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F»R. FILDES, Editor. VOL. VIT. A Tale « f the War. HUclbv's I'iprdilioii , k> Mexico— Unwritten Uistoiy. Immediately after lire collapse of flte Canfedcnicv one of 1 1'«' prorni Coiifedernte Gciiftu s < n duty o 1 Mississippi I > 11 . irncii'. F.en- Sfelfv— to i settei'j rf^BiatTffliitiy. That tie ciitnrpiitu —ao|rrtl nefominate, tied that ti e tin-t. ' in it met with many (.erilons • cnturen and tiersonal miv ap-s at " Mis well known in g-ptiP'.il, tut n t a< w !o details. One of these f lhw iso! Shelby is n< w |itil>lis.iin|i in the Ku> ~ is City, (Mo) 'limes, a series of l. u i about what hnppe cl to them n ('• ’'other side of the Rio Grande" of (ff at inteiest, biinjrintr to li<rt t much that was not publicly known heln e, and It one ol the communic .1 oris the to lowing account of uo attack by Mexican b:i diis some days aft< r the mei lad hit Mon lory so. pan Louis do de I’olosi is I k n: The cohißin had r'-aetied t witldn tw day’* journey of Lampasas. P rn< spurs of the mountain ran down to tne some clusters ol pale trees them- elves at inti avals ly tie Hade. The pa lin is a pensive trie, voice ill the wind that is sad gaTt. In the pine- n so 1 1 i. s l< run voice sound of mi ffi and e i< nients «1 en is fjiven te Hie coffin. Kv< n ■n the sunlight they nre dark; even in ■lre tropics no vitro clings to them, no Blossom is born to them, no bird is lions Bd by them, and do flutter of wings Hnakes music for them. Strange and Shapely and co'dly chaste, they Seem Hike tinman and di solute beings standing \li alone in the midst if luxniiiiis na Be, nr.blissed tif'the s il. and nnlovid edi w and tin sms ine. In a grove the co'umn haded I u the i ig' them was a pass guarded by HHk. In that tieaeberons land tln se growth indigenous to the soil. They flourish nowln re else in such al.uu dance. Wherever a deed of violence is done a cross is planted; wheri ver a tmveh r is left upon his face in a pool of flood, a cress is reared; wherever a grave is made wl.ciein lit s the murdered (•lie, lliprr is si eu a ctoso. M<> matter vr» djoe the deed—whether Indian, or •dog or commandate,’ a cross must mark the spot, and as the pious waylnri r j ■uroi'j by he lays all reverently a atone ; t tie feet of the sacri and symbols Ine .thing a; pious prayer, and telling a he.nl or nv" for the soul's salvation . On (lie ielt a tlooded Huff ran down abrupily to a j Stream. Beyond the stream, and n< • the palms, n grassy butt, in sj lead itsetl out, soft and grateful. Here ti e blank cts were Sinead, and here the lioim-h grazed their fill. Ay nng tie "ii, c eat and white, hung low in the west, net sullen nor p and, but a under moon, lull ol tire voiceless imagery which gives pas sion to H e SO' gs of tie' night, and path s ; to the deserted and dej ct. and swain. A the moon set the Imr-es we e gat hr rid j together and tethered in an and the pal s. Then a deep silence f< II upon ri < ran p fur the sentim Is were f. void its e liner, aud all w'ttiiii aide eh pt the : : ep of the tired and ratty. It n y hav been midnight; it t" rt.> ly w..h c and dark. The fires I.ad gone out, on. there war a white mir. oke a s a o Creeping tip the stream and s*otfn_ ej) on the faces of the sltcpns. On tt <■ t • right a single pistol l-.ie o, elr.n resonant. Slielby, who s urnln r < and a night hi:d, lift-d himseif up train • blanket and spoke tin an umlci in e n Traikill : 'Who has tl p si ~i mouth of pass?' 'Joe Macey . I • (something is stirring M .»