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A." L0IL' SLANG.
The Epithet Rebel"-Time 10
Drop IL.

From the New Orleans Bee.l
As the term ar 4bel" " is still applied
hv some persons to the people OF the
South, the inquiry is a pertinent one :
how long is this accusation to be held
over the Southern people and is there
no statute of limitation fixing the time
after which the offense OF rebellion may
he considered as obliterated There is
nothing in the mere word "Tebel." 1t
has been conseerated by the fact that
great names and great characters have
enpA1ed in the act of rebellion, and glo-
ried in devoting themselves to the re-
demption of their fellow-eountrymen
rom a condition of slavery to condi-
tjon of freedom, In the mere word
mrebel.n then, there is no otiense, no
dishonor. Washington bore n, SO dld
Adams, and Jefferson, and Hamilton,
and Franklin, and many other worthy
men; they rejoieed in having reoelled
against the tyranny Of the English King
and in having been true TO those grand
principles Of constitutional government
which have marked the progress
of the Anglo-Saxon race. 1t is true
thew were successful; but IN morals
whatever it may be in law, or in the
opinion of the unthinking multitude
success does not change the character Of
the act. II the rebellion in which WASH
ington and his colleagues engaged, was
a justifiable, praiseworthy enterprise,
it was so when they committed them
selves to the first act Of resistance to
their Government. Their conduct must
be. tested by their motives in resisting,
and not by the good or i'll fortune which
attended their undertaking, It was not,
we NAV safely assert, because they en-
gagged in a righteous resistance to their
Tuiers that they succeeded, but because
it was the will of Providence who gov
erns the world, and because their success
was a part OF the great scheme, the exc
cution and perfection Of which BE has
in view. May wise, many judici-
ously and skilliully planned and many a
pious undertaking has failed simply be-
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WATCHES.
WALTHAM
w WatcheSS :

THE extensive use Of these watches for the
last fifteen years by Railway Conductors, En-
gineers and Expressmen-the mCst exacting Of
watch-wearerS-has thoroughly demonstrated
the strel 9Th, steadiness, durability and accu-
racy of the Waltham Watch. To satisfy that
class in all these respects is to decide the ques-
ton as to the real value OF these etime-keepers.
More than zoe, 600 of these watches are now
speaking for themselves in the pockets Of the
people-a proof and a guarantee OF their supe.
riority over all others.
The superior organization and great extent OF
the Companys Works at Waltham, enable
them to produce the watches at price which
renders competition futile, and those who buy
any other watch, merely pay nom 2j TO 50 per
cent. more for their watches than is necessary.
We are now selling waltham watches at less
prices in greenbacks, than the gold prices be-
fore the war. There is no other manufacture
of any kind In the United States of which this
can be said.
These time pieces combine every improve
ment that long experience has proved OF real
ractical use. Having had the refusal 70
nearly every invention IN Matchmaking or
ginating in this country, or in Europe, only
those were finally adopted which severe testing
by the mo It skillful artisans IN our works. and
long use on tlc ptibOi bAC puDAANS 49,
10 be- essential to correct and enduring tirse-
keeping.
Among the many improvements we would
particularize
The invention and use Of . center-piniOn OF
peculiar construction, to prevent damage to
the train by the breakage of main-sprin gs, is
original with the American Watch Company,
who having had the refusal of all other con-
trivances, adopted Fogg's Patent Pinion as be-
ing the best and faultless.
Hardened and tempered hair springs, now
universally admitted by Watehmakers to be
the best, are used in all grades Of Walthsm
Watches.
All Waltham Watches have dust-proof caps,
protecting the movement from dust and les
sening the necessity of the frequent cleaning
nee es AIRY In other watches
Our new patent stem-winder, or keyless
watch, is already decided success, and great
improvement on any stem-wtnding watch in
the American market, and by far the cheapest
watch OF its quality now offered TO the public,
To prevent imposition, buyers should inva-
riabIy demand a certificate of genuineness. No
watches retailed by the Company.
For further facts and information, address
ROBBINS & APPLETON,
General Agents,
1872 Broadway, New York.
fahI3 sat
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alteration" DR.. FACET, one of the
aslest physicians in this city, has filed q
vslnminous report upon the subject. DR..
Borde gives in support Of his opinion
that he called at the residence Of the de-
fendsnt some time ago and handed him
seventeen dollars, which he told Fer
nsndez was the amount of the rental OF
one of his (Fernaudez's) houses, and
asked Of him q receipt therefor. Fer
nandez gave him a receipt for cord OF
wood to be delivered.
The counsel for plaintiff, Ed. Bermu-
dsz, ESQ.,, in his illusions to the con-
diii)n OF mind OF defendant, never men
toned the word insanity" but speaks
Of it as physical and mental debility,
which has caused temporary alteration
of mind. The defense Is ably conducted
by A. Tissot, Esq. This suit promises to
be one Of the most interesting on record
and will be classed as one OF the eele-
brated causes OF Louisiana. Whichever
way Ju ige D1vlgneaud may decide the
case We learn that it will be carried to the
Supreme Court,
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MARRIAGE.
BY f. c. sTEDMAN.

