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Notlco ti DoM ira in I - *rod t KELINION AM) DOCTRINE. BT ttlH. BIT. IT* .tvid he'ore th« Sanhelrim, The k mling nbtilta eared at him. It* reeked net of their priiae or blame; There wee no fe ir, there wa. no ehame, Fur one uj m eho»y denied eyes The w'tole w ir'd p inred lu net enrprle>. The op in hei.en wa. fir too near, Tho dm day*. Iljht ton eweet an 1 Clair, To let him wnti hi. new-itlord ken Oa the hate-jlouded face of men. But ttlU they qoeitloned, Who art thon now ? What hut tho.i beinf Whoartthonf Than art net bo who yesterday Sat hero and betted bjetde the way | For ho wae blind. —And I «m he; For I wa. blind, bat now I see. .'. 5 SehwnfLind, AoA pirsimro—- 5 on Mas PerishaWo Tropor — .-.orty, lOdiy., porsq— Bstrar Notices, 51 days ....... 3 00 Sberiir8alaa.parlerrafl0llaotur loss 9 51 Sheriff Yurt, if j a. a. -tales per equate s no Tat Oolleeter'a dalne. per eynare - 5 00 Fereeleenr* Hortt ige. per equate, each time. I 00 Exemption Notices (In adranee) _ 2 no Bala Nlil'r t'e, per square, each time- — lO'J Basils 33 & Profss’n’l Carls. PBFSICMB. siotolty. DIBce at tha Brut Store of R. T. Brnmbr A Co., Collcft Arcnuo. Athens. Ua. Sl-tf M. HERRINGTON, Notary Public and Ex-Officio Justice of the Peace. OSes osar L. J. LaKPKnri' etore. Mirth ltdm. P G. THOMPSON, • Attorney at Law, Spiral attention paid to criminal prictie*. For r««tr»nc4apply to K*. Got. T. II. Wait* and Hon. David Cl-iplon, M mtgomerjr Ala. OAco nv*r Barry's Store, Athens, Georgia. Fct».3.tf. Asa M. Jackson L. \Y. Thomas, JACKSON & THOMAS, Attorneys at Law Athens, Oeorgia. o TOBB, EltVVlN & COBli Attorneys at Zan> } ATHENS, GA. Office In the Deuproe Building. lie toll tho atnry o'er and o'or; It hie full hsiri'eonly loro ; A pr *pV*t on tho ’fehlttth day II»1 tmeho 1 hit stahtlett oyet with eUy, And ;n ide him tee wto hod been blind. Tneir words pastel by him like the wind WhicS r ires and howls, b it cannot shock The hu ad red-flit horn-rooted rock. Tholr threats and fiary all went wide; Thoy coaid not |nn«h hit Hebrew pride, Tholr sneers st Je*ns and His hand, Nsmeleasand homeless in the land. Their boasts of Mos tsand his Lord, All could not change hi m by ouo word. I know not whit this man may he. Sinner or saint; bat as trine. One thing 1 know, that I am he Who once was blind, and now X see. They all were doctors rf renown. The great men of a famous town. With deep brows, wrinkled, broal and wise. Beneath their wide phylacteries; The wislom of the East was tha?rs. And honor crowned their silver hairs, The man they Jeered and laitjhed to scorn Was unle »rned, poor and humbly born; But he knew better far than they What came to him that Siblnth day; And wh it the Christ had done for Lias lie knew, aud not the Sanl.e trim. Miscellaneous Selections. EX PH ESIDE ST DAVIS AND GEN. SHERMAN. Below will be found a charac teristic letter front ex-Prcsident Davis. On pnsc« 349 of volume second of Sherman's “ Memoirs,” where the author is detailing an interview with General Joseph E. Johnston, the following passage occurs, which is the insinuation to which Mr. Davis alludes: As soon as we were alone to gether I showed him the dispatch announcing Mr. Lincoln s assas sination and watched hirn closely. The perspiration came out in large drops on bis forehead, and he did not attempt to conceal his dis tress. He denounced the act as a disgrace to the age, anu hoped I did not charge it to the Confeder ate Government. I told him I could not believe that he or Gen- that money ever reached the Uni ted States treasury, Mr. Reagan, from whom it wsij taken, may be able to learn after he shall have assumed his functions as a repre sentative in the United States Congress. Should the course of the commanding General of the army, in attempting, at this late day, to resuscitate a defunct slan der against the President of the late Confederacy, aud to which slander not even suborned witnes ses could give the semblance of truth, be taken as the exponent of the feeling of the artny, that. arm of tho General Government would seem to be ill-stiitcd to the task, ApVJtXTAGES OF SMALL' FARMS. Mucli has been'wisely said and written upon the propriety of small farms,, and the superior profit to ^derived from them. And prnc- ti(Sng upon this theory, we find, the astute Hardaway growing rich on fifteen acres, the