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Despoites & Williams, Proprietors.] A Family Pap6r, Devoted to Science, Art, Inquirv, Industry and Literature. [Terms---$3 00 ucr Annum, In Advano VOL. IX.] WINNSBORO. S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNINGr JULYa2, 18T3 [N FAIRFIELD HERALD US I'll ol1.1sil-A Fnw t'F.1 MY nY DESPtOt'El1:. & WI KL .tS, Ternat. -'I'o: 11 :it. i.i i: IulilisIeit- w erlek * ariab'ig ini adr a n.---. 1- All tran...i 'nt at verIiemenus to ll x.l in advance. Oltuary Noties ind Tricl :es $1 00 per e4-inarie. 1y1Y First Eari qtfinke. A mutth after I landed iii S'. acramei o 1 eljyayel ny first eartiualike. 11 I'wats 010 wiciih was long callld the -great CartlquakLe, an11d it i., doubtlies Po distingnislied till this day.. It was: -just afterlooln oi a bright. October da y. I was coming d own 11 Third st rot. The lonly ohjec's inl un1iition .allywhet2re in sight in that thi;,kly built anld popullous <111116tr ieet man in a buggy behind mtiv, anlzcd a s;treet. ca'r wondinig s Iu Iv u ) the 'rss S0 I tot. 't her w ite. all was soi t Iide and a Sabbath stillnls. As j t urned the corner, arouid a 1'r.ne IoUSC, the're wa16s a great au. le jtr, .a nd it ocourrod to Iiu tohit ithe w( va. a n 'im-no doubt i I h t in that h1 ouse. Before I could turin Ilid seek the door,'tliceo enrue a realiv teit .ft I cek, the grould 'weinllA t-12 -ol : uider m'C iII wves, litel riupted Iiy a iiolenti juggl 1g up ad downi, atvl there w:., a Leavy lriod' g l-i.:40 V3 of briek imu.i I ring tgte. I fell again"st tif.(. fra1i o1luue an 11d iura t nly elbow. I kiewl u.t it w., n0w, 11n1d frIml lmere0 I .p tor ;A in tilnet, no111ig el-took iiout Ili; watc h alld Iote thI tin: of day - titt 0 Ituent a thi ii a still sex-eC:er Chok Uam1.1, ad as I. rcicl I abOUL ('11 the p'.ment, tr3 g 2o krp ,lly sfootg, I s w a igit T 1 buil.in ill i.ti Alect .trang wit h1kt! a dui radhl pr4 -!! I ig a aer .,t0e El reet ri'.ingc~ a c ,t lik t ra vclumie ot tanolike. Anid he;. re, m.,aeu the buggy -overboard wen. t an, antd Ili less tiethanl I Canl telt it, thle vehli elo was distributed in smill fangiments ilong 300 yards of .street. One could Iave fancied that :somebody had fired a charge of chair rounds and rags down the thorough'tro. The street car httd stopped, tic llorsca were rer ingand plunigiig, and the pasengers were running out at b oth eids, anid one man ha'd eruasled half through a glas window, onl on side or tile ear, got wedged fast, and was --quirmingr iid. screaming like an impaled miad in:n1i. ]?,Very door of every hent.:e, a.: far as the eye could reach, was Vomit ing a stream of human beini'c and al moslt before one could execte a winik alld begin another, there wias a massed multitude of people stretching ill end less procession dovn every strcet iiiy position co In mmanded. Never was stolemn solitude turned into teeming life quicker. Of tile wonders wrought by "tho great carthquako," these were all tint came under Ily eye ; but the t. ieks it did elsewhero, and fair an12d wide over tile town, made tootlsoile gossip for in1 l days4. The liestruction of property was trifling; the injury to it was wilespread anid 60s1ew" hat sei ions. Th. "euriositief ul tho oarthqualkee wF siiply endih s.c. Gentle men and Ial ie-i who were taking a usiestan, or' who h~ad dl isi pated till a2 late hour and wcrc ma~kinlg up lost, sleepc; thronged into the pnblic strieets in all sor'ts of ubcer lapparel, and somec Vithout ainy ~(all. OUno womnia, who had been washing a naked child, i'an do(wnI thet street hioldinig it by theo nnkle as if it were a dressed tuirkey. P romiinlent cit iz-.:nl who were suppos~ed to keep the Saibbatht strictly rnushed but of 55aloons iln thleir shirt sleci es, with billiard cues in thei r hands. 1Dozens of menCf withc their necks lswathled iln lapk ins, rucshed froml1) Fa. lerFs' lshop, hat hered to the eyes, oi wilth one check elean shaved anid tihe othler still be(ar'ing a hairy stubble. IIorses broke from stables, and1( a frightened diog rucshecd up a chor't at tie ladder and out 012 tihe roof, anld when~i his seare Wats over had not4 the nerve to go down ragain the same~i waiy be had gono up. A proinenlc~2t ed itor .flew dowin stairs iln tihe pricipal hotel withc nothing on but one brief uind~r garnmnt.