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-==^rrr - ? __i?-----???? . ~ : .,. .. ., , . _ . BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY. AUGUST 6, 1869. VOLUME XVII?NO. 15. The Dying Mother. BT ALICE CART. We'were weeping round her pillow, F<>r we knew ilmt she must die; It wui night within our buson? It was (light upon the sky.. IThere were seven of u? children, I (he oldest <u^of all; fio I tried to whisper comfort, Hut the hlibdiug teats would full. On my knees my little brother T 1 I !. w..L: I.. 1 . Hit) UUIJIIIg UUIW UliU W vpt f wluil my aibtcr'a long black trusses O'er niy Leaving boaora swept. The shadow of ail awful fear Came o'er me as I trod. To lay (be burden of our g iff ground the throne of God. " Oh 1 be kind to on* another," Was the niotfcurV pleading prayer, Aa her band l*y like a anow-Ouka Ou ihe bub)'a g#l?U hair. Then glory bcund her foieheal I^ike the ({lory of a crown, And in the silent ara of death The star of life weut down. Her latest brenth was borne awny Upon tl.at loving prayer, And the bund grew heavier, paler, On the buby'a golden hair. ? i o? Appearances Against Him. A Now England merchant, doing a lapgc business, requiring several clerks, & short time since missed several articles of value from his store. lie determined to watch the habits of these young msn to discover, if possible, which one, if cithei-'of them, was un trustworthy. There was one of them who appeared particularly active and faithful; was the first tocomcand the last to leave at night; his dress waf inferior to that of the other clerks : and he was evidently not particularly popular among them. The nicrchanl learned that this young man remained l'or an hour or more after ..the others left, with the door of the store locked Thi? circumstance awakened his sus picions, and he arranged a plan to con ccal himself in tbe store, so that h( might discover what occurred when the clerk supposed himself to bo unobserved. Having sent tho ^-ounj man upon an errand just before the }>our of closing, he entered his plact of concealment. The door wai locked an usual at tho proper time The clerk at once began to sweep aiu put me csiaonanment in orucr "While waiting for tho dust to settle he was scon to go behind the counter and taking .something from under it place it iu the breast of his coat. Th< merchant was now all ftlivo to die <jover what had been taken and wha was to bo done with it. The younj man went to the window and sat ii eilenee a few moments, apparently 4 oxamining the packago which he lia< taken from his breast. Themercban was not left long in doubt, Jiis clerl fiPQO fell upon his kneed j he saw tha it was tho Bible be bad been reading And nnw hn nfiftroH nlntnl u ciinr?l?? nm touching prayer, for himself, hi mother and sister, his employer, am particularly for a brother plerU, whc he feared, was yielding to temptation After ho had finished dusting he lei the store, unconscious of having ha A human eye upon him, Tt in PIUV tn hnlicca tlint <Kn mar chant was deeply affected by what h had seen and heard. This clerk' salary was increased several hundrei dollars a year, and bo was given th position made vacant by the djueliarg of another whoso criminal acts ha been discovered.?Agriculturist, i^i> In Richmond is a negro who, eighi L!- i? J bun ngu, uuugut 1110 il'ocuuin I his maatcr, and, working hard, earl and late, Boon was able to buy his wit< He bas beon prospering since, and b now owfas the finest livery stable an }iaclc Btand in tbe State, and is said t J>e wortb |50,OUQ. JJis old mastci y?hen Lee evacuated Richmond, i ' April, 1865, was worth bftlf a WilhQ dollars, Thousands ppon thousand were destroyed by fire; money wci ?bis wdy and thai, and not long afU YlA itA?M A aI* ' D1 nt? MA An /I k?tAY#A?k i uv vnuio i/uva iu ^iiuuliiuau uri/i^cu i spirit; 'rained jrj proportv, and tire - of his trooblcsoTflo jjis Q{d ?hi\ Pound.toqU hifn t^ bis l)oase,gftve hi| J-he best medical Bjfjjl thftt pi one pould Jbiay qnd tPre ently tfte old' man ned, peacefully An m ? -rr> Jwrc'-fl'.?V- 'i J*> |)^PP}}y; fits funeral was a large an toxjHSi^fp $!?, $*# ?a8-lbdtt& to lot iql the pe#*etery pftjd by-bfe ol place*,* bo.