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E. A. WEBSTER, Editor and Proprietor. A We?kly Paper Devoted to Temperance, Literature and Politios. VOLUME I. ORANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA,- SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1875. NUMBER 52. TIMELY TOriCS. A KATH EU heroic uot is that-of-{Simili, dying of internecine struggle's* to go iuto tho market for a loan of $7,000,000 to indemnify Porto Ricans for tho loss of thbir'?m'nn?iimteil slaves--. THE yt How lever is at Pensacola. . It its unusually carly for this dreaded man ifestatioh. In BOIUO of tho most de \nstatiug yollow fever seasons tho difj-_ easo h_Q3 not shown itself pu tho guli co wit until September. " THE plague,'-or Black Doath, bas twaked from its thirty yoars sleep in tho east, and is reported to bo spreading with rapidity in Asia. About eighty live years ago, it desolated Russia, and ono hundred and fifty yours have passed since it ravaged and almost depopu lated some part H of Europe, Fon young children Now York is at present ono of tho deadliest uitics ; at no timo do they thrive thero overmuch, but last week's mortality among them was exceptionally great. Under five yoars of. age they died at the rate of eighty-six per diem, thc main trouble being diarrhoal disease. THE post?nico department has scut, to tho department of justice tho numea of thirty-nine mail contractors who are to bo prosecuted for failuro to perform service after thoir bids were accepted. Tho contracts were relet by tho gov ernment, and tho difference between tho amount paid and tho bids, for tue thirty-nine routes, wa:i $117,087, which is thc amonnt of damages claimed against the delinquent bidders. TIIE German minister of finance re ports a deficiency in tho Budget for this yonr of $5,000,000, and.tho tax on beer io to bo raised-a proceeding which will bo inimcneoly unpopular in Germany, whero everybody consumes largely of the ruby liquid. Such a largo deficiency as $5,000,000 would seem siAgular, with tho millions which have beon paid by Franco, were it not apparent that Ger many has been putting aU her Tnoney THE Boston Journal of Chemistry ve grots that tho millers uso all thoii finest, soundest wheat for linc Hour, anc tho poorest for Graham or brown bread, 4 general Dame given to mixtures ol bran and tpoilea flour. 11 What w< need is good, sweet, whole wheat flow finely ground, and put I up secure ly for family use, and any western mil 1er who will give his earnest attentioi to furnishing such flour will realizo i fortuno speedily ; securing the mosl nutritivo principles tho Creator ha stored up for man's food." THE substance of Jno, D. Lee's con fesaion is that thirty Mormons, with th assistance of a largo number of Indianf decoyed emigrants from their entrench mont by a flag of truce ; that all wer murdered except sovcutecn children that tho deed was dono under orders c tho leaders of thc Mormon Church that ho took news of tho massacre t Brigham Young, who deplored th transaction, and said it would brin disaster upon tho Mormon people. Th statement of Lee, so far as known, onl confirms proAious reports in regard t the massacre. _ SINCE tho firBt of Juno, wheat ha advanced thirty-three cont? in th Chicago markt-t. If tho reports at han aro reliable, tho wheat crop of Eurer, will bo almost an entire failure, an consequently the demand upon or products will bo unprecedented. Th will ensnro tho producer good pay in prices for the products of his farm f( at least a year to come. While Gre Britain and tho continent may unfle tho people of America will bo great benefited. Just when tho ndvanco prices will ceaso it would bo haznrdoi to predict. _ THE ol or leal newspapers in Fran speculate on tho causes of tho gre flood with Romo asperity. It appen that tho municipal oouuoU of Toulon recently refused to erect a Btatito "tho glorious and miraculous phe bordeas of Pihra?," and ono of the cou oilers said, "Wo prefor a fountain Whereupon tho Gazette do Nimes uc remarks, "God has fulfilled tho wish those honorable councilors and senl fountain to tho capital of Lagucd which they little expected. Had t town voted tho required sum Divi Providence," says the editor, "won never have treated Toulouse so i veroly." It is understood fhat t bishop of Chartres is ol the cai opinion. THE committee appointed by t Delaware Fruit Growers' convention confer with,tho steamship'companien regard to tho shipment of penches Liverpool havo reported that they call ?pon tho authorities of tho American steamship company, aud they favored tho project. Tho company would allow tho growers to lit up tho stcorago for? ward cabin . with thoir refrigerators, which can ?bo douo . with fivo Hundred dollars for cadi vessel. This portion of tho ship1 would hold 25", OOO or 30,(M)0 baskets"aiid a* compartment immodi diately mifibrWath could bu fitted up >vh'ich ' vpulct ! carry G.0?0 additional. They would charge tho growjors for the shipment, of this amount o?