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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-05-20
Election Notice,

/ N accordance with the proclamation of the Go.
IL vernon, dated 10th day of April, 1869 there will
be an election held in this County on the FOURTH
TUESDAY in MAY, being the 25th day thereon.
tor School Commissioner and Coroner.
By virtue Of authority vested in us, we hereby
County, viz:
Garner's Ferry, Gadsden, W. 3. Flowers House,
Trenholm's Grove, Davis. Kilhan's. Camr
Ground, Columbia -War,i No 1, Gilmore House:
Ward No. 2. Old Ice House; Ward No. 8, Palmetto
Engine House; Ward No. 4, Filing Store.
The following gentlemen are hereby appointed
Managers of Election:
For GARNEn's FERRY.-John Harris, - Lucius,
D. Wells.
Fon GADsDEN.-John P. Adams, John b. Good
win, s. p. Gaige.
FLowERs' HoUsE.-W. White, Philip Epstein, j.
j. Goodwin. - -
For TRENHoLM's GRovE.-M L. Green, Wilson
Glover, @. j. Carroll.
FoR DAvIs.-Allen Davis, F. P. Roberts, An
drew Curtis.
For CANT GnoUSD.-N. Dubard, Horny Smith,
81. @. Marshall.
KILLIANs'.-Eli Killian, A. Feininger H. Mmms.
For CoLUMBIA.-Ward No. 1, P. Brown, E. B.
thompson, q. Shultz; Ward No. 2, F. W. Wing j.
Davis, J. Bamfeld; Ward No. 8, w. H. Wigg, vii
liam Mishaw, T. P. Purse; Ward No. 4, d. B.
Clayton, Jacob Mott, James Brown.
The above named gentlemen are requested to
meet at w. T. Walters Auction Room, on the 18th
instant, at IL o'clock NJ, for the purpose OF quail
tying and receiving the list of registration.
W. r. WALTER,
N. E. EDWARDS,
A. nIOHARDSON
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Gardening for the South,
PY VIM. N. N. White, OF Athens, Ga
ID The Grape Culture-a treatise on the culti-
vation of the native grape. By Fuller.
Phin's Grape Culture and Wine making.
Saunders Practical Treatise on Farm-yard
Poutry-iustrated
Breaking Butterfly. By Author of Guy Lv-
ingstone.
Marooners Island. By Author of Young Ma
rooners.
Friendships of Women. By Alger
Anecdotes of American Clergy.
And many other new books and novels at
DUFFIE & CHAPMAN'S S Bookstore,
April 90 Under Columbia Hotel.
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& 1sa lail - s;ss
TTNHE attention Of Contractors is invited to the
Il work of completing the Blue Ridge Railroad.
in South Carolina, from Anderson, South Carolina,
to Knoxville, Tennesseo-a distance of one hun
dred and ffty-two miles to build.
The Executive Committee of the Board of Direc-
tors is prepared to enter into negotiations with
responsible persons, who may desire to undertake
the work.
Payments will be made in first mortgage 7)
per cent. currency bonds of the Company, secured
by the guarantee of the State Of South Carolina.
for the punctual payment of both principal and
interest. The mortgage covers unencumbered
property of the Company, which cost three and a
quarter millions Of dollars in gold, and embraces
Detailed Estimates Plans T Ppoes and soea
cations. will be ready for inspection by JUNE /,
1859 Meanwhile, approximate quantities and
other Information concerning the work may be
obtained by application to Col. James p Low, the
Chief Engineer of the Company, to the under
signed at Columbia, South Carolina.
R. X. SCOTT,
April 2Otuth13 Chnln ofExccutive Committee.
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MONTVALE SPRINGS, 1859

