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0 ~ 3 p v ■ r Ou«inch, one insertion ; . ft <K> “ “ each subsequent insertion. 60 ceriis Quarterly, semi-annual or yearly contract* made on liberal terms. Contract adrertising is payable 30 days nf- ,er first insertion unless otherwia*s&pulated. | No communication will be published un- ess accompanied by the name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a guaranty of good faith. Address, THE PEOPLE, Barnwell C. II., S. C. VOL. II. South Carolina Railroad. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Up Day Passengers. (This Train does not connect with Train for ,Columbia at Hranchville.) Leave Charleston “ Branohville “ Midway “ Bamberg " ’ Graham's “ Lees “ Black ville , +' Elko . _ *' Wiliiston “ Wjndsor „ “ Montmorcnci “ Aiken Arrive Augusta Down Day Passengers. (This Train does not connect with Columbia at Branch ville.) Leave Augusta “ Aiken - Montmorenci Windsor Wiliiston Elko Blackville Lee’s Graham's “ Bamberg ** ^Midway “ Branchville Arrive Charleston C.45 a m 0.55 a m 10.20 a m 10.28 a ro 10.43 a m 10-.57 a m 11.08 a m 11.17 a m 11.2C a m 11.48 a m 12.08 p m 12.21 pm 1.25 p m Train for u u 4i ii U 3.80 p m 4.40 p m 4.58 p m 5.18 p ra 6.31 p in 5.42 p m 5.59 p in 6.07 p m 6.21 p m 6.87 p m 6^15 p m 7.25 p m lO.lOp m HIOHT sxrnBss.' Leave Charleston Arrive Augusta Leave Augusta Arrive Charleston I>own Leave Blackville Up Leave Blackville Connects with Trains at Branchville for Columbia. 10.15 p m 8 20 a m 7.80 p m 6.Oil a m 11.25p m 4.30 a m rEiicnr ivn accomhodatiox. Leave Charlestua. ... Arrive Augusta Leave Augusta Arrive Charleston Down Leave Blackville Up Leave Blackville Copnocta at Hranchville with Columbia. 7.4Aa ro- 9.35 p m 6.00 a in ti.l5 p m 10.21 am 4.56 p m Train for Magnolia Passenger Iloute. Nearer Jtly €>od To Thee. BY L’ETFAKT PEBDU. A girl’s sweet voice like the song of a bird. The soft gray garments of evening stirred. A song t hat thrilled like an angel’s prayer As it floated on the warm spring air Triumphant, yet humble, and -grandly sweet, My soul drunk In its melody. And seemed tin rest in the golden street. Nearer nfy fcod'ldThobr Only a wanderer passing by, A stranger alike to cross and crown, Weary and worn from years that fly, Watching the gray light full slowly down; The sun’s last kiss in the distant West, When the sweet voice rang exultingly E’en though a stone by my place of rest, Nearer my God to Thee! Perchance, to singer the words wore naught, But empty sound to be hushed ore long, To mo with a deeper moaning fraught The throb of a soul poured out iu song, From one who welcomed ihe bittqr cup. Nor paused at the stormiest sea; So the dark waves bor the toller up Nearer dry God to Thee! Grander sermon has never been taught, Since life by the dear Christ blood was brought. And the thorn crown pressed the fainting head That L-r our sake lay among the dead. Never was echoed a grander song Since together the stars sang free, Nor will till the ransomed millions throng, Noaior my God to Thee! NInrder and Cruelty. TORT ROYAL RAILROAD, ) Acqcsta, Ga., Jan. 4, 1879. f Tlie following passenger schedule will be operated on and after t/iis dates Baldoc » 12 07 Down Haldoc 3 80 Up Allendale. 12 30 Down Allendale 3 00 Up DAILY PASSENOKn TEAIV. Going South, LesiTe Augusta Arrive At YemaMce 10 oo a m O 05 P m Leave Yem&ssoe 2 10 P in Arrive SawnnaK 1 35 P tn Leave Savannah 4 45 P IU ArrivoJacksonvillo 8 00 A m Arrive (’harlefton 9 OQ P m Leave Yomaesee *> 45 P in Arrive Beaufort 4 02 l' tn Arrive I’orl Hoyal 4 17 P m Arrive Augusta 6 8© P in Leave Vefnasveo 1 80 P m Arrive 1ema*«ce 1 20 P m Leave Savannah 10 25 a m Arrive Savannah 10 15 ft ni Leave Jackeonvllle 6 50 P m Leave Charleston t 15 a m Arrive Yemftesee 1 00 P ,n l<eave Beaufort 11 23 a m Leave 1’ort Loyal 11 00 a m Trains run through between Augusta And Savannah without change, making close con nection at Savannah with A. & G. K. R. train for all points in Florida Baggage checked through. Through tickets for sale at all princi pal ticket offices. Itonr.iiT G. Flkmimi, General Superintendent. J. 8. Dataht, General Passenger Agent. [Si»ecial Dispatch to The News and Courier.] Bhukson, July 22.