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s2Oll It ANNUM groftssionnl Carts. * j. G M ORRIS, Attorney at Ijaw, CONYKR4, QA. ‘ WM. W. CLARK &J. M.iPACE, HAVE formed a partnership, and will trsnsiivt all hii.ineas entrusted to them in the oountW. of Junior Ifutte, Hunr.y, Gwinnett, Walton, M^ r (8^ l0 n P aiid in the Dietriet Court of tlio United gut*, at A want*. Special attontion given to tun taß-ArupUir. w.w.outt, ■not. 3 if J M I>ACa ~ |{ A.. JONES, T> B Br T 1 0 T ANARUS» CONYEItS, GEORGIA. .. , nr ana rad to put. up work in hi. H h he fee's confident, from hi* knowledge ~ U i a?rorr n U-i.l«iv. Jo 1.0 Who nuty f-or W» JOHN S. CARROLL, dentist, «OVI*tUTOtf, G HOUGI A. ___ Taeth Filled, or New Teeth Inserted,in he«t Style, and on Reasonable Term. Offlie K.m- of R. K.i»g’“ Store.-l ltf " "1 AMES M . LEVY, Watchmaker & Jeweler, East aide of the Square, OVIMUTOX, GKOK9IA, Where he is prepared to Repair WaUhes. Clooks .Id Jewelry in Whe beat style. ParWetilar atten ds given to repairing Watches injure, by in worldnen. All work warranted. planss tuned and repaired. r ' ' p ßut i, WILLIAM FISIIER will Idevote hi. SATURDAYS to Tuning jj2jjtand Repairing Pianos. He will ,irft families in the country, and convenient uoi ,t. on the Rad Road for that purpose. Ml. *ng .xperieaoe will e iat)(e hitn to give .aba fa.tion to his employers. Gbarges reasonable. He i. permitted to refer to Presid nt Oir. Covington, Ga., April 8, 1868. 20,f DRS. DEALING & P^ISMGLE HAVING associated themselves in the Prae tice of MEDICINE and SURGERY, offer (heir professional services to the citizens ol Jfevton county. Tnev have opened no olii eon the East side of the Square, (next, door to !*• Dsw/ito’s Store,) an,’, are prepared 'o attend to »1! mils promptly. They have also a eaietully aeUoted assortment of the Very Best c and i:c ine 3 , Mid will givo their p rg .nal attention to Con, poun ling Prescriptions, for Physicians and •khan. Special attontion given to Chronic Diseases At night Dr. Dkahi.ng will be found at his rssid'ucs, and Dr. Pnwoi.a at his room* i,nm„- 4iat.lv over the Store of 0. il Sanouiis A Bsc may 15, 25tf BOOT & SHOE SHOP. I would respectfully inform the citizens«jfej of Covington and siirrouli ling country y .lint lam now prepared to make to order --e*4»- 800 T S AND SHOES •of the finest quality. As I work in Hung ~u: til* Rest Material, I will guarantee satisiaotion. Shop over K. King’* Store. I and I y JOSEPH BARBER JOSE Pil V. T I N s LE Y , Watchmaker & Jowcler I. fully prepared to Repair b atches, do k* and .lewelrv. in the best Style, at short nonce, All Work Done at Old Prices, and Warranted. 2d door below the Court House.—stf SADDLE AfJD HARNESS SHOP. I would respectfully inform the citizens of Newton, and adjoining palglggylh counties, that I have opened a SADDLE and HARNESS SHOP Onnorth side public square in COVINGTON, where 1 am prepared to make <o order, Harness ■ addle*, Ac , or Repair the same at short notiee n in tiie best sty'e. 17 ts JAMES B i■•ko'.vn H. T. HEN U Y, DENTIST, COVI GTOV, GEORGIA. HAS ‘REDUCED HIS PRICES, so uFc ~ "EL that all who have been so unfortu- nate as to lose their natural Teeth an have their places supplied by Alt, at v«ry •mall cost,. Teeth Filled at reasonable prices, and work faithfully executed, Office north side of Square.—l 22tf FI HE lASI HAME AGEMY. VITR represent two FIRST CLASS jire In ' V alliance Companies, The Southern Mutual Os Athens, Gecrgia, and The Georgia Home, of Columbus, Georgia. Companies which have no Superiors, and very few equals, in the essentials of goed manage ment, and good faith. We are prepared to take, a:id invite the usual risks at fair rates. J- M. Pack, ANDERSON & PACE, W. P. Anderson. 3m2 ANDERSON & HUNTER Are now ready for the FALL and WINTER TRADE! JLTcAI OPENED, a large act! well selected stock .of Dry a o o and. s, of every Description, Ready Made Clothing, HATS & CAPS. HOOTS & SHOES, every description of Gents’ Furnishing Goods, groceries, Hardware, Agricultural Implements, And any and everything else that is ever kepi >n a Tirst Class Store, Give us a call.