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jon.V H. .SEALS, - Eilltor and Proprietor. MRS. MARY E. BRYAN (*) Associate Editor. A. L. HAMILTON, D. D., - Associate Editor And Manager of Agencies. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY. NOV. 11, 1876. THE RICHMOND OFFICE Of The Sunny South is on the corner of Eleventh and Bank st. B. G. Agee, Agent and Correspondent. CLUB RATES. Clubs of four and upward $2.50 each. ^'Cosmopolitan Stories are con timed on the 7th page. begin the brilliant story of “De Soto, or the Fountain of Youth” on the front page. The Election.—As we go to press this (Thurs day) morning we are unable from the reports to decide how the election has gone. At this hour the understanding is that Tilden has received 184 votes in the electoral college, and lacks but one more, with four or six doubtful States to hear from. It is therefore impossible to tell what the result will be. The Agony is Over—Let ns Rejoice.—It should be a source of great rejoicing to every thoughtful American citizen that the national contest is over. In times of great political excitement all other interests are allowed to suffer temporarily, and it is always a matter for general congratula tions when such occasions have passed, and par ticularly so when they have passed peaceably and without bloodshed. As to the general re sult, the defeated party for a time feels sore, but the wound soon heals, and all hands then go to work with new energy. Let us all, then, rejoice together, and concentrate our energies upon our own interests and retrieve our wasted fortunes. Let ns now Go to Work.—The elections are now over, God be thanked, and we must turn our attention to sober, earnest and profitable labor and build up waste places. Give up politics and go to work, work hard and keep at it. If we are not able to eat biscuit, says the Sumter Republican editor, we must be thankful for cornbread; and if we can’t afford meat two or three times a day, we must put up with it once a day. If we are not able to wear broadcloth we must wear jeans and made at home at that. The fast buggy must give place to the patient ox cart, segars and fine tobacco must be done away with. We must buy less guano and make more manure at home, and hire less work done that we can do ourselves. We must rise earlier and work later, and especially work all day Saturday instead of idling about town. If we are in debt we must live upon less than our income so as to pay all we can upon our debts every year. We must quit trying to get rich, but strive always to make an honest living and pay our debts. We are poor, very poor, and there is no use trying to hide it any longer, and the sooner we confess it and come down to our “copperas breeches andbrogans ” the better it will be for us. The time for repining is past; we need not wait any longer for “something to turn up,” but go to turning up the sod and assert our man hood in honest toil, in self-denial and honesty. Fine Writers.—We receive a number of com munications, and if our readers could but see what we have to read through, and how many of them are written, they would be astonished. Fine writing is a study and a science, as much so as any other profession. With some it is like the natural gift of oratory, or poetry, or music. A man does not have to speak an hour or half an hour to impress his hearers whether he is an orator or not. The same in music. No neces sity for a dozen pieces to convince the ear as to the musical ability of the player. Just so in writing. A quarter or half column will far better tell as to the merits of a writer than two and three columns. It is not the mul tiplicity of words, figures, metaphors, tropes, hyperboles, etc., that go to make up a good writer. It is the power of condensation, and the. using of the proper and best words to con vey your meaning. There is wonderful science in handling the English language; and when well handled, there need be no French, German or Latin thrown in to give it point or strength. Study the meaning of words, just as one studies to harmonize colors. An artist does not need ten, twenty or forty feet of canvass to dis play his skill in harmonizing and arranging his colors to impress the eye. It is not quantity or length that is desired, but a conspicuity of ex pression and description that pleases the reader, and gives reputation to the writer. If any of our readers have a desire for lit erary fame or taste, and stand in need of some good models, we would advise them to read Addison, Irving, Scott, Steele, Johnson, Macaulay, and any good historian. There will be found in them the smoothest and most charm ing features of pure and good English. To be good writers, read alone good authors; nothing of your forced and unnatural attemps at some thing learned. That which is natural is always beautiful, “ for beauty unadorned is most adorned.” Simplicity of style, naturalness of expression, smoothness of diction, declares the fine writer. Rentz, (what’s in a name? Wouldn’t Tear ’em do as well ? ) the new clothier in Danberry. ac cording to the Neivs, of that town, has excited public curiosity by having a large apple painted on his sign. When asked for an explanation he quietly inquired: “If it ha in’t been for an apple where would the ready-made clothing stores be to day ?” Don’t Apologize.