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PUBLISH Ell ETERI’ FRIDAY MOSOTHO. BY REDWINE & ESTES. TERMS : s‘2 A-Year, in Advance. OFFICE Cp tUlrs m Cnndler Hstl building, north-west corner Public B<iuure. Agents for The Eagle. J. M. Rich, Blsirsrille, Gs.; J. D. Uovria, Uivu ■se, Oa.; W. M. SASetsaos, Haysvflle. H, C. ; D*. H. C, Ossoss, Buford, G. tff The above named gentlemen are sathortxsd to make collection*, receive and receipt for subscription to Tbs Kaoli office. -*4 GKNERAL DIRECTORY. Hon. George D. Rice, Judge 3. C. Western Circuit. Emory Hpeer, Solicitor, Athens, Gs. COUMTY OFFICERS. J. B. M. Wlnbnrn, Ordinary. J. L. Waters, Sheriff. J. J. Mayne, Clerk Sapcrlor Court. N. B. Clark, Tax Collector. J. 8. Siiumona, Tax Receiver. V. Whnlchel, Snrveyor. E. 1 ward I,.iwry, Coroner. Samuel Lesser, Treasurer. FRATERNAL RECORD. ALLSUiiasr Koval Axch Ciiaptke meets on the Sec ond atul Fourth Tuesday eveninga in each month. J. T. WiLsok, rtec’y. A. W. Caldwxll, K. P. Gawsmvii.i,e Lodok, Mo. ‘219, Ac. F.-. M.\, meets on the First and Third Tuosilav evening in the month W. A. Known. Scc’y. J. E. Rnnwiux, W. M. Aia-Lnu IjODos, No. 04, I. O. O. F., meets every Friday evening. C. A. Lilly, See. W. H. Hakhison. N. O. OAisssviLLr. (Buries, No. 340, meets on the Third Huliirday and First Tuesday in each month, at one clock, p. m. J. E. Kxbwisx, Master. K. I). CntsiiiKC, Sec. Moavise Stax Lodge, No. 313, I. O. G.T., meets ev vy Friday evening. F. M. Pk kiiki.l. W. 8. Jwo. T. Wilson, W. C. T. North Eastern Btar Lodge, No. 38/5 I. O. (i.T., meets every Ist and 8d Saturday evenlugß. at Antioch Church. F. S. liUDSog. W. C, T. W. E. Boldibo, W. 8. OAINEHVILLE fOST OFFICE. Office hours: From Bs. m. to 12)1 p. m., aim from Hip. m. to n>4 p. m. MAILS CLOSE: Atlanta, .... 5:30 a. m. Southern anil Western, - • 5:30 New York .... 5:30 p.m. Eastern and Northern, .... 5:30 p. in. Dahlonega {Stags. Daily) - - 8:30 a. m. Jefferson, (Stage, Wednesday and Saturday) 9:00 p. m. Cleveland, (Stage, Monday and Friday) HMD a m . Homer, (Horae, Friday) 12:30 p. in. Wahoo " " - - . 5:00 a.m. Dawsouvllle, (Horse, Saturday) • 730 ■■ A! AIZ.S'AIUtIVE: AUanta, soutliorn and Wosto-n, - - 0:12 p.m. New York, Eastern and Northern, . 0:33 a.m. Hah lor toga 3:00 p.m. JolTsraon (Wednesday and Sat rday) 0:00 p. m. Cleveland, (Monday and Thursday) - c,:0o “ Homer, (Friday) . . 12:00 m. Wahoo " ..... 6:00 a.m. Dawsouvllle, (Friday' . . <i:Oop. m. M. IS. ARCHER, P.M. RAILROAD OlflDE SCHEDULE OF THE Atlanta & Richmond Air-line R. R. LiaUTNI.VO KXSRKSS—THHOUOn PA3SKHUEK. i'aas. train going East, j Pass, train going West, Leave Atlanta.. . 4.10 pm Leave N CBlt J’uR.OO p m Arrivo Goodwill's 4.46 •' Arrive Charlotte....B 11 ■■ " Doravills.. 4.69 " 05rba1(i1.,..8.44 •< '■ Borcross... 5.13 “ “ Gastonia. ...9.11 '■ Duluth.... 526 “ King’s M’t’nS.B.'i “ “ Huwsnee ... 5.11 ■< •• Black’s 10.33 “ “ Buford ... 6.67 •’ •< Gaffney’s . 10.67 •• “ Flo’ryßr’cli 9.17 •' " BparFburg.ll.66 • Gainesville 6.42 •• “ Welford. . .12.37 p m " Bollton 7.41 “ Grcor's 12 60 " Mt. Airy 8.16" ■■ Greenville . 1.28 •• " Toccoa 9.00 •< Easley 1 .61 < ■’ Westminster9.S " “ Central 2.50 " •• Sen’ca C’tylo.2l " “ Sen’s City... 3.09 •• Central 11.03 •• " Westminst'r3.34 • “ Easley 11.39 •' Toccoa 4.34 •• “ Greouvlllo 12.14 am •• Ml. Airy 5.15" " Greer’s.... 12.50 " " Bollton 6.50 " “ Wellford 1.11 “ " Gainesville.. 653 ~ " Spartanburg!.46 " " F10wery11...6.68 " " Gaffney's.. .2.49 “ " Buford 7.18“ " Black’s 3.13 " " Suwannee....7.3l " " King's Mt’113.45 " " Duluth 7.49" " Gastonia.... 4.24 “ " Norcross... .8.24 " " GarabaUlL... 4.68 " Doraville. ...8.45 “ " Charlotte.. . 5.23 “ <• Goodwin’s ..8.67 •' " NC R R J’ll 6.30 " " Atlanta 9.30“ JOHN B. PECK. Master of Transportation. Professional and Business Cards. ESTES & BOYD, ATTORNEYB-A.T-L.VW, Qaiuoßville, nail county, Goorgla. C. J. WELLBORN, ATTORNEV-AT-LAW, niairsville. Union county, Georgia. SAMUELC, DI NI.AIV A TTORNEY AT LAW, Gainnvillc, Ga. Offlcw in tlio building of lYntor A Stringer, S. W. Corner Public Square. aprStf. VV. K. VVILLIAIHS, Attorney and counsellor at law, Cleveland, White Cos., Ga., will practice in the Oourln of the Wontorn Circuit, am! give prompt atten tion to all buftiuons entrusted to hia care. J une 12, 1 H74-tf VVIER BOYD, ATTORN E\ AT LAW, Dahloneya , Ga. 1 will Practice in tho counties of Lumpkin, Drwhoii, Gilmer, Fannin, Union and Town* <*<> unties in the Blue Ridgo Circuit ; ami Hull, White and Rabun in the Western Circuit. May 1, 1874-tf. 11. F. WOFFORD, Attorney at law, Homer, oa. Will execute promptly, ell business entrusted to his care. ' March 21, 1874-ly. JAMKS A. BUTT, Attorney at law a land agent, Biairsvuu Ga. Prompt attention given to all business entrusted to his care. juue 2,1871-if BEV A. MARTIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. DahJonega, Oa. July 21. 1871-tf s. K. CHRISTOPHER^ Attorney at law, mtoastee, Ga. Will execute promptly all busiuoea entrusted to bin care. novltttf J. J. KIMSEY, A TTOKNKY AT LAW, Hiwanee, Oa., Will give Mpccial attention to all business en trusted to bis care. May 9, 1873-tf. THOMAS F. GRRER, A TTORNEY AT LAW, AND SOLICITOR IN Equity amt Bankruptcy. EUijay. Ga. \VHI prac tice in the State Courts, and in th<>' District and Cir cuit Court* of the IT. S., in Atlanta, Ga. June 20, lgT3-tf .1. F. LANGSTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Gainesville , Gcorqia. Jan.l, 1875-ly JOHN T. OSBORN, 4 TTORNKY-AT LAW, Eibcrton. Ga Will pract'ce /V. the counties of the Northern Circuit, Banks. Franklin and Habersham of the Western Circuit ; wilt give apodal at eution to all claims entrusted to hie care. Jan. J#, 1875-ly. J. J. TURNBULL, 4 TTORNEY AT LAW, Hornet, Ga —Will practice