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r! _ __ ___ ___ __ ___ __ ______ Hie r ., BOB TAYLOR, OF TENNESSEE. -0 1oW irE iON A WIFE A MD TH HONORS OFA CONGRENSMAN. The Happy Conolusion of a Very U MOW" mantic Story--The Successful Career of "the Beardless Boy Who Fiddles." On Wednesday the 10th nIt., at Asheville, N. C., Congressman-elect Robert Taylor was united in iar riage with Miss Sallie Baird, a niece of Governor Vance, of North Caro lina. The marriage is the conclu sion of a somewhat romantic story. When Taylor was nominated by the Democrats as their candidate for Congress, Miss Baird promised him that, if elected, she would marry him ; if defeated, it would be an in definite time before their union could be consummated. The district contains some of the strongest Re publican counties in the State, and has always given a Republican ma jority of 2,200 or 2,300. The pros pect for Taylor attaining his dasires were, therefore, not at all promising. Besides, ,he had as an opponent Pettibone, one of the Republican chieftains of the State, an emigrant from Michigan, pos sessed of unusual shrewdness. In the Presidential contest, as one of Republican Electors, he bore the banner of his party as gallantl3 as was possible, worrying the Demo crats considerably. For Taylor he entertained seemingly nothing but contempt. Taylor's nomination was simply a lucky stroke of fortune. In the Republican Convention Taylor's brother, a very pronounced Re publican, was the principal candi date for the nomination against Pettibone ; bt the latter, after a bitter fight, secured the honor. Taylor's Republican friends were all angry, and the Democrats conceived that it would be a good thing to o norninate his Deinocratir, brothir, who would probably draw votes from the Republican ranks. 11his plan was carried out. Taylor was only twenty -eight years old, and in that region had mnatdt- considartble reputation and p)opular'ity as a ti. I dier. At the freient gatlhcritng for dancing lie was a most welcomic, guest. His noinination seemed to five the young nvi with enthusiasm. Numbers of Republicans and two or three Republican journals left the party ranis and went over to Taylor's side. Pettibone wts ac cused of being in with the Revenie and Customri-house Rings, which hd co.itrolled politics in that section. It was an understood fact that Federal money was to be showered on the d strict. Taylor, as lie afterwards told friends,had only five dollars to commence- the canvass with, but once out, money and assis tance of every kind poured in on him, so that after the campaign was over, very little of the five dollars was spent. Pettibone looked down on him with contempt, and in the - - opening speech merely alluded to him as5 the "beardless boy whlo fiddles." When it came to Taylor's rejoind. or he approached the table with a fiddle in one lymd and a carpet-l:a f in the other He commenced with the statement that he was a fid.lller. Then laying the fiddle and the car pet-bag side by side on the table, he asked thme crowd to choose he tween them. The point was taken up and tari-ied from one end of the district to the other, producing any amount of meri'iment at Pettibone's expense. Pettibone, afterwards, - never alluded to Taylor's fiddle more than once or twice. Taylor also taunted Pettibone with the fact that his regiment, at the close of the war, disbanded with more men than It had started with, The young Democrat was a ready, eloquent speaker and never failed to awaken enthusiasm. Frequently when the speaking wa.s over he would entertain the crowd with music from his violin. The district has its share of moonshiners, and they, with all their friends, were for Taylor, as Pettibone was in with and supported by th~e revenue men, the enemies of the moonshiner. Taylor's umjority was nearly 1,500, making a Democratic gain of one Congressman from Tennessee. His father represented the State in (Jon gress just . after the wa4. -When nominated, Taylor was -advised to take a very conservative course,, but answered airmly that bo roosed to maethe ohiu uDmoe .