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. J i * ■ r t , liBiiii I | 0 r One inch, one insertion . . J1 00 “ “ e*ch suh«^queutia»«rUojj. 60 cent* Qu»rtcrly?Mhi'Ufcail o* jmAy cintraet* meUeon liberal terms, Contfsci sdrertisiBf isp arable 30 dart> af- fira4i®pertio(f\inlessiiliie!#sie stipLUtad. No com*ur,.«*on WOT «•- less uniMUrt ! j Its name aAMAfaMr of the writer, |i|j^<feariljrfor but as a gim rJdy of good faith. Address, V THB I'EOPf.g, ” lUniwsilC. H., 8. C. South Ciiroltna Railroad. .^ANGE ^CUEDtfiE. Lp Day Paaatnger (This Train does not connect with Train for Columbia at BrancLvillc.) Leave fharUaton _ t,.46» m 44 1 ( liwnchvUle MWewr :> 5* * « 10 IP a m 4 < Bamberg .... 10.18 a u. 4 < Graham’s 10 Warn « ( Lee s 10.67 a pi 4 ( BlaoVvltte 11.08 a n. 44 Elko 1117 4 to 11 726 a hi It 'Villijtoa 4 ( Windsor 11.48 a m it Montuiorend 12.08 p m t i Aikee T2.21 pm Arrive Augusta 1.26 pro Come all ye needy soul* dray near; tee what Invltinffteet Ift liM-e; , Ail plonteonalfra—a the frttlvn board, fietioatb tte 0KM#el’H iftototag hoaqd! Ah, you, ye fatnlainsl abtnen, this jBrouftSt Jcme from the realmh of bltss Uor all your crlmoe could yraee det*!: From making such luxurious cheer t Thru ootoe partake, ’twas love that made ‘ 51 a !■ ^ TherUAmi***- whlafc you are lside; \tid none need stand aloof; for all Are bidden by the Gospel ca® I Corre, then, O sinner! come In haste. And qulttk the bluet iteorialon taste; Your sweetest Joys are tutuyht com pared With such a feast, by Love prepaced 1 Down Day Passengers, (This Train doas not connect with Tm* for Columbia it ^ranchvillc.) Leave Augusta Aiken “ Hontmoreimt " VltnSKT 1 “ WilUatosi jf- “ Elko i L' “ Blacftllls Lee's “ Graham s “ Bamberg “ Midway “ Bt;&nchville Arriva Charleston ki'^S txrtirsi Leave'Charlerton Arrive Augusta Leave Augusta Arrive Charleston Down Lea—Iffa'-kv ilia Up Aeavjf Blfckvi Cfmieits With Cdtrtnbia 't.ii.. 3.30 p m 4 . A0 p m 4.&3 pm 6.34 p m 6 42 p^i 5.50p m 6.07 p m 6.21 p m 6.37 p m 6 46 p m 7.25 p m 10. lOpui 10^15 pm 8 20am 7.30 p at 6.00 a m ^ 4 :*)TA jOraoclivU* fo| rutioHr *sn AccojixoPArrav. Leave Charleston Arm# Atwista, - fiCava A iAupla ; > Arnxi Down Lear# Bfccltvilla Dp Leave Blackvitle Connects at Branchrill# with Columbia. 7 40 a m ^.35 p m 4 A** 1 * m 16pm 10.24 a m 4.66j) m Train for Magnoiia Roulf. PORT ROYAL RAILROAD, 1 AuouiTA, Ga., Jaa. 4, 1879 | The following ptsseager schodule will he o[terated on and after thin date: Itskloc 12 07 D#Wb B»1do« 8 80 Up Allendala . , - ‘Tl Jo D# WB Allendala 3 Ot) Up dailt r.vsssaoa* tkaix. Going South. ,10 00 a w 2 04 p tn 2 10 p m 4 36 p as. 4 46 p aa R bo%» 0 00 p m i tb ^ m 4 P » 1 4 17pm 5 30 p m 1 30 p m 1 20 p m 10 25 i tn 10 16 a m 6 60 p m 7 15 a m 1 00 p m •11 93 a* 17 00 ♦ at Leave Auruata A nrir* a^j eraasnee Leave V—iMeee ArrWe RpvannaA Lrat%$eraniwUt A rrira f ack aoMtiUe A rt’fve Chariest on Lehve'T’en^aasea Arrive R#ati4srt Arrive I’on Koyil Airive-Augosta Leave. Yeuiassee Arrive hetnassee 1aaveSavannah Arrive Savannah L'ave Jackeonville Leave ‘JJiarleStorl Arrive I’emaearc Leave Beaufort Leave Port Level Trains run through between Augusta and Savannah w I thou' change, making close eon - uection it Savannah wfth A. fcG. K. R. tiwin foral 1 peiuMin Pionaa Baggage checkeal through. SqT'Through ticket* for sale al All priuci pal ticket offices. RoBfBT fl, FcKMIXO, Gecorai Super in tend out. J. 8. Datavt, General Pasvenger Agent. I be GlowpH rMS»t>llysnw. hurlotte, (’olumbia & Aiif^wu R P. / > rrUNOE GF SCUngtJLfl CtTtlFnrri! Cot rstoi t k AuorwTsli R OKKSHAI. PASSI.xhEE DtPAHTS rXT. f CofcUWaiA, 8. C., Dec. 27,1878. j The following passenger schedule Will be fpssmted on and after this date: AX 1—flight Erprrti, South. Leave Charlotte, 1:00 am Arrive Oolurnbia tjAW asn Lea^b Ooluitttila? ... 1 . 6:0f> a ui, Arrive Augusta 10:00 a m flo. 2—flight Erprev. flsrth Lf^ve Augusta 5:55 p m Arrive Cdrarablw 10:00 p tn Leave Oolumbla. 