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wt COLUMBUS DAILY ENQUIRER. Jk Strict Construction of the Constitution"" Jun tlonoat aaii Keonowiaal Administration of the ftoveramlnt. Ragland & Wynne, Proprietors. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SATDRDAt MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1885, VOL, VIL-,-N0. 216. •£ Jli H M w OF THE aily enqdiber Thr** ooatRa - Six month* * w Single oopieg * **' ‘ ® wxU * f A liberal deduction will be made in favor of nod dealers KATfJ OF APVBBTlilXO. fiqaate, one weok two week* three week' Sqaarca. on* week two wet k 5 — three week a 1 *Axra imLtoaN, Leon vow s(*enn. NEL1.IGAN & VON ZINKEN, COTTON FACTORS, - —AMO— General Oommission Merohanta, 40, OARONDELET ST., KKW OIU.EANS, LA. Augmt 29,1865—8m** Stall S S'J S-S S-i 5 g g 5 g[S;; | is , * l > 1 | S' 2 S - c 5 r * * ‘a Si llr. n.- t t- ; X ; O r- | 2 JO 31 4-a 4aj 61 «/» 8 ' * - 19 JW' 90 r 21 W v. fit to 3>1 73. 6/ 911-1(100 5; »• S ivtj 71.79 », ?vn»vm n*.}*7 6 5 *• 7S W 91 m 109 117 l»mi4Ll4B 6 41' TO WlW>ll0IA>H0le')»i50l' , j$l70irj© ‘ GolAH* If* )*> t-0 Ifc iA' .'Ih246 360 W * uwr»oig!)4M0»i3fni>* •i»wmw 21 ;iooi5o n.v*ity*fl:Bo graco tflypsTSitoo hrertisement? publish# * „ 00 j»er #qa<ire for th *50centi per sqn.oru far * "Adrertiscraent* insetted at Interral* lo be !«ed aa new each iuserllon. JvertUetnent* ordered to remain on an* Uenlar tare, to be charged as now egvh in *Adi^rtlaemontiinot snrplfird »* to time, will published until orontd on*. udJ cliaued accordingly. Advertiser* ere requested to slate W1 less then one «t Insertion subsequent VV1LDA1AN, YOUNG k BRO., EXCHANGE BROKERS, He. 110, Knit Hide Broad St. GOLD, SILVER, BANK NOTES, 6TOCK3, BONDS, Foreign and Domestic Exchange, BOUGHT AND SOLD. HOHBT INVESTED AS PARTIliS MAY IURKCu. City Council Money For Sole. .September 1, lSftV—2m* _ Wit. A. M'XBNZIC, WM. WM. i. McKGNZlB 4 CO., General Oommission tfarobants, COTTON BROKERS. —AMI)— Receiving end Forwarding Agents, IFUMlHireU, FLA. August 80—1 m .. __ WILLIS & CHISOLM. Factors, Oommission Merchants, AND SHIPPING- AGENTS, CHARLESTON, S. C. X. WILLIS. A, R. OHISOI.M 11TILL attend to the purchivro. sale and ehip- f ? meDt—<to Foreign and Domeetio Ports)— or Gotten, Lumber. Naval Store*: to the Col lection of Draft*, Purchase and Sale of all Se curities. Consignment* of Vassets solicited. R It VCR to: Meesre John Frasier Sc Co., Messrs Geo W Williams k Co.. Messrs Goo A itoplev k Co., Oharienton: S. 0.; Gen Schley, K*q., T8 Metcalf, Esq., Auaus*a, Ga.j Moasrs Clark, Dodge Sc Co. Messrs Morray 1c Nepbpw, Now York; Messrs K W Clark k Co.. PhlTVialphia. Ponn.; Messrs Pendertast. K • • - - guy i EHQUIRM JOB OFFICE. EPPINO fic HANSERD, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, OOLUMBUB. CJJDO., tIAVKjlH ol.,noil » MlimKO AND II FOUWARDINOOPKIOwit An«lwtiio»l«. Fla. Consignment* of OoUoalor Shipment to Northern port* ur to Europe wit I recelve-prouapt attention. Refer to Edward Thomas, AuaudU, 0*.; I. C. Plant, Macon. Ga.: John Fontaine. Colmn- ‘ " ang 14 lm nick A Sentinel. u«. Oh. q. w. aoaKTTK. a. r. lawiion. ROSETTE & LAWHON, AUCTION MMISSION MERCHANTS 131 BROAD STU1CET, COLVMnrs, OA. ERSONALaml prompt attention given to eonjlgnmenu. 9T Cotton purchased.inU20—tf . L. SALISBURY. S. B. W.tBNOCK. WARNOCK & CO., COTTON BROKERS COMMISSION "merchants, Office No. 131 liroad St., ((Rosette k Lawboti’.* lualion Koom.) HIT are prepared to store Cotton, Mtroh- andise, Produoe, Ae. tioular attewtloo given to tit PKuDuUr, As. aooim.*. Rupb. do., fuiiiished at the market rice. Oolumbm, Qa. t Aug. 8.1866.~U TTLKIl ...SAM I K. BOHlgON TYLER & ROBISON, 4 CommlssioB Merchaats, no. iao, ft early Opposite tht Bank of Oolambur,) Lht n 4.a good stock of FAMILY 'CKERYwASTOiSB- P. PINS. JVFh'DL ON, jDOMsSTI'J DR Y attention riven to the purchase or kind of producejjrjnorchandi?