DEFERRED NEW3 ITEMS. I
THE OREAT RAILROAD EXTENSION. X.
Winston, N. April -7.?The hoard of ?li- ] nie
rectors of the North Carolina Midland Railroad j 4*,(
met again at 10 o'clock this morning ami re- i cou
maiticd in session all day. It is a new company ! is i
formed by the consoiidation of three other com* dis
penias. to wit: Tho Dan Valley and Vail kin pol
Iliver Railroad, the Winston, Salem and Madi* tic>
son Railroad, and the Winston, Mocksvillc and vet
Moorcsville Ruilroal. Tlseso three companies
were consolidated into one company, with a the
gauge, to suit the Virginia Midland Railroad, of cut
four feet eight and a half inches, and this is the am
Company under whose management the Virginia wtl
Midland is to bo extended through North t'aro- j
lina and South Carolina to connect with the deti
Railroad system further South. a S
The board yesterday and to*d?*y gave a ful' mei
and impartial bearing dMtolegations of repro- Acti
tecntatTvo men from Ncrfh Carolina and Soufh [ <rc
Carolina ns to the advantages of their respective live
localities, each of the delegations being anxious pro
to have the road extended through their section, can
nnd offering material aid in the construction of the
I lie road. 1 lie board decided to commence the firs
work of construction at once. Col. J. B. Vates
was elected cliief engineer. Several surveys
have been authorized on the proposed routes in t01
North and South Carolina, the terminal points
being'left open. The Virginia Midland is ex- 1 '
peeled to contribute to the construction of that e' 1
portion of t lie lino in Virginia, and the president *ot
is authorized to commence the work of construe- ^
lion at once between the Virginia line and on 1
Mocksville, N. C. It is expected that work will 101
? begin at once at the points most difficult of con- J111
struction and requiring the largest time to completc.
*
The action of the board was harmonious in '>or
every respect, and they undertake the enteprisc " "
with the determination to push it to successful
completion without delay. The delegations from
a distance have all left greatly encouraged with m
the bright prospect of the extension of this import
nut line South. The people here and on p ^
points of the line located are enthusiastic over S|1p
securing the roa-4 through their sections, and
now have increased faith in its early completion. j|]jt
When completed this road will constitute the a!1(]
most direct and important all-rail line from ^lai
North to South, and will be a first-class road ' L.|y
with steel rail track und iron bridges. The (cut
Hon. J. S. Barbour, president of the road, and Join
his party, leave here to-morrow en route for An- Ilia
gusta and other points upon the projected line, till'
? Cor. Xetvx and Courier. toil!
- ? arst
A Mock Di ki. in Ci.auksiion.?One evening u,a|
last week our community was startled by the (,,a|
intelligence that a duel had been fought within kntj
the very limits of the town. Upon inquiry it fwas
asccrtainc 1 that Messrs. Flowers and Alls- pop
brooks had some differences.^ Two friends (Lbi
learned this anil determining'toliave^omo''Tu~n TjtJT
at their expense, persuaded the latter to send a HOC
,.i...ii........ i.. ,1... ..ii...m r. ...i..i ......,k... 'in... -iint
challenge was accented, ilie.se two young gen- 3'ua
tlciucn managing to insinuate themselves in the nL>t-'
position of seconds. All preliminaries having
been arranged, the balls were extracted from
some pistol cartridges and blackened cork sub- 'l'''
diluted; with these the pistols were loaded.? "V
The appointed time brought all parties on the
field of combat. At the word "lire," one pistol c'jU1
went oil", doing no damage of emr.se; Mr. ,
1 tied
Flowers \s snapped. After some consultation the
i .sta
seconds decided that Mr. F, should have a sec- ;
cue
ond shot. \V hereupon he raised the pistol
'
above bis liea 1, with llie inagtiaainiiiy of a truly j >
brave matt, an 1 with the words "here goes" 0jj(|
again snapped his pistol. The question was 1 oni
then put to each, "Arc you satisfied?" This I jra(
having been answered in tlie allirmativc, one of i |'lir
the seconds gave the .somewhat arbitrary order : '['hi
"Advance half-way and shake hands." 1 in pi i - con
eit obedience was rendered. The w hole affair her
was extremely farcical. Mr. Allshrooks knew it thn
"was only a joke, but Mr. Flowers did not sits j
peet the fact. 1'pon returning to town tlie It'Oi
whole parly was bully frightened by a report >vta
that the trial justice iutcti led to arrest them.? j clot
^ Some of the young gcntlcm -n look palcyct.bnl ' l'hi
* hey are recovering.?-'.Vu/vWo/i Knterprine, | Ihn
? j anil
A l'liosmators Fntkim-iusk.?The President ^ fuu
of the t.iranileville, S. t ., Cotton Manufacturing Sta
Company submitted a report at the annual meet- aru
ing Friday last, which must prove not only bur
grat\tym% to the stockholders, but to all who sou
liavc at bcart the success of in wiuf.ictiiring cn* 11ui
lerprises in the South. The (dranitcville and Vaueluse
factories are under the manageincnt of i 'he
the firniiiterille Cotton Manufacturing Company, 1 "l
with an aggregate of di,0'il spindles and Sts'i 'he
looms. The product of goods for Hie year ended 'U1
first of March last was, in pounds, 1 .b(i'.t,iii?d, cul|
and in yards l'i.oUd.ntl'.t, in which bales .
