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J^"AmpIe accommodations. Tables sup- ' plied willi the best the Markets afford. Eve ry attention paid to tlie comfort of Guests. taf Persons stopping at the Latiinm House will be conveyed to and from the depot free of charge. Passengers, without lieavy baggage, will be conveyed to ami from any part of the town, not above DeKalb street, at lid cents. tSsjT"Connected with the house is a first class Bar, which is located separately from the house, and orderly kept. iarc onvcyanees supplied to guests on liberal terms, either for city or country use. i jantt-ly S. It. LATHAM, Proprietor. DeKalb House, BY A. S. ROlNiEKS. Most Centrally Located Hotel in TownTerms S'2 i 'er Day. Commercial Travelers will have every attention paid To their con.fort, and be fur nished with SAMPLE LOOMS at this House; and persons visiting Cam len will find it a qoitft nnd pl"n-mt home .Special rates male fur parties traveling together, an<( for those who wish to stay a week or war i u connection with the house is a first-cianw S.TARf.R?.whxrejiorse* ( an 1 vehicles can vc had at nil liuies lor town or country use, at the most reasonahie rates. Conveyances to and from the depot at every train. declSti f 411 KIihIn ' Of Canned Goods, of l.ext ouality, apd warranted full weight, for snle by febliltf ShUIU. 1 i VOLUME XXXVI. AT THE WINDOW. Od\v to listen?listen nml wait For his slow, firm step down the gravel walk; To hear the click, click of his hand at the' J-'*1?. And feel every heart-beat through careless j talk; Ah. lore is sweet when life is young ! And life and love are loth so long. Only to watch him about tho room, Lighting it up with hie qniet smile, 1 That seems to lift the world ont of gloom, And bring beaten nearer me?for a while, A little while?ainoe love is young, And life is beautiful and long. Only to love him?nothing more; Never a thought of his loving me; I P?ond of him. glad in him, though he bore , My heart to shipwreck on this smooth sea; Love's faitli sees only grief, not wrong, And life is daring when 'tis young. Ah me! what mutter? The world goes j 1 round, ! ' And blies and bale are but outsute tilings; i 1 can never lose whnt in him 1 found, Though love be sorrow with half-grown ; wings; I i And if love lies when we are young, ' i Why, life is still not long?not long. ! | Ami heaven iekind to the faithful heart; ' And if wc arc patient, brave, and calm, < Our fruits will last though our dowers depart ; , Some day when I speak, with folded palm, No longer fair, no longer young. Life may not seem so bitter long * -? **** ? :> 5 The tears dried up iu her shining eyes, | Her parted lips took a saintly peace;? lf|? shadow across the doorway lies:? Will her doubts gather, darken, or cease? ! ?When hearts are pure, noble and strong, ! I True love as life itself is long. Jl ])e:ti* Smith's DuelTHE WAV SAM IlOl'STONa SCOUT , DROPPED COM. MORTON. i ( About two voops after the Texas t revolution, u difficulty occuroJ between f the new government and a portion of the people, which threatened serious | t consequences. Writ fly, the constitu* 11 tion n.ade Austin tjie permanent eapi- | tal, but empowered tlic 1'rewdeat Jo i ordcr^the temporary removal of tho ( archi^^in ease of danger fr??ui a for- t cqrn crremv or sudden insurrection, s Thinking tL? exceptional emergency iiad arrived, as the |L>oii);nr?hes were \ committing lavages wiimp signt of mo <* capital President Houston, who then r rt sidrd ar Washington on the Brazos, ] dispatched :?n order *oe;&;t?nding his \ subordinates to send the j?rato record* i to that town. \ If is iu.p'^sil.h* to describe the c.t- * cifement which the [>r?'itiuliration of t this order fais'd in Austin. Tiie j keepers <f bottle, boarding bouses, i ^rroc.cri* 3 and fufn bap kit were aghast. The measure would he a .death*Llow to I their business. A mass m-cti/ig was ' \ called, and 'he farmers of 'he surround- ' iug country, who were all mote or less {njefp?.ted i" 'he question. catne in. | After maity frxj speeches, it was un- t anintously resolve<f to p/rwfit lbs re. ] uioval of the archives. F<>ur hundred J armcl men volunteered to guard trie ' State Uo])*c. The commander of this j f-irce was (-'oiouel Morton, who had i distinguished himself in th? war f^r j*; ' dt p ti'ler co a"<l in re recently in twn'< d"sperate dpels. in both of which he i bad cut his antagonists 'p-nrlv to pieces ! ?itl the h :wit-knife. Indeed. fVr?