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THE ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER
BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. , ~ T ~ ^
? ABBEVILLE, 8. C? FRIDAY. MARCH 25. 1S70.
TOWN TAXES
For 1B7Q.
Abstract of Ordinance.
The following Taxes have
beea Assessed for 1870:
Ileal Estate, 20 cents on each
(casn vaiue) f iuu.uu.
Every Pleasure Carriage, or like
v?hiclo, 2 horses, $3..
Every Barouche, Buggy, or liko vehicle,
1 horse, $2.
Every Omnibus, Hack, Carriage,fee,
for hire, 2 horses, $5.
Every Buggy, Barouche, &c., for
hire, (1 horse,) *3.
Every Horse, Mare, and kept for
for hire, $1.
Every Four Horse Wagon, &c., for
hire, $5.
Every Two Horse Wagon, See., for
tiro, $3.
5 cents on each $100 sales of
xperchandiso, Ac.
5 cents on each $100 Professional
income.
5 cents on each $100 income
from mechanical employment.
6 cents on each $100 incomo
from keeping hotel, private boarding
house, livery stable, barber shop, &c
Each Daguerreotypist, &c., who
opens rooms, no.
: Each Dog, 50 cents.
5 per cent, on all transient persons,
venders of patent medicincs
shoes, leather, hats, tobacco, books,&c.
Each show or exhibition, (other
than circus,) not less than $5.
Circus or equestrian performance,
each exhibition, $25.
Side shows to tho same, if any,
each $5.
Retail License, quarterly in advance,
$200.
Quart License, $125.
Each Billiard or other Table kept
for gain, $75.
Commutation .Tax for Road Duty,
$3.
All Returns to be made by
1st April next, and
Taxes to be paid by 1st May
next.
All defaulters to bo double taxed
and executions issued on IstMay next.
Returns will be made to ROBERT
JOKES, Clerk and Treasurer.
WM H. PARKER,
Intendant.
May *, 1870.
Farmers !
Inert am your Crops and improve jour
Lindt bv u?in<r
PHGBIfIX GUANO,
Imported by ns direct from the Phoenix Ialandi
Bouth Pacific Oceao.
Wilcox, Gibbs & Co.'s
MANIPULATED GUANO,
Prepared at Savannah, 6a., and Cliarleeton, i
B. C.t whwh. baa proved in the soil the best ,
Manure in use.
Grano, Salf anil Plaster Componni,
A\bo prepared at Savannah And Chariest on,
for aale for cash or on time by
. WILCOX, GIBBS 8c CO. j
nOPOBTEBfl & DEA1EBS U
GUANOS.
99 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GA.
6?.KAST BAY ST., CHARLESTON, 8. C
> 141 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA. GA.
For farther information, address an ?boTe for
circular, or bee ribs to SotUktm Agritulturut
published by W. O. tfclfurphy A Co., at Augusta
and Ssrsunah, Ga., at tixs low priee of
WO. KNOX Agent,
t A VL til- ? **
Auuovxue, m? \i>
Dee. 10, 1869, 33, Am
TO PLANTERS.
T IBERAL advances made on all cotton
| A shipped through oa 'to New Yaik,
Baltimore and Charleston, and
GQRSi COBB 9
Delivered at our depot at
: Invoice Prices, ' _
. and freight paid by persona ordering, .
ODASIBS, PERBIH * CO
Jmu'28, 1670, 40?tf "J
WOOL! WOOL 1! WOOL!!
Shp Highest Httiket Ptiods "
mm/o?
woot,
, Ml BXCEANtJB IUA ... GOODS
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murat&ROBKBTSON,
.; ~7iKs5W*rcs w:
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A ff HILL
WOtTLD MnpectfttTly Inlbrm hii
friend* that ho has at the old
stand of Thos. Kukin,
A VARIED STOCK
OF
GROCERIES,
mirnm,
1II0R MORS,
CONFEGTIONARIES,
Etc., Etc.
And would be clnd to sprvA Lis
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old friends and the public generally
with anything in hia line at
reasonable prices.
ANDREW M. HILL.
Jan. 2840?tf
BACON,
LARD,
CORN,
Molasses, &c.
Hhds c. r. sides.
nilDS. PRIME SHOULDERS.
Ca>k* Sugar Cured ^AMS.
Tierce* Leaf . LARD,
' Muscovado, Clayed, Cuba, and 8. H.
molasses,
New Orlenn*, Silver Drip and Bee Hi?e
SYRUP.
75 Barrel* FLOUR, assorted.
100 Sacks Liverpool SALT,
MEAL, HOMINY and BUCKWHEAT
FLOUR,
With a full assortment of everything in
the grocery line.
