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THE CEDARTOWN RECORD. W. S, D. WIKLE & 00., Proprietors. CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1G, 1875. VOLUME I. NUMBER 31. LATE NEWS SUMMARY. WEST. The United States ship FenHaeola, now At Han Franriuco, Bah boon dotal noil to carry King Kalakaua bonto. A oommittee of prominent citizens of Omaha baa Uft for Oolreaton on a tour of in- tq motion of the rout© and tho advantago of that port as an outlot for grain and other pro* duett) to the aea. EAST. Three drivers of mail wagons in Now York have boon arrested, charged with riding Mayor Wickham, in the common council of N«' the liabilities of the city an of from ♦10,000,000 t nd that the additional of troops. The Bank of Hpain has advanced tho government treasury forty million* roal*. Rt. Roy. Mr. Vnnghu, Roman Cath olic bishop of Htatford, aocorapaniod by sev eral priest*, ha* eallod on tho atoamerO oattio for Now York. Ho goo* to promoto mission* among the negroo* of tho south. The London Globe says a corres pondence I* in progre** between the govern ment* of England and tho United Htatc* iu relation to come territory in British North America, which England claim* but ha* never formally annexed to hor dominion*. Fasqnier Cnstollar is preparing to quit Hpain before Alfonso'* arrival. Two prot ectant nowapapera have been suppro**ed in Madrid. K'ng Alfonao ha* Rent a dispatch to Conova*, continuing tho ministerial appoint ment*. and expressing tho hope that there will ho now Inaugurated an era of real liberty, peace and forgotfnlne** of past discord*. King Alfonso's *i*tor, tho counter* of Gcr- geuii, aooompanlc* lorn to Hpain. THU CAPTAIN OF THK NOHTHFLKET. adopted by tho people of all socllc in the Florida Tho nail-cutters at Wheeling hnv r had a 8*0,000 fin Tnvlor Htrando Dr. G. R. Adams, of AnRtiHta, Ga lenato has passed a joint Book railroad for om Ur*, borrowed by the Lion for herself and her * he pray* God to grant i>«“* in tho diflkmlt ta*k undertake. the Louisiana earm- ow an unusually large - tha ial. Til that tiia ba*i* for >ho new ministry ha* settled. Pukes Po Brogiio and Do Gaze. M. Be Fourtnii will bo tho chief merab* On the night of tho 2 1 inst., Richard tho Frank Morrison they had hoard bo much of from the jouug masters. There were few neighbors, and I rather avoided them. For tho llrst time in my life I was ugly, and consequently lmppy. I rode the horses, snt. on the barnyard t'eueo during the milking, fed the chickens, ate apples and new butter, took long walks iu the woods, and my big feet and scarlet hair never invited a second glnuoo from any otio 1 pnssod. What happy, jolly days they were to me, only those who are blessed with too much beauty and long to fleo from the consequences can imagko. One morning I took a book, and go ing through the orchard, followed the stream to a favorite nook, lay down, and laughed tho pretty, musical lough that was at ouee a pleasure and n bane. I laughed to think of myself in this rig in an opera-box ; and, looking at the water, 1 said, “ Why not be “Lorloi’ for a while?” No sooner thought than done. OfV came tho clumsy shoos and knitted stockings, d holding my dress up I went splash- * in tho shallow waters. I stepped a big stone ; it rolled with me, and 1 sat down cosily in tho middle of the k, wet to mv waist, and my dismay fluiahod by the heartiest laugh yon can imagine. Looking at a putt of the bank that I had not boforo noticed, 1 saw a gentleman, in sporting dress, holding a Ushing-rod In one hand and waving the other at mo in tho most genial and pleasant manner. It might have been that my cjch did not match my lmir ; at any rate, 1 fancied that he stopped laughing rather suddenly, and coming close down to tho water stood eyeing me inquiringly. I had been uhgrv at llrst; but my usual sense of humor came to my aid, and sitting there, with tho lapping water full about me, 1 hold my sides, and laughed with him until T was tired, and my ohouks glowed like two roses. “ Well," ho Anally said, stopping to langh at every word or two, “ you have suecoedod in your loudly expressed wish, and made n veritable ‘Lorloi* of your self." “ Did you hear mo? ” 1 asked, feeling for tho first time a little shy, and rising slowly to my feet. lie saw that I could not come out of the water in ray ha foot, and laughing still, ho answorod: "Yes. Rut I fear you will oontinno a water-nymph until 1 am gone, good bye.” And iih suddenly us he had oomn, ho disappeared. 1 put on my shoes, and mado the best of mv way book to the house. Aunt Iletty laughed at me when I told In myndvoulnre, but stared when l scribed the man. “Bless me, child,” sho said, “ Walter Grav, who lives on the farm, or rather owns it, and liv» ! New York. I did not know ho w A BFiCOND LORLEI. Tho days flew by •vory . n golden w i happy tha mfiii of poaches ham- 1 took and a book, ni - Unfortunately for myed! and every- mnok under the elm for a lazy t body who over .