#. A. STRASS8URGER, General Oommission Merohant, WHOL.K8ALB OKOOEK, io» aouMERca street. i<>* Moatgomory, Ala* i LWAVSon hand an extensive aaaortuient of A. Liquors, Win©*, Soguro and Wostorn Pro- Cotton bought to order. Prompt attention given to all consignments: *yl3.—6m JAMKS JOHfOOJW % L. T. DOtVNINO JOHNSON & DOWNING, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. Jfeet.0, 1866—3m J. T. PEYTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, MEMPHIS TKKNURIEB. I) 110MPT attention gl$eu to all buiineu en- i trusted to hi* care. • % ^ Helen* to Uon. Hines Holt, Oolumbue, Ua. sept 8,1866—6m R. MOggg, BBNIOR. u. J. MOBKB* JUNIOR. LAW NOTICE. '1M1E UNDERSIGNED hav. formed a oo- *- pHrtnerdbip, under the name und style of K. J. MOSKh. and will establish an ollice tn Columbus, Gg„ on tho 1st October next. In the meantime letters addressed ae above will be rr ^il£MS.Yw ill attend regularly the Dlstxfet, the Oourte of too Chattahoochee Cir cuit, and upeu special retainer in important * of the Courts in Ueorgta cases will attend may (Federal or State.) a arts i PEGIAL PARDON9. In most eases the intervention of a Lawyer is unnecessary, but when the services of «ho firmer# required, applications will be drawn in form and forwarded thru ugh the proper chan nel* nt from Ten to Twvuiy-flve l/ullan each, ’ Pr“‘" we required, apulieati and forwarded tliruui *t from Ten to Twctu. aoeording to the trouble involved, wishing applications f will state in their lette „ exceptional olaufee whioh pneludes them Irom the general am nMty. aug 16 tf m irom tlin genorai am- of any augb-tf SAMX^RO'Brf'ON. BEDELL & CO„ roo«ri and Commission Merchants, lN**rUi ctppotii* Ban» *f Oolumbm, GOLUtfFUp. Ua„ . DUC£ of evevrTrOd--. signmetit* of Merchjcdise aull^ited ’ro»i* aiifa'ion given t > the Lurcbsie and ods of ever; Jc^ctipliou Cul.i left!),—tf t‘. b HAHKfaijN .n.irmiAS, a. t. %urr.rii, /no. b. u'FJtii McFEKRA.X li WKXFFEft, GTTON FACTORS, Scaeral CemMbsiou Mvrchanls, AND Dr&LRR.t IV PROVXBIOTUM, AI.E ROPE AVI) BA(i(il.N(i, MAIN 8TRECT, ETOEFN EIRST AND SECOND.STREETS, lodisviue, kv, E1NU AOFNTH fir tk, 1 Mjaufiln. inrera of llaie Hope avid uo imm. w** are ropared at all tlmee to furniNh N.n.i articles At Sow oak and*** ,rol<l tl,e jiwPiKM AMortcd Brand. Kv. Bautin*. . Al toll, ehnioe Mac nine Hofc. forwarding. Tjof our bueiness w»; are gD ing al attention. Any geods aent to our care ^•krompt dispatch. ^ r UsiliUes for the handling end fslcffl mw nasnrpawed by any house m the ffeeu deefred, wo will uiuke liberal .JHJ'ANOLS on cousignmeuts to us or 'W«kli hi -N.w York- r«ia MoVkrraN .t M' NKEKE. WM. J. BRANNON dt OO*. 4 Commission Morohants, KUFAULA.ALA. A&TICULA& attention given lo the sale 01 C0Tr °^- WSKINB, DI1MMAM 5 tio.r IX1SSII1 sa4 FOtW ARUIN6 MMWIAST8. . APALACHICOLA, FLA. roaVRR (KORSM. MARTIN J. CRAWrORD. INGRAM & CRAWFORD, ATTORNEYS At LAW, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, aug 17-tf T EXPECT to be In Washington oity about 1 four weeks, and during my aoeence Judge Crawford wilt prepare, and forward to me by Express, the papers of such persons as may de- in This Estsblithmsnt i* again prepartd Job Priatiag OF A1.UIKINDS NEATEST STYLE OF THE AftT. PERSONS REQUIRINH CARDS, LABELS, HAND-BILLS, j PLACARDS, SHOW BILLS, PROGRAMMES, BLANK FORMS, OF ANY KIND, RAILROAD TICKETS, CfSTEAMBOAT or RAILROAD. BILLS OF LADING. BILLS OF EXCHANGE BANK CHECKS. BILL-HEADS, OR ANY OTIIER CLASS OP JOB WOBS, EITHER VLAIN or'OMARKNTlki Can hav* it exeaiOad with dispatch. ALEX. C. MORTON, A.tt’y at Law, Conveyancer, AND AGENT FOR REAL ESTATE. Oflces: No* 108 Broad Street. >r, wilt attend to the adjestment ot _ In the States of Alabama and Florida. yHt-tm JAMES M. RUSSELL, A. ttoruoy at Xs a w, (Offiee over Store of Gun by k Co.,). H AVING resumed tbe practice of Law, I will hereafter give my undivided attention to alt buclneu entrusted to jue