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The Meriwether Comity Vindicator.
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(JTAJ'LE AM) FANCY HUY OOGIJd
Clothing, Roots, Hh'J- 1 and
Hardware, Notions,
fTopOSe to Will RfloW hi Same qualities CWJ
be bought hi soy railroad rowu.
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HENRY & JOHN PARET
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Clothing at Wholesale.
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Wholesale Liquor Dealers.
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fiacre Street,
CINCINNATTJO.
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OIIEENYrtWh MERIW ETHER COtTNTW GA., JUNE 20, IH7S.
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- nn-fwlhii.ir, L|t .'..-os, Hem
.orrow’* lustier t naiKl, Ly lUe 1
•J. arcs.; mv-. , '..•i.iot > of tb<m*rt, it will 1
torn li some "lender chord” on the well j
kt yt harp of devotion tlmt wil aye;., “thrill
and ucn.lde wiia regret."
The years creep Cow ly ty, Lo-retm,
The sn.*w 1.. <i> the yr i.-s again,
The sun n low down Uw sky, Loienn,
Tin- 'her ifleain. w !n ail TloWefshfivr been;
Hoi tin heart ll.rolis on > warmly now
A vs hcii the Summer day* wer< nigh,
1 ... Mil, .’(4.1 tl. 1(H llij. ..1 hiW
A Jow n atTcctiou i. cloudlt aa >l,y.
A hundred rnoulli* have j risked, Loreua,
Mr or fast i held thst bind in mine,
And lelt thy I'tlKe l>et fast, i.orena.
i Lough mitie lieal iojirt lai than thine;
A . .and montha,3twa* Boirary M.iy,
\\ '.n n U(i Ihe lull ?iojie we ciiun'd
In w t. h 11m ii>i; go| the ila>% ...
Atnf hoar ttir drstwnt chtrrch belt? etinnrr H
We T< red each other then, Loreha,
More thau we < ver dared to till,
Amt whut y.< mighl have been, Ltneim, |
lit* 1 lull t.oi lor .iig.- well , j
It if cow In pasaetl, the yearnure gone,
__ t ■■■■'. i .iii n.[4 lltrii ahadowy I’nrui* ; j
I'll .say to them, “lost years, sleep on.
■*- ii [; q", l-.'n.l ..li j pi lime aliiri!.*-
Tin -lory ol tlmt past, Lmena,
A c 1 i-arr not lo u peal.
Tin Iniju . Hist coytd mil live, Inireim,
Tin y lived, but only lived lo cheat;
l Wouid m*l itiiisi i<n .')U‘ vi' out* -
To miiklw m thy tvW.'iu now.
|A.# 11 hi try w i-TEay I irgt-l"
\\ i .i words of thijie long yisrs ago
iis, there were Wolds ol Ihine, Lorcnu,
Tln-v I min within” my lin-moi y ye'.g
lin v ihaoUM' leiidvu i hohl 1,0 nil i,
That rl.iilia and in inhl<> w i hfdfmt.
Tam not the worri.t-i's heart llnit spoke,
Iliy in in I sc always true to no |
A ti- ' \ stein and pitawitig broke
Luc in-., ii,ahfmkrrd ruy sou! to 'tin e
li ninth i iUlunuw, leihnu,
lin | ii. tis In tbs- eierlmi pn*t ; ,
.•oor .nna.:- 4:fx7mi ftnimay Lnrrna, .
I. )• s tide Is etiliio;.* out ,o itillt.
iiii iii ... al’niutt ’ O, lhank-tiod *
til ii.. ilu* is mi small a part -
I i> tltisl In dust Item alii the >si,
Hui eie, "up there,” ,'t in lis-ari TANARUS lies li,
_ Att Actur's Triik
1.. 7'iodL acini- lii..thvahira.. Mtiiim .whoweal a.
