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Grant.
HE GOES THE way OF OTHER MILITARY
PRESIDENTS.

From the New York Express.
Gen. Grant, and the Departments in
Washington, are sweeping out old Re-
publicans and sweeping in new
NEARLY all the office holders swept
out, voted for Grant.) The removals
and appointments seem to be made
without any reference to principles, or
the public welfare. The internal rev
enue officers Of this city have not been
and, in some cases, worse
appointments have been made. Gen.
eral Grant probably knew little or
nothing of all this. He is swept about
as others order. The duties Of his Of
fee are too laborious for him to attend
to, and necessarily he must be trun''
in a good degree by others. What he
seems determined on is to have as easy
time as possible, and to smoke his
cigar as much as possible. In the very
beginning, Congress whipped him ont
both on the official tenure bill, and Oh
the creation of his cabinet-and eve,
since he has I" surrendered" The
Senate arrogate to themselves all pow.
ers, and, to the two Senators alon,
from the State, whence the appointee,
come, have been assigned the power o
deciding, whether they shall be report
ed favorably or not.
Gen. Grant is very like to follow il
the wake of his military predecessors
Gen. Harrison and Gen. Taylor, VIII
did not SO much administer the Gov
eminent, as be administered upon, q
the principle of de b0nis non.
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The Scottish Grown.
SOME SCRAPS OF HISTORY HITHERTO
UNwRITTEN.

|
A correspondent of the British Mail
writing from the Sweetwater (Wyom
ling) mining district, gives the follow
ing amusing accounts of his interview
with an exile of Scotia:
| Among the choice spirits of the camp,
l remember one little fellow of dimin-
utive stature but genial temper who
hailed from Caledonia, and who had
something in his manner remotely sng-
gestive of Mr.. Simon Tappertit. From
him, as an authority on matters con-
nected with Scottish history, learned
some astonishing facts touching the
present Queen of England and the
venerable iron crown. The following
incident has probably been omitted by
Victoria in her memoirs, and am
happy to be able to supply it. The
ancient iron crown was taken, as eve
rybody knows $50 at least says my his
torian,) by Sir William Wallace, from
one of the Pharaohs, during the Egyp-
tian wars. This may seem a surpris-
ing fact to many a student Of history,
but SO it was. Moreover, this Wallace,
who was patriotic individual, guard
ed this crown sacredly for years, and
kept it hidden in a well, bnt afterward
restored it to Robert the Bruce, at the
time he extricated the latter from some
difficulty. Probably this may have
been after the champions own head
was stuck on London bridge-but new
err mind that. According to the an
cient legends, the crown was never,
never to pass into the hands of the
foreigner, for if it should ever press
the brow of an English King the conse-
quenees thereof, in virtue of treaty.
would be-would be something dread
fully calamitous to poor old Scotland.
Her rights wonld be annihilated forev-
er, and the English King would acquire
unlimited sway. Well, this crown be-
ing now in possession of the Duke of
Hamilton, the present Queen of Eng
land cast On eye upon it when she paid
visit to his castle, and, in the sim
plicity of heart, she requested the an
cient seneschal to hand it to her that
she might put it on her head. The
hoary warden complied, and her Ma
jesty was about to place the crown up
on her brows. But the Duke drew his
sword, and said, "Victoria, Queen, lay
down that crown" And the Queen
looked up in wonder, and said, s'My
Duke of Hamilton, what meaneth
this 2" But the Duke only repeated in
q stern voice-''Victoria, Queen, lay
down that crown.n And again the
Queen said, "My Duke of Hamilton,
what meaneth this ~ Aud then the
ancient seneschal suddenly remember
ed the ancient legend and the treaty,
and plucked the iron crown from the
Royal hand. And once more the
Queen said, my Duke of Hamilton,
what meaneth this 2" To which the
patriotic Duke replied: Victoria,
Queen, had you put that crown upon
your head, your head would have
danced upon that pavement in yonr
blood" And the Queen was SO terri
bly, scared the quite forgot to enter the
circumstance in her diary.
Thus, one can study the Scottish
history to advantage in the mountains.
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CHARLESTON HARBoR.-An examination
of Maffit Channel was made the other day
to ascertain what changes had taken place
since the war. The Charleston Courier
thus reposts:
This channel runs in smooth water close
to the beech on Sullivan's Island, aud both
prior to and during the war was extensive
ly.used by the shipping to this harbor.
