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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 *4T?f OP ^UBSCB?FTlO/t.-^Onn Vow** Mi FimCxHTi per ?nouta, ta advance. Two ?>OM.*AS cfc cod ol year, BETas-ri-t'iv* CnsTa for tlx months. 8ahs?riptfans er* BO? takea for a lott potioi thin ?Ix umnths. RATBa OF ADVBRTMNO.-Ov Itylar ncr Bjutr? of ono iaeh for < ht first Insertion,tud Fifty Ciutt per squirt fer subornent inaertloaa teat lian three acatar, Ho advorUataseata couslo lost taaaa tsjvota, ^ teadrsrttstforthrce.?laor tat)*? nautas. Ad> rtrtiilns; by eaatrcet mast bo confined to tho lm modhui basia tts of tho Ana or Individual contrae? Mn*. Obituary rf ttl cos oxocodiof ftc linet, Trlbattt of Bes peet, cad all personal communications er milters ef iadlrldualiaUrest, will bo charged for al advertising ratea. A nnonneementt of marriages a ad deaths, cad oolites of a religious character, arc <?*>)?*?tr ullr ?ol Ulled, and will be inserted gratis Tho State Grange. - Tho State Orango of the Patrons of) Husbandry of South Carolina met in tbs 1 * Masonic Templo yesterday morning, and was opened in tho fourth degree by J. N. Lipscomb, Worthy Master. The follow ing delegates were present : Anderson-J. W. Norris. D. L. Cox, T. F. Payne, T. B. Lee, O. B. Williams, A. B. Bowden and J. J. Trusael. Cheater-Dr. E. li. Atkiuaon, R.A. Love and T. J. Cunningham. Charleston-E. L. Roche and J. Gail lard. CoUeton-B. 8. Bed en. Barnwell-L, L. Bice. Darllogfon-W. T. Curctou, J. N. Pnrrot and John DuBore. Faittfald-Gen. John Bretton and Dr. D. B. Ciarlon. Georgetown-Bo?. Benj. Alston. Kershaw-L. C. Thompson and L. B. Stevenson. Marlon-B. McWhlte. Marlboro'-J. B. Willis, Newberry-T. W. Holloway. H. D. Boozer, S. H. Tellers, A. J. Kelgore, S. A. Hunter and J. N. Lipscomb. Orangeburg-W. F. Barton, J. E. Gremlin, D. W. Crook, D. W. Cuttino und M. J. Jennings. S partan bu rg-J. p. Lancaster, J. W. Wofford and Jg. O. Alien. Sumter-A. 8. Brown and W. J. Du rant. Williamsburg-W. H. McElween. Tho following Pomona Granges were represented: Anderson, P. B. Brown;' Chester,J. E. White : Charleston, A. B. Roso; Darlington, Wm. Quirk; Ker shaw and Lancaster, L. J. Patterson; Marlboro1, J. B. Jennings; Newberry, J. S. Hair; Oraugeburg, E. J. Folder; Spartanburg, B. J. O. Smith. W. M., J. N. Lipscomb, read his an nual address, which was referred to tho j appropriate committee. The chair then announced the follow ing standing committees : On Master's Address-R. S. Bedon, J. W? Norrio, D. B. Clayton. On Executive Committee-J. B. Jen nings, R. A. Lore, A. J. Kelgore. On Resolutions-Wm. Quirk, J, G. Gaillard, H. D. Boozer. On Business-T. B. Leo, W. H. Mc Elween, W. J. Durant. On Unfinished Business-W. F. Bar ton, S. H. Fellers, O. B. William?. Ou Suggestions for the Good of the Grder-B. Alston, W. T. Cureton, L. B. Stephenson, L. I* Rice. On Auditing ?nd Finance-L. C. Thompson, J. N. Parrott, B. B. Mc Wbite. Bro. E. L. Roche, W. M. of Ashley Grange, No. 1, ortonded an invitation to thc members and visiting brethren of tho State Grange to an excursion around tho harbor at lu o'clock on Tuesday morning. The Invitation was accepted. At 4 p. m. the Grange waa again culled to order. Bro.. B. J. O. 8mith introduced tho following preamble and resolutions, -OejMssed by Forest Homo Grange, No. ^888, on the 25th January, 1879 : Whereas the inanufrcturers of com mercial fertilizers by their recent de mand for increased amount of cotton in | exchange for said fei i '1'zers have shown their determination to impose additional burden on tho already struggling inter ests of the farmers of tho country. Therefore, resolved, 1st. That our delegate to tho State Grange, lo bo held in tue city of Charles ton on the 4th of February, be instructed to bring the attention of said body to thia I matter, uud to urge on it the necessity for some concerted action. 2d. That we deem it proper for the I State Grange to suggest action, not only for the members of the Order, bnt some arrangement in which all the farmers of the State can be invited to participate. Sd. That we suggest to the State Crange the propriety of ca)Hug a meeting of the farmers, to bo held at each county scat at the earliest practicable date, nnder tho auspices of the respective Pomona Granges, and that euch meeting, ofter organization, elect an executive com mittee in whose hands the purchasing of said fertilizera be placed, the farmers subscribing their names to a proper ob ligation to abide by the action of said committee. The following memorials and resolu tions upon the same subject were also received: From Sandy River Orango, in Che*, ?er j County : Whereas, in recent convention, the I "guano d', o'eia" have eutered into com-1 pact te dispose of their fertilizera beyond their real value to our farming commu-1 nity ; and whereas it behooves us to take some united Action to prevent the unex pected nad undue imposition which is threatened, wo, the8andy River Grange, of Chester County, 8. C., do most re spoctftiUy overture the State Grange to bo convened in Charleston, February 4, ?j 1379, to adopt sVne course by which our ; entire farming community may. unite in some concerted action to resist the op {iresslon which is so eagerly sought to repose upon them. To tho wisdom of the Brotherhood we defer the maturing of some plan by which we con be pro moted, cither hy fixing the -ra**? to be paid for tho several class?e of fertilicen, or by the abandonment of the use until proper terms be secured. Your .worthy body vf ill minglo moderation and firm ???? itt your itcnbaruiiou, sod your nm?" ture counsel will be heard and followed by the "veterans of the plough" from ocean to ocean. From Bull Run Grange, No. 101: Whereas the dealers in, and manufac turers cf, commercial fertilizers have en tered into combination to advance the price of the several grades of their guanos ; and whereas the price hitherto paid' by us either in cash or in values on time is beyond the producing result of thnir uno ?trA. tho Ttnll linn Orangiv of Chester County, S. C., do most respect fully memorallze the State Grange of South Carolina to assemble in the City of Charleston, 8. C., Febinary 4th, who are the proper and sacred custodians of the farming interests of this State, to devise M';- measure for tho protection of our afc^.cultural interests, either in fixing a staled prie* for certain grades of commer cial fertilizers beyond which we will not p.^y; or if such a measure fails, then to pledge ihfrh'seives by solemn" league and covenant against their use, os the only method of protection against' such un gracious imposition; and peradventure tho holoran utterance of your hortorablo body extending from the seaboard to the mountains will givo potency to the re monstrance against such ruiscss monop oly. From the Grange at Florence: Resolved, That it is the reuse of this Orange {Pomona} ih?.t not more than four hundred pounds of lint cotton can bc paid for first-class fertilizers, and other fertilizers in proportion, delivered at the t planter's depot. . On motion, all these were referred to % Kpccial oommiUee consisting of the Max tor* of Pomona Granges, as follows: P. R. Brown, A. B. Rose, ^ra. Quirk, R. A. .Love, L. J. Pattensen .8. Hair, B. J. O. Smith? E. J. Felde?, und J. R. Jen? ?mm j (tee On buBlnes*submitted wing report, which was adopted : The committee on bu?ln'?