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1873. FALL I WE take pleasuro in announcing now receiving our Stock of T'P A TIT? nr? *rn rnnfiilnnfc of our ill a call, both in price and quality. Ii STAPLE AND Fj Hosiery, Gloves, Gorsets, Ri morals, Shirts, Shir and many other articles too numcrou Wo would direct special attention Boots ai "We make this line of Trade a specia that those who favor us with a call < complete Stack of READY-MAI BOTH CHEA *ln acfditiafc to tho above, we keep GROCERIES Af And havo at all tim SUGAlR, coffee soap, CHEE XJive us ns a call, and we will ccrtj ggjji 10, 1873 22-tf TTT H T T O WAJLbmi a MERCfL GREEN WO A EE now offering to the public in tl JLine of all the Uoods generally ne THEIR S ' have been selected with great READY - MAI A FINE STOCK OF A good a? Groceries, Hardware, Ci wjiich the attention of purchasers is W A TJVK'R V H *-* " ?? - Feb. 19. 1873, 4^tf KEEP constantly on hand the best n perienced workmen and are man a varied assortment of vehicles of evei cheaper than the cheapest?which for b< com [tare favorably witli work from the I All work warranted to be fully up to r< They manufacture a one-and-a-half Muitsmall farmers for ONE HUNDltEl sal favor wherever used. They manufacture at low prices Harm stock on exhibition TJlNnDERr They are manufacturing COFFINS 0 assortment oil hand, and will attend t'ui kowla: _Nov. 10, 1873, 31-ly j_ r. & w. Deal Dry Goods BOOTS, SHOES, CONFI ABBEV1LL T1 AVE now on hand a large, well-sel H of Goods iu their line. They pi Sew York during the late depression in to sell at the lowest figures. They have in Store a very fine lot of g-:floc A s&atiY ? and in fact keeps only the best articles, and guarantee complete satisfaction in t on them at No. 2 GRANITE RANGE . ~dTfTflei WHOLESALE DEALERS WE are now receiving a largo SHOES, comprising every v.r LOWEST MARKET J'RICES. All; r>. f. fle; No. 2, HAYNE STREET Oh.arles March J, 1874 47-3ra GOODS IN EXCHA Barnwell are now opening BEY GOODS, 6E0CBI Which owing to the scarcity of mo friends in EXCHANGE FOli C( FULL MA) -Oct. 1, 1873, 25-tf to our friends and the public that wo arc (JOOlXS for the FALL and WINTER jility to please all who will favor us with 1 our Stock may be found full lines of !LNCY BEY GOODS, boons, Edgings, Insertings, Ealt Fronts, Collars, Cijfis, s to mention. to our Stock of n.d Siioes. ,lty, and can and will offer inducements :-an not fail to buy. Also, a full and | )E CLOTHING, .3? AND GOOD. on hand full lines of id PROVISIONS, cs a good assortment of BACON, FIOTO, TOBACCO, SE, Etc. I ( linly please 3*011. ? i ?mmm. ; ] ; BROTHER, INTS AT 01), S. V., leir new and handsome building, a full eded in this community. STOCK OF emmi . euro, and unusually attractive. 3E CLOTHING, j R "ETT^ CTTm7S ! ani/ kjj.?\j*uw, jsortnicnt of 1 ockery, and Glassware. invited. Give us a call. k & BROTHER, j ) k nml^J^ * materia] ami liav<>employed the most oxufnctujing, ami have constantly on hand i> iriti/l or tlin innct. rcMVOliilliil1 lil'K'OS? j rvttru, tit ?..v- ...w.,v j autv of finish ami elegance of style will ?est shops of the State. ^presentation. horse wagon, with tongue and shafts to ) DOLL A IIS which has met with univer?ssof every description, and keep a good TAicusra. F EVERY VARIETY, anil have a largo ierals with their line new Hearse. RD & PATTON. J. ROGERS, Elvis rx . * i, Groceries, 3CTI0NARIES, Etc., Etc. E C. H., S. C., ected and well-assorted Stock of all kinds irchased their Goods in Baltimore and 11 the markets for the cash and are enabled c b ERIESS I f lit mows, l Ir They desire the public to patronize them I ? -*4.1- 1.. n?ll I t. lie quality anu price ?>i men- guuu?. a 1. Sept. 24, 1 873, 24-tf a IING & CO.,"; AND MANUFACTURERS OF 1 it a si? i t.j, and well-selected stock of HOOTS AXJ)j. triety, which- arc offered for sale at theji roods with our Brand are warranted. i viiisro & co., ; ?, Corner of Church Street, ton, ?3. O. amr rnn nriTTn&l iNbt run buuuii! 