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CEDARTOWN RECORD.
W. S. D. WIKLE & 00., Proprietors.
CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1875.
VOLUME H. NUMBER !).
TIMELY TUriCS.
The death o' Hftns Christian Ander
son, tho poet nud novelist of Denmark,
is announced. His was a gentle, genial
Rpirit, and his works havo helped to
hotter tho world.
Brigham Young lias tiled his amended
answer to the complaint of Ann. Eliza
Young. Ho says hie relations with thnt
lady were f a polygamous nature, and,
therefore, she has no olaim on him.
This is a cool ooufessiou thnt all his
children nro bastards, and hia wives by
Mormon marriages oouanbinos, which
would seem to bo tho fact.
Reports oontinuo to nrrivo of tho dis
astrous efleet* produced l>y tho recent
rains throughout tho west, and ospoeinl-
ly in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, nud Iowa.
Wholo section* of oounlrynro Hooded,
aud the damage to grain crops not yot
harvested or standing in the shock is
immense. Railroad tracks nud fences
nro washed away, and in many instances
houses and barns have boon destroyed.
Tub committee appointed to count
tho funds in the treasury on tho retire
ment of Mr. Bpinnor nro about ready
to make their report. They havo boon
engaged for the post week in nu invest
gntiou of tho $47,(XX) robbery, nud aft
taking a mass of testimony without
inculpating any piugla individual, ex
pross tho opinion that tho money was
taken by an omployo of the cash-room ;
and, further, that it is possible for suoh
robberies to occur at any time.
ties aud tho general bad management
was ajarge proportion of deaths among
tho convicts. Tho oirmimstauco thnt
somo United States prisoners were oon-
tlued in tho Penitentiary has served to
briug to light tho horrible facts, but
there is reason to feor that no ohnngo
has been made in tho system, nud tho
rnelties nro continued at tho present
hour.
The mannfuo! ura of glucose, or corn
syrup, should tic very profltablo in this
country. Tho foreign article; of which
immouBO quantities have boon imported
sinco 18(57, is charged 20 per cent, duty,
besides ooeati freight. This advantage
to the homo manufacturer is enhanced
by tho fact thnt tho raw material iu tho
United States is far cheaper than in
Europe. A buahol of corn iu Illinois
costs from 00 to GO cents, iu Now York
85 cents, while tho European manufno
turer of glucose and ginpo sugar has to
pay 81.25.
As Washington died before tho oloso
of tho administration of John Adams,
there vsh, of course, no cx-prasidont
living when ho was gone; i nd now,
again, tho death of Andrew Johnson
lcavoa tho country wiUiout a living ex-
president. Within throe poesidontial
I terms, five president*—Pierce, Bn-
" ohanan, Lincoln, Fillmore, mid John
son havo diod, Mrs. Polk, Mrs. Fill
more, Mrs. Tyler, Mrs. Lincoln, mid
Mrs. Johnson, tho wivos of presidents*
aro living. But two ex-vice presidents
—Ilnmlin and Colfax—nro living.
The English having loaned the Turk
ish government soveral hundred millions
of dollars for tho purpose of afTooting
“ internal improvements,” arc now get
ting somewhat, alarmed when they Hud
tho sultan spending tho groater part cf
the money on personal luxuries. Tho
sultan in fact lias entirely too much fam
ily, his wives numbering oight hundrod
and the household expenses alone
amounting to 810,000,000. This itom
alouo keeps him "sick,” and tho sooner
England oan indnoo him to settle down
with ono wife tho bettor it will bo for
nil parties concerned.
Tiir Army and Navy Journal, com
menting upon the ravages of the yolhiw
fever at Pensacola, very sensibly sug- regard to I**
gests that, ns tho soldiers stationed at
tho two forts thero are really not needed Jay. which
in time of peaco, tho place should bo
abandoned in tho sickly season ami the
troops scut to a healthier locality, thus
avoiding tho awful sacrifice of human
life which has characterized the snmmor
occupation of tho Pensacola station,
and doing away with tho danger to the
wholo southern country and possibly to
several northern seaports through the
truusmssion of the disease.
The Chinese aro going to engngo iu
tho foolish business of making war on
Kashgar. Tho dispatch states that
this movement is on account of “tho
alleged discovery that tho rulers of
that tributary stato are preparing to
revolt against tho Chinese authority.”
Tho Chinese conquered Kashgar, in
eastern Tnrkistan, about tho year 1750
from the Tattars. In 18G3 th& Tartars
revolted, and under Mahommes Yakub
Bog drove tho Chinese out, bag and
• baggage. Yakub Beg has been ac
knowledged as the ruler of Kashgar by
Rn.flia, to whom he pays tribute. The
Chinese may collect somo tribute there,
but Kashgar is quite an independent
Btnte and Yabug Beg is a brave and
dashing warrior, who will doubtless
whip tho Celestials again if they under
take to ooerce him.
