Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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-aaaual or yearly cont met* terms. . JKJtertising U payable 30 dnyo n f- 'pnt iasertion unlees otherwise ei ipul.uc l. *To oomnmnioatiun will be published un- i»WO*|»»«l#d by the name and address of E 3rhte»r, not necessarily for publication,^ but m e guaranty of good faith. F Address, THE PEOrLB, Harrnvell C. If., 5. fc. South Carolina Railroad. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. JUL rat . Up Day Passengers. “ (iPils Train does not connect wldt ’Train for . Columbia at Branchville.) Leate Charleston “ Branchville Midway “ Bamberg “ Graham’s “ Lee's “ Blackvillo .. “ Elko “ Williston “ Windsor Montmorencl “ Aiken ^Arrive Augusta Down Day Passengers. (This Train does not connect with Train for Columbia at Branchville.) 7.50 a m 12.05 p m 12 28 p m 12.37 p m 12.51 p m 1.04 p m 1 11 p m 1.27 p m 1.35 p m 1.54 p m 2.12 pm 2.23 p m 3.15 p m Loave Augusta Aiken “ Montmorencl “ Windsor “ Williston “ Elko * “ Blackville *' Lee’s “ Graham’s “ Bamberg * “ Midway “ Branchville Arrive Charleston 8 15am 9.00 a m 9.20 a ra 0.41 am 10.00 am 10.07 a in 10-22 am 10.31 a m 10.4 4 a ra 10. 58 a m 110 6 a m 11.30 am 0.00 p m NICllT EXIRKSS. I.eave Charleston Arrive Augusta Leave ^eJgusti . Arrive Charleston Down Leave iflnckville Up Leave Blackville Connects Colombia. 11.00 pm 6 00 a m 3 45 a m 10.40 p m 0.18 p in 4.34 am The I-aw. with Trains at Branchville for rttKIGIIT AND ACCOMMODATION. Leave - Charleston Arrive Auguua I<care Augusta Arrive Charleston Down Leave Blackville Up Leave IBaekville Connects at Branchville Columbia. Down day passenger connects at Black- villfc with Columbia accommodation train. with To the Editor The Pe/jple : Wherever intelligence becomes wide ly disseminated, the injustice and folly of the present law becomes recog nized ; and the iniquitous oppression of an enactment by vt hlch a farmer (a compelled to build, and keep expen sive fences, to prevent the depreda tions of others’ cattle bec6mcs realized. In no civilized portion of the world is a farmer required to protect himself against other’s stock ; and it ie an un desirable evidence of old fogyism, and general backwardness in agrlculture > that such a law, as that now in force, can exist in the South. When the country was very sparsely settled, farms few, and timber very abundant, the present law was created, but like many laws, It has outlived Its useful ness ; and from being for the greatest good of the greatest number, has changed4ta effect to their greatest In jury. , > A f£w facts regarding the expense of fences will demonstrate the waste fulness of the system. The average size of the farms in South Carolina, under fences, Is about 200 acres, and t ho yearly tendency is to further re duce the average size. Now the actual first cost of a rail fence around such a farm, in the county, where pino timber is stfll abundant, is about §225, or abont $1 12 12 per aero ; but in other parts of the State where oak rails are largely used, tho cost frequently rises as.high as §2 par. aoto. - Tue average farmer occupying 200 acres of land owns about ?100 worth of cattle and hogs, and really his fencing costs him from twice to four times as much as his stock is worth. Hut the actual statistics obtained from every county, «CO. I'OKRKST'ft CiAMI? l*OKHR, Mow Ills Wile Helped Him Tlirounli. Magnolia Passenger Route. PORT ROYAL RAILROAD, Auouhta, Ga., June 24, 1S79 \ The following pn*cngcr uchedule operated on and after this date : Bnhloe 11 32 Dal doc | ];» Allendale . r ]() oo Allendale DAILY PASSBXRFR TItAI*. Going South, Leave Augusta Arrive at Yemutsea Leave Yemas^cc Arrive Savanna h Leave Savannah Arrive Jacksonville Arrive t’liarleeton Leave YemasxeO Arrive Beaufort Arrive Port Royal A i rive A ugusta Leave Yemassec Arrive tenia.'