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$2 50 PER ANNUM Augusta Hotel. AUGUSTA, : : : : GEORGIA, S. Al. JO.M’S, Proprietor. rpms Lending, Fashionable TTotof, has been _l. newly and elegantly furnished. and is uotv prepaicd to extend a ‘’Georgia Welcome ” Col. GEO, H. JONES, CWefClerk. may 18—ts. Wheat &c, I HAVE a first rate, Wood Rim Horse Power, will) Cast Iron Teeth, Thrasher and Fan Mill, Iwill sell for (§1450, payable in To Wheat, at the market price ; or I wi let it out for 1-4 of the to it wi make this season. Last season (as bad as the wheatcrop wasj it made 250 bush els; this season tt can't make ess than 300 bush els, if well managed, and four to six mules to drive it. I have sti some of my sub-divided, Small and large Lots of Land For Salei With the nearest ERE WOOD to town, and some good tilube amis. NO. CUNNNGHAM. At. Js._bn my absence. <> [Uire of HOWELL & NEARY, who has, also, of mine, a good IRON CYLAA DER SYRUP MILL, Price $75. J. C. Greensboro, May 24th—At NET. JVE OIF-G-A. IST SspttpPlLL attend to the ■ - ptactice of Dentistry in Greenesboro’ on Mori gcW day of each week. He can sHK«W%' * ,e *°und at liis oilice over Elsas Si Adler’sstore, from Sam liil 5 o.clock p m I’eiiticld. Ga.,aug 2—ly Memphis &, Charleston R. .R Trains leave Menwphis as folio s Through Express 7:00 am Through Mail 0:40 pm •Somerville Aeoomodation 3:10 p m Through Express Connotes at Grand Junction with afternoon train on Mississippi Central Railroad for Hoi y springs Water Valley. Grenada, Jackson, Vicksburg, New Or leans. etc. At Corinth for Okolona, Columbus, Miss Mobile, A'a., etc. At Decatur for Columbia, Nashville, Louisville CinciumiUi, etc. AtChaltunooga lor aii placcsin Eastern Alabama Georgia, North and Mouth Ouvolit a, Virginia, Washington, Baltimore. New York, etc. Th rough Mail—Connects at Grand Junction with trains for Bolivar aud Jackson Tenn. At Decatur, for Athens, I’uluski, Alabama, Columbus, Nashville, etc. At Chatnuooga, trains connect for same points at Express Tr. ins. BAGGAGE CHECKED THROUGU For further information, apply at otllee. 13 Court Street W. J. BOSS, Geu'l Sup't A. A Ba«xi:s General Ticket Agent. mayll—lf 6. 11. Shock Passenger Agent I FAMILY PAPER The Weekly Coastitutianilist. Published every Wednesday Morning. \ N Eight-page Paper, containing the Latest News tiv Mail, and Telegraph, Editoiirls of the Daily, full Market Reports, Miscellaneous Reading and a Selected or Original Story, and articles appertaining to the Farm and Dairy each week. Wesball endeavor to make it a first-class News and Family Joural. PRICE. Single Copy, One Year 300 Ten copi s. sent ai one time,.... 2 50 A specimen copp sent When desired. STOCKSTON £ CO. Fcbrry 2 1807 Augusta Ga. STEVENS HOUSE, 21, 23, 25 A* 27 Hroatlvtay, N. Y. Opposite Howling Green, ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN. THE Stevens House is well ami widely k own to the traveling public. Tne location is especailly suits de to merchants and business men ; it is in close proximity to the business part o. the city—is on the highway of Soul hern and Western travel—and adjacent to all the principal Railroad and Steamboat depots. THE STEVENS HOUSE has liberal accommo dation for oxer 31)0 guests—it is well furnished, and possesses every modern improvment lor the comfort and entertainment of its -inmates. The rooms are spacious and well vonti 11 ate(l ■ pro vided with gas and water—the attendance is prompt and respectful —and the table is gener ously provided with every delicacy of the season —at moderate rates. The rooms having been refurnished and re modeled, we are enabled to oiler extra facilities for the comfort and pleasure of Guests. GEO. K. CHASE & CO. junels-<ims Dr. 0. SrTiKJPIIITT lias again opened his business in Covington where he intends keeping on hand, DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, ,f DYESTUFFS • Also a Lot