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BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 31, 1881. VOLUME XVT.---NO 3ft THE COTTON (UN. Its Histor/ Narrated by Colonel XV. II. . Sparks. Atlanta Comtitiitiou. Events transpiring in n country, which have operated a material chango in tho industries, and tho prosperity of its peo ple constitutes, in a great degree, its his tory, These events or discoveries usually transmit the names of those, inventing or .discovering them to posterity as benelac flora of tho hume.il family, and are held In just reverence. Tho names of Watt, the Inventor tiT the steam angine, of j Godfrey, ilie- inventor ?f the quadrant, -of Bteyeuson aud Train, the discoverers j of ral/oad ?ud the locomotives, and AT?tTrrtgnc;"the ?ilvcnt?r of tho ?pinning jen ny, and of Whitney, the iuventoi of | the cotton gin, with Morse, thc discoverer of tho electric telegraph, will enduro | whilst civilization shall characterize tho h'jman family. All of thcMO invention'! aro eras in tho urogress bf tho world, from which will bc dated the commencement of a new and moro/rapid ?trido to civilization, health and :pbwc?,''nn? trds advance will ' ever be credited to tho wonderful genius of these men. Whence and wherefore the appearance aud tho inventions of these wonderful minds? It han been aptly Baid the exigencies of man urn ever answered hy.the inspiration of Qod, aud that these aro specialties ia tho progress of time, designed by supernatural wis dom for that advancement in the knowl edge of man, necessary _to Iiis compre hension of that perfection iu nature - which enabled him to comprehend tho wisdom, power and mercy of tho great Creator, which in all things is but ii part of this dfvit?? essence! - Howover, ho this as it may, is no part of my plan in writing these crude sketches of the carly history of Georgia. In 1790 Robert Peel, of England, com menced io a small way the manufacturo of cottou.goQdiiyiho supply of cotton was very limited, and chiefly from the British Weat Indies. Thc price of cot ton was then so high that now it would bo considered exorbitant. I This arose frobV?bo castitna^'of separating the lint from^he seed.1 Tho introduction bf '.?ie long staple cotton into Georgia and r.oui h Carolina preceded some y??r& that cf thc green seed or short .".tapio cotton-, i nd a means had been invented for ginning or taking out tim 8e?'d of f he lbng stapled cotton, knowu as tho roller gin. This was a slow process and ineffectual /or thc purpefaeof taking tho lint from th? f-?ecl of the short stapled or upland cotton, as it was then terned- The consequence was there was very little cultivated for market. Small patches we're planted by tho farmers-just enough for home con hQttfr)ti?ni When this* was to bo u-ed the needs wero picked out with, the fingers. There.are some old enough to remember hov; thi3 was effected in every family. I r??Wnitier0TF well. In the long winter evenings the children, white ami black,! had weighedTonjt*f6 them ' ov,b ounce of | seed cotton; frortf which the seeds were to be token. These ounces were spread out before the fire in the room of the house, w hero were assembled tho family,; and in a very largo portion of the community thia was tho only room in tho house. Thisjeyas done to heat.the cotton, as the j seeda^.wlcuTThe cotton waa warm, more readily parted from tho lint. As a stim ulant to active and quick work, a reward of a biscuit or a lump of sugar was promised; and the largest biscuit or lump of sugar was for him or her who first completed tho task, and the cotton thus prepared with the fleece grown on the farm constituted the fiber from which tho catiro raiment of tho family was fbbri cated. ; The commencement of thu manufac turo ot cotton in England, and its very remunerative price stimulated its growth in the South, and tho separating or cleansing ?the lint from tho seed in moro rapid and effectual man uer than by the hana becaruo a desideratum. In 1793,4 young man from^NeW; Eng land cameT^SSvonn^j to teachlir^aipw vato family ?' but having been- delayed rh1 coming beyond the stipulated-time', for, bis arrival, his pintie bad been filled by another. At that timo there was residing*! Homo twcjvo' ipiles above) Savannah a;| gentleman by the' nameNof Miller. Ile j was from New England, and had married the widow of General Nathaniel Greene, of revolutionary fame. and^a?B |n pwi-.-j session ?ot the. Mojb?r?y Grove planta-1 tion, which" had Seen donated by the State of Georgia to General Greene iu reward tor his revolutionary service. Mr. Miller-chanced to meet this youth in Savannah, being a countryman and without employment, he invited him to tho hospitalities of his home. It was whilst, bore, and nightly witnessing the picking of tho seeds from the cotton by n numerous flock of juvenile darkies seated around tho'Are, ft?'d aa they idled and nodded, at th<Mr Work .was evidouco of j fatiguiTabd want of sleep, his sympathies wore asjaJatpf^wiar these children-^ and .e; Irjg bBsMK ?axiouu ti.at jome ot'. ..:;ans for thia purpose' could1bo invented, that should secure them from this -untimely and fatiguing labor. In this wish ho was joined by Airs. Miller, who* was at tho limo preparing some small rods to be used in holding tho, wicks of tallow caj)d]e*J, ?ettfer tnoiyn lisAaiiow dips, in thefprimitive ?aysiof thc? State. With the end of one of these she bent j into a sort cf hook thc point end and taking, up a handful of seed cotton she pulled w>tU it tbo lint from tho seed. This action suggested to tho mind of Whitney, who was the youth sojourning at the house, tho idea of. tho cotton gin. I will'teirtlio story as Whitney him self told it to mo and the late Hopkins Halsey, of thitf State, at-his own'bouse iu New Havon,JConnecticut, in 1820. Ho said: "I saw at once that a cylinder armed with teeth similur to thr?& in cot ton cardavtmrl,4?ado to revoke. Would effectually do tho work of separation be tween UnfeAod ?ead. I went to bed and thought all night such a machino was a desideratum, and I felt I could make it, and felt, too, if I'succeeded my fortuno gen t4 ^#^t?JiM^l^i^^Bbl with woman's hopefulness and woman's faith, visited me daily, encouraging mo aud making suggestions.. Finally I com pleted a model machine'-with six cyinv der?, all armed with small wire hocks. These wero placed upon a wooden shaft side by side, sind, lo ono Was attachr--: a cr?nltr handle, by which motion could bo given; to these were toothed circular blocks.. . This was'ppt'intoa rough frao*..\ ita wooden journals resting in two half circular holes at ubtcrhcrin'the frame. Just as I had progressed this fer Mrs. Miller came in and examined it. 8ho| turned it sr u> half a.dozen times; thou calling to Iib? house-maid,to. bring her a handful of seed)COttottr^bich ehe held j in her hand to tho-teeth cf tho machine, whilst I turned the shnft, rind in a fow ! revolutions the teeth vere, full bf lint tatton. She looked into my face, and I shall novcr. forget that look. Ol she was a glorious woman. She exclaimed : 'Petfeet this and your fortune is made.' She explained it* defc*tsl saying'; 'You must devise' somo means by which tht lint can be taken from tho cards,' sa sho I turned the cylinder holding tho teeth. 