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Cfiroiucic anD i?nUttul. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1877, A DREAM-LOYE. By. lore, rt thou not a vision ? Hpeik, or I to know were tAin— -Buoh as Summer hotc* Elysien Breed within the poet s Wraia ? Ka.v. a mouth of such completeness, Eves of such bewitching fleme, Girl so garnered round with sweetness Never did a poet frAme. Vampires, basilisks chimwras, DrAgons, monsters, all the dire Creatures of the fable eras. Quicken in the poet's fire. But thyself, so artful artless, Thv sweet face, thy tender eyes, With'their looks so fond, so heartless, Never poet could devise. [Heine. A NT It A V FI.OWKR. Hweet little runaway rover Where have you wandered to-day f Search in the wheat and the clover— Look in the billowy hay! Left all alone is your dolly ; Playmates are shouting your name ; Kitty is quite melancholy, Towser is somewhat the same ! Say, are you watching the cricket ? Watching the clambering bee ? Though in the morning von pick it Never bud fairer than she ! Have yon a nock nice aud sunny. Beep in the grass aud the fern ? Telling a story so funny. None but the grasshoppers learn ? Ah’, hero's the print of a slipper, Leading down into the dell; Know it, as well a- a skipper. Homeward hound, harbor can tell Peep* there you are little gypsy, Thera *n the bloom all alone ! Oh the sweet kiss on your lip—see' Hee! how i'll steal it, my own THE LATTER PIECE. BY PAUL H, HAVRE. We have passed the noonday summit, We have left the noonday heat, And down the hillside slowly Descend onr weary feet. Yet the evening airs are balmy, Aud the evening shadows sweet. Our hummer’s latest roses Lay withered long ago; And even the Dowers of Autumn Scarce keep their mellowed glow. Yet a peaceful season woos us Ere the time of storms and snow, Like lire tender twilight weather When the toil of day is done, And we feel the bliss of quiet Our constant hearts have won When the ves:cr planet blushes, Kissed by the dying ami. Bo fails that tranquil season, I.'ew-like, on soul and sight, Faith's silvery star rise blended With memory’s sunset, light, Wherein life pauses softly Along the verge of night. st LIKE A LITTLE CHILI*.” My child is lying on my knee, The signs of hoavon she reads; My face is all the heaven she sees, Is all the heaven she needs. And she is well, yea, bathed in bliss, If heaven is in my fac t; Behind it is ail tenderness And truthfulness and grace. I mean her well so earnestly. Unchanged iu changing mood, My life would go without a sigh To bring lior something good. 1 also am a child, and I Am ignorant and weak, I gazed upon the starry sky, And then I mast not speak; For all behind the starry sky, Behind the world so broad, Behind men’s hearts and souls doth lie The Infinite of God. Aye, true to her, though troubled sore, I cannot choose but be; Tliou who art poaco forevermore Art very true to me. If I am low and sinful, bring More love whore need is rife; Thou knowest what an awful thing It is to be a life. Hast Thou not wisdom to enwrap My waywardness about, In doubting safety on the lap Of love that knows no doubt ? Lo ! Lord, I sit in thy wide space, My child upon my knee; She looketh up into my face, And I look up to Thee. [ George Macdonald. THE CHURCH YAH l> IIY THE SKA. Where ocean breezoa sweep across the restless deop, It stands, with lioadatoneH quaint with sculp ture rude, Its green turf thickly sown with dust of lives unknown, Liko withered leavos on Autumn pathway strewod. Willow nor cypress bough show the dead be low, Nor mournful yow by Hummor's soft breath stirred, The dawn, and twilight's fall, uover made mu sical lly carol clear of somo sweet-throated bird. Not from tlio sunny earth, her tonos of sylvan mirth, Uor flowery meads, and plains of waving corn, But from the treaeh'rous waves, their rocks and sparry cavos, Unto their rest, were tIiOHO sad sleepers borno. Perchance tlioy had their home far from the crestod foam, And iJtto seas rippling o'er the pink-lipped sbolls, Nome groon vale far away, where sweet-voioerl waters plav, And tlie bee murmurs iu the wild flower’s bells. till, churchyard drear and lone ! haunted by voir* s gono, Aud sileut feet, and livos liko rose loaves shed. Thy dust shall yet anse, when from our earth ly skies Mists fade away and seas give up their dead ! \Argosy. GERMAN EMIGRATION. The Fever swill It tilling In I lie Fiilherlninl— Causes lor I lie Oesli-e lo Leave Home— Over One .Million Nlrnitg .Men Added lo the I'opulnllon of the Culled Slates Within Twenty-seven Years. I/Yowl the Pall Mall Gazette, July 30. J Some interesting information on the sub ject of German emigration is given in a re port by Vice-Consul Kruge, just issued. It appears by otticial statistics that the num ber of Germans who emigrated to the United States, from 1840 to 1870, both years Inclusive, was 3,085,430, Emigration from Germany, particularly to the United Slates, increasing steadily after the memorable year 1848, and assumed very large propor tions immediately after the chances of a war between Austria and Prussia in 1853 and 1853. The largest number of emigrants of any year left the Summer of 1854, or after the declaration of the Crimean war— the United States alone receiving 315.009 German immigrants in that year. There ap- j pears a considerable falling off from 1858 1 to 1804, but already in 1805, when a proba bility of a war between Austria and Prussia became more and mote visible, tlie number of emigrants began to increase very much. The years from 1800 to 1870, most likely in consequence of the suspicious relations be tween France and the North German Con federation. which ultimately brought on the war in 1870, gives very large figures. Even tlie year of 1870 lias the Urge number of 5)1,7i9 emigrants. ‘‘Strange to witness,” says Consul Kruge. ‘‘after the close of the Franco-German war, when the German Empire had been created, and prosperity seemed to have come over Germany beyond any expectation, when wages had been almost doubted, and when, in fact, every thing looking in tlie brightest colors, a com plete emigration fever was reigning in all j*jrts of Germany; and the years 1871, 1873, 1875> shows an almost alarming tendency to quit the Fatherland. This movement would no doubt have continued but for the natural cheek it received through the financial and commercial crisis in the United States. There are. however, at present again un questionable signs lhat a very large emi grating element is slumbering in Germany, stimulated by political aad economical em broilments, which will break forth as soon as sufficient hope of inducements offer themselves in transatlantic countries in the eves of the discontented and desponding Germans. The general political aspect and the decline of the German commerce and industry at the present period are, observes Consul Kruge, such that an emigration on a large scale must be the natural conse quence of the ruling state of affairs. Among other illustrations of the cause of a desire on the part of the Gentians to leave their native land. Consul Kruge mentions the religious “KuUurkampf,” which, he says, in its practical results, may at least up till now be rightly termed an unsuccessful move ou the political chess-board, and has been brought home by degrade to the Ro man Catholic population in an irritating, harrassing form. Between the pries* on the one hand and Government on the other the lives of the Homan Catholic peasantry are made one of “perfect torment.” and these people naturally desire to leave that country where, rightly or wrongly, they believed their religion*attacked or endan fered. The relations existiug between 'ranee and Germany also act jiowerfully to promote emigration, and the huge expenses of maintaining tlie army, besides a navy of considerable size, contribute to swell the emigration tendency ot the country. Con sul Kruge thinks 'that if the Australian colonies care to have the largest por tion of the coining German emigration, at no time have they had a better chance of creating an extensive movement to their shores than at present. In the meantime. Dr. Engel, the Director ot the Bureau of Statistics at Berlin, estimates the loss in capital of every German soul emigrated at 650 thalers (Prussian) or £97 10s. Iu illus trating the loss to Germany by emigration, Dr. Engel points out likewise that the old and infirm people do not emigrate, but that Germany has given within 274 years considerably over 1,000,000 of strong men to the United States of America alone, and that the Kingdom of Prussia has lost Within the same time 500,00# soldiers. MARKETINGS’ PARIS. FIRST EXPERIENCES OF A NO VICE. An lllnOoli DUpelleil—Ti.ty Displays In lbs Windows aud on the Counters—Meals Dressed for show— llnrnlns In a Foreign l ongange—A Compliment. Paris, August 19.