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*3T. F. TOWN EH .
EDITOR.
0. BAILEY, Proprietor and Sub-Editor.
ORIGINAL*
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Tom ma NOTina mnrun.
tUitainffham and Ceventry?With
the Legend of the Lady Oodiva
bfoKDAT, 16th of July.?Fooling Inclined
WOOO ae much of Birmingham aa I could,
tVla rsVhy day. I tools a Ilanaom cab, about
10 o'elook, for a drive, ae walking waa nut
to bo thought of in such weather, besides
being too alow for the little time I had to
pare. A J I an torn cub looks well enough,
but the word is spelt without a d, and has
<e different signification. Just wait a bit,
till I get la, out of the rain, and then III
describe it, " Where do you wish to go to
firstf inquired the driver. "ToElkington
A Meson's Eleetrotyping Establishment ?
4 Do you know where ItisP "Yes, sir; very
well, sir." "Drive on, then, bat do not
harry, fur I wish to look about." The eab
takes Its name from the inventor, Mr. Ilanaom;
and if "Handsome is that handsome
docs," (ae th^ old proverb declares,) then
Ifr.H ? mnet have been, or la, a fine
looking fellow, for this la, unquestionably,
a very oonvenient vehicle. It has a seat
tor two persons, runs on two wimn, iou
hu a body like a chsiM, whiob seta about
IS inohea from tha ground, ao that ona st?p
will Uke yoa in, when, if it ahould ba upaet,'
the danger to your peraon in very alight?
Folding doora in front, at aueh an angle a*
tha boot of a carriage would mnka, may ba
eloaed or not, as you please.' When closed,
.you may rapt your elbows thereon, and look
. - t arauad outside, or. In foul waalhar, auoh aa
this, a glaaa msb la drawn down, through
whloh yan still may aea, while tha rain is
aomplataly shut out Tha driver aita outaide
and behind, on i aeat so high that ha
an drive over the top. A word of dirao
tlon aan be given to him through a small
aperture right behind your heed. " la this
Elkington'sf " Tea, air; in at that door/
'Walt for me, driver." "Ysa, air/?
Haunting a broad staircase, flanked on I
eaeh aide by bronce images of etalw?rt
knigbta and kings, and other monsters, who
will challenge your admiration for a short
time, yon enter a spacious room, and are
reeeived by a young man who is employed
to allow visitors through these gorgeous
apartments. Prodigious quantities of gold
aad silver ware, of most elaborate workmanship,
are displayed for show and for
aalei, in these rooms; soma of aolid metal,
and others (sod the greater part) plated.?
I wo or inree years ago, me omtena 01 uirpilogham
presented to Qqmd Victoria i
magnificent work-table, which was made in
this eatab Pah moot. It was composed of
olid silver, and ooat ?'i,000; I saw the facsimile
of it, and was struck with its artietio
design and fiolsh, I looked in admiration
at the gdld and sliver spoons, and wished
I had been * bora with one in my mouth
and then (ob, how absurd 1) thought ai
that biped-beast, Ben. Butler, whose name
ie so infamous in this connection. The
bronae images and ornamental articles in
an adjoining apartment are qnito as handsome,
in their way, and in very great variety.
Electro plating holds a prominent
pisoe among the manufactures of Birmingham,
and the art is carried to very great
perfection in this house. Before leaving the
show-rooms, to look Into tha work shops,
visitors are invited to register their namee
In a huge album, kept for that purpose.-?
Not wishing to disappoint posterity, (!) 1
consented to tonve my autograph, which
sella for three cents (at the post oilier) in
America, but is quits ee1l|>sed by (he llius
trioutt bium wliich overshadow* It, iu thl*
register. I read the nam#, Ellhu Burritt,
and turning to tha?1 ark, inquired, "Isthat
gentleman her#, at pre*#nt P Ha answered
' In tW affirmative, and I aooa had th* sella.
faction of being introduced to tha famous
WHWt, known M the " learned blacksmith."
H\* manner ia very simple and onaftestcd.
He received ma kindly and Introduced his
. * ' friend, Mr, Morion, a oiargvman, from tha
Btat* of Connecticut. Alter the Interchange
of a low pleasant word#, we wer* all three
?on#lgned to the guidanee of a awed, but
aad looking woman, dressed in bleak silk,
arfao l*d na away, (sot to any harm,) aad
modestly want before us into the work shop.
