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-53-i . ?' y v v i y 7-?. y. : . Coam?ll Proceeding*-Special Meeting. GoUMOTIi CHAMB BB, COLUMBIA, S. O., Marah 18. 1872. Council mot at 4,P,, E. Present His, B\6nor tho Mayor,;John, Alexander, and Aldermen Cooper, Denny', Hoyne, Mooney, Simona, Smith, Taylor, Thomp? son and Wigg. Absent-Aldermen Good? wyn, Minort and Wallace. On motion of Aldermen Denny, it waa Resolved, That the vote, whereby Coon? dil refused tb aooept the pi op o si ti on of Mr. James M. Allen, relative to tho City Hali oontraot, be, and the same ls here* by, reconsidered, j The following communication was pre? sea ted and read: G OLTJMBIA ,. 8. 0.. March 12,1872. To thu honorable the Mayor and Aldermen . of the city of Columbia. 2 GENTLEMEN; The undersigned, mem? bers of the committee appointed by the Board of Trade to carry ont the litiga? tion commenced some time ago in rela? tion to the oontraot for building the City Hall, have seen, with regret, your rejec? tion of the propositions made to your body for the settlement of the matter. Believing that the proposed arrange? ment will be beneficial to the tax-payers of Colombia, we respectfully ask yon to reconsider your action npon the proposi? tion made. We are authorized to say that Mr. B. O. Shiver, the other mem? ber of the committee, (now absent from the city,) approves ot the suggestion now made by ns. Yours, very respect? fully, EDWABD HOPE, JOHN O. SEEGERS. Hon. J. D. Tradewell, City Attorney, addressed Council and submitted for action of Counoil the following: Whereas an authorized committee ol the Board of Trade of the oity of Co? lombia, in a written communication, addressed to this body, have expressed their regret at the rejeotion by the City Council of the proposition of Mr. JAB M. Allen, to be released from his con? tract for the erection of a City Hall, and to aooept the offer of Mr. Clark Waring to build the same; and whereas, in thn< pressing npon the City Council the ao oeptanoe of the said offer, the Board o: Trade assume all tho moral responsibili ty involved in a change of the con tractor, and guard the City Counci against all oenBure in the future for ?Q; evil consequences which may grow ou of snob change: Resolved, there/ore, That the con trac of James M. Allen with the city of Co lumbia for the ereotion of a City Hall for the anm of $138,000, bo forthwitl snrrendered, and, with his bond, be oan celed. Resolved, That the offer of Mr. Clari Waring to ereot the City Hall for th som of $86,500, be accepted. Resolved, That the oontraot now sui mitted to the City Council by Mr. Ciar Waring, for tbe ereotion of the Cit Hall, and his bond, in the penal sum c $50,000, for the fulfillment thereof, wit F. W. Wing, John Agnew, John ? OuldweU and W. O. Swafileld HU retie thereon, bo accepted; that the said coi tract be executed in duplicate by Ciar Waring and his Honor John Alexa tide on behalf of and as Mayor of the city < Columbia, under the seal of the corp? ration and the attestation of tho Cit Clerk. On the qaestku of adopting the rest lntions, the yeas /nd nays were takei resulting us follows: Yeas 9; naya < Adopted. Those voting in the affirmative ar Aldermen Cooper, Denny, H?yne, Mo ney, Simon's, Smith, Taylor, Thom pac and Wigg-0. H?B Honor the Mayor stated that hr tho voto resulted in a tie, he would ha1 voted in the affirmative, Alderman Denny introduced the fn lowing resolution; which was adopted: Whereas, the notes hold by Hon. , L. Neagle, against tho city of Columbi for seventy-five thousand dollars, ar which became duo on the 4th Marc 1872, (notice of which was given at tl time when said notes became due,) ha' not yet been psid; therefore, be it Resolved, That the Mayor is herel authorized and directed to execute thr notes for $25,000 each, and, with sm notes, negotiate a loan; and the May' is hereby authorized to pay the arno in: doe to said J. L. Neagle, with moue BO borrowed, upon the surrender of tl notes held by him. Aldermun Denny introduced tho fi lowing resolution: In order that the three notus $25,000 each, which the Mayor has be authorized to exeonte and negotial may be met and paid at maturity, be i Resolved, That the Mayor and Ci Treasurer are hereby authorized a: directed to have prepared and