^fimit to Liverpool about twb'thonsnud dollars^ and give'them tho privilege of sondiug out au agent freo of charge with each consignment. Tun July returns to tho department of agriculture shows that the acreage iu corn is about three por cent, greater than Inst year. New England lins in creased her noronge about olovon per cont, and tho.Faci?c states about ono pet cent. All tho great corn growing regions hove increased acreage-M?d elo states two per cent., South Atlantic states three per cent. Gulf states, in land southern states, twelvo per cent., states north of Ohio Bevon, west of the Mississippi fourteen per ce"nt. The condition of the crop is below an a vor ige in tho'Now England aud South At lantic states. Tho minimum condition, eighty-two per cent., being iu llh?do Island, Florida aud. Alabama aro "also below tho average, but other Gulf states and inland southern states are about tiro niaximi.ni, 112 in Mississippi. All other states except .Missonri,10:l are below tho average, tho minimum eighty-two being iu Wisconsin. THAT mont insu flat aldo of nil idiots, tho practical joker, does not always escap? ou earth" tho wrath that is laid up for him. There lived and taught school in St. James parish, Louisiana, recently, a mnu by tho namo of Bow den, a- well-meaning person, but af flicted with that peculinr sense of hnrnor which is sure to get somebody or other into trouble sooner or lator. Ono of his mdst -successful jokes was tnav ot displaying auvertismg bills printed in imitation of greenbacks, and offering to bet hundreds ana thousands of dollars with peoplo who didn't know that ho was fooling. Thc other day an offensive smell coming from nu out house led to a search for tho cause, and tho corpse of Bowden was found beneath tho floor and under a covering of corn husks, where it wns rapidly decaying. A Swedish plantation hRud, who lind seen him displaying his imita tion bills, had mistaken him for a per son of largo and available moans, and had murdered him for his money. The Swede is now a fugitive,'and ho fools doubly the weight of tho joko, for ho got no money, and tho Governor lias offered SI,OOO for his arrest. l'vov, jJovATjDSON, tho aeronaut, who lins beeii traveling in company with Barnum's Hippodrome, and making bal loon ascensions after tho conclusion of the afternoon performances, made his second trip frum Chicago on Ibo 15th, accompanied by Mr. Newton S. Grim wood, a reporter of the Chicago Journal. After ascending iuto tho air tho balloon took a northeasterly course, sniling over tho biko in tho direction of Mus kegon, Mich. About soven o'clock in the evening it was Bighted by a schooner ubout thirty miles northeast of Chicago, at which time tho balloon was skim ming tho surfaco of tho biko. The schooner followed after it until it was observed to rise suddenly into tho air, when tho chase was giveu np. A vory severo gale occurred on I ho lake about midnight, and, as no further tid ings lind bee? received in Chicago from tho balloon or its occupants up lo the morning of tho 17th, grave apprehen sions were felt for their safety. It wns tho opinion of experts that tho balloon ooiild not possibly bavo roached tho Michigan shore beforo the storm burst upon it, and that tho aeronauts per ished in tho luke. It is snid by porno that the balloon was a rotten, patched up affair. -Ali Englishman-traveled, of course -relates that un American gontlomau who had at an early age cono tho over land route to California, told him this : Wc crossed tho sandhills near tho scone of tho ludianmail robbery and'massacre of 1850, wherein the driver and con ductor perished, and also all tho pas Rc'ngera but one. But this must have been a mibtake, for at different times afterward on- tho Bncifio coast, I was personally ..acquainted with one hundred and thirty-three or four peoplo who wero wounded during that massacre and barely cr-caped with th?ir lites! Ibero was no' doubt of tho truth of it ; I had it from ?thoir own lips. And oue of tho pavtiofs iohl me. that ho Kept' coming across arrow hews in his system for nearly Roven years after tho massacre. TO HOPE. O Hopo! No more, I implore, Drool vo IUO that I limy bplieyo thoo ; Kori know that the flake will follow On tba nlry ?ny of t!n< BWBIIOW, Thal tho drift Miall Iii" whorotbo lily blown And HIP icicle liuiig from lUo6t?lu of tho row, O Ilopo l-iiu nuire! . ^O^Iopo ! T .'