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HOOFING, Ac , mien?le*: to n: shortest notice and on nccoiutaocatiiij terms. A full lire of Tinware & House Furnishing Goods. Fcpt constantly on hand. cur a !1 work gunran'ce l. john 11. goo dale* Oct. lllf. / I VOLUME XXXVI. W?MywWBW?M? FOLLOW MS. BY G. 8. 8ASS. Soul, o'ir life's snd ocean fating, \\ hither d-ifts thy barque? To what haven art thou steering Through the dark ? Torn by tempest, tossed by billows, Wculdst though anchor fast? Stay tlure on eternal pillows At the la't ? Far away the happy islet W here the blessed be, Lies quite past the u'taost twilight C5f the sea. But little waves are datk between thee And that shelter wartn : Haven there is none to screen thee Frcui the storm. i Weary, wottnued. w inu-tcssod, stricken: j Hark ! across the sea Comes a voice, thy hopes to quicken, " Follow me " AV hither, I.ord ! the path is gloomy, Him the harbor light, Cruel doubts and fears pursue rac Thrcugh the uigl t. Fellow tee in tr.ith nr.d we.ikness A\here my st?-pe have 1? ?1, For my strength is in thy weakness l'erfected. Shall 1 find thee when I need thee ? j . Only look above; 1 v. til keep th ?e, shield thee, leal thee, ' W irh my love. Shall the rough waves stay their rict ? i Nay, 1 any not so. Not in p eace and cnltu and quiet t-b.iIt thou go ; Many a time thy soul ahall sicken, Yet. though taint thou he. Hardly pressed and sorely stricken. Foi!or>ine I myself will he thy pilot, Till thou rest for aye. Anchored at that llappy Islet," Follow nic! There of storm, cf strife, of riot, Shall W Me^t surcoase. Life f?r tiea: It?for loug disquiet, l"iter peace. GETTYSBURG. Uriierni Loiictttreel'e Arcotml of 'Unit I'litnl I>hj . A narrative of t!ie Pensylvatiia cam- ! paipn, froui il.e bc^intdnp' to the close, 1 written by Gcn'l James Longstrect. is ' published in the IhiluuclpLiu Times. ; Iljeti'l Lonp-tn it tells some things that have never been told, and revii ws the operations of1SG3 from a point of view that is in many respects more advanta- : peous than is p ssiblc to any other man now living, since no man now living was so prominently coucrnrd i:i theut. THE FK2I2T ON JL'LT 1st. The encounter on the 1st of Julv t Gen. Loiifrslreet shows to have been ; ' wholly accidental, and it was then that ' he believes I.eo committed an error in not either vigorously prosecuting th>? temp'-ry suc?*ers. or t I.?e hi nitruverin^ s.? as to Compel Meade t? make the sit? tark Gen Loncstrcet continues as; follows: When I owriook Gen. L> c at 5 "'dork tha' afternoon lie said that he thought of attacking G>-n Meade upon ! the height* next day Gen. l.cc was, n j *csscd wi'h the idea that by attack iti-r rl-c Federals he could wl ip theui in . detail. 1 reminded him t! at ii the Fed?'rain were there i:i the * rrnipp' it | Would be proof that they h:ul their , forces well in hand, nud tlmf with Pickett in i/hauibersl?ur?. and Slaurt out of reach, we should be somewhat in detail, lie, however, did not srem to abandon (he nl.a id'ntta-I; 011 Hie next day IJe seeu.td und-r a subdued excitement,* which occasionally tO" k possession of him win n ''the l uut was up,'* and ( threatened his sum tb ?-f|<x*ii:.is<*. 'i*!?o sharp battle fought by lii 1 and Kwvll j : on that day had *?ireu him a taste of victory. THE I I.AN 4)V ATTACK. When 1 left CJcii. Lee on ti e ni^ht! "f the l?t 1 believe that he had made up his n ii.d to attack, but w.?s confident that he l ad li"t determined us to when i he a'lack should be made. '1 he a.-si rii'?n first made by Geo. Pcudleton, and echoed by his toiifi delates, that I was ordered to open the attack at sunrise is totally false. <??iii. Lee never in his life j?avc n e oid? rs to open an attack at a specific hour. He was pelf<ctly satisfied that w!r:i IJiud my troojs in j position and vras ordered t?? attack, no | time was lo.s?. On the ui^ht of the 1-t I left him with tit my orders at all. ( 0?? the. inr.rniit" of the 1M I Went to I Oen. Jxh/s headquarters at daylight ami renewed toy views against nakir." an I attack, lie secerned rew.lved, however. ' nn*l we discussed llie probable results i We oL served the position ,?t the Federals and ?