in all the counties composing the Western Cir cuit. Prompt attention given to all claims entrusto<i to hi* care. Jan. 1, 1878-ly. i>R. W. h. MOOR. OFriCE AT “ECLECTIC DRUG STCME.” GAIJNTESVHjIjE. ga. nikj’3l7s 13 A. N K OF BANK* Ac BROTIIKU, V. K. Corner Pnblie Square, Gainesville, .... Georjiiit. GOLD, Silver, Kicking* uni SoU Dust bought and xold; ollections nude; deposits received; ap provtnl p\s-r discounted. Interest will be paid on deposits, if left for s spool fled time. sep'Jitf t<r J. M. OWEN, DSALSR is Dry Howls. Groceries. Hardware, and General Merchandise, 13 E L-iXjTO3ST, G^l.. HE noils Good* cheap for CASH, ami furnishes the traveling public with a good, square meal at his Hotnl ou living terms. Call ou him. |ap r WANTED! I**NTo buy a gentle family NORSK ands good msy23 U M. V. CALDWELL. The Gainesville Eagle" Devoted to Polities Hews of the Day, The Fwm Interests, Dome Matters, and Choiee Mkeellany VOL IX. POETRY. [For The Eagle. | THIS LIKE IS NOT MY ONLY HOPE. This life is not my only hope, Sighs lame, and halt, and blind; There is a sphere still far beyond, Where each expects to find A brighter cliiae. This life is not my only hope, The aged pilgrim sings, While treading gently on life's way, Which lead* into the vale, And then to day. This life is not my only hope. The childless mother pleads; For angels gather infant souls Into a home of rest, Where they are blest. This life is not my only hope, The stricken husband moans; For when this solitude is o'er, Well meet or safer shore, To part no more. This life is not my only hope, The orphan often cries; r -" For mother said she'd wait fox me '* Far up above the skies, To which I’il rise. C*** miscellany. Flowers. Can any one on reading this title ex claim, “How hackneyed and tiresome ?’ t Surely not. Flowers come under the head of the few things of which ono never becomes weary; tlmt is, if they loved once they are likely to lovo them always, and wish ever to have them in sight and drink in draughts—tho larger the better—their balmy breath, the sweetest of all fragrance. A. love of Howes shows a refinement of nature, no matter how rough and uncouth tho of the being who possesses this fondness for heaven’s gift! What a strong influence they exert over us in silent modesty! How often will the sight of one of these little blossoms of the held carry us back leagues of life long since swept over by tho wing of time, and how plainly do we soo again tho loved one who gave ns one of theso when parting, and whom we never saw again ! The significance that Heaven has giv en to each of tho blossoms it has gen erously scattered around us is truly beautiful and wonderful. There is an Eastern fable to the effect that each flower is consecrated to a particular angel, while the peculiarly delicate and lovely tea-rose, the fairy roses, is con secrated to an archangel of tho bigh ost order. A lover of flowers could not well select as his own any single one, for while we gaze on and decide it tho most beautiful, another of equal beauty and sweeter fragrance will ap pear. Alas! like the human race, the most boautiful are not, always the pur and sweetest. Tho mignonette, which holds within its tiny heart a fragrance that should bo known in ever collection, is much more popular than many flowers of superior beauty; this little plant has drifted to us from far Egypt, where, as some writer gracefully remarks, “it may have wafted sweet souuds from the banks of the Nile to the infant Moses, as he floated by in his ark of bulrushes.” We are sure wo should only cherish this dear little plant more sacredly, if we knew truly it had performed this office of love to the sweet babe in his loneliness. We shrink from the tam arisk, though so quiet and graceful, with a feeling of dread, probably be cause we have associated in our minds tho use it was put to in olden times of crowning Roman criminals, which has left a taint tho wind of centuries cannot dispel. Still, an affection for flowers is the foretaste we have on earth of elysiuin. How fascinating is the simple descrip tions which we find in Dickens and other authors of the love of toiling millions for those bright gems of na ture! They are tho compensations left us by the fall which lead us up to a glimpse of that fair state of blissful innocence in which our first parents dwelt in the Garden of Gardena, and symbolize the hope, wafted on balmy bret zes, of the sweet life reserved in the eternal for the lovers of the beau tiful. How sweet td think tire wildings of nature are free to all! On the hill side and in the meadow fresh flowers await us. The babe may cull and crush, the happy child gather and twine them in garlands for May-day's merry queen, “without money and without price;’ and the careworn mey bend, and bolding them close to the bleeding heart, take comfort that we, too, like the flowers, may perish and pass out of sight- for a little while, when the glorious spring time of life everlasting shall cause us to blossom auew in the “sweet fields of Eden,” where we shall never perish or fade away, but “grow brighter and brighter throughout all eternity.” The Dance. Dancing itself is a harmless and healthful amusement when not carried to excess; but the seeds of death are too often sown in tho ball room, not, from dancing, but from the circum stances under which it is carried ou. For instance, what can be more likely to produce apoplexy or some serious illness than the practice of eating ices when thoroughly heated by violent exercise- Again, the atmosphere of many a ball room, crammed, as it often is, with three times as many people as it can ! comfortably contain, is enough of it self to poison any one not acclimated to suffocation by previous