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The IntHlijrcncer. WEDNESDAY, MAY 10. 1885. 1.A1E FROM CHATTANOOGA. northern nkws. i i,.' i.iii.i'.vii./.', u-k-grapliic aud oilier new;, u r dip (rout ihe Chattanooga Gazette oi the • 4 '0 li ultimo. ^ sii ■ < 1 iLe iitma are indica tive 1*1 a feeling prevailing in ihe North ■ijfiin; - 11 if* ('(fern, as They are termed, of the rebellion. while ollicrs indicile that the mratgemont, first entered into between .'ouuHtou and Sherman, was not approved tint highly censured, and that the last named rteneisl was a* v *n ’ v denounced therefor. VVe* give fbv, the telegraphic item®, head- »m;** ft!*0 al': • MLOU 10 US NEWS!!! tii a rtvr mTiuit! JUHNSIOM SURUENDERED. rkbf.l Foiec.ts t:asf of ala* HA.mA. \Va« Department, { Washington, !! p rr». April *Jfi ) Mnjui Utneral Da: A dispatch fnmi Genetal Grant dated at Htleigli, l'> ft in, April Sil b, states that ’•Genral Johnston surrendered the forces ut l,h rom u&p.d embracing u!l irom hereto itic CUiatlaho i*h«H) river, to Unneial Hher- mii), on tli<* Itft-is agreirt upon between Lee (tnd mysell for the Army <>i Northern Yir- (Signed) i!. HI. STANTON, Secretary of War. niU’JT n.*1 ip'A'-nilD PiTRTIMAN 0 ARMF- TICE. - PoiiTREHft Monroe, April 27. A !*U Hmcr arrived here this morning from: Morelioud city, bringing advices from New lieru that General Grant has iffectnally put mi end to the armistice agreed upon he ! ween Generals hhcitnau aud Johnston. urn. nrant’s term? to jojtnston. Ueneral Grant gave Johnston up to 6 o’clock yesterday ( Wednesday) morning, to -nrrendt r his auny. The conditions arc unknown. General Grant announced that after that hour hostilltl*? would he at once resumed. okW. J.iHNsTt)N < CFttH? C iNniTIONfl. l'o this J ohm-ton is said to have replied itiit It Jt If. Davis and the lending General officers of i ho Confederacy were pardoned, tnd peimisamn given them to leavo the . ountry, he would bo tm horired to accept lire terms proponed. PNOM VlI.SON-IMMENAP DESTRUCTION Of UElll I, PHOPEKTV. New York. April SR. Late Georgia papers give lull accounts of Get WiGnii’a great raid. After defeating Forrest at Selma, and destroying the arreti -d, i and rrmnulactories there, Wilson moved eastward,captured Montgomery, West Point F> lurnbus and Mi con, scattering the Militia on nil Bides, ruining the only remaining rebel railroads, breaking up machine shops, destroy leg Military store*!, rendering the manufacture of materials for further cam paigns against us impossible. • THE PKEeTDENI F A I. FCNRRAL AT CLEViS- LAND. tJi.ti VKi.ANt), April 28. All along the route Irom Buffalo, the usual demons!rations of sorrow were wlt- ucbsciI. The Pfctudoul’s remains were cs- <nu-d t.y a long military and civic proces sion, to ihe beautifully constructed temple prepared to receive them. The entire pop ulation is abroad moving in an orderly matin* i to view the remains. TITR RICHMOND RANKS. Nkw York, April 28- tkiiv. Coimnercial’s Washington special ->yB thi? vaults of the Firemen's Bank of Hichmocd, have been opened. The con* u uts wive found undisturbed. THE PRESIDENT. Washington, April 18. President Johnaou was loudly cheered to day, while passing through the streets. THE I.VT OF BOOTH. liooth’a body has been placed where it will never be seen by mortal eye again. New Yore. April 28. The Po t's Washington special sa>s a Pennsylvania delegation, headed by Com missioner Lewis, called upon the President, making the most congratulatory addresses yet delivered. The President replied, re peating bis conviction ii\^t the rebel lead ers should tic punished, and the masses for given. thcrelaiy ffowaid and sou are doing well TERRU1LK STEAMBOAT ACCIDENT. Haw Om hans, April 21, vit Memphis, 2? The s’ramcr Sultana arrived at Vicksburg with her boilers leaking badly. Sho re mained there thirty hours repairing and. taking on one hundred aud ninety-six Fed- «-ral soldiers, thirty five < ffioers, lately re- h-i sed lmm Columbia aud Andersonviile prisons, arlived at Memphis last evening. A fvcr coaling stm proceeded about ? r. .m , aud when seven milts up blew up, and mi- iuediateiv taking tire burnt to the water’s edge. Oi two thousand one hundred and nhy si \ soldiers aboard, not more than sev t-u hundred were rescued, five hundred of the rescued are in the hospital, and two or three hundred i* jured, are at the Soldier’s Home. The Capitdu oi the gnltana reports that at 4 o'clock this morning, the river front at Memphis was crowded with soldiers strug gling tor lile. Many of them are badiy scalded. Boats immediately went to thc-ir rescue and are still engeg^d picking them up. General Washburuo immediately or- i/air :*-d a board of tMinors to iuvestigato the tUdir, which is now at work doing so. No further particulais have been received. monbtaRy. Codiji 53. Gold ft 1,47*. Mother’s Love —Lamartine tells a story that exquisitely ll uurates a mother’s love. In som«*spring freshet,a river widely wash ed in its shores ami rent away a bough whereon a bird had built a cot! age for her -uinrner hopes. Down the white aud whirl ing stream drifted tbs green branch with lis wicker rap of urficdg- d song, and flat tering beside it, as it went, the mother bird, f nheedmg the roaring river, on she kept, tier cries c I agony and fear piercing the pauses of the storm, flow like the loveof ihe old-fashioned mother, who lol’owcd the ihlldshehad plucked from her heart, all «ver the world. Swept away by passion, ihat child might be, it mattered not, bearing away with him the fragments of the roof tree; though he died, yet that mother was wtth him a Ruth through all his life, and a Rachel at his death. To Start a Baj.EY Uoh:K.