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F. R FILDES, Editor. VOL. YTT. “THE TIGER OF THE TROPICS." A Leaf from ih«» History of Shelby’s I'xpfdilion *o Mexico. Precerd-nir Shelby’s arrival in Mnntr— rev there h:*d come also o**l. Francois Arch file Dnpin, a Irene* man who wa* known an * The Tiger of Ihe Tropics. ' W*'«t lie Hid wonld fill a volume. Re corded In*re no reader wonld In lieve it |n» Chiistinti w**nld imagTie such wa* fare p. gsdde. He; wa« past 00, tall as Te cumseb, htraigbt as a rapier. with a seat in lie saddle like ttn English guardsman a* and a waist Ike a woman F*»r d* eds of defpeiute dating • e had receiv. and nn le dec«*rutioriß than cwld In-displayed upon the I'ght Rr ast o( his (ipileim. ILs hair and heard Bti*>wy white, contrasted strangely with a stern, set I ice that I ad teen hi*»nz-d by tilt sun and the wind f>t fifty Cain» aigi 8. In the Chinese expe dition this man had led the assault upon the Emperor's palace, wherein no and« I* tut er * scap<d tlie lo.yni« t and no wonun tl e grasp it the In> al soldiery. Sack, b ltd pdiage, and muid r , aid c» int* s win out a nan e, all wine there, aml when the fi ice carnage \va- dot e Dupm, stage* ring u»ui* r the weight of iul*ies,: and peal Is. at and diamonns, was ad sgiae i*d n an. The in* x»»i able jaw« of n Fu nch court martial idea* tl upon him. and he was dismissed from mm vice. Ii ?hk t n the 1 1 ial tn?»t In* parodied tin speech o! Warren II .stings, and declnr cd “Who* I Raw monnt&tna of gold ami preen »m r!i»m‘k f i ed up ar« und me, and when I ihii k of If v paltry hnudlnU Ink* n away, by , Mr. I resith tit, I am us toninhid at tny own n.od» ration/* As I e Bt tipped his (he- i at hi sand the ribhotm from his breast, he drew himself np with » touch ng at and gracelul air, ami paid to the officer, saluting: M They have 1* ft me nothing but my Bear*' 7 Such a mnn, h- W’ ver tiger and butch er **B Im whh, had i,e« and of the army, and the army had need I Irm, The E • pet or gave him his iai k. h s ord«-rs. Ids dneo ratiois, aid guv him s well his exile into Mexico Max millmn refused him: Buzabe foui and work tor hisswmd. Even tin'll the lata! qnor-l vra** in its hegin irng which, lati r, was to leave a king a- hi d* flu R«‘Wi, a. dan Emp« r<>r with out an *rß‘ rial r * gun Dnpii was ordered to recruit a r* giu*cnt ot C"ti trr {e-mini., tl at i- to nay, a regiment id lu e companion-, wl o w. r. to be so pet ley armed, him! wete so fill, w the M'Xcan guerrillas tm« ugh c*-p e and c apsrrul, ihr* ugh lowland and b«g*on, sparm *no nap upon whom hands w< re laid fig' ting all me* wl o had mins in their lirti ds, a> and wh** could he f»«»ud oi brought to bay. Murder with I)« p*« was a fine £irf. M'-inss or maid he fitid none. That co’d. t iovvu b<c , cbis ■iC-H little* i*f im outline*, Mid plaining yet a little in it» fi- »ce Southern beauty, never gr* w s ft save vvl.eu the h.itll Wits wi and and tic wreck of !ln* l ain ge gt-ast'y and thick. On He eve of»h c<t fl ct le had been known to le Wien le laughed • r b«i g his men r ad* the Sign oh 1 1 e cr« BS. Th(*3 km W deal' was leady .*1 arm’s length, ami that in an In nr he w**old put i* s sickle In among tie row ► and r* *p s ivagofy a Hesii toil* Test of simple yet oflendii g M« xican*. I>npin pi eyed upon his sp ems ll** rarely kified ou*ii«ht ll* lad a theory, c»tt« n pul ill practice, wl.ie was diabo i- Cal. "When you kill a Mexican,' 1 he w* md say, *th« re i- ti.* j ei dos lorn W hep y .