« roe, I am very beau- j morning. I w mircoly Milled when tiful. It in not egotism to make that I heard auntie calling me, ami remark, for I have hod plonty of mi«-1 i-ti-po omalng near to ino. I raioo llfI , n ’ lin «mint of mv looks nnd every self, and who should bo with he haps on account of my looks, nmi^ Ho , augll0(1 heartily up. ; on recognizing in my aunt’s nieoo tin u*ry- | “watsr-nymph," but soon mado^roo foe boat at cn* lady, petting and nianne talking to me, became so interested that I ho con she quietly booked off the edge, and | tho “ onlv tin* presence of mind of hor hual I thought he oonld never b> brought to like tho red-haired, clumsy girl ho had pitied and been kind to. I lay on tho grnsH crying, holding in mv baud somo of the dead leaves lying all about me, and thinking how like my own hopes they were. Ilow long I lay there I do not know, till some one dropped on tho grass by me, and a cool, soft hand held my own. "Crying ! water-nymph?” and before I knew it I found myself dose held by two strong arms, and a dear voioo speak- iug to me. " Your aunt- says you are going away, Lorlei; going away to bo educated, and taught many things it is right for you to know. 1 dare not let you go, little one, until 1 ask if you will think of voursolf as my own Lorloi, and try to become as graceful outwardly as your pure, good heart, and natural abilities will let you. I linvo learned to love much, and you will lot m< hope, will you not?” "’or all answer, I lay nuiot, looking in his face, and thinking how nice .•aa and fearing to break tho spell by wing him my real self. •Do yon like this awkward, ugly, clumsy, rod-linircd girl?” 1 Anally ranged to ask, with a long-drawn itii of satisfaction. Stop tho adjectives," he answered, sing my mouth gently with a c dhow* glad 1 was my mouth itty)l “At times you are more g ful than any one I ever saw, and n hair,—” 1 sat. up eagerly, and asked : ‘You like yellow hair, don’t you •Yes,” he said, wondering at my ager look and manner. (four bond away, and promisi not to look," I said, turning his head that ho could not boo mo. “I promise,” came the voioo •ailing for. With trembling hands 1 ik out. the pins, unfastened the elastic ioh held my rod wig, and pulling it off, turned his face toward me. Ho >ked as though he had seen a ghost, il stared at. the red hair in my liaml and tho golden on my head, in mute ns- Dnishmont. I said, answering his look ; and I pulled one of the short ■Is hanging over my eyea. “And I i dance and sing, and play the piano, 1 I love Shakespeare! " I could got further, for the reasons lovora etui rlmps explain ; and when, an hour ler, iu my pretty white ruffles and womanly finery, l crept into the sitting- n, I found Aunt, Hetty talking to ter, nnd saw him gravely kiss her 1 ns he oarao toward me. When I the light in his eyes as ho lookod io, for the Arst time in my life I iked God for my glorious beauty. Iiore was a gram! time when L wont home, and for a while my “ unfortunate appearance" censed to bo tho general rsation. sty, when nurse brought. Fannie to look at, was protty. I need not Mv Arst anx little bother she have troubled mouth jfthat outi befall a family 1 to tho score of “Frank’s terribl poaranoe." When I waa a child « tiling went wrong. Onc< r. lie had come over to seo if Id buy a cow of uncle, nnd o\ erits of butter and milk w« gr. d”daring I quite friendly. Auntie would have him damp nnd choking condition. Nun scolded, mamma raised hor hands i horror, and tho lady gave mo the nan of " Lorlei,” which I linvo over sini retained. I was a continual source of nnxiel lest I should bo kidnapped by non childless people, and mado into heii My life : stay to lunch, nnd I tried to enact th : country girl, nnd bo iih awkward as po« ; Bible. ’ Two or three times I almost b< traced myself by some unguarded re mark; but by dropping my fork, up setting my milk, and knocking in : chair over when 1 rose, 1 managed to seen) ill-bred enough to suit my coarse frock, absent collar, nnd tumbled hair. To my utter astonishment., Mr. Gray -table, with tho guard set around ; asked me to go to a picnic at these! me, to say nothing of a dozen or two house tho next day. While I wun sti toilets a dav, roy hair to bo combed jng, Arst at him, and then at. myself nnd brushed incessantly, nnd myself the glass, Aunt. Hetty quietly said kissed nnd fondled like a lap-dog. It “Him will go with pleasure grew no better, later. My sisters hap- j ready b> boat her, but boy< I noned to bo very plain, and I couldn’t muttered words, I said nothing dlitil ho I,olp it if J got all the invitations, was gone. Then I mado n fi j bouquets, and proposals, and they re- : to her which mm I eoivod none. To make it worso, one of that. I kissed he ! my admirers died of heart disease, and , peaceably, I left me the large fortune that should , j mui i n myself look ns oonntrifled ; and then they I possible, next morning, and my looking- i loved me excessively, of course I I oombed mv hair in tho most liorri- I bio way i oonld invent, woro wtiH ool- la-s up to my ears, plain dresses of sober I color, made faces at xnysolf in tho glass I by the hour, and all to no purpose, j ]\iy hair would turn into the eunningest MISCELLANEOUS. Great activity exists in Onban circle: a Now York. It 1* reported *n expedition I mbozzling largo sninyf ^raoney fn All the fibre paper mannfactur „ that I was no longer i passable. Mr. Gray mado no remark about my appearanoe, except L the glasses were absolutely necessary, and on my gravely assuring him that they were, ho helped mo into the on you Id turn into I lie eunningest j Hugo, and awav we wont. Ilow I e glcts about my forehead, and j O y 0( j tho gionoes tlio girls gave ra full down in a golden mass of curls just 1 nn( i their evident contempt for my dro at tho wrong time. Tho neck above tho | nn< ] manner! I found myself alone ugly linen no amount of snn oould make i wit-li Mr, Gray, toward tho end of tL other than white and well-turned ; and afternoon, anil we pat. down on the mo the clumsy dress hid a form of tho most J a t tho foot of a tree for what J called perfect mould—stately, smooth and I good talk. His manner had been per- rounded ns only a healthy English girl f fiC tly kind and courteous, and ho had can ever hope to be. done everything in his power to make ldn’t have any girl-friends, for, rn0 forgot the difference between myself without meaning it, T captured their d for I or * 5 they grow jealous nnd called il tho attachment usually V. ninu-nt a»* noon acoounieu ror. ana i QQ ^ j n K i( )rm G f tears and reproaches 1-nnfi* of Hccuritic* on that papor OQ jj, 0 one p ftr t, dismayed repentance born to ado. OQ fj )0 other. I couldn’t have n gentle- detective has arrived at Omaha raftn friend, for, if single, he proposod Ha-1 Frar.