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} VOL. XLIII, WIXNSBORO, S. Cm WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1887. NO. 51.
E' TIMELY TOPICS FOR FARMERS.:
N HOW TO DO PAYING WOKK AX THIS
Suggestions of Interest, from ?.u Authorltiitivc
Source.
(W. L.Jones in Southern C ultivator)
The reader of these "Thoughts for
the Month" should bear in mind that
they are chiefly in the nature of suggeslA
tions or reminders oi v.-ork proper to be
done on the farm during the current
* month- The "Thoughts" relate to and
flow out of the discussion of these subjects.
Farmers are like other men, often
- forgetful of duty, obligation and pur*
A"* '? X - 3 \ _
t pose, ana muse oe remiuaeu. ah uxu
proverb says there is nothing new under
the sun, or "wor<^ to that effect," and
it is about as trae of farming as of other
wk - departments of life-work. The larger
pL part of the teachings of the present agri|||11?
cultural books and periodicals?in fac: j
nearly every principle laid down?is bat 11
B repetition. New fabts are few and far '
between. Agricultural teachers anc.1
writers?including editors?are rarely :
'df conscious of teliing anything new. "Wheb <
.is really new and before unknown in the :
agricultural world? the result of the researches
of a year?would make only a j
few paragraphs in The Cultivator. " j,
"Line upon line, precept upon pre- j<
cept," was never more ap ay q-io^eu as u j
r. it_ _ ^ rale for guidance in teaching than in all I,
w efforts for the dissemination of agricui- j:
tiiral knowledge. We vary the form oi
expression, or change the connection, wo
niter from a different standpoint an idea, <
osjz&i before presented, wit&out Easing ^
any impression?without finding a lcdg- \
ment. Bat now the idea seems new and j v
attractive; the wonder is that it wa^ |
^ never thought of before; it makes an j
% in-prejcion, it excites inquiry, provoker ]
J** investigation; ic is finally tested byprac-1 <
tica and its value realized. So "wisdom ]
runs to and fro and knowledge is in- j i
I creased." f.
" - nAXCSGBT. J
It used to r>e a comnicn custom in Sj
Middle George and rorrespondirg re- |1
gions of other States to lay by the crop.-1
of corn and cotton be lure the "Glorious I
Fourth." It was the tmbition 01 everv j (
numpr nr Tnxi:a<?er of a farm or "Dlanta-1 ,
tioa to have corn end -.wtton heids so i ^
clean that not a "basketful" of gras^ j
mi^Lt be gathered in a search of the en- j <
tir'.j crop. The changes in the condi- j !
tkxp-'o of labor and soil irive extended the j,
^ -< : jd of cultivation. We have not so j;
K" -urge a proportion of virgin and fresh | j
lards in cultivation; our soils have beeii | <
largely deprived of their vegetable mat- j f
ter, and nave acquired the habit of "run- j ^
ning together" and forming a hard crust |
after each rain. This involves a gr=aiei j.
necessity for the vrork of the s^eep ai^d j',
cultivator to keep the surface loose and j;
porous, ana the actual impoverishment J .
of the soil requires a iosger time for tilt j,
L plants to reac-i that size and condition j s}
of development where culture is no!;
longer required, or may no longer be j.
f permitted without actual los3. In respect, I j
of cotton, -while the improved varieties- j .
are generally earlier in fruit develop-j j
ment, yet the tendency is to plow or j ^
sweep through the crops rather later ^
than formerly. There is no essential
difference in the objects and details oi
cultivation in July as compared with
June. Com has generally received its ]
final working, which should be thoroughly
well done but very shallow. We (
used to think that the most effective ,
hoe-work in the corn-field was that j j
' which was done as the firv-1 "lajing by" j:
Hp of the crop when the straggling*bunches
W of grass and those around grubs audi]
stumps/that had eluded the plowman so ; j
t long wSere destroyed by the slower but j (
surer work of the hoeman. This final j i
Hfk , homing?if there be time to give it?need j;
not be row by row, but a sort of broad- j *
casting-over the field, several rows being i ^
taken by each band at one time. The (
same remarks will rlso apply to the "laying
by" of cotton, both as to plowing j
and hoeing, the same ob ect being hau 1
in view in both cases, the encouragement
of steady plant-growth and development. ]
' We utterly disapprove of the practice of j
"hilling up" corn either with plow or ,
hoe. it is aptly described by some one
W1 as '^taking the soil from where it is j
needed and putting it where it is not
* , needed."
-PLOWTSG rs DBY WEi.XH.WK.
If there pccur prolonged spells of dry. j
weather, and the clean condition of tho >
crop?the absence of grass and weeds? j
makes it unnecessary' to use plow or (
r. bWCCjJ XVJ. UaUX UCCU UWUV-WkJ MAW ; will'iirise
whether it is a good general i
rale to plow' a cotton-field when there j
has teen no rain since last plowing and ^
die field is absolutely clean of weeds. *
The question will occur to any farmer i
of a few years' experience, and it is cer- :
tainly a practical one. Some farmers i
beheve in plowing deeper as _the ground J
K becomes dryer,.claiming that deep plow- .
lv icg will "bring tip the moisture." JSow, J
? deep plowing will "bring up the moist- \
me," in the sense t&at the moist soil that .
f lies several inches bc-low the surface will .
be brought to the surface; but we can '
see no benefit or advantage in removing 1
the soil with its contained moisture from ;
r\t -Mux rVJanf. riwfcft
UZU livi^Uk/WAMWU VX i UV I <
(where it can do the most good), and j'
k bringing it to the surface to be immedi
ately ikied by the sun and -wind. Our (
own experience ana observation are opposed
to the'practice of plowing a field
that has been once thoroughly plowed 1
P since any rain has fallen. It may not .
lesclt in actual harm to the growing
crop, and the latter may evtn be benefiteci,
bat it is extremely doubtful if the
l be worth the candle."
WL SOWDCG PEAS?CLOVES.
HU j. those fields of corn which have not ;
-.jeived the final plowing, we urge the
I & ^jjeowlng of peas when that work is done.
L I'he benefit that the soil receives sroxn a j
crop of pea-vines, even though scattered
f and thin, is substantial, real and certain.
A sack of guano, or even a load of riehlooking
compost, may, and sometimes !
does,-deceive the "very elect" among j
farmers, and fails to recompense for i
money or labor expended; bat a pea- j
vine has an established and undisputed J
reputation?the same yesterday, to-day j
and farever. A farmer who has a field |
on which of pea-vines has been grown j
and returned to the soil possesses a;
? rrnr\? frrsn !