training. lhen there are the sudden changes I of temperature to which young ladies, insufficiently clad, are exposed on leav ing the heated rooms as they return ; home, over-tired and in precisely the i same condition under which " such ! changes of temperature are likely to affect them if they have any tendency to lung disease. The late hours, also, which are necessarily kept in the sea son, cannot be oiherwise than prejudi cial to the health of both old and vouug, and probably cause many illnesses that are unjustly credited to other sources. Insects. The word “insect” is a contraction of insection, and describes a creature made in segments or sections, and ca pable of being readily cut in two. The wasp is a striking illustration of this peculiar formation—the connection be tween that portion of its body where the thinking is supposed to be done, and the bulkier part, which tho man who was suffering from its sting once termed the “business end,” being so slight that it is difficult to understand how the two sections car. be conscious of belonging to the same individual. Insects, as a general thing, are not a popular class of creatures, and they are rarely sought after, except to adorn a museum and furnish a study for the naturalist. They are, however, the most numerous of ail races, and, con sidering their size, have certain re markable endowments. Some of them have wonderful facili ties for getting about in the world. The bee will beat a locomotive in a fair race; and if a man could Iqpp like the flea, in proportion to his length of limb, he would clear 400 yards at a stride. Insects are higly gifted as architects. Men who are employed to build bridges, and culverts, and dams, might learn some valuable lessons from tho African ant, both in the way of design and actual construction. The ant nev er slights his task, or allows the same accident to happen twice in the same place. He seems to have an inst'nct ivo knowledge of the actual require ments of his work, and takes special care to perform it in the most finished manner. Insects are good housekeepers.— They are great foragers, and generally manage to have something stored away in the larder against a rainy day. Another mark of thrift}* housekeep ing appears in the fact that certain in dustrious insects will not allow lazy inmates to remain permanently in tho family, who do not oarn their own liv ing. In every bee-hive, on some morn ing—precisely agreed upon by the working members of the household near the close of summer, a guard is placed at the door of the hive, and ev ery drone, after having had his wings cut so as to incapacitate him for flight, is dragged to the entrance and thrown upon the ground to perish there. There are certain classes of insects who are very socially inclined, and some of them are great talkers, al though for the most part they seem to be saying pretty much the same thing all the time. In allusion to tho dis proportionate amount of noise which small people sometimes make in so ciety, an old English divine remarks, that “one ericket will make more sound .m a meadow than a whole herd o,f feed ing oxen.” No msuct talks through its throat, but by means of its legs and wings and other external organs; and this is the reason why they are able to mako such an outrageous amount of noise. It would be frightful, in a crowded party, if human beings were gifted with the same power. There is some incomprehensible way in which insects are able to communi cate with each other without making, so far as we can detect, any sound or sign. Let one member of a great fam ily acquire a piece of valuable infor mation, whether of a pleasant or disa greeable nature, and the whole house hold will soon show that they are in possession of the secret. That insects reason, and contrive original expedients for getting over difficulties, is capable of the most un doubted proof. Bishop Clarke says: “Some years ago, when living in a lonely way, I took pains to cultivate the acquaintance of a remarkably well-developed spider, who had formed a beautifully symmet rical web in one corner of my room. In order to propitiate his favor, I fed him regularly with such food as I thought adapted to his taste, and after a while he seemed to rely upon me en tirely for his supplies, relapsing, as human beings often do under similar circumstances, into a condition of lux urious ease and inactivity. One morn ing, by way of testing liis temper, I threw a small bit of wet tobacco into his web. He, supposing it to be his usual morning tly, rushed towards the tobacco with hungry avidity, and in stantly ran away to a remote quarter of his premises with still greater ve locity. I was aware that the presence of such a nauseous substance as this in his domicile would be very offensive, and I also knew that lie would not venture as near to it a second time as would be necessary in order to remove the article; and my curiosity was ex cited to see what course he would pur sue. After a while he crawled to "the upper part of his web and shook it with all his might, but was unsuccess ful in dislodging the offending sub stance. He then returned to his ac customed place in the centre of the web, and for a few minutes appeared to be thinking the matter over. At last, he stepped out with an air of con fidence that satisfied me he had hit upon something, although I was una ble to conjecture what it would be True enough, he had solved the prob lem, and accordingly he -vent to work at once to saw away a circle round the tobacco, some two or three inches in diameter, until the whole concern fell out together, after which he repaired the damage, and all was right again. I think, however, that from this lime my spider friend never