—Fill his mouth with dirt ov gravel Irom the road and he’ll go. Now don’t laugh at thi$ but try i». ’fhe plain philosophy of the thing is, it gives him some-tbing else to think of. We have seen it tried a hundred time3, and It has never tailed. MOSS OF SKW&BD ASS S0013 lo addition to the notice of Bxith which will be seen among the".telegraphic dia- pa.elite copied from Ihe Chattanooga Ga zette, we notice the following in the Macon Roening News oi the 1st instant: “We learn from a gentleman who read the dispatch, pubilahed in a Savannah pa per, from Hilton Head, that it was rumored at the latter place that Secretary Seward died on the 10 .h instant. “The same paper states that r o°th, with several of hts accomplices, h*\ oeen cap tured, and that a lawyer (rom Richmond bed turned State’s evidence, and implicated thirty or more pereoud as parties to Ihe as Baseination." Tuu Nm» also contains the .following item*;: * We have It from g«x>d authority lhat a cornier has been dispatched to Gen. Taylor, West of the Chattahoochee,which will prob al ly lead to a .Military Convention in that department, perhaps with the earne result as that between the two first namtd Gen- Madam Rumor, lor the past few days, has been very busy; but we have hoard very Lwol her reports that * we put any confi dence in. We hear on every hand that peace has beau declared; that Johnston's army ha6 been disbanded and sens home, etc. This morning we hear that Grierson's comm tnd of Federais are at Eufaula, Ala., numheiing 4 000. It litis report be true, it seems to us iliac we are in rather 9 strange position, ua- der an armistice. We shall try and let our readers know how much truth there is in Ihe old lady’s report. It is stated that Grierson's command was marching iu this direction when fie was met by the flag of truce, announcing the arrma tire; and as tie was in a locality that could not subsist his men, instead ol retrograding, I10 ad vanced into a section which had not been occupied by a Federal or Confederate army. Provi-ions and forage are said to be plentiful in that section, and as the Federal authorities havo ordered all foraging on the country to (lease, and everything Used by the crmics to be contracted for, during the armistice, we havo every reason to hope thut all will work well lu that quarter. We understand thit Gen. Upton baa been ordered to Augusta, to take command at that Post, under the agreement of a Military Convention between Generals Johnston ana Bherman; and that Gen. McCook haa been ordered to Tallahassee, Fia, for the same purpose. Referring to the surrender ot Johnston the Gazette eaye: •‘On ringth^ beJia and fir*; tbe funi, Aait fling the starry banner o«t." GLORY! The last rebel army, worthy of the nan e, has laid down its anna. In its surrender are embraced all the rebel forces from Raleigh, North Carolina, to the Chat tahoochee river, on the western boundary of Milledgeville, Augusta and Columbia, or a!! in the B ates of Georgia, South Carolina, Florida and Western North Carolina. The surrender is on the basis of the terms grant ed to the rebel Army of Northern Virginia —‘ the men and officers will be allowed to return to their homes not to be disturbed by the United State# authorities so long as they observe their paroles and the laws in force where they may reside." The same paper comments, as follows upon the armistice agreed upon by Bherman and Johnaton : Our dispatches this morning announce that General Grant has put a stop to the un- fortunate-for us armistice agreed upon be tween Bherman and Jjhnston, and offered terras ot his own to that shrewd Confeder ate. More than that, he threatened that if those terms were not acoepted by last Wed nesday morning, hostilities would be imme diately renewed. Frightened out of his wits by this new aspect of aff*i T a, Jobustou immediately offers to capitulate, only ask ing that Jt If* Davis and the leaders of the rebellion be allowed to expatriate them selves—to place themselves in the position of those men, . . • Who left their country for their countryq good. , - We do not know what action Grant will lake in regard to Johnstofi’s offer, or wh© tber he will insist upon his own terms,what ever they may *be. It la probable that be- lore General Grant left Washington, Presi dent Johnson communicated to him what terms would ba satisfactory to the Govern