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H p ^ I ''^" "r ^ ' '^ ; BY W. A. LEE ANU IIUGII WILSON. . ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY,, D15CEMBEII. 13,1S67. VOLUME XV?NO. 34. SELLER OFF The Copartnership of iMii in jjLt expire bjr its own limitation on the T * fir?t>!aj of January next, in order in ciote up me ntwmetf* 01 mo nrio .uy iu?i iim## w'e uov offer our cniire ^ STOCK OF GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS AT COST! In our *tock mny b? fuun<l all the standard Grocvrie#, ?uoh ?? JML^I as "ttjr K?i 9 Bacon Sides and Ilams, MOLASSES, ' SUGAKS, COFFEE. SALT, TEAS, LICE AND LAUD, BOOTS AND SHOES, TTAMiliifnwi nti(? lUAAflun lUftvrt Xlaluuiuu dim ttuuin.il, time, Chewing and Smoking Tolmcco. of th* be?t br?ndi?, Canned 1'iuitr, Prescrtrrt. and in fact pvoi-ythir.y krpl in a ftrt>L duos t?r??cery Store. _ Give us a call, and buy your supplie* while an uppurtnliity it oHVi'fd. Ail pel *"11* indebted to us murit come forward t ?iic* and ?cti)e. EAKIH.& EN OX. 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' - '-i ' K^rofip'^r^TJiB. ?i{4 JU.anatvMi?n. * WW*. , * J : '' * <* - J?- %;- . . v - S -*\ > ' ' THE DEVJCKAK 8AVE1?. Tho l;isl S .bbalh in October, 1842, a.youngtnan fixed Lis eyes bi? inc. ilis namo h id never been, hoard out ' of the circle of his. acqnaintanco.; he had ncvor uttered a woid in .public 1 iq his life; ho hud never been on a committee; ho was a hard working man atruggling againht poverty? quiet, unolinti mjivo, Rolf-sacrificing, in ! every'good work. WhUt d--> you think | his plan was F JLIo would fix his oyo.H upon Rorao victim of this vice, and >vould s?ay, "Now to this man I will bend mv energies? I will work over t hi<u and I ^ by him until ho dies or 11 : die." liv that inuans ho. s:ivcd moro I i ban ft score, lie was drensed very decently, ar>d ho oamo up and laid bir. hand on my shoulder ?nd said, 'Mr. Gough, I believe?* "That is my namo," 1 -aid. Siid bo, "You've been diinking today, havn't you ?" That was ouough to make mo turn right round in a fury, and oak him j what bis business was with me. As thcyounij map 8 tid what w;.& oltVnsive lo me, ho put hU arm in mine and wuikod with me. 1 was shabby; j bo was not ; and as L looked ut him fV<>m bead to foot, I said to myselt. "If. j ou have no objections to walk l wjih me, I don't 8oo that I i-hould ' > Ibavo xiny objections.to walk with you." Walking along ho caid, "I want you , to sign tho pie Ige.'' "I'll novor do it?never?ae long as I live j nobody in the world cure* i??r no; It dijd i:? a d to i lb iro woul lu't Lfb a tear sl.ed, ai.d I'll drink as long aa I live." "\V?U, but you haven't always fell us you now fVel "N >, I have not." "JIow should 3-011 liko to fool ae 1 feci?ax you did Leforo you begun to iliiiilc r "Firhtrale; but I never eliall: 1 aimll never koo those good Jays again Um long ns I live." "Put your namo to tlio pledge," lie *aid, "aod you will wco hotter duj-a; I don't know many pe- pie in tbo town, hut 1 will introduce you to a few I ; know ; put your Bi.mo to tbo tcraj or- j anco pledge, and wo will muko a man 1 ?A?% ? ?? '? ' . 