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Desportes & Williams, Proprietors.] A'Family Paper, Devoted to Science, Art, Inquirv, Industry and Literature. [Terms---$300oor Annum, In Advanc O] WINNSBORO, S.C..Y WEDNESDAY MORNING 15,87 [NO.30 THlE FAIRFIELD HERALD IA*' ?'V111,S.410:0 WV.F.KI.V lBY )ESPOt11EVS & v 1LifA N 3S, 7'-ellse. --i 'I t~ AI pulbliShe.) We.ek ly i'i Illh , Town or Wiinsbor-a , at 63.00 in Variablv il u'ls'invice. VQY- AI t ran.tiei ad emyentrls to be p iit in alvance. 0(fit uairy Not tees and Tributes $1 00 per iqu-a-c. A Hllmn ti P'licoiiie'in. A 1IAN VITi A PURTAII.i liiA.tT, IE VOL.VINO n1oW.4, AND TWO STAS Op The ist rema hablo tpeiii:en of pltse.1 trganiz ion we i ave ev''r seen is. Mr. Ie go Thimas, a Ir. Z ill m I h hats7 N it i - in :''1 l 'Mi . J vr %i sinuee Thnr ay I tt %%(wk. ll.- ha been e.n*.i)it hi o-elf in variowu platce, in the ilbige, anld ham puzzie-i n0t onl ly the pooplfe but the pl y iciani und surgeons-they are unable t. understauid his anatomy. lie e.. MO70 his heart to any pIrt of the bod. at pleasure, and evenl stop iti h.tinug for nearly sixty seV1nniA. Ib has 1w. sets of ribs, one of which lie cii mlove from its rusition to the front of tie body, coverings the abdimen. 11. Cau11sCs I a1 revilvlg motion of the bow el.4, bothl uipward 11nd downward, the abdomen undulatiig and resemibling the coirg ,tin i,otion of a 1i .g or piceeU of ehAth when d isturbued by the wind. Il e:as siarnst his pasi th i for a short time Oi c nuiot di--e rinI that lie h1 1, any. A Ither Wollerfil thiagthat he d.>es id to bend :m ho"n bar live-eights of an inlolh in thickn -s by sti ikinZ it ac.osi his left arm. The mus" es of his IrmIn he si cItratA., that the 110h feel as hall as wood '. ThI)Loilas is Certainly a - won. def ful fpeionen of phymical contrue tion, antd h.s puzz ei the sUAientie Inca of t.he world. At our req'iest he enlled in our Qu)lie yesterday and gave us his hiitory, fom w hich we gleanl tle following. Ile wan born in lUrazl, South Amerlca, ou the -kh of .\iarch, 1820. lii.. faer was an Elthiopian and hi :- Spanish woiman. h' enil :e oiJ h ,4a tsakeu i L I , - . ind, by his ' w.e ,.,. - thee exaiilld by sa!gvon' The latter took him to Ed . Scotland, where he made ani near the hoart, atid discovered th11t. lie had n diaiphragin, and that the heart was not enob-sed in a pericar. diur, but is suspecdd by two csrds ilsteaid of one. Some years after wards lie was given an examtiination in Paris by Suirgeon Lois with zta:se t result. None of tie cicitific men of Europe understood his struetie, and they advi-ed him to co)me to America to s. c if our learned aen could comprehend his 'formation. But no one here had before seen such a oreature, ann could not understand his o.-ganization. It was in 1863 when he eaa~c here, and in IS5 he went back to lh.irope. Inl 1867 le Was at the Paris E'xpositio-i, and was CX i1i iued by s:'Veral cin11ent-sr1geons, aon g them l'rotes.,or Smith of 11biti imore. $ince that year lie has beeni io this countrv. Ii, Lome is in End land, and lie siys ht likes that conr try bete'r than thi&-there he is treated as a gentleman, here as a worthless v'agrant. lie is not marrnsiedl 'anid his pareinis are' no(w dead. i~e hass a brother who is six feet threc inches in hecighit, but w ho cana conit riet him iself so t haat he is but th ree fteet three inches tall. This is his oily pecnliarity. There was no' h~in r' maritkablo about thei r niother, haut the father' wal appair eitly dttitu is of ribs. The l atter' at. one timen -as greatt mainy years ago-wo. keid upon the' E i'etanal aind lived ini Lockpi.rt. Geog.se. hats a cosin who cani throiw his b ft ipj to ia r ight, side and nie uerso . I'The f'ormer is in gooi health wveighs I165 poiinds, is but five feea, ei gh~t i .bhe, in Iheighit, anad a1~pears to be not over 30 years old. Mr'. Thloas goes to Middleow~n to-daty. ie wvill visit Albany arnd re turn to this villatge ini three or f'our' weeks, soon aifter whichlie intemids to bid farewell to America.-IPort Jervh TJri-Statesl Union. 