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TOWN TAXES I
For 1B7Q. 1
Abstract of Ordinance. 1
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The following Taxes have
been Assessed for 1870:
liotil K?tuic, 20 cents on cach
viwucj VIUU.UU.
Kvory Pleasure Carriage, or like
vehicle, 2 horses, $3.. /
Every Barouche, Buggy, or like ve- I
hide, 1 horse, $2. v
Evory Omnibus, ITack, Carriage,&c ,
for hire, 2 horses, $5.
E%*ery Buggy, Uaroucho, &e., for
hire, (1 horse,) $3.
Every Horse, Marc, and kept for
for hire, $1. C
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jjin j ruur uoiso \> agon, &C., lOl* II
1?ire, $5, ^
Every Two ITorsc Wngon, &c., for
liiro, $3.
5 cents on each $100 eales of
merchandise, &c.
5 cents oil each $100 Professional
income.
5 cents on each $100 income A
from mechanical employment. ol
5 cents on each $100 income a]
from keeping hotel, privato hoarding i?e
house, livery stable, barber shop, <\:c
Each Daguerreotypist, &c., who
opens rooms, $10.
Each Dog, 50 cents.
5 per cent, on all transient per
ouiia, vunuui's oi patent meaiemcB ?
shoes, leather, hats, tobacco, books,&c. &
Each show or exhibition, (other
that) circus,) not less than $5.
Circus or equestrian performance,
cach exhibition, $25.
Side shows to the same, if any,
each $5.
Retail License, quarterly in advance,
$200.
Quart Liconse, $125.
Ench Billiard or other Table lcept ,
for gain, $75.
Commutation Tax for Road Du- X"
'y, $3. ?
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Taxes to be paid by 1st May
next.
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asonable prices.
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I Thursday, in July.
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THK KMPRK8S KUOENIR
A Glimpse of the Imperial Household?
Why the Empress Became a
Politician.
Justin McCarthy gives n cketch of'
, tho Empress Eutfonie, which not onlv'.i
presents licr personal history and <
traits of character very vividly be- i
fore llio reader, but throws much
light on the situation in Franco. Wo i
quote a few paragraphs : i
Well, the faec always disappointed 1
mo at least. It seems to mo cold, ar- 1
tifieial, narrow, insinccre. It wants
nobleness. It docs not impress mo 1
as being the fixe of a frivolous woman, '
a coquette, a court butterfly; but
rather that of one who is always play- 1
ing a part which sometimes wearies. '
If I were to form my own impressions ''
of the Empress of tho French merely "
from her face, I should set her down 1
as a keen, politic woman, with brains 1
enough to be crafty, not enough to be
great. I should set her down as a 1
woman who needs and loves tho slim- {
ulus of incessant excitement, just as
much as a certain class of actresses
does. Indeed, I think I have seen in (
the facc of more than one actress just
such an habitual expression, off the
stage, as one may seo in the countenance
of the French Empress. I fear (
that.6weet and gracious smile, which
is said to bo so captivating to thoso
those for whose immeditc, and special
homage it is to put one, changes into J
sudden blankness or weariness when <
its momentary business has been dono. f
Sam Slick tells us of a lady whose (
smile dropped from her faeo the mo- 1
ment the gazer's eyes were with i
drawn, "like a petticoat when the c
strings break;" and if I might apply t
this irreverent comparison to the 1
smi.e of an Empress, I would say that c
I think I have noted just such a c
change in the expression of the beau- c
tiful Eugenie. ^
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About the timo of her sudden and I
mj'sterious escapade to London, the q
Empress began to emerge a little
from the character of a mere woman j
of fashion, and to become known and y
felt as a politican. Peoplo eay that a
some at least of the influence and p
control wllifth shrt liprrnn ir? rvlitiin
over her husband was owing to (
her knowledge of his many infideli- t
tics ant^ his reluctance to provoke her e
into open quarrel. Unless Eugenie ].
was wholly free from the jealousy J
which is supposed to lie in the heart i
of every other woman, sho must have c
suffered cruelly in this way for many c
years. In her own court circles, at r
her own side, were ladies whom uni- v
versal report designated as cuccessive
mailresscc cn litre of the Emperor Na- ?
polcan. Stories, too, of hie indulgence t
iu low and gross amours werii told x
everywhere, and, truo or false (chari- j
ty itself could uot well doubt that
some of them were true), must have. ?
