Jnkrson Intelligenter.mwnvxm-'jz r> ->.*%cvc~^-. jo,-nzx*i.i Mill iWita.i>vf:ataa^>wa^f^gs*?

|VT r^Tle 33imt]Cc^ rtinneL.&^\^ dkp»fchM6 mÄrihii ns!- that the-

Mount Ceuis tunnel, one of the most tremen¬dous engineering feats of the age, would soon

be completed.. It is an international work, un¬

dertaken jointly by the French and Italiangovernment*; und tiie fact that the French are

just now occupied in a task with their Germanneigbbors, more difficult eventhan the boringof the Muu\rlt Cenjs^tünneT, lfCTAis ""to surlpoBCJthat the Itwcr enterprise would ber neglected,5.]or at least- retarded.. Ius.compleiiou. iu-themidst of a great war that would seem to exactall the resources that the French have at cora-

m&£}&.&lmpje&?e ptotif-. bT'fhe imminentimp^anWthtt:thfe,age sjttacbes to works ofonea^iiy&^cea^unl^tioVThe Mount Cenis tunnel, whose completion

we now witness, has been before the eyes ofthe world for thirteen years, is not on the lineof any railroad, and is n'ot a part of any rail¬road,scheme, but is, as wp have stated, a greattttouet between France and Italy, drilledthrough.tbr.ee. peaks of the Savoy .Alps, Colo¬nel de Frijus; Grand Vallon and de la Roue.and, in fact, has no connection with MountCenis, seventeen miles distant, whose name itbears, .^k'&re.the beginning of the work, therewefe not wanting engineers of jiigh standingandWeputation who- gravely- declared that theundertaking would prove a failure.that theworkmen would perish by fire, water or noxiousgases, aud that all sorts of insurmountable ob¬stacles would meet them as they approachedthe heart of the mountains. In spite of allthese discouraging professional predictions, thework was begun in 1857,'and steadily prosecu¬ted for four years, when perforators were calledinto requisition.The usual method of sinking shafts along

the line of. the progosedj_tunnel, and. workingthrough from one to the other, was not appli¬cable to this work, on account of the greatheight of- the-mountain. The only feasibleplan was to begin boring both ends, and con¬tinue itste.idily until the opposite drills shouldmeet and gl ve a complete aperture. This madeit difficult to. supply the workmen with suffici¬ent quantity of fresh air at a distance of twoor three miles from the entrances. To over¬

come this,.a machine that was a perforator andair pump combined was devised, which movedby air compressed to one-sixth its usual bulk.A portion of this was conveyed into the tun¬nel and-released for the- consumption* of theworkmen, aud another portion was applied di¬rectly to the drill which bored into the moun¬

tain at the average rate of nine feet a day.Ten perforators were kept constantly at work.The motive power was conveyed to the drill bya flexible pipe, throwing the compressed airinto a cylinder, in which worked a piston driv¬ing the drill into the face of the rock. Thedrür. made two hundred revolutions a minute,each laaving a stroke, of two hundred poundsweight. The hardest substance it encounteredwas white quartz, and every stroke against thisbrought forth a shower of sparks that causedthe work to resemble a display of fire-worxs inthe dark cavern. Asa preparation for blasting,about ninety holes, three feet in depth and twoor three inches in diameter, were bored withOxe drill, charged with powder, tamped, and ex¬

ploded. The shock would bring down the faceof the rock to the depth of several feet,! whenthe debris would be removed, other holes drilled,charged.aud exploded ; and thus the work keptsteadily on for-ycara. The workmen ^vere di¬vided into three reliefs, eight hours being givento labor, and sixteen to rest. The most skilfulof them were paid five franca a day, and theothers only three.The directors of the work declare that ouly

fifty or sixty workmen lost their lives by acci¬dent during the boring; but as accidcnK suchas premarüre explosions, and the falling ofrocks wore frequent, it is thought that thesefigures fall short of indicating the injnries suf¬fered by the men engaged in the work. Thehardness of the rook made the wear and tearof machinery very great, and it was necessaryto replace the drills every few minutes. Theestimated average progress was about nine feeta day; but in the white quartz, only a distanceof 16 to 19 inches per day was made. The dis¬tance. betpeeu-Fourneaux and tyirdoneche, thetwo extremities of the gallery, is 1-KOOO yards,or nearly*? 4-Ö miles. The Estimated cost ofthe entire work is 150,000,000 fraucs, or about£80,000,000. The entrance on the French sideis 25 feetvf*ide, and about as many, in heightA double railway track running into it wasused to~convey the tools .and supplies.to* theworkmen, and to bring out the shattered rock.The next greatest work Of this kind in the

world is the Hoosac tunnel in Massachusetts,which was begun four years before the MountCenis gallery, and is><not yet completed. TheFrench and Italian engineers, who had super¬intendence of the enterprise, often had theiringenuity severely taxed to device methods fonovercoming the 'many unusual difficulties theyexu&unfcre^andibey certaiuly-are entitled tohigh credit for the patient assiduity with whichthey prosecuted their slow and laborious task.As a means of avoiding a long and difficultcrossing of the Savoy Alps, in the passage from'France to Italy, the tunnel is a conveniencewhose value cannot be estimated, while, a* a