—“ You must go marketing." the head of the house said to me; “yon will learn a good deal of French”—as if French would rub off— “bl -ides, yon know what is what." This kind flattery of my taste in meats and vegetables did not keep my heart from beating with a vague sense of fear and diffidence, not unmixed with a fascinat ing sense of adventure, as I started out with my basket and small stock of French—hurried by the concierge, seeing her disposed to 6peak with b<m jour pronounced with beautiful American accent. The street was noisy with the cries of street venders, selling any and everything that would go in a hand cart or' oould be carried on the back. These people have been since time immemorial; the calls of the vari ous articles have been handed down from one generation to another, as one can't help believing the voices have. ’Tsb impossible to distinguish words in the jumble of sounds which sometimes reaches the dignity of an air, and usually has time if it hasn't tune. Such an endless variety of voices! Here an agonizing shriek, that could only come from a man’s throat, hardened and rasped by ages of yelling, we turn and see a fresh-faced woman bargaining with French grace and Jewish sharpness over a few sous’ worth of salad. Again, a shrill, small voice, and on a pair of man’s legs is a forest of leather dus ters, sticks with a flat end made of twisted wicker for beating clothes, little wire cages for shaking water from salad and no end of small brooms. The sweetest voice I ever beard came from a great girl selling shrimps, who, from her blotched face to her wooden shoes, was a mass of coarse ugliness. Tom’s imitative powers were tested in his en deavors to acquire some of the cries, ffe gave up in disgust, and declared that "if fjiev ever knew themselves they havJ forgotten ago, and still keep ou crying." I’arihiftn Flower Perish forever the illusion of pretty Parisian flower girls. If there ever were any they were heroines from their very rarity. Great carts of flowers, from bunches of peonies, lilacs, daisies, but tercups and even dandelion blossoms, down to exquisite moss roses and lilies ,f the valley, are hawked through the street, sometimes by women so old, so brutally ugly, oue could believe them i the very old women that knit in the heads as they fell from the guillotine iu 93. They hold out the bouquets, choosing becoming colors of “ma belle,” distort their hideous faces smiling, coax irtg “ma cheri,” “ma fille” with a good bargain. The vegetable carts are usual 'y drawn by ft- man and woman, the woman dcing folly her share going up nill. The men wear tfie blue blouse, as much a mark of their station as the white cap is of the woman’s. In the ar rangement of the carts French skill and kiste is everywhere apparent, oven to the fish, that Lave a bed of green leaves to he on. The vegetable gsd salad carts have the color concentrated iu ra4 ls k es . carrots, arranged to advantage amoDg the greens of the salads, A oart of cauliflowers and cabbages has a snowy heap in the centre, with the cabbages arranged around and below. Shops from the “Grand Magazin du Louvre” to cake shops eipoen specimens of *ll merchandise in the windows, and it is hopeless to search inside for wLat ope doe* not see from the outside. The green grocer’s window is tastily arrang ed. Sometimes the ground-work is of ferns and clover, whoso delicate leaves and blossoms peep out from among the fruits and vegetables. The Cremerie Fruiterie, where one buys cheese in va rious stages of strength, age and decay, butter, eggs, milk, is curious if not tempting to ontt with delicate olfactories. Great factory cheese, round, red Nor mandie, delicate Neuehatel in various stages of palatable mould, innumerable variety to tempt the epicurinu lover of dainties, ending with the delicicious “Iromage do la creme,” in its dainty, heart-shaped baskets. Here’s a window most tempting in its display of cooked meats of all kinds, sot out with shivering plates, tiny bottles of picfelcs and fruits suggesting a true French menu. The floor pt the store is of marble and imma culate, while further to tempt the cus tomer, through a door at the back be can soe, in a spotless room, meat slowly turning before a Ula#ipg fire of logs, piled three feet high on a blazing fire place resplendent with polished brass and bright bricks. Opposite is such a uioo little bit of nature. In tho door of the little dark place where wo buy our wood and coal is the woman, her poor back deformed by burdens, her homely face grimv black—when do they wash themselves ?—talking to a bird in a cage pretty enough for a salon. She opens tho cage and out jumps the bird. A litfle fellow, true child of his mother as regards color, runs, with a shriek of delight—shuffling off his wooden ofioe on the way—the bird is only frightened to the woman’s shoulder, and the boy coaxes it down, standing on tip toe, and so exposing the skeleton like attenuation of his stocking. TUe I.Himiliii**. Through the ironed clothes on exhi bition in the window of the Blanchisse rie one can see tho girls at work, under a ceiling of limp legs and arms which shows bow our clothes are dried. Peo ple are coming out of the bakery with bread iu all shapes, from the loaf two yards long to the basket of small rolls and crescents. This markets are very agreeable. Underneath tho counters, on which are fowls ready for the fire, fowls ready for tlie table, brown and fat, are cages of live liens aud chickens, quite unconscious of tho women behind them picking and dressing some already killed for sale, fioores of beautiful rab bits in pens, some liiWiiug about tame iu the stalls, unsaddened hy tli.o fate of tlieir brothers that waits them dead oyer their heads. Greens of all kiuds can be bought ready cooked. Dewy mush rooms are tor sale the year round. Veg etables for soups are selling by the son, carrots in shreds, potatoes, turnips, parsnips chopped side by side, with tlie savory port for tlavoriug. Tito meat stalls, gud especially the small shops, are particularly pleasant. For perfect ventilation, there being no refrigerators, the shops have but au iron grating, forming the whole front by n ght, which j ta .eu uway by day, is replaced by tables • of meats, over which are hung animals ' eutire or iu pieces. These tables have ) the nicest pieces of beef, and ia plates j eUoice roasting pieees, tender cutlets, ; beef or mutton tied up with tho uutri tious bone for the popular “pot aud feu” and bits of juicy tenderloin. Al most never are these tobies without flowers or evergreens to set off the meat and adorn the neat shops. At last one fascinating little place mastered my hesitation. Against the half of a gi-’ gantic ox, hung by his feet from the top, were sheep hung all lu a row; down be low were legs of mutton done up in little pantalettes of white paper, fastened with an artificial rose. One large table was arranged most artistically. Ou the large table were calves aud hogs’ heads, with pots of hardy evergreen between. In front were small pieces of meat, dressed to a nicety, and among them vases of early spring flowers. Over the entrance several sheep were grouped to gether, one large one in the middle, with the hind legs Gat up and tied apart to make a unique archway for the en trance. Who could resist steak set off by lilies of the valley, or mutton gar nished with parsley, with aback ground of lilacs. Kxprriuirnlina Ullh m# Lnuuuagt*. I mustered my forces, my scant French, my multiplication table of five and entered. By the skid ot tlie door was the cashier’s desk—no matter howi small the shop, there is always a cashier, usually the wife of the merchant, who sits with sewing or knitting when not busy, receives and talks to the custom ers with tact and politeness that might be envied by a woman of society in America. This wotaaa had an intelli gent, pretty face. She wore a white shawl round her shoulders, that with a bright necktie was very becoming. Her hair was elaborately dressed, as is the fashion with women of this class, who wear no hats or bonnets, the head being covered only when very cold weather gives them an excuse to arrange with Spanish skill a worsted shawl or thick veil from the stiff, high puffs, to fall in graceful folds on the shoulders and tie on the bosom. Living in Paris is cheap er than at home, because one can live differently. The prices are nearly the same. Here it is much easier to live, as meals can be bought, ready cooked, for little more, and sometimes even lees, than they can be cooked at home. Pies aud paddings are unknown, as the houses having no stores everything must be trusted to the bakery. MEMPHIS MATTERS. The Army Warm sad a BtsliH Rail read. Memphis, September 3.