-,#Jbo .pw4 Ifor the ibneri , outlayt{ j Qzwr blflV *** rftiwjdia ban pome monument, paid far; *$tji # Mgro't money,' $p deoea&il ilave owner liv,es j|n ^ hpui ft***"?1 WW? * ) - <?? ,Qj..n < it:atf v I Something Unusual in Virginia?A Mormon Train en route for Utah. On "Wednesday morning Inst tlio city of Norfolk, Virginia, was visited by a* number of country-appearing people, who loitered ubout the upper I portion of tlio citv as if they had i nothing to do, and whose actions excited a great deal of curiosity among the citizens generally. The centre of attraction to these new-comers from tho rural districts acemed to bo the wharf of tho New York Steamship Company, where tho Lsaac Bell lay, taking in a cargo for New York. The status and destination of these people is thus stated by tho Norfolk Virginian : Upon inquiring at tho wharf, wo were referred to two persons, who appeared to bo tho business men of tho company, and who informed us that they were Elders Ilownrd Iv. Corey ?...i it r ,.i. ,.c ti.? aim ax. ?r Afvj ic, ui kiiu v/uuiuu Ui LilU | Latter Day Saints, and whoso residence were respectively in Provo and Ogden cities, Utah Territory. They informed us that they had been preaching in the counties of Stokes and Surry, North Carolina, and Smythc, Virginia, and thin company of emigrants was partially the result of their labors. The company consisted of about one hundred and thirty men, women and children, fully one-half of whom wero females. The people seemed to be deeply imbued 4vith the peculiar doctrine of the Beet, , and to have full faith in their leaders, the eldex-s abovo mentioned. They have sold otf their property, when, ever practicable, and will make a [ fresh start in the land of promise. , Some of them, we arc told, being una, ble to dispose of their lands, left them rather than be left behind. The men I seem to be entirely of the industrial classes, stout, sunburned fanners, and [ would be an invaluable acquisition in j any community. The women, with one or two exceptions, see;n to be entirely destitute of personal charms, and if the universal report of Mor, monclom be true, they will, in many k instance*, bo destined to become hewers of wood and drawors of water ibr r xuovo favored ones. . , > ? - J 0 Convents.?Thactcray expresses . his feelings and thoughts respecting 1 an Irish convent in Cork, as follows: . In the grille is a little wicket and a , lodge before it. It is to this wicket , that women aro brought to kneel; ,, and a bishop is in a chapel 011 the e other 6ide, and takes their hands in k his, and receives their vows, 1 had t- never seen the like before, and felt a I sort of shudder in looking at tho plaoe,. a There rest the girl's knees as she y offers herself up and forswears tho J pacred affections which God gaVo her; t there she kneels and denies forever i the beautiful duties of her heing?no t tender maternal j'-earnings?no gentle attachments are to be had for her or i from her?there she kneels and coras mits suicide upon her heart. O honli ost Martin Luther! thank God, you >, came to pull that infernal, wicked, uni. natural altar down^-thut cursed pat ganism 1 I came out of the place d quite sick; and looking before me, there, thank God! was tho blue spire ' of tho Monlistown church, soaring up o into tho free sky?a river in front s rolling away to tho sea?liberty, sun4 shine, all sorts of gladness and motion o pound about, and I couldn't but thank e heaven for it, and the* Being whose J servioo is {Veodom, and who gave ub affeotions that we may use them?not smother and kill them; and a noble world to live in, that we may admire it and Him who made it?not shrink >f from it, as tliongb we dared not live y there, but must turn our backs upon 5* it and its bountiful Provider. I de0 clare, I think, for my part, that we d have as much right to permit sutteco ism in India, as to allow women in the r, XJnited Kingdom to take these wicked n vows, or Catholic bishops to receive R them, i. 18 it sr notmuo Leavks Us as it Found n Us.?If a sheet of a paper on which J _ 1 l ? t # ? * iu u nay lifts oeon Jam do exposed lor 'e some minutes to the sunshine, and pr> then instantaneously viewed in ?he y darki the key being removed, a fading Bv speotep of t^e key ivjll be ^isfble d Let this paper bo put aside for months, d where nothing can disturb it, and then 3 |n darkness be laid on a plate of hot Id metal, the epecter of the. key ..will eiI again appear. . This is equally true oi i-j Qux3 minds, ^Jyery maa; we meot, pve^y book wo r^d, $v$ry, picture or ta Unduftna wa ?.>a avaiv wnrH nr tnns Tr 7-T? ? =rr 4^^ jo w* ^ear, ; Q.n<tthic P- j&m twceft i^fei^ inq^e* ?? ord'Of"T'^a?P*^nW? ^4n?iBU^ Jighffll te^prowt b' j??.Ml><&?