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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