-Mark TVwain. Lockjaw and Uroup. Turpentine is said to be a certainl eure for lockj.Lw. In an attack of tile disease, a small quantity of tho tur pcentine should be taken and warmed thent pouired onl the wound, uihen re .iet will follow ini less thani a. minute. N~othi'ng better can 1)0 applied to a sievero eut or' brisep tihan cold t urp~en tine1; it will give eerAc.n relid a! mfosit instanltly. T.lurpentin ic s al o a soverez 'ign reme dy for croup. Sat iul te a pice of ifn the throat :cad cheOt :and in a vetry' erCeC~ e se' I brocc to tive dr ops on a lumlp of suprb 22 12y be tiike, in.i wvardly. ]'et~ly famui ly ).hton!,.1 have a bottle on hand. Thle remledly is 211mple and clan bec casil tev sted . In all serioun cases, an application1 should be made untder' miedical1 adlvice. Youmng la1dies who arc a2cutome~lld I * read nl.wspapeI)rs are a!lwa~ys ehr erv (.ci to poss'iS4 . wb'.ning we most a'c'i r 1dalVo~'' dpoi.us, in v3. ~ nC~ y'UmI.'. d m a:go enmwAmlm0--unen...rn:e--nir=a m T hr Nm'N R0ftlcm i w. The f-;1lowing are the ehosetiatiil por tions 0f ill- ti w Unoitcdi St..tes reven Ine laws that wn iLitof elf t May I 1873. All the rpecuial tax, i anl after fil-At. of 11laiy, PSI., are to ho paid by -ta ngI 1 . Tl i.ciail taxes are 1lt1i Iignoi dealer,-, :25 Wholesali liho1,r doa'er, 1 W hobf!-ale dealer iii o-ilt Ii 50 lietail den.r., in mall li itrs, 20 Iealers I .iiinfactuiri, to bacco, 5 Ianufnetares 1)f I'il, 15) 10Ih tiii'llie~ t ma iare, '20 kl ,u tu r:; h1 1 a'. ) ~5o Ihiewi (d 5 00 baril.- or more, 100 d d I Cri of t ot I acco (ol I out), 1( ' Ud dle rs- ut t obacel) (11horse), 15 ['didlers of tolaco (2 horse-), 25 'edd lecrs of tobaceo ( mot o than 2 horses), 50 \\' ho! uaa1o 'dealers in leaf to bliaco, 25 Retail de:. .3 i*.t leutr Obacco, 100 "Every peC rson or -t liide to ipecal tax inust onl or beforo the 20th I d ay of A pril cacI youtr, or before ntcot ittmiocig butincsM, it' sucth lu Si ns is Cole) n l .sub.- ,it eit to April 30 it, ill with the collector, m sworn t aite inent ott fr !1, and, ait thfe 1-ame14 time pay to chi o ic' the ivount of tax, wh.Is he wi!l be finiuished with 'I .special tax .talil, lihidb kturup must be It al! tlims cuonpi uously dilay Cd Ill his or their placeO (o10 businesb:. ItI kes lte 3lnd Out. The Religionts elrald tclis of a lit tieyear old girl who knew ini, well that her 'atlier, who was a me: ber of the church, wits it variaiee Witit an utigodly unighbor. She had heard the matter of on talked of in the homeo circ'e and knew that very htter feeling existcd. A serics of special meetings were held, and much interest was manifested, and when this neighbor, who would not s'peak to her father, became a necekor of salva ti6n tle subject of their dilioulty was often dis.usse'd in her heating, and she caie to the just COnl)usiUa that thcy were 'umld with cich ot!er." \Vhenl this !l"I gi:l, who was a iembor of an itifaint class in a Sunday S.hotol, .:w her father approach that '3en5itot i: :hbor it the altaiw of pratyeI, aud awth' once revengeful 1111 leap from1 his seat, and throw hil an arout11 the iiek of heri fath or and rejoice aloud, a.d when Ahe saw him moot hctr mother also in tile .6ile wvith siimilar demioisLW3rations of forgiveness and joy, lir little head began to reason, and the conclusion she renohed was this : "Mother, re ligion takes the mad out of the peo ple." In r lstle village int Virginia thure lived a fanily na med llacoin. They were not pious peni1e-rther en tihe re robato order, in fact-and IIy never weit to church. Once, however, during a revival, the faIIly were prevtiaekId upon to attend proach- I lng. W\hen they ma de theii- relue tanit and tardy a ppearan 1ce thei serv.i ce., had Oieguns, and they had sea rcely taken their seats when~ thet pre ichier gsive out thse ftirst hiymnl. read ing it sont ewhatt ttus : "Heturn vc ransom sinners, homc."' '"All riglht,"' cried the iheads of the Ra is nis, gettLing u p in a rage, and clalqpizng his hit ont hisa head . '-(C'ome a zlojig, old woma