ment, otherwise, if he entertained John ston's proposition at all, he would be com pelled to reter It to the Capitol. The following we find among the selec tions of the Qaxtie: stfbBMAX'S NEGOTIATIONS. General Sherman hes made ft vtry grave mistake, and been fairly beaten by that cunning traitor, the Rebel Secretary of War. - At the flrat meeting, at which General Johnston only waB present, no terms were finally agreed upon ; the second meeting, however, at which Breckinridge officiated, conditions were finally accepted aud papers signed. General Johnston, ou the first day, prob ably learned what Shc-rman’s teims were,— After fufi consultation with Jeff. Davis, who waa at Hillsboro, be concluded to accept them, taking Breckinridge with him, how ever, to draw up the papers. This important conference was held at the solicitation of the Rebel General, who, on the 4th Inst, sent by a flag .of truce a re quest for a cessation 01 hostilities until Gen. Grant could be sent for. General Sherman answered immediately by Baying, that if the surrender of his army was the object of such a truce, he was competent to attend to such wants; but if anything else was de sired, he wished to know it, when he would decide whether or not it would be necessary to send for the Lieutenant General. He was informed that he (Sherman) was ready fo meet him at any time, to confer on the subject of his wants. This offer was promptly accepted, and through Wade Hampton, the point of meeting was agreed upon. At Mr. James Bennett’s, ft little but ou the left of the Chapel Hill road, five miles irom Durham's Station and thirty trom Raleigh, the memorable meeting took placp. General Sherman was accompanied by his right-hand man. Chief Engineer, O. M. Poe, and* General Barry, with others of hi? staff, and met General Johnston, with Msjor Johnston and Captain Hampton, of his staff. Both Generals were accompanied bv their cavalry Generals, Kilpatrick and Wade Hampton. The N. Y. Times’ Washington dispatch, dated the 25 b says: We have Information from Sherman of an important character. It appears lhat Johnston’s first letter to Gen. Sherman, proposed a surrender of his army on the same.terms as Lee surrendered upon, .A meeting was arranged at which Wade Hampton was present. He protested against the terms of surrender. His cavalry torce is supposed to ba only about three thousand strong. Thereupon Sherman consented to a • delay tor the purpose of giving Johnston and Hampton an opper tuniiy to consult. Another meeting was arranged lor the next day; on that day the parties again met. At the first sitting the remarkable memorandum or basis of agree ment was presented and atonee signed. The World’s Raleigh correspondent, writ ing on the 19th, says the conferences be tween Sherman and Johnston have- come to a conclusion which is believed In the army to be emin sally ^satisfactory. What passed &t the Interview they bad is probably known only to themselves. When they met they locked arms, walked together into the house where the conference took place, and there shut themselves up for several hours, leaving their re?pv ctive followers and staff c ffleere to fraternize and get along as they best could. No one who accompanied Gen. Sherman has any idea of what sub jects were discussed or what terms were proposed, accepted or declined. Gen. Sher man, never a communicative man with re - spect to matters of' importance, on this occasion is even more reticent than usual. LETTER FROM THE “ASA TRENCHARd" OF THE TBAGEDT. Mr. William J. Hawke, oi this city, who resides at 264 State Street, has received a letter from his son Harry, who is a member of Laura Keane’s theatrical company, who were playing “Our American Cousin, at Ford’s Theatre, in Washington, on the night of ihe horrid tragedy, gives some new facts in reierence to the ausaspinatica aad the assassin. We are permitted to publish the letter, which is ag follows : Washington, Sunday, April 16.—This is the first opportunity I have had to write to you since the assassination of our dear Pre ident on Friday night, as I have been in cu • -ly nearly ever since. 1 w as one of the j.iincipal witnesses of that sad affair, be ing the only one on the stage at the time of the fatal shot. I \va3 playing “Asa Trench ard," in the “American Gongin." The “old lady” of the theatre ha*d just gone off the stage, and I was answering her exit speech when I hoard the shot fil ed. 1 turned, looked up at thn President’s box, heard the man exclaim 11 Sic Semper Tyrannis," Baw him jnrap from the box, seize the flag on the staff and drop from the stage ; he slip ped when lie gained the stage, but got upon hi? leet in a moment, brandished a large knife, saying, “The South shall be free f ’ turned las face to the direction I stood, and I recognized him as John Wilkes Booth. He ran towards me, and I, seeing tiro knife thought I was the one he was after, ran off the stage and up a flight of stairs. He made his escape out of a door, directly in tne rear of the theatre, mounted a horse and rode off. The above nil occurred in the space of a quarter of a minute, and at the time I did not know that the President was shot ; aU though, if I had tried to atop him he would have stabbed me. I am now under one thousand ^dollars bail to appear as a witness when Booth is tried, if caught. AH the above I have sworn to. You may im'agine the excitement in the theatre, which was crowded, with cri«s of “Hang him !’’ “who waa he?" &o., from every one present. In about fifteen minutes after the occur rence the President was carried out and across the street. 1 wa? ri quested to walk down to the police headquarters and give oiv evidence. They then put me under $1,000 bonds, to appear at 10 o'clock next morning. I then walked about for gome time, as the city was wild with excitement, and then 1 went to bed. At half past three I was called by an aid of the President, to go to the house where he was lying, to give another statement before Judge Carter, Secretary Stanton and other high officials assembled there. I did so, and went to bed again. On Saturday I gave bail. It was the saddest thing l ever knew.™ Theeity only the night before was illumina ted, and everybody was so happy. Now it is all Badness. Everybody look.? gloomy and sad. On that night the play was going off S3 rell. Air, and Mrs. Lincoln enjoyed it much. She was laughing at my speech when ton shot waa fired. In tact, it was one laugh from the time the curtain went up until it fell—and to think of such a sor rowful ending ! It is an era in my life that I will never torget. Inclosed is a piece of frjnge of the flag ihe President was holding when shot.— Chicago Journal: * WHAT SHERMAN’S FRIENDS SAT. Or.a or two warm personal friends of the Bherman family express the hope that there be something back of what ajipears on the face ot the document.?, which may consti tute a partial- justification for the General. There is a hint that he was out of ammuni tion, aud had to do something to amuse Johnston and secure delay. THE LATE PRESIDENT. One ol the President’s last official acta was a deed of mercy toward his enemies. He expressly stated that he meant to give the leading Confederates an opportunity to leave the country. This telegram -from Portland came to Washington: “Beveily Tucker and Jacob Thompson will be here to-morrow in disguise, to leave on the steamer for Europe. What shall we do? Mr. Lrncoln directed the authorities to let them go. A few hours later he fell by ’ :, e a&sa^sin’s ballet, aud beside hia death-noa a member of the Cabinet countermanded that order. Fortunately for their owu lives, Thompson and Tucker d/d not come into the United States after the conspirators had murdered the only man who cowtd have saved them from doom. Mr, Seward exhibits wonderful vitality, but his physicians have little hope that hia mouth will ever recover its symmetry. It is likely to be awry, and probably power will be lacking entirely to clcst the lower j iw. Hnverai days since the Secretary, with chaiacteriitic unselfishness wrote upon a slate: “For myself I care nothing; but the people should have been more watchful for their President*' Evidence discloses that there were ten conspirators in the plot; that at a meeting held in Memphis they selected by lot the assassin of the President' Our authorities have a letter which say?: “It becomes vour happy lot to destroy this tyrant. You can select the cup, the S'.ade or the bullet; but you know the rup Vs onre been tried, and it failed." PRESIDENT JOHNSON. Presidafit Johnson wisely oetermints to show the world, that in spite of this fearful tragedy, the preteciifc 01 our Executive is not, even now, to be in the bayonets .of a guard, but in ihe love and vigilance ot the people. He exposes himself on public places with ihe utmost indifference. A gentleman meeting him c-n Wednesday, in the parlor bt the Ktrkwc.od House, asked : ‘Mr. President, is it wise for you thus to jeopard yourself He replied: “Yea, l have already been shot at twice, you lemember, without inju ry. Threatened men live long.* There is no reason to doubt that Presi dent Johnson’s general policy wilt be wise, besides, like all officials in this^cualry, he is so directly subject to the judgment and desires of the people that he could not long pursue auv course contravening Gram. The most sanguine rebel? will hardly hope to intimidate him. In the dark days which preceded Bragg’s last invasion of Keniucky, Buell, then in command of the Army of the Ohio, waa about to evacuate Nashville, Gov. Johnson implored, expos- tulated and stormed to no purpose. » He finallv declared, under the solemni ties of an oath, thst if all the rest of the army left, he would reroam with Bis lour Middle Tennessee regiments, defend the city to the last and perish m ita ashes, be fore it should be giv^h up to the enemy. Buell then left a garrison, which, though weak, proved"""sufficient to hold the capital ot Tennessee. The tmhappy lady—the daughter of Sen- 8tcr D “ e » of New England—to whom Booth was affianced, is plunged in protoundest grief; ont with womanly fidelity. Is slow to believe him guilty of this appalling crime, and asks, with touching pathos,forevidence of bis innocence. a.