Senator Jonhs, of bonanza fame, is
making a great effort to create n sensa
tion about his new town Sauta Monica,
•100 miles south-east of Ban Francisco,
on tho Paoiflo. Ho is building a rail-
road from that point to oouneot with
tho Union Paoiflo railroad, a distance of
eight hundrod miles, and ho has
ranged with tho Paoiflo Mail Steamship
oompany to allow thoir ves?ols to touch
at tho now port. This movement of
tho senator is not regarded with muob
favor Ly tho people of Ban Frnnoisoo,
who seo in Santa Monica a possibly
successful rival for commercial supre
macy on tho Paoiflo coast, as tho harbor
nt that point is an excellent oni
said that thero is a strong probability
that tho estabishmeut of Sauta Monica
as a seaport will load to tho division of
California into two states, as the pooplo
iu tho southern districts aro growing
tired of their dopendonoo on Sau Frnn
oisoo and the griuding monopoly of tho
Central Paoiflo railroad.
Tub duko of Suthorlaud's wicker
oofllns, now attracting attention in Eng
land, where tho undertakers havo held
a mooting to protest against tho uso of
thorn, seem to furnish a solution of tho
much-mooted question about tho best
way of disposing of tho dead. Thoy
iply oofllu shaped baskots of
wicker, in which tho dead are laid with
evorgreeu boughs, flowers, resinous
wood, or whatever olso iB liked, placid
about them. They readily decay and
allow the body to rotnru to the dust
from which it came. Their cost is but
slight—not oomparablo with that of
rosewood oofllns and motnlio caskets—
and tho thought of death and dooay be-
comos leso repulsive when wo think of
being buried thus. Tho objections
ngsiust vaults and hermetically sealed
oofllns are great: if their purpose is to
prevent dissolution of tho eompages ol
tho flesh thoy do not accomplish it, and
tho horrible scenoa witnessed when old
vault* E-o opened—whero water has
coino through or tho bodies-aro found
in a loatlisomo doliquosoenco in which
they float - nro infamous if they can bo
prevented, as they oan bo by tho uso of
the wicker coffin.
Only about 55,000,000 acroB, out of n
Inl arcs 507,000,000, nro under cultivation In
tho soutliorn states.
Tho present Reason will undoubtedly
ovntlin nooessliy of constructing Impreg
nable loyocs on tho lower Mississippi.
Juo. Phillips, ooloroil, ono of tho
urdorors of Prank Williams, near Shawnee
Village, Ark., and who osospod from tho mob
which lyncliod his confederate, Jtto. Ran
dolph, has Icon arrowed. Ho was found
mortally wounded.
M. II. Stowe, a Virginia mineralogist,
ys that if tho at ate was worked with tho
at mo skill California in, tho profits would bo
as groat in proportion. Tho geld Holds ox-
tond tho wholo length of tho state, in some
places forty mllos wide.
A convention will ho hold in Romo,
Ga., on tho 0th of October next, for tho pur-
Pobo of securing an organisod and unltod
effort for tho oponing of tho Coosa rivor
its tributaries to navigation, nud uniting thorn
l»y a short canal with tho waters of tho upp
Toiiuobhco. Alt persons fooling nn interest
in tho enterprise aro invited to attend.
North Carolina furnishes throe-fourths
of tho dried blackberry crop of this country
IT),000 barrola of tho ‘20,000 raisod. Tho
Augusta, (la., Constitutionalist dooa not wish
to see its stato waste any longer a crop that
paid North Carolina *500,000 last yoar. It
mtonds that drying blaokborrlos at BJtfo.
pound is uioro profltablo than raising cotton
A MUSSEL SHELL.
AY.
115c.
Wm. (lilmoro Sims, tho distinguished
mitlu-rii novelist, Imriod iu Magnolia coma-
mont. The committee having llio matter iu
charge has adopted the suggestion of a bronze
bust on a granite pedestal, similar to that
eroded in New York Central Park to Hum
boldt. Wlion complotod It will rest about
*2,500.
Tho Uuitcd Btatos Economist of last
Saturday has this encouraging Itom out lh«
trade prospect iu our Hoolion "It iu the
opinion of well-informed .business mon that
the sunt horn and western fall trade will ho
more than usually actlvo. Indeed, the large
crops in theno sections promise this result.
Trade with the middle and eastern slat oh is
not expected to lie more than fair, they being
rather manufacturing sentions and tho last to
r«. jvor after a season of commercial depres
sion.”
LATE NEAVS SUMMARY.
BAST.
Olio hundrod children aro dying in
New York daily of cholera infantum.
From May 22d to July 21th tho num
ber of deaths from small-pox, In Now York,
was 1,082, or a fraotion over 120 por week.
WEST
A dispatch, from Athens, O , says
the Hocking Valley in completely submerged,
and tho ii*n is within tliroo inches of tho
greatest over known. Crops aro a total loss,
and reports of other lossos como in constantly.
Tho recent storms in central Illinois
have dono imioonso damage to crops, bridges
and railroads. Tl.o loss Is estimated to amount
to a million of dollars; that of Morgan county
alone is noarly a quarter of a million.
Advices from Rio Janeiro report that
the Argent ino government has rondo a moder
ate and pacific reply to tho Brazilian
raguayan trontu
i dispelled. The
n ongagod repaii
i the United
dlroct cable, has arrived at Deal.