of BOTANIC MEDICINES, Concentrated Preparations, Fluid Extracts, and is putting up his Liver Medicines, Female Tonic, ANODYNE 1> AIN -KI L L IT, Vermifuge , Anti Bilious Pills , and many other preparations. Will give prompt attention to ail orders. Hereafter no Medicine will be delivered, or Services rendered, except for CASH. Y’iiu need not call, uness you are prepared to pay CASH, for I will not keep Books. Jan. 21, 1807. OS I'ROPHIIT. S. KENDRICK kC O. * Dealers in CARP E TS, OIL CLOTHS, Matting, Rugs and Mats, Curtains, Shades, Comico, Piano and Table Covers, &c. Ra x son’s Building, Up stairs, Whitehall strceti Cornel of Hunter, —0n;16 ATLANTA, OA THE GREENSBORO HERALD. 6EEENESGORO’ HOTEL A rym —>** THH E undersigned has re -opened A X the above named Hotel, at tMttjFviCJfr toe old stand opposite the Court Bouse where he will at all times he pleased <o s>)< his friends and the public gen lerslljr. Thi house has been renovated, and the table will be literally supplied. Mr W T Doster w ill be iu readiness with good horses and vehicle* to convey passengers to any desired point. J- J. DOIIKATY. Greeucsboro Ga. sept 20—ts 1867 SPRING IMPORTATION 1867 s&asaznsj m&s&sasur, STRA W-'g- O O ID JS Armstrong, Cater & Cos ” IMPOJITOIis AND JOBBERS OF RIBBONS, BONNET SILKS, SATIN BLONDS NETS, CRAPES’ VELVETS, RUCHES, FLOWERS, FEATHERS, STRAW BONNETS’ and LADIES HATS Trimmed and Untrimmed. Shaker Hoods, &c, &c. &c. 237 and 233 Baltimore street, BALTIMORE, Md. OFFERS the largest Slock to be found in tliis Country, and unequalled in choice, variety ami cheapness. Orders solicited aud prompt attention given. mar2 —lims * GOODS 2 TITHE subscribers are constantly receiving flesh _l accessions to their present desirable stock of general merchandise, and the publis, as well as their friends, are rcs pccllnlly nvited to favor them with a call. Their assortment of DRESS GOODS, Hats, Shoes, School Bocks, &c.; arc ample, and are ottered at prices that will not fail to give satisfaction, may3-‘,f HOWELL Si NEARY. PLANTERS HOTEL. AUGUSTA, :::::::: GEORGIA Newly Furnished, and Refitted UNSURPASSED BY ANY ISIOfPESXs IS NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. T. S. NICKERSON, Prop’r. Late of Mills House, Chariots*.on, and Proprie tor of .Nickelson’s Hotel. Coluirbin, *S. C.- ea4s AMERICAN HOTEL. ALABAMA STREET ATLANIA.ftltt® GEORGIA. brvson i gn.Er, 1 WHITE & AVIIITI.OCK Cl' J Pit)l*Rl fi’l’Ous Sept. 7, 18bt>.‘—Hl'if. Georgia Railioad. Until further notice 'Trains will run as fol lows on the Georgia Railroad : DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. (Sunday excepted.) Leave Augusta at 0 30 A. M. Leave Atlanta at 5.15 A. M. Arrive at Augusta at G.OO P. M. Arrive at Atlanta at 0.10 P. 31. NIGHT PASSENGRR TRAIN. Leave Augusta at 8.00 P- M. Leave Atlanta at 0.20 P. >l. Arrive at Augusta at 3.15 A. M. Arrive at Atlanta at 5 00 A. 31. Passengers for Mayfield, Washington and Athens, Ga., must take Day Passenger Train Passengers for 3lubileand* New Orleans must l*.we Augusta on Night Passenger train at 8.00 p, in. to make close connections. Passengers for West Point, Montgomery Nashville, Corinth; Grand Junction, Memphis, Louisville and St. Louis, can take either train and make close connections. THROUGH TICKETSand Baggage checked through to the above places. Sleeping Carson all Night Passenger Trains E. W. COLE, Gonl Sup't. SOVTIII CAROLINA RAILROAD The South Carolina Railroad will run the following Schedule until further notice: CIIALESTON TRAIN. Leave Augusta at 6.55 A M Arrive at Charleston 4.00 P M Arrive at Columbia 5.20 P 31 Leave Charleston at 8.00 A M Arrive at Augusta 6.00 P M 11. T. PEAKE, Gen’l Sup’t. WESTERN & ATLANTIC R. R. Day Passenger Train—{Except Sunday .) Leave Atlanta 8 50 A. M. Leave Dalton 2 55 P. M. Arrive at Chattanooga 5* 25 P. M. Leave Chattanooga 450 A.M. Arrive at Atlanta 1 15 P. M. Right Passenger Train — Daily. Leave Atlanta 7 00 P. M. Arrive at Chattanooga 4 00 A. M Leave Challanooga 4 30 P- M A'rive at Dalton 1 18 A. M Arrive at Atlanta l 35 A. M Dalton Accommodation Train —Daily Ex cept Sunday . Leave Atlanta 3 15 P, M Arrive at Dalton 11 40 P. M Leave Dalton 1 30 P. M Arrive at Atlanta 10 30 A. M ATLANTA & WEST POINT RAILROAD- Day Passenger Train—Going Out. Leave Atlanta 12 15 P. M Arrive at West Point , 5 30 P. M Day Passenger Train — Coming In, Leave West Point v 340 A.M Arrive at Atlanta 8 37 A. M MACON & WESTERN RAILROAD. Day Passenger Train. Leave Macou ‘ k. M Arrive at Atlanta 2 00 I’. M Leave Atlanta 1 15 A.M Arrive at Macon 1 30 I . M L'eave Atlanta 8 10 P. M Arrive at Macon A 25 A. M GREENSBORO, GA., JULY 20, 18G7. I Alll Hying, The following benu’iful poem, we copy from the Memphis (Teun.) Bulletin. It is rarely wc find such contributed to the columns of a news paper. It is sweetly, beautifully sad. Raise my pillow, husband dearest— Faint and fainter comes my breath ; And these shadows stealing slowly, Must, J know, bo those of death. Sit down close beside me, darling, Let meela«p your warm, strong hand, Yours thnt ever has sustained me To the borders of this laud ; For your God and mine —our Father, Thenee shall ever lead me on, Wh ere upon a throne eternal, Sits his loved and only Son. I’ve had visions and been dreaming O’er the past of joy and pain ; Year by year I’ve wander’d backward, Till 1 was a child again. Dreamed of girlhood, nnd the moment 3V'hen I stood your wife and bride, How my heart thrill’d with Love’s triumph In that lmur of woman’s pride. Dreamed of thee and all the earth-chord Firmly twined about my heart— Oli ! tho bitter, burning anguish, When I first knew we must part. It has passed—and God has promised All thy footsteps to attend ; lie that’s more than friend or brother, He’ll he with thee to the end. There’s no shadow oier the porta’s Leading to my heavenly home— Christ hath promised life immortal, And ’cis lie that bids me come. When life’s trials wait ar amd theo A.id its chilling billows swell, Thou’lt thank heaven that lam spared them Thou’lt then Jed “that all is w ell.” Bring our boys unto my bedside ; 31y last blessing lot them keen But they’re sleeping— do not wake them— They’ll learn soon enough to weep. Tell them often of their mother, Kiss them for me when they wake Lead th n gmritl,y in life’s pathway, Love themwoubly for my sake. Clasp my hand still closer, darling, iis, the last night of my life, .e-morrow, I shall never Answer when you call me “wife.” Fare thee well, my noble husband, Faint not ’neaih this chast’ning rod ; Throw your strong arm round our children Keep them close to thee—and God. The great tabernacle of the Saints of Salt Lake City, is now finished. It is two hundred and fifty 7 feet long, and one hundred and fifty wide, and furnishes comfortable sitting room tor ten thou* sand perons. China and Japan together contain nearly half the population of the world. Hanging a mackerel to y r our coat tail and imagining yourself a whale, consti tutes codfish aristocracy. It was charged by the Albany corres pondent of the New York Tribune that, of the one hundred and sixty members of the Legislature of that State, one hundred and eighteen of them were known to bold their votes for sale to the highest bidder. Gen. Grant’s income over and above that received from the Government is $4, 800. Some years ago he was enga* ged in a tan yard at about §BO per month. Two hours reading of a good newspas per is as profitable as six hours work out of twelve. The farmer and the produce dealer equally should understand the markets. Sometimes to know a thing is the same as to earn. §IOO. Albert Bike has perfornfed one great achievement. In a recent edrtorial-he pro* duced a single sentence of 210 words without any other stop than a few com mas. Consult duty, not events. We have nothing to do hut to mind our duty.