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The Fair and Tournament at Augusta
GCOIAla.
Yesterday was the day set apart for
the Annual Spring Exhibition of the
Cotton States Mechanics' and Agri
cultural Fair Association. This is
the third one given, and each of the
former were so succesful that a great
deal was expected from the present,
both as regarded pleasure and profit.
In order to give
ADDITIONAL INTEREST.
To the affair, the Augusta Sabre
Club-a n9w organization in which
our citizous felt much interest-invi.
ted the Savannah Sabre Club to a
trial of skill, to take place in the
Fair Grounds during the progress of
the Exhibition. The invitation was
promptly accepted, and the Savan
nah Club arrived hero with their
horses on Tuesday evening. The
Club and its hospitable roeoption by
the citizens of Augusta have already
been fully noticed in the Chronicle
and Sentinel. The managers of the
Association also determined to in
crease the chances of suceoss by hold
ing the exhibition at a time when the
annual.
CONVENTION OF THE STOCKHOLDERS
Of the Georgia Railroad Company
would be in session in the city, The
Georgia Railroad has more stock
holders in proportion to the capital
stock than any cther road in the coun
try, and its annual conventions are
always very largely attended. In this I
way it was expected that a large
crowd would be hero during the ex
hibition, and that expeotation has not
been disappoiPted. The
GATES AT THE FAIR GROUND
Were opened yesterday morning, at
eight o'clock, and about an hour
later the visitors began to enter the
beautiful park. Vegetatation has
advanced as rapidly as the lateness
of the season would permit and the
place wore a most inviting aspect.
The first point of interest was the
large building to the right of the
fountain, known as
FLORAL HALL.
Here all the articles on exhibition
were placed. In the centre of the
ball was a beautiful fountain-the
basin of which was elevated Eoveral
feot from the floor and surrounded up
to the water's brim with rare and
costly hot house flowers and exotics.
On either side of the room were long
rows of tables upon which were plao
ed fruits and flowers. Owing to the
lateness of the season and other dis.
advantages with which our gardeners
have had to contend, the supply of
fruits and vegetables was not near so
large as usual, and, of course, this
fact had a bad effect upon the exhibi
tion. Still there were some vero fine
specimens from Augusta gardons
some of them remarkable for size and
vigorous there growth. In the fruit line
isa little at present ripe in this sec
tion of country, but there was a fine
display of such as were in season. We
noticed some magnificent specimens
of strawberries, cherries, eta. There
were plenty of fine green-house and
open air flowers, but not as many as
there should have boon, for the hall
is so large that it takes an immense
quantity to make a proper: show.
We have not space to day to mako
speclal mention of any of the articles
in this hall, and also refrain from do.
ing so because a good many more
were expected last night and this
)nornin)g. To-morrrow we shall en
deavor to do the subject more coim
plete justice. The great event of the
day was the
CONT EsT ,..
'Betwoon the Sabre Clubs of Augusta
and Savannah. About nine o'clock
the two Clubs formed on Greene
street, and rodo down to the Grounds.
The men, as usual, presented a very
fine appearance-the Savannah, esi
p eeially,'being remarkable for its fne
looking men. Their commander,
GEN. R. II. ANDElRsON,
Is a pcrfoet model of a cavalry officer,
and his soldierly appearenc and fine
horsemanship were greatly admired.
The horses belonging to both the
Clubs all looked well, and some of
them were really very fine animals.
The contdat was to take plae in front
of the Grand Stand, and by the time
it commenced the immense building
was filled to its utmost capacity.
TiHE nIEAUTY AND FA8ION)
Not only of the city but of Middle
Georgia.wore assembled there in un
prooolerited large numbers, and there
slever was, perhaps so much of lovli
ness concentrated under one roof.
The ladies constituted- a large per
contage of the spectators. Tro the
right and lett of the Graid Stand,
phamtons auid other vehicles, filled
with fair occupanmts,linied the sides of
the course. At a low cstimuate. thero
must have been at least four thousan,
persons on the grounds.
The Savannah Club won tho Asso
ciation prize for .the best club
silver pitcher, waiter and gobletk
valued at one hundred and fifty del
lars. DIr. F. 11. D'Antiguao, of th,
Augusta Club, made more point
than any other rider-39. The high
est scored in the Savannah Club wa
-30, by MIr. Miller. Each one of thes<
gentlemen receives the ladies prize o
a sabre, -sash and belt for the bes
rider in each Club.-Chronicle ani
Sentinel, 10th inst.