— The army worm has appeared in large numbers in DeSoto county, Miss., Fayette county, Tenu., and Lee county, Ark., and se rious damage to cotton is feared. Judge Trigg, of the District Court, has rendered decrees in favor of Wm. Butler Duncan, et al., trustees, against the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, setting forth that the Tennessee substitution bonds constitute a prior lien on the road in the limits of Tennessee, and ordering the sale of that portion to liquidate them. EVANGELICAL JOURNALISM. HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK WIT NESS, How a Daily Reliffiou* Newspaper wia Run oa I'hriatlan Faith, and How It Broke Down—Experience of tbe Proprietor. New York, August 21.—The New York Witness, or at least its daily edition, has suspended publication, its editor, John Dougall, making the announce ment in a characteristic card. It has been running about six years as a cheap “evangelical” daily, its specialties being temperance and godliness; it began with a circulation of abont six thousand, which was spurred up to twenty thong and daring the Moody and Sankey ex citements, and then aank to about four teen thonsand. The publisher thinks that if he could have raised 86,000 he could have pulled through ’till Fall, and thus have firmly established the paper to share in the revival of busi ness prosperity. He made a last ap peal on Monday for it, “ and hoped for a response throughont the day that would show the Lord’s will waa to go on as heretofore ; but there was no re sponse at all, and that was an equally clear indication of the Lord’s will that we should not attempt to continue a losing business.” This talk may seem a little odd to your read ers, and it may be thought that the Lord is not in the habit of interfering active ly in American journalism, but it is characteristic and consistent, and I am impelled irresistibly to give you a little sketch of the Witness and ita editor. Your readers may, to parody the mot of Royer-Collard, have seen better men and papers, aud have seen worse, but Never Any Like Them. It was just before the time of the Chicago Are that John McDougall came to New York to try the experiment of publishing a daily religions newspaper. Ha had, as he told a friend of mine, “a hundred thousand dollars, and the Lord Jesus Christ behind that,” and the pres tige of success in a similar venture at Montreal, where the Witness, “the only religious daily in the world—price one cent,” is an institution. Having made a fortune and acquired an influential po sition in Montreal, Mr. McDougall thought he could do the same thing in New York in publishing the same kind of a paper, and so he oame down here with his “one hundred thousand dol lars and the Lord Jesus Christ” as special partner. Ho forgot that he could uot compete ia the matter of news with the other papers; that the Puritan olement is neither so strong nor so zeal ous here as at Montreal, and that the big “religious” weeklies would eat him up in the country. Nevertheless, he made astart, and though the daily had gone down, the weekly Witness survives with some sixty thousand sub scribers (eo l hear), ajid is likely to live, But here comes the singular part of the story—how has he made so long a fight ? Ordinarily when a newspaper publisher hasn’t money to meet a note or pay his hands with, he just shins round and borrows it, or pp tlie Mhuttert** Or sells out to somebody else. John Dougall, under similar cireumstanoes, doesn’t do anything of the sort. He just sits down and prays, or inrites the friends of evangelical religion to lend him some money. Most editqrs assume the virtue of pecuuiosity if they have it not, and have a prejudice against pub lishing to the world the faot that they can’t pay their paper bills or owe their printers more than a month’s wages. Not so Editor bousttf}}, He got up a 850,000 Wit ness loan in ‘j ppr cent, bonds last year, and they were all tojtefi BP by pi° us people all over the country, from Maine to Minnesota. Nor was this an excep tional ease, for, to use Mr. Dougall s own beautiful words : “Not more surely was it the Lord who fpj tbe Israelites with manna in the wilderness and sont the ravens to supply the prophet's wants than He has sent help to the Witness in many a time of need.” “Under Providence” and “by the blessing of God” the RTfness was in ■ October last On a Paying; Brslh. So Mr. Dougall auuouuefcJ ip fiis circu lar, from which I have already quoted, and in proof of the assertion he printed extracts from his books for the first six months of each of these years, as fol -1 : Receipts. Jan. Ito June 8. J. 874 1876. 187 G. For subscriptions $22,616 $52,*59 $71,004 For sales of paper.... 2,364 4,092 16,577 For advertisements... 4,806 12,796 18,061 Tptal $29,189 $69,347 $105,642 Iu other words, the business of tbe Witness was in 1876 about 130 per cent, greater than in 1874, and in 1876 abont 50 per cent, greater than in 1875. These, too, were depressed years, when papers everywhere were feeling the hard times and their receipts were falling off. Just a month ago, in spite of the 850,- 000 raised on the bonds and the steady increase of business, tho Witness began to get into shallow water, and the end came on Tuesday. Mr. Dougall paid no one, ho was doing a large business that was increasing steadily, he drew large sums from (.’redulouN C'lirlatlaiiM By representing that in some mysterious way the success of his paper aud that of the cause of Christ were interlinked and interdependent, though in the event of his enterprise paying he took all the profits, aud finally he fails for lack of 8(5,000. Within four hundred miles of New York he possesses the second Jflflat valuable newspaper property in Canada, the most popular magazine iu the Do minion, a paying job offioe, a finely appointed building that cost him noth ing, and a spacious mansion, the conser vatories mjd ga?4p;>B of which used to bo OU6 of tfie horlicjfUujaj ftops of Mon treal. Ho oonlfi hayo VaisAd fijofiey by telegraph in twelve boars, put he preferred begging the dollar of simple folk all over the country, and when the supply of alms ran short his anxiety for the sU.ya.tion of the country, through the medium'ot an e.vapgofical newspaper, was uot sufficiently' eiroug tft jtfdficp him to dip into hia own pocket. HAMPTON AND CHAMBERLAIN. U’k.nt Bonn Platt Thluks oi tlie Carolina PreNCCtitlong. [ Washington Corr. (JineUi*ff4} Enquirer.] j A gentleman answering to the geoiogb, cal cognomen of Stone turned up here yesterday, in response to an invitation tendered him bv General Devens to re sign his place as United States Attorney for South Carolina. He brought his' resignation with him. This was prudent on the part of the geological specimen, for he is a carpet-bagger, and the same line of financial conduct that made his resignation acceptable to the President made him extremely disagreeable to the new authorities of South Carolina. He tells me that Relp-ue-God Hampton is making it very hot for the late friends of man (colored) of that State. The H. M. G. Governor is dead in earnest, and has committees and grand juries hard at work investigating the conduct of the late friends of maD foolored) put in office there by the late Administration, and he is especially warm and active in bis pur- j suit of his late opponent, Chamberlain, Stone says that if Help-me-God Hamp ton gets hold of said Chamberlain be will have an opportunity tendered him of serving the State in a manner more useful than ornamental. We now campreheud the meaning of that poetical quotation of the eloquent Chamberlain at the Blaine-Bowen Fonrth of July