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SAYAMAH DAILY HERALD.
VOL. I—NO. 63.
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Presentation or Austrian Credentials to
the President.— We understand that Count
Wydenbruck, who has been accredited to
this Government as Minister Resident of
Austria, to fill the place left vacant by the
decease of the late lamented Count Giori,was
yesterday received by the President. On
presenting his credentials. Count Wydenbruck
made the foliowing remarks:
31k. President : His Majesty the Emperor
of Austria, my august sovereign, having
graciously been pleased to appoint me his
Minister Resident in the United States of
America, I have the honor to present the cre
dentials which accredit me in that capacity
to vour Excellency.
lam particularly happy that the choice of
my sovereign for this post has fallen upon
me, as one of the duties of- my mission is to
be the interpreter of his sentiments towards
your Excellency and the American people.
Impressed as lam with the political great
ness and commercial importance of this
country, 1 shall esteem myself most fortunate
if I succeed in contributing not only to
entertain but to expand aud develop the
friendly relations so happily existing between
my own country and the United States.
REPLY OF THE PRESIDENT.
Count Wydenbruck : I sincerely hope that
you may find your residence in our country
an agreeable one. During a period in which
our relations with several of the foreign pow
ers have been a subject of especial care, if
not of anxiety, the friendly intercourse be
tween your great country and ours has been
free not only from disturbance,but even from
every form of irritation or annoyance. Your
sovereign has been discreet,frank, and friend
ly, and has thus won the confideace and good
will of the Airericau people.
The New Tariff Act.—Upon the Ist day
of April the new Tariff act will take effect.
In his circular accompanying it. Mr. McCul
loch, introducing it as an act amendatory of
certaiu acts imposiug duties on imports, ap
proved March 3, 1865, remarks that the se
cond proviso in Section 4 of this act cloe3 not
repeal Section 4 of the “Act to modify exist
ing laws imposing duties pn imports, 'and for
other purposes,” approved March 3, 13G3.
The second proviso in the fourth section
referred to, is that “no ship, vessel, or steam
er, having a license to trade between different
districts of the United States, or to carry on
the bank, whale, or other fisheries, or on any
ship, vessel, or steamer, to or from any point
or place in Mexico, the British provinces of
Nor:h America, or of the West India is
lands, or in all these trades, shall be required
to pay the tonnage duty contemplated by this
act more than once a year.” As the new
Secretary remarks, therefore, vessels trading
to or from any part or place south of Mexico,
down to ancHnclutling Aspinwail and Pana
ma, will only once a year pay the. tonnage
of thiily cents per ton.
As seciion ninth enacts that this act is to
f ake effect from the Ist of April, 1805, the
Secretary directs that in the absence of any
law or provisions to the contrary, the rates
of duty imposed by this act are to be assess
ed only on such goods, wares, or merchan
dise as may be imported on or after that date
The increased rates imposed by this act
therefore are not assessed on goods imported
previous to that date, whether under bond or
otherwise. It i3 a mistaken idea to imagine
that merchants of the first class deprecate a
Tariff act as an incubus that must be shunned
or got lid off at all hazards. One of the
prime duties of the Secretary of the Treasury
is to conserve, aud the tenor of his circular
is of a nature to attract the attention of the
of candid-minded merchants.
The Crown of.Mexico. —lt may not be
forgotten that a member of the Bonaparte
family was offered, forty years ago, the crown
of Mexico. The story is told by the Empe
ror himself in his sketch of Joseph, eldest
brother of the first Napoleon: “While Jor
eeph was living as a philosopher on the banks
ot the Delaware thinking of nothing but of
doing good to those around him, he received
a proposal which surprised and touched him.
'A deputation of Mexicans came to him to
him to place at his disposal the- Crown of
Mexico. Tho Ex-King of Naples and Spain
answered the deputation in nearly tnese
terms: ‘I have borne two Crowns, ana I
would not take a single step for a third. |
Noth n 5 can bs more nattering to me than to
see men who, when I was in Madrid, refused
to recognize my authority, come now in my
exile to ask of me to put myself at their
head But Ido not believe that the throne
you wish to rats e up can make you happy ;
and every clay I spend on the hospitable soil
of the United States proves to me more and
more the excellence of* republican institu
tions for Aim rica. Preserve them, then,
as the precious gifts of Providence. Put an
end to your ime-tine quarrels; imitate the
United States, and look out among your fel -
low citizens for someone more capable than
I am to play the great part ol Washington.”
