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THE LATE WILLIAM L. YANCY.
No man (says the Richmond Enqut


and we gladly adopt its words) stands
more p rominenlly forward in the poltica
history of the late unsuccessful revolution
than William L. Yancy. Identified with
its inception, the leading exponent Of its
causes and its principles, and one Of the
first in it's defence and the frmest in its
prosecution, he died in the midst OF his
fame, and went down to his grave in tho
halo of the great ideas with which he had
illuminated the country. The charms OF
his eloqucnce, the splendid simplicity Of
which constituted type Of oratory peca
liar in ITSELF rendered him one Of the NEST
fascinating men in public and in private
life on the continent. The biography of
such man, fairly written, will prove q
valuable addition to the historical literature
Of the South. Such a history we are
promised from the pen Of the Honorable
William F. Sanford of Alabama, whose
prospectus we take pleasure in publishing.
1t is as follows:
PROSPECTS OF LIFE OF WILLIAM LowNDEs
YANcEY.
l have undertaken to write AN authentic
biography Of William Lowndcs Lowndes
Yancey Of Alabama, and for this purpose
have been entrusted by his family with his
private papers. His distinguished and
gifted brother, the Hon. Benjamin G. Yam
cey of Georgia, has promised to give. me
all the particular information may require,
and every possible faculty for the work.
hope to be ablo to complete the book
Of about five hundred pages octave, and
get it to the public duringahe next yeor.
Many years of the closest intimacy brought
me thoroughly acquainted with ll,e char.
acter, principles, object and motives Of my
lamented friend. He is beyond the reach
Of human persecution history demands
fair and impartial record of his life,
stand fearlessly before her august tribunal,
in the hearing of posteri'y, to plead for
justice to- his memory.
solicit subscriptions to the book. 1t
will ba' sent by express or otherwise, 10 any
directislks Due notice will bs given o: it's
price, which shall be reasonable-with fair
deductions to the trade; attention of books
sellers invited: The edition will be suffi-
cient only to supply subscribers.
The author begs of his friends, without
further or more formal application, to send
him any Information or letters from Mr..
Yaucey, which may contribute to his work,
and will gratefully acknowledge any good
Offices which may be rendered him in its
prosecution.
1t may be proper for me to state, that
am loyal to the Government, and that my
work'has no reasonable or factious design.
shall write the truth in the interests of
history, humanity and my country; shall
do this, rs befitthe sad and sacred funeral
rites owe to the hallowed memory of
great.hearted, true and cherished friend.
| ''Thou art Freedom 3 now. and Fame's;
One oi the few immortal names
That were not born to de''
WILLIAM F. SANFORD.
AuBuRN. Macon County. Ala, Dec. g, 1865.
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SNOW-BALLING,
By JOSIE 3. HUNT.

The soft. loose gold of her tresses
Is straying about her face.
And the wind through its silken meskes
Is running n frolicsome race.
Her violet eyes-how they darken and fash |,
Her roae-red cheeks-how they glowi
AS she stands, ankle-deep in the milk white
drifts;
Pclting me with tue snow.
She tosses the soft flakes round her,
In her pretty, hoydenish play,
Till che looks like sea nymph rising
Through tho pillows of foam and spray:
She moulds the balIa with her little bare hands :;
DO you think she would pout or scoll
If nestled the pink palms down in my breast
TO warm them a-they look SO cold
Her white wool mittens are flung on the snow,
Each one in itself fake,
And her silken scarf beside them lies,
CoIIed up like n crimson snake.
All about me tracks Of her soft brown feet
Have printed the downy snow,
And know by them where, another spring,
The Prettiest flowers will grow.
Harmless over her head
And she firts her curls in saucy way,
And crouches in mimic dread:
She calls me sorry marksmau,
And awkward fellow-aud still
She, sly little witch. knows well enough
1t isn't from lack of skill.
She knows that would sooner think
/ Of tearing a butterAy's wing.
Or of beating lily. orthrottling
The first sweet robin Of spring,
Than OF aiming at her in earnest
Or hitting her if could,
Or harming 30 much as a tassel
OF her little rcarlet hood.
