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BY HOYT & -?) ijpERSON, S.' P., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, p. VOL. XI?NO. 15. I tSCRIPTIOX.?Two Doi i.AK? IV. IHM.L.VK f'^r six m-Tith"-. not taki-li Tor a lr<.* jn-iii"! >iotis made to chilis of tin <>r r.iDVrXTISmG.?One Dollar per [noli for the first insertion, and Fifty f?rsulv*et|ucnt Insertionslessthan N<> advertisement counted I**-* brarts will li>- madewith. those wishing r three, six or twelve months. Ad mtract mnst tie confined to tin: ini Pitsinus* of the firm "r individualcontrac? ery Notit-cs exceeding liv?i lines, Xrtlmtt?? liec-t, and :ill personal comnuinications <>r >f indn idiial interest, will be charged fur -rtising rates. A nnouneements of marriage* ;itli-?. anil leai.-.'v ofa religiouseliaraetor, are Pjipetfultv solicited, ami will lie inserted gratis. PUBLIC SCHOOL TEXT-BOOKS. The Way in Which They are Sometimes Selected. A cor respondent of the Charleston Xeir* Htm' Courier makes the startling dis? closure which follows in regard to the ne? gotiations of a South Carolina official with several New York publishers: Xkav Youk, <Ictobcr Hi. I have come into the possession of cer? tain facts, relative tu the recent adoption of books for the public schools of South Carolina, which will, I am sure, interest your readers. The commission appoint? ed to make the adoption was composed offtov. Chamberlain, H. L. Shrewsbury, colored, d. Douglas Robertson, W. Bev? erly Nash, colored, and II. J. Maxwell, colored. Gov. Chamberlain is supposed to have bad only a nominal connection with the thing, he being absent at the North at the time the commission met. You will recall the action of the com? mission in recommending a complete change of the books now used in the pub? lic schools of the State, and you probably have wondered what the object was in making this wholesale displacement, es? pecially as the bonks adopted by the State board in 1-^70, and which are now very generally in use, are old standard scries of national repute. I think I can throw some light on the subject. The whole thing is a job. and the "Boss" of it is that "Christian statesman'' and "financier," the Hon. J. DouglasRobert? son, of Beaufort, chairman of the com? mittee on education of your House of Representatives. Mr. Robertson la-t spring came North lo '?strike'' the publishers, the common prey of all the*carpet-bag "educators" in the South. Me visited the houses that publish school books, and diligently and earnestly presented his plans for securing their co-operation in his scheme. He proposed in behalf of the State to make :i contract with such houses as would join him, by which the State would be bound for ten year- to the adoption of such of their bo-.ks as the commission should select. The consideration for this was j that these houses should appoint his j brother-in-law as the sole distributing agent for their publications, and that n central depot should be established, say j at Columbia, in charge of this brother-in law, where the books should be sent on J commission, and that the brother-in-law | should get a percentage on all the books j distributed from this depository. Robert son himself said he should be elected ?State superintendent of education at the next election, and that he would then use the influence of his offne to /ore- the books into the schools. In this very bold and impudent scheme he did not succeed as well as he expected. He found that the large houses, whom he supposed would be eager to jump at his bait, spurned him and hi- proposition, and so he returned home much discom? fited. It was not long, however, before an .idea struck him which he evidently took j to be a happy thought, and so he wrote a letter to a member of the well-known publishing house of [vison, Rlakcman, .TaylorCo., in which he showed his hand unmistakably. This firm is one of the largest educational publishing houses in the country, and Robertson made a bold dash for their safe. Here is what lie says in his letter, which was written just before the meeting of the commis? sion : "Of course all my communications must be deemed ctm?dwtiitt, . > that I may write freely to you. It' so, inform me. and then I can tell you what steps are taken in the board of commissioners from time to time. The interest of your house will not suffer in this matter, so long as left to me, and one attnrnnj imide. fhf t''itilioi*i>inu trill hf worth hoff o dozen iiiit.t'iilr." Now the impudence of this letter is most refreshing. The gentleman to whom it was addressed is not in the habit of receiving such confidential letters, and so be made no reply to it whatever, but most cheerfully laid it before your cor? respondent. I neglected to say that on his visit t?> New York, already referred to Robertson made great professions of friendship for the 'ems.' of I vison A- ('o., ?oil the -cor'- that both Mr. Ivisoii and himself are Scotchmen, but Mr. [vison ?determined at once to have nothing what? ever to do with him. ft was o i this occasion al*o that he Mated to the manager of the introductory tit partim tit of olie of the school book bouses lie was visiting that it would be necessary for him to have five hundred or :i thousand dollar- to bribe bis colored colleague- on tie- commission, and when it w;iv suggested to him thai possibly Mr. R. R. Klliott. the speaker of the Utilise, might use bis influence for the books r< prest uted by this manager. Arc., out of regard tor old acquaintance sake. Robert -?in replied that "not :? word must be -aid to Klliott on the subject, because if he heard of the nee., ment he would upset-it unless !>?? got the lion's share of the money in tin- job." Of the principal books rccouimcii I' d b\ the State Roard in I-S70, Messrs. Ivison & Co's. "San? ders Renders," Me.v-rs. Applcton ? CoV. "Cornel -leographies," and Messrs. I'.a rm-s A Cos. "Davics's Aritl.tics," have been displaced by the present com? mission and book- Substitute?!, with one exception, that are hardly known out? side of the house from wh ich they ema? nate. Neither of the above named firm met the "views 'it'" Mr. Robertson, and so r!i? ir books are ignored almost wholly. What influences the bouses used whose book- are adopted are not apparent, but under the circumstances there can be but one "piiiion on the subject. The following explanatory statement ij.pcarcd in the Columbia paper- ilium - liately sifter the publication of the forv tning: The Uovcruor and Mr. Shrewsbury, wo of the member- of the school book ?oinuti.?ion, have p ad the letters and 'ditoriiil ol the ,V? </-.- ?nd fourirr to day, . meeting the allege I action of.I. Dong? as Robertson, ;i int-nilo r ol that com mi ion. Thev unite in requesting us to t?te through tin- l!*yi*lrr thai no knowl ?!?/'? '.r hint of any improper arnim.'e iient- "r proposals of Robertson - ver aine to 'hen until after the work of tin om mission was completed. They say h it th<- iJovernor was present at .