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THE MORJYING NEWS.
Interesting from Washington.
Washington, November 25.—Secretary Mc
Culloch has ordered the sale of $25,000 in
gold per week, in St. Laois, to relieve im
porters. He has also issued an order direct
ing deposits of internal revenue taxes to be
made with the United States Assistant Treas
urer, or designated depositories, in cities
where they exist, after December 1st.
But four Revenue Supervisors remain to be
appointed.
H. 0. Miles succeeds Crecey as CRief of
Appointment Bureau.
General Grant visits Boston this week, and
returning spends Monday and Tuesday in
New York.
The public offices closed to-day at noon,
and will remain closed until Friday.
Creeey leaves for Louisiana on Friday.
Admiral Farragut had a prolonged inter
view'with the President and Secretary Sew
ard to-day.
Colonel Powell of Tennessee, has been ap
pointed Consul to Port Stanley, Falkland
Island.
The State Department is officially advised
that the city of Washington is fixed upon by
Minister Johnson and Lord Stanley as the
place for the meeting of the Alabama Claims
Commissioners. The details are not fully
settled. Notwithstanding contrary reports,
it is known that our Government is satis
fied with the progress of negotiations, and
has no reason to doubt that thearrangements
fir the settlement of these claims will be
.
satisfactory to both nations.
Gen. Grant will visit Gen. Burnside at
Providence during his: Northern trip.
The continued discharge of female em
ployees from the Treasury Department oc
casions great distress, and some-apprehen
sion is felt of suffering during the winter.
Unofficial letters from naval officers of the
squadron in. South American waters contra
dict the Btories which have been circulated
charging Gen, Lopez, of Paraguay, with
various crimes against humanity; particularly
with the assassination of certain foreign
Consuls. — —
VBOBI FLORIDA.
Probability that the Impeachment of
Reed, will he Overthrown.
Tau.ahar.sfk, November 25.—In the Su
preme Court, thi« - morning, Lieutenant-
Governor Gleason was granted further time—
until four o’clock, p. m., to show cause why 1
the writ should not be issued. Immediately
after which the Court adjourned until ten
o’clock, a. m. r to-morrow, out of respect to
Gen. Waddy Thompson, and to allow» mem
bers of the bench and bar to attend his fu-
neiral.
Advisory opinions were delivered this
mbming on the questions submitted by Gov.
Reed some days since. These opinions ore
unanimous, lengthy and well fortified by
precedents and authorities, and snstain Gov.
Reed’s position, and decide that no Legisla
ture assembled nnder Gov. Reed's proclama-
.ti6n fora special- session: and that if there
had been a legal assembly, the form of
impeachment was irregular, and not in ac
cordance with the law r or precedent; and
declare that the mere passage of resolutions
of impeachment does not impeach.
A colored Senator, who was present, states
that when the articles of impeachment were
presented to. the Senate (so-called) that not
a quorum of the members in attendance at
the session were in the Senate Chamber.
Little doubt exists but that quo warranto
will be issued, but nisi will begin to-morrow
and may continue several days.
Foreign Ke^vf.
London, November 25.—The Globe, speak-
ing of the Queen’s reception of the Chinese
Embassy, says America favors a protectiye
system, while England desires uninterrupted
intercourse. The interests of English and
Chinese welfare are identical, and if there is
the smallest chance of advantage' accruing
from the proposed treaty, England will ratify
it immediately.
London, November 25.—The Louvre, from
Quebec for Liverpool, was abandoned at sea.
The crew has arrivedin.Sicify-., — — .
Mr. Gladstone has been defeated in'-iiiouiii
Lancashire. . .- ;:: j.•
Marinni’s death is contradicted.
Paris, Nqvemqer 25.—ie Temjx r Trfywne,
Journal de Paris, .Reveille and Laifinir, news
papers Save been cited for promoting sub
scriptions for the Bandin management.
Havana, November 25. —Valmaseda has
allowed the revolutionists three days to dis
perse, before commencing active operations.
London, November 25.—The Times says
the Liberal majority in the new House will
be 117. Gladstone’s defeat- in Southwest
Lancashire is attributed to the local dislike
to the Irish people.
Pesth, November 25.—The Croatian mem
bers have been seated in the Hungarian
Diet.
From Alabama.
Montgomery, November 25.—The Legisla
ture is discussing a bill to stay' 'collection of
debts. Two Judges have already decided the
stay laws now in force unconstitutional, .
A bill fixing the time of election for. mem-
Lers of the Forty-first CongrewisTilsai under
consideration. Some favor the election in
February, others not until next September,
The bill for suppressing alleged, Kuklux
disorders is made the special order for Satur
day. Both Houses adjourned over untfl'Fii-
day, to observe to-morrow as Thanks giving
Day.
The United States Court was to convene'
here last Monday. Judge Busteed. has not
yet arrived 'Lorn Ne w York.—A large- numbed
of lawyers and -other persons' -intereSteif'iiij
the Court, from different parts of the State,
have been here since Monday awaiting his
arrival and the opening of court. . It is now
thought that he vrill not hold this term of
■Court, as the charges against him will likely
.require his presence at "Washington during
the session of Congress.
From Mississippi.
Jackson, November 25.—-The Republican
State Convention met here ' to-day. J- L-
Morphea was elected permanent President.
A committee was appointed to prepare an ad
dress for the Convention to Congress. A
resolution was adopted, requesting Congress
io secure the right of suffrage to every legal
citizen of every State in the Union hot
disfranchised for crime.
Falling 111 of a Sewer.
Cleavelakd, Ohio, November 25.—A sewer
caved in last night, by which, two persohs
were killed and nine persons injured. They
are dipfrino for others.
From Richmond.
Richmond, November 25.—Chief Justice
Chase, in his order to-day, dispensing with the
test oath forgrand jurors, expluined'that it was
the additional .oath, .'presented by iCongress,;;
which is to be token, unless the Court, in its
discretion, directs otherwise. He added:
Scruples at taking it, expressed by some of
the grand jurors known to be among those
best qualified for the responsible duties of
their position, have induced us to inquire
whether the public interests now demand
that the taking of it be required; and we are
satisfied that while the matters affirmed in it
are proper cause of challenge in particular
causes, the ends of justice will be hindered
and defeated, rather than prohibited and se
cured, by directing it to be administered,
unless some special occasion demand it No
such special occasion now exists, and inas
much as.the required number of grand jurors
have not yet been sworn, we will order that
those who have been sworn be discharged,
and the Marshal will summon another grand
jury in the usual manner. .