«j& *&<- uuitj jC. XH1 CHA&AC rsa OF TOBB&ST. The person of Forrest is commanding, graceful, and fitly proportioned ; his Stature six feet, his cheat broad and tuU, hi* limbs long and somewhat slender, but well shaped and mu3cniar. His features are regular and symmetrical, his eyes are of a light blue color, and his whole countenance, ia it? quiet state is grave, placid and benignant. When alone, or cot engaged in conversa tion, he appears sedate and thoughtful; but when his attention ia excited, his eyes kina die quickly and hia face beams with anima« lion and intelligence. He is not fluent in speech, but what lie says is appropriate, and calculated to inspire with interest as being known to come from the heart. He i-el dom attempts sallies of wit or humor, but no man receives more pleasure from an ex hibition of them by others; and, although contented in seclusion, he seeks his chief happiness in the society of his friends, and participates with delight in all rational and innocent amusements. Without austerity on the one hand, or au appearance of con** descending familiarity on the other, he is affable, courtooue and cheerful; but it has been remarked that there is a dignity in his manner and person not easy to be defined, which impresses every one who sees him for the first time with an instinctive deier* enc-e and awe. This may Lave arisen,in pair, from p. con viction of his superiority, as well an from the i fleet produced by his external form and deportment. Hia ambition is of that nobit kind which aims to excel in whatever he undertakes, and to acquire a power over the hearts of men by promoting their hap piness aud winning their aflecuons. Sensi tive to the approbition of others, and soli citous to deserve it, he makes no concession to gain their applause, either by flittering their vanity or yielding to their capriees.~ Cautious without timidity, bold withou rashness, cool in council, deliberate but firm in action, clear In foresight, patient under reverses, steady,|pei severing, and self-nog sessed, he conquers every obstacle that crosses his path, honor,renown and success. Forrest is a Christian in faith and in prac tice; he is habitually devout. His reverence for religion is seen in his example,his public communicilionfi, and his private writings He is charitable and humane, liberal to the poor, and kind to those in distress. As a husband, father, son and brother, he is kind and affectionate. Such are sora< of the trait*' in the character of ForrcBt, which have ac quired for him the love and veneration ol mankind. STRAY BEVELINGS. Au old toper chanced to drink a giasa oj water one day for something stronger.— Smacking his lips, aad turning to ono of hi* eompaniuns, he remarked, “ Why, it don’t taste badly. I have no doubt it ia whole some for females and tender children." A man with as inveterate habit of talk ing to himself, when asked why he did it, said he had two reasons; One, “he liked to talk to a sensible man, the other, he liked to hear a sensible man talk,’’ « ‘Married couples resemble a pair of shears," says Sidney Smith, so joined to gether that they cannot be separated, often going in opposite directions, yet always punishing any one who cornea "between them." Dr. Hawks, on one occasion, had an ar gument with one of hia vestrymen in refer ence to the increase of his salary, “Then you don’t believe the Lord will feed the young ravens ?” said the vestry man. “Oh, yes 1 do," the doctor replied, “but nothing is said about the young hawks." A jockey who incautiously burned his lingers by taking up his toast from the fire, trad broke the pbito by letting it fall.ob served that it was too bad to lose the plate after having won the heat. Let no man harbor a black spot in his breast and believe that his waistcoat ia whol ly ignorant of the stain, - • In age we must Indeed go down the hill, but we can do so with the wheel well locked. He whom God hath gfluid wish a love of retirement possesses, aa it w«-re, an extra sense. The sensations of joy felt on approaching the home of a beloved one are like the twi light of morning, before the cun has become visible. A gallon of strong lye put in a barrel of water will make it as soft as rain water. Be wore of bad books and bad papers.'— There are many such. They are of no goo.i use, hut do great barm. "Ask some one who knows, to tell you of some of the beat books. Never buy a book simply because it is cheap. Some books are dear If they waste your time, destroy your soul. It you have not time to read in the day, lead by night, and if lamps or candles get roaroa, gflt*pine knots or hickory bark and read by torch light. Let nothing keep you irom veatiiag. A good book is worth read ing more than once, The second reading will do you more good than the first. Keep out ol bad company. “The com panion of fools shall be destroyed." If others waste their time in folly and 3in, avoid them. They may be smart, but they will do you no good, and they may do you much harm. Bad company is ibo ruin of many, even of those wno are older than you. Keep away from idlers, swearers, liars and Sibbath breakers, keep away. Even “one sinner deslroyeth much good." Keep awav, “touch not the unclean thing." -Golden Rule... Rye Straw for Braiding.