4' ' J J ".? "No, I will not." "Y?:o, you will," "So.'' > s ' - .v..... ,.r 4 Ycg." - t:\ : : . V* "N'." "You will nee bolter daya than you ever **vi beforo/' * 'Well, then 1 will do it." ' Wben *ill j'ou do it?" ' I will not do il to-night; you are going to have a temperance meeting to morrow night, und I'll come there . and do it.'' "* If he hr?d *?id I don't believe you will, you had better do it ut once, I i belit*e 1 vhou'd have paid, ">Jow 1 won't touch the pledge; -you mi' d your own buutuuM aud lit . mii:d mine." -lint, h? g':?rc mo hie hand and paid, ' That'e-rigbt, I will couio and .ucejon do u." uSo you ^liall," I ??id, "and '1'il c.orno if I dio frit; if tliey have to ca* ry mo thcro I'll do Ujr' and I grip ped hirt haiid with all my m'ght. 1 drank that night and next morning. llito (iVAninir 1 wnnl tn I Iia T ... w. ?. "fe and t-aw my iriond thore. "You Roe 1 am horn," 1 said. I ? uYvp" fttid he. "I know you would I coma when you mid ?o." I "Did \-oti. though?" \ * j- <Yvb, i did." ? ? I in the com so of the meeting I ar-kI t d if I mrght say ft few wordrft and o Prcbidoiit fluid, . ; 'Y..& bir.T ; v .v ' I know ho said "Sir"?I remember lint." 14.heft tyent forward and'faCcd . Ttruiidiericc for the time In- iii\ .??- ? ' * _... iT I itiy. J ???" uvguu uu 1a?d h?y (/If Bjni-itcam.e imp wc. ^ <'. "-What are'yoii laughing at V "I'm us good -as you, any ;how I h^ve r- soon the lirao whou 1. Jfcoujd -4*6$ i?? |, bettor company limn 'titry Of ydii, ai>cl payftyr a better, euit, bl "clotKe? than j} your tailor erer t?u*le<f'yoO' - houso of my dyaolation c amfc orOr tt>o V^and i Bat'4"it is'ihis accarsud Utiiifc xbat mqdo me bhtrk'ru jK. in"Curium , v aud reputation, but i am gm'ojt to t>i?J I my name to thd p)cd^eirt And wboi fe I I "BigtM it., I wentiiwHy..ohutlfllKg t< rnjawlfuoyln?i'HV vciIqjm? itj J'^?>.dQ?u n- j It, T'Vj&'doftb^t^ftka ffia r^rhool ^ J?-i wWntling in ih? l<vkee| M m jr-oonrage. yj>v- i'jrcaddu** fr/jS^ ?V ?'/;) ?.? |icr4^^p?te?<fc* Hi ^ ffi ijf. *?v>g.titer; r WVIwjwtip'WiniKi, on0 wn|!rtpAI( fi^ht, n,?til.l felt | ' " ' ? >* J* '' *- ' saicU . . ; V> '"You seoro- to have been At a good many place*, haven't -you?*' "Ye?, JL am working at tbo same old tra<!e.'\ ? t" 1-. "How many names 4q you think you have got on the |)l?d(jer' "Woll," I said. "I kept uceount for i i..it. j!ii ?ti j,> 11 iwo ) uiiru HIIU A. win. m. tuciu wcie u.bo.ut 2(i5,0P0;" ; | "AftcLtibw tfrany of/ tiiose -do you tiifnk were refoi mod drunkarda ?" "Ab*?ut fi0,000 or 00,000. Bn? B 'ino full away, and have jo bo . rc-' nowodjTar it ife n hard tiling lo.^vo adrur.karti; but wo liuvoMivoa a good runny t" . . > "Somo of tho.?'o I pupposo bard got others?" ho atdced. 'Ol?, yo-<, a good many." T'jo te^fS ran : tfnwtt ^J-b? "young man's cheoks as ItdLgjHppc'dtoy "bond. ' Woll J.dift," ho sa'd '/when I ..nut mj* baud on your>diuu!dur and 'made j up my mind to stick to you till you signed the plcd?e, 1 had no corrcep- ' tioi> i>f. U?i?v 11 ere yon oro g ling .up and d<J,v?n? il?-?cduntry' arid 'getillhg' naoice to th'o pl?dgi>. 9 On f johfi/tf 1 had novor dona an) tLing .but-tbal in my ivholo life. 1 Should (Itunk God on in}* dea? li bed, <hav-L?ce^vIaid my hand on your ehouldcr." I say to you go and do 1 iko:: If oach teetotaller would-jiick out a man in ibis war, we 6hoolqlittvofttch additions to tbo tcmperance rai ke ko wouldv astonish tbctn.? J. D. Gough. AY HAia AND ITS U3EAt tbo .bair. merchants sometimes very long hair Is to be met wilh. Six feet is ofton attained, tint flicb lengths as theso are very valuable mdeod. Grey bair is now much used fur mixing with the scanty lock* of tho ag*d, for vanity in miny casos j >urney? wilh us into the ond, and it is now largely omj.loyod in wig ;.n:aking. There is nothing ih.it looks moro unnatural than a bright brown or jet black wig ujion an old withered face; tho-hufr?drecord nro bounding to fioe this!. 