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CEDARTOWN RECORD. W. S. D. WIKLE dc 00., Proprietors. CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1876. VOL. III. NO. 2. TIMELY TOPICS. It begins lo seom an if iho American continent were built upon a substructure of defunct tun.stodons. The tusk of an other wan unearthed lit Yolo oounty, California, last week. It was woven feet lone, and right inches In diameter at the larger end. It was found protruding from n bank of a gully about fifteen feet below the surface of the earth, and two day's digging was required before it could be removed without breaking. Its weight is eat i m a ted at one hundred and fifty pounds. Co-operative building aoclotics in Canada are very thriving institutions. Heal estate valued at nearly $48,000,- 000 is mortgaged by them for various loans, and the ioilurnco they have gained thereby is mj considerable as to inspire nervous people with no little alarm. In Ontario the amount ol the lonns they have made is said to In* $15,680,000, and in Quebec >2,729,000. Tho total out standing loans made in these two prov- inees alone amount t<« >lH,,%0,7l-i, se cured by real estate projx rty worth $42,- INI2.000. The paid up stock is $11,434,• 267, and the dejKxdts have boon $*’ 020,706. A Mexican who claimed to Ik* snake-charmer recently attempted the capture of a large rattlesnake pus Christi, Texas. As the snake lay ndlcd up, the Mexican made a grab at liis neck, and caught the reptile back, the snake turning his head and fastening his fang in the second joint of the fore finger, from which he dangled until shaken loose by the performer. Simple remedies were used at once, but the finger continued te inflame and the flesh to drop off. until amputation )>e- chiuc necessary to lave ibr Mexican’s life. The snake-charmer has retired from the charming business to tho more gene ral Mexican avocation of a uionto-dealer. Tiim deposits of bullion in the great hanks of Englnnd, France and Oermany now rise to alient $650,000,000, and the difficulty of investing capital snfoly has rarely been greater. It is about u year since the Collie failure and the untionnl repudiations began, and in that time the shrinkage on the Egyptian, Peruvian 9<ind Turkish debt bald in England is re duced to nbout $150,000,000. 'flie Lon don News rejKjrts that small* traders be gin to feel tho effects of the depreciation in the capacity to buy, resulting from so large a default, and mourns anew that English buyers “could not Ik* persuaded to touch ” United States Isindn, ten years ago, when they were selling at seventy, hut nllowed the (imnatis to occupy the basement story on that investment. An invention has lieen successfully ap plied in Liverpool lo the printing nta chine, by means of which newspaper* may Ikj printed u|Kin an unbroken rol of pa|H'r without the necessity of previ oualy stereotyping the pages and mouid ing them to the shape of the cylinders t< which they are affixed. The details of the process have not been communicated further than that the type itself is fixed on the cylinder referred to, but, with the exception that it has been yet found impracticable to apply the anto-natic folding process to the machine, the plan is fully successful. The advantage of the invention is that while giving the highest rate of speed,it will save the cost of stereotyping, which, except in case o! very large impressions, is otherwise un necessary. Tiip. two Presbyterian assemblies, one sitting in Itrooklyn, the other in Havan nab, took during the closing days n their sessions a long step in the direction of fraternity. On Friday, May 20th, resolution was adopted in the northei assembly in these words: “ With a vie to the expression of the united and hear ty wishes of this Isidy that at the earliest practicable moment we may tablishmcnt of correspondence with the other assembly, we hereby resolve that this assembly reiterates its cordial desire to establish fraternal relations with the southern assembly on terms of |x*rfect equality and reciprocity as soon as it in agreeable to their brethren to respond to this assurance by a similar expreasion.” To this a reply was sent on the next nay from the southern body, declaring that " while condemning certain acts and de liverances of the northern assembly, no acts of deliverances of the southern as sembly are to l»c construed or admitted as impugning in any way the Christian ch *racter or standing of the northern general assembly or of the historic: ! bodies of which it is the