—A shooting affray took place hero this afternoon between two negroes, Griffin Frlester and Is mael Ellis, in which the latter was mortally wounded. Tho facts seem about as follows ; Fricstor had taken up and was living with Susan Daniels, who left her Husband about a week ago. Frlester was away last night, and on returning tc-day learned that Ellis had spent the night at his house. They met hero this afternoon and some words followed which resulted in their deciding t6 go out of tho incor poration and fight out. They went alone. Soon after a pistol and then a gun shot was heard. Frlester returned and stated that EUla had iald his gun against tho fence to rest and it had fallen and shot him. Ho begged that some (jpe would go at onco with him aud hear Ellis say that it was his own accident, thinking he of course would be dead when they got there. Ellis was, however, rational, and stated that be had laid his gun down aud offered Friester a fair fight. Frieater took ad vantage of his being unarmed, ran up aud shot him in the side with a pistol, then taking tho gun fired it off. As soon as Prieeter saw that Ellis was alive aud able to make a statement he hofted for tho woods and made good his escape. All the parties concerned seem to be of bad character, A num ber of colored people gathered around the wounded man, but none would al low him to be taken to their houses, consequently he is still lying on the ground where he was shot, with no medical aid. I.ANT WEEK .MEMPHIS Th«» Fceliws: After the Fln»t Out break and Before the Siecond Panic. Memphis, July 16.—The recent sud den appearance of yellow fever here has wrought much distrust as to our immunityjien after, and will result in cruet and premature announcement of a great deal of distress to the rank and file of our population. Those who do not get away at the first warning are meeting the embarrassments inci dent to the great falling off in business, and of those who were able to put miles betwben themselves and home, many are already -out of money and eating the bread of dependence. The trade of Memphis, as an original mar ket, is based altogether upon cotton, other products forming so small a factor in the reckoning as to bo not worth mention. Upon the handheg of the fleecy staple, then, are built our hopes. When cotton ceases to come we cease in a measure to exist. Sep tember is the opening month for oper ations, when by wagon, by rail and f$oat the bales begin to roll in, aud Oc tober sees a perfect rush of business. Think what a desperate strait many poor people are put to whose means of living depend upon this movement! July and August I pass over, because then there is virtually oothing in the best of times, but the two following mouths are the most prosperous of the year. Now we may not have any further cases of fever, yet la any event izan, W. B. Waldran, Esq., living on the Boulevard or Poplar street turn pike, one mile from the city limits, re ported as suffering from typho-mala- rial fever. There has been much unfavorable comment here toward the board of health for what is termed the indle- tho fever a week ago. I have beard tho growling principally from the mer chants. They say It has killed busi ness until frost, whether we have sick ness or not. Tho board of health did exactly right. - It has in its council* our best physicians—men who have worked through many perttous visita tions, and it has long been understood that the first genuine case should ho Fran* In the National Treasury reported through the papers, that all ® e ^ rcta ’y Bout well who could might get ,3y. Th.!™""" D ' p ‘ rlm roll-coil before frost^which usually oc- lues them, and all who are sound go president of the Legislative Council (occupying a similar position to mayor in our city government,) as well as tho board, were committed to this prom ise. The sacrifice of life had been too terrible last year not to guard agalust a recurrence by all possible means. Our State laws, recently enacted, have gone into operation, and all persons are examined at the several depots by medical men before leaving on train*, no one with any symptom of the dis ease being allowed to go. Each one passing muster 1* furnished with a clean bill of health, which is examined by the conductor and checked. Five miles from town the passengers are disembarked, another physician exam Hiarlottf, Columbia & Augusta R. P, CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. CmaLOTTi!, Columbia & Acarm R. TT. ) GiMKKAL PaSSESCIHR DtrAKTMKNT. y Columbia, 8. C., Dec. 27, IbTH. J Ths following passenger schedule will he operated on and after this date : # JVb. 1—Night Express, Smith. Leave Charlotte, 1:00 a m Arrive Columbia. 6:00 a tn Leave Columbia 6:05 a m Arrive Augusta 10:00 a m No. 2—Night Express, North. Leave Augusta 5:55 p m Arrive Columbia 10:00 p m Lrfiave Columbia............. 10:10 p m Arrive Charlotte...^.,,..... 8:10 a m No. 3—Day Passenger, South. Leave Charlotte 11:27 a m Arrive Columbia 4:10 p m Leave Columbia....., 4.15 pm Arrive Augusta. \ 8:30pm . i No. 4-—Pay Datatnger, North. Leave Augusta 9:03 a m Arrive Columbia 1:20 p m I icave Columbia. 