Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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? -.y y<t^?xanit^lMWlWI??l?^ K'^'t ww.OTmw ?.?ygiwagy-- ?.?.?.,v\n? .;rJ^-ip:m?^r^M<?m.'i?^Bjji^> irr m. i in i .. .....j., ji, - ->n,i, ,"-- ?..,????._ _ l^^^^^^^^^g^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ E. A. WE?STER. Editor and Proprietor. A Weekly Paper: Devoted to Temperance, Literature and' Politios. I ,,. .-? ; . , . . ; ::? . ; ,,.".?, . -. ? ? ... . , .? . ? . - - , ^ VOLUME I. r ORANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINAr|ATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1875. . NUMBER 52: TIMELY TOPICS. A HATiiEit heroic aofc is.that-.o/.^ijain, dying of internecine' struggles* ""to *go into tho market, for a loan of 37,000, OOP to indemnify Porto Ricans for tho IOJS of their'rm&n?Tp?teil BIBVCF. THU yt How lever is at Pensacola. ? It isunusually early for t?saroaaeoman ifestatioh. In somti jof- the>"m'?rst de-^ vast uti og yellow fever seasons tho dis-v easo hag not shown. itself .on-tho gulf, coikt until September. THE plague,-or-Black Death, haa; t waked from ita thirty y oars sleep in the; cast, and ?B reported to be spreading with rapidity in Asia. About eighty live years ago, it desolated Russia,"and one hundred and fifty years have passed since it ravaged and almost depopu lated some parts,of' Europe, Pon young children New York is at_ present ono of the deadliest cities ; at; no timo do thoy thrive tLero overmuch/ hut last week'a mortality among them was exceptionally great. Under flvo yoars/;pf/age they - died; at ?therr?ta of eighty-six per diom, tho main trouble being diarrhoeal disease. Ina poslofiico department has bout to tho department of justice tho numen of thirty-niuo mail contractors who aro to bo prosecuted for failure to perform j service after their,bjds were accepted. Tho contracts were relet by tho gov-! eminent, and tho difference between Hie amount paid; ami -tuft-bids, foe tho thirty-nine routoB, waa $-117,087, which, is thc amount of damages, claimed against the' delinquont'bidders'. ? THE German minister of- finance re-, ports a deficiency i?Hl?e Bttdget'-for thia,, year of. $5,000,000,; sad,the tax on* beer is to bo raised-a proceeding wbioh will bo immensely unpopular" in cGormaby, where oyorybpdy.-?oneumcg largely ; bf the ruby liquid. Such a large deficionc)yfj na $0,000,000 would seem singular, with" tho millions which have been paid by Franco, were it not apparent that Ger THE Boston Journal of Chemistry re grets thai .the .-nullera uso all their finest, soundest wheat for fine flour, and' tho p?ore?t for Graham or brown bread, 4 general, name given tp. mixtures pf bran and spoile? flour. "What we need is good, sweety whole wheat flour finely ground, and put IC up secure ly for family uso, and any western mil ler who' witt give his earnest attention to furnishing such flour will realize a fortune speedily ;1 Eecriring the most nutritive prinqiples. tho Creator has stored up for man's food." THE substance of Jno. D. Lee's con fession is that thirty Mormons, with, the assistance of a large number of Indians,. decoyed emigrants from their entrench ment by a flag bf truce"; that all wore murdered except seventeen children ; that the deed was done under orders of tho leaders of tho Mormon Ghqrch ; that ho took nows of tho massacre to Brigham Young, who deplored tho transaction, and' said it would, bring disaster upon tho Mormon people. The statement of Lee, so far as known, only confirms preAious reports in regard tp the massacre._ SINCB the first, of Juuo, wheat has advanced thirty-threo ' cents in tho Chicago market. If tho reports' at hand ino rozable, the wheat crop of Europe will bo almost an entire failure, and consequently -.the demand upon our products will bo unprecedented. Thia will enshro the producer Rood paying prices for tho products of t?i? 'farm for at least a- year to come.