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V A. R. CALHOUN, Editor and Proprietor. .. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1873. VOL. XV.-NO. 284. THE DIAPASON. So discord drowns its melody As down the hillside springing, From dawn to dawn, In sun end storm, It seeks t ho rlrer—singing. The rlror knows a nobler song— An anthem full and deep, And etermore its onward waves The rhythmic mea*nres keep. Tho wluda reply from shore to shore, From sou to mountain winging, From cloud to cloud the numbers float. To fall in raindrops—singing. The living world to music mores, And sing the shining spheres, While, keeping tim i to solemn chords, Movo tho ru.ijustic yours. All uature utters harmonies, And down the ages ringing Priests of tho true and beautiful, And prophets uttoring still The greet lug of the seraphim— “Peace to tho earth—good will." Nor these alone, but bumbler souls lo lleiiren'y promise clinging, Ilavo live 1 with praises on their Ups, And gnuo to glory—singing. 0 xeck my soul, the flrst, faint bars talsl ‘ ‘ :ey-n To utter it again. \11 notes of sorrow or delight Trusting, adoring, singing. DUNCAN* IcINTOSH; on, THE KING OF AUTO88EE. BY TUB AUTHOR OF “INDIAN SKETCHES, ” “OAnSON AND HIS MEN." “ZUNI," ETC. WrllUn for tho Nmulay Knqnlrer. CHAPTER XXII. FOK THE KIXCPH LIFE. It was the night following that on “Lot it bo as the tribe Bays. My spirit will not last longer than Etomies. It may be bent that we both die to-night.'' “No, no,! Cassowra, you will get well, and again you will lend tho Cherokees to viotory. You cannot die !" The'old medicine man spoke with in tense earnostnoBB, and again rubbing the. dyiDg chioftnin'a brow, he rose and wulked in tho direction of the low oovered shel ter 'neatii which Etomie lay with his head in the lap of hie faithful daughter. “Tho fuel is gathered, Cassola, and the stako driven, and the warriors are tbirnt- ing for ray life ; but I will die, my child, as becomes a king, and the Cherokees oannot taunt me into weakness, nor make me cease, whilo reason lasts, the death song of my father*. You will be spared, Cassola ; but for the lovo you bear me lot not my mistakes dwell in your memory, for the Light of my Heart most only have lovo for her father.” She bowed her beautiful head and kissed him. “Yes, the firo is ready, my father, and there is but oue stake ; but it is strong enough for two. I die with my father, and a smaller stako would hold us. My arras shall be about you oven iu death, and my voice shall chorus tho death song of our fathers as our spirits pass out in the flames." “No; my daughter must live. Sho must escape lo the tribe, and tell tbo Must cogecs that l’edro is my sou ; and be inns* be King of Anlossoe. You must meet Mulntosb, and never part from him. Tell him his deeds aro iu my heart, with sor row for ray acts. IIo must forgive me, and make Cassola his wife, for she loves him.” “YeR, I love tho white man, my father, as I love no other being ; but it is a selfish love, and I will bury it in my heart. My love for you is the story of my life, my whole life. 1 have lived but for you, and which Etounie was captured, and the camp 1 y OUr footfall has ever been musio to my of the Chorokeos was moved some ten h oar ^ an( j your words have been as a fond miles to the northwest, in the direction of 1 lll0 ther' the Oherokee territory. There was a rea son for thin. Tho Greeks had been evi dently reinforced, and they were now act ing under tho leadership of au abler mau than tho Cherokees had ever contended against, while their own impetuous young chief hung between life and death from his wounds. During tbo day there had been much desultory fighting, 'and at •very point whero pressed the Cherokees had given way; indeed they only fought to check the Greek advance, tho better to cover their own retreat. It was night, and a hundred fires lit up tho Cherokee oamp, far beyond which hundreds of wily scouts kept watch, while reclining before the blazing piles were the thousands of tall warriors who, under Cassowra, had fought up to the very lodges of the King of AntOBsee. Sentinel pines, like the sil houettes of mighty braves, stood out against the black background of a cloud less sky, and from above the murmur as of converse came from tho lofty heads that seemed consulting in hoarse whispers about, the hoouo below; and below, in subdued gutterals, the Cherokees spoke of the recent fight, debated the chances for an attack, and invoked the Great Spirit to spare tho life.of the young chief, whom they loved so well. Cassowra, attended by an old medicine mao, hideous in green paint and nocklacc of snake rattles, lay on a couch of furs, with closed eyes, “You oannot die, for the prophoey has not been fulfilled,” said the old medicine mau, ns he laid his red hand on the broad, feverish brow of tho young ohief. “No; nor will it ever be fulfilled by me.” “The time is nearly here ; for did not the prophecy say that when the Cherokee fought in the oamp of the flying Mnsoo- goo, the Oherokeo would control the lands away beyond the mighty river, whero the nun Rinks to rest V “Yes; but the prophecy also said that the CreekH and Cherokees would become friends after that, and that together they would fight against their common foe, the whito man," gasped tho young ohief, ns he opened his eyes, from which but littlo of the horoio fire had died