10:10 p m Arrive Charlotte 3:10 a m Ab 3—Dag Das*engtr, South. Leave Charlotte......... il:27 a m ArrlveOolumbia 4:10 pm Leave Columbia.., 4;15 p m Arrive Augusta ^. 8:80 p m flo. 4—Dag Pa*se*ger, florth. Leafe buguala 9:03 a m Arrive OrlmBbla. «■... IjBpm Leave CdlumMa . 1:30 p m Arrive Charlotte 6:30 pm these trains stop oolj at foil jlilj, Rock Hill, Chester, Winnetj oro, Bldge- wajf, L^eevfUe, iJateekofg, Ridge Spring, Johnston, tiehtoh and Cfran- itevilie. All other stations will be re cognized as flag stations. T. D MLINJB, Sup’t Johw !i Maomwido. Oef. Pas. Agent. ———-*»— ——... T .at k k+Jm.. .. - Savannah and Cterlcf^ Ka^otdA'o., CrtAJfOE ©fllCrtEDtL^. 'Tht fAlo^rttAfilcha^jW II i# Mkct kt <Sl* date: Put Mai!, Daily. Leave Charleston - - - Arrive at Savannah - - - Afrivt Port Royal - Arm* JacksonvHi* « » « - Amt* at August* - - * - L—v* tevannab - . - . Arriv* Ckarleston ■> Sight Train, Daily: Leave Charleston Arrive Havanaak ... Leave Aarannah Arrive Char I—too - PqUisms ear* on all tight Trains C. S GADBDEN, Engr and Supt S C Rctlstoji, G, F. a*d T Ajent.’ 7 16 a. m. 1 00 p . to 4 17 p. m. C 3 5 a. w m A. 9 00 p. m- 8 TO'p: in. - 6 40 a. m. ■ 9 00 p to. . 8 00 a . » B4L.AKI.4TA. C’bnrgt* ®f the l.iyhk Ilrlsade- A survivor of thh celebrated ride into the Jaws of death gives In th* Boston Commercial Rdlletln the fob lowing graphic picture of the charge: " Lonl Card (gad’s eyes gUodctl us ovep ; then epurrin# his horse forward a fiOf pac^i, be , My men, we have received orders to silence that battery.’ “*My O—dl’ u»y brother ejaculat ed. Then grasping my hand, he gald ; “ ' Fred, my d«*r fellow, good bye ; wo dqart; know wbtt may happen. Ood blow jfci*; keep clown to At#-’ “ What more he might have said was lost ia Lord Cardigan’s ringing shout of— ‘“ChargeTT* £-y* “INTO Tj|K .IAWS ( OF DEVtH. “We went in at a trot; the trot cllaugetl rti a cautef, tfhd the canter to a gallop. TLfough the lines I could see ^of<j (irdigah e^veg^ ubrae- l*n#bs Aeab,tl Mr «to'‘ut4*IIL? as it he was on parade. Now, to tell the plalu truth, when we had ridden a abort distance, aay hundred pa.'s®, i f«lt brrrlbiy afraid. Thatrtnh Hashed Upon main a moment that w* were ridlbg Into a position that would ex- poau us to • fire on both Hanks, as well as thp fire from the battery In front of ns, which we bad been In- •trueted to sUeneA I said to myself, ‘This Is a ride VMUatb !’hut I hsLI it load enough for my brother to hear, and be answered and said M ‘Theregoes the Irst l “ The first was Lord Lucan’* aid de- oamp, Captain Jfobo, who, after mak lagael^tK detour', was creasing our left to Join OI la tie charge. A can - ooo tuM had Juat eut him Uitwj as mj brottteijffokc **||y heart leaped tote my mouth aoli altMft ahrUBed with fear, but X rssUalMd myeeif, mM amitug my teeth hard j rofie on. A moment later the rifle bufiata troll Uwaharp shoot- va on tba hilleMa bdgan U> whistle 44>out our ean. Saddles were emptied at every step. Then osms the wbi*t- ling shot and thettBiekiogahaii, which tors through our squadrons, mang ling men and horses, ploughing bloody furrows through and through our ranks. Then my fear loft me. My whole soul became filled with a thirst for revenge, and I boiieve the rank*. Iheir eyes flashed and they ground their teeth aud pressed closer togeth er. The very horses caught the mad spirit and pluuged forward as if impa tient to leave us to our revenge and theirs. At thL time there gas sot .piuch to ba Been. 4 A f fnvy, dense Woke hurts Over tn« vnlirSy, Irtrt the flaming moutha of the guns revealed themselves to out eyes at every mo ment aa they belched forth their mur derous centeuts of shot and shell, “ Now a shot tore through our ranks, cutting a red line from flank to (Iqidt, tiieu tifibril piloted an oblique and fmrridy furro^ frobi our right front to our left renr ; anon a rlcoehet- tiog shot rose over our front ranks, fell Wto our center sad hewed its ttay to the rear making