Gay. beautiful Madge! Oh what would she
do
Ii my mouth was half 90 bold
As the crystals which fall on her lips and her
hair,
Like pearls among ubies and gold,
Will her pride and her wilfulness trample nv
love
AS her feet have trampled the snowl
That The misses she filings. which arc ice in nv
face
Are fire in my heart, does she kuowi
Sweet tease! does sl,e guess I am wondering
now
Whether she'll ever be,
IN the long. long future before US both.
Anything more to me
Than little hoyien, with wild, gold hair.
And red.rose cheeks in a glow, 80,
Who stands, ankle.deep. ia the milk-white
drifts
Pclting me with the snowf
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you be seated 2"

we sat ie" moments IN silence. !
was terribly embarrassed and filled with the
gloomiest forebodings while she gazed,
with an absent air, ON the toeof her slip
per.
Finally, she arose, saying Il think, pei
haps, had better summon my guardian
for it will take him good halfhour to get
downstairs.
g:asped her arm rs she would have
passed me.
"Florelle, do you not know me 2"
'1ndeed, do not" she replied, with the
greatest semblance of amazement.
'Forgive me, am your guardian"
A most grieved and amazed expression
stole over the features, working convul-
sively an instant, and then she burst into a
passion of weeping g-sobbing:
"IIow could you so cruelty deceive me. II
"Surely! how could II" 7 iterated. 81,
is past my own comprehension. 1 drew
her to my bosom, softly stroking the curls
but the sobs did not abate.
"Believe me-" I said, hating myself more
sincerely than had ever hated the false
Althea. Il deeply regret the part have
basely played" but, to my indescribable
anguish, the sobs keep. on, with sundry
hysterical symptoms that nearly frightened
me out of my wits. And then l burst in.
to paroxysm Of pleading and selfre-
proaches, iuterlarded with all the eudear
ments could recall-for, you see, it had
been years since l had had occasion for
them.
AT last, the sufferer asked, in a voice
wonderfully firm for young sorrowing
girl, deluging my shirt-front with tears:
"And are you really sorry?"
''Yes," replied; II can never sufficient.
ly regret woundiug your tender spirit
tLus,' and continued, with that abruptness
evolved by all emergency: Il am profouu-
dly and confoundedly in love!"
"With met" and the curly head went
up, disclosing face suspiciously shining.
ayes, with you."
"IIurrah!" and Florclle effervesced from
my embrace. my fine fellow, the tables
are turned"
"What!' l jus: gasped in my perplex-
ity.
"Did you think me so ignorant of your
real selfs 1 saw you at Judge Fiuch's.
Eiolse said you were glum and misanthrop.
ic, and I'd have pretty time with you.
wrote that very profound note, believing
you would just take such an advantage as
you have"
"Weren't you ashamed to kiss me, then9
I asked, assuming grave air."
"Not bit," she answered, blushing in
spite of herself: II rather liked it."
"You are easily abashed."
"Yes; my friends always said So"
l thought an instant.
'Perhaps we had better compromise
Are you going to become my wife7"
II thought to have time for reflection,
but as you press inc 50 hard, had better
say yes"
And that is how ended my stratagam.
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WASHINGTON THEN AND NOW,

The lively correspondent Of the Nash.
vile Republican, gossiping about the past
and present OF the Federal city, says:
DO you remember the little Alcove at
Wizards? PoorJeb. Stuart, who courted
his vile there, cliristened it the "closet Of
Cupid" Hung with plush and lace, and
looking directly in at the great centre
drawing room, and up and down the LONG
corridor, and out upon the court and the
fountain, it was always favorite retreat
{" For talking age and whispering lovers made"
In those old tines it was famous. Some
OF the greatest men and women of Amer.
lea have flirted there !; and it has been the
scene OF thousand matrimonial engage
ments. George Mcclellan and Nellie Mar.
cy passed their troth beneath that dimly
lighted chandelier. A. P. Hill and Mrs.
