The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, May 27, 1869, Image 2
TH E'JOUKNAL. 1
Camden, May 27,1809 (
PUBLIC LECTURES. 1
1
Wc arc very much gratified at learn- ^
ing that the intelligent and acconipiish- cd
teacher and scholar, Col William
Pinkney Starke commences in Cam- ,
den, this evening, his series of lectures, !
on Egypt, Palestine, &c , which have
been so highly appreciated wherever ]
they have been heard. (
Col. Starke is a ripe scholar, an
observing traveller and most fluent ,
speaker and our citizens should not |
lose so favoiable an opportunity to have
depicted in living terms, scenes from (
the great dead past. ,
THE CROPS"- I
The prospect is very discouraging 1
for the cotton planters of oar District. !
The cropjhas never been known to be '
as backward, and but few have more
than half a stand. Un some plantations
part of the co.ton has been ploughed up '
and the land planted in corn. The corn *
crop is backward, and has been serious- '
]y affected by the bug and worm.?
Wheat is rather better than last year. .
TIliriaKCTION. <
The election on Tuesday for County i
Commissioner and Coroner resulted in 1
favor of Mes-rs. James F. Sutherland ]
and John S. Mcroncy, the candidates of '
the colored people. There being no
regular opposition, but little interest f
was manifested, and only about nine ;
hundred votes were cast, of which near J
seven hundred were polled in Camden j
The Next Cotton Crop.?We extract
as follows from a long communication
in the Montgomery Mail, signed (
"Planter," in reference to the cotton |
eropof the current year:
The cotton crop of 1869 will be one- ,
third less than that of 1868. This may
be startling, but it is never'hcless true. '
T 1 ?.? llm rnluinc fni" f>n t ' Pf III n. 1
JjUl U3 IUUR Ub tuv i iuvu.1 .v. . - -
iog this belief. !
1. The season has been most unfa- i
vorable. The wet spring has retarded |
the ploughing and preparation of ihe
land, and in some in-tances prevented
it altogether until lately. The same '
cause has prevented the same number ]
of acres being planted as in 1808. The j
heavy ploughing caused by continuous
rains has greatly fatigued and worried
the stock. The iu.perfect ploughing,
given much of time, has a tendency to '
dwarf the cotton pi mt and make the crop
grassy. # # I
2. The labor is much less in numbers j
and effectiveness than last year. Experience
teaches that every year takes '
from the number and efficiency of the 1
hands. The women have almost entirely
left the fields. Many hands who [
saved money from last year's crop, arc
this year spending it in the enjoyment
of case. Of the others who saved money,
some have gone "to farming to
themselves." Now, these negroes, while
valuable as members of society in their j
sphere, do not produce as much cotton
as when they worked with the larirc plant- ]
er.
They produce more corn, more peas,
more potatoes, and less cotion than '
formerly. It is true they make as much
and as good a support, as those who (
plant more cotton ; but they make less
cotton. We may safely assume that fur
every hand who "goes to himself," that
e i
nis proauciioil OI COllou ia Itssuinu um.
half. Take the number of those who
are "playing gentlemen," and we find
quite a deduction from the force of 1Su8.
Again, the natural decrease made by
death, must be considered. The young
men aud youths, who suddenly became
masters, died away in large numbers
from imprudence and want soon after
the surrender. For instance, those at
camp, just across the river; and ngai'i,
we all know how fatal the small pox was
to the negro, in the year 18G6. Disease
and want have taken away the generation
which should till the places of
the old and those who die. The increase
does not keep pace with the decrease.
3. The seed are very bad this year
Some singular fatality seems tc have attended
the efforts of all who tried to
save seed. Few planters have enough
seed, some have onl^half enough. The
delay and trouble getting seed has put
back planting in some instances at least
two weeks. The same cause, the rottenness
of seed, will cause bad "stands,"
? -...I l..t? An.na Thn rrnrms
re-pia!iuu? uuu miu V?v|/W. A
will get a lair showing.