$))* explained, in a very intelligent manner,
th* different operation? neeoss?ry to |oining
th* precious metals to that of a baser sort.
Bha told ad how the magnet was used, to
preciplUt* th* gold and silver *n to the
other metal; and, looking at h*r eye*, I
wondered whether tkry would not answer
'th* purpor? of Ined-etonee; in f**t, I was
mora charmed with her than with tha work
ho was so kindly explaining, and should
mSVI (one d?cply ia loo*, if common sens*
jiadak knocked ma on the noddle with the
y*taind*r that I was on the " shady aide "
pf fifty, and a poterJrmUiat, to boot. Hi a
. sag# son of Vuleen seemed quit* uneuseep
t'felfi. bo*1 bad not a e?'wp/? q< for this fair
yonag, nnlik* (in thl* r?*pp.'i) hi? aneient
mythological prototype It hen taking
leave of Mr. BurriU, he said to me, "1 am
United Slate* Consul, in Birmingham, and
p*rhap* I ean be of e*rvl#a U you, wldla
yon am here." Ma then told me the flare
of his office, aad laviUd" ma to call. Of
< aHf, I felt oUligod, fur such polite attcn
; ' ,
f* H-' kVKS
>l hex^LJE
tulf ^ > - yy .ViA- <. A| - i
Uon; sod thinking liltn, w? parted. B??inv
ninlt of ulmlulan to both lha IWord
and pea manufactories, I hesitated aa to
wliieh to tee first; bat, remembering the
axiom, that the " pen la mightier than the
word," I concluded to go with the stronger
party, and accordingly drove to Mr. Joseph
QilloU'a pen manufactory. In Graham
street It la not their eastoni to admit
altaogeret but my card bf Introduction to
the overseer, aoted aa an " open teeame."?
Some other branch of mechanical industry
would have interested me more than penmaking,
but It is worth seeing, notwillt*
standing. I should think that more thau
two-thirds of the work la done by females.
I watched a pen from its inoipiency, and
followed It with my eyaa through aacli stags
of catting, bending, stamping, punching,
slitting, healing, softening, grinding, tempering,
oiling, oleanalog, enamelling, baking,
cooling, aaeorting, counting, packng,
marking, and shelfiag. Now the
moralist may take it up. If he will,
and traea it, in imagination, till be sees
it wedded to a holder, and in a joyous
father's hand, make record of an Infant's
birth; or, grasped in the trembling hand of
soma dying Divsa, make haste to misbestow
the wealth h# most resign ; or, clutched by
the tyrant, it may, with one cruel stroke,
condemn a patriot to a lonely dungeon ; orf
changing hands, ihs patriot may give freedom
to But, a truce to sueh wild |
vagaries! Now, let's see how swards are
made, and if, among them all, one can be
found to cult the hand of justice. Bat, not
for justice and the sword, like oil end water,
never can unite. Cicero saya that " juetiee
consists In doing no injury to msn." I ?lis
like swords, and wish thsy'd mske ploughshares
instead, or uee them fur opening
oysters.
"The world's mine oyster, which I with
good sword, will open."?Ahcikxt Pistol.
Tie said that swords wars made In Bir
rolngham as early as the ancient Britons.?
Cromwell'* army was'supplied with 15,000
word* from Birmingham. Leaving the
word factory, I resumed my cab, fur a
drive round the city, to a?? the publie
buildings. I had not time now, however,
for mora than a cursory glanee. My host.
Mr. Jonca, being a member of the City
Counoil, vomIJ have me look at the Town
nail, which As considers wonderful. Indeed,
it it an elegant specimen of the thoroughly
Oreeian style, though its dimensions
are not gigantie. Its length is 145 foot;
height and breadth, eaoh, 55 feet; length of
columns 56 feet, and diameter 3 feet, 6
Inches. It is built of Anglesea marble,
which, to my taste 4s not vsry beautiful.?