. ? V > il C' *V f A * -Hornillo yet awliilo; ? / * w t ? /t Deceive me and 1 will boliovo tbce, . TbotiKb 1 know tbattbo flake mont'follow On thoalry way of tho Swallow, That HIP drift munt lie whore tho lily blows And tile icicle haut; from tho Blom of IllO nMC, 0 Hope! -once moro] SA 'l AT il . *" - Jolla, Vnnec. Olieneil. j At Ll - ? j . ? ? / 1&??NTAIN MEADOW MASSACRE. Tcrtknon)) Flirilnf tint First Dav oj thc Trini Huir ihr Hatcher iras Plailllcll omi JCx?r?tnl, Afc tho opening of tho trial of tho Mormons implicated -in tho Mountain Mondow- ^massaoro, at* Boaver, Utah, Robert Kays .testified aR follows : Carno to Utah October 2, 1857, 'through Mountain Meadows saw pilos of bodies of woman and children, piled promis cuously ; there were sixty or seventy bodies ; tho childroa wore from two months old to twolvo years ; tho smaller wore torn by wolves and crows; some of tho bodies were ..shot, some had thoir t hroats cut, some Btabbed, aud all were torn by wolves except tme wpmnu, who laid a little way off, and appeared as if asleep, u bajl-lisjo.in her.. left side; it appeared tho bodies wert? dead fifteen days; sovoii of ns saw it. ? Piles of men's bodies were further on; didn't go to seo them; uo clothing on the bodies, except one sock on the leg of ono niau; none were scalped. Assatel Bennett called: "Was itt tho .Meadow's December, 1857; saw tho bones thero; horrible sight; skeletons of womon and children; curls, long tresses hair, dried blood; childron 10 to 12 years; some skulls had flesh dried oU; tho bodies had been covered up ; wolves evidently dug them up Phillip Dinger Smith, n d?fendent of San BornamTi, California, called : Pros ecution ontpred nolle proseqni as to himself. Dived in Cedar city from 1852 to 1857. Was at the massacre in September, 1857; heard of tho em igrants coming. Tho people were for bidden to trade with them ; felt bad about it ; saw a fow of them at Cedar ; heard .minors of trouble S uday. It was the custom to havo meetings of tho pronident and council; bishop and council and high council. The matter carno up for discussion as to thoir de struction. Haight, Higbee, Morrill, aiien,' annis, ?nysea uuu uwui>, ?-.- .? there. Some brothern opposed their destruction. I did. Haight jumped u)> and broke up tho meeting. I asked what would bo tho consequences of such nu net. Then Hnight got mad. Tho l'udinns wore to dfstroy thom. On Monday, Higbee, AVhite and I met ; samo subject again. I opposed the de struction. Haight relented, and told AVhite and I to go nhend nud toll tho peoplo tho emigrants should go through snfo. AVo did so, and on tho rond wo met John D. Lee. Wo told whoro wo wore going, nud ho replied I bnvo something to suv nbout that matter ; wo passed the emigrants at Iron Springs; next morning wo passed them again ; as wo carno back they lind twenty or thirty wagons ; ovor a hundred peoplo, old men, middle aged men, old wo mon, middlo aged women, youths and children ; nenr homo I met Da Allen ; ho snid tho emigrnnts' doom wns souled, tho die cast for de struction ; three days after Haight sent for me, and said orders bad como from oamp ; didn't get along, wanted rein forcements; that he had been to Prowin, aud got further orders from Colouol AV. . H. Dame to liuish tho mnssacro, to do- I coy and sparc only smnll children who could not tell the tale. I wont off, met Allen, our first ruinier, and others. Higbeo said : you aro ordered out, armed and equi oped ; so I went ; Hop kins, Higbee, John A Villis aud Sam Purdy went ulong ; had two bnggago waggons ; got to Hamplen's rancho in the night, three miles from emigrants ; there met Deo and others from tho gen eral camp, where tho lttrgRst number of men were ; then found tho omigrants not all killed. Bateman or Deo went ont; with n white flr.g. A mnu from tho emigrants mot them. Deo and a man set down on tho grass and had a talk ; don't know what they talked. Deo wont with the man into tho intrenchments. Afttvr some boure tboy came out and tho emigrnnts carno ont with their wounded in wagons ahead. Tho wounded were thoso burt in tho three days previous fight. Next carno tho w?inen, next tho men. As the emigrants came up tbo men halted, aud tho womon on foot and chil dren and wounded went on ahead with John D. Deo. Tho soldiers had to be all ready to shoot nt the word. AVhen tho word halt came the soldiers fired. 