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+ C" TOL XI,1 WINNSCBORO S.C WEDNNSDAY MORNING; FEBRUARY 9, 1876. TH9 1F11!IILDIIE11iII) it 1 tlnt.1-111:l) It"t:);:;i[.1' rf! !v it 1, I[.F.t .MK&01) Avnt: 7er"ms. ---The /6 'RA L 1) i' published Week Y in Ilie'I'o"xn of Vitu,"'h.,i"o, 1L )93.010 t .IUrt,(ti( / fK (ldV 11)r(. . a:< " .lll Irtllw , ,It wlrerliedmet .lri to be I 1 I n 1.1" .1 I) Fl .1"(,'1;. O "itu:,ry .''u(i"!Os null "1'1"ibn:e $1.00 [ er AM, [Ailv(:rtictt"ntettt. ] TO TH I!'" PUBLIC. Tho following c'()rrot;l)tntlelu'(\- i' "Y.ptthiinhell for the inf(,rafat"iun of tho public. .ft oN j)1lti1!:1 it,-41VAf. W. U. JORDAN, JA M i 1 D. Flt.t,:t 1:It. ?'IxN1lliO1co, .i. (l., Dec. 15, 1875. On yesterday you ofiurokl life au unwarranted in uIt, utilci ni od din r041)eetful ltfn ;uttno to mo. I i)1)\v clelt;tnd Ittl lap Olog,y for tho illilult, and it r( tra(,tion of tllo intitilt ing langliai 3. "Vc'ry i ( t:1)rttfttll ", Your oht!(ti(nit iterval'it; B. C;1.ucv1:T. J ...j. T. 1V. 11"uol"wAte,, 1\"ilan.hurO, ;a, 0. j 't:: ;":u lut, .1)(:c. 17; 1875 J tIilwL;ict) llavict offer(.tl all "till VIfrr:tJtt( tl ilfstilt," O!) tilt' 1"1.t1h inst.; for cic) ! lc, O r to w,"lt;tt you refer iu ? yOtlJ" ;(-Iwritl antl ("Xc"ec!.lilq Iv Vti((1w ult'iirg;t. (4 it:ciltg ",li;;rt;:;ltec'tlul fun. gttno tt) }'tta It . Ihi ;:gti!1t' t.i3ne. UJtil yt:l) t{(:iiJ;ll:ttt tvll"tt, you ctn t tdor tli(1 "'ii1111'i11 3'it111('."I 11 :;ili!", ' If)ttl A1)e('iIY till! (lttir('.;t,"'0lit1 1i:11 !il;4. t' uscil, It lutist, oct'tt1' tO yu11 ]f:; it (1,)os to utt(', that I ::1" it) )t') 1 c)iitiull to Consi.lt!t" tl'c 1"itii'11(t;;s Or yOI11" "(le "liitttt(1" for nil ":tl),,ltt~ y" for the oi'e, and a '"1c;tritc t.it 1C, Of thu c.thor, l'oaf' ol (+tiit.-Itt T. \ti'. 11'oul)~"., RI). ('.1 t''['. S. 1;. (::. avN EW, \%.j i MN b0110 "ts:: ;u au , s. ('., T)et , 17, 187-5. S t)1,1' ;tn';\:'f12' of t11!:i il:fti) 2:( 1.0 c(;i I. i(,lit" insult to 10Vyclf .on t;ist.Pd ill ettrsi1. It0(1 ;Lt ilriui at 111O ill t11e I"ooutl Of the \1 11111S1)ot"O ,att. . 'Yr ti:tllttl Baulk on Tuesday, 11u . 1.1 8-1 't tnlr instlltillL'tti li:tg COtsis!t:'1 ill chx)!;inf. 1110 with I)("ittf; a -!)ally Itiitl Ji(it I)(tiIft ti g0 ttl( luitll. I rettut, J1,y (10111Itntl for an al)olo t'1' !'(rt.!ie ilto'llt, Itll(1 It I'('tra(!tiull of till; itusitlt ill". la+t ;(ttt;; !. 31 ill V. 13t, (iL01%N :Y. it1iI5)):)ro, 11 5. (,, lj":xx:,l:vlt"), S. CG, 1)0,,. L I, 1:;i.:). AUoUlSPA, GA., Dec. 21, 1876. To Mr. -James 1). Fraseor, D~Ah SinAugusta Hoteli \We r(dgr(4 *to 1eAt'n that there is ia itiiasuiidcrstazicling pending botwoon \Iatj. '1. \V. \\Voodward and~ Capt. S. 11. Clown CV, falld fts theu Oliiln friends of th1ese g~omtlOcitCfl-no (dil! Ionl ;o. having 1)a54. d"A-vo requelst thu tl' uh (colropo~dh1I(c1 o o referred to uts with a \'1U W of ofl'ooetim aln iuuaierldo l 'r nngeiuen011ft of their )aiis unl.lerritiifig. Caipt. S. B. Clow 1 ey w"1lI VCC('ivo it iijiifr (oi()UIli~ Vora' truly, your friends, M. \\. GA\ItV. JY.i. B3. (JII3MING. AUGUSTA, GA., Doe. 21, 1876. To Mr. W. 0I. Jordan, l'l111t4.W8 Hotel ; DELtu 5;n: \\' regret to learn that those is a Ininuuitdeitailding1 Penfdin~g betwe~n ti3 j. T1. W. Woodlward and Capt. S. 13. Clownoy, and as the eollunou1 friends of those gcnlitenton-iXo d dal ~that Ili h c1(iolAnLCr ho inferred to us with a view of effleeohug 16 aial!le I1rralltft'nE'lut of theCir tllis i IlI1(lrstVlitiiflg. -M'aj. T. V. 1\ood: