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BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY. MARCH 27, 1870. VOL. XIV - NO. 37. mtTK* OP HUBdCRlPTlON.-Ox* DOLLA* and Firrr CKSTS per anauiu, la advance. Two I'oi.i.*!'.- mt cud of year. 8KVE.NT?-FIVK CHUTS for nix months. Subscriptions ar? not liken for a less period 'ban nix months. NA TRI OP ADVJiliTfSrNa.-Oa* Dollar ner s iiiar* ol ona Inch for tb? urstlusertlon,and Fifty Cents peraquar? forsubseqiieiitlnsertlonslesathan Hire? raoatbs. No advertisements couul? less than a square. I.ll*ral contract s will ba made with Ibo?? wishing lo advertise for three, six or twelve mouths. Ad vertl-Ine by contract must be confined to lb? ttn luollatebuslurssoftti? timi or Individual contrac Umtj. Obituary Notices ?xcv<x]|nr (ITO linc. Trthntes bf ItuKpncl, and all personal communications or mitlers of individual interest, will IM charged for at advertising rales. Announcement! ot marriages and deaths, and notices of a religious characiar, aro irsneetfullv solicited, and will be InserlecTgralls LON? BEFORE COLUMBUS Wita America first Mettled by tho Ancient Irish. A mnjority of renders aro acquainted with tlie legend or tradition of too voy age of St. Brendan and the beautiful poem on the event by Dennis Florence McCarthy. Nearly all the carly Irish geographara describe Hy-Brazil (mean ing thu Wo?), a name given by thc com mon marinera, hence Brazil. There must havo been tome cause or there would not have been a legend. It was accepted as truthful for centuries, and curious enough, one of the find bouks printed in England by Caxton ia an ac count of tho voyngo of St. Brombin, proving nt once the popularity of the *tory. The tradition was almost forgot ten or neglected by scholars and historians until 1837, when tho Royal Society of Northern Antiquarians of Copenhagen caused to be collected and published the Pre-Columbian Voyages to America. In 1841 N. Ludlow Beamish, a Fellow of tbe Royal Society, London, publiai-?d "The Discovery of America by \..e Northmen, in the Tenth Century, witta notices of the carly settlements of thc Irish in thc Western Hemisphere," which threw a great deal of light on tho heretofore neglected legend of St. Bren dan. There are various hypotheses more or less ingenious relating to tho peo pling of America, prior to discovery by Columbus, each with ?onie degree of probability. The learned Rabbi Israel in bia work on "The hope of Israel," pub lished in Amsterdam in 1G59, ri ueavors to show that America was pcop.. by thc ' lost tribes," while Professor Rafu, of Copuehagen, claims that a people speaking thc Irish language were found in Florida, as far back as thc Eighth century. This will in some manner help Rev. Mr. Wild, of Brooklyn, out of thc archaelogicnl difficulty ho got himself into when ho declared recently in a lec ture there that St. Patrick wa? no other than tho prophet Joreminh, and that tho early Irish wese beyond question of thc "lost tribes." Wo don't intend U . etilo the question. There in one thing e tain, however, that if they wero fou1 1 here they all emigrated at once, ns no .r ice of thuin remains in Ireland at tho , sent duy. The Irish wero alway? loud of roving. Dr. Von Tschudi, in his cele brated work on Peruvian Antiquities, anys that according to probable conjecture thc country which lay along from Chesa peake Bay, extending down into the Carolinas and Florida, was peopled by Irishmen. Ile cays in a note in thc-* lat ter part of the work that a manuscript wns found before he finished bia book, which converted the conjoeture into cer tainty. Lie mentions a Northman with the euphonic name of Breidvikinc-nkap pi, who had nu amour with a Bister of the powerful chief, Snorno Qode, by rea non of which bo wan obliged to emigrate to America. This wr.s in 999. There were no ?iding-; from him for a long time until an Iceland merchant named Gud lief Gudlangson, desired to return from Dublin to Iceland. He tonk tho route by the west nf Ireland. It appeara it was ns dangerous in those days as these, and poor Gudlief waa driven out to Bea. He was taken after a couple of mouths of hunger and hardship on tho ocoan to an unknown coast, wheo he was made a prisoner by the natives an soon as be lauded. In a short timo a troop of men carno to him, preceded by a standard and speaking Irish, a language he could, speak himself. They were directed by nu old man on homebar k, who comman ded Gudlief to bc brought before him. Ile asked him in tho Scandinavian tongue who ho was and where he came from, and discovering hi... to bc an Ice lander, he informed him that ho wa? Breidvickingakappi, the lover of Thurid. a Scandinavian Princess. Ho was per mitted to return to Iceland, convincing all that the lover of Thurid was alive, by a rir.g brought from him which she had givou him yearn previously. Humbolt in tho Kosmos bays: "A country situated further south was named by the ancient Scandinavians, Land nf the. White, man, or Great Ireland. M. Hiifn ia of the opinion that this country represents North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Are Frode, the most ancient historian of Iceland, in forms us that Are Manon arrived in 938 A. D. in that country, where he received baptism. The Bamo country, the Great Ireland, baa also bren mentioned by Abott Abdullah Mohammed Edrisi, an Arabian geogragber of tho Twelfth Cen tury, who was born nt 'Ceuta' in 1099, and pursued his studies nt Cordona. It was at tho invitation of Roger II., King of Sicily (1130-1154), that this Arabian author pursued hie work, and he is doubtless indebted to the Normans em ployed at the Court of Palermo fur his information." Among the most interesting of the old sages mentioned by Rnfn ia Thorfin Karlsefne. lie was an Icelandic mer chant of royai descent. Ho was a famous voyager, and his discoveries in America woio continued from 1007 to 1010. To Karlsefne, mid Snorne, before mentioned, was assigned thc duty of visiting and ex ploring Vineland. They started in the spring of 1007 with 1G0 mtn. Many of those old sailors aro thoroughly de scribed. There is ono man, for instnnco named O'Turnill from Dublin, who was called the "hunter." He is described as a largo black-haired strong man, like a giant, foul-mouthed of speech, and not over orthodox sis a Christian. He was well acquainted with foreign parts. He had been a hunter in Ireland, and aeems acted as ?.te wa ul on board thc ship. Ho was perpetually quarreling, often drunk mid was weil acquainted with tho virtues of a tdiilhileagh, a weapon much dreaded bv thc Northmen. Ibo discoveries of Karlsefne are full of interest. His de scriptions of tho people found hero cor respond with those given 600 years later. A singlo Item from thia saga will be of interest, as entirely corroborating the tradition of St. Brendan. In thc third year of his wnudering in Markland hol came Keross five Shroclings or savages. One waa ii bearded man, two were females, and two iv--?re boys. The boy? were .cap tured and taught to apeak tho language of tba Northmen. They gave tho name of their father aa Unvoego, and their moth er Vuthcldi. They stated that beyond I bein on the mainland there lived a peo ple white