<<t a general id' a of the nature of the ground. About sunrise (Jen l.ec sent Y? nable, of his staff, to Gen Kwell's headquarters, oidenu^ him to make a reeoiiiioi-atiee ul the j;round in ; Ids trout, with the vew (.f making the > ?.... i.w|, |> \ sblnt tilne 111*1 JII f\ I'll ...... _ ' afterwards lie f..ll>wcd (vol. Vriiabl"! in ' person, lie Mumcd at about 1)o'clock and informed u.e that it would not do fo have Kwt-I! upon the attack lie finally dctcru.iiied that I tdmuM make ; the main attack on the extreme light. I It was lull)' 11 oYhck win n <?? n. I.re I arrived at th;s conclusion and ordered I the iiiov iiici.t. Our army was sfr t< l id in an eliipti* oil curve, reaching fVntn the Ir?*i?t of Hound T p around S.unrnry Ridge, and omeh-p'ug (>u:etcry Ilcij l.ts on tht left, ill us covering a apace of four or five n.ili.". The < in try occupied the high ground in front of us, bring rua-sed in a cuite < f about two miles, nearly tone, nrric with the curve dc.bcr.bid by out loto s. Ills line was CAM about 1,400 yards from ours. Any one will see that the proposition for this inferior force to assault and drive out the ii.asses of troops upon the heights w?s a veiy problematical one. My orders from (leu. Lee were ,uo envelop the <n? my's left and begin the attack there, following ifp as near as possiblo the direction of the EtnmeUsburg road." THE BATTLE OPENED. My corps occupied our right, with Hood on the extreme right and Mcl.avs next. Hill's corps w;.s next to urn", i:i front ol the Federal centre, and K?c!l was on our cxtnme left. My cups, with Pickett's division absent, numb red haidly l.l.t.0U men. I realized that the Gght was to be a f arful or.c. but being assured that my flank wou'd be, protected by tbo brigades of Wilcox, Perry, Wright,'Posey and Mahone u oviog en ec/t(.'on, and that Ewcll was to co-operate by a direct attack on the enemy's right, and Hill to threaten his e< ntr?' and attack, if opportunity offered, and thus prevent reinforcements from being launched either against ur.solf or Fwtll, it seemed that we urght possibly dislodge ti c great army in front of us. At half past J> o'clock the order Was given (Jen Hood tn advance upon the t'licm y, and hurrying to the he id of McLaw's division, I n.oted with i i< line. Tlieu was fairly commenced \vh it I do not losit?ie to pronounce the lust three hours fighting ever d< no by any I 'roups on the battlefield. Directly in front of u-, occupy ing the pencil orchard on a pi.ee of elevated ground that Gen. I Lee desired uio to take hold for h;s ar* ill* rv. was the third eoijs of F< d era Is.; coiuaiandi'd by Gen. Sick lea. My nicii eharifej with great spir.t and dislodged lie Federals fiotn the peach orchard with hut little delay, though they fought stubbornly We were then on the crest of Seminary Ridge. The artillery was brought forward and put into position at the peach orchard. The infantry swept down the slope, and soon reached the marshy ground that lay between Seminary and C? nictery Ridges, fighting their way over every foot of ground and against overwhelming odds. At every step we found that reinforcements v.cro pouring into the F.d- r.tls ** -? ' ? - ? from e\( ry side. mntr roum so-p my uien, liowcv" r, and they commenced their heroic charge tip the side of (Jem. eterv Kidge. Our attack w:ib to progress in llie general uin-cti -n of Kinnicttsburg roa 1, but the federal troops, as they wore forced from point to point, availing themselves of (tic stone fence* and boulders near the mountains as rallying points, so annoyed our right flank that (Jen. Il nd',* dhision was obliged to make .1 p trfial change of front, so as to relieve itself of : I: i - galling flank fire. This drew (Jon. McLawsn liule further to the right than (Jen. Leo had antieipi tod. so that the defensive advantages of the ground enabled the Federals to delay oar purp scs until th^y coul I occupy little Uottml Top, which they ju>t then discovered to he tho ley to their position. The force thrown upoi this point was bo strong as t ? seize our right, as it wore, i:t a vise. rtlAIUtr. I I' CEMF.TE'tV HILt. fi'ii! the battle on our main lino continued to progress. 