An Innocent Man Released from Priso
After Serving Eight Years.
The Providence Journal, of the 22i
ult., says :
James O'Neil who bas served mor(
than eight years in the State Prisor
for a crime which it is now proved
that lie was entirely innocent of, wai
liberated Friday afternoon, shortly
after the Senate consented to the par.
don, if pardon it can be called. The
news was broken to O'Niel gent.
ly by his counsel, W. B. Whitman,
Esq., of this city, who had thoughl
best not to inform him that efforti
wore being made for his release, that
he might not be disappointed, and
they were at first too good news for
him to believe. The poor follow
passed the outer door of the prison
for the first time since his sentence,
like one in a dream, and as he reach
ed the street drew a long deep breath,
with the heart felt remark, "How
sweet the air smells." After he be
gan to realize that lie was really re
leased, lie said that he suffered more
wheu told he was free than when he
l'eard the sentence of imprisonment
for life passed against him. He was
taken in charge by a brother-in-law,
who lives in Philadelphia, and left
with him on Saturday for his home
in that city. His parting words to
counsel, as he was about leaving on
the cars, were : "God bless you,
sir ; only for you I'd be in the prison
now ; I'll pray for you, and if you
ever need a man to6die for you send for
me ," in a manner that left no doubt
of their sincority.
Fatality.
There wore, on Sunday, eight per
sons lying dead In this city from scar.
let fever, and meningitis. The last
named disease is confined almost ex.
clusively to colored people, and to the
poorer classes who live in filth and
malarial parts of the city. In New.
berry, it is reported by a citizen of
that county, the fatality, was so great
that many of the colored people mov
ing out, some of whom were super.ti
tious that the white citizens were pois,
oning them. It will be remembered
that at the recent meeting of the
South Carolina Medical Association,
this disease was learnedly discussed
upon, as reports of its existence ir
several counties were then rendered,
A case in the vicinity of Iicken
street was yesterday reported mueli
improved, the treatirat resorted tc
being the shaving of the back portior
of the head, and application of blis.
ters. The disease has a short run be.
fore terminating in death or recovery
-Columbia. Union.
Adventures of Five Liberal Republicans
Five Liberal, Republicans passed
through Fredericksburg en rout<
to the Cincinnati Convention.
They were very "liberal" at the
depot, treating! promiscuously. Fre<
drinks, &c., for all their friends
These dark'cs were much "uplifted,'
and felt themselves and the impor
tance of their mission and position
and the whiskey also.
Alais 1 to relate. When they got t<
Washington some "mean, poor white
Grant niggers" went for them, and
"got" themi and made them drunk, an<
put three in fail ! A fourth "dole
gate,'' minus his money and througi
ticket, returned to Richmond os
Monday night, wondering "what thai
gentlemen would say wvho give hin
the through ticket and fifty (dollars.'
Grant has the colored folks ii
worse slavery than they ever were be
fore. They dare not vote agains
Grant,-FrSe<lcr icksburg News.
Sherliffs and Their AdvertisIng BIil!s.
At Franklin Superior Cour t, Judg<
Davis recently decided that a sheoril
is liable to the printer for his fee pri
marily, whether he has or has not eol
looted the fee, and whether he is, o:
not unable to colleet it-beeause of thi
insolvency of the parties litigant, o1
from taking of thme homestead, o:
other cause. If the sheriff woul<
avoid the burden under wvhich he ac
cepted his office, he can do so onl:
under a special contra et with hi
printer.
The Union says a caucus of Sta'
Senators met Wednesday, ever twou
ty Counties beingrepresented, to con
sider the expediency of issuing al
order for calling the General Asseix
bly together again. The presen
financial bondition was fully ani
freely discussed, ofter which a resolu
tion was unanimously adopted to ac
dress the clerks of the two houses iri
structing thorm to issue a call to rc
assemble the Legislature June .10
copy of the address to be sent to a
the membe,rs.
I Meningetis-8uccessful Treatment of the
Disease Known by this Name.
We regard the following informa
tion, handed us by a lady of great
' respectability, now residing in Green
ville, as too, important to be with
hold from the public. We hope the
papers will give it circulation ; it
may be the means of saving many val.
uoble lives. Knowing the 'source
whence it comes, we can confidently
fask for it the most serious attention.