in color, wearing whito gar ments carrying, flags on poles, and shout ing loudly. They carno to the conclu sion that thc country must havo been ibo ono they heard described by their own navigators, called "lloitrainnnna land eda Irlnnd et Mykla," that is, Whitman's Land or Great Ireland. Thc curliest tradition ea to Wbitemnn's Laud, or Great Ireland, is found in the Lnnduamabook, A. D. 982. It appeals I hat Are M arnon, one of the fearless ad ventures of thc northern MUIS mentioned before, waa driven' to tho coast of the Carolinas, and found the popio such ns were described by the two Sh meting buys made captive by Karlsefne, spent lng Irish, such ns could bo umb-rstnod by bim. He was kept by them, made a chief, and never allowed togo to sen. Some vcrv curious particulars nro ac cumulated from the narrative of Lionel Wafer, who lived foisevcrs\l months Hmong thc Indians of the Isthmus of Da ricn, which go to confirm Professor Rafn that there were races of people in tho country besides tho Indians, who wero unlike them in language, dress and man ners. Wafer says that there was won derful nilinity between the spoken lan guage of the people of Daricn and that of tho Highlands of Scotland. He says: "In my youth I was well acquainted with tho Highland or primitive Irish language, particularly nt Navan, upon the Hoyne, and about the town of Vir gini upon l/och Rammer, in the country of Cavan, and I learned a great deal of the-Darien language in a month's conver sation with them"-the Indians. It might be productive of good results to compare the ancient religion of tho Mex icans with that of the Druids. The ?uestion presents itself, "Were the Irish ond of travel in those enr?y days, and had they n sufficient knowledge of navi gation ?" Tho nnswer will bo found in tho fact that our civilization dawned far in advanco of inc reit of Europe, and Beainish's book gi?os ample proof that Ireland was furornost at a very early po riod in colonizing distant countries, and had sufficient means of shipping her in tellectual superiority to every pcoplo in the world except the Saracens. She was conspicuous in those early times, and her learning furnished a storehouse from whence thc people of.Europe drew their supply. Sixty-five years previous to the discovery of Ireland by the Northmen in tho ninth century, Irish emigrants had visited and inhabited that island ; and about the year 725 Irish Ecclesiastics sought seclusion on the Faroe Islands. All these proofs and traditions nrsents a reasonable tlieory that thc Irish had set tled tho Southern portion of America and introduced a civilization of which wo havo traces to-day, hu nd rel of years before tho era of Spanish discovery. "From what cause," argues Mr. Beamish could thc name ol Great Ireland have arisen, but from the fact of the country having boen colonized by thc Irish 7 and having visited Ic land and the Faroes in the seventn and eighth centuries, it is as little improvable that they should have taken longer voyages. It may seem an impertinence u w for a people who nover lift their voices but in a whine to speak of past glories, and particularly as we find nothing in Irish history beyond a mero tradition of this Great Ireland, that we have to go to the stranger again. It is doubtful avon if many Irish bjholara in America or Ire land have read those works ef Beamish and Rafn. When we avon join against a common enemy nowadays we quarrel among our CC IT Ca .... SC uSvSSa v?i auuuu. MIH; up or uuito. Don't continually give an ex cuse for tho finger of scorn to DO pointed at UB by our natural enemies. There is ono unpublished Irish m an m cri pt on tho discovery of America by the Irish in Paris, and ?hore may bo many in Trinity College. They should be sought out and translated. What a glorious thing it would bo for Ireland to give America her history in connection with the mnny other good things she has given her. It is well-known that Columbus not only visited Icaland, but Ireland as well, previous to his voyage hither, and was assisted in bis researches and travels by a gentleman named Patrick Maguire, who was also tho first man in his expe dition who set foot on American soil. This is recorded in a publication by an Italian priest, named Thornitori, in the seventeenth century. The boats having been launched on nenring th's shore, the bay became shallow. Pat. jjmped out, waded ashore, and thus helped to lighten tho boat. The roster of the ship's crew is in the archives at Madrid, and it shows f.everal Irish names, but Paddy Maguire was tho first man who touched American eoil. Truly, history repeats itself.-From the Celtic-Monthly. MARINO LUMBER FROM STRAW.-Mr. S. H. Hamilton, of Bushucil, 111., bas discovered a precess for making hard wood lumber out of common wheat straw, with all the effects of polish and finish which aro obtainable on the hardest of black walnut and mahogany, at as little cost as clear pine lumber can be manu factured for. The process of manufuc tury as explained by Mr. Hamilton is as follows : Ordinary straw board, such as is manufactured at any pnper mill, is used for tho purpose. Aa many sheets are taken aa aro required. These sheet? are passed through a chemicnl solution, which thoroughly Boftcns up thc fiber and completely saturates it. The whole is then passed through a Hucccasion of rollers, dried and hardened during tho passage, as ivell aa polished, and cornea out of thc other end of the machine, hard, dry lumber, ready for uso. Jt is claimed that the chemical prnporliss hardening in tho fiber eutirely prevent water-soaking, and render tho lumber combustible only in very hot fire. Tho ! hardened finish on outside also makes it impervious to water. The samples ex hibited could hardly bo told from bard wood lumber, and in Hawing tho differ ence could not bo detected. It ?B suscep tible'ofn very high polish, and samples of imitation of marble, mahogany, etc., were shown which might deceive the most experienced eye. Not only doc3 Mr. Hamilton claim a substituto for ! lumber in Bash, doors and blinds and finishing stuff, but also as a substituto for black walnut and other woods in tho manufactur e of all kinda of fino furniture, coffins, etc., and also an excellent substi tute for marble in marble-top tables, mantelpieces, bureaus, otc. Ile claims that it, will not warp in tho least-Mill ing and Mechanical Newt. "Sun or Moon.'*' 'Twas midnight in Edinburg, when two strangers in a happy framo of mind were seen gazing at tho old Tron Church clock, vigorously discussing whether'twas Bun or moon. Being unable lo decide, they agreed to leave it toa passing third party, who quickly replied that lie did not know, as he was a stranger in those parts. Aro not tho statements of those who are strangers to tho merita of Dr. Pierce's Family Medicines, and yet con demn them because they havo been de ceived in other "put up" - medicines, equally as sensible? Would you con demn the church because you chance to know one or two hypocryts? In dis eases of the stomach, liver, blood, and lungs, the Discovery has no equal. Those whom it has cured aro numbered by thousands. I? it not safer to trust a remedy that has been so extensively and successfully employed, than tho inexpe rienced physician who bas naught but repeated failures to which ho cnn refer? For full particulars, seo tho People's Common Sense Medical Adviser-a work of over 900 pages, nearly 300 illustrations. Price, postpaid, $1.50. Address tho au thor, R. V. Pierce, M. D., Buffalo, N. Y. "TRHrri.Y PtrnK.