* respectfully beg leave to recommend to the State Grange tho following boura of meeting and roc??: Morning sessions from 9a. m. to 12} p. m. Recosa from 19:30 p. a. to 7 p. m. Evening session from 7 p. m. to boar of adjournment. B-o. E. L. Rocho offered tbo following. ! which was adopted : Rejoiced, That the kind invitation from the Town Council of Chester, to hold a summer meeting In that town, be accep ted, and tba thinks of this Grange be returned for tho same, and that tho mat ter be referred to executive committee of tho State Grange and that or the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society to fix the time. Bro. J. N. Parrott introduced the fol lowing, which was adopted : Resolved, That a committee of five bo appointed by tho W. M. for tho purpose of devising some flan to reduce the rates of storage and Insurance charged on cot ton consigned to Charleston. Th? W.M. appointed the following committee : J. N. Parrott, I*. B. Stephen son, A. B. Rose, D. K. Norris, A. N. At kinson. WEDNESDAY'S BErfiHON. Pursuant to adjournment, tho Stato Grange met at 7 o'clock last evening, and was opened i'i the fourth degree by the W. M. The minutes were read and, after correction, ware adopted. The roll of the Grange being again called, tho following additional delegates reported: R. W. Simpson, B. A. King, J. B. Breland, G. B. Trotter, R. O. Hairs ton, J. W. Bradley, James McCutchen, B. G. Price, A. P. West, J. G. Blue. An invitation from the secretary and treasurer of the Charleston Bagging Fae tory Company, to visit tho factory was1 accepted. Tho special ordor for 8 p. m. was then called, and tho Grange entered upon an election for officers, with the following result : J. N. Lipscomb, W. M., Newberry. A. B. Rose, \V. O., Charleston. W. W. Bussell, W. L., Anderson. Wm. Quirk. Steward, Darlington. A. P. West, A. S., Edgefield. R. D. Perry, Chaplain, Williamsburg. A. M. Aiken, Treasurer, Abbeville. T. W. Holloway, Secretary, Newberry. J. N. Parrott, G. E., Darlington. | Mrs. R. D. Perry, Ceres, Willioinsburg. Mrs. E. L Roche, Pomona, Charleston. Miss L. L. Wiley, Flora, Chester. Mrs. R. A. Love, L. A. S., Chester. Executive Committee-John Brattan, Fairfield'; E. L. Rocho, Charleston; J. W. Norris, Anderson. . .. On motion of Bro. B. B. McWhite the following resolution was unanimously adopted hy a rising vote: Resolved, That tue unanimous thanks of the State Grange be returned to Ash l_r\_"vr_ t J?_- -?- . . .vj v)iui? xiv. x lui tuc isicaouub, iiiier estin? and entertaining excursion around tho UBlb?? tu? pnat u?y Oil uO?fu tur steamer Sappho, also to the officers of tho said steamer for the courtesy and the efforts made to add to the pleasures of thc trip. The committee on the good of the order submitted the following report, which was received RS information and made the special order fo? the second day of the next annual meeting cf the State Grange: The committee on tho good of the Or der met and took into consideration the condition of the Order in this Stato, and, after mature deliberation, present the following suggestions : 1. That the Master of the State Grange shall bo a salaried officer, and shall Lot be at the same time the incumbent of any political office in the State ortho United States. 2. That it shall be the duty of tho Master, with the assistance and aid of any of the officers of the State Orango whom be shall selectj to visit ouce a year every county or district of tho State, and especially euch as are lukewarm or igno rant as to the Order, and instruct them. 8; That the meetings of the State Grange shall be hereafter held alternate ly in Greenville or Spartanburg, Colum bia and Charleston, and shall be held for one week. 3. That the first days of fJicb Luetlnga sha-: be devoted to aa exhibition of agri cultural products, domenic, rr rjiufactures and live stock, open to ah members of tba Order throughout the State and tho United States, but confined to them ex clusively, and that the Stet? Grange shall award such medals, certificates or awards an they may deem expedient or able to afford. 5. That there shall be appointed indi viduals, in the discretion of the Master, to address the Grange on specific subjects of g?Seral interest at each meeting of the State Grange. 0. That after this tho ordinary legisla tiv? business of the Order shall bo en tered on and continued to end of week until completion. BEKJ. ALLSTON, L. B. STEPHENSON, L. L. RICE. A SNEAK AS WELL AS A FP. ADD.-The Christiancy business illustrates about an well as anything can tho hypocrisy and pretentiousness that goes to make ap the character of the fraud-Hayes. Senate: Christiancy was willing to resign and let Zach Chandler into t' Senate two yeah ago if Hayes Would, a. that time- prom ise him the Mexican mission, but when the proposition was made the Fraud throw up his hands in a fine ??V.-.v??u of hor ror and declared that never would he consent to such a wounding of the pre cious principle of civil service reform It was a duty that he owed to. the botte; element of his party to keep, such met as Chandler bat of power.' ' Again, it wai necessary to square off accounts with Foe ter, who baa jost been brought out in hit true colors by the Tyner exposure, nm who, at that time, was occupying tb< Mexican berth : more than thatV Haytv waa afraid tho Democrats would t?rr bim out anlese he played high points Now. however, when he feels perfectlj safe ju . n attack, how cleverly he slide down from bis high perch to the verj wallow of machine politics. Mr. Chris tianoy is given tho Peruvian mission, it order to let Mr. Chandler back to th< Senate, tho disgraceful trade being fixei up in a day. Let as hoar no more tall about Grant from papers of the Spring Sold P^bHcar. Thors wa? aeve an hour when, drunk or sober, ho wa not infinitely the superior of the presen fraudulent incumbent cf tho White Hon* in every moral and rarely characteris l\e%-~ Washington FosL _--. . - STONEWALL JACKSON'S HOUSE.