The Orangeburg news. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, April 17, 1869, Image 3
SATURDAY, ?PRfL 17,18(19.
TITAD. C. ANDREW'S, Editor.
MALCOLM/. DROWNING, Associate Editor.
Sugar Growing in Florida.
Ab sevcrul of our farmers have made ar
rangements to plant n small crop of Sugar
Cano this year, vre give tho following iu rc
Istion to tho'cultivation of tho cuue in Florida.
Several of our farmers hint yonr woro very
successful in thoir experiments, jtud thoir
small "patches" nstonishod the "nativcH " We
believe the cultivation of tho "Ribbon Caue"
in our County could bo mode very profitable.
Mr. Brickie, if wo arc not mistaken, told us that
from one fourth of an acre planted iu "Bibbon
Cane" he barrelled one hundred gallons of
syrup, of a very fine quality, the latter wo can
vouch,as wewcre the recipients of a few gallons.
Mr. Brickie could readily havo sold his whole
crop for one dollar und fifteen cents per gallon.
Cane can be raised on pine land, heavily cow
penned, with profit in Ovangcburg County.
?'Thebest lands adapt 10 sugar in Fast Flori
da arc the high undulati.ig hammocks of the in
terior, found iu large bodies in Marion county.
They are high and self-drained, and arc con
sidered inexhaustable because of their lime,
marl and pho-phatc formations, and will pro
duce, on first quality hammocks 2,000 pounds
of sufTar to the net* annually, for six years
consecutively, from one proper planting and
cutting off from the ground lor the mill. It
is estimated to be worth $18 per acre to clear
off the land and fence ready for the plow. It
would, perhaps, be a good idea to plant the
first year in rice, which would, with great cer
tainty, produce from forty to fifty bushels of
rough rice per acre, even upon these elevated
lands, so positively certain are our continuous
tropical rains in this latitude during the latter
summer mouths. Cane is an expensive crop
to plant, therefore it is of primary importance
to preserve its continuity of growth for a
number of years. To accomplish this impor
tant end, two rules are to be observed, vir.:
* riant, very deep ami cut very low when send
ing to the mill. The process of planting is as
follows:
If on new ground lay on the rows six feet
apart with a steel-edge coulter, made sharp so
as to cut off all medium-sized roots; then fol
low with a strong hall"shovel bull-tongue plow,
throwing the soil from the centre furrow or
mark. Hoes and axes may follow so as to en
sure h bed for the canes-, six to eight inches
^bclow tho general level of the field. Into
these deep trenches lay two canes side by side
and cut thorn hitoYuctidlT? of ten or twelve
inches, as*they lie, with some sharp instru
ment ; then cover with two light furrows,
about as deep and no deeper than eoruMs cov
ered. This done, the cultivation is as follows:
Work out the middles as soon as convenient.
' ss deep as possible, ridging up into the center
and away from tho cane row, so as to keep it
below the general level of tho soil. The so
coud plowing is reversed ? throw tho soil to
ward the cane row. but not upon it. It must
bo borne iu n-ind that to preserve the rat toon
stand, the cane row should bo kept low, as long
as possible. A third plowing and hoeing will
be quite sufficient amount of culture the first
year planting. Then comes the cutting iu
November for the mill. This is a very im
portant operation, requiring care, so as to pre
serve the rnttoon stand. It should be cut vory
low to the ground itself, and horizontally,
-with u sharp instrument; better to cut a little
underground than above it, and be sure to cut
with a sharp instrument, so as not to fray the
stubble which would catch and retain moisture
from dews and rain, and thus produce fermen
tation in the roots, a condition absolutely fatal
to tho stand.
