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ELOQUENT jaiBDTE TO MR. DAVIS. The Fond du Lac (Wis.) Press, an aide nod distinguished conservative jour nal, pays the following tribote to the illus trious stateman and uncomplaining prison* er at Fortress Monroe, and makes a de mand for his release op the purest grounds of reasqp. It says: We have always regarded it as a jixed /act that sooner or later Jefferson J)a ,vis would be .released, without being .brought to trial, unless, indeed, his captors succeeded in their evident design to mur der biro, ( by the slow torture of rigorous confinement to which be baa* been subjec ted. Itwopjd be impossible to coDviot him as a traitpr before any court, except, in deed, a military commission, composed of such creaturaa'aS'the the men who pro* nounced the death sentence upon Mrs. Bar* rail, whose memories will be execrated through all coming tune. Not only did Jefferson Davis commit no act of treason, but we believe that first, lost and always, his acts were governed by motives of the purest and most disinteres 'ted patriotism, lie betrayed no sacred trust, be made no effort to elevate him self to positions of honor and power, like a ’ selfish aspiring politician ; but of all the brilliant array of Southern talent,'eloquence and genius assembled i/i the Senate cham ber at Washington, he was the acknowl edged leader and superior of all. When ,the people of the State he represented cal-' led upon him, as their Representative, to j withdraw from Congress, be promptly res ponded ; and of all the Southern members who bowed tbeir haughty larewell to the .Senate, he made the most polished and courtly adieu. At the time the Government of the Confederacy was formed, his vast expe rience and unequajed abilities as a states* man made him emphatically the political leader of the South, while his pleasing ad dress and his intellectual superiority over all the other distinguished men of the ifsoutb made him the idol of the Southern people. He nocepted the position of Pres ident, not with any design ol building up for himself a splendid fortune and endur ing fame, hut because he was chosen to , ( ftll that position by the unanimous voice of eight millions of people, and because he deemed it his sacred duty as a patriot to remain truo to the South in her hour of peril. How far he erred in making this final decision, which oast his iorttmes with those of the Southern people, it is idle now to inquire; to-day, as a traitor, though he is branded Jwe honor and res pect him, while we despise such vile, 'base creatures as Holts aud lirownlow, and can truly believe that Washington was not more admired and beloved by the patriots of the Revolution than Jefferson Davis is by the Southern people to-day. History fails to point us an example of more en tire unanimity—we search the records in ‘vain to find an instance surpassing the love and (devotedness they have exhibited for biro. ( It is the very superiority of Jeffenon Davis which has oaused all hia persecution and suffering. The Abolition fiends well know that he fias no ordinary niau, whose splendid genius was so long the brightest star in the Senate—they know it was no weak, common mortal who, for four years controlled the destihioe of eight millions of people, and they fear the influence which his giant intellect and matchless el oquence would exert in taoujdiug the fu ture destiny of America, knowing that it is impossible to convict him of treason, they hope to dispose of him by the slow torture of confinement and privation. But time and afflictiou has failed to bow hia lolly spirit—insults, chains and dun geons can never wholly destroy that supe riority, eloquence and genius with which God has endowed him. To-day, emaoia ted with long months of confinement in a dreary fortress, guarded by bayonets and surrounded by Yankee spies and inform al*, we recognize the same calm, stately, superior being who figured so grandly in the recent terrible drama of American his tory—who crushed the Northern Senators ty • humiliating ‘consciousness of their own inferiority, when he made his high toned adieu to the Senate. 1. > •* For Jefferson Davis, we ask no Execu tive clemency, for he has committed no treason. For him we implore no pardon, for he is no traitor; all we ask, all we de sire, is that he shall receive a fair, impar tial trial,and his guilt or inoocenOe be de cided by a jury of his own countrymeb. Bat this, of all things, his enemies are de- termined he shall not have—for they know in this event he would come forth with no stain upon his character—no tarnish upon hia horror. Sound .Advice to Parents.