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, . T- . ■ ■ • THE AMERICAN UNION. I "12 00 A YEAR. GENERAL MISCELLANY. Elijah Come to Judgment. "■The happy land of Canun," in Geor gia, The Influx of The “Disciples ■of Revelation''’ into Columbia Coun ty. Few of the people of Georgia are a ware that among the many new sects of religionists, which, within the last half century, have sprung up in the Northern States, so fertile in fanati cism, one of recent origin has fixed unon ColsmbiacQunJwas the?locality in wMchms hosts are to be gathered “in these latter days.” From a private letter received from a gentleman formerly resident in At lanta, and well known here, who is now sojourning near Berzelia,' we learn that the followers of one Mr. Curry, who is designated by them as “Elijah” are actually making li settle ment about four miles below Liberty Point, on the old Columbia road to Augusta, and about fourteen miles from that city. They designate their new home as the “Happy ■ Land of Canan.” They have purchased a small tract of land, including residence, quarters and out buildings, known as the Starnes place, recently occupied by a North ern man named Starnes, who came there since the war, carpetbag in hand. The old residence, quarters, barns, gin -house, etc., have been ren ovated and fitted up, and are now oc cupied by the faithful followers of the modern Elijah. Stove pipes protrude through all the roofs, and every where around are the indications of prepa rations for a dense population. The land is poor, with but little fencing, and uncultivated. But wq, will let our correspondent speak for himself: “Upon drawing up in front of the main building, my attention was first attracted by a number of ladies en gaged in a game of croquet. They all, or nearly all, had the peculiar look and dialect of regular “down easters.” A number of mechanics were engaged on the frame-work of a large church. These, too, had the peculiar stamp of Puritanism upon their "features. Several were observ ed who seemed to be foreigners. To one of these—a Scotcli-Irish carpen ter—l addressed myself, and after a few remarks upon general topics, put to him several direct questions, to which his replies were evasive and shrewd. Convinced that he was not the man from whom to obtain much definite information', I turned elsewhere in my search. At this juncture, several “schoolmarms” approached but after one or two r'emarUs they retired. The next individual I met, was a tall man. I think he was a western man, and from his manner and bearing, I sup pose he hauibeen a teacher, I asked, “is ,thi« Mr. Cun-ay?” (Mr, Curray is thf “Elijah” of these people.) My in quiry seemed to please him, but he informed me that Mr. Curray was ab sent.” “How many of your people are here at present?” 1 asked* “From sixty to one hundred. We are only preparing for those who are to come.” . : l 'Hoiy many are to come T “One hundred and forty-four, thou sand—perhaps many more. That number must come in order that God’s revelation (to Mr. Curray, alias ‘Eli jah,’) may be fulfilled.” “Having stated to him that I had called to get*some definite informa tion concerning the ‘Disciples of the New Revelation,’ he gave me the .fol lowing accounts, which I give *as nearly as I can remember, in his own words,” ‘■•■We are,” said he, “God’s people.— We are the faithful of the remnant of the ten lost tribes of Israel, and are the only true Jews. If youare not an Infidel or an Atheist I can prove it.” Here he attempted to elucidate many obscure passages in Biblical History, and to prove that “Elijah’s (Mr. Cur ry’s] revelation ia the only true one since Christ ascended into Heaven, and that “Elijah” is the only real and true vice-Jerent of Christ on earth,— As such he is infallible in all things. The new revelation was made to “Eli jah” eight years ago, since which time theil have been steadily making con verts. According to their belief, “punish ment for sins may consist in burning up as a tree,” but there is no endless punishment, no hell. Os those that nave died only be faithful can be res urrected to inherit eternal life. The others die like brutes and have no fu ture existence or punishment. The faithful who yet live, will suffer nei ther physical nor spiritual death. “Heaven is to be located on this earth. There is to be no resurrection of those who die hereafter. All human gov ernments are now undergoing gradual disintegration and. will finally be des troyed-” “When the great fight which is prophesied, does come, the chosen will destroy their enemies with spir itual weapons.” Their government is a religious monarchy. “Elijah” has absolute control over every thing pertaining to the faithful. Every thing is owned in common, but he controls. They do not expect to farm much, but will spend nearly all their time building churches. As to food, they are at ease upon that score. If they need it, manna will be rained down from heaven.” “Though earth is their home, they mean by ‘manna being 'rained down from heaven,’ that Hod will sustain them when in need. He fed the other “Elijah.” “In reply to the suggestion that ravens are rather scarce in that part of their heaven now known as Geor gia, and that the surrounding coun try would hardly sustain the inhabi tants of such a city as they design building, I was informed that “hav ing no faith,” I cannot comprehend God’s watchful care for his chosen people.” “They profess not to take an inter est in politics, and in regard to social relations, their professed maxim is that “no ope shall meddle with an other’s business. ” In answer to the question, “Do you believe in a plurality of wives f* the “ iOitl) iitaltce ioujari* None, nritt) .Ctjaritu for 2UI; but witi) JFtrmncss for tlje Higfjt, as oob gines 110 to stt tlje ftigljt.”