•• \ »m fired at a shadow in l>is file 'I iw men listened. on(‘a grim goei and tom self, witli the phisHpie l la t- 's- ‘ k ,1 the hearing of a Com •in lie. i<■m er having in his hands riel •\ es ot ,]i t ■ silent and inert sir- p.-rs lying si and grotesque in the white shroud f to , mountain mist. Nothing w s I 'aid : an hour. The tw mei wi ot to s ! ee;i again, bui not to du am Ot a si ddr , Slid unseen, tic mist was lilt'd, and in Sts place a sheet of flan es arose so near ! 4o tiro fac< sos the men that it might have scorched them. Two hundred .Mexicans had crept d' wn the mountain arid to the edge of the stream, and had fired point trank into the camp. It seemed a miracle, hut not a man was touched. Lying Hat upon the ground arid wrapp'd op in their blankets, the whole volley meant i"hc. murderous swept 'over them Shelby was the first upo i his fief. Ilia v ice rang out clear and faultless, and with out a tremor : ‘(Jive them the revolver. Charge!’ Men awakened from (hop; sleep grapple with specters slowly, 'i f<- Mexieans were specters. Beyond the stream and in among sombre shadows i ( the palms they were invisible. Only the powder pall was on the water where the mist lad been. Unclad, bar.footed, heavy with sleep, the men went straight for the mountains, a r> volver in each band, Shelby leading From specti rs the Mexicans had become bandits. No quarter Was given or asked. The rush lasted until the game was flu.-ned; ttn pursuit until the t< pofThe mount.en wis gaimd. Over ragged rock arid rad ians and dagger trees the hurricane poured. Tee roar ol ti e revolver was deafening. Men died or and ro no an, and the wounded were rreogu i'ooi only by lheir voices. Vv beu it w,i> over t i.ej Americans had lost in killed ell veil, and • in wounded e venteen, no st of the lat ter slightly, thanks to the darkness and :lhc impel O'eily <>t tile attack. In crawl iit gwip.m the camp the Mexicans had tethered their horses tuioti the further side'-I the mountain . Tire most of these j tell into Shelly’s hands, together with |ti e bodii sot the leaders, Joan Anselmo, ,i renegade pri st. and Antonio Foies, a • young ( of an, w: • • ad s Id his sister to | a ae'endai '* ami turn and lohber, aid s X’y nno n! tl eit !• bowers. It w.a | t-e i ex day lif re tfe march was j iesnond—rn-on, w ith (< r tain shi-ing "pen tfe tiesli ginvcN e| plt-vpii daunt •f SB Alio I l'.i"S S • epit.g I I ill last Sleep am and (fep iins and > cresses until the i e-r recti o dav GOLD ISLAND. Then' is another gdd speed at ion iri :the wind which is expected lo realm $15,000 000 at a very small cost in a i very few year- This is to be done by ' a stock c 'in in'- w to a cip"at ot s‘2, I 500 000 Fin ten odes iff the ! in last "f Venezuela, at tnde 12 de ! 28 min. 30 sec. north, longitude 10 deg : 1 11 miu. west, lies the is'aud ol Aruti-*— i thirty nii.es long ad ten miles wid , i and reeky, harren, and desolate. The unsightly blotch on the lace of the bine { sea is said to he tin island of g- Id, rich er in the pieeinus metal than all the tin ei< tit an I modern gold fields put togeth- We, liewevrr, advise nobody who is not a stockholder to go there, for there ; arc no claims to be pre-t rnpled or j bought. The whole business is snugly secured by a rich and powerful compa | nv rnganized in London as “flte Aruba i Island Gold Mining Company, ’’ which j proposes to ship the island peaectneal to Swansea, Wales, where extensive gold works are luring er cit'd, and there the $15,000 000 tire to he ex::acted. The 1 story of Hie recent discovery and tests | of this gold island is imerest itig. Three years ago two American gen i (It men visited