--."While: Groat Britain'an'd tho continent may suffer, tho people of America will be" greatly benefited. "?Justwhon tho nd vaneo in prices will.cease' i? would bo hazardous to predict. Tm" olerippl newspapers "in Franco speculate on tho causes of tho great flood with some asperity. It appears that the municipal council of Toulouse recently refused to erect a statue to "tho glorious^nd miraonlous shep herdess of Pibrao," and one of thecoun cilor said, "Wp pref or a-fountain.'' Whereupon the Gazette do Nimes now remarks; "G?ff has fulfilled tho winh of those honorable councilors and senk a fountain to the capital of Lngnedno which they little, expected. Hod the town voled the roquired nu m Divine" Providence),*VBuys:. the... editor, .would: never have treated Toulouse so se verely!" It ia understood that tho bishop of Chartres ia of thou eam'o opinion. Delaware Fruit cLwft?.^ to con fer wijjl \$gpt ll^^RhJp^ompani c: a jin regard to tho shipment of poaches to Livorpool have reported that thoy called upon the authorities of the'American steamship company, and thoy favored the project. Tho company would, allow 'clio growers'to flt up the Bteerago for? war? oabiii .. with . their refrigerators, whioh caf '-Bo. done. with five Hundred dollars for each^v?ssel., /This portion of tho . ship* would ?pitt*25""D00 or 30,000 baskets'^ and a',cqmpartmont'-imnicdi. diately uudVrWith could ho fitted up :yliicU' would ! carry G.0?0 additional. They would charge'tho growers for tho ..shipment of this amount of^'friiit to Tiivbrp??l' .abp?t tw\>*thousa?d dollar?? "and-givo"thom tho privilege of sending out an agent'free bf chargo' with oaoh consignment;A J THK'Jilly returns to tho. . department of agriculture shows that the acreage in cora is.'about three per cont, greater tfi?m' l?sb' year. Now England haB in Creased'he*'aoronge about olov?n por cont, ond tho .Pacific states about ono per cent. All tho great corn growing regions have increased acreage-M?d elo states two per cent., South Atlantic st?t'?B>;tDre"9: per cent. ; Gulf states,, in land southern states, twelve per cent., states north of Ohio sovon, west of tho Mississippi3 fourteen p^r c?iit. Tho condition ot tlio ero]) is' below "au avor Aig? in tho ?New. England and-South At lantic states.", fl The minimum' condition, eighty-two per cent,,-baaing-.in, Rhode Island, Florida .and Alabama aro also below tho "average, 'but other Gulf states aud in?arid southern states aro about ?i0:mrixir?urn, 112 in Mississippi. .All other i state's - exe?pt .Missouri,'103 are below th o; ayer^go,- the minimum eighty-two being in Wisconsin. THAT most insnfffliablo of all idiots, tho practical joker, does hot always ?sc?pe on earth*"tho wrath that" is laid iip"for" him. There" lived and taught school iu St. James parish, "Louisiana, recently, a" man ' by"tho narho of Bow den, a- well-menning porsou, but af flicted with that pcoui|ar sense ol humor whioh is sure to'get somebody or other ihl? ""timible sooner or later. Ono of his' mdst- 'sncccEsful jokes wa? .?tarnt vot diGpiaymg navertising bili* printed in imitation of greenbacks, and offering to bet hundreds and thonsandt of dollars* with peoplo who didn't know that ho was fooling. The other day ai offensive ' smell coming from on out house led to a search for the cause, ant tho corpse of Bowden was fount beneath tho floor and UDder a coveriiif of corn husks, where it was rapidb decaying. A Swedish plantation hand who had soon him displaying his imita tion bills, had mistaken him for a per son of largo and available moans, an( had murdered him for his monoy. Thi Swede is now a fugitivo.'nnd he feel doubly tho weight of the joke, for hi got no ra on ey,( and the Governor ha offered $1,000 for his arrest. Proi\ "jJoNAJiDSON, tho aeronaut, win IWB been traveling in company witl Barnum's Hippodrome, and making bal loon ascensions after tho conclusion o the afternoon performances, mado hi second trip frum Chicago ou tho 15th accompanied by Mr. Newton S. Grim wood, a reporter of tho Chicago Journal After ascending into the air tho balloo took n northeasterly course; sailiu over tho lako in- tho aireotion of Muf kegon, Mich. About sovon o'olock i the evening it was sighted by a scbooue about thirty miles northeast of Chicogc at which time tho balloon was skin ming tho ' surface o? the lako. Th schooner followed after it until it wi observed to rise suddenly into the ni: whou tho chase was given np. A voi Bovoro gals occurred on tho lal about,midnight, and, s??