In bis charge to the Grand J ury he spoke
as follows of Revenue frauds: \Ve admonish
yon, gentlemen, to exercise your utmost vigi-
lence on the subject Frauds on the Reve
nue are an evil which the land cries out upon,
and frauds upon the Revenue are frauds on
the whole body of tax-payers, and llo one
who eats, drinks, wears, or is sheltered under
any roof, however humble, now. escapes taxa
tion—whatever the dishonest avoid paying,
their Worthier fellow-citizens must make'
up. Investigate thoroughly, therefore,
and spare nobody, least of all those in the
highest and most responsible positions.
Those who are worthy will welcome inquiry
which must turn to their praises. The sum
of two millions and a half dollars tax was
paid on tobacco manufactured and shipped
from Richmond for nine monthB ending the
1st instant.
A telegram to the Richmond Whig, from
Lynchburg, announces “the arrival, to-day,
of a large party of Marylanders and Penn
sylvanians, land buyers. They leave to-mor-.
row, and go as far South as Atlanta, Georgia.
From the Southwest.
New Orleans, November 25.—A dispatch
from Galveston states that the brig Ballot-
Box, from New York for Galveston, with an
assorted cargo, went ashore on Bird Island,
offJSoliyar.Point, during a heavy gale yester
day afternoon. The vessel is a total wreck.
No lives were lost.
A lady on board of the steamer Sarah, from
Mobile for New Orleans, was robbed of nine
thousand dollars last night. ' There is no clue
to the perpetrators.
Notice is given of the closing of all Govern
ment offices to-morrow.
Tl&e Louisiana Races.
New Orleans, November 25.—All the
horses named for the State post stake of Sat
urday have broken down- Pat Malloy broke
down yesterday. Sundown will probably be
substituted to represent Missouri. Fannie
Cheatham will represent Alabama. The sub
stitute for Woodford for Xonisiana is not yet
named.
... J.St—
Murder In New York.
New Yoke, November 25.—Felix Larkin,
Baldwin’s i backer, was killed to-day by the
proprietor of Campbell’s oyster saloon.
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. Falling Off In Cotton Receipts.
A comparison of the cotton receipts at Ma
con up to the 15th of November, 1807, with
the receipts up to the same date this year,
shows a falling off in the receipts of the pre
sent year of 3j978 bales. On the 15tU of
November, 1867, middling sold in Macon at
14 cents; same date this year they sold at 21J
cents.
- We can hardly account for this great differ
ence in receipts, at .this'.point, the present
season, unless it is owing to the fact that
many planters who shipped their cotton to
Macon for storage and sale, have sent it this
year direct to Savannah and .New York. We
all know that the season opened earlier this
year, and cotton came forward with a rush,
and receiDts were much in access daring the
first week of September, over those of Sep
tember, 1867; and while the receipts at New
Orleans, Mobile, Savannah, and other points,
are in excess this year over those of last, we
have a deficit in Macon of 4,000 bales
Many of our planters and warehousemen
say that one half of the crop has already
been received. Some assert that the receipts
amount to more than one-half. Up to last
Saturday night it footed up 25,678 bales as a
grand total. Assuming that it is half in, then
we will get 49,356 bales, or in round numbers
50 000 against 80,000 last year, showing a de
ficiency of 30,000 at this point alone.
We are glad to see it agam rallying and ris
ing R. is indeed a gratifying fact that our
planters will get more money for this than last
year’s crop, although not near as much has
been raised. And we may draw the legiti
mate corrolaiy from this that we are to have
plenty of money, plenty of trade, and flush
tim»3 generally.—Macon Telegraph.
GREAT ATTRACTION!
-— OR,
The Doctor Most Ondaciously Tuck In. .
BY THE AUTHOR OP “MAJOR JONES* COURTSHIP.’
“Oh, Jim, the great'attraction’s come to
town 1” gasped a little feHott^itf his friend; at
he was hastening home tb "Hthpart the glad
tidingsjto, tos family. ” *" ‘
“The which 7” inqnirfeBjMiyiAiRirfg sud
denly round;, his. .eyes, mouth,. and. qvery
feature expressive. .of. the. liveliest curiosity.
Jim’s informant had “no.time to.tarry" for
a more . particular- explanation, -but. hurried
on, leaving the latter to infer that something
extraordinary was to pay, from some broken
sentences which he' uttered ’abbiit “show— ■
down to Capt Brown’s Tavern—big meters—
Dr. Jones, Ac.,—which could not"be distinct
ly liearcfcat six greatlahflTSSqfyflijpfgKjiarng-
distance. But Jim did bear “show—Capt.
Brown’s tavern,” and he bad a clue to_the
matter..
Away dashed Jim—and when he arrived-fes-" -
the aforesaid tavem.be beheld "a crowd of
gazing men and boys gathered in the bar
room, looking With all their might at a large
poster, at the head of which stood these magic
words:
GREAT ATTRACTION!!.
FUR TWO NIGHTS ONLY!!!
All was wonderment and curiosity, and Jim
for once experienced the inadequacy of the
human capacity for such extraordinary occa
sions—he could not make out the “printin’ ’’
himself—and his mind was totally; incapable
of taking in and making use of half he beard.
“What upon yearth is it ?" he asked of the
nearest One said it was the “great attrac
tion from New Y'ork”—another that it was
the Fourth of July on horseback—some one
else that it was “all sorts of a thing,” and
his curiosity was rather increased than , di
minished when Dr. Jones, who chanced .to be
- there, volunteered to read it all off to the
crowd, if they would only keep silence.
Then there was a Babel of voices calling si
lence for several minutes.
“Silence! ■ till the dector reads it,” shouted
“Silence, fellers, silence!” bawled another.
“Shet your mouth, Bill Parker, no body
can’t hear nothin'for yon.”