The lady we refer to, (Mrs. L. T.
DeG,) utates in a note that "the re
medy was sent to me by my esteemed
friend and,relative, Dr. J. J. Robert.
son, of Washington, Georgia, a man
of groat intelligence and ability :"
"The disease called Cero Spinal
Meningetis, is improperly named, and
hence the improper treatment in
many cases. It is not inflammation
of the membranes of the spine and
brain. I have made several post mor
tem examinations, and found it the
case in every instance. The symp.
toms are very like those of inflam
mation of the inembranos, I admit,
but treated as such, every case will
prove fatal. I have had over a hun
dred cases ; the first seven cases had
died when I was called in consula
tion. Finding all these had been
treated by depletion ind had died, I
at once made an examination of two
of the bodies and decided to change
the mode of treatment, and it proved
a success in nearly every case.
When the case is first taken, at once
shave the back of the head in the most
rapid m;nner possible raise a blister
from the back of the head to the end
of the spine ; in severe cases I satu
rate flannel with turpentine and apply
it and run a hot iron over it until it
blisters, or rub on the turpentine and
set it on fire, or any other way to pro.
duce a blister as soon as possible;
then give quinine in ten grain doses
until thirty or forty grains are taken
-give ten grains every two or three
hours ; let,the patient drink freely of
pepper tea, and also take a table
spoonful or two of whiskey every four
or five hours, and give him ten grains
of the bromido of potass every six
hours. These doses are for adults.
If the case Is a negro it will require
more stimulants than a white person,
and especially of red pepper tea.
If the case is taken in time, this
treatment will cure nearly every one,
but if neglected for an hour or two, it
may fail. I saw oases bled and they
died an hour after ; others were'purg.
ed and died with symptoms of
cholera ; others had every uppearance
of tetanus or lockjaw. The symp
toms and name given the disease
mislead the physician in his treat
ment.
To sum up : Blister the back of
the head and whole spine in the most
expeditious manner possible, and
keep it sore ; give full doses .of quin
ine and pepper tea, and occasionally
whiskey, and keep the patient under
-the influence of bromido of potass.
If the bowels are disposed to act, do
not hesitate to give an opiate to check
them ; or if there is any acute pain
not relidved by the bromide of potass,
give opiates to relieve it, and do not
be afraid of them, for they often scom
to make a stupid comotose patiens
rouse up, Avoid ali depletingr or do
pressing remedes.- Greenville IEnlcr
Texas for Greeley,
The Houston Times, (Democrat)
hoists the name of Greeley and Birown.
FIts loader says :"The Convention
has done its work well, both as re
garde platform and eandio'ates. The
nominees are the representatives of
the highest integrity and ability of
the country,. They also represent
that liberal and progressive spirit in
I politics, combined with that respect
for our time-honored institutions
whieh form the essential elements
of American statesmanship. Besides,
they have done more than any other
two men to inaugurate that liberal
movement which has broken *tho bad
force of Radicalism and restored the
hope of good government to the coun..
-try. We confidently expoet that the
t ticket will be immensely popular at
the South, and it wvill be equally so in
the North, West and East, Here
the nominations not only give uiniver
sal catisfaction, but are received with
f enthusiasm."
Remarkable Mortality of E rcrgreens,
r. IFrom Virginia to. the Canadian
3 shores, and from the eastern slope of
, the Rocky luntains to the Atlantic,
r the evergreens are dead or dying.
i Millions of dollars worth of hariy
- plants that have for yea withstood
y our Northern winters, now show the
a ravages of the zero weather of the
last season. Norway spruce pines,
arbor vitw, junipers, rhododonrons,
' dwarf and standard roses in publie
-parks and private gardens have "put
'the sore and yellow leaf," their sym
' bols of decay.
* A Law liaker a Law Brea[er,
A gentleman, who came down on
- the train -from Union on Tuesday,
Iinforms us that just before ho left,
-Hon. Jutto Moble'y, colored member
-of the ouse of Roproserttativeg,was
a arrested'under a charge of committing
Il a rape upon a small colored girl.
Pkcrnix
The' anItery Influence of Forest ani
Trees.
