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THE GREENVILLE ENTERPRISE.
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^UlHN C. & EDWARD BAILEY, PRO'BS. GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 86, 1870. VOLUME YvT^T^T^
IV. F. TOVVNES, EDITOR.
J. C. BAli.KY, ASSOCIATE
HvB8cmPTio!t Two DolUra per annum.
A&TutMKiiMTi inserted at the rale? of
ona dollar per square of twelve Mimon liner
(this alee I type) or Iraa for the first insertion,
fifty rent* eaeh for the acoond and third inserMans,
and twontyrfive rents for rut.sequent
irscrtions. Yearly contracts Will he nnide.
AH advertisements mutt have the number
of lua?.tl?na marked on them, or they will bo
Insetted till ordered out. nod rhprxqd for.
Unlets ordered otherwise, Advertisements
will invarlaMy he "displayed.". - < i it
Obituary notices, and all matters inuring to
to the t enefit of any one. art regarded as
Advertisements.
The Kemcriei of the Heart
V'c may shred the moss-veil from the rose.
The blossom from (lie spray ;
Tift bloom ihal pearl* the luscious grape
A touch will brush away.
The vine may loosen Irom tbs tree
Which once it clung to fast;
But the heart will keep its memories
'Till life itself be past.
The gold must die from sunset skies,
The purple from fur hills ;
The fonui-flowcrs fado from npnl wavesj
Drought hush the babbling rills;
The earth grow cold and passiouless, - >
'Neath winter's bitter blast;
But the heart will keep its" memories
'Till life itsuli be past.
i uc llu.-li will rn.lo fri in chick nn?l brow ;
Tbc .? weet fuiilo wane unit <lin r*
The frciihne** leave the coral lip ;
Tear* dim the brightest eye.
Youth, I cauty, hope, and bappincM,
And love, may die at (net;
Hut the heart will keep its memories
'Till life itrclf lie pant.
Commissioner Capron's Address
{The following addrera waw delivered before
tlio Montgomery County (Maryland) Agricultural
Society, by lion. Horace Capron, fiommiaaioner
of Agriculture, on the I Mb u!t., at
Ilockvillo, Maryland:]
Mr. President. Friend*, and
Fellow worker* in Agriculture ?
It is with 110 ord nary pleasure flint
I revisit a place which lias become
remarkable in the nun! annals of
Marylaud-for triutn|ilis of progressive
agriculture. I see in the con
spicuous 6ioti8 of thrift, of high
fertility, t?f heavy production,
where once barrenness and desolation
ruled the scene, "confirmations
strong as pntofsof hoi v writ,"
ocular and conclusive demonstrations,
that you and I were right,
and i l?o 4* low-pressure" del vers in
the old fields were w rorg.
'lliiity years ago these smiling
fields, now green and luxuriant at
the close of a summer of unusual
severity, were dry and hare, the
soil hard and intractable, its appearance
indicative of that decay
and decrepitude in which * the
grasshoppers shall he a burden."
I feel a personal Interest in these
44old fields" and the story of t?iei?*
improvement. My first essay in
their attended renovation was in
1830, when I plowed fifty acres
and sowed oats and clover, hoping
through the agency of plaster of
pnris to secure a sotting pt clover.
The spring was favorable; the
0 i.??0 ^ " - t -
JIB <1 m lilt' ciover | H
g<?od sprinkling of plaster was applied,
nut not otie #f>rig f clover
ever grew, and the oats were harvested
on ilie "grab system " then
?o common. For the benefit of
young fanner*, wlio are presumed
not to understand this mode, I will
explain: The cvndler makes a
sweep with his cradle, and as it
rises out of the Brain, he "grabs"
it witii tho left hand, and lays it
down c* eh illy in a hunch to en
note i ne binder toll owing after to
Jvnd it! In lew limn ten years
iheso lands yielded 30 bushels of
wheat ]>ur acre, 100 bushels of
corn, and 2$ tons of hay; and t.ie
crrips had paid the expense of improvement
:'while ?t he value, etth
mated at $10/per acre, had advanced
to $60, ami stands to day
at doable thai sum, after large and
profitable crops have been taken
for so tnuny years, at small expense
for ler ilizers.
Another tract, a swamp of sixty*
acres, which I succeeded in urnin*
ing nnd improving, 6oon bore a
heavy crop of timothy, and was
permanently reclaimed, becoming,
from an nnsightly nnd unhealthy
morass, a Veawtit'ul and productive
meadow.