1 & Co., their new Stock of LIES, PROVISIONS, &C, ney, tliey aro offering to sell to their )TTON for which they will allow the 3KET PRICE. CURES AS IF BY MAGIC, Dolds, Coughs, Bronchitis, Hoarseness, Asthma, Whooping Cough, Croup, Pleurisy, Pain and Soreness in Breast, Difficulty of Breathing. And Will Positively Cure COjSTSUMI^TIO]^. Majestic in conscious power, this Imperial Remedy sweeps as relentless loom, upon the enemies of the Throat md Lungs. iieaven oorn it js, wuiiu imhhijhmimu o relieve, simple and harmless. J^eii:ious to take. The earthly Savior to all iftlicted with any disease of the Lungs. !5e wise and use Globe Flower Syrup. Don't take any substitute. Thousands >f living, grave-robbed witnesses pro:laini the wonderful virtues of Globe flower Syrup. For sale by all first-class druggist and ihemists. Price, $1 per bottle. Dli. J. S. PEMBERTON, Proprietor, Atlanta, Georgia. March IS, 1874 4fl-tf BUY ONLY THE GENUINE | Standard Scales. Stock Scales, Coal .Scales, Hay Scales. , )airy Scales, Cou 11 tor Scales, <Jcc., <tc. 1 Scales repaired promptly and reasonably, ^ For Sale, also, Letter Presses, and 1 Uirc MOST PKKFKCT cLLAEM CASH DRAWSRi1 Miles Alarm Till Co.'s [ EVBRY NR EVERY * Merchant /Tnx?*rc ca< s DRAWER c 8hou,d !<&& f ;sc Thern.^^ Warranted v SOLD AT r Faiitals' Scalc faretases, j FAIRBANKS & CO.,' oil Broadway, New York. 10(5 Baltnnore Street, Baltimore. 5M Camp Street, New Orleans. t FAIRBANKS & EVVING, J Masonic Hall, Philadelphia. FAIRBANKS, BROWN <fc CO., r 11 Milk Street, Boston, T>r>T.i,.\T?l) A- CO.. AttKNTS. * Augusta, tin. ^ For sale by 1 TllOWBRTDCiE & CO., Abbeville, S. C. v Jan. 1st, IS<4, 3l)-3in ^ ' ??*> r ?he Favorite Home Reme d g lliis unrivaled Medicine is warranted 1 iot to contain a single particle of nicrury, or any injurious mineral substuuee t ut is 1 PURELY VEGETABLE, i ontaining those Southern Hoots and Icrbs, which an all-wise Providence ? _i .1 ? *^h! ?,?, ??Kai?a T i vni Ills piiuxnj ill UUU11 tl HJn hiiv-iu i?.v. )iseases most prevail. It will cure nil 1 Jiseases caused l?y Derangement of the < >iver and Uowels. immons Liver Regulator or Medicine, { s eminently a Family Medicine; and ( iy being kept ready for immediate reort will save many an hour of suffering ' nd many a dollar in time and doctors' 1 >ills. After over Forty Years' 1 rial.it is still ! ecciving the most unqualified testimo- ' lials to its virtues from persons of the lighest character and responsibility. , Omineut physicians commend it as the!' Most Effectual Specific For Dyspepsia or Indigestion. \rmed with this ANTIDOTE, all cli-V nates ami changes of water and food nay be faced without a fear. As a Rem-1 - * - - ? ... ><ly in Malarious i-evers, jsowei rom-i plaints, ItcstlessnesH, Jaundice, Nausea, IT HAS NO EQUAL. It is the cheapest, Purest and Iiest Family Medicine in the World. 31ANITFACTORKI> ONI.Y BY J. H. JEILIN & CO., MACON, CJA., & PHILADELPHIA. Price, $1.00. Sold by all Druggists. March 2o, 1S74, oO-Iy To All Whom H May Concern! ALL persons owing us accounts or balances on accounts for the year 1S73 are hereby notified that the same must be settled at once. We cannot nflbrd to carry over any balances, and we trust this notice is sufficient. WHITE BEOTHEES. Feb. 25, 1ST4 40-tf Life's Questions. Drifting away Like the mote on the stream, To-day's disappointment, Yesterday's dream; Ever resolving, Never to mend? Such is our progress: Where is the end? Whirling away Like a leaf on the wind, Points of attachment Left daily behind; Fixed to 110 principle, Fast to 110 friendSuch onr fidelity: Where is the end ? Floating away Like a cloud on the hill, Pendulous, tremulous, Migrating still ; "NVhere to repose ourselves? "Whither to tend? Such our consistency : Where is the end ? Crystal the pavement Seen through the stream ; Firm the reality Under the dream. , We may not feel it, .Still we may mend. How have we conquered, Not known till the end. Bright leaves may scatter, Sports of the wind; Hut stands through the winter The great tree behind. Frost shall not wither it; Storms cannot bend Roots firmly clasping The rock at the end. Calm is the firmament Over the cloud; Clear shine the stars through The rifts of the shroud. There our repone shall be, Thither we tend? Spite of our waverings, Approved at the end. ^ Little Tom Boy. You would hardly believe how ; little she?is; so round and small that people when they pass her, ' iurn to look once more, and smile!1 i little; they know by the veryi' ook in her roguish eyes that she is j4 :he the greatest rompt in the city, ! uid she knows it too, and doesn't ' ( jare. c W-M-nr.'hrtf'l .