successor.” This assurance was received by the assembly in Brooklyn with great satisfac tion, and a resolution in the precise terms of that from Savannah, with the nerc-ssary change of the word “ northern” to “southern,” was adopted, and ordered t > be immediately telegraphed. The adoption of the resolution was followed by the singing of the doxology. The country will approve of the sensible basis of fraternity adopted by these churches. Neither body is asked to LATEST NEWS. Sat'TD ANI> M I'.ST It is said that corn in cheaper in Georgia at present than it ho* been for ten years past. Tlu* price of wool is so low in Califor nia that tu ny sheep raisers have commenced killing their stock for the skins and tallow. There la more building going on in Atlnuta, fin., now than at any time since the war. Some hrnnehes of hnsiness lire more prosperous than ever. Senator Qordott, of (Icorgia, has writen a letter urging that a fraternal reunion of federal ind cx-confcdcrate soldiers bo held in Philadelphia on the fourth of July. Heporta front California show u heavy yield of wheat, exceeding by two hundred thousand tom that of 1872. It is also anid to he the best quality ever barrelled 111 the ■tate. Tlu* Terre Haute car company of .Jef fersonville, Ind., lately organlxed and virtu ally the lessees of the Southeastern car com pany, has resumed the manufacturing of freight ears with ii force of four hundred convicts. At a meeting of the Chicago ministers last week it was agreed that Mr. Moody should begin revival service in that city in October. Ho said that for two years ntid two months lie had preached hii average of four sermons ii day, and lie felt that he ought to have rest, hut if it waa thought best he would begin work at once. The lamnuru kings have their cyo on an enterprising man named Nairn, who is dig ging a big tunnel at the depth of a mile itudcr the great silver deposits at Virginia City. Butro surprised them by beginning the work, and now that his tunnel js nearly three milrs long and going ahead, they he- i think lie is dangerous with his little pick. .Inroli Xunticmachcr and Christian Guenther, convicted of conspiracy to de fraud the revenue, were sentenced at Mil waukee, last week, the former to five months imprisonment in the roiiuty jail nnd flue of $10,000 and the latter to three months imprisonment in the jail nnd flue of $1,000. Nnnneroacher D a very old nnd ealthy citizen. Tho southern rico nnd sugar represen tatives nt Washington arc encouraged to look the defeat of the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty. In their memorial to the house coni- niittcc they suy ; " We also state, if no unto ward event* oeeurs, that the crop In rica year will he grently enlarged, fully gh to supply nue-half the demand of the Pacific const.” RANT. According to the New York Evening express, sixty thousand men in ono de partment of industry, thrown out nf nm- uent in one day. with tho rertainty of idleness for two mouths at least, and tho prospect of two months more nt tho end of that, is the feast of lean things at which the public are invited to look in Penusylvaniu. Complaint* of ravages of the Colorado beetle upon the potato vines have heroine general throughout Now England, na well us the middla stales. CONGRESSIONAL. NKNATK. In the senate on tho UHh, Mr. Morrill called up tho eoneurreut resolution accept ing tho statute of Ethan Allen, contributed by Vermont, for tho national statunry hull, nt the Capital, and returning tlu* tlnitiks of congress lo tho stale far tue contribution. Messrs. Morrill and Edmunds made speeches and tho resolution was accepted. Mr. Ear- nail moved to tuko up the house hill relative to the redemption of the unused stamps. Di visions showed hut twenty-ninu senators present, nnd tho senate adjourned. IIOITNK. In tho house on tho 10th, Mr. Cox re ported from tho oonliulttoa on hanking nnd currency a bill for tho issiiu of $10,000,000 silver roinngo in exchange for legal tcuder nates. He moved tho previous question, and refused to admit tiie amendment pro posed by Mr. Mills to repeal the resump tion act. The previous question was seconded, 85 to 35, and the house then voted by yeas and nays, on ordering the main question, which wn* ordered, nud the hill passed without a division; also reported Mr. Randall's hill, nuthorisiiig the purchase of bullion for that purpose, which was pnssod. A bill providing that when Colorado is ad mitted as a state the laws of tlu* United States shall have the same force there as else where, and that