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AfRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. au ___________bu wi Souathern Agrioultur. inj Eds. country Gentleman: The past no few weeks a great many editors, writ- rol ers and other persons on their way to cot the exhibition at New Orleans, have go passed through the Southern States, ,lu some of them for the first time. To inc those who [Wve become acquainted wi A with southor ttigriculturo by longer wi oxperience, the -views of these well m meant but mistaken persons gathered be rom the car windows, seem to be ex- of 4eedingly crude or incorrect. The ad eneral idea current among them is, us t tat the southern soil is poor and in- of f -tile and the Southern people wretch- du11 e 1lta very inadequately cared for by ca omtetnsolves. "Circnstances alter al cases," and this applies very forcibly cu to the agiculture and the people of 2c the Sonthern Skates. The first strai ge thing which is re marked is the d pine fields and the .broom sedge wilch covoir the turned ac '.kud whiclI ia"notgrown up wit Ii w -si"g', It is to be confessed, the water-worn gullies i and seam the land, and the " * weeds, are at first disagreea- al .o eye of a farmer used to the h, cultivation of the Northern and al ..t'rn States, but one may be easily st .istaken in his view of even these. 1 P 111ve heard persons remark as the cars n spLd through the best part of the cot- V ton belt, "what wretchod weeds these b are Which cover all the land." Where n do thcso southern people (row any- 3' thing. At the same time tfiese weeds a were the st.alks of cotton which may a have turned out $50 worth to the acre. In the same manner the old fields are ti not a bit worse than the old-fishioned b bare fallows which used to be so com- 3 mon in the best farmed districts of the I: North, for they are really one and the 11 same way of restoring land to soince degree of fertility by means of the I natural process of resting it. Of the tl two methods I prefer the southern one, a for I .would rather grow a crop oft a weeds or timber on unused land, than y, leave it bare and plowed, for even one summer. And it is an absolutc neces- et sity of southern sagriculture that. this il system of turning out land shou bIe p cticed. Where no stock is kept, or l vfry little, I see no other resource for F lo plr.ter of cotton 1111d tobacco ihan 40 work his hinds up to a certain point and then resort, to his only 1ossible 'r method of following as a mcans of res toratiou. le is boutndl by his cliumate and his other e:,virnncts, and ats the cotton region of the South is not a o stock counlt ry, alnd never wvil bIe a "~ dairy region, and is not a very good te corn cou nt ry, and seems to have been ev made for cotton amid tobacco, with a r_ sutlicieint quanatity of grait, fodder amd meat to supply the domnestic consumtp. tion ouly, the southern tarnier must te not be judged by a test whic h is en- bn tirely foreignt to his circiinstanies . The next thing which is consl>icuous IT is the poor dwellings lhat are so coms mon, houses witlhout gables andl( open as the poorest bmr ts in newly settled places in the North. TIs, too, is a necessity of the case. If any of these Winter Visitors would pass 'over the same route ill 1uly", August. and Sep- ot tetmber, they woull see the advantave a of these airv dwellings inl (uite a di' ferent light. lhit every nuum to his l taste, and if' southern people desire such houses, and obiject to glass in the I windows, I wounl give them their ln doubted right to have them. I have met wiit the kindest hitality, nd ith the' mnst dlentel ,andl enorafl, conasidleration in i houses ofI thais kindalI an t(i 0111ld conisider thle chiaract er of L the hou11se as a sceonary c cotnasidlerat iota I have Ii vedl at oaie timanein a log shanllt v wVith aii root of hjemalaock bari k, lainilg a square hole inl thle centtre for a chiiniaer an. aimlust say' thait I en.~aivyed life hei gm nte as inu ich ats iin a h ouse wVith every hluxry- of' mtoderni ialiiona. It is no't1 the hIouse, bult the inian iln it wichl is the tru~e test. lir Bitt it would1( be at very- great anistIake- I. to thin:k thait oiae sees everyingi lra.am ti the eari wVind(ows, aaaah that thereaea ha wvell cultivateal termas or coinfortable i.e houses ill thle Saouthi, or t hatl southerna re farmers aire 1not comapetenit to judgre Si) for thieiselves of wvhat is Ithe lit test for. th thetan.,I itimkes a very great1 chrange m ini onies OiopIon wihien lhe is bruh li face to lace wvithi new necessities. T[his It aplies very- forc-ibly tot lhe South, both Ii . iii regai to its aigricultutre and its 'i Social I and political cond aitionts, an ha h1~ Northerni ant movionag to the Souath must lree his inad from thae torce of p)rejudlice.s and( be prepared teIo begiin a itew Iifte anid view in dlgs fromt a dlif-~ ferenat poinit oft view it lhe would lhe bi either suiccessful Or haippy. It is thease Yt prIejutdices ani the dheteriatio tou i reininil alienas allah foreigaieas ina a( strahn te landi(, whichi p hresent s the sutc- e ceis of wh at are caIIll Northieral coIo mtes ini the South. From inv1 expe ilmemae of thI ese elerpri ses I a iV rv mnucha opposed to lhemn atad wvouhili ree 01mmiiendu personus (desirPouso