'j'he situation was ;? critical one. My e>rps had been fighting over an hour, having encountered and driven back line after line of the ajrny i.f the enemy. In front of them was a high and rugged tidge, on Us crest the bulk of tho Army of the Potomac, numbering six tn ot-e. and securely resting behind strong positions. My biKve fellows never hesitated however. 'ilieir duty was in front ofthun. and they iiii t it. The)" charged up tho hill in sphiidid sf\h'. sweeping everything b<.lore theui. d sloding tin* enemy in the face of a withering fire. When they had faisly started up the second ridge I discovered that they wef suff. ling terribly from a fiio that-we;: 1 ovrr the r right and left flank". I also found that inv loft fin k was not proI fv.-ct? d by th- brigades that v.crc to move > - \? i . k.. I i n CCi'hI'tU Willi K. iuci?avis unc v\ JS oetiseipicntly sjrtad out to tin* left t?> protect it- tl.ink. and 1!nod's tin win ?*.v.tei d<d l-> I lie rij:hi In t rotcct i's fiank from llm sue-'jiinj fun . f tli.* !ul<: f bodies u'' tr njo that Wt.ru post! J ? !l Hound Top. Those two tnov im'tits if extension kj drew tuv forces nut I!.:it I found iny?e!f attacking Ctuiot?ry ili.l with a single line of battle against not I? sk than fio.OWO troops. My two divi-bns at that time were cut down to einht or nine thousand men, four thousand having been killed or wounded. We felt at every slop the heavy stroke of fresh tro"|?s ?the sfnidy, tegular blow that toils a soldier instantly that he has encountered reserves or reinforcement*. We received oo support at all. and thero was no evidence j of co operation on any side. To ulire toy men forward uoiier these circutnstan"is would have hc? n madness, and ' > ' - ' : I I wnnurew in . ... .... |H! i< Ii 01 chard lluit we had tukcti from | lSio Federals rally >n tIn* aftimoon. If may be lue'iti<-ti< d luwe as illustrative of ilio diiiiotbss spirit of tin inrii tliut wlnnlifii. I!u'ii|ilinv,"!, of Mississippi, was ordered to withdraw bis men from j lit*' t harfte lie tlioiiffht there wan some ! mistake, and retired to a ruptured battery near the swale between (ho two j i'd^e?, win re lie baited, and when ordered to retire In tlir new line a Sot-ond ! time, be did so under protest. Our 1 men bad not tin uj:bt of retieat. Tin v broke every line tin t encountered. When the order to withdraw ?:is given a (ouii r was sent to tieneral lei in1 fi.tilling I im of the result ol the dayV j wotlc. A MAKVM-t.f'-S ASSAt I.T. j Dcfore pursuing ibid narrative fur. DEN, S. C., DECEMBE3 ' tlier, I shall say a w jrd <>r two concern- f ing tliis assault. ! :?m satisfied ihat my force, numbering hmilly 13.000 men, encountered during thai. 11.1er? hoots , i of bl< ody work not !c^ lb tn 65,000 of ; the Federals, and yet their i barge was | I n?it cbCiked n>>r tboir line bruk< n until . I we ordered them tn withdraw. I found i (hat night tint 4.520 of my men, more j than one third of the total number, had bent h ff ni| the ff Id. 1 i i?tory .records no parallel to t!ru fi.l.t by these iwo di' visions on the 2d of Ju.y at Gettysburg. kwei.l's in'actio.v. It may be imagined ? hs* i \va? a-t ?n; i.-lied at the fact tha' v.e received no support after we had drives the Federal? from the peach orchard aicl 1.000 yards hcyutrd. If General Kwrll bad engaged the army in the front at that ' time (.viy 4 o'cloik) he w ujlJ have pre- j ' vented their nia-smjr their whole army '- ?? teliiln l?find I lrn?,t Ill 111^ UV1II. tlWU ' ....V. r? J V j their two win^s engaged General Hill would have found their oeuire weak, and would have threatened it while I broke through their left and dislodged ; ! them. 11 a viu&r failed to move at four j o'clock* while the enemy was in his I front it v.a? .still mere svrj ri- ing that he .