It contains a large organ, which I did not
hear. Tba building ooeuptra a prominent
site, at tha top of New Street. In an op*n
spaea near tha Kail. stands a fine bronze
stato* of Sir Robert Pevie, which is considered
an exocllent likeneea. Ik* Grammar'
School la another elegnnt edifice, in tho
Elizabethan, deoorated style, (which stande
on a site formerly ooeaplod by a monastic
institution, callsd the ** Guild of ths Holy
Cross* Ybhs frsterrrtty Was composed ol
both monks sn<l nuns) Nesrtho school is
fine marble statue of Thomas At wood, a
veteran politician of Birmingham. All ths
principal denominations of dissenter*' are
represented In this eity. There ers four or
five Baptists, sad a large number of Moth
odlst*. The Independents have numerous
plsees of worship, on* chapel of which, in
Carr's Lane, was, for upwards of fifty years,
under tha eharore of U?v. John A ni?s!l -I?m??
Tiro of the Baptist churches ere eUganl in
their exetrior appearance; I di<l not eee
them Inside. There are two theatre*, in one
of which the celebrato-l actor Macready, waa
trained. Birmingham has given to the
world many distinguished men; among
them, dames Watt, who ia ao well known in
cwnnaetion with the powers of the steamengine;
Darwin, the author of " Zoonomia
Kdgworth, the father of Marie R; Laurence
Sheriff, the founder of ** Rugby School
Ilenrv r ?mpton, Bishop of London ; and a
boat there. " Well, driver; yon may
act me down now at (he Commercial House,
I am tired of sight-seeing, for this day.?
There's your change; all right, I believe."
"Tee, air; please to remember the driver,
sir." " I'm afraid I shall forget yon," said
I. " Couldn't yon ail for yonr photograph f
But I knew what he meant, well enongh,
and gave him three-pence, the aiualleel
silver coin need In England. The feet ia,
these poor "Jarveys," many ef them, get
no wages at all, and depend upon the precarious
generosity of their ous'oniers for a
meagre aubaiateneo. A very few of their
whole number own the eaba they drive.
Ij??Tlng Birmingham, I reached Coventry
In time for en early breakfaat at the " King's
llcu/l" hotel. Coventry U a eity of great anti
quity, and one of tho most interesting towns
in the " Midland Country." It is reached
frost Birmingham by rail, and is only 18)
miles from that eity. The view of Coventry,
from the Hallway Station, it very floe. It occupies
a good position on rUlng ground,
whonco its three tgll spires are oonaplcuoua,
to a great extent of surrounding country. It
is, for many reasons, n place of uncommon ln>
tercet to (U# tourist and antiquarian. It hrs
a population of nearly 60,00(1; and la noted
fwr its wateh manufactories and silk and ribbon
weaving*. An Industrial and Art Exhibition
is now open, where I had a ehanao to admire
the operation of ribbon weaving. I en.
tered the town through a temporary gate-way
tfcflp
w
OF IPC
GREENVILLE. SOUTH C
iU ancient entrance, through which crowned
heada bar* entored; many to joy, and soma
to sorrow. Coventry wai formerly .urrounded
by a atone wall, eomo relic, of which may ,
till be mod. I flni.hed ?ny breakfast with ,
omo lusciout strawberries, which are .old hero
by the pound, u in also many other fruits (
and vegetables. I bad no ilifflenUj in finding |
a guide. "Only a few atepe from lb* " King'* (
II cad," 1 noticed, at the npper story of a ,
house, the Image of a man In antique droes(
pooping round the corner, out of a window.? (
It was M Peeping T?m,M who figures in the |
logeud of tbe Lady QodWa, whose nemo is so
connected with tbe history of Coventry that
I will tell tbe story as it was told to me j or>
bettor still, in the words of Sir Wm. Dugdate,
whoso aeeount I afterwards road, and who was ]
a firm believer in its authenticity. j
Thus the legend runs t " The Countess Godiva,
bearing an extraordinary affection to tbe
town of Coventry, often end earnestly besought
ber husband that, for the love of Qod and tbe '
Blessed Virgin, ho would free it from that '
griovous servitude whereunto it was subject;
but he, rebuking ber for importuning him in a
manner so inconsistent with his profit, oom- 1
roandod that she should thenceforward forbear
to more therein j-jret she, out of her woman- ,
tab pertinacity/continued to solicit him, insomuch
that hs told her If she would ride on ]
horsobaek, naked, from one end of the town 1
to the other, In sight of all the people, ho
wontd grant her request. Whereunto she re.