'The weathor *vo?k?j of* age tf'iould'be indicated iii the bait as well as In tlio t-kin. This i* now .dono by ad iing a few grey hairc^into-iho dark poruqiu*, and by changing 'ibo v\ ig an yeais go by4 throwing in a littlo more snow from tiino to timo, the artist manugPA'to let us down hnrjji MMOUbly, while Iho iiorro* s of & buld p:tlo are avoided. Grey hail* has ncoordiuj(ly risen considerably in demand and in price it is as dear now as the fashionablo.golden c<dor j " In Paris, where old ago seems to bo I a greater enemj tlinn it is here, there I ?ro isiablinhmcrts whore young girl* iu*e employed to pluck oat grey hair* from ilio head. anil board; but thouo are by no mean* thrown awf.y. Thoy fall to the lot of.tho perruquier, who woika thorn up into tho artful eontrij vonr-cs with which wo biiip tho bare J at d j-hiny pato. >,* ? i Tho color of tho hair is wholly duo j :o \iio pigment which is convey ed iuto i it from tho blood} hotico tho abaurdi* ty of plastering ihe hair' with all kinds of pomatum; which only uc.? upon tho oulaido of tlio hail*. v1n all j cases baldness and gr^ynrgs are'eausod bj* rtn i?b cneo of this secretion, I Ln baldnens tbo root bccoqt^H-.obliWra\ tod, and * f oour^e tlnj ba\?* out, j fn groynes*,-ho.wevcr, there i* a men I cassation of tbe pigmert sect-tiled This* may occur IVolu oihor ouu^er i tlian age : Midden fear or groat cmoi lio'ir has bj;eu known to /lt^h JiQoj'M " grey lutho cotirvo ToF^a j4htv ? j'naoti ca<?e* tbo lijpr may roeovoi* iti |'.in*, although but rarefy; bi?t wbcri ureyni'ssatidfa-from 1 a', iirul decay ? j liln vain to 'attempt, to roatord -ii j colur; and ? Vaia iLltcmp to mukct }he baita;r ?w again when ? i >:ns,onco fUUiMi of from thoftixme 6?ukc ] L'i TWbeijp biutrkrrv'Htn nutrition -nd c:?u<id it to . fill ^otfj I , i enrr.cn with a nc<<v*ry of Alrcipgfb -but whei^e tiro 4/utb ot lhuV .buW. rbh peristfod, iiU tbo iniir r.ontorova ,in tb w6i li \\ iii'jii'ovo inulTct'tiiifi. " ' *' ~ .* . - 1 .t\.:. j : / "A 1'cp," fti)d JTttlo Ho-?jo J&rny 4 ' i bor, ( i'lcnt Bidter^ "i. ttlo L lini>t.inn : j don't biuo to be like big d *j. Ibey T* -* ; ?>; * % ! jt j'ift-spafo thi.>gfl Uttyrda tigt > | UdHBie, ?fbHu^ Jk*a .B-u why (ft r / tOh, Lj^vurOp jgjmtaqr pnutchc ; Children rCjinV.b.; ?clt-<*n4ylr0ifr, [p j? 'tc any fwc/n .wilt tfbflie mt\ I K era** .dailj*?*<! '*??<>* 'fnr.y . vf* %* r, :-." -'4?S?!3?*v?WiBBsv^j tico, thcoi the direction* of tho Bible rKfe binding (Hi.It at tfufy' ttV, prt ltd* poreiVVe."' .' , t *jpi .. :U *' "IMl l\off ci*n ch,ildr^q be.aqlf-donym?j, A [fee f t lW o-mldX? t u(Jh, in many wa^p/'; ' /'TeU mo sum 2,jHtiieiv" iloi ; : < ul}*s63Hy you j'ke 10 plottp Ja{e* in r the iriqrnmg,,|Jo yoji oat : i, - \ ' *" * "Yen. A.ice" &?* * ' * ' I ? > *< ? t I'l- <* * ' "And whoifanritio calls you to btvakftm, you would like to lie in bod MiMiuu'i ui g?vu"i{_ up prompuyi ;t i "Vv#, I chouid." - ' * ** T "Hero, L);on,?i;<rchance f.?r .gelP T deniul every morning.* It "troubles our kind aunt to boo any'of us laio to breakfast; by denying yonrrfelf the pIouHuru of ul ?opinp longer, you. can please her mid obey tliin rule of Christ. Then you arc fond ot a good deal of grary w",U? yourJood. Papa thinks ii ia i ot good for y6;j.' "You can deny you,rnelf of lhal uldo, and thu.s follow Josus. You tik i to etijoy a swing in tho orchard; but fc'oino'.intos brothel* Williu wants uithcflamft time. There is another'olianoe for Wlf denial." : ?'