gave me his entire confidence.” It is the opinion of those who are best versed in the study of entomology, that insects are blessed with excellent memories, and that they learn wisdom by experience. They have long been exhibited to man as moral examples; ages ago, Solomon directed the thrift less sluggards of his day to go to the ant and study his ways, and good Dr. Watts has held up the pattern of “the little busy bee” as a model to the chil dren of many generations. We are not disposed to question the enco miums lavished upon their industry, patience, persevereuee, and thrift; but that the bco and the ant, who have beeu most warmly and frequently eulo- GAINESVILLE, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 11, 1875. gized, while other classes of insects, who, perhaps, try to do their duty as faithfully in the line which has beefi' marked out for them, are constantly maligned and criticised, deserve such unqualified commendation, we have grave reason to doubt. The Present Kins: of Bavaria. Louis 11. was scarcely nineteen years old when his father suddenly died and left him his crown. At this time all diplomacy was agitated by the ques tion of the Danish duchies raised by Prussia, a question which, as Lord Palmerston said, was a match to set Europe on fire. In reality this ques tion was the cause of the Austrian- Prussian war against Denmark, which caused the war of Austria against Prus sia, which caused the war of Prussia and Germany against France, which will be the cause of many other wchis. But the young man troubled hiajSwiv little with the Schleswig-Holstein fair, and all the complications whfsh were involved in it. One of Mozart’s sonatas, or a symphony of Beethoven, interested our monarch much more than the sales, re-sales, and claims of inheritance of the honest Duke of Au-I gustenbourg-Laueubourg and his real or pretended rights over the unhappy inhabitants of the contested land.— Louis considered that he had some thing better to do than to occupy him self with these disagreeable trifles, and we wil| not say that he was wholly wrong. He relied entirely upon his ministers to hold the helm of State, while he amused himself with music. This seemed extraordinary, and soon the new monarch was the hero of strange stories, and his eccentricities were quoted with a slight smile and a significant tap on the forehead with the finger: “You know what I mean— a bee in the bonnet—a—an excess of sentimentality. Really, the youth is too high flown and romantic.” However that may be, a little fiight-i --ness could not injure the young prince in the minds of those naive and patri archal populations, profoundly Chris tian, in whom cretinism passes for in nocence and insanity for a state of grace, almost a divine benediction. It the sovereign had not all his wits about him, he would only be loved and res pected the more. Asa proof of this, a chaiming Bavarian girl exclaimed to one of her friends who was talking to her about the King, “The poor, dear boy ! it is not his fault at all; it is all in the family; he inherits it from his father, whom a circus rider led by his nose. Unhappily his brother Otto has turned out badly; he is^nothing but a brute and abut what a charming v- c. a*! A little too much of tug V .1, taid. but that is die jMjli’lu; cill £i,l LlrHt, I and beside, e.” all ; -mgs in the world, he is the handsomest.” To this speech of the enthusiastic subject might he added that the posi tion of king is rather unwholesome, and very easily deranges tho equilib rium of the intellectual faculties. One of Darwin’s disciples, who studies in termarriages, affirms that eases of in sanity are sixty times moro numerous in princely familios than in the middle class. Our Faces. The countenances of a nation define the characteristics of its people. Every human face indicates the moral train ing as well as tbe temperament and the ruling traits of its owner, just as much as every human form indicates the quality and amount of its physical exercise. This is proved by the varie ties of human faces everywhere visible. Those whose lives have been given to P .ysical labor, unbrightened by an ed ucation of ideas, have always a stolid, stupid expression, even while their limbs and muscles are splendidly de veloped. The more savage a people, the uglier they are in facial develop ment. The very features of their faces are disfigured by violent and ungov erned passions. People whose employments are in tellectual invariably have a large, clear gaze, a bright, out-raying expression, as if from inward light shining through a vase. Where a fine organization and deep sensibility accompanies the prac tice of intellectual pursuits, often the features take on a transparent, lumin ous look. Persons endowed with pow erful sensibilities, however plain their features, always have moments of ab solute beauty.. “My sister-in-law is plam,” said one sister to another, who passessed such a countenance; “but I have seen her so absolutely beautiful at times that she drew everybody in the room towards her. When she is very happy her face kindles with an absolute radiance.” The refining effects of high culture, added to sincere religious feeling,, not only subdue evil passions, but beauti fy and elevate the entire expression and bearing of an individual. Thus it is a physical as well as moral fact that it is in the power of every person to improve his own beauty as well as bear ing by a constant control of passion and temper, and a deep and constant cultivation of the intellectual faculties, pure affections, and the moral nature. .