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Announcements o? mn rr tagus ?Lj deaths, and notice? of a rellirfous character, aro rVspetifullr aollcited, sud will be inserted |, rat ls. LAST DO DUE OF TUE THIEVES. XII EV ?IE HARD, AM? IN DEATH DEFT TUE SUPREME COURT. TUI? EXCITEMENT IN COLUMIIIA THKSIENI>t?DH, HUT THE CON. S ERV ATI VE* HELY UPON TUE LAW, Hampton's Address-Judge Ccoke, iicu. (Jordon nnd tue Press OR thc Situation. Tlie following telegraphic news from the Associate Press Association gives a succinct view of the situation as it ex isted in Columbia last week : Supreme Court Decision* COLUMUIA, S. C., Nov. 22. The Supreme Court to-day issued ? -iicreiiipiory inundamos to the I Jua rd of ??tate Canvassers, So issua cerif?cate to iiieinberH of Senate and House of Repro -eiilatires, us appears on the face of the ret tirai nc bourd to ba entitled to thc sum?. Thc Anal contest in these houses, to b *. decided by thc members themselves. This trives tu th" Senate 18 Republicans and 15 Democrats, und in House GU Re publicans, 84 Dem?crata, thu Democrats have a majority of one on joint ballot. The Legislature counts votes for Gov ernor and Lieutenant Governor, and elects United States Senator. The Court lias decided to consider other contests separately, mid will bout argument I, is afternoon, as to counting electoral veles, The Stato Canvasser?. COLUMBIA, S. C., Nov. 22. Tho Bourd of Stato Canvassers, yester .day, made a report to the Supreme Court, sifting thc persons who had received tho highest number of votes for the offices for which they were candidates. Appended to the report of the re>:ult, was a memo randum of the Hoard, stating that, in their opinion, tho county irregularities which affected some of tho Republican candidates, should be corrected ; and also, that the vote of Laurens and Edgcfield counties, which gav? large Democratic majorities, should be excluded on account ol' fraud and intimidation. This morning thc Court passed an or der commanding the Hoard to issue cer tificates of election to all thc persons who were showu by the report of the Bonrd to have received tho highest number of votes for members of the Legislature-inclu ding thc counties of Edgcileld and Lau rens. Tho Court to-day took up tho case of the election, and issued a Rule ou the Board to show cause why they should not correct tho statements of the County Can vassers by the Precinct returns in their possession. Pending these proceedings of the Court, and notwithstanding their own resolution that they would take no action until their powers and duties lind been defined, by the Court The Board held a session without the knowledge of any of thc parties on tho Democratic side, and issued certificates to all the members of thc Legislature ex cept for Laurens end Edgcfield counties, thus securing thc defeat of Hampton, ana thc election of Chnmberlnin, and also is sued certificates of election to tho Hayes and Wheeler electors, and all thc Repub lican Stntri Ticket, correcting the errors, which defeated their own candidates, and ignoring all of the same cbnractcr, which would have elected the Democrats. Tho board then adjourned sine die. This ac tion of the Board has created much ex citement, but thc citizens are determined to rely upon thc courts', and exhaust all legal means of redress. It is eurret.My believed thu action of tho board was 'a ken under direction from Washing ton, and rumors on the street credit a prominent Judicial official who has re cently arrived herc with being thc organ of authority at Washington. (hiv. Hampton's Address. Tu the People of ?South Carolina : Thc Board of Canvassers have, by their unprecedented action lo-dny, shown not only their contempt and defiance oflhe Supremo Court of the State, but their ut ter disregard of their own oilicial integri ty, while thc grave questions determining thc result of the recent election wcro pending before tho Supreme Court, com posed,of three Judges belonging to the Republican 'part/.'an?r IWaiWcv violation of thu order of thin tribunal, tho hoard have issued certificates of election to the Republican Presidential Electors, aud to thc Republican State officers, and have refuse I to give certificates to Democratic members of the Legislature, shown hy the rc-turna of th? same board, to hayo nccn elected in the counties of Edg.field nud Laurens,- -Tbfo, high-handed . outrage is well calculated fxj^rousevtlifc'iridrgtiation of om hing sUiT?ring people; but I assure them that this, during and revolutionary act of the board cnn have no legal c?tict whatever. I appeal lo you, therefore, in the full confidence that the appeal will not be unheeded ; that you will maintain even under these provocations, your character as an orderly and 'law-abiding people. During thc past excited politi cal canvass, you have prudently avoided even thc semblance of u purpose to dis turb tho po bj Iq ponce or: to transgress the law. Your cause, and it is the cause of constitutional government, and of civili zation, has been carried to tho highest court of thc StatCj and we aro willing to abide by the decision, feeling assured that this tribunsl will ace that the laws shall be enforced and justice secured. WADE HAMPTON. Columbia, S. C., Nov. 22, 1870. Letter From Judge Cooke. Coi.Tjy.BiA, S. C., Nov. 24. A. li fyxfykti' '?JSsq.-rDcnr-'l?xr : I have been hero sovoral clays, watching tho fcitualion. And while peace and per fect order almost exist, there is no doubt Hint excitement runs high, and but for the unparalleled forbearance and deter mination of our people to rely upon tho '"'""thc protection oi.ih?irrighi*, wo can best imagine what wouid he the result of the natural outburst of indigna tion incident to tho high-handed' and defiant conduct of tho Board of Ciinvnss er*. I nm glnd to see this feeling of forbear ??CO; among our people, a people who have suffered so much. It illustrates the "gb estimate which they have for thc .aw, and the prevalence of/good order in "ie State. I? it ?bt'tinto that tba great North Miould lin vc her eyes.opepcd to the true ?tuation and conditiou of'Uiliigs in this State? is it. to-day that would continue Jtrifo ju the country-bid defiance io CurutUatiotidV invv,.und uaurplita gov> einment for another term, but thc Radi And yet tTi?i fiarty has lind the lOidacl ty |o denounce the people of this State. ?J being- in hrnni for thc purpose of re "'Mutg the law. Thy Buzzard-Ihig Governor of South A-arnliim, together with -.