—Someone gives the follow ing good advice on the matter of apologies. “We are willing to admit that apologies are not always entirely superfluous. If a man in a crowded room, sitting close to another, should get his hand into another’s pocket, we think it proper that he should explain and apologize. If one lays his hand familiarly on a friend’s back, who, on looking up, proves to be an en tire stranger, it would seem proper to apologize. But, you will ask me, why do I write on the matter at all ? Because I wish to offer some ad vice relative to apologies. Here it is: 1. Never do anything that requires an apology, if it be possible- Act according to your best judgment under the influence of your best feelings, and you will have little occasion to explain. 2. If some one comes to your house and finds it in confusion on a day when you are packing up for the country, or when illness has put things out of train, or when the kitchen has had an eruption and the lava has poured forth, or when it was washing day, what need is there of apol ogy ? Housekeeping in your house is your busi ness, not theirs. If a friend comes in suddenly to dine, and your dinner is frugal, don’t apolo gize. If it is good enough for your own family, it is good enough for him. 3. Do not apologize for dress. You have a right to consult your own taste, your purse, and the pursuit which occu pies you, as to the mode of dressing. If peo ple come to you, they should be contented to take you as they find you. It people are richly dressed, and you are are plainly clad, do not reproach their fine clothes by apologizing for your poor ones. Self-respect should keep every one from explanations which other people have no business to demand, and no right to expect. Of course, if you are in circumstances that seem to imply disrespect to another, an apology may be wise and kind. But the general rule is, “Make few apologies.” 4. One class of apolo gies are mere traps set for compliments. They are the tricks of a hungry vanity, and are es pecially disagreeable. It is painful to hear an accomplised housewife apologizing for a table that would make an epicure’s mouth water. “Really, sir, I am ashamed to ask you to take another cup of tea; it can hardly be drank.” “ Oh, madam, it is delicious ! I think I never tasted a flavor so fine. Where did you obtain it?" “ It was a present to my husband from Prince Gortschakoff. When in Russia my husband became quite a favorite with him. It is said to have cost three guineas a pound. You know that in Russia the overland teas are held at prices like the fine wines. They think nothing of giving a guinea for a pound of tea. But then, you know, it isja very different thing from any variety of that article we get in England.” No one is for a moment deceived by apologies. Every one puts them at their true value. If they are not self-respectful, if they are insin cere, if they are pretences, none know it better than they to whom they are given. Soeial Obstacles to Marriage. — It must, we think, be apparent, that a dangerous proportion of the class whose marriage is in every respect desirable for themselves and the community, are to all intents and purposes debarred; and is there any way of removing the barrier? Only one way, which includes a change and aboli tion. The change must be made in the manner of living. As long as social and domestic extrav agance prevails to the alarming extent it now does, just so long will the prices of eatables, drinkables, wearables and enjoyables keep up; and just so long will clear-headed young people be tempted to keep out of the grasp of Hymen. They cannot be denounced for not wanting to pauperize themselves, or to pauperize the cen sus. The abolition which must be had is that notion embodied in what are called “brilliant matches.” The time was when if a girl married a young man of good moral and physical health and respectable antecedents, and who was in dustrious and economical, her match was looked upon with