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THE UOUllY XKWS, livery Saturday llDraiiiK ' T W. BEATY, Editor. l iatMS : Oxb Ykau, $2.00 j Six Months, $1.00 | All coiniHunU nlioiis temllim-to nerve pi'lviito iiMcicst, will he cliiti'^iwl for atl\cii iscnii'iitv, II Nil aw ??? I ?? I I ??? JOHN SMITH. John Adderson, my .Jo .John, ye were my first acquaint," r l> i' as for b i mly Joliti, I tell you, sir, ? you aim! There's that prmTnis little John who sat forI over in a corner, Whose mother was a mystery, whose father was a llorner. Ami there's the .John that built the house to hohl the famous sackAmi that hero of our childish days, tho giantkiller Jack And the old John l-aekland, ho who signed the Mossed Magna Cliarta. fli.l ?'l?. ' :? ? " ' --- ?? ?iw ocvuiij om uiu uown, descensus followed arter. -And good I'rinco John, the gentle one, and tlie stern, unflinching Knox, dolm Doe whos* lights with mythic Dick till England's jury box. And lie that ii< poetic mood (one Milton) did attain Croat fame, (or losing l'aradisc and getting it ! again! Dot of all the Johns since days of Noah, the w >rl ) has ever k i?w;?, Dor infmile variety John Smith must stand : alone. l'or he is tall, and he is short, and he is black ' and white, And he is now tin; first to run, and now the first to light. And he's a Darned sage, and a simple instic clown, And you may fl ul him any day in any street in town ? llis wives are legion, and his creeds so numerous have become, You'll I'm 1 his name in every church, as one to lean upon. K.iv hovos.iifliov ? i?- In'.' . ....... known, And M:s. Smith, in simple Ihet, says nhc\* thek only urn! Yet all these contradictions, as dark as they appear, Shoal I you know this hydra-headed man, , would be as dnyl'ghfc clear. M. I). T. vm ujwwtwwtyjpj Capture;! by Telegraph, l)urinj- tin; winter of 18GS>, I was] employed a< night operator in the railroad ulliee at 1.) , Iowa. I'lie principal roa 1 Wot ween Chicago and Omaha t utis through 0 , atid the great irregular night trains, and constant collision resulting therefrom, rendering the position of night operator by no means an easy one. It may be well to mention here, as necessary to the lollowing story ? that besides the railroad ollice, there was also at I) a business otlice ol the Union Company. This we always spoke of as the ''clown town ollice." One stormy night, not far from <lc\i'ii o'cloc k, 1 sal at my desk ? and j ior a wonder idle. The wires had 1 not called lor some time, and I j was leaning hack in my chair listening to the \% iinl outside and reflecting upon the loneliness of my situation. The eastern train had crossed the river j more than an hour ago; all the ellieials had gone off home, and so far as J I knew 1 was entirely alone in tho vast building. f inally, tired of thinking, I picked op the evening paper and glanced listlessly over its columns. Among other things 1 read the detailed account <>1 a learlnl tragedy that had occurred titty miles up the river on the previous night. Three raltsinen, well known as desperate characters in that vicinity, had entered the cot ago of one .Mathews, a tanner living in an isolated spot?had butchered the farmer )and his children, terribly maltreated his wife, and then departed as they came, having taken with them whatever plunder was handy. What interested me most was a lull description, , lor Kienliticat'on, o( the villainous ; trio, Tim Lynch, Here it is; < "?300 reward will be pud for information leading to the capture, dead or , alive, of Tim Lynch, the ringleader of , t I. j ? \ f *i \ It ? \l' u f ! i? m 1 t9 I .V" 111 11 i u <a ?m. I ? ,.v ..