. ■ "I'l'n n.;. se 1 lie -ili-mtoJ—U fl.r Hftlll
Ale ut. 'n.u e.l o c • '■••■ ■■■ win
tWt n'ty ifyp litillfi!.* j'd i Wftfk, it 's, mi ttiti
t L', til, Olid h alf iff Ull* 4 iltlJl m < Trpt% _ui_
- 1 iwTi 2I • ts W? J4{ H *•>*] t Diit**o.'li ilt*
rtf tny f Trn r P, uj Tii■ d
f i',;(- *ir rl'tij! 1 ;- WjUilL i Il J U' l ii 1 V H*
To (T. ti,. v ■ii?-;, iii; . . liu.', 1 .>v .
o’tolwr. Id ill! LO LLpLJ \*.li li; Lidl..
• —f ■n-suizv t| Ad gdi rto u• ♦
*V r^-frTTT7T yr n" !r hrntjfiy ir J T niirjTp
<f I hoiibi ill ii k If UIIJ4 Did IhHK*! I< >
Iflf H lit I'll l>f*x< - Oil lo
:•> inrlil | !i ► lu.ki'U Writ JiiindlunU*! >
-il; K{..j .lul n( 11 it 1 Ulifc,!!*.;, -l*lVo|n , kli-i
yrurrry tor some Ti w hiib-S in the Vl< ii
v, 01. II)' liijflll pHVIOIH fcT" I'll!' II
im* IrHil i'fk J flU'l (••')•'!! ' 1 Iji' !r jpfff
liijfl ! Intr ln.-n m'li |ilv;,i,.i l^ —m, 44m
-01d Id*ri'*'•*• evening shadows fell."
11, .I'.- I- I lli! lh'ii .win- regularly
l*>iegd by me pjeaiiu ic-* V big runtics.
When II,!: doou >Terf opened and stout
l<nlii emay or Iwii lih'l been prudently
J,i< ll< ! "i at the point of culriiboe, a ninli
wiiß made in order to girt ill* best w-me in
Hi*- I,'ium ,A* n< a way* lli< <:ae with your
i"nMi'ijii' inti deadhead
1- portray I!,' ming'.wd phase* of oston
■lmm'iit, auger, and honest indignation ol
‘be I beral putruus ol the iin,lx drams
when titty were scvMciy Informed ly tin;
iti*!;'- and gentlemanly iloorkeej<cr, that
■ii? ii and ticket* were frauds (and, in
j deed, ok Ike leader knows, bit iuiorinalion
j wamrtrictly true), I* beyond the (tow<;r ol
!my fecbli quill Ah ni'w-t of the .young
, lellows mere accompanied by their sister*
arid awoejbeert* (for the supply of gratu
-1 dou* pasteboard had been diffused on a
rno-t liberal scale), it would seem shabby
o back out withoot seeing the show. Ho,
| with many a rueful expression while fum
! Idiof fo- evasive quarters, and many whio
j ftered solicitation* for temjmnrjr sccom
! modationr, they filed ht, pair after pair,
* sns filled the Tittle theater toils utmost ca
! paelty.
To cap the c imax of tbeetrie*! audacity
: ifaebro*l,. <aty i.iiwif, beiwtcg the piece*.:
stepped in front *f the ctwtaio with ,
a (lack of the rejected ticket* iu hix band,
and in a most eloquent sjxx-cb denouncer] t
|tk< contemptibis, scoundrel or acotiudrel* !
who Bki attempted to injure him by aucb ,
oulrgggub* uwpoailkm on tire public. Iu i
the woble cotirv; of hi* professional rape
ricuce, whether in Kurland, Australia,
(jaliSari ia or America, he bar] never been
, f grossly Insulted, "and” contained be,
warming to be w ork, “if tbe cowardly |
Uackgcar J or bir-dkg-tards are in front of:
this bouse to-night, I da.e U*em to meet I
Hit at tbe d'ror of’.lie theater, and I will!
give them each and alb any satisfaction l< r
the lagg rage I Lave Used. "Aye,' he con
, uudetf, oil. i.*.’!- birr kit dcfiUbtly "at a
harmless medallion of hhskespeare that
decora:er! tbe front of the second tier,
* (
"and at aay time and ia any way iftgy 1
may select.' -• •
This p.ocky demouMratioti won all I
bear’..*- and ft.-T-longed applause greeted]
the injured stranger as he proudly, defi
antly, and shiwly bowed himselfoff That
young nran has been a financial success,
and still lives “a priispcin\is gentlemau."