general favor by relatives and friends. These old-fashioned recommendations are no longer sufficient. Most of our girls are tajight from the very nursery that marriage is the chief end and aim of their existence, and that no marriage is worth a fig that does not bring either position or money, or both. To marry a poor man, or one who happens to be a shade below the social grade ordained by Mrs. Grundy is, if not actually wicked, at least outrageously im prudent. Hence, the girls learn to love by rule, and never dream of permitting their hearts to stray beyond the Grundian boundary. Hence, many do not marry at all, or if they do, find misery at the bottom of the glittering cup. Hence, many young men, not being able to marry those they wish, remain single and con tribute their share to that evil which no laws can cure or check. Shall we ever go back to the principles and practices of our fathers and mothers, or shall we go on as we are now going, and finally land in the demoralization and decay which may be seen in its rotten perfection in France ? Dnsbtnd and Wife.—The man should always be a little bigger than his wife, and a little older, a little braver, a little stronger, a little wiser, and a liitle more in love with her than she is with him. The woman should always be a little younger, a little prettier and a little more con siderate than her husband. He should bestow upon her all his worldly goods, and she should take good care of them. He may owe her every care and tenderness that affection can prompt; but pecuniary indebtedness to her will become a burden. Better live on a crust he earns than a fortune she has brought him. Neither must be jealous, nor give the other cause for jealousy. Neither must encourage sentimental friendships for the opposite sex. Perfect confidence in each other, and reticence concerning their mutual affairs, even to members of their own families, is a first necessity. A wife should dress herself becomingly whenever she expects to meet her husband’s eye. The man should not grow slo venly, even at home. Fault-finding, long argu ments, or scoldings, end the happiness that be- 1 gins in kisses and love-making. Parson Keith, of Mayfair notoriety, who, in his free and easy fashion, united many hundred couple in the bonds of matrimony, used to say that in the generality of cases in which he officiated the par ties concerned had not known each other more than a week, while in very many instances the acquaintanceship was a matter of hours only. Now, if the latter proved happy matches, would it not be a strong argument tor those who insist that marriage is a lottery ? Honor Tour Business.—We commend the fol lowing thoughts to all professional men: It is a good sign when a man is proud of his work or his calling. Yet nothing is more common than to hear men finding fault constantly with their particular business, and deeming themselves unfortunate because fastened to it by the neces sity of gaining a livelihood. In this men fret, and laboriously destroy all their comfort in the work; or they change their business, and go on miserably, shifting from one thing to another till the grave or the poor-house gives them a fast grip. But while occasionally a man fails in life because he is not in the place fitted for his peculiar talent, it happens ten times oftener thatjfailure results from neglect and even con tempt of an honest business. A man should put his heart into everything that he does. There is no profession that has not its peculiar cares and vexations. No man will escape annoyance by changing his business. No mechanical business is altogether agreeable. Commerce, in all its varieties, is affected, like all other pursuits, with trials, unwelcome duties, spirit-tiring necessities. It is the very wanton ness of folly for a man to search out the irets and bnrdens of his calling and give his mind every day to a consideration of them. They are inevitable. Brooding over them only gives them strength. On the other hand, a man has power given him to shed beauty and pleasure on the homeliest thing, if he is only wise. Let a man adopt his business and identify it with pleasant associations; for Heaven has given us imagination, not only to make us poets, but to enable all men to beautify homely things. Heart varnish will cover up innumerable evils and defects. Look at the good things. Accept your lot as a man does a piece of rough ground, and begin to get out the rocks and roots, to deepen and mellow the soil, to enrich and plant it. There is something in the forbidding voca tion around which a man may twine pleasant fancies, out of which he may develop an honest pride. Hotv Beaux of Former Times Dressed.