\ aixaiion of Massachusetts. —The State
Valuation Committee has reported. The en
tire valuation of the property in the State is
fixed at $1,000,009,829,650, “showing an in
crease over the valuation of 1100 of $112,-
034,330. In the number of polls there is
an apparent loss of 17,910, as compared with
the number, in 1800,there being a loss in
every county except Hampden, in which
there is a gain of 1183.
Some idea of the profits of sutlers may be
gamed from the fact that the Army ot tie
Potomac, in three days, one man sold cn< ugh
applies at five to tight cents each me u to
tome to S3OO.
Summary of Sherman’s Operations. —The
Herald’s correspondent gives the following
summary of what has been accomplished by
Sherman’s soldiers:
We have been about forty-five days shut
out, as it were, from the outer world.
Our march has been one continued suc
cess. Sherman’s capital manoeuvres con -
pletely split up the rebel army,breaking them
into isolated bodies, thus destroying their
power.
Our march has been somewhat retarded
by the heavy falls of rain, which flooded the
creeks and swamps and cut up the roads so
that we had to corduroy over a huudred
miles of road, and build several miles of
trestle work aud bridges.
Besides compelling them to evacuate
Charleston, we destroyed Columbia, Orange
burg and several other places. Also over 50
miles of their chief lines of railroad, and
thousands of bales of cotton.
At Columbia we captured forty-three can
non, two hundred thousand cartridges, ten
tous of powder, nine thousand rounds of
fixed ammunition, about ten thousand mus
kets, over one hundred government presses,
besides an immense amount of pifblic stores,
locomotives, rolling stock, and other kinds
of government stores too numerous to men
tion.
At Clieraw we took twentv-five camion,
eight caissons and two travelling forges, i be
sides a large quantity of government stores
of various kinds in the arsenal and else
where.
At Fayetteville we took seventeen cannon,
besides a large quantity of government
stores of various kinds in the arsenal and
elsewhere.
This makes eighty-five cannon —one third
of which were field pieces—with carriages,
caissous and all complete. We captured about
twenty-five thousand animals on our line of
march. We gave food and transportation to
about fifteen thousand colored reiugees, thus
depriving the confederacy of colored soldiers
and slaves. We also had abouMour thousand
white refugees, all of whom were well cared
for, and will be sent North to whateyer desti
nation they choose.
We operated over the following districts or
counties: In South Carolina—Beaufort,
Barnwell, Orangeburg, Lexington, Richland,
Kershaw, Fairfield, Chester, Lancaster,
Sumter, Darlington, Chesterfield, Malbourg.
In North Carolina—Meckleburg, Anson,
Richland, Union, Roberson, Cumberland ana
Moore.
We marched on an average four hundred
and fifty miles, our wings extending some
thirty-five or fifty miles. This would give an
area of over fifteen tbousaud square miles
which we operated over, all the time sup
porting men and animals on the country. In
deed, the loss we have inflicted on the enemy
is incalculable, and all at a trifling sacrifice
of life.
I think one thousand killed,, wounded and
missing will cover our casualties. Several of
these were owing to accidental explosions at
Columbia and Clieraw.
The enemy's loss must, be, in killed, woun
ded and missing, about twelve hundred,
while we have captured and on hand over
three thousand prisoners.
A Trick of the Trade.— lt. is well known
to the purchasers of dry goods that cotton
doth made within the past two or three years
is much inferior in quality to that manufac
tured before the war, anil consequently there
is a great demand for “old cotton." One of
the tricks of the trade is to take low priced
cotton wetting it to take out the sizing, and
drag it about the store, as to give it the ap
pearance of age. This “doctored” cotton is
then placed in the window, labeled as gen
uine old cotton, slightly damaged, and for
sale at reduced price. No better advertise
ment than this can be found, and the conse
quence is that the “slightly damaged” article
sells rapidly, while that wnich remains in the
state in which it comes from the manufactur
er. though offered at the same price, is un
t niched, The purchasers go away believing
they have made bargains, and the shrewd
shopkeeper sets to work and prepares anoth
er lot of cloth for display.— Pittsburg Chron
icle.
