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Cavei and Jobsou Grass. Colonel J. H. Moore has this to say .coucernitg this much abused grass: "I sowed a lot of red clover u March and cut from it.it July half a ton per acre. I had fears that the long severe drouth ,would kill it, but a rain the last of September has set it growing all right, and in a short time will at ford good grazing. Every farmer in the cotton States should have enough clover to make hay for all his stock and to manure his land. It should be sown in February, or if there is rain enough it will be best to sow in Sep tember. For the life of me I cannot see how a farmer can get along and make a living for himself without a pasture- for his stock and a meadow for hay. lie certainly must have a bard time to keep his cows alive on shucks, and have to pull fodder for his work stock. "I have heard and read a great deal about Johnson grass. Some praise and some curse it. I have had it on my farm for thirty years, and I have found this opinion in regard to it. For the all-cotton planters it is an unmiti gated curse, but for the stock-raiser it is a blessing. The way to manage it is n this way: Mow it for the hay two years, then graze close for one year; after this it can be cultivated in corn two years before the grass becomes troublesome. Theit it can b) cut foi hay and grazing, and the land will improve each year, and the fairiner will not lose the use of his land, as he will get a hay crop one year, theu grazing one year. This grass for hay, Bermuda and other grasses for grazing, give the Southern farmer freat advainage oveI his Northern brotTcir in handling stock and when they intelligently atilizc these advantages then wih the Soutl start on a new road to fortune and wealth, and then, indeed, will there bc a 'New South.'"-,'o. Live Stoci Journul. WIregrass. The following communication rat her surprises us. We have heard at least one Virginia farmer speak almnost as highly of wiregrass as does Mr. Pearce, but we had no notion that it was tle one thing needed to restore Virginia to prosperity and to attact settlers from without. We should like to hear from Colonel Knight, or Colonel Ruflii, or some other expprt, on this subject: GUINEY, VA., March 31, 1885. To the Editor of the Dispatch: Dear Sir-I have recently moved into the State, and have rea(l with much interest your article in the Week/y of the 27th instant under the head of' "A Question." You say : "The history of the world cannot produce such bar gains for agriculturists as m;ay be had in Virginia lands. This state of things has existed for years. These bargains have gone a begging. Why ?" I think it is because of the want of correct inforimation amongst the famers of the Stateas to the true value of''wire grass" (improperly so called, because it is the genuine "Bermuda"), which is universally considered a great curse, and as fart as I have been able to learn it is without a friend in the State; but its properties are so valuable it will stay by its enemies ulntil, in the course of time, it will be the redemption of Virginia, if it is to be saved, of which I do not doubt. If it had not been that I recognized it as the genuine "Bermuda," with which I 'as tiuniliar (but to be certain that I was not mis .takeni, as it wvas disputed by a pr'omi iwit breeder of Jersey cattle. sent some to the C'ountry Ucnllcman for' idenitificationt), I wvouldl not have given a (101lair fot' the wVhole of' Spottsyl vania counity for' agricultural pur11l",es in thet setnse you dloubtless miean -- at is, for' w heat, corn, tobacco, ete. P'eople senm amalzedl whlen, ini reply to (heir queostioni as to what cropw I anm going to raise, I tell themt '"wirtegr'ass,' and ref'er thema to the stock ini my house-lot that have been wintfered oin cornistalks and thte (dead( wVirei1riass standing in the y'ard. TwoV( atged cowts, I think, tare f'atter' thtani aity I ever htad wiinter'ed oit cornistaiks andl blutejgrass it Kentiucky, an<al are ft beeves to-(dav. It is coace(ded by till thiat "wiregrass" improves the soil ; thie objection to it is tthat it canniot be ki lled by cultivation. Why~ kill it, itf it will prod nec more net mon11ey' to thle acre by gratzingt it thtan aiiythiing else thtat can be0 r'aised on thle land? I haive, however, vei'y little doubt that I shall he able to kill it if' I should at tany time wvishi to (10 so.1 have what is conitsider'edl one of' theo best farims ini the conuty, antd thet crops of whteat and( cor'n risedl on it have not paidl exp)enses foir somte yeairs,an .111wht still furitheir itmpover'ish it wi'ithoit prlofitL? Thle "wV ire'gr'ass'' pttlcs