—A correspondent says: We much question whether the celebrated Beau of Brummel, and even the equally cele brated Romeo Coates, are not absolutely mere Quakers in their dress, compared with some of he distinguished dressers of the former days. Sir Walter Raleigh wore a white satin pinked vest, close sleeved to the wrist; over the body a brown doublet, finely flowered and embroidered with pearl. In the feather of his hat a large ruby, and a pearl drop at the bottom of a sprig, in place of a button; his trunk of breeches, with his stockings and ribbon garters, fringed at the end all white, and buff shoes with white ribbon. On great court days his shoes were so gorgeously covered with precious stones as to have exceed ed the value of £6,600, and he had a suit of armor with solid silver, with sword and belt blazing with diamonds, rubies and pearls. King James’s favorite, the Duke of Bucking ham, could afford to have his diamonds tacked so loosely on that when he chose to shake off a few on the ground, he obtained ail the fame he desired from the pickers up, for our duke never condescended to accept what he himself had dropped. His cloaks were trimmed with great diamond buttons, and he wore diamond hat bands, cockades and earrings, yoke 1 with great ropes and knots of pearls. He had twenty-seven suits of clothes made, the richest that embroid ery, lace, silk, velvet, silver, gold ami gems could contribute, one of which was a white un cut velvet, detail over, both suit and cloak, with diamonds valued at four-score thousand pounds, besides a great feather 'stuck all over with dia monds, as were also his sw'ord, girdle, hat and spurs. When the difference in the value of money is considered the sums thus ridiculously squand ered in dress must have been prodigious. Whom Will She Marry 1 —Times are changed. In the days of our grandfathers, young men paid incessant court to “the fair,” and their smiles were considered a matter of high compe tition. But when a young lady of the present day enters Jinto life, the opinion expressed is not whom she will take, but whom will she get? It is now understood to be the business of the gentle fair ones to look out for beaux, and by every decent art to make them their own. For this, they are supposed to dress, to acquire ac complishments, and even, save the mark, go to church. The competition is not now among the men for the favor of women, but among women for the favor of men. When a young lady is about to be married to a young man of good income or prospects, her good fortune in securing such a match is loudly spoken of, and she is evidently understood to be the envy of her sex. She becomes for a time a kind of he roine. Now, all this is, we think, much to be lamented. To regard women in such points of view, is degrading both to the object and to the spectator. The natural position of woman with respect to man, as the softener, the cheerer, the refiner of his existence—and her own natural constitution, as weak in frame, but powerful in moral influence—make it appear proper that man should approach her with sentiments of deference and respect. We would even say that that worshipful feeling which inspired knights of old was not quite misplaced; for is there not something worthy of a high and devout admi ration in a being upon whom the Deity has lav ished such grace and witchery, all for the pur pose of gratifying, and at the same time ele vating, man ? This feeling, or something ap proaching to it, is, we should say, the feeling which nature designs civilized men to entertain respecting the gentler sex.—Ex. The Family Table.—When the family meet at the table, there should be free and unrestrained intercourse between its members. Every one should prepare for the table by some simple process of dressing. The hair should be smooth, the hands washed, the general appearance of each individual inviting, and each should try to be as agreeable as possible to every other. It is quite wonderful how a little freshening of the oilet freshens up the soul as well as the face. So far, we ought all to be luxurious. If the mother sees to it that her school-boy sons al ways come to the dinner with clean hands and nails, and that her daughters never dawdle into the room in tawdry finery or soiled wrappers, she will do more than she dreams of in the work I of making them grow into real gentlemen and ladies. The table itself ought to have a festive look. Flowers have a special grace on the ! breakfast board. A dish of fruit nicely arranged pleases the eye as well as the palate at dinner. Clean linen, even though coarse, and whole plates and cups, with bright