products of which, by good management, he multiplies into the amount usually growu npou twenty times the same A SELF CONFESSED SLAK- SOUTHERN AGRICULTURE of late so largely assigned to it. Rut it appears that in Belgium, wen the Lilliputian plantation of the Thomasviile tanner, is snbili- .ratfeoT info fifteen parts, of one jacro each, which are respectively DERER—GEN. SHERMAN AND WADE HAMPTON. There have been some terrible ex coriations of Shcrmau's Memoirs, notably by George' Wilkes, ex- President Davis, tho New York Day Hook, General Boynton, Montgomery Blair and General Hooker; but uothing they have uttered, paints the man in such black and damning colors as he has portrayed himself. Tako this sample, referring to lh3 burning of Columbia: Mmw of the pcr>[ite (tiouglil that this fire was deliberately planned and executed. This is not true. of preserving civil order, and of restoring harmony among the peo ple of the United States. For oral Lee, or the officers of the public considerations it is to be w, R. LITTLE, Attorney at Lair, CAI’.NCSVILLK, GA. O. A. IOCITRASE. JOHN M1LLKDGE. IXGHRANt: & MiLLLBGiy ATTORNEYS AT LAW, A1LAN2A, GA. Office, No. Pryor St,. Ojip. Kimball , • , t .i:-, j. House. Jan. 2, ii:j. : S-.-Cra .JOHN T. OSBORN, r Attorn py-at-Law ELBERTON 1 , GA. Will pr»-i cj. Li ta* c of t'»e Northern ukaj'^rAnklin an I II ibarihnni of the Circuit, Bml— Wm* >m rircult; witl give s.wcial attention to . all claim* qntruGftl to nlf . 19. 1571—iy.U S. DORTCH, Attorney at Law, oarxesville, oa. E. A. WILLIAMSON, 1' , • , V P.ltAEtJIJAt WiTCHM K£fl and JEWELLER ^ , At Dr. King's Drug 3tnre, ' VROAb STREET. . ......:...\TiIENS, GA. .9W All work «l na in .a aapc<rier m.inm r. uu l warraoui to fivn.a*.i*faclwiL. jau4-tf i«. WILEY CIIILDERS, T OCATED in this city, is prepared JLi (.do>11 Unit ef C«rpemei»' Work In (ho J«oo», (174. MS" .4TT. GEO, 3V. COOl'ER, ‘ Carriage and Buggy . n. mliiil. wriftr taw* Uwx suklr. 'PARTICULAR attention given to he .1 1*4 •tlfi Ji.. A. WINJS:, . ’ WITH GROOVER, STUBBS & CO: !,^ r Cj’ptton Factors, salii THE TELFAIR FA MILT. The recent death of Miss Mary Telfair, the only surviving daugh ter of ex-Gov. Edward Telfair, and the publication of her will in the Morning Netcs, have formed the subject of comment by the State press generally. Recollec tions of this old and honored fam ily have been revived, find grouped together, would constitute (piite an interesting chapter of the past. The following is a brief sketch of ex-Govcrnor Telfair, after whom Telfair county is named : He was born in Scotland, in 1735, on the farm of Toron Head, the ancestral estate of the family. At the age of 23, bo came to America as an agent of a mercan tile house, and resided in Vir ginia for some time. In ITtiti, he removed to Savannah, where lie engaged in commercial pursuits. During the revolution, lie was conspicuous for his unswerving fi delity to his adopted country. lie was one of the brave band that broke open the magazine at Sa vannah, and seized the powder. In February. 1778, he was elected member of the Continental Con gress and signed the ratification of the articles of Confederation, lie was re-elected to Congress in 1785, but did not take his seat. He was Governor of Georgia from the 9th of January, 178(3, to the 9th of January, 1787, and from tho 9th of November, 1790, to the 7th of November, 1793. Gen. Washington visited Geor gia in May, 1791, and was bril liantly entertained by Gov. Telfair, at liis family residence, near Au gusta. On liis departure, Gen. Washington addressed him the following letter: To Ilia Excellency, Edward Tel fair, Governor of Georgia: Acuusta, May 20. 1791. Snt: Obeying the impulse of n heartfelt gratitude, J express with particular pleasure, my sense of obligation which your Excellency’s goodness and kind regards of your citizens have conferred upon me shall always entertain n most Confederate Army could possih’y be privy to nets of assassination; but I would not say as much for Jeff. Davis, George Sanders and men of that stripe.” Mf.mfhis.Texv., May 27,1875. Col. IF. F. Mellen: Mv Dear Sir.