General Ellison Capers; chairman of
the board, has made a report of the operations
of the Greenville Pcabody
Schools for the past 12 months. The
donation of Mr. Peabody was ?>1000,
and the individual subscriptions of citizen
were 52300. With these funds three
schools have been conducted : A primary
school for beginners, an academic
school for males, and an academic school
for females, of which the expense was
$2704. In these schools 2000 children
have been taught, at an average cost of
$4 05 per quarter for each scolar; and
the board Ls persuaded that one third,
at least, enjoyed educational advantages
under this system which they could uot
otherwise Imvc embraced at all.
EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS OF
A SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE.
We are pleased to sec Mr. J. R. Ste3er,
General Canvassing Agent of that
popular young company, The I'icd
nont Life Insurance Company of Vir
;inia," is meeting with, merited success.
We are informed by him that this comnanv
was formed nineteen month* since
r j
svith i nc 0100,000 capital, and in that
short time lias issued over 3,300 policies
?is now issuing over 500 j olicies per
month?has accumulated over 8500,)00
assets, and has already declared 40
per cent dividend to its policy holders,
i success beyond all precedent in the
aistory of Life Insurance.
Th?a company has also decided to establish
a branch office in this State,
tvith President and Directors selected
from our own citizens, and investing:
ill premiums received in this State,
giving us the advantage of a successful
home institution already established.
Parties desiring to insure s'lould see
Mr. Steger or Capt Wm. Clyrurn,
ocal agent at this place, and examine
:he peculiar merits of this company be
Tore insuring.
Peters' Musical Monthly forMaj
s at hand, and well sustains the proud
:it!e it bears?"The Prince of Musical
Monthlies," for if there is any me periodical
adapted to suit t he wants ?f ali
Lovers of Music, professional or aulacur,
it is certainly this Magazine.
The May number comes to us overlowing
with Choice New Music. There
ire four New Songs, by Hays, Thomas,
Danks, and Eaton ; three Piano Pieces;
ind we notice a new feature in the shape
jf six pages of Quartet Music, which
vill prove a valuable addition ; also, a
Jozen or more pages Biographical Sketchis
and Reviews of New Music, that will
be of interest to all Musicians, lieing
largely engaged in the publication o:
Sheet Music, Mr. Peters has always a
fresh stock from which to uiakc his sccctions,
and seems nothing loth to draw
IVotit his resources to any required ex:ent
to make the Monthly what it should
oc. Besides the Musical Sketches and
Reviews of New Music, each number
contains no less than thirty lull-siztd
pag s of New Music by ilie be.-1 wiiicis
io the country.
When Music is furnished so cheap,
what Musician can afford to be without
iUeh a publication? 84 woitli of good
Music cannot be pici.cd up every day
for 30 cents, and we f> el justified in s >ying
that a sub.-c iption at S3 will give
is much Music (and good Music too,)
is you can buy for 8 0
This valuable M igizine is published
oy J. L. Peters, 198 Broadway, Mew
Sfork, (P. 0. Box 5429.)
Removal of Soldi Kits' Remains.
?We learn from the Znicsvtlie (Ohio)
Signul that an accui ot'Gcueial Bing
natii, the chief <|Ua' tcrmaster of the department
of lakes, is now in Columbus,
ittending io the bodies of soldiers, botli
Union and Confederate, lo the principal
national cemetaries. The Con ltd.rate
dead in ihc city, nineiy-tluvc in
uuinbcr, and in the burying-grond at
Lamp Dennison, thirty-one in number,
wili be removed to the Confederate cemetery
at Camp Chase. This will make
i he number ol Confederate dead at Camp
Chase something over 2 UOU, and will
cot cent rate all the Cuolcdcmtc dead
buried in (J"i> into the two cemeteries?(Jump
Chase aud Govenor's Island.
General L 'C ia regarded, s ?js a correspondent,
us the exact exponent of
the true idea of Suuiliern independence
in the midst ot poverty an I defeat.
He is coldly respect:ul and frigidly pn!ite
to all conuccted with the Government,
or who are united with the great
political party i f moral ideas, and only
opens the warm side of his heart to
mourners aud friends of the deiunct
Confederacy. He uc:s as though the
famous motto of General Taylor were
now the rule of Ids life, 'vl ask no favors,
aud I shrink from no responsibility-"
Speaking of the business before the
Circuit Court in Abbeville, i,ho I'rtss
says:
"The new bills found by the Grand
Jury involved no case-of very aggravated
character. No bills were given out
:._? il.i.cn oiiieons <if our D si rice
niuov vitiHVM ? _
against whom charges ha-1 been prel'crred
of complicity in the killing of Randolph.
