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I HAVE AN AGENCY FOR THE NEW i ORK ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY, a large mill Interesting paper, which is worth $3 ou per annum, and the choice of one-of three of the finest specimens of the CHROMIC ART ex taut I have them ou exhibition at my office, |and shall he glad to await oil (hose who may le eV disposed to subscribe and pet one of these lelegant premiums E P DL'MjAN, Ml) THE NEWS AND FARMER. • I ‘ fL’ k . V. LOUISVILLE. JEFFERSON COUNTY. GA., FEBRUARY 17, 1870. FQjKTBI. PHILOSOPHY. There’s many a trouble Would break like a bubble, And into the waters of Lethe depart, Did not we rehearse it, And tenderly nurse it, And give it a permanent place in the heart. There’s knany a sorrow Would vanish to morrow AVere we not unwilling to furnish the wiugs, So sadly intruding And quietly brooding, It hatches out all sorts of horrible things. llow welcome the seeming Of looks that are beaming. Whether one’s wealthy or whether one’s poor? Eyes bright as berry. Cheeks red as cherry, The groan and the curse and the heart ache can cure. Resolved to be merry, All worry to ferry, Across the famed waters that bid us forget, And not longer be tearful But happy and cheerful, We feel life has much that’s worth liv ing for yet. CORRESPOMBBICE UUR NEW YORK LETTER. Vindicating tiie Almanac—Tariff. Tl NKE 111 NG — S WEET CII ABIT Y The Cooks’ Bali.—“Trasip Tramp !”—Bose Mich el —New Books. [ From Our Own Correspondent ]. New York, Feb. 11, 1870. Editors News Y Farmer: —lt’s on us at last, all we want of it. The cars this morning are few and over-loaded, and drawn by four steaming horses. Pedestrians look like Santa Clauses, or like Arctic explorers at the very least. The leafless branches are heavy with a clinging mass, and those round brown sancy sparrows eternally hopping about Union Square look like so many flics in a pan of milk. Thousands of men and hoys who for months have been slink ing idly about the streets have suddenly straightened up, put on n:i air of im portance. and armed with all conceiva ble weapon*, shovels, brooms, boards, and even shutters, are at this moment manfully fighting the enemy out into the gutters. The sleigh-bolls jingle ex pectantly from their nails on the stable wails—the snow has come and the shame of the Winter is taken away. Not everybody likes snow for its own sake, but L guess few are sorry to see the fleecy masses which hardly prove the correctness of the almanac—for real ly the joke was being carried almost too far, and a precedent being set for eccentrics on the part of the weather clerk which, if allowed to continue, might eventually damage this old globe in which, as our only support until we become ghosts, we naturally feel con siderable interest. We also read this morning that the ica harvest has begun up the river, so that the dreadful scarc ity of “cock tail timber” next summer will probably be avoided. The annual Charity Ball, under the auspices of the ladies of New York, came off on Tuesday evening at the Academy of music, and in spite of hard times was one of the most bril liant and successful since the inaugu ration of the series. The hall decora tions were elegant, but according to the rules of the Association, severely sim ple. In the matter of dresses and jew elry, however, no such restrictions ex ist, and the well-filled floor was abso lutely dazzling the whole night through. The Committee of Management, num bering over two hundred, comprised the cream of society, and the guests includ ed well-nigh everyone of any social im portance from Mayor Wickham down. The proceeds, which must be excep tionally large, will afford timely aid to the poor in ti e increased severity of the weather. On tiie succeeding evening occurred another entertainment which although pitched at a lower key, socially speak ing, was hardly less note-worthy. This was the tenth annual ball of the French Cooks, on the banquet tables of which were displayed marvels of i-heir profes sional skill which went far to establish the claim of eookery to a place among the fine arts-. Among the table orna ments were a vase of richly-colored flowers, so delicate that they trembled on their stems, and formed entirely of sugar; an admirably modelled statue of “Greece,” foijr loot in hoigt, and made of appropriate material; a group of “Washington and his Generals” in ice cream, and a pastry chariot occupied by two lobsters, and drawn by magnificent swans made of whipped lard, sailing over tossing waves of pars Ic ;* and mashed potato. The architects, c these wonderful designs were the chG. cooks of our prominent hotels. The full extent of Mr. Morrison’s new Tariff Bill lias appeared, together with the comments of various promi nent New York merchants and impor ters, interviewed for the purpose. The weight of their testimony is, that the bill is well considered and commenda ble, and