*i Cat*off an aim *u I* g, tha* thr v»s hin upon the charily * f Ins ir ends, m <1 the*, two or three must Mippit l im. Tl*"Be who make corn can make soldiers. It is ecoiminv to amputate.” Hut»<lr* ds tnu- p iKß'*d und r the lia* d* /if his swrgeot g Hut maim* and ami mtiti lat«d were in *-v ry town, liom M er t Monterey. On occassions wh. n the match had be* n pleasant and the wine generous, lie would pci mil chloroform for the operation Otherwise ut. Ii diatiesMd him for a vh tint to die beneath the kirfu “Y-*ii bm.glerg endanger my thi'orj*,’’ be w«»uM cry out t*» Id* sir g< nun: 'why putft you C‘ C whfmnt kilbnu?' •The “Tiger «-f tin* Tropics” a’s * had fii* playful m.'odn. ITc would stretch )iin*te If in t* e sun; overpower one wit g lit cp'oS ntid attention, say h ft linn *s in whb pci'**, qa«»te poetry on nec»*s on* make i iium'K an elegant hunt, serve the win*-, hmgh I* w hi and lihliis* inc'lv. wake up aU of a sudden, and—kdl. One in Btrt.ee of this is yet a tenih'e memory in Monterey. An exm me’y wen thy ami i* fluential Mex can, D*n VinceMe H arm, wuh at home up n Iris haciend * out day about noon an Dupin n»aici‘<*<l by. Perl taps tins man was a 1h» ral; certainly he ►yu pa hiz and will) J.*nr z and had done much lor me cause in n.e shape of u pi ailing and risiistance to t e pre*ta*ory hands of imperialist. As yet, how. v« r, lie Imfl taken up no arms and had paid his proportion of the taxes lev ied upon him by Jeauningros. Dup:u was at dinner when his sc ut bi ought Ibarra into camp. In front <>l the tent was a large trie in full leaf, wlese spreading branches made an extensive and in 6t agricable shade. Under this the Frenchman had a c»mp stool placed fur the corrfort of the Mexican. ‘Be seated,’ he said to him, in a voice no harsher than the’ wind among tee leaves overhead. ‘And waiter lay auotb plate lor my friend.’ Tlenu nl Was a delightful one, I) pin talked an a Mihj« cl wm» had a pr'nce I r his gucßt, nt and ;m a lover wl o had a wo man fo* his listener In the inteiv.ils of the conversation he served til** win** I'nrra w»«* a- bg’ ted. lilts eimpieb tis Spanish heart relaxed the letigion ofit i» rim and« fe» se, and lie r ven str.ik and tl** ti*j« i’s Velvet skin, vvlio closed Ills sleepy eves and purred tinder the C Teas When tl e wine was at its full chjar* were hamleil. Bellied the vv‘ii?(» cl tid • I tl.e sinoki* DnpiuV fs»cr-da 1 kem-d. Snd denly In* sp ko to lhamv, pointing up to the tie**: •What a fine shade it m 'kes, Seller. D«* sudi ir* cs ev* r ' car fruit?’ 'N* ver, W at a question.’ *Nev* r? AH thing** are pos-'ble with G and. why m t with • Frenct-m m?’ 'B* cause h F«c chtuun bdicvcH so lit tlt* ill God perhaps. f 111 fa* t* grew daikcr and darker. 'Are y -nr affairs prosper us Seuoi?’ ‘As much as tie st 1 m’s will p rmit 1 ‘V. ry good. You Inive just five min utes in which t" make them tet or. At the end ol that firm* I will bang yon mi I hat hot wo Mire as y»u »iv a M* xican. What, lel Captain J.tCaU, Mil II out ill** gnuiat!' Ilmira’s d* rp olive face grew ghastly wi no, and In* 1*1) upon lis knees. No piavers. no ngoip‘zi*'g entreaty, no a- s paring wrung lr**m a siren.* man in his gotiy availed lim liuught At the appoint* *1 time his rigid frame swung Ik*i vv.rn heaven and earth, ai.otli cr victim to H e in «and of «*ne who never knew mi !» nr «»f pet ilcnce or *m*rcy. 'l'ne t-ee had h.nio fruito Kansas City Ti men, Hotv to Gi t a liusbaml. \ e riespondent wriiing from Memphis gives tin* f«•llf*wing amusing (h sei'piion of a young lady’s o oking at an «.»ricnl- j Itirai fair, t*. «**cuo* a special prem um :| 1 fn fi'd <fa yeung lady, the nfli* i j day. up in M <ldV r s nness* e, who us j r*v» r men say, las taken another chute j Theater* told about her did rnv soul I good, and. for ti e comfort of other half j starved dy-pept'.