the Imperial Museum at L-ydr ti, and siw son e vt ry rich speci ■ mens of gold bearing quartz. Tiny ! learned that it came from Urn island Am ha. Tin y returned to lids country, and \ engaged an engineer to make a stnvey | ot the island :v and ascertain the facts rid ; live to its go and fields. Tim survey wns i critically made, and nearly lluee loindr and J leads, cii'li arid almost beyond Computa tion, were discovered. It was liulfor ascertained that the i, iugrh in of Holland had leased t' e island i lor 25 year:; to a Spaniard for bon! $2, 000 jo r annum, and that the lease had i yet 21'yars to run. The unsuspecting Spaniard was hunted down andheglad ly di-p "Ked of his 21 year’s leas" for less than SSOO per annum premiou*. Ih purchasi'i' of Jliij lease, riot quilt'satisfied with Pis bargain went to tie Dutch cup it a! and had be lease extend'd fourteen years, ucivmg tic royal patent there- i for. New York was to become the gold ct ntre 1 the world under the Ameiicanj mar avt merit of the island ol Aruba. A ; quartz mi l was erect'd at Greet vilh'. j N. J , "ii the Morris arid K-s. x (final, i poi .n or .orvi".t qti trtz were soon j placed in treatment II yielded S9O to j »lif tori, and it was ca Waled tier SSO , more to the tori remained, who:' the j quartz mill, with the prison! a| lianocs j could n t develop. Tlie Amerean e rm-nnv <• old ri"i otise • ' • •!. |-iI : u.\ i«'t|ii'r and t eai'rv | on - e'r n "X' v 'd ri" ff as ! ,' ~,! . " ed '. tl.. earii t" K ! - " are | «. ,i H o< . , o ftp til" I god (" 0-0 " ' -e oi'v Vdj I Yo: f Swa in, d' h- S. j we sal (• 1 1 egr : gh.t v and I .rge , putt of tt" gr a' wait of Ami Is mil L" I'OI oil t: e Island ol A' id a 'S fix and j at 30 Itf'l" P rdv. nd it i« elaiim and j Ia the ei'S I min ig t lie tpn" IZ r'"U ; $5 pel' ~W"de I• e V |'V hW St g'll'f wil \ i S3O per to a' l t big ■ .-('. d'es WI 'll" void SSOO i the on. f e Bello s '.f q-.ai tz .re "(ipm re tiy "f ex au-tili'e, will e snif'Ce digging ad i gulch deposits promise an inure n-e j yield. It is possible that |l is may lie another j S nth S' a spcciibit’on There appeals to be but little doubt that there is god : in this otherwise harren island of the | Cart bfeari Sea, hot its w iking may be found to t.e impracticable, or il turn | out an Eldoi ado. New Salem, indiana, lias a devil wor- j shiper, and is proud ot Him. Black Bill | is tl is name and colliding is lus»trade. He lives the life ot a hi unit, and never ; washes, shaves er cuts his hair, which j is vi'i v Iback . He is not handsome, toil i who! fe licks in beamy he makes up to piety. He is tremendously pious, tort believes the religions basis of the whole i world is wring lie holds that men worship the wrong being, and Unit man j would lie Happier and more successful if tie vveic to idler up his devotions to and a.-k the aid if bis Satanic majesty, in stead ol appealing to the Throne ol Light. lie prett rids to believe that Sa tan is t "i true God "I the world and ought to have due reapt ct pa and to him as such. Black Bdi lately tried to gel cp a young ; men s devil ass. ciatiou and stall a pray or-meeting alter tits own creed, but me j enterprise tailed, and he is yet 1 lie only i .it'know It dgtfl member ol the sect ol dev il V.'ol Jlil.ii.Tri. HEBE SHALL THE PRESS THE PEOPLE’S KI3HTS MAINTAIN, UN A WED BY FEAR AND UNBF.IBED BY GAIN. QUITM AN, GEO., NOVEMBER 29. 1872. QUEF.K SCENES IN \ NEWVOKIi MAI* HOUSE. Grotesque and Gliastly *lay«»tv. The N< vv York Sun «»ivea an nnmfiinf; report of a grand ball at. the Luna lie Asylum, Ward’s Island, a few cvctdngH since. VVe qnotci At prucistdv B<‘von n\?lnck, about t-*rty t(‘iri»le lunatics «’iitc*red tin* gyinnaKium. 