The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, July 17, 1875, Image 3
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A Weekly Paper Devoletl lo Temperance, Literature and Politic*.
II CAROLINA, SATURDAY, JULY 17. IS7:>. NUMI?KII lil.
TIMELY Tones.
OM-, of tho mah y good pointu ol tho
now constitution ot Arkansas, adopted
h ss Dian a yt ar ago, is tho providion for
(ho paynu'ut of tho state debt. Tilia
provibion ia now being carried out under
tito tucauB provided by tho last legisln
ture.
Jared It. linell, of fudiuunpolis, and
Susan D. Gilbert, of Athol, Muss., have
"married" UiouiHclves by a written con
tract, which is to "bo in force during
our physical lives, provided our mutual
love nature? ever blond as now-but to
terminate without pr?judice by tin; wish
of either party, if love ?hall ever cease
tn bo inn! nat,"
IN 187.0, New York eily bud a popula
tion of tii'J/J'.hJ, ami a municipal d?lit of
TJ-J.SnO.TSO. In INTI, Loudon had a
populat ion nf .'l,'2(J(i,nS7, and a city debt
of S'Jf?, 918, OOO. These li g urea are im
posing. The city and county debts of
the whole union are estimated to be to
.lay s '.fi, I it HI, m lt I ; but as Ibis estimate is
only for those having one million ami
over of liabilities, the total nifty bc set
down at a thousand million. Add tin1
state and national debts and there rc
suite a heavy load for posterity.
JT is quito discouraging to know that
tho importation ol lire crackers for
fourth of .Inly purposes this your will
amount lo "Oil,OOO boxes - -a large excess
over the receipts of "last year, owing
doubtless to the centennial typhoid.
Thc; Chinese and Japanoso muhe a good
thing out of tlic squibs, as they alune
cnn manufacture such explosives, thc
aftrmpls to repruducc thciu in this
country having failed. The invention,
however, ia deemed by many people,
not. highly creditable to Johu China
man's civilization.
Tm: inundations in Southern France
have called forth tho ready sympathy of
the I?' ci.c'n people, for Ibu snll'erers,
and relief funds, io familiar to Amuri?
eau cara of late, aro bciug raised cvery
vJ/ejre, Thc. city t>f" Toulouse.. Av?nola
ha? Blitfored"so terribly, is very ancient,
having been a leading city of the Cauls
when tin Humans conquered their coun
try. Massive walls of Roman work
manship have been broken dowu by tho
recent Hoods from the river Garonne,
on whoso banks the city is built. The
loss of property is now placed at SOO,
000,000.
LATRIC advices from France confirm
previous reports of the frightful charac
ter of the inundation n1ong the river
Garonne. Many towns have been sub
merged and whole (sections of country
overflowed. More than a thousand li,Tce
were lost, over two hundred dead bodies
being found in ouo village. Twenty
thousand people aro homeless and Buf
fering. President MucMuhou bas de
parted for tho scene of desolation tu
render i nch assistance as may be nec
essary. The Garonne rises in the
Pyrenees, on the ooo fi ne? of Spain, and
is subject to overflow, on account of the
general llatness of its banks.
PEOIM.K see things differently. For
inst aneo, tho terrible earthquake that
recently destroyed .J,M5? de Cuenta,
in Columbia; When the catastrophe
began, most of the inhabitants went
down upon their knees and prayed for
relief and mercy. Vet, in tho midst of
the Keene, when the rn ri li was heaving,
buildings tailing, ami tho dying groans
and shrieks of men, women and children
tilling thc air, a wild horde of demoni
acal thieves and robbers swarmed into
the. towns, sacking houses, pillaging
bank vaults, and plundering the dead,
and even murdering. If an earthquake
will not quicken a man's conscience,
there is no telling what will.
TllR New York World makes the
establishments a zoological garden in
Philadelphia the occasion for UK- pre
sentation of some interesting fads con
cerning tho fumons Loudon Zoologien!
gardens, Tho fiondon col I cot ion in
187,1 included 51)0 quadrupeds, 1,227
birds and 225 reptiles, and was at that
time, as yet, the largest in existence.
The liii-t ihinoccrus cost .CI,OOO; the
four giraffes ?700, and their carriage an
additional .C700; the olcphaht and a calf,
?800, and the hippopotamus, though a
gift, was not brought home and housed
for loirs than .Cl.OOO. The cost ol
maintaining thc London gardens in vorj
great, but tho receipts are ample te
meet it.