—— We are emphatically in the age of profanity, and it seems to ns that we are on the topmost current. One can not go on the streets anywhere with out having his ears offended with the vilest words, and his reverence shocked by the most profane use of sacred names. Nor does it come from the older or middle-aged alone; for : .d is a fact, as alarming as true, that the younger portion of the community are most proficient in degrading language. Boys have an idea it is smart to swear; that it makes them manly; but there never was a greater mistake in the world. Men, even those who swear themselves, are disgusted with profan ity in a young man, because they know how, of all bad habits, this clings the closest, and increases with years. It is the most insidious of habits, grow ing on so invisibly that almost before one is aware he becomes an accom plished enrser. The Maid of Saragossa. This illustrious maiden exposed her life for her country at the memorable siege of Saragossa, in 1808. The French General Le Fevre had been dispjftehed by Bonaparte, in June of that year, to reduce Saragossa, where the royal standard of the Bourbons had been unfurled. The city was not fortified but was surrounded by an ill constructed wall, twelve feet high by three broad, intersected by houses.— The houses, and the neighboring con vents and churches, were in so dilapi dated a state, that from the roof to the foundation were to be seen im mense breaches, apertures begun by time and increased by neglect. A large hill, called II Torero, command ed the town at the distance of a mile, and offered a situation for most des tructive bombardment. Among the 60*4 ! inhabitants there were but 220 'regular troops, and the artiliery con sisted of ten old cannon. The limits of the town were marked. by a wall, parity of turf and partly of stone; and there were many gates by which in gress was obtained. But these were all securely closed against the formid able enemy now threatening it. TTii'e French began the siege in a rather slothful style; they deemed much exertion unnecessary; “Saragos sa,” they said, “was only inhabited by cowards and monks.” But their opin ion and their efforts were destined to an entire revolution. Very seldom in the annals of war has greater heroism, greater bravery, greater horror and misery been concentrated than during tho two months that these desperate patriots repelled the invaders. No sacrifices were too great to be offered, no extremities too oppressive to be en dured by the besieged; but, as it of ten happens among the noblest body of men, that one sordid soul may be found open to the far-reaching hand of corruption, such a wretch happened to be intrusted with a powder maga zine at Saragossa. Under the in fluence of French gold, ho fired the magazine, on the night of the second of June. To describe the horrors that ensued would be impossible. The French, to whom the noise of the ex plosi .'i had been a signal, advanced their troops on the gates. The popu lation, shocked, amazed, hardly know ing what had occurred, entirely igno rant of the cause, bewildered by con flagration, ruins, and the noise of the enemy's artillery unexpectedly thun dering in their ears, were powerless; the overthrow, the slaughter of those who stood at the ramparts, seemed more like a massacre than a battle; in a short time the trenches presented nothing but a heap of dead bodies.— TherA’.vas no longer a combatant to Re sir#', nobody fall the courage to standTto the defench- At this desperate moment an un known maiden issued from the church of Nostra Donna del Pillas, habited in white raiment, a cross suspended from her neck, her dark hair dishev elled, and her eyes sparkling with su pernatural lustre. She traversed the city with a firm and bold step; she passed to the ramparts, to the very spot whore the enemy was pouring to the assault. She siezed a lighted match from the hand of a dying engi neer, mounted to the breach, and fired the pi'ece of artillery he had failed to manage; then, kissing her cross, she cried, with an accent of inspiration, “Death or victory!” and reloaded the cannon. Such a cry, such a vision, could not fail of calling up enthusi asm. It seemed that Heaven had brought aid to the just cause. Her cry was answered: “Long live Agos tina ! Forward, forward, we will con quer!” resounded on every side.— Ferved by such emotions, the force of every man was doubled, and the French soldiers were repulsed on all sides. General Le Fevre, mortified at this unexpected result, determined to re duce the place by famine, as well as to distress it by bombardment from II Torero. The horrors that followed his measures would be too painful to detail; but they afforded Agost.iua an opportunity of displaying her intrepid ity. She threw herself into the most perilous positions, to rescue the un happy beings wounded by the bombs or falling of timbers. She went from house to house visiting the wounded, binding up their hurts, or supplying aid to the sick and starving. The French, by their indomitable persever ance, from step to step, rendered themselves masters of nearly half the city. Le Fevre thought his hour of triumph had now certainly arrived he sent to the Spanish commander, General Palafox, to demand a capitu lation. Palafox received this in pub Ic. He turned to Agostina, who stood near him, completely armed, and asked: “What shall I answer ?” “War to the knife !” the girl indig nantly replied. Her exclamation was echoed by the populace, and Palafox made her words his reply. Nothing in the history of war has ever been recorded to resemble the consequences of this refusal to capitu late. One row of houses in a street would be occupied by the French, the opposite row by the Spanish. A con tinual tempest of balls passed through the air; the town was a volcano; and the most revolting slaughter was car ried on for eleven days and nights.