I thank God that I have lived
to 6ee the renovation inaugurated
in those days so general and so
snccesehibwpeciallv in this neighborhood,
aha I fee! a prditd satis
factjun inrhavW W ii?wirtfuirul>l<>
*p>itrt. in t Fire ?*Sr k of Win Mug tS*<T
blades of grass 40 grow wbcrttbut,
pne grew befortf.
opiory recti re pith pleasure to
myfirsf visit to fids neighIsu liaod
in 1847, a visit made at tne inritatior^cf
*few oft hp pi oil $e i s in iti
improvement, who desired jjiq tp
witness 'lW*eflKrct sMhts system
for the restoration of *> worn out
land," then in its infancy, now the
established means of fertility and
wealth- It is a Btntom /. 1IKa?.??i
feeding, in opposition to the plan
of leaving the soil to improve
itaelf. None of these men be
Neted that an application of in a
nine would "fire" the orop, as
mauv did ?t that day, or that star |
i
vatiqn could be cured by leaving
the patient to the vis medicntrivy
naturae.
The first remedial agents were
lime, plaster, ashes, poudrctte,
lione dust and guano, followed by
the employment of all the restorative
resources of an enriched soil,
teeming with production, furnish
ing abundant and nutritious ali
tftent lor herds of thriving cattle,
froth which in turn increased supplies
of fertilisers were obtained;
and at the same time the grasses
and clover, hitherto unknown in
tilt* f/mnlmtono rvf tl.o
I ...V 'Viionini j KIC pimitll! OI
tobacco and corn, were permitted
to slia^de tlie soil from burning
ejiivt1, to ramify it with their peat citing
roots, nrcate it, and fit it for
seizing upon, und storing for use,
plant-food from the air above and
the earth beneath.
With such menije these tnen con
tinned their experiments in renovation,
hauling six horse loads of
fertilisers ten miles over rough
roads fr<>in the line of the Baltimore
and Washington railroad.?
They had tried turning under
green crops without fet tiltzers, but
Tailed because the land was too
t*o<it* to produce the needed material
for green manuring. Intuitu
ciable lire the experiments record
cd in the journals of these gentlemen.
some df which I lia^e been
kindly shown, which could he
quoted to sustain this?invidious
!..??. 1...1 i.:~i
n ai i icu?111 i |?retail re system lor
the restoration of these impoverished
lands. In no case do I hear
o| the failure where the land has
hern properly relieved ot its en
per.ibundant moisture, thoroughly
aerate<l. and liberally manured.
These efforts in Montgomery,
Prince George's, and other conn
lies, re|>ori8 of which a'tracted so
much attention in f lie public prints
of that jteriod, gave the first impulse
which has wrought the mapical
change from ** barren old
fields" to tins beautiful landscape
which now surrounds you?a land
groaning under the harden of ng
ricultural wealth, the fairest per
ti?*ii of your State, and worthy to
rank as an honor to the highest
fertility and the host culture in the
Union. '
Parallel with this cnriolimcnt of
the soil ran the course of improvement
in farm stock. Well do I
re.uetobcr the first exhibition of
my stock, at the Montgomery
County Agricultural Society cattie
show in 1S48, when the president's
scat, was so ably filled by
that noble spirited and cuhivnioH
|{gentleman, Allen Bowie Davis.?
j Here were the ponderous Dprliattis,
the 6-ymmetrical Devons,
with finest of louses and mules,
exhibited; and an i input ha was
{liven to stock breeding which has
left an indelible iin|MCSS upon the
tartn animal# at Maryland, added
to the general wealth and welfare,
and materially aided in the work
of renovating the worn out lands
of the State.
Since that period, and as a direct.
result of ite impelling spirit
of pi ogress, roads have been improved,
new avenues of trade and
traffic have been opened, shortening
the distance to market, and la- I
cditating tlie transportation of products
and the return of fertilizers,
and trade generally enlarged by ,
the increased ability of the farmer
to purchase.
