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I i juuOJT j(i. . . ' t vujrnie f.; . ^ , , .i -i iL, -rrw-r. t.j. , i i -^"ggg 1 1 1 ggaaqegBMPm m i"i eBessss^^mmmmmm^^mun-iij a THE ABBEVILLE PRESS , AND BANNER. BY VV. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, JU^ 7, 1871. VOLUME XIX?flOJt. At the Church Gate. | ( ';V V. i M.I AM MAKl.I'KACF. T1IACKAKY. p i 1 v ' i Although I entered not, j ( Ye; roundabout the spot Oi'tlimes I hover; \ ] Ann near the s-acred tznte, j I Willi 1< nginr; eyes 1 wait, j: Expectant ui* her. | . The minster tolls out j! Above the city's route, , And noise and sntumin#.. They've hushed the minster bell; ' 1 The c?r?Hii 'trills to swell: i ? She's coming, she's coming! I. ii . My l:uly comes at last, I Timid and stepping last, An hastening hither, i With modest eyes downcast: fciio comes,? she's here, she's past? ! ; -May heaven ?0 with her! ! | Kneel undisturbed, fair.saint! j. l'our out your praise or plaint Meekly and duly; . ' -I will not enter there, I 1 To sully your pure prayer, With thoughts uiwuly. I j Hut suffer mc to pace I Hound the forbidden place, Lingering a minute, Like outcast spirits who wait 1 And see, through heaven's gate, Angels within it. r ,??<? 1 The Insane Captain. . , Forty years ago,. (lie bark Mary i P.urton, having shipped her cprgo in j I };v\v York.sot sail with a favorable j ? breeze fi?rfji?erpool. The dangers, of j a the channel being past, the pilot left; i c ;ind the Captain who luid hitherto , i ?>niy paced the desk .to see that the j pilot's orders were promptly obeyed,! J Tcsut"cd the command. .. it Captain Powell was a bachelor, in ! ] Lis best years of slender, but sinewy i ' frame, with brown curiy hair and j i Mac eyes; a Scotchman by birth, and i u sluart sailor. lie liad "sailed about t all his.life on the different seas of the I globe, till at last he had settled down j 1 on the packet lino between New ' t York and Liverpool. j 1 Crowded as the packet ships were c on the voyvige. to America, they) brought hack but few to the old coun-! ? ny, and on this occasion the Mary i f Jiurton carried only si>: passengers, i c Among theso were Mrs. Eilis and j g .Miss J'/llis?a mother and daughter, j I They were not unknown to Cap- i c lain Powell. Ho had made their acquaintance in New York; being id animate with part of their family a lie and Miss Kills hail frequently met; s at her uncle's house, -where he becamc i t passionately attached to her, and pro-j li * film It-li/'i Inu) nni'DI' i ft JW9VW .li.inu,6v. ^..v, .. | encouraged liim?in fa(f, had not j <1 known the nature of his likng for j I ?rtt "iioo rejected him, JoandidIj- j I) H-iiiii j him that she was already cn-! fi ija^od io iii.oii.iT gentleman. So n Caokiin 1'owoli retired within himself, I ii:<i said no more. . li Mrs?. Kili.--. pvrhaps naturally, those v go lo hngiand l?y 'ho Mary Bur- a lon. as she knrvv (and liked) Captain c J /iwoli. rather than take sl.ip with a z straiilie was well pleased that :L f-houlu bo so; and when they came 1 <? ! hoard received them warmly, inlisting upon giving up his own state- r room oxclusively lor them. The young lady would have declined, but 1 Mrs. Eilis, who loved comfort, accept- | cd it at once. There was no other T cabin in the ship bo commodious us r that. ? The first two days the ladies never appeared at all, not even at meals - as i is usual'with those unaccustomed to \ too sea. The weather was -verj rough On the third da}' the sea was i calmer, and though there was still fa I t-tiff breeze, they succeeded in getting I on deck. ">Vell done, Mrs. Ellis," said the i captain, hastening to meet them. 1 -You are right to come up and get j 1 some fresh air. It is splendid wcath- t <'i*, and if this breeze holds, 1 hope to sec 3*011 safe and sound, ashore in Liv- ( erpool in fourteen days. And are you comfortably settled in your cabin, .* Miss Kate?" "Much more so than vro could ex- i pect," replied the j*outig girl I only I regrot thut our comfort should bo at j the expense of yours. I "Do not mention it," said Captain J Powell, and a slight color spread over ? .his usually paleface. 4 Heaven knows ' Low thankful I should bo to think I I that you feel yourjelf at home on my i vessel." ''You arc wry kind, dear captain." I said the mother; "very." For her daughter instead of answering, turned abruptly away, and bccamo ab8)i bed in watching the gulls. ' After this, though the weather was still pleasant, sho did not make her appc;iranee,for two days. Mrs. El is hud a headache, it was said, and needed rest.' The third day the your.g ; lady came up again; and tho deck happened to bo clear of all save the master and stecrman. Captain Pow(n linn n?/l ]>/?!