The enncs of full growth arc from eight to
twelve feet high, and heavy with juice. The
cultivation for the second and subsequent
years of this snmc stand is similar. The first
plowing should be from the cane so as to pre
serve its depressed condition on the ground as
long as* possible. These instructions will
answer for old as well as new ground, with a
difference only in plows, all adapted to the
different state of things iu old and in new
ground. The cultivation in old and new
ground in the second and subsequent years
should begin as early as possible. Draw off,
or rako off, from every alternate or third row
the (lehrte of the cane, tops, blades, &c.. nnd
when so cleared off, plow very thoroughly,
unou the cane, and then rako back nil the
tops, &c., upon the space plowed, thus mulch
ing it completely in its own waste, and obviat
ing the necessity for any further cultivation of
that row for the season, and at the same time
returning a large portion of tho plant to the
soil which grew it. Cano planted, cultivated
and cut as above on these rich upland ham
mocks, will make, on an average, for six years,
from one good stand 2,000 pounds of sugar
and ,oiglit gullons of molasses per acre, and
leave the land iu good hoart for a second term
of six years growth of cano.
But wo do not work up all tho cano into su
gar, but rosorvc a portion for planting, each
successive year, nr as often as now stands nro
desired s? as to inercaso the acres in cano,
The seed, or cane, roservod for planting, as
you will seo, is expensive. Tho cane of one
acre will plan; six acres.
"There are thousands of acres iu Marion
couuty which will produce these results, if
treated as ahnrn stated. From 1.000 to !.5f:0
? * j
pounds of SPgar cauc can be made fo the acre '
upon our mixed pine land by manuring; but
tbe stand of cane will not laat but threjJ years.
Tito sugar is clear profit, as the tuolaasos pays,
for the labor."
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The Hon. T. J. Robertson, in the Senate of
the United States, April Oth, 18GD, oskod,
and by unanimous conseut obtained, leave to
bring in the following bill, to provide for the
removal of political disabilities; which was
read twice, referred to the Select Committee
on Disabilities, and ordered tobe printed.
lie it cnacta/ It// the Senate and House of
Representatives of the 'United States of A me rice
in Congress asstinhletl, That any persons labor
ing under political disabilities as provided in
the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution
of the United States, or from inability to take
the oath of July second eighteen hundred and
sixty-two, is hereby released from the same on
complying with the following condition*, that
is to say, provided such person shall make the
following declaration under oath before the
clerk of any court of record established at the
place of domicil of such party: -, of
-, do declare thut I recognise the suprema
cy of the Constitution of the United States,
and all laws made in pursuance thereof: that
1 will support and maintain the Union of the
States against all enemies, domestic and for
eign ; that I will not yield support to my pre
tended government, authority hostile thereto;
that 1 will dmican myself ns u good citizen,
supporting good order, tolerance of political
opinions, and freedom of the elective fran
chise." l*rovided} That a copy of said de
claration, officially certified by the clerk
of the court before whom it is made,
shall first be filed for record in the office ?d" the
Secretary of State of the United States: Ami
provided farther. That no person shall be en
titled to the benefit of the provisions of this
law who was educated ;.t (he military or naval
academics of the United States, or who was
twenty-one years of age or upwards on the
first day of January, eighteen hundred and
j sixty- one.
How To Plant Com.
Editors Macau Telegraph : ? As it is corn
planting time, it occurs to mc that it might
not be amiss to remind our planting friends of
Mr. Dickson's method of planting corn. The
readers of the Southern Cultivator are familiar
with his suggestions on this .subject; but as
very many of your readers p tssibly d ? n< t
tnko this valuable journal, and would be glad
to know the plan pursued by this '?prince of
farmers," us the result of his experience and
scientific researches in farming for more than
twenty years. T will take the liberty of furnish
ing the desired in format ion.
Certainly, if our planters could but take a
peep at Mr. Dickson's corn cribs, still well
filled* with corn which he made three years
ago, and see the abundance and even waste of
that valuable product which seems to grow
around him as if by magic, they would be
anxious to learn tbo secret of such success.
For the benefit of those, not posted, and who
feel an iutercst in this all important subject,
[ will furnish Mr. Dickson's method of pro
cedure, in his owu words, for breaking the
land and planting the crop!
