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The Greenville Enterprise cont ains
the following call for a public eiet
ing to take into consideration the
heavy costs under the code of pro
cedure, and the propriety of establish
ing some system outside of the courts
for the adjustments of claims and d is.
putos. The call is signed by sixty
citizens of that county, In their
ignorance, they charge all the fault
upon the lawyers, while, if they had
examined the code %hich they de.
nounce, they would have seen that no
costs under it are taxed up for attor
neys in civil cases. Section 329 of
the code enacts that "all statutes es
tablishing or regulating the costs or
fees of attorneys, solicitors and coun
sol in civil actions are repealed, and
hereafter the measure of such con
pensation shall.bo left to the agree
mont, express or implied, of the par
ties:'
GREENvIL.E CoUNrY, July 15, 1871.
Whereas we, the unJersigned, citi
Sens of Greenville County, appreciat
ing the rp :ressed and impoveri.hed
condition of our State, arising from
exparte and unjust-legislation, not the
least of which is the cluss legil it ion,
establis.hinig what is called the "new
code of procedure at law," and the
outrageous, extortionate and intolera
ble fees of costs allowed lawyers and
court oflicors under and by this act,
the whole thing being engrafted upon
our statute books by a man--the off.
spring of reconstruction iniquity and
one of the greatest monstrosities of
"earpet-baggers," yet spawned upon
our State. That while we are fully
cognizant of the fact that there has
been a great deal of dishone.ty and
extravagant waste of the publictreas
ury on the part of many of our ofi
cials, and that the taxes are burden
some and hard to be borne, yet we
are cahdidly of the opinion that much
of the discontent and denoraliration
of society arises as much from the
practical bearings of this odious code
as anything elso, and we would fur
ther submit that we do not regard it
either patriotic or right, in aniy sense
of the word, for attorneys to demuand
or accept these exorbitant bills of
cost, and cannot conceive how their
consciences can be soothed and at case
when it is so palpable and apparent
to any and every one that their fees
are so far disproportionate to services
rendered.
The courts have, upon broad and
high grounds of equity, justice and
expediency, and in view of the fact of
the greater bulk of the property of
the'Southern people being swept aw.ay,
held, very wisely and patriotically,
that old debts should not be paid in
full ; but what relief is it to the
masses to be relieved of portions of
their indebtedness, when the costs of
obtaining this relief is often twice, or
oven more than three-fold, as much
as tihe amiount of this reduction, and
into whose pockets this goes, tihe re
cord showeth. And we further sub
mit that it is tihe interest and duty of
the poople to take care of themselves,
and keep out of the courts, and for
the adjustment of claims and disputes
to establish a hoard or boards of arbi
tration, and to the end that a full ex
pression of pablie opinion may be
olioted, we request a public meeting
of the citizens of the country be held
on this subject on sale duty in Au
gust, at the court house, to develop
and mature some plan for the estab
lishment of this board or boards.
Look most to your spending. No
matter whatocomes in, if'more gos out
ou will always be poor. The art is
not in making money, but in keeping
it; little expenses, like nile in a
barn, when they are many, make
great waste. Hair by hair heads got
bald ; straw by btraw, the thatch goes
off the cottage ; and drop by drop the
rain comes into the chamber, A barrel
is soon empty, if the tap leaks but a
drop a mninute. When yoti mean to
save, begin with your mouth ; there
are many thieves down the red lane.
The ale jug is a great waste. In all
other things keep within compass.
Never stretch your legs farther thsn
the blankets will reach, or yoti pill
soone be cold. In clothe~s, choose sui
table and lasting stuff, and not tawdry
fineries. To be warm is the main
thing; never mind the looks. A fool
may make money, but it needs a wise
man to spend It. Remember it is
easier to build two chimneys than to
keep one going. If you give all to
back and board, there is nothing left
for the savings bank. Pare hard and
work hard while you are young, and
you have a ehance to rest when you
are old.
It is said that women now lecture
on every subject but washing, darn.
ing and the economy of the house
bold ; all those things are sealed
books to the'strvng minded.
