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200 lift ANNUM U/lfl W. CLARK & J. M. PACE, ■ ,rr termed « i .artnawMp, and will trail*:.-.! all ■1 A' E ,o '' rlllr ,iHto4 10 them in the counties of Rr r . ;*Ki.triUCourt ot tUe United Kj ,t Atl**"*. Speahd nttuntion given to cases yf w O i,AHI, ■ j' M. r.\tic. ' H . A . JONES, ■ -rr» X'aT I Q W COXYKHS, GEORGIA. 1 , lm e .are lio pul lip worlc in lit* -Mil be ' „ c , )U ii lent from hi* knowledge whiel' he u • , w pf yivo satisfaction |*;k'- Wf" ' JOllvN s. CARROLL. m, E N T i- ■ covisoroN, OEOKUIA Teeth Filled, or Sow Tectl.ln-ei-le.l,in ■S&U'bee' style, and on ReasonaLk Tern, q|Xrofß. H j A m E S M • Llt V 'i . ifatchirvaker & Jeweler, Repair Watches, cU'Vs ■ ere I* l best Style. Particular alien ■ nag DEARINC 4 PRINGLE MJosgoaiated themselves in the l’rac- SPtiJ'of MKDICINi: and SI UGEKV, offer K professional^^- R:; t C s ?r y of (next, door to *• ■Ja.u’s Store,) and ate prepared to attend to ■ ealis promptly. They have also a ea,dully Htcled assortment of the ■ r r sest Medicines, :B| w i!| oive their personal attention to Oonr Blading Prescriptions, lor Physicians ant Kcial attention given to Chronic Disease. K, n ; ,t,t Dr. Bearing will he found at Ins ■L ICC and 1 »r. Pringle at hi* room* 5.m.,- BJ,>»;-'• "'<= sto « ° r 11 SAsuE ' ts * bho - Zv 15, 2ot.f Boot & shoe shop. ■ *Olll.l respectfully inform idle. c . im *" s ft£j ■of Covington and stirroiiu hngcountrt fg IJ K r am now prepared to make to order ■ boots and shoes Btiir finest quality- As I work noth,Jig but li es t Mat,wi 11, I will guarantee salistaclion. Khopover R. King'* Store BAliilEK a 11 4 1 > B jT> sk m! y. tTuTsT ev, Watchmaker & Jeweler ■l. f illy prepare 1 t.. Repair Matches t lo ks «: Jewel,-V, in the best style, at short no ice. Work Done at Old Price*, and W arrant, and. 2il don, below the Court House. —ott Saddle and harness shop. 1 would rcsp.-clfull/ inform the citizen* of Newt.. ■. e«d adjoining tiiat 1 have Opened a 8 AIHti.E and H ARNE'S "Ml OP fluani tit side public square ill COVINGTON, [ am prepared to make 1 o ord t. Harness Ac, nr Repair tlts same a’ short notie t nr the best si v e. »ts JAMES fy Rll OWN 11. T. II ENIt Y, W> 33 W T 2 © T 3 , | covroroN, gbokgia. Has UEDLTEI) Ills PPTCKS, *•• mV that all y, ho hive been So u..t'.<r u nale as to mso their natural Teeth have their plane* *u;q> ied l.y ,vit, at very ■tail cost Teeth Fi led at ream, a 1 ■ popes, work fai'ljfolly exotuted, office tiorili sid.- j^Hsqume.— 1 —tit 1' I Filtti mmXCE AuEXtV. T K V4*jvrfcsci.it two FIRST CLASS Hire lu auranee Companies, ■The Southern Mutual l Os Athull*, Geirgis. aul the Georgia Home, of t’oluuibu-, Go' rgiu. which have no Superiors, slid very Br equal*, in the essentials of goui manage- Mrntpaml good tuitr. IVeßr* prepared t o taL, , Ad invite the u£uai risks ui fi,ir v. t< *. ■M Pace, ANDERSON* & PACE. ■S. 1Y Anderson. 3iii2 MnDERSON & HUNTER * Are now ready fo* - the •LL AND WINTER TRADE! ' TUNED, a large ard well selected stock of B** y Gr O O <3. Js* , of everyjlescription, J§© ady Made Clothing, B IATS & CAPS. BOOTS & SHOES, Wtoy description of Gents’ Furnishing Goods. HOCEK I E S , B r Aware, Agricultural Implements, *ny and everything else that, is ever kept Fir«t Class Store. Give us a eall.-4P>t m CEO. J. HOWARD, ■ OCER AND COMMISSION MERChANT Marietta street, . Georgia. ’°r all descriptions of Groceries filed Market Prices. of Country Produce solicited make returns promptly.-—Bmso ■■ c - COURTNEY, & CO., F ACTOR S AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, ®> Joyce’s Wharf, Charleston, S. C. »®. COUuTtSEr, lIOBT. MURDOCK, JAS. 8. MURDOCK THE GEORGIA ENTERPRISE. DR. O. S. PROPHITI Covin uto n <>ri> hnt a . m ■ Will gtill c triune hi. Inisiness, whe.c he intend keeping on hand a good supply of Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Ciis, Dye Stuffs, Together with a Lpt of Botanic Modici n c^p, Concentrate 1 Fluid *l'e. lie is tils,, nutting up his LiTror P.>Eoc2.iclxi.cjs3, FEMU.,E TONIC, ANODYNE PAIN KIM, IT Tcrniifugc, V»li-!s!!|«us IT!!