While yon have added depth to
your available soil, have greatly
iucreased its productive capacity,
ameliorating your heavy clays,
draining your low lands, and inakitig
your agriculture mole systematic,
reliable, and profitable, I
press upon your attention the fact
!..? *l.~ ..i.! -* "
in inv iiiimitiiu aims ui progress
have not y et b?-cn reached. While
your experiment Ints sottled the
question of a profitable renovation
of waste lands, and furnished an
example which slmuld be followed
throughout; a million acres of old
fields shall bloom in beauty, and
bear a prolific burden for the sustenance
of animal life, you shout I
still remember that there are new
fluids on which to surmount new
difficulties, and win new triumphs.
Your lamia do not yet yield an
average of 30 bushelsof wheat, nor
i are year soils always snflieiently
^aouiminuted or pprMtly jdraiptd';
may nut have 4n#d the ^expc- I
riment of applying one hundred
doHflpV wortli of tmanure to the
tlfirn. AS liftvn Ilia ti.Kannn
! .? ?? v ?ov ?"iwvvvr^i \/nci t
and onhsi-raiders jpf t|i# popnecticut
Valley and Rhode Island, to
their very great |>^yiit yogi* rotations
may hot always bo arranged
I wj^li -%h(heami exactness to the peculiar
capacity ana condition of
the several sections of your tarms;
and you have yet to intrpdifce
| steam as a cheap and efficient
| agent in the proms of tillage, and
! in the various mechanical operations
of the farm. These works of
progress must be manfully encountered,
and X predict that uew lessons
in rural economyandagricul
turn! thrift will bo taught by the
farmers of this county.
Tour example is of inestimable
vnluc to the Southern States, alive
as they are to day with agricultural
nctivfty, mental and muscular,
and earnest in efforts to adapt their
husbandry to the new circurn
stances which imperatively demand
change in modes ana processes,
in variety of croDs and in
crease of industries, and especially
in adopting labor-saving expedients
and machines, and acquiring
the mastery of ihe science of farm
improvements and renovation. No
longer should the planter bo migratory,
wasting field af;er field,
and seeking new soils to devastate.
Recuperation must take the place
of destruction, and convenient thrni
buildings, road?, and other itnprovements
will follow, and serve
I to foster local attachments and love
J of iioine, and to increase the general
wealth and advance refinement,
and promote the highest
type of civilization.
Using their advantage of cli
mate and 6oil, of diversifying agI
ricultural industry, tho South may
I vet nrodllCA tllt? vnlnn nf O
4 VI U BIIIIIUIVU
million dollars, now imported, and
iucreoso the industries of the country,
the estimated value of which
it would be impossible now to
compute.
Our nation is entering: upon a
new era. With immigration, it is
daily becoming more a necessity
of our condition that new industries
should be inaugurated, an 1
new products grown, now pro*
cesses of utilization attesnpted.
We are paying tens of millions
of dollars annually for fibers, oils,
fruits, and other aliments, medicines
and dyc6, which can readily
be produced here, thus keeping
our treasure at home, and giving
rural labor a variety and range
which will serve Iretter than trades
unions or any expedients of combination
to keep tip the price and
improve tho condition of the labor
cr. not alone the laborer upon the
farm, but the worker in all the arts
of mechanism and fabrication.
It is my earnest desire and deliberate
purpose, in my official capacity,
and through the Department
of the government over which
I have been called to preside, to
co operate with yon, and with tho
friends of rural progress everywhere,
in all efforts tending to the
advancement of a scientific, systematic,
rational and practical system
of agriculture, suited to our
peculiar wants and circumstances.
The Department of Agriculture
is establishing relations with all or
^iimzcu representatives of Agriculture,
whether governmental or
otherwise, making exchanges of
seeds, plants, and publications ; it
is searching through the world for
new and valuable plants to acclimatize,
new varieties of cereals to
test, and, when proved valuable,
to distribute. It is stated on competent
local authority that hundreds
of thousands of bushels of
oats are now grown in a single
Western State from seed distributed
a few years ag.?, greatly excelling
the common seed in productiveness
and in quality. Similar
facts, showing an increase of millions
of dollars in the production'
of the country, through the direct
agency of tho Department, are til!
ed in its archives.
The Department embraces in its
.work the collection and dissemina
tion of statistics and practical in
formation ; chemical analyses of
whatever will throw new light upon
the mooted questions of pro
gressivc agriculture; experimental
horticulture, with illustrations of
landscape gardening and rural
I adornment; cntomoloirv. with its
myriad forms of lite, cither favorable
or inimical to vegetation ; hotany,
with a continental field but
partially worked, and promising
rich rewards. These and other
objects of e'Tort are ever before ns,
and I believe our working corps
are not entirely devoid of appreciaI
tiun of the importance of efficient
service, and are making a good degree
of progress in the great work.