'Pliny were attired tti all sorts o* cos tum> s. The dresaoß of some ros<*nil>h*d uis!t»tg(#wiis. while mhots wore several suits «*f ck'thiejr «nd looked like travel ling old clothes establishments. Some wore jockey hats trimm <1 with ribbons <»f nil the hues of the rainbow; oflmis tmitated tin* Dolly Yard n style of ebess, tnit all wen* neat and cleanly orderly and very A few moments la ter nearly as many m n arrived They wor- every kind of e- stiifne, fmm the homely garb -»f the institution to t te well cut c "thes ot a fashionable Broadway tailor. Some of them carried on tluir persons a w idrnbe so large that if must have taken \ ears to accumulate, while others, wearing c-dton gh*vos and all Col ms, were so thinly t abited that hey al most hugged the led-lmt stove in the coiner. Both men and women \y re ae Cmnpanied by their keepers. THE (iIiESTH. Soon the physicians entered, escorting their lady guests. Several of the older patients crowded about thorn on their entrance, and in the politest manner complimented tin* young ladies on their improved appearance, and request' and to l»e allowed to escort (hern to supper. Some sp kt* of the r last meeting i* the Hotel de Ville, al Palis; others had met on the continent; one had seen the lady wit whom he was cniivetsing in a Ca'i i fornia gold mine, and one poor lunatic told Miss Sherman that together they had swam itcr -ss the Red Sea nearly four hundred years ago. After Dr. Kel logg had sp-nt s urn* time in coaxing j two very obstinate patients to begin the perf rmunco, one of them seated himself i*t the pian * while the other began tun ing avi > in r The pianist was not veiy tractable lie positively refused to play without l is notes; but when at length a cunning lunatic placed a sheet of paper | bes. re him on which were written ti t* | wolds, ‘ Do not spit on the floor,” he and and nly began plaving an overture Ir in ! Straus-. The execution was admirable. The pianist was Bernard Gallmrre, a re ; ligious inonomanine, who believes that | ti o Supreme B ing speaks t«» hint ev ry | night, and that he alone, of all his friends, i has conv tsation daily with the angels 1 about the thione Mr. Qlub# r, tm vi< ! litiisi, also a good pei former, lias tils of j melancholy, and at times is very dan-j ] g r<*us. He imagines himself a grout j military man, and dresses in the fatigue 1 unifeim of a United i'ta’es Soldier. A TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR CERTIFICATE The master of c reinmnes w«s 11 nry iVasqinz, a Cuban, whose fuller is aj ! gen eral i" the revolntionary army of Cuba. V'tsqin zis a victim of ern tional j | msiinity He killed his mistress about j | three years ago in New Y • k and ! w-ih I ! said at ti e time that $lO 000 was paid |f <i his err l loc de of insanit , . He is al- j j«u cretl r.e<l Witt* tiaving Ktlh (| Ivv.t w«i- ■ ; men in Cuba He diess' S elegantly, | but is ui d<>td>tcdly a man more to t>«* ' I lea red tha pit and Alter flu* dance -i ■•lout o(i geutlemnn • titered the room. j lbs han and beard were as white as the ; ■ driven snow; «* wore agn.en patch «»ve* neeve td.u k kid gloves, seven c ii's I nd va-Kts wen* n Ins hack, and lie (Mr . .ed a In ken umbrella in one h.md I the other ad was an old hat bed* eked ' with long : aolv ii! lions and tilled with! g .SB and w eds. These no divided in-j i mii a I o‘ttums, aud dml 11 1: ii ed as; l> no els 1 Home of tne ft ma'e patient**. ! A m si p line i ow ;i gallant sp<- eh, ami the; lio pi i‘Kcii! ;»| ion after which he, was inlrodneod to tin* reportei as Dr 8.