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m INDEPENDENT' FA3IILI PAPJEIt, !? - PUBLISHED"BY " iSUPSOill PTIOX It AT KS One year, in advance..-I ..? $2 50 Six uiontlia. ...^--1 50 TiirW'flwntks^.Vvy. S?r.. .Xi .w A fwA- 15 ^LTrausieut Adyetf isenieuts lajjet be paid or iu' adtaueeiCc (if* A. 8TO(Xl On 'in.I aOer' Monday, ]>cc. t he Onf ii., 1871 the VO^XXXII^CAMD1.V, S. O.. OCTODEB 3, 187?. ' NO. 5. SohCjiuJo Of the C.imdeu Uajii.will;be us-IoIIoavb; Jueyy danulco.?V .njGA.^f. AJ'iw si voforbbra rtf ; "10 w A. H, j,J<cavu CoUuabiivat ... 1 40 P. M. Arrive at Camden at : 6 25 P. M. By order of the Vice-President. A. 11. DeSAUSLSURE Agent. Gauwien Dec. 23d,. 187JL, . ,j , ? , ?r, " J' 1 ." .?a?r*i?n ??? Groeoville and Columbia Railroad jfi jJr, - At:> ; OotrMDiA, S. C.*, Mnr'eh, 1st, 1871. ON and after iftlB-datej tSe following scliedul Will be rim Snnda^ff excepted. LeavoCalumbia 5tv'"" Zj**7.00 a. mC Leave Alston 0.10 n. m. Leave Newberry ' II. r5a-m. * Leave Coltesbury ? J1 fr<Jap<W LeA? Briton*"' #mI? ?utfa> l>in ' O.OC^iepj. Arrive at Greenville ubi?d * ?' > v.i't. MO p ml t*k 9v???j bQW*iv Leave Greenville at M:z Leave Abbeville ... .8.15 p.m. Leave^iewberry 1 n Itfiwfno'. Leave AUlnn.. .--4.05 pjm. ' A * 5.55^IB julVHfam x ai^vi or* vo i WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA & AU- j ' j ? ? i CHANCE OF S?HBOtfi.E. ' ; , *WW**SffiyL Leave Wilmington.. *.<. 3:25 a.m. Arrive -jit .a .<*3O P.*. Leave UMambi^..: 12:15 p.m. ArlTO w' Prorence 4:10 r. M. J Arrive at Wilmmgttrrf'HlJK:.... 10:25 p.m. ^ * i B Arrive*at Florence 2nX?Xt k. f --... .?-,, s GEXK^^HW^I8fl's Office, i CoJtOTi^Tune 8th, 1872. i ?MliMMt'Mtl "*'*** ; ^ 8?20 p*^ I " Columbjpff TW A04pirrf' 3 40am | Arrive at Aupretn, i <5pf 8 26 am *31 iOftW.#?#*? ? r?W Leave Augusta, 6 3o a m 5 30 p m " ColumlM^..a'Jtt?q^lfc'^l02 p m Arrive at CffttnOTfcf" < 42pm 6 00 a m ?* Standard time, ten minutes-.t*k>wer thauTYash. ington city tim?, and six minutes alower than Columbia city tinft." " ' ?** Train No 1, dally; train No ^ytltulv, Sundays excepted. Jf\~ *9 J|#W Both tuains make close connection to all points ft X'hpMBim- flWHWl' ??w j. and baggage checked to all principalpoiilla. *m. runt"s^-ri?'"j*pi-- /.! . Gen. F. & T. Agent .(ff'JAtS june 27yl *4mm :*.< ?yuJ .a^1 ,&w ?* ?.-?*vtvt nnwiT ii.'XI/VJ J; ] J{|lABttflNNbLiW * H^ng purchased the entire STOC^^F J ? OQQfiS of Messra?JD. L. DeSaussurk & ' same at .sAiMsia ? -sjl COOT fox- OA?H,V. ! and fof tnat purpose Beiebj constitute the ; members of that firm our sgenfettf fefeol such j sale. J. I. Mli>DLETON?& CO. _ i Jnueg. tf RICHMOND .$,MOT93JAAhO BANKINGAND INSURANCE 3iMI?30 ?&3?e&S&k>O " G :i* 0:0 ;/-l' g. ?*?"'*? W .& Ctpttirf jtam <mmpmr PERSONSiviOunga fi rat Class I Company at "Irflw Yates, "wilt picast? apply to W. CLYBURX, Agent, u^250i, , . , , Cyuden So. Cu. ?fi 4*mr<%Z kr-/, 1^- * . Fresh Turnip Seed, 1 +i receive it A largo lot of fresh lumip J Seed,at i * aug 8tf .. 5 -- i HODGSON.& DUNLAP, I + 'SWSZQZ lli * OFFICIAL. . - : -> STATE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA. EXfeCUi,n,'K'1>ljPATiT^rEKT'. TN.purSuaiicc jjf rm Act of the General Asscm.1 i Uy approv euALuc'u 1, !?7(), cm it led "An Act providing fortho General Election and the manner ol' cOmfticfihg "the panic, amended, by an Act' approved March 12, 1872, an election will be he'd.in the counties of tlus S?ntc oti the Tuntlt tBuNiSSUAj'. bTifg^fc Ifyliday of OCTOBER, for the following State. Legislative, County nnd Congressional officers to serve for the next two and four years as provided by the State consitution and the acts of Congress of : CGfrerrfci'," IJ cutenanl^ovcrnor, Attoriiej-GcnerairSccrefary of State. State Treasure^, Comptroller General, Superintendent of Kaucjjftfon, Adjutant and Inspector General, lnembcrs'trf the General Asitgfe; {ft tl}$scvapf|(r Jqjjpiaj {jf-;? cuits, and