turnod. 4 But will you giro me leave to do
to?' And he replying < Yes,'the noble lady,
upon an appointed day, got on horseback naked,
with her heir looso, so that it cororod sll
her body but the legs ; and, thus performing
her journey, she returned with joy t o her
husband, who thereupon grantod to the inhabitants
a charter of freedom. In memory
whoreof, the picturo of him and his said lady
was set up in a south wiudow of Trinity
Church, in this city, about Richard If* time,
bis right hand holding a obartcr, with these
words written thereon:
? W . I ' ? - - -
1, iLtihc)), Tol* iLobj of 11)ce
3)oe Cobenfte Jol-fbca. i
It U said that tho inhabitants all withdraw
from the si net? and from their windows, to
allow tho lady to perform kor delicate task
with aa littlo pain to her modesty as possible. .
One man, a tailor, could not resist the temptation
to look forth, 1>ut was struck blind for bis
presumption ; and to this day the ollgy of
Pooping Tom, to be seen in the npper pnrt ot a
bouse at the comer of Hartford Street, stands
as a monument of his disgrace." In oommomoration
of this benevolent act of the Lady
Oodiva, the oititons of Coventry bare, ?n>
til within 20 or 30 years, celebrated, annually,
tho oront by a procession, called the " Lady
Qodira Procossion," which tho civic authorities
honored with their presence. Her ladyship
was represented by a handsouio female,
nut amU, in accordance with tho tradition, but
dressed in a babit elosely fitting the limbs^
and of a color simulating their complexion.?
This ceremony is still obsevrred once in every
two or three years. Lsntr many pictures and
statMOSqne representations of the Lsdy Oodiva
on horseback. In iKTeicift warts sfl^nvsntrv.
MORE ANON.
nViiKSBAL.^ There is An earnest revival in
the 'matrimonial line hereabouts. Every few
days we here of a now wedding on the (apt*,
and then oomes the slaughtering of fatted
turkeys and the preparation of wodding cake*
et cetera. It has been our good fortune to
witness some of those now past, and perhaps
we may horeafter be honored with an invitation.
Dot that is neither " here nor thorn,"
and wo intend at this time to record promt*
nently one of those events, as tho happy
groom has been for a long while connocted
with tho Intelligencer office. Ilis fidelity and
faithfulness in business is only excelled by a
liko reputation while wearing the Confederate
grey, and wo would be dorcliet In dnty If we
failed to declare that the steadfast soldier and
upright man is woll deserving of one of nature's
best gift*. Through life's vielssitu los>
may lbs suulight of happiness and hope beam
gently upon tbem, and wbon the conflicts #f
earth are ended, insy thoy be re-united in
blissful realms beyond the sbios!
MARRIED, at tho residence of tho bride's
fathor, on Thursday evening, Out, 17th, IN67,
by llov. W. II. Ptratton, Mr. J. FLsstwoon
Clixkscalrs and liin IIattir, second daughter
of Win. Archor, Ks<j., all of this Distriot.
Tho typos oonnectod with the office beg
leave to add their warmest congratulations on
this occasion, and to wish their more fortunate
brother an endless amount of happiness.
[Anderses Ii*lelli'jrttc?r.
i'
Gov. Onn's Lrttbii to tub Pbrbiokxt.??
The letter of Gov. Orr addressed to the President
npon tho subject of negro jnrios, and
which appears In this issuo, has boon generall?r
Aftcr.mt.niln^ Kv |Ka iimai r.sl will r?*\u *
per until. Tho whole inNjMt U distinctly set
forth end ably diaou*?od.
On*. Orr bee been atagnlarty unfortunate in
bringing upon bis heed the enathemae of politieel
writer* in thla end adjoining R to tea, for
almost erery lelt r or speech emaneting from
him during hi* Gubernatorial career. Ho ha*,
however, received the warmest endoregfnont
for thi* unvnly pruteat against the crowning
tncnlt to already boa pod up injnrioe. It I*
likewise gratiiying to know that tliia, letter
did not altogether fail to accomplish ite doeign.?AtuUrtv*
All tloax The extra appropriation of the
last Congress for the expentee of reconstru- lion
haa been expended. The amount paid
out la tha Southern Districts la eetianatcd at
i $1,173,000, whieh exoceda the appropr'ation,
' ai d leavaa a deficiency to be made good at the
next melon
u (Fn
I 1 IWI Mill
)I5XJX-i.A-Ii
AROLINA. OCTOBER 30.
