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GRANTS RIDE.

The Lakeside Monthly Is q sprightly
magazine published at Chicsgo. In tho
July number q sarcastic poet touches up
Grant on his tying trip from Long Branch
to Washington, upon hearing Of the new
horse distempsr which h said TO have
made such havoc among the horses in
New York. This story Is after Buchanan
Reads ''~Sheridar's Ride" The scene
opens at Long Branch:
Bringing to Long Branch fresh dismay,
such tiding3 the New YORK papers bore
The Herald and Tnss-tOt the chieftafn's door,
OF the new horse sliment just broken cat,
Which none OF the doctors knew aught
about.
Good Lordt" said Ulyss, perhaps it may
Have attacked my chestnut pair, or the gray,
Or the roans, OF the blacks, or TO hsaVen) the
AndIa hundred miles awayP
But there's a road from Long Branch down
A broad-gauge rail 70 Warrington;
and there5 In the rosy m0rning light,
An anXtOu5-viaaged President might
have osen seen, with grumole aud Fumble
Rolling away from that Jersey shore,
As II he knew the terrible need
VI attending atoncs to each precious stssd
And his eyes were moist, as be thought Of the
At Washington. eighty miles away
Here some stenzas ars omitted, where
IN the poet, upon his Pegasus, follows
after the President and his iron horse.
At last they ali arrive at Washington:
The drst that the Genera saw was Bowen,
Crying, mercy, Grant, to prison / am gotn,
Unless q pardon 700 Kindly bestOW."
Jan help IL. See Akerman. / must go
Next Fish encountered himD"sir, II you
We've a war on hand with these Heathsn
WHATS % dot" says Grant, Let US have
And thTowing his Partaga down with a thnd-
NOW tell me, Fish, quickly. say, h0t0 is my
/ fear it went hard with the blacks and the
with mea hundred miles away"
Then he drove to the stable peI-maII, because
He must learn at once how everything was
From the hostier-in-chief; not even his
~iuncheOn,
Or a glass Of Bordeaux from MS avorite
puucheOn,
Could tempt the great statesman to tarry tIl
He had learned OF his horses the best-or the
worst.
Nov tell me, Billy. truly now. Answer me:
say,
How fase the W e~hestnuts9" "FIrst rate, .
Hes bully" "The black" Never better. p
"The DAY p
aJust look At him quietly munching his hay
And the roam mares alAO"' "An right, sir,
Aud in Williams strong arms be tainted
away.
Hurrah, hurrah for horses and man:
Hurrah as loud as ever you cani
And when their statues ar6 placed on high,
And sumner and Greeley are laid out 10 dry,
Be IL said in letters Of huge dimeusion-
Here stand the steeds VINO got attention
Before all others on thai day
When Grant came ou-but not to stay
From Long Branch-a hundred miles away
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FoIIies of American Womsn IN Paris:
Lippincott's Magazine

From L1pplncOtt'B Magazine
In treating Of the politics of women
it would hardly be a possible thing to
ignore the hegira of American women
to Paris during the last twelve years.
To gain Paris has been the end and
aim Of the ambitious dreams of many
of our infatuated cOuntry-WOmen. 1t
has been to them what riding in a cart
was to lilly SlOwbOy-"the summit
of human happiness, the highest pin
nacle of earthly hopes" And once
there, throwing appearances to the
winds, these husbandless wives led q
career much more Partisan than the
Parisians themselves, paying little
heed to the cOUeRGnces, which are al
most always regarded by European
women. To be admired by the En-.
perOr was a matter of boast. To be
talked about Became the great earthly
good. Three American women, whose
names are so well known that they
would be Immediately called in every
club and in every parlOr in New York,
have a European infamy in this way,
and unfOrtunately their example
spread, for they were all handsome
and gifted. They bought beautiful
dresses for their friends at home. they
were much cOrIrted by the more decent
Americans, very glad to be admitted
to the Tuileries, even by the back
stairs.
The curtain has fallen on unhappy
Paris, whose tOllies were those of the
Russians and Americans far more
than her own and n at least of these
poor butterflies, the most brilliant Of
all, has been crushed on Fortunes
wheel. What has become of the
Others2 What will be their fate, what
their old age, when the poor glory of
being the "EmperOr's favOrite'' is
taken away, and when beauty goes
and only the memory Of folly re-
mains?
Yet the story is as old as Messalina,
as TheCdOTa, as HerOdias. Women
will dance before kings, and they will
worship false gods. They will mis-
take nOtOriety for fame, and will ling
er in the glitter of a fictitious bril-
lianey till some dreadful spectre of a
gray hair u a lost charm tells them
that they have eaten of Dead Sea
apples.
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BiOurauhy Boiled Dawa