- Oh,.Alio#, I dimlVkuow?I-didn't think little things. Doots tl'O^i^rJi ornr^ubykt i^y eating, and sleeping, and playing?"' "Tho Lord cares you do, - or tliink, or say, my dear litilo sister. When^'on gtweyup^tho .rifle which j papa InuJ proof isifd' yot> yorrtcrday for J the wake of the poor dick family vyho | noeded Imn, if \~oudid it in obedience ! to Christ's coYnmand, you pleased him as truly and showed youreelf his child as rca'ly as your cousin Laura did when t*ho Kfi her home, and friends, and country to be a nuasiocaiy.. j uOh, 'Alice, Alice!" BoeBio could hardly Hpei>k fi&ore foij the last flow ing learn. S io had thought so inuc'i and bo admiringly of her cousiu's dctotion. i She had-longed to imitato hor heroism.", A'ld^now to seo the op port unity always at hand fur U-nying hersclT for hbr Savior, opeut(J hor o;ea and malted- her heait 'When she and licr ?ihter liadclosod thoir little talk with a prayer, Alice gave hereto . leam that beautiful vers?\ ; Even a child is known by his doings whotbtr bis Orotic be pure and whetbit bo right.'" American, Afestcng'er. : - BUSY.BBAIH3. Tlio chapter of literary anccdot$, in the Atlantic Monthly, lor Novemper, on tilled "Busy -Brains," by AusJ tin Abbott, fcOntaius the following :?r BULWER. Bulwcr ac-e Jinplis'ics bis voluminous productions in about three bout* f -w a day usually from ten until one, and seldom later, writing all With bis ow n hand.. .Compositions was at la'rut very laborious to bim, but he grfvo- himself Qrvilnli.iiultT tA.'tnnclAi'ini* !lu < 11 flfl. II1 I 11> U J owuuiuuoijt fcu fiiarbvi ""'o *?0 "?vivw j ! and"m naid to have ro -vriiteii >qtuo of hid briefer pi-oditetionB eigJfVflj*^*51' b> fore pub ioaiipn. now w11li'B Ye"r$'J.i*np'dly, uveru^l^Jft i? , suiJ, twenty ocYu vo: pa^crt ft dny. lie BttyHof himself, in a letter to a ; friend, "i liter Zi away the' morning, ?| rido at three, go to buibo at live, dine [ at mx, uiid gel iki-ougti the evening . a* I Went inaj, so rye li mo by -correc-r tii g a-proof.''' i. 1 till. ANTltON. * r . Charles' Anthon, so well known-std Mi . V te (.'he eltt^Bival studeutM ot this genera-: ; tion, ,waa ucc js'.oineti, lor raanyyours '1 til !cuh14 cutt^lantly lo^ rqure aj ten p.ai-?J imcuI tour bo Ujuta pari r: of his U.jy's yr.otk -wan done byT>rt?ak? J. .. iv * ' ' Iho- f iriiiH'joii bJ 1 | Uj* h iy te Sit jjtopj* i ru4?on f ?r*p?tt?*ing iipoit life eo?Jvpo*iM-| lion of * 6iV <iij& o^tV' bV$- lutlGl 0[y *&* *' ^K|^sHQfer.V,<l ?u'ftoin ?i l.'writf hrfirt.iMgfit, %?<i U-?fu#iij? iieui tukft,* thr>< | o'clock in tli5 /ifie'rdoppv M&J* -* Ihjtoo Ui ij-ytin<m, negpon . noar yi K I |Tlu An wtki ' 1 * 'J. ' 1 % /, " %j 1 p ~ > THR- IB0IMG flOH39t Y9S BIBBS. '* I'fctrt now'goiAg to tell yo'ii obout a i*Afitk?(' fotl)!i de.1 . . 4 * *""^^ Rcb6ol >r birclrt? J&pW odd? 1 ."I fV. 4 r. ' r - r- ^ Mtfoyfcr heard of euoUit wjhool. ? ^ s. j And yot puoh a school thdre >h; and; v??yrg<?od. ^cbobr* "it n)?ke?. -Th?y curmot read or write, but thoy ean ??#. 1 " '*; ** / "I wouM likoto *$?' birds at scbpol. Tel) iuo uf it. I)o Uioy not sipg wiiti* v/u * vtiu^n i- a They Ming a few simple notes, like ilio small linnets 700 may hear ta the fi.ildj*'; but, aftor tboy ar? taught, thoy *viil whistle regular ^ne?. Lust ?ummor I was at a friend's bouHo at Nabant.. 1 r.?se early in the tuorning, and went down stairs to: walk on the pla/.m. While there 1 heard, as 1 thought, Home' per&onwbiallir<? a tune in a very sweet style. I tooled around, but c ?uld -ueo no one. Where could the sound come from? 1 ioukod up, and saw a little bird, in a cag*'. The cage \va* hung in the rnidrtt ot flowers und twining plants. Can it be, thought f, that such a little bird as that has been tanght to sing a regular lane ?"> uwoetlj' ? I did not know what to make of it ! When my friend camo down stairs, *ho~told rno that it was iudood tho little biid who hud whistled the sweet tuneThen my friend cried ont to the bird "Come, Bully, Belly, flweel littlo Bully Bnlfineh, givo us just ono more tune." And thon this dear Utile bird hopped about its cage, looked at its miBtresp, and whistled another sweet tune. It waft so strange to bear a bird whistle a regular tune! Now, Bully, said my friond, you must give us "'-Yankee Doodlb.'