Henry Tim rod, the Poet L&nre&te of
the South. ti
Urkiit Timrod Is no mora. The pootlo t
roioo which ohurmcd ao many hoarta, and *
ahoae tonca oror gare utterance to though ta 0
>r iV. n??.i 1:>.i. .n..t .1 <1.. k!.n: n
>f that destiny to whioh all mutt yield. Bat rt
will remain eloquent in IU past ntteranooa "
u long at true poetry U eherishod and vol- "
ud.
Ila llvod here but thirty-eight years. Too *
ihort for those who appreciated his genius, (1
but long enough to mature his fame.
In his Tision of poosy, where he says :
A boy was born of humble parentage,
Tho stars that shono upon his lonoly birth, ?
Did seem to promise sovereignty and fauio.
Ho dosoribos somewhat of his own career.?
(Jnliko this, howovor, ,
w Tradition bath prosorvod'htb namo." /
That name will continue to be proscrvodt
and be will descend to postority as one of tbe
Qnest poets of his time. '
He was tbo sweetest of our songstors. He
held communion " with the waters, the sky
and the flowers," and with all nature. i
Aslio beautifully describes i
" As Jho wind oame and went, In storm or ^
He seemed to hearken to somo far strain,
Of mingled rotces calling him away;
And they who watched him, hold their breath
to trace, D
The still and Axed attention In bis faoo.
?
While oar human words are rife
To us with meaning, other sounds thero be,
Which seem and are tho languago of a life.
Around, yet unlike ours, tciadt talk, the sea
f/nrmHrt articulately, and the eky
l.\firm and arttrcert, though inandihly.
e e e e e e
The eagle knetc him, at the knete the Wait,
And the deer did nut fine him at h? patted."
An edition of his poems was published In
18110, at Boston, by Ticknor k Fields.
Of theso it was said by one, who long commanded
a high position as an eminent eritie,
that they exhibited a capacity as a poet of no
ordinary powers, and whose fancy, imagination,
descriptivo capaeity and motapbysieal
perception, wore of the highest order. Ilia
pootry was " like tho flow of somo calm, unImpodcd
river, tbo graceful and harmonious 0
lines roll sweetly on, boaring with them tbe 0
shapes of ton do* or stately thoughts, of bold v
imagination and images or alternate pathos (
and p.iwor."
Ilia illnets waa lingering and painful, bat
udden towards the last. In one of his latest
letters he says: " I bavo been down in the
deep waters." Ho has slnco passed through
them. We oan but feel
What a shadow o'er tho hoart Is flung,
When peals tho requiem of tho loved and
young.
[Courier.
[Prom the Columbia (8. C.) Chronicle, Oct. 8.]
Dkath or Hksbt Tivrod, Esq.?Who
will not bo pnincd to hoar the announcement
of tho doccaao of narry Timrod?ho whoso
namo has become " a household word ".In ere
ry homo where presides the deity of love, intellect
and Christianity"?
For several weeks his health lias been declining,
and recently a series of hemorrhages
confined him to bis room and bed. Yesterday
be breathed his last, and, in the prime of his
manhood and sonith of his famo, was gathered
to his fathers.
Tho open record of itenry Tim rod's life is a
simple one?very nnliko, however, that of
other mon. He knew nothiug of the world.?
In thought, a giant; in act, bo wne but a
child. Born in Charleston in 1830, for thirtysoven
years lie lived tho life of a poet?nature
denying him nothing which belongs to tho
poet's birthright, and giving him in death the
open scroll, ou which was written his roward
sternal.
The turner or jicnry i imro.t ?u likewise a
poet of no ordinary twwlneu, and when the
mantle full upon the son, tho "living fire" grew
brighter, until it becnuie a fixed and brilliant
tar in our Southern Armament.
In tho school, at the Uoivorsity, a* an editor
of a daily journal, and amid the busy haunt*
of men bo lived aa it were by himself?among
the creations of bis own Ihr searching iulnd>
and in sympathy with tho consciousness of it*
unaeon powers. His whole lifo had flowed
from a mysterious urn?a sacred stream in
whose calm depth tho beautiful and pare alono
wero mirrored?and when the and came he
returned to tho nature he lored and the God
ho worshippod, with the calm, sweet,prophetic
certainty in his aoui that Heaven was near>
and immortality about to begin.