-ill the ?????tings of the commission, ami that ir own .n tion was governed wholly by n ir views of tie- merits of tin; books resented tor their examination. Since ie adjournment of the commission, in ?Dilation has reached them thai Robert ?u has made corrupt proposals to the in of Re wer A: Tib-ston, in Roston.and cop\ ofa letter bv Robertson to a mein? er of that firm was to-day shown the overnor, which, if the letter be genuine, iscbist-s the most corrupt purposes ohcrtson's part. They further say that they -ought the j Iviee of Mr. .lillsoii, Stale Superintcii nt. and of Mr. Wan- n. Principal of i- State Normal Sei.I. in tin selection hooks, and were largely influenced by . written view-, ol Mr. Warren. They i\. ie. knowledge thai Robertson's di? ms were f'tiiniuiinicatt-tl to any other | : ?!.?? : ? ;\z$rt and ? in!- ?!(? it own views of the pro' hooks were sometimes commission, they regard] fair matters of dill'erem They say that so far V accomplish it. the mat'"j tigatcd to the hottom board have been iruilf?. ; i ag ithe (in si, c pi ins*. ? tices, or if an ; shown to be ' they will male if the chargi j tained, he shall! ? nipt wock umlom a fleeted the work The (lovernor I bury, the seeretar"R ('( call a meeting of diately to take charges made ag*1 i take such action? ! visable. [select i hied 1 ? as ale to III ves a the li^prac Vd are [nable, and sus cor have when her The Oldest Fa! In this season of-*>-i Chicago, Cincinna I and other cities, a/fly. other in the prod I hibit of the praci**ul I of American met Ok 0 : is interesting to quarter of thos^m has been in p: magnitude, pi yearly exposil combined ^ll\y Sp go rod, ItlRuss, * u^ its annual div-OS, has been repe four centurierifu] Tj producers of and of Tartar rers of West* raw produce of St. retcrso^.t, West, and separated-' month. The Fair, i ket, a temporary city the interchange of c? barbarians four bun, location some ei Nijni-Novgorod. two centuries, during sorbed into itself mi became the princi empire, the fair wa ent site. Under l (ireat, the governm1 lion, which authorit Unlike the cellos. tu res of iron and st> the receptacles for o tions, the buildings bear a close res e ml la! of streets and liOjUS make a Turkish bate; open market placej, on which arc constr buildings, each sola having broad vera passers from sun a parallel streets, sorn 120 feet in witdth. principal street, w are the govcrnmen dral, on the sides a near which are twe ing or lowering the opening or cl side of the rcct building- rest other three are stirro; shoe-shaped moat, k at an elevation of >mc et|fteen feet above the river, as a recant,,, against fire. The edifices arciuilt 0 iron -tan- I chions in the majorit of ca?, ;i,)d . ' that can be removed :rc tak the close of the fair. V largt buildings, however, renain, markablc strength withstan yearly inundation of the submerges the whole loca only the tallest struct'jr above the waters, Iii/ mini; It is a strange cont't ; 100,000 iuhahiJ^fjg-plot? every descripti<<{ to Persian ru weeks ; and tl nothing but a ? its place. Altbi itor.i at any ori 150,000, it i"s e lion people cot in progress, a< have actually fair just close i' oi hi , The govcr'ir Tc twelve a vast mar' began witli ies between rs ago at r taut fron: xistence ' criod it ab kets until ii nge of the to its pres' J Veter th< d ?ts direc etaljned. t strtiC' erect tu iroduc vgorod yrintl ?ether broad l form, rows ot bight, ter the eofvhichaT3 f0rm At he en J?? lich is t|)P hoie ami t| e aipd and hii towers lag on tvhi sinof the / url contaii riyr filfoa away at I uibcr of ?ith re- ! great vhfcli j oV VI Ig c \ inice, town of ijoods of an wagons ib<mt six later, raten fills it of vis? it exceed ly a mil the fair is which luring the 20.000 - the pro super- . i vises the margeiii'iit, aide:! by a com- ? inittec chosetby he partici ?atits in the , fair. The cc unilee control* all govern- [ \ merit properfj,reiing the -aim at a low rate. There are sine curium regulations , as regards exlibitrs, or ratlcr ' Her- , for people C;ii:e o sell then and there , for cash?wljeli :c worth noting. F<>r , | instance, eac ro1 of buildings is de* otcd j to some ?-?j ?o*. i :i I ind of goods, and incr- | chant- thus fumrlled to croivd together, are eiicotirsjcd > compete with each other. To picvct monopolies and oier- ,. spcculatiojiA'iierchant h permitted a to hire mur tan three coiisecuuvc t shops, nor ca' h occupy more than one 1 ,( shop unless tVyidjoin each other. No | imposts or A-Ji'h are leviod, and the ! y chops are usUal let to the flrsl coiner, \ the govcrntnienasking no ether gain ,, than the sivalrents, which together I a amount to s 20)0 a vear At the last f:'\r, for t is mi l?,OS'! slioj rented. The contcntof the marketi course, womler.lv hcteroireneotj chine* bearing us well known of American fi? are side by sit the curious prin ts of Indian .ind Per? sian looms, 'ere are for.- ai.d skills from Siberia, t< brought overland from were are, of . Ma names ? with < 'lima, cuth the import: i v mi Hiellield, Has, wheat, ti< of the greaj hou.-cs of Moscow a run irPctersbnrg, and Russian iron, bcsidtuVlisamls of article? repre? senting thhief industrie? nl every na? tion mi .? Ii, '|'h< re an usually ini mensc amiits of iron, stored on a sandy island in ? middle of tin river Oka, about tin ijuarter> of a mile I mg, which \< r only covered w!.h water at certain ?uns, out which changes it- shape cry year. It i- "aid that the ipiantity cirnn collected here, in bars and shecUggregati - ?Ml,tWK) tons valued at over Spoiiiioii. In rpiality it is said tttljian Lowmoor, and cpial to the best cJlish, A tramway runs t!ie I he island. ii believe thai not only I stores filled and cm)?- ( (ici'ks, hut th.it the store- ' an a lied llOIISI I. ? 1 ? l-ll is drul I tie in 's a ri iinij ove] i I' w,.r . <) ?efl and thai their sills .ring by ten or Iwi Ive i the occasion of the re cent \i>of it In- I Mike of Edinburgh to the fair.'o ir??i nwiier-" gave an en Jr tain men n ! isbonor, in a huge pavilflm coiistruc'l cntrcly "'" their stock -tio< Mircviir it tin: form of a lurrei pahu iron ea' h -OK,: rep.. of tin blick v i ? ry a rdn '". U". tirn t- Were built o ? h. nr> Line laid crosswise o er othfi wi: the (iii'b pn?jcctiiig] and ouiilei! Ivlnitth'iiicrits, \\ hich w< re ?? ntfd |y iron hu- kein. The I ody ? '?.??th.vti |o" feel hwig by :>n U'v\ w.- ;iadc of slieei iron | ion ts -ind takets, tunicil over, made hail(l.<( o< ornaiiiciit- around the ' of tlr dinr- and windows The ! vtrt|.-:irc r-.ms coinph'tcd in three " ?i n Lnbvr and Capital bc Friei; ' ^hat thev should begebest of fidj WH will allow* that they an-not full denv, and why? ^""IjK ^holdl ?, l :?,.itiinis v| men nOlfl it, or the w?inl?i?aiio. ' i . > arrogate to A^'<* !"u Ul w? strict juctice Aou d^irnui ? All ? . ' cede that calf'1 ,su !ut. h ' dud nf ,,bor \ by thr ish jiue ' creature wrfmf 0 l* ?~,;C:,t,;r, ^ Creator and to rule it with a f : iron, and corf1!*1 11 t<? mnge and lf^ bo allowed tl,e P?frj)nvi ege to laan : and swell tllp !llre??-V P,et,l?|T<t sions of its own offspring ?m found in tiu^;, ,,!,h fir;'1 ,,fM nronriate to I?"