— Oh, how quiet, as well as holy would our lives he had rte learned that single lesson, to be careful for nothing but do our duty and leave all consequences to God. The editors of the Petersburg Post have been presented by the members of the Southwestern Relief Society of Lou* isville with a silver service in acknowl edgement of their efforts in behalf of the starving poor of the South. One man wagered another that he had seen a horse gailopping at a great speed, and a dog sitting on his tail. It seems an improbable feat for a dog to accomplish, hut the man was right, and won the mon ey. The dog was sitting on his own tail. A New York national hanking house recently sent out circulars assessing all the national hanks one-sixteenth percent, on their capital to form a fund to buy up Congress and defeat the opposition of the monopoly. Should all the banks respond, the fund will amount to over two millions. I have seen the circulars. — N. Y. Herald. “It is very difficult to live,” said a widow with seven girls, all in genteel poverty. ‘You must husband your time,’ said a sage old friend, “I’d rather hus* hand some of my daughters,” answered the poor old lady. Several anecdotes turn on that inex* haustible theme of merriment —the sor* rows of matrimony. In passing through the street, the bier was struck against the corner of a house, and the corpse re* animated at the shock. Some years after, when the woman died in earnest, hei husband called to the hearer, “Pray, gentlemen, be careful in turning the corner.’’ T he latest New Yoik Directory shows that there are now in operation there twenty city railroad lines, besides twenty one in Brooklyn and nine in Jersey City and Hoboken. The number cf river, bay anil souud steamers is over one bundred and fifty, cf which one hundred and ten leave daily. The number of ocean steamers is one hundred nnd sixty, of which thirty nine leave for Liverpool, elev en for other English ports, fifteen for France and Belgium, sixty for domestic ports, and the rest for China, Braeil, Cuba etc. This list doe* no! include steamers carrying inland freight, of which the number is not exactly known. There are also thirty ferries, which rrquiro nearly one hundred ferry boats for service, and sixty locomotive railroad lines have their termini in the city. Os the for merly great number of stage lines leaving New York only six are left. Iu New York, also there are four hundred churches, eighty three banks, fourteen public libraries, and fifty six asylums and hospitals, and there are seventeen cemeteries outside the city, be* 'ldes many old ones iu the city, no longer used. A Goon One on the Melish,— A company of Brownlow Bummers, en route for Johnsonvilfe, were on the cars Fri day evening when the smash-up occurred, and a friend, who was also aboard, tells us that they screamed like a pack of frightened cliildran or a flock of siared sheep. One cried out, “O, my God ! the rebels are upon us!” Another shouted, Don’t shoot! Don’t shoot! They forced me into this !’’ They happened to occu py a forward car which was badly shat* tered and several of them were hurt.— Yfhen our informant climbed out of the ruins ho found one sitting flat on the ground and crying as if his heart would break. On being asked why lie wept so, he replied. ‘‘Becase I thought tho rebs’d got m? sure!” Poor creatures! Ignos rant and deluded, they consider that they live in war time still, and are afraid of being thrown off the track whenever they ride in the cars, or of being shot at from every hush when they ride through the country. Truly a guitry donsbience makes cowards of the Browr.low body guard and needs no accuser. —• Nashville Banner. —tssy «•-4 ■ A correspondent writing from Indian apolis, Indiana, 6ays: “While passing through the Union depot a few days ago, I was accosted by a one-armed man in faded army blue. Fourteen years ago I first