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BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, b. C., FRIDAY. SEI IEI^24^ ISG9. VOLUME- XVII NO. 22
JERUSALEM.
BY WILLIAM SINCLAIR.
Thou City of the Lord wlio^j nnmc
Tlic angelic liosl in wootlcr tells;
The halo of whoso fiiJless fume
All earthly splendor far excels?
To thee, from Judith's stable mean,
Arose the prince from Jesse's stem,
And siuco hath deathless glory Leon
With thee Jerusalem 1
What though thy temples, domes, and towers,
That man in strength ami weakness madcy
Are, with their priests and regal powers,
In lowly dust and ashes laid!
Tho story of thy ancient time
Steals on 03 it ptolc on them,
Thrice hallowed by the- lyre sublime
Of thee, Jerusalem!
We s*e within thy porcli03, Vnul
Uplift the arm, the voice command,
"Whose heaven-taught zeal, wbos-i earnest call,
Could rouse or paralyse the huad?
Though gold and poiSp wet'o his, nnu more,
For God lie spurned tho glittering gem,
And cast him prostrate a!l before
Tliy gate?, Jerusalem!
Even from the Mount of Olives now,
When morning lifts her s'iad?\vy veil,
And smiled o'er Moab's lofty brow,
And beauteous Jordun's stream and vale,
Tho ruins o'er the region spread,
May witness of thme ancient fame,
Tho very grave-yards of tliy dead?
Of thee, Jerusalem!
The temple in its gorgeous state,
That ;u n dreadful ruin U-ll,
The fortress and tho golden gat.?,
Alike the saddening story tell,
IIow lie l>y Hinnon's vale was led
To Oaiixphas, with mocking shame*,
That g!nd redemption uiiu'lit be sh.-d
O'er thee, Jerusalem! ;
Fust by the Virgin's tomb, and l>y
These spreading olives, bend th?- knro, :
For her* his pangs anil sulferingi sjgli j
Thrilled through thy ernes, (iethsuiuanc; I
T'was here, beneath the olive shade,
The man of many sorrows came,
With tears, as never mortal shed, '
For thee, Jerusalem! !
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Around Siloain's ancient tombs
A solemn grandeur .stiil must !> ;
And oh, what mystic meaning looms
By thy dread summit*, Culvary ! '
The groaning earth, that felt tho shook I
Of mankind's crowning sin and rihamc, 1
Gave up the dead, laid hare the rock, I
For fallen Jerusalem! j (
Kind woman's heart forgets thee not, ^
For Mary's image lights the scone ; y
Ami PAafinfip lionL' * * *
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Vu what tliou art, what Ihou liaal been, I
Ah! well may pilgritiu heave the sigh,
When they remember all thy fame.
And shed the tear regrettingly
O'er thee, Jerusalem 1 1
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For awful desolation lies,
In heavy shades, o'er thea and thino,
As I'were to frown of sacrifice, ^
And tellthy story, Palestine ; 1
But never was there d?jlinona
Whereto UU glory never caino ; \
And guardian augi la watch and wait <
By thee, Jerusalem I ^
Tlie liisiro of tliine ancient fame
Shall yet in brighter beams orise, j 1
And heavenly measures '.o tliy niune j
Itejoioe the earth, make glad the skies ; j
And with thy gathered thousands, then
Olt! Love and I'oace shall -'well with them,
And God's own glory thine again '
O'er thee, Jerusalem ! 1
?Blackicooils Magazine.
JOHN BELL.
John "Bell is (load. Another of the i i
- * i,
bright links which bound us to the 1
^ I
past is broken. When each a man ! ]
lulls and is gathered to the fathers. '
society looks with straining e3*cs to
discover the coming man upon whom 1
his bright mantle may appropriately !
fall. And doubly blessed is that age '
when such a mantle can bo cast upon 1
a deserving successor. 3
"When we look around and calmly 1
furvcy the field of American politics
and American statcmanshin?when ;
wo enter the halls of the National 1
and State Legislatures?when we ex- '
amine the Judiciary?the Cabinet?
our representatives in foreign lands,
and, tired and sick of heart from this
survey, vc turn to the Executive
? head of tho Government, our minds
hecomc painfully impressed with the j
great, startling fact, that ho fur as
exalted patriotism, broad and intel- 1
lefftual acquirements, cultivated Catholic
statesmanship, familiarity with
tho principles of civilized government,
practical knowledgo of tho
workings of our own system, honesty
and purity of intention with candor
| and sincerity in execution?that so
far as these grand vh'tuos may be
considered as the brightest gems
which adorn tho coronet of trno
A *V? A?.t /%?* ' # ' *
n-muii^uu Buucsmansnip, tno present
is emphatically the ago of failure.