1 fired onco ; don't kuow if I killed a man ; not all killed nt tiio first lire. Saw tho women afterward dead, with their throats cut. I saw, ns I cumo up to thom, a man kill a young girl. Tho men were marched in double filo first, then thrown in singlo file, with tho sol diers ulong side. Tho emigrants were congratulating themselves on their safety from tho Indians. At last John M. Higbeo come and ordered my squad to fire. Dee, like the rest, had firearms, No emigronts were allowed to escapo ; saw soldiers ou horses to take on wine: thoso who run ; saw a man run ; snw Bill start on a horso and kill bim, and a wounded ulan beg for lifo, TT'ghee ont bis throat. I was told to gather up tho littlo children. I v/ent, and saw a woman running toward the men, crying, " My husband, my husband I " A soldier shot hor in tho back, and sho fell dead. -A bollo nt Saratoga wears diamonds on her shoes, ? ' Post Office Points. Tuc following Into rulings by tl?o pbstoffice deparimout in regard to ninil mather will bo found of interest to every ono engaged in mercantile pur suits . When packages of merchandise or Hauipii's ol merchandise arc wrapped ^o as lo prevent examination, or have nuy .writing upon thom except tho address; it is lite duty of tho postmaster to rate theurup with lotter postage, ' to bo col lected on delivery. Samples may bo marled in pencil.or ink with letters or figur?n by which they aro to bo dis ra?jp?-'hod in a descriptivo lotter or in voice (each separately) without, subject -u?.-t! ? pnekago to Jotter postage. Au idllress may bo written on a oir onlnrvluit any Other Writing thereon excep|. tho mero.: correction of a. typo graph'.Cid error, would render it sub ject't.. letter postage. Ifc ia tho duty of n postmaster when mail mutter is sent to his ofiico through iniBtnito, to forward it to its destination, Boric manuscript, when so Wrapped ns to -. droit of examination, is charge able with prepayment of postage at rates ot third-class matter, viz: ono cent au om.co or fraction thereof, limited to four pounds iu weight. Paper with writing on it, should not bo UB??? ns wrappers for newspapers, P.H this \vould subject the packages to letter posta-, e.. To entitle regular subscribers to re ?oive newspapers froo of postage, they must Reside iu tho county whoro such papou aro printed and published. Mai. matter: i?closed iu sealed en velopii with tho coruers notched, is subject to letter rates of postage. A postmaster is required to examine alls-printed matter, or third-class mutter, pussin>? through II?B office, to seo that it is charged with proper rates of postage and to detect fraud. Matter contained in a foaled, envelope notched ?it tho corners cannot bo satisfactorily ex amined withont destroying tho wrapper. Pre,?aid letters must bo forwarded from ? iio postoflico to another at tho re quest of thc y Tty addressed without additional charge ?f postage ; but let ters hnyiug been onco delivered accord ing ti) 'heir address require postage at tho pr. paid rato when returned to tho ofiico for forwarding. Packages contamine liquids, or any other .'.ritter liable to dofneo or destroy tho?olLtents of tho mails, or hurt tho persoi.ji of any one couueoted with the servie,?; should bo excluded from tho maiI'v'"'vTit scaled paciinges doposired in -, ?'.Af t .? ? rt. f - ?