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Camden, July 22,1809 ^
RAIN. > ' ,cs
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Camdea and its immediate vicinity
were visited by refreshing rains on
Tuesday afternocm", and we are glad to KE
learn that other-parts of the District
have been, similarly favored.
A TRUE DISTORT. 12
When Ames' N. 0. Circus was in er
this town, a State tax of fifty dollars was E.
ought to be levied out of their goods res
and chattels. The legality of imposing
this tax was denied, but an attachment be
.was taken out beforo one of the Magistratcs
rn this County, who holds various at
other offices besides that of Magistrate,
and the writ handed over to the Sheriff"
for action. But the Magistrate being nQ
rather anxious as to the fate of his writ
and costs, took it from the hands of the tj0
Sheriff and proceeded to collect it him- su
self The treasurer of the circus company
finding that if the tax was not rc<
paid, a horse or some other property of
tie company would be?attaehed-imd Be
held, they being strangers and unablo Jto
give the requisite security, offered a *e<
compromise of twenty-five dollars, which ^
the Magistrate accepted and the attach- to
mcnt was dissolved. This arrangement iza
however, did uot suit the Clerk of tbo toCputt,
at whose instance the writ was ^
issued, and he threatened to hold the
Magistrate responsible for the wholci jt
amount called for, on the very just
fT.v.n-,,1 flint thev either had the auw tes
6" *"") -~ij . ; .
thority to compcl_the Circus Company lh<
to pay the whole tax or nothing.
The Clerk acted under an act of the me
General Assembly ratified A. D. 1866,
entitled, "an aet to raise supp ies for Jthe
current year Ac," whieh expired by
its own limitation in one year from its.
date, aud similar to an act as passed
every year Tor tlic same purpcscTTraising
supplies &c , for the government
of the State. The Circus Company was
not compellable to pay any tax at all of
this nature, because circus companies ~
are not enumerated in the list of those ma
companies or corporations liable ta tax- To
atlon, under .the _ AaLjtd lttfiS,?whiult'
regulates taxation. If they wore liable,' wa
it is strange indeed that in no other iD
place but in Camden wore they forced thi
to pay this tax. But since the deed is {T0
done, we suppose the County Com mis-* ^
sioners and the Magistrate will settle; Far
the hash_according to the best of their au<
ability. ; j art
We merely insert this in order to
point our exclamation, 0 tcmjtora, CJ n?'
"o -' 0' , . * I Bo,'
WATERMELONS. { "f
We notice in our market a supply of sin
this luscious fruit at very reasonable "?a
prices. To place one of them in cold
water for five, nr six hours, call in ai ^
friend or-two te-partrcipnte,- -and?then; wo
gently insinuate cold steel through its get
tempting form, hear it crack, see it fall
' open, with its mass of red meat upper;
most, is elegant. But to devour it! 0f
Tin's, indftftd, is eratntic. I SCV
Fellow-countrymen, bring in your is i
melons I . ' * i be
_ th<
. PROPHETS. | >;
* . | cai
In these latter days, there is a superj
abundance of the above merrfiohed geni noi
tlemcn. most of whom take the wcathef jD?
find thfl indications of Xain,? &&-U VODt '^c
for tjhe spirit within them." Whethcf i
their prognostications are- trustworthy, un
hi host known to themselves, as day aff saf
-ter day buries itself in the past, and ?a'
stHl no ram to cool the parched earths a(*'
. , . .-.J! . f 8tO
the dying trees, or perspiring mortals* ^
These weather prophetS may do-in- to
jury to nervous individuals, who, upon mi
hefaith of their representations, prepare W1
- themselves for a shower and are disap- ^.c
pointed. ' This* not only shakes their ft-,
faith, but causes them to wilt and be- wi!
c(me utterly prostrate, because of hav- sad
rogMcithdrawn from themselves "the
prcssuie" necessary to endure heat. ;
Most prophets are "not without hon,'
'* i 'i ' ' 1 t 1 or
save in their own country, bgjt _
weatbpr prophets are undeserving oi fej
but in every other.' "All signs lail ib
t dry* nreather," and therefore all-pro?