—The Phil adelphia Ledger, under the head of “Early Indulgence of Appetites,” gives this sound advice: parents should ponder well on the dan ger af an early aßd capricons indulgence of the appetites and imaginary wants of their children. Repetition soon becomes a habit, and a habit once formed, even in childhood, will often remain during the whole of after life, acquiring strength eve ry year, antil at last it acts all, human and divine, at defiance. Let parents who yield to the cries of their children for dainty and promiscuous food, or who allow them to torment domestic, animals, or to strike their nurses, or to raise the band against any person, consider well on the consequences. The moral efforts of pampering the appe tites of children are moat melancholy. Is the mother afraid of an explosiou of pas sion, bribe is too often promised in the shape of a cake or tart, as a peace offering. Does it annoy a whole company by its bolstering or ill timed pranks, it is persua ded to be quiet by the promise of some sweetmeats. If it has been good, as tbe pbrase is, and learned its letters, the reward is still' too frequently something for tbe stomaoh. Eating is regarded as the chief end ar.d object of life by a child, who sees in it the chief incentive to good behavior. A premium would truly seem to be giveu for gluttony. The use of the nobler sen ses, and of the faculties of the inind, the easy cultivation of the kindlier and better feelling of our nature —generosity, disin terestedness, pity, filial love—all are over come or postponed in favor of the one sen sual, selfish and absorbing act of gorman dizing. Mutual Affection.—lf there is a sin gle blissful moment, like a star spaikling in the shadowy firmament of life, it is that which discovered a long-nourished affeo tion to be mutual. The moon as she rides on in the infinity of space, has not a great er influence upon the ocean-tide, than tbe passion of love upon the tide of human thought—now permitting it to settle down in a state of temporary tranquility—-and now bidding it heave sml swell by the magic of its viewless power. Without it what would be the world ? Asa creation without light. Yet possessing it as we do, bow does it discompose the soberest plans of reason—how tbe loftiest bulwarks of stern philosophy bow down and disappear before the fragrance of hia breath ! It is poetry of thought when reason slumbers on her stately throne, or wauders away in happy dreams. It is scarcely to be feign ed, for it appears in a halo of soft witching light, which dazzles while it fascinates the mind’, eye. It is to the spirit wbat sun shine is to flowers, luring the fragranoe from its young nature, or as the band of beauty to the slumbering lute, passing over the silent chords till it doth “discourse most eloquent music.’' Hymen and Low Men.—Donchet, the French poet, tells us that Hymen was a young man of Athens, obscurely born, but extremlv handsome. Falling in love with a lady of rank, he disguised him self in female attire, the better to carry ou his armour; and as he was on day on the seashore, celebrating the Eleusinian rites with bus mistress and her female(compan ions, a gang of pirates came upon them by surprise, and carried them off to a distant land, where thepirates got drunk for joy and fell asleep. Hymen then armed the virgins, and dispatched the sleeping pirates; when, leaving the two women upon -the island, he sped to Athens, told bis adven ture, and demanded his beloved in mar riage as her ransom. His request was granted; and so fortunate was tbe mar riage, that the name of Hymen was ever after invoked on all future nuptials; and in progress of lime, the Greeks enrolled him among their gods. A mother admonishing her eon (a lad some seven years of age,) told him he should never defer till to-morrow what he could do to-day. The little urchin replied, “Then mother, let’s eat the remainder of tho plum pudding to-night.’ A WasbSogton paper, in noticing a number of patents just granted, says: ‘Dan Tucker, whose 'namesake has been so often referred to in connection with an arrival behind the time for tea, has received a patent for a gimlet’ MARRIAGE. Mao and wife are equally concerned to avoid all offences of each other in tbe be ginning of their conversation ; every lit tle thing can blast an infant blossom, and the breath of the south wind can shake tbe little rings of the vine, when first they begin to curl like the locks of anew wean ed boy ; but when, by age and consolida tion, they stiffen into the hardness of a stem, aod have, by the warm embraces of tbe sun and the kisses of heaven, brought forth tbeir clusters, they can endure the storms of the north, and tbe loud noisea of a tempest, and yet oever be broken; so are the early unions of an unfixed mar riage ; watchful aud observant, jealous and busy, inquisitive and careful, aud apt to take alarm to every unkind word. No man can tell, but he that loves his children how many delicious accents make a man’s heart dance in the pretty conversation of those dear pledges; their childishness, tbair little angels, their innocence, their imperfections, their so many little emanations of joy and comfort to him that delights in their persons and soci ety ; but he that loves not his wife and children feeds a lioness at home, and broods a nest of sorrows, and blessing itself can not make him happy ; so that all the com mandments of God enjoining a man to ‘love bis wife,’ are nothing but so many neceesiliea and capacities of joy. A Pungent Sermon.