and galIs, we'll go hiome fast entoughi, sand everiybo'(d y in the old d.hu~ .l kniow., we didni't wanit to) come0." An ilisa of the strength of thie Pa tronis of H usbandty liimy be gateed fromit thle report of t he NatLionfal Grange, which gi';en the ninbelir of Graniges ini cach State ias follows . Arkanstas, 15 ; (Jalitorniia, 8 ; Georgit, 1; ILlintois, '131 ; Iudiana, i.12; Iltwn, 1,507 ; Kass 128 ; M ichtigani, 21 ; Mlinnitesotai, 219 ; M issisisippi, i12; M issouri, 'M5 ; Nebraska, I 90t ; Ohio, .17 ; Sou th Carslifia, 118 ; Tenne isseo, 13 ; Veimont 22 ; W~\isconusin, I 10 msa k i ani organitations ini the Uniited States; of 3 ,377 U ranges witht an ag gregaite memborship of over 2,000, 000. It will grattify lunany of his old friends in Ameorica !o kiio*it h,.t the ''Lot Cause,"' is rap idly builiinp a faime and fi'iiort l i 'ondoni. Hisj prtic. tie ('a;lt the ha' l N'ow alnou013tsL to imote ttan *5t0 a year, andsi his repuitation ais barrister' is siecondi to but a v'ery few oh thei great Ilits-of' the profes sion. In "ociiety beis~ mntuch soughtL after, anid tho~ro is g'ood reason to be Iliev~o that should beo still have any ambiitioni to re enter politicallifeo the path is quile ojcen to him i.' Theli 1u~ider .tys tho oceatn holds $1 ,G00,o000,000,000,000 in gold ins soluitioni .l'This surely beats all the goid msiints ol Autst rali :, C0u1ifornian, antd of all (ho world put together. hiow to get this gold out~ in an (eco coica dl way, son ss to miaho it pay, is thie problio wisash the ichem,ls .,id miet..liurgi.+ta of cmig~ a es. are t E'lgar A. Por's Deati, The true story of Voes dath !ias never been correctly told. It is this: In the summer of 18-19, he left New York for Virginia. [a Richmond, tie lmt. Miss El min Shelton, whobin lie had I lown ill bis yoluithL, reimewed tlie ha iuai)tance, an d in a few weeks they were eigaiged to be married. io wrt-te to liis frituds in the North tlhat bie slin' d rass the reiainder of hi li fe in V:~ ina, Nvbii-ro tio L.1 p. piest days of hisyouth had been spent. 1' ily inl OctUber he set out from iiil to fillill a litera.ry engiage. meit in New York, and to prep:re Ilse I is mir riavn, w ich ;s to take place on the 17h of the month-. Ar riving in LiAti more, ie found that he had ia i-sed the l'hiladelphia train, which lie cOpected to take, and would have to wait two or thrce hoore fur the text train. lie went into a res. taurant, near the depot, to got some refrethiments. There he met some of his old West Puint frionda, who invited Iim) to a chaupaigne Supper that nilit. At flist he refused to drink, but at last lie was induced to t Ike a gl.s s of ehampaigne. That set him ol, and inl a few hours he was madly drunk. Ii this state lie wanl. derei of frrom iiis fi iend, was)-obbed aid beaten by rullians, aiid left ii. sensile in the ,trect all night. The iiext morning ho was picked up and taken to the Maryland Ilospital. lH was delirious with brain fever. If.- was ivell cared for by the physi cians of the hospital, but he was h. yond the skill of the doctors. H1e iigered tw) or 'throe days and died on 3undav, October 7, 1819, in the thirty-eighth year of his age. Leri a Tradc. Jnder the above heading the New. berry Piogresz'ive A go well says : "We see every day youvg men in quest of situations. Now, wYhy do not the:n 3 oung mon go and learn a trade ? The hosts of young men over the land who aro out of employment, out of money, not fitted for any particular Lusiies, con8titutesoa ' owerful -rgti. ment that they should learA ; trade. Ifence the reason why we have so many non-producers. We aresure It is not disgraceful to I'arn a tra'de. The best ion that over lived have b-ees mechanies. If fathers and moth ern would apprentica their ohildren as they Chould do, in many Cases, so e.y would have. fewer idlers and a better Class of eiti".eiiru. Who would not rather be a skilful me chsanie thun a poor incompetent busi. ness mani 1 A trade is, and eal be do disgrace. It i8 a fortuao within itself." Some old fossi! reiarirked, not long siie, that with Shakespeare, true po etry (ied. To prove the folly of such a statement, we give the following beautiful and exprc4ive stanzas from the pen of oio of our Western edi torR : "I would not dy in Ortum, W itli peaches fit for eatin', When the wavy korn is getting wripe, f?