( i*co with Gaorge Weyroan, of j j n a month, and if married, the wife York, who th.-camped a few week* ago I came to the rescue, and I got the worst £18,000 worth of diamonds, most of which of it. I tried one plan, and yon shall ■r-cov. rod. | have the result: I cut my hair^ off ly olose, and mercy . refer r York c has been ordered :o a-corlain if tho Mobil. -I had the business, I waa handsomer than before 1 I looked a very pioturo itsehief, my hair curled tighter than id my eyes wonld dance, spite of Northwestern railroad company baa any prop orty in that state, Judgment having been oh- j ‘‘ Ian.o.l aRmnut tho company by ‘Jefanlt for | alf tLesobcr books I rend, and all tbe ?li..4C7, in a suit brought hr A. Bano- ^ things I tried to think of. I took Bciij. Biploy, to recover an allied bal- j ^ nn t Hetty iuto my confidence, one day ! aneo for building fifty mile* of road bod. . j w jj en B f i0 came to the city to buy some In the fire which followed the colli- j furniture for her conntry house, and eion on the Baltimore and Potomac railroad j promised as soon an her sous started for bmt week, important package* and lottor* from J school, I would bo with her to spend tho oxecutive department*, and more than a j tho summer. I made my preparations thonsan-l official circular*, calling for reports ; secretly, nnd only on the day of my de- from national bank*, were burned: also 8400,- ; partnre asked and received permission 000 iu now national bank note-. But a largo | to go unwatched and alone. Used to portion of thi* amount may ho identified at my freaks, mamma asked no questions, tho department hero. Il eppeer. Die .mount ! bnt gavo mo Home a/IviCfr-to " wear a l„.l ten-ler, frTtiou.1 cnrrrnc I t'-ick veil in the ear*, not to take kur.M mil „ P roiim.to e«oo,DM, „on if it! Rioses ofl and not to wink at any one. . M , ’ i As though I ever knowiugly did wink ! My own sisters would not have known the little brown mouse of a girl that FROM WASHINGTON j ™ j n lhe car on „ 8 y to The solicitor of the treasury has pro- • Rockbridge. I had ordered a wig made nonneed a* fraudulent the claim of Hogg Fort, j of bright red hair, end it was a very of Tenne*»ee. and the secretary of the treaa- j marvel in itn way. Short, crisp, fiery urv hne directed action to bo brought apain*t curls covered my head closely, well Fort in tho UniG-d State* circuit court at N»M>-1 down on the neck, and twining lovely vino for the recovery of the money, .nd lot* ! around roy ear*. A dree* of water- railed the attention of tho attorney for the proof of the most nngracefttl out Ri.trirt of Cointnbia to the fact*, for ench ’ y 15m ®ke, green g . ... jy.Din u _: gloves two sizes too big, and with the ' ar * i exception of month and criminal or civil action iplexion, I hideous. Auntie would not believe that it was myself, until I had shown her my eyes, and spoken to her several times. I There was not a soul on the p! making at Barcelona j fhat had ever seeu me, except aunt s i of King Alfonzo. The city I uncle ; and as they called me “Lorlie,” FOREIGN. »thousand troops will be __d tho protty country girls I had After a little I forgot my part, and h ting the glasses fall unheeded in r lap, I pulled off tho yellow cotton ghA J had worn all day, and lying backward clasped my hands above my head, ten ted ly. After a minute ho said : “Maggie Thorne is entirely thrown awav on that old man. What a life fc a bright, fair woman to live, shut away in that quiet house.” Following his glance toward tho house on the other side of the road, I lazily answered: “ Imperial Gtroar, dead and turned to clay, Might stop a hole to keep tho wind away The look of utter amazement on face was too funny iih he gasped out Miss Lorlei, what are you? Hide and lovely at the sumo time, an unedu cated country girl firing Shakespeare that style. Yon wear those green glasses nil the time, and yet I have ticed you can see much farth better without them. Yon have the most exquisite hand I have nnd your feet are large enough for You bow like an empress, and tumble over your dress the next minute, can’t understand you." I kept my face through all his speech and then gave him answer, polling — my gloves : “ I don’t know what you mean by Shakespeare, and you need not insult my feet: I can’t help their size. What made yon bring ra'-, if only to tease And without further ceremony I left him more mystified than I saw him very often in the next two months, and learned to like him very much for his kindness to my awkward self. How much I liked him I scarcely know, until a letter from mamma came, saying that summer was long over and people were growing very carious as to my whereabouts. With a cold, side feeling at my heart, I took tho letter in my hand, and went through the orchard to the place where I had played “ Lor* for the benefit of Walter Gray. A STRANGE STORY. identical cannon described in your paper of 25th Dooombor), to roplaoo one of < 4 that 1 IN Tint 1UTTLH. our bridge, tho Von- after formed part of issue of the 25th of Decem ber appears an account of an old ora- non brought- up from tho bottom of tbo bay by tho seoop of tbo drodgeboat. Tn tlio sumo paper yon give several con jectural histories of tho pieeo of ord nance, nono of whioli, as I happen to know, have any deproo of truth, except, that tho cannon in question ouee formed part of tho armament of the fleet of Lilfikte—the bravo and good Lnfltto. From the cut and description given of it in your paper I recognize it as an old acquaintance. And, sira, it has a history, and a most, eventful, but brief one, and could it but speak wisbld toll itsown talc in language far moro oloquent, than T can. I am an old man now—“ in tho soro nnd yellow lenf," I .was many, yenra ago tho mout her of Hio company of tho bravo Ln fltto ; I am old now, olose on to ninety years, and though somo weak of limb and dim of night, yet-have remembrance of persons and ovonta of long ago re markably vivid. An old man lives in the past entirely; ho in fond of talking of tho bravo days of liiH yontli, of tho bravo men who lived then, of their deeds or daring, of their generosity, and of himself. 