saw him working at a windlass in the gold diggings of Australia, He and Iris three partners boUteJLy Hint windlass more than SBOO,OOO. A few months later I bade him good-bye, as he sailed from Melbourne to Now York with §200,- 000 in bills of Exchange in his pocket, I next saw him a wounded rebel soldier, lying on the field of Antietnm. A little more than a year later, I saw him a Union soldier, lying in a hospital in Tennessee. To-day he is a helpless wanderer, de pendent on public charity for a dinner.” The steamer Robert E, Lee lately made two hundred and forty miles, be* tween Memphis and Cairo, in sixteen hours and thirty minutes, having a four mile current to contend against all the time. This is the fastest time ever mado between those points, A mulatto girl in Lynchburg, Va., has three times tried to kill herself. She is madly, hopelessly in lovo with a Yankee Major recently stationed there. An old negro woman accounts for the lack of discipline among youngsters from the fact that their mothers wear gaiters. “Ye see when we wore low shoes an’ the children wanted a whipping we jus took off a shoe, mighty quick, and gave’em a good spankin ; hut now how’s a body to git a gailer off in time ? So the chil’en gits no whippen at all now-asdays.’’ A raft passed Memphis, Tenn., last week which would, if placed on dry land, cover over one and a half acres of ground. It was composed of 527 tiers, averaging 50 feet, and containing in all about 1,400,000 square feet of finely seasoned cypress. A Lancaster, Ta., paper says that a young lady residing in the western part of that city, was so much injured while biting off her toe nails a few days ago, a physician had to be called in to attend her. Young ladies should be careful how they bite off their toe nails. Its danger ous ! A Graphic Description of China.— A country where the roses have no fra* grance, and the women no petticoats; where the laborer has no Sabbath, and the magistrate no sense of honor ; where roads hear no vehicles, and the ships no keels; where old men fly kites ; where the needle points to the South, and the sign of being puzzled is to scratch the antipodes on the heel ; where the post of honor is on the left hand, and the seat of intellect is in the stomach; where to take off your hat is an insolent gesture, and to wear white garments is to put yourself in mourning; which has a liter ature without an alphabet, and a language without a grammar, The Brunswick UoiiflcfoK.—The Savan nah Advertiser cofitnias tho following partic ulars of a shocking affair which occurred a( Brunswick on Fiiday last,the parties to which were Capt. fc. J. Marlin and Mr. E. 0. West moreland, a partner of Gen. J. B. Gordon in the lumber business, and acting British Cons sul at that port: From what we have learned of the affair, it appears that, both gentlemen had been paying attention to the same young lady» daughter of Cob C. L. Schlatter, hut Mr. Westmoreland proved the tavored one, and they were married at her father’s residence at 11 o’clock on Friday morning. Some time since, while both parties were still visiting ihe young lady, a oooloess arose between them, and one day some words passed which led to the sending of a challaugo by West* moreland, but through the intercession of fiiends the matter was adjusted, although there still remained a coolness between them. On Friday, after tho wedding, preparations wero made for their departure, on the Sylvan Shore, for this city, with a view of taking a bridal tour to the North and Burope. About 4 o’clock, Mr. Westmoreland was sitting iu his office with his coat off, while the bride was in an adjoining room superintending tbe packing of her trunks. Martin walked in without saying a word, drew a pistol, aud de liberately shot Westmoreland in the groin. He sprang up, when Marlin fired again, stri* king him in the breast. He caught hint by the