TTNHlS favorite Summer resort, situated in Blount
Il County, East Tennessee. will be opened for
the receptions OF visitors on the FIRST of JUNE.
The marked beneficial results attending the use
OF these waters, in functional arrangements OF the
Liver, Bowels, Kidneys and Skin, and the cure of
Chronic Diseases attest their Medicinal Proper
ties The buildings at Montvale are now being re-
paired, retitted and repainted and everything put
All the accessories for enjoyment and recrea-
ton at the best watering places will be found here
The facilities for reaching Montvale this season
are INCREASED by the extension of the Knoxville
and Charleston Railroad, and regular trains are
veyed in coaches to the Springs, nine miles distant
Rates OF Board per day, $3.50: per week, s16.CO;
per menth, s60C0. Address for pamphlets con-
May 13 26 JOS. L. KING, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Notices.

SPeCial Notices.
AB- PHILOSOPHY OF NIARRIAGE.-A
New COURSE OF LECTURES, as delivered at the
New York Museum o. Anatomy, embracing the
subjects: How 20 Live and What to Live for;
Youth, Maturity and Old Age; Manhood Generally
Reviewed; The Cause of Indigestion; Flatulence
and Nervous Diseases accounted for; Marriape
Philosophically Considered &c. These lectures
will be forwarded on receipt of -four stamps by ad-
IA West Baltimore street, Ea 9, Md.
Mav6 4,
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Light! Light! Light!!!
GAFETY and Economy combined, by using the
CENT OIL. This Oil is non-exploeive and gives
brilliant light, without the use of lamp Chin
neys, or the trouble of cleaning them. Kerosene
Generator, at trifling expense. For further in
formation and supply of Crescent Oil and Gas
Generator, apply to J. .&T R. AGNEW
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Blue Ridge Railroad.

64 A aE
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-05-20
OPENING
N T. w G. Cd S
TX I N a R DIS.

WYE OPEN THIS MORNING, several Invoices
w of NEW DRESS GOODS, with Fringes,
Gimps and Buttons to match.
A full line Of Printed Lawns, Cambrics, Jaco-
nets and Organizes.
full line of Sheeting
A full line of Long Cloths.
full line of Calicoes
full line of White Goods.
full line OF Kid Gloves.
full line of Lisle Thread Gloves.
full line Of Hosiery.
full line Of Irish Linens
full line of Cassmeres for Gentlemsn's Suits,
fuil line OF Linen Coating, Drills and Ducks.
Making our stock quite as full and complete ae
itwas two weeks ago.
We solicit call from our friends and all visitors
to our city, with the assurance that our stock and
prices will please all. J. II. & M. L. KINARD,
April 28 One door South Of Columbia Hotel.
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New Books at Bryan & McCarter's.

New Books at Bryan & McCarter's.
TTNRAVELS IN JAVA AND THE EAST INDIAN
Il ARCHIPELAGO. with Maps and Plates, by
Biekmore,
Travels in Alaska, by Whymper,
phineas Finn, the Irish member, s1.25
Ny Hecolleetions of Lord Byron. by Countess
Guiccola, s1.75,
Palestine, Syria and Asia Minor. by Freese
How He Won Her, by Mrs, Southworth, s1.75,
Pre- Historic Nations, by Baldwin, s1.75,
Colorado, its Parks and Mountains, by Bowles
Two Life Paths, romance, by AIuhlbach 60c
The Factory, by Miss Braddon, IS cents
Cometh up as Flower, 60 cents,
Aiarooners Island, sequel to Young Marooners
New Photograph Albums, Chromos, &c.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-02-19
TIE COMBAT rH1cKENs.

The expose of the Discretionary dis
bursemcnts Of Governor BULLOCK, fol-
lowed BY the aefGtcd extravaganza of
the Lcgisla ure is supplemented by the
Augusta Press with The charge that the
Era got the public printing by sharing
the spoils with Bryant, Rice and Prince
of the Legislature who voted for their
own slices! Is that the way the money
gocsY
We fear that our brethren Of the Press
in Atlanta arc not as blatant as they
should be touching the public sores said
10 be fostering under their very noses.
Silence may do for Grant but not for the
Press when public corfu tion smells 10
Tie very HeaYehs,
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-02-19
LEGISLATl We.

