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VOL. XI.] WINNSBORO, S. C.. WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 19, 1876. INO THE tluili l la D II Ell l~ D 1i PUiUtI.ISi1K1) wVKI.Y IlY W1 I I L I .A i S & 1) A V 1 9 7.rrna.-The //I .4 I .41) i" ptisiIhd Week y in the Town or Winnrbut-o, at $3.00 t. ariably in aivouc,. " \t I tr1nI ie.ng itortisemtents to be 1'41/) IN .fI V ANU. U, fIntary Nolles anid ' Tribites $1.00 L3d$LATNVE PRO1D.1DDIN)S. Monday, April 10. MRSATE. The sebate met Ort 12 o'clock.. No quorum behig present., the body ad journed to tut1ntt on Ttuiuday, at 11 o'clock. HOUSE tlr kEI'nRr.NT'ATIVEs. The house met at 12 o',lock, pursuant t; adjournment. On the Pall of the roll it was found there can not a (ptorun present, upon which Curtis moved that they ad journ ; wlerimpon Hatyhe moved that the sptiaksir send ditt the ser grant at at'isi to bring it) the mem bers, as ht Wat satisfned a quorum wha presett in the city, if not. in the h~i1s. Tui) adjottrn now would justi fy What the papers have sail, that the r'O s was taken ohly for the purpose of bringing the memb.ei s hero on passes to the conveition. Whipper favored adjomi nmelt as the members of the up country Were nbnent. Curtis agazin pressed his motion, and the house (ladjoulrne( to 11 o'clock oh 'rTues laV Tuesday, April 11: The house sent to the senate con current restiH. t tion for the appoint ment of a joint committee to ingUire into certain matters connected with the Central National Bank, of Oo uinbia, S. C., which was ordered to lie on the table, Mr. Hope introduced'a joiIt ros.o lution to extend the time for pre'. ing the penalt,v on defaulting tai payers, Mr. Stter ht titudeed a resolution that the gener:dl assembly adjourn 5ine die, on Tltrsday, 13th inistant, The speaker of the house of rep resentatives aittetded in the senflhte when several acts and joint resolu tiens were ratified. Adjourned. HOUSE OF nEPREsExrAT yEs Mr. Barnwell introduced a bill to amend chapter 122, section 257, of the general statutes, relating to attam(l11ents. Mltr. Basnplield--A resohition that the general asHembly adjourn tine die tin Thiuirsday flnxt, the 13th day of April. Rlejeel tid, The spe:tker stated that lie had been reetoited to grant the uise of the hall of the house of represeinta tives to 110 democratic state con veil tion, to assemble in May next, and if there was no objection he would, 1upon proper appication, accede to the request. There wsth no objec tion. SAdj ournd,, Wednesday, ApilI 12. Holland oflered ai resol' ion thit -tehouse adjourn sine Ae on Ftri, daylnxt which was adopted. Miller in troduced a resolutionl to liNestigate certain grave charges tof 4iigh cimes and1( mfisdemnilors made ieitat Thomas J. M~hackey, judge of 'the sixth circuit. anld that ai comitlt %ece of five be app)ointed to investis :gate such charges. A motion to lindefinitel7.p)ostplone tihe resolutio~n brought severa1l members to their Richardson, of Colleton, got the 'floor and opposed any investigation, It was too late att this stage of the -sesson to gaotto investigations. We have had enou1gh of investigao 'tioniswithon t result s, George, of IKershasw, made a vig 'ero-is sp)et urging an investiga. ~tion into the ebarges, Blurckha4 opposed any investiga tion. It ws gotten ulp, he laid, to 'protract the session. There were honest men here~--at least some1 were hionet-whio w'an~ted to go hlomel to -their work. Nesbitt 'for tihe sa1mb reason opposed tihe inl stigation anid 4he resolution. 