-ctZ, and tlr.tt addtesfted hi,.,: L IW BLACKWELL ‘Sir, I ea thy. 1 own two mill ■ ~f ig |l o !* ickw 11V Il‘ and. Sir I all) Ea : B ! tekw I J uiak*' you L‘*ld : slk tlx Ladles, (II a I lid I ne ) this | in L dSik u k. \ am tne Duk" «<f | Wasnifi • ton I lui w L"id Selkirk’s! frt her at t'e (nittu* of Piper H< nlsieek. | Sow, nii, (in a lower key,) I will make; you the Earl of G eij u vy, and deputize ! yt»n with powers extra irdiriury* Go t*- Washington, sir ’* Repoiter—VVbat shaM I say to Gener al Grant h»r yon, D<>ctot ? Dr Pentz—Tell him he was a great soldier —so was I, sir—but lie m ver did j I any good f"i‘ th- j)(* pie 1* II him t at, | sir. Tell him the Duke ot Washington I says so, and tell him that he ought t" g < to Europe and remain there for eighteen | years. _ | While th'B conversation was going i mi Dr Taylor was trying to induce the : musicians to play a waltz. 1 hey were obstinate, and one infused to begin be fore the other. For a time it seemed not improbable that the ball would prove a failure, but at length Gaiiiene tr : *v; in, and Dr Taylor waltzed will* KRty Doyle, an uulortnoatu girl alllicted vvilli hereditary insanity. QUEEN Et.IZABF.Xf. # Toe next dance was a galop. The most extraordinary dancers in it were Cnailes Gray, commonly called "Charley; the Tai or, * and Mi.-s Cair, a Spiritual ist Charley, who danced as though be was tied up in a sack, imagines that all the ladies are in love with him. Miss: C«*it thinks blit F Queen Ebzubcth, with immrnso wealth and valuahlt* diamonds, J and her crown and sceptre locked up in , New York. Ti e truth is that Miss Carr : w*uk a lady of surpassing beauty and | attractions, as well as of education, with ; brilliant conversational powers, when j she became the petted mistress of a ' wealthy English nobleman. On the con tinent a Spanish nobleman became rn<* i amored with her, and they eloped to Cu ! ha. There the Spaniard deserted her, j and an American 1 1 uveling* agent fell in j love wilt*, her and took her to California, j where he died. He, on It's death bed, ; willed her fifty thousand dollars, which . she spent in one year—one u lie only be* i ing lef:; it is a pawn ticket for a lock t set with diamonds, worth five bundr- and [dollars. This, and a few silk and satin dresses and some la ecu e inppse the poor creature’s ad. Slit' is hopelessly insane. THE FINAL JIG . It then being ball past eight o’clock, ; Dr Kellogg asked his In atics to dance j a jig be fori* they retired. At this their dull eyes seemed to become bright, the look ol idi city left them Momentarily, and all jump and up »n the floor anxious to dance. Even the musicians seem to catch the inspiration, and they tattled off a lively tune, as though tin* and srniiea of a nation depended upon iis speed Then the lunatics began to da-ice And such I dancing! Fanny Elss'cr Bonfaiiti, Stan i ley m and t' e M• ji tons we <* all eclipsed, j While dancing the ji r some stepped the I German, other** danced the polka, some | waltzed, others imitated the Shaking ‘Qu ik rs, and some even e-sayod the | can-can. Some seemed Iw uml up with j ropes, while others appeared to he double I jointed Some danced with the peculiar | air of a Souther** darkey while others skipped with the grace ot a gazelle. A T STEWARTS MANSION. T ere was Thomas Reynolds, one of the old Bowery boys, whose insanity was caused bv drink and dissipation, and who thinks tie has all the ills that flesh is heir to, danced with M'sh Anna Brennan, who imagines she is the wife of a prominent physician who married her h.r her propei ty . She cla ms to own the house in which Mr A. T Stewart liven, at Thirty-fourth street aud Fifth avenue. At nine o'clock the keepers mu-bred their patients and inarched them buck t<> the asylum. AP wore evi th ulJy much ph used and benefited by the t veiling’s entertainment. Tbii r t’lieers for file Elder* Tin* State of Ohio used to he famous for its carnp-me< tin.