Horrors of it letrmage Passage
There is one horior known only
to those poor persons who are obliged
to take steerage pasage in a blow ail
ing vessel with a Nero for a captain.
The Gerimia ship Europa, which
si'iled from Bremen t n the 17th
April with one hundred and twenty
I amsengers, has just arrived at Netw
York, having been detained three
weeks in quarantine on account of
the prevalence of the small-pex on
board. According to the statemicnt
of a portion of the passengers, the
misery during that long voyage of
two months must have been terrible
indeed. Two of the passengers died,
it is said, from starvation, and the
rest barely lived the paesage out,
The captain, August Pichler, has
been arrested, and will be brought
before a United States Commissioner,
when the facts will be fully develop
ed by witnesses.
One of the passengers by the Euro
pa was Mr. Frederick C. Ilerndorf,
a% respectable citizen of New York.
This gentleman, having injured his
health by constant devotion to his du
ty as a book-keeper in a stationer'is
store, resolved upon a visit to his
parents in Germany, and was advised
by his physician to go and come on a
sailing vessel, as the long voyage would
be beneficial to him. Mr. IHetrndorf
describes the scene on the Europa
during the return passage as sicken
ing in the extreme. le alleges in an
afidavit that the passengers were suf
fering nearly all the time for want
of sufficient food, and swears positive
ly that the two passengers that died
-one an old man and the other a
young girl-died from actual starva
tion. The girl, it is said, was sick
two or three weeks and when she (lied
was almost a perfect skeleton. The
small-pox also broke out in the lower
cabin, causing great consternation.
Only three cases occurred, however,
and none of them w-re fatal. ''here
was no physician on board, and dur
ing all this sickness and tribulation
the captain paid but little, if any at.
tention to those below the cabin deck.
Mr. Ilerndorf, though almost entirely
ignorant of medicine, was obliged to
care for the sick as beat he could.
He fared the same as all the rest as
to food, except that all the salt pork
he got he gave way, being unable to
eat it. Said he : "I one day took
the little piece of meat given me for
my dinner, stuck it on the end of my
knife, and went up and held it in the
captains face, asking him if he
thought that was atilicient for a man's
dinner. Besides my meat, which I
could almost put in my hollow tooth,
I had bean soup.' It was little bet.
ter than clear water, at least I could
count the scattered beans on the bot
tom of the basin. Ri ch one also had
a cracker, which was so hard that it
had to be soaked in water before it
could be eaten."
But the pangs of starvation and
disease were nothing compared with
the loathsome horror of seeing the
passengers crowded together like
swine. They were huddled together,
men, women and children and were
obliged to remain so throughout the
voyage. When the ship had been
out for a week the women were all so
reduced in health and strength that*
they were barely able to move, Mr.
Hlerndorf says that even before leav
ing on the passage they wore treated
like so many cattle. They0 were put
on a dirty train by the agent, to be'
taken to the port, and none of themu
knew until they went aboard what
ship they were going to sail in.
War alaterial for Cuba.
The New. York Bun professes to
have authertic information of the
safe arrival in the hands of the Cu
bans of another lsrge quanty of arms
and amunlton. The Sun says that
t' e vessel which conveyed this much.
needed assistance to the Cubans, left
a neighboring port on the lath and
was safely delivered in Cuba 'on the
29th ultimo, The cargo consisted of
1,000 Springfield and Remingtonrifles
150,000 metallie cartridges, two tons
of powder, half ton of sulphur, '700,.
000 percussIon caps, 200 hand grena
des, 200 machetes and -two twelve.
pounder fields-pIeces.
Dead Before Battle.
The 8pringleld Republican, the
leading Radical organ in New Eng
land, echoes the words of Wendell
Philips, that "the Radical party is
dead." Listen to it:
"The Republican party is marching
to a Big Bethel defeat, Too- many
Buttlers too many Simon (Iamerons,
too many Mortons and Chandlers,
too much stealing and land grabbling
have killed it ; it is dead before it
goes Into battle."
