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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. j AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY PAPER, published by JOHN KERSHAW, SUBSCRIPTION KATES. One year, in advanoe $2 50 1 Six months 1 60 j Three months 75 Transient Advertisements must be paid for in advance. _ LAWS OF THE STATE. Acta and Resolutions of the Ceneral Assembly of South Carolina. Published tfy Authority. An Act to Grant, Renew and Anient! tho Charter of the Village of Rock Hill, in f.h* flountv of York. % ^MimmMwmmwtmmwm VOL. XXXI. CAMDEN. 8. O.> "flSUllSDAY, JUHE SO, 187-3. NO. 43 """" Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate fcnd House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina now met and sitting in Ireueral Assembly, and hy the authority of the same: That from and after the passage of this ?ct, all citizens of this State, having resided Itwolve 'ihonths withiu the State, and sixty 'days in the Village of Rock Iii|l, shall be deemed, 'Iwrd are hereby declared to be, a *body politic and corporate, and the said village shall be'callpd and known by the name of Rock Hill, and its corporato limits shall oxtend over an area of. a square each side whereof is one milo, and the centre whereof is-"Gordon's Hotel." * Sec. 2. That the said village shall be. governed by an intendant an'd Tour wardens, who shall be cithidh3 of the United States, and who lhall have resided in this State twelve months, and shall have been residents <y' the said village sfoty days immediately .preceding their election, and who shall be elected on the second Monday of January. 1873, and oh the same day iu each year thereafter, ten days' public notipo thereof being previously give^; and thift all male inhabitanes of the age of twenty-one years, citi of the State, and who shall have resided within the State twelve mouths, and in the said village sixty day immediately preceding their election, shall be entitled toTuto * for said intendantand wardens, paupers arid persons under disutilities of e:'iute excepted. \ Sec. 3. The said election shall be held at some convenient 'public place iu the said village; from ten o'clock in the morning, until fotfrVrilctA fn tlic afterhooii, and when the poll? shall be closed, the managers shall forthwith count the- votes, and declare the clectifro; and give notice thereof, in writing, to the iutairdant thcrerr. iSeihig, who shall, witVrn two days thereafter giVo notice, or 'cause the same to be given, to the persons duly elected. The intendant and wardens, "before entering upon the duties'of their office, shall, recoctively tiiko the 6frth prescribed by the constitution of the State, and also tire foNoWirrg oath, to wit: "As intendant .(or warden) of the village of Kock Hill. 1 will, equally aud Impartially, to the best'tff' Wy ability, exercise the trust* repriced iu me, aud will use my Wst endeavors to preserve the peace, and entry into effect, according to law, the purposes for winch I have been elected : So hel}> me Clod." And if any person, upon being elected intendant or uar. Xlen, shrll refuse to act as such, he shall fo'rforfeit and pay follie c6an'c'd th'e sum of twenty Solhns for the use of said village : Provided, That m? person who has attained the age of sixty yehrs shall be compelled to serve in either of said of?e<u; -noysh^l any other person be c^crtiipelled to serve, either as intendant or warden, more than one year in any term of three years. The intendant and wardeus for the time being shall' always appoint one or more boards of malingers (three managers for each board) to conduct the election, who, before they open the polls, shall take oath fairly and impartially to conduct the same. Sec. 4. That in case a vacancy shall occur in the office of intendant, or any of the wardens, by death, resignation, removal, or otherwise. im election to fiH bach vacWtoy shall be held by order of the intendant and Wardens or a majority of the same, ten days* public notice being previously giVen; and in case of sickness, or temporary absence of the intendant, the wardens, formiiVg the-council, shall be empowered to elect of their number to act as in fondant during the time. Sec. 5. That the inteodaht and wardens duly elected and qualified shall, during their term of office, severally and respectively, be vested with all the powers of trial justices, or justices of the peace, as the case may be in this State, within the limits of said village, except for the trial of 6mall and mean