Lato reports from tho Black Hilln
lie that tho gold discovorios reported by
of. Jonney and miners are daily confirmed
■ recent prospecting- Prof. Jonney believes
at mines in Jennoy's gulch will average
three to four cents a pan, which is considered
a cautious figure, while minors along Hpring
crook place thoir lowest rate above that figure,
and tho maximum is without limit. An im
mense lodge has also been discovered seven to
eight miles in oxtont north. It promises to
be of groat valuo.
God. Crook aud escort has arrived ot
Camp Crook, as commander, and carried out
the orders of President Grant and
MISCELLANEOUS.
Tho number of deaths from yellow
foyer at Barrancas havo boon 25 out of 72
oases. There havo boon throe now cases and
ono death sinco Halnrdav.
That Keely motor appears to ho a
sad misnomer. It is dooldodly stationary. No
application lias been mudo for a patent, and
the unat drm’niH feet relieved.
Tho public debt statement shows tho
decrease of tho debt siuoo July OOUi (0 ho
*1,27-1,887; coin balance, *08,042,700; our*
roncy balance, * 1,31(1,OO'.I; coin certificates,
*27,725,100.
The assistant treasurer at Now York
has been directed by tho secretary of l
treasury to sell gold during the month
August as follows: *1,BOO,000 on tho ll
and third Thursdays each, and *1,000,000
tho rocond ami fourth Thursdays each. Total,
*5,000,000.
The Mark Lane Expross, in its wcokly
rovlow of tho corn trado, says tho cereal crop
Just reaching maturity, has boon saved by
line woathor. Wo may yet havo a moderate
harvest iu good order. The upward move-
stopped and prices have rolapsed,
partly in consoquonoo of foreign arrivals,
which hi e unusually froo; but current rates
scarcoly roach tho average, anil lire Htlll below
f lait yoar. Tho harvest in Franco is
ing rapidly, but gonoraf roports indi-
i than a fair average yiol.l, although in
Paris and Marseilles prices havo fallen two
shillings. Belgian and German markets show
a similar change. Ollloial accounts of crops
In Austria and Hungary show there Is inoro
likelihood of a deficiency than a surplus.
From tables prepared by tho depart
ment of agriculture, it appears that the aver
age prlco of farm labor with hoard in tho
United States is *12 -10 per month, bolng a
decline r r nearly twenty per cent, sinco 18(5'.).
Part or this difference, howovor, is found in
tho disproportion in nuirfbors of laborers of
the higher and lower classes In ofilcion v aud
monoy valuo. Tho calculations aro based on
tho numbers given respectively in tho census
f 18(50 and 1870, and In the luttor the slaves
f tho former period, who had no place in tlial
numeration, are included as farm laborers
lcroaslng tho proportion of low-priced luhoi
ud reducing tho average. Tho avorago prici
f labor, with board, in tho soutliorn states li
progroi
Tho committee on information and
statistics of tho Now OrloauH cotton
change] to whom has boon ontrnstod the
duty of compiling a national crop report
mnuo up from tho returns of various ex
changes, appointed therofor by tho na
tional exchange, submitted tho following
for tho month of July :
Now Orleans department, covering
that part of Mississippi not apportioned
to Memphis aud Mobile, tho entire State
of Louisiana nnd Htuto of Arkansas
south of tho Arkansas rivor and Louisi
ana—Wo havo roooived sixty-tliroo an
swers from thirty-ouo parishes, nnd thoir
avorago date in to tho 15th inat. Tho
character of tho woathor is generally re
ported as favorable, more ho than at tho
satno period last yoar, though our Intunt
dates bring ns complaints of drouth.
Blands aro generally good and better
than last yoar. Tho plant is blooming
and boiling woll, labor efficient iiiul
present condition of crop much hotter
than compared with last yoar, except iu
certain districts where rain in needed,
Mississippi—Olio hundrod letters have
boon received from thirty-two counties
in this Htuto, nearly nil dated
15th, the uniformity of date being a
groat improvement. Tho olmraetov of
tho woathor for tho pant month lms born
mainly favorable, with, however, con
siderable exceptions. Homo letters oom-
plain of too much rain, others want of
It, tho oppoBito roports coming often
from the same county, showing nn uu-
usual partial distribution of rain. Plan
tations not five miles apart have had too
much nnd two little rains. One-fourth
of tho letters state tho plant is too largo
and growing too fast to fruit well, and
is in an unfavorable condition to receive
oithor a protracted drouth or wet spoil,
A vory few complain of boll worms and
shedding, but no apprehension of Oh tor-
pillars, none in uoticoahlonumbers hav
ing appeared. Htands generally good
nud laborers working well.
ArknnHUK—Forty answers from twenty-
ono counties rco’oivod. Tho woather
has beon generally dry. Occasional
showers havo prevented any damage,
and, on tho whole, it has been more
favorablo than lust year, almost as good
as oould bo wished. Htnudn nro reported
uniformly good and tho plant looking
remarkably well. Tho general condition
is undoubtedly tho finest known for a
number of yours, nnd. excepting some
apprehension of n possible drouth, none
of our correspondence areas cheerful as
this.