Who wold have believed, a few
years ago, that the commander of the
faithful would be a defender 'of' tbd
faith as received at Rome '1 Yet t'he
Saltan of Turkey has aettally. sup'
pressed a Constantinople newspape
for daring to speak unkindly of thei
Pope. That the successor of Amurath
Solonian and Mustapha should attin6
up for the dignity of the head of :the
Roman C huch is certainly one of the
marvels of the na.
The Pca Crop.
lor some years I have practiced
sowing a patch of peIas--uually front
two to four ticres-as food for pigs
in the ealh There is no better food
for fattering hogs than peas, and it
one has a m1111111 crop evcu he can pet,
up pigs early in the Fall, and get
theim half lat before corn is fit, to
feed. Besides, peas .niake firmer
potk than old corn.
My plan i8 to sow the Canada pens.
the seed is for sale is all maarktAs.
The teri lCanada pea" is not the
true tinnie of 'he variety, but indi.
cates that it io grown in that country,
where it is frec from the weevil, or
pea ,ug, and hence is good seed.
The variety is, I think, the black.
eyed iuarrowfat. The stock gets so
"buggy" after one seasoi) vhen grown
this side of the lakes, that it Is near
ly gorthless for teed though its value
for feeding is not affected. I asually
sow three bushels of peas and one
bushel of oats per acre, broadoast,
and'eover with a gang plow. The
oats hold up the pea vines1 and make
the gathering earier. When ripe, the
pea Vines are "hooked" into heaps
with scythem, and after dt-ying a lit
tle, part of them stack and fed out
without threshing and part drawn to
the oarn for grinding with corn, Coru
and pea m1a I makes, In my opinion,
the very best food to fatten hogs
with.
Peas keep the ground very cleani,
and leave it loose, and in good con
dition to sow wheat after. I oneo let
the pigs in and harvest an acre of
peas which were sown in a young or
chad. The hogs, not being rung
rooted up the toil very thoroughly,
which helped the trees, but it was a
wasteful method of harvesting the
crop, and not to be recommended,
The most. profit is obtained when the
pens are threshed and ground, Unless
fed with the vines they should be
soaked if not ground.-Cor. Rural
flome.
Corn In Hills and Drills.
At the Michigan Agricultural Col
lege, in 1868, two plots of land, sub.
stautially equal in character of soill
set apart, each measuring 48 rods in
width. The ground was plowed on
May 5th, and manure was spread
evenly and worked in by cultivator
and harrow. Yellow Dent corn was
planted on may the 21st, in rows 4
feet apart, one in hills the other in
drills. The plots were cultivated
and hoed on June 15th, and again
on July 7th, the plants being thinned
so as to leave the sanue number of stalks
on each plot, including an equal distri
bution of plants throughout the sub
division of the plots. As nearly
as possible, each of the plots receiv
ed the same amount of labor in culti
vation. The stalks were out at the
the bottom, on Sept. 17th, and stack
ed in good order, and 3 weeks after.
wards the corn was husked and weigh
ed. The stalks were then again care
fully stacked, and were hauled and
weighed, in good condition, on Oct.
12th The drilled portion produced
74 1-0 bushels of shelled corn and
3 tons of btalks to the acre, against
651 bushels of shelled and 2-3 tons of
stalks per acre produced by the por
tion in hills. Trhe corn on the par'
tion planted in hills was better in
quality than on that planted in
drills,
UnsatIhf to??,
STho visit of the Prince of Wales
and the Marquis or Lorno to Ireland
has turned out to be very unsatiefae
tory. Our dispatches announce that
althodgh the straats were lined with
people, not a cheer was heard, or any
other demonstration, e'ave a-few hiss
es. The onlycobject pf no 0ooneet
ed with the visit, slo hint that the
Qeension .may bring amnesty to. all the
Fenian~s. The condition of effaire -in
Dublin at this time Is. presrlous,
owing to the dispqsition qf the hO
nian symepatlyisers to hold their meet'
ings iin spito of .the prohibition, sad
the whole police force anid miiliary
are on duty. It Is also reported that
several of these woundedl in the riot
in the Phonix Park will die4'-Cel.