^? Como. come, vou shall have soma r.ice fioh bced if you will whistlo "Yankee Doodle." And iho little thing did whittle it, much to my surprise. frieud then told., mo that she had brought the bird from the little town of Fulda in Germany. In t'ulda theitf are little school* fur teaching these birde to eing. When a bullineh has learned to sing two or three tunes, he in worth from forty to six'y dollars; for be Will bring that price in Fioi.fo or .England. ! ? . . ureal bkiii ana paiienoo aro nceuea ! to teach thoso birdH. teachers ; can have the tirao to gives to the little I children undor tboir charge so much j care a* ibcso bird;tcacbers givo tc ! their bird-pupils. j The birds are pat in .cf?i?o? of about | six each, and ki'plfor a time 4h a dark 1 room. Here, when their f<>od i? giver i to them, they are made ta hoar manic | no that, when'" thoy. bavo eaton tlicii j food, or when llit-y want moro food ! tliev will ein<r. and try 10 imitate-tb< I tune they luiv o just heard. This turn ! iboy probably couuoot with tbo ucL o footling. fi.y X.ff}'.' / . As sooti as they begin to imitatoi fow BOlc*,.tho light in lot' into th room ; and ibis cheers t hem* till mort and makes tboiA fool as li .ibey' tvouh liko to fing. _ "\V'/v . In some of those 6Chou]s the bird are not allowed either .light tr foo( nil they bogin to sing; Those ar | (be schools .where tho lea'cbord 'fr jinost strict, i. j I - After botn<?.tbus tajigty in ctoeao ; eaph'bu I flu c'i i? pu L under tbo care p ja boy. wh\playa tti4 organ from/nori ,'nn^ fill , flfgljV, wiilo> .tlM 'roaster o | mistress of/tl^Mrd school ;^bos. i*ourw t! U) fwo HOW luopupi pro ^ u>iuy?E J Thu l)u16iipb?8 KGorrt to know at one wKon tUoy :H o fcolclod, and tvlion tlioj ; ye proUad -by their moaU r 'or-rfli? - Irons ; ntid rVhey jij^atq to potted" wpei ib<*v h^wexlnn^ 1 ^ ?.'/?' '/ b . moni.hR; and tbferi the bird* bitv^ ^c 'f land pf ..fcYanco, '*0dv ?o<n6tfni 04 jLt r WWffi M ' S -s <?:< 't Sfrww. ' too-irmcU Lo oxp xitof*yqp? 9 SmPwBaffll wawM : ifagrffmWt IH?^1,y :-:5S3^aSffs?S!S WSftSmm t " "i i' i . '? .t-arj-m> BtfftKT, In regard '1 to ' lhe? treatment ofburpn Vh?ro ia jt. groai divcrelly ,of opinion, scarcely any twoeurgeons :J agieeiug as to the remedies A I Of 1 Ihem are doubtless valuable, but there* < . I in one which hus great reputation,* carron oil, Iiim-water, and Iin*cod oil* The great objection to it is its otFon- 1 biro odor, roudering uh eutiro ward ' disagreeable. When the burn is-very ' enperficial, t-imply inflaming or Veai- 1 j catirg the par'., covering' it up witb 1 t flour, and thon placing a layer of cot- 1 [ ton over it bo as to exclude tbo air, mnkes a very comfortable drcBsingh Auothor method consists in applying cold water, ar.d another warm watar covorcd with oiled silk and a bandage. Lard, deprived of salt, and eimplo aerate niakj ploasant applications. The profession is indebted to Professor UroHS- for the introduction of white lead and linseed oil in tho treatment of burns. It is dne of tho very bePt applications that can bo used, i-ffcctually excluding the air, ai d being always gratoful to tlio patient. In all ousen, no tn itter whothor merely tbo ?kinortho deopcr structures are involved, whitelcad rubbed up with linseed til to tho consistency of pa nr rmniK find i>ltir>Arl nn tvrlh n Kt?itb. will bo fou^d productive of great relief. There does not appear to bo any ribk from the constitutional influence of the lom!, though it has been Buggenteel, to counteract any tendency of thirt kind, that tho patient should