—46tf WM. H. GOODRICH y SASH, 3LIHDS, AMD DOORS, On hand, and made to Order. Anguna, stfi.u Georgia THE GEORGIA ENTERPRISE. DR. O, S. PROPHITI Covington (Jkougia. Will still continue his business, where lie intend' keeping on hand a good supply of Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Dye Stuffs, Together with a Lot of Botanic Medicines, Concentrated Prepanalion*, Fluid Extracts. <t-e. He is also nutting up his Iji-voi* jMC oclictncis, FEMALE TONIC, ANODYNE PAIN KILL IT Ycrtniriige, Antl-IIIIIOHS I*ll!s, and many other preparations, |y Will give prompt attention to all orders. rtRTKIIILtR NOTICE. Her,-after NO MEDICINE WILL PE DELYV ERED. or SERVICE RENDERED, except for Ef’C Y\. Si JBL !“©a Von nee not call unless you are prepared to PAY CASH, for I will not Keep Rooks. Oct. 11 1867. O. S. PROPHITT. llnil Road Schedules, Georgia Railroad, E. W. COLE, General Snpcrintendcnt. Diy P vssbngkkTrain (Sundays excepted,)leaves Augusta at 7 am: leave Atlanta at 5 a tn ; nr rivo at Augusta at 3.45 p m *, arrive at Atlanta «u o.uU '' N’ioin- P \ssf.nof.r Tuatn ’.caves Augusta at 10 p.m ; leaves Atlanta at 5. W ]> in ; arrives at Augusta at 3 00 a m ; arrives at Atlanta at 7.45 a ni. Passengers for MiUedgeville, Washington and Athens, Ga., must take the day passenger t rain from Align fa and Atlanta, or intermediate points Passengers for West Point, Montgomery, Selma, and intermediate points, can take cither train, ror Middle, ami New Orleans, must leave Augusta on Night Passenger Train, at 10 ]>. m. Passengers for Nashville, Corinth, Grand Junc tion Memphis. Louisville, and St. Lonis, can take either train and make elo'se connections. TtiKorou Tickets and baggage cheeked through to the above places. Sleeping cars on all night pas senger trains. MACON & AUGUSTA RAILROAD. E. W. COLE, Gen’l Snp’t. Knave Camak dailv at 12.40 p. m.j arrive at Mi Hedge vilic at 4.30 p. m.;-leave MiUedgeville at b.40 a. m.; arrive at Camak at 10.15 \. M. • t? Passengers leaving any point on the Georgia t\. R hv D-vv Passenger train, will make closeeonnee tion 'at Camak for MiUedgeville, Eatonton, and all intermediate points on the Macon * August* road, •in«l for Macon. Putschstctp lunviiur MillftlifeY ille at (i.45 A M., reach Atlanta and Augusta the same day. stOUTIT CAROLINA RAILROAD. H. T. Peake, General Sup’t. Sneeial mail train, going North, leaves Angnsta at a arrives at Kingsville at 11.15 a in; leaves Kingsville at 12.05 p ni, arrives at Augusta at <.-•> p. m. This train is designed eapecinlly for through f I’ll Vpi Tlie train for Charleston leaves Augusta at 0 nm, and arrives at Charleston at3.o pm ; leaves Charles ton at 8 am, and arrives at Augusta at 5 p ni. Night special freight and express tram leaves Au gusta (Sundays excepted) at 3.50 p in, and arrives at Charleston at 4.:i0 a ra ; leaves Charleston at ~-j0 p in, and arrives at Augusta at 0.45 a m. WESTERN <fc ATLANTIC R- R Cot,. F,. lluf.beut. General Superintendent. Dailv passenger train, except Sunday, leaves At lanta at 8.15 am, and arrives at Chattanooga at 4.45 p m ; leaves Chattanooga at 4.40 a in, and arrives at Atlanta at 3pm. Niglit express passenger train leaves Atlanta at 0.45 pm' and arrives at Chattanooga at 4.10 a in ; leaves Chattanooga at 5.50 p m, and arrives at Atlanta at M ACON cfe WESTERN RAILROAD. E. B. Walker, Gen’l Sup’t. Day passenger train leaves Macon at 7.45 a UK and arrives at Atlanta at 2 p ni ; leaves Atlanta at 8.15 a. n, and arrives at Macon at 1.30 p m. Ni<*ht passenger train leaves Atlanta at 8.1(1 p m, and arrives at Macon at 4.25 a m ; leaves Macon at 8.30 p in, and arrives at Atlanta at 4.30 a ni. Hotels. PLANTERS HOTEL. JO (’ST A GEORGIA. wTEWLY furnished and refitted, unsurpassed by i > any Hotel South, is now open to the Public. T. S. NICKERSON, Prop’r. Kate of Mills House, Charleston, and Proprietor of Nickerson’s Hotel, Columbia, S. 0. United States Hotel. ATLANTA GEORGIA WHITAKER & BASSEEN, Proprietors. Within One Hundred Yards of the General Passcn get- Depot, corner Alabama and Prior streets, A E R I C AN HOTEL, Alabama street, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Nearest, house to the Passenger Depot. WHITE & WHITLOCK, Proprietors. W. I). Wiley, Clerk. Having re-leased and renovated the above Hotel, we are prepared to entertain guests in a must, satisfactory manner. Charges fair and moderate. Our efforts will be to please. Baggage carried to and from Depot free of charge FARE REDUCED AUGUSTA HOTEL. THIS FIRST CLASS HOTEL is situated on Croud Street, Central to the business por tion of the City, and convenient to the Tele graph and Express Offices The House is lar an <l commodious, and lias been renovated anti newly painted from garret to cellar, and the bedding nearly all new since the war. The rooms are large and airy ; clean beds, and the fare ft* good as the country affords, and atten tive and polite servants. Chabiies.