'Mr. Beatity -roe to a point of od~er thlat, thasmuchel as7 this ques tioh had bGeil indelinitely pstponied once before -during the session, it could not b.eblrought uip again. The speaker (1Elliott) ruled that then point was well taken, and recited for thi in formation of the house the staitus of the case. Similar resolutionis wore introdIuced boforo the recess withl tihe same object inl view, and-, being indefinitely p~ostponed, could1( not be taken up. :Bampfleld introduced a r'esolution giving the speaker the power to der ignate five gentlemen of ability aind character, residing in the sixth judt cial circuit, to investigate~ the oflicia] .conduct of Judge Mackey, 'and report the result of their investiga tion to tihe ne~xt house of represenlta -,tives, provided no expenlse shall be Sinocarred to the state. The speaker ruled tihe resolation out of order. Simpkins offered a resolntion that the house adjourn at 1 p. mn., wvlihih was agreed to. Adjourli ed Thursday, April 13. skNATE, So6n1 resolution to. authorize th dotinty treasurer of Glatleston t apply c~ertail unoxpoidod nonoys i: tis haids to th payhi$ht of out ntalldhtg clahin,, roceived its thin 'a gidflg asnod attd as sont to th house. Joiltlt t-rnuhittluot itthdt1i1tIg tl state t.r'asittirr to lie to Ohnle MII. Schott, of the t'ity of Now Yoi ia detaitl bohd acid tei-tificate o stock of the State of South Oarolini received its third reldinig, iais and ordered to be *jnrulled. Bill to extend tho time for tl commencuomont of the w')rk o the Anderson, Aiken and Port R1oy1 Railroad, received its third reading passed and was sent to the house. Concurrent resolution to requos and authorize the governor mu comptroller general to extend tih time for the enforcement of penaltie on defaulting taxpayers was adopt od. Adjourned. HoUSE of IIEPIEsRNTATIvEs. A senate joint resolution to anu thorize and reqiuiro the state trean tirer to issue to Hamlin Beattie, o Orcenville county. a certiilcate o stock for -3472.50 in lieu of cortiti cat e No. 32,i for same sum, whic! has been lost or mislad, was re-u the third timo, passed and ordorea to he enrolled. A joint resohltion authorizing an< (irceieung the state tredsller .< borrow i sulhejotit, aionift for tin paiymnent of the meibers, oflers tsinplovees and conitingentt expentso8 of the general aspembly. was rend the third time, passed 'ad ordered to be sent to the seinato. Adjourned. A It0 4A NCE OF TUE DESE3T, An Arrest,-a Marriage, Domestic flap pinoso and a Mulder. From the San Franciseo Chronicle. About twenty five years ago a con )an1y of young men stalrted out. fron Dimascujs for Jerusalem. They hud not gone far before a baled of hIorse men surroundod them, and the lead er said the caravan might. move oil if they would deliv1r up a young ualr iamed ItandalL The terms were a-teceded to; alc his co;)npanions last saw himn mounted (I a fine horse, at tended by the gaty horsemen of th< Bedlouin Sheik of the Le Avish tribe, He was taken to the Sheik's tent, and to his osurprise foundi a magnili cent entertaimaient awaiting him What doerS it ill mean 7 Arzalia the Sheik's daulghiter, has seeni the young1 man1 atnd fallenl passtionautely in love with him, and this is th< wedding feast. The young manl and Arzilia n a inirried. '.There was n< escape for him. His t.enit was guard. ed by n it, and his pe15so1 watched by day, lest he should esCape, an this guard was kept. over him fot years. He and Arzalia, lowever seemed happy : childien were born to them, and their domestic life wZaI marked by kindness, cottrtesy and true amleetion. Rtiidill rapidly r quiired the Arabic language ;hi wife a8s rapidly nmaastered the English Their chiildren wereS taughit bmothi lI is an Amaericamn by birth. When h< was aidmitted to the. Sheik's family they' had1 to receive hisi religionu as well as his5 person. Thtrough hin his wife bec'ame a Christian :tho fatherin-lanv became a patiron of his son1-ini-laws faith, anid the surrounld ing tribes became favorable to th< newy religvion., But a Decrvish, a zealot of the Mo hamimedamn faithi, for a long limo en dleavored t~o have Randall's somi thrown out of the emplov of th< Turkish governinent, and failing ih daulghiter of the foreigneor, chaorgi ng her with witchcraft and ap~ostas) from thme true faith. She wat brought before the Meglia, compulose' of 114 venerable Sheiks and Offendis to answer chatrges wVi~hih invohves her life. She, althioughi but fourteer years of aige, miadeo a defense wvorth3 of an apostle ; anld the unianinmonw verdict was inl her favor. The chiefi of the tribes p)ledged chcl other te defen all Cihristians who thonght her, 1872. Ini Jine, 187i1, as R osa wat teachhinig a classe of little girls in grove, the iDervish stealthily ap proached, murdered thu maid, am TutE' (1naTi (t.ocx FOnl Tax~i CarTEx NI.ur..