Woman’s Sympathy with our Soldiers.—
There is a touching pathos in some of the
markers attached to the b ankets, shirts,
handkerchiefs, and the like, sent to the Sani
tary Commission for the soldiers in camp and
hospital. Thus on a bed quilt was pinned a
card having this vender inscription : “My
son is in the Army ; whoever is made warm
by this quilt which I have worked on for six
days and most all of six uights, let him re
member his own mother's love.” Who can
doubt that these simple w r erds have made
some weak one strong again, filled some sad
heart with joy and hope ? On a pillow sent
to the Commission was written : “This pil
low belonged to my little boy, who died rest
ing on it; it is a precious treasure to me, but
I give it for the soldiers.” Oil a box of beau
tiful lint was this inscription: “Made _in a
sick room, where the sunlight ha 9 not enter
ed for nine years, but where God has enter
ed, and where two sons have bid their moth
er good-bye, as they hate gone out to the
war." What a spirit of sacrifice and saintly
heroism shines through this little sentence ;
sunshine, joy, sympathy, coming out of
shadow ; the sick room giving tender greet-,
ing to the camp-fire and the hospital. But
the tenderest of all inscriptions we have
seen is this, written on some eye-sliades :
“Made by one who is blind. Ob, how I long
to see the dear old flag you are all fighting
under!”
- Thf attempt to grow oranges and lemons
in California is every year becoming more
successtul. The principal groves are at Los
Angelos, where there are a half a dozen men
engaged in the business. Oranges are grown
in other places in the State, but mainly in
gardens for private use. There were about
60,000 oranges aud 30,000 lemons grown last
year in Los Angelos. This year nearly 100.-
000 oranges and 40,000 lemons have bwh
raised in that vicinity. Tbe oranges grown
this year are larger and in every way better
i than last year's crop, and sold at the groves
at $3 per*mindred. The largest growers are
two Frenchmen at the Mission San Gabriel,
■whose crop last year amounted to about 25,-
000 oranges, beside a quantity of lemons.
SAVANNAH, GA., SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 1865.
Tee Emperor of French. Even
now with an appparent.y confirmed dynasty
and a supreme people, when the elect of 53,-
000,000 is seeff driving a two-horse drag,
like a private gentleman, to the Bois, he is
under the anxious and studied protection of
police. Those two young men in fashiona
ble attiro, cantering ahead, are police agents; !
that middle aged gentleman riding with a j
lady, some titty paces behind, is another ; j
small lots of apparent loungers are on the
watch along the ride; and an armed force
would start up at the first sign or sus
picion of alarm. When a ball was given to
the Emperor or Empress at a distinguished
embassy, the list of invitations was carefully
revised by the prefect or'his sub, who, not
satisfied with having some of his people in
the ante Chamber, insisted on cards of invi
tation to enable others (dressed and decorat
ed for the purpose) to mingle with the com
pany. When tbe Empescr honored the Bar
ron do Rothschild by joining a shooting party
at his chateau, the entire establishment was
placed under strict survillance during the
preceding fortnight, and when his Imperial
Majesty took the field, the neighboring coun
try was ceme like a besieged town.
How Professor Agassiz came to Start
for Brazil. —ln a Lowell Institute lecture
last week, the distinguished superintended
of the Museum at the University, expressed a
wish to visit the Andes that he migbt verify
some of bis theories regarding tbe glaciers.
Nathaniel Thayer, Esq", already a munifi
cent benefactor of the college, was present,
and has since proposed to Professor Agassiz
to go to South America, offering to pay his
expenses and those of as many assistants as
lie may choose. The professor gladly availed
himself of the offer, and will start next
week, probably from New York, taking with
him eight young men, students, au'd assis
tants. He'will go direct to Rio Janeiro, and
examine the mountain ranges in the south
ern part of Brazil and in the neighboring
provinces.
His further course we have not learned,
but we understand thai his westward trip
may extend as far as the base of the Andes.
The visit will be of incalculable benefit to
science, and to the great enterprise at Cam
bridge in which the professor’s whole heart
is engaged, as thousands of specimens will
be collected and sent home from time to
time, and valuable information obtained re
garding them. It is probable that this ex
cursion will cost not less than $20,000. —
Boston Traveller ,
Valentines. —Of how many a pleasant
page in literature does St. Valentine’s Day
remind us, and in literature of how many
languages! The custom of valentines has
varied in different ag sand conn r es. In the
dark ages, when pens, as has been wittily re
marked, were used only by monks and shep
herds, it was of course out of all question to
send a written valentine, such as we have in
modern times. In some parts the first maiden
friend vou met on the .-morning of St. Valen
tine’? Day was to be your valentine duting
the year. Our readers will recollect an il
lustration of this custom, by the Ariosto of
the north, in the “Fair Maid of Perth,"where
strong armed Harry Gow, of the Wyud,
marcned early through the streets, of Perth
that he might be the first to catch a glimpse
on St. Valentine’s Day of the beautiful face
of Catharine Glover. Neither have the cus
toms of Valentine's Day escaped the notice
of Shakespeare, for instance, in A Mid-um
mer Night’s Dream. One of the earliest
known writers of valentines in vtrse (and no
one in the days of knights would tuink oi
wooing tiis mistress by written prose) was
Charles, Duke of Orleans, who w.<s killed at
the battle of Agincourt ; and his product ons,
which show n » mean skili, now form part o
the King's Library in tne Brttish Museum.