' Have good turning ploughs, and according
to your ability use one or two horses, and sub
soil. Ride over the field and lay the land so
that the horses will go round in level, and the
dirt will fall down hill. A team will break
up the soil nine inches deep iu this way as
easily as they could seven iuckos on a level
piece of land. Continue to take the lands in
the same way until the field is finished, one
team following another?all the time going
round the circle, and if you subsoil have one
team between each turning plough running
to the bottom of the furrow. When you finish
the field is ready for planting, if the proper
timo bus arrived. Iu deciding this point you
must be govorued by the weather. It varies
from the 10th of March to the 1st of April.
According to my experience a man only* gains
hard WOtk, and more of it by very early plant
ing.
'?Now for the planting: Ray off furrows
with a long shovel plough on a level, seven
feet apart. Commence at the opposite end
with a longer shovel and open out the same
furrow. The reason for this is, you get up to
trees and stumps and make a better finish at
the ends. This furrow should stand open
seven or eight inches deep. W hcthcr you
use compost, cotton seed or guanos, let each
hand have his three feet measure and deposit
the manure just three feet apart. Then drop
the corn within three oi /our inches of the
manure, one or more grams, as is your custom
?dropping on tbo near side of the manure,
ns the dropper gnos; nnd then with a very
light furrow cover the corn one or one and a
half inches deep The harrow should go the
same way as the dropper goes to keep from
pulling the manure on the grain.
"If you cover deep you lose all the ad
vantages of low ploughing (but not of the
deep breaking) and for this reason: Corn in
good weather, will come up from a depth of
one to six inches, but will strike out roots
about one inch from the surface of the ground,
and all below that will perish. That is one
reason why I am opposed to dining corn as
wood us it comes up?it brings the toot of the
stalk to the top of the ground."
This, Mr. Editor, is Mr. Dickson's method
of preparing the land aud planting the crop.
Tbo plan is subject to tho approval or disap
proval of your many readers. Wo must make
our owu corn, aud some phnngo from the
usual popular system of planting is nceo-vn-y,
in view of our dull labor aud increased liability
ft
to ^rought. We must gunrd against the
efjjpbts of hot dry suinnj|r8, and tho deep
ploughing nnd deep pranttpg, na ail vised by
Mr. Dickson, promise the appropriate remedy.
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Havana, April lO.-^HHs currently re
ported hero to-day th:t a column of troops
sent by Gcucrnl Lcsca froth J'ttertu Principe,
to the port of Scuta, CorTa/on the south coust
of the Ma ml. for supplies, has been defeated
by General Quemda, with immense losses and
the convoy captured.
Two prisoners executed by the garrote to
day were Francisco Leon, who had been in the*
United States and declared his intention to he
roine nn American eitir.cn, and Augustil) Ma
diu?, a Cuban. The concourse was immense*;
and tho force on duty Was drawn from the
Volunteer infantry.
Leon was very manly iu his bearing, and
made a speech to the multitude, ehr-ing with
the cry of Vita hi iiulepedrncia. Responsive
cries were heard in the crowd, upon which,
the volunteers fired upon it, killing eight per
sons and wounding several.
A few shots were fired by the crowd in re
turn, which wounded several of the volunteeis
1'assers by were compelled by tho volunteers
to cry "Viva Kspana." The crowd soon dis
persed ami quiet was restored.
The I'nited States steamer Nipsie is at Ccin
fucgos.
Havana, April 0.?The Spanish'man of
war Fernando Cntoliea to day overhauled the
American brig Lizzie Major, ten miles from
Calbairen. and took front her two of her pas
sengefs. Both of the persons taken wore pro
vided with pa<v<ports, and had cmba rked at
Havana.