— Every street, every house was disputed with musket and poniard. Agostina ran from rank to rank, everywhere taking the most active part. The French were gradually driven back; and the dawn of the 17th of August saw them relinquish this loDg disputed prey, and take the road to Pampeluna. The triumph of the patriots—their joy —was unspeakable. Palafox rendered due honors to the brave men who had perished, and endeavored to remuner ate the few intrepid warriors who sur vived—among them Agostina. But what could be offered commensurate with the services of ope who had saved the city. Palafox told her to select what honors she pleased. Site mod estly begged to retain the rauk of en- gineer, and to wear the arms of Sara gossa. The rest of her life was passed in honorable poverty, until she died, in 1826. An Absent Minded Absurdity. A gentleman whose name we do not desire to give, but who, it may be sta ted, is the deputy clerk of the court of criminal correction, is miserable. He is a getleman ripe in years and experience, and is not only possessed of a kindly disposition, but is court eous aud polite to an exceptional de gree. Yesterday he was down town, and tho expenses incidental to his peregrinations were such that when he entered a car to go home he found that he had only ten- cents in availa ble funds. This would not buy a slip of tickets, and one-half of it would not satisfy the conductor for a faie; so here was a go. While Mr. Blank was studying this problem he saw a gentle man about to buy a slip of tickets, and, approaching him, he requested that he be accommodated with two tickets for his ten cents. The gentleman was agreeable, so when the conductor came round, the slip was purchased, a ticket was handed him for Mr. Blank’s fare, and a second ticket was handed to Mr. Blank by the gentleman. Mr Blank had his ten cents in his hand, but was engaged in thinking of some thing else at the time, and in his ab sent-mindedness ho received the ticket with a bland “thank you,” rolled it up with his ten cents and put the whole in his pocket. He then smiled his usual smile, and lookod for ail the world as though ho had just paid for the balance of the passengers. The gentleman who had bought the tickets stared hard at him, and undoubtedly placed this occurrence on record in his mind as one of the most cheeky per formances he had ever witnessed. The stare was maintained for the balance of the trip, its indignant expression continuing accordingly as Mr. Blank smiled and looked contented. It was not until some time after Mr. Blank had left the car that he discovered the ten cents and the ticket, and he now occupies his spare time in hunting for that stranger. Kite String:. One day last week a little boy who had been standing for some tiino in front of a drug store in Baltimore, en viously eyeing a large reel, well provid with “simmy dimmy” twine, s the boys call it, which was fastened to the top of the counter, summoned up cour age enough to walk in and ask for a few yards with which to fly his kite. The Doctor bears the reputation of be ing a good-natured man, full of humor, and very fond of the 1 little ones, but the youngster approached him at a time when ho was out of his usual mood, and he consequently gave “No!” for an answer. The urchin had made up his mind to have some of “that cord” .anyhow, and he got it. On Thursday morning the boy entered the store, accompanied by another boy and a dog. Boy No. 2, having placed a bottle upon the counter, demurely ask ed for five cents’ worth of “sirup squills and polygollic,” and while the Doctor was filling the order boy No. 1 was ty ing the end of the cord to the dog’s tail. When the man of medicine re turned to the counter the reel was fly ing like fury. The Doctor quietly reach ed for a pallet knife, and, having hung himself over the counter, made a des perate whack at the cranium of the youngster, who, he supposed, was sit ting on the floor helping himself. But lo 1 the boys and the dog “Bouncer” were not there. The Doctor having tried in vain to stop his reel was ob liged to give it up on account of the heat it communicated to the palm of his hand. When he reached the door he beheld the boys upon the sidewalk about two blocks off, and “Bouncer” in the middle of the street going at the rate of forty knotsan hour, the string pointing directly toward his tail. The reel continued to spin for some time afterward, until it stopped of its own accord. New Spectacles for the Arctic Region. Numerous us are the comforts provided for the officers and crews of the ships about to explore the Arctic regions, none will be so much wel comed by them as anew kind of spec tacle just invented to prevent snow blindness. The author of the ingeni ous contrivance is Mr. William White Cooper, the eminent oculist. It is well known that a long exposure to the glare of the intense white of the snow in the polar regions is most harmful to the sight; to meet this difficulty spectacles of green-tinted glass, sur rounded by gauze, have been proposed. These will, however, fail in practice, as the glass ‘part of the spectacle is liable to get dim and clouded, while the gauze and the wire, by means of which the spectacles are fastened be hind the ear, will in an Arctic climate, become so cold that to the human skin they will have the sensation of being made of red-hot wire. Mr. Coop er’s snow spectacles have neither glass nor iron in their composition, for they are made of ebonite, and are tied on to the head by a velvet cord. They resemble somewhat two half walnut shells fastened over the eye. Their great peculiarity is that the wearer sees through a simple slit in front of the pupil of the eye. By means of an