1 may, sirH, grow tedi ous amt prosy, bnt, permit mo to loll my story in my own way—tho story of theounnou—for, sirs, it has a story, and one of great interest. Yon will remember that a short time boforo tho great battle of Now Orleans, tho great and bravo Gen. Andrew .Tank- son induced our oaptalu, tbo brave Ln fltto, to help him fight tho British. T wol t remember tho day, when a small vessel—a schooner—-appeared off tho liar of what is now called Gulveston i«l- and. Hho displayed the American flag, fired a »un nnd then lowering hor na tional flag, ran a white flap to hor poak. Tlmt nraiint a parley. Lnfltto scanned tho now oohi&r olosoly with his glass for somo minutes, nnd then ordering his nred gig, pulled to the salmonor. then young and lusty, and no mited tho best, stroko in our navy, of tho gip’s oraw. Lnfltto iiirdod tho schooner, and he and mug Aroorioau ofiloor, whoso nnmo I awards lournod was Donnolson ut. Donnolson, of Don. .Taokson’s off— descended into the cabin. There they remained an hour or moro, and then they eanio out. As Lull .to stepped over tbo soboonor’a side to got intoJiis his gig, ho said to Donnolson, Gen. Jackson I will bo with him, rely on mo for at least eighty lolf. Tier s flat. wide, and only In yes and sunny temper keep hor from positive plainness. Hho has relieved all fear of perpetuating tho Lorleis.”—Tho Aldino, Good Things About Mules, Mules sro easier kept than horsos bo use they oat lens and will keep in good condition on poorer food. They by fnr less liable to disoaso. They more hardy and will ondnro degrees f heat, and cold that would prontly in- o horses. If they sometimes refuse go, they aro rarely known t, away, and, accordingly, they d ak harness, wagons, and earls, not speak of legs and arms. They are not naturally vicious, and most of their bud characteristics may bo ascribed D itivo education and to bad ex amples. ho power of ondurnneo of mulos if much beyond that of horses. They nr« *o-footed. They aro;accordingly, adapted ns beasts of burden t,( n a warm climate, to endure fa and to make trips over moun tains. MiiIom aro almost tho only re liniico of tho Inhabitants of Central am: Month America. They aro used foi 1 rawing plows, harrows, and hurvost- I for taking produce to market, and for all purposes of traveling, tho southern states they porforni nearly ninny useful purposes, and tin hardly a cotton, cano, or tobaooo : who would think that ho oould f theso crops without tho l mules. For plowing between tho rows of oul tivated crops the mule is in many spoots tho superior of tho horse, ‘ it are smaller and, accordingly, do s damage in stopping upon plants, u skin is tougher, and therefore if liable to be injured by defective no. The gait is more uniform accordingly the driver is not so likely to bocome wearied. As a rule, mules arc less liable to become irritated and frue account of tho prof bites of insects, and, consequently, do damage to crops among which they work. Mules may bo put to woik mnoli ...-rliftr than horses. There is in this respect at least tho advantago of • in tho favor of tho mule. In other ds, tho rntilo will do as much work n three years old as tho horse will when four. ‘ Tho mule not only begi to pay his way mueh earlier but o- il lumes to be useful much later in life. Wo have repeated accounts of mules continuing to do good service after they wore forty years old. A mul< “ r.roporty of tho late Prof. Map New Jersey, wos healthy, active, nnd fit for labor when it was sixty years old. It, is urged that tho mtilo is slow and awkward, but those faults arc largely tho results of bad breeding. Ah a rnlo, no care is taken in breeding mules. The dams of most mules aro animals that nc farmer wonld want to raise eolts from. They arc themselves slow and awkward and oftentimes lame and diseased. It is not to bo wondered nt that these defects reappear in the offsnrings of these uni- mala. Horses wonld be slow and uwk raised from animals i can expect nothing of tho mules. ward if they ’ of this sort, and r different in tbe ca ilinmiostsd ami there will be a rsview the servants never suspected that I was J Bitterly I regretted my masquerade, lor Ye Prophttibh of ye House,—Juli: Berners, iu a tract on hunting printed by Wynkyn de Wordo in 1490 gives ns “ ye propry ties of a good horse The propry tics" of a good horse: A good horse sholde have fifteen good propry- ties and coudyciours ; that is, to wyte three of a man, three of a woman, three of a foxo, three of a liaare, and three of an asso. Of a man, tooled, prowde and hardy ; of womnn, fayre breasted, fayre of heere, and easy to move; of a foxo, a fayre t ay lie, short cores, with u good trotte; of a haaro, a grete eye, a dry heed, and well redny- ing ; an asso, a bygge^chynn, flatlegge, and a good hoof, iiled artillerists. The name of the sohoonor John Hancock,” nnd a neat dipper hIio was. We pulled buck to the foil, iiifitto saying not a word, but pulling i his quick, nervous way ; hinmuntaohu proved to us he was planning some don rale work. Tlmt night the sohoonor Iglied and loft. The noxt morning fro wuh a grand ooirtloil hold nt the fort. All this occurred a long, long time ago—nearly sixty years ago I Mon iUcu! how time does fly ! Tt scorns Imt itorday, Well, sirs, I don’t want to tedious, but an old man in naturally tirriiloiiH, Ho has so much to live r in thought. Ho, sirs, boar with patiently. don't know what happoned in the ..noil, but two days after throe of our best vessels, with the flower of our fili busters, sailed for Now Orleans, nudor tho oommnml of tho HIlAVIfi UAFITTK HIMSELF, TuS&vot, his right bower, boing with After four days’ sail wo entered tho Mississippi river, and soon anchored IT Now Orleans, a littlo liolow tho oily, then a gunner on board tho ten- brig Vengeance, commanded by Ghanvot, a bravo but cruel man. When tho British forces under Fookenlmm ap proached the city, in January, 1815, wo up and nnohorod above tho city. wiki bustle and preparation. Wo took out most of tho cannon and placed them in position in tho works General Jack sop hud hastily thrown up at Ohalinotto, and one hundred and twenty picked artillerists, or gunners, with iill our officers, headed by tho bruvo LafUte in person, manned thorn. On tho 8th day of January the Brit ish opened a terrific fire on ns with their field pieces, but as wo were safe behind our earthworks nnd cotton bales, let them waste their powder. Lnfltto sir brave LafUte I nh, how grand lie looked I how his black eves flushed I Oh, ho was the genius of the fight 1 'low Itis Frenoh blood boiled at tho iglit of a red ooat I Loh Anfflaiu pnr- (Idonl Jackson, tall and gaunt, wuh moving his men, occasionally observing British lino with ills glass, and nrning anon to encourage his Tqnnos- >ans und Kentuckians. How impa int those rifleman appeared ! But Jackson’s orders were, “ Reserve your e, men, for close quarters ! ” Protty soon tho cannonading ceased, and then we oonld boo the long und solid line of British advancing, first at a slow, steady pace, then a double quick. When they wore within throe hundred hundred yards of our works, Lnfltto, springing upon a gun oarriago, tbundored out, “ Fire I ” A acre Lieu! What a sheet of flame leaps forth from our guns I Then Jackson, with a clear ringing voice that oould ho hourd above tho roar of bat tle, oriod out: “ Make every shot toll io low, my boys!” Grack ! crack nt tho unerring rifles. Oar guns roared. Grape, canister and round shot went crushing through tho advanc ing ranks. The foe reeled under tho fire. For an instant they faltered—for an instant only—then with closed ranks they again advanoed, under a most with ering and deadly fire. A general oflloor loads them. He mounts the parapet, wuving ins sword and oheering on his men. Lafltte springs toward him, pistol in hand. A flash—Pnckenhnm fulls shot through tho heart. The waver, and then retreat, in groat con fusion and disorder, to tho shelter of their war vessels. Lafltte was for charging them, but Jackson, cool and collected, said “no.” Our forces were too smull, and bayonets wore scarce; so we remained behind our breast-works and poured volleys of grape into them until they were out of range. Mon bleu! how my old blood is stirred at these remembrances. Well, about the gun 1 Patience, messieurs, I am coming to the gun. Well, sir, after thoBritish fleet had sailed down tho river, we went over tho battle field, picking up tbe plunder. Among many other things left in their husty departure the British loft a six-pounder, a field-! ’ ftC0 » R l uc k the mire, with one wheel shattered. It was a beauty ; almost new. The date of its costing waa in—1813. After remaining in New Orleans a few days, we prepared for our departure. Among other things givou Lafltte by Gen, Jackson was this .six-pounder (the It was placed gennoo, nnd o\ hor armament. When we roturnod to Galveston, Ln- fltto called us all together—men aud oflloers—and told us that he was deter mined to givo up following the sea. and would leave us ; tlmt if we desired, wo oould choose a now loader. We were very sorry to hear this, for we all loved our intropid and generous Lnfltto, and ondoavorod to shako his rosolutiou. But he was firm, and so we went iuto an election, and Ohnuvot, Lafitto’s first- nontenant, was chosen our lenders. Shortly after, Lafltte bndo iih adieu, and taking one ship, the Ohiquitn. sailed for Houhli America. 1 remained behind on tho island with Ghanvot. Ghanvot was not tho leader Lnfltto was. He liked dash und enterprise ; lie was orosu; oruel, harsh, avaricious and prbearing. We fonrod him, but. did not love him as wo did Lafltte. Well, day Ohnuvot took command of tho Vengeance, tiro fastest- vessel and host armed of onr navy, nnd sailed into the gulf for a cruise. Wo stopped nt one f the Florida Koys, and, while there, Ghanvot received somo dispatches, the contents of which seemed to give him intense pleasure. Ho immediately weighed anchor and mil into the Atlan tic, heading for Hattorns. After we got- off Hattorus, n man was kept day and night- aloft-, on tho look-out., with orders to report ovory sail ho saw. One day, T think it was sometime in tho month of March or April, 1815, the man aloft reportod a strange sail on our lar board. Ghanvot soized his glass, aud after viewing the stranger for some time, ordered tho men piped to quarters, aud the docks cleared for notion. I war then tho gunner of tho sumo identical six-pounder onpturod at New Orleans. Ah! hut iho was a beauty. I novel missed with hor. Wo kept tho stranger iu sight until dark, nnd then, trader press of sail began to crawl upon her. Blio was i fust, sailer, but Mon IHou / she was i tortoise compared