(••* bk** mys If, vvto«ei tardy eu-tentati n is eff*cted by nn ans ! ol hied chicken, si ggv buscui's, greasy j and sole-h*ather fritteis, I’ll rel •»« | •t. Ft y* ars past, as a imitt* , r of form j —son* thing landed d-wri In in r moiej ail! quity—the * slicers of tin* c< only fail I eld in tint f * ighl'Orhood wlier** tliis v**nnu I dv lived have beta in the Inbit ' ol offi iii g >i premMim to the l.olv ( n j mat ii<d) cooking the lest dinner. Ij was » dead letter. Nobody lad Con j Ifn I**l for the premium within the rm m* ! my 1 the *d(l«*st ini at'itar t. 'l’his v* nr, | * »»«(?v(‘r, thi* y*mng holy of whom lam | sp <king d<*termined to compete f i the j piiz“. Her II ni ‘-I wisli 1 could im ! • imtalizeil was Kale JatiaWny. Tfie fair uu’n He! up a stove foi her, strefclM»«l a canvass t*» shu Id ler born tin* sun, | ami ab ut eleven o'clock of the ho t day sin* went to w» ik. Ti e matter ha I been talked about by ev ry o« «* in the ncighboi h(»od, and C'»riosi»y was on 1i;« 11 j>- I *A crowd colb’d* and aro-md the f» ace where the stove was «T op ea|’iy in the morning, but when M ss Kate herself, a Imix *rn, tiandeo*ne girl o! n ; U"- | •****ll, daughter of He* ex-M «y *r of the I town ajqi ai< *1 on the ground hi and put - ! ting on a wi.ii** apron und io !inr up hei di'cv**** commene* and opeiatnns ah j * tie r aft* acli*u » were nothing. Every one umr eager o see so u -Vela sig t ‘ TANARUS» cr.* Was a !r*e !H‘ if ly wlo'c » r;o n ’ tec.am' Id ick witli spec!at rs who had | cl n’h«*d up t*» g**t a h 1 1* r v* w . Ttn* j hi am* es were, finally, so loud imd ti*at ; • in* bv one they luoke, pecipitat im . 1 1»* 8.- upon then t * tie* gr n and until **il - j ly one man Was left in the tree lie H'.t j ;*m a lofty fuik with eyes riv !**d on tlm! we* *ne be -.w*. Nona mint ofpursuasi ti jby ttn s*‘ b**ncatii, envious ol iiis bettei view, could indue** hun to c rn** <1 vvii— | * ven ahi ibe of i**u doltaiH failed. lb 1 sa’d III* was b* und t" 8 e «-r die. Mean* j whih? tl.e dinner pr* paratmis went on! apace. Tne savory smell of the c**ok»ng | so and B'eimd to intox cate tne crowd ! which presseil tmaivr and m-arer. I‘s to *k all the police f roe oil M»e grounds J to keep order The time m riv< <1 f-r the j trotting match, announced att tl»e spoil ! *•1 tie* <1 iv, h*»t lie* amp »iU«eatre was empty. Tie* jnd r*‘H (witii the exoeptioii \ ~f one crabb and <)!d widow* i). pu* timer’ a’l were mi hing and so nothing con <1 • he lb me. At ball past two tne dinner! was an* ounce*! ns ready, and the judg. s, nappy men, seated tliemß*dv b at the ta | hh—ti e crowd i*.‘ga»dmg th**ui with ill |disgui-pu * nvy. A roast *tb < f duli ; cate y d*»tie, was put Hteamo.g h*»t on ! the table and then I |!«»wed-c*»rm pmldi g ; w hose delicate ar ana fell Upon U‘«* ol | f .ctoricH of the crowd “like bre* Z“Bof| | Araby llu* l*lesr;’ ; a pr* ftisi*»n of vegetu- I Ides, cooked to fr -rfecthm, fallowed m-xt j T'-e j »dgf*H ate and ate, praising tl»e fja j vor ot tne food and tin* skill * 1 tin* Cook ' at **v ry m<>uifdul. But when at last, a desert of* piping hot apple dump'ings uia*«e its :ipp*-ar.inco, tin* forbearance * t ' tne* crowd was at an end. Tney broke ;tie ropes into the rmg with one accord, •and the dumplings dirt »! pTiied in a trice. One*oiii fellow, proprietor of a store U"<l ‘ owner <>f a big saw mill, p.opostd to the voting lady on th<; sp*»l, but he was onickiy collared and led off the grounds ! by two young men, wt»*» made common ! cause against the ag and saw—mill and u!i. | That young lady vvas tho center of at ; traction in her town after the cooking, i feat. She received twenty-five offers ol marriage the first week and ner fam j HERE SHALL THE PRESS THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED BY FEAR AND UNBRIBED BY GAIK* QUITM AN. GKO., DECEMBER 13, 1872. j -piead through all the country round | An old bachelor felnw and« wn in (inrndy j c«*unty. wi«f u farm so log that if take** I him ad day to ride nr* und it. and cat | «!