have fitrniished the best yields of' coirn an id wheat on the pla)ce, as the corestalks ,I know f'ioit a grentleinani whlo owned at Kentucky blute.rrass f'ti'i-m, andut also a suigari plant ationi ini Loni sian a, t hat lie contsuler'ed a f'or'tv acre field of' his "Berimuda"t' iin bLuisiania equanl to anyl Cite hiuindired and1( twentty (1:20) acres of bluegrass thtat hte (eer saw in itIen tucky'. Aitd I thin k one1 aire of' the' "iIregi'ass"' in imy yard't lhere will imi nuisht more gr'azing than the best two (2) acres of bluegrass in K(enituck v or any wheltre else. It' thte laitd on thle i'aih' oand betwi'een Rtichmllolid and W ashin lgtonli is a fair i sample of thte State, I do not. thlinik eitheri f'oreigii or norothen (emtigran t should1( be inivi ted inito Vi rgiia, uniiless they have miean to5Ii pay ftera land1(1 fences, and1( to Iivec while plaiitintg andI gettmi g a sodl of' "H ermudL( a" (''wile grass"'), antd lhen be abie to stoik ny I with cattle and~ sheepii lien prel'0paredt for' themi, wvithotit exp)ecting atnv in-' come r'roma the 'ainm in the ineanitimue othei'w ise they arte in~vitedtoI(3 eerl' 1 d isaster', as t.hie lai are too muinch exhtatusted to f'ur'nish a living by3 entli vattion anid 1)0 impr'ovedl at the sanme time by a 1)00r iniai. 1 ho0l)0 whieii uhe farmner's mteet ini conivenition at lRienmtnd, it' aity of them have or' may knowt any one who has itibhzed "iiregrass'" for' gi'azinh j'proses ini VirIginia11, tha't it may13 be broutght out, and1( hop1) iiay be ~able andz willing to apar'e the timte necessairy t>) flind out all tbouit "wiviregr'aiss" 'jBermtnda) for thte Leitefit of' thie State at lar'ge.-J. Peace' in flou iwrin Planter. Cow Peas asE a IResto,atve Crop. Ini the Southern State,s, teas apper to perform the same futnton as red( clover in, the Northert States; both crops when plowed down are foilowved by a more luxuriant gr'owtht of corn' or wheat. The surface soil of a fielt' where a luxuiant erop of peas is gi owintg is Is quite moist, aitd this moisture is supposed by some to be favorable foi' thoecontdensation of m'rlloa That such is the ease Is qmu true butt at theo samne time it must be borno in mind' tb* ha h ~asimn ocntin n fglugly iaut "huantity gfumnntii. The amount of. bboni olacid 'in the atmosphere is not large, but thero is no great diffiotity li accounting for 'the one or two tons, which are fixed by the vegetation growing upon an acre of land wheu we know that air travels over a held at a rate not much short of 300 miles daily. A soil covered by a dense foliage is not 'favorably situated for coming in contact with air in motion, and al though the fact that soils will condense ammonia may be accepted, still it is very difficult to believe that much of the increased fertility, which follows the growth of a crop of peas or clover, is duo to ammonia cotdensed by the soil from the atmosphere; more es pecially when we consider that the application of a salt of ammonia to a leguminous crop is rarely followed by incresed growth. In England white turnips shade the land quite as eflbctually as any crop grown, and this crop is largely in creased by an application of salts of aitmontia, but no one accustomed to the growth of turnips would credit their bulbs with any property of in creasing the fertility of a soil in the same way as the legumiulous crop. It would be exceedingly interesting if anl accurate examination could be made of the quantity, and also of the range of the roots, of the peas grown on some of the poor, light soils in the Southern States. Such an examinatioti it is true would not settle conclusively what was the source of the nitrogen of the crop, but it would give some in dicatioti ofsich source. It is w;as found that the underground inachinery of the peas was extensive, and that the roots penetrated deep into the subsoil, one might feel sure that the fibres of these roots were inl search of food. The verv low price to which grain has fellen, almost precludes the use of itrogenous, artificial matnures, and al thougl mnc of science may, for a long time to collie, hold difllerent opinions as regards the source of the nitrogen of leguminous crops, the practical farmer may rest contented so long as he grets the nitrogen somehow, aind at a very sialIl cost: soletimles with no manure aL all, somietincs vith a little plaster, or a little kainit amd superphosphate. A crop .of some leguminou plants will contain an amount of nitrogen which, if purchased in artificial nimi ures would cost several dollars. An imstance of this may be given in one of ouw experitments at lothatnstead, where turnips, bar-ley, beans and wheat had