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Williams & Davis, Proprietors.] A Family Paper, Devoted to Scislh6, Ait Inquirv, Industry and Literture. [Terms---$3.00 'er Annum, In Advance VOL. IX.] WINNSBORO. S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER ,1873. [NO. P FAIRFIELD HERALD Jd PU iu4t/l- 4D Wi.Y 1BY WILLI.AA MS, & BDAVIS, Termtv.-Tit It iuu %m) is published Week hi I ie! Tonia or vintsborj, at 13.o0 in ri riably in; ad!Jance. g'*j All trainsient advertisenients to be p id inl advalce. Obitry Notices and Trilutes $1 00 per S jnare. The I'oitseit Pikthire. T LAND FoRD LI.ANTATION, N ::wiarIlnut Co., Nov. 14, 1873. L'ddor I /oe. , That proud and beautiful ine.tent of A:ei iean histo ry, 8o familiar to every school boy, the uifurling of the Amirican flag in the City of Mexico before an enraged hbd threatelilig populae, W1hos stor miy wave hecnam parayzed at it s display, would be as insigntileant a Seguey of the pa-t ats it would be iu diffrent, but for the participaition of on1e 4f Ca Iliina's illijtrious son, the 11.. Jt It. Puinsett. ai ho prinei p:l actor in tle memorable ,cene. '.1't- reminiseein e is,4 tit le.ls i ncom i - pltO wIthoIt , recUrreameO to anothecr fact 4Inito as Wo)tiy of record ald of pride ; that 1 Ifh- grand picture itself, SO SpletIlidly ikln-lrating ihe inleident, 1n41 to whichk )oil refer ill Your I-ie t the I1-I in-tant, as having been destroyed at the snek laid buring of, Column as, w froi the p-en'il of' anot her' of ( taolini 's i. 1? a nd d is tit gliled oIn-, the late John lI:ke White, of ChWrbsmtin, whose fANhfu uid Pirring deiineations; ofi ean ivait ss hMve i.mon.ze. mlost of tile proIni Debt inchients of -.IOII early and paI't ha or, . Th oaio Upon which waLs, So triklngly demnonstrated the pra otective power .n1111 bl4"ll(ieeice of the national strudal, Whilst Uphold by the sat atemni and patriot s of ou'r coutIry'sj 1);v, was gflorioulsly colun tornmed aL a later date by Lie gal-I lua ingtahami4,in the Kosta afflir, a111 how Iem4ak ale!O a co anmmentaty, that the olily tw.4 oa4nsion.s il4 whichI the power, as wel : too beanifeene, of tile U nited States flag deiaind1 ed I u pi44npt a Id decisi;Ve enniclei"iat ii-the ce Ia om the licony of the A meoicau Mlinister's resi-dence, the other from the riuarterdlok---should both,20 have been by S&itl Carolinins. Those the d tys and I lEse the deeds whiCh thrilled the ICartL of an Americani eitizell. I Tliere are paIt iclars connected with the picture, dmintedly a nns ter-w rk of giemus, which have r.cever but n genera ly % uhtdated, and which rOaly frin ani interesang part of State history, but whiilh the lapse of lima has noirly consiged to oblivion. 'The pictu4e really was not at gilt fron the State of 8outh Carolina to General Amdrew Jac.kson, nor was it t19 itended, Ima was ordered for pre. 4tentation to the Pre:oden4t of the UnjitLi States, inl oIicial capacity, a 4d was dl.Wtied for the Executive Alausion. The personal appropria Liun of that fartienlar picturce, under ie.Ust rion101 of lie design, doubt less, by Gen. Jackson, from among all otheri siiiharly bestowed, on his retiremntit from the White lluuse, whilst. a high tribute o his apprecia tion of its 14teri is u4s a wo k of art and 4C14onet 141 tn of genIius, wa not, ill ae-' :or'danceO with thi spiri4[4t orF inltentioni of the 4144no0fs, 1oweveri'144 Untuo 0rtal41 that tt.ny be ait present . The itspiia tioni of the ie lire wasl derived from4 that es (e inimney14:03 and44 Lexalted ad 144irat1) ion entr14tied for his pa: tau Ilar fri -nd, M r. Poi .set t, by my tdis. ttingni ihed fatthee', adcod to the b.ril lianic~y of. the010 ta tesmi lanhike action. Thle lictur 410was a very lar'ge one, and con4tinted uipwairds of 5,000 heads, promlliet amIIong wiebt-l, of' course, was a perce ad iimitabhle likeness~ j4of g. oinCtt take frtom le', as N. 3ason hi PriateSocretary, andt faithnl dlineaion o S sti t aind issurriouiidinjgs, f'u ri-,bed by Al r. Pinetiti~', fori1 its perttion i . The proeentatIion, ubhich was conducoted bytelalto C(. lehre and lion. 110enj. F,. I po[soni, for and in hehailf of the 6: ate, to the Preusidenit ot' the 1 iitetd State's, tormed404 the0 subhject of a coriego 44d1nce0, whtich,~ dloubtless, ha