-'H and religious i* ,w vivals; but il what we tear from th' re 1 now-a days is true.it lots sadly lost i1 h j pi'eslige in those particulars. An Iron j ton paper tells us of a circumstance ' which lately occurred in that locality ! which is a sir-oig indicati n that there is : Komett'ing wrong either about the preach j eiK or the po plo. A l* vival pieacher, i who had achieved no siderahJc reputa lion as to is |> w rs i the pulpit, went to Iro' ton f r i week, to ‘‘start a rovi va',” lie showed great zcil, preaching ever - night during I*in stay, got a double j row of “mourner's benches'’ ready, and [(•ailed frantic:*! y upon his congregation ; t come 'i’he last night there wnm an imiißßiH' l gathering, and the pi •.ichor fail ly o tdnl irn-elf. He shout led, and pleaded aud waited, but all in j vain. N-ta« ul rose. Finally, did : couraged beyond measure, he sal down [At th.it juncture a h ng-taced, anxious ; looking mao ur t up, and said that the Bide, has been vvoi king hard and labor | (*il faithfully with them, aud is a token of their a iipi'eciat i-o. tie moved the COM giegatioii give hi three chc is. It was done with a lieartiueSß wnicij made the pews tremble, and the people went h -me satisfied I "at they Lad fully and faithful ly performed their duty The prcachei nas ever since lo rn waiting to see liuij lon d< strov (1 by (ire. PER PEI UAL MOTION. T e pel pel 0.1 ( ff'M tS tu invent H P' T pet na I notii n s < hi at las* lo have been tceesstol Tue ed t rof 11 e Ihoisyl ! vania Argos lia- bee me a convert to the idea ihat tin* ‘ true f' eoiy • f perpetual ' motion has be- n discovered.” He says: ■ ‘The ignorant may scoff aud the un ! thoughtful (lei id*-, but we do candidly [admit that we think the invention has , introduced tin* ideas and arranged the ! applic? tion of kimwri forces that will ac j cornpliah all b e i ventor claims for fiis i invention, namely, pcip tual motion.” ; Toe invent.r lives in Pet;.luma, and a ciliz nos tha. p ace as ofi'-red to pay allj the • xpe.isc and attend to al' the legal j basilic S ».e(:o,-sa<v t ti e peifecting and I piocm ing of pat - is f-orn tin* diflerent j j Governinents for one twentieth inter- si j jin the, paten*. The \»gns adds: “If j ! this invention In » snce-ess (and nil sci ! cj| ll fie pi iueiph s w*- and not See how It Cali ! I be denied) it vv 1 1 i.v<»li»t it* «ize ihe world j j and do away wnb t' (? st.ia n engine al-j t«>gettier. Our overland trams, ocean j and inland steamers, will be driven by j this power, the cost 1 wnic.i will not a mount to mdls wi ere it now c sts tliou sunds of dollars." A soldier was going i fl'tlie field too hastily when l c provost guard Orica— "Halt!” "Can't.” “Wounded?” "No.” Wtial’s the rrcittci?” “I ail! scared, and Want to go to the} rear to—rally!’ 