In the fur off futuro wlion tho
youth of the land shall bo callcd upon
to point out thoso Btai*s which cast
most light and reflected most gran'
dear upon the first half of the nineteenth
oentury, tho namos which
* shall first rise to tboir lips will be
Jackson and WnUfM on*' ?J
?vmivi MIIU ViUJ UUU
1 Calhoun and Adams. Randolph, McDufflo,
Benton, Wright, Cass, Taylor,
Scott, Decatur, Perry, Bainbridge,
' Forsyth, Marshall,' Pinckney, Story,
Taney, Crawford and John Befl, and
their colleagues, who in the halls.Of
. Cpngreas, on, the hustings, in the
field, oartho sea/at foroign Courts, on
the Bench and in tho Executive Chair
of the Nation, gave character to the
American government and spread Our
great name throughout tho uttermost
parts of the earth. But alas, these
are 110 more. A now class of men ,
occupy their places without filling
their positions. How strange tho
contrast?Jackson and Grant, Taylor
and Butler, Webster and Sumner,
Clay and Wilson, Calhoun and Boutwell,
Story and lloar, Marshall and
Swaync, Crawford and Itobson.
John Boll, one of the last lingering
Cltl?V?\V?VvI ri f flllsl lllMifllf. a!'
American statesmen ami patriots, was
born near .Nashville, Ter.ncH.sce, on
the lSlli of February, 1707. JI is
lather was a farmer in moderate circumstances,
who 'favo hi-son :t liberal
education at Cumberland College,
now the University of Nashville.
Mr. JJell was admitted to the bar in
lyiG, and rvas elected to the iSlate
Senate from W illiamson county, where
lie had settled, in 1S18, before he was
21 years old. Having serve* 1 out bis
lerm lie declined a ro-eicciion, and !
devoted himself I ?i* tlio next nine
years to his profession.
In 1H20 he ran for Congress against
Felix Grundy, who hud the powerful''
support of Andrew* Jackson, himself
then a candidal'.? for the Presidency
against John Quincy Adams, and,
alter a most exciting canvass, 31 r.
Bell was elected by a majority of one
thousand votes. He was subsequently
re-elected, and served in Congress
fourteen consecutive years. During
iiis sen ice in Congress he was cstcemed
?*te of its able, c'lieient
:uid indus'.rious !ne:i:uoi>. lie was
in early lit: a warm admirer of 3Ir. :
L'alhoun, and strongly opposed to I
what was then called the protective
system. Upon this question he subsequently
changed his views, and
idopled 31 r. Clay's great American
system. Opposed to an indiscriminate
system of internal Improvements
by the General Government, he lent
liis powerful aid to such "particular
works as, from their character and
position, gave promise of general benefit
to the whole country, llo was in
avor of a United States Bank, but
rotcd against its re-charter in 1S32,
lOPflllCA }| O I lolliil-Ji J- iLo nil
- ? - VJWU ?
lien brought up, four years before '
.lie expiration of the charter, for political
purposes, and merely to defeat
:he election of General Jackson in 1
Lho ensuing Presidential election.
Mr. Hell broke with the administration
of General Jackson on the question
of the removal of the deposits
und ceased to act with that party afterward.
In 1831 he was elected
Speaker of the House of Iloprescnta- j
tives over James Iv. Polk, afterward j
President, in 1833 he declared in
favor of Hugh L. "White for the Presidency,
and in the subsequent canvass
n Tennessee lent the whole power of
liis influence and taleuts in favor of
that gentleman. Tennessee cast her
potc for Judge Whito and Mr. Bell
was re-elected to Congress from the
Hermitage district by as large a
rote as ever. In 1838 Mr. liell voted
ljiuinst the celebrated Athnrfon
iutions, which caused his conduct to |
bo sorely criticiscd hy tlio extreme
[ ro-slavcry sentiment in the Southern
States.
In 1841 when President Taylor was
inaugurated, he invited -Mr. J>o!i tu
accept the War Department, which
lie did, and with the rest of the Cabinet,
Mr. Webster only accepted, lie
resigned ollleo on the separation of
the Tyler administration from the
Whiir viartv ill the fuilnmn nf fliof
year. The Tennessee Legislature),
largely AVhig, at its next session tendered
Mr. Jiell a seat in the U. S.