McClung, the sister of John Morgan, be-
gan bit of badinage which ended in a
wedding near that handsome mirror. Re-
Verdy johnson and George Z. Badger used
to pry in on tile young couples and play
off their wit at their expense. The faces
OF Miss Cass (now Madame de Limbourg,)
Of Miss Kellogg (now Mrs. Gen. Thomas J
and Miss Cults (uow the widow Of the
late Stephen A. Douglass,) were once ia.
miliar to the sanctuary. r..,...r
Ten years ago, Linn Boyd aud N. P.
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WHERE FEMALE SEX xPREvA1Ls-Some
curious statistics have just been published,
with respect to the population in France
1t appears that the females numbered 49,.
TAI, ,037, and the males ls,645, ,27e, form
ing altogether 9,O54,03O families. There
exist 5000, 100 boys unde age, and e,1oe,-
32l girls. Of s,579,046 unmarried per-
sons, there are 4,479,s5o females. There
are 93l,023 widowers, and 1,79O,l26
widows. Of the widowers 81 are 30 years
Of age, and there are $50 widows of the
same age. France possesses at this mo-.
ment, l,529,154 girls Of from l5 to 20
years Of age, and l,3os,s0e boys Of the
same age. The greatest examples Of lon.
gevity are supplied by females. We find
three females out of four unmarried per.
sons who have reached the age Of los, and
two widows who have passed that age
1881 French men, and only l3,4o9.
French women, have lost their sight 49,
AL French men, and only e,509 French
women are deaf and dumb {; 22,slo French
women have become insane, and only e.
a72 French men. There are 2s.4o7 male
idiots, and only 1919 female idiots. The
female, eek prevails ip France, While il has
constantly decreased in Tho City of Vienna,
since 5sbs sysar, 4 sso, ia ths proportion N
aasse htrndredths sserp six years. ::
-&atea 1si. iA1 :tsi4 a3tsasJ7
aMf,s WIN; AlszSsdsr;; of the yiainisy
efsrssoambis.i Asbama,s vi n sssiisgs s:l iii
farm worked BY colony, sf some lilis
Gso.sis@ps, @ .Nbe III ihsss j jsAis b asas sats sllsssa
By thst taasansak offered 81 asJishpyaii
Icy. s''. : sS IA 4 70 = ~ 7'..:sa -
What is: tie Esssnas. :betassn : man
shsf has riasne from HI 'bsd with HE ssoeks
iassoD, and II negro hpsiipg, n iaustip5a Ans,
ene rosS 10 hose, and tths other hoes IN
rows. - - '''' ''''
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FMUpEs ENGLAND.

We have not yet had an opportunity to
examine this work, by James Anthony
Froude, NJ. A., a we'll known and highly
esteemed English historian, who proposes
a History of England from the fall Of VOL.
sey to the death Of Elizabeth, one of the
most interesting periods in the progress and
performances Of the English nation. The
work, Of which we have at present an in,
stalment of two volumes only, bringing
the narrative down to the execution Of
Anne BoIeyu, and the marriage Of Henry
the Eighth with Jane Seymour, A. D.
1886, will probably reach six volumes.
These are issued in admirable style from
the press of Scribner & Co., constituting a
beautiful library edition in crown octave.
Opinion, Of the highest rank in England,
has decided that the history is decided
success. The edinburgh Review" speaks
of it as derived from interesting materii-
ais, worked up in attractive form" The
"Quarterly Review" describes the "style
as excellent, sound, honest; .foroible, singu-
iarly perspicuous English; at times with q
sort Of picturesque simplicity, pic..ursa dashs
cd of wilb only 4 fsW touches. but, Pc: PSI:
fectly alive; We have never to read pas :
sage tuice--wa sses tho, course Of events
aAy2 by day, NOT only the moss seFiods and
irinDYtaat oou1tSunicAfi 3na. slb,ffk he SSssi1
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"
Why should chicken ha,chsd ,by ,te.m
be closely watchoda Because his mother
does not know he is out. g - "e..>lp o.;
Tits said that much Of the ivory Of CON: ON
merce is obtained from the fossil, Or exGnc.