*, and trauy nt'.er preparations, iyWjll g»0 pm apt attention lo ul! orders I» UITICIfI-tll KOTICE. Hereafter NO MNDICINE M'lLI, EE DEM V ERE ), or SERVICE RENDERS), ex.cpt, for CW-O ASH S“«a You nee not call unless you are prepared to PAY CaSIT, for l wi 1 not Keep Rooks. Oct. It. 1807. O. S. PRO PH ITT. Kail Road Schedules. Georgia ItolSrond. F,. \Y. COER, General Supciintcndent.. Dvy Ps'SHNOKtiTnAtN (Stm lays exoej.ted,)leaves Augusta at 7 a m ; leave Atlanta at n a. m ; ar rive at Augusta at 3.15 pin ; arrive at Atlanta at 0.30 P NiuUT TassknokuThain leaves Augusta at 10 tun ; leaves Atlanta at 5.40 p m ; arrives at Augusta at 3 00 a m ; arrives at Atlanta at 7.4a a ni. Passengers for Milledgcville, Wanhiugton and Athens, Go., must take the day passenger train from Am-ust:v.altd Atlanta,,or iuternualiate p,oints. ?7ts.sim-ers for West Point, Montgomery, bclma, and intermediate points, can take either tram. 1- or Mobile, and New Orleans, must leave Augusta on Nig'ht Passengi r Train, at 10 p. 111. Passen'scrs for Nashville, Corinth, Grand .Tunc tion, Memphis, Louisville, and fit. l.oui*, van bike either train and make close, eomieeljov.s. Tjibquqb Tickets ami liaggage eheeken througli to the above places. Sleeping ears on at! night pas senger trains. MACON .t AUGUSTA RAILROAD. E. IV. COLE, OcnT Bui'’t. Leave Camak daily at 1-M0 v. m.: arrive ut Vi%dge vide at 4.-id f. M.; leave_ Mille lgevUle al 0,4.) A. M.; ai tive at Camak at It* !•"> a. m. , . _ lkusseugers leaving any point on L.ie Georgia K. n by l)av Passenger train, will make close eo.nn.ee tion at Camak for Miliedgeville, Fatoulon. ami a l intermediate points m> tin: Miumn* Augwto mad, and for Macon. Passengers leaving Midedgeude. at (5.15 A. m., reaeli Atlanta and Augusta tlie same day. ROUT!I' CAROL XA Ii \iLROAD. 11. T. Peake. General B‘iip’t. Special mail train, going North, leaves Augusta at 3 55 a til, arrives at Kingsville at 11.15 a in ; leave* Kingsville at.fci4fijl Kb .irrivtf.sit .Atitaigia ,U T.io p. in. This train is designed especially for through travel. The train for Charleston leaves Augusta at (> a m. and arrives at. C'tiarh-tnn at3.o pin : leaves Charles ton at Sa m, and arrives at Augusta at t> »'• v briit rpeeia! freight and express train leaves Au ,rwt a '(Sundays excepted) at 3.50 pm. and arriver-at Charleston at 4.30 am; leaves Cluirleston at <..30 ]> tn, and arrives at Augusta at 0.15 a in. • WFSTKI.’N & ATLAXTIO R. R Coi.. E. I!u.BF.KT. General Superintend,mt. Daily imssenger train, except Sunday, leaves At lanta a't 8.15 am, and arrives at Chattanooga at t.4.> |, m ; leaves Chattanooga at 4.40 a v.i, and arrives at Atlanta at p tn. Ni'riit express passenger train leaves Atlanta at t>.4.> p in" ami arrives at Chattanooga at 4.10 am; leave* Chattanooga at 5.50 p m, and arrivo* tit Atlanta at 8.35 a m. MACOX ,fe VYFSTKRN RAILROAD. E. H. Wai.keb, C.eu’l Sup’t. Dav passenger train leaves Macon at 7.45 a m.aml arrives at Atlanta at C y tn ; leaves Atlanta at 8.15 n.t\, ntid orrivc r P Ma<*on i\t I.SO p rii. Nijrlit pMsscivjDr tniin Atlanta at S.lO p m, and jTniv«w,ot Macon at 4.25 \ni r. lißn Ma<*on at S.:>o p in, and sjrfivw at Atfinta af am. Hotels. . PLANTERS HOTEL. JOt" 8T .V O EO R OIA. furnished and refitted, unsurpassed by iX anv Hotel South, is now open to the Public. T. S. NICKERSON, Prop's, bate of Mills House. Charleston, and Proprietor of Nickerson’s Hotel, Columbia, S. C. United States Hotel. ATLANTA OROIMHA WHITAKER A SASSEEN, Pvoprielors. Witliin One Hundred Yards of the General Pasicn gm- ])e|)oß corner Alabama and Prior streets, AMERICA?* HOTEL, Alabama street, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Neat est, house to the Passenger Depot. WHITE & WHITLOCK, Pro ictors. W. D. Wiley, Clerk-. Having re-eascl and renovated ,e above Hotel, we are prepared lo entertain it, Mama most snlisfac'ory manner. Cliarlt i fair and moderate, ('nr efforts will be to .ease. Baggage carried to and from Depot ree of charge fare re and u c¥d AUGUSTA HOTEL. rnHAS FIR NT CLASS I.IOTEL is situated on X BroadMri'et,'Central to the business pn r . lion of the City, and convenient to the Tele graph and Express Offices The llpuse is lar and commod'n us, and has been in novated and newly painted from garret to Cellar, and the bedding nonrfv all new since the war. The rooms are large and