-- -Lurcour. - party interviewed reiterated the a bove maxim. Finding that I had touched a tender point, and was not likely to obtain any further informa tion, 1 left. I will add that they ob serve Saturday as their. Sabbath.” “The people in the neighborhood are divided in opinion as to whether the coming of these ‘Disciples of the New Revelation’ among them will prove beneficial or otherwise. They have already spent a considerable amount of money, and if the abandon them, the buildings will be useful for some purpose or other. Such a re sult is confidently expected, as the un relenting logic of events must, sooner or later, demonstrate the alsurdity of their fanaticism delusion.”— Atlanta t&un' The Ancient Ophir —ls it identical with the African Diamond Fields ! Dr. Petermann, the geographer, in a letter to the Oststee Zeitung, ex presses himself satisfied by the latest report of the German explorer, Herr Carr Mauch, that the diamond fields in East Africa are identical with the Ophir of the Bible, from which King Solomon is said to have conveyed gold and ivory and precious stones to Jerusalem for the construction'of the temple. The whereabouts of the an cient Ophir has long been a disputed point. The Portugese taking posses sion of Sofala, invested that colony with the Biblical character. Legends were affirmed to be current among the natives that the rich gold mines and the buildings of which ruins were still visible, owed their origin to the Queen of Sheba, and Lopez even asserted the existence of ancient douements proving the removal in an cient times of gold and precious stones to Jerusalem. These asser tions cannot, however, in Herr Peter rnann’s opinion, stand beside the dis coveries made in our new colonies by Britton and Mauch Merensky and Grutner Zimbabye is the place. Its neighborhood is rich in alluvial gold, precious stones, and diamonds. It possesses ruins of extensive piles of' buildings, i.lie structure of which show3 them to be of unquestionable and remote antiquity. Ornaments and instruments are still found that could not possibly have been left there by Phoenicians, Three days’ journey from Zimbabye, similar ruins have been found, .and the surround ing country is rich in all that favors agriculture. The present inhabi tants have been in possession only about forty years, and they regard the ruins and riches with a kind of awe, due to tradition, which invests them with a sacred character. The geography of the place tallies admir ably with the indications given in the Bible, Phoenicians vessels would naturally sail al<t>ng the (eastern Afri can coast for the Red sea, and pro ceeding by this route they tvould be about three years coming and going, as stated in the Bible. Herr ivi . r maun concludes with a cut at the “practical sense” of the English, who “with the most native coolness” have annexed the valuable territory. But, on the other hand, Dr. Peter mann’s theory is flatly contradicted by Herr Kiepert, a no less competent authority on geographical questions, who protests against she revival of a controversy which has by common consent long been regarded, as closed, for the “land of Ophir” has, in his opinion, conclusively been proved to be situated in India. The words used in the Old. Testament to denote the various articles carried thence to Jerusalem viz : gold, ivory, pea- monkeys, etc. —are indisputa bly of Sanskrit origin, and the name Abhira has been accepted as corre sponding eyen etymological to the “Ophir” of the Jews. The distance tallies perfectly with that indicated in the Bible, and moreover, it is a rec ognized fact that Phoenicians traded largely with India, whereas their commerce with the African coast, de spite Herr Petermann’s ingenious surmises, must he admitted to rest wholly on hypothesis. The anoient ruins found atZimbabye and in its vi cinty are no proof at all, for where, asks Herr Keipert, have similar ruins been found owing their origin to the Phoenicians who did (not care about raising costly, edifices, which they probably considered useless waste. — What Phoenician ruins there are, are in a different style from what Herr Mauch describes as being at Zimbabye. In conclusion,|Herr Kiepert condemns the evidence of traditions about the Queen of Sheba as altogether too flimsy to be accepted as conclusive ; there would not be a city in the whole east which might not claim to be “Ophir” for the mystical and mythi cal records of that wealthy queen are as widely spread as those of lskender Dhulkarnein (Alexander the Great) or those of Semiranamis. Dentil of the Author of “Beautiful Snow.” A few years ago there appeared in an American paper published in oneof the Western states, an exquisite poem entltledJ“Beautiful Snow.” The beau ty of the composition secured its re publication in numerous journals, and at length found its Way to Eng land, accompanied by the tale that the original had been discovered up on the person of a young woman who was frozen to death in the streets of St. Louis. For a long time the author preserved his “incognito” while num erous claimants sought to establish their rights to its authorship and the honors appertaining thereto. Sdme one who knew the true history of the poem, knew also the cause of its reti cence in giving its name to the world. Some months since the secret was re vealed, and Sigourney, nephew of the celebrated poetess of that name,- be came known as the writer. Harper’s Magazine published a companion po em entitled “Beautiful Child,” which is marked by all the elegance of dic tion and deep religious feeling- char acteristic of its predecessor. Who could have thought that in a few weeks its gifted author would fill a suicide’s grave ? Yet such is the case. On the night of April 22d, W. A. H. Sigourney was found dead in the out skirts of sfew York, under circumstan ces leading to the belief that he had shot himself. He had in garly life married a Miss———, a lady of great personal attractions, and with her made a voyage to Europe. During MACON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1*872. their absence rumors unfavorable to her character Reached the Sigourney family. The reports seemed to have been well founded for shortly after her return to New York she showed that the curse of the nineteenth cen tury—the demon drink—had added another name to the list of its Vic time. She abandoned her husband, became an outcast, and was next heard of as an inmate of the peniten tiary on Blackwell’s Island. Her hus band’s love was still sufficiently strong to induce him to make an effort to save her, and through his influence she was released, only again to desert her home. In the winter of 1863 the papers spoke of a young and beautiful wo- Tman having .-Lean found.dead under the snow in a disreputable street of New York. Something seemed to tell Sigourney that the body was that of his wife. Upon making inquiries he found his surhxises were but too true, and after claiming the remains he had them interred in that “silent city” which overlooks the busy har bor of New York. The story of that erring wife was told in the touching language of “Beautiful Snow.” What wonder that he shunned the publici ty that its authorship would have conferred! Henry J. Raymond, the editor of the New York Times, was for years the friend of Major Sigour ney, and obtained for him employ ment as a journalist which failing health compelled him to abandon.— Circumstances connected with his death remain a mystery. Not even his child, for whom he always dis played the tenderest affection, can throw any light upon it. The last ef fort of his genius is ■'displayed in the poem already referred to. BEUTIFUIi CHILD. Beautiful child, by thy mother,s knee, In the mystic future, what wilt thou be ? A demon of sin or an angel sublime— A poison Upas or innocent thyme— A spirit of evil flashing down, With the lurid light of a fiery crown— ■ Or gliding up with a shining track. - Like the m'orning star that ne’er looks back. Daintiest dreamer that ever smiled, Which wilt thou be, my beautiful child ? Beautiful child, In my garden bowers, Friend of the butterfly, birds and flowers— Pure as the sparkling, chrystalline stream, Jewels of truth thy fairy eyes beam. Was there ever a whiter soul than thine Worshipped by love in a mortal shrine? My heart thou hast gladdened for two long years, With rainbow of hope thro’ mists of tears Mists beyond which the sunny smile With its halo of glory beams all the while. Beautiful child, to thy look Is given A gleam serene, not of earth but heaven: With thy tell-tale eyes and prattling tongue Would thou could’st ever thus be voting— Like the liquid strains of the mocking bird From stair to hall thy voice is heard. How often in the garden nooks thou’rt found, With flowers thy curly head around, And kneeling beside me with figure so quaint, Oh! who would not dote on my Inflint saint? \ > Beautiful child, wbtrt thy fate shall be.' Perchance Is wisely hidden from me; > ■**' A fallen star thou may’st leave my side Ami sorrow and shame hncome th/ bride; Shivering, quivering thr-V the cold street, With a (iurse behind and before thy feet, Ashamed to live arfd afraid to die— Jio home, no friend, and a pitiless sky. Merciful Father—my brain goes wild— Oh ! keep from evil my beautiful child I Beautiful child, may.st thou soar above; A warblingcherub of joy and love; A drop on eternity’s sea; • A blossom on life's immortal tree— Floating, flowing evermore, In the blessed