is been I 3 swIt( 1 away frt Im all archives ; hut 14tih aboo pa1rt( ilar's I recein d(4 fromt4 the hpsi of 0one oif tho (e alctir' who14 trantismiiitted it to n)0 ini ibe" 'iu jeet of' a coniversationI heid b. ut a1 fe'w mtha~.I before (de ec.:se. T'l'lJO A ILO W11IT i'. A Nrw l1Jnt in linihling. rails that wetre nttiig for4 plaiste'rng i-, bing 1141i141y3'trodneed'C~ to taike thle plaCe of lths. 1t takes les. labor t- plae on the wallI; is Inore cotatinitous, aind will nlot burn'i. Cearsee netting, withI one4 inchh met hi, and44 madetl( of strong witro is funnti to anwcr best. For orntamnltl cornice work it is espreiailly valuable, fer It cani be bent into any desired form. Secured to an ir'on studding hIt a .3.. briek building our greatest danger on necount of fire would be remnoved. A still further application 2 this tis to mlake roun'd ba4g11 of wire, re setmbling barrels and to coat them in sloe and out with cement. When it hardens they resemble I tona harrena. illed,1 t m and.. and ounik In rows and masses they mako excellent building timaterial for break waters. Another extension of the idea has been tried with success in England. It con-lists in muaking iron frwed buildings, covering them with wire netting and spreading concrete o1 both sides. It is claimed that a house-walls, floors, roofs, doors, partitions and all-has been built that is strong, fi:mi, and absolutely ineo'mbustible. Various applications of the ue of wire netting and plaster or cement readily suggest theni.elves aid the matter is wotthy of the at. tention of miechanic.s and builders. Snuiuler tle lost PiolIllar Man ill P1111. MIlChu1sclis.I Vith the ban of the President as severely upon Mr. Sumner as it ever was, he is the object of chicfest dis tinction at the hands of the Republi cian leaders, almost without exception. Smi cely a distinguished man in the Stato but has fornt.d part of the con panies which have met to do him linor by public dinners. The climax of all was reached ten days ago, wheni at a testimonial of this charue ter t-idered him by the Massachu setts Club, which is made up of the str'tigLt( st Republicat. partisans. Collector Russell, the leading repro Fentativo of tho Presidet.t in the Sta-e, aid the ch*ef adherent of Gen. But Ir, opeily declared that tie reso 1latiih of censure must be repealed by the coming I.egislature. Uharles unier, wh' 1thle Prtsident drove so viidictively from the chairmanship of tho Committee of Foreign Rola tiotis, whor. li followers in this Noto showed sup ,r-serviceable moil by attehipting to rebuke and insult ill through the Presidential campaign 'I'd the winter that followed, is now ay far tho most popular man in AMas a'lulusetts. Not a Republican, higb )r low in station, raises his voice lgainst him : the univeisal expres sion is that, whether the President pprove or disapprove, Mr. Sumtiter tust be sent hack to the Senate. He inIestionably will be if lie lives. It will be 110 boot for which he ik un der obligation to Repnblioau politi nnS, oithTh. Te party needs htim noro than he ncodo d the a my. In leed, Mr. Sinner is mom likely than it to be asked to save the party tnext vor. With the wisdom that the D)emocrats iave now learned by the untoward ex periciees with their or g.a rientiat1ons aid the kIowledge of the 3treigth of the lieform seu ment in tho State, the present liepublican rutle wotld be altogetier likely to be Dverthiown were the issues to remuin a'i they are the present .yteir. 'IThe safety of the Republicans is plainly in accepting for themselves a policy of reform, in annoncing the elec tion of Mr. Sumner to the Setnate as he leading isnuo, atnil in sveciiog some new man, like the lion. A. II. lic-o or the lion. John E,. Sanfurd, as their candiiat* for Governor. This is about the only chance left them of 1hod ing their patty togetler.