-It i known to most of tho readers of the Ob server that the horsa opon which Stone wall Jackson was riding when bo receU ed the wounds which resulted ia bl death ls now in the possession of hi brother-in-law, Mr. Joseph Morrisor who lives at tho old Morrison homestea io Lincoln Count;, fi rle en or twenty mlle from this city. Mr. Morrison rode li ir, down yesterday, and Mr. Van Ness, th enterprising photographer,, got a fin rate picture cf bim.' The gallant ol I ?orrel shows the e?'octs of age, but i Isn?i a??o ip ?Tuv??? ?.nr?'n?'tnTwusa ncr ' to ps y for tho exptnee '*? tsestas OHE HUNDRED MILLIONS! The True InwarttncM ?ff UK? Pension Ar- I rcu-sBlU. WASHINGTON,, D.O., Feb.8,1879. Tb the Editors of the News and Courier: On the 26th of January, Mr. Hayes ap proved the "Arrears of Pension Bill," thus making it the law. Every mail since has brought me one or moro letters from friends in South Carolina express ing gratification at this foot, and inquir ing now the writer she old proceed to secure his (or her) back pay. for he (or she) pensioner, had been tr. tho Seminole, Black Hawk, Mexican or som? other war, with which the "Arrear bill" had noth ing to do. B?fore this reaches you their hopes will have been blasted, but lt may not be amiss to publish a few thoughts upon the subject of pensions, as our peo ple at tho South aro morbidly sanguine that the present Congress will give many of them material relief by passing pen sion laws, whioh will apply to Southern aa well as Northern soldiers who were in wars anterior to 1861. In 1871 (I think) a pension law was enacted granting a pension to every sol dier who had been disabled, (or his rep resentative if be hau been killed) in tho "war '??ged for the suppression of tho rebellion." Of course this meant only Federal soldiers. The day of payment of tho pension was-to date from the pas sage oi tho law, and all soldiers who did not within five years from that date apply for a pension were to be debarred. The "Arrears of Pension Bill" ameuds ? that law so as to date the day ox payment back to tbe day of tho death or wounding of the soldier, and removes tho five years1 restriction. So, if a soldier was wounded at tho jrst battle Of Manaasas and is drawing but $8 a month, this bill gives him additional pay of nearly ?1,000 in tho aggregate. There are over 800,000 of these pensioners, and their number will now bo greatly Increased by the re moval of the five years' restriction and this lumping off to them of ten years' pav at ona payment. No one estimates thal it will require less than $30,000,000 to pay these arrear ages, and some aay lt will require all of j $100,000,000. The only obstruction now j in the way ia the passage of a bill to ap propriate money to meet the demands of ? this arrears bill. Whether this will be au impediment of any consequence, you may judge when I tell you a wooden logged bederal general framed and in troduced the bill in a Democratic House which passed it; it then passed a Repub lican Senate, and was approved by a Re {mblican President, who, convinced at east of its impropriety, hesitated several days befor? he would sign it, but had not the nerve to veto it The appropriation committee will doubtless recommend the necessary ap propriation, the Southern members wp! ??t Opp?s? it ?rO?i thaw ueuC&vt> oe??o of honor peculiar to thom, the two parties, North and Son th, will vie with each other in approving tho appropriation, the money will be roquirea to come forth, sod the man who chews tobacco or takes an occasional ?lass cf grog will have to pay that much more fur his quid and his toddy. The surviving volunteer soldiers of the war are really a power in* the land, and the two parties North are vieing with each other to secure their votes, so that this arrears pension matter is not, and cannot be considered, a just claim upon the treasury of the United States, but is virtually, if not really, a political meas ure advocated by either party to defeat the other. Neither .will gain or deserve special credit, and so "honors will bo easy." A few more words upon the general questions of pensions. On the 9th March a law was enacted to pension the surviv ing soldiers, or the widows of soldiers, of the war of 1812. Would you believe it, there are on file now in the pension office moro than 26.000 applications for pen sions under that bill? I did not think this could possibly be the case, but so it is. Human longevity bas been admira bly illustrated since the passage of that bili. Aa I have received what appeared to me to be a fair proportion oi these pension claims from tao veterans of the war of 1812,1 have multiplied that num ber by 292, the numb? - or representatives upon the floor of the House, and find that the product is little more than one third the reported number of applicants. I have wondered whe?o these 26,000 vet erans or surviving widows came from. Tho effect of this unanticipated em ber, I fear, has killed the possibility of the passage of a law pensioning the sur viving soioiora of the Semin?lo or Mexi can wara. These wara were fought prin cipally by Southern soldiers, ana this will be another reason why pensions will never be paid to their veterans. When the pension biU relating to these wars waa recently under consideration ia the House, some one moved to amend by adding a clause granting a pension to every volunteer soldier who was in the Federal army from 1861 to 1864, iocltt sive. Would you believe it. it passed by acclamation, which really killed the pen sion bill ; and therefore I can but say to the Southern survivors of the Florida, Black Hawk or Mexican wars, pr?sese {.our souls in patience, 'or I do not be love the Forty-fifth Congress will award you one dollar for the doty you peria. med or the exposure and risk you suffered foi "our ooicmon country." There is anothef pension bill yet to bc ;*eported to the House, which restores tc the pension roll those men and theil widows of the South who were once or the roll, but were stricken from it by ar act passed in February, 1662. Whethei ii will be reported this Congress I an unable to say. And if reported, whethei it will beconie luw, no ono nov/ can tell You have heard of the man who said n< one bat a Creator could anticipate wha wo uni be ibo verdict vi a jury. Toa o: I could diagnose the hidden verdict of i half dozen juries, even Sooth Carolin) post bellum juries, easier than w? coull anticipate the fate of a bill in the Forty fifth Congress, unless it were a bill knowi to be for the benefit of th* entire North I do not believe tb? &?? restoring th Southerners to their rights will pass . i first, because the Republican parry di I not think w J have any rights that the; are bon od io respect; and scecsd?y, be cause tho Northern Democracy are a nearly of tho same opinion that they wi! not oppose the Republicans in Order t favor us of the Sooth. The Nations Democracy to-day are practically divide by the Potomac and the Ohio, and unies something is done to remove this lino o division before 1880,1 can see no reaso why Oran? or some other nominee of th Republican party may not walk withou molestation from private lifo straight int the White House. Your obedient servant, D. WYATT AIKEN. ADMIRED BY ADD.