Tim American rille team has achieved
great victory in Ireland over tho crack
shots of that country. A match wat
shot hutt week between the two teams,
In tho first bout, at eight hundred
yards, tho Americans wein beaten bj
.?no point, hut in tho two siieceouim
bouts, at nino hnudred and a thonnare
yinnin ireHr>r;nUYc.ly. th?? Amori?*?^ fflffV
?iitabend, tims winning Ibo malcb.
The victory of tho AmericaiiH wu;, ru
eeivcd with tremendous enthusiasm, and
they worn tho recipients of the most
distiuguit-hod honors from the populace
and their competitors. Thc cont est has
been marked by the most fraternal feel
ing on all sides. The American lille
tuen haye been treated with the utmost
consideration by their bosta, and even
the sting of defeat has not caused any I
suspensi?n of the friendly intercourse.
A t'KiVATK soldier of l'rof. .lenney':;
escort, iu bis geological survey of tin
Black Hills, writes that he found gold j
by means of a pick and a shovel, while
the geologists were trying to bud it by j
scientific principles. His advice is that
those desirous of going gobi hunting
rhotild hold themselves in readiness,
and tho instant tho Indian treaty is an- i
nulled to hasten on. Tho parly hud
encountered three mining camp:', on
French creek. They were panning ont
about, a day, each, and were of the j
opinion that, when they get their work I
ing apparatus ju good order, (bey will
be able to make Sob a day. The soldier j
had.washed four pans of dirt and g?;t
about live cents to the panol' scale gold,
some of the pieces being a little larger
than a pitt's head, lie did not have to
dig afoot down for tho dirt, and declares
I that all that (Justar told cone? ruing the
treasures of the country was strictly
true.
Tm: statistical reports just published
by thc agricultural bureau indicate I
wide-spread disaster to the fruit-grow
ing interest, tin will be seen from the
following notes : Insect d?pr?dations
aro recorded only in Maine, in pome :
counties of which caterpillars were'
troublesome. Ju New England gene
rally tho crops were late, and in sonic
putts a tendency to simultaneous,
blooming ? sci ted remark. Tn the
middle, southern ?iud western states!
generally, the climatic coud i tiona were
very unfavorable. Tim severity of the
winter bas not only destroyed tin; fruit I
germs, lint idao tho trees. Tho cold j
SAtip iii .nu ogling ? ur.n rie.r .-.-.?J ,-n,..|.?_ .'
of this injury, and heavy late frosts in ?
many places destroyed what had sur-1
viveit liie winter. In some eases it is!
noted that, tho plums stood the severity |
of flu: season better than other sorts of
fruit. Grapes in many eases escaped
on account td' late, blooming, but the
vineyards of several sections were
greatly depleted by tho extreme cold.
Small fruits were less severely affected
und are. reported as producing very
luxuriantly.
Con. EOUDINOT, who hus just returned
from tho Indian Territory, says twenty
seven murder eases have jus', been dis
posed of by tho United States district
court ?it Fort Smith, Ark., before Mhich
ali eriminal business from tho Indian
nation comes. Out of this number
there worn eight convict ions for murder
in tho first degree. Seven of those
convicted, including two boys, one
uevcuteon, the other nineteen years,
both are. to bo bunged fogcther oil the
3d of September next. Thc eighth one,
a negro, wits killed af 1er conviction
while attempting lo escape. Much out- ;
lawry prevails in the Indian Territory 1
and len men have been killed in the
vicinity of Fort Smith within a few !
months. A very bitter contest is now
going on in the Cherokee nation for the
position of chief of the nation bet ween
the Ivoss and Downing parties, and it is
alleged conspiracy lind i-oerol assassina
tion arc rife Cel. \V. P. Hose, present
chief, is a candidate for re-election, and
a mau named Thompson is the candi
date of the Downing party.
Capt, Jas. B. Ead cs bas written
letter to President Grant and secretary
of war 1'elknnp, advising them of I he
progress of thu jetties ut the South Pass. I
The main point in the letter is that pro
visional works, one thousand feet long,
ure already constructed on thc line of
tho east jet ty, and being pushed seaward
lit thc jute of two hundred feet per (tay.
