou it a pint or more of boiling water?according to the degree of strength you desire?aud then*having oovured it, lat it sot all night; in the morning pour carefully from the dregs into a clean bottle, cork it, and keep it lor use. A tablespoonful of gum water stirred into a pint of starch made in the usual manner, will give to either white or printed lawns a look of newuess when nothing el*e can restore them after washing. Much dilu'ed, it is also good fur thin muslin and bobiaet. Tacking Cotton.?The press is Calling tbe attention of planters to the necessity of more care iu packing cotton. Bugging weighs twp and ouo-fourth pounds per yard, and sells on the bule at the price of cotton. Bagging costs forty-five cents per . yard, and, ibuteforc, sells op the bale at about hixty-eight cents. What folly, then, iu planters, to stint the use uf bagging in jmijiuny jiroiecmig uie umo Of COLtOU. AnJ jet, for tbe want of such protection, the cotton in ihUojnrkut id actually sufior* itig in classification . a;id price. We call thp ^Ucoiiuu of planters aud packuid to" this eulject, and, without fur.tber words, trust they will see the necessity of such liberal u*e of bagging as- w\ll protect tbe Bbre from dirt and stain, Verdancy.?That was rather- a verdaut chap who went into- an apothecary's iq WeftfU New Yo?lf? lately." 'Do you tfell drugs her# ?' be asked of the clerk. 'Certainly, air,' 'Well, how much do ye ax for 'em f 'Twelvo and a half cents apieue,' 'T'll tn1?A nm>. if vnn nlp?nn ' Tli? nloit etepjiod into a back room, did yp apie&e o( logwood api} bonded it to Jonathan, who paid .bis money and walked off, as proud iiB a peacock witli bis bargain. Anecdote gf: Franklin.-?When FrankliQ was. ambassador to thu French 'court, a lady, who whs about Ceing presented to the king, noticed his exceedingly plain appearance, apd _bk(jd who ha \vj\s. Oh be'.og told that ho was Dr.. Benjamin Franklin,' the American ambassador, she exolaimed, The North American ambassador to shabily dressedl'.'.'Husb, Madam, for Heaven's sake,' svliispered a friend, 'lie ii tba' map 111 at bottles uptHyrjd>)r.aiwl Jighliiing.' A Signi9cRfcVDrearn'.-~If v?ob13 do no Ua'nu if evqry crowned h&tfdhada dre^in tilce that o(. tjja vwtj<? JtifW' io.a yHrtop.%the^Ie^n, itn$ ttw tijrcj iwit f>r . lebrated - mi [ie?B4afef?tpa/f aljd jd$piand^t-a|i^e*plaQationv 'l'b^ fit r*L' aaid tlip : force ie?v * V. . -V. '. .. ^ - mjpar peg* pi?vW r L tJ?K^,of/ftoli}iD5 ^V4?Hj*lg9*& .... * #v r*??: _ 5k. .. l-= H LOST ABTS. SSj In regard to colors wo are far behind tbo jHjg ancients. None of tbei colors in the Egyp- flES tian paintings of thousand of years ago are in the least faded, except tho green. Tho BH| Tynan purple of tho entombed city of l\)inpoii is as fresh to diiy as it waft tbous- 4Hh anJd of years ago. Some of tho stucco JHpe I paiuted ages before tho Christian era, broken up and mixed, reverted to its original ^H| lustre. And yot we pity tho ignornnco of tho dark skinned children of the ancient flag Egypt. Tho colors upon tho walls of Noro*3 festal"vault aro as fresh as if painted. yesterday. So is tho cheek of tho Egy;>- 9h tian princes who was contemporaneua with Suloman, and Cleopatra, at whoso. QzgB feet Caisar laid the riches of his empire. .