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Libera! contracts will ba made with thoae wishing to advertise for three, si* or twelve mouth?. Ad vancing bjr COB tract must be renfluM to the Inj in e-iiaie ousinessoitne nrm or inaiviauat contrac ting. Ob ttiary Notlcos exceeding (Ivo line?. Trlbntca or Respwi ?n.t ?H personal communications cr nutter.-: tff Individual iin-n it, will be chargt-d for nt advertising rates. Announcements of marriages . ri 1 deaths, and notices ofa religious character, are r,Mpectrullv solicited, and will be Inserted gratis THE MJtAY CAVERNS. Kxplorntiou of Wondrous Caverna lu Virginia. Correspondence of the New York Herald. LUBAY, Page County, Va., Nov. 4. The exploration of the caverns which take their name from thia little village, and which arc now destined to become lamons as one of the world'? wonders, ??ill continues. Each day-utmost each hour-develops some new wonder, and it remaina an open question whether the beautiful mountain county of Page is not the upper crust of a vast succession of aubterranean mysteries. On every side of tho already discovered and explored caverns is lound passages and outlets to as yet unknown regions, and most of which are so far impassable, owing to the lack of means and the ab?.nce ol neces sary machinery with which to operate and open them up. It is more than probuble that the proprietors, with an eye to their own interests, will confine their operations below to the limits of tho thirty-eight acres which they were lucky enough to purchase when one of them, Mr. Campbell, first discovered the "rabbit hole," at the base of Cave Hill. And, by the way, it is more than likely that the fortunate discoverers and adven turous explorers will encounter consider able trouble in maintaining their right and title to the cavernous property which hey bought at a commissioner's sale, for even now the former owners are exhaust ing all thc legal talent ol' the county in an endeavor to regai'1 possession of it. Of course the lawyers will encourage them in this effort as long as there re mains a chance to get n returner and a prospective big fee. - TUE CAVERNS. The new discoveries are located under u knob or spur of the Massannutton range, about one mile or a little over west of this village. Tho entrance, which has been sunk to a depth sufficient to admit of putting in an ordinary door, is on the cast side of the hill, and the main caverns, after running north for about four hundred and fifty yards, turn off in a northwesterly direction, extend ing probably over a mile as far as ex plored. The descent to the door is some thirty feet in daylight, and as many be low in the darkness when standing on the floor of the vaulted and extensive ante-chamber, as it has been uppropri ately called. This compartment is about ?eighty hy one hundred feet, with the rugged ceiling ranging from thirty to forty feet, aud is decorated with masses of stalactites ami a large column in ihe centr~ reaching nearly to the roof 12 by 25 fe>_i in extent. It is very handsome, but as if designed for the put pose of an ante-chamber, does not compare with the gorgeous draperies and magnificent spec tacles in the rooms beyond. THE SOUTHERN TIER OF CHAMBERS. Excepting tue faint ray of daylight that penetrates from Ihe doorway, the darkness is intense, and candles, the only artificial light yet within the means of the proprietors or the resources of Lu ray, are brought into active re r.'Msition. Each visitor, guide and ir. at.ager ?8 furnished with a "dip," and tba Jarty starts on its lour of explanation. When I first went in the party consisted of ubout thirty persons, all natives but your correspon dent, who caused considerable sensation with the locomotive headlight which was kindly furnished me by Colonel E. T. Smith, one of the superintendents of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. A loco motive headlight had never been seen in the Luray Valley before, and this avant couricr of a railroad, which they have been vainly expecting for years, was hailed with delight, not only aa a good omen ol a future railroad, but as a curi osity scarcely surpassed by the caverns themselves. Leaving the ante-chamber and proceeding to the left through a low arch, thc party passed successively through an entire suit of beautiful chambers re splendent and dazzling with utalacta of every possible shape and color. In roany instances these chambers resemhlo f?r'>? toes, and the floors ure as much objects of curiosity as tho wallu and ceilings, from thc fact that tho stalngma is just as grand and beautiful as the stalacta. The main curiosities, however, in this range are the blacksmith's shop, so called bc cuise of the close resemblance of two Hinall stalagmites, located nour an appa rent grate for a furnace, bear to anvils. The shape is almost perfect, and a black ened incrustation, evidently the result of tump mineral in the earth above, in the white stalactites strengthens the illusion. In another chamber is a small statuette which tho enthusiastic imaginations of I the natives have tortured into a rr' ~el of | Napoleon. I cannot say that the like ness in this instance is as geed as that in the case of the anvils in tho blacksmith's ?Imp. Nextis the "Oratory," where the llutcd columns of an immense sheet of stalacta surmounted by a canopy looks exactly like an organ in a church, the colors only differing, and being moto brilliant in the light of our candles than can possibly be described. Then comes low-arched palagea leading to four unex plored rooms beneath this range. In another chamber ia an exact picture of au eagle's wing, and all of them are cov ered with the most brilliant stalactites of every color. At tho further end of this tier is a largo chamber, In which JR a curiosity named tho Leaning Tower, and winch also has a miniature lake with clear wa'ir. The Leaning Tower is a bilge stalactite fifteen feet in diameter and some twenty-five long, which has broken away from tho dome sri'l now lies "i au inclined position. From thc pe culiar formation at ita top this may have happened some, thousands of years ago. This ended the southern range, and re turning to the ante-chamber, where two muscular mountaineers were employed to l;>rry the headlight, wo set forward to explore tho wonders to the west and nortltwest. THE WESTERN RANGE. The route in this direction is impeded by chasms, gullies and bills; but with singular ingenuity the proprietors have already bridged over the former, and niadr Mic ascent and descent of the latter easter by comfortable wooden stairways, "ut an immense amount of labor has yet t" be expended to make the complete trip through the caverns as expeditious ami safe as the average tourist and visitor will require. A guide with n candi? is the J Mt,cr!,ne headlight next, nnd the party '"'lowing, we pass through a long corri dor, and suddenly, far beyond, the rayd jmm the reflector opened to our view a large chamber or amphitheatre, in which were columns reaching the roof, and around which were galleries ami colon nades of greHt extent and tho most mas ivo construction. These galleries stretch T away out from thc walls for a great UNI anco with no other suppoit than that "V which they were altitchcd to the walls, ?ral looking a* if their immense weight ."imtHOint- time cause them to break loose ".'