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viiT tTMK XXX r CAMDE.V. SOUTH CAROLINA, THCESDAY, NOYEMBEIi i), 1871. NUMBER M ^. *< ,. .< 1 - . ' THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. - >:" AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY PAPER, PUBLISHED BY JOIIIV KEBSttAAV.j SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One year, in advance $3 00 Six months 1 <">0 Three months ? 75 ADVERTISING RATES. "A/ ... i i * H ' 1 M. 2 M. I 8.M. <)M. I 1 V. | I j?i?i Isquare 8 (X) 0 00| 8 00) 12 00 10 00 2 squares G 00 9 00} 12 OOj 18 00 20 00 3 txftiirM> ' 9 00 18 00!. 10 OOj 24 00 35 00 4 sijuures 12 00 lfi 00r 20 00) 30 00 43 00 J column i 15 (X) 19 00 24 OOj 34 00 00 00 I column I 20 00,! 80 00; 40 00; 5'> 00 80 00 1 column I SO 00) 50 00 GO 001 90 QQ'lnQ 00 j All Transient Advertisements will be charged One Dollar per Square for the first and Sever Tv-rivK Cents per Square for each subsequent insertion. Advertisements in the Local column will be charged Twenty Cents per Line, tST' Tranfient-Adixrtisenients must be paid for in advance. POETRT. SORROW. Upon my lips she laid her touch divine, ? Ami moiy speech and careless laughter died; She fixed her melancholy eyes on mine, And would not be denied. I saw ^hc West wind/loose its cloudlets white. -1ft toekj3 careering through the April sky ; k. I could not sing, though joy \\*as at its height, For she stood silent by. I' watched the lovely evsning fade away? A mist was lightly drawn across the stars, She broke my quiet dream?I heard her say, " 1 ' 1 l.nrs ?" T / "DUIIOIU VUUI V?W w . 'Earth's gladness'shall not satisfy your soul? This beauty of the world i 11 which you live; The crowning grace that sanctities the whole, That 1 alone can give." T henrcl. and shrank away form her aft aid ; Hut still she held tne, and would still abide. Youth's bounding pulses slackened and obeyed. With slowly ebbing tide. 'Look thou beyond the evening sky." she snid, "Beyond the C langing splendors of the 'lay ; Accept the pain, the weariness the dread; Accept and bid inc stay." 1 ttlrttod. :.P 1 tflnsped her cfos'c it'llh sudden streffghi, AndslotVly, sweet'y. I became aw'ttrc Within my artits (lod s utigel stood at IctigfTti White-robed and calm and fait*. Ami f look hevond the evening star, Beyond the changing spfcffdm\" of tire day, " Knowing the pain lie sends more precious far, More beautiful than they. , ... 3Xi.scelhiuv? 1 * Scouting tho Deed. From th; trial of a case ii? one of tlvo law nnrts ?it" Mt?!? lc. wherein the willow ami j dung liter (t" the .a'e Southern (icneral St eg- j UMiii arc the contestants of a ^ill alleged in have been spuriously fabricated by interested pn.rti.so, comes a reminisce nee of the rebellion [ quite unique in its circumstance and curiously representative of chivalry in its more modern aspects. The contestants in qucs- | tibA, while charping that the will produced by certa n relatives of the departed husband j and father is a forged document, have persisted in the assertion tlwt the general carried his genuine will and other valuable papers) with him to the field, ami offered a hand, tome reward, in various journals throughout the country, for th-e discovery of such ex-ofik'ers or soldier# of the Union army as must have known something of the property j found up in the slain man's person at the lime of the dmsth in battle. There was an unlikeliness a&uirfifhis idea, from the natural doubt that a man whose life was in hourly peril would-hear about with him perishable records of euch grave1 consequence to his wife -_j _l:u. t,> rlio full account ana umm, im?/, uM.uiwiun .... of the affair, a* given now by that liveliest and most improved of suburban- newspapers, tta Ttnuts of Jersey City, the Southern olhecr Was indeed guilty of such strange imprudence*. tfudit is the enviable good fortune of a worthy young Jerseyman to restore 60 the soldier's widow and orphans all the credent tials necessary to secure- to them an inheritance of which otherwise* they might be dis- ! ingenuously deprived.