that its effect would be to both 1 simplify the importing business, and to stimulate American manufacturers. The opinion that it will pass the House also prevails. A startling, but extremely improba ble story is the one which now reaches us from Washington, to the effect that it is the Spaniards themselves, who keep the Cuban insurgents supplied with arms, etc., in order to prolong the in surrection, and prevent the abolition of slavery. It is difficult for the average intellect to comprehend how ti e prolongation of a hopeless conflict* ctMd’ effect the de sired result, and besides, the acting of the beligereuts, if acting it be, is al most too natural. That new animal whose existence in one form or another has long been known, but whose classification has but recently been accomplished by the cre ation of the name ‘ tramp,” has become alarmingly numerous, and is reaching a higli degree of development. The spe cies as qommonly met with in the rural districts, seem to be a cross between the pig, the sloth, and the wolf. That there is also a little of the fox blood, in certain individuals at least, is shown by their late performance in Washing ton, where live of them were arrested for stepping up to the doors of Con gress, calling out individual members and by representing themselves as hard-up constituents, endeavoring to extract small loans from our national Legislators. If this sort of develop ment goes on, and there is any reliance to be placed on Darwin, who knows but this strange biped may “evolute” into man, with whom this last exploit would indicate-its close connection? The Titiens Opera Season has proved a great success. Nillson herself hardly drew larger or more enthusiastic audi ences, and the Academy on an opera night has been a sight to gladden the managereal ej r e.3 and warm the mana gereal heart. The prima donna whose concert performances were rather coldly praised by the newspaper critics, a few weeks since, has fairly taken those gentry off their feet by her renditions of opera, and, warmed their pens into writing big adjectives about her dra matic force. Aside from the opera the leading amusements remain the same, with no immediate prospect of change. “Rose Michel,” which proves itself one of the successes of the deca'ic, is running with unabated attendance at the Union Square, whose managers, Messrs. Shook & ILilracr, show r their appreciation of popular favor by increasing the strength and attractiveness of tiie play. The furore created by this remarkable work tempted the publishers of the N. Y. Weekly to lay violent hands upon the story an 1 make thereof a serial for their publication, Messrs. Shook & Palmer, who own the exclusive right to the work, have enjoined its further publication. The Grand Conservatory of Music, under the direction of Mr. Ernest Ebcrhard, has grown wonderfully in popular favor. Its entertainments every Wednesday evening, are now considered the most classical of any series given in the city, and are well worth the attention they receive. Miss Youge’s new book, “My A1 cides,” published by Macmillan & Go., is just out, and is the slrongest novel of the year so far, “Mrs. Limber’s Raffle,” publ'shed by the Appletons, is a bright, sharp little story aimed at lotteries in general, and church fair raffles in particular. Its moral, while well sugar-coated, is very evident, It seems that the United States ha not got a monopoly of the Barnum ge nius. A. dispatch from Berlin informs us that an enterprising adventurer has secured the clock-work of Thomasson's dynamite infernal machine, and propos es to display its horrors among the fly gobbling constituency of rural Germany at so many yrosuken par head. It looks as though a Yankee occasionally got born in some foreign country by mis stake. Radik, IimMIMS. A LEAP YEAR THADIEDY. They stool together iu the entry be neath the hall lamp. “Then, Henry,” she sail in a low voice, wherein were lien lei determi nation, melancholy and love, “you re fuse my suit? ” “Vos, Ella,” he replied, in accents that were Ann, though the speakers voice was firm. "I admire you ; 1 will be a brother to you, and watch with pride your course through life, and if ever trouble should befall you there will ut least be one friend to whom you can come for succor ; but I can never, never bo your husband/' '‘lt is not because I am poor, Henry? For, oh, if that were all, I could toil gladly from morn till night for you, and strive and win a home for you, humble it might be, bat our own.” “ft is useless to attempt to in duce me to change my determination. Though L am but a poor, weak man, 1 can never, never change :ny mind.” “Then cruel young man, so fair, and yet so false, farewell. To-morrow you will see my mangled remains on the lecture platform, and know that it has been your work. But it will be too late," and clasping him to her bosom in a wild embrace, she fled into the out er darkness. Winslow having gone back on sooth ing syrup will take consolation in a lit- Holland. A CURE FOR FOLLY. ONE OF THE ROMANCES IN REAL METRO POLITAN LIFE —A HUSBAND RE CLAIMED. A lady about fifty years of age, the wife of a well known New York merch ant, was invited by a distinguished physician to call at his office at 11 o’- clock on a given day. She went down and found the doctor with her has ban l. lie was the physician of the family.