'Tie liig lidiln. It has been irepresenited that the civilized tribes in the Indian Te'crritory aro desirvius of being orgianzed unde~lr a territorial government . Indleedl Mr. Parketr's bill is entitled "a hiilI for the better protection of the In d inn tribes andi theui r consol idat ion ain. der a civil goveranient to) be called the Territory of Oklhomhsia,'' VTe truth is, howovor, thai~t thle projoe' is ztealoiusly opposed by a great imajirity among the tribes whao would be af'. focted by it,- and thatt therieal motive at the bottomii cf the movement is a desire to get possession of the proper.. ty of these Indians. 'There are twen ty three millions oif acres of hand in voilved in the passage of some one of the bills that hive been brought forward for bringitig the Indians un der a Tori itorial government ; and this will account for the ardor and determaination with which the mens ure is urged upon tihe attention of Coingress. -N. Y. Sun. Violent sniow storms prevail in1 d'f. Railroad Disaster. The Atliata lorald furnishes the rollowiug details of tie collision or Ahe Me.on and Western Railroad, ot hm 2d instant : The engineer wias asleep when th< ;tation was retchqed so, atio, was hi. ire menI, Louis Tizoero, and the wood aitsser., (hI tiv. 11 i it. There was n<4 >ne on the look-out. The first alirn: >f daniger wus the blowing of the i h itle of the other train an it camr round a c-irve, only about 200 yard. l i.SIt t. Til i l a % I m was 1ist thought ,o be th-! *'ngine-or's tignal on arriving Lt -t satio 1. I lardly had the boiUnd )-On1 utterk d hbeforo the trains colli lIed, ani.d ever) I o ly on boit were br*owi 1v.. with mitnciise force U tknew in stantly that some mishap -Id I akcln place, but wh.t. it was 11011 ould tell. It was generally believed hat the triain had rnu off the track. he tereams and shrinks that rot, the ir we e terriblo. Women and chil ren were erying and nen f.-sarfully larmed. E .ery one that. could, en ravuiel to get, off. As sooi as pos ible all who were in the rear cars got ut and rim towards the engincs. It ,.is thena discovered that the two rains had collided. Tie tender of hie evgine telscoped the car next to t, j;iniig the entire froot half of it. 'nis car was oompletely filled ill with egroCs. All who were in the front. art of it were nio e or less 'jured. ighat w !re killed outright, three of -hom were iiegro men, thren women itd two children. Those who were ot killed w. re so e mpletelv shut in bat they had to I eut otut. This re uired fo1r hour.s to aecomp ish. Fur. inately the wouide.l were not seri u.1ly hurt, their prii.cipal suffering -ing on account of their inability to love any part of their person. Some iree or foar receivod cuts and bruis. s which were only flesh wounds. Of hose killed, two of the men were rothers, who got on the train at ri lli P, mid were on their way to atit.a, a woman and two children '0111 A mericis, who, a ich her hus and, were going WVest. W i t sha1all we say of the conduct w1 v '1 - b ont . I I t Cne, timeNy : -d a y ImoIrn-1 ng, that his snf.-ty n ia. ut so 1-1r ftier all. Probably Iai id t' i, t. been' .ir the claims- of huwml wh ich i hose poor mort ,s, .hu irp in that errible prisn honie wi m ht dead nd dying around theim, had upon the as.sigeas, they would have visito I ion him a dreadful vengeance for is reeklessness. Do Climates Chliange. Old people corn plain that the sea. ons are wa riner, c(. Ider, or more ainy than when they were young. I'hcir couments are ridiculed, be mut. mo.it persons believe that no -ery markcd changes have or will ilie p1lrace in a sCetilun of country hirere stability in) iiiture is a settled act-that, is, it snows in Winter, liowers inl April, and trees have caves in t he Spring. A tmospher ic alterat ion is certainly oing on fromi age to age, more strong. ly evidet in SOmei pans of the coun :ry than ini others. Ihere arc illutst raitions. Two thous. ad years ago lie climateb of Italy waV rar cojlder than nmow. 