—Please accept my thanks for your kind letter of the 19th instant, A)td the accom panying copy of a St. Louis pa per containing nil extract from the forthcoming work of Gen. W. T. Sherman. My absence de layed the receipt of your letter and this reply to it. The malice that seeks to revive the nefarious ly concocted and long since ex ploded slander which connected mv name with the assassination of President Lincoln, is quite in character with the man who so conducted his invasion of the South, as to render “ Sherman's bummers’ the synonym of pillage, arson, cruelty to the helpless, and murder of non-combatants, and who closed his career of arson with a false accusation against General Hampton in regard to the burning of Columbia, South Car olina. lint the question arises, why did General Sherman at the date of his reported conversation with General J. E. Johnston, suppose me capable of complicity in the assassination of Lincoln? Gen. Sherman never was personally acquainted with me; and from those who knew me, either in the United States army, or in civil life surely learned nothing to justify such suspicion. In the conduct of the war between the States, despite of lua y base- hoped that thc incnidicable malig nity of Sherman may tie an except tiou to the prevailing sentiments of the United States army. Again thanking you for your friendly consideration, I am very truly yours, Jefferson Davis. * ENGLISH vs. AM ERICAL CHIL DREN. The physical strength and hard ness of the English have long been a subject for the admiration and wonder of their French and Atuer- ean visitors. These are due to the system pursued by English parents to ttieir children uln:o«t from the hovr of their Li th. In stead of the French lior-bous, French dresses, late houis, and other abominations which make American children, erperially girls, puny, nervous and sickly a', ion or twelve years of age, Eng lish children have built up, before arriving at that age, a fund of vi tality which lasts them thiough life. They rise at h ilf-past seven, all the year round. They are carcful’y bathed and rubbed, and by half-past eight, arc hungry for breakfast, which consists of a dish of oatmeal or hominy and a bowl of milk or of Epp's cocoa, wiht a little stale bread crumbled in it. Instead of the oatmeal or hominy, they may occasionally have a per- inade to support one family, and! It was accidental, and in my judg- the hired laborer besides. Describing these miniature farms, a writer in Chambers Journal says ’ the fields are mostly square, and rarely contain mare than one acre; the ground is curved sym metrically ,'°*the centre being the so that the water drains down equally in all directions. Round the field, and a foot lower, extends a strip of grass, three or four yards wide; still lower, a hedge ot elders is planted, which is ct every seven years; and, fi nally, the plat is surrouuded by a ditch, lioracred with trees of lar- S r growth. Thus, each piece rnishes rich grass, firewood, ev ery seven years, and timber for building* every thirty years. The plough is generally used, but ev ery seven years the subsoil is turned to tho top by the spade, and thus it acquires a depth un- PUBLICATION OFFICE: No. 7, GTt.iJYITJ? NOD, (Un-Stalra,) ATHENS, GEORGIA. Rates of Advertising: Transient rdmUaemenu, ofone square or rue >* llUper squire toe Iko flriliussitlne, snd 75 ecu is fjr such subsequent Insertion. Sr. All utveniioments considered transient except where special eon I nets ire undo. Trrelro linos spxea ef this typo (or ooo luck) asko one square. WFor contract prices, see schedule. meut, began with the cotton which General Hampton's men had set fire to on leaving the city, (wheth er by his orders or not, is not matorial.) which fire was partial, ly subdued early in the day by our men; but when night came, the high wind fanned it agaiu into full blaze, carried it against the frame houses, whieli caught like tinder, and soon spread beyond control. * • In my official re port of this conflagration, I dis tinctly charged it to General Wade Hampton, and confess I did so pointedly, to shake tho faith of his people in him, for lie was in my opinion, n braggart, and pro fessed to be the champion of South Carolina. Quoting the above paragraphs, the New Orleans TYmesthnspunct- urcs the General of the Armies: ’ lie says, in the extract above Known to all hut the beat garden- . an< * 1,1 c * ea £ an ^ ora; the principal object being to ! ta £ d ! ,, , < ! language, that when he produce flax and butter, not ce- J charged General \\ ade reals.