jjhcrics in relation to it are follible.? tee
^^Vatber prophets remembering tbjp 4
i^wise^aw,;' will do well; otherwise, like cor
.. < 'the man Vho got drank once too ofteq,. *l?
yill "'rtin theirTeputation." The
signs principally-relied on in favor <Jf *S6i
rain, are, "lightning under the North chc
star?cirrus clouds floating about in the by
it morning?jay birds croaking very early ^
I in,the'morning?and the peculiar cob- saj(
ditton of the atmosphere." With ibis Bh0
striking conglomeration of Nature's ran
/ _
rrders, it k curious indeed that we
! not treated to a shower of rain inad
of the showers of regrets, plaine
beruoanings and bewailings, hopes
sighs and almost tears, with which
r ears are assailed at every turn. *
FOR TUE JOURNAL.
;rshaw agricultural AND MECHANICAL
SOCIETYThe
Society met in the Town Ilall
Camden, on Saturday, 17th ibst., at
oVlnnlt M. The attendance.was full
than at any previous meeting. Col.
M. Bovkin submitted the following
solution which was adopted :
Resolved, That a Committee of three
appoiuted to get all information reive
to the importation of Coolies, and
e immigration of GermanB, and report
their earliest convenience.
The Chair appointed on this Com.
ttee, K.M. Boykio, Win. M. Shann
and Theodore Lang. Tho Presint
read to the Society a communica>n
from Gen. J. B. Kershaw on the
bjcct of Taxes. Acting on the sugstion
contained therein, the following
solution was adopted by the Society :
Resolved, the That President, E. M.
>ykin, Jno Macrae, T. H. Clarke and
I). Kennedy be appointed a coimnit!
to proceed to Columbia, represent
the Governor, the question of taxan
as it affects us, and to request him
rc-assciuble the State Board of Equalition,
to hear evidence generally, -as
the fact, that Kershaw is "taxed upon
ree times ibe actual value of her .real
.ate.
On motion of Theodore Lang, Esq.,
was
Resolved, That the question of conting
Ihc legality of the Taxes in
j Courts be postponed.
Their being no further business the
eting then adjourned.
JAS. CHESNUT, rres'dt,
T. IIaT, Sec'y.
Cotton Stealing! in New York.
correspondent of the N. Y. Journal
Commerce, writes to that paper
follows upon the subject of cotton
aling in. the warehouses of that
7New
York, July 9.
Messrs. Editors:?Com plaint is often
de of losses in the weight of cotton
day while looking out of my offieo
mly)V, | Hit"' Ul H113 V* I1U1U
ficulty. Opposite there is a cotton
rehouse (and there are several others
the neighborhood,) and I saw the
eves stealing the cotton as it came
in the warehouse. The word stealr
tells the whole story. All hands
al. The cartmeo, the laborers, the
nplcrs, and hosts of girls and boys,
3 men and. women, that are hanging
>und, all steal. And the warehouscn
themselves wink at it, if they do
t-profit by this wholesale stealing. If
i will spend a few minutes at my of;
almost any day you may see a poeman
leisurely walking by ignorant
all that is going on. A short time
ce I called the attention of a policerv
t/v n .Qqfln af I AfV ai)C| lip
ftl W ll'TUOV vt vVitvtr DlVUIIfigj n LI VI nod
mo that he would not arrest a coti
thief if he saw one in the act. His.
:use was that the Police Justice;
ukl not noticeTifin, and that he would
, nothing but abuse for bis pains, and
it if Le persisted in doing his duty,
it he could not keep his place three
mths. This is a dreadful condition;
things. In my neighborhood aief
eral places where this stolen ootton,
openly bought, and" the thieves,cpn
seen, going in and out at all times of
i day, and their business is no secret.
Noy,AIr. Editor, I ask the question;
i this thing go on and our coinmuni
not Buffer ? Men and women are
t the only ones -engaged in this busss,
but scores of little .children are
:luded among the thieves, and they
)w.a3 much skill as their elders. 1
This city will suffer in its business
Icss'thls thing is stopped. It iS'not
e'to send cotton to New York for
e. I would not do so, and would
rise my friends not to do so, unless a
p could\be put' to this wholesale
evi'ng. A loss of, one or two bales
a -hundred is trifling, it must be
icb-greater. -Our judges -and~poHce
II do nothings Cannot oar'cottod
ircl'ants devise some plan to stop it J
not, the day c&nqot be distant when
will-be a bold and redklesa man (bat
11 send his cotton lo New ?ork for
e. . , Ay Old Subscriber.
