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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.