-N. Y. Tribune Bodton Letter, Wonderful i, Trlic. A Iravelling correspondent imparts the following information to the It is wvellknowvn in Columbilia that r'oo'hlutions of impeatt~chm ient aga inst V-. J . M oses, .Jr., Go.vernor, etc., have beeni i drawn u tp an td will be introdnei ed tit an ear'ly day. IBut the best int mi of all, whtich lias not yet seen the lighlt, was thle difficulty between Pr. Neatgle, ex-Comnptroller'-GeneralI, aind the Govetrnor of South Carolina. when the niote in the Carolina lhank became due, ho presen ted a pistol to hisejerti.itoateey's boat t and de mandecd payment. Mrts. MIoses settled thte dfliculty by ma~king a transfer of her fut'initure to said batnk, anid the ma t ter was draopped. Trollbile in lhc Wigwam, A correspondent of the A ugusta Constitutionalist does not give an exc aetly correct version of the little dlif. ieulty between ex-Comptr'oller Ne;.. glhe and Glovertnor Moses which took placa last week. Neagle had en dorsed for Moses, who forgot to n~eet the niote, bitt Neagle did not pi osen t a plaItol to .Mosos' hteart and demain rd ptayment. lie threatened to kill his hEcellency, bitt "Iloncstt John'' actcd is peaicomiaker, arnd a "confession of jiudgmtent'' rerved to placate the in, l ignant Neagle. It is saidl, bes-des, lthat thet coiisidleratiotn for the en-* doi setment was the protmise of Moses, whIiich lie didi riot k .:p, to aptpoinit thle tnotoirious Foster lBlodgei t to be tres nrer of onie of the tipper counaties. T1hant is the version of tho story whsiebt has comne to Charlestori.-Newas und A school girl in one of' the rural Oistricts of Pittsfield, Pit., was over heard trying to convince a school i el low that shle liked him better titan she did some other utrebin, of whom hte seemed jealous. "Of cotirse I like you better' than I do Bill,"' said she "for don't I miss words in my spell inig lesson on puirpo-e, so ats to be down at the foot of the class, where yon are 1" The Soul and CubaI A war with Spain is demanded I tie interests of Civilizati'io, for th vindication of the National Hone and to wipe out the stain upon th National Flag. Such phrales, ecboed on the stum and re-echoed by the press strik home to every Southern boart. Th, South knows, if no other country dddf uhat, is the practical valub bf Amer ican civilization. Napoleon said " Scrape the Russian and you find thv Coack." The South says :" Sorattb this Lo.sted civilizatioi, and you fin< bencath it Ia bruto barbarism whiol revels in pul-lio immorality, an< delights in punishing a conquerei foe by making him the thrall of hi own slave." By all nicans let th South light for the perpetuation ani extenion of American civilization AtI the National Honor I Wha part or parcel has the South in that [t has given the South moro kicks tha coppers. It was that National Hono which served as the excuse for the atroelties of the Confederato war, fo tie waste and rapine of the march tc the sea, for the burning of Columbia and which was in the mouths of pimpt nid blacklegs when 'the State govern ments were set aside, and South Car Olina and her sisters were tied hand and foot and turned over to the mer cics of white rogues and blhoec igno nl .uscs. By all means let the South iauten to its vindication. And the National Flag ? A pretty flag enough the only one we have; but why biould the South be expected to bear it ir the van of battle. The South can be m-ide, in time, to feel that an insult offered to the Uuited States is an in suIt to her every son ; the flag can again be made dear. But there must fiist b a change of tactics ou the part of the North. When our breth rcn of thbe North treat ns, in times of peace, as they treat themselves, we shall be ready to stand by thetm in ti mes of war; but the South does not care to be mado a convenience of-a thing to be loudled to day and bufh feted to-morrow. We i-ny, then, that the arguments which the Northern orators nse in fir inug the .. a 1- Ut i oQ'6t1" with us. And yet we heartily join in the cry of Ou to Cuba I Why I It is hard to ray. We have tried Peace, and Heaven known that War can't lie any worse. The anne x-.tion of Cubit will be a benefit to Southern ports and to Charleston in particular, and the gain there will more than eaunterbalance any loss by the in crease in Federal tax.tion. Then, again, several brigades of the colored troops may be tempted to volunteer for Cuba and stay there ; and the cIrpet-baggers and wurthlesn negroei who have sq neezed South Carolinr dry would tie easily tempted to seelk fre-h fields and pastures new-ir Cuba. What a State to plunderI There is a feeling in thO air that r war with Spain will d6 good to th< South. Let us have Cuba.