.I come crashing down to the floors bc ?'?-ath, awakening the echoes with sunter ^?.'iin thunder. The slalnctitical Spec JHcle here ?, very grand. Pushing on jarongli H nulli er corridor wo cross a bridge over Muddy Lakv. which, the pn>prie)0M tajona nie, they had at t:r*t to navigate by a small boat, but in which there ?H not now a drop of water, and no one can account for ita disappearance or where it went to. A hill is then ascended and, advancing a short distance, the rays ol' the headlight, as it is termed, in every direction discloses to us an immense vacuum with the roof immediately above our heads and yawning chasms below on every side. Away to the right and be yond the hill are tiers of galleries fifty feet from the ground beiow and over hanging one of the great chasms. We took the route to the left mid explored several largo chambers full of stalactites, both on walls and ceilings, but one of which was entirely devoid of stalagmites. This is a chamber about one hundred feet square, and has in it three lukes, which accounts for the total absence of stalag mites. Tiiese three lakes nre in reality three springs, of which there aro nearly one hundred in the caverns as far as dis covered, and all of them, without excep tion, ure exquisitely beautiful. On tho left of this route is the "Skeleton'* Chasm," and a view of this is reached by a very perilous scramble over n slip pery ridge, on either side of which are dangerous chasms. This is why the skeleton was first supposed to be petrified. It never occurred to the discoverers that any human being had within centuries past penetrated these caverns, and seeing a skeleton at tiie bottom of this chasm they at once jumped to the conclusion that it must be petrified. It turns out now that the skeleton is the remains of un adventurer who at some remote period obtained access to the caverns, and in wandering about exploring them fell into tho chasm and was killed. The bones are those of a small man, or a boy about fifteen years of age. I have in my pos session a portion of one of the thigh bones, which medical men pronounce to be a veritable piece of human anatomy. The skeleton is partially embedded in the mud, half of it protruding above the limestone incrustation which nus formed or the surface of the chasm. It is a ghastly and revolting-looking object, which I consider tho least interesting of tho numerous wonders to be seen in the caverns, and will only be visited by those actuated by a morbid curiosity. THE SPRINGS. To the left is another chamber, 80 by 100 feet, full of stalactites, nnd in one corner a spring called Pearl Spring from the resemblance its bed bears to pearls. It is very large, surrounded by masses ut small white formulions, and by a semi circle of lovely und white moss. Con tinuing our researches we next come to the Imperial Spring, which is situated on the top of a high gallery nearly surroun ded by chasms. The water in this is nearly six feet in depth and as clear a9 crystal. Tho trough or basin is fifteen feet in length by ten in breadth and is filled to the brim. It is in the most ex quisite intlo grotto, in shape like a small chapel, whose walls are musses of stalac tite pillars as round and smooth as pol ished marble. The Crystal Spring," al most in sight, is another benutiful body of water, smaller in dimensions, but oth erwise of the same character. Making a digression, not from our route, but from the regular order of this narrative, I will here mention what I conceive to be the most beautiful object in the caverns, and that is the queen of springs-the Coral Cascade. It is located in the extreme corner of Giant's Hall, and, like the Imperial Spring, is within the most channing little grotto. This gem of a spring has a bas'T somewhat in the shape of a collin elevated abouc six feet from the floor, and crowning five semicircular tiers of smaller basins with scalloped edges and lined by the mest exquisite crystal formations, which sparkle and glitter in the light, surpassing in loveli ness anything ever witnessed. When the main or lipper trough overflows the other basins are filled, but the water rapidly leaves them. The main basin is always full. Immediately over it is a canopy, ns to protect the spring, and at the back a beautiful sheet of stalactites, the very picture of a flowing cascade. This beau ty hus been appropriately christened the Coral Cascade. THE NORTHERN RANGE. The Giant's Hall is thc name that has been given to this chamber because of its immensity. The caverns here turn north ward. Before we reached it the party of thirty had broken up into squads and bad scattered considerably over this vast room. When we entered our headlight cast its rays ibr a great distance, and the wandering visitors with their caudles looked like so many pigmies as they flitted to and fro among the monster stalactites and columns with which the chamber is filled. At some points the great arched, uneven roof rises to a height of 100 feet, from which is sus pended the most enormous stalactites perhaps in the world. Some of them are shaped like icicles, but the great minority of them take tho form of curtained dra pery, and others assume the most fantas tic and extraordinary appearances imag inable. For an immense distance around the most enormous galleries hung, cast ing their shadows against tho roof, leav ing the mind to conjecture what must exist beyond. A rough estimate make?, this chamber eleven acres in extent, all under ono roof, but I am inclined to be lieve it is even more than this. In some places there aro great mounds of earth reaching nearly to tho roof, which aro reached by roughly constructed bridge.?, and when on tho top tho tourist has to wnlk in a crouched position, his back often scratching the rugged bare granite ceiling which here is entirely devoid of stnlacta. On tho outer edges of these mounds aro great chasms tho depth of which aro unknown, and are, perhaps, in -onie instances unfathomable. It is im possible to convey even the faintest idea of the magnificence of the chambers in this great hall. Columns of stnlagma of the purest white, varying in size from six inches in diameter to three feet ir. height to fifteen feet in diameter nnd fifty feet in height, are everywhere to be seen. The ledges of the groat galleries aro studded all along with every imaginable subter ranesn and stalactite.".! formhtiuu, aug Eeating to the mind of the bewildered eholder hobgoblins and phantoms of every description. These shapes and fantasies are magnified by the great shad ows cast from the constantly moving and rather feeble lights of a numerous party. Even the powerful rays of our reflector failed to afford anything like an adequate light for tho apartment, but it did serve in a wonderful degree to develop the mysteries of the caverns and reveal to our gare sights of which we never before had tho remotest conception. SOME OF THE