'Now you have to take it off hy bund, and something must be arranged lo held the cotton to the cardo.' All the whiio Mr. Miller had laughed at the effort I was making, and called tho machine mino and his wife's fully. He was in his chamber ,vhen his wife ran and fetched him to the operation of the ma chine. He looKed on tho motion of the cylinder, laughing derisively at first, but as he saw the teeth filling with lint he became thoughtful, and finally raid : 'I believe thnt someth'tig < la coaio out of it to answer the purpose.' Aftor exam ining it carefully, ho said seriously : 'Now you nor Mrs. Miller munt speak of this, but try on, and if you inn make it a enocet? it willnot only j????ke you both rich, but it will make tho South tho richest cou ?try in tho world. If you Bpeak of it some ingenious mechanic will take the idea, and very soon wf. com j plete a machine and will rob you Of your i invention'/ From that time I proceeded cautiously aud in secret to completo a model to bo patented. From the work ing of the machine I had made, I ?aw n difficultytbbe remedied wjt^the circular blocks holding the wire3 together, and. I placed in the new model smaller blocks. These served to separate the larger and give room for tho cotton to roll, and I made the teeth holding cards much thin ! ner, giving them something of the ap pearance of a circular-saw. This com pleted, next was the means of sweeping from tho teeth lint ny them pulled from i the seed. Mr. Miller was now deeply interested in my success, ns he fancied he saw great wealth to follow this, and proposed a partnership, and agreed to furnish the means to secure a pnteut and I introduce to the public the machine. Whilst this discussion was in progress Mr. Miller carno in and suggested a reed ing .brush apd exhibited.n modclio^naiu 'i??Furohclidd made. At once I saw that j this could be, worked by the samo-rperme .'that tfia cylinder carrying *;hc' (t???ffl '?could, and "went'to work" to~mnke?his brush. Finally the entire machine was completed and patented, n copartnership agreed uppn between .Miller and- myself, and Mill or. went actively lo work, to put lt iutb- dp?ratibm-' \7?AIisagr?ed aa ti what should be the course to bc pursued for this-purpose blt was my proposition to nell thc patent for $100,000 to the States bf "South Carolina and Georgia, but ".Tiller insisted that this would be te ?ricr?i?ce a princely forlune, and proposed that we'should erect in each, County ni tho .?tnirt-. HoUJe'i^ra?apd ]either?l?uj tho*'colton in ino'seed, br gin it upon shares fur .tho planters. .. So sanguine wu? lie of a fortunerfnjm 'tli?' invention thal he was willing to furnish the means tc carry .out his plop's. I, was young and poor, hhd, ?fifty ^Houstfnd ?lollara waahubl a fortune to me ns I had never contem plated owning. It was thc full measure of my ambition-with it I was satisfied but I wns w?hout an'y-fneffflsr HT?lT?"! had incurred and paid alL expenses up tc tjiat timo, and.I yielded my opinion and \yjsliQ$ lb ilhirh, and bo went io work U carry out his schemes. The pjatjticO; efficacy of the machine had been testet in several places, to thc entire satisfac ilon of iii? public, and we wero procreas ing rapidly to the realization of Miller1! idea of ginning all the cotton grown o to bo gro?Nn\ii?.the South. CApluajnftrni it amounted to only a few thousand balea In the progress of our work every om was freely admitted, and the machine a freely examined. Among these v.'bi came for this purpose was a cabine workman named Ball. He was critica in his examination. He had in his sim] a turning, lathe, worked by driving and ? hand wheel quite like that with whicl our gin was operated. He carno two o three times to ascertain the working a this gin, and was particular as to th amount of cotton cleaned or ginned in ; day. " . "It was not long before wo learned h bad constructed n gin, retaining tn model of ours, but substituting- BSWS cu from sheet iron in tho place Of our wood on block., and wire teeth.; \v*o,deeme this An invasion of our .patent, nm warned him if ho attempted to put int ..;-r??"A/0ii ina gi ii. WU shuuid bring suit fy damages. This threat deterred him, fd hddeemed bis machine an infraction c Sadr paletot, and fchrbbrc Ihr a great whil to duplicate it, to work or to sell i Many who had examined his machin pronounced it superior to ours. !$ f YXhere? waaf a farmer' of means an great influence residing in Warren Cour ty, Georgia, named Arthur Fort. ? H saw tho gin constructed by Mr. Ball an ordered one of similar construction to b made for him. Ball declined the job, ic forming him of the notice ho had r< ceived and ho feared e law-suit for ii fraction of patent. Fort insisted, pron ising to incur the risk and to pay a damages. Upon these conditions Ba agreed to make tho gin, and did so. Fp immediately put the gin in operatibi r As soon "os" wo" wero ?hform?d ?F" tili Miller employed David Brodie Mitchel of Savannah, to bribg,suit agait?akB? aud Fort,The suit'wno broughtiin ttl District Court of tho United States, an after considerable delay it was tried i Savannah before Judgo William Jobi son, one of tho Judges of the Suprcn Court of thc United States. Ball on .ployed- -Peter Early, of Wilkes Count tb cjofenci.tbo caso. " Jtrtvo| abby argue on Doth sides, for these two men we men of great abilities, and deeply .rer in the law. Tho decision was against i and we lost our patent. "It was a tertioio blow upon mo. bi Miller, I think, was-more affected by. than I wai. In rC*bort"t?m?*tbercaft Ball abandoned the "cabinet business at commenced the milking of gins. Cnttc plaiitinc'OoV increasedfrapully,- u.id tl cultivation of tobacco and ?udigo d cl i fi ed quite as fast. "The?e two industries were material affected by the .cultivation of indigo Guatemala and tobacco in Virginia Bj Maryland, and wero ceasing to bjj^^ji able" when tho gin was Invented, i m with much sympathy from the peopl who felt Twas entitled' to the iuventio and should reap tho reward of .tbp. orif natur or n gtcstly Ms?(dW?^?|el -flV Cathy wfaff?yQ?