reached the Empress' ears. Sho suf- f
fered severely, and she took to poli- j
tics?perhaps as a harrrsRcd man j
sometimes takes to drinking. Her e
political influence was, in its day, \
simply disastrous. Sho was already }
on the wrong Bide, and she was al- (
ways impetuous, unreasoning, and
pertinacious, as cynical people say is t
the way of women. Reaction, ul- ,
tramontauism, illiberalism, found a c
patroness and leader in her. She ,
fought for tho continued occupation j
of Koine; she battled against the con- f
tinued occupation of Rome; she bat- x
tied against the unity of Italy; she r
recommended and urged the Mexican j
expedition, Louis Napoleon is personally
a good natured, easy-going ,
sort of man, averse to domestic dis- ,
putes, fully conscious, po doubt of his y
frequent liability to domestic censure. ]
What wonder if European politics ?
sometimes had to oufFor heavily for ^
the tolerated presence of this or that ,
too notorious lady in tho inner circles ]
of the French conrt ? "Who is the j
Countess de ??" I once asked of <
a Parisian friend who was attached to ,
the Imperial household. I was speak- (
ing of a lady whose beauty add whoso ,
audaoitics of drebs wore then much |
talked of in the French capital. "The j
latest favorite," was the reply. "I j
shouldn't wonder if her presenco at ]
court cost another ten years of the :
occupation of Home," -j
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Taken on tho whole, the Empress ]
Eugenie is better than her fortunes ,
and her surroundings might have <
made her. She is, I think, a woman
much more deserving of respect than <
Josephine Beauheraais, whose misfor- i
tunes, joined with the qufet pathetic
dignity of Her rotiremont and
kaw .1 L' *?
^ivi !?? ? jvMWf unvp Dinuu m?
world forget the levitiee, frivolities,
an A follies of her earlier life, She
ha* shown ft quicker and better ap*
preciation of the da tie* of her station
and the temper of the people among
who had to lifd, Ihftn was at any tirrie
shown by Marie Antoinette. Whether
Bbo could under the most favorable
conditions prove an Anne of Aatt^ift
altkope for mn* tsakf tb?t iU#
nny novcr bo put to tho proof. She
las ftt leant made it clcur that she i?
10 moro ftoino Crinoline; sho hns
ihown that she pos?e*BC8 somo heart,
>oino courago, and somo brains; she
ins hud senso enough to retrieve
blunders, and merit enough to livo
down calumny. The best thing ono I
can hopo for her is that sho may |
never again bo placed in a position
which would tempt and allow her to
mako political influcnco tho instrument
of religious bigotry. The greatest
woman her native country ever
produced, Isabella of Castile, becaruo
with all her virtues and gonius a
curse to Spain, because of her bigotry
and her power; and there was a time
when the Empress Eugenie was likely
Lo make for herself an odious fame as
iho chief patroness of a conspiracy
against the religious and political liberties
of tho South pf Europe. Let
as hope that in her future career she
may bo saved from any 6uch temptation,
arid lhat.sho may bo kept ass
much as possible out of all political 1
complications whero religion interferes;
and if she be (bus graced by
fortune, it is all but certain that whatever
her future years may bring, sbe
ivill deserve and receivo a genial
ccord in the history of France.
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3en. Clanton on Burlingame and
Brooks.
fPl.. J..ii -n
jliiu uuuui oi isurnngame (says the
Vlontgoiuery Mail) revives the story
)f his difficulty with thu late Preston
3. Brooks. All tho radical papers are j
>nee moro chuckling ovor his appa-.
ent acceptance of a challenge to i
igbt a duel. These samo papers are
squally ready to denounce some one
o-inorrow l'or accepting a challenge.