cases; and th? intendaVit Shall and may, as often as is ttec&fetojr, summon the wardens to meet iii 'connail, fifty three of whom, with the intendant, shall constitute a rtuorum to transact busiuess; and Ihev shall (>'e known as the town council of Rbeh Hill; and they and their successors in office, hereafter to be elected, may have a poplmon seil, which shall be affixed to all of their brdinaccs, may s ic and he sued, plead and be impleaded in aiy court of justice in this Stato; and purn'nisn hold. nosse.SK and eninv to them, in pjrpetuity, or for any term of years, any cstite, real or personal, or mixed, and sell, a'icn or convey the same: Provided, The b tine shall not exceed, at any one time, the sum of ten thousand dollars; and the said town council shall have authority to appoint, from time to time, as they may fit, such and so many proper persons, to act as marshals or constables of said village, as said council may deem necessary and expedient for the preservation of the peace, good order and police thereof which persons so appointed ghall, within the corporate limits of said vil1 :gc, have the power and privileges, and be subject to all the obligations, penalties, and regulations provided by lata for the office of constable, and shall be liable to bo removed at the pleasure of said town council.; and the said town council shall have authority lb festiblish or authorize the establishment o? & market-house in said village; also to authorize the establishment of a guardhouae, and to prescribe Suitable rulef and regulations for keeping and governing the same, and tho said town oouncil, or the said intendant aud wardens, in person, any one or more of them, may authorize and roquire any marshal of the town, or constable especially appointed for that purpose, to arrest and commit to the said guardhouse, for. a term not exceeding twenty-four hours, any person or persons who. within the corporate limits of said town, ? 0 riotous or disorderly conduct, open obscenity, public-drunkenness, or any conduct grossly indecent or dangerous to. tire citizens of said towh, or any of them; and it shall be the duty of the town marshal or constable to arr.cst and commit all such offenders "when required to do so, and who'shall have-power to call to their assistance the posse .comitatus, if need be, to aid in making such arrests; and upon the failure of such officers to -perform such.diity as required, they shall severally be subject to such fines and penalties as the town council may ioipbnc tfpon 'them; arid all persons so imprisoned shall pay the costs and expenses incident to thoir imprisonment, VhWh'Shld'cosCs and expenses shall be collected in the same manner as is provided for the collection of fines imposed for the vi- j dlation of ordinances, rules and regulations : l TVinf onfli imnrisonnient shall not I X IVTlUbU) JL MWV UMV>. mmm.-p exempt the party from the payment of any fine the conncil may impose for the offence which he, she or thoy may have committed; aud the sard town council shall havo full power and authority, under their corporate seal, to make.ail'stich rules and regulations, 1>y-lavvs and ordinances, respecting the streets, roads and business thereof, as well as the police system of the said town, as shall appear to them necessary and proper for the security, welfare find convenience of the inhabitants of said town, and for preserving health, order and government within the said town; and tho.suid town council may impose fines, 'for offences again t their by-laws, rules,'regulations and ordinances, and appropriate the same to bho public ust of said town; and the said town couucil shall have the same power that trial justices or justices of the peace now have, or may hereafter have, to compel the attendance of witnesses, and rsouiring them to "give evidence upon the trial before thoin of any persons or persons for a violation of any of thoif ordinances, by-laws, rules or regulations; but ho'fine above the sum of twenty five dollars shall be collected by said council, except by suit In'the proper courts ofjustico in this State, and also that nothing herein cohtaif.dd shall authorize said council tj make any ordinance or by-laws inconsistent with or repugnant to the laws of this State. S'cc. 6 That the said iutendant and wardens, or ft majority of dlc-m, shall have pow- J er to aDate and remove an nuisances in saiu town, and it shall be their duty to keep a'H" bfidges, roads, ways and streets within the corporate limits of said town, open