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L'TH CAROLINA* AGRICULTURAL
AND MECHANICAL SOCIETY.
? ,?qlumbia, July>4, 1869y (
Editors Courier:?I am" instructed
the Executive Committee- of the
ath CarolinacAgricultural and Me?
? * ? ' o i j e ki:
IDJCOT oociety iu iiauu ^uu- iui jiuuiiion
the following synopsis of the prodings
ofthemeeting of said Conimit,1l'e1cbthi8
day, in CoIumbia: ,
ti quorum-being present, the financial
iditicflJ Ojf the Society was first in vessteS
and'disousscd, and the following
alution adopted : ' j
Resolved. That the Secretary of th4
rrirCar6nna Agricultural and Meinical
Society be authorized to issue
the 1st of August next, such a prejm
list, to the extent of 84,000, as
11 be approved by this Commit tea,
1 gmongt to h? inoreased to $6,000,
uld the financial subscriptions wart
it-. I
A member from Charleston offered
the following.: /.' /
Resolved, That the Secretary be instructed
to publish for the in formation
of the public, the communication submitted
to this Committee by Her British
Majesty's Co.nsal, Mr. H Pihckney
Walker, and that the Committee respectfully
commend the subject of the
orkmenVInteroationalExhibition,"
therein referred to, to the consideration
of the State. ? "VT T./ '
Resolved, That the' details of the local
organisation, which the:prqjector8.of tb?
exhibition invite, be referred to the
Society at its meeting in November
next.
The communication is as follows j
British Consulate^,
Charleston, July 12, 1869.
TVm. M Laicton, Vice-President South
Carolina Agricultural and. Mechanical
Society:
Sir :?Hearing that you are about to
attend a meeting of the South Carolina
State Ag-icultural and Moahanical Society,
to be held in Columbia, on the
14th iustant, I hasten to place in your
hands a copy of the programme which
has been i-sued by the Honorable Secretaries
to the "Workmcns International
Exhibition," to be held at London
in 1870. I have the honor, also, to enclose
a copy of a letter addressed by the
Secretaries to the Earl of Clarendon,
H-Lnrnin tViviows of thft CommittCC
having the matter in charge arc now
fully set forth. It is desired, you will
perceive, that local committes should be
formed in -cities and places in other
countries to call attcution to the subject
in view, and to make arrangement for
the transmission of such articles of skill
and ingenuity as may bo deemed worthy
of exhibition. I indulge the hope that
you will do me the favor of presenting
these,papers to your Society, in order
that the objects of the Committee of
the "Workmen's International Exhibition,"
of 1870, mny be aided and encouraged
by the South Carolina State Agricultural
and Mechanical Society and
by its local committees already existing
throughout the State, obtain general
publicity.
It will, on the other baud, be my
pleasure and duty to forward to the
Committee carrying out the programme
of the "Workmen's International Exhibition,"
of 1870, such communication,
in connection withjthe objects they have
in view, ss may be placed in my hands
for that purpose. And*aIso to receive
suggestions as to the names of parties
in this State who may be ready to give
assistance in furtherance of the desigu.
Ihnvp the. honor to be, air, -your most
obedient and hunfble servnnt,
H. PINCK.VBY WAfcKBR,
H. iM. Consul.
The following resolution was adopt[
ed :
Jicsulved, That as the question of
Chinese labor has been occupying the
attention of Southern planters since the
adjournment of the State Agricultural
and Mechanical Convention, that this
Executive Committee, through its
Chairman, appoint three citizens as a
committee to collect all the necessary
information and cost of introducing that
description of labor into South Carolina
and to report to the next regular meeting
of the Society.
Accompanying mis synopsis 13 uie
report of the committee appointed at
the May meeting of the State Agricultural
and Mechanic il Society to examine'
the Sorghnm Syrup and Sugar
Works at Greenville C. H., which was
received and ordered to be .published :
Gen. Johnson liny nod, President Ayricultural
and Mechanical Society
The Committee appointed to visit1
and report upon.the ?orghum Works of.