airy ; clean beds, and the fare as good as the country affords, and atten tive and polite servants. Charges. —Two Dollars per day. Single Meals 75 Cents. I 1 ope to merit a liberal share of pa ronage fiom the tr iveting public. Give me a trial and judge for lotirselve S, M. JONES, l’rop'r. I» AVII* IO N HOTE L. Charleston, S. C, BOARD PER day, *3. A Btrrrrtritm, Mrs H. L. Buttkrf, k, Sujiti iuei.deut Proprietr. COYIXGTOX, GA., DEC. 25, 1808. This is exceedingly fine. Rarely indeed litts that little island “ rounded with sleep'’ been so gloriously illuminated by the sunlight of genius : Life! Death! nr REV. \\ . It. PLATT. I Life is a mystic woof Piled by n spindle drear TV caving the threads of care Wet with affection's tear. Rut Death mutely stops the spindle's swift flight And severs our knotted thread ; While the tears of earth’s millions are dried at the tomb Where angels watch over the dead. Life is a bioken hope, Life is a weary sigh, Life is a faded dream, Life i* a dread to die. Rut Death near us glides, with a dark veiled filed!' And waves us in silence away, Where hope is fruition and sighs arc sweet shngs, And dreams are the wings of the day. Lifo is a shadowed light, Life is a Pilgrim's hymn, Life is an echo strange Heard in the twilight dim. But Death soon unveils man's shadowless day And shelters the traveler lone ; The echoes of eartli are all lost in the strains That swell from the Master's Throne. Life is a thought worked out Worked on a stage sublime— Worked ‘neatli the Angels’ eyes— Worked in the tasks of Time. Rut Death early ends l>oth the thought and the tasks— Ends both in a rapture sublime, While the Angels bend o'er him in jubilant hands, And crown the True Worker of Time. Life is the breath of God, . Life is his smile or frown, , Life is the victim's cross, Life is the victor's crown. Rut Death takes the breath from earth hack to God ; , On guilt bends his withering frown ; While the smile of lit* love, in radiant glow, Lights the way from the Cross to the Crown. Life is r.n endless curse, Life is ffn Cndfe-s bliss, Life ill tin: other world Is sis we choose in this. O Death, which of these? In awe we must wait, And list Tor thy summoning call ; With hands crossed on breast and eyes closed in sleep, We ll rest 'nenth thy dark flowing pall. Louisville. Oct. .2, 18<!8. A Singular Case. A good deal of talk lias Lcvn excited in Houston, Texas, l.y the following singular t ir. mini stance which occurred in that vicinity On Tuesday night at an early hour, a carpen ter, who had been in ill heath for home time past, to ail appearance died. There was not a sign of animation left; he was pronounced dead by his attending physician, was dressed in iiis grave clothe* and laid out for burial. llis friends in Galveston were telegraphed to attend his funeral. It vvas about Bp. in. when ho was pronounced dead, and preparations began for his burial. About daybreak the following morning he suddenly rose up in his bed, without giv ing, up to that time, a siiule indication oflife. lie was unable to speak, pulseless, cold, and, with the exception that he was able to sit up right and move his arms and hands, still appeared a corpse. Not the faintest respira tion could he discovered, nor did the eyes, though open, give any indication of anything but death. Ilis physician was immediately sent, for, who, on entering the . room, vvas u*. terly befuddled at the singular case. Restora. tives, stimulants, and everything else likely to he of service were applied; hut the breath refused to return, the pulse to heat, and the body to grow warm. The muscular power to rise in the bed and move the limbs continued, and was exercised frequently during the five hours,when that also apparently ceased for ever, and the carpenter was left as perfect a specimen of a eor|ise a* could possibly he. Has such a case, as above related, ever been hoard, of before? About mid day lie was bur ied. IVas ho alive when lto lose in his bed? Probably not. — Ex. Marriage and Death.'