terrible havoc in its passage. Oh! that was a ride. Horses ran riderless, and men bare headed, aud splashed with the blhod of their comrades pressed closer and closer and ground their testh harder, and mentally swore & deadlier re venge as their number* grew smaller. “ tnio Tag oatga o# hilL “Alone and In front rode Cardigan, still keeping the same distance ahead. His charger was hsffiTBd Tor the »nter of the battery. BItahtly vro followed him. Up to this time neither my brother nor myself had received the sMgbtflgt soratdh, although we were Sfparated by’Jetetal flies. We reg. bsd the battery at last, uj) to tht* time we bad ridden to silence, but what, a yell burst from us as w# plunged in among ttle Husslati gdhners i Well woilg It batg. ( 4Kw|kJt»r if they had illled u* ill b? fere we reached them. They had done too littlg and too much. They bad set ns on fire with pasBiofi. Only blood could quench out thirst for revenge. We passed through the battery like a Whid wind, sietaoce. And there was do lack of material to wor^t upon us and ifirv round us op every side, but we hewed our way through them s* men hew their way through a virgin forest; And only stopped when we reached the bank of the Tehernaya river. “ Bu*>ny KnuMiscncBs. " Whesling heeo w» proewsded to oqt our way bock again. On the re turn rids l waa assailed by a gigan tic Russian trooper who made a strike at mp with his saber. I partially guarded it, but not f holly, and the next moment felt a atlagipg pain in my neck. It pasaed iu a room sot, however, and 1 was about to pi alee short work of 1^9 Uoopor, when I heard my brother cry ; “‘Ah 1 you would, would you?’ and the Russian fell cleft to tha oh In. " We out pur way through pad at ones entered the fatal valley. When halfway back to pur ataitlug-polnt a cannon ahot struck my brother and beheaded him. . , “ ‘ Whs© we formed up on arriving at our starting point. Lord C&rdlga*. with the tearestreaming from his eyee, said; , ; “ * It waa not my fault, my men.’ “And the men replied with one vp|ce ; ,, ‘ W# are ready to go lo again, my lord, If you will lead us.’ “Juat then I became dlazy. My scalp bad bsew lilted by the stroke of the TWiedian** saber, tbe ekta of my cbe^k cleft acmes to my upper Up, and I fainted from loss of blood. “ When my time expired (n the cay- airy, I re enlisted In this regiment. I am always proud to ^ear myself called one of the six hundred, but— poor Jack! Fill that glass, agala, To».” 'thus ended the sergeant’s story of the famous charge. STKAHG8R TRHf WCTW :1! 7' f lM i* $1 \r r > IL •TfiHAflflft® ATOM* fr uktxb: ■8i ymh &mmm. The Reewverj •I’ to After BesrchltoC Yedrs. tXr—*%4 C— Manoa, Clay 17v—-1 __ d~.i Id th. hh«y»p«»a.«t—+ toTiia Suan; tfuctioo of Charlie Jt«fi%},Mcl of thp J • hitherto fruitless efface tnadwteM- THr Conf<pd«rat«( VTonwnsent. Ttoo following Is the description of the Confederate Monument unveiled on the Itkh in Columbia : The monument Is forty feet high from tlre g; eond co the tup. The etat- ne at the top is eight feet high, and represents a Confederate soldier bold ing hie gun with fixed bayonet. He •land* with one foot advanced, his bead ecect, nod hia face looking to .the dteea*. lle-weatw • cage, Ut* left a|de of wldeb is thrown over hia ahouktar, a ai juoh bat, and all the trappings of a soldier 00 duty. On the front die-stone beneath la wruten the-following Inenrlption ; I This Monument Perpetuates the memory of those , Who, i Tree to th* instincts of their Urtb, I Faithful to the teeobiuga of their Father*, 1 Constant in their love (or the Mate, Died In **w performance W their 4<IM»; Who Have glorified a fallen cause oertaia bis whefetohouta,—Tbe story Of the tees and Seal reoorery ot a daugh ter altar fouateen year* sf neoatant search baa recently oottefie our knowl edge, which for thrilling internet •*- ceeda aoyUilng that we have ever read about Charley Roee. ^ , During the late war tfieve Hvwd at WaynoeboEg’, the