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- - "t-- -;- dlauii l.rf SOL. MILLER, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, THE CONSTITUTION AHD THE UNION. TE1MS$2.00 PER ANNUM, IN ADTANCE. VOLUME XV.-NU3IBER Choice Itoclm TIIE FLVVTIM; OV THE APPLE-TREE. ur mui ccucx- BBiivr. Come, let 119 plant the apide-trr-e, Cl-ravr the tough crrtiswanl with the spade: Wide lt its hollow IkM be mule; Tlwre cntly Uy the rrmtN. ami there Sift the dark mould with kindly care. And imu it o'er thrm tenderly, Jim round the tdeepln; infant fret We oftly fold the cradleheet; So 4ant we the apple-tree. What plant we la this amile-trerf Jluda. which the breath of Summer daya Vhal lenptheu inti leafy prays; tough where the thmah'with crimaon breaat, Shall haunt, and wii. and hide her neat; We plant, ajwm the aunny lea, - ahadow for the nouutide nunr, A ahelter fnm the Siimiber ahower. When we plant the apple-tree. What plant we In tin apple-tree! Swecliifiira hundred flow rrv Springs To load the May-wlnd'a eaOnji wine. When, from the rchar-row, he pour-situ fi-agran- through or oin doors; A world ctf LloMionia for the bee, Flowrm for the nick girl's silent room, J"nr the glad Infant prijr of bloom. We plant ith the apple-tree. What plant wefu this apple-t reef Fruits that liall swell In sunny June, And reilden in the Auguftt noun, And drop, when centle airs come by. That fan the blue STpteniWr sky. While children come, with cneof -Ire, And seek them where the fragrant graaa Iletra.vs their liel to thone -wlmpa.-. At ihe foot of the apple-tree. And when, above this applr-lree. The Winter stars are quivering bright. And winds go howling through the night, Girl, w how onng ejea o'ertiow with mirth, Mull peel its'fruit liy cottage hearth ; And picMts In prouder iKiines shall see, Ileapedvitu the grape orCintraa vine. And ptldm orauge of the Line, The fruit of the apple-tree The fruitage of this ple-trec. WimU and onr flag of ln- and star Shall War toenails that be afar, Where men shall wonder at the view. And k In what fair gime tliey grew; And tuijourners be3nd thesra Shall think of childhood careless .lay, -Ami long, long hours of Summer play, Jn the shade of the apple-tree. "Each rear shall give this apple-tree A broader flush of roseate bloom. A dper maze of venlnrons gloom. And lonneii, when the fpt- lontbt lower. Therrlsp. brown leaves in thicker showrr. The years shall conie and pass, but vru Shall hear no longer, wh re we lie. The Summer s song, the Autnmis slh, Jn the boughs of the apple-tree. And time shall waste this aii iMree. t). when Its aged branches throw Thin shadows on the ground Wln-ir, Shall frand and Toreoand Iron will OnpresM tl wt-ak and In Ii!- Mill I What shall the tasks of mercy be, lAluid the toils.' the strifes, the tears t)f those who live when length of j ears Is wasting thin apple-tree t "WlmjilantetllhU old apple-tree! The children of Ilut distant itay Thus to some aged man shall say; -Ami, gazing on its mossy Mem. "The gray-hairt'd man shall answer them: "A ioet of the land was he. lloni in the rude but good old times; T is said lie made some quaint old ihymca On planting the apple-tree." Select Statin THE DEAD ALIVE. A TIIKII.I.IXC KKETCII. Tlic subjoined narrative published originally in Chambers Journal, is stated to bu translated fnnn a foreign newi.paier. It is necessary to re niind tlic reader that the Island Maurita. apper taining to this ilay to the English, was nriginally rolonicd liy the French, ami that the population consists in a great measure of persons of that na tion, to whom, by a formal treaty lictvvccu the. two parties i-oncerneil, their ancient laws anil ttxages were preserved without material altera tion. Almnt three or four months ago. the Sienr Cln domir Frenois, a rieh merchant nf the Island, was found dead, and frightfully disfigured, in his own habitation. His Imdy was discovered lying on the floor, with his face mutilated by a pistol, and all doubt as to the catastrophe was dispelled by the discovery of the fatal weapon by the side of the corpse, as also of a paper in the hand-writing oT the deceased. This paper contained the fol lowing words: I am ruined ! a villain ha mbW meuf twenty tlinn. Kami livre uterhni: itintwnor miwt lie my portinn. ami I cannot survive it. I leave my wife the tank of dUtriliutinjr nminijr my creditor the means which remain to lis, and I pray that fiotl, my friend anil my enemies, mav panlon my M-lNleAtructiiin. Yet another minute, anil I nhall lie iu tternity. (Signed.) CLtHMUIIK FKEXOIS." Great was the consternation caused by this tragic event, which was the more unexpected, as the loss allndeil to in the nolo had ncrer lieen made public. Tliu deceased hail been held iu vreat esteem over the colony, as a man of strict honor, and was universally lamented. His at tached widow, after endeavoring faithfully to fulfill his last wii-hes, found her grief too power ful to mingle longer with the world, and took the resolution to consecrate her remaining days to the service of religion. Two months after the sad end of her husband, she entered a convent, leaving to a nephew of the merchant, a'physician, the charge of completing tlio distribution of the effects of Freuois among his creditors. A minute examination of the papers of the de ceased, led to the discovery of the period at which the unfortunate merchant had been robbed; and this period was found to ertrrespond with the date of the disappearance of a man named John Moon, long in tho employment of Frenois. Of 3his man, on whom suspicion not unnaturally fell, nothing could be learned ouinqniry; but, short Iv after the division of the merchant's property, w .. 1 t .1... ....I...... WliMti tnl'itli 1111 .MOOn HlHie.ur.il" ii ........... ....... ....... ,- anil examined respecting the cause of his flight, he stated that he had lieen sent by his master to France, to recover certain sums due to the mer chant there, in which mission he hail licen unsuc cessful: and he further averred, that if.Clodomir Frepois, in his existiug correspondence, had thrown anv injurious suspicious on him, (Moon,) the whole was hut a pretext, to account for ne fieiencies of which the merchant himself was the Mile eanse and author. This declaration, made l.y a man who scorned to fear no injury, and -ivhose worldJv rirenmstances remained, to ap pearsnee, thcsanie as they had ever been, hail the effect of silencing, if it did not satisfy, the ex aminers; and the affair soon fell, iu a great meas ure, out of the public recollection. Things remained for a short time in this condi tion, when, one morning, Mr. William ?". iirincipal creditor of the late Ciodomir Frenois, heard a knocking at his gate,, at a very early hour. He called up one of his servants, ho went down and opened the door, and i1""1'; ly returned with the intelligence that a Granger, ivho seemed desirous of keeping Pc"n cealed. wished to speak xrih Mr. Burnett .n . pri vate, Mr. Burnett arose, threw onhis dressing gown, and descended to tho parlor. lie there 2 stranger of tall person, seated. r. wwy i and familiar attitude upon a sofa, tnth a nmnbe r of the Mornin" Post 1" h band- Tue ', . i tor was ?unTUo Mr. Burnett, as he ej .tere L Kathersnrprise.1 to stranger wndnet him self so like an old friend of the bouse, Mr. Bur nett said