—Two Dollars per day. Single Meals 75 Cents. I l ope to merit a liberal share of patronage fiom t|ie .traveling public. Give me ji trial and judge for yourselves. S. M. JONES, Propr- PAVILION iiote i*. QJiarJcston, S. C, UOARH PEAt DAY, 83. I i BvTrKRHSLO, Mr?.,FI. L, Bltterfieli., ! ' Superintendent Proprietress COVINGTON, GA., DEC. 11,18(18, The Veil O’er Futurity. Itv MRS. Jlf 1.1 A L. KEYES. The flowers that deck our garden lied Would bloom—but could not gladden, The fragrance which their petals shed Alas ! would only sadden. Their bounties could not rapture eyes That never re>t from weeping, And never gassed in pleased surprise, Nor closed in tranquil sleeping. The verdant woods would he hut drear, And e'en the streamlet, gliding So merrily and gaily near, Our grief would be deriding. The cooling summer winds would bear No healing, soothing power, As soon would scorched Sirocco air Revive a drooping flower. No blessings Heaven lms ever given Would gild for us the morrow, If from our heart the veil was riven Which screens all future sorrow. \ Romance. A Wife spends Twenty eight years in search ing for her husband—she finds him in Cleve land, Ohio, and comes to his home in Cin cinnati. One of those cases in which woman's con* stancy, under the most trying circumstnnces, is exhibited, came to light in this city on Friday. The story certainly has the imprint of the romantic more titan tiie reality, and borders close upon the imaginative; yet the manner in which the facts were told by the two interested parties clears the mind of nil doubt, and seems to stamp it with tmth. The circumstances, as related to nte are substantially as follows: In the beginuing of 1840, Henry Leffingwell was a [well to-do mechanic, liviug near the suburbs of London, England. In the month of March, of that year, a larceny was commit ted near his residence, and circumstances point ed to him as the perpetrator. He was arrested, exam it el before one of the stipendiary limgis ratis, and fully committed for trial. A month after, he was convicted and sentenced to hard labor in the penal colony of Australia, for a period of ten years; and in less titan a week’s time thereafter, he was on his way to the far off land. His devoted wife, who all the time firmly believed in her husband’s innocence, at once made preparations to follow and remain near him during his confinement, so that she might be the first, wlien his ticket of leave came, to cheer him with g-od counsel, and comfort him with wifely love. The ship containing the convict arrived safe, and her cargo of living human beings was at once transferred to the Govei nnien t work houses. Not so, however, with the ship upon which Mrs. Leffingwell embarked. \\ lien about half way upon her journey the vessel encountered a fearful storm, and, after buffeting the waves for two days, foundered arid went do-vn, the crew and Mrs. Leffingwell barely escaping upon n raft hastily constructed when it was found that the ship could not be saved. After an expo* sure of several days, they were picked up by the American ship North Wind, bound from New York to China, where Mrs. Leffingwell was at length landed, only to find herself fur ther than erer from her destination, and with no immediate prospects of reacning it. After several months of patient watching and wait* ing, she was enabled, through the kir.d offices of the American Consul then residing at Yeddo, to procure passage to Cuba, whence the pros pect of reaching Australia would be much improved. Passing over a space of a year and a half, in which Mrs. Leffingwell passed thro' many scenes calculated to try firmer resolutions than hers, but through which she clung to her resolve with true English obstinacy, she finally found herself on the shores of Australia, but as much at a loss concerning the exact locality of her husband’s whereabouts as she would be of a needle for which she was hunting in a hay mow. She persevered, however, but four long years passed away before she was enabled to obtain the slightest trace of her husband, from the fact that when once landed from the ship each convict received a number, by which lie is only known to his keepers. Mrs. Leffingwell knew not her husband's number, ami