Jnkrson Intelligenter. mwnvxm-'jz r> ->.*%cvc~^-. jo,- nzx*i.iMill iWita. i>vf:ataa^>wa^f ^gs*? |VT r^Tle 33imt]Cc^ rtinneL. &^\^ dkp»fchM6 mÄrihii ns!- that the- Mount Ceuis tunnel, one of the most tremen¬ dous engineering feats of the age, would soon be completed.. It is an international work, un¬ dertaken jointly by the French and Italian government*; und tiie fact that the French are just now occupied in a task with their German neigbbors, more difficult eventhan the boring of the Muu\rlt Cenjs^tünneT, lfCTAis ""to surlpoBCJ that the Itwcr enterprise would ber neglected,5.] or at least- retarded.. Ius.compleiiou. iu-the midst of a great war that would seem to exact all the resources that the French have at cora- m&£}&.&lmpje&?e ptotif-. bT'fhe imminent imp^anWthtt:thfe,age sjttacbes to works of onea^iiy&^cea^unl^tioV The Mount Cenis tunnel, whose completion we now witness, has been before the eyes of the world for thirteen years, is not on the line of any railroad, and is n'ot a part of any rail¬ road, scheme, but is, as wp have stated, a great tttouet between France and Italy, drilled through.tbr.ee. peaks of the Savoy .Alps, Colo¬ nel de Frijus; Grand Vallon and de la Roue. and, in fact, has no connection with Mount Cenis, seventeen miles distant, whose name it bears, .^k'&re.the beginning of the work, there wefe not wanting engineers of jiigh standing andWeputation who- gravely- declared that the undertaking would prove a failure.that the workmen would perish by fire, water or noxious gases, aud that all sorts of insurmountable ob¬ stacles would meet them as they approached the heart of the mountains. In spite of all these discouraging professional predictions, the work was begun in 1857,'and steadily prosecu¬ ted for four years, when perforators were called into requisition. The usual method of sinking shafts along the line of. the progosedj_tunnel, and. working through from one to the other, was not appli¬ cable to this work, on account of the great height of- the-mountain. The only feasible plan was to begin boring both ends, and con¬ tinue itste.idily until the opposite drills should meet and gl ve a complete aperture. This made it difficult to. supply the workmen with suffici¬ ent quantity of fresh air at a distance of two or three miles from the entrances. To over¬ come this,.a machine that was a perforator and air pump combined was devised, which moved by air compressed to one-sixth its usual bulk. A portion of this was conveyed into the tun¬ nel and-released for the- consumption* of the workmen, aud another portion was applied di¬ rectly to the drill which bored into the moun¬ tain at the average rate of nine feet a day. Ten perforators were kept constantly at work. The motive power was conveyed to the drill by a flexible pipe, throwing the compressed air into a cylinder, in which worked a piston driv¬ ing the drill into the face of the rock. The drür. made two hundred revolutions a minute, each laaving a stroke, of two hundred pounds weight. The hardest substance it encountered was white quartz, and every stroke against this brought forth a shower of sparks that caused the work to resemble a display of fire-worxs in the dark cavern. Asa preparation for blasting, about ninety holes, three feet in depth and two or three inches in diameter, were bored with Oxe drill, charged with powder, tamped, and ex¬ ploded. The shock would bring down the face of the rock to the depth of several feet,! when the debris would be removed, other holes drilled, charged.aud exploded ; and thus the work kept steadily on for-ycara. The workmen ^vere di¬ vided into three reliefs, eight hours being given to labor, and sixteen to rest. The most skilful of them were paid five franca a day, and the others only three. The directors of the work declare that ouly fifty or sixty workmen lost their lives by acci¬ dent during the boring; but as accidcnK such as premarüre explosions, and the falling of rocks wore frequent, it is thought that these figures fall short of indicating the injnries suf¬ fered by the men engaged in the work. The hardness of the rook made the wear and tear of machinery very great, and it was necessary to replace the drills every few minutes. The estimated average progress was about nine feet a day; but in the white quartz, only a distance of 16 to 19 inches per day was made. The dis¬ tance. betpeeu-Fourneaux and tyirdoneche, the two extremities of the gallery, is 1-KOOO yards, or nearly*? 