-News and Courier. The Uovertiorshiji. 'fie interest in the gubernatrial eleet'on of next fall is being iticreaser froi dr' v to dv. Tho question i shall i-rak M\oses lbe renorminate< by the Itepublicans or not? Thern are ai great rmany, a very rr'bat mahi' atnd very inafluentrial Republicans' prepinderanrce of opinion is that hr eginrrot secure the next nomninationi lIe hans lost his main friends in' th, party. Patterson and Worthingon who were amorngst Iris chief supper, ters last year, have deae-ted him RI. B. Ellbott, too, who did more perharps, than any one else to secur. .\oses's rininiation itn the last con venition, is how biti~erly opposed ti him, arid it is difficult to see wher .Moses's strength is to come from out side of himself. T1here is not a laid ioig Republican who supports Mose e-arrnestly, arid lie has offetndod neara, every otne of themn beyond recall. A lIepuiblican showed. hie yester day a str-ing of cbarges upon whiihoi is proposed to imrpeaich Gov. Moee for high crimes and misdemreanors. TUhe chargesn are, irn brief, that th Covernor received ra heatvy bribe fo a provinig tire printing bill of las sesioni, amnountinig to $325,000--ths lie miade a corrupt arrangement wit| in view to his last tiomirntion, pledg inig his father'S(the chiof justioe) de cisiotn upon the validity ot' the Blu fiidge scrip, arid thait he has been ii ltueniced in, tire exerciso of hris powe of patronage by sordid and cor rup mointives. 1t is harndy probable tha the impeachment wIll be made, bu it is very cortiain that it is contemr plated b'y certain parties, fot I hav seen the artioles of irmpeachhmen written out. Moses is working hi own p)olitloal cards, arid ishredginug al lie knows how. his relies tipon th disribution of the patrornago of hi uilico to secure sufficient influence ii the counrties to control the prima? conventions. rThere are several Ri prublioan candidates whose names ar -poken of as possible antagonists I Of these are 0. D. Molten, Sent tor Robertson, Attorney-Gener Melton and Judgen John T. Groon 6f Sumten Judge irahaii's Dame is also montioned; Senator Robert o son is regarded ho tha in~tis available man, if he will conseut r to enter the field. He has soine flne e ruIhnihg tlialities for a Republican, Ie has never stolen anything, has P over been affable and aoomodating, o and he has a strong desire to regain entirel.y the confidence of the betL# olass of the community. The only drawback to Itobertson is his health. le says that his nervous syatem is in tuoh a condition that he eoultl not well undergo the excitement of a State canvass. C. D. Melton, it is said, cannot afford to give up his ro fension, Attorney-General Melton has already a Wnore lucratiVe post, and the bandidatO to oppose Moses must, thbrefrI, be found in some other quarter unless reasons can be found to induce some of those named to change their vie*s.-Cor. Netbb Why the South Is Poor% The Colutflbus Eliquireo says the Sonth is poor, not bee use we have loss thrift or intellige a than other sections) but bcnUse we do not wisely use our gifts. The profits of our labor go to enrich IEurope, and the North and West. Though uir cotton money amoutkt honually to hundreds of millions it must go abroad to pay for almost eVetything we eat and wear. Perhaps a htndtd millions go to Europe, Franoe, and Germany for ektravagant dressing and fancy goods, twice as much.morb to the West to pay for provisions furiiiture etc. Our agricultural im pleients are nearly all made ab-ohd. ilow much godi to Cincinnati for whiskey I How much to Tennessee and other States for guano, hay, dressed poultry, pork, and Bologna sausage ? Why candot our farmers. raise poultry, and *hy not our butch. ers uiake as ged-sausago as Tennessee or any other State I Thus in thous ands of ways our profits aro borne away, and we are left Without Money completely at the mercy of those upon whom we are dependent It! is time our people were reflecting I seriously uton their vasealane and I turning their attention to ways ahd, means to prevent the outflow of money from our midst. Lot us en courage home production in every i possible way, for only by so doihg eun we hope to regain our former position of wealth and independence. Working up the Virginins Case-The Ureat Chance for Red Tape and Dip- I Itmatic bodgellig. WAm:Ne-CroN, D.0 , Nov.21. 