<* on a bundled hill*, heard « f her, and | made a pilptinnge all the way t<> that j town L* h nrn the tiull*. He g*>t t* «• !gu l, too, although B*une ( f the yTing I ci.-n of tin* place sued out a habeas cor \ pun to prevent hor being mmmd out «*f | the eottrHy 'I hev wen* too late. Tidy ! >B. I am aware, a rattier Rad ending for s» good a story, but devotion to the 11 lit h Compels me to give nothing but t o simple tiuvarnished reality. So* "tight to have Married that f 11 •* vv who set tip there in the crotch of ts e tree s*> long and at such fearful discoidfbi t Ue wanted t er, and he was a poor, billions dy«-p* ptic whom fa r splend and c n *»king would have so *n r*Hfnted to u-* fulness and a ciotv, but In* was poor. An!” IB ovs F*ui,b are Untied* \Ye know an old lady, as l lithe a body as over lived m this woild, wh *. years ug > pnpired I ecomio r ga«n<? ts r**ady Ii iu*r last our ey. David (Ear ick’s widow redgioosly pre-ei ved h«*r wedding sheets, that they m ; g‘»l serve *'cr ha* a slirnud. In 17(»3 a young I ail v Was, at her * xpri-ss »h*sir»* # bur ed in all her w*‘dding' Ihn ry, eon-isling of n wh to ncglg e and petticoats qnibcvl in to a inalii' srt, p II w and IbiLg for hot c fii i; her wedding shift was ier wind ing a :»*ot and she wore a fl *«• point lace tuck* 4 !*, I nudkcrie.nief rufil-'s und apon, and a lappet head of Ihe sum co-tly materials. Diamond ear rings W**io placc’d in her es rs, g**mrned rings on her fmger ami ,i valnabh* m'ckfac*- t (mini her i (*ck : while wi k B’oekiags ami nil ver* spang!* and shoes with B'nne but tons c •mplei* and i *■}• co-tinm*. A Nor lo'k nt lonian precrv* and stum a Ii ppY ireollectum of matrimonial life ti ut when, at tin* age of nin**iy one, la* b*v on li»8 (1 nth bed, he gav in tinci ns t'i it Ii n i uhl be buried i'» his vvidding sliiit which In* had ear* fill v kept for 'ln* piifp *sp, that gami ut being Hupp e menioti will, the best mu! of ciotli s, hi** l»* st wig*, i is pilv« r ’buck h*d shot s, bl>iek wrist ribl ons, and Ids f»v rite walking cane. Murguret Ch»osi. H ( who wn* bn »iod in (bixion churchyard, Rent, in I 7 W 3 oidi-r-d ter body b> be nttired in sea h l Mit’n, pnt in a mahogany c ffi , i aving si loose Id, am! placed niton ti<-s 1 h'S, It a* *j lass do,us.<*t t'C*. vault beinj,: covered with silk curtains. Anoth. i example of v ini'y sliong in death was ass isled ns a few years :»g , wi eu a wealthy ci*urt mrlii er lift strict iijunc lions behind In I that her •' d\ should lie * nf • ded in point lace —Chambers Jour ir nal. SPOONERS MASS M i. HIT NO. Spnoner. an oriforical p litieian, w’mle actively canvassing in a local •• I« c: ii» n in Ma n, made an engagenumt to speak :• t a in B ■* meeting i'« Ihn wick up n t* ceit I M evening, at wine i time In* ex pected to cory e nvieiion to tin* H 'lll « f the :* lid I»•i C* • Bv a bbimb-l ..Ii tin* pill ofAiis carriage driver. In* was taken t ( , S*>m *i sw*>! t,t, j i»t aver the boi*l**i, i ( , X- w lla np'hii*’, in widen Slue flier** j vv; istobe no elect hui. Sp*e*ni r g-*t out | of Ins cairia.j,. and walked qu c.k’y f., | Itm only large building in town, repent-| \i i if in* i M illing port ions of tiis speee'* t * him elf as I.