Besides,
nATS, CAPS. SHOES. OSNABURGS,
HOMESPUNS. TABLE *..d
POCKET CUTLERY. SPADES. SHOVELS,
AXES and HARDWARE ganarally,
for sale at the lowest figures by
Norwood, DuPre ft Co.
A i?
I Dec. 31, 1869, 30, tf
FERTILIZERS
SOLUBLE SOUTH SEA GUANO,
RHODES GROUND GYPSUM,
Hf Cirealnv with detailed tatrmente furnished
on application to the general agents.
B. B, SHETH& SON,
1 Charleston, 0. C.
Or to J. W, TROWBRIDGE 4 CO.,
- ; Abb?VilU C H.
OJO. T, BADCLIFF,
! Hodgfs Depot.
JAMES M. RICHARDSON.
Ninety-Si* IMpot, ? a
J?o. t8, 1810, 40?
PLANTERS
/ *
SHOULD BUY THEIR
FEET I LIZEES,
MOM :
GEO. T, EADCLITFE,
' lodges Depots
Jan. 28; 1870,40^tf -1'! iU
Tkr lte f ttt ?emate Colteie.
'rnHH Sbmlnor SoaMon op?hs\ 1st
: |_ Mondajr in March, and oroses
2d Thursday, in July. .? .
" arid .Boarding, including
fuel and washing, peri session,; 487,50
!/??!? t)Unna tQi Ah l7./.nnl. A> An
JBOLUDIV) JL IMUW) A" * CUViU ^l?UU.
Tho C#U?g* W%? jgjgf; paoro prosperous.
-,a y.,3* p. kewneot,
i Secretary Faculty...
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a hetesh supply of ?
NOBWDODi, BEFBB * CO.
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The Gold Market?The Funding BUI in
Congress,
Tho continued dccllnn In imlil U
? <->? ? I
causing a groat deal of spoliation
i and anxiety as to how far it is likely
I 10 go?whother It will cotr.o to par
with currency-. ftnd what will bo tho.
conscquencos. Of cotirso those who
aro irudobt or who hnvo largo stocks
of goods and nccuritieson hand which
have been purchased at high currency
prices aro troiubling, while tho
creditor class of tho community are
exulting at tho prospoct. Every ono
argues upon the probable futuro course
of tho gold market, according to his
wishes or interests. !K"or it is easy
to form an opinion as to how far gold
may declino or what reaction may
tako place. At the present timo
there is a plothorn of tbo precious
metals in tho great financial centres
of Europo. They have been accumulatinglargely
in the Banks of England
and France, and money is so ,
abundant that it is loaned at two and
a half per cent, interest. This plethora
and tho exportation of TTnifjwl
States Becuritics abroad, with the
large amount of products exported, ,
prevent a drain of gold from this side. ,
Here is tl?e real secret of the fall of
gold just now. As long as tho cotton
crop and other products aro going 1
out and a large amount of bonds are <
exported to balance the trade against ,
us there will be 110 demand for gold. ,
Another cause is found, loo for the :
equalizationof trade and value of the J
precious metals in the operation of .
the telegraph, which brings the com- ^
mcrcial nations of Europe and the ,
United States in instant communica- ]
tion. But we have yet to see to what T
extent and how long tho exportation j \
of oui^ products and bonds will pay
for our importations. If wo knew (
that, we might form an opinion as to
the pricc of gold in the futuro. We ^
must nOt for<ret that the more bonds
go abroad the larger the debt, oh the
other side becomes?tho greater will
be the demand for spceie hereafter to
pay the interest. At the same time]
should peace continue in Europo and
money remain so abundant thevej
large sums may be sent to this country
for investment, and thus help to
increase our products. It is not wise
therefore, to jump ateonelutdons from
the present state of things.
It has been said that the effort
made in Congress to fund tho debt
have also had an effect upon the gold
market; but we think thai is not so.