celebration, when he said; I bear a voice ye* cannot hear, That bids me not to stay; * 1 see a hand yon cannot see, That beckons me away. It was the yolos of tbe sheriff’, and “he heard him complain,” tfie dread hand of the law. And so we leara that these fellows of South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana, who followed the army into the Soath, and who, so long in power and on plun der, have, the moment the army was withdrawn, “folded their tents like tb Arabs and silently stole away,” tbe only stealing, by the by, that is sanctioned by the people of tfie United States. In their desperate to secure the elec toral vote for the Republican candidate they were, it now appears, not only fighting for place, but to keep from the penitentiary. It is a little hard on the poor devils that, after selling their worthless sonls to tbe devil, tho yery Administration that they fought so bard to put in power abandon them, not to their enemies, but to that blind Justice whose evenly-adjusted scales weighs, and whose sharp sword punishes, with out fear, affection or favor. Ah! Stanley, Stonier, bad we but carved our God With half the seal vs served your kinsman Hayes. He would not now, with onr poor carpet-bags, Have left us to our enemies w For an insult to her donaul in Nica ragua, Germany threaten* to send a fleet and an army to Soath Amertnan shores, nnless s speedy apology aad fine of $30,000 ia rendered nnk> the offmded official It would be cheaper for Nica ragua to pay the fine, nnless indeed she oould retaliate in Colorado beetles, which all Europe fears. Bat the Soath American coleoptera, although vastly more showy, are not nearly so useful for purposes of invasion as their plain Northwestern brethren. If they were, the German fleet might well beware of attacking shores so guarded. THE STAFF OF LIFE. THE BRITISH GRAIN HARVEST. A Fnltlss Off As Compared With the Previ ous Year—The New World to Be Called On to Feed the Old—What tbe United States aad Caaada Are Expected to Do. London, September I.—Mr. James Caird, in his annual letter to the Times, on harvest prospects, says : “ The ex tent of wheat is greater by nearly 200,- 000 acres than last year, but 400 thous and acres or one-ninth, are below the average of tho ten preceding years. On a careful analysis of the returns from farmers in various parts of the country, I find that in twelve of the principle wheat counties,which represent one-half of the wheat growth of the kingdom, three-fourths of the returns show that the crops are below the average, while one-quarter give an average crop. For the remainder of the country. The deficien cy is somewhat less in proportion. The returns show a very general deficiency. They are below au average crop, but not greatly below it the general yield is better than that of 1853, 1867 or 1875, the three worst crops in 34 years. But I fear that it will not be equal even to the defective crop of last year, and that notwithstanding the increased acreage, we shall not have more than between 9,000,000 and 10,- 000,000 quarters of the home crop. The reduction of consumption consequent on the enhanced price, may reduce the year's requirements to 20,500,000 quar ters, on the two conditions of strict economy in consumption and an early harvest next year. The foreign supply we should in these circumstances re quire, might be limited to 11,000,000 quarters. This takes a most favorable view of our position for north of the Trent most of the crop is still unharvest ed and id subject to the risks of a late season and very unsettled weather. If we were the only country that required help, and if we could rely on the con tinuance of tlie large scale of foreign im ports which has marked the last 4 years, there would be little cause for apprehen sion. But, with the exception of some parts of Spain, all Western Europe is and ficient, and the ports of the Black Sea are closed, while a renewal of the famine in India can hardly admit of any increase of tho large supply we have re ceived from that quarter during the present year. Wo must, therefore, look to America for a considerable increase, even on her great exports of the last four years, and if the war iu Turkey continues, the vast resources of the United States and Canada will indeed be severely taxed to make good the wants of "this country and Western Europe. The small home crop of 1875, supplemented by tbe largest import we have ever yet received, afforded five and a half bushels per head. The deficient crop of 1876, with an import which somewhat exceoled 12,000,000 quarters, nas afforded very little over five bushels. If the Black Sea ports continue closed for the coming harvest year, we may have to restrict tho consumption to con siderably less than five bushels per head. The other home-grown crops promise little aid, barley being defi cient and oats not above an av erage, while potatoes are much diseased. In 1866 and 1867, when, from too deficient crops and com paratively small imports the quantity of wheat for consumption fell below five bushels a head, the price was 64 shillings. In the past twenty-five years the quantity has, on several occasions, fallen below that mark, and the prices of these years has averaged 60 shil lings. If, therefore, the Black Sea ports continue closed during the com ing harvest year, we may be thankful if it goes no higher. BRIGHAM YOUNG. Tlie Great Mormon Apostle anil His Career- Front a House Painter’s Clerkship to the Head of a Powerful Sect—An Eventful His tory-Early Tanning and Influence null T|[e|f Kesnltp Illustrated. The great ruler oi the Mormons, who has just died in the full possession of the despotio power which he lias so strangely attained, has a most remark able life history. Brigham Young was the son of a plain country farmer, and was born in the small town of Wkiting ham, Vt., June 1, 1801. His education was yery limited, less indeed than that of most country lads t}ie first years of th'e present century, but lie"made up largely for this deficiency in his man hood’s years, and was well posted on ’post subjects of general knowledge. His father him up to the trade of a painter and glazier, be soon be gan to show a peculiar tendency towards religious subjects. !) r 'f?bam early converted, joined the Baptist Church and occasionally preached. Going to the West he heard of the Mormon ex citement, and in 1832 joined that sect at Airland, Q. Thenceforward he was identified with all tfie fortunes of this strange religious body. He was soon ordained elder, and discovering unusual zeal for the propagation of his new faith and tho possession of some pulpit elo quence, he was sent to the Eastern States ou a tour of proselyting. Though illiterate, and often course, ho was very successful iu winning converts to his way of thinking. Every year added to his power in the seat. When, iu June, 1844, Joseph ftmitli was murdered. Youug and four others jvere set apart as candidates far tho Presidency—or rather dictatorship—of the body. The “Apos tles,” as the Choosing Committee were called, unanimously selected Young, and the seot in general was well satisfied with the choice of its most earnest and successful proselyter. To prevent any possible dissatisfaction, Young’s chief riyaf fpy ffio supreme honors, Sidney RigdoD, was' seni/iptp fiaujshment. From the day of his inductioa into his high office Brigham Young showed the qualities of a leader. When Nauvoo was declared a hostile city by tbe Gen tiles, and the Mormons were driven away from tho town which they had fqufidec), Voting rallied his disheartened subalterns, anti urged them to seek a uew home in the West. He led them across the desert and the prairie to the valley of the Great Salt. Lake, declaring that here was tho promised land of so ioijj-p. In this desert spot a fertile re feiop was fqpraad, the prosperity of tfie community wfiipfi thus founded fias been one of tbe wonders of the time. Young was everywhere recog nized as absolute dictator, aud bis mle was inflexible. In 1849 he organized a State whioh he called Deseret, and ap plied to Congress for its admission. Tfiis was denied, but the following year the Territory of Utah was organized, and Brigham Young “ ov ‘ ernor for four years. So long as none but Mormons entered the Territory mat ters went on peaceably. But the “Gen tile” settlers were looked upon as intru ders, and mapy of tho more fanatical