Dr "W. ITPassm ore/located at Greenville,
S. C., beg leave to submit the following
report: : Four
of your committee visited, tho!
works soon after their appointment,
and witnessed the process of refining
syrup! For the'pbrpoSe of testing' the.
merits of the p/ocess,- whieh is known!
as tha "Southern process/' Col. Aiken,)
one of the .committee, furnished a barrel
of sorghum syrup of his own manu-j
facture, of ordinary quality! which was
refined by this proce-s," antl the quality
of the syrup was greatly* improved.
We found in the augarJiouse of Dr.
P., a quantity of njush sugar, which,
be informed us, had been made by this
process, from the juice of the black im"phee.
"~A 'small quantity of this mush
sugar was'cUnverred in a few minutes
into a beautiful light sugar, by the use
of a centrifugal mill. In order to satisfy
ourselves as to the history of this
mush sugar, we wrote to* Colonel S. F.
?' ?? /-1 c
JDJIJ, OT masoD uouniy, ivy., iiuuj mjuuj
the same was said to have been obtain*
ed. His reply to our letter is herewith
submitted as a part of oar report.
For the purpose of refining sorghum
syrups, your committeeare satisfied that
the Southern process is tHe best 6f which
they have any knowledge; and if sugar
can be successfully manufactured from
the sorghum cane,, then tlie Qplti,option
.of the cane, and the manufacture
of sugar by this process, will prove
highly remunerative to tiro Southern
planter. Everf should it be found imr
practicable to manufacture sugar from
sorghum, still this process will.be highly
valuable for the purpose of refining
syrupB.
From the information before your
committee, they have no "hesitation in
recommending the Southern pfcocess for
refining syrups tu thwfirvnrable consideration
ot the planters of the State.
The report has be^. delayed }>jf,;tjie
desire of the Committee to ootam all
the information possible upon the sub
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ject, and especially in the delay of Col.
Jolly's'reply to the letter.
All of which is respectfully submitted
JAMKS P. MOORE,
I. Q. DONALDSON,
- -Leonard Williams.
B. Z. HERNDON,
D. WYATT AIKEN.
Dovee, Kr., June 14,1869.
James P. Moore, Esq., Greenville, S.
S.~ C:
Sir :?Yours of the 4th inst only is
to hand. Touching one barrel of sorghum
mush sugar, shipped South to
W. P. Passmore, allow me to say, it was
raised from the black imphee or African
variety of seed,; planted 1st of May,
1868, harvested last of September, and
while the seed was vet in the milk:
manufactured by the YVeller& Hatcher
process, and made about two months
previous to beiog sent forward. Crystalization
was secured by being properly
made upon tne Weller &-Hatcher
process, which set in from five to ten
days after being made Into syrup, and
was in a high state of granulation when
, barreled and shipped, I should think
from six to seven pounds to the gallon.
The Hon. Joho C. Breckenridge, of
Kentucky, was elected the orator for
the appr >aching fair.
Information was received that the
City Council of Columbia would furuish
the grounds and necessary buildings for
the firit annual fair.
The Chairman appointed Messrs W,
M. Lawton, Win. Wallace and M. L
Bojhain, as the Committee on Chinese
Immigration.
h P. WYATT AIKEN,
Sec'y S. C. A and M. Society.
LIFE INSURANCE.?
Dr. John L. IIaRDI.man, Aqnnt Si
Louis Mutnal Lift Insurance Co
Dear Sir:?I write to acknowledgi
the receipt by check for 55,000, scnl
rae by the St. Louis Mutual Life Insu
ranee Co.,.through you for the policj
on the life of my husband, which wat
promptly cashed by the Banking Houst
of Branch, Sons & Co., of this city.?
lrou will please accept my thanks foi
your courtesy and promptness in set
tling the same.
Respectfully, yours,
A. F. Lallerstedt, Ex'trx.
The above speaks for itself, and
shows -with what promptness the St.