4-Ö miles. The Estimated cost of the entire work is 150,000,000 fraucs, or about £80,000,000. The entrance on the French side is 25 feetvf*ide, and about as many, in height A double railway track running into it was used to~convey the tools .and supplies.to* the workmen, and to bring out the shattered rock. The next greatest work Of this kind in the world is the Hoosac tunnel in Massachusetts, which was begun four years before the Mount Cenis gallery, and is><not yet completed. The French and Italian engineers, who had super¬ intendence of the enterprise, often had their ingenuity severely taxed to device methods fon overcoming the 'many unusual difficulties they exu&unfcre^andibey certaiuly-are entitled to high credit for the patient assiduity with which they prosecuted their slow and laborious task. As a means of avoiding a long and difficult crossing of the Savoy Alps, in the passage from' France to Italy, the tunnel is a convenience whose value cannot be estimated, while, a* a wori of engineering, it will rank next to the Sqea canal..Miami Republican. How to be HiPPY..Sala, in one of his es¬ says, says: I happened to be passing one box¬ ing day, or rather evening, many years ago, through St. Clement's churchyard, when I be¬ came aware of a man who was holding on to the railings.of the church, and blubbering in a manner piteous to behold and hear. I noticed that his legs were much bowed, and like unto those of a journeyman tailor; but in was diffi¬ cult to dogmatize on that head, for the man had been keeping his Christmas in the approved English fashion, and was very drunk. A good woman.presumably his wife.in a shabby shawl and a crushed bonnet, was doir.g her best to support this staggering holiday-maker, and endeavoring to cheer him up in his atiiic- tion, whatever that sorrows crown of sorrow may have been ; but his grief was overwhelm¬ ing.of that there could be no doubt. "I.I. I'm so unhappy j" Ebriosus continued tomaun- der. "Unhappy }" repeated the good woman, with womanly scorn, and yet not without a kind of rallying sympathy."unhappy ? what for? You was dnjnk.the day before yesterday ; you was drunk on Christmas day ; you're drunk now ; what more do yer want I Ikt yer lean't to be hanged f She NnvF.it Leaves Him..Look at the ca¬ reer of a man a« he passes through the world, as a man visited by misfortune.! How often he is iff. by his fellow men to sink under the freight of his afilietlf.n, unheeded and alone! One friend of his own sex forgets him.another abandons him, a third perhaps betrays him; bu* woman, faithful woman, follows him in his afflictions with an unshaken affection ; paves the changes of feeling, of his temper, embit¬ tered by the disap;»oiritmcptsof the world, with the highest of all virtue ; in resigned patience ministerinp to his wants, even when her own are hard and pressing; she weeps with him, tear for tear, in his distress, aud is the first to catch and reflect a ray of joy, should but one light up his countenance in the iui(|st of his sufferings, and she never leaves him in his misery while there remains one. nut of love, duty, or com- {tassion to be performed. And at last, when ife and sorrow come to an end. sin- follows him to the tomb with an ardor of affection whi h death itself cannot destroy. . A Kansas pastor declined an addition of S hundred dollars to his salary, for this reason, among others, that the. hardest part of his la¬ bor, heretofore, had been the collection of Iiis salary, and that it would kill him to try to colt ,'cct a hundred dollar" more. A Singular Story of llie Franco-Prussian War, Tho Washington Patriot publishes a curious stort)l,w^iojni.call3-a* page of see'ret. history: jThä v^b.-fd ddesjrot know thai the war which hiWM riveted *u eh untold calamities upon two great nations, and turned back the hands of progress on the dial of civfization, might, and probably would not have occurred, but for a cause entirely personal, and involving the am- bitious aspirations of one of our own country- women. His Majesty, Don Fernando, father of the King of Portugal, somewhat surprised European Courts, as well as Jim immediate friends, bv a sudden marriage, eighteen months ago, with Miss E. Hensler, to whom he had been much attached during nine previous years. She was born in Boston, of respectable German parents, in humble life, and educated in Italy for the operatic stage, by the aid of a few lib¬ eral patrons of art, who had discovered her precocious talent for music and her fine voice. After completing her studies abroad, she re¬ turned to the UnitcdjStatos, but failed to reach the<emiuenc9 of which he* .early youth had given cheerful promise. Seeking another field tor professional success, she went again to Eu¬ rope, and in 1S60 became attached to the opera at Lisbon, where the widowed King Consort was first attracted by her beauty, vivacity and other charms. Then began the acquaintance which terminated in her becoming the wife of a Cobourg who had shared the throne of Por¬ tugal with Donna Maria II. Jusf previous to the marriage the Duke of Saxe-Cobourg con¬ ferred upon her che title of Countess D'Edla, so as to obliterate even a nominal connection with the past, or. with her American nativity. That repeated overtures were made by Prim and his colleagues to induce Don Fernando to accept the throne of Spain, is no secret. He refused" to give any encouragement to these pro¬ posals, -aoofan effort in that direction, made in the early^part of 1869, only a few monts before his marriage, was repelled with so much decis¬ ion as to be considered even rude to the Spau- ish people. But after the marriage came social embarrassments and new ideas, which the gov¬ ernment at Madrid was prompt to seize upon, in the