for the various County Officers,, to-' gcther with ope Mymbgr of (Jo^grcg% to .Represent the Slato'at'large,saT& Representatives in the respective Ctuigrejunjjiijrt Districts. At the said clco^Uwexbllowing amendments, to the Stale CAc'aMfe^n' will be submitted tp the vu!ers7orjto3^8B#R or rejection forwilp/ Is:. AuiendflJBwffltins to chance of time of uoidmg gen"*HPK .aftoot) Strike out arroTtnftt portion of Section aI of Article 2, tfh^T^'ds JfeighTeen hundred andVcventy, occurring in the fourth nnd fifth lines, and insert the following! CP hktfd?f??. ever thereafter on the first. Jtiesda^ following Lhc first Monday in NovernbVr, evo^r second jreao^UMldE maimersu <jh places as the [ Legislature may provide." Themanper bf Vfttifig on tltts amendment shall, be as.Yol}owB: .JThosc ivh^TCvrfr fui^'hmehtltnbtot-rfliall dcpbsite/A ballot with the following .words writ!en or printed thereon: '' C o * 8 t;i t c j,i ax al,A m khP$ t?Yes." I'hosc opposed -Vb tire fymctt'Imcnl'Hiafl cast a ballot with the Jollpwiujg words, jv/itten or printid thereon: ^Cos'stitctional 'Amendment? S'?2>.^melaicnt reVafing^5 in:rcaa?*0lftV follows: Article_XYI. "To.tlic end that tlic.pub: libsfobfif So nth Ctfrdlina Tnny notch eWflftWbc increased without t;ie,-^iie consideration, ana |ny"uipflierclect i r pbugauon, cifher by.lonn if tlrt&redit of the "State, by giiftrir^tcc; endtftW nltit (nftfthefwise,^except for't&o brtfinarrpitrrentiusiiicssjtf the SjAfe, without first sirbbiiflin^ww^fuiwfirn* Jb to^liwroiwion of sucli new lebt-,'-guarantee, endorsement or loiin of 'the sredit, to the people of this State, at a general >]*tJbtgRah| *fesaiw?:*h|s|f fhflqlalM JerefsOT^hiSTOtc -mingTin^lro tp>*ira snml so in -favor of. a fprth^r debt, guarantee, enlorsemcnt or loan of this credit," none sh'ftTIpc sreated or made." * Those in favor of tlie amendment shall deposit a ballot yitli the folowing words written ormrinArticle XVI. Ye6." Thosi^pw ah^cast a ballot, with the following words written or printed thereon: t'CoxsimmoxAL Amendment, Aft7t?Mr?-Vi. , L Utntu'ifli.ia*^ suNM.ni; t.<r ' nioafli wlhi <?r JfjwrJR Oap4ii:o shtil^cW any intoxicating drinks on the day ol elfcliwi, guilty of a misdemeanor; am} upon 'conviction" thereof, shall be fined in a sum of not less than one hundred dollars, or be iniprieoned^ijpr & period- of DQt. less ihnn one month, nof-nwreflmn t4x months.' ^tffrCeinniisBioners and Managers of Election, and eacli of them, arc hcrehy?|g|<ffjfto^i^iystvict regard to the provisions of theConsUtu^ion, arid law? of the State, touctuWg'their duly in such case, to cause such election fo be held in their rcspectteoeountioKon tlid day aforesaid, and f<Hakd all nacgisory, steps for,tjietyldin&pt piectionfr, rind for thd asdtrhAiiimgarid (ietermiriing ike persons who shall have been duly elected thereat, according to Uie rules, principles and provisions prescribed Tjy flic Act and Amendment In pursuance whereof, I have hereunto set my hand" and cansed the great sfeal of the State to "be affixed, at Columbia, the 16th day of Se]^fen^Qcr,n(|75i arid tju ninety-scvpnth y*?r off the? iftiq)orifl wthedJnit eikJtolcs of America. ^ jj., [L. S.1 ROBERT K. SCOTT. 1 S epfc ii&.i x k g>'? ; u < i v ? A y. ii r i ~. n r ttL YJistJTTi. :< ;i i. w a a a h ^UTH C^OLJNA DISTRICT. r.w imwp sm?n i [A.the matter of John D. Kennedy, Bankrupt. Me Part,e: - riiurston & Holmes vs. Assignee of Jolin D. , ^ ^ Kerniedy.' \ T)Y virtue of an order of thin Honorable ?) Court, beuring date September B, 1872, -nlT the creditors, and especially the lien creditor* of John D. Kennedy,-Bankrupt, arc required to provo their llaims before me, at the office of Messrs. JJrynn & Bryan, No. 85. Broad Street,, Charleston, S. C-von or before the first day of Novaiabe* pqxj, b* ba*rM frowi the order madfwi)e "nraa^ln tnis-feausc." ' '* ' r X E. M. SEABKOOK, 1,1 ?