The Fairfield herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, August 30, 1871, Image 2
THE FAIRFIELD HERALD.
Published Every Wednesday at
WINNSBORO, S. C.,
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DESPORTES & WILLIAMS.
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A Brave Canilno IBefcider,
A few days ago a dog belonging to
John Felter, of Pine Hill, N. Y.,
wyas heard barking in tho mountains
some distance from the house. Mr,
Felter's little little son, twelvo years
old, knowing by the bark of the dog
that sone important game was on
foot, set out for the mountains. llis
mother fch, a little anxious after the
boy had gone, and for some time lis
tened to the barking of the dog.
After half an our the barking ocased ;
and as hour after hour passed away
and the boy did not make his appear.
unce, the mother set out to go to one of
the neighbors to scouro their help in
search for tho boy. On the road mot her
husband returning from the village,
-whero ho had that morning been at
tending to some business. Ile listen
ed to his wife's story, and trying to
caln her fears, went back with hor
to the house, and taking his gun star
tod toward the place indicated by his
vife. Mr. Felter travelled about
through the mountains until late in
the afternoon, seeing nothing, hear
ing nothing, and was about to return
home when ho almost stumbled over
the dead carease of a wildcat. It was
a very larg-i male. Everything indi
cated a terrible confliot. The spec ta
ole gave Mr. Felter an apprehension
that some terrible thing had happened
to his boy. Examining the leaves
and underbrush hie had no difficulty in
finding a trail of blood, and this he
followed nearly a hundred yards.
h'len lie camne upon the dog standing
over the body of his son, who was
piostrate on the ground. Tho dog
was earnestly looking at the boy, and
occasiominlly licking his face and
liands. (On Mr. F'olter's approach, lie
gave a loud hark an] pranced about
with joy. The father knelt by the
side of h is son and placed his hand
over his heart. With joy unspoaka
bilt) lie found the littlo follow alive,
but terribly wounded, as it appeared
by the claws of the wild oat. The
little follows clothes wore almost torn
to shreds, and his flesh was terribly
la:1orated from head to foot. Ile was
hulforing from loss of blood, but his
wounds had boon handsomely dressed
by the faithful dog, which had for
hours been standing by him liching
them. Taking his boy in his aris
the father made his way to his home,
followed by the ever-faithful dog.
After reaching the house, restorative
beiag administored,the boy was able
t) tell his story. lie camo upon tihe
.willoat, and seeing that his catship
held the dog at bay, having an advan.
tageous position, he attempted to dis
lodge him, first with stones ; but these
the boast did not soen to mind.
Then ho got a polo and attempted to
poke him out. At this the wildent
lcoamno enraged, and springing upon
the boy, ,oratohod and tore his flesh
as above related. At this the dog
dahied at the eat and boon dispatch
ed it. The bcy attempted to go
ho me, but sank to the grouiid exhaus
tedl. The little fellow is doing well.
The good nursing of the dog las
done nwch toward allaying the infla
miation ; the licking of is wounds by
the faithful animal hats undoubtedly
saved the boy's life.-New YorA
Su.
Sobhil Honor.
Eveory person should cultivate a
nice sense of honor. In a hundred
different ways this most fitting ad
junet of the true lady or gentleman is
often tried. Vor instan oe, one is the
guest of a family where, perhaps, the
domestic maohinery dloes not run
smoothly. There is sorrow in the
house unsuspeoted by the outer world,
8omoetimes it is a dissipated son,
whose conduct is a shame and grief te
his parentsa; sometimes a relative,
whose ecuontricitios and peouliarities
are a cloud on the home. Or worst
of tall, husband and wife may not be
in accord, and there imay be often
bitter words spoken and harsh reorin.
Inations. In any of these oases the
guest is In honor bound to be blind
and deaf, as far as people without are
concerned. If a gentle word within
can, do ainy good, it may well be said,
but to go forth and rcvoal the shaadoij
of an unhaippy secret to any, even
your nearest friend, it is an act of
indelicacy and meanness almost un.
paralled. One in the satred pre.
cincts of any home, admitted to its
privacy, sharing its life, all that you
see and hoar is a saosed trust.. It, is
really eontemiptiblo to gossip of suoh
things as it as would be' to steal the
ailver or I orrow the books and forget
o return themn.-Columnbia IIeraldd.