Senate, which he declined in favor of
Bpliraim II. Foster, who Mr. Uell
thought entitled to tho position, llo
was elected to the State Senate in
1817, and during his term was elected
to fill a vacancy in the U. S. Senate.
In 1853 he was again elected to the .
Senate, his term of offico expiring
March 4th, 1859.
In 1SG0 ho was nominatod for the
Presidency by the American party,
and while the popular vote which ho
received wad very large, owing to tho
peculiarity of our systom his voto in
the electoral college was small. Well
would it have been for tho country
could tho result havo boon otherwise.
During tho war, although opposed to
secession, ho remained truo to tho
South, and suffered tho loss of his
entire property on account of his
Southern sentiments. At tho closo of
tho war, broken down in health and
advanced in years, he found himsolf
deprived of a largo property and
thrown back upon his own labor for
aimnAtif 1 a *
ou^i/tv, nruuu UlUU WUU 1IHU UUUU ftC?
tivo and clamorous in bringing about
tho war, liko Joe Brown ond othors of
that stripe, had amassed large fortunes,
and are now rolling in luxuries.
,
The character of Mr. Bell's mind
was rather solid than brilliant, though
some of his spoeqhqs delivered in the
Sena to will long bo romomberod as
&
models of forensic debate. Ho was a
statesman of largo and liberal views,
and great independence of character.
As a man, lie was generous 111 his nature
and warm in his sympathies and
friendships, and consequently loved
by those who knew him well. 111
Tennessee he was always popular,
and his death will be keenly felt by
those in his native State, who acquired
the privilege of his association and
friendship. Peaco to his ashes.?
Chronicle & Sentinel.
From the Bnltiuioro Underwriter.
St. Louis Mutual Life Insurance
Company.
This company, which is attracting
by its grcwim? prominence throughout
the country a tar .;;o share of public
attention, was organized in the
year 1.S3.S by some of tin- leading citizens
of St. i.ouN. i/.Uo its coteinporarios
at that period, its early business
was very limited. Tho political
and financial disturbances of the nation
were unfavorable to the rapid
growth of life insurance, and society
was not sulliciently ripened for its re
ccption. When the sinokc of the
great sectional conflict hud fairly
passed away, and the people through
the ceaseless activity of working
agents, hail been educated to the point
of encouraging such etVort, and ol
!ie!j)ing to !>uild up so beneficent an
institution, the St. Louis Mutual started
at once upon a career of uninterrupted
prosperity. Hs remarkable
progress may he seen by a glance at
the following tabular statement:
i-.'Mf! I\< 1S?n!T!j. AS<3I"r?j
l.SO.'i 2:U ! Jan. l.isni, .*222.r?!7
i:n;i r?7 i ' i. i80~i.
1 Sfia ojy 4; i, 7")0,114
1H0G 2.701 ' 1. 1807, l..'U?0.102
1307 ......4.570 " 1. 1808. 2,(W.),7I7
1808 4j004 ? 1, 180u. : {,(> l'.i.uto
These large succe.isivc additions indicate
singular excellent management.
I'romptly taking advantage of the
more favorable conditions of society
and -finance, and steadily winning
the confidence and support of the
public b}- judicious exertion, tlie managers
of the company found that in a
comparatively brief period they had
placed the St. Louis in the front runic
of succcss, and in point, or actual
strength had made it the leading
company of the "West. That its present
financial exhibit is not the result of
hot-houso forcing, or of that mushroom
immaturity which characterizes
many companies which any one fa
miliar with the life interest can readily
name, is shown in tho fact that n
large proportion of its policy-holders
is compoii'd of Ihe most substantial
und iiillucntial men of the country;
tliut its ratio of expenses, including
commissions to agents, during the
past year, willi its largo amount of'
new business, is only 14 per cent, of
premium receipts, a rate much lower
tllllll tllA fIVOI'nifl* \ ?? ?
... ?..w ?? . v< v? 4m.uftw & iv.au winpanics;
and that the low rajio of actual
to anticipated death loss, from
the care exercised in the selection of
risks, is only 72] per cent, of that assumed
as the probable loss in.the construction
of the premium rates.?