-..VX, - .. . , . M.J ..V,.. j I inarkably largo man, six loot lour inches in height. Eyes greenish gray, i with a deep sear over the right one. | Hair wiry black, and beard of Ramo | color. When last seen ho was dres-/i sod in Black Kossuth hat, faded army ] overcoat, pants ot gray jean, and hea- , vy hoots. The above reward will he ) >paid to any one lurnishing positive in- | formation ol his whereabouts." j (skiskd) Sheiill" County. t At the very first instant I finished reading the advertisement, there occurrod the most remarkable coinei- I <b'iice that lias ever came under my e ? observation. I heard a heavy tread I on the stairs, and there entered?Tim <'* LynchJ The moment I set eyes upon c him I recognized him as perfectly as t though I had known him all his life, t The army overcoat, and gray pants a tucked into the heavy boots, tne mas- < eive frame and shoulders, tho slouch- * ed hat pulled down over his right oyo v to conceal?I was sure?'tho soar, v above, a desperate hunted look in bis tiorbiding cguutenanco?all wwo not o HOI VOL.7. COX to bo mistaken. I wa* > as certain ol bis itientity as thomjb bo had pa.led otV bis bat t ? show I ho soar, an 1 told ino bis name. rn .1 * T 4 1 I io say mil i was noi luaniivn ai this sudden and iinwel o nr intrusion would be untrue. I am not a bravo man, and my present situation, alone with a hunt?'d murdcrci , was by no means reassuring. My mart beat violently, but. Irom move lorce of habit I arose and asked him to bo soate.l. While he tinned to comply 1 succeeded in conquering my a jitu i >n t > some extent, lie drew a chair noisily torward, and sitting down threw open his coat displaying hy so doing a heavy navy revolver stuck in ins b it. Then he lived his mouth of a q inntity of tobacco juice, and spoke: ' Voting lV*l 1 ur,"'* he said, m >tionin< ing with his head toward t!ic bal'my, "Lliet tliar nieshcen is what year cab a telegram, I K'pose?" "Well,' I answered with a faint smile, intended to !>< conciliatory, "that's what we scud telegram-* by. ' "Wal, t want you t > s-, ud a message to a frind o'mine out in t'oluu-. 1 tell von alorch itnl I haul, got no collateral. Hut I kii .lor guess you' 1 better trust me young i'rlh-rd (lime he laid his hand signiheantiv on ins lu ll.) "LMl fetch it ter-nioirow ei it's convenient." I hastened to say that tin- eharg" could just as well he paid at tin; other end by his friend. "Umph! Hartley little you'il ;.p t o' Ji:u J reeon. II >wsumdever, | ceed.' ' What is the message, and to whom is it to go?' <ll want you to teli Jim relieve, <d Colioo, that the bull <pnt. here las'1 night and tiler sheep'll he close 0:1 his heels." As he delivered this sentence he looked at me as it he expected me in he 111 vslilied. 1 >^rt I thought it h not to appear so, and i said ear. ,.v> ly: <kI suppose voti are a dealer in stm k and this is your partner';' Ah, sir t.ic telegraph In-lps you lellous out ?d many a sinrp b irgain.' "Va'as,' he answere 1, slowly, evi dently ['leased with the way I took it. l'Va'as, that's 'am. 1 m sendm1 down a lot o' stoi k. lioughl it d11^' cheap over in tieiwsee, yistcrday. I' 111 y lot as over yon see. 1 turned to my ins! rumen l. What was to bo do inV u its was .? railroad o'Hce, wo olien sent bu>iue.-s messages; and i: 1 did as iimi >1 now i should probably gel rid <>l iny u:iwelcome Visitor wiUioui. lur'Jier trouble. IJul in the short conversation with is i in I had somewhat recovered Iimhi iiiv lirst alarm, anil I now conceived i,n idea o}' attempting the capmre oi Tuti Lynch. 1 was only a pour salarii. 1 op'-ritor, trying to save eriongn to in ir. ?. in the spring. Five hundred dod.ii-> woul t do nio a great deal oi good j ;st n <\\ ? to say nothing ol too cclnl <>t i thing, But how was it. to bo accomplished? Here i was alone in the depot with a man big enough u> whip his wel'dtt in s ich in a us , w is st-cer ul umi'H over. Any attempt to secure l)im .singlehnmted was mh to |>e thought Oh iMil ootii i 1 not, excuse lnysclt, ami going out last en i ;:;i m: Noj well I knew trom i;ic disi ru.