out. Then he continued, “Know you not that tho Muscogees have u now loader—Molutosb, the yellow- haired white man ?” “Yes, and I marvel to hear it; for the sun lms risen but twioe since they bad him bound to tbo stuke in the camp of Etomie; and now they fight under him.’ 1 “And well they may,” replied CasBowra; “for it was he who saved the tribe from de struction at tbo moment when my braves were driving them into the river." “I wish ho wero on our side,” said tho medicine man, musingly. “No, no! Better dofe.it fighting alone, thau victory with the aid of the cursed race!" exclaimed Csssowra. A short distance from where tho chief lay k noble black horse stood, feeding on tho dried grasses the Indians bad gath- oi ed for him—Duncau McIntosh’s horse ; but there was nothing about the bright song to her ohild. Our live* have been linked like the troo and the , and one caunot bo parted from the other without death or mutilation; and I prefer death.” ‘Etomie, King of Autosaee, I come from the chief, Cassowra," said the old medicine mau, advancing and bending over tbe father and daughter. “And what is his wish ?” asked Etomie. “Ho leaves his wish to me. “And what is your wish ?” “It is that yon die on the back of the whito man’s horse." “I care not how I die," said Etomie. calmly. “But we do; and tho time has come. The old medicine man stoou up aud motioned to a number of warriors who stood around tbo black horse. The braves obeyed tbe Bignal, and the black horse, saddled and bridled, was led to where Etomie lay. “Lift tbe chief on tho horse.” The warriors obeyed at ouoe. Etomio was weak from loss of blood, and bis wounded limbs were stiff and sore. He offered no resistance, made no objection, and evinced no paiu, ns he was liftod bodily up and placed ia the saddle, as of old tho Spaniards placed the dead body of the Cid. “Lead him to the stake.” Tho old man’s order was obeyed, and tbe horse was lod and fastoued to tbe stake. 4 Gasnela uttored no cry, and the war riors did not seem to notice her, as she walked with one small hand restiug on the stirrup. “Take back that girl,” said ona of tba warriors, when they had reached the de sired place. One of the bravos seized her by the arm and tried to drug her away ; but she shook him from hor, and bounding back, she clasped tho knee of her father and cried, “I am Cassela, the daughter of Etomie, and I die with him to-night. Go ask your chief if he daro refuse my request! CHAPTER xxin. A NEW LEADED. Chataskee aud Pashka, after tho Mus cogees had so openly refused to obey tba orders of one or hoed tho protests of ibe other, withdrew.from the camp and walked to the towering gray rocks iu which Dun can and Pedro had taken refuge that morning, and from which they descended to turn the tide of battle and put to flight the followers of Cassowra. “Where aro all your draams of my power now?" asked Chataskee bitterly, sk ho turned on tho old ling, after they bad proceeded hoiuo distance. “My dreamH, Chataskee, are becoming realities. They would bo realities if you were tbo tunn to take advantage of the present!” she exclaimed, drawing heraelf up, whilo her eyes flashed and her whole being seemed to undergo a transforma tion. easy to talk, Pashka ! easy for an “Your words come N*> late ; all is lost,” said Chataskee, as he turned up the ground with the point of hie bloodless spear. “It has come to this, then, after my years of toil and hoping. Chataskee, if you follow not my counsel, wash tho war paint from your coward face, and strip off tho garb of a warrior, which you disgrace, and I, an old weak woman, will take your place, resolved that if the son of my daughter cannot rule our people, with the power in his bauds, no ether man shall. " Pashka now stood as straight as the young warrior by her side. Every muscle of her face and shrivelodjimbs seemed to swell. Her gray hair was thrown back from her faoe, ami her right arm was ox- tended, and, like the very embodiment of force, she turned her burning eyes on the craven by her side. What is your counsel ?” he asked sul lenly. Do you ask from a woman's curiosity, r warrior’s rosolvo to carry out what I order?" she demanded with a cruel sneer. If 1 see a chanco of success in your plan, and it be in a warrior's powsr to carry it out, I will obey you," he said, brightening up. liaise your 6pear to the sun, the homo of tho Great Spirit, and swear this life of a Muscogee !" He raised his spear to the sun, bowed his head, and then, with his hand heart, he said, By the spirit of the sun aud my life, » warrior I swear to do all things pos sible Pashka looked at him steadily for a few moments, as if to satisfy herself by such iuspectiou of his earnestness, aud be ing satisfied, she suddenly became the wrinkled, cowering hag again. ChatuRkee, you must return at onco to tbe camp, and tell tbo warriors if you oaunot load them, you will fight with them, and die if need be, to rescue tbe chief; though if Etomie be living to morrow, I know not tho Cherokees. Hum ble yourself, but watch, and I will be with you. I will follow on tho horse of Pe dro, the Seminole. There will bo fighting, nud you must strike for tbe honor of the Creaks. Remember, they are dishonored whilo a whito man leads.them. Watoh us an eagle watches, aud see that your ar rows fly first iu tbe direction of Pedro, and when ho falls Molntosh can follow, and