?? al,,m' tlV ' * just v helon> l"th/" Tf' T JJ of then. hcwors of n,Ml d !-V.Vf water for hf P<'rsomd nggrandi* >;-c,In?l! jkes countless thousai itv to man. ? *i ? ? ? ' mourn " 1'"' nun 1,1 ir ?nag . " ' ? ] ,'he pomp and show of wea K, V T ,' forget hf* is a God, win 11,1,1 fa*h' ? ute is Condemnation STcfy attn ,dto ?- all must.,,' their courst,; ' 1 W : an account ? ,. ; What p^,h 1 whole worl! !Vil!l u\!< judgment i?r grinding t it man if he gain t by a selfish unjust dcali low man? Will he not and v he has caused in bis nva lircct. requiring onlv fair, honest deali between man and iwin, a dropping of I listrnet and suspicion one of anoth ihit as moralizing h* never yet restraii ,,,,lj!C3*inp for the'glittering dr i 111 ?/". Sillies with the uscing, and. si 1 ,! II- ??* his ?wn^ilif And i V" '. few vears at most of vain gr i , as against an eternity of hi I !n?t,n,> caftcr, for such is the word lll.J^jThigh (Sod. Is it not stran I J, ; ,-.iat man will act be rm princi] ; ;l?noblest work of (Jod. an honest m; |j l& -ngjustly with all? j -nie present systems of business a 1 exchanges have much to do with t : state of things, where the man who c I practice the sharpest tricks of trade ; finance, and accumulate wealth the m , rapidly is looked upon by his confrc j with admiration and t'i be imitated, ht ever notorious he may be morally, to the remedy for this unfair and unj state, it would seem very simple a direct, requiring only fair, honest deali ' be idi But r.ien from wrong doing and probai never will, we will drop it, let, th matters need to be thought of. :>ow, in looking over the matter find the world over, two classes nf p j dii<*^-. Inrst, the tillers of the si Tiie other the great army of workers I every other field of enterprise, andjej j class, the main consumers of the prodn I of jthe other. Hut in the exchange the! product of the labor of both th prods'/nig classes from the one to 1 has grown up a third and m ing class who manage mai..ly us ramifications of what iscal [ind finance,'* to absorb about Ith produced by the toil nf b r classes. there not a more direct : [way of effecting the access of production betwe . and faving to them n of the profit, or TiTof ien-e of such exehan, the co-01 \ \ V perative priir? require none of the ip deceptions now mil;.., marly all business trat. * vi 11 deny but that the p. *Ul?on which eo-operat * be based is an ctininei *' the correct orie u should be done ijf it i cenefit of the pJrodiu ?mt^\'\ require or:?Vini~a 11 ine paTt "f botn clas-es of Jprodeorsl rid straight-forward honest dealing he-1 iveeii theni to make it effective. My both mirths putting their nmns ?get her and establishing ma nil facto ies f such articles of prime necessity as ? ?th must have, and thereby gettng belli at lir-t cost ; with another adv;ii ige. that as no one will be interested to se inferior material, or do inferior work, ml polish it over to hide defects ami eeeive customers that their profits nir.v e thereby enhanced, both would stand ? ir better chance of getting an honest rticle; and also another matter not tu e lost ?iglit of. by removing thctempta "II to ilishonest dealing, gradually le?;fl[ icii into the path of rectitude and oiior. Kvery tiller of the soil who gives that bought to hi< business neecssarv to suc ess in his honorable calling in this age I advancing ideas and appliance.-, will, think, readily see his advantage in iiiblitig up home indu-tries. and having i- goods made :it his own door, and a uirket thereby provided at home for Iii?; wti product-, mid where the Mirpltis arniiigs of both classes could find readv ml remunerative employment under heir immediate supervision in building p. strengthening and extending the in ?rests of all, milling In the value ye;ir by car of . very man's farm, aflbnling ad'H ional sources for adding to the fertility f your land- that could not otherwise ccrue. A II will readily sec that a markel tor iirphis products, hut live miles nway, i better one than fifty ofl". and in the amc proportion as to distance, mollified iiuiewhat, of course, by facilities for ransportation, but let it be always un erslood that all transportation of :inv ml all kind- costs money and 11111-I be laid by the article curried which by so inch reduces it-' value to the producer. And in seeking a foreign market for lir product- and re! an-por'" ;' mir .I- in return, is simpiv biiibli>ig up ml enriching a foreign land aud'jcople 1 tin- cxpen.f 0111 home industries, ml if followed up t" it- legitimate re ult- in lime, :ds-i :i( the expense of our nun- and their profits. |'.\ making the a rm int.' class dependent on a foreign iiarkets for ib--ir goods, which im ?lic- ;d-o the payments of :d! trade bal lines in gold, and the history of < i,u\ iieree tor centuries deinonstrates that Manufacturing coiuitrics accumulate reallh much faster than purely agrieiil ural ones do, otherwise why i- Mala? iin- Its -" lar alcad of I Sc?rgi:i i'i wealth ml population '' Who can denv thai if he Sfiiith in her palmy dav- had '?nilt ip manufactories to work up at home he prodm t- of her exuberant soil, in lead of -i IliiiL' il in a foreign market, ml buying from them her lutiiiiilaclureil ?oods, would no) |o 1 lay have been bun Ir-d-. yes, Ihoiisaml- of million- the ieher l<n it .' The same causes lead to he same r< -ult- here and now, as well a heii and there, and alwavs will the world I'rodiiction, both of the farm and orkshop, has I" dav in our own coiinlrv b> opportunity, throiigli (he ^real organ /.?ition o| I'atron- of Ilusbamlry on In one haml ami a similar organization iimne iiicclinniey and workiiigtueii on ie "tier hand, bv simply adopting the riie iple of mutual co operation and oili(! to work 011 it hand in hand, lo mancipate Iheiuselvcs from the ( "tiiro! I oreani'/.ei I capital I bal has never before ???ttrred in I In- world's history Will i.-v se. iheir oppoi liinif \ and go 1 > work ml n <i\/< it ' Time will tell, and time ill also in the m-ar In' 11 re lind Ih in, iI '? oppoi lutiifv 1' mlTcrcd to pi-1 i>\ de mit, far in ?rr firmly bourn! in [in- toils <f the great combinations of capital than nt present. J Ami now while the country is ,roauiiig under a general depression an.! disar? rangement of its business, tin* arm of industry paralyzed for the want *i funds to keep it moving, and while Millions upon millions of the needed mc'iutn is securely lockt,?] up in idleness in the vollers of our money gods, for liar they may lose some portion of it if let to from their hands, is it not a good time for productive industiy to consider lui.v sim? ilar panics and stringencies may 'te pre? vented in the future. It would seein that right here th principle of mutual co-operation 1? the two producing ilasses, when i beconitv?UU'ral throughout the Ian I, will k'cry.