and in good repair, and for that purpose they are invested with all the powers of county commissioners, fir and within the corporate limits ofsaid town, and thoy may lay out new streets,'close tip* alter or widen out those nqw'it) use; and shall have lull power to classify or arrange the inhabitants or citizctis of said town, liable to street, road or public duty therein, and to fores t'he performance of such duty under such penalties as are now, or shall hereafter be prescribed by law; and < they shall have power to compound with all | persons liable to work the sfrocte. Ways and roads tti said town upon such terms as their | ordinances or by-laws may establish, or their j rules and regulations may require; the 1111)11?" cv so received to he applied to the public use of said town, ami all persons refusing to labor or neglecting to pay said commutation, 1 shall be liable to such tine, not exceeding ten dollars for any one year as the said town council shall impose; and they shall h'aVc the puwer to culbree the piiymeut of such hue in the same manner as is now, or may "be here after provided for the collection of county taxes. And the said town council shall have power, with the consent of the adjacent land owners, to close all such roads, streets and ways wkhift the said town, as they may deem necessary, by tho sale of the freehold therein, either at private or public sale, us they may adjudge besf foV the interests of said town; and they shall keep in repair all such new streets roads and ways as they may from time to time deem necessary for the improvement and convenience of said to'wYi: l'rovide'd, That no street, way or road shall be opened, without first having obtained the consent of the land owner or owners through whose premises any sudi uew street, road or \vav may pass. Sec. 7. The said town council may have power and authority to require all persons owning a lot or lots in said town to close in, and to keep in good repair, sidewalks in front of said lot oc lots; whenever tho same shall front cr adjoin any public street in said town if, in the judgement ofsaid council such sidewalks shall be necessary, the width thereof and the mauncr of coustiuctioh to be designated by the Said town council, and foV default or refusal, after reasonable notice, to make and. keep in repair such sidewalk,, and -i e i to ClOSt; SUOIl IU10, mv uvn u UUUIH.II maj uuucu > the same to bo made or put iii repair, and to require the owner to pay the cost of making or repairing; and the paid town council are hereby empowored to sue for and recover the samo in any court of competent juviadiction^by action for debt: Provided, that such'contract for malting or repairing shall be let to the lowest bidder. The cemeteries and public grave yards are also placed under the jurisdiction of said town council. Skc.& The kitendant and wardens of the said town, or a ninjority of them, shall have full power to grant or refuse license to keep taverns or to retail spiritous liquors ! within the corporate limits of the said town, upon such circumstances, as to them shall Bcem proper and right: Provided, That in no infitancCshall the price of a license to keep a tavern or to retail spiritoils liquors, be Jess than the amount thgt is established by the fettlUj; moneys paid for licensos tffaihtrnc clmll ho nnnrn anu iur uuco uuu iu)>v?u.v? -rp.? priated for the said town: Provided, That, the intond.abt and wardens, duly elected, shall not have power to grant any license to keep tavern or retail s'piritous liquors, to ' extend beyond the term for which they have been elected. They shall have power to regulate sales at auction within the corporate limits of said town, and to grant licenses to i auctioneers, itinerant traders, to keSflers of hotels and livery stables, and to .levy a tax ' on all dr?**~' wagons, carriages, omni buses."buggies, horses,.'marcs, or mules, kept for hire or used for public purposes in said town; and they shall have the full and only power to impose a tax'on all shows or exhibitions, 'for gain or reward, within the corporate limits of said town. They shall have the power to impose a tax, not exceeding twenty cents on every hundred dollars of the value of all real and personal property lying within the corporate limits of the town, real and personal property of churches and schools and'college associations excepted.? That an ordinance dec.aring the rates of the annual taxation upon property and other .subjects of jmnual taxation for the year, shall be published