light of the golden shore, And as I gaze on thy sinless bloom And thy radiant face they dispel my gloom, I feel He will keep thee undeflled, And his love protect my beautiful child. Egyptian Relics. Perphaps in no antiquarian re search is the enlightened student more deeply interested than in that connected with. Egypt. It is well at tested that Egyptian skill in art and science preceded that of Greece, and that the world admired excellence of Hellenic civilization caught its first impetus from religously benighted Egypt; sunk in the depths of pagan ism. it is true T but still so. skilled in worldly wisdom as to investigate the stars and fathom mysteries only open to laborious and continued effort. But there lay this prolific land, three thousand years ago, watered as it is to-day by the rich Nile on whose banks lotus flowers bloomed and whis pering reeds waved thick; from whose redundant waters, when refluent, where left a soil so affluent, that cu cumbers and melons, with every veg etable delicacy, ripened as if by magic. No wonder that in a thirsty and barren desert the children of Israel turned with vain yearnings to the flesh pots of this country, distinguish ed as it was for sensual enjoyment and national power. We can scarcely speak with certainty when referring to any realm so long wrapped in mists of decadence and overrun by conquerors as Egypt is at present; nevertheless she is great in her old renown, and there come revelations from her towering and time defying monuments, which speak not only of departed glory, but cast some light on a forgotten civilization and arts which are lost. It is a popular error to believe that the crocodile was an object of univer sal homage in Egypt; that it was in some sections of that country, and also in Thebes, we are informed by historians, who assure us that the monster was by them kept sacred, being kept and fed by them with ser-. upulous care. This singular object of adoration was decked with brace lets of precious stones cast about its' feet,and from its threatening head de pended ear-rings of great value. We are told that “this formidable denizen of old Nile grew tame in the hands of its worshippers, and that, after death, it was embalmed sumptuously.” ... “At a place now known as Moab deh, oppoSite the town of Maulfaloot, are extensive grottoes, cut Into the limestone mountain, where numerous crocodile mummies have been found perfectly preserved.” On the contrary, Egyptians, of other localities, detested this animal, and sought to destroy it by every means in their power. It seems that in glass making, the manufacture of linen, in dyeing, and in rope-making, this an cient people were well skilled. Cam byses, and Ptolemy Lathams aided largely in overthrowing this peculiar and once grand empire. Mathemati cal science dates earliest from Egypt, and the magnificent style of her monuments still defy competition. The mind which loves to pierce • her antiquity, finds in Egyptian records and entaglios ample study, while the E resent aspect of this land, so full of istoric Interest, biblical as well as profanejaffords a wide and exhaust less fieldjof investigation. The insta bility of empire, the rise and fall of arts and science, are grimly shadow ed from i he gigantic pyramid no less than froi i the degraded condition of the people, who once taught lona in the glory of learning and whose prin ces reveled in fabulous grandeur. How sternly are we "reminded by its past and Present of tne mutations of time. VesuTios. • ■t that, previ tamous vesu "ruption—Was ing avoleand. lance in that smitted to the tradition of ist ainong the Before the sos the moun y to the sum iwth of vines; ii and Hercu; lly at its feet andthe extinct'crater, partly filled with water, had furnished a refuge for Spartateus atm his rebel i gladiators. A severe earthquake in f>3 had indeed alarmed the pejpple and caused con siderable damage, but none seemed to suspect 'flat the verdant peak which adorcSjl and crowned the matchless laqpscape was ia any man ner connecteaPWith the subterranean convulsion. Bn th«iJ4th ’of August, 76, without a 'fcimirjg of the impen ding danger, threw off her smiling mask and lafeped forth a vol cano of terribl|prjvortions. No lava was ejected ofc nor did the curious suagganee" appear in any eruption untiflJuoC; but Pompeii was buried in loosßashes and Herculane um was envelfltecl in a sliroud of semi liquid mud—OT>th places peing so ut-‘ terly destroyfltethat their sites were unknown ujn®<t)mparatively rpcent times. SinjgraHs memorable inau guration, /V |Mn has been mote or less an&tJhe number of great and small erufjiiAnsJn Which it haft indulged is set-down at 60. In 472 the ashes thrown ffellasfar as Constan tinople, and created much alarm in the Turkish capital! in 1538, thd por tion of the mountain now known as Monte Is uevo was bom—rising in two days to the height* of four hundred and.thirteerfdeefc i&d having a base of eight thousand feat-. In 1634 the small villages lying ni the base were drenched with java aipiboiling water; and in 1779 tho* outbreak continued