^ ' 4 his reputation for virdictiveness, as i well ns courage, it was thought that j President Houston would rtoounce hi* i purpose as soon as he should earn who au the leader of ?he opposition. Mor- | ton swore that if the President succeeded . in r< mnvinj* ihj records, he would him- i self bunt him down like a wolf. He i wrot- 'he lie'o of San Jacinto to that effect. The latter repli'd in a note of licooid brevity ; j 1 ' If the people of Afistifj do not send j i the archives, I shall certainly come n^a i ( take them ; and if Colonel Morton can I [ kill me. he is welcome to my ear-cap." I i Oo reception of this answer, tho j j j;uard was doubled around tlie State ; i House, phone;, sentinels were stationed alonir the road Icadiny to the papi?al; aruu d men patrolb d the streets, aud a select committee went into permanent scsiOon in tha city hall. , One day < iiiv com tnit tec were surprised hv the sudden nr|?.*;.?a??yj! of a stranger whese mode of entering t tic 1 roiim was as extraordinary as Ids looks j and dress. He did not knock at the 1 closed J.J'T. hut elimtiinif a small bushy, topped live-oak whi.Ii yrc.y hesid: the wall lie leaped throupli a lolilv win- , ? - -1 .1.. .1 tL.;n | ilovi lit: was i , , earned :i and 1 envy i ifl?? in Lis baud vi.r- at tIn? bnitorn ?>f Lis left suspender a larj?<- Low is knife. and Lad ! in Lis leathern boll a cmip'u ??r? pi#lo!v ' 1 all'the I'Mititl' f Lis jiuii. He was ' Jail, s'raiuLt a- an .trow, active as a |. rillnr in Lis motion*. II* Lad a', (kirk e-'iiiplcxinn. luxuri oif jet'y hair, j and pioremy Linen eye?. j, "\VLy?r?* y?>u, who thus presumes to intrude au>oti<; {i< nllcnieii without invi tatiou / dcuiiitidcd Colon I Morton, in Lis Lis most 1' r eious ma'tier Tl stumper return, d hi-stare wit' compound interest, and Lid his lotij; bony finger ' ii Lis lip. Who are yon H speak ! or I'll cut an answ r out of jour heart !" sh luted Mot ton. The strauuer removed hie I finger I'mu Lis lip and laid it. on the uhtlr uf his ii)..r!Sir*us knife, i Th^ffcryfJ?dotli?Wr'?w4iis-?i.vn knife/ Lut was sci? d and held back. "Lot him alone. Morton, for God's sake ! exclaimed Lis friend*. "Do you not that he is craxy ?" A? this in incnt Judge Webb, a man of shrewd and courteous manners, step1 ped forward ani addressed the intruder I courteously t "My pood friend, I presume you have made a mistake in the house. This is n private meetinp where none hut members are admitted." The sfrnnper did Dot appear to compreh? nd the words, but he did the courtesy. Waltiinp to a table in the centre of the hall, he 8' ized a JH-'D and traced one line?"I am deaf" Judpe Webb took the raper and wrote a qlies:ion : Will you be so obli^im1 as to inform us what ia your busines- ( with this meetinp ?" < The strnnper at once handed him a letter, inscribed "To the citizens of 1 Au?tin." He broke the seal and read it iloud. It was from Houston ; "Fellow Citizekb.?Though in em>r md deceived by the arts of traitor?, I will jive you three days moro to decide whether | rou will surrender the public ncliives. At j he end of that time yon will please let me j know your decision." "Sam Hoiston." 1 I i *An<i;nr. tl.ia t ho deaf man waited Tor a few seconds, as if for a reply, and ' lien turned and was about lo leave the ] ball when Col. Morton sternly beckoucd ( bin back to the table. The stranger ] iheyed and Morton wrote : "Vou were brave enoueh to iosult , tie by your threatening, now give me j satisfaction ?" ( The stranger penned his reply . "I ? mi at your service !" . Morton wrote again: "Who will | jc your second ?" , The stranger rejoined ; "I am ton . .'onerous to scok an advantage, and too ( iravc to fear any on the part of others, ( herefnre I never need the aid of a fee- j >nd" ' Morton wn?tc. "Name your terms." ( The strancer wrote without a mo. | nent's hesitation ; "Time, sunset this f 'veninc; place, the left bank of the / 'olora-lo. opposite Austin; weapons. ( ifle?. and distance 100 yards. Do not , ail to be in time." j Ho toco walked across the floor am) c iisappeared through tho window assud-1 { It-itly as he had entered. I c ' What," exclaimed Judpc Webb, 'is ( f possible you intend to fipht that man, a Colonel X Me is a mijie, if r.ot ?. ma- t tiac. Such a meeting, I fear, will s adlv tarnish your laurels " ? ' Vou arc mistaken." said Morten, ] vith a smile; -'that mute is a hero who ( :ii the records of a doz^n battles, , md at least Itaff as many ploody duels. 