~ ? - Register in Bankruotcv. September) J ?|'j '5t' WHER'ft.TOrapplication has been made to me by John 0. Shalpr for Letters of Administration pu all and singular the goods aud chaltels, rights and credits vvhicKweue of said Samuel H. Shalor,tfeakiira.l.#r rl?) ; Now these arc to require all and singular the kindred and creditors of-the said deceased to be and appear bqfotft me at a Cpurt tQlq.holdoB on the IL.day of October next, to eTiowcaufeef.irony they have, whysaid administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal, this.2Gtl^_day pf September, 1872. it* MK F ? J. F. SUTHERLAND, Probate Judge. Sept.2C.-3t. ff KERSHAW?In the Probate Court. ESTATE OF NATHANIEL HOUGH. WHEREAS; application has been made to mc by, N. F. Graham for Letters of Administration on all and singular the goods and chattel^, tights ami credits which were of said Nathaniel Hough, doc'tt ,"T?ow these arc to rcqujre all ami ] dingulaV Hie kTndrcu and "creditors oFuic said deceased to be and appear before inc at a Court to be holden on the 12tli day of October nojit, to show cause, if any they have, why said administration should not be granted. ! Given under my hand and sea!, this 20th day of September, 1372. . J. lySl'TllEUL.lND, i sept. 20.?of. T. 1'. EVERVfarmerfah onld leiist orm pnn-v. I for the benefit of his family, ii not of Ii i i-i elf. They will receive many nun?Git- suetol'ibep'api r in knowledge; and the home paper, ohoulu have the preference. We ask our eotiniry friends to subscribe for the Journal. Only $2,oO per year. I " * ... Mr. Greeley on the Financial Situation. \ . ? Whatever may be thought of the proprie- i ty of Mr. Greeley going round the country j making speeches while he is a candidate for i President of the United States no one can } say truly that he does not speak well. In g tins he has an advantage over Gen. Grant, a if any advantage is to be derived from it. s lie seems to improve too,, as be goes along. 1 His speeches which we published yesterday, I delivered, at Cincinnati and in Kentucky, c are clear, logical, and, for the most part, show <j sound viows of the financial and political i situation of the country. While we do not r take any partisan side in the Presidential I campaign we spare r.o expense in laying before the people the views of all sides, and partio ularly of the candidates and leading men- of, % the country, leaving the public to decide the e merit nf what is Raid and thn issnesr. TTenoe we had telegraphed ncjfrly three columns of closely printed matter of tho say|ng8 and doines of Mr. Greeley !n the West and pub-; y lished them yesterday, as we publish,;ih fact^ ,c from day to day the speeches and mtivemChts. a of all parties in every portion of the reptfb- ij lie. The two xnost prominent topics Mr. Greely ably discussed in Cincinnati and Jftert* 1< tueky were the situation in. the South and o the financial condition and prospects of the y country. On tho first?amnesty to the Southerner, harmony and fraternity between fci the north andiouth and other questions bear- c ing upon reform in the -Southerh States? f< few people will differ except the scheming^ h and unappeasable radical politicians. On c the latter Mr. Greeleyseems to havo become much more practical ancptoB dogmatic' than b he used to be. Al^ay^J^'favo^ of specio a payments?and acknowledging that at one w time he believed in andrntged anwmmediate t( resumption?he now conf&seB tfiiV he sees difficulties in the way, and that these diffi- w cullies lie in the apprehensions, well founded a or not, of the bnsiness oommunity. He expressed hisMisapproval of the continued in- " terfcrence with business by the action of the government, or, rather, by the action of the & 8 . m . j T !. I. J;J secretary oi iae .treasury; ana, wnne ne aiu- r not pretend to decide what is best to be'done ji in the financial crises periodically occurring ? in