■>ec J a ave Savannah Arrive Savannah Leave Jacksonville Leave Charleston Lear* Beaufort i.eave Port Loval ) C.00 ft ih (i.45 j> m 4 .5(1 a m 5.20 a m a m 2.38 p m Train lor published by the Government at Washington, show the value of all the cattle, sheep and hogs in South Caro lina, to bo about §6,000,000 ; the num ber of acres under fences to bo about 12,000,000 ; and the actual first cost of these fences to have been about §21,- 000,000, nn average of $1 75 per acre. From the#e figures, It appears that for every dollar’s worth of stock in the State, three dollars and a half are ex pended to keep them out of the fields. The annual cost of repairs is known •by nit farmers to be about 1-Tfith of the value of the fence; thus the amount spent every year by our farmora mnat annroach ncarlv ooo ir the figures of the Government as to the cost arc correct. But the Gov ernmental report itself places the cost of annual repairs, as estimated by will be Down Up Down i ! r 0 00 p m 1 50 a iu 2 30 u in C 35 ft ni 4 10 n m 7 15 .a in 8 OO a m 2 20 a in 3 45 a m 4 00 ft m (‘ 36 a in 2 00 a m 1 di) a m 9 00 p m j 8 20 n m 5 15 ft m 8 30 p m 11 23 p m 11 Ot) p m [From the Nashville Banner.] Several years ago General Forrest Tirttod the Pity and stopped at the bid City Hotel. That night several gen tlemen called to see him, among them a gentleman now connected with tho Banner. The room had been crowded during the early part of tho night, and Forrest had received tho usual atten tion bestowed on him. Now, how ever, he was sitting off by himself, and appeared worn and tired out. Our informant wishing to have a talk with him about himself, sought him and en tered into conversation with him. “General,” says he, “I’ve heard you were a great poker player in your time.” “Yes,” says the General, “I have played some,” and his eyes began to sparkle with the memory of old times, and he at once seemed Interested In the, subject, fft- bo It known that no one was fonder than he in recounting his wonderful exploits. “How much, General, was the larg est stake you ever played ?” “I once called §43,000 In New Or leans.” “Did you win ?” “Oh, yes ! I won it.” “What was your hand, General ?” “It was three kings.” __“Iint,” aays iio I -‘-‘llLC hardeat game I ever played was at MempLis, Just after the war closed, me and my wife went to Memphis, and wo stopped at the W’orsham Huuso. The next morn ing we got our things together, and I emptied all my papers out of my trunk on tho floor, and Mary (I’m not certain his wife’s name was Mary, but that \jill do for tho tale) went over and over them, hunting for something to raise money out of. I emptied my pockets and Mary emptied her’n, and between us wo had§7 30. After huntin’ over everything we found that every man who owed me was either dead or broke. I hadn’t one single paper on which I could raise a cent outen. BY DB. F. O. TICKNOB. Air—' ‘Annie Laurie. 1 Oh-! Dixie’s hotaaet are bonnio. And Dixie’s hearts are true ; And 'twas down In dear old Dixie Our lUo'sJjUst breath we drew ; And there our last we’d slcrh. i our last wo’d sigh, And Dixie, dear old Dixie, Wo U lay us down and die. No fairer land than Djxlo’s Has over seen the light : No braver boys than Dlido’s To stand for Dixie's right, W’fth heartaso true, iwuljilgh, And,for Dixie, dear old Dixie, —< To lay them down and d!B. Ob ! Dixie’s vales are sunny, And Dixie’s hills are blue, And Dixie’s skies are bonnie, * And Dixie’s daughters, too— As stars in Dixie’s «ky ; And for Dixie, dear old Dixie, Wo’d lay us down and dio. * * * # # ^Nomoreupon the raoUntnin, No longer by the shore, Tito cannon song of Dixie Shall shake the world no more ; For Dixie’s songs are o’er — Her Glory gone on high, And the bravo who bled for Dixie Have laid them down To die. Must lu Cotton. To the Editor of,The Tcojdt: • The writer planted a field of 32 acres la cotton; and all of It was plowed eight or nine Inches deep, la February and March. Tho rows ran North and South, and tho entife field wy.s manured with phosphate at the rate of 100 lbs. por acre. At the North end of the field are six acres that were grown In hay last year, ! from which ttre Urst crop tfhh cuTTn Tuly, But tho secomL"growth was turned under by tho plow In October. At tho South end are