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The vote in Maryland on the adnp
tjoTof the new constitution wns 47,152 foi
it soil 28,038 against it. Got. Swann giv,,
notice that it will go into effect on Saturdaj
notice t
next.
j^-The National Intelligencer says tb
Administration has nothing to do with tb
trial of Mr. Dtvis, and therefore has no oo
rations to hold interviews with “the note
rioas Judge Underwood
Stock Salks.—In Savannah, on Tuesday
jou |,western Railroad Stock brought 86 1
Atlantic * Quit Railroad, 5312; Muscogee
Hulroad, 011 2; Marine Bank, 13; $1,300 on
deposit in M< chanics’ Saving auil Loan As-
lociation, l per cent
BTI* is officially aunounccd, through th.
C unstun Advocate, that the centenary con
inbmiutu "I the Methodist Episcopal
Court*'*, s" far reported, 1 exceed $4,000,000
xud it is estimated that when the Wes ten
cnniereow* are heard from the iiggrvgati
will probably reach $6,500,000.
Hkvltii ok Sav.vN.n \ir.—We learn from
the Savannah papers that there were hut
filtr* n interments in the city cemeteries last
week, of whom nine were negroes. Of the
whites, one died of consumption, after an, ill
ness of several months, one of old age, and
one wns an infant
{#" A correspondent of the Jonesboro
Flag advocates the election of Governor
Brownlow to the United States Senatorship
to succeed Senator Patterson, whose term
expires on the 3d of March, 1869.
It is not a bad idea. Unless it be tbe pres
ent House, we can think of no place where
Brownlow would feel more at home.
Strange Figures.—It can bo shown, says
the Augusta Constitutionalist, that 2,000.000
Radical voters were represented in Congress
by 143 members, while 1,600,000 Democrats
had but 28. This lop-sided arrangement was
brought about by a dishonest distribution of
districts. The same device is practiced in
the South to give negro minorities an actual
representative majority.
Muscogee Railroad.—The Columbus
Sun, of Wednesday, says : “There was more
stock represented at the meeting yesterday
than at any for several years. The Officers
and Directors of the road for the past year
were re-elected without opposition.
‘•The subject of amalgamation with the
Southwestern Railroad Company wns thor
oughly discussed, and a proposition autlior-
ited to be made to that corporation. We
are not informed as to its provisions, but have
heard it asserted that the Muscogee road
cannot be purchased for less than ninety
cents. Somewhere between this figure and a
dollar will probably be the term# of the con
tract, if one is made. It is not expected that
an answer to the proposition will be received
ia less than sixty days.’’
A Word ix Season.— l he Mobile Regis
ter gave the following sound advice to the
«lorcd people ol that city pending the late
election. They will not now believe that it
•asound, but the day is not far distant when
theireyes will be open* d, mid they will look
buck with ninny rcgiets tor their incredulity;
"dne word to the colored people. The
lbtdical party thut his l>een lushing your pas-
iuio violence and hate of your form* r
tanitiy, for its own benefit, is on the eve of
dtttiuction. The people of the United Slates
will drive a from power, and with it will
■dl to the ground all the false hopes they
bate buih up iu your minds. Our advice to
• T, ’ u >* to drop Radicalism before it is com-
peileU to drop you. You had better stay
***J f “*a» the polls and cease to meddle
matters of State that you do not under
hand, an( j |j )() j^,jj C8 | lenders that they
;l *all not burn your hands any lougor in get-
!, ng tbeir chestnuts out of the fire.”
DO SOMETHING—WHATEVER ISIION- ,
EST IS HONORABLE.
Affairs In Stewart County.
SrirwABT Countt. October 1,1867.
i Editor* Telegraph .—It has been some timo since
We would press this advico upon the young Igaveyou the “dots” from this locality,
men of the South. Their condition since the | The little show of politics versus “cotton picking,
war, which swept away their patrimonies, is j in our “beat,” is about to begin. The darkies are bi
J , • - -.1 wildercd. and that old familiar song of Como eotton
deplorable, and it is sad to seethe spirit with fomc .. has prctt} . muc h died away in the distance.*
which many hnve met tbe decrees of fate.— > Many of them expect in a few months for a great raf
Most Of them realize the necessity to work, Of diamonds, pearls, pie-crust and ginger-bread to b.
, , ... showered down i romiscuously upon their devote*
but how many are ont of employment just But notwithstanding Af.ic’s chosen sons a
because they can get no work to suit them.— ; thus wont to take excursions out into tho fair fields i
Thousands of these do-nothiDgs, for want ol fancy, which arc sometimes both inviting and delusive
. ,, . . r , .. I am happy to say that we have ns orderly and radus-
honoralle employment, may be found scatter- , a get of frcedmcn in this section as there is to be
d through all the towns and villages of the I found, perhaps, in any other portion of the State.
South. They are actually willing to live in j Up to this time, eo thru* your correspondent is in
,, a . . j .i , _ _ iri.m • formed, we have hut one candidate for tho Convention
dlcncss and eat the bread that conies^ from ; th . ? D i 5trict _B r . j. E . Blount. I understand that
ho will commence a scries of lectures to both white
and block in a few days. Tho Doctor was in the Sen
ate of tho last Leg Mature of Georgia from this Dis
trict, and being a p> etty clcvo* fo-low, a d withal
man of some ability, wo feel too charitable toward;
him here, where we know h m well, to set him down
os entertaining straight-out Radicali* iews. Notwith
standing the Doctor favors tho Convention, the citi
sens of IVehs cr and Quitman way rest assured that
he will give the freeduien good and wholesome adviee
wherever they ussom'de to i,ear him. and oismiss tbci
for tbe “cotton patch” as expeditiou-ly as practicable
Of course at this crop-gathcriug season of tho year, ii
will be to tho interest of both wh.te and bl .ck. tftai
labor be interfered with is little as p «sible.
I also learn that Dr. B. is iu favoi of ’’it lief,” and
without stopp ng here to discuss t .e merits of tii
question, I wi 1 state that it is a \ ery popula idea it.
this District, and is b coming more so, among l>»ib
Convention and non-Convention - hito folks
Toe short crop of e-.tton is rapidly opening, and ih
M. D’s. bare plenty to do. especially in the Cbatiu
ho*tehee valley, and in tbe vicinity of tho other water
courses. Roaxok*.
Development of Negro Suffrage In the South,
The workings of negro suffrage .in the Southern
Stans aieexee dii.gly curiju?, and i the parti, a «u
have made lb, right<>f the tegro to vote a art ot the
law of tbe laud bad not -elf-interest at tho b from ot
ii they would be hea.tily a-h*m<*d of the rid,cu..>u
lesubs »hich have accrued. 'the 1st st opp.i tu>.ity
whi ff the negro, s had to cat' a rote was on the Con
vention in Louisiana, wbeie tbry exe.ci-ed.the tram
ehise for the first lime during the past tw«.d os. The
neemes do not appear to have come up to the polls,
auo fears were entertained by the Radical leaders
that a sufficient vote would not be east to make the
call for a convention legal. The fa t is that »he poor
negroes cannot be made :o unde.siaud tho imriiuse of
their newly acquired privilege. Their Radical mas
ters are put to their wits’ end to get it into the woolly
hernia of tbeir colored allies that tbe franchise is a
right to he exeicised and not a material thing to be
sold.