wori of engineering, it will rank next to theSqea canal..Miami Republican.How to be HiPPY..Sala, in one of his es¬

says, says: I happened to be passing one box¬ing day, or rather evening, many years ago,through St. Clement's churchyard, when I be¬came aware of a man who was holding on tothe railings.of the church, and blubbering in a

manner piteous to behold and hear. I noticedthat his legs were much bowed, and like untothose of a journeyman tailor; but in was diffi¬cult to dogmatize on that head, for the manhad been keeping his Christmas in the approvedEnglish fashion, and was very drunk. A goodwoman.presumably his wife.in a shabbyshawl and a crushed bonnet, was doir.g herbest to support this staggering holiday-maker,and endeavoring to cheer him up in his atiiic-tion, whatever that sorrows crown of sorrowmay have been ; but his grief was overwhelm¬ing.of that there could be no doubt. "I.I.I'm so unhappy j" Ebriosus continued tomaun-der. "Unhappy }" repeated the good woman,with womanly scorn, and yet not without akind of rallying sympathy."unhappy ? whatfor? You was dnjnk.the day before yesterday ;you was drunk on Christmas day ; you're drunknow ; what more do yer want I Ikt yer lean'tto be hangedf

She NnvF.it Leaves Him..Look at the ca¬

reer of a man a« he passes through the world,as a man visited by misfortune.! How often heis iff. by his fellow men to sink under thefreight of his afilietlf.n, unheeded and alone!One friend of his own sex forgets him.anotherabandons him, a third perhaps betrays him;bu* woman, faithful woman, follows him in hisafflictions with an unshaken affection ; pavesthe changes of feeling, of his temper, embit¬tered by the disap;»oiritmcptsof the world, withthe highest of all virtue ; in resigned patienceministerinp to his wants, even when her own

are hard and pressing; she weeps with him, tearfor tear, in his distress, aud is the first to catchand reflect a ray of joy, should but one light uphis countenance in the iui(|st of his sufferings,and she never leaves him in his misery whilethere remains one. nut of love, duty, or com-

{tassion to be performed. And at last, whenife and sorrow come to an end. sin- follows himto the tomb with an ardor of affection whi hdeath itself cannot destroy.

. A Kansas pastor declined an addition ofS hundred dollars to his salary, for this reason,among others, that the. hardest part of his la¬bor, heretofore, had been the collection of Iiissalary, and that it would kill him to try to colt,'cct a hundred dollar" more.

A Singular Story of llie Franco-Prussian War,Tho Washington Patriot publishes a curious

stort)l,w^iojni.call3-a* page of see'ret. history:jThä v^b.-fd ddesjrot know thai the war which

hiWM riveted *ueh untold calamities upon twogreat nations, and turned back the hands ofprogress on the dial of civfization, might, andprobably would not have occurred, but for acause entirely personal, and involving the am-

bitious aspirations of one of our own country-women. His Majesty, Don Fernando, fatherof the King of Portugal, somewhat surprisedEuropean Courts, as well as Jim immediatefriends, bv a sudden marriage, eighteen months

ago, with Miss E. Hensler, to whom he hadbeen much attached during nineprevious years.She was born in Boston, of respectable Germanparents, in humble life, and educated in Italyfor the operatic stage, by the aid of a few lib¬eral patrons of art, who had discovered herprecocious talent for music and her fine voice.After completing her studies abroad, she re¬

turned to the UnitcdjStatos, but failed to reachthe<emiuenc9 of which he* .early youth hadgiven cheerful promise. Seeking another fieldtor professional success, she went again to Eu¬rope, and in 1S60 became attached to the operaat Lisbon, where the widowed King Consortwas first attracted by her beauty, vivacity andother charms. Then began the acquaintancewhich terminated in her becoming the wife ofa Cobourg who had shared the throne of Por¬tugal with Donna Maria II. Jusf previous tothe marriage the Duke of Saxe-Cobourg con¬

ferred upon her che title of Countess D'Edla,so as to obliterate even a nominal connectionwith the past, or. with her American nativity.That repeated overtures were made by Prim

and his colleagues to induce Don Fernando to

accept the throne of Spain, is no secret. Herefused" to give any encouragement to these pro¬posals,-aoofan effort in that direction, made inthe early^part of 1869, only a few monts beforehis marriage, was repelled with so much decis¬ion as to be considered even rude to the Spau-ish people. But after the marriage came socialembarrassments and new ideas, which the gov¬ernment at Madrid was prompt to seize upon,in the hope of overcoming the prejudices ofDon Fernando, by the temptation of high hon¬ors for his wife, who, by a transition to theCourt.at Madrid, would become the equal, ifnot the Superior, of those who had. welcomedher with coldness, and not for choice. TheSpanish Minister at Lisbon was instructed toapproach his Majesty with delicate suggestions,and found him willing to entertain the subject;so that informal negotiations were opened, andmade considerable progress last spring.Don Fernando proposed certain conditions,