to tho Vengeance. About daybreak noxt day wo wore olosi enough to mnko her out distinctly. She was a pilot boat built sohoonor, and was armed; two guns amid-Rhips nnd a swival forward. We rnu about 200 ca bles’ lougth distant from her, undOlmu- vet., mounting tho railing, hnilod her. Hho replied that she was tlio American privateer schooner Patriot, bound from Georgetown, South Carolina, to New York, nnd ran up tho Stars and Stripes. Glmnvnt, instead of displaying the Venezuelan flag, under wliioh we usu ally sailed, flung to tho breeze tho ter rible black flag, aud fired a broadside into hor. Mon bleu! the Yankees were no oowards, and they replied with their starboard gun and their swivel And well aimed they wore, too, for wo lmd four men killed and some six wounded by the diHolmrgo, hobbles hav ing our rigging badly out up. After a sharp but brief oonlliot wo carried lier by hoarding, and every soul was oith< put t« the sword, or If AIMS FOOD FOIl SHARKS own peculiar way. Ah I bnt didn’t my pot, my beauty—mv little six-pnnuder, do good work I Novr“ 1 boro in tho bravo days Of LMltto. They will romembor tho host gunner Lnfltto nnd Ghanvot ever had, tho best onrBmnn, and tho one whom they niok- namvd “ I'Eoolipr." If you publish this in your paper, please oorroot. tho English and put somo polish to my rough sentoneoB, for I liavo pride vet in maintaining the repu- i for r cholnrship I enjoyed attong the brave filibusters of out loved Lnfltto, Adieu, messieurs, Jean Baitistk Gat.listub. Galonsizu, La., Deo. 28, 1874. National Bank-Note Counterfoils. Any one who handles monoy nt all occasionally gets hold of counterfeit hills, although some arc snob olevor im itations that oven the experts are puz zled to distinguish them. It. is somo- wlint startling, however, to he told, ou the authority of tho note printing bu reau, tlmt. seven out of nine denomina tions of tho nationul hank notes liavo been counterfeited. The makers of the spurious notes are getting moro nnd moro export every year, the reoont issue of imitations of the notes of the Trad er’s National hank of Chicago being tho most skillful ami dangerous over sent out. The counterfeiter, nftor having once perfected snob a plate ns this, is not limited to using it on any one bank, hh a cunngo of names and signatures can easily bo made, so that it may do servioo for a dozen, Tlio amount, of long nnd oaroful labor ho has to per form is an important consideration in his nefarious business. It requires from ono to two years to execute tho plates containing the vignettes, lottor ing and goomotrfo lathe-work, the lat ter boing done by hand. But if the operator turns out a good plate of auy denomination, ho leaves a blnuk on tho face for tlio name of tho hank, ougravos as many titles and signatures on differ ent pieces of steel as tlioro are hanks upon which ho desires to alter notes, and thus his work is complete. Tlio occasional captures of counterfeit ers and their plates have really had tho vory slightest effects iu reduoing tlio amount, of spurious ourronoy iu circula tion. While they have been so success ful in imitating hank notes, it is ro markable that they liavo altogether failed with their legal-tenders, only two donomiuatious of these over having boon counterfeited. Their offorts iu this direction sro said to ho balked by tho peculiar kind of paper tlio greenbacks aro printed on, whioli protects them from counterfeiters, as no mill in tho country oould furnish it to any other party than tho government without bo ing almost immediately exposed. shot missed. Hho behaved splendidly. And didn’t I pot and kiss hor when the fight was over and the prizo scoured. A prize indeed the patriot proved. Him Jmd boon oruising for Borne months, depredating upon british oommorco, and was returning to New York to di vide tho plunder. After wo had disposed of tlio dead and living privatoormon, Ghanvot do- inded into tho cabin, and pretty soon ... called out in an angry tone for mv- soil and my mate to go ♦« him. We descended and found him in tlio cabin, confronted by a beautiful womnn, who hold an empty bottle in her baud, with whioli she lin'd struck Gliauvot, who lmd attempted, it seems, to make too free with nor. Ho ordered us to tie hor Imml and foot and convey her on board the Vengeance and plane her in his cabin. Wo obeyed him; but she fought us, and did all she oould to jump overboard. After gritting the onpturod vessel, and transferring tho valuables to tlio Ven geance, wo fired hor, and then headed for Galveston island. Just after wo entered tho gulf, and while Hying tho Venezuelan ting, w« had a torrlbto fight with a Spanish cruiser, and boing badly hulled and out up, and aftor losing one-third of our crow (»h ! the bravo follows—bow gal lantly they fought I), wo took advantugo of a foggy night to draw off, ami under full press of canvas mado for tho island. Upon onr arrival we found the Ven geance so badly damaged that it became necessary to remove from her hor arma ment and all valuables, and sent her to r navy yard for repairs. We lmd gotton everything off but threo or four guns, my littlo six-pounder among tho number, whon ono night, through tho infernal carelessness of the watchman, tho Vengeance caught fire and burned to tho water’s edge, and in a few hours after sank in the ohunnol between our town, on the east end of Galveston island, aud our navy yard, which was about half a mile to the west. All, how my heart bled to lose my little pot—my littlo six-pounder. 