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. ' ~ " - . i?inrr-? .r- rmv~ ? <re WW en\*v ? * I # , ? % 4 ? ^ | 1 ^ fmsmmmmma. , i IPPHW^wmhip? % ...J J--??--?.- .. n III .,,,.- - ,1 , - --T-1 r -?i ? . ? ? -T- V 1 -| n-|'H,W||lliaWBTrf11 mWTTTt^Uli "TITMTrTiltfjaita jtT~~<Hn*f\ ?.-*-?irg>^n-rr?.3Mmr.'|T!?T III >I[WI|B gMWI 11 ijjlljjlj I _ rr?7 T ir ,.U IJ1MJIII? BY W. A. LEE AND 1IUGII WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. FRIDAY, FEBUARY 7, 1808. VOLUME XV?NO. 42. 1 JEFFERSON DAVIS. A Portrait by One of His Cabinet, Hon. S. R. Mallory. Mon in commanding positions, and mingling much with iho world, readily acquit e4easo and repose of mannei, uiid a coutrol more or loss perfect, ? ? <l?omniinnu ftnrl mnnrti.-illv UVOl" (.licit iuiu?.v?.,, _,4 J over all manifestations of surprise; and wo not unfiv qnently bear them Bay ihoy arc "surpiised at nothing.'' This important, deft-nsivo armor is habitually worn ' by Mr. Davis.? "Whoro and when ho acquirod it, wbethor among his Indian it lends on tho frontier, or among (Jhri.siian hypocrites, wo know not, but he rarely goes without it. As Chief of tho Confederate States ho could liaicn to tho announcement ot' defeat while exporting victory, or to a foreign dispute!! destructive oi hopes long cherished, or to whispors that old friends were becoming cold and hostile, withou; exhibiting the slightest ovido'ioo beyond a eharigo of color, a tell-tale which ho could uuvor entirely command and yot hia sensibilities are extremely acute. Under euch circumstance'', his language temperate and bland, his voico calm and gonllo, and his whole person at rest, ho presented rather tho appcaranoo of a man wearied and worn by c?ro and labor, listening to something that ho know all about, than of ono rrcoiving ruinous disclosures, ho fully understood and approiated tho evils resulting from hasty conclusions; and, guided bp a storn conscientiousness, and schooled by by long mouiaiuiuoipiuu, uU and excitoublo nature rarely lad him into inconsiderate action. JLiko an elegant, polished, highly 'finished, poised and well charged dueling pislol, whose hair trigger responds to the slightest touch, ho could be very readily fired, but ho never went oil' half cocked. A lock, a word, nay, his ov7Q reflections, may cause his color to change, his eyes lo flash, and hie f>rm to straighten upiigidly, but In? lips remainod compressed until judgo went opens them. lie is usually regarded as a read} ira-i, prompt in r?.achi g conclusions and no lees uioropt in acting upon tbem?uu estimate of his eharactei which is probably derived fruin hii administration of tbo War Depart mont under President Pierce, anc disseminated by array people ; am yet by all who have ever been assoc atcd with him in public affairs he i probably known to be singularlyjcau tious, if not procrastinating in tli<;e respects. As President of the Southern Cor federacy, his zoal, industry and pa tier.ee, in whatever he undertook were conspicuous, but ke neither la bored with merit or celerity himao! nor aided others to do po for bin Whatever engaged his attention, bov ever unimportant, was tboioughl and critically examined; ai.d pbil * i It ?,i i,. I.;, j. iruui U13 WV1I ui:u?vi uv'VV? ?n?viw) > opinion upon mailers ho investi^:?t? commanded great respect among h fiionda, the) daily buw tbut uffaim i r*omont wure.d.luyod, :?ol <i?=!y th' ho habitually uudtrluuk moio 1l.I>: than bo could accomplish, but th much of bis timo was given 10 dot ail Military lifiy in all its piiusoH, h; * for him a peculiar ohurrn ; and niilil ' ry afiaii'd, however minute, rare fuilod to caaiiauud liis patient indu try, wbatovor might bo tbo claims o her*matters upon it. No labora tbe War Offico wore too small for J attention, antl app /mimontB ai-d pr motions of officers', questions of rai military law and usages, routine, & r . -w very ofion engrossed it, notwithsta ing bis entire"CQnTx-Jence in tbe ex rience anil judgement of the Adj ?ti General/ Cooper, on all such subje< Tbe amount of attention which habitually boetowed upon dct which aj-e usually devolved upon a ordinate surprised all vyho were ' miliarWiibtbls habits; and hia ex ? - ed sense gf .justice, and his de&ire - * * only .to be rigtit, but. to scf act a r?f.der.it impossible to be wrong, m . as .visible in these as in masters of - * . first importance. * .Letters .from afflicted mothers; Jieving tbeir heart* by telling bii the virtues* of spns just falleu in *lonntoaa- anlrl MY,# VVUI^IMIMia- V? ? ?V?