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!• H E COUNTRYMAN Thackeray.—“Row Thackeray got his nom-de-plunr>e of ‘Michael Angelo Titmarsh,’ is *old by a London cor- respondent- It was originated by a well known literary man, Mr. Robert Soular, at preseut critic of the Lon don Morning Advertiser. In his ear lier days, Thackeray used to go, like many other rising writers, to-a tavern in St. Martin’s Lane, the model for ‘The Haunt,’ and once, when his broad shoulders, and massive bead came looming through the genial cloud of tobacco smoko shrouding the company, Soular, struck with the ap» propriateness of the title, shouted out, ‘Michael Angelo,’ which name Thackeray adopted, with the addition of ‘Titmarsh,’ on the appearance of bia forthcoming ‘Parisian Sketch book.* *’ Savannah Items.—-Eggs are sell ing at $1,50 per doz. ; flour $16 to $18 per barrel ; Irish potatoes $4 per barrel. Stringent orders have been issued against all letters, newspapers, and other documents being sent without the city. Negro soldiers are being enlisted, and actively drilled. The cashiers of the Bank of the State of Georgia, and the Central Railroad Bank are wanted at the pro vost marshal’s office. Last week was a continuous succes sion of rain, and thunder storms. P>i’Qf£KBor Wiegan, formerly of this city, is ‘tooting’ his horn for the yan- kees. The small pox is prevailing. The price of gas is fixed, by mili tary order, at $6 per 1000 feet.— Aug. Const.,17/A. “A special to the St. Louis Demo crat, says the Imperialists celebrated the death of tho United States, at Bagdad, Mexico. A dead dog was carried at the head of the procession, which marched through town to ap propriate music; The Paris correspondent of the London Times, denies that there are any grounds for the rumor of the con templated recognition of the confed eracy, by France.” . • gfc “Oregon sends a fresh backwoodsman to congfess, who had never seen a rail road, till he came on, this season, lie had heard much of the tricks of sharpers, and determined to keep his eyes open. He kept them open so wide, that when the conuuctor came, and tore off the coupon of his car ticket, he seized that worthy officer by the throat, and had nearly made an end of hist, before he could bs persua ded that no wrong had been done.” Formation of a Youthful Mind. —Men glory in raising great, and magnificent structures, and find a se cret pleasure to see sets of their own planting grow itp and flourish ; but it I is a greater, and more glorious work, to build up a man ; to see a youth of our own planting, from the small be ginnings, and advantages wa ba\e given him, to grow up into a consid erable fortune, to take root in the world, and to shoot up into such a height, and spread his branches so wide, that we who first planted him, may ourselves find comfort, and shel ter under his shadow.TMot son. “ The following anecdote of the Iron Duke, is recommended to secre taries for war, and for the navy, who have spent enormous sums in fruitless experiments with new inventions- A man came, to the duke. ‘What have you to offer V said the duke. ‘A bul let-proof jacket, your grace.’ ‘Put it on.’ The itiventoi obeyed. The duke rang a bell. An aid-de-camp presented himself. ‘Tell the captain of the guard to order one of his men to load with ball cartridge.’ The in ventor disappeared, and was never seen again near the Horse Guards. No money was wasted in trying that invention.” A Child’s Witty Logic,—Y have,’ writes a correspondent, ‘a pretty, bright little juvenile friend, some fiv§ years of age, named Rosa. Some days ago, she was teazed a good deal, by a gentleman who visits the family, who finally wound up by saying : ‘Rosa, I don’t love you.’ ‘Ah, but you've got to love me,' said tiie child. ‘Why V asked her tormentor. ‘Why,’ said Rosa, ‘the Bible says you must love, them that hate yon, and I an, sure I Late you !’ Was that bad, ‘for a child V—Knicka hooker. Negro Privileges in Philadel phia.—“The patrons of the city pas senger railways, in Philadelphia, vot ed on the question—‘Shall colored people ride in the cars?’ The In quirer, of the 31st ult., says : The vote, up to the hour of clos ing the trips, last night, was largely in favor of white persons riding in side the cars, and the exclusion of the blacks. The vote on oue of the lines, at noon, yesterday, stood four thou sand opposed, and one hundred and sixty iu favor of the question. Votes will continue to be deposited during the present week, that all may have an opportunity^ of depositing their votes as their feelings may dictate.” George Sand.—“This remarkable woman has recently distinguished herself as an active member of the Socialist party, in Franco. She had previously played a very conspicuous part by her eccentricities—wearing the male dress, adopting a man’s name, as author, and declaiming, iu her eloquent and dangerous novels, against the institution of marriage, because she had not been able to live happily with her husband. The great error of this remarkable write*. i», her attributing to the institutions of society the evils which arise from the bad dispositions, and siuful acts of its members. She chargps on ex ternal causes the miseries which arise from the internal characters of men, and women ; and she proposes, by now social arrangements, not sane* tioned by the law of God, to originate the happiuess which can only arise from virtue, and self-denial.” The Fate of Yankee Farm Renters.—“A correspondent of the Columbns Sun, writing from West Point, Mississippi, on the 15th instant, says: I see they have divided out all the lands on the coast of Carolina, and Georgia. Well,I cannot tell how it will work ; but you find few bidders for rented farms, on the Mississippi rive*, for the next ‘crap.’ All those enter prising individuals who reveled iu dreams of wealth, flowing from cot ton farms, have had bad luck. They never live to carry their produce to market.” “According to a .Northern journal, Lincoln has received, since the begin ning of the war, two millions, two bun died and fifty-eight thousand, eight hundred and forty-seven men. Ac cording to the best calculation that can now be made, the total force of infantry, artillery, and cavalry does not exceed four bundled thousand men. Of this number, the terms of at least one-lialf will expire within the next ten months. Hence the ne cessity of Lincoln’s last proclama tion.” A Little Mixed.—“We find the following queerly constructed sentence in the Augusta correspondence of the Macon Confederacy. It is a ‘ stun* ner ‘ The tail of the equinox continue* to blow like a simoom in the desert. The wind drives the dust so thickly, that I can scarcely see through the ! cloud, and my eyes are filled with • ders.’ ”