I*at and the Pig.
A countryman having killed a pig and
not w ishing to divide with his neighbors,
as was the custom in that country, said lo
Ina man, (who, by the w ay, w as aaon uflh-j
Sinerldd Isle:)
I**l,ll I give flie neighbors who IraVe
givea lo nut a piece of ;Mrrk, FH have none
left for myself. Can you tell me what lam
hi Jo *
He dad, air, said Pah It’s myself that
can do the tiling.
Gissi say* the countryman, rubbing his
hands and tookiug at Pat. Now tell me
what 1 can do.
Faith, air, said Pal, sure wheu lire cray
ibei ;s cleaned, just lie after hanging it
against the door, where ivory umbel's sou
ol them will ace it; and early in the mom
~tng, t>a f. 'TfaTiy" ii ii s' TsaTM >ut ,g Tu |i and"
lake in your pig and hide it away. Thin,
when your ncigbhart come, -Just be alter
lolling tliem Hie pig was stole
t #l>tial idea, P.it, exelaimed tbo'cq)intry
man ; I’ll do it, hy Gcoriro. -
Jto, when the pig wrua cleaned, ii wras
tmug n;: oulaide. Ilie dnoi, so that rhejuhgh-
li,ii> see iu The countryman un\
ioualy attuned the approaebrng night, and
at last retired to lied, hut not to sleep. Pat,
under cover ol the night, cjepl arouad the
house and stole lhe pig, q
What was the astonishment of the figuu;,
Uynum, whJ' At Caily Afaw n he rose to
huh „aw.4y tint pig-he tnend tut pig riiCrc,
can Ik- Itelter imagiueii than described.—
In the midst oi hishewlldeinienl, Pal cam*
in with his usual “Top o’ the morning to
ye, si ," an 1 giving him a knowing wuik,
Hit ill'
Master, how about the pig I
W ell, Pt, Uic. jiig was stolen in reslity.
Fsiib, aud that sound* as imtiiiul a* il
you had lost yotrr plj,
lint, you block In sd, I tail you the ri|
us stolen.
Faith, aud.begorry, master; the devil n
hit o' me thought that you could do so well
[dustal-ich to ile,t| it's 44* nail.l il as hie.
liy Hi. Iluorge, i.micd the now llntecouu
i Ii Jinan : I tell you the pig was stolen.
, (Juh Ihe Jaliers, says Pal, slick U> it, and
! your neighbors will In lave you, snd.drvil a
nit ol il they'll get Faith, l didn't think
you could do so well.
-
Kttked In n WlCi -r—
--p r ; ..4T7p.vcmflwsp, r.r Kansu*
who wa* -<• — v kicked eift of
iin- n.Hi list wtmef far ti<ung T;augtii at
■+he truku.'the old Wiuin layo had Iso,(lit
lulu, has hud II SiiTveTrfrpHed tu Ilfs vvouiiit
-id -leermp-* rtmt-tnnke fmn — Yrr- i-iimtnrt.-i —
"Trc nc.tv: —li t.ojt turn ..iit'ne ruu thuudau-i
pi'll oic u caiton:a'eit nwi non —tt
die T'iiirrd W Iril Ini w 11 .i
1.1 md ;■ oi H v nl 1 11 D■< i *, and Clin IU ..! (jj
. Tyn till place In i||,i.iiye|c<l lillii u'!l slim I
i l tlmts-tiuniiul ol mom and, kn<iwuig
a 1... < . i ! ru! 1. .1 lln money lings ol Ure Gov- .