Tlltt O rril i t. nf thn f?ATrnt.r, ? t 1
6v,,VII b UUB t
been raised by other causes. The j
high rate of interest tbo debt bears ^
has been one of the principal causes ^
of th$t extraordinary demand for .
our bonds abroad which has stopped f
the outward flow of gold. Should j
Mr. Sherman's Funding bill?which
reduces the rate of interest?be. passed,
we may see another state of things
No one can tell what the immediate
effect would be; nor can we yet say j
in what shape the bill will be passed,
if passed at all. The discussion of it 1
in f hA Snnafa oonmo " ? * ? : L1 - "
vvuara DbbUlO 1U ICl llilLIUUlU, J
Few Senators understand the subject. '
Nearly every one baa a different plan f
for funding the dcbt*( There seems 1
to be great difficulty in agreeing upon *
any measure. Perhaps the bestthing
has been said in the Senate during f
the debate was by that practical old
Senator Simon Cameron. He remark- {
ed that the consideration of the 1
question should be postponed for a ^
year. Looking at the want of knowl-> 1
edge on this important matter in Con- <
gross, at the steady dbcline of . ?$old, *
and at the financial prospect before
us, this course, probably would be the i
best. Funding the debt is a measure i
of auch great importance that suffi- <
cient time should be avowed to .bring j
it to maturity. Nor Is there any ne- 1
ceesity for immediate action. The 1
national finances are in a good condi- 1
tion,-and will not mifFor by tha delay. I
_ TJhie principal^bject inthig Funding i
bill seem* to the reduction ofr in- t
tercet on the debt. To this end?threo <
classes of. new security or coppols are 1
proposed ae a a substitute for the <
present , bonds Of different denomina- '
r tions, ore to be put on toe. market for *
furnishing the. means to( extinguish j
the different forms bf indebtedness '*
now existing. First, four hdnilr:qd '<
millions of ten-twenties?1 that is, bonds '<
redeemable in coin at* the ^leostare of
the government at any ifme> after ten .
years, and payable in ooStk itwentv i
- - ? " rs
YfiWfr from date?^ro to be issued,
.;?or,thjB; redemption of the existing
five-twenties, faring sisj. per cent, j
interest, ba? oan only be exchanged j
at par. So, in.point of fact, the prcM M
position is limited to an exchange of
ten*tweii<y This id If 1
good proposition lf if; can bo carried1^
out, forone per eent. interest would I:
be payed,! 7hp.indoc$pg^t tiered to i
i bondholders to. exchange their six per
' ceart.' bonds for five per oehtais in the
longer time ihe 1 atter Will have t<^'
ran, in the exemption from taxation
by natiofctoi, State, mtifcfctpalttr local -
authority, and fai the coupons being f
madk^nfesiifbUy ^jahlt/'at differ-f
ent Doiati abroad u vbll aa ti homo,1
r".T( rT ^rmm" <
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T&'/.Wi .r .'v J .gi
Second, another class of bonds or consols
are to bo Issued, bearing fbur and
n half per rent. Interest to thoamoant
of four hundred millions, on the sumo
conditions, and tliCBO aro to bo fifteenthirties,
!Tho supposition is that
bonds having fifteen years to run beforn
pnilomnlinn ??..! !.?? U1_ J ?
? ...j/t.vii uuu b LIU II JJ11J HUIU III
coin at tlio pleasure of tbo government
thirty yearn from date, would
bo as good as tho six per cents nowdue,
or about, to become due. Third
four hundred millions moro at four
per cent, inturcst, and having from
twonty to forty years to run, are to
bo issued, with tho same restrictions
us to the exchange of thorn or price
at which they may bo Bold. The
Secretary of tho Treasury is authori*
zed> however, to issue any additional
amount of these twonty-forties for
tho redemption of tho outstanding
debt, provided no increaso in the ag
uvui ui mo u nitccl states bo
mado in consequence of tho new issues.
"We sco, therefore, that riot only
the twelve htindred millions expressly
mentioned may bo issued for tho
redemption or exchango of existing
securities at par, but that the balance
of the debt may be so transformed by
the Secretary of tho Treasury. The
funding of the whole debt by this
nrocesB, therefore, is contemplated.
The question arises hero, will the holdsrs
of tho unmatured debt bearing
iix per cent interest surrender it at
par, or take bonds for it bearin r five,
four and a half and four per cent interest
without a premium ? Will the
pcoplo or capitalist8j at homo or
abroad, take, in any case, theBO new
bonds at par when they bear a lower
rato of interest. Great efforts have
icon made by financial doctors at
Washington to send bonds up, or, as
-hey call it, to raise the credit of the
;overnment, before buying up or
.ransferring thodebt. In oth^r words
-hey have been trj'ing to mako that
Jear which they want to get 'at the
cheapest rato. ' The Funding' bill, like
/* _ i - u- '
rvery nnauciai measure ot <Jongress,
jas in view the extension And perpetlation
of the natienal bank Bystctti.
rbat system, to use Old Benton's litnjuage,
is in the belly ol' tbo bill. As
i matter of course the greenback
jurreucy is to be pushed out of cxiscnce.