I held the perfect mating of two souls,
Through welded love, 10 be the sum of bliss
When Earth, this fruit that ripens as il rolls
IN sunlight, grows more prime, lives will not
miss
Their counterparts, and each shall find its
But now with what blind chance the lots are
thrown
Yet bonds Of gold, linked hands, and chancel
vows,
Even sponsal beds, do not a marriage make,
When such things chain the scul that never
knows
Loves mating, little vantage shall II take,
Wandering with alien feet throughout the
wide.
flushed temple over those who pine outside!
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PIKE, ADAMS & PIKE.
Attorneys, Solicitors 6 PrOGtOrs

A TTEND to cases in the different CouTtE SIT
a ting at Memphis, and in the river counties
Of Arkansas.
R@ The Senior partner viii hereafter espe,
ciaIly attend TO cases in the supreme Court oi
Tennessee and in the supreme CoufL anu
ConTf of Claims of the United States at wash
ington, being OF the finn OF PIKE q JOhN-
BON OF that city. - x,r,rz
SST3oa i'm the MADAM VINCENT BLOCK,
corner Of Court and Second streets.
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DRUGS, ETC.
THEO. HOERNER,
analytic and Manufacturing Chemist,
Druggist and ApOthecary,

81 and SO Beal Street.
Northwest corner OF Second),
CHEMICAL ANALYSES OF all descriptions
~ made, aud written reports furnished.
Physicians Prescriptions carefully COM
pounded at all hours.
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Articles, and everything pertaining 20 nrst-
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HOTELS.
WALTERS NATIONAL HOTELI
NORFOLK. VA.

IN WALTERS. PROPRIETOR. AsTRICT
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.LErnr PIKE. CHARLES W. ADAHs. L. H. r1KE
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TRANSPORTATION.
RAILROAD.
Short Route Ella McKenSte!

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Hours most seasonable for business or pieas-
uTe Nv another route passengers are COM
pelIed To change cars. PaSssnge TO ana rom
Ihe North md south over tne Memt MS ana
Louisville Railroad Line can visit Nashville
without any additional charge, by applying 10
Louisville and Nashville or memphis ana
louisville Conductors for Checks good via
Mckenzie and Nashville.
AL, for Tickets via Nashville and North
western Railroad.
Ticket Office, 2571s Main street
Fare by this route always as low as by any
other. All passengers for Chattanooga, Knox
Vile. Bristol. Rome, Atlanta, Macon, Mont
eomery, Columbus apd Augusta, can Vi II
Nashville by TINS route, and continue theiI
tourney at pleasure
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Pike N johnson,
COUNSELLORS,
SOLICITORS AND ADVOCATES
WARRINGTON. D. C.

FyNHIS FIRM, ESTA ABLISHED AT WASH
ingfon tOffice, 2Iz street,, Will attend 70
All cases thai may be entrusted 10 them, IN Ile
Supreme Court OF the United states, and COurl
Of claims and also 10 the recovery OF clains
against the Government or lndlNi1u'ILsi ALI Az
Ineufs -
r . ,enior member has been practising
LAWYER for thiity-twO years, and Is 4 lnelnbeI
of the bars OF the Supreme Courts OF Arkan-
sas louisiana and the United states. ADe
Junior, bred a lawyer, was long hepresen.ts u =,
f5fatse and familiar with the modes OF trans
acting business in the Departments
The senior, retaining his residence az n ~
y,his will also rs one of the frm OF PIKE,
ADAMS & PIKE, attend 10 cases Ia The su-
preme Courts OF Arkansas and Tennessee ana
IN the United States Courts and Chancery
Court at Memphis. move "
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-07-29

Wealth..