execut bonds authorized by tho Act of the Ge oral Aasembly, approved on tho 13 March, 1872, BO that au early issue m be m ado and the money realized therec On tho question of adopting tho rei lution, the yeas and nays were takeu, Baiting ns follows: Yeas 9; nays ? dopteu. Those who voted in the alfirraati .are: Aldermen Cooper, Denny, Huyi Mooney, Simons, Smith, Taylor, Thou eon and Wigg-9. His Honor tho Mayor .offered tho I lowing resolution, which was adopted Resolved, That previous to tho co mencement of tho erection of tho C Hall (under tho contract with Mr. Oh Waring) that an architect be chosen the Council to superintend tho wh work, that it mny bo constructed acco ing to tho plaus and specification* Purkins & Allen. Alderman Thompson introduced following resolution, which was adopt Resolved, That tho timo of final p mont of city taxes, on real und perso proporty, bo, and tho same is here extended to April 15, 1872. Alderman Wigg introduced the foll ing resolution, which was adopted: Resolved, That the City Clerk bo ntrnoted to add roca a communicatioi tho Superintendent of the Charlo Columbia and Augusta Railroad Com ny, for information aa to when it is ; -; : ? i T. ^^^TTTTTTTy^^^T?^^ tended to oom UIQ no a tho work ot opening Upper Street, as ordered by Council. ! Aoeonntstf I. Smith, Market. S. May. Alms HonBO, and W. Stieglitz, Guard House, were presented and, oh motion, ordered paid without the usual referonco. . On motion, Council adjourned. . . WM. J, ETTER, City Clerk. The Loulsrlllr, Cincinnati ?nd Chnrln - tan Hallrottd-Tile Boat? by Spartan. Dur? and But? ^yuntain tb? Shortest .nd Ohtftpctt. After tho abundant and convincing proof afforded by the surreys and re? ports made in 1836 and 1887, fortified by the testimony of skillful engineers after that timo, was it not strange that the ?tate, in spite of suoh evidence, should have committed itself to a Boheme which hud so little to rcoommond it, and which bas ended, as many feared it would, in failure and vastpeouniary loss? If this "convincing proof" had not been before the Legislature which inau? gurated and kept alive the project of building the Blue Ridge Railroad, there would bavo been some exouse for those members who voted away in its interest millions of publio treasure, which has not, and we have no reason to hopo evor will be, productivo of the least'result in good to tho State. There was, how? ever, no lack of information on the sub? ject; but the truth of the matter is, that the Blue Ridge Road had its origin in, and was pushed through the Legislature, under a temporary excitement, growing out of a controversy between the South Carolina Railroad Company and the City Council of Augusta, concerning the establishment of a depot of said road in that city. The oontest was a protracted one, and crested very strong feeling in the city of Charleston, whose oitizons regarded such a depot as necessary to the commerce of their city. While our people were smarting under a sense of the wrong whioh they felt had been done them by the oity of Augusta, there appeared in the columoB of the Charles? ton Mercury, a call upon the then Presi? dent of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, to bring before the publio a projeot, which had begun to be talked about, of building a railroad from An? derson to Knoxville. With character? istic promptness and energy, the Presi? dent of the Greenville Road despatched his Chief Engineer, Col. Wm. Spenoei Brown, to make a reoonnoiasance of UH routo. Col. Brown, after a hasty trir over the line, reported that it wm alto gether practicable, "and that he had nt hesitation in Baying that the whole ro'ac of 150 miles could be built in a penna nent manner, with a rail weighing fifty five pwunds to the yard, for $1,750,000*1' This most remarkable report being pub lished in tho Charleston papers, it wa not surprising that .tho leading men o that city, with the prospect of tappinj the Chattanooga trade and thus puttini the commercial interests of their owi city out of the power of Georgia capital threw themselves with energy into th advocacy of the project. How unfortu nato for South Carolina that this contre versy ever arose) How un fortunato the Col. Brown should over have made sue! a hasty and inconsiderate