The Attorney-General Chamberlain,
it is said, was expected up to
attend to these eases, but dii not cuiue,
and we have our doubts whether he ever
will come. The Grand Jury'ignore 1'
i he bill charging Dr. M. C. Taggart, A.
B. Kennedy and John Brooks with t c
killing of a uegro at White Hall, at the
election lust tall."
The Ptunttr* Ba nmr says the planters
of Louisiana wid make as much
again rice in 18G9 as they made last
year, 'ihe crop last )ear was 321,011,
344 sacks. A suck Coulaius 100 pounds
w?am?a?a?amB?oamaaam?m?Bia?B?*?*?***
I.MPulll ANT ' 'oilKt?l'ONDKNCK?1 he
Memphis Christum At/ooculc contains
copies of communications between tlic
Bishops of the &1. K. Church North
and the Bishops of the 10. Church,
South, 'l i is took place last week dorii g
the annual meeting of the Southern
Bishops in St. Louis. The correspondence
looks to a reunion of the two
churches. The Northern Bishops opened
the w y, and the Southern implied.
The Southern Bishops reciprocate, in
kind feeling, the proposals of their
Northern brerhren, but disclaim having
any iiuthoiiry to act in the case. They
hold that mutual recognition and fraternal
relations must precede steps to reJ
union. Why could not these brethren
have shown towards each other ticrciulore
the same cautious and Cliristian
spirit in their speeches sud writiup-?
Wc are ylad to sec these si^ns of love
and healing. Wc hope they will be
continued until all may sec eye to eye.
Yet wc doubt the expediency of a formal
re-unioD.?Chrimian NtijhbotvThe
D lily Phoenix, published at Columbia
S. 0., usi-s Confederate bonds
for wrappers.?Exdmngr.
That's nothing. A few more years
of' Radical rule, under the operations of
the Schonck hill, and wo shall be able
to send the Enquirer to subscribers,
neatly enveloped in United S'atcs bonds,
of denominations m-t less than 81,000
The chief traffic in "Government securities"
will be in the hands of the ragdealers
before A. D. 1875. Murk it, Ho
ratio.? fin ciiiunti?jnqm rer.
Potato speculators iti sonm sections
of tin; country have been badly bitten,
and arc unloading their st"i-ks at a sad
sacrifice. A Michigan pap r nays that
farmers in portions of that Stale are obliged
to sell potatoes at fifteen cents per
buMies, for which they refused $1 5b
last fall, and they havca very large stock
on baud.
From the Charleston Courier.
A THUNDKK SQUALL.
A thunder storm, quite as sudden as
severe, bnr?t over i ur city on Saturday
afternoon last, inflicting considerable
damage, though lasting lens than twenty
minutes. During that space of time
the wind blew its hardest, tearing its
way along our house tops, rending and
riving its it went, and making itsell
terribly felt in our harbor. The metalic
roofing of the new Custom House
was in great part roll- d up like a scroll
and torn away, and the occasional fragments
of slate strewn nloifg the pavements
indicate very rude usage to sun.
dry private establishments. In sonu
parts of the city the storm of rain, which
was very heavy for the time it, lasted
was accompanied hy hail.
The residence at the N'orthca?f cor
tier of Wentworih and Smith-street;
Had some of the fencing laid prostrate
by the fall of a tree; the Alston House
at the West end of Tradd street had a
portion of the fencing blown down, ami
the broken limbs of trees could be scei
in many sections of the town.
I3nt tlic most unfortunate occurrence
took place in the river where the witul
had unrestricted sweep, and not will)
standing the threatening appearance ol
the weather for an lu-nr previous, se
vera 1 boats wore caught unprepared lot
dancer tint] in one case leading to at
unfortunate tragedy.