Un ion.
The Amazons.
An English surgeon In the service
of the Commune writes respecting its
last hoursas follows,
"Jost- as thd Nationaig were re
treating, a battaitn ol' women came
tip the street at a trotS, and, with
cries of 'Viva Ia Canymnune,' begatn
firing. They were armed with thze
Snyder rifle, and fired admirably:
Mianyv pretty looking girls were there,
destined, no .doubt~, for far better
things than killing men, They
fought like devils, far better tahan the
men, and I, bad the pain -of' seeing
flfty-two slipt down even when ;they,
bad beqn aarround~ed by She troop.
and dAarmed. . sa sh'oo sixty
men shot at the same place as the wo
men, at the same tiene."
-Work ott the 'LouIslauy lateeA ywill
cbmitiened immedikt'ely.' A full forels
bki. been organIf4 trstegthea-~
thetn in neoh aine' as to preVni
a repetit ion of the Bonnet Carre beaa
stronho.
What Grant Whispered to bec,
When Lee and Orant met at the
house of MoLeau, near Appomattox
Court-house, to arrange for the oa
pitulation of the Army of Northern
Virginia, an Icident occurred which
hua remained unexplaited for ove
six years. The terms of' the proposed
surreinder were discussed freely and
openly before the members of the
two staffs, until, suddonly drawing
his chair up to that of the confeder
ate chie.ftn, Grant whispered a few
earnest words into the ear of Lee.
A haughty shake of the head from the
ittter and a brief answer In under
tone, evidently of a perempto
rial negative order, was noticed by
those in attendance. The import of
that bit of mysterious by-.lay has
just been furnished for the first time.
in the August number of Old and
New, Edward A. Pollard, the histo
rian of the Confederaey reveals the
secret. The whispered confab was
nothing less than a ptoposition from
Grant that Lee's soldiers should, then
and there, subscribe to the oath of
allegiance, in which event the Feder.
al satrap guaranteed that they -hould
be restored, on the spot, to all the
rights, privileges, and immunities of
Ame ijrn citisens.
If a long and bitter subsequent ex
perience of Orants audacity had not
blunted the eouhtry's tenderness in
the matter of buing snubbed, over
ridden, and lashed, this a-tounding
declitration might be expected to cre.
ate a profound sensation. By what
right a paid military servant of tht
nation should arrange to himself the
functions of Congress and 1icsident,
perha pa the fuming Radloal newpa
pers tlat ritisod suoh a howl of an
guish over the famous negotiations
between Generals Sherman and John
ston, a few days later, will now rise
and explain.
Deterloration of 6ian1o.
The editor of the Irish Parmers'
Gazette talks as follows concerning
this manure i "Tho predictions
which we have so often published in
this journal relative to the doteriora.
tion soon or later, of the quality of
the ollineas Island (Portivian) guano
have been vetified, and somewhat
sooner than we had anticipated
About t*elve yearn ago tbis variety
of guano was df remarahible uniform
composition9 and When the relatiVe
proportions of its constitttents did
vary, it was generally the most valua
ble of them that preponderated over
the others, Thus the average amount
of ammonia (or the substances equiva
lent to that comnpound) was about 16
per cent, but the proportion more
frequently rose to 18 per cent. than
it sank 14 per cent. At this timej
there can be no doubt that Peruvian
guano desertedly stood at the head
of all natural and artificial manures
Lrom the year 185A, or thereabont.,
there has been a very slow, but still
sensibble, diminution in the peroen
tage of ammonia in Peruvian guano
until quite recently, when almost sud
denly the composition of the recent
imports has undergone a serious
change. Specimens are still to bje
met with containing 16 per cent. of
ammonia, but they are rhro, whilst
on the other hand, in some samples,
the amount of amm~onia has fallen to
less than 10 per cent.