} Why is it that the marriage announcements at e immediately followed by obituary notices in our papers? Does death lollow so close on the footstep* of mnrringe ? Is grief the page that carries the train of happiness? Does the tomb open wide its dark and ponderous jaws beside the nuptial couch? ’Tis the plan of life. The .gleeful songs of light and merry henrts to day, to-iiiorrow will turn to funeral chants, and sobbing and lamenting he heard instead of glad, pealing laughter! We rend to day of our friends' marriage, and wish them joy ; tu-morrow we see their deaths recorded, and say “peace to their ashes.” Our merriest songs arq timed to footfalls of death, and the “silver chord” is as fragile as a spider's thread ; and the “golden bowl ” is more brittle than glass. Thackeray speaks of a place in Ireland where the sense of elegance was so keen that the servants brought up the coals for the par* lo.* grate on a clean plate. The Age ot Bribery. Judging from the Erie railroad war and other coriapt scheme* for plundering the poo pic, the a-e of bribery has conic. I’liu late Dean Riclim aid, a prominent leader of the New York Penn,era y, vvas nnoe asked by a director of the Ceutial Railroad if lie was not going to use money to carry the election of certain Democratic Assemblymen which in view of certain changes was necessary. “No: it is ad- and sight easier to buy members of the Legislature than to elect them.” Ever since the utterance of this rough observation, the members ot the New York Legislature, whether Djraocrntic or Republican, have had the disgraceful stigiua fastened on ull their legislative acts. This system of bribery is more extensively earned out m those European nation* where State Churches art pensioned by the governments. Thus France bribe* both Protestants and Catholics. Geneva bus her public fund* for the Roman priest as well as for the Unitarian parson. In this late effort England claim* pre eminence, and with great pecuniary liberality (for she Ims a prodigal passion for pay) she pension* Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Maynooth and Oxford. We believe she also pays MaliommeJhu* and Hin doos. To England it matters not whether a man \«fl'*iiips one God or twenty, providing he is loyal, and shoots with the swinish multitude “God save the Oueen," Rribery has always been the first step in the decline and fall of nations. When ancient Rome began to bribe her invaders, her glory was iuid her gifts w ere the means ns well as the omeus of her ruin. The peace of the Republic, the concord of citizens, the liberty of conscience, prosperity of her institutions, the development of humanity, all summon American citizens to the grand and noble determination of scour ging this crime from the State and national governments. —[N. C. Standard, Wants Not to be round iul Our Ten Cent Columns. Sumner wants to ho Secretary of State. Wade wants Cassius M. Clay's place at St. Petersburg. Washlmrne, of Illinois, wants to he Secre* tarv of the Treasiiry. Stanton wants to supersede Ueverd vMohnson at St. James. Forney wants to he Post-master Genersil. Rill tlihson, of Ohio, wants to be Commis sioner of the Inttrnal Revenue. Sehenek want* to be Speaker of Congress after Colfax. Bor. Rutler wants it to bo understood that he is wearing old Thud Stevens' bout*. Jim Ashley want* his services recognized by a foreign mission. Ben Eggleston wants to he the next Govern or of Ohio, The Chronicle wants the “ring” of which Eggleston is the solitaire diamond, kept hid den under the sands until his return. The Bond-holders want an immediate re- sumption of specie payments. Grant wants peace—from the office-seek ers. The Tax-colleciars want the people to pay up ; and Tiro l’cople want Letter time*. [Cincinnati Enquirer. A Poor Printer in Luc*.