The House on the 18th passed bill
for the election of members of Con-
sress from Georgia on Monday the lst of
March next.
The immigration Bureau bill having
failed to pass mo ion to reconsider with
view of s.iking out the appropriation
clarsc prevailed.
On the 18th al bill passed changing The
Tine of holding the Superior Court of
Cherokee county. .l
The joint resolution adopted by the
Legislature referring the question of ne
gro eligibility 10 Office to the Courts was
returned by the Governor without his
approval adding that nothing viii salts
fy him "but the restoration of the color
cd members to their seats by the Lcgis-
laturc and the exclusion of every white
man who cannot take The test oath. -
Then we arc to have pcacc-so says
Bullock.
We find nothing additional of general
interest in the proceedings up to the
time Of going TO press.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-02-19
MoNrBsoUIEU.

8 - F.
The author Of the Spirit Of Laws has
passed awayaamong the old fogies. lie
mag if h, ss.elGecn the friend of truth and
virtue, but his counsels like those Of
many other wise men, are not esteemed
appropriate and We will not profit by
them. What is the use ofsach abstrac-
tions as the following, when, in the
scramble for the spells the general voice
is-Atllc doll take the hindmos.."--
Society cannot exist unless a control
ling power upon agW and appetite be
placed somewhere, and the less of it
there is within, the more there must be
without, It's ordained in the eternal
constitution of things thatmen Of intem
perate minds and vcnal natures cannot
be free, nor can q nation that IS ruleo
BY such men, Their passions and cor
ruptions forge their letters"
Dir. Washburnc Of Illinois, the politi-
cal mouth,piccc it is said of Grant, ar
raiSng Congress Cor its extravaganza
and corruption. Perhaps this indicates
''the will without that is to control the
appetite within" &C..
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-02-19
A MArrnR OF TASTE.

Senator Adkins on the 10th very
earnestly urged the reseatipG Of the
colorcd members. Senator WYNN re-
piled and said
..Eycr since the expulsion of the ne
gro he. las sympathiSed with that Sen
ator since he had looked on all occasions
1'likc patience on a monument smiling
at grief.D He (Adkins) missed the ami
nal so necessary to his existence"
The President called the Senator to
order for INDUCING in personalities.
Mr.. VIM replied
You may bieak- you may uin ihe vase i you " y
But She scent Of the roses VII hang round itsti
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-02-19
GOOD ADVICE FROM AN ENGLISH

GOOD ADVICE FROM AN ENGLISH
Mr. EVERETT in his visit to the South
awhile back, meeting everywhere the in
constable look Of despair impressed up
on our people, BY defeat, the loss Of their
slaves and consequent poverty, cxclaim
cd--e aesHaeernH aes
"dreat heavens, gentlcmcn! you VII
make me sour as yourselves, if y6u
dwell thus persistently upon your calam-
flies. A people have no business to
concern themselves in politics to the en-
i re exclusion of their private concerns.
have been an associate in England of
Golden and those who stroye to release
trade f ON imposition, and Tic work was
earnest and enthusiastic with me; but |
would have been fool to have engulf-
cdinit all my private fortune, ceased
my pr,yitc cndcavors. and become Tie
victim ola set Of politicians, such as cx-
cite you now to make politics your en-
tire subject of grief and agitation. Go
10 work! Set your affairs right, and
happier politics viii come. See what
youa doing paying in Illinois dol
lar and quarter bushcl for grain and
growing none yourselves, though with
land fully as excellent. If you cannot
cultivate all your estate, cultivate a part
-certaily enough 70 raise food to cat
Keep every cent beside you and put it
into railways. Establish for yourselves
Il consolidated line frcIn the Mississippi
to the Atlantic, so that you car send cot
ton and tobacco without transhipmcnt
straight to Liverpool. The true theory
Of wise commerce is 10 buy in the cheap
est malkcts and sell in the dearest
Raisc corn at home, instead of buying it
is 50 de9r. Sell your pr oducts, not by
REPUBLICATION TO New York, as you used
to DO. dealing ike bankrupt with a
pawnbrokcr, but sell them in Liver
pool"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-02-19
COUNTING TIE ELECTORAL VOTES.


