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ATTOnJTETS-AT-LAW. C ID ALEXANDER, AttfrntT-at-lw and Solicitor in Cbanearr. Office : WtitUiorn Bines. Jan'y. l lj flHASLES CLKAK, j ATTORNEY AT LAW. Columbia. facial attention RUua to the collection ut i ADDISOX COOPER, AT rORNET-AT-LAW, WiU attend all courts to be holdeo for Haory and Oilier : Over Poatoffic. feb.A-74 A. H" DROWN, Jr., A tTOhNET-AT-IA W, i'oinnibia. Tennpssee. I'ronipt attention given to the collection of claim. KILL k. naUERS, Attorney at and Solicitors la lnml:a, Tennessee. WBI ractire in the conrta of Maury and adja. Ill DTguiim. C-Aos in I lie Wliltthorne Kock. mehlMl L. COCITRAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW And General CoUwtine AgtvX iktuimbia. X V. VKIUHT r. i. wruaiu. w raiciiT fc wFitsTi:::. ATTORNEY AT LAW, t'olntubia. TM. II. TIMMOXS. ATTOltXKi' AT LAW, Columbia. Teal Srclal attention "iveu to all business to Uim. mar as ly SSAT1UELS, Jr., Attorney at Law au I Solicitor in Equity. Colnnihia, Tenn Oflice ith L. D. Myers, F.. 8 riet attention to all legal lmnine guaranteed to those who en trust the name to uis care Slay 30, 1873. ly T W. KDWAKDS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Dallas, V ill .nrtke in the court of Pallas and that) loiuing rouutieo. fala-lf T. Z. M. CVI'KllT, " AlionifTH at Law and Solicitors iu Chancery, Waynesboro, Teunease. Will ira-t!re tu ti c cnuntiea of Hardin. WsTSSV Ijiwreure, Lewi, Perry, am. Decatur, and In thsV Bureme ana ri cierai l.ourta at aKhr)lle. larticular attention given to the collection d Claim. They a!fo prcwecnte i lainio fur pennions, patents, ml bounty laads, liefure the driartmenU at Wsas irton. fe!4-T3-l JIOTKL.8. GUEST HOUSE, Sonth Maiu Street, COLUMBIA TENNESSEE Board, S3 per Day. Carriage, bntrpien or mddle horses fnrniabed 0 application to the proprietor, JAMES L. GCEHX. Columbia, Jan. 1. 1873. NELSON HOUSE, WALKER A LIPSCOMB, Proprietor. COLOMBIA TENNESSEE. Tula well known house la undergoing thorough repair and newly furniahed, and la now open for the accommodation of the public generally. Our tablea thall he furniahed at 11 time with the beet the country will afford. Servants p.. hie and attentive, and every attention will be given to make our house inferior to none la the South. We aniii-it the patronage of the publte generally mch7-73if liitui i Lipscomb. Proprietor. MAXWELL HOUSE, ITarhville, TtnaesM. TXJJSrm .V CO., Proprietor". Ml'StliLHSKOlS. FIEST NATIONAL BAM OF COLl'MMA, TENN. Capital, $100,000. IHRKt'TORs: T. W. Kr.KP, R. Fs. Munns, T. B. -A7X. J. Towlkb, L. Fhikkson, J. It, Thomas, JiH!t FBIEKSOH Receives deposits, deal in foreign anil 1i iniiilat exchange, gold, stiver aud government securities. Collectioua made and remitted 'or on diy of pay ment at eurrtnt rates .i exchaugo. Revenue a tamps for sale. JOHN FRIERSOX. Presides LUCIUS F1YLEB80N, Vlee-PreaMenl. Jab. B. Chtxdbkss. Cashier. Wm, Shirlejs MARBLE MANUFACTORY. 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Corner bouth Main street and Engle Avenue. All goods delivered. Ot. 17, 1873. ly At a recent frolden wedding in Nan patuck, Conn., the old oonple showed tbo young folks how "conrtin'" was done fifty years apo, and those of the young folks who know how it is done at the present day conldn't see that the method had changed much. The ther day, in Ohio, a young lady died of what a thick-headed old doctor said was " heart klot, or em byolism of tha main flue of the heart " 'j reviT(d in na hour, however, and it wa fotial she hal leea temporarily ohok-iJ by a pieca of gura she Ual beeu chewing. By HORSLEY BEOS. & GEANT AND LEE. A Pfrw Story of tlie snrrender ot Lee at Appomattox. From a London Review of Lieut. Col. Cuesnevt " Essays in M htary Bio2TaIlhieJ.,, Four or these essays relate to the great war in America, the events of which, perhaps in themselves as inter es.iHg in a military sense as those in any wax the world has seen, have not received the careful attention which they mens, owing 10 me abstraction 01 tn more recent continental campaigns. As Col. Che8nev trulv remarks : " There is dispositiou to regard the American generals and troops wiiicu tney lea as altogether inferior to regular sol diers. This prejndice was born out of the blunders and want of 'coherence exhibited by nndiscipliued volunteers at the ontset faults amply atoned for by the stubborn courage displayed on both sides throughout the rest of the struggle: while if a man's claims to be regarded as a veteran are to be meas ured bv the amount of actual fighting he has gone through, the most seasoned soldiers of Europe are but as conscripts compared witn tne survivors of that conflict." The'essays on Generals Grant and Lee are most valuable and exhaustive studies, His strictures on Grant's reckless tacri fice of his troops in attempting the im possible by fighting the battle of Cold Harbor, after he shonld have learned bv the experience of the long and butchering battles ef the Wilderness and Spotsylvania, that the " continuous hammering" in which he had some what boast f nllv 'mated might break the instrument whil - its work was yet nn finished, are bv Ih severe and well founded. He calls the bettle of Cold Harbor " the darkest snot on the career of Grant as a commander. It requires," he continues, " more ex cuse than has anywhere been offered for the sacrifice. It may be that Grant's usually imperturbable temper wasmfned by the continued readiness with which Ins adversary met him ; or that he believed the Confederates already so worn down by their unsuppued losses as to be nn ble to man their works; or that he judged that his new command had not been snficiently put to the proof by the stern doings of the month just past ; or that all these causes acted together. Possibly he was influenced more than all by the uneasy consciousness that he had brought the criticism of tho world non nis Btrategy by his famous dis patch, ' I propose to fight it out on this ine if it. takes all summer; for had not this line been already abandoned, and no result won ? " Col. Chesney ac curately apportions between Grant and Sheridan the merit of the final effort which forced Liee to surrender, of which merit Americans are becoming more and more prone to assign an undue share to the subordinate commander. His sketch of OeD. Lee cannot be condensed. ' Like Napoleon, bis troops soon learnt to believe him equal to every emergency which war could bring. Like Hannibal, he eon Id speak lightly and calmly at the gravest moments, be ing then himself least grave. Like Iiag lan, he preserved a sweetness of temper that no person or circumstance could ruffle. Like Caesar, he mixed with the crowd of s ldiery freely, and never feared that his position would be for gotten. Like Blncher, his one recog nized fault was that which the soldier readily forgives, a readiness to expose his life beyond the proper limits per mitted by modern war to the comman der in-ehief. What wonder, then, if he commanded an army in which each mat would have died for him ; an army from which his parting wrung tears more bit ter than any the fall of their canse could extort ; an army which followed him, after three years of glorious vicissitudes, into private life, without one thought of further resistance arainst the fate to which their adored chief yielded without a murmur ?" But with nil this warm eulogy he impartially points out the faults and failings of Lee how he made no attempt to check indiscipline ; never used his authority to purge his command of inefficient officers ; failed to enforce on the government the vital necessity of bringing the furnishing of supplies more directly under his own control, so that his army starved in Richmond while large supplies were FARMERS AND PLANTERS, YOUR ATTENTION! 