a report; an how much more unfortunate that ou Legislatura should have thrown awn nearly $5,000,000 on an enter prise whic will require au additional expenditure c $10,000,000 to make it of the least valu to tho State. For much less than on? half the sum already expended on th blue Ridge Road, Charleston could huv been put in communication by railroa not only with Kr ox vii le, (by u short i route,) but with Cincinnati and Loni' ville. Let us seo if this is not true. In Deoember, 1859, the friends of tl Spartauburg, Butt Mountain Gap an French Broad route having organize under tho narnu of tho "Groenvillo un French Broad Railroad Company," wit a private subscription of $700,000, mad application to our State Legislature fi aid. They asked that the State shoal give them $10,000 a milo, to bo pui paid whenever each section (in contint ous line) of ten miles was completed ut ready for tho track; or, in short, tl distance from Spar tanbury to Pail Rook, on the Tennessee line, being IS miles, they only asked the State to gn thom to complete their road $1,300,00 With the memorial they presented to tl Legislature was the. report of Maj< McCallu, tho Chief Eugiuecr of tl company, showing that tho cost of boil ing tho rond from Spartanburg to Pail Rock would be $2,272,415; and to sho tho confidence felt in tho correctness i this estimate and the great roliam placed upon tho accuracy and skill tho engineer who made tho report, proposal accompanied tho manum? signed by fifteen gentlemen of larf wealth, (?otnu of them having had mm experiuueo ac railroad contractors,) off-, ing to tako tho contract for tho lino fro Spurtunburg to Asheville, N. G., at t! estimate of the engineer, receiving pay meut ouo-half cash and the roma i dor in sleek (iud bonds of the compati This in o mo rial wan referred to tho Coi mittco on Railroads, (a committpo tin consisting of partisans of thu Bli Ridge Road,) which actually report against the measure, because tho roi ions too cheap! Tho committee (of whi lion. B. F. Perry WHS chairman) sn that the road could not bo built so ebon that "tho estimates through the mou tains aro so much under the costs of other railroads over tho same range mountains, that your committee cann regard thom ?is nltogotbor neeurutf This wai u most remarkable ropo when the committee hud before them oller from gentlemen of high stuudin uud weil kuowu to the chairman of tl committee, to do the very work ut t engineer's estilante, which tho cammi ti thought was estimated too low, just I causo tho lt ibun Gap and other rou ucross tho mountains cost so much mo and when a resolution was referred them, upon tho coming in of thia port, to inquire aud report upon t genuineness of tho proposal made sundry persons to do this work ut 1 estimate of the engineer, and whotl -- I . n-;-'-.i ??? , rjyn-r said persons had the ability to comply, with their proposed oontraot, kau Bama commute? reported. "that il ira? satis faotorily shown to your committee that the m?morialiste are gentlemen of large1 property add abundantly able to oom ply with their proposed don tract." At the time of (taking this application to the Leg i al at ure, $2,500,000 bad been; expended by the JStuto on the Blue Ridge Road, and it waa ?ien claimed by the friends of that enterprise that $3,000,000 more would finish it. Yet the Legislature refused to give aid to the French Broad Road, when a less sum than that already wasted on the Blue Ridge Road would have secured ita com? pletion. In our next issue, we will show at how small n cost thia French Broad Road may yet bo built. I Carolina Spartan. Tho editor of tho Utica Herald says: "My wife bad cut au item from the co? lumbia of nomo papor, wherein a de? mented writer told nbont some imposai ble woman, who, being troubled with a bad temper, counted twenty-five ovory timo hhe got provoked, and thus became a sweet, amiable and dearly-loved orna? ment of tho bouso of her delighted hus? band. I r?ad the article, and remarked, 'Bosh.' Maria paid no attention to me, but unfolded her plan. She said that ovory timo I got mad, I should oouut twenty-five, and overy timo she got mad, oho would count twenty five. I asked ber who abe thought would pay our rent while we eat and connted twenty-fivo over and over again