1 grieved over its loss even us I grieved over the death of one of my comrades. O, littlo beauty, I littlo hoped ev« hear of yon again. Yes, sirs, that non desoribed in your paper, is my lost pot. I know her. Have I not handled her ? Don’t J know every mark on her ? Tlio marks you denoribo near tho cross were made by a cursed Spanish shot in our engagement in the gulf. If I were not. ho old nnd so feeble I would travel to Galveston to see once more my litilo pet. . , The woman captnrod on tho privateer died a few days after our arrival in Galveston. Hhe was a vory handsome woman, and I afterwards learned was tho daughter of a distinguished Ameri can. Her clothing—which was of the finest material—was marked “T. A.,” und she hud a golden locket containing a portrait of a beautiful boy. A “ 1 ' “ A Fish's Oaro of Its Young. An English writer nutiHBheB an intor (Miliug statement—whioli wo quote in full—of somo froBil obflorvntionH upon tlio lmbita of a member of tlio porch family in the nurture of hor young. Ho says : “While on tho point of t iking my aooustoured movn-plungo in ono of the dear, pobbly streams that find thoir way into the plains from tho northern mountain-ranges of Trinidad, my atten tion was attracted by tho eccentric movo monte of a small fish of tho prroh tribe. In general, this fish is extremely shy, scudding oil into deep water, or under some over-hanging bank, on the ap proach of man. On this occasion, how ever, on putting my hand into tlie wa ter, the fish, to my astonishment, darted forward again nnd again, striking my hand with considerable force. Rather at a loss to oooount for snob temerity in a fish only four inches long, I watched its movements narrowly, and nt last found out tho cause. In a smull hollow close by, about tho size of half an egg, artistically excavated from tho quartz- sand, a multitude of tiny fish were hud dled together, their minute fins and tails in constant motion. They had ap parently been only very recently hatch ed, nnd were no larger than common houBo-ilicB. The parent fish kept jeal ous watch over hor progeny, ro- eating any attempt ou my part to touoli them. Next morning, accompanied by my father and brothers, T returned to tho spot, which I had carefully marked tho day before. For some lime, however, wo searched in vain tor tho fish and her young. At length, a few yards further up the stream, wo discovered tlio parent guarding her fry with jealous care, in a cavity similarly sooopod out of tho course sand. Auy attempt. t,o introduce one’s finger wuh vigorously opposed by tho watchful mother. This is tlio first and only instance that has come under my notice of a llsli watching ovtr , ”“ young, and conveying them, threatened by danger, to somo place.” Raising Tobacco in tho South. In many portions of tho south, ho- fore tho war, vory muoh of tho tobaooo used among tho farmers was grown upon farms and plantations. In Mis- u , sissippi, Florida, Georgia, Alulmmo, jiuuiau<i, Scotland tho Garolinas and Louisiana, there was considerable tobacco grown but a low years ago. Now there is but littlo at- tout ion paid to growing this vory im- .. Nothwii nHl r. UUki fiM “ home twist FACTS AND FANCIES. —Tlio groat desert of Africa ha<« nearly tlio present dimensions of tho United States. —If Evo should come now people would say, What big feet shn has ! No ono would tempt hor witli applos. They would throw thorn at hor.— New York Herald. —Forty girls will run after a snob with a gold-headed cano whore one Will shy up to a follow with sound horse sense. —Tho other day ft Blnglmmpton girl offered to lot ft countryman kiss her for live cents. "I gad,” exclaimed tho luioolio youth, " that’s darn ohoap if a follow only had tlio monoy.” —Petroleum springs have boon dis covered in Northorn Germany, which in purity, clearness and specific weight, aro Haiti’to surpass those of tho United Staten. There aro also many in Russia. —A Georgia papor knows a man who wont nil the way from Gassvillo to At lanta. On his return he lookod solemn with tho weight or garnered wisdom, nnd said: "If tho world is as big t’other way as it is that, it’s a whopper.” Wo don’t want to mako anybody mad, nor discourage truo genius, yet we oim’t help but believe that tlio man who spends his tirao writing the Lord’s Prayer in a circle the sizo of a threo- cent- piece had better bo seen working around his woodpile. —Worse than evolution.—Ben Butler said in a spoooh in congress the other day that ho " stood erect in tho imago of tlio God who mado him, and doalt with principles an seemed to him right.” If it gets nut that Bon. Bntlor is an imago of God tlioro will bo a mighty spread of infidelity through Hie country. —Tho navigators of the boisterous Bay of Biscay lately enoonntord a new terror in the shape of icebergs wliioh had been driven tlioro by the lato sovotO storm. Icebergs, though fonnd farther south, liavo rarely entered the limits of this hay, and, hence their presence thero is an ovont of peculiar mterest. —Tlio Now York Tribune notes that, whereas, a Brooklyn preacher is pitch ing into theaters, the builders of tlio now Globe play house in Boston have to some extent, imitated tho pew sys tem. Ono hundred seats havo been sold outright in a kind of fco simple, to bo held by tho buyers, their heirs, aud nssigDB forovor. —In tho official aooount just iBHued by the Prussians, it is admitted that at Gravelotte Comte do Moltke nearly lost the battle. Tho official dooumont says: " Oomlo do Moltko was not always so well informed as if ho wore tlio director of both armies. Ho attacked, ns lie believed, tlio right wing of tho onemy, whou it was their centre, tho error was soon corrected from tbe want of ability on tho part of Bozaino; but it is honor ably avowod that tho error might have proved calamitous.” —Tlioro is a reasonable doubt ns to tlio paternity of tlio present king of Spain; or, rather, there is no doubt whatever, among a good many people, that liiu legal father nnd tho genuine urtiolo aro in nowise related to each other—are, in faot, two people. Tho sumo was held to bo a peculiarity of tlio late Napoleon: and thero aro even those—especially of English birth— who do not hesitato to oast tlie camo Hort of a shadow ovor tho paternity of the prince imperial. Thero seems to ho some difficulty about royalty in Franco and Bpniu, in that no ruler in oithor country is permitted to bo tho son of Ids father, or tlio fathor of his son.