A Mr. Douglass and family, composer
of his wife and three children, tngethet
with two clorcd boat hands, left fhi
wharf a short time before the squall it
a very substantial ami deckel boat
bound to Hull's Island, where Mr. D
had been engaged to act as assistan
keeper to the light house. This boa
was struck by the b'nw below the city
not far from Castle Pinekney, and beini
unprepared for so heavy a blast, slit
soon fell on Iter broad side, and fillet
with water; one of the colored men for
tnnately succeeded in celling into i
small boat, which was towing astern
and resetted Mr. Douglass and one o
the children, a girl, the other coloret
hand also keeping himself afloat unti
taken up) but Mrs Doughs:# and he
two sons-, who were below deck whet
the accident took place, were not sect
alter dil'igent search was made in tin
vicinity bv small boats, and no trace o
- >*i e. i |?_f ;
llicm IIIKl UVI'M HillIIu ir|r K. ..... ...
formation. This bout, in lie.r sutiIrei
condition, was t..kon in tow by tlicpil.
boat Willi (.'nt, ('jiptaii' .Jones and ta
kfii to shallow water, where she was an
chon d on Saturday aficruotm off tin
Battery. A water boat was also cap
sized off South Bay, but was afterward
got into a place of safety at t'liisolm'
Mill. Reports of accidents to otlie
boats were Ireely circulated, but \vi
could ascertain no serious disasterSeveral
fishing boats in the harbor wcr
overtaken by the s<|U.dl and caps:zed
but the occupants were rescued by otlie
small boats.
The showering of the rain, the roar
ing and hissing noi?c of the wind howl
cd around the house tops, slainmci
shutters, wrenched sign and sign-post
from their fastenings, and both wim
and riin with great vehemence iuine
ding the horses and annoying tin- dri
vers of the strei t cars.
Near the intersection of Wcniwortl
and Smiih-STrocts the lino of travel o
the Street Railway was obstructed b
the fall of a huge and venerable will
. mange tree, whie.li stood on the premi
n.iT n.-piiniod bv Captain F. I.m
ni'.-iu. This iri'o was found to 3ii>M t
' the pressure of wind and laid its pro?
trate form in sight of those whose di
light it has often bccu to view its ma
jC'UC branches and rc c ve pro'eeiioti I
I.IV oin its outs n tched 1111. L?s ?
During yesterday many rumors were i
afloat of disaster* to yaehliug parties, t
| but without foundation, as all the pel its i
j have been heard from, and up to ;lie
j h ur of'writiuo this no further disasters 1
had been reported. Vessels "nrrivins: I
from sea jrc Morally experienced an ordi t
nary tliumler -quail and the violence of I
the wind prob bly moderated after pa-S; t
tug out ol tne n irour.
Tins Year's Southern Crops.? '
The North is calculating upon ado- I
crease of corn and an increase in cotton <
grnvn in the South. This is exactly ]
as their demands and their interest
prompts. Hence the Calculation?wdth I
u decrease in the corn crop, thu South
would Income the purchaser of the sur
plus crops ot the West and be content. I
With an increase in the cot ion crop, i
Eastern ra iiiufacturers would be able to
reduce its market price, and peihajis
control the market. The South, without
greenbacks to buy Western c- rn,
. will be dependent upon the New \oik
market for cuircncy, to realize on their
cotton, wherewith to make tho'purcha.ses
of Western produce, and New York
would control the exchanges and thrive,
and (he West be content with a new
market to sustain drooping prices, and
the South suffer I'rum low the price of
cotton and high-priced grain and bacon.
This is tire plain English (it our farmers
can sec it) of the following article
which we clip from tiie New Yoik Express
:
"There wi 1 be increased crops of cot*
- * i tt .
fun, rice.aiid sugar, but tc>s c ?rn at nit
Smith. A diversion of at feast ],0UU,OUU
of acres from corn to cotton i* pro
dieted, and an titer- used use of guano
and fertilizers. 3.000,0u0 bales, in
, place oT 3,G(JU,000 bales are expicted;
the average before the war We misfit
have more, were it not for the fact that
the i.egr c- have in p it abandoned tlie
pi >w, while a strong lure is fevorcd to
rice an ! cot ton 3 000,000 bales of co*ton
will now be raised, and 200 U00
hogshead of sugar. Last year, although
' the crops were less than the \ear before
the war, (he aggregate sums realized
1 from rrcj, cotton a id sugar at theSoath,
after conversion into gold, exceeded the
! returns of 1860. The rice eri>p may
' exeeed oar our lucil wants, and if not
' t"0 high, be exported In sugar, of
1 which we consume 1,3000,U0U pounds.
