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"WHAT TUB NORTHERN MILLS HAVE DONE,
AND >yUAT TUE SOUTHERN MILLS CAN DO.
Tho New York Financial aud Comuicroial
Chronicle, of tho 7lh instant, contains
an artiolo ou tho abovo subject, a brief syuopals
of tho main points of which will bo of
interest:
In July, 187-4, tho cottou mills and their
agents found, that thoy had a largo surplus
of stock ou hand, and it was at onco claimed
that there was an immense ovor production
I. - manuliicturod goods. In July, 1875,
howevor, it was ascertained that though the
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illino itau uscu up aa UiUUll UIHIOII US CVCr,
jjk . -still they held, at that duto, a decreased stuck
: >p? gootb*, thug disproving, to a groat oxtcnt,
?onol?9^ of tbo previous jour gogardiDjyuliegeuoverproduction.
Agniu iu July,
? 1876, the stock of goods hold by manufacturers
was still furthor reduced, although
more raw cotton was consumed thau iu years
past, and hcuco it was shown that the country
was really steadily absorbing inoro ihau
the current production, notwithstanding the
uuivevsal businoss depression which prevailKJ
An investigation into tho actual "number
of pounds of cotton worked up duriug tho
past six months by Gfly-oight of tho larger
cotton manufacturing establishments of New
England, shows stih an increase over ore
# W . # a 4""
vious years in the consumption of raw material.
Comparing tho consumption of ihcso mills
for tho first six months of 1877 with tho
& xno period of 1876, it is shown as follows :
Pounds.
In tfa? first six months of 1877 the 68
mills consumed 94,650,874
In the first six months of 1876 the 68
mills consumed 91,469,447
Increase in the last six months... 2,181,427
or 2:48 per cent.
Commenting on this, tho article referred
to sars:
"Ihese fifty-eight mills uso about four
hundred aud nine thousand bales of cotton
each year, which would bo about thirty-throe
aud ouc-oighth per cout. of the entire Northern
consumption ; and, as they represent a
fair r.verago of all tho Northern cotton mills
in styles of production and in other particulars.
\vn irsntr s.nfYdv tnhn tlm innrivien
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tainod abovo as representing the actual iucreaso
this yoar iu the consumption of cotton
by our Northern mills as compared with last
yoar Oao further fact of importance is
also brought out by this inquiry, and that
is that tho goods manufactured from this
coltou have all disappenrd?having gone into
actual homo consumption or been exported?iu
the face of tho very dull trade during
all the early months cf the year. Could
wo havo more positive proof that at low
prices consumption has outrun production,
and is constantly increasing? The population
Uys increased since tho 1873 panic;
tho buying capacity of our people, under
tho recuperating iuflucuccs of good crops
and past economies, is rapidly on the increase
; the export demand is also decidedly
larger and at paying prices; altogether giving
to the manufacturing outlook an extrnmnlv
favnrnliln oannol nnoai' nmi-A
; . j ? v???"t ?v>.w.
ising, unless prices bo run up to a point
which shall chcok consumption.".
Comparing these facts with last year's
transactions will give an insight into the future.
Various causes led to a dccliuo in
prices gcuerally last season. During that
dull time, spinners almost universally adopted
the policy of working up their cottou
and pushing the sale of their productions.
In Europe stocks are uow about oxhausted,
and what is hereafter consumed must be
taken from the market out of the visible
supply. It will therefore be interesting to
seo what of last year's crop of 4,000,000
bales will be kept for export after deducting
what is needed for home wants.
From the figures givcu above it is estimated
that our Northern mills will yet require
this year 139,000 bales additional to what
t&y h ave already consumed and have ou
hand. Hearing this fact in mind, then, the
following is shown :
Stock in ports June 29, as above 257,000
Receipts at ports and corrections after
June 29, estimated 50,000
Hf Axln..,l n f. 1 - Of* 1! ?- -? "AA
v/iuiiauu UHVi .J 11 lit: AXt, CHUlUUieU OW,UOU
Total supply after June 20 337,000
'The stock in ports 1st September
is a varying quantity,
larger or smaller as demand
and prices may control it.
I.nst year 120,000?suppose
it this year 100,000
^'he freight engagements at all
I the ports for export June 20,
? wero about 36,000?135,000
Which leaves 202,000
To supply the home want for spinning...139,000
Leaving for export 01,000
And, uh the article referred to says in
conclusion : "Labi Scptoinbcr our spinners
vcro baro of stocks, having allowed tlioin to
un down, as the growing crop promised
during the summer a very full yiol l.?