hope of overcoming the prejudices of Don Fernando, by the temptation of high hon¬ ors for his wife, who, by a transition to the Court.at Madrid, would become the equal, if not the Superior, of those who had. welcomed her with coldness, and not for choice. The Spanish Minister at Lisbon was instructed to approach his Majesty with delicate suggestions, and found him willing to entertain the subject; so that informal negotiations were opened, and made considerable progress last spring. Don Fernando proposed certain conditions, perhaps with a view of ultimately dictating thc- tenns for a matter which was much nearer his heart, as will appear in the sequel. For ex¬ ample, he required that the crowns of Spain and Portugal should never be united on the same head, seeking by this means to preserve the throne of Portugal for his son ana his de¬ scendants. After Borne discussion the Spanish government accepted the condition, with this modification: "Except, in the course of time, the two nations should spontaneously agree up¬ on a soverign," &c. Don Fernando refused to adopt any reservation on that point. He also demanded that certain amendments should be made to the Spanish constitution before accep¬ ting the throne; but the government at Madrid objected to submit that question to the Cortes until after his election as King. Tnesc nego¬ tiations occupied several months, and were once or twice suspended entirely, as hopeless, but renewed by friendly intervention. Finally they were broken olf altogether, and the causes al¬ ready stated were assigned as the reasons of the failure. But persons who arc familiar with all the facts attribute the rupture to another and a very different motive. At one of the last interviews between Don Fernando and the Spanish Min¬ ister, at which the Countess d'Edla was present, his Majesty inquired what would be the eventual position of his wife should he go to Spain ? After putting this question he withdrew, leav¬ ing Madame and the Minister to settle the del¬ icate point between them. The Minister stated that she was at liberty to name any title, dis¬ tinction or donation, adding that she would al¬ ways be the first lady of the palace. To which the Countess replied", ''So far so good ; but his Majesty desiros my position to be as clear as possible. What I wish to know is, what will be my part on great ceremonials like the open¬ ing of the Cortes, or other corresponding occa¬ sions?" The aim of this inquiry was evident, and the Minister was not taken by surprise. He rejoined that she might be made a duchess or grandee, or have any other title, but as "Queen.never, never!*' -'¦f This took place on the 15th of July, and when the conferences were going on there was a perfect understanding that the refusal of Don Fernando" to take the throne would involve the most grave complications, and probably the war, which is still raging; for it was then known that the Spanish Government intended to turn to his Majesty's son-in-law, the Prince Hohenzollern, if the negotiations completely failed. As soon ns it became certain that there was no probability of inducing Dou Fernando to go to" Madrid, unless the Countess d'Edla was recognized as Queen, the offer was made to Höhenzollem. So it may be said that a great European war, with all its vast consequences, is to be attributed to the unsatisfied ambition of a Boston girl. . The immortality of the age is a standing topic of complaint with some men. But if any one likes to be moral, I can see nothing in the age to prevent him..Qoethc. . A surprise party lately at Pittsfield, Mass., broke a stove, three chairs, a sofa and a lot of crockery during their stay at the house of tho party surprised. The family has uo further wish to he surprised. . This remark was made by a young lady of St. Louis : "It is wisely ordained that the 6ame wind that sweeps our dresses aside also fills the eyes of naughty young men with dust." . The cleanest city in the world is Broch, in Holland, which no horse or carriage has ever beeu permitted to outer, and where everything is kept with the most scrupulous neatness. Be¬ fore entering many of the houses you are re¬ quired to remove your shoes. It is said that even the Emperor of Russia was compelled to comply with this custom on his recent visit to that place. . A Boston lecturer astonished his audience by bringing his fist down on the table and shouting, "Where is the religiosity of the an¬ thropoid quadrumanait he thinks we have ./öl it, he can search us. We never >aw it in the world. . Warm quarters arc essential to the com¬ fort and well doing of cattle. He is a shiftless farmer who allows his stock to hug the side of a fodder stack endeavoring to protect them¬ selves from the cold rains, sharp winds and sleeting storms of winter. Stock well cared for, warm and drily housed from storms, regularly fed aud watered, will tome out in the. spring looking plump and sleek upon the fodder that would be consumed by those that shiver around a loddor stack all winter, . The Montgomery Mail says, "Col. Susan 13. Anthony is of the opinion that women should