glass and silver, help appetite along. A few well-cooked dishes, however plain, nicely served, will promote health and happiness better than a great variety ruined in the preparation. HAVE AN AIM. Give me a man with an aim, Whatever that aim may be; Whether it s wealth, or whether it's fame, It matters not to me. Let him walk in the path of right. And keep bia aim in sight. And work and pray in faith always, With hie eye on the glittering height. Give me a man who Bays: I will do • something ’ well, And make the fleeting days A story of labor tell.” Though the aim he has be small, It is better than none at all; With something to do the whole year through He will not stumble or fall. But Satan weaves a euare For the feet of those who stray, With never a thought or a care. Where the path may lead away. The man who haa no aim Not only leaves no name When this life is done, but ten to one, He leaves a record of shame. Give me a man whose heart Is filled with ambition’s fire; Who sets his mark in the start. And keeps moving it higher and higher, Better to die in the strife. The hands with labor rife. Than to glide with the stream in an idle dream, And live a nurooseless life Better to strive and climb And never reach the goal. Than to drift along with time— An aimless, worthless soul. Ay, better to climb and fall. Or sow, though the yield be small, Than to throw away day after day, And never strive at all The term “grass widow,” says the Kinderhook Rough Notes, is said to be a corruption of “grace widow,” the former expression being merely a barbarism. “Grace widow” is the term applied to one who becomes a widow by grace or favor, not of necessity, as by death, and originated in the early ages of European civilization, when divorces were granted but seldom, and wholly by the Cath olic Church. When such a decree was granted to a woman, the Papal receipt stated “ Viduca de gra tia,” which, inrerpreted, is “widow of grace.” In the law of the French it would read, Veuve de grace,” or “grace widow,” ‘‘veuve” being trans lated as “widow.” EDITORIAL MENTION. The Piedmont Hotel, at Gainesville, Ga., has fallen into good hands. Mr. Jno G. Trammell is one of the very best hotel men in the South. We deeply lament the death of our friend and former neighbor, Mrs. B. S. Worrel of Cuthbert, Ga. She was a most estimable lady. Our warmest sympathies are extended to the husband and sons. Thanks, many thanks, to the score of beauti ful girls, pupils of the Wesleyan Female Insti tute at Staunton, Va., who have just subscribed for our Sunny South. May they live long and be happy. Cary Styles is a true fellow and a firm friend. The first election news he sought was from his old home in Southwest Georgia, and when he found it was favorable he headed his news col umn with these words: “ God's Lightning Be gins to Strike!—Dougherty All Right!” Among the amusing incidents which occurred at the election in this city on Tuesday was to see a negro take Hon. B. H. Hill by the arm and lead him up to the polls and insist upon his voting a DumocrAtic ticket. He said he was tired of voting negroes, and was then voting white men. The crowd enjoyed it immensely, and so did the darkey. The Daily Arkansas Gazette.—We are pleased to make special mention of this old reliable Ark ansas paper which is now in its fifty-seventh year. It is one of the oldest institutions of that gallant state and every one wishing to keep pace with Western news and the rapid progiess of Arkansas will take the Gazette. It is published at the capital of the state, at $8 a year for the daily, and $2 for the weekly. The “Rossini Club’’will give the opera of the “ Bohemian Girl,” at DeGive’s about Novem ber 14. Associate members who have not re ceived their tickets can obtain them from the Secretary. Persons desiring to witness this opera and enjoy the other privileges of the Club, will please send their names to any of the following named Directors: J. F. Bnrke, Dr. R. D. Spald ing, W. H. Tuller, W. C. Morrill, Judge C. Pee ples, R. J. Lowry, J. L. Robertson, John H. Fitten, D. G. Jones. The Last Roses of Slimmer.—Imagine our pleasant surprise, Tuesday last, on opening a neat paper package, to find it a beautiful bou quet of vari-colored roses, from the large and flourishing nursery of M. Cole & Co., near this city. Roses in November ! What a God-favored people we are ! No climate on earth surpasses that of Middle Georgia. Messrs. Cole & Go. have made a grand success. Their nursery is a thing of beauty, and we hope it may be “a joy forever. ” Paul Pry, of Savannah, asks “ What has be- come’of R. M. O. ?” We referlhim to the columns of this paper, in which R. M. O. has each week sparkling thoughts upon all sorts and kinds of subjects. His mind is too active to be idle, and we are delighted at having his brilliant thoughts in these columns. He recently delivered to a select andience in this city an intensely inter esting free lecture, for his own amusement, on “Brains vs. Blood.” The Atlanta Surgical Institute.