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nu: TIZEN. A Weekly Paper Devoletl lo Temperance, Literature and Politic*. II CAROLINA, SATURDAY, JULY 17. IS7:>. NUMI?KII lil. TIMELY Tones. OM-, of tho mah y good pointu ol tho now constitution ot Arkansas, adopted h ss Dian a yt ar ago, is tho providion for (ho paynu'ut of tho state debt. Tilia provibion ia now being carried out under tito tucauB provided by tho last legisln ture. Jared It. linell, of fudiuunpolis, and Susan D. Gilbert, of Athol, Muss., have "married" UiouiHclves by a written con tract, which is to "bo in force during our physical lives, provided our mutual love nature? ever blond as now-but to terminate without pr?judice by tin; wish of either party, if love ?hall ever cease tn bo inn! nat," IN 187.0, New York eily bud a popula tion of tii'J/J'.hJ, ami a municipal d?lit of TJ-J.SnO.TSO. In INTI, Loudon had a populat ion nf .'l,'2(J(i,nS7, and a city debt of S'Jf?, 918, OOO. These li g urea are im posing. The city and county debts of the whole union are estimated to be to .lay s '.fi, I it HI, m lt I ; but as Ibis estimate is only for those having one million ami over of liabilities, the total nifty bc set down at a thousand million. Add tin1 state and national debts and there rc suite a heavy load for posterity. JT is quito discouraging to know that tho importation ol lire crackers for fourth of .Inly purposes this your will amount lo "Oil,OOO boxes - -a large excess over the receipts of "last year, owing doubtless to the centennial typhoid. Thc; Chinese and Japanoso muhe a good thing out of tlic squibs, as they alune cnn manufacture such explosives, thc aftrmpls to repruducc thciu in this country having failed. The invention, however, ia deemed by many people, not. highly creditable to Johu China man's civilization. Tm: inundations in Southern France have called forth tho ready sympathy of the I?' ci.c'n people, for Ibu snll'erers, and relief funds, io familiar to Amuri? eau cara of late, aro bciug raised cvery vJ/ejre, Thc. city t>f" Toulouse.. Av?nola ha? Blitfored"so terribly, is very ancient, having been a leading city of the Cauls when tin Humans conquered their coun try. Massive walls of Roman work manship have been broken dowu by tho recent Hoods from the river Garonne, on whoso banks the city is built. The loss of property is now placed at SOO, 000,000. LATRIC advices from France confirm previous reports of the frightful charac ter of the inundation n1ong the river Garonne. Many towns have been sub merged and whole (sections of country overflowed. More than a thousand li,Tce were lost, over two hundred dead bodies being found in ouo village. Twenty thousand people aro homeless and Buf fering. President MucMuhou bas de parted for tho scene of desolation tu render i nch assistance as may be nec essary. The Garonne rises in the Pyrenees, on the ooo fi ne? of Spain, and is subject to overflow, on account of the general llatness of its banks. PEOIM.K see things differently. For inst aneo, tho terrible earthquake that recently destroyed .J,M5? de Cuenta, in Columbia; When the catastrophe began, most of the inhabitants went down upon their knees and prayed for relief and mercy. Vet, in tho midst of the Keene, when the rn ri li was heaving, buildings tailing, ami tho dying groans and shrieks of men, women and children tilling thc air, a wild horde of demoni acal thieves and robbers swarmed into the. towns, sacking houses, pillaging bank vaults, and plundering the dead, and even murdering. If an earthquake will not quicken a man's conscience, there is no telling what will. TllR New York World makes the establishments a zoological garden in Philadelphia the occasion for UK- pre sentation of some interesting fads con cerning tho fumons Loudon Zoologien! gardens, Tho fiondon col I cot ion in 187,1 included 51)0 quadrupeds, 1,227 birds and 225 reptiles, and was at that time, as yet, the largest in existence. The liii-t ihinoccrus cost .CI,OOO; the four giraffes ?700, and their carriage an additional .C700; the olcphaht and a calf, ?800, and the hippopotamus, though a gift, was not brought home and housed for loirs than .Cl.OOO. The cost ol maintaining thc London gardens in vorj great, but tho receipts are ample te meet it. Tim American rille team has achieved great victory in Ireland over tho crack shots of that country. A match wat shot hutt week between the two teams, In tho first bout, at eight hundred yards, tho Americans wein beaten bj .?no point, hut in tho two siieceouim bouts, at nino hnudred and a thonnare yinnin ireHr>r;nUYc.ly. th?? Amori?*?^ fflffV ?iitabend, tims winning Ibo malcb. The victory of tho AmericaiiH wu;, ru eeivcd with tremendous enthusiasm, and they worn tho recipients of the most distiuguit-hod honors from the populace and their competitors. Thc cont est has been marked by the most fraternal feel ing on all sides. The American lille tuen haye been treated with the utmost consideration by their bosta, and even the sting of defeat has not caused any I suspensi?n of the friendly intercourse. A t'KiVATK soldier of l'rof. .lenney':; escort, iu bis geological survey of tin Black Hills, writes that he found gold j by means of a pick and a shovel, while the geologists were trying to bud it by j scientific principles. His advice is that those desirous of going gobi hunting rhotild hold themselves in readiness, and tho instant tho Indian treaty is an- i nulled to hasten on. Tho parly hud encountered three mining camp:', on French creek. They were panning ont about, a day, each, and were of the j opinion that, when they get their work I ing apparatus ju good order, (bey will be able to make Sob a day. The soldier j had.washed four pans of dirt and g?;t about live cents to the panol' scale gold, some of the pieces being a little larger than a pitt's head, lie did not have to dig afoot down for tho dirt, and declares I that all that (Justar told cone? ruing the treasures of the country was strictly true. Tm: statistical reports just published by thc agricultural bureau indicate I wide-spread disaster to the fruit-grow ing interest, tin will be seen from the following notes : Insect d?pr?dations aro recorded only in Maine, in pome : counties of which caterpillars were' troublesome. Ju New England gene rally tho crops were late, and in sonic putts a tendency to simultaneous, blooming ? sci ted remark. Tn the middle, southern ?iud western states! generally, the climatic coud i tiona were very unfavorable. Tim severity of the winter bas not only destroyed tin; fruit I germs, lint idao tho trees. Tho cold j SAtip iii .nu ogling ? ur.n rie.r .-.-.?J ,-n,..|.?_ .' of this injury, and heavy late frosts in ? many places destroyed what had sur-1 viveit liie winter. In some eases it is! noted that, tho plums stood the severity | of flu: season better than other sorts of fruit. Grapes in many eases escaped on account td' late, blooming, but the vineyards of several sections were greatly depleted by tho extreme cold. Small fruits were less severely affected und are. reported as producing very luxuriantly. Con. EOUDINOT, who hus just returned from tho Indian Territory, says twenty seven murder eases have jus', been dis posed of by tho United States district court ?it Fort Smith, Ark., before Mhich ali eriminal business from tho Indian nation comes. Out of this number there worn eight convict ions for murder in tho first degree. Seven of those convicted, including two boys, one uevcuteon, the other nineteen years, both are. to bo bunged fogcther oil the 3d of September next. Thc eighth one, a negro, wits killed af 1er conviction while attempting lo escape. Much out- ; lawry prevails in the Indian Territory 1 and len men have been killed in the vicinity of Fort Smith within a few ! months. A very bitter contest is now going on in the Cherokee nation for the position of chief of the nation bet ween the Ivoss and Downing parties, and it