V': rd \t11 r'"ivo': i siumilar coinut 'ry3 t-rnt'y ,' yotfll friends, JOS. GANs~nI., Al. C. ilwrin, 'Jos. B. Ct;ix)o. I s'~ hl prtjo 0. ion mnule fil the abore lettors lii vi h been1 accepted by I MCr:;HJ5. W~. (1. Jordan, anld .Jautumis D. Frnswr, theo respect. five fihui)ils of Messrs. (lo~w IWu, ~. I oodward, the following CuinrcI. LI1ldnC(3e I bi passeid.] PVa. Wl'. . XVoodwu~rd, j 'We haLve 111 hO onor to oI1(loHe. iil "1E)1V~ aL t'~""tlo~oc' Wi)*l c WXe I)OliQC c to 1W po jl): 1' andio Ihoou hie to bo~th pairties, fund which we, so b cliev\ing, (14) ail friendos r~f both jiuiit o, 1r(r4)nL'lml be is )tituted for fl:(! ori;;in~t .ul ()IVS11iij,1eav0 re f rredl, att ()OFi inrUjUi.t, to 0ti conl 5iderijtitu1 :tiL1u that, the~ ioatl:r of tliletrcn.fl:,L itee1 yout bo tiwincuponl .ian eCu]. Vory z iIpeetfuil'. M. I%%. (ha", 1J05. B. C;u :%rx!1. Auovat'rii.o, (CA., D)ec.. 21, 1875. Silt On In (I 14th iii .:eu't, in the in'is hore Natioa heed Bnk, v\ii bout oV eiw. jin wvord, act., or intent, on my part, Io (11 8011e 1111l si tutck it me)r, and a1phled to mec oflismx:cm; epithctii. 1ask ai:a explnm .ion of your LEG98LATJVE PROCIEDINO8. Thursday, February 3. Jamutary 31. The sonate was not in eussioit. No HJOUSE OF lIRRSEsENTATIV}E. Tho first business was the reading of the mossago from the governor in relation to tho penitentiary, in which ho recommnends the labor of the convicts be leased out ; he has no doubt of the practicability of such at plan, and bag repeatedly urged its adoptioni. If this bo not done, hi) sece }1o way of reducing tho appropriation bolow $40,000, especiall-y in view of I the present number of convitth. Ho also sugg"ests that $3,000 of the ap propriationi be nude inppflicablo to repalirug the roof, Several membemrl gaVo notice of now bills of It.i:al importanco only. A comnnmunicationi was received from Colonel Parnole, sWperinten dent of the penitentiary, through JIon. H'. E. Hayno, chairman of the board of directors, in which ho says that $40,000 would be required for the maintenano of the institution, and is confident that it can be shown to be imfpossible to conduct the in stitution for ia los sum than ho has named without subjoeCting the in niateis to privattion and illpairing the liscipline of the penitentiary. The average number of inmates per day for tho first' three months of last fiscal your was only 1.318, whereas there are now 35) in coilnojmeint. The number of prospective iniatos now actually uder Ientoneo in the variot county jails is estimated at, sixty, which, with those who are likely to bo convicted during the conmig tenus of court., will place our daily average for fiscal year over 100. C'onehi introtduced the following resolut ion c lIsolve(l, That ia committoe of five >e appointed by the speaker to imuire imto aId mako full exanina Lion of all matters pertaining to the proper discharge of the official con dtet of ion. Montgomery Moses, circUit judge of the state of South Carolint in and for the seventh cir cuit. and for sid purposes are au thori,,od an(d empowered to send for person and liapere ; said said com mittee ary further authorized to re port by renolution or othorwise. The resolution was laid over for further consider:ation. 