perhaps with a view of ultimately dictating thc-tenns for a matter which was much nearer hisheart, as will appear in the sequel. For ex¬

ample, he required that the crowns of Spainand Portugal should never be united on thesame head, seeking by this means to preservethe throne of Portugal for his son ana his de¬scendants. After Borne discussion the Spanishgovernment accepted the condition, with thismodification: "Except, in the course of time,the two nations should spontaneously agree up¬on a soverign," &c. Don Fernando refused toadopt any reservation on that point. He alsodemanded that certain amendments should bemade to the Spanish constitution before accep¬ting the throne; but the government at Madridobjected to submit that question to the Cortesuntil after his election as King. Tnesc nego¬tiations occupied several months, and were onceor twice suspended entirely, as hopeless, butrenewed by friendly intervention. Finally theywere broken olf altogether, and the causes al¬ready stated were assigned as the reasons of thefailure.But persons who arc familiar with all the

facts attribute the rupture to another and a verydifferent motive. At one of the last interviewsbetween Don Fernando and the Spanish Min¬ister, at which the Countess d'Edla was present,his Majesty inquired what would be the eventualposition of his wife should he go to Spain ?After putting this question he withdrew, leav¬ing Madame and the Minister to settle the del¬icate point between them. The Minister statedthat she was at liberty to name any title, dis¬tinction or donation, adding that she would al¬ways be the first lady of the palace. To whichthe Countess replied", ''So far so good ; but hisMajesty desiros my position to be as clear as

possible. What I wish to know is, what willbe my part on great ceremonials like the open¬ing of the Cortes, or other corresponding occa¬sions?" The aim of this inquiry was evident,and the Minister was not taken by surprise.He rejoined that she might be made a duchessor grandee, or have any other title, but as

"Queen.never, never!*' -'¦fThis took place on the 15th of July, and

when the conferences were going on there was

a perfect understanding that the refusal of DonFernando" to take the throne would involve themost grave complications, and probably thewar, which is still raging; for it was thenknown that the Spanish Government intendedto turn to his Majesty's son-in-law, the PrinceHohenzollern, if the negotiations completelyfailed. As soon ns it became certain that therewas no probability of inducing Dou Fernandoto go to" Madrid, unless the Countess d'Edlawas recognized as Queen, the offer was made toHöhenzollem. So it may be said that a greatEuropean war, with all its vast consequences,is to be attributed to the unsatisfied ambitionof a Boston girl.. The immortality of the age is a standing

topic of complaint with some men. But if anyone likes to be moral, I can see nothing in theage to prevent him..Qoethc.. A surprise party lately at Pittsfield, Mass.,

broke a stove, three chairs, a sofa and a lot ofcrockery during their stay at the house of thoparty surprised. The family has uo furtherwish to he surprised.. This remark was made by a young lady

of St. Louis : "It is wisely ordained that the6ame wind that sweeps our dresses aside alsofills the eyes of naughty young men with dust.". The cleanest city in the world is Broch, in

Holland, which no horse or carriage has everbeeu permitted to outer, and where everythingis kept with the most scrupulous neatness. Be¬fore entering many of the houses you are re¬

quired to remove your shoes. It is said thateven the Emperor of Russia was compelled tocomply with this custom on his recent visit tothat place.. A Boston lecturer astonished his audience

by bringing his fist down on the table andshouting, "Where is the religiosity of the an¬

thropoid quadrumanait he thinks we have./öl it, he can search us. We never >aw it inthe world.. Warm quarters arc essential to the com¬

fort and well doing of cattle. He is a shiftlessfarmer who allows his stock to hug the side ofa fodder stack endeavoring to protect them¬selves from the cold rains, sharp winds andsleeting storms of winter. Stock well cared for,warm and drily housed from storms, regularlyfed aud watered, will tome out in the. springlooking plump and sleek upon the fodder thatwould be consumed by those that shiver arounda loddor stack all winter,. The Montgomery Mail says, "Col. Susan

13. Anthony is of the opinion that women shouldnever marry. It would seem that all men eon-

cur in this opinion of the Colonel, so far atleast as she himself is concerned.". In an Iowa breach of promise case, the

woman swore that the accused had hugged herevery night for several months, and Sundaynights until \\ o'clock in the morning. Thevillain was lined one dollar and (Mists. He saidir was the most reasonable hugging he ever ex¬

perienced.. "Boy, why did you take an armful of my

shingles on Sunday-.'" "Why, sir, motherwanted some kindling wood, and I didn't wantto split wood on a Sund .". An exchange says; "During tho war, a

soldier in Sherman's army found near Atlantaa diamond worth £4,000." The editor omittedto jftate that the diamond, at the lime of thefi-uding, was at the bottom of :i trunk.