'The Loire and Ithoude, in ancient Ga ul, used to frcees >ver aninually. Juvenal says the Ti. ber f.re;za' ro iily in htis day th<( ice? had to be cut to get ait thle water lloirage ind icates the presence of iC( 5d1snow ini the straeets of Romne, anti Ovhid iMerts the IIh.ek Sea froze ovei So .eremo was the cold in that faa Iff period in history, it stands chironi cled by the ancients that in Gaul, t.er many, P'annonlia, Thirace snow posi. tively covered the ground so long at to prevIent the cultivation of olives, grapes and other fruits, which are rlaised there at the present time ini aunidanco. Iee or snIow to any con siderablo amounit would now be u phen'tomnion ini Italy; Th'ie P'honnix tells us that Phos. phato digging in South Carolina it rapidly increasing. One companj inmed I 5,000 tonus dutring the las year, and the produotion ficom rivei deposits ailono am~ounted to 40,00( in the last twelve months. It i~ thought that the entire produots o the State will be ineveased not lesh than forty per cent, during the pres ont year. The~ Men to Latd ILs. Thelm polities of to-day are not th polities of thir'ty years ago. Georgin and tho South need liberty-the call for thle restoration of those right which they once enjoyed, and theO will never obtain this save under th<i lead of new men fresh from the peo pie, whose minds are iln unison with the minds of the present generation men whose skirts are untainted wvitl politioah tailus'e ; men who can gras] the problem of our political difflcultie aril show ma hnw tf snleit .-Aqtan! The quagga, A Substitute for the Horse. le Probably most of our rea(lrs know nI, no more of the quagga than what I a they have learned by seeing its pie i. ture in the georgraphies or in books s, of A fricanl travel. Many natit. i id rolists think that Afric. was the I a. of'iginal of the horse, and thero is vmry in lit tle doubt that it war in Nort bern ! in Africa that the iorse was firt brouglt I , under the subjecti.fn of wan. In C US Africa also the giatgga is; f.ound, and I there in like minner, it has betn do I 1n imestier ted. The tji-kggo has the form, d e lig t figure, and afisii lead and cars or the horte. It i.. caplablo of Cvery ( , variety or service perlont al 1 by the l horse, ard natut alits hay that, by a , little care on the part of man, it e d Might be rendered an execedingly I iable beast of burdet. It is about 1 e four feet high at the shoulders and e neck, has slender logs and an asinine e tail. It is an exceedingly beautiful 1 I animal. Its neck and fore parts aire o dark brown, eleg:antly ktriped with d e broad black hinds ; it has a pack : 11 line on the back ; its hinder palts ere , brown, and it has white legs. Buffon ( , believed that the qiuagga was origin. t ally a hybrid between the horse and e zebra ; but if this be so, its hybridity r e has not interfered with its perianent a e power of propagation. It has an ad- -1 a vantage over the hor.c, iin that its Y v flesh is savory, though (if rather eoarse o fibre, which makes it all the more ut. e tract.ive to the n stivais. Tue horse i has been eaten, anl, at- the presenit t, e day, is used for food to sine exteit 0 in l'aris % but hor.,e meat is t .n rank . fot- the palate, and the attempts of I t French savons to introduce it amongtw b L the higher cl.ts~es have not been sue. i eeasful. There would be no diflioul- t, s ty in regard to the qnagga. Q taggas A are found wild In laigo heyds on te S plains of Southern Africa and though swift and alert, they are not b! hard to catch. They could be bought to this country by the thousanitk in . the course of at year or two. SNome r years ago an Engiihman took a num- G r ber of qutggas to London, and the i people were deligh ed at seeing in the streets a team of quaiggas bar- i nesscd to a curricule.- Cfncinnati Comerncrcial. ti -. - - . 