-;" Aud the candidates are troatin', Wl hen 'a idge ien is phryin , & hickory iiLuts is thik, Ow, who wvud thsink of dy3ir~g,' (Or even gettin'siok ?"' Allother llzhder. ~Johni Harden shot and hilpd hsis cou.sin, Eibert Itailen, Saturday, at l;eeh Ilaamd, near llamburg, antd about lifteen iiiles from Aiken. Isothr partiles wvere respectable wvbite fairmersi in modecratoecircumstaiices. T1hey had quatrrelled sev'eral timie- before. A fte r killing his victji, the munrde r or broke his gun stock over the head of the dead mdan, and theni walked to Aiken anid suirendered himself Unison Herald. Somre idca of tho tautology of the legal form ula ruay be gathered from the fol lowing .'3Oeeinen, wherein if ia min aw ishses to give another an ora ne, instead of saying, "f mius:t give you that oransgo," lie must s~et forth his "act : n.1 deeds"' thuti: "I givb yott all and A'gsilar myi estato and in teiost; right ,itle and claimi and ad vantage gf and in (biat orango, with all its rind skin, juice, pulp andl pits, and all righ Its and ad vantages thorein, with full power- fo bite, out,.sudk, of otherwise eat thbo samen orange, or give thio samie away w th, er wit hout its rindu !I dil; juice, pulp and paite, aniythinig heretofore or berei nafter, or ini any) other deed or deeds, ihstru menits of whlat kind or nature s-ever*, to the contrary in tiny wise notw ith stanidinsg." TI.is i Ihow aL counitry hibfnge ptt it: "The sad effects of matri mnony were never more tcrribly de. pieed hantho othh'r day, when li wee-eydimn who hadh boen mar. ried asbout ai yeatr patlrohld the village str eet alh day i ring to swali a meer scam pipe for a scond baud era Ahy.r-t urn ing frei n un iiprofia. bole tripo to churrch declarede~ that "wvhsen she sa w the shawls of those Sminthis, anid uhen thought ohf the Iiings her owvn lar ir;hd to weor, if it wva i's . foi -~ ei m.ion Islsf rec! m shi,6e did noi The 51iiC i'llI. A correspondletit of tho Arny ani Nuvy Jourinal claims that the (]at ling Camuegu which was illhistratet in thit naper a few weeks Fiieo. isI p'ligi.rismtt upon al idl ;r . ,i Piatwiix, who tells this story, Iam iliai to A rimy ioflers: "Tlhat inl a ortain Wesforn fort $oi1etihmC ago, the maijpr 3onoejve the idea that artil. g udghi be u ed c 'ecti1 lv in i with tihe Indila by dipn.-ing witl gun cuiriages and fri'tiiing tle can. 11n upi thie ba s of mu1 80111Q4 o hr .explaitned his vfe ws to the Onn1ittat. dant, and it was determined t) tr'- Lhf experiment. A howitz'r wasseletet and strajippd iipon - nl a'mbutaniec mtile, ivith the ii iz,.lea turn .r1 toward the tail. W hen t by had r-.r'eev:ond the gun, aid loaded it with bull et;.rtid.ge, they led that calm1t tand.steadf.St, m1ule on the bluff and so't tirget int the middle of the river to practice. at. The rear of the inm'ulo was turned to. ward i the target, and. he woe Ia1hed gently up to tho edge of tin bluff, The (.flieers tood around in a semi. circle, while the Major went Cp aid insertod a time fuso in tIe t6uefh!c of the howitzer. Wheb the fo wat rcady, the ruajor lighted 'it and retir ed. "In a minute or two tho Mit-ortu un r iflle d in ule he atrd the filP1ingc bal;-Ik there on1 his nlck, and it ini:' de hin uneasy. i1e reacled his head arouud to ua(eertain what was going on, and lie d.d :o his body tunteid, arid the lowitzer began to sweep arouud the horizon. Tho munle at !ast. be CA time exCited, and his curiusity grew ior'- and noro int.ense, and in a sec. 