Many of the negroes in some of the late Southern
elections brought baskets to tbe polls to carry home
the “elective franchise” which tbeir instructors told
them they were entitled to. Some of them brought
bags which they thought were capacious enough to
hold the precious truncliisc. Hundreds of them, who
lound that the eslimablo elective franchise had no
substantial or market *blo form, ab-olu; eiy refused
either to register or to vote without being paid f„r it.
They were cunning enough to know that they were
entitled to claim pay lor tho labor which “massa”
asked them to perform, and the were not going to reg
ister without an equivalent in cash. The registry pro
cess was a stumbling block in tbo Radical ruth. A
man must have a name to register, and few of these
poor fellows bad a patronymic. Jim. and Tom, and
Cnffco, and Pompey, aad Caesar were there by the
thousand—entirely too numerous to mcr tion: hat a
distinctive name notone in a thousand could boast of;
to Smiths. B'onns, Joneses and Robin-ons were
supplied ad libitum to get over tbe difflculy. Tbi»
was an easy matter; but when a rollicking nig.-cr
came along to tho polls with his basket slung on his
_ —— •. e..l... L/.ri.o iranohiaa” tf* DinnJi
f «iEK Justice Ciiask ok Female Sur-
krage.—To show how crazy tbe leading
llr aiia iff the countiy have become on the
1 Ut> ti°n ol suffrage, we annex u paragraph
"Inch we find going the rounds of tbe
papers;
./'.'.“.Tfvent conversation with Lucy Stone, Mr. Chase
tht-A > A”T C to-ny liotn me there willbe no cnd.to
K 1 6,11 tlad tl
1 think, too, that
. and I shall rejoice when the
lie is free to women ns it is now
I think, too, that ibis will be at no distant
There is but one hope for tbo country, and
• a t is to rid tbo Government, in all its dc-
Ptrttnents, cf tbe fanatical fools and mail men
* 0 now control in public affairs. They are
ortyingthe country to ruin and bringing
>sgr*cc on the American name. Between
, e ri ''’gious monomaniacs, the old women
hrtethca and the old men in petticoats, we
* lu ' r not only to wreck every valuable in-
re *t of tbe nation, but to become a by-word
tbe nations. How long will the
“Mtcan People tolerate this disgraceful
Dd,tion °f “ffaijs ? AVo repeat, how long t
. ^t-EcrivE Franchise in a Basket
. amus ' D Bi and in many respects truthful,
^ Rhoon the developments of jiegro suf-
8° n t!ie South, taken from the New York
* ’ ^*6 be found elsewhere.
uTk * Sated.—A Democrat i
10 ‘he Vermont Set
je»T8,Tiz: y
biot.
he sweat off others’ brows, and some of them
ictually to starve and go clothed in rags,
atlicr than undertake to labor iu spheres
A’liicb they foolishly consider beneath their
lignity as gentlemen.
Young men, this is a silly andalutal error.
Do something, bowt vir bumble, if honest
and contributory to tbe general wealth. Be
t producer, not a consumer only, tor the world
laily gets poorer through the existence of
■iucb men. If it be to dig the »arili, carry a
nod or driveadray, do something. It will
-how willirgness to* work, attract the atten
tion uud conciliate the good opinion ot the
community, and soon lead to your elevation
to something worthy ot your talents uud
social station. It is a false pride, and
founded in a false notion of public opinion,
that induces young men to turn up tbeir
noses at humble employment. It is a great
mistake to suppose tuut the uoild will thiok
icss of them— at least that portion off it whose
good opinion is worth having. Just try it,
young man, and see bow tbe highest and best
will meet you in tbe street— whether you
will be looked down upon or lionore.i
for your industry and moral courage—
whether your finely dressed sister will
feel ashamed to have you escort her to the
church on Sunday—whether your present
companions in idleness and vice willnot soon
begin to envy your happiness and indepen
dence, and finally whether you will not feel
like a man. We tell you it is the only road
to success and honor. Then spend not an
other hour in idleness and hunting up some
vocation that you consider worthy of your
station in life. Go to work at anything that
presents itself, and hunt it up if it should
not. Fool away not unother day, for it is
just so much lost to your purse and will be
felt forever as a blank and unsightly page in
tho great chapter ot life.
If Daniel Webster had been too proud
when a youth to till his father’s farm, he
probably never would have been “Tho Groat
Constitutional Expounder.” Had Henry
Wilson turned up bis nose at a shoemaker’s
bench and lounged about hunting for hon
orable employment, he never would have been
Senator from the great State (great if fanati
cal and wicked) of Massachusetts; and if
Andrew Johnson had preferred the life of a
loafer to crossing his legs on a tailor’s board,
who believes that he would have been Presi
dent uf the United States. The history of
our country is crowded with brilliant and
honored names that first took their start up
ward in the energy and nerve that drove them
to humble employment, but the three just
cited will suffice to illustrate the duty and the
happy result that has never failed to crown
its ready and faithful performance.
We daily see around us and deplore the
evil effects of idleness and pride combined,
but our attention has been more immediately
directed to the subject at this time by the
tollowing brief paragiaph in the local col
umn ot a Raleigh pijper. We happen to
know the family of the young man referred
to, which is in otic of the most respectable of
the community, and. the young gentleman
hiiUMtlt a promising member of- the legal
profession. We are willing to lay a wager that
the energetic and brave fisher boy will yet
take a proud position at tbe Bur ot bis
State :
The Eight Spirit.—We are always gratified
to mention displays of energy aud determin
ation on tbe part of young men, however
bumble the department of life in which they
may be shown. Our young townsman W. J.
Edwards, having long sought work in the
line of his profession and failed to oltiain it,
ha# struck out in a ucw field. He hus en
gaged in the fish traJeand offers in.toe mar
ket every morning tine and delicious speci
mens of tbe finny tribe. !Ve hope our r eo ' !
pie will make it a point to encourage such
meritorious efforts of young men to build
themselves up and not be drones in society.
Suspension of tip: Courts.—In one ot
Gen. Pope’s recent letters he averred that
under no circumstances could be be induced
to interfere with the regular civil administra
tion under the laws of Georgia. T his is
something like the pledge to protect the
freedom of speech and of the press. Under
the latter we see the entire Conservative press
of the State proscribed and a padlock on the
lips of every officer-holder in the State from
a constable up to Governor. The sanctity of
the civil administration is illustrated by
driving a judge from tbo bench and suspend
ing tbe enforcement ot the laws in one entire
judicial circuit,
How long Ocmulgce Circuit is to be de
nied a judiciary, we cannot say.
arm to take home 'elective tranchwe to Dinah, here
wa««fiTt AnHjnO. this fir oMurred ill Louisiana.
“No money, no vote,” said .-ambo. "wner*- n tffo
elective franchise yon promised us ?” said Pompey,
UourUhinK his basket. “Me no vote till I set that.”
Not less ri iiculous Is the condition of things all over
the Sonib. The negroes in the mass haVo no more
Idea of tbe privilege bestowed upon them than so
many cattle; yet Radical madness has made them
master* in the South. A few intelligent colored men
in the rrincii al cities of tbe South are paraded by
Radical politicians as examples of negro imelligenec.
but wo see by present as by past experience that they
are not types of the race to whom the government of
ten States of the Onion has been handed over.
At an election in Charleston n > long since the Post
office boxes were found to be filli-d with ballots de
posited by the negroes who had been supplied with
them by Radical agents, but kuew not bow to dispose
of them better than by dropping tb m tmo the Post-
office. To such a measure ofintelligcnce it is thut the
affairs of the Soatb are entrn-ted. and this tho people
are n*ked to endorse us one of the most efficient modes
of reconstruction according to tbe Radical pla . We
arc disposed to think that the intelligent American
people do not see it in that light.—A". Herald.