&lflrtmSifroilwetm ut BOWL.' '^aroliirn fe?lieroi&ly donal me $50,000, and this is really tho on benefit I ever derived from the invc Hon." _i_" "TTU tho lira* I received this narrati -from Mr: Whitney h? h'acTih New Hov ii gun shop, and he was- experiments , upon improvements he had mode fri Di arms. This novcr came to anythir This was in 1820, but he realized con'si erable money (rom a contract for furnlji lng arms to the. United Slates. Eli Whitney was born in Massacltuse on tho 8th pf-December, 1764, and di iu Now Ila vea, Connecticut, on the $ of January, 1825. He was liberally/cd caled, which was due alone to himst! for be taught school to obtain the m?s to carry him through college, and ho <' not graduate until ho was consid?rai advanced in life. Immediately af Saduating he como to Georgia. ! Ho v en In th? twenty-ninth year Of h:?i ni having arrived in Savannah in TJ This was very soon after tho introductl of thc groan seed or abort stapled colt into tho United States. Previ oast to tl time that cultivated for market Waa I sea itiaud long stapled, black teed cotton. This latter Lita been, as it ia now, ginned by Hie roller gin, which would not gin? the green seed. Thia rarloty grew luxu riantly away from tho influence of tho eea bree?e, which waa essential to tho production of tho long stapled. It was, tea, better adapted to domestic purples, because it was spun with moro facility, and mndon coarser .web, and a more en during one, and was Baited for clothing, to the wants of the laboring classes, and th?.C(unmC"t use? of the people gen erally. The first mention of cotton to be found ia in the writings of Herodotus, about .150 years be foro the birth of Christ. Cotton cloth was introduced from India into Homo and Greece before the Chris tian era. It wa? applied by Veres, in Sicily, for the covering of boats, and as tents, and for the latter purpose was used by Julius Ctesar. It is sjpposcd to bavo originated iu Arabia, and thence found its way to India and China. This is sup position. It seems in somo variety or other to have been indigenous to all tropical countries. It is certain it was found io thc West India Islands, and iu rome varieties, and in' South America. It is a common error to suppose nil cre ated things to have bad their commence ment in a pair or a Bingle creation, and when wo have any ono thing in tho ani mal or vegetable kingdom to a point wLcre it is not first scon or known, wo nt once ascribe jiu or their origin to that point or country, forgetting .that the power to create could produco many as one and locate, these at pleasure over the globe. The green seed cotton was found grow ing iu tito islands surrounding the Car ibbean sea and on the Bahamas!. From these islands it 'vos introduced into thc United State-"-, and in ibo progress of its cultivation many vin ??tica have been in? troduced from di fie rout: parts of the world, Thc long staple from thc neighborhood of DacttB ; whence fir?, came to this country the faraouB India muslins, and il was first cultivated here with the view ol imitating these delicate/ faKncs in lin ?reduction bf oor'oivn/ rna nfactories 'his, however, has. never been' accom [dished or iii1 any European country. In this progress pf the human family, and especially in America, the necessity of a textile substitute for flax and woo from which cloth lor all. i ti purpose: could bo mode and wthiob cheaper and JU I vii'.iuri??g j becom? ii dcajflftfafalBBrJ Thi green seed .cotton, promised ;tbis, tho oui] difficulty was thc separating the lint fron the. Bi?? rapidly., iud' wit lieut injury U tho fiber. ..Thia necessity, stimulated thi 30111113 of Whitney, which shaped 'in hi: mind tlie cotton gin, which gran 'inti practical form under the manipulation a his cunning hands... At or . about th same timv tba inspiration of the geniu of an bumble barber -was fashioning un other, machino for the rapid spinning o cotton. - Robert Peel, thc grandfather of tb presont Sir Robert Pepi, waa ono pf tb first .tb commence tbb spinning ot botte in England. The precess then in us was simple, crude ana insufficient. Ther was wanting jreat improvements |jl tb machinery,* abd many Were striving * effect these. Arkmlght, a Bristol nai ber, who was'very illiterate, supposed h could invent ard inako ? .machine whic should* r?rriedy ther principio Taiffic?lt] thought mucl1 and worked diligent!' So absorbed v H- ho that he neglected h vocation, and incurred tho reproof of b wife os well as that of hi? patrons. G ti ho worked in secret in' thc- little bac room of his'shop. . His wife comptainc that therrj Was no food for''tho'family i the ho?se'and'ha-money ?dpfJrcbase an, arid ut?less bb gave mere attention to h business the family would starve. E heeded not her anger br remonstranc but. keeping his own secret and mo confident of ultimate success, continue to work on, When the machine wi well nigh completed, requiring son trifling material essential, to its fin finish which be bad not, he wont out procure it. This .was the angry wife's opportunit abo went into hi.s room and finding tho tho machine, in wrath abe seized it ai crushing it to atoms nbc throw the fra menta into thc street. Returning l i capied tho ruina,, and, gathering them u he accused his. wife of tho. act and ti braided,her for it. In .very * ite ubo a mitted ilio tru.tb of tho elu ' J ?nd jus lied, tba act. : Thia wag-' moro than t enraged man could bear. He multipli no words with her, but look: aer by t nrm and leading, ber,, to thc door flin her into tho street, forbidding her cs again entering the house. This done, closed the door upon ber j nor did s ever again return to tho bouse or bim. Straightway be wont again to WOJ andina short time bad completed t modoLof the spinning jecney. This Carried to Peel, who examined it minti ly, anda&fcxmd acknowledged itt utili and that it supplied tue great want. Peel was a wisc and prudent man. 1 proposed to Arkmight that he shot patent tho invention. This was- agre fo, and it was* "By Pe$ patented iu ' and Aakt?ighf?; ??r??. oTli?s don?, proposed e. copartnership to.Arkniigb.t tho business of cotton spinning,-and. tl this jenny should-bo thu capital of A* bight. This wns acebptod, and the ri Chine put at onef?nto practical use. i About, this time there waa a al "; m of short stapled cotton to England, fr tho ??isejrj^^caoi^tweuUy.?fB'?al?s ' The cotton gin bad proved a gratia cess in America, andino spinning j^c tn Engend. Then commenced tho c tivatiohof tho'staplo as a marketa Crop, and very! lipQa] ?ts g^wUii??ceAtii tho demand, and the price went do* and tho cloth from ita fabrication che ?ned, and tho imports :0T the costly < t}on goods of China began to decline,' i !ot many years after ceased entirely, i ow only tho' old I of tba J^fU/"* kp anything oF tlio~lSTank?n" cottons-^: many others of.-tho cotton cloths once universa) uso in America and eapeci in the Syuth of tho United States, i In 1815 tho cotton raised iu tho Bot ern 8tates wa? 77,000 bales : in ll 400,000; in l-^"47pi0t^;,^nl870(.-c 5,000,000. The wealtu-accruing to ? land frotti cotton manufacturing La iq eulabie. : The wealtfr Aoin its produc in tho Soutb bas gone into, tho hand tlift yankees,'ttrid novf'tntl ruibob'plari atc tho poorest portion of tho. A merl people. ' Thc yankee invented tho Chino for preparing it foe uso; ho Eoitcd tile negro for its cultivation, J e is to-day the only recipient of j profit arising from its grtmtb, and, . values of tim negro,, who ; hhs prbdti He bas emancipated tho negro, and h tho honda of tba government for j drcds of 'millions for the money expei in this tqost philanthropic act, and 'cotton produced by tho cm ancip 'slaves ?!? taBri se $*tf thees booda 'their accruing interest. When will 1 relax their heh? upon thc negro ? paripnoe -wo?dd qualify , tho 'rtssei never so long os bo can bc rondo pi able, either with hi? votes or his Ifcl W. H. ?PAKI - ll ha? been learned, that the who threw ibo fatal Orsini bomb at/ ander II was himself wounded Ly ft, died without giving his nattie. THE CZAU'S ASSASSINATION, The Story or au Kj?