-ati~eib' p' d so VNOY,B TOM'S CABIN. Translated Into Every Language--The Most Popular Am-3rican Book Ever Published. A now American edition of "Uncle Ton's Cabin," illustrated, I is just been givn to the public from the press of Houghton, Osgood & Co. Trhere are some interesting pecu liarities associated with this book worth mentioning. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was first copyrigltedl by Mrs. Stowe in 1851. Its publish ers, Jewett & C.., .lthough having sold hundreds of thousands of copies of the work, did not get rich out of it, but they went into bankruptcy some years after. The list,of editions and translations of "Unole .'om's Cabin" contained in the Library of the British Museum inel.ides several hundrd, i-icluding the Welsh language, although ev,3n1 the masterpieces of Scott and Dickens have nover been translated into that language, while this American novel hats forced its way in various shapes into the languages of the ancient Britons. There are also three translations of the work into the Magyar, two into the Illyrian, and two into the Valla chian. A full translation into Russian appe.ars to have been for bidden until recently, lest it miiight get into circulation among the serfs. In the Asiatic langu.ages the only version yet seen is the Arnenian. The translation of the i same text by thirteen different translators at precisely the samne epoch of a language i- a circam stance perhaps altogeL)er uipice,e dented. All told, tWere are thirty five editions of the or:gin.1 Eg:i3h of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," the em plete text, arid eight abridgeients or adaptations; nineteen transla tions, besides others not in the British Museum. How this book came to be, how it was received in all the world, and what has been its history throughout all the nations and tribes of the earth, civihzed and uncivlized, is a matto: of history. The first part of the book evo, Commllitte-d to writing was dhe de;Alh of Uncle Tom, and the story itself WaS fikSt published in wt-ekly in st-dments in the Waslington Natial_ Era. ed-utd at, that time by ),. B tiley. As the story pro Ce-Ss3d, howecver, Jowett, the Bos.. to1m piub:i'., sot his eye upon it. and .itde overtures for the ptibli c-:tiim of it in book form, to which i ts ato li csed. After a while kho had a letto: from him, express iog the fears tial.t she was miaking he sitory too long for ia one volume publii. ts"n : mnd lie also reminded Iher thvit it was an un 11) popular sub. jtwt, and t t, people, W(otld not wilungly lie ' mnli abour, it ; that One short volmne might possibly sell. Mrs. Stowe replied th-at she' did not mike the story, that the story made itself, anI thatt she could not stop it until it was done. Over 10,000 copies of the book: were sold in a few days, and over 300,000 witnin a year). No Ameri can book, evei' before oi' since, has sold like "Uncle Tfom'hs Cabin." How -rHE PREOIHEa REFORMED THlE GAMBnIsR. --ittle Johir.ny, the youth - fuil contributor, recoirds this moral: A preecheir wich haid been a wicked 'gamIer fore he was a preecher he' seen a feller wich w~as a gamnler too, and he sed, the pr'eachier did :"HeI jest play cards with and this poro mnizable sinner winl his nmunny, and wen he is busted may be he will listen to the divine trooth and be saved." So they played and the preecher' he wmnned ol the feller's nounny evry cent, and then he Bed: "Now see how wicked you have ben for to loos yure munny, and for yure whife and babys haven't got no bred for to eat." And t'ae gamler' he se.l: "That's so," and he bust out a cryin. Then the precber he sod :"Pore sinner, if you prommiice me unto yure onner to not pilay cards agin lIe give it back, cos lIme a preecher.". So the gamier lie was a stonish, and he sed : "I nevei' see sech a good. im mn. I promrmice, yes in deed, and heaven bless you I" and he busted ont cryin again, the gander did. Then the preecher he give him baek o1 his mun -y, and the feller put it in his pocket, and whiped his eyes, and blod his nose gratefl, and then lie thot a wile, and pretty suns he coffed, and he said to the preecber ? "I feel mity me.n taikin back this hundred dollars from a man wich has resoewed me from card playing ; tel you what Ile do : you put up a