'nd or two lie was standcJitig with his four legs io a bunch, making six revo lutins a ininuto, and the hoaitzer, unider stand, threatening suddeit death to every u11.n1 withiu half a inile. The opmian ndant was obrorved to climb sud'denly nlp a tree ; thie ieutci). nuts wicre seen liding ovcr th. bluff into the river as if they didn't cre at all about the Iigh p! ite of unirfrtkn; 1te adjntatt made good timte t ward the fort ; the ser'geant hgczan to throw up breast works with his bayount, and the tiajor rolled over the groun and groaned. In two or threo ,it.kltes thcro was a pulf Jf rrn.ke, a' tdutl thud, aind the inule-oh ! where was lie ? A solitary jackas might, have been seen turning sucO-ssive baec suniersalts over the bluWl, only to rc..t at anchor, finally, witi his howizer, at the ottom0i of the river, while the ball weint, ofa toward the iort, hit the c!iney ill the ma11t jor'.i (jpo11ters, ratt ld thiLe adobe briclh.. down in'o the parlor, and frigi.tened the itnjur's wife into cot vulsions. Tli'y do ,int allude to it now, Ind no report of the ren.ults of time experiment was ever bent to the War Depaitmient. The. Law ix to 1 Dhe )itilhlatioi ef i'ri'i , The following letter, sayc tir Abbe. villo i'rc3s nud Banner, of Mr. F. W. B lack well, bhputy ( !oll ectur, ill re Fponse to a letter of Senator Hollins. lieid, will be interesting to ditiller of fruit: U.. S. INTEIrnA. I' E:vrMU:, (Col.umur A. June 3, 1873. Ion. J. Ilo'lindieail: Dr.An F'in ---Yours of the ''-th ulti mo is r'eceived. and roefeneod by Gene rat Anidersoni to mie. The regulations governing frui didfilla.rs.atre: lst. Th'iat they shall givo ntotico o their itentiont t o distilt, oni d uno 27th 2d '.!hey sh:' ll give a good ai suiliciet i.bnid , to be app~jro ved by th<i Collector; before coimmIencing opera tlion s. *3d. They shall kep a trae account oi hands wot ked, andltn~ mke a suoi m eturn of etich mronth's wor k. 4th,~ '.hey shall baiy.'70 cents~ pe gallo on~i et 0very t' X.bile gallon o rpirits prducd saeilt~ We have no blan. at pesentL asi is rather eamrly in theseaono. Vecry respreetfunlly,.. Deputy Gellector. A y'outhlful hotn fotuina un egg,' yield inig to thto vertial intsti not, ra upon01 it, until the prl~(oeSs of inicuba tion yds ompl'ote. fer tmothier ha, taken~ great 1.aints in shaiping an d cot og it, om along', rid ,souit"nl the brokoui sheli, burst into tears, ar. "ad A.las, my dangbtor, who ha dlest roved my, favoritct eg: I' T feathied oni IdIh cpuicly re-;ponid od :"1 cannlot, tell a lie, muother, citannt tell a i e ; I did it. with nt "jj'y dear boy,'' ntiil a lj ind hearte cotanitry scihool-titistincut to ii t pp whose ciuarter was aibout up, '.\ dear boy, does your father desir tic.th yoti should tr'taid the I inicatIo ati thorny patcoh of the prtofesasiotis, thi mitraighlt, and na r ro 'v way of theo t mitt., try', (or re ve lii md the ihlowe'ry field it hiteraturo ?'' "'No, miia nn,' .said th~ juivenile, '"dd s cys lhe's gointg to st mue to work ini tho tter patch ." An Ottawa, Illinois, 'lblatitng a eiety has deci'i.id th-it ''the tendetn eie~s of the presocat age are to fast fI NiR On FAN S, ,Jn0 17.-At. An adj urned ineeting of. white and col. I ored citizens, last night, resolutions. -were unni imousl y adopted. favoring, for iho ,welfaro of..!ouisiana in 1or .preseit 0 tremity, 1 nullifloation of all men of whato ier color, ruee or -reli gion, whp are citizens of Louisiana, anid who.iA'e willing to work for hor prosperity .1 d'vocating.,hq zquaand ipai tial exercisq. by overy citizon of every civil and political riit guaranteed by the Ciustitution and la wn of Louisiar.a, by the tConstitu lion and laws of the Uited States, and le Ito la wso'f honor', broth-rhood', and iNir dealing, innin tining the right of every citin to visit at will all places of public resort', and to travel at %ill on all vehiclc.i of pub. lic conveyance upon terms of perfect equality with any and every citizen, so f :r as oni- influenCeO, coinael und example may go to im"Ike thig.rght a si .h .iu.d practical ; recommending that our banks, insurance officers and other public corporations recognize and concede to on: colored fellow-citizens, Sihero tiey a.re stock-holders in sul'i institutions, the right of being repre sOiited in the direction thereof, re.. commending no distinction in public cliools or State educational institu tions j de9prieg ip fanty .of encour agi.g colored cqitizens in rural dis tricts to becone proprietors of the soil to the extent of recommonding to all laud proprietors of the State the policy of considerig the questjon of breaking up . tho .pai.' ii.no sinaIls farms, in order th'At colored citizens and4 whi't iti