L gUiUUUKC VI a 0-^~ v.v>, ~
el that gives more confidence t)mn the j
A. "guaranteed analysis" of the fertilizer!
Bv zrannfactnrer. As long as the pea seed
hold out they should be sovm on every
acre of corn-field. If ever red clover
Mr was a blessing to any country as a restorwP
er and renovator of land, the cow pea
k must certainly be our great reliance to
ft to perform the same good work in the
cotton belt of the South. Clover -will do
SB very well in the lime or clay soils north
BHfr of S4 degrees, and in some instances it
may succeed further south. But even
jw under the most favorable circumstances I
and in the cotton region, a field that j
jBft pay be relied on to yield a good crop I
of red clover v.-ill rarely be seeded to i
clover, becausc snch conditions of soil I
and preparation and manuring as would !
result in a good clover crop would yield j
a good crop of corn, cotton, wheat or j
anything else. Oar conditions in the j
cxtrp.Tnf' Sr.nth as e. s;oil re'nova
tor a plant that is more thoroughly at j
home than clover?one feat needs no
special soii, preparation or manuring, j
but will grow where anything else will
grow, and flourish where other ciops
would faiL This we have in the cow
pee, whose adaptation to poor soils and
hard treatment has originated the saying
?applied to very poor land?"too poor
to sprout peas." If ever our land is to
be brought into a high state of cultivation
and rich productiveness?a condition
even belter than that of our very
best virgin acres?it must be done by a
system of renovating crops, grass culture
and stock husbandry. It is the natural
metnoa o: sou-maKing moamea ana intensified
by the art of man, and is tiie
basis of all extensive and permanent improvement
in agriculture.
LATZ SUHMER CEOPS.
In addition to peas there are a few
other crops -whose planting may still
continue, success being dependent more
upon seasons. It should be remembered
that, late planted crops require rich soil
and deep preparation. Forage crops of
com, millet, sorghum, etc., may stall be
made, but will not amount to much with
out good ground, good preparation and
reasonable seasons. If such plantings
be made and the plants started off in
July, the August rains are frequently
sufficient to mature fine yields. We
have had line success with cat-tail millet
sown even so iate as August 1st. The
best potatoes lor keeping, as vreii as for
planting next spring are made from
sines set out in well-plowed, good soil
throughout the month of July, those
planted early in the month often making
is large tubers as may be desired, and
she later, sufficiently large lor ordinary
ase and for seed. There is no doubt of
the fact that the later plantings produce
better keepers, and they are much
oti t'la-c lyicl-ci tr! n mw>h Ipia
Labor. Plantings of catiacgs on wheat,
barley or rye lots are almost certain of u
good yield of smooth, fair-sized potatoes
it very small expense of labor. Yery
Idie plantings should be in cioaer row:.'
and the beds not thrown tip so high.
2VLT DIS2CEBS, ETC.
^The social gatherings of farmers at the
3lose of the sictive work of cultivating
the cotton and coro, that are still practiced
in some counties in Georgia, are
remains and reminders of the customs of
>-N. ? IVAA/^ rOi'l f
LUw UUJ3LV1XIO U1 LilC jjUUU UiU U1U1VO
fore the war." In those days tiie
promised "July dinner," -alien the crops
shall have keen laid by clean, was an incentive
to cheerful, hearty effort, and
!?te realization of its pleasures of eating
md drinking the honest, home-gro^n
beef and mutton, pig and poultry, etc.,
md the sock 1 communion of neighbors,
was a pleasant spot in the history of the
summer. The old plantation dinner was
really given more in the interest and for
the enjoyment of the slaves, and the
participation of the "white folks" was
rather incidental. The more modern
igrieultural club dinner is taking the
aiiice of the former, and has rapidly bejcme
very popular. Even in the ab
>Ci u J \jl & ai* xa ?^xa
for the neighbors ior miles around,
:hrcughout each settlement, to liold
;he?e mid-summer picnics. But there
Dug'at to be a regularly organized club
in everv neighborhood, and these social
iinner-eatings should be a feature of the
regular monthly programme the year
round. The wcmca folks should hare ,
in interest in such things. There's
:.c thing so well calculated to draw cut
;he men and induce them to attend the
nestings of an agricultural club than the
presence of the ladies and something !
;ood to eat. The segregated cr "living
ipart" condition of farmers is a great
drawback to their social, moral and in:ellectual
progress and especially to their
idvancement in agriculture; and any
zieans, harmless in itself, that will bring
iarmers together oftener cannot but conluce
to the development, progress and
prosperity of our interests. Therefore
;hese old-time gatherings should be reained,
systematized and regulated as
part of our agricultural economy. Such
gatherings will readily develop into
nonthly fairs during the summer and
rail, and prove great feeders and. supporters
ox larger gatherings and expositions.
s
FALL CROPS.
It is not too early to commence to
plan and prepare for planting the fall
jrops, and even to plant some of them.
Ihe last week in July and the first week
in August cover the hottest and perhaps
iryest period of the summer, August 1st
being about the turning point in the
breaking up of the heated term. Although
the days continue pretty hot, yet
frfcv have been shorfcenirss since the
twentieth of June, arid the aggregate
bteatis less and the moisture greater.
Rutabagas should be sown between the
20th of July and the 10th of August,
lccording to latitude, on none but well
prepared, rich or highly fertilized soiL
Don't throw away time and seed on poor,
cloddy, badly prepared land. Better
wait later, put in better condition and
plant in rough leaf varieties. As intimated
last month, we are not much impressed
with the turnip as a stock food
jrop in the South. Their value for
sheep-folding and cattle-feeding is one
of those English traditions that have
been transplanted to this country?with
T?n.*v!-AiVk Knf
ULU.CX JLJ-a^jLiQlX CliXV* wuv
without much results in. the way of
realization. The climate of the South?
the very peculiarity that eminently distinguishes
it as a cotton country?makes
the turnip crop too uncertain to be extensively
. relied on. The climate of
England is very different. Occasionally
a crop of turnips makes a great hit, and
wj can understand what a God-send such
a vegetable must be to such a countiy as
England, where sweet potatoes, peanuts,
chui'as, Indian corn, cotton and whatnot
can only be grown as Lot-house curiosities.
The All-Healing Springs.