Then there is a monstrous
)ig job in the way of percentage to
igents for manipulating the debt in
he transformation. Oonfrvoss
o "" b"*"
it the wrong end. Wo should have
jad a uniform legal tender circulation
ind several hundred millions of the
ntcrost bearing debt wiped out by
,lmt. The whole tendency of tho
inancial legislation of Congress is to
ncrease tho wealth of tho bondholders
and,national banks, and to lay
leavier burdens upon tho people.?
Wew York JJerald.
Charleston Hotel, March 12,1870.
Editors Courier :
In 3'opr issue of this morning, I
loticed some inquiries from a corres)ondeut
residing in Mnnfhndtni*
w ? ?
south Carol.na, in relation to the
gathering and preparation of enma*
or market, which I will undertak? t/v
tnswer.
The only Southern State in
iuraac has thus far been utilij
Virginia,, where last year t.wclv)
ground out 4,000 tons ; which sPhiladelphia,
Wilmington, Deli
!!few York and Boston marke
rom 885 to 195 a ton, It is u<
.anning goat and sheep skins
ilso by print and dye works.
The season for gathering sup
'rom -Tiilv I1..4T1 ? 4 -i*-J
?.j uuvu mob inmi, uni^r w
jb tarns red and is worthless, otnjr
>ff the leaf and leaf stem; don't
gather' thick stems or the flower,
there is no tannin in either of thamWhen
gathered let it lie and wilt in
,he sun about an hour, no more, and
then store it under coyer where, the
11 r can get to it, and throw it' over
snce or twice a day until thoroughly |
Iry. This must be carefully attended
to, for.^t will iiot grind when damp,
and if sent to market in that state it
will turn black and is worthless.
Sumac is ground in Vifglnia,"by being
fed into a round woodon bed, on
w^ieh jjobjlerous erasing wheels revolve.
Tbe faces of ttcse are e'ithef
bv*iu>:(?vvu vi" buiuK i y interspersed
> V ' JL?* ''' -.r>,
with. wooden . cogs. Those wheels
weigh henrly ^ three hundred pounds,
each, sod. will grind' out a bed of day
400 pounds of siimao in twenty-five
minutes, it can be grouncl, equally,
ae wetl/ldt not W Wty i Mirtt
'mi""' 'I-' 4- ?."J'
milj-s^nes revolving on-a stone bed.
?hfs la tWprocess in nse in Sicily,
where ^ibe** 260 mills. Iron
fh&ffld~TRJr tff WWtWOt with'
jkindffe, drfi&J*t -flares jt
bf tiaafin^ purposesXJkftetfgvindlng
it ipast be bplted, so as to get out thd
stic^fand coarse partiftles j anid, before
grinding, it Bt)OQ|4 Wfreed, as
possible, from sand and dirt
Fnti'C upj^cauv^s b*ga, pbout rftrafteen
to.ths ioog Urn or 2,^40 pounds}
your piaoli do not potiftti faclMttfrb'
LUD-JOS | .*'j
iiv8> ffrr,;!:' ' .02
j for grinding sumac, it will pay them be I
Well to ship it in tho crudo Btnto to inst
Ricbtt
ond, Fredericksburg or Balti- J find
! more, wliero it will sell at #1.25 to it. w
$1.50 per 100 pounds uny tiino from the;
July to November. It is, of courso, ing
moro profitable to grind it boforo I.
Bonding, and freights will bo much wai
less, _ will
The sumac trado of Virginia has font
grown up since the vrar, and is n tor,
source of income to hundreds of fam- Licit
llicH. It sells readily in tho crudo uvo
nfnfo ??wl in r..^? .t
iu iuvi tiiuru is a great inai
competition among tlio grinders, nouo
of wliom are able to got full supplies. j
j I'ho oost of grinding and packing is
! estimated at $10, and tho bags cost
U a ton. It pays a large percentage, |
and 1 know no reason why some of .
tho profits of this trade fihould not ^
accrue to tho States further South. '
Respectfully, ^
FRANK W. NORCROSS, def
Editor "Shoe and Leather Reporter." ^
No. 17 Spruce street, Now York.