Mormons, calling themselves “Destroy ing Angels,” wrought terrible outrages upon settlers not of their faith, The Mountain Meadow massacre has been forcibly brought to mind by the recent confession of John D. Lee, who charged that the atrocities were committed by the express command of Brigham Young. Certain it is that he had dicta torial power, and, if he did not com mand the massacre, did not at tempt to restrain the fanaticism of his subjects. In 1854 a Provisional Gov ernor, a Gentile, was appointed, and Young defied Hie power of the Govern ment for seyeral years, refusing to ac knowledge its representatives. In 1857 Alfred Cumming was sent as Governor to Utah, with 2,500 men, and the dicta tor abdicated his temporal dominion, retaining still absolute spiritual control. This was most conclusively shown in his promulgation of “the celestial law of marriage,” sanctioning polygamy. This dpetrine was denounced by the widow of Joseph Smith, and opposed to the prac tice and tradition of the sect ; but Brig ham Young’s mandate was sufficient to establish it as a cardinal principle of Mormoniam. Being head oi tho sect, Youug was by virtue of his office the chief of the order of Danites and many secret Mormon organizations, and his sway was everywhere felt. As regards the temporal prosperity of th.e Salt Lake community, it is agreed on ali hands that this is mainly due to Young’s en ergv and sagacious planning. He was strict in enforcing the obligations of contracts ; and after his power was made subordinate to that of the General Government, was generally just in his rules regarding intercourse with Gen tiles. Young’s last years were made un happy by the separation of his fifteenth wife, Ann Eliza, and the successful suit for divorce and alimony, as well as the proceedings against him as accessory to the Mountain Meadow massacre. But he was strenuous to the last in declaring himself innocent of guiit. and in urging his people to hold fast to their princi ples, and to their faith in him as Su preme Ruler. He had been in poor health for some months, and his death was not nnlooked for. A NARROW GAUGE SALE. The North and South Railway of Georgia Bought In by a Colnmbns Company. Columbus, Ga., September s. —The North and South Narrow Gauge Rail way sold yesterday to the Columbus and Atlantic Air Line Railroad Compa ny for 840,500, The road is operated for 21 miles, and is well equipped. The State had endorsed its bonds for 8200,- 000, and it was sold because of default of interest. A company in this city bought it, and will extend it ten miles. The line was intended originally to ex tend from Columbus to Chattanooga, Tennessee. HAYRfS AND THE PAIR* An Invitation lo the President to Attend and His Kettponne. dZ Macon, August 22, 1877. His Excellency K. B. Hayes : Sib —The annual Fair of the Georgia State Agricultural Society opens in At lanta, our seat of government, October the 15th aDd will continue daring the week. As President of that society, I am 'directed (to convey to you a cor dial invitation to be present on that most interes ing occasion. As the Chief Magistrate of the United States, solicit ous, as you must be, for the growth aud prosperity of every section in the Union, I invite you to come and see, not the representatives of the people, but the people themselves, in their zealous work in the material reconstruction of the State. Come, sir, and witness for your self what the practical system of self government, in its efficiency and power, has done for ns in re-establishing the principles of civil liberty, in reviving onr free institutions, and in laying deep the foundation of the future prosperity of a State that is already under its creative influence, full of resources, happy and free. Come, sir, and witness the practical working of our home gov ernment, the peace and order within onr borders; the harmony between the two races; the perfect accord between labor and capital—in fact see us as we are, as a government and a people, and I am confident it will strength en yon in your conception of those leading principles of State policy which are so dear to onr people, and which you have been pleased “to assert and vindicate.” Asa oitizen of the great West, with which we are becoming daily more closely associated by the con servative ties of commerce and local as sociations, I urge you to come, that you may see how Georgia throws open her gates to every one who comes iu her borders to identify himself with her in terest and her people. With one hand she extends a cordial greeting, while with the other she points to the wealth in her villages and hills, which is acces sible to every one who is willing to share her fortune and her destiny. Come, then, aud see us at our homes, in our daily avocations and peaceful pursuits, and let our people see you, and I am satisfied your visit will conduce to your personal gratification and to the future peace and welfare of the people. Enter taining the hope that your public duties will not prevent your accejitance of this invitation, and that you will comply with the request of the State Executive Committee, and forward me at your earliest convenience a favorable re spot se, I ltavo tho honor to be, with sentiments of respect, your obedient ser vant, Taos. Hardeman, Jb , President Georgia State Agricultural Society, Tlie President Decline* n Account of Ofll ciul IS n Nine ns. Executive Mansion, \ Washington, August 27, 1877. ) Deab Sib— l have read with pleasure your valued favor of the 22d iust., con veying to me an invitation to attend the annual Fair of the Georgia State Agri cultural Society, to be opened at Atlan ta, October 15th, and have to say in re ply, that while it would afford me great pleasure to avail myself of your cour tesy, which is most gratefully appreciat ed, I sincerely regret my inability to do so, owing to the fact that as Congress will be in session at the time named, my official duties will require my presence at the capital. Please present to the gentlemen of the executive committee my most sincere and hearty thanks for their kindness, and accept the same for yourself for the very agreeable manner in which you have extended their wishes. Trusting and believing that tho fair will be an assured success, I am, very truly, yours, R. B. Hayes. CHARLEY ROSS. The Ohio Boy at the Rohm Residence in (*er maiitown —Not Identified by the Family— Public Intertst Manifested by a Propessipn. Phipapelfjja, September 2.—There has been much, anxiety and interest in this city all day to learn the truth as to the identity of the child brought here last night on the supposidtion that he is Charley Ross. Mr. Ross was entirely convinced that the child was not his kidnapped little one, even before be had seen the boy now here, but the descrip tion of the newly discovered child and all the circumstances surrounding him apparently made it probable that the lost child had been found at last. Interest of the Public. All the incidents of the case were made the most of inexaggerated and sensa tional articles in certain Sunday news popers, which, with the real circumstan ces, have inflamed the public interest, and tfie;o fiaye been large crowds of ex cited men and women folfowing tbp lit tle fellow wlio was brought from the West, At the Continental Efotel, where the child's custodians took him last night upon tjd.eir arrival', a crowd gather ed early this AHW' MLfP* ten o’clock two brothers of Mr. Christian K. Ross, Messrs. John S. and James Ross, called at tfio fiotpl Shd wers im mediately shown to tfie apartments of Sheriff Coffin. After examining the boy carefully both these gentlemen said in very doubtful manner; “We do not think he is the boy.” About cloven o’clock a gentleman named J. Good heart, a upiphtyir pf Mr. lioss, called, and after looking at the boy fora few moments, he said; “That’s him; that is Charley lioss,” and immediately ran out of the room. Eli Route to (<ermantown. Toward noon the party in charge of the child proceeded to the depot at Ninth and Green streets, to take the quarter before two, p. m., train for Ger mantown, After they had taken their seats in tne car a rumor was spread that Charley lioss was on the train, and, a few moments after, a large crowd of curious people gathered around the train, all anxious to catch a glimpse of tho long lost boy. Before the train started, at least fifteen hundred people were gathered in