Since th it time written Valentin .s have had
an uninterrupted run for centuries. Later
periods have added accompaniments by il
lustration. Many pages might be filled with
an account of the different customs ohs rved
on the 14th of February. Many ot (u rea
ders would be surprised to find how ueeply
rooted among ail cia-ses of society is the
custom of Valentine's Day, which some sup
pose to be now-a-days confined to servant
girls, shop-boys, and gentlemen’s “gentle
men. ’ A pestilent corruption ha3 been en
grafted on the more primitive practices.—
Valentines have in modem times greatly de
generated from their .original purpose; and
instead of being what they * ought to be, in
nocent tokens of affection and kiudly feeiiDg,
are often made a -medium of coarse insults
and satire, which, though ludicrous enough
in themselves: may rouse the angry pas
sions of the recipient. It is singular that this
kind ot vulgar aud ribald literature mostly
resembles "those Fescenuiue strains which
laid the foundations of that satire which
Quintilian claims as being exclusively Latin
“Customs of St. Valentine's Day,” in the
Churchman’s Family Magazine.
Charles Knioiit.— In many worldly res
pects mv own life has been “a failure.” It
was probably a blessing in disguise that cir
cumstances, over which I had little control,
long ago taught me that it was-irat for me to
make a fortune, or to indulge in the ostenta
tion of ample means. I have been content
with the “plain living” that the philosophic
poet sets above a life “only drest for show.”
If “high thinking” have nut been altogether
wanting, I owe this to a love of books, and
perhaps not less to the companionship of edu-,
cated and intelligent friends. I believe that I
have made very few enemies. Within mv own
p op: r sphere I have had as much soda e joy
meut as is compatible fwith the belief that
“the chief end of man” is duty and not plea
sure. The fiftieth anniversary of my mar
riage has jnst passed. Half a century of
congenial wedlock is a blessing accorded to
few. It brought with it the further blessing
of a family united in love; of a home where
cheerful faces ever welcome me. During
forty years I had known no great sorrow. I
had not been bereft of any one of those who
were the joy of my manhood, and the.com
fort of my age. A dark cloud has cast its
solemn shadow over my golden bridal; but
I feel that our grie s, and the consolations
which should coinc wifti them, are lor our
selves, ami not tor the ouier world. Taken
as a whole, my life has been a happy one.—
Passages of a Working TJfe. By Ciarlts
Knight.
Congratulatory Letter. —TlicMpllowing
letter from Major General Howarcrto Major
General Logau, speaks for itself:
Headq’rs Dep t and Army of khe )
Patterson Cross Road, S. C., Feb. 23.
Major-General John A Logan :
General—lt is my purpose to publish an
order of congratulation to the army as soon
as the pressure of duty will permit me; butJ
cannot longer delay an expression of thanks
due to yourself and your remarkable corps
for the completeness of success which has at
tended you during the vigorous operations
from Savannah to the taking oi Columbia
You were present when Gen. John E.
Smith’s division forced its way across the
Little Saltketcher swamp. You visited the
bridge when General Hazen crossed the Edis
to, aud also witnessed the operations of the
same division, near Skilling’s bridge, where
the deep, wide and difficult swamp was
crossed, and the enemy’s force captured or
scattered, and I trust you will do them hon
or by a graphic and distinctive narrative of
their generous and indefatigable labor which
resulted in success. I was with you at Con
garee creek, and shall not Soon forget the
difficult ground, the almost- unassailable
position of the enemy at the bridge, when
Gen. Wood's division waded through the
mud, the swamp and the creek, and suc
ceeded in dislodging the rebels and putting
them to flight.