m1Iovin l m i to thle Soth I to avoid thieni as f:u a a possible, amid to aLke t hiemisaelves at hi haoaae aanomag thieir ew nteighibors, and( above allI thainags to avoid to w tas foutaded b)y specualiaos and land sharks, who try to attract victimas by calliang their , enterprises Northernra coloinies. As O snaow-llakes fahlinag inato the oceat niad d quiety m3intgl itng wvit h theI suirrouna aahgVi elheent , so mu lst person wh I lo go to vi the Sonutha igle wiith thle p)eophe, and1( w lose thieia i(entily ill thle genieral imass, lh No doubilt ani (eierQctic naortherna ml mant woul hin ad ohporti ities for- St changiiing the met hods of' agriculttare ill all thfe bouth, andl maodl y ini t hose local i- 'n tics where the cli tat miaore n early~ ap- 11i4 proachecs that of the North ias it does in | dii t.he mtounataini regioai whIichd I have ris beean describiang. init evena in the how in country, wvhere cot tonl is suipremae, a ' northerna farmeicr canl improi(ve~ 1upon thec tis pr-esent : methods, wIch is chiefly tom marked by a strdong draead and tea -of liC grass. 'The sout hern is niaturally' a lia girass region, and there are several hhi native varieties which grow with prdo aI fusion. NowV gass is the basis of co agaricultture every whaere, anad if the ho southien farmera woul d garow g .is Ic andl low it ttnder for thaeir e ottoni fo crops, as a rotatioan, I feel certainI it mn wvould greattly benecfit thaem. I have' sr no fear of grass, having hearnied theC i value of that so-called pest, quack , b grass, and how to manage it, aand am |Ip certain that by such means as ar-e used ai in the nor-th to keel) (down grass in cuii. ta tivated fields, no southern farmer need ti dread the worst of their native gr-asser, and would find them a most valuable Ti aid in the in.provement of their lads. Another grand eniterprise Cfor the o< South is sheep irearing for wooVlaiefly. in Wool can be grown in the South for D) ten Cents a p)ound(, and cer-tainhy for- m Iess than a pounid of cottona. Therie fo: are ample opportunuities in the Souath 21 for ompnetinig favorably wvith the vi< South American plainas in this8 imndus- sa, try. Lambs can be raised throuagh is the winter and can be shipped to to northern markets with profit. REgg vc poultry <<ould afror(l also a large siness, and could Ca8ily compete ti Germany and France in supply- F the demands of northern markets w met by import-tions from Eu )C. But the cotton crop in tle low Intry affords the grand prize for " )( culture. The present low pro- ti Ct of 200 poun(ds per 1CI' could be ( reased five told by careful culture I Lit proportionate profit, a(1 the ta de-spreadinig low coutry affords a t gnillcent market for products, pork, I f,; luttion, fruit and other produce at the elevated lountitain counti'v. III L ilition to all these there are the val- 1 tle minerals, the won(derful wealth C timber, bark and other natural pro- ti cts whichl require development by I' pital and industry amd which mutst 11 ord a vatst. snbsttltial basis for agri ltural prosperity.---ll. S. in Culti- C tor and Country Gentleman. Sir J. 11. L .wes's Experiments. j Ir. J. B. Laws, the great. English i ricultural experimenter, has raised heat on the same land (or forty years. ithout manure of any kind tie yield s (eeragcd 14 bushels per acre. 'ith 14 tons of farm-yard manure )plied every year, the average yield is been 32 bushels and 12 (Inarts per re. With mineral manures (i. c., iprphosplhlate of lite. sulphate of atash, soda, Inagnesia, etc.) and i/hout any nitrogenous manures, the ield for 32 years has averaged 1,5 1lshels and one peck per acre. With itrogen alone (aminioniul salts) the ield has avecaged 20A bushels per ,re for 32 years, though b ut 17 !)ushels ad 24 quarts for the last 1(i years. Vith nitrogen alone (nitrate of soda) le atverage yihel o fio the 32 years has ecu 234 h bslels--fl the second i1; ears 20 bushels aiid one p( lek. l'inal ,\with nitro.gen, I hosp hurie nai otash, soda i1i 1inaglesia (fiormilinig a implete 1:1inianire), the aveage yiltId as been, per' :aere, 32 bu-hels aind lCe pecks, Or On1 ani average 12 <inar t ore per acre each year than the aver e yiel givelin by the 13 Ions of' farmn- I Far ners, 'those of you who buy' mecentrated fertilizers, and, indced, ose of you who d o 4not, woul do ( elI to stinly t above results.-- t 1ral -Acef )'orker. TIlH itAtI.lTMOtCi BAZAAlt. renty-l iv o Thousanul Dollars moaie fr ex-Cunfc(lerate Soi llers. 1I-T1.irtioii:, Apiil 1..-''he la:anr the Confederate relief' fiunil, which I s been opell in this ci lir the 1:,t a i days, closedl to-nigrht. It was- in er\" way sievessul'l, an<l yieldel over v i,ila0a. T'he mloniey is to ie iniv\ested the treasurer, an(] the interest de. 1 ted to the relite' of needed ex-con.. crate soldiers. The principal is to c added to frou ihnc to titne ly" arius1 ine:tans until a sillieient. stl is ised to endow aln inlstitulion whieh11 ill he al refuge for destitute neii who rore the grey te'corlna. I have had hereditai'y s( rofufula broken it on me for' eightli years. Myv11) mothr ' one sister died with it, :ani I, sup >sig that l w\"outltl go as ultr lem 'rs of the finily had, hiea despaired lifie. The treatiieit ollnereur\" :i(] ;t ash seelned to '1ggravate inslcad of Irin g the dise:lse. In this conditi(,1 was Dressed to use Swift's peei ti . ('r taking six bo(ttles (lie fiemi'fuil eer's oin my neel: :ni ai-ms dlisapi 'mimd an it sears only r'ena:ini 1o 'lind lintli of' tny suller ifigs, II1:ul I ken S. 8. 