Southern Cliitms Conmissloff.
The Conmmissioners have sO auga
ed the rule concerning the taking of
testimony as to provide that in any
case not ovdr $5.,000 in amount9 clai
mants may apply to any of the spe
cial etnniissioners appSointed in the
Southern States to take the tedtinmo
ny In their csse for the use of the
Commissioners at Washington, and
that application need no longer be
made to the Commissioners then?.
selves. The application tuust be
a written one, and contain informa
tioni beat' ekpressed in a form proepar
ed by the Oommissionere, of whbioh
apeeameh oopies till be ready for
those aenderued In a few days.
A woman went Into a store and ask.
ed the proprietor If he had any blaek
hen's eggs. "Don't know one kihd
from the other," said he ; "buts there's
a' basketful of eggs the re on the coun
ter." "I can toll them,'' said the
customer. "Well then, help your'
self," said the deuler. She did so,
paying- the ordindry price. What
was the grader's ohargrin, upon the
cutenier's departure, to find all of
his large egga gone and nothiung but
sinalh, unreable ones rerttaining,
'The oldest stoteo probabty in the
Ulnited 8tates is the one vhaieba warm~s
the espitol kt Rtichmnond, in Virginia,
It was made in England, In 1170, and
warmed the lIfnse of Burgesses for
silty years, before It was remnoved to
its preqefit lodation, where It has
beau for thltti 'y'are. It has our
,iree thiree B3ritish pidnnrohs - has
been contempdrane ts vilb fotr Un~g
ly tigaarchs, two repuoc and . wo
itseIlaygoersmnents lin Vusneom j
grtAs ne.Iri - epaio haAYVeen
toin by 'Inter**t strife, f~he breach
neary lied1MI/snt still the old stoveI
rema na the same unmoved in the
midst of all.
Good AdriMe.
An article in the AMny niumber of
ilbme and Health, on ',the health of
womien," by Judia Columrn, has the
following good advice
11, 1uro'to Petite early. 1)io Low
is says that h hias fotiul this rule ab
solutely indispen.ible in t-.is school
for young ladies. Many a mnid aind
matron has robbed herself ut early
bloom and grown thin and worn for
lack of an hour or two more sleep be
fore nidniglit. Some talc this timo
to read after the children and hiubatid
have retired, saying it is '.all the time
they eni get." Others think it neces
sary to devote those hot.ri to their
sewing. I know one dear good wo.
man who always will insist on sitting
up to finish any garment nearly done
and dearly enough has she paid for
this "in of finishing oft," as her fami.
ly facetiously call it. But if time
must be taken front slec for such
purposes, It is better to take it In the
morning. Such a change of hours
should be made gradually, but when
made it pays well.
Nine o'clock is a good hour for all
hard working women to go to bed,
tit if you gtow Sleepy go earlier.
Above all things we should not allow
ourselves to nod or doze before retir
ing . Of all forlorn moments in one's
life, I know of none so utterly deso
late as that which comen to the per.
son Who Must "wake up and go to
bed." Besides' an imperfect night's
restoften follows such indulgence,
and the subject rises alreidy weary
before commencing the work of the
day, A nap in the middle of the day
if it be not too long, will be of de
cided benetit to the tired wonman.
The great difficulty is that it should
not be taken soon after dinner, and
before dinner we are apt to be busy.
But whateVer We do, we must be
reasona'.le, use common sense, and
understand ourselves.
An Incident of the Late War.
It was in Salisbury that Stone
man's troops, just after lee's surren
der, were met by Bradley Johnston's
men, who fought until they were
overpowered at the Tull Oate, unar
that place, They then matdo their
entry Into Saulisbury four deep, their
horses gaily caparisoned, and their
arms shining brightly in the sun. A
Lieutenaint Stokes, aid to Bradley
Johnston, sat on his hofde--alone
id watched thum away off as they
Lenllic up Main street. Ileordered all
the wnmen and children in doors.