at least three weeks, during the month of January in each year: Provided, That the said town council shall have power to levy a tax for this year under the same rule as is above stated, immediately on the passage of this act; and.that all persons -liable fn hvnfmn nnrfnr f.bft shlfli fnabfe Oatll of their taxable property within said town, attfl thalcc payment of' their taxes to the clerk or treasurer of said corporation, or such other person as they may be ordered or required, to do during the succcding month after publication, a^d upon the failure to make such return and payment as is required, the parties so in default shall be subject to the penalties provided by law for failures to pay the general State and cotfhty tax. to be enforced t?v tbe orders of the intendant and warden's, or a majority of them, for the Vise of the said town, except in such cases that executions to enforce the pay. nient of sucli taxes shall be issued under the seal of tho'corporation, and maybe directed to the town marshal, or other person appointed by tho the town council to levy, collect and receive tho same, with costs, as in such cases made and provided by law; and bill property upon which such tax shall be levied and assessed is- hereby declared and made liable for the payment thereof in preference to all other debts except debts due t-o the State, which shall be first paid; and that all other taxes imposed by the intendant and wardens, or a majority of them, shall be liable for the same, as in manner and form just before Sthtod. ...... Sec. 9. The iiitcndalit'hnd wardens elect, together with the clerk and treasurer during their term of office, be exempt from police and btreet duty . Each town, council shall within one month after the expiration of their term of office make out and return, to tb'eir . successors in office, a full accotff/t of their receipts and expoyditftrcs during their term, which account shall be published in one or' more papers of the town, and shall pay over ail money in their possession oeiougmgto me corporation, and all Looks, records and 'papers incident to their office, 'to their successors; and on failure to do so they shall be liable to be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, to be collected by any proper action of the town council. , . Sec. 10. That all ordinances or by-law's passed by the town .council of the town of Rock Hill shall be binding upon the citizens of Said town the same as the laws of the State. Sec. 11. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with or supplied by this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 12. This act shall be deemed and taken to Lea public act, and coutiimo in force for the term of fuurtoo'n ycft'rs, and until the end of tho Legislature thereof. Approved. March 4th. 1872. A Little Girl's Viewf s. I'm only a little girl, but I think I have as much right to say what I want about things as a boy. 1 bat.e boys; they're so mean; they otl Aifrtfys grab all the strawberries at the dinner-table, and never tell us when they are going to have any fun. Only I like CJus RodgCrs. The other day Gus said be was going to let off some fireworks, and ho let BesJe Nettle and me go and look at them. All of us live .in a hotel, and his .? v j. .i j S L .i uiouicr s room lias a winuow wuu a uaivuu). His mother was gone out to buy some ercuie tie lis to put on her face, and he'd went and got eleven boxes of lucifer matches, and over so many p'ieces of castile soap; he Sealed them from the housekeeper. Just fvhen she went to put them in the closet, Gus wont and tol'd her Mrs. Nettie wanted her a minute, and while she was gone he grabbed the soap and matches, and when she came back he watched her; and she got real mad, and she .scolded l)e)la, (that's the chambermaid,) ahd said stio knowed she did it, and 1 was real glad, becauso when I was turning suwnicrs'et.s o'n cvy Wther's bed the other day Delia slapped me. and said she w^n't going to make the bed twice to please me. Then Bcssfe and me slicked the matches into the soap like fen pins, and Gus fired them off, and they blazed like anything and they made an awful smell, and Gus went ah'd turned a little gas on so his mother would think 'it was that. \Yc get our dinner twi,th lib tiurs'es, Cause he that keeps the hotel charges full price for the children if they sit at the table in the big dining-room. Once my mother let nie go down with her, and I talked ft heap at the table, and a gentleman that "sat next us said, "'little girls