aloud: "Sir, may I beg0 lno,r Jour hnsiness with met" ..i.,i,-,ltnfa. The stranger turned round, ?ldnc J. lntehis host wamly and courte.nsy. Mr. liefore, a mntiiaieo oi f0vhaM!waftha-t interview, between Mr. yorvrtnj himself with tira tJSSSf he .Tad Songhre eT", he w rested 44. and taken to prison by the ofilcera of justice. On the following day, lie was brought before the criminal court, accused of robbing the late Cio domir Frenois, the crime being conjoined with a breach of trust and violence. . Moon smiled at the charge, with all the confi dence of a man who hail nothing to fear. The Judge, having demanded of him if he confessed the crime, the accused replied that the charge was altogether absurd; that clear testimony was necessary to fix such a charge uiou him"; and that, so far from there being any evidence pro ducable, neither the widow of the deceased, iior any other person in his sen-ice; had ever heard the pretended robliery even once mentioned by irrcnuis during his life. "So you then affirm your innocence V rcpeat edthe Judge, gravely, of ter hearing all that the other had to say. "I will avouch my innocence," replied Moon, "even before tho body of my late master, if that be necessary." (Such a thing oftcu touk place, under the old Colonial law.") "John Moon," said the Judge, in a voice bro ken by some peculiar emotion, " it is before jour late master that you will have to assert your in nocence; aud may the God of justice make truth apjicar." A signal from the Judge accompanied the w ords, anil immediately a door opened, and Ciodomir Frenois, the suppo'sed suicide, entered the court. He advanced to the bar, with a-shnv and delilier ate step, having his eyes calmly but firmly fixed on the prisoner, his servant. A great sensation was caused in the court by his appearance. Ut tering shrieks of horror and alarm, the females lied from the spot. The accused fell on his knees in abject terror, and shuddering, confessed his guilt. For a time, no voice was heard but his. However, as it became apparent that a living man stood liefore the court, the advocate for the prisoner gained courage to sjicak. He demanded that the identity of the merchant be established, and the existence be explained. He said that the court should not be biassed by what might prove to be a mere accidental. likeness lietuceii a per son living and one deceased, and that such an avowal as that of the prisoner, extracted iu a mo ment of extraordinary terror, was not to be held of much weight. "Before being admitted here as an accuser or witness," continued the advocate, addressing the resuscitated merchant, "prove who and what yon are, and disclose by what means the tomb, which so lately received your Issly, mangled with bullets, has given up its tenant, and rcstured vim to the world iu life and health."' ThN first appeal of the advocate, who continii til steadfast to his duty, under circumstances tint, woiiU" have chiscd the lips of most men, call ed forth the folloning narrative from Cludomir Frcu-is: ,My iiiry may so.iii be told, mid will sufilce to establish, my identity. When I discovered the robbery committal by the accused, he had then lied from the Island, and I speeiiily saw all at tempts, to retake him would prove fruitless. I saw ruin ami disgrace liefore me, mid came to the resolution of terminating my life before the evil day car.ic. On the night in'which'thisdctcrniiu nti'iii was formed, I was seated alone iu my pri vate chamber. I had written the letter which wan found on my table, and had loaded my pistol. This done. I prayed fur forgiveness from my Ma ker fur the act I was about to commit. The end of the pistol was n( my head, and my linger on the trigger, whena knock at the door of thehon-e startled me. I coneeah-d my weajMiu, and went to the door. A liian entered, whom I recognized as being thesevtou of the parish in which 1 lived. He Iwre a sack on his shoulders, and in it tho body of a man newly hiiricd, which was destined fur my nephew, thn physician, then living with me. Tho fcarcity of Isslies for dissection, as the court is aware, cnmcls those who arc anxious to acquire skill iu the midieal profession to pro cure them by any possible secret means. The sexton was at first alarmed at having met me. " Did my nephew request you to bring this liodyf " "Xo," replied the man; "but I knew his anxiety to obtain one for dissection, aud took it upon me to offer thisliody. For mercy Kike," continued the sexton, "do not betray me, sir. or I shall lose my station and my fimily's bread." While the man was speaking, a strange idea entered my mind, and brought to my despairiug bosom hopes of continued life and honor. I stood for a few moments ahsorlcl in thought, and then recollecting myself, I gave two pieces of gold to the resurrectionist, the sum which he expected. Telling him to keep his own counsel, aud that all would lie well, I sent him away, and carrus! the Ixsly to my cabinet. The whole of the house hold had been sent out of the way on purpoc, and I had" time to carry into execution the plan which had struck me. The lusty was fortunately of the same stature as myself, and like me iu com plexion. I knew tin man; he had been a poor offender, abandoned by his family. "Poor relic of mortality! said I, with tears in my eyes, "nothing which man may docan now injure thee; yet pardon me, if I rudely disfigure thy lifeless substance. It is to prevent the ruin of not one, but twenty families; and should success attend my attempt, I swear that thy children shall be mj- children, and when my hour comes, we shall rest together iu the tomb to which thou shalt be borne before me." At this portion of the merchant's narative, the most.Iively interest was excited in the court, and testified even by tears from many of the audience. Frenois thus proceeded : "I then stripped off my clothe, and dressed the, IhmIv iu them. This accomplished, I then took up iny pistol, aud with a hand more reluc tant than when I applied it to my person, I fired it close to the head of the deceased, and at once caused such disfigurement as rendered it iinisissi ble for the keenest eye to detect the substitution which had lieen made. "Choosing the plainest habit I could get, I then dressed myself anew, shaved off the whisk ers I was accustomed to wear, and took other means to alter my appearance, iu ease of lieing subjected by any accident to the risk of lietrayal. Xext morning saw me on board a French vessel, on niv way to a distant land the native country 'of my ancestors. The expectation of this scheme was not disappointed. I knew John Moon was tin-111.111 who robbed me. and who stands. at the bar of this court, and that he had formed connec tions in this Island which would iu all proUibili ty bring him back to it. as soon as the intelli gence of my death gave him promise of security. Tn Ibis I have not beeu disaniminted. I have been equally fortunate in other respects. While niVnnWOrillJ M-l.m istuuuin. "-- " ....ji...