8. at1 fiiral, 1 wVon hIlihave 'eni a welIl uau liing ao, IIaMiivi lie, liy. , ( )ez obei 18 Si (Ih e'z(ia:. TheI 41lCe441s el!l'<t it at inlis. I wasi Cietvdlby Swili's Sile ir. I li-ed illifu thijify ji)4,) e .Ic i :1 j e' had(104 no trl4)ie withi it sim- e. I lIseti (4o take it, (eil aller it wvas ~ommiiendled1 to4 11m br,~ olis, l,wi' lie timie-such wals (li 1reindi:'e to e ialne ofit; but hiring' iedl it yself, I niowi believ e it is the' best 1((1i iuritiir in all ini knowle. 1)1-'. 14di :ui Ither ti n for 1w. I hae eli reli'eed, :iiul bl4i:'ve if ellimI 1114, lldauIghterl, 'even 1ar ohlI i ), 1imas eni ailheedl iih ec-l:m 60 til wo 'A ar,:niulr rin' od -ra is< vain), I gavei 11wr "1wifI' "'f.;'I;h I S- S-'. :-i. d 11 ne 44 nd4 a41 half:1 inl)ie4sr Ceda1r14wn1 Aill, ,inh- 2:, im I. 'Trl'u4I e- on1 lilood1 :nd Skin I >ise:l' Siu'r Si'i*::iu Coi., I l rawer' 8, At utar, ('a. Il'-lrson D avis at his hon)iie ait Ibhlan ir. le says: "'At ai (Penti) tablle the4 iilrab)le soldlier' and1 sallesmanrI sat '1ting. 1 to)hl himii 1 ho14 4en11ed ait l ecjlest ofI 4414 friendcs in, whio 11ds ' 111ubts existed a1s to thle t ine (e of1 his hiealih, olwing to) (conflicltiin mor)1s reg'arin i.A fra gaeu inowledlgeiiienIt of g'iratitue to) hii iliing frieinds Mir. Ilavis sai<l thatt rinig aL visit ((o his planltatloll oil thel er' in .JauaryI' last lie was exposed(' a bioat, andil get tinhg wet suiffR-red1 'erely withi iniflaniiiatoi''rliteumi: mi, whichl hald cornpellledl fimi to keep. his bell forI several wee'lks. I li. ill.. ~s, while ncot sCeriouis, waiS extremei i' v itifrl. At (the priesent tithe lie f'el ini usital hienalh, withI th 1e1 xcp tion of welhutg in his feel, which kepit hina iflned to his room, althoughi lie hall 'a shiort whlileI, w alkedl in (lie gral 'y duinig thle foreinooii, but1 was peri 'r-e0olupelled( by his afuietion to ic- a Riu in a r'(oom by a ('re. lIe takes his 4 t'er'inhgs as lie has arleepted1 (th viis. s-' tudes (ot life thrioughi which im as ICi, with pilllosophicadl'resignla m ao 'cpared at all thnieis for the inie vital I in looikinig forwiar'd with a faithifril -fi u1sf l ine promillises that,aemd - Cli ereaf'teir." al 11Il foi al is WVeekiy Recorud of iMuine,ss Fauures. f Nsw YouK, Apiil 17.-The failures ii ci'ritig thriottghout the counltr dil (11' k g the last week r'eportedl to it C A un & Co.'s mfereanltile agenecv to-day ' imber' for' the Uniited States 201 andl t Canadla 18-a total of 222, againist tf 2 last week amnd 258 the wecek pre >uIs. The~ distr'ibuitioni is ab)out (lie no as in the r'ecnt week, and! there ni mothinig impor'tant to note in r'egard a thiemi. Theli assIinmenits ini New g rk ae few and light. ( A HOTEL HORROR IN ST. LOUIS. Inding a Dead Body Packed In a Trunk rho Room whence the ::ody was Taken Uuoccupled for a week. ST. Louis, April 14 -A sensatiou as caused at the Southern Hotel, be veen It and 12 o'clock to-day, by the scovery of the mutilated body of a au packed iI a trunk which was ken out of a rooln. The stench from e trunk caused the discovery. The >tct register shows that on. March 30 gentleman registerad as Walter II. ennox Maxwell, M. 1)., fiot Lou on atnd was assigned to that room. n opening the trunk it was found iat the head of the man was severed omn his body, and written on the aper inside the trunk were the words. So perish all traitors to the great ause." The trunk and its contents vere taken to the morg ue. Maxwell is lescribed as a very girl sh-looking, blondo young man, wear ng a dark woollen cut-away suit of lnglish stuff. Ilis face was clean laveian(d he wore his hair bang Cash on, not parting it at all. Ile wasscet in ompany frequently with a dark-look 1g gentleman about live feet ten inche at height. This gentleman registered is C. Arthur Prellor, London, Eng atad. A telelgtran had previously been re ieived f'romi Prellor asking whether Maxwell was at guest at the house. Ile was answered inl the affirttative i(id ie sooln camne on. Both occupied the saite room. Maxwell left the hotel on Sundav night a week ago. but ie had paidti his full week's board proinptly, and it was supposed ie would return any day. No suspicion atlached( to his abal,s*n^.e until the hor rible sniaell called atIention to his root Intl tet to the opening of the trunk. When the trunk was opened in the Votel cooridor to-day it was found to ontain the body of a intiddle-aged uaut, the ahee anil breast tip, and so lotabled about the hips and knees that t. filled the receptacle. On the side of he trutk over the head of the corpse vas printed in large letters tle words, 'So perish all traitors to the great anse." The Iruuk and its ghastly -ontents were imn ediiately turried to tie Four Courts. In an~other trunk was foind Maxwell's Iondon address, 1 Paper Iuilding, Temple, Lon lon," and anl envelope addressed in is hanthwriting to the "Rev. I. Cr. A. ,evis, It. A., eurator of St. Pauls, iorlev, Leeds, Yat rklshire, Englamt(l." e raiae over on the steamer C'epha r ,aia from England. P'rellor had ai ussian lar-sport vized by the IRun.siatn ia,bass:ulor in London in 1878, and a aw-at of ltt88 tor Spain and Mexico, izedI Iy the Spanish minister and igted( Granville. Seven trunks, four alist-e and a hat-box were left. behind t the hotel, and the contents, clothing, ta., are vatued at. hun(lreds of dollars. 