^Bkjward correcting the.Luisen so periodical uphlavals ?pressions, for tie rea fuctive interests if the then ns now higor iv the monev imfkot, im nor ,v Id .ie<*ilapsin;,'| of some nverlliwn fillet bohle, anjin the case of.lay t'ooke t", spreaj constcrnatioiAind ruin tl uL'mt all hisiness chaum As trtMehlsses ??iployillg tllei mean- 11 oping tic surplus out i imelstri intock i id gold gaiul great t ween shall ?' 'r'& ^ ' 'S^tyecu hit ions and i c g h ^rrat imoney cent re? lic ng be he on :ri oss wn the ng. ng I't. irj. and sp il.'Dn genefilly, each for] fur ? a miu^ f- the pnduct of the nl ;1t- ] the la"'' -pply and demand won ?he |jiSS I far in ccnly folUwed, nvcrtrcrwp ,,(?, less Id't neeur. am {?er conscqiiflcc p. no pas, ut instead a steady, he.-?iy |,|(, i ae.tiond (rowth, thin on the co-ojuwa ;m | rive sun iay labor aid capital bcvolic j friendbui an the competitive systiln mj never; tiit coiilinutlly leads (?;? to j nionof 1 the strong absorbing the j weak,(l ilmopoly is jo friend t<? any? thing t :l- f, a-" we have all learned by bit e.tpi'enee. SoVKItKl'.N. is t ?an i J ost i res j >w As i USt i Hid j ing i the I er. led hly ' esc we j ro? od. in oh icts I Mantlet tiring City. Col his, (rj is putting in a claim for be the rust enterprising maun factuvcity indie .?south. It is situ- ? nt6d Cie left ink of the Chattahoo chi mo! At Co esc the nu? l? led all olh e r, '?t lc head of navigation, re i a liuured miles southwest of | an rather hs distance west of Ma- i , acquidirant between it and ' Molntgry, Alt, and about two linn- : droll mnorth f the Gulf of Mexico. Willi latter t has connection by | means toleraly good water channel, along liver pisiug its front, and the A pair." la, fnner down. It is on the westerrider ofCieorgia?Alabama be? ing dip acros'the river a few miles, ind ary the say two/ the disfce on tlie i/t/j the :io. in l.'7'''s Mus thn Q: h ^he half-way point of ic Florida boundary h;it of Tennessee on uilation of Columbus, T\\. md the county of (r?l0603. Tie presumption is j ttfpreicnt li:ie there are in the; flih 10,0l0 s-Ui. >ng tirmJolumbus has been k^'?ii a line ?iulacturing point. ^?'\ioVtno river fronlhe has remarkably line cotton factoriesld several miles of splendid water povf still unoccupied. There are two otlierltton mills in the heart of the city, cn'lged in producing valuable and speci 1 lines of goods. These, altogether, cofuinc eight thou? sand baits of cotton delivered almost from the I elds in whit' grown, and. in -some oases, literally tinned from the seed at the factory. Then, there arc '."".stove wo*V|5 in suciiw/ul operation ; ??J ?Cueing |very thilg that is re Vjuircd bjthc be: kind ofl-killed labor, be it a pTwshanor a steiftnhoat ; and a bagging Kctory i soon to fco into opera- j lion. Eunuch, n a geiBfral way, for i manufaiUriug. iv e don fall i I any South cm cit,' can m:kc a beSjei showing, | whether large or ?mall. ^?j Now Wils |oi?l at soint;\lher matters, outgrow hs of tin fmt th.l this place j here bem made a^ indlustri:-l hive where labor i. rcspectei. The banks have niaiiitaicd their ?legijity, and there are three oihem, aiilitwo savings institu? tions in he bargali. These indicate the thrift, "ononiy ?.d prosperity of the i workintclasses. [The insurance compa- j nics arotrong atiii well conducted, and prompt in sett! I schools oallcnge ! in the inilcd St i boats aroouring i j gin. Alabma and of t 'olun his, a ml eillClit. The public j lomparboil wi:li anv sites. 1 iglit ilratight j ich pnilucts of (;r,,r- ? Floridc iute the lap river traii.-nortation ? compete with thatlof several nil roads; so thai te earryinJ'hii-inri J4 conduc ted fair! and cheaply l'he siiiVouud- I inu' couiry produces Jetton a> the -Meat | staple; lit, latterly, lie cereals have In - I come vry abuudan. l-'ig-e Inn,died j bushels f corn are iow made where only liflywcre producd live year- ago; j oats, hip: almost cn iiown, \* no?v a j common nop. Kvcry fanner has his rye, when, cane and l.irley [?atcli, and also his pa held- and there are many barns Idle with home-nade hay. Mow ing and ruping machiics have ceased to j I be curiosics. Small lirmes arc the or I der of llielay the dwelings on which j I are dot tin; the valleys ;ud the hill sides, j And, to era n ail, in lie poetical Ian - j gnage of le Tim*'*, fn?n which we have j been gleatiiig the abovc,'.'thc suggestive j strain to o,r familiar ear, ?f nagrn mel i odics, is Imrd again in tjc^cabin or corn j fo ld ; fond reminders jp; "aftld lang i syne full of significance .]a of promise.'1 : Long :ig|. long beforf-?ihal period, ! when war, with its rnth"'<s and desft j lating inllueiices, laid its I ml upo'i ihc j South wu remember welhiow lovingly a relative, ?nie who lie* mb quietly rest? ing in the churchyard \, Columbus, would de.oiei the grand "i tu re of the city of Iii? adoption and nowing the value o| hs opinion wheii|*ving. we are now prepared in endorse I?" concluding seiitimeul of the Tlmr.t, \V M it -ays; All that wo need is, clirerll'Vss, enter? prise, conlUenee in nursJa's and the future of oi r city, and the in sperity of the pa<t, wi m, much lamel will,dwin? dle into imigiiilicance in|,,nniparison with our future." - WufhinM 1'hn>iiir!i\ lb?W in Po,,,- \ Ti | will a. k the readi it., ,?,1, two nit in Iwo ilillereul w ays. Th,. |ir-t i- (he pee|e?| and -Ii? - d. and left lo soak \\ old water lot an hour 'ir more. The ~\\ - are lo be boih d until ijuiie temli r, a-v Iben ;.re to be ?Iraiuctl and nicely nislud w ill. biiller, 1*1)iw |. (],,. mosl con n?>n m;i\ "| '.king th- iii. |U,,| ji has the d merit id washing miiI rtf ||? .:n,n ami lh.gar. and |l.Iher lim- eou-lih 'Ills nl the rout, and ciiiis.,.(picntlv the Ha '" 'l '> mm h red.|. ri,, '..|Imt r-ol i- b? l?e waslnd "|iiiteeleaii . bill il ""I l-- be |?eeled, oi . nt, ,,, , ,1 p.ol il ivh de iiJ "jarki.1." |i will laki twice a lolig I" 1-o.ik itI i|,a was e It, When, by try j| n itIi i fur?, von fi id il .('lit.' l< iid. ^ i .I,,. ji n|, j,,., it, pr. il ino.l. i: 11 ly .,iid ma-h il w id' l?Utt( r Instead of I., ,,,. (l, ,|,:[> w,i .vill et. Hlroiig, ,,, bitter, i will U\ I In ("ii ly I'm l ilaviied, ami will . ..n aiu all Ihc iu,,, ,dnn. nt that ? IS in j "?lore ji was looked. >,??>??!,?? <': Mi-i" ARCTIC EXPLORING EXPEDIT,'. Exciting Search for the Northwest sago. LoNPOX, Oct. Hi, IS? The Pandora arrived safe and Portsmouth this afternoon, aft-1* Sffij venturous and eventful voyage in-ej Arctic seas. Mr. MacGahan, the w Vork //'?/?