-Th'le clhock for M~emorialHlaill which has been building at TJhomias tori, is coimpletod. It has 1,101 p~ieces, the estimated weight of al being six tons. The mnain1 wheel; at-e four feet ini dlilameter. The pen1 duhuna ball andi~ rod weighh, rospec tively, 700 and 800 pounilds, the rol being 14& feet long, and1( 'onnicte< with the clockwork by what is knowi ats a gravity (3eapcen (lt, anid makei two-seconid boats. The rod is o steel, and to comphensate for con tracitionl and exparisioni, is encased ii two cylinders of zinc anid 0one 0 stecel, which, by their relative expathi Rion upw)lard, matintaini a uifort centre of oscillation..-New 11auoci It i~s related that two yong ladie in Marysyille, California, presente< their clergyman with a turkey stufei with dollars. His wife will take th Pstuffin1e out of that turkey A Portrait From a Friendly Hand granbism as 1t Has Boon and Is. Yesterday's evidence before the 0 Clymer committer is not very saitis factory reading for those who iniagiied that the lowest depths bad lmen re-iebed of the disgraceful systmt of jobbery in post trader ships: J. E Barrow, formerly 1 sUtler at J- ort Union, New Mexico, is cot exactcly the kind of mau Wi111t0 testiuioty tarries Wit-h it any lit'inlsie weighit, but it is too eir ttinistantial ithd too well fortified by referelcl b u tictual coTrCpond 'tlce to bu jitiig4id solely in the t pl1iorlal t'haracter of the wit nes. 11vou if partially true, it gs041 far to deepen l.ho impression that the presidcenlt Ihas permitted lsOUo not very reputable family relations to drag his gitt.1 name in the mire, and has done so with an amount of kilowledge of their oper aitiois whicn should loug ago have coInpelled him to discard theu President Grant has suffered not a little from the dubious transactions of bia brother and brothers--in-law, but it We canfl acept the genuinlle:e of a letter read by BIrrow he a0llowed, - when still the general of the army, his brother in-.aw's brother-in-lav r to get an appointm1en1t for the f avowed purpose (:f imiaing llolley b v improper m1ea1us. Of com se, all this evidelc will need carI1fili sifting, and may only be good till the other side is heard. As it stands it will leave it veiv disagren ble imlpressioll on all who h1 -ve held to the belief that the president of the U'nitecl States was at least free from the charge of deliberatelv euniving at petty jobbery.-.Nei The Chinese question in Califor lii:a is daiily itasumiling ia motl seliouts aispeet.. Throats are freely made I ag ainst thu abin1ond ey tl now in California, aid those who are oil their way toc ;Matt Frlaistio will prob. ably have at reception inore warm than 1 ~Ideainut Tihe (2hinese aire armling rapidly and organizing for defe1 ae. Wednesday - night the Chinese (iittrtcr wits guarded by strong bodies of police in expecta tion of a rio', but none took phice. A meeting of leading citizens Was held that evening, at whieh moderate but firm action was determined upon, arrngenents made forsapress= ing upon congress and lit g:oerln ment measures to remiedv the evils resulting frol the working of thn ]lurlinganu treaty in its present shape. Of all wom.uien slice is most to be pitied who hats a hesitating admirer, who boggles about popping the (uestioni. lie is Worse than it )old n11. How per efctiy