* * Hampton with burning up his na- 1 tivcplace, he, (GeneralSherman,) But our freedmen lead lives of case aud plenty, compared with the hard lot of the laborer aud man of all tvi farm. Earn) much as one food is tm description on the Belgian oft times, not as ng per day; their fipd of the coarsest consists of beaus, potatoes, rye bread,.and chickory os a drink. Only on Sunday or a Fair-* day does hey get beer, and meat, never. Yet, Lelghun sup- and— SenentComniissian Merchants < '‘ Savannah, Ga. isesasr- '-“.tss • btn liteiji feed and Sale Stable CbAz OAHRTA REAVES. . ’.PROPRIETORS WHiL Bfc POUND AT THEIR oo o hi^^ T d u?f: point to a record, which .-h *ws a strict adherence to the usages of war between civilized nations. On what, then, did the suspicion of General Sherman rest? Was it not that, proceeding on the rule of judging others by oneself, lie ascribed to me the intiilerous and malicious traits ot his own nature? He reports a conversation with President Lincoln, from which it is to be interred a desire to have authority for departing from the course, which, as a soldier, he must have known was usual and proper toward prisoners ot war. j jj,)" knew him to be innocent. He acknowledges to have said this solely to injure a gallant soldier and gentleman with his own peo pie! How can it ho otherwise, when an officer of General Sher man’s rank confesses to have know ingly misrepresented a man who had done no wrong to him?* It will not take the vrarjd king to make up its verdict ns qjfttrhich IUV) way occasionally uavc u per-j y . , t of tllgse moil thebmudof ’ bl'Ug- - fw-tly fresh soft-boiled egs: mixed | P orts »5P. 8 ^a&PP ll ffi ,Mm . *. n i feraut* belongs: nor will the world it lilMWl nibbled bread'.* After 1 hfe people resemble JSfiltteadlatiuffldak'* ‘- breakfast, they pay their maim *' le ^viipants of :i hee-miy^. Ev- an hour's visit, and then go for | Cr J nlc ^ "f ground is utilized ami an hour’s walk. On their return, brought to tho highest possible they play in the nnrserv unt il: state of fertility, anil thousands ot twelve, and arc then put to bed ■ ac, ‘ es ar ® reclaimed from the briny for an hour aud a half. Between j < b JC P by the huge dikes which pa- half-past one mid two, they have j t' e, d toil and industry have dinner. This meal should consist erected. less accusations, we <-ao ^proi dly I niaiuly of strong beef or mutton I We trust Georgia may never be broth, wholly free from grease. It, s > crowded as to reduce her poo- must be cooked especially for the j pic to such straights, bat still, the children, and the cook must bo! lesson is ; useful to ns, as showing made to understand that the ehil- j what can bo accomplished by well droiis* meals should be prepared j directed industry, with even more care than grown j And it is now an admitted fact peoples'. For dessert, tiny may [ that small farms well cultivated, eat a little stewed fruit or rice j fenced and fertilized, are vastly pudding. At three o'clock, they I more profitable proportionately, take tbeir afternoon walk, remain-; than those of large extent. It re- ing out, unless in the bitterest' quires double the amount of mule weather, until five. Then, they j and manual labor to cultivate one have what is called afteruoou tea; hundred acres, that would suffice —bread and blackberry jam and , for fifty, and yet, by concentre- sweetened boiled milk. The next j ting the manure used for the RECOVERING. It is a notorious fact that in many portions of the South, our agriculture has declined steadily for the past'ten years. Fanners have grown poorer each year, and lands have declined in. value until there really was no sale for them. To those who gave the subject any thought, the reason was very pluiu. We have, as a people, been devoting our entire energies aud resources to the cultivation of cotton and tobacco to the exclu sion br ouier crops, xae neces sity of diversifying our agricul ture, was too plain for argument, and yet , each year, farmers would continue in the same beaten track, only to reap disaster and disap pointment. Agricultural socie ties were formed and lectures read, grangers were organized and speakers appointed, who contin ued to harp on the ruinous ' all cotton’ system, but apparently with Utile effect. Last year, the State Granges pass ‘d a resolution requesting farmers to plant one- third corn, one-third small grain uid one-third cotton. These con tinued efforts of those who have hail tho