never marry. It would seem that all men eon- cur in this opinion of the Colonel, so far at least as she himself is concerned." . In an Iowa breach of promise case, the woman swore that the accused had hugged her every night for several months, and Sunday nights until \\ o'clock in the morning. The villain was lined one dollar and (Mists. He said ir was the most reasonable hugging he ever ex¬ perienced. . "Boy, why did you take an armful of my shingles on Sunday-.'" "Why, sir, mother wanted some kindling wood, and I didn't want to split wood on a Sund ." . An exchange says; "During tho war, a soldier in Sherman's army found near Atlanta a diamond worth £4,000." The editor omitted to jftate that the diamond, at the lime of the fi-uding, was at the bottom of :i trunk. An ElementaryLesson In Courtship. One" 6righ%< moonlight wi'iter's night; US die. days of "lang.syne,J.' when .log school-houses, cheap schoolmasters, and blue-beach rods wf.re the only instrumentalities used lor teaching the "young* ideas bow to shoot," we .cbauced to.at¬ tend a "spelling school" in a certain rural dis¬ trict, the geographical location of which it is not now necessary to mention. 'Twas. there, however, where our eyes first fell ou a "fairy form" that immediately sat our susceptible' hearts in a blaze. She was sixteen or there¬ abouts, with bright eyes, red cheeks and cherry lips, while the auburn rioglcta clustered in a wealth of profusion around her beautiful headl¬ and her person, to our. ravished imagination, was more perfect in form and outline than the most faultless statue ever chiseled by the sculp¬ tor's art. - As we gazed, our feelings, which never be¬ fore had aspired girlward (wo were scarcely eighteen) were fully aroused, and we deter¬ mined to go home with her that night or per¬ ish in the attempt! A3 soon, therefore, as school was dismissed, and our "lady love" sui¬ tably bonneted and cloaked, we approached to oflcr our services as contemplated, and we then learned an important lesson, viz: the difference between resolving and doing. As we neared her to put our design into execution , we seemed to be stricken with a suddeu blindness ; then red, green, and yellow lights flashed noon our vision, and appeared and disappeared like a phantasmagoria! Our knees smote together like Bclsbazzar's, and our heart thumped with apparently as much force as if it were driving tenpeuny nails into our ribs 1 We in the mean¬ time, having reached Sallay's side, managed to mumble outsomething which is, perhaps, known to the Recording Angel, but surely is not to us, at the same time poking out our elbowas near¬ ly at right angles with our body as our physi¬ cal conformation would admit. The night wind blew keenly, which served, in some sort, to revive us, and, as our sense re¬ turned, what were our emotions on finding the cherished object of our primal love clingiug to our arm with all the tenacity a drowning man is_said to clutch at a straw! Talk of elysian, or sliding down greased rainbows, or feeding on German flutes, what are sieh "phelinks" in com¬ parison with those mighty ones that swelled our bosom nigh unto the bursting off of our waistcoat buttoas! Our happiness was simply ecstatic, and every young lady or gentleman who has ever felt the mighty throbbing of a newly-pledged love, will completely understand the world of bliss hidden under that common word. Well, we walked on pleasantly toward our Sally's home, conversing very cosily and sweetly as we passed along, until so courageous did we become that we actually proposed "to go iu and sit awhile," to which our dulcena very graciously asseuted. Alas, for us! how soon were we to be reminded that the "course of true love never did run smooth." Sally had a brother of ten summers, who ac¬ companied us along the way, and who was iu wonderful high spirits at the idea of his sister having a beau, and he would circle around us, and every now and then, giggling in the height of his glee and examing us as closely as if Sal-: ly and ourself were the world renowned Siamese twins, and he was taking his first look. Bill, by the way, was a stubbed, chuckle headed boy, whose habiliments would have made the for¬ tune of an ordinary dealer in mop-rags. At length wo arrive at the bars, and while we were letting them down, Bill shot past us and tore for the house as if pursued by a thous; and bulls of Bashan. He flung the door open with a bang, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Mother! mother! Jim Clark's coming hum with Sal!" "Is he ?" screamed the old woman in replv. "Wal, I declarl I didn't think the saphea'd knew enough !" Reader, we didn't go in. --o-- Tho Josh Billings Papera. How tew Pic/: Out a Good JIorAc. First..Let the color be a sorrel, a roan, a red, a gray, a white, a black, a blue, a green, a chesnut, a brown, a dapple, a spotted, a cream, a buckskin, or sum other good color. Second..Exaruin hiz ears ; see that he haz got tew ears, and pound a tiu pan clussto him, to find out whether hiz hearing iz good. All bosses are duinj but a deff and dum boss, arc not desirable. Third..Look