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THE CAMDEN JODBNAL. AS INDEPENDENT FAMILY PAPER, ? 1 PUBLISHED BY .TOIITV KERSHAW. *2 ?,? SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One year, in advance ....$2 50 Six month* 1 50 Tiircc month* 75 Transient Advertisements must be paid ? ^ - Robert E. Lee. A watf^Trfnjj felt among the admirers of the lamented leader of the Confederate armies Mas just been supplied by a "Popular | Life of (Jen. Robert.E. Lee," by Euiily A\ ** -* Ir?nph!< ll-fii Jn flip, fiedd : * i _ SbbiiffiiSBBjM *n ^iim 11 VOL. XXXI. CAMDEN, S. C-, THURSDAY, FEBKUAEY 6, 1873.. >'(). S3 , ?? ... mason, ox ? u^uua. w? ...^ ? ... ...? , his nobleaiodcsty in victory, and his calm, unmurniftrnig conduct in defeat, the world knows., *80 much of his Roman virtues as lifted hiut above all the men of the age in public 4rfe the world knows by heart. Consequently a cold history of his campaigns was not wwitad.j Were were already supplied. e wairtOT Stories of his inner life, of his domestic virtes. This we have in the little volume before us. "One such example is worth more to me Than the. stained triumphs of ten thousand Cx&fars." Tlis ,?bcial. life is a grand sermon.? Though TIcury Ward Beecher may hold up his hands in holy awe of the great rebel, exclaiming, "I atn holier than thou," yet all the sermons he ever preached arc dust compared jfith the value of Lee's example to the j oun<j gjen of the country ! W hep lie was eleven years of age his father ( ?"higW^orsc Harry"?died. From one of'his family who knew hiut best, we arc told j j that fMn his excellent mother, he learned. 1 at this'&ridy rige, to practice self-denial, self- J control. a&^ll as the strictest economy in * all financial concerns?virtues ahich he re- ' tained throughout his life. This mother '1 was a great invalid; one of hi? sister's was deli- ' cite, and many years absent in Philadelphia < under care of physicians; the oldest sou, Car- 1 tor, wfeaFCanibride; Sidney Smith in the ( navy; Hnd'thc other sister too young to be ' o? mucli aid in household matters. So Rob- { ert was tho housekeeper, carried "the keys," 1 utteiided to the marketing, managed all the 1 <>ut-'door business, and took care of his moth- J 1 er's horses. At the hour when the other j!! s liool .iff^Mvcnt to play, he hurried home s to order his mother's drive, and would then 1 be seetj fjirrying her in his arms to the car- 1 riagc a?d arranging her cushions with the 1 z ntlcuess of nn experienced nurse. One j e of hies relatives still lives who was often the | o (Uipaniotffaf these drives. She tells of the {^ exertions he would make 011 these occasions f t entertain and auiusc his mother; assuring 1 her. with thtgruvity of an old man, that 1 unless she wa's cheerful the drives would n: t s bencfitiher. When she complained of cold f or "diwfts" he would pull from his pocket a c great jack-knife and newspaper and make 1 her laugh dtJiis efforts to improvise curtains I and shut out the intrusive wind which 1 whistled through the crevices of the old 1 family cqjrnhr. f When jAoUeft ;to go to West Point, his f mother was heard to say. "How can-1 live with >ut llohert t lie is both son and daugh- c tor to mc?*5 #. ,C I1 Years.after, when he came home from 11 West Point, he found ouc of the chief ac- ' tors in his childhood's drama?his mother's I s old coachman, "Nat,"?ill and threatened j1 with consumption. He ituuicdiatcly took f liiui t(Mnc milder climate of Georgia. | ^ nursed Kith tiie tenderness of a son, and P secured him tqc best medical advice. Put the spring time saw the faithful old servant c laid in the grave, by the hands of his kind P young nia*tfl?, ^ \Vi> fi rwl in this honk a complete nrcsen-1 ^ tation of his inner life, in tent and the Cold. 3( We learn from hi$ character in Mexico how a: well-founded was'tlcn. Scott's opinion that j( ' Lee is the greatest military gonitis of the " ;;?re." And what a tolnmc is contained in j a the treatment he received at the hands of! J1 friend and/foe after the fatal day of Appo-: nntox * Indeed, it seeuis that he, not Grant. a was the "victor. Confederate and Federal soldiers alike pressed around him, saying, j %God biessyou! God bless you! We think ^ none the lci?.of you for surrendering! God j bless you for a great and good man." n Homes were ofFercd him in this country a and Europe/. AH these he refused, prefer- u ring to remain, and set an example of sub- ^ lime defeat to his countrymen, Mti Gwr^frdidng, of England. in a note to [ th 3 scconJLcditiou of his translation of the { "Though*!'of the Emperor Marcus Aurclius s Antoninus," after disclaiming a dedication ^ inserted - tvithout. bis knowledge in the y American,. reprint, says: "I have never v dedicated ajjook to any man, and if I dedr- ^ cated tlivT*haald choose the man whose t name seemed to ni6 most worthy to be join- r e l to that of the Roman soldier arid philoso- n pher. I inigbtr dedicate the book to the f s icccssfulWnend who ift now President of the i United Stttes,,with the hope that his integ- a rity and j&iJfe will restore peace and happiness, soho can, to those unhappy States wpch have suffered so much from t) the \var.