- When General Gricrson, of the Cnited States forces, uiade his celebrated but not wholly fortunate raid through Alabama. Mississippi, and a part of Georgia during the war. one Henry Dillon,of the dashing Second New Jersey Cavalry, while detailed as u scout of the extreme forward wing of the flying column, came- suddenly one evening upon Stegman and another officer (Major Tracy) of Southern horse, nvho promptly presented tlie'r revolvers, and ordered the adventurous young invader to surrender. With a bravery and presence of luind for which lie was subsequently presented with a gold medal of merit by the government, the boy in blue boldly drew the enemies' five by claiming the honors of captor for himself, and then after the hostile ^Anpral had sent a bullet whizzing into his Haversack, presenting his own carbine. I nfortunately for himself tlie general still refused to be taken alive, and, in his resistance, received from Dillon a mortal wound. The other Confederate was captured while linking off by another mounted trooper, who marttii him away while yet his less prudent superior istniahed in the dust, coi.SKiiuuB that his last his lumr had come. J'oor Stegman turned his dying cyes<upon the scout, who, having dismounted, was bending over him,, and drawing from has' pockets a will and a policy of lite insurance for w large amount, whispered the wish that they should be sent to his wife and child, Dclbre the addresspould be given the wounded man. was too ^reak from hemorrhage to speuk more; and lived, ouly long enough to hear the scout pron,iise to honor his last desip?. Sor was j)illon remiss in the matter. Xet knowing. where to find the widow and orphan, lie advertised in the papers of New Orleans, and fiiiing to find tlicni thus, at last concluded to hold the precious deed and other documents in silent charge until those to whom I they were invaluable must call in some pub- ' lie way for them. When they were finally ' advertised for. as indicated at the beginning J | of this sketch, the ex-scout and former cavalryman, now a thriving news-dealer in j Jersey City, saw and answered the adver tisemcnt. Therefrom resulted the coming f of Miss Stegman to this city, as the guest of J Mr. Roger A. Pryor, and an interview last 1 i- t......... Cnnil,ni.ii unlitni'tiliuii t WCCK Uliinixn iuu tjvsuw.v,... ..... ?.t and the Northern slayer of her father. The ' young lady, in a spirit worthy of her descent. ( exhibited no animosity, but was rat/ier proud s that her father had died like a soldier and f b}' a soldier's hand in soldierly strife; while ( Mr. Dillon regretting that his duty compel!- * led him to fire the fatal shot, was yet re- * joiced at tho opportunity of surrendering T the deed, etc., by which his fallen anlago- c nist's dear ones were to be secured in their J hereditary rights. The case in Mobile will ^ conic to final trial in December, when the 1 former Union scout will testify to the cir- 1 eumstaiiccs whereby he bc< a 11c the custo- * dian of the will; and when the latter, it is 1 bclievcdj will prove sufficient to establish v Mrs. Slegman and her daughter in posses- 1 sion of the largest estates in Georgia aitd " Alabama.?Xcw York World. * The Teaching of Animals. f "?a Long years before the American Rarcv's t name was heard as a horse tauier, a secret o existed as a family heirloom, among a set of the O'Sullivaus. in the south of Ireland. This family was known as "The Whisperers," f 1 < t^-; ( and tliey possessed me pun w "j iuiuumi.1.,, quiet as a lauib the most subborn and un- f manageable horse that ever existed. "Wlieth- t er they did any thing more to the horse than to breathe into his nostrils, we know not; ?> but by doing this and by kind soothing, and ?' other ways known to themselves, they efleet- a cd their purpose an retained their lame. I " Putting the question of drugs or stimulants. I I' or other fascinating means aside, and coining h to a point of pure and unadulterated domes tication and teaching, perlwps there was n > <? one person in modern times who achieved so o much success in animal tcavhing as S. r< liissct, 3 This man was an humble shoemaker, lie w was born in Scotland, in 1721. but he after- '' wards removed to Loudon, where be married a woman who brought him some property; >' then turning a broker, he accumulated moncy until the year 175!). when his attention " was turned to the training and teaching of f( animals birds a ltd fishes. lie was led to P his new study on reading an account of