well to hiz eyes; see that he haz got a pupil in hiz eyes, and not too large a one neither, hosues with too large pupils in their eyes are near sighted, and kant see oats, and hav tew wear green goggles, and green goggles make a boss look tu mutch like a trakt pedlar. Fourth..Feel »V his neck with the inside ov yure right hand, wee that the spinal collum iz well fatted, and runs tho whole length ov him from fore to aft, a hoss without a good phatt spinal collum from fore to aft, aint worth (speaking sudden) aint worth a well defined cuss. Fifth..Put yure hand on hiz breast, (this iz allowable in the case ov aquadriped,) see if hiz harte kan beat seventy, squeeze hiz fore leggs to see if he iz well mnscled, lift up hiz before feet and see if there iz enny frogs iu them, frogs keep a bosses feet cool, and sweetj just az they do a well, or a spring ov water. fcix..I.rook well tew hiz shoes, see what num¬ ber he wears, nui iber 8 iz about right. Seven..Run yare hand along the dividing ridge ov hiz boddy, from the top ov hiz withers to the commencement ov hiz tail (ordorsul ver- tibra) and pinch liim az yu go along, to see if he knows how tew kick. Eight.. Look on hiz hind legs for sum spav¬ ins, kurbs, windgalls, ringbones, skratches, quittors, thrush, grease-heels, thorough-pins, spring halt; quarter cracks; see if he haz got a whirl-bone ; look for sum pin-hips ; hunt for strains in the back tendons, lot-downs and capped hooks. .Nine..Investigate hiz teotb, see if he aint 14 vears old last May, with teeth filed down, and a six year old black mark burnt into the top ov them, with a hot iron. Ten..Smell of hiz breath, to 6ee if hehaint got sum glanders; look just back ov hiz ears for signs of pole evil, pinch him on the top ov his withers for a fistula, and look sharp at both shoulders for a sweeny. Eleven..Hook him tew a wagon that rat¬ tles, drive him up to an Irishman and hiz wheelbarrow, meet a rag merchant with a cow¬ bell strung aorust the top ov hiz cart; let an express train pass him at 4"> miles to the hour; when he iz swetty, heave a buffalo robo over him to keep oph tho cold; ride him with au umbrel highsted, and learn hiz opynunov these things. Twelve..-Prospekt hiz wind, sarch diligent¬ ly for the heaves; ask if he iz a roarer, and don't be afraid tew find out if he iz a whistler. Thirteen..Be sure that he aint a krib-bitor, aint balky, aint a weaver, and don't pull at the halter. Thezc are a few simple things to be looked at in buying a jrood family boss, there iz agrate menuy other things tew be looked at (at your leizure) after you nave bought him. (hind bosses are sknrse, and good men, that deal in enny kind ov bosses, arc sknrser. Ask a man all about hiz wife and he may tell you, examine him cluss for a Sunday school teacher and find him all on the square, send him tew the New York legislature and rejoice that monoy won't buy him, lend him seven nun- died dollars, ii: She highway, without witness or note, even swop dorgs with him with perfekt impunity, Luit when yu buy a good family boss ov him, >ouug, sound ami trew, watch the man cluss, and make un yure mind besides, that you will have tew ask the Lord to forgive him. "An honest man iz the noblest work.ov God," this famous Haying was written in grate anguish ov heart, by the late Alexander Pop« just after buying a good family hoss " Why" Fafnfors 'Sbns^l^H^tf nming. I. Faruiora cqrnplaiirthat tlieir sons do not take to the profession o£Micirv.'fathers kindly;, .'but that a very large per cent, of them drift into thepities,, aud follow othe^.occupations, Thi$. iSjGrue, aijd the fiwjtis, in.half ihcUases wltiJJ the'faririers themselves."- The reason'fdrT;hisiS| that the American farrrreris too much oppress- ed with the spirit of money getting to maker j farm life pleasant. We know of thousands Afho have bro:rd acre*, immense houses, cattle, sheep, 1 and swine, and who, in addition to these treasj- ures, have their thousands and tens of thousands in government bonds, or in mortgages, who! live in a stylo far inferior to that ot the hum¬ blest mechanic in the towns. Their houses are built not to gratify taste, or to yield pleasure to their iumates, but solely with an eye to conve¬ nience; the,floors arc uncarpeted, the windows are shadelees; there are.. no books, no papers save one for market reports, no. cheery furiu- tura, no piano or melodeon, uo nothing to make lrfe pleasant. Out-side, the same barren, hard appearance is manifest. Flowers are tabooed, there are no ornamental trees, the barn is as. severe in style as rigid economy, can make it; in short, everything is subservient to the one idea.profit. Is it any wonder that the boy born and reaied amid such surrounding desires something bet¬ tor, so soon as he discovers that there is some¬ thing better ? Is it any wonder that, seeing in towns luxuries, beauty aud taste, he. fancies mercantile or professional pursuits must be bet¬ tor to afford these things? Is it any wonder that, after living a month among pleasant things that he:should imbibe a distaste to the farm of his father, and £he hard, close life