/! ?ll f lljfj hnllll. approach pervading every lone of his voice* ';liow con Id you hide yourself from us so'long, Kate? Yon have no idea how long the time has seemed to inc." ' I have not f?lt well/' said Miss Ellis "I am only come now for a little fresh air." "Are you going to make the voj-nge across in }-our stateroom ?" asked 'the captain, in a low tone. '-I was thinking how many happy hours wo should spend t"gelher oil deck here." "There is still a long voyage before us," replied she, evidently ill at e^sc 'But how soon the thiys will pass! and who can tell . how long we shall have this pleasant weather? Storm and rain w>H frightID you down, while I eha^t have to c lo my duty up here. Don't be cruel, \Iiss ISiIrs. You do not know " tie broko out suddenly, and Kate coked at him in tenor, with ec strangely violent and hoarse a voiec ivere the last words spoken. liisaplcaranec. also, was altered ; his eyes iiad turned red, as if they were bloodshot. As though he himself were wvare of this, he turned from her abruptly and walked to the other side oi Lhe deck. TK/. T-,wm/r rrii'l nr> Innrrpv felt, S:lfo xiiv ,? v>i?n C->" ' "'~ tr>" ---with this strange man: his behaviour itruclc her with a chill, hardly to be iccounted lor. Trembling l'roni head ;o foot, she went below lo her moth?r. "What is the matter, child ?" cried \Irs. LI lis in 1'ri^ht. 'How pale }*oti trc! ('ant you bear the rolling of .hesh'p yet?" "Oh, Mother!" sighed Kate, "it is iot that. I wish you had granted riy request, and waited for another ressel. I was so afraid of this " "Foolish child ! another would have olied just as much as this " "i L is not that I say. mother. You enow that in Xew York- you know .vhat passed. That Captain Powell >roposed to me." "And very good taste of him, too,'' eturned Mrs. E lis, complacently Oi>K tlItl< m:r juvhj uu??inv.i. 'What of that? You told him that *ou were engaged; and there the natter ended" "Yes, that ought to have ended if.. ' thought it did. But his bchnviour corns so strange to-day that I am ifraid of him. " Never leave mc alone in deck, mother; mind that. The royiipviwill be over some tirnc." 'What nonsense!" exclaimed Mrs. Sllis. "Captain l.'owell is a genllenan ; and if he is pleased will) your >retty face, that is nothing uneomnon. He has shown his good fool* ngs towards us " "And plated us under an obligation o him." "Stuff!" returned Mrs. Ellis. "It naked him happy to know we are :omfortahle, and that is all the thanks K! wants Besides, we arc uol the >nly passengers." Kale Eilis answered' nothing, but is t-he looked dreamily out < f the )ort-holc, tho image of the pale, exited man, with his glowing eyes, was lill before her, and she could not "mwli it From this time she kept rinse In* her mother. Changes came in the weather: A lay or two of ea.m was succeeded by , gale. Fiercer and fiercer grew tJio torm, until the bark was compelled o lie-to. During this period tho two udies remained in their roomy cabin, nd the captain kept his post on declc, efended from the rain by his niai inosh and sou'-wester. The first mate usied himself watching the steady till of the barometer, and the sailors, iow altogether free from work, collated to smoke on the spars under ee of the long boat. They were talking in an undertone ibout tho captain His eenduet had xcited their attention, and was puz;ling them. ' Well, I can't think what it is he lasgotintho wind," observed the laHmakcr* "He is quite a different nan since the last voyage." "lie has no rest," said, another. Day and night lie's on deck, always lacing up and down, as if he were laid by tho mile. And lie eats no nore than a bird ?only keeps to bis ;rog." - . ' Well, we may take some comfort n that," cried another. "That's alvays a"^ood sign." ' I think," said the sai'maker, "lie s vexed that he gave up his room to he woman. lie feels now like a lubberly passenger." 1I...1 . TVft l.-nftirnr? him In X ?U"l' IJltlW} JL ? V ?,.w .. Jo it. afore, ' cried the boatswain, who lad been a good while in the ship 'The skipper wote alwaj'S polite o'ards the ladies." ' Well, any war, he has got sunimat :)ueer on him." returned the sailmaker. A.nd this was the conclusion arrived xt by all the men. The calm gave place again to storm lecessitating constant attention tc .he ship. After a three day's severe rale the weather cleared and the captain went below for rest. When he Appeared again iie was very stern and silent, speaking.to none. Tiio wind went ronnd to the southwest, so as tr be dead ahead, and the vessel had tc take a northerly course. But even the passengers could nol help noticing that the captain was more changed from day to day. His faee had assumed an unnatural white nt'ss, his eyes shone with peculiar fire and yet a rough word never crossec his lips Kate Ellis herself had I?sl fear of him. and felt grieved that sh< had done him injustice. She now of ten came deck alone,"either to read o: to watch the changeful play of tlx waves, lie seldom spoke to her,, am then only on indifferent subjects; l?u even on these occasions he usuallj broke off