Wall street,he concluded that business men tl and interests should take care of themselves c without direct government interference. He thinks the country will find a remedy for ex- t< isting ovils when the people are prepared for- a it. On the whole, these late views of Mr. Greeley on financial matters are more-prae- d tical and considerate than it was supposed o he entertained. Whatever may be the re* N. T. fferalil, 25th ilit. a ! t< Mutilated Currency.?The Internal Revenue Record officially publishes the follow- f< in^:? , b 'i^isc^untifod tujeouiKofiniiitilaildns'Sriow ii occur only in the case of- bolfnptes.fbr which b Ililll UI tnu lUCCin an cu*uc 10 nwunvv4. jlj i i three-fifths or more of a note are presented, (lie full'value is allowed : if less than three- j g fifths, but fn'ly half a note, but half the face jh sthan jhulf ayiotd; | y ndftinf ls%lfcwei unless affidavit be Furnished for compliance with the rules. As the old issuer of Fractional Currency 0 have been successfully counterfeited, it is de- si sired to withdraw tHem from circulation; ^ and they may be forwarded to the Treasurer ij by express under Circular. No 1, on the same a term^i -muffatgr^ ywen Tf*rr,;Old iastie e loVreion oflavnrertGereoeni- ^ tion of silver three and five cent pieces. h fi An Inextinguishable Lamp.?Much h interest has been excited in maritime atclcs by ^|#i| ojU jiejAinjjujBhakluAnd 8 self-i^inng signal lamp, which is likely to c he of great practical value under many cir- 0 cumstances. Its peculiarities aro that it P is flame can neither be h extinraiyrajly ifat# nor 'any other, itueetas, h Bn(wfadi U^NlChlc <tf letting fcre'io ob c jecw; while, at the sameHime, its light is ex- 0 rnrr>?lii ViriUianf nnrl nf Innir dlirflt.Inn Thfi B new lauip consists of a cylindrical vessel a of tin, with a conical point, and provided be- * Jow with a tube six inches in length. The A yesscls is to be filled entirely with fragments pt phosphide of calcium, and the tnbe solderid up air-tight, 80;,thakther. preparation can ' be kept for niwy treafl|-,without change. 8 When the lanrp is to oe useel, tHe tip of the j1 twne is to be cut off, and an opening made at {' the cud of the narrow tube referred' to, and " the. lamp, insei^e^ iu a. yopden -floa? and y thrownjnto thlwnjje^ f^Jiewjftcr penetrates ^ through the lower cna ot the tube and comes * in contract with the phospide of calcium, e and is decomposed, with the formation of a phosphurettcd hydrogen gas, which is devel- ^ oped in great quantity, and which, escaping ? through the open tube of the cone, becomes ' ignited a^djbmis in .xpn^act with.,.the at- y piosphcrfo'OT. An^ exjfenhicnt Vas lately y made with this signal light, irf which the c lamp was thrown overboard from a Steamer. ' and drawn along behind by ipcansof a string, J at a shjprt-tHstaodb fromr t|ie 'Stertf.fVWten ? the linlJrto^hc^nK wkte'r*a briffianf flaiiie shot out immediately from theopening; and, 8 although it was,.continually dragged under e water by the motion or the vessel, tne ngnt remained unextinguished even after the lamp frns submerged. After a time the J String was cut. and the lamp allowed to float IJ behind, and it was visible for a long distance | * front the light diss^iiiinnted aMund it. A Marvellous Stoiw ?The Savannah Jc (Ga.) A<fccrti?er hiis-^cor&espond^atj who j f tells the fol.k)Wiog">9\jgli lie ? vouches for a.-, strictly trite : ! ] There lives within flve miles of Wei born. ? riorida. it human alligator. Yes. it is true. , * anil liis name is Abby Adams. 11 o is now | lo years of age. Lie wan-boi'n'yt' few respite*] titlviwwjjfc] -children. For two years I have ried ^dbtain this wonder for the New York nusaiiinHaC his mother and family will not j&rt^wilfl^ihis, their pot. His breast bono s nhw^ffi&projects far out. His arms and la^flmble the feet and legs of an alli,nator.?? fin lower half, from his hips down, ire siofpjptoncs covered with akinA, He is tiff in'tjHr.