of cotton, averaging !'> > pounds to the bale, ll'V
were consumed. The profits were J?ld7,IVo, r'!'
fh" expenses, including insurance, taxes, j .
school;.. I'lJt't'ohcs. interest, \c., * Pi.dS"!, leav- j
ing a tie , ;.ro/Jl of nearly S>'.'l ,(?*?, being a net 1 j
. nar/u-og of / "> percent, on t lie entire capi- ?p|)(
^ iMtl stock. (?-1 k?-*, . ? 18,000, or 8 per cent., was i j1((t.
B ;jiaid in d:ii J.-;.-!.,. iud the balance, i
carried to (lie serp'.gr ftm-l, which now nggrc- j [ ,,
gates 8108,oJv T1 e !vsi of running tiiuednr- rt.|,
ing the entire yvir wm: etly Mil days and tin* ! p, |
was on account of low e.itr. The requisite ; am
machinery lias kccu iulroi'gccii in the Van- pec
cluse mill for making and pt'i.iiu^ Jfot?r sacks bar
an 1 ot her k in?i of bags, out of clot i u it.".'facto red ato
y ii the mill, ur.d tkc President sayx '.be ex peri the
mcnt li:iK pravsl a complete succetr, givting ' il??f
^?ood promise itf beaming a valuable scwrce <.!' | it i
profit, :iiiti at; iu>port*n' market for the cotisuiep- l,J i
tiou of a largo portion of the production of the l*1
mill. iil"
If.
Tcxao, !.y a vote of fifty-four to thiilyone
in her Ja'tiislature, has declared ap* inst '
tliit importation or nnmil'ictiire of alco-j
hollo drinks in that State, except hoor and *'"<
wine. W'1
wo
' Ihipa, how do editors get in free at all ma
the shows?" 'Well, sonny, as a general tt d
rule, tin y give five dollars worth of adver- wai
fisine for n ?vy?*i>?y five rorjf firkot." hiti
'itoitiiiition is North Carolina.?Kaleigh,
C, April '_'7.?The Prohibitionist Convention
t :?t Tucker 11.ill nt d.dO 1*. M. to-day. About
) delegates were present, representing every
inly in tlu* State. The personnel of this body
lot able. Among the members, besides many
iingiiishe'l clergymen, arc many prominent
iticiniis ami public men of both political par?
and both races. The officers of the Ounition
are chosen from both races. Major J.
Mcllae, of l'ayetteville, is president, an<l
re are twenty-five vice-presidents. Many
husiastic speeches were made by both white
I colore I delegates. Kx Senator Merrimon
I speak to-morrow.
It a mass meeting held to-night the hall was
isely packed. The convention has appointed
(ate committee to arrange for the appointut
of district and county committees, and the
'ss- v;rr s
:ly and aggressive. The convention will
bably adjourn to-morrow evening and the
ipaigti work be begun. A pcpular vote on
prohibition question will be taken on the
i Monday in August.
? ?
l Tu vvr.i.kti Letter.?Some weeks ago a let
was mailed at Winnsboro, addressed to Mrs15.
l'aimcr, London, with tlie direction that
Hit delivered in ten days it should be returnto
Colonel Kion at this place. On reaching
ulon the letter was forwarded, as requested ,
Mrs. l'aimcr, to Biarritz ami thence to Baye
via I'aris and Calais. At Bayonno the letremained
for ten days, and was thence re- i
ucd to Winnsboro, via London and New York.
! safe return of the letter, after passing i
nigh so many hands, is an evidence cf the I
lc:tiou of our national postal system.?
mxhoro Ilrriilt/. !