1'he eoncurrent resolution (by Mr. Crittenden) that the+ general assemr bly adjourn eine d i Fcbruary i5 wias cOnside!e.r1, and y'."stpolne 1 till Thursday. Freenai, fron the eomiitteO Ol ongrossed bitl. reported as LIly anid correctly onigrossed for a third re-iding the bill to make appropria tions to nl'ot the ordinary exyense, of the state government for the 1iscal year conluonciung November 1, 1875. The bill was road the third time, parsed, a.nd ordered to be sent to tie sonate. A bill to rogulato tho rate of in toerest and to provent usury, Wall taken up, and discussed. Tho bill fixes the legal interest at seven poi cent., and allows ton on prli vate conm tract, but makes it usury to charge more( tha~n ten por~ cont-. Pending debate cn the motion. to striko out the enacting choso, the~ R1'eaker delated the hmouso ad jour'ned. Februa~ry.1. SBEXATE. Whittomore ofl'ored neveral imeniduumontu to the proposerd concurli reout resolution in reference to the comm~iii onr of dlction. Onm motion of Coobhran, the fur. ther' cosideration of the r'epor't and joint resohi tion n' as postponed, and made the special order for Thutrs, day Fobrulary 31. Nash initrodnced aL bill to author ize the mayor anld aldormnu of the city of Coluibia to issue stock-, &c.; also a bill to jr-ovide a better mnethod for the assessment and col lection of taxuls fot thme anpport of the govonimont of the city do'f lumbia, and~ to amend formner acts relating theroto. Jones5 inltroduc(ed a conienrret resolution pr'ofiding~ for anl inlvesti galion into the mal~tter of ouiiaml bontds given by the state troaisurer, compiroller-gononda anid secretar'y oif stato. Ordered to Iie over for future 'consideration. UdlsOFn n(,PR ImmENTAtTivEr. SVdlmral noties of now Pilb:; wdro Roporm' front nommuiitteos wetro readl and ordered to lie ever, Or were rejected. fr''eiemati, fromu flhe c'.mmiii ttoe oni engross4edi bills, repoirted back the following ats dly andO corroetly en. grossed for a third reading : senate bill to amend an aot entitlel "An act to establish by law the voting p~ro cincts inl tile variousl counities in the state ; to establish a ferry across the Waterece rivor, inl Richlanlld uand Ker shamw countitus' ; to am'dnd the genor al statultes relative to the right of surety wh'io pays debt of pirincipal. :The bill wore passcd. Bills to authmorize trial justices to grant new trials ; to compel the husband to support andl~ maintain his wife andl muinlor childiron ; joint resolution auithioriziner andl directingt th'e eohool 6ouininissioher of Edgo ield coiuty to pat dertaiti school claims agailat said edfntyi Were road the third time and pasadd, and ordered to be sent to the seldato. A commnicjeation was rbcoived from the governor, rolativ'e to the repairs of the roof of the stato-houso. The iesago, with accompanying p pers, was properly rOf4rred. 0op)os introduced a bill to repeal an act entitled "An act for the relief of the widows and orphans of per sonR killed because of their political opinions," in so far as it relates to the county of Chesterfield. Referred. OJurtis int roduced a joint rosoluf tion to provido for the payment o claim of L. Case Carpentor. Ro forred. Copons offered a resolution that Whipper's speech r6eontly delivered be expunged from the journal of the house. Ordered to lie over for fu tare consideration. Simmons ofored the folloiring, which was uimedliately considered and adopted : Resolved, That no bills or joint resolutions of a private nature shall be introduced after the 6th inst, Concurroht rosolution requiring the govornor to offer a reward for the apprehension and dolivory of John Al. Powers, for iiudrder con mitted in Marion