—A writer in the E Igefield Advertiser gives the follow ing directions for preparing rye straw for braiding: The rye must be cut while in bloom. Cut as careiully aa possible to prevent break ing, early in the morning, and handle it im mediately, before the sun has much power on it. It must then be taken to a kettle ot boiling water, and each bundle steeped three minutes, then open the bundle and. spread out to dry and bleach, a clear sun being almost indispensable to the color. Alter ii becomes perfectly dried, put into a bundle again, to be kept in a dark plaee, where the dust cannot soil it. An artless Argument.—Naimanns*, a black prince, arrived in England from the neighborhood of Sierra Leone in 1791. The gentleman to whose care he had been en trusted took great pains to convince him that the Bible is the Word of God, and he received it as such with great reverence and simplicity. When he was asked wfcat it was that satisfied him on this subject, he replied: “When I found all good men minding the Bible, and calling it the word of God, and all bad men disregarding It, then I waa sure lhat the Bible must be what good mat call it, the word of God," A OOUHT&t WauDIUG. “Did I ever teli you ot a certain Wedding I once attended ? Its history runs on this wise: One stormy Thursday last winter, as I was going to the post-office, I waa ac costed b i a young man, or old .boy (I don’t know which, but shall ieav? yon to judge,) with the inquiry, “I say, mister, can’t 301* tell me, sir, where Dominic Soule lives?" “1 hnnpose I aru the irnn you are seek ing." The- young man's couate-nanre changed fhq expression of intense anxiety passed *»way and Was succeeded by one of Indie rons bash fulness. “Well, then, you’re Dominie Soule,lx ye ? Weil, I want to seeyou a few minute; if you’ve no objection." “None at all, sir, Be so kind ax to walk into my ssudy with me, where we can ai* tend to your business by the side of a com lortabla fire." Ouce in the study, be asked again— “you’re Dominie Soule, the minister bt ye?" • “Yea.’’ ‘ Be yc all alone looking sheepishly at the half open bedroom door. “We are,” said I, as I closed ft. 1 knew what he wanted, but was wicked enough to eDj ly his embarrassment. After liitcb- ingand shuffling aud hemming awhile, ho spoke out : ' “Weil, I come for to get you to go and marry a somebody to night V* * “Indeed and how far is it?" “p\ it’s onlv just seven miles up here, you know," * I wanted he should go and get some one else; it stormed furiously, and I did not fed like buiYtiog a cold northeast that night. But he said—_ “No, ihe old folks want you, and^he gal wanu you, and so do I want you, aud toe old folks wouldn't like it if we didn’t have you, you know," “iVtli, ibyou must have me, I wish you would postpone it till better weather; I wrti then come up and marry yon." “O dear, that won’t do, no how, for we’ve ponponed it once, and we wouldn’t post pone U again for nothin.” I then KHid to him, "Sir, 1*11 tell yott wha* [ will do —If you will come down here I will marry you for nothing." “No, that wouldn’t do neither; cause the old folks wants to see see us git married; and vou must come any way;you shan't lose nothin." The poor fellow begged so hard I con eluded to go, and accordingly hired a horse and cutter; and about 6 o’clock started on nay novel wedding mission. I found the traveling exceedingly bad ail the way, and particularly so alter I left the main road At lengih 1 reached the log house in which the lau* -bride lived. Hitching my horse, I went to the door and knocked, when a stern voice bade me “come in." Entering the house, I was invited to sit down with all my over clothes on. I asked the old man if they were going to have a wedding there that evening. Ho said they were, I then looked around to gee if I could see where the parlies where co*uing_froro. There was hut oi.e door to the house, and that let out into the world. Very soon, however, 1 heard u clattering up stairs, and, to my as oniahment, the bridegroom and brkb came down the ladder. He backed down, leading her by both bands. They were seated. “If you are ready for the ceremony, you will please rise.’’ They s ated at each -other, at tho old folks, al me, but sat slid. Twice I repeated it and and twice met by the a tme vacant stare. ••jr you want to get married, stand r up," said I. That they understood, and I pro ceeded to make ihe twain one. When 1 came to tills part of the ceremony, the mat ter ran thus; “Do you take this woman,” etc. “Most sartinly sir," ' , “Do you promise to love her above all others,” e?c. • “Why," said he, “1 have done so this good while." * I almost forgot the solemnity of The occa sion in my. efforts to suppress laughter. When I^carae to the bride with this ques tion : “Do you take this;” etc. “He’s took mo, hain’t he, for to bo his wife; he’s my husband, then, without my taking him. “Do you promise to love him, above, all others," etc. ‘Til love him jiist os long as. he !ov«s me, and that’s long enough." I smiled, but succeeded in governing my self 30 as to conclude the ceremony, which throughout was of the same unique charac ter. When it was over, the bridegroom passed around a bowl oi good old strap, and then gave ma a cigar. Just as I wa? leaving, he gave mo some change, which I put iu a separate pockot to know just how much I had. When i got home, 1 paid ten shillings for my horse aud cutter, and on counting my change found that bo had giv en me the sum of sis aud sixpence. But, as he haa said, I didn’t “lose nothing *—-the other three and sixpence 1 had in fun. SELECTED PABAGBAPHS. Early religion lays the foundation nt.Kap-» piness both in time and eternity. Speak to old men of the past—to the mid dle aged of the present—and to the young of the future. When a miser was asked what he gave to the poor, he testily rapjied, “what I give is nothing to nobody." Our sorrows are like thunder clouds which seem black in the distance, but grow lighter as they approach. As perfume is to the rose, so is good na ture to the lovely. Ill nature renders the prettiest face disagreeable. An indiserq^t person is like an unsealed letter, which every one may read, but which is seldom worth reading. You may judge* pretty well as. to a wo man’s vices :.v observing w’hat bhe con demns most bitterly in others. How many a man by throwing himself to the ground in despair, crushes and destroys forever a thousand flowers of hope that were ready to spring up to gladden ail hts pathw ay. Would Lhat thoee whose faith in their own virtue is lasting and firm, could mete out to others ft like portion of charity and esteem. Candid truths like candied fruit, are all the better for having the stones pioked out of them." There is nothing ou ’earth - so beautiful as the household on which Christian love for ever smiles, and where religion walks, a counsellor and a friend. No cloud can darken it, for its twin stars are centered in the soul. No storm? can make it tremble, for it ha? a heavenly anchor. The home circle surrounded by such influences, has an ante-past of the joys of a he-avenly home. EXCHANGE HOTEL WILL PAY IX Sii' irer or Greenbacks tr® hieliMt TlFket Price for Supplies of every description, majS-JEaS.iKSN, WHITAKER * Ci». IHTCBSSinre Afj’WHT OF THF NATIVE! OF CHILI AND PERU. The Inhabitants of Cliili and Peru are so veay similar in appearance and manners, that what is said ot one may apply to the other. The Chilian men are perhaps more grave than those ot Peru. But ihe women of both countries are nearly alike, vory so ciably gay and fond of strangers, especially Americans. They have no taste iu dress— except the ladies in the larger seaport ot Chili, who are last getting into the English style—no female delicacy, and but very lit tle modesty. They are very lond of music and dancing. The moat * common dan ces are the waits, and the fandango. The last is often described as indecent, but I never couid see anything improper in it. It is this. A lady sings and accompanies her voice with the guitar, to which a lady and gentleman dance, The plan of the fandango consists in the man’s attempting to meet hia partner face to face which she constantly avoids, by passing dexterously and grace- folly, either to the right or left ol him. As the danca progresses the music be comes livelier and the motions of the per formers quicker, and it Concludes by both parties meeting in the middle of the floor. The Steps in the fandangfrare, on the part ot the man, a kind ot shuffling, which pro duces a sound like the galloping of a horse, and which it seems designed to imitate* »3 the South AmericarB are in reality a species ol the Centaur from infancy. The lady movoa with a light, graceful and noise less step. The people are generally very inquisitive about American affairs, but can hardly believe that we have no gold and silver mines, which they seem to think con stitute the rael wealth ot nations. The in habitants of the interior are very hospitable. I wag told by a gentleman that had trav eled 2000 miles in the country, that a Pe ruvian farmer would feel affronted if asked tor a drink ofyvater. A large jar of wine or chica with a cup attached to it, stand* in almost every house for the use of the fani'*- ily and travelers. They have also a singus lar custom at table. If any one takes a lancy to a particular morsel in his neigh bor’s possession, he immediately appropri ates it to his own use, without ceremony, at the same t;me permitting reprisals to be made from his own plate. This does not proceed from rudeness but is a kind of pledge oi friendship and