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THE JOURNAL !: ' Camden, June 10,1009 * ENTERTAINMENT. u We are requested by the ladies ol u the Presbyterian Church to say that they propose holding a fair at the Town Hall od Thursday the 17lh inst, at which the attendance of the public i> respectfully solicited. Doors open at half past seven o'clock. w Admission 25 cents, or five tickets p for One Dollar. C On Tuesday, the 22nd, the entertain- t; zueut will be varied by a Dramatic performance. Doors open at 8 o'clock.? C( Admission 50 cents. o MEETING OF THE KERSHAW AGRI- " CULTURAL AND .MECHANICAL " SOCIETY. 3 This Association met on Monday the 1 6th inst., at the Court House in Cain- w den. The attendance was small, con- j sidering the great and vital interests which a society of this kind is intended to promote. Col. SHANNON called the meeting to order, and made a speech, in which he set forth the paramount importance of agriculture to our country the dangers and difficulties which cur jj rouud it, and showed the importance of Combination and co-operation among nnnnln .T T II AV Ksn . wnsllico I VfUI J<W(.IV. . - , , , requested by the chair to act as Sccrc- ! tary of the meeting. The report of the ^ delegates to the State Agricultural Con-1 vention was next called for. Gen. Jas. 1 u Che.SNUT, on their behalf, stated that lie had attended the meeting and found a large number in attendance from all sections of the country. The Ceutral Association determined by the estab- j lishraent of district societies and by the C use of all means in their power to foster j,\ and promote the agricultural and nie- .( chanical interests of the State. Geo. | a< Ches.nut then moved that a committee 1 e< be appointed to prepare business for '' the meeting. The Chair appointed on j " this committee: James Chcsnut, J. It. J Dye, W. K. Thompson, Titos L. Boy- j j, kin, Theodore Lang, Jas. H. Vaughan, j p Jno. Macrae, Jno. Cantey, E. B. Ctin- | '( tey, J. D. Kennedy, W. E. Johnson, j Jr., Jos. T. Mickle. The commit tec retired and after surnc time reported the following Constitution: M article i. si This society shall be known as "The Kershaw Agricultural and Mechanical Society." 0 ARTICLE II. Sec. 1. The officers of this Society shall consist of a President, eight Vice- . Presidents, one from each District precinct, a Treasurer and a Secretary, who ' shull bo elected at the first regular me. t- " ing, and serve until the next regular au- '' nual meeting, when tluir.successors shall " bo elected. See. 2. The President, Vice Presideuts and ten members to be appointed by the Prcsidcut shall constitute an '. Executive Committee, a majority ot whom shall arrange for, and award all premiums in accordance with the dov. . . ,. . . . It ctston ot the various committees. ) , Sec. 3. The Executive Coiinui'tcc i ] shall appoint all necessary committees | exocpt such as may be provided by this ) society at any regular uieetintr. Sec. 4. The President shall preside K, at all meetings of the society and he ex officio, President of the Executive ju Committee. Sec. 5 In the absence of the Pres I , - . . I (I dent, a Vint-I'rcsidcnt to be selected by tlio Society or tiie Executive Committec as the case may be, shall preside j over the meeting o 1 the Society or the Executive Committee. / Sec, 6. The Secretary shall keep a ^ record of proceedings, a registry of members, supply the necessary books and B'ationery to Ext cutive Committee a and superintend the printing of all ' " muttct reijuiiing publication. Sec. 7. The Treasurer .shall rceiivcj " nil the fu-ids of the Society and dis- L burse the same ou the order of the ]( presiding officer; shall make annual , c report of his receipts, expenditures and j the financial Condition of the Society j and shall be ready at all meetings of the , ( Society to exhibit a statement of the same. Seo. 8. The Executive Committee shall appoint the time and place for j holding the Annual Fair; call