1 : Besides he is a favorite emissary and j ? i f it ip t" osoni Ii'icno oi iioumimi. n * nu>?. h? tpe-d. fortune to kill him, I think it rill tempt tho l^roj.ti|ej,o jrcj;rajjt his | o? -y tinst venturing "ny more upon I he field of honor." 4 Y"tl know him then9 Who is he ?" isked twenty voices together. Heal* Smith." 44!j>t?, ?.h?t ctni'ot he. Deaf Smith ; ru* killed at fan Jaoioto. -' uaiU du<itr& iVehh. "There. apain, your Honor is mis'ateu. said Motion. -The storv of his Jenth wa? a nior>- fierinn. itott?n up by Houston to save the life of his favorite My) fiif, tfffp venfitcanc-* of certain rcxans on whose conduct pe hud ncp-u ts a spy. I found that out twelve uonths a?ro." i in" " 1 licit >011 are a mailman yuuincu . ] 'xotuipifj im'pbff. "D.af Smith was never known to miss his piark" "The thing is settled," paid Morton; 'I hare ncreed to meei t<im. Th?re ^an be no ig falling before such a shot, and it I kill him it*will bo the (greatest feat of my life." Towards evening a vast crowd assentbled to witness the meeting, and so jreut was the popular reck'essncM as to flairs of thjs sort, that bets were ofTcn-d ?nd taken on nil sides upon tjie reapli-. At s.UDsct the two men arrived, with long, heavy rifles. took their places, back to back, at a signal walked slowly and steadily off in opposite directions, counting their stpps until each had measured fifty They both completed j ihe given number about the same iustant, and wheeled around. As the distance was great, both paused for a few seconds. The face of Col. Morton | <va? enlui and smiling. The face of Deaf Smith waB 4p ^tefn and impassive | us ever. The Colonel was in proud* | cloth; the scout in smoke-tanned lea llier. The two rifles exploded at the sauio 1 niftai.i. (,'ol'i'tol Morton sprang into die air and droppe d dead. |ieaf omith i quietly reloaded his rilllo, nnd walked awuy int<> the forest. Three days afterward, fleneral IIous- '' t->n, aco'>i]M):itii< (] by Deaf Smith and ten other men appeared iu Austin and removed the State papers. l)iaf Smith was one of the most ex- 1 'inordinary characters over known in ijie West. He made 'tis advent in ' Texas at an early period, $nd continued to p-sido there until hi,i death, whieh occurred, I believe, about 1850. Hut, although lie had many friends, no one 1 ( v. r h-arned where he bad been born or any particulars of bis previous his* tory. When ho wus questioned on the -object, he laid his flnger on his lip His i ye wa- quick and fir weitip as uu cable's, and his nose as keen us a raven's. He could discern "bj< cts miles away on the praitie, wben others snw nothing but earth and sky; atid the savages U?ed to declare be cpuld r^tph the scent of a Mexican or an Indian at as L'reat a distance us abuzratd his diunnr. lie c>'ild n?*ver !> purs-taded to si cp mider th? roof <>f p bouse, or even un- . der a teut-eloth. The wor.derl'ul aucreii* of the telephone is all owing to the laet that you can attach one end of it to a mule's car and swear nt him in seven Innguag-e without running the risk of gett;np kicked. CAMDEN, S. C., JUNE A Horrible Plant. THE MAN-FATINO TREE OF MADAGASCAR?HOW IT SEIZES ITS VICTIM. If von can imagine a pineapple eight feet high, and thick in proportion, restinp upon its baso, and denuded of leaves, you will have a good idea of the trunk of the tree, which, however, was not the color of the banana, but a dark, dingy brown, and apparently hard as ! iron. Fro?n the apex of this truncated \ cone (at least two feet in diameter) eight leaves hung sheer to the ground, like doors swung back on their hinges. These leaves, which were joined at the tree at regular intervals, were about eleven or twelve feet long, and shaped very much like the American agave, or century plant. They