ati(actory wa1 s the (condnlet of that brave old Punri tan who rode up to the door of the house of the girl of his choice, and having de sired her to be caled out to liin,said, without (irQnlo)hcution, 1*chel, the Lord hath sent me to marry thee l' wheni the girl an swverced with equal promptitutde ad devontness, "Th. Lord's will be done !' When ptinpmkins areO fed to milk cows theyV should be0 split openi anmd the seeds rinoved Thew seeds Iare diuretic inl their effet, acting strongly upon the kidneys and thlerefo~re reduce the qjuanftily oIf imilk. It is wort~h the trouble to re move the see(ds whenecver pmnpIIkinsh am fed to stock, a15suanthing that irritates thu kidlneva, or excites~ them to auction mm lfllesarlily, tends4 to wveakenm thlose orgatn. The Heeds are of 1no value to tie (ows, iedi einallly, as 0 iher sattpotre or sweet H irits is a much better and moreo Icertain dliuretic to adinfister when oflb is needed. Thel fosts of Ettrope arn estbnaiitedl a5 beCing 500,000,000 acres in1 extt. In North Anmerica 1,460,e 000,000 aicres are c~overeda with rees, of which area 900,00,000) arc 'n Bitish North America. Ini Sonuth Amnerica forests occupy 700,000.000 acres. The prijoortionIl of fore(st land to thme whlole rOea of Enrope is computed at twenty per cent.; in America, twenty one. Siuppjosing, thmerefore, twenty per t''ent. to be the proportion inl Asia, Africa uand Australia, the grand total of the forests of the world c'overs ai space of 7,734,000 geogra*'phical miles. WaeHampton Blolton, of Teni nessee5C, diied, recenitly, and huis will cotained the following provision: "I give and bequeath to tile widow and( chiildrtin of GAen. T1homas Jonla thn Jackson1, kniown ats Stonelwall Jackson, wh~o fell at the battle of Chanellorrsville, Virginia, *10) 000, as history tells me his widow's fur Iiiture was sold1 aftr his death for debit." It Is reported1 that rresident f Grant is anxious to sell tihe Long Branch mansion before the expira tion of his termi, and that lhe is f looking for a p)urchauser. It is also - said that the President will spend I tile summer at Newport instead of i the Branch, this year. One of the Republican members a of the Naval Committee is reported I as saying that nothing can save Stee I retary Robeson, for the evidlence against him is conclusivo and of the i tronjest kin. Kerosene 011. In an exchange we find thes to luWitig assuring paragraph itt r< gard to the usie of korosnoe oil as a illuminator : "On this siubjo there is high scientific titthority fo the assertiot that coal oil will ro explodo on vory slight provoeatioi ';he troubb is not in the oil itsel but in the gas which arisea from it and the oil is dangerolts or safe i: proplrtiott to the amouiht of ga i giveS off. 'lhoro isi a "firo test ih.a'mdartid for det'rmihlng the role tive, safety of the illtmuainatidg oil offered in the maarket, and every thing under 110 degrees fige test i considei ed unsafe. Throe Sitpli rule!s, if faithfully obsorved, wil iake coal oil as safe as gas. Bi from i muerchant whom you caa, depend oll for having thg oil h( sells prop)erly testoal, keep the -(i in your Iatmp1) above the milnldln o the chamber, and be suro tha.it thie witk fills all tho chntme designated for it. Thefn you eaf carr y the bumup around the hoiuse bl0w dawn the chimney, or do any thaiig you please with it ; your ohl t-inminilg chance of becoming i ia:rtyr to keorsen, is to .attemnpi to "help' the kitchen firs with it That seldomn fails." The revolting frands ill (coliec nec'tion With the platfing of head stones over the soldiers' graven in tht nati mail cemeteries, is confirmed by Fraunl'n Warren, of Cromwell Conim., who last ye:ar had at sub contract for setting head-atone at the graves of Union soldiers in Louisiana. There wore sovoral thousand of them. He put up mar ble head-stones six inches square and two and a half feet in