Two hundred mechanics and laborers
Mid fe ur piledriving machines are at
work and a large quantity of stone and
other material are ready at hand. Ad
ditional accommodations uro being pre
pared, und in short the working force
will bo largely increased. Telegraphic
communication bas been established be
tween New Orleans and tho Loud of the
' Puss, and thu line is being extended lo
the works at the mouth of the Pass.
I Capt. Eadu fays the provisional work
; mentioned is what is known ie; sheet
i piling, and whilo it in only preliminary
in character, it will temporarily rorvc
I the Fa-ne purpose and produce the sime
f resultas permanent jetties. The cap
r tain is quite sure, that there will \,t
] twenty feet of wtiter on tho bar, at thc
? Hon {li t'DHK, l.y th'. Int of ?'"?br'iptY,
THE OI.U CONTINENTALS.
1
In ll:, ir rn? .;< .1 ii -iliicnlalrt
Storni ih.. M|,| , ,.t,i H. ulai..,
Yli-l.liny nut :
wi ri. iii. i:ivii?i<iit-rN ?i-re linn;. titr,
Ait,l hi..- hail t. il th.' plunging
t:ami..ii-s|i<i| ;
wii.-n iii.' ni. s
Or iiii> isli'.i
l'i"in Hu- -lu..I;.v nurla i i.i a'ii|.ini ul
lloro th.- l.aim.-r ol lin- nu pint
I 'ni. ? Til,
Ami crummer, -, iiimiucr, uruminor,
Holli .1 tl,., loll i.f tin. iii munter
Tl i nij;li tti?? nmrii !
Then willi .>.-(. tl,.- fr..lil iii!.
Y ml willi toiiiK lu>ri/.iiiiti|i,
Stoixl ..ur MICH ;
Wltlli MK- hall- ? hist li il il.ailly,
..ml III .tuarn- tlariliiiii; rrillr,
Illa/. .I Un-lins;
As I lu- roar
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Sw. i il tin. Mn Mit: l.alil. IT. ali. rn
O'er Ita'.-?.-. ti- .1<1. .1 actf.i
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t.Vai I.'-I 1 l.i- 1 |;UII|?>L'<ll I,
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lioiitnl om- i'iiri'i
As thc swill.
Slot-it--.trill,
Will- hot - w. . pint! ntl|t< r
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Th- ti I.ii:l.. r. Iti|:lu p, ln::li. t.
Kuri,, il lln< oh! l'ai hlotii .1 lu.
'l-hron;:h th- innis !
.l ia n tin' han -I., a<!e.| cololli I
ti.tl|o|..'.| tin.: h Hi.' white ml. i nat
Tow.I i . |.Mi.l ;
\n.I li:- l>ro:n|-\vonl was Hivlli|;ili|(,
\iul In- liraz.'ti I ht ?ml WHS I ui-uti;:
Trump"! loinl.
'I in ti tin- hine
Hui.. I- linn ;
An.I Hie lroo|M-i-tii. !,. lK r. 1.1. neil
Al th.' touch ol I hi' :> a.h u
Kui.-I.t. itilt :
..u l roi titler, romuh-r, roomier
Ito.irisl tho iron si\-|.ou!ii|iT,
lilli lint: il. alli :
- Olio Humphry M.-Ufn-t. r.
THE GREAT STAPLE.
K?|ioii ?,t tin- rv cw mi. nus lint tun i.;x
? li.'l in- t'nip Ki|ioitiil in l<\\
< i ll, m Co ml lt i mi.
Tho Committee mi I ii form ni ion anti
Stat ?sties of tho Now Orleans Cotton Ex
change, tn wlt'mi lins been entrusted lito
duty of comp liiiR u national crop re
port, rn ado up from returns of various
ISsuhaitgcH appointed therefor by tho
National Exchange, submit tho fol lo w
inp for tho mouth of dune:
Nt v.- Orleans, Department of Louis
'ana-Wo have H.l letters from .'17 par
ishes, which unite in reporting generally
favorable weal her. Then! hits been no
additional acreage put in cotton nineo
Ibo 15Ui of May, tint thoro hart been
sonni nmlu.iii.ir.ir wbi.ro lands worn ovor
lloweii anil to perfect tho stamin, J ne
piont han been better cultivated than
lor many years, and is growing and
forming well. Many blooms are re
ported. The stands are represented as
very Rood to excellent, and tho present
condition of tho crop is most nattering,
much better ai:d about one week earlier
win n compared willi last year.