nearly all the •p”* n ittUf” and summer. Ashes lava, and es were hurled forth in qbflßftpce, and a ;*niall t bit of rtffk ses§|feen feet high and one hundred aflPfflit feet in cir cumference was tWvfflfcfroTn *he bow id energy. In 1794 the larger part of the town of Terre dei Grece was com pletely demolished; And in 1822 the summit of Vesuvius—previously a rugged plain, covered with lava and scoria—was transformed into a tre mendous gulf three miles in circum ference, three-quarters of a mile in diameter, and nearly two thousand feet deep. The volcano at that time lost eight hundred feet in height, but the most of this has been restored by the deposits of subsequent eruptions. The entire circumference at the base is now estimated at thirty miles, and the height four thousand feet. Wliat Some Redding Presents are Worth. A New York correspondent writes thus: It is said of weddings, that an in genious method of making bridal pre sents has been discovered, and one fair bride, at least, has been enligh tened regarding “the tricks and the manners of wedding guests. A newly made wife, having had a multiplicity of costly salvers given her on her wedding day, claimed the privilege usually accorded the recipient-of such favors of exchanging whatever dupli cates she might possess for something of which she stood, in greater need. With this end in view, she repaired to Tiffany’s one day with a duplicate salver and made known her wish to exchange it. WEht was her surprise, however, to see-the shop-man glance suspiciously at artiole and deny that it had ever been purchased at that establishment. “Where did it come from, then ?” the lady somewhat-in'dignantly asked. “Doubtless from some dollar store, madam,” was the candid reply. It was in vain the lady asserted that such could not be the case; in vain that she called the shop man’s at tention to the elegant case bearing Tiffany’s own trade mark. “That makes no difference,madam,” was the reply. “There is a great de mand for our empty-casfes this season, and this is probably the use to which they were put. A salver like that can be purchased for a few dollars on any of the avenues; whereas, were it the genuine article, it would cost a hun red, and - the donor fancies he has all the credit of a bona fide gift, if it is sent in one of our cases.” The bride probably left Tiffany’s a sadder and a wiser woman, and it is equally probable that another “wed ding guest” was shortly made to'‘beat his breast” with mortification and chagrin. A Chinese Theatre. The San Francisco correspondent of the Chicago Times describes a visit to the Chinese theatre: The pit was full, the second tier crammed and every seat in the house occupied. Opposite us sat a dozen or more Chinese women who were cut off from the rest of the audience by a board partition. The orchestra con sisted of one fellow who was smoking a long pipe, and who was sawing fu riously at a sort .of fiddle with one string, of another industrious youth who hammered away with an imm ense pair of cymbals, and a third who let himself out by whanging savage ly at a suspendid gong. There did not seem to be so much music about it as there was noise. It may have been an accompaniment, but I could not perceive it. It drowned the words of the actors, and set my tym pana to shuddering with a mortal terror. A Chinese play is peculiar. It runs for two or three hundred years, and a little of it is given each night.— When one actor dies his place is ta ken by another, and the play goes on. Few Chinamen have ever seen the be ginning and end of the same play. The one I saw had been going on for one hundred and sixty-four years and some months in China, and for elev en years and eight months in this ci ty, and they haven’t got through on ly a part of the second act. The part we saw was peculiar, if nothing else. Ah Young kept up a running interpretation, of which,ow ing to the war of the orchestra, 1 did not hear a single word. The supes stood around among the orchestra with their hats on, and took off or put on the furniture as was necessary. The actors all cannxJn ; at a ffoor to the right of the “music,” and went out through a door at the left. There was no dropping of curtains, no shift ing of scenes. A couple or three actors would come in, jabber a mo ment, and then pass out. Life in Switzerland. Appenzell, a Swiss province, is quite as laemocratic in military as in civil matters. Every man is a soldier and spends a certain time in inartsH training, after which he is dismissed amqng the reserves, to be called on in case of need. The officers are taken from all grades of society,' according to their military capacity. A once doughty general was transmogrified into a locksmith/; and at one of their balls the musicians were a captain who had hastily laid aside his uni form arid taken up the fiddle, and a young peasant, who, formerly an of fice* then daily dragged his milk to town in a cart. There is not a lawyer or a code in Appenzell! -* The judges are chosen from the- people, and they render their decision after personal investi gation and as