** w* ut along. \Vhen he j fiitiv"! the r« urn wis lull, and lw,, or i three men vv* le iipm the plats rm. Sp oner walk and up tne aisle, and, intro ducing in B«df’, said; ‘Mv nam<‘ i* Spooler.' I have com** tf> ;»ddre*rt tin* meciug.’ fj*> was very cT'dia'ly w* lc 'tne 1, and ! he to k Ids seat. Tt*e audience wan an | lino >iiiiii< Illy i e*pee.l abh* one, aieT Sp*»on- j er thought it Cei ta’idy w is the e'eam st and nn*Bl gijiiteel p«»l tieal gathering fie had ever seen. ll** began t * liavu mis* givings. Ti'*’«e grew l<> doubts when <u»e *d‘ the g* !ith*a.»• i. * xpr*” «*d a d*’sim j to know if “Brother Sp«»on**r wonld 'ea f j ns in prayet?” (/fc -msi* he vVo iMn’l. | He ll* Ver ! eaid of s« ch a pn C (’ding at a R publican meeting B»t in; held his j penc •» and gave no *-xpr. ssiou to t.is as tonis'-ment wliile atiotner person pro-i c* eded with tin* devotional * xcicis«s. VV It n he concluded «ld Spoole r w»is j called upon for a few r* marks; am.|, mg, he g I rid of about om* Hurd -f I tie I ni *«t exciting pndfieal specie’s ev r -pokeiv N »rt!i of L*xas, Infh.re in* p»*r ceived that the audeMic** was strange y ag tail’d. He was engaged in ail claim ! iale and Hijuisitinn upon tin* iniquities *»l lii— party, when a man stepped up and “Excuse me, sir, but that is i\ lilt-e ! out ol place her**.’ “Ex cuite in* ! ’ **Hhl Spooner, “I guess j I know »vpat I'm ata>ut. Wail till I gel | tillollg’l.” “But you ca-i’t go on, sir. We can- I not be d.stuibed iu this outrag* omj tuan-j ii er.” “Disturlked!” said Spooner—“di-durb- j ed! Why. this is a legittim te and »otrim*. L**t in** ah»: e! 1 tiavn't cone* to the# xciiing part yet.” And Spooner began j again. “ib.’ullv, sir, you car,not proceed. A prayer m etiug is no place lor such dis- i cii'.sion.** v “Fmyer meriting? 'And Y'*u don’t mean to B*y tins is a prayer meeting do y u? Ain’t this Berwick, and iso l this a Republican mass meeting?” “N»! rtir# Tins m Somme worth, and! I am pastor ot this flick.” m j Mr. Sp »' ocr went back to the hotel, will, two thirds of one of H»e best spe* cli C 8 ever heard, lying upon his brain, ftll.d gave up politics in disgust. SEEING THE POINT. A boy returned from sclmol one dav, with il repot t that his ►fliolarship bad fa’len b*d,,w the usual t\v« rage. 'V’Ndl,’ sad his father, *>- u ve lalleji behind this month I ave you?' ‘Yes, sir.’ 'll**vv did that happen?’ ‘Don't know, sir.* j Tiie father knew, if the sun did not. | lie had observed a number of cheap novels scattered about tl e lu>lH* ; but he had not thought it worth his while to oi\* anything until a filling opportunity should osier itself. A basket of apples -do and upon the d<»or, and he said: ‘Empty those appl s, and tnk* 4 the ba-ket and bring it to me Imlf full of iV T s ’ Suspecting nothing, the sou immedi ately obeyed. ‘And n vv,' fit; continii"d, 'put those upl !*•« back into t 1 <* basket.' \Vlii*ii half tne apples were replaced, tin* son fl >id: ‘Fath r, they roll off. I can’t put in any more,’ ‘Put !■ em in, I tell you.' ‘But, lather I ea-.’t put them in.’ 'l'ul loom in! N*,of and mse y«m can’t put tl em in. Do V u expect to fill a bartk* t half full of (Uiipa, t hd then fill ii wiih ar»f> 1* s? Y T «»n said you didn't know why you fell bads last nionlh at scf'O and. ami I will i**ll yon, Your mi« and is lik<• (li t b«>k'*l. Il vv II not hold nv*rc than s*» much. Aiel here you’ve i e n lit** pist mouth filling it up with cheap lit ! Tne Iwy turned o • hi*, loci, and wh's lli'd and 8 «id, ‘ W In* w! I se<* the; point.’ Not a novel has b Tii boon iu the house from that dav t * ties. 3fniic:BiHtiHcii it# Cnlifurnia. While dodging through the country I came aeross a potatne puteli When* a n u ill >»«*r « t nii‘ii vv ** re drawing point f*s out ol the ground by means of d* rucks. Tin* men I • iked gl «*my ami worked in •lienee, exeop l that, now ami then they wmid stop and sw* ar, Potaioes, lik** big howldiM S, were lying abundant : y ivimiml, not one of ll'om weighing mure than half a ton. I asked the men why they looked so «ad? ‘Total failure »;f the Crop/ replied one. T'ey smuggl'd away at the pally lopi’S.ind luought up another potato** maeh lik* t h<* lint end of a s tvv log. *l)'ii Ii the little thing**,’ mult' red tie* owner of tin* pale’ ; 'they’ro not wutli the di.* giog; Id’s <j*l it.’ 'VVti v % * 1 v*-11 iired, 'l’d call l iicse pret ty size Id* * pot am* a * The men gave a I* ok of scuffling con tempi, fi Ml at me lied then at the pota 11i*'H, and lie* (in t icks were moved on to tin* m xt hill. I went on mv way deeply impressed wiili the effect of a crop failure iu Oaii fofii a II o W TO IT.Ka.SK IV (J. MI’AXY, —TIIO title at ! o‘ being ag coulee, is In app al* Well pleased with ad Ihe company, and iath ei in KtN’tn well * nleriained with tbem, than to In mg entor'aiuriM'fil to them. A mans 1 *i»- disposed, perhaps, may n t have not (ft i h-arning, nor any wit; hut if he f *s common HeiiS", aid something friendly in his beiavior, it cone bates men's minds more than tin* brightest pin ts without this disposition; and when a min of -nch a turn c unes to o<l »ig(; li*- is ahi» mt sure to b«* treat*‘d with ?<;- j) ct . Il is true indeed, that we ** i»n !<I ji >/1 di-si• mtd»* and fl .fter in cmnpanv ; hut a man may be very agreeable, in shied consistency with Until and sii.rvr i,v, by a prudent silence, vvh -re ho Call not. concur, and by a |?'» using us-ent vv! ere he cut. Now and then you meet with a p is>n so exicd'y form'd to p! art-, that he will gain upon every one that hears or behodrt him; Ihi« (lisp >mi li n is not mercj'v f { ‘ kT'li ’*f nature, but frequently lueefT’Ct of imicli knowledge «.| the world,- and a command ove* tu* paß Bin in. S'prelator. SnCIKTY is tm* iiliii"M)iii:ie of souls; and vv«* nec**Rrtaii'y imbibe IV ni it 8 one- Pdug which is either inf* ctioiis or sabi -1.1 i0 -8 The society of virtuous pers *n -13 ii, j iyed beyond t heir coup any, while vice e.in les a sting into solitud**. T'C; h ,ci* ly or company you k rp, is bof* | tin* indication <*f your chai hclci* and the | Iraun'r of it. In vicious society, you j will feel your reverence for tne dictates of conscience wear <>!, and t ial name at j Which angels low and devils tremble, j V>U vvi 1 near c mde cued, ahnwtd. Tne Bd»l will supply materials h r iinmcan- ! mg jest or impious buffo-e.ei y; the cmi- ; hi qu-uee *.f this will l»c a practical devi ti i u from vir-u**, tb« price pies will be sapped, tne fences of cmiHUumce broken down; and when debauchery has cor-- nip ted the Character, a total in v-rs ion will take [ lac.*, a» and Ibe winner will glo ly ii; his Hhauio. — Robert Hall. An attendant at Mount Vernon not h»„<r ago observed a lady weeping most l.itu ily, her handkerchief to her ey (Joing up to her he sad: ‘Are y-m in trouble, inadain?’ .‘No, sir,’she soi.bed. ‘I saw you weeping’ *AI», 5 Btio said, •how can one help weeping at the glaVe us the Father *>f tiro Ihiuutiy?' *ou, in deed, madam,’said he, ‘that’s it. Well, tne tomb’s over yonder. This is the ice* houK”.’ Growing Saiulv Soils. Spr'ng lli* 4 uni" to plow «nndy poila If plowed m the autumn tin* tepentod Irei zings and thawing** of \vint*'r will so o sen and licrliii»«» tin m as to be easily drifted and Mijur.d by fr sliets, whereat) it is desirable tr» bill plow heavy days which ate rendered friable by ti e freez j ing* and thaw inrs of winter. Many lai ne ts tear that t o subsoil plow sandy anil would be t< o Jo- a<*. by leach ii all ilm manure they apply, forget ting that even a very slight percentage ( I tday or e:u bonaeeous matter i> snlli eie.it to absorb and r tain manureH till used ly p ants; f..r if it \veip t;ot s•, there would be few wMs Lie water <d which would he fit to drink. The fact is that sandy h Mr, as a rule, are great ly b< 111 filed hv Hllbs *il plowing. Suel. soils are easily and gteailv c inpacted by rains, so much so as to prevent the • asy pcin’tratioa of the roots of plant**. Win n subsoil is plowed with (ho lifting subsoil plow, which l>*. sens but does not brio# the subsoil to the surf ee, roots may strike deeply in search of so and The ro ts of cr pH aft* rwauh decaying in siicu soils, supply organic matter | thus increasing their tenacity, rend ling them liab.e to drift, md improving ilium generally for tin* growing of crops. The Contented Man. —A wealthy epi cure applied to an Aiahiart doctor f-r :> pf'seripl mu that w.ii id r- at- re Ins body lo t-eulth, and g ivc happiness to Inn mind The physician adv.tnd niiii'to ej(oh;iuge sliiilH with a man woo wan pnT- 01 ly contented with his lot, upon which the patient set out up 01 Ids j rtirney in pur suit of such a per on. After many months spent without accompli.-hi g ni> obj- cl I.e was told of a certain Cobbh-rof wnoin every one h»s -p •k• -e. e.» a model of o inti ntinetil and happ.i lews, Pnian »ug tile direct ion given, Ha* trav-ler Was pleased with the sight of the c«»bhler • j »yin# a comfortable imp on a hoard. A'it bout c lemony In- was aronaed IV.on lii- Hlumheio. ajid ihe imp i»aot mterr*- galory, whether he was co t nt.ed witn his lot, was answered in the uffiimitive. 'Tinn,’said tin* seeker afon haDpiuesS ‘I have one small b on to ask at yoiir hands. It it) that you exchange Hhists with me, that by this mean* l also may become contented and happv * ‘M si gladly w add I accede to your reqn- at,* n p ied t- e cobbler, ‘but * ‘Nav, reluse me not/ inlermp ed the man of wealth; *anv sum thou imiyent name shall he thine.* ‘I seek imt thy wealth/ said the cob bier. ‘I ut — but ’ ‘But what?' 'The Until is I have no shirt!* Among the t piert likely to engage the j a t ten t i m of the coming (5 uigU-SH is lie wo nail’s l ights ill veinotil. r J’he Min- H un i !»• pn' lie in savrt "f vv man suffrage: "Tin- Republican pally H 9 pr-en sed to grant hie d**mmd, and t e Republican , p.»i tv, having*: •ntrol -I Congress and of [ thirty St *l**B Le„*iwuitur-h, is uh’e t<» | make good its pledge. It is too late to s •„y that the nias-es of that pi* ty are I not p'epated for if»<* qn- hii«»ii—teat. m fact, ttsey are oppo-ed to the Rue.ping I rev-diiii 'ti which it involva. Tie Phil- I adelplrii pla'f »ru» gove it a 9 i ~*n jd<useiu nt, and in electing a Republican I President and a Republican Co'g'ONK on that p at form, limy may be consider and to I ave approved every war I in that platform, including the cud -rsement of I. male sutfVage. * To-M«»nu»w—“ VV ait until to-morrow and lie n I w*H und rtak-* that difficult i problem, 1 * Ihe sell ..»