Nashville department—Over two hun
dred answers roport tho weather ns gen
erally seasonable, a few reporting heavy
rains, which wore sectional. Stands are
good to hotter, with some complaints of
too rapid growth. Laborers nro work
ing woll, nud tho present condition
compares favorably with luat yonr.
Homo sections report tho plnut small,
but growing rapidly.
Norfolk department—WeatUO^ goner-
ally hot and dry; somo littlo complaint
on that score coming from North Caro
lina, though on tho wholo the weather
was moro favorable than last. yoar.
Htands compare vory favorably with last
your. Plant forming woll. Labor very
satisfactory. Condition of orop very
good, but in sizo generally a little
than last year. Tho unfavorable nro:
weedy growth noted above, want of
rain in some small sections of sandy
lands, nnd a few boll worms reported in
Jasper county.
Galveston department—Texas: Havo
roooived 183 roplios from 71 conntioa,
embracing tho period betwoeu Juno 15
and July 15. Forty roplios report tho
woathor dry; 55 very dry and hot, nnd 38
favorablo, (11 replies roport woathor
very favorable ; 45 roport less favorable,
while 27 say about tho same. 27 of our
roaponsoB roport good stands ; 35 hotter
than last year; 25 not so good, and 4(1
report about samo. 10(1 roplios say
that the plant ia forming and blooming
well, while 27 roport tho plant small
nnd baokward aud not iib promising uh
laat season. Our roplios indicate that
labor is much more efficient and
reliable than iu any previous year.
Hixty-thrco reply that tho present con
dition of the orop iH better than last
yoar ; 2(1 roport not as good, and 44* tho
ANDREW JOHNSON S DEATH.
>\ir(icM&ir» «/ Hit l.unt Ittuen and thm II
In all Bootions of tho stato tho
plant in muoli smallor, and 1h eousidorod
ono to tliroo weeks later than tho
same timo last season. Thero is gene
ral complaint of dry weather, only a
few localities havo boon visited with
sufficient rain.
Noth.- -No roport roooived from Mem
phis or Wilmington departments.
A Man of Mystory.
Ash-
The Chicago Inter-Ocean nays :
tabula Johnson in a mysterious man,
aud ho llvea on Aberdeen street. Ash
tabula ia ono of those oocontrio indi
viduals who buttonholes you on tho
street, leads you carefully to the edge
of tho sidewalk, and then looking about
him, suya very oautiously : «
“ IIow’h Hpriggins V”
“ Hpriggins, BprigglUH,” y
“wlmt Hpriggins V
roply
uytliing about him."
till nearer the odgo of
iHtorn, *12.(5(5; in tho
liildh
uistorn, *18.58 ; on tho Bacilli
■i> 1 an.
ok li
i* all r
and all tyi-
fihi'k Hills
s of cavalry
An almost incrediblo story of cruel,
tics to prisoners in the Texas Peniten.
tiary is verified by a report to tho war
deportment. A variety of tortures
worthy of tho fiendish ingenuity of tho
middle ages has been inflicted upon tho
unhappy inmates. Those selected espe
cially to undergo such treatment were
mostly convicts who hail been employed
by contractors for railroad bnilding,
and by owners of plantations who were
also lessees of tho penitentiary. The
crime of the unfortunates was their hi-
■ DUity to endure overwork, hardship,
and bad food. The result of the cruel-
spoclsl order
authorized persons to leax
boforo August 28. Two cor
f infantry aro no’
into cfTect this ordor. Tho miners in different
of tho hills have held mootings an<
decided to abandon thoir claims until they cat
lawfully resume work. It is believed n<
I rouble will onsuo.
Reports from Indianapolis, Ind.
August 3d., say tho Hoods in that region are
very devastating. Tho Wabash river is somo
twenty inches higher than during the great
rise of 1868, and a few inches higher than tho
still greater inundation of 1828, which is of
record and is in tho memory of tho “oldest
inhabitants.” The river is fully three miles
ride opposite tho city, and is still riowly rising.
I few small houses have floated down. Homo
ivo stock and millions of bushels of wheat iu
Racks and shocks h&';e floated past. Largo
inantities of hay havo also gone down. Thero
ih little driftwood afloat, or the bridge could
ijoi possibly remain. Over Bixmillii
of corn reported drowned
Haute and Hutsouville.
chip is wholly devastated. Not
*10.17 ; in tho
*1(5.81 ; in tho
coast, *23.12 ;
FOREIGN.
A London dispatch states that a hun-
dro 1 thousand dollars in spooio has been re-
covered from tho wrecked steamship Hchillcr
Eighteen additional cotton mills in
volved in tho Oldham striko closed their
doors, and the number of operatives idle is
increased to 20,000.
The London Times, in its obituary
artielo on Andrew Johnson, sayH his career
illustrates both tho strong and weak points of
tho American social and political- systems.
During bin tenure of office ho showed himself
wanting in tact, refinement and knowledge
mon, yet he had some qualities which are not
so abundant iu American politics as to bo
despised when found. Ho had dauntless
courage, some political insight and lionosty
novor shadowed by suspicion.