for this and con tiguous eo on tie*. >nlv ao-tf Xs OAH.X>. Judge0. A.Loourabi, | B. A. Thurston, . Macon, Ga. | t’ol ambus, Ga. W K have associated iu tbe practise for the purpose ot attending to all legal buefaeogf, atowiug oat of the Lite war; ah', claim cases again*t tbe United 8t«us. Kspecial attention paid to oases of pardons. Harries will find it to their intereei u» consult us. as Judge Loch ran e has recently returned trorn Washington City, with all Ah* necessary forms and instruotiuos. Office in Macon: | (Office in Columbus: W ashlnpton Block. >• < N ext to Agency U'k 14—3m* ) t C Jalyl- Charleston. LAW NOTICE. r pilE undersigned is dovoting his exclusive X attention to the praotice oflaw. KIaVKS HOLT. Columbus, Ga.. July 6.1868. tf Law Notice. fit HR undersigned, at their old office, Cn i ford, Ku«*ell ouunty, Ala,, are prepared to file applications for nardoa under the Prcsi d- nt'» amnesty proclamation, and also to tratui' act all other professional buslnt (ID.* G. W augXi-tf 4. IIOOPMR. DR. U. M. CLBCKLEY, XT O MBOFATXZIST, r PENDRK8 his services to the oitieens of Cot- * JL u in bus and vioinity. Office at hi* residence on Mulmosh street, between Kendolph end 8t Clair, next door to Or. Cushinan’n burnt corner, Office hours from 6 to 8 A. M. and from I to 6 P. M. Dr. A. U. Ragland TFFBBfl hi* profe«sional senicee to the oltl J sens of Columbus. Wynutou aud tho vt- lolly; and will attend promptly to all prof‘« ■ •not call*. He may be touud at Mr. llran- ,v X'rotntho Now York Express. $hn r.uble—Mr. Russell’s Story. ' Ltusd Cransloh'B goblin page, according 'to tbo Lot of tho Last Minstrol, ran about crying v lt»t, lost, lost.” Tho histori- Rnmhers •’t tbo ill-fauxl Atlantic cable are Iflvof) like molanoholy utteranoes, yet ao the ffohiin livotl lung enough to change hi* ri’ftAid into “found, fouod, found/' bo wotroit that tbo luckless wire, whioh is now J ring*, we for/ret how tunny fathoms dcop oi Its watery bed, will ero long bo cnh».u#d to Indulgo ir. h like change of tune '‘found, found, fount,” Dr , Euss -Jl'i ofliolul account of the IdJfeaVARMovV* voyaK#, and tho »boVtlvo ! Dttornf l to la^V the cable, has found its way i Into the Journals—but tho public intorost (do it b 4 Uoetf i;» ^rcat inoasurn Rnticloa- ttsd P^/UbF record of wteulU prevlou-ly i-ul.lUJ-'‘tl, f Jahu Doctor, however* I4iined frig cleVor p«n into piny, and ho t*lla tne whole Atory w|ph tho vividness of a real artist, wjio kn-twi how to invo3t even the driest fioientill- technicalities with a melo dramatic attractiveness* that is certain to arrest tho public attention. Take for ex ample his description of tho snapping of the cable* and It* disappearance from mor tal oyc in tho waves of tho Atlantic : “It ic no& potiiblo for any words to por tray tin dismay with which tho Mght wan wUuersod and tho news hoard. It waa to move U* tear*-' And when a man came alt with h pic ,o of tho innor cud lushed still t<> tho ahlitn, andonn «uW tho lot tu rod stranU*—torn wires—tho Im cratdd corn— it i.i i\op»Xttgg«Tatlon to Fny Hint u sir it pro tVoflpgof pit* a-* though (or nAta sun- tionl* oraatury, mutilated and Qragged by brutal force, parsed through llto bfRlU of Clio siuicttttorr-. Mill, of what use KCiitiiMuntal ubstractiun tvit*Mi iti ianl slrtMiuouH ip.tion wm domnmlc<|7 Ala* I action ! Tbo^v around lay (ho placid At lantic, -miliar in tho sun, and not * dim ple to tl«>w .whero lay many hopes pprird (if <)ah!e<> ho art moo| till tho.ea glvji?