Then, when the head of the column
got within speaking distance, he
flourished his navy shooter and com
manded "halt I'' The coluimn not
knowing how large a force lie might
have il reserve, "halted" at his or
ders. When, taking a quick steady
aim at the officer in front, '-bang"
went his pistol I the officer full dead,
mid Stokes was flying like lightning
off lls mettled steed, hotly pursued,
and a hurricane of bulla zooing after
him. As he turned down by the
Mansion House Ie wheeled in his
saddle and toppled another Yank.
lie escaped without a scratch, and
we reckat ig now living in Frederiel:j
Maryland. The officer he killed was
a Captain Edlwards, one of General
Stonemian's beet captain's. -IIiltJboro
ilecorder.
~lnalrnal Love.
(Une of the persons whlo tit the timm
of the horrible disaster in New York
last dundtty went in a boat to resce
the persons in the water, found a wo
wran supporting herself by a large
piece of flooring, upon which she hiad
conttived to place he t two children.
She was quite selfossessed, ahd
whe~n lie attempted to lift her into
his boat, demanded that he should
take the children first, He told her
they were safe, and urged her to take
hold of the aidd of the boat ; but she
vehemently refused to do vo until bie
had lifted tbe children into it. -f1rib
It is stated in the Baltimore' Ga
Lette that the Capt4 Talhfdrfo~ of
Georgia or Alabama, who figured
prominently recently as a Ku IKlux
witness, was dismissed from several
mercantile houses for dishioneaty, and
was regarded to be so utterly voidl of'
truthfulness that merchants of Baulti
more of the highest f'espeetabaility, are
ready to swear they would not believe
him on his oath, amnd that he has boast
ted of killing F'ederal prisoners in
cnld bleod, uStat Madlian, G~eorgia,
during 1hrtnan's mareh to the sea,
'hat he did commit the blood y an d
barbarotts Ontrage has been cortobura
ted by Sotherun joiurnlimts.
Amtotig the many ad features rif
the terrible fetry boat etplosion In
1New York, is that involted in the
the almrost Ontire ettermaination of
a9voral families of three of' more per..
eons who were passen gers on the boat
at the time. In at l4 ssp t1'p oases
the list of the dead arid injure dshov$
that father', mother and ohlldt-en were
all eith~r killed outright, or were so
wounded or soalded that reootery will
be imposeblea
Ai tudson milkmr/~r was overlista~
singing to his fellow'er.aftsmnen, "Yee
fre'll gather at the rirer?"
Eu Klux Outrage anid Negro mohs in
thle 8o1th,
Tho very virtuous radicals of the
Congressional (Joimmittee who are
protonding to investigato the alleged
Ku Kl'ix outrages in the South, are
ready it appears, to report a stupen.
dous budget of horrorsia They are
alrealy issuing solioflicial statements
to that effect. True, they have not
had much timo to invest ignto the
matter ; but party and political no
cessity urgos an early, thrilling re
lort against thoso villanous, incura.
ble white "accesh" of the South and in
favor of the poor negroes. This is
evident from the hasty action of the
rcpublican party in Waslingtoi,
which has already put in circulatiou
a cftmpaign document, which is a di.
jedt of the pretended facts brought to
light by the Congressional Invest iga
ting Committee, and has requested
the republican newspapers to servo
their pause by publishing the docu
mont in full. We see, tYicn, what a
farce, and at the same time, what a
gross imposition upon the country,
this radical Ku Klux report of the
Congressional Committee is likely to
be. But is it not playing with fire I
is not such a one-sidCd in l1ai i matory
report made for party purposes caleu
lated to do much harm "i Will it not
make the negroas, who are already in
the ascendant in ioie parts of the
South and who are committing most
d iabol lea I acts, more presumptous
and disorderly ? Who has not heard
of the astrocities of a band of nogroes
in Chatham county and adjoining
counties, in North Carolina I And
yesteriday we reported a fearful,
bloody and drunken riot by a body of
five thousand blocks at the Repubil
can Convention in Goldsboro, in the
same State. Of courru the horrors
will scarcely be noticed by any radi
cal Congressional committen, becnoso
they are perpetrated by the "poor ine
grocs"l-by tho allies and supporters
of the rad ical part4'. It is the pro
tended white Ku Klux that is mado
the bugbear to alarm Northern votcre
and to give the administration a
chance to exercise a military despo.