Mississippi-KIM replies received.
Average date about the 15th. Weather
nearly universally represented au very
favorable. Stands line and the plant
forming well, though too early for ninny
blooms. Tlu; present condition is
stated as very pood, anti much bettor
when compared willi last year. No ad
ditional acreage put in colton. Ke
plautiug Ita:; been dono where Hie plants
uer,' imperfect. Labor plenty and ef
ficient.
Arkansas-fill correspondents send in
(heir answers from 'J'2 counties. Since
the first of .Tune tim weather has been
hoi, ami most enough to promote rapid
.'routh and cause the plant lo form and
htpiaro Well. The si ands art: ve-y Rood,
and no replanting has boen needed, ex
cept in a few except ional cases. Jirml
ley county reports thc llrst bloom on
ibo 81h inst., bul il is only exceptional,
uni as a rule blooming had not begun
at Hie dato of our answer and corres
pondents ?ne unanimous in represent
ing t'tie condition as exceedingly promis
ing mid far superior io that of last
year. I'hinters ate encouraged by tho
prospect, ouo of tho li nest ever known.
Coiiniderablu attention and eire has
been devoted to Ibo cultivation of
cereals, and owing lo lim excellent
harvest, a fettling of independence is
verv nolicealih1 in our cnrrcs|Hilldene*'.
Charleston, Department of South Car
olina- 117 answers received (rom 21
counties, repotting weather sinou Way
IH as geneinlly favorable. Some com
plaints of cooi-nights. Very little ntl
dil ?ona! pl illili I J g. Stu lids represented
ns good, ?il answers say forming well ;
:?'.!, say few forms, ami I) no forms. All
tigrco iu stating, no blooms up to date
of answers, i'lcstnt condition good,
i hough small, lining chitin of grast and
: timo parts comparo favorably with lust
yenr. Heavy storms of wind ami bail
.ire reported in six counties since dune
7, iloing nundi real damage. Lice art;
reported in four counties,
Augusta Department, covering that
portion of the stuft! of Georgia not in
cluded in thti Savannah report -Weather
favorable ; no additional planting ; sonia
I little replanting ; stands good ; forming
I well bul no blooms. Goner.d condition
good. Crops generally very clean. La
bor plentiful and good.
Savannah Department 'Havannah (Jot
ion Exchange, covering Northern, Mid
dle and Southwestern Georgia ami the
sbit". of Florida-Weather dry and gen
eral Vj favorable ; no additional planting
of any consequence ; stand? good ; plant
vigorous; g? emily forming well, lint
. no blooms except in the southern por
tion of Hie stiiti ; condition good ; crop
! clean and well worked ; plant somewhat
i smaller nod a few days la'or, but rather
helter than at the sunn- time last year.
Florida.-Dry ami favorable weather
j ch-..ring i Iso Holds of pi ass; stands good;
phin* forming welland comnienoing to
j bloom ; condition pood ami compares
; favorably with last year, though small
from dry weather and somewhat later
' Mem h'ttl year, pi-oviiitc'i to bo ?v?:ii.
fruited nt tItu bottom, which is tho
principal part of Hie crop.
Mobile, Department of Alabama -
From fifty-two counties, 120 replica :
Tho weather has been generally favor
able, r'lhor too dry in nomo places, but
not IM -nigh so to injure tho plant.
There aas been very little replanting or
addith ia! phiutiug. Tho stands arc
good : .id the plant ?rr forming well ;
very fer blooms; Hie condition aa com
pared lyitli last year is reported from as
maul to hinch Metier ; there are scarcely
any un'avorable circumstances relative
lo gnr." th or condition of Mm crop ; only
a few --'ports of lice and grasshoppers
ami complaints of cold nights and
drouth. Thu crop is clean, in gond
condition and lieder cultivated than last
>'oar- ,.