^ho wholo State Hotiao Ring, ought to cover their head* Wi M?ame nnd clinic nwav between the ?wing nnd rising of thc next Min. mit they wni du nothing of the kind. 4?ey are going io die hard. Thev well ""demand that tlicre is a recording hereafter, but dio they must nu?! shall. Yours trulv, T. Ii. COOKE, Joim Ii. (?onion on ibo Situation. COLUMBIA, S. C., Nov. 22. Greenville yews: Great excitement hero over the rash and revolutionary ac tion of tho State Board of Canvasser?, but not the slightest disposition to vio lence. Tho Democrats confidently rely upon j the impartiality of tho Supreme Court, ! although composed entirely of Republi- ? cans, and upon thc ability to vindicate ita own dignity to enforce the law and secure justice. Govcruor Hampton will issue an ad- I dress to the people of South Carolina in accordance with the faith, and setting forth tho purpose of tho party to prose cute ttieir claims in thc court. J. H. GORDON. Views of Northern Journals. NEW YORK Nov. 23. Thc Times says thu South Carolina Board of Canvassers recognized some what late the mistake in submitting their action to the review und control of thc Supreme Court. In issuing its orders to a judicial body of entirely independent jurisdiction, that court was guilty of a manifest usurpation. In,eonscnting tr. argue the case before the court, the Boar? of Canvassers gave these orders the ap pearance of validity which could not otherwise have been claimed for them. The clear intention of a majority of thc Supreme Court was to do thc work of thc Democrats at whatever sacrifice of con stitutional right and common justice. The Hor/<7soys tho Board of Canvass ers yesterday stoic the electoral vote of tho* State openly from thc Supreme Court with rbi avowed object of oflcring it to Hayes. Tho robbery wus brazen und shameless. It rests with thc Ameri can people to decide whether they will surrender thc control of their government to such hands, or maintain their liberties, self-respect and prosperity by cntbrcing tho remedies of thc law against a lawless conspiracy without a parallel in our annuls. The Herald says by this very sharp practice, if the Supremo Court cannot support its authority, which thc board have defied, tho State must bo counted for Hayes. The audacity of this uct be trays great desperation. If undone, in the course of justice, it will stand as a monument of infamy. Tho Post says the beat thing the South Carolina Board of Canvassers can do is to re-assemble. Thc country will not bo satisfied with their proceedings, which look like sharp practico. Wc admit that thc Supreme Court itself is not free from a suspicion of sharp practice. No ap pearance of judicial sharp practice, how ever, can excuso thc sharp practice of thc Board of Canvassers. In the Hist place, tho conservative opinion of the country demands respect for thc judg ments of tho constituted tribunals. It is better that a decision which is wrong aimil be obeyed than that it shall bo dis obeyed, even lo secure n right end. The proceedings of yesterday in South Caro lina will not convince the country that the canvass is honest and fair. Thc Court Firm aud Inflexible. COLUMBIA, S. C., Nov. 24. Greenville News : Tho Supreme Court met to-day at ll o'clock. Genoral Con ner asked for five separato Rules against thc State Canvassers. Also, one against [ Corbin, ?heir counsel. Granted, and ' made returnable at four o'clock this 1 Livening. Tho Court appears firm and ' indexible in the discharge of thc impur- 1 tant duties. Tho Court is now in session j and has just rofused to grunt the petition ' af the Board of Canvassers and D. T. ! Corbin for an extension of timo, in which 1 to answer the Rule, to show cause, why ' they should not be attached for contempt. Ibis makes it quite certain, that Corbin, 1 Carduzo & Co., will spend this night at least in jail. Hay no, for whom Colonel 1 Rion plead, will not be included iu the ' excursion. Judge Willard waa quite se- ' vero in bis remarks to Corbin, accusing ' lum of trifling with the Court. The ' Judge said, that if Corbin would indicate ' lomo reasonable line of defence, which 1 lie contemplated adopting, tbo Court ! would consider bis petition for time. But otherwise it would not do BO. Cor bin failed to do 89, and subsided. The j Court is nt present engaged in consider ing thc motion for a mandnmus, com pelling thc Secretary of State to issuo :crtiticates of election to the Senators and members of the Legislature from Laurens ind Xidge?eid. T. H. COOKE. Thc Supremo Court adjourned until 10:30 a. in. to-morrow, at which time the arder will be sigued committing tho Board of Canvassers. Judge Bond is here, nnd speculation is rife ns to the cause of bis sudden appear ance. It is believed he is hero iu tbs interest of Grant, Zuch Chandler & Co. T. H. C. Curiosity Shop. Hawks can fly at thc ralo of 150 miles in hour. Ducks can fly nt the rate of 90 miles un hour. The crow can fly at the rate of 23 miles nu hour. Tho sparrow can fly at tho rnto of 92 miles au hour. Tho falcon can fly at the rato of 75 milrc an hour. Frogs live from 12 to 15 years (if not oaten.) 120,000 little mouths or pores are Tonnd upon ono square inch of a lilac leaf. Sound moves nt tho rato of 12 miles a min?-*.e. S.v-OO stars are only visible to the ashed eye. Countless millions are re vealed by the telescope-some are so re in?te that their light, traveling at the rate of 200,000 miles a second, cannot ,r>iva .?# ?.i-. tt**?'s "??inCt ?" "22 th'i?3 14,000 years. The difleren. species of birds is esti mated at (5,000. Tho different species of fishes will nrobabi- reach 10,000. Hie Mffercnt species of reptiles will probably reach 2,000. There are 250,000 species of living ani ??is. The wines of some animals aro so thin hht' dO.OGO placed one upon the other ivoold not form a heap of more than a Harter of an inch in height. 22,000 eggs bf a silk worm weigh ono iiinrtcr of ntl ounce. Thc worm lives (Vom 45 to 53 day*. It increases in ir'eigbt In thirty days 8,500 fold, and luring the last 23 days of its life, eats lothing. Glass windows were first used for lights in 1180. Chimneys were first put to houses in 1246. Tallow candled for lights in 1269. Spectacles invented by an Italian in 1247. Woolen cloth mudo in England in 1341. Art of printing from moveable type 1420. '_ - In what place are two heads bettor iban one? In a bsrruT. Our New Solicitor. It is n source of great gratification to all good people that Colonel James 8. Cothrao, of Abbeville, bas been elected Solicitor of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, aud that, too, by nu absolutely over whelming majority. A belier man could not bnve been chosen for this responsible official station uor one moro thoroughly identified willi the wishes and interests of the whole people. Colonel Cothran wns bom in Abbeville county on August 8, 1830, in Hint rather extensive sectToii nf country comprising ti portion of this county und extending across the border into Edgcfield, known as Shntterfield. Here he was reared nnd under tho apt construction of Frank Cook, one of the most celebrated country schoolmasters of that day received his first schooling nt the old academy at Tranquil Methodist church. After this he attended the various old field schools in tho neighborhood until Iiis eleventh or twelfth year when he