been grown for twenty-four years. All the produce grown was carried away, and the only manure used was somne superphosphate which was applied to- (lie roots everv fourtIi year. The twenty-fifth crop' was red clover;, and the quantity of nitrogen it contained atounted to 1t6 pouids. Athough-tle clover roots in this par ticular experiment were not taken up, in some other fie;ds they have been mocst carefully separated for analysis, and their roots mnav be estimated to contain an additional fifty pounds, of nitrogen, making the total 196 pouds per acre; or as the chemlists say, equal to 250 of ammonia. It would, 1 im agine, cost about thirty-live dollars to purchase this amount in sitlphate of atntnunia. Ii this experiment we carried oil'tlie whole of the three crops of hay amotuiting to three and a half' tons pet' acre, but even then the influence of the decaying roots of the clover was very imlarked both on the wheat. crp whici suicceedled thle clovei', atnd on the root crop) which followedl the wheat. I bhave beeni usinig for' a month ori0 two in my hiouseihld Swvift's Sp.ecifitc the grteater' por'tion1 of it hiavintg been cotisumedlC by thie letniale pmortilotn of mty family', and with the hadppiest r'esults. It acted liiie a chiarmt on mv13 wife, wh'lo htad bieen itn bad heal th for~a loing Ltile andto tor whloim 1 hiad paid liuindreds of' dIollarIs foi' dIoctor's aind tiedicineIs. It begant to build heir up ftrom the lirst dlose. Atiother femai~le mhLiebe of' myi lanytook it with equally saitistheLtoi'~v reut.It is. cert aintlyi thle best totnic for del icatec hulies thatd I h ave everi used(l, and I have tried thiem iill . I have tto dou bt tha ct wvanut of' e xercise , close cotnietitenit ini pootrye veti latedl hoeuses, sewer gas p)oison an td iialairial Ipoison, ofteni prIodunce sick ness amiong& our11 ive's, dlauighiters andi sisters, anid I believe Swift's Speciftic it. the tretiedy l'oir al Ithis sot SofL blood( poisoing i t kn tow man(ty of't hie bes ttitniCs otf this coutyt ar'e uising it for1 this 1purp'ose', atid I have inever knownvt or heard of' atny failur e to) give enutire sat Iisthetion. I htaie ktiownt the r'emedy a1 lotig titme. I kttow it to b)e entirety v'egetabmle, atti im bes''t ltni and111( alt cenativye, espie cialvlyoir fetmales. F. L. .JoxN:s, J1. P. 4.meeral Niebiity. For)t seveiral ye'ar's past my ifte's h1 ealthI has beei ex cee lidigl ee ble-ai getieral break dlownt of thle itetions any:. good. Itt (lie sptring of' I883 1 iti. (1ucted her' to tr t''wu'if''s Spec'ific. Th'le lir't bottle gave heri hope attd twetnty bo)1tIles pr'odnieed wottdet'lnli'resitts Site gainted thirty pounds itt flesh antd it reniovalted hiir whlole systemt. It is cer'taintly thie greatest toic in (lhe wvorld. Tr'eat ise oti BloodI atid Skin DiJiserses ttailedh liee. Swrti'r St'eciFr Co., I )r'awer 3, Aft hatnta, G~a.* Nomysimimres of' T'o-Day. People geinetraltly, atnd even those wvho miay be termted steadly readetrs atid cl ose observeris, havYe bu1t a fain tt coIn elptioni of' the mat:gnitud(e aiid ittintenice lie press 0of thiis counitryt1 has at tainted. Fr'oti a caretful exainat ion of' (lie advanice pages of' t he 1885 editioln of' the A t )Imria NewspX)aper J)irectory,~ issiued Mlay 1, 1by (Geo. P'. Rlowell & (o., of' Newv Y'ork, it appears that thiere ate 14,117 newspapers andi( perti od1icals pub111 Ihed it thie Utiit ed States and1( Caniaa; of' these thle Untited States has 12,973, att average of' onte paper for (eery :3,867 peirsotns. In 1884 the total ;numbeir of.niewspaipers was less by 82:3 thani at preset, atid whlileI the~gain tt tis yeair is not so niurkled as ill prIc vious years, it is still considlerable. Kansas shows the greatest ittcrease, the num,ber' beitig 78, while Iltitiois follows with a gaini of 77. It is curi ous to nlotice that Newv Yoirk, the scene 4 of' so mucht political activity duinlti the last campa)iigni, should have onily ab)out one-third as8 matiy new papers as the State of Peunnsylvania. As anc idex to the compar'ative growvth anidt prosperCiity 'of dlifflrent sections of thei counitry, especially the Teriitories, thec num tbetr of niew' papers formsn ati initeir esting study, and may wvell occupy the i attentioni of the curious. f.' ?a A T Grant c hief CaonIaaryOompersa votes with Lees Chietof 8tpf. Brig-Gen. M. U. Morgan, of Balti more, after reading the recollections of Col. Chailes Marshall, chief of Gen. Lee's staff, of the surrender at Appo mattox, writes: "I was present as an officer of Gen. Grant's staff at the meeting at which the terms of surrender were agreed upon and I Iind Col. Marshall's account the most accurate I