prosperity of the South at heart, seem, at last, to he bring- forth fruit. Information from all parts of the South bring the pleasing intelligence that more grain will lie raised ill the South this year, than any year since the surrender. Ail officer connected with the Green Line, informs the writer that their line had over twelve hundred cars side-racked, owing to the less of the grain and bacon carrying. That there had been loss corn and bacon brought to Georgia during the past season than had been known since the surrender. That during the month of November, there was but one car load of corn that came south of Chattanooga, mi event unprece dented. All this is very gratify ing, and now with an abundant' wheat crop,. wo may expect the beginning of a better time and a speedy rpvivil of business.—At. Herald. , gentleman and trite knight, fh op position to the viilgarreilrtihet and self-pilloried liar. . A more un blushing an 1 shameless confession of baseness and trickery, we hitVc never before known. Wade Hampton lias found his best de-- fender in his enemy! The man who could acknowledge himself so infamous a falsifier, by delibera tion and for a low motive, can never again assail the reputation of a dog, much less the noble and unsullied fame’ of a Hampton.— Augusta Constitutionalist. Chance.—Perhaps, in 1 ^ . . | ming is a good hearty romp in the; former, upon the smaller area. Did he hope to get instructions nttwety, in which the whole fun-! nearly twice the yield can bo real tor the slaughter of the Confeder acy's President and Cabinet offi cers, as set forth in the orders of Colon 1 Dnhlgrcn, when he made his raid against Richmond? If nursery ily takes part, until about half past six. At seven, they arc put to bed. This regimen, pursued j with slight variations until they tho good imtured characteristic reply of President Lincoln taught him that murder was not the ap proved measure, it seems to have failed to inspire him with the gen- are seven years old, produces the results in mature years which trav elers admire. erosity and charity which is ever found in noble minds, or with the chivalry 'which ever adonis the character of tho tme soldier and gentleman. Among the articles of the surrender of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, there was one prohibit ing military expeditions in the country cast of the Chattahoochee Poor dear Hannah Ann.—It was a great utauy years ago that the story was first told of Miss Hannah Ann Sterry, an uncom monly mature virgin who had never been persecuted with masculine attentions because of the vigorous mauner in which site shunned the face of man. It wus related that Mr. Theophilus Wimblebee, an advanced tiachclor of the mildest river. 'J hat was the best consid- possible deportment, occupying eratioii obtained for the surrender j single quarters in the ueighbor- of armies, arms, munitions aud i h«x>d of Hannah Ann’s apartments, pleasing remembrance of the po lite and hospitable attentions which I have received in my tour during my stay at the residence of yonr government. The manner in which yon arc pleased to recognize my public services and to regard my private felicity, excites my sensibility and manufactories in that section, and it was in violation of that article that the brigade of calvary, by called on the spinster oue after noon to borrow a match. Hannah Ann was not easily fooled. Fold-* which I was captured, was scour- fog her arms on her level breast, ing the country and freely taking she backed Theophilus Wimblebee from the unprotected people the into a comer and thus addressed lilllo which was left, to thern^ for the invader: “Match! Oh, yes! th.-ir future subsistence. From Great match *tis you want! You the statement of General Shcnuau j don’t want uo match and you know claims my grateful acknowledge ments. Your Excellency will do justice to the sentiments which in fluence my wishes, by believing that thoy are sincerely offered for your personal happiness and the prosperity ot the State over which you preside. Georoe Washington. | MISS C. S. POTTS, I Fashionable Dressmaker, ■ OVER UNIVSR8ITY BANE, B ! ' / Broad Street, Athena, B * ■\XTGUtD respectfully inform the iffy; liut WyejtefeW* » So Drtwmskingin Hie Xoricst snd most 1 Fashionable Styles. Gov. Telfair was celebrated ns a financier, and it is affirmed that the plan adopted by Congress