all day long. Then she said I was always raising abjections to her plans for our mutual improve? ment, and I said I was not, and she said I was enough to try the patience of a saint, and I said aho waa too, and abe oame for me, and I told ber to count twenty-five; but nh o forgot all about that, and just tallied one in my left eye. "Then I was going to romonotrate with the poker, and abe told me to count twenty-five, and I said I would not; but I did before abo bad pulled more than half my huir out. Then she made mo oount twenty-five over and over, until I was out of breath, and felt red and plea? sant and good-natured. So wo went to aupper. Now, tho cat was curled up in my chair, but I did not see it until I sat down; and I did not soe it then, but I was pretty miro it was there-in fact, I knew it was there ns well ns I wanted to, and more, too. I felt inclined to riso up suddenly, but as I gathered to spring, ehe brandished tho tea-pot and mur? mured, 'Joshua, your temper is riaiug; oount twenty-five, or I'll break your head;' and that cat was drawing a map of the Tonth ward with her claws upon me, with tho Btreets and boundaries marked in my blood. I rose to explain, and said, *My dear, I-,' but she ca? romed on my head with a well-shot tea? cup, and sprinkled my face with a quart of hot tea, and I sat down and connted twenty-five; but it killed the cut. The old fellow died harli, though. I could fool him Bettie as his nine lives wont out ono by one. "A few days' practico of this role, under tho loving instruction of Maria, has enabled me to conquer my temper completely. Nobody can get mo mad now; I am in a ututo of perpetual calm, and I want to eeo tho man who wrote that story. I want to fit him for tho hands of an undertaker and muke a de? mand for mourning goods among II?R friends. Then I can die happy-count? ing twenly-live." A BRILLIANT PERORATION TO THE GREATEST SI-EECII OF THE CENTURY. The following aro the closing words of Sir John Coleridge's great opening speech for tho defence iu tho Tich? borne trial, oilered with n calm earut st? ucco: "A great estate mid an old and honora? ble family thvuit your verdict. On \ou, and yon alone, depends whether a young and uoblo Indy, of spotless character, and whether a young child-too 3'ouug, indeed, for certainty, but of whom all good things may reasonably bo hoped shall enjoy that estate and represent that family, crippled, indeed, by tho ruinous expenses of this law-suit, and by tho falsehoods of the claimant, yet still uu old and honorable family, and still a great estate; or whether tho estate is to bo wasted and tho family degraded by tho mau whom I described before in wordti I don't repent of using-in words I have mudo good-in word? I now re? peat-as 'a conspirator, a perjurer, a forger, a slanderer and a villain. Gen? tlemen, whou Chidloek Tichborne carno to dio, in tho timo of Queen Elizabeth, on Tower Bill, ho spoke of tho family of Tichborne aa having lived unstained in its place iii ELuupshiro for '200 j'onrs from boforo tho Conquest. 300 years havo rolled anray oinco the days of Queen Elizabeth, and the family of Tichborne is still there; und tho hopes of that great and ancient family aro centred in tho little child of whom I havo spoken. For him-whom I most inadequately represent-I ask your ver? dict. J. ask for no favor-I ai>k for uo indulgence; I oak yon only to do that which is j tut and right, according to thc strictest principles of law ami tho clearest j ule? of reason, i know yon will do what yon think right, because ? havo tho most absolute trust aud faith in the honor, justice and integrity of a body of English gentlemen. English justice cannot, indeed, through yon, wield tho sword which iu to smite down ? craft and crime; but English justice does commit to your bunda its equal scales, in which truth will always out? weigh falsehood. And, gentlemen, I trust, in no vain or braggart spirit-in no unseemly overconfidence-but in completo couildetice, I accept tho issue, for my caitRO is right, and you aro just." A yonug lady who, utter kissing a t wo* year old boy, made ibo remark, "1 lovo to kiss little boys," was exceedingly sur? prised by a litt lo five-year old girl inquir? ing "ii sho didn't like to kiss big boyB, too?" ? FBONTIBB HOHUOB.