-Wltnei?- Thc l.nA Agonies, Etc. ? ? Tho Londou correspondent ol" the New York Herald telegraphs as follows in rc Sird lo the twsassYnation ol' the Czar of ussia. "The best account of the murder that ?ny eye-witness has beeu abie to givo is that of Captain Novikoff, of the imperial etaff, who was present when tho second bomb was thrown and who helped to I raise the dying Emperor. This officer had attended the inspection held at 1 j o'clock in ihe Great Micheal Kiding School, and was on his way homo down tho Nevsky Prospect, crossing tho Cath erine Canal, when he heaid tho first ex plosion. He arrived within thirty yards of tho Emperor when he saw a cloud of 6now suddenly blown into tho air. The second bomb had exploded. The ground was strewn with wounded men. Groans were heard on all ?ides. On ono heap of snow was a dead boy, a wounded soldier of the body guard and a wounded civil ian. In fhe road lay the Emperor, mo tionless. Ile wore the uniform of tho Sappers of the Guard, whom he had just been reviewing. His legs were shattered ; blood fiowed from his wounds. Some sailors came up and raised him fr u tho ground. Captain Novikoff too?, him round the body ; thc sailors held hiui by tho legs. They moved forward a few paces, ?when the "Emperor said twicc? 'Cold, cold,' and endeavored to raiso his hana I to his forehead, on which there was blood. Captain Novikoff, supporting thc Czar with ono arm, tried with tho other to get his htfndkerchicf and bind the Empe ror's head. "At that moment tho Grand Duke Micheal came up and bending over tho Czar's face said anxiously, 'How feelest thou?' To th'8 tho Emperor replied. It was difficult to beor what he said. He did not niter a single gronn. Thc Grand Dulce snatched n cap from a bystander and placed it on tho Emperor's head. He then bade tho sailors move forward with him. Tho people had meanwilc "been runuiug up from all sides. Many fell on their knees; all crossed them selves and wept. There seemed to be no conveyance in which tho .wounded Czar could bo placed. Tho police officers had driveu up in a sledge, but thc horses had taken fright and hud run away. A common sledge was standing not far alf. but it was too small to allow the wound ed man to bc supported in it. Captain Novikoff asked the Grand Duke Mi chaelas permission to carry the Czar into a neighboring house and endeavor to stanch tho flow of blood. The Emperor, had evidently not lost cousciousucss{ for. when the proposal was made he distinct ly Bald, 'Bear mo to the palace to die.} Another police sledge now carno up; and in this they placed tho Fmperoi, eup-i porting him on either side, for he wow unabio even, to keep .up his head.' At first thc sledge moved forward at a walk, but tbq CzarT9 strength seemed' to fail nu rabidly *hat orders were given to go at a bVisl.,trot to tho palace. When they ar rived tho Emperor was unconscious, and in that condition ho was carried through the gates. Physicians were quickly summoned to his bedside. Surgeon Krouglovaki, Dr. Botkin, Dr. Marcue and Dvoriachino obeyed' the call. Thc l?iit^tvmed'inlmodiately fetched such in^ strumcnti.as were necessary for amputat ing thc legs. Bandages, were applier] Tho veins were tied up iu order that tht blood m'.g?.i flow back to the heart. Th? Czar recovered consciousness for a brie: moment and received the sacramento from M. Bajnloy, the chaplain ; then hil heart ceased to boat. "When tho explosion took place th? Czarevitch waa ac Jonch with bis familj in the Amutchkoii" Palace. They hean the noise with fearful forebodings. Thei waited in terrible anxiety, ?a? soon ai imporial equerry galloped ?'.v Tl Czarevitch and his wife rushed out ?.< meet him. They were told that the Em pcror waa. frightfully wounded. Th heir-apparent jumped into a sleigh ant drove to tho Winier Palace, being th first to arrive nf 1er the ara nd . Duk Micheal. Other members of tho impe rial family followed. Thuu carno man; illustrious persons-among them Princ Soumaroff, Prince Dondukoff KprsakoC Count Miliutin, Count Adlorbeig am Count Loris Melikofl". The Empe.o was not wholly unconscious when the arrived. He oponed his eyes and gav blight J tokens that he recognized som hiembers of his family. He muttere fSbaaba,' the diminutive, of the bored tsry prince's name. .A^ the momot , ivhen no breathed bis lnst-ralt* who .wei t,resent in the chamber woreJk~?6aling i ilent. prayer. The. events df'the'nea {ow honra were deeply affecting.. As tb /zprvitch left the palace he was receive with en thu ci ast i fi acclamation by .tl: Crowd. Tho Princesa Dolgoro?ki fain te away when sho henrd tho sad news, ac remained unconscious for ' two .hour That same evening, iaccompanicd" by hi sister .and-Pridce. : Albedlraki, Goverm of-Warsaw, who is/her sister's husban ?ho left: St. Petersburg, being taber* i the railway station in a pubhc conve; anne, 'It ls.believed that she will rema in lifelong .exile. .It bas been noted? -^si?ctf|^coinmde'nce that the doy oft! \1/Z3X??nenin.Wli? Loo. uiiiiiVcfoiiiy Ul v/rt jp's' oz^pBtidn?aaed*. that :the spot < which/Iku^EmwIror was diurdered w .th al OffwlflSjM?inerai Mczcdtzott, Ghi of the third.Sektion, was slabbed by; b aWssl?. .It .is ?O??. inclosed'and coven , with, tarli ? . Iuimortollc* havo (Bet p'toht?da'?pon it. Sentries of the e regiment of .tho Emperor ?Paul.: clad ?. picturesque uniform of the lastcentni Bland ! there>?? guard, striving* to kc .qadcJhAfffople, who: eagerly .snalcli .flu^tWhir: 'that can be earned' ofilia rfcHc." * xV ; . M Torils RICHEST'MAN IN THE WORT -Mri Mackey is tall, with the exact i of ' a military mom being quick - movement, ttobrptw ?peech, and a fa that' ?fco'w? fwOnderfnl concentration^ man- ?rho, If he? stormed a fort, Wot toko it or die in tho attempt; the J? of-si -man who would not thi nie of *w when others were in donner, but tam ld th? most; likely person In the -world, rush into a burning house and ir?eeuo 1 imperil^; and yet not impulsive'-t steady, groy eye? : deny that, oven fif \ Scotch Jr?sbiparcntago did not prod ti caution moro than mero prudencey' has the decided appearance of l?ngeVl sp that we drink'to him "Rip Van W kiefs" toast) with the kind of esr tali that it will be fulfilled. Loving mo extremely, he says he would give ail ; fortune to bo a fine tenor. Neither there any ono BO ready for a joke, Or auick to see the ridiculous side of a sit ?on ; a good friend and an open foe man you would like extremely if ho \ poor and rejoice greatly to find him ri o' mon with a heart for any fate. ! ' '- The Atlanta CbrMitulion ?sys telephone is In'complete working cor Hon from Gainesville to Auraria, ni teen miles: Dahlonega, six miles; I Dawson vi lie, sixteen mil?-forty EJ in all. The healing and recognition voice over the whole line is as clear distinct as if only a short distance av '_Ll?