you, loading then as a warrior should, will be cheered by the bravos, and uo creature will bo living to dispute your right to the oommand. Remember, I will bo with you, and I will laugh at death ns on the field I go to complete with my knife what your arrows leave undone." Chataskee looked at the hag for a mo ment in amazement; then his respect for e»dng and courage “f tho Ionian nerved him, end grasping Ler hand ho said, with an uariioutnesB unusual to him : “A brave can carry out your plan, and Chataskee will do it!” Then back to the camp; the warriors aro oheering, uo doubt they are applaud ing tho cunning words that fall from the white man’s tongue.” Pashka led tho way, and so rapidly did Hhe move that Chataskee could only keep up with long quick stridos. As Pashka surmised, McIntosh was ad dressing the warriorB who had gatherod about him by hundreds, and above all of whom ho seemed to stand a head and shoulders. lie had roused them to tho resolve of attacking I ho Cherokees at ouce, and pressing tho buttle till they re covered the chief. To wait would bo ruin, and a disgrace was on tho Creeks so long as their chief was a priKouor, aud a Chero kee was in theirhunting grounds with war paint on his face. The applause following Duncan's ad dress had not yet died out, when Clratns- keo walked through tho lines of bravos, nud addressing himself to McIntosh, he uakod with a low, ponitent voice, “Can I address my companions ?" “I cannot object," said the astonished Duncan, stepping back. A number of the warriors did, and Ca- taskee would have been thrown out at once, but Duncan, with his high sense of fair play, forgot the wrongs and crimes of the humbled warrior before him, and add : “It is but right that Chataskee should bo heard." A sudden 6ilenoe fell over the gather ing, and Chataskee spoko: “I am a Muscogee brave, aud tbo sou of a Crook chief. My tribe fs my life, and its glory mine. When I Lave heard old warriors speak of the daring of fathers, eveu as a boy, it roused me, id I folt it was more honor to be a Muscogee come you, and forget and forgive our mutual injuries! Hero is my band, true as my heart !"J Duncan clasped in his strong hand tie hand of tho son of Pashka’s daughtor, audaohoer long and loud went up from the warriors, and a forest of spears with brilliant pinions ruse nud waved iu the moment of excitement. Pashka hen id all, nud again sho seemed to transform as sho heard Chataskee’s words, and saw the result she had ex- pectod. THE HHITINH ROYAL FAMILY. About tho Queen nail tlio Frlnoc of tVnlci. j “llitrij, where hate ton h---n nil in “Down et tho |»ool in the iu ih.v | "Fluhing “Yen, but tho I r. lit w | Couldn't induce them to t>ik* • I. j “Why, look ut your coat' Von ini cot trul Ua 1 luck flailing unikm oily, tbe Wright* you *” "Umlor the t culled—where A London lultor to the Now York -Sam How lie Inughi, good-natured Mi contains some gossip about tho Royal Family of England, from which wo take the following: As is plainly perceptible to any obsorv- fading you know, mid it wu* too lovely . , f. r - ri ii. i I imvor saw ein n i» clmrininir hook ant reader both of “Cur Life m tbo High- The charming bo. k ha. her groitly lauds" and the “Life of the Prince Con- There’s a h*|>ny light in hor «wu«t nine oyr sort," Her Majesty is a very emotional And hIio I.iitu ihe cut in inuit fervid iknhion, woman, with a cultivated habit of sensi- “Tho son my daughter is worthy of his J bility, which is almost morbid. In those father," she cried, “and I will follow and share tho fate of my tribe. ' There were hurried preparations in the camp, and the accessions, by tho constant ly arming bands, more thau compensated for the number who hud fallen iu tbe strug gle with the Chorokeos. A number of books everything that happens »o her, and to those belonging to her, however trivial, seems of the highest importance— au exaggerated sentimeutulity pervades them throughout. They aro trot the pro ductions of a healthy-minded woman, liv- iug iu a clear day light atmosphere of com mon pooko, but, ot one sophisticated by artificial position. Iiunoo it may bo i> staid idd Tabby'* lutein** «ur|irl*r 5,(KM) SUBSCRIBERS WANTED! TO THE ^tXIOZjIC. Facts Interesting to Every One! BETTER PAPERS AT LOWER PRICES' warriors wore detached to guard tbe camp imagined bow she folt her loss. That of aud bury tbe dead, and then tho braves j her mother, nine mouths beforo, had trader MoIntra.h u lo.nl formed, end .lag- I «">»>>? dlHtrcj»d her, now sho woe fairly , , . ” i prostrated. It is not my purpose to aes- mg the war snag of tbe Creeks tho mighty I * -nt upon hor grief) |, ul , ,„„j. bo ,, er . baud moved up tbe bill, and was soon milted to speak of some of its extraordi- lost iu the shadows of tire giant pines. 1 usiy manifestations. The lino had scarce disappeared when!. She bad the arm of tbe late Prince At- ., . -. V -, , . | hurt modeled in wax and clothed, and Pashka mounted tho horse of Pedro, and, I would hours sitting with it drawn like a veteran Amazon, with a ktiife in j through hors, absorbed iu melancholy ro- hor girdle and n quiver at hor back, she flections rooalling tbo past.. Tho apart- followed in tho track of the braves confl- i tbe deoo 1 ftBe ' 1 w « r * k ®P l in f 0 * , , nselv the same order as that obsorvod in dent that victory wrs coming to her and !lU i,f 0 ,i lue; hi* slipper* and dreaaing. the son of her daughter. 