-no further th in gs ha?? beeii received in Chicago fro thotballoon orita occupants up to tl morning of tho 17th, gravo npprehe: BioiiB wero felt for thoir safety. It w? the opinion of exports that tho ballot Could not pOBs'bly Bavo ranched, M Michigan uhore befovo the storm bur upon it, and that tho aeronauts pe ishod in -tlio luke. It "s said hy eon that tho balloon was u rptton, patche Up affair. ? r , , ~ j , ' -An fi ncdishman-travoled, of cour -relato? that au Amerioan gentlomi -who hud ut an early age cono tho ove lund route to California", told him th ii We crossed tho sandhills near tho, seo: of the Indian mail robbery and -massae of 185?, wherein the driver and co dti?tor 'perislted, and also -'ail; the pi) songera "but one* But tins must ha been a mhdako, for at different tim nf ter ward on - th?- Paoifio coai I was personally .arnnn'n.tad wi . i>?"n"?tV?'eA' 3m<t) ^irty-ilir??; tour iioopl? who" wero wound during that massacre and hafoJyoscap with thoir Hf etsi 'Thi/oVfts rio doubt tho truth of.ib*; I.Bad it from their oi lips^T And ono-of tho .parties told i thatli?keptit?mtog^^ hen in his system for nearly seven yet after tho massacre. T-: 7-. . . . TO HOPE. O Hopo ! - No mofe, I implore, 7. Deceive mo that X mav.belie.vo theo ; For I know that tito flaSo MUI follow On tho airy way of tho swallow, -That tho drift ?hall ile whorotho lily blows - , And i tyo jqlolo hang from tuostam of4ho-rosr, p?nona unSaubreM vO </J Jr. Li di. ft?A3ffiVJ?fai? Y3WBOTTAJ ?CCplvo ruo pnd l will beliqvqrlljqe,,,. pit hough I know that tho flaho must' follet? Ou tb?>alry Way or th'? <mftalIowH'i^ That tho drift must Ho whrro t^a?Uy?blaw?T, And tho iciclo haut; from tho stem of tho rori', 0 ITop? !-?uco moro I , H av o i g ? Vj??UNTAIN:ME?DO.W M?SS?(?rlE.;| Tcxtknnnil Elirilrd th? Firit Day of thc Trini JToin thc Butcher wai Planned aiid'Ji^ccillcd. At the opening of tho trial - of the Hormona ?mplioated/dn, the- Mountain Meadow*- Nma8Baore, vatr Beaver, Utah", Robert Kaya testified as followsCame to Utah ' October 2, ,1857, 'tlifough Mountain atealows saW piles pf ,' bodies of woman and children, 'piled promis cuously ; th ero ;were .sixty or .soyenty,, bodies ; tho children wore, from, twp mqnths^olditortwplvo years ; tho smaller were tomi by wolve.8 arid crows; some of tho bodies* were: i?hot, some had their throats cut, some stabbed, and all were torn by wolves except ?>ne WDman, who laid a little way. liff, and appeared ns if asleep, a ba-Jl bolo in her. loft side; it upreared tho bodies worq dead fifteen days; sevenu0'f;n8 sarf it. *PiloB of men's; bodies wera further on; djdn'fc;gp to see them; uo clothing on the bodies, except one Book on tho leg of ono niau; nona werftjspaiRBd.. g??*\. ?q &,<r%r\ri Assiitel Bennett "called: 'Was 'flt the .Meadows .December,". 1857; saw tho bones there; horrible sight;.skeletons pf women and children; curls, long grosses hn?v dried -blood;- children 10/ to 12 years; some skulls had flesh dried oii; .'thia bodies" had; been; cbft?red up ; wolves evidently dug them up: Phill jp Liuger Shn^b, a d?fendent of San BbrnrmJi, California, called : Pros ccntion entered nolle prqsequi as to himself: Iiiy?d-, in Cedar oity from 1852 to-1857". Was at the-massacre in September, 1857 ; heard of the em igrantaicoming.' The people were for bidden to: trade with theni; felt bad about it ; saw a few of them at Cedar ; hoard .rumors of trouble S nday. It was the custom to have meetingB of the president and C council; bishop and council and high council. The matter came np . for discussion as to their de struction^ Haight, Higbee, Morrill, ?