far as possible in ac cordance with previous verdicts in like cases. The highest judicial au thority for punishing grave offences rests in the Grand Council. The place for capital execution is just outside the town, where stands, on a low mound, an old gallows now in the last stages of decay; for there has not been a capital crime commit ted during many years. The prison is in the garret of the Court-house, and is a frightful relic of the barbarism of the middle ages, It is gloomy hole with eight cells or cages, each provided with a single window a foot long and a few inches wide. A miserable hunk with a little straw is the sole accommodation af forded in these miserable dens. They are now -seldom entered, save by cu riosity hunters, The last victim, who was condemned to linger for months in this inquisition, was one of the Presidents of the latter part of the last century. He was eoyivieted, through] oY high- % e;l.-on T and finallv, after having been put through all the tortures of the wheel and chair, was beheaded. The Heart. The effect of everything that touch es the heart is multiplied by the in tensity of the heart’s own changes. Hence it is that it is so sensitive, so true an index of the body’s state. Hence, also, it is that it never wearies. Let me remind you of the work done by our hearts in a day. A man’s total outward work, his whole effect upon the world in twenty-four hours, has been reckoned about 350 foot-tons. That may be taken as a good “hard • v’s work.” During the same time v! * .->art has b&en working at the rate of 120 foot-tons. That is to say, if all the pulses of a day and night could be concentrated and welded into one great throb, thatthrob would be enough t» raise a ton of iron 120 feet into the air. And yet the heart is never weary. Many of us are tired after but feeble labors; few of us can hold a poker out at arm’s length with out, after a few minutes, dropping it. But a healthy heart, and many an un sound heart, too—though sometimes you can tell in the evening, by its stroke, that it has been thrown off its balance by the’turmoils and worries of life—goes on beating through the night when we are asleep, and when we wake in the morning we find it at work, fresh as if it had only just be gun to beat. It does this because upon each stroke of work there fol lows a period, a brief but real period of rest, because the next stroke which comes is but the natural suspense of that rest, and made to match it; be cause, in fact, each beat is, in force, in scope, in character, in everything, the simple expression of the heart’s own energy and state. Franklin and liis Paper. Soon after his establishment in Philadelphia, Franklin was offered a piece for publication in liis newspa per. Being very busy, be begged the gentleman would leave it for consid eration. The next day the author called, and asked his opinion of it. “Why sir,” replied Franklin, “I am sorry to say I think it highly scurril ous, defamatory. But being at a loss, on account of my poverty, whether to reject it or not, thought I would put it.to this issue. At night, when my work was done, I bought a two penny loaf, on which I supped heart ily, and then wrapping myself in my great coat, slept soundly on the floor till morning, when another loaf and a mug of water afforded a pleasant breakfast. How, Sir, since I can live very comfortably in this manner, why should I prostitute my press to personal hatred or party passion for a more luxurious living ?” One cannot read this anecdote of our American sage without thinking of Socrates’ reply to King Archelaus, who had pressed him to give up preaching in the dirty streets of Athens, and come and live with him in his splendid courts. “Meal, please your majesty, is a half-penny a peck at Athens, and wa ter I get for nothing.” Edgar A. Poe’s Death. The story told of Poe’s death has never been oorrectly.told. . It is this : In the summer of 1849, he left New York for Virginia. In Richmond, he met Miss Elmira' Shelton, whom he had known in his youth, renewed the acquaintance, and in a few weeks they were engaged to beloarried. Me wroth to, bis friends in the North that he wcfUld spend the remainder of his life in Virginia, where the happiest days of his youth had been spent. Early in October, *he set out from Richmond, to fulfill a literary engage ment in New York, and t or prepare for his marriage, which was to take place on the 17th of the month. Arriving in Baltimore, he found that he had passed the Philadelphia train, which he expected to take, and would have to wait two or three hours for the next train. He went into a res taurant, near the depot to get some refreshments. There he met some of his old West - Point friends, who invited him to a ehampagne sup per that night. At fixst he refused to drink, but at last he was induced to take a glass of champagne. That set him off, and in a few .hours he was haadly-drunk. In this state he wandered off from his friends, was robbed and beaten by ruffians and left insensible in the street all night. The next morning he was picked up and taken to the Maryland Hospital. He was delirious with brain fever. He was well cared for by the physicians of the hospital, but he was beyond the skill of the doctors. He lingered two' or three days and died on Sunday, October" 7, 1849, in the thirty-eighth year of his age. . Treatment of the Tea Crop in China. The peasantry collect the leaf, each family its own parcel, sun-drv it be fore the doors of their cabins, and convey it to some pack-house in the district, loosely packed in cotton bags. In every district are many pack-houses, owned br rented by na tive tea-dealers from the ports, and the peasant has the advantage of competition. He sells, of course where he gets most, and is not wanting in cleverness at a bargain. 