| up her tlmul. Hut there wai* no hlanw do- spalij il'idif ho y felt it th>v p'»ppT04»>cd tho expgownon ol it, whilst hy far" tho gront' , * t tyumb' , r or those on hoard \v«ro actually anltr^ied, not by tho loss itgelf, hut V*y the nchlilunial nutur«v<.f tho occur rence; Mi l t‘AIt greater confidence than ever in thu laying ot tho eabld.” (JobMoore, under theun diohoorterjiug circumslHncos, it seciits to tie. whs heroism itself, nud thin heroism waa not of tho ab stract, ftcnttmoutol kind, fbrfltraiRhtwoy— “A fret u brief conflidat ntfon, Mr. Cap- ning, whosM presence of mind and. self- poseceeiou uevor ldft l^to, decided (nil but egrogiotu folly it weemed) to aauk for tb.p cable la the bultom ofgJie Atlantic—to get out tb« grapnels and drop down it and pick it ap again. Nog or hhd nlcheinirtts less chaticp of finding gold buttons iu the dross from which hc^waa seeking auruni potaOile or ohilosoffiier’s stone. But, then, wbat would they ftty iu England if not even an attempt, however desperate, bud been mpde? Thero were id bn on board n^Iio UuU picked up cables frobi the Mod? itiwranyUn lull 1,40(1 fathoms Clown. Thd waaiUL.' was beautiful, aad ; *vou if there WkrcTw sour’iling, and thn depth bci.euth ua. wa*rMaiUUpY.id o<Hiti*ber'ce ) it wasriottled at last that Wte GroutTCuslorn should gtearn ter. or twelve wUes to windward, oastward oi the position in wbiohsho was when thy cable wont down—but with tho # grapnels and wiro roae, and drift down across the course of t|fe track in which the cabin was supposed to bo lying. Although all ut terance of hope was suppressed, and no word of confidence escaped the* lips, tho mocking shadows of both were treasured in some tjaiet nook of tbo fancy. Tho doctrlno-qf chance* oould not touch such a contirigbn y as wo bad t» speculate upon r.d now they came fortlf^-the g rapnel j, two five-armed anchors, with uke* sharply curved and tapering to an oblique tooth-liko end—tbo hooks with which the Gii*n‘. Despair was going to fi«h froTp thn Saltern for a take ivorth, with nil its belongings, morn than a mil- lior. ' But it was dull, drowsy woi k, and, af* ter all, tbf.ro seems to have been but littlo real heart in it, l’or tbe Doctor goes pn to 19 “At flrvtlho iron sank but slowly, but soon the momentum of descont increased, so hr to Uy greet stress on the picking up maebiftery, whioh was rendered available ! to lowering the novel messenger, with | warrant of mnirch for tbo fugitive hidden ! in mysterious caverns beneath. Length > flew filter length, <rver cog wheel and ; drum, till the iron, warming with work, healed al last eo as to convert the water thrown upon tho machinery into cloud* I of steam. Time passed heavily indeed I ; AM lile had died out in the vessel, and no noise was heard except the dull grating of j the wire cable ovor tho wheels at the 1 bows. Tbe most apathetic and indiffer ent v.cn Id have sacrificed mu^ti to have j heard the rurnblo of the cable again, and | have thought and esteemed it the most grateful music in the world. Tho elec- trioian* room was closed—all their subtle Hpparatus stood functlonlcss, and cell, zioo, and copper threw off su par bops our- AWD ; rents In tho darkened chamber, Tbe COMMISSION MERCHAN T*. j s». 01 Water sCrMt-g«W Yo»k. strengthened by the Oontiuiion that bus for the faults In the cable, the did world and the new world would have been ere this united hy the Atlantic telegraph, and animated bv the firmest belief In ultimate success.” The “faults” alluded to, it is insinuated, were the doings of shine mali cious omploy.ee—but the Insinuation dnos not seem to be supported by any coloring of facts. j Misquotations of Strlpturc. “Gpd tempera the wind to the shorn lamb,” is a smooth fine of Sterne's in a book quite objectionable ; tbe nearest ap proach In the Bible to tho sentiment is the language of the Evangelical prophet, “Hefllayeth his rough wind in the day of his east wind.” I*a. xxvli B. “In tbe midst ot life we are in death,’* is from the burial service of Episcopa lians. “Not to b« wise above what writ ton," we are exhorted us from tbo snored Scrip ture, whe.re It cannot be found. “tfeala In bfo ministry,” fs uot Suriptu- rul. 1 “The uWnciftil man is merciful t*> hi* Wt," K ant m tho Bible, b.it in Frov. R f lhe B , lKbt cn A