The secret of his success aa a poet waa hia
love for nature, and tho rare genius he posses,
ted in portraying that love in language which
stirred the heart. He lorod God's creation*
whether in the henrena above or the earth beneath?he
lorod music, sculptnre, painting, ail
I thing* pure, or grand, or beautiful ; " tho sotting
sun, a lake among the mountains, the
light of an ingenuoua countenance, end, whet
transcouda them all, a noble action,"
Nothing unworthy ever oaf no from Mr. Tim
rod's pen. Years ago, a volume of bis poems
was published; but since then, his fugitiro
pieces have not averaged more than three or
fonr in a year. Who does not remember the
thrilling line* with whieh he wm wont to ttir
the feeling* of oar people during the war?hi*
" Charleston," " Christmas," " Cry to Arm*/'
nud " Carolina?" We have aeon audience* at
their recital riae to their feet and send up cheer
on obeer. There poems are destined to lire in
tho English language, and with then their
gifted author.
We may not hare appreciated him while
living?genius seldom enjoy a its reward in the
flesh. Bnt the time Is now nesr when the
name of Timrod will illustrate In lite rate re the
fame whieh South Carolina has derived from
others of her sons in the forum and upon ths
^ field.
EVENTS
I
Mr. Ttmrod oould mot be a poet withoat be#ga'Christian,
mni at AoliSealed. He clang
0 1Mb Md those be loved with wonderfal ten- i
ctiiy. yot bis faith was firm, and be faltered 1
ot as the dying boar approechod. Some one
waarkcd while he was suffering, * Well, Mar- |
Ir, you will soon he at reet," - Ah, yea," was ,
to reply, " hat fore ft itronyr that* reft." A i
ittle later, he (hand both. ^
The following Is the last poem he wrote,
nd being written npon the very bed where he
led, It will be read with molaneholy inteseet ]
ad peculiar applicability :
IN ME MORI AM?HARRIS SIMONS.
ST BBSST TIMROD.
'True Christian, tender husband, gentle sire, ,
A stricken household mourns thoe, but its
loss
Is Iloaven's gain and thine; upon the cross i
lod hangs the crown, the piuieu and tbelyrej (
ind thou bast won them sJL Cduld we desire
To qneoch that diadem's Celestial light,
To bush thy song and slay thy heavenward
leoause dismiss thee by this ectnmn dire? I
ih, no 1 a* no 1?chant on !?soar onl?reign
on I
For we are better?thou art happier thus 1
Ind haply from the splendor of thy throne,
Or bapfv from the echoes of thy psalm,
Something may fall npon us like the celm
To which thou sbalt hereafter welcome us."
Hew Mormon Temple.
The 8a!t Lake Daily Ttitgraph says the 1
iow Mormon Tabernacle, about which so i
auch has bean said, Ik nearly finished. It .
las already been Used lor a mooting of the
iformon conference. Tha foYtn of tbo Taberlaclo
was suggestjd by Brigham Young. ,
rhctber he was guided by a " revelation" Orb '
re not told. The head builder fhinVb ** any
ier?on who has est seen the buiidiugean bate!
1 very good idea bt the roof by imagining tbfl
iack or shell of a common Eastern ground I
urtlo, of huge proportion's, but it is more fro- !
[uoutly likened to the hull of an old-fathiUflod'
hip, without -any keel, and turned topsy i
urvy." This Toof 4a supported by forty-four;
'iera of cut sand stone, cacli nine feet \>y
hree. Nine of these piers stand in a straight
ino on ea<Ai nido of the building, and from .
hem springs en arch of forty-eight feet.?