%and |he unrelenting hostility of j. wicked nbut p the Roman poet said, ^ Victrix <wfk placuit, scd victa Cuton,' t "If I 4rf?eatcd this little volume' to any Jone, I ^v?l4?&dicate to him who led the 1 Confedciw ?rmiw against the powerful in- 3 vadcr, an?K^<lfrom: the'unequal contest 1 defeated Jfnifiot dishonored; to the noble * V irginia^fcwae*, whose talents and virtues 1 place hii^ hy'fly6*side of the bbst and wisest ' man who'fcafr.upoa the throne of the imperial { Casars." 1 . j One of the ministers of Elmira, N. Y., was ' having a donation party the other evening, J w hen ambitious to appear liberal, marked jjyl castor up 60 S1-2-, and took it ' in as hii donation, getting mtlch credit for ( his libeAf nrf The next day the mintiser called afSiiatore with-the SI 2 castor, sta- 1 ting that he could not afford so expensive ' an article; lie would be pleased to exchange ! it lor its in^fkfcd value in other needed goods. AnH the minister was soon wending his way ^mownrd, loaded down with a dozen dollars* worth of selected groceries. A Kansas' paper chronicles ti pleasant and not uncommon ceremony in that State, as follows: *Odr. , of Missouri, got to owning horsee -that didn't belong him, and the next thing be knew he couldn't get his feet down Do the gflouna." ^ * Henry Olay and Rufus Choate. The Senate (during Tyler's administration) was the most able and brilliant body of statesmen, jurists, and publicits that was ever seen in this country. And yet the majority was dominated by Mr. Clay, as thoroughly and utterly as Bonaparte commanded his marshals. Massachusetts was represented by Isaac C. Bates and llufus Choate. They were both very able and accomplished men. Mr. Choate was one of the most superb orators of the age; and as a ready, felicitous. and effective debater, he was without a superior in Congress. He had that rare combination of attributes, convincing, < inexorable logic, and the richest and most j Jmnonnnc.inn The hnnnv union of ex- I traordiuary qualities makes the truly great | < in the Senate and the furuui. Ho was elect- I ed as the successor of Mr. Webster when i that gentleman was appointed Secretary of { State. He was the intimate, confidential t friend of the great New England statesman, and was regarded as his peculiar advocate i and champion in the Senate. When the t Bank bill was under discussion 31 r. Choatc t Dffercd an amendment which was resisted by I Mr. Olay. Mr. Choate was dispose to insist t upon it, and, as an argument in support of t iis proposition, indiscreetly intimated that t lotne modification might be necessary to in- h sure the approval of the President. This d mpudeut suggestion aroused the jealousy t ind indignation of Mr. Clay. Springing to 1< lis feet, with flashing eyes, in tones of thun- t ler, he denounced Mr. Choate for attempt 1; ng to coerce the Senate by threats of the lisplcasurc of the Executive. The scene vas one of great excitement. The bearing n >f 31 r. Clay was haughty, imperious, and I. ncrbcaring, and his language was corres- ,! iondiugly severe. 3Ir. Choate fairly quailed ? uider his vehement denunciation. Mr. Clay ippcaled to the pride and independence of j f' tenators, and inquired whether the threaten :u uiterpusiuun ?? tuu uj^vuidv. uv>v?? | ^ lie just expectations of the people was to j ^ >e tolerated by a co-ordinate branch of the , J n government. The vivacity of the assault was too much i?r 3Ir. Choate, more especially as ho felt hat he committed himself by his untoward ntiuiidation. He was confused and cuibar- ^ asscd, endeavored to qualify what he had ^ aid. and finally averred that he had no auhority for the suggestion, and only express- ? id his individual opinion, based ui the lircunistanecs of the case. J>ut Mr. Clay, ?! icrceiving the dilemma in which he had j j laced Mr. Choate, and evidently under the * uipression that he was hitting Mr. Webster 4,1 hrough his next friend, pressed lib advan- ^ ago harshly, if not ungenerously, and dieurial tone. The feeling of the Senate was j lcarly in favor of Mr. Choate, although it . ."as seen that lie had made a great mistake V 11 the mode of