(1:1 not advance at five o'clock with ! vigor and ; r -uipiness when the trenches ! iti front of him were vacated, or latlicr field hy ('tie single Irigado, fan General ; Meade's testimony Lei'ore tV.e oiumitI trc on th>- cmdnct of the war state."} ' Had he taken'these tn neiies end scatter d tho orignde that held Count. I e 1 would have found hiiu*clf in tie* Fed,, trnli' tl jok and rear. Ills attack in the I rear must have dislodged ti e Federal*, j as it would have been loyally utuxpet- ! ed ? it L'Jlnir believed that he was i:i frot't of nic. Hill charging upuu the centre at the same lime would have in.. ' j creased their disorder, aud wc should j have won the field. GEN. LEE'S DETERMINATION. I did not scj Gen. j.ec that night, i On the next morning I e came to see , ...... ...1.1 rill ? t'.rit hf> VV:;5 .sld! in his un ? auu ivmi ?>>p ? .. disposition to attack, I tried to anticipate him bysayinjr: "Gene:;:!, I li.-ivn j I had uiy sc-'U'jj out ail uight. and I find ' tint you still have att cxc< ilent oppor! tunity to move ar-tind to the ri^rht of ! Meade's artny. nud manoeuvre him into ' attacking us " He r. pii-'d, pointitr; ' with his ii-t at Ceuu-ti ry !li!i: ' The enrmy is there, ti'*d ' aui?: ii?tt to strike hiru." I felt then that it was ihv duty ^ to express my convicli< us. J sai l : i ' General, I have been a soldier all my ; life. I have been with aohJieju in lights | by onun'es, l;y sijua is. .companies re^'i- i ments, divisions and armies, and should know a? well as any oil.: what soldiers can do li i* my opinion ih.t no lif. . teen thouvtnd wen ever arrived Ibr J bat-ie can take that position." Point, ' infj to Cemetery Hill. General Lee. in reply to this, ordered mo l? prepare ' Pickett's ui'.iciei: for t'-.o a;tick, i : should not have been so urgent,! ' had 1 nut foreseen the hnpele-siiess of the proposed ass.iult. 1 felt that i must say a word :?" ins' tee sncrdiee of my men; and then I Lit tint my re. cord was such that Gen. Lee wuilid or could not n.i.-ccnMjue my motives. ' ; said no more, iiov.iv-r, bat tut lied; away. The most of the r.)Oriiih<* was consumed in wait'n;: ("?r 1 i-kett's men if.d <*et till ? il.tn t'.osiliou. The 1 >1 : Tl of atoanlt WiM as follows ; Our attillery ' was to V missed i;i a mKi'j fiom vciiicli , Piokctl w.i4 t > cliui^o, a till it wis to pour a continuous tire upon tbc CVnieI tciy. I'ndcr cover of this lire, ami j supported by it, I'ickett wis to eliarjre. Our aiti.lerj was in diarg" of (Jen- j ! i ral K. 1*. Alexander, a brave and j;ilicd t j officer. I had itj.-fructe.l (Irnml Alex- ' ; andtr, lie in;.: umv ;1 tjo t: u-st iny.-olf ] with the cti'irit lvspon.-ib'iily, to carefully oLs< ive tlie effect of t'-'i: lire upon the enemy, and when it beiran to to 1 : ' to ij'jtilv I'ickett io bo^i i ilie a-sauir. ruis kit's r haros. Tlio eaiiiiojiadin^ wlii'li opened ak.tr^ bi-'.h li:i<s w.-K erand. Io a few uio. : mi nts a cnurfcr bruu^iit a note to Men. ! I'i' kett, who was sluii fit ^ near me, fri-tu A!eX.ii|.!' r, which sifter reading lie ' i h.o'.dvd to tiie. It was as follows : " If : y oj arc ontriojr at a!!, rot nnt-t. c< trie :ir o:icp. or i cnwoi j:ivo juu j ??>j?^-i ' suj*pf*it ; but tItt* enemy's tire lias m>t J slackened at all. At least eighteen .'Mill | ar- still fivinjj from the < emctoiy it-vif.' After i l;nd roud the* note, Pickett said to tui: '(icoeral, shall 1 advance , My fociins.^ bad s > overcome lite that I w? uld ijot speak, for f'e. r of 1 trayiatr ' | :nv want of confidence i.i nito. 1 bowed ! aliiiillation and turned to mount my horse. Pickett immediately eaid : " I , shull lead my division forward. sir." I spurred my horse to the wood where Alexander was stationed with thy artillery. When I leached him. he t dd uie i f I lie disappearance of seven irons which were In have led (he eharo? wirh I'i.hetf. and that his a-tiniutiitiou was ho low that he could not prop-ily support the charge. I at on'.a: ordered him to Mop I'ickctt until the auiuuiti'ti had ! lii'i'ii i?'pli ni-hrd. II' informed tn<?; that he had ti? an unitim from which to ' tcplunMi. I ih iiMiwtlnt there wi" i no help fir it, ami thai I'iek-lt n<u-1 advance under hi- orders. He swept pa-t our artillery in sph unid style, and I lie men Ii:::; r!.i d Mi adi V and ci mpacily down the sh-pe. As tin v stilled up over the rhLv. ov r one hundred rann >ti from the hrct-I'Voi ks id lie' I 'oil ends hut hd a raui ol eat nisti r, "rape and shell dm*n ii} nn ilii .;. : still tiny prosed on until l ull w; y nj> the slope, wlnn tin* (lest of the lull was lit with , a solid sheet ( !' 