—The energy and ability which characterizes the management of this institution are sure guarantees of its per manent usefulness. They have recently been sending out 150,000 circulars for the informa tion of the afflicted, and thousands are looking to it as their only hope for permanent relief from the shackles of disease and the tortures of deformed and crippled limbs. Their advertise ment occupies two conspicuous pages of Mr. Jenkins’ Georgia Enterprise. _ Rev. A. L. Hamilton, D. D.—The Staunton, Ya., Spectator thus speak of our Hamilton. “This distinguished gentleman filled the Southern Methodist pulpit on last Sunday, morning and night. Both his sermons were in tensely interesting and impressive. He is a very rapid and beautiful speaker, his style of oratory resembling very much that of Dr. Leo Rosser. l! Dr. Hamilton is a native of Rockbridge county, and is a graduate of Washington Col lege. He is a gentleman of vigorous mind, and possesses rare literary attainment. He is at present an associate editor of the “Sunny South,” the only illustrated literary paper pub lished in the South. He is travelling in the interest of that paper. He left here on yester day evening for Harrisonburg, Winchester, Harper’s Ferry, HagerstowD, Frederick city, Baltimore, Washington, Alexandria, etc. We j heartily commend him and his enterprise to the citizens of those places, as worthy of their most j earnest and hearty support.” The Sandersville (Ga.) Fair.—The County Fair of Washington came off last week, and we learn it was a grand success in every particular, and especially so in a financial point. All de partments of farm and domestic interests were well represented and the crowd was very large. We had the pleasure of seeing beforehand, in this city, a beautiful display of articles prepared for exhibition at this fair by one of Washington county’s former lady citizens, 1 “but who is now one of the most charming little Indies of onr Atlanta society. Among the articles were richly embroidered underskirts, pillow shams, crochet saeques, fascinators, worsted tidies, pin-balls, toilet set, jewel stand, and a beautiful appliqued Cashmere wrapper. These and many others were the work of her own hands, aided alone, perhaps, by her devoted mother; and we endeav ored beforehand to purchase an interest in the budget of premiums which we knew she was bound to secure. This marvel of domestic in dustry and home accomplishments is Mrs. How ell Jackson, the daughter of our worthy and popular State Treasurer, Col. J. W. Renfroe. We are gratified to know that Washington and Lee University at Lexington, Ya., is just now receiving a good share of substantial attention from Northern capitalists. Surely this speaks well for those estimable g ntlemen. This insti tution having been endowed by, and named in honor of George Washington, nearly one hun dred years ago, and more recently presided over by, and named in honor of Robert E. Lee, the greatest military chieftain of bis age, justly de serves the respect of the whole country, and ought to be permanently endowed by the Amer ican people. Its location for good health and beauty of landscape cannot be surpassed on this continent. It is a thoroughly non-sectarian institution. Mr. James G. Thrower.—The following de served compliment to onr friend and brother Thrower, we take from the Newnan Herald. Mr. Thrower deserves every word that has been said of him, and we fully endorse it.’ “From a letter from the Grand Lodge of Good Templars which met at West Point, it will be seen that the above named gentleman has been again selected by the temperance people of Georgia as their chief. This is the third time that this distinguished honor has been tendered him by his friends of the order, and it is a just compliment to him and a simple reward of true merit. Mr. Thrower has perhaps done more for the cause in Georgia than any living man. “ His indomitable will, unflagging zeal, and untiring energy, coupled with the great affec tion he displays for the high principles of his order, never, it seems, allow him to cease his earnest and honest battle for truth and the ul timate success of temperance. “Mr. Thrower may well feel proud of this dis tinguished mark of the favor of his co-laborers, for it is indeed no mean honor. “He was elected by the representatives of nearly forty thousand peo le of Georgia, who are all enlisted as we hope heartand soul, under the same great white banner of temperance. “Under his guidance the organization can not fail of success.” Mr. S. T. Jenkins and his <f Georgia Enter prise.