The touirnamnents of the young mn
if the South find a ready defender in
ben Richmond Enq'uirer, which says:
"They are much bettor thani horsc
'aig, and quite as useful in train
kg young men for warlike purposes,
ride a horse well is certainly the
t. of soldierly acomplishments, and
that is very handy to have in ease
'ar. T1hero is danager of becoming
rely too utilftarlan. The only
*tion is, shall we foster and on.
go dexterity and fearlessness in
of horsemanship, and oultivato
do manners and a courteous boar
or bring all that is manly, except
racing and prize fighting, inte
..ea and disrepute, meorely because
~e people choose to ridicule it ?
think it a very good uchool training
uir youth, and it can certainly do
*no harm.."
Almost a Riot.
Raleigh, it seems, says the Sentinel,
is determined not to be behind other
southern citios in the, matter of riots.
Onl Thursday, 24th inst., at the N. C.
1R. I. depot, between the hours of 7
and 8 p. w.; one of the railroad offi
oials had cause to forcibly eject a ne
gro from the ladies' parlor in the do
pot building, when a number of his
sable brethren manifested a disposi
tion to actively espouse his quarrel.
A uumber of whitos immediately
came to the assistance of the railroad
offiial, and, for a time a serious row
was imminent. Fortunately, however,
the matter blow over, with one negro
being knocked down with a stick in
the hands of one of tho white mon.
A negro at Charlesville, Virginia,
having beer sentenced to impribou
ment in the county jail, askod the
Judge to change it to a threshing,
which he did, and the negro got thir
ty-nine on the bare back, When ths
other darkies in jail heard of it they
got up a petition to be whipped and
turned loose. The abolition of the
whipping-post doesn't seem to ault
thetm ah well as it did their ardent ad
mirers.
WINNSBORO.
Wednesday Morning, Aug. 30, 1871.
The Cont or a Ga'aded l a
Se0oo1.
If the building cost, as it should, to
be really convenient and suitable, not
less than five thousand dollars, ap
propriation of one hundred and sixty
dollars for the thirty-two counties,
would erect them. A bailding for
tile negroes of the same kind would
also be necessary. But this second
building at the same co.st, should be
built by the county town, thus Col
tributing one-half towards the ex
pense of erecting buildings, in con
sideration of being selected as the fo
cal point of education in the County.
Legisla tion should not liave this point
a voluntary oie, or the opposition of
pure prejudice will defeat it, as it did
Jefferson's splendid scheme in Vir.
ginia. The matter should be compul
sory, or the mere non-notion of the
indifferent will defeat the whole
scheme, just as the plan of the last
educational bill Was dofeated this
summer.
The building up, it will take, say
$1500 to pay the Principal, $1000 to
pay the first assistant, and $500 to
pay the second. Five handred dol
lars more will meet inoidental expon-'
sos. Thro thousand, five hundred dol.
lars, then, will carry on the school. The
State and the town could divide the
expense between them. But it would
be better perhaps not to make these
[igh Schools free schools, but public
schools, uipported, in part, by a tui
tion fee of toi dollars for the half
year, exactly as is done in Prussta,
if this be done and a hundred pupils at
tend, the annual tuition will amount to
$2,000, and will meet more than one
half of the expense. The school, in
the other building, for negroes, owing
to their condition, will at, first neces
sarily be a P'rimtary and niot a High
School, and the tuition itn it should be
altogether free, until they desire high.
or instruction, and are prepared for it,
whon a pay-department ean then be
also added on to that school. What!
somec one itay say, the negroes to be
educated free of eharge, and the
whites to pay I Yes, friend, but not
so fast. Primary education should
always be perfectly free, and a free
Primary Department eent be attached,
under a fourth teacher, to the white
High-school. All should be educated,
and it can he easily done, ini perfect
harmoeny, and at less coat, and with
far mtoro efficiency, if all would keep
their temtper and go about it in a
friendly way, than it new costs, in the
shape of volontary tuition foes, to
e ducate imperfectly, and without sys
temn,not all, even,but only a portion of
the white..