--- .. . , postage, in tho nbsenco of any positivo knowledge of their contents, forwarded to their destination. Unscaled circulars deposited iu a lotter-carrier ofiico for local doli very through the box or general delivery, or by carriers, are subject to a postage of one cent eaoh circular, to bo prepaid by stiirnp ufllxed. L. and E., pago (il, sec. 99._ Burning of a Russian Town-200 Lives Lost. A Petersburg lotter to tho London Standard says : Tho lire which destroyed tho town of Morechausk bogan ubont 1 o'clock in tho afternoon in ono of the fauburgs, nt a distauco of nearly half a milo from tho town proper, and within a few hours thc whole towu, over an extent of fivo versts, was a prey of tho dames in all directions, causing thom to overlap all the opou squares and even tho river. As tho liro grew tho wind became n tompest, and enormous pluuks and shoots of iron, torn from tho falling houses, wero hurled as high as tho sec ond story of houses still standing. Oases of goods allowed to lloat along the river were burned ou tho water. Home ot" the papers of tho pnbl?3 offices hnvo beou found at a distancia of sixty versts from tho town, and tho glow of tho firo lighted np tho horizou to a dis; tanca of ninety versts. Tho Oro spared about a hundred wooden houses at one ond of tho towu, hat of tho brick build ings hardly ton have escaped. All tho public edifices, with tho excep tion of tho school and several of thu churches, have been destroyed. The destruction of property has been ??tiro, Many of the inhabitants trusted to cel lars and vaults, but they nearly all foll in. As tho firo spread, furniture and other effects wero removed to gardons and othor opon spaces, but. in vain ; tho flames soon reached tnom ?nd reduced nil to iiBhep. Only ono of tho corn de pots was saved. It ia calculated that 1,00.) buildings havo beou burned, and that tho loss cannot bo less than 5.000,000 roubles. Abont 2001ivos were lost, and sovoral thousand porsons wero wounded. Succor, in tho shapo of provisions, clothes, and money, was instantly for warded from Tamboff, Riezan, and other places, to tho .unfortunato citizens of MorBchnnsk, literally wandering about tho woods or sheltering under carls, having lost everything, and tho number of tho homeless and destitute exceeded 10,000. Three days nftor tho Aro tho corporation of the town petitioned tho government for a loan of 3,000,000 roubles, tobo redeemed in thirty days. ENGLAND'S NEW RIVAL. Rapid Development nf Colton Manufacture in Itlllill. The manufacture of cotton is rapidly increasing in British India, and ns con siderable profits aro realized, tho ton* deucy is toward continued inyeslm?uts and tho extension of this groat indus try. It is now manifest that Mniiobns tor has lost its fermer control of tho eastern markets, In tho piuglo presi dency of Bombay there uro twenty-five cotton mills in tull Operation, working 000,000 spindles and 7,000 looms. Thu spindles produce about 13O,0GJ pounds of fol ton thread n day, of which about 50,000 pounds aro used to produce cloth. These mills ure chiefly in the Bombay Island, whoro a new spinning1 mill, just opened by n wealthy Hindoo, and working 25,000 spindles, makes a total of seventeen work hie mills, Up con td ry t here are several others-ono ut Surat, two ut Broach, two at Ahmcdn bud, ono at Julguum, ono in tho native state of Bhowuugger, and ono at Ma dras. Extensions are also rapidly going forward. Eight extensions are in course of construction at Bombay, chiefly on share capital, and theso will provide ut least, for the working of 10,000 more spindles and 1,345 looms*. Tho machine ry is always of tho very newest and most approved construction, and no efforts are spared on the part of tho ludinn producers to enable their goods to com pete uccessfnlly with ibo choicest pro ducts of foreign manufacturo- United Statis Economist, An Incident of the Floods. Writing of the disasters of tho in undations in France, a correspondent says : At, St. Oyprien, tho suburb of Toulouse, which suffered so sevorely, M. Mahratta, a well-known sculptor who ro sided there, but who had his atelier in the town, was at work in the latter, when he was informed of tho risk to which his family, whom he had left iii tlie Faubourg, were exposed. He im mediately hastened home, and began lo pack up his valuables und prepare to retreat with his wife, two girls, eight ?nd niue years tdd, und a little boy in his mother's arms. Bnt tho Hood had becu too quick for them. In less than ti quarter of au hour it had risen moro than four feet, and thoir house was sur rounded beforo they were aware of it. As tho water rose higher and higher they moved from stage to stage, until they reached tho roof aloug with other' families who had taken refuge there. Thus they stood, tho father holding his two littlo girls by tho hand, tho mother carrying her boy, till darkness sot in, tho flood still rising, and tho houses around them giving away before