-tlui look in his lace lliaL any pi <>j? >t.j.I ni mine, to leave the room uould In; ??crcmtoi'ily objected to L-y him. What th#n? Why, simply this: J. won! 1 telegraph t<> the. oown-luv, a sea; ion. i>ni alas! 1 hat very day tin; connection between the two oliices hud icon cut lor repairs. It was seldom used at any lime ot course. IJui what ol tlnti' It wan only a cpiesiion ot a lew seconds inoro time. Ail these thoughts went through my mind w it.) tnc mpidny ol lighting as 1 went to the battery. Lynch regarded mu Irom tin- ? orm i ol his nno eovered eye wish a suspicion that I made mo shake in my shoes. As 1 sal, down he arose and came to my side. ; ' Look a here, ymtng teller,' he in-ued in my ear, and ins breath was sick- j ning with the tunics ot lienor, "perhaps you mean la.r enough ?I hope ye d<>, tor yer own sake, ihit, L don't understate about these lollygrams, and r . - ? _ . ! I __ - I * ^ .1 i . I J!si. will)i to ten ^ e uiai ^ei <i m iter I bo squarior by the lv-.-rn.tl G,n;! el you go back on nic, i ii .-.icn'li ) 1 on .his yere iloor us stilt'aa ever 1 did a | jiari yit!* and 1 leiL the cold m . ot lis revolver on mv cheek. J'crhaps ny voice trembled a little, btft 1 a.i-t mil unmoved in my resolution, an 1 epliod: 'Never fear, fcir; i'il tell him ail ibout the siook.' ilo iniiili'ivti some ,hing to himself, ami ntiil remained itanding over ir.e. You liave beard perhaps how much diameter and expression a tolegrapn I operator can put into Ills louen. v\ ny hero were dozens oi ddiercui opeiaors communicating wiin our oiiiee, iiui I Could tell in the liiM.tnt, witn nt ever making i mistake, wiio i\ was ignalliug. You could toll ii a man ras nervous from Ins telegraphing a.veil ah you could lioni his hand writiig. The call that 1 sent lnirringly rosu tho Sum w Ooauoii(f Ui:t\ must jL ! , ; 13 TJ"V 3lv 1 .A 11 1 11< 1( ? p? ' way no no, s. o.. mmmnt r?CT. .-o*. i wri>m%?><i(i\uMfii >w < t ,, IIlWJII have rung ni"". lit" i'i:s i*t tno operator like a shriek. ft. .Ire t/oit fit. rr/ ' was what I ibkc!, ami almost instantly oante back amply in the allirniativo. Tlton with a trembling band I rattled o'Viny tnosi Rage: '"/ 'or tie /<;?'(' 11/ (I i/rtijt/i fo j our rfo.ru tow si ofict\ (if osier.. '/'ell j than licit /Int. Lynch ixioithhi two feet of mey <it(d lint/ mux? s>.nrf Iirlp.' A short pause, as though my mosi sage occasioned soino surprise, ami thru came the response, ''. 1 // rlr/ht." which assured mo 1 need not repeat. "\Y'a 1,' growled the deep vice ol Lym il, ''are yon going to send tnv ! message?' ' I have setit it sir.' j '*\\ hat! does all that lioktn' moan ; what i told you?' 'A is, and it you will wait If ft eon or : twenty minutes, you'll get an answer.' "\\ al, 1 donno as 1 want an answer, dim he'll nnderstan' it's all right. "1 hit I'll tell you soon whether he's there or not. Sn down.' So Lynch reluotau'!* took a seat, looking around at the doors and windows once in a while in an cev wav. 1 was determined now to lake h in al j anv cost ; ami 1 v? rilv Iulievn ! shonM have ]?!:ii.itr?l mvscil in his jtalh had ho - insisted uiM.ii onino now. ' link, link, link, link!' the hat lory called nut, all.I 1 lisleutd 1 > tin* ntcs] sa.M'n. 4'Koep emu. (lu.i d has <.n>ne J !nc i hc jmifci*,1 -"id raa;.m it was, wasn't i!? Thai I should su there ami laik J l lir<.nii.'h t.u iiuti In*.I ami lil'iy miles ' m| h|>a?a: uiili a man not hull' a mile i I'min inc. " \Y lull's I hat sinu'viV;' inquired uiv J companion, as t!m l ink:n cnavil; ami I roj?! ;nt I !>;11 I ho clerk a I ?In >e It id j ist ivi' (I !. i.iVllw in ] ?iiii.1 it mil J lit* \v:is s; 11 i > 1 i i ?1 :t!: I sett If.I baek in i hisehnir, where he s at in sullen silence, ! his j a ws '?i11uc ii|? and down as lie e iiew. <1 in ? ivt't'i!. o, 11 ?