sustaining the auicndmcnt. .' le was so rebuked and overawed, and the upcriority of Mr. Clay was so manifest, that ( lie friends of Mr. Webster were much mor- 1 ificd at the result. On the fallowing day ^ Ir. Choate made a spirited and manly ex- . lunation, vindicating completely, but it had 1,1 lie appeamcc of an afterthought, and the sa ffect was far less than if he hai spoken roniptly in liis own justification. Few men were capable of coping with Mr. lay in a conversational discussion, liis rc juices were all at command, and he spoke 1,1 s forcibly on the spur of the moment as af- al ;r tho most careful preparation. .Mr Choate * ad all the advantages of superior genius ud reasoning faculties, as well more perfect CJ itcHcctual training, and yet lie was over- ?* orne and humiliated by the greater moral w . tf| nu physical vigor ot lus antagonist. A Doo "Which Does Not Forget an is njury.?There is a large Newfoundland og in this city, about ten years old, which at i doubtless one of the most knowing specilcns of the canine family. AVhen it was U| bout six months of age, a couple of young icn, in order to have a little fun, tied a tin 'J cttlc to its tail and sent it running through Ct he streets. It was sport for the boys, but tc he act was never forgotten by the dog. Till at his day it sli^ws signs of displeasure at the jn ight of either of those young men. One of to hem removed from the place, and several ??] ears after the the tin kettle affair he was li| isiting in the city, and called at the rcsi- si iencc of the dog's owner. The dog heariug bl he voice of the young man inside the house, in csorted to a number of devices to gain ad- J] nission. Upon being admitted, it sprang ft or the throat of the visitor, with jaws ex- L ended, The family interfered, of course, Si nd the dog was removed from the house. c] From that day (when the kettle was tied C( o its tail) to this, neither of those young nen can enter tne gate leading to the house j)( f the dog is at home. On one occasion a ipcr.ror fit. thn hnck dnor for Sfmiothino o eat. and was plentifully supplied by the ]j ;ood lady of the house. While passing out j, hrough the yard, the begger threw away jj omc of the food, the dog saw it. and taking jr lie unthankful solicitor of alms by the leg of _ lis pantaloons, walked him hurriedly out tc hrough the gate. No begger is permitted j jy that dog to enter the gate since. A nc- j; *ro once kicked this dog, and it has lv.id ? iuch a disliking for all persons of color since w that not one, with its permission, is allowed t: )n the premises. A few years singo the t' :>wucr of the dog was' taken sick and died. R Ihc dog was most deeply affected by the ( event, and refused to be comforted for many (| days and weeks thereafter. When the hell c was tolled for the funeral the dog seemed to t understand its mournful import, and from ,, that day to this the tolling of the bell causes j the dog to break forth in most dismal wail- ^ ings.?Bridgeport (Conn..) Standard, Jan. s torn. ( A certain good' With, who had been lcctur- 1 ing her husband foV coming home' initoxicat- * ed, became incensed at his indifference, and ( exclaimed: 1 "Oh, that I could1 wring tears of anguish 1 from your eyes T> : To which the hardened wretch hiccoughed: "'Tai-'tuin't no use, old woman, to bo-bore for water here!"" u Sir Walter Scott at Work. A few years ago I strolled along the seashore at St. Andrews with Robert Chambers, and heard him speak of the days when he sat beside Walter Scott in this very room. I seemed to look into the great mail's eyes and hear his happy voices as I looked into the eyes and heard the voice of one who learned from Scolt what untiring industry joined to talent could accomplish. And it was with peculiar interest that I read in Chamber's Journal, two years ago, theso words: "I know no brighter picture in the history of genius than this of Sir Walter Scott sitting down to his morning task dressed in tho i orrecn velvet shooting-jacket of a Scotch ; luird, with his books and papers around him 3ii the desk and on the floor, his favorite < liound eyeing hiui from the rug, a couple of ( spaniels gambolling with his children in the i garden, and the songs of birds pouring in j hrough his half-open window. ' Scott knew nothing of those feelings of i rritation that make composition a torment < o so many men. His sttidy was always open t o his children uo less than to his greyhound, t Ic never considered their tattle as any dis- ( urbance; they went and cauie as pleased 1 heir fancy. lie was always ready to answer r heir questions; and when they, unconscious i iow he was engaged, entreated