'The tea-deal er empties the bags into great heaps, from which the leaf goes through the process of firing in cast-iron, bowls, uiadejor the purpose. He then sorts into qualities, packs in the usual lead ed chests, and sends to a treaty port to he sold in open market. All these processes go on in the most open manner and in the face of the keen est competition ' from first to last.— Everybody knows where the best tea is picked, and runners daily convey to the ports the news of the price per picul which Is being,paid' for the sun dried leaf and, at the outside of the season, when only the finest teas are made, this news is a matter of the liveliest interest alike to Chinese and foreign dealers. The fines! tea, com posed of the tender, building leaf, is necessarily limited in quantity as the leaves are very small, and only a, small proportion can be picked without in juring tiie plant. When the crops of such tea reach the treaty ports they are again the object of active compe tition, this time to Each foreign house has i*s friends among the dealer*, and Pkerte all Its Influ ence to secure these so-called fancy chops. The finest cogous and sou chongs go to Russia and England.— The finest oolongs and greens go to England and the United States. About Quicksilver. One of the most curious properties of quicksilver is its capability of dis solving or forming amalgams with other metals. A sheet of gold foil dropped into quicksilver disappers al most as. quickly as a snowflake when it falls into water. It has the power of separating or of readily dissolving those refractory metals which are not acted upon by our most powerful acids.. The gold and silver miners pour it into their machines holding the powdered gold-bearing quartz,and although no human eye can detect a trace of the precious substances, so fine are the particles, yet the liquid metal will hunt it out, and incorpo rate it into its mass. By subsequent distillatioji it yields it into the hands of the minors, in a state of virgin purity. Several years ago, while lec turing before a class of ladies upon chemistry, we had occasion to purify some quicksilver by forcing it through chamois leather. The scrap re mained upon the table after the lec ture, and an old lady, thinking it would be very nice to wrap her gold spectacles in, accordingly appropria ted it to this purpose.’ The next morning she came to ns in great alarm, stating that the gold had mys teriously disappeared, and nothing was left in the parcel but the ghisses. Sure enough, the metal remaining in the pores of the leather had amalga mated with the gold, and • entirely destroyed the spectacles. It was a mystery, however, which we could never explain to her satisfaction.— Fireside Science. Ten Million* of Fighting Men. All the principal countries of Eu rope, except Austria, are reorganizing their army system. Germany is a bout to increase her available military force by 400,000 men, and Russia, whose army, including irrregulars, has hitherto numbered 1,300,000 men on war footing, expects, under the new system, to have a force of 2,992,809 men at her disposal, riot reckoning the local troops and the militia. The new military organization of France is not decided upon, but it is believed that its result will be to increase her army to 1,400,000. Italy, whose war establishment hitherto amounted to 510,530 men, including reserves, pro poses by the plan of reorganization which has been adopted by her gov ernment, to raise a force of from 750,- 000 to 800,000 men. The Turkish army, when on a war footing, has hitherto consisted of 270,000 men, in clusive of the nazams, or militia. It is to be increased to 500,000 men. Fi nally, the military force of England at home is to be raised under Mr. Cardwell’s scheme to about 300,000 men. When all these plans are car ried out the total war establishment of the armies of Europe will be in creased from 6,166,000 men to about 10,000,000. It is to be understood that this number of men is not to be actu ally withdrawn from peaceful pursuits at one time. The plans, proceeding more or less upon the Prussian idea, are to secure a military training to a large part of the male population which may be promptly drawn upon in case of war. Cultivate Approhativeness inClilldreu. Persons say, “Do not praise a child befoie his face.” Isay, do praise a child before his face. It