special meetings of the Society and publish sueli rules and regulations as they may adopt j ' for the Fairs, distribution and sclec- 1 , tion of prizes, <fcc. ARTICLE III. c Sec. 1. Any person may become a member of this Society by paying an- ; nualiy, the sum of Two Dollars. i ] Sec. 2. Each member shall be cnli- i tied to free access to the Fair Grounds ( for himself and family, excepting the i male members thereof over fifteen years | of age. ? Sec. 3. Any person not a member ] shall pay One Dollar whcie each article i exhibited and Twenty five oents admittance each day uurin? ilic Fair, and i n i person not a m< ml r sl al' con pee fin ' c-roo t rizti. See. 1. This Constitution may be nl-l | Mud or amended by a ni.ij.n iiy ol' the | V I' lubor.s present at any regular inert- i b m, notice of which alteration iuu*t be w rved on tlie Kxeciit ve I'u nmittcc or U ubliJicd in tlie new-paper in Cattideii, is t least fifteen da)s before such meeting li Sec. 'J. This Society .-hall meet rcg f l.irly on 1st Mondays in January. si ' iii*i I -1111v and October. Si I" " ~v ? Sec. 3. Tin: Executive ( ommitrco j n I).ill have power in call meetings??l litis tl oeictv, oilier lhan regular uicetinos at |> iich times as they ma* deem expedient, iAfter .a few remarks the Constitution ,s as unanimously adopted All those ' resent were then called on by tli i j hair to give their names to the Seere- b iry for enrollment, which was done o Gen. J. 1). Kennedy moved that a ri nmmiltcc Lc appointed to nominate |* fbe-Ts for the Society. The Chair amed as this committee, J. I). Ken- js edy, J. II. Dye, Jas. Chesnut, \Y D. i? IcDuwaH, Jno. Cantey, J T Micklc. fi 'he tiamos proposed by this committee ere the following. f /'resilient?Gen. James Chesnut. e Vice /*irsi(/ent??Canute n?Dr. E. d I. 1503 km. c Lihnijj 1HU?Win. E. Johnson, Jr. <1 littl Hill?J. Russ Dye. r: Hat Iiock?Tliiw. *i. t'authen. ti Jliijffiil-i?Cruddick Moscly. v Ly<?A1 aj. L W. H. 'lair. ti isi/ti'oc/cs mili?Col. Stephen 31. ;l tu) kin. Citn foit's MH1?Theodore Lun". P becrctnry?J. T lluy. Tmisimr? W. I). MeDowull. il The report was unanimously ailop'ed v en. Ciiek.nut then took the t hair, , t!i after u few rcinaiks by him, the j icetiHg adjourned. t| JAMES CriKSNUT; s J. T. Hay, Prcsidcut. f( Secretary. ti u TIIE STATE AfJDITOR ti Has issued a ciieular, iiis'nictint: ' bunty Auditors, (as wo learn from the ' ork\ille / lnquii't'i',) not to furnish to 11 ' wuship Scire menf, lists of property 11 1 their respective townships Inasmuch * < the ('ouniy ('oininis-ioinrs are allow- ' I to. and probably will assess a tax of ' 1 roe mills on the dollar, lie decides that < o further tax can be levied, the said ' irec mills on the dollar beimr the lit- P lost tax allowed by law for all county s urposses. This decision relieves the coplo of a township tax, iixed to |>e not I ?'ss than eighteen cents 00 the hundred *' ollars. Township Select ".ion may save llietn- . L'lves the trouble id applyint; for pioprfy lists, under this decision, as they ' ill not have power to make any asI'ssment on such lists. 1 li A Political M.\:ttyit.? (?mv. Scott, ^ e S'ni in Cillnl IVA KvPt.AI.NS Will " k is Goveknok.?Bein?r introduced, ' liilc in Cincinnati, to I lie gen'liMi an dm sijjns himself ji? above, ;in?I bciiiit 1 n press- d with his fine appearance and Icasant manners, we womb-red why a V tan who comported himself so a-tree 8 lily could ti"d I lie amount of pine brass 1 ee< s*ary to fit him fur the [? sitiou of " carpet bag Governor. To satisfy uur | uriosity on v! is point, wc approached ic subject as delicately as possible, and fi ftt-r politely explaining tlie favorable " npresMoii lie bad made upon our mind, J' e said to liiin : "Now, Governor, wc would really kc to know bow yon, a native of Peon- yIv;inia and a citizen ol Ohio, can have '' he chock?excuse the slant: phrase. r' ut it is expressive, and tint intended ) offend?to set ynUtM'lf lip ilS Gov " inor of the pioud, aristocratic flale of outlt t'aioliini. and wear the honors w nd cninliitneiits ol the office without *' i ; 90 ji IUSiiin?i ; "Will," was the answer. 