11 tne the masses nl , ili fan try toe and fire I. When the j suioLe cleared away, I'ii-letl's division was gone. A' tarly two-thirds of his 3 4, 1377. men lay dead on the field, find the fur' viv?>M were sullenly retreating d>wn tlie l.i!!. Mortal men could iiot have .stood ihut fire. In half on hour die u- n f est id field v.as cleared, and the 1 attic of (jetiyslurg was over. Tito l'rcwKfion oi' (T-imo. The AValhidla Ktoxcce. (Courier, alter spcahhijr of the reasen.s wl.ii-b tempt the people of this State to return to the lash as a punishment l'.r and prevention of potty c:iu%s, says: 'd'eotev. r. wr arc no special advocate! for :he whipping p"?-t. hut only for the' enactment of sunn* more udifjUate pun' f ihhjuent, s:> as iost< p the petty thieving! now so common. Tiio Hryisltr and ilie1 Xnxauil Courier alvisi il?e chain gang as prcfciahlo to llm whipping post, and wo arc entirely willing to give it a trial. Tt i? not Jiarlmrous in the old souse of the term. as it is a refinement of modern civil zatioii. It utilizes the rogue, while ii pun idles hiin and gives him industrious habits. '\ hie is it u?illtat'nn rig'% an 1 wv are ready In fall in villi a!i advocat* s of (lie chain gang by way of trial. If wo can make oar thieves n band of laborers, building railroads, working 0:1 the streets, and tliu> paying f.r :i ir k in;*. it will he less expensive to the IStat?, whether or no it Lu more effectual in suppressing crime." The Ihirriwiil Stnl'iit/ ays : "One of the m ?st practical and successful business ir.en of Olarlcston has i - . i c* * .... i i: .i. . I lOUl llje O'.t u rs-uu mi i on one of oar many s* a islands a p.'Hil colony. and p?: iho convicts to making sea island cotton, as they Oil in o!?l times, limn not only supporting thciu'elvcs, I.lit yielding revenue to tlic iitatc. We have turned the cutter over in our mind for the last ten days, and the uiorc we think of it, the more , plausible it appears. 'I he State has to bed nod cl?-the these e uivicis, and provide them with medical attention while he is i;i the penitentiary ; why not | ut hiui at some remunerative labor to which he is aeeu-touiod, and by which he can support himself/ Take Kiisto Island, where the first sea island cotton in the world was made; uiake it the penal coio nv. It would not take a much larger guard than is now ouip'oycd ut the penitentiary to prevent escape,and the guard could catch lish, shii:n;> and oysters to help Miprmrl them. We no not know what is the average yield to the hand in s 'a island planting, hut suppose it is not extravagant to say that a ham] can make two babs of cotton li" this be go, the 300 convicts in the penitentiary would make <>00 bales of c-itlon This, at 300 pounds to the bale would make 180.0O0 pounds, which at fifty cents a pound w oilj make ninety ti ouviid d ilhifS. Add to these the prisoners in the virions jaiN, and the nutiiber will he ii:?-rod three or four hundred more. Is thi* not beit<r end inc.' h more economical than feeding these strong. :<!?!.'.po led laborers in the j tils and penitentiary ? Wo hope our r. prc-cntaiivfs will turn this matter < vcr in rhAr fiin lj, an t perfect a bill to c:;rry out the scheme." A Chinese Giant. Van Shun, n OhitHSii eimt, of eigli' feet, three inches in height, and still growing, is now on his way to Kugiand. wlieie he intends to ex In bit hiinseii. He li lis a strange story about his marvelous growth. When cight.HMi years old he was no taller ihau his coui[.anions at that ag?