that suite shall constitute one judicial district, was iniMi-d. On mo tion of Mr. Knott, the hill prescribing an oath for grand nnd petit jurors was recom mitted. Mr. I.vnde reported hack the hill amending the bankruptcy hill; passed. He also reported hark the senate bill reducing tho medical corps in the army; passed. Mr. I.vnde also reported hook the hill In re lation to immigration ; passed. The house house then took up the Geneva award hill, nnd was addressed by Mr. Wills. The bill and measure went aver. The senate amend ment* to the executive, legislative and judi cial appropriation bill were non concurred in. The special committe mi IsiuDinnn af fairs wua instructed to investigate the out rages alleged to have been committed in West Feliciana, and tho house soon after wards ndjuuruod. In tho house on tho 12th, tho join resolution to modify the treaty with China ho ns to restrict immigration wn* passed. Rills introduced and referred— Ry Mr. Lord: Joint resolution recommending an addition- ndmeilt to the constitution, providing PANDA l«. A Qt'tttT I WIkn mnnllwl asvsgcs nfiei s fight Make a frail o( lltu bodies of those they Imto The grisly ri*|u*l yields a keener delight From I he knowledge (tint svrry unfortunate wight Would harei coined It th-d-opc-t disgrace to hca , U lust dying main Keejoe, lie lulliienee of western example tneiessos, Hired countrlrs you often mar see trete of friends, tu'lho highest of glee, til busily picking some neighbor lo pieces. Though the In clrlllrcd countrlrs A* In tslsuds Inn tisrlc, n |M-rs<>n dreces Ills ltr«h has lieen hakul In imeahlma o They d n't even tnmlde lo serve him up lint j For ihe victim still lives In tho uildil of the good mi lured friend, p'r'aps, may mnko I the untiire nt these hungry inon tors' tin- CKSTKXMAI, COnnEMI’OSOBNCE. Order of S'lnsstflenllsMi- Tin* IVepnrfnenl of Proti'pllmi. Olivo Woml nod tlu* l*tn«l. The Turks.—HI*. crllnuroM*. i our Spaotn! Correspondent. PitlhADHl.HitA, Juno 17.—Tho hulldiuga nud grounds being in a near stale of complc- t, it in proper Hint the epistolary melange pot-pourri style, should conform to tho advance of the exhibition from chaos to syi- Tho space within the compass of a let- being rather circumscribed, ami abhor- a pent-up Utica ill a corresponding sense, ill attempt to embody arrangement. While the rhapsody will not he lost, in tho prosaieal. believing that the general public ring a plnrment , And llumgfi tu reply ho may alou'ly declare Tlml swell vivisection won't hurl hfm « hnlr, Vet ho wrlihwnt the thought of fhelr fiendish enjoy meat: Still one romfort remains. In the Isle of IVcJoo No |H**||dp vrngi sure Is loft for tho victim : Rn's cookml and defunct. Hut in Kurupc hr To sink sniUfartlon ; and sometimes we seo That hr wounds tu exehasgo for tho wounds * hli li Iihvo pilckcd him. ; lx-ware, lovely MIni , whl-pers nothing that Isn’t quite i little more ran-fut of others' renown. and It quietly culling up With : Gibraltar is being provisioned to sup port a garrison of two tlmusnud i Holt. Jefferson I)avia arrive pool on hosrd the steamship Memphis, from New Orleans on the 14th. South American advices say that, the conservative Catholic party threnteu war in Columbia for supremacy. The number of magnificent steamship* lying idle in Liverpool nnd Hcrkinlicitd dorks is unparalleled in the history of merce, nnd the probability is the. number will increase. The Ildtzcgovininn chicfa havo solved to reject an armistice. Austria will grant no further relief to refugees, and the relief committees are ifow destitute of funds. Dispatches from Vienna any Austria and Russia have agreed to prevent any further resistance from reaching the insur gents. They have also resolved to strongly recommend the lusurgent eldefs to negotiate with Turkey. The king of Dahomey will pay thefino imposed by commodore Hewitt for mid treating British subject* in a light at Gibral tar between German seaman and native boatmen. No one was killed but many were seriously injured by bludgeons and stones used. A meeting was held on the 15th At the residence of the earl of Hiewshury in fur therance of church and university education in the southern states of tho United States. Among the letters rend apologizing for ab sence was one from Jefferson Davis, dated Liverpool, announcing his arrival shortly in London. The Australian* have started the cul tivation of sugar cane, as they find it pays even better than planting corn. The grow ers were troubled at first by a disease which attacked the canes and