a a remarkable horse show at a i'air at St. (I?. tuuiivk. I>issct bought a horse and dog. ' > and succeeded beyond his expectations in h teaching them to perform various feats. He " next purchased tw? monkeys, which he f' taught 11 dance and tumble on a rojc, and '' one would hold a eand c in one ] aw, an turn a barrel organ with the other, while his companion d R ed. lie' next taught three cats to d? wonderful tiling, to sit before music books, and to squall notes pitched in (] different keys. I Iff advertised a '"Cat's ? Opera" in (lie llayuiarhct. and successfully fj carried out his programme, the cats accurate- jj ly fullilling all their parts, lie pocketed t) sonic thousands by ihe.-o pcformances. lie next taught a leveret and the" several a species of birds tuspcll the unmcofuny person n in company, and to distinguish the hour of , tlie day or night. Six turkey cocks were .. next rendered amenable to a country dance, v and after six luontlis' teaching, he trained a turtle to letch and carry like a dog. and having |j chalked tiie floor and blackened itsclaws.be j made it trace out the name of any given person in the company?Laud mid Hater. (| Chicago Relief and Recuperation. j A detailed examination by wards of the j burnt district in Chicago shows the popuki- t tion of th??e where the houses were wholly destroyed to have been G2.1HI2. 'ih; wards i ' % i 4 < partly burned-over contained a population m 82,388; total, V1G.2D0 persons. 1'pon this showing it is thought that an estimate* of 125,UUU persons lcl't shelterless is not too " high. 'J hose also lost their furniture, store of provisions, clothing, and. in short, everything. Dividing the number 125,000 by five should- give approximately the number of separate families made homeless'?equal to 25,000 The total amount of relief eon- I tributed from all sources is set down ii> I value at 85,000,000. This divided by the i number of families burnt out will give the ' equivalent of 82UU to each family. This ' amount of relief judiciously administered i will go far to mitigate the inevitable suffering >of the coming rig irons season. The city has ? been marked out into rebel' districts, and < competent men placed in control. Apparent- ] ly there will not be lack of employment for those willingandablctowork. A responsible 1 correspondent. writing-underd.ite*u?the 17th i inst., says: 1 -The lake trade is going on as regularly 1 as ever, and all that offers an impediment is ' the scarcity of help The grain trade men 1 arc firm. The great loss apprehended bv the suspension of the forwarding trade will not be so much as was at first supposed. Trade is now under pretty good headway, and every hour increases its strength. Wheat and corn is unloading for Buffalo, and the action of the banks has put the soul of absolute success to reviving industry. The reopening of the public schools is to be [ determined upon to-night, and everything is beginning to move in the customary groves of law anil order. There is still suspicionand dread of incendiaries. The rush of strangers and business speculators is great, ii.. ?,i i.inn iim-oiittiiiiL' in to take a turn in 1 llfivi UIW.I * n _ _ the new whcd> of fortune, :md before lung the piece win be one vast caravansary. [Street cars ami stages arc begining to run i regularly through the burned streets, and communication is ?|uicklv restoring itself. I throughout all the divisions." J From the Augusta Clironiclo. The Flight of Bullock. Piufus B. Bullock, who has been, for three years past, filling the Executive chair of litis State, itus resigned; and Benjamin Coney has assumed the role of Governor by vir;ue of his position as president of the Senate. The immediate cause or causes which liafc uilucuccd Bullock to resign arc.not stated. L'hc almost immediate assemblage of the Legislature, composed, as it is, of a large nutority of honest, upright men, who art decfinincd to have a thorough ventilation and sxposure of the monstrous villainies of Buli ck's administration, has tlo doubt been tliC lontroliing cause which has produced this Hidden but uot altogether Unexpected resigna inn. The recent, failure of Kimball has, no 1 ?iibt. pecipit?ted this gratifying actiorf on lie ptirt of Bullock. It has been suspected or some days past