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.)cii:ed btebt rmtoAT aounxa t " IXl'TJX 7VV. BROWN rcrttfi and pEOPRiEToa. ttitut-TVO B0LLAR5 Jor year, in advance Omci:-'firr Building, opposite th ourt mtmv : 0h-; c?;'i J Vol. 2. XENIA, FRDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1865. No, 14. I .TEH1IS OP -Aju VHItTISINXS : On square one insertion, r , . m. w la . uonth One-fourth eoluoin one year -t2 Oi . fld . $40 oe u Ik I'll' to no 100 OA Dm satire to consist ,ofjea Viar das? .bji. on ivpe. T'AdTWfiJWrfijtS dT'l WUHUir.iiaractar', o-uilbe paia tor in advance. Noticet ef Marriages and Deaths, free. Notice? in the i:al DcDarfment ten cent tier line. BuiiDess Curds, 'five dollars per year. PROFESSIONAL. ' . r (I 0 0 DEXTAL OFFICE First earner cut of J t Hons.- .1 y-i. i : J " V." X TRANCE First door no-tb of Main Street '"orriCS HOURS tfrcn -8, in the morning, afternoon. la-Chroolc asd local djieM prescribed for U thOifieOs, ...,, 'i j :; i "'IT.SL FINLEY, M. D., fcehctio Physiciaa. Office amresidnct,..a G. L.. Paine, D. D, L a I Ylaatiit. OSes m south side Main atreet over lattoa's Dreg Star. Oflle hoart from 8 A. M. t U M. sal rxst 1 P. St to 4 P. M. , Xenia, Ohio. ,e,. Gatch & Sexton,. -i .AttofWN-a4 ' eiinsellr at Law. Office in ttaa's fcttiliinf, NrU-west eonitr of Main asd bstrvtt Etreeta, wrt of th .Court House, Xenia, '"Ohio.- .(Tj zo.z. ,.:; "r"' JOHrG. KYLE, M, D., Thyiiciaa and Eorgeoa. Office and residence 1W J at Second stiaet, Xenia, Ohio, w i "jroesioatl calls ropt'.J tasere4 i ; PARTINGTON, Attorney at La,nd aotiorited Agent fur the Col ieetioB of Pensions, and all other kinds of Military cltiai afis t ' United ; Status. ' Office over Moors 4 AndrewV clothing store, ilain street, Xeaia,0. . eiBOKS- a. h'elrot. jl Simons &.;McElroy, Attorney aad Coonsellora ot Law, Paxton, Ford county. ICiooh.- -t : ' W e will giro prompt attention to all our profes sional business. Also, to the payment of taxes, and tk pvrahaM aad aale of Real Kitate, We hare for aale Taluable tracts of lands in tliis and adjoining eounties. r. ' , Of tlCS U C0UKT BOUSE, noll-i S I f 1 E S G. ,l C. Schilliag, aaaraetarer of Kag Carpet All orders promptly attended to. aad all work warranted to (rive satisfac tioa. Coh paid for ea'-pet rjt Second street, ofrpnttie VTare llfusa, Xeuia, G. . . ..Si-lj- S.WIOWOU. - J0. A. BLACK. Nichols & Black,, ITholesale and retail dealers in Furnishing ffoods. aad Eeady Made Clothing. Opposite th Court 2Lue, &enk, Otno- ?- ' , - l-ly. Chamberlain on, Dealera ia boots, shoes, hats, caps Ae. Ke. 13 Main street, Xeaia,. Ohio. , W- H.. Wilson, . ftboferfe acd1 reffr deafer iff fTroceries. Main irraoC, opposite the Kwiag House, Xenia, Ov 19-ly. John Sane, W and shoe store. Work of all kinds put up to At Am. Jlaadioe done in snort nonce. . . !.lj All work warranted. ! m door east -or Seal' shop, Main 19 ly. street, Xenia, 6. Isaac. WordOT, Lirery 8tble. Horses, oujrgies and carriages a rood eabply always as band. Omnibus line run siag refulariy to all trains. Hivling House stable, Xoaia, O. V . 7: 4. St. SBtLABB. r Sellars& Cook, Jfase-aarpeatera and j.iners. Ready at all -met to da ork in their Mae, orit diptchr-ai 'ow rates, and in good style. Shep, west Second str t, Xeaia,0. . . "" PC'J IIIVraIT& HOUSE, DETROIT STREET, XENIA, 0. VE 0KLY CEKTRALLY-LOCATED HOCSE Kr TBB CITY. Thepatronage of the fraveling public is solicit, sad no efforts or expense will be spared tu make all -fur guesU comfortable. g. B. CRETORS, Proprietor. BROADWAY- HOTEL, nie"feadway and" Second Street. ...i !piT ATI OHIO. t , . . . ' .- ., S. kBlCKN - iCo., Proprietors r ekIFTOTtf HOUSE. Center of Sixth and Elm Street TheDbe House, having been newly, furn ished and fitted up, U now open' for the' ac eommodatroR of the traveling public.' Guegta Irwff ffiS" city, either on business or pleasun, will and the- CLIFTON HOUSE r-leasantly located, and convenient to the bns .ineer part of the city. , The Proprietors teeire,hy cloeV attention to business, to merit the' patronage of the j ublic "Then yarn Vuit the city, please give' liV VW. GARRISON'. Proprietors. ,A..mCECrwSHAH, . WITH GEO. Aa DIXON, FOREIGN ' AND DOMESTIC iTT jr.' So. 38 Third St DO- O'. Iayfun, ). I. t1 . i "I'-' c " ' -0 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 186. " ' ' AFTER BATTLE. BY MAY DE LANCIE. , The battle was over, the victory ours, but oh, how dearly bought. Of the' host of manly forms hat had gone forth in the morcing, butninpr with lore cf liberty, hundredi tad fallen; lad, been mown down like grani before the scrythe of the reancr. Death had earnered a plentiful i hsrveet that dayand the demon of blood 'reigned euprenie." The shades of eight had r&uen, aua ttie moon uaa risen, Datn- ing the dreaaial scene in a nooa oi suvcrj light, wliile:ihe -etars JooKedaown lite the eyes of pitying angels upon the mass of bleeding, suffering humanity below. The shrieks of the wounded and groans of the dying ; resounded on all sides, lying with their white, ghastly faces upturned ti heaven, mutely pleading fur help. Here lies ODeya mere boy in years, with a gaping wound in the breast, showing where the deadly meatenger had enttred. In bis hand lie tdaeps a worn Bible, open at the wards: "Yea, though I walk thiough the valleyof the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me." Slowly and painfully he repeated them over, while his wnite tace was convulsed with agony, and the slight form shook with the thoes of death, lie was entering the vale of -shadows, aud with the words "Mother dearest mother I come" he passed the mystio rortals and received a Crown cf glory from the hands of Je hovah. Lying where the battle bad raged wildly, and shot and shell had fallen like rain, wag a wounded hero with a face perfect in its classic beauty ; one that, looking lata ONCE, you would tvtrn again and again to see, and would carry it in your heart as a talisman. It was so full of toble purpose and truth, lit up by eyes of the deepest blue, that reminded you ofltalia's sunny skies; and short, thick curls of daik brown Lair, clustering around the white temple, fiom which tiie blood was slow'y of ziug.' The moon was shining on him through the trees, weaving embroidery of wondrous beauty in leaves of silver, and entircling his brow with a halo of glory. The rigid face and compressed lips told of terrible suffering. By a great effort he raided to a sitting posture, and, catching s'ght of a familiar form passing amid the etiadows, called famtly, "i'uul, Paul." ' In . a "moment Lis friend was Lending over him i and, as he recognized his fea tures, Le cri d out in a voice sharp with the thrill of pain running through it : "Jiiy God I Ernefct) id this-yoa? Are you wounded "& "Yes.Taul, and dying. Oh I it is Lard, so hard-to die thus, far from the leved ones. Raise my head a little, Paul; there, that is better. No, dou't call a surgeon ; I am leyopd all EARTH-ty help, but the lii aler-of oul is nigh. - Oh 1 -the ilgrjt has seemed interminable ; and the cries of these poor follows have been riuging in my ear?, until I almost Turg'it my own suffering iu sympathy for theirs. Can't you raise me in your. aims, Paul?' I can not get my breath." - Siaotktring his sob?, the noble fellow !if;ed Lim In . his arms, and resting the poor mangled - bead against his breast, wiped the death-damp from lip an4 brow tenderly as a molher cord have done. . lie lay for a time perfectly exhausted, while H-e death shadows crept alowly o'er his face, then rallying again he said, "I am dvrne. Paul; ere the sun be risen I shall be free from pain. . If you live to get home tell Maude" here sobs choked his utterance, but crushing them back he weuton":: "Ob, my bright darling f How, will she betr this? For you know, Taul, when the spring had come with its wealth of buda' and flowers she was to become my bride. Bat instead of decking ber brow they will bloom o'er my grave, She was my all, and I worshipped her, loved her, better than God, and this 13 my pun ishment. Tell lier that her love was my safeguard, my talismen against tempta tion and Eiuthut living I blest her, and dying her name was the last upon my lip. 1 have her s:cred in my deepest heart, andcrowr-ed her as its queen. Give her this ring and lock of hair sh will prize them. And her minaturelies next to my heart; Paul, bury, it : with me. Tell Maude tie way was clear, and through the rent Tc;i j canght a gli mp?e of the ! golden gates. Hark! did you hear that i strain of music, so sweet and .clear 'tis i the angels -caking, Jarewell. 1 ell Maude l .1. . i a ,ix.ii. t u t,;, Uerc lilC UUUU Vi ucuca luua. jmiij, auu the sentence was finished in heaven. With the words "God and Maude" on his lips he passed from sunlight into gloam ing.' A look of perfect peace crept o'er his face, and wreathed into a smile of wondrois' sweetness sreund the beautiful mouth. . The lonely watcher severed a silken tress from the glittering mass of carls, pressed a kiss on the cold brow, and wrapping l im in his blanket left him ly ing in the moonbeams. In. the doorway of a white cottage, d celled like a lily among the bills, gits a young girl of rare Leauty. Her face is a daziling combination of roses and lilies framed in jet. But there is an expression of anllety '6n the sweet face, and a far-off look in- the dark eyes, which tell her thoughts ore wandering. The twilight shadows gather slowlv arcund her, and j the moon appears in ber pale sweet Lcau I ty, flooding bill and vale with light. Still ! s-he sits ri-using, ever and ocon leaning forward as- though listening for the ap proach pf eomo well known footstep. Presently the clatter of horses hoofs is Leard, and a manly form, clad in the uni form of a Lieutenant, comes in view. She starts up, and the wightflushes come and go in ber lair fa - - .while htr eye grow a ' I in of a he in for he was of and the to - at all no to . to a i deeper, more