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Springfield L pubuca0T
II will be no MISTER Of surprise that
Cape Ann, Ike ALZDJG bss its ruined
/ city. TIE architectural rsmSiEs OF
I DlgtOW1 Sre not On 20 g~a1d a scS'e as
| those ~ The Il .-eEted pueOls-. bit there
il quite 2 sense OF melancholy about
them for al that. This Old settlement
OF DJStOwn lis in The center OF the
Cape, Ou vide aud desOlate hilly pla-
tesu, WbO-e skyline il = weird huddle
Of powders OF strange, fantastic shspes,
resembling more q StOceheTge listened
in a YitCh's dance than anything else
l. . reached by rude roads, grass-gTOWu
and long deserted, except by farmers
who have hOg5 to iced and cows TO herd
on the abandoned ground, which has
long been used III common. Bordering
these roads are the Ce lars, the door
stones and other evidences OF some forty
dwellings that OuCe made despised Dog
town principal settlement OF GlOuces-
ter. Around many Of these quite plot
Of land had been cleared, and shows to-
day signs Of the benefits Of cultivation.
Tive sheep pens are close in front Of these
hOuse-sites; most Of them were not very
large houses, but some were; the last Of
these was taken down within the mem
DRY Of many now living. There were
stories OF witches, Of course, around the
R'a1dOned hesrthstOues; aud it is true
that the last inhsbitant of the lonely
hill, driven by the uumeTciful miseries
Of his fouTscOre years, went cut and
killed himself one dsy, seventy years
ago, and was found dead under one of
the great rocks. It's sII conjecture why
this attempt to set a city on such sn iu-
hOspitaOle hill Vas made. Some say il
was to be remote from pirates; but the
view Of the sea from the old walls is
very fine AMI free.
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LIE GREAT CDnMONER.

The death OF Andrew johnson h8
created profound sensation Throughout
the United States. The public sympathy
has been universal 4 cynical poet ha.
said:
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is Oft inferred with their bones.
We maintain that the reverse OF this
is true; that the evil which men do is
buried with their bones, and that the
good, and good only, lives after them.
When Charles Sumner died, the north
and the south, the east and the west, en-
gagged in a generous rivalry in extolIing
his virtues. Everybody seemed disposed
TO Inter with his bones" all his imper-
fections, and to remember only his viz
tues. The death Of Andrew johnson has
developed the same noble feeling, From
one end Of the Union TO the other We
hear the same praise Of his many virtues
aud disposition to inter with his bones
all the imperfections of his character.
Andrew johnson was combative in his
nature, and Of course he was antagon-
lied by Tivalries. Indeed, his life was
fierce and full Of bitterness. But we do
not believe that his death was in
any degree hastened by the free, Of
ten mistaken, and ofteEeT ungenerCus
criticism made upon his name. For
tunately for him, his undoubted honesty
disarmed the worst attacks. But we
started out simply to Say that the praise
lavished upon Charles Sumner and An
drew johnson after their deaths, makes
US think more OF humanity. 1t should
teach politicians to be more charitable.
There is not now s living EX-Presicent
Of the United States. Andrew Johnson,
the last living EX-Preside8t, has taken
up his abode in the silent city Of the
dead, where titles confer no distinction
and awaken no envy. This lesson ad-
mOnishes US that the great are but men.
They possess no supeThumsn vitality;
can claim no exemption from that in
evitsble fate which sooner or later over
takes the great man proud Of his titles
and the splendor Of his name, or the
ignoramus in his obscure howell. Fame
and position may stay the execution Of
the criminal, but neither the famous nor
powerful can counteTmBnd the fat Of
their own destiny. The summons |
comes and they must obey. There is no
superior power to whom they can appeal.
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erowing-horses, cattle, sheep and Aogs
do well. They will keep fat usually on
the ranges during the winter mon lhs.
Persons in search OF homes, and especi.
ally those desiring to make their homes
I'm Arkansas, would DO well TO visit this
portion Ct he State sud examine our
lands before IuyiDg elsewhere. This
'all wall be the time TO move to This see-
ton, If they have any idea OF doing 50,
for provisions viii be cheap, for we have
made heavy crops Of wheat, oats, rye,
and corn never looked better than 1T
present. All we need to have great
country ia labor. We want more Of IL
teIligence sud industry to buy and set
tie up the country. We will welcoms
with open arms that class OF citizens,
aud we want 20 other kind. If l could
have my choice, l would prefer Epiritu.
alisig-men Of large and liberal ideas
meu Of energy and intelligence, who
will 20 10 work and clear away the thick
and almost impenetrsblesfo forest, and
bring the thousands Of acres Of vi .
lands into a state Of cultivation; men
who will go 10 work and make the will
derness blossom like the rose. = This Is
destined to be a CREST country when il
becomes settled. The great wonder Is
/ that il has not settled up before now. It
wss rapidly filling up at the opening Of
the war. The war checked immigrs-
ton, and since the cessation Of hosli,i.
ties cur State, government has been al
ministed SO badly that people, who de-
sired moving west, were unwilling 10
risk their lives and property in State
in which the political elements were 70
much sgitated as that Of our State. We
are at peace now, and contentment
reigns throughout the State. We have
no politics now; at least, one never
hears any political discussions as former
ly. You might come and reside for
months in cur midst, and perhaps you
would not hear the sui jet mentioned,
unless you were to introduce it your
aeIF -
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DOnRIIlaREa AlaYP.