him to lay 1 lown his pen and tell them a story, he would j akc them on his knee, repeat a ballad or a Jgend. kiss them, and set theui down again r 0 their marbles or nine-pins, and resume his c lbor as if refreshed by the interruption. fj "Lengthening the clay t By stealing a few hours from the night," a nd learned that it is better to burn day- ^ gbt from 5 to 9 in the morning than lamp- 1 ght from 11 to 3 at night, after Byron's a isliion, it must remain a marvel how lie 0 ould manage to accomplish so much in a 9use perpetually full of visitors, and a eighborhood where his every step was way- ' lid by lion-hunters. Anne Scott states that 8 icre were on one occasion thirteen ladies' . laids in the house; and Lockhart mentions ^ xteen uninvited parties coming iu one day. 0 adcll, one of Constable's partners, express- 3 1 to Scott his wonder that Jie could write tall. "I know," lie said, "that you contrive ) get a few hours in your own room, and P lat may do for the mere pen work; but u hen is it that you think ?" "Ob," said cott. !;I lie simmering over things an hour " r so before I get up; and then there's the S( me I am dressing to overhaul my half- ai eeping, half-waking prnjet de cjmpitre; D nd when I get the paper before rue it com- w loniy ruu? off pretty easily. Besides, I of- w m take a doze in the plantations; and whilebin marks out a dike or a drain as I hUve jj ireeti-d, one's fancy may be running its ain . gs in souic other world."?From the. "Scott ?' 'en f rutin/ rt Edinburgh," b// M. D. Co incog, i Harper's Magazine for Felruarg. Scenes and Adventures in Holland.n amateur sailor who is making a canoe iur of the Zuydcr Zee, writes an interest- , g account of his experiences. lie tried to . iil his canoe, called the Hob Roy, over the " (allows called the Pampas, to reach a courous island in the Zudor Zee. but failing in ^ lat effort, went to sleep in his limited state j*. 10111. while scores of boys stood chattering i the dark and wet long into the night, P nazed at the lone traveler. Next morning . ic Burgomaster of Monikcndam visited the 1 cne, and a worthy gentleman with spectn- . es read aloud from a newspaper the account . Il'- - ? 4 "4 ?* nonli nnrnrri'nnli in I lie U'J.ll/, >11/ Vtiv.ll Jl.tt .>0. ?v . irtify the description by the reality. Be- 1 re a favoring breeze, the canoe sailed over a ic sea to the famed Isle of Marken, which unique in several ways The writer of the account of the canoe's ? i * 11 1 ventures, says: A thousand people live on a small area c jdor the sea level. Their houses are in /en groups, all built of wood except three. wo pear trees arc the only timber or flowering thina. Standing on the little ecuic- ^ ry you see ships sailing all around you and t >ove your head. Let one breach be made i that sea wall and all the land will melt in- J. i the muddy ooze of the Zuyder Zee. The I'rccster" here is the sole element of iutel- ^ gence, with Schiller and Gocth on his book lelves, a cigar in his mouth and on his ta- j le a copy of a new English book translated ito Dutch. "John Ploughman's talk," (J. ^ f. Spurgcon. All the men and boys arc ^ shcrs. They have 150 little sloops in their illiputain port. Their trowscrs are two bags, ich as the Turks wear in Smyrna. Their hureh has votive offerings hung from the liling, model ships, fishers' nets and fishes j. tipping about iu miniature over the clumsy j ews. The new liquor law just passed by the IInois Legislature make both the sellers of * itoxicating liquors and their landlords v able for the support of persons who become " ltoxicated by liquors purchased on their ^ remises, and for any damages occasioned j husbands, wives, children, parents, guar- P ians, employers, or other persons. Every r quor seller must be liccnssd, and to obtain uist give a bond to the amount of 83,000, 0 :ith at least two good and sufficient securi- * ies, who shall be freeholders, conditioned '' hat they will pay all damages to any per' * 1 1 ;1 on or persons wlncli may ue muiciuu upon hem, cither in person or property, or means f support, by reason of so obtaining a li- v ensc, and selling cr giving away intoxica ing liquors; and such bond may be sued in<l recovered upon for the use of any per- t on or pctsons, or their legal rcprcscnta- c ives, who may be injured by reason of the 1 oiling of intoxicating liquors hy the person ? tr his agent obtaining the license. The t juildinds and premises in which liquor is t iold with the consent or permission of the 11 nvner, may also be sold to pay judgments t ccovcrcd, under the act, against the oecu- t jants. besides this, various fines and pen- < iltics are imposed for violating