“Silence! silence1” repeated a dozen at a
time. *
When they bad become somewhat quiet,
the doctor mounted a chair, and, after run
ning the thing over for a minute or two, du
ring which the faces of his audience indi
cated the strongest symptoms of insupporta
ble suspense, he read out in a full round tone,
and right off without spelling a word, the
whole bill, from “Great Attraction,” to “per
formances to commence at lialf-past seven,
precisely.”
After which, with a patronizing air peculiarly
his own, he condescended to explain the
matter to his eager listeners. He told them
that it was a thing called a circus, derived
from circle for horses to run round in—that
it was a very wonderful, thing—that circus-
men were the “most sorprisen’est creatures”
he had ever met with anywhere—that he had
“seed” a great many of them in Augusta,
when.he was at college, and knew all about
them—that they could ride the swiftest horses
without saddle or'bridle, on their heads—
could dance on wires and ropes, could jump
to all creatioii,' could-eat fire, swallow broad
swords, and perform all manner of antics.
Many questions were pressed in regard to the
show, to all of which the doctor made the
most satisfactory answers; ns one- perfectly i
familiar with' such things, and the crowd dis-
i to .await the advent of thia. to them,
i v’onder of the world.'
—a circus!”.
Hanging ot a. Home-Thief.
[phis, November 25.—Reynolds, the
alleged korse-thief, was hung near Holly
Springs to-day, after fatally wounding a man
^ho attempted to arrest him.
Whipping Old Men and Boys.
Newcastle, Del., Nov. 21.—To-day in the
iail yard seven persons convicted of petty of
fenses were tied to a post and whipped, one was
an old man seventy years of age, who receiv
ed twenty lashes on his bare back; he cried
bitterly during the ordeal. Two boys about
twelve"years of age received twenty lashes
each. One man was placed in the pillory
until perfectly helpless with cold and then
whipped. . v' , .
But we left Thomas Stallings on his way
'home to announee the arrival of the show to
the Stullings family, who, we should not forr
get to inform the reader, were people of . con
sequence in Pineville. 'Widow Stuffings was
rich—owned a fine plantation and Tots of ne
groes—a circumstance which doubtless en
hanced the estimation in which her three
amiable daughters were Reid by the village
beaux.
“Oh, mother! guess what's come to town!”
exclaimed Thomas, as lie .dashed his hat into
one chair and threw himself into another; al
most fainting for want of breath.
“I don't know, Tommy,” replied the old
lady, raising her eyes from her sewing until
she caught a view of his flashed face, and ob
served his deep respiration. “Why, Laws-a-
massy! what ails the child ? Is. the Ingins
ris again ?’’ she' asked; dropping her work and
rising from her seat.
“No, mother,” replied Tommy, as soon as
he could command sufficient breath, “bat
something else."-
By this time the whole household were at
tracted by Thomas’s strange manner.
“Whatisit, them Thomas?" demanded two
or three at the.same time.
“A great atl
“A what?"-
“A circus, Dr. Jones says—a whole heap of
circus riders. -
“Oh, la! is that all?—why child your uncle
Moses was a circnit-rider on. the Green Mead
ow circuit, for upwards, of .five years, until
he went to live in the Hogtown settlement,
where h,e died, poor J’
“Oh, no, mother, uncle Moses couldn't ride
on his head, and swallow broad-swords, could
he?"
“Why, Thomas, you must be crazy! who
ever heard of such a thing as preachers riding
on their heads, and ’’
“Ha, ha,” shouted- Tommy, “these aint
preachers, mother, they’re show-folks; Dr.
Jones says so.”
“Little could be gathered from what Thom
as had to communicate, The old lady was
sorely puzzled, but the young ladies had
learned enough to excite their curiosity be
yond the point of endurance; so it was de
termined so despatch Thomas to request Dr.
Jones to call over and tell them all about it,
as they were quite sure he was perfectly con
versant" with the whole i matter. -' Accordingly
the doctor was sent for, and for. once in his
life his treatment proved successful. He soon
relieved the fit of curiosity into which Thom
as's news had thrown them, by relating all
the information.which his travels, , as well.as
his close intimacy with' the" bill-poster of the
company, who had just arrived in town, ena
bled him to glean.
' Doctor Peter Jones should be formally in
troduced to the reader as the most impor
tant personage who figures in onr sketch.
He was a well grown young man, rather tall,
with light gray eyes, abundantly large for the
ordinary purposes of that organ; whitish eye
brows, and hair rather inclined to sorrel.
There, were no particular indications of un
common talent in his countenance, and from
a rather imperfect knowledge of his develop
ments, we should say that, in his cose, phre
nology and physiognomy agreed.- Neverthe
less the doctor was a firm believer in the first
of these sciences, in consequence of which
he was in the habit of entting away, his locks
about his foreheod' and temples, in order to
acquit himself of' “a forshead yillanously
low.”
The doctor was not yet in possession of a
sheep-skin license to practice the healing art,
nor were the public much, indebted to him-
for the exercise of his medical skill, though
he had been known to pull a tooth or po, and
tin one occasion was supposed .to have saved
the life of a negro who had been kicked by a
wayward mule, by a resort to his favorite
remedy, phlebotomy. He bad attended one
conrse of lectures at Augusta, and retnmed
to bis native village, rich in all the polish and
refinement which a winter’s residence inr that
Philadelphia of the South affords such ample
opportunities for acquiring. Snch had been
bis improvement in point of^ deportment,
dress, and conversation, that-his former ae-i
quaintances would scarcely have recognized
him in his new guise, had they met him any
where else than at'home. He no - longer tol
erated Kentucky-jeans and thick-soled shoes,
bnt a graceful, shining blue cloth coat of the
latest cut, pants to match, and a pair of atilt-
heeled boots, with a black velvet cap, which
sat jauntily on the top of his head, the visor
almost concealing his eyes, a walking-cane of
the most delicate polish, and, of nights or
rainy days, a professional looking camblet
wrapper, constituted his usaal costume. All
these little advantages conspired to give the
doctor undisputed precedence in. the estima
tion of the young ladies; a fact of which he
was not a little vain, apd" qdeting to it the
reputation - he had ~
the d<
onB polished expresHions—‘‘bully
of [the tan-yard.” '
■taken in relation to, the circus, now for the
first time introduced into the village, was cal-
to make it exceedingly popular, and,
of coupse, vastly to benefit the Utile troop of
equestrians; who -had resorted to the expe-
-miifnlKlll, * f n O \ ' 1 .1 ,1 A V. A h*.,'.