'T have no " niibt that from )u?rstaii(l-pjint I must ppear in a uiost unenviable light? cry much like a scoundrel, in fact.? 1 Jut this is my side of the story: I was c tken to South Carolina against my will, avinjrbcen captured during tlto war. liked the State, ami at the close of the 11 rar 1 invested largely in real estate, ' lid settled among the Carolinians ldid ot desire the position of Governor, and I ras it din ed to take it only by the ear 1 est ent i eatv of many of the native eiti- c ens, who i, eiely prefeired me to other ' arpet-la!!?e?s 1 am now a bona Jxth t itizcn of the State, and am hi re to ad- ' a nee her interest by seeming. if possi- r ile, another rail road connection with v lie North and- West."?Paris Free Keu- I atkiun, -tith lilt. < ' t The quarrel between Governor Roid, t f Florida, and the State Legislature las resulted in a virtual repudiation of he State debt, the Governor having ar- t anted with the State Treasurer to re- !l ukC to pay theinlrest accruing on a urge amount of hoods issued bydirec- 1 ion ol the Legislature for the put pose * if carry in ir on the State business. * i MottTALlTY AMONOTIIE COLOHKD * I'EOPLK.? Hecent statistics show that ' lie mortality among I lie colored pen- i >le is alarmingly on I lie increase. !*u- < ing tlie few years in which they have * 3? cii enjoying the luxury of fret dura, ' iur colored people Itavi* realized the i painful truth that this new condition of hings has been destructive to their race, rhesu'ld u transition fimu their former otheir pit sent e ndiii n, accounts for ' In In avy l itis of lino tality. Fonuevlv ( I . I ; d It'I <1 at d I tin aio oWttl'IS who ' < tttl, IM'I tul to S' e lllvoi P'nvi-fe.l with I I good food, warm clothing, and quarters. I /to a sicK. they were refill trly visit d y the fa tail) idiysieian, just :ts their liite owners, and received every .it tifoti tliey r?cj?ire<l The Ca-e now i, however, tar differ at. Kemnved 'oai the rate and attention oftlirir rnicr owner", tin y arc neglected when ck, led with improper and unwholeniie fund, and even that very scantily ; .UuriMy improvident, the little money iey make mmiii squalid red, unable to ay tiiudicul fees when sick, the result, i uf course inevitable, and the w older ? that more d > not die. fInaccn>tomd to provide for themselves, the.'are ten in want and distress, and hunreds mure would starve syid perish, tit for the charities of our people. Tn Id times, when the colored man had [ ached an aire when lie could work no tore, his owner always provided for im, and his declining days were pass"1 in coin para'ivo comfort and p-nee.? low, this cla?s is very much to he pit d, for when infir uiti-s and njze over ike lliem, they have no one upon whom 3 lean, and easily and speedily succumb ) the pressure of poverty and disease, 'lie Southern white formerly paid speial attention to the ynnn? colored chilren, and often a colored nurse was harmed with the care of younjr ehilren on the plantations ; now they are tt'idly dyin<r f'r want of proper attenion, and through the ne?rleet of improident mothers Tit" present <reucrnion of colored people are swiftly paKsi"jr way. Where does the bbime rest ? . Burince'/ Jmirinil On Tue-d 'V, Andn w Julius >n ad i cssfd a lanre assemblage at (Mtirkes ille, Ti'im., and spoke fur three hours, le was very Mttcr inwards President rrant nnd Senator Sumner. Coiup:irin<* efi Davis to Sunnier, lie considered lie latter the sreatcst enemy to the coulitutioti, for iliou^li tlu; former folic lit >r secession, he was still lor coustituional uovcrnmcnt, while the Ia'tcr ras for overthrowing the const it uion and establishing n despotism.? Ulitdinir to President Grant, lie said hat they f illed Grant a . eeoml Washnjjtun. Jj- t us see how lie merits t iiis line. In his first inaugural Washington