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34 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.