> ?**Awc%.?i it ctertedf into eight pin^h? A Memorable Sunday?The Last Day of the Confederacy?Soenes in RichI mond?The Flight of President Davis , ?Evacuation of the Capital?The Conflagration. From Pollard's Lifo of Jefferson Davis, just published, wo copy the following spirited picture of the scene which preceded tho final evacuation of the Confederate capital: Ko (sound of tho battle?not an echo, not a breath had yet reached the doomed city. It was a lovely Sabbath day, and Richmond basked in its beauty and enjoyed more than usual remission from the cares of the week. There were no sounds of tho vexed thoroughfare ; the long streets laid open, not a vehicle upon them ; the murmur of tho river gave tones only to sootho tho ear, and the Bilent pulses of the sunthino beat slowly in the misty warm air that laid on tho landscape. It was a day of careless thoughts. Tho usual Sunday crowd lounged near tho post officc, exchanging rumors of the war, or tho latest depraved gossip of Richmond society. Hundreds wended their way to the churches, while not a few of their "country's hope" trod the paths beaten as sheep-walks to tho back entrances of the whiskey shops on Main street, and sought consolation in the shades of "tho Chiekahominy," "tho .Rebel"and "the Wilderness." Ladies dressed in <Jll finery, in which tho fashions of many years were mingled, were satisfied to make a display at St. Pauls about equal to the holiday wardrobes in better da3'S of the J negroes at the African Church. At I the former church worshipped Mr. Davis, lie now eat stilf and alone in "the President's pew"?where no ono outside his family had ever dared to intrude since Mrs. Davis had ordered the sexton to remove two ladies who had ventured there, and who on turning their faces to tho admonition to leave, delivered before the whole congregation, had proved, to the dismay and well deserved mortification of the President's wife, to Le the daughters of General Lee. Mr. Davis was an earnest worshipper. But a Sunrluy beforo this memorable one, he,General Leo and Secretary Trenholm bad gone together to the communion table, and many eyes in the congi'egation bad been moistened to sec these three men, on whom depended bo many of human hopes, keeling side by side, .to partake of the most precious and comforting sacrament of the church. Now a very dilTercnt scene was to be witnessed. In the midst of tho services, a man walked noisily into the church, and handed tho Presidont a slip of paper. Mr. Davis read tho paper, rose, and walked out of tho church without agitation, but his faco and manner evidently constrained ; an uneasy whisper ran through tbo crowd ot worshippers, and many hastened into tho 6treot. Tho congregation was soon dismissed. The rumor had already gained the street that Richmond was to bo evacuated ; it was confirmed to a fbw who penetrated tho closed doors of the War Department, or made persistent inquiries at tho tele, graph office; but. although the Gov. eminent bud no motive now to sappress the sad truth, but, on the con. trary, was in duty bound to inform the people and prepare them for the exigency, it is remarkable that there was no authentic announcement of the in. tended evacuation, no published order on the subject; no official notification of any sort; and that news in which every man's household was involved, | was left to wander all day as a vaguo I riimni" in n?>l? T ?? ??|W uviwvbOi Ull ij W yu WII' firmed by the actual visible fact of the authorities leaving tbo city, A little past noon some regiments of Longbtree^a command; on the north of James River, wero seer marching through the city, on tbeii way to reinforce General Lee in th< battle ho was thon supposed to be making to save or recover his lines before Petersburg. The soldiers moved with a slouching step; auc once on their disordered inarch, it it said groans wor? culled for Jcffersoi Davis. Formerly when Confederal soldiers had passed through Richmond there had .been' music, cheers, crowds of shouting spectators, throngs o! JadjeS'standing on the balconiosof th< principal hotels on Main street,.tc waive their adiet&, percti6fac6 to . ter flowers on them,1 at least to feestou upon therm.rwect and inspiring ?Ouri ' tetmioceB. Now, as1 they ^astfei i! through the thorongbfare, only ?fe* Tj l! ' * ill ji Jf' ' / , , ipectfttor* looked on saaly py cynical ?' ly; no'note