aid : ' The magnitude and difficulty of lie trust whieh the voic- of my euunrymeii have called me hrintr sufficient ares to awaken, in the wisest and most xpericnccd citizen, a distrust of his io\ver toe my on the jrr**at and reponsible duties, and to i|nitli| his rji|:iIlieati.his for snaiiiinl and hi^li a trust." ti Ills first inaugural, Grant said :? The responsibilities of my position are Teal, bur I assume them without fear ' 'I ere is the first contrast?the uiAlienee and dignity of the one, and the rroirant self Miffieieticyjof the o'lo-r.? Vashirt^ton did n"t cut- r the Kxeeu ive Mansion as into a ?raitd "ill ? *?!;ibishineut; but how i< it with the second Vasliintrton ? lie was approached by tie mail, whom he afterward appointed Secretary o! th<* Treasury, with a 8H >. '00 check ; by his future Secretary of lie Navy, with a deed to a furnished ouse in Philadelphia ; S?y his Attorney reiKT-d that was to lie, with an ex penive library, and so on ml infinitum, a eh one that Imped for office coininjr ith an expensire :i11 to purchase it 1 ere is a sceimd comparison: The r?*al i her of his country was fur the main litwncQ of the principles ami the good f his country, wlitlo the second Washigtun vvie shrewdly looking out for iinself. lie concluding by shying : I think the liailical p?ny are dUitilcrating and crumbling away. I am op. osed to making a so!f hi d for them to eeiinc on in death. The offices are not nomjh for all, money is getting scarce, nd thing* lying around loose have all en picked tip. N"W they are filled i111 dissensions and di-satisf.ietion, and re fighting for the little *csiduntil of hinder. Our duty is tu give it to them n\v, to f less home upon them and asten their death hy adherence, by old, manly, cottageou* adherence tu he essential principles of tr.:c rcpubliatt government." There seems to he a general and most tystcriousdiyingupof ihesprings along lie banks of tin.1 Columbia cam!, Irom Jeiger's null to It s"i 'o. the Id bridge. * ^ 'lie waiter in the wells at the pctiitcniary has also nearly given out. which auscs a gr< at deal of inconvenience ? \ gen I tenia:) in the lower portion ol lie city states duting the pa-t week lie ias been forecd to lengthen Ids well ope nearly fifteen feet in order to got P iter enough for his famiiy. 11 is well lerctofore lias been one the host in tin lity. Similar reports arc made relative I) other wells in lite western purbiuu ui he city.? < oturn bin Phoenix. Tn ilie ruins of Kiusler's ilall, siiuaid ii|i<jii the corner nf'TiiyI- r .mil Liichll'd'On Mil elS. Well' discovered nil fchit inlay, l?\ the lulddsli runicis. ihe|'rsi?? 111*111:113* rjiuains ul a lniiuan being cmi istinjr nf the r.hs, hip, j ?w bones and ectimi ul the skull; lunch n?r it was ly. n?r an axe anil partially burnt dice-bus villi dice. It is a plausible pnsuinp iuii that these arc the remains of our Sherman's incendiaries, wh? in puisuil if plunder?in J\ iu*l> r's building wm liitinied 1 lie note si^rninjr department ol A' the Confederate (invcrnmeni?wai I n., be a swif-. and terribled-ath, ) \\5. MIIIV'I ~J lb. IIoiirjbi.k Dkatii.?.Mr. (ieorg< "liolwcll, ol Alligci vilk'v in the Tow i if HocI'SIit, IJI-ti-r c unty, liiivinj. gtiirr d 'In! lire* in his lime ki>n. mi Tucsilnj horning, hft homo. Soon iiltcrwnri bis little son 6Dppoeiog that the fire bad L't-ne out. ventured down into the kilo 1 by tnenus of it windluss and tub The E ra* from tin* burning coal and limestone fi * 1 soon stupefied him, so that In- fell fr- in I the tub. A little sister gave the alarm ei to their m it Iter. *v ho directed the little , A giil to j;o down to the kiln and get the 6 brother in o the tub, when sin* would j I' ; haul them both up. The little ??i? 1 did an j I j she was told, but on arriving at the hot- E t'lin she also fell out. appari'iitly suff.i- ti ' fated. In ag my the mother rushed V to the dwelling-house to get as-isianoe [ of Iier iigrd fat her and mother, instructi ingthoin