\iitiu, ra?as, . inysen uuu t/t.uwx?-5rr-u? there. Some brethern opposed their destruction. I did. Haight jumped up and broke np the meeting. I asked what would bo the consequences of such an act. Then Haight get mad. The Indians were to df stroy them. On Monday. Higbee, White and I met ; same subject again. I opposed the de struction. Haight relented, and told White and I to go ahead and toll the people the emigrants should go.through safe. Wo did so, and on the rpad we met John D. Lee. We told whoro wo were going, and he replied I have something to say acont that, matter ; we passed the emigrants at Iron 8prings; next morning wo pasBed them again ; ns wo carno back they had twenty or thirty wagons ; over a hundred people, old men, middle aged men, old wo men, l??ddl? aged women, youths and children ; ' near home I mot Ira Allen ; ho Baid tho emigrants' doom was sealed, tho die cast for de struction ; three days after Haight sent for me, and said orders had come from camp ; didn't get along, wanted rein forcements; that he had been to Prowin, aud got further orders from Colouol W. H, Dame to finish tho massacre, to de coy and spare only small children who could not tell tho tale. I wont off, met Allen, cur . first runner, and othors. Higbeo said : you aro ordered out, armed and equipped; PO I went; Hop kins, Higbee, John Willis and SPTO Purdy went along ; had two baggago waggons ; got to Hampton's rancho in tho night, three miles from emigrants; there met Lee'and others from the gen eral camp, whore tho largest number of men woro ; then found the emigrants not all killed. Bateman or Leo went ont with a white flag. A man from the emigrants met them. Leo and a man set do*vn on tho grass and had a talk ; don't know what they talked. Lee wont with the man into tho intrenohments. Af tor 3omc hours they carno' out and the emigrants carno ont with their wounded in wagons ahead. Tho wonuded wore thoso hurt in tho three days previous fight. Next came tho w?men, next the mon. As tho emigrants came up tbo men halted, and the women on foot and ohil dren and wounded wont on ahead with John D. Leo. The soldiers had to be all ready to shoot at the word. When tho word halt came tho soldiers fired. 1 fired i meo ; don't kuow if I killed a man ; net all killod nt tho first fire. Saw tho women afterward dead, with their throats cot. I saw, fis I carno np to thom, a man kill a young girl. Tho men werb mnrohed in dimble file first, then thrown in single file, with tho sol diers along Bide. Tho emigrnnts were congratulating themselves on their safety from tho Indians. Afc last John M. Higbee came and ordered my squad to fire. Lee, like the rest, had firearms, No emigrants were allowed to escape ; saw soldiers on horcc.i to take on wing thone who rau ; saw a man run ; saw Bill, start on a horse and kill him, and a ^rounded, mart, beg for lifo. ' Higbeo cut his throat j I was told to gather up tho little children. ! I wont, and saw a woman running toward the men, crying,' "My husband, my husband!" A soldier shot lior in tho back, and sho fell dead. ? ? .-.: : n -A bollo at Saratoga wears diamonds on her Bhocs. ??'??'? : '? . ~ "T ^ Post Office Points. . Tho' following Into ruling's by tho pret?nico department in regard to mail mather will bo found of interest ?to every ono cngagod in mercantile pur suits - . When packages of niorohandiso or samples of merchandise aro wrapi)ed so ns to nrovent examination, or have any -writing upon thom except .tho address, tit fa duty of. tho postmaster terato thenrrnp with lotter postage.4 to bo col lected on delivery. Samples may bo juajrl?d in.pen?il4or ink with letters or figures by which they aro ,to bo dis tingro\-hod in ft descriptive letter or in voice (cooli separately) without subjeot iuS. V package to Jotter postuge. . Au .idflress may bo written on a oir onlaf^bnt any .Other Writing ; thereon excepj. tho moro.; correction of a typo graphical error, would , render it sub ject't> > lett?r postage. 