In conclusion, this phan, like every
other, will be liable to many imagi
nary, and some real objections. Te
succeed, I itmust not be left to the
voluntary caprice of the towns, as
Jefferson's plan was in Virginia, but
should be forced into operation, 2o
that it may vindicate itself and come
into favor by its own success. Our
conditiont is peculiar, and special le
gislation, and an original system of
our own, is necessary to supply effti
ciently our e ducational necessities.
DISturbanuces Norths tad
south.
Referring to the recent riot in 0g.
densburg, Now York, by whtich the
efforts of a strolling locturer to de
liver antl-Catholic fulmination were
sought to be prevented, the Now.York
Journal of Commneree, one of the
ablest, as it is certainly the most jo di
eious and fairr-nijuded of all the
Northern papers, makes the following
trite and tnoisive observations:
"Had a trouble of an equally so'
rious aspect happened at the South,
arising not out of relim..u or s
rian differences but from political
causes, men like Speaker Blaine would
lay the whole blame on the Xu- Klux,
and demand that President Grant
send bayonets down there. It would
be exactly as appropriate to call upon
him to interfere at Ogdensburg, and
his interferonep is ap much needed
there as at the South. W * Since
we should regard the appearance of
FedOall trooos f Ogdensburg, to set
tie a religious feud, as a wanton insult
to the dignity of the State, we are
also, by the eame proucms of reasoni ig,
constrained to look upon all forte
acts relating to the South as imperti.
tient and unnecessary meddling in the
concerns of that part of the country.
To appreciate how south.rners feel
about it, we have only to imugine our
own thoughts in case President Grantk
bad made the Ogdoeiiburg outbreak
the pretext of putting thatoity under
martial law."
MixiBg Sexes In Public
SClmo40l4.
The Oradod High Schools, with
three woll-paid teachers, in every
County-aeat, which we 'lvocate,
should be open to both sexes. Expe
rionoe proves that nixing boys and
girls in the same classes improves
both sexes, and contributes to the
good order and disciplino of the
sohool ; and experience on such a sub.
ject is worth more than speculation.
The splendid schools of Illinois and
Missouri are schools attended by both
boys and girls. In the old world of
Asia, whore women aro least respect
ed, and in consequence, despite all ar
tificial restraints, least chaste, the
sexes are kept studiously apart, as if
contact and social iitercourse, must, of
necessity, produce immodesty, im
purity and sensuality. In Europe,
and especially in France, the sexes
are kept further apart, than in Ame
rica, and yet we know there is more of
grossness and less of purity between
the sexes there, than here. Chastity
of thought and decorum of conduct
are thus clearly proven to depend on
other causes, than educating and
keeping the young people of the two
sexes apart. We remomber our own
experience as a youth on this subject.
It was when flung frequently into the
society of young ladies, that we en
tertained most worthy and most manly
thoughts of them. But we felt the
need of some power of discrimination
in our estimate of them, Had we
gone to sohool for a few years with
them, our quixotic admiratlon of "the
weaker vessel" would have had more
sonso in it. Weqwould have been a
sadder man. Sincea we usually did
theii sums for the rest of our class,
the fibs the girls would have told,
claiming our work as their own, and
the manly lies we would have told in
con fir ming their asssea t ions on the sul-'
ject, might haive establ ished a life
time friendbhip with mome of thme love
liest of the ee. But alfas I "dis ahi
ter viuum." Our boys, however, shall
have a better chance thani their un
fortunate father. They shall attend
school with girls.
Jury J~Lws.
The following condemnation of the
jury laws is mildly put by the Beau
fort R~epublioan:
Outside of the generat election law,
there is not one so open to eriticism
and abuse, a that relating to the
drawing of Grand .Juries. In one
sense it gives the Jury Comnmission
oe a peculiar discrimination by a-.
coting such "as they may think well
qualIfied to serve as jurors," and in
so doing, they are at liberty to think
what they please, and select a set of
men who are as innocent ofalphabeoti
cal knowledge or chirography as if
they were inhabitants of seome yet un
discovered country. This Is all
wren g. A juror has more power than
the Judge on the beseh.-the life of
some human being is entrusted to his
moat solemn anad sainried deliberation.