thirteen piers stand in a circle at each ond
f tho building, from which apring an equal
mmbcr of arches. Between these piers are I
rindows containing altogether twenty-lire
housand paues of glairs, arid doors. Of tho
atter, fourteen are for the populace, one for
he President?Young?one tor the choir, and
klhers for tho bishops and priesthood. The
ntcrior of the building is thus described:
" The stand for the speakers is at the West
snd of the building, and covers serenty-fire
3 unci red feet of surface. Tho front of the
itand is a segment of a circle. Before H are i
i scat and desk for tho bishops and others
rho administer the sacrament. The first seat
n tho eentro ot tho stand or platform is for
he Presidency of tho Stake, the noxt for the
Quorum of the Twelve, the third for tho First
Presidency. Back of these are seats fo,
k choir of one hundred and fifty singers, with
he great Orgkn, yet unfinished, behind them
On tho right and leit are seats for YVo* eight
hundred to ono thousand persons. The speaker's
desk is sixty foot in front of t!he Western
piers. In front of tha stand, for seventy foot
the door Is horisontal, thenoe to tho East end
the floor rises with a grado ofeno foot in ten."
Tho room will seat betwoan eight and nine
thousand persons. In this building there are
more than on? million fivo hundred thousand
feet of timhot. The roof is covered with three
hundred and fifty thousand shingles. The
greatest number at work upon the tabcrttacle
at any one tiwo wm two bundVed and fire.?
About the lrt of Septomber, Young issued a
call to the carpenters, masons and plasterers,
urging them to assist in finishing tho building
at once. It Was generally obeyed. Young
bss, in fact, shown tho deepest interest in the
work throughout, and has expressed himself
fully satisfied with the result. Tho Telegraph
says : 44 It is a grand building, of which the
saints havo reason to be proud, and we but
echo'tho feelings of every faithful saint in wishing
a lengthened life to President Young, tbat
ho therein may long uontinue to instruct and
load Israel to tb* accomplishment of the do*
signs and purposes of the Most High."
Fir* Seonx axd Tex.?Wo mentioned
briefly in yesterday's issue, the death of Mrs.
Mary Arnold, of this State. We learn, subsequently,
that she was born io Georgetown, SC.,
in 1747, and died in Brooklyn on Wednesday,
from injuries suatainod a few weeks ago
by falling down stairs. Had she not met with
the accident, her life might have been prolonged
many years beyond the one hundred and
ten which she had enjoyed, for her hea'th was
good and her faculties hut little inpaired.?
Her habits were systematic through life. She
was an early riser, and always attended to
the duties of the housohold as well, and perhaps
much better than younger person*.?
Until the timo of her donth ber eyesight was
very good, and sho could hom handkerchiefs
and do general sewing. She had one hundred
aud sixty decendants, roaohing to the fifth
generation. Five children are living, the eld
est being seventy years of age sod the youngeat
fifty-five.?CharU'loH .Vcies.
Misimo Operation*.?A number of our
o Ixena are engaged in mining operations in
different suctions of the District, (told is the
principal metal found in sufficient quantities to
pay.
Capt. Banker, who is operating at Eaton's,
near Walballa, is much pleased with his success.
The specimons which we had the pleasure
of inspecting, aro vory promising. Ma
chinery, of the most improved pattern, has
been ordered for, this mine ; and operation
Will be conducted ou a 1 .rge scale, if the present
success continues.
It is estimated, hy i>n oxoerlenced miner,
that the rock taken from the Eaton mine,
when crushed and washed, will make a return
of at least $126.00 to the ton.
[Pickene Courier.
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NO. 33.
Horn B. H. Hill's Bpewehtrtt
Thursday ?t?nia| it was " novated *
around town that As Bon. fe. H. Hill,fc*v.
ln? Just returned from a Nor thins tow,
would address hit fellow citizens St his residence
slier night, A considerable number.
We Understand, waited on him, and were
tddreesed at aonie length. Those who
beard the Speech airfare tit Art H was a
plain, praetieal talk, In reference te the Impressions
made by Lis Northern taw, the
present condition and fntnre proapeets of
the country.
Mr. Bill, In common with avary body
else here, considers As resotion which has
commenced as en earnest effort on the part
of the mass** to save the institution* of A*
country f om ImpenAng r*oin, and believes
Aat, now being aroused, they w4H Wot stop
In mid career and leave As work uhaccoin*
p'iebed. He assured hie auditors that the
bat informed politieians in Now York count
on a majority again* the Radical* ef at
least 40.000, at A* election Va November.
