The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, December 12, 1878, Image 1

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.od Firrr C?'T0Fye? ? sTresTT-rn? CWT. ^&#?'.ro .o? for .t-pork** ?i,r5f?nilB.U fox tho Qr?tln*?rtlon,ai* Fifty M??'4 !?. trZ?i^fertob?oqooBllwrtloMl?lkt* C4nt?P?^V Ko adTo?tUomooU wMtoto? S?1" ! ????SrMU wIHbo ?*4ewl?h thw wUhln* w^ffr?l??f"\^'?Mtbotonftned ?o ?ho Im ^IH?MS^' iw4.?Wu*l eontr* SoUoo? o*??odln? ?no;. Trlboto? r t BWP*?*!/auiduoHotertat, will bo charged for ?*,ur*.uinYrate? Announcements ofmarriage? ?dfwrll?o? ??3 ?uaiacwr.aro j**^?Sr2 '*'til,_nni1 w 1)0 Kt>tu BY ?. B. MURRAY & CO. " ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1878. VOL. X1Y-NO. 1ST . i r$t i Off <?tr3-?rtl/rriO.V.-<*r<r. Dni.i.A* i ,1 Kirrr I'MT< per mumu, JD advance. T\TO li n.t. A RA at end of ?oar. S KV av? TY-Ki VE CKNTS for ?ia io niths. . . SllMOriptloill are. not laksn for a liss [urlo? ? h in ii? .aonths. _ . 'jir/?i OF AfiVHItTlSlSO.-Ono fto|tar per . IHA e ol 'nie Inch for Iii? flr?t liiK-rlilii,and Fifty O'i o ta por ciuare for subsequent luacrtiona les? thaD three ?n milis. Na ad?erli.eiueuta cut?ate less lunn a sonare. l.iheral contracts will be ta ade with those wlaliln? to ad? -r?i?c for three, six or twel?e months. Ad Tor?jlnc by contract must ti? confined tu the iiu lO ?llateljusineesof the rtr?> ?r ?E4?T?2US! CC?t?A? i i Uif . _ .il, t i?ry Notice* exceeding fi?o llnr?. Tributes Kc^pect, and all personal communications; or era ?>i individual interest, will be charil for Iverllslng rates. Announcements of marriages, i A i leal ha, and notice? ufa i el brion? character, are etpeetfully ?olIdled, and will bo Inserted gratis LAWLESSNESS IN KENTUCKY. A Contlnuoua Itiot for a Week lu Ilreutli ett County- Mn ny Killed ami Wounded. LEXINGTON, KY., NOV. 80. A series nf riots occurred nt Jackson, Breathe? County, Ky., i'U miles from Mount Sterling, this week, which result ed in the fatal shooting of County Judge John W. Burnett, Thomas Little and Wm. Freeman, a negro. Dani. Free man, a brother of William, was also dan gerously wounded. These were friends of a prisoner whom the sheriff's posse was conducting to jail and endeavored to rescue him. Fighting has been going on since last Monday, ami the Governor bas been called on to quell the disturb ance. A special to the Lexington Press, dated Mount. .Sterling today, says: "Jackson is still in possession of the mob, but the sherill 's party aie in possession of thc court house and jail. Picket firing is kept up and many persons have been killed and wounded. No action bas yet been taken by the Governor." A letter written from Jackson on Wednesday says : The town is under control of a mob. Good citizens are fleeing for their lives. Women and children are seeking shelter from any who will protect them. The ollicers of the law arc defied, and havoc and desolation prevail. Men, drunk and wild w iib frenzy, armed to the teeth with pistols and guns, are walking the streets, yelling at the top of their voices, pro claiming who they intend to kill. In fact it is as much as your life is worth lo appear upon the streets, for you arc lia ble lo bc attacked by either or both par ties at any moment. This is the third day of this terrible condition of affairs. This people have been sorely ntilictcd in thc past, but thc outrages ami lawless ness then are not to be compared willi the terrible crimes of this week. BATTLE OF THE CLANS. Judge William Randall convened the Brenlhett Circuit Court on Monday morning, instructed the grand jury, and adjourned till afternoon. During the afternoon John Aikman, leading about a dozen men, dashed into town on horse back, armed with pistols und gum, d?t mounted and furiously attacked Capt. Hill Strong's clan, who were standing tm the street in front of Breeding's store. Thirty or forty shots were discharged, two taking effect oil William and Daniel Freeman, the former shot through thc budy, the latter through the head. They were removed late in the evening to their homes several miles up the river, and if is reported ?o-dny that Daniel Freeman is recovering but William is tlead. FIGHTING IN THE STREETS. Strong and his followers received no injuries, but barricaded themselves in a little log cabin about one hundred yards from the court house, where they had previously stacked their arms. Aikman and his parly Bought shelter in the court house, and a regular interchange of shots was kept up during the afternoon. One of the Freemans, who fell in the middle nf the street when shot, was forced to lie there for two hours, his friends fearing to attempt his removal during this strife. Hideous yells and shouts of*defiance could bc beard from both parties. DREAD OF THE CITIZENS. The court was puzzled, the officers of the law dumbfounded. The citizens watched from a distance, and not a single effort was made to quell the bloody riot. At last with light came hope, and all was (jtiiet save the bedlam hoop of the drunken rabble. There was no sleep or rest, everybody living in dread expectan cy cf thc morrow, ami slowly next morn ing (Tuesday) as light was thrown upon the scene it wa., discovered that Aikman mid party had withdrawn from the court house and quartered themselves near the river bank, while Strong and bis clan held their fort still. One by one the citizens made their.appearance in the btreet, congratulating themselves that thc war was over. About 10 o'clock Strong retired, and soon thereafter straggling drunken men, tvell armed, began lo pa rade the streets in defiance of all law and order, lt was whispered that the guard which had been sent to Lexington '.Hider charge of the shcrilTto bring back Jason Lillie would soon return, und an effort would be made to release the prisoner. M?puly Linie and guard had returned, .mi to the credit, however, of John Aik man, bc ii >aid, he refused tn participate ia tliis crime, and leit for home. TUE MURDERER IN JAIL. A willing leader was found in a justice of the peace mimed J. C. B. Allen, sup ported by the Link , Crawfords and others, numbering about forty, who loit ered about the streets impatiently wait ing f- r the guard to appear. Judge Ran da!!, io defeat the aim of the mob, had ti deputy sheriff and county judge to detail an extra guard ol'fifteen men, who went under the leadership of the county judge, John W. Burnett, to the assistance ol' the. sheriff. About 3 o'clock p. m. they returned with the prisoner, and si lely confined bim in jail, the guard 'lumbering about twenty-five well armed men. No effort, nt release was made; bat immediately after the guard returned bom the jail to the street and began to disperse, thinking the danger was over, Crawford and Little l>Bgan au attack on .I nilge Burnett, threatening to take his life. JUDGE BURNETT KILLED. Excitement ran high immediately, shouts anti veils rent thc air, and sud denly thc deadly revolvers were brought into play, and* a volley was potiretl in ?