—We take great pleasure in calling at tention to the handsome and most worthy pub lication which this most worthy gentleman is sending out gratuitously through the States. It is designed to draw special attention to fruit raising, horticulture and other home interests in Georgia, and to set forth the special adapta-- bility of the soil and clime of South Western Georgia to the growing of peaches, apples and the scuppernong grape. Mr. JenkiDs has been eminently successful in the limited efforts he has made in this direction and is so throughly convinced of the extraordi nary inducements which this section of the state holds out in those particulars that he has determined to let the world know it and hence sends out an attractive paper on the subject, with the title of The Georgia Enterprise. What he says is worthy of the special consideration of the public, and particularly of capitalists; and we may add from personal knowledge that any statement from Mr. Jenkins may be implicitly believed. His reputation for candor and hon esty is so well established in Georgia that what ever he may say carries with it the stamp of truth. In South West Georgia and in this city, where he is best known, no man stands higher. It is a matter of record and worthy of public men tion that when in a time of great financial pres sure he was forced to suspend business, his cre ditors proposed and insisted upon taking fifty cents in the dollar for his paper, but he declined and paid dollar for dollar. We take much pleasure in thus making spe cial mention of Mr. Jenkins, and trust his land- able efforts in directing attention to the special attractions of South West Georgia will prove abundantly successful. Dr. M. F. Stephenson, well known through upper Georgia and among the reading people of the country for his learning, walked a few days since from his home in Gainesville to Cumming one day and back the next, a distance of some thirty odd miles, if we mistake not. The Dr. is seventy-five years of age, and says he would not give a cent for a horse to ride any distance under fifty miles. He is a man of rare peculi arities. and it is exceedingly interesting to hear him talk. His fund of knowledge, theological, geological, ichthiological and ornithological is inexhaustible, and his familiarity with the to pography of upper Georgia is wonderful. For the benefit of mankind he has recently located the seat of the sold, and we have read portions of his little volume with much interest. When we last saw him he was just about to startle the world with the discovery of exhaustless dia mond fields near Gainesville, Georgia. He has already picked up some which rivaled even the Kohinoor in size and value. He once picked up a nugget of gold near Dahlonega which weighed twenty-eight pounds, and he is now constantly expecting to find one weighing one hundred pounds or more. He does not care for small particles, nor does he ever speak of small amounts. He is a remarkable man, and pos sesses a noble and genorous soul. We like the Doctor, and trust he may soon open up his dia mond diggings and send us a rich specimen. Apropos of the announcement that a sword, studded with jewels, and valued at $1,500, has been presented to General Bntler by the colored people of Virginia, the Chicago Tribune suggests that the list of the General’s victories be en graved on the point of the weapon. A wedding occurred a few days ago at Corinth, Miss., in which the groom was a German Cath olic, the bride an American Presbyterian, the attendant a Baptist, the clergyman an Episcopa lian, and the ceremony was performed in the Methodist church, before a mixed assembly. The Vermont legislature has attacked the question of salaries, and has cut the State treas urer’s salary 25 per cent, (or to SI, 800 without clerk hire), and there is said to be every pros pect that the movement will be uncomfortably inclusive of all State officers. In the general sitting-room of the empress of Russia her majesty’s seat is on a raised platform separated by a railing from the rest of the room which has tables and chairs for a large number of ladies in waiting. The walls are covered with crimson dama-k, brightened by beautiful pictures. The most noticeable pieces of furniture, however, are tall folding screens of exquisite workmanship in colored glass, upon which are miniature scenes l< of royal history. <V/ HETINCT PRINT