-The following instance o? a terriblqpesult f rpm (be pas? sion for drink fr given by ibo LaCroase (Wisa.) Republican: A few years ago, a man was living with bia yonpg Wife ib M ikato, Minn. He was intelligent, and successful in busi? ness until tho passion for strong drink enslaved him, nnd bis business and re? putation were both wrecked by its sata? nic influence. He was foroed to seek a nor borne for bis little family, and his wife, bred to luxury, accompanied him to the frontier, in the hope that the re? moval from the temptation would free him from the grip of the habit which cursed him. Here they livod for several years; his abstinence from drink being broken only by an infrequent and occa? sional debauch when hu visited somo of tho nearest towns. Early in Deoembor, bo told his wife that business compelled him to go to-, and that he would bo absent soverul dnys. Hbo, about to be? come a mother again, with thrco helpless children nnd a scanty supply of wood, fearing that the insatiate clamor of ap? petite was tho novice which drew him uway, entreated him to Btay, but in vain. Ho leit. ?Soon after, oue of those severe storms of December-doubly severe on the un? sheltered prairie-carno on. Uefore its closo, abo was entirely destitute of wood, and the terrible alternative was present? ed to her of passively freezing to death with her little ones, or socking assistance from tho nearest neighbor, three miles distant. She courageously chose the latter, and leaving her three shivering little ones with nothing but a mother's yoarning love and prayerful blessing, she started out to seek relief. The next day, she was found half buried in the snow, dead, a new boru infont at her side. The three children wero found dead ia the house. This, while the once fond husband and protecting fathor was away, reveling in the delirium or dozing in the stupor of drink I No words can add to the horror of this tale, but, be? side tho unspeakable wife and mother, how trivial our commou losses, griefs and sorrows seem. NORTHERN SETTIJEHB IN TUE SOUTH. When tho war closed there were nume? rous good Northern men who settled in tho South. They wore attracted by the odvantnges offered in this section for profitable investments of capital and the abundant prom?tes of remunerativo re? wards for labor. Our pooplo were pleased to have tbem amongst ns as citi? zens. Under tho uew order of things, ve wcro in waut of such Bettlers. We wanted their energy, their enterprise, and their experience in great practical projects, for tho development of re? sources our own people had neglected. They are now identified with us in in? terests, in fooling, and in association. They uro of us aud with us. Our coun? try is their country; our rights are their rights. In war wo M ero enemies; iu peace wo aro friends. Somo of them bought farms; some became merchants; others engaged in other enterprises, and all of them, wo hope, have been satisfied with whatever success may havo at? tended them. Thero were other men from thu North who came South at tho sarao timo-not us quiet, friendly, peace? ful citizens, settling here to advance their fortunes in business, but as politi? cal adventurers, allured by the credulity of the ignorant negroes, with tho hope of obtaining office by promoting discord between tho two races. These aro tho men who have not been taken heartily by tho hand, nnd received as acceptable accessions to Southern Bocioty. Some of thom havo succeeded in securing "soft places" through tho ogeucy of their arts ns partisans and demagogues. Others have been disappointed, aud, liku birds of prey, havo flown from field to field. Aud their complaints of hos? tile sentiment in tho South toward nil Northern men, havo been too often re? ceived iu the North, wo fear, without question, and to tho detriment of our people Among the good citizens of the North who wero opposed to us in the war, aud havo settled hero since, there are Bomu who have boon Bought and se? lected by our own original people to Gil high positions of responsibility and honor. If tho North had met tho South ns the South was willing to moot the North when the war closed, both soctions would havo been profited by tho reciprocal magnanimity.