Should any circumstance load manufacturers
to stock up til is year, of coarse to just
that oxtont their demand would bo increased
and the above surplus for export be diminished.
The pccrct of niruing a boarding house
probably, is to find out just what your boardors
don't !!k;. .u 1 th?n food 'em !ot'; a! it '
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THE SITUATION.
The close of the war found tho planter iu
a most critical couuitiou. His plantation
out of repair, his cotton screws aud gin
houses tumbling to pieces, his laborers rendered
unmanageable by tho iiltcrfereiiee of
the United States military satraps placed
over him, and without farm implements or
horse power to operate with, lie was forced
to use every expedient to raise moucy to
make a beginuiug. lleucc ho gavo liens
and mortgages to borrow means at most exorbitant
iulercst, and made suelt contracts
as he could with the <kfreeduiau"?contracts
which were one-sided, lie provided
the laborer with rations, paid all the taxes
and incurred all tho risks, without any power
to cuforee tho performance ou tho other
part.
With inefficient labor, bad soasous, eatl
: a i.:~ ' - v i
?i [iiiirii, a l ,,ia JMOYISiOUS iit lU^Il
prices, coolly transportation to and from
market, factor's commissions, interest uud
taxes, high prices did not put him ahead.
At the close of the year he was ia debt
deeper than at the begiuuiug.
The planter, although he has the reputation
of bciuga "croaker," is always hopeful.
After the cottou is disposed of no more
work is done ou the plantation by the freedman.
The winter, which used to be the
soasuu for ploughing, repairing and fixing
up for the uext year, is spent in loafing,
frolicking aud depredations. Ch'istmas
week is converted into Christmas months,
aud wheu the season for plautiug comes
rouud, everything is douo iu a hurry, aud,
couscqueutly, not well douc.
The planters, hopeful that cottou will he
higher uext Fall, give another lieu aud pitches
in agaiu for a big cotton crop. Tko frccduian
is avrrsA tr> nlnntimr no-Min 1?? I ?nwa
that he will be provided for, aud wants only
what he can readily convert into money.?
Grocery stores with Western flour, bacou,
aud corn, spring up at every railroad station
and cross-road storo. The raising of
stock is abandoned on account of bad fences
and shot guns, and tbo wliolo energy of
tho firmer is devoted to the production of
cotton.
Since tho war another iteui has entered
the expenso account of no inconsiderable
importance?commercial fertilizers. The
use of it has couio to be so much the fashion
that many farmers believe it is impossible
to grow cotton without it, while some close
aud cautious men entertain a different opinion.
All agree, however, that it is a very
troublesome item of expense. Every year
has been but a repctitiou of this order of
tilings, and it is not strange that the condition
of the planting interest is worse now than it
was at the initiation of peace, "so-called." A'o
planter of experience will pretend that cotton
can be grown at tbo present price profitably,
and it is plain that no country cau prosper
under a system of agriculture which annually
only adds to the embarrassments, and
must end in the ruin of the planter. We
must avail ourselves of tho teachings of experience
and change.?Jour, of Commerce.
How Far will a Greenback Go.?
Mr. Brown kept boarders. Around his
table sat Mr. Brown, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Andrews,
the village milliner, Mr. Black, the
baker, Mr. Jordan, a carpenter, and Mr.
Iladloy, a flour, feed and lumber merchant.
Mr. Brown took out of his pocket book a
ton dollar note aud handed itto Mrs. Brown,
saving;
"II ore, my dear, arc ten dollars towards
the twenty I promised you."
Mrs. Brown banded it to Mrs. Audrows,
tbo milliner, saying:
"That pays for my new bonnet."
Mrs. Andrews said to Mr. Jordan, as she
handed him the note :
"That will pay you for your work on my
counter.
Mr. Jordan handed it to Mr. Iladley, the
flour, feed and lumber merchant, requesting
his lumber bill.
Mr. Iladley gave the note back to Mr.
Brown, saying:
"That pays tea dollars ou my board."
Mr. Brown passed it to his wife, with the
remark that that paid her tho twenty dollars
he had promised. She in turn paid it to Mr.