In conclusion, allow me to exI
press the pleasure I feel in greetmg
again my old friends; in witj
uessiug the evidence of your skill
and industry, your tasto and judgment,
your comfortable houses and
yonr improving farms. Yon have
made a desert to bloom as a rose ;
you have caused much grass to
grow where literally none grew
before, and oro therefore doubly
mi/! ?i?i- i 1
?.m |<vviumi ly iraiivinccir^. continue
to advance; take no step
backward ; and tnrn not your
backs, yon or your children, on so
honorable a pursuit, so healthy,
and go .conducive to virtue and
true comfort, as that by which you
have already wrought results so
beneficial and so substantial.
Always founi wanting?beg
Fium tbe N. Y. Commercial Path-Finder.
Something about the Manufacture
of Amerioan Piano Forte*,
TTt/A a Sketch of a Represents
live House in this Branch of
Manufacturers..
The raj id increase, both in Enrope
and America, within a few
years, in the number of pianofortes,
in proportion to the population,
is apparent to almost every
one, within the limited sphere of
his own observation?a fact which
doc9 not apply to any other instru
..4 W. !J ' -
ii.tin. j^viui'iice oi iins adaptation
of llic piano to the wants of
the community id also found iti the
large proportion of piano music
now to be lound on the shelves of
music dealers everywhere, and in
the great number of persons who
obtain support by teaching the use
of the instrument. Ihe amusements
of a people change with its
advance in civilization; and this
general tendency to transplant to
the home circle those enjoyments
which formerly could only be indulged
abroad, is an evidence of
progress.
The piano-fwte originated in
Germany, early in the last century.
The ample fortunes and high renntn
n/>nniror1 Kt.
g..v?v^?u?u ui /JUI I pi, lyieinenu,
irkman, and others, in England,
by Silbenuan, in Germany, and
the Erards, in Paris, were tlie
fruits of successive improvements
and excellence in the manufacture
of the piano forte. Many improvements
have been made in the
plan) 6incc the Great Exhibition
in London in 1851, when 173 instruments,
shown by 101 exhibitors
from different countries, afforded
an opportunity lor comparison
and stimulated improvement.
Certain American manufacturers
now produce instruments which
flic best performers acknowledged
to be equal in all respects to those
of any European piano tnakors;
in fact, the most competent European
judges pronounce American
square pianos tar superior to the
best instruments made in anv other
country, in both power and tone.
One of the most excellent is a
piano forte made by the Decker
brothers, whose warehouse is at
33 Union Square, between ICth
and 17>h streets.
The instrument* nt tbia
have Acquired great distinction,
and some statement regarding their
establishment will not l>e without
interest to the trade and the public
generally. The linn of Decker
Brothers commenced the manufacture
of piano-fortes in Varick street,
in this city, in June, 1SG2. In
the brief space of two years, their
business exhibted a sudden and
remarkable increase, attributed, in
a great degree, to the uniform excellence
of their workmanship, but
more particularly to an improvement
invented by Decker Broth
crs, and patented June 2, 18G3'Die
better to explain this improvement,
we will liere state that
in order to sustain the enormous
tensional strain of the heavy
strings used in these instruments,
and to keep them in tunc, manufacturers
construct them with the
tull iron plate. This plate causes
the bearings of the strings at one
end of the piano to overlap the
iron plate, and this contact deprives
the strings ot much of their
musical quality, and jrives them a
harsh, wiry tone. This d Is Agreeable
effect lias been obviated by Hie
patented Decker Brothers improvement
in tlio construction of
the iron plate, which brings all the
attachments of the strings to the
tuning-pins njion wooden bearings,
and also brings these attachments
so much nearer to the tuning
block as greatly to reduce the
strain upon the pins. JLNot only
by these means is the tone of the
piano materially improved, but it
remains much longer in tune, the
tuning is more easily accomplished,
and the instrument gains large
ly in strength.
The merits of tho Decker Brothers
Patent Piano Forte may be
briefly summed up thus : ExtraorA'
-- 1 * -
(imiii"v voiuine 01 tone ; evenness
throughout the scale; excellent
singing quality ; richness and brilliancy
; superb action ; and power
of standing in tune much longer
than any piano ever before made.