* linr -fvmirl mnmnm T L'VUiVUVU t j uvi ........ _. suppose, being no judge of charac- 1 er, Ji:?d named Jier Dora; such t sweet, mild name being plainly * hrown away oil our little Tom>oy, her big brother shortened itjj oDick; she likes it, she snys, and eels like kicking anybody who| :alIs her Dora or Sis. Of course, I >nly a Torn-boy would feel like I :ieking. She goes to school; she com- 1 nenced the very day she was six, , or her mother declared she couldn't 'stand it" all day any longer; since j he has been at school she has :1 imbed over the school-house { ence twice, quarreled and made up vith every boy in the class, quareled with every girl and only made i j jp with two, killed a chicken in he next yard with a stone, and), lommitted a multitude of smaller . ttfences, too numerous to mention.! I'm afraid the teacher likes her;j ind is loth to punish her; she used o put her on the boys' side; but )ick looked out through her finders (she pretended to be crying) md laughed with her neighbors, howingher preference so plainly y hat the teacher determined to pun- 1 sii her some otner way aicer mm. 1 One day, when Dick 'bad been cry naughty, she took out her long attan, and called her up to the lesk, fully intending to forgive her 6 tn the first application. But Dick made no professions; >ut with her little plump hand as >ravely as could be; not hesitating i, moment. "Dick," said fhc teacher, (even * he teacher called her Dick,) "I lon't want to whip you." 1 Dick looked the teacher straight ] n the eye, and never said a word. "Do you want me to whip you, 1 ~)ick ?" she said, after waiting a 1 noment. i The little girl shook her head; I ;hc had been very brave, and still ' leld her hand straight out, but the , eacher's eyes looked so kind she oegan to melt; she even felt a tear !,? 4-Krv aP lini* nvn IWtlJ' 111 LUC VUIUCI Ul 1JU1 \yj v* "Tell me you will be good," i said the teacher, putting down the attau, "and I'll forgive you this ;ime." "I'lltry to be dood," said Dick; she said it in a very low voice, for she knew that the tear had slipped out of the corner of her eye, and was creeping down her soft cheek; md she didn't want the boys to know that she was crying. "Very well," said the teacher; and somehow, whether it was the) shining tear creeping down the! soft cheek, or the round little hand; held out so bravely, or some other j reason I do not know of, the teach-j er never took out her rattan, and; said, "Come here!" to naughtyj Dick again. One afternoon she played truant. Tt was a shocking thing for a little girl to do, even it' she teas a little Tom-boy, and she heartily repented of it, and was determined from I that day, never, never to do itj again. She had been to her lunch, and| 1 *? >?i-J.- --i i W?IS iOliering OaCK IU HCUUUJ, unuiv-j ing all the time bow hot the school house would be that day, and how much nicer it would bo to stay out of school, and play "Robbers| and Police'' with Joe Lewis and the washer-woman's boy Tim. Yet she never thought of playing truant, but just walked slow, and chased a lien, and peeped through the bars of Mrs* Ilewett's fence, and wondered if there was a % bird's nest in the top of the tall tree. By and by she saw Joe Lewis ; he was standing in the middle of the street, kicking the dust with his copper-toed shoes. "Hi, Dick!" he called out. "Hi!" replied the little Tom-boy. "You're late," said Joe. "I ain't," said she, with a little tremor of horror in her voice. To be "late" was a prime offense, in ber teacher's