some
and
diint of travelling, -to avoid the : heavy ex-' ’
penses of wintering in the large -cities of the
North. The doctor obtained from thfe avant-
courier of the company a few small bills,
which he industriously circulated among the
- ladies of his acquaintance, who had almost
unanimously resolved_to attend, and the
whole villagelgaveJ’JHwPof iftMwpgptra.
tidn" for the coining/ete.
ght a light vmgon, 'drawn by two
.-.drove up,to' the tavern. In.
eville ewas' rife with.rumors—.-
some discover}’, and .each had
to .relate—few slept that night,
’clock the next morning the news
had spread far and wide into the surrounding
country that a great show was to come off in
town that evening. During the day the bal
ance of the company arrived, and long before
night the canvas pavilion was reared. Blasts
of the French horn, and scrapings of fiddle-
strings, might be beard within, while the doc
tor and some two or three smart negroes be
longing to the -hotel, the only ones who had
free ingress, might be seen passing iu and onf;
which circnm8tance greatly excited the envy
of tiie little boys, who all seemed to have
business on this particular' occasion in the
neighborhood of Captain Brown’s back-lot.
The doctor hod given them all the informa
tion which- snch interesting strangers usually
require about saw-dust, tan-bark, and the
like, and every thing was progressing finely,
as the shades of evening drew on. He an
nounced in a confidential manner to the
manager, the extent to which his personal
influence had been exerted, and concluded,
as he left the paviliou, by assuring that gen
tleman that he might expect a perfect “jam,”
a technical term upon which' he pladed con
siderable emphasis.
It was night As if -Christmas, New Year, •
and the Fourth of July had all come together
—had all been concentrated into one glorious
holiday—the people/town and country, white*
and black, old and yonng, came trooping. to
wards the enclosure, which was now bril
liantly lighted .up, and from which bnrst a
loud peal of music, such as never had been
heard before in Pineville. The effect was
electric; none within hearing of that ‘‘sonor-
1 ous metal blowing martial sounds,” could re
sist its thrilling appeals. Those who had
thrown the half dollar in the scale against'
the show and found the latter “wanting,”
now felt their pockets kick the beam, and
resolved to “go it.any how.”
The negroes were frantic,—the older ones
might be seen in all directions giving way to
the impulse in the most “highly concen
trated” double shuffles, while the little nig-
gerlings sprang into the air, clapped their
hands, shouted, or lay down and rolled in an
agony of delight Troops were pressing to
the yet unopened entrance, when suddenly
a loud report was heard, and a brilliant sky
rocket shot far up into the star-lit heavens,
burst in the air, and came showering down in
innumerable ooruscant stars of variegated fire.
This marvellous phenomenon was hailed with
screams from the more .timid sex, rather
coarser ejaculations of surprise from the.men,
and shouts from the boys and negroes. But.
the sensation which it Uiid-preduced was sud
denly. interrupted .by The opening of the doors
•f the show. And then there was such a
rush, such a scrambling to be first, and such
a changing of money !
Of course the doctor was ou the spot, but
be hod been to Augusta and knew a thing or
two about circuses. He had purchased liis
tickets during the day, and now stood with
an air of exclusive complacency, a little back
from the throng, staffing at the eagerness of
the uninitiated crowd, occasionally assuring
the anxious bevy of pretty girls under his
care that they need not be alarmed, as be
had taken the precaution to secure their seats,
which, he said, was the universal custom in
Augusta. At length, the way being some
what cleared, the doctor made his “grand
entree,” at the head of about half a dozen
young ladies, all dressed and bedizened oft'
in the latest and most exquisite fashion, with
flowing head-dresses and many other little
killing appliances of the toilette, which
showed to great advantage, and rendered
them as irresistible to the beanx as a pha
lanx of grenadiers. The doctor felt the im
portance of his position—they were “the ob
served of all observers,” and he the observed
of them; at least bo made himself so, for he
flew about them with the. graceful agility of
a professor of the “poetry of motion,” order
ing off a little gang of urchins who had taken
possession of Ins front bench, informing them,
in a voice loud enough to be heard above all
the confusion, that he had “secured them
seats from the manager himself.”
Rome time elapsed, during which the crowd,
which was really immense, settled down into
their seats, and feasted their eyes on (he won
ders of the amphitheatre, and drank in the
rich tones of a very respectable band -for-a
traveling circus. The doctor, in the mean
time, entertained the ladies and those in his
immediate vicinity, by pointing out to them
the various fixtures of the ring, explaining
their purposes, and in some measure aufici-
patiug their enjoyment, by relating what was
to take place.
The audience had notyet grown impatient,
when a tall, pale-faced mulatto, his hair
brushed up to a cone, with an unreasonably
long frock-coat-, and a pair of boots with red
morocco tops, which he wore over the legs of
his pantaloons, rushed suddenly from behind
a canvas curtain in the rear,.Threw: open the
low enclosure of the ring, and as suddenly
disappeared. lYhat did all that meah? As
tonishment was depicted in every counte
nance, but this soon gave place to amaze
ment; for the next moment a loud blast from
the band, and in they came, the' horses leap :
ing furiously into the ring, while their riders,
dressed in their .gaudy costumes, all glitter
ing with' silver and gold, with their white
waving plumes and flowing sashes, looked
like so many knightSiOf the olden time. In
their rear, and on a horse so. small that he
would perhaps.have been overlooked, was the
clown, who, as soon as he entered the rifig,
shouted out, “Come along here, all my eques
trian' performaneers!” Ranged in a line
across the ring, each young-geiitleman doffed
his beaver, and made a graceful obeisance to
the audience; then, suddenly wheeling off,
they dashed round the ring at the, top of their
speed, which set the ladies to holding their
breath, and the children to grasping their
parents' knees or arms, whichever were
handiest, and some whimpered 1 a tittle; but
upon being told that they should go right
straight home if they didn’t be good, they
drew closer and were quiet
“ Oh, my gracious!’’ gasped Miss Mary
Stuffings, as one of the horses made a slight
stumble.