- ry safety, I have leeu successful in discovering (I,, nii.ni-ter in which, not-daring at first to lwtray tlie appearance of wealth, he,lodged the whole of the money. I nave urongui it wiui me, aim aiso aiiffieient nroofs. sunisising his confessions of this dav to be set asidrt altogether, tn convict him of the crime with which lie staniis charged. Jiy the same means," continued Ciodomir Frenois, with a degree of honorable pride in which all who beard him sympathized, "will I be enabled to re store my family to their place in society, and to redeem the credit of a name on which no blot was left by those who bore it liefore me, and which please God, I shall transmit unstained to my children, aud to my children's children." John Moon, whose guilt was thus suddenly and trnnlr laid bare to the world, did not retract the confession which he made in the extremity of his terror; and without separating, tue court sen tenced him to confinement in the prison of the colony. . . , The newsol v-iouomir rieiinisn n-appearancc nre.iil ranidlv. and the high' esteem in which his character was held. led to an universal rejoicing on the occasion, lie was accoinpanieu imm the court to his house by a dense multitude, who welcomed him with prolonged shouts. It would be vain to attempt any description of the feelings of his wife, who had thus restored to her the lie loved lieing for whoso sake she had quitted the world. She was released from her ecclesiastical vows, and rejoined her husband, no' more to part till the grave really claimed one or the other of them as its due. It is a singnlar coincidence that Mrs. Susan nah White, who came over in the Mayflower, should have been the jlnt bride and the rf mother in Xew England: aud also mother of the fr$t native Governor of the Plymouth colony. Capt. Peregrine White, the first liorn. died in Marshfield, Mas, in 1704, aged 83 years. The difficnlty In life, says Arthur Helps, is the same as the difficnlty in grammar to know when to make the exception to the rule. WHITE CLOUD, KANSAS, THURSDAY, Hisccllmin. THE COWS ARE COH13U. BT ALICE BOBBIXS. The cows are coming, Jesaie, dear; make haate and see the al;ht: Then- are twenty milky beanties to be housed and fed to- nijht. That nrt one, with the anow-white horns, ia jnat aa old as May; She ami my net lint saw the light, the same soft Summer day. j A tcmlrr ereatnre waa ane, so vraV. and cold, and thin! John said she was not lit to raise. I aaid it waa a sin To cat her oft; for Maybod'a sake. John ianghea, and .asked me.whclhrr I thou-ht it best, nion the whole, to rear fire calves together! But she was aiarf-d, and ao was May. It sometime seems to nil. In Starltright'a soft and gentle eyes, May'a pleading glanre I see, I love the creature you may amile pcrhana my fancies niiHrk; She's fairest of the herd, as May's the sweetest of the nock. There's May, her arms round Starurfcht 's neck; the girl la nine to-day ; A frolicsome and genial thing, at study or at lilay ; The darling c'our failing years. Soring in our Autumn art ; A fair white jewel tiLixing in our faded coronet. But see. John lets the liars down; in clover deep they stand, With glosiiy flanks, and hacks as straight as yonder table land; The fragrance of their breath pours In like ambergris and myrrh : They're'just the ntatrtt cowa to milk John says they never stir. They know bin tone 'tis seldom loud; they know his touch 'tis kind, "John ha a way, the neighbors say, to make dumb crea tures mind. Perhaps I only know that I, through all these blessed J ears. Have never seen the moment when his voice lias brought me tears. DOLLY VABDE.tr. F.vrry now and then a whim seizes the public, and takes possession of jieop!es senses, though why or wherefore, it would lie hard to say; but when once it has got a fair hold, it has to be hu mored until it is wont out or supplanted by souio other novelty. At the present moment the name which predominates every w here, w liicli is adver tised in the papers, imstcd on walls in hills in large black type, stuck up in the windows of dry gcssls stores, and heard in everylmdy's mouth, is that of Dolly, Vardeii. the sprightly, coquettish heroine of llickcii's, historical novel, "Jtaniaby I'udge." But the. novel was written thirty years ago, ami there seem to be no apparent "reason why the London locksmith's pretty daughter should all of a sudden start out into popularity greater than she enjoyed when she was first intro duced to the woriiL She was then made the sub ject of many a picture, and the celebrated artist, .Maclise, at tue suggestion ami umlerthc guid ance of his friend, Dickens, painted what may Ie called a jHirtrait of her, if there ran lie such a thing as the portrait of an imaginary character. It was, however, a realization on canvas of the conception of the uuthor, and it lias given to her the lHslily form and the costume by which she will henceforth lie identified. Just as we form but one conception now of Uncle Toby and the Widow Wadman, or of Sir I.oger de Coverly and the Spectator, or of Mr. Pickwick nnd Sain.Wel ler, iu consequence of our familiarity with the celebrated pictures and illustrations iu which they are represented, so will our notiouof Dolly Vunlen be limited to that of the artist, combined with the description which Dickens has given of her. In this she apjiears in a "cherry colored" hood and cloak, and a hat trimmed with cherry colored ribbons, Ac. But, graceful ami attrac tive as she is, there is nothing iu common lie tweeu her mid "the young ladies of the present day, who have their own peculiar grace and at tractiveness, tilio lived and flourished while onr war of independence was going on, and in which her lover lost an arm. To find any one who would resemble her, we should have to go back to our great-grandmothers' time; and herein is a partial mystery of the Dolly Vanlen furore. Some one in all probability an enterprising dressma ker started the notion that one of the most stri king novelties in the way of costume for ladies would be a revival of the antiquated (lowered chintz overskirts worn by I'uglish ladies iu the middle of the last century, and it has lxi-n as suc cessful a hit as any that has been made for some time. Accordingly tho Iow-lsslied dress, with skirts well looped up, sleeves tight to the elbow, and then suddenly assuming the dimensions of sacks, leaving the sirtion of the arm below the elbow bare, is to be the costume of the season, at home it is to lie hoped, for it would scarcely do for walking or riding in without some modifica tion. And patterns of every hoe and every vari ety of sprig and flower are displayed iu the store windows, to the no. little anxiety of paterfamil ias, who iK-gins to wonder what sort of appear ance his women-folks are going to assume when they step forth out of the hands of the modiste, with their straw hats looped np on one side a la Dolly, aud their skirts looped up on lxitli sides, displaying the scarlet or brown undergarment in which our great grandmothers delighted, and which they wore short, so as to display the open clocks of their red stockings, ami the shining sil ver buckles of their high heeled shoes. And along with Dolly Vanlen hats and dresses come Dolly Vanlen Jewelry and knick-knacks. It was an ingenious idea to revive all this iu the name of Dickens' popular heroine, but it might as well have beeu done iu the name of Clarissa Harlow, or Sophia Western, or K aline, or Olivia Prim row, or uny other heroine of the perils), for they all dressed iu the same costume as Dolly Vanlen did. So far,Jnileed, as hsipcd skirls are concern ed, they haebeeii ill vogue, inoreorle"S, for