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But these shortcomings, although the military critic must notice them, are but the in evitable specks on the bright surface of an illustrious military character ; on Lee's personal character there lingers no breath of tarnish. Inexpressibly pathetic in its simplio ity is Col. Chesney's brief account of the bitter ending of his long struggle and matchless strategy. Gordon had sent back the word that the way of escape was completely barred ; and now there confronted him but the inevitable capitnlation. "For a moment those who looked on him saw him almost overcome ; and tho first words of com plaint ever heard from his lips, during the war, broke sharply forth, 1 had rather die a thousand deaths !' Musing sadly for a few seconds, as his men s favorite cry broke on his ear, ' There's Uncle Robert !' in deep, sad tones he said to those near him, ' 4 How soon could I end all this and be at rest ! Tis but to ride down the line and all would be over. . Then pre ently recovering his natural voice, he answered one who urged that the surrender might be mis understood : That is not the question. The question is whether it is right. And if it is right I take the responsi bility.' Then after a brief silence, he added, with a sigh, 'It is out duty to live. What will become of the wives and children of the south if we are not here to protect them ?' So saying, he sent in his flag of truce without further kesitation to Grant. The coming action was stayed on the instant, and the struggle of the confederacy was virtu ally over." The Earthquake Terror of 1750. Of the memorable incidents connected with the foundry, the earthquake of 1750 is still recorded. On the th of Febru ary all London rocked t j and fro with a terrible convulsion, and the people rushed into the streets to avoid being buried in ine tottering houses. A month later, when Charles Wesley was holding the five o'cloek morning service at the foundry chapel, a far more violent shock passed beneath the city. The earth moved westward, eastward, and then westward again, followed by a loud noise like thunder. Wesley had just given out his text, when the foundry was shaken violently as if the roof would fall. The women and childreg cried out, but the preacher, changme his text, read aloud, "Therefore, we will not fear, though the eartk bn moved," etc., and soon filled his audi ence with his own unshaken courage. The general terror rose almost to mad ness when an insane prophet declared that on the 4th of April another earth quake would level London and West minster to the dust. A wild excitement raged through the city as the fatal day approached. Thousands fled to the country. Women and children ran through the streets weeping and lament ing. London looked like a city sacked and mined. Every open epaoe was filled through the anxious night with multi tudes of the rich and poor awaiting the expected shock. The churches were crowded with unaccustomed wor-hip-ers. Whitefield stood up in Hyde park at midnight, nnder an inclement sky, nd spoke with his sonorous voice to an uncounted multitude ; and Charles Wesley.surrounded by immense throngs the foundry, preached a " written sermon and chanted some inspiring hymns. The next day passed away in quiet. The people came back to their houses, and London has never since felt so universal a terror as that of the year of the earthquakes. -The scarcest fur in Alaska is that of the black fox. Of 21,000 skins taken in 1872 there was enly one black fox skiD, which sold for the large price of $150. the departments of employment. In deed, one cannot turn round without meeting an extended hand asking for money. Thus is the straager absolutely fleeced from the hour his arrival until that of his departure 'which is almost always hastened in the attempt to avoid such teasing annoyance. any size or pattern so or send to T. U. JONES A CO., Nashville, Tenn. T. H. JONES & CO., Nashville. Tenn. T. H. JOKE9 A CO., Nashville, Tenn. Seed - wheat Cleaners, go to T. H. JONK3 A CO., Nashville, Tenn. T. H. JONES & CO., Nashville, Tenn. T. H. JONES A CO.. Nashville, Tenn. T. H. JONES A CO., Nashville, Tenn. T. H. JONES A CO., Nashville, Tenn. Donate Sbovel Plows, Walking Cultivators, Reapers and Mowers, Uorso Powers, oil Fixtures, Keirisjern tors, Feed Mills, Cnnrns, their House, before you buy elsewhere. YOU. IT COLUMBIA, THE MASQUERADE. Oaily I went to the masquerade. Donned my bright velvets and plaited my hair. Look now yonr fairest. O face," I aaid ; " Iiobee, be yonr prettiest he will be there !" Maaks cannot hide ns !" I langhed at the thought. " laces ana siuis seep nis eye uom my race 7 Cavalier's plume or the cloak of a king Tnrn to a stranger's his manhood and grace?" Gay Hashed the lights and around whirled the crown. Glittering, changing, mysterious still ; Langbter and music now low and bow lond. Beauty to charm, hidden glances to thrill. Mid the soft music he came to my side. 41 'La Fille dn Eeeiment.' yon do I know. This glove tells the secret yon thought it wonld hide. Be mine in this dance, now, my friend," soft and w. Swifter the wild strains swept out on the air, Softer the weird rhythm crept out on the air, Linking his light words to melodies rare, Flooding my heart with love's jubilant strain, What did I see that my face grew so strange When the gay maskers laid by their disguise ? Others came back to themselves in the change : Two masks had hidden my friend from my eyes, Both fell at once. One waa silken and white ; Noble the features concealed in its flow, Pride in the hps, and the eyes full of light, Sweetness and strength ; yea, this face did know. " The other T" I fancied that constancy, truth. Purity, honor abode in his heart Eaonirb t'was a mask: if fell. aud. forsooth. ' I, woman-like, showed my surprise in that start. Think not I tnrned myself sadly away. Deem ma not heartless in that I still smiled ; Why shonld I weep that my idol waa clav ? Why should I momn over fate like a child T Yes. dear, I own there's pain "neath thejmile. Hearts wont forget all their tricks in a day, And mine will elude my skill once in a while. Looking back still, when I'd pass on my way. MY FRIGHTS. There are some who aver that they nave never been frightened. As 1 am far from being a strong-minded woman, 1 cannot pay as much. Perhaps l am too easily alarmed. I am, for instance, afraid