An ElementaryLesson In Courtship.One" 6righ%< moonlight wi'iter's night; US die.

days of "lang.syne,J.' when .log school-houses,cheap schoolmasters, and blue-beach rods wf.re

the only instrumentalities used lor teaching the"young* ideas bow to shoot," we .cbauced to.at¬tend a "spelling school" in a certain rural dis¬trict, the geographical location of which it isnot now necessary to mention. 'Twas. there,however, where our eyes first fell ou a "fairyform" that immediately sat our susceptible'hearts in a blaze. She was sixteen or there¬abouts, with bright eyes, red cheeks and cherrylips, while the auburn rioglcta clustered in a

wealth of profusion around her beautiful headl¬and her person, to our. ravished imagination,was more perfect in form and outline than themost faultless statue ever chiseled by the sculp¬tor's art. -

As we gazed, our feelings, which never be¬fore had aspired girlward (wo were scarcelyeighteen) were fully aroused, and we deter¬mined to go home with her that night or per¬ish in the attempt! A3 soon, therefore, as

school was dismissed, and our "lady love" sui¬tably bonneted and cloaked, we approached tooflcr our services as contemplated, and we thenlearned an important lesson, viz: the differencebetween resolving and doing. As we nearedher to put our design into execution , we seemedto be stricken with a suddeu blindness ; thenred, green, and yellow lights flashed noon our

vision, and appeared and disappeared like a

phantasmagoria! Our knees smote togetherlike Bclsbazzar's, and our heart thumped withapparently as much force as if it were drivingtenpeuny nails into our ribs 1 We in the mean¬time, having reached Sallay's side, managed tomumble outsomething which is, perhaps, knownto the Recording Angel, but surely is not to us,at the same time poking out our elbowas near¬

ly at right angles with our body as our physi¬cal conformation would admit.The night wind blew keenly, which served,

in some sort, to revive us, and, as our sense re¬

turned, what were our emotions on finding thecherished object of our primal love clingiug toour arm with all the tenacity a drowning man

is_said to clutch at a straw! Talk of elysian,or sliding down greased rainbows, or feeding onGerman flutes, what are sieh "phelinks" in com¬parison with those mighty ones that swelledour bosom nigh unto the bursting off of our

waistcoat buttoas! Our happiness was simplyecstatic, and every young lady or gentlemanwho has ever felt the mighty throbbing of a

newly-pledged love, will completely understandthe world of bliss hidden under that commonword.

Well, we walked on pleasantly toward our

Sally's home, conversing very cosily andsweetly as we passed along, until so courageousdid we become that we actually proposed "togo iu and sit awhile," to which our dulcenavery graciously asseuted. Alas, for us! howsoon were we to be reminded that the "courseof true love never did run smooth."

Sally had a brother of ten summers, who ac¬

companied us along the way, and who was iuwonderful high spirits at the idea of his sisterhaving a beau, and he would circle around us,and every now and then, giggling in the heightof his glee and examing us as closely as if Sal-:ly and ourself were the world renowned Siamesetwins, and he was taking his first look. Bill,by the way, was a stubbed, chuckle headed boy,whose habiliments would have made the for¬tune of an ordinary dealer in mop-rags.At length wo arrive at the bars, and while

we were letting them down, Bill shot past us

and tore for the house as if pursued by a thous;and bulls of Bashan. He flung the door openwith a bang, and shouted at the top of hisvoice:"Mother! mother! Jim Clark's coming hum

with Sal!""Is he ?" screamed the old woman in replv.

"Wal, I declarl I didn't think the saphea'dknew enough !"Reader, we didn't go in.

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Tho Josh Billings Papera.How tew Pic/: Out a Good JIorAc.

First..Let the color be a sorrel, a roan, a

red, a gray, a white, a black, a blue, a green, a

chesnut, a brown, a dapple, a spotted, a cream,a buckskin, or sum other good color.Second..Exaruin hiz ears ; see that he haz

got tew ears, and pound a tiu pan clussto him,to find out whether hiz hearing iz good. Allbosses are duinj but a deff and dum boss, arc

not desirable.Third..Look well to hiz eyes; see that he

haz got a pupil in hiz eyes, and not too large a

one neither, hosues with too large pupils intheir eyes are near sighted, and kant see oats,and hav tew wear green goggles, and greengoggles make a boss look tu mutch like a traktpedlar.Fourth..Feel »V his neck with the inside ov

yure right hand, wee that the spinal collum izwell fatted, and runs tho whole length ov himfrom fore to aft, a hoss without a good phattspinal collum from fore to aft, aint worth(speaking sudden) aint worth a well definedcuss.Fifth..Put yure hand on hiz breast, (this iz

allowable in the case ov aquadriped,) see if hizharte kan beat seventy, squeeze hiz fore leggsto see if he iz well mnscled, lift up hiz beforefeet and see if there iz enny frogs iu them,frogs keep a bosses feet cool, and sweetj just az

they do a well, or a spring ov water.fcix..I.rook well tew hiz shoes, see what num¬

ber he wears, nui iber 8 iz about right.Seven..Run yare hand along the dividing

ridge ov hiz boddy, from the top ov hiz withersto the commencement ov hiz tail (ordorsul ver-tibra) and pinch liim az yu go along, to see ifhe knows how tew kick.Eight..Look on hiz hind legs for sum spav¬

ins, kurbs, windgalls, ringbones, skratches,quittors, thrush, grease-heels, thorough-pins,spring halt; quarter cracks; see if he haz gota whirl-bone ; look for sum pin-hips ; hunt forstrains in the back tendons, lot-downs andcapped hooks.