is alleged conspiracy lind i-oerol assassina tion arc rife Cel. \V. P. Hose, present chief, is a candidate for re-election, and a mau named Thompson is the candi date of the Downing party. Capt, Jas. B. Ead cs bas written letter to President Grant and secretary of war 1'elknnp, advising them of I he progress of thu jetties ut the South Pass. I The main point in the letter is that pro visional works, one thousand feet long, ure already constructed on thc line of tho east jet ty, and being pushed seaward lit thc jute of two hundred feet per (tay. Two hundred mechanics and laborers Mid fe ur piledriving machines are at work and a large quantity of stone and other material are ready at hand. Ad ditional accommodations uro being pre pared, und in short the working force will bo largely increased. Telegraphic communication bas been established be tween New Orleans and tho Loud of the ' Puss, and thu line is being extended lo the works at the mouth of the Pass. I Capt. Eadu fays the provisional work ; mentioned is what is known ie; sheet i piling, and whilo it in only preliminary in character, it will temporarily rorvc I the Fa-ne purpose and produce the sime f resultas permanent jetties. The cap r tain is quite sure, that there will \,t ] twenty feet of wtiter on tho bar, at thc ? Hon {li t'DHK, l.y th'. Int of ?'"?br'iptY, THE OI.U CONTINENTALS. 1 In ll:, ir rn? .;< .1 ii -iliicnlalrt Storni ih.. M|,| , ,.t,i H. ulai.., Yli-l.liny nut : wi ri. iii. i:ivii?i<iit-rN ?i-re linn;. titr, Ait,l hi..- hail t. il th.' plunging t:ami..ii-s|i<i| ; wii.-n iii.' ni. s Or iiii> isli'.i l'i"in Hu- -lu..I;.v nurla i i.i a'ii|.ini ul lloro th.- l.aim.-r ol lin- nu pint I 'ni. ? Til, Ami crummer, -, iiimiucr, uruminor, Holli .1 tl,., loll i.f tin. iii munter Tl i nij;li tti?? nmrii ! Then willi .>.-(. tl,.- fr..lil iii!. Y ml willi toiiiK lu>ri/.iiiiti|i, Stoixl ..ur MICH ; Wltlli MK- hall- ? hist li il il.ailly, ..ml III .tuarn- tlariliiiii; rrillr, Illa/. .I Un-lins; As I lu- roar > III Un- ; li..f.' Sw. i il tin. Mn Mit: l.alil. IT. ali. rn O'er Ita'.-?.-. ti- .1<1. .1 actf.i i H il," (.hihi ; v -I l"ii.|.-r, IOII.J.T, loinli p. t.Vai I.'-I 1 l.i- 1 |;UII|?>L'<ll I, i'p.icl.iil!! Itlliatll ! Now lil > I in- i nih li i ai th. II tot :" ? Woi'lo .1 Hi- M .1 St; li. . i::> \ . " inn..m . is ; liai Ih- " \ ill niions .tltp.lt. ' Kui-:, .i lu i.'.. .Ii-i-oi.lant tn. ti. lioiitnl om- i'iiri'i As thc swill. Slot-it--.trill, Will- hot - w. . pint! ntl|t< r I II,., thc liorx .r.nanls <-litni:i i i 'u.. lt ml, - ; Th- ti I.ii:l.. r. Iti|:lu p, ln::li. t. Kuri,, il lln< oh! l'ai hlotii .1 lu. 'l-hron;:h th- innis ! .l ia n tin' han -I., a<!e.| cololli I ti.tl|o|..'.| tin.: h Hi.' white ml. i nat Tow.I i . |.Mi.l ; \n.I li:- l>ro:n|-\vonl was Hivlli|;ili|(, \iul In- liraz.'ti I ht ?ml WHS I ui-uti;: Trump"! loinl. 'I in ti tin- hine Hui.. I- linn ; An.I Hie lroo|M-i-tii. !,. lK r. 1.1. neil Al th.' touch ol I hi' :> a.h u Kui.-I.t. itilt : ..u l roi titler, romuh-r, roomier Ito.irisl tho iron si\-|.ou!ii|iT, lilli lint: il. alli : - Olio Humphry M.-Ufn-t. r. THE GREAT STAPLE. K?|ioii ?,t tin- rv cw mi. nus lint tun i.;x ? li.'l in- t'nip Ki|ioitiil in l<\\ < i ll, m Co ml lt i mi. Tho Committee mi I ii form ni ion anti Stat ?sties of tho Now Orleans Cotton Ex change, tn wlt'mi lins been entrusted lito duty of comp liiiR u national crop re port, rn ado up from returns of various ISsuhaitgcH appointed therefor by tho National Exchange, submit tho fol lo w inp for tho mouth of dune: Nt v.