'his is believet to make the theory of t hoax utenaalle, and tlie belief is that te corpse is either that of Maxwell ,r P'el lor. S'. Lot:ts, A pril 15.-Walter II. enaox M:ax well, who is supposed to ave mnurdlered C. A. Pellor and packed is hotly itt a trunk at the Southern Iotel, April 5, purchased a through otinuiited ticket. to San Francisco on \loanlay miorning, April l, and signed ais naae to the ticket betere leaving. Ile Ieft the sale evening on the San Francis(o Itailroad. tie was recog iaizetl on the train by two St. Louis ,rntlemen, who talked with him as tar as Pierce City, Mo. S.\N FIIANCtsco, April lti.- Detec tives lhave discovereda that Maxwiell, the inuardcre-r aif P'relter at. the S.ouath iarnI lot, ini St . Loatis, airri ved here aundaer ani assume incameaui last Saturiiday, uit laaok steeratze passage oin the ste-atm ia lb anol ata. Thteitelegr'apih has b)een -alIld intoua re<lnisitioni to head hmt ofl it Anaaklanda, but it is fearedl that at a naiuu ae t m aay leave thte steamerlCt aId rake :a s:aitlintg vessel for China or~ ali ii. It has beeni discovier'ed t hat lie bi:aggag'el chks delivere<C( by N Max, a-t iaaatnder ana alias to the 'Pacific 'an aaer Comp lany, of this city, corre laanad 'villa the ntutimbers issuedl at St. Aaatnis by thle St . Louis andu Sant Fani i-eu, lhtilrouad to a dill'erentt alias'. A ItNl)iLtC) it:EnLs J)iOOWNEI). 'hoi Novel Maithoc by Wh'iich the Colombilan (Governmen~at inspioaesa of Capjtaure-d Reavo ('ITv or i. : xico, Aparil 1.- Wheni roops oft the Coolmiuan Govearnmn't tially- enalcred Cailaon, alter itlhada beent urnaead lby th e rebels atndaer thte leader ui p ofI l'restIon, thlay captur aed sever~al alirtds oif retbs. t)aariang the puast teat rays the inniabr of the praisoniers has eenl onidertabtly augm'nented'a by the oreipt ol'1tragglingo rebelts captt ali-ed ill la- surianaaaling dtistiits. It is not iin>w ii aaow .juatst how i mny rebeaalls weree hn (s lheldt i Sriisr at Colit, but Igoodl tt i't ies pliae the aantnber att aboaut. 0n' hundralead. Authenttie int'ormlationl 'a'tehed't t his a'ity last tnighat that oii ai'edeaisay law (atlieers of' the Coloit uiaan Gorvernlintent selected onec huatadred >l the wior'st arebels imprit' isoe at 'aalaii, tanda, pilacing thea, oni bard'a a d e:u nera, carriied thatemi out inatoC the b)ar vbera'a thae e'ntire hundredaa'o werec thro'awn Thie Nor thwemat Itabelion, .I Tere is Ii ttlec chaange iln tie contdi ioaa 'at ltVais ini the Northwiest as boawnu ini.olliiatl relor'ts. UTe landiana a parimig is attrtact inag mtor'e atlten t in hanai the haalf'-bi'aeed inasutrre'ctioni, anud tia'aabaers o1 thaa goraai nentat admutit that, haey ar grepia'aty I alarmetfo th Ile wel.. are ofl the heltla'ss settler's Battle tard i, againa sur irounaded iand1 camp) ra's :aae contstanitly baurniing. Signtal n's Ihaave beena lightedca at dii fl'erenatt minuats, whieb fitet is laookedl itponi with Irarmt. 'Thec governmluaent (henies thle a'poa't that it is dispaoseda to eff'ect a ctaitment wvith Ith e hialf'-hbreeds and1 atdianus by traeaity. Sit' John1 MacD)on.. tat sl.ates t hat tie wilt first put downa e r( bellion and theni listena to what ac rebels.hIaave to say). tlerofuala. Are~i any' aaeinber'as oaf y'ouar family thtis 'Ilcted .'' litave thaey scr-ofualonis swa'l I ings th - gtndtas'.' IIave thecy atny scrofulaus tes a ula'ars'? If so, ani atIt shtoulda be 'gm-ted, tta'he a potnliar talint, aor paoison, ay deaposit itsel tf in ithe a sublstanuce of thte atg, prttodueaing coN SUMPTIrON. Le'k a'll tt' the cotaadItiont of yourt fatmily3, anal thaus atillioet('d, giv e theaa proiper remedcay ithiiitt tdlay. L.ay thast which mtakes >slut enre in te sh orte-st 5spacC of tice 'l'hae unero-ringi linger of pubile1 onbt It pinats to 1. it. H- as thae 'ost wvondler at raemeday for serofulta ever known. Youi eat noat tauke oura word-you needl not noaw out' ntamets-mtei't hs all you seek. sk yoau' ,taeiglhors, aisk your dru-tggtst, sk air write to tkose who give thir cer t'acate's aind be contvintced thtat H. B. B. ti ie <Inickest anad mtost perfect 1Blood P'url L'r tever baofore kntown. * --Several mninotr appointmeonts were indeo by the Prestident on Friday umong themi that of' James M. Mor a,a, of Sotuth Caraolna, to be Consul lenecral at uM .....,Autala PROSPECTS OF PEACE. Kngland and Russia Come to an Agree ment About the Afghan Frontier. LONDON, April 15 -In the Cabinet ouncli to-day the Anglo-Russiai sit tiation, it is said, was represented to be as follows: England and Russia have agreed Upon a basis for the de limitation of the Afghan frontier, sub ject to a satisfactory explanatioi by Russia of the recent attack oin the Afghtans. According to this scheme, it is said that Penjdch will be ceded to lRussia, provided the Aneor consents. Recruiting for the British navy con tinues with great activity, the adiiral ty having invited navy penisioners to volunteer. PAltts, April 15. -La J'aix savs that in the event of war between England and Russia other powers, especially Fran11ce, muslt remiiain neiutrial . Fol low ing the above oielaration, La 1'i.r hints that these powers have already reached an agreement to remain ncu tral. LON)ON, April 1ti.