take occasionally a little oulpbato of magnesia.?Mcdicul and Surgical Reporter. A Marvelous Operation in Iroji. ?A lato number of tho Court Journal says: Tho arcicnt spectacle of tho Titans forinnjr tbundei bolts for Jove 1ms received in modern hidtory a realization as complcto in its way as llial which I'uek's girdlo round ibe ear tli obtains in the electric telegraph. Tho mavvuls of science and Of art bid fair to Lhtow into the shade all the miracles of anciont Ktory ai.d all tho dreams of the poets. Tho piclur<r of 3] lus curbing tho winds in his icy cavo is not more wonderful than that which the Titnew drew this wook in a nlaiii. unvurnit-hod account of iron plate rolling at the Atlas Wbik* in Sheffield." 'J h ) narrator showed uh two hundred men bali ulad In steel, armor, and enveloped iu wot Hack > cloth, moving h o.-a furnace to- the mHI i a white ma63 of iron, twen'y tons in i weight, and as many 1'cet in -length. iio man dared approach the fiery block nearer thAn lo touch ifc.with iw. ploments of gigantic . proportion^. : Kyon tho besom with which tboy i fcwept its surface were fitted to ban; d'ea twenty (cot long, and the buckois r of water discharged "upon it exploded in'volumes of (streams. A jit.passed i through tho rollers vast jots of I'quid i fire flew from its sides with a sound ( like musketry in battle* Yet it -was rolled, andguuged,and ...manipulatedr t till in a quarter of an hour it was i* fniimil nhl ? bivinnl h nnliflliprl liliitfl o( t? . tho Uniform (hicknoss of fifteen iuchoa. i Tbi# is the greatest triumph yet ac li ic v?d by j the iron-roll'-ra. > Four yesr* agMt K^S esteemed impossible 1 to roll tt mix inch'plate, and it require L1 eti ocalar dcmduatmtioiO0 convince * r . -v' ff i v ,ihe ci'owd ol A^iiniiiilay lord.x, secretaries of alHte, andfoicntiftc authprf* *U??, who went down to the same f works to sot? (he ''VhifYjj.rtofco, But n tbo do'qaayd : ,fo?r m^aiae.* plutdsT for v iron coated flirts# taw pro4riocd. this Ife'r 1. irtoro aatoubdine*- aobievcmtMat^ and I. this fifteen inch armoir i? t?s ftir aupprt e \tt In ah in Vk<> tp; iUo- pi a. leu y whteb firtirv dror*bammvr*d'*rtoor i ^ DnrrEtiKNT Kixfi^fo/ GjVtatB.r^A o livtla bo$\ wha had plenty of cents, tt' ? tntfj l"l?? IcrijaaJnfra^tja* jj '- . tyfatiiih; or Hi# -**1 ii>;'- > p&jrpBnjp fp, !?? DC eM.id( bo; lucked ruond* Wtyh ?':.*?Ifi-j1 - -??-* > ._ i _.. ja i'.? ?25fc"jkL^r. *i > ,u? u?^ <uw' fc*J )g pwHttf. ftio' gt& 4&ft *tOtt ? , ?'r?F.]Jra boy-^fty? a b?*nfty,^'ingl ESs^SyR$r?'f M >U*y tr^*4^5_ *?* **$&** T>??i ,'to 'luftlfci- -* jf?V *8 *Wy^^jpi'eic^ THE C0HVENTIOH8. . * Nxw Orleans, December 5.'^?In. the .Constitutional Conveution, the t'OUowiug resolution was offered, tnkoo from the official report-: "iSrw/rft/, Th.it the loyal people of lfto State of Louisiana, from u long ixperienco under .the white manV joudugo 'in this Slate present -our Lbanks to the Thirty-ninth and"Fortieth Congress; further, that we eniorso every dol beration for the.op l>roH?oil races of tbe Slate, and arc ulrio thankful to the radical friend* throughout tho United Stated, and! else where on the face of theirlobe: we I furthermore j?rny that tho Convention assembled to deliberate thorough* ly upon tho poor oppressed pooplo under the saino ba-ia of Congress' of 18G7, that all men aro created freo ana equal, heretofore citizor.s. itafcrrcd 10 tho Committee oh Bill of Rights. A resolution to levy a tax of fifty cents a gallon on all tp:riluou3, alcoholic or distilled liquors, nold in tho S'fttc during tho year 1868, for tho purposo of defraying the. expenses of the Convention was referred to tho Committee on Finance. - .. A. preamble