easily-worked little door, or slide, this slit can be made small or large, accord ing to the amount of light found agreeable or painful to the eye. The sides of each eye-box are perforated with minute holes, in order that the wearer can get a side view of objects. The Unitarians of Troy are building a fine church. A passing traveller in quired recently of a hod carrier what kind of building it was. The man didn’t answer. “Is it a church, or a hall, or what?” “Faith, I think it’s a church.” “W T hat kind of church ?” “Can’t tell the name, sir, but it’s for thorn folks as is tryiug to knock the bottom out of hell. “KOIIVD HEAD." Blanco him not. Non© of us ever Knew what temptation Or desperation Caused him to sever Rashly the thread of his life Rushing blindly Out of a world that unkindly Doomed him to strife. Jndge him not. What his den ,a! Knowetb no mortal, How at death’s portal He ended his trials. Wandt riug here in ilie street Sad aud alone; Kven Hpe flown, Death seemed so sweet, . Pleasant in quiet to lie, Never heeding Whither the roadway was leading Only to die. Many with plenty refusing liven a crust, O, what a fate for ouo’s choosing ! Better the dust, Better the grave Bud its mold Better the shroud’s snowy f, id Better death’s lust. Or can we tell how lie, pleading, .Y, lth h ? s P° o< ' heart all bleeding, Battling despair. Begged for a morsel of bread, Dotting the husks in its sicad As the wanderer’s share. Thinking too often of those Decked in the costliest. lothcs Drinking of lifo's w in,,. ’ While he, with impulses g. oh, Ea ged and thirsty has stood ’ Feodiug the swine. Thinking of the many he knew Dainti'y clad, Thus till his mi lnory grew Into his heart through and through Driving him mad. In the gioat city alone. Hungered, aud weary, unknown Meetiug the scorn, id Book with a mournful Sigh aud a moan, Day after day till the sorrow Gave him no signs of a morrow. Peculiar People. A Boston letter to an Eastern news paper relates that upon one of the fashionable South End squares of that city there has lived in a swell-front, four-story brick house, until very late ly, a woman who has hired for her ser vant her own sister. The latter was treated in all respect as a menial, and though tho woman and her husband, having no children, dined alone when there was no company in the house, they never permitted the sister to sit with them. Not only this, but tho sis ter servant was kept at work from ear ly till late, and there was no such thing as leisure for her, or a particle of the consideration due from one so nearly related to her. Finally the woman moved out of town, and the sister de termined to find an easier place. Ac cordingly she engaged to go to a sum mer resort as pastry cook in a fashion able boarding-house. Now it has transpired that her sister and former mistress has engaged board for the warm seasons not only at this very re sort, but also at the very house where her sister is to furnish the daily pies and puddings. The Union-Jack. Thfy ... • amok-jack" is one which is parWy of obvious signification, and in paid somewhat perplexing. The union between England and Scotland, to which the fiag owed its origin, evi dently supplied the first half of tho compound title borne by the flag it self. But the expression “jack” in volves some difficulty. Several solu tions of tills difficulty have been sub mitted, but with a siugle exception only, they are far too subtle to be con sidered satisfactory. A learned and judicious antiquary has recorded it as his opiniou that tho flag of the union received this title from tho circum stances of the union between England and Scotland in the reign of King James, by whose command the new flag was introduced. The name of the King in French, Jacques, would have certainly been used in heraldic docu mentsf the union flag of King Jacques would very naturally be called after the name of its royal author, Jacques Union, or Uuion-Jacques, and so by a simple process we arrive at union jack. ‘ . . The escape of Breakers ridge after the surrender of Dec was quite romantic. Accompanied by Colonel Wilson, of his stall, he made his way to Florida, where the two refugees wore joined by Colonel Taylor Wood, the brother’ in’ law of Jefferson Davis. Securing a small skiff, they boldly embarked, near Key West, for Cuba, and succeeded in reaching the port of Cardenas, near Havana, in safety. From thence Gen eral Breckenridge proceeded to Europe, and finally took up his residence in Canada. The last years of his life were quietly spent in Kentucky. General Breckenridge leaves one son who bears his name, and another, who, curiously enough,was christened “Owen county,” in honor of the county which secured the election of his father to Congress in 1853, in the contest with Governor Letcher. An amusing incident occurred at a fire in Han Francisco, on a recent Sun day. Two large water troughs, well tilled, were standing on the sidewalk, and afforded an elevated post of observ ation for fifteen or twenty nicelv dressed young men, arrayed "in their Sunday clothes. While they were perched on the edge of the troughs an inebriated individual attempted to pass along, but gave a lurch to loeward and knocked one of the young men to one sloe, and he, attempting to save himself wildly clutched the next one to him, who also surged against those in front. Iu about two minutes they were all climbing out of the water, dripping. Tho Charleston correspondent of the Augusta Constitutionalist shows that the courts of South Carolina are now practically closed to the respectable portion of the white citizens. The drawing of juries is manufactured by the corrupt officials so that a jury pan el is generally organized with about thirty negroes