a century, and a half, and at this very time are fashionable iu walking dresses. The Dolly Var deii overskilt is not so much a novelty iu itself; the attraction of it is to be found, one may sup pose, in the flowered pattern of the material of which it is made. Oiir fashionable belles have scarcely recovered from tlie "Grecian bend, and the luxuriance of their present pompadour overdress makes the transition to the tight Isslice. low bosom, and bare arms of Dolly Vanlen rather sudden. Very young ladies will doubtless expect to double their attractions if such a thing lie possible iu their Dolly Vanlen costume. And ladies of more ma ture agrwho retain their Jouthful appearance, as many do. may also apjiear to advantage in it at home. FhitaMpliia Lrdgrr. HBJi m Fik's AvKUstox to Lying. It appeals from McAlpine's " Life and Times of James Fisk, Jr.," that the redoubtable James had not only a strong aversion to lying, but that he had an utter con tempt for a tnau who would lie a salesman in a Vfholesale dry goods shop. He thought there must lie fun in the life of a salesman iu a retail concern where existence is made more endurable by dialling with women aud measuring tape with them, but to stand and "dicker" with a man who knows yon are lying, and who, knows that yon know that he knows yon are lying, was the thing from which his gigantic soul revolted. This puritv ami this pride made him a controller of Erie and the Opera House two institutions in which pride and purity went hand in band, and so became notorions. StXTY-nvE years ago, a vessel was wrecked near Cape May, aud now a venerable lady in the cit v of Brotherly Love must needs have a dream, and having "dreamed a dream" she could not keep it to herself. In her vision she saw five hundred thousand dollars in the cabin of the wreck waiting for some one to claim it., S off start ed a score of money makers in pursuit of the lost treasure. Last week some of the rarty re turned, decidedly disgusted with the whole affair, for, atVr suffering mauy hanlships. they found no trace of the promised reward. The vessel lay among the quicksands, and most of the wreck hal gone- t.i parts unknown; aud so they blamed I the !il lady for having postponed her dream un til the gnhi had vanished. . LAf".J ""irse in life to pursue, and at all haz anl abide by it; first see that vonr conrse is cor- 1-Ht .111 Irl .. . ...... ... .... ..-,., ...... ,- ,mre ,1!al lg ,1(SC1P)l intelligently, as it also lias, appmliatioii of the best men wheth er 'ecorded r ,Knt m.,ke -. busiuess to ecthatth.s one thing of j our life is strictly ad- 4.ir!.o,Cr?fr0e.a, -iVhat iii the United States, .&,aentrm,r --' .- '- TBE CBUT BKAJt. Jta Ilrrrsllaw Chapter ia CanBrBtivc XtiIwI. ajrr IllutraliM r l Growth af Keliciaaa Belief Oat af Ihe Trauaafaraaatfaa af Wants. The group of slnrs known as the Great Bear, or mure familiarly as the Dipper, must have become very early an object of interest, as well from its remarkable configuration and strange movement iu the heavens, as from the circumstance that it serves to mark one of the cardinal points,'and we are not surprised, therefore, to find mention of it in the oldest literary, monuments. Like the other constellations, it fills a promi nent place in mythology. An ancient name for it jn tho north of Kumpe i,Tvrlsvagn, the Carle's, or Old Mall's Wagon, from which is derived the English Charles' Wain. jtThe Carle is said be to Odin or Tlior. After tlie1 Introduction of Christ ianity among the Germans, the ownership of the Karlsvagn was transferred, along with so many other mementoes of paganism, to the new person ages who took the place of the old gods. There is a legend, which will illustrate the singular con fusion of ideas in the media-val periods of Chris tianity, that this is the wagon in which Klias.our Ixjrd, and other saints ascended to heaven. The small star alsive the centre one in the Mile is call ed the Wagoner, Hans Dnmkeii, and there arc severaDegeiuls to explain how he got this positinu. According to one account, Hans was iu the service of the I-onl, and had a very comfortable place, bur'by degrees he became more and more negli gent. Our I.onl warai-d and eluded him to no purpose. He was particularly careless alsmt cut ting chaff; none that hu cut could be used, being cut much too loiig. At this our Lord was at last so out of patience that he set him on the Kile of ine ceicsiiai waiu, wnere lie may oe seen every evening, a wanting to all serving men who cut chaff tisi long. Another account makes Hans Diiiiiken to have been a carrier, w ho conveyed our I.onl, and iu remuneration for this service was otl'ereil the kingdom of heaven; hut he chose, as more congenial to his taste, to be permitted to drive to all eternity, from sunset to sunrise. The resemblance of this constellation to a wag on was also noticed by other nations. It is very anciently referred to by the Greek poets as the harmiuia or chariot, the driver of which, corres ponding to the Hans Duinkcn of the Germans, is the constellation (literally ox-driver), which follows it. By the I'omaus, also, it was sometimes called the plauitrum, waiu or wagon, but more fre quently bom el Iruio. the oxen and pole Bootes still being the driver. . These names are evidently snggestid by the configuration of the gniup. There arc other names for it w Inch have been more difficult to explain. Its most common designation among the Koinans was the Septenitriones, or seven trioues, and sub Scptemtrioncs, that is, "under the Septemtriones," was n common phrase "townnl the north." Tri oues is explained by Vara to lie an ancient name for plow-oxen not wholly obsolete iu his time, so that the seven triones meant the seven oxen; but this explanation, ulthongh it has usually been adopted, is plainly a mere conjecture of Varo, and a simpler aud more satisfactoryonp has been sug gested byMaxMiillcr. If wc suppose an s to have lieen dmpped fnnn this wonl, aw omission which has not infrequently happened in Latin words, aud that its ancient form was strioues, its mean ing may very readily lie guessed, for it is seen to contain the same root-form as the Latin stella (for ster-ula), Greek, a-ster, German, ster-u, English, star, aud the name septcm-strioues meant iu fact simply, "the seven stars." A name which has occasioned even more per plexity than the Latin Srphmlrionn, is the one with which we have headed this article. Ursa Major, the Greater Bear, so called to distinguish it from I'rsa Minor, the Lesser Bear, is a name adopted fnnn the Greek Arlclo; bear, by which this constellation was very anciently known. How it acquired this name has never, until recent ly, lieen satisfactorily explained. We call easily understand w by it should lie called a difiper or a wagon, but the most lively imagination fails to discover in it the lineaments of an animal. In deed, as the great liear is usually depicted on our charts of the heavens, the seven conspicuous stars ocupy but n small portion of it, and one can not help surmising that the ehartographer has lo cated it pretty much at a venture, knowing that it belongs somewhere licrealsmt. The fact is, tlie Gleat Bear is, as has beeu shown by Max Mid ler, u name and nothing more. The explanation which he has given of this fanciful creation is both interesting