1 i IC hi tho dtityf of a postmaster whon maU fiiattor is sent to his office through. miBtnlio, to forward it to its destination! ' Bock manuscript, when so wrapped ps to,'/dmiy.of examination, is ohargo ablo jvith prepay mont of postage at rates of third-olass matter, viz: ono cent -an. om. co or fraction, thoroof, limited to four pounds in weight. Paper with writing on it, should not be U'B?9 as wrappers for newspapers, as ,this, would, subject the.packages to letter poBtofe.. To liirfcitle 'regular subscribers' to re ?oive? ?iewnpapera froo of postage, tb?y most R?side iu tho county whoro such papen- aro printed and published. ?. Maii mattcV^ihol?sea iu sealed en velopcrj witl;_J,he-Corners notched, is subject to letter rates of postage. . A'postmaster is required to examine alk-printed matter, or third-olass matter, passing through his ofiico, to soo that it . ia charged with proper rates of postage and to .detect fr audi. Mattor contained in a i caled onvelppo notched at the"' c?rnors' cannot bb satisfactorily ex amined without destroying tho wrapper. Prepaid Jotters must. be. forwarded from c-no. postoffice to another at tho re quest of : tho party addressed without additional- charge of postage ; but let ters haying been once.. delivered accord ing tb' flioir address .require posta^f* \.r. the pr.paid rate! when returned to tho ' office for forwarding, ? Packages containing liquids, or any . otb ei ; .latter liable to dof ace or destroy the ??! ?tents .of . the. mails, _ or hurt tho .persoiAbf any-one, connected ,with the' 's?rvi?i^ should be 'excluded' fr?fadiih?? fmailfv"v(vnt sealed packages deposited in -I^/'OB. -.Af-.B...,j.-y*.?f .-.--r., etyjrp-"'jnyv^n postage, in the absence of any positive knowledge of their contents, forwarded to their destination. Unsealed circulars deposited iu n letter-carrier ofiico for local delivery through the box or general delivery, or by carriers, are subject to a postage of ono cent eaoh oironlar, to bo prepaid by stamp affixed. L. ' and R., pago Ol, seo. 99. ._ Burning of a Russian Town-200 Lives Lost. A Petersburg lotter to tho London Standard says : The fire which destroyed the town of Morsohansk bogau about -? o'clock in tho afternoon in ono of the faubnrgs, at a distance of nearly half a mile from tho town proper, and within a few hours the whole town, over an extent of fivo Vorsts, was a prey of the flames iu all directions, causing thom to overlap all the open squares and eveu tho river. .As tho fire grow tho wind became a tempest, and enormous phvuks and shcots of iron, torn from tho falling houses, wero hurled as high as tho sec ond story of houses still standing. Cases of goods allowed to float along the river were bnrned on the water. Spmo of the papers of tho publij oftices havo boen found at a distRiico of sixty versts from the town, and ibo glow of tho fire lighted, up the horizon to a dis)! tance of ninety versts. Tho fire spared about a hundred wooden houses nt ono end of tho town, kat of tho brick build ings hardly ten have epcuped. AU tho public ediGCea, with tho oxcop tion ot the "B?hbol 'and several of tho churches^ have been .destroyed. The destruction of property has beeil entire. Many of tho inhabitants trusted to cel lars and vaults,.but thoy nearly all foll' in. As the fire spread, furniture and other effects wero removed to jrnrdens and other open-spaces,, but in vain ; the flames soou reached. tnom and reduced all to ashes. Only one of tho corn de pots was saved. It is calculated that 1,000 buildings havo been burned, and that the losa cannot bo tess thou 0.000,000 roubles. About 200 livos were > lost, and sovornl thousand persona wero wounded. Succor, iii tho shape of provisions, clothes, and money, was instantly for warded from