suddenly and went below as though he were doing violenco t< himself in speaking at all. It should have been mentioned tha at this t'metho chief mate was sick A violent fever seized him immediate ly after the close of the three days gale, aud he had been confined to hi berth since. The captain and sec-om mate shared tho watches* betwcei them. [concluded next week.] Mr. and Mrs. Jesse IS Grant' golden wedding is to bo celebrated to da}',it son-in-law Corbin's residence ii Elizabeth, N, J. The President am family, tho members of tho cabinet and many eminent Jersey Radicu politicians will be present. Amoi^ the features will be fireworks. .. & TIio Use' of Water. The celebrated French physician i Diimoulin, in his last moments, whil ' i surrounded' by several of his col ! Ii airimu ivnrn /pl<nilnpi nir fn ! proaching death, addressed then [ I thus: ' "Gentlemen, I leave behim ' j me three excellent physicians* i!i?uch of Uie doctors present concciv I ed himself to bo one of the threej bu | they weiesoon undeceived, when h | informed them that the three h< j meant were icnlcr, exercise and diet. As the last two have been sufficient ly treated of in these articles, tin first may now demand attention, as i is of great importance. The appiiea tion of cold water to the body is ben . efieial us a purifier and as a tonic. I is a true saying, that "cleanliness i next to godlinessthe ancient law givers recognized th? intimate con neetion between the former am health, and secured a great sanitan blessing by making ablation a reli gious ceremony. The .skin is the natural outlet fo the discharge of carbonaceous and el fete matters, the retention of which i liable to produce disease; if the pore the skin be obstructed, the lungs hav double duty to perTorm in scparatinj flic enrhon from live blood. Cold wa tor ra ts also as a tonic, the most pow erful and the most natural, promoting the circulation in the skin, relieving internal organs, and, by 'its conse qucnt re-adion, increasing the vigor o the whole body. The most convenient mode of ap plication is l>y means of a sponge thus avoiding the s-u lden shock o the shower bath, au'd the greater oo!< of general immersion.- The use o cold water almost of ncccssity implies that of friction; this, however, is val uable in itself, by.increasing the How of blood to the skin, and relieving tin internal -congestions?the primary cause of many diseases. The diges tivo syssem, especially in old persons j sympathizes strongly with the condi tion of the skin ; at. this time of.life,! languid state of the cutaneous circu Ijition is a frequent cause of indiges tion and ill-health. The Duke of Wellington, well call ed the "Iron Duke," owed, in grea part, the rcmai kuble preservation 6 his physical faculties to habits of ex en isc, and to his vigorous and perse vering use of friction over the wlioh i - i- ir i .:i.. - ii,?i UUliy. Jul! UVUriliJ tu UI uiai excellent invention, horse-hairfrictior gloves, which, by their roughness supply the place Qf strength during friction ; t.o this he added other prac tices conducive to health, lie lived so simply that his cook, s master of his art; was forccd to lenv< lor want of opportunity of .displaying his skill; lie never usol tobacco noi wine; ho slept on his narrow, iron col bedstead, thinking that when he wanted to turn over it was time to get up he was often early in the streets, on foot or on horseback when other per sons were in bed, The late Emperoi Nicholas, of .Russia, lived in the roosi j s mpb manner, iwng active exercise sleeping, and even '.lying, on hi: leather eaytp-bedsload The simph habits of the Emperor William o Prussia, during the recent war, ar; well known. Good Advice. An article in the if ay number o Jlmne and HeuOh, on "the health o women," by Julia Colnian, has tin following good adcioe: I3j sure to retire early. . Dio Lewi says that he has found this rule abso i lutely indispeusible in his school fo j young ladies. Many a maid and mat ; ron has robbed herself of early bloon I and grown thin and worn lor lack o an hour or two more sleep bei'ar mid ight. Some take this time t< read after the children and husbaix i ? ?r -I..:.. - ? . n .1 _ . i nave reureu, suj ing n, is ' uu me mm J tliey can got." Others think it neccs t ' wiry to devote these hours to thoi I sewing. I know one dear good wo j man who a ways will insist on sittinj 1 j up to finish any garment nearly dom '! and dearly enough has she paid fo . this "sin of finishing olK" as he ' I family facetiously call it. But if tim' 1 I must bo taken from sleep for sue! j ' purposes, it is better to take it in th | morning. Such a change of hour ' should be made gradually, but whei ' ! made it pa}*s well. | Nine o'clock is a good hour for a' "! hard working women to go to bee j but if you grow sleep}' go earlier " ) Above all things we should not alio* * ourselves to nod or doze before retii