intense black", with the joy which fills them. The sweet lips are part ed breathlessly, .TwhneCte"words, 'It is jrnestr-r-it can - bar o.t)therV-3C8pe tnem. " " """ " i So she stood with the little snowflake bands clasped tijrhtly o'er her heart tillihe officer dismounted at the gate and came t with a cry of jov she sprang to. welcome him, but the worus died out in a, nameless terror upon her lips, for it was not Ernest, tut a stranger that stood before her. Removing his cap, he said, "I believe fdrM Mauda Arden?' - none other knew not how to break the sad news to the fair, trusting girl before him, locking so unconscious of all ill. How could be tell Ler that whioh would crush the-life out" of her heart?' How telr ber that the lover forwhom she wait ed was lying white and still on the plains of the sunny South. "Lady," he said, Ernest Trevanion was my best, my dearest friend ; he was " "Oh 1 then, you come from him ?' she "intetrniSted eagerly, Lei whole face light ing up again. "Is he coining my Ernest?" "Dear lajy; would to God he' was com ing. But he is dead. I was with him his.' last hours rcedived Eis latest breath. lie gave me this ring and tress hair for you-" Then, in a tremulous voice, he delivered the loving messages j which Ernest had sent. j Mande listened, a-nd slowly the flush i died out from cheek and Ji'S, leaving ! them deathly white ; while a look of hor ror and despair crept over her face, aud the small hands cluthed tightly at the railing for support. When be had ended she took the ring and lock of hair, press ed them to her heart and lips, and with low cry .of unutterable agony - sunk slow'y to the floor, her wbita dress falling around her like snow wreath. Tenderly carried her in and restoratives were applied. Slowly she came back to con sciotJsndss in3, stifling the agony in her heart, she inquired for the particulars of Ernest's death. Taul told her, remem bering, for her sake,- many incidents which would otherwise have escaped his memory,-and concluded by saying : "Now, Miss Arden, my painful task is discharg ed, and I must go, for duty calls. I could not rest until 1 had seen you. I knew how your heart nmst be watching and waiting, for Ernest Trevanion was a man for whom a woman might die an 1 think the world well lost. One whom, to know truly, was to love for all time. If ever you need a friend, call on trie. I will come,, though huudieds -of ruilei inter vene." t . M'ith a trembling voice and a face stony in its mute agnny, she thanked him his kindness to Ernest and herself. Then, with a warm pressure of tlie brand, turned to depart ; bat, pausing ia the doorway for another glimpse of this earth ly angel, Le raw Maude on her knees with her fafe buried in the cushions. She seeking help from the hand of God. Maude was a woman with, a warm, lov ing heart,, and her heart, with its, wealth affection, had been given io Ernest Trevanion. And when the sacrifice was consumed, she stood alone iu the world, with her heart cm-hed by its weight of agony. - Yet she did not dier but, with a face chastened by suffering, but more beautiful now than in the days of her sun ny happiness, the goes among the poor suffering like a ministering angel, and touch of her soft hand is like magic, charming away the pain: "Blessings are showered upon her from lips all unused gentle words. She has found peace at last.-The bright June of her life drop ped suddenly into. blek December, but Caeh day brings" the long,- dreary AYiuter nearer its close;' and soon will dawn the bright Sp'ring, iu which these two shall be united again.- to by in is It it, An Absurd Practice. The rrsual way of teaching boys rhetoric is very absurd. What extravagant folly to ex ercise them in the art of speaking without their having anything to say, to endeavor to make them feel, while seated on their forms School, the language of the passions, and the energy of the art of pursuasion, when one is present whom they are interested convince or persuade. .All. the rales of rhetoric appear to us ia be mere tfohsense to those who do not use them for some specific object. What is the advantage of a scholar's merely knowing how Hannibal addressed his soldiers when' he'persuaded them to pass the Alps? If, instead of these pompous harang ues, you would tell him what language to ne when he wished his tutor to grant him a holi day, he would be more attentive to your in structions. Children have little' cf no"ef pres'sion or en ergy in the tone of their voice, and a pupil's manner of speaking will be still more uni form and simple; will not unite their lan guage with his own and give energy to his expressions. Da not, then, teach children to recite ppeeches out of plays, do not let them declaim. A pupil should have too much good sense to be able to given proper emphasis to things he cannot understand, or to affect to feel sentiments of which perhaps he will nev er approve; and you should only teach him to speak with a clear smooth voice, to-articulate well, to pronounce correctly, but without af fectation,-ti' know and follow the rules of grammar and prosody, to speak loud enotigh be understood, but never to exalt his voice more than may be necessary. Mind jrour own business, and you will save vast amount of trouble.