threatened to rui their crop, but they have not lost much afti all, nnd intend to extend their Operations next year. The grand vizier ha* written conciliatory and friendly reply to prince Milan's explanation of the Hervinn arma ment. He expresses sympathy with Servia’s position, and says the portc is not unmind ful of Servia’s autonomy nnd privileges. He admits that there has been a violation of the frontier by both parties, and promises to ap point delegates to confer with Servian dele gates upon means preventing such violation in fatu'e. The provinzial correspondence, of Berlin, has a very pacific editorial, which concludes ai follows: "Between the last conference nt Berlin and the interview of 1 emperor William at Kras, lies a Raymond: I'rovidiug for tho gradual sumption of specie payment, and for the re peal of so much of the resumption urt ns fixes the date for resumption on January I, 1879. Mr. Clymer from the committee on expenditures in tho war department mndo a report in the case of Die charges against Speaker Kerr. The report states that after I inquiry into tho fuel*, and after a thor- fh examination of Niwrance Harvey, the v witness unking tho charge, nud also of Aug. I*. Green and divers other witnesses, it nrs that in 1866, while a member of the « of representatives of the thirty ninth congress, Mr. Kerr did, in the exercise of Ills right or privilege, nominate Gtyjuu fpr unAp pointment iu The Tegular army. The com mittee, however, found no difficulty it reaching n conclusion that the cliurgo as on the payment of nionoy lo Mr. Kerr was tin- nuaufiedlv false, nnd that Mr. Kerr stood fully exonerated from nil complication nf feeling his personal honor or official integri ty. The oommiltec has fauud nothing in it* whole progress of investigation to impair or detract from the well established reputation for unquestioned personal integrity nud un sullied purity. Mr. Clymer remarked that tho conclusion was the unanimous judgment not only of the committee, but of the house and country. Mr. Garlicld suggested that vote he taken on the report by the uiembci rising. The suggestion was adopted, and all the members, 210 in number, rose in tbc affirmative; none in tho negative. The speaker pro lent, laid before (lie house a let ter for Tliurlow Weed suggesting that Oscar Lafayette, grand son of Gen. Ijifnvette, In- invited to visit the centennial as tfir guest of the nation. Referred to committee on centennial. Adjourned. In the house on the 13th, Mr. Roberta introduced a hill to reduuu taxation on the circulation of state banks to an amount equal to that paid by national banks. Re ferred. Mr. Ferry from the committee on military affairs reported back tbu senate bill in reference to the detail of army officers as professors lit the stale military academies, and extending the limit from twenty to thirty. After discussion, passed—, motion of Mr. Alklus it was ordered that no business should be trims- •lay nnd to-morrow, except general debate on the army appropriation bill. The house then went into the committee of the whole, Mr. Blackburn iu Hie chair, on the aruiv appropriation bill, nnd was addressed by Mr. Wood (N. Y.) Mr. Lynch addressed the committee on the polilcal status of the inlored people. Mr. .Savage addressed the committee on lommittce then rose, and tho journed. Thu Plague In Asia Thu British Medical Journal publish es the following recent information : The plague is still increasing at 11 i I lah and Bagdad, though it has not up to the. present, apparently, spread lo any other town. The following are, the latest official returns: At Millah, from the 20th to the 26th of March, seventy-six persons were attacked, and there were thirty-four deaths. Tho greatest num ber of cases in one day at ilillah was reg istered on the 26th, when twenty jiersons were attacked, ami the greatest numlx-rof deaths occurred on the 23d, when twelve persons died. At Bagdad, front the 21st to the 27th of March, inclusive, there hundred and ten cases and forty AUmcUI/l URAL INTERESTS. Finn! Iteporl of the X’otlOH Serenite of tlu* Nratmi of 1MTB-7- F.strnl uf Aknii tlunrtl l.iintla-Conditions of tin* Crop, Ktr. From tin* Memphis Avalum-hr. In our report of lust month, while giv ing the total ncreAgo of cotton planted for tin* present season, as well n* a short account of the general condition of the crop, tho Avalaneho promised its renders to replace now by actual accounts those figures, which were then only estimated. On that occasion, owing to the late overflows in tho