No arrangements havo been made
with the Union hank for redemption
labels
rails,
y little
rip. Evi
icat left in tin
, Short
i lettei
edit in tho
i Bio.
SOUTH.
A Georgia paper says the state has
cver.il million acres of pino lands still un
hands of travelers. Negotiations pending
sinco tho failuro of tho firm have not been
completed, and the longor arrangements are
postponed there iH less probability of a
successful result. Letters from Paris say
over 1,000 holders of tho firm's letters of
credit havo been hoard from in Germany
alone. Many aro utterly destitute and havo
been compelled to apply for relief to local
utborities or to American consuls. One
oman, a teacher, of Massachusetts, had but
thirty francs when sho hoard of tho failuro.
The American and English pooplo whero sho
was staying subscribing funds to pay her ex
penses to Hamburg, from which place she
tool: steerage passage home. Appeals f.
mailer and from five to oight days later.
Churloaton department—Boiuh Car
olina: Eighty-muo replies have boon
received from 2!) counties. Tho wenthpr
IniH, on tho vrholo, beon seasonable and
compares favorably with Inst yoir.
Htuud as good if not bettor. Plant
generally reported forming, blooming
and boiling woll. Labor efficient ana
equal to last year. Five answers from
four counties roport injury from hill,
nnd from too nmqli weed. In ono
county lico uro reported, and rust in
another.
Augusta department, covering that
portion of Georgia not included in sa
vannah, roport tho weather bus boon
very favorable, moro so than last year.
The stand is better tbau bint yeur.
Plant forming and blooming well, and
with tho exception of Into cotton, ia
boiling woll. General condition of tho
crop is good, bettor than lust yonr.
Havnnnah department,covering North-
cm, Middle nnd Southern Goorgin, and
the Htnto of Florida—Weather gene
rally dry nnd more favorablo than l«Ht
yoar; stands good, hotter than last
season. Plant forming and blooming
well. Labor unanimously reported ns
good. Tho gonerul tenor of replies
indicate tho condition of tho crop very
favorablo, except in some localities
whore rain is needed.
Mobile department—Alabama: Ono
hundrod nnd twenty roplios from 48
counties. In 89 counties tho woather
in reported as having boon seasonable*
in 9 too dry, and an oompaibd with last
year in only 8—Choctaw, Macon and
■Russell—has it been less favorable ; in
all others moro favorablo. Htands are
universally reported good aud bettor
than last year. Tho plant is forming
and blooming woll. Laborers u
working woll. Tho present condition
good and promise hotter than last year.
“Ohlduuno
Drawing you sti:
the walk the myaterious man suya:
“ Thia is between you and mo, n
“Woll I”
“I heard that Hpriggins was going
into oats heavy. Now he’s got reasons,
boo,” and ho holds up his forefinger nnd
looks as wise as an owl. Yon Rot away
from the msytorioua man, and presently
you see him collar Jones in the midst
of a largo company and march him off
to whisper about an cqtinlly important
mutt or. Ah noar as can ho onloulatod
JoluiHon has no other business lmt this.
Well, tho other day Aahtnlmlu dropped
in to seo Philo Martiuborgor, who tips
buck hia chair in front of a livery-stablo
cm Htuto street. Ho found Philo in
conversation with some parties from
tho oountry, regarding tho #mlQ of u
oar-ioful of horses. Taking tho dealer
by tho arm Ashtabula lod him through
tho stable, out of tho back door, and
round tho cornor to a blacksmith shop.
Then ho sat down on a box, took out
his knife, pried off a alivor from tne
box, and says ho :
“ Phil, I understand yon'vo got a
oow to soil. Bet down.”
Philo looked at him a moment and
then said vory quietly, “ Oh, you heard
I hud a oow to soil V”
“Yes," responded Ashtabula, “sit
down and talk her ovor.”
Philo looked at him a minute ; then
said ho, “Como here, Johnson.”
Johnson came, and his companion
took him by tho ooat-slcovo and started
into tho street. Tlo went down to
whore that six-story unfinished bnild
ing stands between Dearborn and
Btiito, nnd, crawling through tho boards
that are nailed over tho doors, led Ash
tabula up five flights of uncompleted
stairs at the imminent risk of breaking
his nook. Pulling and blowing thoy
reached tho top, and Philo lofl tho way
ovor the piles of rough lumbor to tho
extreme < ant end of tho building. Then,
after stopping to take a breath, ho put
his mouth eloso to Ashtabula oar and
softly whispered : “ I’ve sold hor 1 ”
It has boon nearly a wook sinco that
ocourrenco, and Mr. Johnson is still
full of wrath ; but a largo circle of his
acquaintances declare that Philo Mar-
tlnborger deserves a modal nnd shall
havo one.
Looming of tho death of Ex-Proiiidont
Johnson, a Ohroniolo reporter was at
onoo dlspatohod to Groouvillo when he
gathered tho following interesting foots:
Wo loam thnt ho has boon complain
ing for weeks, and ospooially with a pain
in tho right sido of his bond, and his
right Oyo has boon affeotod. When nt
homo ho generally woro a small blister
ovor his right oyo, and only whon away
from homo, or in company, did ho ro-
move it..
