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w V Old and Nevv Literature.—Once, being for “The Sunday Morning Herald.”—Bright three days detained by the accident of a swollen and sparkling appeared the second issue of our PERSONALS. river and a washed-away bridge, in a gloomy, decayed old country mansion, whose mossed friend Bridges Smith’s paper on Sabbath last, and it took finely. He is a brilliant fellow, and gets JOHN H. SEALS, • Editor and Proprietor. MRS. MARY E. BRYAN (*) Associate Editor. A. li. HAMILTON, D. D., - Associate Editor And Manager of Agencies. roof and lichened walls symbolized the dead-in- I up a brilliant sheet, life state of its inmates, we grew tired of gazing (j ran< ] Day at Amelia Springs, Ya.— We have from the narrow window at a dreary landscape in han a an inte nsely interesting account of a of murky river, gray moss and dripping willows, . Grand * gftt hering of old troopers and citizens at blurred by the driving rain, and turning within ; the above place ft few days since . Gen Fitzhugh hotel here is a neat and comfortable building, containing thirty-five well-furnished rooms: the table is provided with the best the markets “General Huger is to have command of the troops afford; the servants are polite, active and obedi- stationed in the South, with headquarters at Atlanta, ent, and it is a gratifying fact to state that the i crowd of visitors is composed of first-class peo ple from Virginia to Texas. Among these, we may mention the Rives, a name well known in the history of the country; Major Smith, Pro fessor of mathematics in Richmond College, and his brilliant wife, who is a daughter of the j Offenbach is at work on three operas to be produced in Paris next winter. Soon it will be Habdul Hamid. It is said the present Sultan cannot recover. Queen Isabella, before leaving for Spain, for- late celebrated C. Downing; Mrs. Wood bridge j warded 5,000 fraues to the Prefect of the Seine for the for amusement, found that the Only prospect j Gee was present and addressed the large gather- I and daughters, the husband and father of whom ! poor of Paris ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, SEPT. 2, 1876. THE RICHMOND OFFICE Of The Sunny South is on the corner of Eleventh and Bank st. K. O. Agee, Agent and Correspondent. IMPORTANT DIRECTIONS. I n writing to this office on postal-cards or paper, don’t fo rget to mention your post-office. In ordering your paper changed from one office to an other, be sure to name both offices. Always state the amount of money you enclose. Contributors should not fail to put their names and post-offices on their MSS. 500 AGENTS WANTED. He irisli to secure an active, intelli gent and honest person in every com munity to represent “ The Sunny South.” Liberal arrangements will he made. Those applying must fur nish undoubted testimonials as to char acter. General C. A. Battle, of Alabama.—We should be pleased to hear from this gentleman at this office. for diversion lay in an asthmatic piano on spi dery legs and an ancient bookcase whose green baize doors guarded a collection of mouldy, char nel-smelling volumes that seemed the discolored mummies of dead books. Spectators, “Youth’s Companion,” “Young’s Night Thoughts," “ Pam ela and Clarissa,” were among these volumes behind the green baize doors, and to explore their musty pages was our business for those three rainy days in the country manse. How dry they seemed ! how heavy the sen tences ! how stilted the phraseology! the mat ter, how lacking in vitality ! What a dreary mare mortuum to a mind fresh from the electric life of a busy metropolis, fresh from daily news papers, with their crisp condensations, from the pithy and vigorous literature of modern journ als, magazines and books. Truly, “ the manna gathered yesterday ” sours and loses its power to delight the taste and nourish the system. It is useless to speculate whether the old style of ing. The letter will appear in our next. is the pastor of the Monumental church, Rich mond; Mrs. Mills and son, worthy jepresenta- Rev. Henry Ward Beecher will spend a week in Canada, lecturing, commencing at Montreal, Septem- A Few Cents tl Da )' f —'Think of It.