to let her down wirli the wind j lass, so that she c >uld reseue herbelnr- S | cd offspring from death Her instruc- tl I li.iiK were followed. She went down, w ; placed them in the tub, wlicii r11 v were Ml soon hauled lo the top apparently liIV- 1 less J Qui'-kly the rnh mt-ih a?raiii lowered e | In rescue lIn* mother. wli ? iilrciuPy be- 3 ! jrati lo show silr is of exhau*fatioii from ( tlic iiiix jias. Sill' bad strength u enough in p t into it ; bill w en I huge t above beiran lu turn flic windbss, her i heavy weight(2-5 lbs.) enused the iron shaft lo tarn in the wooden drum. A t ninnicnl was not to be loaf. The neigh- v bors were sent for; but before assilnncc I could arrive. Mrs ('Indwell di .'d in the ' kiln. Her husband went, down and tied c n rope around her ln-dy. by wliinli sl:c ' was hoi-ted out. The boy died on ?nt- a urday inorninir. The irirl will probably 'i recover.?EHrittfHIe ( Af. }r) .I'll!run/. ii a Ramf. IT \\dkk?ciiieks. ?Mr. Rirn well, of PeH'iic's lirv'iw. says ill" Ma 8 eon (fia.) .Jmrnnf mid to<x<ci>yr, exhi'ited in this city ycstetdav a hundkereh'ef made of the Ramie plant., which, 3 the gentleman who saw it tells us, was Ii not surpassed in softness and fimnes- of a texture by linen of the best quality, b They are quite common in New 0< leans, .J and are kept constantly for sale ill the d si npw. Tt -hows what can be done with o this new plant. We believe its eiiltivn- it lion has been entered upon in various I' parts of Lo-ii?iana on a large scab? and o with very gratifying prospect lor sue- h cess. t TUB STATK TAXE*. . ? In our hist is-uc win a condensed statement ill the prohahlc taxes to In* raised In tl is eiiiinry We propose now to prepare asnnilir siatenieut of tintaxes to be paid in the entire State, yetliujr inir laets in mily from the Cliarles ton iVnrs: The rciii property returned by 'lie District- Assessors wn? valu d at S70, 12 .020. The lhimd of Equal za'i.in has rais d this amount, by varying adilitiu 8 to tl-e several comity returns, to SI25 171,00^. The icturn of perronal property is $38,851 ;254. which is tinehaneC'l by the lloald, finikin" the t> lal laxabl-value of all propel t\ in the Suite 81(54 022,312 This ret urn is very uitteh beh.w (ioveruor Scott's estimate, of S3UO.OOO.OOO. and c< tisiiiernbly less ili.hi 8200 "00.000. which is the proper value in c t lint: to the ?\ tcs. Mill it is tiiroe enoiioh to admit of laisino a revenue of 8l,23J,lG-S just 853" 108 mole than is a limed by lie Appropr,iiiii.ii hill, wliieh w.u? adopted I bv the list le-jrisl .lure and signed by ' the tJoveroor This law expre-sly tiin- I its ilie total amount to be assessed, not to exceed one million dolhrs. 'I he tax (of S 231.108) is raided by fixintr the rate of taxation at three quarters of one c per cent., or sevi ntv-five cents lor eve- " r\ hmolied dollars of the amended as- ^ 1 ?es*iiieiif. ' The p*inc p!c nil which the Hoard 1 eied in increasing the value of leal e>- 1 i :....i ...... a 1 late, Is "lie i)i iiiiisu aruiiiiiuinan ui>r? iiT'ua which can not In- discovered by 1 any manipulations i?l the figures by i x- ' ja r s in ti'ai seii-neAs it wa- baldly r fair tu increase a'l alike, when the e ' w ? so gieat a difference in the returns, ' lie* Hoard wirely abstained from an av- I eragc increase fur till. It maybe that " they have stumbled upon tlieexp- di< in 11 of assessing each county at the average v > rate between its own highest and lowest 1 return This supposition is necessarily ' involved in a fog, and is just as apt to 1 be wrong as ri-tht. But neither this 11 nor any other aveia.ing is just; li?r Us ' only eff et i-to make thos who return 1 id the lit'l value nf iln-ir proper y, pay ' a higher tax than they ouu'U} vvlnlc !l lhose, il any. who have leinriicU their I I r periy In-low its value, are r> w..rJ. il " by p tying less than iln-ir lull slum of tax at las*. Tin- just and proper me!hod of rcciilyiiisr such wiong returns is to " reassess every tax payer on his own C ; merits. This we believe, would have r | been too tedious ami expensive to be I > tried ihis year. The simplest plan, ' then, was to increase the rate ol taxa- 1 iion tv.iiti tliree (luarters ol one in-r eunt. 1 tu sueli a per cc?111 as would have sr- !