of a cow. It may be very silly ; bnt I can't help it. All the pleasure of a country walk through a fine landscape has often been spoilt for me because of cattle in the field. If I pass through them without being tossed or gored, the recollection that I have got to come back again remains with me the rest ol the day. As for a bull, I would rather never see the country than run the chance of meeticg with such a creature. A dog is thought to be a very harmless animal a domestic animal and the 'friend of man." He is not, however, the friend of woman or at least a nerv ous woman like me. I shonld be afraid to write down how olten I have been prevented from calling at a friend's house by the presence of a little poodle or terrier upon their doorstep. I should as Boon have thought of disturbing an adder. The Romans (a people quite lemarkable for their courage) used, I am told, to paint Cave canem, "Be ware of the dog," at their front doors ; but such a warning would have been unnecessary m my case. X am always fully " beware of it. livery farm yard in the country has a dog, and that is why 1 don t like farm yards. My widowed sister-m law (the fat one) and myself once lived in such a a place a whole summer, during which time I lost more flesh than if I had been all the time in a Turkish bath. From sunset to sunrise I was in a perpetual fright, from fear of robbers ; and when the days grew ahorter, and the nights longer, the place became insupportable, and I fled from it. The usual nightly programme was as follows : Mv sister- in-law, who occupied the same apart ment as myself, would fall asleep as soon as her head touched the pillow, and leave me, as it were, alone, a prey to my terrors. She always reminded me of the irritating bed-fellow described in ghost stsries, who will not wake while the apparition is peeping through the bed curtains at you, and who, when all the dreadful things are over, cannot be persuaded taat they actually oocured. Next to ghosts themselves I dislike peo ple of this oast, and would as soon almost have no companion at all. If the wind was up I at once began to pic ture to myself a band of rnmans eject ing a forcible entry into all the rooms below stairs, and giving shouts of triumph at the ease with which they accomplished their purpose. We could not afford to keep a man servant, and even if we had done so I should have always imagined him the accomplice of the burglars, or coming up stairs upon his own account with a .carving-kmfo concealed in a scuttle of coals, as I had once read of in a book. Our house pretended no means of resistance, and I alwayd placed the plate-basket and its contents upon the landing of the stairs, in hopes that the gang might take what they came for and go away without ask ing for my money or my life. On a particular occasion, being unable to sleep, I fancied I heard the approach of robbers up the stairs. Being no longer able to contain myself, 1 with an effort roused Charlotte, who, however, pooh-poohed the whole affair, and dropped to sleep again, leaving me to my fears. However, one very wet and dark night she got a pretty fright herself. It was a little past midnight. The drip, drip, Irip of the rain was ceaseless, but for all that, as I lay awake, I could hear men s steps, as the wretches walked the house looking for the most conven- ent point of entrv. Then 1 heard the back door " go " it burst open with a sort of muffled violence, like the sud- dea outpour of a waste-pipe and then that " pit-a pat " I knew so well, of feet uiing up the stairs. Then a pause of frightful significance. " ChBxlotte cried I, in an agony. ' They are really here. They are re ally are, this time. Wake, wake 1 " ' Rubbish, cried she. " I am wide awake, and I hear nothing." " They are inst outside the door. whispered I ; " they are listening at the key-hole. Hark ! " 'I certainly hear eaves dropping. was her heartless answer (she was a wo man who enjoyed a joke, and her fat sides wobbled with mirth at this one) : ' but it's only the rain from the roof." " I tell you," said I solemnly, "there are robbers in the " Here something fell in the drawing- room beneath us with a hideous crash. In an instant, and before I could recovej from the sort of collapse into which this shock had thrown me, Charlotte had flopped out of bed, seized the lamp and wa3 about to hurry from the room. 'No, said she, pausing in the door way ; ' it is better that they should not see me, but that I should see them." It was certainly much better, consid ering Charlotte's very slight attire, that tre robbers should not see her: but why she should want to see the robbers was quite unintelligible to me. " Stop ! " cried I ; but the fatal deed was done, and I was left in the dark ness. Dreadful as it was to accompany her upon such such an expedition, it seemed a thousand times worse to remain in the room alone ; and, trembling in every limb, I hurried after her. To reach the drawing-room, it was necessary to pass through the dining room. It was piich dark, but I could hear her breathing hard (for her stout ness made her very short of breath) as she made her way round the table that occupied the center of the room. Fear lent me wings, and I hurried round the other way to meet her, and rushed into her arms just as she was feeling for the drawing-room door-way. Directly I did so, she uttered a shrill scream, and fell on the floor in a dead faint. I had forgotten that the poor dear did not know I was pursuing her, and she very naturally took me for the robbers. I suppose I fainted, too ; for the first thing I remembered was hearing a loud purr close to my ear, which proceeded from our favorite cat, who, having knocked down the fire-irons in the next room (which was the noise we had heard), hal come, as it were, to assure us that there Twas nothing the matter. That was the last night we spent iu our As TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1874. count y house ; and I remained in town for three whole summers afterward. Though fresh air and "change," I was told, were indispensable, I resolved to do without them, since one might just as well die as be frightened to death. In the J olv of the fourth year, how ever, I received an invitation to the seaside, which I really thought it safe to accept. My host and hostess lived at Disney iroint, in uornwaii, a very lonely spot, it is true, but one in which no burglary had ever been committed within the memory of woman. "There were no bad people," wrote my friends, who were aware of my nervous peculiar ities, "within a hundred miles of them." When I reached their house, I was really incline J to believe that this was the case. A more beautiful and retired spot than the little village in which they dwelt, nor one inhabited by a more simple and innocent set of peo ple, it wa? impossible to imagine. It was situated in a wooded ravine, through, which a trout stream ran down to the sea : and upon the hill top, between it and the ocean, were the most picturesque church and church yard L or any one's eye, ever beheld. From the house we could only