—Chicago Timet, —In tho Now York postoffloe there is n clerk whoso memory of tlio oflloo brings him back to tho year 1885 when n young womnn used to call ovory weok for a lottor addr ssud to "Miss Mary H. Russell, post office." The regular ity of hor visits, her constant reserve, and the quiotuoBH with which she re sented inquiry as to her history and occu pation excited in tho office a Curiosity which was nover gratified. Until within ten years she made her calls with aoous- tomed regularity aud was nover disap pointed in her expectation of a letter. Binoe, she has not been soon, but the Jotters oomn as of old. They aro for warded to the dead-lotter office where t-hoy uro opened, bnt oontain no olne to tho identity of either the writer or the reoipient. In each is a 85 note, with a lino saying when the next remittance will bo mado—nothing m^re. Immigration.) Tlio report of tho chief of tho bureau of statistics has tho following table, containing a comparative statement of immigration by eonntiros ethnologioally grouped for tho four tlsoal years, from July 1, 1870, to Juno 80, 1874: th nolo-, Year ended June 30-- -, 1871. 1H7’J. 1873. 1874. On tlio locket wore the words, "To ray wife, Theodosia.” Hho was buried ou tho island, a fow hundred yards to the east of tho old fort on tho point. Tt was whispered among tho mon that Ghanvot had killed her, because she would not yield to his wishes. I hope, sirs, you will exoiiao the prosy talk of an old man. I am nearing my end—havo much to repent of. But whon I saw tho desonprion in your papor of my loBt pot, I felt compelled to write you tho truth about her. My old comrades, who may bo living—and somo were living in Texas a yjar ago— cun bear witness to the truth of what T have written. I am nearing tho grave. A few weeks, nay, days, and T may be gone. There aro but few of my old oomradcs living. Those that 11 nortant *orop. The old " homo twist is hardly to bo soon, whore a fow years ago littlo other was to bo had. Tho poorer cl asses, with tho colored popula tion, since tho settlement among them of tho northern element, linvo re ceived vory luxurious notions in their drinking, smoking, and chewing habits. Tho flnost whisky or brandy is sought uftor, while " wliito wheat” and " peach and molasnos ” aro fast going out of use. Fino smoking brands of tobaooo arc in nso, as well as tho most popular plug aud lino outs. Those who should be the producers aro consumers of tho very article they oould grow moro cheaply than others. How ranoh like nonseusoit looks for Connecticut, Iowa. Missouri, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennosso to raise tobacco for tho south und a largo export trade ! The idea that cotton had oeasod to be king in tho south was a most absurd nnd premature one. That moro corn is grown, wo do not deny, but not to tho considerable extont wo have been led to believe by tho reports of those who dosiro to mako it a oorn-produoing country. . Experiments have boon made in more 17^430 68,733 77,344 33,707 M,43l 147.300 169,347 07,633 andDanmrk. 1 ?! 33,133 38,373 35,481 10,178 Btln: nolglnm, ■mf Fort a Ball*!” 0.803 18,860 28,361 81,601 7.7B8 90,333 13,776 other oountrie* 1,417 4,) ;al immisranlH.891,860 404,1 16,043 of thin number wor treat Dfltaln, uot specified." i reported aa t than thirty counties in Texas, tho past season, in growing tobacco of tho vari ous varieties, to test their adaptability to that soil aud climate. The greater part of those tests havo been mado in northern and oentral counties of the state, where the Missouri and Ohio population has settled. With a pro tracted drouth and an early frost, still the result to the planters has been the most satisfactory. Toxaa will beoomo ono of nnr most excollent tobaooo states.—Cor. Rural World. —Tlio fact that twenty-seven'men wanted by tho Sir Francisco police for deserting their wives indicates a change of sentiment from the time when the —- first white woman was received in Oali- remember mo wlien they read the namo I foroia with a precision, Jim Fisk's Estate. An inventory just mode of the Jim Fisk estate, which at the time of his killing was reokoned at millions, shows that, with all olaims paid and suitB set tled, it is $187,500 worse tlmu nothing. The inventory put it originally at 8100,* 0P0. Half a million has been paid out in the settlement of olaims. Tho worth less stock fonnd in his possession aggre gates $100,000 at par value. His Wid ow’s legal expenses have been enormous, and only tho lawyers in the ease appear to have got anything out of the man’s pocket. His jewelry waa valued at $5,000. Tho legacies to his father and mother, and the Misses Morse, ana to Mr*. Hooker, bis eisterjnrte been paid in part. Only *8,000 wont in Iiornefleah, a single borne, too. Six hundred tboueand dollars .re tied np in lnw-euits. HiB mistress, Some Mans field, Hues lor *56.000, and bee just rooovored *35,000, and hopes ebe may get it. Albert Bpeyere, the broker whom Fisk, on black Friday, left, na Fiek pnt it, “to carry ont hie oorp«e, enes lor *500,000, which he bought in for Fiek " aooount, nnd went crazy about it when tlie margin was not fortboomtog.. lit short, the groat eetute has Gone WuW 1 , the woodbine twinetb.