-1144it~*"4; to- Mitnml I*. litk" -ft-ail tit*.
nr.iph; ioiiy us much as he gavn tbe Harli
44tv nwirwtH lit’gifltlt Oft? V* -r*vt- -
non His tittle aebvoie baa Jnst come —to'
littlll amt (ms proved a stlccfis* Il was n
cuokod up bill foi nrniy tiuns|irtati"ii in
IKKi, and mmiuiiled In the snug littlL sum .
• and laiih.WH This amount ha* Is en allow
ed Inin hy the It idicsl IBsnlpUlaloM nhoiii
Warhinglori aud Caldwell is happy. lie
bus got hack hi* Idly thousand dollars, has
a hundred ihouaand to |my lor another ■ lei
lion, and another hundred thousand to ills
tribute among Ids Radical RenatoilaJ hietli
eru to allow Inin to sit among (belli, and a
balance ol fifty -si i thousand on hand. —
Lucky Caldwell. Happy and prfisperoUa
must be the peojdegoverned by the thieves
who are thus robbing them. [ HellelonU;
Watchman.
Whitt Break* Uiiwn Vouitg Ben.
It ia a commonly received notion that
bard study la the uuMaltby element of col
lege life. But from tables of the mortality
of Harvard iiniveraity, collected by proles-
Kir Pierce from the lait triennial catalogue,
it ia clear ly demonstrated that the excess
of deatba tor the first ten year* after grad
uation ia found in that portion of tbe class
iof in tenor scholarship. Every owe who
' has seen tbe currlcultnn knows that where
; .fttcbyltu and jxditieel economy injures
| one, late hours and rum punchua use up k
doAcn, and tbe two little finger* are heavier
than the tein* of Euclid. Dissipation i* a
sure destroyer, and every young man wbo
loiiowa it la, a* the early flower exposed to
an unthnc.y frost. TUoae wbo have been
inveigled into tbe path of vice are named
iegiua. A few boura' sleep each night,
high living and plenty of "smashes" make
war upon every function of tbe body. Tbe
brama, the heart, 11 1< nerves, the longs, the
liver, tbe spine, the limbs, tbe bones, tbe
flesh, every part and faculty are overtaske<l
and weakened by tbe terrific energy of j
passion loosened from restraint, until, like
a dilapidated mansion, tbe “earthy bouse
of this tabernacle" Adi* Jnloruiuou* decay.
Past young men, right about.
Tug Atlanta Bon say*: When tbe ques
uon ia aaked, I* Democracy dead I let H
tie aolwered, No !—bo! u long at free gov
•rumenl baa a bol l upon the bemrta ot tbe
people, and.their liberties are toured and
ibainulned t.y tbem.
America “Krcouatructrul.”
BY a. R. ANT.
My country, Tis from thcc,
Fair land o( roguery,
Flout thee we *te^
Thro' every public piano,
Wherein with native grace
Our k ndred's boundic s race
Prey mi thy weal.
a My native i-ouotry, then,
Land of tbe Dents and m,
Thy cash 1 love. '
1 love thy bon is and notes,
Thy pay increasing votes:
On lliesc my spirit dot us
All things above.
Let our tribe till thy land,
And truth and virtue stand
Abashed In-lore,
. Let nature have its way,
Let rubbery hold full sway,
And thieves their skill display
_ jß' r o[jy i h<}rr It) shore.
Gird, of rascality,
We hymn our praise,
Guig by our tbelVs condoned,
ihtr punishment postponed,
And that the naliou uw nod
Pubsci ve our Ways.
Lrt* rftnl .t nek son at tUc BmiU
ttl llie (TitckakoiMiiiy .