.Nine..Investigate hiz teotb, see if he aint14 vears old last May, with teeth filed down,and a six year old black mark burnt into thetop ov them, with a hot iron.

Ten..Smell of hiz breath, to 6ee if hehaintgot sum glanders; look just back ov hiz earsfor signs of pole evil, pinch him on the top ovhis withers for a fistula, and look sharp at bothshoulders for a sweeny.Eleven..Hook him tew a wagon that rat¬

tles, drive him up to an Irishman and hizwheelbarrow, meet a rag merchant with a cow¬bell strung aorust the top ov hiz cart; let an

express train pass him at 4"> miles to the hour;when he iz swetty, heave a buffalo robo overhim to keep oph tho cold; ride him with auumbrel highsted, and learn hiz opynunov thesethings.Twelve..-Prospekt hiz wind, sarch diligent¬

ly for the heaves; ask if he iz a roarer, anddon't be afraid tew find out if he iz a whistler.Thirteen..Be sure that he aint a krib-bitor,

aint balky, aint a weaver, and don't pull at thehalter.

Thezc are a few simple things to be lookedat in buying a jrood family boss, there iz agratemenuy other things tew be looked at (at yourleizure) after you nave bought him.

(hind bosses are sknrse, and good men, thatdeal in enny kind ov bosses, arc sknrser.Ask a man all about hiz wife and he may tell

you, examine him cluss for a Sunday schoolteacher and find him all on the square, sendhim tew the New York legislature and rejoicethat monoy won't buy him, lend him seven nun-died dollars, ii: She highway, without witnessor note, even swop dorgs with him with perfektimpunity, Luit when yu buy a good family bossov him, >ouug, sound ami trew, watch the mancluss, and make un yure mind besides, that youwill have tew ask the Lord to forgive him."An honest man iz the noblest work.ov God,"

this famous Haying was written in grate anguishov heart, by the late Alexander Pop« just afterbuying a good family hoss

"

Why" Fafnfors 'Sbns^l^H^tf nming.I. Faruiora cqrnplaiirthat tlieir sons do not taketo the profession o£Micirv.'fathers kindly;, .'butthat a very large per cent, of them drift intothepities,, aud follow othe^.occupations, Thi$.iSjGrue, aijd the fiwjtis, in.half ihcUases wltiJJthe'faririers themselves."- The reason'fdrT;hisiS|that the American farrrreris too much oppress-ed with the spirit of money getting to maker jfarm life pleasant. We know of thousands Afhohave bro:rd acre*, immense houses, cattle, sheep, 1and swine, and who, in addition to these treasj-ures, have their thousands and tens of thousandsin government bonds, or in mortgages, who!live in a stylo far inferior to that ot the hum¬blest mechanic in the towns. Their houses are

built not to gratify taste, or to yield pleasure totheir iumates, but solely with an eye to conve¬

nience; the,floors arc uncarpeted, the windowsare shadelees; there are.. no books, no paperssave one for market reports, no. cheery furiu-tura, no piano or melodeon, uo nothing to makelrfe pleasant. Out-side, the same barren, hardappearance is manifest. Flowers are tabooed,there are no ornamental trees, the barn is as.severe in style as rigid economy, can make it;in short, everything is subservient to the one

idea.profit.Is it any wonder that the boy born and reaied

amid such surrounding desires something bet¬tor, so soon as he discovers that there is some¬

thing better ? Is it any wonder that, seeing intowns luxuries, beauty aud taste, he. fanciesmercantile or professional pursuits must be bet¬tor to afford these things? Is it any wonderthat, after living a month among pleasantthings that he:should imbibe a distaste to thefarm of his father, and £he hard, close life ledupon it?We wish to be understood. The farmer who

has debt ou his bauds, or whose farm lacks nec¬

essary improvements has no business with anyof this. Much better bare floors and walls'thanmortgages. But in middle life, when the farmis paid for and stocked, when there is money atinterest, and the chances for failure have allbeen passed the farmor who does not add to hishouse all these things is foolish indeed. Thereshould be in every such farm house as goodfurniture, as good carpets,-as good piano, anda*i good a library as any townsman worth an

equal amount, possesses ; the sons and daugh¬ters should be well educated, not that theymay leave the farm, but that they may' makefarm life pleasant and happy. There shouldbe just as good society, and as much of it,in the country as iu the town. The socialinstincts inherent in all should be cultivated;there should be music, there should be read¬ing, there should be discussions ; in short, what¬ever men of means find to amuse and improvethemselves in towns, men of means in tho coun¬

try should find and practice.When all tiiis is done, fanners sons will bcI-

dom leave vm noblest of all professions, forwith these additions farming is the most pleas¬ant life that can be* led ; and for the same rea¬son farmers' daughters will prefer to marryfarmers' sons, but not till then..AmericanFarm'JourhdU

New Tear's Day in New York.