'gown regularly aired; his clothes, boots Far iu advance McIntosh threw out his ' mid toilet apparatus placed as though ho aoonta, which are ever the eyes of an jnlght ooine t.»ok »t imy monunt to oWm , *them. Hhe slept (and sleeps) with his army, barbarous or oivilued, and taking ,, { , rlru j t p i nl „.,i „„ n„, hod-lieail, and their reports as he advanced, ho soon ! trained with immortela.i, beside her. Her lesruod that tho Cherokees h«d not given latter paper ami envelopes were ao deeply up the contra, and that the, were gall,- I ering tn anatch victory oral, from Iheir J.., H Uy. hIiu kept all her ssivauts' in tho retroat. completest mourning for a long, long The son wont down and the Blara came < iuiu . nIul wautid the Prince of Wales, out, and still with long strides the Mas- j ^olf'^M^rlbro^'uou.e, to‘d7 the cogeos kept on, never stopping, never Hame , which the young man flatly refused thinking of fatigue, and thinking ordy of to do, and left Windsor iu a huff, not re tire rescue of tho ohief. turning for a considerable period. Tbi*. ,, . ....... , was tbe beginning of frequent quarrels About miduight tho scrags came m, , , 16tweon the ? u , f 0 of J itl dan- bringing to Dunoan tho news that Ora ' germia illness aud eouvaiesueuee, in 1H71, Cherokees had moved their cauip aud I which effected a reconciliation, wore falling back. He still pressed on, * n oormnou willi all royal ami urDto- ... i j it *1 I emtio vonth, at least in L 'gland, tb«- and when he reached the vacated » 1 princes were’brought , er y caret oily, starch waa made to ascertain tho fate ut ] lo p t from any chance or vice or ou. t.imi- Etomio, and it soon became evident that nation, and placed in charge of very strict no tortoro tiro had not been lit. ; goTeranrs, whoso bneitiesa it was in give . . ,, them tbe best of educations. I hough “lire Chief still lives ! was shouted by I fond 1>nrent8| , he Priuoe BIld Queen w "o the exultant warriors, usuuder McIntoshs | j, v no nieuns indulgent ones, ilia latter Till' IhiA ix Idle, the book l)CKl*'i't('d ! Tin* walttr-girtHH -* wliiBii. r Hint nod. Thri Mportanmn bold nndliio <-nriioit Mtiulxut Talk noflly of—wlmt ’ l’orhaim the woollier ; Pei Ii t|m—mi. mutt or; wbntoror tht) mibjurt. It cortolnly tiring* tbuiu clone tog. tln r. •m dow Droit t*v i lying lilddni .oil hiirptWu. Illlgllt Willi • 1 with 1 K>t*r bi.'iiglit I * ntolid* ot tlio clutiiiT :i all III white, i or* Npuken, SUNDAY ENQUIRER. $5,000 IN PREMIUMS TO OUR FRIENDS! Ginl Dislrilil* if Christa fils ia Our Stains 1 THE CA8H SYSTEM IRREVOCABLY ADOPTED. a ti iikikii r*ci\i's:ss. How Stio Look* mid limi She l.i< orders they left tho Cherokee oamp and pressed on. It seemed they would never fotigue, and never catch up with their rotronting foes. On during tho night, on till tbe grey dawn enmo and the sun rose, and still no wurrior lagged. Still Pashka followed, with sleepless eye and unwoariod frame, tho warriors nud tho fortune of her de- »hrc-~J idol. Stopping at noon to rost, Pedro said lo Dunoan, “I know tho Cherokees, and I can cuter their camp end give cheer to our friends, wlrile I lonm tlioir ouiuhors and intentions.” At first Dnnonn would not liston to his words, but while lie was debating, Pedro, v/ith mnrvellons skill, changed his puint and attire, and stood before the white man a Cherokee brave, talking the lan guage of that nation. “Now, can I go?” asked Pedro. “Yes, by my faith, for if you stay here in that garb one of our v^arriors will moke a mistake and kill you," laughed Duncan. Chataskee saw tbo chaugo in the youth, and it roqnired an effort to hido bin de light. noro, indeed, would bo a legiti mate target for his arrows. Pedro left, end still Duncan prosnod on with his restless warriors till the shadow of another night settled over tho never ending forests. During the day there had boon somo fighting, lor thoCborokecs wore covering their retroat ably. The Creeks stopped to rest. Tho scouts brought iu word near midnight that the Crook camp waa only two miles away, and following this information Pedro, breath less with running, came in and announced to tho startled warriors th« position of Etomie, who was lo be burned op the back of the black home, as »as announced in tho previous chapter. [to nr. CONTINUED.J M IKMIFK ITT.MM. - A French veterinarian anoints the in side of a horse's oars with a drop or two of huilc dc cadi (an oily liquid obtained from tho wood of junfpcruM oTj/certrus), in order lo save ino animal lrc m annoy- uuce by flies. Tho oil need not bo ap plied more than onco a week, nud ;t is perfectly harmless when thus employed. —Tho horned toad, according to u writer iu the American Naturalist, is an exceedingly prolific animal. lie gives two instances of its fecundity, iu brave than lira IraaJ chief of all tho allied "^ch twenty-live and in the other twenty- urani, iu*u mo seven young were produced at a time, tribes. That feeling has never died out, and uc force, n to-duy, it cotues back with ten-fold i I consider tho warriors who fell ind know that Etomie, onr chief. i a prisoner r tbo bauds of the Cbero- eyes, glossy skin or splendid tapering old woman to make plans and dream limbs to tell tho ordeal through which tho ' dreams; but you tell me notbiog that gallant animal bad reoently passed. Tho j does not fail when I bring it to the test.’ eye of the medicine mau fell on the ani mal, and be said to Cassowra, “The spirit of the white man ia in his boras. Why do you keep him ?" “I keep him for the chief to ride who •uccooda me," answorod Caasowra. “A Cherokee chief should never ride a white man’s lrorBe." “What would you do with him?" in quired tho ohief. “I would kill him !" “How ?’’ “Does not the chief, Etomie, die to- night ?” “Yes ; hut I would save bis life were it not that the tribe demands his torture, iu ■•'.ordiuoe with its traditions." “Tho blood flowing from the breast of Cassowra has dampened his hate for the mnrderer of bis father!" “No; my father died in battle as be- eanoo a warrior." “lint bad bo fallen into the bands of the Creeks ?” “He would then have fared the torture ashocame a warrior." “So will Etomie. Were I Cassowra, I “Yes, it fails because your heart weik and your limbs tremble. Had your nrra been strong whan yonr knife foil ou tho henrt of tbo white man be would have been dead, and you would have been de clared by the Creeks the King of Antos- aoe.” “Easy to speak, again, Pashka; bnt you know my knife broke as it fell on hia iron breast; and when he stood mid the blazing logs, bound to the stake, I thought to seo bis charred bones when I re turned from the conflict to whioh we wero suddenly called! But no; liis charmed life escapes tbe flames, and when again I see him be kee, now in our hunting grounds. You think I was uuwise iu wanting to lead you, and yon refused to follow, choosing instead tho brave white man. This cut my heart, for I Cdiinot so soon forget, nor would I be worthy of my tribe if 1 did, that Duncan Mclutosh, robbed mo of my wifo. Bnt I will not talk of this, for r.s J. think of tbo wrong bo has done it becomes as a light shadow compared with the good ho has this day done tribe. Ho is bravo and strong, and bis riflle is more fatal than onr bows. He is wise, as are all his people, and now look ing calmly at our situation, I believe be the brave who must lead ub lo victory. I, dyrtaskee, then agroo with my brothers, and ask but ouo favor, will you grant it?’ Chataskoe paused and looked around on tho r.aa of painted faces. Let us hear your wish," sbou’.edjsomo lighting nt the head of the j «>f ‘hi warriors. Mu-u’-v’ • ss nuvir warrior fought; c \d ' “My wialr is lo fight with you, not n r . « when victory comes the braves gather j chief, but a brave, and to show by my life about him and resolve to follow bia lead, j that I bavo no wish, no ambition but tho The evil spirits fight agaiust me; I oan- : successor my tribe. You ure about to not win " j march against tbe Chorokers; will you “Cannot win !" laughed the hag. “You welcome my spear, and feel that a Maaco- doaerve not to win. Yon are not of my bruvo draws my bow when wo aland blood, nor have you tho spirit of your in the presence of our foes, and strike for fallen father ! You, Cbata&kco, aspire to the rescuo of our Chief t lead tho Creek nation, and at the very There was silence ; a painful silence for outset, when tho red-tipped spear is within some seconds, and at last it waa broken would brad *h. Creek to tbs bsek of lb. I your r..ob, you fsh.r lik. a M-UIdr by Duncan hor... snltb.u bind tb. ho,.., snd pU.Ulld.ud .u.sb s.r.y ass .log suaak, hurt sa» only r.p.ntsu.. snd vlor « the dry wood around them. It would add i that a mother eatehes eating the food of the wor^s o ^ ^ j wl || w# j »• hia tenure to te ae treated seven young were produ* The litilo “toadies” wore exenudiugly ac tive, snd could run, it is stated, as fust as tho mother. —A writer in Science Uoxsip gives a curious instance of sagacity in a parrot. A lighted cigar happened to fall just un der tbe door of tho bird's cage. The fames soon attracted hor attention, and she iustantly set about abating the nui sance. Taking a small cup of cold tea which was in tho oage, the bird poured the contents on tbo burning end of the cigar and extinguished it. —It has been decided to add ft new fea ture to the annual meetings of tho British Association for tho Advancement of Sci ence, in tho shape of a museum, where objects of scientific interest may bo placed on exhibition during tbo continuance of the session. The idea lias already been put in practico by the British Medical As- sooiation, and the exhibition is recognized as u valuable adjunct to it.' annual rueet- ings. —A gr**at railway bridge is to bo built across the Firth of Forth, Scotland, at Queen's Ferry, which will bo tbo most stu pendous worlt of tbo kind in the world. It is to cost six and one-quarter millions of dollars—about four tirnui tho estimated cost of the great bridge now building over tbo Tay. It will be one hundred and fitly fc» t in N ight, and w i 1 ! "tnUin near! one liu. dr«.d sp.tm\ Tn« ''*>nti.il sp. will bo one thousand tivo hundred and fifty feet, and tho smallest spans one hun dred and fifty feet in width. —On the 1.7th of August the mhahi- tants of FlesMUgon, a little maritime town iu Holland, situated at the mouth of the Hondt, saw a city emerging from the sea Iu the midst of a light liazo they Uistin guished housoa and trees sharply outl'oed «»n a grayish back ground. Tbo oily : - the sky appeared upsido down, the hou- having their foundations turned toward the heavens and their roofs toward the am. During tho mirage tho heat Iremo, and bright fl-mhoi of lightning shot over the heavens, accompanied tha rumbling