it ono after the other with fearful crash.' At last their own house borgan to lotter and crank, and give other sigu?, that it wac no longer a safe place ot refugo. Another-house nt some little distunco offseemeJ to offer a stouter resistance, and one of their party, who was a good swimmer, threw himself into tho water, and by great effort succeeded iii climb ing on to tho other roof? Unfortunately, iii laking bis'spring from that on which down?l me/'Mu ur ol\e"*w'i ?j tTic .?pfti 'lite i l? ber arms, and although tho former was laid hold of and rescued, tho child was carried away by tim flood, and perished before tho oyos of its father, who could only just, save his fainting wife. By good luck, in tho house to which their companion had escaped a roll of calico twenty-live yards Jong was fouud. On ono end ol this an iron was tied, mid, nitor immy attempts, swung across, and a communication thus opened with tho other house, Tho two littie girls wore successfully made fast to the end of tho roll and dragged through the water. Mme. Maurette was next tied to it and had also nearly gained the other roof, when tho strength of those who sup ported her failed, aud sho fell back into the water. For a moment sho seemed lost, but ber husband, throw ing himself in, in Iiis turn, and swim ming to her, supported her nntil a fresh effort could be made above, when both were eventually hoisted up. Tho nitdit was passed in cold and wet, expecting death almost hourly. But thc house re sisted, and bjT morning the water had rallen suflioiently to enable tho party to wade ashore. Rather a Tough Suake Fig'.it, but a Good Story. A fow days since, while a young man of tho vicinity of Middlo Grove, whom wo shall designate as Jcomes, was shrubbing in tho field, he ran upon ii block snake in a cluster of bushes, and, calling his dog Zip, set him after thc snake. Whilo he was intently watching tho progress of the light between hit snakeslup and his favorite canine, some thing behind took him "whack" upoi the seat of his trousers, and turning quickly, ho discovered to his horror i tremendous horse'-racer, full six feet ir length, with lurid erect, hissing tongue amt glaring oyes, curling himself in tin fullest attitud? for battle, and befon Jeemes could comprehend the terribh character nf tho situation, "whack" tin snake took him again. Ile Mien lookct for a tree, but there was none to climb for a stick, but i here was none at hand He then drew his jack-knife, with tin determination of selling his life lil dearly as possible, and tho most terribh battlebetween man and snake then oe curred that has ever transpired in the his tory of Monroe county. Tho snako wa very strong und native, and, ?urlinj himself around one pf his victim's leg* he stuck his terrible fangs into hin with marvelous rapidity, tightening hi hold and orawliiig np all the limo, whili Jeemes lilied his "jack-knife with i rapidity never equaled by tito siivag Modoo. The snake was getting tb best of it, and had twisted himself ti] nearly to Jeemes* face, and was nhou to coil his slimy length about his tuc climbing antagonist's swan-like throat when Zip, tho faithful servant, bavin finished snako No. 1, carno yelping i tho rescue, and, taking in at a glanc tho hazardous position of tho mosto] hu spiling and grappled the monster b the neck, and hold on with a viee-lik grip until Jeemes, by tho use of hi knife, extricated himself from Jo's toi ribl'e predicament, and from an nntimel and premature grave. The snake wu killed, lind t'n ; i rusty dog was tho lift preserver or his master.-FrofH // Paris Mo., Appeal, FACTS AND FAMO LES. -The coffee-planters o? Ceylon uro threatened with pecuniary ruin, tho rats having seized their plantations, grasshopper style. Not hoing rtblo to import American music, thoy are trying to frighten oh' the invaders with* tho tom-tom, a home instrnment. -There is an Duglish paper which thinks that in case of war the chief food producing nations, by combining ngninsfc England, could conquer her without firing a shot or landing :.. soldier by simply declining to deal with her. ;-Tho old superstitious idea that, tho hand of a dead mun is a talisman ngainst evil, onco prevaleut among southern ne groes, seems no! to have' died out. A vault in Greenville, Miss., wnp recently broken open and a hand cut from a corpse. - On ono of the bridges of Paris a baliy Fprnng ont of its mother's