-A special dis patch from Vienna to the haii/y Tele. gaph gives the following: Ml. De (iers, the Itussian Premier, sect a tel etramn to Baron De Staal, the lussian Minister at London, in these words: "I 1111 charged by t he Czar's personal command to regnest you to inform the British Governinent that in the Czar's opinion war would be deplora ble to both couintries. The czar tirt ly hopes that a prompt and simple ar rangement will be established.' in reply to this, Baron De Staal tele graphed Ml. )e (iers that, the English Cabinet gladly accepted De (Iier's coi mu11111ication. M. Lessar, the Special Envor oI Russia, in ani interview to-lav, said that arrangenents for the cesion o I'enjdch to Itussia hadli nlot vet heen comupleted, but that negotiations werc proccediing favorably. The Aiiicr, le thought, would offer no objectioi to the cession of 'eijdeh to Itussia, i the tribes occuping that place ai( other portions of the territor-v whicl: have been in dispute have foi a long time caused him much uneasiness o1 account of thcir rebellious spirit an1id acts of violence. LONDON, April 17.--Mr. Glaldlto:e, in the House of Commons tlhis a'ter noon1, stated that the governmcnt had to-day received fr'oln Sir Peter Luims del ia reply to their request for an inle pendent report 11p1) the 'enjdeh inci dent. In this it is stated that General Konaroff was aware, at as early a date as the 28th of March, of' tl:c understanding agreed 11p on i'March 17 between Russia ald llEngland. Ac cording to the terms of this under standing England was to deter the Afghans and the Czar was to detcr his troops fIrom advancing beyond the Positions they then respectively ocen pied tuntil some subsequent. agrcetnent about the deuarkal.ion of the Af'ghan frontier could be reached between the two governments. The battle on the Kushk River was fought, therefore, several (lays after Kornaroff had been made aware of the agreement to not advane. It will be remembered that Captain Yates, the British office' whr witnessed the battle, was assuMred b\ the Rus'siaii ofpier who ca miliiiandled ii the fight that he knew nothin g cf the understanding of the 17th of Mareh Sir' Peter Lunsden's report appeal's to warrant. inference that whatever Komn arofl knew oflicially about the St Petersburg agrectneit with London in kept to hiisclf. ST. PErimsniUna, A pr'il 17.-fGener:. Romar'otl' repor'ts to thle Czari as f 'I lows: "'The Afghans hive er'ncat ' all t heir' fi'onitier Iposts. Ouri'03 otpos05 nOwI occupy (lie formiir polsi t ions1. wiill pi'oceed scou to inispect ourii'ont pos5ts." TRIE CIIARtLEsvoN Cl'S TO.11iIO1M. Mlr. walker's Merits Set lIeforio the~ Sec.re tary of' the Treasutry-. [ Specil to thec New.s awi' ('nuier,.] Wasurx<;'rON, April I i;.-In. (b.le gat ioni tha t ari'iived here v es erdar In oI present thle iiame of' Mr. L. .J. \XVoilker as thie caiidid ate of' thle buiines' s meni for thie col lectorshi Ip of' the portl of Chiar'lestoii cal led upon)1 Secre'(talr' Alani ing and1( thle Priesi den t to-day ini ini iI mlenit of' ani Uppoitmnit. TI'ie delega wans 10ed by Messrs. Ge'orge II. Walteri' Franiik 1E. Taylor', priesidenit of the Char mleston Eilxchianige, andI W.' . Steedmiani. Senaltor's lamiiuplon and Butlecr were preset t o ilntrodnIeie thle comniii .1tee, 1)u1t took no1 parit in [lie pro' ccedlings. Theli gentle men namaied priesenated their c'ase to) Secietai'y MIanniinag, st a inig thant it was the wish oif thie bsiness men'i of Chlar'lestoni to hve (lie collec toi'ship tankeni onit '>f thie hands1 of poli ticianis. Thley sanid [lint Mr'. Wai'lker was oieienly <lnaIlified( for (lie po,it iorl hiad thle con Iidenice of thie p eope Ic ~ wou'ld( gra3t ify eigh t-tenth(Is 01t lie buisi ness men in thle cityv.Thybaene ani inivestigationi ino his prialte ebar-. acter, which they dleclared wans ablove0 Mlr. NIanin ig l istenied to t hem withI imar'kedl atteiition, r'emiaiing withI thiem even lafter thle hiouri appIointed foi' a Cabinet meeting, and( s-aid lie wIoulI give his per'sonial atteiitioii, de0cidinL atccor'dinig to the mei'its of the casc after a careOful Icoinsider'at ion. From the treasury the delegation wenlt to (lie Whlite Iflouise andi( paiid hiri r'5eects to Pre'sidlenit Clevelanid. Tlhiey told( him i of' thieir miissin to Waslhinigton iand C expressed( thie hope that hie wIouhlI give (lie matter hci'is lit teiit ion taid r'ecogniize (lhe business in ter'ests involved, iIe was per'fectlyv coi'diatl with thiem and t hey left ver~ well sat istied withI thle intei'view. Mr. A. II. Mowry, (lie rival candi (late for' collector', is ini the ('itv', anid it is undi(er'stood that special r'eIi'sreent a tios ini his behalft will be0 made ini 3 few days. ichomondl's Mysterious Murder. JIICIIMOND), VA., April 17.-Tbe att Ihoi'ities are wvork ing assiduIously ~in hiiuting evideiice ini theC case of 'flios. ~J. Cl uverius, charged wit[h the maurd(er of Fanici Lillian Madlisoni. 