of pi usio . chopped the mil ' ien procession of ipfcn marching pQdlj ^4 Tf<W\\y Uf death i a few blan* [ ^ haj^pny. 4TOerfoa*,J&>t* P*\t Mlwiiatood,./ ,1 I* ( ;? *V ifoa* yean JEUehjMtyd luulilV* ki thftuasy rtdtof ****** pnniu-strickcn ci'y broke up as if riven by lightning, into black, torn crowds of maddened men, conscience* stricken fugitives, sobered revelers, blanched women and children, fleeing wildly through the streets, over the bridges of tho river, through every avenue of escapo from the terrible day of judgment?tho chainots of firj aud wrath that vcro next day to enter tho doomed city. It was a bccho never to bo forgotten in the memories of Richmond. Tho night was hoarse with the roar of the great tight. Tho reporter of tho associated press, who was aware that eight o'clock had beon designated by General Lee as tho hour of evacuation, unless mcan< time ho succeeded in re-establishing his lines, in which event he would telegraph again, attended the room of General Breckinridge at that hour and was admitted. Ho came out with a blank face. Thcro is no hope," said General Breckinridgo, and ho walked quietly from tho room and from the building to the house where the President was then concealed, making private preparations for his flight. There was no last council or conference. All that thcro wasof dc I liborativc assembly?all that remained of t ho onco proud and loquacious Government of Jefferson Davis?was to appoint the rendezvous and time for flight, the Cabinet members being instructed to meet the President at the Danville depot a little before midnight.' The eapitol appeared deserted ; but as night fell it was noticed that the main doorway was ajar. Jlid away in an obscure room in the third story, the City Council was anxiously debating what ceremonies were necessary for the surrender of the city, wince the President was supposed to have already fled or to be concealed for the present in Manchester,and the dut}* of surrendering the capital was thus devolved upon the municipal authorities. It was a cowardly debate removed fro n the obBcrvntion-of the citizens. One of the councilinen was ostentatiously dressed in a Confederate uniform. So extreme was the concern for the safety of tbc city, and such the anxiety for its readiest humiliation, that it was arranged that a notification of surrender should bo given before the next day broke, and throe hours past midnight the Mayor, despita his eighty years of age was started in a dilapidated vehicle 0:1 the ! mission of surrendering Richmond beI w fore the enemy could get iu sight of it, Beforo the Mayor could mount on his mission to the enemy, a new and surpassing terror fell upon the city. It had been fired in various quarters, and thero were already gleams of conflagration on the dark horizon. winiG mo ueaving and tumultuous ' city was even at this hour of the night filled with pillagers and marauders?convicts from the penitentiary, who had escaped, their guards having fled, and lawless soldiers who were no longer under an}' control, the main command of .General Ewell having already tramped across the bridges over the river?the wakeful and anxious eyes of. thousands of terrified citizens looking from their windows beheld this new apparition of horrcr ri^inir frnm Ihn l?lnr-lr -irimtno r\f !>? ^ ~ o "a v?tw v *MV*b II H^vvg V* mv night. Word came that the Shockhce i warehouse was flred; then again, that . three other largo warehouses, contain ing tobacco had been givon to tho i flames. It was too late; the hand of i tho Government was recognized in it. \ A French journal reports the dis( covery of a book of theological discussions, written by. some of tho early I monks, upon such questions aB these : ' " What was the shape of tho wings ol ( tbo Archangel Gabriel?" "Did . Pilato uso soap when ho washed, his i hands?" "How much wine did they j drink at tho marriago in Cana?" { " Are there any angels wi?h baritone } voices ?'r " Could Christ have changed I himself into a devil, or into a pump , kin?" "If a priest should be inter. t .rupted during the baptism, at a mo< j ment when about to pronounce the I name'of the child, and Bhould pro , nounce 'ASapriati," should the Child p bear through lifft .ihA namn r\F V ? O- r ???" 3 prist!, and is the baptism valid ?' Ii > is said lliat the discuesidn of those , different question fills' throe volumes T of five .hundred pages each. .. :] ij r i * > "> * > "t * |>< l?i Aj . ' . .