county; concdrrent resolution requiririg the govbrnor to offer a reward for tihe apjprohongioh of onO Sullivan, who conimlitted a murdor in (lroeuville county. wore considered. The bill to rogulato the rats f interest and to prevent usury s taken up and argued till tho li tae adjourned. February 2. HsiKATM. Billi to amend an act ciitild' "An act to establish by law the vot.ing preeiditets in tho tlid various cotuties of the stato," and to estab liush a ferry across the Wateree River, in Riehllaid and Keirshaw counties, and to vest the same in Samuel Boykin, J. E. English, J. M. English and J. L. Thompson, their heirs and assigns, were enrolled for ratifica -tion. Bill to 'amend an act entitled "An act to grant, renew and amend the charters of cortain towns and vil lages therelih mieotioned; acd for other purposes," relating to:tho town of Newberry, received its first road img. The committtoo on financo, to whom was referri'd bill to fix the salaries of cortiin ptblfe ofiicors, z rt niiuinid that it lolsrs with Siuidry afmendmenti ibml )itted by the conunitteo. jh1"Po ar *.linmInts involve a gemoural 1e.uction of siala rioes in all departments of thl stato government. Nash introduced a bill to provide a better method for the asossmc-nt and collection of taxos for the sup port of the govermnent of the city of (olumLia, and to amndu the for= ier acts relating th'oreto, and a Lill to anmeind an act entitled "An aiit to grant the io of a vacant lot in the town of Colimbia; to Pzlhiitto odge, No. 5, .. T. 0. 1. on certain conditions." C'orwin-BIill to amend an act on titled "An a'-t to provide for the settlemnent and payment of certain cla'imsu againit the state Warley--Joint resolution to amend a joint resolution entitled "A joint resiolution to aiuthiorize the county c ommufissionors of dlarenmdon and Fairfiold counties to levy anid collect a wpoeial tax of 1l- mills on the dol lar, for the paynment of tile past due indebteness; of said counties, and to regulate the mnannor of disbureing the samo)1." Th~e enlactihig clause of a concur rout resohition~ to appoint a commit too to ascertain aus to th-o suifficioniey of bouide given by certain state off1 cern was stricken out. ndOUU OF REPRsTAl. Davis introduced a bill to aiuond an act Mtitlpd1 "An not to ogdilate the nunibdr ahcd pp of officers, atz tachees, clerks anti laboreru of the Genoral Assembly, and to provide the muanner of oleting- appiointing and paying .the same." Couch -B3il to amond an act eonti tied "An ac.t to p~rovidec for the set tiemient flad palymient of cortain claimsi against thme state. 'iTomias -Joinit resolution to ro v'ido for the liaymerit of the claimsir of E. Rt. Stokea, by umakiurd anl appro piaition for thei same, addl a hi to inlcorpora~to the Narrow (Caugo Railroad~ (Jompah~y. IBostonl---.Joinit .reisoldtii to' au thorize the schl ( com)missidhor of Noewherry Cottnty to hiavo registeroed all uhpaid school cortifwcaten issued prior to November 1, 1874. A resohiltlon to app~hoint a collitiit tee to ingird into the official con. duet of the judge of the noventh udlicuia circuit was ta~eni uI oUt of its regular order andc atdoptd; Adjourneod, BENATE. (lain latrodmuced a bill hi fumeind anl act enltitle~d "An oct hi rediled all acets anid parts of acts iln relation to county commJ~issuioners, their powers andu duties; into one not, and l8 amend the same." Whittemore-.Bill to -amend see, tion 20, chafter 17. of the general statutos