1 The government is still at work tt-ylug to aecertain the legal status of i the Virginius. It has no means of in vestigating the matter by sworn testi molly, or other than by volunteer statement of parties in interest. The Spaniards have indicated that they wi.l clitith she *as not entitled under our own laws to American protee tion, on the ground that by reason of various irregularities the had entirely vitiated her uriginal registrys S0 far as our authorities have been able to follow the case of this ship her legal title to be donsidered A merican grows quite uncertain. It is said that her reputed owner, Mr. Patter son, of New York, is so only in name, and that in faet he holds the ship in trust for other owners. some of them are supposed to be Cubans. Spain claims that the Virginius has sailed under different names, and tunder both Venezuelan and Cuban flags, and yet continuously earrying the original American papers obtain ed in New York two years or so agog If any of these algatiohs pro~o to be true the Virginins cancot legally claim American registry. Under our law prescribing the oath necessa ry to obtain registry the applicent nilet swear that ail the owners are A merican citirsers resident in the UJnited Statbs, and that there is no subject or citizen of any foreign prince or State directly or indirectly, by way of trust, Oonfidence, or other wise, interested in such a ship, or in the profits or issue thereof. The law also provides, in case any of the matte i of fact in said oath or af Sfirmations allegud, which shall be within the knowledge of the party so tswearing or aflirming all hot7 be true, theme shall be forfeiture of the ship or vessel. If the Virginius~~has, .as alleged, sailed at any time under .another flag, this fact alon, woUld e destroy her American registry .Since the government has no power r to institute proceedings wvhoeoex tamination as In this case Oah be inade tunder oath, the matter will go to the tSenate committee for determination, as it will be necessary, in case eur repondence ensues with Spain re gardiniguthe matterj to establish the legal status of the Virginius as the basis of the whole discussion. Tho e question naturally arisen, what is to a be done about the Amoriean citisens on hoard of he~r. v A story crnes froma Ioldulberg, -of fous' German students, two of e whom asgreed to play a gains of o cards, the stskes being that the loser ahould sheet himself. The garne was -played and the terrible for felt paId ii by one of the young men. His coin a. panlons ava . a arrastad. Death of the li$et891 Beatl. We learn from the Hickman Cou rier that Miss 86san Caroline Godsey, known as the sleeping Ieauty; died at the residence of her mother, in Obioh pututy, Tennessee, on the 27th uit. 8he had attained the age of 31 years and hatd bebn in her sleeping bondilton about 14 years. It will be remembered that her case has ekoltbd gtrot Interest) and given rise to much investigation aud disoussion among scientiflo men. The true natute of hot affliction, how ever, was never understood, and will doubtless always remain i tys tery. She was bfitght to lashville in the fall of 1867, for the ostensible purpose of proorihg medioal aid, ut was really in charge of an agent, who contemplated making an exhibi. Lion of her. She was accompanied by a brother and other relations, who were very much attached to bet. While they were in Nashville they boarded at the house of Major Bruce, )n Market street, and the sleeper was mostantly watched by Mrs. Bruce, Who took great interest in her. She remained under Mrs. Bruce's care eleven days.. While there she was visited by a great many persons) and ad with ht Obe or more physicians lll the time. the awakened every bout, night abd days at almost the ame scond each time, and remained iwake from seven to ten minutes. Fust after going to sleep each' time b hadl convulsions that shook the -oom, and at such times she appeared o be suffeting grbat pain. When tlebp she was dead to everything, )ut wbon awake talked* pleasantly and ntelligently, sometithes complaining if pain, and exclaiming, "Oh, my