and around tho depot, and after tfie train left the waving of handkerchiefs aud the tfirowing of kisses proved that many a woman : s heart beat in sympathy for the lonely little curly haired boy. When tbe train arrived at Washington lane, where lVfr. Ross re sides, tfie passengpis Ipft fhe tfaig ip a body and marched up tbs lans in the wake of the boy and his guardians. In stead of entering Mr, Rosa’ house the procession proceeded on up the hill to the residence of Mr. Benjamin Horns, about two squares above. Conduct of tlie Boy. The boy did not appear to recognize any of the surroundings. Several ladies wlio were at tho house said they thought he looked like Charley, and tfiey hoped he was, he appeared to be suqh a geptle nianlv little fellow. In order to avoid the crowd, vvhicfi fiat} BQf assumed large proportions, a detour was made, and au attempt made to enter Mr, Ross’ residence from the rear. This was ob served by the crowd, and when the par ty having little “Gus” in charge arrived at the house they found it completely surrounded by the people, who, in order to catch a good glimpse of tbe boy, trampled over the lawn, flowers and shrubbery, and even invaded the private portico of the dwelling, driving the Ross family into the house. Interview With the Ross Family. Tfie fioy and *“3 guardians were re ceived in the sepond Story front room by Mr. and Mrs. Ross and the immediate family. He was taken to Mrs. Ross side, but he did not make any signs of recognition, neither to her nor any of the family. Mr. Ross questioned him at great length, and tho following was the only important part of his answer: “I live with Mr. Coffin. I used to live with Mrs. Wilson. Mrs. Wilson got me off the cars. My mother lives in St. Mary’s. I never lived in a big town. I lived in a big cabin with one room in it. I had five brothers and three sisters. I ain’t going to tell von everything,” said the little fellow, afid the obuyetsa tion was dropped for the time. Not Their Child. Both Mr. and Mrs. Ross were positive that fie was pot their child. Mrs, Ross said; “His wrists are too large, his cheek bones too prominent, and his features are altogether too coarse for him to be my Charley.” Mr. Ross was equally positive, and said that if he had not been convinced that this was not his boy he wquld have gone to the Continental this morning, ■m • UNCORKING TIIE BUCHC. Albert Heiubold Sues Hla Brother (or the Trade Slark. New Yobs, September s. — Albert L. Hembold has brought suit for injunc tion to restrain his brother, Henry T. Hembold, from infringing on his trade mark. The plaintiff’s case is that from 1862 to 1872 he manufactured for his brother a medicine named “Buchn;” that Henry T. Hembold was declared bankrupt and the trade mark was sold to plaintiff. In the argument in the Su preme Court to-day the answer of the doctor was read, denying all ot, these statements, and saying that plaintiff was merely clerk servant of defendant; that tfie trade mark never was in the assig nee’s hands and never was sold. The Court reserved its decision. Suggestion by the Detroit Free Press: If women hold up their dresses to show their skirts, why not cut the dresses off above the bottom of tho skirts and thns save cloth and vexation ? A *660)009 FIRE. THE RAVAGES OF THE TORCH. Destructive Fire in New York City—Families Rendered Homeless— Heartrending Scenes —Leaps for Life Six Hundred Thousand Hollars Worth of Property Destroyed—Two Hundred Lives Lost. New Yobs, September 3.—At half past nine o’clock this morning flames were seen issuing from the second story of John P. Hales’ large piano factory, on West Thirty-sixth street, near Tenth avenue. The alarm was immediately given, and three minutes after the flames shot from the third, fourth and fifth stories of the building, and immediately aftei wards the air was filled with vol umes of black smoke, and cries of hun dreds of operatives, who could be seeu at ODen windows wildly gesticulating. 'lne fire department quickly respond ed, and streams of water were poured on the burning structure, but the fierce wind blowing from the west baffled all their efforts, the flames flying from floor to floor with lightniug rapidity, and igniting the whole establishment. The operatives, driven by smoke and heat from the lower floors, sought refuge in the seventh and eighth stories, from which many jumped to the pavement below, and were either killed outright or were fearfully maimed. Ono man stationed near the window on the top floor was seeu to pull off bis coat and take his position on the window sill. The people in the street below, thinking he intended jumping, shouted, “To tho roof! to the roof!—don’t jump 1” Heedless of their warning, he got down on his hands and knees, and then securing a good hold on the win dow facing, cast one glance below and swung off. He alighted on a projecting window facing. Balancing himself for one moment, lie jumped again with the agility of a cat and rested on the casing of a window. At the fifth floor the flame3 and smoke poured out in torrents, and quick us a flash he jumped to the fourth story window, and so on until a small balcony on tho first floor was reached. Here ho paused for a moment, and then jumped to tho pavement, and was saved. Others, despite the warn ings, jumped to tho roofs of buildings far below, and were carried away. It now became apparent that tho factory was doomed, and tho firemen turned their attention to Graham’s silk estab lishment, on Thirty-sixth street, just in the shadow of the great burning build ing. The roof was deluged with water, but the heat was so intense that the firemen could not remain at their posts, and soon it was a mass of flames. Tenement houses 504, 500, 507, 508 and 511, immediately below in Thirty sixth street, caught fire from the burn ing cinders, and a scene of confusion followed that almost baffles description. Men, women and children rushed pell mell through hallways from different doers screaming and crying. Some of them carried tables and chairs, others crockery ware, and not a few were seen bearing children on their backs, through blinding smoke; the wind had by this time increased to a gale, and great sparks flew in all direc tions, firing dry roofs of buildings in blocks bounded by Tenth and Eleventh avenues and Thirty-fifth and Thirty sixth streets, and in half an hour after the breaking out of the conflagration in Hales’ factory, almost every house in the block was burning, and others facing Tenth avenue were fairly blazing. The fire alarm again sounded, and ad ditional steamers and hook and ladder companies came to the rescue. Ten minutes past ten the walls of Hales’ fac tory, facing Thirty-sixth street, fell in with a crash, and it is said several per sons were buried beneath the debris. This fall gave the wind free aocess to other exposed buildings in Thirty-fifth street, and they, too, were soon in flames. Tenants, as in tho street above, barely escaped with their lives, a greater part of them being unable to save any thing. McMastpr’s and ftJoCoy’s large five story brick houses, near Tenth avenue, next caught fire, and the sparks soon ignited several small frame build ings in the rear, quickly destroying them. At one time it seemed as if the fire would reach the long row of busi ness and tenement houses on the east side of this avenue, but by superhuman efforts of the firemen they were saved; but tho end row of buildings on the west side of Tenth avenue were fliorp or less 4* eleven o'clock the conflagration was bq far mastered that no further danger was apprehended, and they then began the search for missing friends and relatives. Brothers reported that they had lost brothers, wives were wringing their hands and crying for husbands whom they could not find, and children were wandering about scream ing for their parents. The burnt dis trict covers a space of seet op south ?,nd north sides Thirty-fifth Btreet, 175 eeton west side Tenth ayenue, 500 feet on south side Thirty-sixth street. Build ings destroyed in addition td gales' fac tory arp G^ham ; ii silk factory, Qonnol ly's barrel yard,' and three brick tene ments op Thirty-fifth street; two brick and tour wooden tenevaenta on Tenth aveuue; three brick tenements an<’ a coal yard in Thirty-sixth B t reo t, and several small bufi'V.ijgs, making tliirfcy eiglit •- a j| a About thirty-five families are rendered homeless, and