t > *'wli
Chances of Marriage. waB
wer
In olden times, says a Frenchman,
who, with the usual assurances of his 8cm
countrymen, pretends to know some- ?uu
thing about women, female beauty 8tr'l
was a fascinating means of securing cy*
a husband. Nowadaj-s, he adds, men wou
have reflected upon the .subject, and utes
it is seldom that a girl is married for Pan
her personal attractions, whatever and
they may be; so she runs a great c
risk of always keeping her honorable anlt
titlo of maid, if lur parents are not ul,es
rich enough to pay a handsome sum to drei
some gallant or other to change it zcn
infco that of wife. to c
i It is an accident, or in fact a sort
of prodigy, when a man marries a ?iur
wouiau solely for her beauty, a quality
which has singularly fallen In 8tol
value in mercenary days. If it ever t0 1
should take a rise, it might' bo weli to }'ou
adopt the Persian mode of reducing,^100
the number of old maids. This con- ^C88
stated in selling the beautiful girls to a^r<
those who were willing to buy them, "ao1
and giving the amount to the ugly ; "uc1
so that the handsomest endowed the
ugliest; the second in beauty, the ?ru<
socoud in ugliness, et ecWra. '3 a
But this plan would be, we fear, *uld
inapplicable in our days ; for there *cv"
would be but few bidders for the ^an
beautiful women, and the ugly, if the Port
monev wns In rrr> witl> Imm wsmM war
J v.
be the only ones to find takers. Seri
ously, continues our Frenchman, wlo verJ
it must bo borne in mind, is speaking C1'8,
of Franco and not of the United cr ^
States, marriage is tending to disap- ^y 11
poar from our social habits. The f??c
number of old maids, especially of ?ue'
the middle class, is increasing dailjr. ^e'a
A laborer or mechanic has no difficulty
in getting married, for his "wife w^c
takes her share of work. In such a *n 4
case matrimony is a joint stock as- ar01
sociation. The working man spends aU(l
less when married than single. His wou
clothes being made and kept in repair anc^
at home, and th.e mote wholesome
II WmntkVi ui iy$ jnore L
than compensates fiat,- aoy ?
expense of lht^g/jifeoCbse person to
?< * ; n:>, . N
" ' 1;,;i (two
frier
that
Toai
4
wer<
heai
larg
crac
in it
! ner
iw IIW?wriwumr mora t&^n Stat
^NKS^ed (the fn d
luxuries of lift All kinds of 'finality mer
hayp been tried at various times; but
only one has been retained, and that ^uH
the most dangerous and most fatal of t00^
Wl?the equality of expense. t0 fl<
35very girl is brought up with the atC8
idea that she will draw in the lottery
of marriage a first prize. It is imag- **?*f
ined that style and accomplishments ^ei
ill i_- ?? . ? ? - *!???
win mara up iora want or tortuno. ,'MO
ft is a mistake; they will only make ^av<
it more neceAsary, in fact, absolutely ta''fi
indispensable. wa8
Marriage is the greatest luxury a' sPe'
man can indulge in. ' When we reflect nati
that #11 the women of ,tW i"id<jUe ,C.?P!
class are now-a-days brought up to
abina in pociety, that there are no ?DV
longer any marked distinctions as far Pre>
as expenses is concerned, and that wea
the standard of necessary living is was
&xed according to that of $6. richest 9nU
a man must be indeed greatly, in lov/a P0Ki
if he does not- hesitntA hnfnrA *li? had
,{pi6tfntkin 0^ vblvtot, Bif^ and jewels
that ho most consume all hlfl days in ,
accomplishing, in order that his wife ' A
majr be properly drefined." lecti
' ' For radn of this clasa woman is not tion
"a companion, to take a ibrare in pro- '
portion w nor sunsngiD'Oi tn? com- tbei
tnon careaand 1%b6ttit>i life, bat an beat
id61 that he imiW 'M* Wi days ic met
idoi^ngtfolrthaiMfofrttJdhof btberrt. tbej
3t po6r man wbd' ttihtrte* adcb a wo- any
"tdaVi vrffcboht ?i dowrjf'wbnldbo cap*- <thei
IfrtyVfcfch bad to tt%
,o-itinrOf ok %i ? #i \s>
r/A'r'i fN. vf^r.r . ! .
WHU .J ?SU . tfaJJJ :
... i 0 a v0 *
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X
'ed tipcrti tho topnues and emerald*
ead of oats. So it in now rare to
ix husband of the kind, and booh
ill bo impossible. Thin is what
y aro coming to in .France, accordto
a very good authority.
iet our country women tako this
ning, fresh from Paris, together
ft the other fashions thoy are so
J of getting from tho same quarand
thus using the one us an an-!
to to tho excess of tho other j
id Hi rowing away tho chances of
riago.