that bonds of the State rcre irsucd and paid to Kimball largely in ixecss of the amount authorized by law. Tnloed, this fraudulent issue of bonds has men, within the last few days, virtually adnitted by Bullock's political friends, and the lisclosurc of this monstrous fraud, in all its illainous deformity, was sure to have been nadu in a few days. We thought last week, vhen Bullock left the State so suddenly and inder the shallow pretexts which were given >y his friends, that he would not return. Ic has had a good time?has well feathered lis own and the nests of his partners in rand and crime, and now, when the light bout to be let in on his robberies, he flees lie State, and resigns the seals of office to lie of his own henchmen. National Thankuiivinci Day.?Amid lie manifold duties of waging war on Mouth ,'arolina and receiving presents. Grant has imnd time to issue tlm following -proelamaion : The process of the seasons has again euhled the husbandman to garner the fruits f successful toil. Industry has been genorlly well rewarded; we are at peace with alt ations, and tranquillity, withfew exceptions, revails at home. Withiu the past year wo ave in the main been free from ills which lscwlicre have afliictcd our kind. If some f n.. Low#, l.n t f-., 1: mitifs those should he an ccas'.otf for sym4 A by with th; sufferc s, uf jsignaiion on their part to the wiii of toe I st High, and of rejoicing to the many ho have be< n more favored. T, therefore, ccoiiimend that on Thursday, the SUtli day f November next., the people meet in their espcctive places of worship. : nd there make lie usual annual acknowledgments to iIliglity (Jod for the blessings lie lias conjrrcd upon them, for their merciful exouip011 from evils, and invoke His protection nd kindness for their less fortunate brethren horn, in His wisdom, He lias deemed it est to chastise. In faith whereof, I. have creunto .set my hand and caused the seal f the United States to be affixed. Done at IC city of Waahi:?gt^ay tlihi ay of October, in the year of our Lord one liousand eight hundred and seventy-one. ml of the independence of the United tates the ninety sixth. Plain Talk. to (iiiths.?Vour every ay toilet is a part of your character. A irl who looks like a "fury'' or a -sloven" ii ic morning is not to be trusted, liowcve* tic she may look in the evening. Aio mat:r how humble your room may be. there re eight things it should contain, namely mirror, washstand, soap, towel, comb. hail, ail and tooth brushes. These are just ;s sscntial as your breakfast, before whici ou should make good use of them. I'arcnfc , ho fail to provide their 'diildren with sum ppliances not only make a great mistak!. nit commit ti sin of omission. Look tiik n the morning, and after your dinner won. s over improve your toilet. Make it a rulf your daily life tu "dross up" in the aftcmon. Your dross may or need not be an;liing better than calicof but with u ribbin ?r flower, or some bit of ornament, you cm lave an air of pelf-rcrspcet and satisfactim hat invariably comes with beittg well drofcd. A girl villi fine sensibilities can Hit lelp feeling embarrassed and awkward in a ngged dross, with hair uncombed, shoulda rciirhbor or'a stfangor conic in. Moreov.r ,*our self-respect should demand the deceit ippnrclling of your body. You shoud miko it ;i point to look- as well as- you c.-n, ivcn if you know nobody will see you hat yourself. CfUKKt/kv's iStka.m Plow.?A C'hietgn ):ip<ir tells about another former who lasr ioein'iwncd by Mr. tlreelcy's insane tli.o"ics: Horace, it appears, went out to 11 pcet this maw's form, and during the viit io advised his host to purclnise sume kind-ifi new-fanglod<. d'uplcx-elliptio, burglar-prof -team-plow, belonging to a misguided- liw;rcant who advertises in the Tribune 'Die' ;ntifldiug. agriculturist bought one of thse plows and paid six hundred dollars fbrit. J lie first time lie took it out in the field fie throttle valves got out of order, and he machine started-off with a spurt. Jt an aver the former's oldest boy, killing liiinon the spot; it tore two dozen puncls of feuc ; swooped into the back yard} set fire'to tlrco thousand bushels of grain; cut the legs if a short-horn cow; ripped into the house, upsetting the stove and crushing the cou to