throe acres that were planted in cow peas last season, and tho vines not having been pulled up, dlcxT on the land, and were plowed under. In applying tho phosphate two sections running the entire length of tho field were skipped, one of three rows, and one of six In another portion, and to these rows none was applied. “ Tho result la that now, at tho end of August, nil of tho six acres upon which grass was grown and turned under last- year, and all of tho three A MIDNriMHT COLIC. Arp’s Internal Troubles. I once heard of a grumbltn old far mer who made a big crop of very fine corn, and on being congratulated about It, a&ld. “ Why, yes ; my corn Is all mighty fine, but I don’t know how I’ll get along without somo nubbins to food the stears on.” It’s a raining now every day, but It came a little too late, and we’ll all have plenty of steer food this year. I reck on we will make some tolerable corn on the bottoms, and the lata planting is coming out smartly. If misery loves company wo can take comfort like the darkey did that Mr. Stephens told about In bis speech, for poor crops are a protty “general th^ng’ , In his nabor- liood. ( But maybe Its all right—for we did make an abundance of wheat, and It ain’t too late to make right smart cot ton and git fifteen cents a pound fof' it. A man ought to ho reconciled to wh&t he cannot help, that la unless ho acres upon which pea vines were A'-; grown, have no. rust whatever, and ter we got through tho pile I looked , have produced, by 30 per cent, the at Mary and Maty looked at me. ‘Now best cotton in the flelif; the three rows what s to-be Ttotre, Maty ?’ says I, ‘I to which no phosphate was applied don’t know,’ says she, ‘but the Lord J have rust‘only ^n tho two outside will provlfe.’ You see, Mary was ono | rows, between 'at * «... •£.- • 1 *- * •OTSM*?/* fir's) she had a heap of faith In her religion. I looked at her right straight for a long time, and at last says I: ‘Mary, you aro a mighty good woman, and farmers in this State at §1,057,000, and I’m going to tell you something.— Trains run through between Augusta nnd Sarannah without change, making close con nection at Fftvnnnftk with A. & G. R. R. train lor all points in Florida Baggage checked through. B*#-Through tickets for sale nt all princi pal ticket offices. Ronrn-r 0. Fi.kmino, General Superintendent. J. 8. D.tvaxr, General Passenger Agent. (‘harloUe, Columbia & Augusta R. R. TA r. it. t r*rr. > 1,1879. j CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Clt ARTriTTR, COLUMBIA k At’OtlSTA R. It. CjiMSBA t. P ABB WJlIllta Dvr-AItTMgXT Columbia, 8. C., June following passenger schedule will be v operated on anti after thie date : JVr>. 1—Nii/ht Express, South. I^nvn Charlotte, 12:45 a to Arrive Columbia 5:30 a m Leave Columbia 5:36 a m Arrive Augusta 9:25 am No. 2—Night Express, North. L«ove Augusta 5:15 p m Arrive Columbia 1:30 a m Loave Columbia. 2:30 a m Arrive Charlotte ..12:10 a m No. 3—Day Passenger, South. Leave Charlotte 2:12 p m ArtlveColumbia. 12:00 m Leave Columbia 1:00 a m Arfive Augusta. 9:10 am No. 4—Day Passcnyer, North. Leave Augusta. 0:50 a m Arrive Columbia 10:45 a m 1 leave Columbia. ;.. 10:55 a m Arrive Charlotte 9:00 p m These trains stop only at Fort Mill, Hock dill, Chester, Winnsboro, Ridge way, Leesville, Batesburg, Ridge Hpring, Johnston, Trenton and Gran- itevllle. AH other stations will be re cognized as flag stations. T. D. KLINE, Sup’t. John R. Macmurdo, Gen. Pas. Agent. remarks that this estimate is undoubt edly too low. Now the writer himself a fanner, and knows tho cost of everything, and expense of every ope ration on his place, and he finds, that the annual cost of repairs to his fenc ing in this county is about 14 cents per acre upon a small farm ; aad this county is ono of tho heaviest timbered in tho State, in the upper portions cf the Stato where pine timber Is scarcer, ami tmlv is used, the annual expense is doubtless much greater. The round sum of money thus wasted by our farmers every year would be enough to pay our entire Stato debt In a very few years. A farmer