county peat of Burke county, Georgia, e Mr. gad MfW. Hol land, the happy parent* ot two little children, a boy and a girl. Mr. Hoi- laud was a practicing lawfer and a man of Intelllgeno* and •tandiog in the community. Mrs. Hpliand was of a respectable family, and>a lady of ed ucation and of good sooty (landing. During the war |dr. Kotynd volun teered, and waa a gobd spIdler till the surrender. About the-ypar ]864-65 n man by the name of Lapd Haithcook appeared in that part o( Georgia. He passed himself off as V horse trader and a gentleman of |84n(tb, but ia re ality wa* a i aouax thi: He appeafed to have plenty of money, drote fine horses, smoked fine Begem, dressed well, and yrKf VeoefvSd Into the beet society. Hurglff Mr. Hol land’s absenoe In the w*F |d ingratiated himseir Into the good graced Of Mrs. Holland. An impropir Intimacy sprang up between theli, and when Mr. Holland returned home in April, f 1805, her condition could\io longer be concealed. Tn a few dfcys after Mr, Holland’s return, and whle waiting an opportunity to take summary ven geance on Hnithcock, hia wife sudden ly left with Hafthcock, oktrylng with her his little daughtef only three years old. From that tltne to this they hare never been seen Id that part of the State. Aboflt the time ot their sudden departiitb * home and buggy mysteriously ^disappeared, which Is supposed to have been stolen by Hakht***, and tHth W«h they made theli - way to Hrowneevtlle, Marl- bom’ county, lo this State, Where Hilthdock was born and brought up. From that time till three weeks ago Mr. Holland never heard anything of the whereabouts of bis wife and child. He, however. riD WOT D1SVAIS. During the past fourteen years he has been constantly engaged, when ever he could spare the time from hi* business, In prosecuting the search for hip child. He travelled over the greater part of Georgia, and portions of Mlaelasippl, Alabama and thisfctate, but could never obtain the slightest clue os to where she was. He tried she laid bean taken from him whs* she wa* onfy\hrss years oWh that he had been Mtchtog for her tor (be last fourtesa yewr*; thatk'ttmok Ood I b# hAdt (Aunti hm£ aL ImmL: MnA tiULt ht ha4 name to .8*kA to 4. boWg^^ bom*, and from tbe poverty and mis ery in which she bad been rated. Be *aked If she wall willing to go with Mm. She rtpRedihe toas. tJpbn thi* AW AWFtfl. WlAJirf. wea sp r; i ■ •. m ■ ; a cuuut ZAMJarnripfi^ and aatdabc abouid ■ever go. They adppd bold of bar. but by eome e*er- Up* Hottood, wUk h*r aaeiatanoe, euo- 0—ded In releaatog her and. gdUlay bm H away from th* boose. They went to the neighbor's where the gfrl waa hired eut ad *n ordinary field hand, and got tha law AltMea of Asartbl apparel which abe p a* eased. After p arc has- tog for her a pair of shoes and other articles at a store near by, they ra mmed that night with Mr. Haselden to his house, where they were cordial ly received and sent the next morning on their way re/olctng to tbe station at Pee Dee, ancf, we suppose, arrived at home the nelt day. The girl had been Informed by some sympathizing oMgb- bora whe and what aha waa, and that bar father waa coming for her, which anocrante for Ufa roadlneaa with which she assented to go with him. She was seven teen year* aid the 3d day of AprUtetf) aa* M 4 OUL OX GOOD AflDBMW and flat appearance. She la of course somewhat sunburnt, with rough hands and large feat, having been accustom ed to labor In the UeMafof her dallgr bread. Shh is very illiterate, never having attended school a day la fast Ilf A She can neither raad aor write. Her neighbors ail say that she is a clever, Virtiious girl, wpiefi 1* no doubt very gratifying to bey father. Her brother, two years bo( senior, of whom she says she has a faint rooollecttoo, is a yotlng man of fair education, and is now engaged In teaching school In Georgia. Her father has been legally divorced from hie flrit Wife, and Is now married and has a family. rise Owileek at Irtishiiiftaa. 