\ One day, however, he caught a stnnge looking, smooth skin ti-h, cooked it and ale it. iSoon alter this fi-Hst he became sick, ami when, after several week.-; confinement in his he I, he left it, ho discovered t'fnt he had grown during llio sickness, ami has ever since gone on growing. liis head is very smalt in coinj-arisnn w.lh his height. This, he says, was caused by lii& U'.t eating the head of the fish. A dog ate it, and the animal's head grew so large that tSie Otiinese, OQt oi jiity, biiwi ti.e uufortuuato creature. Duty to Patents. l?o kind to y-oir jMrrnts. or grand |.rir< n?s, rire fur them tenderly, lovingly, Watchfully. Age has taken from them iho vitality which gives buoyancy an l y. uth. Mayhap thoy have drunk dcply of hfi. 'b <up of sorrow?will* aching, heavy, arid w 11 tiigti broken Iienils, mav have scon hopes and joys lit.I:i away before ch>*ir eyes?endured touch Tor the sake of others?and now that life is fading, th^y r.<!< <? cure and mif port far unite iltau the younger ones.; Let ns humor tin ir whims. their child-1 ishiii tM, their seeming pee* ishne-'S. Let kind words ami acts cheer lheui and make life's pathway more pleasant lor the tottering feet. Make a warm cor., nor in every Imart. for the aged It-', member that a d a'hht d scene is not far distant, and you should have no dark spot on memory's page. The parting blessing of o] t age js like the \\ry dew ofiuuveii itself, Lam it hy kind actions. It is remarked of the 1L brews of New Voik that while they form about ten percent, ol tfie popuhiliuU of that i itv, they contribute le*s than one per cent, of the criminal classes. Ono rea. son for this is, that as a lacothcy are early educated to habits of industry and ? If dependence and are not given to vies that have a criminal tendency. Another i', thut such of tlietn as h ip. pen to be stricken with poverty and 'destitution, are careful'y provided for, ! at.d not erst up m thw wiad to become ; beggars and outlaws urn.I cm lules to soj cicty. Tin re is much in thu Jewish | economy tlut Christians mi^lit profit by. I v " MnKaBBKaflMCaWEMMHHHMOMBDn ' NUMBER 21 Ho was Pond of Astronomy. Yon wouldn't have thought he had the slightest taste for the sciences had you seen him sprawl* d all over the salt barrel in his sleep, but he had scarcely been regi.stcrrj as John Sly Hunt and put into a cell when he began calling : "Say ! Say. you ! Say. boys. I want a better cell. I want a cell from which I cm look out and see Mars' moons!" llijah went tot ho cell door and ro monstrated. He asked the prisoner to take into consideration the fact that being in an observatory was altogether different froui being in the jug. Astronomers can tit up in their tail towers anJ pass their assistants around without stint, but prisoner have no astronomical rights. 'Mars! Mars! Mars !" yelled the man i a3 he shook the cell doer. "Never heard of hint," replied the old titan. 4 Gimme a looking-glass!" continued Hunt. 4 Haven't any in the house." ' Lemme sec the moons, or I'll holler < all night!" howled the piisoner. Then Uijali held a private conversation with him. There was rhyme to it. He said to him : ' This midnight row has pot to c^ate, In spite of moon- an I .Mars, And if you don't lie down to sleep I II let you see some stars. The astroiionjpr was the first (me to ceine before his honor, lie seemed a busted u*teioid. lie ! ' bed like a dry morn. He squared oil like the Great Hipper and remarked: What's the charge fur staying h-we over night '{" 'Nothing?not a cent," replied the court. '-When did you luru your attention towards the subject of astrono-. my ?" "I've always been quite fond of the monu," was the hesitating rcp'y. 4-And there have bc u many nights iii your life when you have sceu two or three moons at once, oh ?" ' Y-yen, sir." ' Name some of the planets, w ill you?" "Well," reflected the prisoner, "'there is Awful Gardner. Joe C'oburn, the Chicago Time* and-'? "That will do, Mr. Hunt. You did not observe the transit of