- Orleans, Department of Louis 'ana-Wo have H.l letters from .'17 par ishes, which unite in reporting generally favorable weal her. Then! hits been no additional acreage put in cotton nineo Ibo 15Ui of May, tint thoro hart been sonni nmlu.iii.ir.ir wbi.ro lands worn ovor lloweii anil to perfect tho stamin, J ne piont han been better cultivated than lor many years, and is growing and forming well. Many blooms are re ported. The stands are represented as very Rood to excellent, and tho present condition of tho crop is most nattering, much better ai:d about one week earlier win n compared willi last year. Mississippi-KIM replies received. Average date about the 15th. Weather nearly universally represented au very favorable. Stands line and the plant forming well, though too early for ninny blooms. Tlu; present condition is stated as very pood, anti much bettor when compared willi last year. No ad ditional acreage put in colton. Ke plautiug Ita:; been dono where Hie plants uer,' imperfect. Labor plenty and ef ficient. Arkansas-fill correspondents send in (heir answers from 'J'2 counties. Since the first of .Tune tim weather has been hoi, ami most enough to promote rapid .'routh and cause the plant lo form and htpiaro Well. The si ands art: ve-y Rood, and no replanting has boen needed, ex cept in a few except ional cases. Jirml ley county reports thc llrst bloom on ibo 81h inst., bul il is only exceptional, uni as a rule blooming had not begun at Hie dato of our answer and corres pondents ?ne unanimous in represent ing t'tie condition as exceedingly promis ing mid far superior io that of last year. I'hinters ate encouraged by tho prospect, ouo of tho li nest ever known. Coiiniderablu attention and eire has been devoted to Ibo cultivation of cereals, and owing lo lim excellent harvest, a fettling of independence is verv nolicealih1 in our cnrrcs|Hilldene*'. Charleston, Department of South Car olina- 117 answers received (rom 21 counties, repotting weather sinou Way IH as geneinlly favorable. Some com plaints of cooi-nights. Very little ntl dil ?ona! pl illili I J g. Stu lids represented ns good, ?il answers say forming well ; :?'.!, say few forms, ami I) no forms. All tigrco iu stating, no blooms up to date of answers, i'lcstnt condition good, i hough small, lining chitin of grast and : timo parts comparo favorably with lust yenr. Heavy storms of wind ami bail .ire reported in six counties since dune 7, iloing nundi real damage. Lice art; reported in four counties, Augusta Department, covering that portion of the stuft! of Georgia not in cluded in thti Savannah report -Weather favorable ; no additional planting ; sonia I little replanting ; stands good ; forming I well bul no blooms. Goner.d condition good. Crops generally very clean. La bor plentiful and good. Savannah Department 'Havannah (Jot ion Exchange, covering Northern, Mid dle and Southwestern Georgia ami the sbit". of Florida-Weather dry and gen eral Vj favorable ; no additional planting of any consequence ; stand? good ; plant vigorous; g? emily forming well, lint . no blooms except in the southern por tion of Hie stiiti ; condition good ; crop ! clean and well worked ; plant somewhat i smaller nod a few days la'or, but rather helter than at the sunn- time last year. Florida.-Dry ami favorable weather j ch-..ring i Iso Holds of pi ass; stands good; phin* forming welland comnienoing to j bloom ; condition pood ami compares ; favorably with last year, though small from dry weather and somewhat later ' Mem h'ttl year, pi-oviiitc'i to bo ?v?:ii. fruited nt tItu bottom, which is tho principal part of Hie crop. Mobile, Department of Alabama - From fifty-two counties, 120 replica : Tho weather has been generally favor able, r'lhor too dry in nomo places, but not IM -nigh so to injure tho plant. There aas been very little replanting or addith ia! phiutiug. Tho stands arc good : .id the plant ?rr forming well ; very fer blooms; Hie condition aa com pared lyitli last year is reported from as maul to hinch Metier ; there are scarcely any un'avorable circumstances relative lo gnr." th or condition of Mm crop ; only a few --'ports of lice and grasshoppers ami complaints of cold nights and drouth. Thu crop is clean, in gond condition and lieder cultivated than last >'oar- ,. "dis. mri Nmoleen counties, ?a. re plie;. The wea tiler bas been generally fa vorn We, needing von in sonic cuan t ifs, m I some comp I a