1I. has no0w been found ouit (liat. I fermanm Joel, a Germani watchmnakei' of' this ('ityv, wvhen on a business visit to Center'ville, Kinig and Queen couinty, a year' ago., mnd(ed for Cliiveii11 a gold wvat ch k1. , which key Joel is e'xIected to u'y~e is (lie ideiiticafl one0 foundi( at the r'eservoir' alongside of Miss Madison's veil oni the day of' the dliscover'y of the body. .Joel has been enjoined not to talk on (lie subject, but the fullest coii fidence is felt heire thant lhe caii pr'ove the key' by his ownv wvork on it, and that lhe will idenitlfy Cluiveius a's the man for' whomi he i(I nhe iepiin ig. The case comies up lor' tr'ial oni May 5. -Tle Attorney General has given an opinion to the President atfirmiing thie eligibility of General A. it. Law (cin, of GeorgIa, for appoinltmenit as Minite to Runnala' QENERAL NEWS ITEMS. -A lumber company has been form- A ed in Atlapta. -The steamnship lino between Ha vana and Tanmpza will be withdrawn si after April 23. ti -An incendiary fire at Lancaster, Pa., on Filday night. destroyed twenty thousand dollars' worth of prope"ty. 9s -A new railroad to Newnan, con- b necting Greenville with Atlanta, Nvill be built within the next eighteen b months. ti -The li(qor dealers in Savanlnah r.re h required by law to appear before the 'T ordinary of the county and re;ister in a personl.S -The Prince of Wales has not met s1 a cordial reception in Ireland. At 1 Cork and other places he and his S party were hissed; and several serious riots have occurred. -The Georgia papers state that by p reason of the no-eiice law in Greene a county, Georgia, the yield of butter has been mlore than doubled, and the breed of cattleis iimproving very ra- 0 pidly. f -lr. Edwards Pierrepoit, Secre tary of the Anierican Legation, at l:omie who was left in charge of all'tirs by Mr. Astor and who had been ill for some weeks, dlIed last week. y -A skill containing Mary Draper, a her d ,lgiher aged 11, ainid her iece Ii Caroliiia Dempsey, 12 years old, cap- v siz(l inl the Ohio liiver tcar Evans- I ville, Ind., on Wednesday, and all b weC drowned. c --A eyclone passed over a section of Ncrth Carolina :t of 1Iainlet oii i Thuur,laV afternoon, destroy ing timi- c her, Fences and houses and doing gret dlaige ili uthet ways. No lives are reported to have beei lost. -V essels of all nationalities are crowdinr into the I l:a k Sea for the a 1in-r1oSC of transportng grain from Ilssian crts betire an out break shall occuri' between Enghn!I:11(1 and hiussia. l;iglty-seven Einglish vessels arrived in one week. -Allhough no oflicial information has been received by the Marile 1los p1ital Ihu'eaui of th e 1'isteieC of' cholera ini any prt of Eu'rop c, the authorities are taking every possible precaution to prevent its introduction into this coilittv. -I1. JIcKeuzie, canvasser for the I h;cuitable Lifi Assurance Coipany, shot his wife and himself at %1( Grove street, New York, on Iuesdav nighih. 'le pailr, who were natives of Prince l:(t,ard's Islanl, have lived atpart for F(>ne tline. I)riun, and jealousy were the causes of the traredt. -Sarr Stanle} died at Ithaca, N. Y., on MAldaV, aged 11 y:uears anid thre mlon ths. Ile was bornl in Duttchess cot ity December '23, 1781. For f'our days preVious to his death lie refused food, s:in iig he had lived as long as ie wanted to. Iie had Iever been sick bfore durin r his life. -At Indian ('ity, Tenn., Bud Far ris, white, and F'reciman Vard, colored were hanged at the fai'- rrounds Tues day Ioi-ning at 2 o'clhck by a mob of miaskid mUen linm:il herin 'abou(i it Iwo li hundred. 'll- belongiied to a gang of thieves who recentil have commit ed iainuy" deprc(lation's oi citizens of that lace. -he (Governor of" Texas has vetoed the hand ill passedi by the Legislature Iinmediately ietore idjournn'iIt, pro vahn:ti- for thle sale of' the coiiiinon schiool, unliversityv an d ausvinm laiits. lIe say-: "'liy no act of i~inie will I ever' s:uictioni flhe a('<idisititon of' thtos va1L-It ti'r-s of land by one manage --It( is sai<l that an otl'er ot' -25,0)00 a ylriorte bair, bilfliaiPd r'ouIn and( barbi- shop of the Kiiill Hou)ise, ini Atlaniia, Ituis bieeni imole ami deelinied. Th'is, with the reniial of the 'stores, woul h-t< iven th(iIle less.ees , a ftei' pay.ing~ the iine rest on thle boinds and( dhviuhc-ii< oni thle preCfeired stock, the hotel renit frce and1( "5,i00 eash suiluis. -- Ouii Wiedesay, a par'ty, toinsist inir if the w.uife of' Adirial' Reyniol< tin'ee ot hrhli-il(ues, tali bal,y t wvo iiioniths olf, set alit froim ihn~uiptoni \a.,ini a flit-hoittomied boatt, r'owed lb boat was~- caps)-ized wVithlin iOO lone ihmrd tald tny feet of thea heat-l. All thle un-niberis. of the( fpartV weirei riened hgut \I e.. Ileonbis died suibse<uethl n\uegiro miunied Johiisoni, who soin, a white hadv' areid sixt v veai's, at luika, Mliss., waOs enlXiired oii 'Mon<dav :ui taken to hika for' idetiientin. Wile a party was1. gonie to get the hlys JIohlouio tonifessedi the crime ti the shieiiff' aind alo. saiid lie was an escapdt-i 'oiiv ict. Thle inegr'o wuas takeii outside ihe tovn atnd h:anged to a tr'ee. --(enera~lIeiiry II. .Jaeksoii, the niew iniister to :Alexico, acknowyledgles t hat i s Ipard o fIrota I 'iesidenC t Johnl soni wats no)1t'reinfior'ced bv special Act of C 'on gress, but lie denIis that lie is adlowinig that f-ict ti iinter'fere with his miov'eents. le