was sent to Bethany Academy in Edgcfield county nuder tlie tuition of a number of first class teachers-Robert O. Perrin, Sam uel M. Bradford, A. G. Brewer, and George Gal ph i ii. In 1847 Iiis father re moved to Georgia and located at Rome iii that Stntc. Herc tho subject of this sketch was prepared for college and in 1848 returned to this State and entered the sophomore class in Erskine College at Due West. Hero be remained until thc close of the regular collegiate session in the sumr-'cr of 1849 and then returned to hie hoi. a in Georgia. Returning home he unarticulated ns a student in the University of Georgia at Athens, enter ing tho sophomore clas-i. In 1852, after taking the full University course ofatudy, he graduated from this institution. In October, 1852, he came to Abbeville and entered the office of Perrin, McGowan and Perrin as n student of law. Aftei two years hard application ho was ad mitted to the practice of the profession by the supremo court of the Stato in De cember: 1854. Ho began the practice oi law a l'lis place in January, 1855, une in July of the same year was married tc Miss Emma Perrin, second daughter ol lite Hon. T. C. Perrin of this place. In the beginning of 1856 thc partner ship hitherto existing between McGowni & Perrin was dissolved and the law tiru of Perrin and Cothrnn was established and still exists, having acquired a repu talion perhnps unequalled by ibm of an; similar mnn in tho State. Up until tin beginning of hostilities between tho sec tiona, Colonel Cothran took no part ii politics .nd held no office. He was ii love wit i -lis profession and completely devoted lt it. Unlike many yuuthfu profession 1 men, he believed that tin surest wa. io guiu reputation and bono was by close attention to the dutieB am responsibilities of bis chosen pro.^ssioi and hence refused to enter upon tin doubtful field of politics and vexations Colonel Cothran was opposed to an; violent measures with regard to accessio movement. His better sense taught hir thut such action was unwise, premntur and sure to bring about the most griev ous calamities. He drifted with the eui reut of popular sentiment, however, an "accepted the situation" in good fuitl He was aa jealous of and devoted to th reputation and powers of the commoi wealth as any man in the Slate, and i March, 1861, went into service as Assist ant Adjutant-General of McGowan Brigade of State troops. When tho offt of troops was rnado to the Confedera! States Government this organization wt disbanded as originally formed and i Confederate troops were officered b graduates of West Point. By the way this action of tho Confederate authorilb" was in the highest degree repreneusibl ind provoked a great oca! of hard feelin amongst those who lind been patriot snougti to organize and enlist tho Sta! Iroopii. It was a bit of favoritism not i accordance witli any right system of rt wards and merits and hos met with tb ilmost universal disapprobation of tl rank and file of the old army. It wi ivi.se and proper to recognize ?hesuperb military knowledge ot thoso who ba graduated at West Poi ut but it was di sidedly wrong and unjust to oust tho; who had rallied to the frout at the iii -all for volunteers. After this action < die authorities Colonel Cothran returnc :o his home and at once re-enlisted as private in' a company already raised I he lamented James M. Perrin. Ou Jul 19th 1861, he was mustered into the Coi federate service, along with his cominan it Sandy Springs in Anderson count ind remained thore fora short time i anno of instruction. His coiapat formed a part of Orr's command whic was then known us "Orr's "Legion" an ifterwards as the first Regiment of Rifle 3. O. V., but moro familiarly as "Orr Rifles." The regiment was transferred Sullivan's Island, Charleston ?turbe iud in tho Spring of 1862 went to Vi r'miu. While in cump at Sandy Sprinj Jot li ran was elected toa iietenancy [ill n vacancy caused by th? transfer Lieut, afterwards Captain, J. G. Edwar o thc commissary department. Colon Jothran went to Virginia with bis rej, mont and took part, in most of the bri liant campaigns of the Army of nortbe Virginia. He was a brave soldier ai m intrepid, daring leader, and had t! misfortune to be wounded in the oper.ii jf almost every engagement in which 1 look part. He was wounded three tim -first, ut second Miinnssas where ho w lungerou'dy wounded in the leg, th neinbor hoing shattered ; second, ut t iloody and terrifie strudle at Chancello rille, where he had his right urm broke ind third, at Jericho Ford where he w nully wounded in the face, which h :onspictious mark ho now personal rears as a kind of genuine patent of r, jility. It has somewhat inurrcd I :ontour of his face but it is "'orth n fi une. During tho winter of 1864-'G5 Coloi Joihrau was temporarily pluced as jud ulvoci.'c. on A. P. Hill's corns court, t luties of which position he ably and si sfuetorily discharged. Ho ross from t auk of a private to thal of captain he old company with which ho went t A cervice. He succeeded Colonel J. [tober'son ai Captain of company B. t hird commanding officer from Capt: Perrin. On his return home after I dose of the wnr he was commissioned Colonel of militia by Governor Orr I n the general coufusion of thut peri lever had a command. , He was pres< it thc last sad act in this bloodiest of Iranias and nt Appomattox surrende ils sword unsullied by a single sta Mere he was houorably paroled and .urned to his homu lo take up tho b lenH of active life and to build up . Fortunes which hnd been so sadly all :ered by the rude and desolating torcl jivil war. He came home, as his c< panton* did, with a reputation for br iud manly conduct in the face of the ihnt has never lost him a friend o dient. Hf-, has since the war deva liimself uninterruptedly to tho law i lias secured a large and lucrntlco pi lice. Taking hi* aga into tho cati m lie is, perhaps, tho best, informed most Aiicccssful advocate in tho court the Eighth Circuit and really bas uipcriors in ibo State. lu 1870 Colonel Cothran ran rm Democratic ticket for lite Otate Senate ? ami was squarely and fairly elected. Din opponent, L. L. GtitTin, was "counted j in" nnu took bis seat. The colored peo- j pie, just liheiated friitii servitude, gave a i willing and ctoady ear to the advice oT? their luise and treacherous leaders and i voted solidly for Guinn. A large num ber of colored voters, however, remained at home and did not go to the polls nt all ; yet, notwithstanding he had gained a handsome majority, Goth ran waa cheated out of his Heat. This was his first venture in politic? and during the campaign he made himself quite popular with thc people by his eloquent and per? auacive oratory. Ho was appointed county chairman of the Democratic party for this county at the beginning of the late campaign and the majority secured by the Democrats in the face of thc most terrible opposition is tho highest testi monial of his wise and successful leader ship. At the judicial convention in Col umbia ho was nominated for Solicitor for this circuit and won the race by an im mense majority. His competitor, Abso lom lilvihe, lisa., was defeated in every county of Ibo circuit and in his own county of Greenville Col h rna ran abend of him twenty-one hundred votes. His total majority amounted to over seven thousand. This is thc most conclusive evidence of thc popular favor in which ho is held. Ho will cr?ale a revolu tion in the criminal history of this cir cuit.