owning 200 acres of land, grumbles loudly at bting required to pay a State tax of perhaps §25, but without any disquie tude pays yearly a tax to the unneces sary, thriftless fence law of an equal or greater amount. Tke small farmers pay a much heavier fence tax than tho large ; for It requires proportionately more rails to enclose a small farm, than a large one, as is readily demonstrated by the fact, that while one acre requires 840 feet of fencing, fwnr acres require, not four times as much, but only twice as much, say 1680 feet. Thus the poorer the farmer, and the smaller his plant ing operations, the heavier la his tax ; while the richer the farmer, and the. more extended his undertakings, the smaller bis tax. The expense of theclvllizrd portions of the world has clearly demonstrated that the system of fencing is a useless and wasteful one. Whenever farm ing has brought up to the high con dition it deserves, and to which it must be brought, in order to bo profit able, the law regarding fences is di rectly contrary to that, that is in force in this county. When farm stock Is restrained, and the responsi bility of securing them is thrown upon their owners, capital is released from the very unprofitable investment of Savannah and Charleston Railroad Co. Ifendng.'Bnd made available for farm ii improvements. One of the very first CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Jamvart 1, 1S79. The following Schedule is in effect at thin date: , .7 Fast Mail, Daily. Lave CWleeten - - v - Ave rtTe *' Savannah - - '- arrive Port Royal - - . Arrive Jacksonville * - - - Arrive at Augusta - Leave Savannah - • - . Arrive Cbarleeten - - ‘ » Eight Train, Daily. I4*ve Charleston « a «8 10 p.m. Arrive Savannah a - g 7 16 a#. 1 00 p. o. 4 17 p. m. 6 M a- ni 6 30 p. m. 8 16 p. m- 9 00 p. m- There’s to be a big dinner at this evenhig, and I’m invited. They always play poker at that house, and you have always been agin me playing ) and I reckon you are right about it. But things have become desperate with us, and somehow I feel if you wouldn’t be agin toe, but would pray for mo, I could make a raise to-night.’ “Says she : ‘Bedford, I can’t do it. It’s wrong for you to do it, and I’d a heap rather you wouldn’t.’ “‘But, Mary,’ says I, I never was in such a fix before. Here wo are with no money but §7 30, and that wouldn’t pay our tavern bill. I can’t lose no more than that, for I swear I won’t bet on a credit. If I lose that I’ll edme home ; and if I win, then we’ll have something to stArt on.’ Well, I argued and argued with her, but she wouldn’t say yes. But at last she said : “ ‘Bedford, I know your mind is set on it, and I know you are going to bot, whether I am willin’ or not; so I won’t say nothing more about it.’ “But, somehow, I felt when I start ed that she was for me, and I jlst knowed how Twould be. “Well, I went some time before din ner, and, sure enough, they wore at it. They had three tables—ono had a quarter ante, ono a half, and one a dollar and a half. I wanted my seven dollars to last as long, as I could make it, so I sat down to the quarter tablo. We bet on until dinner, and by that time I had won enough to do better; and after wo had eat, I sat down to tho dollar-aud-a-half table. Some times I won, and then again I’d lose on until nigh about midnight, and then I had bettor luck. I know’d Mary was setting up and praying, I felt like It, and it made me cool. I set my hat down by my side on the floor, and every time I’d win I’d drop the money in the hat. Wo played on, and I didn’t know nothing about how much I’d wen. I didn’t keep any count, but I the ha^ and pea vine die row; the six rows show rust on tho two outside rows on either side, but none on tho two middle rows ; and in those niho rows the cotton is as good In all respects as that through out the section of 32 acres, and all tho rest of this section Is badly affected withruet. This result appears to de monstrate dearly that unless there Is humus In tho soil it is better not to use phosphate alone, for when used without the basis of vegetable