OoouahOjl' Plajn i a HuN,- A aoooa- nut plantation *hs« altogvinor a blngular appearance. The tree being of one-ago are of uniform height sod thickness of trunk, and spread of top; they e^e plan- ted in borixontai lines at equal distances, and growing up straight and perpendicu lar, present'* scries of long, tall, grey col umns, roofed ovor ly green, feathery foliage. The trees at maturity attain a height of forty lest, unbroken by * leaf or branch, and rarely inclining more than two or three degrees from tho perpendic ular, the topi have a spread of about twen ty-five fe«i in diameter, and as the trees are seldom plantel furthei apart than thirty feel, their foliage forms nearly tk* unbroken canopy, shading the' ground below'. Tim nuts grow In clusters be tween the-irootB of Lhe Wves and branches at tho top. in. all conditions of ripeness. If not picked when ripe they drop, and even with careful picking many nuts are (bst by dropping and being broken on the ground. Indeed, in a large plantation, the noise of tbe falling nut anu the dead old branchi*s strtsftgely breaks the silence that reigns all found. The force with • which they fall U considerable—sufficient tbo head to kill a man Jill. 10, wo readi “A righteous man ro- L¥ k ".S m Vl gurdeth Urn life of hi. bv:i»t.” V d . I u ,m u V8t , h J °^ ght Thoro are several pai<9»Bi-a of ScflMuro L l i i' ll ltllbhould h.vo BOOK BINDING, IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, PROMPTLY EXECUTED AT THE Unqulrer «Toto OfB oo, paraap»*a of Scripture so quoicu innt, uy the alteration of a word or tho modification of a member of a spntor.cc, they convoy a different im pression trorn what tho original Leaches. Solomon says, "Iron sharponoih Iron ; ho a man sharpenoth' tho eonntonanoo of his fnend;” ho docs not say, n.i gcnoraily quoted, “As iron.sharpcnctli iron, so doth the countenance of a man his friend.” Combarethe twocnreftilly and romeinbcr thn ri rlii one. “Ho that runs may .read," implies that tlm words of a writing wore ro large that no one need stop ruftniug lo read -which i-j not tho meaning of the text: Habak- kuk ii. *J. “Write the vision and maku it plain upon tables, tlmf. ho may run that rendclb il ” Tho loading is to ho deliber ate nml prove'ih to tlm running, or in »»r- r t<* induce the render to run, 1 Oor. ii,. P, “Kyo ban not Boon, nor oar beard," etc.., is almost univormily u«ad to illustrate the supposed IgnqrnticeVif (’hri*- Dansof tho Joy* of he/iron : hut thn text j* a quotation from 4he Old T< in in out, and refers to ihn i in per feet acquaintance of’ men in the early agon of the wu Id will* the disclosure* and Joys of (’hi i linns. Xitis Is evident from tnn next verMi. “liul God hath revealed them unto us by Ilia Spirit.” Phil. ii. 12, 1^3,.“Work "ut your own salvation with fear ami trembling,” i- otton quoted as It they were to work it out thomselvcB, whereas it i; cutting n sentenco io the middle, hii-J it is, ua a whole, quite a diffornnt coutisM—“For it is God which workyth in you,both to will and to do of bis own good pleasure.” Words are added or omitted in quoting Scripture in couformity with tho view* or whims of the speaker—a tampering which would' render persons liable to a charge of uniruLhfulness if they t*o acted in reference to tbe works of their fcllow- croaturos—not rotnumbering tho words of the Apocalypso in relation to thorn who iball /'add to op tako away from the WordiPol the book of this prophecy.!’ 