iintendls to presCent his c,redeiitials to P residenit I )iaz oni Ilav 15,q antd rest-f conitent untder' the Seiiato -iial conufirimationi of' his appoinitmenit. -At Salt Lakec, Utah, on 'lTiesilay, Or)isoni P. Ariniobl, a prominentt loi' mon, ple:aded guniltyv to an indictmtet chiarin~ug uiwfuil cohiabitationi. Ile <letllai'ed, ill opent court, his' initeiitioni to aih:uuloni piolygamtiy, obey the laws and hive with his lawfuil wit'e only', not nieglect ini to sup1 portt his "'secondic fami ly."' .Judge Zanie said thiese dechairationis had gr'eat wveight with the' Coutiit, and0 lie thie-i'for'e imposed a tIue of' only 0;0, wit hiout imprh)isominient. -T1he cou rt-mar itial pro'(cee(tim gs in the c'ase ot' Gen. WN. B. I lazeii were made piuli c onu hiriday. Tlhie Senten(lce is a repriiinutil, whiebh is muade by- thle PriesidenC t ini dute for-m. Gce nil Iiazten is released f'romi arrest and has resumed(-( the (flitics oif his ofijce. T1hue chat-ge on whinch G 'eeral lh-zeni was triied wats "tonduitct prtejolicial to g(ood or'der' andiit miilitary' uiicipne'' at~ 'nTheicourt tha:t hie "'be cetniuedi in order's by the reCviewlinig atithloi-ityv." At thle fhlum liouse of Widow ilardini, about tiftein mtiles fromi St. Jo-eph, Mi,. William Clark, a farm'ner and ai married mant, hand sedu1ced1 lie widow 's dautgh ter-i, anid lie, thle widow andi( lie idaugiihtet' and a lawyer' iiamed IDunigani had( 1 acolferece''C oin loniday wuifth a v-iewv to settlement. No r'esutlt was reaichied, butt idut-ing thle evening Clark (-alledi at the widowv's house. A hot discussion ensuied, ending ini a inaiel, duin g which Clai'k shI ot and killed the widow, imortal ly wounded the (dautghter- and badlyv wotunided the widIow's younlg soni. Ile theni went hiome and( fed his stock and1( did other woi'k a bout his place. The nextmor'ninig his dead bodly was found in a 1)11e of straw ntear his house wvith a bullet hole in his head and1( art empty pistol in 1h18 hnd. COLORED iEN FOR OFFICE. Liberal Policy Adopted by the Admini& tralion.-A Specimen Appointment. WASHINGTON, April 16.-[t is under ood that the policy of this adinis ation with regard to apl>ointments to 1 laces in the Soitlierii States now held v colored Republicans will be not to ibstitute white men for colored men, Lit to replace in competent or dishonI t colored Republicans by colored enocrats who are worthy and capa I-. In. accordance, it is sa Id, with us lolicy, the Postmaster General as just appointed ex-Rlepresentative om Ilatilto, of 33eaul'rt, route enit froi Beaufort to Jacksonboro . C. Hamilton was the leader of a nall band of colored itten who sup Dried the IIamnptol government in outh Carolina in 1876. -W. II. L. Merritt, one of the most rominent lawyers in Virginia, died his home in Brunswick county on uesday, agd eighty-live years. IIe ,as for several years presiding .justice f his county and for many years be )re alld sinice tilhe war a mielber of the tac Legislature. 'HE MAN AND THE MONKEY "What ails you?" asked the mntlu; "I see oil are a Sutferer, and can scarcely get long." "Oh, you see," repliel the Itnonlkey, "my ulder, she had what you cull serofula ery nitceh serofula, lily furder. he ha1 eap sor's, some blitr, Minle little sores, nlg titin'. 'luhev1both took itchi 1ined(i tn.,t, an< die.I; thIe sores was all they left le." "Ys, yes, repliedi the man. "I see ow it. is iour mot.h er inherited her dis ase, s'rofula, Il' your fatIer atught his n ihe wi , and1 you in! erit(l or were born vith hlth niplatitts. I lut why 1>ine away ,nd tie when you eani he curel.' "I ieen done used over sixty bottles one 11ru.t store lnedlicine, and it no good. Money .II gone and stre ire yet. Sottl doctors har;te heail money, htut 11o t(ou<l." "Rut, toy t-rieml1," sa(id the m an, "you uot hold of th(' wron" ted<ic. (.o o the (Itru1 store ani get tne bottle of . 11. L'., and befor' using all of it you ,vill feel hetter. It is a tIuiek cure. It viii '"ure all sorts of sores, Scrofula, Iloot 'oison caught on tlie wing, Itehing Jlinors, Catarrlh, Blood and Skit diseases In Kidney T'l'rouhles." "I be so'tithankful for yitnr kind:ness, and vill o get It. IB. 11. to-day,'' replied t,te noik'y. EYEN OF FFRE. 'Oh, mlight I kiss those eves of fire, ['en thousand searce wotIld <iuenchi desire; >till wotuliu i steep my lips in bliss, .tid dwell an a-e ott every kiss." That voung ciutle needs sometiing for lis blot!,- lie is utterly too fresh. IB. 13. B. s the best 1l'ing for hiie, because one bot Ie will cure iim. 1,ti that tude is not all LItie ini his terrestrial giory-not by a 'jug full." Maniiy others are considerably 'rattled" just now about that blood poison ,nisiness, but It. Bt. 13. will cure for tie east money and inl the sliortest time. Tlie 0t01in is conting. I'urify, P'urify. "Olt, .Josie," said little gleeful Maud, we are going to lhave some honcy m1a(de it our house." "'llow do you l:now' Isked Josie. "Because tlammat sent the ervalt after three Ii's, and 1 do;l't know what bets are good for, only to make 1ot Ie y." Blood 1llt Co., A tlanta, Ga., will nall lly one a luost wonderful book FiIEEt. Ap)1151,1yv A It II i.1 Men Think they know all about Mustang Lin iment. Few do. Not to know is not to have. T UT T'S - PILLS 25 YEARS IN USE. The