—Stepping j tives of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Professor Meek, of! into one of our most popular banking houses a the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D. C., j ber .1st. . . one of the ablest palaontologists of the age; The widow of President Lincoln is staying at from the same city, Mrs. L. F. Hopkins, a lady i Boulder> Co j 4i one of the most picturesque places in the of rare social and moral excellence: and last, _ . .! but not least, the Rev. Dr. Tupper, long and RoLk} MountalD9 ’ favorably known in Georgia as a leading Baptist Christine Nilsson presented the prizes to the minister. Furthermore, as an attraction for the successful students of the Royal Academy of Music in young gentlemen, we have a bevy of bright and London on the 21st ult. few days since, where the genial face of our clever friend, Judge S. B. H., is ever to be seen, we noticed on his desk a printed table showing how rapidly small sums saved will grow at com pound interest. We copied the table, and now give it below as a matter worthy the attention of any one. It will astonish those who have never made the calculation. 1 yr 2 3-4 cts saved per da v will amount to $10 51-4 ” “ “ “ 20 11 “ “ “ “ 40 •21% “ “ “ “ 100 55 “ “ “ “ 200 $1.10 “ “ “ “ 400 $1.37 “ “ “ “ 500 10 vrs 50 vrs $130 $2,000 5 800 11,000 29.000 58.000 110,000 145.000 l 260 520 1,300 2.600 5,200 6.500 One Hundred Years of American Independ ence.—From the efficient and popular agent, Mr. R. DeLeu, we have received a copy of this splendid souvenir of our Centennial year. It is a clear and picturesque compendium of the his- sparkling young ladies, who enliven the passing hours by their music, dancing and promenading through the halls, and romantic excursions to the surrounding mountainous hills and villages. The Sunny South is by no means a stranger in this section of the country. Its full, fair col umns of instruction and entertainment make it a welcome visitor to many families far from the scene of its publication, and as it is the only purely literary paper published in the South, we predict for it a loDg, brilliant and useful career. literature is or is not superior to the new. It j " 10 i Gne wbo h as tried it says if you want to see exists no longer. We cannot return to old mod- i a clear and P ,ctureS( l ue compendium of the his- j yourself as others see you, become a candidate els if we would. Those moulds of thoughtarebro- ! tor y of onr countr y from the P eriod of its dis ' I for office ’ ken by the tread of years. New conditions of life, | cover y n P to the P resent y ear ’ wlth fetches of j Somebody says J J i “ 1- * ’ -I -—-? —j i it had no rubs in it, but we all prefer it witli- Ex-United States Treasurer Spinner has re turned to his home in Mohawk, Herkimer County, N. Y., after having recruited his health by a long stay in Florida. The young Scottish duke of Athol sports in all twenty-three titles, and yet, we’ll warrant there are hundreds of his peasantry just as happy as he is. A cousin of Mr. Sartoris, the husband of Pre sident Grant’s daughter, is to be married to Lord Card- ross, son and heir of Earl of Buchan. Edwin Booth will make his future home in ' Chicago, where Mr. and Mrs. McWicker, his wife's par- I rents, reside. i Joseph Jefferson is to return to America this fall, and will fulfil an engagement at the Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, in November, life would be too smooth if E. A. Sothern has decided not to return to [For the Sunnv South.] SMALL TALE. new attitudes of society, new impulses surround us, and shape the literature of to-day. ; the character and habits of the aborigines, and ! a vivid account of important episodes in the life The short, terse sentences of modern jonl , of our Republic. It is comprised in one volume, nalism, which the advocates of a return to old ele g* ntl y and substantially bound and profusely This Office Not Responsible to Hotels. —This | forms of literature sneer at as “mere gasps in- illustrated. It is having a rapid sale in every office is not responsible for agents’ board at hotels. We assume no such liabilities, and agents know it. Thanks for No. 12.—A number of friends have sent in copies of No. 12 at our request in last issue, but we have not enough yet. Many thanks for those sent. We will send a copy of anv other number in return if we have it. stead of balanced periods,” represent the more i garter of the country, and indeed, no Ameri- crowded life, the more eager and changing | can . Ub ruy or home circle can afford to do with- thought of the present. The subservience of out lt- style to matter—the quick descent upon the sub- j Frank U . s Hes’s Illustrated Newspaper.