Anecdote of Victoria.
Grace Greenwood, in tbe first number of
the Advance, thus writes of the impressions
she received win n visiting Englnnd: .
“I.hcard several pleasant anecdotes of the Queen
and her family from a lady who received them from
her lriend, the governess of her royal children. This
governess, a very interesting young lady, was the
orphan daugbtor of a Scottish clergyman. During
the first year of her residence at Windsor, her mother
died. When she first received news of her serums ill
ness. she applied to the Queen for permission to io-
resign h* r situation, feeiing h*ttoh* r mother she
owed a more saend duty than even to her Sovereu-n.
ThrQu en, who bad been much pleas'd with her.
w»uld not hear ol her making ih s oaerPiee, but-' id.
iu a bine of ihcm st gmile sympathy ; ‘G atone-
to your mother, chi d: slay w.ih her us lung as sne
needs you. and hen come back to tis. .'will keep
ynnrp ace for you. PriuceA birtand 1 will hen the
ci.ildr> n s 1- se ns; s in any event let your in nd be at
rest i ICC .nl loy .ur pupils.’ ,
"The gov- rncss w.-i.L and bad several weeks of
sweet, mournful Communion with her dyinp mother ;
then, vh n She had seen that dear form laid t > sleep
und r the daisies in the old kirk ya d. she.oturn d
to the palac . who e the 1 n- In css of royal grand, ur
would nave oppressed he sorrow in-* he in beyond
durance. h..d it not teen for the gr CP-
sym nthyofthe Queen, who e me eve.
schoolroom, a. d the co sjdor.i u xtn
y-one pupils. A y.arwentby ; tho fir.-t I
of hergro It JO-s daw.-ed upon her, and sh*; »a-*oV'r-
wliclmi d as never b. fore by the otter lone ine sof her
crief. She felt that no one iD all that great household
knew Irow much goodness and sweetness pa-sea.out of
mortal life 'hat day a yen ago. or could give with her
one tear, one thought lo that grave under tho Scoi-
tish dai-ies. , .... ,.
I Kvery morning before breakfast* which tffo cWtr
chi.dr- n to k with 'he r mother in the pleasant eil*o-
I wn parlor 1-iokmr out on.thc tenace at tVin'sor. hcr
pupu» camo lo the schoolroom for a brief religious
exercise. Th-s morn-i c the v..ico of Ibe govern ss
trcmnlcd in ro -iiiuK the -er-pturo for tho d».\ ; sortie
words of tcndcrni ss were lo . much for he. loor.lone-
Iv, g ievmc heart—her strength giro way, and, lay ng
her head • n tho desk l-cf»; e her. -he lu-st iuto tears,
murmuring: mother 1 mothor!”
One alter another the children stole Out of the room
and went In th.ir mmher 10 teil how sadly tbeir cov-
, r, css wa- feeling; and thatsoti-neaueauSonaicIi ex
claimed. ’0hlp.iorgirl.it is tho ai.nive sary of her
mother’s death,’hui tied to the school-room, where
she found Miss sinigg i t to regain her compos
ure. ’.My ooor child,’sb said, I am sorry the child
ren disturbe i you this morn ng. I ' eant to have
civ.-n orders 'hat you sh.-u d have thi* day *;ijt.r. 1..
yours. If. Take it, as . sad an . sacred hhnday-i
will hear tlie Ussons of ihe children. And then she
Tdd d: To showy utoat 1 have not forgotten this
mournful a miv«istry. I bri. fr you this gif -clasping
on her arm a beautiful mourning bracelet, attached
to which was a 1- cket for her mother’s hair, marked
with tbo dato of her mothers death.. What wonder
that the orphan kissed with tears this gift and the
more thmi royal hand that bejtowejl it! This was
Victoria fifteen years ago, and I don t believe she has
morally* 'advanced backward’since then.
[From the Southern Opinion.
dcmiuikceucca and Anecdotes of the Late
War.
EXCITING STORY OF A SCOUT.
[Mr. G. K. Blake, formerly a scout on the Peninsula.
o*nds us this account of his adventures after ho had
icea captured by the enemy:] . .
I tak>- a leisure inomim to rclato a little affair that
lappcned while I was acting -com for G. neral Henry
V. Wise on th.* Peninsula. I* was in the Summer of
that, pa.-sins along the Williamsburg roa tnesr
ycam.iro Chinch, I suddenly encountered tho ad-
.ancegu ird of Geucial Dix’s aimy, then marching
ipon Richmond by tho White House. You may im-
iginemy surpti-e when I found myself am ng about
ignt thousand Y'ankocs. a p is .ner for the 6r-t time,
with tbe conviction that the enemy, had no love for
so-uts. and th u my narno was especially obnoxious to
. tem. Ther. was., e-egim. ntiud. ed. uheSlb t’eun-
, lvva:a r.ivalrv.' i L/"members of which bad sworn
vetigtnce gainst m ff because lay party had frequently
killed and captured tb- ir pickets. I gave tneui. tnere-
.bre. a (also name, bearing myself, mean while, as nou-
ffalunt.ya- po-sible. Ui ling up to ihcM.ijoriucom-
n >ml. be asked me with an air nf curt* sy. (which I
■ould not but tec. was an exquisite sarcasm under tue
ircuin-tsiice-., to tiade burses with one of his men I
Iff course, bu- with a stnotb.red curse. 1 compil'd,
le then ques.i-med me with regard ii. our .orces, their
aum'ibrs* and dispos-ti-n: nli ..f which qu stuns X
iusweic-1 witti remarkable promptness, but no X tear
with 'hat strict adherence in truih which the laws of
;u -rnlitv might have demanded.
Soon I was carried before General Keys, who sur
prised me by asking ..s few que-tiona as possible, lie
ird'-rcd me to be taken to the .ear-gu .rd, the 14th N.
ff. infautry. c uimanded by t olonel * urns, one.of the
most per eet gentlemen I have ever met in the l unkee
army.
jiauy amicable conversations passed between us.
Tn tbe cour.-e of one of these the Colonel’s hie! -ur-
reun remarked, “that this (meaning ihe Peuinsula.l
.was a very po..r country to fight lor.”
"Yes.” I answered; but pray remember that the
country you sn erat h .s supported no. h armie- for
two years. It aould hard y be expected, therefore, to
pruduc. much,”
1 then asked if it never occurred lo him that we
might s m • day iuvade the Nortr.ern soil und live
upon their crops as long as wo needed th in? lie
laughed the id a to scorn, declaring (with a hoarse
laugh/ "that tbe ?ery women would run our army oul
with broomsticks.”
At this'obeei ration, the Colonel, who seemed dis
posed to foke a eieeta, raised himself up, an looking
the o her full m the face, said with a bit er sort of
coolness ;•
“Rlr be good enoughH'* r member that you have
been whipped on three difleren occasions by these
same efieminato rebes: aud as for mysell’they have
wounded me twice, but hardly with br omsricks, it I
m iy judge from the infernal pain which tormea s mo
now even at time-. The deuce take your affectations.
Major, you are talking nonsense ”
"Do you know,’ ho suddenly inquired, “a scout by
be name -.f iflake?”
“ X*s,”-said 1, * I’ve seen the man, but am by no
means well acquainted with lum.”