From Germany, where so manny
subjects are considered that. have so
little attention paid to them else
where, cones curious facts and statis.
ties about the influence of forests in
checking contagious diseases and the
sanitary influence of trees generally.
Dr. Max von Petteikofer, of Munich,
has been investigating this subject for
some time, and has just published a
mass of i6formation, gathered from
widely different sources, which is of
much impo'tance. The gist of it is
that forests have a very appreciable
effect in checking the progress of
cholera or other contagious diseases ;
that well wooded countries, other
things being equal, are the healthiest,
and that marked sanitary changes are
sure to result from the denudation of
a territory by the cutting down of its
trees, or by the planting of gardens
and forests where no trees exist.
In proof of these theories Dr. Pot.
tenkofer has many-reports from medi
cal men in India showing that jungle
villages are much less liable to be
visited by cholera than otherp, and
that villages densely shaded with
tamarind trees are remarkably cx
empt from the disease, as shown by
observations through a long series of
years. The statistics of cholera
through Germany for the last forty
years also show that the well-wooded
provinces have had a much lower rate
of mortality than the others. Bear.
ing upon the'influenco of trees upon
the general healthfulness of a coun.
try are the statements that the pesti
lence has entirely disappeared from
Cairo, Egypt, since Mahomet Ali
transformed the-swamps around itin
to beautiful gardens and plantations,
and caused great groves of olives to
be established, while the reputation
of the Roman compagna for unhealth.
iness has been wholly obtained since
the hewing down of the sacred groves
under the government of George
X11I.-N. Y. Comnercial Bulietin.
An Innocent Plan Vindicated.
The Jacksonville (Ill.) Journal re
lates the following singular - occur
rence, showing how sometimes inno
cent parties suffer from unjust soou3a
tions u au.
Fifteen years ago one Sam Steele
worked on a farm for Mr. George Bar
bour ; whQ lived 'a mile and a-half
north of this place. One day Mr.
Barbour. came to town, bringing his
wife. Before starting he called in
Steele, and in his presence put $250
in a bureau drawer, looked it up and
delivered to him the key of the draw
er, as well as the key to the house,
telling him to take care of both for the
day. Returning home at night and
recounting the money Mr. Barbour
found that a fifty dollar bill was miss
ing. 8teele, who was the only one
that knew of the whereabouts of the
money besides Mr. Barbour, denied
all knowledge of the missing bill, de
claring that he bad not entered the
room since he did so with Barbour.
The latter maintained that Steel must
know something about it, and finally
discharged him from his service.
Steele left and has not been heard of
sine. A few day since Mr. B krbour
found the missing fifty dollars in the
back -part of his bureau, caught in the
frame. One-half of the bill was worn
away by rubbing of the drawer as it
had been pulled backward. When
ho found it he burst into tears, con..
sonce-stridken from having unjustly
accused and censured Steele.
What Grcoley Sas
Since Mr. Greeloy has been put
into nomination by the Liberal Re
publicans, what he has said and many
say will be r'ead with interest. Hear
him as reported by a Washington let
ter- writer :"I saw the old man os
Saturday, and he is mad clear through
He says he never was so little a poli
tician and so much interested in a
cainpaign as now, The Englishi lan.
guage is totally inadequate for his
use when talking of the administra
tion, and ho freely asserts that ever
should the Philadelphia Convention
throw Grant over, lie wouldn't sup.
port any of th~e d--d gang of thieves.
TeDmcrats, lie says, helped us
to break up Tam many, and now we
are going to help the Deomocrat:
break up a worse sot than ever .Tam
many was,"
Identified.
.T'he Augusta papers contain ae
counts to the effeet that the body of
the man found in the river som<
days ago, will bo identified as tha-ol
Daniel W. Smalls, of Paraebuch~
landing, Beaufort gounty, 8. C. Thc
wife of the decoased will have the
bod y disinterred and compare th<
cloth ing with that in her possession
Hleight, other points of doeription
and articles found upon the body lead
to the belief that it is Smalls, and
that ho wda murder-ed for quite a large
amount of money he had colected
One of' the marks of identlilcati
will he a falso ~tooth whfch he hai
left at hoine whebi h'e startid on hii
journey.
A monument to John Brown, a
Hasrne4 Fery is proed.