PLUTARCH.-I only know the gen
tieman by reputation. He was al
ways spoken OF in the plural number.
"PlutaTch's Lives" is a common ex
preston, but how many there were Of
him, L am not prepared to say.
GENERAL DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
An officer in the British army. Mr..
LOngfellOW makes honorable men
ton Of him as ''Tbe Warden OF Cinque
Point" Clinque means five principal
points, usually denOminated Five
Points. He lived to a ripe old age
and died.
julius CEsAR-Son of the old man
Caesar. He was born in Rome in his
infancy, and upon arriving at the
State of manhood he beeamea Roman.
He was q fighter and a warrior of
some note. His friend, Brutus, one
morning asked him how many eggs
he had eaten for breakfast, and he
replied "EE ta Brute" His friend
became enraged at being called a
brute, and stabbed Caesar quite dead.
MOHAMEF.-AuthOr Of Koran, an
exciting romance, which he wrote in
Mammoth Cave at Mecca. He was the
author of a religious creed, with which
he stuffed Turkey and tried to get up q
boil in Greece, but failed. Many Of
his early followers suffered great per
secutiOns. Some Of them were burnt
at the stake. He had thre6 temples,
one at Mecca, and one on each side of
his head.
GUY FAWKEs.-A Warm-hearted,
impulsive Englishman, who believed
the Parliament too good for this earth,
and devised an expeditions method of
elevating the members to q better
sphere. He was interrupted in his
good intentions, but for the eircuIu-
stance he would have made a great
noise in the world. He was executed
for his DISTINGUISHED benevoIenee and
subsequently burnt at a place called
Emgy.
BONAPARTE IA harem-searem
sort Of q fellow, who occupied a posi-
ton of considerable responsibility in
the French nation. The impression
went abroad that he was ambitious,
which damaged his reputation mate.
rally. He gained the respect and
admiration of the French nation,
because, happily, he was not French
man. When asked if he thought he
could govern France, he replied, "Ot
COrsicaa." The close of his life was
not as bright as the beginning but
there was some Of 1t in a narrow COM
pass.
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FOasttnq an Actor.
From Don Platt's Capital

/ FROM 0 EIabb,S OdplbdLI
Lord, how [ did laugh at Old Dean,
father of Julia Dean, one night. He
was playing that funny old king to
Booths Richard, n Internal cold
night in Buffalo. When Booth stabbed
him the awkward old duffer fell fiai
on the register of the stage. Some
devil of an actor seeing this, ran
down and told the wild Irishman at
the furnace that everybody vas freez-
ING on the stage--to rush up the fires.
We who were in the secret watched
| the result. First the dead king broke
| into a profuse pe~rspiration while Rich
ard was delivering his long sOliloquy.
How the dead king did sWeatl But,
as the fire increased, he began to Wrig-
ole and sauirm. The audience was
startled to see the body culver, and
the legs give the little post norton
kicks not in accordance with the text.
We could hear him mutter to Richard:
Hurry up, cuss 1t, hurry upi Pm
roasting hereI'
But Richard continued rolling cut
his heavy thunder as slow and delib-
erately as if his royal highness were
resting on a bed of roses. AT last,
when he groaned out, Down, down
to hell, and say / sent thee thitheri''
his departing majesty rose up and
walked of the stage, rubbing his back
as if he felt ridiculous, to the utter
amazement OF the audience. But
Booth was equal to the occasion.
Striking an attitude he roared out;
Scan such things be,
And overcome us like a summers cloud,
without our special wonder9"
Dean got a black eye and a broken
5 while attempting TO kick the
Irishman.
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The DsCpdsnea Of EnaIand.
From the London Spectator