i u ls of ci dd ni;; ids, prod m og lice. There lias been very little rc planting ur additional planting : stands, re good and pla ut- forming neil; indy a lew bioiim? ; picKcnt condition of crop is belier Iliac las! year al Slime period the univ unfavorable ci rc nm Klaneen> are those noted above; the faviiiu'-'c ci rou nwt a i ici s are, tin- crop is iden -er, bet er cull ?vated ?nd more advait' d than ladt year at. same tune. Norfolk ami I'nrtsuioiith Department Fifty live replies from 251 count io? in North Carolina, six replies from two con utica in Virginia. Forty-five replies report, weather dry find cold; lt say favoral !c, and only two represent the weather wet and cold. Fifty-four an swers ??port thc ata?d as g?)?Kl ; some few ce lplainls on st i IV lands ; some forms ;. no blooms. Seven replies from seven , omitios iu custom Carolina rep resent I lie st mid un below Hie average; Condition very generally stated ns good ; crop will cultivated and free from grass und we-ds ; plant Humber than ai the same time last, your, mid from eight to fifteen days later. Five annwvrs from (ive coimticH in eastern Carolina ropo t conditi' u bad. (Jorrespondents state that tho weather since the loth of Maj has bet i too cool for rapid growth, bul with vt :nn mid Konfioiiablo weather a groat improvement iu looked for. Memphis Department-1-15 answers receive . Weather generally repre sented ni favorable ; no additional acre age pu'in cotton rance May stands good a d satisfactory; plant generally Rqunriti ' and forming in ely ; 12 reports Lit bloous dating ironi 18th to 20th; P?ud^^Y good; heida free of grass nml told nights, lice, etc., dating from May 15th to June 5tb, mostly remedied by uiliseipient favorable weather. Calveston Dopartmout, Texas-We lavo received 120 reports from UV conn ies, embracing Ihe period between ilay lodi and .Tum: 20th ; weather very -euorally said to have boon favorable ; io addition to ncreii",e in cotton since May l?th ; some little replanting where seed tidied to come up ; simula rcpro iontcd ns Rood, mid in thc coast range reported lo be fur rai og and bloomiug ?veil. A large majority of our reports nf/rce ?ii thc statement (kat thu season is from jue to three weck? later than last year, md that tho plant is generally sundi, lint is ch ar of Rrans and ru good coll idion. Kains are needed. The cater pillar is reported in three counties, but io far has done no material damage. How He Caught Them. Some years ago, an eccentric g. nina, t he Hov. Thomas P. Hunt , used lo give torupevauco lectures. Ono hight ho an? iiouneed that he would lecture in Easton. Now, temperance was not in favor imoug th* male portion of the buri'. The women, however, wen! all in for tin pledge, and consequently, on JlutdV first nielil mit a mau showed himself ir Ibo bali. The bouches were pretty well lilied with women, though, and Until commenced; but,instead of temperance he put them through tm tho vanities bl dress, eic. Tiley wort; great pullet feather sleeves then. They- the slooVCI - caught it, then lh< ir tight hitting, am so oti 1 h rough the windit catalogua o female follies; not a word about temper ance. And the Indies went home hop ping mad, told their husbands about, it and voted nhl Hunt, down to the lowes notch. ile hud nimoilUOed thal he would lee turo at tho Ramil place the next niglil laing before tho time appointed Ihe. commenced to come, amt when linn hobbled down i bo nude tim building wa comfortably well Ulled with men. Th ohl fellow looked about, chuckled, au muWcred : " ringa, I've gut you now ! The audience stared, " Aha, hogs, I'v got you now !" Atter Hie crowd lind g'.l quiet a lil tl? Ibo h durer saul : "Friends, yo wanted to kuow what I meant- by an; ing, heks, I've col you now, and I'll le you. Out west tho hogs run wilt! ; mi whim folks get ont of ment, they catch young pig, put. a K+ntp nuder his bod; nod hitch him to a young sapling l hi will i asl swilly him from tho grouu nicely. Of couran ho squeals ami raiai a rumpus, when ?ill the obi hogs gat hi round to nee what is tho matter, an then they shoot them at their leisur T>ast night 1 hiing a pig up ; I hui! il little; and it squealed. The old hoi have turned out to night to seo the f-i mid I'd roust .von." Ami so lie iii pitching info their favorite vice wil rel i si i ? ud gusto. -14 9irf" sahl a little blustering mt to i: roligious opponent, " to what si do yon suppose I belong? '.