The proprietors of the All-Healing
o /-*?i ? i_ V ri
OL-r?iXgS, VXcUrUJLL cuuii^j 1* - v^., iick>o
made every effort to make this resort,
always popular, more popular the present
ieasou than ever before. The buildings
are ia better condition than ever
b; :ore, and the management have greatly
i-a erca>ed their facilities for insuring
tu~ ci.-ajiv.-it of their guests. They have
put the Springs in the front rank of
snmisCT resorts. The Sarin^s arft 2.000
feet above sea-level, and are rated for the
health-giying qualities of the waters.
Commiuiicatio n -with the Springs is easy
by different lines of railroad. Already
there are a number of arrivals at AllHealing,
with indications of many more.
Two large wkiteoak trees in Mrs. Cleland's
yard, near Bush River Church, New-1
berry, "were struck by lightning last week.
One strobe seems to have gone upwards
and the other downwards, for the splinters
were turned in opposite directions on the
two trees. Two children playing in the
yard were severely shocked.
THE CROPS IN THE STATE.
Very Encouraging Reports to the Department
of Agriculture.
The State Department of Agriculture
nas just puousnea lis crop report lor
June. This summary is made from
special reports on the* condition of the
crops by two hundred and forty-six
township correspondents. The average
date of these special reports is July 1.
The first part of the month of June
was dry and very hot, followed by cool
nights, which retarded the growth of
cotton, but did not injure it in fruitage.
During the latter part of the month
copious rains have fallen in nearly every
of fhp Stotf*. and the renorts
show that the percentage of condition
for May has been maintained for June,
101 per cent, for the State.
It was thought that the hot dry winds
had somewhat injured the early corn,
but the rains in the latter part of the
month prevented any material injury to
the early crop and greatly improved the
late corn. The condition is reported at
g7 per cent., an increase of 3 per cent,
over that of the May report.
Two hundred correspondents report
the wheat crop as harvested in perfect;
condition, and one in poor condition.
Fourteen report some rust, hut not
enough to affect the yield or the quality
of the grain. One hundred and nineteen
correspondents report the quality
of the grain better than, 48 the same as,
and 8 inferior to last year, and that .98
per cent of the entire" crop is consumed
in the State. The usual average yield
for the State is reported at 9 bushels per
acre. The yield for the year 1SS6 was 7
bushels, and for the present crop 8
bushels. The increase in total production
over crop of 1886 for the State is
reported at 21 per cent.
Two hundred and eleven correspondents
report the oat harvested in the best
condition, and two in poor condition.
One hundred and three report the quality
of the grain better than, 92 the same
as, and 22 inferior to last year, and that
96 per cent, of the crop is consumed in
the State.
The usual average yield of oats for the
State is reported at 16 bushels per acre.
The yield for the year 18S6 was 12 bushels
r*nd for the present crop 14 bushels.
The increase in total production for the
Stats is reported at 10 per cent.
The reports show that the rice crop
was not irijured by the short drought in
the first part of the month of June, and
that it is better than it has been for a
number of years. Condition is reported
at 97 per cent, lor the State; the same
as for the month of May.
The condition both of sorghum and
sugar cane is reported as good. The
condition is reported at 93 per cent, for
sorghum and 97 for sugar cane, falling
off of 1 per cent, for the latter crop from
May report.
While the increase in acreage of the
sweet potato was reported at 2 per cent,
over that of last year, tha condition has
fallen off 5 per cent, from that for the
month of May. Condition for the State,
9i per cent.
The condition of the Irish potato crop
is reported for the State at 89 per cent,
against 97 per cent, for the month of
May.
Co-Education of tlie llaccs.
Mr. Glenn, of Whitfield cocnty, Georgia,
has introduced in the Legislature of ;
that.State a bill intended to prevent the :
co-education of the races. It is entitled
"A bill to regulate the manner of con- ,
ducting educational institutions in thi3 ,
State, and to protect the rights of col- :
ored and white people, and provide pen- :
alties ior tne miraction 01 tins ace.
It provides tliat from and after the passage
of this Act no school, ollege or
other educational institution conducted
for the education and training of colored
people shall matriculate or receive as a
pupil any white person, nor shall any
school, college or other educational institution
conducted for the education of
white people receive or matriculate any
colored person as a pupil. Any teacher
or manager controlling either of said institutions
violating this Act shall, upon
conviction, be punished under Section
4310 of the Code. If the institution has
a charter, not only the teachers but the
President, secretary, members of the
board of trustees, or ether persons fill
mg trie corresponding omces, ?ao sunn
knowingly permit thi3 Act to be violated,
are subject to indictment and punishment.
The punishment provided for in
this bill ia the same punishment provided
for misdemeanors, a fine not to exceed
one thousand dollars, imprisonment not
to exceed six months, or work on a
chain-gang not to exceed twelve months,
any or all in the discretion of the Court.
Well-informed members of the Georgia
Legislature declare that it will receive the
almost unanimous approval of the appropriate
committee, and will eventually
become a law. The co-education of
white and colored children is generally
conceded to be a bad thing. The colored
people themselves do not wish it. ;
This new Georgia law would be a step in
the right direction.
General Pickett's Widow.
Richmond. July 10.?Capt. E. P. Reeve, ,
cotnaiander of Pickett's Association, has
received a letter from Mrs. Pickett, -widow
of the iate Confederate General who made
the famous Gettysburg charge, returning
thanks for the courtesies extended to her at
the recent Gettysburg reunion of Federal
and Confederate soidiers. "As a result of
the reunion," she says, "the bitterness of
tl-d nast. are buried and the brave and loval
hearts of both North and South are firmly
cemented in the bonds of union under the
old Stars and Stripes, the emblem of our
fathers, and in defence for which at home
and on foreign soil the sons of the South
have fought as valiantly asunder our loved
and cherished Stars and Bars, now laid
away, sacred only to memory."
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For the Ladies.
Laughter is the poor man's plaster,
Making every burden light;
Turning sadness into giaaness.
Darkest hour to May dawn bright.
'Tis the deepest and the cheapest
Cure for ills of this disoription.
But for ihose that woman's heir to,
Use Dr. Pierce's"Favorite Prescription."
Cures all weaknesses and irregularities,
"bearingdown" sensations, "internal fever"
bleating, displacements, inflammation,
morning sic&uess iuiu teuueu<jj< iv tauvcwku
uiscas e. Price reduced to one dollar. By
druggists.
These teems to be no falling off in
the horrors of tenement life in some of
the Northern cities. Last week there
were 1,136 deaths in the city of New
York, in sis days?more than half of
them children and most of the children
being less than five years old. Un Sunday
of last week the deaths were 256?