and six low white men. A good many of the lazy vagabond ne gro politicians depend upon the pay of jurymen for support. The result is that no thieving official or any man for that matter who has money, can be convicted. The boy who borrowed a dictionary returned it with the remark that it was interesting, but somehow changed the subject very often. al:l sorts. First understand, then argue. Singular—to see a garden walk. If rich, be not elated; if poor, be not dejected. A tale out of season is as music iu mourning. t AVbat holds all the snuff in the world ? No one nose. Let him that knows little keep to that he knows best. Be slorn choosing a friend, aud slow er to change him. They who would rule safely must rule with love, not arms In a quarrel it is always the well bred who will first give wav. The universe would not bo rich enough to buy the vote of an honest man. Half the ills we hoard within our hearts are ills because wo hoard thorn. Sincerity is the soul of virtue. When she flies away the whole body decays. The good of a man’s life cannot be measured by the length of his fun eral procession. Do not anxiously expect what is not yet come; do not vainly regret what is already past. The envious man is made gloomy, not only in his own cloud, but by ano ther man’s sunshine. Happiness is a perfume that, one can not shod over another without a few drops falling on himself. Idleness is the dead sea that swal lows up all virtues, and the self-made sepulchre of a living man. Do the best yon can, whatever you undertake; if you are only a stmt sweeper, sweep your very best. To Archbishop Whately is ascribed this paradox: “'The larger the incomo the harder it is to live within it.” Slanders, issuing from red and beau tiful lips, are like foul spiders crawling from the blushing heart of a i - ose. To quell the pride evon if the great est, we should reflect how much more we owe to others than to ourselves. T. W. Park of Bonnington, Vt., is said to be one of the wealthiest men in the country. His property is valued at $17,000,000. “Boys will be boys,” said an indul gent mother. “Not always, ma; we hope to be men, if wo live long enough” exclaimed one of tho hopefuls. A Japanese prince, a near relative of the Mikado, is about to enter a Prussian regiment, in order to acquaint himself with the discipline of the Prussian service. Mrs. John Palmer, wife of a Steuben ville printer, lias given birth to five children inside of sixteou months— which is a pretty hard run on John’s ‘small cap case.’ Don’t send for an adviser with tho mere view of being confirmed in your own opinion. You might as well send for a doctor and prescribe to him what medicine lie should order. The most momentous question a wo man is ever called upon to decide is, whether tho faults of the man sho loves will drag her down, or whether she is competent to be his earthly redeemer. r_Jfyo* want tomauatvnggfcrto. do several things at once, just watch him trying to put on his overcoat and rubbers with his head down while tho minister is pronouncing the benedic tion. If Mr. Gardener of Ohio hadn’t been taken out and tarred and feathered and rolled in the snow, he never would have known how much his wife loved him. She was three weeks scraping the tar off. A Baptist congregation in Brownville, Tenn., quarrelled about the control of its church. One faction got possession after a bitter contest, and oil the same night the building was set on fire and destroyed. Success in any calling is the result of a man’s love of and belief in the work he lms undertaken. Earnest and conscientious labor often accom plishes more in the end than brilliant genius. Life is like a roll of costly material passing swiftly through our hands, and we must embroider our pattern as it goes. We cannot wait to pick up a false stitcli, or pause too long before wo set another. The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves, and wo injure our own cause, in the opinion of the world, when we too passionately and eagerly defend it. Many persons, when they find them selves in danger of shipwreck in tho voyage of life, throw their darling vices overboard, as other mariners do their treasures, only to fish them up again after the storm is over. Nothing more powerfully argues a life beyond this than the failure of ideals here. Each gives us only frag ments of humanity—fragments of heart, fragments of mind, fragments of charity, love, aud virtue Upon the death of her husband the lady married his brother, and when a friend saw the portrait of the first hus band in the house, he said, “Is this a member of your family ?” “It is my poor brother-in-law,” she said. Of all the loves on earth most like the divine love is that of the good mother—-so unselfish, un.orgetting, watchful, considerate, free from all jealousy, aud desiring the good of her children far more than her own happi ness. A soldier recently drowned himself atMaintz, through exasperation caused by ill-treatment on the part of lieuten ant. The last insult that drove him to commit the act was a blow received in the face in the presence of his com rades. If you love others they will love you. If you speak kindly to them they will speak kindly to you. Love is repaired with love, and hatred with hatred. Would you hear a sweet and pleasing echo, speak sweetly and pleasantly yourself. The trial of twenty-two persons in dicted under the Ku-Klux law at Galveston is said to have nothing po litical in its bearing, tho case arising out of a life long fend of the Buttons and Taylor. There has been consid erable promiscuous shooting done by both parties, aud in fact the meeting of several members of the opposing fictions lias long been the sigual for a general fusillade. NO. 24