-bip joints. He can sit up-.with "jyiiTjjffijnil out. If ho lies down on his tack bisect and legs stick upright. He anuot In himself except to put his head like an arr animal. His head s lirga|j[?dho is an intelligent boy. His aotuer^Wery poor, consccjuenuy nc cannot Jr. On a Train. UNTS- AJS^TO THE CONDUCT OP JPASSENGEB8 Contributor's Saturday Night. Afai^Si^ttend to checking yourself. * If oa fceMijfe swearing at the baggage master, ' If you haven't a trunk full f clejgWJthes to check, you should at least 0 c^ec^ shirtvacate your seat for a moment. jave^fJjwjEhto in the seat. Some one will omd^Twjmnd sit on it, thereby preventing out^TOTCjpn being stolen. ? PapMttgiM eannot lay ovcrr. for another rain^withofrfmaking arrangements with the ond&Qt^ipjf^ man has been on a* "train" or a-WeaMK&p, no conductor shojild allow im$o cWpptAover for another on any acLjdiw "without escort in travelling should e y<h"y . particular with whom they become cqdainte$. ^Eiey needn't be so particular ith thosiyftgthwhom they are unacquain Keep 7% he.vl and arms inside the oar 'indowB, ^wpii would keep your head and NcverftalC^n politics; it encourages some nimshi"y|tiuQfe a vote of the passengers. No ffcotfenra -will occupy more than one A geritlomiak should not spit tohacco lice in ther'CiJswhefe there are ladies. He in let ifc'^?P~oht of the car window while le traiii'^Ma statiou, if the platform is Always jjffowyour ticket when the conduc>r psks'for it.. If you get out of humor Never a par whore there are laics. 1th to^u r q the Indies Provide yourself with sleOnine berths be Dre starring*\c No careful uas^lrill start out u d journey without a ^ood aupply of sleejJag-berths. [N. B.?ThoWput up- in flat ottles oro the best, as |tg easily caried In the pocket.] / *| Ifly Y'J Always be at' a railroad station in good vod time to take the trflh. ' Better be ap our too soon than a minute too late, unless on are on your way to la hanged. (t ij " ' ' * ' ' . A City op WoMEN.^firthe central part f the capital city of Bandkok, in Siani, reide about nine thousand women, anioug rhom no man but the king may enter. The ^habitants of this inner city are the thous nd women of the royal harem, and some ight thousand more, who are soldiers, artifinrfl nr?rl aWivoa This lii.tlh wnrld ismlfldhv romon as magistrates, who administer tbe ms of tbe kingdom. There is no appeal roro their decisions. Ifa disturbance arises, t is Suppressed hy a force of five hundred Lniazons, trained from infancy to the use of word and spear. . Men while the slave women arry on a variety of manufactures, or go utside the walls to till the fields. The wolen of higher birth are "sealed" to the ing; the slave women may marry, but their usbands dwell outside the, walls. The hildren, if boys, are banished from the city f women at*six years' old;, only the girls re-, lain.- All the oriental distinctions of rank re scrupulously observed within this strange calm, except that the magistrates are qhosen cr personal character and wisdom. ' . Operations cfa the "Bnolisii Ballot ^ct.?Sir Stafford Northcote told a rather ood story of the.ballot when at Powdcrham n Devonshire a couple of wcks ago, which as been touched hp and reproduced as fob iws: A candidate in his election canvass ?as told that a particular publican was for he ballot, It was no use his going there, lo went, and the following conversation nsucd: "Are you asupporter ef the ballot ?" No^'said the candidate. -"Then," replied he publican, "I will vote for you." The undidute expressed his surprise, as he had leard he wa& in favor of the ballot "So I ros," replied the voter: "but I will tell you uKof- )vo no/? Vir> nthon /low Thnrn ttqq a tu?u v.*v vinti uuj . .liiwv " ?