the net. 1 These two lines, which look so solemn, Arc just put here to fill this column. IT ' 11 g-r-r-. Money. It irfa singular fact, but a fact nevertheless that most ^people have a profound respect for the mere possession of money ! Everybody is ready to deny this, and each one will protest that he does not regard any man as better, wiser, or neblcr, because he happens to have more dollars than it falls to the lot of people generally to possess. This, in the abstract, perhaps is true, but the fact is that not one in a hundred fail to estimate men by the number of their acres or their balance at their bankers. Strangely enough the people who show most reverence for wealth, arc often those who^post loudly decry such sentiments. They abuse wealthy people as purseproud, anQj-f'Qaliy think fhemselyes .above estimating men by the coats they wear or the* dinners they Serve. But these very people ire carefu| to dress well when they can afford it lest their noVtertv should appear.? Iheir shaljbyjcarpetSfmust be replaced by lew ones,'though the education of their jhildren be cut short for want of the money bus spent; They entertain more company han theytian afford, and feed their guests >11 costly viands, while they themselves arc launted by the gaunt ghost of pinched dinlers to coifae. A thousand shams show an indue respect fpr money, and a thousand ies are acted for the sake of concealing their >overty. v It is an Old adage that ' The King need lot dress well," and its inference, that poor- i r people must cover up their poverty with < iner houses and more costly clothes than ; hey have tiny use for, tells a sad tale of hu- i nan folly.} If your last winter's overcoat is ! [ingy, will it be any the less comfortable on I hat accotfnt? If you can not afford to buy 1 new one,Vis it not more manly to wear the 1 Id one, than to wrap yourself in a lie made ' o order by your tailor? Why should you I eny your-iamily needed comforts in order i hat people for whom you do not care a strew i hould think you wnalthior than you are? r Money has a certain value. It is worth aeti what it will purchase, and no more. In r thcr wordi;it is good as a means but not as i n end. ITis a serviceable thing, because e > a ccrtain'bxtent, it will purchase comfort I >r its nnsHdasor. and enable him to accotn- t lish worthfcr ends. 13ut its possession adds ? othing to his moral or intellectual stature, u ad the mail who pretends to have more of ; than he has, or who is ashamed of its abmce must i>o wanting in manliness of charter. Money has no intrinsic value, and e inst be expended to be of any account. It 1 ill buy food and clothing, but in itself it a ill ncithetpfced the hungry nor clothe the T aked^ M^t powerful instrument in the 1 ands o?its possessor it is well worth working t )r: but it is opt \^orth a sacrifice of health or ( f honor, because It .will n(?t buy these. Yet i lere arc pcoplo who for the sake of gold f ill sacrifice comfort and duty, and even ' onor, denying themselves for the sake of { ealth all the gooi that wealth can bring 1 jem and more. Mrs. Barbauld says that ny man may be tifch, if he is willing to pay 1 ic price, and she is probably right. But ' i bow many eases is the price altogether ' >o high? Wo J?ve seen men whose wealth ' as made a grand.machine for the accom- 1 Iishmeut of worthy ends; but these are not ' acy who have pay! high prices for their ( old. They have struggled and toiled per- ( aps; they have denied themselves and pracccd economy, that thrift might come and ?' jndcr them strong for good deeds; but they 1 ave sacrificed nothing of character; they f mif nr. rrtnnfnt.inn J1S ft niMCO: thl!V * a>c |;am v?*w uw ^ 7 ^ ave not put their souls up to baxiav.-Hearth i ml llomc. 1 Too Good to be Lost.?We ask pardon * f General Toombs for rushing the following * icidcnt into print, but it is decidedly too ' ood to withhold from our readers: a A few days Since, General Toombs was ^pressing his opinion of a few public men 4 1 Georgia, especially that known as 'Demo- * rats so-called,' to a few friends at the Kimall House, and he alluded to Joseph E. 1 trown?the emasculated Joseph?in such 1 jvcre terms that an enthusiastic religious ^ riend ot Jo's remarked to the General: "Ah, General Joseph E. Brown is a * 'hristian, and when that great day shal. ome, in which the earth shall give up her ( cad and the sea-shall give up her dead, 1 nd all mankind shall be summoned before :j lie great white throne to answer for the 1 i.TncoiiVi V. Ttrou'ri ' Ui'Ufc* UUIIC ill tliu uuu j J l/uuvj'ii ill bead a larger column than General ir oomb's." I( "Yes," replied the General, "and when {1 lod Almighty sees that column, rtith Jo !1 Irown at its head, approaching, he will give ' his command : Ilead of column to t lie left." ; " A Quaker Printer's Proverbs.? 