— lie informed her that lie Bad a very disagreeable duty to perform. It was that her husband was entirely alienated from her, and would live with her no more. He would provide for her, give her a comfortable home and mainten ance, and with that she must be content. The blow felled her to the floor. She was taken home a maniac, and weeks passed before she recovered her reason. Her home was broken up, and she moved into her new quarters provided by her husband. It was evident that the husband had formed an attachment for another woman. He bought the house that he proposed to give her, and furnished it ellegautly from saloon to attic. He promised to give a bill of safe of all the personal effects in the mansion; The man lavished on this woman heavy sums of money, lie bought her the best silks and satins, sable furs, and sacks, and footed all the bills she ran up at Stewart’s. She passed as a rich widow from Virginia, receive ! letters from pretended rela tives about a fortune she was coming into by and by, and with these papers secured large sums of money. The merchant drew heavily on his firm, and was threatened with bankruptcy. Getting an inkling of what was go ing on, the wive consulted a detective, lie advised her to commence a suit against her husband, which she refused to do. “1 don’t want money,” she said. “I want my husband. If he could 'know what I know, the charm would be broken, and ho would return to His home a penitent man.” The detective visited the house and had an interview with the woman, and secured one of the best rooms for alo Iger. That lo 1- dger was the detective’s own man, who was to gather up the little facts that would appear in the management of the concern. fie visited the merchant in his store, and made an appointment to ride out with him the next day about five miles, to look at a flue coupe horse, which lie was desirions of purchasing for his fe male companion. Instead of finding the horse, he was brought face to face with his wife, whom lie had not seen in months. The interview could not be averted. The black record of the wo man’s character an and crime was laid be fore him. lie saw how his money went, and what sort of an establishment he was supporting, and how ho was the laughing stock of his associates. His infatuation ended, and he resolved to return to town, denounce the woman and forsake her. He proposed to get the property back that the woman claimed as her own. A little scheme was laid that turned out to be an emi nent success. The woman wanted a few hundred do’lars for her sister, to he paid through her sister’s husband. .She wanted a set of diamonds for Christmas and a coupe for lady’s day at New Year’s. A note was dspatched, under the directions of the detective, asking her to meet her friend at a well-known trysting-plaoe the next day at 11 to de cide upon these gifts desired. She was to remain from 11 to I, in ease buiiness should detain the merchant. Promptly on time she left in her coach, and had hardly turned tinned the corner before wagons drove up, an lin an hour the house was stripped from the basement to t.e attic. At 2 o’clock the woman of the mansion returned. The colored woman wrung her hands in despair, the shield of the detective hiving kept her quiet. He ordered the woman oif the steps and turned the key. saying, as he walked away : “Don’t annoy that man ; don’t go near his store; write him no notes. If you do [ will arrest you for past crimes and send you to tiie island.” The merchant and his wife are now living cosily in their old homestead. DEATH OF A STATESMAN. BHVISBDY JOIIXSOX KOUSD DKAD. Reverdy Johnson, the distinguished statesman and jurist, was found dead this evening at 8:15 m the grounds sur rounding thoExe mtive Mansion at An apolis. Mr. Johnson was the guest of Gov. Carrol and dined this afternoon with other gentlemen at the Etaoutive Mansion. He was found dead in the yarl by a ser/ant. —Ex. Nobly Said. —After the adjournment ofthe Mississippi Legislature on Ge.i eral Lee's birthday a subscription was taken up in behalf of the proposed statue of Lee, when over three hundred dollar was realized. Senator Furlong, a former Federal officer, in handing in his contribution (fifty dollars) said : “As one who wore the blue and fought for four years in the army that opposed General Itobt. E. Lee, I am glad to have an opportunity ot cotributing my mite towards the erection of a monu ment to the memory of one of the great est military chieftains, bravest soldiers