—ln a spirit of unfeigned congratulation, we announce that Mr. William McMahon, a poor lithographic printer at the establishment of Mefctttk German Jc Bro., on Third street, has, by the decease of a relative in Manchester, England, fallen heir to eight thousand pounds sterling, or forty thousand dollars in gold. Sonic two or three weeks ago his father arrived in Philadelphia from Manchester, and not succeeding in hear ing of the whereabouts of liis son, advertised for him in the Philadelphia papers, and gave notice of the handsome bequest. A friend of Mr. McMahon's, chancing to see the advertise ment, clipped it, inclosed it in a letter of ex planation, and transmitted it to the lucky heir. On receiving it yesterday, Mr. MeMahon was delirious with joy, and at once quit work. Af ter receiving the felicitations of his fellow workmen, he hastened home and imparted the glorious news to his wife. Is it possible to describe the exuberant jnyjfelt and displayed by these humble people on tbeir transition from poverty to wealth and independence ? Mr. McMahon left by tho first train for Phila delphia to meet hi* father and arrange for his wife's coming, and the speedy departure of the whole party for Manchester. We heartily wish them the fullest enjoyment of their, happily acquired riches. Mr. McMahon was wholly dependent upon liis labor as a printer to support himself and wife and child. lie lias been in this country several years, the past two of which he lias spent in this city and Chicago.— [Louisville Courier-Journal. A terrible steamboat collision took place on the Ohio River on Friday night, resulting in a fearful loss of hie. The regular passenger boats America and United States, plying be tween Cincinnati and Louisville, came in col lision near Warsaw, owing to false signals having been sounded. Immediately upon coming together, a quantity of petroleum on board of the United States caugut fire and en veloped both vessels in flames. A scene of horror ensued among the passengers, many of them jumping overboard to escape the flames. A scene of horror ensued among the passengers, many of them jumping overboard to escape the flames. It is thought that be tween seventy and eighty persons, many of them being ladies, were either burned to death or wero drowned. Both vessels ore re ported as entirely destroyed. A Richmond Romance. A Virginia Maiden is Bov’s Attire—all i'or Love. Commission houses and their counting rooms have little of romance about them, ami conse quently they are the last places where the world look* lor the romantic. Rut very recent developments in a Richmond establishment have very beautifully illustrated that line of Sir Walter Scott’s that “Love rules the camp, court, grove end mart,” and sheds its influence niitrummeled ns the sunshine, investing with its warmth and bright ness the darkest and most uninviting places. Two months or more ago, a vacant clerkship in the house referred to, was applied for and filled by a youth, apparently about sixteen years of age. lie applied in response to an advertisement of the firm— “Wanted—A youth, who can write a good hand, aDd come well recommended.” Out of sixty odd applicants our hero ('* heroine) took the purlin for the neatness, legi bility and legularity of his ohirogmphy ; was sent for, presented himself, and was installed in the position of entry clerk. lie displayed remark,role aptitude for business ; was quick and accurate at figures, ever ready to run an errand or lend a hand at anything that was to he done. In manners he wn» polite, blushed when looked at or spoken to ; wept when chided by *bis employers, or chafed by his fellow clerks because of bis peachy cheeks, feminine figure, and general girlishness of appearance. Time wore on. The busy seasou came, and brought with it a gentleman from beyond the Blue Ridge, who iiud occasional dealings w ith the house. Desiring to examine the stock, the entry clerk was called from his stool and in structed to show the gentleman over the floors. Their eyes met, those of the strango gentle man and the entry clerk—the gentleman stammered, “Great God!” and staggered into a seat; the clerk blushed scarlet to his ear tips, then hurst into tears. Then came the denoue ment. The gentleman explained that be re cognized in the clerk the lost daughter of a citizen of I,is county ; that she rttu awiy in August last, and had since been mourned by her parents and friends as dead, as they could gain no tidings of her whereabouts or fate, though all the considerable towns of the State, including Richmond, had bceH searched by the father in person, uided by the police. The daughter in clerkly disguise,, then ex plained a* best she could between sebs, and it was “the old story told again.!’ Shu had loved and seen her love thwarted by parental oppo sition, the most relentless and unfeeling. Her lover, youthful as she, being also opposed by bis parents, left his home soon after, and came to Richmond, where he was not long in obtain ing employment. A secret correspondence was opened between tbe two, aided by other parties. This lasted for some time, and strengthened their affection, drawing the twain nearer each other, though separated by the misty mountain and many miles of cruel space. At last, in oue of those fatal moments of a girl’s weakness, she resolved to give up all for love—home, and heaven, too, if weed be—and left the house one ovil night when the family were absent, equipped in hor brother's Sunday suit, deter mined to join her lover in Richmond. This she did d", and though he—timid boy—was at first frightened at the step liis sweetheart had taken, she, by artful stories if her treatment at home, iutused into him a manly spirit, and he—hold hoy—resolved to become the protector of innocence while he buried the secret of her sex in his own bosom. He took her to his boarding.house, procured fur her a room sep arate and apart from liis or n. It was agreed between them that shq[ should preserve her incognito, and sink her sex and identity in male apparel. Thus, with his assistance, in this disguise, she had sought and obtained the positiun of entry clerk in the establishment where she wns discovered, as was related. Well, having told her romantic story, the girl, who shali be nameless, gave tbe address of ber lover; a messenger was dispatched for him, and he came. He nindo a clean breast of ir, confessing all. They had been industrious, working hard each in their situation, with the one object in view, and that was marriage, so soon as they had accumulated enough money to procure a bridal trosseau, rent chambers and set up housekeeping. The respective pa rents of the truant lovers Were informed by telegraph of the situation of affairs, and they telegraphed back at once, “Marry them aud send them homo.” One day last week witnessed the return and reconciliation beyond the mountains. May the couple who have attained the fruition of earth ly bliss through such tribulation, have scores of children, and live to celebrate their golden wedding. A New York special to the Louisville Cou rier-Journal says : “It is believed here that the Supreme Court will declare the legal tender act to be a war nica*ure, and that on the proclamation of peace it ceased to bo in force.” A few days ago, Mr. James Callahan, of Bourbon county, died cear Lowe’s Station, at the residence of bis grandson, Mr. S. J. Colo, Mr. Callahan was born in South Carolina, in 17t>3, and was one hundred and five years and eight months old at the time of liis death, — lie had two brothers vvholost their lives in the revolutionary army. Although too young at the beginning of the war to become a soldier he took tin active part on the side of the pa. triots. lie moved to Kentucky when lie was thirty years of age, and lias lived here ever since. lie was a consistent member of the Bapti.st church for seventy-five years, and was a lif* long democrat. VOL. 4, NO. 7 Sum Vegetable lli.vlory, BY JOSH mi,LINOS. The strawberry is one of natur's sweetest pets. She makes them worth fifty cents the ft.*s she makes, and never allows them to be sold at a mean price. * The culture of the s'rawherry is like the setting sttn fftidef’a thinelotnf, with a defi, 4c? dash of the 'rainbow in if; its fragrance is like the breath of a baby when it fust begins to eat winter green lossengess; its flavor is like the nectar which an old fashioned goddes* used tew leave in the bottom of her tumbler, when Jopiter stood treat on Mount Ida. There is many breeds of this delightful vegetable, but not a mean one in tiie whola lot. I thiuk I have stolen them lying around loose, without any pedigree, in somebody’s tall grass, when I was a lnzy schoolboy, thaf eat dreadful easy, without any white sugar on them, and even a bug mixed in wnth them in the hurry uv the moment. Cherry’s arc good, but they are too much like suckin a marble, with a handle to it. Beeches are good, if you don’t get any of the pin feathers into your lips. AVatermellons will suit