havo'yet seet pub lished. Gen. Grant wa3 dressed as to uniform as ho had been for months past. He was accoinpalied by mom bers of his staff, all of whom wer:e intro duced to Gen. Leo by Gen. Soth Wil liams, who had beon Leo's adjutant when the latter was!superintondent of the Mihitary Academy at West Point. The members of Gei. Grant's stafl' ro inained in the oom after having been introduced. in the course of the pro ceedings Gen. Lee asked Gei. Grant to have his army fed, and the latter turned to Inc his chief commissary, and instructed me to feed Gon. Lee's army in the manner related in the ac comipanyillg copy of a letter written by mo April 25, 1879, to Gen Badean: "'11EA1QUAuTIu Dr.:rauT.:Nr OF DAKOTA, Offee Chief Commiasary of Subsistence, St. Paul, Minn., April 25, 1879. -Dear Badean : Your favor of April 7 was received yesterday. I remember the matter you allndeito in your letter very well. After the terms for the surrenlder of Lee's army had been armantged (April 9, 1865,) Getn. Lee asked Gen. Grant to have rations issued to his armny. Genl. Grant, turn ilqg to me, said, 'Colonel, teed Gen1. Lee's army.' I asked, 'liow many moni have they?' Gen. Grant repeat ed ime question, addressing Gen. Lee. Gen. Lee went into an explanation to show why lie could not, tell the number of his tinen. lie said, 'I have no com plete organization inl my army. Many companies are commanded by non coimmissioned oflicers; the books are lost.' When he got thus far I sai(l, suggestively, 'say 25,000.' Get. Lee said, 'yes, 25,01)0.' 1 went from the room at once andl meeting Col. M. P. Snall, chief commissary of Gen. Ord's artny, asked hiif i lie could spare ie three (lays' rations (It hink it was three (lays) of beet, salt and bread, for the army of Nortlhern Virtinia, lutmbe' lug 25,000 Inei. lie said, 'I guess I can.' I was not at a!! certain he could do it, because we had been having some hively marching, a.ld I doubted 1 if the pr"ovision trains and herd were up with the troops. But, SinaiI v; as etilual to the emergency, and I told him to issue the rations. You remml ber" we started back to City Point. tli afternoon of the next day, April 10, 1 and I (id not take miiuchi more iuterest in the number of nien constituting the m of Northerln Virginia. I have 1 since learned that the numnber of mnen f that army was at time, ofcers and mcn 26,115, divided as follows, viz: t L'avalry corps, oflicers 21:3, inen 1,501 ; nrt.illery corps, oflicers 1,527, mIen 13, 333; Gordon's crops, ofiicers 674, ien 5,833. Total offlcers 2,951; total ineii 23,164. You may be certain that this is correct. You may reien.'. cr that Fitz Lee went ofl' with his c^valry and LGen. Lee sent out after him to come ini aid sutirender. lie catie in, I think, tiler we left. I remember von ver' well and pleasaltI . ' - t INTERNAL REvENUE COLLECTOR. Ilraciuey Succeeds irrayton-Congresuaan Dibble Hiastens Action in thea Matter. [Sperb'il to the~ NYews andi Couieir. W AsIIINGiTON, A pi-il 28.--Thle l'iresi. lent. this afterinion comm iiissionied I). F. Biradley to he collector' of I iternal I 'eveinue foir the Di1strict of South Car' liina. Althionigh charges of' iniefclin- [ yi, &c., against. Brayton, thie pr'esent f1 ol lectoir, have beeii on tile in thie dhe- ma amtmen t for' seime ti me, it was hairdly I: sxpected that a chang~e in thie offle~ r voul Hle mnade beforec thle firist of' May. Bradlecy had the eiidorsemenit of' tie , ~mi m ie South I Car'ol iia (delegamt ion, Ifor himho.nghI Seiiator' IIlamp toni took no >art in the coiiferecnce held in this city ( ist bef'ore Coingress adjouirned, whIiicl i titualy iomninated Bradler, that Sin t<woly yesterdaiy in for'med thie coin.,. nissioner m of' inteirnal r'evenn e thait he ind)n object1in to (lie appoinutmecnt of Briadlecy miid that hiis select ion wvould1 aditonhted ly give universal satisfact ionu broughiou t the State. Actioni in this natte wC ias pr'obably hastened by ltepriesenltative D)ibble, who, yesteirday allted ulpon both Secretarv Mani< i mud ComniissioneeillerIci.