<//'/ correspondent, tclegrnj n , hrief outline of the experience ami er'- I <>f the expedition. From this hurried narrative it Hp|A that the Pandora arrived safely at \)i and left that port on the 7th of Augi reaching 1'pernavik in time to leave tl(. ;| on the 13th. After sailing from the |. of 1'pernavik the Pandora crossed |. dreaded Melville Pay without any i. j hap, for, contrary to previous expcetal L'j r the usual liehls of pack ice were not v'! hie, and almost a clear sheet of w:*n was found, Consequently the pass,, was made in good time and in smo' ? ' water. In dm- time the expedition react ('arev Island, where Commander Yoi- ' a anticipated finding dispatches that mm *< have heen left there by Captain Nare uj f< be taken to the British Admiralty. J I' tin- he was disappointed, as no sign.v p the government exploring cxpcditJ 11 were visible. There being nothing fur. (l er to he (|one at the Island, I '< '. K imimlcr Young decided to steer for I,: j a caster Sou ml, and. on reaching that poi : I1 encountered Ibr the first time the ice flo' M< So great was the pressure of floating i ') that it was with great dilliciilty that It ( Pandora was forced on her way. I 11 1 ?espire the ice and the difficulty ! ' passage Captain Voting succeeded in trj versing the entire length of Harn Strait, making the passage in good tinil The Pandora's progress was then impcdi by a dense and blinding fog, which iv so thick and impenetrable that men j 11 few feet from each other were invisib j 1 .Moving >]owly and cautiouslv by col pa.? and soundings, the Pandora ma ? 11 such headway as to reach Beeehy Isla, on the L'oth of August. When fand w j e sighted considerable excitement w J ' caused among the crew by the diseovi : .-' of the yacht Mary, which had been drat I c up on the beach by ('aptain Ross, in 18.' | i The Pandora anchored, and it was fou that the yacht wa? still standing wi mast- upright. As .-non as the Pandora arrived at t anchorage off Becchy Island several the ollicers and crew went ashore a made an examination of the buildim They found the storehouse built for I benefit of sailor- or castaways of h hound vessels broken into. (>n entcrj the building the visitors found the cloi ing and provisions lefl there to be in state of terrible confusion. Kverythii of a movable nature was scattered aim in the nio-t singular manner. At first seemed to he the act of human heim but on further investigation the Pando people were satfsfied that the destriicti of the stores had been accomplished Polar bears, as the tracks of these at nulls were visible in every direction, bo inside and outside tin- building. < hie f the most interesting discoveries made ' the Pandora ollicers was that the he: board- over tin- graves ,,f Sir John Fn . Mil's men who w-. re lying Iniried t re w.-rc still -landing upright and in ?od preservation. 'hi the 2i?tli of August tie- Panira steamed away from P.."by Islancfbr Peel Strait, and then elisiied tlle?.ost critieal period of the entire voyajrefor the -teainer encountered vast .'ids of| pack ice. w.'ch made ? m- passage of the vessel most difficult and laborious one. Sv^Ag through the pack ice the Pan do. Aidily worked her way onward, am/liite the dilliciilty soon passed the furti* Jst point reached by the Kox when McC'ltiick wa- in search of Sir John Fran Ii n - relic-. Soon after reaching 1 thai p'nl the Pandora neared the island ! knowi-as King William's Land, thus navigang a sea where no -hip was ever i before, xcept. perhaps, that of Sir .lohn j Frank I . llein- it was. no doubt, where that c.vlorer was finally beset by the ma----, f iee thai proved hi- destrtic tion. F.'oiii v ing William'- Island the Pan dora .-(Mined down the west coast of; Prim-, o. Wale-' Land, and encountered | most delirious weather. The atmosphere w.i- -..ft ,?,[ refreshing, :nd the bitter '?"Id of th- Arctic /.on.- was replaced by warm air -urr-nt- and -.pen expanses of' wah r. \. -'ii- time the most intense ex citemeiii prevailed among the ollicers and member.-, nf tin- expedition, as it was expected that some important results wer?-at hand. Many believed that they would be -ii:.- t-> discover trace- of the , Franklin expedition, and some were san? guine that even Sir .'mlm's paper- would be found. In this, however, they were j disappointed. Th.- Pandora eventually making Hell ring^ Straits, the vovage of tin -trainer j -'??lied to he in s||ecc->-ful progress, as le I daud w i- a I read v disecrned It was then consider*-! probable \essel would !?>? able t" reach Ifollqm ahead thai the \.?. Bel lot's Strait forward ail hand- w( ahead to tin- solilhwar IJou.pietn Islaml the -aw the ' 'Ige of the which -in lchci| acro?. side to -ide in one mil hummock ice. This entrance In Bellot' \- ihe steamer moved wen gazing eagerly ml on ri aching ? ollicers and ne n -?lid pack of i.e. -- the Strail from iroken < tpnnsc of pack bloeke.l the rails. |t Was tiii same pack of jr.- thai stoppe?) Captain McClilltoqk in I he Fox. so liiere wa-? no hope o| a speedy movement of the icv barrier. The Pandora stayed at this point until the 7ih of September, when, finding that no further progress wa- possible, Captain Young ami his ollicers -aw that they uiii-l decide either to remain through the w ini. r in lbe ice, or return. A fter ma? ture delibi-ralioti ii was decided to be useless to remain in winter quarters, ami that it would be far better to return nexl war. Th'- retliri*. journey was full of dilliculties. a- the ice was rapidly form? ing, and the passage of the Pandora was a eoiisl.'iul series >>l exciting scenes ami narrow escapes from the moving icefloes. Finally < scaping through Peel Strait, the ice -till rapidly forming and accumulat? ing, I he steamer finally reached the I 'a rev Islands in safety. There Captain Voting found the long looked for dispatches from Captain Nan - for Ihe British Admiralty. These he brought home. From .Melville Hay ihe homeward voyage was almost Win cut fill. The dreaded hav mice safely pi'- d unharmed. Ihe Pandora steamed direct l"i Filglaud and arrived safely in port. Captain Young reports thai Iron ill ? pre\ ah mt of north winds there i abiiuilanl promise thai Captain Vit will prove ?ucessful. Should thccxpcc talioii- "I the Pandora'- coiniuamler hi verilied. Captain Nares will proeeetl l< III ve Iwi ii:d.. si latitude p I l" reach. I lie lopgalhini yard* I,el whole VoV ?le (or an A rein nlora only b.-< <| I wo jihbooii \11 mi hoar. ''<? ii take oul -wnc^?'11"" eold ?-?.<- !4?J?P ? . leaves ;m m '//. 'Ver went ?in in dm Faithful Unto Death. Do you love an intelligent dog, dear cader? ff you do, you have no reason i be ashamed of the fact. Henry Clay )ved his dog, Lord Uyron wept when is faithful I'luto died, and Sir Walter cott was melancholy, and refused to rite a line fur week's after the death of is trusty Nero, who had for years been is companion in his walks of solitude, 'he gifted Charlotte Bronte, whose ge- . ins gave the world "Jane Eyre," and ?hose sister Emily astonished England rftli "Wuthering Heights," the work of er graceful pen, mourned when faithful j Keeper died, who had wandered over lie moors with them in their lonely ram? ies. .Mrs. Caskill, in her life of the ? Ironies, says: "When Emily died, her onerous dog Keeper walked first among tin mourner^ at the funeral ; he slept loaning for nights at the door of her mpty room, and never seemed happy! fler her death." I remember while crossing t ;l> Atlantic I nine years ago, seeing a little child by ; ceident fall (rum the ships deck into the j en. The passengers were paralyzed with j ear when a noble Newfoundland dog i elonging to the vessel plunged into the ' cean and rescued the child, safely bring ng it to the side of the life-boat. A few ays afterward I