length, setting them two feet in the ground. He used a large auge-like instru ment to make the holes. He was given the lines of the head of graves by ia government engineer. But h< found the graves were irregular, and in boring f reluently strucl collins and l:odiks of bones. They were just under the surface ; not' so deep as he was required to dig Ir stringing these bones it was fuid. necedmrary to cut through them, and in this work lie found that mnaty of them Wore the logs of mnulos, or parts of inule carcasses. Thu col trauctourj, Who had received $20 per body for burying the soldiers it regular order, had used the b)onie1 of mnularu, as well as those of th< soldiers, to swell th-ir iheoine, and had mule every munlo go as fair at possible, reciving fiomut the govern menmt, of cotflso,8 20 for eaeh nmul lug put into at cofin and buried. A C.ocr 'ru.Tr lcaUrSr 'riC 1at.9 -A watchiiaalker has invented at patent comp)einso -rotardinig-aecel eraating clock for uso in famiiilies where they keep unalmarried daug.~h ters in stock. If the young man is of an eligible sort time retarding attach. men(alit is turned on, and the clock comlpounds with old time at eighty miutes to the hour, so that 1 a. iml. the next morning it only indicates about 11.05 p. ill. the night before, and the young woman is perfectly justified in saying :"O, don't ! It is early yet," wihmen thme y'oung manl reache's for his hat. On~i the othei humid, if lie should not he deosirabhle, theay just shove up the ind~ientor te: baoilng point, ad at half psut nine it is nearly two o'clock. TIhc pa~tentee(M, easting himsel f upon the gueneur aity Qf a discerning piltblic, mntesom patro-ns to incerealse thu emelinc.Luy or his inlvenftionl by jIudiiomn yadwns an~d reamarlks, as "D~ear menc Hiow thme time does fhy.' andl in ex rceme ('aies an admniratble effect may be prlodued bay thme father uoeminu in) withI a buOdd'oom canidle stick, saying, "Gioo~d night, Amaanda. Bo fore you go to beda, see thiat whn thme girl gets up its thme mroning sht leaves out the milk pitcher." No family should be wlithoIu~t it. T1he followving is the tosatimnony oi D)r. Loring 'onleninug imugariat grass:2 "1 believe I cain make mion amilk with Ithis grass cuit andl mixedl with corn meal tad shorts than ] enn with the best timothy hay, cut and mixed in the same manner. And wvhen you remecmuber that yoti can raise, on ordinary laind, by xow* ing the roo'd of Hlungarian grassr lath in .June, from two aind one half 10 three rand on1e half tons of good fod der to the aore, amnd that tis cror can b)e sownl aifter we have aiscer. tained whether We are to hmave agood( crop of hay or' not, you wvill 14e0 the value of this grass. I have such a high Opinlion of it that on may owm farum, this year antd lastt, I raise& from seventy-five to one hunidret tons of it for the purploseI of feed ing to mileh cows during the win ter. IGeorge Washington's Ilible is t< be exhibited at the Centenniai Though he carried it througha all hia camupatigns, it is not Iijutred inside the leaves aro not dog-eared, or th< margins marked, and it doesn't 10oo4 as if it was over used att all. TIhiu shows what a remarkably neat mat George Washington waUR A bill before the California legim hature would, if passed, prohibit th sale of intoxicating liqitors witij four miles of the State University and the San Francisco C'hionaicl says thetitle should be "Anm act t promote pedestrianism among att aaont.." A MOST SOLEMN SCENE. - Dr. Plumer at, One of Moody and San oy's Sorvleon. Mossrs. Moody and $ankey ha Juelt held i clorgyiien's eonventi, n tho Now York .Hippodrome. TI total nuubor of delegates' who ii tonded wats 4,090, of whom ;Soul ('arolina contributed one, the Re Dr. Plumer, who in d eribed il t1 New York Au? as answering (ue tiuns.put to him by i1r. M.