Dr. Marion Maloney has boon pro
scribing for him lately, and only a fow
weeks ago ho underwent a thorough ex
amination. He has boon suffering moro
or loss ever sinco tho oloso of tho last
sosslou of congress with wonknoss, nnd
n few weeks ago oomplaiuod that ho had
Buffered moro from boat this Hummer
than any previous summer in his life.
Booing a young man with a white linen
coat on, ho remarked that ho believed
ho would havo to woar a linen coat in tho
future, as tho black oloth coat wna too
warm for him tills yoar, and at ouco did
send to Euoxvillo lor the coat.
On Tuesday niglit somo friends wero
nt his houso, ami ho remarked that ho
felt right unwoll, and feared that ho
would litivo a restless night, which
would interfere with his intended trip
to his daughter's, Mrs. Brown’s house,
iu Carter county. His son Frank urged
him not to go ii ho did not fool bettor
next morning.
Nothing occurred during tho night
worthy of note, nud tho next, morning
tin prepared for tho jouruoy, although
at ill fooling weak. Ilia sou Frank again
urged thnt ho had hotter not undortnko
the jouruoy, but ho iimiatod, and started
on tho morning train nt about aix o'clock.
Arriving at Carter’s dopot, ho at onoo
started uoroBS to hit daughter’s, about
eight miles from Carter’s dopot, on
horseback, riding in the hot sun, which
was vory oppressive nt tho time, nnd
reaching tho houso ho expressed himself
an very muoli exhausted.
Hia wife had gono to hor daughter’s,
Mrs, Brown’H, in Carter County, some
nix Weeks ago, and Mrs. Honator Patter-
ami. bin other daughter, as well as liiw
Frank, followed on Thursday, after
nowa of Mr, Johnson's illness
reached this place. Wo oallod at his
office nnd found hia private desk just as
ho had loft it. On the table wore piles
of leltoiH, whioli had been carefully
sorted and pinned to suit bin convenience.
The book “Lincoln and Howard,” by
Gideon Welles, was also lying ou tho
tablo, where ho hud boon reading it.
Wo learn that ho had boon rending this
book considerably of Into. Also a num
ber of exchanges wero lying op tho
tablo. IIo always planned everything
on that tablo, as boforo stated, to suit
his own convonionoo, and if nuyono
touched anything (luring his absonoo ho
oould toll in a moment. Honoo every
thing was left just as ho hail arranged it.
Ho worked very hard of lato, carrying
i an oxtonsivo correspondence, receiv
ing moro than tho usual amount of lot-
tor mail from prominent men through
out tho United Btatos, oonoorning gov
ernment affairs, and with tho mall that
arrived at tho samo timo wo did, wo
noticed lottora addrossod to “Hon.
Andrew Johnson.” Hogonorally workod
every night in his oflloo from7:80 to 9:30
whon ho rotirod, nud always roso early
iu tho morning.
From Dr. Maloney wo learn that ho
had Dcon attending him for some timo
for general debility and a broken con
stitution, and ho Hays that Mr. Johnson,
not long sinco, remarked that ho did
not oxpoot to live much longor, and that
hie constitution was brokon down, hav
ing boon nil notivemau all his life. Tho
doctor says that tho sonator did not
allow any paralytic symptoms whntovor,
CURIOUS AND SOIENTIFIO.
—Evory good book unfolds that honuty
which Hob untliought of in tho soul, and
imparts a charm to our ehnrnotor.
Liquid Bowaim.—A iniilo of liquid
sulphur iH now boiug workod noar Pal
ermo, Bloily—that in, tho sulphur is
lining romovod as it runs from tho As
sures iN tho rook, nt tho rate of Homo
forty or tlfty tons a day. Tho sulphur
proceeds from a mino in the interior of
tho mountain, which intorior is in a
molten state. Tho laborers, it appears,
aro often obliged to stop up tho Assures
from which tho molten sulphur runs,
so ns to give it timo to oool snffioiontly
to bo romovod, after whioh tho Assures
nro unstopped. It Booms that on a ro-
oent ooonsion on oponing ono of those
Assures no sulphur was found, nud tho
idea ontorod tho bonds of tho workmen
to roopon tho liolo by blasting. Thoy
auoeooded iu ro-ostnblisliing a commu
nication with tho iuterior, but the pres-
sure hud beoomo so strong during tho
obstruction that tho oxpnusion of tho
gas produced a terrific explosion, in
volving a soriouB loss of life.
Tub Potato BertijU,—Tho Colorado
potato booties lmvo appeared iu full
foroo iu Delaware, Now Jorsoy.nud Mary
land. From statistics gathered at tlio
ngrioulturnl department it is ascertained
that at tho rate of advancement east
ward of tho Colorado potato bug, that
destructive insect will havo reached
Connecticut and Vermont by noxt yoar,
aud it is estimated that it will ojver tho
New England Btatos boforo tho eloso of
ii „.r ih77 rrimv IIi-hI, nnnourod
The “ prayer test ” is being
in favor of a cessation of rain in m.
Memphis churches.
invoked
uy of the
from pe
s holding tl.o
•. fro;
.11 diieclii
fact**, and (lonoun
for publication.