120 of these being of children il. the
tenement districts, who died in dark,
greasy, foul-smelling rooms on upper
floors, where the heat was stifling and
all the air was tainted. Surely there is
room for the exercise of practical philanthropy
in some organized effort to
alleviate such suffering as these figures
so sadly portray.
ANOTHER WAR STORY. ??
.
SAID TO HAVE BEEN TOLD BY JEFFERSON*
DAVIS.
How the Federal Government Consj tred.
During the TVa.r, to Have the Confed srate
.7
President Assassinated.
rm. - -\T tt? U
JLJ.Lt? JL>U1ULLUV1C .OiAALinJJg J-LCXOXU. puwr
lishes a six-column contribution g ving
an account of recent important i iterviews
with Jefferson Davis. In l&^e
interviews Mr. Davis, among many other
things, charges that the Federal jcvernment
conspired during the late war
to have him assassinated. On this subject
Mr. Davis says:
wxme ine v;onieaerate governi iem;
was at Montgomery, Ala., in 1861, J received
an aronymous letter from Priladelphia,
the substance of -which was that
the government of Pennsylvania h&c'. re*,
leased a noted desperado from the p amtentiary
upon the condition that he
would go to Montgomery and assi eslnate
me, with the promise of a rev ard
? -> a a nno :c -u~ ?
Ui JUL Jac OUUUCCUCU, LXU*t a Ll^l
release the man stated that he could not
probably succeed alone, aod gave the
name of another convict of character
like his own with whose assistance he
felt sure of success, and that the sec< >nd
convict was released to accompany the
first. ;
"About the time when tins latter t&s
received I was going from my ofiice to
my residence. I observed a man sqi acting
down by tiie brick wall, which vras
about three feet high and upon wL :cb
the yard paling re.sted. I hud gon< a
few steps before the position of this n *n
so impressed me as induced mo to go
and. ioo? niter him. .men waiting of cs
toward the corner of tlie fence belli &c
which he was croucbingj I t aw him lot <king
over the wall toward the gate throu gh
which I was expected to enter, but &? I
reached the corner he jumped up aid
ran toward the rear of the lot upon,
which my residence stood, where tin re
was an alley. I followed him rapid y,
but when I had reached the alley he h id
disappeared. The only way in which ie
could have escaped appeared to ie
through a gate which led mto my stab! e.
Thither I weni; and found my servant in
t.ViA Inffc tVirn-wintr ilfiwn Imv. xrlio rmun
inquiry, ctenied that anybody had corie
there. He wa-s a servant I had raise i,
in whom, as I afterward learned, I had a
misplaced confidence. Accepting Lis
statement as true and making fruitle ss
search elsewhere, the hunt was abando: ie-.i.
But the warning received was n >t
forgotten. The Commissary General,
Colonel Northrop, my friend and o;d
army comrade, soon thereafter went
with me by rail to Richmond, and wi s
on the alert during the whole trip for
the reappearance of the assassin.
"I sent the anonymous letter to Mr.
William B. Seed, of Philadelphia, asking
him to make such inquiry as would
verify or disprove its allegations. If h e
ever replied I do not know, as commt nications
were closed soon after that.
"While in Kichinond it was my habit
to ride out often in the afternoon to visi t
the defensive works we were construct ingaround
the capital. On one occasion,
accompanied by my aid, Colonel
William Preston Johnson, I had ridden
across Gillis creek and was going up th >
creek and was going up the hill when u
rine Dan wiuzzea jast oeinna me ana n.
front of Colonel Johnston, who wai;
riding by my side a little in the rear
Warning him to seem as if nothing hac
occurred, we rode rapidly round an un
occupied house, from which it wai
thought the shot must have been fired
and from which we could see distinctly
the ground over which any one musi
have fied, if, after firing, he had taker
to flight. No one was visible. Aftei
returning to the city in the evening
Colonel Johnston went to the provost
marshal, who sent out some men more
skillful than we had been to make a fur
ther search in the house.
"They found in the upper story some
plank out of the floor so that they could
be removed, and underneath that found
a roan with a rifle, who gave a lame ac
count 01 mm sen as xuaing mere to avoia
conscription. His story cf being employed
at a bakery in the city was found
upon inquiry unfounded. The next
morning I was notified that the man,
with a liberal retainer in gold, had employed
a lawyer to sue out a writ of
habeas corpus. Aware that though the
circumstantial evidence might produce
moral conviction, that he would probably
be discharged in compliance with the
writ, ana tnat uie man was 01 proper
age and physical vigor for a soldier, I
directed him to be sent to General Lee
at Petersburg, with, an explanatory note,
and the hope that he would be put in
the front line to stop a ball intended for
a better man. What became of him I
never learned, matters of larger importance
engrossing the attention of General
Lee, as well as mjself.
"On another occasion, returning from
an afternoon ride with my aid, Colonel
Joseph E. Davis, inst as we entered the
suburbs of Richmond a shot -was fired
from behind a high garden wall at very
close range, but without effect. We rode
up to the wall, and by rising in our stir
rups, looked over into the garden, but
no person could bo seen. It was
twilight, and the shrubbery afforded
r i ? i 3
scaae means ox concealment ana escape.
"There were many reasons before the
Dahlgren raid for believing that efforts
inconsistent with the rules of war as
practised by civilized nations were made
to secure assassination, especially of the
president, and to acquire information by
spies, residert and transitory, and that
kr^e rewards were offered for such services,
including arscn and"murder.
"On one occasion when X was known
to be traveling on a railroad to the army
iTrf/vrmttf i/vn rrr-a o Jvr/vnrrlrf Vvtr a lar?T7 Trhn
XAjLlVAIlAltKAVlA nUO k'lVU^UV lk/^ M ?Ml?J J "MV
had overheard the conversation in a
bam, that obstructions were to be placed
on the track, and tlie information was
verified by a detachment sent who found
the obstructions and some United States
soldiers secreted in a barn near the .place
where the train was expected to be
wrecked."
Mr. Davis gives his motives and political
status in 1861, and claims that he
never was a disunionist, but that the
V AMM C rt } * ^-"1 Y"V"\ dt
iNUi uuLCm Kxsuavuxd *cjcv;i/cu. av uuau uuuv
every proposition that promised pacification.