-A bbccillc Medium. A Stool Peu Manufactory mid the Va rious Processes Employed. Everybody who has used Gillott's 303s will be" interested in the following de scription ol'a visit to thc manufactory in Birmingham, which wc take from thc Engl?h Mechanic: Tho workers arc almost all women, wiio amount altogether to about four hundred. Thc men and boys form the minority, and work in thc primary de partments-in other words, they do tho rough work. Tlie first department, in which only men and boys work, prepares thc sheets of steel required. These are made to certain lengths, measuring from two to four inches in width, according to the various sorts of pens manufactured. When thc different sheets arc prepared they arc handed to the stamping depart ment, where thc- fun! and subsequent pro cess.s of peumaking arc gone through. There arc altogether twenty-four pro cesses ; every single pen has to go th rough them nil beloro it is completed and fit for usc. Eii-h worker has a separate table, with the .stamping machine on it, and n stool to herself" Nearly all the processes are done by stamping. When .stamped out thc pen, any kind whatever, is at first perfectly flat. Thc sheet used ia rolled and placed on thc ground on one .side of thc table ; the worker takes hold of the unrolled end and passes it at regular in tervals beneath the stumper on the block, and by thc help of a contrivance worked by thc feet, or by a motion of thc handle, tue stamper descends with a sharp rap and rises up again immediately. With great rapidity thc pena are removed from thc block, and thc sheet pushed on. Tho process is similar to that of the stamping of seals on paper, with tho ex ception that in thc case of pen-making the steel sheet placed on the matrix. The subsequent processes, such as round ing thc pens, putting on tho name and number, splitting thc nibs, are all exe cuted by stamping machines nearly iu thc sanie mannet' us the first process. In every case only one single pen ia done at a time. Tho last process is the temper ing, and is thc most important ; for through all the various stages up to thc twenty-third process thc pen remains in a brittle slate, and hence it is unlit for use until it is tempered. The pens (ono sort at a time) are put into a large pun placed within a heatingaparatus-alargo copper cylinder-but not directly over the fire ; and by au ingenious process tb- m are kept constantly stirring aud shifting about, so that nnequal degree of beat is imparted to each single one. This process goes on for a short time, aud, when ended, thc hot pens are scat tered on the floor to cool, which being done thc work is completed, and the manufactured urticles are ready for use. SACREDNESS OF A PUOMISE.-An emi nent British statesman is said to have traced hia own sense of the sacredness of a promise, to a curious lesson he got from his father when a, boy. When home for the holidays, bis father pointed to a wall which he intended to have pulled down. "Oh," said- the boy, "I should so like to see a wall pulled down." "Well, .my boy, you shall," said his father. Tbe thing however escaped bis memo ry, aud during the boy's abseuce a num ber of improvements were being mnd.e, among others tile pulling down of this wall and the building of a new one in its place. When tho boy caine home and saw it, he said, "Oh falber, you promised to let mc see that wall pulled down." Instantly tho father remembered his promise, and was deeply pained to think thnt- he had seemed careless of bia plight ed word. "My boy." ho said, "you are right, I did promise, and I ought not to have for gotten. It is too lalo now tu do just whut I said 7. would, but you wanted to sec a wall pulled down and so you shill." And he actually ordered the masons up , and made them pull down and rebuild the new wall, that as nearly ns possible bis word might be made good. 'flt cost me twenty pounds," lie said to a f/ieiid who was bantering him about it, "but," he added solemnly, "if it bad cost mo a hundred, I should have thought it a cheap way of impressing upon my boy's mind, na long ns he lives, tho im portance a mau of honor should attach to his plighted word." GOOD FOU HEH BUSINESS.-A Con gress street boarding house keeper seemed much pleased when told at the Central Market yesterday that tho polit ical excitement was aa great as ever. "I hope it will continuo about four weeks longer," she remarked. "Do you know that since election day my thirteen boarders have eaten one half less than over before! Why I can put tbs poorest sort of butter pn the table without a word of a complaint, and heavy biscuit and' tough br-eraiid weak coffee are grabbled up, bolted down, and away the men goto hear thc news. If wo can only have one week move I'll save enough on butter and. beef tr, get me nu India shawl."-Detroit Free Press. CoEoniNO WOOD.---A French chemist has discovered an ingenious method of introducing coloring matter into the .-ap of a treo sui that it is distributed through the fibre of tho wood and tho knots ami veins aro found to contain a multitude-if hnimonious shades. The probable result in announced to bo that thc most com mon wooden furniture will bu of such beautiful colara ns to throw out of fash ion mahogony and tither costly woods. -. Spiritualism also has ita Bishop. THE ARCTIC REGIONS. Capt. TV art's? exploration About the Palar ?ea. On thc 25th ol ??gUst, hiter* mady hair-breath escapes, a well-sheltered har bor wan reached on the west sido of Hall'? Basin, north of Lady Franklin Sonni), in latitude 81 degrees 'li minutes north. Her.'the Discovery was scoured for the winter, a few miles north of Polaris Bay, which was in sight of the opposite side of thc channel. The Alert pushing onward, rounded thc northeast point of "Grant I .and." hut instead of finding a continu ous coast-lino leading one hundred miles further toward tho north, as every one had expected, found herself on thc bor der of what was evidently a very exten sive sea, with impenetrable ice on every side. No harbor being obtainable the ship was secured ns far north as possible, inside a sheltering barrier of grounded Ice, close to thc land, and there she passed the winter; during her stay of eleven months, no navigable channel of water permitting further advauce to tho north ward ever presented itself. In lieu of lindi tig an "open Polar sea," tho ice was of most unusual age und thickness, re sembling in n marked degree, both in ap pearance and formation low floating ico norgs rather than ordinary Halt-water-ice. It has now hoon termed the "Sea of An cient Icc"-the Paly.'eocrystic or Palmo cruaic Sea ; and a stnaidcd mass of ice broken away from an icefloe hits been named a floeberg. Whereas ordinary ice Ls usually from two to ten loot in thickness, that in the Polar Sea, in con sequence of having so few outlets by which to escape to tue southward in any appreciable quantity, gradually increases in age and thickness until it measures from eighty to ono hundred and twenty feet, floating with its surface al the low est part fifteen feet abovo thc water-line. Strange as it may appear, this extraor dinary thickness of the ice ??.?cd the ship from being driven on shore ; for, owing to its great depth of flotation, on nearing the shallow beach it grounded and formed a barrier inside which the ship was com paratively safe. When two pieces of or dinary ice arc driven one against the oth er und the edges broken up, the crushed nieces are raised, by the pressure into n nigh, long waif-like hedge of ice. When two of the ancient floes of tin; Polar Sea meet, thc intermediate higher broken-up icc which may happen to be floating about between them, alone suffers; it h pressed up between the two closing mas ses to a great height, producing a chaotic wilderness of angular blocks of all shapci and sizes, varying in height up to fifty feet above waiter, and frequently covering nn era upward of a mile in diameter. Such an icy road, which was sure to ht continuous, destroyed all bone of the Poh itself being reached by sledges. Never thclcss, it was determined by Captait Nares to advance as far as possible, and during thc spring of this year, a party headed by Commander Markham au? Lieutenant Parr, made a most gallan and determined attempt. They were ab sent seventy-two ?lays from the ship ; ?iu< on thc 12th day of May succeeded ii planting thc British flag in latitude 8 degrees 20 minutes, 20 seconds nortl From this position there was no appear ance of land to the northward, but, euri ously enough, tho depth of water wu found to be only seventy-two fathonn Owing to the extraordinary nature of th presscd-up ice, a roadway had to be forme by pickaxes for nearly half the distant' traveled before anv advance could b safely made, even with light loads; thi rendered it always necessary to drat? th sledge loads forward by installments am therefore, ld journey over the same roa several times. Tho advance was, const quently, very slow, and only average about one mile and a quarter daily ; i fact, much thc same rate attained by Si Edward Parry in bis 8omev.'-iat similn alte-..pt during thc Hummer of 1827. Al though the distance made good was oui seventy-throe miles from the ship, 27 miles were traveled ever to nccomplisl it. It is quite impossible for any bod of men ever to excel the praisuworth perseverance displayed by this gul hu party in their arduous struggle over th roughest and most monotonou- ^oad in aginable. Their journey, c.}sidcrin theever-recurringdifticulties,haseclip c all former ones. Tho result of their si vero labor proves the utter impractici bilily of traveling over the Polar Sea t any great ?listaiice from land, and ab that Baron Vdu Wrnngel was perfect! correct in his expressed opinion that bi fore the North Pole can be reached it first necessary to discover a continuo.! coast linc leading toward it. In the ai tumn of last year, immediately the Ale was secured in winter quarters, prov! ions and befits were advanced by slcdg parties along thc shore to thc north an westward, ready for use by the tra veli ri parties in the following spring, thc depi being established within a mile of til furthest north position hitherto rcachc by civilized man. On the 14th of Oct? ber, two days after the sun had bid tl exhibition good-bye for an absence ' 142 days, the travelers returned fro their cold and arduous journey of twei ty-four days' duration. Owing to u vei heavy show-itortn, which, by protcctii the sloppy ice from thc intense fros caused very w.-d traveling, a number people were frost-bitten in the feet, ar three amputations wore necessary-oi Jllicer and two of thc men being s?flcrci Lieutenant Aldrich, engaged in pionec big tho way for the main party, whit ivas led by Commodore Markham, on tl 27th of September, advanced three mil beyond Sir Edward Parry's most linnhe position, ami from a mountain 2,000 fe liigh sighted land toward, thc west-nort livest, extending to latitude eighty-thr logrees seven minutes. No land was sei northward. Thus within four months leaving England the mystery concernii Lhe "open Polar Sea" was cleared u L'he Alert, advancing to the limit of un iguiiou, had reached a higher northe latitude luau any ?hip tin.fi previous been able to attain, mid a sledge nat lind proceeded a few miles beyond t position gained with so much labor a privation by the gallant men command by Sir Edwqrd Parry and Sii Janies Ito the Union Jack plnnted by them pnssi into the guard mid keeping of their cou trymen. to be ugain pushed forward ulvance during the fallowing Spring. Dwing to the ice iii the iie.igliborhoo?! i naming in motion until a Tuto dat?, t Discovery was unable to bend away n dedge partie? during the Autumn 187?". The same reason prevented t Alert communicating with lier tVonsc ilthough the two ships were only sever miles distant from each other, Lioiiteni Hawson making two mo^t determined tempts to do so without success. Owing thc broken up ice in Robeson Cham remaining unfrozen, ho nn?l his crew #< obliged to piiRs the winter ou board I Alert. Owing to thc high latitude taiucd-both thc Alert ami' Diseovi wintering further north than any sh had previously-thc darkness of thc w ter was of longer duration and greater tensity than hud ever before been [??rienced. By this dato, last year tl ind already lost sight of the ?un for s cn te en days, but it was passed by all u much elu-erlulues* and in hopeful spii penny readings, theatricals, and aoifgs character, &c. being kept up regularly i ncc a week, and a school on thc lower deck being well nttenedd by nearly nil the crew, tlic officers being the teachers. Thc cold experienced during tho early ?pring, was cousidcrUbly greater than that in thc more southerly regions, ana quite puts an cud to the idea that "a wann country exists tit the Pole teeming with life." The lowest temperature obserred, was 72 degrees be low ?ero of Fahrenheit, or 104 degrees belo*? freezing point. Thc mean tem perature for thirteen eenscutive dnys was 09 degrees below zero-bv far the coldest weather ever experienced* before, and tho mercury was frozen forty-seven dayn du ring the winter. With thc return of tho hun on lie 29th of February, after its long absence of nearly five months, pre parations were