"dis. mri Nmoleen counties, ?a. re
plie;. The wea tiler bas been generally
fa vorn We, needing von in sonic cuan
t ifs, m I some comp I a i u ls of ci dd ni;; ids,
prod m og lice. There lias been very
little rc planting ur additional planting :
stands, re good and pla ut- forming neil;
indy a lew bioiim? ; picKcnt condition of
crop is belier Iliac las! year al Slime
period the univ unfavorable ci rc nm
Klaneen> are those noted above; the
faviiiu'-'c ci rou nwt a i ici s are, tin- crop
is iden -er, bet er cull ?vated ?nd more
advait' d than ladt year at. same tune.
Norfolk ami I'nrtsuioiith Department
Fifty live replies from 251 count io? in
North Carolina, six replies from two
con utica in Virginia. Forty-five replies
report, weather dry find cold; lt say
favoral !c, and only two represent the
weather wet and cold. Fifty-four an
swers ??port thc ata?d as g?)?Kl ; some
few ce lplainls on st i IV lands ; some
forms ;. no blooms. Seven replies from
seven , omitios iu custom Carolina rep
resent I lie st mid un below Hie average;
Condition very generally stated ns good ;
crop will cultivated and free from grass
und we-ds ; plant Humber than ai the
same time last, your, mid from eight to
fifteen days later. Five annwvrs from
(ive coimticH in eastern Carolina ropo t
conditi' u bad. (Jorrespondents state
that tho weather since the loth of Maj
has bet i too cool for rapid growth, bul
with vt :nn mid Konfioiiablo weather a
groat improvement iu looked for.
Memphis Department-1-15 answers
receive . Weather generally repre
sented ni favorable ; no additional acre
age pu'in cotton rance May stands
good a d satisfactory; plant generally
Rqunriti ' and forming in ely ; 12 reports
Lit bloous dating ironi 18th to 20th;
P?ud^^Y good; heida free of grass nml
told nights, lice, etc., dating from May
15th to June 5tb, mostly remedied by
uiliseipient favorable weather.
Calveston Dopartmout, Texas-We
lavo received 120 reports from UV conn
ies, embracing Ihe period between
ilay lodi and .Tum: 20th ; weather very
-euorally said to have boon favorable ;
io addition to ncreii",e in cotton since
May l?th ; some little replanting where
seed tidied to come up ; simula rcpro
iontcd ns Rood, mid in thc coast range
reported lo be fur rai og and bloomiug
?veil.
A large majority of our reports nf/rce
?ii thc statement (kat thu season is from
jue to three weck? later than last year,
md that tho plant is generally sundi,
lint is ch ar of Rrans and ru good coll
idion. Kains are needed. The cater
pillar is reported in three counties, but
io far has done no material damage.
How He Caught Them.
Some years ago, an eccentric g. nina,
t he Hov. Thomas P. Hunt , used lo give
torupevauco lectures. Ono hight ho an?
iiouneed that he would lecture in Easton.
Now, temperance was not in favor
imoug th* male portion of the buri'.
The women, however, wen! all in for tin
pledge, and consequently, on JlutdV
first nielil mit a mau showed himself ir
Ibo bali. The bouches were pretty well
lilied with women, though, and Until
commenced; but,instead of temperance
he put them through tm tho vanities bl
dress, eic. Tiley wort; great pullet
feather sleeves then. They- the slooVCI
- caught it, then lh< ir tight hitting, am
so oti 1 h rough the windit catalogua o
female follies; not a word about temper
ance. And the Indies went home hop
ping mad, told their husbands about, it
and voted nhl Hunt, down to the lowes
notch.
ile hud nimoilUOed thal he would lee
turo at tho Ramil place the next niglil
laing before tho time appointed Ihe.
commenced to come, amt when linn
hobbled down i bo nude tim building wa
comfortably well Ulled with men. Th
ohl fellow looked about, chuckled, au
muWcred : " ringa, I've gut you now !
The audience stared, " Aha, hogs, I'v
got you now !"
Atter Hie crowd lind g'.l quiet a lil tl?
Ibo h durer saul : "Friends, yo
wanted to kuow what I meant- by an;
ing, heks, I've col you now, and I'll le
you. Out west tho hogs run wilt! ; mi
whim folks get ont of ment, they catch
young pig, put. a K+ntp nuder his bod;
nod hitch him to a young sapling l hi
will i asl swilly him from tho grouu
nicely. Of couran ho squeals ami raiai
a rumpus, when ?ill the obi hogs gat hi
round to nee what is tho matter, an
then they shoot them at their leisur
T>ast night 1 hiing a pig up ; I hui! il
little; and it squealed. The old hoi
have turned out to night to seo the f-i
mid I'd roust .von." Ami so lie iii
pitching info their favorite vice wil
rel i si i ? ud gusto.