New York Dispatch to Chicago Times.I
the New York Times has pub.
iished a statement that Donald
son, the bailOOnist, is not really dead,
IS hiss been generally supposed, and
that, instead of being killed by disaster
to his balloon, ne is alive and well. The
IfmeS's statement is based on a privste
letter which was received by w. E
Harding, Of this city, from q reliable
gentleman living in Michigan. This
letter asserts that the writer had seen
Donaldson a week or ten days after his
ascension. Donaldson, the letter states,
was in AlgonaC, about forty miles from
Detroit. He mad had his musteche
shaved of, with the evident intention
OF Disgusting himself. Whether this
story IS true or not remains to be seen,
but IL Is stated that Donaldson once be-
fore attempted to make people believe
that he had been killed during 3 balloon
trip, and actually telegraphed bis own
death 90 the place from which he
assembled. The managing editor Of the
Tunes informed your correspondent
that the letter to Mr.. Harding
came from an indisputable source, and
That he deemed the statement contained
therein OF sufficient Importance for pub
Ica!iOn. The story was telegTsphed to
Lhe Boston HGTcld by Mr.. Harding,
and appeared in that paper.
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Fifty-ssvsn Outrages in Iown.

Some statistics not pleasant to coz
template, but very suggestive, sre fgJ-
nished by one Of our Iowa correspond
ents. They relate 20 Outrages UgOu
women in that Stste during the past six
months. Newspaper flies show that
fiity-seven cases of this kind have Oc-
CURED in the period mentioned. OF the
perpetrators of these OUtrages, only
three have been brought TO justice, anu +,
even OF these three, not one mad a severe
punishment. This is 2 sad commentary
on the condition of Iowa Justice. The
fault in that State appears to be Excess
sive tenderness Of heart on the psrt q
the people who rule. Doubtless there
will be some amendment in this respect
when the question i seen to be between
the safety Of wives and mothers ana
the comfort Of beastly men. TIE abOli-
ton Of capital punishment is mainly
responsible FOR the present laXness and
inefficiency OF criminal prosecutions in
the Safe.
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Gorernment Expenditures

N-4ANttssb 444AlGs.l
The aggregate expenditures Of the gen
eral government, exclusive OF the sink
log fund, iOT the fiscal year ending june
3Osh, were two hundred and seventy.
four millions five hundred thousand dol.
lars, and IL Is believed that the receipts
from al sources will reach two hundred
aud eighty-uiue millions of dollars. The
eyact amount cannot be stated until re-
turns are IN from the Pacific coast, which
will not be until after the middle OF the
present month. 1.-THE estimated amount
Oi two hundred and eighty millions Of
dollars is correct, the receipts will exceed
the expenditures by about fourteen mil
lions five hundred thousand dollars.
This much sud fifteen millions five hun
bred thousand dollars besides has been
paid into the sinking fund. The En-
giish OF this sinking fund business is
that fifteen millions live hundred thou
sand dollars OF debt has been paid by
contracting debt 20 al equal amount,
which is, 10 say the least # it, a very
foolish operation. 1t is TO be hoped that
congress will make haste TO put Mr..
BristoW out OF his sinking-fund misery
by euacting that The surplus revenue,
whatever d msy be, shall be applied to
the reduction II the debt. That is all
ihst cs1 possibly lie done in any event,
AMI tic secretary ought not 10 be re-
CURED 70 make an empty pretense of
doing more. For the government to
borrow money to get out Of debt is simp-
" ridiculous.
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MERCHANTS WASTED.