1. Js wrttisf Is this Mies os huaineM*]. b* pebBakkd iMW fe wmsm se »4panrt« fkesitosfd the eM«st ef ea«k «Uwr% indi- tSm la a j*ar, l«^bi« Uo J, oxtd on only one •MeofAhepifto ‘ ~t~ In > 4. All okange* is advertisements must roach «• *a Friday. By the simple manhood o'f ttielr live*, ( advertising lathe newspapers, offerlsg n F" in '|viaberlDg the fan hero on on rfriltage. I don’t believe one of them lived to tell the tale of that ride. Out of the bat* tery and into the brigade—an *rroy It was—of cavalry. Ohr ohargs was re al* tiens. The Russians felt before out sabers as corn fall* before the reaper. They eeemed to have no power of rs- The patient endurance of suffering, And the heroism of death ; And who Tn the dark hours of imprisonment, In the hopelessness of the hospital, In the ehort, sharp agony of the field, Found Their support aud oonsolalien In the belief That at home they would not he for gotten. On the rear die-atone the following . Let the stranger TVho may In future timed Read this inscription, Recognise that these were men Whom Power could not corrupt. Whom Death cotUd not terrify, Whom Defeat could not dishonor. And let their virtuee plead for just judgment Of the cause in which they perlflhsd. Let the South Carolinian Of another generation Who nlay read this roll 6f honor*} bamfefl Remember That the State has taught them How to live and hoW tb die, And that from her brolrmi fortunes Bhe has left to hir ffttifirst The one priceless legacy of tbrtr mem ories, Teaching al! who msf Claim tbe same birthrigtft Tbit Truth, Oontsgd, and Patriotism Endure forever. On the west face of tie base Wtt* the words : TO SOUTH CAROtfMA’S DfUD iB61. or Ttrw * 1868. CONFBDERA*fr ARMY. On tbe east face of (fee base is the following! * aj* f KKBOffiD Bt TUB WOMEN or SOUTH CAROLINA. On the front of tbe shBft fs carfhl a palmetto tree, with a shield beneath it, oA which fitt hot tbs letters «C. ft A.” Ot tbs east a® 11 faces dt the shaft are tha emblem* Of ifmy add navy of the Oonfederste States. . large - “thlc rewards for her tecoveif, but nothing came of It but heavy bills and grievous dleappolutrheut. He floafly concluded to etny at hotfie afid firlte to the county ofllclale of every county throughout the country. After pnt- sulog this plan for along time, he was Anally Informed by one of tbe cotlnty officials of Marlboro’county that Laud Halthcock lived In the BrtrwnesvHle section of that county with a woman who answered to tbe description of Mr. Holland’s wlfa That this woman bad a girl with her, not HalthoocJt’s ehttd, whose age and general appearance pointed to her de Ttt LOW LOST biDuriTKK. It was first proposed that the girl should run away from bar mother and go to Georgia, but to make assurance doubly sills Mr. Holland fra* advised to comfort himself, as ha afohe could identify the sooth or as hi* former wife. He accordingly same by rail to Pee- Dee Bridge; on the Wilmington, Co lumbia And Augusta Railroad. Leav ing tbe railroad al that point, he waited to lit Jaa. G. Haaelded’s, who lives a few mite from tbe station, ar riving there about dark on tbe 4th la- etnat. He revalued with Mi Hasei- Asa that night, liter making known bis errand, Mr. Hasslden’s sympa thies wore So thoroughly aroused that be carried him in his buggy the next day to where Haltbpock liras, fortu nately, perhaps, Halthoock, who U saM to be dodging from the revenue officer* for retailing whiskey Contrary law, waa not at home. On arriving at hi* oahin, Mr. Holland puabsd open the door, which was partly ajar, and there sat his former wife, surrounded byber thte* Hstthosek children and his o#n dauRlifkl. ite spoke to hia wffe familiarly, saying “ flOWDT, Fbxxt Jl88.” Id great surprise she replied, " Why, howdy, WUi.'’ liter sbatlog hands with her, ha asked, pointing to a hand some young girt, if that Was Lauda ? Ufa* answered H waa He tsdk the girl’s hand, sad, with tears to his