eyes. "You arc,though," replied Joe; "so'm I, but I ain't a-going to get a lickin'. I'm a-going to play hookey; but you daresn't ? you're too much of a gal!" "Oh, coward!" said Dick, scornfully, "to stay in the middle of the street!" "I ain't so much of a coward as you are," said he; "for I darest play hookey, and you daresn't!" "Pooh!" Baid foolish Dick, "I ain't afraid." Just then they saw a lot of men and boys running down a cross street, about a block away. "Where all zeni boys going:" demanded Pick. Joe deeming peace, to be firmly established, now came up to the sidewalk; Joe was eight and had i a very frowsy head. "I'll tell you what I think, Dick," he answered; "I think they're going to a fire ; and let ua go too! I've never been to a tire in all my life." ' Nor I," said Dick. So they took hold of hands, and started off down the street at such apace, that a big boy, sitting down in the shade of a fence at the corner of the street, said, "Phew! race horse!" "When they got to i the corner of the street, the men and boys were a long way ahead, but they were not to be daunted, ana Kept on in iiul pursuit, away they went, keeping hold ot Lands, >0 as to run faster, up one street, lown another, and across a third, lodging under the heads of the horses and running into 3uch dangers as would have made their 1 mothers' hearts turn sick with ter- . ror it they could have seen them. And after all, the crowd melted iway, and they couldn' tell where .lie lire was, or if there had been j1 my; and they were so warm, that| ( ;hey had to sit down 011 two or j :hree shop door sills to re^t; and , :o their surprise found that the shop-keepers didn't like it, and told :hem to go away, or the}'' "would >ut a head on them." "What street is this, Joe ?" asked Dick; she began to suspect that 1 ;he was a long way from her quiet icmie. "I don't know," replied Joe, ' 'I'll ask this man." j ]Ie did ask him, hut the man valked 011 without answering; then j ic asked another, and then another J nit nobody paid any attention to < mn, and poor little Joe, though ie was a boy, and eight years old, < md so very brave about playing lookcy, began to cry. ".Don't!" said Dick, who felt not ! lie least fear, "I'll ask somebody ! nysclf." ] She walked up to a very tall, -cry grand lady, and looking up , vith her bright, brave eyes, she ] said: ! "Would vou nlease he so kind as 1 - 1/ X II ;o tell me what street this isI The lady stopped and smiled; ' somehow the very grand look went >ut of her' face as she bent her lead and looked down into the ? ittle Tom-boy's face. "This is Kearney street, dear," 1 "This is Kearney street, dear," [ she said ; "are you here all alone ?' "Oh, no^ marm! Joe is here, | :oo; we've both runned away and played hookey." The lady looked astonished, as ivell she might, at this frank confession, and began to ask Dick her name, and where she lived; she finally drew out her purse and gave, her two street-car tickets. "You| 1 X !- - - nfi?AAf " Cllm I gO U0WI1 to LUIS HUM piiv , said, ".and get into the ear, and tell the conductor where you live, and he'll let you out at the nearest street, and then you will be all right; you and the little boy can find your way then, I guess." "Thank you, marra; I'm veryi much obliged," answered Dick,} politely; whereupon the lady j laughed, and patted her check, and walked on. "Come, Joe," said the little girl, j "don't cry; babies cry; I've got some car tickets, and we're going lw\?v?n nftiu " JIUiuu JIV ?? . | This news seemed to che^r up j poor Joe, for lie wiped his eyes on I the sleeve of his jacket, and ran! along with ])ick as though he had perfect confidence in her ability to carry him home. All would have gone well, now, and the two runaways might have reaehed home before night, but, lis they went along, looking in tlic shop windows as they passed, they happened to brush up against a tall well-dressed Chinaman; perhaps he was a rich merchant for hisclothes were very handsome. Dick did not notice his clothes, however; she only noticed his long rmmm hn.iKnnrr down behind; the J-.