Moreover, the management has realized
from its investments interest at
the rate of 8} per cent. Indeed, from
the commencement to "he present,
the company lias ho thoroughly respeeled
the condition , of stability ar.d
security that its record ha; repeatedly
received the unqualithd endorseuicut
of ITon. Kli/.ur "\Wght, who,
after careful examination, las declared
that assuming that only- six per
cent. Lo hereafter realized from the
investments, there will be a large surplus
over a sufficient reserve
The clear net surplus for 18G8 over
all liabilities was $312 000, whilst the
total assets now reach the princely
sum of over four millions, wi h an annual
income of over 83,000,0)0. For
this handsome showing the policyholders
have to thank the olThcrs and
directors who havo suslainM their
high character as honored cit?eiis of
St. Jjouis, by their discrimiiation,
their harmonious co-opcratioi, and
their fidelity to duty ; to a cQ-ps of
.-A.. t 1- - ?
u^ciiin wnu arc as anio as they arc
zealous; to conscientious cxam'ners;
and to tho skill of an actuary Mr.
Win. E. Harvey, who is too wclj and
widely known to need any commmdation.
Tho fairness, not to say liberality,
with which tho company deals vith
its policy-lioldors, is illustrated by an
item in tho last report which slnws
that its cash disburshmonts on account
of surrendered and forfeited policies
amounted to $59,752. This is ah
example of non-forfeiture which mitht
bo advantageously as woll as cqu\ably
followed by others. In the distribution
of surplus the company wisdy
discards the percentage system of r$
bing its policy-holders, and adopts; tie
contribution plan,, by which, oath
member, while secturing insurance \t
the lowest coat, receives its dividend^,
year after year, in the oxac^ proportion
in which his individual payment
* ' , . ' t
\
, have been contributed towards forming
tlie surplus. In thus responding
to the requirements of justice and
equity, the company lias won an honorable
name, and a strong hold upon
public favor.
i In tho practical workings of the St.
, Louis Mutual, one fcaturo especially
commends itself to approbation. The
officers employ no one whoso integrity
is personal beyond question.
The action of some companies
in appointing and continuing agents
I wlin would ln> in llir> nni>il..n<ioi'ir if
lliey had thoir deserts, morel >- b.-cause
, they are active, though unscrupulous
workers, is emphatically condemned
by its officers. JS'o toleration is given
to men of doubtful record of reputation,
and as a consequence of steady
adherence to tlrs principle, its-;igciits
! arc men of honorable character and
! bi.;b standing. The gentlemen who
rcpre.j-jiiL liio company in th!:; district
are among its most highly esteemed
and trusted agents, and we cordially
recommend to the favorable reception
in the comuiunily to which they i.:c
so justly entitled.
J>ut a lev." years since,' he city of St.
Louis, commercially speaking, was
i further from us than .San Francisco is
to-day. Now direct- intcrcominuniI
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: liinuu i? n uiiiiiur t?i oniy miny-six
| hours. Sineo the Ilaltimorc and Ohio
,j IJailroad has ?0 largely extended its
| western connections, our distant friend
[ lias become our ally and near neighbor.
We rejoice in the new relationship,
and we shall gladly cultivate business
afllliations with institutions
which command so much of the esteem
and respect of their own fellow}
eiti/.ens as the St. Louis 2?Iutual Life,
i Those of our readers, who may dei
.-;re policies in this Company Would
i do well to consult the lJev. A. L.
I.Smith, of Greenwood, S. C.; who is a
j special agent.
I
From tlie Carolina Spartan.
SPARTANBURG FEMALE COLLEGE.
AVo take pleasure in announcing
that the Spartanburg Female College,
which has for somo time been suspended,
is to bo rc-opened next Janu,ary
; and we congratulate our citizens
illlll ltie paif-OIJM Of A/iuulo cdtt?niion
on the very favorable auspices under
which the Institution is expected to
, begin a renewed course of usefulness.
The whole property has been purchased
by two gentlemen well known
in this vicinity, and throughout a
inrgc portion or the Slate. They are
gentlemen whose high christian character,
literary attainments, and rep-'
utation for energy, discretion, and
success in whatever they undertake,
forbids tho indulgence of any other
than the most checring anticipations
j in regard to this enterprise. The j
I gentlemen referred to al*e Jlcv. Samuel
B. Jones, and ]{cv. James F.
Smith, llev. S. JJ. Jones is a graduate
of tho Citadel Military School in
Charleston?has had considerable experience
in teaching, and enjoys a
very high reputation in this profession.
His connexion with the Female
High School in Andorson village from
fifteen to twenty years ago, and his
services more recently in tho school
of fir.L-n-l...?M- I
. j. .1?>V owuivu 1UI IIIIII I
distinction as an educator, that the j
public may vest assured the Presiden- J
icy of the iSpai'tanburg Female Col-|
! k-go is in most competent hands.
Rev. J. F. Smith i.s a graduate of Kandolph
Macon College, has cultivated
j literature to a considerable extent,
j and is otherwise well qualified to
make an efficient Professor.