In ihv article of greatest lulcreHt to Amor
can let lets In the Kdnduirgh Re view fid 1
April i* the folhiwiug deserlption.of tbe in
teav.ka* diet wen General Jan- ami Stonewall
Jackaon, during thu hattlu of the Chicka
homlny . “A few minutes more, the
callanl .* ddier himsull apiteartsl on the
scene tyfid rudo up to greet hoe, cheered hy
GiUgalKt l men, already vueiaui enough
in WBT to under-iianfi wing lUr coming
meant. Nothing, it has been said, ol this
first meeting ol lliou- great Soldiers on the
iwUlefiold could b ■ In more slriking con
trast (Jnu ihe appearance and manner of
the two- Handsome in fsoo and figure fine
ly mounted, a g'acclul rider, calm-visaged
and catrflilly drugaud, Lea presented the
fStliflMiiif the cvHumamlyr whose mu
ward iK irliu-always ia*|ilivtoil thu sold
ler'scyc, Hts hvmorts le-ui.rtrmtit rode, ap.
parentiy by choice, an 111-groomed, raw
fioued inure, sod sat so short stirrupod as
togivc biliigur* tint most awkward aji-
pcsfraiicT . Ail old cadet's cap, evidently a
reflool tl* ftMlrne profesaorajilu b had Hot
long -d x* n ft, waa drawn over Ids eye*,
ifl i‘ii ;*nus, t,oi oftly Utreadbare, but ill.
mushed, slid hla word* wete jerked out In
Hiorf, nbnipt sentences, twtwfs'h wliieh he
sucked the lemon w hich was, ns usual, his
sole ri'lieiliim-nt dining Ina day's woik.
let each already umlristood Hie other,
", i It .Tiled trltit ST Ills ll jI- worth: ‘‘Til'll
• is a it-itvy BSfaSowa yonder,' 1 Kii.J, f,rn, nr
dn F , 1 31 gun 'j"mdio 11 pi. io Jack
:tin s. ‘ ('mi yntir men sl*id it J"' "They
U'U ii iiul ftluiust anythmg.Tlrey tuu s'and
Hist,” wr us tin- empHiilii reply ; mid lillei
fetv words of ordur ami • .vpluiintion in: lull
- Icwu-ldrh to lead mi the wMetek. Tlrt* was
-decisive, was by n frrnti ad
vuure i,: tin tnrp* is Pur The
-Fe-lrrni- were turned, ovn inatclicii, ittirl
driven Imm their position, mid befure
dark the ahattwrort remains Porter’s force
win crossing the Chickahotniny in Mfrty
raUeat.
fuddle lour Own Cimoc
Judge H. gave h> son a thousand dollars
! lelling Idm to go to college and graduate.
Hie son returned at the end ol the Fresh
i man year without n dollar and with sever
|
\ il ugly habits. About the close ol the va
cation the Judge sai l to Iris son
"Well, William, aro you going to college
this year ?"
"f Live no money, lather ”
"lint I gave vem a Ihuusami dollars to
graduate On !"
“That's all gone, father '
“Very well, my son ; it was all I could
give, you; yuu can’t stay here • you must
now pay your own way In the world."
Anew light broke irrupon the vision ol
the astonished young man. lie accommo
dated bimself to the situation; be left
home, made hi* Way through college, and
graduated at the hood of his class—studied
Isw, became Governor of tb Htale ol Mw
York, entered the cabinet of the President
ol the United Htatek, <nd has made a rec
ord lor himself that will not soon die, being
none other than William U. tie ward.
Imcoutant to flAKniDPTfl.—TheHavsn
u*h New. says Judge Brskirc, issued tbe
following order on Tuesday in reference to
bankrupt matters:
In regard to filing petitions to restrain
sales unc'ar executions, etc., a copy of the
bill or petition, unless otherwise ordered
by the court or Judge, should accompany
tbe writ of injunction. All petition* or
bills must tie filed in tbe clerk's office be
tore being presented to tbe Judge or court,
and they should state fully lbe grounds up
on which tbe prayer the writ of injunction
ia based, so that the JuJge msj tie fully
anil particularly notified in the premises.