of distant thunder. erring rather on the side of which had a bad effect on tho Piince ot Wales when circumstuuceu eraaucipsted him from her control. He was nn Hi.sy- goiug, pleasure-loving youth, with mure good nature than intellect, iu whi* h re spect he supplied n noUhlo contrast •«> his younger brother, the selfish and satui nine Alfred, now Duke ol Edinburgh, wb. so brains seem to have been developed ut tho expense of his social qualities. When u child, Albert Edward, like his mother, appeared rickety and dolicAto ; it was leaked that ho might not survive. He curries bis head a lm)e ou one side now But be was not, ns was once popularly be lieved, cither dull or stupid, und profited by hiu splendid training and education. Hu speaks French, German, Italian a ml .Spanish with fluency, besides being u good Greek und L.iim scholar. II«* is well acquaint* d with law ami tbo lino arts, a good soldier theoretically, and u good horseman. No wall or brook < vor stops hiiu wbeu mounted. 11 is what, is tech nically termed “a bruising rider." Of hiu abilities us a marksman tbo pigeon- ahooting matches ut Ilurlingbam and the slaughter of the Chiliinghutn bull uray testify—in which tastes, be it remarked, lie is neither bettor nor worse than most of our young patricians. Par«*ntnl au thority in this oouutiy, during I tie last generation, to which her Majesty belongs, was generally a despotism tempered hy affection, children being regarded aa sub jects rather than individuals. Both as a mother and Queen sho has an overween ing idea of her own consequence, and ro- HHtanco was inevitable. Even aueh a comparatively trivinl matter as the ha'* ■ of smoking, in her son, she could me <> eruto. Prince Albert, her ideal of all '• li<* marly virtues, h.xi not smoked, therofoie it was abominable; therefore Windsor Gratia was ornamented wiib placard* for bidding indulgence m what Mr. Weller, Keuior, calls “the flagrant v* *'d." Natu rally “Wales" been me an mv.derate smoker; even appealing iu public . rtb h briar-root pipe, uml being so depicted in tho illustrated newspapers. Later, bo aud bis august mamma difl'eied in poli tics. During tho war helwcon Prussia and Denmark, in the Hobloswig-Holstein quarrel, in 18(14, their sympathies eon flioted. The Queen's were for Germany, >t ou'.v in obedience to the pro* liviti-s of tier dead husband, and in friendship to brother Augu-Mouberg, but also b*i- CQiise her niece, the .slighter of tier half s.ster, tho Princess Loinu.gm, w Ar.gus- uberg'a wife, ai d h id u w .yi been high favor with her M ijeaty, who hud up p >iuted the lady'a brother an ofllcor in British navy -to tbe con.maud of a royal yacht. Tie Prinee of Wahn, <*n io other hand, uot iiuuaMnnl'y. Indd with is wilo and DoMiuirh, nod f r British in- •iveutiou iu behalf *>f hi** i*» her in law. ' was said that at a dinner given to him y the Guards quartered .»* Windsor In nl as a toast the s.M.iiiuont, “D*uu- to llio Prussian*!" which was ou- tiiinuastieully drunk hy the company, i he (tlobe denied the story subsequently, ll was also asserted that tbe Prussian Am bassador. Count Bernstoft', took an op portunity of retaliating at a banquet at Marlborough House afterward. Liter, und gt'.iieiaily, it was a common subject . f remark thut tbo Queen and Prineo of Wales avoided one another. Tho Prince's life ba-» not been a good or respectable one ; ii has been devot**d eu nrely to personal indulgence. Since hi> illness and recovery, ami tho pretentious national thanksgiving at St. Paula, ho has. according to La Liberie, appeared a 1 the Mnhillo. Ho had “the great Vance, a vocal buffoon, popular at tbo 0< ckney music bulls, at Marlborough House to en tertain bis guests, who incontinently ad vertised himself as “patron’/.cd by the Prince of Wales.” Ha smuggled a brace of professional pugilis's iuto Buckingh un Palace to entertain trial sami-suvuge, tbe Shah of Peraia, with a brni-ing mutch, to tho infinito disgust of her Majesty, when the fact came to hor ears. When the sons of tho Khedive of Egypt, hi* guests, were overturned in tbe mud by a careless coacbnmn, ho magnanimously rode on, without stopping to inquire after their Like George IV . lie aspired to OFFICE OF THE COLUMBUS ENQUIRER, - Columbus, Ga., October 1C, lsTS. ( I TO TllK PUBLIC: ! The promise mado and tho course marked out by myself when • j 1 assumed charge of the Enquikek, I have tried faithfully to carry j out; and, as an additional evidence of my desire to build up a paper Aukii.h oilier iuir.j.tii.aions, «... worthy of this city and State, I have decided lo tjwr<‘ m-ither time serum Turkish I'.io’cels,’sitiow"'*" nnr money in order to make a good paper and place it within the i 1 ,.* uml vupuio.ii,. i>.< s i.o-tiiiiiui, r.moh of all. Thk Sunday Knqviker is a new feature iu ibis enter- niuisi.lo .rad naroosi.lo Isiiy. Hi* pro- prise, and a much needed one. Many of our mechanics und farmers, mri^i(jirasluy'; S i.'iu',' , .i'nov oi.u’ur M.u'ra- "‘ho arc unable, from a want of menus to subscribe, or lime to read, torvioss boiwosn one d.