He refers to B. F. Butler voting
for iiim lifty-seven times at Charleston,
S. C., in ib60, as a candidate of the
Democratic party for President to prevent
disunion, and declares he did not
desire to be President of the Confederacy,
but took "prompt and, as he thought,
adequate means to prevent it." Alter
his election and inauguration at Mont
gomery ail his efforts were directed toward
securing for the seceding States a
peaceful separation, though he nevei
thought of going back into Union to esnono
a loo+ riicnrt. t/\ tVio o-rkifrr&mATIf>f
arms.
Mr. Davis discusses his experience as
secretary of war in Mr. Pierce's cabinel
and as United States Senator from Mis
sissippi, his career as Prescient of the
Southern Confederacy, and is eloquent
in his praise of General Albert Sidney
Johnston, Lee, Jackson ar d A. P. Hill.
He says A. S. Johnston had no peer on
either side during the war, if he ever had
in American history, and liis loss to the
Confederacy was irreparable.
rr r\4 +V10 aavOTi
J ~
around Richmond, Mr. Davis says General
Lee conceived and executed the
desperate plan to turn the flank and rear
of McCIeJQan's army, and adds that the
failure to annihilate the Federal army
was due chiefly to the fact that General
Lee had no maps of the country below
Richmond, and that his army moved in
ignorance of the country and with guides
who for the most part proved themselves
utterly inefficient.
He declares that McClellan and Meade
were the two best Federal Generals, and
if the former had been ]>ermitted to
cany out his campaign against Richmond
as ho frpd t)]aimed it srnd received
the hearty support of the Federal war
department it would have resulted disastrously
to the Confederacy.
Mr. Davis and his family are warm in
their praise of the late John "W. Garrett,
and confirm 3tlr. Garrett's statement,
made before his death, of how he secured
Mr. Davis' release from imprison
ment at Fortress Monroe.
Tlio Federal Finances.
The Philadelphia Times makes some
" ' - * * - J 1
interesting comparisons suggesieu
the figures for the fiscal year just closed.
The total receipts from all sources
amount to $371;3S0,894 and the net
; ordinary expenditures to ?268,516, ISO,
! leaving" the surplus revenue in exact
: figures $102,864,704. The total decrease
in debt for the year is something greater
than the surplus, being, less cash in
Treasury, $I(J9,707,G46.
Taking up the first r.em?that of the
gross receipts, $371,380,894?it i3 greater
than the receipts for 18S6 by nearly
$35,000,000 and has been exceeded but
twice since 1872, the total receipts of
1882 and 1883 being $*03,525,250 and
$398,287,581 respectively. The receipts
from customs reached $217,403,983, an
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iU'wiCXJOO VA XX&JU.J.J WUVA*^-*VW*.
over 1836 and with one exception tie
largest amount received from this source
in the history of the government. The
customs receipts of lcS2 exceeded those
of last year about three millions. The
receipts from internal revenue ~ere
$119,136,448; from sales of public lands,
*vr?' AA/". i 3 ? _H ^4. i
$/,OW,UW, ana iryiu an uuuejr bvuuvcb,
$27,340,463.
The net ordinary expenditures,
amounting to $263,516,190, exceed those
of 1886 about $26,000,000 and are greater
than for any year since 1875, when they
reached $274,623,392. The interest on the'
public debt is the lowest since the close
of the war, having been reduced from
$143,781,591, the highest point touched,
in 1866, to $47,744,920 in the year just
closed, a reduction of nearly a hundrei
millions. As an offset to" the decreasing
interest charge the disbursements for
pensions replied high-water mark,
.having amounted to $75,653,749. The
Indian? cost $8,253,645; the Navy Department,
"$15,653,279; the War JDepar^
ment, $38,502,536, and the civil acd miscellaneous
list, $85,158,061.
In view of the fact that all the bonds i
due and available for payment have been
called and will soon be paid, the ques- J
tion of what to do with the more than
one hundred millions of annual surplus;
certain to be realized from existing revenue
laws becomes a very pressing one. i
.No more bonds can oe canea unrn cue
?250,000,000 of four and a half per cents
become due in 1891. If the present surplus
were allowed to pile up until that
time there would be enough to pay off
the bonds then available and hali as
many more. But the next bonds available
for payment are the ?737,000,000 of
four per cents, which are not payable
until 1907.
A reduction of taxation is thus made
imperative, as it would certainly be dis
astrouB to allow the present surplus to
pile up in the treasury, while to spend it
on all sorts of wild schemes would be
demoralizing in the extreme. Something
may be judiciously applied to increasing
our - navy and perfecting our coast defenses,
but the sum that should be spent
for these purposes should not be large
in any one jear. The best way to dispose
of a good many millions of the surplus
is to leave it in the pockets of the
taxpayers.
TIxe Cotton Movement.
From the New Xork Financial Chron:
icle's cotton article of July 9 the following
figures are gathered relative to the
movement of the staple during the past
week:
For the week ended July 8 the total)
; receipts reached 1,261 bales, against j
3,595 bales last week, 2,364 bales the
previous week, and 3,549 bales three i
weeks since;" making the total receipts
since the 1st September, 1886, 5,194,203
bales, against, 5,^73.337 bales for the same
> /? i rn- /? __*?/ * ^ !
penoa ox uooo-o, suo wixig ? tmiw
September 1,18S6, of 79,19* bales.
Tlie exports for the week reach a total
of 18,162 bales, of which 11,317 were to
Great Britain, ? to France, and 6,845
to the rest of the continent.
The total visible snpplj of cotton, as
made up by cable and telegraph, for the
week is as follows:
Total of Great Britain stock 808,000
bales, total of continental stocks 380,100?making
a total of European stocks
of 1,ISO,100 bales. The total visible
supply for the world is 1,744,658 bales;
Df this number 1,071,558 are American
ind 673.100 East TnrKftn- etc.
The imports into continental ports
during the week were 40,000 bales.
These figures indicate an increase in the
:;otton in sight of 20,680 bales as. compared
with the same date of 1886, and
i decrease of 5,112 bales as compared
with the corresponding date of 1885.
The receipts at interior towns for the
veek have been 1,726 bales. Oldinte*
' J r> ono
:ior stocks aecreaseu. uucs, auu
vere 41,345 bales less than at the same
period last year.
The receipts from the plantations,
' >eing the actual movement, not including
the overland receipts nor Southern
'i ?nsumption, of cotton that reached the
jaarket through the outports for the
' reek were 1,261 bales. The total rer
fiints since the 1st of September are
-{ ,184,396 bales. The actual movement
irom the plantations was only 1,261
1 ales, the balance being taken from the
t tocks at the interior towns.
Cotton in sight July 8 was 6,345,458,
1 eing a decrease of cotton in sight as
compared with last year of 116,822.