_i_-. .. Some Popular Superstitions. Actors and actresses aro excessively superstition V~t!W? Of tue foremost lead ing ladiea in Lue Country told the writer on^o that abo had never combed her hair aft'r dark but the act bad brought . er a ? jappointmcnt. Thia samo lady . bcd a passion .for the rocking chair and whatever abo'got up out of voe stopped its rocking. If abo bad not, sha sala, the : next person who sat in it would fail il). When ber right band itches, it is a sign ' si", will shake bands with a stanger, and i if the thrill occurs to tho left, it signifies to.her the receipt of money. lier hus band, who is a popular low comedian, bel'tvea firmly that to break a looking- ? glas fon iells death, because bia father i fell 'ii a fatal apopleptic fit, while shav- i in.?, and broke the nilrorin his tumble ? Tlie old Ntinerstition of thirteen ot ta- i bio is well kuowti. Not long agc the '. writer dined with a friend, whose guests i "nd family made ?ip that fatal number, t Tho host,,?eut the. oldest sm- away to i ubivatc tho dreadful consequences. Yet '. this same gentleman laughed at his wife i wheo she suspended a fancy horseshoe i aver.tho front door ou New Year's Day i for good luck. i There are plenty moro omens tu order, i If yCur loft eye itches, you will cry l before the day is over ; but if it happens 1 Lo your right, you will hinch, boar good j uewB or see some one you love. If your i foot itches, you will walk on strango ' abound, which is to go ou a journey, and i the same perfcrmaiico to your kneo prog- I tiosticntes a guest. It is unlucky to lay i four knife and fork crosswise, to see tho < aew moon for tho first time over your \ left shoulder, to find A knife or razor, or < :ro;-s a funeral procession. If yon sing 1 luring a meal, you will, soon encounter i lisappoiutment, as, any one who would i JO guilty of auch an impoliteness de- j serves, if a dog, bays under your win- ] low it portends eickueas, and the howl- < lug of dog? is A .sure-sign of death-to j] ?io night's. rest of oby, ono io earshot, i To find a peajrl iii au oyetor betokons ( jood fortune, of course? anda four-leaved t :lovcr is ,equally desirable and about -t is rarely;i met .. with. To carry a ] :at wirx ..you when you move t a bad luck, but. to havo n strango cat j .vail: into your h?uso ?B good-for the l i&t, doubtless. A boo buzzing about tho ( room is a sign of a letter? as well as that ^ some one will be stung if ho is not care- i Tu!. Thc cr?wing ef a cook at early, j norning, or ?Jae aropplog of. a scissors, f knife etc., which sticks in the floor,fore- i ella,, visitors.. nT/q havo .money in your < pocket at new moon, menus that you h .viii not bp broko for a month and to j ^.limbic in going up .siniri-, is a promise j ina* you will not bo married for jO twelve i mouth. On tho, contrary, if i (our per- ] ions cross bandi ? w>ile? shaking, two | is111 ; got married econ ; and if three !j uimnrripd people of .the samo.-Christian ? name meet at the. table, they will all be j ivcddcd within a year. It.io a ?bud omen < lo postpone a marriage after the appointed j ime. 1 Many peoplo will not, present a kuife { jr scissors without getting a cent, at least, t in return, as it would, out friendship. ; Young ladies should not present their j sweet bernis- with slippers, aa' they, will j certainly walk away with their affections. , Tho loss of a garter means .that of a: , lover, ope* .to break a. needle1 while m ak- , iug a garment betokens that-tho owner , wiJldive.tojwear it oufe... T?;,be startled j by a snakqis.a sign of melness; - If you; , break' a shoestring pr lose, a- hutton from j your gaiter your sweetheart ia going to , provo unfaithful, and to find ninney ii? . unlucky-foe ,the loser, at any rate. If a \ housewife dr?pa a piece of-bread with tho j buttered side down she will have a hun- i ijry visitpr, and allany one else baa to do to i make euro of e. fail day is to eat all the' ] food op tho ta We at tue time. There is j luck. In edd numbers nod Audy John- , non b?d firm, faith in them. Ho tuted to j back it up by ehowing that he had seven , letters iu his name; at twice seven; i (fourteen) he became a tailor's apprentice ) [though. the luck in that is not very , ejear) ;,he worked seven years, was free j at thrice se van, (twenty-one).; ;waa-j m&dp, State C\>rjgrosaman -in. ?yo times spven- ? [ 1S35), andan M. CtJr^l8ii t,? Ho entered , the Senate at the.age .of forty-nine, was , made Military Governor of Tenneosee on. , March 7,18?2,apdjn 1865, aged nfty*ix; nos, eleeted y|w-Prjes'dentr-whici5J wa* >\ ibout tho rq?iuckiest ?thing that eyer ( happened . to him, inqst. peoplo would , All those aro household omens which j lind belief in the most' u?ikejyplacee, , Another, i*that.if^pu^ make a r.ltyuiQ by . chapeo w,hd?you,are speak.inc and .utter. :, a wishhfjHM* you .say) anything mow.-, ilqujl'ft will be/fulfilled.. So if you have. M a 3reaaL,in~o? s^?p?^bfd.. : ana tell it , before W?a.kfaa* it M??!! cdnie to .pass Crickets in;a.housa-a?);lifok j, if- they : go- !, iway^t : betokens-.iieath, Tho poor, , berm'ess little hammor-tipk or, death? l( litch is a terrific omen t? some people, , i nd anicr?l i?-the shape-ef * a coffin flying ? t ul'of th?^flre'<tti??y,:or?o foredooms him 13 death. Sailors ore-very sunordtiti?us., ( to loso'a ?tdp'^Wwatert?uclw?mhrow p cat oV?rboanfct?b- unlucky. :. Whistling . [ rings on "wifld; children ?crear?. : good r fortune for tfetisblp they vdyage Tb, and , flwgym'eo, orivf't?y'Joes,'?*.bring' bad. Ij to make a miataSo of a word-in writing i \ lotter is aaign fast th?oriques*-it ein^n bodies will he refused, and ?a drop a lot ter or drv it befoY&a2cr??&- o'?ko sare< ?j tha^ib Will gb astray.' Itching' at tho i] no?e and the bltingiof R; flee anean com ntapy? : Nelson iiad'a Bori??hbo nailed to i lim mask o?r tho -Victory* foi luck. Ho < $ri^n.he?<fcoK.i White:r^*^tio?t^he ! rV.iw *r5in^t5ari???2;Sventi, "ibecrdisg ts^-j iodation. " ' ! . A frietfdipfit^e.-tapcrter'a wiU . tranaadt *n)ii8ines8 from 12 to 1 l?^ttfb^day. ' Another ?AaltCT.a point of giving an airne , tb a beggar before ho commenc?s. the i| labora of tbe. day;- A. etdr?keejMsr'^ tip ; tf>wn boa hui t? a Rtaud.in fronfc-of ?his ! pl?eo- for sc Uttfe hunchhackM.appfelveri- ?, Jorbe^uso bis n?mdhappe?Bito'berthe >, ?kme as his owu. Ona of our best known t i rJwspapev. editors will not terit? av letter or article with! ink; ott the gedont? prin? J ciplo that.df-ho;i does inettbdrwill be worth reading. A leading .literary light - 3|ill Write* Viith tho ehme. penhofdor ,he ? used in inditing tho first article to presa i ?vcar .ttcoepted,from? him,.mora than' '? a >??r?>ioa -ftgo^i It may J.ba lucky ta' a tiirbw.armoftf?teiaibr^de, ibut not loiig > ago; when this operation 'waaj perferme?: I opt Weat/ tho-,lady hsppe?ed'to toni, i nhd.the missile struck her in taefaeeand ? knookjftA har ayeeat.t-.iY??: lYorA Sunday. ? tfim,:1, tfi?rtf?iX Alfi o?i.i?r ot tejj*fu ? i.. i-i' ?.J .'