should be seen, and not heard." The old mcari thing died last week, apd I was real glad, and I told Delia so, and she said if I said if I went and said things like that I couldn't go to heaven. Much she knows about it; and I wouldn't want to go there if dirty things Jike she is went there. Yesterday Mary, our nurse, told Bessie Nettle's nurse that she heard I arry Finnbgan was going to marry her.? Larry is one of the waiters, and he saves candies for me from the big dining-room; i -? * %T -. i. t. L 1 i T \ t ana l>essio ixeme s nurso saiu, -\jn, l^ora : what a lio !" and Bessie went into her mother's room, and her little brother said she nipped "him, arid Bessied said, "Ob, Lord! what a lie!" and you should have heard bow her mother dfd talk to her, and shut her up in a dark room -where she kept her trunks, and didn't let her have nothing hut bread aud water, and Gus Rogers went and yelled through the key-hole, and said, "Bessie, the Dev;l is rp'n" to fetch you," and B"rrr screamed .and almost had a fit, and her mother told Mrs. Rogers, and got Gus licked, and Gus says he's a mind to set the house on fire, and burn hor out. One day I went into the parlor and creeped .under the sofa, and there wasn't anybody there. They doh't let dogs nor ohildren go into the parlor, and I had to creep under the sofa, so nobody.could see me; and Mr. Boyce and Miss Jackson came in and'silted doyn on the sofa; and he said, "Oh, Louisa, I do love yon so much," and then, he kissed her, for I heard it smaefc. A'ncl then she said, ?<r\V? TUirtiriu'6 T ft,* wiuh T nmilrl hnlip.vfi vou: _ VV??, ? .. .w.. - ~-~J 1 dou'tyou nev.cr kiss anybody else?" And he naitl, "jtfo, dearest," and I yelled oat,,"Qh, wh^t a big story t for I saw him kiss Pe3sse Nettle's nurse in the hall one night after the gas was turned down." Didn't he jump up; you befciahd bcp'&lled me out and tore my "frock, and he said, "Oh, you wickod child-, you, whore do your expect to go for "telling such stories?" And I told him, "You shut un, I ain't going anywhore with you." I wish he would die like that other man, (so I "do; and I don't carc whether he goes to heaven or not. "Enthusiasm for Greeley, The editor crf'fh'e Kentucky Caucasian is 'bu the rampage for Greeley. If lie is not enthusiastic, we don't know what enthusiasm means. When he heard of the Cincinnati nomination, he went into ecstpcies, and souhiled the eqho of'tHo West hi this tyiso: "Sotihd the how gag,, strike theYoft jo'ri, beat the futzy-gozsy, wake tlic gong-kwung; let the loud hgsauua ring; bum-tuiu, fizzle- i bum, ding-go-bim., Uncdhstitutional Congresses of perjured ruffians, itchy-palmed, bribe-taking, office-peddling Presidential boors and sofe, itsiirpirig Legislatures, bias-, phemous, pickpocket Senators and Govern ore, shoulder-strapped outlaws, titled bummers, reconstruction satraps, official incendiaries, thieves, bondholders, cut-purses, all tremble at the roar of coming doom. "Toot the tympanum-cracking rain's horns. IIowl rapturous hosannas, ye flea-bitten hound pups, and let the gleeful cat-gut squeak. Pipe forth your gladness, oh, jassacks and nightingales and ganders.? Croak, ye frogs; squeal ye hogs; flap your wings and scream forth your shrillest notes' of victory, oh, invincible shanghai of freedom. Let volcanoes blaze, and festive tar barrels crackle and gleam. Let torch light nod to bonfiro, and cannons boom their mighty paeans. Let rocks, cataracts and hill sides, bull calves, oceans, gulf, lakes and mill dams, men, women, children, fops, poodles, beasts.birds.arid reptiles, ali creation, animate and inanimate, burst forth in one trcnicnduous, deafening,'sky-splitting roar of triumph, joy and praise. For Cn'j&entfi patriotism and common senee have prevailed,and Radicalism,Vbo cifniiing, the brutal, the bloody, fs doomed to speedy and irretrievable overthrow. Glorificallejuruni! Hurrah! Throe times throe thousand cheers and a view hulloo for Horace Greeley and 13. Gratz Brown, the philosopher and the statesman ! You'll only have to live to next November to see the consummation so devoutly to be' wished?the overthrow of the Tumblebug and all his vile myrmidons; the annihilation of tyranny and corruption on our republican soil, and the re-cstablishuient oflaw and order, liberty, peace and prosperity, by the triumphant election of Greeley and Brown? ,tho ticket tirst suggested and only advocated by the Caiicst'on. - kow the Romans Lived. In decorations of houses, in .social entertainments, in cookery, the Romans were