-..- ^ spirit of mischief never failed within lier; she caught hold ot it. like a little Torn-boy as she was, and gave it a sharp pull. She did not wait to see what he; thought or said, but dashed across the street, before Joe (jiiite realized that she wasigone. I lie did realize, however, that the Chinaman was very angry, for he # . ; %? I ,J <J if caught hold of the collar of his 1 coat, and gave him a sound drubbing, in spite of his sobbing protestation that it wasn't him. As soon as he could see for tears he looked around for Dick, but she was nowhere to be seen, being three or four blocks away by that time; and as he had the tickets, he couldn't think of anything better 1 to do than to get on the car and go ( home; which he accordingly did: ( and his mother who was just anxious enough to be provoked, gave him another drubbing, by* way of mate for the Chinaman's. At first, Dick went along singing softly to herself; she was rather glad to get rid of Joe and his tcqrs, and felt free and happy without his company. She found a fine mud puddle, too, and two little boys playing by it, who didn't understand mud-pie making half as well as herself, so she offered to help them; an offer which was gladly accepted. They were delighted with her, ? and she with them, and they play- c ed very gaily until their mother ? called them in to supper. j Then Dick began to feel very j _ __ j i i i I ? t strange ana ionciy; Bne was nungry and tired, and it was dark ; she wondercd if she would ever find the little 1 homo, or ever see her mother, and a father, and big brother again. Some- 13 how, the courage dropped in the e bravo little heart, and as it got dark- s er and darker, she got sadder; at d last, she turned her face against a c wall, and began to sob bitterly. r .Nobody noticed ber for a while; i but at last a gentleman stopped, and t said, "What's tho matter my littlo c girl ?" t "I want ray mother," sobbed the s little Tom-boy?Tom-boy no longer 1 t "Where is your mother, dear?" f ' Homo I" J "Where is your home?" I She told him. s "Whyl" said ho, "I live pretty near a th*re, myself; come with me aud I'll CJ take you to your mother." ? "Pleaso do!" said Dick, wiping her ? eyes; "I'll never run away again, if a }*ou will." 1 The gentleman took her hand, and t led her along with him. J! ''So you ran away, did you ?" he ( ?aid. i "Yes," answered Dick, in a very V subdued tone, quite unlike herself, ) "I played hookey with Joo Lewis, ^ and went to a fire." a "My soul!" cried the gentleman, laughing until the tears came into e bis eyes, "what a little mito you are, j to do such dreadful things !" "I'll never db it again," said Dick, ^ solemnly, "never, nevcz', never!" 1 When the gentleman rang the bell, 1 Mary came to the door, looking very 1 anxious, although she often told Dick ? that she was "The torment of her t life." a <;IIavc you lost a little girl here ?" t . i_ - .1 n uu ashwu. "Indade we have, sir," she answer- : id. t "Oh, Mary," cricd Dick, "I'll never c Jo it again." t Then Mary scrcaraed for joy; and ^ Lhe pale mother eanicout, and by and ? by the father and big brother came a n, and such rejoicings were held over I iho little Tom-boy as never had been heard of before. ? Poor .Toe almost cried when Dick * told him that she didn't get a whip- j ping at all, but sat up until ten o'clock f md had four doughnats. He wishes c bo was a girl, and thinks there must * be guardian augcls always watching t little Tom-boys. i Buying Mirrors.?The total disrc- j [jard of many of our people to the fit- i ness of things is in no respect so ? cloarly manifested as in the purchaso J af mirror.s. One kind is true in its , reflection, the two others are exag iterative. The exaggerative one un- ( duly expands the figure, and the other < unduly elongates it. Hundreds of * mirrors are bought every day without ' reference to this fact. You will find j short, squatty people with mirrors I that make them look still shorter and 1 more squatty; and thin, ganntpeople . with looking-glasses that pare them ] down fully one-lmlf. And thus, j through carelessness and indifference, ] the seeds of dissatisfaction and distrust are sown, and many happy < homes are broken up, to scatter their j broken-hearted contents upon the 1 world. People with square, cxpan- < sivo facos should select elongating | mirrors, and those who are long and ! thin-faced should got those which will j expand them. Sell-opinion is stronger I tiian anything tlse, and when our i own glass assures us that wo look 1 well, it Is nothing whatever whatI1 other people may think. You know!, that yourself. AVnat is Thoroughbred??What wo call tho thoroughbred horse was < created in England by the importa- i lion of mares and stallions from Ara- ' bia and Barbary, and b}' the judicious ; commingling of tho foreign with a . native blood. Through contest of the : turf, and the right kind of crossing, the horse w as 'gradually improved, or j elevated to a high standard of excel-! jlcnce, and these improved horses {were then recognizcd as the progonii tors of an aristocratic race. JCqninej j heraldry had been made a science, and tho birth and pedigree of each : horse of high breeding had boon prej served in the "Stud Book." IIsago' had decreed that an animal which can show an uncontaminatcd pedijgrco for five generations shall be Iclassed as a thoroughbred; that is, no !drop of cold or coarse blood must appear in the veins, the origin of^which 1 fnnnil 1 Infl fivo HUCCOS V-'iiil IIV'U uv ? . - jsivo periods of reproduction. Five removes from n common parentage reline blood and maI<o it asisloeratie. If a single life is bad, then it stands to reason that a double life is twice as had. 1 - ii.I,i uoiZlik.Z--., p)im Wofford College,, \ ' March 25th, 1874./ < Editor Abbeville Press & Banner: As numerous exciting rumors about, ;he mountains in North Carolina have 1 jeen in circulation, perhaps a true state- 1 nent by one who has visited the scene" J >f action may be acceptable to the readirs of your paper. 4 You remember that the famous Loid;i Ross' telescope was taken to the cledm I mcloudeU sky of Africa, in order $ ihuofvn fJ?n nirvmi'a unrfrtPP mnPfi P.1oSfillT.S4 before the results of the observatjbnp :ould reach England, the column&fn lie newspapers were filled, with rumors N )f most wonderful discoveries, such arce cultivated fields waving . witfmi jrain cities, and towns interspeivii^j^ he surface of the satellite, valleys wa-K ered by rivers that rival the Amazon Inli lize, and even men men engaged flit- Ag- I icultural pursuits. You remember too, t was reported that the lovely State of c Florida was about to sink into a watery ' jrave without even the rites of funeral leremonies. The papers. stated that ] vhile a man riding horseback was leav- f ng the State in terror, the land behind t lim would sink into the sea as soon as } he horse's feet were removed. { Equal to these comes the startling ntelligence that Bald Mountain is in a , state of eruption, that houses have < teen swallowed up in the yawning 1 arth, and that the molten lava and . coria are flowing in ceaseless torrents i town the mountain sides, devastating 4 ottages, and presenting a wide waste of uin over the fertile fields of that localty. These reports, of course, are enirely groundless. Even the facts of the ase have been exaggerated by reporters leyond allowance in order to create a ensation. Since the 10th of February, here have been about sixty earthquake hocks, each af which was accompanied >y a deep rumbling noise like that of (lasting. Last Thursday, 19th March, ! heard the noise very distinctly, ana ome of the party, more favorably situ,ted in the mountains, felt the earth[uake. Alarge number of men living in and near Bald Mountain, testified hat the first and most violent shocks ook place Tuesday, 10th of February, nd that since that time they have been ? ' *-v? An At* hey have that, or wmcn men or jeiiers . night boast, a clear, penetrating in- . light into human nature. Generally speaking, they base their