Ali fact* essential to a full understanding
of these ojuct matter must lie set forth,
other *<*r, -Action nosy !e delayed *nd"p
tftions returned for correction. Certificate
of adjudication ooglit to accompany bMJa
asking f*ir injunction. Officers of Court will
look carefuHy to tire bankrupt law and
general orders of tbe Supreme Coart of tbs
United .States and tbe rales ot lids..in tak
ing costa
Soutliciii Nauiitillilr*.
KJilart itt'egrnji< it ml
penning l you, p**rh|s, 4hr last letter 1
shall ovi-r write from MPmphi*. 1 regret to
think this; but I am on the eve of leaving
tbia pretty city, so hill of life and active en
ergy, whose people arc alive and progres
viva, whose destiny iu lltc future 1 love to
contemplate.
1 have been spending the day wtlti Jcf
arson Davis, and in hta sunny little office
m Madison street, we bate been talking
over the I*l*l of many years
It was ill eighteen hnndrtii and twenty
eight that 1 first saw tiit.4 historical man.
lie hail just relumed Horn West Point anrU
wore the umforifi of a cadet, 110 wa then
a little, modest youth, whose deep gray
oye* twinkled with the beauty and brillan
cy of a star. I li* head was smalt a* it it
yet, but admiratdy formed, and lliere was
an intelligence in his features that gave
promise ol the tuturu Uu has iuIAUaJ. Tlmt
a mental rihimination raroty met wtth in
orto-ol ids years and sorrows Tti4ae feat
ures, once so radiant, arc now mvlato and
and wearing the cast of deep melancholy,
save when animsted with the spirit which
yet burnt in his bosom when excited hy
thought or conversation. Bometimea, too
the twinkle of mirth dances in hia eye and
lights up his features. Hut soon the Joyous
smile'dado* into the melancholy, which
has become habitual. Ilia health is good.
He has hut one souud eye. You know the
vision of the other has long since faded in
daikiiesH. This defect iorliids much resd
ing or writing. Yet to day, in the familiar'
ily of old liiendship I rmuarke 1 :
“1 think, Mr. l).tvis, you will not lose the
other eye until you shall .have given to the
world your views and opinions a* to the
causes which led to lUe late war!"
“1 am wGlmg,’* be *4d ami lie dHlat -
ijod with hi* fingers upon the baize oovor
ed lanle, upiiu which III* arm reafed, soil
the deep sadness which clouded is feature!)
and billowed the remark wits painful to
contemplate. 3
VVe had hi no speaking of Ike dislingulsh
ed L Q. O. Lamar, of MUslislppi, and of
Col. Thomas Hardeman, of Georgia. After
an me ntmeents tm mrid, “ttie war ha* twen
u great misfortune lo them. A brilliant lu
turo was before them | tlieir talents and
moral worth gave high-) roinlse ol eminence
and tuefhlnns* In their matorer year*. La
mar ha* had hi* disabilities removed ; Con
gross ha* relnsad to do the tamu tor Hard
blit !t tl hot pifflMfiflff YflT fliltffif of UiM to
up the t-datu* awnwitjy the war : hut
even were till* p'MwlWe to them, It would
tic ol no avail to the country. The flood ol
corruption which lias swept over it inis,
and will continue to eugulllt beyond the
redeemin ' efllcitey ol tnnral worth or etova
ted intelligence. You lnye Jtut returned
from n vlsli to Lamnr, and contemplate a
visit to Georgia, you tel! mo ; aay to Hard
eimu and to Lamar, when again you see
them, I have n pleasant memory of them
both ; and fhrtlier, tell them I am prepar
ing a woik with all the impartiality po**l
hie lo me, and after yeara ol suLiei
licHtghi. which shall not leave fife world
-in <im I; iieK-4 us to my inn Lives and my eon-
w that of those who acted with
me.”