|""i the ginini, who, taken by surprise, sought shelter wherever they "could find it. When the smoke cleared off it was seen that Judge Burnett was down. Ile was dead, with a bullet through his heart. '?ii tiring was maintained in ?. iesultory way the whole evening, the nr.o yelling like very devils at every indication of a slight advantage over tlic faction that for the present were champions of the law. Allen ami his men, being in the court ht use yard, sought shelter behind tho clerk's office and in the court room, while 'lie guard retreated up the street to thc point where Strong and his clan were barricaded. The forces now numbered some thirty or forty on each side. Thc min were all well armed with the latest improved Colt's navy repeaters, Spencer ?nd Italian! rifles, and being good shots '"iild kill their man from two hundred Io three hundred yards whenever he might appear. A ITEM PT TO BREAK THF. JAIE. Buring the picket shooting a posse of Allen's clan, with axes, attempted to I'hrst open the jail door and rescuo the Prisoner, His brother, Toni Little, of Compton^ appeared itt thin moment and begged the rioters to desist. A shot through the body stretched him lifeless .?pori the ground. This caused ?he jail j freakers to retire, which they did, breath- I {.jj vengeance for the death of Tom Lit- j Thc Allen party deserted the court j '"'Use I. Ht night mid the sheriff ?nd posse ? .W? possession, thus commanding the j poor to the jail. Or course no court lias been held, nnd the Circuit Court Judge j Jiindcnly disappeared this morning be- | lore 7 o'clock, leaving no orders as to thc opposition of the prisoner Little. hf- | forte are being inaile, however vainly, to secure the services of some magistrate who will assume tbe responsibility of or dering Little to be returned to Lexington or some other jail for safekeeping. The court has left without making any pro vision for the keeping of county paupers or idiots, which leaves matty persons in destitute ci reit instances. ATTKMUT TO BU It Y JUDGE BURNETT. A guard was detailed to dig the grave I of Judge Burnett, the spot selected being by the side of his sweetheart, who died one year ago. Ladies and Citizens who came to town to-day to attend the funeral have beaten ; hasty retreat. Lawless ness and disorder are so rife that the re mains of thc late county judge will have no followers save an armed guard who will avenge his death. Everybody is leaving the town and there is a cessation \ of all business, as it is ns much as people can do to protect their lives from the wanton cruelty of the rabble. THE INAUGURATION CEREMONIES. Second Inauguration ?if Governor Hamp ton und Lieutenant Governor Klui]iftOU. In accordance with an indication from Governor Hampton that he was prepared to be inaugurated aa Governor of Smith j Carolina under the late election, thc President of the Sonate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the clerks of the two houses and the committees appointed to visit Governor Hampton repaired to bis residence on yesterday, at 2 o'clock p. m., in Company with the Chief Justice, Lieutenant Governor Simpson and Col. Wade H. Manning, thc Governor's private secretary, for the purpose of witnessing the inauguration which had been authorized by the con current resolution ol' the two houses of the Legislature. The party left the State House in car riages, and after a short drive were soon at the Governor's residence where they were met and invited in by Col. Wade Hampton, Jr. Thc Governor v.. u lying ?it bed ?it!: :'.u expression of pain upon Ills countenance, but otherwise appear ing to be getting on well -indeed his friends were agreeably disappointed, for be appeared stronger and much morn cheerful than they expected to lind him. As the members of the party went to his bedside he shook bands with them and had some pleasant remark for each. Thc object of the visit being made known, Chief Justice Willard, sitting by his bed side, held a small Bible upon which the Governor bold his hand wiiiie thc oath was being read. At the conclusion of which, taking the book into his own hand, he raised it to his lips and then signed the oath in a steady and legiblo hand, although lying upon his back. Licutenant-Governor Simpson then took and subscribed the oath of.ollicc as Lieu tcnant-Governor. After which Governor Hampton expressed to the Legislature, through the committees, his appreciation of the sympathy intended him by that body, and said that the greatest regret he feels in consequence of bis painful acci dent is that he is deprived of the privilege of conferring with anil consulting the General Assembly about the matters of importance to the people of South Caro lina which they are considering. The committees ferling thut it would be a tax upon the Governor's strength for them to remain longer, wished him a speedy restoration to health and retired, not having remained in the room for more than fifteen minutes, and reached thc cap itol in less than one hour from the time they left it. Members of the committee say that Governor never appeared nobler th in during the inauguration ceremony. Throughout the entire visit he was calm, resolute and self-possessed, showing a cheerfulness which is believed to.be the indication of rapid improvement.-Co lumbia Itcr/ufcr. CRIMINAL STATISTICS.-F. R. San born has been collecting facts regarding crime and criminals in the United Slates. The number of convicts is now twice as great aa in 187!, thc relative figures being 31,000 and 1(1,000. The greatest increase is in Georgia, Tennessee, and several Western States. Tho number of per sons in prison as convicts, or waiting trial, is 60,000, of whom less than one sixth arc women. About 10,000 of the whole number are in New York and 4,200 in Massachusetts, where thc pro portion ot prisoners to population is greater than in any other part of the country. In tho South the higher pris ons are generally made self-supporting by the labor of the convicts, who are leased to contractors, who may employ them anywhere in the State In Arkan sas the contractor pays nothing, but meets all expenses. In Tennessee, Geor gia and Mississippi stated sums in money, besides expenses, are paid by the contrac tors. Mr. Sanborn figures as billows: The general result of the labor of con victs in the State prisons of thirty-seven States (for Delaware has no central prison) falls $1,520,000 ehort of the earnings re quisite to support the 20.000 convicts in those [irisons lest year. The sum divided among an average of 29,000 State pris oners, gives an average cost of something more than $44 a year for each convict. If we add the sum paid for the support of short-sentenced prisoners in jails, the total cost of the 00,000 persons in prison throughout the year 1877 would probably exceed $5,000,000, or something more than ?80 a year for each prisoner.-Au gusta Evening Sentinel. WHO AUK RICH.