1 ?'ever sendest thou an article for publication { without giving the editor thy name, for thy auic oftentimes secures publication to worthjss articles. Thou shouldst not rap at the door of a rinting-ofhee, for lie that answercth the ap swearcth in his sleeves and looseth time. Neither do thou loaf about, ask questions, r knock down type, or the boys will love lice as they do shade-trees?when thou j careth. t Prefer thine own town paper to any other, j nd subscribe for it immediately. ( Pay for it in advance, and it shall be well ( vith thee and thine. < The deficiency bill ofS27,000, lately in- i rod need in the House to remedy the costs 1 .1'the Ku Klux investigation in South Caro- < ^~i~ I, inn and.eJscwlircrc, is entirely iuu uiwuuau j Such ?i bill, (o bo bone t and effective, ought ( o provide for the lost cotton crop in nine < :ountics in South Carolina ; for damages for j alse imprisonments of hundreds of innocent! ind unoffending citizens, and for compensation for the grief, terror and disorganizationiccasioncd to at least one poor county which ivas. confessedly by mistake, embraced in die President's proclamation of outlawry. Let members see to it, and have this bill properly amuicndod.? Washington 1'acn'ot. j Caving in?The Bottom Falling Out of Knoxville?A Mystery, i The steamer J. C. Litterall was stationed at the foot of Clinch Street, on First creek yesterday morning, and set to work to throw water through a line of hose up to the new cistern lately built on Clinch Street, west of Gay, for the purpose of filling it with water. The cDgine worked beautifully, pumping 185 gallons per minute, equal to 35 tons per hour, according to the culculatio?s of the city engineer^ The cistern is divided into two sections by a strong partition wall. After the engine had worked for several hours, the depth of water in the cistcru was J tested and tonnd to measure seven tect ten j inches. Shortly after, or about 3 P. M. the water in the westerly apartment suddenly disappeared, to the astonishment of all who ' were aware of it. The engine was stopped as-quickly as possible, and a negro went down to ascertain if possible the cause of its sudden disappearance. On returning to terra firma he reported that a large portion of the j western end of the floor of the cistern had given way. leaving a large hole down which c the water had gone glimmering. This is only an additional evidence of-the condition of the principal hill on which Knoxvillc is founded, and of which we have several-times spoken in the past. Similar oc currcnccs have at different times occurred in various parts of the city. The most notable instance was that of the dropping out of the bottom of the cistern in yard in the rear ' of the Lamar Ilonso some twefve or fifteen n years since. Many of our citizens will remember the amazement of the frightened ? Irishman who scrambled up out of the cistern to tell the story of his lost mattock, which, having struck through, slipped out of 0 iiis hands and dropped into depths unknown, fhe cistern, though its bottom has never ^ occn found nor restored has proved quite j r.ilitukln f.l flirt linfnl ly to receive, anil discharging its contents 1 10 one knows where. Numerous instances of a similar character w night be cited, but we care not to exoite icedless apprehension among the less right- P sous portion of our readers that the fate of vorah is about to overtake them. We are oo well arched beneath, no doubt, to fear a P general caving in tor yet a little while, at P my rate.?Knoxville Whit/. i Sleepy. ej A young couplo residing not far from Vir- ti ;inia City. Nevada, determined to elope re;cntly. aud accordingly provided a buggy tnd started for Virginia late iu the after- ei loon, and in due time arrived at a certain ^ lotcl in the city, which is indeed the para- ft lise of lovers. The two were young and cx- n :ecdingly rural and their conduct soou con- t( dnced the initiated attendants at the hotel Q hat they had been thwarted in their hynie- #| lial intentions by hard-hearted parents and j( ruardianswho were opposed to what is sat- p ically termed the "decree of "Heaven." t, The emotions betrayed by the fugitives u verc various; while modest iu the extreme, ihey wore unable to conceal their fondness from the guests in the drawing-room, yet |t ninglcd with their modesty was a sort of a |, onk- of triumnh at their success, and fear oft they might be overtaken, which at once ~ mlistcd the sympathies of all who observed ( hem. i. At length the young man went to the office a ind inquired for the proprietor, alleging tliat t io had some business which could bo tTa.j meted with no other party. The clerk stat;d that the proprietor vraS nofc iri but that g ic could anu Would attend to anything tliat t 10 might unfold. Of this the young man : seemed skeptical, and commenced pacing the {. loor, exhibiting the greatest uneasiness, and inally entered the drawing room, from which 0 le omerjred after a short consultation, and ipproaching the clerk said: ' Sir, there's a lady in the room; she wants o marry me and I want to marry her just as >nd; can you do anything for us?" The clerk replied tliat everything inatri- ' nonial shuuld be arranged in a short time, md in lorn than an hour the Justice of the Peace Had arrived, the ceremony was per-! u brmed. and the happy couple united by the a- ?u'o lour onnairuiytiii | ? irincst nu mu iim 8onii after, the bridegroom approached the | ^ lo.sk and commenced looking oCer the regisor. The clerk asked him what lie desired, tnd. received as a reply that howascnly look- t ng over the register to see the arrivals. His n nan tier betrayed the fact that his mind was a lot easy; bat what his troubles weic no one la ?ould conjecture. A Iter walking around the j tc )ffiec for about twenty minutes lie repaired j el o the book again, and said to the clerk in a ; d( ow tone: j t( ' Hadn't you better change the register j h tnd give us b"th the same room, now we're J tl narried ?" [ w "That is already changed. You arc mark- J tl td for the same room," replied the obliging c) :lerk. j ct "Well." replied the gratified Xcvad'an, e' nrprised at such thonghtfulness, "well just i t< ihow me up. for I'm awful sleepy." I n It is needless to add that his request was w tomplied with. b .. w MllS. MANSFIELD'S CAMFORXfA AXTF.CE- ,1 )ENTS.?The news which was published in ; ^ lie papers of yesterday morning of the shoot- tl iigof.Jiiu Fisk by the paramour of his a (inner mistress, was a subject of general n mmment yesterday. It was the mure talked ! t) )f from the fact that the Mansfield family ? tavc been well known in California. In 18- / VI Joseph Mansfield was the editor of the ^an Joaquin Republican, lie was a man who had the respect of the community. He t' was shot by a ntan named .John Tabor, the V editor of tiie Stockton Journal, the difliculty growing out of some newspaper trouble. At 1 that time the Mansfield family resided in tl Boston. Subsequently Mrs. MansGelds mar- h ricda man named Warren, a citizen of Cali- t( fornia. and the family, including the daugli- c ter. Helen Josephine, cauic to Sau Francisco v aid resided for souie years on Sutter street, f Helen soon became known as a girl without f reputation, and acquired a oharaeter for black- ' mailing.?/Vein I'VaRcisco VuU.fi)i} Jon. 8. f ADVERTISING RATES. I ' ' l ' ' w - . V 1. ! " fS^ici. 1M. 2 M. 8 M. C !ti 1 T. r% ^?, ; i. 1 square 3 00| 0 00 8 00 12 CH>{ 16 CO 2 squares 6 00 6 00 12 00 18 00 26 00? 8 squares 9 00 18 00 16 00 24 00 ?6 00 . 4 squares 12 00 16 00 20 00 30 00 48 00 \ column 15 00 19 00 24 00 84 00 60 00 4 column 20 00 80 00 40 00 55 Oo 80 00 1 column 30 00 50 OOj GO 00 ,90 00150 00 All Transient Advertisements will be charged One lloniAR-pcr Square for the first and 8*vvn tv-vive Cents.per/Square for each .subsequent insertion. ^ From tlic "Farmers' Almanix" for 1872. r Josh Billingsgate. Agrikultur is the mother ov farm produce, i she iz also the step-mother of gardin i?jaBi llize at haff past, 2 o'clock /in the Jaoraing,,.. ; f bild up a big fire in the kitchen! Winn put , __ two pounds ov kandels, and grqase. yurB ' boots. Wait pashuntiy for da brake. When1'1 \ ' tluv ll 11T hrnlrn tlion rATnmi.no fnw afin tin. !-i . .r ""J ??vj VMVM vvuiuiviii^. ?vn /jvrt UJ7 " " the geese and worry the hogs. Too mutch.i: r # sleep iz ruinous tew geese and. tew hogs. . Remember yu kant git rjtcli on afarm^unl^gs you rizo at 2 o'clock in the morning, and ' * stir up the hogs and worry the geese. *The; ' > kappyesb man in the world iz the farmer} " . j he rizes at 2 o'clock in the morning, he <> r ivatchea for da lite tew brake, and when sho > t/, 3uz brake, he goes out and stirs up the geese md worrys the hogs. "Whatiif a larrjer ?? ";T What iz a merchant??"What iz a d ok tor?? What iz a minister??I answer, nothing 1 \ farmer iz the nobles work ofGod; hemes .... ; it 2oclock in the morning, and burn-out a ? laffa pound ov wood and two korcTs oy kaq? Ids, and then goes out tew worry the geesd ''' ind stir up the hogs. '* . jThare iz too kind ov men that.i dopt kare 'v ioi o meet when i am in a grate hurry y inca hat i owe, and men that that want to owe no- , ':v . \'r ; Jokes are fike butternuts.' To be gocd;"' '' hey musn't be cracked flatways. urn t 1. -A __ I A L. I -J-' - 11 1Z just az naiurai tew uo uoru poor .ua cw be born naked, and it iz no more: dis- i(.r>- , j Tacc- ..... Truth iz like the 'burr docks off the end of 1' cow's tail; the autre she shakes them oiph, ' ' he less she gits rid.ov them. .. 