\v .slow i v t he mi ii n t es c r mi on. i I he s isjH'sru \N ;|ji tenable* I sal iiinl i waiclii'ti i lie- minute hand o( tins eloek, ami live minutes s.-emed as many t months. 3'y companion seemed mr: viiijs loo. lie mo? td uneasy in his chair. "Ain't it about line.' ye beared from l J : n?' he asked. "We shall u'et word from liim m n ' lew moment snow,' I an we red, ami I oil 'to w ?11- i i i u o il\e e he: k nyiin. I'lvo i minutes more passed. Lyne.n jjjol nj> and bc??an |ciciu;!j to and Iro across ; I lie room. ,i\.i lciieth lie paused an I i said: "1 don't believe I'll wait any lotpo r. j i \*e out. to see a man d i v n at tun I 'enn I sylvania iloiise, and he'ii he in bed i. I i , l don l oet t tar preu y soots. "iloid on a moupMit and I'll s- e what j they re u j ? to,' i e i led Ii a -t? I v, a 11 I 1 I touched tin' key no'llil. ".Make liable, I shall lose him it you do not Not a j moment to sj>ar , was my message, j and s'rai jdit a ay e.une the reply, siioit i hut encouraging. "A M[ iad oi police stalled tor the j dejsol li\ e miuuii's aoo/ Thank lleav! en! They oin_?ht to be hear now. i j inoked at Lyneh a ml I ho uo-ht ,,j the i ii ve h und red loI lars. 'Aval, what.s lira word?'he growled ' i 111 i a I i t 111 I v. out- friend is coming,' I said, lor ' want a In*Hit reply. kkl '<'it.!:?*! oninm *! Wliar?' "(Joining In ill" oflioc Hi < 'ohuo. fit probably lias an uiisuci' *?.>r \ mi. "An answer lor nmV Jim 1'oiler.*? \\ hat siioul'l In' an >wi'!' lor?' Lynch, j Stood in .-In jiitl thought lor a m niiciil a ml limn lu; looked at. mo witii a dam gc itins light in his eve. "Look a 111 ro, young to!lor,' he orie l, i "i!. s private opinion y on 're i \ in' to me i And ot ye are*? hero l.e ulierrd a horn* j ido oaih-1M? out yer skulkin In-ai l nit. i don't kno.v anything 'boat that j thar inasheon, hat 1 svvar Jim Fillers hain't got noilon' to answer. More 1 likely he'd git n ji and seal lor v? lion he heer. 11 that mess 'go.' lie stood glaring at ino as In; uttered 1 these words, his h oid on his revolver, I eanol aeooitni lor ii. 1 remarked, I am a liinid man i>y nature, lbr t.us action only made mo b?lder. Kverv-j Ihnig depended upon keeping him a lew seconds longer. 11 most tie done at any oo.-t. i ineo a imw plan. k> \N hat do you mean, sioV' 1 shrilled ' rising, ,kl?y coining into this olliee and talking iii that si vie? I )o you t hink | i il endure uV Leave this room ai j once sir, or I'll? 'and i ad vanoed t hreat : oniiio|y toward him. .My unexpected j at tit ude seemed t?> amuse him more, than any tiling else, but, it silenced his I suspicions. lie put Ins hands in hi* j pockets and delivered a loud laugh in my lace, "SV il, vyal my bnttum, ye needn't git so caiit.uiK I'niis, Whoti thougm such a lilt It! Oli'tche* its yoll 11; i (i SUl'l) s, link? 1 i aw! Iiaw! iia w! \V iiy, i could j cut w y?: up 'iiioiit uiaki.i' two hius 01 >l\ "Weil sir,' I said, slill appearently .liiiiio'liiii-tl, "i*iiIn.'r sit ii ?w 11 ami hold ) our tongue, or e I ^e If.ivc the olL'ce.' au-l In; gotm! ii iLuri'tlly eoiiij lied. O lOe iil'Uu Wl* rt CJV : t Lli.g lislluing to the licking :it the minutes dr:tgg"d 1 their slow length along. Would hc.p never come. Three iniuuics more. Great Heavens! The suspense was be- . W ? ^ ^ " jk lout .loiii'iial. SATUKDAY MAY 1c??ini?iuj iiitoli'i'iiIde, I iuu>t to too i stair ami listen it I die for it. I arose and took a step towards llm door, lull a voice stoj p-'d tuo. "lloMl shouted I. y tieli, standi11 / upright, all his suspicions aroused otic more; uyc can't <ljo out ??i that door afore mo, couio back hero!' "Si 11' "I'oiuu back here or by the Ktcrnal ?'and the pistol muzzle looked mo in the face, lie stood no;v half turned from the door and I was 1 icin^ it. Slowly, without a particle of noise, 1 [saw the knob turn and a face under a blue cap peep in. Thank (iod! help iiad come. I telt a joy un< ontrollnble ooine over me. I must keep the murder's alt out ion an instant louder till some one could spring upon him from (behind. 