-It is well kn? wu thai while Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder bas been made lor many years without reducing its standard of perfect purity, there ls not another baking pow der in thc market that can stand thc test for purity. Chemists and physicians u.-o Dr. Pricc'H Cream Baking Powder in their own families. HE WAS ON THE MAKE. The Sinuous that Mr. Printer Charlen H. Acton riled Vp During th? tit-cat Amer ican Disturbarle?. Tho reported death of Charles S. Ac ton, from a mining accident in the north ern part of this State, brings to light an extraordinary story. Acton was former ly a printer in New York, and during the war was engaged in counterfeiting the paper currency of the Confederate States. In this business he accumulated a fortune, which, according to the state ment which he made to the writer here of, must have amounted to more than a million of dollar:). This he subsequently lost in stock speculations, and after the catastrophe of Black Friday he came to California and worked as a miner. The story, as told by himself and in his own handwriting, is cs follows : In I860 sev eral Southern States passed an ordinance i of secession, and appointed delegates to meet on the 4th of February, 1861, at Montgomery, Ala. At this convention Jefferson Davis was elected President. I Steps were at once taken to raise money. On the 21st of May, 1861, the capital of ? the Confederacy was reine ved to Bich- j mond. Bills were adopted authorizing the isauo of Treasury notes of various de nominations ($6, $10, $20, $50, $100, cte.) So scarce did silver and cold be come that corporations and individual firms were coi.ipcllcd te issue notes. These were generally printed from types I and on common paper. Tho city of Richmond issued notes printed from a wood-cut. The limited mechanical re ! sources of the Confederacy compelled it I to resort to thc use of common litho [ graphic printing, and it printed its notes ! and bonds from lithographic stones, making transfers from old bank-note dies which had found their way into the hands of some lithographic establishment in thc South. So primitive was thc ap pearance of these notes that they were eagerly sought 'or in the various North ern cities os curiosities. Some of them reached Washingtou shortly after the first emission, anti an enterprising news* 1 dealer, named Haney, from Now York, who supplied the soldiers and officers stationed in aud around thc Capital with Northern publications, conceived the idea of printing fuc-siuiiles of these notes and selling them as curiosities. With as many different kinds us he could procure he hastened to New York and gave a printer (Acton) an order to set up in type and engrave en wood imitations of five or six notes of denomination, from one dollar to ten. TUE FIRST ORDER was for about six or seven thousand notes. The demuud became so great that the plates were electrotyped, and twenty or thirty thousand copies per day were turned out. These were sold in all tho cities at the North by newsboys and newsdealers. As thc rebellion progress ed the soldiers in the army found these notes, poorly printed as they were, more potent in procuring supplies ot farm pro duce, chickens, etc., from the colored people than our own currency. In fact, there were many persons in the South who would not take any other. A gen tleman, a professor of music, George H. Briggs, living at Atlanta, Georgi.-'., while passing through New York on his way home, procured from the newsboys a sup ply of the fac-oimile notes, with a view of getting up better imitations. On his arrival at Atlanta be made arrangements with W. H. Teller (formerly of Llardfort, Conn.,) a paying teller or officer in the bank of Fulton, at Atlanta, to procure a better imitation of the large notes, which wera lithographed and printed at Rich mond and used by all the banks in the South. This bank officer, having a knowledge of what notes were used, had no difficulty in making a selection, and supplying thc Professor, as he was usually called, with the necessary funds he sent him to New York to procure imitations of the most desirable kinds. The pro fessor was quite a sociable person, who could adapt himself to almost any cir cumstances, and feigning to bo a North ern-born man, he sought out a printer (Acton) and made a contract with him for engraving and printing $10, $20, $50 and $100 notes and bonds. A deposit of $500 h ecu red the commencement of the work. In a few weeks thc fac-similcs were ready, and arrangements made to pay for the balance of tho printing on the delivery of the work. The Professor procured a large trunk, with a false bot tom, and packed what represented nearly two millions of dollars in this money, and left New York about the latter part of September, 1862. He passed through our lines at Pudticah, Ky., and succeeded in reaching homo in about two weeks' time ; safely conveying these fac-H?miles into the hands of bis friend (Teller) in the bank at Allanta. A few months afterward considerable activity was man ifested by ono of the prominent banks iu Charleston, S. C., (Bank of Charleston or Bank of South Carolina.) to discover j from which bank at Atlauta. Georgia, they had received something over a quarter of a million dollars in WORTHLESS CONFEDERATE NOTES. The act could not be directly traced and thc guilty party escaped. Thia will probably be the first intimation to any of those parties who wore directly interested in this transaction of tho true source whence they received their bad money. From that timo forward there waa n large amount of those fac-similcs used. They ? were advertised in the Northern papers to be sold at threo cents on the dollar, and millions of tb eso were printed ami sold. Thc next spring, 1863, tho Pro fessor again appeared in New York sup ! plied with an abundance of funds. After u? hud been io the city some three weeks Acton met him and compelled .a settle ment of the balance of bis unpaid claim. Briggs was very reluctant to settle, but, under thc circumstances, he deemed it best to do so. At about this period per sona were frequently sent to I* ort Lafay ette and other prisons for expressing any disloyal sentiment, and an enemy at that time could easily causo considerable trouble to a person by charging him with disloyalty. After several fruitless efforts on the part of the Professor to again pro cure from Acton nn additional supply of fac-similcs of new notes of the so-called Confederacy, he caused, out of revenge, letters to bo sent through such sources that they would likely bo captured by our forces, to the effect that Acton was making genuine notes for the Confed era to Government, and he caused his arrest aud detention until the true state of the matter waa discovered. The Pro fessor himself was then immediately ar rested and held for some time. After awhile ho was allowed