remarkable. The Mosaic signet rings, cameo bracelets, bronzes, chains, vases, coaches, banqueting tabies, lamps, chariots, colored glass, gilding: mirrors, uiati-essCS. cosmetics, perfumes, hair dies, silks robes, potteries, all attest great 'elegance and beauty. The tables of thuga root and Delian bronze were as expensive as the sideboards of Spanish walnut so much ad-mired i'n the great exhibition at London. Word and ivory were carved as prmiivtteh* M.q in China or Janai). Mirrors ~"'l- -V ? - - -- - I ; . . were made of polished silver. Glass cutters could imitate the color of precious stories so well that the Porcelain vase, taken from the lomb of Alexander Severus was Ion# considered as genuine sardonyx; brass coui'd be Hardened so as to cut stone. The palace of Xcro glittered with gold and jewels; perfumes and flowers were showered from ivory ceilings.' The halls of Heliogabalus were hung with cjoth and gold, enriched wi^h jewels. His beds were silver and his tables of gold. Tiberius gave a mil lion of sesterces for a pictju'a fl/r his bedroom. A banquet dish of Di'usillus weighed five hundred pounds, and was of pure silver. The oups of Drusus were of gold. Tunics were embroidered with figures of Various animals. Sandles were garnishod with precious stories. Pauline wore jewels wheri she paid visits, valued at eight hundred thousand dollar's. Ilrinking cups were engraved with scenes from the poets. Libraries were adorricd with busts ami with tortoise shell, and covered with gorgeous purple. TH'c Koni'atf grandees rode in gilded chariots, bathed in marble baths, dined from gul den plates, drank froui crystal cups, slept on beds of dowh. recliued on luxurious couches,' wore embroidered robes.,tp'd wcro adorned with precious stones. They ransacked the earth and 6cafor rare dishes for tfieir banquets. and ornamented their houses with carpets from Babylon, onyx cups from Bythynia. marbles from 2s*unidia, bronzes fro n Corinth statues from Athens?whatever, in short, was precious of curious in the most distant countries: The luxuries of the bath, almost exceed belief, and On the walls were magnificent frescoes and paintings exhibiting an inexhaustable productiveness in landscapes And mythological scenes. A French priest, at Toulouse, has just published aphrophecy that the world will bo destroyed on the 13th day of July. 11121 at 7 o'clock A. M. Of course there'll be uo postponement ou account of the weather. TPhe r&mie Plant. Mr. Panibio the florist and seedsman, transferred yesterday a vigorous and showy Ramio plant front his establishment, to a front window of his office, where it was the admiration of visitors and passers by. It was the first specimen ever Seen by the most of us. s and made a favorable as to Its commercial val-. rne, /when viewed in "connection with some of the dried stalk of the plant that accompaned it. These stalks have been exposed to the ' weather for twelve months, and exposure i seems but to have strengthened the fiber ? Even a small thread twisted between the fingepahocanie as strong us whip c?rd, and defied the application of considerable force in the attempt to break The plant may "be hailed as'one of great} future value to the South as an agricultural ! * ? | product. Tlir Ramie Plant.?This valuable plant' is now cultivated with considerable success in Louisiana, where. 1 learn, that a factory has been established to work up the fiber, and is doing well. It prows finely in Florida, Georgia and iSouth Carolina. The shoots from the roots grow from five Co seven feet on oomuion land. The fiber or inner bark, extends the whole length of the switch or shoot, and wheu cleaned is beautiful to behold, being in appearance between flax and f silk. This plaflt ha^no enea^y, sqch as the boll wo'rm oVcatterpiller. It is cut down by the frost but eom^up the next spring from , the old roots, therefore otre planting lasts for years. .. . , . ., I learn that it does not seed for want of a ' pistile,.bnt is easily propagated from cuttings or dividing the roots, which accumulate cou! siderably. In rich soil, two cuttings or crops can be make each reason. It requires but few "hands 16 cultivate itj thjs.fecing a great desideratum wi u the present high price of,} labor: A market is now open for the fiber in England, and brings 82-iO per ton of 2000 pounds, or 8^ cents per pound. It beiDg 1 heavier than cotton, and is less bulky. Very llespectfully, C. PEMB^E, ' , To Co] James Gardner.? Chraniclc and < Stu tincl. t Philadelphia.. | Philadelphia, June 