anybody who is satis fied with a half sweetened drink ; but the man who kiu eat strawberries besprinkled with crusted sugar, and bespattered with sweet cream, (at Bum body clse’s expense,) and not lay his hand on liis stuntuk, ar.d thank tho author of straw berries and stumuks, and the fellow who pays for tho strawberries, is a man with a worn out conscience—a man who** mouth tastes liko a holo in tho ground that don’t caro what goes down it. *##****•• Kokernuts is grown np in the air, in a hot climate way over the oshen, about 30 feet from the ground—on the top of a tree. They are generally plekcd up by the mon keys in that neighborhood, who throw them at the natives in exchange for the stones that the natives throw at tho monkeys. They grow as a nigger’s head duz, with a good deal of skull to them. A kokernut, after it has been serapt, resem bles an old ten pin ball, only a little more round one way than tutlicr. On the end of the nut toward yu is 2 eyes fast asleep Th* kokernut is opened by break ing the skull and this brings them tew their milk. The milk in the kokernut has never bin explained yit, and the reason iz, because no* body has asked me to do it. Whenever the philosophers give it up I shall reply to tho conundrum. Az an article of diet, the kokcr is about on a level with the French raw turnip, and iz az hard to digest az one of Secretary Seward’s letters of State. Biled koker might possibly be good if it warn't a great deal letter when it wns raw; and raw kokernuts iz only good for children and young grey houns to cat, whose stumieks are like a nutmeg grater. The only good thing about this foreign nutis its ttktill; they kan be kut in 2, and made into drinking kuns, and I must konfess they do look kind, when laid on a flat stun in the side of the meadow spring ; but I knn’t drink out ov one ov them myself, without thinking that if they hadn’t been kut in 2, what a kapital thing they would be to'build a y’onnjf dar ky to. Rut this iz only a phoolish notion of mine, and probably it couldn't be did anyhow. Female Clerks. From the official report of General Spinner, Treasurer of the United States : The experiment of employing females as clerks has been, so far as this office is con cerned, a complete success. Indeed, in many kinds of oflico-vYork. like the manipulating of fractional currency, and in kbKfcfof counting, and in detecting counterfeits, they excel, and, in my opinion, arc to be preferred to mole clerks. “There is ns much difference in point of ability between the female clerks as there is between the several classes of male clerks.— Some of tbe former incur great risks, being responsible for all mistake,* in oount, or in overlooking counterfeits. ('Restitution for these errors sometimes takes, during a month, more than one-hnif of tho month's salary. It not (infrequently happens that a number unite to make up the loss of the unfortunate one*, tfius detracting something from the salaries of each. Ail such as are subject to these risks should be paid accordingly. “These and other considerations have satis fied me that all should be better paid than they now are, and thatthc female clerks should ; be brought up nearer to the pay level of the male clerks. “The truth is, that many of the former bow do a* much work, if not more, and do it ar well, if not better, for $iKkJ per annum, than' some of tho latter are able to do, who receir* a yearly salary of just twice that amount. “It is truo that these remarks apply more especially to one kind of work that must be doae so long as the issue of paper currency shall be continued.” God Forbid! —A Washington correspondent intimates that Simon Cameron is likely to be made Secretary of the Treasuiy under Grant. God save the mark! What an appointment that would be! The man who laid the foundation of his fortune by palming off Middletown bmik notes upon the Winne bago iuiiian*—the man whom Lincoln had to turn out of the War department to stop the wholesale plunder of the public treasury—the man whom Thuddcus Stevens described in his grimly humorous way by declaring he “would nut steal a red hut stove”—such a man for Secretary of the Treasury. “Angels and . ministers of grace,-defend us.”