for raising money to cany on the wan originated with him. He died in Savannah, September 17th, 1807, aged 72. Thomas Telfair, one o» his sons .was a member of Congress from 1813 to 1817. Ho was one of tho Geoigia delegation who .1 nted for increasing pay for members of| we learn tiiat a story had been fold, to tho effect that I was car rying iu wagons millions of specie to tho South, snd therefore we are left to conclude was made that you don’t. You’ve come over to me ’cause I’m all aloue—to bug and kiss me—that’s what ymtve come for; but you never shall do it in the world unless you’re expedition in violation of the | stronger’u I am”—and theu she agreement of surrender. • Though j added in a softeued tone, *.*aud the story of the millions of speoio j the Lord knows you are.” A In ini\v siilmittfil Jiv Geiifirnl Shcr- f^Atssl it...*a %%.**.» MMiUniv •« Hourly ized, and the laud at the same time will steadily improve. Who, it may l»e asked, are re ally the only thrifty and progres sive agriculturists of Georgia? Wo answer, those land owners who, with their sturdy sons, bear tho brunt and heat of the season, and with their own hratvn and muscle cultivate, harvest and en joy the proceeds of their labors. These men raise their own beef, butter, mutton, bacon aud vege tables, and oft times, also, sugar, syrup, rice and flour. Moreover, their surplus land, if uot advan tageously rented, is used for pas turage, or allowed to grow up and recuperate. They are ever ready, also, to aeO to the thrifty white emigrant, and thus enhance the taxable and productive values of the country This assertion we are prepared to prove by the evidence of hun dreds of small farmers, whereas, those cultivating large plantations, with exceptional and almost soli tary instances, to tho contrary, make grievous failures, and grow poorer every year. Let us emu late the Belgian, therefore, and /ores"mother earth by kind treat ment and tireless enetgy, to yield her utmost for the support of those who draw tbeir sustenance from her generous bosom.—Tele graph & Messenger. Not iiy some isolated instances a man may become wealthy through a series of circumstances very much resem bling “ luck,” but, as a rule, those who would enjoy success must work hard for it. Twenty clerks in a store, twenty hands in a prin ting office, twenty apprentices in a shipyard, twenty young men in a village—all want to get on in the world, and expect to do so. One of the clearks will liecmue a part ner, and make a fortune; one of the compositors will own a news paper and become an influential citizen; one of the apprentices w ill become a master builder; one of the young villagers will get a handsome farm, and live like a patriarch—but which one is the iucky individual? Lucky t There is rarely any luck about it. The yoiiug fellow who will distance his competitors is he who masters his huisness, who preserves his integ rity, who lives cleanly and purely, who devotes bis leisure to the ac quisition of knowledge, who gains friends by deserving them, and who saves his spare money. There are some ways to fortune shorter than this o|d dusty highway; hut the staunch men of the community, the men who achieve something really worth having, good fortune, good name, and serene old age, all go in this road. is now admitted byGeneralfcjher- [ friend of Hannah Ann’s reading a tanan , . - f . man to have been a fiction, the ad- J letter from a public man the other | id mission is made in such terms as ekuh - eh. ...li.r «nid • ‘ Regiment, wlnlesd- mission is made in such terms as would leave the reader to suppose 1 had been traveling with wagon transporation, aud had a few thousand dollars of specie iu a valise. But neither supposition would lie true. 1 had rcceutly munition; I would not accept a nomination if it wore teudered, unless it should come under such - _ circumstances as to make it an jniued the wagon train, and was imperative duty, circumstances about to leave it when captured; [ not likely to ariso”—laid down my only baggage was. a valise, 1 the paper with a sigh and re- which wds packed on a mule, aud ! marked. “ Ah, how much, that it contained no specie. The few! reniiuds mo of poor dear Hannah day in which the writer said = 'droning hi* soldiers “the other night “ recapitulate, I am not, uor have | about their participation in the Bunker I ever been, a candidate for reuo- Hill Centennial, told them that tbeir headquarters would be at the Boston Institute of Technology, and he wanted them all to keep in such a condition during their sojourn that they would have no difficulty in pronouucing the name of their barracks. Congrcss° £nd tho people at the thousand dollars of specie were in Ann.”