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BATTI.KS AND LKADK11S OK TUK C1VII, WAR. The Century Co., Union simr. N. Y. Prlco 50 ceut per number. VV. t'. Arnold; Hutrolt, ötate Agent. I'art 2 8 a cuiitiiiuatioii of this inost excellent work. The h'st illustrated, nxi best readlng hisiory of the late w ir ever pulilislicd. The Howell Kepublican draws h truc pictur. if one i'Ver was drawn. "How many i lite luis been made Uiroappy and perltapa wrackad by Mie lonue úf a alanderen " Oh, how lightly is reputaüon regarded by i cerliiin chiss ; how thoujjlitleííly do they breathe the breath of sus pldon againsl their neighbor; how un scrupiilous ar they in rcsiirlinf; to tlie ccnviiiil's irliticc, innuflido. The traducer always tinds eafer enrs. 'i'he sliatlering ol n reputaüoii ï looked upon by many rltfa the -aine cigerness that a hungry man coiiteniplates a sunipUious dinner. The sfiisaüon lover dotes on scandal and he ia not particular ho-#, or at whose expense hii cravings are satisfiüd. Wüinau's reputation is in constant (langer; a single foul breath may blow auay that whleh lias been acqntred by years of xtendfai-t rectltiule. Afiainit slauder Hiere s no deIciisc, DO rc-dri'ss. Does a man recover wlien hot tlirinih the lieart? As well can a wonian recover at whose fair name the vicious blow of tlander has been struck. Wuat semblance of a human beiii}; thinking))' assails that .ne preciou tribute of wonian - her repuUÜon ? Mucü of tiiis desplcabie talk amoog loaBgeri ir not inlciiilcd in its dcadly resulta, hut it is none the lesg Hable to tuint fair iiamea. A biidh' of fOfpe kind should be placed upon tongnei that are so prona to Wg." After rcadlng this from the Kcntou Independent we are moved to exclaim Wail's the matter? "The Detroit Tribune'i oorrepondut out at Ann Arlmr ocis to the front In liis account ol'Tuesday'i pruoaedlugt by aiinouncing that the day began early. That's rigbt. 1 f the day liadn't ooinmeneed until way alonj; in the afternoon it mlght have occnsioned the the f uspiclon that Oor. Luce liad tfot liin ve'o in on daylight.