in itself, and well illustrates a pmcess of thought which has given rise toa vast deal of the ancient mythology. Among the Hindoos this constellation was known as the Sewn llUhlt, or Sages, and of course a story w as told of the circumstances which led to these seven sage's lieing placed in the heavens. There appears to lie very little connection be tween 7i ii't and JriUM.yct Max Muller has shown that, as names of a constellation, they have prob ably pnicecdisl fnnn the same soiifcc, Imth arising fnmi a. misconception of a name originally given to those stars, the true meaning of which had beeu forgotten. The transition is curious as illustrat ing how easily mythology mav bo engendered by amhignityiif speech. In the Vcdas occurs n, wonl, Arlibnn, used in the sense, of stars, which is ex plained by the commentator to lie properly a name for stars iu general, but particularly applied to those seven MM: Here Max Midler finds the key note not only to the Hindoo but to the Greek myth. Arlthan 'is a wonl easily decomposed; it contains the resit ark, having the significance of bright, in which sense it enters into many wonls, ' aud very naturally formed a name for the stars "the btight ones." But as other names for stars were also used, and iu this one, as the Venlic com mentator remarks, Wame nttached principally to the seven bright Mars of the north, it gradually lost all signification except as a pmper name. Its general sene of stars was forgotten. Jrlia bavin" no sisriiifieanre of its own. gradually Ih.- came identified with 'iVtif or- Irtai. which had a signification, although one quite different; and thus iu time was formed iu Iudia the myth of the "Seven Sage's." Besides the wonl arlnlat in the sense of stars, there is in Sanskrit another wonl of the same form with the meaning of lear. This is identical with the Greek arltd; and appears to have given, on Grecian soil, a different clue to the lost meaning of artnhns, the tlarn. By a metamorphosis not ful ly traced, it is true, but still quite conceivable, the seven arMat or arltoi liecamo consolidated into a single artlot or btar, which in time was fur ther pmvided with a brar Itrptr, arkt aunt (Arc turns), and also suggested t he name "Lesser Bear" for a smaller and somewhat similar group. Thns a constellation which has long taxed ingenuity to fix its outlines, which has been adopted by as tronomy as a convenient designation of one por tion of the heavens, and which gave its name to the Arctic region, has probably originated in a mere double entendre, unwittingly perpetrated some three or four thousand years ago. There has just died in great wretchedness at Geneva, Sennr Garcia, one who, in the annals of those who make haste to became rieh by gambling, held a conspicuous place, Garcia, the hero of sev eral seasons at Baden and Hcrmburg, was scion of a good Spanish family, and waa born at Sara gassa, in 1830, and had some little fortune, left him, which he immediately lost at the gaming table. He tamed np in France in 1853, about which time he became possessed by inheritance of a small property, realizing about 12,000 francs. This was the nnclens of the enormons fortune that he won ac ecarte, at naccaral and trente et quarante. He possessed at one time JE160,000, which he won entirely bv caminc. He left France t at the time of the Calzado affair, and the "diffi culty" with the Duke or Uramnionnt-caneronsse. I He lived afterwanl at Baden, where he lost all he J possessed, aud at Monaco, where he Iiecame wait ! er in a cafe. He has died in a wretched lodging in Geneva, leaving barely sufficient to pay for his I interment. He shnfHed off this mortal coil leav- ing in his ragged pockets five francs, the lowest stake allowed at rouge et noir! The Rev. Dr. Muhlenberg, author of the hymn, "I would not live alway," and founder of St, Luke's Hospital, although very aged, is able to attend to his pastoral duties, and personally su pervises the ednrational and industrial school for cripples, at St. JohnUnd, Long Island. Wiiex a man has no design but to speak the truth; he may tay a great deal in a very narrow compass. He that has the fewest faults, has comparative ly none at all; bo man has more faults than he who pretend to have none. APRIL 25, 1872. IHE BETLIH OF HHAStDOX. t nuxcis aunoxT rATHXB raocr.) SabhaU pango; Funera plango; Solemnia elango. iAKrijition cn aa e4 BdL With deep affection and recollection. I often think of those Shandon belia. tiTbone aounda ao wild would, in the days of childhood, Vling round my cradle their magic aptlla. On this I ponder, where'er 1 wauder, T And thus grow fonder, awevt Cork, of thee YVftb thy brUa of Sbandon. that aonnd ao grand on The pleasant waters of the river Lee. Fve beard bells chiming full many a clime In, Tolling auhlinie in cathedral shrine. While at a glibe rate brass tongues would vibrate; Hut all Ibrir music spoke naught like thine. For memory, dwelling on each proud awellinr Of thy belfry, knelling It. bolt notes Tree" Made the hells of Shandon sound far more grand on The pleasant waters of the river Lev. Fee heard belia tolling Old Adrian's Mole In, Their thunder nilling from the Vatican; And cymbals glorioua, swinging nproariooa In the gorgeous fiirreUof Xotre Dame; But thy sound were sweeter than the dome of Peter Flings o'er the Tilier. iealing solemnly. Oh t the belW of Sbandon aound far more grand on The pleasant waters of the river Lee. Tbere'a a bell in Moscow; while on tower and kiosk, 0, In St, SiphU the Turkman gem. And loud in air. calls men to prayer. From the taliering summit of tall minarets. Stirli tmpty phantom I freely grant them; lint there's an an anthem more dear to me. Tis the IWlsof Sliandoo, that sound ao grand on The pleasant watirs of the riier Lee. PROF. JIOR8E OX HIS) GREAT I.XTKJf. TlO.tt. Tlie following letter, written by Pmf. Morse to Cyrus W. Field scareely four months ago, happily shows the depth of his interest in his own great invention : Xew York, Dec. 4, 1871. MyPf-ais Mr. Field: Excuse my delay in writing you. The exietment occasioned bv the visit of the Grand Duke Alexis has but just ceased, and I have lieen wholly engnisseil by tlie various duties connected with his presence. 1 have wished for a few calm moments -to put on paper some thoughts respecting the doings of the great Telegraphic Convention, to which you are a delegate. The telegraph has now assumed such a marvel ous position iu human s flairs throughout tlie world ; its intluenres are so great aud important in all the varied concerns of nations, that its effi cient protection fnnn injury has ls-eouia necessity. It is a powerful advocate for universal peace. Xot that of itself it can command a "Peace, Im still," tn the angry waves of human passions, but that by its rapid interchange of thought and opin ion it gives thcopportiinity of explanations to acts ami to laws which iu their ordinary wording of ten create doubt aud suspicion. Were there no means of quick explanation, it is readily seen that doubt and suspicion, workingon the susceptibilities of the public mind, would engender misconception, hatred, and strife. How importaut, then, that in the intercourse of nations there should lie the ready means at hand for prompt correction and explanation. Could there not be passed, in the great inter