Intelligence has been received here that the
Spanish troops in the vicinity of Nuevita.v aro
suffering from sickness. [
On the arrival of the steamer Eagle, from
New York, five Cubans who had taken passage
to Havana, were arrested and carried to the
Morro Castle.
MEETING of CtUAN SYMTATIl izkh-s.
philadelphia, Pa.. April 10.?A large
meeting of citizens was held this evening iu
pursuance to :i call to Americans who sympa
thise w ith and Wish to co-op*.rate v:ith secret
Cuban associations in this city. Much enthu
siasm w?s manifested. A resolution was
adopted asking the I'nited States government
to recognize the Cubans as bolligereuts before
the British government does so.
Delegation of Puiian Laimks at Tin:
Capitol.?Mrs. Fmi'.ia Oi DeVillaverdc and
Miss Manuela Ysquiordn, of the Cuban Ladies'
Relief Association, were at the Capitol on
Tuesday, iu company with General Banks,
who showed them around the House and
SenatO and introduced them to a good many
distinguished members af Congress) Later" in
the day they called nn Genera] Sherman aud
General llawlings, Secretary of War, in com
pany with Mr. Leopold Yrquiordo. At two
o'clock they visited Mrs Grant, who was hold
ing her first reception at the White House.
Tho Cuban ladies were conspicuous in the
brilliant throng that filled the Blue aud lied
rooms. Miss Yzquicrdo was dressed in cuir
I colored silk trimmed W.tb white lace, aud
Wore conspicuously on her breast suspended
by a puce of ribbon, a luiuaturc mod 1 1 the
Cuban flag, consisting of red. white aud blue
I bars, with a red triangle, field, in the centre
I which was a white- star. .Miss Yzjuiutdo
j made friends very last among the ladies
I assembled in the Fast room. Sbo is a young
and beautiful Cuban, with a Wonderful wealth
of js? black trosses, '?all hor own," ami eyes of
very brilliant lustre. Mrs. Villaverde was
dressed in blue silk, and woro the national
colors of Cuba, as already described.
Mrs. Grant was very cordial to her Cuban
visitors. She requested Major W. \\\ Lclaud
to take them arotiud tho mansion and con
servatory and show them everything of .interest
in the place, which mission the Major very
gallantly performed. Un returning. Mrs.
Villaverde intimated to Mrs. Grant that she
desired to seo the President in reference to
her father. Mr. Cassnnova, now imprisoned by
the Spanish authorities in Cuba. Mrs. Grant
very kindly went up stairs aud desired Gen
eral Dent to conduct the Cuban ladies to the
library, and then inform President Graut that
an interview with him was requested iu
reference to the case of Mr. Cnssauova. The
President made his appearance promptly, and
entered freely into conversation with the ladies.
Ho assured Mrs. Villaverde that ho had given
his personal attention to her father's case, and
no later than that moriii' g he had nn inter
view with tho Secretary of State iu relation
to it. Mrs. Villaverde was so overcome by
the degree of interest manifested by the
President that she burst into tears, which
sensibly effected his Kxcollcney, who again
assured her that tho Unitod States govern
ment would do all in its power to protect its
citizens everywhere. The iutorview then
terminated.? II W?. Cur. iV. J'. 1/crald,
Indications or an Approaching War.
The fftternutional, of London, under date of
the 23d ultimo, mentions that correspondence
from Berlin, from authentic sources, leaves no
doubt respecting the military precautions now
being taken by Prussia".- A mobilisation ol
tho Landwehr is imminent, nnd it is added
that news roceived from Paris .ully authorises
these stops. In fact the prevailing conviction
in official circles in Berlin is that France is
preparing for an catly war; largo purchases of
horses aro roportcd, nnd it is even hinted that
the genoral elections will consequently not take
place until .Inly i. i8Gh.
Facts About the Cuban Revolution.
The prcsout movemcut .for the liberation of
Cuba froin Spa man tyranny, snys tlic N. Y.