of South Carolina, relative to ilnuranoe COapImli Cioehlr:in Bill to provide for th iesiiig of liebbsoti to. l$ersotis wielh ing to orbot anld niallitalh gate a nrbi public road, within this statd. Whit --Ilill to iodrporatb., th town of Black's Station; iii Yori county. Whittnmoro ititroducod a resolu tion that the clerk of tl1 seiiatt draw a pay cortificato for thdaliloun of $600 in favor of L. T- Levii payable out of the soiato contingent und, for indoxing the sbnato jour nal and engraving on parchment the proalble and resolutions on th( death of Hon. Charles Sumner which *ae ordorod for considoration on Friday. Bill to provido a bettor method for the assosdIueont and collection of taxes for the support of the govern; montof the city of Columbia, and to ainniaI former acts rolating{ thereto, was referred to the judiciary comn mittoe. Adjournod. UbOB Q1 1 PRES'3*!ATIvM. 1io introduced a bill to regulate the componsation of the motibors of the general assembly. londerhon~.Join rsolhtloi jr posing atd am~edment. to the colisti: tution of the Mtate of South Caro lina, relative td d couiponsation of menibers of the Oduoral Ausdnlbly. libson---B11 to prohibit the salo of iltovioating liquors within two and one half iabiles froni Blythowood Female Seminary, in Fairflold county. Orr-Bli1to prohibi't die ennl of in toxicating liquorp within three miles of Villianston Fomualo College, in Anderson county. Mr. Livingston; fromti the domniit too a)poitetd at Leslie's request, to investigate the latter's connectionf with the land coliissions suIlit.tdd a report;. The committeo stated their undcrstaniding of the resolu tion to have been t at the' were to examine into the entire maniagemewnt of the land commission during Leslico' administration. Loslie, however, holds that their inquiry must be confined to a single matter --the charge matlde by Mr. Robert Aldrich, of Barnwell, of a broach of trust with franudlent intent. Under such circumstances, the committee asked to be discharged from ithe further consideration of the matter The question being taken on tho adoption of the ropbrt, it was deci ded in the negative. The report was then recommitted for general investigation. Mr. Wallace roquostel to be ox cused from srhviik as a mitemiber of the comi'littc-.iC d'runtedl. Mr. Johnson r idct ed to be ox eused frolt serviiig a6 a mDoS her of the cominittee. .I ot agre6- to, by :a vote; on divisiob', of yens nays 4t. The Speaker aiiiUi~cYI Mr. M rr as a member of the sp)eeial commit. tee, vice Mr. Wallace excused. The eiracting clauso of a Hnehato bill to amend chmapterro 7, q; 9, it, rnd i11; title 2, part 1; of the gmieral statutos of South Carolian; rielttive to olictions aid their rdsults; was stricken out. Thai rosuhitlin tu$ s(jdlgo froi the journali~ tho Quutton.Ii of pi-ivilogo by Whippm3 wvas under discussiion, when the houish adjourndd. Frida~ys Febrnary 4. NEKNATR. The bill to provide a botter method for the a~~sssmenL and al lction of taxes for the support of the gpvornmnent of the city of Co liumbi:u, ahd to amend former acts relating thdroto1 d'as favorably re ported. Hayno introddeod lA rkesolution to applointL Messrs. Donal~daan and Joter a committee on th'd ieart of the sonaito to assist the houso bomui mnittoo to investigate the Ltr~ailn Lions of the land commission. The bill to amend section 26,. chapte~r 1?; of the general statutes of Go 1th d~aruliha4 relative to licensone. of insu re pdinpanies, *~as