They hold it to bo cowardly to fight a
luel, and they jump about like monkys
in ccstac-ics whon one of their
irowd pretends to fight. Hero is
vhat the State Jounal, edited by a
nan who boasted of being a Calhoun
democrat only a few months ago,
luotes from tho Now York Tribune :
"Mr. liurlingatno was first brought
irominently into public notice in the
ear 1S56, when his scathing denunci
.nous 01 1'rcbton ?>. liroolcs, tor tho
>erpetration of an outrageous assault
ipon Charles Suruncr in^ tho Senate
Chamber, drew forth a ch-.illengo from
he'bully,' which he promptly acceptd,
proposing to go to Canada and meet
lini with rifles. Brooks faltered and
iceitated pretending to fear violence
making a trip through tho North*
rn Stales to Canada, and was arrestid,
as, also, Burlingame. The honors
ested with the latter, and the bully j
ras generally regarded as a poltroon." i
As a just commentary upon the lan;uag?
which tho Badieal press are
jow holding towards the dead Brooks
sre take pleasure in publishing the folowing
note from Gen. Cianton :
To the Editor of the Mail :?The^
State Journal of yesterday republishes
i-om tho New York Tribune a biogra>liical
sketch of tho laic Anson Bur
ingamc, in which disparaging refer-snce
is made to the caning of Sumucr
>y Brooks in the Senate Chamber at
Washington?applying to the latter
,ho epithets "bully," "poltroon," &c.
Wlipro tlia rrullanl ori!?if io
.. W V.4V D^/1?IV ID yti OUIJilly
known, living or dead, bo needs
?o defence. I was one of those who
lisapproved of the place and weapon
vbich he selected to administer a mertcd
castigation to the physical giant
Vora Massachusetts for his insulting
ibuse of the ladies of the South.
Che street, and a cowhide, would
.lave been more appropriate.
It was my good fortune to be born
ivithin a few miles of the birthpla<e j
jf Preston Brooks, and to have been
>vell acquainted with his history,
[lis grandfather was a revolutionary
ioldicr; his father a model citizen and
gentleman. "When a young ^man he
iceepted a challenge from the Hon.
Louis Wigfall. Ho did not, like
Burlingame, solcct the Clifton House,
Canada, ae the place of meeting ; but
i little island in the Savannah river
>nly ten miles distant from his place
}f residence. In that combat both
parlies were wounded. When the
nlA 4\f PowaIinn
s/v?*?.w V - >^VMWU VM* V/lillU H1?D VMIIQU VU
tor volunteers for the Mexican war,
Preston Brooks was one of the first to
respond, and commanded a company
in the gallant Palmetto Regiment, anlor
his maternal uncle, Colonel Butler,
who felt at Churobusco leading a
charge against the enemy's breastwork.
An incident which occurred just
outside the walls of the city of Mexico
in May, 1847, will illustrate the
impetuous character of our hero. Be-1
ing offlcor of the guard, he found it
necessary to puntsn a conpie oraeiinqacnt
sentinels belonging to a Northern
regiment,-which vraa encamped in
a consent between the ''guard -quarters'!
and the Palmetto Regiment.
Captain 9. boing relieved, aqtf thcBO
fellows releasod from confinement, as
he passed tho convent,- they had prooetded
him* and with a large number
of others had taken posHlou on the
top,of a tmildin*jyuJ Vfcfodtfce p^rf
epot wait and aahspasiod attempted
to pelt him with "rotten egg*." Ho
halted whon tho first og{ was thrown
deliberately drow his pistol, popped a
cap at tho head of tho first man who
threw, and drawing a second all heads
had disappeared.
If tho vandals who burnt Columbia |
did not steal or destroy tho "cas Monument,"
erected by tho Legislature of
South Carolina to the survivors of
that regiment, tho narao of Preston
Brooks may bo found inscribed in letters
of iron on that roll of fame.
The assertion that Durlingame over
intended fighting Brooks is ridiculous.
If he had, ho would have crossed the
T>?.
j. uiumuu 10 n spot near at hand,
where brave men from every section
without molestation from the civil
authorities, had fought and fell, lie
preferred being followed for a thousand
miles through the Northern
States, where Kadieal mobs, be knew
full well, would take good care of his
gallant adversary. It was regarded
at the time, by all fairminded men !
from everywhere, as a cowardly subterfuge
on Burlingame'fl part. Tbo
editor of tne Stato Journal, who republishes
this slanderous article, knew
that there was not one word of truth
in it, so far as Preston Brooks wna
concerned. Until very recently
bought up, he boasted that, although
born in New York, be had not 0110
drop of Yankee blood in his veins;
that ho was a Calhouns Democrat,
and served four years in the Confederate
army. It may bo treason, Mr.
Editor, to make war upon the United
States Government, but it is not treason
to defend tho reputation of our
fallen comrade through the press, and,
;r ?