ONE great cause of the poverty of the
present day is, the failure of our common
people to appreciate small things. They
feel that ii they can not save large sums
they will not save any thing. They do
not realize how daily addition, be il
ever so small, will soon make large pile
1t the young men and young women of
to-day will only begin, and begin now, TO
save a little from their earnings, and plant
it in the soil of some good savings bank.
and weekly or monthly add their mite,
they will wear happy smile of COM
petence and independence when they
reach middle life. Not only the pile will
itself increase, but the desire and the abil-
ity to increase it will also grow. Let clerk
and tradesman, labOrer and artisan, make
now and at once beginning. Store up
some of your youthful force and vigor for
future contingency. Let parents teach
their children to begin early to save. Be-
gin at the fountain head to control the
stream of extravaganza, and the work
will be easy. To choose between spend
ing and saving is to choose between poy-
erty and riches. Let our youth go on in
habits of extravaganza, for fifty years to
come, as they have for fifty years past, and
we shall be nation of beggars with
moneyed aristocracy. Let generation of
such as save in small sums be reared, and
We shall be free from all want. Do not be
ambitious for extravagant fortunes, but
do seek that which is the duty of every
one to obtain, independence and com
Portable home. Wealth, and enough of il,
is within the reach of all. tits obtainable
by one process, and by one only-saving.
Manufacturer and Builder.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-07-29
The Wonders of Modern Surgery.

PROBABLY the most astounding surgical
operation ever performed on the American
continent has recently been made in this
stances, as We gather them from the hus-
band of the patient, are briefly these
Mrs. j. b Childs, residing at Lee Center,
ILL.,, came TO this city on a visit, and was
stopping on Sangammon street While
there she became aware that an old rup-
ture, from which she had suffered from
time To time for several years, was likely
to give her trouble and summoned medi-
cal aid The physician first called regard
ed it case of "wind colic," but his
treatment not relieving the suffering of
and DR. l.. Dodge was summoned, who,
recognizing the true state of the case, re-
quested that surgeon be called. A
careful examination of the case revealed
the fact that the intestine involved in the
rupture had already mortified, and to
allow this to remain would inevitably de-
stroy the wOman's life. He, therefore,
decided to remove 80 much of the intestine
as had undergone decomposition, and, by
securing the extremities of the sound in
testine, to restore at length the natural
passages and thus preserve the unfortunate
lady's lif,. Assisted by Drs L. Dodge, j.
s. Mitchell, and A. G. Beebe, this danger
GUS and difficult operation was according
ly performed, and four feet sir inches OF
the intestine acre remOoed from the pa
tients body, and may now be seen, pre-
served in alcohol, in DIR. Beebe's Office.
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hold, and scathing rebuke to our boast.

hold and isascathing rebuke to our boast.
ed civilization.
The sympathy existing between these
two brothers is so close and so refined that
the feelings, the impulses, the emotions
OF the one are instantly experienced by
the other. When one Is sick, the other is
sick when one feels pain, the other feels
1t; when one is angered, the others tenn
per takes fire. We have already seen
with what happy facility they both fell in
love with the same girl. Now, Chang is
bitterly opposed to all forms of intemper-
ance, on principle; but Eng is the reverse
for, while these mems feelings and emo
tions are so closely welded, their reason
ing faculties are unfettered their thoughts
are free. Chang belongs to the Good
Templars, and is hard-wOrking and en-.
thusiastic supporter of all temperance re-
forms. But, to his bitter distress, every
now and then Eng gets drunk, and, of
course, that makes Chang drunk too. This
unfortunate thing has been great sorrow
to Chang, for it almost destroys his useful
ness in his favorite field of effort. As
sure as he is to head a great temperance
procession Eng ranges up alongside of
MIN, prompt to the minute and drunk as
a lord; but yet no more dismally and
hopelessly drunk than his brother who
has not tasted drop. And so the two be-
gin to hOot and yell, and throw mud and
bricks at the Good Templars, and,
of course, they break up the procession.
1t would be manifestly wrong to punish
Chang for what Eng does, and, therefore,
the Good Templars accept the unto.
ward situation, and suffer in silence and
sorrow. They have officially and delber-
ately examined into the matter, and find
Chang blameless. They have taken the
two brothers and filled Chang full of
warm water and sugar and Eng full of whis.
ky, and in twenty-five minutes it was
not possible to tell which was the drunk
est. Both were as drunk as loons-and
on hot whisky punches, by the smell of
their breath. Yet all the while Chang's
moral principles were unsullied, his con-
science clear and SO all just men were
forced to confess that he was not morally,
but only physically drunk. By every
right and by every moral evidence the
man was strictly sober; and, therefore, it
caused his friends all the more anguish to
see him shake hands with the pump and
try to wind his watch with his night-key.
There is moral in these solemn warn
ings-Or, at least, warning in these sol.
emn morals; one or the other No mat
ter, it is somehow. Let us heed it let us
profit by it.
| could say more of au instructive ma
ture about these interesting beings, but
let what l have written suffice
Having forgotten to mention it sooner,
[ will remark, in conclusion, that the ages
of the Siamese Twins are respectively
titty-one and fifty-three years. s.-Packard's
Monthly for august
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The Wrong Man In the Wrong Place.