A Beautiful Incident,
On a beautiful summer's day, a
clergyman was called to preach in a
town in Indiana, to a young Episco
pal congregation. At- the olose of
his discourse, he addressed his young
hearers in such words, as these :
"Learn that the present life is a
preparation for and has a tendency
to eternity. The present is linked to
the future throughout creation, in
the animal, and in the moral world.
As is the seed, so is the fruit ; as is
the egg, so is the fowl ; as is*the boy,
so is the man ; and as is the rational
being in this world, so will lie be in
the next. Dives estranged froin God
here, is Dives estranged from God in
the next, and Enoch walking with
God here, is Enoch walking with God
in a calm and better world. I boe,
veecl you, live then for a blessed
eternity. Go to the worm that you
tread upon, and learn a lesson of wis.
dom, The very caterpillar seeks the
food that fosters it for another and
similar state ; and more wisely than
man builds its own sculpture, from
whence in time by a kind of resur
rection it comes forth a new creature
in almost an angelic form. And now
that which crawled flies, and that
which fed on comparatively gross food,
sips tho dew that reveals in the rich
pastures, an emblem of that paradise
where flows the river of life and arows
the tree of life. Could the cattorpil.
lar have been diverted from its proper
element and mode of life, if it had
never attained the butterfly's splendid
form and hue, it had perished a
worthless worm. Consider her ways
and be wise. Let it not be said that
yo are more negligent than worms,
and that your reason is less available
than their instinct. As often as the
butterfly flits across your path, re
member that it whispers in its flight,
"live for the future."
With this the pretcher closed his
discourse ; but to deepen the inipres
sion, a butterfly, directed by the
Hand which guides alike the sun and
an atom in its course, fluttered
through the Church, as if commis
sioned by Heaven to repeat the exor
tation. There was neither sp ecli
nor language, but its voice was leard
saying to the gazing audienc--"Livo
for the future."
A Fight with an Alligator,
A. Starke (Florida) letter to the
Savannah Nows, sends to that paper
the following ncount : On the after.
noon cf the 20th, as Mr. William
Kelley, an old citizen of Bradford
County was returning home from
Starke, he espied an alligator basking
in the mud by the roadside. Uo dis
mounted, and taking a hatchet from
his cart approachod the reptile for a
fight. In the twinkling of an eye
his feet were knocked from under
him, and his leg caught in the mon.
ster's mouth. 13cing an old man, the
fight would have'gone against him had
not a colored man by the name of
George Ruff, who happened to be
paFsing along, despatched the alliga
tor with a pistol. Mr. Kelly's leg
was considerably lacerated, so much
so that it is probable he will never
again attempt to chop a Saurian voith.
his little hatchet
The New York -Sun on the People's Diuty.
IIorace Greeley was yesterday
nominated for P'resident by the con
vention at Cincinnati.
lIe is the grandson of an Irishman,
and will be likely to carry the Irish
vote.
By birth, by education, and by
sentiment, he is an out-and-out Amo
rican.
The Ger,nmans seemi to be for him
enthusiastically.
The South is for him, both colored
and whiite.
The North is for him. Thelm Liber,
al Republicanis arc for him, heart and
soul, and the Democrats appear to be
for him also.
The East is for him,
The West is for him.
We have done our duty in bring
ing him forward and making him a
candidate.
It only remains for the people ,to
do theirs and elect him.
I Fatal Bath,
The Columbia Phoenix says,that on
Wednesday last, a party of lads went
on a fishing frolic to Smith's Branch,
a mile froni Columbia, and being
telhpted by the clear water and warm
weather, took a bath. Three of them
have since died, while the fourth is
very ill,
Of the 357 electoral votes to be
east in the coining Presideratial eeo
tion Now Enigland antd thie Middle
States will have 109'; the Western
States, 102 :the Paciffc States, 12,
and the Southern States, 134.
I$ve was the ogly woman whoQ never
threatened to go and live with.mam-.
maa. And Adaim was thmo .only man
who never tantalited his wife about
the way imother uhed to cook.
A Paris shopkeeer latoly fixed
dvbt- hid door a.n'flIee that, se'lis
daughter had "tado ? sjlend Id
match," he would sell goods at a re
duction of 25 per cent for n. week.
New rects.