-Norfolk Journal. A bewildering definition of tho word "courtship" was given by a witness in an amusing hrcaoh of promise caso recent? ly tried in Loudon. Mr. Chambers, counsel for tho plain I ill", remonstrated with tho witness for using tho word. "I am au old bachelor," said he, "aud don't understand courtship. How ia it doue? What is courtship?" Tho witness, who being a married Indy might reasonably be expected to answer by the light of her own experience, define:! it thus: "Look? ing ut each other, taking hold of encl) other's hands, and all that kind of thing." Tho definition, though puzzling to old bachelors, is good. Persons experienced in such matters will liar o no difficulty in interpreting tho Inst clause to their own satisfaction; indeed, "all that sort of thing" is quito as exact an inter? pretation ns is wanted for tho indescrib? able art of making lovo. Following un invention used to some extent in Trauco aud England, San Franoise > thinks of introducing street cars iu which ordinury illuminating gas furnishes the motive power. At tho la'.e Mechanics' Fair hold in that city, a gas engine was exhibited by Mr. Pioche, and worked 1.0 satisfactorily that Mr. ll. U. Robertson lia? delcriuiucd to apply il in th? propulsion of street cars. It will occupy but four feet Minaro and may bo run for twelve hourn utan expense of not moro than S3, mid mic mau may ucl ns engineor, conductor und driver, lt is claimed that no noise, smoko, or danger of explosion will attend its use. ' A PEASANT ACCOUNT OF AN EXPLO? SION.- The Banbury Ntws gives (be fol? lowing cheoriul account of B late dieoster Dear that town: . There was a trifling affair in Branch? ville on Friday. Pbilos W. Bates has a quarry ?boat a quarter of a mile East of the village. He is also the owner of a blacksmith,shop near by, where he em? ploys two or three mon to sharpen the tools need in quarrying the Btone for the Bhepang Road at Bethel. In accordance with a good old New England custom, the powder used is kept ia the black? smith shop. There were two kegs partly filled and one keg unbroken in the shop at the time our story operJb. It was a pleasant day. There was no bright sun? shine, bot the general appearance of things out-doorn WSB mellow and com? fortable-like. One of the men was em? ployed at the anvil, hammering tbo iiiltry eud of a crow-bar. A few grains of powder had fallen npou the floor whilo replenishing the quarry from tho opeu kegs. Wo came near forgetting to state this, which is a moro important matter tbau nt first sight seems probable. The other employees were very busily engaged, as the hardy sons1 of toil are apt to be when employed by the day. A balsamic filled the atmosphere of the shop. Suddenly, a flake of streaming hot iron shot from the anvil and down among the grains of powder which held their slumbering fires to the floor. There wore a few unnoticed pops and flashes, then came a hiss as the flame shot over into tbo open kegs. The man who held tho crow-oar mechanically passed ont doors. Another son of toil, who, with his back to the danger, was looking through a window, turned around in time to detect one end of the shop in tho aot of moving off, followed by a comrade, whose shirt had gone up in a flame. The two partly filled kegs had exploded with the customary violence, and the full keg was on fire. At this juncture was displayed an aot of heroism seldom exhibited ia Fairfield County. Mr. Bates seized the burning keg and hurried it out into the Bnow, in time to quench the flames, save the balance of tho shop and the lives of himself and mon. Two of the men were badly barned, a portion of tho shop was wrecked, and two roosters who had been fighting near by at once buried all ani? mosities engendered by the fray, and immediately started over the hill for homo, with the rapid and graceful gait peculiar to those feathered Mormons." SNOW-HOUND BRIDEGROOMS.