iead I" abd when she awakened she ovatiably asked for watbr, but ate rery little. She said she had no con. clousuess of ever having dreamed, nd that it was no pleasure for her to ive, afflioted he She was. She was rery sEonsitiVe, and appeared morti led to think that she *as being ex ibited. Her aflition Whs inaugu. ated by a spell of thills. Some nedical. wen arlh~attrlhl Atl it tn tie dneateie A en too others ay that the ohills were precursory to er long sleeping state. Upon leaving Nashville she went to it. IoUis and rethained thefe a short ime. It is said that the physicians here unanimously agreed that she ras an imposition. She soon retun 4 to the hotne of her mothet, and as remained there ever sinne rho Sleeping 'beauty is said to haVo >eon a truly beautiful woman-not so maoiated as one would think, and of hapely forlU-Nashi)e Union Mind 4nwrican. A Washington letter says 'Advices front Texis inditato that he Conserativus will carry the Stato n the election oti the ind of Decem )er by an ineressed majority over ,hat given for Greeley last year. [t Is anticipated that there may be Vbtn trouble In thu Otate and per iaps a recourse to Pedeaal intercfer moe, as in the ease of Louisitna. In mcordance with a laW passed last inter, new eleetions afe to be held or the State Senate In a nUmber of ilistricts wheie the parties bow filling the positiotns claim to have several yease yet to serve. These parties, all of Whom are lIepublioans, declare they will hold on to their offices, in which event there will be two bodies elaiming to be the State Senate. Iia this eldent) Mlr. Attorney General Williams *ill doubtless be applied to for any opinion as to which is the lawful body." The Felly of Expanaloiin A valued friend and a shrewed business man sends us the following illustration of what lie conceives to lie the absurdity of tiying to sav'e the commercial community by. ex. phnding the bational currency : The idea of making thbe currency more efficient by increasing its volume is quito as absurd as it would be for a cloth dealer to think of facilitating his operations by multiplying lisa yardsi sticke. T wo or four yard sticks in one man's hands would mneasure no more cloth than one. Nor wotild the process be tl*pedited, though the Government should enact that each yard measured by four sticks should beemailed four yards and shottld pass current for four. In the last case the merchant wotuld indeed have a greater number of yards, nominally. but no more cloth than before. lie would in no *ay be bezneitted, tinloss he had old debts to pay in yards, which ho could discharge in the now mean nrc, ons being etytal to four. In this way ho would save threenquarters of his cloth~ hhd beoone rich at the dost of his creditOrs.--.uiutea C0n The F~rench Assegiably voted by sixty-six :majority to prolong Preei dent M~aohtahon's term for seven years. This Is a triuitph for the MonaSrchlstes the Republicans desir-. ing to put onstitutionail restriotioits uppn his power, while the tete of tho Assemnbly pracleuily inalcee. Mobiahon dictaftor during tiie eltebt of this crm0 Moorish Brides. the condition of women in ioroc co is most pitiable. They are slaves, and the lot of those who are so avow edly and technically is much less miserably dull, nmonotonous and de graded than that of the ladies who are supposed to repose oi sat.n divans, 8i sherbet, cat dainty devices in sugar, and string pearls in the harem ; in wiich their occupations are in prosaio, and their surroundings much loss splendid. The wedding fes:ivi ties are exceedingly barbarous, the unhappy bride being carried to her husbands house in a box, on a mule's back, with a little boy also shut up with her in durance, as a happy prog nostio of A'io future. A box of sweet moats is ideo placed in the box, to while away the time, and console the the small boy. A horrible noise, howling, firing, is kept up the whole way; and the female relations of the bridegroom, Who does not appear at all, receive her on the threshold with appalling shrieks of, "Ah-yeo ! Ah yee I" The box is carried in, the dootis shut, the friduils disperae, but the musicians remain, and the horri ble din goes on for hours. No reli gious ceremony takes place, and the fattening of the