Black, to settle her bread and pastry account,
who handed it to Mr. Iladley, wishing
credit for the amount on his fluur bill;
ho again returning it to Mr. Brown, with
tho remark, that it settled for that month's
board. Whereupon Brown put it back into
his pocket-book, exclaiming, that he
"never thought a ten dollar bill would go so
C.r "
Thus a ten dollar greenback was made to
pay ninety dollars indebtedness inside of
tivo minutes. Who says greenbacks are
worthless :
To Help a G'alla Lily to Bloom.?
Be sure it has a good rich soil; water with
very warm water, with a little ammonia or
bone dust added onco in a week or two.?
Every morning pour boiling water in the
saucer of the pot the lily is in, and give it
plenty of heat and sunshiuo. I have two
pots of lilies and have two ilowers on one
and one flower and two buds on tho other.
?Ex.
A fair reputation is a plant delicate in
its nature and by no means rapid in its
growth, ft will shoot up in a night like lira
gourd if the pmphct ; hut, like that gourd,
it .my t ' the ni; '.t
THE FIGHT BETWEEN THE MONITOE AND
HIE MEHKIMAC
The death, at Schna, Ala., of Lieutenant
Catesby Jones, recalls one of the most tuoincutous
eveuis of the war of the rcbuttron,
and the beginning of a uew era iu the his*
tory of naval warfare. Licifteuaut Jones,
who was a brilliant cliicer of our navy, rank- .
iug with Dahlgreue as an authority iu ordinance
and gunnery, took the side of tho
South during tho war. It was ho who commanded
the JMcrrimac, or Virginia, as sho
was called by tho Cou federates, iu hor famous
light with the Mouitor, and that is tho
eveut to which wo refer.
U)u the al'lornoou of the S?.h of March,
18Gd, tho improvised iron clad Merrimae,
whoso appearance had long becu anticipated
and dreaded, steamed down tho J'lli^abelli
ltiver towanl NewpbrlfNfftfs.' TTcr uppoAr
aueo was speedily signalled to the Union
blockading squadrou iu that noighborhuud,
which cun.iisted of the friiiaie Contrressaud
o o
the sloop-of-war Cumberland at Newport
News, and ihe frigates Minnesota, lloanokc
and JSt. Lawrcueo, at Fortress Monroe, sis
miles distant. Lieutenant Calcsby Jouos
was in counuand of the Merriaiac, which
had been made into ?u armored vessel by
razeeing to the water liuc the old and famous
frigate Merriuiac, thou lying abandoned at
the Norfolk Navy Yard, and building up on
her an iron casement to protect her battery.
This shield was iu the form ot a roof, and
the plating, which was of railroad bars, was
four inches thick, which would be considered
au absurdly weak armor now-mdays.?
Her battery consisted of eight 1) iuch L>uhlgreen
guns, and four 73-iuch rifles of the
J3rookc pattoru?a powerful armament for
that time.
The fleet at Fortress Mouroo slipped their
cables and advanced toward the monster,
while the Congress aud Cumberlaud stood
ready to meet her. The three ships wero
soou engaged in a hot fight; but our vessels
saw to their dismay that thcii shots had uo
more effect on the terrible Confederate than
peas ou au elephant's hide, while the Merriaiac
poured forth her broadsides with disastrous
consequences to the wooden ships.
The fight was a short one, the Merriuiac
soon striking and sinhiug the Cumberland,
whose gallant crew wcut down with her.?
Tlio successful vessel then paid her attentions
to the Congress, dealing out to iicr a
raking fire of hot shot, for the heating of
which -Lieutenant Jones> had prepared a
furuacc aboard the MorriuifitV -which' tfas
tinlirvmod by the shells of the wooden frigate.
The Congress was soon in flainos, and
the MerJuiac made for the other vessels,
but owing to her great draught of water was
unable to get near cuough to tlieiu to do
tlio.n injury; and at seven in tho cveuing
the Confederate iron-clad and her consorts
steamed back to Norfolk. Lieutenant Jones,
in an account of the battle, which he published
long after, says ho was satisfied with
tho day's work, as well he might have been,
and had 110 doubt of his ability to start out
on the morrow and clean out the rest of the
Union fleet. Meantime a panic prevailed,
at Fort Mouroc, and tho whole country
held its breath.