most of their furniture is destroyed. Tfle latent, estimate of loss is about $600,0(11). The loss of life is variously estimated at from fifty to two hundred, but it is thought tho loss may not be so large as two hundred. It seems from present indications not less than one hundred people were kill ed or injured by the fall of the walls and perished in tho flames. It is known that three hundred operatives were in the factory at the beginning of the con flagration, aDd as tho flames and smoke spread rapidly, and . there were no fire escapes, it is thought a great number have loafc their lives. Some escaped by a rope tliat had boon arranged for the purpose at one of the lofty buildings. All accounts of the loss thus far are wild. The firemen as yet have been unable to excavate the ruins, but will do so at the earliest momont possible. One report says there is no doubt that some2s to 30 girls, employed in the upper stories of Hale’s factory, have perished, The general impression of those who live in the neighborhood of the fire is tiiat at least fifty lives have been lost. At 4:3Q. p. m., thirty-five dead bodies are reported to bo lying in the Thirty second street police station. The fire commissioners are of the opinion that no persons except men employed were burned, and say the reports of the loss of life have been exaggerated. The fire originated in the sounding board drying room on the third floor of Hale’s factory, where a stove was used for heating. A spark from the stove is supposed to have ignited some firy ma terial olsse at fiand. The greatest diffi culty encountered was the scanty supply of water, The fire plug stood open without giving out a single drop. The fire-boat “Fuller” was brought to the foot of Thirty-fifth street, and gave a supply of water to two engines. The gutters were dammed, and the dirty water which had been once used was again utilized and thrown back upon the fire. Every conceivable means of husbanding the street supply was re sorted to. Engine 34 was abandoned, owing to the intense heat, anfi became a total wreck. fierce of the wind was so great that large pieces of burning wood were carried as far as Sixth avenue. Gospel tent, Thirty-fourth street, near Sixth avenue, caught fire and was destroyed. Decker’s Billiard establishment, fully half a mile away, was in imminent dan ger at one time, and saved only through a copious drenching of water. A SICKENING PICTURE. Twenty-four 3lillions of People Afflicted by Famine—Cases of rannlbaltam. The editor of the Madras Times who is a member of the Relief Committee, writes under date of August 1, as fol lows : The population in Southern India, more or less afflicted by famine, numbers 24,000,000. In the most favor able circumstances at least one-sixth of the people will die. The famine is un megsqrably greater than was that in Bengal. Twenty-three people in all died of starvation in Bengal. In Madras no camp of 3,000 rises morning after morning without leaving 30 corpses. In the interior the distress is most fearful. One gentleman passing down a valley in the Wynaad district counted 29 dead bodies on the road. A coffee planter seeking shelter from the rain in a hut found six decomposing corpses ia it. On any day and every day mothers may be seen in tfie streets of Madras offering their children for sale, while the found ling portion of the poor-house is full of infants found by the police on the roads deserted by their parents. Since the famine commenced people have died of want and distress. The first tragedy may be expected in Mysore. In that province information has reached me from Bangalore of two cases of can nibalism already. Lifbt, Well-Raised Bread, Biscuits, Cakes and pastry, digest easily and con duce to good health. Good health makes labor of all kinds easier and prolongs life. Dooley’s Yeast Powder will always make all these productions light and wholesome. It is warranted to make better, lighter, sweeter, more toothsome and nutritions biscuits, cake, bread, etc., than any other baking powder. Yes', we have to lie awake nights now, my dear, but you can make np for it by sleeping next Winter. IX 'w Adtertlßements. FIRST DOSE 04 A BOSTON POLICE OFFICER. Bostos, November 15,1871. H. R. Stevens: Dear Sir—ln the Spring of 1869 I was strick en down with fever, wh eh had a long and al most hopeless ran. The best medical advice being in attendance, I was taken through the fever; but it left me terribly reduced and weak, with excruciating pains in my side, back and hips. I was completely prostrated with Kidney Complaint, and no medicine seemed to reach my case. In this condition I was persuaded to try Veo etine by a friend whom it cere ! of the same disease, and it seemed as though I could feel the effect of the first dose through my whole system: and from that moment I began to mend, gradually growing better from day to day; and I followed on with the Veoetine, until it completely restored me to health, since which time I have been able to perform my duties as a police oflicer, enjoying good health; and there is no doubt about tho great value of Veoetine in Kidney Complaint and similar diseases. lam, rir, respectfully, LAFAYETTE FORD, 564 Broadway. All Diseases of the Blood. If Vegetine will relieve pain, cleanse, purify and cure such diseases, restoring the patient to perfect health after trying different physi cians, mar v remedies, suffering for years, is it not conclusive proof, if you are a sufferer, you can be cured ? Why is this medicine perform ing such great cures ? It works in the blood, in.the circulating fluid. It can truly be called the GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER. Tho gieat sourco of disease originates in the blood ; and no mod cine that does not act directly upon it, to purify and renovate, has any just claim upon public attention. Seventy-one Years of Age. East Marshfield, August 22, 1870. Mr. Stevens : Dear Sir—l am seventy-one years of age; havo suffered many years with" Kidney Com plaint, weakness in my back and stomach. 1 was induced by friends to try your Vegetine, and I think it the best medicine for weakness of the kidnoys I ever used. I have tried many remedies for this complaint, and never found so much relief as from tiro Veoetine. It strengthens and invigoiates the whole sys tem. Many of my acquaintances have taken it, and I believe it to lie good for all tho com plaints for which it is recommended. Youis truly, JOSIAH 11. SHERMAN. Would Give a Dollar fora Dose. Boston, May 30, 1871. H. R. Stevens, Esq. : Dear Sir—l have been badly tfflicted with Kidney Complaint for ten years; have suffered great pain in my back, hips and side, with great difficulty in passing urine, which was of ten and in vory small quantities, frequently accompanied with blood and excrutiatiug pain. I havo faithfully tried most of the popular remedies recommended for my complaint; I have been under the treatmont of some of tho most skillful physicians in Boston, all of whom pronounced my case incurable. This was my condition when I was advised by a friend to try tho Yegetinf,, and I could see the good ef fects from the first dose I took, and from that moment 1 kept on improving until I was en tirely cured, taking in all, I should think, about six bottles. It is indeed a valuable medicine, and if I should bo afflicted again in the sarno way I would givo a dollar for a dose, if I could not get it without. Respectfully, J. M. GILE, 3611 bird St., South Boston. LIFE A BURDEN. Boston, November 2, 1873. H. R. Stevens, Esq.: Dear Sir—From a poor, emaciated sufferer, the Vegetine lias restored me to perfect health. I have for years been a terrible sufferer from Canker and Dyspepsia, at times rendering life almost a burden to me. lam now fifteen (15) pounds heavier than when I commenced the use of Vegetine. I will make mention that I was also a great sufferer from Kidney Complaint, causing ex cruciating paiu through the small of the back neatly all of the time. This, too, Vegetine has cured, and I am now a perfect picture of health, and I will add, happiness—all caused from the use of a few bottles of Vegf.tine. Respectfully, H. G. HUGHES, 1 Union Place. B iston, Mass. Vegetine is composed of Roots, Barks and Herbs. It is very pleasant to take ; every child likes it. Vcgotiue is Sold By AH Druggists. aug3o-wlpi IN COMPETITION WITH NEW !ORK AND BOSTON ! Ip o s MOW ■ RICES 6. 