Dr. J. \. Meek, e friend snd fellow
believer with the great apostle Of Spirit
lallsm heresbouts-Dr. Wats0n-write,
that gentleman On the subject Of immi
grafton to Arkansas, and albeit he pre-,
lers spjrituslists, sets forth the advan-
tages Of his country so clearly and 50
well mat We are sure others tbsn thCs
who are ghost-haunted will avail them.
selves Of the advantages Of which he
writes so well. DR.. Meek says: owe
have large bodies Of as rich alluvial soil
here as can be found anywhere, thou
sands and hundreds Of thousands OF acres
which may be bought, and on time, for
from one to two dollars Per acre. This
country is well wstered ard timbered
it abound5 in timber Of a very fine quail
ity-cypress, poplar, hickory, cotton
wood and black walnut in abundance.
The soil in this section yields ss much
cotton and corn per acre as any other
portion Of the State that l have Wis
tied. Fruits, such as ap-
pies, peaches, plums and grape,
grow finely and yield largely. Wheat,
oats, potatoes, Irish and sweet, do well
All the different variety Of grapes, SIS
well as clover, do well in this region.
This is also a fine country fJr stock
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American z.lteraturs In Po.ta

Explain the fact as you like, il still
remains fact that the only three Amer
icsn authors who have ever had any
readers in the highest circles in French
culture are Cooper, Hawthorne and ed
gar Poe. Educated FreRchmen make
a point OF knowing the names of other
American writers in order that they
may lie about them civiuy whenever
poiiteness requires il. But Cooper, Pee
and Hawthorne have been read
and are read, have been liked and are
liked in Paris. Poe was first revealed
to Frenchmen by the kindred genius OF
Bsudeleire, without whom Swiuburne
had never been; and now NJ. Mallsrme
has just made and the Etching com
pany have just published q new transla-
ton OF The RdUen, illustrated in q real
ly weird and magnificent manner by
Edouard Msnet. Etching, which is the
art OF Nightmares and visions, never
found a more cOngenisl theme!
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DAILY RHEAD.
SATURDAY.-Ye have need Of pa-
tierce, thai, sf,er ye have done the will
Of God, ye might receive the promise
Heb 10: 3G.

SATURDAY.-Ye have need OF ps-
tiercp, thai, sfger ye have done the will
Of God, ye might receive the promise.
Heb 10: &c.
Tried and harra-sed by temptations,
To S q o. life npestuOus sea,
tayio-, We ha eneed of patience;
Savior, We have need OF Thee.
EUNDAY.-Unto you which believe he
Is precious. l Peter, IL: Z.
How PreciOuS-none can realize
But those " no seek TO prove;
Lord! give me faith that 1 may prize
The treasure Of Thy love.
WhCsoever doth not bear
his Cross, and come after Me, cannot be
My Disciple. Luke IA: 81.
. grant me grace to drink the sup,
Whate'er that daily cup may be;
ana cheeTfully the Cross take uD,
And bear IL meekly after Thee.
TUEsDAY.-Keep me as the apple of
the eye; hide me under the shadow of
Thy wings. P5. II: 8.
Lord, uphold me day by day;
shed light upon my way;
Guide me through peIpleXtug snares:
care for me in all my carer.
WEDNEsDAY.-They that wait upon
the Lord shall renew their strength.
lisa. 40: 81.
Then cast thv burden all on Him
Eor longer call thy grief thine own;
be turns from hearts OF seraphIm
To brighten up the eye so dim,
Which looks TO Him alone.
6hor that which is
evil; cleave to that which is good.
Rom. II: 8.
Oh! Thou who knowest all my heart,
How prone 10 choose an earth ly part:
From vain affections set me free,
That may wholly cleave to Thee.
FRIDAY.-We must through much
tribulattOn enter into the kingdom of
God. Acts IA: %.
Christ leads me through no darker rooms
Than He went through before:
He that unto Gods Kingdom comes
Must enter by His door.
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THE REDEMPTION OF aIssIssIPPI