led upon it? We wish to be understood. The farmer who has debt ou his bauds, or whose farm lacks nec¬ essary improvements has no business with any of this. Much better bare floors and walls'than mortgages. But in middle life, when the farm is paid for and stocked, when there is money at interest, and the chances for failure have all been passed the farmor who does not add to his house all these things is foolish indeed. There should be in every such farm house as good furniture, as good carpets,-as good piano, and a*i good a library as any townsman worth an equal amount, possesses ; the sons and daugh¬ ters should be well educated, not that they may leave the farm, but that they may' make farm life pleasant and happy. There should be just as good society, and as much of it, in the country as iu the town. The social instincts inherent in all should be cultivated; there should be music, there should be read¬ ing, there should be discussions ; in short, what¬ ever men of means find to amuse and improve themselves in towns, men of means in tho coun¬ try should find and practice. When all tiiis is done, fanners sons will bcI- dom leave vm noblest of all professions, for with these additions farming is the most pleas¬ ant life that can be* led ; and for the same rea¬ son farmers' daughters will prefer to marry farmers' sons, but not till then..American Farm'JourhdU New Tear's Day in New York. ^Tho New:Year in New York is distinguished .by two characteristics.. ,A.ll the gentlemen are iu the streets, and all the ladies are in the house. For a lädy tö-be seen Out of doors^ on this day is a serious violatiou of etiquette; and for a gentleman to fail to visit, or to send bis card to his lady friends, is a neglect which even their angelic natures can never forgive. Every gentleman is in duty bound to put on his best behavior, with a new pair of gloves and a Prince Alfred cravat (if he wears nothing else,) and present himself i:i the drawing-room of bis friends. Whether the custom of making calls on the New Year came over in the ship with the gouty old Dutch governor, or whether it was formally introduced by the gallant English officers, who, while they lung ago held the city, held anfl made court to the fair young Americans, is not known; but. this is certain, that the Yankees did not bring it with them. No, iu Boston, the centre- of Yankccdom, they do not make of this;a pleasurerday as do. the New Yorkers. T-.-re, t few Haid, sober visits "arc paid by both gentlemen and ladies to the Governor and oth¬ er celebrities of the- town, and that is the amount of their calling. Here tho day we keep for the New Year is a carnival. . "The uiaddi'Nt, merriest day-of all the plnd new yoar." Business is forgotten, or at least is laid on the shelf to wait the owner's attention. The heads which during the past twelve months have been worrying over multiplication tables arc to-day waggitig merrily over quite a different sort, of tables. Lawyers, have made brief of their suits; the doctor has no patients; the mer¬ chant's clerk, plays, at legerdemain instead of working on the ledger ; steamship companies, railroad com pa ri ios, and insurance' companies, the latter the most arrurant of all,'dissolve in¬ to a jolly brotherhood of well wishers, and for- Set in cutting up to-day how they cut up their ividends. Even-body is glad to see every¬ body else, and nobody cart be unhappy. 'Com¬ pliments arc good natured and mean what they say. A large number of gifts which were reserved from Christmas will be conspicuous to-day. A remarkably beautiful New "i ear's gift has been presented to a lady of this city. A young gen¬ tleman had requested the privilege of present¬ ing "something" on the hew Year, and was' told he could give candies or flowers, hut-noth¬ ing more valuable. He wsis determined by a. ruse to present the "something;" he according¬ ly purchased an elegant aod! costly, glove-box of.onyx, which was inlaid with gold and set with malachites, and/lined' with sccrtted rose satin. Having filled this expensive gem with candies, the nrdcut gift-maker sent it to the lady's address. n»>d thus got round the objec¬ tion. The custom of making gifts upon the Nf w Year is of ancient date. Tacitus mentions the giving of presents on this day. The inhabi¬ tants of England, from time immemorial, have kept the festival with great jollity, and espe¬ cially with gift-making. Dr. Johnson intro¬ duces in his "Masque of Christmas" New Y'ear's Gift, in the capacity of a serving-man, who appears in a blue coat, with an orange and a sprig of rosemary on his head, his hat full of brooches, his pockets staffed with plnms, and a collar of giuger-brcad ; his torch-bearer car¬ ried a march-pane, or gigantic sweet-cake, with a bottle of wine on either arm. Gloves in those days were a customary present, and if people did not send the gift of gloves they sent nuiney to buy them, which was called glove-money.. During the reign of the restored Bourbons the New Year was signally observed in Paris as a day of gifts. Bonbons, delicacies, jewelry, paintings and costly furniture crowded the packages and wagons of the carriers. At the palace the day was a complete Jour de fete.. Everybody made the king a present, and the wonder is what he did with them. Often the ladies of the court would be six months in pre¬ paring the gifts for his majesty. It is a good custom; and wishing all our lady readers a gift to-day and a long list of calls we also add ;i Happy New Year..