MORAL NEW ENGLAND. '
I
riu; recent debate in the Senate of the 1
ited States has been a terrible exposure i
the boasted land of moral ideas and free t
Vane. In Massachusetts t i ere are 130,- <
I adult males disfranchised on accouut of '
oracy, failure to pay tuxes, pauperism I
crimes ! There are, in the prisons of i
ssacbusetts 4,550 couviets for every vnri- t
of crime?adultery -15 males and IS
ales; druukeuuess, G5() males and 211 J
lales; idle and disorderly conduct 75 I
les and 100 females; larceny, 83.'! males >
I 70 females; robbery, 128 males and 2 <
talcs ; vagraucy, 205 males and 5 females; i
>n, 85 males and 8 females ; murder, 21 |
cs and 8 femaks; rape 10 ; lorgery, 17 t
es; and some of every other crime i
nvii to the law. i
joutli Carolina has near enough the same i
illation as Connecticut for comparison, i
e uynulatiou of this State, being whites :
^f^lfutblorcd GO-1.275 ; and that of Con- I
tieut whites G10.SS1; colored 11,428,) (
has only 1,118 males over twenty-one j |
rs who are not voters by law, while Con- j |
tieut has 22.010 who are not voters!
1 yet Northern Senators are talking 1
nt a free ballot and a fair couut. In ;
ide Island about one half of the adult
es are disfranchised on account of foreign
li, want <>( property, illiteracy and other
ses ! In all of llu Southern States i
re are lew adult males who are r. >t enti- j i
I t j vote ; whilst in all of the Noithcru
les there are from 20.000 to 180.000 in 1 i
!i Statu disfranchised citizens overtwcu- j i
>110 years ??1<1 ! I I
Sot one half of the voters in South Car- I
ia would be allowed to vote in the North- i
States ! And yet their Senators are 1 <
hieing and abusing the Southern States j
not having a free ballot and a fair count ! <
;y are slandering the South too, on ae- | <
lit of the crimes and outrages committed |
o, whilst they have in their own States j i
o times as many criminals as we have ! i I
['here is another beautiful specimen of
: ballot and fair count in the lb-publican !
tos, by means of gerrymandering their <
ition districts. In the city of i'liiladeii
it is arranged so that it takes 7~>,000
nocrats to elect one member of Congress, >
Republicans are allowed to elect |
r members of Congress. In the whole |
to of Pennsylvania 107,1'JS Democrats,
represented in Congress by eight mem- J
s, and -111,701 Kepublieans arc repre?
ted by nineteen members. In Connoc?
it Democratic towns w.th a population j
!5i),l)iM) inhabitants elect two members of j
Legislature and Republican towns with j
(II) inhabitants elect also two members of j
Legislature! This is all fair with the
iniblicans, and is i!a free ballot auil a fair I
nt !"
Nothing can be more disgraceful in pols
than the fraudulent and corrupt barn
made by the Republicans in the .Senate
Ii the* renegade Democrat Malionc. It
0 bo Imped that Senator Duller will
ve to the American people this corrupt
gain, as he has pledged himself to do.
U Republican party have professed to be
lifted at the repudiation of public debts,
1 set they have sold out the ollices ol the
ited States Senate to a repudiatiooist, n i
el brigadier, and a renegade Democrat, !
nal?e \ irgmia repudiate her public debt, ,
I elect a Republic in Senator ! Will the
pie of the I'nited States tolerate such
vfaeed eoiruption and fraud in their Soilr>'(
And will they continue to support
DepuLlican party ' it is to be hoped
. by every honest, reflecting tnati. Ami !
also to he hoped that ' the dead lock'
tk? Seriate may continue till December. 1
her than deliver, as a Senator said, "tiie j
Leu oood?" bargained for by Malionc.? .
y. )'K11 itV.?in (irccnvillr Xcic*.
i(Mill iv IT* I'i.Aok. ? Whiskey is good |
itK own place. There is nothing in the i
rid like whiskey lor preserving a man !
ii he is dead. Rut it is one of the i
ret things in the world for preserving a
II when lie is living. If you want to keep
cad mail put him in whiskey. If you
ill to kill a living man. put whiskey into
II.
REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS CAUGHT STEALQ
$24,000 A YEAR.