<VII-VWW wvi'M demanding at hia bands -justice - , . wrongs inflictcd by thofce Irt atitbo Applications fur pardon or comtr . of-sentence;petition? fromv - . <or thereieaee of conecriptodbusb . ; far l fid r e s t o r a t i < - ' 7|iipr^fl^-rto<4prwl5Te, in num< iuBtanicoa flfek roertli jB?r? . soneidored^ftnd .respondtid to fey ' * wirtn .tbO .^ppneaot for Jjb - 4 ;*#?ho f, *: Jo* wefct ??.?&* 'ok**,WAl&offti whether they f<?und him at hia oflloo,:>r in the n?i<ist of hid family, they ? vro hoard paiionlly and answered kindly. Wilh nuch habits, combined and methodical labor with hi in was impractible, though ho worked unceasingly. Ilis Cabinot officers woro in the habit individually, oi e'inferring will) bi.n almost daily, uuu no umiunj unsombicd tbcm two or three times u week lor consul:avion. These meet nigs occupied from two to livo hours, longer than was required by the thorough examination and solution of tho principles and chior- features of eurI rout public iiiu'ihuivs and busmen ; i j hut from his iondency to digivhso-i ! to siidv away from tho chief points , to episodical qne>tir?ns, ihouniount of; busimss jiC.oinj lislied b->ro but little . to the time consumed ; and not unfte- j q lowtly a Cabinet meeting whuld ex- : haunt four or fivo hours without ac- j compltshing anything, wliilj the table j of e\ory chief of a Department watt j coveted witbjpaners demanding his : attention. If to Mr. Davis's un ielding will! and energy, lii.-* truth und justice, his knowledge of men und of public at- j lairs, bis patience and industry, I)is i analytical mind and coinpruhedsive j judgment, woro united tbo business habits of an activo merchant or commercial law advocate, bis ability and usefulness as tho cliief of a groat enterprise or tho head of a people would Und few parallels in history. Whether with his peculiar montal and mural combination, his absobing desire to attain an exact fitness, consistency and correspondence in all that be attempts, his disposition to analyro aud exhaust, not only the probable, but tbo possiblo arguments upon subjects under consideration, an}' other training than that which ho received, could havo taught bim the just value and economy of timo, as au clement in the affairs of this age, wo aro not prepared to say ; but, certain it is, that tho discipline of West Point, his , transfer thence to thelnJian frontior, . ins plantation, political and congressional life, wore not the best training tor tbo purpose. So well was bis ! habit with regaid to time understood , in llichmond thai punctuality in mooting it was rarely expected frooi his * engagements. > Though apparently cold and oxe.lu eive, Mr. D.ivis is naturally genial and J rj nipaitmic ; and lew men prove 1 iswirc attractive in tjuciety. man delight'd tm>?e l<> ri liuvc liis burtben" 4*il hear: u:;<i cii::?l bv plca?ant convi-rs:upon general K'lbjo-jta, a e taste whiel) iho *eolu-ion ot a'Cabinct mooting und t'ao prcconco of trusted f icnd3 prompts him frequently to _ gratify; ar.d upon sucb occasion*, aided by tlio inspiration of a gojd _ aegaiMambling over other fields than f, thocitt of p iblic affairs, his eonvcrsa j. Moy ai^d manner were extremely ent tra?in^. liiu extensive reading and y rt-trnuv* uivuivij , ui^ , vmio?? aud iii-qnaii.lauco with (jialini. guishod or noted men, his knowledge d of iil'vi, from tbo tmck Woodmen's but is i<< iho balls or' Scnuies and Cabinets iy. vero never at fault fur striking illusa! ^ration* of. every eutject presumed .1 "Hsponuneea in the armj*, on tbo ureal ui -lame, and in Mcxieo; kfo, civilize* Is. jlid sivags, from tho Indian's lod^e t? bo nalor.3 of fusnion ; sympathy will .a - !' ? rich and groat, had htored hi ,i\ mini with a vast fund of u?ef?j ? knoivhdge sprightly information am ut amusing anecdote, which a genii oi naturo, a ready perception of bumoi liis rare powers of imitation, and a voic o- full of pleasant inflexions, so presen ?k, od thai lew could be in bin society ? cc., such tiiftes without deriuing pleaaut nd- and information. P*" lie is a good jrtdge of tnon ; an from indications which often eeca| tbo observation of others, he frequeu ly de ermines thagouoral designs ?