13ut Lieut. Jones did not do any more
cleauiug out. At 8 o'clock in the evening
there appeared oil* Fort M011.00 a strangf
looking little craft, which, two days before,
had left New York. It was the Monitor,
an experiment in naval construction, in
which every thing was new and untried,
l ' ? ?? *
turrets, uiaemuory r.ua all. iter guns hud
boon only onco tired ; she hud gone to sea
from the slocks j the paint upon lie;- was
scarcely dry, and her oflieors, except the
two engineers, know nothing, by experience,
of her working or capabilities. At 0 o'clock
on tho morning of the 9th, (Sunday,) the
watch-olliccr of the Minnesota espied tho
Mcrriuiac stcnuiiug toward them from Scwall's
l'oint, while tho mist overlaid the
water. Tho Monitor was signalled, and
promptly hoisted anchor, battened down her
iron hatches, and prepared lor her maiJeu
light. The Mcrriiunc hove in sight, and at
once made for tho Minnesota, which she intended
to capture and carry oil* s.s a pr'ze
to Norfolk, where crowds lined the wharves,
waiting to see her lowed into the harbor in
triumph. Put, before the Minnesota was
reached, the little monitor cuinc out from
under her quarter, and David advanced tp
meet Goliath. She ran down to withiu
short range of tho Merriunac, which promptly
gave her turrot throe broadsides, but the^
glanced oil' without doing harm. The Mod
itor replied with her two eleven-inch gnus,
and, beginning at S o'clock, the naval duel
proceeded, lasting until noon, tho two contestants
frequently touching each other, and
sending their shot at so eioso quarters, while,
through a largo part of the light, they wero
only a few yards apart, in the excitement,
tho Monitor at iirst 11 red wildly, so elevatiug
her guns that most of the missiles were wasted,
but, later, the guns wero depressed, and
the shot began to tell. Mortally wouudal,
tho Mcrrimac was towed to Norfolk, where
she soon sank. If the Monitor had known,
what was subsequently proved, thatTUfS
clcven-insh guns could stand a charge of
thirty pounds of powder with solid shot, inS
stead of the small elm rue she used, tho fate
el" tho Merriniae would have been decided
after a lew rounds.
The country took a breath of relief, for
one <>!' the oravst dangers of the war had
livi . . vet" .en-- .1' (ho Merirtnac had :")? i
lowed up ou the Dili the astouishing success
she achieved ou the 8th the whole ilcct at
Newport Nows would have beeu destroyed a
or eaptured. Fort Monroe would have ^
been at her mercy, the J nines River would ^
have beeu closed to tlio Uuion, and our I1
whole Allaulic seaboard would have been ^
iu peril. The little Mouitor had begun a ^
now era iu naval waifure, the era of tho 01
last fifteen years, aud tho ouo which is to ^
be succeeded by that of tho movable torpodo,
which, properly dovelopod, will neutral- S1
izc.tbc great monitors that now form tho
maiu strength of all modoru navies.? w
"Lieutenant Jones at once recognized that J
tho iinprcgunblo turret was henceforth to ll
^e the chief feature of naval construction, ^
nud did not hesitate to so express himself. ^
\ 'i'ha building of the ecrew steamer
rriuccton was Olio of tho milestones of nrn. J
gross; the use of 6hell guus was a second; ai
tho Monitor was u third; aud now comes ^
iho movable torpedo, whoso successful ap- ^
plication will eventually make great navies al
thiugs of the past, and the world will glad- S1
ly got rid of such enormously extensive mariuc
establishments ol
On the side of the Confederates, Lieut. J1
Catesby Jones in this historic battle bore P
hiuisjlf with distinguished gallantry aud l'
the success of the Monitor was chiefly due ^
to tho skill aud bravery of her two engin- w
ccrs, Alban C. Stiuicrs aud Isaac Newton, ^
who believed in their untried vessel, knew ^
most about her, and dared to take all risks v
inside of her plated turret.?aV. Y. Sun. G
AN INDIAN ROMANCE. ai
During the latter year of the war a part w
of Spotted Tail's family was at Fort Lara- u
mie, and with thcui was his favorite daugh- a
ter, a young girl of eighteen, The Fort f;
was then garrisoned by companies of an a
Ohio volunteer cavalry regiment, and among o
the ofliccrs was a haudsome young licutcn- h
aut, of pleasant ma u no vs. Spotted Tail's r<
daughter fell violcutly in love with this a
young man. llcv passion does not seem to w
have been reciprocated, uud it is said ho
did all ho could to convince her ho could not c<
marry her, and therefore it would bo wrong si