-Every person wh baa med Dr. Price's Unique Perfume ndmiro them. His Pet Rose is charmin -tho fragrance of sweet blossoms: h Alista Bouquet, delicately dclightful the odor of dainty buds; while his Flori ?o i liivncTs nu lpn.? in . "rich, fresh ?owci i, J odor any Cologne or toilet water ov< PREFABED TO CABBY GRABT. How tb? Tutor* Wa&dcrtog* of th? Mod .ra Ulysses will bo Binde K&ay ot tb? ? People** Expense. from the New York Sun. Tho brisk northerlies and westerlies that have prevailed since tho United States sloop-of-war Richmond quitted the Navy Yard several weeks ago, have, in the opiuion or naval officers, given the veteran Capt Benham, commanding, an opportunity to fly ali bis kites. Tho mission upon which bia vessel is bound, it is clear, smells rank in the nostrils of the majority of his brother officers. The Bichmond, Brooklyn and Hart ford, Uiey say, ' are the most seaworthy of our decrepit fleet, and why, therefore, should one of these be assigned to a pri vate citizen as a pleasure yacht?" From December 81, when thc Rich mond arrived from the Charlestown Navy Yard, rn. ue fast to the Farewell buoy, and saluted the Admiral's flag, up I to tho timo she swung gracefully on*, into j tho stream from the Long Dock, she was regarded with curiosity by the yard offi I eera. Over $140,000 has been expended I on thojjhip in the past six months in new machinery, boilers and planking. Part of this sum went toward altering and sumptuously furnishing her cabin to receive ex-President Grant and wife, Col. Fred Grant and others of his unite. Some of the long list of officers that have been assigned to the Bichmond have, it is said, long been accustomed to what is known as fancy duty. Owing, however, to the number of these young gentlemen aboard, the wardroom was found to be too small for them, and part of the num ber are compelled to bunk in the steer age with tue midshipmen and petty officers. The Richmond's cabin bas been thor oughly overhauled. What was good enough fo: plain John Rodgers, rear ad miral United States navy, was not, in the opinion of tho department, suitable for the ex-President. Naval Constructor Pook of tho Charlestown yard was given carte blanoho in the embellishment ol the same. If the cabin was intended tc be magnificent, Mr. Pook was successful. As a cabin it is regal. Tho main en trance to the ship when at anchor is on tho starboard side, wheuce a broad and elegantly fitted companionway leads to c sort of grand saloon on the main deck The saloon is divided into three suites ol apartments-drawing, dining and recep tion rooms. On state occasions thest may be thrown into ono spacious apart ment. Beside these there aro large staU rooms abutting upon the forward anti after bulkhead. The painting and deco ration of all ore essentially bright; th? woodwork being of light colors, having pauols and stiles picked out with orang? I ?tiu KICCU. Thei cornices aud pilaster are of a delicate hue. Sage green sill l blinda and lace curtsln- embellish th; ports and deadlights. The sides of tbj ship and the bulkheads forming thi drawing and reception rooms, are nani with mirrors framed in oak and gold, tb wooden fitting! in some cases being o polished mahogany. When in th tropics the temperature of these apart mente will be cooled by means of cia punkahs or monkeys, which, filled wit) writer, will depend from tho interior a the poop-deck. In the bedrooms-for they are tj large to be called staterooms-full-size feather beds rest on brass bedsteads, sui pended by gimbals. These work i upright standards. In r. 'jenway the mt tion of tho bed is like that of a compas being disturbed slightly by either th rolling or the pitching of 'ho ship. Tb dining-room is surrounded by rnae trat soma covered with silk. There are fot bathrooms, with pipes leading to wella i tho waist, which are kept filled wit water by the crew. When a bot bath desired, another pipe, leading to the tut from the engine, heats tho water b steam. The reception room contains a larc library, ana the walls are covered wit choice pictures. The two stern chasers that ware woi to look frowningly from the after poi have been removed altogether from tl ship. On the gun-deck proper are tweh 8-inch broadside guns, six on each sid In the waist are a long 9-inch rifled pi? ' gun and two Gatling guns, and a 20 pounder Parrot adorn? the to'galla ?o'costle. Beside the five boats that belong to tl Richmond-one launch, three cuttei and a gig-tho 45-foot steam launch b ' longing to the Brooklyn, after a thc ough overhauling, has been suspend) from her davits. A large brass canoj has been built over it, which in ve warm weather may be covered with ca voss. Although merchant ships of the sat tonnage aro handled in a masterly ma ner by fifty men, the Richmond ha* crew of 330. Nearly all the ship's rigging, chai and anchors aro new. Of tne latter thc ore - five, each weighing near 7,t pounds, beside unnumbered kedgea a grappling irons. i The Richmond carries forty-live o eera, line, staff and warrant, ana the pe i officers aro unusually numerous. Naval officers say that such an exe 1 sion ps?ty os this never before quitted i American port in a Government sh . except the late expedition of Capt. Si feld't. witb a roving commission in ' ) Ticonderoga, directing him "to open > trade generally." r The ex-Pre?ident at first expected i board the Richmond ot either Spezln i Marseilles, in tho Mediterranean. 1 r route first chosen for Gen. Grant's exe i sion was said to havo been from tho M r itcrranean to Bombay. Thence be i to travel through tho Western Ghauts j Boonah, Mahanaleshwar, and t ?rhaps t Ahmedabad. Again joining tho ship f AJv nj itnj, ffUCSO ft* mw vu aiiwiw u????j j would sail down tho Malabar Coast, v .j, Boypoor, and proceed across.to Mad j passing- Counbatoor, and Seringnpat . From Madras he was to visit Ceylon, j' thence to Calcutta. His course th? was to be northwesterly, through 0 nares, Patua, Ca wo pore, Agra, D . and Lahore. From Lahoro, the cayj ? of the Punjaub, he proposed visiting yr Maharajah of Cashmere ai Jummoo. ' Such*|W?s the progf^mmo arranged n Gen. Groat by'tho' men in thia i'oui 1 who are understood to be coaching 0 for the next Republican nomination, j to be paying the expenses of his for j tour with that object in view. But w A the statement was first published that ,f United States teasel Richmond eros t Q detailed to carry him over the last o of the trip, end protests began to corr ?I from all parts of tho country, these n 0 agers became alarmed, and wrote to< Grant that it waa best for him to ? India in one of the mail steamers, by the time the Richmond reached I bay the people here would have gc over their first burst of indignation, o could there join the Richmond, ir M meantime having followed out the g gramme above given, and sail in h ts China and Japan. il - There is one advantage in mi j I ing a woman who hasn't a mind ot Mr j own ; she can't forover bo giving y< j placer of it. SENATOR SUBSIBS? ADVENTURES. Vnml He 8avr or the Red Men in the Early Dava cf Minnesota. The literary reception at Hon. Horatio ; King's reeidcDce OD Saturday oas even , better attended than usual, the attraction , of the evening being a ?ketch of his early experience ia the Iudian country by tho recently elected Senator from Missouri, Gen. Shields. Borne sweet singing by Midlle. Erni, a young debutante lu tho musical world, sud recitations by the