- ? ! ' 1 Massachusetts is in the agony o f execution of the new prohibitory law * and its inhabitants indent foatjyitt genious podges tq.get possession of tt?< r ardent," Tbds, Tannton, raan th< j (pthor d?y procured a prescription flrou 1 -words, " qdo bottlapf:porter," Tb< 1 tow chlrogr*phy; ami'i^uqtcd tiu ? qjMrttzw* *. a Stonewall Ja?Wonlk4i j^kt Jh? W * ^QMi <*110,0^' The "Coming Man." The Memphis Avalanche says : It can no longer bo said that Chinese immigration is a dream or a thing on paper. The "ball" is fairly started, and at least ono thousand Chinamen, with their rat-traps and pig-tails, will be nt work in the cotton fields of this Bcction before the eloso of the coming picking season. They will bo of tho best and most reliable laboring class, and will add greatly to tho development of our resources and tho restoration of our lands, which, sinco tho war, have been relapsing into their original wild state. Mr. , Gift will leave hore on Thursday of this woek in tho intorcst of tho Arkansas River Immigration Company, and is authorized to contract for and lying back 1,000 Chinamen, to be delivered to Thos. II. Allen, agent of tho company in this city. IIo goes via tho Union Pacific Railroad to San Francisco and thcncc by steamer to Hong Kong, which routo will occupy between forty and fifty days. Tho lumrii irip win prouauiy uo ail tlie wuy by water to New Orleans. In the event that tho necessary number and right material can be obtained in California, Mr. Gift will return at once with them from that place, deferring his trip to China to some future time, or until the experiment of Chinese labor in the cotton fields of the South is fairly made, lie is provided with the means necessary for expenses, and has also letters of credit for $50,000. Hero is the first practical step in an enterprise that will no doubt result in great good. Mr. Gift is the man to carry out the business successfully, and his return will bo looked forward to with great interest and anxiety. I The examples set by the company he ! represents is ono that should bo followed throughout the South, and wo trust the company organized in Memphis during the past week, which is to operate on a larger scale, will make as quick time in getting under full headway, that tho practical results may be experienced belbro tho closo of this cotton season. rrrtt" A vpt yiaat ? a In regard to the law of Congress prohibiting tho coolio trado, about which so much Las beon said, the Washington (jorrcspondent of tho1 Baltimore Gazette remarks: The "act" about which so much fus9 is all at onco made, is necessarily wholly inoperative here, because there is notiiing whatever lor it to operate upon in this country, and never was. It distinctly relates to a species of slaves known as "coolies," and .tolerated only in cortain "foreign" countries, and never in this sinco tho revo' lution, as is plainly recognized in the law itsolf. ilerr Koopinanschaap is simply to contract for laborers in China to emigrate to America at so much a head?the expense to be deducted from their wages when employed. Every one professing to en lighten the public mitid should know that at least since the adoption of the Constitution in 1787, tho specific performance of such a "contract" caunot bo enforced by tho courts. The risk must be run by tho employor, and, for the cdificution of the tergiversating Radical organs, here and elsewhore, I have it in my power to say that it will ' not be endured. In this respect the question is no new one, as tho early career of the Baltimoro and Ohio * Railroad will show. They dealt, how' ever, with quito another sort of "coo? lies" than tho Chinese. A VOJOK FOB REPEAL. The New York Timet is in favor of repealing or modifying tho act of Con* irrelS nrnliililtinor t.|i? r-nnlin t.rnHa an us to ojfor no impediment to the importation of Chinese lub?r ?. ^ The editor assames that "thore is , no longer any doubt of thegreat value , and eoonomy of Chinese coolies as agricultural laborers; they have boen I tested as common laborers on various public improvements'in the "West, and have been found more economical than others; but they have not proved to ( D0avanuuieu8?Kuieujuoorere. .mere is no doubt that,, the Pacifio coast ^ needs laborers, and that Asia will moat probably supply that demand for many years to come. ' The condlV tions, in an industrial,!Sense, are; 5 therefore, somewhat changed iroxn \ what they were jwh^the.lfttr was passed, and favor ita modification, The conditions, politically and social 1^", p are also materf ally altered, and these . also favor the modification of the law. . To prohibit the coolie trade, entirety j is to prohibit the immigration of the , Chinese. The coolies are too poor to ^ immigrat* vfthonChelp^ their govern* .IttlM will not; send.; them. amtluiMS \ those in ne?d of their labor wUl h*** ? ?? "tt*r <K? ?w>? ft j r?