Louis Mutual Insurance Company pays
the losses which it incurs. We understand
that Col Lallerstedt only had his
life insured in this Company last October,
and at the time of his death had
paid" but IW<T qnartcrty premiums ot
thirty-six dollars and ten cell's, while the
Company declared a dividend of thirtyseven
dollars and fifty c nts in favor of
his policy for the year 1869. brom
this it will be seen that while Mrs. Lai!s
<tadt received the full amount?Cve
thousand dollars?ou her hu-banu's policy,
the latter had only paid to the Com
pany a fraction above flinty-four do!'ars.?
Vhronic'e and Scnliih I.
Escapes from the Penitentiary.
?The week just passed chronicles the
escape of six convicts from Mr. Stolbrand's
penitentiary. Four fell upon
their guard, while working at some dis
(ancc from the enclosure, disarmed and
beat liiro, and mado off. Two others
worked through the enclosure. These
six added to the two mentioned a few
weeks ago, and the sixteen that Govenor
Scott pardoned in his lost batch, make
twenty-four convict felons recootly let
loose among us. It is apparent that
Scott is eight ahead of Stolbrand, as
for as heard from; but the difference
between these doughty opponents of
penal laws is that, while Scott's par
dons are lavishly published to all, (especially
to all negro voters,) Stolbraud's
escapes are kept as dark as possible.?
Besides, to Stolbrand's credit, we must
remember that this penitentiary is but
a single squad of that Grand Army of
the Republic of which be is commander-in-chief
at this post; and too many
other duties may have prevented his
successful competition with his more
fortunate rival.
Columbia Cor. Charleston Neves
New England Getting Alarmed.
?The immense emigration to the West
and the rapidly augmenting populations
of the States of the Pacific troni the
.importation of Chinese, together with!
the significant movements in the South
looking to the introduction of Chincsq
or Coolie labor in that section, in large!
numbers, have awakened considerable
alarm amopg New England politicians
in regard to thetcnurc of their bold upoq
the supremacy of the national govern;
ment:- The papers are beginning to pubi
lish statistics showing bow the New
England States are losing- ground in
the matter of the apportionment for
members of Congress, and how their
strcng'h is'gradually receding while
that of the West is rapidly increasing,
It is even proposed to cut Massachusetts
in twain.and erect a oew State ou(
of the western .counties- - Ii is also prol
posed to make two new States out of
Maioc. This will give New England
six additional members in the Uuite<i
States Senate, and a number of members
of the lower House. It is probable other
'Eastern States that oan be gerrymandered
to.advaatage will also be carved
up into convenient estate coinmuuuie?
handy tp handle aqd small endugh to
clap into'"the breeches pocket of any
pigmy politician New England may desire.to
inject into the councils of the
patjon. We do not learn jhat the mighty
don$Un'"oAhT bf'Hthodp
Island?which, it has been said, is not
broad enough in some parts to afford
requisite space of twelve paces on which
to fight a duel according to the code-1.
will come under the carving-knife of
the radical politicans of her larger sisters.
But while Little Rhody may be
suffered to remain intact there is-no
mistaking the fact that the New England
politicians are becoming seriously
alarmed at the prospect of losing their
preponderating infi'JGnce in the goverrr
ment. Some of the Western papers
have taken up the idea and are pointing
' to it with exultation, as showing that,
indeed, westward ~'fthe star" of empire"
is taking its way,"with the view in prospect
of the national capital being estabished
in St. Louis?a point recommended
even by her rival sister, Chicago.?
Hence the present perturbation amoDg
the dry bones.of the New England political
staecrs is but natural. But this
is only the beginning of the shower. In
a few years these New Englaud philosophers,
with their narrow and bigoted
notions, their holy exclusivcncss, theii
arched eyebrows and elevated noses,
will be politically submerged as if by s
political deluge, and "after the deluge?
what ?"?New York Herald.
Don't Fail 'Vorth a Cent !?
"Brick" Pomeroy has placed the bus
, incss management of his papers in th<
i hands of C. P. Sykcs, an experienced
" publisher, and now devotes his entin
, time to the duties of the sanctum
where, relieved of business cares, he it
' ... ' M '
. making his giant weekly, PoMEROY'i
Democrat, the most readable papei
ever priuted. It is sharper than the
La Crosse Democrat ever was?rnort
than red lwty and full to the brim o
laughable humorous articles; Saturday
Night chapters, and those peculiar edi
! torials, none others can or dare write
11 Send fur sample copies, or subscribe bj
| sending for it to the editor or publisher
, P. 0. box 5,217, New York City. II(
s pays five hundred dollars cash, for th<
largest club sent in before the 16th ol
September! The reports of Pomeroy'e
failure arc simply stories started b)
thoso who do not like his giant papet
or his red-huL style of editing a paper
opposed to bondholders and official corruption.