Washington, April 21.?A case that illt
trates the boldness ot the fraud systcoiul
cally practiced during tiie past four years
the uiauageuient of the star postal route
furnished by the route known us No. 10,1(1
and running from Mineral Park, Arizoti
to Piochc, Nevada, a distance of 232 uiih
This route was let on July 1, 1878, to M
tier, Peek it Co. at 82.000 per annum for
weekly service. In August or Septembi
1878, the route was sub let by the eoutr;
tors to Isaac Jennings, ot St. Thorn;
Lincoln County, Nevada, at 81,700 per a
nutn, or 81,800 more than the contra
price. S~?on after receiving the sub contra
Jennings was requested to get up a petiti
for triweekly service, but refused to do
on the grouud that the proposed incroa
fils* refus^ howe ver, to make* a "Tnovenic
to secure increased service-, he was surpris
to receive from Washington a sub contra
calling for tri weekly trips, and raising t
pay to 812,000 per annum. I'll is is c
piaiticu oy me Met uiaun April, loi'j, t
original contractors, through their influctt
with the postoHiee department, secured
increase to tri-weekly service, and had t
pay raised to ?22,300 per annum. Thus
will be noticed that Jennings, who was pi
forming the service, received of this iuereti
only ?12,000, leaving ?0,700 to be divid
among the principals.
In July, 1870, or about three months;
tor the first increase was made, the servi
was st:II further increased without any so
citation from Jennings, and without I
knowledge, to seven trips per week, and t
yearly pay was raised at the same time
?52,000. \\ hen this last increase was uia
Jennings was ordered to put on daily se
rice, at the rate of ?28,000 per aunu
thns leaving ?2-4,000 per annum to bo d
rided among the principals. He fore t
route was increased to daily service the co
:ract was transferred from .Miner, Peek
Do to J. \V. Dorsey. When the chan
ivas made Jennings was not informed of t
act that the department, in addition to d
reeling increased trips, had also cxpedit
lie service.
About three months after the transfer
Porsoy Jennings was informed by M.
Kiedell that the schedule time had bc<
shortened to sixty hours. Hied :ll was tl
jlcrk and agent of Horsey, and in order tl
more effectually to carry out thcfraudulci
purposes of the King, Horsey made a con
raet with Kiedell at the full contract prii
laiued above and filed this agreement at tl
iepartment. After making tfio nouiiu
; nitraet with Kiedell, Horsey made an actu
Mil tract with Jennings for both tri week
uid daily service, specifying that ho shou
ic paid S12,GOO for the tri-weckly nnd$2f
)(?t) for the daily service, which was ?'J,3<
per annum below the sum fixed by the <1
partuiciit for the trUweekly service, ai
521,000 below that fixed for the daily Sv
L'ioo. Jcitnimrs acted in lieiTcet i'u-id fail
md was ignorant uf the transactions botwci
|)orsoy ami his clerk.
The agreement made between IVarscyai
Jennings was forwarded by the latter to lie
rosoiitative Itaggctt, of Nevada, with tl
request thai it he filed with the pes
>Iliee department. Mr. Dairgett, iuim
liately upon receipt of the. agreement, h
it with .1. L. French, chief clerk of theco
tract olliee, icquesting him to place it <
lile. For the service of the first ?juari
under the tri weekly contract Jennings r
ccivcd his full pay according to the terms
his contract. At the expiration of the ihjuarter,
however, he not only failed to 1
I'oive the pay due, hut he received noti
from the department that fines had be
imposed for failure to perform service, ai
that itisead of the government owing hi
?7,WOO, he was debtor to the Govcrntnc
by reason of the fines imposed in the su
i)f $700. These fines, it seems, were ii
posed because of Jcnning's failure to p<
form the service 011 the expedited schcdui
id' which he had no notice until inform
hy Riedell, as above explained. Not coi
prehending this method of doing businc;
and being startled by the large pecuuia
loss which threatened him, Jennings at on
proceeded to Washington. JJefore leavii
the West lie obtained a number of sign
hires to a protest against the frequency at
expedition of the service ordered by tl
department. There was no necessity wh;
ever for this increase, as the route w
through a wilderness, and the number
letters carried over it at any time did n
average three per week.
Arriving at Washington, Riedcll ascc.
tained that Jennings intended to tile tli
protest with the department, and, in ord
to prevent such damaging testimony boil
made part of the public records, he ga
Jennings 815,5011 not to place the protesti
lilc. In the meantime, however, Kicdclli
coived from the ton-eminent full pay, It
the penalties, all of which were charged
.Jennings. For the two following quark
.Jennings was paid only bis princij
claiming that the balance was consumed I
lines. .Jennings having been thus oxliau
ed, the route was sold by the owners
Saulsbury, (! i I more A do. Jennings reniai
ed in Washington with the expeetati
that he would obtain justice from the pnsi
authorities, not supposing, of course, tl
the very persons from whom ho expect
protection and redress wore parties to t
practices hy which he had been del'rait lc
lie had no rights whatever which the po
office were bound to respect, for the reas
that he was unknown to them, his ngrcomc
never having been placed on (he tiles of t
department. Tlio contract between ?Jt
nings and llicdcll, which Mr. Daggett I
with Chief Clerk French, was not placed
the tiles of the department until Man
1331, and then only upon the perenipti
demand of Mr. Daggett and the two sei
tors from Nevada, whom he made acijuaii
ed with tho injustice done him ?JST.