-The man with good firm health is rich. So is thc man with a good clear con science. So is tho parent of vigorous, "lappy children. So is the clergyman whose coat the lit tlo children of his parish pluck, as he passes them in their play. So is that wife who has the whole heart of a good husband. So is the maiden whose horizon is not hounded by the "coming man," but who has a purpose in lifo whether she ever met him or not. So is tlie young man who, laying his hand on his heart, can say, "I have treated every woman I ever saw as I should wish my sister treated by other men." So is the littlo child who goes to sleep 'willi a kiss on its lips, and for whose waking a blessing waits. Threatening Political Situation. We take pleasure in placing before our readers the following important letter. While having no direct political bearing, it basa real significance, showing, as it does, that whatever the people of these States, may think concerning thc politi cal situation, they aro far from brand ing Dr. P 'ree's Family Remedies as frauds. _ w ^' GALVESTON,TEXAS, Juno ?, is<8. DR. PIERCE-Ikar Sir.: Your Gulden Medical Discovery and Purgative Pellets have cured rnv daughter of Scrofulous Swellings and Open Sores about ihe Neck ; nm! vour favorite Prescription has Hccomplinhcd wonder? in restoring to health'mv wife who br ! been bed-last for eight months, from Female Weak ness. I am With grateful feelings, yours t.-uly, T. H. Long. Thoughts for tho Mouth. This number reminds us that wo have readied the end of nnothcr year. Its advent forces two t h'm pa upon tho con sideration of tho prudent, thoughtful farmer: the balancing of accounts, and the bearing of the lessons learned, upon future operations. A BUSINESS VIEW OF MATTERS. How do expenditures ?nd receipts compare? We fear comparatively few of our readers cnn answer that question. If every one could, how quickly would reform begin. Farmers frequently say "they ure making no money," hut in their secret councils they think otherwise -not knowing exactly the state of the case, they hope they are making a little. ! No man in his senses is willing to work j bard a whole year for nothing-be must ? hope cither for present or prospective j gain. True, very few in any of the avo- j cations of life are making much just now, ? and thc larmer may comfort himself with i thc reflection that he bas a plenty of company. But such uncertain, doubtful conclusions ought not to satisfy n sensi ble man-be should know with absolute certainty whether the policy bc is pursu ing is a wise or a paying one-and we take this titting occasion to urge ?gain i?pon our readers the very grent impor tance of keeping books, willi as much care ns tho merchant 01 the II anufacturcr does. A fanner should keep an account with every one of his crops, and with every one of bis fields. In no other way can bc learn whether Ibis or that crop pays, or this or that field warranta the expense of cultivation. Wc are thor oughly satisfied that on a very great many farms, thc cultivation of some poor fields absorbs all the profits f'roin the richer and better portions. At the beginning of the year settle ns near us can bc, the cost per day of each band on the place, of a mule and plough, wagon and team, and each night enter in a book (blank ones made especially for this can be lind), the cost of labor, Ac, spent on each field. In like manner, enfer daily the cost of labor spent on corn crop, cotton, Ac. Keep also an ac count of general expenses, such as fenc ing, and at the end of the year divide this out among thc different crops in Croportion to tlie expenditures on each. )o the same with the interest on capital invested in farm, and taxes on thc whole, the uncultivated and unused portions of the farm as well ns that {limited, also with the wear and tear ol'stock, w agons, implement*, Ac. The farmer's personal supervision and care, ought certainly to be worth aa much as house rent, firewood and the usual perquisites of a farm-nn overseer could not bc hired for these alone, bc would demand them and a salary additional. We simplify tb" ac count then by letting these things offset each othert .Now with such a record at thc end of the year, a farmer could tell pretty well what he was' doing-whether making money or not-what crops and what fields paid and what did not-what kind of fertilizing and cultivating gave best returns. What a Hood of light would bc thrown upon all the operations of the farm by a half hour's work each night, that time being ample to make all the necessary records. Would not thc valuable knowledge gained be worth that little trouble? Don't say I am not a book-keeper and cannot do it-any ono without training or experience in the matter, can do what we have suggested : it is perfectly simple and perfectly easy. One of your boys or girls, or even thc good wife, would make the records if you were tired. Try it next year mid learn for yourselves bow easy it is. LESSONS OK 1878. Have you learned anything additional about your business from the experiments aud experience of the year just closing, or have you moved along in thc same old grooves nnd ruts? Have you ob served an ' marked points all along its course which you could improve upon during the coming year? Have you studied out a bette.- rotation of crops one that will preserve and enrich your land, and at the same time give remune rating crops? Have you closely studied the defects in your ploughs and manner of" ploughing, so that next year you will be able to do more and better work, with a less number of furrows ? Have you made any progress in finding out what fertilizers, whether commercial or com posts, or combinations of these, pay best on your lands and crops? Have you noted any difference in results, of deep or shallow culture, on different roils and crops, and at different stages of their growth? These arc a few only of the questions which might be asked, and to which the observing, reflecting farmer ought to be able to give more or less defi nite answers. At present the margin of profits is very small, and it is only by close calculation and the nicest manage ment that money can be made. The North is agitated about making 8 hours a lal~ing day. At the South Sambo pract. ally settled that question long ago, and the two great problems in Southern farming now arc, how to supplement labor bv improved implements, machines nnd methods, and how to enrich the soil so as to produce maxirnun crops with the minimum labor which Srimbo gives. Those are the leading problems. The next ia bow to decrense tue money crops. We sell almost everything we make, and buy almost everything we need-whereas wc ought to make almost everything we need, and buy almost nothing. The present system of cultivating money ..!<.[.< almost exclusively, places us nt thc mercy ol' speculators and middlemen ; cutting down tho money crops to small est dimensions would restore ns again to the old time independence. What is to prevent ft furnier from raising all tho horses and mules be needs-all the pork, beef, mutton, poultry, butter and eggs all tho wheat, corn, potatoes, syrup, ten, fruits and vegetables bc needs? What necessity for him to buy axe helves and hoe helves, and cradles and plough stocks and handles. A little work on rainy days, and a little sound economy about little matters, would help us amazingly. Wc arc poor folks-mad poor in the first instance, not by laziness, hut by thc noble imp..'