*> " lub election, arid out of twenty members of he committee fifteen promised tevrite forme. rVhen the ballot'took place seven did so. I lid nob so mind that, but the thing was that he-whole fifteen cauie to me, one by one, and aid, 'It'was a great pity you were not electid?I voted for-you. It is said that the remaining portion of he gang of Robeson county outlaws have xvii re-inP?rced by a white man from South 'arnlinaV who murdered sortie ouo in that ^tate and isn fugitive from justice. His lame has not been ascertained. He. StephiiY 'Tjowrev and Andrew Strong were all ,een together last Thursday. This'is , the irst time thatanv of the wmr hhvo hmm icon for Govern I veeVc. thov having kept ivoitv clo?^ fo. :iVtid llic young nnen t!mt lave becu huntim; for them.? JVihfwy'uh litHi'lU'f. j _ ^ ^ . , During the last two years 23,000 tuiies of KX'iin Cable have been laid. 'i ?' No Summer. > A SEASON NOT EXACTLY ElKB THE PRESENT ' ONI?TOTY-SKVEH TEAE8 AGO. . While, every one is speaking of thh presr ent season as being remarkable in. its characteristics, I have gathered for your readers some reliable facts of the yoar 1816, known as "the year without a summer." Few persons now living can recollect it, but it was the coldest ever known through Europe and America. The following. is a brief abstract of the weather during each month of the year: January was mild, so much so as to render fires almost jieedlcss in parlors. December previous was Very cold. February was Dot verj^^com, with the. exception of a few days it wa^mild, like its predecessor. March was cold and boisterous during the first part of it; the remainder was muS^. A great freshet in the. Ohio and Kentucky' rivers-caused great loss of property. .... Anril hpcrnn warm hut rrrew pnlflpr n? ~r ; * ; """w o*w*v ? tbc month advanced, and ended in snow, and ice and a temperature more like winter than spring. . May was moro remarkable for frowns than smiles. Bads and fruits were frozen; ice formed half an inch thick, corn killed, and the fields again and again replanted until deemed too late. June was the coldest ever known jn this latitude. Frost, ice and snow were common. Almost every green thing -killed. Fruit nearly all destroyed. Snow fell to the depth of ten inches in Vermont, several in Maine, three in the interior of Now York, and also in Massachusetts. Considerable damage was done at New Orleans in consequence of rapid rise of the river. The suburbs were covered with water, and the roads were only passable with boats. July was accompanied by frost and ioe. On the 5th ico was formed of the thickness of a common window glass throughout N.-w England, New York, and some of Pennsylvania. Indian corn.was nearly all destroyed; some favorable Bituated fields escaped. This .was true of some of the hill farms of Massachusetts. August was more cheerless, if possible, than the summer months . already passed. Ico.was formed half an inch thick. Indian corn was so frozen that the great part was cut downs'uc. ariea tor ioaaer. Almost every green thing was destro^ecUboth in this connproduced in ^315 for tlie' seed of" tlie spring of 1817. It sold at from foijr to five dollars per bushel. ' 8eptember furnished about two weeks of the mildest weather of the season. Soon after the middle it became very cold and frosty; ice formed a quartelr Of an inch thick. October produced more than its share of cold weather; frost and ice in common. *November was cold and blustering. Snow fell so as to make good sleighing. December was mild and comfortable. The above is a brief summary of "the cold summer of 181Ctn as it was called, in order to distinguish it from the cold season. The winter was mild. Frost and ice were common in every month of the year. Very little vegetation matured id the Eastern and Middle States: The sun's rays seemed to be destitute of beat throughout the summer; all nature was clad in 4 sable hue, and men 1 M 1 Vi.l - - xL. exniDicca