Sun, began on the 10th of October last, when
one hundred aud twenty-seven Bleu nt Yara,
mnler Oon. Caring Manuel do Ccspcdos, de
clared fur the independence of the island. In
less than six mouths it has spread until it now
embraces nn area of 20,000 out of the 30.000
square miles included iu the whole island
Within these limits thero nro one hundred aud
forty-HOveo cities, towns and villages, of" which
more than one-half are iu the bauds of the
revolutionists.
Out of the 150.000 men able to lour arms
on the whole island, 40,000 are in the ranks of
tbo patriots, 30,000 of them are being sta
tioned in the Fastcrn, ami 15,000 in the Cen
tral Department. The total population of the
District in rebellion is 518,838, of which there
are iu the Fasteru Department 1 20,308 whites.
80,374 negroes free before the revolution, und
51.778 slaves just emancipated by the patriot
leaders. Iu the Central Department the num
bers are 172.507 whites, 32,444 negroes form
erly free, and 00.2(17 slaves newly freed. The
patriots have thus, it will be seen, given liber
ty to more than 120,000 slaves, and. when
they succeed in redeeming the whole island,
will do the same for ISO,000 more.
The estimated wealth of the rual estate iu
the territory held by the patriots w is, iu 1*02.
8550.000,000, stud its industry and commerce
were reckoned as representing a capital of
$77 1,000,000. 'i he annual productions were :
Sugar, 802.000,000; tobacco, ?15,000,000;
other produce, 552,000.000.
It will thus bo seen that the insurrection is
by no means the trifling matter the Spaniards
represent it to be.
A La OY Killed uv unit Loyki:?A Fa
tal Du kl.?The steamer Richmond, which
passed up from New Orleans yesterday, learn
ed at Grand Gulf the particulars of one of
those tragedies of passion that appear more
like romance than reality. Iu the country some
distance; from Grand Gulf reside two respecta
ble families, those of Cuallilig and Andrews.
.Miss Andrews was a lovely girl of seventeen,
well accomplished, an I of u usually fascina
ting manners. Mr. Cushing's s m. a youth of
I twenty, h oi been attached t > her I'roin the'r
earlj childhood, aud as he grew older his af
fection became an ardent, absorbing passion.
A short ti.no ago he made a formal offer of hi*
hand, when to bis intense disappoint aud ;:;or
tifie.ttion bis offer was firmly though courte
ou-lv refused. He brooded over his ill-re
warded passion, and became a prey to jealousy, j
i?i>?l Mt length left the neighborhood, vowing
j madly that he would eomu back and take his
revenge. On Sunday last he returned, ami.
riding up to Mr. Andrews' house', he begged
to see Miss Andrews at the il nr. without
alighting. She came out, when he suddenly
produced a pistol, fired, shotting her through
the bony, autrshu t?ilI nn her fact; aud died
without a struggle. The infatuated murderer
rode frantically away, but Miss Andrews' broth
er, breathing fury towards the murderer of his
sister, sprang mi a horse aud followed. He
came op with dishing as the latter was cross
ing a creek, aud fired at hill). Curbing
jumped front bis horse and link shelter in the
bush. Andrews, not to be *l a disadvantage,
did the same. A parley onstted, and the two
young men :'gr< ??<! to fight according to the
code?to leave the cjver, fi:*e, advance and
fire, and again adv .arc. firinj until one of them
should fall At the first fire Cushingreceived
a mortal vvouud ill the. left sh uild.-r. but the
men continued to near each other and tiro uu'.i1 '
their revolvers wi n* empty. When assistance
arrived. Cushing lay dead With four bullets in
his body. Andrew.-, bad received three shots
in his breast. He was able to tell how the
light had tnkou plaoo. when he also expired.
?Memphis Ai'tihnuht', Apn'lS.