Üb,.y cries. Wait until t-'-morr- w, says flu* young man, and then I will give up the entic ing cun wh'ch ho many k*v there in j death in Waif until to morrow whip ping the merchant, and fOen I will inveA tigate that iuHoly-i t afT'iir. Wait nuti to-ne rrow, mm muiH t t<e old mm, and tm'ii I will ri'fonn and live as I ought; before “f omiioi ro\v/‘ tfie oh! man *s hurl ed j. ito eteinity. Thus l e pem»n lias lived wailing until 10-m*urow comes, b'-fore pci forming his duiy, and at lasi waded one to in u iow too long. Rife is s' * *»r t at the best, and there is danger in delay. 'I <l< c’are/ sai l an old lady, reverting so the promise made on her marriage day by her in g- lord, “I shall nev- r for get when Obudiah put t!ie nuptial ring on.my finger, and a.»id, 'With my world ly go a- I thee eudo w.* lie used tok*ep a drv goods store then, a**d I thought i.»« was going to give me all there wlB in it. 1 was young and did n»»t know till afterward luat it meant one calico gown a year.* The Spanish are quite and lighted be ! ci' use the system **f iria' by jury i-* t«> g«» ! into operation throughout the kingdom jon thel-tol December. When they I na,v<» found out the degree of imbecility I which it is p'ssible so a jury to attain, | a; ,d have lada f* w instances of emotion ial insanity infn doced in their Courts, j ttiey will Sigh for tho good old times j when killing was a crime and criminals ' were given short sliitt and a sj ec»iy re tribution. An orator, getting warmed with his subject, exclaimed; “Tticie is not a man, w.-m in or c did in the house, who has arrived at the übeu b e of ffiiy yca*s, hut what i*a3 fell the truth thundering 1 thtou-j’h their rotude f-»r cm'uric-/ j s2. na »er Annum NO. 50 Savannah Houses 1 . Q-B0 G. WILiSON^ (Late Wilson it Blitcfi.) At Old S'and, No. 100 Congress St., Savaciaath r s Georgia. Where l have been since lS. r >6. GENERAL DEALER IN Groceries and Liquors , Dry Goods, Shoes, Tobacco, And all kinds of Country Supplies, Which I will sell Low. and Country Produce of all kinds bought Si riot attention to Cotton, which will he s»dd on arrival, or Ktoverl in the best warn* ho'.i e if so d*.s : ivd. Oon.sigtmienfs respectfully solicited, t > wiigdi I will give my perflOliul ut tejiiion. und fMiisfactlou guaranteed, July 12. 1>72. bill Av 7 bTa Diis, Commission JfFerchant, 14G llav orREKT. Savannah, Ga. JS rff- Liberal advances made on consignments. October 23, 1872. 43-ts EDWARD iIMONJLi UIo C Drayton Street-. Savannah, : : Georgia, Cot Jo-si. Factor and (Sommigsitm rvdumt, Liberal Advances made upon Cotton. Con sigmuonts toliciled. oct2s-3iu It. 11. ANDISRSON'. OKO W. ANDEIWOX, JIL JN O . W. ANDERSON m. W. I.\DERSOiVS SONS. Custom Fad or* —A N D— GENEUAL (fmmnisoion |ljn‘dta«fs Cor. Bryan and Drayton fS tree is, Ra. ,-mSr Liberal advances made on consignment#, October 25, 1H72. Jin LIGHT! LIGHT! LiGiT! i NAPTHA Ks tic C2iSArS3S?, EAPiiSI! and DEi Burning Fluid in xiatonce. T)LTI-i l WAKIiI'IIiLD, Diongliton #tvw*t, (op ll pnsit.e lhe Marshall lhui.se) .Savannah,(Ja., keeps Naptha, Kerosine Lamps, Glass Ware, Nap-ha Stoves, Tinware, Chimneys, a..d, [Lump Wide. Tlic Only Plaice To -;ct Pure Naipllia! September 13, 1872 ly E. L. DEALER IN SadJlos, Briiili's & ll;irncss, Best Rubb**r and Leather Belting, Saddlery Ware] HARNESS AND SOLE LEATHER <; A I.F SKINS, TRUNKS, VALISES, d-c., <tc. No. ljG St. Jnluili unil 15:i 111-van Strutsta, &HVdi»Mth, Grft. Oct2s % 25- it c. W. TH MP.**ON. J. E WALTER. r Cbompson k Walter, AVUOI.KSAT.IO GUFIOOESHS Fruit and Produce Dealers, Skip. Chandlers AND Commission Merchants, I>l Tiny Sti-cof, Savannah, Ga. October 25. 1872. 3m J. L. VILLALONCA, Cotton Factor, FORVARSUG & CCMMISSIOM ISEasSSfABY, Wo. ill Hay Street, OAVAKNAH GEORGIA j October Z.% l»7a. Cl-jin DVVIGHT L. ROBERTS, ss. c* <2i ~2 r mr ol m c. AND Commissi n Merchant l-i-i Bay Street, Sava nit ah, CSa. ‘ 0 2’». 1 87 ;. ';u