There Is something Impressively sublime
in the contemplation of this wonderiul man
amidst the sfllletions ol adversity. Hurled
from the highest political position, robbed
of fortune, laboring daily In almost abject
poverty lor the bread which feeds himself
and family, proscribed and dlMfntnchised |
denied the |io)!t!cu! privileges of the negro
servant who waits behind Ills chair as It*
lake* his meals, and who blacks his hoots,
calmly and with a Godlike fortitude, bow
ing to the Inevitable, ye! firm in bis princi
ples, unyielding In the dignity of his man
hood, and, With a soul uubSnding, meeting
and dcljing In the direst adversity the
tauuH and oppressions of his Enemies.—
Recent affliction has Weighed him down
with sorrow. Rut a few months since I
watched him standing hy the open grave
which was to receive the body of his so
(a youth ol nfuch pn/mlse,) and which, in a
lew moineuts, was to close out from his
view forever this cherished child. Hy him
stood the wife end. mother In mute despair
So tear dimmed bis eye. The body was
gently lowered to iu last resting placo—then
and ouly then, did hla great soul yield to
the, overpowering impulses of a mighty
grief.
To-dsy t have spent sn hour In tlie pri
vale office of Mr. Davis, with General
Hrovme sod William Preston Johnston,sou
of Albert Kidney Johnston. At present
Mr. Johnston is a professor In Washington
College, at Lexington, In Virginia. During
tbs war In was private secretary to Mr.
Davis He I* a most accomplished gentle
man and scholar. His lather was at VVe*i
Point with Mr. Davis, where a friendship
commenced between tbem terminating on
ly by the death of General Johnston, and
now all tbe affection felt lor the father
-teems bestowed upon the son.
General Browne bus recently hist his ac
complin bed lady, and Is very sad—ami now
be is childless ami alone. He is sn ac
uowplisbed gentleman and ripe scholar.—
ft wst in hou'f to be chronicled In memory,
and eertsiniy I sltall never fbrget it, or the
conversation-which transpired.
Two Babiiatiis since I spent tbe day
with, and *t the home and In the society of
Hon. L Q C. Lamar, of Mississippi. I re
gret to say hfs health is poor, and bit spirit*
much aifected by it Still he looks wet
1 sod at times hi* mighty sottl beam* from
his ej-t-s, add bursts in elodueilt lairning
words from his Itps wben ft thddght or a
word ardnseft Idol In a tdottlcnt of con
vvrsational excitement, when With one in
die privacy ot my chamber, and Abed Ilia
lovely wife and her children Wei* Away at
church—he sprang up from his shat and,"
standing iieforc me was rapturously elo
ipieut in the dscri|Hkiu ot a scene he
, willies*cd iu the House of Commons o*
Great Britain, when the independence of
| our Confederacy Was umifcr lilftcuswoe;—
Every nerve In my body llirlilcd and 1
shared with him the cscitenleiil which wo*
st hri ng hi* snnT. Suddenly Tie Iftifal Mb it
laugh, a thing not usual with him. R**mt
,ng Uiwse.lf lieiaid, mlrthlully; “You arc
not old ; l saw the fir* of the boy sparkle
hi your eye a* 1 talked, and 1 thank yoit
ewyotjrcompliment.“l thougltt of his father
Oh 1 how nittrh there hof hint in this, hi-i
glorious ton —1 thought, too, of hi* grand
whom 1 wa* so familiar when life waa in
the green, and eotttd scarcely reatiae that 4
bore tlie Weight of aCveoty-lhree yeara.
Ulnae by is Hie grave ol J edge liOngstrecl
and his wife. Their only children arc -the
wive* o| L. Q U. Lamar and l)r. Henry
Hraiiham. Those live on the adjoining
lot* in allectionate relation ship, llielf cbll -
dren nro giown up, Lamar ift ii grown
father, and the Itrihbema fire filling” the
places of men rud women ; and l waa the
compeer ol llielf grand ami great grand
1 >a rent*.