- Jn 1789,'wben'Washlngtoh passed through Philadelphia, just before bis inauguration as first President of the United States, he asked Robert Morris, the patriotic financier of tha age, how the Government could take care of the debt of $76,000,000. Mr. Morrlg told him t) consult with his Aid-de-Camp, Col. Hamil ton. The result ai that 'Alexander Hamil ton became Eecretary of the Treasury, and the debt war paid.. In 1810 the debt amount ed to $127,000,000, and in nineteen years it was pnid off, and a large surplus remaining in the Treasury. All 'thiswas aOQGuiji'iished without any direct tax upon the people. Penn sylvania had increased her wealth and popu inert- lation jo per eent, in ten years: ana ne asue ed that at the close of the war, the peop le of i,m wl,..l. . mmirv w.,l,l l. l,i 1.1 ,-r, v iho dehteasilv. Select Poetry. MIRACLES. BY ALICE CAREY. An old man sits beside a wail, ' '" Where grow .two hollyhocks, one tall. And ftouwerless one bright and small. His Eair is.fun.of gilver streaks, The tears are running down his cheeks, And his lip trembles as he speaks. . . "Come, little daughter, I pray,. . And tell me truly why yon Btay - ' So often and bo long away." A moment, and two arms so fair Are round hi neck a sonny pair Of eyes look on him Maui ia there. "See, prett7 dearj' the old man aaid, ' "These hollyhocks, one fresh and red With youthful bloom the other dead. "The stony wall whereby they be, " "Is the hard world, and you'll agree The hollyhocks are you and me. "My weary, worn out life is done, With all of rain, and dew, and enri, . Thine, darling, is but just begun. 'So take my staff and hang it high, And kiss me nay, you must not cry, I've nothing left to do but die!'' And Maud hath mride her sweet eyes dry, And in a whisper maEes reply, "And if thou diest, I must die;'' That night beside the stony wall, Where grew two holyhocks one tall And fiowerless one bright and small: Covered with moonshine they were found Lying dead together on the ground, Their arms about each other wound. What miracle mav not be true, Since oft the hardest one to do Is done the making one of two? -whoso - Letter From South Carolina. Dear Sestixel: I wrote you at Savan nah, about three weeks ago, and stated that in my next, I would give you a short descrip tion of the city, and though I fear your read ers have to a great. extent read, and re-read accounts of the ' Forest City,'' I shall .tell you some of the Bights noticed by a soldier boy while in the city three weeks. Savannah', which is really a magnificent city, isBituated in a bend or curve of the Sa vannah river, has a good harbor, and before the war, was one of the commercial cities of the South. It contained about 20,000 inhab itant!, many of them Northern businessmen, enticed thither by that most potent of all en ticere, "ye Almighty Dollar." Its principal Btreetsare Bay, which is lined with business houses of different kinds, and which, lying on the wharf, is the great emporium of the city's outer trade; Bull, which is the Btreet of churches and n.'onuracrrts; South Broad, the triple-streetei, triple-treed avenue, and Jones, the street of the residences of the elite. Of the Churches, much might be said, I fear their disparagement, but at those, which it was my privelege to attend, the people-appeared pleased atan auditory composed large ly of Yankees. Still, it seemed to me," that a great deal oflatent rebellion was still lurking within their breasts, which was cooled only the presence of the damper Union sol diers. Savannah has two monuments of notoriety all descriptions of the city. One of these themonument of General Nathaniel Greene. is a plain obelisk, and cannot boast of any thing beautiful or artistic in design, or of anything like workmanship in its erection or sculpture. The other, in memory of Count Pulaski, is in design and execution, neat and tasteful, reflecting honor on Lausity of Kew York, the designer. It is fifty-five feet high, surmounted by a statute . of Liberty. On one eide of the base is a representation of Pnlaski falling from his horse, .when wounded, over "Savannah, Oct, 9th, 1779." On the op. poslte side is the inscription, "Pulaski, the heroic Pole, who fell mortally wounded, fight ing for American Liberty, in the siege of Sa vannah, Oct., Jth, 1779." These monuments situated in two of. the different squares, which are dotted here and there over the city, and to my eye evinced a taste but iery sel dom met with in any Of, our Northern cities. At the head of Bull Street, (no pun or 'bull' ig intended,) is the Park, styled "Forsythe Place," which, under the care and tuperin- tendance of some' energetic person, would