0, BOBINSON & CO. IN addition to their city trade, wold in the montfiH of MAY AND JUNE, 1877: 1 Piano, Shipped (o * Milford, IVew Hampshire. 2 Pianos— Edgefield Cos., 8. C. 2 Pianos,,,. .McDuffie, Ga. 2 Organs Washington, Ga. 1 Piano Lincoln Cos., Ga. 1 Organ Madison, Ga. 1 Piano Columbia, S. C. 1 Organ Ml!e t, 8. C. 1 Piano Johnston’s, 8. C. I Organ Allendale, 8. C. 1 Piano Lexington Cos., S. C. 1 Organ Bel-Air, Ga. 1 Organ Columbia, 8. C. 1 Organ Social Circle, Ga. 1 Piano Waynesboro, Ga. 1 Organ Sumter, 8. C. 1 Oigan Graniteville, S. C. 1 Organ Bartow, Ga. Of tlio above saleß soveral wore made in DIRECT COMPETITION With NEW YORK and BOSTON HOUSES. THE LARGES T‘STOCK, THE BEST MAKERS and the LOWEST PRICES, At the AUGUSTA MUSIC HOUSE, 2C5 Broad r et G. 0. ROBINSON & CO. jyio-tf _____ BARRY’S TBBBP FEBTILIZEI WE have been telling the Farmers for the past month about the superior quality of our TURNIP SEED, And now propose a COMBINATION for secnr ing to the grower the large at possible CROP Of the largest possible TURNIPS, By using the above FERTILIZER. It is prepared eipressly for TURNIPS, and contains the elements essential for that CROP. With our fresh seed, and this Fertilizer, and tolerable seasons, and good cultivation, failure is impossible. For sale at our Drug Store (for cash only), at the sign of THE TWO MORTARS, 261 Broad Street. Where every article in our line—Drugs, Paints and Oils. Perfumery, etc., eto.—can be pur chased of purest qual.ty and at most reason able prices. EDWARD BARRY & CO,, DRUGGISTS AND APOTHECARIES. auglC—tf WHEAT! WHEAT! ALL who desire the best variety of SEED WHEAT now known, suited to this climate, will do well to call upon the under signed soon. I have the Purple Btem, Im proved Rost Proof, the Improved Fultz and the Benaoa. These varieties, from past expe rience. will make n ore per acre in our climate than any other known. • Either of the above varieties will be ship ped promptly, and in good order, to applicants, at $2 25 per bushel. I also have a few bushels of the Finest Rust Proof Oats known in this climate, of which I will dispose at *2 per bushel, shipped in good order. No applicant can get more than two bushels, as I wish as many planters as possible to get the seed. In every case the money must accompany the order. Try them. NOAH SMITH, Jefferson C!o., G., Post Office, Stellaville, Ga. Atopst 23d, 1877. aug24-w2 ,rr j £7— a Week to Agents. $lO Outfit Free. fiW 2 P. O. VICKERY, Augusta, Maiaa] cll-wly I Advcrtisemohtui Loot Out Monday MoraiiiiUiig 13th, and On. New Goods Just and at tie Nov store. H. W. Landram, 268 Broad Street* TTEADQUARTER9 for first-olass goods for the Retail Trade—Bustles, Oor- J—L sets, Gloves, Hosiery, Ribbons, Ruches, &c. A fresh supply of the abovo just rt' jived. Tv.v ity oases Bleached goods, all the host brands, at low prices ; new Fall Print Kentucky Jeans, Cassimeres aud many other Seasonable Goods, just in tho past few days. Just received my fourth lot of the BON-TON CORSETS the past five weeks. Every lady should see them. No Humbug. Only try them—they speak for themselves. Country Merchants can save mouey by calling at 268 Broad Street. Lots of new goods for tho early trade to be <ld at low prices—Checks, Stripes, Jeans, Ac. Extra Loi VERY STYLISH, PERFECT FITTING comWbtab l evert pair warranted i ...12-a H- W. LANDRAM. C o rsetsT The Very Latest and Best. DR. WARNER’S HEALTH CORSET, WITH SKIRT SUPPORTER AND SELF-ADJUSTING PADS, Secures health and comfort of body, with grace and beauty of form aav*,™ OVED BY ALL PHYBIOIANS ’ We would particularly calUtteurionFo the FoEg iuHont as wlfflas atObo back. 1 ° ffiCiellt B " PP ° rt f ° r th ® n “ <J ‘"<’l°thmg, supporting them Second. The Self-Adjueting rads are tho delight of ovory lady. Thoy give elegance lo the form, and are not m any way injurious or objectionable. b Third. It combines three garments in one-a corset, a skirt supporter and self-adjusting pads—and yot costs no more than an ordinary corset. J c Iu ordering, select a size about two inches smaller than the waist moasuro ovor the dress Iwolvo Silvered rings accompany oach corset; four of these should be sewed to the bauds of akSrts°supported by UtoS.* 1 FORMALg BY ? rh “’' B MUST JAMES A. GRAY & CO. The Augusta Shoe House ! 233 Broad Street, Opposite the Masonic llall, Will continue until the FIRST OF OCTOBER. I would say to parties who wish to buy cheap, fine goods : Call early in the month, before all the bargains are gone. This month is positively the last. Don’t forget it ! •JOSIAH MILLER, PROPRIETOR. sop2-tf NEW FALL DEY GOODS! W. T. ANDERSON .V CO. The Cash Dry Goods House,” S4S BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA. WE ARE NOW RECEIVING DAILY, large shipment* of Fall Dry Goods, selected carefully for a First-class Retail and Jobbing Trade. City and country merchants who intend purchasing their Fall Stocks within (he next few weeks should not fail to look over our Dress ■ Goods, Flannel, Woolen and Domestic Departments. We will open on TUESDAY MORNING, for tho JobbiDg trade : 30 Caer e rtf Kentucky Jeans, from 8 to 521 c. per yaid. (i Cases of new Fall Prints, fast colors and good styles, CJc. 25 Bales of Georgia Plaids at 7} and up. 25 Bales of Sea Islan 1, from to yard wido at Cj. 10 Cases of Bleaching at 5,6, 7, 8 and 9c. TO THE LADIES ! Vfe have just opened a nice line of Fall Prints, lies, Hose, Corsets aud Kid Gloves. THE PIONEERS OF THE LOW PRIDE GASH SYSTEM, W. T. ANDERSON & CO. sep2-tf Receiving and Opening! ft FALL AND WINTER GOODS - AT - The Fredericksburg Store WE are now receiving our FALL and WINTER BTOCK, which will soon bo complote in all tho Departments. We havo already opened Choice DRESS GOODS; havo received some of the host BLACK SILKS, at *1 and $1 25. ever offered for the price. Wo aro receiving Beautiful CALICOES— New Fall Styles—at fit and Bc.; wido SHEETINGS and SHIRTINGS at Factory prices. FLANNELS, CASSIMERES, TWEEDS, KENTUCKY JEANS, NOTIONS, Ac., aud from this on will continuo to receivo daily Goods of Every Description Suited to the Fall and Winter Trade. CORSETS! OF ALL THE Best Mes TVe now have in stock the BEST and Frettieet CORSET at One Dollar ever of fered for the money. The Best Corset at 75c. ever worn by any lady; and at 25, 35, 40 and 50 cents Corsets that were NEVER surpassed or equaled in value for the price, and to which we respectfully invite the attention of the ladies. WHOLESALE ROOMS. In our WHOLESALE ROOMS, on second and third floors, we have a large assortment of GOODS suited to the wants of the trade, and we will make it to the interest of Merchants wiio buy close for CASH, or on short time, with good city acceptance, to give that portion of our Stock an examination. ... All are invited to call and examine our GOODS, which will bo shown with pleasure by com petent and pleasant Salesmen, V. Richards & Bro., ailg2s—tf CORNER BY THE PLANTERS’ HOTEL. THE CHEAP COUNTER. AT L. RICHARDS’. _A_ NEW INSTITUTION, COMMENCING MONDAY MORNING, at the Augusta Dry Goods Store Which will be called the CHEAP COUNTER. ON THIS COUNTER WILL BE PLACED GOODS OF VARIOUS KINDS, at a price that insure a ready sale. Every person vuiting THE AUGUSTA DRY GOODS STOKE Is invited to take a look at the Goods on the CHEAP COUNTER. Goods placed on this Counter, if not sold in a day or two. will bo placed back in stock at the regular price, and other artioles put in their plaoe. So, if you see an article you wish, don’t hesitate to buy, as yon may miss the chance of getting it. The Cheap Counter Will be replenished from day to day—something different every day. If you can’t find what you wish one day, you may the next. Call every day, and see what you can find on the CHEAP COUNTER. I have many othor bargains to offer besides THESE SPECIAL BARGAINS. L. RICHARDS, SO© Broad Street, Augusta, <-a. j yls _ tf OPPOSITE CENTRAL HOTEL.) Real Estate Agency. Special attention paid to the sale or purchase ol Town and Country Property. Money borrowed and loans made on* Real Estate. Special attention pdld to the management and renting of property. The nndersigned haring been requested by many of their patrons to resume the Real Estate business, will, from this’ date, derote the energies ot the concern to all business en trusted to them, and charges will be moderate. JOHN J. COHEN & SONS. Onr Bond, Stock Brokerage aud Life and Fire Insurance will be carried on as usual. declfi-ly