1 walked straight up to him, I but his quick ear c up/In a movement I behind. As he tunic I with an oa'h I ! spruits/ upon him, an 1 bote down his * a i ins just a> ilie i ? vol vi-r went, oil, i he hill burying sl*e!l harmlessly in the ! !l >or. Uelore ho couid tree Jnmseil ! from my ynep, half a dozen o lieer> were upon iuat and he w.is quickly scour, d. 'The noxl uioruino the papers were 111hd with "lowin</ accounts of the I capt uic of the hiiirdeia r, and praises of I hiy nHiilui i. Tiie principal luissuess 1 nit n o! tin' town made up a purse oi : five hundred doth: rs and presented ii j iy nie; ami this, wiih the reward that I was paid me the following week, eni allied iii*? to yet married at t hrisi 111 as, I oil I inido !' sit the lemeinhrauee <>| that h *11 hour 1 spent alone with Ton | L\ ueh; ami 1 don't 'hink one thousand j dollars would te up', me L ? ??o tin oneh ( it a?*ain. - ?r - 1 1 ?? !Yu Tim- >i i>. msi .i.l.i Ura-s 11 uy (<? (!io Aero. Oiil.sMn of the suUjeel Uy w hi.-h tlio I vlramjf. r \va< impressoU <luiiit<r the ret rent in otin;4 ol i in; National liranoe, in ' 'h ii lc-i'.a, there was one wiiirh i.'Hr.tj?o?l i In' m'm r.il (ilisci'vcr. Tin* i visitors from aUroatl visile i (lie l'nos| )i: .*? Woik*, ami we>e slriek with j their maoniltnle an 1 value, 15?iL :t?1 : j 'inU.y; the Slono Phosphate Works, i an i on (Ik: farm Urlnii^i n<_; to thai Company, tin re was an ei^hlh of an. aeie of I'oor Ian I, whieh if ]?rojiorlv j aj.}>rcciat.ml, wiil In; of more value t<? 1 | >> in: !i I 'arolina, an?l iinlet <I tlm w lioU* ! Smith, ih.in these works, employing a e.ij >il a 1 oi n I, HI ?,< M10 . 1'ii i w 11 i y^ine n' aero \i i? vi?it.eil ami cxaniine?l ; Uy I an u nicr in cum pan v \\i i i i I )r. St. I .J alii n lia vein I, t!:c (ii.M'.ovonT ol t he ; \aloe o| 'lie Phosphate heils. \\ hat ; < hai irst >;i and the whole agiictiit iirol ! woi 1>I out to i Id- discoverer an 1 the : disco wry, lime alone will In* able to j'.fi!. I" inu.-i be estimated by millions j <>i dollais. This gam' lemau, whose , modi >1 v is e1111;11 to Ips merit has made ; her discovery, <>" i.iilnr put im I'twhv.l lv aso? rt allied facts into an exact J she,,- , 111 > results ot which ihoii-jh !i"t ; so wi |c spread as those ol the Phosphate discovery, \v id to of ctpial valne j to the WiioleoiTho V.'olll !:iT.< 1 s o{" the j .South. I he Si>n t horn plan't r has dreaded : Ili'iii!ad t <>r joint grass as a pest, j Whole plant a'ions have been sold lor : ; song because they were intesicd ) with it. b.trge tracts til land, with. | .'oin It ill a Me houses upon near I Charleston, arc now lying idle !<>r the same reason. They cannot he sold to, ! enough {<> p iy tile taxes on litem. lie ir mviieis are driven awa'v to the { city to seek a mo.ag'e and hard earned ! suosistence, by engaging in mcrcanti j pursuits, lor which their \\ hole pre\ ions I lives have ret)tiered them in suited. 'I he eighth of an acre, to which rej i--relief has ht en ma ! , is in iiermud a grass. It is poor I ntd. The adjoin' la/ soil will i .'i i .Villi :l e . ? i .misi.w .... ! I ! V O el <)' i i)| eOltoM <?r the CtTC lis, i witln-ui Ihm\v manuring. Last >u>i lnu; j j Dr. KsvoihI h;i<I this |)i?'t*e of cjroipnl ( , well torn uj) by ;i narrow plough, ;tp I j jdirii lilty poii.nis of Atninoniateil ' i'ljo-jiliiit ' to it, then harrowed and j ' rolle i. The I't*Mil 11 WHS at the l":iI?-? oi I k m tons to the acre of well curt?'l hay S'his hay is execoded in v.duo by no ' other iri tno market. Il is relished by j I horses, t*.11111? and > he(/lover and) liinotiiy both waste, as many of the dried .