7'i'nirt.
ro OUANO, CORN AND COTTON.
Mvssrt. Jfihtors:?The questio i, "Doe
is- P;,y 10 usc gu;tuo, and to raise cotton t?
the cxclusiou of oilier farm products," ha
j? beeu discussed for a long tiuic, and no deli
is uite conclusion lias been reached. I d uio
I j propose to go into detail and discuss tin
ia above fully, lor it would take up too uiuel
,8 of your space. 1 will only give you a lev
j_ general remarks on it.
. a Our farmers from \car to year are usin<
%r uiore and more guano, and raising more cut
l0. ton and less corn, wheat &c., making it ap
IS jcar that guano docs pay, but I am by in
ueans convinced of tins fact. More cotton
l0t i:' the seasons arc good, .'ill be made tlii
ict y?ar than has ever been made before. Kv
on tTy laborer and every horse is busy am
so the^e is a demand lor more. Our farmer
iS(J sceui to be of the opinion that guano i:
?? manufactured so'ely for cotton, and the;
tn*l .at Jca#t very little of it, uude
ej anything else.
lct Col. 11. E. Mason, our boss guano agcut
|ic. informs us that be lias sold at Westminster
,x. up to the 11th instant, one hundred am
|lc seventy five tous of guano, and that tin
cu other agents there have sold at least twi
hundred and thirty tons. Seneca City sell
|lc more guano by several hundred tons thai
jt Westminster. Taking the above as a basis
>r. 1 do not think that 1 uiakc an over csti
usc mate', .vlicn I state that two thousand am
.J five hundred tons will be sold in Oeoucc lb
'31. it will require two thousand and liv
if. hundred bales of cotton, averagiug fou
co hundred and fifty poun Is, at ten cents pe
li. pound, to settle that little guano account
iis which foots up the uicc little sum of on
lie bundled and twelve thousand five hundrei
to dollars. This amount of indebtedness rest
d0 upon the shoulders of our fanners befor
r_ they put their seed into the ground. The
in, begin each year's journey loaded down will
i? n houvy debt, and it is increased at ever
lie turn.
m- liaising corn and wheat for sale, or cvci
& home consumption, is numbered with th
jrC things of the past. Naturally, we have t
lie buy all of our supplies. Our corn am
i_ wheat come from the West and Northwest
ed and so does our bacon, our plows, hoes, am
in fact everything that we use have to b
to imported.
(J. In the fall our guano money goes t
on Charleston, Richmond, and other places
10 aud?the rest of our money falls gliuiuieriiij
lie to the face of the earth, to pay lor on
lit other wants. Like the ghost in llauilet
i- "Tis here"?"'Tis here"? 'Tis gone," am
oe we find ourselves left high and dry, road;
lie to go into debt for tho same couitnodilic
al and to couic out at the end of tho followiuj
n! year still worse off. Corn, wheat, oats,am
lv a part of our bacon, if not all, must b
Id raised at home, if we desire to make farm
ing profitable. There is uo man under th
H) sun that can make money by farming an
|o- pay the heavy percentage consequent upo
id the purchasing of his supplies. The cor
r- that we buy comes from the West an
h. Northwest where it is worth about twenty
mi live cents per bushel, first cost, and to-day
in Oconee the saute corn is brought here an
id sold for front one dollar ten to one dollu
p. ami twenty-live cents per bushel, making
lie profit on first cost of about four liundrci
t- per cent. The merchant, too, must hav
o- | his turn price, and to save himself from los
ift must add on to his regular cash price, abou
it- thirty percent., if not more, and such isth
mi case with everything that we have to bu
or on time.
e- With cotton at nine or ten cents, and :
of the face of the above, I do not see how w
xt ! can contend that it pays to use guano, t
'? ! raise cotton exclusivelv . that we itmv na
J > J 1
co from seventy live to two hundred per ecu
en on nil \vc purchase. Some farmers tell 111
id that they arc in debt and that they are con
in polled to raise cotton in order that they ma
lit pay their debts and meet their currcut cj
in j pcnscs. Just let them look back over th
n- : past four years, and they will litul that the
r- j have been going all the time from bad t
le, ' worse. Farmers in this condition can no
ed ; immediately make a radical change and g
11- | back to the old profitable way of farming
<s, but they will have to do so by degrees, an
ry the sooner they begin to inaugurate a roforn
ce the better. They have become so much ii:
ig volved that nil immediate change would rui
a- them financially.