no uptio anxiety concerning uiu future of this life". r- ' The average wholesale price of flour during that year, in the Philadelphia: market, was thirteen dollars per barrel" The average price of wheat in New England was nipetythrce shillings per quarter.?Boston Globe'. The Hermit op the Sierras.?A strange-looking individual might have been seen around our streets for the past two days with flowing hair, waving liko the fair locks of Ossian on the evening breeze. Many persons ask who this strange gentleman is. After diligent inquiry we find that this strailgc being is a hermit and lives in'the Sierras, and only visits the busy haunts of mankind when he wapts ammunition. Ho revels in the high sounding name of Landalphion de Burgh, and is, we believe, of Norman extraction.. Ho is a mighty hunter, and is said to have cleaned a grizzly out in a rough-and-tnmble fight. He is not a large man, but is said to be a second Col. Bowie. He can speak four differont.languages, besides having a number Indian dialeots about his clothes, done up in parcels to suit customers in the bush can lcavo his mark at GOO yards, and is always ready for a scratch, scramble or a skirmish with the I white, black or red inhabitants of the world. 1 should thev encroach upon his rights or obtrude upon his privacy W e watched him yesterday as he walked along the street. His long red hair was hanging in natural ringlots over his shoulders, and his hat looked as if it had belonged to the age of stone? in fact, his whole appearance denoted the man of antiquity. For years the hunters of the Sierras have endeavored to penetrate his secret but irt vain. His hut in the mountains is said not' only to ho decorated with ghastly looking skulls, but his robe when in his native wilds is said to be decked with the scalp locks of the noble red man. This strange being visits this city every year, and by his make-up draws attention of all who behold Jiiui. Virginia City Chronicle.* A man arriving home at a late hour a lit I tic worse for too much supper, hiitjcss, aim i coat less, was ashed !j_v his indijrnatrspouse: i "Where's voor bat and coat?" [ -N ut *0111. my dear, (hie) to the Chicago j sufferers." We fear the Chicago sufferer who got I those clothes must have found tbeui too tight. V.-.' ?, * . ' . ; * r%" * + . *. - . , ;',V ' ' ?' Ift5SS ADVERTISmo'RATEs'^^5 i " | f spack. 1m. 2 m. 8 m. 6 m. 1 t. ' 1 square 3 O0 6 00 '8 00 12 00 10 Ot) - * 2 aquareg 0 00 - 9 00 12 00 18 Oti 20 00 ' 8 squares 9 00 18 00 10 00 24 00 86 04 .4 squares 12 00 16 00. 20 00 30.00 48 04 t column 16 00 19 00 24 00 84 00 60 OC column -20 00 30 00 40450 66 TO 80 GO column [ 80*00 60 00 60 00 -'90 00160 CO 1 All Transient Advertisement* vfill be charged Oh? Dollab per Square for the first and Skvkj ty-wve Casts per Square for each subsequent to'erti<y| ' OUR OTIP BASKET. ? Bismarck is writing a. book. A grave mistake?bufyhig a man alive. The St Lopis Globe calls its little doses of wit ? Globules;" f' " New Jersey is proud of a woman weighing 279. pounds in her neck ribbons.. be tho blister that draws customers. that no less than thirteen unfortunates bit the dust. > P B " th has to ' That is toaay, he has married a grass widow. ' Boston it so Puritanical that she wdh't even allow'her fountains to play on Sunday. Cast iron idols, for toe Indian markets, is an important branch of trade in Birmingham England. . - : A Southern editor promisdfe, with his wife's assistance, to name a-bttby^ch^ year after the! person who shall furnish the largest club of subscribers to his jsaper. u You talk of your troubles," said the oysterman to the fisherman," but your case'does not begin to be as hard as mine." When aryoung lady offers to hem a cambric handkerchief for a rich bachelor^' she means to sew in order that she may reap. Bertha Davis, of Rochester says: "-The modern belle is a leaning