our crop will not supply a fifth of the
' consumption. As for cmtmi. the stocks
must nearly be exhaus'od by July,
and ill's must, for the present tend to
sustain prices, hut by the autumn may
wc Hot well an'icipnte an accession id
300.llOd bales from increased growth in
1 India and Hni7.il, and 50(1,000 bales
i from our Smnhcin States ? An accession
of ^Ot),000 bales might riot serious
ly depress prices, except in the promised
' completion of the Suez- Canal, in Octo
her, which will reduce the passage to
. France, Spain, England, by propellers
' through the canal, in place of ships by
I the Cape, at. least four months. The
i cotton of Hoiiibay can take this route,
1 " - ' ? ' - ?! .% .1 ..I t ?i <?* ? r?l I ti/lt'i
ami win ncceier.nu mu uunn j ........
> cotton four months, which will lie crjuiv|
ulciit. to adding tor the first yeai onethird
to the deliveries from India, s;fv
f 600,000 lodes. It' we tip* correct in
. t his, we may expect to f? c cotton decline
; below I wet-ty two cents by the close of
i the year, niid then tike at least u twelvenioiitli
to recover."
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispntc.i.
" THE GREAT MEETING OF THE
TLINKERS OR DUNKARDSDot
etouut County, Va., May 21.
The meeting of Dunkards now in
t progress in tins c >uoty is, as I am int
torni'-'l, seven a years' convent ion, in
. which all parts ol the United iSt>t"Sare
I repies -iite I. The |>rcp .rati 01- Ibr it on
i the pa Ft of native members of the soei1
ety in Dotetourtand Koanoke were upon
- a scale that Would surprise any who are
i not familiar with the.proceedings of tile
. people on such oucusions. The mini
f her of D unkards expected as delegates
I and visitors from other parts ef the conn
1 try was bv some set down at ten tlmu
r said and by others at Hi teen tlm"sand
i It is certain that the road lending up
I the Valley has passed a hires nuttiber,
> some of whoui were from Maryland and
f i'ennsy Ivania, and that tlx- otlnr Kail -
roads li-.vc delivered a great multitude.
i.l.i) I',,
I J50MU0.- (.If accooi; iliMIIII IUIIO |M?>< l??? V* ?...
f tli>- iik 111 b-rs of their |i culler * :??, the
11 o - p i l a I i y ul the I'unkards t'kes into
account l lie wants of their fellow eii izon.u
of ot her denominations who may vi?i'
ihciu duiiu? the progress of the nn-et
ing. A ?*eiilleiiiuu icfuiim-d rue that
s a liiend of his was pressed to go home
r with one who had alr-ady about iil'leeii
l- vehicles, with their loads, movii g tu his
- house.
it Tiic camp-ground of the mcetingdis,
plays a last array of tents, and the iiur
iiu-iise tallies are provid d with a number
deacons, who have been chosen to serve
. ihem. The store of piovisi-itis collect.
ed beforehand may be judged from one
J or Uo items, in the aiti. leol bee' eat
s tie fattened to the numb, r w.t< seven y
1 to eighty, and a tisuor who siw tliijoi
i he to e tne slaniilver had t-rgun declared
thai he never san a latter and finer herd.
As to cilice, the ipiantity prepared is
j, .-aid to have b en >o large that gical
|- out-dor oven- were iii;icI?- to r> asi n in
.. over liu e log lires, and a grain mill
j wa.-lurid lor the purpose ut grinding
i. lint
the arr in?cment> for washing the
u fret i f the tli.-ciple* 1 cannot j-pcak pari
ticiilirly Wl.cn it is considered that
cadi one the jjivat congregation has to
receive this evidence of brotherly love
lie iina-jiiiutson of ri.-c render will hav&\
imple scope iu picture tin* natuic un?rancty
of Hie ablutions,and the quan^
ity of water, basins, and towels requ red .
in tlic prem kc-.