Yet if he have nos within him theo
olemoet of hnow ledge to see and
comprehend the masd of evidonee
given hfimn upon wyhich to form a ver
diet, who would eare to trust theilr
case in his hands. Admitting that
the foreinan of the jury is competent,
it renders the ease mnob the worse,
for the leaning of the jury will very
naturally be warped by the opinion of
such an officer, be it for or against
justice. The most competent, we
don't say educated, men should be
chosen-men of intelligence, eapaible
of shifting a grain of truth from a
mountain of error.
The present Grand Jury is a re
markable inatanee of this indiscrimii,
nate selection. Nine out of twelve
caanot read nor waite.
As an illustration of their ignorance
we have only to cite one case. In
exsamining the books of the County
Coammissionere, they opened them,
their faces beaming with the wisdom
of a sage,. commncned deliberately to
turn the leaves, and running their
fingers over the, to them, hieoro
glyphic scrawls, giving now and thena
a satisfactory grunt,. and upon reach
ig the end of said rebord, they were
in formed t hat they had opened the
books upside down, and in their rus..
tie. uiiiniity theyaere.. them
selves that in them was concentrated
vision of an Argus-and that if there
were ei-rors they should detect them.
W hat room is there for comment t or
rather what an opportunity to rebuke
the ignorant legislator for passing
such laws. We are not looking for
perfection in our jury system, nor do
we approve of excluding the colored
-theie are intelligent meii in their
ranks, let them be mixed any way
you please, but give us reason, ibtelli
genon and justice.
-. ~.
Pbosial Arranmgeumenews
The following order Ias beeii re
cently issuid by the l'ostnaster-Oenlh
oral :
An a 'rangement ha just beei , n
cluded betwoen the liiiied tates aiid
Gerimany, to take elfeet, on the 1. of
October nckt. whith redumes the rate
of itemnat ional pi staig for prepaid
letters ex changed between the in wo
counitries, by the closed mail via Eng.
1,4nd, from ten to seven cents for cacti
single rate of hlif an oune or unider.
Unpaid letters, so exoiinged, arte to
be charged with doubled the prepaid
ratesand the insuliciently paid let
ters with the poPstage from unpaid
iutters, after duduction of the amoumit
prepaid. The reduction applies tu
letters alone.
By waiting, I am able to give yott.
a more reliable and satisfactory ac
count of the erops in this section,
southeast Clestet- end northeast Fair
field. The "departure" on the corn
question is grand. Tie farimers grtim.
ble because tho crop, in c.nequence
of the drought, did not q'ii6e come up
to their expectations, and not because
of a failure. People are generally very
exti nvagant in their ex pressitns, "The
bsbt erop I ever had," "Will make
enough corn to do me two years,"
"My crop is a comIpiete faiilure," etc.,
are common expre.-sions, and are gen
orally false. I will tell you of the
crops of my own neighborhood. The
corn crop is the best wo have had
since 1865. Rain will do it very lit
ble good. No rain will do it very lit,
tle harm. More corn will be made
thai will be necessary to carry on the
farms another year. The seasons
wei e favorabl- till first of July. More
la1d wais planmted iii crn. More at.
teutin)it paid to its culture, aid the
laborems were more easily contiolled
and worked better, ience the reult.
The cotton cop is not a completo
failure, but the a mount of lint will be
snall, find if the manufacturers wish
to run their maciihinery all year, they
had better matku som1e ailterutions so
as to wYork up Lhe stailks. The old
land without imnnao seems to be
best, New ground without mainure
next. Old land with manuro next,
and new ground with inmiurc last. I
ani utinable, however, to tell you the
exact differerce like some of these
old coniseque~n i farmer reportecrq,
or a imathemIlat ical guano mlerchant.
T'hough I have niever knowingly
bought a pound of f'ertilizer to haul
17 ile is, o pYut onl land to increase
the product ioni 2.I92 per cent. and a
fraction over, y et I amii a fer tilizser
marn, wheni somle onie eisc buys the
guano anid puts it.onl is own crops
Thlough I canlnot, like guano mnakers,
toil hlow i111 muc mney a man~f will
mlake to the fract ion of a cent when
lie uises gulano, 3et, I cani make a
rough gues~s. WVhen everi body uses
guano on their cotton crop and tile
seasons iare fatvorable, a heavy crop is
made, all the t imio consumed in got.
ting it to market and niothiing brought
back but countenances sad over tile
remembi~rancee of the lien left in some11
mercbants hands for supplies to make
another crop, if he be a wise man,
without guano. You see I do not go
into a mathensatical calculation to
show up my side, for farmuers do not
live onl such fcod.