aud purest Christian gentleman that this or any other age or country ever produced, and one of whom aIL true Americans ought to feel prou l.” Leap year beverage for single ladies -Top! ONE OF EVGENIES MATCHES. THE ROMANTIC STORY OF A COUUTESS— THE WIFE Of] TWO HUSBANDS. J.'ho Empress Eugenie, the match maker ol two hemispheres, persuaded Countess valentine do Chimay, beauti ful, good and rich, to marry the I’riuco de Baauffremonf, handsome, bad and poor. The only two points on which the two agree 1 were good looks and youth. This proved insufficient to keep the tcpgetliur. The prince went on the Mexican expedition; the princess staid at home, led a spotless life, and wrote him long letters, which lie did not take the trouble to answer. When ha returned she went to Brest to meet him. But he had already started for Baris. She pursued him there only to find that lie had left for his chateau. — lie wrote thence his first letter to her after an absence of two year3, it was composed of these words: Madame—What have you done with my shirts? I don't find a them in the ar mored When the two met in Paris, it was only to separate. The prince began a scandalous life. The princess sued for a separation. It took her seven years to gain it. The French law does not rec ognize divorce, that neither party could legally marry again, even after the separation de corps had been de creed. But meanwhile the princess had fallen in love with Prince George Bibes co. and was bound to marry him. Hav ing the will, she found the way. She moved to Dresden and had herself nat uralized as a Saxon. Then sh3 got an absolute divorce from the Dresden court j There was no obstacle to her civil inar ; riage, outside of France. But a religi ons obstacle remained. The Catholis | church repudiates divorce. The pope would not sanction a remarriage. The i Princess de Beautfremont received the | new3 calmly, abjured romauism forth with, an l became a member of the ! Greek church. The Greek Driest at Dresden, a native Russian, baptised’ I her and,said he woul l perform the mar jriage service for her, provided the Eui jperoroftho Russians would give his | consent. Everything was legal as far |as Russian laws and Greek Catholic j rules ware concerned. The religious marriage was promptly performed iu | Dresden and the civil marriage followed it at the Waliachian legation in Paris. And yet the l’riucess Bibesoo is still the I’rineess Beautfremont in Franco. French law an i Catholic law give her on; hiib.nl; the Greek church an i the rest of Europe give her another.— She is the wife of two different men. Her position in France is unique. She is liable for prosecution for biga my, an l can be, it is said, extradited fro.n any other civilized country to which she may flee. Her first two chil dren can be taken posession of by her first husband, even if they wish to remain with their m itiier. If she has any children by her second marriage they will be known legally by the name of Beautfremont, not Bibesco. If the courts should grant them the latter name, it would make them illegitimate, and incapable of inheriting any part of their mother's i;n uense fortune. Finally, if Madam ii. B. should ever decide to go back to the first B. the secoal will be helpless. So this wife, in France, lias the choice of two hus bands. Possibly pollyandry is intro ducal upon the soil of Europe. II )W TO JUT) T/I A TJ WN. The JeTerson City (Mo.) Journal t.l s this: About a week ago, a gentleman from Tennessee, representing a capital of §20,000, in search of a location in which to engage in business gave us a call, and after stating his mission. “West,” asked to look at our paper.— Wo handed him the Morning Journal. To our surprise, he did dot stop to read our newsy “pick-ups,” or our attractive editorial page but he turne 1 to the ad vertisements and commenced going over tiie space. “Well,” sai 1 he, 1 inking up from the paper, “Is that all r Is that the business of this town?” “Oh, no,” sai l we, “there is the Tri bune with a few advertisements that do not appear in the Journal.” He then counted two additional lo cal advertisements in the Tribune, and again looked up and remarked j “And this is all, is it? Why you have not got near as much of a town as l thought you had.” And then we explained to him that wo had a great many business men who do not advertise. “They are nut busi ness men to hurt,” was his answer. We could not contradict him, ami we were powerless to vindicate the claims of the city. He left us, saying if he had time he would look around, but thought this no place for him. This is one instance, and a fact. We know some town with from sixty to one hundred business houses of one sort or other, which judged by the above just rule, would make a very poor show ing indeed before strangers. Intelli gent men often come into our office to examine newspapers from different towns to see whether it would be desi rable