WONDERS. On the route through this hall the vis itors have to stoop and walk under an immense column of apparent Corinthian architecture which has fallen from the domo and stretches itself across thc pass age. It is about fifty feet long and ten feet in diamtcr, and is estimated by a party skilled in such matters to weigh 120,000 pounds ami to havo been Hoverai thousand years in thc course of forma tion. Many of tho great curiosities, from their colo-^al dimensions, must have begun the process of formation with the creation, fm it is impossible to realize lu,tv such immense stalactites could reach their present six? from tho more dripping / of limestone water. Perhaps the most interesting column or double column in the cavens is situated almost in the cen tre of Giant's Hall. It is formed of n colossal stalagmite rising a distance of seventy feet and imbedding itself in the embrace of n monster stalactite dropping about thc same distance, together form ing a grand imperial column. It has been named the Double Column. Not far from this is another marvel of this underground world called the Partition, Irnich is a wall of transparent stalactn ?ix inches in thickness, with a breadth of thirty feet and a height of fifty feet, lt is a gem of natural architecture, beau tifully corrugated, and it is perhaps safe to say that no human hana could con struct anything to compare with it, and rcrtainly human eyes have never seen ita equal above or under ground. In un rulier place is a curiosity now called the Angel s Wing, which is about ten or twelve feet in length, white as the driven mow, and so perfect in shape that ono could almost imagine the plumage real. One c.iumn of Btalagiwile, which attracts great attention, ?m? which towers up ward for some forty or fifty feet, has as sumed the form- of some twenty-five or thirty huge blocks, ono laid upon top ol the other, that at the base being the largest and the others gradually smaller to the top. Many of thc draperies and curtains, banging in thc most enormous masses, were so thin as to be transparent, and presenting a beautiful effect when a light is placed behind them. Some of them were distinctly marked with red, blue and brown lines, like graining, others with every color of the rainbow, and all of them, when struck, emitted the most charming musical sounds, every note in the gamut being produced. Among the great slabs and draperies hanging from the domes there are many that are broken off, some of them near the centre ; but what was most remarkable was the ab sence of the pieces aa broken off. Wc could not find the smallest fragment of tho portions that had fallen, though many of t'.iese pieces must have measured fifteen or twenty feet, and have weighed several tons. Numerous theories are ad vanced as to tho cause of their disappear ance, thc most probable of which is that they fell horizontally and were gradually covered by the accumulation of earth, or that they dissolved and became portion of the earth, which itself is formed from ages of dripping. A peculiarity of some of this earth is that where the owner? have been digging it out to make passage ways it is not ucuTier than quinine and is of a light buff color. The domes covering the galleries ex tend in many instances several hundred feet without any support, and arc formed of solid roclr, resembling granite. Others are sky blue and others still of brown and buff color, but all of hard stone. Some of the great galleries are half way between the floor and dome, and In a few instances nature has made a provis ion for their suppott in heavy pillars of stalagmite, which, rising from the ground, have become firmly knit with the gallery. These galleries frequently lead off into other apartments of all sires, and which, from their Inaccessibility, are only partially explored. The atmosphere is pure and balmy, the temperature standing at 55, while with out the caverns it was less than 40 and very cooi. UNEXPLORED. Many caverns remain at present unex plored. It is impossible to tell where they will end, as I before remarked. New openings present themselves in all directions. The owners have been so busy trying to make the caverns com fortable for visitors that they have had little or no time to prosecute further re searches. To-day your correspondent crawled through a new opening with one of the proprietors, and we travelled sev eral hundred yards through various small chambers and corridors, many of them with exquisite draperies, and in ono of them a soring fully twelve feet square. These openings frequently occur under Huge buv.'idc", T.'hcro oiie would not think the body of a man would pass, but yet these adventurous men drag them selves through and under and over rocks and cavities, and are finally rewarded by finding themselves in other chambers. The owners of ?hese caves aro untiring and energetic, and they deserve to mako a success of their great discovery. BIG TREES.--The . big trees of Cali fornia are big enough to need no exagge ration. Professor Brewer points out two errors that aro current about them, one relating to their height, and the other to their age. The "Father of the Forest" is generally said to havo been 450 feet high when in his glory. The fact is, no one knows he VT high it was. When the grove was first seen by white men, the prostrate tree waa already part rotten, and tho whole top burned away. The highest tree in the Calaveras grove is 325 feet, and the highest in the Muripn.su 272. Tho highest in the King's Uiver grove is somewhat less than SOO. As to their age, there is no reason to believe that even the oldest began its growth "long before uavid reigned in Israel," as people are fond of asserting. One of these trees was felled in 1853, and found to be sound to the core. Its age is knowb to within a very few years, and it began its growth more than 2,500 years nfter David died. It is possible that some of the oldest trees of thia species may have begun their growth over 2,000 years ago, but not at all probable that any reached buck to within a thousand years of ?be time of the Jcr.