The.so gentlemen will secure the
services of u sufficient number of other
teachers, to give instruction in the
various departments belonging to a
Female Collego of a high grade.
llepaira of tho buildings aro to
commence at once, and all tho necessary
preparation is to be mado for
beginning tho exorcises 1st January,
1870.
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Useful IIixts.?A bit of glue dissolved
in skim milk will restore crapo.
Strong Icy put in water will make
it as soft as rain water.
Half a cranberry, it is said, bound
An r* nni?n xxf'll a/"w\j? 1??ll Jf
VI> I* Wt IIJ II III OUVI1 Ulil It*
Iiibbons of every kind should bo
washed in snds and not rinsed.
Scotch snuff put in holes whore
crickets come out will destroy them.
A bit of soap rubbed on tlio hinges
of doors will prevent their creaking.
Wood ashes and common salt wot
with wator will stop tho crack of a
stovo.
If your flat irons are rough, rub
thom with fine salt and it will mako
them smooth.
If you wish to avoid a cold, keep
your mouth shut. Tho samo plan al- j
.so keeps the teeth from getting sunburnt
and people from notioing them
if they ore.. '
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The Hon. B.,1L- T, Hunter declare*
that he has forever jotired froii) pub,
lie life. ,
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Artemus Ward's ''Panorama."
CITOICE EXTRACTS.
"We make tlio following extracts
from Artemus Ward's "Panorama,"
just published in London :
Ills AUTISTIC CAREER.
I could draw on wood at a very
tender age. When a mere child, I
once drew a small cart-load of raw'
| turnips over a wooden bridge. Tho
I The people of the village noticed me.
i 1 drew their attention. They said I
had a future before me. Up to that
time 1 had an idea that it was behind
me.
Time passed on. It always (loos,
by the way. You may possibly have
noticed that lime always does. It is
| a kind of way lime lias.
| I became a man. I haven't di-linj
guishcd myself at all as an artist; but
i T have always been more or less mi*cI
ed up with art. I have an uncle who
takes photographs, and I have a servant
who?lakes anything he can get
hi> hands on.
IMS Ml'SirAT. IDEA-.
I lileo music. I can't sing. As a
singist I am not a success*. 1 am saddest
when 1 sing. 80 are those who
are near inc. The}' arc sadder even
than J am.
The other night some silver-voiced
young men catno under my window
and sang-"Come where my lovo lies
dreaming." I didn't go. 1 didn't
think it was correct.
1* found music very soothing when
I lay ill with fever, in Utah: and I
hwiiiu ui luu greatest arusts come
hero every morning before daylight
with lanterns to look at it. Tlioy
say they never saw anything like it
before?and they hope they never
shall again.
When I first showed this picture in
New York, tho audience wore so enthusiastic
in admiration of tho picture
that they Called for tho artist?
a.?d when he appeared they threw
brickbats at liim.
JIUIGIIAM YOUXC1.
Brighain Young has two hundred
wives. Just think of that. Obiigo
me by thinking of that. That is?
ho nas eighty actual wives and hois
spiritually married to one hundred
and twenty more. So we say ho has
two hundred wives, lie loves not
wisely, but two hundred well. He is
dreadful^' married. He's tho most
married man I ever saw in my l:.fc.
I saw his mother-iu-law whilo I was
there. I can't exactly tell you how
many thero is of hor, but it's a good
deal. It strikes mo that one motherin-law
is about enough to havo in ono
family?unless you,ro very fond of
excitement.
MOUMOX rnOSELYTISM.
I regret to say that efforts were
mado to make a Mormon of mo whilo
IwaBinUtali.
It was leap year when I was thero,
and sovonteen young widows, the
wives of a decoased Mormon, ollorod
mo their hearts and hands. I callod
on them 0110 day, and taking their
soft whito hands in mine, which made
eighteen hands togothcr, I found them
in tears.
And I said': "Why is thus? "What
is the reason of this businoss ?"
They hovo a sigh, seventeen sighs
of- different sizo. They said :
"Obi Boon thou will bo gonosted
away."
' . I toldtbem. when I got *eady to
leave a place,; I wentested., 0, .
They said: 'fDothnot like fla?"
I also said: "A <10111,4. aotft.".... i
I also said"I hope 3Tonr intentions
are honorable, as I am a, lyne child,
my.paronts being far, far away.'^ "1
.... ?
was very ill; I was fearfully wasted.