“Don’t be scared, Miss Mary; its only the
grand entree.”
“But won't they fell off, doctor?”
“Not a bit, .they wont—they’je used to it;
they don’t never fell off!”
“Oh, what a pretty tittle.boy. 1 ” said Miss
Johnson, “he’s just like Coopid, fpr ; all the
world.” . . . „ .
“.Oh, pa! look at that spotted man—Jiis
horse can go just as-fast as any, can’t he, pa ?
What’s he got them long red things'sticking
up in his head for, pa—say pa ?”
• But pa was too deeply engaged to hear or
-answer these interesting queries.
“No, you don’t!” shouted the spotted man,
he reined' his horse across the ring from the
rear and placed, him in front of the flying
_ troop—“ this child ain’t to be beat, no how
you can fix it!"
A loud burst of laughter followed this ruse
of the clown, which was prolonged by the
negroes from the comer where they sat
stowed away like a pile of bricks. Just as
the audience were getting dizzy at the inces
sant and impetuous whirl of men and horses
before them, the 'troop suddenly came to a
halt,, and, at the word, all the elegantly ca
parisoned horses extended themselves upon
the ground, as if to rest from the fatigue
which they had so lately undergone. All but
' the down’s were: perfectly docile—he found
len he bore down "its neck it would switch
its tail, and when-he stood on 'its tail it would
raisaiUJtllbuiIp'wffiid^TMaaitoiy-andvery nn-:
■genteel condu£t, :ha t rqprofeoided in ' strong
terms, bnt all to 'no purpose." Finally, a
downright quarrel ensued between them"; and;
whifeThe horse chaSH'hfii-'Troiifidtlie ring,
he called ’ lustily to his master tb; “ take him
oil',” remarking ‘that he held biting and. kick-
difficulty settled; the troop again mounted,
made another .respectful obeisance, .and ro-
: tired amid the slionts and cheers of the
delighted audience. ''
The "time which_clipsed between this fete
anil the next, wan passed ’in conversation.
The doctor reminded-the ladies that that whs
nothing to, what he had"seen~in Augusta. The
ladiefe ' thought it ’-was a “ dreadful pretty
sight, if they didn’t skare one so. ” The doc
tor begged them not to be scared, and assured
them that there" was not the' “least particle"
of danger.
Miss Johnson desired to know of Miss
Rogers which of the circus-men she “liked
the best-.'”
“Oh, that tall one with the block curly
hair.; I think , he is the handsomest yonng
gentleman I ever saw.”
“Oh, no; I think that one with the white
silk jacket and blue sash is a great deal hand
somer—and he looked over here so hard,”
said Miss Stallings.
“Why you all can’t tell how they look, at
night, dressed up so,” remarked the doctor.
“ That’s Howard, you mean, Miss Maty, and
he’s pock-marked -as the mischief.”
“ Hh, lia !” laughed Miss Rogers, leaning
back, and placing her handkerchief to her
mouth,—“ the doctor is jealous.”
“ No, I hin’t,” replied the doctor.
“ Aiint yon 'shamed, Lucy,” said Miss Ma
ry, coloring at the same time that she sent a
Took of reproach towards Miss Rogers.
“ If yon could only see them by day-light,
in their common clothes,” said the doctor ;
but he was interrupted by that long-faced
mulatto whom we have before described, who
now made his appearance with a white horse,
and, directly after him, comb the ring-master,
with a long whip, followedby the clown, who
announced his coming by shouting—“ Come
along here, Mr. Callahan, we’ll have a little
bit of your fun !”
Now there was a buzz throughout the audi
ence—the music struck’ up, and away went
Mr. Callahan, standing erect on his horse and
throwing himself into all manner of graceful
attitudes—now looking back, as if he left
something behind—now pointing ahead, as
if he saw something in front—now on one
leg, then on the other, and finally brought his
fun to a close by making several lofty leaps,
bis-horse at full speed, over whips, hoops,
' garters, canvas, <fcc., <fcc.,—the clown all the
while keeping up a running conversation with
his master, the horse, and the rest of the com
pany—saying many witty things, which kept
the whole audience convulsed with laughter.
Next came the spring-board, which the
doctor at once Tecoghised, and the whole
troop were engaged for some twenty minutes,
in “ feats of ■ ground and lofty tumbling,”
each one of which elicited torrents of ap
plause ; and the doctor having introduced
the more fashionable mode of expressing ap
probation, the clapping of hands had by this
time become very general. The clown failed
in every.attempt —--*«■» s
■“ Why; pa,” said one tittle fellow who had
watched the. spring-board performances for
some time with a countenance of painful se-
nou-sness,' “teat spotted.man’s,a fool, aint
'“ Yes, my son; he’s a very good fool.”
“What do the people clap their hands so
for, pa ?”
, “ They are clapping the performers, be
cause they do so well”
Just then it came the clown's tarn-to-throw
a somerset ever the back of a chair, instead
of which, he jumped awkwardly against it,
and pitched chair and all ou the ground ;
then springing up and applying a little saw
dust to his nose,—his sovereign remedy for
bruises and -sprains,—be walked off with an
air of triumph, as much as to say—beat that
who can !
A tremendous round of applause followed.
“ They clapped the spotted man because
he done it so bad.—didn’t they, pa,—say,
pa?” -
During the performance of these novel an
tics there was a yery general stretching of
necks oh the lower seats, and the cry “hats
off in front 1” was heard .from all quarters.
On a front seat, in the very thickest of the
crowd, sat a fellow well known as fighting
Bill Sweeney, with one of those ponderous
structures of wool and rabbit's fur on his
head, 'denominated a bell-crowned bat, but
rather more resembling an inverted church-
bell, than the modern article designed for the
covering of the “dome of'thought” Bill
gloried in his celebrity os bully of the coan-
ty, and such was the obstinacy of; his nature,
and so much did lie detightin an opportunity
of picking up a fight, that he would not hav'e
removed that lint without one, though it had
eclipsed the view of one half the audience.