7 Terrible Sentence. The Bov. Oial Oiesleu, a Norwegian minister, was beheaded on the 20th « f July, at Immune, in the extreme north of Norway. He was c< uvicted of hav ing po som and bis aged father, ami having assassinated his three illegitimate chil dren. He was arrested at the instiga tion of his funner mistress, Bertha 11iI— gren, aud, in consequence of his strenu ous denials of guilt, subjected to the tor ture of being deprived of water for three days, and ouc<* for twenty-four hours he was chained to lHe wall of his dungeon in an erect position. The sentence fin ally pronounced against him was that for twenty«four hours he should be ex posed to the pillory with his right hand n 'i!ed to the board of infamy, and that he should H en have bis right hand chop lied off and his head cut off with an ax. Upon Imaring his doom, the unfortunate man fell on his knees and implored the audience to shoot him, in cider to put an end lo his misery. Nearly 20,000 people witnessed the execution of the criminal. A Noma: Youth Who Couldn’t Drink 'Vine, —Then* was a noble youth who, n being urged to take wine at the table ot a famous statesman in Washington, hao the moral courage to refuse. He was a poor y -ung man, jusi beginning the snuggle of life He brought letters to the statesman, who k odly invited him homo to dinner. "Not take a glass of wine?” said the great statesman, in wonderment and supprisn. "Not one simple glass of wine?” ech oed the statesman’s beautiful ami facinaL ing wife, as she arose, glass in Ini’ and, and, with a grace that would have charmed an anchorite, endeavored to pi * ss it upon h m. "No,” said th heroic youth, resolutely, gently repelling the pr«»tiered glass. What a picture of moral grandeur was that! A pour, friendless youth refusing wine at the table fa wealthy aud l»- inous statesman, even though proffered • y ttie fair hands of a bemtiful lady, "No,” said the noble young man, and his voice trembled a little and his chock flushed. "I never drink wine, hut — (then he straightened himself up and tiis words grew (inner) —il you’ve got a little good rye wnisky I don’t mind try ing u snifter!” —Cincinnati Timex. A True (Jem. The following t< uehing little poem went all the rounds of the pre-s about lilt on years ago, since which time it, ha h'en sleeping quietly out t ( sight. It is oil" of those efforts which Cann- t be read with inddl fence—the young will never fail to s o its beauty whib the o ! d cannot help fe ling it. Within H < past filter n years many young readers have taken position upon the world’s stage, and are ready to see in this gem the beauties which were si eu by their fatlpMS, wade many of those fathers have within (ho same time, crossed t e mid* tie line of life, and are now standing i" the footsteps vacated forever by tin* old people of fifteen years ugoiio. Uudm those circumstances we may start it again confident of its universal appro mat ion, this lii He pet of, we might say a past public, entith and THE OLD L VV. I niH, her. she was thin anil oM, She Htooprd and trod with tottering h-et; j Her locks were gray that once were gold, I Her voice was 'harsh that once was sweet; Her cheeks were sunken and her eyes, Robbed of their girlish light of joy Were dim; I felt a strange surprise That I had loved her when a boy. But yet a something in her air Restored me to my youthful prime; My heart grew young and seemed to wear The impress of that long lost time; I took her wilted hand in mine, Its touc h awoke a world of joy; I kissed her with a reverend sigh. For J had loved her when a boy! A good story is told of si widow lady in town. Her husband d’od far away from homo, and it took so long lor his r« inai 'S to reach N'W York that his I'eH id had quite recovered from her gri< (, and was giving a Urge lunch party when they finally arrived. A wagm j dr v up to the door, and a long b.x j was handed out* Curiosity run high | among th" ladies at th-* window, aud with (i'M‘ accud they exclaimed. ‘Why, Mrs J<>nes ( what Can it la?’ Up went Mrs. June’s eye-glasses, and after a glance she c olly s.Jd, ‘Why it must be June** come borne. Charley, run down and open the door for your I'triier.’ New Yorkers cai’t make out what A. T Stewart meant* to do with his new city at IL mpdead (Rains, L. I A bnn~ dri ll elegant houses, costing sls 000 or more apiece, are going up, boulevards j are being Uhl out and railroads planned, 1 tint to every one who wants to make a j parch;**" St wart returns the invariable reply, "1 nave nothing to « -II ’’ Apvopu* | of this, run er says that ids great build** j in"- in New York, now ucai ly completed, ! which was to be a home lor sewing l girls, in, in fact, going to be a mammoth hole!. The aii currents caused by the gn at conflagration in Boston carried partial v burned pieces <*f p ip r to a i mg distance. Scraps of Check b «»ks and ledge s were •ccK'dap ill Kiel Weymouth, fifteen miU s distant; wad" a filly dollar bill badly sc ached, was t mini Sunday morn ing in Ea-t A tngtoo, twenty-ant* imb* away. |s2.dn ju;r Ann im NO. 4 8 Tlio ri'iuh! jni'v of OlmliW county. South Carolina, “holding themselves loy~ ; til citizens of the United Staten," 1> tvo j united in curiHSt appeal to the, President “to grant pardon to cilia -ns of that county ns are now in pria n abroad nndqf sen tence of violating the enforcement act of l (Jongresa, and to accord »mnesty tpthoao ! heretofore cli irged or now olmrgeublo with having violated a.vd act in tlio year 1870-”!, except in cases of persons charged wilit the crime of murder, , inci dent to their violation of said act, it any nuch thoro be." Joe Ilardin, a deep -radn leas than twenty-one years of age, but who has the bloodiest history of any man of his age in Texas, has been arrested by the Sheriff of Cherokee county. Ho is re ported to have killed twenty four, men in Texas and lour in Kansas,malting tweim t.V-eight, since he wan fifteen years old. Ills father is said to he a Methodist preacher. i rgtOISACCO at it) cents per pound at S. PAINE& HALL’S. Savannah Houses. EDWARD t rnmm JR., No 6 Diayton.Street-, I Savannah, : : Georgia. €oUom File tot* —and —3 JHfcvduiuf, Liberal Advances mado upon. Cotton! Con signmenta solicited. 0c125-:im It. 11. ANDKIUJON. 080. W. AVDKBSON’, JR JNO. W. A XUKIiSO.N. JNO. W. ANDERSON’S SONS, (Jollost JFartors —A N I> GKXXIIA fj Commission fflmkitfa Cor. Bryan and Drayton Streets, .Siivtuiimli, (,'u. ?. v'r Liberal advances made on consignments. October 25, 1872. Mm LIGHT! LIGHT! LIGHT! KFAPTHA Is tile CHSAPIUT, SAFES!, and BEST Burning Fluid in < xbtenco. J}KTE t WAKEFIELD, Rringhlon street,'imp poslta the Marshall House) Savnnnah.(la , keeps Naptha, Kerosine. I.aaipa, (Hass Ware, Naptha Stoves. Tinware, Chimneys, aid Lamp Wick. Tlio Only Place To get Pine NupUiul j September JM, 1872* ly E. L. NEIDUNCER, DBALKIt IN Saddles, Bridles & Harness, Best Jlubber and Leather Belting, Saddlery Ware, HARNESS AND SOLE LEATHER CIA LF HJCEBfes, THUNKS, VA TASKS, ,(■<■., ,Cn. No. lot! St. Julian and 153 ill-van Streets, Cfn. oct‘2s VS-ts C. IV. TUi/Ml’ao.V. J. B. IVAI.TKIt. Thompson & Waiter, uiioi.ksajj: GRGOSRS Fruit and Produce Dealers, Ship Chdiidicrs, AND Commission Merchants, (>I Ility Hlrcot, Savannah , 6 kt. October 2e, 1872. .Tm J, L. VILLA LONG A, Cotton. Factor, FORWMBIS! & MillS mmm&miSji No. 01 Buy street, SAVANNAH, CEORCIA. October A,, 1,-72. O-'-iui DWIGHT f, UOBLRTSj m ('’.•7av«BL73 r 2L' , «3.J» T3IX. AXIr » t C ommissi n Mercfiant Bay Street, Min'ftßHvfth) in-tu October 25, ) 72. On