A do<
There is nothing unfavorable but aoed
of rain in sandy lands.
Mississippi--5G replies from 19 c
ties. Weather has been generally
scumble and universally reported i
favorablo than last year. Htands
oxceltont and hotter than last yoar.
plant is forming and blooming wel
all counties except Itawamba, Lowi les
and Nowton. In these three somo <>m-
plaint of a weedy growth to the pi nt,
caused by too much rain. Labo
jrood as can bo desired ; all
well. Present condition of ore
nnd more promising than Irst y
Favorable circumstances are: bottey
tivation, and farm work moro advipct/l
Tho Famous Elclio Shield.
Tho Eloho Shield was presented iu
18(52 by Lord Eloho for nunnal compe
tition botwoon England and Scotland,
Ireland was afterward allowed to com
pote for it. Hiueo tho competition com
menced tho shield has boen won.eight
times by England, four years by Scot
land, and now twice by Ireland. No
eights from the British colonics or olso-
where wero ever allowed to compote for
llio Eloho Shield, the simple reason be
ing that it is restricted to Great Britain
and Ireland ; nor would It bo allowed to
go out of what is called tho United King
dom. ,
Thin remarkable trophy is about forty-
eight inches high, and twenty-six wide.
Ah' it stands in tho exhibition tent on
Wimbledon common, supported on an
appropriate podostul covorod with crim
son velvet, tho boholdor would scarcely
desire to look on a lluer piece of work
manship. It is embossed solid silver,
ana tho workmanship is of exquisite
touif-i and fluish. Tho surface has a
dull tint, like oxidized silver—whioh iu
faotitis, Tho shield is divided into n
number of compartments, each one em
blazoned with some bravo tradition of
British history. Queen Elizabeth and
the present reigning sovereign of Groat
Brituiu are given prominent place among
tho hold Wjfiits und fair dames of his
toric celebrity who servo to illustrate
certain passages oi English history. Tho
most artistic chiseling in employed to
briug out tho details 01 battle pieces
which adorn tho borders of thofleld, an t
figures of mon in armor on horseback and
on foot aro mudo as plain und pulpablo to
tho oyo as tho artist’s cunning hand oan
out them. Battle and hunting scenes arc
cornposod and executed with groat fldel
fty to nature. The price of this exquis
ite piece of workmanship is said to bo
$10,000,—N. i r . Herald.
RuunAnn was first introduced into
cultivation in 1735. It carao originally
from China, The root, used medici
nally, came to bo called Turkey rhubarb,
because it got into Europe! through the
hands of Turkish merchants, who pur
chased it from the Obinoso, among
whom it has been used for many cen
turies. Tho first attempts at cultivat-
k ing it wero made in 17G0.
w .a tho'likelihood of anything of tho
kind occurring did not ontor his mind.
After arriving, as above slated, at tho
rosidonoo of his daughter, ho partook of
dinuor, whioh ho scorned to enjoy, aud
about 4 o’clock in tho evening ho was
sitting in ail arm oLnir loaning forward,
with his forehead resting on his hands,
when ho suddenly foil forward, and
being raised up by mombors of tho
family, it was found that his loft sido
was paralyzed, nnd that ho was speooh-
less and nnoonsoious, Dr. Jobe, of
Elizabotliton, was at onoo sent for nnd
us soon as possible Drs. Broylos and
Taylor from Grtenovillo. Mhortly after
the stroke ho recovered consciousness,
and romuiuod conscious until Friday
evening at 7 o’clock. On Thursday
afternoon ho had somo nso of his loft
sido again and spoke freely, but not
a dying man..
Ho oonvorsod of family matters, nnd
mutters of state, with o msidornblo free
dom, and did not seem . to apprehend
any danger. In fuct, did neither aot
nor talk like a man on liis death hod.
Tho last sign of e.jneciousuoss was givou
by him lato Friday afternoon, whon
somo ono askod ono of tho attendants if
ono of his arms had not beon brokon, to
which tho attendant replied that ho
believed tho left arm had boon brokon
in a railroad accident, south, when tho
senator quietly raisod his right arm,
and without speaking, signified that
this was tho injured limb. Boon after
this ho became unoonroious again, nnd
thus remained until tho hour of Ins
death, which occurred about 2:30 a m.
Haturday morning. Ilia dying bed was
surrounded by his wife, two daughters,
son Frank, tliroo graml-oliildren, Drs.
Broyles and Taylor, of Greenovillo ; Dr.
Jobo, of Elizabotliton, —••' “
tho yoar of 1877. Thoy first appeared
noar the base of tho Rooky Mountains,
and readied tho Missouri rivoi in 18(15,
traveling at tho rate of from sixty to
eighty miles a yoar. Being of northern
origin, it is believed probable that tho
bug can not stand tho heat in states
further south than Virginia and Ken
tucky. Tho statos most severely threat
ened this yoar oro Delaware and Now
Jorsoy and wcBtoru Now York, and ac
counts aro roooivod from those root ions
detailing devastations by tho pest.