saw the same dog cruel y kicked and bruised by the captain for slight fault, which should have been 1 nirdonablc, and I saw (he poor brute n l'w minutes afterwards lick the monster's and. I* thought at the time that the 'realer had made a mistake, and put too iiany leg> on the dog and not enough on he man. I will tell you a little story of the fidd? ly of a dog to his master. It was odd ne by my guide as we sat for a little rest ipon the mountain which divides the Icaverkill from the Ncversink, and while i ny own faithful dog Jack rested his head ipon my knee. "Your dog seems to love you?" said i ny guide. "Yes." I replied stroking his silken ars, while the animal looked into my I ace with his large brown eyes. "J never , ave him a kick or a cull'in my life," I ontiuued, "I appeal to his sagacity and ntclligcncc, and govern him by the law if kindness." I "He would lose his life for you, no loubt," said Arnold. I "Yes," I answered ; "I have no truer i ric nd." "Do you see that farm-house at the1 iasc of yonder mountain said Arnold, . minting in the distance. I shaded my eyes and looked in thedi ection named. "Yes." I replied. "Well, my father lived and died in ' hat house," said Arnold; "audit" you,1 vill listen, while we rest, I will tell of low there was mourning in that house mce over the death of a faithful shep lerd-dog who died by his masters laud." "I will listen with pleasure," I an? swered. ".My father," said Arnold, "was a Irover who purchased stock, and when a iierd was collected drove them to tide? water, and then shipped them to New York for sale. He usually rode horse- j hack, and was always accompanied by j his faithful shepherd-dog L'rince. You j probably are aware of the marked intelli? gence of this breed of the canine race, and how faithfully and intelligently they perform the task assigned to them.? l'rince seemed to reason with almost hu? man intelligence. He had a large. Intel- i ligclit eye, and we children Used to romp and play with him ; apparently as much to Iii? delight as mir own. Woe he to the person who in anger should strike one of his master's children. Hut one day l'rince came home dead, ami how he' came to die will he the germ of my sim? ple >-tory." "My lather was a man of warm heart. He never was cruel or unreasonable, and his faithful dog was his eonstaut compan? ion, i hie day he mounted his horse to return from Koundoiit to his home in Delaware county. He had realized more than three thousand dollars for the sale of his herd of slock in New York, and had placed his money in a portmanteau, which he had securely fastened, as he thought, to hi- ,addle. Father had rid? den many mill's, and wa- nearly to his home," continued Arnold, "when he shot his dog." "Shot his faithful dog?" I .-aid with astonishment. "Yes," said Arnold, "but ho did it in? nocently, and the deed made mourning in his home. The old man got nearly crazy over it, for his heart was as tender as that of a child. You see," continued Arnold, "when a few miles t'r(im home the dog commenced to hark and bite at the horse's fetlock. Father spoke sharp? ly to tin dog, saying, 'l'rince. be quiet.' The dog cringed lo the earth (or a mo ' ment, bul soon commenced his antics ( again, and harking more furiously than ' before. As it was in the heat of August, ' ami the dog never was known to act so 1 strangely before, the thought flashed te lathers mind that the poor creature wa I affected with the dreaded hydrophabia j " 'Trinee,' said he, 'what makes yon HCl so?' The animal once again crillgc? j to the earth, while his eyes flamed will j excitement. Father spurred his horse 1 liit- dog followed with quickened pace ' and when he jumped and bit nt my lath ' er's feet the dreaded (bought came wit! I full force that the dog was mad - that hi: death must follow the stern fact, lb j pulled his pisK I from his pocket am pointed it at the cringing brute. Loll I to shoot his fai',ifiil dog, he replaced (In i weapon, and once more hurried away. , Again the dog followed and renewed hi attack, but in a fiercer manner; am ? when father saw the saliva flowing Iron , his mouth, ail doubl as lo the poor an; null's madness disappeared. Unee mor i he pulled his pistol from hi- pocket ? j once again the dog cringed to the earth j father took deliberate aim. and the poo J brute gave a cry of pain as the hot blow ' spurted from his breast. Again the nil j erring buhet went to the dog's heart, i Fathci rode quickly away, sickened wit ; tin" sight. When a mile away from th I spot where he had shot his dog, a though , flashed upon his brain. lb- felt for hi j portmanteau, containing his money. 1 wa- gone. It had become unfastenc [ and was lost. All was clear as a nooi j day sky to his mind then. The poo faithful dog had quickly noticed his ma I ' lei'- loss, and had recourse to the mil means within a brute's power to conve I the intelligence to his master. Sick an ( faint, he rode to where he shot poo ( faithful l'rince, I'll no dog was there. ! A trail of blood lay in the sand for a Ion distance, and father followed il, liUinbl ami dispirited. In the dim distance 1 saw hi- dog lying in the road, and as I drew nearer he saw his portmanteau co' eied by hi- body. He alighted from h I , louse and -aw the blood still op/ill from the faithful creature's wounds. I ! called him by name, and the dying bru , ! looKed (o his ,?yes while gasping fi breath, and seemed to say, 'Hood-by '"asier; you eriielhy killed me because ''""Id no/ ia|fc iDon'i tell (he lilt ?'hihln o ai ho,,,,, lju.w I died ' The h tears came io fa their's eyes as he sinoot 1 poor Prince's hSead. His eyes so< closed, he gave^ convulsive gasp f I breath, an<] all wa- river. I'oor I'rinee j was dead, j My father took hi- dead body in his i anas and laid ii upon Iii?* horse's neck, j and, mounting the animal, rode toward home. As the clatter of hoofs fell upon I his children's car-, they ran from the i gate to meet him. Father tried to tell mother and us children with a clear voice how he came to kill poor I'rinee, but somehow his voice faltered and he broke completely down. Somehow we all got a crying, and most people would think us foolish, but you know how a little thing will sometimes touch the human heart. Father was moody and melan? choly for weeks after hi< faithful dog's. ; cruel death. If asked by hi-* neighbors i what became of his dog, lie would reply: j 'He i< dead, and was Faitinti. twro : Dkath.' Trials of a Country Editor. The life of tin1 editor of a country newspapi r realize- the idea of "perpetu? al motion." He never rests day or night, j [everybody's taste has to he consulted in ; making selection-, and after honest effort I in tlii-* department some rail the editor a j bore, and other- a frivolous fool. Then | political articles have to be written, in volving much painful thought ami tedi- j otts writing. If he treats of general pol? ities, some tell him that these are mat- ! ters l.