If the presenit cottorn crop is a short
one, it will be worth more to tile
Southl than the large crop of last year.
To illustrate-in a distance of four
miles there are thlree gin houseos being
built and three wells being dug. We
hiave had a favorable time for saving
fod der,
An item for immiiglant societies
1 had ani Irish potatee vinie wkth four
shoots a foot and a half high that was
pioughed up twice, and uifter it had
borne potatoes large enioughl to eat it
was pulled up, tile largert potatoes
taken olf and tile v'ine replanted -
when the vine was next pulled usp,
about the first of July, it contained
two hlund red and fifty-fivo ttubers.
Respectfully, EX,
Marin iossca.
T1he loss of life anid property by
ship wreck aind gale the presenlt year
has been unusually large. T1he ag
gregate of vessel property, (exclusive
of cargoes) destroyed fromi New Eng..
land ports alone, is estimated at $2,.
034,000, compririmig a total of sixty.
nine vessels of all elass.
Attemptd Rlobbery.
Two di'aguised whte mecn broke
into the househof Mr. M. 1L. Tate,
six miles from Yorkvill'e, After a
tussle with Mr. Tate and' hs dog
the unenceasfun. burglam sa.md'
Insuityi
There is no knowing whit shapo a
man's insanity may take. At Coun.
oil Bluff, Iowa, lat week, as a
teamer was crossing the river, soie
One on board described a man JIbat.
ing down the river on a log. A
bOat was lowered and sent after him.
The occupant of the lo;; declined to
leave his Mtrange craft, bitt the orow
from the Irone concluding from his
actions that there was soimkthing
wrong with hai, renoved him by
force and conveyed him to Oneba.
To ii Uiries as to how Io came o be
tius adrift upon the turbid waters of
ithe r:aging11 Mti.ssuri, lie replied that
he w's p jurs;ue(l by two thousand
a tion up in Iakota Territory,
dl th ithe e-capod from thom by
Jlu I ping into the rivet' tit Furt 1%n..
dall. After switning a short dis
tanute, lie succeeded in mounting this
tree, and had floated from thenceo
mhundred miles-on the
kind t1.1 lug, without once rolling off.
Hlis hands and feet were shrivelled
and wa ter soaked-induobitable evi
dence that lie saild on his own queer
aft for : long timo-but that he had
na'vigate(l the tortuous Missouri in
this manner fi om Port Itandall was
not generally believed. Ie was eCk.
ainind by the proper atithoritius of
01maha1, pronouicd insane, antid sent
to the a1syltim.
Tile Geril Ulniversitiel,
Tie Uerinan Universities, notwith.
staniding the war, appea' to be filling
up wi.th attendants onl thbe courses of
hntiures, eight of them during the
prvseit Summer term having over
7.000 students, as follows : Kiel
112, Jeom 136, (iriefawald 415, llei
delberg 539, BJonn 650, Munich 1107,
Leipsie 1803, and Berlin 2113, nak
ing a total of 7075. The rentaining
t welve IJuiversities are those of B3res.
Ian t rlarnger, Frciburg, 0 lessen,
Gottenigen, lialle, Koingsberg, Mar
burg, lostuck, Strasburg Tubingen,
and Wartziurg, making twenty in
all.
Brignoli, illrs. hrlioli and 'the Twins."
It is whispered in social oircles at
"'th I;ub" that Brignoli-who was
privately married to Al i4s Mo.
Culloch, in Montreal, last July
has made an attempt to ignore his
marriuge or deny it ; but he "rtiokon
od without his host,' or hostess
rather, for Mrs. Brignoli proved equal
to tle .itnation, and so very plainly
(lemonstrated to her other lialf the
impossibility of a sepa-iration from her
iand the twins," that aftera few fran
tic cffoits lie sibsidedl and learining a
lesson from tihe past, will in the fu, ure
keep in the usual tenor of his way.
Wlashingl'au Star.
lread MakIng in Bostol.