>oiy i the prosence tplsoveral thous:amid Lig 1interested Ipelctators and attditor Laub etiug in the Molio Avenue IaU muoro th.ii 7,0))0) pro n aIsseubled, aral the overflowig usce ig was lrLpportiona 'teIly well att. nde mr Shnkev ' nl;; "1hkt. prL's1 ded,' and 'Mr. Moody said he Wolm ask Dr. -Phuner sione <pi tion, "He is a voiny old- mlin," h:) Ui.r "already living; on ho.rn wed thneo heo will Noon be3 goie, in.d it i9 a pi., that theso mein of half ia centlly S.criLptQt'u. stuI.ly sh pass 11:14y 1Wal without giving' its -the retilt of thei exporicn.e." The 1enera1blo eirg) man stepped forward luwly. f:.niiiii himieif, hIP, Jl),, fniuowyv1 oar'id cov ermlg las; brea:st, and:( not at so;1m broke the siilhiess until M '. Mi oo1 asked, "U1 1. am11 cotcl'iou s of m1 ii(luitie,3, wh.at 1,1hall I do t!. b ised Y' "'he anwer (.e i' (I a(. 1 through oightecn hu 111.1.t I Vla, said tie aiged I; iste r in i f- I Urinal but distinct Inid audilile voice. "I comes fromi the jail in Philippi, '1. ihove in the Lord Jlesml citrs( a thou shal'. be saved.' " "Is there no s1ubtitte 1" "None on om th." "Well, doctor," aseked MIr. Mloodv "can all these people give t hEi: hearts to Christ to night and b saved ?" "Whi'1y not ?" odlid the patriarch i: reply. *"'heys. have God's ,mti 11rit for it. Let th'ema( look to Jesus to night, and they may all be s41vl." "I amill told," said ir11. A1loory "that I have no right to invite a audience like this to comte to Christ Is tlhit true ?" "It is not so written in the Bible, answered the vonerlble man. "Jesou spoko to every on when h(e iaid 'Comio un, o me, all ye that labor aim are hegavy ladel, and I will give yoi rest., "But a m1an told mile the othe night,' continued Mr, Moody, "tha he went to Christ and was not re ccived." "l3lessed be God," exc'izime1d th aged minister. "It waS nmian that did not itter the triuth hen, for til Lord has said, 'He who comiell ulto mile I will inl no wise ('111 OutI.' In elesing, Mr. Mood' said : ".] pity aily manl who goes to hell frout this neet:nig. You will Rever mnee this old 11an11 again, bulit, it s1eei118 t.( me that he 1118 niu1de the waly 0 salva'tionl HC, plain that nonlo (c:,n mist it. I don't know how Vout feel, but to me this has been in awfully soleIll mleeting, and3( I don't feel likes say)ingp i Word. Such of you 11 choose ('ar pass into the in(uiry roo1s, though I hardly see any necesso'1ityi.' for it aftr hait you have4 hie-trd t o-nighut." -A Greenvmille merc'lihnt, whol re3 cently shipped two lots8 of' cot ton of tho same1( chwm--one to New Yorl, and1( the14 other4 to C1 hr(ton,1 iform i ed 118 y'esterday flhat the lot shippec to Charleston netted ai <parter oIf a cent per' pounid tior than the l sent to New York, We take the above from th< (Uro enui/lec A:.4, ad wil1ll d thai we hauve often hea141rd ctton)1 havgen of this~ place' say they' coul1d do bhet ter' by shippinhg to Ch!larleston thaui to any other marlbket. .In fact wt 11:ve seen1 salesn of the samle dulay ii Chairlest~on and1( Neow Yrk~ (o'a11 retli and1( thley' were alwayti inl favor of Chlarlestoni. So well known t~o otur shlippersV is this diflerenice thalt onily those whlo haive demanll~df to mieet ii New~~ Yor'k ort Baltimuore no0w nhi (4otton1 to th1ose m,:rkets; anid we art not so sure buut thmat, taking the dif forenco ill the prices (If goo~ds an thle higher pr1iles obtainied for cot ton ini ChlarlIeton, (our o1wn fao c'ity is the host to buy and sell at.. U"nion TJ~i. by a man who was recently hanget at HailkmII)1, Canada, for the bruta murder of is landlord'(. Insltead1 ( exCpress.ing con11trit ioni, and admnonishl inig otlhers4 not to follow his e3xample he referred to the~ faite of the mur11 dcredl man, anid hoped it might I a warning to other landllords whl< tenants. Thoret' is anl originalit:' abhottt this speec'(h seldom found il the romarks of those who are aboti to leap into eternity thrlough the ii Ptrumientiduity of ai noose, A remarkable attel is rep1or'te< from thel nei3ghb1orhood1( oIf TIolous The comnbatants wore twoi jo1urnia ists, and both good shots. TIhue met at 8 in the morning, and aft the usual preliminaries the signal t rewas given, Bloth the dumlisi fell dead on thp spot, each havin received a ball in the region of ti: heart. They were both married an loeave large families. Now is the time to subscribe i I &. Nuwi and Hena4. BEF+'Oi L T1IE TJi LE(;RAPH. k- ! All Old Exproas Ri der-'o Recollocttoir of Ilia Ptn"fortnt nooa In Eclttestrlatlla u .