My faec was hewn down to nothing,
and my no.se was so sharp I didn't
dare stick it into other people's business?for
fear it would stay there and
I should never get it again. 'And in
those dismal daj's a Mormon hid}'?
she was married, though not so much
so as her husband; he had fifteen
other wives?sho used to sing a ballad
commencing, "Sweet bird, do not fly
away," and 1 told her I would not.
She played the aceordeon divinely?
accordeonly I praised her.
TIIE STEAMER ARIEL.
I went to California on the steamer
Ariel. This is the steamer Ariel.
? K-- ?i ? i? "
v/i^nijv; mv uj ciiimiy gazicg on mo
b .outlier Ai lcl , uuil illicit you go io
California be suro and go on some
other steamer, because the Ariel isn't
a very good one.
THE PICTURE OP THE OH EAT DESERT.
This picturc is a great work of art.
It is an oil painting done in petroleum.
It is by the old masters. It
was the last thing they did before
dying. They did this and then they
cxpiroJ.
The most celebrated artists in London
arc so delighted with this picturc
that they como to the hall every day
I to gaze at it. I wish you wero ncarI
cr to it?so you could sec it better.
i J
i I wish I could tuko it to your residences,
and let you see it by daylight.
o. if- ' '
Then the} .
uao.? "t: "Wilt not marry
I said: "Oh ! no!
* .1 11 ''innot was."
Again they nskod mo
them, and again I declined/11'*1
, they cried : on
"Oh ! orucl man ! this is too much !
Oh f too much I"
I told thcin that it was on account
of the muchness that I declined.
brio iiam you no's family.
The last picture I havo to show
vou represents Jlr. Brigham Young
in the bosom of his family. His fam '
ily is largo, anil tho olivo branches
around his table arc in a very tangled
condition. Ho is more a father
than any man I kuow. When at
homo?as you here seo him?ho ought
to be very happy, with sixty wives to
minister to his comforts, and twice
sixty children to soothe his distracted
I mind. Ah I my friends what is home
without a family ?
Ramie.
The numerous successful experiments
of silk, woolen, luce and
cotton manufacturers in several
States, ar.vl still more extensively in
Europe, have created for this new
and valuable staple far beyond the
present production or means of
supply. It is discovered that the
ramie grown on the alluvial lands
oi' the lower Mississippi has a very
long and exceedingly line librc, far
superior to that grown in its native
country, Java, and the yield per
acre is greater. In an}* of the more
Southern States ramie can be harvested
at least three time a year,
and each harvest or cutting will
produce between nine and twelve
hundred pounds, making an average
annual crop of about three
thousand pounds crude unprepared
librc, worth at present ten couts
specie per pound. In preparing
the librc for manufacturing purposes
it loses about one-half, increasing
it in value to sixty-five
cents per pound. Thws, it is apparent
that ramie, reauiriner comnava
j. O "A
tivcly little tillage to produce such
mogniticidiit results, is tlio njost
profltat>lc crop tluxt tlie planter can
cultivate. ?
The fibre, when prepared for the
spinner, is beautifully white, soft
and glossy, closely resembling floss
silc in appearance ; it is much better
tban the best flax, and readily receives
the most difficult dyes without
injury to its strength or lustre.
To meet the manufactures' increasing
demands a company of enterprising
and practical business
men have organized " The llarnic
Producing and Supply Company,"
and propose to operate near Kew
; Orleans on two thousand acres of
the choicest alluvial bottom land in
that region. With two or three
skilled nurserymen to tend the
plants, one of Messrs. J. & F. Howard's
steam cultivators,it is confident1
\r til 1.
.j biiv> v/wiuiuilJ^ *V1I1 lliLVU
four or five thousand acres of canes
of their own growth to supply orders
next season. They hope to
produce in the crude state over six
hundred thousand pounds, or about
three liuudrcd tons. A conditional
contract for the land on very favorable
terms wes made last April;
and all the plants and roots known
to be for sale in Tcxrs have been
purchased to commence operations
with. Wf have report of English
manufacturers sending an agent to
raise, or buy tl.e ramie in California;
but from all accounts our
Southern valleys are the best adapted
to its successful cultivation.
However, there is ample room, and
the demand for years is sure to exceed
the supply. Some beautiful
specimens of the fibre can bo seen
at 21G Pearl street, where the Hon.
J. W. Gregory will exhibit and explain
its various uses and value,
and also at Adams' Express office,
Broadway, upon inquiring for Mr.
II. Dixon, provisional Secretary of
the Company.?Commercial Journal.