Habeas Coitrrs?We learn from the
Columbia flmttix that John W. Hatcher,
charged w ith the homicide of lien Mosely,
olios Hauskett, (colored), in Kdgcfield County,
in March last, was brought before Associate
Justice YViJlard, on Monday, on a Writ of
llahrns Cot fin*. After hearing the affidavits
on cither side aud arguments of counsel, the
Judge refused bail, and ordered him tobe
remanded to Fdgefleld County, to await his
trial in dune next.
A Sah Spectacle.?There arrived in our
city yesterday a Mr. W. A. Smith trim having
suffered nearly all his life from rheumatism,
was forced shout a year ago to have both his
legs amputated. He is a living skeleton, and
has to be wheeled tlbout Oil U buri'OW. He
huils from Western Georgia, aud is now on
hit way to the Virginia Springs for the benefit
of bis health. Not being able to procure lodg
ings at any of the hotels or boat ding houses,
he was compelled to take lodgings in the
Guard House. He departs for Virginia in a
day or two.? Charleston Courier.
A FlYINO MACH INK ?The velocipede has
a rival, an officer in the army iu Kgypt having
lately invented a Using inaehino by which a
strong man can soar, like an eagle, to the
clouds. It consists of two immense wings
made of isingla s, moved by two r< pes secured
to the heels. The man wishing to fly starts to
run on level ground aud after running a few
yards finds himself carried into the air, and
has only to keep up the running motion in
definitely to bo au accomplished Ay ist. It is
said to be a perfect success. The inventor
fell and was nearly killed the first attempt,
but it was uot a good day for flying.
A half interest in tbo Abbeville Banner is
udwrtistd for *mlo.
Colombia is going to have an opera house,
the Express Company having undertaken the
enterprise. 1 ho Phosuix says: '"Tho edifice
will ho erected on the lot ovned hy the com
pany, at the southeast corner o?" llichard?on
und Taylor streets, and opposite the new hotel
Tt will have a frontage of 90 feet, after the
Corinthian order of architecture, with a depth
of 210 feet, and will be three stories in height,
surmounted by the fashionable Mansard roof.
The lower floor will he divided into three com
part m tits running through the wholu extent
id* the building ? ane of which will be occupied
na the Express Office, another by the Tele
graph Company, and the third, we learn, is
already engaged by one of our Icioliiig dry
goods merchants. The whole of the upper
portion ol the building will be devoted to the
purposes of an opera house, constructed as uu
amphitheatre, with an alternate or shifting
floor, so as to be easily converted to the uses
of a ball r oin or asscmb y-housc for conven
tions or public meetings of any description.
The stage will he thirty-five by forty-six feet
in area and will be furnished with scenery
and machinery of a permanent character
There will be a purqucttc. four private boxes
Oil either side of the stage, a dress circle, nnd
an upper tier. All the seats wi.l bo of the
latest style nnd elegantly cushioned, and the
Hours are to be finely carpeted, except that of
the upper tier, which will be provided with
coco matting tody, Iu the rear of the dress
circle and extending all around it, will be a
corridor twenty-two feet wide and flanked on
both .-ides by refreshment and cigar saloons.
The main entrance to the opera house will be
oil llhdiardsoii-strcct, to the left of the build
ing, and. iu addition to the ticket office, pro
vision will be made for a cloak ro< m and soda
and newspaper stands. There will also be
two outl' ts <m Taylor street, and in tho rear
of the build lig, a large elevator, to facilitate
, the delivery id'the machinery and other stage
j appurtenances, in the event of fire. Iu brief,
the general appointments of the house will he
j thoroughly m- dorn and luxurious, am) the
budding, both in its exterior display and in
torior urrangemcnt, will refljct credit up-in
our city."