"W 11,” he replied, after a pause, "cah you tell me
where he is at present I”
"AO, Major; but only set me free, and upon my hon
or I be ieve I cau find him without much trouble.”
It is bai dly necessary to observe that my inodesi
suggestion was quashed—as the lawyers would express
themselves—upon the spot.
“Why,” said I, ’’are you so very anxious to find this
man Blake?”
’Why?” cried the Yankee officer indignantly
“do you ask mu why? The scoundrel has killed el tv
eu bursts and seven men of my command on a single
ost, and, by II eaven, if I catch him he shall bang so
_iga that the very buxzards shall have no chance at
his infernal carcass!’’
My sensations during the colloquy were tbe reverse
of agreeable; but nevertheless I maintained a“screno
aud cheerful” countenance to the end.
For some day si remained a prisoner with Colonel
Curtis, alter which the.* sent me to Yorktown. There
1 occupied the jail, iu company with a crowd of Cali-
forniaus, accused of treason to the United States Gov
ernment. Many friends of theirs came to visit them
from Glouchester Point, one of whom told me that if
f could manage lo escape, I must come to him. and
he would unhesitatingly "put mo through the lines.”
Anutber kindly gave me his uniform, but escape
proved impossible. The next day 1 was sent to Fort
ress Monroe, where I recognized u man formally be
longing to our army, who had deserted. Supposing
that I might buy him ebeaply.I gave tbe fellow twen
ty-five dollars in greenbacks to procure me a small
(mat ainl afterwards guard me over the parapet. This
ho did about eight o’clock at night, and the next
morning at throe X was at Glouchester l'omt among
my California acquaintances. They gave moahurse
and took me beyond tho lines.
fin tlie ninth day after the day of my capture I was
baek in Dix’s rear and bad captured one «r his order
lies. with important dispatches and letters his
mail.
inis “orderly” was one of the men who had taken
me prisoner, and so I had the pleasure to bring him
to Richmond, instead of gomt myself to Point Look
out or some other prison in Yankceland.
THE YOUNG HERO.
Culture of Cotton in India,
From the St. Louie Jtepubliean.J
Dr, Puffer’s Lost Opportunity.
James Pleasants, a private in Company F, Fourth
though!am tot^efothed Ld"hf^od" 0 1l^olmg ^Ueved in immediately by lonR-suffering
to the hopo that tbe elections undertho.Reconstrae- families ol lyatieuts v. hose grandtatbers had
tion Act will prove to beso supremely ridiculous, that died under the old doctor’s hands, and who
even the Radical Congiesa will be forced to reject , , ...... , . . . .
them, and eoniinue tbe present military rule, until had only been saved tlicmselves by the secret
rom« better scheme for recon-truction is concocted, disobedience of some old nurse who had ob-
Shendimhas appointed negro Counciimen, who have Kth.-.ifcle tsL-on lir-r i.vvri wav nr hvtheirnnn
elected negro School Directors, p-liee and otheroffi- 8 tlU!ltel y taKUllier own way, or DytUcir own
cials, who arc already annoyinp us very much. repugnance to black draughts and blue pills,
chsmfofN^w'oricansjwhi) is’inMged in*the foreigu WH8 a ‘ r ? a ^ P^P^tively a rich man. More-
|. J| shipping business in that city. He tells me that an over, kis home was with his brother, and but
Virginia Cavalry, was called by his comrades “The uncle of his residing in Liverpool, aud who is a large for oue circumstance he would have been
Liine Trooper/' on account of his insignificant per- shipowner, and previous to 18ol h*d alibis vessels x- orviv _
engnged in trading to New Orleans, has them all now uappv.
profitably engaged in tho East India trade, and will This circumstance w T as one which would
S^hiwfee^Tri^ d^rlfo Kon b L h ui 9 s scarcely have made any one else wretched.-
otherwise the statements embraced in the extracts I Perhaps I should rather speak of it as a com-
have given you above. Yours, etc., ; biuation of circumstances. His sister had a
’ : little girl, and the little girl had a big doll.
• Extract referred to abovo from the “Indian Em- This was all, but it was enough to poison Dr.
pire.” by R. Montgomery Martin, auth.ir of tho His- p„f»'„ r v „ nn
lory of the British Colonies, tfvols. London; 2 vol. X l "* Lr ® C ’JP of happiness,
p.ge 26, Lie it. Col. (Chief Engineer of Madras) says: Dr. Puffer was one of those people who hate
fodUroUfc tilings which other pople invariably like.-
not able to pay it, not tho least thought has been be- ho hated strawberries. He hated peaches.—
stowi-d on tho hundrwi lacs it was losing from ;tho He bated roast turkey. He hated a warm
enormous transit, which swallowed up all tho value — -
of the Ryot produce.” P go SO—“India can supply Spring uaj
England fully, abundantly,
st-utials, flour and cotton, ai
vents its d.'ingso,” “i-ut tho want of public , — - - ,
* * * "The first three or four largo canals, 1 He tinted fresh young mothers and their ba-
(for navigation as well astransit) made in India would bies. He hated icc cream. He hated talka-
draw American cotton entirely outof the market from
MiMifliliiSIMNiM
sonal a|.]H.-urancc. The war, however, had scarcely
begun, wiieii this feeble looking youth amazed his us-
seriates by the reckless daring of his conduct. \Yt
first difO.'vered the “stem staff” of which ho was
laudc at M dlisuuburg, when, unaided, ho captured i
Yankee soldier, und carried him to Stuart, win. espc
ciallv complimented him for his bravery. lie was
next on picket below Richmond, at tho period of
McClellan’s famous advance. Mounted on a large
horse, and aimed ui'h a Mississippi rifle, he present
ed a conspicuous mark to tbe enemy, who bred on
him repeatedly, a ci.mi.limenl he was not slow in re
lurni ig; but ui.luckily his hors.- became fractious
and hurled him to tho ground. No whit disconcei toil,
he coo.y ro.-e, brushed the dirt from his clothe , and
strolled cureles.-ly up the road after bis frignicncd
sic. d. the Yankees Continuing to blaze away at him
viciously.
Just before the battle of Chaneellorsvill., when
Stuart wa. following the Yankee army from Brandy
station, Pleasants came in contact wiih - he advanced
forces, then marching through Culpeper, and unaided
us usual, took several prisoners.
It was my good fortune, about this time, to be as
sociated aith our hero. Wo weieeent out as .-htiri -
siiooiereou one occasion, when cncouiiterii.g two »f
thee. <1ay. we ordered them to surrender, which they
immediately uid, whereupon w. slurred back with
ihcm for ..ur camp. But success bad made Pleasants
ambitious, and he a as tint satisfied with b.viug
“hugged'' omy a couple of "blu coats.”