~ It appears hatt somie one told Mir. Dibble 1 hat Couinissioneri MIiller' was . lab imig under' the impriessionl that a i renitleinanl frini South Caoimlianmed i rev as thle ch,oic:e of' a iiiajority of lie C onigressionial delegation ni11d maany ii ')f (lie lwoinenii Oit ci t.izns of' thle Stat~e i 'oi the po'sitionl. Mir. I ibbtle sooii dis- c ubusedI the comisiners 11nind( of' r lutatimpreionSi)i and iniformned him i thait ( llradley iwas the choice of' all thle dee (ratio 1 e1 xce'pt 11am ptoni, aii th(le Ilatteri was not opposed to htim, onily lie had ta keii 1n0 par~t in (lie confeireiice whIiich ected (lie canid idates for ith le leadin<r l'edeiral offlees in thie Sta te. As Sena oto Hamp1 ltoni wa's to leavye the cit v last in gh t t heie was nio tiiine to lose, so lie wais iniediately cormllunicated with, i.td he i ''xliessedl hiimsel( f' as being ent Iir'ly sat isfiied with the amppoiitmient. of' I Iradleyi'. A ccor'dinugly wh leu Seciretarry Mamiliiunig went to th(le Cabiniet meetin lm 0 o-ma. .e carrmiedl ini his p)ortfol Iio t h"e umi isslin of' Ilradhey, wvhiich the Iriesidhenttafteirwar'ds sigined. (4cr'ornia-nt Are any mnemberis of youir family tius 11 mliieited?. Ilv t t'' .hey serofulouims swtellinigs dI .r le glandts? IHave they any scrofuilousi unmes 0. ulheerm' If so, andu it shouldt be ntegleted , theit pt.ecuiitar tin t, or poisonl ni maliy delpo,sit itself Iln thle subhs(tce of thte n lumngs, p)rod(ucnlg ('ONsUIMI"roN. Lotok l wvell ts tie conmditioni of yourm famiily, aml i f.thius afflicted,* give the prope,tr renede,ht wvithlout delay. . Iuy that wic h maIA ihsout, ie cuires m ithle shiorte'st.s>)ace of O 'ion ploints to R. 1. 11. as thie miost iionider- si rmtl remtedhy foi' scrofuiha ever' kniown. You h needt ntot take outr word.--you need hot kniw ourm names-meit is ail youm seek. Ask your iieighbiors, ask your druggist, msk or wvrite to tkose who give their oer' fi iticates tind he convinceed that 11. . B. isa hie qticekest and1 mtost pierfect Blood'PurI er ever be8fore kmtown, * a Dlanges aof thno Morning Bath. V mVmn. B. Warwvick, bookkeep)er of the ~allego Mills Mainufacturig Company3 a1 mit birothier of the presidenit of' the amie conpaiiy, wvas fouind dead this al noirming ini a bath till adjoiminag hils .tc hamibeir. HIe had been in the habit of BI aikinlg a bath cver'y morning, amid It fm m supposed thiat hie had a congestive au hill and was drownied 1ii the tub, as imi vhten fouiid-hiis whole botdy was umnder et raterin. le ivas 49 yeatrs old, amid leaves bm wife and four children. --The 0in&1so for(ces have evacuated he trial of Richard Short, who nurderously ssaulted Captain Phelan, hegan in New York last Friday. -A San Francisco dispatch states 'hat Gen. Irwin McDowell may be 3xpected to die at any moment. --The publication of tho revised 3dition of the Old 'Testamuent has been p)ostponed until- thd 19th inst. -F. L. Cardoza, "of .South Caroli ia," has resigned his place in the hreasurv department. -The Chicago Board of Trade have ust moved into their new building, which cost two millions of dollars. -The war between the Chicago Board of Trado and the Western Union T'elegraph Company has broken out rifresh. -The Virginia Republican State Committee, Senator Mahone chairman, was in session in Richmond last week with closed doors. -The Paris Figaro says that the Governme nt has decided u~pon i iais Lire for the expulsion of the Orleans nn(n Bonapartist P'inces. --Orders believed to be on account of the Russian Government continue to be received in Berlin for the pur chase of' stocks in London. -It is stated that Ricl has moved all his forces li"om Batoucho and n trelched again in the ravine where the p)revious battle occurred. --It is estilnated1 that the statement of the )ublic (lebt for the 1nmnth cf' April will show a reduction of about $4,000,000. -An English man-of-war has an ahored at the entrance to the Darda nelles. It is presumed she is watching for the laying of torpedoes. --On Thurkday the mnemlbers of the New York Cotton Exchange ihrmally bade farewell to their old building anil took possession of the new Exchange. -Slosson beat Schaefer in the tenth td last game of lie New York billiard Otiranient last Thu'sda night, givimi iiin the championship of' the fiourltci nlih 1alk-ine game. -The President has appointed An hony Al. Keilt'y, of Iltichiond, Va., .o be envoy extraolllalrv and milnisi CLr plenipotentiary of' lie United Slates o Aistria-lIungary. -Paul 11. Ilayne is engaged in pre, aniing an article on "Southern W'ar songs" that will be published at ani 'arly day, and will be ,t choice contri mltioll to the iemnorial li!crature of he South. - Mi-s Nellie F. Phillips, of Chicaro laS entered suit against W. L. Ca.tth(r voodl, of the same city, for $50,000 lamages for breach of promise to arry. Tbi promnise Was made tWienty c'rs ago. --The new postal cai ( paper, niicr lie contract of 1885, will be a delicaltc ink in lieu of the cream color of the aids now issued. The tex-tire of the .aper is also said to be improve(d. The ize will be the same as now in use. -I)urinig April P'ostmiaster -General Tilas appointed six hndl(ired postlmas cirs at fourth-class oftices. The great st nlber" appointed on any one dav was 1:3 on A pril 