made for tho sledging campaign. On the 12th of Murch, Mr. Egerton and Lieutenant lluwsou, accom panied by Peterson and thc dog-slcdge, started from the Alert to open communi cation with the Discovery ; but, unhap pily, on the fccond day out the latter was taken ill, when the temperature wns 40 degrees below itero. The camp was im mediately pitched, but, no improvement inking place, the two officers were obliged to return to tho ship. At the Utmost risks and u noble disregard of themselves, they succeeded in returning heat in thc poor fellow's body by alternately lying one at a time alongside of him, while the other by exercise was recovering his warmth, and thus managed to bring him alive to thc ship ; but butb feet were very badly frost-bitten, and he ultimately sunk from exhaustion two months afterward. Du ring thc following week tho same two of ficers, accompanied by Simmons, Bcntnaii of the Alert, and llegan, of tho Discove ry, in similar weather-the usual weather experienced by Arctic travelers in the Spring-succeeded in reaching the Dis covery, and relieving tho doubt and anx iety of all on board lier with regard to the proceedings and position of the Alert. When commiserated about their frost bitten noses, checks, and fingere, Lieut. Rawson jovially replied, "Well, at last wc feel the cheers from Southscn beuch have been fairly earned."-landon Newt. Transfusion of Blood. Truly science bas, ns was said reccutly by one of its eminent votaries, "ita ro mantic side." Its history presents not a few deeds of heroism und self-sacrifice; its results have not seldom been attained by buffering voluntarily inflicted, and have now und then cost the lives of will ing victims. Tho young Berlin doctor who, when u deudly contagious distemper was ravaging thc poorer households of that city, thought lie had discovered a method for its cure, and, knowing that its test might be fatal, nevertheless boldly tried it upon himself, and who, us he livy dying from ita effects, jotted down his ob servations of its uction on his Bystcm until within nine minutes of his depart ure from earth, wus a hero to whom Sir Philip 8idncy would have defied his hat. A deed scarcely less noble, as it involved serious self-Bucrifice, has just been done "? M.I_.__ I__ll .... uiuutuvoivi \jy <*> } vuug A^tlgllDU iiiuui I cul student. It appears that a wea':ly young mun hud a leg amputated ut the hospital, which mude him so feeble thal he was not likely to recover. He wai fast siukiug when the hospital doctor de clared that there wus but ono possible way of saving him. Into tho puticnt'i languid veins must bc transfused a quan tity of warm blood from a vigorous, liv ing man. A young student, who beare this, ut once stepped forward and offeree his own blood for tho purpose. A pim of thu vital fluid wns thereupon biker from him, und sent circulating tlirougt the urtu mid body of the moribund youth Within two hours ho revived, recognizer people, and was pronounced on tho wnj to recovery. The young medical student to whosi unselfish heroism this good result wai due uiuy possibly havo worked even bet ter than lie knew. It was long a matte; of discussion rand doubt whether tbii operation of transfusion could really ht performed so ns to transfer the vital vigui of ono person to another. It is not at ul a new idea, indeed, for we read of if having been tried on u certain popo foui centuries ugo, three young men bcinj compelled to sacrifice their lives iu orde. that the decrepit pontiff might thus re new his youth ; but thc experiment failed The experiment hus been tried man; times, mid in different countries ; und fo tho pust half-century tho practicability of transfusion has been generally admit ted by thc profession. Tho difficulty is to successfully effect it; but it is wei known that thc blood of animals has bee! again and again transfused to the vein of human beings with the beat physics results. Of course thc idea of transfusion give risc to many'amusing fancies. Cnn yoi mnke an old man young, a cross mai amiable, n coward brave, a nervous mai phlegmatic, by caclmnging tho vital tlui in thc veins? Is there a modicum c sober truth in Edmond About's fuun conceit about tba "nose of a notary? Thc blood of lambs is sometimes used i thc operation of transfusion : do the doc tors tiud the pnlicnts thereafter mot lamb-like? How gratifying it would b if, by merely vivisecting th? gentle der izen of thc pasture, und transferring ii blood to mortal veins, wc could transfer? thc uncomfortable tempers around t into perennial docility ! Wo fear, hov ever, that psychological results ure not I be attained by this very material proc?s Very much will bo gained, however, we can restore ruddiness to pallid cheek and strength to r- tottering body ; if ? can see tho consumptive revive undi the circulation of healthy blood yieldc to him bv tiic self-sacrifice of another, i the fainting vampire revived under tl moon's rayHj and if thc effects of tho horrible sudden lircmorrhages which er in abrupt death from mero loss of blot can lie obviated by a prompt transfusio It may not bc that the fountain of pc pet?:t! youth is to bc fou;;d celling ? from thc heart of ono's neighbor ; butti gift of health from one mortal body another has u certain poetry about scarcely less pleat* jg to tho fancy thi the ancient fable, being significant human self-sacrifice, a noble emotion which thc ancient fable was wanting. From Appleton'* Journal for Dete?iber. SiioWEK OF FJ.ESII.-The phenom non of flesh falling from a cloudless si occurred in Gaston county, IM. C.; I? Saturday afternoon. .Tho shower, if sn we may term it, fell in a cotton field, 1 longing to James Hannah, who lives ne Gastonia. The flesh-for such it c< taiiily is-fell, .for several minutes, t seending'somewhat in the'manner hailstones falling, and sprinkled a spa of ground equal to a square, rod. a Hannah, who saw tho shower as it fi says it was perfectly clear at the time thc singular occurrence. Mr. It. Fra Chirk, bf this place, return'-J from G ton county, last Monday, and brought sp?cimen of tho flesh with him. A r Bcro?copie examiiintior indicates that resembles thc flesh of a cow, and a g< ttemnA in town who had the temerity taste ii, saya tho taste is similar to that beef.- Yorkv'Ule Enquirer, -- Faithfulness and sincerity aro-t greatest, things. Anecdote of Jeffers^ Many amusing anecdotes uro handed down to us of Thomas Jefferson, and of thone who were politically opposed to him. Here is one wert li relating: Mr. Jefferson was in thc habit of driv ing himself in n gig, when he made a visit IO his C?Ut?'