mmig'rants may bec.mie practical !arrmers, and cultivators of the soil. The resolutions pledge honor and good faith towards rapidly removing prejudices heretofore ex i,ting against color, depicoate acts of viole*nce (rom. whatever soufec' aii' frtler declare that in view of the numerical equality between the white and colored elements of the popula. :ion, we shall advocate an equ l dis tribution of occ.i of .tri n Odur State, domanding as the only condi tion of otkr suff, age, honest-y, diligoepoe and abilty, ansl we advooate this not because of, th.e oflicors, but simply as another earnp.,t prpof upopi our part that. all we doire is gn equal union and indt n illusi y.e.,oti~netioibro,4tgit about fo- .the sol! beneflt of one or the other of the, parties to that union. [Signed') G.T. lA U R 'ARD, Chairman, J. N. MARKS1, C. C. AN'(TO IN E, ( 'IO. H1. Klil-LSO, CilAS. I). T.H O.MtI ON, J4. aJ..1)A - AUGUST l1OH NE. A ItTISi I DlE Nl AY -. D)iR. L. 0. ItON DA N CZ, W. 11. RANDOL'hI Dr. Chal mi ers beautifully says: ,"Th little that I have seen in the world and known of the history of iAnlikind, teache.s ilie to look upon tLeir criors in . -orrow,.nbt in ancor. Whent I take the history of one poor heart that has .inned and suffered, and represcnt to myself the truggles and temptation it passed throuigh the brief pulsations of joy, the tears of regret ; the feeblenosi of purposej the scorn of the world. that. glitt.lg charity ; the desolation ct' t .o coii~ sanctuary, and threa'euning voices wit hini ; liealth gone ; hapipintess gone -[-Iwould fain leave the erring oiil of my fellow man with Himu from whose ianids it caine." Tlhe bal oon I~rip to JEuroje i at r to be attempted, l,..tesi.or J ohn Wise and WV. 1i1. Donialdsoni, t wo experi enood and well known aeronaunts, pro po0 e to take the balloon voyagje of wvhichi so muchiel has been s iidi and s) little donie. The lBostona foard of Aldermni have resp~fln-led to a peti rtion from ili'ii, anid made an aphpro priation of' ,t~) to aid t.hem 10 : firt I ing out thIioir aerial :-hi p; in .whii;.h i they will start frm th e (ounons in that city (on the 4th i of J1uly. Trhe geuitlemnon iptenid lbaking twq other pesn v;-f themi, and t laough the co-.vperation of the eraniklin luistitute in PhIiladelpia, expect to secure thi. sorvices of' two scientific ,ieri. . Pr.pf. -fWise bases his rejnous for undrt ak I plg this per.hous voyago on the f ollow ing~ , theories :At a certain height above the earth there is a continuous air current or tidn actting froni west to east, caused minlyby the cenrtri. fugal force genorated by the rovolu -tion of' tho . earth on its axis, anid this current mo~vos at the rate of fromi sixty to2 one hundred miles per, hour. Tlhu.< lie expects to reachl E iglandj ini two days~ at, thuetmo4t, fromi the timie of etins ting. Ih)triing thei.ir stay in Sans Fnsilscoi, Sthe Jaipamnes.m oilies enrofully inn~i'ti. gaf~ted the feimale tattendilnte ut their ho! ei, andte compre I' ni bem'i, -in thiieir . working colies, with the blises whbom they sawi uponiu t ho si.7ret :i arivinig ait t the nonii-conUtinsion tihat t he, ri.eer Sand pooerer clsso' oft A lmerie mi wo men, are divided by physial I h velop mont , atid that the avea lthy cla.-ses are i- dIistiniguidhe' from12 their less fotu -nate sisters by .a hiiipp uyon the baick, r somnethaing a fer the fatshion of the d ronda r. The Crazy Minister of Japan. Doespatohps from Washington re equtly auQuunced thAt . inister NlQri, tho Japaiose aanbassador to the Uniitd States, who is now on leave of absence in Europe, had incurred the serious diplensure. of his government, and that atit order to commit hari cai awaits him on his arrival at Yeddo' and also that the -.order would be likely to wait indefinitely, as gr. .Mri had no desire to. leave t!is -world iat present. A- letter from Yeddo to the Now York Tribinh o states that the cbtrge.s against Mr. Morj are that lie hans been "very care less about money matters," and hast disoboyed the most positive orders of the Japineso ministry. iTo had boen 9rdored to resign or ask leave of absence threo times, and only adopted. the latter expedient upon