hear the distant whisper of the waves, like the murmuring hum of bees, but they were giant waves, and the rocks were torn and split 'with their fury into wierd and horrid shapes. It was tho grandest sea-coast I had ever visited, aud all day long I sat beside it with my sketch-book or merely watching the white wrath of the breakers, and listening to the taun der in tne caverns at my teer. I was not at all afraid of the sea when I was upon the land. Indeed, I am net alarmed at anything (notwithstanding what some people say to the contrary) unless there is a reasonable cause for fear. For instance, I am not afraid at least, I was not until the catastrophe occurred ot which 1 am about to relate, of supernatural apparitions. When I announced my intention, one evening, of going up the hiil to sketch the churchyard by moonlight, there arose quite a rude titter in my drawing-room. "Surely not alone, Mary Anne.' .Let one of the girls go with you," said my lioness. " What is there to be atraid of in a church-yard ? No, I thank you," re plied 1 proudly. " The miserable su perstitions of the country do not afflict me, I do assure you. Uut it is so lonely up there, my dear. " What of that ? Solitude and still ness are the fit accompaniments of such a solemn scene. I had much rather go thereby myself. I was resolved to exhibit my inde pendence, as well as to do away with anv false impressions my excellent hostess might have received from Char lotte r others with respect to my cour ace: but at the same time she need not have reminded me that it was "so lone ly up there." I did not expect to find Disney churchyard the center of fash- on, or the scene of an excursion picnic at ten o'clock at night, of course ; her remark was officious and unnecessary, and at the same time it made my blood run cold. However, when the moon rose, so did I, and, sketch-book in hand, toiled up to the old ohnreh, which was also, from its prominent position, a landmark used by sailors, which taught them to avoid the rocks at Disney Point. Whatever might be the matter, there was always a wind up there, and even in that still summer night it was wandering about the grasses of the graves, and whispering into the ears of the stone gargoyles of the church, which seemed to grin in malice at its news of storm and wreck to come. I seated myself on my camp-stool, just in front of the porch, and began what I intended to be a hasty sketch, just a few strokes, to be filled in at my leisure, for I felt the situation to be uncanny, and already wished myself at home. My fingers shook a little. certainly not with cold, and, though the architecture was sa;d to be a " fine specimen of the perpendicular," it did not appear so in my sketch-book. Suddenly I heard a subdned sob ; tne utterance, as it seemed to me, of some poor creature of my own sex in distress. It came from an obscure corner of the churchyard, where the graves were not so well cared for and tended as the others were a spot, I had been told, where those were laid whom the piti less sea had drowned. When a ship was cast upon the rocks yonder it was rare even for one of its crew to reach that rock-bound shore alive ; and after a great storm whole ships' companies were sometimes buried at once in the churchvard of Disney head. I listened with beating heart, and the sound was repeated; and this time I felt sure it was a I had supposed. Doubtless some woman had come to weep in secret over tne grave oi her sailor son or husband ; there was no need to be frightened in such a case. It might be that I should be able to give her comfoit. I rose, and moving to ward the wreck-corner (as it was called), could dimly make out a woman's figure kneeling at the head of a grave. In the presence of so great a sorrow, I seemed to lose all selfish fear, and ventured softly to address her. She did not reply, nor even so much as turn her head, though I felt certain she must have heard me ; and since she w as a woman, and did not spepk, I felt there must be something very wrong with her. As I drew nearer, I beheld a spectacle that overwhelmed me with pity. The unhappy creature before me was naked to the waist, and with her arms straight down by her side, was caziner on the crave beneath her with a look of indescribable despair. She shed no tear, but her eyes wore a look of hopeless woe and yearning beyond all ordinary sorrow "You are killing yourself, my poor woman," reasoned I, " to kneel there in such a plight. The dead you mourn can ask no such sacrifice as this that yon should join them." But again she answere 1 nothing ; and then, to my horror, I observed that she had dug anotl er grave at the head of that she was watching, and was already buried in it up to her waist. Was she, then, bent on committing suicide, or was she herself an inhabitant of the tomb, like those around her, and were the graves indeed giving up their dead at that witching hour of night, as I had read of, but had not believed ? In an agony of terror, such as even I had never before experienced, I flung down my sketch-book, and rushed from the churchyard and down the hill. " What is the matter, Mary Anne ?" cried my amazed hostess,, who was sit ting up for me with her husband in the parlor, as I tore into the room shrieking for help. " Matter !" cried L " There is a poor young woman, with nothing upon her, half buried alive ia the wreck corner of the churchyard. She has already lost her eight and hearing, for she took no notice of me at all." " Impossible !" cried my hostess. "But I've seen her," shrieked L " Not a moment is to be lost." "Ah, bless you, we've seen her too," aid my host, laughing; "it's the fig urehead of the Bella. When the ship came ashore we stuck it up at the cap tain's grave, by way of headstone poor fellow I She has not got much on her, it's true; but I don't think she'll hurt." M. Lachaud, who defended Mar shal Bazaine on his trial, has declined to take any fee, and the ex-Empress En genie has sent him a present as a souvenir of the affair. The Qaeen of Spain has assumed the costs of the trial, and has offered to provide for the education of Bazaiae'a children. AND FROM WASHINGTON. Indian Appropriations New Bounty Act Confirmations and Appointments. Secretary Richardson reports to the senate, in response to their iaquiry. that it will take four Tyears to have sil ver enough coined by the mints to re place the fractional currency. The house committee on appropria tions has completed the Indian appro priation bill. It appropriates five million dollars, being a reduction from the estimates of $1,500,000. The joint committee on library have decided it is not expedient to rec ommend the purchase, this season, of the Catlin collection of paintings and implements of North American Indi ans. The price asked is said to be about $100,000. Ine senate oommitte on finances have agreed to report favorably on a bill for the relief of the United States treasur er, Hillhouse, of New York city, making good the defalcation of Johnson, the clerk in charge of the stamp depart ment, amounting to $170,000. The president has