1 must dews', for t am glowing *ii I.- atut
this letter i* too loug. I aut going to llio
sea, and my next may lie written front (lie
wliile Ik-acli of the foamy deep, or from the
blue mountain* of the Weak 1 am, you
know, a waifsud go where the winda blow
tnu- Adieu. Y. M. Gi
The Coat of Cl|nrs.
“How much did that cigar cujl you;
John r M P
“Only b n cents, nml It is the regular
Havantm."
“Well, Uovf niariy dd sitiuke iu a
day
“Two or threu. 1 always waul tu cujoy i
quiet cigar attcr my nieala"
“And When you meet fililwd ymt mnit
lake wfi loudly cigar, -t* not that so f"
“Oertaluly, i ihm'l want to bo considered
mean."
. “Well, how much do you thiuk nil thU
ooslsymif"-
Wft'f nayhr colinlcil It. 1 Uou’l piudt *
dim*." ■ -, .
“Imt us count uosv, MdwMtt ['‘rtl'il
dime won’t pay. Three cigars a day, alter
meals, rtnd (file ‘fMeridly’ cost lorly cents ;
two dollars slid eighty cents a week; elev
en doljars and twenty cotifs ft month ; one
hundred and forty-five dollars a year;
enough to buy s horse, a tnelodefln, or a
gtMii) library, I’m it out at interest, with
additions you Would make every year, and
Itrlen years it would amount to $3,.100.
Follow this practice Urn years morfc, and
you squander a nice litile fortune. 1 tell
you ft does pay to pinch a dime whenever
you uiu tempted to squander it fora worth
lens cigur. ‘Take care of the dimes, and the
dollars will take care of themselves.’ It
was by saving Iu these small things that
must Wealthy men have beooask rich. Take
care ol yottr ‘small change’ tf you would
grow up to be a wise, useful, honored and
A* eal thy matt.”
The ( use of Mwnrd N. SMokea.
Ti e cese of this unfortunate msn, the
murderer of Col. Jim Fisk, has .Just been
heard In the Court of Appeals ol New
York, and anew trial refused him. Ills
only hope for on fiseape from the gallows
now. Is Executive cb iriency at thfi hands
of (for. His, which lit a very slim woe, as
the Governor Is an old soldier, who- knows
nothing but a rigid execution of the laws,
and bis cdufrt sfnee Ida introduction Into
office has been such ail to leave the assur
ance that the verdicts of courts wifi not be
disturbed, except upon the clearest and
most imlpable violations of law.
MrJicinn Buorm.r or Wo#**.—At a
recent dinner In New fork at which no
ladles were preseut, a man In responding
ti> a toast, “Wronan," dwelt almost solely
on the frailty of the sex, claiming that tbe
beet among them were little better than tbe
worst, the chief difference being their sur
roundings. At the conclusion of the speech
a gentleman present rnhe to hi* and
said:
"I trust tne gentleman In the
of ids remark*, refer* to hi* own mother
and sisters, hot otirs.”
The effect of this most Just and timely
rebuke waa overwhelming ; and the malig
ner of women was covered with confusion
and shame.
Aw Ottmnwa mm was suffering severely
fiom rheumatism the other day, and went
home early In the evening to doctor Lint
self a little. His faithful wife applied tur
pentine very freely fo his poor old back,
*n<l while looting around with tbe candle
a,ip act the turpentine on ffre. lie say* ha
ha* often beaid of Cold Streaks tunning up
the track, but hfs was a hot one. He Lae
no rheumatism now, but hi* back laokg
like It might have been struck by lighlnin*
His wound* are all dressed in the dajs
f me, and when tioj >M woiu*q touches* a ;
‘iglitod 'amp or cvmlle he frisks atXnM tie '
room like- a lambkin.
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