Southern spinners have consumed to
^ uly 1, 378,000 bales.
Ladles of the White House
Have found that their sometimes ex,
c essive duties produce a low, weak, tired
a ad tremulous state of the system, and
t lat iron restores richness and color to
! t ie blood, calisava bark a natural health
fal tone to the" digestive organs, and
i t hosphorons mildly stimulates the
; t rain?all combined in Dr. Barter's
}. con Tonic,
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TiJi: MAD CAKLO TA.
The Widow of Maximilian a Hopeless
Lunatic.
Bbcssels, July 16.?Unfounded reports
having retched America that the
mental condition of Princess Carlotta,
widow of Maximilian, was improving, a
correspondent visited the village of
Buckout, five miles from here, where
she has resided since the burning down
of her residence at Tervaeren three years
ago.
There was a religious procession going
on which, according to oid custom, has
taken plac~, for two centuries every second
Sunday in Juiy. The procession,
with statues of saints and the virgin,
proceeded as usual to the chapel at the
casue.
Princess Carlotta witnessed the sight
from a -window, caged in by thin bars,
her ladies in waiting holding each of her 1
hands. Physically she appeared well,
though she is becoming very gray. She
wore a mauee silk dress and white cap,
which she beLeves to be the same that
she wore at the time of Maximilian's <
On the p-. ssn^e of each statue she
nodded her head absently in a doll-like,
mechanical way, and when the procession
was fading away she followed it
with her eyes; bat her appearance and
the information gathered oh the spot
show that her mental condition is be- '
coming worse rather than better. '
The Queen of the Belgians, the King '
and the Count of Flanders frequently
visit her, the latter spending at least two
days at Buchout every fonnght; but the 1
! queen no longer cares to take Carlotta
driving, as she did frequently before. 1
Carlotta never goes out except in the '
park of the castle, with a watenful body :
guard. She sometimes stops and stares 1
o on/*]AonrA XXTriAre thA sir.k horses 1
of the queen's stables are sent to recu- '
pkrute and to ran about in freedom; but
generally her sole ocea^uon during her '
walk is picking up acacia leaves, v hich J
she puts on her hand and then blows off
one by one. Despite the kindest treat- :
ment, all hope of mental recovery is '
forever gone. '
1
SOJIL I'OLiriCAL lilSXOKY. . '
Sheridan's IcQuencc L';)o;i Gratit When
He lien:nt; si Candidute. !
(From the PiJiladu phia Tiaies ) j
The meet ion of the name of Lieaten- '
ant General Sheridan in connection with 1
the Republican nomination to the Pres- (
idency rc-caiis a tcrap cf secret history in j
the nomination 61 General Grant. It 1
will be remembered that the latter was <
very determined in ids opposition to '
leaving the army ior a civil piace, evcn ]
it it were the highest. The politicians '
had wrestled with him in vain. The i
silent vigils of the sentries wiio pacea J
night an>J day np and down in front of 1
his residenee'on I Street saw men like (
Simon Cameron, Zsch. Chandler, Charles 1
Sumner and the distinguished coterie of [
Senatorial oligarchs of those days pass- ]
ing in to plead as a reason for entering :
the less congenial walks of civil life, the 5
extremities of the Bcpablican party and J
of their inability to nominate a man who 1
could^give them thesame assurance of a
perpetuation of r>arty ~ domination as ]
W0U1C1 BIS caiiuiuacj. iu? ncJU w itiJi.- war
had declined all overtures. '
Tiie defection of Andrew Johnson in *
his relations to the party which elected
him and his issue with General Grant
drew Sheridan into the controversy.
Part of the Johnsonian policy was the
complete withdrawal of military interference
in the civil affairs of the States '
merging from rebellion back into their 1
constitutional relations to the supreme (
power. As a part of his policy he removed
General Sheridan from coannarid J
at New Orleans and practically retired
him from acy active participation in '
military affairs. The result was a mili- i
tary intrigue, in which the overruled !
officers took an important part. Sheri- '
dan. who had the confidence of Grant 1
and who had often been his counselor, J
had already been conferred with by the
Republican leaders and united his infla- ]
ence with theirs in efforts to win Grant (
over to an rcceptance of the Republican J
nomination. (
It was Sheridan who made the first J
impression upon Grant's mind by point- J
ing out to him the indignities put by the
President upon all the officers who were J
placed in positions by him in maintain- '
log the status in quo pending Congres- !
sional legislation; that it was a duty he 1
owed to tne army to coniriDute xo us
vindication. The partisan considera- '
tions were secondary in Grant's mind,
but the importunities of Sheridan had
their effect and the circle of Republican
inanagers were advised of his changed
attitude.
Among the first acts of Grant as President
was the promotion of Sheridan to
the Lieutenant Generalcy and his reassignment
to the command at New Orleans.
His career there was in conformity
with the line of policy which the Republican
party Lad maiiied out in its
treatment of the momentous questions
involved in the rehabilitation of the
Union on tJie basis oi tne soivea issues 1
of the war.
A rtcnial.
Atlanta, July 14.?A Inrge public meet
ingof the leading citizens of Daltou, Ga.,
denounced as a slander the report sent out
about the hanging of Governor Gordon iB <
ef'dgy by a mob and a diatu; banee in the
city. The meeting passed a series of reso 1
lmirir.s ic which tliev declare but three
men were engaged in the effigy hanging I
and that these three men were ali intoxi
cated nad deeply regret their thoughtless j
conduct.; but five policemen -were on dutj
and that there was no disturbance in the <
city. The resolutions close with these
wc>rds: '"Our confidence in the justice, <
fairness, firmness andability of the honored
chief magistrate of Georgia remains un- i
shaken.'' Governor Gordon said to-day
that his only regret was that the foolish <
and false dispatches which h:td been sent
over the country had cone the grievous '
wrong to toe people 01 mi ton ana surrounding
country. That so far as the com- ;
mutation of Hoi man's sentence is concerned,
lie could not liave done otherwise. The '
witnesses who testified in the case against
Holman had since sworn that they perjured
themselves on the trial.
Miss Margaret Elliott, a prepossessing 1
young lady of good family and repute, residing
in Rockbridge county, Va., attacked 1
David Ciark, Tuesday, with a pistol anr!
tired three shots at him. One of the bul- '
lets cut Clark's neck slightly under the left
ear, but he was not otherwise injured. The
cause for the attack is said to have been the
circulation by Clark of slanderous repoits
affecting Miss Elliott's reputation.