1 \ [Friends' Review, % ROBERT C. GWYER, SHIPPING Comric&ui.nt, ot COTTON, TURPKNCINE, ROSIN. Ac., Ac.. ,oUolt«|. . n-ftrron—lj. Mfrdraot A Co., Mobil*. JalylM-Bm > , DOCTOR STANFORD TJEKUMKS the praailee of Medicine aud XV Surgery. Case* from m dietauce requiring surgical attention can find cotuforluFile a?com- modation# In the oity. . _ Office hours from 11 till % o clock, F. M. oopt 6. lH^if 9 UVEEY AND SALE STABLE. ri*HB UNDBRHIGNMH have onenod a 1 UVKEir AMt HA.LY tiTAUJ.K, and are prepared to furnbn parties with the t»t»*t of huKCio* and Carringcs. with fine hor*es..Arid willbuy or soil fcitook. tvs arilf do «»or u*;ni>#t to plca.NO all who may favor uswith thoir-pati rmiaKo. Our btuhlns are on O^lhtliurpe Hlrcet, oM FIRE PROOF WARE HOUSE. W K HAVW converted our large anil com- inodiou* Liverv bUble Into a \\ are Hcu*e for the storage of Cotton aod 4evekamJjso, and will be open un M«'n-tsy next , AugrWtb. Wo solicit tno iMtrou.ige of our• friemls sou the 1 "mi.*'M U |u r *'VKRNDV A MAIUKm. . For Sale or Rent. n’JlBI»rio lm..t.jry huilillnii'in trmit Slrool. X con Ur ut iug ten mops. Imb been k«i»i is a boarding bonsa, and «l*»no *goo*l hufrlfo** JoP many years. Witl be »ol(t or rogted tow Yor terms apply t«> * A lniL aug il-ti • AS Falace MJJU For Sale—Weem*’ Place. K OUSU and Furniture us It stand*. U is fitted up with every comfort aud oouvo- nience. Puesesatofi given juiy day. Ao|uit jl-ilv* J, SiR'jniBR. moro--tbelr long reveille wu* ended at j inut in* the muffled roll of death—that I which had broken could give no trouble | to bfwtfc*, end man shunned the region ! where all these mute witpi-sse* warn tchtl- fyiug to tbe vanity of human wi»he«.— Awaj* flew the rvira htrends, length after length; ooean wan Indeed miaiiuble, ‘more' and ‘rnore,’ cried tho daughter of horse mech from tbe Muck night of wa* tor*, and still tbe rope descended. Ono thousand fathoms, fifteen hundred fath oms, two thousand faihnme, hundreds again moulding up, till ut last, at 6:0 p. m., tip st rain was diminished, and at two thousand fivn hundred fathoms, or 16,000 feet, tlm grapnel reached tho bod of the Atlantic, a»d tet to lie talk of finding and IfTfllii.g »ho cable. Where that lay was, of com b.*yoOd human knowledge.; but as the ship drifted down aeron* itrt courso, thorn VAn just a B'*rt of hrnd-shnking etir- inigteibalthn grnpnil might catch it--that the slim might feel it—that tho iron rope might,he brought up again, ami the cabin ncrora it might—here wa* thu mort Jinx erd-nj hitch o( all —might come up with <mt breaking. Mut*2,6M0 fathoiim I Ala* ! and so in the darkness of tim night—not more gloomy than bar errand—tlm Groat Kurtorn, having cleared away one of lb« great buoys and got it ovor her bows, wa* h li es h bport to ilie wind, an I drilled at the rate of eovonlj foot a rninulo down upon the imaginary linn beneath which the cable bad su/rir to Tn*l." Novortheless, as tho reader olreaily knows, tbe cable was rqull.v “clutched.” men, twice. Ibrice—but tho “clutch” did n-ft bold- -the strain was too g.'uet- -arid »-o tiio great ship had to givo it uo nud re turn to Kugiaud, with Mr. Field and all U e Htaff, Dr. itusscll adding, “much . >UQO'iTNG a Guuir.—Tho following otroatiiBLunces have boon rcpcr , „ d by tho catotaker of a residence, hgvln^'n t iln of sufdldo connected with it, find snuap-d in Rftpmewliat lonely position, pui rc»*,.-led by trees, in the vicinity of liljick rock. Reoently, belween 12 and l o'nlqck at night, the narrator was nlnrinn.l by hour- ing fooUiops ascending the houso stairs of thq inanition, of which he was for tho tinto being tho sole occupant und ewre- tiikef. Htrikingu light, Htid taking with him a double-barreled gun, loaded with bulidLs, ho ontured tho corrid u- whence tho sound df footrteps op poured to pro- coed} tod thorn, at Ibo head of tho stair* leading to tho oorridor, he saw, hy the dim light of his candlo, the figure of a man dressed in dark colored iniosors and onal'Wrid wearing a broad-hmlod slouched hat., ffc called out, but rooming no ro- ply,we laid down tho light and dh charged both barrels at tbe figure, which disap peared. Au be reports,lie then proceeded to examine all tho doors by which the staircase or corridor could be • ntarod. but all ware found securely fastened. After about an hour