approved the act au thorizing the secretary of war to ascer tain the amount of expenses incurred by tne territorial authorities of Dacorah for arms, eauinmeuts. militarv stores. supplies and all other expenses of the volunteer forces of the Indian war of 1862. The sub-committee of the house com mittee on Indian affairs to whom the subject was referred recently, have agreed to recommend that all claims for Indian depredations be turned over for adjudication and settlement by the United States courts for the respective districts wherein such depredations have been committed. The appropriation committee will propose an amendment to the postal laws, so as to provide that after June 30,1874, the conveyance in the mails of samples of merchandise, packages of clothing, seeds, cuttings, roots, scions, samples ot metals, ores, and mineral- ological specimens, and bound books shall cease, and all laws authorizing such conveyances shall be repealed. btrong efforts are making to have the secretary of the treasury reconsider his decision, that pilots and engineers of steamboats, employed upon the great lakes, must ba citizens of the United States. The plea is there is not a suffi ciency of these officers in the United States to answer the requirements of business in that section. It is not prob able any change will be made in the decision. The treasury department hag prepared for transmission to the house of repre sentatives the specific sums necessary to supply deficiencies in appropriations for tho year ending June 30, 1874, and prior years. They are as follows : For department of 6tate, $18,067 ; treasury department, $636,673 : war department. $1,246,000; department of interior, $88,485 ; department of justice, $320,- 670: indicial department. $2,944: total. $2,312,839. Ihe senate appropriation committee will propose the abolition of the postal car system on railroads, and the repeal of the clause providing for the free de livery of letters, the latter on the ground that large ouuii aro thus Spent for the benefit of residents in a few cities, which the people at large are taxed to pay for. It estimated that such changes would well nigh cover the $7,000,000 estimated as the deficiencies of the postal department for the ei ing year. The senate has confirmed John W. Jenkins, of Virginia, to be secretary of uoiorado, and Tom. IS. Searight, of Pennsylvania, to be surveyor-general or uoiorado, br. S the nomination of (ien, Edwin McCook, to be governor of Colo rado, has not been confirmed. The President has nominated William A. Simmons to be collector of the port of Boston, vice Thomas Russell, who is to be minister to Venezuela. The senate has, to this time, failed to confirm Gen, Van Bnren (of Vienna fame) as con sul to Kanagawa, The senate commutes on public Lands agree to recommend the passage of a bill extending until December 1 1876, the time for the completion of the Wisconsin Central railroad. The law now requi es its completion by next May under penalty of forfeitu-e'of its large land grant. The committee also took action on house bill amendatory of the act to encourage the growth of timber on the western prairies and will report amendments limiting the amount of land that may be thus required by homestead settlers, in addition to the 160 acres of homestead, to 40 planted with trees contiguous to said home stead. The bill introduced in the house by Mr. Wood, of New York, to regulate the service of the collection of customs at the various perts of entry of the United States, provides for the total abolition of the moiety system, and that all fines, penalties, and forfeitures shall go into the public treasury. That officers of the customs service shall hold office for a stated period and not be subject to removal, except for cause; also, that for false valuation, any pack age undervalued shall be forfeited, and not the whole prrcel, and that the seizure of books and papers shall not be made, except upon the order of United States courts and upon proof. Mr. Wood's bill to regulate the collec tion of duties on imported still-wines, makes a specific instead of an ad valor em dutv of fifty cents per gallon in casks, and one dollar and fifty cents per case of one dozen bottles. It substi tutes this spec lie instead of ad valor em duties for all wines. Both bills were referred to the committee on ways and means. The house committee on tho judi ciary report that as all other property andrights of property of persons eD gaged in the late rebellion have by general acts of amnesty and the laws of the United States been exempted from con fiscation there can be no reason for now retaining on the statute-book such acts and parts af acts as were very properly enacted to prevent aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States dur ing the war. which by their impedi ments to creditors of the United States in receiving their just dues amounts to confiscation thereof, und also such acts to the same effect as were passed to hinder and prevent disloyal persons, whose disabilities had not then been removed because of their participation in rebellion, from making any claim against the government for debts due and claims not arising out of the rebel lion, prior thereto, should also be re pealed. The committee, therefore, re port a bill repealing the jeint resolu tion of March 2, 1867, prohibiting the payment of debts due by the United States before the war, unless loyalty is proven, and repealing the oath. By a full vote of the judiciary committee, a bill has been presented to the house providing that whoever, beipg a creditor of the United States on ac count of any contract made on tho 14th of April, 1861, or a claimant of any bounty of the United States given by law for military or naval service, con? before the 14th of April, 1861, shall bo entitled to receive the amount due and payable, notwithstanding any participa tion or sympathy in the rebellion, or the exercising of the functions of any office weatever under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States, and all laws and parts of laws contravening the provisions of this act be the same are hereby repealed. Accompanying this bill is a report from the judiciary committee, to whom was referred a house resolution of March 1, 1867, prohibiting the payment of debts due by the United States before the war unless loyalty is proved, and also a MA house bill to repeal the oath at present required oi applicants lor pensions, and to prescribe another oath. The com mittee, having considered the above mmtioned resolution aud bill, report that "It seems to your committee that as all o her property and rights of pro perty of persons engaged in the late re bell ion have by general acts of the am nesty and laws of the United btates, been exempted from confiscation, there can be no rean for now retaining on the stttute bcoko biuli acts and parts of acts as were very properly enacted to prevent aid and comfort to the enemy of tlie United States during tue war, which, by their impediments to the creditors of the United States in re ceiving their iust