When asked to “just please to take it off,
Mr. Sweeney,” in the gentlest and most per
suasive tone possible,- his reply, was a nudge
of the elbow, and, “ oh go to h—11,'will yon?"*
The performances went on. Bill sat with
his hands thrust in his pockets, intently
watching eveiy movement, occasionally laugh
ing and swearing to himself, “how smart
they is! ” Presently, jnst as the clown was
doing “ eels in the mud ” with such rapid ve
locity that he looked “for all the world ” like
some great spotted snake, writhing and twist
ing in wildest contortions, Bill felt and heard
a thundering, crashing pressure from above,
and the next moment all waB darkness to him,
while the shouts and yells of the audience
fell in smothered tones upon his ears. His
first impression was that the pavilion hail fal
len in; but as he sprang from liis seat, and
found his arms firmly pinioned behind; and
the shouting increased, he was at once con
vinced that the boy’s had been “ projectin’ ”
with him. Mad with rage,-he leaped tike a
cat into the ring—his arms still tied and his
hat resting upon his shoulders, os if his neck
and part'of his head had actually been driven
into his body—shouting as well as he conld
for the obstruction of liis head-stall—“ Un
loose me ! unloose me, I say ! 'and I’ll whoop
the whole bilin’ of ye! ”
An effort was made to . get him oat of the
ring by those whom the confusion had thrown
into it—the circus-men taking no part in the
fray. Not being able to get his bands to his
head, he was still in darkness; and, as his
“ next friend,” a drunken bully of a fellow,
approached him with—“Here, Billy, don’t
be so fractions- -I’s your friend, yon knows I
is ”—he gave him snch a kick on the shins as
set them together by the ears in a twinkling.
Bill had broken the cord that bound his arms,
and now they had it, good Georgia festoon—
best man on top. Notwithstanding he'was
muzzled, the disadvantages under which he
fought were not so considerable ds one might
suppose—for if he was deprived of the use
qf his month, his eyes were equally out of
barm's way, while his experience enabled
him to feel’in the right place for those of his
antagonist.
There was some confusion among the au
dience—some of the ladies were for retiring,
bnt the manager requested nil to keep their
seats, while the doctor called upon the gen
tlemen present to part the two bullies who
were now making tile tan and saw-dust fly at
a tremendous rate. Some dozen volunteered,
their services, the doctor urging them on—
. but the Sweeny blood was “riz ”—and blind
not only with rage, but by reason, of tos hat
still being over tos eyes, lie fought at random
and with desperation; and for a few minutes
there was ground and-lofty tumbling with a
vengeance. But poor Bill waB forced to strike
to superior numbers, and was borne out of
the ring, where he was finally pacified, after
tos hat had been removed; which, however,
was much harder to come off than in it had
been to go on. It required a long pull and a
strong pull—indec-d some fears were enter
tained of tos neck giving way; and the doc
tor, who had taken an active part in the mat
ter, after the fighting was over, facetiously
remarked that it was a very fortunate circum
stance that Mr. Sweeny's nose, which had be
come tangled in the lining, was not large,
and was inclined to the snnb, or he should
have been under the necessity of sending
home for his instruments.
Quiet- baring been once more restored, the
performances were resumed. Several sur
prising acts of horsemanship" had been gone
through with, the audience had nearly for
gotten the late interrnptibn,.in their.enjoy
ment of the evening’s entertainment, and the
clown was taking a little ride to. totaself, to
■ the tone of “a littlfe frog would go a’woomg,”
when in tnmbled another man witb a bell-
crowned hat, almost nnder the horse’s feet 1
‘ The mnsrc ceased—the horse came to halt,
and the clown desired the man to leave the
ring, bnt the fellow ehzHtabled’tipand walk
ed as well as he conld (forlie was evidentiy very
drunk) still further into the forbidden circle,
and said, between a hi.-cup and a drunken
leer, fhat he had come to ride.
“Who-b-K>-o!" exclaimed the clown—yon
ride a circus horse!—did yon ever hear such
insurance V’
“I say; Spotty
i “Stopl stopl-roh, Joe! aint you ashamed of
I yourself?—oh', for shame!”
Then uncovering tos -face, he beheld tos
j AUCU uuwn-»«~ 0 —— »
I man Joe transformed into u woman, trigged
! out in a flounced lnuslir., and a fashionable
“Mr. Merrymaa, if yon-please."
- “Well, Mr. Merryman, won’t you give me
a ride ?”
“Who-o-o-o! you must go out of here, I
tell you.”
The doctor could not sit stiti. “Now that’s
too bad,” said he. “Who is. that drunken
fellow, now, come to kick up another fuss?
If he was in Augusta, they’d have tom in the
guard-house in less than no time.”
“I paid my half dollar to come in here,
and I’s gwine to have a ride or a fight, one.
I doesn't pay money to see other people ride,
myself.
“I’ll call master. Master-r-r-r!”
“Fetch tom out, if you’ve got any grndge
agin him. I ll lick him too,” said the man
with the bell-crowned hat, as he laid hold of
the clown’s leg and began palling him off the
horse. . _ . ....... .
“Murder! robbery! thieves! burglary and
kidnapping!” shouted th.e clown.
The audience began to get alarmed again—
the doctor rose in tos seat and called to the
crowd to “tarn tom out!” The ring-master
came running in, evidently mnch exaspera
ted.
“What’s your name,sir ?” he demanded.'
“Eh ?—my name’s Joe Peters; from Crack
er’s Neck; do-you want anything out o’ me ?”
throwing himself into a fighting attitude.
“If this man has any friends here, they
will do well to take him out before he gets
into difficulty,” said the ring-master.
“Yes, before I get hold of tom,” added the
clown.
“What’s that you say, Spotty ?” said Joe,
turning to the last speaker.
Here the doctor excused -himself to the
ladies, strode across the ring, and, laying tos
hand on Joe’s shoulder, peremptorily ordered
him to leave the enclosure.
Joe turned, and placed himself in a defen
sive position.
“Come, some of you gentlemen, and help
turn this blackguard out of the show,” said
the doctor, beckoning to a group of young
men.