From the London Spectator
There is in this country but Que
great political institution left alive,
and that is apparently endeavoIing to
commit suicide by asphyxia. The
throne as a political power is dead
the Lords ara dying; and if the House
of Commons loses the respect of the
country, there will be nothing left.
Every sign seems to show that it is
fast losing it. From every part of the
empire comes up fierce complaint that
the House of Commons attempts to do
everything, will do nothing, and will
suffer nobody else to act. Ireland is
in such a rajge at the deadlock of her
private bill legislation that schemes
are seriously considered for transfer
ring that portion, at least, Of Irish
business back to Dublin.
We ourselves, described last week
the irritation in Scotland at the I'M
possibility of making way for the
Scotch eduGation bill. The English
are waiting, in no pleasant mood, for
at least a dozen reforms, not one of
which can be so much as attempted.
The country, weary of the long talk,
almost ceases to expect anything from
Parliament, and concerns itself so lit
tie in its proceedings that the news
papers find anything more interesting
to their readers than accurate Parlia-
mentary reports. The speeches in
the Commons are reduced to a sum-
mary, which often makes them unin-
telligible, while One-half of all that Oe-
ours in the Lords is not reported at
all. The threat of resistance-as for
example, To parts of Mr.. Bruee's licen-
sing bill-iB frequently heard, and to
all appearances creates no irritation,
while in ore-third of the empire cOun-
ty after county sends up a Tepresen-
tative who tells the Commons that
the one passionate desire of his cOun-
trymen is 10 be rid of them.
The feeling that the House is filed
by men who belong intellectually to
an inferior class is dif1using itself
among the cultivated, till the House
begins, in many circles, to be spoken
of as the House Of Representatives is
in Americtl, as a vestry to which ILL.,
fortune eoIfides a great deal too much
power. 1t is while all these symptoms
are in the tlir that the House of Com
mons-we say the House, for both
parties are guilty, though not in equal
degree-in sreases not only the public
irritation, but the public contempt,
and the sbatesman's doubt whether
the House., like the crown and the
peers, has not survived its vigorous
time, by nlllifying its own functions,
through a refusal either to accept or
reject the measures which the Premier
has proposed.
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Senator Morton made a speech al
Louisville on the 18th, and retained
his chair during the whole delivery.
His body and mind have grown equal
ly deerepid. In proof, We have only
to say that in advocating the blacks
being placed in all respects on the
same level with white people, he de-
clared that "the idea Of inferioJity OF
the black race was an old fOgy no.
ton" This was extremely applaud
ed by the Radicals and niggens who
did him the honor TO hear him, as 3
matter Of course.
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CondIiinn Of tha EnuIlsh stana.

The condition of the English stage
during the last six months, Influenced
as il has been by the closing of every
theater and eOncert-rOOm in Paris, has
been very remarkable. AT the Char
ing Cross, the Lyceum, the Opera
COmique and now the 6aiety Theater,
French companies have performed;
and besides the two Italian operas, to
which London now has been aecus-
toned for a quarter Of a century, we
had, in the winter and early spring, a
third Italian company at the Lyceum.
Six of our London theaters, then, since
Christmas have been occupied by for
eign companies; and one Of these the
aires has been 50 occupied tWice-frst
by an Italian and afterward by a
French company. Ofthe theateTs still
reserved, in spite of the foreign inva-
sion, for English performances, a COM
p8ratively large number has been re-
duced to the production of original
English works. But when the invest
ment Of Paris first began there still re-
manned q sufficiently large number Of
unknown French pieces, suitable to
the English stage, in stock; and these
are still being drawn upon by English
authors and managers. Putting aside
the five London theaters now IN for
eign occupation, there Is not one Of
the Others at which some work of
French origin isnot being played. The
last new and originate farce produced
81 the Olympic, under the title OF "a
Cnapter OF Accidents is g clumsy
translalion OF an amusing comedy by
MN. Meilliae and Halevy, which. II
not worthy of being mentioned in the
bills, at least deserves better treat
ment in the process sOf "adaptation.-
London Orchestra.
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Beautiful answers.

A mute pupil Of the Able Sieard
gave the following extraordinary an
sWers:
What is gratitude?
Gratitude is the memory Of the
heart.
What is hopper
Hope is the blossom of happiness.
What is the difference between hope
and desire?
Desire is a tree in leaf, hope is q
tree in flowers, and enjoyment is a
tree in fruit.
What is eternity2
A day without a yesterday or to-
morrow; a day without an end.
What is time?
A line that has two ends-a path
that begins in the cradle and ends in
the grave.
What is God?
A necessary being-the sun Of eter-
nity-the machinist of nature-the
eve of iustice-the soul Of the world.
Does God reason?
Man reasons, because he doubts
he ~deIiberates, he desires; God is %
nip0tent; he never doubts; therefore,
never reasons.
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Akerman's Threats Asainst n orth Caro-