roferred1 to the jtudhuiary cotnihite~ t'i. joiht resolutidn ij Cochran) jyro-. posing ntirtain atoddtnnents t, h consildloi ofthe statot wafi order ed to lbe degrodisod for a third read Adljoiifidd. H!oUtRE OF REI'IOEPENTATIVJ's. Replorts of commnitteu wore re coived and laid over for future con sideration. TlheP (cnimiflttoo on (contingont ac-. counltisi anId 0xydntsos md(o a repiort recommendling the1( paymeint of sundry claimis~ nonoO of which are of aniy general interet. Au bact to inedrilornto the Coliun bia City Railway Company was ro p)orted read(y for rati fiqation. Orr itrtodneed gbill t') incorpo~r ate the Amcricnh Live Stock lIhnur anco Comupany. * Bamptioldl-dill to emend alt act 6ntitlcd "An act to prlovideC for the settlemotnt andl ptaenit of cUrtain iala tmis against the state." iiaghd iihtrodtibed( oetrn kosolution, which wasH adoptod, that the two housok nicet inl joint as, sembily oui Februai-y 16i, for the purpocd of electing three regents of the Lunatic Asylim; to fill the places of Nash; Taylor auld Crews, whuoto .tern ex pired Decemnbor, Loslio--ill to incorporato tho towii of Elko, in 3arnwoll county. . A rdidlitioi to oxlinige from the jptrnal the (llidttoon cf privilego by Whippor was adopted. The hondo thou itdjourned, until Tuesday, February 8. Saturday, February 6. SENATE. Mr. Jotor introdneed a hill to tithorizo the Grangors' Life and Health Insurance Company to croato and ostablish a stato de partmont in the stato of South Carolina. White--Bill to lrovl1o for tiio ,tilling b( vacancies in the oflico of 'circtiit soliitors. Gaillard-.Bill. to incorpor ate the Morcantilo Wharf Companyt, of Ciharlostoi. Green- 111 to a it h o r i zo COeorge Hahai to construct a wharf in the town of Be anfort; and to collqct whatrfago; .ill to am nd an act ontitlcl "An act to aui3i:id a joint rosolutioiti Sithoriing the .Coiitt lonihikAoners of Beaufort County $d. bvy a special tax," ap. Proved Fbbruary 26, 1873. , Odchraik-Bill t0 povidh ho -natiner Uf pai ing claiins agaiist th state by the grnioral assembly. 'he speaker of the house of rdprdsentativos altonded in tho senato, when a largo nuntbr if acts and joint r0iohtttionis vere r.titied. A bill was Qassed, having refer dh'cd to the fence laW. It p)rovide:1 that thi County Bo1nisHiollerH shall, dpoil the p'etition of one hundred voters; sithuit to the peo ple, at the niert gencral election, the qiaistiii of "fen'ee law" or "no fencu law." The bill hus reference ,nly to the ciounlties of Anderson, 'hestor; Union, Greenville antd Spartanburg. The bill to rathice the salaries of ynblic officers Am s taken up and discnssed. The following ch angos im salaries *ero mado : Attorney genoral to $21.O.; ., ?tatd reporter frolt $1500 to $1? i6, the reporter to have the exclusivo sale of the roports. This bill involves a re duction in all salarics of about twenty por cent. Adjourned. The house was not in sdssion. The Reolie of Waterloo as a Sourco o Fortuno. The following story is told by the grandson of the chief actor. Victor Troyon owned a small house near to tho oventful field on which wait deiu tho star of Napoleon ;and sine ' th it battle h had lulde -trran gtbemuIt; ft r i((Onlil:' )datilg, in an ht:mble waLy, such vi.Iitors as chost to call upon hini. 11 jhort, he ope u ai r mall ta'i3rdi. The fever for re'icH mil at its height. Everybody who visited the histori" Nlot Watitud to 'a irry off sonto Sui talo nhouvelii'. l T. lroy on % ats beset. by his visitors for ruli($ of the bat tle but he honestly n swerod that lie had hothig of the kiiid.tUn as vbry boo(I 11r and le worked lard to keep his little tavern goihg. Oic day hlii was compla1ining to a neighbor of his poverty, and5 a1so of t1h annfoyan.ce con t..inually put, up)on hime by relic-hlunters. "W~ell, whyl don't~l you mafke thet sou rcu of your annoyance reliev( . our poverty ?" suggestod the "Hoiv can I do that ?" UIf yeou have no reliesi make somUo. 