were two feet through iu their thickest part, and three I feet wide, tapering to a sharp point that looked like a cow's horn, very convex, the outer (but now nnder) surface, and on the inner (now upper) surface slightly concave. This concave surface was thickly set with very strong thorny hooks, lik<* thos,? upon the head of the teazel. These l?aves, hanging thus limp and lifeless, dead green in color, had in appearance the massive strength if oak fibre. The apex of the cone was * round, white concave figure, like a imallor plate set within a larger one. This was not a flower, but a reeeptacle. ind there exuded into it a clear treacly liquid, honey sweet, and possessed of riolent intoxicating and soporific properties. From underneath the rim, so' :o speak, of the undermost plate a series if long, hai^y, green tendrils stretched | n every direction toward the horizon, i These were seven or eight feet long ach, and tapered from four inches to a half inch in diameter, yet they stretched mt stiffly as iron rods. Above these from betfeen the ppper and under up) six white, almost transparent, palpi cared themselves toward the sky, twirlng and twisting with a marvelous infant motion, yet constantly reaching ipward. Then the nntjves surrounded ' me of the women and urged her with I he points of their javelins, until slowly ind with despairing face she climbed up i . ii r 3 J ? 4U- I ilC ^laiK tn inc in'E nuu eiupij un wit i umuiit of the cone, the palpi twjrljng ibout h?T " Tisk ! Tislc !' (Drink ! Drink !) cried the men. and stooping die drank of the viscid flu'd in the cup, ising instantly again with wild frenzy :t her face and convulsive chorea in her intbs. Hut she did not jump down ns 'ho settled to intend to do. Oh. no ! The atrocious cannibal that had been so !}*rt and dead came to sudden savage ite. The slender, delicate palpi, with he fury of starved serpents. <|uiverrd or a moment oAr her head, then, as if iy instinct, with demoniac intelligence, astened upon her in sudden coils round ind round her neck and arms; then, ?iiil(* hep aw pi | scfeainh and yo[ tnuru j iwful laughter ro#? wilder, to be in* itunfly strangled down again iut<i a ! turgliug moan, the tendrils, one after mother, lik?> gr^en serpents, with bru;al energy and infernal rapidity, rose, retracted themselves, and wrapped her ibntyt 1,1 tola &iVt fold ?ve?. with tbo ci net swiftness ana savage tonicity of anacondas fastening upon their prey. It wis the barbarity of the Lao :oon without its beauty?this strange, iof|-ib|o murcjor And nor the great leaves rose slowly and sti$y like fjio irms of a derrick, erected themselves in the air, approaching one anotner, and j rlesed about |.be dead and hampered 1 nctiui ^ith the silonVtbjrcf of any byIraullc press and the ruthless purpose )f a th*nib->cr-w. A moment more, ind while I could sec the basis of the nrne?!nt? innro tif'btlv fft? ^..V? ? ......y ? irard each other, rtow t|iulr interstices here trickled down the stalks streams )f viscid honeylike fluid, uiiogled horribly with the blood and oozing viscera of :lic victim.?Letter from Carl Lcche. the dsscovercr. Moaoow. The Russians love Moscow. It is the idol of every Russian heart. Her shrines are to him the holiest in the empire; hallowed bv seven centuries of historical associations, Moscow lias suffered from the t?word, the torch and the plague. Three hundred years ago it was nearly consumed by fire, in which two thousand of its citizens perished. Fifty years latei, the Tartars tired the suburb , and one hundred thousand of its inhabitants ncrished by the flames and by the Rword. A hundred years ago, th? fatal plague so reduced its population that it never regained its former proportions Within our owg century, and to save it from plunder by the French, the people gave up the beautiful city to the flames, the grandest sacrifice ever mad- to National pride, lfut when the French retreated 'In' eitv was rohujlt, arjd is to-day thing of beauty." Its too frequent reconstruction is tlio cause of the irregularity everywhere apparent. Only a few of the streets are straight; a pa'ace and a small hotel, adjoin each other, atid the rich and the poor are nearest neighbors. Nothing is more noticeable and