.r^tra.v ': : ! -+?JA Frericb cherrai?? baa dis^over?d%' i way to produce thunder stormsj . A-long i bair on tbb colt collar, Of: a different color from whit it should bc, ?ill pro? > rluee Hhunt??' atorrna,^thou&Bv ?the^ ] PrBnchnian .bi?r probably get a drffwonV i method, jp?w i ID -??There is one boy in Galveston-who ' willnovcr ba a musician,! Ho is toe-in- ' dependent. ICs t?aeav? wa? trying to make hlmpi?y>tii* Hfebt not?s fuWtaid a to him : "Yon must not reach-' awayi J over there ernv tnel'treble; th*t's ,not rlgh^." "I gnesa' ' PH ' reach fS/uW? I ?ileasO o? thut pfatto. Wo'^own- thia piano, !reckon. Ill pnt'my feetupo? lt [fisco fit." DUI Aip Builds n Fence. Farming is a very variegated businoss. Bcaides tho;regular work, there is al way n something turning up that has got to be , done. Tho long line of plank fence on the public road was- getting old and rick? ety. Tho planks were sawed tooth i j at tir?t and the nabar? couldn't climb over to hunt, birds or to go a fishing with any safely foi1 themselves or tho lenee. The posts were rotten and after n high wind we had to turn out nnd prop up tho con* cern. We've been dreading that job, .ut it had to b? done. So tue boys sot me digging post holes. I got ulong pretty well in the loamy bottom, but when I struck the gravelly clay as we rose to tho hill, I began to feel soriout, and ibo fur? Lher 1 got tho ceriou&cr 1 became. A great many people pass ulong tho road moot too many for my business, for when Ieee em coming I dig away like killing snakes, nnd wbeu they quit looking 1 ?top to blow and sometimes they como so frequent I dou't get to stop long enough. Sly hands are powerful sore nndiny back aches. I thought for a while T lind n touch sf rheumatism, but the family all laughed \t me on the <dyt and so I kopi on a dig? ?ring. I always prided mysolf ou my skill in digging a post hole. I can dig three Lo a big DUCK niggers one. Qlvo me a long-handled narrow spado and long, untidied shovol and 1 can beat n patent machine, but I can't bold out a? long, riiero is a heap of science in building a renee. It lukes n number ono carpenter o do it right. If the holes are not dug in a .rue linomostof them will havo to bo dug iver again on one sido or tho other when die post arc set. Tho bottom of the posts jutht to be 6Ct by a line, and thc top by :ho eye. You needent' put a plum bob sor a spirit lovel to a split1 post. It wont jay. But a. good oyo will do the work. I've seen palings nailed ou all cat awain pus in front ot fino houses, and it always X'ivoa mo tho conniption's'tb look nt 'em. liut we are building a plank and wire "once. Wo'got good chestnut posts, soma luliU.aud some round, and wo pucked .Lem well nt tho bottom. That is the iccret of making a post firm iii tho ground. Don't fill up folland then pack at the. op. Our posts arc twelve foot apart Vom center to center and the plank arc a full inch tliick. The baso is niuo inches ?nd there are three moro plank six inches vide with Bpaoo'nf three, four and six nones and then comea a barbed wiro eight R4>>g i.:~!- -i,:"u .j..,,. (i," c ?vuCo u.-?uu> mut. ii iu.ir-._S 11)0 IC? vp. , four foot high. Tho joints,are ajl strapped. ! with six plank and a'good chestnut stob : lr;ven down in tho middle of every pan nel and tho plank -nailed to it, and tho posts are sawed off with a bcv.il a few inopes ahovo the wire, and this is our. . sheep farm fence and if any farmer. ; [fnbWs Of a better One I'would'like Lo.kn?w.itr I don't know exactly how' lp?g niffood: chestnut post will Inst, but u&bor kreeman says ho baa .seen one up, iu bordon.that a gate waa hung jtp by 3ehe'rarDe8oto; drsomo'otber feller, and it's there yfct. Ho says a chestnut sorrel1 tmrse will last longer than any .other :olor. I wish I could find a. chestnut .orrel cow. I would buy lier, for old Hess is dead. She was a noble animal, md we all loved her liko a friend. She lias given us about.six thousand galions yt milk-good, rich, heathy, milk--but she will never give any, moro In this svorld. Bh'o haB gone where tho good cown go, if Ihov go anywhere, and I reck on they do, Ibo cowpen looks lonesome now, and.Mm Arp. is ?ad, for, Bess was her favorite, and ?ho knew it- She was ii game cow, and disdained n dogas niuch u possible. Old Bows tried to noso her one day, and she throw'd him up about fifteen feet nnd be come down on her back, hut he didout stuy there Jong. They never made friouds in lifo but I hope they are now nt peace and have become reconciled, for '.hiy wero both good friends to us. Eora had no tail to speak for it was cut off in infancy, and I've wpnderedhowit n ould be if dismembered bodies all como together al tho resurrec tion bow-his puppy tail would fit on to the old dog's stump. 'We are fixing bow toploot-cornandmy boys,are hajferaayl for a'cnltiv^or, J, reckbnibey are a good [bing and savo labor, but I saw ono at, wort last summer nnd the darkey who ?P?va iL bioko down a power of corni in turning at the end of the rows anda right ?mart at other places -where the stocks were a little out of aheti line. They can't aodga rouud liko a single, plow. I wish there w?s.some'helter way tb drop coVn and hove lt all como up in a perfect row1 undi wish, tbtro.wos some contrivance today off (?inJOvva1)i.ierfectly parallel. Tho mule.bas W have sense, and tho man ^ooVto make' n decent furrow and not ?nany bf'thfcm have got it. I wonder if'a man eould?ot ride a horse sod pull after b?PA a thing, with wooden teeth that , would mark soveral rows nt once, though Twoulucnt advise tho using of. lt in Stamps land Or new ground. I like to iee ? farm look liko a great big garden : that is laid oiT and worked- by a lino. Gardening is my forte if I have gut, ?ny fbrte whTch'-shtlBfl?s mo X atn' a deseen idtil of Adnht, for thns was his. I've . ?pst built a'ne* arbor for thc grape vines i bp run on, and tho chestnut.posts were , Ifeng and green, and heavy, and they hod th, be ,toted about fifty yards, and I thought it'niy 'paternal' duly tb fakelbe Nn?i-*lnutniiftnand leave tU? lichtest fot* the Bog?, bu?toi(oro,I<gQt tb?'first .one to ita i place I w?pxh>d powerfully, and felt like I s?-js k'nock-t'-iecd ?nd bos-anklo; and when , I Jbpkcd ba'clc 'thbboyB were holding on tp'the'fthce !rflost -dead with laughing, and thi?t evening they had Mrs. Arpo?t I in the garden-,toa'oow her my circus, and , q h a vc nt, beard tho last of Uyct but green,, ^r?st'nut i?he?vy'timbcV; l teiiyou. i'm ?orking tho'gardon how with' k line and levfel add Mw. 'A rp she styabout with ! lier sun bonnet; bn. and. over and . anon, ehcorages rae wUh ari uxorial smile, ?be ii a Splendid ' bvcrsee-r, sho, is, and SoVan eye tb b?niity.?rid to me.;' When tho. > dog..wood blossoms she 'is going a fishing and take mo along to kill snakes - and bait her book. - BILI. ARP. L H ns RY CLAY 'fco. :6f~\#ihtn.? H&ttry' 'Olayas 'ihvorite recr?ation for manjr. jeara was ;& gaino of' whist, to which at ape time he;waa passionately addicted-not for thc stakes hut for tho distraction and excitement of tho game. Mri-Winthrop says that there is n tradi tion that while Clay was 'Visiting Boston: ih ,1818^and Jodging at the old Exchange Coffee House in. Cpngreas street, A eec vuht ?iisbed Into th& parlor in which ho waa at the whist tahiti with a few gfentle Eien of the old school,mid announced' tl at the hotel was on fita, f\ "Qb, ?theTO will (bo time; enpugb, ' think/ cried Mr: Clay, "to fin?slf tho gkmoV* "?nd flnlt?i 'it they did before tho hotei vr&H burned to tho ground. i&iltnilar. tradition . Wa* ; current in feix;' still gobion xvi