- ject in hand without those stylistic gyrations, xbis celebrate d journal, which has no supe- rhetorical flourishes and colloquial digressions j rior in the worl(1 as an m us t r ated publication, that characterize the “fine writing” of half a cen- j has just completed its forty-second volume, and tury ago—this peculiarity of rapid discussion is \ itg ed j tor savs: representative of certain great changes that have j .. Xhe per J od witll which it is identified has taken place in society. Authors and journalists | been one of the most stirring in our national no longer write for the cultured few, but for the j bistoryi and replete to an unusual degree with intelligent many, their voice is addressed not j incidents demanding pictorial reproduction in to certain cliques, scholastic, political or dille- j order to bring them f air ly before the popular tante, but to the great thinking, working, pro- j appre hension. How thoroughly this extensive gressive masses, whom a more widespread en- tagk fcas been performed in these columns, it is lightenment has educated up to a partnership nofc for us to say . The continual increase of the m the intellectual movements of the day. Illustrated Newspaper's circulation bears the best To these who are no dreamy scholars, no po- testimony to the public appreciatiation of our litical or literary dilletantes, but men with ac I efforts , This approval we shall endeavor to tive interests;, men who are spokes in the whirl- j steadily des erve, and to that end we shall and if he be insane, as his brother alleges, the ! ing wheel of industry—to these, who must “run , devote our whole energies. Besides the current as they read,” is the style of modern literature j events of the period, the closing weeks of the General Agency for Virginia.—Our reliable and energetic Richmond agent, R. G. Agee, takes in hand the entire field of Virginia for The Sunny South, and will work it up thor oughly during the approaching fall and winter. He will appoint good sub-agents in different portions of the State. Colonel H. I). Capers.—We have had a pleas ant call from this gentleman, and can but think injustice has been done him by his brother’s card. To us he seemed natural and rational insanity must have existed He seemed as natural as Some mistake somewhere. from his youth, basket of chips. addressed; hence the swift discussion, the light ning play of argument and wit—the pictorial style of presenting a subject—setting it before the eye almost as an actual spectacle by the skill ful use of picturesque epithets and vivid phra- A Warning to the Ladies.—A Brooklyn paper says : Another smart rascal has been filling his pock- ! seology. ets at the expense of feminine vanity. He made ! The Cotton Tyrant.-Yesterday, while hard a canvass of Brooklyn, pretending to be gather- ; a t work pruning a tough manuscript, a majestic ing names for a “ Bon Ton Directory and Shop- broad-shouldered figure loomed up in the office ping Guide,” which was to be very exclusive, and which would contain only the names of the highest of the high-flyers of that model com munity. His prices were: For a name in large type, $1; for a name in black type, S2; extra lines, each SI. The “ better class ” readily took the bait, and are just beginning to find out that the “Bon Ton Directory” was a figment, born of the times. door, and advanced to us with outstretched hand and a smile that stirred the waters of me mory as a dream, or a tune, or a flower-breath often does. Eyes and smile were familiar, and the next moment we recognized in the visitor a friend of our girl-days, whose praise first en couraged our precocious aspirations; Dr. B., of Thomasville, returning from a sojourn at Cat oosa Springs. under which “How are our friends of Southwestern Geor- up a portrait of him at seventeen years old, gia standing the hard times?” was among the w kich was his age at the time ol his death. a I have been much gratified, however, by the Centennial Exposition promise to be even richer in picturesque suggestions than their predeces sors ; and the political contest upon which we are entering will likewise contribute largely to the interest of our illustrated pages. In this department, as well as in those devoted to liter ature, science and social discussion, we shall continue to maintain the position which this journal has steadily occupied as the highest ex ponent of illustrated journalism in America.” “The Portrait of Millard Seals.” To the Editor of the Commonwealth: In your issue of Saturday last, you stated that the portrait of this beloved youth, now at the Library, was “painted from a photograph taken when he was seventeen years old.” Allow me to correct you in this particular. The only likeness of any kind to be had of him was one taken when he was a child only ten years old; and as I had only seen him once or twice in my life, you may imagine the difficulty I labored in attempting to work Brief Outlook at the “Situation.”