1:80 p m A rrive Charlotte 6:80 p in These trains stop, only at Fort Mill, Hook Hill, Chester, tWnnsboro, Ridge way, Leeeville, Batesburg, Ridge Mprlng, Johnston, Trenton and Gran- itevUlo. All other stations will be re cognised os flag ItntloiiM. 1 ^T. D. KLINE, Sup’t. John R. Machttbdo, Qen. Fas. Agent. Savannah and Charleston Railroad Co. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. January 1, 1S79. The following Schedule is in effect at this data: Fast Nail, Daily. Leave Charleston - - - - Arrive at Savannah - - - Arriv* Port Royal • t Arrive Jacksonville jsA.rrive at Augusta - . - - J Ueave Savannah. - - - - Arrive Charleston » Sight Train, Daily. Leave Charleston •• - Arrive Savannah ^ - Le*ve Savannah ~ - Arrive Charleston • - » Pullman cart on *11 Night Trains. C. 8. GADSDEN, Engr. and Supt. 8. C. Botutoi, G. F. and T. Agent. 7 15 a. ra. 1 00 p. m. 4 17 p. m. 0 85 a. m 6 80 p. m. 3 15 p- tn. 9 00 p. m- 8 10 p. m. 6 40 a. m. 9 00 p. in. 8 00 a. m. The l-cnt'ral Outlook. In view of the probable failure of the eern crop in many sections of tho State, the outlook is somewhat gloomy. But with proper economy in the use of present gupplles, by utilizing all the resources of summer and fall crops, and sowing early and largely of small grain, the apprehended scarcity of next spirng may be anticipated, and, in a great measure,If not fu’ly met. It is not too late to sow peas In drills for forage, aud farmers should avail themselves of seasons to put in large areas for this purpose. Pea vine bay, though somewhat difficult to cure properly, is highly nutritious. Rich lota near tho farm-house or lot should be sown Iu bat joy or rye in August, and will furnish large quantities of green food. * We must rely chiefly on oats to sup plement the short corn crop next sea son,and farmers are advised to sow ear ly ami fertilize well, that the crop may be secured against winter freezing and bo avallabe as early as possible next spring. If August and Beptembcr shall prove seasonable, as they probably will, sow ings of sat-tail millet and German mil let may still be made for soiling pur poses. The drafts on tho corn crib and fodder house should be relied, as far as practicable, by pasturing and soiling tho mules and horses. Where the corn has failed to produce ears, the stalks, blade and all should be cut and cured for forage. By prudent foresight and prompt action, much may" be done in tho way of supple menting short corn crops and provid ing against the ruinous expedient of relying on the West for supplies for our stock.—Augusta Evening News. It said that the Empress Eugenie, acting on the advice of her friends, in tend* to leave Chiselhurst soon to re pair for tho summer to the Castle of Babacz, in Crotia, which *be bought lately while staying at Vienqa. Her friends insisted on her departure at once from au residence eo full of sad meiuorles as Camden Place. But this 1* more than they have been able to obtain from the Empress, who has ex pressed her intention of again seeing her dead son and praying on his grave. curs here about October 20) will find the sinews of trade absent. A week ago to-day some of tho knowing ones were observed to buy railroad tickets to distant poiuts, and whisper some close friend, after a sol emn promise of twenty-four hours’ secrecy, that yellow fever was here, and the first case had been fatal, Tbo allotted time fully absolved the trou bled mind of the friend. By six o’clock on Thursday the news bad got out, and then commenced one of the most exciting scenes on record. During that day and night more than 5,000 people left. The panic beggars description. Many of the public prints have allud ed to the commotion as disgraceful, and all I have indulged in. decrying the excitement. I see nothing to won der at. The man or woman who wit nessed last yeai’s chapter Vof horror* cannot, in sober sense, laugh at a com munity who seek to flee a liao impend ing wrath. The gloom and desolation of those days stand like some tall pil lar of rock, some rugged outbreak of nature’s wild mood, to mark where her throes were most terrible. We don’t want a repetition of it; wo can’t stand it financially many more times ; but in God’s uamo let us never see it acqui esced by tho people standing on the order of their going. To return to my narrative, the first case was a man named Mulbrandon.a shoemaker, who died Wednesday, and was buried that night. The patient lived on DeSoto street, near Vance, and had been no where but to his shop—was out of tho city during the fever of 1878, and did not return until November. His wife inherited