0 ~- - How they get hito the llnitetl Sinte.' ecu. e There was a time when nn election to the Senate of the United St ate. was . egarded as next to the iighiet. honor . the country could bestow- n nioe y but the ablest and most. honoral le nien were sent thiere to represent th(ir States, and when none but loin-irable e sneans were used at the Clections. But how all this ii changed ioW, says t the Philadelphia Ledger. There are g no less than four Senatois iN that i body who are directly charged with f having got there by corruption, id e at least two of them on trial upon e charges of having bought their elec ,t tions with money. Another under like o charges is on hi,; way to the Senate, e rt waiting for the re-nesembling of C.I r gress, and at le.nt four more will . ouke their appearntco on t-he conitg M fourth of March. Ii, aqvrl of the new Western States there sents to be but one way of settling Senatorial d elections, and that is toettle in cash. Intepocket State of Nevada they Shave a canvass on hand at this tiu.e,, aand so bitter is it that one party 't ~threatens to make it "a conflict so Smemorable and( torrible'' as to (e01cr a eall future attemtpts to buy thei Li(gi.-- i slatuire. Ibit that Liegi:.lature ~ tetill bie bought till the same. m The people of tihe State ate ylost nighit of inl the conitest, the y - thole btusiness of whot shalhi be S3.na- a d tor from Nevada bieing settled out ec side of thme State, in San Fratncisco, 1 se by a few individuals. Thle inext a Nevada Senator w7ill probably be thei ... immnedinate personail represenitative of , the San Francisco owner of a silver t mine, just as the new Oregon Senator is the immediate personal tepresenta tives of a great builder of subsidized *k Government railways. Ainyu>dy, g may be repre-ented in the Senatoi e~ now-who will spend cash onough, 9011't * Go West." in We miost earnestly call upon those >f in power to devise somie means t~o o cecek this tide of North Carolina's II yeomanry which is thtus daily going a- fronm our muidst. There is but little a use in inviting immigration inato the i. State, when we indifferently allow mr our own sons and da.ughters,who shou-ld I feel kindly towards their mother I State, to go forth to other sections ef i. the country to seek that which couldi n. and should be given thorn here with le ' nstinting hand. This is a matter for: re serious consideration, arid should be rd looked into by our Goveror and our Legislature. Let politica' be forgot-1 ton in this effort to save North Caro sa lina that bone and sinew n h ieh could 3d add greatly to the deveiopment of1 rd the immense stores of wealth which >w to-day lios dormant in her bobom. a ItaletI h.News. "~Mr. Smith I wish to speak to you nt privately. Permit ime to take you Iw apart for a few moments." "Smith ill (who wasn't the least Ifrightened) a ir- "C4ertainly, sir, If you'll promise to inut me togetlrer again." A Whirlwind of Fire In England. On Saturday a most remarkab phenomenon occurred at King Sutto near Banbury, by which a man had narrow escape. No loss than seve teen trees were torn tip by the root thirty-six more or less ii-jured, at 116 yards of stone wall thrown dow About 1 o'clock in the day people the neighborhood saw somuething the shape of 4 hayc.ctk, of great siz revolving through the air. It w accompanied ty fire and a great de of sntke, and selinetimecs was sot high in the air, and at others near ti ground. It made a great noise, som thing like a railway train travelin, and progressed with great rapidity. pa:,sed over the estates of Col. Nort M. P., Sir Willian Brown, Bart., all Mr. Leslie Melville Cartwright, sixt one yards of whose park wall at on place has been thrown down from ti foundati n. It tcre up one of tl largest beech trees on Sir Willial BIrowi..s estate, and about twelve I fifteen tons of earth with It, and th branches -were carried about in a directions. A man named Adam who was breaking stones on the roat sys he heard a great noise as If a rai way train were coling up Ther was a dense smoke, and a tree that h had been standing under a minut before was torn up. There was heavy rain at the time, and a fe minutei before a vivid flash of lighl ning. For a mnile and a half there at traces of the dstruction caused by th phenomnerion, which eens to hav traveled almost in a strAight lin from south to north. It %a followed by a whiulwind that swep ever3tiing before it, and a pond i passed was dried up, stones c.irrie a distance of forty yards, and railing knocked down. Frightened cattle ra about the fields, many of wLich ar strewu with the branchesof the tree struck. The people were greatl alarmed, some of theim say the nois was terrific, and they thought th earth was about to open and swalloi everything up. After traveling fo about two miles the fire meteor seem to have expended himself.