-ish King. The Potter Investigation. The special bent of the American mind seems to bo that of Old Si-to investi gate. We began to investigate in 1860, and wo have been investigating ever since. We investigated the South pretty thoroughly then, and now they have caught the spirit and propaso to investi gate us. Investigation, tbnt is a thor oughly unpartisan, unprejudiced investi gation, always leads to" oiie excellent re sult-the good, the true, is vindicated, and impostures are exposed. This is tirccisely the reason why Dr. R. V. Moree Invite? and urges the public to investigate tho remedial powers of bia Family Remedies. He knows that the trial will vindicate all his claims for them and all that hua been written of them by grateful patients who have been restored to health by their use. Thc Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purgative Pellets are the acknowledged standard remedies of thc age for all dis eases of tho stomach and liver. - A letter from Texas says : "Our State, too, has been fortunato in her pro ductions this year. Tho cotton crop is thc largest, the wheat, oats, and corn thc best, and tho grasses superior in quality and more abundant in quantity than in any former ye-". -- The Confederate monument was unveiled bust Thursday at Augusta, Ga., in the presence of a vast crowd. Gov ernor Cohjuitt, Hon. A. II. Stephens, and other distinguished citizens were present. Tho monument was made in Italy, ai.d it in said to be ono of the handsomest in the country. THE FUTURE OF NEW ORLEANS. History Showing the Growth of th? Cit/ in Fuco of Epidemic*. Correspondence of the Courier-Journal. NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 31,1878. The lcig looked-for frost is near at hand. The mere announcement ia the pleasantest*of all evangel in New Or leans and throughout thc fever stricken Southland. Always a welcome visitor to us of the city, the frost of this au tumnal season will he specially so. In many previous epidemics the fever has run itu usual course, and disappeared as mysteriously as it came. It seemed to scorn the thin blood of the resident pop ulation, and for luck of the richer blood of Celt, Teuton or Northman-thc dainty food it craves in all its travels-it fre 3uentiy has left before thc frost came to rive it away. Ita presence this year along tho lake shore, and at all of thc summer resorts of hundreds of our citi zens on '.he Gulf sound, which had here tofore been as exempt as if they had been as far beyond the isothermal lincas "Greenland's icy mountains," unfortu nately hastened their return to tho city, and thus delayed :'"-, earlier departure. With this added fuel nothing but ono or more killing frosts will stay the progress of the fever. Thc Knight of the Saffron Plume readily flies before the elfin lance ol' the Spirit of the Frost. THE INTERVENTION OE FROST has not always been deemed essential in epidemic years. It is a pleasant thing to have in a tropical climate to close up a long warm summer with, and conies in very acceptably, even with the healthiest of summers, boring my residence, how ever, of nearly forty yeara in New Or leans, I have known several severe yel low fever epidemics-notably thoso of 1853 and 18(37-to take French leave of thc city long before frost came. The epidemic of 1853-almost as malignant as tho Florentine scourge of the four teenth century-never to be forgotten until the pathetic eloquence of Petrarch. and tho graceful verse of Hoccacio are commencing early in July, culminated on ita fifty-third day with 254 deaths, and ceased on its eighty-seventh day October ll-without frost. The mortal ity of that fearful epidemic summed up 8,117. Thc epidemic of 1867 commenced early in August, culminated on iti fifty fifth day with 82 deaths, and ceased on its ninety-fifth day, October 20, without a frost, tho total number of deaths being 2.058. The present epidemic culminated on thc fifty-seventh day, with a death roll of 90. and ia now in its hundredth day with a total mortality of 3,810. The Hoard of Health reports 12,668 cases un der treatment during its prevalence as reported on their books. Ibo cases not reported will doubtless swell the list con siderably. RETURN OF RECKLESS REFUGEES. It is generally conceded that but for the untimely return of so mnny unaccli mated persons to the c'*y recently it might as in former years have run its course, and ere this time disappeared from our midst. At the time of their re turn the daily returns of new cases to the Hoard of Health were perceptibly dimin ishing, and tho death rate, notwithstand ing the unfavorable character of the weather, decreasing. These absentees, for the most part unacclimated, were in duced to believe the fever abating so rapidly, the risk incurred was trilling. It was all around them on the lake shore, and physicians and nuraes could not be had in tho event of their taking the dis ease. Therefore tho city was safer be cause of ;Le bountiful supply of skillful doctors and trained nurses; drugs and druggists ; cuppers and bleeders, the sap pers and minera of the ancient corps medical-and if their vision had extend ed a little further, of undertakers, coffins, hearses, and graves, of all of which the supply has always been equal to tho de mand-and unhappily tho city demand j greater than that of the vicinage of the j ornoo ?foi yi||aa dOttiSiJ thc luLc DUGFC. M ?HIV of wiese sumiller absentees hs.-! re sided many wiuiers in the city, and per suaded themselves that they wero proof against the faat-abating scourge. Many of that large class who had joined tho general exodus, at the panic's brat whia per, in the early summer, were unpre pared for a prolonged sojourn from home, recovered moro than thoir wonted bravery, and sought their own vine and figtree as reckless of danger as erst they had quaked at its dreamy shadow in the moonlight. It is beyond peradventure, owing to tho return of these absentees, that the fever has not abated or entirely departed, and tho necessity of frost is now requisito for its final extinction. If under any circumstances tho system of quarantine might be deemed entirely un objectionable, and on tho other hand eminently wisc and proper, it would bc when called into requisition to prevent the ingress of a largo number of unac climated persons to a city scourged with a pestilence. Under the present defec tive byatem tho Hoard of Leaith is pow erless, bul ha? officially warned all ab sentees to stay away until thc epidemic is declared at an end. T'iE EPIDEMIC CIRCUMSCRIBED. Notwithstanding all these adverse cir cumstances, the epidemic is becoming more circumscribed with each recurring day. lt is now confined to the outskirt? of ipper and lower faubourgs of the ci it ia rarely seen in the crowded thoroughfares. Bronze John is evidently on his lust legs. In a short time the pall which has hung over the city for BO many weeks will bo lifted, and tho. ?tr- ger visiting us will find but little evidence of thu existence of thu epidemic of 1878 outside of thc silent cities of thc dead. Already something of their usual anima tion is perceptible in the principal thor oughfares. Tho long-interdicted church bells called tho faithful to prayers last Sabbath for tho first time since tho fever was declared epidemic. Thc garbs of mourning to be seen in church aisles and cemetery walks are alone sad reminders of thc scourge that ia passing nway. A visit to one of tho latter yesterday gave mournful evidence of tho near approach of All Saints' dav. Tho tombs were be ing prepared. 