continued end |oud mdses werq biard by the caretaker, proceeding as from tbe kitchen of tho residence in question. Going in that direction ho again distinctly porccived tbo snmo figure standing motion left* in the kitchen pas sage. Now greatly alarmed, he again discharged bis gun, which ho tad reload ed, and in kia confusion, dropping both light ahdgua, ran from the house. Two police constables of the F division were promptly at the scene, and a minute search wa« made throughout the premises —but nothing pnutual wss disrovwrcd save the dropped gun and ratnlfo, and bullet h#)«a in tbo walls where the care taker indicated having fired them. Theta circumstances, with tbo neccsMiry reser vation of.haqiee, are hero givwu precisely as they * them «yxleri«Cpl will probably easily arrive ut the eluclda' lion of this particular one. [Dublin Fj-press. - A writertotbn Louisville Journal toil the following 'pretty .little story about i child near KuaMlvilbs K.y.: A frientftf ttfine n^s r son that does not like earn wmil. For several day thero had beod noothdr kind ff bread o th« table, wbFcfi ■ keomed* to dUtresa tb child so muo^ tbalbooften rcfusoJ to out One evening When bo knelt to pray, h repeated tho Lord'a iwnyer with p* cullgr oarnoitncs*, bttt wfleb he ounui to the pe tition 'Give m kbie d|y our dully bread,’ he patuod a iCdmeni, and then solemn; onunciated, V4 <ilve tts ihit day our daily * heart’ »r break fast, .He Invited “I asked Ptyhqr Tb*‘ thrtip and Uo rnwboy is immol A, Cs cm oi n*mw, aru u«r,j givnu precisely Accounting for gbo t stories ms prayor anumao uisymi ior urea which gave him kroai j-y. fl»» Ir thn family to enL '7hr, M Slim lie, “1 the Jleavonly rit'-hnr 1i>r thnui an sent them/ well Drake A son of Lira^lKoU, V-i loiie.i’ t| Vt,, aged ton .year-, waV ill for a _>e.*i, and, al- llioiigh having a ravenous up|mtitUn,grow omaciat'd. ill* phraicLri gave ‘ ’ prodi and he .make, i law It d and \k< i wo* choked by tho Hpb«rn.nc which requir'd all kia fdroi from hi* mouth. It wn* eighteen inehna in length. "' u '" - —. - While Father Taylor we* giving mm ol Ii in teuiporam-o lucturee* a ivuU known drunkard, feeling Umciied, ooinmtrocqd i iicing. Instantly Father Taylor turno ttio anyntion of tho Urfi^r*udmiicu to ih iii'olont rowdy, and tbwu Ttmil>ly . i I. a ho pointed to his victim, 'ilMoru’s n rod noso got into cold wetter; doh't you hoar it bis-?” happened from this cause—at least I have never heard of a single case. This is es pecially remarkable among native vil lages, which are thickly crowded with coconnut trees, under the shake ot whioh the huts repose, and tbo littlo blaok chil dren play about fiom morning till night. Thk French Infantry of Tnx Link. The Faria correspondent of the Londou Dally News, writing from the camp at Obalons, Rays: "I have just seen tho new brooch-load ing rillo which has boon rlocidod upon as the future firearm of tho French infantry. It is an admirable woapon. The bore is about tho same nB our lung Enfield. Tbo breech is opened by the most simple mothod, anil I should say was next toim^ popsihlo to got out of order. Tbe barrel ih pulled away, as it wore, by tho person who bolds it, and pulled back in an in* Hunt. It can .bo loaded und fired with the groalost ease, from thirty-one to thirty* three shot i u nduuto from it. The bayo net it will have Is to bo the sword bayo net, tbe saiiio ns now used by tho'Chas* south a’Pied and tho Zouave*. A now head-dress is also about to ho issued to the infantry. It is u very low shako, much the sninc make, shape and height as that worn by Lord Kanelngh and tho South Middlesex . volunteers, but is made of scarlet cloth, and is most comfortable to wear. With this und tho scarlot kui jker- bockors, tho leather loggings, and the loose blue tunicB, thn Eiuperor has cer*» liiinly managed to maku hi* infantry of the line tbo bust dressed iu Europe; and they will certuiuly bo tho best armed, with tho new breech-loaeUirs they are now to have. A Novel Duel.