-Lierpo Mercury, Dec. 6. ThIlilirect Vole for Presidcit. The iijution of, Seator Morton t ldcliver at nat eu'v day an ar Iument la fi or of a direct. vt by t v 111 - for 1' esident and Vice lrecidetint has already been annount ed. This idea which has been moot ed for years, has grown very rapidl in public favor of late, and pai tic iarly since the untinely death of Mi Greeley, called such attention to th great embarrassiment which may re sult from a continuance to the elect< ral system. Other speeches takin the tamo view as Mr. Morton's wi be mrade by prominent menbers < both houses. As the tyitem of ti electoral college is presauibed in th constitution, an amendment to th; instruieut is of course necessary I effect a change. Such an amendnet will mnost probably pass this wint< for submission to the State Legi4 latures.-Ball. Sun. Gored by a Stag. A serious accident happened I Mr. Souter, of this city, on Saturd: evenuing, near Doko, on the plantati< of Mr. Turnipseed, about foutrtec miles from Columubta. Mrs. TurnIi seed has a pair of tame deer, whim had jumped out of their enclosur and lad been attacked by the dog Mr. Saunter endeavored to take tI dlogs off' the (leer, when one of the which had become greatly enraged I the fierceness of the doag/ attae turneid upon Mr, Souter and gord him seriously in the abdomen, I: had imedieal attendance, and t1 wound1 is not considered fataul. last accounts he was doing well. Phanix. 'The lioencfary ldringenty. Finanoial advices fromu New Yoi express the belief that the rulir mnonetairy stringency must soon gi wvay to an easier feelings and lowi quotations. It is estimated thi sevenity millions will not mnore thu cover the amount due in New York< the first of the year in the shape interest and inuvestments, and il most of which ow soon ats paid wi be thrown on the market for rei vestment. This will be the case to considerable extent with the dis dends and interest received in oth eentres of'trade. The unholly alliance of trte Liegit mists and lionapartista in the Chat ber has givoen rise to a rumor that < Chatmbord and Napoleon III. ha come to an arrangement with rega to the suocession of the throne. A duse vedly asedy musician begg ingeniously. Ie wrote to a frioi three times for money, and the thi time lhe said, "I amn sure 3meu will n< send. After three whole notes, half note must come." A man advertise, for a cormpete person to undertake the sale of a ni a medicine, and adds that "it w 2 prove highly lucrative to the undt An Awful Lonesome Ian. In the ehanty which, in Californi%,'. oatly days did duty as (flioe for th,. banking, postal, and exp.ress busitwoss of Wells, Farge & Co., in .larsvJllv, there sat, one Saturd ay evining, a mIisantroite antdi dI j( ated Iooki ng individual, whoso long aid unkempt hair and beard, cowhido boots and rough dress hespok e tho mniner. For over an hour lie sat. there the pictnre If despair. with not a word or a look for any one present. Miners eamte, left their "dust," took their coin in return, and 'exhanged greeting wit i all present, save the ono mtorese ian whoe pa thy t hing, it seened could di.,tur I. Finally tL.ero entered a young miniier with a hoaniing face, who aftor comiploting his busincss at the counter turned to tho agent in charge and remnarkel that on th-. pre vious Saturday ho hail sotn dcalingsi with the bank, and thought that. sone imistako had becou iade in his account. "Ouess not,'' said (10. agent. "Our Cash was all right, atd I reckon we keep our books pretty straight." But upon the request of the miner that the account should be exaitmined, the account., was looked at, and it was found