On the 10th inst, there was quite
scene in the House Of Representatives
at Washington when objection was rails
cd by Butler to counting the vote of
Georgia. Wade was in the Chair and
would hear no objections. Butler NOV
cd that the Senate have leave to retire
and being oat Of order, insisted that tic
House should control its own Hail.
Wade ordered, amid great excitement,
the count to proceed. Confusion, there
upon, became worse COMPOUNDED, the
noise dcafeuing - when Colfax sprang to
the desk screaming Che Vice President
must be lobeyed in joint session. and
ordering the sergeant alarms to arrest
disordcrIy persons, pending ihc enforce
ment Of which The reading of the result
and proclamation followed and the
Houses separated.
Gen. Grant is remarkably reticent
andi is equally remarkable that the Of
fetal announcement of his election should
be made by such set of babblcrs. The
Cong rcssional babel SETS off to great adj
vantage The silent and self-posscssed
Chief Executive. While he is of those
who "placc the bliss in action; he may
leave 20 Ills Congresses the harmless
bliss of words, without perhaps, any
great damage 10 his country.
We are mainly interested, however,
touching the matter in one question:
Georgia was not excluded in The count
for President. Is she a State She
can vote to amend the Constitu ion. =
She can vote for President. Is she a
Stale? ne ~ aa
F Since writing the above we have re-
cciycd, through the courtesy of orr i'm
mediate lepl essen ativc, Gen. YoUNG, a
full and accurate report of the proceed
ings of the action of the Senate and
House in counting the Electoral Vote
The scene was as dsGraceful as has
been represented but Congress took
care not 10 commit itself, in counting
the vote Of Georgia. to a recognition of
her right to vote. In other words the
vote Of Gcois1a was to be coun' ed bl.
not 10 aaeqt the result. As stated The
Whole vo. c Including Georgia was 294
&C ecfdd'nQ Geo. Gia $50.
Gen YouSG as a member of the
House entered an earnest protest aS4jnst
s sepa1a.e action opposing the count
ing of the vote of Georgia on The motion
of Batior. IF he could not have his
protest recorded he had The satisfaction
o. secn5. sub. elucntly, Butler Aoolcd
by Wade.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-02-19
Georgia Cobb County,:
Court Of Ordinary Cor Couaty purposes: /
In Chamber February II, 1869

IN Jllamber February II, ISlJ.
Toall persons concerned: You are he ehy not-
fed that ON lhe 2Gth day OF March aeXt the follow
nc proposed new Road marked ont according 10
law hy he Rad Commissioners Of the s9lst Dis
lrict Geol ia Of said cOun,y, appointed by order of
this Court. will be- iRlly granted II good cause
lie shown bv said time 10 tie contra v-to-wit:
"A mblie Road (aud Ferry connected herewith
leading. oa Ssizs baptist Chnch to the Cha:to-
hoochcg Rive approach ing the River the up
pes end of the Sclipcr place, thence 10 Atlanta
said proposed Road being about two miles in length
from its commencement ~ Sardi~ Church.
L. A. Dobbs, Ordinarya
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-02-19

MARIETTA FEMALE CoLLEGE.-Thc
J0mnaL announces that the Femal. Col
Iegc opened at that place, on last Mon
day, with a full faculty. How about
students, though !-Jounal Dc Ae5Sen-
GCg.
The College has thirty students and
the Instructors are highly gra,ifed with
tie prospects Of an Institution, which;
almost unleralded, has just started into
life.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-02-19
Georgia Cherokee County