when she made inquiries for him she was always baffled with the question, ‘‘His number,ma'am7” At the end of the *imu spoken of, during which her means had become exhausted, and she had been compelled to resort to menial labor, she one day picked up a Sidney paper in which wns an account of her husband’s release, the real criminal ol the larceny having been found and exported. The account gave her husband’s number and the facts which convicted him, in so precise a manner that she could not long doubt as to who was meant. Her course was marked out at once. Going to the prison au thorities of Sidney, she at length learned that “ticket of leave man No. 186,” her husband’s number, had left the island for the United States of America, two weeks after his release. The next thing for her to do was to follow him Scraping together her scanty means, she found she possessed barely enough to pay iter passage. She seized upon the first opportunity presented, and in June, 1847, she found horself once more upon tho ocean, bound for the land of the free, with her mission still unaccomplished. In due time she arrived in Now York City, where she remained until the civil war broke out, not having in the mean time heard one word of her husband, though she had made every exertion to find bis whereabouts. When the war broke out and at the first call for nurses in flte hospitals she responded, and until peace was declared there were none more faithful in the care of wounded than Mrs. Clara Leffingwell. While in one of tho hos pitals at Washington, she nursed to life and strength a man who knew her husband in tho army, who had been his mess-mate and boon companion, and who, in his delirium constantly called upon his comrade to come to his assist* arice. When the crisis whs passed and it was known that the soldier would live, she ques tioned him concerning her husband, and as certained that he was in n Pennsylvania regi ment, having enlisted from Pittsburg two years before. She at once addressed Leffing well a letter, stating in full her efforts to find him, and detailing at length her disappoint ments and troubles. With the usual perversity of army mails, that letter never 'reached its destination. Mrs. Leffingwell waited and watched, but still no answer came, and at length when tho war was over, ehe set out once more in search of her husband. A visit to Pittsburg revealed the fact that her husband’s term of enlistment had expired long b'fore, and his identity was once more lost.— She inserted advertisements in a number of Pennsylvania papers, calling for information of his whereabouts, and then sat herself to watch nnd wait. Time w ept slow ly on, and still no tidings of her absent one. A week ago, when she had given up all hope of ever seeing her husband again, she very unexpectedly received direct information of his place of abode from one who came across the advertisement of three years before. The paper containing it had, very providentially, escaped the destruction which usually comes upon the dailies of the different cities, nnd now was the means of uniting two persons who for twenty eight years had been separated by a cruel fate. Our heroine at once made prepar ations to go to her husband, who lived in or near Cincinnati, and who had been apprised of her coming. She accordingly left Pittsburg on Friday morning, and arrived in Cleveland in the afternoon of the same day. What was her surprise and pleasure on alighting from the cars at the Union Depotto procure some re freshments, to be confronted by her husband. For a moment they stared at each other, nnd then with a simultaneous impulse they rushed into each other's arms, all unconscious of the gaping crowd, who, with the usual curiosity, had paused in their hurry to witness the scene. The years that had separated them, though they had silvered the heads of each and left lines of care upon their brow, had not eradica ted the love they bore one another, or torn from their hearts the memory of the olden time, before relentless fate had so cruelly thrust them asunder. The trials of the past were for gotten in the present joy, and they took the train for home at 7 in the evening, happy only in each other’s company. It was while they wero wairing the departure of the Cincinnati train, and through the kind offices of one of the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad officials, to whom Mrs. Leffingwell had revealed a part of her history, that the above was obtained.