i -.1,. .] tl,r-i>mrli tlir> nm-lm\ <r{iil<>*i cr j. uuawi; uasuvu i ~ 1- . n -n n furrow in the llriiHsols carpet, and* devstatin<r the piano; .snorted out through the wall, leaving the edifice a crumbling nin ; went caliooting down the road-, whirling and pufling, and carrying on generally-like mad. until it reached the school-honsc. nto I fc'u.t seat of learning it swooped with aivildand awful yell .and jamming no against the blackboard it burst its boiler, scalding igh( >oii scln 1 irs to death and distributing the schoolmaster in mieroscp'c fragments aimnd o?er the lour adjoining counties. Andnow if-v-on wish to cause thub farmer to ao insnuoly---if you desire' to see that dehded agri'udt-orist lie down-on the floor and tear his htd?; and groan-, and roll over and jowl, just ask him if he intends to vote for Horace (J r-eoley fot- .l-Vsvcd^ut-. Billing's Alminax for 1872. The spelling of the Alminax is bad. In ouivfntervicw at Saratoga Josh attributes his passion for bud spelling to buif spells during infancy and poor memory in old age. [J. B! is one hundred and fifty years old.] His spells grow worse. Yesterday we went up t<x Tommy Nast's studio, on One Huudred and Twenty-fifth street, and all three of us picked out the following as Mr. B.'s. most brilliant scintillations of genius. They are solid chunks of Avisdom: i f;- j CHUNKS' OF WISDOM,. p ... , Prudes arc coquets gone tew'seed, lievenge suuitimes sleeps, but vanity alwus I ' T , , IiCU{)S UUC X upuil. It iz just az natural two be born poor az to be burn naked, and it it no more disgrace. . The only human being on the face ov this earth that.I real envy iz'a laffingChris>i> 0 ? tiaa. A uum whom ynkan hire tew work on a farm for nothing, and board himself, will just 'einu about hie wages. Xhure iz two kind or men that i dont kare to meet when i am in grate hurry, men that i owe, and men that #ant to owe me.- ( I kant see what woman wonts enuy more ''Rights" lor, for she boat the fust man born into the world out ov a ded sure thing, and she kan beat the last one with the same kit?'ds. I alwus did admire the malice ov the mule. ' If a freak 'of fortune had made me az misfortunate amung mcu as the mule iz ftjiuug animals i would begin tew let drive ^t things a milo an a haffuff. ? To learn a vat to bite?feed her on catnip tea. ' - ' ft\. m.itn n irnn'ia nfififior hrillfr VlAr J." ...un,w ti tev.w.v? Q Q pp- tenderly.. - b?. . Q. How. Jul robins git their name? A. By robin cherry treks. Q Whi iz tin; mcazles like fresh mackI'.jrol? ' ' A. Thcv run in schools, ancf \tee1 tew bp 'taught before, they can be had. Q. Who was the fust brewer? A. Satan; lie brewed mischief. Q. Which are two ov The lost arts ? J A. Modesty and good houie-uiude'.brcad. Who wnz the weakest uaui '( * A Fred Bennett couldn't lift his note for fifteen d dlurs. Q. Wiiat isth;f.ntesttrotting tiuiconrcckord ? A. T don't ktt>w afil karc. Q. What is the surest gait on the road ? A. A toll gate. Q. Who had the best artikle of pashunce ? A. Job. His pashancc was biled down to a spot. ' . (>. Who iz the champion of lite weights ? A. '1 he Ni" .Jersey uiuskctcr. Close Quarters.?A Michigan' man j wllo was TCceuftT buried i? rvthirty tbct~~ fr mi the surface of the ground, by its caving in 01 nitu, was rescued afterfne.irly c'jijht hours of torture. lie attributes his escape r.. 11?run hirir,. tfnries wliich 1 i>d<rfid over his VII - O- ~ head and prevented a large amount of dirt and stone* from falling upon and suffocating liiin. lie experienced no difficulty in breathing. but suffered greatly from the cold. His legs were wedged in with stone, and lie ; found himself unable to move. He heard plainly parsons at work above and their conversation; how the news should bo forwarded to his friends, and even what arrangements should be made for his funeral. The crying of women arid children and the fears expressed were distinctly heard, yet he was unable to attract the attention of his rescuers. lie suffered tlio keenest mental torture, fearing that whou the workmen approached him the earth and stoncswouiu "DC"' loosed and precipitated upon him. Skvf.n Arctic Expeditions.?Tbc cable ami unceuicnt the other day that the open J'olar sea has been found for the second time, and that whales arc seen