Tamboff, Riezan, and othor places, to tho .unfortunate citizens of Morschansk, literally wandering about the woods or sheltering under carts, having lost everything, and the number of tho homeless* and dostituto oxceeded 10,000. Three days nftor tho firo tho corporation of the town petitioned tho government for a loau of 3,000,000 roubles, to bo redeemed in thirty duy?. ENGLAND'S .NEW RIVAL. Rapid. Development .if 'Cotton Manufacturo in .India. The, manufacturo of cotton is rapidly, increasing in British India, and ns con siderable profits are roalized, tho ton doney is ioward uuutinned investments . and the extensi?n of this great indus try. It is now manifest tbat'Mnnoljes tor has lost its former control ofj tho eastern markets. In tho singlo prr-si donoy'of'Bombay thoro oro tweaty-?iv? cotton-mills in: full operatics, working 000,000 spindles and 7,000 looms. Tho spindles produce about 130,000 ponnds of cotton thread a day, of which abont 50j000 i-pounds, are used, "to produce cloth. These mills aro chiefly in, the Bombay island, whero-a new spinning mill, juBt opened by a wealthy Hindoo^ and working 25,000 spindles, makes 'a" total of seventeen workinc milln. Up country thoro aro Bovcral others-ono at Surat, two at 13roacb, two at Abmedii bad, ono at.Julgaum, ono in-tko nativo state of Bhownugger, and ono at Ma dras. Extensions aro also rapidly going forward. Eight cxtousions are in courBo of construction at Bombay, chiefly* ou shuro capital, ftud these will provide at least for tho working of 4.0,000 moro spindles and 1,345 looms". The machine ry, is always of tho very uowostnnd rn?Ht approved construction, and no elf or ts ar? spored on tho part of tho , Indian producers to ei'ablc their goods to com-' poto ucccBsfully with the choicest pro ducta Of .forcig? nianufaot?ro- United States Economist. ... ' An Incident of the Floods; Writing of thc disasters of tho in undations in Prance, a correspondent, says : At St. Cy prion, tho suburb of Toulouse, whioh sufferod KO sovbrely, Bli Maurotto, a woli-kuown sculptor who re sided- there, but who had his atelier iu tho town, was at work in tho, latter, Avh?nho was informed of tho risk to whioh his. family, whom. he had left W tho Faubourg, woro exposed. Ho im mediately bastonea homo, mid began to pack up ins valuables and 'preparo to': rotreal. with his wifo, two. girls, oiglit ?nd niuo years old, and a little boy in his mother's arms. Bnt tho flood had been too quick for them. In less than a quarter of au hour it had risen mor? than four foot, aud their boneo was Sur rounded before they wero awnro of iii As-tho water rose higher aud higher they moved, from stage to stage, until they reached tho roof along with other' families, who had? taken, refuge thoro. Thus they stood, tho father holding his two littlo girls by tho hand, tho mother carrying her boy, till darkness sot in, the flood, still, rising} and tko kous?s around them giving away before it ono after'tho other with fearful crash.' At last their own house bogan to totter und oraok, and,give other signs that it wac li? longer a Bafo plac? of refuge. Another* ! bongo at some l?ttlo distance off seemed to offer a stouter resistance, and ono of fheir party, who was a good B\vimmerj 'threw himself into the1 water, and by great effort-succeeded iri olinib-' ing on tp thaother rc-ofi Unfortunately, in taking his^Bpruig from that on whioh down"Ame*'^a^^ her arms, and although the former was' laid hold of and rescued, tho child was carried away by tho flood, and perished before tho oyos of its father, who could only just, save his fainting, wife. By good luck,- in tho house to which their companion hod cBcuped a roll, of calico twenty-tivo yards long was found. On ono end of this an iron was tied, and, after many attempts, swung aorofis, and a communication thus opened with the other house, . The two litti? girls, wore sudcoBSfidly made fast to the end of tho roll and dragged through the water. Mme. Maurotto