to procuro bail, when be instantly disappeared and has not been heard of since. This fac simile money was also printed and sohl in Phil adelphia by S. C. tiphani, who had a store on Chestnut street near Fourth. That manufactured in- New York waa most superior, being in every way like tho genuine. Large amount? ?ere used in buying cotton ?nail parta of the South ern States. In the autumn of 1863 tho Confederate agent in Europe, Mr. Spence, ordered a quantity of these notes and they were sent to him. But, owfog to the f xpected COLLAPSE OE THE CONFEDERACY, ho allowed tho draft on him for their value to be returned unpaid. There can nut bo an accurate estimate of the amount of thia money which waa printed in New York or Philadelphia during the three years, for it was generally sold by thc thousand pieces, and it was printed and finished as panics wanted it. This is Acton's story, as told by himself. He added, in conversation, that lie had four of Hoe's presses running on these coun terfeit notus. He used to ship a large boxful every day. They were purchased by banks at Atlanta and Charleston; also by business linns in New York, who used them wherewith to purchase cotton at the South. Among thc firms men tioned were Saekett, Belcher it Co. The note? were printed on water-marked paper. The newsdealers ili? a great bus iness in them. Acton waa liberated from Fort Lafayette, as be alleged, fi oin mo tivas of oublie policy. Ho said that General Sickles and the United States Marshals at New York and the Cabinet officers at Washington were aware of tho nature of his transactions, and were will ing to allow him to continue them un molested, provided he did not make them too public. For this reason be withdrew his advertisements from thc newspapers. The motive for this ollieial connivance ? was that the Confederate States might bc injured by thc circulation of the false money bo printed. The British had j counterfeited the assignats and mandata of thc French Revolutionary Govern ment and the notes of the American Con- ; tincntal Congress, and it was considered a legitimate means of inflicting damago upon a State with which we were at war. Acton averred that Secretary Stauton j was particularly well aware of bis trans actions, ami connived at them. He used to soil the counterfeit notes at three cents on the nominal dollar. There were others enga'ged in the sanie business .nine in Philadelphia, others in Boston. \ He was of the opinion that fron, tie third to one-half of all the Confederate money afloat consisted of these Northern counterfeits. He himself had made moro than a million of dollars profit, all of which was thrown away on the stock j market. When thc historical character and details of these revelations are con sidcred, it must bc confessed that the death of this poor miner has brought lo j light a very extraordinary story.-lian TYancisco Herald. A Very Ensy Thing to Die. Is death painless? The best medical | authorities nave about agreed that tho i last moments of a dying man aro com- j parativcly free from pain, and William i Hunter, the greatest of English physiolo- | gists, upon ins death bcd, as be felt his end approaching said : "If I could grasp a pen I would write how easy a thing it is to die." Hut the last grasps, the stif fening of the muscles, the death rattle, are they painless ? Ia death really a cessation ot pain ? These are questions yet unanswered. No man has ever taken thc fatal step to come back and relate his experience. Death from strychnine poisoning is generally supposed lo bo tho most painful of all deaths. Thc agonies of the terrible tetanic spasms have been pictured as most horrible. From tho "American Cyclopt ila" tho following is condensed ; "Thc symptoms it producesoro difficulty of breathing and a sense of suffocation, twisting of the limbs and tetanic convul sions, the body becoming arched in the back, often resting on the head and heels. Thc features arc convulsed, attended by spasms of the jaws and choking. The attack occurs in pnroxyisms, betiveen ! which the intellect is often clear at first but becomes clouded after a succession of paroxysm?. Death occurs after an interval of suffering, lasting usually about three hours." lint thc poio. *.ng is not always attended by suffering. ?J. C. Cook, the special Slate House policeman and night watchman, it will bc remembered, took a dose of strychnine by mistake about a month ago. He was found in the State Library lying upon thc reading table, perfectly unconscious, his back ardua and his head almost reaching his heels in a violent tetanic convulsion. Medical aid was summoned, and after three hours of pumping and rubbing, in which ho was knotted in spasms, he recovered. His first request was for a chew of tobacco, and in an hour's time he was apparently in his customary health, and with the ex ception of a feeling of soreness in his muscles, he felt comparatively well. He hiept remarkably sound that night and got up in the morning none thc worse for his evening's blunder. He described bis sensations upon tb*t occa sion toa New? reporter this morning: "After I had taken the stulf I walked down thc street to the Mctropolitian Theatre and took a seat. I bad hardly ?citied myself when I felt so strangely. I was hot all over ; grew dizzy and lieht headed; everything turned white, and I felt so queer that I get up and walked down stairs. I went to the State Libra i ry and laid down on the reading table, That waa the last I knew nntil I was i hroughttoo. I didn't suffer any particle of I pain, not a bit. After I canto to I asked for some tobacco, got up and walked around, and if I hadn't been a little weak and sore, I would have felt belter than I do now. It is an experience I don't want to have again, though. There ia too much danger in it to suit me." A prominent physician and a professor in the medical college waa talked to about the case, and gave it as his opinion that it was very remarkable. Thc absence of pain docs not occur more than once in a thousand cases.-.Indianap olis New?. - Thc Chinese question has not been quieted by the veto. It ia to bo fought over again in thc next Congress. Sena tor Jones, of Nevada, we aro told, has already prepared a new bill to be pre sented in the Senate, as a basis for thc second agitation, and he will bring it forward nt the beginning of the extra session. This bill avoids the objections urged rgainst thc first enc in tho veto message, being carefully framed so as not to involvo any infraction or violation of the Burlingame treaty. It is alleged that nearly all the Chinese immigrants to this country aro brought in as coolies under contracts for labor made at Hong Kong, and if this business can bo broken up tim Mongolian immigration will bc arrested. Tho Jones hill is directed to this point. It is intimated that Mr. Hayes will not veto the new bill ; but this favorable anticipation of Mr. Hayes vieira seems unwarranted. Tho Repub lican paity is divided on the subject, but the weight of opinion in tho East is op posed to any restriction of Chinese immi gration, and the greater probability is in favor of Mr. Hayes deferring to this, rather thnn yielding to the claims in the Pacific and sonic ofthe Western States. tVUtouri Republican. IT ia A FACT.