5th.?The following dispatch lias been received by the South Carolina delegation to the Philadelphia Convention: ''Charleston, Juno 5th, 18,72. < "J. L Orr, F J. Moses, A. j. Pansier, and other delegates to the Republican Na- ? tional Convention, from South Carolina, ' Philadelphia Pennsylvania: ... . ; "Ca"n you arise to the < ccasio'n, and mate a Sacrifice for yiyw common country ? If so press Scott for Vice-President, and relieve the State of his presence. Appeal - to tho | Convention; tell them of all his virtues outside of the State; of his decrease of the State i debt; of his opposition to every "scheme of. 1 plunder that has ever passed tho Legislature; ' of his uhbrnhenjplcdges; of bis abhorrence of a prostituted judiciary; of his sacrifices for the good of the State; of bis refusal to take ' 1 his share of the lJmo Ridge, Greenville validating and any other fraud that has been committed in the State at his solicitation ? Tell them anything that will procure hisnom ' ination. The state will freely part with him ' as a bunit 'ifforinp Of oouvse to mention . his Tiauie is a great fcac'rinee of your sclf-re- ' spect, but do it. ?? r? ft diany 11kpublicans. Wild Fowls Obstructing a Railroad Train.?Says the Dos Moines (Iowa) Rrgi$. frr: UA singular case of railroad oSstruo- 1 tion. and one or which ho remedy is provided for by the statues' oecured a few evenings since of f-Ue Valley Koad in Green County, j Conductor Livingston's train, when about . I three uiiles this side of Graud Junction, in i j passing through some low country find pondp. 1 I rati into ah uhiiense flock of. swart, brandt, geese and other vdd fowl. The birdi were just about to alight on the track as th'q train drew, rtfcar. Their n.uuiber was so great that I the sky was completely filled with t.l\cin, and j those above pressing down on the lower i strata forced to alight on the car tops. The I cng n n :e'idcr And cars wc;e cohered with the fowls, and some even clung to the bars of the cow catcher. One stately swan had a wing injured in the crush, and found a rest: ing place oil the head light, from whence he i ; was taken by the engineer. The bird, however. managed to escape from ciUtody near Perry, and, jumping from the tender whore ho had been tied, disappeared in tho-grass. The raid continued several minute, quite a j number of the aerial army being run over by the train, unci some nan uozen ouing vupiuied by passengers and employees. As soon i as the birds 011 top of the flock began to realize the situation, they soared away, followed by the entire covey. Livingston says it was I ho biggest crowd of dead bet da that eVcr tried to board his traiii." One of the novelties of the day is a cut. glass decanter with a musical box in the bottom of it, ingoniously cased in opaque glass. The movement mado to pour out wine starts the music and selections from the best operas are oxqriisitely played. Wasn't wine seductive enough without this added charm? Augrist Belmopt imported several of these double action decanters from Geneva, where J-' .-o fi,n Tpsf, i)f UJOjr aru iiiiiiiiiitiuiuiuu iu ^>vv v**v ? liov-elty lo his sybarite banquets. Other gentlemen seeing them there have ordered. ' Touch not the wiiie when it is red touch it not wheu it flows to thesoun 1 of soft music. ' ?. From a carefully-prepared estimate of the extent of railroad communications now existing if appears that there are 450,000 miles of railroad in .Europe, 180,000 in America, 14.000 in India, 10,000 in Australia.- and* 30,000 miles of submarine cables to different points. This ^ives a total of 084,000 miles, which is increasing at the rate of 100,000 miles per year. _ 1 * ADVERTISING RATES. Space. 1M. 2 M. 3 M. 6 M. I Y. , ? ' ?* ; ? U 1 square 3 00 6 00 8 00 12 00 16 00 2 squares B 00 9 00 12 00 '18 00 26 CO 8 squares 9 00 13 00 16 00 24 00 85 Of 4 squares 12 00 16 00 20 00 30 00 48 04 J columh 15 0( 19 00 24 QO 34 00 50 OC ] column 20 00 80 00 40 00 '55-00 80.00 1 column 30 00 50 00, 60 00 90 00|l50 00 All Transient Advertisements will be charged O.ii Dollar per Square for the first and Sever ty-rivB Cents per 8quare for eaoh subsequent insertion. joTTmoe. Fruits of ballooning?upper currents, A raro flower?the piok of politeness. A Virginian man has got out a patent toy bleaching peanuts, * The Philadelphia Centennial Exposition will open April 19th and close October 19tU 1876. Ithas jrone so far as "Dolly Varden" chills in Georgia?the sufferers turn all sorts of colors. The ecstatic bobolink has