national convention, some resolution to the effect that, in whatever condition, whether of peace or war 1st ween nations, the telegraph should be deemed a sacred thing, to be by common consent effectually protected, both on laud and beneath the waters f Iu the interest of human happiness, of that "Pence on earth," which, in announcing the ad vent of the Saviour, the angels preclaimed, with "good will to men," I hope that the convention will lint adjourn wit hunt adopting a resolution as king of the nations their united effective protec tion to this great agent of civilization. The mode ami the terms of such resolution may lie safely left to the intelligent meiiiliers of the honorable nnd distinguished convention. Believe me, as ever, your friend and servant, SAMfKt. F. 11. Mouse. Hon. Cvitrs W. Field, Borne, Italy. When this letter was read at the Telegraphic Convention, prolonged cheers were given for its author, and the letter itself was onlered to be printed among the reconls of the convention. Naalhem Rrfagrra ia Maath Aaaerlra. A corresMindent of the Xew York World, writes from Lima that, with very few exceptions, the rebels who left the South for South America at the end of the war are heartily sick of their change of abode, but are generally too poor and miserable to get to their old homes again. He says: Many of the Southern colonists, it is true, still manage to keep lip a respectable apiearance, but after all it Is a sort of "out-at-the-elliows,itowii-at-the-heel " respectability, while, sadder stilt, the vast majority an- to lie met witli whose appearance most surely indicates that they are making the pitiful effort to drown their miseries iu potent liliations of the most villainous and vilest decoctions that human ingenuity or rather deviltry ever devised. In an ont of the way quarter in Valparaiso,.in one of the lowest pre cincts of the city, known to the maritime com munity as "the maintop," whose brothels and drinking Iwoths are the resort of foreign 'sailors and the lowest class of the native imputation, part Congo, part Indian, part Spanianl. and nnta small portion of Chinese, stands a dilapidated building that could scarcely lie dignified with the name of dwelling. Tlie miserable, rickety old hovel presents a more filthy and repulsive ap pearance than the mist abject den of misary with in the purlieus of .the Five Points in days gone by. Alsive the door is conspicuously emblazoned the legend, "IiDixies land wo made one stand," which without n doubt tiroclainis the nationality of the nninrictor. while a siini in clarinjr capitals just liclow it, whereon is inscribed "The Alabama , m :.. i; ... :,1. 1 ,,:... r ree anil rasy, uiuicaies wiiuciyai CTimiiiij the charactcrof theestabli.shment in question. At the bar of that disgusting Chilian- brothel, snr ronnded with the most depraved of both sexes, and dispensing the vilest' native drinks to as vile a set of scoundrels as ever went unhung, is what is left of a man who was nut a dozen years ago a power in the laud a man who was once a dele gate in Congress, as well as a prominent officer in the Confederate army. His story is not dissi milar from that of others of his former rank in South America. Having, lost almost all his worldly goods by the war, he was tempted by visions of hastily acqnircd wealth, and freedom fenm hard lnlsir. to emitrrate to Ecuador. Thence he went to Pern, and finally to Chili, sinking lower and lower in the social scale at eacn migra tion, nis bright dreams dispelled, honor and the memory of what he once was were insufficient im pulses tn deter him from falling to the lowest depths af a miserable and depraved existence. The alve is far from being an exaggerated pic ture; it is only one instance of the result of North American emigration to the Southern Continent, It is not generally known that Connecticut is indebted to the town .of Chatham for the title which is almost universally bestowed npon it in theWest,i.ethe"WooilenNntmegState." Near ly a half a centnry ago, nutmegs of this descrip tion were actually mannfaetnn-d and shipped from that town, for sale. It is doe to the memory of the enterprising manufacturer of these art ides, which found a rearty market in tne v est, to siaie that the turning out of these, wooden imitations formed bnt a minor part of his business. The Maysville JSaltel'im says that the first white man who ever entered-the State of Kentncky was John Finley, who came to Maysville in 1767. In 1773 he settled at the Upper Blue Lick Spring, which has lieen owned by his family to the pres ent day. During the Revolutionary war he was a soldier in the ISth Pennsylvania Regiment. The story that "the Queen of Madagascar takes JTarper't Pasar," originated in the fact that one of her loving snlijects sent her a leg and wing of roasi missionary, uiciuseu iu iu i'yj .. periodical mentioned, which was fonnd iu the lin ing of the missionary's bat-box; Trnf" is the way the Cedar Rapids BepM'uan pntain: "Don't fcn-rotr a newspaper; nearly all the prevailing epidemics are spread in thu way. If yon don't want the small pox, take your paper direct from the publisher." Coxsotrnox is said to carry to the grarj i two hundred thousand persons aannally on the Sort. American continent. .-tllRA-rlaR. The Bearrtcsi Palace afTrlaxiaailiaa aa4 Car lafta. Correspondence of the Xew York Herald. Miramar Palace. Trieste. Jan. in. Six years have gone by since Maximilian was shot at Oneretaro. Six vears. too. have flown since poor Carlotta passed from the realms of reason. Mien nas lieen the fabulous cost or a fab nlous ambition, and it is here, at Miramar alone, that one can measure the terrible sacrifice which a loving couple offered to vain hope, that they might in common enjoy a Western crown and sit in royalty in the halls of the Monteziiuias. Miramar lies three miles from Trieste. Mira mar, from a seawanl view, is the palatial gate way to Trieste, standing on a rocky base, with immeuso. boulders Jlauking it, and green foliage and variegated flowers for a deepening landscape. Yon must yourself lift the latch; for no porter is at hand to admit yon. Once within, the way lies up a broad, graveled drive, either side being ornamented by ganleu plots and hedges. The ganlens of Miramar are a hurst of beauty, such, I venture to say, as cannot be fonnd elsewhere in close contiguity to the sea. Saltness offends veg etation so much that it is only by a marvelous u plicatiou of the ganlii,er art thatMirauiar still smiles and blooms as it does. Our party consist ed of three, a friend and myself, aud a "stranger. We made a detour of the palace, and at last reach ed the main entrance from the rear. A ring. The porter responds, "Yes, the palace is open, but I must have your canls." Even here the low voice aud melancholy accent has liegnn. with the bnr- -ly, healthy, unsentimental door-keeier. We walk softly on the tesselatnl marine towanlthe grand staircase; tho porter closes the mammoth oaken door with slow solemnity, as if a quick movement would awake the indignation of the dead, and now we staud in the midst of the splen did but deserted palace. The wainscotting is in carved walnnt, but not ovenlone; the ceiling is thirty fret from the mo saic floor, and the vestibule in which we are is sufficiently elegant for an ante-rooui ur