be come to the ct(y ... "A thing-of beauty and a Joy forever,"' but it is now sadly demoraliied. The fouh' tain, originally beautiful, is now, or was when I visited it, disgustingly filthy, Amph itrite being anything but a beautiful Goddess, and of the Neptunes, one had been dethroned either by the "ruthless invader," orelse some of Wheelers "Critter-backs." But perhaps the most interesting object about the city, are the defensive works built during the Revolution. They are not forini able nor impregnable, (what is, in our day?) but they are memoritive of the contest, which resulted iu the establishment of a mighty Re public. Will those forts which frowned upon us, when on the 10th of December, 180-1, we entered the city, be remembrances of the fol ly of those who attempted to destroy that Ro publio, or will they become a part ef tha His tory of a Southern Confederacy, established and nationalised? These are some of the chief "sights", in Sa vannah, and though imperfectly described,' I hope they may serve for a few minutes to in torest your readers. We have started on an other campaign, perhaps, and everybody in Jhe Korth, will be on the qui tive to know its destination.' I have been creditably inform ed, that the objective point of the campaign, ia to meet the enemy and fight them. When we reach that point, I may,' should'' we suc ceed, write you again. Yours ever, ' . Jan. 30th, 18oo'. The Armstrong gun which was captured at rort Fisher was the one which was presented by the manufacturer, Sir William- Armstrong, to Jeff Davis. A soldier describing it, aaya "il is b7 811 odd8 handsomest cun ' "'nS entirely of twist wiought-iron, anu n'ouuicd ou a magninccni 501m carriage. a ! I , 1 , 1 Letter From South Carolina. The End at Hand---An English View. . "Hidwintcr," says the London J)aily News of January 3,' brings no pause in the shock and hurry of war in the American campaign and the'same paper adds : If the North still remains able to keep up its armies to at least its present standard, while the South' cannot renew its reg-alar forces", nor rosso the patriotism of its mem bers to further sacrifices, it is evident that the end is' at lastcoming within sight'. It must not,'indeedV be looked, for suddenly. A great and tried army like Lee's cannot be suddenly disposed ot by any opponent less than a Napoleon'. Even nood may rally a portion of his force,' and make a stout .fight still in the. strong positions on the Tennessee., But, on the other hand, it is impossible .no.t to see in the accounts cf the fighting thai now reach us, that a knowledge;of their fate ha9 greatly altered jhe morale of the contending forces. There is at once a dash and a stubborn energy in theattacksof tha Fede rals which were not traceable in their first cncoun'.ersj while the Southerners, whose wilder manner cf life, whose reckless contempt of death, and skill as shots gave them in the open ing of the war, a distinct superiority, now fight as brave men do who are. ashamed to yield, -but who vet know they fight in vaiu. And those who are still with Hood or Lee ar?, it must be remembered, the heartiest who are left- They are those who doubt not of success, and who shrank, not. from the dangers and suffering ueees3ary to en sure it. "When these begin to doubt, the end must be approaching. ' But the facts we have been rcviewingnot only show us the end of the war, but they open to us a happier prospect of what will be after the war. The theory advanced by some of our contemporaries that the North could never hold the South, even after the Southern armies are beaten from the field, is plainly untenable. The fiery spirits will be gone, and thos-a who were too iudiffercut to fight will certainly not have energy to re sist when the fight is over. It is to be kept in view that there is after all, no diff erence of race, or speech, or law, to main tain a feeling of hostility. There is noth ing to prevent Northern settlers from amal gamating with Southern residents. The negro) question being settled, there will be nothing to maintain a distinction between the two sections. Engaged in the same pursuits, resorting to the same courts, elect ing members to the same legislature, there will ba nothing in this case resembling those in which a nation is overrun and de prived of its'r'ghts by an alien power. Southerners will recover their rights by sub mission, they will stand on a footingof per fect equality with the ' vu-tcrs. We all know how rapidly, when the Highlanders of Scotland had been disarmed, they be came among tie most loyal of their fellow subjects. Yet their case was one in which there were fundamental distinctions be tween them 'and their subjugators not to be fmiud between federals and Confeder ates. No doubt there will Le an interven ing period in which military law must pre vail till perfect order is restored. . These who make the pretense of acting as guer rillas after the regular war is over an exi cuse for