bride is *the only preparation on her part for holy mat rimony. "For this purpose," says the author of "A Winter in Moroo co," "from the time of her betrothal she It confined to one room, not permitted to take any exercise, and compelled to swallow large quanti ties of kosksoo every day. This system, steadfastly pursued for a few weeks, brings her into a condition of what is considered Mor occo be coming obesity. I have heard of an intended bride s1 fat that she was, unable to pick up her pocket hand kerchief wheu she dropped it, and who could with difficulty move across the roonj without assistance." A Moorish bride must,we thinh, ho rathel- a curious spectable, according to the following dosoription of a merc, ly ordinary specimen : "Nothing of her shape or figure was visible through the enormnus mass of clothesj in which she wap e'i A h ne errtimy several pounds' veig-ht of jewelry hanging on her shoulders and ch st. I L-r ris ; wera enuni bered with ibi-ive mmW of gold and silVer, while every one of her fingers were covered with rings up to the first knuckle. Her face was painted thickly white all over, and cheeks then coarsely daubed with Vermillion. The lids of her eyes and eyebrows were blackened, the latter being thus brought to meet al-ove tier nose. But the most ridiculous and repulsive part of the "getting up' Were two triangular patches, about the size of a half-crown pieces, upon the lower part of her checks, ingeniously painted in a pattern of various colors. She had a star of the samo on thb forehead, between her eyes, and another on her chin. When her eyes were open, and we could see them> they were as vacant and ekpression less as the orbs of one of Madame Tussaud's wax figures." cost of Our Schools. In 1872, according to the Report of the Conimissioner of Education, I the benefactions to colleges and uni versities in the United States amounit ed to 86,282,461.63, dlistributedl as follows :California, $90,000 ; Conk $44,600 ; Delaware, $70 Illinois3 $122,000 ; Indiana, $224 ,000 ; Iowa, $86.840; KInnas, $31,7:36; Kentucky, $361,136 ; Maine, $10,125; Massachu setts, $l,916,995.48 ; M iebigan, $43, 594 ; M innesota, $'22,796 ; M issis sippi, $35,000 ; Missouri, 0i,0m0 ; New Hampshire, $96,500 ; Now dersey, $532,000 ; New York, $1, 450,942.15 ; Nort h Carolina, $15,-.I 000: Ohio, $159,000 ; Oregon, 8'20... 00 ; Pennsylvania, $4~64 1450 :RIhode Island, $60,450 ; South Carolina, $20,000 ; Texas, 22,000 ; Tennessee, $ 159,050 ; Vermonnt, $1,500; V irginia $2005;W st Virginuia, $41,;00; ; Wisconsin, .$45,360 ; Colorado, To'r ritory, $10,150 ; l.istrict of Column bia, $235,000. Louisiana andl Aa bdma are not here. Utah is not nmenthoned; nor are several other TFor ritories. Thete are Wyoming, No vada, Wanshington, Dakotahi, oe. Were the statistics all in, we pre sumue the amount exceecd $1 0,0005000. Berranoe's A ccession to Power might be the end of thme Spanish lRepublic. Such is the general belief. A meri can sympfathy with thme democratic cof. fort on thie Peninsula has been strong since the fall of Am adeus, and, as a result, our governnment has admit ted a sentimentalism in dealieg with Spain on the Virginius question. If a military dictator, like Serrano, should succeed Casteler in the 8pan ish government, we should have all trouble about injuring a republic in pressing our claims off out conscience -where it now weighs most heavily. -N. YM Hertuld IRevs P. P'icrson; of the P'rcsbyte? Ian Church, died on Sonday, 9th instant. In the pulpit of the liethel Churob, Clarendon County. lie was prsaobing at the time, and died very suddenly. IIe was for thirty-live years pastor of the Midway Church, and an nged mana A Thrilling Saloon Episodo. The Now York Tribune tells the following story : A man unnied Woibold entered a saloon in India street, Brooklyn, E. D., last Saturday, and called for a glass of beer. After drinking he seated himself in achair in the cen tro of the room, and soon after began to stare at tho proplirctor, who im. agined the oustomer to be deeply en. gaged in thought. The saloon keoper desiring to go out, askod tho visitor to attend to his alffails in his absence, und althongh there was :e reply, ho took it for granted that his request wonld b) complied