*?? those with vf.hqm ho is brought in al>" oontuct beforo they have time to *b ,a como'..reserved; Uis knowledge alt- the'habits of men in differont wal QOt of .life. their modes of thought , a 9 t? expression,- and peculiarity of la 'ere guago, is remarkable; atid enab t-ke ttim.to bring himnolf at once to 1 . fovel of those with vyhom ho coav ro~ gosrto use their own familiar pbra cd of and TSguroa, and *lo .be tboroag! bat-( with theoi.?a spccief of fiatfc ierf?, wbieh ..gratifies, and is apt to?mi i for men' comMpnicwwfciye. It) 4ontre.es rity; vrtth ah intelligent English gent^ec iota.-' flpon the hitrtbryt laws, r literati rives coditilolion tw poblio ctyen of Qi ftn(]b Brition, tho parity, and fcloqueue jn of bio language, Ho less iban> thea&cii Mrqus cy and/ extent of his informal fully nev^r failed S to Surpriao; while brta; <nOn reared in"our Western or Sc sties Wwste^i Stat^S. Apfcn Cbjt Irontie kroi TT nhon the MissiaSi ppi, were ever / Kl i* &C'* >?&?fil* td ', fcbefr- g taw, tfpo* 0?6tr*W?^? M^l<^ bot fecc iarrt* artodJii p| Mr. Davis' relations witli tho momborn of Congre8? from and allot* the first year of tho war wore not wliui tho intorcsts of tho country required. Detail* upon this subject wo wiil not give; but in just co to him, it in ptopor lo say that if coldness, misuiidorsiamlir.gs, or tnistvprosenlalions Ire qucntiy followed his iutorcourso with thorn, it was not bccuttso ho was not ardently urging tho prosecution oi tliu war with tho inmost vigor. Ln u body so largo as that composing bolli houses of Congress*, tiu-ro wore l?iuu<i 1 ot course, Home men with whom public was subordinated to private in lerost; iitid sumo whoso z?'al 1'or tlio public >\el lat e was mingled wi:.h hcIli-ii consideration*. A wound to their sell-onlcoiu u>i l upon tin ir action in public atf.urs, and Mr. JJ.ivis'.-i c-ins in this respect towards tiicin, ical or itusigii.ary, were boon in their \otcs and i-pceelu'S. Ilia business office, and tho 0110 in which ho assembled his Cabinet, was a small room in ttio Troasury at liichmor.d, not exceeding twenty-four by eight en foci in length at-d bread! b, furnished with a plain writing table a few chairs, and its wall covcrcd ?? ?? l? tvtnrv^ A mnucanrrnn nt t h/t " "? *!? " - door reooived and delivered tho eard.s or messages of visitors; and immediately opposite this door, and only some tix foot from it, was tbo office of the four gentlomen composing Lis personal staff, whose intercomse with him was unrestricted, and one or two of whom were always in attendance. A portion of every morning was given to visitors, and many called by special appoiutmunt at other hours. To all who came upon public business, to increase the army, create supplies, or to advanco tho success of tlio war, ho listened with attention and was over ready to roucivo their views j but the proportion of these to tho nuQjber whoeamo with personal or Ecliish obj- cts, or with "axes to grind," was mall; and towards tlicso hie paticnco was frequently irrepressible. Mon ol high official positions, com pelted to libton lo all whouitiy choose j lo call upon them, very eoon discover S thut, n??t 0UI3- a soil* interest :a to<> ofiou 1 ihe object of those who crowd 1 .cir reci^tion rooms to tho delay cf the I public busii.e.-.-, but that in thtir eaI ger pursuits ot it, impiio'.c ignoj runce ami conceit, aris but thinly dia| guisei under proto-.taiio.<s oi paj triotiriin. A. few yoars of such cxpo| rienees of human nature impress : 1 peculiar siati.p upuu a man's feelingi ' and demeanor in bis intercourse wit! i his fellows; und, howover unsu&peei ting and mpathetic may Lave boei | bis nature upoo the assumption of hi i ottiee, he leaves it with his estimate o ! mankind materially changed ; and h . deteeta himself suspecting a "cloak, j und peering about for tho "axo" when | ever "patriots" approach him. j Mr. Davis' manner of receiving vi: I itor.i at times showed tbat lie had ha . much experience in public of.ic Few men could.be more ch.llingh 1 | freezing!}* cold. 'I Those wl*> came without apeci 1! appointment, usually fmud him o "! a mass of manuscript pi | purs before him, tei'i:ig as .plainly 1 . hit; ot ctipaiioii as hid lorinal und sou ; ty cout tcsy did of the importance : Ilia tim6 ai.d hia sense of its . iotortj 1 I'lion. There tvaa no. waste ot" wori s ' no ignoring of his pre occupation, fe l' j generalities ;* and, in f.pito of hi amount of self complacency, sensil L' men soon olt thoy knew not exact r> why or qow, that it was wrong to < 0 gross his time if they could, whi ^ bores wore c ;nvinced that they cot ^ not eugross-if they wo^U, and th e ' ii.. i..r k:<> t. IOlliy YY ivo f UilUy "ID ? yielding its on!y approach to a sh when ho saw them depart. ?o 1 bavo said that his rolations w >t- racmbors of Congress wore not wl ?f they should have beeri." * -Toward th to as toward tho the world go/)orally, e- wort* his personal opinions very op of ly. Position and opportunity prei k? ted him ev&ry means, of cultivat nd personal-good will of members n~ littlq acts of attention, cooctesy les deference wbioh no man, bowc the htgh bis position, who has to w sr- | py moana or nia reliovca, can dispc sea I wilb. .Groat minds can in aptteof bly .absence of jbtiefce demonstrations sry wards them ? leader,. n?yt "In ike iaoo of negleot or app?