murdering and must bo repressed by the firm rules which in every country,' and under every system of law, punish in dividual crime. This will be aninevitable concomitant of the perid of transition from war' to legality. Bat when the foul dream of fcuildingup a slaveempireis over, there will be nothing to fight about, end people who have nothing to maintain disserrtion about and who' are in the enjoy filctat of common rights, common liberties, common privileges, will speedly unite to put.down those whose disorders will bs on ly a common banc. : Jen's 'Bhwht'i Last Peroration-. Eng land has long been famous for the enjoyment of personal freedom by her people. , They are free to think, they are lree to speak, they are free to write; and England has been famed of late years, and is famed now all the world over for the freedom of industry; and the greatness" and freedom pf her commerce I want to know why it is that our people should not be free 1 tVho is there that will meet me on this, platform, or who will stand on any platform, and will dare to say to an open meeting of his fellow countrymen that this million for whom I am now pleading nre too ignorant, or vicions, or destructive to be in trusted with the elective franchise. I at least will never thus" slander, my countrymen. I claim for them the right of admission through their representatives into the most nncient and venerable parliament which at this hour exists among. men; and when they are thus admitted, and not till then, it may be truly said that, the aug iat mother cf free natious, herself is free. On the arrival of Gen. Sherman at Sa vannah he was waited upon by Charles Grqen, Esq., an emient cotton merchant of that city, who tendred him the use of his elegant mansion. The ofL-rwas grace fully accepted by Gen; Sherman,' who during his stay ia Savannah was comf ora bly ; lodged beneath its hospitable roof. The residence of Mr. Green ia what may properly be termed palatial. It is, in all respects, the most elegant mansion in Sa vannah, and will suffer nothing by cora parsion with the abode of the merchant princo of Fifth or Madison avenue?, fllr. Green is an Englishman by birth, but has resided in Savancah for maDy years, where he accumulated a princely fortune in the cotton trade. Shortly after the breaking out of the rebellion, he was detected in the act of importing arms from England for the use of the rebels, and was arrested near" the border line of Canada and con signed to Fort Warren, during th; Con- nnement there ot.JM.s0n and Judfr 'n.i? rrC'm his present conduct ho. has socn the error of bis ways and is anxious to make atonement for past misdeed.. ... .. " A turkey was exposed for sale in the Peters- burg market on the 8th lnst., at the small fig- urn nf $11'' Several vm- urn this would have bought threa or four fine hops. two 01 or three barrels of mc&l, 1 nuarter. of beef, a barrel of molasses, ft quantity of collee aud sugar, with a larg- turkey add-1. ! ! ' I ! , Letter From South Carolina. The End at Hand---An English View. What Mrs. Somebody Says. If I was a man',rd be a man -" that I would. : If I was poof, and had a 'family dependent on my' daily labor for support, j ana was aeep in neDt in the bargain, do you . suppose i woulil t in the chimney j Lecause it was a ljttle cold, or the i played a few. uiad" pranks with the ! snow, or I nad'a crick in ray back-some- ! times, and- feared I might have again ? my Lack was a wee "hit lame, do you I'd curl down somewhere and. say ! I could not do anything, we should have j go to the poor house ;1 especially I j-d: could eat a goodly portion of what was Eet before me, and sleep all night and part of j. the day, too, so sound that I did cbt know , whether I had a back or not ? Ncy sir, ; that I wouldn't. - ? L :0, j-es." . says Mr. fwliat shall I call i- liim,; you can . auytrlung abou And so do all Door i daughter of them, toil, toil. toil, -from morning till late at night to keep the dirt out, and the elbow andtoes in-- No mat- ter for side, back, or headache, lameness a: d weariness; .the work must be done, and we must do it. Don't'tell ua.irc don't know. . . If I was a groat strapping man, and bad a wee bit of a wife that worked as bard as she could, outdoors S3 well as ip,; and everything' did not so exactly straight. do you suppose .I'd grumble, and lay a talk;- but- you don't know it it? Don't I though ?! iromen: everv mother's I great, load ot blame on her shoulders to 1 bear, when I ,wasas much to blame as Bhe, and perhaps more so ? (I wonder- what j Adams do that have-not any Eves to blame ?). Would'nt I rather praise her, J she did what she could ; and tell her not to worry, that she could not do more? ! And if she was sick and had been nigh to the gates of death, do you suppose I would go to her with the cares and perplexities that burdened me, and even blame her that she had not managed differently, keeping her brain in such a" whirl of ex citement and merriment that Ehe would lo.