was next tied to it and had also nearly gained tho other roof, when the strength of those who sup ported her failed, and sho foll back into tho water. For a inomont sho seemed lost, but her husband, throw ing himself in, in his turu, and swim ming to her, supported her until a fresh effort could bo mndo above, when both wero eventually hoisted up. Tho night was passed iu cold and we'', expecting death almost hourly. But tho houso re sisted, and by inornhig tho wntor had rall?n suflioiontly to omtblo the party tc wade ashore. Rather a Tough Snake Fig at, but a Good Story. A fow days since, whilo a youug man of the vicinity of Middle Grove, whom wo shall designate as Jcomes, was shrubbing iu tho field, ho ran up?m fl black snako ic a cluster of bushes, and, calling his dog Zip, sot him aftor tin snake. Whilo ho was intently watching tho progress of tho ftVht between Bit snrtkeship and his favorite ennino, some thing behind took him "whack" upor tho scat of his trousers, ont! turninf quickly, ho discovered to his horror i tremendous horse-racer, full six fcot ii longth, with hoad erect, hissing tongue aud glaring eyes, curling himself in tin fnlloBt attitude for bat-Md, and befon Jcomes could comprehend the terribh character of tho situation, "whaok" tin snako todk him again. Ho fheh lookot for a troc; but there was nouo to olimb for a stick, but Mioro was liouo at hand He theil drew his jaok knife, with tin determination of soiling his lifo ai dearly as possible, and tho, moat terribh battle between mon and snako then >?c curred that has ever transpired in thohiB tory of Mooroo county. Tho snako wa very strong aud native,, and, curliuj himself around ono of his victim's legs ho stnok his terrible fangs into bin with marvelous rapidity, tightening bi hold and orawliug liri all tho finio, whil Jcomes plied ^bis "jaok-koife with i rapidity never equaled by tho sayng Modoo. Tho btiako was getting th best of it, and had twisted himself U] noarly to Jcomes* fn.ee, rind wim abou to coil his slimy length about his sut onmbing.antagonist's swan-Iiko turbai when Zip, tho faithful servant, .havin finished snako No. 1, carno yelping t the rosene, and, taking in at a g?anc the hazardous] position of tho mastoi ha sprang and grapplod tho monster b tho-vieok, and hold on with o vioe-lik grip until Jeemes, by tho tiso of hi knife, extricated himself from his tei rib?o predicament, and from an nntimel nnd premature grave. Tho snako wi killed, and th.) trusty doc, was /tho lib preserver of his master.-From tl Paris Mo., Apj^eal. FACTS AND FANCIES. -Tho coffee-planters of. Ceylon are threatened tfith pecuniary ruin, tho rats Laving seized their 'plantations, grasshopper style. . Not hoing able to import Ameriodn, rflllfljc, they aro trying to frighten off tho invader? with tho tom-tom, a home instrument. ' ? -Thorn is. an English paper which thinks that in case of' war : the" .chief food produciug nations, by combining against England, could -conquer- her without firing a shot or landing a. soldier by simply declining to deal with her. "--Tho old superstitions idea that tho band of a dead man is a talisman against evil, onco prevalent among southern ne groes, seems not to havo died out. A vault in Green ville, Miss., Wi recently broken-open and a hand cut from a corpse. ' - On ono of tho bridges of Paris a baby sprnDg ont of its mother's arms and foll in the river, nnd the mother jumped after it, but; could not. swim. Another-woman Jumped ? iii who could swim and brought out both. .Tho mother was half drowned and tho baby waa dead. a ba A ,vjti?u\ -Some of .tho clergymen in Kentucky propose to bang slates in the'church vestibules, so that young: ladies on en tering, can register their, names, thus saving a great expenso- for providing scats in tho vosfcibulo for youug-mon, and making a great deal of waiting un necessary. . ' la! oaf .a ??ri j ui booti r-" James Brown," of {?