th their gamea i hen tho hour was close At hand for thb opening of the morning -session- of Con BT*fV,.i y . C-fl ..,'. ..t. . H ^?Mt rt fo*r minutes, gentlemen," said Mr.01ay\ "and1!.will wash my-face and' hands, and mn down'- to the Honso and call Jobo Taylor to the chair, and then 11 will come back and we will have another t Bibber." .1 arrowing Wheat lu Spring. -- i Tho advantage of harrowing wheat ! lands thoroughly in the Spring,, as Boon as the ground becotpes dry enough to . Erc'vcnt the horses sinking into it, is nown to many farm* rs who havo prac* ! treed it, bet is unkno. :. to the majority. ! Wheat is usually sown in September upon well prepared land. This land is left there subject to'all the storms of rain and 1 snow and tho dry weather in the succeed- j ing Spring until the wheat is harvested, lin consequence tho land i become?, in May and June, nearly as hard as a inca- j dow. At a season of the year when the plr.nts aro in tho greatest vigor of growth tho laud is so hard as not to give oue half the nourishment it would if kept I mellow by any process. Suppose, tor instance, com should bs planted in the I Fall, , '?uder i-.im?ar conditions with wheat, and that tho winter did not injure it, and that it were.left without cultiva tion bf any sort until harvested ; it is ev ident that tho yield would be diminished over one half; in fact tho yield would probably be so light aud poor na to be worthless. Now,' wheat, from my experiments in its cultivation by hand in England, shows as great sensitiveness to cultivation as corn; i lie yoi ld by.careful baud cultiva tion being increased to sixty bushels, and in some instances, eighty bushels per acre. Now, a thorough harrowing of wheat in Spring, inn very inoxpensivo nimmer, performs the cultivation nearly as well as when dotio by hand. If the crust formed by tho Winter SIIOWB and Spring raino is thoroughly broken, and the ground lo tho depth of two or more*] inches well pulverized, the'effect upon the wheat is like magic. It starts into tho mest vigorous growth and. in a few weeks has nearly or quita doubled in size pf tho wheat not harrowed. lu pieces of wheat that have como under'tho writer's ? observation, which were harrowed io' strips, that i*-ono strip not harrowed at 1 all, and other strips on each sido thor- I bughly harrowed, in tho carly part of, June, tho hnrrowed wheat Btoou fully one foot higher than tho unbarrowed at each . iddo, and in every . way wai! .strikingly ranker and moro vigorous. Mr, lt. J. Swan, of Roso Hill.Farm,. Geneva, N. Y., who has heavy clny land,nays he has harrowed his wheat for four years with th? Thomas' . harrow, and linda tho yeild to be? in-' , creased fully ten bushels per acre. By-,? rum' Moulton, of Alexander, Genesco ' county, N. Y., harvested from fifty acres , 1,600 bushels'of wheat. His neighbors , only obtained about len bushels per acre.1 ; Tin; only difference in land or treatment ! was' that Moullou's wheat was thoroughly ? harrowed willi this implement -in tho Spring nnd his' neighbors' was not. The client produced by harrowing bar- ? ley and oats, after they have obtained a , growth of Jour pr'fivo inches, is equally marked. - I have observed many instances where fully twenty bushels per acre in crease? in consequence of thorough har- ; rowing, was obtained.. These facts and many others of similar character show clearly the great profit ' which farmers may derive from a thor-' ougb cultivation, hy harrowing, of wheatj oats, barley and other sown crops, with tho 'bornas smoothing barrow.-Cor. Country \ Gentleman. Womanly Superabundance. Red-headed girls,,and girls who are not red-headed, aro all jumbled together by tho million in the census returns;,' aud the men are treated with just as lit tle ccremouy. Added up and sot over j against each other, the totals reveal the , harrowing fact that io this glorious land of ours Ibero aro not enough women to1 go around-; no, not enough by almost a ' cool million 1 - The grand total of popu- i talion is 50,152.80(3. Exclusive of Jay ? Gould, tho Males number 25.520,582 ; 1 aud there are 24,032,284 females, with out counting Susan B. Anthony. Now ' this is pretty bad. Ono cause of it seems to j bo that the Government does not tako \ any steps toward equalizing tho rates,1 toward sorting up the populations of the '. several Statea and ^Territories so that! they will.-at least come near balancing, j At tho, very start of tho roll of States) Alabama unblushingly owns up ta a; round 17,000 hibro women than men. On tho other hand, at the next step, Ari-1 zona timorously admits that'her male' population is 1(5,000 ahead of her female.;, Elsewhere things aro just as bad or worse. Massachusetts, of course, maintains her ? amazonian record. lu her popula- | tiOn there are-included no less than 66,- ) 000 lone women . who must move out' of tho State-say, for a start, to Montana, ' whore, there aro 18,000 marriageable J women to bo Imported-or go manies.*. Rhode Island, in a microscopic cort of way, is in as bad a pickle for mau aa Massachusetts is. there being for every 100,000 mon a clear 107,000 women which, ib tho entire State, leaves 10,000 women out in the cold,' husbandless. It . is no use bajing that because Rhode Island ib little this does not matter much. Ask any one of those lOjOOO women if she thinks that/ it does not . piattor^-but you had better have tho door Open arid be all ready to l?avo when you ask Tieri Tho case of the .District of Columbia indifferent. There, to be sure, [ tim nrohnrltnn ?-!RPJ< to tho enormous ' figure oH?2,501 women to every 100,000 men j but when each individual ono of the 10,450 nnweddiM? women in the Dis- ' trict is sustained and comforted by the |: thought thai abo will succeed id catching1 ber Congressman-and little docs she care for'the failure' of .tho r'emaibing 10.449; lint it Iii c?rtnr thnt. ?ho condi tion of''things>in general aught tp be made for supplying, out of tho womanly supGrabundunce of ibo East, the 11,000 bachelors of Wyoming* the 82,000 bach elors of Oregon, and the rest of tho un married meni of tho West with wive;-. And if this Government of ours could conscientiously be called anything but a mad i despotism without brains er heart it would tako thc matte? up and attend to if. ?n the meantime a statesmanlike way-ofdealing with tho difficulty woiild hs to pay a '? bonus for boys and levy a stamp tax on girl babies. . THE FRENCH AT YORKTOWN. There is something singularly appropri ate in ?Vc cordial manner in willoh? an invitation was'extended to franco to par ticipate in the Yorktown .centenary cele bration. Tho surrender of tho English forces 'at the Virgirtia seaport' was the virtual'close of the revolutionary war/ and it was a French general, and a French admiral who share tho glory of that success with Washington. It has. been m?re (ban a hundred years tinco A [Bourbon king upon tho throne of France extended a helping baud to 'he strug gling colonists of America. Since then \Frahco ' hos goub through a revolution vyhich Mh?ok Europe with a political learthqnako and toppled over more kings .thanner owo. To-day thu republic of America oaks tho republic of Franco to join ic 'celebrating si victory tho joint accomplishment of both'. What more appropriate l-^Ualiimora Gazette, i ti* Turkey and Greece appear to have agreed that only a war can rettie their differences. .t V? m. -;-.