-iY. r. Tribune. ■ next election returned an entirely * P^ r saddle- ags, belonging, k. i" view delegation. 'to Secretary Reagan. Whether An affecting sight—barrels n in tiers. A little fiur-year-old woke up very early one morning and seeing the foil moon from the window, he innocently remarked: “1 should think it wan about time‘for Dod take in the moon." ATHA^iftS-This tbr» “•IJnitpf)’ !te4/oRgflBPRfi tt pky ful/ re mark of Washington. The inci dent is this: When Gen. Wash ington, after being appointed com mander of the army' of the revolu tionary war, yvent to Massachu setts to organize it, bfi found a great want of ammunition and othqr means of defense, aud on one occasion it seemed that no tncans coaid bo devised for the necessary safety. Jonathan Trum bull, tho elder, Was then govern or of the state of Connecticut, and the general,' placing the greatest reliance on his excellency's judg ment. remarked V 1 " Wo tnn'st con sult Brother Jonatlinn on thc sub ject,” The general).did seal, and the governor was- suocissful in supplying many of the wants of the army; and thenceforward when difficulties arose, and the army was spread over the country, it became a by-phrase: " Wc must consult Brother Jonathanand the name has now become a des ignation for the whole country, as John Bull has for England. COL CHARLESI. GRAVES. Col. Charles Iverson, Graves, who 1ms been a citizen of (iur county since the surrender,' ainl who has recently accepted a cotn- mission from tho Khhdive ns Lfon- tenaiitrColoiicl of Engineers in the Egyptian artny, cutered the Uni ted States Navy in December, 1853, at tho age of 14. He grad uated at the Naval Academy at Annapolis as one of the * first fiye,’ or distinguished midshipmen, nhtl passed successively through the grades of midshipman, passed utid- ■»nij)unuu"niJvsR.'t-:utir» ucnicuniir. His first cruise was made in the old sloop-of-war Preble, on tho coast of Southern Europe; and tho next in the Plymouth, North Atlantic station. lie subsequently served in the steam frigate Min nesota, East India squadron, and then on the steam corvette Iro quois, in the Meditciranoun, anil in the Saranac, in the Pacific. On his arrival in the United States, in Dccemlier, 18(31, he promptly resigned his commis sion, returned South and tendered his services to the Southern Con federacy, accepted a commission as a lieutenant in the Navy', which he shortly vacated for that of Ma jor of artillery in the regular Con federate army, when ho was or dered to the command of a battery at Acquia creek. After the evac uation ofContrevillc, he was trans ferred back to the Navy at liis own request and sent to Mobile. In May, 1883, he went to Eu rope on ' special service,’ was ab sent eighteen months, and on liis return home, and during flic rest of the war, was Professor of As tronomy and Navigation in the Naval School at Richmond, and flag-lieutenant of the James river squadron under Commodore Mitchell. In a'few weeks. Col. Graves will take leave of us and the laud of his nativity for Egypt', where his qualifications as a military man will be properly' recognixt'd, red where, we trust, ho will die eminently successful. If our own government had the magnauiinity to re-commission such memos Col.’ Graves, it would show a ..true spirit; of reconciliation and trust in tlioso’' fvho’ were true to princi ple' in. the flijH. and would lie tri)jo to duty in the futtirci*"Wtt regret exceedingly -to Seo iGol. Gv lenvo the land of his nativity to find proper recognition in a foreign land. The prayers (Jmany friends will follmv -him.—Some Courier. Don't Do It.—Don’t flirt with a iool. Its had enough to fool with a flirt. Don’t underbill your ago. Your detection is only a question of time.' Don’t rush. At tho end of the race you will suffice to convict the world of your folly. Don’t magnify your neighlior’s vices. Its worse than extolling your own virtues. Don't boast of your riches. Some one may ask you to loan them a quarter. Don't dream that the world can’t wag along without you. A grain of sand is not missed from the desert. Don’t attempt to do too much. At. twenty-five men iinngiue they will reform the world. At forty they arc content to reform them selves. An Expensive Luxury.