“That’s right, doctor, take him off before
he gets hurt, for maybe tos rna don’t know
he’s out.”
Two young men came to ;the doctor’s as
sistance, but no sooner had the one in ad
vance come close to Joe, than he turned
round and ran back, exclaiming in an under
tone—“That chap belongs to the show, I can.
smell it on tos breath !"
The other followed tos example, leaving
the doctor alone to manage The intruder, who
now staggered up to him, and demanded if
he wanted to tight. Tiro doclor.grasped tom
by the shoulder, and lmd succeeded in forc
ing tom some distance towards the door,
amidst the gibes and taunta of the audience,
when Joe became more resolute in his re
sistance, declaring he tee mid liave a ride. A
scuffle ensued, during which a good part of
the audience were shouting and cheering—
some for the doctor and 'some for Joe—but
there was no bounds to the tumult when Joe,
Thrusting tos head between the doctor's legs,
raised torn off the ground, and dancing once
or twice round the ring, despite that gentle
man’s most determined efforts to distnbnnt,
which he manifested by throwing his legs
and arms about in the wildest confosion,
tossed tom pell-mell on the heads of the
negroes, who squalled in concert with the
general shout.
The doctor was dreadfully mortified at this
unlooked-for reverse, and was about returning
furiously to the charge, when the clown ap
proached him with a significant wink.
“Never mind, doctor, well get shut of
tom—we’ll give him a ride now.” Then tam
ing to Joe, who was approaching the horse’s
heels, “so you want a ride or a fight, do you,
eh y
opera hat. Ttos sudden metamorpho:.! was
hailed with one inriversal squall from the au
dience, while the clown shrunk aghast from
the apparition of a wife from whom he
had absconded. But ou went the herse
amid the deafening shout, when sud
denly the female 'dresd dropped from,
the rider, and there stood Mr. Harnngion re
vealed; in all hia gilt and spangles, who, after
a few extra feats, just to.show them what Joa
Peters, from Cracker’s Neck could do, threw
a backward somerset from' tos horse and re
tired, amidst the-reiterated acclammations of
the audience.
The down, .who now- presented the appear
ance of a wonderfully corpulent man, having
staffed Joe’s coats," jackets, gown,'Ac.; into
the waist of tos coat, approached his master,,
with a chop-fellen air, and inquired—
“Master, fan you tell me why I’m very
much tike pur friend, the doctor?"
“ “No,—why are you?”
“ ’Cause,” "said he, unbuttoning: the . coat
and letting The garments fell at hisfeet—
■ “'cause I fed a great deal smaller than I did
a while ago.”
Snch another shout as. followed, never be
fore reechoed throtm’u tlic quiet streets and
lanes'of Pinerille. The dootorwakirfe¥e«y
mouth—“ Hurra for ttie'doctor !”—“ How do
you feel now, -doctor?”-^* 4 * 13 that the way
they does in Augusta?”—“ When you gwino
to show agin, doctor. Pa sure to come"—and.
a hundred other such, jeers were aimed at tha
unfortunate doctor ; who, mortified to such,
a degree that he knew not what to do.with
himself, rose in tos seat and -addressed tha
almost frantic multitude—
“It’s a feet, ladies and gentleiiiea^I wa«
most oudadoosly tuck in .that time—that s a
f3ctt”
Fortunately, it was the last act of the per
formances, for suobr was the ungovernabla
humor of the crowd, after what had happen
ed, that it would have been utterly impcssibla
to re-establish order that night.
How matters were conducted on the fol
lowing night—positively the last of thei
“ Great Attraction ” in Pineville—we hava
not learned ; we have heard it hinted, how
ever, that Df. Peter Jones did. not attend,
though he was loudly called for by the au
dience. . .
' *-
‘•Yes, I want to ride that ’ere horse, Spot
ty, and I’m the boy that’s gwine to do it,
too.”
“Well, sir, you’ve got to, whip me. first,”
putting on.a savage look and giving tos teeth
a grind.
“I’m your bov,’’said Joe, “I’s another chick
to Bill Sweeny!”
“The h—11 you is !—just give Bill Sweeny
a fair shake and he can whoop blue blazes out
of ye; though,” growled the bully of • the
county, who was again in bis seat.
The clown put himself into a pugilistic
attitude. Joe was up to the mark, and,
after a few passes, was knocked heels over
head on the tan.
“Oh !” exclaimed the ladies.
“Serves him right 1” said the doctor—“he’ll
get his fill before he.quits that ring.”
“Hurra, Joe! show your game!” shouted
several.
“Give it to him, Spotty!”
“Oh, 1 want to go home,” cried a timid
little fellow, from between tos father’s knees.
The next minute Spotty was down, who, as
soon as he struck the ground, shouted—
“Enough, take-him off!” Then springing up
and applying a handful of tan-bark to tos
nose, he extended the other hand to Joe, re
marking—
“You’ve whipt a gentleman, Joe,-i—what’s
your name?—oh, ah, Peters! Mr. Joseph Pej-
tets, from Cracker’s Neck. Yon Bhall have a
ride, Mr. Peters. Will yon have a fresh horse,
Mr. Peters?’” Then turning to the doctor,
he continued^—“We’ll give tom a ride—there’s
more ways to kilT a dog besides choking tom
witirfiutter, you know.”
Joe was soon mounted, with tos back to
wards the horse’s head. The clown called
oat for the hardest trotting-tane the musi
cians conld play. Pop went-the whip, and
away flew the horses, Joe floundering on tos
back tike a limnl-pn mim in ft qnflgmim
“Now, doctor,” cried put the clown, “if
yon want to see a cracker’s neck crack
ed——"
“Gjood enough for the fool,” exclaimed the
doctor, with a conceited chuckle.
“Oh, mercy!” screamed the ladies, as Joe
pitched forward, and seemed only to hold
to the neck of the flying charger," with one
arm.
Bnt what was their astonishment when
they beheld tom first rise to tos knees on the
saddle, then to tos feet, where he stood reel
ing and tottering as if he was about to be
dashed to the ground, while the horse con
tinued at the top of tos Bpeed.
“Whoop-e-e!” shouted the clown, “if Joe
aint on tos feet!”