*aiitt,{&"?f irig go Oo i?ietidUy 'abd .to?45r6ly, a^o tingle eye tf> tho public welfare; iro, tho number of these in,co mparts c "bat tTaoee Whoarb more, or. |pss, gave o of by personal consider at tons in the' the i&ifa f^jfeia^f?t?d to bam tfj uth-i iiAVC^to'^>i^biu;ko<|_ Itoaii.ftad. * / < v, " a! standard. By mombers of Con. j^rcs* who hud to boo him on business his manner to or reception of them was Ircqucntly complained of, and pronounced ungracious or irritable. | Tlicy frequently in thoir anxioty ( amiJsb public disaster, called upon , Into urge plans, suggestions, or views on the conduct of tho war, or tor tho attainment of peace, and often pressed mutters upon him which , ho alone was responsible. Oi'ten in such cases, though ho lis I toned to all they bad to say, why, for I .ivmm.l.. tl ulnilll.l I11!Llln ! a Brigadier, Major, or Lieut.-Gunerul I or placud at the head >f an army; and ' i in lo'urn, calmly :<nd precisely* Htuted J ' hi-t reacon-* uyaiimt the measured, lie J I rarely satisfied or convinced thom, j I simply because in li in manner and! j laiguag-.!combined Micro wasj;is>. an1 ! indisc; ibablc uotuelbin^ which olFon- i i I ded their self esteem, and left their i I judgment room to tin-i fault with him. | Some oi hi? best friends lefc him at j times with feelings buidoiing closoly j upon anger from this cauno, and with j a determination, hastily formed of j culling no more upon him; and eotnc of tho most sensible, prudont cut in and patriotic men of both houees, were alienated from him moro or less from thin cause- The counsel of judicious friends upon this eubjjct, and ae to a nioro unrestrained intercourse between him and the members of tbe Sonato- and houso was was vainly exerted. Ilia family, fear, less, true and noblo nature turned from what to him woro tho iuintcet approach to seeking pupularity; ho scorned to believe it nccessarv to coax j men to do Lhoir duly in tho then condition of their country. CATCHING COLD. I A largo nnrabor of futal diseases result from taking cold, and ofton from such plight caneca apparently, as to appear ii.crediblo to man3*. But although the causes aro various, tho ; result is tho samo, and arises from tho j violation of a singlo principle, to-wit tooling 'off too soon after oxcrclse. | Perhaps this may bo moro practicalj ly inutruetivo if individual instances ! ! are named, which in tho opinion of | those suhscq'ienlly nocking advico in tho variouo 8tage:? of connumption, - were ilie causoof tho great ir.iofortuno, premising that wlior. a cold is -! once tu!:cn, marvelcusly elight causi, Oci serve to incroaso it foi tho first fow s | days?causes which, undor ordinary i j circumstances, even a moderately - , healthy system would havo easily ^ warded off. s Itaelu'l, the tragedio.ino, increased d her cold which ended her life, by inB sufficient clothing in the oars, in trav. oiling from Now York to Uoston ; sucl: - was her statement. Tho iinmcdiuto cause of tho las 3- illness of Abbott Lawrance, the flnan d cu r and philanthropist, was an injue. dicious chango of clothing. y, An eminent clergyinon got into i cold bed in mid winter, within tifteoi ai minutes after preaching an oarnee " diocourscj ho was instantly chillot i- i and died within forty-eight. hours. 1 * - I. j iV y WU!lj? tuuuuoi Tf I- 1 two tnilcH lor exercise, and on return ot j ing. to hid room, it, being coneidere () | t >u late to light a tiro, ?ai for half a Is, hour reading n book, and before, h v ki.ew iua chill paired over him. TL ny next day. bo bad spitting.of blo'o >le which was tbo beginning of the en |y A mother fiat flowing for ber" cb sn- dren at a late bour.in the ntght, ar ile noticing that the fire had gone out, si ild concluded to retire to bed at one oir but thinking sho would "finish" in ice few minctos she forgot tbe passir tile time, until an hour more passed, a< sho foiind borself "thoroughly cbil ith ed(" and a month's illness followed bat pay for *hat one hour. A !!