large enough for a grand promenade. At onr right is tne grand staircase, reiuhiug to the topmost sto ry, and along its carved walls arc groups of ar mor, clusters of antique weapons, spears, battle axes, helmets, cuirasses, and what not, all woven into those curious circular textures which prin ces lielieve synilsilize a warlike taste. From the vestibule we pass into the billianl room. There the portraits of all the Hapshurgs, many of them of old types, hang ii'sin the walls, lieing supported in old black wimhIcii frames. The library was next visited. There one conld jndge of the intelligence of the unfortunate Archduke. The collection is a very rich one, and Maximilian ninst have been an industrious reader. Upon as sorted shelves I found collections of travels in English, especially relating to India; works on military aud civil engineering; hundreds of vol umes on moral science, all bearing evidence more of use than of ornament. The inlaid flooring, the rich pauueling, the rases, stands, and many orna ments were all ill harmony, without anv effort at amuinous ornamentation. A full figure of Met re of Met- lernirn sushi oh metallic, ami a marine Goethe faced the doorwov as we entered. ir, inmioi ed. rroni this collection of at.OOO volumes we nassed north. want into the Admiral's favorite room, his cabin, an exact counterpart of the cabin ofhis late flag ship, the Kaiser. Therein were the last tableaux ever epacted by Maximilian at Miramar. Noth ing had been disturlieil which had last received his sacred touch. Indeed, this rule has lieen fol lowed throughout the palace. An empty decan ter aud two wine glasses stood upon a silver tray upon his writing desk; some old scraps of paper were lying loosely around; an imperial photo graph of Carlotta wxs under his last gaze; his sister-in-law, the Empress Elizalieth, of Austria, was also in unavoidable view, while small sjr traits of Xapolcon, favour, De Buest, and other notables were distributed upon the walls iu cabi net size. In construction and finish, this cabin is the cabin of the man-of-war. There are the oiled carbines overhead, the stern Mists and win dows, and the low ceiling and pendant lamps. Anchors were very numerous. The friends of the family have gnanled this cabin with religious care, and to touch an object there is regarded as little less than sacrilege. Passing again throngh the library, you reach the reception room of Car lotta. and then her liondoir, both elegant rooms, overlooking the unbroken horizon of the sea. On the second floor, are the state chambers. Tho throne room is a long apartment, two thinls the size of Steinway Hall, with many jieiidant chan deliers in bronze, and a gallery for the orchestra aim a siigni eictnieu unis ior ine line .ArcnuilKe. Portraits of the'most distinguished Enrojieaiis of the nineteenth century are paneled below the cornice, and the large valuable allegorical scenes j emliellish the walls. The most striking picture is a genealogical group of the Haburgs. A tour iiirougu me outer apannieuis ouiy serves in con- firm in the mind the sumptuous character of all the fittings. In the salon des et rangers we have the portraits of the inonurclis of the world, inclu ding those of the fallen Lsatiella and TalMileon HI. and the demiled King of Bavaria. Tlie pri vate chambeni of the noble eonnle deserve atten tion. Their common sleeping apartment is in walnut and gold, the dark wood prevailing, aud which is profusely decorated with anchors. At ' the head of tbe two narrow oaken beds, which I stand side bv side, are two illuminated nravers. I and it is in the deep solemnity of this chamber' that one grieves at the tragic end of tho ill fated Austrian, and calls back the mad, despairing cries of the ill-fated Carlotta. The scene is a sad one; the sturya bitter one; and not even tbe grand paintings and the rich carvings can in thn cause ufsFSthetic admiration sulslne the thoughts that the second and loveliest victim of Miramar has yet to die. IMPRESSED WITH GLOOM. Withal, this is now the most Inxurious palace 1 n Europe, but the moral atmosphere atioiit it nakes it more intolerable than the grave. Stand- i in makes it more intolerable than the crav in? at the head of the Adriatic, it has given birth to a tragedy at once the most pathetic and bloody of our time: and no one can wander through its chamliers aiid pause iu its gloomy ganlens with out feeling that it is deserted to-day, not from a mere chance of war, but because it is a divine visitation upon the conspirators against democra cy, as conspirators against democracy are always punished, whether they call themselves Napoleon III., Isabella of Spain, or Maximilian tbe First. I.iaeala' Sua Mather. In theforth coming life of Abraham Lincoln, by Ward II. Lamon, from tbe press of J. R. Os good dr. Co., is this interesting passage concerning his step-mother, who always called him "Alie:" Sirs. Lincoln was never able to speak of Abe's conduct to her without tear. In her interview with Mr. Herndou, when tbe sands of her life bad nearly run ont, she spoke with deep emotion of her own son, bat aaid she thought that Abe was kinder, better, truer than tbe other. Even the mother's instinct was lost as she looked back over those long years of poverty and privation in the Indian cabin, when Abea grateful love soft ened the rigors of her lot, and his great heart and giant frame were always at her command. "Abe was a poor boy," says she, " and I can say wnat scarcely one woman a moiuer can say iu at hoosand, Abe never gave me across worn or , look, and never refused, in .fact or appearance, to . do anything I reoue.tedh.ra.1 never gave ,i,im , . cross word in all my life. His mind and mine , ZtthltTpfhn"' (At was here after he we'Kted ;resi''ent. (At this point the aged speaker turned ;''V P. onwK ways. I think he loved me trulyC" I had a son John wb.. was raised with Al. Both were good . iwys, """""-""""" """ "- ; ' , r I Auewas,ineuesonya ever saw orouec. . . nee, 1 WISH I uau mcu uen wj buwhuwhiou I dill not want Abe to run for President ; did not want bimeleeieii; was ainun somenow icit ii in my heart; and when he came down tn see me, after he was elected President, I still felt that something told me that something wonld befall Abe, and that I should see him no more," Maxt children have their hair totally mined by having it cropped and pinched with a hot iron when they are quite young, in order to pamper the vanity of a foolish worldly mother. ARISTOTLE informs ns that there is a foolish corner even in the brain of the sage. Is that the Teasonsare thing are considered proper ataflng torcooM WHOLE NUMBER, 772. THE EHtcn.!tT. Th following beanUful poem appeared originally la tia J.ew York Emnnj pott, more than forty year ago Mr native hula! tar,ur away, Yonr tons in living green are bright; And meadow, glade, and forest gray. Bask In the long, long Summer tight; And blossom stilt are gaily set liy haded fount and rivulet. Olj. that these feet again might tread ' The slope around mv native home, ""h gra and mingled Manaoni Bread. w here risd the western brerxr come, T? ".n ."" falsling- traveller brow Ala! I almost feet them aow. Trnnld that my eve again might ee i uwwmt iMvnie.1 neiua anil loreats d The tall .. waving like a sea The while dork aratterrd o'er the steep