matter Us stimulating property causes rust, and actually Is injurious to the crop. - A. P. F. For ll»e provements. effects Is the Improvement of the char acter of the stock, only tho good, once are k<pt, and tho Inferior are killed or sold off. All of the manure, instead of being wasted Is saved, and the way prepared for the steady improvement of the soil. Moreover, every inch of land is made available, the fields are cultivated down to the very edges of the roads, and tho waste of ground In unsightly fence corner^, now amount- This Item, which we take from an exchange. Is for the girls : The bloom ing and beautiful young lady, rose- cheeked and bright-eyed, who can darn a stocking, mend her own frocks, command a regiment of pots and ket tles, feed the pigs, milk tho cows, and be a Udy all at the same time, is the girl that sensible young men are in quest of for a wife. But you pining, wasp-waisted, doll-dressed, consump tion-mortgaged, music-murdering and novel-devouring daughters of fashion and idleness, you nrp no more flt for matrimony than a pullet to look after a brood of fourteen chickens. Tho truth Is, my dear girls, you want less of restraint and more liberty of action; more kitchen and loss parlor; more exercise and less sofa ; more pudding and less piano ; more frankness and loss mock mokesty. Loosen your cor sets and breathe the pure atmosphere, and become something as good and beautiful as nature designed. Ih to fully two (2) acres on a farm of D5 acres la avoided. Tho best proof of the advantages of the abolition of fenoca Is found In the fact, that no county nor township In the Bute, that thus far adopted the “no fence ” is willing to return to the other " system now oppressing the l Vitus tries of this county. 4l P. F. know’d I was winning. I thought may bo I’d won a hundred dollars, or may bo two hundred, but I didn’t know. I set there until day broke, and then we want homo. I took my bat up In both, hands and mashed It on my head and went home without taking it off— When I got to ray room there sat Mary in her gown, and the-bed wasn’t mashed. She’d set up all night wait ing for me. She seemed tired and anxious, and though she looked mighty hard at me she didn’t say a word. I walked right up to. her, and pulling off my hat with both hands I emptied it all right In the lap of her gown. And then wo sat down and counted It.” “How much was there, General “Just fifteen hundred dollars evea.’ 1 • “And that,” added the General, as he walked off, “gave mo a start.” The Queen of Afii.—Honor the dear old mother. Time has scattered the snowy flakes on. her brow, plowed deep furrows on hef cheeks, but is she not sweet and beautiful now ? Tho lips are thin and shrunken, but those arc tho lips that have kissed mauy a hot tear from tho childish cheeks, and they ara the sweetest lips in all the world. The eye Is dim, yet It glows with the soft radiance of holy love which can never fade. Ah, yes, she is a dear old mother. Tho sands of life aro nearly run out, but feeble as she is, she will go further and reach down lower for you than any other upon earth. You cannot walk into a midnight where she cannot enter, a prison whose bars will keep her out; you never mount a scaf fold too high for her to reach that she may kiss and bless you la evidence of her deathless love. Wheryths world shall despise and forsake you, when it loaves you by the wayside to die un noticed, the dear old mother will gather you In her feeble arms and carry you bomo and tell you of youf ytftuee until you almost forget that until tenderly and'cheer her declining with holy dnfoUos. owes a little passel of money he can’t pay and Is reminded of It once a month on a postal card. Thats bad ain’t It 7 Or unless he has got a lot of sickly no account children. I tell Mrs. Arp wo ought to be mighty thankful for there’s nary one of the ten thats crossed-eyed or knock-need or box-ankled er sway- backed or hump-shouldered or lame or blind or idiotio aud the grand-child ren are an Improvement upon the old stock, and I dont believe any of em will