—St. Jerome, in one of his sermons, gave a rebuke to the yfotneo of his day, which has seemed to be so apropos to our ow*, that it is circu lated just now in Parris ‘quite univcrsal ly : “Ah ! I shall tell yon who are the wo men that scandalize Christians. They are those who daub their cbeecks with red aud their eyes with black—those who plaster faces too white)to be huroao, reminding us of idols—those who cannot shed a tear without its tracing a furrow on the painted surface of their laces—whose ripe years fail to teach them Ibat they are growing old—those whose headdresses aro made up of other people’s hair—those who chalk ! wrinkles into the counterfeit presentment ol youth, and those who affect the demean- j or of bashful maidens in the presence of troops of grand-children. Early Impressions or Piety.—Knowl edge, planted by the hand of affecliou in the hallowed sanctuary of home, is wont to take deeper root than “seed sown by the way side.” Parents who write, with their own pencils, lines of heaven ujion the fresh tables of the children’s hearts—who trust not to tbe hands of hirelings their first, holiest, most iudelabie impressions—will usually find less than others to blot nut when the scroll is finished, and to mourn for when they read it in eternity. A man who advertised to give •fthe best of sound, practical advice for fifty cents, that would be applicable at any time and to all persons and conditions of life,’on ap plication bv a victim, “per mail,’ sent tbe following; “Never give a boy a dime to watch your shadow while you climb a tree to look into tbe middle of next week. It don’t pay.’ Cookery-book.—“ Has that cookery book any picture*!" said Miss C. to a book-seller. “No, Miss, none,’ was the an-1 swer. “Why!’ exclaimed the witty and beautiful lady, “what is the nse of telling | us how to make a good dinner if they give \ us no plate t P Cool Compliment.—An acquaintance the other day meeting with a lady friend in the street, passed the word, “Fine day, Mias D.’ “Hue,” exclaimed tho shivering damsel; “ray feet are cold »» ice.’ “Very likely,’ was the cool rejoinder, “I have al ways said you had an ice foot.’ A man in Cincinnatti recently eut his throat, because he lived next door to an amateur trombone player. The coroner held an inquest and returned a verdict o ‘justifiable homicide.’ ‘This way, captain V shouted an Euglish soldier at Inkeruian; ‘I have a prisoner.’ ‘Well bring him here.’ ‘I should like to, but the scoundrel won’t let me go !’ The old gentleman who undertook to take the twist out of the maelstrom, has gone out West to whitewash tbe Rocky Mountains. He goes for large jobs. The advantage op change.— A person asked an Irishman why he wore his stock ings wrongaide outward. ‘Because,’ said be, “/Acre’s a hole oh the other side. To enjoy life you should be a little mis erable occasionally. Trouble, like cayen ne, is not very agreeable in itself, but gives great zest to other things. AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. The London Times thus gives the gist of tbe issue between these two powers, which now threatens tbe peace of Europe : { Count Bismark was ready to boy Aus -1 tria out at a fair valuation. He offered j between $7,000,000 and $8,000,000 in I money, and would have been open to any j other reasonable proposal in the way of , barter or sale But Austria has upset all j these calculations. Whether she has at : length determined to resist tbe aggrandize -1 men tof Prussia, or whether she has been incensed by the overbearing insolence of ber rival, it is needless to conjecture; but now, at the eleventh hour, she lias announ : ted a policy which is fatal to tbe expecta tions of Prussia. She no longer admits that the Danish Duchies have lapsed, in default of lawful claimant to the conquer iug powers. She treats the question of succession as if it had been merely suspen ded, and contemplates the possible estab lishment of certain pretensions to the title, i Finally, she talks of referring the dispute | to the tribunal provided by the Germanic : constitution—that is, to that very Asseu j bly the authority of which the combined I with Prussia at the