tism in the South. The radheal car,
pet-hag and scalawag public men
and among then was a Congressmnau.
by the name of Thoinas-and Stan
ley, the 'rosident of a railroad, seem
to have been the abettors of the
riotous acts at Gioldsboro. Well
may we despair of pence in the 8)onti hi
while the party in power makes mis.
representations of the sta'n of things
in the South f .r pl-i.1 i )1 j -ets,
while it give;a l. .1 :- .y tm.
1)fathy to the negro0.i and1 udcavors to
crush the nativo white people of that
ooction.-NCw York Ilcrod.
Andrew Johnston D)escription of Grant.
To a Tribune reporter ex-President
Johnson, a few duys ago, said :
"Grant is wonting in integrity
wanting in Intelligeo1co, and wanting
in the will to promote the good of
the country. Tho little fellow is
selfish lnd avaricious beyond bounds.
lls cupidity knows no limit. lie
is no statesman and no soldier, lie
never displayed any generalship. IN
marched at.the hoad-no, not at the
head, but in the rear-of an ininmense
column of men that would haVe ac
complished the same results if he
had been ini the mnoon. GIrant was a
mere unimportant incident, lie
nuver showed a spark of genius.
What inspiring remnark did he over
make that ceecred hi is soldiets and(
helped to vin a victory ?1 Whien did
hoeor put himself in d anger, like
Napoleon at the bridge of Lodi, to
give courage to his troops 'I Ile
never showed a single trait of general.
ship. Hie had no symnpathiy with lis
men ; ho never visited the hoitals or
showed any foeling for the suffering
wounded. Ho Was litterly remnorse
leas. Hie was no loader. ,He had uo
plans .and no strategy. I repeat,
ttitt fot any good hem did in putting~
downi thie rebellion he might as well
have lyodun the modn."
An kiegant itn.
As complitnantaty opiions of d
Grant; are now in orde', and lest
there be any mnistak e i regard to
Geon. John A. Logan's ehtnste ideas of
his availabilityr we-. trranseribe them
from the Chicago I~optiblican
"Our' Hold icr-Senator was asked a
few days agdi, in his room at the Tret,
mont, how ha thought (dranit would
run, 'Run said Ife 'he'd run like'
hi-I, with a tia kettle tied to .his
tail.' "
In the matter of' delicate appreela
tion and eloqiuent expression, Gen.
Jlohn A Logani is ovidently a iworthy
representative of a, Republidan State
in the United States Senate.
Afra bhiayt appeared before the Rto
corder to prosecute her husband for in.
sult and abuse; "What hav'o you 'tocom.
plain of ?'' inqjuirod the magistrate.,
i"My husbonid n~eglo~3og r, sir," was
the answer of thIiat 'siteful lady,
thrown out with a Aor~ 'of a jerk.
"Indeed, how is th at-1" "He -leave
nye athbome, and when I complain-of
it, insjits; and abuses me/'. "Can
y gissa me an * ipstaapo: of 16:1i
lbe.s~ wont to theconok-fight on
Sunday,.anil :woulnlet mie go :With
him, and said if they fought hens
he'd send for mnc .
t0uid0tPA lCVCilge.
Quito a melanoholy circumstance
Ia just (cono to light In a respecta.
ble famuilv down town, and which will
probably result in the life of a young
tand respoetable lady being sacrificed
to jealousy and superstition. The
facts so far as we are able to uiscortain
them, are these : A young man
named Cortier had formed an attach
eintit for a young Creole lady, addros
sed her. His advances were all roA
coived, and it became bruited abroad
that they were to ho married. It reach.
oil the cats of a quadroon woman,
who was very mluch attanoiod to the
young man. She at once visited an
old Voudou priestebs, from whomt she
procured a powder, which, 'if given
to the young lady, would make her
lose her lover.