I closed my letter to General Sherman that
day as follows : “The same vigor aud bold
ness that have characterized our men during
the hardships of this campaign were again
exhibited to day. You yourself understand
the difficulties of the ground—the mud, the
water, swamps, deep creeks and ditches that
they had to overcome in order to get at the
enemy.” Again, I was present when you
pushed Hazen across the Saluda, and also
vividly recalled the work of the entire night,
and the severe skirmish of the morning with
Wood’s division, to secure the crossing of the
Broad. The successtul expedition of Gen
eral Corse along the line of the railroad,
where he, together with your mounted in
fantry, rendered useless some thirty miles of
it. aud destroyed an immense amount of re
bel property, and afterwards pushed with so
much promptitude to the head of the column,
merely afforded us fresh instances of the
earnest energy of himself and his command.
The faithiulness with which every duty has
been executed, the unflagging attention to
order, and the cheerful aud hearty deport
ment of the entire corps, afford me sincere
pleasure and a peculiar faith in your suc
cess
In this letter I have scarcely hinted at the
operations of your command ; but believe
me General, your own energetic co-operation
in the-e movements, which have resulted al
ready in the fall of Columbia and Charles
ton, and in the almost irreparable disruption
of the enemy’s line of communication and
supply, can never be forgotten. Tender my
congratulations and thanks to your noble
division and brigade commanders, and
through these to the and soklaigf fit
their charge. May the blessing of Heaven
continue with us, and may nothing occur to
mar the fair record of the Army of Tennes
see. Very respectfully.
O. O. Howard,
Major General Commanding.
Roman Children.— Daring the Christmas
week a minature stage is erected opposite
the chapel, from which children, principally
of the nigh or middling class, deliver short
discourses laudatory of the infant Jesus.—
Tiiis is ready a mod, < n erta ini eg sight.—
Tricked out in the gaudiest drei-s ttiat the
Vciaiiy of their mammas can aft rd, the little
caildren, many scarcely able to are lin
ed on the stage by monks, and, having learn
ed their le.-s n by heart, reclaim piccolo cer
monst as to the s ttisfaction of their parents
an i the in Inite delight of the crowd sur
rounding t’a mu. Aud it is a curious specta
cle to see now these children, many mere in
fauts, are imbued with the spirit of acting
which may be said to be innate in the lite
of an Italian. You will see the tiny crea
tures tossing their aims about, shrugging
their shoulders, and stamping their little feet
with an empressment reminding you of the
stage.—“ Toast Winter in Home.'' By Chas.
Richard Weld.
An Anecdote or Girard.— A gentleman
from Europe purchased a bill of exchange
on Girard, to defray the expenses of a torn
to this country, it was duly honored on
presentation ; but iu the course of their tran
saction it so happened that one cent remain
ed to be funded on the part of the European;
and, on the eve of his departure from this
country, Girard dunned him for it, The gen
tleman apologized, and tendered him a six
and-a-quarter cent piece, requesting the dif
ference. Mr. Girard tendered him in change
five cents which the gentleman declined to
accept, alleging that he was entitled to an
additional quarter of a cent. In feply Girard
admitted the fact, but informed him that it
was not iu his power to comply, as the Gov
ernment had neglected to provide the frac
tional coin in question, and returned the
gentleman the six cent piece, reminding
him, however, in unmistakeable language
that he must still consider him bis debtor
for the balance unpaid—the one cent.
The First Needle.—Needles were first
made in London by a negro from Spain, in
the reign of Queen Mary. He died, how
ever, Without imparting the secret of his art;
and it was lus. till 1565, when it was recov
ered in the rtign of. Elizabeth. It was one
Elias Grow so, a German, who taught the
English. The manufacture of needles was
literally lost in England for nearly a cenrory;
but about 1650 it was recovercdj by Christo
pher Greening, who settled at Long Credon,
in Buckinghamshire. The reputation long
enjoyed by Whitechapel needles, points out
the particular locality in Loudon where the
manulacture was once carried on. At the
present time, the largest number of needles
arc made at Reddicb, iu Worcestershire; at
Hathersage, in Derbyshire; and in and .near
Birmingham. ‘ The product of Riddick and
its neighborhood alone is very great. Even
several years ago it reached 100,000,600 nee
dles per week.
Col. Benjamin Harrison, TPgrandson of
the ex-president has recently been made a
brigadier general.
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INTERESTING ITEMS.
The oldest lunatic on record; Time out of
Mind.
Ten Cardinal’s hats are now at the disposal
of the Pope.
The streets to Venice are 6 9eet wide. The
broadest, the “Merceria” is 13 feet wide.
New York has enlisted 400 negroes on her
quota at Charleston.