id There is no two ways about it, wc ar
lie compelled to manure our lands, but can w
it- not do it in a cheaper and more durable wa
as than by the wholesale use of a fertilize
of that acts upon the soil like whiskey on th
ot human system, (itiatio stimulates and cj
cites, as it were, the nervous system of th
;r- earth, and when its ellects die out, leave
lis the soil debilitated. Cow lot, stable an
or other manures id' the farm,, last for yeai
ig and keep the soil in a healthy condition b
vo supplying those elements that it actual!
on needs. The same amount invested in th
e- way is equal to three or four times th
ss amount invested in guanos,
to If we cannot raise corn and wheat fi
rs market it certainly would pay most ham
>al soniely to raise enough to supply the hom
by demand. 1 look around and what men d
st-; 1 find making money on their farms
I W'l... ........ "... .1.- i:
H/ ff II ) , lliwou III UII t IIIIV lillOU llltil nujljnu
ii- principally :it home. A few years past w
on shipped corn from this county ? now we in
tal port it by the car lo.nl after car loadi.at
I'm o ugh wheal, at tin: same time, was raise
eil for home consumption, now it is shipped l
lie us in (plantilics. Only a short time sinci
d. for a merchant of tins place to sell eillu
st- corn or flour, more than they had taken ii
on in the way of barter, was uiikown ; no
nt speculation in corn has become a rcgul:
he business and barrel after barrel of flour
mi- Sfild here.
eft More cotton and less corn and wheat ai
on being raised every year, ami just in propo
ill, tion to the decrease aro our farmers tallir
iry back 'J'liis a fact that cannot bo coutr
a- dieted. Cotton is a good thing and <1
nt- backbone of the Southern States, but
)'. must be handled properly or it will ruin u
When improperly tampered with it provi
a sure phantom to lead us on to ruin.finan3
cially. Every farmer strives to uiake uioney
> and tries to find the quickest way to do
3 this. He hopes to become rich In a short
time by planting cotton exclusively, but too ,
1 late* he finds it a delusion, and then the cry |
s comes, '*1 am involved and must raise cot1
ton to moot my obligations or [ sink," and
k" gradually he sinks by following this course; |
he floats on down the stream until he finally |
' tumbles over a financial precipice, his credit, 1
farm and all gone. The farmer that raises >
his own supplies, has fat horses and good ]
-> stock generally, a good credit, is happy, and t
> his balance at the bankers is slowly butsuro- (
s Iv increasing. There you find joy and peace, 1
while in the other case you will find unrest, ?
f unhappincss and anxiety. The experience ?
3 of every day life teaches mo this. Our lots i
3 in this world depend upon individual cxer- >
y tion and energy, and we sli >uld look well i
i' ahead in order that we uiay avoid breakers |
in the ocean of life. Our homes arc just j
) what we make them, and where there is i
'? debt, anxiety and trouble, there can be no
1 haf piuess. Therefore let us strive to make :
our homes happy by having everything that |
3 we need about us in abundance and not ;
s uopenu upon the West or Northwest to sup- <
> ply our wants : and last of all let us avoid (
i debt, and we can do this by raising corn, |
* wh ?at and oats, and also bacon, instead of .
J cottou.? Cor. Ktowrn Courier. i
r * ? , j
c IvAltiKS.?The letter published by us ^
r sonic weeks ago from Mr. E. M. Quimby,
of Morristown, N. J., and referring to the j
supposed ease of rabies in a strange dog,
e which entered his yard and made a savage j
j onslaught upon his setters, has attracted
s wide attention. We have made the disease
c as it is known iu man (hydrophobia) cuu?
y siderable of a study, as also of the disease.
I, its almost counterpart iu the different char- '
aetcrizations of att ick?tetanus?and shall !
shortly give to our readers the result of
u this observation and study, such as it may be.
u Among the many letters we have receive!
0 upon the subject, we take the following as '
j a sample :
lliciiMoxn, Kv.
j 1'iF.t.n EditorTi;iik, Fikm> and Farm.
e ?In the issue of your journal dated March
11, is a letter from E. M. Quimby, of Mor0
ristown, N. ?J., giving an account of the sad
. misfortunes of his setteis ; also the comt'r
nicnts in your department, upon the subject.
~ iu looking over some scrap-book matter 1
find the inclosed slip, taken, as you will see,
j from one of the journals of this State.?