-A Chey? enne correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial, speaking of the lute block on the Pucific Railroad, says: A man iu Denver married, but had to leave immediately and unexpectedly for Suit Lake City on urgent business. He left his bride with tears in his eyes and a pro m i so of immediate return upon his lips. He got there just ia time not to be ublo to get away. He made his way slowly along with tho blockaded trains, working with the bands, for every shovel? ful of snow got out was that much ob? struction removed betweou him and his beloved. When within 2U0 miles from Cheyenne, tho foremost train ran into a bigger snow-bank than ever, at whioh, faithful unto death, ho Etruck out ou foot and walked 200 miles iu five days. He carno in with frozen foet and ears, but his heart was all right, au \ he went on to Denver rejoicing. At one point, he was chased by wolves, and lost his plug hat iu ruuuiug. The hat saved his lifo, for the wolves had never seen ono before, and stopped to examine it for a long time. It took thom so long to de? termino what it was, that our heroic lover got out of reach. Ho borrowed a red handkerchief at a laborer's hut and passed on. Another traiu, bound East, contaiued two youug men, goiug home to get mar? ried. Tho happy day had been all set, and everything was roady but them. They fairly howled with rage* and vexa? tion, and swore they wished the snow was iu a warmer climate. The very dny they were to be married it snowed more than ever, and nv they saw it coming up on the track, drift on drift, they lookod us if they wero io bo hung instead of married. That night, us otie of them crawled into his berth, as cold as un icicle, and shivering like a poplar leaf, ho stuck his head out from behind Ibo curtains aud said: "I say, Bill, tbis ain't what wo expected, is it?" Bill said, "No, not by a d-d sight." AN ENGINEER'S EXPERIENCE-Accord? ing to tho Niagara Falls Gazette, ono of tho night engiupers in the Now York Central yards nt Suspension Bridge, ex? perienced two radically different sensa? tions in a very brief period of timo a few nights ago. While running his eugine he observed a mau on the track in tbo immediato front, but too Into to givo the signal of warning before passing the spot. Tho ponderous machino was stopped ns soon ns possible and tho trem? bling engineer took the back track with gloomy forebodings to look np thc corpse. His feelings cnn probably be better imagined than expressed when ho met the object'of his search coming to meet him with fist doubled up, and other indications not favorable to tho bodily comfort of tho engineer. A speedily-ex? ecuted right-abont-face movement was made, and the engineer, out-distancing his wrathful partner, reached his eugine and fled ingloriously from the scene. LONG AND SHOUT DA vs.-At Berlin and L indon, the longest dny has sixteen hours uiid-n-hnlf; ut Stockholm, the longest day has sixteen hours, and tho shortest seven; ut St. Petersburg, the longr-ht day hm nineteen, ami tho short? est five hours; at Tomoo, in Finland, tho longest day hui twenty-one hours and u-hulf, and tho shortest two hours aud-a-hulf; nt Wandernd, in Norway, the day lasts from the 21st of May to the 22.1 of duly, without interruption; and nt Spitzenbcrgon, tho longest dny is threo months und u-hiilf. 1 i WHAT SI,AH>BB DOE?.--More than fifty years agi. a young mao lived in a Western city Ad, as a dru'ggipt, was ac? cumulating priperty, possessing the re? spect and conldenoe of 'the community, as was prove?!}y the foot that as be was about starting ft o the East to lay fn s took the cashier:J a bank handed him .ft package of mfcney in bills to be handed to a bank offlier in Philadelphia. Being very obligicf, be received the package and promised to deliver it promptly on bis arrival-f hioh he did. The cashier of the bank to whom be delivered tho bills looked over them hastily, placed them in a drawer, saying it waa "cor? rect." and went on With his writing. Now for the singular sequel. A month Jater the Western backer carno to the yfcung druggist and informed him that a bal of a large denomination was missingft The yoong man said he did not kivfm how that could be, for he bad deliev? Bl tho package as he bad received it ?Biat the Eastern banker had looked it ?er; pronounced it correct, and that !JB thought bis responsibility ended the I The fact] stood thus: Two promMont business men, in re? sponsible tWitions, on ono side, und the unBtipporuB say-so of a young druggist on the o theft the odds were too unequal, and the y An g nan had to go to the wall; the lom mn ni ty withdrew their patronage Ind their confidence; his business mis broken