^Tho New:Year in New York is distinguished.by two characteristics.. ,A.ll the gentlemen are

iu the streets, and all the ladies are in thehouse. For a lädy tö-be seen Out of doors^ on

this day is a serious violatiou of etiquette; andfor a gentleman to fail to visit, or to send biscard to his lady friends, is a neglect which eventheir angelic natures can never forgive. Everygentleman is in duty bound to put on his bestbehavior, with a new pair of gloves and a

Prince Alfred cravat (if he wears nothingelse,) and present himself i:i the drawing-roomof bis friends.Whether the custom of making calls on the

New Year came over in the ship with the goutyold Dutch governor, or whether it was formallyintroduced by the gallant English officers, who,while they lung ago held the city, held anflmade court to the fair young Americans, is notknown; but. this is certain, that the Yankeesdid not bring it with them. No, iu Boston,the centre- of Yankccdom, they do not make ofthis;a pleasurerday as do. the New Yorkers.T-.-re, t few Haid, sober visits "arc paid by bothgentlemen and ladies to the Governor and oth¬er celebrities of the- town, and that is theamount of their calling. Here tho day we

keep for the New Year is a carnival. .

"The uiaddi'Nt, merriest day-of all the plnd new yoar."

Business is forgotten, or at least is laid on theshelf to wait the owner's attention. The headswhich during the past twelve months have beenworrying over multiplication tables arc to-daywaggitig merrily over quite a different sort, oftables. Lawyers, have made brief of theirsuits; the doctor has no patients; the mer¬

chant's clerk, plays, at legerdemain instead ofworking on the ledger ; steamship companies,railroad com pa ri ios, and insurance' companies,the latter the most arrurant of all,'dissolve in¬to a jolly brotherhood of well wishers, and for-

Set in cutting up to-day how they cut up theirividends. Even-body is glad to see every¬

body else, and nobody cart be unhappy. 'Com¬pliments arc good natured and mean what theysay.A large number of gifts which were reserved

from Christmas will be conspicuous to-day. Aremarkably beautiful New "i ear's gift has beenpresented to a lady of this city. A young gen¬tleman had requested the privilege of present¬ing "something" on the hew Year, and was'told he could give candies or flowers, hut-noth¬ing more valuable. He wsis determined by a.ruse to present the "something;" he according¬ly purchased an elegant aod! costly, glove-boxof.onyx, which was inlaid with gold and setwith malachites, and/lined' with sccrtted rosesatin. Having filled this expensive gem withcandies, the nrdcut gift-maker sent it to thelady's address. n»>d thus got round the objec¬tion.The custom of making gifts upon the Nfw

Year is of ancient date. Tacitus mentions thegiving of presents on this day. The inhabi¬tants of England, from time immemorial, havekept the festival with great jollity, and espe¬cially with gift-making. Dr. Johnson intro¬duces in his "Masque of Christmas" New Y'ear'sGift, in the capacity of a serving-man, whoappears in a blue coat, with an orange and a

sprig of rosemary on his head, his hat full ofbrooches, his pockets staffed with plnms, anda collar of giuger-brcad ; his torch-bearer car¬

ried a march-pane, or gigantic sweet-cake, witha bottle of wine on either arm. Gloves in thosedays were a customary present, and if peopledid not send the gift of gloves they sent nuineyto buy them, which was called glove-money..During the reign of the restored Bourbons theNew Year was signally observed in Paris as a

day of gifts. Bonbons, delicacies, jewelry,paintings and costly furniture crowded thepackages and wagons of the carriers. At thepalace the day was a completeJour defete..Everybody made the king a present, and thewonder is what he did with them. Often theladies of the court would be six months in pre¬paring the gifts for his majesty. It is a goodcustom; and wishing all our lady readers a

gift to-day and a long list of calls we also add;i Happy New Year..-V. 1". Wbrld, 2nd in*t.

. At the New England dinner given in theCongregational Church at Washington latelyfor the benefit of the church, at which SenatorIVmcry presided, Frederick Douglass, amongothers, made a speech, in which he declared; as

a historical fact, that the Mayflower, whichbrought over the Puritans subsequently broughtover a cargo of slaves, and that as one descend¬ed from that slave cargo he had a right to cele¬brate the landing of the Pilgrims equally withhis white master.

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. ijc right," said an officer to his compa¬ny. "Bcdad," --aid an Irishman, who stoodnear, sharpening his saw, "it's me own prop¬erty, and I'll bo afttf doing as I please withit.'' 1

EXPtGTÖRÄNT,-;C0UCHS,C0LpUy

For £&eV Speedy ReliefAND PERMANENT CURE OF

Consumption* Bronchitis,. A.sthma, Colds,

And all 'Disoases of theff ? Gß. -.

Lu|]gs, Ohest, or Throat.

TnE EXPEÖfORANT: is composed exclusive-lv of Herbal a-hü MnciUginou.3 products,

wnich PEUMEATE THE VERY SÜBgjTANCEOF THE LUNGS, causing them to throw otf thencrid mutter which-collects ia..tbe BronchialTubes, and at tbe^*a;im^tiiiie.fii ms-a soothing,coating, relieving the irritation which producesthe cough. ;

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The object to be obtained is to cleanse the or¬

gan of all impuritios*; to nourish and- strengthenit when it has become impaired and enfeebled bydisease; to renew and invigorate the circulationof the blood, and strengthen the nervous organi¬zation. The EXPECTORANT does this to an as¬

tonishing-degree. It is active but mild and con¬

genial, imparting functional energy and naturalstrength. It affords Oxygen to vitalize the blood,and Nitrogen to assimilate the matter.it EQUAL¬IZES the ' NERVOUS INFLUENCE," producingquiet and composure.