* vVcll, don't oxaotly know," r-'pli; " . nen', "hut to ?nine fron * " Appearance, nul coritttaut .... ishonld think yon belonged to toe eli generally callen! ?OACOV,'' THE LUST FLORINDA. N. w UrKailis Picayune, .lune UM. Llcccnt revelations have excited au intense ?nil growing interest in tho futo nf Hie li ft eon ur twenty men wini, moro flinn a quarter of it century ago, char tered tho schooner Florinda amt Ret ?ail for the golden shores of California. Fur twenty-tux years tho faruilioj of thu nd von tu rora huvo mourned thom as lout. The hiht news of tho Florinda was re ceived late in thu year 181!) from Kio Janeiro. Sho lind put in at that port some timo previous and then proceeded on her way, leaking badly, it was suiit. A vessel touching td Kio Janeiro short ly afterward, reported having spoken llie Flori*.ida iii . ho Pacine, just beyond Cape Horn. L''r?itu that linio forward nothing moro wu? ever heard of the Florinda, neil it. brenne un accepted Il e ?rv that she had been east away and her crew IOMI soiuewln re on lin South Facilie. e nmt. No t iding? reached tho families of the ill Fat ct I argonauts, anil twenty six y?*!irs siii?p??d by without a waif or whisper to disturb tho niel nneholv conviction, wliioh h i ! souled the record Of their lives. Tin j, children liavtt irrown lo Niauliood anti woman hood without the knowledge, with scarcely the memory of ii father's love, Tlie hopea that elnstered around thom have long ?go been transferred to that oilier world iii which they were be lieved tt? be. Snob is t ho story as it has passed cur rent all tins limo, willi the general pub lic and with the (treater number ol'the relatives td tho Florinda company. At llrst, of course, thero were doubts and fears and expoctntioua, more or less re luctantly resigned for certainty, but to Ulis conclusion nil eventually carno and tho hiss ?if tho schooner with all oil hoard lin;;, for fully ii (piartor of a cen tury, been regarded ?ti a biet about which there could bu no sort, of ques tion. The ur. fortii na te men have been as utterly given up :.s though their burials had talton place in presence of tho whole oumul unity, and tb have told any of their families that they were (.till alive would have been to ask them to believe that tho dead ha l risen after twenty-live yenni of sepulture and walked forth once inoro among the living. Within thu past few days, however, precisely thia proposition has in ellecl been made. The td range and startling statement has transpire?! that Harmon Jones and bia follow voyagers were not lost as we have thought, but aro now iiikuown island in the lower Pacific. About a montli (iso a friend ot Mrs. Harmon Jones ro:id in au Eaglish paper iii account of sunn: British vessel having >een driven ont?f her course in a storm iud sighted nil unknown island. Much o the surprise <>f the otow tho island unit ?I ?mi lo liti inhabited, ami still nore astonishing, by men who spoke be English language. The rei,? of the ..tory, as given in tho paper referred to, s that the castaways told thc ship's ?ompany that li icy were tho Florinda [iar'y who had sailed frr.m New Orleans in 181!) bound for California, that they liad been wrecked bu tho island and had lwt lt there ewr since, it ticing then Blore than fcwtnty-livo years that they had mit st on si human face or a fiigh of die world from which they were so utterly eliminated. Thc paper gave tho names of M vi tal, all of whom me known to have been of Florinda's crow, nul in many Other wiiy?, uncording tb tho version of j\lr:.. .huies' friend, tho iden tity of the party wa? chinbi ?shed a? none but themselves could havo ostr.ldiahod ii. I twas further nt tili d that tho British vessel offered lo take thc men ?rn board, Im! they declined, saying they had been lost for a quarter of a century; that they knew not in what situation they would ?ital ibu families they had. left, and that thoy preferred Maying and culling their days l'u?i? 1 ai her than venturo bick to Mich a doubtful ami II noir tai n filiar?'