for hiui to visit her or rcccivo visits froui her. 1;
But the infatuated girl would not be convin- il
ced and could not see why she, a Princess w
and the daughter of the most powerful chief c<
on the plains, was not a suitable wife for the a
young soldier. Pay after day she would h
dress herself with scrupulous care and como 1
to the fort to see hor beloved. It was piti- p
< > her as hour after hour shn n
would sit on the door step of the officer's b
quarter:':, waiting for him to come out. At
other limes she vouM follow him about like c
a dog, seemingly perfectly happy to bo near v
him and enjoy the p.oor privilege of looking tl
at hiui. si
Spotted Tail, hearing of the strange con- n
duct of his daughter, and deeply mortified u
;H her want of self-respect, hastened to the I
fort and pu.ling her in charge of some kind p
fViflnds bid them carry her into the llocky o
M Antr.ius, where he had a little camp and fi
a j&rtion of his people dwelt in the fall and o
winter time. They were told to divert her li
in every way, and, if possible, endeavor to b
make her forget her foolish passion. She c
went away meekly enough, but fell into a a
deep melancholy, fiom which no effort of
friends could rouse her. Presently slm re- d
fused to take food and pined away until she tl
was a mere skeleton. o
One day a courier, whose liorse was cov- n
cred with foam, sought the chief to loll him li
his daughter was dying or a broken heart ti
and wished to sec hiui ouee nioro boibre she n
passed to the spirit land. Away, over Ji
mountain and stream, hurried the great ai
chief, and paused not by night or by day b
until ho leached the bedside of his beloved ii
child. He lbund her alive, bat sinking ti
very last, and she bid him sit close beside w
her and hold her hands in his while she told h
him all the simple story of her love and suffering.
and a broken heart. She said : "I 01
shall noou be at rest, niy father, and with d
those of our kindred who have gone bef^.e. u
In that beautiful land I will wait for you, ri
and you will soon come to join mo, dear fa- J
ther, for your hair is white with years of
carc aud toil and you arc growing oid and
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nir-vi. AUU lUU 11 ^iU.ll 1/I11U1, auu iiuvu yvh *'
many wa triors, but 1 pray you not to quar- (
rcl with the whites, who are more numerous n
than the leaves on the trees of the forest. V
Spare your people, my father, and rest yet w
a little while in peace; when you will have
reached the end of the journey of life and rj
come to join uio in that happy homo where t<
1 am going. The pale faces are the people ^
of him I love so well, and between 3011 and ci
ihcin J ltope war will never come again.? o
And, oh, my father and my chief, when 1
atn dead take uiy poor wasted body and lay g
it to rest on the hill beside the fort wheiu L "
learned to love so well." e
The chief promised he would do all as she B
wished, but bid her live and she might yet 0
bo happy. Sho lingered a few d.ays and t
then the faithful heart ceased to boat. Almost
heart-broken, Spotted Tail bid his attendants
prepare tho body for burial, and c
bear it as rapidly as possible on their shoul- J
ders to the fort. B
We ought never to believe evil of any h
one till wc a:c certain of it. We ought not g
to say anything that is rudo and displeasing d
even in a joke, and even then wc ought not p
to cirr" tho j kc t*>< 0
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PUBLIC HAHGIHG8. ,
Bill Bradley, n uegro, was tried lost May
year ago, for the murder of llamp. Banin,
his brother-iu-Jaw. Uo was found guilr,
and sentenced to bo haugod on the fourth
riday iu last July, with one Wesley
lrook.es, who was convicted of murder at
le same Court and scuteuced to be haDged
a the saino day. Ou his way from the *
ourthousc to tho Jail ho Baid: "Whea
icy hang me, thoy will hang a d??d
ood man." A short time bofore the day
f cxccutiou he and Brookes broke jail; it
as strongly suspoctcd at the timo that the
ailor conveniently forgot to lock and bolt
ic doors. On the day of their escape, thoy
rokc open and robbed a store ou tno Pork
'.oyal Kuilroad,
Brookes was recaptured and hanged last * r .
uly. Bradfey mado his way to Georgia ' .
nd was caught iu Augusta, a short time
eforo last May court, and lodged in the
Liken jail. lie was resentenced and cxpitod
his crime yesterday, uuder us boiliug a
iu as usually visits us in July.