other hundred agin it and wee! toss up for the pile, hreds or tails, best two out of thre." Way your' subscriptin to the OBEAT MEN WHO HMOKE. Illustrious Devotees of the Pipe and * Cigar. [Rom the New York Star.] Some authors assert that smok ing dates back into antiquity. Be this as it may, we can surely trhco it back to the aboriginees of America. The smoking of herbs or leaves for medicinal purposes has been prac ticed from a vory early period in many countries. Inasmuch as pipes have boen dug up in places under the Roman wall, in the north of England. and at the Roman stations., it has been taken for granted that the Roman soldiers smoked 1,500 years ago. Oliver Cromwell was a bitter enemy to smoking, as were also Charles I. and Charles 11. But, notwithstanding perseention, smok ing grow in favor, and in $he reign of William III. it was alm4st a uni versal custom. "Pipes grew long, then, and, ruled by a Dutchman, all England smoked." Some of the Puritans were moder.. ate smokers in England and also in America, and some of the New E ag land women enjoyed indulging in a pipo. Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, wife of Rev. Joseph R1owlandson, of L-.mcas ter, Mass., had the misfortune to be captured by the Indians in the year 1765, during King Phillip's war. Being brou. lit into the pres once of Phillip, that redoubtable chieftain courteously offeled her a pipe, according to the I ian cus tom. "Bit smoking," she says, "%did not suit my presen feclings. For t.hough I had forn rly nade use of tobacco, yet I h:Ad tied none since I was taken." The ashion is not yet entirely obsolete among the women of Now E4 ngland, 4nd '. in dulged in by soma of the women of the West and South. - In .1559 Cardinal St. Croix, . who was a great smoker, introduced to~ bacco into Itally. In 169") Pope Innocent XII. ex notumunicate-l all who should take wniff or use toblcco ir church ; but in 1721 Pope Benedict revoked this bull. as-be himself used tobacco im Perhaps the most celebrated fe male smoker was Madame Dudevant (George Sand). who loved to smoke a cigar, while at work on her inter esting novels. Emily Faithful is very fond df smoking cigarettes. Robert Hall, the celebrated di vine is said to have preached his most eloquent sermons after smok ing a pipe in his vestry. This was also the caRe with Doctor Parr, who sometimes smoked twenty pipes in one evening, and never wrote well except under the influence of tobac co. Bishop Kennet relates that Thomas Hobbs, the philosopher of Malnesbury, retired to his study every day after dinner, and-had his candle and ten or twolve pipes of tobacco laid by him ; then shutting the door, lie fell to smoking, think.4 ing and writing for severMl hours. Although lie smoked excessively, ho lived to the age of 92. Sir Isaac Newton was very fond of his pipe. He lived to a ripe old age, and lost but one tooth, which wvould seem to disprove the assertion that tobacco injures the teeth. Alfred de Musset, Prosper Merimee, and Eugene Sue were excessive smokers. Lord Palmer, son was a great smnoker, and smoked his ten or twelve ciguus a day, to "preserve his health," lie said ; this, too, after he had passed his eighti eth year. iomas Carlyle, in mild weather, likes to sit or wvalk in his garden and smoke a long clay pipe. Lord Lytton, Lord Eldion, Louis Napo leon, Moore, Campbell, and Byvron were mno-.ierate smokers. The late J. M. Kenmble, author of "The Sea, s ns in Engi md," was, a tremen dous smoker. Lord Beaconslield 1l>ved the long pipe in his youth, but mn middle age pronounced it "the tomb of love." He gave up smok ing years ago to please his wife. John Milton never went to bed without having first smoked a pipe and drank a glass of water. Addi son used to fr'egnent "Button's," where lie had a pipe in his mouth at all hours. Fielding, the famous novelist, both smoked and che wed. Dickens, Jerr old, and Tlhackeray all puffed. Sir Walter Scott smoked in his carriage, and regulairly in dinner, loving both pipe and cigars.'