— [Cleveland Herald. The Hartford Com ant is tin inveterate wag. It says that the Radicaljpartyjhas shown itself more capahle'and efficient in the management of public affairs, than Democrats ! As, for instance, they took this government from the Democrats when it was out of debt, without taxes, prosperous and united. They have deluged it in blood, loaded it with debt, put negroes over white people, trampled on the Constitution, and are degrading the South ! There's where the difference comes in.— Col. Register. The other night, up in Dayton, Ohio, the Grant Guards were out on parade, when the sweetheart of one of them threw a soft tomato from her window, which struck him in the mouth. He imagined himself the victim of Ku Klux malevolence. He threw himself in to the arms of a comrade, and, fainting away, exclaimed ; “Tell my mother that I perished ter what I thought was, right. Oh ! comrades, avenge my death!’’ As may be imagined, he had a big scare on. The Cincinnati Gazette* good and strong Republican authority, has [at last discovered that the Frecdmen’s Bureau is not so much a means of protection to the blacks as it has been made a source of enormous plunder for the profit of individuals. These things, one after another, are coming to light. All that the Democrats have charged against this and simi lar swindles will be proved to be worse even than was imagined. Charcoal for Swine. —ln every hog pen there should he a trough, in which there should be deposited, weekly, a quantity of charcoal- The hog eagerly devours this substance, and is greatly benefited and strengthened by its con stant use, It prevents many unpleasant dis eases, arid contributes largely to the [fatty se crelions. Our country, in spite of politicians and knaves; has cemented a peace and got rid of her slaves ; but still a small contradiction re mains—we havo thousands of bonds, although rid of the chains. The Copper mining interest in Michigan, it is stated, employs a capital of $50,000,000, and from 30,000 to 40,000 persons are engaged in working the mineral deports. A writer in the Wilmington, N. C., Jour nal estimates that the shipments of peanuts from that port will reach 100,000 bushels this year. Prentice says there arc at least forty Radical members of Congress who could yield their places to “tho forty thieves” without disad vantage to the country. The sieve through which the man strained every nervo is for sale at less than first cost. How Peebles Asked Consent. Realties had just asked Mr. Mcrriweather's daughter if she would give him a lift out of bneholordom, and she had Raid ‘yes.’ It there fore became necessary to get the old man's permission, so as Peebles said, that arrange ments might bo inadc)for hopping tho conjugal twig. Peebles said he’d rather pop the interroga tory lo all of old Morriweather’s daughters, and his sisters, and his female cousins, and his aunt Hannah in the country, and tho whole female relations, than to ask old Merriweath er. But it had to be done, and so he sat down and stndied out a speech, which he was to disgorge to old Merriweather the first chance he got to shy at hitn, So Peebles drooped in on him one Sunday evening, and found him doing a sum in beer measure, trying to calculate the exact number of quarts his interior could hold without blow ing his head off him. ‘How are you, Peeb V said old Merriweath er, as Peebles walked in as white ns a piece of chalk, and trembling as if he had swallowed a condensed oarthquake. Peebles was afraid to answer, because he wasn’t sure about that speech. He know he had to keep his grip on it there, or it would slip away from him quick er than an oiled eel through an auger hole. So he spoke right out: ‘Mr. Merriweather, sir: Perhaps it may not be unknown to you, that during an exten ded period of five years, I have been busily engaged in the prosecution of a commercial enterprise—' ‘ls that so, and keepin' it a secret all the time, while I thought you w«re tending store T Well, by George, you’re one of ’em now, ain't you ?’ Peebles bad to begin it all over again to get the run of it. Mr. Merriweather, sir: Perhaps it may not be unknown to you, that during[the extended period of five years, I have been engaged in the prosecution of a commercial enterprise with a determination to secure a sufficient mainten ance ’ ‘Sit down Peeb, nnd help yourself to beer. Don’t stand there holding your hat like a blind beggar with paralysis. I never saw you behave so in all my born days.’ Poeb was knocked out again and had to wander back and take anew start. ‘Mr. Merriweather, sir: It may not be un known to you, that during an extended period of five yeais, I have been engagod in the prosecution of a commercial enterprise, with tho determination to procure a sufficient main tenance ’ ‘A which-ancc ?’ asked old Merriweather ; but Peebles held on to the last word as if it was his only chance, and went on. ‘ln the hope that I might some day enter wedlock, and bestow my earthly possessions upon one I could call my own. I have been a lonely man, sir, and have felt that it is not good for man to be nlone ; therefore ’ ‘Neither is It, Peebles; and I’m all fired glad you dropped in, How’s the old inanF ‘Mr. Merriweather, sir,’ said Peebles, in despairing confusion, raising his voice to a yell, ‘it may not be unknown to you that, du ring the extended period of a lonely man, I have been engaged to enter wedlock, and be stow all my commercial enterprise, on one whom I could procure a determination to be good for a sufficient p- stesßions—no, I mean— that is—that, Mr, Merriweather sir: it may not be unknown ’ ‘And then again it may. Look here Pee bles, you’d better lay down and take some thing warm ; you ain't well.’ Peebles sweating like a four year old colt, went in again. Mr. Merrihcw, sir: It may not be lonely for you to prosecute me whom you call a friend for a commercial mainten ance, but, —eh, dang it—Mr. Merriweather, sir, it -’ ‘Oh, Peebles, you talk as wildly as a jackass. I never saw a more first-class idiot in the course of my whole life. What’s the matter with you, anyhow?’ ‘Mr. Merriweather, sir,’ said Peebles in an agony of bewilderment, ‘it may not he known that you prosecuted a loDcly man who is not good for ,-mercial period of wedlock for some five years, but ’ ‘See here, Mr. Peebles you’re drunk, and if you can’t behave better than that you had best laave; if you don’t I’ll chuck you out or Pm a Dutchman.’ ‘Mr. Merriweather, sir,’ said Peebles frantic with despair, ‘it may not be unknown to you that my earthly possessions are engaged to en ter wedlock five years with a sufficient lonely man who is not good for a commercial main tenance ’ ‘The very deuce he isn’t. Now you just get, and git, old boss, or I’ll knock what little brains out of you, yon have got left.’ With that old Merriweather took Peebles by the shirt collar and that part of his pants that wear out first, if he sits down much, and shot him into the street as if he had just run against a locomotive going at the rate of forty miles an hour. Before old Mr. Merriweather had time to shut the door, Peebles collected his legs and one thing and another that were lying round on the pavement, and arranged himself in a vertical position and yelled out: ‘Mr. Merriweather, sir: It may not be un known to you——’ which made the old man so wretchedly mad that he went out and set a bull-terrier on Peebles before he had a chance to lift a brogan, and there was a scientific dog fight, with odds in favor of the dog, until they came to a fence, and then Peebles would have carried the dog borne, if it hadn’t been that the meat was so tender, and the dog, feeling certain that something or other must eventually give way, held on until he got his chop of Pee- VOL 4, NO. 5 bles calf, who went homo half a pound lighter; while Merriweather asserts to this day that they had to pull all the dog’s teeth to get the flesh out of his mouth, ‘for he had an nwful hold for such an animal.’ Os course, Merriweuther’s daughter heard about it, and she was so mad she never gave tho old man any peace until ho went around the next day to see Peebles about it. Peo bless looked as pale as a ghost, from loss of blood and beef and bo had a whole piece of muslin wrapped around his leg. Merriwether said : ‘Peeb, Pin sorry about the muss last night; but if you didn't behave like a raving maniac, I’m a loafer. I never saw such a deliberate ass since 1 was born. What’s tho moaning of it anyhow ?' ‘I wnsTrying to ask you to let mo marry your daughter,' groaned Peebles. ‘Great—wbat 1 You didn’t mean to say well I hope I may be shot. Well if you ain’t a wooden headed idiot—l thought your mind was wandering. Why, of course you cun have her, my boy; go in, nnd I’ll throw in a bit of first class blessing in the bargain.’ And Peebles looked mournfully at his de fective leg, and wished that he had not been such a fool; and ho went out and married the girl, and lived happily with her for about two months. At the end of that time he told a confidential friend that he would willingly take more trouble, and undergo a million more dog bites to get rid of her. The American Bustilc in Ruin l Fort LaFayettc was destroyed by fire, lact Tuesday, P. M. The Albany Argus announ ces the fact, with appropriate running com mentary, thusly: “Simultaneously with the casting of tho Electoral voto of New York for Seymour and Blair, Fort LaFayette was given to the flames and destroyed. It wns the work of accident; but the coincidence was providential. The Fort had been constructed to defend New York against invasion. It was turned into a Bastile, to which free citizens of the State were consigned upon the arbitrary re script of President Lincoln's Secretaries, and held prisoners by military force, in defiance of Law. The pretense of ‘* public safety” and “State necessity,” was used to justify these arbitrary arrests. But they had no higher motive than the caprice of a despotic nature, the hatred en gendered by partisanship and the insolence of office. Scwatd and Stanton gloricl in copying tho devices of European absolutism. There was nothing in the le tires de cachet which constitu ted one of the chief accusations against the monopoly of France and brought it to the scaf fold, that was more offensive than the man dates by which citizens were seized and im prisoned during several years of the war. Sew ard aped the airs of despotic power. He as sumed to be a Richelieu or a Metternich. Ho boasted to a foreign Minister that he had but to “ring his little bell” and he could arrest and assign to instant prison any citizen in the Union. He made the war doubly odious by bis in solence and tho indecency of his violations of law and right. Any pretext sufficed for the interposition of his usurped power. At Last he became frightened at the excess of his own license. He was in daily fear of the retaliation of the law, and of private ven geance. He passed the latter days of his min istry in cowardly fear and in humiliation. His own party cast him out from them. lie lived, by false pretenses, on the charity and credulity of President Johnson, and abused both. One of his first victims was Flanders, of Franklin, yesterday an Elector, who united in casting the vote of New York for Horatio Sey mour. Reeves, of Suffolk, just elected to Con gress, was another. The offense of each of these was the discussion of the abstract ques tion of State Sovereignty from a Constitutional point of yiew. These gentlemen, one living on the northorn border, and the other on the extremity of Long Island, were as far removed as possible fro*u the seat of the civil war. No question of pub lic safety entered into the accusation against them. They were seized in order to make ex amples of them ; and to initiate a system of terror, and to cow down public opinion. But the old Bastile is burned to the ground. Let it perish. Let it be forgotten, and let the memory of the crimes and the wrongs associ ated with it bo scattered to the four winds with its ashes. A Timely Suggestion. —The Cincinnati Ga zette (Rad.) in remarking upon the proposition to set aside the suffrage plank of the Chicago platform and amend the Federal Constitution so as to establish universal suffrage, suggests that it would be a good idea'to first determine what is meant by “ awiversal ’ suffrage. This i» a timely suggestion. Thsro is a great di versity of opinion among Radical statesmen a* to the precise character and limits of that suf frage. The weak minded men and the strong minded women understand it as extending the elective franchise to females ; nine out of ten of the negro voters of the South think it is a *inule or something to oat; moderate Radicals regard it as embracing only male bipeds of all colors over twenty-one years of age ; ambitions youngsters in their teens do not see how they can be ruled out under it until they become of age ; and soon until the end. It is said that the earthquakes are working « Northward from the tropics. Could not one of them be induced to make a call at Washing ton about next week? Law is like prussic acid—a dangerons reme dy, ami tho smallest dose is generally suffi cient.