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!• H E COUNTRYMAN
Thackeray.—“Row Thackeray got
his nom-de-plunr>e of ‘Michael Angelo
Titmarsh,’ is *old by a London cor-
respondent- It was originated by a
well known literary man, Mr. Robert
Soular, at preseut critic of the Lon
don Morning Advertiser. In his ear
lier days, Thackeray used to go, like
many other rising writers, to-a tavern
in St. Martin’s Lane, the model for
‘The Haunt,’ and once, when his
broad shoulders, and massive bead
came looming through the genial
cloud of tobacco smoko shrouding the
company, Soular, struck with the ap»
propriateness of the title, shouted
out, ‘Michael Angelo,’ which name
Thackeray adopted, with the addition
of ‘Titmarsh,’ on the appearance of
bia forthcoming ‘Parisian Sketch
book.* *’
Savannah Items.—-Eggs are sell
ing at $1,50 per doz. ; flour $16 to
$18 per barrel ; Irish potatoes $4 per
barrel.
Stringent orders have been issued
against all letters, newspapers, and
other documents being sent without
the city.
Negro soldiers are being enlisted,
and actively drilled.
The cashiers of the Bank of the
State of Georgia, and the Central
Railroad Bank are wanted at the pro
vost marshal’s office.
Last week was a continuous succes
sion of rain, and thunder storms.
P>i’Qf£KBor Wiegan, formerly of this
city, is ‘tooting’ his horn for the yan-
kees.
The small pox is prevailing.
The price of gas is fixed, by mili
tary order, at $6 per 1000 feet.—
Aug. Const.,17/A.
“A special to the St. Louis Demo
crat, says the Imperialists celebrated
the death of tho United States, at
Bagdad, Mexico. A dead dog was
carried at the head of the procession,
which marched through town to ap
propriate music;
The Paris correspondent of the
London Times, denies that there are
any grounds for the rumor of the con
templated recognition of the confed
eracy, by France.”
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“Oregon sends a fresh backwoodsman
to congfess, who had never seen a rail
road, till he came on, this season, lie had
heard much of the tricks of sharpers, and
determined to keep his eyes open. He
kept them open so wide, that when the
conuuctor came, and tore off the coupon
of his car ticket, he seized that worthy
officer by the throat, and had nearly made
an end of hist, before he could bs persua
ded that no wrong had been done.”
Formation of a Youthful Mind.
—Men glory in raising great, and
magnificent structures, and find a se
cret pleasure to see sets of their own
planting grow itp and flourish ; but it
I is a greater, and more glorious work,
to build up a man ; to see a youth of
our own planting, from the small be
ginnings, and advantages wa ba\e
given him, to grow up into a consid
erable fortune, to take root in the
world, and to shoot up into such a
height, and spread his branches so
wide, that we who first planted him,
may ourselves find comfort, and shel
ter under his shadow.TMot son.
“ The following anecdote of the
Iron Duke, is recommended to secre
taries for war, and for the navy, who
have spent enormous sums in fruitless
experiments with new inventions- A
man came, to the duke. ‘What have
you to offer V said the duke. ‘A bul
let-proof jacket, your grace.’ ‘Put it
on.’ The itiventoi obeyed. The
duke rang a bell. An aid-de-camp
presented himself. ‘Tell the captain
of the guard to order one of his men
to load with ball cartridge.’ The in
ventor disappeared, and was never
seen again near the Horse Guards.
No money was wasted in trying that
invention.”
A Child’s Witty Logic,—Y have,’
writes a correspondent, ‘a pretty,
bright little juvenile friend, some fiv§
years of age, named Rosa. Some
days ago, she was teazed a good deal,
by a gentleman who visits the family,
who finally wound up by saying :
‘Rosa, I don’t love you.’ ‘Ah, but
you've got to love me,' said tiie child.
‘Why V asked her tormentor. ‘Why,’
said Rosa, ‘the Bible says you must
love, them that hate yon, and I an,
sure I Late you !’ Was that bad, ‘for
a child V—Knicka hooker.
Negro Privileges in Philadel
phia.—“The patrons of the city pas
senger railways, in Philadelphia, vot
ed on the question—‘Shall colored
people ride in the cars?’ The In
quirer, of the 31st ult., says :
The vote, up to the hour of clos
ing the trips, last night, was largely
in favor of white persons riding in
side the cars, and the exclusion of the
blacks. The vote on oue of the lines,
at noon, yesterday, stood four thou
sand opposed, and one hundred and
sixty iu favor of the question. Votes
will continue to be deposited during
the present week, that all may have
an opportunity^ of depositing their
votes as their feelings may dictate.”
George Sand.—“This remarkable
woman has recently distinguished
herself as an active member of the
Socialist party, in Franco. She had
previously played a very conspicuous
part by her eccentricities—wearing
the male dress, adopting a man’s
name, as author, and declaiming, iu
her eloquent and dangerous novels,
against the institution of marriage,
because she had not been able to live
happily with her husband. The
great error of this remarkable write*.
i», her attributing to the institutions
of society the evils which arise from
the bad dispositions, and siuful acts
of its members. She chargps on ex
ternal causes the miseries which arise
from the internal characters of men,
and women ; and she proposes, by
now social arrangements, not sane*
tioned by the law of God, to originate
the happiuess which can only arise
from virtue, and self-denial.”
The Fate of Yankee Farm
Renters.—“A correspondent of the
Columbns Sun, writing from West
Point, Mississippi, on the 15th instant,
says:
I see they have divided out all the
lands on the coast of Carolina, and
Georgia. Well,I cannot tell how it will
work ; but you find few bidders for
rented farms, on the Mississippi rive*,
for the next ‘crap.’ All those enter
prising individuals who reveled iu
dreams of wealth, flowing from cot
ton farms, have had bad luck. They
never live to carry their produce to
market.”
“According to a .Northern journal,
Lincoln has received, since the begin
ning of the war, two millions, two bun
died and fifty-eight thousand, eight
hundred and forty-seven men. Ac
cording to the best calculation that
can now be made, the total force of
infantry, artillery, and cavalry does
not exceed four bundled thousand
men. Of this number, the terms of
at least one-lialf will expire within
the next ten months. Hence the ne
cessity of Lincoln’s last proclama
tion.”
A Little Mixed.—“We find the
following queerly constructed sentence
in the Augusta correspondence of the
Macon Confederacy. It is a ‘ stun*
ner
‘ The tail of the equinox continue*
to blow like a simoom in the desert.
The wind drives the dust so thickly,
that I can scarcely see through the
! cloud, and my eyes are filled with •
ders.’ ”