j ing. Of all forbrn moments in one' ! life, I know of none wo utterly desr 4 i late as that which comes to the pel ?! son who must "wake, np and go t "! bed." Besides1 an imperfect night \ j rest often .follows such indulgcnci . I and the subject rises already wear _ ! before commencing the work of th _; day. A nap in the middle of tho dip r j if it be not too lonir, will be of dte.it '! ed benefit to the tired woman. Th } j great difficulty is that it should nc , ! be take^ soon after dinner, and befoi j dinner wo are apt to be busy. " j But whatever we do, we must I ~ | reasonable, use common sense, an ' understand ourselves. Q 1 t> 1 It is declared in Paris that tl French Government has obtained po cession of the archives of the Into national Society, and that the}r l'u nish important intelligence upon -tl: s subject,of tho Communal mov meut. 3 J ' , Ginqeii Cookies ? Three cgg 1' three cups molasses, one cup biittt I two spoonfuls ginger, three teaspooi fuls souls. (From the "Charleston Hews," Saturday Ma'j 13, 1871.) , Aii Honest and Attractive Schemc. o e . 0 ' ' What is every body'3. business is - nobody's business," and while the im1 | porta nee of fostering immigration is q J conceded on all hands, tho great work languishes, as far as this State is T - concerned, for want of tho cash workt ing capital so indispensable for its e p'osecution.. Hut tho South Carolina b j Immigration Association, whoso or- jr j ganization and aims havo already had . our warm commendation, is composed c cf live and resolute men, whom obsta11 clcs cannot balk in the execution of 0 -{their self-imposed- task of peopling ^ i the millions of rich but idle acres in ' j our State with hard}* and thrifty sets : tiers from other climes. Finding that 0 - the poverty of our people gave little - prospect of raising by subscription ^ 1 iho funds needed to give an impetus f to their enterprise, they have hit upon q the expedient of a series of Gift Concerts, to begin in Charleston in Octo- ^ rjber, the ticket-holders of which will'* - bo participants in the grandest and s j most attractive drawing ever held in i our State. The first prize will bo the 0 i splendid Academy of Music property, ? j which was built at a cost of 8230,000, - and which, besides stores, music-halls, - saloons, etc., contains.the brightest n ? and most beautiful temp e of the tl J drama in the South. The second ^ - prize will be One Hundred Thousand 0 1 Dolln.is in cash. A long list of.other p Cash- prizes makes up the grand ag- tl irroirute of Five Hundred Thousand a , Dollars, to l>o distributed among the <> f ticket-holders. The number of h I tickets issued will be 150,0U0, and tho t! f price will fcu five dollars each. a J There can be no doubt, of tho extra- u - ordinary popularity- which the sclu'inc u ' idlestined to r.ttain. Some idea of e 1, this may be formed from the'circum- o 7 stanco that over two-thirds of the j - tickets have been eng: ged in advance (J , J by agents at the North and in Califor- q - nia ' Bnl the features of the drawing e ? which will enable it to contrast most tj - fa orably with tho Crosby Opera - House Lottery in Chicago, and other tj 8'nriilar schemes, are: 1st. Its uiiqual- p - ifivd endorsement by a large number t< t of the best known and most respect- k f cd citizens in the Slate. 2d. The fact t - that it will be managed by gentlemen c - whose names are a guarantee that the q ' drawing will be conducted with strict y > honor and fairnessand 3d. Tho end 0 1 sought to be gained, which is one that i, must enlist tho sympathy of every j( r, friend of South Carolina and tho - South. ' v The last consideration, indeed, cle- [, t vales the enterprise from the rank of f( ' a private speculation"to that of a pro- h ,r ject of vast public importance. We j? * want and must have thoso small farmt ers whose favor constitutes the true jj wealth of a State. And if the gentlei men of the Immigration Society sue- a 1 cocci in bringing tlicm hitlicr, nooouy | u will be disposed to criticise the plan jj t' bv which they accomplish the feat, t"J t . a ' Commencement in Due West. $ 1 ' ? ' I f EXAMINATION'S. tj 2 Tlic examinations in Erskinc Col- t; lego, and in the Duo West Female t< College, will begin on Thursday morn- ci inthe 6th of July, 1871, and bo con- r< tinuvd nntii the afternoon of the i'ol- o P lowing Tuesday. tl ,. The f.