'to I think young coxcombs end their lives az ild slovens.' To work iz the grate law ov natur. If the roodchuck ever dont bild" cny hole, he wont av one'. It iz true he may steal one I but ' lien some other woodcbuck will hav tew dig wo' , ? t . ' ''"f llevcngc sumtimes sleeps, hut vanity aluz keeps one /open. * ? ? Thare iz nothing in this world that a man ays so hi a price for, and gits so little oV-' * ? iz munny back, as he duz. for Ilepentahce. # I hav finally cum tetf the konklusion, if a lan kantbe born but once, he had better isuc proposals tew Lav it dun sumwhare in fit England. L The only human being on the face'.ov.jthis m irtli that I really ehvy. iz a laffing Chris lin. ... , . ,? . ?'i A Jury of Peers.?There dwelt some cars ago in Bourbon county, Ky., a cfrunkn, worthless, one-eyed fellow named C??, hose chief occupations were getting'tipsy " ; nd fighting. There had just been elected a ; *Ai; * cw prosecuting attorney, who tfas entitled ) a part of tiid fine's tfhich might be imposed n the malefactors of Bourbon, and deterniind to squelch old C . lie did not wait >ngfor an opportunity to have himarrested. I , constable, said, as it was an impormt case, he wanted about three jays to get n appropriate jury to try if , On tho third day the new attorney was inarmed that things wer ready at the courtouse. There was the Judge, and behind iim the constable. On one side sat old oneycd C??; on tho other, the twelvo juryitcn, "jess like him," on benohes. forming a rianglc, each with a plug of tob'aco and jaok:nife, the gift of the constable, whittling away, nd, according to order, spitting to tho ceure. The astonished prosecutor looked at the u:ty and exclaimed.: ' Where did the constable get this jury , 'he constable quietly replied": "I thought he prisoner was entitled to be tried by a ury of his peers, and I've gbt1 twelve more ^iiotuo rraitiiiq #? The prosecutor looked out and saw soated . n tbc fl-uce twelve mofe dittos, similarly . , quipped and employed". lie turned to the ourt in undisguised wrath and said : ' I'll dismiss this case ?' Tli constable wrote his return on the warant thus: '-Dismissed' by the county attorcy on sight of the jury," and so it stands acorded to this day. The prisoner was disharged, and left the court-house rejoicing t having been deprived of his constitutional ght of being tried by the proviously-menoncd citizens.?Editor a Drawer, in liarcr's Majuziie for F t r ictry. Ax Unexpected Stroke of Dentisry.?A gentleman visited a dentist Wed- , esday afternoon for the purpose whiling way a half hour or so, and while there a idy came in with a little girl wanting a " loth or two drawn' for the the latter. Tho 1 , , 11? j illIU cnou wneil piueeu 1U uiu uuitu, auu cclnrcd she would not lxave her teeth at'iidod to unless th'cstrange gentleman would avc a tooth' drawn first, and to please thu 10 little pat went fyo took her place, with a ink at the doctor. The latter took two or iree instruments, while the gentleman relined in. the chair, smilingly gazing at the Tiling for the assurance of tho watching liild, and after softly poking at two or three jeth; to the horror of the obliging gentlelan lie commenced boring into his jaw here a tooth had once been extracted, and cforo he could offer a protest, a tremendous rench brought out a large root, which the octor held up to the child, with a diabolical rin ou his face. The gentleman rolled off ic chair, and with an expression of uuutterble pain in his drawn countenance gazed a lomcnt reproachfully at his friend, i#id left lie office. The little one did not seem to be rcatly encouraged by tho exhibition.?San 1 1 1ln Hot 111 / till'. 1ft" W.MVV.... --~t * " ' ' TheNash vile C'ni'on and American tulJa ic following: "A younginan about eighteen ears of age made his first visit to Nashville few days ago. and registered at the Maxwell, laving some business to transact, and many kings to see, he did not retire until a late our. A servant took him to the the elevaor, and tolling biui to roll in, went tigct the onductor, who was in one of the parlor* rith a friend. When they came back they ound the young man half undressed, and bo-* ore they had time to say anything he comneuccil talking about the little room and th# unny bed."