-yond his narrow province: who care- what !:. thinks about a third term, the currency question, or the Indian frauds: he must confine himself to local topics. When the poor editor, harried 1 and bullied by tin ?c a--ault-. timidly hesitates to express any opinion for frar : of being considered presumption-, some body write- him a note, "stop my paper: J it never has any news in it. and i- no ac- . count." If In- ventures a criticism upon | local matter-, some run- i- sure to be of- ' fended, and to threaten him with a whip- . ping or a withdrawal of patronage. Then there are "locals'' to be '.?'ritten, ami thi- is the most dangerous ground of I all to tread, ff you say more of one I man than another, look out for trouble. If you omit to notice everything that happens, you have no enterprise in jour? nalism: if. tilled with a determination that the public shall find your columns a j complete register of current events, vor, publish full reports of what occurs, ten chanee? to one somebody i* going to conic down on you for making private matter-; public property, and causing scandal. And the "personals!" (hu? man say-, "who can- whether Mr. A. was in town last week, or Mr. B. went to Charleston, or Mr. C. has a bad cold; they an- of no consequence : don't be alway.- thrusting such lr<i?h upon your readers, or I. Ibr one. will quit taking voiir paper." But if this same man does anything which he thinks worth notice; if he h ave- home or return-, or paints his fence, or cuts hi- linger, or displays any enterprise, and does riot receive any '?personal ' -the nexl time he meets you, he i- going to -ay. "you notice ami puff otln-r people, hut m> matter it' I work a miracle you can't say anything about it.'' ff you chance t-> be pleased with a ser? mon by a divine, and express vour grati? fication, a partisan nf sonic other denom? ination will charge you with praising'up every church except his. If the labors of some ladies' society seem to you wor? thy of commendation, and you say the members of some otln-r society are \ sure to get niTciuleil, and charge the pa? per w ith partiality. After the editor has made selections to please the grown people and the children, the tanner, the mechanic and the mer? chant, and has written his humble politi? cal leader and his "local-," he goes out to "drum up" advertisements. He must hav money. And this is hard work. i hie man -ay- "advertising doe- not pay. j and times arc too hard." Another i? ? willing to put a card in the paper, hut the charge i- too high. Some one wauls ; matter, enough to till a column, com? pressed into a quarter column, and this arranged so as to make a "line display." Another is displeased because hi- adver? tisement is sometimes put on the "out? side" of the paper. Another find-- fault ' because somebody'.- advcrtiseincut is put I above his in the column. But fortunate j ly for the poor editor, there arc many j who are willing to nay for whatever space I they may til! in the paper, and never f complain of the style or 1 teat ion o| their j advertisements. ! Worst of all. ??" much money i- needed ; to run a newspaper, and thi- i- ? < hard t< i get. The editor sometimes feels that in j must "close up'* or go crazy. He squirm? and struggles like a worm in an ant'. nest. When finally the numerous litth i bill-are paid and the entries propcrh I made, he heaves a sigh of relief, althoiigl j be knows that in a few days the -aim j agony must be repeated. Then "proofs" must be read, and tin j is trying work. Typographical errors an j very mortifying, ami the public do no excuse them. After can-fully revisitu his matter, ami cautioning and abusim \ his printers, the paper i- printed, am glaring errors appear which make th . editor's hair -land on end, ami shock hi I w hole nervous system. ' j The weekly paper is "out." for bette ! ??r worse uidthe poor editor takes hi ' I seal, thinking to have a moment of re-" 1 I But before this moment can . spire, th ? i ?'devil" appear- and rills f,.r "mor ? copy.'' Recourse is had to the scissor: the piles of "exchanges" are looked ovi 1 with weariness and disgust, and the wai ' is supplied. Then comes the editoria' again, the "local-." the advertisement ' the bills to pay. all o\cr again. And - 1 i it goe< on. with a perpetual motion, foi ' I ever. ' j If any man think- it an easy matter i ? j run a new-paper, let him trv it. 1 'ntnth 1 \ .fnltril'tf. I I_ ? Tin: !>???; Nr is.\ xi'K at Tin-:-*???fTii. J ( hie <>\ ihr grcatct nuisances ami heav ! i iest burdens borne by the impoverished : people of the South consists in the num r berlcss ln?;- of worse than worthless 'I ilnt:* which infest every neighborhood, town and city in the country. They arc ? steadily increasing in numbers and de? li slructivcness, and it is estimated that, with what is fed to them, and the num ft her of sheep and other stock destroyed is by them every year, they cost nearly if not quite :is much as the children of the d country. Tin y are everywhere in our 1 house*, churches, street*, roads, fields ?'? j and woods. At every turn you meet a *? slinking cur. a tlop-eared hound, or a >" bench-leg lice. They arc in everybody'a >' way all day and make night hideous with d their bowlings. < hi the score of 1111 r) isaneo alone- and that is the lighest I charge against them dogs should be ?g abated. The other day. at Chattanooga, h' a congregation of worshippers was al? le most broken up by a light between two savage dogs in the middle of the church. \ ' Women and children were frightened. ?s j ministers and mourner* were disconcer '? ' ted, and the brutes had to be dragged I*' \ out and one of them killed before quiet to I could be restored, -(jmhifan [FloriihA ?r 7T,MOI. I i - The doctors ilon't believe in ad vor? le ii*iii!' it* unprofessional, you know? ol ' ;it let one of "em lie up a sore thumb h- . for .lohn Smith, and they'll climb seven )ii pairs of stair* to have a reporter "jus| or i mention it. you know i.Kn.xi. ,ti)V/:/:T/s/.yt;.?\\; .... |n r.-.,nlr.- .-...Ii vmi.*iiI> l-i a?lv- r;:. ...j.,r l-.x.-eiitor.-, A'liuiin-iral'H- aui?i otln-i j;irjt; iiii'i lii-r?"A'itli :t|.|.' ii'i tli' ran* f?n ih? ?.?.?.V..r.' itKiiifs, irhirh will milt In- in--rl<.il n'h.n '?,' nioiii j r..iin- v. itj, ii,. i.nli-r: I jl:iii<.fi,'?. iir.i iti-.Tti?!!?-, - -;;.?rf INlaO- .V..Iii. ||n, ,. j,,., iij.,1,. . . ?.?Hl Kinul S>'tl|.'iiii.|it-, ii .,. j,,..-rii'.ii- - ? .;.'?i TO f'o/:/:t>poy///-;xr>?ln ?nl-r !?? r<-.-iv ?tirntioii, i-'iiiiiiiniiiiaii,,!).. mii-l Ii?- ;.iiij<aiii?'<l '?villi trie ik.iii- ;ni.| ;i.|.|r... i?f ill- ?ril-l l.'i J''''"1 ni.inii-.ti|.r? mil n..i i... r<-nirin?f. iuil< ?? :li< ",.su * ?lau?.? :i n fin ni-l,. .| r., r.-Ki < i \v i?>?':>">? lh.r..,n. 1 ' ?<? \V.. ;ir. ||(,| ,. -|...|,.i:,;. |.,| |[? ? |, .. - :,,?| '?I'llfl-"i-?f .,,,,,,?,..,?.,,.j..?.. .Ml ? '??tiiiiHii,;, :iii,.?. .|i?m|.| i,.- ;,.|.||...,,..| i., ? i;.| il<?ry lii|i-lliL'..|ir,, ?? .,?,] ;,n i..|?.rk?, ?tnil'i iii..??>v ??r?l-r.-. .v.-. .??.. |,| i?. ,?.?],. ,,3V.,i,|,. ,?,|.,,|..'r SIOV'I .\ i (?.. Aii'l. rs?ii s I . .\ Suspected Clergyman* A Willimantic (. paper t -'!