We undersiand Aat Mr. H. advises the
people of 'Georgia to hav? nothing whatever
to do WiA the proposed Convention?A
Stand entirety alodf from it He appealed
to those Who were giving it thetr Support
beoanee Aey heretofore believed it to be
Inevitable to retrace their stej>e??-as lbs
light which Is now dawning in all sections
gives anrtirsnee of approaching telfdC
The above are, so far as we ere informed,
the main points alluded to In Ae address.
The audience, we are informed, Hrftetoed
very attentively and returned In good Order
A their homes, well pleased wiA the enterUwomimt.?Alhcm
{Qa) Watchman.
'Cotrox?RsTbosJ'xctiY6 *>rt> t^Ktt'XAivn.
A writer, in one of our exchanges, gives us
the prices of middling upland CotfOo, in the
v/.jl t?i? laa . ima i
> vim <* MVUI A vr? %V 1 CUV, 111"
slusive, embracing a term of fourteen year*.
A* a matter of lhiter??t, and Tor Ale ptrrfpoee
of reference, both by planters hod dealers
In the staple, as for the purpose of drawing
some conclusions therefrom, we giVe the
yearly fluctuations hi price 'during Are period
referred to to. They ars as folloSrsi
" 1B47. life.; 1848, 6* ; 184B, ; i860.
It; 1B61.11 ; 1862, 8} ; 1863, lo}; 1864'
9* ,1866, 04; 1866 Uf; 1867,141. 1868,
12| ; 1856, 12 i 1860, lift. These figures
u111 mate an average price fn New York,
for fourteen years before the war, of about
1 Of cents. This was the price in coin, aod
the staple was, moreover, exempt from a
ts* of cents pes- pound, which is now
paid.**.
The despatches published in the Phoenix,
yesterday morning, indicated a decline both
In Liverpool and in all the Ame.lcan markets.
The quoted prb? A New York was
19 j cents, and gold Was rated at 4S|. A
simple calculation based on tli.se figures,
and by adding the ttfck of cents per
pound* Will convince those who taUy figure
it out, thet the present price Of cotton in
the New York market la very little over
the average priee Of the fourteen years
quoted above.
A TOCCHiNQ incident is related of A
| young minister who went out to prerth*
and observed during liis discourse, A
lady who seemed much alfacrad. After
meeting he concluded to pay bet A
visit, and see what the impreasrotik of
hor tuind were, lie approached hrt
thus i
44 Well, madam. 1 see you Was affected
much to day during preaching ?"
- L*. ms," said the lady, M I'll tell
you. About ftik years ugh, lr>? anil
husband moved to this place, and all
the pioperty we had was a donkey
Husband he died. and me and the
beast were left alone. At last the
beast died, and to tell you the truth,
your voice pot me ao much in mind of
that dear old critter, that 1 couldn't
help taking on and crying about it
right in meeting."
SouBTatxtl Ribfc in -rtia Cot.onsn Juky
Lisa.?Ths Bcnnettsville Journal says:
"The fall term of the lUwit of Common
Pleas for District, now in session
convened last Aiiitiday# bis Honor Judge Glover,
presiding, to SocvhtUce with General
Orders, anew jury was empanneled on Monday.
Two negroes who had paid their taxes
wore chosen; but as soon as they beard of the
fact, they left for parts unknown, ene going
toward the North Carolina line, and the other
taking the swamp. They did not appear will- i]
ing to sit on juries with white poople.
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Tn* " misery of buttons" is thus described
by an Kngllsh wfiter: " Sartorial Ingenuity
has not yet attained to the manufacture of
masculine garmmts Unencumbered with the
dire nuisance of buthths. It is not too much
'o say that a man's whole comfort during the
day is dopehdsnt oh the state of bis buttons.
The sudden defection of a button, when the
s ifTerer is beyond the reach of all remedial as.
sistaaeo, puts him to misery and perhaps to
shame."
Tub nv nfi i r?f tw 1 ?\l w rtwin* ( lha V.?iW .
, ? - ? ? ? "
well appear from k single statement from k
Milwaukee letter as foil >wa : "Wheat can ho
made to pay * fair profit to tbe faruier Id all
the N >rtbwe#t> rn retina at the reto of SI a
haahel. It la now br ngiaj In this market from
$1 75 to $2. One farmer baa employed 52 men 9
the present season, with fifteen reaper*. 1'e
I Id hla wheat at $1.(10 a bu>hel, end baa at)
tually cleared nearly $40,000 on bta year's
rop.