It is equally impossible to d? p^ribfe. 1
:be great uiuli itudc and variety i>$ tlx^r
iisi'B ??f cliariiy wlncli take plac-oii^'
Lite occu-iuii J t -r with meeting sissos, f
.nu parting kisx<s, and the kisses that j
iraiispire during the various rclt.tous 1
erviccs, it is liardly extrav .gain to say
that ifbo woods and li id-, arc vo al Witli
In: notes of uscullatioii, suine so la nt as
liardiy to be perceived, some a little
xpiessive, and'-otiio demonstrative aTiiJ'
p olong' d. This tfetvtnoby is strict y
jiiiiHiicd 10 tne sexes.to * Incn tin: |mi?'
Licipants belong, men kiaaiug.uicuai'd,
women kissing, women.
Having found i'_ inipbssibo'Vo v'si'1' ,
the great nieeifug I cannot give y<?ir
any iiio'c p .rticularsjbut these y u may
rely upon as >n the main correct..*.; f,ry
VuCKAlJOE..
*" ' ' ' -tr. 'i "
The question ol Chunse labours is
b?-iiijr considerably 'iJi-eussc'l not <>iil\
on the Pacific tjlopo, wlti'Tof!oo'itfs K^rh'
an extensive fool hold, bill in Tut as n ltd
elsewhere To I In: "States" The half,
billion of Celestials could il?.rotf off annually
twenty millions emigrants without
l"Ss. and have'already sent over t"
the Pacific slope a lipriiiklitrg nf about
1UU.00 pigtail adventurers, merely it* ,
show what tln-y could do if they were
to "el in earnest. f They are. entirely
relied on in California T-ir grading railways
and opening roads, and are engaged
largely in mahy other employunli'S.
Tltvtr p'lt.ctce and economy,'arc
saiJ.lo make ihem very efficient ami
cheap laborers They inn peculia'K
adap'ed for te .ding machinery and
manufactuirug. The strperintendentsof
th.. ....?r.\n ..rot vrrvih-n inills oil till'
Pacific prefer the' Chinese to all other
<p<T.itivis. They deem tliemselvc?wj.dl
remunerated by w .gcs on which English
operatives could iff keep thenoeU e-out
of theponf-housc They will w irk we are
inf..run d, twelve or fourteen hours o
day, without even asking Idr Sundays,
and are patient, subinis>iv\ enduring
an J tea liable. Some look for a conflict
between rho Ease and ilte West, after a
while, growing oit? nf Chinese imtnigra
tioti. The great .Slates of the Pacific
slope will not easily forego thcadvantugc
which enables* tliem to undersell Massachiisetts,
Rhod" Island and IVnnyslvania
in the. markets of the continent,
and even England and Belgium in tlie I
markets of the world. Many other
iiu stious grow out of the mbjeei', when
considered ' in vhw of the proportion
whien it may one day, b. fore long,
assume. Should the question of negro
labor remain much longer iinsntt-lac*
forily settled, owing to the bad teaching
of our Radical politicians, who, by
using (lie colored to place themselves in
office, are rendering them useless us laborers,
the probabilities of successfully
adapting Chinese labor will soon receive
serious attention. It was long ago de
nionstrated in California that Chinese
laborers are cijual to any others and
wholly reliable. There they are rapidly
supplanting byth whites and blacks, and
the constantly increasing demand for
their services rs producing an immense
increase in immigration. Tt must he
remembered that tile lomjdelion of the
Pacific Railroad will enable Coolie* to
i i 1 . i ..s?n
nc umugm nca- in L-i^in viHi.i i.....I Wm...
Frrnoisco; and our colored laborers
many a* well prepare to fnee the fact
that tftbey will imt do the work others
will soon bo ready to step it> ami do- it
for thoin.?Mmp'iii Ao'tfnuc/ie.
A fJovernnierrt officer stationed at
Richmond, V? , writes here thnf negro
lab'ir is at a discount in that porti'ii of
Virginia. The extensive sales ol land
io sto ill portions to white immigrants,
who ate cuM iva iIi?r the land fFiemscFves,
renders it iieeu??iry for colored lab rers
in ?o further South in oid>-r to seek employment.
Over three hundred colored
people have gone South by rail from
Virginia io the last month, indications
are that the number (Turing the present
month will Fie greatly in excess of last
month.? Washington h I grnm?N 7.
Inbuilt.
The report from Richmond about a
devi loping tend' ncy of negro emigrat-i
n southward may be premature or exaggerated;.