.es of patriotic self-sacrifice, and we ?. be ashamed, but rattier proud, of i., it us therefore come down to it, and net accordingly. "A man is a man for all that." The wearer of home spun, out of debt, has nothing to envy him who, clothed in purple and fine linen and faring sumptuously every day, has mortgages and liens upon his property ami ia subject to thc bidding of a mer chant or money lender.-Southern Culti vator, for December. Tun TnUTIIFTJI. TEST.-H requires no learned experts to estnblish thc fact that Dr. Price's Cream Raking Powder is the parent nnd the strongest. If it will make sweeter, lighter, and more digesti ble broad, biscuits. cake*, ?tc, ihr.:; car. be made with other kinds, it is nn incon testible proof of its purity and greater excellence. - Thc indefinable joy which fills a young man's bosom when he carves his first fowl, is more than counterbalanced by thc mortification which COMICS when lie involuntarily pulls it orer into bin lap. A (.001) WORK. Pout h Carolina** Institution forth?1 I "il nco lion of thc Deaf, Dumb anil Ullin!. | This noble institution is hi tua ted in SpattauburgCounty, four miles from the \ county site, ami one mile wes! of the Spurtunbuig ami Union Railroad, on the beautiful ami historic grounds of Cedar Spring. As is indicated in I lie heading of this article, the establishment em braces two entirely distinct departments, the one being devoted exclusively i the instruction of the deaf and dumb, the other to that of the blind. The former department is by several years the older, . having been founded by the Rev. New ton 1*. Walker, a native of Spartanburg County, about 1850. It was at first a private but purely philanthropic enter prise, and was therefore quite limited in its operations until its noble and ener getic founder succeeded in securing ns ???stance from the State. It was while laboring to effect this end that he met ' the Hon. Bias Henderson, of Laurens j County, who cordially seconded Mr. W.'s plans, advocating, at the same time, the ' establishment of, in connection with the school, a department for thc blind. It is needless to say that the gentlemen then ; composing the Legislature of South Car- | ol ina w ai inly approv ed their measures, ! and by suitable appropriations, soon placed thc noble enterprise on the high way to grand success, and in a few years the department for the deaf and dumb, under the pcisonal management of Mr. Walker, and that of thc blind under tho instruction of Mr. Janies S. Henderson, who was himself blind, each attained to thc highest rank among the institutions of its kind. Just here, we would notice briefly the objects contemplated by the worthy au thor and the supporters of this benevo lent scheme. In the case of the deaf and dumb, ns well as that of the blind, there were two branches, the intellectual and the industrial ; thc former needs no com ment, further than what is implied in the terni wc have used ; the latter we will notice more specifically. The industrial ] branch of deaf-mute education ut Cedar | Sp!lng consists of carpentering, shoe and harness making and the arts of agriciil- I ture ; thc blind were taught to make brooms and mats and lo cane chairs. Thc industrial part of female education seemed io have been overlooked. The prosperity of this noble institu tion was checked it; the year 1SG1 by the outbreaking of the late war; iu 1802 it war deprived of ?tsdistinguished founder liv his untimely death. At the opening "?" J** session of 18CC - -'-r:-'.: ' r*-?"- : was manifest, from a marked decrease in the number of attendants, and a partial suspension of the industrial branches, which continued until the spring of 18(15, when the doors were closed. In the fall of lSfill an attempt was made to revive this languishing enterprise, hut with small success*, the exercises being again indefinitely discontinued at the expira tion of a short session. In 18U9 it be gan a new but uncertain lease of life, which was interrupted in 1S73 by the imbecile ex-Governor Moses, influenced by the corrupt and designing Neagle. In 1S7G ex-Governor Chamberlain deemed it necessary, by way of concili ating the now aroused and resolute Dem ocracy, to perform one palpable duty. Accordingly, this noble but apparent ly ill-fated institution was permitted to resume ita uncertain career, with a re striction to twenty pupils. Under Dem ocratic rule, the attendance on the suc ceeding terni, which closed injune, 1878, was increased to forty-five, of which thirty-five were deaf and dumb and ten blind. At prrsent, Professor N. P. Walker, son of the founder of the in stitution, is its superintendent. The teachers in the deaf and dumb depart ment arc Professor John M. Hughsfnn, a deaf mute, and the first graduate of the school, a gentleman of fine scholarly as well as business attainments, and Miss Ida Walker, a sister of the superinten dent. Mr. R. P. Rogers, also a mute, is mas'or of the shoe shop. In the department for the blind, Mrs. L. C. Henderson, ?notlier sister of the superintendent, has charge of tho liter ary branches, and Professor W. R. Norlh, who is bli nd, and a graduate of the institu tion, is the professor of music. Since the war, the meagreness of the appro priation* has been such as to prevent the reopening of the shops for the industri al training ol the blind. Mrs. Walker, the mother of this remarkable family of teachers, presides ns matron of the es tablishment, and we take pleasure in stating that despite hard times and short appropriations, she never fails to have the t:? .le furnished with an ample sup ply of savory and wholesome viands. It is evident from the above that these officers ?re peculiarly fitted for the im portant positions -.vii?eli they fill, and it is due to them to slate that though they have been greatly restricted in their operations for wai.t of tho necessary funds, yet the most gratifying success has crowned all their effort-., and the standard of scholarship among their graduates is second to that of no similar institution in the land. In regard to the wants of this institu tion, we will begin by staling that the building itself is greatly out of repair ; "ihe roof lets in the rain" but not "the sunshine;" the plastering is frequently dropping, thus endangering the lives of the inmates ; the grounds and enclosure are likewise in bat. condition. The li brary for the blind contains little variety, the few volumes of which it is composed presenting a uniformly dilapidated as pect. With the exception of a few text books purchased from time to time since thc war, the collection has not been re plenished during tho last fifteen or twenty ycus. The musical instruments, with pcarccly an exception, need replace ment by new ones. Thus it appears that the only estab lishment in South Carolina designed for the mental and physical training of this unfortunate class of our population is fast drifting into au untenable condition for want of a respectable support from tho Legislature. Certainly such a course on the part of tho Slate has neith er the commendable quality of economy nor philanthropy. If this charity is le be sustained at all, let it be done in a manner which will ensure the fulfillment of its objects. Tiie blind of South Car olina do not ask an asylum, but thc op portunities of education, and this no ont will deny should be granted them, even in preference to ihe moro fortunate classes ; for with this they become usefu and independent citizens-without ii they must remain life long objects nf pity We nre forced herc lo iceortl the sat! fae that two-thirds of thc deaf and dumb, a: well ns of the blind, children of th il State are grow ing up in total ignorance and would insist that slcps bo taken I? ibo ensuing Legislature to extend ti this allictcd class those advantages whicl arc enjoy eil by other children, and whicl the constitution pledges alike to all. Every true heart, pulsating with gen ero-ity and humanity, must feel a warn interest in the. success of this noble cause nn 1 we d?tibt not that tl c press of th State w ill lend its cordial support nm advocacy to its claims.