disporting in the waters, directs attention to the expeditions engaged in Arctic research.? There are no less than seven expeditions now at work in the frozen regions?two from flerinaiiy, under command respectively of llosnnthal and Payer, with the latter of whom | Weypraceht is associated; one from Sweden, sent uut by the government, and consisting of two war vessels; one from Scotland, under Mr. Lfttnout; one from England, undertaken by Mr. Loiglr Smith; one from France . fitted out by M. Octavo i'avy, and tho American expedition. under Capt. llall. At'.tvk f.s* sis Coffin at tiie Crave. Jauics Mickey, of Birmingham, Pa., very narrowly escaped b&in'g-buried alive the other day. He had the small-pox of a had tvpe. and" becoming worse and worse, lie finally, as Iris friends supposed!-, expired. The remains were not kept long, his friends being afraid of the disease. Arrangements were made for' the funeral and fhc coffiji was placed in the hearse". On reaching the cemetery the attention of the driver of the hearse was attracted by a- noise in the coffin, and he made it known to the pall-bearers. The coffin was taken out and the lid taken off. and Mickey immediately raised up terrij ficd, as were all those around. 11c was taken home; and-at luft accounts was recovering. Emperor William I, of Germany, should now ho supremely happy, as even the benighted ruler of China acknowledges his greatness by conferring upon him the title of ' II wang-ti," which is the highest honor roeivnized bv the Celestial Court etiquette. Hitherto the brothor of the sun and moon has contented himself by honoring his monarchical brethren of Europe with the humble rank of Hwang-Shan. Sedan. ZMoltkc and Ilismarck compelled the .crowning dignity from the flowery kingdonrhto the conquering Teutons, which conquest must cause i JiOuis Napoleon to grow red with envy in his ,enforced retreat at CiKsclhurst/. A Laruk Appetite.?The Marysville (Cttl.) Appeal, of the 21, is.responsible fur the following: "Can I pet my dinner here', sir?" said a long, lean, htfrrgry-looking specimen of humanity, stepping up to the bar of the Merchants' Hotel, yeeterduy. "Yes, I recoir," responded the General who happened to be behindthe counter. We looked ht the a^|^fl^;T^*',.ad'bn)ad hirps. lie had ho^w, loiigjaror1 lie wore a hollow stomach-. .-.In fact, he was not fullchested. He looked like a dangerous cus tonicr, where unprotected rood was lett tying around loose. He entered the dinin^-robm and called for jorter-house steak. Ilo g?>t it; alio, potatoes-, bread, soup,- vegetable, pie, coffee, and sundry other things. By and by the table was cleared, and lie-ordered a mutton chop. This, with the trimmings, vanished also. Then be called for a pork chop. He got it, and into the cavernous recesses of that India-rubber stomach it disappeared also. The waiter rat down, completely exhausted. The cook wept.- After eating a cold lunch, the stranger arosfe, his stomach foreboding immediate dissolution, for "coming events cast their shadows before," and walking up to the bar asked, iir af soft and wheezing voice: "How much do I owe you, sir ?" "Not a cent, sir," replied the General; "I am your debtor. I have to pay six bits daily for ?hef refuse cart to take away the' rubbish?you have saved me the' trouble'. Take a drink," and lie took it. A Distressing Conundrum.?The New Qrloans I'icai/viie tells of an ambitious young dcbUter'in a village society who propounded this abstruse conundrum: "KfTr man plants a watcrmillion seed- next to his feftce, tfnd this 'ere wutermillioir seed1 sprouts up into a watcrmillion vine, 'and that 'ere watcrmillion vine grow,- and meanders through that 'ere fence iutoatofritlnsr matt-'t# lot. adjacent-; and in that otlte'r imrtr's lot, so adjacent, that 'ere wntcrmillioi!1 vine that sprouted from that 'ere-' watc'rmilHon seedJand meundt^il through that' 'ur fence into this 'cV<?*othe rerun's lot adjacent; tharin consolidutcs and homologates into a watormniion, the question, feller-citizens and ladies, is: To which of these'ere men did that 'ar watermillion, so homologated and promulgated, belong??to the man who planted that 'ere watermillion seed that meandered thro' that 'ar fence into tin's 'ere man's lot adjjwewt, an& thar so consolidated into a watermillion; or to the man whoowuthis 'ere lot so adjacent, wlfc?