Venus, I suppose ' Not as I remember of." "Well, sir, wore you pursuing the subject of astronomy as you lay on those salt barrels ?" "No, sir. I was pursuing the subject of sleep." "I will put yon, John Sly Hunt, where the subject of making chairs will worry you a great deal in? rc than any charge of the moon oh disappearance of a planet. Co in there arn^ take a seal on (ho equinoctial center till the' baggy drives up." "Star of the morning, ciuic into the milky way," auded I'ijah, as he crooked his finder,and the astronomer disappeared under a cloud. Political Catcchisra. Who own the United States ? The people. Who own ihe people? The politicians. Who own the p.ilitie-ans ? 1 he Devil. \\ liut is a Democracy r A country whore everybody has a vote. What is a Greenback ? A Government promise to pay, which the government dishonors by refusing to receive in payment of does. Who depreciate the Greenbacks? The speculators, who by corrupt Ici aisi-tion prevented its issue as a full j legal tender in order that they utight run up the price of gold to $2.85. What brought about the hard times? These same speculators by forcing the Government to con*ruction. Who have aggravated the hard times? The politicians, who have piled up the people's taxe*. Who arc the dangerous classes? The corrupt men i^i places of honor and trust. Who arc the ignorant? The u:en who do uot understnud the importance of the money question. Who are strikers ? Those who combine to elect themselves to office to till their pockets. What is the present penalty for stealing ? If you take a shilling. three months iu the lock tip. If until lieu?exoneration and a chance to do it again. What are men called who are i-llo f If they are poor men, out of work, j tliey are called Trump*. If they are I officeholders they are called Politicians. \ Samo db White Man. We 1. tve another evidence of the imitative g nius of the Chinese. A Chinaman by the very common name of Chun;:, who worked on a firm near the mis-ion in Los Angelos county, California. earned wages that amounted to SI51. I lis employer gave him a check intended to cover that sum, but iu making it out be wrote the figures $131. Afterwards he changed the cheek so as to read properly and wrote on the back | of if saving that it had been raised to $151 Chung beg in where his employer , had left (ir, and raised* I lie figures to 8951. Then he presented the cheek at I the bank, drew tlie money, and speedily departed to a locality unannounced and | unknown, as any white man would have done. (Junius is the gold in the mine, talent is the miner who works and biings it I out. t t ' 'vfyi ADVERTISING RATES t&J" Ordinary transient kdvcrlis mend inserted at tlie. role cl &1 CO p?r tq? ?r? (one inch) for first insertion t i.ci 76ttfcpcr square for i nch subsequent insertion. Jteer C extracts f r a pciitd of ibico mouths or longer will be r ude with advertisers nl a liberul rate. ISdS' Obituaries and Tribute* of liespeot will be inserted free of charge, if they do not exceed sixty words in length. Other* wise, they will be charged for at the rata of one cent per word. gfcgr Transient advertisements mnst bt accompanied with the cath to insure insertion, except in cases of regular advertisers. A Contrast. Smnlley writes from. W?sl?i?glon to the New York TriLunc that ' the Democratic party has taken defeat piled on defeat for Dearly twenty years, and after ach successive buffeting it has come tp* smiling and resolute. for the next contort; tut the nfotiiciit the Republican s f. ar they arc going to lew their hoi d on the gcncial government, they have no more courage than a era tick man when he imagines that the uncle miiveise is cut of gear, and :? devoting its energies to making him sncousfcrtable." The cause of this great ooMrvst is simply the matter of oousc'n oee, which makes cowards of the P.cpuLIi cans who have ac intolerable burden of du resting upon them. Conscience tncken people always treW>:.i on.. ice* rover whenever a thunder storm comes tloug. ' The Mississippi Legislature wili be, probably, the most unanimous *legi.