The channel runs SO close to the beech
that you can throw hat from the vessel
to the shore.
The examination was made at low wa
ter. This disclosed that the entrance to
the channel between Bowman's Jettee
adjacent to Fort Moultrie. and the Drunk
en- Dick Shoal, had narrowed some fifty
yards, owing to the wrecks of several yes
sells which had gone ashore in the vicinity
while running the blockade. It was found
that the mean depth of water at low tide
after the entrance into the channel, fol
about 800 yards, was IL feet, and ther
gradually deepening to II, Is feet ard
beyond There was discovered no change
in depth since before the war, but only .
narrowing at the entrance of the channel
The conclusion reached was that ;
dredging out ofthe channel for about on,
hundred aud Fifty or two hundred yard
would give mean depth of from eighteen
to nineteen feet. and that this was no
only feasible, but could be accomplished a
a moderate cost.
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e A female clerk in the Treasury
nepartment writes to Tilton that two
,nirds OF her fellow clerkesses don,t
nnow enough te tell the. day OF the
" hns UWe their appointments Ia
." i''.,.y face or a pertty ankle. andt.
the recommendation ofpersonal beau
ty and laxity Of morals
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A PERFEcr Horse In weight she
might have turned, when, well-con-
ditioned, nine hundred and fifty
pounds. In color she was a dark
chestnut, with ve1vety depth and
soft look about the hair indescribably
rich and.elegant. Many. time have,
l heard ladies dispute the shade and.
hue of her plrsh-like coat as they ran
their white, jeweled fingers through
her silken hair Her body was round
in the barrel, and perfectly symmetri-
cal. She was wide in the launches,
without projection of the hip bones,
upon which the shorter ribs seemed
to lap. High In the withois as she
was, the line of her back and neck
perfectly curved, while her deep,
oblique shoulders and long thick fore
arm. ridegy with swelling sinews, sug-
gested the perfection of stride and
power. Her knees across the pan
were wide. the cannon-bone below
them short and thin the paste1ns
long and sloping her hoofs round,
dark, shiny, and well set on. Her
name was a shade darker than her
coat, fine and thin, as q thorough
bred's always is whose. blood is with
out taintor cross. Her ear was thin,
SHARPLY pointed, delicately curved,
nearly black around the borders, and
las trenulous as the leaves of an
aspen. Her neck rose from the
withers to the head in perfect eurva-
trre, hard devoid of fat, and well cut
tup under the chopt- Her nostrils
were full, and thin almost as parcf :
ment. The eyes, froms which teflrs
i might fall or fire flash, were well
brought out, soft as a gazelle,s almost
/ human in their intelligence, wh;Ia
lover the small bony head, over neck
and shoulders, yea, over the whole
body and clean down to the hoofs
the veins stood out as. II the
i were but tissue paper against ,vl,;eI
the warm blood pressed, an which !;
might at any nicnllnt bu ,st as,n,,er
"A perfect aniiris,l,' I sid tn myssl,
as !! lay looking her .yver-.an ANNA
which might have oeen horn f,,o on III
; wind and the ssanshine, SO cheer f,
. ana 50 swift she seems /; an anima
Which mssn would present, as choi
ces' gut to the woman he loved, AN,
ye. ons which that woman, wife o
J, iadx-loye, would give him to rid
o When honor and life depcnded o.
bottom and speed. "--ff Atlanti
Monthly for April.
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have anything worth caring for but TIL
old wearing thought, Martin. Rolls /,
rich goods appeared in the little room
flowers and billits followed then
Tapped in the velvet cushions of til
luxurious coupe she rolled out of TIL
dingy city into the free breadth of til
country, where the blue birds ha
come, and the skies were growing sol
with Spring.
She was young-not ready, after al
to give up life for you. It was s.
pleasant to be taken care of; wealth
brought so much that was gratifying
She drove with Lloyd Kingman to
clergyman's house one evening-wa
made u wife. Then the horses heat
was turned to a splendid hotel, wller,
a luxurious suit Of rooms'were provided
for two rainy days.
He was her husband. She tried t,
realise it as he shut the rosewood be
hind them, and quietly took off tn,
wrappings which had protected hel
from the mnrky night. He drew {
cushioned chair before the glowing
CRATE.
"Sit down, love, and get warm.
will be back in moment.