| rurid the tax from the icurus hunded ? . in. . 4 \\re do riot sec any advantage to lie c l-iincd 'rum tliin beating ol Ins Sat.iuie t Mujosty a loll ml i lie .stump, utiles* it l?r v inteiiUed to make the people !? Iirve | they are payine h-s rax tliall iliey really . :.re Hut tliis delusion i* not likely ro " ; blind any but a few tax payers; for c . through the i eg rocs exemption from t > taxation, it results that <lie vast major- " .... -f ?... n.inir>!nM?i>k4ii lair oijneatloii I IIJ Ul lilA'ptl^vir ? ? < however I he c tse Ilia)' s'and as to the s [ voters. Ir is nu?', three quarters ol j t one percent. stan ds les?ih:ii uric ami a quaiti*r t?f n'.e; bur 'liis is no <?rcat ad c vantage, when both tales yields the miiiic ( tax. * * * t > Hut to rlie fahlo: The per emit, of ?i i imrci.-e in Abbeville was 100 percent, c I Anderson, 50; Ti unwell. 40; Bcuiii>>rt. r 50; Charleston?City?4th District, 25, I 5i|i Disirict, 100, 6th District, 50, 7th a I ' District, 200; Chester, 100; Chesterfield, a 50; Cl.iruiiilon, 100; Colleton, 101 '.irliiiyton, 50; 150; Fui eM, 50; Goi'i'^elown. 50; Gn'ouvill 00; Uoiry. 1C0; Keu>lwv, 200: J in iSler, 50; Luuri-ii?-, 50; l??'xiii*>li>ri9 *1 l iriou, 2U0; MuiTm-ru'. 50; Ncwlcir i?; Ociiff, 100; - (irinrt'< Cirnr, 30i ''ck'-iis, -5; Ilicliliii.O? (\ luifhiii, 1 li.-tiict, 25. 2n*i Pintiict, nunc. I; Imtrict, mine, 4th Distrmt 50; Spi . i iAM. e ..... <wi. if..;.... im III(HIr^, 1 \J\i~j nu'Hin, v\jj i iia?fiiy iv Villiaiii>b?r^r. ^5; York. 7?>. Ynktullf. Enquirer. Southk.rn I'koh'ik.ss?That tl u?Them wills trre itiipr*?vi???r rapid lie ((Malitv ziimI texture ol'thefabii liii-h th?y produce is shown by tl ii in pies wli ii*li ate . f uml in o:n atori 'lie lowly i stakilisheil own pa nil's u spieinlly i iie"jet:e. and the lliihdlenn I iiHilact'irinii^ 'oiiipaii.. M?aiid"lt 'oir ty, N t'., is t.niiiiiio out |?l;i oils which are said to It- the best lie in <rkct ?('har/rxtmi Ni-w*. SrVATull Sph.MIUK 8 KS'I-iIATKC iik Co .TON Chop.?S nator SpiiAOU rlio has r? coolly visited most of'tl Jotton S'atcs. speaks in a very intern ng strain upon the cnndiii'iti of tl < ii ii try. "'he next cotton c op w ot, ho thinks, exceed two mil'ions at quarter of bale Owing to the unci ainfy of color''d labor, if Ins beeon aiprofitable toc.trry on large plaiimrnui 111] lil-'Si nt I lie crop is no iiuuisln ') farms that yield tVnin one to five, at II mi up tu fil'y biik-8. A OnK Ill'NDRFD Mjlk WaLKI> Iatcii.?Tin* walking match "f 01 utilrcd :i iles coiuiiimccd on .MiiimI; t the Skating Rink on Trciimiii strct etween Mc ttrick, the pedestrian, in ohn Curh'v, a native of Ireland?tl istanre to be within 24 kou'S for a pur f $250?terminal' d at eighteen nit tcs past nine o'c'oek last evening, M 'ttriek having success full}* ncC'int'lis d that dis'anec in twentv*three h aii uHy-two minutes and f??rty-five econd 'urley had iiceiiinpli-heiJ his til'iei nilt! at noun in ab"Ut thirteen lion lien lie received a telegraphic dispatt niiou'ieing the sudden illness of li rother. He immediately withdic ruin the C oitest, loaiing eKtfrick umpli'te the remainder of thedistan lone. Tne quickest time inndcbyMcK riek was between bis eightieth ai ighty-fiflh mile, wliieh lie walked nrtt-eight. minntes. ami thirty fin1 f ondi. During the last thirty mil is trainer, Enoch Evans, accoiiipani iilit in his walk aroond the rink. Tl inie included for rc.-t was four Imui ,fly-nine miniites, and l'"rty-five second uaving his aetual walking time eighfei nuirs nod forty-ihrre seeonds In tl iitire walk he maintained a steal air. As he came up to the judge's sfan ipon the C uiipletinri of his last mile, I nis warmly applauded by the audienr nd immediately received ihe eongrat i..I' 1>i? Irii'i fls He 1 nut kcd rt ho only unpleasant cff iroditcpd by bis Ioiij; walk tviis a >Iiu nineties. caused by tbe Motion < ! f lank fl >oiit)o upon which he walkc Jjiintoii Journal of Wci/nvs(foy. Japanese Settlers.?The Jnp.