-?--.-.-;-) ?-? News r.nd Uosslp. - Th? total number of hop? packed at Chicago fur.the year eudiog March 1 wa? 5,762,19*. u - The World's Fair Commissioner* claim to bo disappointed ns to General Grant's popularity. -r President GarGeld baa announced thc determination Le keep inviolable thc secrecy of tho Cabinet. . - At 'Camden j Ga., the Greenbuckcns elected every town officer. The Demo? crate made no nomination?. - The Stpto Agricultural Department of North Carolina has beer, experiment' ing in tho cultivation of jute with tho most satisfactory results. - Tho .?M?rica? Settler, published st London, says that "Arkansan, U. S. A., o?T?-rs greater inducements (han any other State in the American Union." - Atlanta, Savannah, Augusta nnd Macon, four Georgia oitics, have an ag gregate population of lCO.HCO, aud an aggregato indebtedness of $8 387,000. - "Don't you think," said a husband, mildly rebuking bis wife, "that women are possessed by the devil ?" "Yes," was the qui?k reply, "os soon as they are married." - A bill to rcmovo tho restriction on suffrage in tho Slate of New York based on sex, waa reported in tho Assembly for consideration. It will, if passed, allow women to vote at nil elections. - Mrs. Ellen J. Dunnell, of Hath, Mo., who was supposed to bc in tho last stoges of consumption, has suddenly re covered her health. She says tho cure was a direct answer to a night of prayer. - In Johnson County, Tex., the Cle burne Chronicle says that 47,000 acres of rich prairie lund has changed hands within the past twelve months. A largo part of lt was sold in blocks of 100 acres each. .. - Mr. Longfellow cnn tnko a worth less sheet of paper and hy writing n poem ou it make it worth ,$50T That's genius. Mr. Vanderbilt cnn irrito fewer wolds on a similar-sheet and make it worth fCO, 000,000. That's capital. - A-Sccond Advuutiat in Greenwood ounty, Kansas, who declares that tho, world is coming to an end thiH year, took a note for If1.000 the other day, running Qve years, with interest at twelve per cont., and demanded first-class mortgage nceurity. - West Virginia can scarcely continuo io no rain.cd among ino' States with a distinctive negro population in the light of the. present.cens?a. With u total: population of 618,1,95, the State has but 25,700 ' negroes, or aboi.t one In every twentv-flvo. .- it requires two hours to cremate a body. The ashes, of the deceased aro placed in a tin box, scaled, and can be carried away by thc friends. They weigh from five to sevcu pounds. Tho cost bf a cremation is$45; which includes all expenses, :- Apostle Cannon is confident that he will recover his scat as Delegate from Utah in Congress. He claims to have moro reason to be hopeful with a Repub lican, majority, and asserts that President Garfield did not approve the giving of tba certificate to Campbell. - The Mexican railroad project bas overwhelmed Texas with prosperity. It la stated that 80,000 men aro at work constructing new railroads in th? Str.tG. and that 1,000 new settlers enter, its bor ders o very day. ' This Ia a boom which has width, depth and length. -- Miss Kate Smith, an inmate of tho Union. Home for Gld Ladies in Phila delphia, after - three year-?' labor, hus completed a quilt containing 55,552 pieces. She has been blind frnm infancy, out threaded every needle herself, ana used 100 spools of thread in tho work. -- A Frenchman who lives in the val ley of tho Carson River, in Nevada, who owns n herd of forty camels, will utilizo his "ships of tho desert" next summer in carrying goods from tho terminus of tho Carson and'Colorado Railroad into camps far out in tho wilderness. All but two or three of the camels are natives of Ne vada. - Now that tho Philadelphia capital ists who aro i about to reclaim the im mense tracts of land in the Stato of Florida, known os_ the' Everglades, have Completed their contracts with that State, it is no longer'a secret that one of tho main features of the gigantic scheme is thc building of a ship canal across tho State of Florida. - Ono pecullarity-of. Poitmnster-Gsn cral James, which .will strike most persons coming in contact with him, is hin good nature. ' Do lins tho hanny faculty of doing business surrounded hy bores with out losing bia graciousness or bis temper and he can get rid of an obnoxious visi tor in such a way as to make him think, ho is conferring a favor when he is be ing literally edged out of the room. - The difference between the Funders arid tho Readjusters un tho Virginia debt is.Mint tho Rcadjustere. propnso to scalo the debt sharply, and to provide, means tb pay'th? r?'rttainder, and tjint the Fun ders1 prepone to scale less' sha'r^ly, but to jirovido nc* means to pay tba remainder. Neither party,is for full payment. Each proposes, like thc Irish Land L-eoguers, tppaViroat it' chbbscB. But tho liead jfosters proposo'tr?- pay the reduced sum, while ?the Funders "pronos? to fund nt a1 reduction, aud then >$t the roduced debt pay itself. - Mr. Archibald Forbes hos a high opinion of the late-Emperor of RU?SIH. He says ho should characterize him in - brief ns the only honest Russian, ho ever know. "He had tho unhappiness," says MK Forbes, "of being better than his rae?. He-was a good mun,-'who honestly ; strove for a longtime io make his people purer and better, and who lived long enough to como sadly lo the conclusion that it was impossible. ..and finally to be come, in a shadowy way, perhaps, tainted with tho universal corruption around him." - The suicide of Brevet Mnjor-Generul Emory'Uptorl ' U. S.'A., iii San Francisco, in announced by telegraph. Gen. Upton 1 was a conspicuous figure' during ibo Into war, ivnd achieved some reputation ps n military writer, his "Infantry Tactics" having been adopted ns a standard work by the i War Department1. ' The cause of Gen. Upton's self-destruction is supposed by some to have been a fear on hts part that the revised edition of the "Tactics" wb?ld'prbvu a failure. Others think'lils grief for the loss of his wife was the oc casion for his act. - Who" Alexander II liberated tho Russian serfs, in 1861, bo expended "five hundred milliou dollars in providing the emancipated peopie with farms, ox .tending Over three hundred millions of ' 'acres.. This sum waa paid. to tho laud .owoers. The freed hoads hf families bo lcamed, possessed of tho land, they wcro occupying as tenants' on paying at onco [three years' rental; and undertaking tb pay off tho balance of tho money ad vanced hy instalments.. equalling four fifths of tho farmer rent, for forty-nlno 'years. Tho landlords not only lost their serfs, but also about 20 per cent, of the land, whloh isnow the property of ten mil lion families. Now that twenty yean have elapsed, and there remain the instalments becoming duo in the next twenty-nine year?, the new Cxar propotM to remit from 40 to 70 per cent. of the payments.