-.k longingly into the grave for rest ? Would not I rather speak loving, encour aging and consoling words to her, remem bering she would naturally worry enough, that she cannot do when she sees so- much to do, without one unkind, unfeeling re mark from me ? .-''.' .' If I was a man I would try hard to tie a man, and not a hatefull waspish churl; ready to sting at the least provocation, or without one, . A tiue man I consider to be all that is good and noble. .. Was he not made in the image of God? . Could'nt I love -such a man as that ? And would'nt I willingly mind Paul's advico, which we have read so often r Wives be in subjection to out own husbands in everything? . I think I could an would. Rural Xew Yorker. j I The Romance of a Romace. . Ten years ago Bumag published a long story in the feulletons of a political jour nal. The heroine was represented as a - r --- r second stage of the disease cold sweats, coughs, irritability, fits of wild gaiety al- ternating. with d melancholy, pJetic the phthisic was traced with that gulden ' pen which ia so ably wielded by iiie skil- ! ful band of the great novelist, ; 0..- ., t. ,'. ne morning as be w feno-awd n mil, ting ttie nnistuns iOUehos tn his trrMt work a great pevsoo-ge from the court of j Louis; Philippe was announced, JI. le -J - f.- - iuarqu.is ae , " "Monsieur," said tbe Marquis, "have you finished your great romance?" "Hintirely. ...... "And what becomes of the -heroine finally?" ... !You sip the fiofh from the new wiDC, or rather after the Arab fashion, you would commence reading at the end." . "I can' give a much more seriou9 rea son," said the visitor, as a justification.of my curiosity.' "Ah, well my consumptive dies in the last chapter." "YouTnust cure ter," Baid the lord. "But Jhe plot is all constructed,' and the denouement is thrilling." "You must find another." Dumas' looked at his interlocutor with astonishment. ; .;-.'.- 'Why do you wish me effect the cure of a mqre creature of my imagination?' "Because my only daughter experiences the same pymtoms which you have de Eccibed. She has the same disease as your heroine, and, if your, young girl dies, the reascn of my pojr child, who traces her own history in each morning's journal, will be irretrievable blasted." . The celebrated novelist pressed the fath er's hand. . He retouched the conclusion of his ro mance, and the heroine was miraculously cured. Five years afterwards Dumas met n the saloon of,M. de Montalivet, a. beauti ful woman, glowing with all lb a splendor of Reubens, . This charmer was the daughter of the marquis, then married. "She had four children," said the fath er in presenting her. . "And my look four editions,1 replied the novelist, .,. ! Sheep Skins for Mats. Steep the skins in water, and wajh them well till they are soft and. clean; they are then scraped and. thinned on the flesh Bide; with the fleshing knife, aud laid in r;:mcn. i ted bran for a few iys, after which they j token out and washed; a solution of salt , . ...1 i, ,i,n nin.in nnj the tiosh a i. o reneatedly and well nibhe.l with it' until It.! aPP wf" hlcached; after which make Z; flour anJ ,he yo!h, of ;gtJi nlld pwaJ llie paste on the flesh side; after tins they are wtched and dried, and when dry, rubbed wllb rlimQilce ston,:' Pokticai Qiotation. "i.cntly mo """ re 0 er me steal. ng, as the man aim wmu ha I've bills r.c.en.cd to htm at oucr. : , I Sayings of Josh Billings. NUMBER SEVEN. Attention! Squad! Wle rale ov speed, attained hi earthly, bod corner, dys, and ov most matter," -wheileV sublu wind Dai7i 01 ' ov a heavenly .paiur, vi.They tell us hw .l0nS ra ov light .iz on 'the way from- the, sun Iiot fass a comet toavVfrr If the best.-time, that ligita.ing,aiv.makc--suppose when the stars visit, -and how long they ara about it the frakttonil lapse-dconldn-to in ? the hop.-. ov. flea the flate-ov Uff aUuw---tatt-YeWitj , eg sam jJ, -a4:ko smartness ov a hurrjeane. . They kan.,tell cs how long it tales oi l Bonis, after he leaveg his cave, to .reach ths'eartu,1innd button up" thai coats ov: shirring'' jnorUl. But i hav sarthed their. thonrvaVniJ. raa- mckcu weir matneraatK-ks,- in, vaiu, tew ui-kover, -the haste ov a Slander, But kno ov nothing, in the earth. orVhrivA friends t&an truiff, w a he, fiisterthan the 'wings ' ov; the wind,, and twin'-Taeerifp thougLt-steals iota- the sakfed :pnlpitr-r-the at naidnite, robs the chaste maden ov.the ruddy truth iu ber ' cheeks hangs "sak that cloth npon the manly form' ov " honesta cumsin a whitirof i misterious az an fchc -wil fcetcay-f,r - prise-.-hafjmade l'iKa kamuh-ua witu preiufc accuracy, Men kalknlaee. with, prefli it,' that equals it ia VmickHesg'. ' It traxfU well in the dark,' a'z ia the lights snows no law ov gravitasnun,-noray.batO, v,i .vi-i i not iraoeaoji or. upQnaoJe-rt-haz .no parentage, ap j frequently no pbjVt -is not matter, not an cssencemaj fly in the glance ov a n ye, or be fekia the point ov a fingf r-rrjsr.ibe pet oV slrdoifo evry one-can hav tha.ar wjien-cliapitj!, luve, and the delikate pashttoa. xWad it vain -iz'.dvery'whare in anristaijtfcqcfs upon nothing nt sweetrartgg; has Vote jkMiga uvuiuienas ariea, up. tne warm pulse ov hope; and drh'eh modesfa shreek ing away ii a skorplonj invis'iblebut fuH ov :nladness,. and mendy.'