Hut the influence of the
recent white settlers on small parcels of
land in that State cannot, he mistaken.
The iiegroe< most either prenure to se
ure similar tracts of laud l -r then selves
or go further South. The system of
cultivating great plantations by large
gangs of hired negroes is approaching
its curl in Virginia. Small farm.", labor
by tin* owmrs of tlie soil, improved til
.'aire, and consequent prosperity, ?re the
I u Hi re of the Old Dominom. The tic^ruiji
there who are capable of taking
their place in thi> movement will share
this future. The rest of them are likely
to tend southward.
E>iitnrinl-?iV. Tribune.
1 Sixotrr.ar Coincidence. ikTrue.
? An ejt.'i.Hiige says: ' Y*ar* ago a
Pi im-ylvania farmer sfahhed his young
wife in a lit of dun ken insanity and
fled t" the West supposing himself to
be a murderer The woman recovered,
I and after five years of solitary life iimr|
ried again. Her second husband died
in a few months, and she a'sn went
\Ve>f. There she met a prosperous and
wealthy merchant, was wooed and w< dcd
; and upon disrobing in ttic bridal
chaiiib'T the bridegroom saw upon her
neck the senr of the wound ho himself
had made, and recognized his wife of
vcars beforo."
?
I'JllO^ABJuh: DEATil OP PKESIDE
NT Olt A NT/
The Judical party nominated for
Vic(;-1Jra^Jont the man Collax, in anticipation
of the removal, by impeachinent
ei W death, of U. 8. Grant.?'Wo
waiflt no mi ire doubtful Vice PreVtdeina."
was the warning of Wendell
Phillip*. The party dvnn-d that Wendell
1'inliips was authorized to rsnne the
word of c^iiHim*?if?wl lUeu proceeded t-?
ril.oy it. Circumstances compel us."
they reflc-t'd-^'bftid our ^ck-ev wrtjr
a Sjid eliliss sphyiX J but even the
w*wcmr be-re???0V?d-y a**d
We lUUSt(ha/TCy for the ?S<f'd'*Pli,Ce' a
man uf' t'ur uftrti N^ikwrfigv A"n<l the
(jJuiicc ,Cey on. ppr.sjuip&rii,
The probabjfi^a that ra'nt will fid
11 m i > yed.bji -1 hi pou eh liictit ace d i pi in is Ijiiij*
in pnijj'urtioii as the prbbabfiilW hf
fits rcnWpl by death arc increasing.
Private advice* Iruu Wasliingtrrrrindi"
cam ihjH .Oraiitj> jiiiltpi: ill bea-Uh ,*crjr
W|.id&- kjjB
live ti? jireb'Vfli J he presidential fu?c
iloiiV ;i')C;ir; allhVjlijjhMie maVnbt bet'ord
rliltt tifne b iii^Mrf grf?tj. Tlnsmahidy
umftT . wh?i li lacix suffering, is ?fc tker
kind1 thuj,kd}s t|ie:rjfl''d bel'prc tiie bu4jf
dies, aU[liou^|| llie death pj ^bc fyody-,i^y
eviuiblj fyili'/WS. ' . " ?
The symptoms'in'' Grants case ar<Jr
Iiotfi anil physical sUfferi H*
has: liftii to "sh{in4p vliap^;jJ*<titt?e?l^
ready in sis many weeks. "lie ittrlo^ipg
fienJi.'V: y,?i>"ori?1cot?plaiii. of Jiiy/bi.^uioneness,
and many of them of txis. temper.
He has wholly, ceased '16 fe'ei?iVo
vis'tors'at night:' The few- wire-set* Him
wiili his&iirilylspciilt of hiiu as appears '
ing to be.I l?oroug!)ly /*ggthJ out L\y ejjcJf
day's. round of. work, die snipkcs . jnecssaiiily,
and stta for hours with hyi llli
ile girls h ??d in his own, not tittering ?
wind, and never Rallying'except whetr
his wife uhns<i anxiety '.n nccouutofUteeui.ditioii
is ill diegBised;",
Medical geiillojycii^ wilj, <jvcp , frojy
this Uriel doseripiioii of the syinp{bihsy
n-adily reeogtiizc' the malady which i*
rapidly u fitting? Mt (Jrrvnt for mental1
rtf.nt ofaoy kiiiU,;atid -hfwtening hii?
surely to t!tc grave.-.