-t se haic wilt their fii>t instalment ttlors to tbis country. Tbe ice on in-kcn the plunee will s? on folio Tbe internal com?'ti??n of Japnn is r 'cry favorable to the welfare and hap ii ss of the masses, and if thcv Call i iway ton land where they will be p< tutted to dwell r peace, acquire inoii ?y their industry, arid enjoy civil n eli?:io?*s freedom. rhev will couir h( >y the rh"usand. We may as well bey o prepare lot the reception of these pi ile. Not only will we have Chine lui Japanese, but men from Arab irnl from all those countries and pla< rliere the laws, habits and customs a infavornb'e to the development of i Iividua] enterprise and human p'ogrc Pen years honc\ should ourtrrcat mca if inter com in cm real ion with the i notes! foreign lands !>? perfected ni nultiidreil. fas they undoubtedly w ie,) th iis'Uids of the representatives II tile A Malic race will be grouped f iroteef on nnd'T the folds of the ban n if tIds country. i"* Il Ar Al, 1 tic w iiiiiso >rr<> i\fWK in me of Comptroller Nengle'a color lcrks, while on his way to New Yo ccenilv, purchased ii ticket, and to ii? soo' in u first cl.is- pas.senjter cur ho Charlotte Railroad ; hut,, in a she imc afterwards, n jrronsy, dirty bin nan tfi'ippof in, took his so it bosii! tid entered into conversation with, t ifik'inl; wliioli sodisiru>ted the would ncial oqimJifyitc, that, he seized 1 :arpot b ijj. and hurrud'y vacated t >ri'iiii.?cs?taking a scat in the c vlicre lie properly belonged. Smai.l IVx in1 Nkw York.?T ii >11 pox in New York city is pronoui id epidemic, though it is said to he w it der control. The New York Tiui ya: The existence of numerous cases mall pox in the city for several motit K.iiin mnl I L- iiAitjn In tlm Hull |im VViM ii nnvx.i ? v? ...v >f health anil other authorities, but, i mmtucrcial as xc> II as sanitary rrapni lie iutell'yi'HCP Iiu^ been concealed fn bo trcnrral public. The active cffoi ?f the board ofbeal'h to prevent tl li.scase have been very effective. A man in New IJavcn has invent i machine hy which one man can se ix hundred pairs of shoos in a day. J 0; Alligator Race.?The enterpiir sine citizens of Jacksonville, Fla., have c. bccu amusing themselves with aD alii i jptr??r laci; Five young animals Wi re 0; cult r -'l j the purse was $50, best twoiu v, illiee. Spoiled Tail, a Irisky youngOj Kter, lolt-d ihe track, and -went for"" ' ?i i lie 6|" ctaiurs. Tlicii Gazelle and BosId i"n Boy acted in the same unseemly r manner, and thereby lost a pood place 0; on iIn* track and were ouis-riphed by N.mbie Jack, and Champion Maid.. At the M'coud heat, Champion Maid ca<db in ahead, but at tlu* third iumb'^ Ja$r ie a?ain ?.id "jus-ice to his name." All rae ly animus arc in traininu for auotber rac*, (g io co i.e in a lew days.- u ; ie >. A .mousk .Jumps Down A JcPOE'g ? " Tiikoat ?While Judge Archer, of m " Marshall, [nd , was removing some box h es iroin a sin 11 one day last week, a {? id mi use jumped out o'one of iheui and inio io the. mouth ol t e judge, and started it. / .i.. j _? i.:. ipl tiiri'citjr u"wh ins iiiroui. liic uua^y unlike J..Im t'hir.amua, did not relish >F ihotns e. and alter several hawks, sac- .jj K, corded, despite the cffoits of the mouse, he in gening him out of. his throat into *t- his mouth, but was rather slow in pethe ting Hold of the '"little devil." and he ill made aiiothiT attempt to pepdowil'the id Judge* Iliroar, hut was again unsuocessr ul. Whether the mouse was trying to no I'Oiuinit suicide, or whether he wanted is. merely t?? "revive the inner man," we d have on wn\ ol sucei tiining, but we are id assured that lie was sucecssfal in scaring the Judge considerably. :f Press and Times. , ,u : lie If it be a fact that