—In these days, when the currents of political awakening i 8 la standing me narci times? ” was among are so electrically charging the social and liter- j queries we put to him in the conversation that testimony of so many who knew him of its re- ary atmospheres that surround us, it is difficult i ensued; and we were answered that most of 1 semblance to him. to remain unmoved—to keep a furled flag when them were wrecked upon the obstinate rock of i If is a remarkable fact that a boy of his hand- the air is blowing so vigorously around us. Yet j J** ^m management. Cotton and guano was | b °ad there is satisfaction in standing aloof, in looking the olcl man of the bea that persistently clung j grap h. Though often urged by his parents to upon their backs and kept them below water. j have it taken, he delayed it, and it is now In ante helium days it was cotton and negroes. 8 reat source of grief to them that they had none TJ1 , , . , . of him at the time of his death. .Planting cotton to buy negroes to raise more u- , , „ . . , „ & jo c , His modesty seems to have been a crowning cotton to buy more negroes, was the endless j jewel in his character. Respectfully, Mary B. Gregory. on at the political struggle, taking sides with neither party, as becomes a neutral journal, yet by no means uninterested in the great issues now pending. Who could remain unmoved when there is so much at stake? Who, that has i tread-mill that then kept away solid prosperity 1 his own and his country’s good at heart, can re- ' an< I comfort; and now the fascinating fertilizer frain from eager interest in watching the impor- ! takes the darkey’s place, but with still more j tant transition that is going on? We feel that hopeless results; for the cotton raised does not the period is critical; we trust that we are on the i always pay for the guano it took to raise it, and The Blue Ridge, v».—Grand Mountain Sren- eve of the change in governmental policy that rare ly pays, in addition, for the labor and ex- ery—Fires in August-Distinguished vis- the interests of the country so urgently require. I pense of making and preparing it for market. This change may be consistently brought about : When will our burners learn wisdom from by either of the two men that stand before the long-suffering, and c« to pin their faith so corn- people as candidates for the Chief Administra- pletely to cotton, that requires so much labor tership of the government. and expense to prod uce, and to com that ex- Both are men with clean records, hampered to i hausts the soil and is unfitted for transporta- the offensive body of the old policy by no odious tion, and depend more upon orchards and vine- “ rings,” by no chains of evil compact and self- y ar ds, upon vegetable, dairy and stock farms, Atlanta, Ga., August 23. LETTER FROM THE HEIGHTS. itor>—Hops und Romantic Excursions. out the rubs. Dr. Holland says “culture is a cure for gos sip,” but history hardly bears the doctor out in this assertion. A market report says: “Wines and liquors have a downward tendency.” Yes, down peo ple’s throats. A fellow is trying to invent a talking machine, as if one-half the human family could not talk enough to set the other half crazy. It was the remark of a man who had seen a great deal of the world, that “civility is the best cheap thing a tradesman can give to his cus tomers.” Henry Ward Beecher says “it takes a touch of adversity to show whether a man is a man at all,” and the same touch will show whether his friends are friends at all. Some writer says: “One of the mast import ant rules of the science of manners is an almost absolute silence in regard to yourself.” But if some people did not speak of themselves, who would ? Speaking of the problem of rapid transit, the Brooklyn Eagle suggests that “ perhaps Boss Tweed's solution is the best.” It is clear that his transit was so rapid that no one has been able to come up with him yet. John Paul says: “There are a few powerful authors who punish their readers, as did the Roman tyrants of old, by depriving them of sleep; but most writers are too benevolent to do this.” They generally put their readers to sleep. What George Eliot (Mrs. Lewes), an English lady, calls “warm paleness,” is described by an American genius as being identical with the hue of a man’s lace who struggles wildly on the edge of an orange peel on the pavement, and is too pious to swear. The Boston Herald is not complimentary to the Senators of the present day. “An exchange says: ‘The identical chairs and desks of Cass, Calhoun, Webster, Clay, Douglas and Benton still remain in the Senate Chamber, and are in daily use.’ We should suppose that these six chairs would accommodate at least half of the present Senate.” It was stated some time ago that if all the me chanical labor of England was performed by hand, it would require every full-grown man in the world. A man, in proportion as he is intel ligent, makes a given lorce accomplish a great task—makes skill take the place of muscle, and with less labor, gives a better produce. So it is i mind, alter all, that does the work of the world. A lady was once asked how she managed to get along so nicely with her husband, and she frankly answered: “Oh ! I feed him well. When a woman marries, her happiness depends for awhile upon the state of her husband’s heart; after that, it’s pretty much according to the ! state of his stomach.” Perhaps there is a hint for good wives in this revelation. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, in “ Old Town England the coining season as he intended. He will com mence an engagement in Brooklyn, September 11. Cornelius Vanderbilt, the dying New York t millionaire was one of the bondsmen of Jeftersou Davis. For that act, aud for giving $1,000,000 to endow a South, ern University, we have cause to thank him. The Dahlonega Advertiser says: The Rev. W. P. Harrison, who lias been spending several weeks in onr pleasant little town, left for liis home in Atlanta on Tues day morning last. The Doctor made many warm friends whilst among us, and has the best wishes of them all. We hope onr fine mountain scenery; and cool, bracing at mosphere, will induce our distinguished visitor to come again. Gen. Wade Hampton is a grandson of the fa mous Gen. Wade Hampton of Revolutionary memory, lie was born in Columbia, in 1818, and has served in both branches of the State Legislature. In the late war he was commander of a regiment known as the •'Hampton Le gion.” He was wounded at the battle of Bull Run and Seven Pines, and promoted lo Brigadier General for his meritorious services. He was with Gen. Lee’s army in the invasion of Maryland, and participated in the battle of Sharpsburg, aud was also In the battle of Gettysburg in 1863, where he was again severely wounded. In that year he was made Lieutenant General and chief in com mand of Gen. Lee's cavalry. At the close of the war Gen. Hampton returned to his home in South Carolina; was one of the first to “ accept the situation,” and has since notably taken an active part in the interests of peace and reconciliation between the sections. The following is from the Courier-Journal: Right Worthy Grand Templar Hickman has returned from Grayson Springs, suffering a severe aud dangerous relapse of his throat disease, which seems to be extend ing aud involving the larynx, aud seriously affecting the left side of the chest. He is now lying in a critical condi tion at Mrs. Goehegau’s, 164 Sixth street, under the constant attendance of physicians aud friends. The Exe cutive Committee of the Bight Worthy Grand Lodge having been called to meet at Indianapolis on the 23d inst., this relapse of Col. Hickman has rendered it neces sary to change the place of meeting to Louisville, where it will be held on the day named, whether he is able to preside or not, as important matters, delayed by his long and severe illness, now demand its early action. ITEMS OF INTEREST. By a majority of one, the stratford-on-Avon Town Council have stupidly decided on the abolition of the old custom of ringing the curfew-bell. Orders were given by the War Department for the immediate recruiting of the 2,500 additional men for cavalry service. The Prince of Wales’ Indian presents, which are now on exhibition, are so popular that upward of $2,COO are weekly taken ut the door. Jacob Triest, a wellknown merchant of Savannah, was found dead on the 28th ult. cause, an overdose of laud, anuiu. Application has been made for the appointment interest. True, one of the candidates belongs to a party that has rendered itself obnoxious to the South, but it does not follow that he en dorses the irregular policy engrafted upon that party, the actions of some of whose representa tives (as the best Republicans admit) transcend the principles of the original platform, and owe their existence to motives of personal interest or partizan prejudice. Judging from his char acter and private record, it is safe to hope that Hayes, if elected to the chief magistracy, will adopt a more far-seeing and less self-seeking line of action, and that he will have sufficient public pride and force of character to shake himself free from the swarm of mercenary office-seekers and short-sighted bigots who buzz aronnd the seat of power, and seek to guide the reins of administratorship to farther their indi vidual or party interests and prejudices. Whoever may be the successful candidate, he will have a fine opportunity to secure the grati tude and love of a nation by inaugurating vigor ous reform in many of the departments of the government, as now administered; by sinking the partisan in the statesman, the self-seeker in the patriot, by