elephant, Of Siberia, .a. IL :. ,,',,:,
It the memory Is weak, do not overload
it, nor fiji it with :foolery; oohasgs il oniY
with useful, matter. seob .hs4a .Y.gT
Why is . uolasse.. barrel Oh the swbssf
like a besieged city when relief IL e hahdi
Becsuss suekets ars near: y :.: "a :" 's'"s,
:. 10 what respect 1do.; gold-miners, djffs.
from alfiothsfpsopis They never sandiss
thobga'all their earthly amsi,iousars ossa
WY a. physician, ;ssis sstsr stfs l5'ss: 5ess:
ror Of Che sea than ,sny. .aasaeleai Because
.heyars 1aoreslikely sso:sea sicknsssb a; Hid
Why do lovers shed tean whsh axBss
Pari s. ths tsilight I, .Bssaassa thsE 1SalSt
sspssate withea. adiapp a M Mdsy. 's'a's sssss a'a
WHY is'ths sssvesiosf otis Asufa mil,
like bally race y ,rBssssss istiShs
the coarse.
sdn MI" ,Fsi ,mledasaT "A yoaa wa
ssWhy ~as, Hszod's ssuiise .likAda Fsn2sa
Organization "a BtSi q Hshss AaRpahssd
ssas Head 7 essSassj' 1aqossi4a saf .,
Why is an eme,ie like .hsbyst a.soun. a,a
ding hospisalss Bssaaassis iAttAksnjsao
~ pbfouhs %. .s.,i4 sd .s,.,
flsiIIp kss nsy : iss.hip Il ss .s,s sss lsss:s:
y ialesea Whes .hs is,s attsshM haa
buoy. ,,ls,a
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y MoTuER's INFLuEsoE.-How touch.
ing is this tribute of Hon. T. II. Benton
to his mothers influence: ,3.,. ..-, 49, T..
Ny mother asked me never TO use to-
bacoo; I have never touched it from that
time to the present day. She asked me
not to game, and have pever gamtled,
and l cannot tell who is losing in game.
that are being played. She: admonishsd
me, too, against hard Drinking; and what
ever capacity for endurance have at pres:
ent, and whatever usefulness may. have
attained in life, I have attributed to having
complied with her pious and correct xiah>
es. When was seven years of: age; she
asked me not to drink, and then I made q
resolution of total abstinence, and e6as:I
have adhered to it through all time I owe owe
to my mother" a"'
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XIII. NO. 46.

to Congress, ahd, therefore, could not be-
represented by its best women in the as-
semb!y Of fashion. In the great commu-
mites of tho North, a FIRST rate professional
man could make twenty times a. much out
Of his Legitimate pursuit as he could hope
to make by becoming a politician, and he
naturally preferred to devote bis manhood
to the accumulation Of fortune by the dig.
nified means within his reach leaving his
interiors to scuffie for the Offices. An able
lawyer, an eminent doctor. brilliant edi,
tor, could not afford to serve the people as
a mere politician. Thus the scramble !or
honors was reduced to the second class,
and the winners, With few exceptions, were
thoroughly second-class men too often dis
honest men; easy Of conscience, approach>
able with money, and dull of wit.
Just az politics was disreputable in one
section CT the Union, it was considered the
only road to fame in the other. The
Southern youth was raised to consider a
scat in Congress the goal of human anbi-.
ton. No professional man can amass a
fortune in rural region of country, and,
therefore, not only was the honor of politics
desirable to the Southern lawyer, physician
or editor, but its pay was about as much as
he could make at home. Hence the South
sent its best men to Washngton--often ita
richest men-aspiring, educated, shrewd,
experienced, incorruptible. -
Auction OF LAD1Es.-It is we'll known
that an auction of unmarried ladies' used
to take place annually in Babylon. TN
every district they assemble on q certain
day of every year all the virgins of mar
riageable age." Tie most beautiful waa
first put up, and the man who bid the
largest sum of money gained possession Of
her. The second in personal appearance
followed, and the bidders grati6ed them
selves with handsome wives according to
the depth of their purses. But alaal il
seems that there were Babylon Same ladies
for which no money was likely to be offered;
yet these also were disposed rof, 90 proyii- X:
dent were tho Babylonians. When an the
beautiful virgins were sold, the criey order
ed the most deforn1ed to stand upsoaptasa.