. Thia paper waa foin mon tbs obi when Mrs. J ones'friend uaw it, ono month ago, and tho events nar rated were d#Ho libed ti? having occurred lour months previous to tho isaiio of lite paper. H. is just nine mouths then since, tho ?shuni wau discovered by tho British vessel, nial lit that timo all, Ol' nearly nil, of Ibo Florinda party appear to have been alive. lt need not!?'mud thal, lin.? news has aroused the d?*cpest interest. To the community a* large il r< calls thc famil iar occurrence of Upi Florinda's nailing from New Orleans with ?ls adventurous company. To thc himiHt?s bf tho ill fahd men if fanes like a message fruin aiiol her worl I, mid is as though it were Hie iiiiuouuceiueiit of a resuireolion Within the past few days tho relatives have bee.ii living in a stale of ('oustAnt excitement, ?uni many of Ihcni, ?'?po eiall.v the st ms of Harmon Jones, .Ino. A. Sidney, itud Capt. Kenmore, the skipper ol' the Florinda, have devoted themselves to thu tusk of following the cine iii ven by t lie friend who saw the Fullish pit per. Fx tensive inquiries are now on loot,, anil the Brit iah consul hus kindly interested liii?iuclf ic the affair so fm as ?.. tig ree lo forward to thc ivar office in Bunk m a full slaloment of tho ci rou mut alices so that thc name of thc vessel which touched at Ibo castaway's lioiiiii (?nt Int ? cet fained and the be?r ??gii of (ho i. land Iaken Iront In r loja ft would g rt idly fiicilital thia enif, however, if II copy of tho paper giving thc original ?ie..mini, were found, ami it is still hoped that some one who ?ces tin? publication may have noticed the paper and be ni ile to tell us where a nnmbor oan be had. On that contin gency d?pendu randi thal will simplify rind . ?rpo lite i lie ijiii .-I, but if i?; err1 tin Hui: in anyja'u tho friends of Florindi's ci. ;v wit? VT tv.si .ig-"-i until tho mystery >M f? t'ioin?>d t<> ?-. utt-erji?o?!l .J? Otb; ' FACTS AND FANCIES. -Mrs. Chibblos lins grout ?dwi? of lier husband's military powers. "For t wo years," says she, " lie was a lieuten ant in the horse-marines, after which ho was promoted to the captaincy of a reg ular squad of sap-heads and miners." -Out Of 290,000 of the last levy of libufloripts in Franco 25,000 have boon declared exempted from both activo and passive dut ies in tho military lino. It looks bad when so many men nro not (you lit to bo food for gunpowder, though the fnet should bo considered as i good sign iii behalf of peace. - Only two hundred years ago tho old moss-back who waa governor of Virginia *nl up and raid : " I thank Cod that ive have no free schools: nor printing presses, und I hopo wo shall hot have my for a hundred years ; for learning lina brought disobedience ami heresy ind see's into Hie world, iiud printing nut divulged ?hem ?ne) libeled govern ments. Cod keep us from both!" - It is wi ll that n parent should know lie peculiarity <>f tho pulse of each mihi. Tho pulse of ? healthy adult tents seventy times in a minuto, though rood health may be enjoyed with fewer inlsatiotis. lint if tho pulse always 'xceeds ?