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Two seals which recently arrived
nt tho Zoological Gardens of Brussels
escaped ono night from the reservoir
in which they were kept, and,
after crossing tho park, climbed up
tho wall and dropped into tho road
which skirts it at tho depth of about
six feet; they then set out op a nooturnal
promenade in tho direction of
Wavre, muoh" to the terror of tho
persons who met those singular lookline
animals on the way. Their ab
seta6e was at length perboived, and
they were overtaken and easily
brought hack by their keeper.
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An exchange says that courtship js
bliss, but maihriago is blister.
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Opera Singers' Refreshments for Preserving
tlio Voice.
A Vienna paper gives an amusing
account of tho refreshments j
^ich tho singers at the opera there
the a\?i? ot taking between
good oi'J*<S.k<?P thcU' Toices
pcdfc, l.as l,!S^SCh 8,no0r> 'tOPspecific.
Tho Sw<R.f?w" rceulinibatt
talcca " two salted ct?1101
> frvv o /lnan on/1 /li^olovna
^hers" I
AVI IV UVOV/j (illVl VIW 1CU lliilV ^
vegetable is the best thing in t$J
world for strengthening the voicc
and giving it " the true mctalic
ring." The other singers, however,
do not seenl to he of this opinion.
Southeim takes a pinch of suuft'and
drinks cold lemonade. "NVatehel
cats the yolk of an egg beaten np
with sugar; Stegor, " the most corpulent
of tenors," drinks "the
brown juice of the gambrinus;"
Walter, cold black coffee; Kiemaim,
champagne, and Tichatcheclc,
mulled claret. Fereuczy, the
tenor, smokes one or two segars,
which his colleagues regard as so
much poison. Mddlc. Bratiu-Brun
takes after the first act a glass o!
, boor, after the third and fourth c
cup of cafe an lait, and before the
great duct in the fourth act of the
" Huguenots," always a bottle o
Moot Crcmant Iiose. Kaclibaui
munches bonbons during tho per
formance; Rubsani, the baritone
drinks mead; Mitterwurzer ant
Kiudcrman suck dried plums; Hob
inson, another baritone, drinks sodr
water. Formes takes porter, ant
Arabanck Gum poldkirohncr wine
I The celebrated Ucck on the othci
baud, takes nothing at all, and refuses
to to speak. Draxler smokes
Turkish tobacco and drinks p. glass
of hecr. Another singer, Dr
Sclimid, regulates his diet according
to the state of his voice at llic
time. Some times lie drinks coifce
sometimes tea, and a quarter of at
hour afterward lemonade, mead oi
champagne, taking snuff betweeL
whiles and eating apples, plums anc
dry bread?a very liberal arrangement.
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To Clean Gold Chains in twc
Minutes.?Put the chain into a small
glass bottle with warm water or eaude-Cologne,
a little camphorated
chalk, serapo in some soap. Cork
the bottle, and shako it for a minute
violently. Tho friction against the
glass-polishes tho gold.
A Frenchman, near Chalons, died
of liydryphobia from tho bito of a
dog received six months ago. He
voluntarily went into a close room,
from which ho warned his friends,
and received tho consolations of religion
through a liolo in tho window.
AVhilo Napoleon was at St. Helena
tho master of a vessel arriving in
Boston reported that the island had
sunk and all tho inhabitants drowned
There was great excitement at tho
news, and rejoicing in somo circles
Itj proved that the shipmaster had
lost his reckoning, and hcnco he could
not lind St. Helena, as usual.
The man who, whether in his habits
or hie actions, in great Ihings or in
small, soparates himself from his
friond, Booms to set every evil and envious
fooling of our naturo in array
against him. ^Distinction is purchased
in* iuq expcnso 01 sympatny.
?
Twenty years ago thoro were six
postofllcos in Minnesota. Now there
are six hundred.
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Two hundred Chinamen aro about
to he sot at work to reclaim 80,000
acres of swamp land near Suiaan, Salona
County, Cal.
I x.
Aloxandcr Dudloy, Esq., for marly
years president of the Richmond and
York liiver Railroad, died at Richmond
on Friday night last.
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Gfeorgo F. Adams, formerly a merchant
in Augusta, Ga., and a captain
in tfye Confederate service during the
Confederate service during the Tjrar,
died in England on the 20th ultimo.
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Henry Hart a prominent citizen Of
NewPrleans, connected with the railroad
and omnibus interest of that city,
tfaa drowned at Grand Isle on Saturmw*"
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' - Why is a one dollar greenback better
than a silver dollar f - When yon
7old.it you doublp it, and wben you
fipep it yon&nid.i,t increases* v . ; i
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DUST AND DIAMONDS.