ter he had openly demanded 1whoSWoulds
marry her for "a small sum, she was at
length adjudged to the man who would be.
satisfied with the least and in this man.
ner the money arising from the sale of tha
handsome served as a portion to those who
were either of disagreeabIe looks, or that
had any imperfection. This custom pre-
vailed about five hundred years before;
Christ.
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A BRIGHT PICTURE OF Mr.. DAvIs's PRI-
son LIrE.-Mr. Davis is supplied with
everything in the shape of creature com
forts: his fare is as good as any tirst-ciass
hotel could offer (being supplied from the
table of Post Surgeon "copper". lie smokes
the most fragrant Havanas, and has access
to the library of the fort. Mrs. Davis can
visit him at all hours during the day, and
no restraint is placed upon their inter
view. He has his regular walks on the
ramparts of the ratification, and in his
DECENTRALIZATION he is not even interrupted
bv idle curiosity-seekers who may per-
chance gain admttance inside of the tort
ress--a recent order having been issued
prohibiting persons ascending the parapets
while Mr.. Davis is out walking.
Being well supplied with the daily jour
nails. he paws great attention to oil they
contain. From this source he became ac-
quainted with the fact of his indictmei,. y.
the grand jury lately in session at MI,
folk. Instead of being downcast ,hIoas,
this circumstance, he seems to DC e1a.ou -" ..
the prospect of speedy tr'al. iie H;s
regained to wonderful extent soihc y, ne
old-timc cheerfulness and vivacity, anu W. :
not even care to conceai ~. A. Day;s
day passes but some present lot Mis. 10, ,s'
useful for her domestic househo,u, aii.o'
and Judging from the sparkle Oh ner eye
when the article is opened, u mus, cause
her the greatest pleasure to kno" that sne
has so many friends and admirers.-CorreS-
,,o,de,ce of the Ne,o York World.
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Tobacco Exchange. May II. 1866.

There were one hundred and nine hogsheads
broken open to-day, and ninety offered. Seven
boxes sold as follows: s2s Is. so, S4s, $780, $40,
500, and $751; Seven hogsheads were taken in and
eighty three sold follows at S5.25, at g. so,
Eat ~ 60 at seas, at $685. at $i2 at Sla SO,
at Sl2 So at $780, at Is So at $685. at 800, at
s75, $i6l, at Sln, at 1896, at $3.50, at
Slol at Se2, at $ts, at $50 So at $50, lat $780,
at $i5, at s. TO- at SIS at s22 So at SIS, at
$40, at SIS So at $la 25, lat $685. at $40 So mt
$l?25 at go, at S2?, at Sal, at 1915, at so,
at at - at GA, at $40. SO, 2st $3.50,
at SIS at s2aso at $2s So at $ie at g. at VI,
at $ae5 at $ls7s at $l7, at $40, at $3.50,
at $40, at SCI so, At $77s at SS.25, at $ll
at SIS. 80, ! at IS. 10, I ut &4so, lat 80.
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STEAMERS.

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NY, The splendid new side wheel steamship
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YORK every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY.
These SHIPS are entirely new, aud were bu!
expressly for the route. rry
They have splendid SALOONS and STATE;
ROOMS, and the FARE, ACCOMMODATIONS ana
ATTENTION are unsurpassed. .,,
Passage, meals, and state included, FIR
TEEN DOLLARS.
at New York, on the Company's covered pier,
within forty. eight hours.
Shippers are invited to notice that the great
damage aud loss by handling, and exposure ron
frequent shipping as on other lines. Is avoided
Freights for points beyond New York will be Tor.
warded W it'll dispatch, and no charge made except
actual expenses Incurred.