with, and imin diatuly loft tho saloon. A little while afterwards he returned, and the visitor still sat upright and motion. less near the table. The brewer who supplied the roitaurant keeper with beer soon afterward cane in and in vited all hands to drink. Tbe man at the table failed to respond, and the saloon keeper, becoming onraged at his indifference, came from behind the counter, pulled him out of his chair) dragged him up to the bar, and shoved a glass of beer toward him. As the proprietor withdrew his hand from the collar of the. visitor, the ]at. ter sank to the floor, and the startling discovery was made that Weibold was dead. le had probably expired immediately after drinhing the glass of beer, and had been a corpse moro than an hour. Coror.er Whitehall held an inquest in the case yesterday, and it was ascertained that Weibold had died of heart disease. Clc'ring thi Tracks A snow shovel to be worked by steam and attached to a locomotive, has been invented, the use of w),:"' it is claimed, will al toei0 - prevent obstruction of rait- .'. by snow for any consi',". ie length of time. Ver"ai steel blades a1re supoided from the bow of a powerful lo0om1o tive, and are made to revolv' at the rate of 300 rovolutionls per miaute. As the snow is sliced off by the cut ters, it falls upon a base plate located within two inches of the rails) and from that plato is swept oi of the traek by a series of wings contrelled by steams. Revolving steel blilhes itted close to the t.i!s finish the work of clearing the track. The machinery for outting and sweep ing away the snow may be used as offectively when the locomotive Is moving slowly as when it is goingat full speed, and it can therefore be used for clearing away heavy drifts. In this country there are many thous ands of miles of railroads within the region of snow and feo, and all of th reads suffer more or less from the drifting of snow on the their tracks. Senator Conkling leclining the thicf Jnstlccsh ip. It is understood that Senator Conk ling has, after consultion with his po. litical friends in New York, decided to decline the ChiefJustioeship whiolt was privately offered to him by the President. As the offer of the ap. pointment was miadb unofiicially, the declination of Senator Conkling will not be made public. It is said by a personal friend of the President that this is the third great appointmen6 tendered to and declined by Senator Conklding under the presoeut adminisa tration. TIhe first was the English mission, the scond was the Seere.. taryship of State, shortly before Mr. CJoklinug's re.election to the Senate, and, lastly, the Chief Justiceshiip, It is now considered almost certain that one of the present JusticeR of the United States Supreme Benh probably Justice IMiller-will be the successor to Justice Chase. They have just had a trial at Lowecl, Mass., which, at a distance; loh1s like child's play. It wasb. fore t..s euperior court. Edward Curtain, who will not be ten yearit old in D~ecember, was tried for inan slaughter, lie had killud Mortis A. Lane, who was turnedh of three years old. Curtain admittedl the act said lie struck the hoy because lie would not do as lie n.ked him. Thod lie lit him i with a stick and the~ boy remained stubboin. lHe continuod hitting inm until lie saw blood. Thou ho became frightened and desisted, The little thre-yourold never did succumb, but lie died. The defence was madle on the ground of legal capacity-and the points were aupa ported by the court ini the elirrge to the jury. The jury took the caso on the evening of iNovemb er 7, and after' consulting to the 10th, they brotught in a verdict of guilty of nianslaugh., ter. This isoalled one of the most remarkable trials ever held in the State of Alapsachiusetts. The penalty for manstlanghter is of [iourso impris onment for a certain number of years in the penitentiary. WVhat will they (do with a ten-yoar-old hey in such a prison, and whait sort of a man will they make of him ?-St. Louis Rea. pub~ean. At many of the London raPway stations boxes are provided, inito whieh passengers throw the papers which have beguiled thiri journeys Thie papers are afte"'wards collected / and sent to thme hospitala for tho bene-' fit of the ~at ier.tr.j