Conscious of having acquired a
valuablo reputation, the Decker
Brothers are vigilant to sustain it,
and therefore they never allow a
piano to pass out of their inanufac
tory unless it possesses all of the
merits above mentioned.
Their Factory is a four-story
uuiiuiii^) vvvuiing iuii iuih uii otlll
and 35th b1 reels, and is as perfectly
adapted for the purposes of this
business as experience and forethought
could devise. The machinery,
tools, etc., are of the ..est
and most modern descriptions. It
is well known to artisans in the
business, and it easily susceptible
of proof, tkat the proprietors pay
higher wages to their workmen
than any other pianoforte manit
iactnrers?a fact wliich is a good
gnarnntee in itself that they obtain
and secure the most expert workmen.
Tliev have. IndwH ttm v?.
ry best workmen In the city, numbering
about 100 in the various
departments. Those of thcin who
have the most important work to
execute upon the piano have been
With them for years.
We have seen numerous testimonials
from distinguished artists,
and from the press of New York
and other cities, highly extolling
the superior excellences ot the
Decker Brothers Patent PianoForte,
while the public journals,
which have given the weight ot
their testimony in praise of the
Decker Brothers Pianos, include
the Musical Ilevimr "W V T.-;.
bune, WatsonV Art Journal, American
Artisan, N. Y. Independent,
N. Y. World, N. Y. Staats Zeitung,
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper,
N. Y. Criminal Zeitung,
and a great many others in various
sections of the country.
-< ? ? ~
Vroni itie Utnli Oofprl.
A Utah Tragedy.
M isa Laura Claire, the beautifu]
daughter of Professor Ignnz Claire,
the astronomer, has, it lias been well
known for some time, been engaged
to Mr. Alfred Vivian, the
young writer, author of "Ilell
and Heaven, which will yon have?"
"Think and Repent," " Prayers
for the Sinners" and other beanti
t'ul tracts which have given him
quite a reputation; but for some
reason or other, it has been suspected
that there was a coolness
ocixvecn them. Still, Miss Claire
lov?d him devotedly, and the preparations
for the wedding were going
on. In the meanwhile, Air.
Joseph Morton, a young gent of this
city, had fallen desperately in love
with Miss Claire, and refused to
be denied admittance to the house,
although Professor Claire had several
times ordered him out. lie,
when treated thus, declared mys
tor ion sly, that ho knew certain secrets
about Miss Claire, and if she
did not marry him, he would repeat
them.
lie demanded to sec her alone.
This she finally consented to, and
after a long interview he departed,
stating he would return the next
day. To this she smiled, and said,
" Yes, I shall always be glad to see
you." These words were repeated
1>y one of the servants to Mr.
Vivian when lie came that even*
ing, and he asked liis affiance what
the)' meant. She said, "Nothing."
lie remained silent. A tier a while
he said, " Do you love this Morton
?" Aliss Claire laughed and
said, " Don't he a fool, Alfred."?
"Then you refuse to answerV he
saict. fclie frowned. 44 You know
I love you," she answered?44 and
if you ask u.e any more silly
questions, I shall be angry." Mr.
Vivian left shortly alter, appearing
much displeased. The next morning
Mr. Morton came. The servants
noticed that Miss Claire was
deadly pale, but she received him
quite cordially. 44 You must have
some wine," she said. 44 Of
course," lie replied, 44 with you."
lie took a glass and drank it.?
Shortly after he departed, but before
lie had walked three blocks
lie fell to the ground, and was
picked up?dead! A post mor
tein revealed that be had been
poisoned.
Miss Claire was arrested. She
sent for Vivian. 44 Do you believe
ine guilty f" she asked. 441 have
nothing to say," he replied. 441
am, and have been for a month,
engaged to be married to a gay
lady in this city, audit is not right
that I should bo seen with you."
The nnfoitunate young lady utter
ed a piercing scream. 44 Oh, A1
lied," she shrieked, 441 did it for
your sake?I loved you?he could
have prevented our inarriago?oh,
Alfred, do not desert me?save
me?save ine!" Mr. Vivian tore
himself nwnj\ and would have
quitted the cell, when Mies Claire
placed herself, with her l>ack
against t he door?44 Look," she said,
and before he could prevent it,
she had diawn a dagger, and.
stabbing herself, fell dying at his
feet. 441 forgi vo you?1 love you,"
she murmured, and her eyes closed
forever. The affair has created
I the greatest excitement in the
city.