* was so promulgated to watermillion that so cscrgtfitatcd from thtt 'ar watermillion vine'that meandered thro' this'ete" fence' and* so sprouted from that 'a: watermillion seed that that 'ere man thar planted?" Some curious arrest of ex-Commuuists continue to be made in Paris. A man named lilutaut, who f?r some months past has been' playing the ourt of a deaf mute, and thus securing sympathy and charity, has been discovered to 6b one of tho fugitive's of the Government of La Commune. Another droll detection1 of a prominent actor in tiro /?-i _ r\ ??r,.>.4..?.rl ? oi,w..f' HCCIICS or me cunimuiiu Wii? cuvuvu u ouuiu while since. A-well-known' marquis gave a dinner party recently. When'the portly butler entered, and. in a majestic voice, announced that dinner was ready, a guest was scon to tremble, while his kneeft knocked together like castanets. When he' had somewhat recovered from his stupor'he'stated to the company that in the person of the grandiloquent butler he recognized1 a fierce adjutant major, who under the Commune had ordered his arrest. Thereupon, tableau! The police were called in, and Jeanics was hustled off to Versailles to await his turn. Sr. IIklena.?'Since Napilcon lived and died in St. Helena, that island has been pursued by mTsJiuiuuc;??...i ;?rf ,, been the unremitting character of the disasters that fifltf'c occurred there as almost to justify superstition concerning it. In the latter part of .July, as the final tefiii of a catalogue of woes, St. Helena was almost literally washed away by floods. FivC ftu-rrdred ofthe inhabitants wore swept out of their houses and lost everything tliey possessed. All the roads were destroyed, and)the island is now said to be uninhabitable; A Shocking Affair.?At Wheeling West Va., on the 2Gth instant, a little girl named Hopfer, was attacked by a MioiW a r 1,1|U dug owned Dy one oensu aim u^i ?uvv almost literally Horned off Commencing with* the check and lip on the left side, the flesh wa? torn off on1 that sidt\ to&Stlior with the skin across the iiose, and off the right side almost to the car. A portion of the nose and chin were also bitten off. The dog was killed. WV li'ave received from an Town blacksmith a sample of hardened iron winch wil' cut glass. The process by winch this hardening is done was discovered by the Macksmith. lie says he finds it of great use in making burr mill-stone picks, lie makes the' metal much harder than ordinary steel. Mcmplii* Jj jirn/. Tiio chairman of the Chicago Rcleif Aid Society makes a further appeal for aid for the sufferers. lie says that they arc now taring for over -i,000 people, with a very small i^ock of vegetables on hand*, and- very little coming in. An exchange tells of a woman in "Detroit who lately celebrated her hundredth birthday, and who'"Can knit socks in four language*, and repeat the commandments with one hand behind her back !" Numbers of workmen are going to Chicago from Eastern cities, attracted by the jiroifpcct of steady work and good wages. When a gentleman asks a lady to drive with him, he does not care ah >ut waiting an extra half hour at the door with restless horses, while she puts on her best bonnet at.! gloves, and an extra touch. JPicealilli., Fnnny?Ihrrt ';s^ilar6" dances are coming round again. Si*fc'?ri Hundred slaves have already been era. ucipafetf iir Brazil; * ' In regard to newspapers, young ladies prefer those whfiehf makes the most bustle. ' / ? j IHtit [f Water reddentrthfi'rbae; whiskey the nose, and tight boots the toe's"; Roscnzweig, the abbrt*ioiW#?, has been1 cnA- ' vieted and sentenced to ifeven. years hird r labor. ?' ' "Oh. for a thousand tongues." as fhd* litT said when he crawled into a inolaj&ifca* 'INF'* , hte.ul . If" I ' ")[; > An Irish Judge said', when addressing #'? prisoner, "You are to be hanged., and'I hoptf it will prove'a warning to you." . Ex-Secretary Se'ward,' since'he' left Auburnf to he^irf his tour afroinr the'world, has tVuvelcdf 72,000 miles'.* , New Hampshire', it is said, possesses ? _ real curiosity in the shape of a Qopgretenuta who re#us?*4o ?