Through the instrumentality of a
servaut girl the powder was adminid.
tored, and shortly afterwards the
young lady booamo sick. Her health
has rapidly given away over since,
At first the physlcians cotld not do ,
termine the cause of the disease, and,
in consequonce, were unable to apply
the proper remedies. But of late the
aspect of the case hits left no room
for doubt that she has been suffering
from a strong vegetable poison, which
lis insidiously undermined her con,
stitution. The terror of the servant girl
when the fact of her being poisoned
was iscei tained, first excitod suspi
eion, anid closo giestioning soon de,
voloped all the faots in thecasoe A eom
petent and skillful defective was call.
od in, and through his means all the
pat ties interestud in the outrage have
been discovered.
A4 yet no legal steps have been ta'
ken in the matter. It is hoped that
the young lady's life can be saved, but
it is certain that htor health will be
permanently injured.
It is eortainly one of most remarka
ble cases we have heard of late. No
doubt the circumstance will evident.
ly undergo public scrutiny ; but for
the present, for obvious reasons, the
names of the parties most interested
arolwit.hhold.-Neta Orlcans Picayund
July 9th.
Daily the evidence acetimulated
that i ot otly ate the Japanese a peo.
plo intelligent beyond all other nations
of the East, but that a settled purposo
prevalls in Japan to enter into the
ranks of the civilied peoples.
Should they continue in acquirin
the arts and learning of etlightened
nations as they havo done for the
past few years, their accomplish.
mion't of a high standard of education
will be only a question of timo. Ono
of tie principal means to secure this
result adopted by the Japanese
Governent, is to send many of its
miost promising youth to this country
and to l'itiropo to be educated, s. that
on their return to their own land they
miay become the teachers of their fel'
low-courtrymen. Tho latest delega.
tion of this kind is now in Now York
having recently arrived under the
charg e of 'rince Soiemnidzo Jugad,
overland from San Francisco, direct
from Japan. personage Is said
to speak English fluently and to be
perfoctly well a.cquaintad with Ameri
can affairs and tile usages of civilized
life. The entire party of yoyung mn
wvith him-some of wyhom are destin'
ed to cuter American colleges, while
others will go to European institu
tions (If learning-dress in the garb
of civilization, and manifest a cease
ices dosiro to familiarize themnselveu
with the customs of ou~r people, tUn
lilo China, which still clings to 11cr
barbarous and exclusive traditions,
slaying in cold blood those who would
ChmristialnitO and inattruot het popula
tion, Japan welcomes civilization, and
send, forth missions to learn the
ways of edlucatdd nations, and to give
to her people that solid knowtledge in
practical matters which, united to the
native ingenuity .of the Jtapanese,
will zmako 1har prosperous and powers
* (o1drftl of Cold Il tlhe lends of Cows,
Tho treatmont of simple catarrh is
more amnatter of nursing than medi'
cine. Thle animal should at once be
conlfined 'to a good airy box and
tile diet restricted to mnashes and
soft food ; a gentle dathartid
may be given epsomn salts, eights
ounces powdered ginger, two
drachrms. Mixed ais a quart of warni
gruel and adminiistered as a drench.
TPhe fever, often present, ;will be re
lieved by dissolving a little nitre in
in the water. This good nurs
sing and attentionto the aonmal.'s
wrants, will generally effect a dure.
A Mainle girl, whose lover had lest,
a limb replied to her companions'
batmtor "I wouldn't hate a man with
two legsg they'ro:so oommonP"
Bismarok hadl tdokiss sixty hand'
some, young ladies at a recent recep'
tion, and did it without the *sistance
of a clerk.
The Ijondoft "Vaily td*s" ealth
Now York thi thilderin iD4 the~
~first [riah ciy in thb world.
If thou hast never been a fool, O
sren thou wllt never be a wise -man,