'At Brnssels thioy make aniy gnan~itity of thmem. For instance, the inext mail who asks you for a'rolie, till1 him that Napoleon~ or Wellington en toed .your hounso daring fte ittle and sat i that chair. Or, tell hitut that on that tale~ Nap~oleon wroteo his orders to the different d1iv1iion commanders." Not lohg aftbl' thuis; ah kngfishl tourist Istupped pt the tavorh and asked for a rulied of the gret battle. JHo hoard thl Biir'story ad~d hionght the simple piece of fnt-nituirh at an Ihti~tl rico Zranfi Was hld to got it at that'.~ The tablh on wyhicho Napolboki had written at least a dovtuk Ordt~ to i marshals; Was sold t13 a~ totist !riM the south of Fraict for t~o thousand franca ($4OO:) Hy-and, by; W TIroyon dalled to mind that h30 itill prl'eserved the glass from which Wellington drank ; and the "Wollihg ton glass" is still Rhown the admuiring visitors, at a substma antial English resi deuce, by the eon of a man who p)aid ?IO for it. Even the nail oni which Napolhdon ihig his mtilitary cloatk waH pulldd out, of tho, wall1 to satisfy a craving .relic hunter. In short, M. TPrnyon kept~ on until, icclo by piece, lhe hans sold the very roof fronui over his head, anid it is saidl that ihor'o than one( enthninistic worshtilppr at the Ltronto of Water. ho0, wheni thore wasI nothinug el'ho to bo gaind for' a souvenir, t)ook away a package of the dlirt on which sotoodl the house in which both Napoleon and Wellington had restrl. Of conrso, M. Vict0or Tlroyon did( not comub out very poor from the shattbring and scatterinug of hits old home. A uovbl breach of promnisd ense haa bu~eh brought tip In Brooklyn. A miah anid his wvife had booni di vored andio hatd liveid aipart for 10) yoaru. .1.'ho deoreo of divore was1 theri mtodiflod so as to pormuit them to rkrmarry each other. But the ox-husband chang~.ed his minrd, aind thie ex-wifoi has~ brought suit against him for breach of lo 01mi(3 Gon. Leo and hi Children: Wilo at ldtorshitrg in the whiter of 1804 Cou. Leo attended preach ipag ttin Atl crowded d eba pol, n4 noticedl a little girl, (irossed in faded gitrnots, O+anding just insido the door and titilidly looking aronnd for a seat. "('ono with me, any little lady." Said .the groat. soldier"; "and yon shall sit by inc." An taking tim little girl by tho hand he seeired h'er a 'cnmfortablo soat at is side. . .. liov. W. H. IPlatt, who was rector of St. .Paul'o Chuirch .during tho war, gives tho fllowing : "Oi day in icilijo'nld a iiimher of littlo girls iouro rolling Idops on tho sidewalk, when word Wras passed from one to another that (ton. Loo was riding toward thlom. They all gat-ired ihito a ftill group to gaze upon o11 of whom they had heard so niuch, when, to their siu'prise, hd throw his re in .to his atteining courier, dilsltloiiitcd; kissed ovdry one of thomi aitd thain iniOullting; rode away, with the swiiiy smile of dhildhiodd in his hart. and plane of great batt ea iii his mind." Once; in I et'ribuirg, ho. called td