and resolutions, compli'ry to the Republican party, and ng Hon. Tbotnaq W. Conway to do. er an address to day, wero laid I 1 i Ull'IVt IUQ IUIUDi A resolution waR*'<rcf6rrcd" to the Committee on the Draft of tho Constitution, providing that no legislative body hereafter in General Assembly, shall have power to annul any articlo of this Cons.itution, nor shall they, havo the right to call ano.lhor Convention in the Stale, before tho period of seventy years,' date from tho day of adoption of paid Constitntion Macon, 6a., December 0.?The Conservative Convention finished matters, and adjourned at 11 this morning, after adopting a spirited .platform. ' Tho preamble- acknowledges tho oblikaiion to adhere to tho Union, support tho General Govern men I in-all logal And proper moa30res, anil claim from ' the Government the duo performance of its reciprocal daty to extoi d to ub, in common with tho people of tho wbolo country, tho proI loutiou guaranteed by tho Constitution. This, without factions opposi: lion-to the Government or untimoiy interrup ion of tho public harmony. Silence, vnder wrong, may bo- conetrnod as endorsement. A aeries of resolutions wero also adopted, protesting against the . assembling of the Convention in that State tor tho duruoa? of framine it Constitution, as the members to it woro elected by votes.illegally "given and authyrizod to bo favorable, And fraudulently procured and received by military authority. The conserve lives .are.-requested -to organize all over tbo-Stnto, audleporfc to an .Exec utive Commitlcje; appointed, for tbc purpose. ' A oommitteo: of. di9tin guisbod "genttetaen was appointed'"-tfi prepare an address to tho pop pi i oi i be United S'.nles, Setting forth tb< doploi able condition of tho people o: ihe South, apd iberutn to boentaiteij upon them"by tho*carrying out of tin so-called' ^Reconstruction Acta,- ^ ? M.>S'xaaijuKEy, ..December . 5.? Hr CTreo'y recently wrote t(f Senator. Wjl won, to.cxert his irsfljer.de by.Te/Hralji in& thef 'Alabama, Convention frori adopting. exu*cmo measures. Sen.Uoi \\71*on - write# lo tToneral fcjwajnc that tb'd legislation of Ibo (Johvc^liui ia IrfiucbbV.din^ .itR ftuthowty, a-ftd 1 / dofn'g great ifynry to.fccORatr^otioo and briugiig'dium qq the Republics , party J,. -$ -I'be Convention to-Jaj?L adopted ai ordinance, providing for ttte'wbiflre v >Ibri of Che. Conatlttttion 16 ?ho regie teredvotir?/ o<j tb^.^tb of Febqarj 1?08. 1> is f-akLibe electroriisio b ^ behl?t jifacpa to bed^ribed.bjr th K Commanding peneSai of |be j DUti-ict.-.Tuo meVnbchr of"tbo (ioi sM8pt % ol^ej/s.txJ be olQf ud^at e ^ti'm . Vbe' CunatUutfiqu ia su^tmUeU'.'Th _ j ?akt e!ocu6t?9 tb 3fa"dArtri?d on tr uad? -1 ti?b bObqo ^^^tlOTiV^ uhiJ by t heaan: *. ifeft'. M?thi_slcdto pJ} q tbtf Cod?l -. vt^pk. ' tltei? jw -s.w jl " roftd%'to Hi* -lion, -~wWsttbt|ti g1r]B ooKt&cftiCds to i) n person*. ?J^tarf. .Qiftiii U^ j*r tTftioBi. xirUlh mqji 'Irt proposed by CougrosR, and accept the political equnlity of all "mon boforo tbe law; provided, tbat the General Assembly have powor to rcmovo tbe disabilities inourrod under this clause. IticixMOHD, December 2.?Tbo Convention today appointed-a committeo to report tbo beat practical plan for framing a constitution." Tho Committee on Jjducation was orderod- to enquire as to tho expediency of establishing a system of schools which will socuro education to all classes .of youths. lien, schotiold and staff were invited to tbo priviloges of tho floor. A resolution favoring the rnpeal of the cotton tax, as to this year's Crop was Jaid oh tbo table. Adj )urnod till Monday. "KAtfA KIRIJ" HOW IT IS" PERFORMED i The