A mother at Schenectady, N.
Y., wan alarmed, a few nights ago,
by finding a large black eat sucking
the breath of her child. The
little one was quite feeble when it
was awakened, and may not recover.
" Rkmkmiikr who yon are talking
to, sir," said an indignant
parent to a facetious boy; 44 1 am
your father, sir 1" "Well, and
who's to blame for that)" raid
young impertinence, " taint me!'
The Doll Ox.
It is n common notion that oxen
are rather stupid animals. But
tho Gloucester Advertiser tells of
of an old ox, which belongs to the
Grant c Company down there,
which certainly is not a very dull
animal; mid should bo classed
with the horses and even the dogs
for sagacity and reasoning faculties.
It is the occasion which develops
the man, and so, clearly,
it is with animals. It seems that,
| of a voke of old oxen which had |
nmg oorne tho heat and burden of
the Granite Company's work, one
1 had l?ecome too lamo for further
usefulness; and in consideration
of past faithful services, the twain
were innde emeritus oxen of the
company w hich the}* had so long
served, and were turned out to
grass. A few days since, the lame
ox was seen limping toward the
blacksmith's shop where he had
been often shod, and making his
way into the shop, he took his
placo in the shoeing frame, and |
hold up his crippled toot to the
curious smith, who watched his
singular movements. As this,
though passing strange, was very
intc'ligible language to the black-1
! 6mitli, he immediately examined
the foot, and to his great satisfaction
and joy of the animal, discovered
the 6ecret of the lameness
and the significance* of the animal's
intelligent actions: A small stone
had got crowded under tho 6hoc,
and pressed on the foot in n ?-nv
to produce the lameness. The
stone was removed, and the nniinal
was sent away, no douht rejoicing
in his ox heart that there was at
least one man who could understand
the ox language sifficently
well to relieve ox suffering.
Philosophers may call this instinct,
or what they will; we call
it reasoning?pood, clear, satisfactory,
shrewd, syllogistic reasoning
?from cause to effect?from premise
to conclusion.
[Boston Keening Traveler.
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A Story of General lee.
Apropos to one of the current
topics of the day, the New York
Commercial relates an anecdote
illustrative of the fun loving element
of General Lee's character :
The incident occurred a lew
years before t e outbreak of the
war. Among the most frequent
visitors at the mansion on Arlington
Heights were the Fairfaxes of
Alexandria. Mrs. Fairfax \fras
one of the General's particular favorites,
and the attract) ns of her
society were not least among the
other inducements that tempted
him so often from Arlington to
Alexandria. One cold December
morning, while riding through the
streets of that most delectable sct?
tlcment, he espied Mrs.* F. approaching
from the direction lit
which he was going. A tew 1110
mcnts later fie had dismounted
and engaged her in conversation.
The lady had armed herself against
the inclemency of the weather by
carrying a white muff, with which
she relieved the tendency of her
nose to assume a to > b illiant pink,
by pressing it cve-y few moments
to that frost beleagnred organ. In
doing this many of the hairs came
ofT u|>on her veil, a fact which the
General noticed, but did not refer
to until he saw a friend turning an
adjacent corner and coining that
way, who was somewhat notorious
as a quiz. Speaking hurriedly, in
at) altered tone of voice, and with
an affected air of ti oxidation, he
Turned to Mrs. Fairfax and said :
My dear madam, here comes
Judge . Do permit me to
remove thoso hairs from your veil
At At 1
? uuy re me same coior as my i
beard I"*
? B^NKS
AND ItKICCKIN RIDOF..?
General Breckinridge and General
Banks met the oilier day at tho
Burnet IlouRe, in Cincinnati. The
two had not met for ten years.
They were young members of
Congress together fifteen years ago.
The? nro old friends. One wore
the blue, the other the gray. Both
were leaders in the great civil war,
but on opposing sides. Tiicy met
after all the vicissitudes of the last
decade cordially, and Banks is
now at Lexington, the guest of
Breckinridge. The illustration is
as pleasant as it is instructive, and
ought to show the red hot clinps
that there is not -nearly so much
fire and brimstone among sensible
Smople as they think. General
3anks is a most amiable and accomplished
man end a most liberal
politician.