So, leturniug ou a journey of discovery, he soon
met'wi.b no less than.i-ht Y-nktccavuIiy men. who
inqo red toavtiat regiment he belonged ? lie prompt y
replied, .“.the w. ilth New York ouva.r... ’ "aU-
va.. -ol” cried tbe Yank.es _
'Til d» uo hiog or .he tin.11 replied Pie.sants
quietly; but iu a t'-ffe wliicb must have impressed ibe
oiueis wiih rhwiaca "hat he wus well backed, for .tv-
of them at r-ncc turned and rau away; As tbe rest
s oiaXfi.m. h >never, they s.-on came baek, wht-rcupoi,
I'le-asati s b. Idly dashul up to ibe whole party an i dc-
m nd-d turrender. Th-y were.eiuaiiy o. ibep iut
'ok, wue.. James s- fiecied tuat fie cud not
ell a er wd alulie, ih -t hi* msomusi spetdi-
Alabama in Election Times.—The
Montgomery Mnil thus sketches appearances
The regu- j j n that State, among white aud black, during
lar periods for several important Courts have Hie late election :
lftissed. and the people are in the dark as to The Plantation* Detertnl.—There'will lie very little
1 ’ . .. , , , cotton gathered this week, notwithstanding the fact
when their rights Will be adjudicated and j that the fields are whito with the staple, and ifalieavy
criminals brought to justice. No doubt the 5^5^. ll0 itenw««dufwt*dtlmfid l . , l “inratl^yloKil-
military commander finds it a difficult matter ;
to supply the place of the upright judge place?. Onrst
whom helms deposed for tho crime ofadmiu- j A ‘
islering his office according to the laws of
Georgia and in conformity with his oath. A
- will. "I our.-.-. 1.1- till.-.l \- i:a t.i
The negroes prefer exercising the rights
merienn citiz.-n, as they call it, (a fomcthing
know nothing In tho world about,) to working in
fiuldi and oompMng with their eontracts. ilu-y
anipulated and deluded by ndvonturou- white
- * • - • - — —* ..ii.-.. and make
elected
nate for the first time in
ictor Atwood, of St. Al-
UCOrgin auu m touiwiunvj — - K ,, dic V ll "* - ), 0 .ft.-itc only to get otn-e an.t make
Yankee judge 1ms been appointed to one of ««";y.^^o^^W*&tewfor^South
the Districts in Florida, and it is highly prob- l!iw abifiFng'wbite musses or Alabama will twMuJijoet
... | fnnnd nHinssur themselves to the mortification of going t? the polls
able tho Bamo resort will ue founa necessary aD der such ci reams tan ees n? surround tins fljmeal.
*ki« mu W.. linne nn Gpor' r imi will bo one-sidt-.l and unjust i-loetion. They prefer allowing
in tins case. \\ t- nope - r> ,, to go by default, and will, therefore, preservo tlu-ir
found willing, for the sake of an office, to ac- dignity by having to do with it.
coptthe position with the conditions uunex-
ed. The judgo who, under any circum
stances, concedes, by word or action, that
there is a higher power for his government
than truth and the law, degrades both iu his
own person, and infamizes himself.
Scolding.—I never knew a scolding pcr?on that
waswblo to govern a lamily. What makes people
scold ? bccau.-o they cannot goyein th. in.-i-lvi-?. It- w
then can they govern oti-t-r? ? Tho-e whegovi-tn w. 11
are generally calm They are prompt and resolute,
but steady and mild.
gj-The Chinese claim 10 have discovered America
from th# W##t • thousand years b#tor# Columbus.
dun n tbe Valley, a severe cavalry fight uecu red near
t-r-.ut It'.yaJ, u. uff.ou our h■ r<# w -a a.veiely wound
ed. Xtie citvum-tapees a. e as follows;
I happ'n.il to be <-n picket with » pornon of my
company, when General U ic<-ham tidi gbyasked me
to scud him a brave, trust-wurlhy man. ui d knowing
what was eoou to f.lb.w. I unhesitatingly -eiccte i
Plea-ants. Toe First Virgnii Cavalry »ere n. ad-
\anc- of the brigade. Colonel Morgan commai.di. gj—
Pieusantsbearing that thev had beenoidereu tom ke
the first charge, beggtd eol-mo. M. to permit him to
Icatl them, 'ihe Colonel coi.seniiug, Pleasants rode
jo, fully to the front und aspleudid charge ensued, but
the Yankees proved obstinate, and our men were re-
1 "ln'a fury, Pleasants endeavored to rally the troops,
bnt hoeoulagetunlyone man to follow him. With this
trifling assistance be attacked tho enomy a second
time. »..A h»rn it was that be received the wound to
which I have alluded—a wound which kept him from
the ti-ld for many months,
And now comes a chef d’auvre of cool hardihood
and resolution, which should immortalize our youug
5 °Dahlgren, while on his raid around Richmond,
p seed during tue night n house in Goochland county,
owned by Pieau/uita’ uncle.
James was there at tho time, fast asleep. Tho raid
ers stole his two horses and rode on. As soon as this
fact was communicated to him by the family, bo
leaped out of bed, hastily dressed aud armed huusclt,
and swore that he would, recover those horses at all
hazards. This was no idle boast, lor not only did
l’leas'int? get back his animals, but with them be
captured, single banded, seventy-three Yankees and
twelvo horses, besides killing one of their officers who
rcfiia^ to five hinisclf up! t ■
Such a feat ^ccmi almost lucredible, but fortunately
for ray own veracity and James Pleasant's fame.thero
aro hundreds to testify that it was really perforated.
It is possible that hereafter I may recur to Pleas
ants and his singular adventures. S.
SmiGXOx's DKARKBS.—The London Christian
World contains a report oi the immense siudiences at
tracted by this wonderful man—wonderful forth©
amnkrat and success of his labors in the cause of Christ.
The correspondent states: On bunday last, in con
curding to tbe varying descriptive powers of reporters
of Reiorm demonstrations, trom 10,0uo to 20,00U persons.
Since the year in which he used to address his thou
sands at the Surrey Music Mail, Mr. Spurgeon hiis
probably preached in no larger audience, in London
at least, than on tunday. lho vast arena was dense
ly packed, from one end to the other ; so also were
the tiers «*n < if berf-ido; so also were the galleries at
iiherend. Having ^aid thus much, numbers must
be L it to illumination of the reader. Although tho
crowd wa? so great, there wa» no noisy rush to gain
imittancc to the building. Nearly half of those
present were admitted by ticket ten minutes before
the time, but chairs and forms were provided for all
who catue. A? the clock 11, tho vast crowd
simultaneously uncovered, and tho burz of.whispering
and talking ceu?ed. The reverential bearing of tho
whole mesembly was remarkable, and fbrrned a plcas-
“ ' ’ 2 *' * gone
of
«nt contract to tbe behavior many who, in years fire
l»y, u.-ud to “go and hear M»urgcon** as a piece
ainuseuu-nt.
n^-An Illinois editor has seen a corn field of seven-
tv-five aero? in that {State, in which the stalks aver
aged thirteen feet and a halt in height.
.. _ Ti j . . e Dr. Puffer was an old bachelor— a pbysi-
Mr. Editor—I hand you extracts from a c j an . who belonged to that class of medical
letter from an old resident of New Orleans, practitioners who having learnt certain rules
not now engaged in mercantile pursuits. I and laws by rote, and huving obtained a di
think many of your readers will find iood for plum", goto work on the principle that all
thought and speculation in some items and nonej imd tbat p{itient is a creature j ormed
statements about culture of cotton in India, to swallow nauseous doses, which do him no
which will doubtless be new to them, as well good, without complaint—to foot great bills
as to myselfi The letter is dated without a murmur, and to die of a dispensa
New Orleans, September 2,1S67. t,OU . Province, accusations
I notice your report? about iniury to your corn crops doctor. . . . .