-ank has,wife'sletters. Josh Billings Says'men bVJittle authority are .like men ov little stiengih-=-alwus anr-' ious tew lift suu.thing. svd ' ^ When Disraeli pronouneetT.ft pipe of to* baceo "the tomb of love," he probably refer-' red to tfitf ashes it always contains. ' - . It is said that in London "a'child is Ijorir every five1 minute's." It must be ajittle oh* pleasant to tho children to have the .procestf I repeated so often. * >: Barnum's agents' are' already out on1 the prairies looking for the cow whose kick at a kerosene lump started the fire which burned* Chicago. ii The latest euphemism for red; hair ft* Caoanduigoa color?Ca'nanchiigtid being. as ,every New York traveled ktidwij a little be i yoncr Auburn. ! /. , What air does does tbe'young mouse singf to the old mouse when bitiug his way through' the scenery at the opera? Hear me gnaw ma. (Norma.) The woman who never owned- a Bible/ supposed she was quoting it when she greeted her son, who eamo home to keep Tkauk?r giving in- the following words: "Herecom'etf the fatted calf." ' Ornaments for the'hair mre beetles, bfifc-" terfles. and* snails, made of small gay-cultffed leathers,- fastened in the centre of a lui^je ribbou bow with three long ends. >ut Horrors accumulate. A companion piece to "Cut off my C'urls with your Scissors, Mamma/' entitled "Kip my Chignon with: your Jack-knife, Papa," has just come.' ' A Missouri newspaper eliims^fftat. thtf hogs of that State are so fat, thut in ( fler to find out where their heads are, it is necessary tv make them sq.ueah and- then yudttf by the sound'. ' ! General Grahf id rfbW efoployirig His leisure time in preparing a text book for schools and colleges. It is entitled "Grant's Sjieaker, or the Standard American Orator." tOrJ..~. TT.tnoa uura lciuivcu uw uiu ?? uug uumu. "Are the jury agreed ?" asked a jud^ffe of a court attached'whom he met on the' etaife with a bucket in his hand'. "Yia," replidtf Paterick, "they have agreed to siudo'ut for half a gallon"." , ' The negroes of Maryland, in thbir first! exercise of franchise, manifested1 a ^commendable wariness. One is mentioned* Who objected to voting at a window, and insisted' on being shown the '-pole" It? is said that Theodore Tilton imd Vic-~t?Wnndhull areto he married Un the? European plan', this being UiC otuy way ieii iueui, as Tilton has one wife already, and* Victoria two husbands.Fashion gnssip'nriVioUneefr that'this wintet between the figures of- tbd Getrumn will i bo administered-to the weary dancers, not, as formerly, cake and cream, but as stimulant, licef Wa. It is supposed they won't bcCf-teu gucd1 after that. 1 ! A poor Widow womari Wast rdating to a .neighbor how fbud her husband' was of hav'id* a good' fire, how busy he: Would make himself in fixing it so that it would burn.? "Ah, poor dear uian," said she, "I hope he's gone to where they keep good firew." "When a negro jury in' Mississippi went - 1 litmio nnnt'lipr ! I one IU uciiwur.iic, unu juiui . "Is dis u hanging case V' "To be sure, nigger," was the answer. "Well," said the Hist juror, "dis nigger Heard one dem luwyfirs say dat boy's gosdcomin' back hdfreand1 haunt us if we hang him. I no gufor hanging, and have dat boy's gose foller inc. No,sir." Verdict of manslaughter.Among the school children of-a certaintown was a pour little fellow. 11c could rn t tell the number of the house ill \frhich ho lived, and when he next caind to school to bring it; Tlid next time he appeared ho was asked if lie brought the number; "no, sir," saiil lie; "it was liaildd on the door so tight that I couldn't get;it{ off." It is reported that Horace Greeley has got into a niu-'s Wit h a Texas editor. It appears that- in an agricultural essay cu tobacco, .Mr. Greeley asserts that fine-cut will not 11 1 ??. il?rt I a *4 IVv 1 +ti ol : ripen wen umtss me uu iuu jo bui|^uuuui j the growing buds early in the spring. and ^ I that plug tobacco ought to knodked off the trees with clubs instead df being picked by , I hand. 'J his. the Texas editor said, was nonsense, and Mr. Greeley cilia'Ion g.d hiui. It was not until 1801 that Jews were allowed to enter 11 ussi i withouf special permission from the Govenuent. Now they can settle whe.c they ]lease in the Empire, and the Council of 1 tv.e has under consideration ; a law defennin'ng tho'r status in the Empire. ri his indicates the progress of religiouscuui i.c'.pation in Europe-.