-GcorgetOto Tim't. M IIS. TOOtiOOD'S ( IIUISTIAMTY. It is Sunday morning, and Mrs. Too good lias washed-or rather scrubbed - and dressed thc fix youngest of lier fmni- 1 ly of eight; tho two oldest ure girls, and no longer need their mother's helping hand in thc way of "lixin'." They aro going to church, and have on their best clothes, their "Sunday-go-lo-ineotiii's." Little Beulah Vushti has on Hie new oink percale that she tried to w ear on Friday lo school, because thc other chil dren were t<- be dressed up at the "ri nd ing match," but was denied by her moth er, who didn't believe in indulging chil dren in any sueii foolishness and vanity. Alabama Washington, tho oldest daugh ter-named in honor of her mother's birth-place, and of the Father of our ; Country-has her front-locks in curl- I papers, which she has kept carefully ? concealed from her mother's no.iee by a . dust-cap, until tho last moment for get ling ready for church Mrs. Toogood spies thom. "Do you think, Alabama Washington, thal 1 intend lo let you go with your hair rigged out in that fashion? Do yon sup pose I'd let a duughu r of mine sil in church under the eyes of the preacher, showing sticli signs of vanity ! Now, ? miss, you just brush *cni right out!" fin , poor Alabama, who is nearly grown, and j ( naturally desires tu look pretty, takes thc ? ? olU tiding papers out, and slowly brushes j i the otherwise ?Imight locks, but a few - little ringlets ara left-Alabama didn't t brush very bard-which she slyly pushes | under thc edges of ber bair, and duly ? mils down, as ?hu walks to church be- ? lind lier mother. Little Jim Toni, the youngest, wants lo , know if ho can't ride bis slick-horse to church. "To church !" screamed Mrs. ( Toogood. "No, indeed ! and if I catch ( you on it, or you get a speck of dirt on your gooil clothes, I'll giv?* you such a warnung when 1 get home that you'll nut forget it soon !" At last thc eight arc ready. The little ones' eyes nre red-for thc tears would conic despite their mother's "if you cry I'll make you stay at home!" a threat she had no idea of carrying out-they only hoped she would-willi having tangled hair combed ami jerked, being scolded for not "holding the sleeve," ami other shortcomings ; it's no wonder they bore traces of having gone through un ordea!. "Al?banla Washington," (Mrs. Too good calls ell her children by their lull names,) "him von seen anything of my hymn book? ? laid it right on this shelf last Sunday evening. Saw Henry Clay "in j; '.' "? - '".ii, . the Lord kui ^j dO?-What will the world conic to? Pre. Vers in a hymn book! 1 just feel like sbakin' the lite, out of lier. Conic here to mo, Henry Clay, what have you been doing with my hymn book ?" "Nothing," meekly answers Henry Clay, a girl of twelve years. "I just took it to sing out of--just to learn 'Come Thou Fount of Every Blossin'.' I habit pressed no flowers in it." "Well, I'll 'bless' you if I ever catch you with it again." Notwithstanding Henry Clay's denial, the stain of a green leaf and thc purple from a morning glory were visible on a page, but not on thc one of 'Come Thou Fount ;' that didn't seem to have been touched with either Howers or finger prints. "Alabama Washington, i want to toll you now that I don't want you lo look at them Spriggs boys like you tl id bust Sun day, else I'll call your pa's attention to it; the preacher's the. proper one to look at." Mrs. Toogood wus always going to "tell your pa," but this was a threat the children didn't mind, ns they stood in no awe of that easy-going, patient man. "What's that you've got, William Henry Harrison, under your vost?" "Cot noth ing 1" sullenly answers William Henry. "Yes be bas, mother 1" eagerly eries Maria Ellen, his twin; "he's got a bean shooter; I saw ?lim put it there." Mrs. Toogood runs her band up William Hen ry's vest, and out conies the bean-shooter -a strip ot' leather fastened to a two pronged stick. Poor William Henry is rapped over the head with bis plaything, while his affectionate twin giggles and cries, "Goody, goody !" Mr. Toogood, who has been patiently standing on tlie front porch, calls to his wife that "tho last bell is ringing and she's been a mighty time a lixin'," while Mrs. Toogood, with flushed face, answers if she had no more to do than be she'd have been ready long ago. "I wish, Jasper," she cries in exasperated tone, "you had thc work I have to do with these brats, you wouldn't then have time , to find so much fault; but tho unreason ablest thing on tho face of thc carib >s a ' man, and I don't want to bear another , word from you, for I'm just worried to death anyhow. 1 wish you could seo iiie Bacriutcnt broad that Colic Ann has bilked (Celie Ann is the hired girl). All the members know it'; my week for bak- , ing tho bread, and I'll bc mortified to ( death when it's passed 'round. It will do Mrs. Blowgo so much good to talk about it in the next six months and old Mrs. Wilkins will be tickled to deat'i. I \ do wish I had baked it myself, but i was , so busy trimming my bonnet, that I made up the dough and give it to Celie , Ann to bake, and a pretty muss she's made, with two blisters on it as big as my linger nail. I just wish she bad ten times as many on her tongue; perhaps i .she couldn't have so much gab, ?nd it'.; likely why the cake was blistered she was Icanin' out the window gabbing to Sister Pott's girl, instead o' watching it. 1 give lier bead a good cracking tho' with thc soup dipper. 