^ .iHiuv; Jiwcotii), uii ino street and
on I ho field. When I fail to do it,
may my tongue cleave to the roof of
my mouth and my right hand forget
her cunning.
In haste, your friend,
J. II. CLANTON.
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The Cotton Market.
London, March 4.?Letters from
India received this week state that
tho reports respecting cotton from
the Berar districts continue to be oT
the most gioomy character, and it is
believed that no doubt exists but that
a gicat deal of cotton lias been destroyed.
The refceipts of Oomrawutta
produce will, it is said, be much
below what was at one time anticipated.
It must be borne in mind, however,
that all tho estimates early in j
the season pointed to n largo increaso
in that part of the country, and it is
possible that the snrplus which was
expected only baa been lost. The
quality of the cotton from this pari
of the country is improving, although
o*?ll T? /:??. i
mmvm Uiv^utuil ntlll UA10 ld. XXI U Uzerat,
Dhollerah and Dharwar
prospects continue very favorable,
and samples of the first pickings are
oxpccted at an early date. A few
small parcels of Dharwar produce
have already been Bold iu the district.
Tbe following relates to tbo trade of
Manchester:
"The same qhiet feeling -which
characterized this market during
greater part of last week has continued
throughout the whole of tbe
present. There has not been what
could be exac1 ly described as any digression
apparent, but the tone has
been weak and languid, and in the
most departments prices have gradually
been giving way. Nevertheless
some' producers have hitherto had so
man}* engagements on hand that they
bavo had little cause to alter thoir
quotations, evon although the were
doing little or no business. . Such
cases, however, are exceptional, and
each day that passes without renewed
business diminishes their number.
Iu shipping yarns for China, the supply
of which is large, the giving way
in price is most apparent, and saleB
which were considered low and under
tho current market price last Friday,
r-niilH Tint, ho wnpnt/iH +r>_r?n-rr rrVir>
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position of spinners remain much tho
same, as relatively cotton haB declined
at about the same rate as yarn, bat
manufacturers who aro not spinners
are not so well off, as most yarns suitable
for Rhirtings bave not hitherto
declined sufficiently to allow them to
be used with profit by manufacturers.
"To-day, however, yarns lVora home
consumption have sworn more symptoms
of giving way, and both twiBfc
and weft might have been bought at.
id per lb., below what spinnors were
prepared to accept on Tuesday.
The receipts- of cotton at the American
ports begin to short some falling'
off, but this is orily what has been anticipated,
and they still conthme to
excess Of those at the carrespondfog
period of lost year. The prevalence
of ca^t winds prevent* a large quantity
of overdue cotton from arriving
in the Mersey, but in the meantime
sinners keep ;tre^#Mng upon their
stocksj and have latterly bonght less
than their consumption. The stock
in Liverpool- consequently does" not
Inorease rapidly, and* a favorable
okango of wfffd weald toon provide a
mora ample supply." 4 >
Tho following statement shows the
imports nnd exports of cotton into
and from the United Kingdom from
September 1 to March 3, compared
with the corresponding poriod in 18G9.
Imports. Export*. Imports. Kxp<>rts
I860 70. 18C8 70. 1869-70. 18C.8-69.
> Boles
Amerio'n, 624 063 66*630 423,173 8<M>53
Bmzilinn, 239,813 82,043 3r,8.830 64.744
Bttttlml'n 770 7C2 3?-3,<?87 943 290 384.992
Fgj'pti.in, Io9,621 2,260 115 273 4.281
Miscclla's 66.328 8,418 02.320 11,966
Tut?l. 1,700.920 401,931 1,812.396 635,676.
Troubla Brewing in the Methodist
I Connection.
the book concern frauds.
New York, March 15.?Indications
aro that serious trouble will arise
among tho Methodists, owing to the
report on the recent investigation ol
affairs of their hook concern. The
New York Conference will be asked
to follow tho example of the Baltimore
Conference, and refuse to make
further contributions to tho publishing
business. Many members of the
Methodist Church express dissatisfaction
with the report, and demand that
tho affairs shall bo investigated by a
committee of business men, and not
by ministers. A meeting of prominent
Laymen will bo held soon to prepare
a memorial to tho Conference
Another account says:
In the New York Methodist preach
crs' meeting,'yesterday, tho Rev. Dr
Andrews presented resolutions endors
ing tho report of a majority of the
Book Committee in their recent in
vestigation. Thcso resolutions called
forth considerable discussion, in whieli
tho Rev. Drs. Ridgeway, Foster, Curran,
Tiffanv. Crawford. Mftssrs. ITrr.
mancc, Taylor, King, and others participated.