Ahana and Pharpar Kivers, of Damascus,
mentioned in the Scriptures, have recently
been thoroughly exploded by Maggregor, the
famous canoe traveler. Maggregor, after going
from Cairo to Suez, and exploring the Delta of
the Nile, had his canoe carried by laud to Bey
I rout, thence over Mount [jahauoti. ami finally
launched in the river Ahana. on which be
paddled to the plains of Damascus. The'rivers
Ahana and Pharpar. iu Consequence of the
wild beasts, deep jungles and s.iVtige Arabs,
have heretofore been laid down inaccurately
on the map by travelers. Maggregor gives an
interesting account of a ? giant stone town."
with stone doors, rafter- ami window shutto.'s,
covered with Greek inscriptions, dating before
the Christian era.
Savings Institution.?We learn that
the South Carolin? Loot andienst Company
are making preparations for receiving sums ol
money of the denomination ol >? i and upwards
on deposit, allowing interest at fixed rate.
An institution of this kind is much needed in
our community, and will answer the purposes,
fur which the Savings Institution was founded.
At no distant <lay they will go into operation
in this now Hue of business.?Charleston
Courier.
Chicago bad -lt'5 tires last year, causing
a 1 ?s. of 8500.000.
I al>wllu*s head still cru.tuiCUtfl Spanish pos
tage stamps.
Texas enjoys cheap pork, at the rate of five
cents a pound.
A large immigration tu Amorica front Swe
den is announced.
Largo quantities of green peas aro being
shipped North front Florida.
Hussia has ordered 700,000 needle guns, to
bo delivered as soon as possible
In West Virginia, 50,000 acres of land have
just been sold far 2."> cents an acre.
They uro building a largo oottoii soed oil
factory at Mobile.
Only titty-two miles of track remain to be
laid to o implctc the Pacific ILi'lroads
Tho Mayor of Portland is n remarkable
man. lie a ked to have bis sal try ruduued.
The 2U? lb gold nugget found in Victoria.
Australia, is to be sent to England.
A hoy in Philips, Maine, has boot) fined
nine cents fin profanity by a justice.
The llostou Post says they grow m touch
tea iu Tennessee that tho whol? StatO is ner
vous.
Gov. Hoffman thinks New York has so
many criminals, that au .thov Statu Prison is
needed there.
The New York Evening Post thinks An
drew Johnson insane; and suys his recent
speeches show it.
Horatio Seymour has recovered from tho
injuries sustained from tho recent railroad
accident near Chicago. ,
A largo dipper ship, of 1000 tons, called
tho "Great Admiral," in honor of Farragut,
has been built at Boston.
The Chicago people continue their prcpa
ttuus for a grand frolic to celebrate tho opon
ing sf the Pacific I aihvay.
An Indian town, as an economical way of
avoiding building sidewalks, buys cavalry
boots for people who have to walk about.
Tho New York Sun brings financial and
commercial matters under the head of "De
cent Sporting News."
London has a "General Mourning Ware?
house," that keeps corps of milliners and
dressmakers constantly on hand to send out
at a luoiuctttN not ice.
A colored fiddler at Coxsackie, New York,
is seven feet tiro niche* h'gh.
4% newspaper devoted to the interests of
Ireland is to Im? pufitished at Kiehiuoud, Va.
Four thousand sheep are boiled down daily
by an -Austrian tallow establishment.
The gohUi ittdkbrchief ring* and -drains of
the olden .lines arc coining int.. fashiou again*
The fashionable church of Chicago ha*
rented its pews for the ensuing year for $lOv>
ooo.
In Paria it has become the fashion to en
grave the dying words of the doad on their
tombstones. ' 5 ? f " I
Iowa has so extended her wheat ricraegi ?
that she will raise 20,000,000 bushels wore
this year ?hau last. /
A woman at Publique, low*, has been ar
rested for attempting to starve to d?<athber six
months old babe. ' ?? '
The Wile of Marshal Valiant, who died a
few weeks ago had a heavy board, aud during
her life shaved daily.
The Provincial Catholic Council of tbo
Archiepiscipal DioCirse will be courcned at
Baltimore, April 25, and its session will last m>
week.
A New York Judge has decided that an
orchestra must contain at least twenty-two per?
sous.