<\onty, it indicates diseuse, tho 111111:111 mundine is winking itself out hero is b-ver cu- inflammation some, vherc, and the body is feeding on itself. - -Tho college orator is now abroad iiv behind. His voice is heard from tho bur quarters of the earth, telling of he efforts he bas made for distinction n the past, mid bis boues and aspira ions for tho future. Hois sanguine ar more sanguine, than bo will bo 11 ew year:; hence, when ho shall have iiicountercd und been conquered by orno of the st em realities of lifo. Thus ur his education bus tuen only theorot md ; in the future it will bo practical. Vhelhor tho former shall lit tho sub eet-H for the latter, tho futuro alone eau lutcrmine. - If a man wi.nts to go anywhere in a ?ri* f Kpncn of timo LIM must walk fast, mt he loses his popularity in propor iiui to his rapidity. Balzac, who coins to have thought it worth while to ot ice this contemptible fnet, Bays: I Violent gesture or quick movement nspircs involuntary disrespect. Ono >oks for a moment at a cascado, but, ne sits for I ours lost in thought sud axing upon tho still waters of a lake. . deliberate gui!", gentle manners and a K'tt?r?WJ.tW'O .Y.?U?0?sz,i?k!& wh^b^ mnj amen?e advantage over thoso vastly iperior to bim." -All good men should live in Arch igel ; all angry mun in Ireland; nil mrderers in Kildare ; all circus-men in omcrsct ; all brokers in Slockbolm ; nil lld men in Chili ; all geometrioiiuis in nb? ; all tools in Folly Island ; nil Lirtioiiburists in liotany Hay ; all waga i tho Hay of Fundy ; all perfumers in 111 sent or Cologui! ; all brewers in [alta ; all gluttons in Turkey; II beggars in Hungary; all laconic len in Lat! mia; all mourners in Siberia t Web s; all confectioners in Candia ; I! c' .ildvc?? ill the Crimea ; all oilspec h.ioji lr Ure icc ; all gamblers in tho 'tioc ^otrdK'iS* all stumblers in Tripoli ; ll curios meu in Pekin ; all shoo ed'irs in llootau ; ?ill soldiers in Arnie - ia or Warsaw. --A Hriisisohi paper gives a painful ?coioii ol' (lie ex Empress Charlotte of Iexieo. Uer physical condition is good, ::t. her mental condition is hopeless, ho lives in coiislunt communication 'itli itungimirv beingH, and dislikes flus reserco ol' any living person. She (lenka only when obliged to do po, and ?vis orders to ber attendants in writ lg. She dresses hoi self without per iitliii" ussihtauce take?? a fixed, walk in lu; park every morning when fine, fro uently plays on the piano-forte, and timctiniCH draws and paints with do ided taste. Shu recognizes no vi?itors, ot even her brother, King Leopold or lie queen. Tho latter always nccom iihiod the physician 011 his monthly ?sit, whim, in reply to bis inquiries an 1 lu i- health, tin.' empress coldly snys he is well, and immediately retires. Ibo has become stouter, and shows a LMideuey to isirpuleney, but. ut present i ts stated ?hilt ihm hun only incroased er beauly, which is now linly striking. It bas been justly said that tho realest dis'Covery of our lives is that lie world is not so bad as, in thu first, i*appointment '?f youth's extravagant xpee.'n tiona, wo uro disposed to regard I. The plissage from boyhood to ninu iiutl is "over the bridge of sighs ;" nod ur Iiis!, exp?riences of lifo as it. is, cHnmblo tho ll 11 vor ol' the forbidden pplo - wo aro enlightened and misera ?le. Gladly would wo command Ibo eerot of feeling us wo Oneo did ; lint, his, every day taken from ns Homo nippy error some charming illusion lever lo iel urn. Wo aro reasoned or ?dietiled ont of nil our jocund mistaken, ill we are just wise enough to be miser bio, and wo exclaim with Lady ?Mary Voil ley Montague, "To my extreme uortifictttiou 1 lind myself growing viser und wiser every day." But a imo comes, ?it lengthy when our yiowu re more ju-,t. We leave our imaginary Oden with "Kolonia ?lopand slow," and ???{iii to appreciate the gi.od qualified d' I ho;,j whoso friendship we. thought 10II0W, mid tho necessity of Unit labor i hieb wo deemetl a curso. Wo ex ihaugc ecstasy for content, and, "for 'etting Hie four rivers of our ideal '?caven, open our oyos to tho manifold millie's of earth- -its skies islanded itiiis, lind i's oceans starred by islands, ts sn nab i hos and Calms, and tho gool i et' ita "rent heart, which sonda ort?t treen md Howers nod fruits for mr benefit and exulkftti^n."- .?VofC99Vf