actions upon lie broad principles of justice and inagaanimity. < Those dwelling immediately on, and , n the vicinity of Bald, Stone and ' Round mountains, are not as heedless 1 is were the sportive inhabitants of Pompeii and Iierculanetum. They heed the warning groan" and are fully prepar?d, should the melted lava and the "sulphurious flames" of a volcano summon :hem to the bar of God. A considera- ( t>le revival has taken placc since the jxcitement began. I beard the minister say that more than fifty persons had i joined the church, many of whom had professed religion. The day for their baptism has been appointed, and I humbly trust that the groaning mountains may suppress their wrath at least until that day is over. Who knows but that tins excitement may be iJie intervention af Him whose ways are past finding DUt. Very respectfully, GEO. C. HODGES. .1 On a sleeping car tho other night, Dno lady exclaimed in a slow and j solemn voice, "Oh, how dry I am." There was a moment's pauso, and again rang out, "Oh, how dry I am." Another moment passed, and tho dosing sleepers were once more startled by tho sepulchral information, "Oh, Kow dry 1 am." ''Won't somebody! get that wonii.n a drink?" howled an ! old gentleman,, who being rheumatic, and occupying an upper berth, could j not very well do it himself. The do-1 mand was complied with, and the grateful sound oY gurgling water! was soon heard. Then there was a moment ot silence, una iouowing 11 ciimo the samo solemn tones. "Oh how dry I was." There appeared to bo no doubt of it by the occupants of the car, and if the truth could have been known they were unselfishly glad she had found any relief; and they composed themselves afresh for sleep. Then the voice again smote the air: ''Oh, how dry I was." Ev> rybody started, and every eyo "Was distended. "Oh, how dry I .was," repeated tho grateful woman. "Then dry up!" screamcd tho gallant old gentleman in the upper bcrtlu She did. teuru UUIJOUU1CIJ, nwujcuiijt.") VTT v vrt hree in a day. Some said they were 1 ineasy lest their dwelling houses should ] all from the severity of the shocks. ] )ne man said that during a shock he loticed a ladder against the house sha- ' ;ing to and fro. Another declared that vhile he was on the top of a neighbor- , ng mountain he felt the shock more ' iolently, and could see the tree-tops in 1 , vibratory motion. ^ Their accounts conflicted as to the xact locality of the disturbance, ow- J ng to the sound traveling in the direc- 1 ion of the valley in which the persons , i?rnri. . All tlio oviHonpiv hnwnver. ends to limit the disturbance between ' iickory.nut river (a branch of the J Jroad) and the Swannanoa and Cataw1a valleys?an area of country about 25 niles long and five or six broad. Tbis ^ ract extends along a ridge of mounainSjthe three principal peaks of which * ,re called Stone, Bald and Hound moun- i nines. i Any one who is at all conversant with he history and nature of volcanic erupions, would find as little to believe in he sensational rumors about the phelomena in Bald mountain, as there is in hose false rumors before mentioned, 'lie best of authority tell us that volanoes occur only along ridges of mounains that are situated near the seacoast, nd they invariably face the deepest seas, nail the history of volcanoes there is ound only one situated as far as as 200 niles from the sea and that is supposed o be connected with another much tearer the sea, with which it alternates, iald mountain is more than 2-)0 miles rom the sea, and faces the Atlantic?a omparatively shallow sea: for many niles from the coast. These facts, herefore, together with many more hat might be adduced, go to show the mprobability and I might say the iinlosibilitv of a volcano in North Caroina. The disturbance is, evidently, vhat scientists term vulcanic foVce ana lot at all volcanic. We learned from in old gentleman about 90 years of age, hat a similar phenomenon, though perlaps move general, accurred about the ,'ear 1812. The mountainers of that section of jountry