New York has a "gymnicaclidinm," whero
learners on the veloeiped? gyrate paiufully*
In a single day. recently, 1780 U tters, to*
sides newspapers, were delivered by a Clere
land, Ohio, letter carrier.
A human linger and toe wcro discovered in
a Louisville lager beer cask, which gives ri*C
f.i ho rid suspicions.
The New York lvcpre*s thinks that in ob
taining offieu in the Unite*! States, "beer and
whiskey have decided influence."
A Ciuutuoii sight iu Italy is to see a nurse
maid leading along u little boy baby, two or ??
three years old. who has a cigar iu his mouth.
Alter a long period of wet weather, when
the Chinese have prayed vainly for relief, thoy
put the g ids out iu the rain, to see how th?y
like it.
A magnificent silver crown has been pur
chased by subscription iu England, and de
posited on the tomb of the Kuipcror .Maximil
ian.
Two Indians recently fought a duel in Mon
tana Territory. On? was armed with a rifiaT
the other with a revolver. Loth were killed)
at the first lire.
The President, it is reportel by some of the
Sew York pipers, has directed the recall of
Minister Revcrdy Johns hi from the Court of
St. James. Secretary Fis.li has already soul
the otfi.-Ul notice to Mr. -Johnson, at London.
The Horton .-kiting rink, having been turn
ed into a mammoth velocipede rink, was open
ed Mon.lay evening to the public for the first
time. Over 3,000 person.* were pre?eut, au4
.-? lively time was naturally the result when the
fifty machines wer-.? on the fb?or at once. 1st
j addition to gentlemen experts, six. kv^ie* di*s
played thutr skill in riding.
An low i merchant has prtoWd the y??ung
lady graduat >r bf a seminar}* there by offrtto^
each a calico dress, on condition that it shall
be worn on commencement day
Horace Greeloy says that the darkest day
in any man's earthly career is that wherein
he fancies that there is some easier way of
gaining a dollar than by squarely e.iruing it.
A London advertisement, in rather bad
taste, announces that ''Ned Wright, tbn
c *i verted burglar, will preach nt Wandsworth
Assembly Loom, and break open tho doors of
hell with a g'-sp ' ;:-nmy."
The Boston TV>t. says: ? Bout well will
uecd s ?nie hair restorer b-jforo long. Fifty
I iVjialc clerks have just been discharged from
tSe Treasury.
A concert troupe is to leave New York city
shortly for Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash
ington, to .,ive entertainments;-for the relief of
the sick and wounded of tho Cuban army.
Prim made, iu 1S07, a bet with the Puke
? >t Hamilton that Queen Isabella would no
longer be on tho Spanish throne iu the year
ISG9. 'IheDukoof Hamilton paid the boe
on the 1st of January. In making it be had
counted on the |'riend?hip of his august rela
tive, tho Empress Kugcnie, for the daughter
Fordinan I the Seventh.
Industrious people of liiehntondjearn a gtwti
livinghy gathering bullets. :.belli-, Ac, front
tho battle-fields around that city, and selling
thotu for old metal,
A jury of six white and six colored men
recently tried a negro at St. Paul's, Minnesota..
The w bite men were unanimous for acquittal J
the negroes for conviction.
S:>t TtiLttN Exiles.?President Grant is
reported to have recently said, in a conversation
touching tho South, that tho Consuls iu Braid)
and Honduras had b"on iri?tp*.?ted to provide,
for the return to the United States of those suf?
ferittg Southern exiles who are anxious but
Unable to come homo.
The New York Sun learns that Commodoro
Vuudorbilt recently had a narrow e.-eapc from
death. Going to a closet he seised a bottle
and drank n portion of its contents, withoul
examining it. The liquid burned his mouth
aud he spat it out. It turned out to be n
deadly bedbug poison. The commodores
face was severely burned, but beyond this no
injury was received.
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Contmisaioners. WAL N. MOVNT.
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