rdan's a Hard Road to Travel
o it lias been said and sung. But
venture the assertion that two en- ,
(rising individuals of Chester, who
ly worked their way into tho
;uo arc prepared to say that tho
Lo the}* took is by long odds a liarone
thap the traditionary Jordan,
fas ono of tho winter?the rain
red iu torrents?tho organization,
lich maj' bo as good as a church,"
in session?when our two friends
o escorted to a position near the
buildinir where tli? onntir.il uw.o
bled, atid placed there under
rd preparatory to being called and 1
pped of*their manhood and decen- '
They were informed that they
ild have to want only a few mini,
whea the body would be pre- 1
jd to receive them iu duo form, 1
hear from their own lips the eto>f
their repentauce. But to their
izement the time rolled on, mini
grew into hours, they were
ached to the skin, they were fro- i
to the bone, aud the call for them i
liter did not come. Fain would
,r have retraced their steps and re
led the comfort of their tirenides; ,
the sablo friends by tlicir side ,
>ped the way, and gently said unhem,
thus fur have you gone, and ,
shall go farther. So there they ,
id bidding "the pelting of as piti- ,
a storm" "as e'er poor devil was (
)ad in," until eomo threo hours 1
nt the twa," when J.he Grand Con- i
Lor of the Panjandrum eamo to
r relief and told them that tho
:ious privilege of entering, which
ccorded to the most nn worth}:, (
been granted lliem. With chat- ,
ng teeth, shivering limbs and (
ging heads they paused within the ,
ais. They had earned their rc- ,
d. ]
he reason for such treatment may |
* properly be asked by our readSome
might like to know wheth- ;
ins orueal lias to be passed through i
ill desiring to leave their race and
?ver body and houI to the llaniites.
li wo think is uot tho caao. The
,y and punishment inflicted upon
two enterprising individuals
iae exploits we ure narrating arose |
,liift way. They hud sounded |
ind amoner somo of the council. I
had been assured that there (
Id no objection, to their admission,
were advised to bo on hand the
it in'question for initiation. But, (
as been said by Cunniognam,
"The be?t laid pinna of mice and men ,
Gang aft aglry."
o sooner were the names of our j
unfortunates proposed by their j
ids than at once thee ro.se within t
old building a clamor and an up- j
V i
'At if all the fiends from heaven that fell" '
G that nitrht. rmt.hornd fliora rinn i '
O - O ?
7? African-s^'black, grim and 1
e,"?who has for many a day '
ked hit) whip over theBaid council \
luch the eame manner that Sum- 1
has craoked his over the United '
es Senate, and who doubtless has '
ays past received taany a well *
ited chastisement just as Sumnor '
took the floor, and roaring like a 1
of Bashan, Baid that there he j
: his stand and there he intended 1
Land to koep one of the nhfortun* (
from ever coming io among thorn. '
was backed up by others. The
is who had not long before had
r tails out off meekly begged that [
foxes waiting for admission might
a leave to como in and get their (
i cut off too.. Bu\ the opposition
too strong. Hour after hour wns ,
?t in all manner of jargon?crimi- |
on and recrimination was the oc- ,
itioh of the hour?until finally,
it 3 o'clock, as before said, the taland
persistency of the white man .
railed ovor the ignorance and (
kness of the negro, and the vote
taken that relieved the suffering ,
liders frofh ' their uncomfortable ,
tibn. J They at once came in and
their la>l? out off1.?Ckctter Rtpor? (
I <* ''' J- if.; . i it . t > j;; , .
HVrSixX ViJ.i !. . V ;
*" m <48# i / i ,i j
?ap at th* Girls.?An Omaba i
nror thus discussed the qncstion ]
the other'night: i'; j
rwenty ycats ago/tbeladies t*i*e
r own dressmakers, and hoW: i
itifol they loti&ed to-th* brave 1
rvrho their^coorted them. Then,- ]
7 wore ao^boopv'nav switch**,' tio '
thiijjfc bltftj^efejostaa God made (
ik^. A^lowei^floald then tell w both* i
& lftv? wfcteh** 100, 80 os 76 (
?L'. . .
VUL.U
pounds; could toll at a glanco what
rIio was. liut now thoy could not-.
tell whether tho girl was mado by I
tho drero-nmker or by God; they i
looked her over, mid wero not sure i
sho whs not hulf cotton; touched <
her head, and didu't know whether i
they felt natnro'a hair or a musty <
waterfall. Twenty years ago, wo 11
wore all better, looked better, and !
were better Christians. Wo had.)
progressed for tho worse, and as we <
continued, ho would tho boys follow."
Jordan and the War in CnbaSuccess
is everything. In tho lato
war it justified tlio periodic lies of ,
Seward, the perjuries of Lincoln, tho
butcheries of Gn.nt. -In the tragedy
of reconstruction it glorified the
torch of Sherman and Sheridan, the ,
~r ? ? * *
ajivwu (JI UUIIIT, ino PIIUI Ot biclilcs j
and the cigar of Grant.