Application will bernade to the Court of Ordinary
of Cherokee County, Georgia, at the first regular
term after he expiration of Two months from this
notice for leave sell the lands belonging to the es
tate of Daniel Putnam late Of said county deceased
tor the benefit Of heirs aud creditors of said deceas-
ed. February Ii, 1863. ~
Odian w. Putnam, Admir-
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-02-19
Geo. "a Cherokce County !:

Whereas john Evans Administrator Of A. j.
Evans represent TO The court in his petition duly
e. ed dat be has flly administered 4 J Evans
tate This is therefore 80 cite all persons concerned
kindred and creditors TO show eItse if any they can
why said aministrat,.r should not be discharged
from his administrator and receive letters oil disnis
sou on Il first Morday in September 1859.
W. Z. ID. Moss. Ordinary.
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Georgia Cobb County.

Or,linaIy's Oaic., Feb. is. 1863
A. d. Ruede has applied for exemption Of
personally and setting apart aud valuation ofliome
stead aud viii PASS irpon the Same at II o'clock
9th day OF Fob. 1869. at nv ofbee.
f. A. Dobbs. Ord'y.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-02-19
Sew A0retiseupellts,
EXECUTORS SALE.

BY virtue of an order af the Honorable Court of
Ordinary of Cobb county will be be sold before the
Court House door in said county tie first Tues
day in April next, tAe south half of lot of Land No.
80 in the 20th district and I'd section and Is
of the noth side of 'ot No 81 in the 18th dist. and
2d sect the whole containing 90 acres more or less.
Sold as the property OF Joseph 7 Green, deceased.
Co. The benefit Of the creditors Of said deceased
ruary 10Th, 1863. E.ss
j. A. Green, Executor.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-02-19

The cambridge Argus says the Stone
wall Fire Company, Of that place, have
;stlew uniform, and arc handsome crowd.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-02-19

YVhy are elections like tents I?
Because tic canvass ends at The polls.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1869-02-19

ON the 18th inst, by Rev. w, ". CAgREII, at
the residence oftLe brides brother, Mr., GEORGE S.
OWEN, to Miss SALLW II. KNIGHT, both Of Mari
eta.
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CHI s}garietta AOalaal.
aiacjctta. Georgia.

Friday Morning Feb. 80, so.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-10-29
Health of School Children.

The Medical College of Middlesex, Mass
achusetts, having for a long time consider
ed the influence of public schools on the
health of children authorized the publica-
ton of the following facts as the opinions
of its members:
/. No child should be allowed to attend
school before the beginning of his sixth
year.
2. The duration or daily attendance -
including the time given to recess and
physical exercises should not exceed four
and half hours for the primary schools:
five and a half for other schools.
3. There should be no study required
out of school-unless at High Schools; and
this should not exceed one hour.
4. Recess time should be devoted to
play outside of the school room-unless
during stormy weather-and as this time
rightfully belongs to the pupils, they should
not be deprived Of it except for serious of
fences; and those who are not deprived of
it should not be allowed to spend it in
study, and no child should ever~be confin-
ed to the school room during an entire ses-
sion. The minimum of recess-time should
be fifteen minutes each session, and in pri-
mary schools there should be more than
one recess in each session.
b. Physical exercise should be used in
school to prevent nervous and muscular ia
tigue and to relieve monotony, but not as
muscular training. 1t should be practiced
by both teacher and children in every hour
not broken by recess, and should be timed
by music. In primary schools every half
hour should be broken by exercise, recess
or singing.
6. Ventilation should be amply pro-
vided for by other means than by open
windows, though these should be used in
addition to special means during recess and
exercise time.
7. Lessons should be be scrupulously
to the average capacity of the
pupils; and in primary schools the slate
should be used more and the books less;
and the instruction should be given as
much as possible on the principles of sob
ject teaching
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-10-29
An Englisllman's Appreciation of Yankee
From the Buffalo Express.