attractive than the display of colors, r- d. white, grot n, gold and silver ; with which the public and private buildings are ornnuiented. Home has long he n celebrated the "city of churches." having ouo for each day in the yur, ind uii iidd.tional un- ( r l-apyear; hut Mo-cow can boast o' nearly four hnndrd Mnplv* dedicated.'to religion. Ah hough the circumvolution of the j city is more than twenty Kngli-h miles, yet the objects of interest to a traveler j are confined within narrow limits. The j Moskva flows through the city, spanned by noble bridges, and along its banks are beautiful lawns, sbuded hy noble trees. i gill 11, 1878. Tho Nesrro in Politics. The proper disposition of the negro vote is becoming the all-iinportant question in the discussion of political affairs in thi? State. Of course it is conceded that all who have heretofore voted with the Democracy have a right to join the Deoiocratie party, and vote at our primary elections but what is to heconf of the great army of Republican voters? If is clearly the poliey and intention of tlie white Democracy to educate and elevate, as well as rxercis- the broadest ' charitv towards, their dusky companions; hut it is feared the Democratic parfv will be swamped by this flood tide of! colored voters, who may prove as dangerous inside of the purty as they are ] now outside of it Tf everv one is al- 1 lowed to join the Democratic party, and vote at its elcrtions, then we have not 1 only broken down fho race line in po!i- 1 tics, but the party line also In our opinion there is too great a disposion to meddle with the negr> 1 vote, which, if let alone, will hereafter 1 prove not only harmless, but tractable. It can never bJ practically put on the ' same footing with the white vote, but ' unfortunately there are too many who, 1 thinking they can manipulate it. wish ' to bring it into the Democratic party. ( If this is done, it will not only destroy r the controlling inflaenee of the white 1 man, and endanger his institutions and J civilization, but will put the up country ( of South Carolina under the control of c the low-country, where this great negro c vote lies. Whilst we are in fivor of ' the liberal exercise of the broadest s charity, we cannot see that our late opponents have done anything as yet to 1 convince us that thov are in favor of r good govern men f, which is the first rc-1 ^ quisite of a pood Dctqoer^t. We cun easily wiq upon the same line adopted ' in the last eumpaign, by making the Do- : tuocraej an aggressive unit, and byjlet-js ting alone that portion of the negro vote j that we cannot influence or control.? 1 Spartanburg Spartan. Gone. There is probably no word in the English iapgqage more expressive, more heart touching, than the simple word gone. It is a simple word, yet hidden under it is an interesting meaning deeper than one thinks until called upon to use the word tn reference to his otvn leas. | Hobejt l(all thought the word tear | the' most beautiful and expressive in our . language but has not the word gone much of the same pathetic sentiment * The loyod and cherished of the heart and home?perhaps a dear beloved mother or father, a brother or sister has passed away No expression could be more touching to the heart than the word gone?gone out of home and sigh' f'fTT VVit'O M in this 0380 the word (oar is a n^nr kindred When wo h ive seou our friends laid iu their narrow house, gone expr'sst'S the feelings of our hearts h- tier than any othnr word We can hardly conceive of the cause of a tear without the knowledge of some hinSS'T.jy " I fhn lipiirt wp.-n nvpr the finves ' ~ "MV r - ? - - r* | I of the loved ones? Tlicn something in ^ pone. Docs it uiourn over wasted time j and opportunities? Then something 11 is gone. Abundant as is our language ; in yords, jt is |i^rd to conceive how 11 we could do without it. short as it is. c Life is always changing, always mnk- x ing voids in our firesid* circles ; friends leaving us to sees tortuno or fame. Twenty y<-ars hence the friends with whom wo mingle at ihe pr-spnt will be f scattered ; 8>me may he in foreign coun- ( tries, others may rise to high honor, and t ao-M)c rad to s;,y. wiii ruin thomselves (n j dissipation, and finally die