the household effects of some family who were victims then. It was reported that tho beds, etc., thus ob tained had never been aired or sunned until the extreme hot weather, and that wen they were exposed the stains of human excreta were plainly visible. This was regarded as a clincher in the Mulbrandon case, to fasten the origin, but the family published a denial that they put the things out to sun. Next in order was Charles F. Ray, twelve years ajd,scm of Judge J. E. R. Ray, of tho Criminal Court, residing on the Hernando road. Ho was sick, not like Mulbrandon, the allotted five days, but tho poison made short work of him. He died Thursday morning before daylight. Then came Michael Tobin, a middle-aged nlan, a laborer, living on Bradford street On the Bun- day before ho was drunk; the next day he was attacked. Doubt was ex pressed a* to tbegenuinees of his case, but a careful diagnosis and a final post-mortem fully satisfied the people that his physician bad not been wrong. Quickly following came the deaths of Mrs. Tobin, wife of the above, and Judge Ray, the latter occurring Sun day night. As to localities, it will b* remember ed that last year, and at every preced ing epidemic, the first case occurred near the river front. Not one of these present victims resided nearer than a mile of it. Mulbrandon’s and Judge Ray’s residences were in the south, eastern portion of the city and sepa rated half the mile. Tobin lived in the extreme northeastern part. Judge Ray was taken sick on the bench on Monday preceding his dieath and thus suffered longer than any. Hi* son, J. E. R., Jr., was the sixth case, and al though he hovered for several days betwixt life and death, he la reported thia morning decidedly better, with Strong hopes of recovery. The only death from any febrile cause occurring since the first outbreak Is that of Miss I Waldran, daughter of a prominent cit- through without further trouble, being transferred to different ears. Any per son with an evident symptom of the fevir ccmrs back to tho city; anyhow, ia detained. Freight outward bound is rwblpped^ffaT^lnt not lose than fifty milsa'from the city. Tho Auxiliary Sanitary Association, a society of citizens organized to as sist tho city govornment with money and otherwise, is la constant session every day. At the suggestion of Gen. Colton Greene, a popular insurance agent and a member of the body, there will be a novel expedient resorted feo to-raorrow for cleansing out the Bayou Gayoso, a small creek that traverses the town from south to north, and which is always the receptaclo of much filth. A big dam is being constructed at the croesing of Elliott streetBouth Memphis, whiuh the water have promised to Dll up with their pipes. When charged to repletion the dam will be knocked away, and the flood let to pour through the filthy aud now nearly dry channel, which, It is hoped, will carry off much that is detri mental. The New Y*rk Star of the 6th Inst., devotes nine column* closely printed to the publication of the suppressed report of tho Glover Congressional Committee upon the affairs of our Na tional Treasury which reveals an ex hibit of systematized thievery, besides which tfce peculations of ,the Tweed Ring of New York sink Into compara tive insignificance. The Star claims that this report is not the product of any partisan conspiracy or Journalis tic sensation, but the fruition of pa tient and sober inquiry, conducted un der the auspices and by direction of our highest legislative tribunal. Binoe the administration of the Republican the books of tbs Treasury Department have been kept by such a system that no man has been able to tell the precise status of our national finances, Frauds were naturally suspected, but Speaker Col fax and Blaine always took care to ap point committees wjiich would not delve below the suffuce. After the House of Representatlvo became Dem ocratic every conceivable Intrigue was resorted to by tho Republicans In or der to Impede and paralyze the search which Mr. Glover’s earnest honesty rendered inevitable, and for awhile the effort to stifle the report It has at last reached tho light. ; . i; .'. The report shows that the swindling Bureau of Engraving and Printing has absorbed twenty-serea millions of pub lic money, the greater part of which •• NIGGSEK.* THE What n Northern Joarnnl Think* of Him. iUuiaf* (OHkO fcntiif*'. R»p.J While tho amiable idiocy that pro- It okows that ^ Totw ftt an States bonds has PEOPLE STRUGGLING FOR PRECEDENCE— BLOODSHED ONLY PREVENTED BY A STRONG GUARD. / McKenzie, Tenn., July 21.