-If i's are rejected by live t-tuek. Tin re is iu> wahti* in Uet mnda u.r -us hay, ns i he .-terns are line and tender, i h" writer was intor.ned that on this) bi'm (of the Siono f'omj.anv) some} I tell e<l mules were s applied with I ?? ! i . .... - iiiii<i.'i grass lor nedding, and their j racks well filled with Northern Iriv. I lie i W ; iiniiia gr i*s bedding was eaten it|> before tne Northern hay was touched. This hay was carefully analysed by Dr. Ruvenei. The result of the analysis was m average in tour cuttings ol ! twelve per cent, aibntucnnids, or flesh funning properties, and 0,50 ash or mineral matter. The amount ol ammonia was Ian e, the preeiso quantity not, recollected. This analysis sho\v> that as animal food, and as a muiuria! substance, it is iqu il to the best, ami superior to lite most of tno Northern g rasses. This crop, ton tons to an aero, is enormous. Tho intelligent Superintuodeut oi tne Stono works, when -\*V V Va / A. ), 187 ">. NO. 10. wi ! nanr~i rr i * 1 1 nr a^ked it ho was sure tho weight was accurate, replied "yes, it there was ! truth in itie scales." ( In the West hay reel ion of this conn* try. two tons ot hay t<> the aero is an I excellent crop. A meadow that will : produce this amount in the oldei Siates will usually command $200 per J acre, as the hay crop will pay a handsome interest on this sum. Tho aver ago will, ho .rover, not exceed one and a halt' tons per acre. i 1 Here wo have ten tons to the acre. 11" hay is worth in Charleston thirty | dollars per ton, and live dollars per ton is allowed for expenses, we have j two hundred and liftv dollars net prolit per acre. And the result from j lami absolutely thrown away because ( I is i nlestcd with this ujrans. It wo sujiji )so that there m:iv have been something accidental in this extraordinary cron of ten mns, ami ?Ii * . ? ininish it. cue hall, to live tons, this j wouhl i?ivc nunc thin ono hundred dollars not profit, deducting fertilizer, sav eight t?? ton dollars. t\ W. IIOWAUI), in the /.Uiral i Carolinian. Tho Falling ?>51'in KnglaaiCs 1 mporf aliens of Haw Cotton from tliii Country. It appears I ro:n statistical reports that considerably less cotton is now sent to lOnoluml from tho Unit ml States than was sent from this country before the war, while the supply from I lira/hi and lvgvpl has more than quadj rnpled. For ihe first live years provn ding the war (livnt llritain imported i a,fit t ,000,01)'.) pounds <?l cotton, of i which 4,8 lrt.0()0,0O0 came from this < unlry, an I 2*0,000,000 pounds l''on? lhazil and Ivgypt. During the war years, 1802 to I-StJi?. in lusivo, the supp y from lira/1 and 1'lgypt increased to 780,000.000 pounds. During the last live years Clival Itrilaiti imported 7,i'.'-"t.ui)o.(io ) pounds. of which 4.01)7. ? 1 - - ? - J 0 > ) pounds I'ltnic from this conn1 ry, while I ,'j)f>,uoo |?<>vmkIh fame | Ii'oia llrazil and ll-jrypt. These two I last coiiiflncs stepped in to supply in pail 1 lie deficit aii-in_; {roui tlie blockado of the Southern ports, and the advaninote they then p; lined thoy seem to be stiil improving. Kxplaininp nimv particularly why tie- ex pollutions of cotton Irom this count ry have fallen oil, the Daltimore >Snn attributes the deficiency to the commercial po'icv of the country, I which is dillereut from what it was j hi fore the war. 1'iider our tarifl policy the planters mil laborers have to i pay a third more lor all manufactured articles than they would have to pay j under a more enli phtcd commercial | policy. It is this as much as any oth| er thinp thai has causi'd the absolute as well as ril ilive decline in our exports ()1 Col I Oil. ~ * The Young* Astronomer. [Ch: isti.ui A'lvorale, -April 2S.) livery boy and pirl ou^hl to know the never-setting stars. We have learned the (jreal Dipper, and the l.itI it., t i . . o.