'Spect she'll leave. I don't caro if she docs, the trifling thing." In this exasperated state of mind Mrs. Toogood, w ith ber husband and thc eight Toogood*, starts to church. They go slowly down thc aisle and take a bench near the pulpit. It is a warm Sunday, and Brother Dolcman preaches a b>ng, dry sermon. The four younger Toogood* get to tired. u\\ ill he never get through," they think. Little Jim yawns and nods, and un easily moves about, while bis mother gives his legs a pinch under the fold of her dress, and whispers, "If you don't keep still I'll give you a good one when I get you homebut poor Jim is soon past all threats ; thc tired eyes that he has tried so bravely to keep open close at last, and bis little curly head falls against his sister Alabama's shoulder-be was afraid to rest it against his mother's and he sleeps, while Brother Dole m an casts reproving glances toward tho Too goods. Little John Wesley, two years older than Jim, thinks he'll like to sec thc folks behind him ; he is tired looking at j tho backs of those in front, but a warn ing look from his mother us bo turns bis head around makes him change his po sition, and again !:i:i tired eyes are fas tened on old Sister Piper's little twist of gray hair, and then on Brother Piper's soiled coat-collar in front of bim. Di rectly bc ventures to move again, bis legs nre so tired, hts feet, that doesn't touch thc floor, ache. "Ob, if I was only at home, or anywhere out of here !" he sighed to himself. His mother sees him move, and smiling sweetly whispers, "If you don't iel up and bebavo yourself you shall never come again. I w ish I your pa wonjil notice you." But nu was listening lo thc Kennon witlrclosed eyes. How ea rn est Iv John Wesley wished Iiis mother would keep that threat-not to 1 ?ri ti jr him any more-hut ho knew she didn't mean it, else ho would have moved several times more. All this time Sister Toogood sits lis tening to the preacher, save when ad monishing her children ; her face ia clothed in pious primness. She is an exemplary member, never nibses a Sun day, or allows her children to do so. She gives to the pastor, and has him to dinner and to supper with her, and tries to bring up her children in the way they should go and in the fear of the Loni. The fear of the Lord ! that is what Uro. Doleinnn preaches about, ami of that everlasting lake of fire, where all who are not good, and not church members lint members ol his church Uro. Dolcman means-will go to and burn forever and forever! Not cf the great mercy, the tender-love, and infinite goodness of our Saviour did little ,I im and John Wesley hear, but of his awful wrath ; not of the sweet promises to the good, but of the terrible punishment to the wicked. Tho beautiful story of Jesus, that children love to hear, wasn't tobi by Brother Dolcman; tho happy home in heaven, its eternal joys mid beauty, were left out nf his sermons, but he told of the horrors nf the bad place and its everlasting pun ishment. How many Brother Dolemnns ive have, how many snell mothers ns Mrs. Toogood, and how ninny little children ire taught to fear God rather than to love Him. Little innocent hearts afraid in thc darkness, having no faith, no trust in the love and protection nf a dear Father above. Afraid to get sick, afra iii [odie; hearing not, knowing not that Helias said; "Sutler little children to Mime tinto me, and forbid them not, for t)f such is the kingdom of heaven."-AN NIE BNHLISII ANDERSON, in Louisville ( burier-Journal. GENIUS AND STIIONU DRINK DI VORCED.-The remark is frequently heard that it is the most gifted, the "generous," fellows who are. most apt to fall into intemperance. The saying is neither true nor useful. However it may have been formerly, it has come to pass now that, as Prut. Swing suggests, the temperance reform has reached first ihe minds that arc more gifted. "Many years ?go," lie suys, ;ii was my good fortune to serve my country liv being Secretary of a temperance society, and in that official dignity 1 addressed letters of inquiry to : residents of colleges and Pro fessors, to ask what was the quality of thc young men who, in those days, marred their college course by the use of ardent drinks. Long letters came from President Woolsey, of Yale, and from Horace Mann, then ot Boston, and from Prof. Moffatt, of Princeton, and they ali bore testimony that genius in their col leges and schools drank less than stupidi ty ; that whiskey was passing away from tin- higher ord? ; ol mind, and was to be found only in psrscssion of the more seti&unl and less bright."-Chicago Ad vance. AN ORGAN WITH A WILL OF rrri OWN.-The good people of a certain country village in Indiana hungered and thirsted fur an organ to assist in the church services ; but as they could not afford t<> hire at: organist, they bought a self-operating instrument warranted to grind out forty tunes of a religious cast. The musical instrument was placed in position for the next Sunday. The sex ton was instructed how lo set it going and how to stop it, but unfortunately forgot the latter part of Iiis business; and after singing the first four verses of a hymn before tho sermon, thc organ could not bo stopped, but continued playing two venes more; then just ns the clergyman completed the words, "Let us pray," the organ clicked and started another tune. The sexton and others continuel] their exertions to find tho spring, but no one could put a stop to it ; so they got four of the stoutest men in tho church lo shoulder the per verse instrument, and they carried it down tlie aisle into the church-yard, where it continued clicking and playing until thc whole forty tunes were finished. COMPRESSION OP THE FEET.-A prac tice so common that it may be safely said that there is scarcely a normal-shaped foot to be found among civilized beings. Although thia compression is not in Ku rope and America carried to thc ex tent of stopping all growth of tho feet nt a very lender age, as among some classes of tho (21line.se, yet tho natural growth issn much impeded hy the idiot ic fancy of most parents to encase their children's feel in snug boots, that gener nlly before a child is six years old thc toes are more or less deformed. Usu ally the growth of the little toes is en tirely suspended as early as twelve or thirteen years of age, while all are press ed together and overlapped, and tho great toe, instead of continuing on a linc with the side of the foot, 'urns lo thc center at an angle of from thirty to thirty-five tlegrces. To whatever extent tho com pression is carried, just to that degree is I he circulation interfered with, causing the blood to flow less and less freely, and in decreasing quantity, causing no! only discomfort from cold feet, but a strong tendency to consumption is induced. The interference with tho capillary cir culation of the feet is also one of the most common causes of catarrh-a fact not generally known. A COUNTRY WHERE LAHOR re FREE. - At Indianapolis there is ti newspaper whose mission is the emancipi .ion of labor. If labor is so much enslaved in this country, it is a little singular that so many poor men became rich here. There is nothing that will emancipate labor so soon as good mor?is and ibo. habit of saving. Thc mechanic who lias learned his trade well ; who has no pet vice to feed, and w ho marries at 25 or 80 a young woman so skilled in house hold economy that she can make every cent of his wages bring to him its full value, is very certain of becoming a well to ?lo if not a rich man. No young man can accumu late property honestly without great self denial in the beginning. Ho needs more discipline than ii soldier, for he has a bigger fight to make. Ono of the first things he has to learn is the importance of keeping out of thc society of fools and spendthrifts. His most dangerous cue illies are his companions.-Louisville (burier-Journal. GIVE THEM A FAIR TRIAL.