The time for presentation of claims for
the Twiggs swords lias expired, and the
claims have been referred to the Court of
Claims. Only two claims have been filed,
rtnn V*tt \fi? AT rorc flvoMifAr tlm T^rirr<rc
VliV VJT JAJWO, wwuwi W mv. ^ '"6&S I
estate, and the other by Hrs. Rowe DaGuedella,
an English lady, who asserts that
Gen. Twiggs gave her the swords at the
time he made his escape from Isew Orleans.
All fresh: "I say, my man, are those
grapes fresh?" "O'yah; schust picked."
"well, now, how about the chickens?"
"Demis schust picked, too."
WHY THEY WITHDREW.
TLJE SECESSION FROM T E SOUTH
CAROLINA DIOCESAN CONTENTION.
Review of the Causes of Difference that
Led to Their Withdrawal?The C nest ion
Convention.
Charleston, S. C., July 12.?The
committee appointed by the clerical and
lay% delegates who withdrew from the
Diocesan Episcopal Convention in
Charleston last May have completed their
statement of the causes which led to
withdrawal. It is signed by ex-Secretary
C. G. Memminger, Edward McCrady,
Jr., W. St. J. Jervey, W. C. Benet, C.
E. K. Drayton, and mil mane a pampnlet
of about sixty pages. The committee
begin by sketching the history of the
dividing questions during the last twelve
years, and contend that it shows that the
position of the lay delegates with regard
to the admission of colored clergymen to
the diocesan conventions differs from
that of many of the clergy, not in principle,
but in expediency. In 1885, the
question took the shape of an assertion
of the right of all the clergymen on the
right of all the clergymen on the bishop's
list to seats in the convention independent
of the action of that body and by
7irtue of the clergyman's oliice. The
1 - -i- -3 ?J J.1. ?
suojeut was avuxueu wio u?n jrccn, uut
same up in the convention last May, not
aot as a matter of principle only, but as
involving the queation of the admission
af colored clergymen to the church
councils. The bishop having ruled?notwithstanding
the refusal of the conven&6n
to confirm the report of the committee
on the clergy list?that the convention
was duly organized for business,
xnd having ignored the refusal of the
convention to sustain his ruling, dissiients
had no choice but to submit, protest,
resort to parliamentary expedients,
jx withdraw with "dignity. "They accordingly
withdrew from the convention.
it is recognized by the committee,
however, that the point to be determined
is whether the admission of colored
;iergymen to the convention was contemplated
in the constitution of the
niarch. They contend that it was not,
tad that this "is the first attempt in the
'.ivrf-^rv nf t,hA nhnrchtn make the church
"""" * " ?
jtlier than a national church?that is a
ihurch of race." They believe the seating
colored clergymen in the convention
;o be not only unconstitutional, but danjerotu?,
and in this relation recall the
resolution of Mr. Prentiss in 1875, asserting
the right of exclusion. The resolutions
of the standing committee on
;he Saltus case, in 1876, recognizing the
differences of the races brougiit together
nthe diocese, and the report of the
Sewanee Conference, in favor of missionary
organization, because of the
peculiarity of the relations between the
:wo races.
It is argued that there is no danger,
rrliatever, to any* of -th? social barriers
jstween the rai.es, if the colored _ people
os taken into the councils and the
:iiurches as equals of the whites, but the
iommittee are confident that "the actual
ind practical result would be to force
legro social equality upon the people,
fhe duty and responsibility of the
march in the Southern States, in regard
1 j ??
aj uuiurcu ^wyic, 10 xujuj icwgu^guj
3ut there is fio call "to take them into
)ur councils."
In conclusion the committee give their
.easons for holding that there was no
egal convention in 1887. They claim
;nat the election of the standing committee,
and the attempted alteration in
;he constitution were "void and of no
iffect, even had the legality of the
bishop's ruling not otherwise vitiated its
proceedings."
The importance of congregations rep-esented
by the dissidents, who witnirew
from the convention, is shown in
m unmistakable way. Those who withirew
represented more than half of all
persons connected with the church, and
nore than half of all communicants,
ihey represented, also, parishes which
pay nearly two-thirds of tne convention's
expenses; more than two-thirds of the
jishop's fund, and nearly two-thirds of
;he contributions to missions. The comxdttee
say, that in withdrawing from the
invention, they did not withdraw from
lio Tt 10 fr>v t.ViA laihtr in
ermine what their future course shall
j3. They "will not impair their coxmee
ion with the church by withdrawing
irom union with the convention. The}
;an, if they choose, send deputies wita
instructions to abandon the position .
.vhich has been taken, and in admitting
iie colored element to the church councils
"brave the dangers" from which the
lissidents shrink. But, if the laity de>ire
that the right to pass upon the
;lergy list shall be abandoned, they must
;hcose to represent them other deputies
.nan those who withdrew from the coni/Yvnfn?"vn
nf 1SS7.
Thirteen Grave Mistakes.
TO yield to immaterial trifles.
To look for perfection in our own actions.
To endeavor to mold all dispositions
dike.
To expect uniformity of opinion in this
svorld.
To expect to be able to understand everytiling.
Ta fr\-r nnrlflrmunt unrl ovr" r?
youth.
To measure the enjoyment of others by
jur own.
To believe only what our finite minds
:-an grasp.
JSot to make allowances for the infirm iies
of others.
To worry ourselves and others with what
;annot be remedied.
To consider everything impossible that
sve cannot perform.
Not to alleviate all that needs alleviation.
is far as lies in our power.
To set up our own standard of right and
wrong and judge people accordingly.
Pass H m Around.
The following paragraph is taken from
the Orangeburg Time* and Democrat:
"A man representing the Harter Medicine
Company, of St. -Louis, Mo., now
[raveling through this State in a buggy
drawn by two horses, should not receive
any favors at the hands of our people, as
be is a bitter enemy of the South. While
here he talked very freely about rebels and
ma^uitied Blaine, John Sherman and other
. -r i--... tr v.
apObliCS Oi U&IC U1C B*JLCd. JLJ C 5>tiJ JUC
don't think the South was whipped half
enough, and that another good whipping
would just about put her in trim. We
think the name of this man is Halleck,
and we hope the press of the State will pass
ln'm around.
The board of supervisors of Sangamon
county, ill., nave resolved. to investigate ail!
tlie county officers. An investigation of
the sheriff's office has been going on for
several days past and the rotten condition
of affairs has come to light It has teen
found out that the county had been robbed
of thousands of dollars by former sheriffs.