The dashing hmoka. and a'rr them beat The bi;h and bound Armament. Fair are the scene that ronnd me lie: Itnght ahlnc ihe glad and glorious ana; And .weellr erlmanned I the aky At twilight, when the day ia done; Ami the same tara look down asevta. That glittered In my native heaven. . "JeMvannalwnMndmerorTwd, A tnoniianil tdmamn n.ett mine ever The red nwe meekly tiw ita head. ' " A balmy wind go dancing or; in4 And wild deer on the green Kluft. ply. That rise in dimnes far away. Slajeatle are these atrrama. that glide, ershadowrd by mntignona wood, nave where the lime glade opens wide. where erst the Indian hauilt t ton4 Itnt awerter atrrama, with sweeter nonjs, In home a green valley dance along. C.1WBITTB.X HIHTeKV WAB. OF Ol'K CITIL, A """"eAne, U.r.,n;-WUI ""eve! la Bath aaap. From the Macon (Ga.) Tel""""-, d Mcwnger,- tio-L .passed be, weenV.I XSL lau, the object of which was ,., a trure for ninety days w,th a view to tbe final cessattoi.of hostilities ; that they nearly had ail In,rtview n ' on the subject, and that Gen. 1UWCH cjohb. at that time au officer in Lee's army, was very ac tiTcin that effort to secure this result. It had lieetrfor a long time my intention tn question (jen. Cobb nlsiut the mutter, but I had Jiever done so liefore June, ltfoV, when nion the cars between Cincinnati and Xew York 1 formed the acquain tance of a lawyer from the former place, named Key. I am not certain, in my recollection, about his name, but jt was cither Key, or some name very similar to it. He was a prominent inau iu Ohio, and had lieen since the war several times Democratic candidate for Judge of. tho Supreme Conrt of the Slate. In conversation with him he informed mo that be was, during tbe year 18C1 and la,theconfidential staff ofHcernf McClellan. I embraced the opportunity to inquire of him concerning the truth of this rumor which I had hcanl. He replied that no communication had passed lietwecn Lee and McClellan npon the tbe sub- jcci oia truce, lor lie certainly would have known if there haiL He stat.il, however, that on the nay aiierine name 01 nnarpslmrg a very strong effort was made by a unmlier of prominent offi cers of the Federal army to induce Gen. McClel lan to address to (Jen. Lee a proposicimi to de clare a truce preparatory to jieace, which they urged the people, wanted, aud would have if of fered an opportunity to secure it. Gen. McCIel lau himself sympathized, with tbe object, but said that while nnder other circumstances he would favor the movement und assist iu forwanling it, for the, reason that lie- was then, and had been for eight months previous, the subject of the most unwarrantable iersecutions at the hands of tho administration; tliat if ho should declare tho truce it would lie repudiated by President Lin coln, who would take advantage of his action to ruin him oQlcially and disgrace him liefore the people. During the last few days Gen. Cobb spent in Macon, just previous to his death, without relat ing to him what I hail lieen told by Gen. Mct'lel lan's staff officer, I took occasion to ask him abont the Sharpshurg truce. He also stated that no communication passed lwtwccit the two Generals npon the subject of the truce, but that there was an effort made in tho Confederate army to open such a negotation. The following is a brief state ment of the facts which hn related tn me in de tail: On the day after the battle, Gen. Howell Cobb, Gen. T. R. R. Cobb, and several other pro miurut otliceis of the Confederate army, hud a conversation coucemini? the war. Its character. probable duration, result, etc. The conclusion nt which they arri veil was that, fnnn the evidence of earnest determination which each section had given during, the eighteen mouths of the war, they were convinced that nn- less emieii uy diplomacy, its only termination could lie found in the utter ruin ami exhaustion of one section or the other. They then agreed that that very day was the time to bring abnnt a settlement. The last battle had terminated a terrible campaign in which each army had shown great conrge and prowess. Those twoarmtcs then lay confronting each other from the opposite sides of a battlefield upon which neither could claim to have achieved a victory. It was a near n drawn battle as would again be fought during the war. If the armies ilrrlam! n truce of ninety days, tbe people of each section, who by that time had come fully to realize tbe difficulties of the tasks tbev had undertaken, would refuse to allow hos tilities to lie resumed. Impressed with the strength of these views, they determined to sub mit them to Gen. Lee. They at once secured an interview with him. When they entered his of fice. Gen. Lee had in his hand a letter from Gen. McClellan relative to the return of the horse of the I ederal Gen. Kearney, who hail lieen killed a few days liefore at the battle of Chantilly. Gen. i'TJ ??. 'V' '"" f ' , "r " r ' . "L J1"' " ?:' rf" views ot the snnjeet of the truce anil nnresl tneir desire as strong ly as tbe circumstances wonld permit. Gen. Lee expressed himself in fnll sympathy with them, mi con id not tie iironghl to lielieve mat tneir efforts wonld be attended with any snecess. He distrusted President Davis approval of such a step, and was satisfied Mr. Davis would dis approve of a request for tbe interview with Mc Clellan. Gen. Cobb replied that if he wonld al low bim to answer the letter in Gen. Lee's name, which be tben held in his hand from McClellan, he pledged himself that witbont writing about anything bnt Kearney's horse, he (Gen. Lee) should in less than twelve hours receive a letter from Gen. McClellan requesting an interview. Gen. Lee was very sail, and they Icfthira very mnch in donbt as to his proper conrse m the pre mises, bnt with the understanding that if he de sired to move in the matter he would notify them and reqnire their assistance. These officers heard nothing farther from Gen. Lee,, and the matter ended there. After tbe close of this statement, Gen. Cobb, for the first time, beard from me, in the relation of what had lieen stated by McCIellao's staff offi cer, that a similar effort had been made by the officers in tbe Federal armv to end the war. A. O-BiCOX. Macox, Ga-, Feh. 10, 1872. ii , A carf.fvi. calculation as to-thenrrmber of bo w . ,ji ct rf , cannibaliam at the prea- ftST a t t.l f only a fraction InsiSeof Vmmi?n "which acttully represent, tbe six , sm, Ilin;t,enth'part f the whole popn- lXnTf tbegloly. Tbe-SUtive signed beyond bnngrr, induced by dearth of other animal ,an.l.'Darion. of revenge and hatred, aa t,,'n ta-j,. tj, Howroxa. tbe.editor of the Mtaitic jfiU(,lsapraetlcaIprinter,anatheucaM" , njm ,nat tnB wbool-desk isto mo most boys. A might he inferred, be was s good compositor, and when but twelve years of age is reported to have set as many 1200 ems in one usy. "Mt heart' leaps np when I behold a Jhow in thekiy," tbe great WoriUworth say. What tj fwhere there were recently witnessed no less than forty-one ralnoows in a iiniv - SttjUXXO never ssakesa man rich, giving alma never make a man poor, and praying never hin ders a man's bnsineas. Mozjlbt composed a symphony for a fnll otcTseV tra waowxy ; of awV l LfKl ffl if m i '9! '.! .11 v;l K ,-" r-a'l J r-J II Ijll 5W hU E-t-11 rr3i Pfii el'J - M ' ii 1 M '1 n. $ r,i h gj h m ; '! 54