< i . I < 1 ' I | I 'V I , 1 .< U I I -? L? I * U I g O I , 1 I ' . I I' I I alto'her constellation, part ol which can In- seen !?us at. any hour 111 tin; year. Lotus start from Megrez, the st ar i-? I he (Ireat Dipper whefo the I handle joins it. Now go Irom this stai to lite North Star, (about thirtyit wo degrees) ami keep straight on about thirty-two degrees 2artlu*r} and we ivneh a star ol about the thir<2 inaghita lu. This is (,'uph, in the consic'ilaiion Cassiopeia. This line constellation, you will icmouiber then, is I always on the opposite side ol the North Star, lro:u the (ireat Dipper. So that i! the (ireat Dipper is to the tight ol the North Star, Cassiopeia is [jest a> far to tin* h-lt. It the (Ireat i Dipper ahove the X .rth Star, (.hissiojn ia is just, as far In low it. Cassio* j | je-ia, too, is shape 1 something like a l)ipper, that is lour -t irs form a kind I of s | tare, an-1 o h r ! o s make a crook (' I handle toil. It i< usually com-1 pared to a chair, us; l hence called , Cassiopeia's ('hair. Others think it looks like a W, witli the prongs pulled wide apart. Vott can make what you please out ot ih<j *< \ eral stars of third magnitude lying near (J;iph. lint lheic is a beuniiiul star of the first magnitude o\i r in the east, which we must nee v. hen we can, for it is not anon;*- "our ncicr-si'i i ino vi-?r^ t... r-? " ** - > "v 4,1 ?1 t*c?1, i;?? **t :ir of the first magnitude is found among the si ns which are a!ways above our horizon. The brilliant star in our cast to-night at ciglu o'cloek, is Areturus. If you will notice, you can See that u is nearly pointed to, by the two l.-iststars in the handle of the (?reat Dipper. A lino from Mizar to lienetnuM-h, prolonged for j about t hirty degrees, will pass not far 1 from Areturus. This brilliant star is in the knee of Bootes, \\ ho is tvpreson- \ ted as whipping the ( neat IJejvr around the Dole. His bofly now extends : noithward from Aroluins, nearly parallel to the horizon, his head reaching i neatly to the Dipper handle. You can , watch Aretnrns now for months. Some of the beauties of our winter nights, Pleiades, Aldobaran, and others, are soon to be I >>t in the light of the setting sun. But others are rising 1 in the past to lake Chctr places. t j j V A. " 11 * * yt* "rl.O ) |??r for Mrst r?n I I M \ < ?,!? l< i mcIi t lnsortii, ?. 'Ml* I.nil Will ('Olistlf l|'?? il S j \vliefIk'i in lit-**vi?>i* or display !>'!? : Ocitl-.ari ;iu inch w il Im? oil.ittpH |i?r ;n i s<{ i no Marriage notic<?H |V?'0. I ?? ?ili-. i n| KnmM-.il notice* free. Ohitnnics .if oho S'jimro fWw; o\er ono, sumo < h irv.i'iI .if a[)wrtisiii>( raffs. Hcliu'oiM notices ot?oii?* ?M{iiriio frfo. A IiI t ?*I discount Wilt bo made to tli.M l whose ;olvciiisciiicnfs aro tr l>u kepi in In >-iiii i i mouths or longer Can you now add Aivturus to yotit* list ot star-. that you really know? Is the wot'tI Arcturus tound in your j Hiblc? Uo i l tho ninth chapter of Job. In what other place is it lownn? Tin: bin: at cyci.onk. rn rihle l>i ?f ructioii ami I.oss (it Life I i bcurghi. j The storm of Saturday las' which struck Columbia, all tough MtfticioiitIv I violent here, appears to have been only , the iail on<l of a cyclone equal to I n y to that o( March last in Georgia ?in I portions of K I ^eliold. The I r>? it'fw ttonfiliity ot An ; ista, devotes mans columns t<> details of its ravages. As near as we can get .it it, it entered Georgia in Harris county, sever* ! a I miles north of the point where iho our la>t March crossed the Chaitaho >* chin lront Alibnna. It then swept I with desolation and ruin through > t .1 merriwether, i .Kon, Henry, Hutt*, Newton, Morgan, (ireetie, Oglethorpe, \V ill; est and Lincoln, and