From the Buffalo Express.
The perversity with which some people
adhere to the Queens English, utterly re-
fusing to comprehend the modern style
of rhetoric, as found in the terse sign1f-
cant phrases and sentences of every day
business conversation, very often proves
sorely trying to the patience of those
adopts in Yankee slang and pointed alb
breviations. A good story is related by a
well-known lake captain who has been
running Buffalo propeller for several
years past. Some time since he had
among his passengers from this city q
wealthy, honest hearted, but rather irasci-
BILE son of Hold Hengand," who had but
recently arrived over from Great Britain,
and was going to Toledo to visit married
daughter. The day after his arrival III that
city, while taking walk about the town
with Captain -, he observed lot of
fine horses on sale exhibition, and desiring
to present his daughter and son-in-law with
something in that line, he stepped up and
priced one or two of the animals. The
owner Immediately stepped up and gave
himthe figures.
cow much his this'n? ?" pointing to a
sleek docile mare.
1880"
"Will she make good buggy horse ?"
asked the Erglishman.
"You bet!' came in an emphatic tone
ON the jockey.
''Bet What do you mean? Hi don't
want to bet; hi want to buy the 'orse. if hi
like it."
To this the dealer in horse flesh made
no answer, and after q moment or two of
critical examination, our wealthy friend re-
marked:
"Hi don't think she will hanswer for a
family 'orse.,
I've got stamps as says she amt got no
super'r as family 'orse in this city," re-
piled the irritated owner.
''Stamps! Who is Stamps? Hi don't
care wat Stamps says; hi know good
orse wen hi see one as well as Stamps hor
hany hother person" sharply responded
the Englishman.
I ooh, well, no, said the jockey assuming
a conciliatory tone, "take another look at
this animal. Why she was just made for
your
MADE for me, you puppy" clustered
the excitable Johnny Bull, COW could that
hanimal ave been made for me? Why, hi
aven't bin hin this ere blasted country
hree weeks yet p
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-10-29

DR.. Hayes intends to lead an expedi-
ton toward sthe open Polar Sea, next
year.
The King of Prussia has 20 horses,
Emperor Louis Napoleon 80, the Sultan
300.
George W. Fishbach, editor of the St.
Louis Democrat, has gone to Europe with
his invalid wife.
Gov. Walker, of Virginia, who is only
81 years old, is the youngest Governor the
State has ever had.
Pollard proposes to buy up the Ma
tional Inteiligencer, to make it model
Democratic organ.
DR.. Shelton Mackenzie says that By
ron's autobiography, which Moore burned,
twill yet see the light.
= Professor Blot promises to superintend
the kitchen of the Cambridge cooperative
house-keepers in person.
Lady Melbourne, Lady Palmerston's
mother, was the sister of Sir Ralph Mil
banke, the father of Lady Noel Byron.
Mrs. Stoves reply to her ASSISTANTS
will probably make small volume. 1t will
be published by Fields, Osgood & Co.
When Mark Twain wrote his first ar
ticle, California publisher told him that
he hadn't brains enough to keep mule
going straight ahead in a ten acre lot.
Mrs. Eva Lancaster, of Navasota, Tex
as is now running three institutions her
self-the Navasota Ranger (newspaper), a
millinery shop. and cradle with fresh
incumbent.
MIR. and Mrs. A. T. Stewart are MAX
ing extensive preparations for opening their
new fifteen hundred thousand dollar resi-
dence. They will exhibit on the occasion
a table service of solid silver, lined with
gold, and costing about eight thousand
dollars.
A Paris correspondent writes that Miss
Winnie Ream is at work on busts of Pere
Hyacinthe, General Fremont. and Mr.. Mer-
edith Read, our consul at Paris. She is
also to have sittings with Mr.. Washburne
and Gustave Dore, but leaves Paris for
Rnme this month