Mississippi vullcy and other causes then accounted for, wo were mpellud to estimnto tho nerengo of cer tain eounticB of various states—a process not by any means very satisfactory to nor sufficiently interesting to those • gaged iu the cotton trade ; and in order to fulfill our promise we publish this full rc|K>rt, setting forth In detail tho uctunl acreage of cacti and every state. It would, howevor, lie necessary to refer our readers, first of njl, to our last month's report, ami more especially to column live, of table one, showing the nerengo estimated of overflowed districts, etc., viz: two hundrod tyid ninety-seven thousand. At t|jo same tigio pointing out that in case said nmnimt*would all bo planted in cotton from then out it would show a total norefc(||wof nine-million five hundred and eighteen thousand for tho years 1876-7, or equal to an increase of about one-fourth per cont. over last year. It will In* seen, nowevc/, Ly thojirescnt report that tho total acreage **f cotton planted up to tho sixth inst. amounted to nine million three hundred and sixty- two thousand, er sqtiivalcnt ton decrease of about one per cent., compared with last year, so that one hundred and fifty- six thousand acres originally intended for cotton had to be abandoned for that pur- |K)SO, Wo need scarcely say more on the subject now, as our figures below will explain more fully all Ilia details. Regarding tho condition of Iho crop have every reason to believe that the stand, owing to late planting, is hack ward compared with butt year, more es|>ccinlly in many sections of the west ern cotton Ktates. With that cxceptii crow news is favorable and encouraging. We hear of a few complaints about cessivo rains, which, however, up to see hi to have done little, or no damage. The weather for past three weeks has Ix'cn all that could lie desired—sufii iently warm, with occasional showers. Nevertheless, until next fall, cotton will have many enemies to encounter, shall endeavor, from time to timo, to keep our friends sufficiently posted to the prospect and development of the :rop. TAIU.K showing total acrcsgo of cotton plant* for five years : ■MviintDtani epoch of modern history render cherished convictions, hut with I SUn j tn j # commenting on this remar the expression by the representatives of J <. j t meani that if the r both of confidence in each other, the p^-t I a t the la»t moment GorUcliakoff would hav is left to settle itself, and the new life | plunged R f gins. J England.’ 1 five deaths ; the maximum of eases (thir ty) was attained on the 26th, nnd the maximum of deaths (ten is-r day) on the 23rd and 27th ult. April 12.—The latest telegrams to the Constantinople sanitary board indicate an increase in the number of plague cases iu Mesopotamia, as well as an extension of the area infect- * v j ed. The following are the returns : At Hillah, in the space of five days, (from the 27th to the 31st of March inclusive,) there were sixty-six new cases and forty- two deaths. At Bagdad, from the 28th of March to the 1st of April, there were ono hundred and forty-five new eases and seventy-five deaths. The plague in that city has now crossed from the right hank of the Tigris to the left bank, which had been previously free from the contagion. The epidemic had likewise made its ap pearance at Meshed or Nedjef Alt, where, from the 25th to the 29th or March,there occurred five fatal cases, and also at XTit- et-Hamra. A severe quarantine, we are assured, has been established at Kourrmh. at the confluence of the Euphrates and the 'Tigris, under the superintendence of , Dr. (/dmar; and it is also stated that the had not interfered , |*er.sian government has ordered that nr- koff would have r ivals from Mesopotamia shall undergo ith Turkey and j a quarantine of fiitaen days before enter ing the shah’s territory. i f ||ffl nlli I ? s SI : i gfijsSwS's? 5 VMSSfE?It | ■ % ? ! .t! i\ - f f 0: ! { 1 1 l-llplf'p i l * * • i \ ; £ •' Jr ■ 7 *7 3 3 i jli’i | ? : r Sj 3 j 5 1 \ 1 ' , '1 A HJ.K*NO. 2, showing increase and decrease r age, separating states; eastern from western *>rim» btatm Total ijecresso 2 ptr cent. spin. rr _ mt tin* good genius of the exhibition Is nr- or. Tins begins with clitHtiiflcntiuii. There ven departments, fifty-two groups, and hundred nnd thirty-nine elusses. First department only is given iu this letter. Min ing and metallurgy alassing from ono hun dred to one hundred nud nine, composed of minerals, ores, stones, mining products, me tallurgical products, milling engineering. hundred and :*(*; one hun dred and twenty-four to otto hundred uud twenty-nine, milting engineering. 