A Boaton paper has recently been
pritingm! what purports to be an ex.
posure of the maniner of making
bread by the bakers of that city.
One of its reporters was smuggled, in
disgni-el into a large bakery,and thus
nmde ac(quainted with the inner work.
ings of tho trade. Ili revelations
are disgusting in the entremes and, if
true', show that there is need of i
pr'ovemenit in the~ kneading process,
which lie alleges is done entirely w'iih
the naked feet of thme bakers. llis
whole report is nauscating in the ex
treme, and enouglh to trouble the
stomach of every man who cver ate a
mual at the Hub.
Worth linoWing.
WVhen trouble results from the aca
cident al or over us~e of either armtreidl
or alkali, it is to be counteracted lby
applyinzg the other. For exampijle, if
amn acid is aiccidlentally swalloned,
follow it ats quickly n possible with
seome alkali,-as a weak solution of
potael or soda or lime water. A
strong solution of soap swallowed
fi eely5 is the best comn mon rumiedy.
The effects of potash, soda, linme,
stvonig soap, etc., upon the hands, are
neutraiied by am weak *ash of ffeid
(Vinegar). Acid spilled upon the
garmnen ts should he quickly neutral
izecd with potash, soda, ahmmonlia or
linme water.
flfarrhtsa lleinicdy,
"Tfake two pounds of the bark af
the root of the blackberry ; add a
suitable qunantity of water ; conattinue
to boil mind pour off till all strength is
extracted ; then strain, add all boll
ings together. simmer to two quarts;
strain ; add four pounds of loaf sugar
and when~ cool, add half a pint of the
bostironoh brandy. Dose, a ta blepoon.
futl three times a day, fasting. If it
does not arrest the disease ini a few
datys, gradually increase the doso as
the stomach can beasr i'.
Anl Islanid Emnpire,
Romne of the Cuban politicians in
WVashinmgtoni are piroposing "an laland
enmpire," by the confederation of the
West Indhia 1slands, with Cuba at thme
head. The movers of this paro
grammeit, of course, oppose anneXation
to the Uni toil Stat es.
To Wash Oil Clothe..
IKa a spongue and warm water.
The sponge is much bettor thtan a cloth
as it leaves no lint. It is also very nice
for cleaning wood-work..
To Illake Flai.ronis Smioofth.
Rub them with clean lard, and
wipe dry or, rubbing them with a
little beeswax while hot will have the
desired effect.
CleanIng (Old Brass,
.The best liquid to clean old brass
is a solution of exa lie acid.
T1he latest toast ever a glass of the
ardetut-"HeIro's what makes us wear
old clonhes
Tel~egrap,1.o..
From Kentucky.
\iASIINOTON, August 22.-The
Legislature stands-Sonate, 35 Demo
orats to 3 Republicans ; House, 82
Domoerats tq.18 Republicans.
From New York.
NEw YonK, August 22.-The re
ported dissemination of yellow fever
by three sailors who escaped from
quarantine, is unfounded.
Throe sailors of the ship Nevada
have been anlested on tt uharge of
mutiny..
The wrecked steamer Wyomitig,
hails froui Perth Amboy and was on
the way hence to Providence.
The English steamer Wyoming is
herc and sails for Europe to-lnor
row.
SAnrATOCA, August 22.-Duffy won
the steeple chase ; Vesuvius throw his
rider. Mid-day won the second
race ; time 1:48. Joe Daurets won
thu third ; time :53$. Abdol Kador
won the third ; time 3:481.
From Charleston.
CItAnt..aoN, August 22. Ae.
6ounts from evcry part of the coast
section report immense damage to the
otton anti rite crops, slpecially thu
cotton, from the recent heavy and
continuotus rains and gales. liepor.tB
from the interior on the other h nd
represeilt ootton and corn to be suf
fering badly frot the protrauted
drought.
Front Alibaain and Mississippi.
hIoNtGoMin.:s, August 22.-Re
ports from the rieli.t cottan flields of
Alabama iud Mississippi say the
army worm has appeared in larger
numbers than ever before. The boll
worm Is also reportod ill Many con
tids.
Attemplel Suicidt of IlelMboldh
LONG BnANCI, August 21.-At
about nine o'clock this morning, )r.