hand, saying, “Martin, what have I ever done to you that you should want to shoot me f" and sank back to tho floor, and never spoke again. A soldier who happened to be passing, ran in and wrested tho pistol from Martin’s hand. Marlin surrendered himself to the military authorities, and was confined in a room at the hotel. A warrant was issued by Judge Houston, and Capt. M. was surrendered to the civil authorities. He was brought to this city on the Sylvan Shore, and was commit* ted to jail, there being none in Glynn county. Westmoreland is said to have been of an old, distinguished and wealthy family in En s gland. He was engaged in running th blockade during the latter portion of tbe war, and in 1365 settled in Brunswick. Martin was on the staff of General Ed. Johnson, of Gen. Ewell’s corps, during the war. neowns a large plantation on the Al* tamaha, and is very respectably connected. Josh Billing’s Goose Talk. The goose is a grass animal, but don’t chaw her oud. They are livers, about one aker to the gooß iz enuff, altko thar iz sura’ who thinks one goose tew 175 akers, iz nearer rite. These too kalculations are so fur apart, it iz difficult tew tell now, which will-finally win. But I don’t think if I had a farm ov 175 akers, awl paid for, that I would sel it for half what it waz worth, jest bekauzo it didn’t Lav hut one goose on it. Geese stay well, some ov our best biographers say, 70 years, and grow tuff tew the last. They lay one egg at once, about tbe size ova goose egg, in which the goslms lies hid. The goslins are the goose’* babe. The goose don’t suckle his young, but turns him out tew pasture on someboddy’s vacant lot. They soem few lack wisdom, but nre coni sidered generally sound on the goose. They are good eating, but not good chaw ing, the reazon ov this remains a profound sekret tew this day. When the femail goose iz at work halchin she it a hard bird tew pleaze, riles clear up from the bottom in a minit, and will fight a yoke ov oxen, if they show the least bit ov sass. The treese iz excellent for feathers, which she sheds every year by the handful. They are also amphibious, besides soveral other kinds ov cuss. But they are morely oureUt about one thing, they kan haul one leg up into their boddy, and stand on tuther, awl day, and not tucb ennything with their hands. I take notis, tliare ain’t but darn few men kan dew this. ■ ■■ - Late papers from Germany ar* filled with particulars of a most horrible tragery. A man murdered his father, mother, sister and four brothers, besides burning tbe family res idence Stid barn where he killed (hem. For nine moolbs be succeeded in evading all «Uss picion against him. Eastern papers are Complaining of tbe scarcity of ministers The Philadelphia Bui Ictin eay* that not only is there a short sup ply now, but there is prospect of a complete famine in the future. “Young men do not come forward to fill the gaps made by death in clerical ranks—the divinity schools in all sections of tbe country are not half filled, ; despite the fact that free scholarships are offered by them.” This is very sad, but it is not singular. Clergymen have found pol itics more profitable than tbe gospel, and so they have become politicians, office holders and the like. Those who should be divinity students are league bawlers. It is in tbe , nature of th* time; — Dubuque Herald .j YOL., 2, NO 13 Remarkable Discovery. A few days since Nathan Salisbury, E-.q.; living in East Scott, Cortland county, found a very p«culjjtr axe. Tho circumstances are as follows: * At ah early day, when Mr-.