-Mowing gentlemen have been S appointed to attend us an Examining a " Committee: "Revs J. C. Chalmers and u W. H. Pressly, of North Carolina; V 3 Revs. J. L. Martin, J. 0. Lindsay, M. j si Boyce, D.D.. W. F. Pearson, ff. T. j ti 1 Sloan,of Abbeville, S. C.; Revs. J. (J. a Boyd and E. P McClintock, of New- p j. berry, S. C.; Rev. J. P. Smeltzer. D.D. u of Walhalla, S. C.; Rev. W L. Press- si I lj", of Anderson, S. C.; Prof. Bennct, o i oi' "CoUesbtiry, S. C.; W. J. Duflie, c ' Esq, of Columbia, S, 0. g I- BACCALAUREATE SEItMOX. r The Baccalaureate Sermon will be c. > preached on Sabbath, the 9th, by Ptcv S1 ijjj.lv. Wilson, D. D., of Columbia, S. C. s j' I BOARDS. TM.? r'p I* j v/uuiu v'i 1 rusiws ui .1'jI'MvIIIU rj c College, and the Heard of Directors , h of the Duo West Female College, will g c meet, on the Afternoon of Tuesday, a the 11th, in the College Hull. ( II COMMENCEMENT IN ERSKINE. I, II The Commencement Exercises in a I Erskine College will begin on Tues- ' day night, the llth, and he resumed 1 at 10 o'clock. A. M., on Wednesday, 11 the 12th, closing in the afternoon s with an Anniversary Address by Col. ' 6 J. S. Cothran, of Abbeville, S. C. 0 v l?- ADDRESS AND ESSAY. (? On Wednesday night, tlio Alumni c s | Address will ho delivered by Col. J. r *' j M. Baxter, of Newberry, S. C., and lj V I Alumna? E^say read by Miss M. Lois p 0 j Grier, of Due West, S. C. I V ! COMMENCEMENT IN FEMALE COLLEGE. C l~ | 0 ie Commencement in the Due West t 't Female College will bo on Thursday, lj o the 13th, the excrciscs to begin at 9* h o'clock, A. M. )C The Address beforo the Amelian " j Society of tho Duo West Female T College will be delivered by Professor 1 | J. II. "Carlisle, of Wofford College, v I Spartanburg, S. C., on Thursday. v | CONFERRING OP DEGREES. t r_j At the close of tho exercises in f r. I each College tho Baccalaureates will 1 10! be delivered, and Degieos conferred* E e. on tho graduating classes. E ..... t Rice Puddino.?To two-thirds cup c s, of rice, add one-half sugar, one-half * ;r cup of raisins and two quarts milk; ( o- Btir all together and bako very slowiy I about three hour*, I * ONLY A BABY'S GRAVfT nly ft baby's grave! Some foot or two fit the most, f star daisied sod, yet I think that God Knows what that little gravecost.nly a baby's grave! To children even so small, hat they sit and sing?so small a thing Seems scarcely a grave at all! nly a baby's grave! * Strange! how we moan and fret or a little face that was here such a spaceOh! more strange could we forget! nlv n hnhv's crnve! bill we measure grief by this, ew tears, were shed on our baby dead? I know how they fell on this. nly a baby's grave! Will the little life be much 'oo small a gini for this diadem, "Whose kingdom is made of such ? mly a baby's grave! Yet often wo come and sit ly the little stone, and thank Cod 'tt own ' . ' "\Ve are nearer to him for it. Texas as Horace Greeley Sees it A3 to the soil of Texas, sayS Ilor cc Greeley : 1 have seen a few acret liat would not yield good crops u ood cultivation-; but this is cxnectcc t" prairie country; Somo of the iue-covered lands, especially neai lie Gulf, seem but moderately fertile part of tlie upland 'Oak opening*' lily a.- litllo butter. On tho othei and, the river bottoms, especially lioso of tho Brasses, are very fertile s annually overflowed intervals ar< pt to be. Here, however, the inun utiuns'are frequent and of cnormou: xtent, so thai I jnd^e the interval f the Trinity, Brassos, Colorado, &o. eeper and richer than those of tin !onnecticiit, Uudson, Delaware, Sus uehanna or Potomac ever would oi oulil be. I never saw better soil thai he lirussos Bottoms. I was more surprised, however, bj lie remarkable fertility of the rolling rairies, especially those of Washing i>n County, on either side of burn am, its capital. These have beoi wenty to thirty years planted ir orn or cotton, never manured, anc ultivated 60 shallowly that everj rave sweeps off thousands of torn f their soil to be borne into tho Gul y the Brassos or squandered upoi .s intervales. Yet these prairies stil ustain and mature bounteous liar ests; and no wonder, since theii lack mould ranges from two 10 fiv< set in depth. Mellow, dry, breezy ealthful, I do nnt seo how thest mds could be made more inviting. The level prairies arc of good qual y, though i.ot equal in the averag* > those just spoken of. They nia^ verage a foot of dark mould, gener i ,.i?? rri.,,.. I J" UNIil' IJ'11y tinj'. J. 111;j ill o maul t left in a sta\e of naturo and e'evo 3d to the reining of cattle, whicli re sold at three or four years old foi 10 to $20 per head to drovers 01 ackers. Tens of thousands in* gooc ondilion have been slaughtered foi htir hidesnnd tallow?tbo flesh af jr yielding all its tallow, being fed ) swine. This, I trust, is ended ; it srtainly will be when the first rail Dad shall have connected the vallcj' f the lower Colorado with that ol lie Missouri or the Ohio. As yet, the tate is full of cattle, and will be foi few j'cars longer; but they must Itimately give place to tillage Whenever lands devoid of stump 01 [one, equal to those of the Connee ioflt valley, and within fourjiays bj ail of New York shall -be worth S5 er acre, these prairies will bo grad ally Jinclosed, broken up by th< Learn plow, surfaeo drained by gi amic machines, and cultivated foi orn, .cotton, wheat or home choic< raws, and then cattlo will gradually isapp'ear, or