TO CONSUMPTIVESIt is invaluable, as it immediately relieves thedifficult breathing and harrassing conglt which at¬tends that disease.

FOR ASTHMAIt is a Fpocific.one dose often relieving tho dis¬tressing choking, and producing calm and picas-aut repose.

FOR CROUPNo mother should ever be without a bottle of theEXPECTORANT in the house. We have numer-ourcertificates of its having relieved, almost in-sTaöfTy^llft'IrtfToTnffcrer, *wken death appearedalmost inevitable.

Mothers l>o Advised I

Keep it on Hand I

This dread disoaso requires prompt action ; as

soon ns the hoarse, hollow cough is heard, applythe remedy, and it is easily subdued ;

BUT DELAY IS DANGEROUS.

J@r The properties of the EXPECTORANTare ilcmulccnt, nutritive, balsamic, soothing, andhealing. It braces the nervous system and pro¬duces pleasnnt and refreshing sleep.It Exhilaratos and Relieves Gloominess and

Repression.Containing all these qualities in a convenient

and concentrated form, it has proven to be the

Most Valuable Lung BalsamEver offered to sufferers from Pulmonary disoa«i»s.

PREPARED BY

WM. H. TUTT & LAND,AuguHta, «Ga.,

Jggj- Sold by Druggists everywhere.Ott 27. 1870 1ly

FALL AND WINTERGOODS,

Of the Latest Styles.\T^* have now on hand one of the best sclec-f led Stock of Goods ever brought to this

market, consisting, in part, of

Ladies' Dress Goods,In great variety, such as

POPLINS, DaLAIXES,Scotch and Shepherd's PLAIDS,

ALPACCAS, white and black,MERINOS, white aud colored.

A1.B0, A 1IAND30MM LOT OY

SHAWLS, CLOAKS,HATS, FURS and RIBBONS,

BOOTS and SHOES, in groat variety.A IIASDS3MB ASSOKTMSKT or

Ready-Made Clothing ami'Gents' Furnishing Gooods.

Wo will keep constantly cn hand a lurgc andvaried stock of

DOMESTIC DRY GOODS,GROCERIES, HARDWARE,

CUTLERY, &c, &c.

All of which will be sold low for cash or coun¬

try produce One and all, give us a calL

W. F. BARR & CO.jjgT Tbosa indebted to us for Goods, will

pleaso corns forward and mako early settlements.W. F. B. & CO.

Oct 13, 1870 1ftta

SIMPSON, HILL & 00.,DRUGGISTS,

ARE receiving heavy orders of goods for theFall trade. We buy for cash, and by sell¬

ing for cash at short profits, and close attention to

business, we expect to continue to increase, not

only in the confidence, but uumbcr of our custo¬mers.

If you want Drugs of all kinds, including thoseof the latest aud most approved preparations,

COME!If you want Prescriptions carefully and cor¬

rectly compounded,COME !

If yon want Paints and Oils of nil kinds, in¬

cluding Varnishes, Turpentine and Rurning Fluid,COME!

If you want Blue Stouo and Dyo Stuffs of allkinds,

COME!If yon want Soapa of any grade, from the lar¬

gest bar to the finest Toilet,COME !

If you want Perfumery of any kind, from thefinest Extracts down, (including Flavoring Ex¬tracts,)

COME!If you want Hair Oil, Hair Restoratives, Hair

Dyes of the freshest and most approved styles,COME!

If vou want Patent Medicines of anv kind,COME!

If you want ANYTHING in (he regular Drugline,

COME !

SDIPSON, HILL <& CO.At tho Sign of the Golden Mortar,

ANDERSON, S. C.

Sept 29, li>10 H

XMPOXiTANOC^ NÖTIGETO

COySIJME&S OF DftV GÖ0M,All Retail Orders amounting to 990 sad

Over Delivered in any Part of thaiCountry

Erce of Express CHai'g1©«.HAMILTON EASTER & SOOT,

OF BALTIMORE, MD.,In order the better to moot the wants of their B*UÜ Cus¬tomer* at a distance, have established a

SAJtpit: jsuhrau,and will, upon application, promptly tend by maQ full 11dmof Samples of the Newest and mom Fashionable Goods, ofFRENCH, ENGLISH and DOMESTIC MANUFACTÜB1,guaranteeing St all times to sell at low, if not at (tttprUtt,than any Iionsc in tbo country.

I'.uving our gooda from the largest and most celebrate*manufacturers in the different parts of Europe, and ink-porting the same by Steamers direct to EaJtlwore, oarstock Is at oil times promptly supplied with the noreltfe*of the London and Paris uiorkets.' ;"V"As we buy and sell only for eath\ and mal& n& bad dtilt,

we are able and willing to soil oat goods »t 7kw tut toFifteen Pkr Ckxt. Less Profit than if wo', gave credit.In tending for tamplet tpecify th* kindof goodt desired.