by drought. 1 sincerely tiu^t that they will yet prove As lor tue idea that a physician s mission
g .od. The corucrop in the Souih is very largo and i s to heal, that never entered Dr. Puffer’s
more thau sufiicn m iu rao.-t sections. Cottoo. gener- ^ ^ a i *i.: ;* • , v • ,
ally, promises a fair yield in tho?e sections where tho m Q d. As a general tiling, It 13 the last idea
..m>y worm h.r i.ot i.ijuro.i it. hut in .-nnn plucthe that enters a doctor’s head, save as tlie reini-
aro being discharged to take care of thou.sclvcs.ua tho tation ot having mastereil a ciiliicult case nm\
planters aro utterly ruiued and unable t.» teed ihem. increase fees and practice. But somehow in
Even iu seetions where the crop is good, the expetis .-• r) r p u ff.. r ’ s ca ?e the tl nth had enmn to k-nnwl-
are so he ivy di.tc.nton cannot be grown at present , 1 ,mi -‘ s u - l -i . , . . a colll p lO Knowl
prices, and will be generally ubmduncd next year, edge, and niter seeing his gig wheels wheeling
untss matters lake a very different turn from what I softly behind the mourning coaches of the
antici.-ute. ‘Read theeu.-losed extracts lr in a wuik t - -
which I have often con.-iiltcd—th- wotk is of the very numerous funerals of victims of quinine,
highrst standing in Engtund. Y’»u can ?ee why Eng- calomel and other relics of medical supersti-
SSto'otpSS^' VOrked t0 briUSU3 wbich occured in field of labor, peo
e.uc« this b ok wu.-written 4,000 to 6.00J miles of pie began to shrink from patronizing Dr.
r .Ur.ui.is hajo been bui-t or are building in In.ihi, so p u ff er the difference in the bills of mortality
os to connect the »vhoie ot thai iuimcn.-e country with . -r,* 7
Bomba\. Madras, ('alcutia aiidothersia i*Oit8. Thus in the district being noticeable at once. To
two hundr.-d million? ot pupulatiin. a e made tributary be sure, doctors of the same style remained—
be imfcc.mnt^ e whfch gS men who have always been “called in a little
every variety .it-idl-mdc imate for those two hundred too late,” or who “mistake the treatment” a
millions lo woik upon. Tile proem low prices of dozen times and onlv discover tb,. ewirsp nf
money in England enabl s tho government to give “ raen J ° nl J discover tne cause or
imme se assis.an e, nd it ha- ausrauteed five per too malady alter the patient lias sunk under
coni intere-t to imm-nso enter--rises for railroads, it. But they were not found out vet. Manv
cunuls, i.avigu' ion. i-uluvot on, etc., in India. _ *’ T) . n n rr- . ■ i . .
.1 -.in gurpri-ed tbat our news----per* do i.ot referto never are. Perhaps Dr. Puffer did not take
the c facts and warn poll ici.ins und the peo. le of the enough, or was not bold enough. Certainly
impending * tan. er and the probability that England !,;« nroetir-e died not and tin fmi-rd trims,-Tf
will m n-ipolize h- pr-ducti^n of cot ton uuff force nts practice riled out, and tie XOUi’ri uimsell
t..is o untry t.i almost aban .on it, and perhaps import in straightening circumstances, AVith nothing
from Liverpool in a very bort time To tbe finances but the annuity O two hundred dollars which
oi tbe country sneb a ehnngc would be irretrievably , , , . f. , .
rumous. a it will bo accomp.ished probably at about had been left lum by his parents, at an age
ibe a .,e time wesb .lt have obligated ou.selves to when men who make fortunes at all have usu-
poy li ou: debt-end l iurea.8 to Eur peano in sold. ...
The Western cr pscan only bo son. 10 foreisn coun- a ‘*y made them.
tries at figure-and at ,ow freights. The expensive Tbe doctor consequently bad begun quite
riil r ad and st #iub at Iransp -nation will h.tvo to bo Qpriiindv trr r-onerdpr flip rnm.iflrutirp mprit?
;.b ndoned. and the-ht fasbione . flats and the new- seriously to consider the comparative merits
fashioned baiges mli have to be relied up a. There of prussic acid and strychnine, when the fol-
shou'd bo hundreds or thousnds of lit, le tugs and lowing letter from a sister, Avho had a few
large tugs on the tves ernwatrrs, owned;.nd manag.d g , . ’ , , , . .
by Ih- enginet rs and pilots, with all the expensive years before married a very old physician,
paraphernal a of cabins, stcwaids, clerks and cap- aroused him from his torpor. It was a Very
sfruei^' at^the^he'id'waters! 1 wherc^Umber’is cheapj amiable letter, stating the fact that her bns-
and lo-.dcd with tbe neigh orb.,od products, iust as band had decided to retire Irom business
‘^Unlt-s somefbTng is d“no ro ehlapcm'the “transit” had wonderfully lucrative KThiin,
or produce, it will lia.dly pay for it - cultivariou at he (of course tins was not in the letter) liav-
prices that will justify its export. Cheap transporta- ing been able to browbeat and insult people
tion will ward oil much of the trouble that i hreatens • , • :
the whole country. England has succeded in “beat- to Such an extent, that, being an ignorant old
ing slave labor out of the market.” aud the prese t wretch, with a smattering of Latin and a di
course of our politicians will “beat free labor” out of _i am . u„ i. n( l rentlv in-ide » err.-nt rcnntntinn-
the market also. As the negroes far outregister the P 10ma , nc liau realty marie a great reputation,
whites in the South, they are all clamorous lor office, that when he had done so, a wonderful prac-
and will elect nearly all of their own color. Although t j ce would be vacant, and that they had deci-
dcmoralized now, they will be utterly uncnntrola- . ... , .. , . f .
ble after they have all the law in their own manage- ded no one WOUla be SO suitable to till it as
ment, and we expect confusion, trouble and misery Brother Paul.
enough both for them and for the whites. There is « T * V „ henni ran were wetfinw nn ns well ns
not n negro that does not belong ton Union League -f ve nearu VOtl Were getting on as V eu as
or Club,-” and in many of these clubs they have re- you could wish,” the letter went on to say;
solved that the members shall not work hereafter for iqjjjg j a a splendid opportunity for you. I’ve
white men. They are pledged to support all the vil- , "F*-** v *‘“ "FF” v - , . ,
lainous orders of the League. coaxed the doctor to give it to you, and it’s
Y'ou understand the terrible influence of secret so- been hard work, I-tell you, for he could sell
cieties, and can imaeine the dangers to which the - ’ ,i
South is exposed. No reliance.au be placed upon out at auy price. Come immediately,
anycoutrnct for labor, as tho League may and uo And it may be supposed that Dr. Puffer
threaten the negroes so that they often leave in a body, —.p—- it-w] Rio +; v c >c livino- in ?nlpn. 1 11,.—.... i ii
just at tbe most critical cornti,ion of tbe work upon v '. e , nt * ue lounct nts relatives living in spttn- Here you go .
which they are employed. You can also.understand did style, surrounded by a retinue ol servants, | But before be could give
why our white agricultural population will hereafter ant j everything hearing testimony to the foe-
tum their labor almost exclusive y to the production , ,. J
of food. I am turning my though'* and efforts io- tuue ol tlie owner.
wards endeavoring to secure my lamily from tho ef- He was received in friendly fashion and ta-
One squeak to signify yes. Then a produc
tion of a tin bath-tub capable ol holding the
doll’s red shoe. Water requested from Uncle
Puffer’s pitcher, and a toilet in imitation of
her own; with the conversation of mamma
and the maid dished over in baby English;
and generally, a finale, the precipitation of
Dolly into the old bachelor’s waistcoat, with
the recommendation to ‘‘play with Untie
Puffer while I bake pie and cake.”