-14 9irf" sahl a little blustering mt
to i: roligious opponent, " to what si
do yon suppose I belong? '.* vVcll,
don't oxaotly know," r-'pli; " .
nen', "hut to ?nine fron * "
Appearance, nul coritttaut ....
ishonld think yon belonged to toe eli
generally callen! ?OACOV,''
THE LUST FLORINDA.
N. w UrKailis Picayune, .lune UM.
Llcccnt revelations have excited au
intense ?nil growing interest in tho futo
nf Hie li ft eon ur twenty men wini, moro
flinn a quarter of it century ago, char
tered tho schooner Florinda amt Ret ?ail
for the golden shores of California.
Fur twenty-tux years tho faruilioj of thu
nd von tu rora huvo mourned thom as lout.
The hiht news of tho Florinda was re
ceived late in thu year 181!) from Kio
Janeiro. Sho lind put in at that port
some timo previous and then proceeded
on her way, leaking badly, it was suiit.
A vessel touching td Kio Janeiro short
ly afterward, reported having spoken
llie Flori*.ida iii . ho Pacine, just beyond
Cape Horn. L''r?itu that linio forward
nothing moro wu? ever heard of the
Florinda, neil it. brenne un accepted
Il e ?rv that she had been east away
and her crew IOMI soiuewln re on lin
South Facilie. e nmt. No t iding? reached
tho families of the ill Fat ct I argonauts,
anil twenty six y?*!irs siii?p??d by without
a waif or whisper to disturb tho niel
nneholv conviction, wliioh h i ! souled the
record Of their lives. Tin j, children
liavtt irrown lo Niauliood anti woman
hood without the knowledge, with
scarcely the memory of ii father's love,
Tlie hopea that elnstered around thom
have long ?go been transferred to that
oilier world iii which they were be
lieved tt? be.
Snob is t ho story as it has passed cur
rent all tins limo, willi the general pub
lic and with the (treater number ol'the
relatives td tho Florinda company. At
llrst, of course, thero were doubts and
fears and expoctntioua, more or less re
luctantly resigned for certainty, but to
Ulis conclusion nil eventually carno and
tho hiss ?if tho schooner with all oil
hoard lin;;, for fully ii (piartor of a cen
tury, been regarded ?ti a biet about
which there could bu no sort, of ques
tion. The ur. fortii na te men have been
as utterly given up :.s though their
burials had talton place in presence of
tho whole oumul unity, and tb have told
any of their families that they were
(.till alive would have been to ask them
to believe that tho dead ha l risen after
twenty-live yenni of sepulture and
walked forth once inoro among the
living.
Within thu past few days, however,
precisely thia proposition has in ellecl
been made. The td range and startling
statement has transpire?! that Harmon
Jones and bia follow voyagers were not
lost as we have thought, but aro now
iiikuown island in the lower Pacific.
About a montli (iso a friend ot Mrs.
Harmon Jones ro:id in au Eaglish paper
iii account of sunn: British vessel having
>een driven ont?f her course in a storm
iud sighted nil unknown island. Much
o the surprise <>f the otow tho island
unit ?I ?mi lo liti inhabited, ami still
nore astonishing, by men who spoke
be English language. The rei,? of the
..tory, as given in tho paper referred to,
s that the castaways told thc ship's
?ompany that li icy were tho Florinda
[iar'y who had sailed frr.m New Orleans
in 181!) bound for California, that they
liad been wrecked bu tho island and had
lwt lt there ewr since, it ticing then
Blore than fcwtnty-livo years that they
had mit st on si human face or a fiigh of
die world from which they were so
utterly eliminated. Thc paper gave tho
names of M vi tal, all of whom me
known to have been of Florinda's crow,
nul in many Other wiiy?, uncording tb tho
version of j\lr:.. .huies' friend, tho iden
tity of the party wa? chinbi ?shed a? none
but themselves could havo ostr.ldiahod
ii. I twas further nt tili d that tho British
vessel offered lo take thc men ?rn board,
Im! they declined, saying they had been
lost for a quarter of a century; that
they knew not in what situation they
would ?ital ibu families they had. left,
and that thoy preferred Maying and
culling their days l'u?i? 1 ai her than
venturo bick to Mich a doubtful ami
II noir tai n filiar?'. Thia paper waa foin
mon tbs obi when Mrs. J ones'friend uaw
it, ono month ago, and tho events nar
rated were d#Ho libed ti? having occurred
lour months previous to tho isaiio of
lite paper. H. is just nine mouths then
since, tho ?shuni wau discovered by tho
British vessel, nial lit that timo all, Ol'
nearly nil, of Ibo Florinda party appear
to have been alive.