Akernlan's Threats Against NOrfh Caro-
lima.
In relation to the diabOlical and
threatening speech to the Radicals
and negroes Of Weldon by Grants
Attorney General Akernlan, the
Petersburg Ladeg says: "Of course
his hsrangue was intended to give aid
and confidence to his Radical friends
in and out Of Office in that State. One
OF the effects naturally produced, If
not intended by it, is the double muir
der in Robson county by LoWry's
gang. But the main purpose was to
strike for higher game, ami only in
cidentslly, by the way, as it were, to
encourage individuals to crime. As
our readers know, the people Of North
Carolina are preparing to call a con-
ventiOn in order to revise their State
constitution. Akerman's speech was
to tel his followers that any State
constitution adopted after such re-
vision by such convention win be set
aside by Congress.
"The Attorney-G enen1 is well
known to be but few degrees above a
fool, bat such Jolly as this broad decla-
ration, none would have suspected
even from him. To say that q regularly
constituted State OF the Union cannot
do as has been done by every State In
the Union and by some Of them more
than once, that a State cannot at any
Time through a convention, revise,
alter and amend her constitution, pro-
vided always, that it respect the Con-
stitutiOn Of the United Sistes-sUeh
declaration is bosh. Mr.. Attor-
Dey-General Akernan knows Il. and
the people OF Carolina know it. More.
over the people are no longer, II thew
have ever been, in the state Of coward
fimidity that this Grant lawyer seems
to believe. They are not 10 be star
tied from their propriety by the wild
u~tterances of hangers-On Of the Fede-
raj Administration. In brief, the
people Of North Carolina are better
Judges Of the law and their rights than
the obscure adYenturer who threatens
them, and they will proceed, If such
be their viii, to amend their Consti-
tuition careless alike Of his threats and
his opinion, O. his folly snd his III
WILL
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The Indiana Democracy, through
the State Central Committee, have
put Senator Hendricks in the field for
President, for the nomination in 1872.
They nail their colors to the mast and
say they win leave nothing undone to
secure his nomination. HE'S "hOnest,
capable and faithful to the COnstitu-
81, .
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A sPECIALt term Of the Circuit Court
at WaynesbOrO, closed last week,
Frank Matthews, special Judge, pre-
siding. The session was M OF more
than ordinary interest. The cause OF
Grimes, executor, VS.. Carr, for several
years pending, was taken up, and 0c-
cupied three days of the term. 1t in
vOlved the validity OF the will Of Susan
Signer, bequeathing q large estate to
s. w. Parsley. The trial resulted in
a verdict and Judgment for plaintiff.
The termination OF the cause settled
the title to a large amount OF land, and
put an end TO the most expensive Hti-
CATION ever had in that court.
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SUNDAY APPEAL
FIclAL JOURNAL OF The Ct TY.
SUNDAY MORNING. July 80, 1871

Es We wish ali merchants 70 understand
that this once viii not be responsible for
and wiz not pay any debts created By any
individual connected with the once, la any
capseity, unless the same shall have hrst
been presented to and accepted for payment
by g. W.. Alexander, Business Manager OF
he APPEAL
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TIE Augusta ARK BaHetia pub
fishes in loaded form on the editorial
page, and without credit, the scandal.
ana magaatlam story Of the AuGlaBche.
De Qtstibus non dispmandlm.
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The following satisfies in regard to
Rutherford county, are taken rom the
M~urheesb0ro Monitor stTotal number
Of acres, 375,471; value. s, $50, S56 /;
town lots, 6744; value, 81 ,337
other property, e917 ,079; aggregate
value, $8,077, 20; State tax, $4S,4 1853 "a;
county tax, $16,154 46; school tax,
eI2,5l5 Is; aggregate tax, $77, l33 lSi
white polls, 2,486; black polls, l,IO5i
total pOllss 4,IS8.D
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The State Democratic and Consery-
alive COMMITTEES OF Virginia, in cali
ing 3 convention Of the party to re-
Organize the State and prepare for the
coming contest, reviews the late proc
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THE Louisville COurier-Jor7qGl is
one of that class Of papers which goes
in for sensational matter, right OF
wrong, fit or unfit for publication.
And in keeping with its established
usage it publishes the letter of the
New York Herald lying correspond
ent, purpOrting to describe the Allan
Ia speech and the interview in Mem
phis from which he was so disgrace
fully expelled as to make any gentle
man who should be so unfortunate
hide his head in shame forever after.
We suppose that carbon birds and
creatures 50 fond Of garbage have no
shame. But the Courier JOlagOl ought
10 have at least enough to save it from
becoming the organ Of a miscreant.
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The Nasonlc Order.