Greatest-Medical Triumph of the Ago! SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. Loss of appetite, Bowel, costive, Pain In the head, with a dull sensation in the back part, Pain under the shoulder blade, Fulinesm after eating, with a di. inclination t exertion of body or min d, Irritability tY em per, Low spIrits, with a feeling of having neglected sonme duty, Weariness, Dizziness, Fluttering at the IIeart. Dots bofore the eyes, iIcadache over the right eye, Restl.essness, with fitibl dreams, Ighly 'o isred Urine, and CON STI&ATION. TUT T's PILLD are especially adapted to such cases, one dose effects such a change of feelin gas to astonish the sufferer. They Inerease the A ppetite,and cause the body to Take on Flesh tus the system is nsourished, and by the ronto Action on the iligetiveOrgas l.g ar Stools are produced. P'rce mac. 4' urray St.,N.Y. TUTT'S EXTRACT SARSAPARILLA Renovates the body, makes healthy flesh strentgthens the weak, repairs the wastes o the system with pure blood and htard musclo; tones the nervous system, invigorates the bini, and imDr~to thevigor of mnthood. FIOE 4 MYurray St., New York. TUIIE CH-UR&CIIMA N. r'he teligious, WVeekly of t he Prlotest aunt Episcopal Ohurch. A mnagazlin of Ecclesiastieal intLe;iigence, tie v'otlinali antd general reading, andt thle largt'st tind mtOst iniluentlal weekly it thle Priotetnt, E iscopalOChurch. l~ ~ o 'ni.: C( ccll'IAN is w',ell krtt wnt, a n(1 Its orgalI t.ltttn Is verys comltt fotr itroclhllg netws wichtl itf gives whh I r'emtark'abtl' phrmpiness. Mins in a year stiflielet, re:tiding lonatt'r to makI.: more titan live t1mo1 itok of.~ 5t0 ptagt's Its iiook lievuiewus aire a ptrotnintitt feat tire. ~ttrfully' prep'ared( by sptteialisl Its Euriopeanti Corriesp)ondenhtM art petr Thw Children'M Dieplatment is 1lIus I rat ed antd specially'011t editi fo ihe chiildrent. $:3.50 a year in advance, post,-pidt. Inee c 101llars Io 'lt'rgvmnent M igie t'oplt's t''n (et . ME. HI. MA LLORtY, & CO. 47 Lafaye(tte Plate, New York. A pli.am BIRANCH OF LUDD)EN MUSIC I PIANOS AND) OItGA NS SOLD IMALL INSTi'tUJMENTlS AND) SIIET~ TWENTY P'EI~ CENT!. SAVEJt Ft' Er, OF" C AGENTS WANTED 03 Gi Wi'ite for Terms atnd Catalogue F.M.,,N. W. Many a Lady s beautiful, all but her skin; and nobody has ever told her how easy it is to put beauty on the skin. Beauty rn the skin is Magnolia Balm. FOUND. FOR LADIES ONLY. & REMEDY endorsed by the best Physi cians and Druggists at its home. A REMEDY that Mr. C. W. O'Neill, Good. water Ia., says raised his wife from an invali s bed, and he believes aaved her A REMEDY of which a proininent Atlanta merchant said: "I would have given $500 as soon as I would a nickel for what two bottles of your medicine di for my daughter." A REMEIDY in regard to which S. J. Case sell's, M. 1) , Druggist, Thomasville, Ga.; says: "I can recall Instances in which it a forde<d relief after all the usual remediea A<i failed.'' A REMEDY abo'&t which Dr. R. B. Fer rell, LaGrange, Ga., writes: "I have used for the last twenty years the medicine you are putting up and consider it the best combination ever gotten together for the disease for which it is recom lnended. A REMEDY about which Dr. Joel Braham, Atlanta, said: "I have eramined the recipe, and have no hesitation In advis ing its use, and confidently recommend A IEMEDY which the Rev. II. B. John son, near Marietta, Ga., says he has used in his family with the "utmost satifac tion" and recommended it to three fami lies "who found it to be just what it is recoimendeld.." A REMEDY of wh\c.h Pemberton, Iverson & Dennison say: "We have been selling it for many years, with constantly in creasing sales. 'Ihe article is a staple with us, and one of absolnte merit." A REMEDY of which Lamar, Rankin & Lamar say: "We sold 5O gross hu four months, and never sold it in any place but what it was wanted again." A REMEDY by which Dr. ]3augh, of La Grange, Ga., says: "I cured oio of the most obstinate eases of VICARIOUs MEN sTRUA'rloN that ever came within my krnowledge, with a few bottles." A lREMEDY of which Dr. J. C. Huss, of Notasulga, Ala., says: "I am fully con vinced that it is unrivaled for that class of diseases which it claims to cure." A REME,DY about which Major John C. Whitner, of Atliata, well and favorably kno%,wn all over th United States as a General Insurance Agent, says: "I used this renedy before the war, on a large plantation on a great number of cases, always with abhsolute succes." A ltEMEDY about which Mr. J. W. Strange, of Cartersville, Ga. certifies that one bottle cured two members of his family of menstrual irregularity of many years standing. ThIM Great Remedy is Bradfield's FEMALE Regulator. Send for Treatise on the Health and 1Ia ppiness of Woman, mailed free. 1iiA1)FIEI,) ItEoUL,.'roR Co. ox 28. Atlanta, (a. NEW Al)VERTISEMENTS. --Ladics and gentlenen to tako light, pleasant W 'anted employment at their own holne (istne no obj.(loi. woksent by inall, $2to5ady cani 1 be! el nate. no catnvaissing. Pes ahiIs 10 onice Gi.013 MFa. Co., Boston, Mass., CONSUMPT ON, I have a po remnody for the above nl 4as fbyits n)1. -r A. aLt.uu isl l'eari st., )lew Yorh. A eadlnLondoPmhy. r".E* i L"*ihr la .a* o'ls.* reU i -riom Amt re. 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