that, through a cl rial error the mriner had bCC paid jui 00 too utich. "That's just what T iake it,'' Sa:1d the latter, "and here's your lioney. With this he Crew down the gold, 11ital reeidved tle thainks oft thl1e agcnt. \\ hile this conversation was in progress, the imisanitropie nincr had prseerved his look of itter itdi lir cite f i-lut, when Ite sa rithe mtionecy actually returned, his face bhlitened up,I.e rose slowly, walked toward the honest iminer with slow and irolemn step, and said : "Young maln, don't you feel awful lonehomte in this counitry " ,ollhrrn News. The shooting of L. 11. Oarfield at .iledgevillo was not si setrious as fearod. Five hundred colored eimigrints left Maconi ast week bonad for Ar kansas and Louisiana. The Savinnali FIir Groinds were crowded on the third day of the Fair, says the News. A Savann a h gentlemnan named uetlan W.i Ah nha hurat in ea:relcs. ly haltdling a pistol. Af:vr the 't day of January the oflies of Superinterilent and Trasu rer of tie Macoli \V t eitern R lil rua-l aro to bn abolb.hed, er rather amahuatell with thle (nt al. MI rs. (hales bonc, of Maeon-the lady w':o recently ell' her thro-tt, and who has been for oie thWe in a very a. iical condition-i. Low prononnced to be in a fAir way to rnTver, re. Aloin' 1 . (4 . r l., o re o 'I t of the Irish Tintes, publih ed in )ub. lin, Ireland, ii traveling in die in termet of iminigrattiu and will inspect somtte portions of Georgia witi a view to ascertaining whether eligible locali ties can be foutunl for settles to estahltsh smal fArnms. A funny limb of' the law had an DMe> next door to a duetutr shp. One day an elderly gontlenan of the I. ery Schiool blindered into the shop. "Ii the dloctor in ?" "DIoi,'t live heure,"' said the ]lwyer, who was~ in futll scriilei 07cr somto legal docit ment ts. 'Oh [ thtonylbt thli, was Ihis ollice."' "iNext door.'' "P1ra~y, sir, can you tell nte lias the doctor man~iy patients 1'" ''Not living."' The old gentleman tohl the story in (te vicint. ty, ttid the doctor threatenied theo lawyer with a libel. The New York Ex press says: "A matt ean titke $ht00 (if Ite has it,) take a retur n passatgo in otne (if lie Cuonaird steattmers, go to Europec, stay there a mnotth at his; own capense, and come11 back agai i with a su it of eot tho on hii back whieb~ would co4t $5(0 here nnd, if lie is very econorr ivalI, cant hale a few (loll irs in his pocket out of tihe $i00 when ho arrives back aguin. Theb thing has been tried tand proved withtin thte puatt ten A Louisville maun whot had only been acquainted widh his girl two nights attempted to kiss her at the gaute, Ini his dlying deoposition lie told thte doctors that just as he kissedl her the~ oarth slid from under htis feet, and his toul went out his month, while his head touched the stars."' Latert dlispatebtes shtow thtat what L iled himi was the old imani's b)oot. A window full of pot plan t~ su denily descended inito the street, fillirg the back, bosoim anid hair of an elder ly ptarty w1 th bulbs, earth, thorns aid hair pins. As soon as Ihe recoverod h Iis speech ho sta ted that he was a pilgrim anid a stranger1 but lie could liok the man who tuorbed off that powder. 0 The following "notis" is posted In Lincoln county, Ky : "Ce hear.I don't wan ennyboddi that has btosses whioh has the Epizootiek, Iuile wonz1, or any other infurnal name, to cum thu iis gait under the penalty oi 4havin' of their the horses, tsailes out off cloaso behing their, the bosses yer. Keep shi. Mountaineer." Condensed News, Tle Waaington Chr:nicle thinks linciback b as gone too far. The Federal coninadr at New )reans liad instructions4 to prevet nterfercned with the conseiv.itive Aegishatitre. New York iad a terrible sleet S;n. Iiy moiiig, which daniaged the po, ice an1d fire telegraphs to the exount f * 1.50,000. The New Orleans Connwittre of 'wo Ilundril have is.uod an lid ress. Pi. rhhnek's address thre.tendc to ispersu the i Legi.lar ui re. Stokes wis foun-l guilty of murder. Five coniviet., in) :.t tej tilng to es. ape from Wa d's I.land prison, New oik were