ever get to the poer-house or car ry a pistol or go to the Legislature and have some feller offer em a hun dred dollars for his vote. A sound, healthy body is a groat blessing, and a fair eot-olf to most every kind of bad luck that can happen to a man. Mr. Beecher was right when he said the first rule, to ensure good health, was to select good, healthy parents to be born from. My ruminations on this subject have been quite luminous of late, for I’ve been powerful sick. The fact is, I like to have died the other night, and all of a sudden. You see I had overworked myself a fixing up a turnip-patch, and got wet besides and didn’t stop fer dinner, was sorter hun gry and billious to start on and we had roasten ears for supper and bat ter-milk and hqO', and taken It all te^^i.k«i6.^aiirc*aL Coni danpe back caved in and from then until day break I never got up, nor lay down, nor stood still a minute. Doubled up and twisted and jerked around with excruciating pains, I coverted all over one side of the house, for wo had some Atlanta ompany on the ether, and uy groanlngs, wore worse than a foundered mule. It was just awful to behold and awfuller to experience. Bpirits of turpentine, camphire, hot water, mustard plaster, mush poultice* paragoric, Jamlaca jinger were all used externally and Internally, but no relief. I trotted around and paced and fox-trotted and bugged the bed post and laid down and rolled over on the floor like a hundred dollar horse, aud my wife, Mrs. Arp, trotted around too and dosed me with this thing and had the stovo fired up and hollowed for hot water forty times before she got It. “ I asked you to change your clothee as bood as you came to the bouse and you dldnt do it.” “Oh my country,” said L “ Don’t wake up tho companv,” she continued. “Aud you would eat them roasten ears for supper—did ever any body hear of a man eating roasten ears for supper and then wash em down with butter-milk and honey.” “ Oh, my poor back,” said I. " Do you reckon its your back—aint it further around in front?” “ Oh, no,” said I, “its everywhere, its lumbago, Its siatlker; its Blight’s disease," Its Etna and Yeeuvlous all mixed up. Oh, I’m so sick—cant nobody do noth in.” “ Poor fellow, poor William, I’m so sorry for you will wake up tho com munity if you don’t mind—I’m doing everything I can. You’ve taken enough things now to kill you. I declear I don’t know what to do next and ali this comes from moving to the coun try five miles from a drug store or a doctor. I told you how it would be— plumbags and skyattiker and a bright disease, and the Lord knows what, aud I wouldn’t he a bit surprised if you bad the yellow fever to boot—caught it a trampin’ around Memphis and its just broke out on you. Poor man, If he does die what will become of us ? But if he gets well he’ll go and^o the same thing over again. Don’t grunt so loud. I declare you make enough nols to wake up a grave-yard. I never saw such a man. Here, try this mush poultice. I thought that water neter would get hot. Does It burn you f* Oh, yes; tt burns, bat fire is nothing now, let It burn. Oh I I’m so sick. M Bring me the p&ragorlc or the laud anum or something, I can’t stand It ten minutes longer, said I. “There ain’t a drop left. Xoo’ve taken It all There’s nothing but chlo roform, and I’m eo afraid of that, but maybe It will relieve you, William. My poor William, how I do bate to see you euger eo, but you will never do as I tell you. Do please don’t wake up the company!” Weli, I took the chloroform and went to sleep—to the happy land—all- blessed relief, and when I waked I was easier, and In due time was re stored to my normal condition. In my gyrations my iplnd was exceedingly active. I ruminated over my past life, and could find a little ooialprt In what Lee Hunt wrote about tke • Arab who waa admitted to heaven because he loved his fellow-men. Just so I have loved mine, that Is, except some. I thought about money In comparison with health and freedom from pain, and I felt such an utter disgust for riches, it made me sick at the stemacb. I would have