5lany of them were al ready decked with immortelles, and in their massive marble grandeur and bas reliefs, seemed moro Uko voluptuous chambers for ?mme rial spirits than hid ing-places for dust and ashes. Tho morning was chilly, and the leaves of the majestic forest trees shivered and rustled in thc stream of thc bleak wind, as it were, like steps of ghosts. The stir and strife of the city was in pleasing contrast. They were reminders also thal epidemica, however malignant and widespread, have only interrupted, but never retarded, the growth and prosperity of the city. NEW ORLEANS' FUTURE NOT HOPELESS. Bienville first pitched his tents on the present site of New Orleans in 1718. Various fortunes smiled and frowned on tho early colonists. According to the census ot* that year the population of thc city in 1760 was 8,190. lu 1788 it was 5,331. The first yellow-fever visitation was 1796. The population ol' tho city in 1797 was 8,050. lu IHM il lind increased to 27 176. There were three epidemics in 1819, 1822 and 1829. In 1880 the population was 46,310. In 1833, 1835 and 1837 there were epidemica, and yet the population in 1840 had more than 1 doubled, being 103,193. In 1841, 1843 and 1847 there were epidemias, but still the census of 18f>0 showed a population of 116,375. 1853 was the terrible cpi- | demie year ; 1858 was another epidemic year, but the census of 18(50 foots up a , populative of 108,475. lu 1807 there was another epidemic, and thc census of 1870 shows a still further increase-1?>1,- i 418. From the little colony of Bienville ; of fitly Souls, in 1718, New" Orleans has thus gradually expanded its borders far out into the erstwhile impenetrable ! 1 swamp and along the shores of the Mis* ; sisiippi froid the plains of Chnlmette to j the upper line of Carrollton, has now a 1 population of 225,000, and bul for more j direful calamities than pestilence the , : census would show a still more largely ! increased population. Although these 1 fatal epidemics sometimes visit New Or- ? leans, it requires no prophetic vision to behold it, in thc not distant future, rank among thc first cities of the world. It is 1 destined to bo the "Queen of nations ;" 1 the Venice of thu seas ; the proud em po rium of an internal commerce, with 1 whose incalculable magnitude the richest 1 Hood that was ever poured from the fer- ' tile valley of the IN ile would not com pare. The thoroughfare of a valley ' nearly three thousand miles square, of 1 every variety of soil, and climate adap- ' ted to the exhuberant production of all 1 kinds of fruits, und cereals ; the great entrepot of a growing commerce from 1 abroad, there is no power, physical or political, can impede its gigantic ad vancement. With the producta of one hundredth part of this broad extent of land, and under thc auspices of an infant nation, it has already aspired from n 1 wild, watery wilderness to tic one of the most magnificent cities on thc continent. With thc firm busis of a permanent and enterprising population, a constantly growing commerce, and under thu pro tcction of r.n enlightened government, it must progress to the highest state of power and magnificence. THE CHOI'S IN EPIDEMIC YEAHS. Although epidemics may spread over the land tributary to it, an Aliwise Prov idence sends ample compensation with them. The jjoison of these epidemias so fatal to animal, hus proven equally bene ficial to vegetable life. Epid?mie years, it has been remarked, yield the most abundant harvests. The year 1853 yield ed the largest sugar crop thc State ever made. Tho year 1358 Cunio aiong with another epidemic and another large sugar crop. Tho present season tims far resembles both of these, and tiic crop of this year promises to throw both of ita predecessors completely in the shade. CLIMATIC ATTRACTION. Although fatal epidemics sometimes visit the city, yet there are thousands who have become acclimated, and mul titudes flock here annually to adopt it a? their permanent home. Its mild and salubrious air throughout the other sea sons is found to be an ample compensa tion for all the hazards of disease and pestilence during thc summer, lt will always be resorted to by the man of wealth nnd the man of enterprise. While the delightful climate will attract tho one, the other will come to avail him self of tho most inviting field for trade and commerce on the globe. The mill ions of uncultivated land in thc State, the inexhaustible quantities of undevel oped, valuable mineral ore, inducements presented in but few other sections, rich ly confirm the prediction. The long line of noble ships and steamers, whose waving flags arc seen to float uround i>ur Eort, confirm it. The undistinguishable dips of foreign and domestic produce upon our wburvas confirm it. And each circling year will continue to untold nnd expand our growth during the century to come, until on the banks of the Missis sippi shall be seated a city surpassing the famed capitals and emporiums of the world. A SH.?TR7?L CITY. . its sis ""V" "i prc-pcr.ly, in SM tii? coming years, it will not willingly forget the unstinted liberality with which the people of tho West and North showered money like water into the exhausted treasuries of thu Howards, Peabodya and kinded benevolent associations, to help its plague-stricken people. It will never forget the liberal generosity and philan thropy which pro.npted tho people of Louisville, true to thu traditions of their lathers, to open widu thu gates of their bcautilul city and tho doors ot their pa latial homes to tho afflicted refugees from Southland and bade them welcome with tho proverbial ho-pitality of bel fair daughters and her brave sons, tl will never forget the uoble impulso which prompted them to send forth her chil dren into our fever-stricken villages and cities to endure the fatigues of a nurse's life, nt the imminent hazard of a martyr's death,_E. P. Prepared for a Whipping. Zion's Herald tells a story ol old-time discipline at Wilbraham Scmiuary when I Rev, Dr. Fisk was ?IIG nre*idiug officer : "There was ono minister's son, now in thc New England Conference (and a very faithful and useful paster be hus beenL u member of a large ministerial family, who in his academic days was as full of mischief as the proverbial minis ter's son is supposed to bo. He taxed | the well-known elastic pulicnco of Dr. Fisk to the last degree. Fina!ly, the Doctor said to him, after a capital act of misconduct: 'You must prepare your Bulf io? u severe whipping.' When the appointed tiinu came thu Doctor was on hand, very much more affected, appa rently, than thc irrepressible mischief maker. After u solemn dincour?o in that most melting tone of voice that no one can forget who over heard it, tho Doctor drew his rattan and laid it with conside rable unction upon the boy's back. Nothing but dust followed the blow. The subject of the discipline was entirely at his case, and evidently quite uncon scious of ibu stroke. 'Take oil' your coat, sir,' was the next command, for the Doctor was a little roused. Again whis tled thc rattan around thc boy's should ers, but with no more effect. 'Take ofT your vest, sir!' shouted the Doctor. Off went the vet, but there was another un der it. 'Off with tho other 1' and then, to tho astonishment of thc administrator of justice, ho exposed a dried codfish, defending the back of tho culprit Uko a shield, while below there was evidently stretching over other exposed portions of thc body a stout leathern apron. 'What does this mean?' said the Doctor. 'Why,' said the great rogue, in a particularly humble and persuasivo tone, 'you told mo, Doctor, to prepare myself for pun ishment, and I havo done tho bc t, I could !' It was out of tho qucsti.m to pursue that act of discipline any lurlher at that time. And it ls doubtful whether it was ever resumed again." SWEETLY SCENTED.