- Salisbury, in company with others, was chopping and clearing the forest of his newly acquired farm, they came to a very large hemlock standing near the stream. After cutting the tree dowD, Mr. Salisbury discovered that what appeared to bo tho heart of the tree was really a sepa* rate treo from the one just fallen. On exam ination, this tree within a tree, was found to have been girdled at some previous time, leaving a small portion uncut, bo the sap had continued to traverse the trunk until its growth had completely overgrown the gird* ling, and another treo formed, growing to enormous dimensions. A few days sines, near the trunk of that tree, about twelve inch* es below tho surface, was found this peculiar axe. It is about ten inches in length by three aud one-fourth inches on the cut or edge. It is made of iron. Now, what is remarkable about this axe and tree is this—that the girdling or the packing of the inner tree corresponds pre cisely with the axe found. Counting th* concentric rings of tho growth of the outer tree, is found the remarkablo fact that the inner tree was girdled about one hundred years bofore the landing of the Pilgrims.— Who was in the locality using an axe thre* hundred and fifty-seven years ago! A Good Stort. —Avery eminent lawyer in New York receivdd a severe reprimand from a witness on the stand, whom he was trying to brow beat. It was an important issue, and ie ordor to save his cause from defeat, it was necessary that Mr. A. should impeaoh tho witness. He endeavored to do it on the ground of age. The following dia* logue ensued : Lawyer—How old are you t Witness—Seventy-two years. Lawyer—Your memory, of course, is no 4 so brilliant and vivid as it was twenty year* ago, is it f Witness—l do not know but it is. Lawyer—State some circumstance that occurred, say some twelve years ago, and vr* shall be able to see how well you can re* member. Witness—l appeal to your honor if lam to be interrogated in Ibis manner; it is insa* lent. iudge— Yes sir; stele it. Witness—Well, sir, if you compel me to do it, I will. About twelve years ago, you studied law in Judge B,’s offloe, did you not t Lawyer—Yes. Witness—Well, sir, I remember your father coming into my office and saying to me: Mr. D., my son is to be examined lo* morrow, and I wish you would lend me 815 to buy him a *uit of clothes. I remember, also, sir that from that day to this he hat never paid mo that sum. That, sir, I rernem* ber, as though it had been but yesterday. Lawyer—(Considerably abashed,) Thnt will do, sir. Witness—l presume it will. Tho longer I live, says a writer, the more I feel the importance of adhering to tbe rules which I have laid down for myself in relation lo such matters: 1. To hoar as little as possible to the prej udice of others. 2. To beliove nothing of the k : ud till lam absolutely forced to, 5. Never to drink in tbe spirit of one who circulates an evil report. 4. Always to moderate, as tar as I caD, the unkiodneßs which is expressed toward others. 5. Always to believe that if the other side were heard a very different account would be given of the matter. Universal Coinage.—The International Coinage Congress, in session in Paris, has adopted the gold five franc piece and its muU tiples as the basis of uniform currency among nations. The United States was represented in the Congress.and if our government endor* sea the proposed system, there will be a na* tional change in our coinage, if we shall ever be fortunato enough to reach hard money times. The proposed standard of coinage— the franc—is equal in value to about nine* teen and one-fifth cents. A five franc piece is accordingly worth four cents less than an American dollar, which is our present stand# ard of coinage. Under the proposed plan, our present half dollar would bo represented fcy a piece worth forty*eight cents; t be quar* ter would be worth twenty-four cents, eto. The change therefore, would bo slight, but it would, nevertheless, Create some confusion at first.—iff. V. Sun. A man in Pennsylvania, while at work making a fence, hung up his coat, with seventeen hundred dollars in greenback# in the pockot. An old sow, happening in tho neighborhood, chewed up the garment, completely destroying the mon> ey.