.ry-seat, Monticello, ut Charlottesville, Virginia. Ho preferred this mode of traveling id the stage-coach, and of railways there were none then bc-, tween Washington and his rural resi dence. On ono of his trips ho saw a hoy, poorly clnd, trudging along the road side, and accosted him, asking him if he would Uko a ride. Tue boy promptly und frankly accepted the invitation, aud soou charmed his unknown friend by his in genious, boyish conversation. After a time Mr. Jefferson asked his companion if he had ever heard of Tom Jefferson? "O, yes," was thc quick response. "My dad says he's the biggest rascal ever lived." Nothing daunted by thi? unexpected answer, the President continued thc con versation ; Rnd wheu in reply to allusions fiurposcly mu<*e to Thomas Jefferson, ibo nd would exclaim that "dad said ho was a traitor to his country," bc would say. in expostulation, "Oh, perhaps you woutu not find him such n bad fellow, after nil." When he reached the point where II?B companion must leave hun, Mr. Jefferson said, ns thc boy lightly leaped to the ground : "You can tell your dad you had a ride with Tom Jefferson, and he is hot such a bnd fellow." "Dogged if I do I" exclaimed the youth. "Dad would give mc tho worst licking I ever had if he knew I had been riding with you." Still amused at the youngster's persist ence, Mr. Jefferson said in a kindly tone: "Now, my little fellow, I want you to come and see me at the Whito House, in Washington : and you'll find that I am not quite as bad as your dad thinks mc." Tlie boy, with a bare acknowledgment of the friendly invitation, ran off toward his homo. Ho was, however, sufficiently impressed to tell "dad" that he wa* ar'-ed to go and see tho President at the Whito House, mid meant to go. "Nonsense!" sneered tho paront; "when you go there ho will ask you who in tho world you aro." "No he won't," persisted tho lad, "and I'm a going." He was as good as his word. His fall supplies, a homespun suit nnd a change of underclothing, lind just been com pleted; and one morning, donning thc new suit and a hew shirt, and putting thc remainder of his personal effects in i. handkerchief, ho twisted a stick through his baggage, slung it over his shoulder aud started briskly off to walk to Wash ington to seo his iricud. In duo timo the brave youngstci reached thc capital city, and inquiring tho way to the White House, soon founc himself at the entrance. To the servant who appeared in response to Iiis vigoroui blows on the panel of the door, ho boldly demanded to sec Tom Jefferson. "He's at dinner and has company," re plied the attendant, not a little 'aston urned nt the audacity of tho truvel-soilct boy with bin bundle "That's nothing," promptly the adven turor answered ; "ho tola me to com here tu sec him, nnd Pvc como, and ain't going ort* without seeiug him either. There was no choice but to obey, s the servant went to the dining-room an told his muster that a boy was outdid who said ho must sec the President, a be had been told to come. Mr. Jufferuo at once ordered the intruder to b brought in; and tho shabby youth, wit bis bundle still over his shoulder, fouu himself in the midst of u "state" dinnc party. But nothing daunted by bi straugo position, when the President i genuine astonish tuent exclaimed, " Wh under the sun are you?" the youngstc ejaculated : "Now, that's just what dad said you' lay if I came nero. I'm Charles Morgac and you axed me to come wheu I was ric ing with you 'hither day." Y'8o I did," replied tho President, h reco'iOction of thc incident reviving 'and ..ow you tue here, sit down with i and take some dinner." Another plato was ordered to I placed on thc table; and Charlear Morga took a scat with undiminished assurant among tho fine ladies and gentlemei Mr. Jefferson directed tho dusty bund! ? which the lad clung to the last, to I taken to a spare bed-room, and ai Bounced his intention of keeping tb )wuer thereof as his guest. After a few days, during which tl President had greatly enjoyed tho ou spoken frankness and fearless nature . tho acquaintance picked up by tlio wa; fide, ho inquired of young Morgan wh be could do for bim. "What would you like to bo when ye are a man, uiy fine fellow ?" he a?ked. "I want to be a colonel," waa the a iwer; in which Charloy persisted in rep ki thc question, whenever put to hu ant il one day a playfellow was brought bim in the shape of a yoting midshipmn When, after enjoying" the society of I new acquuir.iaiice lor a short.time, tl President once moro questioned him to his wishes iu regard to his future, 1 made up his mind with his customary d vision that nothing but thc navy wou meet his desires. To his great delight, Mr. Jefferson tc bim his wishes in this respect could gratified.. The sequel to tho story is ea tojd. The boy entered tho navy, a: lerved bia country nobly during tho n if his life. And Commodore aiorgan am told by those who knew him best, : ivaya preserved tho honest simplicity character apd fearlessness which so i traded "Tom" Jefferson when ho n tho outspoken Charlie Morgan' on t highway. How to Find a Person's Name. Let tho neruon whno? A B D H name you wish to know C C ? I tell you in which of tho E F F J upright columns tho first Q6G K letter of his name is found. I J L L If it bo found in but ono K K M M column, it is the top let- M N N IS ter ; if it occurs in aiore O O 0 .0 than ono column it is found QR TX by nddinir the. nlphabeti- S S Y 2 jal numbers of tho top let- TJ V V "i tera of these . cblumns and W W W the sun: ?viil? be tho nom- Y Z ber oi tho letter sought. By - taking < letter at a time; in this way tho wh bumoer can bo ascertained. For e? |)1\ take the word Juno. J ls found [Le itai columns commencing with B< H, which aro the socond and eight tero down tho alphabet; their sum isl raud the tenth letter down the alphabc J, the letter sought The next letter, appears in but ono column, where stands at-tho top: N is Seen ir? tho i utans headed B, D and ll ; these are second;'-fourth and: eight loiters of alphabet, which added gives the fi tecnth or N, abd so on. The use of table will excite no little curiosity am thqso unacquainted with tho foreg< explanation. . . - A Har begins witH malting false! nppenr ilka truth, and ends with mal truUi itaulf appear liko fc*ttfblrcWu\ - T. rv ' >. > ? '. ? . LEO AL ADVEH?lSiya.-V/e ?re conmclled to require cwh payments for oUYctllsliiK ordered by hu?:utor?, Administrators und other fldilcJ?iJe?, ena h?rowhh nr-pnid the rate* for tho ordlnnry poUcw, -h!ch will oalr *o9 ism?e? ??mi itu .nODer com?.? with tho orflcr : ClUllone, two Insertions,' ? ' i fcj.OO Kauto Notice?, tbrco lijse.tlon?- NT' M I 2.00 Irln?18cttl?meut< ??e lni?iil?ip? - ' - S.ee TC CQEEj?StTjfiiOESTS.-lu order io lecelr? attention, communications taunt bo aoeop' paaltti hy th? tnt? utuio dod addre? of thc writer. Bo> jc'?iU w?uiw:<?