*<!? AoLI 4n1rAl% A ft AW A *\nV\ UUI A llbbiu l>UiU .buagu iliwu* ? |/UU he gpeecb in Chicago, so "little" that on- attention was paid tor it for. feeve, ten. day*, culminated in the fatal illness >ng? Stepbon A. Pouglas. It was a slig by cold taken in mid-aumrher, #es?iCi ot. in congestion of the long?, that hi >vcr lied Eliza bath Barrett Browning ork the.grave within a week' A\vigor< ijise young <nan laid down on' an ice-^oh the on a* warm summer's day, foil aslc . t<?- waked apln a ohill, which ended tbo^ confirmed consumption,"'of.which pect died tbreej^eanriator. A man ia ih'a bust health and in- the .primq of! Jfcui bogfcn tbo practice of a. coj<^ 'bath <* to ery tnoroiiyfrgeUlng odt df.bod s standing in b&^jpeSjb'op;, ? di^ during the whole operation: his b ei mnll. soon de*clmed,and altimi^cly b1|B t Trllnl ilitnlSnn wia AnlirAlv nnO?VnuTIA^ * WftQttK rtfion Cre exsiudlrrtoactionby ^pttj offfcbi bat ?nd^ Atf't^' i THE DYING MISER. Thoy brought him a dollar. lie took it* and clutchod it in his long skinny fingors, triod its Round against tho b-ui post, and thon gazod >n it long and intently with his dull leaden oyo. That day in tho hurry of businoB9, Death had struck him oven in the street. IIo was hurrying to collect tho last month's rent, and was on tho vorgo of a minerablo court, whoro his tenants herded liko beasts in their kennels; ho was there with the handbook in his baud, when death laid bin hand upon liiin. 11.? r?irn?i! Iinmn Ir? lii-i fit,Ion ? Jtv vv" I did mansion. Ilo was laid upon a bed with a satin coverlet. Tbo law yer, thv relations, and tho preacher woro bent for. All day long ho lay without speeeh, moving only Lis right hand, as though in tho act of counting money. At midnight ho spoke. Ho asked for a dollar, and they brought ono to him and, lean und gaunt, ho sat up in tht bed, and clutched it with tho grip of death. A shaded lump stood on tho tablo neat tho silken bed and loity ceiling all said, Gold ! as plain as human lips can say it. llis hair and eyebrows were white, his cheeks sunken, and his lips thin and surrounded by wrinkles that indicato Avarice. As he sat. up in tho bed with his ncck bared, and tho silken coverlet wrapped about hiu lean frame, his white eyebrows contrasted with his wasted and wrinkled face, ho looked liko a ghost. And there his life was contered in tho dollar which ho gripped in his clcnchcd fist. llis wifo, a pleasant-faced, matronly woman, was seated at the foot ol tho bod. His eon, a j'oung man ol twenty-one dressed in the last touch ol fashion, Bat by tho lawyer. Tho lawyer sat by tho tablo, pon in hand, and gold spectacles on his noso. There was a hugo parchment spaad befon t_ ? unit. "Do you think he'll make a will ?' "fckod tho eon. "ITdruly.r/""/>os mentis yet," was lh? whispered reply. 7/ait. Ilo'll b< lucid aficra while." "My dear," said tho wifi.*, "had* ! not hotter Bond lor a preacher?" She rose and took her dying husband by tho hand, but ho did not mind Ilia oycB was upon the dollar. Ilo was a rich man. lie owoe palaces in Walnut and Chestnut streets, and hovels and courts it th outskirts. He had iron rniuos in thi state ; coppcr miuos on tho lake somi where; ho had golden interests i California. His name was bright up on the record of twenty banks; fc t owned stocks of a!l kinds; bo he half a dozen papers in his pny. lf? Imow but one crimo, to bo i . debl withou the power to pay. Ho knew but oao virtue, to g money. a xbat ho bad never forgiven, th i virtuo bo bad never forgotten, in tl it long way of-thirty-fiveyoara.' ' I, To hunt down a debtor, to diatre a tenan*-, to turn .a tow addition J thousands by a sharp gj-eeulatic >---. these wcro-'the uiain aohioveineu d .*>f his life. n He wad a good man j his name vs o upon the siivor-plate npon -the p: 10 doo'r of a velvet cushioned chureb. d, Ila was a bunovolonb man ; lor ev di ry thousand dollars 'which be wrui il' from the tenants.of bis courts, or in id tbe^ debtors who writhed beneath ae heels, he gavo ten dollars to some -1 to; "nevolent institution. a He wasp just tnan j tho gallows a tg the jail always found bim a faiib ad -and unaweyrlng advocato. il- And now hois a dying man; a to as be sits upon tbe bed of deo ' with a dollar .in bis clenobed hand, lib O I holy dollar, object' of bis no long pursuit, what'comfort bast il ral for bim now in- his pain of death?. ?1 *ift lengtb the dying man revi ;ht and dictated 4ii* willt, 'It was atra flg to see th*motbert-and aoh^ and li ir- yer mattering, and sometimes wri to Hng besides the bod of death, sns tho while the testator clutched eat dollar in bis right band. " . ieP> Whilo the will waa being B9*d*, _4n pnraqher came; oven he wbo held h* pf?t^;oWga of ^ oh? m-l<KknM'iwiir duora Kbrt'iiil&U# na - s Jk ,rbv-w \W, *&** S?