-It is a fact that Dr. Price's Special Flavoring Extracts of leemon, Vanilla, Orange, Rose, Necta rine, Almon, etc., aro tho finest flavors for cakes, puddings, ices, creams and pastry, that can bo made. - It takes ono hundred officers, nt nn expense of $luO,000, to keep tho Senate comfortable every year. THE ATLANTA TH AO EDY? Trail? of Character of Col. "Bob" Alston. Henry ir. Grady in the Atlanta Constitution. It is rnv opinion that in thc death of "Hob" Alston the Stale of Georgia lost j ono of her most uselnl sons, ile was just emerging from his boyhood when he died. He hud hardly entered upon his real and earnest life. He carried tho( freshness and the impulses of his teens into his forty years. He was just throw ing these oh". Ami those splendid oner-] gie?-that marvelous information-that active brain-that buoyant force-what could they not have accomplished when , ballasted with the wisdom anti experi-1 ; euee of fifty years? In thc Legislature I ho had already gone to the front rank, I . and as fast as the vein of earnestness and : sagacity was discovered beneath the up- ! parent lightness his leadership was being; confirmed. He would have gone out of! i the present House very nearly its fore-i ! most man if he had lived. His real ; career was just opening, and the utan in j j him was just asserting itself over those | I charming and boyish traits which, win-1 : some as they were, could not enforce a ' i genuine leadership. Just recovered from j his financial troubles, bc would have been | moro than independent in a few mouths. It is hard that, just as bis hand was out- j stretched to pluck the tedious fruitage of a lifetime, it should bc palsied with death. I Truly, God'H ways are inscrutable ! \ Alston was thc most generous niau that | I ever knew. I have seen him literally f;ive away ?tis bust dollar. Never in my i fe did I see him refuse help to any at? ; plicant, if he had aught to give. He gave lavishly, heartily and without n question. He bas spent several snug : fortunes since 1872. At ono stroke he ?made $'.?,800: at another, $11,000, and j at another $15,000. Ile spent wonder I fully little money on himself. He do I ni ed himself even the comforts of life that he might give to others. I never shall forget how my eyes lilied with tears and laughter at thu same time, when I saw bim at thc Governor's inaugural ball with trousers that had had great holes in them, and remembered that two days be fore hediad given to a noble purpose ton times the amount needed for a new pair. I have seen him spend the day without a mouthful of dinner, mid tho next day make $50 and givo $40 of it away. Of the $15,000 that be received a short time ago, I am sure he gave away nearly $5,000, and in two weeks bc had not a cent left. He showed nie a list of his expenditures, and there he bad given to friend and enemy alike, to all who had asked, a3 long as bc bad a dollar. There was no ostentation about this. He rather kept it hidden that he might escape the scoldings of his moro worldly-wise friends. Ho was true to his friends to the last degree. He never failed to boin them when chanco offered, and never deserted them when they were in trouble. Lova ble, sympathetic and frank, be was won derfully magnetic. Everv man who worked on the old Herald with him loved him. On yesterday dispatches were re ceived from them all over tho State, ami to-day a half a hundred of them will be in Decatur to see him buried. Moore comes from Augusta, Winter from Ma con, Hurney from Albany, und two score from Atlanta. Those men who knew him best loved him most. His love for bis wife was marvelous in its freshness and strength. It waa thc passion of his life. To the very last he was her lover. The last letter he rver wroto was addressed to her as if lie was suing for her hand in marriage, and he says: "I shall be in Atlanta on Saturday for my answer." The morning that he left her he kissed ber at thc d'-ir. She followed him to the steps aim there stopped. "WhatI no further than the stcps^with me?" he said. And, laugh ingly went with him to the gato. And the poor woman spoke the secret of her henrt and the glory of her life when she rubbed his chilled bands and said : "Oh ! my poor lover ; my precious lover. Speak to me-look at me !" She was all to him-and nobly did she fill his life with her sweet and loyal lovel Muy God in his infinite gentleness kathe lier heart with mercy I Alston was child-like in his faith. He had absolute trust in prayer. I doubt if ho ever closed his eyes at night without going on his knees. He prayed all thc time and in all places. I nave seen him down on his knees in our old editorial room and pray aloud for help and guid ance. And the first impulso that fol lowed this prayer he would follow blind ly and to the end. At heart he was pro foundly religious, and his beliefs were old-fashioned on all religious matters. He used to upbraid mc for working on Sunduy in tho severest terms. That he sometimes sinned himself was due to the peculiar impulsiveness of his nature. His life though was singularly free from vices. I know of few men who were clcuuer in their habits. His life was n struggle, in which a great religious heart tried to coral a myriad of impulses. It is not for me to judge him. I know none of the secrets of tho future, but I do know that if there is mercy in God He wiil not turn away from th?B silent heart, that in all its sorrows and triumphs went up to Him in an impulse of praise r?r supplication, lfeveraman walked rev crntly in tho shadow of His footstool my poor friend did. I might writo forever about him.- - About his home-life, so soil nod losing and gentle-about tho kindness with which he placed his arm about me when I caine to this city a friendless youngster -about the charming surprises that his life developed day after day-about the half-sad, half-lender talks wo used to havi. about his lifo and tho honca ami loves he had centered on his children about his wonderful adventures and ex ploits, so full of that bright audacity thal sat him so well ! Hut the public has nothing to do with this. To-day we bury him-to-morrow we shrine his memory in our hearts and turn our face? to tho future. Tears arc idle, and no cry can bring back that bright presence and that winsome face. Nothing can light thoee dnrkene ! eyes - nothing thrill that coffined hr o! -noth ing quicken that tired brain-nothing nerve that listless hand 1 God's will bo done, and God rest thee in peace, thou honest friend-thou golden-hearted gen tleman 1 Q?lTE AS SENSITIVE.-Tho sense of smell of the Vmorican People is quito ns sensitive aa those of any country-ami certainly, when this faculty le tutored, perfume may be made in America as those which como from abroad. Judges of fino odors credit Dr. Price with mee tasto in tho compounding of his Unique Perfumes. - Mr. J. Milton Turner, cx-Minister to Liberia, is making speeches in Mis souri in opposition to thc proposed emi gration of tho colored people of tbnt State to Liberia. Ho advises them to stay where they are, and tells them they can do better in Missouri than in any other country under tho sun. - The annual cattle crop of Texas ?H estimated to bo worth $10,000,000 ; hides, $1,800,000; beef in barrels, $2,000,000, and wool, $1,500,000. Wa'.?ii H v.i on".