—A quarrel took place about some trifla between Sir Edward K—an English gentleman, very well known in Paris, arid another sportsman not loss famous, tho Huron It . The seconds had in vujn endeavored to recon cile them, and it uu^a *>+e*nnnry to have pguMMHMiuvar'inH; but* as both tbe prin- oipuli wi.re Hrrtt-rate* hhots and sWords- mon, it was agreed that they should fight with—cigars. Two ci/ars,similar in every external rti*p^ct,imi i’pe pf them prepared in such ft tuunner that it should oxpiode and prove fatal to lliesinoker.woro placed ori a table Tho combatants drew lota for tho first choice. r ue novel weapons of war were then lighted, and after a few puffs an explosion took place, and Sir Edward foil on his back. He, however, immedbriely got un, and was surrounded by his eocond.-*; while his advor*»ry of- f.ired him his hand. “Gentleman,” then Baid one of the seconds, “you have both shown tho greatest courage, r-incj you were both ignoruut of the effects of the explosion. M. H—— (lhe other second) and I agreed only to put a little gun cot ton in one of the cigars—and iff>w let us go to dinner. May each bo the end of every duel.” The meeting is dhmI U> have taken place ou lUo Belgian frontier. A few years slnoft Tom Marshall was delivering an address before a largo audi ence in Buffalo, when some one in tbe hell every few mom ants ahgutod, “Loud- I louder I” Tom stood this tor awbilo, but at last, turning gravely lo the presid ing officer, he said t “Mr. Chairman, at the last day, when the angtl shall with his golden trumpf t proclaim that time shall bo no more, I doubt not, sir, that there will be in that vast crowd, hs now, some drunken fool from Buffalo, phoutlng, Louder! louder 1’” Tho house roared, Tom wont on with his speech, but there were no moro cries of “kmriorl” An exrellont cemont for uniting artioles of wood with metals, glass, stone, etc., may be obtainfd by dissolving glue In boiling water and making it of the same consistency a* that of cabinet-makers' glue; then add, while stirring, a sufficient quantity of «vovd ashes h t-» produce a varnish-lifee mixture. Whilo hot, the surfaces to be united must he covered or coated with this glun comr ound, and propped together. When cjld. tho cur- tacee will bo found firmly united, aud much force will bo needed to separate them again. The Euiperor of A. y -slnia i» very foml of children. In tho la^t battlu against the Galina, ft young general wa* killed hy Theodore's own hand, Tho next day, the widow, erased with grief, put buNelf iu the Empofor's wr.y, holding out a child, three years old, in her urine, bordered bis guards to Ivt hvr approach. “Mon^ stcrl” she cxciaimud, “alter tho father, Lbochild; tftkw him and kill him I” and she threw the Infant at his feet. Theu- doro. without moving a muscle, picked up thochild, kissed him. and said—“Woman, what U dono was God’s will, but your sou shall be mlho,” and ho keeps his word. It is stated, as a now discovery, that wonderful ©ffoots may bo obtained by watering fruit trees and vegetables with a solution of sulphate of iron. Under thi* -y-tem beans will grow to nearly double iho size, and will acquire a much more -avory taste. The pour scorns lo be par ticularly well adapted to this treatment. Old noil# thrown into water,-stid left to rust there, will impart to it all tho neces sary qualities for forcing vegation us do- •cribed. ^ What Gan it Mkan?—Tho Now York Times’ London correspondent writes as follow*: Aa tho Frlnoo and Princes* ot Wales* «N<1* 1 pmsumo, thoir two ohil- both boys, thftrfksto Lord Pnl- uierstoii nml u liberal oabiuet—have fol lowed tho Quoon to tho continent* we are almost destitute of objects of loyalty,mid <juu ^ivo our ontire aUentmu to the cat tle »U?c»u5e uud tho Atlautio Ulpgraph«