27. The majority of he aplpointments were mlde to fill 'acancies. -Thle Commercial Cabl Compny egani last week' to placee its wir'es iider'groun ii n i New Yor'k city, comn lehing within six day's ov.ei' three hiousaiid feet in the busiest of the owni-town stieets. Thew remaninder' v'ill be laidl bef'ore the fir'st of dJoinle. -Samuel C. Abbott and Julian A. ~eniiaian ar'e iind(er arrest, chariged ith hilavinog at templted( to bm un the Ilffmlani lomuse in Bloston)1. Theln Iirlst me was startIed on July' 25, 18~83, and t itervals since (Iii'nolir (othler ireiCs ave been st artied ini a nmost imyster11 ius -Geneiral Grianit omoitted1 his drivie ist. TPhur sday ini ord(er thait lie tnighit evote thle tim1e to the preparmat io oil(1 intter' form his boo0k. 'The GenerW alI ictated 11n1d his it ter'ances were takeni y a stenogr'apheri. The G eneral hias iice beeiiiniiprinig steadily, thlought Lowly. - Fiie brioke ont. in the lpaperd warLe OLiSe of James Peters & Co., of' Pitts iir, Pa., on Moiiday niight. 'Tie eavy .iht of' the iwater' soaked apler' caused thle wall t.o fall, covein i ime fireeni ini (lie ruins. Th'le wvoik f resPcue was commiienicedl at onlce, aii iI thle bodlies wer'e r'ecover'ed but1 (onle. 'lve of the uinfoJrtuna1te1 men will die. --The Ur'itedl St ales foi'cs w hieb 'etc sent to 1aiiama, it is exp)ectedl 11il be r'ecallted at ani ear'lv day. u zpuria has surr:cledeed accori'dinhg to r'ecentI arrolLl5emn t amt1 gi ven up hiis (eLiupv Paniamna. All is quiet atnd bil i ess is eerywhere reCsumiedl. 'This iids the revottioni. -On)m SaiLtn rday evening JTohn i Smillhi 'alous of his iife, arriived Linex pect (11v at his homeII andL founmd heri ini 3)11npaiiy \v ith Geoirge Doihieirtv. Thie ui (er fled to0 the r'oof and1( end'leavore('( > clamnber i dlown ftic wat erspot. to the3 youndiLI. '[le spouit gave wvar and1( ohier'ty wias So biadly thurt tIt lie ied. -The l'Lurlopeant situaition pr'esent s o new featurm es ('n wiih to ba'se pr e iclin as1 to51( the pr'obabilities of wari I et ween ]Enghain antd 1llussia. Ioh h (Iwersl' seeml (3o be imak ig act ivie LiIL mpiht prleparaltionis, oiid the latest imt rsin amongl3( the iiewVspaper's Seemis , be t hat. Lthe breaLch between th le t wo) owerCls is too grecat to he closed hiv lomlacy. -*\ri. Hazeni, thlird'( usistan lt 1)ost inster'-genier'al ai (let ailed state imnt of' io r'esult of' the redu tction firom threoC > two cenlts ill the raLtC of1 postage Oil omestic letter's, whieb wenit into efl'eet ii ct.ober' 1 , 1883. Thel loss was est i lated. the first yeamr at $8,000,000. 'ITie atlistics shIow that it wias hialf' a mil oil less than thlat sum11. ---Private Secr'etary Lamont wvas on1 [oiiday abile to ise and1( diress foir the r'st time 5since lie was taLken ill a week .0 .le spenlt someW t imel in the r'oomi loimnig that inl which lie has been ek, tbut sawv no visitors, as lie r'emauins 3ry weak and does not reccover' so Lpidlly as lie hlad hioped hie would. TLhme residelit makes fr'equLent inirLies )ouIt his condition. -The residIence of Dri. J1. (. Beattle, )Ouit a mile fr'om' RIichimoi Va., was I-ally burnued. Wednesday' night.Dr catt le .loses, biesides his hiotuse anid .i'iituLire, a lirairy valued ait $2,000, 1(d a flue collection of' valuiable paiit gs, inlcliuding a numllber' of wor'ks of ,rty New Yoirk artists which caninot 1 replaced. The loss Is estinatedl at 0,000. wvhichi is nim't -. A PUENOMENAC g 3 The strab,ge Ro'bbery fa Train lin Indilina. A C Cimlcauo, April 30.-The Louisvillo eXpress'oli the Louisville, New Albany .. & Chicagv Railroad, due hero at eight col O'clock-this inorning, was robbed near sho Harrodsburg, Ind., shortly before Inid- ball night. and "The express matter is usually car- I il ned In a baggage car occupied by the im inessenger and baggage-master. It Del was as usual the first car on the train. leai ''he miessenger's namo was George N. ed 1 Davis, of Louisville. Last night at 11.16 o'clock the train stopped four or five minutes for waler at lHarrodsburg, I Monroe county. J. II. Ilatnilton, a passenger, happened to be looking out i of the window, and by the reflection of ofli the light fromi the engine saw a uan apr emerge apptrently from under tho cou trucks and disappear in the direction I11(1 of the engine. le carried a club or 111 stick. When Snithville l Ilill station, about two miles north of ilcrrodsLurg, s was reached, the sharp ring of' the bell in the engine stopped the train, and before an inquirf as to who pulled the TE bell could be mado the baggage-master flung open the door ot the sinoking car adl( reeled in covered with blood. you lie gasped out to the horrified