The committee on correspondence Of
the Grand Lodge Of Pennsylvania, fn
their recent report, give the following
statement, showing the condition Of
the Masonic order nthe various States
named:
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The supply of oil in the oil regions
of Pennsylvania seems more and
more inexhaustible year by year.
AS one well gives out, another is
bored, and new and rich develop
ments are daily announced.
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Genera, TOombs Speaks.

The Atlanta Sun says: General
Toonbs, we learn, made a Fourth Of
July speech to the largest crowd ever
assembled in Wilkes county. The
people came from far and near TO hear
him, and Washington was literally
packed. The speech is reported to
have been a thunder storm Of eloquent
inyective against the New Depart
ure,' and so powerful was it that the
new political bsntling wss stripped Of
its swaddling clothes, and then torn
into frazzles and turned loose upon
the Whirlwind of his Oratory. And it
is now said that in all Wilkes county
there is not a man who would willing
ly pick up q FRAGILE or even admit
that lie was ever inclined to depart"
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A sharp little fight took place in the
Spring Hill p~Ostofice a few days ago.
1t occurred about 80 cents in postage
stamps, between F. j. Smith, post
master, and VIM. Harrison. Harrison
gave Smith the lie, and the latter
knocked the former down and beat
him about a little. As Smith was go
ing 20 dinlter the same day, Harrison
knocked him down with an AK helve.
Somebody inteTlered and stopped the
fight.
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A Maryland paper says that since
the establishment of the Baptist
church 10 their neighborhood the
negroes refuse to eat fish taken from
the stream from which the converts
are baptized, fox fear the evil spirits,
which they suppose to be removed
from the baptized persons, have
entered into the fish and thereby
possessed them.
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California Wonders.

Near the confines Of FRESNO, Tulare
and InyO counties, in the headWaters
Of the KeWeab, there exists a remark
able piece of country. The Indians
say it is the abiding place of the Evil
Spirit. The country is rugged and
rOcky-mOuntains with deep valleys
and PERCEPTIONS cliffs. Snakes and
reptiles Of every description abound
in untold numbers, and, taken in all,
il is 8 wild and most uninviting
region. But aside from this a most
curious phenomenon exists. The
ground trembles and quakes almost
continuously, and the abundant
rocks grind and grit together as if
being urged by some terrible influence.
Frequently deep discharges are heard,
mufled and dull, like the distant
sound of heavy artillery. At night
the sounds seem TO be more abundant
than in the daytime. No Indian can
be induced to venture near the locali-
ty, regarding il with superstitious
horror. No theory is advanced by
any one to account for the strange
phenomenal mentioned. We also
learn from William Fam0nville that
dDtNG AtC MCd4 VI OldnC NdAAEyy III
this country, another place similar to
the one mentioned exists. Persons
who have visited the last place named
describe the sound mentioned as like
mufled thunder.-7San francisco BaI-
Ietia.
The Knoxville Chronicle has the
following particulars in regard to the
late storm: e'The storm ranged across
the country, and increased in severity
after passing the river into Blount
county. The Dcaksand Praters, good
farmers OF that county, were badly
damaged. In the neighborhO0d OF ].
EdmOndson and John Moore the
damage was very great. The roads
completely blocked up by fallen
trees, 80 that travel was impossible.
Mr.. Meore's apple and peach trees
were all blown down, and his fine
orchard entirely destroyed. Our In
formant learned that in a deep hollow
near Mr.. Moore's it wal as dark as
when the storm cloud passed
st. Louis is holding its nose and
drinking beer in anticipation Of the
arrival Of the Chicago river on its
J.. A. H-FE
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The deer hunting in Lawrence
county is said to be fine, and there
are many lawns in the woods.
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The Columbia Herald says: "Gen.
EwelI's barley averages only twenty
bushels per acre this year. Last year
he made forty. The wheat crop
throughout the entire neigbb0rhood IS
very light. Banks G. Wells soWed
fifty bushels and reaped forty"
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st. Louis is holding It's nose and
drinking beer in anticipation Of the
arrival of the Chicago river on its
way to the Gulf.