- :? (?tiri'iii" story aboul a Norwich clergyman uiin suppli? .| a country pulpit la-? Sun? day and was oblige! on U\- return in.nu' Monday morning Insv-Il?v stairr-c'iaj'h about three mile-1 to the railVav Station. On the route tin- driver heard something raid" in tin' gentleman's carpet bag which sounded t<> him like pieces of -;<'-'i -trik iiif; together. Putting the gcnflenraii's re si rved manner, keen appearance an i the ominous sounds from the carpet-bag to? gether, the driver eoneludcd that hi- pas. seliger was a first-class burglar?perhaps a bank burglar?and after his arrival at tin- depol In- limited up an officer and im? parted hi< suspicions to him. The officer went tu the depot, and there was the -n-. pectcd burglar pacing up and down the platform, waiting for the train. The officer thought him a suspicious-looking character, and his suspicions were con? firmed by tin tenacity '.villi which the gentleman clung t-i tin- carpet-bag, for it was never mit of hi* hand from ihe lime Ii-' left th.' stage until tin- train came. In a short time the train came along.and the traveler entered and took a -rat. Tl.Ilieer, intent op duty, -aw a gentle? man on tin- train with whom he wa- ac? quainted, pointed "tit the -tispected indi? vidual, and imparted his oispieion?. and requested hi- friend t" notify the police in Norwich if the gentleman stopped there, -o that they mighl i.n their guard. When the train arrived at Nor? wich 'ii" gentleman alighted and went up town, shadowed closely by the other man until In- found a policeman, when, pointing out the suspected party, he in quired of the officer if he knew thai man. "Know him? Yes! That's one of our ministers, licv. .Mr. .Inn.-. Pastor of the ('otigregatioiial ('hiireh." j A Kf.maukaiii.f. M \< ihm:. The mn j deticy of th" age i- to economize labor and cheapen th" production of rv? ry thing used by man. In order to secure I Ulis result, invention has been stimiiia j ted and wonderful machines constantly ! placed befbn ihe world. We saw yester? day a remarkable specimen of this spirit. I'bilva lew year- ago. all the shingles Used were made by hand a slow and j tedious process. Later, some inventive I genius gave to mankind the shingling 1 machine. Thi- simply sawed square blocks into shingles. The production I had to undergo a second manipulation I to bring them to proper shape, and much . time and material wa- lost. In In".Mr. |(>. T. Williams, of Kentucky, obtained I a patent for a new shingling machine, which cut the block of woid into shin? gles, instead of sawing it. For some? time Mr. William- ha- been employed at the foundry of Peudleton a: Boardman. now Peudleton ? Penny, in thi- city, and has greatly perfected and improved hi invention. Last May he took out anoth? er patent. < hie of the improved ma? chine- ha- be. n constructed at the Ibun drv. and yesterday, through the courtesy of Mr. Peudleton, we had the pleasure of inspecting it while at work. A block or tough cypress i- placed in the ma? chine, and the shingles immediately ap? peared in quick succession. My an inde? pendent movement they are tin-own sev? eral feet from the from of tin- machine, -o that there i- no obstruction. Fach shingle i- perfect and require-; ii" hand? ling afterwards. The grain of the wo? d is closely followed. There is not a spring about the machine, which i* -olid an 1 ; substantial. It wi ighs 0,'mX) pounds and 1 costs about $900. It will turn out thirty six perfect shingle- to the minute. There j is no waste, every block of wood being used down to the bark. Mr. Williams I will carry the machine just manufactured : to Mis-ottri. having been invited by a ' landowner in that State to go to his place j and manufacture shingles. Messrs. Peu? dleton a: Penny have purchase!I the right , to manufacture and sell the machines.? l f 'hriinirh' a' S> lifhirf, I Is SPITK of THE BlAMiDV SlIlRT.? ' Kvcrything points now to a cotton crop I of some four and a half million bales, ! the largest ever raised ; and when we re I fleet upon the annoying circumstances } which have surrounded its planting alul cultivation, we cannot but feel that the croakers and cynics who arc always pre? dicting evil to our country know little about her resources or capabilities. At the North we are accustomed to intcrup tion of industrial agricultural operations from strike-, lock-outs, and other dilli culties between employers and those em? ployed, hut we can probably form from the-e but a slight estimate of the embar? rassment attending the production of a large cotton crop, while the wholesale slaughter of the laboring population by their employers i- going on. In Ala? bama. Mississippi, Louisiana. Georgia, and most of the other cotton States, the brutal and ignorant whites have been chiefly occupied during the most critical period* of the past cotton year in hun? ting down and massacring the faithful ! black-. Congressional Committees have found the soil of the South strewn with corpses, and the L'nitcd States was I forced to do something to save the crop j by reorganizing the Legislature of j Louisiana. Slaughtered as he has been, however, the faithful negro has dragged himself back to the cotton-field, and hoed and planted and picked without a murmur. There are few more touching incidents than this on record of the force of habit and attachment to the oc? cupations of the past. As an economi? cal feat the production of the crop of thi< year i- probably unsurpassed, and i; is curious to notice how strikingly the present condition of the South has been depicted in the lines of the New-Kng land poet (which have been thought so Ol;.?; 1,1 o evnosing the absurdity nf Uli I U -V ? I ? i .i . . , - _ the "rod slayer" who "think-* he slays." and the shun if ho ''think ho he slain." 77/. .W/m.. An Asylum for Cats and Hogs i. ?me of the institutions of Philadelphia. It has luvn in active operation for the past year, and during thai time manv feline- and canine-, who have ?tr:.vci] from the path of rectitude, have bom brought hack, taught lo see ihe t?dl\ < f their wicked ways. at. 1 now occupy high positions in -.>. i. t\ by ihe .in-ide in parlors ol elegant mansions. The asylum is now comfortably filled with a large nuiuher of path nts. All ihese nu fortunatos.no matter fnun whom they arc received,are tenderly cared for, ami if they are so far gone as to lie beyond the reach of human aid. their lasi hour? arc soothed by tin* hands of tender nur? ses. The felines are thoroughly drillet] in their catechism, and the canines in all the dogmas of their church. I hiring the time when i 'layton w a ruler ol \rkansus. all .lustices ol (In Peace had i" be appointed by His K\n ! loney, < hie old negro, w ho thought In knew enough tti discharge the duties o ofliee. called on the IJovernor to I* examined and receive his appoin me Several questions were given him, al which he managed very well. Hut he was asked, "what would you ca?e w here a man had e<?in.iitti cied V" he replide : " Whit I wo pah .' well, I d make dm -"port He wn* appointed A" i\vN*