(i(jiim..u .rad Her do not take a daily paper; and the regular weeklies do not supply Ltoy*i li.gbnoss' oiitof ui ii..' Uonsut.nl.I, [ (| 10m with the latest news, combined with fresh uu.l imeivsti. ; m- uoon'wo7u.''7um7i'viH n ”d"rira^gsto'.if I formation in literature, science and art. The Sunhay Enquirer tbo pslnoo. Two v,-ry smart ntyrues, | will till this void ; for, in addition to tlio telegraphic und editorial matter now given ii) the daily, issued on Sunday, it will contain a series of charming historical novels, WRITTEN EXl’KESSi.v for it by an author whose stories in other serial weeklies hand tee highest 1‘UK’K. These storiott for tho coming year will treat of the early days of Georgia and Alabama, and will bo of thrilling interest to all who read them -more particularly' to those living iu the States named. Besides, it will have well-selected sketches of travel and poetry, and Household and Fashion Departments. I am making ar raiigcmcnt.s with a Northern house for the supply of illustrations, nisi. uUi.,1, ...id Hi... i which will make a decided addition to the value of thii ' "'mrn'ontih.it correspondence will come l" it, SPECIALLY, from all poiii fashionable | toivst ltU'k frock f received ui with stately politeness. Wo | wore led through a garden to the licit iff • ilia house, whero M-vor.ii wuiiuni st rvuiits tii oil. I'llo»e i S imglit have j boon taken for KugiHli maids of-.dl-work; but, oil closer iuspooiioii, their olive fca- | id white c.raptt turbans hidra.’i e i an ! Uriuntal nutiouality. I hoy w.-ro, in fact, i ('ireassiau slaves. On the tormoo sut n | very ugly old duenna, hiiiokmg a bmg I pipe Wu bowed to rose with ditlk'uhy to the reception room, a lo fancy ' at paper, ms of in- The Sunday K.vgumEH /,* xmxd miihout extra 7,i„ th- ri'i/tthir subscribers of the Daily, viz. for eight hollars per annum, payable invariably in ADVANciv When taken nlonS its price will bo two dolt,Atm \nh pjkty cunts per annum, which will make it the cheapest paper of its class in Ihe country. To tlo• who now take the Weekly Knqi ireh, it can bo made a most valuable adjunct. Indeed The Sunday Knuuireu becomes a necessity, particularly iu view of the extarordinnry inducements held out, for J. propose di.t- tull snd slender snd very handsome, silt. | 1 l'ibuting ill tlie Opera House, in this city, MSS r h«k»i.dtX“-'ll-rdr^'.-T’sb!! 1 1 Gifts to tho Amount of Fivo Thousand Dollars ply perfect, ample, lSwiiiR, e,..y, of snfi, subscribers * >F THE l'.NQl' 1 HER. during tb 1 <:■ >ininrr holidays, noisoless, lustrous silk, tho preurso hue of • rlM .. n , i . 1 1 i , i ■ , • v , r Which it would bo impobsiblo lo den. lii'**. i 1 1 *‘* ioUowin^ plan lius Ikm-.i il.vi.l-! . nil, .n>. * ' ' 1 ' r *yL It was HOiiiHt hing holwoon an asphodel j st'C llb'lt iil II < lei i 1 i Oil tu ll is ptiptiT, V.'llU'li will !>♦' •' ,l VforAAWi ht bloHH.tm end the p.dt.-t pi,ill coral, and | j„.i uu „|' Kubscl iplioll, A BEAUTIFUL CHROMO, that retails for thre- ,',riy. "'.“inuud'dollars, WILL RE GIVEN. IN ADDITION, TO EACH BUBS,IRIBElt, with U lodging Ihiuho nt St. Luonnrd'.i ing a low knick-kii'ickri, all tlm tinnilura had come from I'.uis and Londou, and was iu very bad lasts indeed, ihe old l idy imUitioed ns t«* nit down, pipes wero pr« Hi nted to us, wbicit wo rcffuscil with nli giMciousnuiH attam<»b!o ; then followed a long pauso, dming wJiidi our companion continu'd lo pull «»w..y ui.d stam hard without a word. Then tho Fr-iuueov oulored. Hhe ynt neithor Ilia proaohed Load was wound a li'.lle’ (urban of deli, ticket lllllt will give llilli it ohRTlC cstely-colored gaiwe, fsutoned over H.„ |j, TI ,. s |] lc amount subscribed : forehead with u jawol. Now, I mu sorry I to coufoss that this graceful and imposing ! () lie Ki|bs<iri|)ti<)|i Iu ]).\IM oreaturo was such an iuvotorato siiioltur 1 rpi , .1 that it scorned the sol© business of two or j “ l(M5 BtoilTlls throe of her s ave girls to supply her j Olio Vlitir St'NDAY wants. During tt.o two hours that we (Jnt‘ voftl* WEEKLY wero honorod with her presence one of . , , c.- v -,,. v ' w . . these sntomston-Hkc ttynrs* would come (Jn « >’eai Si N DAt and W EEKIO slmut every ». veu or eight ,,,iu„lc*, T j li(jkots wi J| ], c ,l rown ftl , |hc Oporn HoilS summoned, and hand each of tlio In- ,, . ... . , , , ol onr city omciAleS, during the Ulmstmas week, regularly registered fit this office and sent to any athlio.s on the re eeipt of subscription, and IN no event will they be sent unless ALL ARREARAGES ARE 1»AII), IN ADDITION TO THE SUBSCRIPTION, IN AD vanoe. Hut those who have already paid iu advance will bo en titled tn ticket*. pr,.po* Anything mom like i dies a cigarette ohinery could uot bn coumvtd. Thom was no salutation on the pari ot ^he scr- v tnt, no ncknowh dgujcnt on lint part »ff the mistress. Tho oigarsttoH came ami Mont, aud that was all. Moan!itno our tins!chi hud sent fur tlm French governess of lur little adopted daughtor Oil part) to a t as interpreter; aud soon the gover ness and h*T young pupil appeared. Gof- f*.H was handed to ui in litilo j n w«dod cups, tbo Krench inly mado homoUiing like sociability pu-^siblo, and wo wero asked if we should like sonic music and dancing. Of course ihs proposal was accepted joyfully. ‘ You wilt be much amused," n tid the French governess to me; “the Turkish national u'rs arnsoutuve, and tho I’rinctsa lias among her young slaves soiuo really fine voices." “Wo do not realize at home, I -aid, “that slavery stiil exists in tlio Kit'd " “Oh! Intt \shd kiutl « t sluvery ? Them girls am happier thou our cooks and house maids at homo. Tno Friucess is like a mother to them. Hume she marries off and provides with a dowry ; tu all she is kindness itself. They have no cures; think of that ! Not boing »d»lo !