-Experience tells us that a sweet and delicate odor renders a person of the plainest features agree able and attractive. A delightful odor from a lady or gentleman is always ad mired, and Dr. Price's Alista Bouquet. Concealed Delight or Floral Riches will make all sweetly scented. HOUR MILLIONAIRES. The ltlch Citizen* H-ui Francisco has Lost Within fi Year. From the San Francisco AL :, October 20. Thc death since tho beginning of the year of four residents of Han Francisco, reputed to be millionaires, three of them leaving each an estate estimated at more than $3,000,000, suggest ?onie remarks on their career. All of them began life in [?overt)* ; not one of them made his money ?y mere luck; ami all v/ere men consid erably above the average in business rep utation and moral character. Hopkins, Rees and Colton had rare industry, tact and business capacity, and yet very dif ferent in habits and tastes. Hopkins was strict, economical, fond of business for the sake of business, with a strong sense of duly, a dislike of display and of any participation in political management, lie was a quiet, just mau, liked and trusted by all witt? knew him well; fitted to 'brive by prudence and thrift, avoiding everything that looked to him like spot .< latio?. bat not unable io comprehend or unwilling to undertake great enterprises, inch as the Central Pacific was at the beginning. Colton was a very different mau. Ho began life as au office-holder, was a natu ral politician, and was fond of participat ing in public movements and influencing men above him. He had a natural liking for speculation, and made many invest ments which never would have found favor with Hopkins, but he was much more careful than the average speculator. Ile enjoyed the spending as well as the making of his money. He was proud of his magnificent home, ami was thc only one of the four that had one. Hopkins died before the completion of his palace, which he built rather aa a sense of duly to California than to gratify his own taste. Like thc others, Colton had an excellent reputation for fair-dealing. It would, we imagine, be no injustice to Michael Reese to call him a genteel miser. He had a genius for lending money. An excellent judge of men and a sound thinker, he carefully studied thc investments offered to him before accept ing them. It was his rule to rely exclu sively on his own judgment, and never to tako a largo risk merely because of a possibility of large gains. Reasonable certainty of a moderate profit was, in his opinion, the first requisite in a business transaction. After he acquired his first million, bc borrowed largely ; and nobody knew better where to borrow cheap or to lend dear. He provided himself with a good stock of available securities from which ho coultl readily obtain money from peoplo who would not lend unless they could obtain their funds at very short notice. He loaned at much higher rates. It is saitl by those who ought to know that he made *r200,0'J0 annually on borrowed money. He p;id several visits to Europe, nod sometimes indulged in little luxuries; but his expenditures for personal enjoyment were less than those of men with an income of $2,000 a year. His only gilt of money for a public pur pose in his lifetime, so far as we know, was that of $3,000 to purchase Liber's library for the. State University. He could make himself agrccuble in com pany, and was fair and faithful in busi ness transactions. W. L. O'liricn had no uncommon ca pacity in nny respect, anti in thc ordi nary course of events ho would never have made more than a moderato for tune. He owed much of his great suc cess to genial manners. As a good fel low ho had few superiors, lio always had a cheerful word for everybody, and everybody liked him. His popularity contributed much to give a start to the house of Flood ct O'Brien, and be was fortunate enough to bo associated with men whose special talents and knowledge raised the firm to princely wealth. Ile did not bother himself much in the ac quisition or in tho management of his wealth ; it added little io his enjoyment, and made little chango in his taste? or aK.-ioc?uL?ons, ile was to * lie last th? same piain, simple-hearted mnn among his old friends as in thc curlier days. Each of those four men deserved his good fortune, acquired it fairly, and used it in a manner that did no harm to the community. Hopkins obtained much of his wealth from government subsidies; but in return ho helped to build 2,000 miles of railroad. O'Brien's wealth con tributed to erect one of the finest build ings and to found ono of tho wealthiest banks in tho United States. Reese erec ted many good buildings. Hopkins, O'Brien and Reese were childless; Col ton leaving two daughters. The millions accumulated by one generation will bo distributed by tho next. A HUSBAND'S HOMJY.-Mr. Waite is a model husband-that ia to say, in a good many respects. Ho neither drinks, smokes nor chews, stays homo nt even ings, never gambles, and gives his wife al! thc money that she wanta. It is said that all men have some idiosyncracy or hobby. Mr. Waite has his. It is a deep rooted mania for attending auction sales and buying articles of every description, a fa 'Poodles, without regard as to whether they will ever bo of any prac tical or imaginary usc io him. As long as he gets them at a bargain, ho is satis fied. A good joke about thia peculiarity of his was relatcti to me the other even ing by a friend of his. Mr. Waite wont to an auction sale of a dealer in sporting gootls. He bought 20S dumb-bells at 20 cents n pair and carried them homo in triumph HA ?'.'?red them ::: thu cellar, where they remained for six months or so. Mrs. Waite got tired of seeing them occupy so much space, especially as she wanted the cellar for some purpose of her own. So imagining that her hus band had forgotten all abolit his novel acquisition, she sold the dumb-bells for a mero song to an auctioneer. That evening Mr. Waite returned home with a hand-cart. His face was flushed but trio mphant. "What have you got in that bund-cart, my dear ?" asked Mrs. Waite. "Dumb-bells, darling." "What?" "Dumb-bells. Bought 200 nair at 30 cents a pair. Paid moro for them than for the others I got, but, you know, it will never do to let tho price of dumb bells drop." Mrs. Waite took ono look nt tho arti cles. Her worso fears was realized. They were tho same old dumb-bells that, she had sold in thc morning. Mr. Waito lind chanced to be in attendance at the salo where they had been offered, and had bought them in at one-third advance over the price he had first paid for thom. Alta California. How AUK Wu* TO KNOW ?