I.T. T. Holinbold attempted to comii
-mit suicide by blowing his brains out.
Ie borrowed a doublo-barrellcd shoa
gun, hired a v.arriage with a t ulored
di Iver, and stared out towards the sea
to shoot on the meadow lands. Just
below the Arlington House he got out
of the earviage, placed the gun under
his chin, and fired ; but being asinall
man the effort to pull the t'igger
caseed his band to ihove the barrul of
the gun forward and his face was
only injured. in his desperation he
repeated the experiment, btit with the
sato result; and the driver %%ho in
the meantimne had rushed to hin
caught him fainting and bleeding in
his.armns, and brought hin to the
Arcade Hotel, whence he was taken
home. Dr. Helmbold h'imself, how
over, telegraphs to New York City,
to-night, that while gunning this morn
ing his fowling piece was aediden'ly
discharged, but without iijuiring him.
Prom WISeonshh;1
MA)IkoN, August 24.-The Ais
consin Democrats have nominated ei'
Sonator Doolittle for Governor,
In the Wisconsin Democratic plat
form, the seventh resolution depre
cates and denounces ev'ery outbreak
of lawlessness and violence at the
North andl South, and declares that
the acts of Congress which authorize
the employmont of a standing army
to garricod places where elections hre
to be held, and constitute a local pa
lico in States, and which empowers
officers of the Federel administration
to interposo a military force for the
purpoae of overawing a political eon'
vention, are subversive of free govern
ment, and a perpetual menace to the
publie liberty.
St Lioofs, August 24.- Dispatches
from H untsville, Missoutil, say 1,200
ex-Confederates met at the Roanoke
Fair Grounds to-day. Governor Rey
nolds, Genernl Shielbey, atnd uthors
addressed them. Politics were not
alluded to, and the meeting passed
the following resoilution :lThat it is
the duty of aill to tutn their backs
upon the past, and grasp iaanfully
the d'ities and responsibili'ties of the
futurye.
Vrolt Mh1ssissip~ll,
JA CKs6N, A ug ust 24.--- eli ahlo re
ports from nll Mississippi, North
.bolalisiana and West Alab'amnaginentiot,
the dovastationa of the arfny and hell
wonris.
Picking has just eofameneod, and
the early appearance of the worm will
shorltn the ecop.
Fromt lndlalla'.
Iaw Yon, August 24.-Southi.
side square, .lartford, Indiana, is
burned. Loss, $60,000'. The work
ot' an incendiary.
Fronm liafy,
XVASHINcIToN, August 24-.A
church in tiolano, Italy, was struck by
lightning, and thirty-two persons
were killed and injured.
At ITo nigaburg, on WVednosda'tr
there were 127 cases of chiolera and
48 deaths, and at Ilantzio, on the
Same diy, r2 esses and 10' deatfis were
reportod. The epidemic ts dooasing
in R~ussia.
Prom 'Forkey.
ATHIANs, August 26.-During a
violent storm which passed over La
miae, a town on the Turkish frontier,
lightning struck the powder magazine,
whicohoexp loded with terrifice efret.-.
The destruction of property was very
great, and the inhabitants weore terror
strickren and le ito the con r..
Froln Uraguay.
LONDON August 26.-]lanoos rea
bellion in bi-aguay has been crushed,
and amnesty proclaimed.
Froi South Carolina.
CIIALEsTOri, August 27.-Sinte last
Friday three new oason of yellow ft
vor aro reported, and one of theoneos
previously roported- died. The first
excitement occasioned by the appear.
ance of the disease is subsiding, and
the feeling of the community ib quiet
and hopful.
From Massachusetts.
BorTOx, August 27.-The Bangot
expross ran into the Beverly traiii
boven miles from Boston. 1ighteen
mon and three women are dead and
forty to fifty wounded.
Th116 particulars of the accia
dent of the Eastern Railroad at
Itevero last bight are appalling. The
express train ran into the accomunmo
dat ion train ht full spded? with such
force thait the engine and tentler
roached the centre of the last car,
which was de molishi. This bar was
crowded with passehgers, sitting and
ttinding
Thb vuod work instantly took fire,
and the scene which followed wae
terrible. The boiler of the engine
burst and the victims were enveloped
in a cloud of steam and deluged with
hot water.
rLATER.]