tower with an eruption on her back." Bertha eertainly ought to know. . ! _ > A Terre Haute woman's puppy swallowed a valuable diamond ring. The jewel being a valuable one, the considerate little animal was quite cat up. ; " Ef de white folks he as dark as dat out dar,"- said a negro who was gazing* at some Tftnn.np.sn irv dftlifornin. ,f T- wnnder what is de celor ob de black fblks." " v A Philadelphia advertisement' reads , "The upper part of a house to let containing three rooms, a cellar, kitchen and backyard." ' An Alabama paper published tho follow-* , ing notice ; Married, at Flintstono, by the Rev. Mr. Windstone, Mr. Nehemiah Sand- ' stone and Miss Welhelinina Egglcstone,: both of Limestone. ' ' " . ">< -i ' . ' 4- tipsy stutterer, trying td walk on an icy pavement, exclaimed, "Very sie-singularj .. w-w-whenever water. fr-fr-frecaes, it dwayS fy.-fr-freezes- with Sam, I seed it hollow !" I seed the same one, leave!" "Did it take its trunk with it ?"' "Oh ik Iflfk dak'fnr Hnnrd ' a* J "How far is it to Cub Greek ?" asked a traveler - of a Dutch woman $t?toll-gate in . Canada. "Only shoost a little vays." "Is. it four, six, eight or ten miles ?" impatiently asked the fretful traveler. uYas, I dliuks.it. is," serenely replied the unmoved gatekeeper. A French woman who had lost one of her eleven sons, chaffered with the undertaker about the burial, sayiDg, "Now, look here, sir, you musu't bo hard with me, I shall be a gwd customer; I've got ten children more." The Ghriffin (Ga.). News reports a new style -of female regulator: A man went to work to set his family to' rights, and, accordingly whipped his wife, her sister, his. sister, and his mother-in-law, and at last accounts was looking for some more of the . family. ' . . An editor in the upper part of this State says: "We expend $500,000,000 yeafly for ' liquor for drinking." And his paper has a * an r\ P an 11* catfan V*>ir1 J t?a/l aav\i ao aa viiuuiavivm u* uiiij dcyuu uuuuiuu vupcs, mv. , "Wo don't see any use in a man exaggerating that way, even if he is an editor. The following pathetic item, clipped from ? . a Western paper, tells its own story: "Miss Lampheer, of Casco, Mich.,, who delighted to torment her mother with the sight of a . gun, is now bathed iri grief beyond description. Her mother has three physicians, and cannot live." ' . A witnps3 in describing certain events, said :^Thc person I saw at the head of the ' stair^vas a man with one eye named Jacob Wilkins." "What was the name of his other eye ?" spitefully asked the' [opposing council. The witness was disgusted at the levity of the audience. . ^ This was master Johnny's conundrum:? " What is that which has.tvro legs, a belly and no head?" After posing the entire family and thb neighbor who had dropped in, Johnny said that it was "a pair of pantaloons." The poor little fellow was hurried off to bed, with mustard drafts on his feet, and a wet towel about his head. . A Missourian who stole a kiss from a pretty girl was fined by a magistrate, horsewhipped by her brother, and hurried into a brain fever by his wife. The clergyman also alluded to the affair in his sermon, the local editor took sides with the clergyman and reviewed the caso in print, .and the potato bug ate up every blade of the malefactor's j WUUill/ CIKJI. A Chicago reporter announces "that the receipt of another ship load of blackberries from St. Joe, yesterday, created a perceptible ripple in the toothpick tvade." A Natural. Query.?A car in which were a bright little maiden and her mother came rushing into the Central depot, in I New York, the other day: and there, on-' j gines were tooting hideously, haekmen i howling, and small boys of a dirty rn<l bend ] ish aspect were shouting 1 morning papers." I Is it any w aider thaf the little girl huddied up.to her mother and inquired with territicd awe: "Maunna, is this hell ?"