well-known elocutionist, Mr. John Twee dale, preceded and followed Senator Shields' address. The veteran gate bis scrap of biography in a modest way that almost hid from view the principal char acter la tho moving scenes he related. lu the spring of 1850, while traveling in Minnesota, near Ute Big Woods, about forty miles from 8t. Paul, he came to a lake of such picul rosquea surroundings as to tempt the traveler to explore it. Fastening his hone to a tree, be strolled or. through tho country, and on trying to retrace hts steps, bo found that he bad lost his way. Night was"falling when be descried a Sioux village of fifty tepees or wigwams. Entering tho large tepee he saw some forty Indian warriors. They took no notice of the traveler's entrance, and he approached a young and intelli gent looking indian, took bold of a string of beads which he wore round his neck, and pulled a trifle too hard, for the next moment the beads strewed the floor. The young man rose, seised his rifle, and, pointing to the bends, ordered a squaw to pick them up. He then motioned tho visitor to precede him, and they marched out of tho village, to a point opposite to where he had entered, and either by ac cident or design on tho part of the In dian, made a beo-i.'no for bis lost horse, which they found still securely fastened to a tree. After making his guido happy by giv ing him a five dollar gold piece, the trav eler made bis way without difficulty to St. Paul. Delighted with the fertile spot he had discovered, ho purchased the tract, including the lake and village, and returned there after a few months with a party of ten, and formed the nucleus of a settlement, which is now a large and prosperous city. They got on friendly term? with their Indian neighbors, who had frequent bailies with the neighbor ing Chippewas, with whom they were at war and whose scalps would frequently adorn their spears on their return. Oue night the white Bottlers were startled by a horrible uproar iu tho Indian village, and Gen. Shields started thither with a half-breed interpreter. Ho found tho squaws dancing round a largo fire, utter ing most unearthly yells ana poking long sticks into the flames at '.wo Chippewa captives, who were bound to trees close by, whom they were prepared to put to death. Gen. Shields told them he could UUIl pei UXIll W? IV wu UUIIU CC ?lia ISuCl, and threatened to obtain soldiers from Fort Snelling and burn the village if they did not rcieaso the captives. This produced no impression either, aud he v?s about to return to the settlement for help to attempts rescue, whou the half breed suggested buying the- captives. The offer of tea dollars apiece was glad ly accepted by the chief, who gave orders for the liberation of the intended victems. They appeared to feel no pleasure or grat itude at their deliverance, and quietly accompanied GOD. Shields to bis -?ouse, where food was set before them. Though they had fasted for thiee. dayB they ate but moderately, and departed the next morning. They were Bet down as un grateful wretches and soon forgotten. Some time efter, when started on a journey to Selkirk settlement, he applied to the Chippewa chief for guides. Eng lish-speaking men were asked for, but the chief said that though he had some who had been . educated at mission schools and cou verted to Christianity, they would lie and steal on every opportuuity. He bad two whom hs could depend on, and who worshipped a whito man, and these he ceut. On seeing .Gen. Shielda they threw down their guns and fell at his feet, making the wildest gestures of grat itude and pleasure. He recognized them 1 as his two protegee, and soon had reason to recall the hard opinion he had found ed on their former behavior. Whils making the journey they were startled by & lenci ?sioux nar whoop. The guides ' wanted to fight the strangers alone, be ing unwilling, as they said, to bring theil 1 white brothers into their war. They 1 were restrained, and a flag of truce sent ' when it was discovered that the supposed Sioux were half-breed Scotchmen from c settlement near by. Their leader, Andy McKay, who was besides a deacon in th? Presbyterian Church, said bis men though 1 ' the others to be Sioux, and intended tc have scalped them all after leading * them into an ambush by the false wm whoop. They passed the night rou nc 1 the campfire, the Scotch Indians singint Burns' songs and speaking English witt 1 an accent tnnt would not hfive disgrace! I a native of Ayrshire. The general re I mained for three years in the wilds o 1 Minnesota, and the recollections of th? period wore among the most pleasant it his life. He was warmly applaudet ' throughout his relation, his racy styli adding to the interest of his narrative. J Washington Pott. ^ _. , EXAMIKE THE COMBS.-It is tho east . est thing in the world when you knot 9 j how 'tis done-to tell when your fowl } are in iii health, even in the ineipien stages of any disease or ailment, il yoi o but examine your flock carefully. Th r comb of each fowl is a true index to tin e workings of their systems. If they be ii '- ill health, the comb will lose color am - will become far less firm in texture; a s the malady increases the color decreases o till a very sick bird will show a corni o almost devoid of t carlet color, being of i t livid dull crimson^ or else palo or ashy ii t ease should come into the flock, careful! i, examino tho combs of each bird, morn i. ing and night, and all those which ar d wanting in that bright, rich color whic! e denotes perfect health, remove at one >- from the flock to a place remote, wber ii they should at once be put' under med! d cal treatment. e The comb of the fowl ia an houej index of the true inwardness, and shout ir daily be consulted bv the fancier wh y values the health and well being of hi n flock. Look at the comb of a laying ho d or pullet 1 She is in the height of heall n* and strength and carries her nnfailin D sign of healthfulness on her head, in th to shape of a blood-red, bright and fu >e comb. A vigorous cock or cockerel wi rt carry the same sign, though not, porknp n In so eminent a degree.-American Pou i- tty Yard. n. . -1- i ? 10 Don't. d Don't speak angrily toa child. Don kick a dog when ho is asleep. Don't ( tn back on tho friends of yoar parent [e Don't often visit your neighbors at mei ie time. Don't neglect a cough thinking o- will cure itself. (Thousands die of coi to sumption bv to doing.) Don't forget D Price's Goleen Medical Discovery, for cares a cotwh or cold in one-half tl jr- time required by any other medicine, ai w lu the only medicino known that pos a j Uroly cures consumption ia its oar stages. OUR ?BAND KILL SITES. An Eminent Kew England 'Expert ?