ontset'of this business j to repudiate. j The question now is to what extremity tbe tn o Powers are prepared to go in sup | port of tbeir respective demands. Briefly | and plainly Pmsia demands both Schleswig . and Holstein for himself, being ready at i the same lime to pay an indemnity fur the i cession of Holstein. Austria demands the I abandonment of these projects altogether, and tbe transfer of the Duchies to tbe Confederation for disposal or allotment. If Prussia yields this, she yields all ; hut it is not probable tbat Count Bismark, is pre pared (or auy such concession. His de sign was to ply Austria by a variety of measures at once, to lend her and drivo her at the same time, to bribe her with one hand and threaten her with tho other.— But bis threats were carried too far, and Austria, when menaced with war, suddeuly accepted the issue. She could not attempt to save her smalt army ol occupation in Uolstein, but she could threaten Silesia. Bo she concentrated her troops on the Prua j sia frontier, and then, w hen Prussia res -1 ponded by similar concentration*, demon i tied to know the intentions of her autago nist. The Cabinet of Berlin replies as wo now see, and the two governments vie with each other in desclaiming any intention of aggression. In this disclaimer, as far as the letter of the protest goes, they are both sincere, for eacli desires to leave the other with the responsibility of commencing the war, if war there roust be. But all tbi«, however “categorically” the notes may be framed, is empty talk. Sooner or later, either openly or covertly, a different ques- Liou must be asked and answered, nnd tbat is, wbat Prussia intends to do with Schles wig and Holstein. At prescut Austria thinks that Prussia moans to seize the Du chies by force, and she prepares force in return. Prussia for the present hesitates ; but if Austria persists tbe Court of Berlin must necessarily sacrifice either its ambi tious projects or its hopes of peace. SHALL OUR MAILS BE STOPPED* We emit earnest attention, says the Carolini an, to the letter of his Excellency Gov. Orr, which appears below. Repeated efforts have been made by the Postmaster-General, Attor ney-General, and President to induce Congress to modify the provisions of the oath adminis tered to public officers in the South, but with out avail, and at last the necessity hss been forced upou our people, either to appoint per sons who cun take the oath, or be deprived of most valuable privileges. In many portions of the South the duties of postmasters are now performed by ladies, and we presume that enough may be found in Sooth Caftlina, to spare us from the misfortunes that would re sult from the utter breaking np of the mail system. We hope therefore, that prompt ac tion will be taken throughout the State, as re commended by his Excellency, aDd, if no man can conscientiously swallow tbe oath, that la dies will be selected competent to fulfill the obligations of the office. We trust there will be no hesitation in “popping the question” on the subject to any lady in the State. Exrcumx Dxpartmbvt, S. CL, ) Columbia, Bth May, 1866. ) 7b the Editor Daily South Carolinian : Si*,—l have received information from the Post office Department that orders have been issued to discontinue tile delivery of mails at an early day at all oficet in the State where there are no regularly appointed and commis sioned Postmasters. This order will subject the press and the business community to very serious embarrassment unless steps are prompt ly taken to procure the semees at each post office of such persons as can take the requisite oath, as prescribed by Congress. I therefore recommend that some person be selected at each office who can take the oath and give bond. The petit ion may be addressed to me at Columbia, or to B. B. Vassal, Esq., special agent of Post office Department, at Columbia, where they will be endorsed aod promptly forwarded to the appointment office at Wash ington. I append hereto a copy of tbe oath, aod respectfully request that you give publici ty to thia note. Very respectfully, James L. Gas. OATH or POST MASTER. I, being appointed Postmaster of the State of South Carolina, do swear that I will faithfully perform nil tbe duties required of me, and abstain from everything forbidden bv the laws in relation to the establishment of Pott Offices aod Post Roads within the United States ; and that I will honestly and truly ac count for and pay over any moneys belonging to the said United States which may come inU) my possession or control ; and I further solemnly swear that 1 have never voluntarily borne arms against the United States since I have been a cHirer, thereof: that I have vol untarily given no aid. countenance, counsel, or eocouragemsgt