passen- alu gers that a robber had entered" the mu baggage car and shot bim and the ex- ver press nessenger, and then he fell tiln- hea conscious. Conductor Chamberlain lon entered (lie baggage e.ar. and found cin Davis stretched ini a pool of blood by ne the side of his safe, which had beei ho) broken open and plundered. Every- eas where was evidence of a terrific strug- on gle. Thc floor was littered with paper Wit that the assassin had taken fron al( the safe, and heavy boxes stored in the (Ir car were scattered arounid in conffu- all sion. Davis, who was breathing, was diu carried ito the smoker. Ile had been shot in the upper part of the head. got Webber, the baggage-niaster, after- to wards said that both doors of the car 1' were open at Ilarrodsburg atid be and tvi Davis were asleep. 1ust after the 'ol train got in Imotion Webber was awak- IlI ene( by it violent l,low on the head. an< Staggering to his feet, lie saw a tall, muscular man struggling with Davis. "w] 'le liessenger was b'spattered wyitli 1 blood, .which was gishing from a won id iii his head. lie also had cvi- )'o dently been struck with a club while Te: asleep. Webber fell to the floor. D)avis til managed to loosen his right iand an( An draw his revolver, but before lie could fire the robber wrenched tlie weapon from his grasp and tired. The ball tIe struck the mnes;enger in the head alo and lie fell dvin,g. When the safe had ''Jt been rifled the iobber left the train as "ra it slowed( up iii an iwer to 1;" lll, bu1 Davis lived at. Louisville and was ft'Ientv-two y"ners-old and unnna"rried. Webber lives at New Albny, Ind., is twenty-eight rears old, Iuar"ried and "v has several children." at ask ser J UGi' i'YT LIE'S COUR. At.vu Anc"cdoto of the Trial and Execintion of 1] M rs. Surratt-."Opt,oaing th. Country. any .Itidge Andrew .. Wylie of the I)is- A trict of Colutibia, who recentlly asked that the l'residenat appoint, his stcces sn>r, twevt years ago (listinu tishcd hinself as a bold ani fearless judicial oflicer by pcrfornlilg an act which U brought down upon his head the cen su-e of man.} of his political friends aiid associates at the time. It was after the Irial of hle as:s.ination con spirators, when all Ihad been convicted an1 sellt en.iced to be hanged, including T and1( fr'iend of I 'John iilkes htooth, Ales. M airy I. Strratt t. 'The latter'is counil sel had1( resotted to everv kn iowni nui >d i,t idier thle hiaw and l1( h pet ition ha to '-eettre a c'otiuittitioni of hitm. Sur.. bli rat t's seiitenlce of denthli, bult ini vaini. - i As all lutist r'eniembert'~ who read thc "ai <,eet t'rinces oft thatit dar', (lie coinspiria- W tor ihad1( beeni tried by' courit tiuartia:l, ~ ar.id eveni thle con iise I~for th lief euce fit of' M1rs. Snr rat t (HIIohn. lteverd' Jiohni ston , of' Alory'vland,) Ihaid b ee iiobljected 'J to hr (lie proisetttioni. I,. was 'ecCes- to sairy to re1s ort to a dleslperiate inlove iii ch orlir to' 4 save t1irs. Sinrriat t, or to (eel ( hiave lienlife respihed for' a few days. th Prtesidlent Johnisoni w4as deaf'. I Ie evenii decl ied to give Altrs. Siierla ti a despite T ot a a to iepar'e 0toimeet her Godt. I Ntkhiowiin! whlethier a d1iudge 8 wouitld he found whlo woltldat'e do to such a thinge, yet irs. Stiirratt's c'oun- b)r sel , hiavinig a str'onig case anid niew~ evi- $ dence, driew upl a paper' and lpreseinted - thle facets, aitil dleteiniled to pr'ay for' a wriit of haIbeas 'or'pus. The crisis wals a despet'ate oine. ThFle coun lsel cal led *2t thle resideince of' Jutdge Wvt'lie at 2 oi'clock on the moing'tjI set~for1 t'rs. Surti'iitt's execut ion. They' ranu the bell. Sonme one camie to (he frot. wNindow( ' of' lie secoindi sftory. andl grutifity denaiided, "~What iswatid(?"' Judgehu W.rylii, pairtly dr1es.sed, c'amne down hu st airis aln1d I:.itt ed (lie two lawyers, ma wvho stood t reminimg illn his piresence. o lie, thie Judge, turnedC( oii tIhe light in the hall auid looked at the (docuetnit liey. pr'es' etd. St anini g thee t'eid ner' lie gits hburnaer', Judge WVy lie iread thle docuttmenmt. thr outghi withou11t a wor'd, amiu thien mretiiredl to~ a r'ear' room for a lliiinut'. Thle cotimsel were ill drieadl sumspieise. They cotmhtlheair thir' hieiarts heat. Pr;eimlie m'an high ini W~ashinigton,. :aid it wvas not (hughi'lt a Jolige could he fountd who wvould issue m a wrmit oft habeas cor'nts foi' Aits. Siur- writ r'at t. Th e Atdinilist rationi, P'residenlt JIohnasoni; (lie Secetary. (If War, .Mir. St ant oti; (ihe Jutdge Advl'.ocat e Geiieral, -7' an .exeted armyi anid navy, amid ala excited popummlace, dleiimnded th(le han mig ig (Itf Airs. Sn rtat t. .Judge Wyilie hadl not long beenm oil the bench amid hu-md everytfhing to lose atmt niothiniir to, Cott gaini by issuig a wr ii t. I he returne'iid Mire'.t to the 'ounisel anid said <iuiet ly, but yieht firmily:' cGet leimen, youir poi :ts ar'e We well taken."' lie signied a wivitf to lh'en Ibriing Mras. Strria ft befor'e himi thlaf ((or4 mfor'iiung. .ton Atmeir (lie wniit was scinved President Ml ,Johunsoni supendedt thme wr-it of' habeas "Thmis act of' JImilge Wy lie was one 'ii hat 111aces'h ii ai ini the ebaiiracter' of one of te bohdcst and(. most mmprlight Ju tdges M If miodernai timles,'" saidt a Washingtonm lawvyer ini irelatinig thle I icident. 