- He gave the following advice : "Learp to amok. slowly. Cultivate calm and intermittent puffs." Charles Lamb haS sung the vir-. tues of tobacco ifl his p oem, "Fare~ well tobacco," in which he owns his weaknesses iii the ftamous words : For thy sake, tobacco, I Wouldbadnything but die." Ben odl&iW'fo'ad the- divin weed," and describes its use with the gusto of a connoiseur. Rev 0. H. Spurgeon, the celebrated Baptist preacher of London, is- a great smoker. On one occasion Rev. G. H. Pentecost, of Boston, address. ed an audience in Spurgeon's taber.. nacle, in which he denounced smok ing as an offense in the sight of God. When he had finished speaking, Mr. Spurgeon got up and told his people that he saw no possible sin in smoking, and electrified Brother Pentecost by remarking that as soon as the services were over he was going to smoke a cigar himself. Rev. W. H H. Murray, of Boston enjoys a cigar as well as a good dinner. he same may be truly said of a great many celebrated divines. he late Coinmodore Vanderbilt was an inveterate smoker, and would sinoko and play whist for hours. U. S. Grant smokes. He is said to lave once remarked that in the war the enemy could do him no greater injury than to steal his cigars just before a battle. Edison both smokes and chews. John Swinton smokes moderately Thomas Bailey Aldrich smokes the best Havana cigars, which, he says, impart a flavor to his poetry. Oliver Wendell Holmes loves tobacco and good punch. James R. Osgood, the famous Boston publisher, is a very nervous man, and smokes a good cigar fregiently, biting at it in a vicious manier. Oliver Ditson, now nearly 70 years old, smokes at regular inter vals during every day. . Clirles A. B. Shepard, B. H. Ticknor, and Au gustus Flagg are great smokers. John Bartlott., author of "BArtlett's Familiar Quotations," finds a good cigar a great pleasure while making his researches. he late Charles Sprague, who died when over 80 years of age, was a constant smoker. He wrote a poem, "To My Cigar," in which these lines occur : "Yes, social frien I, I love thee well, In learned doctor,' spite; Thy clouds 0ll other clouds dispel, And lap me in delight." J.imes Russell L,well smokes a pipe. Bayard Taylor is equally at home with a pipe or cigar. John G. Saxe both smokes and chewf. President Andrew Jackson smoked a corn cob pipe. Most of our poli ticians, lawyers, physicians, and many of the clorgy use tobacco. With these in its favor, why should any he against it t A TRAGEDIAN ON AcTORs AND Ciiirics.-Jolin McCullough says there are but three tragic actors in the United States-Booth, Law rence Barrett and himself. He says that Booth is an excellent actor, but, hke all men who get to the top round of the profession, receives more criticism than he now de serves. "This business of criti.. cism," said he, "is peculiar. There are men now writing me uo- with sincere enthusiasm who will in a few years hence, if I have better luck, make up their minds that they had better begin to pull me down. That is the only trouble with Edwin Booth. He has had the largest following and the best class of sup port of any person on the stage, in England or Amnerca. It began in his youth, and in his following were scholars, editors, scientific men-all of the very best. He has improved, but, of course, there will be pauses and reactions in every career. It is the same," continued the ph)ilo sophic McCullongh, "with Dion Boucicault, the play writer. I have seen recently a dozen or twenty references to him as played out." Washing ton Jherald. CLAIM OF THE HEIRS OF STaPHEN A. DOUGLAS ALLowED.-The suit against the government brought by the heirs of Stephen A. Douglas for certain cotton capturedl by the United States government in Mis sissippi during the wvar, and sold as abandoued property, has been setledfiall m heCourt of Claims, by a judgment in favor of the cl'uimants. This ease has been pending for years, and has been the subject of much controversy, in vestigation and litigation. The heirs aIre Robert M. Douglas, United States Marshal for the Western District of NQrth Carolina, and Stephen A, Douglas, Jr.. IThe longer Ilive the more do I become satisfied that nothing is so goocd for people who are in deep .troub~le 'as real hard work-work~ that not only occupies the handa i'but the brain ; work da which ond Javishes the best part off- the'heart. .