c p iized i) ai hunt, and t wo omen %%ere drowned. Congress met Monday, 6-h inst int Stokes senteneed to be hanged on ic 28.1 of Febru try. Mrs. Wharton was arraigned Mon ry for an attempt to poison Van itesolution that the Ci edit Mobilier 'onlnnrittee sit with open doors passed Ie House. Oi motion in the Honso of Rp. 3-Citatives to commenee proceedings gainst the Credit Mobilier f>r five id three-eighiths millions no quorum ated, iouglih a quorum was prezent 11 (1a6l Of rl"01. The (ue8tion of method of choosinig reeiietland Vice President was in oduced ill tie Senazite Monday by lortoa, of Indilana. }X Crything p:aslaed of quietly in U Uis I aia. The Legislatureae ledl. Sirman's reolution of inquiry as >the cou-tested elections In A rkan 1. and Loisiana comes up in thie enate to-day. Decrease in Population of Pali, [ce '66 is 36G,935. Heavy snow storm in the tranms lississippi section. Baxter was (Iuietly inaugurated overior of A rkallsas The colite.-t before the Fedleral Cou iti. The Sioux aid Patwnieo Indians are lting, The Fratnce-E1mngland commercial e'it y is signed. ).in Alphotiso takes the field. A. It. Cornell, Speaker ot New ork iiilne. Alabama p.iyS the intere.- on her onded debt. fleaviest snow fur years in Illiioic. Grant s mys he oily recgi d tlie inchibmack Lou11 i ianaf gvo enlllt that enrie might be n1o1010 for the Colrts. Shermlani's resi-ion providing; fir iuiry in the troubled Statzcs passed IL 'Semite Tuesday lat. Democrats and some Republican1 e'tel ' Speaker on Tulesdlay last at J LdItU vs. e. The Coning PlIlg-van!t. President Grant ha vinig chosenl to un the Governiment oi unlitary prin iples, it is I oper, pe I-p-S, that oin I.e owccaion o hiA rein.Hugu1ratior lie oiiud charmin fip :s lIsrf , he people ith the most impom-iing military d's. lby n'itneirFee' SCee I waril. Thle iole havil.g deci( a hva Pr*. Si >r, fou yr bage, if' ;iit for f iib the Pt e. fi cai Io), in r.- tnrn, t; r give he way t he Frenich p0.ish were mnu.ed by the Napileonms before file "irst Coniaulit,e anid tile S eond Re. ublie glided, hvy cast and pletas ant tages, in to t he Em~npire. Thre peopie -ho voted for ai Presid ent-G(eneral -ithi their e yer wide opeu, woulId be very unogratIeful pbeople!, it seems~ to s, if they did not applaud the "im. using nil Iitary (d plaiy .'' Neverthecless, there ire sonie thi k. rag men arimong the R hynblican1 party, rho voted for tleneral U (rant's 7Iecodi arm, who cannojt contemplate theo lilitairy shows, uder the peculiar ircunmsti.nets oJf the caseC. with feole ngs of unalloyed grratzieation.. As tudents of history, they can hardly eclp r-erious misgivings-aind the nisgivings will lead therm t reflect ow strikingly like other llopublies hat no longer esist, saive in thme re ollections of the past, are but tastes, endeneies anid predilections nowr V. Y'. Ee ning L'rpres.. A Big 1Fish HItal. The Talilhassee Sentinel i.s respon. ible for this: "M any porsons havo eard of the *Florida Fisheries,'' bnt ew know the rninec of wealth there s in thlem. On the 9tha of December, 11r. Johni R, N MitchellI, whii has~ for 01110 time been seining on the Gulf', it the St. Maths light house, caught it one haul, with thme seine, 20,836 nuiliet. Tfhe'strike was made about mighat, and the captuyed fish were not ~aken out until the following morning. 17uring the nrighlt thousands must iave jumped, but the number mentioned were taken out and saved. Averaging 275 fish to the burrol, whieh is a big average, the hatl was equal to '76 harreis, worth at lea t ors the const $450. This is the largesi haul of mullet that has been sgado or the Gulf witbiu our reoolleotion." Maehine shops of the Terre Haut' Rnilroad burned. lpousehold and Country. To curo ear ache, put a little block pepper in some cotton, dip in sweet oil and insert in the ear. This is one of tie qiuickest remedies known. To ,i erent the smoking of a lamp, soak tho wick in strung vinegar, and dry it, well before you use it ; it will then burn bright and clear, and amply repay you for the trifling I% b )r The bo,.t way to euro corns is t