given a house full of gold for two minutes cessation of those Internal hostilities. —- ^>ll, I kept this numerous and In teresting family In a lively state for a few long hours, and it taught me a useful lesson ; I’m going to do every thing Mrs. Arp tells me, for she has got sense—she has. She takes care of herself—not a grey hair In her head, and Is os bright as the full moon ; and when she gives an opinion It is an opinion. From that horrible night’s experience I am more than ever satis fied shs loves me es well as evef and wouldn’t swjp me off for nobody, When I stand up before her and say “Juror look upon tho prisoner—pris oner look upon tho juror,” she always pays “content,” And then she has such a considerate regard for her ‘company.’ Bill Akp. Sedition In Han Francinco. San Fbanciso^ AugUvt 23—Noon.— Last night Rev. I. 8. Kalloch, tfci workingmen’s candidate for Mayor, defended himself before an Immense audience against chargee of immorali ty thirty years old, preferred against him by the Chronicle. Ho said that these charges were revived by Charles and Mika DeYoung, the proprietors of that Journal, whom he referred to In bis remarks as “Two bastard sona of a prostitute.” This mprulng Charles De Young drove In a covered coupe In front of the private entrance of the Metropolitan Temple, where Mr. Kal- !x>cb.l'juK hi* «f ndv and ronnj, and sent out. Mr. Kalloch immediately peared on the sidewalk when Do- Young shot him In the breast. Kal loch turned to retreat within doors NEW*. AM* OTH! - Raleigh, N.C. has aeventeen factories. | yidrtdfejtilHhe blgglst watermelon R&l —105 pound*. mV' ' ; m Mormon missionaries are it work In Bland county, Ta. ' V One ward In New Orleans baa 11,000 colored Catholic*. A new and rich vein of gold baa been discovered near Washington, 6a. The total membership of the Baptist churches In the United States Is 2,102,- 031. '* > v 'Ihe Atlanta Dispatch ’advocates tho employment of Chinese labor in the South. North Caroline has 123 lodges of Good Templars In good standing, with a total membership of 8,840. It is believed that Europa will re quire more than 300,000,000 bushels of Ameslcah grain for the coming year. It Is estimated t&at the Impeach ment of the Georgia Comptroller-Gen eral will cost from $10,000 to $30,000. Advices from Yokohama, Japan, of July 19, report that entertainments In honor of Gen. Grant continue to occu py public attention. ConkUng bon “gore where the wood bine twlnoth”politically, socially, mor ally and every other way. He de serves his fate—let him alone. “ I take my tel die morning,” said a Oolored preacher, “from dat portion ob de ocrlptures whar to Postal Paul pints his pistol to de Feelons.” A man In Baltimore, Md. has In vented a suit of flying clothes. You put them on, and by working your arms the flight heavenward begins. Offlclsl cer.su-i returns Just oomp’.e':- ed shew that the population of Kan sas, on the first of March, was 849,978, an increase of nearly half a million since 1870. ' The Adgusta Chronicle figures 29,- 040 as the number of miles travelled oaofa year by the drivers on the street railway of that city—more than the distance around the earth. When this government decides to strike off another new dollar we shall be on band to suggest that the owl has been treated most shabbily Ik the tpl; I when DeYoung shot blm in the back. The crowd Immediately seized the car riage in which DeYoung was, turned It over and tore him out. He was dreadfully kicked aud bruised, and would, no doubt, have been killed en the spot if an unusual number of po liceman had not oomo suddenly to his rescue and hurried him to j&ll. The city is intensely excited. The police did not think DeYoung safe In jail and bad made arrangements to hurry him to Fort Alcatras when their Intention became known to tho people. At present the spirit of the multitude U aroused to prevent any removal of DeYoung from Jail. There was never a time when San Francisco was more angry. Washinotoh, Augustas.