area liberal-hearted, hospitable slass of people. Destitute of education, ] ,y. mSfesM*.' It is rnmored that Mr. George I. Boker, our minyfe? to .C^fotap;inoplo. is on a trip tfflfen&li ffieece md Italy. He will -(jportlv perrna- , lently give up hi? post ana retail o his home in Philadelphia. The Augusta payers report the jotton pool as rapidly filling up. !t will close on the 1st of April, rhe lowest estimate so far handed n is 4,221,000 and the highest^j| 181,000. V| Dr. Joseph LeConte^ formerly a srofessor in the Sonth Carolina College, but who for several * yeaife ias resided in California, is about ;o return to Atlantic :States. He ,vill reside in Georgia hereafter. In the "Western places where pubi/> /Irinlrin/v V??a /la/tvAQOA/1 nn^Al* lVs UIlUAlUg UOO UVVibOOVU uuuvi :he crusades of the women the sale f . )f bottled liquor for home con-v sumption has proportionately in;reased. , -v There is a fine opening for real istate speculators in the neighborlood of the North Carolina volca-' " 10. Land can be bought at trifiiner irices at this time on the Bald Mountain, but no one has an inclination to purchase' Senator Sumner's will contains a request of $1,000 to Harvard Colege as a prize for the best disserta;ion on preserving international peace. Mr. Sumner's first national reputation was v, on by his oration du the "True Grandeur of Nations" is consisting in a system of international arbitration. Mrs. Ann Sconce, the wife of a vell.known farmer living in Scott jounty, on Sunday, inflicted frightful wounds with a razor upon two )f her childreD, aged nine an<J two fears, and then cut her own throat. Mrs. Sconce is dead, but the children may recover. She was laboring mder a fit of hysterics at the time; General Santa Anna has arrived it the City of Mexico, and paid a risit to President Lerdo. lie in ? . i -a. m t ;enus to resiae az lucuuuya, sevuu niles from Mexico. His fortune laving been reduced to almost lotliing, the ex-President proposes :o petition Congress to grant him a pension or the restoration of some )f his private property, which was sequestrated by the State. The French town of Issoudun boasts of the most wonderful lusus latum of the age. It is a young ^irl, fourteen years old, whose body, from the waist downward, is iouble, and presents two parts acting independently of each other. The two legs she uses for walking belong each to a different trunk, whilst a third one is quite insensible to pain. She enjoys good health. The body of Evans, tlie murderer, was sold to Dartmouth College for dissection. At the general assemblage for prayers in the chapel the mortiing after its arrival it was found sitting in one of the pews, tuharo anmfl nf the friskv studeuts bad slyly put it. The President omitted the customary services, and the corpse was taken back to the dissecting room. Gerrett Smith thinks that the Civil Rights bill will fail, and that its failure will be the death of the Republican party. On the other hand, many Republicans think that if it passes, its passage will be the death of the party. So it would seem that some of the politicians arc confounded by their own . schemes. They feel like the mau who had an elephant on his hands. Mr. Bolin, a prominent granger of Kickapoo, Kansas, was buried 011 March 7, with the honors of the order. The sisters followed the hearse in full regalia, and the brothers marched next. At the grave the master read a selection from the burial ritual, and was followed by the chaplain. The brothers and sisters repeated the Lord's Prayer, closed with a hymn, and then threw flowers and evergreens iuto the crave. o 1 The Workingmcn's Central Coimcil of New York propose calling a mass meeting of the working classes this week, for the purpose oi' demanding the abolition of the contract system in the construction of public works. They also propose to present and discuss a plan of co-operation for the builiicg trade and other industries, the* establishment of co-operative stores and the general elevation and benefit of the laboring classes.