-Give Dr. Price's Special Flavoring Lxtracts a ?airtrial, and if they please you, recom mend them. Wo have no fears of your not being satisfied, provided you get Dr. Price's, as their popularity and exten sive sale is from their perfect purity and excellent quality. - "Get right out of this," shouted an irritated merchant to a mendacious clerk, "this is the third lie I have caught you in sinco 10 o'clock this morning. "Oh. well," said the new man, don't bo too hard on me. Give a fellow time to learn thc rules of ibo house." PICTURES OP A BOY. CHAPTER I-"IT'S A nOY." His advent is heralded in tho brief but strong sentence just quoted. No matter what nones have been indulged concern ing girl babies, there is something in thc pithy announcement, "It's a boy/' which dispels all fanciful dreams and sets every body squarely on a prose basis. His very voice, as i. utters a defiant war-whoop to the grand anny of humanity, tells thc story to experienced years. The visions of a dainty girl darling very soon vanish before this positive piece of prose, who kicks bis sturdy heels through the deli cate pink socks intended for Iiis sister, and who grows as red as a turkey cock's head at Thanksgiving times when bo is expected to show oil'to a good advantage before railers. He persists in an abnor mal development of nose and a puffiness about the eyes, along with several othor little tricks known only to interested parties. Parents and nurses become re conciled and accept him on trunt, seeing no other alternative. He emerges from bis puffy and rosy obstinacy to a roly poly, wide-awake thing of beauty, which is a joy fully one-half of the time. There isa process from infancy to little boyhood, a sweet time, when the man-child is half baby, half angel. In tho clear depths of his innocent eyes is a world of trust and hope and love. His white brow is fair us a freshly-opcncd lily, and bis lips nssweet us hermosa roses. Ho is most witching at this stage, for thc peculiarities which mark thc enfant terrible uro yet undevel oped. Hois nu armful ol love and beauty and promise und dread and hope. Love him while yet there is no guile on the lender lips, "no sin in the unwritten soul, no touch of the world's breath upon (bid's finished work. CM1PTE11 II- "GET UP OLD.: HORSEY !" "Morey, what a Noise! Look at that chair, with a string tied on tho arms nnd made fa-t to the writing desk and flower stand, all to bc driven tandem by that young imp in kilt skirt and fancy hat and shoos ! Who upset that work basket? and, good gracious, what work bas been made with my wool und tbreud I There's tho last Graphic torn to scraps and stuffed in the. cuspidoro with my screw-driver that I lost ?i week ago. What is bc doing with the cat? and, dear mo, if bc hasn't thrown grandma's spectacles into tho grate I" "Where's Harry? Run to the kitchen and soe. All tho eggs arc broken in tho basket of folded clothes, und the milk for pudding has been fed to thc cut and dog." Bridget Lannigan is in a towering rage, and says, "Phut s the u-eof shlavin' to kape elane wtd such a young div? for ni nst ye?" Miss Frigidity Fusbunch calls, and is horrified by being requested to "bo a horse and let Harry ride to Bos ton." She is questioned also on many delicate points. Ho gets very close to her and asks what that while stuff on iier face is, and what makes ber wear such a funny little hat. A few years of this juvenile terror and then appears another stage of tho boy. lie gets a fever on.y appeased by marbles. It is useless to head off this phase ; if it is shut off in one direction it breaks out more, violently in some other. It goes through a period of six or seven years and costs much in anxiety, broken win dow-panes and mortified pride. He is afflicted with rats, pigeons and other boy ish complaints, which aro harmless, but annoying. Ho brings in six dirty stcel trnps to amuse his sick sister, who grows worse under it, and in Iiis solicitude he straps bis legs fast to six feet of stilts and stoics to enter thc door of ber room, to thc horror and dismay of bis mother. He brings little notes home from school, which be tries to explain in a favorable light, but fails to convince his parents that it was "only because Bill Wilson dropped bis slate on Abo Hennegan's toes and. niadc me laugh." He carves Ilia awkward initials on old Mrs. Wil liams' collar door and she threatens his arrest. He goos to KCG "Humpty Dump- | i ty" and comes homo and throws rca. brickbat^ al bis aunt, and Bridget is met with a battering blow from Iiis heud when she ia bringing in the coal, ile makes life a burden nnd home a snare and a delusion. He tears thc comforts in more ways than one, and slits the pillow-cases to match them. Gradually lie leaves off bia hurly-burly life and im perceptibly glides into CHAPTER 111-"WHERE'S MY BLUE TIE?" "Where ia the blacking brush? lam going to ii little surprise, and won't be nome till cloven. Is my percale shirt done up nice? I wish you'd mako my collars stifler. I don't thank some one for throwing my coat dow n and getting it wrinkled all up. How do you like this hat? Think it looks better than my soft one?" You will find tho pigeon boxes all deserted about thia period ; not a rat trap cumbers the back yard. Thc wood shed theatricals are alf ended; the stilts ure put away ; kites forgotten and win dow-glass in perfect safety. The dust bas filled up tho rude initials in Mrs. Williams' cellar-door, and there is an uninvited quiet all around the house. Chairs stay in their places and panta loons will ho longer bear cutting over for the boy. He gets them now out of new stuff, and mother's "cut" will not satisfy him. He is not in thc way now, and there ia a heavy pain in mother's heart as she thinks that lie will never need her much any more. The innocent eyes havo deeper meaning in them now. They have taken into their depths the reflec tion of a face younger than mother's, and lifo begins to look real to them. Thc world is full of homes where these pictures will bc recognized and hung up as family portraits-homes where there aro no sounds of young voices now. They T;row away into tho great world so soon, and put away the nameless feeling of desolation sui we do the cast-off toys of their childhood ; und v en tho evening of life approaches the heart goes back along thc track of time niwj h? once more with the children in thc dear old long ago.- Cincinnati Saturday Niyht. DELIGHTFUL PERFUMES.-Dr. Price bas prepared a rich variety of perfumes from which the most fastidious can se lect an odor with agreeable satisfaction. Dr. Price's Pct Roso, Alista Bouquet, and other perfumes, are? great favorites, as their sweetness and freshness aro so de cided. - There ought to bo some way to put up good advice in tin cana to bc kept until used. A [jfeat deal of it is thrown ubout loose and wasted. - A Waterbury woman who weir hod something over three hundred pounds got some anti-fat and took double doses of it, until thc first thing she knew her skin was so looso that her nose hung off tho end of her chin, and her eye* were at each corner of her mouth. w"~ 'wM.?.ry .Is K?in8 tho rounds that Miss Mollie Fancher, of BrooKlyn, has lived fourteen years without food, and doctors certify to the storv. That wo man should marry a country editor. What this country needs is to have a nice of people raised up that can live fourteen years without food, and Mollio and an editor ia thc best ero?? wc can ?hink of. LEO Ah ADVERTISING.