/OO?t iug Into the Advantages of South Carolina aa a Great Manufacturing Region. COLUMBIA. Fcbuary 4. Mr. D. M. Thompson, of tue well known firm of Thomson & Nagle, architecte, mechanical and mill ongineers, Provi dence, R. I., is now visiting South Car olina upon business of the first impor tance to the people of the entire State, to wit: that of investigation in person the subject of manufacturing in all its branches, with a view to ascertaining what has been dono in this line, and, moro particularly, what is possible to be done toward fully developing this great interest in the speediest and most practi cable manner. Mr. Thompson brings with him letters of introduction and recommendatir ? from Senators Hill, Gordon and other promi nent Southern gentlemen, besides refer ences from many of tho leading and best known manufacturers and engineers of New England, and Northwest, which commend him as a thoroughly accotn EHabed, practical engineer, and master in is particular profession. It requires but a ahort acquaintance with him to Inform our citirens of the fact that his presence nod business in 'hi* State, at this time, is a matter of public interest, and no oppor tunity should bo neglected of affording him pormptly all the light and assist ance requisite to the prosecution of bis disinterested endeavor iu behalf of tbe State's prosperity. Duriug bis visit to Columbia Mr. Thompson has patiently and intelligent ly studied tho subject of the capabili ties of tho vast water power running to waste at tho very gates of the Capital of the State, and tho conclusion at which ho has arrived as to the immediate possi ble results of its t-roper direction and management more than confirms all thnt has been heretofore said on tho Barns sub I jeet. As his survey of tho sueno of future operations at this point has not been completed, it is nat yet time to say more than Mr. Thompson regards tho work os being far more than one of raero local in terest aud importance. The proper and prompt development of the Columbia Ca ual, in his opinion, would not only at tract capital to Columbia, but tho econ omy ana profits of the successful manu facture of cotton here would quickly lead to tho investment of other capita! in tho same department nil over the State. The first thiug to be done is to make tho water power available by building tbe necessary dam. It will not then be suf fered to tbe remain long idle, and, indeed, it is considered a safo prediction that ii but ono cotton factory properly conduct ed could be set in operation by a corni a ny organized at homo on the cooperative i p\on, it would be quickly found that J abundant capital could and would bc " found ready, c veil in Svuth C?f?ii?a, tc invest in so safe and profitable uti enter prise. Tho friendly interest in South Carolina affairs, and South Carolina'a future manifested by the gentleman above nam ed is as encouraging and gratifying as il is in marked contrast with thu views ol many others who have preceded him, mucn for the purposo of spying out thc nakedness of the land. His observation of the country nnd its pcoplo have led him to entertain tho most kindly and hopeful views in regard to tko future oi this section, and it is anticipated ?hal the report of so importnnt nnd able an ob Berver will go far, indeed, towards ret?, w ing some ol' the serious mlBappruhenp'.oni so currently entertained ana expressed abroad upon the same subject. The report of Mr. Holly, the engines! employed by the State to survey the ca nal, has not yet been mode public, ant Mr. Thompson declines to anticipate tba report by any account of his own viowi in regard to tho special matters to bi treated of therein. There is much to b< said on kindred matters, however, and such views as he may feel at liberty t< express will be given to the readers o Thc News and Courier in duo season. Newt and Courier. THE PLAQUE IN RUSSIA.-The blacl death, which bas again appeared in sonu parts of Russia, has proved very drutruc ti ve, and caused the greatest alarm This is the same disease which, in thi fourteenth century, desolated tho globe and it gets its name from the black spots symptomatic! cf a putrid decomposition that shows themselves at one of its stage: on the skin of the sufferer. It is though te have had its origin in China in 183S como fifteen years before its outbreak ii Europo, and it raged for twenty yean while droughts, famines, floods, earth quakes that swallowed towns mountain? and swarms cf locusts spread dovastatloi everywhere. During the same period Eu rope had as many abnormal conditions a as tbe East. The order of Nature ap peared to be reversed. Tho seasons wer at various times inverted; thunderstorm were frequent in midwinter, and volca noes, long considered extinct, burst fort! afresh. The theory is that the extraor dinary activity of the earth, accompainei by decomposition of vast organic masse ._. rn y? ur! y QP |#_L/MJI_.I_ brUtCS, "*ul bcd.S of human beings-produced somo chang in the atmosphere inimical to iin Some writers say that the Impure air wa actually visible os It approached with it barden of death. The plague owed it extenaion sicest wholly to infection an contagion. Three years passed from tb date of its appearance in Constautinop! before it crept by a huge circlo to tb Russian territories. Statistics were nc obtainable then, but it is estimated thc in China alotte 13,000,000 peoplo died, on in the i?maindcr of the East 24,000,00 while in Ku rope 25,000.000 souls porisl cd, m "king a grand and teiriblo total < 52,000.000. Although ihoro is little dei rr or Af fhn snrAAcl of Ihn nant tn Wollar Europe-for many generations It hi been confined to the East-it is ni strange that the Russians should be sta tied by the ravages the black death hi already made. Persons attacked wit it are said to die like flies and the iga rant and superstitious peasantry ore i horrified by it that many aro thought i have perished of pure fright Fortunat ly. tho laws of health and the pecv<^~ hies of disease aro much belter noue stood now than ia centuries gone by. - The ice harvest on the Hudson Ri er this season is the most successful ev known, the quality better. The cathe ing will be finished this week, atm it expected 8,000,000 tons will bo obtaine which, it Is supposed, will suffice for atv years' crop a thing that has never ha pened before. - In joint session of the Tenness Legislature lost Thursday, there we fourteen candidates for tho office State LlbraUn, and the prize woe ci ried off by Mrs. Hatton -tho ma candidates making a very pv ir stand. BOT JUST TO 8AY.-lt is but just to a that the firm of Steele ck Price were tl first to place in the market articles i culinary purposo that are strictly pu and whole?