1IOTHL ACCOMMODATION, am at the Markoe House. After a erili- examination of the hotel system of the (pinker city, I pronounce it one of the best iu the country. Ono of the attnehes. Col. Sample, was formerly of the Laclede hotel, Chicago; Point Clear; Seaside; Iatolcde. Mobile; Warm Springs, Neb., and is one of the best hotel men In tho United Slates. nitPABICMKNT OF 1'ltOTKCTION. While there are few comments mndo upon this important department of tho exhibition, it is nevertheless, one of the most powerful auxiliaries in aiding Hie general manage ment. To realixe the value of this aid, imagine u city with a population of fifty thousand souls, (the number in round figures), of attnehes, visitors, exhibitors, iu attendance. Taking the average, these, iu a majority of eases, are strangers. Yet, with all tide daily Influx, there has been no dis turbance, excepting accidentally, less than u hull doxeu. This is extrunrdinry, and de serves (lie consideration of the municipal heads of our country. Col H. do 11. Clay, the commander of the force, has a happy faculty beyond ull ordinary commanders, bit’ll I cheerfully concede him In this con- ..jutinu) or else our people are the most tractable people in tho world. 1 will say (lint Col. (’lay enforces strict discipline, nnd his surveillance of the department of pro tection is simply in keening with the general splendid ninungnncnt or the exhibition. No visitor need fear annoyance, much less ill or ugh usage nt the hands of the rude or vio- nt. Roughs are not in order on the cen tennial grounds. Thunks to nerve nnd dis cipline, rogues are i potted in iiiputy-ninu " is in a hundred, and one’s property, per- and comfort are really safer than In any city containing the same number of people. These facts should be heralded all over the world as another proof ef man’s capacity for self-government and hissiibordiuntlnn to law id order, under the so-called, by despotism an niinrnnlcnl freedom. 01,1 VII WOOD AND Tlllt HOLY LAND. A very Interesting feature of the specula- v ,re department oi the exhibition is the kind of a kiosk, where several gentlemen of whom I have written are polishing up sou- veniers in olive wood for the curious pur chasing society, who constantly throng the counters of these devotees of the false prophet, who like Mahomet, if the Atneri- in mountains won’t come to the Moslems, by Mustapha will come to the American mountain. Tho articles are curious, and we hope are made of wood cut from the Mount •if Olives, for the sake of relic hunters. Ah for your correspondent lie can't forget the little deception in this line, ns once on pur chasing walking canes, supposed lo have been cut from the field of Waterloo, iih me mentoes of a visit to (lint historic, field, he was mortified to know, they were the growth of the forest of Noigries. However, faith makes it all right, and I fully endorse Iho olive wood. THH TUilKH. The Turks may he effete, hut they have two thousand loin iu cereals, wines, liquors, preserved fruits mid meals, olive oil, legumi- articles, and wool and cotton In the nud manufactured state. I learn the commission have allowed $(1,000 to the cata logue company for delays iu not getting A Hitrhnrhiu Monarch's Futiorul. Tho Journal tlo Paris contains a letter from an cyo witness, giving tho following particulars of tho atrocities committed on tho occasion of the funeral of lvani- rasl, king of Ounyoro, in central Africa. Am immense grave or pit, capable of holding Severn I hundrod people, had been dug, nt the bottom of which tho wives ol tho dofunct king had boon placed in tho form of a ring, to ite in readiness to receive upon their knees tho corpse of their late tyrannical nnd bar barous master. Several regiments of the royal gUard hud lwen Kent on tho preced ing night to silently surround some of the neighboring villngea. The Hint htt- being—bo it man, woman or child —that maile its exit from the surrounded huts, was forcibly seized and carried off, nnd (lie captives entrapped in thin man ner conducted towards tho pit prepared lor the funeral. Here there commenced the most horriblo scene. The limbs ot these poor creatures, arms nnd legs, were broken by tho soldiers. Tho lamentations and cries of despair of tho victims inter mingled with the shouting of the fanati cal crowd, and one by ono they wore thrown into tho gaping gulf Indow. Then commenced the heating of drums, tho llotirish of tn*.m|>ot*, tho piercing