A FEW days since, a young couple, just
married at Waterbury, Conn, got on
board train on the Naugatuck Road,
bound for Bridgeport. They had sweet
time, billing and cooling in proper style,
until the train reached the junction.
While waiting there, the groom took a
stroll on the platform, and the bride also
improved the time to walk to the forward
end of the Car. As the train started, she
returned, and seeing her husband, as she
supposed, she popped into the same seat,
and lovingly rested her head on his shoul-
der, while the cars passed through the
covered bridge. Unfortunately she had
mistaken her man, and as the cars
emerged from the bridge trembling
voice whispered in her ear that he didn't
quite comprehend the situation. Looking
up, the bride found an unknown, blushing
youth, while her liege lord was standing
in the aisle, with look of blank aston
ishment on his face, not knowing what to
make of "such conduct as those" The
error was corrected at once, but the fun
was too much for the occupants of the
car, and every sleeve contained an enur-
nous though quiet laugh.
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help of q certain Physician whose hous
you pass every day and if you are trul,
| anxious to get them, know he will tel
you how you can get a pair for the ask
ing"
Peter.
"Then you cannot have them," sait
"Well," replied Peter, In a humble
voice, "I'll take them for nothing, or II
pay a big price for them, for l want then
above all things"
"Ah," said Samuel, that sounds more
like getting them. You go to him ant
tell him how you feel, and he will attend
to your case"
Then Peter did as he was told. Tht
Doctor looked at his eyes, and said ths
the disease In them was one which KEEP
him from seeing the good in things about
him all he could see was the evil.
"And those glasses you have been wear
ing" he continued, have only made them
worse, till there Is a danger of your get
ting beyond cure"
"And is there no hope for me?" asked
Peter.
"Oh yes" replied the Doctor, ." if you
will follow the directions"
al will do So" said Peter
"1n the first place, then," he continued
"you must wear those glasses no more
Throw them away or put them in the
fire, so that you will never see them
again."
az promise to do so," replied Peter.
ain the next place, when you are given
new pair" continued the Doctor, "yOu
must always walk in the way which they
show you to be right"
~ will try not to depart from it," said
Peter.
At this there came an invisible hand
that took off his old smoked glasses and
put on new ones, made of pure crystal
which let the light through just as it came
down from the sky. But oh what a
change they made to Peter He went
home, and as soon as he entered the door
his house seemed like another place to
him: it seemed filled with blessings.
"Is it possible" he exclaimed, "that
those glasses have kept me from seeing all
these before?"
The next morning when he got up he
told his wife what had befallen him and
how he felt in consequence.
But" said she, with loving smile,
"how about those badly-ironed collars and
the pins and the weak coffee? ?"
"Oh," he cried, "how could ever let
such trifles trouble me?"
"And tten," she continued, "here is the
carpet wearing out, and the boys shoes
and the girls dresses"
Gas for them," he said, 1--WE will hope
to get more when they are gone. But
even if we should not have half our pres
ent comforts and indulgences, with you,
about me, l trust may feel too rich ever
again to utter one complaining word"
So the sunshine came into Peter Crisp's 8
house, and he and all his family led a
happier life because of his new glasses,
which were thankful heart.-Lippin-
colts Magazine
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obscure surrounding objects, till, wher
the last gleam of sunlight is about tc
pass away, the observer sees the moon and
what remains of the sun surrounded bY Q
bright carona or glory, such as surround.
the heads of the Lord and the saints in re
ligiOus pictures. When the sunlight total
ly disappears, nothing is left to enlighten
objects around, save the scattered rays O1
twilight and the corona itself This glory
is intersected here and there with flashing
rays, extending often to considerable dis.
tances from the sun, and has been itself
seen nearly as broad as the suns diameter
When the corona gives the light by which
objects are seen, they naturally appear very
differently from what we see in daylight
or even at night. The sharpness and black.
ness of distant hills have often been no.
| ticed.
Besides this corona, the "prOtuber
ances" of rosy color ard irregular shape
are very marked feature. These are
cloud-like masses seen projecting beyond
| the dark edge of the moon, are not gen.
orally visible without telescopes, and have
long been, as well as the corona, mysteri.
Gus in their origin. But it is now made
certain by the spectrOscOpe that they are
gaseous in nature; it was found out by
phOtographipg them that they were con-
| nee ed with the sun, and that as the moon
passed over them it hid them by degrees.
If they were phenomena of the lunar at
mosphere they would move with the moon
itself, which they do not do.
| All these phenomena can only be OBJ
served by great concentration of effort,
and by division of labor. When the time
| of observation of the most important ex-
tends only from two TO eight minutes, it
is plain that much expedition is necessa-
ry. In case of the eclipse of the present
year, the duration is about three minutes
near the central line.
In past ages the fate of a battle or an
assault has turned upon a total eclipse of
the sun. Xenophon tells us that the town
of Larissa was taken on account of the
fright of the inhabitants when the sun
was covered by a cloud. This circum-
stance, casually mentioned in the Andbd-
SIS Book ILL.,, section iv.) has enabled as
trOnOmers to make certain that total
eclipse took place then and there, and has
even been of use in correcting the lunar
tables. Other eclipses of note in history
were those predicted by Thales, 5S5 B. G !;
that connected with the expedition of
Agathocles against Carthage, B. G. 80 /;
and an eclipse which helped decide the
battle of Stiklastad, in the Scandina Wan
annals. Columbus is said TO have
acquired great renOwn among the Indians
by predicting lunar eclipse, which was
probably his only means Of determining
his longitude, and so the distance of
America from Europe. In modern times
we have often heard of the panic terror of
ignorant populations; and there are even
stories that in the eclipse of 1906, persons
here and there thought the Judgment Day
was coming Western Monthly for Au-
DuSf
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The San Francisco Aerial Steam Car.
riage.