. Thinking it might possibly be of some use
s 1 take pleasure in sending it to you. These
ir experiences are often worthy of further trial,
j The plant alluded to is, I think, a variety
of the one known among us as the everlasting
flower. My friends, C. L. Allen and
0 J. M. Thorburn, can, no doubt, put you iu
the way of obtaining it, if you should think
desirable. Mr. Allen is a thorough botaniu
cal florist, residing, I think, at Garden City,
(j Ij. I. The various departments of the
, Turt\ Field and Farm are, to my mind,
thorovyh, although I miss sadly from its
J pages the communications of its correspon.
dent, the late Carl Ileusou. AmkRICTS.
:i The clipping sent us by our correspondent
1 I n-.< ...... i t.? i II,, IV,>m
she every one who does nol l>uy from
* 1 l hat I hey loose money. ...
i are going to keep all (hat I lie people waul ,jt. .s
ii-ll as cheaply as the same article can he , ,
c: ia any foreign market. jj
y W'K TAIvK A I'OSITIVE Q
uLSiiro in Showing our Goods
c urn, uuiiuiuu eases 01 uien Dilten tty rabid
o dogs with the Xunthnun Sjn'imsum, he has
y never in any of these cases failed to ward
it off hydrophobia, lie gives some startling
2 examples : During the Crimean war, a 1amily
of twelve persons had been bitten by a
y hydrophobic wolf. Six of them entered his
t. wards in the hospital of Olschanka, govern*
u mcnt of I'odolia. district of Halta. They
y were treated with infusion of the leaves of
o Xanthium, and all recovered. Thcsixolh,t
ers, who were treated by the actual cautery
0 and the daily use of (icnista tinetoria and
other drugs, died with hydrophobia in the
,1 course ol twelve to sixty days, lie recounts
(< many other facts not less striking. For an
i. adult, the dose is sixty ccntii/mmws of the
u dry powder, repeated three times a day, and
contiuucd during six weeks. Children under
0 twelve take half that quantity. The dose
c for animals is much larger. A herd of thiry
ty oxen had been bitten by a mad wolf;
ir eight had succumbed with symptons of hyc
drophohia. The commissary of police came
r. to l)r. (Jrzyvala for his "antirabic powder."
e lie gave three ounces of the powder, with
lS bran, daily, to each of the animals; nouo of
them suffered from the disease. These are
rs examples of which, Dr. (Jrzyvala says, he
y has a hundred others. Fiat c.cperimei,turn.
y We have heard too often of specifies for
js hydrophobia not to regard this last claimant
it. with sorrowful suspicion. Hut the herb is,
at least, a harmless one; its ordinary prop?
cities seem to be mainly sudorific; and
J. since animals suffering from rabies are only
lL. too frequently at hand, and the remedy is
one which grows plentifully in tho middle
_ regions of l'rareo as well as Podolia, let us
!S hope that our French colleagues will lose no
c time in putting this prophylcatic to the test;
and perhaps the prof.'ssors in our own vet_
orinary colleges might help to set at rest
,1 the hopes which this positive and detailed
0 statement i? calculated to excite.
_. ??
Oregon has hit upon a new expedient to
1 keep In r citizens sober. Kvery man who
11' drinks is required to take out a license, 83
w a piece. I'nlcss armed with this document
a he cannot get hitters at any hotel or saloon,
,s for it is a penal offense for the proprietor of
these establishments to sell to any person
11 without a license. Kvery six months tho
r names of the persons who take out these
licenses are to be published in the local pa'l
pers, so that tho public may know who arc
V' and who are not authorized to drink,
it
is. Klectric bdles?female telegraph operaas
tors.
ELOQUENCE IN THE SZHATE.
We are told by the Senator from Ohio
uid other Senators that we have groveled
it the foot of the Senat >r from Virginia ?
Mr. President, it is not true. I deny it emphatically
and distinctly. The Senator from
Virginia said in his opening address hero
it the commencement of this session that
ic had been invited to our little tea party.
If invited, it was unofficially ; if invited, it
las not by the Democratic caucus. 1 state
vere, without divulging any secrets of the
party, that 1 for one, with certain other gendemcn
that I see around tne, persistently
?pposed any invitation to the Senator from
Virginia, and I denounced it from the beginning;
I denounced it in caucus and out
if caucus. I say, if that Senator was incited
to a Democratic caucus it was done by
in individual and not by the official action
>f the caucus to which I belong. No, sir ;
lio was never invited there by tbo authoritative
actiou of the Democratic caucus?
icver.