Tho general expression
was that the allegation of fraud had
not been and could not be sustained
and that tho verdict of ten against
three was sufficiently strong itself tc
demand approval. The publication
of tho minority report of Dr. Shorer'e
paper in the Baltimore American were
deprecated and declared to have been
illegitimately acquired and made
known. The committee had directed
the minority report to be sent to the
General Conference, together with
that of the majority. The action ol
! the Baltimore CV)nff?rpnn? in nnnonr.
ing tho majoritj', and withholding ite
Sunday School Union funds, wan also
commented upon as unjust and barnh
There being no proof cither before
tho conference or before tho community
to sustain tho allegation of fraud
and after caroful investigation the
committee had failed to find proof
their action is final, and can only be
revised by tho General Conference.
Mr. Ilermauce moved to lay tho resolutions
on the table, which was lost,
and they were adopted by a largo
majority.?Cincinnati Enquirer.
Tlie Fate of a Country Editor.
The "hope that keeps alive des
pair" is that with which a young man
of much forehead and proportionate
literary ambition toils on from week
to week in an attempt to raise some
death-stricken country newspaper
from the shadow of the sheriff, and
make it yield him at least $5 a week.
A great poet, laboring in his first unmerited
obscurity to defeat the brutal
combination of the magizincs and
booksellers aga'nRt him, is but a feeble
illustration of intellectual heroism
when compared with the above journalist.
Note this modern insiauce.
For the past six 3*ears Keithsbnrg, a
very mean town in the State of Illinois,
has slowly starved to death each
successive editors and proprietors ae
havo unselfishly endeavored to protract
the miserable existence of a local
journal styled the Observer. I?ate
in 1867 tbore came to the town a
young man of iron serves and mad
ambition, who took that newspaper
in hand with a confident air, and resolved
to make it the London Times
of the West. On Thursday last he
published tho following: "About two
and a half years ago, wa took possession
of this paper. It was then in the
very act of pegging out, having neither
friends,.money, ner credit. We
tried to breath into it the breath oi
life ; we put into it all our money, and
everybody else's we could get hold of]
but it was no go; either of the people
of Keith burg don't appreciate our ofJortfl,
or wo doot know how to run t
paper. We went into the busineBi
with confidence, determined to run il
or bast; We bftve bunted. Daring
-our connection with the Observer w<
have made some friends and noraor
one enemies. The former -will hav<
onr gratitude while ljUfo lasts. Tbl
latter are affectionately., .requested U
go to the devil. T. Glencey." ,
The Presbyteiy of Sotrth Cafolini
Will convene at AveleJgh Cburol
Ifewberry DTst oft 'Thursday, Apri
Jigg|PMK
Machine Sowing by Electricity ]
sh<
Tho uro of clectricily as a motive oil
power and its practical application to coi
a sewing machine han been success- Qf
fully experimented with in Now York. w|
"In tho old (or first) engine there th<
were four sets of magnets, five arma- "tr
tures and a battery of five large cups. js
The improvement has reduced the an<
s~ts of magnets to threo, each of them jj,,
smaller than those of tho engine ox- C8t
hibited last fall?in fact, tho bulk of tjv
the engine and battfi-v lms lw?t?n
w ^ ~ I tr(l
duced just one half while tho power | gc.
seems to be fully equal to that of the vj(
larger apparatus. Another improve- w|
ment is in the regulation of the speed
simply by means of greater or light- n0
er pressure on the pedal common tu ni)
all sowing machines, which pedal th
may, at will, in case of accident to jn
the battery, bo immediately detached |J0
? and made to operate the machines by |)(l
the usual process. Even two small jjj
battery cups are sufficient to furnish W(
power for all ordinary machine work, wt
while tho addition of another cup is li?
sdfficient to drive the needle at good au
speed through eight, ten, or even it
twelve thicknesses of material. The f<?
use of nitric acid in the battery, tho nc
order of which was an objection to a i
the old plan of operating by electric ac
power, has been supplemented bj* os
using cromate of potash, which is at
odorless. The expense of operating ox
by this means is about five cents per so
day. It not only renders work easier ?
to the operator, but, whii.h is far better,
it does away entirely with the
, liability to certain diseases with ^
which female machine operators were
j i
I alllictcd by reason of the censtant ^
( tax on the lower limbs." It is confi- ^
dently expected that the eame motive m
power can bo applied to other maehincry
and the uso of steam done
i away with in many instauccs. (
I ed
, Men for the Times.?The Lon- w
. don correspondent of the New York ai
> World writes that four vacancies are vi
i to be created, as soon as possible, in su
i the House of Commons, and these co
> scats are to be filled by workingmcn's w
i candidates. Mr. Odgcr, who was ill
! llltolv flfifpnlnrl l.v <!"> . ?