lt need not!?'mud thal, lin.? news has
aroused the d?*cpest interest. To the
community a* large il r< calls thc famil
iar occurrence of Upi Florinda's nailing
from New Orleans with ?ls adventurous
company. To thc himiHt?s bf tho ill
fahd men if fanes like a message fruin
aiiol her worl I, mid is as though it were
Hie iiiiuouuceiueiit of a resuireolion
Within the past few days tho relatives
have bee.ii living in a stale of ('oustAnt
excitement, ?uni many of Ihcni, ?'?po
eiall.v the st ms of Harmon Jones, .Ino.
A. Sidney, itud Capt. Kenmore, the
skipper ol' the Florinda, have devoted
themselves to thu tusk of following the
cine iii ven by t lie friend who saw the
Fullish pit per. Fx tensive inquiries are
now on loot,, anil the Brit iah consul hus
kindly interested liii?iuclf ic the affair
so fm as ?.. tig ree lo forward to thc ivar
office in Bunk m a full slaloment of tho
ci rou mut alices so that thc name of thc
vessel which touched at Ibo castaway's
lioiiiii (?nt Int ? cet fained and the be?r
??gii of (ho i. land Iaken Iront In r loja
ft would g rt idly fiicilital thia enif,
however, if II copy of tho paper giving
thc original ?ie..mini, were found, ami it
is still hoped that some one who ?ces
tin? publication may have noticed the
paper and be ni ile to tell us where a
nnmbor oan be had. On that contin
gency d?pendu randi thal will simplify
rind . ?rpo lite i lie ijiii .-I, but if i?; err1 tin
Hui: in anyja'u tho friends of Florindi's
ci. ;v wit? VT tv.si .ig-"-i until tho
mystery >M f? t'ioin?>d t<> ?-. utt-erji?o?!l
.J? Otb; '
FACTS AND FANCIES.
-Mrs. Chibblos lins grout ?dwi? of
lier husband's military powers. "For
t wo years," says she, " lie was a lieuten
ant in the horse-marines, after which ho
was promoted to the captaincy of a reg
ular squad of sap-heads and miners."
-Out Of 290,000 of the last levy of
libufloripts in Franco 25,000 have boon
declared exempted from both activo and
passive dut ies in tho military lino. It
looks bad when so many men nro not
(you lit to bo food for gunpowder,
though the fnet should bo considered as
i good sign iii behalf of peace.
- Only two hundred years ago tho old
moss-back who waa governor of Virginia
*nl up and raid : " I thank Cod that
ive have no free schools: nor printing
presses, und I hopo wo shall hot have
my for a hundred years ; for learning
lina brought disobedience ami heresy
ind see's into Hie world, iiud printing
nut divulged ?hem ?ne) libeled govern
ments. Cod keep us from both!"
- It is wi ll that n parent should know
lie peculiarity <>f tho pulse of each
mihi. Tho pulse of ? healthy adult
tents seventy times in a minuto, though
rood health may be enjoyed with fewer
inlsatiotis. lint if tho pulse always
'xceeds ?<\onty, it indicates diseuse, tho
111111:111 mundine is winking itself out
hero is b-ver cu- inflammation some,
vherc, and the body is feeding on itself.
- -Tho college orator is now abroad iiv
behind. His voice is heard from tho
bur quarters of the earth, telling of
he efforts he bas made for distinction
n the past, mid bis boues and aspira
ions for tho future. Hois sanguine
ar more sanguine, than bo will bo 11
ew year:; hence, when ho shall have
iiicountercd und been conquered by
orno of the st em realities of lifo. Thus
ur his education bus tuen only theorot
md ; in the future it will bo practical.
Vhelhor tho former shall lit tho sub
eet-H for the latter, tho futuro alone eau
lutcrmine.