—Train af ter train load of Memphians now al most hourly pass through here, leav ing a crowd of anxious people at the plague-stricken city waiting at the de pot there for the first chance to g^ away. Memphians say that so deter mined are the people to get out of that city that they clamor with one another as a mob, and those passengers with the most strength and determination are those who run over the multitude of mors timid people and escape. Peo ple have crowded about tho depot for twenty-four hours before being abl,6 to got on the train. Overcome with heat aud fatigue men, women, and children sleep, closely huddled together, until aroused and told that the hour of their liberation is near at hand. A frteh train has been mode up, and they pass out to the transfer station, which is also always crowded. Instead of wait ing for trains to carry them thlthwr, they go out by every conceivable con veyance, and by that means often take the places of those who have been forced to come out on the trains, only to find that they have been deprived of a possibility of their early escape to a more healthy climate. Rcstlvo and combative under these circumstances men grow desperate and fight like ti gers. Revolvers are drawn in the most savage deteimitation, and bloodshed is only prevealed by the Interference of a strong guard. People are ro cldhely sandwiched in the trains that tho heat becomes intolerable, passen gers get restive, and almost any one who makes it known can be easily ac commodated with a knock down. A general scramble for seats continues all along the various lines until the conductor gets jld of the Jam by drop ping them here, there and everywhere. A Goon Year fob Eclipses.—This interest on United been fraudulently collected for years by an outside ring operating in col lusion with Treasury employees.’ It shows that the thieves were protected by high officials. It directly Implicates John Sherman, who not only perpet uated the corruption be found before him, but multiplied Jt for the purpose of rewarding partisan services. It demonstrates that the Federal Secret Service Bureau is a sink of rottenness and blackmail, in which no honest man can attempt to perform his duty with out incurring the penalty of certain dismissal. It examines tbo Bouthern cotton seizures and shows where mil Hone were stolen from the government by its officials. It shows that nineteen million dollars in excees of the author- volume of ourrency has been afloat one time. Many rtfber over issue* as well as deficits, In various depart mentfl, have been concealed under false entrles^and forced balances In tho Tiensury books. On the whole, a more scandalous ex hibit of jobbery has never been pre sented to any civilized nation. It is humiliating to us as a people that such thievery has been so long tolerated, but it would be unspeakably Infamous to cloak or condone it.- Let the light shine through and through.—Lexing ton Dispatch. vailed in Cosgreso during reconstruc tion days was at Its height the Bigger was enfranchised. . Uo was {nvefited with the ballol ph the petty theory that he was a rnkn and brother, with an Infusion of sand In his make-up. - It was given him on the school-girl notion that affection for the party that gave hlttr bis freedom wotrtd make him Its perpetual Instrument. But the nigger is less serviceable to tho Republican party as a voter than he was as a slave. f * 1 * He needs too much codding—too much protection. ** Ho can ohly vote the Republican ticket when surrounded by a oordOn of Republican bayonets. There Is no grit In him. There is more voting energy and party strength Jn a dozen raw Irish man than in a thousand well-fed nig gers. Thsre Is not an ounee of Stalwatt- ism,In a ton of nigger. ■ t The mote nigger the lees strength.,! As B slave, the picturesque misery of the negro was an unfailing armory, of party weapona—as a freeman there U no romance in him—cowardice is not romantic. AH over the South he fs throwing hie ballot for rebels and traitors, when The ■atnaeputlij’ of I.oaGow. Of all the gteht cities,London, on the whole, contains the most to Inter est and Instruct Araericaaig - It has doubled In population In the memory of men still young. Most readers re covered with house*. New York is equal In population to the aggregate of Maine and New Hampshire. London equals Maine, Now Hamp- WMfte . Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts' and Cali fornia alltogether. To equal the dty of London, bote We should have to bring together the people of the fol lowing dtlee; New York, Philadel phia, Brooklyn, St. Louie, Chicago, Boston, BtdUmore, ClnclnnatV New He it two cowardly to vote his con victions or too stupid te have convic tions. When the stalwarts get Into power in 1880 he must be either dlsfrauchlsed or compelled to vote right. The free negro is a fraud. Tfk* Quiet Stranger. Adiniuifctratlen Plan for Carry ing Kontli Carolina. A special dispatch from Washington to the New York Sun says : There Is to be a sweeping chango in the Federal officers in South Carolina. This change will soon be announced. Certain South Carolina Republicans have been iq this city within the last few days, representing that South Ca rolina could bo carried for the Repub licans in 1680 in case the right kind of Federal office-holders are placed In authority. Those now In pla<?e are men who arc timid and lukewarm in their Republicanism ; and have not the requisite backbone to stand up against the tlss a e-ballot frauds and intimidating processes or the chivalry. What is needed, these Republicans say, is a class of men brave enough to en force the national election In the face of death. Intimidation and personal In sult. It is claimed that the present Federal office-holders In that State are either overawed by the Democrat* who are now in power, or else have formed affiliations With them that de stroy their party usefulnees. Although tble Is a strictly civil ser- viee Administration, John Bberman has succeeded In eo representing mat ters t<y Hayes that there Is high au thority for the statement that a sweep ing change will be made throoghoat the country. Where dose contests are probable, the Federal marshal- ships are to be made as strohg as pos sible. Upon the rigid enforcement of the National election law In 1880 de pends the sucess of the RepubUoans. At least this Is the view taken by the National committee. The race Is not always to the swift not the battlo to the strong, nor Is it the man with the largest mouth who gets the most favors in this world. Yesterday forenoon a very quiet etran- ger entered a real estate office on Gris wold street, and softly asked If he could nee a blotting pad a moment One was handed him, and he sat down to a tabls, looked around and said, “Ah J (hanks ; but have you a pen and Ink?”’ They were handed him. He tried the pen on the pad, shock the luk around and modestly continued, “if you could spare a sheet of paper?” A sheet of paper was handed him. He wrote a brief letter, folded ap end whispered, “I shall have to beg an en velope of you.” An envelope was passed over, and when he had directed It, he looked all over the table, under member when MoOauley’* history ap peared. 4 In bis first Tblumo the au thor contrasted the grandeur ioTthe modern city with the London of Charles 11. and boasted that the num ber of Inhabitants had increased from little more than five thousand to at least one mlllloo nine b«&dredthotMK and. In the brief time that has pass ed since McCauley wrote, ihe one mil lion nine hundred has become four millions. A few contrasts taken from the beet estimates will give some suggestions of the Immense magnitude of tho dty; Is aptly described as a ‘province It Orleans, Buffalo, Ban Francisco, Wwb Ington and Louisville. The transient people In New York ar# about thirty thousand; In London ope hundred and sixty thousand. In New York a baby te bbrn every fifteen minutes'ana a death occurs every seveateea min utes. In London a birth occurs every six minutes and a death every eight The drinking places In Naw York set in one street would extend seventeen miles; those in London seventy-three miles. 5 • ■ . t': The vulgar negro who murdered Mrs. Hull la odd blood Is now besoms a very hero. People long to see him. Women, who hsvea morbid enjoyment in the butchering of their sex and are powerfully attracted to the butcher, keep him supplied with button hole bouquets, cigars and other luxuries, and are delighted with the reward of a smllo. The fellow cannot read or write, bat his opinions are quoted os of ths gravest importance. HU coun sel have concluded that he was Insane when he murdered Mrs. Hull, and ho is just beginning to think so himself. Tho sooner the wretch is hanged by the neck until dead the better it will be for surviving humanity.