-V. 1". Wbrld, 2nd in*t. . At the New England dinner given in the Congregational Church at Washington lately for the benefit of the church, at which Senator IVmcry presided, Frederick Douglass, among others, made a speech, in which he declared; as a historical fact, that the Mayflower, which brought over the Puritans subsequently brought over a cargo of slaves, and that as one descend¬ ed from that slave cargo he had a right to cele¬ brate the landing of the Pilgrims equally with his white master. -t.-a>-!- «. . ijc right," said an officer to his compa¬ ny. "Bcdad," --aid an Irishman, who stood near, sharpening his saw, "it's me own prop¬ erty, and I'll bo afttf doing as I please with it.'' 1 EXPtGTÖRÄNT, -;C0UCHS,C0LpUy For £&eV Speedy Relief AND PERMANENT CURE OF Consumption* Bronchitis, . A.sthma, Colds, And all 'Disoases of the ff ? Gß. -. Lu|]gs, Ohest, or Throat. TnE EXPEÖfORANT: is composed exclusive- lv of Herbal a-hü MnciUginou.3 products, wnich PEUMEATE THE VERY SÜBgjTANCE OF THE LUNGS, causing them to throw otf the ncrid mutter which-collects ia..tbe Bronchial Tubes, and at tbe^*a;im^tiiiie.fii ms-a soothing, coating, relieving the irritation which produces the cough. ; '. The object to be obtained is to cleanse the or¬ gan of all impuritios*; to nourish and- strengthen it when it has become impaired and enfeebled by disease; to renew and invigorate the circulation of the blood, and strengthen the nervous organi¬ zation. The EXPECTORANT does this to an as¬ tonishing-degree. It is active but mild and con¬ genial, imparting functional energy and natural strength. It affords Oxygen to vitalize the blood, and Nitrogen to assimilate the matter.it EQUAL¬ IZES the ' NERVOUS INFLUENCE," producing quiet and composure. TO CONSUMPTIVES It is invaluable, as it immediately relieves the difficult breathing and harrassing conglt which at¬ tends that disease. FOR ASTHMA It is a Fpocific.one dose often relieving tho dis¬ tressing choking, and producing calm and picas- aut repose. FOR CROUP No mother should ever be without a bottle of the EXPECTORANT in the house. We have numer- ourcertificates of its having relieved, almost in- sTaöfTy^llft'IrtfToTnffcrer, *wken death appeared almost inevitable. Mothers l>o Advised I Keep it on Hand I This dread disoaso requires prompt action ; as soon ns the hoarse, hollow cough is heard, apply the remedy, and it is easily subdued ; BUT DELAY IS DANGEROUS. J@r The properties of the EXPECTORANT are ilcmulccnt, nutritive, balsamic, soothing, and healing. It braces the nervous system and pro¬ duces pleasnnt and refreshing sleep. It Exhilaratos and Relieves Gloominess and Repression. Containing all these qualities in a convenient and concentrated form, it has proven to be the Most Valuable Lung Balsam Ever offered to sufferers from Pulmonary disoa«i»s. PREPARED BY WM. H. TU TT & LAND, AuguHta, «Ga., Jggj- Sold by Druggists everywhere. Ott 27. 1870 1 ly FALL AND WINTER GOODS, Of the Latest Styles. \T^* have now on hand one of the best sclec- f led Stock of Goods ever brought to this market, consisting, in part, of Ladies' Dress Goods, In great variety, such as POPLINS, DaLAIXES, Scotch and Shepherd's PLAIDS, ALPACCAS, white and black, MERINOS, white aud colored. A1.B0, A 1IAND30MM LOT OY SHAWLS, CLOAKS, HATS, FURS and RIBBONS, BOOTS and SHOES, in groat variety. A IIASDS3MB ASSOKTMSKT or Ready-Made Clothing ami 'Gents' Furnishing Gooods. Wo will keep constantly cn hand a lurgc and varied stock of DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, CUTLERY, &c, &c. All of which will be sold low for cash or coun¬ try produce One and all, give us a calL W. F. BARR & CO. jjgT Tbosa indebted to us for Goods, will pleaso corns forward and mako early settlements. W. F. B. & CO. Oct 13, 1870 1ft ta SIMPSON, HILL & 00., DRUGGISTS, ARE receiving heavy orders of goods for the Fall trade. We buy for cash, and by sell¬ ing for cash at short profits, and close attention to business, we expect to continue to increase, not only in the confidence, but uumbcr of our custo¬ mers. If you want Drugs of all kinds, including those of the latest aud most approved preparations, COME! If you want Prescriptions carefully and cor¬ rectly compounded, COME ! If yon want Paints and Oils of nil kinds, in¬ cluding Varnishes, Turpentine and Rurning Fluid, COME! If you want Blue Stouo and Dyo Stuffs of all kinds, COME! If yon want Soapa of any grade, from the lar¬ gest bar to the finest Toilet, COME ! If you want Perfumery of any kind, from the finest Extracts down, (including Flavoring Ex¬ tracts,) COME! If you want Hair Oil, Hair Restoratives, Hair Dyes of the freshest and most approved styles, COME! If vou want Patent Medicines of anv kind, COME! If you