|iis T'??? not bo returned, unless thc necessary ?tamps are furn tabed to repay ?hepostanr thereon. Wo are not responsible for Ut* views nud opinions of our correspondents. - All cotnmunlcatlcua should be addressed to "Ed itor? Intelligencer," and all check?, drafts, nioner order?, A?., rhoi-.ld bc tu odo payable to th'.' order nt ?OYT A C< ?.. Anderson, H. l?. Ancient Marriage Supcrutllfoua. Wince marriage became nu institution, there hnvo been certain aigris ?nd Hiiper Htitiouu, that have clung to its celebra tion through all ages and in ail countries. Even to-day, in the most civilized na tions, w have not eulirely rid our jiinds of these superstitions, andi warrant lhere is never a brido but indulges beiv. Ii'in looking for some happy omen. Few people are dauntless enough to be mar vied on Friday, and we all nave tho most tuil?initcd confidence in that old shoe tbruvr'n after a newly wedded pair. Nearly every brido of td day wears about lier when she ic married some trifling thing borrowed from a lady friend, and alt know that "blest is the bride on whom the sun doth shine," and are equally ccr taiu that "Tu chango tho nanto and not the triter ta a change for thc ?-orso and uot for tho better." {So on, quito indefinitely, it is wonder ful how these ancient sigas aro hauded down from generation to generation, and how impotent rensun is to do away with their hold upon thc human mind. Bay what you will, wc arc naturally given to superstitious fears, and there aro the few est people who are not more or less affec ted by them. But let us recall n few of the olden beliefs concerning murringo superstitions. lu tho earlier weddings wc read of among thc Jews, wc find that thc fourth day of tho week was considered an un lucky day . for virgins to wed, and the fifth "day for widows. Tho Romain also believed that certain days were unfavora ble for tho performance of marriage rites, and these were tho Kalends, Nones and . Ides of every month, tho whole months of February and May, and many of their festivals. Juno was considered tho most propitious month of the year for matri mony, especially if thc day chosen were that of a full moon, or thc conjunction of tho sun and moon. The month of May was especially to bc avoided, as it was under the influence of spirits averse to happy households, and for centuries this superstition seemed lo prevail in Italy against May marriages, ano even to this day it prevails in some ?arts of England and our own country, n Chitin marriages aro positively pro hibited in certain times and seasons, on account of their being unlucky. There was at one timo a superstition current in England again.-it marrying on Innocent's Day, tho 28th of December, a day of ill-omen, becauso it was the one which commemorated Herod's massacre of tho children. And it is still thought unlucky to marry in Lent. "Marry in Lent and you'll live to repent." An. old lino nlso says, "May never was a month of love," and another, "Who marries be tween ye sickle and yo scytho will nover strive." Thc old rhyme that we have nil heard tells us to marry on "Monday for wealth, Tuesday for health, Wedneeda;- tho beat day of i.'.l ; Thursday for crosses, l'rlday for losses, .Saturday no luck nt all." At ono timo it was thought that all thoso who marriott on Tuesdays and Thursdays wou! ' JO happy. Among thc Romans* no mri ringo was celebrated without an av. ?ur being first consulted. In thc middle ages it was considered au ill-omen if tho bridal party in going to church, mot a monk, priest, dog, goat, lizard or serpent; while all would gd well if n wolf, spider or toad were en countered. It is lucky ?I the initial.! ol" a wedded couple spell a word. In thc Bouth of Euglaud it is said to be unlucky for a bride to look in tho glass after she is completely dressed before she goes to church, so a glove or some other article is put on aftor tho last look hos been taken iu thc mirror. Gray horses at a wedding arc lucky. It is supposed io bo unlucky if ? wifo docs not weep on ber wedding day. In Scotland it is con sidered an unhappy omen if a couple are disappointei'. in getting married on tho day ?rst fixed for tho purpose. In tho Isle of Mah it is believed that it insures good luck to carry salt in tho focket when going to bo married. lu lull it is considered unlucky to go in ut ono door and go out at another when a person gets married. Whoever goes to sloop first on the wed ding night dies first. If thcie is an odd number of guests at a wedding, ono is sure to die \\Tthin the succeeding twelve months. . - arm ? ... Tho Trick On Bobbins. Jaraes Robbins, of National avenue, has been missing for three days, but thero ls no anxiety around his houso to learn his fate. His wife knows what caused him to disappear, and she is willing to lot bim get a good.ready io come back. Rob bins married a lone widow, about. four months ago, and they had not been wed ded two weeks when ho gave her & beat ing. She overlooked it then, thinking ho would soon-tone down, but in. a week morobe blackened her..eyes. Io brief, Robbins turned out to b? a brute of H hui band, and tho ex-widow had tho sym patny of all her neighbors. She is said to bo meek and humble in spirit-, and Robbins bad no excuse for his brutality, j Four or five days ago ho knocked her down and started off to town, and tho wife crawled ovbr to a butcher's to see about Robbins arrest. Tho butcher, who i wc' ?IIB one .hundred and ninety pounds I ?nv. bas a fist like a maul, knew a better way than going to the'polico, and lia un folded a' man. I When Robbins reached homo that eve ning the house was.dark and th? butcher, dressed in woman's clothes and with his jaws tied up, satin tho rocking-chair. "Why in b?v-?s iBn't supper ready?" howled Robbin.) as ho stood in the door. 1 Tho butcher groaned. "Grunting around again, aro yon I" shouted Robbins. "What's tho matter now ?" Tho butcher groaned again. "You feel too high-toned to answer me, do youl" growled the wifo-boator. "Well, wo ii eeo about that. Just take this, will you I" Hestruckout. but the?*'<<*uisetl butcher caught his wrist, sprang up, and there was fun in that cottage. Ho xhoked Robbins almost to death, tied him up in. hard knot? and unlicd him, drew him around by thc heels and hair, and finally picked him up and tossed'him-overlive lenco into the mud. The' wife-bcarcr had kept up a steady, yelling from tho. first attack,, and as ho roso from the mud and sped down tho street, ho seemed to think that 8ifting Bull's whole fightirirj i'orco were after him. At eleven o'clock that night he entered a Michigan avenue saloon and told, a story about, six min robbing him. and half'ah hour later, as neutras pf owling around a shed'td "find'a place to; sleep, a policeman hoard him wy lng: ;. - . ;e . ""Nose smashed. eye bunged up, sow throat, bruised ail over and awful slocpy 1 What a deceiving p?r-on a widow woman is V'-Detroit Dree Pre**. - Tho extensivo authority .of parents under wi 9 Chinese laws, is well known. A Chinaman ol' forty years, whose aged ?iothcr flogged him every daV, shod tears ?^ho ???pany of ono qfJbis friend?. "Why. do you weep ?" wai asked.- "Alas, things aro not as they used to bo !" ou BtfterM tho'devoted BOU. "'Tho poor jvo rtr?sa?rfarms grow* fWblVr?v?ry?ryi''