becoming a leader of force and forethought instead of a political tool—a leader ready to counsel with his ministers concerning measures of national polity, but refusing to con- i nive with any in schemes of personal or party ^advancement. * Your correspondent is now occupying one of the highest points of this famous mountain, from which many miles of magnificent scenery stretch out one very hand; noble hills looming up like towers and battlements; broad valleys sleep ing in quiet beauty at their feet; dark forests, contrasting with white and smiling villages, and far as the eye can reach, the deep blue of the distant Alleghanies skirting the sky. From this rocky elevation the soul is tilled with the inspi rations of the beautiful and grand. One feels that he stands nearer the presence of the great Eternal, and breathes more of the holy atmo sphere of heaven. Never does the Deity appear i more majestic and man more insignificant, than . . „ , „ ... . . | when we stand upon these towering heights of The i inn 11 lit Boy S Proposition Ainilll i nature, with all earth’s scenes and man’s handi work dwarfed into Lillipntian proportions at and upon the cultivation of the smaller grains, that can be raised at less cost and trouble, are more marketable and easy of transportation, and furnish more nourishing food for man and beast ? First Subject Announced. Messrs. Editors,—My proposition, published in your columns some time since, seems at last to have received a little notice. The best way, 1 think, of bringing the discussion of the subject to a close is for you to put the scheme in operation. Announce the first subject upon which we are to write, and tell us how much we are to write. I venture to say that the space allotted to us will be filled every week. It would be so interesting to see what dif ferent ideas different boys add girls would express upon the same subject. Writing in thisway would be very pleasant and improving, and all the more pleasant and improving if your brilliant editress our feet. Would that the thousands who are now in the midst of the dust and din of the cities, sweating and toiling in pursuit of the almighty dollar, could spend a few days of the summer or the glorious autumn upon these majestic heights, resting the tired brain and muscle, and purifying the heart and elevating the soul. No Southern man need ever travel to the North to behold the richest and most refreshing land scapes that adorn the American continent. In this grand old commonwealth of Virginia, hap pily styled the “ Mother of States and States men,” Nature has lavished all the elements of beauty and sublimity, everything that is suited to attract the eye, charm the ear, exhilerate the would condescend eaclT week to append to our de- spirits and excite all the nobler sensibilities of partinent a short criticism of each of the articles the soul. published. I am willing to turn the matter over to the editor of The Sunny South, and let him manage it, and decide whether punctuation, good spelling, etc.’ shall be taken into account. As to the prize, let us know a week or so before Christ mas how much each contributor is to pay to buy it. With the publication of this I hope to see an nounced the first subject upon which we are to wr * te - Lexington Boy. We announce the following as the first subject, and give three weeks’time: “The Boy Makes the Man.”—Editor Sunny South. At this point where we stand, the mountain is over two thousand feet above tide-water, and the average height of the mercury has not ex ceeded eighty-two degrees daring this summer. The air is constantly stirred by cool breezes, which are fragrant with the breath of number less wild flowers. These mountain breezes are sweetly exhilerating, and the cool nights here make us feel almost as if we had entered a new region of the universe. The various rooms of the hotel yesterday were brightened by blazing tires, around which the guests gathered in groups for conversation and amusement. The Folks,” a portraiture of New England life and of a recejver to wind up the 8ffair9 of tUe Trader8 - 8avin „ characters of the last century which was pub- ■ Vork . T he depositors are mostly laboring lished several years ago, is guilty of a singular r J s anachronism. She makes one of the characters 1>eol> e ’ in that work quote this couplet: By direction of the President the Secretary of “ ’Mid pleasures aud palaces thougli we may roam, ^ : War has instructed General Sherman to hold all troops Be it ever so humble, there s no place like home, no t engaged in the Indian campaign in readiness for serv- from “Home, Sweet Home,” nearly a quarter of ; ce j n the South at the elections, a century before John Howard Payne had , . . thrown that pleasant sentiment into verse. heaviest nun storm for several years passed It would be regarded as disloyal for an Arner- I ovor ' Vheolin ?