“Good gracious!” exclaimed the ladies.
The doctor stared, but said nothing.
Joe now dropped the bridle, and said he
felt warm. .
“Take off your coat to it, Mr. Peters.” re
plied the clown; “you’ve got plenty of friends
Off came Joe’s frock-coat and tos bell-
crowned liat, and the general opinion was
that tos personal appearance was much im
proved by the change. The clown had
donned the coat and hat, and now cut a more
ludicrous figure Than ever, ns he followed
round the ring, picking up the coats and
vests which Joe threw off one after the other
to the number of twenty, or more. At length
Joe had come to the last vest, and was un
buttoning tos suspenders, when the clown
•alledout—
“Stop, Joe! stop! there's ladies here!”
But off went the pants, while the clown,
with tos hands over his face, continued—
FLORIDA ITEMS.
We clip the following paragraphs from th«
Tampa Peninsular of the 24th inst. :
The weather is cool, clear, delightful, to
which the chills and fevers, with which tha
people of Tampa and the surrounding coun
try have for some time been afflicted, must
soon yield. The good- efleets of this pleas
ant weather are already being made manifest,
by the gradual.disappearance of the sickncs-.
The steamship Gov. Marvin felt this por:
on Thursday last, for Manatee, at which placa
she will take a load of beef cattle for Mobile-
The Marvin, we understand, goes to Mobil*
for repairs, and that the shipment of cattla
is -merely .'experimental. We hope that tha
experiment will be successful, because since
the.Spanish government has imposed tha
present heavy import duty on live cattle, wo
have no market and must consequently look
out for one in some other quarter. Capt.
McKay deserves success and we hope that ha
will be rewarded for his experiment.
The steamship Alliance went ashore, in «
blow, between -Apalachicola and Pensacola,
on her last trip to New Orleans. Passenger*
and crew-saved. We learn that notwith
standing the Alliauce is lying in only two feet;
of"wafer, she is not seriously injured, and
that she will most probably be gotten off
New Strop.—We saw new syrup mado by
Mr. Buchanan, selling in tins market tha
other day at one dollar per gallon.
Oor fellow-townsman,' Mr. C. L. Frieble,
stopped a fine lot of oranges to New York by
the last steamer. '
Fire.—We regret to learn that the harm
and crib of Mr. Thomas W. Clieenut, at tto*
county, were totally, destroyed by. fie on (ha
night of the 15th inst Every bushel of com
and bundle of "fodder were completely con- *
Burned. We have not-heard of an estimate of
the loss sustained. The disaster was unques
tionably the act of an incendiary.—Gataes-
viHe Era. - 9a.
Rich ahd Racy.—Whilst the agent of tha
Panorama of Paradise Lost, on exhibition' in
onr town last week, was engaged in panting
tos placards, upon the Court House, he wax
approached by a citizen, and addressed a*
follows: “ -What are you doing there, stran
ger? Don’t you know that lie have court
next week. If Judge, Goss sees those pic-
tnrefrof Satan, he’ll think that the Kn Kins:
are after torn and will have the military on.
us at once. 'Tear ’em down, Man, tear ’em
down.” The alarmed agent obeyed instan-
ter, and departed, muttering,' “what a coun
try, what a country.’"— Tbid. . * ’
Onr Liverpool Steam Line.
It is with satisfaction that, ‘we announca
that the steamship Golden Horn, the first of
the Liverpool line, has cleared for her port of .
destination with a cargo of two thousand fiva
hundred and fifty-three hales of upland and
one btudred and eighty-eight bags of sea.
Island cotton. This stop has proven a supe
rior freighter, and.with agood run of cotton,
well compressed, her capacity would amo unt;
to about three thousand bales. Her agents,
Messrs. Mure & Co., in the management of
this new enterprise have exhibited their well
known mercantile skill, and have made ar
rangements for the speedy shipment of cot
ton to Liverpool, not only from our own
State, but from the principal points of Geor
gia and Alabama; and a portion- of the cargo
of ttos vessel came through, compressed,
from Selma, in the latter State, a point with
which,-previously, we had no mercantile con
nection. The very large extent of country,
which the rapidly spreading railroad system,
of the South has placed in connection with
Charleston, has made a steam communication
with the greatest cotton centre of the firsu
importance; and when taken in connection
with onr proximity to the important centres
of ’Western trade— Cincinnati, Louisville, St_
Louis and other points, and the attractive
and convenient character of ttos route to pas
senger from Europe, giving ready access to
the valuable lands of the South, and les*
distance and a milder climate to reach tha
great West, its success would seem to he on
ly a matter of a tittle time, and some energy
aud determination.—Charleston Sews.
The Gadsdes R.ut.bqap.—influences are at
work which render it highly probable that a
railroad will be built at an early day frc.ni
Rome to Gadsden, and jthence by Gunter^
Landing to Decatur, Alabama. This will be
bnt carrying out the original intention of the
Rome road, which all the old settlers of tin*
city will remember was for some time after
ii-s"inaugumtion called the Memphis branch,
the intention being' to carry it on to Decatur
or some point on what is flow called the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad. Savan
nah and the Central Railroad are pushing on
the project of a road from Griffin to Newnan,
thence to Jacksonville, Alabama, Gadsden.
Gunter’s Landing and Decatur, and anles3
Charleston, the S. C. Railroad, aud tha
Georgia Railroad, come in with a counter
movement that will turn the immense western
trade over their lines, the other route will
soon have it all within their own grasp.
This road to Gadsden would be of incalcu
lable advantage to Rome, and we have no
doubt our little city will do all in her power
to farther the. enterprise. Whatever is dona
must be done quickly.—Rome Courier.
Fires in New York.—Seic Pork, Soverriber
19.—Eight fires occurred this afternoon be
tween 2 and 4 o’clock in the eastern portion
of the city, nearly all in stables. Three boy3
have been arrested charged with having been
the incendiaries, and one is identified ax
having been in the first stable that took fire.
A trotting match last week at Union Park,
New York, between George Wilkes and Ame
rican Girl, mile heats, best three in five to
wagon, for a purse of S2.000, was won by
Wilkes, in 2:29i, 2:27J, and 2:29. Tha trait
was heavy.