see a child in whohi h fblt a special inltorost, and f!ndiig hvor 'nick, begged to ho sh1ow1n to her rooni. When the inothor, wLho ;vas at a neigh)or'e for a lilomnent, cam1 home, she found himn by the bedsido of her ick child. nlknist-ering td her comfort and cheering her with InaH wordso. In1 calling ono d111y in Petersbilrg 1110un Lthe ac('l11ihd(' I lady of Liho gallant utad lamented GeI.nerald A. P. tihu. i1;1 bright little girl 'oil, himt it the d1or and exclihlilod with that f'aiiiliarity wIehi th) . kindhearted 1hi hero had Wlght her : "Oh (l('eral Leo, har i1 'I3oiby Leo' thohtlinlg upl a piipiyh; do kia klin." 'ho (Genm'ral 'retetnded to do so, and the litt le' girl was delightod. Gen1. Leo's lovo for child'et wa4 p'rverbial : and ho nio'er lost an Ipp)orttunity of showing it. A Soft Montor. An ext raordinary nionsotr wn seen a few layii ago at 1odera, nea' [loophead Lighltho0, which il 4itimtted onl the most western point ,)f tim (omlity Clamre, in T-e1land. [t is thItnh describ'd Its hen< and nc(k resmembhl a horse, an11d alre of a redi;h hute ; it hias short, round 'are; mid iltwing man111th, aid from tfhi pol1 extend two bt'nmehaimg horna like thiose of at stag, unidernenat.h wvhich worn (ye9$ glaring, and1( pro Irudiulg It 1)1d1) dir'tl ely for the narritor, wt ho Wa s on the cidOh of the lt(r4) roek. 116. at one rant11 out of r0ac11 Of th 11onster; whoL1 o ap-i pron'hi loo ked an ythiibg )Alt friend ly. Ti. then arose higil oit of the water and1 phlttagN k'it-h 51uch1 iorco ts IA can'e itie wa'r to tlv Si) far' (11( in iitI 1it jities as to (1r1c11 thie obstervert LIhe si, hot stado]' ilg forty feet bac1k feb1i the wIe'r LL th'e time. It reiIain'd nea:1r Ifhirty or forty lmindites, never Sis lippearing a lome10nt front view; but rearing its iugo body patLly 'dut obs (.ervedv ..t v thf tail of.1... por'. II, then sha4ped1 its. donrfld wesntweerd still kr'pinig its- had anld neck wol) elvaft'd its4 bulk flar exceeded thait of thec largest plorpolio ovr 40en 01n tile coasit. cif thie States hat'e farms that aivor 14(0 lossO than~ .12.5 aerios hII Oxtent, uearly to 111 alverage' of 500) acres. J'hiose t~elvO Stal't ;givo the8 follow, nig as( Ilhq averrage size or thleir arsIn Mai, 98 acres Now IlIamipsihh-h, 122 aIcres ; Mlaacul iotts; 110 cr ; Rhol~do Islanld, 114 lorol; ; Connneticut, 93 acres :Now York, 103 neres ; New Jersey, 0 leros Indinana, 112 aiCros; Ohio, 111 c.;Michigan, 101 acren ; Ws 1onginl, 114 aereos. 3Vhile the to)tal v'aluc di Lhe farms ii the UnJIitedI States is pdtt dowii at 9,269,03,361, the vaii ini thO Lihovo small1 farm Stateso foots dp $5,407,587,178, or bloar-ly thireu.. fifths; of tihE toItafl--.-and thiH1 too, whiile thle area of fthoo Statos is os than) one1-tenth of the area: oIf thea wh~iol coutry: No maoro conlusltiv'o 3xhIibit of thle plractical su1periority >f the antlall farm~ sys0tem1 could be fiven thani this. A Philadelphia --irm has paid j85],Of00 for1 the right t) sell1 all1 thAI )tior thalt IS ga1/zzled oni theo Centon. -ial gounds roper ~ t y i annuially desdtroye'd by3 notiio: Forty acres00 ill .1juar coity ), 1'(xas, madla( s t yourt sixty 1bahin (It ottont. Ando it wasn'iltf a goOd cotton Billings 00ays : "I dion t r'eolock 1ow oIf oiver hoafrinlg of two dlogi; ighiting 1un11ss thioru wasi a man01 or wo arouni1d."' >pen1 ill wintor is tho 81amo1 poronm vhIo inivar'iably closes~ it inl nuner. ~ irangomots arue no0w being~ per'. aid for his seahs.