- W'est Virginia, Thursday night, flooding ican to express a belief that Ralph Waldo Emer- ho,l8ts 0,1 Mam 9tnet ’ llnd causing considerable loss to son is lagging behind in the march of intellect, merchants who had goods stored in their cellars. Bridges and yet evidences of this fact are detected in his iu tlle southern part of the city were carried away, and “Letters and Social Aims,” published some the corn fields through that section were seriously dam- months ago. But the London Athena:am is not aged. A severe tliundcr-.-ionii visited Aiken, S. C., on the 24tli ult., and St. Thudeut Episcopal church was Struck by lightning and seriously injured. An account of it Says : The lightning seems to have glanced Irotn a tree near the church, and atter knocking among some bricks on the front steps of the building, to have entered it, tear ing up, partially, the flooring both in the middle aisle j kuh in the light hand one, and then, after knocking down | a quantity of the plastering, ripping up in several places, i the new carpet just laid down iu the church and setting it j on *i r<! ’ have disappeared in a moment as it came. The < Are was quickly observed and as promptly extinguished j by tlie citizens as soon as the alarm was given. Peter Cooper will stick to the greenback nomin- ! atiou. He characterizes the reports that he would be in years. She was a native of Tennessee, though for the diced by his son. Edward Cooper, aud his son-in-law Hon. past thirty-one years a resident of this city: was a worthy | Abram S Hewitt, to withdraw from the canvass in favor of member of the Presbyterian church, and universally loved ) Tildren and Hendricks, as wholy untrue, saying that his for her kindness of heart and revered for her integrity of | candidacy was based on his honest conviction of what was principle. Her funeral took place on Monday, and many ] for the interest of the working men, thousands of whom sad-hearted friends filled the carriages that helped to form ' were rallying to his support, and that nothing could the solemnly-imposing cortege, which proceeded to the i induce him to desert the post which he had consented to First Presbyterian church, where the eloquent divine, j occupy after a full consideration of the whole subject. Rev. J.-J. Robinson, pronounced the funeral service, and The Vnrl- Sun me -new i orh bun gives the following account so tender with our American author. That jour nal actually declares that “modern work and modern speculation scarcely reach ” Emerson, and that “ he begins to stand accordingly, among the men of to-day, a figure of the past, not yet remote enough to be venerable, but un serviceable for present needs, hanging “ ■ Quite out of fashion, like a rusty nail, Iu monumental mockery.’ ” TRIBUTE TO MBS. JONATHAN NORCROSS. Last Sunday, amid the calm and brightness of the sum mer morning, a long-tried and much-suffering spirit found rest in death. Mrs. Jonathan Nobckoms, wife of our esteemed townsman, and mother of the beloved pas tor of the Fifth Baptist church, had been an invalid for paid an impressive tribute to the dead, The sympathies of many hearts go out to the bereaved father and sou who have lost, respectively, a faithful and loving wife, and a tenderly devoted mother. In the case of bad odors in a dwelling-house there are few things more efficacious and none more readily applied than burnt coffee. An ounce of coarsely-ground, previously-roasted coffee on a pan of hot coals gives off a pleasant, penetrating odor, which will remain for a long time when the windows are opened. ° of a fatal accident to an artist ? Mrs. Annie Kemp Bowler, the operatic singer, died in Philadelphia on monday. She went to the city several weeks ago, under an engagement to enact the part of Stalacta in “The Black Crook” at the National theater. On the first night of the play, August 6, the \trj large theater was jammed, and the perform- ances had almost terminated. In the final transformation scene, which was an uncommonly splendid spectacle, Mrs. w 11 a> Stalacta was drawn up from the stage in a golden cm. She became dizzy and fell over the unprotected edge of the car, striking hard upon the stage. Her shoulder )lade and collar-bone were broken, and that, it was sup posed, was the extent of her injuries. She was thereafter A man in Geneva has invented a new kind of — musical box, which gives an imitation of the i 1511111 to aor bed, and lattelry she grew worse, internal human voice. e mrt8 beginning to affect her damrerouslv. and resulting id her death.