made his appearance iu Boston, to be in season for the Jubilee. The foUr-le^ged cluck has made its way to . the front this year, it is in Florida. The. California ladies, finding Dolly y&rden stale, are holding "Joe Willett" parties. Willett end there? A Missouri editor considers that the ears . of his political opponent "would do for steeples to meeting houses." Colonel "Tom Scott" is president of only twenty-six railway companies, with anaggre gate salary of 517U.UUU. A Jacksonville, Il\.. mrohin tied l]ie Juiby carriage "to "tKo'tilS mare's ta3, aiid bis little brother got a lively ride and a broken bead. . > ^ A happy family has been found in a hollow tog at Bridge water, Vormont, consisting of fifty-three snakes, three lizards, and three frogs. This being froze for eight long months Is worse than .killing fleas. "See here, mister," said a lad driven up a tree by a ferocious dog! "if you don't take th&t 'do'g %\vay, I'll eat up all .your apples." "I et the toast.be, dear woman," the ma# said to his wife when he wanted to eat it all himself. The King of Denmark has offered a prize -i? ? ii 1 J,.ii? c? L 01 uric lllUUSdlJU UUUiftio ivi uic ucot uusvuijf of the United States of America since the civil war. King Louis ofBu'v<iria, is a%ont to marry a young American lady. It is a morganatic marriage, of course?on the European plan. The coming musical pndigy is an infant, three, yeai$ old in New York, who sings airs from the operas and'plays the accompaniment correctly, without practice or teaching, and apppareutly-by instinct. Jet, the very beautiful material used to largely in the manufacture of personal ?r. nameuts is found mostly in the slaty rock?* of Whitby, Yorkshire It is generally held to he wood in a high state of bituweuisutiou. Sccertary Boutwell, while at his homo at Groton, Mass , last week, $lo\ycd as acre of land. Mr. Greely will have to look to his laurels; he must {,clear" at least a two-acie lot of timber, to maintain his reputation as a " maintainor of the people/' Wesley Arnold, a young man of Syracuse, and member of the university, possesses tho power of singing two parts of a tune, at the I, ! 1 ? 9<U116 lime. ill u ievent ^aiticiin^ men in that city he took them all down by singing cloaily and sweetly the bass and soprano of Old Hundred. Lo, the poor Indian, with his wives and pppooses, arrived at Saratoga Springs last week. They will stay during the season, and build baskets' and get drunk, as. becomes the noble rod men of the forest.? Glenn's Falls Jtyublicun See what it is to have-agood wife. Dur. ing the.recent illness of a Western editor his better half, whose nauw m Leonora McGuiness,,set the type', dia the press work, published every number of the paper in good shape, besides an extra issue ?jllowed by an announcement (Jut mother and child were doing well. A Spring poet discontentedly finds a safety-valve for his afflatus thus; <?Como on ye frogs and birds, 3Ius(|uitoe8, if yon please) If small girls are waifs, are large one waifors ? Certainly, says sweet sixteen; at loast the boys have the habit of applying thorn to their lips in sealing their vows. * A nejv bny.in.pqi> qf the Ridgeflcld, Con A.,. Sunday schools, who was ipsked who made the beautifhi hills about him, replied that lie did not know, as his parents onjy moved into town the Friday.before. Eve was the only woman who never threatened to go and livo with mamma. And Adum was the only man who never tantalised his wife about the way mother used to cook. 'Discerning child (who has heard some remarks made by papa)?Are you our new nurse ? Nurse?\cs dear. Child?Well, then, I am one of those boys who can only be managed by kindness?sojrou I?ad better get some sponge cake and oranges' at once. The Baroness Burdett-Coutts has present etl iiU l? Oti gl>Cll annj in junto w nuumen's cats" at the third national exhibition at the Crystal Palaco. Lady D'Xevill and Mlw Hales give silver medals to encouragiv the kind treatment of cats. The Chappaqua farmer is said to be pierced with poignant regret that he did not save his last years crop of straw more carefully. He says the straws wanld be invaluable now for use in detormiuing which w y the wind blows. The great pyramid which Is sevpn hun, dred feet square and five hundred highland weighs 12.760,000,000 tons, required, according to Herodotus, the labor of 100.000 men for twenty years .to build it, but Dr. Lardner affirms that 480 tons of coal with ad engine and hoisting machine would have raised every stone to its position.