The problem of aerial navigation is
solved. Within year we shall travel
habitually 10 New York, Europe and
China by aerial carriages. The trial trips
of the model steam carriage, at Shell
Mound Park, have been entirely and
completely uccessful-exceeding the most
sanguine anticipations or hopes of the
builders. The power of the propellers
was greater, and the resistance of the
atmosphere less than were estimated, and
the speed attained was propOrtionately
greater. Protected by its patent rights,
We believe that the Aerial Steam NaViga-
ton Company of California and its
grantees will speedily constitute the most
gigantic single Incorporation interest In
the United States-Overshadowi the
railroad, steamship or telegraph combina-
tiOns. The thing is done: fully, finally
and completely done. Within four weeks
the first aerial steam carriage, capable of
conveying six persons, and propelled at q
rate exceeding the minimum speed of
thirty miles an hour, will wing its flight
over the Sierra Nevada on its way to New
York and other remote psrts-Sdn Fran
cisco Ne,oS Letter, June 26.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-07-29

Sam strangely; so Sam suddenly spoke
sentimentally; "Sophia, Susan's sun
flowers seem saying, Samuel Short, Su-
san Sophronia Spriggs, stroll serenely,
seek some sequestered spot, some sylvan
shade. Sparkling springs shall sing soul
stirring strains; sweet songsters shall ST.
ience secret sighings :super-sngelic sylphs
shall Sophia snickered; so Sam stop
ped.
Sophia" said Sam solemnly.
Sam" said Sophia.
"Sophia, stop smiling. Sam Shorts
sincere. Sans seeking some sweet
spouse, Sophia"
Sophia stood silent.
"Speak, Sophia, speak such suspense
speculates sorrow"
Seek sire, Sam, seek SIRE"
So Sam sought sire Spriggs, sire Spriggs
said "Sartin."