then, cr ?hsing the Savaunih, entered South Carolina, and over l.dgcfiohl, Lexington and 1 iiehland eo mtics. The course ot" the wind was thus a little north ot east. As in the pivj vious cyclone, the etorm seemed t<? , tisc and pass over certain sections and , then descend with fury upon the earth i ,again. The track was about two mile* | wide and its whole length about Ant) miles. In some sections of Georgia ?r, leveled < very house and uprooted eve| ry tree for ten miles at a stretch, an I I then passed over, without seii" * i harm, twenty or thirty miles. Tim 1 wirnt mini have traveled at the : a ? I i - - - - * . oi more 11 in J" ) miles an hour. Wo ustker I'roui I ho Oonstifuf.i<wofist enough to warrant us in say?i>. ^ I that millions of dollars' worth <>l properly in houses, barns, fences, i-r??| a and limber have been destroyed, thai, probably lorly lives have boon los , and hundreds of men, women an I children have bojn injured. As an instance of us power \vi . i\o the following. At Maxey, on the (loor^ia road, when l he cyclone si ruck the place, a justice's court was in session in l? ?'! well's .atore. I'll ! hour wii.% between and l o clock 1*. Af. I he edilioij j was at once wrenched from its |.mi.Action, the sloe! ol' cii.iils within it bein^ scattered to the lour wimh ol Iomven. Tim tailing timhers caught an I ci ushed io death .Mr. (r. W. .Maxcy, a not^ro man was lifted in the arm* of I the i em pout ami borne lifly yaid- an I ] his hrains das.hed out ai^ain^t a huoo pine stump. <2uiLo a number of perI o -- ' i ovjii.1 mi,: mun) or less m.'1'IoihI V wounded - -some allego at least twenty. The hrondth ot the cyclone wan limn a quarter ot a mile to a mile ami ??tm lourlh when it crossed the railronl. 10very Imihlin^ l>nt Mr. Briohi\vnil's dwelling house was destroyed. Bar<Ut.own, (Jreenboro, Covington, 11 utledoe, Way nsboro, l-ia wtnrd's, West i"o:ut and many other smdl places were injured. Men wed woiimm j were caught up and carried homlnd* of yards lowls were carried in one instance two miles and dashed li!elo*s I to the "round; parts of a house w- n | taken seven miles, and the veranda <*( I another was landed entire t In ee-quurj ters til a mile. ? Union Ifarcthl. A itclif fur Centennial*. South Carolina can cnntributi relic ol 1 oy.illy to centennial exhihi| lions in the inaco used I?y the saiv ntat-anns of ihe .senate on great o< jij sions. it attracted a good ilea: notice at tin inauguration of (Jovei i ??r Chamberlain, when it was first I since ivc>nsi ruction. In "I-Jraytou'* Memoirs" a note ttius speaks ot it: "This mace is now the only reninn it of official royalty amoung us, L< r?L Wii; iam Campbell would have tan >u it with hi;n when he took the gi? ?t seal of i he province, hut it was f rInnately beyond his control, li is ma le ot nlvt r, gilded over with g.u. , (111(1 ifi K.Ik! lo liaVC cost tWO IiiHhIi.;'. guineas. It, is about to ir b?rt t >i^ and of some considerable weighi; b. ing surmoii >te I with tho crown a I great seal <?t Kngland, arotat ! too verge ol which arc tho two faces of the provincial seal of South Cuioiinv highly embossed, and other Ornaimntal devices. this maco was mislaid lormauy years, but was discovered, in one of the banks at Philadelphia, where it had been lodged tor silo keeping, and is now in the secretary's Otlico at Columbia, in South Carolina'.* Fon a Stkaoy I)iiink, Gtvii Mie Whisk k v. - A Washington corrc>poi>dent declares that Grunt is ex ceo liny; ly toi)?1 oi absinthe. It is very likely he is; but it there should be bat. mio liquid lett upon the whole luce o! the earth, hi; wouM be mighty sorry .it wasn't whiskey.?Courier Joumi'. It is now proposed to re-us L*14i>ti whipping ponts in Canada, on n > ground tuai imprisonment is not &u etVeeiive punishment tor hurduuedli <.;i iutinuU. I