to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto; that I have neither sought, nor accepted, nor attempted to exercise, tbe functions of any office whatever aader any au thority, or pretended authority, in hostility to tbe United States; tbat I have not yielded a voluntarily support to auy pretended govern ment, authority, power, or constitution within the United States, hostile or inimieal thereto. Aud I do further swear that, to the best of my knowledge and ability I will support and de fend the Constitution of the Uoited States against all'enemies, foreign or domestic; that I will bear true faith aDd allegiance to the same; that I take thia obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; ana that I will well and faithfully discharge the dutiee of the office ou which I am about to enter: So help me God. A Remedy fob Lcve.—A German gen tleman felt an amorous flame for a Ger man princess. She was not insensible to a reciprocal passion ; and to have him about her person without giving scandal, she cre ated him her general. They lived some time much pleased with each other; but the princess became fickle aud tbe general jealous. He made very sharp remonstran ces ; the prinoeea, who wished to be free, gave him hia conge, aud be was constrained to quit her. But bis passion at every hour increased; he felt tbat he could not lire out of ber presence, and he ventured to en ter privately into her closet. The princess looked daggers, her eyes flashed lightning, and she condescended to give no other answer to his tender appeals, than a com mand to withdraw instantly from her roy al presence. Tbe despairing lover declared he was ready to obey ber in everything but tbat; tbat, rather quit jtur beloved presence, be preferred to die by ber hand. Presenting his naked sword to the disdain ful princess, ho bade her, rather tha# drive him from ber presence to pierce his heart, that heart which beat alone for her; and' tbe princess, being instigated by the devil or love for another—pretty much tbe samo thing in a furious women—took him at his word, and run mm through the body. Fortunately, bis wound did not prove mor tal ; lie got well at tbe end of three months, and likewise was cured of his pas sion, which had flowed away w ith the effu sion of his blood. Gix. John G. Breckinridge—The Louisville Journal thus speaks of this no ble statesman aod soldier, of whom every Kentuckian may well feel proud: Msj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge is stilt at Toronto. As all the rest of the Confed erate Generals are permitted to go to their homee and whenever else they please, why, in the name of equal justice and Heaven, is he kept in banishment f What evil thing has he dona that all other Confeder ate officers have not done I Wbat officer evor carried on war in a loftier spirit of chivalry and courtesy than lie, or treated prisoners of war more considerately and mercifully ! Who is it that has poisoned tbe mind of tbe Administration against him i! “Au enemy hath done this.” Peace.—ln a rqftnt letter of General Francis P. Blair, he makes the following just and truthful remarks: “Peace means pardon, amnesty, reconciliation ; without these we can have no peace. 1 believe that those who have done and suffered most to secure peace by destroying tbe power which took arms against it, are those who are now most ready to suffer and do to maintain it Those who have suffered nothing and done nothing, but who, on the contrary, have made the war an occasion for profit aud a vehicle for personal advancement —these are the grea test and only obstacles to the perfect res toration aod maintenance of peace. They, having filled tbeir pockets and secured the best places, talk most of “compensation for tbe past and security for tbe future.” Ad editor in lowa says he has become so hollow from depending on the printing business for bread that he proposes to sell himself for a stove-pipe. It is a proverb at our colleges, that tbe students who graduate with the highest honors are seldom ever heard of after wards. Why is the Delaware River like a bot tle of ink 1 Because Penn (peD) was the first who pot it in use. ‘Did he hit yon on purpose?’ asked the magistrate. *Och,no l yer honor,’said Pat ‘be jabbers be hit me on the head, sure.’ Horne Toole being asked by George 111. whether he played card3, replied; ‘I cannot, yonr majesty, tell a king from a knave.’ What letter is it that is never used more than twice in America ? Ana—A. “My bark is wrecked,’ as tbe dog re marked, when thrown overboard in the middle of tho Atlantic Ocean. “If this should meet the eye of John Smith, he will bear something to his dis advantage,” as the man said to his fiat. Tbe man who attempted to look into the future had the door slammed in his face.