It is estimated by the Sheriff, tho Clerk
1' the Court, and others well qualified to
ldgc, that betwccu two and three thousand
crsons wore present. There were not more
jau four or live hundred whito people.?
>F tho negroes, uioro tltau ouc-hulf were
omcu. The prisoner was brought down
om Aikou, ou the night train of Thursday.
'est moruiug he was brought iu from Blackille,
and arrived here about teu o'clock.? ,
>u his arrival ho was lakcu up to the towu
uardhouso. AYheu the rope was adjusted
rouud his ucek, ho was perfectly cool,
alkcd with a cpiick, firm step, held up his
eck to have the rope properly fixed, and
ppcared to be perfectly ready to meet his
ite. As he reappeared, he was dressed in
.black pair of pants and white shirt, no .
thcr covering except a white cloth on his
cad. The wagon in which tho prisoner
jde, was guaided by the Bnrnville Greys,
ud escorted by the motley crowd of men,
omen and children.
When llrudlcy arrived at the place of cxcutiou.
he ascended tho scaffold withafirui
!ep, addressed tho crowd, saying he did
ill the man, hut that it was in self-defence;
lat he had made his peace with God, and
ould soon be with Jesus. After he finishil
his short speech, he turned to tho Sheriff
nd told him to proceed without delay, as
o was anxious to be iu tho arms of his Jesus,
lc was knocked off, and after hanging somo
lYCuty or thirty minutes, the doctois proounced
him dead and he was cut down and
uricd iu the colored graveyard near by.
Now, is it not time to cease these public
seditions and slop the education of this
('ifitn 'I ItA imtuai'oul
tv.x/MU . ?uvv. J UV UIIIIVI niXL O^llliuil HUIUU^
10 negroes is, that this murderer has gone
traiglit to glory. As I heard a negro woten
say in the presence of sevoral other noma,
' there is no doubt he is with God."?
ustcad of an execution being the just
uuishuicut for the violated law, the prisuor
is almost an angel; ho springs right
roui the scaffold to llcaven, and nearly all
f the negroes go away rejoicing in the beef,
that a soul is saved and a good man
as reaped the reward of the just. The ex.cution
should be private, nud let tho imginutiou
do its work.
Jiut that is not all?at least fifteen hunred
laborers wore drawn from the crops at
lie most important part of tho season, some
f them traveling from twenty to thirty
lilcs to be presont. The cost of this pubc
execution in tho loss of labor is at least
>vo thousand dollars, to say nothing of tho
toncy spent for provisions and whiskey.?
i not this of itself a powerful argument
gainst public cxccutious ? I beard a metner
of the Legislature say be intended to
itroducc a bill to cbargo each spectator
WMlftf flpnts n In \?ill>/>ua n linnnlnr.
j " ?
liich ho thought would support the poorouso
of tho county.
Crops arc said (o be doing well, and ?no
r two more good rains will secure an abunant
yield. The fruit crop is very fine, but
iclous arc backward. 1 have not seen a
po watermelon in the market.?Pete, in
'our. Commerce.
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A passenger on one of the Midland Itailjsd
trains has given to the Middletown
N. Y.) Pr?ss a sensational account of a
scent thunder storm. The train was near
fait on, and tho storm was terrible. There
as crash after crash of thunder, with blindig
lightning, accompauied by a deluge of
tin ami hail. Atone time the train seemed
) be enveloped iu a sheet of electrical fire.
l fearful crash proccded, and iustantlj the
ngino was in a volume of electricity, balls
f tire encircling the driving wheels as
:?oy revolved with lightning rapidity. Eniueer
San ford beheld the phenomenon with,
fonder and awe, and, supposing that tho
ml of all things was at hand, involuntarily
hut off tho steam. Nearly every person
it the train experienced a severe shook.?
i large tree by the track was shattered.
lien Montgomery, a rarely successful find
apabfc colored man, formerly a slave of
e?T Davis' brother, has receutly died in.
Iississippi. When a slave he was largely
lie manager of his master's estate, which
a purchased after the war for $350,000 in
old. lie also became the owner of I'resient
Davis' place as well as several other
hntntions, and altogether this ex-slate had
rrmr.rh .l.'y th ivi^g e.reer.