dues, amount to con 'fiseation. and also such acts to the same effect which were passed to hinder and prevent disloyal persons whose disabili ties had not been removed because of their participation in the rebellion from making any claims against the govern ment for debts due, and claims not aris ing out of the rebellion prior thereto, should also be repealed. Therefore, your committee have reported the ac company ing bill covering the resolution and referred to them, so as to remove all disabilities in that regard." The Floating Gardens of Mexico. When the city of Mexico was taken by the Spaniards under Cortez, in loZl, it oco pied several m the Lake Tezouoo. The water, from various influences, chiefly volcanic, has since receded, and th ; city, although still retaining its an cient site, is now ten and a half miles distant from the lake. At the time of the Spanish conquest, however, it pre sented very much the appearance of Venice, a "city in the sea," "throned on her hundred isles, the margins of whose broad and narrow canal-streets were in many places lined with splendid mansions. Aooording to the ancient Spanish historians, the native Mexicans had at that time attained a high degree of perfection in various arts, for which they do not appear to have been in any way indebted to the civilization of the Old World, and which must have been an outgrowth of unaided indigenous talent. Among the many novelties and wonders which met the eyes of the Spaniards were the chinampa, or float ing gardens, which abounded on the lake, and supplied the city with vege tables, fruits, and flowers, the latter b:mar in great request among the Mexi cans for decorat-ng tho altars of their gods. These gardens were formed by constructing a large raft from the reeds and other aquatic plan s which grew by the shores of the lake, making it suffi ciently firm and buoyant to sustain a quantity of sou whicli was spread over the surface, and kept in position by a low fence of wicker-work, or intertwined reeds and branches, which run round the edge of the raft. The fertility of these little floating islands, owing to the constant supply of moisture, is very remarkable, and he old chroniclers de scribe them as being literally covered with flowers and fruit and verdure. Tho city of Mexico is still, to a great extent, supplied from these singular market-gardens, which form the sole sunoort of some villages on the shores of the lake, inhabited by families of the descendants of the aboriginal race who fell beneath the treachery of the san guinary Cortez. Two of these villages, Santa Anita and Ixtacalco, are particu larly noted for the production of beau tiful flowers, and at certain seasons, when their floating gardens aro in full bloom, thev are a favorite resort of pleasure-parties of the citizens. Congressional Manners. Many journals and critics are from time to time finding fault with the man ners of the bouse in debate, and some think it would be better to cease report ing their proceedings unless the mem bers can govern their tongues and tem pers in decenter fashion. Coarseness and intemperance in debate do not, however, constitute more than a more moderate proportion of the offences of that body against good taste. The of fences of indecorous speeoii and churl ish temper aro simply in keeping with the personal deportment of a considera ble squad of members upon the floor. A glance from the gallery reveals to the eye of a gentleman or lady, if the ses sion be a full one, thespectacle of mem bers scattered here and there in every attitude of indecorum and boorishness some sprawled along the sofas, with one leg on the floor a d the other pro- trudi g a loot oi nnaue proportions over the back of the temporary couch. where it besmears the delicate tints upon the wall ; some smoking in the doors of the cloak rooms, and even at their desks ; some chewing tobacco, and voiding their rank expectorations upon the pretty carpet, or firing it wilily at the bright ventilating registers in the floors ; some gathered in groups wnn their backs toward the speaker, or any other man whom it might concern, rela tirg stories, stale, smutty, or other wise, and breaking mtocccationai whin nies and gnnaw8 ; some gazing at ine galleries, and strutting up and down the ai9les and passages witn a conscious ness of themselves and their new clothes that suggests a speckled circushorse on court week ; r ome munching apples and the like, or diligently strewing the floor with bits of paper, torn very fane : some complacently combing their whiskers or paring their nails ; some, and they were not a few, tilted bacn in tneir swivel chairs, with their feet thrust so far across their desks that the legs of their pantaloons were pretty effectually skinned up over tnoir boots, giving tneir shanks a picturesque effect ; and all over the house goes on the endless scribbling, the reading of newspapers, the hand-slapping for errant pages, and the unintermittmg jabber, generally unnoted, of the man who is supposed by a parliamentary fiction to be occupying the floor. Washington Jfcrald. Was Napoleon a Boor ? A writer in Lippincott's Magazine says the household manners of Napoleon were those of a boor. " When the es tablished hour for dining at Malmaison was six o'clock, and, though etiquette forbade any one to approach the table before the announcement of the head of the house, he often failed to appear before seven, eight, or even ten o'clock. A chicken or some other article was Elaced on the spit every fifteen minutes y order of the cook, who knew well the habits of the emperor. The table manners of Napoleon may have been those of the hero ; they were certainly anything but those of the gentleman. He completed the process of cramming it could scarcely be called eating ii six or seven minutes, as a rule. Igtor ing the use of knives and forks as re garded his own plate, he did not stop there, but 'helped himself with his fin gers from the dishes nearest him, and dipped his bread in the gravr. Hints to Advertisers. When peo ple see a man advertise they know he is a business man, and his advertising proclaims that he is not above business, bnt anxious to do it. Customers, like sheep, are gregarious, and flock where they see others go. If nobody else were engaged in the same business, it would be important to tradesmen and dealers to advertise in the paper, because peo ple are tempted to buy what they read of. But others are engaged in the same business, and even if they do not ad vertise, it becomes the more important for you to do so ; if they do advertise it becomes doubly important. Anon. Without the aid of advertisements I could have done nothing in my specu lations. I have the most complete faith in " printer's ink." Advertising is the " royal road to business. "Barnum. J. VOL. XIX., NO. 32. The Ways of Our Fathers. When the present government was hrat organized under the constitution in New York, in 1779, it was customary for the senate to sit with closed doors in all cases, executive and legislative. This practice was continued till the 29ih of February. 