Wo keep the best grades of every class of goodjr, Own thelowest to tho most costly. , . ."

Ordert unaccompanied by the cath will be tent C O. D.PROMPT-PAYING WHOLESALE BUYERS ar* iavf*

ted ic inspect the Stock in our Jobbing and Packing Do*parTmout. Address

HAMILTON EASTER & S0N8,197, 109, 201 and 203 West itaitiinore Street,Baltimore, Met/

-Oct27,lS70 TSly

Sixty-Five First Prize Medals Awarded*

THE GS2ATOÜTHEÄN PIAX0MANUFACTORY.

W3I. KNAI^E So CO.,MANUFACTURERS OF

GRAND, SQUARE AND UPRIGHTIPIJ^NO FORTES,

BALTIMORE, MB.These Instrument« have been before tire Public for near*

ly Thirty Veen«, and upon their excellence alone attainedan xtnuurtkated pre-eminence, which pronounces them un¬equalled. Their TONE combines great power, sweetnessand tine singing quality, as well as great purity of Intona¬tion and Sweetness throughout the entire scale. TsefrTOUCH is pliant and elastic, and entirely free frotclbvstiffness found in so many Pianos. IN WORKMANSHIPthey arc unequalled, using none bui the very best season¬ed material, the large capital employed in our business*enabling us to keep continually an immense stock of !um-bor, Slc., on hand.Sd~ Ail our .Syr.MiE Pianos have our New Improved'Orertlrintg Scale and the ApBAFFK Treule. ttifr We would call special attention to our'latolmproTe--ments in GRAND PIANOS AND SQUARE (iltANDfl,Patented Acocst 14, 1scc, which bring the Piano nearer1"

perfection than has yet been attained.Ever)' Piano fully Warranted for 5 Years,We have made arrangements for the Sole Wholessw

Agency for the most celebrated PA ItLOR ORGANS andMELODEONS, which we offer, Wholesale and Retail, atLowest Factory I'rices. ,«¦¦

WM. KNABE & CO.,Baltimore, Md.

Sept 15, 1870* 12SSa'."

ESTABLISHED 1811; J; .'".-, <

GUSHING \ 'v'& 15ATXiETT, -

booksellers' <sc st^rri^"r>3"Eri»,202 Baltimore Street, ~I&lTl5mllli,IIsyc tho

LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTED STOCJCr ."In the city of ?'.SCHOOL MEDICAL \

and LAW, V) andDINTALylCLASSICAL

and MISCELLANjSOÜS1500KS.

1An Immense supply ofGENERAL BANK AND COUNTING-HOUSE

STA-T1-0NEE-T.";-.i >.t-.x v »*'*.

}>lank Books mads to order in an v style of Dinding sadRuling. 3jA5 "HrT

The same carcfoi.^UfcnUo*»Ör^^»i^r-a:: *

As to Personal Prncir ass*. - >">."'*- ".

iy ä / j> n ri o i¦ r es* iitrW:a r*..&£. Send for Catalogues, Ac.Sept 29,1S70 U dm V_:_s_¦;Sky-Light Photograph

a ALLEHY,At F. C. v. Barslel's Jeweliy Store,

NO. 4 BRICK RANGE.>ICTURES of all kinds taken, cither froa life

or copy. .-. .

Ferotjpcs. nlhnm size, 50 cents each, or fourCameotypea for $1.00. . -.

Come and examine specimens. The best of in¬struments just received from Europe, aud satis¬faction guaranteed by .

F. C. v. BORSTEL.Oci 13, 1870 IG:

GOLD AND SILVERWATCHES, JEWELRY. CLOCKS. TARLR

CUTLERY and FAKCY GtjrODS for saleclieuper than ever offered in this market before,and almost at first cost.No Brass Watches kept for snle here.Watches, Clocks. Jewelry: and Musical works

repaired in workmanlike manner at reasonablerates. All thorough repairs warranted for twelvemonths. Watch Glasses fitted for 25 cents each.Call on F. C. v.' BORSTEL^""*

Push the Green Doors, No. 4 L'rick Range.Oct 13, 1870 16 : -i W

P. P. TOALE,Charleston, S. C. ..'

GSTf Largest and mo3t complete)I Manufactory of Doors, Sashes,1/j Blinds, Mouldings, kc, in ths*^\ Southern States. .)

Printed Trice List Defies CompetitionJQSS?" 8end fob one. "TjBS

r^- Sent frco on applicationMay 5, 1870 45lj

[WATERWHEEL,Mill GeariniShafiin!& Pulleys

?oo1Uhü!^%imobE5:SEND FCRACIRCULi

12Sept 15,1870

NE^iV FIRM,THE subscribers have this day entered into

copartnership to Iransacta general Mercantile ami Brokerage business, under the firm nameof Sharpo k Towers, at the old stand of W. SSharps in the town of Anderson, S. C

W. S. SU ARTE,A. B. TOWERS* .

Stpl 13, 1870 U