be reared in soino mon ivilized fashion* At ])resent, the} imply hold the ground till cuitivatior i...ii i :KUI UU iviiuj tu viunxi ii. Tiie New Remedy for Cancer.'hc Washington correspondent o lie Philadelphia Press says: Tin tato Depattment has r 'ccived a largi innber of letters from parties in clii . rent parts of the country, asking t( e supplied with some of the cunder ngo, the recently discovered cance emedy, brought to. t!ie attention o he Goveinment by the Ecnadoriai linister. The applicants are an wcred hy circulars as follows: "Sir n complianco with yotir wishes ! ncbso a copy of corrcspondenci fhich has passed between this de lartment, the Minister of Ecuador ac ivdited to the United States at Quit< elativo to the discovery of a vegeta le calied cunderango. The limiter. apply of. the plant with which thi: )epartment was furnished, has best xhausted." It is said by Dr. Bliss f this city, who has had chargo o he experiment, that the remedy hai icon successful in all cases in which i la-s been administered. : A passenger on the Grand Trnnl iailroad one dav last week had : ittle quarrel with his wife, wh' vitli their three children, accompa lied him, and finally ran out o he car and jumped from the plat orm while going twenty miles at lour. The wife and childrei creamed, the passengers wen troused, and as soon as possible tin rain was stopped and run back mly to find him running after tin rain and entirely unhurt. Il< :lambere<I aboard, the trouble wa: nade up, and the reconciled pai novcd westward. The Orleans Princes, A letter writer in the Kew York Mail gives the following description of the Orleans Princes: "In the davs of Gen. McClellan, in the early days of our war, there appeared in the salons of Washington two slender yonng men in the. beloved uniform of our own Northern soldier, the dirk blue coat with gilt buttons, white belt, and .,1?* -i i | wim uiuuusi siurs on uieir buouider8. They were tall, handsome youths, with delightful manners, and with the elegant simplicity . which makes the well-born, wellbred man. Both were young and unmarried. Frequently one of them could be seen covered .with mud, riding hurriedly through Washington to the headquarters of bis General. In the evening, faultlessly neat, they would be } seeli at the balls and parties dancing or talking and laughingwith the ladies,, with whom they were great favorites. When the General departed for the Peninsula, his two aides went with him, aud there ia no more interesting picture of the " war than one of General Filz ' John Porter sitting calmly ou hia j horse receiving the young aide, , who, with hat in hand, his fair hail J blowiug in the wind, respectful I v . tenders him a dispatch from head quarters. The bullets are flying i' about them?it was the great da) ' nf 'Seven Pines'?nrifl we werf 7 being badly driven, but the yOung J aide was receiving*, as bis uncle said eloquently, 'that last touch,' with3 ont which the education of French s gent leman is incomplete?the knowJ lege ot danger. Jie met it noblj and learned it well. r "This young aid-de-camp of Gen, eral McClellan was .bonis Phillippe d'Orleaps, Count de Paris, and his 7 brother was the Duke de jChartres, j They are both admirable young - men. They have fought for us. on - the right side, and they are the 1 best 'look out' the French people | have. Louis Phillip? d'Orleans is my candidate for the Freuch throne. ? and I hope I may some day take j- off my hat to him, as ho did to hif 1 superior officer, not amid flying U .< 1 I Ull f AH /? ilAn J I UUllCi3j UUb UilUCl navillg uuu . I ners." I* ? . m Cleansing Blankets.?It is J quite as important to have blankets on our beds clean as to have the . sheets pure and white. The Bosi ton Journal of Chemistry gives the r following method of cleansing - blankets: "Put two large tablespoonfuls jot borax and a pint bowl of sofl |! srnp into a pint of cold water. ; When dissolved put in a pair ol I "blankets, and let them remain over , night. Next day rub and drain them out, and rinso thoroughly I in two waters, and hang them.out ; to dry. Do not wring thgm." But this is not the only domestic ' use to which borax may be put. E" Says the Journal; ! '-Borax is.the best cockroach exterminator yet discovered. This ' troublesome insect has a peculiar ; aversion to it, and will never return where it has once been scat\ tered. As the salt is perfectly i harmless to human beings, it ie . much to be preferred for this pur; pose to the poisonous substances - commonly -used. For cleansing i* the hair, nothing is better than a ? - C ; I S0IIU10I1 OI UUl'UA wuici. ?? uou r afterward with pure water, if i! * leave3 the liair too stiff. Boras ' dissolved in water is also an excelI lent dentifrice or tooth-wash.'" An instrument has boon invented - that marks "the ebb of time,' f showing how many minutes there J are prior to any event. If placet ? in the post office it reads: "Mails * open in thirty minutes;" one min ute-later it reads, "in twenty-nine f minutes,", then in twenty-eight f and so on. At a railway station ii II reads: "This train leaves in ter - minutes," then in eight, etc., anc : when the index reaches 0, the I train starts. Thus, any passenger 3 on entering a station, knows jus how much time he has for getting tickets, cheeks, a newspaper and i sent, without consulting a watch ci i a clock to ascertain the hour of th( * day. l o-> ? j. A German has succcedcd ir producing a metallic bronze of i t blue color, the method of preparing which has hitherto been altogethei unknown. lie makes use of ai c alloy consisting of one hundrec parts of pure tin, three parts o > antimony, and oiie-sixth part o. - .copper, f Tlie fact has been established 1 that bones disappear in the ocean, 1 By dredging it is common to bring 3 tip teeth, but rarely a bone of ai?v 2 kind, as these dissolve if exposed , to the action of the water but a lit3 tie time. Ou the contrary, dentine, 2 the substauoe of which teeth pre 3 formed, and the enamel covering o rv? VAQ Jaf fVm destrovincr action I IMVill^ I VUI?JV w..? %! V pf sea water indofiiiitelv. Man^d Without Knowing it A Mr. Thomas Cooper, an Englisliman, has published an account 1 of Lis .travels in Thibet, which he * visited disguised^ as a Chiuamau^ & Among his stories is the He was just halting for brea^ ^ fast, after leaving the Thibetan ( town of Bathang, when a group of young girls, gayly dressed and'. decked with garlands of flowers, 1 came out of a grove and surrounded c bim, some of them holding his < mule,-while others assisted him to i alight. lie was then led into a grove, where he found a feast being prepared, and after lie had eaten and smoked his pipe, the girls came 3 np to him again, "pulling along in tneir midst a pretty girl of sixteen, attired in a silk dress, and adorned with garlands of flowers." "I had already noticed," Mr. Cooper con- i tiriurs, "this girl sitting apart from ] i the others during the meal,-and < was very much astonished when I she was reluctantly dragged np to i i me and made to seat herself by i rny side; and my astonishment ; was considerably heightened when 1 the rest of the girls began to dance , around in a circle, singing And 1 throwing-their garlands over myr self and my "companion," The meaning of this performance was, \ however, soon made clear to Mr. ' Copper. lie had been married . X. t 1 1 1 i* 1 1-1 j wuuuut Knowing ic. ni nrsi ne ; tried to cscape the liability entailed [ upon him, but 6ucl| an gutcrv was made by all the people around that i lie was forced to carry off bis bride. He mauagcd to get rid of ber be' fore very long by transferring ber < to one of her relatious, but eveir' - that was not treated eg a dissolution i of the marriage. On his way back \ he was joined one day by a Thib. etan dame, of about thirty years ; old, who announced herself as his i -wife's mother, and said she bad i come, with the consent of her > husband, to supply her daughter's i place. W.e can well imagiue Mr. , Cooper's surprise at meeting with } this uovel proposal on the part of i his mother-in-law. p ^ ^ Blub JIidoe Railroad.?Wo had the pleasure of meeting with Geo J. W. liarrisdn, yesterday, and wo rejoice i to know that he ii in good spirits in i respect to the early completion of the , Blue Ridge Railroad. * .Notwithstanding the great anxiety of the people t of this suction to be informed of the ^ exact -condition and prospects of this 1 groat enterprise, yet wo are satisfied that it would not bo prudent prema1 turely to discloso the present pro: gramme for its successful construc tioo. Suffice it to say that new ; ' frionJs and capitalists have como to ' the aid of the company, among whom ' it is more than gratifying to learn ; that Charleston is abJy and most ; energetically represented. The patient and untiring devotion of the President seems at. last about to be < rewarded, rind the consummation of present expectations will be the best guarantee of faithful services in behalf ' of the interests committed to -his 1 .charge.?Anderson Intelligcncer. Domestic Receipts.?Nellie Butler, ' of Cartland, gives the Rural JWw ' Yorker the following: 1 Fried Cak.es.?Three eggs, one and a half cups sugar, one cup sour ' cream, one and a hah cips butter> milk, one teaspoon soda; do not mix i very stiff. Cream Cake.?Ono cap cream, ooo ' and a half cups sugar, two cups flour, ' two eggs, ono. teaspoon soda; flavor " with lemon. Drop Cakes.?-One quart sweet milk, two eggs, ono teaspoon soda; ' salt to season ; flour enough to make the batter so it will drop from the > spoon ; fry in lard. ' Cottage Pudding.?One oup sugar 1 one of sweet milk, one egg, two tca* spoonfuls melted butter, one teaspoon5 l'ul crcani tartar, one-balf teaspoonful soda, two cups fiour; bake lialf an' t hour; eat with pudding sauce. 