*U ovr Sabbath Day gr^ncd bwxeifeh tpi .wjtohv?}' M& iKmfMMCW Icing tho Itunil which clonchod tho' dollar at tho preachers hotid. Tho proachor hastily turned over tho leaf and did not reply. "Why did you novor toll mo of this before ? Why did you novor preach from it as I satin your church Why why ?" Tho proachor did not roply, but tiirnod over unothur loaf. Hut tho dying roan would not bo quieted. "And it is oasior for ft camol to go through tho cyo of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of , God, is it. ? Then what's to b-<umno of I mo ? Am I not rich? What, tenant did I ever spare ? what dcb'.or did 1 : ever release? And )-ou st'-od up i Sunday after Sunday and you preachto us, and novcr said oue word about the camel," Tho preacher in search of a consoling passag, turned rapidly over tho leaves, and in his confusion camc to this passage, which he read : "Go to now, yo rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shull con.c upon you. Your gold and silver it kankorcd, and the rust of thcra sluil lio a witness against, and sliall ca your flesh as it were 'firo ; you hav< heaped treasuro togethor for the his days- Before, tho lviro of the laborers who have reaped down your fieldi which is of you kept back by fraud cricth, and the cries of them whicl bavo reaped aro entcrod into th< ears of tho Lord of Sabaotb!" "And yet yoa never preached tha to me !" shrieked the dying man. TM? A ntvAnnl\nt? tr? It r? ltn/1 hltin/l ornt JLIJV [V4 V.?tV/UVyt uuv/ tiuvt viuttMvt through tho pasrago from Jamci which wo have quoted, knew no what to say. Ho wan, perchanec terrified by tho very dying look o hie dying parishioner. Then thi ; tfifa drew near and strove to coinfor i him, and the son who had been read ; ing tho will attempted u word or twi of consolation. I And with tho dollar in his hand li , sand into death, talking of stock, c ; rent, of coppcr minesj!and' camels i tenant and of tebtor, until tho breat loft his lips. Thus ho died. Whon ho was colJ, tbo preach* 3 rose and at-kcd tho lawyer whcthi 3 tbo deceased had left anything to wuc and BQoh a charitable society whit [, had 6'?.^engrafted upon Ibo preach . erV.C^orfib. And his wife cloBod his eyes ar: I tried to wrench the dollar from li hand, but in vain. lie clutched it i d as though it were tbo only saviour >. light him through the darkness 0 eternity. is And tho ton Bat down with d 0. eyes, and thought ot the hundreds n thousands which wero now hi8 o? Kext day there was a hearso ii ,0 lowod by a train of carriages noar l(] a ||kile in length.?Thcro was a cro\ around an open grave, ar.d an eloga sormon upon tho virtues of the d coased by tho preacher. Thcro was a fluttoiingof gra badges, and rolling of carriages, o ?no tears. They left tho dead m 118 ^ . and returned to tho palace, wh 10 sorrow died even as tho crapo 'V taken frocj the door-knob. '88 ^ Aud in the gravo tho dead hi anil-clenched tho dollap.?Irish Eui ,n' geliit. its . Give them" a Cuaroe.?A bri jvv -boy of oDeof our friends took on bitt' and would not bo comforted when he bt o- that his father wni |?oirig to Europe, ng immediately dried kia tears when told >m his father that he was expected to 1 bis nfter the family, ar.u especially ms uu be-. er's comfort, lie was delighted witb idea Of doing soraolhing, nod so pre ,11(1 the wisdom of that philosdphy wl ful prescribes octivo kindness to others 9s medicine for our own complaints, ee! young beart tbat so easily trusts ,th; loves has. quias ready a spring of and.it io-marvellous npon bow sma life capital unspoiled children can be bapp tiou The lesson b'ere taught commend* i <*' to parents and teachers. l4be ' activi " ' !??."U-lhU Tli? nnlv n trcd CQiiarea i? wicpioB?iuic# ? ??? ^ ng0 lion i*. bow shall it be directed! ivr_ have seen a little fallow .kept hftppj ing-' hours, driving bugs off ibe trout Af| treea^n rf place where b^t for bird tho he.wodd-haVe been fretful and disco ted. - Give an active boy something, i the which .shall fully occupy his'tltge, at><] tb? pTe?a hlm wivb ^- 0?nie