The flames have been extinguisheds
But few of the passnugers in the ears
who were not Instantly killed by the
collision escaped the fatal effect of
the stean. The otlIti earn in the
accommodation train took fire froni
the upsetting of kerosene lamps, but
the passengers got out in time.
Foin North Carolina,
dorbnhOuo, N. C.; August 26.-Very
gloomy but reliable reports reach the
Carolini- Messenger hews aper from
noirly all the counties in Eistern
North Carolina, hf great damage of
the cottdn crop froin the rubt. Much
alarm prevails among the planteis
The prospects good a few Weeks ago
ftt'e litw unfatvorable, espeelally ih the
Dotton counties of Wyne, Duplin,
fJenoir, Green, Johnstoit; 1ilson and
Pitt. In these counties the drought
und roist will neaegsarily coit the croP
short fully one-third from last year a
ruedipts. Similar tdhottnts are given
)y gentle men who hate passed
hrough more weStern eountles,
from Gcofgid
SAVANNA H, August 26..-Thore hah
)een a sOvere storm oth the lihe of the
Atlantic ahd Gulf and Jatkeonville,
Pensacola and Mobile Railroadas
relegraph wires ate dowb afid no
raihs have arrived to-day. A tora
iado is reported as having passed over
rallahassee, Florida. There has
beeti a heavy blow heto for twentya
'our hours.
Froin Washingtof.
\VASHIuNGTOu August 26.-'I'h
repott of General (rook's death is
liscredited it the Wa- Department:
The #olaris has arrived at Hole
beinburg, Greenland. All well. Met
the Swedisht North iPole expedition.
From Arkansas.
LI .a Inota, Auigust 27.-Crop
reports are not so favorable. The
isaught arid Woru' are mischievotis iri
tome sections.
Mlarine Iatollugene,4
COnri.ss-r, August 27.-Sailed
-Steatber Manhaittarn for New York (
steamer Falcon for Baltimore.
tA CKsdNVILLE, FI,A., Aug ust 21.
Brig Pomona of itichitond. Mainej
went ashore twenty-five miles South
Oape Canaverel, August 1ith.
Cargo of otton can be itated, nd
lives lost.
Steamer Lodona stranided six riiles
north of Cape Canaverel. Thd beacfi
iwas strewn with the cargo for thirty
miles. Thie eaptaini and twenty meri
were lost. The first oficer, second
officer, chief enginteer, farst assistand6
engineer, cihidf cookt, o'ne firemian
Captain flarnoy's soh, indss boy and
ttve seaion were staved. The brig'
Bt. WVeloh, or Philadelphia, isaoro'
fifteen miles south of Citpe Ca'natorel,
~the Oatgo' of sugat *ath'ed out.
Captain Watson wag dm'owned and thd
body buried onm the spot, The brig
HI. G. IBerry, of Baltitnore, is ashore
Rf'ty yar'dt fronm the Welch, a total
w reck, with a eatgo of sugar and mo-'
lasses. Tfie barque Hlilda, from New
Orleans, bound to Cowes, was stran,
ded~ sa mitles south of St. Augustine.
Tlie cargo of tobacco and stores are'
a total loss, and one man was drowni.
ed.
SAvANNAff, Aug. 27.-Arrived
ship Roswold Sprague, from Blostors
for New Orleans, in distress. 'The
ifrench bark l"ouvenn Mexique, front
Nrew Orleans for Bordeaux, in dis
~ress.
Mattin'a Industry light ship wat
towed to tihe cit to-day'.
!Mnrket Reports.
Ntw YOnK, Aug. 26.-Eyening.
Ootton dull and nominal; uplanda
19 ; Oirleains 194 ; sales 3671 bales.
B1old 12g.
CHIAntYSTON, August 26.-Cottoit
lull-middlings 18 ; receipts 88;
males 25 bales.
Lm1itnroor., Aug. 26.-Evening-.
Dotton closed quiet-uplands 9k;
Orleans 9( ; sales 22,000 bales.
Four hundred calves were recently
hot ott of one herd during the drive
:reom Texas to Kasnsas. This wanton
lestruction of beef timber was caused
by the cus* em of shooting the calf as
soon as born in order to allow th.g
cows to be drive .n