<
General Thomas Jordan is now en- {
joying the benefits of this great social
law. lie hats defeated General Puello (
This fact proves that ho is a hero and r
a patriot. * ,
A few years ago, this same hero i
owed the Government of the United ,
States some twenty thousand dollar*, <
which he, as quarter-master, had in <
his custody. He has never accounted
for that amount, and never will. |
General Jordan settles accounts of |
thin sort neither with his pen nor i
with the sword. Ho secedes. ^
The people of Shenandoah Valley i
know General Jordan. They talk
aoout ms bad blood. Tiiey recite
sensational stories about his family.
Wo know nothing. We only re- (
member that this man was fighting for (
slavery in 1S64, who for tho past yc?r (
ur two has been fighting for emancipation?who
served (ionoral Beauregard
as his chief of staff'just as Aaron
Jones the prize fighter, served tho
gallant creoie as his orderly.* And
now this same Thomas Jordan, whom
' (
tho peoplo of his native valley
repudiate, presents himself in Cuha as
the great meancipator, the armed vio- '
dicator of moral ideas.
Wo do not pretend to know a great
deal about tho "Cuban cause." Well (
nigh impenetrable is tho smoke of
Lhc conflict that has long overhung
mo queen 01 mo amines. The out- }
aide world lias has been cajoled by
lies of both parties ; their raids have ^
been campaigns, their skirmishes battles.
Both havo acknowledged an (
inhuman policy of arson and murder. (
The volunteers from Catalonia have
revelled in butchery. On the other j
hand, the'Cuban General Quesada, in .
hia lute report to tho Cuban Junta of (
New York, acknowledges tho destruction
in cold blood of seven hundred
Spanish prisoners, by way of reprisals.
An unarmed or a disarmed
enemy is, by either party, doomed to
die.
Wc have read with interest tho im- j
passioned appeals in behalf of "free
Cuba " which fill the editorial columns 1
of tho New York Sun. And wc have 'i
scrutinized the reports of the official <
patrons of "law and order" upon tho <
island. But the raoro wo read the <
more a sense of horror grows.. We 1
see a French revolution emptied of i
its ideas and dwarfed into pigmy di- <
mensions?as if an army of fiery fly- 1
ing dragons were transmutod into a 1
nest of hissing asps and Btriking ecor- 1
pioBB?raging, and devastating, and
daughtering everywhere. In tho hig 1
tory of either party appears the pol- i
oy of heartless adventurers, the ven- (
jetta of brigands, the blind fury of <
Kilkenny cats. If our government i
lould interfere iu such a case, we 1
should be glad to see it putting its
armed heel upon both the combattants,
and crushing them out in the 1
interest of humanity which they ore '
outraging every day.?Charleston 1
*7 . '
ircivd.
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v THE MoNTPENSiKa-BounBON DUIL.
?A cable special, dated Madrid, 13th
inst., says: The duel between Puke 1
3e Montpenaier and Princo Henri de >i
Bourbon creates intense excitement. i
The letters written by the latter
branded Montpensier a Jesuit conspirator,
and called him a bloated French '
pastry cook. The Prince won the 1
choico of weapons and ground, and 1
the right to tako the first shot. ,Th * *
distance "Was ten paces, the combattans
firing alternately from t'evolve'rs. .
The first and second shots of the }
n_i ? i. ? -- ?,ALi^i' iili ilB
jrriiiue miBHea, ana at 'lu,ra iSlfr
ballet graced the ohcek ^pf the *
erasing a slight; wouqcL, Mon4p6ti&' '
Qr'?firat*hot missed, tho aeo^i Blighfc- *
ly woupding tbe jPriucQ, 1
proving fatal, the ball i^Etaring the
forehead of the Prio^^n#, * Jr^ing
him ipBlantly. th?^Wrttt ^cUfthe# 1
My Gydl what h^ri'4ohe 1
farowi#^p1^6tect^mi?^^^^%l^, r'
Kontpensffe* AtS hW'tcttndi "
tfadrid, and hgw h^rbeen'imm?i#<li *
When the^ Djoke had fired twrfee, the *
jeoondsend^rotW io'efEBdt 'a reoorv x
jillatiori, mafafofc* il
li4 nfilllli {'.. ') r>:ic Jryv?-. ? ;>I
. f yjoui, ,fnwy/r'yft'h:l'> . : v:? j; ;
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MIS XVII?NO. 48.