-c [1'r~1u th(+ New 'lotk Still.] Y'"+ltcr latlttl , of Jcirf{ry City. tioV I0 an old tutltl, Wr:ta known to tile pub t lie heforo ill(., M1110 of Cho tel gi n1 1 ll tun tilt tnttestriili n et~s(m ;et". 1[( " says : "11v first ex1 (+1"icn o in thi: 10 hn 1ines:t ~"tl$ ill oil lturtico " back, from .1'liilack"11 llia to .1(i Nw C'iIV th': Kinthic"ky lottery (niwin;;r in n(lvau)("e Of t101 i"cr;"uhn" (iii 1 ;ticflu+ta, '.('hay ure. nc nl. fron J('ii.it " City to Now York by ni~ i,:tl:4 ti l tt II J 1 it nuttc"ii \P;I4 1111 1 clo fui :k t..ti( U that. 1 tutu((( nut riclco :;(1(1 t:ii:us in t"w& sty. I'( ttr 1 l C'hatinray Jacllli IM, tilt-, lit"nt Shcriil L. of 1111(Inoil Ui ttltty, and 11'illictin ul ' .i':tr: tli ( 110W Nil l (i iiItt'iidt"ut (.f the ,1' ii',")' City lion1)ital. %V01-0 ttiauntr t"iu+ ,l uclr;on. 'f iio i i' It. w;th out t IIt! III track, nllcl in t.lie ft".at I roan ' thirlt"-('VO hortic"s, Ito t1 " (j(1 'atly. 110 vort11 liKhc"cI ill(,- Hill- in ? t w(+Itt.v-tti "o lluttL n atnti i:ft " ci;;llt ttti:lntos, and then rods) anutltor hoot. to in:;nru the bet. "In 18"I3 I Nvti:, ri(litn for P. S. (Jrogory, tlrtn:t~ ut" of thu ll"tvana 1 !u i.t ury. I Nttirtc cl frt nl \1'iltctingt. )ui 021 horNulntck tut .) 1t. ill., Nit-11 tho (h"r; vri:ugl:, 11:1:1 it roltty of sorter e\c1 y fc tlr utii&u , tutu( ttrrivc :l in Tc!1 :(,. v City I!,, t nntiu Ili lit. .11.:1() I di.-,t.11w0 of 128 ntilt"s, and ntount in. t"-ettt.v"nvvc" t h~rt":et:. At. the fs'i't)(.T hour I It-ft. lti'iiiniii ton 111(1 tttttil ("arri lu l'l; I'll;littlellhia for "Teru(,y" ('it-v" At. Now I i iiitnwic"Ic u tic"(!. (uncIll("1.or '.1.'ot% nf,(+i)(I tl ooti ou the 1 ri(l,;u tot:ulecteliar.. o of thc+train, ttjlcl;u:.h(td the \ "he:"c+ I lout( luaill;ocl the t.rait;. .1. t.:.id hint I tlicln't, liltow. I paw v(1 ul c, ;'t+r alto furry at 10:11 11. ni., with (;tnclnc"tor '1.'INri1h('lttl of that Karate t.r;1in.". '"1n 1;42 atncl 184:3 T (>XJlrr+nfo;(1 the 11eWS from \(:\v York to .('hilt t14"11 hia for thu stotulI III)IK, and thu titltu itll( w(:(1 by uolttrau"t was Fevett 4 ]1(1111: for MOVI"itty-six miles. Al)out. 18-1(1 1 carried rho .S'rir1, 11 rrt!(1 tint( '/rilrrnr", wit.li tic: foreign news t+ tilt- a'hilticlvl1 hill /., il;/rr ttticl I'r'rtir"r/lv[itrr(rr. Martin ''alt t 13111(+11 5 itttttt"lu"at iott nlesnahu I ran in from .1'hilaclcll hin t(1 t.hu Coto "i'r Mill ls'rryrrir<r in Kevell hours, over 1 it , et y heavy road. , A Torrlblo Explosion. f("trftil 1um"(lel" explos ion, one that tlttite pills in the nliaulu Ilny-. Iiiin.; of l.he kill(( that, hits taken hlac"c in thin ("olinti' for many veitl-)-:, 00(11rrecl t"er(:1)I.ly at Sall. T,:1kit C'it.y. 1'o1u" niu;;:txii11 S, e:icil c. un" t.tiilinf; till im ill'.1 th(lotltor witii itttcnrvais ofulily4 ua f(,w mecolt(ls be'.wevil Chi" re11c rtM. The utliwt ty,1n tc.rri Ito. It is esl i tit:.tet1 that, folly :;5(1.(1(1(1 Wolf ii c)f ' glans aluu(: was broken iii thc oily Which is, of course. only it ninatll ituin in the 811111 tutnl of 11ropcirty ' (lcstroye.1 Tit(- lot;;1 of life is fc11" tiinntely 11ot, so great, its 1iiir;ht hutv'u 1 cen OXi (+rt(1(1. 'ieV(sl1 1 ut"r:o11:1 are known CO hut"o hieon hillucl ottt.i"iglit ; i....... ,......i..-..