- If a man wi.nts to go anywhere in a
?ri* f Kpncn of timo LIM must walk fast,
mt he loses his popularity in propor
iiui to his rapidity. Balzac, who
coins to have thought it worth while to
ot ice this contemptible fnet, Bays:
I Violent gesture or quick movement
nspircs involuntary disrespect. Ono
>oks for a moment at a cascado, but,
ne sits for I ours lost in thought sud
axing upon tho still waters of a lake.
. deliberate gui!", gentle manners and a
K'tt?r?WJ.tW'O .Y.?U?0?sz,i?k!& wh^b^ mnj
amen?e advantage over thoso vastly
iperior to bim."
-All good men should live in Arch
igel ; all angry mun in Ireland; nil
mrderers in Kildare ; all circus-men in
omcrsct ; all brokers in Slockbolm ; nil
lld men in Chili ; all geometrioiiuis in
nb? ; all tools in Folly Island ; nil
Lirtioiiburists in liotany Hay ; all waga
i tho Hay of Fundy ; all perfumers in
111 sent or Cologui! ; all brewers in
[alta ; all gluttons in Turkey;
II beggars in Hungary; all laconic
len in Lat! mia; all mourners in Siberia
t Web s; all confectioners in Candia ;
I! c' .ildvc?? ill the Crimea ; all oilspec
h.ioji lr Ure icc ; all gamblers in tho
'tioc ^otrdK'iS* all stumblers in Tripoli ;
ll curios meu in Pekin ; all shoo
ed'irs in llootau ; ?ill soldiers in Arnie -
ia or Warsaw.
--A Hriisisohi paper gives a painful
?coioii ol' (lie ex Empress Charlotte of
Iexieo. Uer physical condition is good,
::t. her mental condition is hopeless,
ho lives in coiislunt communication
'itli itungimirv beingH, and dislikes flus
reserco ol' any living person. She
(lenka only when obliged to do po, and
?vis orders to ber attendants in writ
lg. She dresses hoi self without per
iitliii" ussihtauce take?? a fixed, walk in
lu; park every morning when fine, fro
uently plays on the piano-forte, and
timctiniCH draws and paints with do
ided taste. Shu recognizes no vi?itors,
ot even her brother, King Leopold or
lie queen. Tho latter always nccom
iihiod the physician 011 his monthly
?sit, whim, in reply to bis inquiries an
1 lu i- health, tin.' empress coldly snys
he is well, and immediately retires.
Ibo has become stouter, and shows a
LMideuey to isirpuleney, but. ut present
i ts stated ?hilt ihm hun only incroased
er beauly, which is now linly striking.
It bas been justly said that tho
realest dis'Covery of our lives is that
lie world is not so bad as, in thu first,
i*appointment '?f youth's extravagant
xpee.'n tiona, wo uro disposed to regard
I. The plissage from boyhood to ninu
iiutl is "over the bridge of sighs ;" nod
ur Iiis!, exp?riences of lifo as it. is,
cHnmblo tho ll 11 vor ol' the forbidden
pplo - wo aro enlightened and misera
?le. Gladly would wo command Ibo
eerot of feeling us wo Oneo did ; lint,
his, every day taken from ns Homo
nippy error some charming illusion
lever lo iel urn. Wo aro reasoned or
?dietiled ont of nil our jocund mistaken,
ill we are just wise enough to be miser
bio, and wo exclaim with Lady ?Mary
Voil ley Montague, "To my extreme
uortifictttiou 1 lind myself growing
viser und wiser every day." But a
imo comes, ?it lengthy when our yiowu
re more ju-,t. We leave our imaginary
Oden with "Kolonia ?lopand slow," and
???{iii to appreciate the gi.od qualified
d' I ho;,j whoso friendship we. thought
10II0W, mid tho necessity of Unit labor
i hieb wo deemetl a curso. Wo ex
ihaugc ecstasy for content, and, "for
'etting Hie four rivers of our ideal
'?caven, open our oyos to tho manifold
millie's of earth- -its skies islanded
itiiis, lind i's oceans starred by islands,
ts sn nab i hos and Calms, and tho gool
i et' ita "rent heart, which sonda
ort?t treen md Howers nod fruits for
mr benefit and exulkftti^n."- .?VofC99Vf