}*. .Giles,. Lou den, claims to bo reckoned among tho nc bio band of vivisectionists^ bis trade being tlie catching of cats and ."skin ning 'em alive." "Th?1 sAnpl?: fact is," be says, ."I got an honest .living by skinning cafs, hud because skins 'taken from the live ? cats aro! worth sixpenco apiece moro than tlioso taken from tho animal whon dead I akin tho cat's alive wheneyev?L can.;" K 9-T 0A .-i-**? -If .thero ip a manufacturing oity on ibis continent which might ^be "called the, Manchester of America, it is Lowell, MasB. Thero'arer daily'em ployed nearly eighteen thoueand'-opora tives in tho various.mijls. Tho capital stock of the s?v?ra? corporations is over,.$16,OOO,OOO, while fcbe^total valua tion w?hld "foot ?p' six^times sixteen millions. ,In manyinstanae?;the iorigi nal stockholders hare, perhaps, moro than' dcnjbled^their^inv?stm?nts by "mag nificent dividonthi.;,. .atjd is ja .notable fad thai "even" in ibe'ao depressed times puratt?s fl? u?fi?i^:f^^f'?^ ' :rL:v ^r -This is what a bank "cashier wi*i..o to Washington when he wanted Vreg istored bonds" : "I may not havo ex pressed myself properly, not knowing niuoh about thi? busiuess of swopping bonds, but my intentions nre pure abd innocent. I wish-to have these bonds in ouch a condition tbnt when burglars omo to my room at midnight, put a pistol to my bend, twist my nose, ;tako me by tho ear, load mo to my bank, compel ma to unlock my safe, I can contemplate tho removal of my bonds with a smilo that is child-liko and bland." -The work oi excavating tho arena of the cblisonm at Rome, has been sus pended eiuco May, as it cannot be.pro ceeded wif.h until tho discovery of tho duot or canal used by the old Romans to drain oft' the water collecting, frons tho adjacent slopes. The canal bas been traced in its starting point . near, the ruins, and in its passage through tho forum, leading into tho Cloaca Maxima; but its intermediate course has yet to bo unearthed, which operation, together with its proper deaning and repairs, will be a job of sonio difficulty, time and expense. In tho meantime the excava tion in tho coliseum already made, will havo to bo kept dry, or as freo from water ns possible, in order that the foundation of tho building may not bo seriously damaged. -A popular theatrical manager says he has been tho moans of keeping be tween two and three hundred young ladies off the st ago within tho space of tivo years. " Ono reason was," said he, "because they bad no talent, and an other was because I knew that boforo thoy had been in tho profession many weeks they would bo heartdy sick, and tired of it. Tho lift! of .111 actor is a hard one. People come," said lio, "and seo the actor walkiug around tho. stage, speaking a few bues, 'dressed in mag nificent clothes, and .winning the ap plause of the multitude. 'How de lightful!' they exclaim. ?Nothing in tho world to do but to dress well and look pretty.' They di? nofc Itn?w what a dog's lifo it is. And traveling through tho country is the hardest work of all. Out tilftwelvo and ono o'clock at night, and out of bed by four or Jive iu tho morning to take an carly train to tho next town.. Sometimes thoy do not get to bed at alL", ^, ^ . THAT SAVED HIM.-It has been geu orally supposed that a bald head was of no account, even to tho ow?or, bul Vioksburg stands up and remarks to tho contrary. Tho other day a resident of thin city wont up to Thompson's Lake to got ? shot at tho big alligator, and while eating a cold bito ih?the shade a man jumped over the, lenco, presented an o?d army musket at. his head and cried out j&Q*6 ??5t<! r? Stranger, unkiver yer hoad ! The Vioksburgerwris dnmbfonnded, but made haste to romovo bis bat and exhibit a pate which shono hko a newly polished pilpaw, . ", .. , h ii Stranger, that saves ye ! continued tho man, as bo shouldered Inn musket_; " f thoughb ve wow the it-1-lu -.ailed ped dler who Oharged my wife seventy-five cents for a t?sta'tffont winch basa t go* a darned picture hi it I"