is the beat NUMBER 1320. thing that you can do for him; but do not praise him because his hair curls, nor because he has some bright buttons on his new-made pantaloons. Do not praise him for things that are indifferent or insignificant; but if he is approbative, and he tells the truth when he is strongly tempted to tell a » lie, then praise him, and let his ap probativeness become the guardian of his conscience in the matter of truth-telling. If a child is generous and brave, periling his own life or his own conscience (which is a great deal harder) for some other person; if he does anything that is honorable or noble, praise him. Praise him for the upper qualities; and teach him to dis criminate between that which belong* to him as an animal, and that whiri* belongs to him as a nascent 'manT Then virtue will work in the right direction, and there can scarsely be tqo much of it. It may be in dispio portion, but the disproportion wifi be working in the right direction. To Young Men. Young man save that penny—pick up that pin—let that account be cor rect to a farthing—find out what that bit of ribbon cost before you say you will take it—pay that half dime your friend handed you to make change with, —in a word, be accurate, know what you are doing, be honest and then be generous, for all you have or require thus belongs to you by every rule of right and you may put it to any good use you please. It is not parsimony to be economical. It is not miserly to save a pin from loss. It is not selfish to be correct in your dealings. It is not small to know the price of articles you are about to pur chase, or to remember that little Jebt you owe. What if you do meet Bill Pride decked out in a much better suit than yours, the price of which he has not learned from the tailor, who-laughs at your faded dress, and old fashioned notions of honesty and right, your day will come. Franklin from a penny-saving boy, walking in the streets with a loaf of bread under his arm, becaine the companion of Kings. Table Conversation. A great deal of character is impart ed and received at the table. Par ents too often forget this; and, there fore, instead of swallowing your food in sullen silence, instead of brooding over your business, instead of severe ly talking about others, let the con versation at the table be genial, kind, sociable and cheering. Do not bring disagreeable things to tße table in your conversation any more than in dishes. For this reason, too, the more good company you have at your table, the better for your Every* Conversation with yq.ur copi- Sanv n+ voußfetahle ip le 'family. Tlence the intelligence and refinement and the appropriate behavior of a family* which is given to hospitality. Never feel that intel ligent visitors can be anything but a blessing to yon and yours. How few have fully gotten hold of the fact that company and conversation are no small part of education. The Chinese Carte de Yislte. This is indeed a curiosity. It con sists of a huge sheet of bright scarlet Eaper, with the owner’s name inscri ed in large letters—the bigger the more exaulslte. For extra grand oc casions tnis card is folded ten times, the name is written in the right-hand lower corner, with a humiliating pre fix like “your very stupid brother,” “your unworthy friend who bows his head and pays his respects,” etc., the words “your stupid” taking the place of our “yours respectfully.” It Is eti quette to'return these cards to the visitors, it being presumable that their expense is too great for general distribution. Novel Beading. The habit of novel reading is much like the habit of eating sweet-meats or drinking strong drinks, or any oth er dissipation, and therefore the worst kind. The reader of fiction and the light trashy literature of the day, ex hibits one phase of a life.of pleasure. His reading is an infatuation, and is pursued only for pleasure. . It brings him no peace, is productive of no vir tue, abounds in no excellences, is ckttjj void of wisdom, has little comn*<??Jt sense, and is as useless as it is dissfnfl ting. Slidtii Use -is a shallow pqwt9| small circumference, with a sdttOEJgj shore and slimy bottom. Keep clear of novels made for the market. They aim at no good and produce none. Keep them out of the family, out of the library, out of the mind. 83?” A beautiful young lady who had allowed the ; *ehdt4ls of her hear! to twine a strapping great conduetpr horse car, had her affectionata jluture crushed by the discovery thathe was taking fare from her, and dead-heading another girl who lived on the same street. — She did not eat pickles and pine away, but wrote him an affectionate epistle which read: “You want to nok down enuff stamps to get me a paisler shwal & a dolley vardin before Sunday or . will put an awning over that girl's eye the next time i meet her in socie ty, Too heer me." Colclough, Harkins & Glover, Wholesale Dealers and Jobbers in FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY 600DS! BOOTS & SHOES. Hats, Clothing, Notions, Carpets, &.C., «& C.J, JTo. 9 <£ 11 BROAD STREET, ROACIIi G A. apr&’Sm