A it,an of propelling oars, omnibuses
and velocipedes by ooilod springs has
now for somo timo boon employed in
England, and it is said with ouoonrugmg
results. Tho motor nsod is nu arrange
ment of powerful springs incased in
cylinders, liko watoh sprinRH on a very
largo saulo. Tho skill of French mnphm-
iats in this direction has boon called into
ronumitiou, mill Hteol batttlH uftpunlo oi
bolng ooilod nnd oxorting gront proiBiiro
lnivo boon mudo ill longtlin of ono hun
dred ynrdo ouch. In Bliofllnld oonio of
tliu ntool ultiunfnaturerB linvo turned ont
HiiringB fifty nndnixly footlolig, and nnid
to bo oaimblo of tho oiiurmouB iirenuuto
ot oight hundred pound,, in wind up
tiiono springs require", of oourso, moro
nowor timo is iittninnblo by hand, nnd
it in therefore proposed
wound nt oorlmn mtorvnln by mi.«n» o«
otntionsry onglncn. Bono of- them
methods oonuint of n combination of
spiral or helical springs.
1 Handling Oourah.— A correspondent
of tho London Times who was prosoat
at the Zoological Gardens when about a
dozen Indian cobras wero romovod from
tho box iu whioh thoy had (raveled into
a clean, though narrow oago, describes
tho mode in whioh those deadly reptiles
waro handled by tho kooper as truly
astonishing. With his ong-handod
wire hook ho from a respectful djbtauoo
raanagod to draw out a snake tail first,
and, catching it by thp tip, lot it gently
down, bond foromost, into its now ougo,
tho lid of whioh, a glass slide, was open
just wido enough to roooivo it. Uno
after another eight cobras woro thus ro-
moved and safely housed, some dilating
thoir “hood” and angrily hiBsing ns
they tried to strike whatever object they
could roach. Bnako-charmors and Indian
jugglers thus handlo tho cobras with
ipuuity. Husponded by the tail thoy
nro powerlosH to rniso themselves and
wound tho hand that holds them ; but
oare must bo tukon lost tho creatures
strike at the limbs.
Had Discovery.— A vory curious
uhwu lias beon diHoovorod nt tho treasury
department by tho examination of some
old accounts. A fow days ngo an ofllder
of tho war dopartmont roooived notice
from tho treasury that there wan a
balanoo of 81,000 in hia avor on an old
account. Thin oOloor know no nuoh
balance was duo him, and cannon nn ex
amination of 11.0 origin of tl.o account
to ho made. Tho d.HOOvory wan tl on
ado that, by an orror in accounting
many venrn ago, tills ..mount ban boon
deducted from tl.o account of an unlour
iu another dopartmont, where it proper-
ly belonged, and credited to thin oflloor
.if tin. war dopartmont. This
i.liiinn .. vory lamontablo nulo.de wlnol
* ... .1 ti,n timo (Iiih or i/ nul
d probably a
few ’others not conueotod with tho
family.
A rah Politknesh.—TJio oourtosy of
tho Arabs to ouch other and to strangers
is far superior to that of niuuy nations
oven iu a more advanced state of civili
zation. A queer cxatnplo of it was
given on a visit or tho Hitt to an Arab
functionary. During dinuor she con
stantly addressed liim an “Oam Azooin,”
which she had always hoard him oallod,
but was shocked to find that it wan n
nickname meaning “mother of beauty,”
applied to tho chief because he was old,
ngly, lame, and had but ono eyo. Not
withstanding the drollncHH of tho mis
take, the Arab took not tho slightest
notice of tho occurrence. This polite-
uosb is oarofully iuoulcatod
children.
occurred about tho timo this original
orror was made. Tho ollloer from whoso
uccount this num had boon
ducted wnn ohargod with a defalcation
of that amount. Ho was not able to
prove his innooonoo, and took his owu
life. The aocounts aro said to oloarly
show that* tho suioido is duo to tho crim
inal orror of somo clerk in. tho war do-
partmont.—Cldvufjo Tribune.
Exccutivo Ordor on tho Death of tlio
Ex-President.
Tho following exooutivo ordor lias
boon issued:
“ Wahhinotsn, July 31, 1875.— It bo-
oomos the painful duty of tho I’roHident
to announce to llio people of tho United
Btatos the death of Andrew Johnsou,
tho last survivor of his honored pre
decessors, whioh occurred in Garter
county, East Tennessee, at an early
hour this morning. Tho solemnity of
‘he occasion whioh called lum to tho
irosidc-ncy, with tho varied nature aud
presidency, wnn wio vmibu
length of his public services, will cause
him to be long remembered, aud occa
sion mourning for tho death of a dis
tinguished public servant. As a marie
of respect for the memory of tho de
ceased, it is ordered that tlio executive
inausiou and tho several departments oi
tho government at Washington bo
draped in mourning until tho oloso of
tho day designated for Ins funeral, and
that all public business bo BUBpomlod
on that day. It is further ordered that
the war and navy departments cause
suitable honors to bo paid on tho oc
casion to the momory of tho illustrious
dead. D. S. Grant,
By ordor o? the President.
John L. Cadwaladbr,
Acting Secretary of State.