-.Blliott. Any one dee~p in trouble can have a buck.-saV a wood-pile hefnivn:IMti afn.. ruERE r GET OU!R WORDS. Researches of Dr. Weisse, al though not bearing on the question of orthographic changes, are of singular interest on account of the comprehensive method he has pursued in tracing the origin and growth of the English tongue. He has made careful analysis of English writings from tho earliest times down to the present year, and presented the results in tabulated form ; shoWing the changes which the language has undergone and of what elements it co-sists at differ out periods. To this end every sort of document is laid under con tribution. Tuoehing the moderns, it may be noted 'thht ouf '9f every hundred words . used by Horace Greeley in his editorias, some fifty-eight would be Greco-L.atin, fo. ty-one G1tho-Germanic and one Celtic-although in his spoken larguage the Gotho Germ nic grotly preiokninate:. The London Time shows the p -oportion of fifty-five Greco-Latin, forty-five Gotho-Germanie words and one Celtic. The New York Herald uses fifty- two Greco-Latin, forty eight Gotho-Germanic, and, strange to say, no Celtic. Prof. Tyndall uses forty -'x Greco-Latin, fifty two Gotho-Gormanic fnd two Celtio vords ; Horatio Sey1nour, forty three Greco-Latin. and fifty-seven Gotho-Gerinanic words. Tennyson shows a remarkable number of GotlioGermanic vocables-not less than seventy-one out of a hundred; Mrs. Hemans, :sixty..seven, Byron, seventy-six, and Longfellov seveh ty-three-proportions which sho wv that English poets are much more inclined to the use of Gotho. Germanic elements than prose writers. "The coming of the Nor man," says Dr. Weisse, Nvas the knell of Anglo-Saxon stagnation, and the dawn of English progress." The language, hitherto confised and unstable, began to assupe de, finite shape, coherency.and firmn.ess. Since that period there .has, been among prose writers a steady, increase in the percentage of Qreeo. Latin words used, arising .not so much from a disuse of Gotbo4er manic as from'th'e continual acce's sionP from the Greco-Latin. lan guages of Europe. In general, as the English language now exists, about sixty-eight per cent. is Greco, Latin, thirty per dent. Gotho-Oer manic or Anglo-Saxon, and two per cent. Celtic, with traces of Semitic and Slavonic. Dr. Weisse thinks it beyond question tht the English language is destiner to become the universal language of the earth. A London telegram says that the steamship Emily B. Souder, which left New York on the 8th of Dom ber, bound for Turk's Island and Santo Domingo, foundered at sea after being only two days out from port. The news reached London on Friday, being telegraphed from Kingston, Jamaica, by the agent at that place, who states - that two of the crew of the ill -fated vessel, the only survivors of. the wreek, have just been landed at Kingston. What became of the passengers, officers and remainder of the crewv is not known, but the two wrediked sailors, who wvere picked up by a passenger vessel, state that they believe that all the others on boaird the steamer were drowned. The vessel was valued at $50,000, and was insured for that amount. A telegram to the Indian office from the Takimo reservation, Washin gton Territory, says :"The' Indians continue .to be perfectly submissive, and there is no pro a pect of any bloodshed. Four of the Indian murderers of the Perkins famiily are in irons. One committed suicide wvhile attempts were being made to capture him. . -Onl 1 w more are at large."ytw A fearful snggestion--Fred (to chum).-"I drea~med abont you last night, Bob." Bob-"I hope it was pleasant." Fred-.-"Oh, yes I very peasant while it lasted. I dreiunisd that youx paid~ me the ten d 1Jffe you owe me."-Hlarvard L4ftif66 The boys who sell 'photographs during -the oper~a are very nice little fellows, but they should not -be permitted to stand in -the -aisle during the finest part of the .,er formance to discuss thecoga tive amounts of their gales5,.q Hlerald.. fA man took bii aot t6 the -dhi farin New York-last week, aabled him, "Gilt Edge," and WdeduMr~dis 1appointed'at riot receivinr ie& i pImHowirs 0onfident't athetb,d