CoIumbu3, 0% boasts, of 27 marriagablo
young women in tbrco
blocks.
Isabella oceupica sixty, rooms in a
hig hotel at Trouvillo, and pays 820,000
a .montl\ board.
Tomatoes aro fifteen cents a, bushel
in New York.
John Covodo writes to Forney,
"beo on yuro gard for hopper bed
J frods in filedelfy."
| >(A Canadian brido at Saratoga
| SIOO.OOO xvr?vll? r\C
JL'i'llt 7 ?" 'tv?-wh ui uiumv^uot
cafe, ainf^"^0 wants io sell hia
Spauish throri& Lho contest for tho
Four female cdiW
ti'ess will talk at the ono doc(
man's Suffrage Convention. *4i V?' >Thc
most popular hair apparentt
rrinco Arthur's whiskers.
A follow in Sioux City, wh? doscrt.
cd his wife, has had to pay his fatherin-law
S1,3S0 for board.
. Experience is one of the oldest and
best of teachers,, but her prices aro
rumiaou.sly high.
t A Scotchman lias ascended Mt.
[ Blanc, wearing the kilt, and dei,
scribes the sensation as delightful.
; A clcrk in a Nc\v York o:.tjr de^
pavtmoiit has a:.1'*' I to have his
I' salary rcduccd. Hi3 name is Griswold,
and will get on the roll 'of
. fame sonic day.
, A Frenchmau^has invented a rc1
porting machine, which prints a
- spcccli as it is delivered. It .wilt
i be out of favor with after-dinner
1 orators.
Frank "Ward, a son-in-law of
Wm. 13. AstoT, jumped off-the
steamer Sacramento and drowned
3 himself becausc he couldn't pay
1 his wine bill.
Those prosecuted billiard sal?oa
' keepers out West tliiuk tf> eoncili!
ate feminine rath by devoting ctio
? day of tb.$ week exclusively- to
1 ladies' play.
The fact that a "Western railroad
| dead heads clorrymen has developed
the existence of one hundred
and seven preachers residing nlong
the line of a very short road*
A Louisville negro found him?
self under arrest the other day for
carrying concealed weapons, because
tho broken handlo of. an umbrella
protruded from, his pocket,.
The last loyal Legislature of
Louisiana legalized gambling, ^ind
now that vice is said to be making
New Orleans a "miserable commu:
nity of gamblers."
Tho Sultan declines Miss Burftett
n u - nr* i - * - ' * *
v^ouits oner 10 repair mo water works
of Jerusalem, but promises td "do it;
himself.
A private letter from Adeltna'Patti
to an old friend says: " I cxpeert to
visit America again, bnt not to' fiing.
I will never sing again in !Ncw Yoi-k."
Lord Lytton's Horace, tho appcaranco
of which has long boon delayed,
is now being prepared for pnblieation.
The work will consist of the original
and tho translation in opposite piigcs.
Mr. Charles Dickens, in ljffs ej^Keity
of president of the Midland ifistiCuti>
Birmingham, will deliver th'o iiWress
at the opening of tWftutumifr #<ig$ion,
which takes placc this month." " A
A son of an ex-Prcsiao^t pP the
United States, who, for some months
has been living no ono knows exactly
how, has boon admit ted to a charily
ward iu Providence Hospital, ^i\*askington.
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Eight Rev. Dr. Lynch, Bishop of
Charleston, S. G\, is tq deliver a lccturo
in aid of the Catholi<Tiroi$e for
Institute Orphan Girls, in Philadelphia.
His subject will' bu^'JChoJLifo
ancl Times of Bishop iSnglajid.'7
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Tho champion rat-torr^ci: is in,Illinois.
lie recently disappeared for
eight days, at the end of.whic^Jtimo
ho camo .up, loan but ficrQ$,t$r?ugh
tho ground, whero fyo had jiccn^hnrrowing
in his chasa for..^^atjthat
length of timo. * . r^jg
An Englishman svaa recently- ^ngii(i i'
and almost cudgelled,
Spain. Th& pooplo thgug^t^j^ a
wisard who carried off littl&j qjhildren "
to oat their^flesb and u^ihfir-^t to ~
groaaolho telegraph wires. _
Brigham Youn^, an(f
Joseph aro quarrelling. Tho'former MSl
hasforbiddon t-ho latter ;ti*e uso of tho apjp
.H Tabor naclo," but the Qontii. hon so 9
of worship has been JontWod^enoi :
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