Two now religious soots have late.
ly been added in England to the
countless number already existing
there, one called the Walworth Con..
vulsionists, and the other calling
themselves the Peouliar People. The
leader of the firot is a Mrs. Girling,
who calls herself a seven deviled wo
man, although she says she has rid
herself of the tormentors which once
possessed liar. The meetings of Mrs.
Girling's followers having been inter
rupted by scoffers, who were arrested
by the police, an examination in
Uourt led to an explanation of her
doctrines. She said that the mani
festations which had attracted atten
tion to liar meetings occur when the
worshippers feel the Word of God,
and when it falls on them they remain
in an unconscious state for a time,
after which they are Impelled to
dance. All who danco passed have
from death to life ; the death takes
place during the period of uneon
sciousness, and some persons take
seven hours in paaing from the old
state of Adam to the new. At least
so says Mr. Girling. The Peculiar
People beliove that they are the
rpecial objects of Divine protection,
and permit their children to dio of
accidents or illness without calling in
medical assistanoe, because they have
faith that God will heal them super
naturally if it is 11is will that they
should recover.
The Real End of the World.
A correspondent writing from
Lake Montana, describes the locality
as one of wonderful grandeur. The
hike is situated in the Rocky Moun
ta;ns, at an altitude of 5,000 feet
above the level of the sea. Looking
from a high peak near this body of
water he saw the nanorama of the
most wonderful region known to man,
for within scope of the eye from that
point-having their origin in Henry
Lake-are courses of five of the
grandest rivers on the face of the
globe, born a-s it were, in the same
litt'e lake and drinking all from the
same small spring. liere the Yellow.
stone, Snake and Green rivers, as
well as Clark's Fork, Wind river,
Madison and Gallatin, start together,
leaping and bounding in great cata
racts ana rushing in every direction
to enipty themselves into the Pacific
and Atlantic Oceans, Beyond a low
mountain to the southeast the eye
falls upon the spectaclo of the steam
ascending from tho escape pipes of
purgatory (sometime s called geysers)
to minglo with the clouds. "This,"
exclaims the correspondent, "is the
real end of the world."
Savagce Diucl bf(ween Mexicaii Ladies.
Two Mexican ladies of rank, at a
recent ball at Santa Cruz, getting
into a dispute in regard to the num- I
bhr of dances due each by a neutral
lover, one of them throwirg hor No.
5. kid glove into the other's face,
challenged her to mortal combat. They
met the next morning. The chal
lenged having choice of weapons,
chose th'e short sword, and after a few
passes her weapon pa,sed completely
through the white sword arm of her
antamgonist, entirely disabling it.
Frantic with rage and pain thewound
od fury seizedl a pistol and dared the
other to "come on Macduff." Noth.
ing loath the other tnook lir position,
the word was given, and again the
challenger was wounded, liar left arm
being broken by the ball of liar an..
tagonist. She was carried off thme
field in a swoon, and the other more
fortunate fair niarried the ca.sus belli
two hours after wards.
Libernh Republican Organization.
We understanid that it is thae inten-.
tion of the Liberal Re.>ublicans
of thuis city to ealh a macting at an
early day for thme purpsoe of orgn.
izing a club in this city, Many lead
ing Republicans, white and black, are
in the movement. The action of the
Government officials of this place and
Portsmouth in connection with the
action of thme powers that muay be, as
witnessed all over the country, has
caused a stenichi in the nostrils of the
honest men of thme pairty that lias
siekcened and disgusted them-Nor
*/Aik Virginian,
lMatrriago Extraordinary,
On Saturday evening our town,
say~s the Marion Cresoent, was the
scono of an unusual marriage, MJr.
Mi. F. McBride pn that evening olop,
.1 with and was married to Miss Le,
na Brown. Mr. McBride is a Gentile
amnd his now wife a Jewess the daugh
ter of a prominent Israolith~h meor
chant. We hear but very sol4ow of
unions like this, but we cordially
wish the couple all hilpplness and
success in life.
A suit in thme Circuit Court of Geor
gia foir 26 years was decided last
week, and an appeal taken to the Su
premo Court.
~.Tie cruel obarmners of, l'iladol
phia are -trying to gbt a law passed
forbidding smoking inth cletreets./
A reoe'ht contested ehedtlon in ek
land cost one of the candidates $53,
620. arnd the other M$2,168.
good for Texas.