Insanity, ,ui any of the,more common
phases, is probably not hereditary Ini
the Grant iannly. Hut that hiss of reason
wi.ieh r^-ni k1 froth w hat is culled
softening of the brain is uof, prpptxly
speaking, a form of insanity,; but rath; r
the ifle-t of a physical disease, that
in y i e-ult from a great niahy different
causes Exeeasivc inJcnij era. ce1 "iir
drinks, or in habit that exhausts tlnr
. ......... - ot inn . ij, it vnro r.i'i 1)1 fir* Hiitwr..
uijn ,:,-v mi:"*s-.rr": tThe
iu-cmpi raje use pf opiuuinr :obt?
o?? has i he s.iiuc < ffect. Oidimifily. tliir
effects ol-'usin^ these poisons arc' tidfc
visible, or do riot exist, Until Some Other"
elmieiit io.ibronglit into combination.*
ju>t as tlic clement .oxyacoia ncuewijry
t.? the combustion of phosphorus. Xnr
Mr. Grant's ease, the vast icspons:liiIfly
ol the prisidfiitial ..fficc, and the unu*trnl
exciei-cs of his mental faculties ? hie*!*
it involves, havo dOubib ss supplied the
clement which, ill a system already .pr0'
pared for its entrance, has developed!
tie lata! disease. Asa writer tersely cxpresses
it, the presidency has proven"too
much for him."
traclr is Mr Grant's state of health1
th it the country need not be surpri.-ed
it lie should be disqualified to pcrforur
tlie dtrtic- ?d" President before tlie next
meet nu of Consnns. Whether, in that
ea??e, Congress would proce d iiu udeiatc'y
to inaugurate Mr. Colfax or notwuu
d perhaps, depend upon jthc opiirbins
of medical experts as to Gie possibility
of Grunt's recovery: The reasonable
presompi ton, however, is,- that theon
y hope of his recovery is in his retirement
tn a private and perfectly quiet
lite. As I'res'di.'iit of ihe United S'atcsr
the indications elcarty arc that hetaov
not live to (He ena ut ins (erm. .
"? ?
A Missouri editor demolishes ex-Sc<v
reiaiy Stanton in the following ferocious
miinncr: "Stanton, the Irog-soufei
h)cna hearted, fiendish executioner of
Mrs. Surrutfc and murderer of Writ*,
was lately baptized and taken- ioto ?
'loyal' church at PitL-burg. If ten thousand
baptismal washings; vea, if being
nnc'or-d, with a millstone ffetffo'hts
neek. in mid oi-cnn, for a century, willj
save Stanton, the devil, nmid all-hbeulj
uiary siiniei-cookingapparatus, needu't
I desj air." . i. ]
i It has been mccrtuined that, out of
j every hundred women in Great. Britain- f,
| ahovc tin- age of rwenty, fifty seven arc I
wives, thirteen widows, and thirtyfpi?~ I
iters. Of a little under 3,000,000 wej
men between twenty ami forty, in Eng- I
land and Wales, 1,248.000 wercunmar- t
I ried. A wholesale immigration Of wo
men t<i the Unrt-d States is recommend- 9
' ed ; but this plan will hardly work, as ^
' there is excess of women in this coun- 9
| try too ? Mnsj-aehusetts alone, ina^pop- ?
' - ? -win nnn W.r (M
ulailun oi j,zuu,uou III UIU lagv wu
having 40,000 more women than men. 'fj?
A Minnesota judge has decided when ?
a man is ''legally drui k." He saj*: '"It H
is not necessary that a man should Be H
wallowing in a ditch, or bumping his K
head against your posts, that'you may
i know him to-be drunk; but whenever :
, In- begins to tell the saiuo-thing over ; ^
; twice, then he's drunk."
In T8G7, there were imparted info ' *J?
Great Britain 11,272,651 cwts. of raw I
cotton from a If countries. In 1868, H
the importations were 11.857,893 cwts. H
The proportion of the United States re- H
ceipts to the total imports was larger in ./M
1868 than in 1867, being above forty
I five per cent, of tbe wbole supply. H