eyes,« told her that be was her father 7 that [W****! Lotoitch to The Newt »o*( ou»Ur ] W*aata«meN, Mar H|—Whatever may be thought conosrnlag the dslloate position In which tha Democrat* in Congress are placed, either by tfirtfte of the President’# vetoes, or of their own doings during tbe extra steton, this much may be safely added by way of compensation, that tbe Bepub- Uoans, despite their triutaphabt blus ter, do not feel by aay means satisfied with the position la which they hkve placed themselves. What that po sition ta and what It involves Is how pretty clearly understood by the peo- pie ; and, now that the smoke of Oon- greeelonai debate has drifted away, soma of the Republicans find that they have been led to the edge of A BOLTXiCAL FBXCU'ICX, And they would gladly retesafcif they could do so. In spte of some blun dering the Democrats ar# sow appa 1 rentiy mesters of th# situation. The Republkau a had It in their power to do their antagonist* infinite harm by the simple process of keeping quiet, but, elated with their flrtt tiotory, tb»y persuaded or compelled Mr. Hayes to a second veto, and are now hopelessly committed to the unpopu lar and fndefenelbie doctrines which he has eoouooed aa to tbs use of troops at the polk or wheteter else be may see fit to send them I Tte Anrstfwwte date toawa Ifi Higfct wT Thstos—As 41 Mfiawid. A somwpoadent writes from the Mediterranean to tha Jfefitoa Advert Up*; : , d . . Soutprpin, the brig Ja* <t the two bpttsrles Implacable arid Artogditi* were at anchor to the roadstead dT Hyetee. The last tw* were, sf the late Emperor's creatiot^ built for tbs siege of Riabourn, aafi had always bees detestable In rough weather. Imagine a kind of long, oral raft, upon which is built a hug* rectangular fort, and some Idea may be forihisd on these monsters. So long aa tbe sea 1* calm thsy support th* heavy maoHtos, but jast fi* aooh ah tbs wervsa ssehms rough they swoop over tbe raft sod boat against tbs lor tress fie sgsiast a rock. On tbs morn log ot M*roh 15, everything Indicated fair wofither, and neither st Touloh nor at Hyeres was there the least anilely as to the fleet. La Flofe had arrived tinder full sail and oast an chor 1u theBadlni. Suddenly a heavy swell began to b6*{ against the shipet and wbtie tbe oihOrs found safety to their easy, yielding movement*, the clumsy, Impossibility of running tehqrs, fifid to all her signals of dis tress nothing hut signals 6f utter pow erless cotild be returned. It was about 10 o’clock khen the commander, sew ing that stf efforts to save his ship were useless, ordered down th* boats. Tbs melt perfect dUaipllae was pre served ; not a man hesitated to obey. The tailors were first aUsafiod to, tad of the four buoan-freighted boats twt> only reached the shore. The officem and those who rrithalned of the sail ors saw their comrades leave without a munhuf, and resigned themselves to the slender hops of reaching shore on a bit of floating wood, or dlo, if such was God’s Will. Thao came that monatar wave whlhb swept the four brave officers into the wferctless sefc, as well as the doctor and all who wet* on deck. Most were able to seise some bit of boatlog wood; others wear* stunned and paraUsed ; those who re- tnatoed hfifit down with th* veaseL At that wNttobt two Ueutenanu nod * Breton sailor had Succeeded i 0 seising a ladder, but thsif wetfht was toq lor toe lrsglto.ii JllrfwowM have with thert.'lrithSci not itota for the sailor, Who tot go and disappeared lb the bowtlag sea. This noble action did no* tav* tha two of ficers, but the brave sailor reached land safe and sound. The lea refuses to give up Its prey; fifteen out of tweoly-eigbt only hitts been found, and among those only one officer, M. Michael d’Annov*fle, whose bereaved vHfe Waited hie body at Hyerss. Mme. Rlbei, wife of tbe officer «ho 00m- manded this flnfortunate vessel, is likewise at Hyere* ; bat even the tad consolation of giving Christian