of responsit tph, flsfefti'toeafpgnd you make iiim ch< mts ;. LQti :? ; v< LvJ- yl; ' po*Uora ?re very frequently bix?l to, ,uut TUB NEW YEAR S GIFT. Boforo tho library firo, almost hidden in tho grout arm-chair, Arthur Leo sat thinking on Lho lust day oI ' J tho old year, wondering what Now 1 Year'* gifo ho should purchaso for liia father. '-I'll bay a now ink.itand. That will bo j:i?t the present for lath | or j" anil springing from Imscat, ArI ?. bur put on his cup and overcoat, and after emptying his purso upon Use . table, ho as to bo certain that hid half.t cr-'wii hail not slipped away from bis I purnv, he left tlio bouse, feeling almost rich enough to buy bis father any I present ho <r-.ight desire, and smiling as j be ivcolb cted tho time?not\ery long i a^-o either?wlion a nix ponce seemed | such au imraonso hlhu to Bpond at nc It ha J begun to grow dark, and Ar > thur hastenod on till a brightly lighted shop was rcachcd, where ho felt 1 cortain tho host inkstands could bo ) obtained, and in a few minutes he < stood before a case containing tho dc1 sired article in great variety. "This L one is five shillings, and that thrco," 3 said tho shopman. Arthur's halft crown, which had appeared such a - large sum, seemed suddenly to have j grown very small, and ho asked ii , they bad any lower priced oncsj but i whon wmo were shown him just like (j those the boys U80 at school, ho left the placo feeling greatly disappoint led. Tea wasnpon tho tablo upon liie J return, and ho had no opportunity of B i eousuiting with his sister as to what t had best be done for several hours. !j When hiB father left tho room, the * door had scarcely been closed before 0 Arthur commenced his story. Bes1 Kie sympathized most kindly in hor - brother's disappointment. After 0 thinking a fhort time, slie asked, "Do you remember, Arthur, what father ? broke a lew nights ago?" Arthur thought for a momont, and thon exclaimed, 'You mean tho paper cutter, and I can buy him a now one I will run out and buy one now !r before the shops close. It "vill take ,r but a few minutes, sister." Arthur '' r.-turncd with a paper cutter, which ,l did suit their lather exactly, although l~ it was neither elegantly carved, nor mounted with a deer's hoof, like some Arthur had seen in the shop. Aftci IB having rolli-d it np carefully, ant aH then unrolled it again several times 10 to try how it would cut, and seo hov it looked, the papor cutter was at las hidden, so that tbeir f..thor shouh not boo it till tho next dar. of >n "Tell me Arthur, why are you 8< ,j_ anxious to give father a ^New Year' ly gift," said JJessio. vd "What a question, sister! I ar ,nt Hure it would bo strange if I shoul ic- not wish to do so, after all hia kinc ness to mo. 1 want to show love i Fe eomo way, and has ho not done moi iid tbr mo during tho jcar than an one else?" cro "Wot more than any one olso, f< fas though father has been very kind 1 j us during the year, thero id ono wl de-jorvcH more of our lovo than ev< ho One has kept us in health throajj out ike year, when bo many Jjavo be< ... ?I.A n nil - 1*7 hr* Kflfl h | IU1U III IlUC l?? V* v/?>v '? ?-vr MMW ? igftt J *towud ujiorr ua tha choicest or bleai "?ly ingei; and to crown^al! other gifts, h turd ofl'ored us at last agloiious homo but hoover,. Can my brother, wbi l>y ib'nking of all this, filoep poacofal look on the last niglit of the old your \vi ?th- no gift for bis Heavenly Father V' ved There was sijenco for a mornei .. , and then Arthur eafd, "Yes I knc ^ God has done more for me than a one else; bflt ,wh^t is tbero, biet . . that I can give God, trben every tbi In the *rorld belongs to him V' ~ U a Bessift did not apeak, but taking y Bible from tbe table, foand a vei itself and Arthur bonding over, read, "J ty of Hon, give me,tbino heart." ;ios- It waar not the first' lime Art! W* bad Been these ^ordsj lra? neiver I r Ior tbey impressed him as when,-on- ti L8 of last night of-tbe'okf yesiybe tbouj >arge 0f happy borne,- loving friends, oten* marty jojs of the year that had ptt ? ^ ed, and then of the littte.be had Ac 1;'?