to locate there. They invariably decide against such as make a small show in advertising. - * * | Eugenie is looking thin aud pale. The burden of maternal duty lias press-j cd upon lior with Unusual weight ever since the Prince Imperial began to raise' „ mustache. ' NO. 41. A CASE OF FILIAL DEVOTION. Much of the current gossip of the day about town turns upon executions, hanging baes and hemp matineen Ap ropos of this subject, Judge Borden tells this story, which he vouches for as true and which will bear repeating. A few years shut the Judge was presiding over the trial of a man charged with murder by the use of poison. The trial took place at a small town not far from Fort Wayne. The jury had boon out some time, and as the evidence was very conclusive against the defendant, the general impression was that the ju ry would find him guilty and affix the deatli penalty. While the twelve good and lawful men were deliberating upon the verdict, a lad, about fifteen years of age, called upon Judge Borden at his hotel, when the following conversation ensued : “You are Judge Borden, aren’t vou,- sir?” “Yes, my son ; what do you want?” “Well, my name is —;1 am the son of the man who is being tried for murder.” , “Aha, and what can I do for you?” “Won’t you have control of my fath er’s body after he is hung?” “Well, my soil, why do you think your father is going to be hung?” “Because every one says ho ounfit to be.” “Do you think he ought to?” “No, sir, I don’t. But if lie is, and I guess he will be, I want you to give ms the bo ly.” “Well,” said the Judge, touched with this apparen instance of filial devotion, “what will you do with the body if you get it?” “Why, sir. two doctors in this town are going to give me S4O for it. The Judge wilted and the lad retired, satisfied that he had gained his point. COMMENTS m ON “DAD." Yesterday afternoon two strangers were walking up and down the Detroit and Milwaukee depo„ to pass the time away, were attracted to a locomotive standing on the rails, and as they walk - e 1 around it, one of them remarked : “It was one these fellows tb.at killed in;’’ old dad.” “Is that so?” replied the other. “Yes, busted him in nine or tcnjpiec es—l never thinking of it without tears coining.” He sighed and went on. “Dal was walking on the track when she busted him. The engineer said he reimbursed bis lever, Flowed his whistle, and done all he could to save the old man, who was trotting along with his hea l down, but nothing could warn. This ’ere cowcatcher pick.-- e l him up and tossed him forty feet high, and he turne i over three times, and he corns down in a corn field.” “Aul lie was dead?” asked the other. “Dead! Well I should say he was. Every rib was broke, his skull was stove in, one leg gone, and he was the worse looking man you ever saw. I shall nev er iorget the day when they brought him home. There was mother weeping in the corner, sister Julia up by him on the bed, and I had run the funeral business though I was that near gone that I couldn’t keep nothing on my stomach but injnn porridge.” “It was a sad tiling,” replied the other. “You bet it was,” continued the son ; “au l the newspapers come out and said tlfat dail was a blame fool for walking on the track—them were the very words in the papers.” “They were?” “Yes, them were tin* words, and I tell you they stuck us bad. Dad might have been reckless but ha was no fool. He had a good heart, and was powerful on poetry and figures. lie wiped his eyes on the palm of his hand, and he and his companion move l away. A NEW YEAR’S DIARY. A large number of young men of Detroit purchased diaries for 187 G, and took up their pencils with a firm determi nation to keep track of every day in the year. Every young man should keep a diary. When he is old and gray his grand-children will fish it out of the rag bag and find it more valuable than gold or silver. There is no set style of jotting down thoughts and events, but perhaps it may be well to give tiie re cord of 1875 as taken from the pocket diary of an average young man: ‘Jan. I—Went to see my girl. Shall leave oif swearing, drinking, euchre, smoking, chewing, being out nights, betting, going to the opera, and shall try to save §IO,OOO this year.’ ‘Jan. 7—Went to see my girl. Lost a box of cigars somewhere.’ ‘Feb. I—Won §25 betting on a dog fight. That’s the way to scoop ’em. Am trying to get along on fifteen cigars per day. Went to seo my girl. Sho says I shouldn’t swear.’ ‘April 21)—Went to seo ray girl. Nothing new.’ ‘July 4—This is the glorious Fourth.’ ‘Sept. I—Went to see my girl.’ ‘Nov. 11—Glorious weather. Went to see my girl.’ ‘Dec. I—This is the first of Decem ber.’ ‘Dec. 25—This is Christmas.’ ‘Doc. 81—This is tho last day ui the year. I must commence to-morrow to save money and break otf my bad hall- ■ its. Went to see my girl last night, ami made her happy by telling her that I was going to save S 10.000 next yoai-’^