^Bj| And in regard to metals. The edges of tho statues of tho obeli&ks of Egypt, and mn of the ancient wails of Home, aro as sharp "jsBBI as if but hewn yesterday, Aud tho stones BK still romirin eo closely fitted that theic Sh seams, laid with mortar, cannot bo peno-? SEH trated with the edge of a penknifq. And ^H| tllftir slirfjir.o i* pvcnprl i nrrl v li n rd an lmr/l ^HEl ??r? 7 ? H that when tlio French artists engraved two SB lines upon the obelisk brought from Egypt t Kh they destroyed in the tedious task, many ot fSjj the host tools which can be manufactured. And yet these ancicnt monuments are tra-- ^Be ced all over with inscriptions placed upoa ilium in olden time. This, with other facts of a striking cbac acter, proved that thuy were far more skilled in metal* than wo are. Quite roccntly In it is recorded that when an American ves? sel was on the shores of Africa a son of that benightgd region cuudb from an iroa H hoop a knife superior to rfmy on board of the vessel, aud another made a sword of Damascus excellence from a' pieco of Hm iron. |yS Fiction is very old ; Scott had his counterpart two thousand years ago. A story is lohl of a warrior who bad uo time to qH wail for tlio proper forging of liis weapon, jftw but seized it red hot, rose forward, but fifij found to bis surprise that the cool air bad tempered bis iron into au excolleot steel weapon. The tempering uf steel therefore, which was new to us a century since, jg[ was old a thousand years ago. 38 Ventilation is deemed a very modern fl| art. But this is not the fuct, for apertures, unquestionably madefor the purpose,of ven- &Rt Illation, are fuuud in the pyramid tombs of Egypt. Yet thousands of years ago the h<..l.r,.n... ?... .Jl-.- ffl VUI urituua x ncui ou lai ao VCUUIULU their tombs, while we yet scarcely know how to ventilate our housos.?Macon Ales sen jo;. < A countryman took an tight-gallon keg to h store to have it filled with molasses, the store keeper declared that he had put j in ten gallon?, and demanded pay accordingly. The countryman handed it over with the remark that ho didn't mind tho money so'much a* ha did "the itrain on the darned old keg*. A Proverb Changed.?The old proverb says: 'When Poverty; eaters the door ] Love flics out of the window.' Bat now- I adaye, 'Love fliea in at the window whilst Poverty is ehow'n the door.* ' ' j - y?u.-?4 r ' ' 'j . 'What is the cause of the potato rot.'? It is attributed to the rot-ta-tery. influence -i of the earth/?'Dow was this ascertained V ?'By consulting a greijt maq'y commontater|i!v.' " "' / . A wag visiting a medical miiseatp,. was aliown soma dwarfs aqd other speeimens of mortality all preserved in alcohol. *' 'Well' said ho, '1 never thought the dead could be in ?uoh spirits.1 >' An Epicure?A gentleman fond of good living reftiaed to start hla colt for the *{wo? year-old staked on the ground that if he won them they wouldoH be worth eafc>? -- v ' Art- Criticism,A tavern-keeper* who had been dlpptnginto the 'Livea of Emineut Paintera,'thought it a pity that 80 ij| many of them should 'die and leave xlqJ , Among the adverijwments in * morning paper is; one wherein we wo .informed that'tyofistowirant washing/-^ It is said that the veasdn why I f&fc tfie Jj&b j^ajke he^gr, sailors than % prefer a Mam ; 'fOf* tq &'Uaki. f . . ' v Bffocta of * Flatter v.?-An nrnirtraMwfnl' h?d g loaibUdivioUj -/jiJa*,' flattere3 her uDtil iho got too proud tQ 8po%k tp H Fwiftl iojt5opteipp]?j?< Jjllwfa 1* S .work adrartiMd - Wled B3t?y - ^in u ,.B Lawyer.' T \Ybst a. state of eociety f 3 My fipt is ftvaryibiug; my second moro 9 aI^M"lwH-ay!?o?5' Wl,?14 " ' I i J VouH jjo /<* io toy aooond, to fetch my 9 fi&tt **& *fcfrs' i^lWiooe ^wt wilh > ?*->?&