*ome. Their Dr. Price's Cres lina mir i unuof UH Out???cu it?pGpub ity and extended sale by purity of t ^materials. MEMPHIS AM? HER RECEIVER. How tho New Arrnng-ewcnt win Probubly Work. Memphis has been uncharted and abol ished by tho act of the Tennessee Legis lature. Whore, two days ago, there wes a busy city and a thriving mart of com merce, may cow be found no moro than a howling wilderness of houses, inter? teated by ?orno twenty odd miles of wood en pavements, mostly in a state of decay and pretty generally unpaid for. But the city, tho corporation of Memphis, no longer exista. It baa beau decorporated, and has no title even to a name. It [ might as well be called Thebes or Tann!? ; as Memphis. ThoTenneaseean Memp' did not nave as long a life as that of the venerable capitol of Old Egypt, which flourished for more than a thousand yearn. But then they bad neither Nicholson wooden pavements nor municipal bonds ia those primeval times. The modern Memphis was laid out in 1820 incorpora ted os a city ia 1881. After surviving for forty-eight years it hos been dialncor 5orated and again "laid oat" ia 1679. 'he receiver for tho late corporation, however, if he ahould be appointed, will still find some property belonging *oit which ho caa seize upon. There isa handsome park aad a Jackson statue in the ceatre of the city. There are build ings erected for schools, couria, clo., which wero the property of the defunct corporation, mid will naturaUy fall into tho receiver? possession. In fact he might tako a contract to conduct tho mu nicipal affairs of the people in the viciar ity of the late city for the benefit of the creditors, leasing tho public property to them at a reasonable rent, and acting geuerally as a trustee for a neglected es tate. In noticing the proceedings inaugura rated for the appointment of a .receiver, the Memphis Appeal of Wednesday last says : "The fitiug of this bill ls likely to complicate matters. Until ita prayer is refuged or granted the new bill repealing the charter cannot be enforced, as accor ding to Section 69 of the Code of the State tho repeal of an act cannot annul or injuriously affect proceedings begun under il." Tho Appeal, in commenting on the probable workings of the proposed re ceivership, says: "Under ami by virtue ot the act, and the granting -?f tho above prayer by the Court, the monds of the measure claim that the receiver so appointed will be su* Ereme within tho city limits, will not be nm pp.; id by a council, will be AU officer of the Court, supported and sustained by tho Court. H?B ordors, would, therefore, be in the nature of the orders of tho Court, any failure to obey which would bo a contempt, punishable by fine and imprisonment, cr both, at ?he option of the Court. He can enforce the collection of taxes, those past due as well as those just assessod or to bo assessed, and he can compel prompter obedience to existing ordinances thau any city government we ever bsd. Ho can compel the enforce ment of sanitary measures, the paving bf tho streets, the lowering of tho same, And ri any measure he d<v>ms necessary for the safety and thc welfare of the city. In a word, his would ba tho one-man power which Memphis needs to lift her out of hor difficulties. Tho only thing now wanted is tho mau of iron nerve, and with sufficient brains to lake the place sud do the work. Under thin bill, by virtuo of which tho court hus boen pray ed to appoint n receiver, tho tases are limited to ene dollar and sixty cents, and these aro levied by the Btate. Man damuses cannot run, and will, say its friends, have immunity from that, tho ono great barrier to our welfareaod prog* ress. The receiver bas also thu power to compromise and settle the past due debt, and thus save tho credit of the city, which, under the bill retains its corporate rights, titles, immunities, attachments and be longings." f BLOWN FBOM A CAB.-Shortly before . seven o'clock Saturday evening, whilo the express train from New York wu nearing Linwood, on the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad. between Chester and Wilmington, three . studentsof Princeton College attracted to pass from ih? Oar io which they rora ' been seated to a ear ?a the fear. The ?ind waa blowing fiercely from the ' northwest, and tho first aludas? ?aa ' nearly blown rtat? the platier* 3? ' lost hiii hat and bad to hoJd ota ?V /to 1 the brake weeah The second ideal, a son of Dr. Vaugham, a proaU&eatphy * sician of Wilmington, Del., waa not so . fortunate. I Tho wind blew open his overcoat, and ' j the garment filling by the fiero? gust, the '1 young man was blown backward and hurled with terrifio force over on the * Delaware rives aide of tho track. The train ha ! geno on about four railes be* ' fore the conductor was apprised of tho accident. He waa urged to return, but . thought it safer to rua rapidly to WU u mingtou and dispatch the particulars to Linwood. This waa done, and when the ,? express train reached Perry ville, a dU> patch from Linwood awaited it, (tating " that a hand car had been sent out aaa ~ that tho doad body of Vaughan had been picked ap. ri i a death must bars ^ been instantaneous, owing to tho veloo a ity at which the train wa? go??g ?u?? he fell. Ho had intended to tako dinnei j with his father on Sunday i nd retara U _ collegs on Monday. Ho was about*wen e ty-five years old, and of slender build HINTS FOB LOVSBS.-IO the firsi place, it is an imposition on any well bred girl to keep her op later than half past 10 o'clock when you have the oppor tunity of seeing her often. If you alway* leavo her with tho wish in her heart thal you had staid longer, you gain so much Never run the rink of wearying ber witt your presence, lie jost ns earnest enc ntraight-forward aa in your honorabh dealings with men. Impress your friend with tho worthiness and seriousness o ?our love, so that vulgar and senseless antering will appear to them as such Love is religion-the supremest happl ness ; wear it manfully aad proudly, bu holily. Woo a woman bravely. lither is anything humiliating to a woman, it i to have a lover whom she wishes to hon or, weak ana vapid, ever yielding am half afraid of her. She longs to tell blu to "act Pk? a man I" The man who con coals or denies his love for fear of bein] laughed at, is a coward. A love that ha BO divinity ia not love but passion, whicl of itself baa nothing ennobling. Tho waa a beautiful inscription on au engage ment ring : "Each for the Other anti bot; forGod.'? - Elizabeth, New Jersey, having 28. OOO inhabitants, declared iisolf bankrurj Saturday by defaulting not only ou tu interest ou its bonded debt but also h failing to provide the means requisite fe tho payment of tho bonds which rapture on thai. any. Tho CHEAPEST.-Reliablo articles li. Dr, Price's Special Flavoring Extract Vanilla, Lomon, Orang?, Ginger, otc ? tbs*, hire siced the test er the es* ".*?*; ho I in the country, are tho cheapest fa & I long run, if health is to bo considered. tvquj r? coan vtqnuttit? tor ad* crUeln?* ordered *V Raeout^hr, AAO?iuwlfUor? ao?l other fUhitla*: M fcetwtUi tvpta? tJif ?di* for tko oritnttr/ S_6fjftt7?^ lbwrted ?kui th? "SKaWj^Sro'l^rwoMV - - - - e5 ?. . <I5aUteffi*Ie&, taree {?Mitona, - ? 2.0* ? Final BatUetueuU, ST?. Jueorll^as - . . 8.00 ?TO WKHASFOFDXS'tM.-t* order to teeeW* JecUd mar'O?wWptT^U^^r?'toTiced.nal??? t>*. Mfflgyy ?twa pa tit furnteheA to repay tho fr?u?e ?Sr Wo ar? not respousibte fox the r Itv? and opinion* of our cerreepondepu. ?. All cOMroonlct?losw.ahOM?d beftfldrtesed lo"!