outcasts from ( society, unhonored. and unmourned. ( And gone is the only word which ex- j presses the soul's keen sense of the loss ( and absence. There is an crpreasiyn* ( neK4 in the ez^msitoly sbd word whioh , wo onlv sec in its kindred word, tear.? | Daisy Lee. , A Grecian Legend. When Dacehns wa9 a boy, he journeyed through Hellas to go to Naxia, , and, a* the way was very long, he ( grew tired, and sat down upon a stone to rest. As he sat there, with his pyes upon the ground, he saw a little plant , spring up between his feet, and was so much pleased with it that he determined to carry it with him and plant it in , Naxiu. He took it up and carried it ( away with him; but as the sun was very hot lie feared that it might wither ( bpfore he reached his destination. He r 1 .. cl,.lalnn inl.l wllipll llO I Kjuriu u uiiu n ........ ... thrust it, and went on. Hut in iiis hand, the plant sprouted so fast that it started nut of the bones above and bo- 1 low. This pave him fresh fear cf ipj withering, and he east ah'?ut for u remedy. He found a lion's bone, which was thicker than the bird's skeleton, and be stuck the skeleton, with the plant in it, into the bone of the lion. Kre lonp, however, the plant prow out of the lion's bono likowise. Then he found the bone of an ass. larger than that of the lion, so he put it : into the nss's bone, and thus made his way into Xnxia. When about to set the plant. In- found that the roofs bad Utwitiad thetneelv.s around the bird's sk. ' toil and limiV b. n.- and ass* bone, and as h - could not tike it on' without datnajrinp the roots, he planted it as it was and it sp< eddy prow, and bore, to bis pri-at joy, the most delicious grapes, from which be made the first wine, and pave it to mon to driuk. Hut behold,) a miracle ! When men first drank of it, they sank like birks; after drinkinp more, I hey become vigorous and pal-1 j iant, like lion?; but when they drank i [ more still, they behave liko asses, NU.MBER 48 A Good Example of ''Cheek." Clieelc I Why, that'* no name for if. He was an itinerant vender of lamphumors, this 01 c, and he generally gained his end wherever he was permit* ted to enter a house. Theotherday, while travelling about the city, he wandered info h hotii in the sou: hero part of town where sorrow evidently reigned. The lamp man, finding the door open, walked right in. and thcro found a poor woman in t ars, with a friend or two frying 'o console her for the loss of her husband, who lay dead in the same room. 'Can I sell you my new patent lampburners. ma'am?' replied the vender. , 'fto, sir,' replied the womstn between , her sobs, 'I don't wish anything of the < kind.' ( 'Pleaso let me explain its beauties. ( ma'am,' he said 'and I'm sure you'll j take one. Y?iu sea this?" *TCill T rl/in'f tronf if nil* ' a Vt a esiil >./u? x viv/u % " '?iiw on , c"c naiu j | I wish you would eo away. Don't, you t >ce mv poor husband lying here ! Tjcavp ne with my sorrow.' s 'Oh, yoa'm, and I sympathize deeply f villi you ma'am. Excuse me. I can't ceep back ihose tears. Oh, tna'am, if ton only know what a great consolation hese patont lauip-burocrs of mine are, >n such occasions as these, you would jot be without one a single minuto Why, na'am, put one of these in his hand ind it would light him through all the larkncss he has to pass through with?ut any trouble, and when you eorno to lie lie could hold the lamp for you rhen you co to ascend the golden tairs.' And the precious scoundrel kept on n that strain until he had sold half a 2 lozen to every feai^o in ihe room, f 3beek:Qh,na! 1 < Enoch Arclen Outdone. i Paris, which furnishes from real life ) o many plots for qqvols and dramas 1 iovy sends us a story which, if true, nakes Enoch Ardcn quite an ordinary lero. A few weeks ago there appeared ' n a Paris newspaper an advertisement laying, "A widow, young and eood 8 ooking, rpoihtr of four children, vithout fortune, desires to marry a 1 wealthy and honorable man. Address I>. 