a threat by the govgruint to appeal to the. gove'rnInt of te, Uinited-Statcs. ut a toew dayd after 'the Japaness authorities granted him leave, they 9 sent hinma &elegrani to,, postpone his departure until -the convlusion of a postal treaty, bgtweon Ja a,A.merica -ugip nd, Franco and Germany, in which his assistance was needed. * Mr. Mori packed - his trunk and rinit b his post, however, and it is added will proba.bly pass the .est of his r life under protootion of some Euro pean government. Some . of his Japanese friends who ha6 known him long say he is crazy. His con- a dubt seeis certainly to haye, been t very undiplonatic, but'in view of the i hari kari arrangenent he will proba- c bly retai, his facultict sulileiently to prolong his absence from Yeddo un til the systemi of self-inflicted capit-l putishiment shall have boon abolish od. The Resurreetionl Flower. . a There is a rare flower, found only in the East, that has excited' a great t deal of interest on account of its mys- 0 tery. Botanuslts fhave found it difli- 0 cult to classify it, because it has y properties belonging to ditoirent classes. It was brought to thls Coui) try .by. Dr. Deok, who, pfooired it from aa Arb, to. who'm he had ren- q dered medical aid in Upper Egypt.. t As compensation the Arab had hand- c ed him a sten which held what seem- r ed4to be two bulbs of (rid sred- e The Arab said be had tfakern it fiom an Egyptian mtuimy, an d that 0., flowers were very highly esteemed. t The peculiarity of the p!ant is, that a thoughl npparentl'y decayed nnd worth t lean, after being immersed in a glass t of water for a few moments, its leaves begin to expand lo)wly, but steadily, and a beautiful star-like flower ap pears to vicw-soncthhmg between a passon flower and a utibowr, hut more heautiful than either. After , the flowor had remained open ot' more than an hour, its petals close just as, gradually as they expanded, and then r nothing is visible but the dried up lt bulb. Dr. Deck says lie saw the same flowei- go through this process at least a thousand times, nnd each time with.the same result. le presented one of his flowers to Baron .lumbilt, wlio concidered it one of the greatest marvols in the vergetablo kingdom. Professor Torrey owned a speci mei, and;hlishop WVainwright obtained tw,> dur ing his tour in Egypt- r , fceep Out, of lhbl. ,Italf the perplexity, annoyanee and trouble that men have in this world, is in consequlette of getting in to debt. It scorns to be natural for sonme peo ie to buy anid incur obligations ntoi nasure2 so long an they can avoid paying ready cashm. Give one of this rt a chance to buy on credit, and the queat ion of paymaent arc mat (era 'lhat ho catos. blit little abc'ut. 1hut what a crop) of troubio springs up from the seed of the debt ! How iniany' gray hairs it brin'gs, and. how often it, shortens lito-somnetimes lead ing meiC? to comi t suicid. cr tuurder. A nd yet, how~ ensy i t in toI icepr olpar of tis~ terrible monster. l'very young ann should fornm a fi xed and unalterable determtinat ion, before commiencing his actiivc busi Muas nareor, not to incurs one ipennuy of indlobtednmess, tunder ainy cirmuu.i riaeces.. Never buy anything, unles you have the tuoney. to pay for it at onlco. Pay no attentionto "splenidi opport utinijies," "r'.aro channces,''"baur. giins," iand the like. Such are onlyI taraps set to eatch victims. If you1 see anythbinge that you would like to accept, look first at your pilo anid make the atnswver .depend upon that. Always pay as you go. If you are short, of' mnaiy, gnuigo your deimanids neuerdingly .--/auIttionf. Blitekrille i's. Ilhrn welt. Thei 8tiato Board of (Oanvasse: s yes-. torday haeard argumii'.nt in tbe ca:'e of B lackhville2 vs. larinwell1, nu' the Ihea tioni of lie (Cotiunty j'ea.., Unru'ii l was representyd !1y. Rlooert MI rioh, 16. and W, -1 I. . Iuacan, Ia g. ; ,al d ongressm n iIli'ott. 'The 'l'.ard d-:cietat11 they h.atl no jut i., dicjt ion in thie oms. Iktice of applt)'l was given.