Dickens originally intended to entitle hid
story of “Little Don it’’ “Nobody’s Fault.” ,
Receipt for making trousers last—Make
the coat and vest first.
All study out of school hours is prohibited
in Boston.
The abbreviation generally adopted for the
new State of Nevada, is “Na.”
An English magistrate decided recently
that a pantomime was a stage/)lay.
Fortunes in petroleum are said to be well
founded.
The moment you shoot a duck it becomes
a duckshot.
A New York paper wishes people would
behave as well as they dress at the opera
-there.
Ffora Temple is to trot aga'n in May on
the Fashion Course, L. I. She has been in re
tirement for two years.
An,Alabama paper asks “Have we a Bour
bon among us ?” And a Richmond daily re
plies, in melancholy, “not a drop."
The Grand Trunk Railroad is trying to
get a monopoly of railroad privileges from
the Canadian legislature.
Thebe is more light in a quart of ink than
in a million feet of gas, a million quarts of
oil, aud a million pounds of tallow.
The Sandwich Islanders have sent $5,600
to the Christian Commission. “Bread cast
upon the waters returns after many days."
Tom Sayers, the P. R in England, has
been very sick, but at last dates was report
ed convalescent.
At a recent splendid wedding in New
York, the bridal presents were valued at 30.-
000.
Lieutenant Wilson (son of Senator Wil
son,) is to receive a Lieutenant Colonel’•
commission in the colored corps.
Brevet Brigadier General J. C. Abbott is
announced as commander of the post at
Wilmington, N. C.
The aggregate valuation of real and per
sonal property in tbe State of Illinois is offi
cially stated at $355,786,626.
Chestnuts arc 66 cents a bushel, in gold,
at Denver, Colarado, apples of the size of
marbles, are 50 cents each.
George! W. Dudlet, one of the aldermen
of At*'Augusta, Me., has gone into-the ranks
on the quota of that. city.
Prentice hopes that Grant and Sherman
will cut Lee’s forces in two. Then Lee will
be indebted to them for an entire division of
his army.
Tbe members of the Legislature receive
$l5O per annumn, in Maine. In these times
the people of that State are not troubled with
long sessions.
A whiter in describing the last scene of
•Othello, ' had tbs exquisite passage: “Upon
which the Mnor, seizing a bolster lull of
rage and jealouey, smothers her.
Several Brazilian statesmen, who are
leading the emancipation movement in their
country, have requested books on the sub
ject from Rev. J. C. Fletcher.
xhe annual rate of mortality in Boston is
1 to every 41 of the population; London, 1
J 0 45* Philadelphia, 1 to 50; New York, l
In the Book of Revelations, Death is rep
resented as mounted on a white horse, but in
these days lie rides an iron horse—the loeo
tivc.
Five hundred Hungarian families want to
emigrate to one of our territories. An agent
is at Washington trying to arrange fortheir
transportation Irom Europe to Arizona.
Among the popular books of the day in
England is the record of a lady pedestrian—
Miss Eyres’s “Lady’s Walk-through the
South of France.”
A newly elected coroner, on being asked
a clay or two ago, how he accounted for the
great mortality this year, said he couldn’t
tell, for there were people dving this year
that never died before. 3
Oil-Dorado exceeds El Dorado in its pro
duction of value. Gold is found in quartz,
while petroleim oozes forth by the gallon.
Hence, it is rare fun to own a well. It is
better than a play, sir.
The cotton* captured at Savannah will not
be sent abroad, lest it be attached in the
hands of the agents as the property of the
foreigners who claimed it before it was taken
from Savannah.
It is never to late to mei and. A Springfield
gen lem m, melied by an earnest ap,» al to
hr more social, roc. ntly w n’oat win. Lis
wile to s; end a.i evening, for the first tune
during his thirty years oi married life.
The Boston Commonwealth says a colored
girl recently entered the Winthrop school
with one hundred per cent, of correct an
swers, beating every white girl but one in
the district, aud she a little Irish girl.
A New York letter says of the office
holders in that c ity, that men have the hand
ling of immense sums of money who in
Private life would not be trustee! near the
till of a Dutch grocery. Tbe same here.
An interesting discovery has jiftt been
made in a tumulus at Ekaterincslow, in Rur
sia. It consists of a treasure which formerly
belonged to a chief of tbe Huns. Among the
different articles is a heavy gold diadem, a
large co 1 .r, bracelets, ancl drinking cups
with handles formed by animals, the whole
of which are iu gold of remarkable workman
•hip. #