burial to her beloved husbahd Is ciuelly long In coming to her. AL RMUI let (he Kowels of the Earth. n -fi -ball wad given last week, by Gapt. MattCannvan, at the Now York mior, Gold Hill, ot wUsh mine he la superio- toodaht. The ball took ptsoe at toe new station opened et the depth of l,WO below the surface. Th* station 1* quite as targe &S an ordiasfy ball room, well floored, whiled ia with sub- eUotlal timbers, nod had felts a lofty osWof. The atstioa to cool and com fortable, eras appropriately decorated for tbs occasion, and waa lighted with lamps suspended from the celling. The ladles were dressed in calico and the gentlemen in correspondingly In expensive rdiment. The furnitore was to keeping with the place, and while Urnlshad everything ne ts sorafort nothing very ex travagant waa seen. Never before {□ the United States—if poywhete to the world—bss there been given s bah at th* depth of nearly s quarter of s mile btntath the earth. There waa bo troiibl* About pardons SUpping into the ball-room without tickets. It was* queer *»*y, too, of going to a ball, ttfi* stepping upon a cage and being darted straight down towards the centre of tbe earth Instead of rolling off horizontally In the usual way.—Nevada Enterprise. tJfiefwt PlewswVe* oirx Chinos or ssca»e. Tbfey hkve but one chance of escape, and that is through some possible DemocFatlO blunder. The second Veto was probably designed to aCoomplish ndibing more hot lees than toexas- perate the Democrats to the point of making such a blunder! ot, in other words, of refusing the appropriations, tt to not st all possible that toe Demo crats will refuss to giant th* neees- sary suppltss (of the departtheofes, hat it to potsfhle, fit tofist, (hat they may refuse to pass another b!H for tbe sup port of the ailhy. Mfifip of tbe mem ber* afe bertafnly oppdtad to grahtltg s cent for this pmpoee, find tbe refi- sons they assign to behalf of their po sit! one are eeriaihfy fltadRable to their manhood and aelf-respset But it would stately be had policy to pat a stick tflfo the hand* ot oursttethlss wbsfswfth to break effir own head*, sail it would Ms sitae sdlbfly had poltey to do fust fiFhfit thsy most desire us to do. They now afofit deete to have the Democrats fefose tea usual ap propriation for the artny, aad they are trembling for feat that wise cottfisett may so fax prevail ta the Democratic rank* that tbs usual UUaiy blunder/, (upon which Grant said he oeuid al ways rely,) will not be made this once. Mrs. Farting tort saytf the only way u> ftaWttt steam boat explosions J* to make th* Swglfitaf bUe the water on shor*. tn fata optesw all (ha bustin' to done by cooking the steam on board, ftwwfijr Motto. ffrt'lrle Firmer ] Of at! soils to be cultivated, or to be reetored, none art preferable to the light, sandy soils. By their porous ness, free access is given to tbe power ful effect* of air ; they are naturally In that state to which draining and sub soil ploughing are reducing tbe stlffer lands of Ragland. Manure muy ae wel) be thrown Into water as on land underlaid by Water. Drain this, and no matter if the nppbt soil be almost quicksand, manure Will convert it Into fertile, ar labia land. The thin cover ing of mould scarcely an inch to thick- ness, the product of a century, tna} be imitated and produced lo a very short time, by studying tbe laws of Its for mation. It Is a well recognized fast that, next to temperature, the water Supply to the most Importlnt factory in th* production of • crop. Poor soils give good or ope to asasoas of plsntlfal find well distributed rains, or when skillfully Irrigated ; but losuf- flclsat moisture to a soil to an evil that no supplies of plant food can neutral- toe. Sandy noils are rich In mineral oorifitltuehts, find fall to give good crops in time of drouth only on ao- coilnt sf their inability to retain mois ture. This can be obviated by the ap- plloatlon of peat, or olay, or tbe sow ing of