Japancso bold that death, under any circumstances, is to be preferred to dishonor. Whoneyer tho privileged classes go on a journey they carry with them the robus woru and the knife u*ed at tho performance of kara-kiru?thus testifying to their readiness to dio ralbcr than degrade .theirfamilies or themselves. Wbito ib mo mourning color of Japan. It \a the only color used at funerals. Etiquette proscribes that a white, robo and uharak;?raa," or winged official dress, should bo worn when bara-kiru is performed. Tbe disemboweling knife is about eight inches in..length, and very sharp. When tho official doenmont Authorizing a culprit to perform liara-kivu in made out arid duly signed by co.npotent authorities, it is delivered o*<5r to two commissioners, who aro dircoted to deliver it "to whom it may ojiicom." It sometimes' happens tbat this is a*dangerous duty to porforni. For, if tho selected vicirra' is a daimto ot sufficient power lo defy tho tycoon^ these messengers aro of.en Waylaid and assassinated- by his friends.? llenco stratagems are resorted to in order to secure tho safety of the ooranus.sionors and tho delivar'v of ihn \dooumcul8.' 11 is r.otoworthy that, if tho document is once delivered, no mattor by what tricks, an# no mattor how powerful tho salco.t - yjclim, lho princp never thinks of- defying tbe order, boeauso so strongly are tbe Japanese imbuod with jreapoet for "iha ancient custom of their conn try, he-would .lose oast with his most' do voted 'followers by doing ao. v . *.>*" ; V " . 'When tho victtm^i'ecoives ,h*i8 sonf AV1AA llA f?I r*nO Mk T ^ UV gn w? VI *V l?W friends, and invites them to shard a porting carouse... wt.Ui.. )uoi. TLoy come on Ihe day >appoi ntud by tbo CorotniBsiooerg, afld after Ui> victim I .has bidden.bia fainlfy ford wolf, he re? Or-ives.tbcm, arfd'.thoy'banquet tO?etl; er. TbCir bost is dressod in wliito ' robja, on&'Js 8ttppqrtod by his two . . mjujstcw or relatives; who sro-simij. larlj? olCiredA" Wtien- the" hour .fixed for htira-kiru ?ri*ivo& the victim, takes P leave of b.is-jjhests as if nothing unuj nl was to hsippon-^prcoiBely. aa 'ho par 1,8 witlrtheta-on ?hy Ordinary oc- J# cation?arid tb<8rvbe- retires within a ^ liereoried enclosure.In company wj.tU hjs two euppoi'tora;. Tlio retainers Who -gaaid this dnclosare ar^ bare-. ' * footed^AS a mai^tjf' reanoefc.to thrt- - J'jfdlo'ifcritty 9f'tiH>. occasion and the . . J rank of, tlio Wlppiiv. coiiumv-i J sioui.rs ibon read thjgNfAtjri (Jocuinont.. ~ * tt annuuhdos that, W?ocof'wrth' : .thfcr anient ctfptocrw of th.&V^outi'y,. ? ihe'diaoiro irpcrmlttdd Tioqoi'a^l^ tp" suoiifico himself^ and Lhevebjr lo e*-p4lia.U in his qTvq poraon,. "tho ctfiw* or o&Wo ho -b'as eo.tti'aaUteU. agofusc" * lb? welfare oft^ro. Slate. OjjjWiitfc tq the tiro- oomrnbsjonors . ^ sita UiPr woil^>>.oo''-diiber^.sidoj a? -a e ^borfcdiatttnpd, sits ooy Q(^upp'oHerit; . y . wffilflf the.aait&-qf the Tycbou'd nwexy soTjg'ora stirppc^rtdihetd ata reapoctJUiL^ v dj*u*ncoe fli&y Srt afl'olffc^in their-pi '>olQpiul.ro6fl0. .The^HfTtfroF the COM-*' 0 /fcaiMfoiHJiV then reUro jijiO; iii> adjoin^ it /?%%*>infttfqaib\' &' .jjarioii* t$? ttw fe *l^tfoioe,'ek^uaj'ye of. ih?>isc&i|?hor,' wbo ia hcrefo^^dAQd\pr tn?il _A VWQfdl: r ' '' V" \ '. 'T r ' '.4 iy jk9ho:>,~ ' 'a t?*2 tn?tJtod "6f ftrfcid* p h{i?of t?t^ujfeftj VfcotnqWtrnt 5 p, wpjco pnui* iJ?Ty DS^p-micRost* a$ die. it ?gi<ef^?W jopetedolile wlhe<s Bjr to : ... HL ? 4fr T?jp tindtr t^? old ?y#tw-?a*Xr fe ?>3tp#l> about Sr. :.?SU'* ?*?> Of ,W K?p0r. 5&1 l^4l4<?vS^Wwot of .th? In. icV rOstid? ?MI& ^eafr*fc fctmiiflllL- fio ' j* - \ . f. v,'. . * . v' ,! I' ',"' . . . - ? : ..-x . . * . ^