Then out came the stove, the wagon, the
churn, a monkey on a pole, a set of tea things,
a village in a box, and goodness knows what
else, all offering scenic effects for the perform
ance of Dolly’s role in what was a grand
comedy to Afilly and a woeful tragedy to
bachelor Puffer.
• tsii . .-ue too cuuniDg,” would mainuma
say, coming in at last to bear her darling
away. "‘Isn’t she too cunning ? ’’
And Milly would say :
‘•’Es, ain’t I too cunning, untie! Hold my
Dolly till 1 turn bat.”
In view of the practice, Bachelor Puffer
bore all this much longer than might have
been expected. But even long suffering must
have an end. One night, when Dr. Puffer’s
feelings had been much overwrought, he
found the doll for once neglected and in his
power. The temptation was great. The savage
man could not cont is longing to be rid of
it.
Perhaps, he arguet. ttis niece of his would
refuse to be consoled by another doll, and
would forsake the sport forever. It was
worth trying. At least just such another
horrible, bald-headed creature could not. the
doctor felt sure, be procured easily; and he
would in any case punish the innocent cause
of his misery in some slight degree.
It was late when be discovered the neglect
ed toy. But, devertbele.-s, he waited for more
than an hour to be quite sure that all the
inmates of the house were wrapped in slum
ber, before proceeding to carry out bis strange
intent.
He bad observed around the corner of a
poor street, a block or two away, one of those
garbage boxes common to New York tene
ment house, and also noticed that it w*as
emptied at periodical intervals. Here he pur
posed to bury the enemy of his peace out of
his sight forever. Accordingly he went to
his study, and taking from a shelf an empty-
cigar box of large size, put the doll within it.
He grinned savagely as he did so, and mutter
ed in the most fiendish manner. Then he
went to the door and looked out. There was
no one in sight. Dr. Puffer went out into the
street, and proceeded with his burden toward
the corner which cri tow aril the locality con
taining tenement houses and garbage boxes.
In due course of time he readied the recep
tacle offilth which he Imd observed, and there
paused He was so delighted that as he
paused he actually laughed aloud.
Ha-ha !” he said, “you won’, bother me
again with your penny-whistle bag-pipes.—
it hard to do so, as the expense of living s so cnor . - - .
innus, that I never make anyheadivay, in laying by a resignation ot Ills brother-in-law; and .being
He an party.—
bundantly.~oh.aDly with its tiro’es- He hated eggs. He hated tea. He hated
t'tho^rvant o'f*pubMc*worits?” handsome youngmen and pretty young girls.
tlio much lower cost of production in India.” “In- f'Ye people who laughed a good deal. He
dian (cotton) of equal equality might, it is alleged, bo hated the opera. He hated a comedy. He
a*a coh of‘^ft?por pournE”^ fr0lU ^ P ° n ° ? lndia hated to hear two young people sing a duett.
"It is not desirable that a vieorous effort should be He hated celebrated persons and popular
made >o restore the ancient -taple p/odnetrof India, preachers, and new novels. He hated flow-
b> mn king one grand experiment, whether slave labor F r> ,
m.tf «/.. 1... Iro..t..w nut tlm morl-ot l.v tl... FfS JlTllI lift IlfttCfl tTfcPS. Hfi hiVtftfl TO trilVCI
not be beaten out of the market by the cheapest
_ most abundant supply of free labor which could
possibly be desir. d.”
Vol. I, page 602—Total population
era and he hated trees. He hated to travel
by steam. He hated to see dancing. He
172,096,778” by hated all children, and particularly little
be returns, but is is supposed'io be at Icast uOO.OOO.OOO. girls. He hated to see them roll hoop, or
„ , , jump, or run. But if there was anything he
ftXTRA'iRDt.wtRr Fishing.— Iiw once on Lake , , L ,i.„- -ti .„t,„- ir to
Winni, isivgct*. iu tho winter, fishing for pi kercl, hated wore# that all other things, it was to
says Brown. 1 was awful cold, ai d the ice was lour see a little girl playing with a doll; and this
(“: da , h 1 . al 'iT t ' l ;i L ; k i, ?L th , er \ T f' w . i 'i I " e ',; nd T Wh ‘! 0 hole girl played with nothing else.
I trus thrashing m> hsuds to keep vra war ., X no- — ° . r . J
tic d that dad h-d ..n ..lifircd hard bite, it was so In vam, hating children as lie did, had he
K.rd that it j.-rked the old ftlier ter,.ugh the hole in invaded a toy store and purchased t» little
ihe ice,and I thought he was n goner, but just then I _ . , ' 1 , , ,
remeinoered that dad was awfu' fond of rum and to- cart, a sto\ e and a churn, and presented them
bacc so I outs with a piece of nigger head, sosks .it to the child in hopes that thus she might be
weaned from her favorite pastime
in rem fur n minute, and then baits my h-.ok with ihe
n eed, and drop? it through the bole what tho old gen
tleman went into, and in ftss than ten miuute9. gen-
tl. men. I bail a bite, aid up I hauls the od man, as
tresh ns ever. But, gal- men, ho kept tho tobacco.”
A prolonged whirtlo on the part of tbe audience, as
though the y«m was not believed.
Millv played with them, it is true, but only
in conjunction with her doll. Any woman
woulu have known that this would be the
case, but it was an unexpected blow to the
old bachelor. She took the doll to ride in
the cart; she churned imaginary butter for
It s a fact, g'-nticmon,” continued Brown, “and
that reminds me ot another story, which I don’t mind
ti llin’. Ono winter I w- s crossing the lake on ice.
aud as I was gum’ to a raisin’ I had an inch auecrin o.tin cr- din lulrori mnri rriea in rVin nvrn
my hand. All at once I thought I'd like to see how its eating, sfte baked mud pas in tue oven
liick tliohv wa* : m> I b'.rid a bole, and f und tbat ot her stove, chatting all the while with jut
it was about two loot. Then I thought I’d nnd out speechless beauty, in imitation of her mother’s
how deep the ws'er was, so I dropped my carpenter 1 .. ■
plumb lino through the auger hole, and hang mo if I COntiTvnees with tbe cook. Nothing was
didn’t have a savago bite uforo the lead touched bot- | gained by the gifts but new annoyance. The
to “- ,, • j, . . , . , , „ j doll, too, was, in Dr. Puffer’s opinion, the
I pulled up. and landed a seven pound pickerel.” \ , . , T . „ _ .
Another prolon el whistle, aud some one asked j most horrible of its species. It was a large
Brown b,.w a seven pound fish could get through an gutta-purclia likeness of a week old baby.
■*i bat’s somethin’ I has nothin to do with,” replied It was the same size. Its beurl wns bald. Its
Brown
ried h
eentleman >■ -I «wu . uvum ...j uv.u uu . , - , - , . - . -
matters what I don’t understand. Awd now whu'l! imit;itt*.l tl e cxai t miltttU. B I t!.C* t ry I I B
stand tho liquor?!’ h
the box the ac
companying fling, two great hands caught his
owd, and somebody said :
“No yo» don’t, sir!’’
And, in a moment more, one policeman
held him firmly, and another had taken pos
session of the box.
“You’ir come along with us—you’ve b°en
caught in the act, you know 1 ” said one of
these guardians of the law.
“I’ve caught gals at it, but never a man be
fore—come along! ”
“ tVliere to 1 ” asked Dr. Puffer struggling.
“To the station bouse,” said the police
man.
“Why, it is isn’t a punishable offence—is
it ? ” gasped Dr. Puffer.