! EH = * 2DEMEEEON or hlSSAsSIPFA
The Democracy Of Mississippi are on
the road to victory. The platform
adopted at Jackson on Tuesday last is
admirable in all its parts. 1t is calm,
OppOrtune and practical document.
Every day brings US highly hatterir g
accounts as to the prospects Of the DEM
ocrsts and Conservatives Of Mississippi
accounts which satisfy US that the Uu-
fortunate State viii be redeemed from
the rule OF carpetbsggers. Hopeless as
Mississippi is looked upon by the coun-
Try, we sre assured that ray OF SUM-
shine will light up the prospect after the
election in November. The taxpayer,
white and black, are aroused. The
colOr-line has been repudisted, and We
believe there are enough honest cOlorsd
men in the State to pat an end to the
rule Of the carpet bsggers. Organiza-
ton is all that is necessary for Our
Mississippi friends to achieve a glo-
TiOus victory. Then lei them 20
to work and organize in every county in
the State. This is essential to success.
The white and black taxpayers are in
perfect harmony. The colored mans
POCKET has suffered long enough to PAM
per the svsrice of the worthless edven-
tuners, and he is now ready to set up for
himself, and TO aid in putting the best
men in Office. Almost every man in
white and colored, is poor,
and growing poorer day by day. The
ruin Of both races is inevitable unless
there be change. All sensible men see
this, and, We believe, Mississippi will he
redeemed in November next through
the fundamentally Of the colored man,
who is tired Of following the lead of the
men who use them IS. hewers Of wood
and drawers Of water.
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A Good youeber for Lapgs,r,.,

/ General d. II. Hill In the Southern Home
We were favored last week by a call
| from our old classmate and c0mrade in
arms, General James iOngstTeet. He
/ is in bad heath, and bis long WhiskeTs,
that were once SO black, are now frosted
all over. He is stopped and bowed, aud
looks h9ggard and csrewOTa. There il
little to recall the confident soldier Of
Lees army, who never dreamed o. dis
aster, and still less to recall the tail,
straight youth, almost feminine in
beauty, who led so many charges in the
Mexican war. He was then our most
intimate friend in that army, and no
one has mOurued over bis mistaken
course since the war more sincerely than
We have done. But the south had no
truer champion than he in the dsvs that
tried mems souls. 1t i'll becomes men
who were bOmbproOfs then to cast a
stone at him now. Lee, Johnston and
Jackson were not more devoted to Cur
Confederate cause than was General
James LOngstreet. The imputstiOns
upon his loyalty to the south are simpIv
ridiculous. AZ he is no longer in Gra1tjs
employ, We feel it but right TO testisv
what We know assuredly Of his honor
and truth.
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Typographical Survey nop Of T.anessse

81 u hS8 ~ " AF=aaANNHN
I Nashville Banner.I
Mr.. Charles Foster, engineer, Of Tracy
| City, is making rapid yet careful pro.
| gress with the work OF m9PpiUg the
eastern counties. He brought 10 the
city yesterday, to be submitted to Com
missioner killebrew, under whose SUPER
vision the work is prosecuted, the first
drafts OF the counties Of Grundy, Marion,
Sequatchie and Hamilton. Reduced
maps OF esch county are first prepared
singly, care being taken to have the
outlines of each correspond so accurately,
by actual survey, that the maps, col
lectively, may be transferred, by tracing
paper, to a mammoth general map OF
TIE entire State as desired. The sl.sr
maps are to be first used in the pam
phlet in course OF preparation by the
commissioner Of mines aud agriculture
Mr.. Foster is preparing the work in
most thorough AMI artistic manner. Not
the minutest detail. will be omitted, so
that the topography, mineral and sgri-
cultural regions, mountain, valley and
table land will be faithfully portrayed,
with every village, city and road and
running stream. It's importance can he
recognized st a glance. IL viii COGsti-
tute very valuable feature to the States
Centennial exhibition, at Philadelphia,
next year, and tie most practical
method Of illustrating and advertising
the States resources.
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ion. Or. Evsts hiss al no time pro
rourcsd ms di-es-o sor;ening Of The
D5stn "r tot liy hopeless. His mental
cuudi irU j. i.nt yet sufli5ieuuy uevel-
op q 90 give IL Ham-i ard, although
IHsr- M ,y be possibility Of his recov
sry, his age Tenuer5 IL extremely doubt
FIJI. But, whatever may be the result of
his present condition, I shall al ways it-
uamGeT, with mingled feelings OF
pleasure and pain, my hslf-hour inter-
view with. Robert Dale Owen, once a
ruling power ia the literary world.
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A brave Girl.