Tiie Chops ?The long continued
' drought in the middle and upper sections
of the State is causing deep anxicu
Ijr to the farmery nod all our adsLoa*
agree in reporting that will be largely
'' in Both quantify and quality. Wo are
. informed that along the line of the railroad
between Kingville and Wilmington,
N. C-, a distance of one hundred
and seventy miles, there is not an acra
of coru. which is not .seriousiy injured.
But the weather which is unfavorable
to corn will improve the quality of upland
cotton, and will give us an earl)
crop if not so large in quantity as was
at one time expected, in the low coun
try the rice is suffering for the want ol
rain. The small streams arc so saltyjthal
I the fields cannot be flooded, bat long
: continued showers will enable the plan
? ters to make an average crop. Fron.
the sea islands the cotton reports art
! highly favorable, and there is ever)
' * -a.- t.i.? _r l
. reason 10 expect a ociier crop 01 iuuj.
I cot ton than we have had for uiany years
The eatterpillar now can do no mort
harm. Uur great foe is powerless.
Farmers and planters often look ai
the blue side, but, making all proper al
lowances for low spiiits and populai
exaggeration, it may be said that th<
drought has already done much harm
and will, if it lasts much longer, largely
curtail the fair proportion of the corr
and upland cotton crops of the State.
'" 1 ' Charleston News.
4 Baptist State Convention.?Th<
| State Convention of the Baptist denom
ination in South Carolina will hold it:
} forty-ninth anniversary with the church
j in Yorkville, commencing on Thursday,
j July 22, at 10 o'clock A. M. Kev. L,
I R. Gwaltney was appointed to preach
; the introductory sermon; Rev. G. W.
I Pickett, alterqate. Charity sermon by
j Rev. E. T. Winkler; Rev. Richard
i FurmaD, alternate.
J The Goocu Cultivator Plow?
[ A New Invention.?On Monday of
[ last week, Sale day, a new improved
: cotton plow, the invention of Mr. J. H
Gooch, a citizen of our District, and
successful planter, was exhibited to a
large n umber of persons who pronounced
t it a success. It. is called the Gooch
Cultivator, and is capable of attaching
any size plow used for corn or cotton.
Wo learn from many of the knowing
ones that this is a decided improvement
on all the others, and is much cheaper.
Bennettsville Journal.
The Direct Land Tax at the
South.?There is some talk of enforcing
the collection of the direct land tax
in the South. The Southern States'
share of this tax?which amounted to
twenty millions among all the States?
was six millions. Of this sum only about
three millions has been paid into
the Treasury from the Southern States.
Ti "*" fViuf 'wlinn fViio
It Will UC lUUiUUIUblVU muv n uvw ?m?w
amount had been collected President
Johnson sent a message to Congress
Betting forth that in view of the poverty
produced in the South by the war it
would in many instances, bo ruinous to
that section to enforce the collection of
k theHttx afrthat- time, and recommending
that it be suspended for some time, so
*
us to allow the industrial interot* if
the South to rccuparate. It is state i
that the limit of the suspcosioD fixed by
' Congress has now passed, and the law
providing for the levying and collection
i of the tax comes into full force again,
i It is argued by those who urge this proceeding
that the industrious of the
South have greatly improved in the
' interim ; that the crops are abundant;
. -and that there ie-no longer aoy?excuse
i for delay on the score of poverty^?
Whether tL'e fiecaefarv of theTTreasorv
| will act upon the advice tendered hiin
-iirthis matter remains to be weir
j Viatic. Cor. N. Y. Herald, July 14.