[ Louisville Courier-Journal.
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Worth Knowing.?An exchange 1
sayB*: Housewives who are annoyed
with muddy water on wa-li
day, might do well lo remember
that a piece ot alum as large as a
walnut will clear, as bright as a
crystal, a whole hogs head of turbid
water.
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Fatal Affray in Lanrefif ? Sens*"
tiosal Report*.
Private letters received in this
city, yesterday, from Newberry,
state that a difficulty occurred in
Laurens, ou Thursday, while inem*
beis of tho State Constabulary
were attempting to arrest a Tenncssecan.
Shots were exchanged,
and it is rumored that the two eon*
stables were killed and ot'ier par*
tics wounded?Joe Crews among
them. There are many minors
afloat, and much excitement. Several
colored persons, \Vho had df*
rived in Newberry, report that
four of their race had been killed.
Tlio conductor of the freight
train, which left Newberry at 4
o'clock, reports -tlmt n crank car
had arrived in Helena from Laureus,
with young Crews aboard,
who asserted that one white and
four colored men had been killed,
and that his father had disappeared.
Constable Ilubbard has been
turnisbed with the following inforntation
by one of his deputies:
" About half-past 11 o'clock, on
Thursday, a party of about 100
armed men proceeded to the residence
of Mr. Jos. Crews, in Lauren',
where a number of arms belonging
to the colored militia wore
deposited, and carried them off.
Deputy Constables Tyler and Kalo,
who were in charge, were killed/
It is reported that Volney Par rot f,
another deputy, was wounded.
Deputy Constable F. D. Lebcy is
said to have been bung on the roadside.
Crews ran off, but was pursued.
The ftrms vrorn noiTin/t nff "
[Phccnix, 22d.
Dr Chalmers' Daughter.
In one of the alleys running off
from Fountain Bridge, Edinburgh,
street crowded with drunkenness
and pollution, is the low-roofed
building in which this good woman
is spending her life to help
fnon and women out of their miseries.
Her chief work is with
drunkards, their wives and daughters.
Some of the poor women of
the neighborhood who havo sober
husbands complain against her,
saying: " Why do 3011 pass us?
Becnuso our husbands are good,
you do not care tor us. If we bad
married 6onio worthless sot, you
would then have taken care ot us
in our poverty !"
In the winter, when the nights
are long and cold, yon may see
Helen Chalmers with her lantern
going though the lanes of the
city, hunting up the depraved, and
bringing them out to her re*
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ivi 111 imwuu^a* lllMUl ncr uu
they? JVever\ Tliey would as
soon tliink of pelting an angel of
God. Fearless and strong in the
righteousness of her work, she goes
up to a group of intoxicated men,
shakes hands with them, and takes
them along to hear the Thursdaynight
speech on temperance.
One night, as she was standing
in a low tenement, talking with
the intemperate father and persuading
him to a better life, a man
kept walking up nnd down the
room, as though uninterested in
what was 6aid ; but finally, in bis
iutoxication, staggered up to her
and remarked : 441 shall get to
heaven as easy as yon will : do
you not. think so?" Helen ann
swered not a word, but openod
her Bible, and pointed to a passage
: 44 No drunkard shall inherit
the kingdom of God." The
arrow struck between the joints
of the harness, nnd that little
piece of Christnin stratagem ended
in the maids reformation.
Lliev T. V. Witt Taim age.
To Ctrt.e a Doo from Sucking
Ecas.? iMr. G. NV. Jefferson can
effect ully cure his dog from sucking
eggs in tlie following manner :
Take an egg, punch a hole in it
large enough to admit tho little
blade of a knife, and put in
through the hole as much tartar
emetic as he can pile on a dimo
niece, and give to his dog, or put
in a convenienr place where he
can iind it. Repeat three or
four time* within ten days or two
weeks. I have had a good many
suck egg hounds to contend with,
and have never failed to effect a
speedy and permanent enre with
the above remedy.
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The Tribune's summing up of
the census returns of >?etr York
city, all but seven districts being
official, makes a total of 930,000.
This is about fifty thousand larger
than the previous computation*
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and will not be. in excess ot the
Marshal's official report.
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The census takers thoronghont
tbe country, in comparing notes,
find that the highest Age Attained
bv unmarried women is 26 years,
licrctotore it used to be 23. It is
well to have the time definitely
I fixed when women cense to grow
I older.