The people of Texas seem to be in
the condition in respect to wordly
goods for which Argar fervently
prayed. They have neither poverty
nor riches. The Texas Intelligoncor
says : "We have not an alms house
in the State, nor do we need one.
We are all rich. We venture the
assortiod that not a man, woman or
child in all the State necessarily goes
to bed hungry this year. Come to
Texas. This is the place to live well
and look well." To which the Gal
veston News adds : "We suppose
that there is no part of the world in
which the Saviour's statement, 'The
poor ye have with you always,' is not
found strictly true, but it is difliculb
for us to realize the fact. There is
not to-day in all Texas a poor man or
won:an, as poverty is understood else.
where. There are thousands who
cannot buy silk dresses nor broadcloth
coats. There are tons of thousands
who have no gold watches nor soli
toiro diamonds. There are but few
who can own fast horses or indulge in
the more expensive luxuries that
many think indispensable. But there
are none who need want for necessary
food, clothing and shelter. Any man
who is able to work two hours in the
day can have all these, and for those
whom sicknoss or infirmity render
helpless, the neighborhood has always
an abundance. If we have but few
rich men there are no poor ones. If
we have but little luxury, we have
every necessity that man needs."
The Colored People.
In Virginia, where the colored peo
ple are less influenced by the Carpet.
baggers than in most of the Southern
States, excellent relations appear to
exist between the two races. At
Richmond the colored population
mado a brilliant demonstration on the
anniversary of the passage of the
fifteenth amendment, and their pro
cession attracted great attention. The
boat possible feeling was manifested
by those who participated in the colo
bration, and by those who wore look
ors on. There was a notable absence
of offensive mottoos in the process
sion, which was applauded vigoroubly
by the white spectators. The Rich
mond Enquirer refers to this oooasion
as an evideroo of the good relations
which prevail among tho citizens of
all colors there, and makes it a test
for preaching liberality and tolerance
urging all to join heartily in the work
of restoring "that sincere respect and
confidence, out of which alone can
como happiness and good govern
m ent."
Ml Birds Tamed.
The Saint Augustine (la., Press
has the following :
"We witnessed a novel, interesting
and beautiful sight, a few days ago, at
the farm of Mrs. H1ildreth, situated on
the North river, about two miles
above the city. Mrs. Hildreth, in
the course of a few months, has suc.
ceeded in taming the wild birds that
fly about the place, Whilo wo were
in the house, Mrs. 11. went out to the
door and called to the birds, which
wore then in the middle of the day,
in the adjoining forest, In a few me
mnents ai dozen or more blue birds and
mocking birds ca me flying around her.
She thenm camne into, the house and
handed each of our, party a raisin,
which woe wore requested to hold out
iii our fingers. We remained still for
a few minutes whmou the birds hopped
in at the door, flew upon ou'r hands,
and picked the raisins from our fla
gers."
T1oo - Much Buiffalo Bill,
Frederick White, a fair haired
st rippling about seventeen years old
lived with his aged parents at 04
Charles street, and worked in a prin
ting estab,lishment in Wooster street.
A few weeks ago, Frederick became
infatuated with the wild stories of
Buffalo Bill's "moving aceidents," as
told in the blood-and-thunder periodi
cals. Uis evenings were spent in
pouring over the a cents weeklies,
and wishing himself on the plains.
Someime hegot up in his sleep, and
seizing a broomstick made ferocious
attacks on innocent bureaus and
chairs, end abouted to ''shoot 'ow.''
ILast 8aturday, wi.b $10 in his pooket
I be started for tlhe West to hunt buf
falo. His aged parents, who, are
g rief-stricken at their son'u flight,
have advertised for him.-Nw Yorkc
Sun.
Eu I(lux Huntig.
Deputy Marshall H-endrieks return
ed to this city yesterday afternoon,
from "Cherokee Oounty, Georgia,
wither he went sonmc days ago for the
purpose of arresting several persons
charged with Ku Kiuxism. iIe
made the arrests, but says that on his
way back ?o'was assailed by a erowd
who rescued~ four of the prisoners.
When lie ar..v$d 'at Atlanta, another
mob, headed by.s0veral ofIocials, came
out' and 'took the other prlkoneras way.
From the sanie sooroe,we' learn that
in one of th'ese jafre~ys a2deputy maIr
slbal of Georgla'wes bevotely wooduded. ,
- Charleston News.
Florida ezpects but a poor cotton