*? lU>rs MUlUgencer? and ?ll c'i??is. draftt. rasaay orders, dc., uU^uld be wade parable to the order of E. H. M??tBAV * CO., Antenoto, 6.0. A MABUYIKO MA?T.-Rev, John Mau. delino, of Brooklyn, just ?flnteac?d to five year? imprisonment for bigamy, missed bis calling, he should have been a humorist. In hts confession to tho judge he wrote: "Afar my first wife died io 1878, I went to Phlladclohls, where I became -Acquainted with Mary E. Busted and married her. Soon after my wife left me on account of my reli gion. I then went to Newark as a preach er of tho Oespel. There I became ac quainted with an old widow, who pro Eosed marriage to me, and, after telling cr my circumstances as regards roy first wife, who is living, got married to her. She also left me. I then went to1 Brad fort, Conn., where I made the acquain tance of a third woman, to whom i was married. She found out the circum stances respecting my previous marri ages, and ono morning upon returning 1 from work I found that she also had flea. I then came to Troy, where I formed tho acquaintance of a servant girl, to whom I was married. She fled from me. Learn? ! ing thai this last person intended to bave I me arrested, I left Troy aud went to ?Lowell, Mus. I came across ft friend who introduced me to a young lady, and after some time keeping her company I proposed and was married to her. About e mooth after she woe informed I of my previous marriages, and I bad to leave Massachusetts. I then came to Winfield, L.I7 where I was married to my wife, Miss Weidel, and for which I was locked up. I therefore ask for mercy." A HAUNTED HOUSE.-Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette, from Rich mond January 17, says: "A strange story is told here to the1 effect that the Earsonage occupied by the Bar. Moses ). H?ge, of the Presbyterian Church, and situated on the corner of Main and Fifth streets, is haunted. Dr. H?ge, it is stated, has the utmost difficulty in keeping servants. They come and stay ono month and the mysterious appa rition And hear tho human aigh, and then they leave, nor do they walt long for wages. The house'was built ana occupied for years by Major Gibbon, a distinguished officer in the colonial army. After the Revolutionary war ho lived there in handsome- style. About the hour bf midnight A figure robed in - white walks with solemn Btep through the hall and vanishes noiselessly. It is said by those who elaina to have seen it to be tho figure of a lady. And that as the figure sweeps by, a deep-drawn , sigh ia beard which proceeds from tho back parlor in thc- house. Such is the Btrange tale which tho affrighted cervanta tell. It is strange that servants como there from a distance who have never heard of the traditions of the house, and upon the first night see the same figure. Tney fi?! tsU tho same story. Tho figuro cannot bo traced to any authentic source, but many have heard tbe deep-drawn .. Bigb which proceeds from the back par lor. Upon going, into, the parlor noth ing is seen .ok bcatd, but immediately upon going cut in tho passage the sign Is heard again. It is only heard about the hour of twelve o'clock at night It is attributed to some strange nccouetlc property of, the room." PEAKL MILLET.-A letter from a cor respondent in Florida tells of a small experiment made there with tho above forage plant. The seed was sown about the middle of June, on new and poor ground, and ft little fertilizer was . put with it into the drill., It was cut four tiiu?The first,time, lt measured over seven feet in height The other ??ti??igs wore shorter, but nono of the^u w?s un der four feet. For the quantitj of peed sown and tho quality of the land which received it, tho yield of tho forago is stated to have been enormous. Another correspondent writing from Birdsville, Georgia, says that he hos cul tivated "Pearl" Millet as a forage, and soiling plant for twenty-five years, and esteems it highly!' It is a sure crop until the advent ol a killing frost, and ita yield is always in proportion to tho fertility of the soil, lt hos nsver vet developed cither an enemy to itself or & pest to neighboring plants. It withstands droughts well, and readily recovers from any tempooiy disaster.-Eural New Yorker. _ IxroxTAKT LANGUAGES OF THE ' Wosi^.-According to a crediblo esti mate there ar? at present ninety millions who speak the En in Great Britain, JNcrth America, bu tho Bermuda islarios, . In Jamaica, George - town, ot the Cape of Good Hope, in Aus-, trolla, Tasmania, Now Zealand, and tho Fast Indies. Nearly soventy-flve million speak the German language-In Germany, with Alsace and Lerraino, Switzerland, in Austria. Hungary, Russia, North and South America, the La Plata. States, in Rio Grand, Australia, and to soma es tent in the East Indies. Fifty-five millions speak Spanish Spain, Cuba, Mexico, the South Ameri can Republics, Manilla, otc Only forty-five millions ase Ute French language-in France, Belgium, Switzer land, Cayenne*, id Canada, aud some I'other places in North america. Tho French language, according to this stato 1 men, ls used by hair as many people oe I ijha v.nariiah anil threa-iiAhs os tb6 Ger man. - California this year produces 7,000 wine, as? starts s rabis culture of great future promise with H product of 80,000 boxes. AU known va rieties of foreign grapes that gave any Ero ni is o of flourishing in California soil ave been tried, and no expense has been tpa*edin their cultivation. The wine growers of the Pacific coast, with a va ried experience of twenty yeitrs, now un derstand their business thoroughly. f?ame af their &xn?rirrn>nts huvn nm ved successful, and come of them have failed utterly ; but they have found ? dozen va rieties of excellent foreign grapes that ore as prolific os in their native soil, and turn out as well. It Is asserted by Cali? formans that theirs ls to be the great wine-growing territory of America, and that the best wine ana raisin grapes will net grow east of the Rocky Mountains. Tho range is confined, in their : view, to California and possibly ft part of Arizo na, and tito district capable? of producing tho best quality of grapes is said ioho lio larger than Ibo wino districts of Franco. - Senator-elect Matt Carpenter is not so much of ft statuait aa ho was. Ia hie Milwaukee reception speech r. days ago he said; "A chief duty and a chief means of increasing tho prosperity of the country Is that the existing differ ences in the South bo heated. Bayonet rule hos hod its run es long os it wno useful, and civil government is now tho proper i-ntiumentality to usc in dealing aria tho Ilaire of tho Benth," In iho French army," cav?K\ bauds have been surprdssed, and uniforms aro neither so varied nor BO brilliant os they used to be. With compulsory service " bait of gaudy tntnnloga is not reo ol? and with the new Arina of pr?cision s, I showy colors afford too fs?r u mark to u, I the enemy. Even white horses uro l?y? ^UrntnaLod from th ft avrnv ?.jif\' ?Lt os potslble. Theve are no KMSA 4 regiment* now except ia Algeria.