want ANYTHING in (he regular Drug line, COME ! SDIPSON, HILL <& CO. At tho Sign of the Golden Mortar, ANDERSON, S. C. Sept 29, li>10 H XMPOXiTANOC^ NÖTIGE TO COySIJME&S OF DftV GÖ0M, All Retail Orders amounting to 990 sad Over Delivered in any Part of thai Country Erce of Express CHai'g1©«. HAMILTON EASTER & SOOT, OF BALTIMORE, MD., In order the better to moot the wants of their B*UÜ Cus¬ tomer* at a distance, have established a SAJtpit: jsuhrau, and will, upon application, promptly tend by maQ full 11dm of Samples of the Newest and mom Fashionable Goods, of FRENCH, ENGLISH and DOMESTIC MANUFACTÜB1, guaranteeing St all times to sell at low, if not at (tttprUtt, than any Iionsc in tbo country. I'.uving our gooda from the largest and most celebrate* manufacturers in the different parts of Europe, and ink- porting the same by Steamers direct to EaJtlwore, oar stock Is at oil times promptly supplied with the noreltfe* of the London and Paris uiorkets.' ;" V" As we buy and sell only for eath\ and mal& n& bad dtilt, we are able and willing to soil oat goods »t 7kw tut to Fifteen Pkr Ckxt. Less Profit than if wo', gave credit. In tending for tamplet tpecify th* kindof goodt desired. Wo keep the best grades of every class of goodjr, Own the lowest to tho most costly. , . ." Ordert unaccompanied by the cath will be tent C O. D. PROMPT-PAYING WHOLESALE BUYERS ar* iavf* ted ic inspect the Stock in our Jobbing and Packing Do* parTmout. Address HAMILTON EASTER & S0N8, 197, 109, 201 and 203 West itaitiinore Street, Baltimore, Met/ -Oct27,lS70 TS ly Sixty-Five First Prize Medals Awarded* THE GS2AT OÜTHEÄN PIAX0 MANUFACTORY. W3I. KNAI^E So CO., MANUFACTURERS OF GRAND, SQUARE AND UPRIGHT IPIJ^NO FORTES, BALTIMORE, MB. These Instrument« have been before tire Public for near* ly Thirty Veen«, and upon their excellence alone attained an xtnuurtkated pre-eminence, which pronounces them un¬ equalled. Their TONE combines great power, sweetness and tine singing quality, as well as great purity of Intona¬ tion and Sweetness throughout the entire scale. Tsefr TOUCH is pliant and elastic, and entirely free frotclbv stiffness found in so many Pianos. IN WORKMANSHIP they arc unequalled, using none bui the very best season¬ ed material, the large capital employed in our business* enabling us to keep continually an immense stock of !um- bor, Slc., on hand. Sd~ Ail our .Syr.MiE Pianos have our New Improved' Orertlrintg Scale and the ApBAFFK Treule. t tifr We would call special attention to our'latolmproTe-- ments in GRAND PIANOS AND SQUARE (iltANDfl, Patented Acocst 14, 1scc, which bring the Piano nearer1" perfection than has yet been attained. Ever)' Piano fully Warranted for 5 Years, We have made arrangements for the Sole Wholessw Agency for the most celebrated PA It LOR ORGANS and MELODEONS, which we offer, Wholesale and Retail, at Lowest Factory I'rices. , «¦¦ WM. KNABE & CO., Baltimore, Md. Sept 15, 1870* 12 SSa'." ESTABLISHED 1811; J; .'".-, < GUSHING \ 'v' & 15 A TXiETT, - booksellers' <sc st^rri^"r>3"Eri», 202 Baltimore Street, ~I&lTl5mllli, IIsyc tho LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTED STOCJCr ." In the city of ?'. SCHOOL MEDICAL \ and LAW, V) andDINTALyl CLASSICAL and MISCELLANjSOÜS 1500KS. 1 An Immense supply of GENERAL BANK AND COUNTING-HOUSE STA-T1-0NEE-T.";- .i >.t-.x v »*'*. }>lank Books mads to order in an v style of Dinding sad Ruling. 3jA5 "HrT The same carcfoi.^UfcnUo*»Ör^^»i^r-a:: * As to Personal Prncir ass*. - >">."'*- ". iy ä / j> n ri o i¦ r es* iitrW:a r*.. &£. Send for Catalogues, Ac. Sept 29,1S70 U dm V _:_s_¦ ; Sky-Light Photograph a ALLEHY, At F. C. v. Barslel's Jeweliy Store, NO. 4 BRICK RANGE. >ICTURES of all kinds taken, cither froa life or copy. .-. . Ferotjpcs. nlhnm size, 50 cents each, or four Cameotypea for $1.00. . -. Come and examine specimens. The best of in¬ struments just received from Europe, aud satis¬ faction guaranteed by . F. C. v. BORSTEL. Oci 13, 1870 IG : GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, JEWELRY. CLOCKS. TARLR CUTLERY and FAKCY GtjrODS for sale clieuper than ever offered in this market before, and almost at first cost. No Brass Watches kept for snle here. Watches, Clocks. Jewelry: and Musical works repaired in workmanlike manner at reasonable rates. All thorough repairs warranted for twelve months. Watch Glasses fitted for 25 cents each. Call on F. C. v.' BORSTEL^""* Push the Green Doors, No. 4 L'rick Range. Oct 13, 1870 16 : -i W P. P. TOALE, Char lest on, S. C. ..' GST f Largest and mo3t complete) I Manufactory of Doors, Sashes,1/ j Blinds, Mouldings, kc, in ths*^ \ Southern States. .) Printed Trice List Defies Competition JQSS?" 8end fob one. "TjBS r^- Sent frco on application May 5, 1870 45 lj [WATER WHEEL, Mill GeariniShafiin!& Pulleys ?oo1Uhü!^%imobE5: SEND FCRACIRCULi 12 Sept 15,1870 NE^iV FIRM, THE subscribers have this day entered into copartnership to Iransacta general Mercan tile ami Brokerage business, under the firm name of Sharpo k Towers, at the old stand of W. S Sharps in the town of Anderson, S. C W. S. SU ARTE, A. B. TOWERS* . Stpl 13, 1870 U