-. View of Love. Mr. H. J. Lousing, in an nrticle in tho Philadelphia Weekly Times, print? a lot- ! ter written in January, 17G5, hy George j Washington to Eleanor Parke Cuslis, u grand-daughter of Martha Washington and his adopted daughter. In this ho ' gives her thu following ad vico on tho subject of love: "Men and women feel tue same incli nations to each other now that they al- I ways have clono, and which they will ! continue to do until there is a new order of things, mid you, as others havo done, may find perhaps that tho passions of your sex nre easier raised than allayed. Do not, therefore, boast too soon or too strongly of your insensibility to, or re sistance of, its powers. In tho composi tion of tho human frame there is a good deal of itillammablo matter, however dormant it may lie for a time, and. lileo an intimate acquaintance of yours (a sis ter just married,) when tho torch is put to it, that which is within you may burst into a hinze; for which reason, and espec ially, too, as I have entered upon tho chapter of advices, I will read you a lec ture drawn from this text. "Love is said to be nu involuntary passion, and it is therefore contended that it cannot be resisted. This is true in part only, for, like all things else, when nourished and supplied plentifully with aliment, it is rapid in its progress; hut let these be withdrawn and it may be stilled in its birth or much stinted in its growth. For example, a woman (the same may be said of tho other sex) all beautiful aud accomplished, will, while her band and heart are undisposed of, turn the beads and set the circle in which she moves on lire. Let her marry, and what is the consequence? The mad ness ceases and all is quiet again. Why? Not because Ibero is any diminution in the charms of tho lady, but because there is au end of hope. Hence it follows that love may and therefore ought to bo un der the guidance of reason ; for although we cannot avoid first impressions, we may assuredly place them under guard ; and my motives for treating on this subject arc to show you, while you remain Eleanor Parke Cletis, spinster, and retain thu resolution lo love with moderation, the proporiety of adhering to thc laitier resolution, at least until you have secured your game and tho way by which it may be accomplish ed. "When the fire it beginning to kindle and your heart grows warm propound Ihcso questions to it : Who is tho invn dcr? Have I a competent knowledge of him? I* he ? man ;f get;.*, character, r* tuan ol"sense? For, be assured, anensi ble woman can never bo happy with a fool. What bas been bis walk in life? Is bc a gambler, ti spendthrift or drunk ard? Is his fortune sufficient to main tain me in tho manner 1 have been accus tomed to live and my Bisters do live? Ami is be one to whom my friends can have no reasonable objection? If theso interrogatories can bo satisfactorily an swered there will remain but ono moro to be asked. That, however, is an im portant one. Have I sufficient ground to com Unie that his affections aro en engaged by me? Without this tho heart of sensibility will strugglo against a passion that is not reciprocated-delica cy, custom, or call it by what epithet you will, haviug precluded all advances on your part. "Thc declaration, without the most in direct invitation of yours, must proceed from tho man to render it permanent and valuable, and nothing short of good sense and au easy, unaffected conduct can draw the lino between prudery and coquetry. It would be no great departure from truth to say that it rarely happens otherwise than that a thorough paced coquette dies in celibacy as a punishment for her attempt to mislead others, by en couraging looks, words action, given for no other purpose than to draw men on to make overtures that they may be re jected." A WAH INCIDENT.-"Grubby" was a middle-aged, easy-going Bort of a fellow who felt a sort of martial pride, in point ing to the address on his letters, which read an follows : "Godfrey Hardy, Com pany K, Thirty-first New Jersey Vol. infantry, Third brigade, First Division, First army corps, Army of tho Potomac." It was ou a not day in thc month of June, 1863-the day before tho com mencement of the northward movement which culminated at Gettysburg-that "Grubby," with many others of *iin regi ment, was sent tn do picket city ata point on tho Rappabannock, sumo two miles below Freuericksburg. About 10 o'clock A. M. bo was duly posted close lo 'the edge of tho abrupt bank of tho stream. On the opposite shore and per haps one hundred leet distant were the enemy's pickets pacing to and fro. There was no picket shooting being dono at that time, and although the .ipposing lines were only separated by thc narrow rivor, they placed their "beats" in full view of each other without fear. After "Grubby" had held his position some twenty minutes he approached tho senti nel on bis right mid asked for a chew of tobacco, but the party accosted never I used the "weed," and was unable to sup ply his natin, The sentinel on bia ie * was interviewed with tho same ill-success. The case now began to look desperate, au hour ami a half yet lefore tho relief would come, and no tobicco. Ho slung hin gun over his shoulder and walked to and fro in a mechanical sort of way, the very image of despair. Rut presently he baited, faced quickly to tho opposite shore, and called out in a subdued tone, i to the Confed?ralo sentry : "Say, you fellow over thcro havo you any to backer?" "Yes," carno ibo quick res ponso. "Will you gim' roe a chaw if i'll come over?" "Yes," said Johnny. In a twinkling "Grubby" inverted his gun. thrust tho bayonet in tho ground, peeled ott'his clothes and was in the water pull ing for the other side. Ho got bia to bacco, and returned to Iiis post just in time to escape detoction by au officer who rode along just then to inspect the picket line. The writer of this was ou picket duty al thc samo limo and placo and can vouch for the correctness of tho ?tory. < 'mindi drove ( KUH.) (II-publican. - It is reported that bandits and other criminals are making the cities and coun try of Cuba insecure to an extent never before known. Their boldness is caused hy thc extreme leniency of the authori ties. The peaceful citizens are callin/ for thu use of severe measures. - A Inmb was put into a cage with a lion in Rallimbro, but they didn't lio down together. The lamb gave tho old roarer one "buck" in tho ribs, and the lion got into a corner and howled himself IHM; ?.. with fear. - Congressman Lutteroll, of CrHfor nia, says ho is certain that tho Democrats in thot State "will run their own ticket, and elect it, too." A bite trom a rattlesnake is sometimes not more dangerous than a severe Cough or Cold. A well merited reputation has Hr. Ball's Cough Syrup, anti this remedy is sold by nil druggist?, PriCO 3-r> cents. TUE MYSTERIOUS MASONS. An Kxtruordluury Chanter from tit* History of Masonry. Iii tho year 1000 tho whole- of Chris tendom wu? possessed with the idea that the end of thc world and