-We are componed te require cash payments for a.d?crtl?ing ordered by Executors, Administrator? and otber fiduciaries, and herewith append the rate? ?ur the oidlnary notices, which will only bo Inserted when tb? morjoy conies with the ordor : Citations, two insertions, - M.Ot Estate Notice?, three insert'>n?, - - l.W Final Bcttlfiiin-ni?. *?? isstriispz - - ?.v? TO CORRiu/PONDENTS.-In order to receive attention, communications roust be accompanied by tho true name and address of the writer. Re lectcd manuscript* will not be returned, unless the necessary stamps are furnished to rcpry the postag? thereon. ... - ? j trd~ We ar?, not responsible for tb? views am?t opinions of cur eorreapondent;. All communierions should bc addressed to Ed itors Intelligencer." and all checks, dra.'.i?. money orders, ile, should be miido ??rabie to the order of E. B. MU li ItAY A CO., Andnrson.H. C. GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY. - Tho bonded debt of Memphis is 52,688.140. - The Arkansas Legislature meeta Juniinry 18. - Virginia spends $12,000,000 annu ally for lirtnor. - An Iowa farmer has a barn one Sighth of a milo long. - Thc mercantile marine of thc entire ?vorld consists of 57,000 vessels. - A Springfield, Mass., doctor trained two horses to chew tobacco. - Tlie South lias a colored voting copulation of over a million. - Galveston, Texas, is fart becoming he most important city on thc Gulf. - Mrs. Haskell, State Librarian of rennessce, is a candidate for re-election. - A Memphinn undertook to whip his vi fe, and had to be hauled to the hos lital. - Holders of Tennessee bonds offer to :ompromiue on two-thirds of tho face ralue. - The most eminent physicians in STew York make from *10,00r> to $70.000 i yenr. - Mr. Makepeace, of North Carolina, aised 604 bushels of Irish potatoes to ho acre. -- Rob Ingersoll and hell arc being liscussed in the same connection all over kentucky. - Tho* Dallas Commercial claims that Texas exports this year will bring back $0,000,000. - Savannah and Charleston are now n speaking distance by means of the elephone. - The City Bank of Atlanta, which lever had much bottom, has suspended ind closed doors. - A Virginia girl with the whooping wugh drew a hean into ber windpipe and lied in a few moment'?. - Dr. Blodgctt, a missionary in China, ?stimates the number of deaths by fam no in North China at 10,000,000. - About one hundred and fifty of the ireaent members of the House of Reprc iontatives have been re-elected. - The bar-keepers of Atlanta protest igainst the passage of tho MofTet bell it: nch law by the Georgia Legislature. - The decomposed bodies of catt?, dogs ind birds are found in cellars and houses if Memphis that were closed during tho ?nhl?? nile. " - The quicksilver yield of California 'or tlie current year ?B estimated at 8,000 . lasWs, probably of tho aggregate valuo >f $2.500,000. - One hundred and seventy-one boxes >f unstamped tobacco were found in an lld barn in ^irauvtiie county, N. C., by i revenue officer. - The stables of a horse Railroad Company of Peoria, III., was burnt ou he night of tho 21st ult. Thirty horses vere roasted alive. - Thc number of students in the law lepartmentof tho University of Virginia a greater this session than it has been for i number of years. - A colored woman who sat down on i bee-hive to watch thc progress of a Pre n Russellville, left her teat before tho dose of the entertainment. - Meetings aro being held and the ?.obacco-producing counties of Virginia demanding, not only a reduction, but thc abolition of tax on tobacco. - The Alabama Legislature has passed a law allowing its members mileage of 10 cents each way from their respective court houses, anu $4 per diem. - Boyd, aged twenty-eight, is tho youngest member of tho Georgia Legis lature, and Holcome, aged sixtv-oiie and weighing 284, is the oldest and heaviest. - The Tennessee Historical Society claims to have Daniel Boone's musket the veritable "Old Bptsy"-and the port folio owned and used by Henry Clay in .he Senate. - The Columbus Enquirer foots up hirty cotton-gin houses destroyed in "?eorgia this season. The greater nor don nie thought to have been caused by ncondiaries. - In thc forty-second Congress there vero nine negroes ; in the forty-third, even; in the forty-fourth, four; in the orty-fifth, three ; in thc forty-sixth there viii be one, Bruce, of Mississippi. - A terrible explosion occurred at Sullivan Coal Mine, (Ind.,) recently, re sulting from the ignition of gas by tho lame of a lamp. Thirteen men were tilled outright, and eight or ten woun led. - The Legislature of Georgia elected is Superior Judges Claiborne Snead, fohn L. Harris, A. M. Speer, Herschel 7. Johnson, Thus. G. Lawson, J. W. H. Jnderwood, A. IL Uansill, Arthur food and A. S. Erwin. - The Secretary of the Treasury has ?.ritten a letter stating that there, is on land, for resumption purposes, the sum if $134,231,865.06 in coin, and that at east that amount will bo available to canine specie payments January 1,1871). - In a vote on tho question of re noving thc State capital from New Or eaus to Baton Itouge, 40,000 Louisian ans failed to vote-18,000 of the failures jeing in the former city. New Orleans viii remain the capital by a majority of 1,648. - Hon Gcorgo S. Houston was elected J. S. Senator from Alabama on the last lay of his Gubernatorial term. He was dected to the samo position in 1S65, but lot allowed to t-tko his scat. Few men n the Senate have seen so much of pub ic life. - Tho General Assembly of Alabama ins adopted a memorial to the Congress ?f the United States asking for the pass ive of a national quarantine law, which viii give the Federal Government full :ontrol over quarautines in all portions if the Union. - The Rtatistics of travel show that ibout 30,000 Americans go to Europo innually. Our Consul at Wurtemberg, .ho has investigated this subject, places ho average stay in Europe at two years, ind the annual expenditure at over ?10O,000,000. - Some time ago there died at Fort Lincoln. Dakota, a Mrs. Noonan, laun lress, who turned out to bo a man, and the death was duly reported. On Satur day Corporal Noonan, husband of tho deceased man-woman, shot and killed himself at Fort Lincoln. - The report of tho Assessors upon tho ?ducational advantages of tho inhabi tants of i:?rty-thrco of tho fifty-eight arises in Louisiana shows that there are 9,000 voters in all, of whom 53,000 know nothing of reading and writing. Of these uneducated ones 16,000 aro whites and 37,000 colored. - A Raleigh dispatch states that tho anuid jury of Wako County, N. C., have Indicted George W. Swcpson and Milton 3. Littlcfield tor "cheating by false pre tenses," in obtaining from tho State of North Carolina $4,000,000 in bonds by means of a false certificate in regard to work done on tho Western North Caro lina Railroad. PER80KAU-Should thia meet tho eyo >f the individual who created a disturb mice in church last Sunday bv his con tinued cough.ag, he will conter a favor on tho congregation by procuring a bot tle of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, which will cure him.