“It’s a great annoyance—I ”
“You come along, and don’t commit your
self 1” said the mail. “I reckon you'll see
whether it’s punishable—come on I ”
And, dragged forward most indecorously by
his collar, Bachelor Puffer was not in a condi
tion to talk much for a while. He was not id
the least brilliant; and, havinghad the fear of
bis sister before his mind, he forgot that any
mistake was possible, and believed be bad been
arrested for the act of stealing and attempt
ing to destroy Milly’s doll, perhaps, even at
her mother’s instance.
Not until the box bad been carefuliy
and solemnly taken care of, and he himself
conducted to asolitary cell, did tbe truth flash
upon him. He stoood qualing, under the sud
den influx of light, and putting his hands to
his hair, and stared into the darkness with his
light blue eyes.
•‘It looks* like a baby ! ” he gasped. “They
think it is a dead one—they think I’ve com
mitted intantici' e! Oh, good Heavens! what
a horrible thing. Let me out—I want to ex
plain!”
But he was locked up for the night, and no
explanation w*a3 possible until morning.
Of course, tbe larce could not continue long.
In due course of ti; • it was discovered that
the murdered infan made of guttapercha,
and Dr. Puffer wa. eved from durance
vile. But the news c xis arrest tor infanti
cide, having reached bis sister and her hus
band. it became necessary that they should
leuow the trouble; indeed the papers had
rangbt it as an excellent joke, anri it was
impossible to conceal it from their ears.
In tbat household the husband was ruled
by the wife, the wife by the child. The in
sulted Milly could not be appeased; neither
could mamma nor papa. A serious family
q tarrel ensued, andDr Puffer wasnotifitd that
the partnership must be discontinued.—
Moreover, that tlie pactice would be sold to
another physician without delay; and tho
sequel of his fatal act was his departure from
the scence of bis excellent opening, with what
is vulgarly called a flea iu the ear.
When last lit-aid of, be kept an apotboca-
. "A111 know is, tin-fi ii was naught, and car- glass eyw could both shut and opeD: and, j r y’ s shop, and bad just given (by mi-take, w
nan to“k d hiJ pnrl m i do^’t bol'licr rayVeadon moreover squeezed at the mouth, and it hope.) arsenic instead of cream of tartar t„ i
* " ‘ * ... . .... imita ted the exact zmitatLE < i the cry of a verv little girl who was fond of playing about
young infant.
his'shop door with an immense doll in her
arms.
The Latest Yankee Trick-A villainous Yankee always making it cry and her
went about secretly among the negro* s in Central mother often appealed to Uncle .rimer to say
Florida selling them, in fours, at fifty cent? each, if the iuvenile drama constutillvgoing on bc-
wooden stakes, painted rod, white and blue, nnd or- , , , _ ... ° „„„
namented «ith n small streamer; telling them that tween Milly and her doll was not too Clin-,
wherever they planted those stakes at the four cor- niftg.” In view of the wonderful opening, ! V „ ,ri Vincennes as tn the most
ners of a tract of land, tho land would becomo theirs n r v„<r, r „„„ „ „rm rmlr i,rn„nm slaughter houses o.l Vincennes as wine most;
when the expected confiscation came. It was rumored ®r. Putler W as lKLLSSlt.itn. to reply, by poent ulC ]- c jfii) manner ot killing animals With the
that he.disposed of acanfoof these sticks, und had . icaliy, that it was. 1<inat . n>wi |,| e sn ff, ring U pi sent oxen are
^Iercy’TO Animals.— Some interesting ex-
j periments have been made lately at ’.he
returned to the North to get another supply. j 'If''hc could only have locked Milley out of ’ Iron, heavy hampers
W, In July, TO. General Phil Sheridan said in a biaown peculiar office it would not have been I on t * e hea(i W |, icl , necs- .rily inflict the
speech that tho ncgroc» wero not fitted 'or suffrage, so bad; but this would have been an unwar- f»:„i,ri„i tort ro on the nnforninatevic-
and also were not fitted to take partin tho legislation . rantab le act in the eves of her Barents He most lr '" llt,ul on “* 11 T1 ,„
Oftho country. rautaoie act in ua eyes oi uer p.iKnu. ru. tima 0 f our camtYcrous propensities. Ihe
| dared not to do it. Therefore every day, j"”’' ' ....
B3*“AVho is thi? Saltn Salm?” asked Mr. Seward, as Dr. Puffer was at his busiest, the door
* su PP° se ho comes . wou i(j 0 p t . ni an( j Miss Milley, in the shortest
! of frocks., the lowest of bodies and tbe glos-
KGUScnator Sumner i^to deliver thirty lectures at siest of curls, would walk in with the doll on
tho West in Octoberand November.
ttB-In thy zeal ngnim-t the fins of other?, be mind
ful of thy own exceeding sinfulness : call to remem
brance thy great offence-, which, though they lie un
feigned!}* repented of, give thee to under.-ta: d wtust
cause thou hast to bo meek, huwlilo and patient to
wards all men.
Frost.—One of tho oldest inhabitant? predicts we
will in>t have fro.-t until the 16th of November, lie
sa's tho first fog precedes the frost sixty day?, and
.sorts that tho first fog was noticed on the lt)th ult.
[Aup. Con.
one arm and a basket of toys on the other,
and commence the exercises by requesting
Uncle Puffer to "tiss Dolly,” after which per
formance .-lie would say :
“Now ti?a Uncle Puffer, dolly,” and would
rub the gutta-pereba head, warm from much
embracing, against that get li man's mouth.
Then Miss Milly would dechire that “dolly
must go seep,” aud, sitting down upon a small
! bench, she would sway to and fro. singing,
last s or Titans per Cent Certificates.—Ro»i- “Bye bye, baby,” at the top ot her little voice,
>>‘:!'on. October Secretary McCulloch announces until Coming to the conclusion that “dollv
that he will now issue three per cent, temporary loan , , , , .-
certificate? to the amount of thirty million? of dollars was bad hdcI would not go to seep : so she
for redeeming and retiring compound interest notes
during the present month and December next This
' in pursuance of tlie Act ol Congress approved March
1, last, which authorize? and direct? he Secretary to
ue such certificates to any extent, not exceeding
fifty millions outstanding at any time. It will be ob
served that the Act is mandatory, and it is understood
that Mr. McCulloch would have preferred to with
hold theso certificates for the present, but the law
gives him no discretion in the matter.
would whip it, shake ii, scold it, aud set it
upon her knee preparatory to conversation.
“Aint oo sained not do to seep ?” she would
inquire, squeezing the crying machinery;
“and aint oo samed to turb Uncle Puffer by
tyinn 1 ” Machinery again. “Oo want a
baff ? ”
idea occurred to an eminent physiologist that
the section of the spine would produce more
instant death. Thi■*, however, h;is iyit been
demonstrated. An ox thus killed lived for
twelve tninafes, and endured during that
time the most horrible sufferings. Decapita
tion was then tried with the following curious
result: A c.df was hung up and decapitated
in the space a quarter of a minute. Jts
head was then placed on a table. In six
minutes two ounces and a licit'of blood was
lost. During the first minute the face was
frightfully convulsed, the mouth opened and
shut a? though tlie animal were eating; and,
strange to say, oil putting the hand against
the mouth and nostril it was easy to feel the
respiration continuing. Thirty animals were
thus killed, and the result of the observations
taken was that the committee decided that
the old practice of killing by means ot blows
from a hammer should be continued.
General Lee writes thathere t are 000
students at his college, against 400 last year.