take t w ounces of gum am monia, two ounces of yellow wax, and six drachms of verdigris, melt them toa gether, and spread the composition tn soft leather. Cut away as much of the coIn as possible, apply the plaster and renew every fortnight till the Corn is twiay. The easiest, quickest and best waY to kill a fowl is to open his beak, and then, with a pointed and narrow knife make an incision at the back of the roof, which will divide the vertebrio and canme immediate death ; after which hang the fowl up by the legs till the bleeding eeases; then rinse out the beak with vinegar and water, Powls killed in this manner keep longer, and do not present the und ightly external ttarks of those killed by the ordinary sy-tem of wringing t he teck. It is often a mattor of both ootii venitnee and economy, in the house. hol or on the (n rm, to be able to do a little tanning ; so we give herd an alproved receipt which may provo useful. Soak the kin or hide eight or nine days in water, then put in the limo ; take it out, and remove the Iair by rubtiig it, and soak it in clear water until the lime is entirely out. Put ono poulnd of alum to three of salt, dis.%olve in a vessel sufficiently large to hold the lhide ; soak the hide in it three or four days, then take it out, let it get halCf dry, and then boat or rub it. intil it becomes pliable. leatler prepared by this process will not. do well for shoes, but answer for ham-o-strings, back-bands, and various other uriposes on the farm. The new holiduy ties are mado ot velvot, either black, green; blue or plum color, and linel with bright or pale tinted i ilk. These are very elegant. Bowsi made to matoh the tie ae now also in tho hair. Cravats (if light colored crapes are lined with satint of a contrasting colo' as maize crape lined with blue, green with flesh color and so on. Wide black velvet ribbons attached to a ne-lalion are worn around the throat. These ribbons are sometimes embruidered with small devices in gilt or silvers and so.etimes threaded with pearls. Il is lw dn 0o Well. The llouase E'ilectionst Committed will mkae it decision in the Bowen - D.Iarge contcsted cate before thd l5th inst. Mr. Bowen is couldent hat he will be given the seat in time t o dr:i w tie t wo years' ealaryt mileagej .fationery, 1nd other perquisites be. fore thie Cogress expires on the 4th of' \laMcli. Do L-irge, holding the se.at, lots of conis drawn pay and al. lowan'Ces up to date, so the Govern ument will he out. of pocket $1 2,0001 or $1 5,000) by reason of the eontest, antd wvill. b.:ideis, have to pay the ex4 pecnses inentred by both contestantA in taking test imonny. ''Ant old genttle man, who, by thd way w:L aliimo: t entirely deaf, had brougL a suit against ono of his neighbhrs, claiming certain damages, 'lTe eues was one which the justico thought ought not to go to a jury, butm ihoul d b~e settled between thie pa rt ie . Ie therecfore instructed the attorttey to ausk, the old gentlerman whlat he woold t ake to settle the suit, The latwyeor' putting huis mouth closa to the deaf m1ab' caor, said, in a loud tone " 'Thie court wants to know what you will take.' "Tutrnting his eye's blandly toward the judge's bench, tbe old gentle. man replied: " 'Thank the squir-e for me,and tell him I will take a leetle Santy Cruise rum withbout s ugar.'" TI h t- ildomnin Mrs. Mary E. Ranndoli,, widow of thn, late General George W. Ran. dopis deadW A dog imado way with the body of a deamd infant exposed on F'uoncy Girden Hlill, Richmond. Thot ilichmuon~d and D)auville rail road depot, att Meherrin, VTa., wa. dest royed by fire Tuiesday night, to. getber w itb all its contents and the telegraph oilice. A Judge ocharged a jury as follow,: "Gentlemen, of the jury, you taubt find that the defendant is guilty be. yond a reasonable doubt. A reason. able doutbt is such a doubt that as will conv-inoe a reasonable taan ta the defendant is not guilty." It is stated that lithographio etone, whicb bas hitborto beeu obtained es clusively from Bavaria, has been found in large guantities in Bol bridgae county, 1 irginia,