-?ialive body, as far as politics are concerned, that ever met in the United Staus. The Senate, thirty six numbers, is solidly Democratic, aud of th? one hundred and twenty members of the House, one hundred and fourteen are Democrats, Independents and two IUpubltcaus. The Ind'-pcndents arc so called because elided in opposition to the regular Democratic nominees, but they are alio Democrats, so that of the one hundred and fitly six members of thn Mississippi Legislature one hundred aud fitly fnur ire Democrats and two are K-jublicaus. An Exiled Caeoli?-mn.?Maj. J. W. Avery, a former ci'iz n of York county, who left here iu the fall of 1ST 1, in consequence of the wlolesale prose* cut ions to which the people of this fee. lion were cruelly subjected by M.e un? scrupulous and tyrannical Merrill, was 4 in our town on Monday .last. He had been in the county about two wetks, visiting among his friends, and cm* barked here on Monday night for his / home iu Niagara, Canada. The Major has become a British subjoct, and speaks in glowiug terms of his new home,?Hampton llcralu, H k!: Hill, York Comity, 8. C. Trailing Skirts.?It is stated that the municipal authorities of Leipsic, Germany, have proclaimed a fir.c of ten marks on any woman who wears trailing dresses iu the streets of that city. The proclamation aUoctderrd the poiiee to nrrist such offenders, aod their names arc to be published in the local papers. It is difficult to believe that any government is despotic enough to thus interfere with auy feminine prerogative in the matter of dress, but perhaps the interference in this case is a sanitary measure, which Au.eiican ladies would do well to observe without compulsion. A man who committed murder, was tried, found gui'ty, and senscuced^^^^^^ be hung. A few duys bcf .ro bis cution he drew upon the of his prison a gnlljws with five *;cp? leading to it. On the fiidt st? p he v,*roto, ( bedienee to parents.'' On the second step, 4'Sabbath breaking.'' On ho third step, ''Gambling and drunkvn-. ncss. On the fourth rtep hi wrote "Murder." Tho fifth step was the jl-u? fo:ui on.which the gallows ht: ou. 'f!<ts poor fellow doubtless wrote :h. hlr-tnry of many a wasted and ruincu life. Tl.e Clwtanooga Dispatch revives the fact that io 1S53 Mr. Davis, tuen Secretary ef War uiidcr Fierce, relieved r Cipt. U.S. Grant, of the Fourth Infantry, from tho consequence of a court martial sentence to suspension of rank aod pay for the space of one vrar, and sent him back to his con.man 1. T he Pi>patch wants to knew if Grant "remembers that great favor with a sense of gnfitude, or over said a kind word of his benefactor." The New York World's special correspondent in the city^of Mexico says the sciuiMcut ot the people is in favor of a war with the United Stat*.*. Tho World concludes that Senator Moxej was right in his inference that Secretary Evarls is desirous of negotiating a new traaty with Mexico, hut thinks it impossible under existing circuit) stances. Tiierf. is too raueh whisky iu polities. I fere is Liverpool reflecting as mayor the owner of sixty gin palaces, because he spent his ill-goiton wealth freely and founded an art gallery. Ho ought to have bought some of Cruikshank'a powerful paintings illustrating the evils of intctnperauce, and aided them to the collection. A farmer's wile in Jay, Vermont, a short time ago, became displeased with tho hired man ot the place, an i while hrr husband was away, discharged him and did ail the household and <artn work, digging fiity bushels of potatoos in a day. The Turks on the top u! the Balkans at h'lnpka Pass are willing to !i\\ nine days on a handful of dates, out when it comes to one uieal a day on -no .lulls, they feel a llttlo unxious about next year's campaign. .An excited railway man. who si no's iuto the cars the m.uies ct the s ations, and who hear? a great deal of . mpb. .it bceauic the names arc cnikd ino;-inctiy, wants to know if tho pel ".o txp et % tenors at ?40 s month.