tho day of judgment was at hand ; and when the dreadful year had passed and the panie < had subsided, n great impulse to tho i building of churches arose throughout ; central and western Europe. The build- i ines which were tho result of this im- < pulse gavo employment to a large nura- j uer of artificers for a period of many < years. Working at first under the dircc- ! tion of the bishops and abbot*, they ere long ncquired considerable independence. < The "lay brethren" as they had previ- i ously been styled, separating themselves from their clerical superiors as well as ? from thc common laborers, assembled in baU'huelten or wooden buildings uear the < site of the churches, whore they im- | proved themselves in their art{ blending j mathematical and artistic studies with a mystic philosophy of sacred symbolism ? and Biblical allusions. They were di vi- i ded into three classes, vis.: apprentices, young men deemed worthy of admission into the fraternity fellow craftsmen, who | hud BO far advanced as to be able to work alone on the details of the art and were i bound to impart to tho apprentices their < knowledge, and masters, comparatively < few in number, who were competent to undertake the design or direction nf en- | tire works, in tho capacity of architect:, '. ? Hurveyors or master builders. The en- | i tered apprentices wcro entrusted with a i secret sign nnd pass-word, and bound on | oath to divulge lo nono but the initiated either the knowledge ho should acquire i or the rite and practices of his lodge, j This method of mutual recognition was < a necessity when indentures and diplo- i mas wcro unknown, but taken in conjunc tion with the mystic philosophy inculca- i ted, and the secret ritual practice within ? the lodges, it acquired in time a solemnity j and sacredness which could attach to no i certificate of membership or of profi- c ciency. Further credentials wcro pro vided in a set of questions and answers, ] funning a sort of catechism, orally com- t ?nu ideal ed and guarded by tho samo ( sanction by which the "brethren," as they now call ono nnother, could give i proof of their identity wherever they j might travel in search of employment, and which aro in essential pointe pre- 1 served in the "lectures" of tho thren j degrees of modern Freo Masonry. Bau hucttcn wero permanently established in | most of tho chief cities of the empire, i and tho reputation, which their master? ] ac . ired for genius nnd skill led to the \ e .g-igement of German architects in o her countries wherever cathedrals or | churches were being erected on the Beale j of moro than ordinnry grandeur. At first tho several lodges worked indepen- j dantly of ono another; but in the hf- { tecntli century tho necessity of further union began to bo felt, and on April 25, i 1359, a gathering of tho Muster Masons of central and southern Germnny was . hold at Rntisbon, whon the regulations t of tho different lodges were revised and < consolidated. In 1492 a second and more ] general assembly was held, at which the whole of tho Masons of Germany wero \ represented and united into n single i brotherhood, of which the chief of tho \ lodge of StruuBbuig, which had long < boen recognized as n court of appeal oven < by the lodges of Austria and Switzerland, i was declared perpetual Grand Master. ? Tho statutes then dram up .-eceived in 1 1498 the confirmation of tho Emporor Maximilian 1, whoso example was fol- i lowed by several of his successors. Af ter the reformation, a period of transition ? began tho building of churches declined, j and in the following century the German ( princes naturally looked with suspicion j on a vast and well organized association of men bound together by the closest | ties and owing allegiance to an authority , by which Alsace had passed under t French dominion. In 1707 all comma- , ideation with Hie mother lodge of Stras- | burg was prohibited, and attempts were made to establish a grand lodge, on Gorman < soil ; but those fulling through tho mu- : tual jealousies of petty states of thc em- | pire," tho most persistent efforts were < made for the entire suppression of the order. Rut, although proscribed, it i could not be exterminated; the lodges . met in secret, admitted new members , and maintained the existence and con tinuity until tho new Free Masonry. , which had meanwhile arisen in England on thc ruins of thc old, held to its Ger man brethren the right band of fellow ship, and in once moro rnising them to , liberty and honor did but repay the dobt which our country owoa to its continen tal Bister.-McMillan's Magasine. \ Tun HOMESTEAD.-Our readers no doubt remember thc decisiou made by 1 Judge Aldrich on the question of Homo- ! Btcau exemption at the last term pfCoiirt here. Thal decision was, tlnu personal property, without regard to its character 1 or kind, wus exempt to tho head of a family to the amouut of five hundred dollars. At tho Mme of this decision several cases were pending in tho Su preme Court involving the same question. The case of Duncan vs. Barnett went up from Union. In 187-, th? Sheriff levied on corn and cotton, the property of tho judgment-debtor, tho debtor claimed tho property as exempt; the 8heriff declined to sell ; the judgment creditor ruled him to show cause why ho lind not mndo the money ; his return showed that the party had claimed a homestead in tho property ; Judge Moses discharged 'he rule, holding that tho property w.;a exempt by Act of Feb._22, io/?, ?rec. .). Duucan appealed, xii i Supreme Court the -reversed thc decision of the Circuit Judge, holding that tho act of 1873, so lar as it attempts to extend the homestead exemption be yond tho provisions contained in Arti cle 2, Sec. 32, of tho Constitution is unconstitutional and void. Tho decis ion says very plainly that no personal property is exempt from attachment, levy and salo except those particular articles mcutioncd by,namcin Art 2,Sec. 32 of tho Constitution ; which aro "household furniture,beds and bedding, family library, arms, out*, wagons, farming implement?, tools, neat cattle, work animals, swine, goats and sheep." A man who owns no land can claim exemption only as to these articles; but he who "wns land can claim one thou sand dollars worth of land, and the year ly products thcrof, besides fivo hundred dollars' worth of such personal property a? is enumerated in the Constitution. It is bard on the non-laud owner. Newberry Herald. - "Why don't your father take the naper?" said a gentleman to a lad whom he caught stealing bia newspaper from the doorstep. " 'Cause." replied tho young hopeful, "ho sends me to take it." - An East Earl, Ind., young woman has spoken to no one but hor mother and two sisters in sixteen years, . She ia keeping a vow she made when a child, bocaoso her father whipped h?r. - This jrear there wcro sent through the Kew York postoffioo 131,458 valen tines. If you cannot take the baby to tho country, uso Dr. Bull's .Baby Syrup for tho usual diseases of carly childhood, LEGAL A D VERTIS IN Cl.