-/%I'o:,i'x. . Tho latest bonn't is a ti ail' bd than fri. ighlt on tihe r ail,~:aN Iman. Art at the Capitol gets-scant incroy 'rom the critic. .Says the Star, of 'owell's picture of the "Battlo of bjakc Erie :". William II. Powell, the nrtist, has oen Working'somo nore on his pic uro of the battle o'f Lake Eric, at ho onpitoi, and haI3 filled in about n acre of unfluisi-id canvass hinco lie adjournnicat of Congr. It was , great rictiie ( then., but is naow much nore so. Thirty or forty additional annou have been brought to bear )pon the devoted skifT that hears tho allaut Perry to his new flag -hip. 'he guns aro poul ing bot-shot upon he hero in the inost concentrd: ratnIner. Sixty or seventy new e-in. lon balls -ha.ve been painted upon tho rater in tl c viinity of the boat, and lbe bottom of that fr:il vessel is so Instered up with them that the men an't, row with any natisfaction at all. 'ho boatswain has bedu floored by )me of thq balls, and ho exhibits a ood deal of discomposure at the reight of a sixty-four pounder on the iuall of his back. Two or thrae of he row'rs have caught crabs in con .quece o.'f (ho(.0 water being so full of innon balls ; the .onmodoro'l oot--lgo are jammed with spent alls, and a very largo one resto di, -ctly on the top of his unooverod cad. . The correspondent of the nostiu lobe is nearl y as unflattering. iHe lmits, sarcastically, that twenty-fivo tousind dollars worth of paint is not > be "snczed at." Ile object, how. verto Captain Perry's lea.vivg the t. lawrence, fresh frow smoko, con ision, blood and battle, "the very ink of propriety, in spotlcss,exquis ,oly arrayed garments ;" also to the Ian at tho sitern of the boat "trans xed by terror at soniething, perhaps ghost ;" to the ensign being hoisted I the bows of the small boat instead r, as now, asterna, 1nd to .a general. reatinent of the anatoinical structure f tho f1guros, jis it' bueli structuro erQ a . mere accident of nature. ooplo, often take the picture for the Landing of the Pilgrims." Jopos aid his wife were alwaya uarreling about their comparative dent for keeping a fire. She insist d that just so surely as ho tried to o-arrange the sticks' with the tongs, e put tho fire out. One night, the burch bells sounded. an alarm, and onCs sprang for his fire bucket, enjei > rush to tihe confl agration. "Mr. oner," cried his wife, as he reached !to door, "Mr. Jones ! take the A worthy Soetch couple when sked how thei.r son had broken down o ealy in life,gave the following ex lanation : 1When we began life to: other, we worked hard - and lived pon porridge and such like, gradual y adding to our comforts as our leans improved, until we were able o dine ofl a bit qf roast menat, and onietimus a boilt chickio (obsicken) ; ut Jack, our son, ho worked back mard and began with the chiokio Since the marriage of Nilsson her noiae is said to have ''gained in vol .no, evennoi,s and richness." Caudle oticed the same sort of gain in his wn wife, and he didn't likie it. Thisnuairhvablled Southern 1hemeady is 'ani nad not tu con a in a s: ingle part i lo of hleu'ctary, or -any injurious minlt& stab Lne, but is PURELY~ VEGETLABLE, ,, nnI aining t hose Soul9hern Itools and JHerbs vtoke ana all-wise P'rovid~ece has plced ini uonnlirios wber o Liver IOiraaos miost. 'revnilt. It. wiltli eur nlt laiseases onausedt >y 1'rnn igementa . (of the1 Li sor. .Thei tyntaiuoms r.: Liver (Comapilit aro n, hie ihmnk, Xid(ea or .1iiteu, ofaen amisti kon "ir liena~a ; Four 8tomach :Loas of 'x ;Iteadajc; Loss of memoSrat1y,. with a ninfail isr;.aion of hauving, failed to doe, 'tainthli ing which ought, Io have been done D~ebility, Ihow Sptiritea, a thliok ,yellow isp. aearanaco of Iho~ $9injf( aid Eos,. r drty soumgh oren mad:1nken for Consuamptio:. [bn dwiaan, .09.t oters , ver1y few ; bauf. thit, Ii ver, ihe h'.rge't. organ iai' the body, iM sleneraltty.lheo sent cf thto disoanto, tand if' not. Ile'gihe i n' t e. gronu 9.mtalifrig, Wrolch., Od i 'l andi Dt'rt :th wt! creno. - heGea ;naiig pci~ will noet bo l'rlnppi- Utnii paintion , Jauandicot, liilIion n1 iin Stks,* ic k II ettlanlo, t'ol it, in' pros~ion ('I spi, ,i, Soura Siuomach, ilurt ~l~l;N~ l,% Rm l' !a T0 Iiro DR Ml E lli i' (IC o 'I'd. I anr t and hlest F.; hy .no int the Wtorld ! J.. 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