•» argue the point from her stand-point, I w >h ailmi. I cmtld readily behove lliui good and kind tu < thing under her r was uppermost in ontly such guudm a- ■ iir own condition of s*. good miatre-a is sure t liouBohold. Here n*» on look and movement . women wo saw about young girls, was joyless, mochuni notorious. They wero evidently starved, i;or beaten, nor overworked ; but tho prevailing look of npatlmtir lu<!}.:»><s- ness and hopelessness was v.?ry depress ing to unaccustomed eyes. Meantime, the musioiuns and d un ms Huterud, ton in number, all Glrcassiurn. T!:s latter wore Turkish Dowsers of whito linen, striped with gold, bright *iik sushes, an i tl »wers iu tlioir hair, which k g long and flowing. The singing had something inexpressibly savage about it, consiitiug, for the mo'-f part, of wild ehunis repeated again and again io a uiouutoiioiis nccompauiruent After tbe songi cam© tl < dancing, which I isted nearly nn hour—-if o serins of gym nastic. feats and exercises could, indeed, b« railed dancing Th© wood cuts in Wilkinson h “Ancient Egypt! limiting women tumbling un i feats of agility, fr draw a premium worth fifty ijiri 00, with 4 tickets and ohromo. 2 00, " 1 2 60, “ 1 1 1 2 00, “ 1 :i 00, » 2 “ in tbo presence They will b« 1,1ST OF PREMIUMS: I Gold Hunting Case Watch and Chain $200 00 I Gold Hunting Case Watch 160 00 1 Gold Hunting Case Watch 100 00 1. Cabinet, Organ 150 00 cry body and utild i<u thought I kimlucRM v.ork in o idy. With ns n lo have a smiling no Hiuilod. Evoiy • >f tlm dozens of of them either <1 Silver Watches*, §*10 c;\uh.. 1 Set Parlor Furniture 1 Sot Bed Room Furniture 2 Sewing Machines, §80 each 1 Sot of Silver Ware. I Silver Pilcher and Waiter I Double-barreled Shot Gun I Diamond Pin 0 Sots of Ladies’ Jewelry, $30 each 1 $80*1 Cash Premium 1 si00 Cash Premium 2 $50 Cash Premiums \ ) $10 Cash Premiums In addition to tlio above valuable premiums then led BOOKS AND PICTURES to the amount of > bn seen from the foregoing that ! am determined ponse lo bring THE ENQUIRER before the peepe' put aside all thought, of immediate profit, ll is m . annual distributions of premiums to my subscriber.-, son subscribing after the new vein- will have a chan butio.i that follows. All the present subscribers who li by tho 15th of.November, proximo, AND THEIR ACCOUNTS t’LACED IN THE the Summer months I sent the pape of monev, and J feel sure that the and see the necessity that compels l No dull rates can bo offered in v i> bo necessary to purchase premiums, low liberal commissions. More than ever will THE Enqu 240 00 150 00 , 100 00 160 00 . 75 00 50 00 . 75 00 . 75 00 180 00 , 100 00 100 00 too 00 distribu . It wi have '■ p<o; ave not pin will be duo • HANDS op .• ■r gladly to t will come ti no to this ct on- of the gr but where :r bo a splei m 1 will lium, and our business men .bowing theirs promptly. 1 reassert again that the com , j tVHEI’KNHENT, and that noelliu i the advantages of the South t( app: >nld givo it bettrr idmi eu ortainment than »ny de-aripli writing. Tha jumps, piostrations, rbytli- I inir luovamout ol tba arms, standing on | (ho heud, and other ungraoofnl, lab »rioua j perrorrouucoH displayed for our uiuum" j nt, 1 1110 | to build up an ini] hall be my object imrc.es of this country ifthe Enquirer will bo spared oi capitalists and i ri.slied country, not to stri I should 1 live to see tins levelopi lo will j Hinslt | marcbnnt <i tsod itfo half do/«n uni unpatiied us I" t•** • proBoutod with r and we drove r it, wish ovor agn safety. „ heooine a leader of faahiun, and thought dan-'ing of ititroduciiig a black velvet roal and knco-breachfs as “full dr»*MH ©vaoing roi. I « tuine, but abandoned lb" nxpainn- i l on g iih transpiring and beo«»i,tiig fund f><. n public lauuhtor In short, tbo cbaructor «• of his Koval llighnaaa is such that only tiif-n they retired, parsons committed to what lias been [ without tba »lighter shrewdly called -the loyalty of national enter tho precincts of a hoi biimptionsnosa" can pietond to any re- * spoct for him. Either ho must alter very much, or the English people nmit grow very tamo ami spirit leas •<» afford a pros pect "f ou untronfiled n* , ' , eHsion to tli© throne. Ho, perb»|)H, Menara. Odger and Bra*.laugh \r« r© warranted in their pre dictions about a possible revolution. It writes tho latter, “it should at last come j L h “: i r' i Zn f r,..n P «Is"o,?lv ow w! a W„.. rn ,p».ks of S ns ply? Mid I 'bo bear scorns of tboussnds \ pei^ rail! whioh '-will Ira mails of h training themae'vea to give » mv political triumph could give. I will watch ,I''the Granges, while they work fie the interns .x: ill this course to make mistakes, but the „.i nf the heart, and 1 will over hold mv-elf re: jusn: rongeil. l emittanoos should be u 1 cannot lie rcspousibl Very respect fully, ' draft, A.. B. GALH( ElUTOIl am- I’HOl’HIKTOR OU THU COI.U) XT j one Imnitrol MI'1 •cvsnly-HTS fast Ions'." I aggregate wortr^ STII’IXATION, To iusiti have the 5,000 tickets issued, ; the whole number is not su ticket and a eliromo under an of the premiums, made liy a t At the second distribution 1 tb Thikty Tno: Exquir utiou 1 ud of this I have but tittle doubt. ascribed, each subscriber will havj . o\ eat, and a uumittoc of citizens from my boos hope to make tho premiums in t. s vxn Dollars.