1794. wheu the fa mous contested election of Albert O.il latin was under discussion. It was then directed, by a vote of 19 to 8, " that suitable galleries bo provided for tho senate chamber, and that the same be opened every morning, except in such cases as, in the opinion of tlie senate, reqmire sjecrecy. In forming treaties, and in making appouiiaenra, tne "uavice and con sent of the senate is required by the constitution. Washington very natur ally gave these words their obvious meaning, and thought the advice and consent should be obtained beforehand. In exeontive sessions, therefore, he at tended the senate in person, and took the presiding officer's chair. The latter was assigned a chair on the floor of the senate, and was considered as the im mediate presiding officer, putting all questions to ine senators, who answer "Aye" or "No. The president con suited the senate before concluding the negot iation of Indian of treaties, and bad uen. jvnox, his secretary of war, pres ent, to give all necessary explanations. ihe other members of his cabinet at tended the senate, when required, to bring papers and cive explanations : a method now supplemented by their an nual reports. The senators of those days thought the former mode the best to obtain the exact information wanted. and the best security against tlie ap pointment J of incompetent recretaries. Other customs connected with tlie in auguration of a new president has fallen into disguse, such as the proclamation by the chief justice, after administering the oath, " Long live George Washing ton, President of the United States !" the president then repairing to church to attend divine service, accompanied by both houses of congress; then re conducted to his new house in a coach and four by a committee of both ; and a formal answer by the house, made to the inaugural address. Instead of taking the "advice and asking the " consent" of the senate be forehand in the formation of treaties, for many yea-s they have been gener ally negotiated without even the know ledge of senators, aud their ratifica tion urged as an administration measure. A Col. I- leli bourne having been nom inated as collector of Savannah, was rejected by the senate, at the wishes of the Georgia senators, who preferred another man. Washington was evi- lently annoved by this rejection, as the colonel had been a favorite officer with him during the revolution ; and it is as serted that he never presided nt any more executive sessions, and the atten dance of his secretaries also soon fell into disuse. When John Quincy Adams was secre tary of state, in 1822, he entered the house, it was said, to request Timothy Fuller, of Massachusetts, or some other member, to make a call for a crrtam paper connected with his famous con troversy then pending with Jonathan Russell, respecting the fishery question at the treaty of Ghent. His political op ponents in the violent presidential cam paign then opening affected to consider his presence in the houso a great vio lation of " the proprieties of his posi tion." President Polk consulted the senate in the formation of the Oregon treaty oi i4y, asking tneir advice ' beiore hand, on the point of establishing the boundary line with Great Britain on the parallel of 49 degrees. Secretary Chase was frequently in at tendance in one of the committee rooms during the sessions of congress through out the late war, when his important financial measures were under discus sion. Would it not have been more di rect and satisfactory for the secretary to have been present in the house, to have given all necessary explanations in person, as is done by cabinet miniHters in the British parliament ? How Two Chinamen Met. Chinese settlers in Detroit have not been numerous. At no time since the first pig-tail was thrown to the breeze in this city has the number counted over six, and of late Tumgee and Lung-Sing have been the sole rep resentatives of the celestial empire to be fonnd in the city ef the straits. No doubt these two strangers in a strange land have had their lonesome hours and their r pells of homesickness, and no doubt the silent tear has fallen from their almond-shaped eyes and mingled with the laundry starch as they thought of ma and pa and the great ocean roll ing between. A strange heathen struck the town yesterday, coming direct from Kan Francisco, and as he ambled up Jefferson avenue with a satchel in ono hand and a cold bite in the other he en countere I Lung-Sing. It was like a meeting between two long-lost brothers in the great Sahara Desert. " Whoope wl.oop how hoo I ex claimed Lung-Sing as his eyes fell upon Ah hoo. "Hip hoo how! shouted the stran- ger gladly, dropping his satcuei ana tossing up bis hat. They embraced. iiung-Hing strained the stranger to his bosom, and Au-hoo strained back. They got each other around the neck and tugged and hug ged again nntil there was a grunt from both. "How whoope! shouted Lung- Sing. " How hip ! cried Ah-hoo. Then the stranger fell on Lung-Sing's neck, shoved his hat off, busted his pa per collar, and trid to chew his ear, and Lung-Sing fell against a window and kept shouting : " Whoope how whoope how ho ho whoope !" The stranger finally stood back, wip"d away a tear on his old hat, and Lung Sing picked up the satchel, shook the kinks out of his back, and said some thing that probably meant : " Come over to my hoie-m the-waii, old boy, and tell me the latest news from China." Fne Pretn. The Word "Female." The nsa of this word for woman is one of the most unpleasant ami inexcusable of the common perversions of language. It is not a Briticism, although it is mnch more in vogue among British wri ters and speakers than among our own. With us, lady is the favorite euphonium for woman. For every one of the softer and more ambitious sex who is dissatis fied with her social position, or uncertain of it, seems to share Mrs. Quickly dis like of being called a woman. There is no lack of what is called authoritative usage during three centuries for this misuse of female, as I may show, should I undertake the discussion of Americanisms, so called. But this is one of those perversions which are not jus tified by example, however eminent. A cow or a sow, or any she brute, is a female, just as a woman is ; as a man is no more a male than a bull is, or a boar ; and no woman calls herself a female without thereby sharing her sex with all the br; te creation. It is Btated by the New York rrice Current, on the authority of the secre tary of the treasury, that a number of prominent English manufacturers con template the removal of their manufac tures and capital to the United States. With a number-one Bogardns, a kicker and a or py of the Dead Beats' Direct iry recently invented by st me body in Chicago, every nespnper office ought to en joy a degree of serene hap piness which until now was impossible. t GRAVE AND GA7. ; A great drinker being at a 'table 1 nort,i h'm trapes at dessert. "Thank yon," said he, pushing awsy the plate, " I don't take my win iu pills." A "pnblio adjudication," alias a forced loan, of