J M..VM??VV4 ? j Lll\> IJUlllll ? ill IV III
1 shopkeepers, will bo one of the new rc
members, and Mr. George Potter, the g>
1 Secretary of the Trades' Union, will tii
f be another. This is what is doing in
England?Bhall less be done in South pa
i Carolina ? Every class and every in- be
1 tercet ought to bo represented in per- co
son, in the Legislatnre of the coining h<
! winter, and upon the ticket of the ; ai
citizens' party there should bo Work- \ ar
I ingmen?iuen of musclo and brain, of j T1
s strength and good hard sense. Wo ] in
, want to sco tho Workingraen of jar
II South Carolina speak by the mouths ^ th
of their own tnn representatives in su
tho legislative council of tho State; ril
and they will speak out bold, brave th
1, words for the good of the artisan and gc
laborer, and for tho advancement of
every growing industry-Capital and
raco have their spokesmen now. But ^
in the General Assembly, to be elec- t
ted in October, let us have a knot of jn
Workingmen, who will take care that '
wo have no more of monopolies, no 1 .
more of ingeni'is class legislation, no
; more of taking Lazarus to death
while Dives goes to bed unscathed. ^
wj
I MARK TWAIN ON THE CHINESE ?Oil j 1"
. [ the Sierras wo came upon tho. ''Chi-; 8e
I nose Labor Question." That is alrcady
settled. They will work like bea|
vers on a little rice and small pay.
i But the '-Chineae Political and ftili-I1'1
t ' QPC
pious Question." in a different affair. :
j That is not settled yet. It will be a t'1
,! great question some time yet for the >
.Pacific States; fur China can wparo
j twoiity millions of this almond-eyed,! .
i, imitation race, without knowing the i
,! loss. And they like our country. lu
| John gravely remarks thus: ''Melca,
II belly good place?catohoe heap hion:
ey?in China no can catchee.'? gt
i Shrewd John Chinaman catches his jfl
' fortune and goes home to enjoy it n,
J Five hundred dollars makes him rich
! and onvied at homo. The Pacific 3
,! mail steamship bring them over, a
, thousand a month, tc try tho Ameri- jj,
! can experiment. A thousand of them q{
,. are on the steerage deck under my W]
, j feet now, on the return. I have j0|
, j heard tho guest made that there is
? well nigh ten bushels of llexican sil[
ver dollars among them. m]
.... ... . it'i
1 Tn* Land Kino.- -The World cor? p*
respondent says there is no ond to thjT 8?
k | land-grabbing, land stealing schetffes
| befoai Congress. We know wha^the
' Uniun Pacific has done ftyfc??; we m
? 1 icndw what the Northfirn^Rii?lfei w
? ""
': pofies to do ; and no^ comes tho *
*' Southern ..Pacific,.* company: obartcr'
cd by tbo California Xjegiidatare, ask5
inz of Congress (ft g rant ^ of, eight v?
roiUions >il
trorld, ana brides,/: it proposes. pa in,
raise the P?m ju> Ifotaal setlers 6& in
t eight mintoOT tooH& Mr. Scott* tbe, Ci
i now Benft^rfroTO ^ennBylvan|a, has wi
W, '
? -m. J.1 './ "**/f
PHYSICAL CULTURE.?Peril J'p 7
mid sav something here of ft..a
ler physical culture which h;i-> !
lie a mania in the Northern J5i:il? - .
those wonderful base-ball |?iwv- ?>
10 break their fingers and sprain
jir ankles; of college boys win
ain down" for boat races, get heart
ease oy na.d tugging at tho oar.