>^ From tue Associate Ttofonued Pr<>?bjtorion. Letter from Eon. A, Burt A fow of tho distinguished gentlomcn of tho Stato wore invited by tho Prosident of tho Female College to attend tho lato Commencement in Institution; among others, Hon. A. Burt, of Abbeville. It wa9 a matter of regret that ho could not bo present. In answer to tho invitation, tho following letter was received, which, on account of its general interest, wo. Wfl tnl;A i lio lilw*?*f?r A VJ ,^.^..0.....^, hoping that llu* writer ill cxcuec us: Abbeville, July 8, 18G9. Rev. J. I. Bonner?Dear Sir:' I thank you sincerely and cordially for the invitation to attteod the Commencement of the Due West Female College on the- 15th of this month, and docply do I regrot that inexorable professional duties will require me" to be elsewhere on that day. I beg to assure you that I deem your invitation a high compliracnt, and \Vcre it practioable, that my presence should attest my appreciation of tlio honor to myself, and my senso of the inestimable importance of institutions for the education of tho young women of our country. Amongst the bright memories of our past, none arc more grateful to the christian or the patriot than the virtues and the deeds of the women of the South. Glorious as have been the achievemeiUs of Southern men on the great theatres of life?in the council chamber, the forum, and the field?I feel, in the very truthfulness of my heart, that they all were parallelled by the refinement, the gentleness, the dignity and the heroism of Southern women. My fondest, best hope for our futuro, the accomplishment of the great work of restoration of that of which w.e have been deprived, aud the preservation of the little we still possess, lies in our women. If we can j but preserve the ancient, the characI virtues nP Knut1mi?n \vnmr>n we shall yet rejoice in a free country and a high civilization; if we fail, I avert my eyes from our fate in utter black despair. Labor, unremitting toil, dull, depressing but manly and honorable toil, is the duty and tho destiny of the present day. But the young women must bo educated, and they will refino and educato and elevate the men. Illiterate and unrefined women arc rarely, if ever, tho mothers or tho wives of those who mould the destinies of a people, or achieve their freedom from oppression. But I forbear. With thuso views of our present and future, I need not asBure you of tho patriotic pride and joy with which I contemplate ull ondeavors aud all institutions in behalf of female education. Amongst such institutions, I have rogarded with especial interest the College over which you preside with bo much usefulness, and with such ability ; and gladly would cheer you uii in ^ uur uuuiu >vui iv wiiii uiy picaence, with words of commendation, and with my prayers. Very truly yours, AliMISTEAD BUIiT. TnE Ice Question.?Tho artificial production of ice has long bcon an experiment with which every tyro in science is familiar; but it is only of Iato that tho process has been so simplified and utilize^ as to render it, especially in warm latitudes, an important and profitable branch of manufacturing enterprise. A recent invention by a Jerseyman, which distills fresh and pure water from the ocean brine, and then in a few minutos converts tho distilled water into nnliil Monica of orvatfl.1 ire. in AtLrnof 9 ? iug much attention just now through* out the country. By a modification of the same plan, fruits, meats and vegetables can bo preserved in their purity and freshness for an almost indefinite poriod. Artificial ice, manufactured by this procass, is now sold in large quantities in New Orleans, and the system is VUiUlUg JUbVS UOV J UUU iiivi o particularly lor the preservation of Texan "beeves and their shipment to Now Yoi^c and other Northern cities. The hold of a vessel can be. readily converted into, a mammoth refrigerator, so that tons upon tons of perisha? ble prodnoe can bo safely carried On idn^ voyages; and the same principle can be snccessfally , applied . the smallest refrigerator., and be made available for the -convenience of, the modt limited household, Tho Apparai tas, whiohis exceedingly ftimple, admits of t ho prod action of any Utriperatttn desired, even as low as OH? degnfatxlowrtro: It has been tomd howaVe*, i that * thirty-five <tegi?ea 1 threq| abofa^he fraattag poiat, mffiom > -*-<* - -- ? ? * - * m i... -m yynnww nwi piwjf HI wmii| i WM fiod that It tfe* UmpmitoXf j*j$J ?? ? - ... Now England ico to tho Southern Statos should havo bccomo a thiug of tho past. . Fourteen Tears Asleep. Death of the Kemarkable Sleeping Woman in Kentucky. Miss Susan Caroline Godsoy, the sleeping wonder, diod at her mother's home, some eight miles from Hickman, Kentucky, on Wednesday, the 14th instant. Tho history of Miss Godscy is well known to the public, a statement of hfiP U'An^ftrPnl ? ?- " W *?V?V? AU& VV/UUIMUU UAVllig UWCll published extensively by the press of the United States. At tho time of her death, Miss Godsey was about twenty-six years ot age, and had been asleep, as described, about fourteen years. The existence of this wondorful case of coma, or preternatural disposition to sleep, has been doubted by many, but tho fact is indisputable. Indeed, some twelve months ago, Miss Godscy was taken to Nashvillo" and other places for exhibition, but we understand many even of tho physicians of Nashville looked upon tho case with suspicion. Tho history of the case is briefly: "When about twelve years of a-re sho was taken with a se ! vcre chill, and treated accordingly by I her physician. As the fever which followed her chill subsided, she foil in a deep sleep, in which condition she has remained ever since, except at intervals. It was her custom at first to awake regularly, with a few minutes of tho same hours each day; but of later years she awoke oftener, so much so that many considered it an indication of her final recovory. She would remain awake five, ten, or perhaps, fifteen minutes and gradually drop off to^ sleep again. W-hen asleep it was utterly impossible to arouso her. She never complained of any bodily pain, though when asleep she was very nervous at times, and appeared to suffer considerably by tho violeut twitching nod jerking of her musclcs and limbs, and her hands clcnched tightly as ii onduring severe pain, but when awake she did not appear to Buffer except from drowsy, gaping inclination, and persistent effort to cleanse her throat of phelgm. She generally passe 1 into sleep through violent paroxysm, which would last perhaps five minutes, and sho would then sleep awhile as calmly and quietly as ah infant. Miss GodBey was of medium size, and her limbs arid muscles were well-proportioned and developed, and grow considerably after affliction. Miss Godsey, on the day she died, indulged iu a littlo prophesying which we give as related for what it is worth. Sho said "the sun would be a total eclipse on the 7th of August," (this is remarkable, becauso parties assert that she could have had no |unu?? luut UIIO WHO Ut'UUI'UlIlg IU calculation,) "and that tho sun would never shine as bright after that day, That this would indicate the end oi tho world, which. was speedily approaching." 1 Manufactures at the South, People everywhere are beginning to open their eyes to the marvellous advantages which this Southern land of ours possesses as a manufacturing region. Tho contrast between ' tho doleful talk of the New Engtho New England mill-owners and the cheerful reports from tho cotton factories of Snath Carolina, Georgia and other S?athern States, is too marked to long escape the attention of the keen sighted capitalists of the North. A Massachusetts mannfaoturer has recently declared that it cost at least sixteen cents to manufacture fabrics which would not bring in market more than fifteen cents per yard. Whether this bo true or not, certain it is that either because of real loss, or in order tb secure a high protective tariff on foreign goods, the whole Yankee manufacturing interest is last now tnak? ' lag particularly'wry facet. Formerly, as is well known, the profits ol ctotton manufacture were very great; lim'jrit iuay now be that that the com . piftint is owing rather to a reduction oi . Ufge divldehda than tp the 'ali 1*5*d total deprivation of profits. It i JBy ireutj bowevet, it Isgratifyicg t< know that tho depression, real of af . feed, ip *e* ?ng foad, is not felt in any degree by oui . Own mills, and that ovett Tocentlv es . l^blMk?d cotton factories in tbf cot M&Ok Tk*rm*#mmUtwm 'Hum Iiboir mill# Soutb _ J^Ca, ^mS3^ 9? ^jyyi )pS possibly Southern mills may find r. largo market in tho North lor their goods. In tho face of (he united opposition of tho great "NVest, and cf a South steadily and surely inerea-iiig in wealth and power, tho " iudustml kings" Down East cannot hope much longer to holster up by special legislation, at the expense of consumers, tl?o pleasant monopoly which has so long kept them sleek and fat.?Lharicaait Newt. The Emi>ress Eugenie of German Descent.?It probably known to a few rcadors that the Empress Engine 1ms German blood in her veins. Gustavo Rasch, a German "tourist traveller, who generally manages to scrapo up alltho interesting and piquan^ items of gossip in his wanderings, has lately been through Spain. In ono of his letters to an Austrian paper, ho eu} : In Malaga, many years ago, thcro lived a- poor German toy dealer, who had a very beautiful daughter, to whom the third son of Count Montijo, a wealthy Andalusian, began to mako love. This toy dealer's beautiful daughter was as sensible as she vwi-j beautiful, however, and repelled the advances of the young Count, saying, " Without marriage, no love." Tho young count* was, however, really in i love with tho poor girl, and in spite of the opposition of his father aud his whole family, ho married licr. Tho old count was enraged at this, withdrew every income from his son, a;r?l the married life of tho young coupio was at first very gloom}'. But liio young countess had fortune; the two older brothers of her husband died and the latter became the heir to tho titlo and possessions of his rich. aitliap tl?n /lon/fkf ai? ap O. ??W uuvi^uuv>i vi iMio Gorman girl is tho Empress of tho French, the wife of Louis Isupoloon, The brick Bix story hotel in Boston, known us the Pelham House, is to bo removed, to permit tho widening of Boylston street. Eighteen traverse 3 have been constructed under tho , building, each forming a train way. All are equal to tho best foundation walls. Each of them ia thu3 built: A trench is dag from tin foundations 1 wostward, fourteen feet in longih. ' The trench is filled in its wi.olo * length with immense blocks of gran 1 ite. Onthesoa brick wall is built of the strongest .cement, two feet wide, one or two feet high, and fourteen feet long. Along the top'of this wall .run several rails an inch or two apart. These rails urn mnrtn nf flit tliw.lr iron. From under every one of the six walls that run from Bcylston , street to the back of the building these traversers of stone, brick and iron go fourteen feet westward in the direction that the building is to go. The building will roll on small iron rollers or round bars over the liat iion i rails aloDg the traveraera. Some time ago the Hew York Board of Health undertook an investigation of the quality of the kerosene oil sold in that city for family use. Their chemist, Professor Chandler, of Columbia College, tested over one hundred samples, purchased at different retail stores in various localities, and found not one among the whole lot which camo up to tho standard required by law. Indeed, onc-eiglith of 1 tho samples were pure benzine, one of the most dangerous products of tho distillation of petroleum, disguised , under the nnmea of "Aurora Oil," , " Liquid Safety Gas," and tho like. Tho Orientals travel with bar gold coin and coin and jewels to pay their way in foroign lands, banking being very little of an Eastern institution; therefore it is not so vory wonderful, ' if curious, to hear that tho Viceroy of 1 Egypt, to meot his expenditure in 1 England, camo furnished with twelve boxes of oak, bound with brass, each ' box being eighteen inches long, nino inches high, and twelve in width, and containing gold and notes. ^ . A movement ia doveloninf itself in * Virginia, having for its.object ft rocon-? , ciliation between the two . leading . factions of the Republican party in P tliat State, many of the Radicals who . snpported Wells having expressed i themselves satisfied^ with the senti* > meats contained in the speeches of ' Governor-elect Walker. "' 'f: to/OJm'.v hrtft .1 'j:? ;i< . i . ' ;n (iff Tii!:" :< >>,i :w!:?? Jk .company have commenced op*t " rations .noajf Norfolk, Va., to redaco r ran* or reed* to fibre, for tbo munu ' r' '''' '