—Chicago Times. tho table, up at the celling, and inqui red, “You couldn’t lend me a stamp, could you?” A three center was ban ded out, and when it had been fasten ed on tbo stranger rose and started out, saying, “As you have no office boy, I suppose 1 shall have to take this letter to the office myself.” — looks like business. The almanacs for 1880 are beginning to appear. There will be seven ecllpeee in tho year which may be counted on as a certainty—four of the sun, two of the moon, and one of the Republican party. When a Texas man tells his wife that there will be company ia the even ing, she bustles around and gets the shot-gun tn order, while he takes the shovel and Bailies forth to dig a few [graves. The President’s Gbxat Grandfather. —Ezekiel iiaye, the great grandfather of the President, was a auccessful me chanic la Connecticut, and kepta num ber of apprentices. It is said that sometimes, like apprentices in all ages, they felt that they bad long work and short rations. At one time a new cheese was put on the table whole. It stood uncut for a day or two, Hajree saying at each meal, “that’s a nice looking cheese. It’s a pity to cut it.” The boys thought it rather mo notonous, aud planned to show their sentiments. The blacksmith hqd one day got a bar of Iron nicely heated, and laid it across the anvil to be out the proper lengths. The beys, with chisel and sledges, were to out It olL. But no band was raised. Hayes asked why they did not strike, and one of them replied: “That te such a nice bar of iron, it would be a pity to cut it.” Hayes qufckly sow thq point, and shouted, with a latlgh, “Strike, boys, strike ! the obsess shall be cut.” ; It Is estimated that fifty thousand men and women are employed at Philadelphia tn ths manufacture of Senator Thurman baa pithily summa rized the results of ths extra session t “ In my Judgement no session of Goo- grass has dqne more for the vldlcatlon of the principles of the Amarioan lib erty. We have 8UCceostullj'’malntaln- ed tbo principle that the bayonet feball not Control the ballot box; we have repealed the Juror’s test oath; ire have provided for impartial Juries in Federal Courts, North and South, aud we have maintained tbo principle tb&t the Federal Government shall not In terfere in the elections of ths officers of the States. A greater declaration In favor of tho popular liberty has not been made since the adoption of Mag na Charta.” -♦ w : • ’ A country farmer called at the Treasury Office In Washington, some Urns sinoe, and said he wanted to in vest some monsy in Government bonds. On being told how much money the farmer had, the dork asked him what denomination he wanted. “Weil,” said he, after thinking a moment, “I am a Presbyterian, and will take a few of that sort. Bat to please the old wo man, you may give me a right smart lot of the Hardshell Baptist kind. That kind would suit her beet.” clothing, and twenty million suits art made there evsfy year. Cutting ma chines are gradually finding their way into all the largo manufacturing es tablishments of the city. These ma- ehiaes have a capability of cutting nearly eighteen hundred garments In a day of twelve boors, or about equal to tbs combined results of the labor of eight men. Button-holes, also, can be worked by machinery at the rate of one hundred and eighty per hour, while by band It wotfid take the same period to complete three holes. By the catting machines folds of doth forty-ply thickness can be easily eut through. An Instance of the value of machinery In expediting manofae- ture Is afforded la the fact that the establishment were cutting and but t ton-hole machines ere used tarns out one hundred sfilts ready for wear In side of twelvB fiours. The British Government Is now buil ding two tteel-elad ships of war. Which are to ooet $5,000,000 each, without armament. They are to be plaited with 16 inches of steel, to carry four guns each, to b* of 9,100 tons measure ment, with a speed Of IQ miles an bonr. No sooner were those monsters laid oh the stocks, however, than it was found out that one of Sir Joseph WhitWotth’a new guns was capable of driving • boh of chilled steel through a elect plate 24 Inches thick, qnd thus once more the defensive side of naval war making Is found to be at the mercy of the offensive side. .if - Samuel G. Grasty, a railroad and commercial traveller of Atlanta. Ga., on the night of the ttOhoE a .man named Read and his son Ram Read, at Opelika, Ala. They attacked him iu bis hotel zoom, for alleged intimacy with Mies Bead. Grasty was badly out on bta head and hands- He shoe t^e eider Read to the eye and abdo men, and the ybanglr under the right jaw* The elder Read will dlo. Goaty la under arrest. X The weather In England has been so bad and se unfavorable to a product ive harvest that the dreamatanoe la treated as a national calamity, like war or pestilence, and Archbishop Tail, of Canterbury, has written to the Bishops of soma of t^e Sogllsh dio ceses, to request their clergy to offer up special prayers for a more propit ious season at the Ingathering of the crops. V-i Mr. Christian Hunelrin, one of most prominent German cUtseai Augusta, died In that city on Sunday aged forty-three. + .1 | , * *