This Beautiful "World.?Ah, this
beautiful world ! I know not what
to think of it. Sometimes it is nil
sunshine and gladness, and heaven
itself lies not far off, and then it suddenly
changes, and is dark and sorrowful,
and tho clouds shut out tho
lay. In tho lives of tho saddest of
as tho.c uro bright days like this,
when wo feel as if wo could take tho
great world in our arms. Then
uomo gloomy hours, when tho fro
will not burn on our hearts, and all
without and within is dismal, cold
and dark. Believe me, every heart
has its secret boitowr, which tho
world knows not of, and oftentimes
wo call a n.an cold man when he is
1 rt *. *
wiiij- oiiu.?11. \y . Jjonr/f- lloio.
OLl? aoe without uelicion.
Alus! for him who grows old with3ut
growing wise, and to whom the
future world does not set open
her gates, when ho is excluded
by the present. The Lord deals
;o graciously with us in the declino
>f life that it is a shamo to turn a
leuf ear to the lessons which he gives.
The eye becomes dim, the. ear dull,
the tongue falters, tho feet totcr, all
the sens?s refuse to do their office,
md from overy side resounds the call:
'set thine house in order, for the term
5f thy pilgrimage is at hand."
Thy playmates of youth, the fell"waborers
of manhood, die away, ajid
[alee tho road before us. Old age ia
like somo quiet chamber, in which,
ive can prepare in silence for the
ivorld that is unseen.?Tboluck.
?
Gentlemen's Fashions for Spring.
?For walking frock and half-dress
coats, fancy colored cloths, crepes, paLelot
mixtures and diagonals, will ho
tho favorite go. ds. In fancy styles
Tor pantaloons, plaids will be much
worn, although tho leading tendency
is toward stripes Side bands very
>inall or omitted entirely. Tho material
for vest* will be-the same as for
routs' or when varied from them, fan:y
cashmeres will be used.
For business suits nothing has superseded
thf Scotch chenots, and they
will remain the favorites for summer
wear. There will be many new colorings
in plaids and mixtures, of which
tlioblac.cand brown shades will bo
uost popular.
Coats, generally, will be cut short
ind the roll of the lappels somewhat
reduced. For street coats, walking
'rocks will prevailed ; and'for business
iMii?rtAana "Rn?#liaK ? - *'1
11 itioiug UOU19, Willi
jide pockets on hips. For the warmest
weather, sack coats, as usual, will
bo most popular. Pantaloons will be
larger at lower part of the leg, with
increased spring over the foot. Vests
cither sigular or double-breasted, and
medium vnlL
"
How a Camel Goes Through tiie
Eye op a Needle.?The passago
from the New Testament, "Itis easier
for a camel," etc., has perplexed manygood
men, whe have read it literally.
In oriental cities there are in the
large gates small and very low.apertures,
called metaphorically "needle's
Byes," just as we talk of certain windows
as "bull's eyes." These entrances
are too narrow for a camel to pass
through them in the ordinary manner,
or even if louded. When a laden
;amel has to pass through one of
these entrances, it kneels down, its
load is removed, and then it shuffles
through on its ktiees. "Yesteday,"
writes Lady Duff-Gordon, lYom Cairo,
'I saw a camel go through the eye of
i needle?that is, the low-arched
ioor of an enclosure. Ho mnnt knAol
ind bow bis head to creep, through ;
md thus the rich man must humble
limself," r
A greenhorn standing behind a
lowing machine at which a young laly
was at work, looking alternately
it the machine and its fair Operative,
it length gave vent to his admiration,
with, "By golly, it's party/ specially
bhe part covered with o&lico." '
*m* j In
reply to a ohaUenge, M. Veaillot
lately replied: "My life! belongs
to Jesus Christ, and he. has sane too
many defenders jost TxojfTf^.i r,I
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A woman recently fofl out of a fifth
Jtory window in I'arTs tipon tlie head
>r a toot passenger..-' ThW Itfth had
i roll in: ' iieitVer was
>adly inhiredj ^ ci V-1; 1
" ; ALil
TWbfealth of: ex-Senitor .Grimes,
tfKtt'-U# toflardpe-U said to Beurapidlp
fevtiotyg.Instead of improving.
rtr f-?rr<> f: xm* ""' /-'> -"*
' Bon CairieroahaapSrxihased the
fearrisburd resident Of- Harry Xhomu
jmFrogJ gireet for $35,000.
A Obfeta^O belftha?h?d<her little
oflyin to; g?t shoea
M9^4do*&ti tot :><Z
i o'i %n^biir^n>iit*ff^
riA d?ody iqtutretf jft stall,
^^tlWRpt *V&*> falkP&j* & V
i A pi?Off frM, b?? IWfjpUllSv;
ilf^xtaAgtoioa. jf;).^,,.. ,.. ' ^.>v'
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