^
A K03IAXCE IN BE AX. LIFE. II
The End of a Blighted Career?Death of
Col- W. J. Beynolds, of Sumter.
Coacmeia, July 13.?A special to the
Daily Register from Sumter reports the
death in that county, last Saturday,, of
OoL "W. J. Reynolds, in the 79th vear
of his age. Reynolds, fifty-five years
ago, was one of the most promising
young men in the State and was noted .J
for his industry, integrity and active interest
in military affairs. He fell deeply
in love vrith a beautiful young girl belonging
to one of the first families of
Clermont District and made suit for her
hand. He seemed to be favorably re
garded by the girl herself, but her
parents had more ambitious views for
her and would not allow her to marry
him. Nothing daunted the yotmg mac
went to work to win a name and a position
which would render him more acceptable
to the parents. He was elected . \
to represent ms county in the State
T./amolofniHi AYYA timn "nrrtii -
and distinction, and returning to his
home made another effort to secure the
hand of the girl to whom he was attached
He was again refused, but after he fjL
had been elected a third time Brpr&- ^*"^1
sentative over prominent and wealthy
competitors the opposition to him was
apparently silenced, the young woman
promised to -be his wife, and all the
nreoarations were made for the wedding.
At the last moment, however, she wrote
him a note saying she had yielded to the
wishes of her mother and must decline
to fulfil her engagement This broke tip
Colonel Eoynolds's life and career.
After brooding a long time over his disappointment
he took for a wife a negro
girl who had been his slave and lived
with her to the last, regardless of pnblie
opinion and the entreaties of his relations,
reared a larcre family of
children and drew np himself a will providing
for them all and putting them on
an equality with his own nearest relatives.
He left an estate consisting of some
thousand dollars in money and
4,000 acres of land, and it is thought
that the validity of the will will be sustained.
MRS. FRANK LSSULE.
She is Innocently the Cause of a Collision
Between a Couple of So-Called Noblemen,
(New York Special)
The Sun to-morrow will publish a
special cable from London giving the
details of a collision between men of .J
noble blood, with Mrs. Frank Leslie as
the cause. Mrs. Leslie is a frequent
visitor of Europe, and on return from
her last trip she was followed to this
country by Marquis de Leuvde, who
was madly in love with either her. her
fortune or both. The man was so persistent
that she about half consented to
marriage. Her friends objected so
strongly that the match was broken off,
Mrs. Leslie is again in Europe, and is
acting as ehaperona to Miss Bennett* a - '
lovely young American girl. Mrs. LeeHe
and her charge are occupying an
elegant suit of rooms in the Albert Mansion,
near Victoria street, in London.
Recently Prince EristofiE, a nobleman of
wealth, has been laying siege to America's
noted woman publisher, and has engaged
apartments on the same floor in '\
the Albert Mansion, ancTTias continued.
his devoted attentions. On Friday Mrs.
Leslie, Miss Bennett and the Russian
prince went for a driye in Hyde pari.
Clattering behind them came a pair of . j<
iron grays, driven by the rejected marquis,
who looked a curious picture with
ms powaerea iace, paaaec snouiaers, - ^
pinched waist and high heeled shoes.
He drove past Mrs. Leslie's carriage and
saluted, receiving prom all its occupants
an acknowledgement, the prince sneering
as he raised his hat. Later on the
marquis coming from a new direction,
drove up beside the Leslie brougham,
ana reversing xiis wxup, gave uie pimee
a blew across the face with the .butt end
of it. The prince took the insult without
a murmur, although the marquis -
continued beside the carriage grinning
at his rival. In the evening the prince
packed up and left the city. It gives the
affair a ludicrous phase since it came out
to-day that the prince was not in any
sanse a rival, for he was smitten with
Miss Bennett.
STEPHENS'S AMBITION.
The Georgia Statesman Thought He Would
Have Been a Great General.
(From the Atlanta Constitution )
"It seems strange that men who achieved
great success in a particular
sphere should believe that their forte lay
in another direction, and yet they fre* quently
do," was the remark of a wellknown
gentleman yesterday. "There
was the late Governor Stephens, who
reached a high plane as a statesman and
autnor, and who, certainly, was considered
a successful man with a successful
career; yet Mr. Stephens always thought
that he had missed his calling. He frequently
spoke about his mistake, as he
was pleased to call it, and while there
were few in his lifetime who would have
agreed with him, he nevertheless was
honest and sincere about the matter."
"What did he fHiVk he sfrnnld have
tried?" asked one of the party. "Why,
nufniig less iii.'ul mm o^iuuw \jx wat. ?
2?~. Civj-iwio uiiv?su? i*? fl^mirahly
fitted to command a large annyv-nisrcrfr
talents lay in the way of strategy,
manoeuvring and military finesse. He
often hinted that Confederate campaigns
might have resulted differently had he
engineered them. Of course, he "was
aware that he lacked the physical capacity
to put in execution his ideas. His
intention was that with some one to execute
the plans he developed and shaped
great success would follow. I do not
know that this peculiarity was generally
known, but it was true of the 'old com- J.
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moner,' as ne iitea to ua unueu.
The Losdox" BAPTisT~gives the prices
paid at different times for seats to view
the royal processions. In the time of
Edward L it was one-half cent.; on the
accession of Richard 3X it was two cents.
From the coronation of Henry V. to 2
that of Henry VIE. it was four cents;
but in the time of Henry VJJUL the
charge was eight cents; in that of Elizabeth
it was twelve cents, and twenty-four
<>p.nt.s was naid for a seat to view the ?
coronation procession of James L Sixty
cents was paid in the time of Charles EL
and SI. 20 in that cf William TTT. Afc -?
the coronation of George IL the price
had risen to $2.50, and at that of George
IV. people were astonished to hear that f|
from $25 to ?50 was paid. But at the
recent procession $4,000 was paid for the
windoTs of one house. ?
There are eight survivors of the ladies
who once presided in the "White House.
ilrs. Tyler, the first lady who came to
the White House as a bride, and the only
one excepting Mrs. Cleveland, dates back
to 1843.. She is still living in Georgetown,
D. C., enjoying she ?5,000 annuity
paid to all widows of Presidents. Mrs.
Folk, who succeeded Mrs. Tyler, is yefc
living in-the old Polk mansion in Nashville,
having survived her distinguished
husband more than the period of a gen
j eramon. one was recenuy visitecl by t&e
1 famous historian* Bancroft, who is thQ
sole surAiYor of the Polk Cabinet,