In a sort of dream she saw him go out
Slowly she glanced about the exquisite
room. Velvet carpets, snowy draper.
les. glowing faces upon canvas, the
wreath of glittering lights, suspended
from the corniced ceiling, showed she
smiled. The warmth was luxurious
the place seemed smiling upon her.
Nearly an hour passed, and King,
man did not return.
She rose atlast, passed softly to the
window and looked.
The street was bright with gas. The
crowd snrged to and fro beneath it.
ooh God p she cried suddenly,
She turned, then snatched her cloak
from conch, and fled from the room.
She fitted down thebroad stairs and
out at the entrance into the chilly night.
She crossed the street under the heads
of daslling horses, and knew nothing
but the face beyond-Martin's face,
pale and sad aud distracted, as he
slowly walked the pavement. She
must look at him-speak to him. In a
more she had gained the curb,
reached him, grasped his arm.
Martin. J"
He started, clasped her hands, and
drew her aside.
"Madge, my darling"
For her face was pale, and wild, and
pitiful, upturned to his. He flung the
folds of his cloak about her, as they
stood in the shadow, and drew bel
shiverihg form close to his side. She
stretched her little bare hand up to
his face, forgetting the jewel upon it
Martin, where have you been &c
long7"
.'In Camp Chase, Madge."
"Then you did not forget me7"
"Forget youq Oh, my child"
Lips to lips, and she wifeq
She remembered then; turned to SEE
her husband looking wildly about from
the opposite pavement.
Martin, Martin, save me I" she
moaned.
Kingman saw the CLEAN of her pearl.
hued dress beneath the arch. -
He sprang forward.
They saw him start to cross tn,
street; they saw, also, the foam white
manageable horses tearing dowr
upon him, but he saw them not. H,
beheld only the pallid face Of his wife
They struck him, trampled him. Madg'
saw the crowd gather about him, thel
she saw no more.
When she returned to consciousness
she was widow.
But in time she married the love o
her heart.
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Hon. Fayette MoMullin The Peace
Negotiations of ga.
REMARKABLE REVELATIONS.

While in Marion, Smyth county, a
few days ago, I had the pleasure of
several lengthy chats with Hon. Fay
cite McMullin. Mr.. McMullin says
that since the war he was one day in
the Presidents house, in Washington,
conversing with Hon. F. p. Blair, Sr.
Mr.. blair told him that soon after
McMullin's s'peace resolutions had
been introduced into the Confederate
Congress, Mr.. Lincoln, being extreme
~ anxious to bring about a peace hon
orable alike to both sections of the
country, and foreseeing and wishing to
avoid the political consequences of the
military subjugation Of the South, sent
him (Mr. Blair) to Richmond to confer
with Mr.. Davis and learn what ar
rangements of the difficulties could be
made. He was passed through the
lines Of the contending armies and con-
Quoted to Mr.. Davis house in Rich
mond. After long conversation with
Mr.. Davis and other prominent gentle
men for whom Mr.. Davis sent, and for
whom Mr.. Blair inquired, Mr.. Davis
said he had no proposition te make
Mr.. Blair then proposed that General
Lees army be marched into Mexico
against the French; that Gen. Grapt
would follow and support the move,
ment; that the United armies would
drive out Maxinlillian; and then the
Southern States should name their own
terms of reconstruction, everything
short of independence being guaran-
teed. At Mr. Davis request this pro-
position was made in writing, and, af-
ter some consultation and reflection,
,cas signed and accepted By him. Mr..
Blair returned to Washington, and Mr..
Lincoln was highly delighted with the
success of the negotiation. 1t was in
the hope of concentrating thisarrange-
mept that Mr.. Lincoln and Mr.. Seward
met the "peace commissioners" Hons.
Stephens, Hunter and Campbell, at
Fortress Monroe; but there, to Mr..
Lincolu's chagrin, the committee de-
clared that they had been instructed
by Mr.. Davis to insist upon the inde-
pendence of the South, and would lis
ten to no other proposal. And Thus
the whole affair came to a "most lame
and impotent conclusions
Such is the substance of the account
related to Governor McMullin by Blair.
Mr.. McMnllen says that he. asked and
obtained Mr.. Blair's permission to
make the statement public, but he had
refrained from giving it publicity pend
ing Mr.. Davis trial, fearing that it
might in some way prejudice his case.
Letter in the Wheeling Register
from Roanoke county,. Virginia.
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Succession of Walter Q. Winn-No. 40
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