i die innocently young with startle
suddenness; of "walkists" who
eeni a u-g as better t.han a loconio*
e; and of fancy navigators qui
us mare cut runt in email boats, and
t drowned But all these aro arc
Nations of what is pivotal idea of
latever of vaiue there may be i?>
is article?i-omfort. Athletisiu i.t
tho end and aim?it is only tl)
.ans to a high Christian culture?
e developement of the und mind
iti necessary congener, tho bouiw.
dy. When wo see a pack of school
ys in their wild play, exercising ! >
c- gymnasium, roaming fields ano
ods, or subjected to military drill.
i can understand it. All they tin
:s in the channel of enjoyment, ol
uunemeiit, happiness, and gratis >n
of an honest pride. It is con.
rt, and that within proper bounus ,
?t the false enjoyment which attend*
debauch and is atoned for by a licudhb
; not the pride which glories
:cr a victory won by a boat or ball
tho cost of mutilated limbs or
'erstrained hearts. Good health,
und mind, pure hearts, true religion
these are the essentials of comfort.
Moiie valuable tiian Treasury
otejs.?IIow that old cynic, Sam
ihnson, would have revelled through
ebster's massive new "Unabridged!
ow ho would have gloatod over its
agnificent lettorpress and its illusalions,
beautiful as new Treasury
oles, and much more valuable to tho
udent. The Merriams have incurr[
a fabulous expenso in having tho
hole work rewritten, reset, recast,
id republished. It is not a mere rcsion,
but a reconstruction. To inre
excellence in typography, it
mes from the Riverside Press,
hieli is all that need bo said about
i mcchai.ical execution. It is a
arvelous specimen of learning, labor
search, and taste. It is by far the
eatest literary toork of the age.?Balnore
American. V '
ge. The writer says: "The Senate
ilongs body and soul to the railroad
rporators, and there is hardly any
>pe that in tho Ilouse the rights of
:tual settlers under tho homestead
jd pre-emption law Can bo guarded,
ho land monopolists are a controllg
forco in. the Uadical party, and
e rapidly absorbing what is left of
n tilililic rlnmnin
- v ? AIUUIUU tJUUUUUO
pport these schcmes with an alacLy
nnd a perfeetness of discipline so
at even the blind can discover a uigr
in tbo fcnce."
It has been proved beyond dipnto,
at pain can be felt for twenty milieu
after decapitation, by the followg
experiments made by a Paris
rgeon: Two human heads wero
need in the rays of the sun, and tho
e-lids which'had been opened, wero
imediately shut; and the head of
e assansin, named Terrier, which
. i ? . ;
lis experimented upon more than a
, /? , ; ' mi
arterot an hour after' having been
purated from the body, tunied its
1 n , : :> ma 1"
es when called, t
* B 1 - - - .
The number of colored voters in
e United Slates is estin)iitc4, at
0,000. Of these 760,000' dwell' in
e sixteen late slave holding States,
>00 in thd KixlTew England States,
,000 in the five coptral States of '
i:w York, New Jerwy, PeniiBj'lyna,
Ohio and Ind Indiana, aud' <8.500
the remaining ten Western States.
: . \ ' ? < >e..; ?
Tho fJonfmot fn?>
? - ? ?v* vvuij^twillg VIIV7
ate Capitol has been awarded to Mr.
,mes W. Allot), State Senator from
reenvillo County ' f^'O
The Governor has appointed James
Parker, Sheriff of Cla)^*(jk>tf?Miit w
Grey, County Commissioner for
owberry f John WiJtfAttfs, County
)muii?8ionor for Kdgefleld: Sedgiek
Simons, Nota#^ jPabliofor Chariton.
>*
' * '^ i ?" fifri.) M' ;
"Dcrckiof/whatdo yob thfaTc is the
alter with mp little boy "Why,
fi tmly a oorrnptided exegesis antisimodicallyemanating
from tho'
tm ifi the animul refrigerator1 -proIcing
a prolific source of ii^tabrHty
the jfrericranial ep/dermf? of thb
antaf proftwrHty*'' ^Ah'f that's
bad told Bel#, bti^ilie 'low^d it5
B8 warrum^1'' 'f '7 ?:;
?p. v, -vi.; v *c '
Kere /ji^epQft^ap admia-.
?V t^o pwqntfn^ feyiiftyj:
KW^ doubts ,* $$%; ,t?*tf*U W? \
paired of thqinterpreter.,whether ,ft ilofttuftii,
ondor the usual oath,
tmW >
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