1 Cookies.?Ono cup butter, two of I sugar, three eggs, one-half cup cream, 3 ono teaspoonful soda, fivo and a , half cups flour, fr ^ ^ > James TV. Wallaek is engaged for a Southern starring tour ne$t fall, undor l'- the management of John T. Ford > ' m ? August Puff was drowned by tho up-setting of a boat at Chicago on 1, Sunday afternoon. At Chicago, the 11 sr.me evening, an unknown man hired r a small boat, rowod out into the lake i' j and was seen to jump overboard after , appearing as if in prayer. I - ? f . I have very little respect for the f tics of this world," as the chap said . when the ropo was put around his. , meek. I | _ ? . I "You look as though you were be; .-ido yourself," as a wag said to a fel low who was standing dose to a don! key. "Bill," paid Bob, "why is that tree ] called the weeping willow?" "'Cause i one of tho sneaking, plaguy things 1 grew near the school-house, and sup- i j.>lk'd the master with 6witc,^es." SCRAPS, . v The colored population of Ohio j?s increased from 34,849 m I860nn nn? **11 ? ' o do,oo/. me wnoie population e Ke State is now 2,665,002. Wyoming woman complains / hundreds of her eex in that :erritory refuse to vote unless coaxjd by good-looking men. The descendants of Lord John Booth of England have pat in a jlaim for the whole of Suffolk county, Li. is, amounting, -principal md interest, to $80,000,000. J Mr. Maginnis, who married' 4he J laughter of ?m. M. Tweed, it ft roang man who has made a large |. fortune in .lifew Orleans through Jfr :ho manufacture jof cotton seed j Ileniy Harris, a negro, was convicted at the last term of the H*? *ion County (Arkansas) Circuit jourt, of the murder of Johnf3. Crockett, a grandson of thc??reaowned David Crockett. The candidate for Lienraant Governor -of Iowa, Dr. Jgfttif, was mortally injured on^TaeaThe Outrage Committe#; Jaa appointed a soD-committee toWfit North and South Carolina, ? * The transfer of the capitm- of Italy from Florence to Rowmhw been postponed to October jfiift The Democrats of Mainsdecided that they must address th&Qselves to the vital question? the A lame nnmfor of witnesses are in Washington to testif^lttfoi* the Southern Outrage Committee. A Catholic priest was excluded from his church at .Hudson, Jfew Jersey, Sunday, by his con^regnThe Secretary of War wilLdeliver an address before the graduating class of rrinceton college thisweek. The comer-stone of the* Hew State Capital at Albany, 2Jew York, was laid on &taraajr; with Masonic ceremonies. iV- i A fire on Satrtrda/ morning destroyed eighteen houje&. aha stores in the central part of tho town."of Barrie, Ontario. |^r A list of candidates bar been prepared by - the Republican* of raris for the Assembly. r. Eoglaud consumes aboiit 120 quarts of beer per annum to.each bead of her population, Belgtnip S4, Germany 43, Austria 20, France 18; Switzerland 19, and Munich, Bavaria, 230 quarts. It is estimated that no les? thai* one million of dollars id gold hav^ been expended in Western Texas within the last, three months for beeves, stock cattle, and the necessary horses to drive them. * A young man wants to kfto^v what business he had better go into that will enable him to occupy a high position in society.- Let him try the roofing business; in that trade a smart man will soon f a fUa fa?\ aP fli a lrtr1/1fit? IV mv W4V IUV4V.W. A "Washington rnqn ignorantly displayed a Confederate flag amon? some banting which he borrowed to decorate "his house with in honor of the Pope's anniveisaiy. " ft cawed some-excitement* and he hurriedly took it down. Kossuth is reported to have despaired of the cause of human free* dom in Europe, and to talk at returning to this country to die, because it is the only country where liberty has been from first to last preserved in its perfection. The ladie3 are contributing considerably to English war literature. "Our Adventures. During the War of 1870-71," by two English ladies ?Emma Pearson and Louisa McLaughlin?is just published, and another lady has written a journal of the siege of Strasburg. The appointment of lire coroners to hold au inquest on every fire, to protcct the public and the companies, is advocated. It is urged that if the payment of a policy were conditioued on the production of au official certificate, stating that investigation showed the loss to result from accidental fire, risks n^d premiums would largely fall. Th ^'AVVVWW v* v?vvvi\r|||tt^||^ with uickle is bein? applied to many purposes for which silver-plating, on account of its expense and lia-bility to tarnish, is inadmissable. Among these is the covering of the ovnnoo^ nni<f?Allo f\Q d^akm f/vinvuo VI CUgllieS with a cheap, bright, and" non-corroding surface. Tbe appearance of Darwin's book has boon lollowed, tbe London papers '*y> by a great increase in the num. ber of visitors to the monlcey-honse in tbe zoological gardens, llegent's Purls.