-Dealers say how are we to know that Dr. Price's Cream Raking Powder is unsophisti cated? Know it, because it always gives satisfaction, and other kinda aro bought at a price so low that it points at once to adulteration. If consumers knew the character bf cheap baking powders, very few would usc them. -Tho tramps aro burning barna and cotton-gin houses al an alarming rato in tho vicinity of Columbus, Mis*., nnd oilier parts of tho South. TORPEDO PRACTICE ON SHARKS. lluntliiK ?li? Vulture ot tUm 8?0 In a Morel und Scientific Way. I-Yoin the tendon Daily AVu'?. Not a year, indeed hardly a month, pusses but a ?haili Bpoils a British ship of one or more of her banda. While the vessel is in the harbor, or riding in tho offing, a man tumble* overboard, or is capsized from a boat, or attempts to swim ashore, and ia torn in pieces by sharks within sight of help and sound of Immun vpicc. The Alice Davies, of Liverpool, has just returned to the Mersey, and in lier "log" is duly recorded a terrible catastrophe of this kind. She was an chored off a ?mall river, known as the Probolingo, on the coast of Java, r.nd one of her crew, a Welshman, of the name of Owen, went with four others to brdie. They wcro ali good swimmers, and Owen, who was the most skillful, had ventured Borne little distance from the vessel, *.*her. he was suddenly heard to utter a piercing shriek. A largo shark, rising suddenly from tho bottom, bad bitten him immediately below tho fifth rib, and literally torn him to pieces. A rope was thrown to him, but his injuries were so terrible that bc immediately sank. His companions e'caped uninjured, but of Owen H body no traco waa recovered. The shark winch attacked bim was, wo are told, judged to be some fifteen feet in length. Such dimensions, although large, are yet not unusual in the Japanese seas. The shark is not BO much the tiger as the vulture of tho ?ea. Like tho vulture, be hesitates to attack anything with life in it ; but if hungry, becomes for tho time possessed willi a courage not his own. We shall never exterminate bim, his presence in tropicnl waters must always remain o constant source of dan ger. Meanwhile ho hos at least this merit, that wherever he may bo found ho affords a certain rough Hpecies of ?port. There is no better sport thun fishing for a shark with a hook thc size of a pitch fork, and a hugo piece of pork by way of bait. Harpooning the creature is also an exciting amusement, although seldom practiced. Of lute yean?, too, the shark luis beer, bunted in novel and scientific ways. There ia no better form of rifle ; practice than to shoot at him from over the stern, with explosive bullets. If you miss him, he ?till follows on; if bc ia bit, a great bolo is rent in him. He rolls slowly over un hu back, displaying his cruel] gaping jaws and vast expanse of white under-surface, and IUB brother sharks, coming up from around, quarrel und dispute frantically over the carcass. Best, however, of all modes of sharl: chase, because moat scientific, and conse-' quontly most amusing, is that recently adopted in her Majesty's navy of com bining torpedo drill with shark fishery. A miniature torpedo is inclosed in a bait of junk or pork, and lowered with proper care. Tho battery is duly charged, and at the moment tho hugo fish seizes, and, as a pike-fishcr would Bay, "pouches" tho tempting morsel, the circuit ia com pleted. The effect i? instantaneous. The head and jaws of tho monster ure blown into fragments, and a bubbling circle in tho water marks tho Bpot where, a lew seconds before, his dorsal flu showed above tho waves. Thc War Cloud lu England and Asia. The utter contempt shown by Russia for the provisions of the treuty of Berlin is humiliating to every power which shared in tho late Congress, and the Muscovites are enjoying a sweet ven geance for the defeat they then endured. Skilled beyond nil European powers in tho subtlo art of disintegrating their neighbors, they aro now playing on the rival heterogeneous populations of Aus tria the identical game which has result ed in tho partial dissolution of Turkey. By exciting the Slave clement against tho Hungarian, end by =n activo system of intrigue in Bosnia, they are undermining j tho t?uodaiiutis pf Austrian liability. The Russian papera teem with stories of Austrian atrocities in the newly annexed provinces, und inveigh against the want of principle which has been manifested in the spoliation of Turkey. In fact, tho Russian press reproduces again the charges, almost verbatim, which tho Eng lish press mudo against Russia when site invaded Bulgaria. It is singular lo ob _erve these Christian thieves qunrrelling over their ?poil? and bitterly accusing each other of crimen which all the world knows they have both committed. Another war is imminent in a very re mote and little known corner of the world. Some years ago Yakooo Bey, by force of character and military genius, created the State of Knshgar, in central Asia, into a formidable power, wresting some of the neighboring provinces from China. The provinco of Kuldja, which was then a Chinese viccroyalty, rebelled, in tho hopo of achieving i? indepen dence, but was conquered bv Russia, r?i tho understanding that, if over the Chincso regained their Kashigarian pro vinces, it was to bo restored to China, lt was not supposed nt that limo that this event could take place ; but Yakoob Bey is ?line? dead, his kingdom hus fallen to pieces, the Chinese under the command of a General of exceptional talent, have reconquered the former Chinese provin ces, and now tho Chinese Government demands tho restoration of Kuldja. The Russians refuse, except upon their pay ment of an exorbitant sum, as compen sation for improvements effected during a seven years'occunntinn ami the Cb: neso aro > massing* their forces at the passes which leud into the province. The defence of a territory BO remote from any base of op?rations will, no doubt, be found a difficult undertaking for Russin. On tho other hand, the Chinese, though far superior in numbers, are badly armed, equipped, and drilled. They, however, mako admirable soldiers when properly led, and the experience of the "ever invincible army," which, un der Col. Gordon's commnnrl. pxMnguisbed the Taeping rebellion, proves what can bo done with them in the field. It is not j impossible, if England finds that Russia is assisting the Ameor, that she may supply arms and officers to tho Chinese armies lighting against tho Russians in Tartary. In that case, as tho supply of men would practically bo without limit, a diversion might be made in the ex treme East, influence of which would be felt from ono end of the Russian frontier to tho other. Tho Chincso jealousy of foreign interference ls, however, so great that it is a question whether England could induce thom to accept the aid abo would bo ready to offsr until they fonud themselves very hard pressed. Fur.L MEASURE.-While most of tho so-called two-ounco flavoring extract bot tles hold but one and one-quarter ounces, and tho four ounce less than threo ounces, Dr. Price's Special Flavoring Extracts arc full mcaauro, strong, pure and natural as thc fruit from which they emanate. - A few years ago tho Alabama pen itentiary, like that of Kentucky, was a heavy cost to tho State, but now. under tho Warden system, it ia a* profitable in stitution, tho not earning* for tho last fiscal year being $85,553,91, LEGAL ADV?RTISINO.