-'gtiags J'WKb kan tell its wharrabouts? Who can rate its speed? Who kan annylize its mean ness? Who haz ni.l TIsfened tew ltjipresh ious falsehoods? andwho .wPI .'net, with me, pronaunse it a .negadeT;-t;rwoiaaon enemy ov humanitee ? ; ard who, that kaa shoot flieing will not help tew- bring down the base bird ?' Attenshinj' squad ! Attention! Squad! Select Your Trees Now. If you ar jforrig W plant fruit or 'orna mental trees this coming spring. sw Is tbp time to select the kinds and make your or ders. Look over the list of kinds of fruit that succeed l.est-.hi your. neiglibwrhecJ., and in your hst.-0f purchases let those linds be the majority. K0 matter what tny nd all the tre-j pedlers say. . J: - ' In. ornamental planting, .-both H thteloi ti:.m of the kinds and in 'ne selection of the site for their planting, -Write at once or talk With an experienced La ndsoap Gn.winr,Be whose knowledge am, tase has been. created by long and carefij observation and study. QkL&J'urinn-,:- -' : v.j ,:!.. j A Hartford Newsboy's Christmas. 7 ftil in uartiard there was a Christmas dinner . - ----t.v.v.J v. iuo ,ujf luissiouary, J.0 tne toriofu, the orphaas,: and the ga ,,f, "V. streeL - tbroth of a ewaboy. WZS? ft an me Doys come.K) t.ne school us, ntheq we marched up ter the hall, 'n all round the tahles- nad fci8 fddle,' ana bugle anu mines, ana -maue music, when tri m. uiarcueu in. uu nen we got tnroues. Kii,uii ,.... .j ..... -Ji A round the tables, till HawlAv (FiliW W- 1 - J ' ut, w n ley, city missionary,) hollered. out, "Drink " We went fn then. . Gi! ye ort ter seen 'em. We had turkey meat, 'ea biscuits, with batter on em, n cotiee, n pop corn, n rue. Iwani so good 83 last' year ; didn't have rco'candy. Hadjii!" Ibe reoffe I wanted... I- drinked laita teen cups! One feller, come along and gits us hot coffee. Ha give us' about five cuds q wouldn't give us an j mere. 1 'Pretty -soen 'nutlier man come along.- n. we. told him. rw9 hadn't had" no coffee wouldn't nobody :giVe us any. He said we might have all we want-1 ed. G-it I drinked thirteen capsj. qm 0 the fellers, Tele Cocnccs. cliuced me in the. faoe-with a piece o' apple rsiej-hit'me rife'ht in the eye. Old Hawltiy t-orne. along and hit 'em on the head with his big cane. He gin, em a good, I tell yer. 1 hid tinder the table.' The udder. boys stale all the vierxouad where: I was, and the woman would't gie me any . said I stole it An' I didn't. Pbofy Soon she' went away,; n I went to a-n u the r place .'n hooked U.o pieces..- 'Twas- mince pie, Tba, p"leceman put one feller in the watcli-h'ouso fur s tealia' apples. I didn t stttit py.. -HiT some pop corn an', all the coffee I waotedrr I drinked thirteen cups ! " REcnciTiso. The other evening-aboiU rr o'clock, says the Zanesvil'.e t'cirier,' one of the recruiting Lieutenants' in this city, while busily writing at a desk heard a knock at his door. On an invitation being given to .come in, the door opened aad in walked : four finely formed young fellows of aboitt 13. or 19 years of age, and quietly seated them-' selves near tha stove. One inquired of the-i officer if he warded recruits; the Lieutenant replied, that, iia did, and was told that they WiBhed, Ito volunteer.- The officer went to Wjvk preparing (he papers, wondering 0IL1 the while at. his gpod luck, and the good looks of his recruitr; the height, completion etc., were taken down, and havina1 -some doubt about the recruits iiassin musUr-, be-; ing rather slender arouud thvc'hest, he was going to make an examui.Vrortj'. and wag met with, "keep your hand, 05 of me; no Man shall put his hands 6n :ue," at the same timo blushing conaiihrabiy. The Lieutenant was taken abi'ck with surprise, and before ha. fairly comprehended the situation of affairs, his recruits all skedaddled, with the remark, "never mind, we'll go yet".-. The Lieutenant, says he is confidant that they wera young women, and that this,-,tlieir first effort to en ter the military srrvioe of Uaele Sam, waa a failure, no doubt, owing to their iguoranco, as to how matters were conducted in the re cruiting business. None of the parties ar known, . . , :. I ue Lite oi a viper or a man unet ia anaot, r-ous to the puncture of a poisoned weanonj anj the action of the virus mav ba delay. ed Mn a s'innLr manner U rapidly twii- ing a cord or handk-rehicf tightly round the woundod limb above the wound, and by sucking it, ns iu the case related recent ly of tho woman who was litten by cobra, iu India, an 1 wh 'se' husband sueke 1 the poison from the wound; only, instead of tying Iho lijMiuro round after, as he did, it fuouM It tiid round before.