—-The Beecher trial, : which has ftiriiishcd such an amount of choice reading matter to the pruient scandal mon gers of the country, promises to ho a very expensive ‘luxury; Some of the lawy ers nro 9aid to give their services—on .Tilton’s siile, at least—without pcouniiuy comp nsation. But it is noL‘.,.3U with all ot them. There is tor ex ample, Mr. Evarts; lie gets 13250 a day. It is big pay, but the wealthy corporation known as Plymouth Church (knowing the consequences if Beecher is con demned) foots the bills Mr. Evarts hill already must be some thing like $30,000; for this singu lar trial has already been going on these three months, and muy yet become, if it has not already grown to be, one of the ostnblishcu insti tutions of the country. And there arc othei lawyers engaged in this case who are also getting very lib eral fees. Alto< o her it is likely to be a costly affair in more senses than ouo. How to Succeed.—If your seat is too hard to sit upon, stand up. If a rock rises up before you, roll it away, or climb over it. If you want money, earn. it. If you wish for confidence, prove yourself worthy of it. It takes longer to skin an elephant than a mouse, but the skin is worth something. Don’t bq content with what another has done; sur pass it. Deserve success, and it will come. Tho boy was uot born a man. The son does not rise like a rocket, or go down like a bullet fired from a gun; it slowly but surely niukes it rouud, aud never tires. It is as easy to be a leader as a wheel-horse. If the job be long, the pay will be greater; if the task lie hard, the more competent you must be to do it. There ia one thing, however, re tain, from what Blair and others have written, and from what army officeis have stated, we are satisfied that Ge-. Sherman will be compelled to write another book. His Gn-t two volumes embrace about all things, in his opin ion, worthy of note as to battles, move* meats and officers, but there will, be need of another volume or volumes.— It reminds us of the ancient and learn ed wr t-r of the sixteenth century who, after the labor ot years, published in Latin a work entitled “De Omnibus Rebus,” (^Concerning All Things.”) A few years elapsed, some criticisms were uttered, and he was forced to publish another volume entitled, “ De Quihusdam Alia,” (“ Concerning Cers tniu’Other Things.”)-r-Lefier to, N. Y. H:rcM. And now conics Dr. Samuel W. Francis, of Boston, who takes up the cudgel not again)' hut for the mosquito. According to the Doctor, “ the yen its culex was created for the purpose of driving man out of the malarial districts. Since, however, man is thickheaded, and often won't go when he is driven, Providence hits commissioned the tnosquifo first to punish him for coining, and then to apply u prophylactic in view of the malaria he must of necessity iuhale. That is to say she (for it is only the female mos quito that bitea) hypodermically injects into the wound a fluid which pusssesses the properties of quinine.”—Constitutionalist. Luv iz said tu be blind, but I know lo's n v phellows who can see twice as much in their gal az I can.—[Joab Billings. A Wonderful Plant.—In an nd* dress delivered before the British A - iocia ion for the advaucenictitof.Sci'- rnce, Dr. Hooker exhibited a wonder ful plant called “ Dional.” A Liver pool paper, in an account of it says t: “A fly was captured and put upon n-t leaf, which instantly closed, and on. reopening, it was found that the fly was dissolved. A bit of beef was af- • terward consuumed in the same way. The leaf was then fed with cheese, which disagreed, with it horribly, and eventually killed it. Dr. Hooker ex- plhiued that the plant’s action was pre cisely that of the human stomach. The leaf rejected a piece of wet chalk.” It’s the fashion in Florida to wear A Newark (tolioeman had a pair of gloves out at tha .tips of tha fingers, ] bolots half-soled last fall with a hoard- in order to better scratch the mosqui- j ing house beefsteak, and he hasn’t had ! to bites. I wet feet this year. * brimtaidhvrickbillichattan’ is tho .name of,a town in the Inle of MuU, It ought to be a railway sta tion somewhere. How the brake- man would chew that word trp !.