-VI? Are compelled te require cub payment* for advertising Ordered Wy Execi-tora, Administrator? aad olber fiduciaries;. ard bcrowiih append tba ratea for tba ordinary noucet, which will only ba i tac rt ed whoa tit? money urnes arith the order : Citation*, taro insertion*, ... . . ft&Aft Estate Notice*, throe Insertions, . - 3.0? Finn! Settlement*, five Insertion? - - s.00 TO COBBJ&?PONDENTS.-ln order to reccWa attention, coiorauoleatloni must bo accompanied by tba true name and address of th? writer. Ra? Jetted manuscript* will not bo returned, anica* tba neccaaary stamps or? furnished to repay tho po?Ugo thereon. ?ar- We are not responsible for tba t Jews and opinions of our correspondent*. AU communications should be addressed to"Ed? Hors Intelligencer." and oil checks, draft*, rooney orders, Ac., ahould bo msdo payable to the Order of K. B. MU it RA Y A CO., Anderson, 8. C. Under the Supervision of the Exocutlve Committee of romona Grange. Public Caution-To the Grangers of Hie United States. At a special meeting of the "Massa chusetts" Grange, P. of H. No. 38, held nt their headquarters in Boston, June 29, 1878, it tra? unanimously voted that the Master of the Massachusetts Strfio Grauge bo requested to send tho follow ing cautionary circular to the local Gringos of Massachusetts and to the 3tate Granges of tho United States: BuOTHEi'is-We think it our duty to caution Grangers against tho increasing tale of poisonous articles in our market. Arsenic is now Bold at wholesale at '.bout five cents a pound. There has been imported into thia ?ountry in a single year, two millions three hundred and ; twenty-seven thous and seven hundred and forty-two pounds. A single pound contains a fr tal dose for about twenty-eight hundred adult per sons. What becomes of it ? We answer, a considerable portion goes into our wall papers, figured and plain, glazed and unglazed ; the cheapest aa well as the more expensive. It is found in white, blue, red, yellow, green and jther colors. The palo colors frequently contain more than the most brilliant. The editor of a leading Boston paper lias recently stated that about eighty-five i;?;r cent, of all wall papera now manu factured contain arsenic, and advises his readers to abandon their use, and paint their walla. Tho Boston Journal of Chemistry states that the manufacturo of these pnpers is increasing. Arsenic is also used in ticket?, paper curtains, covers jf boxes, pnpers containing confection Dry, and other popers. Arsenic and other poisons aro also now used in the coloring matter of ladies' ireascs; gentlemen s under clothing, socks, hat linings, linings of boots and ihocs. They aro found in woolens, silks, :ottons and leather. Professor Nichols, of the Massachusetts Instituto of Technology, found eight 'rains of arsenic in each square foot of a ires*. Another of our chemists found ten ??rains of arsenic in a Dingle artificial lower. A child recently died in Troy, N. Y., by taking nrsenic from a veil thrown over ?ta crib to keep off flics. The Boston Journal of Chemistry states that they aro now putting ursenic into toilet powders used in nu.series and by ladies, it being chi aper t! an starch, of which they were formerly made. Many flavoring oils and syrups contain poisons. It is well to avoid them aa far IB possible. Tea, coffee, cocoa and chocolate arc all liable to be adulterated rmi to some ex tent with dangerous articles. It is well to buy only of tho best and ?no.it experienced dealers. Drugs aro largely adulterated. It ia .-oil to buy only of tho most erperienced ind reliable druggists. Sowing silks and .broads are made heavy with lead, and poison thoso who use them. Thousands of barrels of "terra alba" or tvhite earth, are every year mixed in va rious forms with our sugars and other rvhite substances. Its use tends to pro luce Btone, kidney complaints, and vari )us diseases of the stomach. A largo part of our cream of tartar used in cook ing contains fifty per cent, or more of 'terra alba." It is also used extensively in confec tionery. Mills in various parts of thc country ire now grinding white stone into a fino powder. It is elated that they grind at some of these milis three grades, soda rrade, sugar grade and flour grada. We think it would be a paying ivest ment for the Grangers of each State to um ploy a competent chemist to detect ind publish adulterations, and then with draw all patronage from those who man ufacture or sell such articles. We think there is quite as much need 3f organizations in all our States to en force laws for the protection. of public health, as there is for organisations to juteh and punish horse thieves. In conclusion v.*o can congratulate tho Granges that farmers aro exempted from some of tho dangers to which other classes are eubject. We mako our own vinegar. It is stated in the Scientific American that probably half the vinegar now sold in ? our cities ia "rank poison" Wo mako our own pickles. A Massa chusetts chemist, who analyzed twelvo ?lockages of pickles put up by tw Ive diff erent wholesale- dealers, found copper in ten of them. We have pure milk and genuine am, and not tho manufactured material which v ;o largely supplie.; our cities and popu lous towns. It was estimated by a medical commis lion of the Boston Board of Health, iu 1874, that nearly f5??,??? was paid in that city, in that year, for what purported to be but was not milk. lu a similar period of timo there wero 487 dcatliB of "Cholera Infantum" in Suffolk county, while in tho stine popu lation outside tho city Ibero were fess than 100. And lastly, we are not compelled to eat oleomargine cheese, or any part of the ninety million pounds of oleomarga rine butter, which it is estimated will DO made in this country this yt:?r, in which, as we are told by tho Chicago Live Stock Journal, Profeasor Church has found horse fat, fat from bones, and fat such aa ia principally used for tho making of siandtaa und in *Trto T\t?r.ariili/\f> />P u tiirttl ns has been recently i widely published, upon what seems to be tdiablo authority, qot sufficient heat is used to kill the para sites which enter and breed in human bodies. BENJ. P. WARB, Master of State Grange of Mass. Tho above paper was propared by Brother George T. Angeli, Chaplain of the "Massachusetts" Grange, of l?oston, and who ia also director of the American Social Science Association, und President of tho Massachusetts Society for tho Pro ven''on of Cruelty to Aulmals.-Massa chusetts Ploughman. -- Monticello, tho Virginia country seat of Thomas Jefferson, will be sold at sheriff's sale on the 20th inst. - Dr. Warren, of Boston, says that in that city "BOO babies are sacrificed every year, by reason of their arms net being clothed." - Tho Spotte-' Tall Indians aro greatly cBsaatisfied at their isolation, and want to gfe? back to tho Missouri, whoro supplies are cheaper. - Tho exact figures in rcgaid to Chi nese . immigration for 1878 at th? San Francisco custom houso show that b,u/o akived and 6,071 departed; net remain der 604. - - The floods in tho vicinity of Hum boldt Bay, Cal., have swept away fonces, oat-buildings, bridges and dwellings, drowned many cattle, and caused a lcm .ot several Uvea. , - Gov. Joe E. Brown, of Georgia, In tt^uhlished letter, advocates Ihs educa tion of tho colored race as tho best thing for their olovation and for the country.