1>. J'enniless widows with four iep^ndent children are not generally lought after with much in the raat imonial market, hat this advertisement >rought three answers. These went t lowover, not. into the hands of the g widow young npd good looking," but c nfo tho hands of her husband. In J 'act. the lady in qu-stion was not yet a ? ridow at all, and the advertisement did a lot come from her. Her husband, after I i struggle such as many men have made t n recent years, despajped^f being able fi o his family. Ife therefore e li cided on a plan to save th*in from ? vant. When the answer to his adver- p isenient were received he investigated t hem car-fully and assured h inself that n mc of t!:?ra came from a man whose p utentions were honorable, and whose v v ?rld.y good? vppye abundant. He fur i shed his woyk by putting the gentle- s nan in the way of communicating with f lis wife and then he made her a widow r iy drowning himself. f Of the result, tho report says that the r nan whose answer to the advertisement o rss approved, loaraiqg the true state of h ho rase, took chareo of tho education if the children. Whether a wedding: rill follow, arc not Informed. A Noble Gift to Virginia. * With characteristic generosity and n g inc sense of patriotism, Mr. \\r. W. v 'orcoran, of Washington, has presented t ho State of Virgiuia his superb paint- 5 ng by the eminent French artist, Lami, a if the storming of Yorktown, whieh, <] intil recently, has been on exhibition t n the Corcoran ttfr i;t?Uery. In his let- S er to flovemor Ilolliday, bearing date <] die 22d of May, begging the accept- t ince of the gift, Mr. Corcoran declares c himself impressed with a conviction of 1 the propriety of locating the work per- | mancntiy in the State where the event i it represents occurred, Hfol now offers j it to that $tafo as an evidence of his i admiration for the 'old commonwealth/ j Governor Ilolliday replies that tho painting will be gratefully received by all of the people of the commonwealth, and that they will cordially unite with i him in returning thanks. The picture ! itself is eleven and a half feet high and i sixteen feet in width, with a frame < eight and three-quarter inches in breadth, i Although it has npj yet been definitely determined where the painting will be hung, it is likely, owing to its size, that it will bo suspended in tho senate chamber, at the State capitol of Virginia, on the wall 4ireot\y laciug the President's chair. Such a treasure as this, wo need liardly say, will be prized i as much in honor of the estimable giver as for the sake of the precious memories which arc enbalmed within its canvas. The <;pVfoni'* th'iAs regards the beauty of tho ladies here, I mean the native beauty, I never saw anything like it. These Spanish girls, when they are beautiful, they are exqisitcly so. with a form and faeo that a lleb? might envy, a complexion of a mellow, brownish tint, pearly teeth? and such eyes! O, shades of Jupiter 1 Such phreing. flashing, dazzling orbs, that tbe diamond in the sunlight ajr most pales alongside, Ami then thoy possess luxuriant treses of hair. As black as the raven your own Poe speaks of in his beautiful poem. Put with all this surpassing loveliness, there is to my mind one great drawback?they are as a class not over-industrious. The climate, perhaps, may have something to do with that. ADVERTISING RATES. Time. 1 in.. ] col. f2 col. 1 col. | I week, $1 So 00 $9 00 $15 00 2 " 175 7 50 12*25 20 00 I ' '< " 2 50 o 00 15 25 24 00 4 ? 2 00 10 50 18 00 27 50 5 ? 3 50 1175 20 50 3100 G ' 4 00 12 50 22 75 34 00 7 " 4 50 13 25 24 75 37 00 8 " 5 00 14 00 26 00 40 CO 3 nioi 6 50 17 00 32 00 50 CO 4 " 7 50 10 00 39 50 59 00 G " 8 50 24 00 48 00 84 00 9 " 9 50 30 00 59 00 105 CO 12 " 10 25 35 00 68 00 120 00 tv Transient ml vertmcments mustl>e accompanied with the cash to insure Insertion. "Leafy June." June was m> named from Judo, one of the fabled goddesses of the heathen: It was called by our forefathers in Britain Weydmonath, or meadow-mouili, when the cattle (lid wejd or feel in the meadows; also Scrcmonath, or dry month. The 21st of this month is tho longest doy in the year. In London, it extends to hbout 1G hours 34 oiinn'es; iD Dubl'ii 16 hours 57 minute?; in K-Iinbugh, 17 hours 32 minutes; and in the most northern of the Shetland Is'unds. it is 18 hours 35 minutes. During tlio ireatcr part of June, there is no real niirht; the twilight is from suns-1 to sunrise; this period is therefore truly ;al!ed Midsummer, or the middle of summer. Midsummer Day always F.lls on the 21st of June. In the early part of this month, every ,ree and shrub puts forth its brightest rrcen. Hence the poets have called it 'I 'afy June " It is a time of sunshine md flowers, of beauty and melody. The ield nra in full blossom with clover, ind now is the season of hay harvest. Smart Boy. 