arms and fell in tho river, sud tho mother jumped after it, but could not swim. Another-woman jumped in who could swim aud brought out both. Tho mother was half drowned and tho baby was dead. -Some of tho clergymen in Kentucky propose to hang smtes in the church vestibules, so that young ladies on en tering, can register thoir names, thus saving a great expense for providing seats in tho vestibule for young men, and making a great deal of waiting uu uecessary. -"James Brown," of St. Giles, Dou ri ">n, clnims to bo reckoned among tho ncblo band of vivisectionists, his trade being tho catching of cats and "skin ning 'em alive." "The simple fnot is," ho says, "I got nu honest living by skinning cats, and because skins taken from tho live cats aro worth sixpence apiece moro than those taken from the animal when dead I skin the cats alive whenevor I can." -If tbero is a manufacturing city on this continent which might be "called tho Manchester of America, it is Lowoll, Mass. There are daily em ployed nearly eighteen thousand opera tives in the various mills. Tho capital stock of the several eorpornt'ons is over 810,000,000, while tho total valua tion would foot up six times sixteen millions. In mauy instances tho origi nal stockholders have, perhaps, moro than doubled "their*investments by mag nificent dividonris ; ami it is a notablo fact that even in ibeFO depressed times ptoa?Cmi fif w?t?Zi?tfSf^iZ , ' T -Tin's is what a hank cashier wr>. .o to Washington when ho wanted "reg istered bonds" : "I may not havo ex pressed myself properly, not kuowing much about this busiucss of swopping bonds, but my intentions aro pure and innocent. I wish ro havo these bonds in such a condition that when burglavs orad to my room at midnight, put a pistol to niy head, twist my nose, tako me by tho ear, lead me to ray bank, compel me to unlock my safe, I can contemplate the removal of my bonds with a smile that is child-like and bland." -Tho work ot excavating tho arena of tho coliseum at Rome, has been sus pended siuce May, as it cannot bo pro ceeded with until tho discovery of tho duet or canal used by tho old Romans to drain oil' the water collecting from tho adjacent slopes. The canal has boen traced in its starting point near tho ruins, and in its possago through tho forum, lending into tho Cloaca Maxima; but its intermediate course hus yet to bo unearthed, which operation, together with its proper deaning aud repairs, will be a job of some riiflieiilty, time and exponso. In tho meantime the excava tion in the coliseum already made, will have to bo kept dry, or as free from water ns possible, in order that tho foundation of the building may not bo seriously damaged. -A popular theatrical manager says he has been tho means of keeping be tween two aud three hundred young ladies off the stage within tho space of live years. " Ono reason was," said he, " because they had no talent, and an other was because I knew that before they had been in tho profession many weeks they would ho heart dy sick aud tired of it. The life of cn actor is a hard one. Peoplo come," said ho, "and seo the actor walking around the stage, speaking a few lines, dressed in mag nificent clothes, ami .winning tho ap plause ot' tin-, multitude; 'How de lightful !' they exclaim. 'Nothing in the world to do bul to (bess well and look pretty.' They do not know what a dog's lifo it is. Aird traveling throupji the country is the hardest work of nil. Out till twelve amt one o'clock at night, and out of bed by iour or Jive in tho morning to fake rin carly tr.? in to the next town. Sometimes thoy do not get to bed at all." THAT SAVED DIM.-It has been gen erally supposed that a bald head was of no ace omit, oven to tho owner, but Vicksburg stnnils up and remarks to tho eontrary. The other day a resident of this oily wont up to ThouipBou'u Lake to got ii shot at the big alligator, and while eating a cold bite in the simile a mau jumped over the ieneo, presented an old army musket nt bin head und cried out : 1 t| " Stranger, nnkivor yer head ! Tho Vieksburger was dumb! minded, but mario liaste to remove hin hat and exhibit a pnto which shono liso it h?wJy polished pilpuw. ,ti, "Stranger, that saves yo! continued tho man, Ss ho shouldered his musket ; " I thought) ye. wi.! tho t^bhcatled ped dler who charged my w.fo st.veiriy-hyo cents for II ter i jue i t winch hmm t w\ n darned picture in it !"