No. 3s North river, and the COmpany,s steamers
for Wilmington, North Carolina Charleston, 81
vannah, Mobile aud New Orleans, leave from the
saIae pier. Goods for these points can be trans
ferred W tholt expense or exposure.
Insurance is very low by these ships, and the
economy In time, INSURANCE, and condition III
which goods are delivered, makes this the cheap.
est route from Virginia Insurance effected al
lowest rates. when ordered.
AGENTS:
LIVINGSTON, FOX SCo.,
hi Broadway, New York.
SAMUEL AYRES i CO.,
Richmond, Virginia.
'AhD"hLt City yP POINT and Petersburg.
Norfolk. Virginia.
f0f 's'Sn' s sRAUEL AfkES CO., Agents.
Office corner OF Cary and Virginia streets, oPpo.
site tho Tobacco Exchange. d" 81"
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LETTER FROM WARRINGTON.
Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatch.
HOME PoLrTICs-THE CABINET sERENApE--
STANTON EXPECTED TO DEFlNE HIS POSI-
TloN--rHE CONNECTICUT SENATORIAL. ELEc-
TON ETC.

WASHINGTON, May IL, 1866.
The real substantial business Of Congress
could soon be accomplished il an adjourn
ment was desirable. The Senate To-Day
with very little talk, disposed of two ap,
oronr;ation hills. while the House worked
along on the tariff. The members consider
that there is no particular necessary LOT
haste, as they do not seem anxious 10 iea,c
here. The weather, so far, has been ae
lightfully cool, and the probabi'it'es VI
cholera are in no more iormdao,c S,,o"
than during the winter. In conS'ue,as'on
Of all this, Congress appears wen sa''sm n,s
to remain and fight the fresideht. Inc
business Of temporary leaves ot absence,
so AS 10 afford members the opportunity
to 60 home and arrange private matters, Is
being inauguratcd. These short allowances,
however, will not suffice to temper the fall
campaigns, and many of those whose terms
expire with the present Congress deem it
absolutely essential 10 their personal and
political interests that they should be on
hand to regulate affairs this summer.
The Esdicals are considerably exercised
over the postponement by the Connecticut
Senate of the vote for Senator to succeed
Mr.. Foster. General Ferry isprcfcrredhy
the majority party here to the President OF
the Senate pro ten. Why, ii is hard to say,
as Foster certainly is radical enough for
all practical purposes. Something that he
has done of latc-probably his action in
the Stockton case-has displeased his
friends, and consequently he feels the
weight of that displcasure in having been
beaten in caucus by General Ferry.
The disagrceable and autumn-llke ram
which has been falling to-day, and winch
continues this evening, caused a postpone,
ment of the scrcnade with which IT had
been intended to compliment the iresi-
dent and members of the Cabinet. ii MI.
Stanton can be drawn out and forced 10
make q speech by the inspiring strains OF a
brass band, the public will in all probabil-
ity know from his own lips-which VIII DC
satisfactory information-that he is IN ac-
cord with the President. / heard to-day
from reliable authority that the Secretary
of War would not cndcavor to conceal ms
principles. 1t will be poor consolation Tor
his ouondam admirers, who arc yet trust
ing him with vigor, if he reassertS the state
ments SO emphatically uttered at a'h'e
Cabinet meeting relative to his position vi
reconstruction. -,
The Secretary of the Treasury, with
great forcthought, advises against summary
Withdrawals OF public funds 10y the OIL
GERS placing them there) from the different
national dcpositarics. lie thinks tha1 not
only might banks suffer from such move
ment, but the Inconvenience attendant
thereto would embarrass the Government
officers very materially. IlMoN.
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PROPOSED REMOVAL OF GENERAL How
ARD. Andrew johnson steps forward
and exercises the imperial power of the
Government by seeking to transfer it to
heartless military officers" -FWney.
"Heartless military officers! Why, the
worst rebel couldn't be more severe upon
the military. Forney has gone clean daft,
or he could not thus speak of his best
friends. Perhaps he means Butler.