Mr. President, we have witnessed remark*
iblo scenes in this Chamber. Kightccit
months ago the President of the Coiled
States declared in a speech in the State of
Idliio that he would ucvcr, so help liiin Cod.
pxtend his hand in friendship across the
Moody chasm to any man who had been engaged
in rebellion who uid not openly express
his repentance for it; never would
ic grasp in friendship the hand of any man
* -i : ? .:i I._
.nat strucK ai mo mo 01 uic nation unm uo
publicly and openly declared his repentance
for thai great crime. The Senator from
Massachusetts has ru lg the changes on it
lierc over and over again?the junior Sen*
iter. When did the Senator I'roui Virginia
repent ? The other day we saw the Senator
from Virginia stand in the midst of the Republican
Senators and in emphatic accents
Jeclure that for his part in that struggle he
had uo rcpcutauco to express, no apology to
make. I have no apology, he said, to make
to any mau for uiy participation in that
struggle, and then alter, this heroic declaration.
he fell back into the amorous embrace
of the junior Senator from Massachusetts,
and they billed and cooed together while
the air was heavy with the fragrance of
flowers sent here from the executive conservatory
to grace the wedding Trust.
Two years ago almost I said on this floor
that there was not a Confederate brigadier,
recking as they called it with loyal blood,
spotted and stained with treason, that tho
Republican party would not take iuto its
embrace if he would only agree to vote the
R;u)ica! ticket and give power to the lladiearfiarly.
Sir, the waters of tho Jordan,
all the uicdiciual springs front the days of
Hipocrates dowu to this, have not the healing
virtue of one single Republican ballot;
it covers all siu, hides all iniquity. The
chief recoiumeudation the Senator from
Virginia gives to your candidate for Sergcnnt-at-Arms
is that he was a full fledged
traitor before lie was eighteen years old,anJ
commanded a company in the Confederate
army. 'J hat is bis chief recommendation ;
yet. to day all is forgotten ; you take him
into lull fellowship and comuiuniou without
any examination by church orscssiou. He
is ready for the New Jerusalem, the temple
-A 1 M 1 1 < . 1 II r
notuiaue wnn nanus, "eternal in inc ncavens.
31 r. President, wlicro is the consistency
of this great party that controls the (Jovemuient
? (icntlemcn, you have to-day, by an
accident, control of the organization of this
Senato; you have planted the flagof Democratic
Virginia in the tiiiilst of its hereditary
foes. 8ir. there is a legend among the
Northmen of the olden time, of a Danish
king whose banner had waved in triumph
over a hundred stricken lields, till a', last
he fell in defense of it with his fierce warriors
around him. liis hereditary focmcn
seized that battle flag and bore it oft' in triumph,
and at night, with wine and wassail
his foes celebrated their unexpected victory.
The wine flowed red and the song rose high
around the flag that bung mournfully and
sullenly in their midst. Suddenly a bush
came over that band of ro.elers. In their
midst stood the form of the dead king, and
his spirit had seized that flag and tore it
away from his hereditary foes forever. .Sir,
if the gallant living of Virginia (and she
has thousands as brave as any that ever rode
through shot and shell and saber stroke) do
not in the coming fall redeem this flag, dear
to mc as my own honor, because in Virginiu
rest the ashes of my fathers?if her gallant
living redeem not this flag from where it
(ihllllls tlbil.'lV T"M lllllfO'l ItV tltn irrocn aT lltAeiv
? - v , I'V.-.V . ~J p.no|M/i uiuau
who have always traduced and slandered it,1
would expect, under tiud, that the awful
majesty of JelTorson himself, father of the
Democratic party, would darkuu this Hall
and with spirit-hand would wrest that banner
from those who have always hated it
and give it to loving hands.?From Senator
Vest's speech, April Ylth.
VKMiKANCK I'hiX A Mfl.K?Old Si fa.?
was a very revengeful man. Now, Sila?
owned a mule, and one day the mule failed
his hind legs and smote Silas, whereupon
the old man sat ii|>oii fho barn floor and
wept. Suddenly he smiled, and seizing a
rain sick he filled it with sand and rocks,
and tied a leather apron around it. Then .
he hung it down f rom t ic beam right hehind
the mule. A shudder passed over tho
animal, hut he nerved himself and let fly,
lie sc?t the hag to the roof, but the recoil
struck him with surprise, nut only onto but
two or three times. The mule was astonished,
seliockco I He wasn't tt^od to being
kicked back. Old Silas laughed until
. 1 I _l 1 ^ tut. t
ii'urs ran uowu ins chucks. t no nunc
kicked again and the bag kicked hark.
They kept up the contest all day. and lot*,
ards evening the mule shotted signs of
weakening, but old Silas was not satisfied
yet. He went to bed, and during the ni-hl
he heard the mule braying Ibr mercy, but
his heart was hardened. When be tv. rrt
to the stable in the morning the sand bag
was as IVesh as ever, but the mule h id laid
down in despair and was dead?died of a
broken heart.