1'it'f.h-lr,- Sf,ld Otif. Perit.:;msatin, Apr)ii 30.-It Is sinted here thiit thie Virgintia and( Ciarioha h:itaIlroad, whichl rnuas fromi lIidgew.ar' BR N. (C., thromugh Petersburg to Rici nolidi, huts beeni se,hl to (lie sy'ndicato' >wingl (lie Atha itic Coast [Lime Rail, coadsI. Onhy a few months ago the Mity of P'eter'ham"ur exchanged $100,000 wort h of hem' jonds for a like anmotut S if Virginiial amid Cairolmna RaIlroad S >Ond(s to aidt ill the consttruction of the -oad(, andi( also gave a b)onus~ of $5O0000 PIA) o' thle purilchase of the mright of way hirougth them city3 an th1 le eroct ion of' lepot butildinigs within the cor'por'ato imits. Mamjoir W. S. G:'eeni, chief en inaeer, andit E. A . Grieeni, assistanat en.. ~inmer otf thle iroad, haave tendered theIr Psignaitions5, to take efiect on the 15th uf May niext. l )ore4 11an n Abselt: hots hi te.s --ter-in the Worehad lBBEVILLB, April80.-Jim Gaillard, )red, working with a I istol to day t his sister Lizzie Gaillard. The entered the centre of the forehead i has not been tound. The pat!ent s a critical condition. Gailard was nedlatoly carried before Trial Jus Bruhl, who, upoi examiniation, re led the prisoner, as the facts show. .hat the shooting was accidental. Cow the Account btands in Indiana. [From the Philadelphfi" Presm.] notlier Itidiana man has got an ae, Bayliss W. IIanna having been ointei minlster to Persia. The ac lit stamds as follows: ilanians 1ho want offlce.....98,250 lanians who have got office.. 6 till available..............98,244 E MAN AND THE MQNKEY W''tt ails you?" asked the man; "I see ate at sufferer, and can scarcely get h, you see," replied the monkey, "mn) Ider, she had what you cull scrofula y much scrofula, lily farder. he had p sores, ,somn big, some little sores, I time. They both took much mne(li ,and died; the sores was all they left Yes, yes," replied the man. "I see v it is Your mother inherited her (is e, scrofula, and your fatier caught his the wing, and you iilerited or were borta h both coin plaints. lit why pine away I die when you can he cured:''' I heen done, used over sixty bottles one g store line(liine, and it no good. Money gone and sore here yet. Some doctors r(e heap loney, but no good." But, lily frien," said the man, "you hold of the wrong miedicit'. (1o tie drug store ami get one bottle of B. 13., aid before using all of it you I feel better. It is a quick cure. It I cure all sorts of sores, (crofuhi, Blood sol caught on the wing, Itching inors, Catarrh, Blood and Skill di-eases I Kidney Troubles." I be so thankful for your kindness, and I go get II. 13. II. to-day," replied the nkey. EYE OF 1FitlE. Ii, might I kiss those eyes of fire, I thousand scarce woull quench desire I would I Steel) my lips in bliss, d (twell an age on every kiss." hat young dude needs something for bloo(1; he is utlerly too fresh. B. B. B. he best tl'ing for, hin, because one bot will cure hii. But that dude is not all in in his terrestrial glory-not by a g full.'' Many others are considerably ttled" just now about that blood poison iness, but, B. B. 13. will eure for the at mnoney and in the shortest time. The in is coining. Purify, Purify. OhI, Josie," said little gleeful Maud, are going to have some honey mlade ir house." "low (to you know'?" at Jo.ie. "Because uianma sent the -ant after three i's, and I do,t't know It bees are good for, only to make ey. lood lim Co., Atlanta, Ga., will mail o(e a most wonderful book FR.E. rUT T'S PILLS 25 YEARS IN USE. e Greatest.Xedica Triunp,h of the Ago! SYMPTOMS OF A flORPID LIVER. m head, with a dull sensation in the als part, Pain under She shoulder ide, Fullness after eating, with a dig lination to exertion of body or mnind, ritabillty dItemper, Low.spirit., with eeling ofhawing neglected somes duty, eariness, Dizziness, FlutterIng at the art. Dots before the eyes, IIoadache er the right eye, Rlestlessness, with Ehi dreams, Ighly colored Urine, and CON STIPA TION. 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