The Great Solar Eclipse.?Commodore
B. F. Sands, superintendent
United States Naval Observatory, haa
addressed a letter to meterological ohi
servers along the line of the totality of _
\\ the solar eclipse of August 7th. He re
| quests that, commencing at midnight
I of August 5th, hourly observations be
taken with a barometer, dry bulbjwct
, bulb and solar thermometers, and with
i an actinonicter?an instrument used to"
measure the direct heat radiations frotf?
the sun and the varying intensities of
light. During the eclipse observations
should be taken every ten minutes. lb*
afm/ihAnO Or?C% nitron na nA
??< WVKIVK9 ^??VH uo WU IUC piupci
; sitions in which to place the insturments.
Commodore Sands states that the belt
of country in t e United States over
' which the eclipse will appear total, is
f about 140 miles wide, and fronj the
j coast of North Carolina, stretches away
in a north westerly direction through *
North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia,
r Kentucky, Iudiana, Illinois and Iowa.
: He gives a list of the cities and towns
) through which the central line of the
r belt passes.?Richmond Enquirer.
7 The common notion that the Friends
" are dwindling away is incorrect. During
the last year the Orthodox branch
j of the society alone received about fifteen
hundred new members. There are
' now twelve yearly meetings; nine iu
' this country, and one each in Canada, '
' Ireland and England. The society is
r growing quite rapidly at the West.-y
, Uaverford College, in Pennsylvania.;
Earlham College, in Richmond, Indiana,
and Whitticr College, at Salem,
towa. It is*a noteworthy fact, and one
" not at all difficult of-accountinji: for, that
. the society flourishes most in thost
States whoso Quakers bclitvcnu Sunday
Schools.
n
Singular Purchase of a ITorsfL
A Aiirinua nrtaa xxrua rnonnt 1 v trlri? ?tl
u_St~Petrr>ihnrp, gjjieh pruYea. that it i*
sometimes well to look in the mouth.
, A Russian colonel r-cently sold one of
, his horses to a merchant at a high pric>?,
. intimating at the same time that he
j was v ry loathe to put with it, thennti
mal being so capab'e and intelligent as
"only to. want a tongue in order to be
s perfect.'' The mcrchaut's delight at
, his bargain, however, was somewhat
r dashed by the news brought him next
, day by his groom that the horse was in- I
. capable of drinking properly, having j
p only half a tongue. At this fatal rove\
lation of the colonel's meaning his vicr
tim at once laid the case before a magistrate;
hut the defendent maintained,
i -.mid the uproarious laughter of the en
tire court, (including the presiding
r judge himself,) that he given his cusr
touier fair warning of The defect, his
' words being that the hor.e "only wnnt?
cd a tongue to make him perfect" ; and
he appealed to the plaintiff himself f r
I a confirmation of this statement, which
. the latter, with extreme reluctance and
unprintable comments, eventually gave,
i The magistrate pronounced that nothing
could be done, and recommend d
j that the attair should De compromised.
i ;?
How oar Democratic (?) President
regards the people is shown, from the
fact that (ithe beautiful and spacious
) grounds around the Executive Mansion,
. which heretofore have been open to the
j public, are to be considered private
> hereafter, and no one outside of the ?
( President's household will be allowed
to trespass. The raall south of th6 ex- -j
i ecutive grounds is also closed to the
public, and is used as a pasture for the
< President's horses." This is upou good |
| Radical authority, the New York Tri- f
bune.
The Ninth Census will show fifty
thousand milesof Railroad in the United
States, and more than one hundred and
fifty thousand miles of telegraph. 'Our
population is estimated at forty two
millions?more than France?or Prussia?ten
millions more than Greafc
Britain.
At the carpenters' meeting in Washington
the other day Mr. Thomas Burr
urged that the ameudment be adopted,
because if the doors were left opei',
some of Fleming's (a Richmond carpenter)
or Hunt & William's jours
might come down and present the name
of a colored man, and they would not
know it until they appeared for admission.
He moved to insert the word $
"white" in all proper places of the constitution,
and it was done.
A Singular Tragedy.?A LouisvS41e
(Ky.) telegram dated July 14th, ||
says I
"Yesterday, as Colonel Sam. Check, $
deputy sheriff of Cumberland county,
was conveying a hyse-thief named
Ward to Glasgow in tnOurksville stagecoaoh,
he stopped at a spring by the |
roadside to get a drink, leavfcg-ki* pis- |
tol, the only weapon in the party, lyilg
on the seat. The prisoner seized the