hospitality. i'iio table tnrniiure of almost every house consists of spoons and forks ot rough ham mered silver, some of the former weigh four or five ounces. There are no knives, as every man is supposed to be provided with one, the women using those of the nearest men to them. I attended the funeral ot an infant of a fisherman near Ooqulmbo, which was rather a festive occasion. The female part of the company were employed in ccm tortiug the mother, by assuring her that the babe had gone directly to heaven, without performing quarantine at tho intermediate port of purgatory; but the fear of nature bad dimmed the e> e of religious faith, she saw only the dead child. The father was made, however, of different stuff. He was, as the servant girl in Guy Mannering says, “very comforttiDly driv k " THE ARABS uF ALGERIA. The Arabs ot Algeria have an instinctive aversion to the mauneis ana customs ot the West. They detest our stone and brick houses. Their lodging is a tent, adapted to their wandering life. They are never fixed m a place; they encamp like soldiers on an enemy’s territory, ready to go at the first signal, with wife, children, c fltle, and all that they possess, leaving behind them no trace ot their sojourn. These Arabs are calm, resigned, serious. Their notions are as fixed, their hearts aa calm as their abodes are moveable. They do not know the doubts, fears, feverish rivalries, fickle passions, and insatiable de sires of Europeans. Satisfied with their lot, submissive to events as being the decress of fate, their great ambition is to be able 10 make the pilgrimage to Mecca. In place oi our thousands of books, and our millions of Journals, they have one book only—the Koran. It is their alpha and omega-, their catechism, their code of laws, their treatise of science and arte, their history, encyclopedia and libra ry. Children learn to read in it. Young persons commit it to memorj; women wear extracts from it on their breasts aa amulets. The Arabs, clothed in rag?, are still proud. With their meagre repast of figs, corn soaked in water, barley bread, sleeping on the ground, and exposed to the inclemen cies of the weather they regard themselves as the first people in the world, and look With pilv upon JSurofteans. Our marvellous cit- iiizition dots not excite their envy; they aee in it only shackles to their haughty in dependence. They are austere yet voluptuous, earnest but indolent, hospitable and cruel, adven turous and patient, naturally intelligent yet uninformed, rash and fiery in war, timid and inert in peace. The Arab has a singular affection for his horse, dog, goat and sheep, And they make . part of his faraiiy. * The horse plays with the children, who creep fearlessly under his legs; the dog licks the wooden spoon from which his master has eaten; the sheep and goats sleep by hia side. In this strange intercourse the animal gains something; the man loses much. Follow the Afab to market. He does not go there merely to buy, but to get news, to attend courts, and to witness the punish ment of criminals. There relatives and friends of different tribes meet socially. Old men, or Uteiks, are the object of Universal respect. All run before them- and bow reverentlj; the sheik replying invariably: “May Allah bleats thee! may Mahomet en lighten thy path!" ' The Arab court of Justice consists only of an agah and bis scribe. The agah wears a rich dress, and a colored straw hat with ostrich plumes. - Hia scribe, by his side, writing from right to left, sets down on pa per the charges of the plaintiff, the answers of the accused, and the depositions of wit nesses. Then, the" agah quietly awarUs a fine, or condemns to fifty lashes fixes hia seal’to the paper«orparebment of the scribe, and all is over. In a halt hour, the agah dispatches three or four verdicts, which are eXticnted in perfect silence. The scene is like what we read in the Old Testament. The pleasure of the Arab is to go and stretch himself on the mat cf a Moorish coffee house, in order to converse at ease with his friends, or listen to the songs of wandering minstrels, who repeat twenty times the same strains with a mournful voice, accompanied by a flute ortambourine. The influence of French colonizition has been hitherto little felt by this people. The Arabs honor the bravery of our soldiers, and submit to our military officers, because they are accustomed to bow before superior physical force, ss before a decree ot God; but that is all. The descendant of Iskmeai keeps aloof from our institutions and laws. Our social life ia a riddle to him: he knows only the relation pf family and of tribe. Certainly God has had kiad designs in lead ing the French to the land of Africa, where Cyprian suffered martyrdom, and w here Au gustin preached. Christianity will flourish again, we trust in those once happy coun tries; but the Arab race may not partake of the revival; they will rather recede to the centre of Africa, giving place to people bet ter disposed to receive the Gospel.— in Africa.