-., .1-..._. . t Character in Handwriting. . Mainy pooplo laigh, siays a writor in an lEn1iglish lagaziino, at what is callold graptoliIaney, or the art of judging charaetorK by handwriting and yet all dcknowledgo that - ladwriting does indiento soll 1 tling. Evory one allows a differ, eno betwen ai mlian's land a wollmlll's hliid. \Ve hoar people speak of ai vullgar i haud, a gunt.lemninly hand, a, (eorkly lhaLnd, and Ho forth. I had i 11('(, said Archbishop Whoatly, a 14ill rem tahlto proof that handwriting i somlinal iimet, tlast, aln inlex to elamraetor. I had a pupil at Oxford whom I liked in most respects greatly. liher wias but one thing al oit. him which serioIusly dissatisli 'd Imie, and that, as I often told him, wais his handwritiug. It .11 not had 11s writing, but it had a m1a0n, 'huilling charcter in it, which always isipired mae with a foling of sipicion. While ho remained it Oxford I saw nothing to justify this s1pici01 ; but a transactioll in which ho was alfterward, engaged, inl whichs I sa1w imorte of his chaii'acter than I had done hofore, convinced me10 that the writing had spoken truly. But I know of i much mOIO clrioII cise, ill wliich ia celebrated graptnaneer was t able to judge of charaetor io'ro corroe'tly by hand writing thanl ho had hooul sblt! to do by prsouial ol ervation. Ho was ol a Visit to a friend's houe, where among other gue(sts, lie moot i lady whose; convtr'Hattion and mIlie'H greatly st.rl(ek him, and for whom ho(, cei't'vOed ia strong friendsliip, bhsed on thu eto('0i1 ho felt for her as i HinlgulIrly titiful, puro luildLd iand Hiigle-Ihearted otianill. 'he lady of (t House, who knew her real tiImriactor" to bo the very rvevrHo of what she seeied, was (1nriusIH to know whether Mr. Blank wtultd lbe 111)1 to discover this by lier haldlwril ig. Accordingly sh'o procur ed a slip of t.hi i lady's writing having asc ortiled ho had never setl it) anld gave it, to him11 Uo evenim.-t as the lintwriting (f at friend of ht'rs whsine) b'hara'ttr alo wishied imiia to decipher. I-siM usual habit, whent e Iundortook to exercis( thiN power, was to take a slip of a letter, eut. down lengthwise so aS not, to show an1y se'nteness, to his rooln at, night and to bring his judgment i writing the next morning. Onl this occasion, when the party wot o Heatetd at. the breakfast table, tho liaiy whost writing he had lncon iously boee exa1i(ing made so11 (obHorvatioun which particularly Atruck Mlr. Bliank ats seeming to> h otoken ia very noldo an1d truthfiul eharacter. He e'pressed his ad miration of her s1nh1.i11011t very wr1'muly, adding at the 111111 time to it' lady of the house : "Not so, by the way, your friend," and ho put, into hor hand15 the Slip of wriing of her guest, which 11 ih had given him the ovening before, and over which hite had writ.t'n the wo0rd11: "LinatI111ing. false, hOllow, heate 'd.'" ThIe laly of the hlouteo kept the secret, atnd Mr. Bla3niik nevwer knew that the writing on w \ihich he 111(1 ronounced Ho ei'oro ai judgmuent wasM that of thet friend ho Anld llcaler in Commercial FcrtiiIeirs. --: : '1 T F youl w~ith choticO A pples, lHanna, .1. Orne and iiu jLnrnons low for caih, P'ianil Baco-r, Agont. ..Iishi P'otatoesl setleted for hab liOus at .Pimanu Iheo-r'4, Agent. JlGG Luncih, Peatrl Oystter andh A rrow J oot4)1 (Cruacra justarri vetd frtesh it 1%jnny. B3aco-r's, Agent. 11 l EKII(antd es, Cocvauits , Almonds, 3. alnutts a di Butter Nuts at P'innsi BAco-'s, Agent.. J. A. Fraser, Agent;. T mnl agetnt or thet following well estafb-. r.,'ininendl thuem to piroperty ownersI ast worthly of Eth i tcneco.. Prgp(orty ins1 o ure a tdeqiuto rateai.. The irel Association of P~hila Thei Ci1tizens' Insuraince Company of Newark N. J.-Ovganized in 1 869. (Vapit aS $2,000,000O, As seis OVer$50,00 Thei Peter'sburg Having, and In sulranlce UoImp'anhy of Peters. hurg Virglula. Assuets 9ee ku,000,000. Call on moc andi insturo yoar property without tdelay. Country buithdings i sipeclily. *1NO A FILA8EBi, Agent. mar 4 At Wirnsboro, SQ.