SILVER LAKE, Pa, August "a
fOurteea-year-old servant girl in the en-
ploy of Jerome BrOckWay, who has
been spendinga few days in the wilds OF
Pike county, had narrow escape on
Saturday last from being strsngled to
death by black snake. She was sent
by her mistress out into the woods to
pick whoEtl cherries. She eros 3ed the
lake in a small rOw-hOat, and, accom-
panied by small Newfoundland dog,
walked about tbree-fOurths OF a mile
into the woods, where the berries were
plenty. After filing her basket she eat
down on log and ate her lunch. As
she was about to start for home, large
black snake sprarg about her neck aud
began choking her. The affrighted girl
screamed at the top OF her Voice for as
5istance, but there was no one near
enough to hear her cries. At length,
when she was so exhausted that she
was unable to cry out, the snake twisted
its head around so that the girl could
reach il. At first she was sfraid TO touch
the monster. Then realizing that she
must do something or perish, she caught
the snake about the neck, and chOked it
until it relaxed its hold and fell to the
ground. The girl then threw it against
a rock, and succeeded in killing it, She
tied a small hickory withe around the
snsBe's neck, ami dragged it home. 1t
measured six feet eleven inches.
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An old Soldier Gone.
4 TENN Herald

Lebanon lleDus) t1eTdlu.I
Nathan COoksey, whom many o. 0Hr
readers in the county will remember -
the old man who Used to travel on f10s
through the country, stOppinz for q day
or two at the different houses on the
route, died on the twenty seventh uIti-
mo at the residence of Mr. E. G., Morris,
in the twenty-third district. He came
to Mr.. MOTris's on the sixteenth, and
was taken sick soon aferwsTd. he was
kindly cared for, hsd the best medical
attention, and was deCeutly buried. He
had two hundred and seventy four dol
lars and ninety-five cents IN money,
which he cGnfiied to Mr.. Morris iust
before his death, with the request that it
should be used to defrsy his burial eX-
penses and to put neat monument over
his grave. Mr.. Morris took cut letters Of
administration On Monday, aud will see
that the old mans wishes are carried
out. Mr.. COOksey was about eighty
fur years old, and had been a soldier Of
the war Of 1872, drawing small pension
therefor. He was regarded as slightly
demented, but was entirely inCtf5nsive-
and was always kindly treated wherever
he chOse to stop. He had 10 relatives
that were known to be living.
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For the Sunday Appeal
WEE RSOWING Old IO0EEhES,


Ny husband, see those hairs Of gray
They lie interviewer with the darEi
II seems dream Of yesterday
When bride of seventeen by your
Side 1 stood and pledged . you
My life, my all, for veal or woe.
You've done the best you could, Know
Look you into mine eyes. In their
Depths is impressed your image so pure
That my soul feels "A thrill of love
Responsive to the thought OF you.
Around them old Time is Al work
Making his crow 's-feet, wrin sleS see them
Well 10th he work with faithful care.
Come nearer, did you say? Jest not
At charges so sad and-tf true,
If truei an, he is more cruel
Than thOIght; for whilst / grow gray
Your eyes are growing dim and old.
None so blind rs those who VIII not
See. l understand you my lord.
NY darling wife, I see them not;
Ia very truth they are not there,
For long years with anxious eager eyes
I've watched you from day to dar
II aught OF change there be, I see
UIly maiden years multiplied
With matured beauty and grace.
Yet, sweet wife, It may be true, and
10 with fate We should not quarrel.
It's kind in loving Providence
That whilst lime is furrOwtng your
Fair face and weaving silver threads
In your locks OF brown, He dims niue
Eyes that l may not see his work.
Ia have it 50, and thankful be.
The p.CtUER painted upon memory
When yOu%ere a bride Will remain,
And be forever fresh and true
No image etfaCe il, nor mar
Its sacred b sauty-fTieud nor foe
I'd have il true when CuIled from you.
When Cuiltd from you. II may be soon
Come Whene'r re &c may, in Gods good
Will, yet grant, Oh loving Lord,
That wife be there with ner dear hand
TO close my eyes to earthly scenes,
That they may catch her lovely form,
The last Of earthly objects seen.
Then may she follow soon, and we,
In the bright beyond, where Time is
Not known, begin anew that holy
Love, here so long our strength and shield
'GainsL every storm we've ever known
Beauty there perennial blooms, and
LOVING EYES no MORE GROW DIN ANBoLD