np; he first at? tempted onje thing, then another, but a cloud seemed to hang over him. Years rolled 01. The story was hand? ed down from one to another, and new comers imbibed the prejudices of the old; and t wen tr years later there was an odium attached to his character, so that at the mention of his name there was that falling af the countenance which meant "no confidence." The young druggist became an old man, but never succeeded iv regaining the social posi? tion ho bad wst. He died in Coventry The old des? was taken to a shop to- be repaired. Cm removing the drawer, the missing bank bill was found to have been lodged behind it. ONE QoEsnoN Too MANY.-About a generation,'t>y-gone there flourished in Western Michigan a certain Squire T-, whoBe stalwart sons now till the parental acres, in whose honesty the community had great confidence, but who had an unfortunate failing-drink. He had been known to try canses when be would have been more appropriately in bed. Upon one occasion an appeal was taken from a judgment rendered, as it was alleged, "when the wine was in, tho wit was out." Under the broad lati? tude taken ut that day, a full inquiry was gono into at the trial of the appeal, as to the question of sobriety of the Justice, and there was much contradictory testi? mony; the friends of the Justice swear? ing ono way, bis onemies directly con? trary. At length a very candid witness appeared, who testified with great appa? rent circumspection-so great, indeed, that on tho direct examination almost nothing was elicited from him. Upon the cross-examination, ibo lawyer [con? ducting it made a very common mistake, and, being unwilling to "let well enough alone, " kept driving away at the wit? ness until be finally lelt safo in patting tho leading and dangerous question: "Did you not look upon the Justice, upon the trial of that case, as a perfectly sober mon?" 1 The witness hesitated, and the counsel pressed the interrogatory still - closer. The witness finally emitted the follow? ing, with great difficulty, as though it bad boon drawn from him painfully: "I should hayo thought so, only for one thing." "Well," enid the cross-examiner, "what is that?" "I saw him lill up bis inkstand with whiskey, and toko a uuifter out of tbe iuk bottle." Thc cross examination stopped at that point. Tho Western Union Telegraph Oom- . pany bas for Bomo time boen cramped ia its present hindquarters in Liberty street, and recently attempted to pur? chase the Astor House, in order to get as olose as possible to the new post o?ice? now iu process of ereotion near tho city bull. Failing in this, the company de? termined to purchaso the valuable cstato on the North-west corner of Broadway and Dey street. This property extends between fifty and sixty feet on Broad? way, and runs back 150 feet in Dey street. It was purchased a few years ago by Dr. Evans, tho Paris Court dentist, und a well-known American, for the Emporor Louis Napoleon. The price given for it by Napoleon, through Evans, was $480,000, and the prico paid for it now is said to be ?800,000. On the 1st of May, all tho buildings standing on this property will bo torn down, and the I erection of a new and magnificent struc j turo will bo begun. DRINKS BETWEEN DRINKS.-in a Pbi j ladelphia saloon tho business is adver? tised on a card, on oue side of which ia ' tho planntory indicator, which shows j the kind of drink required for thirty ! customers, and tho hours at which it 'should bo taken: At 7 A. M., au "oyo ! opener;" 8 A. M., "appetizer;" 9 A. M., "digester;" 10 A. M., "boanti?er;" ll 'A. M.. "big reposer;" 12 M, "stimu i lator;" 1 P. M., "ante-lunch;" 2 P. M., ' "flottier;" ii P. M., "warmer;" 4 P. M., I "sympathizer;" 5 P. M., "social drink;" i 6P. M., "invigorator;" 7 P. M., "straight lout;" 8 P. M., .'chitchat;" 0 P. M., ! "faWy drink;" 10 P. M., "entre r.cte;" ' ll P. M.. "sparkler;" 12 P. M., "rous ! cr;" 1 A. M.. "night-cap." i Tho Jacksonville fFloritla) Union gets j off tbio leligious joke on ono of ils i colored brethren who attempts to pray, j The good colored deacon was prayiug for tho recovery of a sick sister, nnd ended this way: "Ohl Lord, holp ber. Ob! Lord, make her well. Obi Lord, I if you can't niuko ber well, then, obi j Lord, help ber grin and bear..