- for God, Vvho Bad dobo art much him. | , . *- . i serfut AtoneIbat night, Arthur waited \ 'iraluh'thtfofcl yeat'ptffej ft&J* > jtie bl^ra^lti iheglBS KeW Y JpW.. knoeiiog-he Peered a sinful, erj make' *****" tot- hla^eavoulj Faifce# i with gave <t in childliko faith and 1 sr. . fcnoiHi>g tb^t it would be Bfacp*>j 'for ^ (^y * Ji" - f; ^ '^' *' \ ^ A RICH BEGGAR DIES COUNTING MS WEALTH. Wo learn from General Miller, ooo of ihe members of the Board of Supervisors, the particulars of tlie death of a ricli beggar in the village of Greenbusli, named Frederick W. ltowhl, which excoeds in dramatic interest anything we have read in a long lime, ltowhl came to Greenbush n few weeks norn in rags, thin, emaciated, and apparently half starved, looking the very picture of poverty nud wretchedness. Ilia appearanco was enough to excite tho sjmpathy and charity of overy beholder. He was an old man, Lent with age, his bnir whitened with the frosts of many winters ; sorrow, poverty and misory had evidently been his companion# through life. The miserable wretch secured a room in a tenement house in the villago, and was thore attended for a timo hy a charitable lady who brought him food and otherwise roini istered to his wants. Almost evory day the old man would beg in tho stfMts, and with such good fortune that as often as he Bought alms he returned to his hovel with I ?-? well tilled pockets. Nothing was known by tho old villagers of the history of tho oM beggar, but it was supposed by all that ho was what he seemed, and to rolitve the distress oi' their fellow creature was believed to be ?'"5r highest duty. But little more than a week ago, the old man disappeared, the door of his room was fastcueJ, and eqon the kind lady who had given liitn food knew nothing of his whereabouts. Thus matters went on till Sahlmlh evening, when the landlord w'>o had alio ved ltowhl to occupy a room, in his onement concluded to burst open tho door litile supposing that in doing bo be would come upon tho corpso of the beggar. But such was the case. Stretched at full length upon a little pallet of straw lay the dead body of the old man. He had been dead apparently more than a week. In his bony fingers he held a bank book, showing a deposite of $700 in banks at NoJth Adams and Pitta fiald, whilo two fifty-dollar bills served as a pillow for his head, and deeds of property in Pittsfield and Government bonds to a considerable amoni.t were lying upon the floor beside him. The ghastly, repulsive features, tho tattered habit of tho miser, and the wealth lor which be bartered his soul lying around, formed a picture which "not evet> t the mimic scenca of the stage could rival in , intense dramatic forco., TI e news passed I rapidly from mouth- to mouth and large uumbers visited the apartment to gazo up^ on the dead miser surrounded by bis wealth. t But, as if in mgekery of the life ha led, j the money leftrtfy the old wretch secured him a decent burial; and he went down to to the grave attired more respectably thali 5 he had ever been when alive. Kind hands 8 forgetful of the past.Jaid him tenderly in tho tcmb, there to sleep in oblivion until n the great trumpet shall sound, and hesha'l d then learn whether the treasures of earth I- are counted among tlip treasure* of Ileav n !en.?New York Times.' ' e ? . ??. ^ Wixn NoTHiNa to Do.?What an anomaly iq Croatian is.a human t>eing jr with nothing to do* The most ioeigLo r.jficant object in natnre becomes to 10* him or hor a -source of envy j Jtho birds sine; in an fectasy of joy j ithe Ji tiny flower hidden fromall eyes sends * forth its irugTivnce of happiness; the 5n. mhuntoin strpam dashes along With a e. spaijdo of puro ;dpligbt,' The, object. 3? of their croation i&.aopompHfttfed, and a8 their life gushos forth 'in narmonious . work. Ol>, plant! obj Streanil hero ^ in man and woman are powers wo ?n never dreamed of?facnltiesidivvne, I" '>?orn!?l 11 hnarl tn t.hinlc: hnfc nothincr tb to conceiitrato tho thoughts; a band to do, but no work done; talenla unexercised,' capacities undeVo)op<$d'j a at, human, life thrown away"?wasted as , w wator pouted in the desert. . .Ob, bir^an and fl.jwers t. yp are gods in such . mockery of life as this. f' v " 0r? ' m. :**-r'S* ng IJEWS SUMMARY ? The Aator library contains 185,000 pse volatnefl, 4000' of whjoh >(Vere added laityear.- . >nr The salt mines fn Cnicodr have been tad wdrkod for aboat 000 years, The bat greatest depth- attained 18-1.788 foot. nl; . tho - Tho ftiVmlgrafcion from Germany m- laat year increased terfc^tbontaud.? >ne Tbat from JhPtlaod d?$?eaB?d tbree for.. thou B0o<f, a q d fr o cu England lw6thoaBand. _ , W . - " | " bp; '/ 'The QermABi;it instated,arebegin- * oar,. , Wk* fn Boman rj&g *fy?6i -It/ia found, mnch>. oldareraad 'bui i "characters. ,\?\u j|^V. 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