'Well, sonny, whose pigs are those ?' 'Old sows' sir 'Whose sow is it 'Old man's sir.' 'Well, thoo, who is your old man ?' 'If yo i'll mind the pigs, I'll run lome ond ask the old woman.' 'Never mind, sonny. I want a smart >oy, what can you do ?' 'Oh ! I oau do more than considerible. I can milk the geese. rid* tlx? urkeys to water, hamstring th.? gr.iss?oppers, light fires f.?r flies to court by; !ut the button* off dad's coat when lie s at prayers, keep tally Tor dad and mam vhen they scold at a mark?*o!d woman s always ahead.' 'Got any brothers ?' 'Lota of 'em, all mimed Bill, except dob. his name's Sam?mv name's Larry, mt they call me Lazy Lawrence, for hortoess.' "Well, you're most too smart for 'Travel on, old stick-in-the-mud, I han't hire you for a boas to-day." ' A Female Lion Tamer. M Eva Kleacht, a young Russian lion ^ amer, is really a remarkable sort of n JHpt* ' ;irl. She was wrecked at sea with a cirns that was making the tour ofthe world dost ofthe company were lost, but Eva \ ?as picked up by an American ship nd brought to New York. Tho tu?aian Consul furnished hertransporAt|i\n t/V TXlWlO **? llrtPA ek? k'j i at niinu oun liihu^uu iu ind work, but could pet no honorable mploymcnt. She would accept no other nd heroically pave herself up to thij ?olice as a vazrant. She was sent to' ho St. Laiarre prison for women. ? iewspapcr reporter, who happened to. ii83 through the pjiaon yard one day, ra* so much imposed with her noble, nnoccnt face that he asked who and what he wns. He heard her story, interested riends in her behalf, and finally the di* ector of the great Franconi Cirous offered her a place. Sho accepted it, was. elcased, and now draws crowds to the ircos nightly by her performance as a lorse tamer. Young Men. A few days ago a father in our state, eceived from the sheriff the lifeless, dis- ' i lonored body of a wayward high-temmro/l on.Il T .1W fJlil ita foreiW'a rciWM #V#U| XIIV H VIIU I?g iv| | llftu rork of retributioo, nod then handed ho harmless body to tho family, fothing is said in the newspapers bout the mother. Let us hope she is lead- F not, she will plant roses over ho grave and think only of her child. !he will not think of the hardened, laogcroDs murderer whom his fellowDen pronounced unfit to live. What :aused this terrible family tragedy? dad company, whiskey, and carrying jistola. Wilt young men take warnng? Will parents sec to it that by 3recept and example tliey try to train ip their sons in the way they should Sunshine and Olouds. Ah ! this beautiful world ! I knownot what to tlnnk of it. Sometimes it is ill sunshine and gladness, and heaven itself lies not far off, and then it suddenly changes, and it is dark and sorrowful, and the clouds shut out the day. In the lives of the saddest of us, there are bright days like this, when wc feel as if we eould take tho great world in our arms. Then come gloomy hours, when the fire will not burn on our hearths, aud all without and within is dismal, cold and dark. Relieve me, evcrv heart has its secret sorrows, which the world knows not, and oftentimes we call a man cold when he is only sad. Tale-Bearing Never repeat a story unless you are certain it is correct, and not even then unless someting is to bo gained either of interest to yourself or for the good of tho percon concerned tattling is a mean and wicked practice and he who indulges iu it grows more fond of it in proportion as lie is succesful. If you have no good to say of your ueghbor, never reproach his character by telling yf * that which is false. Ho who tells you the faults of others intends to tell others of your faults, and so tho dish of news is handed from one to another till the tale becomes enormous. The llurliugton Ilawkeyo is a cautious paper. It prints one or two met. rioal contributions, and heads them "Some alleged poetry." I