-Vte aro compiled require cub payment* for advertising orrlered'?7 Executors, Adm In lat ra. o'a ?ntl other fidueisr.ea, and herewith append tb? rate? for tho ordinary notlcea, which will only be Inserted wha tbe money come? wltb the order: Cli'.ilon*, two insertions, - fta.Ov Ectatef ticed, three insertions, . . 2.a? Final Settlement*, five- insertion? - - S.M TO CORREdPONDENTiJ.-lu order to receive attention, communications must be accompanied by ibo true name and address of tbe writer. Be? JrxtCd -r-ri^-r*-ft= ~'.\\ 5Ci ?>i icium??, anica* tb? I necessary stamps are furnished to repay tbe postage thereon. MOY- We are not responsible for the flows area ODinlocs of our correspondents. _ All communications should DO addressee to"M Itors Intelligencer," and all checks. drafts, mone orders, dc, should be made payable to the order of E. B. MUKRA Y 4 CO.. Anderson, 8. C. An Old Fashioned Little Girl. She flourished thirty or forty years ago. She ivas a little girl till she was fifteen. She used to help her mother wash tho dishes and keep kitchen tidy, and Bhe had an ambition to make pies s.? nice that papa could not tell the difference between them and mamma's, and yet she could fry griddle cakes at ten years of ago, and darn her own stockings before Bhe waa twelve, to say nothing of knit ting them herself. Sho had ber hours of play, and en joyed herself to the fullest uxtcnt. She had no very costly toys, to be sure, but her rag doll and the little bureau and chair that Uncle Tom made, were just as valuable to her as the ?20 wax doll and elegant doll furniture children have now a-days. She never Baid "I can't," and "f don't want to," to her mother, when asked to leave her play, and run up stairs rr down town on an errand, because she had not been brought up ?n that way. Obedi ence was a cardinal virtuo in the old fashioned little girl. She rose in the morning when she was called, and went out into tho garrnm and saw the dew on the grass, and if she liv ed in the country, she fed tho r'iickens nnd hunted up tho eggs for breakfast. We do not suppose sho had her hair in curl-papers, crimping 'pins, or had it "banged" over her forehead, and v ir flounces wcro no trouble to ber. She lenrned to sew by making patch work, and we dnro say sbo could do an over and over seam as well as nine-tenths of the grown up women can do uow-a days. The old-fashioned little girl did not grow into a young lady and talk about beaux before abe was in ber teens, and sho did not read dime novelB, and was not fancying a hero in every plow-boy she met. She learned tho solid accomplishments ns she grew up. She was taught the art of cooking and house-keeping. When she got a husband she knew how to cook him a dinner. I She was not learned in French verbs or Latin dccljnsions, and her near neigh bors were spued the agony of.hearing lier pound 011 "Tho Maiden's Prayer, and "Silver threads Among the Gold," twenty times a day on the piano, hut .*? have no doubt she made her family quite as comfortable as the modern young lady does her's. It may be a vulgar assertion, and we suppose that we are not exactly up to the times, but wo honestly believe, and our opinion is based on considerable experi ence and no small opportunity for obser vation, that when it comes to keeping a family happy, a good cook nnd house keeper is greatly preferred over an nc cumpiishea scholar. When both sets of qualities are found together, us they sometimes are, then is the household over which such a woman has control blessed. The old-fashioned little girl was mod est in her demeanor, and she never talked slang or used by-words. She did not iii rt. She did not laugh at old people or make fun of cripples, as we saw some modern little girls doing cue other day. She had respect for her elders, and was not above listening to words of counsel from those older than herself. Sho did not think she knew as much as her mother, and that her judgment win as good as her grandmother's. She did not go to parties by the time she was ten and stay till after midnight playing euchre, and dancing with any chanco young man who happened to be present. Sho went to bed in season, and doubt less said her prayers before she went, and abc slept the sleep of innocence, aud rose up in the morning happy and cap able of giving happiness. And it lhere be an old-fashioned lit tle girl in tho world to-da? ? t os?jf beares j u!cs5 her nnd keep her, and raise up others like her.-Ex. - It is estimait that a very Iorgo portion of the greenback revenue set apart to redeem the fractional currency, will never be called for, in consequence of the "shin-plosters" lost and destroyed. It is believed that $15,000,000 is not an exaggerated esti mate to placo upon this sum. There is an erroneous impression that similar losses of National Bank bills inuro to tho profit of the bank issuing them. On tho countrnry, the loss of a National Bank bill is as much to the profit of the Gov ernment as tho loss of one of its own is sues. The banks are responsible to tho Treasury (with bonds for collateral) for tho bills which they took oui. They munt pay back tho full amonnt, or an equivalent, if they wish to take up their bonds. -There aro in New York and Brooklyn at least 1,500 young white women who have married negroes, and tho number is constantly increasing. Nearly all of tho half-breeds born in New York have negro fathers and whito mothers. - "It's awful bard times, you know wolf at the door, and so on, and yet the United States will have a surplus of 1, 800.000,000 bushels of corn, 400,000,000 bushels of wheat and 6,250,000 bales of cotton."-Free Prest. - The Mexican government is mak ing nrragements to bold au exhibi tion exclusively of Mexican and American production*. The Exhi bition will bo hold in tho city of Mexico, under the immediate supervision of the government. .- Tho California grape crop this sea son ls the largest ever gathered, and prep arations have been made to cure a mil . lion r ounds of raisns. - The Great Eastern steamet', which is largo enough to carry 2,200 head of cattle and 3,600 sheep, is to run between Texas and London, carrying live stock. - Tho State Normal ocuooi building, ! at Emporia Kr u JOS, was burned recontly. I Loss, $85,000 f-Ninety thousand Labels of pea nuts will bo produced in North Carolina this year. - In San Francisco there are 100,000 Israelites and in other parts of California ?hero are 10,000. '-> An aged laborer in Wales was lately killed by the sting of a b.,o behind the ear. * - The Little Bock Democrat thinks that if eottcv is king it should haworth more than 8} conta. - Twelve thousand . different works have been published in regard to tho American war. - This year's apple crop is now gath ered, and it ia one of the richest the country bas ever bad. - The largest cornfield in the Stato of Rhodo Island contain? twenty acres. - Texas will raise one-fifth of all the cotton raised in America this year. - There is a veiy large immigration of English farmers iuto Virginia. - Tho Southern pren ls full of cheer ing evidences of returning prosperity. Unoaualed in offectivness, unapproaoh ed in cheapnoAs and unrivalled in popu larity is Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. 25 cts. per bottle.