twentv-five millions pesetas is decreed at Madrid. It i guaranteed by the revenuo from the stamp tax. A lengthy article is in 'circulation telling how to make a good mnstard plaster. An article telling how to suc cessfully dodge one is what a smittcu people want. Agassiz used to claim that it wns just as proper to say a " pint of milch " as to say " milch cow." His head was popularly supposed to be level. Russia is about to adopt a general conscription law, which, it is thought, will bring the strencth of the army up to 2 000.000 within fiiteon years. Richmond's' last census having footed up only 51,000 names, it in pro posed to have it taken over again by a man from Chicago, who guarantees a population of 74,000, or no pay. The following is tho latest obitu- Jlnre lies inlMTea i nci iii mm, Wlu usiiKOii earth till nitv-to, Now, npon liiKl't abovn the kr. No doubt the sings like sixty, too. The Normandie cap, which rwd t be woru by babies and little cLiLben, has been modified and worked ov r iut a dainty bit cf head gear for newly married ladies. It r' senibli s an injured kite. The original patent for metnllio tips for shoes whs sold for $l(N), and tho company which lKwght it lfcnmrt wealthy. Now, mon its expiration, the inventor has obtained its renewal, nd compels the company to pay him S K),000. A Kansas gentleman has thought fully put his fr .rot gate in the parlor, so that his daughter and her young man can swing on it without taking cold du ring the cold weather, luisisalinnian suggestion to all fathers. A front gate in the parlor may save a go-! many dol lars that would otherwiHe be paid out for soothing syrups and cwiigh bulnani. The Red river salc-on, New Mexico, is an exciting place for lunch. A ruf fian known as Chunk amnved himself in shooting the eves out of pictures and opening champagne lottles with pistol bullets. His eye became fixed on a stockman named Allison. At the sup- Cer-table they sat opposite, each with is pistol in his lap. AIUkou dodged Chunk's ball, and shot (.'hunk through the right eye before he had time to eu- oy his coneo. IUrt sherill arrived. lie wa..ted Chunk for a murder in Texas. The Ypfilanti Commercial tells this story : A few weeks siuco two of our prominent citizens swore off from drinking. One of them had occasion to visit Cb.cago. Meeting some friends they urged Lim to drink. He p1eald bis agreement wiih 11. in Ypsilnnti. Tho friends of A. in Chicago were not satis fied, and telegraphed to B. in our rity. saying, A i grtniiB swiui orj. Can't you let him off this onoe ? " TLo noble Spartan's reply telegraphed back was : "No 1 if ho must die, let Lim ie sober." - Sydney Smith said : "Among tho smaller dutit s of life I hardly know f anyone more important than that i not praising where praise is not duo. Kemitation is one of the prizes for which n eueontend. It is, as Mr. lturko calls it, " the cheap cum se and orna ment of nations." It produces room labor and more talant than twico the wealth of a coumry could ever rear up. It is ooin oi genius, ana u i mo iujiw- rions 'dnty of every man to besiow u with the most scrupulous justice aud the wisest economy." The Cheynno Leader says the Arapahoes anil Chcyeunes at present located near tho lied Cloud agency, who assume the right to roam st will ovfr nothwentern Wyoming, and who have committed many murders and depiedations upon the citizens, have resolved not to sbandou th.-ir hunting grounds for a renovation on tho Arkansas river. The Ampaboes num ber alxnit 2.0IK) and the Cheyenne morn than 5,000, and there will 1k trouble if the Indian department insists upon its purpose to send them south. A " Centennial" Almanac. A r-mv of "The Virginia Almanart f,.r lim venr of our Jx.rd uod lia has bet ii diHOovered, whioh thus winds up the twelvemonth : " I h-ooniber, like the fag End of a bad Market, comes last of all, making a great Hole in that which was gotten in tho other three Months ; for toward the 25th we may expect to hear of a great mnnsinj among the Hogs, Sheep, Geese, CaiKm. Turkeys, etc, enpecially in farmers Houses in tho country, uu ""w much Respect to those MMr ttunerers that they set them lip at the latile, (al tar they aro dead and roatttod) among tho best of our Guests, to maw ineru at Christmas. Sluen gooi iii ill likewisfl lifl oormnmod this Mouth, and (if the Weather prove cold) a deal of Coals and Wood, not to men tion the Devastation that will le made in the Pockets of loning OameU-n. The weather Iwing cold, may nduro some Men to fall into the Pit-Ml of Matrimony, not considering what l ears. Jealousies, Dangers, Anxieties, and Troubles, attend on a married Life. War is sweet to them that know it not. They that never endured Hardship nor came within Ounshot more than in Con templation think it an excellent Thing to be a Soldier when they rea4 of the Conquests of Alexander, the Triumphs of Ctnsar, the Trophies of Achilles and the like. Ho wbil-t they spend their Time in Kissing, Toving, Fooling, and tii; n. tl.ink themselves in I ar- adise, they have strange Chimeiasof th. Felicities of a wedded life, and rKvv.m; ie me Love with their Yoke, long for their Fetters, and are mad tin "" their Freedom and sro utterly undone. . . . i . i i i .... Don't Do It. There area great many things one does not want to do. And there is an editor out in Logansporr, in., in the habit of mentioning inn- occasionally. The unto appended in the UIi; f that all our readerTgiving heed thereunto will thereby become wiser : Don't eat sour grapes. ,iur, .ur..- your teeth. . , ,. Don t spn wiuu "'" - Yon might cut me roi e. the sexton, no llnn'tlrlt lOKPS nrefrrs grave converfiitioim. 1 Don't borrow trouble. Jte patient. and it will come to you m the conrseof J " w "Sft fool with nil ro glycerine, or tri flo with an angry woman. Either ono wilt blow you up. Don't grieve over lout cpjiortnnities. It is not proper for a man to attend his own funeral. , Don't growl simply brcinse yonrbag gsge is smashed.' Thauk your stars that it was not your bead. Don't fool away your time to reform the world. Be content with keeping vonr own garments unspotted. 7 Don'Tlothe your l.ttio vice, with the garb of innocence. . The garments will I rove too thin to shield you from the chilling blast of scorn. A CaRMad. What contitntes a car load? As a general role. "0 (KM) H,nn.U or 70 barrels of fait, 70 of lime. S" of QOO narks of Hour, o oats, 400 of barley. SCO of flax seed 3M of apples, 430 of Irihli potatoes, .lt.0 of sweet potatoes, 1,000 bushels of bran. The foregoing tablo may not lie exactly correct, for the reason that railroads do not exactly agree in their rules and es timates, but it approximates so closely to the general average that larPrs y"1 find it a great ooiivenieneo mi matter ef reference. hard wood. 7 of soft wood. IS to ) head of cattle, 50 to GO bead of hogs 80 to 100 head of sheep, I." .Vv, of boards, 17,000 feet of sidm oT flooring, 40,000 ahinKles, ouo-balf lesn of harllumlMT, one-fourth e of green lumber, one-tenth les. of Joists, acsnt ling and all other large Umber .13 , f wheal, .ion oi coru, -o .