clover—til of these enable It to retain moisture to the times of drouth —and the decay of the vegetable sub stances in the soil give off carbonic add, a powerful solvent of tbe soil Peat contains i per cent, of nitrogen, or the same quantity as barn manure. If the land to In condition to boar do* far; It IS emtily brought to a state to pradtaee any csop ; find/ U not to such OOfidlttoaq 1* tab readily be made so at A trifUfg oogt for firtilitaUoo. A cropj dt thriee tons Ot cloror contains the fol lowing constltqects f 11? pounds of potash, M pounds soda, 9K 2 pounds magnesia, 1126 pounds Hme, 448 phosphoric add, 198 pounds sulphuric add, lid pounds ohlorton, 12.8 pottsds sulphur, M7. 8 poutato altrogaa. It 1* often Us*^ 11 ! t0 have a few aprsxlmate data to reduce weight* and measure* froth. A table for this pul- pose to £ofog the rounds of the press tn whifth, however, Says Health and Hero*, several serious iflle-ktatemente taifcr; for laetataO) Uteifi box Ata Indies square and four and a half in ches deop will contain tt pint. Tbto is wrong. We give here a corrected ta ble, wh(ch; however, does not aim at great accuracy, but may serve to make a rough estimate when It la necessary to reduh* measure*: A pint ot water Weighs nearly otie pound, and i* equal to about twenty- seveo cubic Inches, or a square box three toefaes losg, three Inches wide and three toobee deep. A quart of water weighs nearly two pounds, and is equal to a square box of about iiA inches and three and a half inches deep, A gallon of Walfei’ f’elgtia-gbftut nine pjuntto, and is eq^Al to a box ffiNfi eqdare find etx and a half Inches dfibp. A peek to equal to fi box 8x8 inches square and sight Inches deep. A bushel almost fills a box 12x12 in ches square and twenty-four todies deep or two cubic feet A cubic foot of water Weighs nearly titty-four pounds (more correctly etx ty-two pounds), and contains seven to eight gallon*. Ben Butler M not a fool. He per ceives the point of the immigration movement*. W* Suggested the other day that tbe movement would do more to settle the negro problem than many years of dtScuesion. thro ugh tbe effect of negro labor on white labor in tbe North. Butler sees the points. He says the Democrats haVe nothing to oomptaten of In the movement. ‘‘Wherever,” say* he,'* the Soutbtah negro and the whit* Iteptablieau laborer como to gether to the North there will be one white ^Republican vote less and one badly demorallled black man.” la terals control lo politics, and settle issues. A car load of dynamite exploded at Rtratford, Ontario, on the. 9th inst, with most terrific results. Sevetal bouses were bloWn Into fragments, 50 cars ware blown Into splinters and as many more damaged. Two railroad employee* were torn Into fragments. The busineta part of the town, nearly a mile from the sheoe of tbe expioetbo, soffertd from a general smashing of the windows. It Wai supposed to be aa earthquake. Several persens were seriously wounded. Monarch of th# eetoe—th*eherUL Three buhcheS of matches for five cents. A one-cent stamp bo each bunch. Tbto goes to the bondholder. The two cents are for the wood ueed to making the matches, th# sulphur, phosphorus, bofitog, cartage sod labor, not to mention the dealer, wholesale and retail. The beauties of the present system of revenues are illumined by matches. The Chronicle aad Sentinel says: “ Memphis ovated the lecherous Beech er to a nauseating extent Tbe stom ach# of the people of that place have not been Very nice since tbe yellow fever epedemic. It Is pleasant to know that the sleek and saintly scoundrel will not (to able to come farther South this season. fcte*——t— The right thtoktag people of Qouth Carolina by no meaqs approve the par don of dm alls and Gbrdosa. They fail to recognise either the Justice or poli cy ot the transaction. —Chroakfie and OoDatituriottaflet. Thomas Jefferson was only twenty- tbres when h* wrote the Declaration ef Independence. tt