murderous deeds t v *re done in cold blood, the proper time :t lor such sins is between 11 at nipht and d I in tlie morning; fur it is in thisiDtcrtie val that the temperature of the hurnae m- body falls to its minimum. Erorasome o- researches, lately communicated to the c- Royal Society. it appears that healthy* h- heiups go regularly through a daily cy cleof variab c wurmth. The maximum If. lu-at is reached at 9 a. M ., when in per; tli suns under twenty five, the temperaturers of fle?li stands at 90 dcg. Fahr.,' and this:h is maintained till 6 p. M , when it slow* \\" ly and -teudily falls till .an hour before iw midnight; the amount of decrease by t?? this time is something over two degrees. c?- At about 3 A. M. the upward turn istaken, and the heat increases till 9 it- o'clock. It is curious that this extent id of change o ly occurs to young bodies; in old to.ks preserve a nearly equal degree c of warmth all the twenty-four hoursi-s through Other notable faots arc, that d feeding has nothing to do with the mlie riatioiif, and that hot and cold baths do r>, not appear to interfere with the regulariI". fy of tbe successive changes. ?n Lund ice Loce. |?. Jy I'ower of Memory?T1ieh?istoctei?r an ancient Grecian, co rid call by tboir d. niMues the twenty thon-anj citizens o(T lie Athens Gyrus o .uld repeat the nauic* c. of every soldier in liis army Mortenu sius, one of the orators of Rome, after" e- sitting a whole day at a publicsnle, could ct onuim rate from memory all the things lit sold, th ir pri- cs, and Dames of all the he purchasers. Ben Johnson could repeat id. word for word, all that he had evir written ; and indeed, whole books that he had simply read. Senec a, the rhen toricun, was able to repeat two thousand of uaiiMS in exact order in wheih they had "e been spoken to him ; and on one occaw. sion, two hundred unconnected verse? mt having been pronounced in his hearing, pi- lie at once repeated the whole of then* rot in reversed order, beginning with the cr- last wise and proceeding backward toey the first. It is said of Paschal that he ml 'forgot no hing of what he had read, ;ro heard, or seen." Sir William Ilaniilrin ton, on whose authority we give the o ub-ive lacts, mentions the case of a young so Corxican who would, with a moment's ia, hesitation, repeat "thirty-six thoasand :ch names in the order in which lie had re heard them, and then reverse the order n- ami proceed backward to the first," bess. ing able to do this after thefojweofa ns whole year between the time of hearrc insr the names and that of repeating nd them. ill ?>f Siiekp sniiahino?The farmers of ??r Kjisi Tennessee ure naturally proud of vr the fine slict p raised by them. As a specimen of the decree of slieep cultivatioii to which tlic farmers have at- < at tain, d, we note a late shearing Dear 4 pd Hull's G ip, Hawking county. Mr. A. I rk B. Kale sheared thirty pounds from- lj i)k three sheep; Mr. H. P. McCullougu 011 obt-ined twenty-four and a half pounds j$ irt from three; 5lr. W. Kale eighteen ?! i*k pounds from two, and W. Grisby twenle. ty pounds from two sheep. 8ome of M he these sheep suckled two lambs. Ninety y he two and 1 half pounds of wool from ten* i| lis head of sheep is not bad be Knoxville Press., ;?| The Horry (S. C.) News says : || correspondent writing us an acoount of' |j| "c a trip to Wilmington by way of privateIC' conveyance, suys that he stayed ot6r r/aj e" niglu ut the house of a genteman, whose. rM ICS wife, only forty-two yeara of age, had, her twcniy-BecoDd child in her arms." H lis A married man iu New Hampshire, . H I (J has adopted an original method of econ- r||j or omy. One morning recently, when he. w is. knew his wife would see him, he kissed* [saS >iu the servant girl. The household ex-'. \M pi* peiises were iuataotly reduced 8200 per. ?|j ho year, * . Alexander H. Stevens is slowly re ed covering from h;s injuries, and has re- &? iw sumed work on the second volume of- H his history. H