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THE COUNTRYMAN.
any more beautiful are to be found in the
world. There are all kinds of romantic
paths, nook«, and situations, wandering
about which, I enjoyed very much. It is
indeed a Jovely spot, and none more suita
ble for lonely rambling and meditation, ex
ists. After seeing Niagara, however, one
can perceive not hing grand or terrible about
Montmorenci. Indeed the 2 are not to be
compared together, for they differ totally
in character, each having no superior, of its
kind.
My diive back to the city, was quick and
exhilarating. The Irishman’s horse was a
right good, square trotter, as most horses in
Canada are, the road was pretty good, the
air, although it was only the last of August,
was keen and fresh. No finer views of a
city can be bad than those of Quebec, to be
obtained at several points on the return
from Montmorenci. The tin roofs in the
upper town glistened in the rays of the sun,
like burnished silver.
I went for some distance round the wall,
then through a gate, into the upper town,
and, passing through a number of crooked
streets, went out at another gate, turned to
the left, and found myself on the Heights of
Abraham, the scene of the battle that
gave Quebec to the British. The driver
pointed out a small monument which he
said stood on the very spot where Woife
was killed. On it was an inscription com
mencing, “ Here fell Wolfe, victorious,”
&c. I was shown the well out of which
the hero is said to have had water just be
fore he breathed his last, and the path by'
which he led his army the night before his
engagement with Montcalm.
Going on back toward the city, I visited
the citadel. Showing a permit, at the gate,
1 was attended by an orderly, while I ex
amined the wonderful appliances for de
fence. This place must be impregnable,
except by means of treachery or surprise.
It is well named the Gibralter of America.
The orderly pointed out to me a spot where
he said Montgomery fell, in his desperate
assault on this place. On my way to the
hotel, I saw a large monument erected to
the memory of Wolfe and Montcalm, with
an inscription in easy, modern Latin.
By the time I arrived at mine inn, I was
tired, the day was far spent, and it had
grown cold, so I kept near the fire till bed
time. w. w. t.
“We boast of faults that are the oppo
sites to those we really have : thus, if we
are irresolute, we glory in being thought
obstinate.*'
Clothing Our Soldiers.
The committee appointed by a meeting
of our citizens to provide clothing for the
soldiers from this county have gone to work
with energy and alacrity, and will, it is
thought, soon accomplish their purpose.
Surely our people will not need any urg
ing in such a cause.
It is expected, I learn, that the Inferior
Court will, levy a tax to pay for all artic
les cf clothing purchased for the soldiers.
This is the only equitable way to accom
plish the purpose in view. And then the
proper plan is for the committee to go on
and purchase what they need at the mar
ket price, and*pay for it. For suppose, in
the. matter of jeans, for instance, A. furn
ishes 6 yds of jeans, at $2 per yard, and
B. furnishes 6 yds of jeans at $5. Here
A. apparently conti ibutes only $12, and
B. apparently contributes $30: and in levy
ing the tax to pay foi the articles, A. will
get only $12 credit on his tax, while B.
gets $30 credit, though he has actually con
tributed no more than A. And so the mat
ter will go. The commitee would do well
to look at all the points, and digest a fair
and equitable plan. And, finally, if a man
wants to get credit all round, and in 3 or 4
different ways, be had better put bis con
tribution down on the subscription list.
Some of us bad better learn wisdom from
experience.
J. W. II.
You write me where to change your pa
per to, but not where from. Now, Mr. J.
W. H., don’t you kvow I haven’t got time
to hunt over my list from one end to the
other, to find your name 1
Miss Lizzie J. B.
You write, “ I send enclosed $1, that the
paper may be continued to me at the expi
ration of the 3 mont hs.” Your letter is da
ted Charleston, and you direct your Coun
tryman changed to the Normal School, in
that place. But you don’t say where your
paper was sent formerly.—Now, Miss Liz
zie, don’t you know editors have been try
ing from time immemorial to get subscri
bers who order their papers changed,to tell
what office they want it changed from, as
well as the office they want it changed to ?
The way you have managed it, one paper
will go to you at your old office, and one to
you in Charleston.
A Splendid Victory.
There has been established at Cartersville,
Ga., a factory for the manufacture of cotton
and wool cards. This is the most splendid
victory of the war.
. . . -
Count de Paree to Gen. Sickles.
Monsieur Zheneral:—It give me von
grande satisfaeshong to you write von leet-
ly lettair, to you tell how moosh I glad to
remembair—me and de princes vot come
vid me over dare—to remembair tie grande
regret dat we feel to leave our compan-
yongs in arms—particularly Madame. It
no be vorth vile for me to you tell how
moosh Madame have de Kry to our hearts.
Truly Madame know how to extend to de
zheutleemong von grand liospetaletay—*
ah! superbe !—like de kospetaletay in la
belle Paree.
How me and de princes vot come vid me
did enzlioy your liospetaletay when you at
home, but so moosh more when Mons. le
Zheneral avay on de tented field ! Den
Madame she know how to do Lounair to de
guests of de absent zheneral. Ah! mon
Dieu ! Her liospetaletay superbe—grande
—magnifique !—Adieu Mons. Zhene-
eral. Count de Paree.
Agrees with Me.
Brother Atkinson agrees with me, par
tially, in my strictures upon some of the
contributors to bis Gossip Column. I am
glad that he takes my remarks kindly, and
believes they were ' well in tended.’ I as
sure him they were. He has laid me un
der too many obligations for them to be
otherwise. What I said about bis corres
pondents was simply a duty which I have
been trying to shirk for many days, be
cause it is unpleasant for me to find fault
with anything that appears in rnv friend’s
paper, even in the most amiable and deli
cate way. But finding that brother A.
agrees with me, to some extent, sets me
once more at ease, in reference to the fear
which has rested upon my mind, of giving
offence.
Fur Brother Peterson.
Brother Peterson of the Commonwealth
announces that The Countryman has taken
the 1st step towards preparing for the Hard
Shell ministry, and expresses the hope that
he will persevere in the good cause.
I do, my brother : ana if you will come
down to Turnwold, I will show you how it
is done, and initiate you.
Specimen Numbers.
Frequent applications aie made for spec
imen numbers of this journal. I have com
plied with all such requests up to date, but
shall comply no more. If The Country
man, with all the endorsements of the South
ern press, is not well enough known from
one end of the Confederacy to the other
to justify a man in risking $1 for it, then it
may go down.