—The Secre tary of War received thfe fellowlng : ■' San Fbancisoo, August 23. “Hon. Geo. W. McCreary, Secretary of War, Washington : The city of Han Francisco is threatened with a riot. Unlawful assemblages are now In the street to resist the authorities. The State troops have been called Into ser vice by the civic authorities. The Governor is absent from the Capital and It Is necessary to have ammuni tion at once. I respectfully request that Ool. McAlister at Benecta Arsenal be authorized to Issue fifty thousand cartridges to the State of California directed to me. John MoComb, “ Brig-Gen’! Com’dlng Suite Troops.” The Secretary of War replied as fol lows : " Washinoton, August 23. “ To Colonel McAlister, commanding Benecla Arsenal, San Francisco : You are authorized to issue to the authori ties of the Stato of California fifty thousand cartridges to be charged to the State on its quota for arms and equipments. Gso. W. MoCbabt.” Dennis Kearney, on the night of the 23d, addressed an Infuriated crowd of 2Q.0O0 people who were burning to wreak vengeance on DeYoung. He possesses a boundless Influance over the workingmen and quieted and dis persed them by reminding them that in ten days the election would put the whole machinery of tbs city govern ment la their hands, and that the pro prietors of the Chronicle would unfail ingly got their deserts. That at pres sed any attempt at violence would bs met by the revolvers of the police, and the rifles and Gatling guns of the mil itary, and that the game was not worth the shedding of the blood of one hon est man. He adjured them by their regard for their reputation through out the country to do ho violence, but disperse quietly to their home*. Ban Fbasckoo, August 26.—All Is quiet this morning. The authorities oyil maintain a vigilant watch. Mr. Kalloch'a condition continues favora ble, ■ Jf he can’t carry Tali, and harraenlza the opposing elements In his party, tbsrt he bad bet ter keep out of the Presidential race in 1880. ’ • , The United States Is the greatest tobacco growing country in the world. She supplies both Great Britain and Germany with the weed, and at least filty thousand people are employed la manufacturing tt. There is but three Republioaa news papers published throughout the Southern {Rates, one Is a German pa per, In San Antonio, Texas, and two in Florida. This may be mortifying to Northern Republicans, but very gratifying to the Southern people. Mr. T. W. Den dill, of Philadelphia, a glass manufacturer of experience, has arrived In Jacksonville, Fla., with the object of starting a glass factory therd. He says that sand can be produced In that neighborhood which will produce a very superior article of glass. Ths News and Oonrler gives some very .consoling Information in refer ence to our danger of being struck by lightning. Out of a pepulatlon of fifty million, only seven have been sum k in three months. From this it appears that a man Is ten tings as apt to com mit suicide as he Is to be struck by lightning. A Washington letter of Sunday says: Senator M. O. Butler, chairman of tho committee which has been Investiga ting the civil service of the Providence Custom-house, arrived here yesterday and loavee for South Carolina to-day. He says he want to Rhode Island filled with the Idea that she was a model State, but his Investigation showed that her Federal officials were no bet ter than the Federal offioials of other States. He thinks the Stole a plea; • ant place to vialt when the weather is warm, and was not astonished that ho secured, without twice asking, s full representation of his committee. The mild form of bulldozing which prevails In the New England States la os dangerous to ths freedom of thaf ballot and to Republican institutions as the more violent from which is charged upon the South. The Wal lace Congressional Committee, at pres ent engaged in taking testimony In Massachusetts, has had many witnees- es before them who testified that they were discharged because they csfoseif to vote In accordance with ths wMirf of tbdr employftn. It is azmsrent to - r: — every thinking are allowed to day if not ter can go ded and