sound of the whistle and pipe, which, together with tho violent vociferations of tho crowd, drowned the cries of the victims. Tho soil dug out of tho pit tho previous day was then thrown hack into the mon- i*r grave. The fanatical spectators of c dismal drama, as soon as it was filled up, commenced to dance on tho summit or the grave, stamping the soil down with all their might, so as to form a hard, compact layer alxtvc those buried alive. All the lamentations having censed, noth ing was left to indicate the ceremony of the alsmiiunhle sepulture; the noiflo of the instruments hnu ceased also, nnd tho assembled crowd retired, satisfied with themselves, and admiring the grealnesH of the king whoso manes demanded such sacrifices. Con liter foil Notes. A largo number of counterfeit bank notes are in circulation of which tho fol lowing is an incomplete list: $20 on National hank of lltica, N. Y. $10 on tho Farmers'and Manufactur er's bank of Poughkeepsie. $5 on tho First National bank of Chi cago, III. $5 on tho First National bank of 1’ ton, III. $5 on the First National bank of Can ton, Ill. $5 on tho First National bank of Peoria, III. $6 on tho First National hank of Aurora, III. $5 on Iho First National bank of Gnlofia, III $6 on tho National hank of North ampton, Mass. $6 on tho Hampden bank of Woat- field, Mass. $5 on the Mechanics' National hank of New Bedford, Mass. $5 on tho Traders' National hank of Chicago, 111 $6 on (ho FirHt National hank of l/ouisvillo, ICy. Turkey* It is reassuring to find that, notwith standing tho pcculiariticHof the situation, I and the complicaliors ol tho moment, the policy of the new sultan is already in tho direction of peace, and in accord with liy, nun cncil snip innvii uy mu imumum **• * * MiiIioiiifI are towards Hie Duleliuiaii’s "one par euiil.” With Turkey, «« with ull ' ulhnntaH, bounty, filegui FACTS AND FANCIES Btikntific men dlfler as lo whether uudolinnM or Cowslips make Iho ltest i" to go with a 1 toiled dinner. The safest way is to go between them, and tuko ieo cream and strawberry short cake. M UHiutooMfl are delicious, hut toad- stools are |K)houotiH, yet it is vory diffi cult to tell one from the other. An ef fective plan, howavef, has been proposed. Eat the object, and if you die it is a toadstool; if you live it is a mushroom. Tint young bass with which James river was seeded are pronounced a per fect success. A Virginia paper says they grow faster and are bettor fish than any ever caught in our wntoro, tho brook trout alone excepted." ill? dew falls noiselessly upon tho tender herbage, as the present pusses si lently Into the past, as tho perfume of a kindly act rises heavenward unseen, so the hired girl slips out the hack way ights with a little tcu and sugar for her datives. Tint new cook (on receiving “short” notice to leave, with a hint that she has given a false character)—"An' is it mo false character ye're afthor casting in mo tooth 1 Ah if I'd he bringing me thrtio character wid mo, to loose It in your dirty service I” Henry." she said, you don’t know what a soothing influence you hnvo on mo.” “ My darling,” ho whis|M*rcd softly, while a glad light came into his oyos, “can it bo so?” “ Yes,” sho wild, “when you are around 1 always feel liko going to sleep.*' The new lawn gamoiscallcd "voxillo,” Ah it is saitl t« resemble croquet, it is pposed that the way to play it is for io player to make a niin-Htroke, and then tell tho other that she cheats, after which they both pitch their mallets over tho fence and go into tho house. An intelligent foreigner,passing through tho streels of Philadelphia, took out his note honk at the end of a long walk and made a little memorandum to tho effect that “eighty-nino nrr centum of tho population of I'llihtuclphia are membera tho powerful family of Koomstolot.” entity, elegance mid tli« superflu ous go head in bund, while In ooldercumntca strength, dignity and necessity show work , . of more Monihro hue, but more desirable from ynneo ill the prices of all descriptions Of a stand-point of human economy. Thu Hus- q’ ur kish securities. I’orhaps itmny turn ' 1 ■ ■* “ out that Homo of the Christian powei themselves have had a hand in tli change that has taken place in Constant! nople. One of the dispatches, a few duyr since, convoyed information that tho Mo hainincdnn soffos who have brought about the revolution, wore attempting to co-operate with tho Christian elements of the population, nnd the dispatches fdan ims'his duck, sheet-iron and leather, tho Turk his shawl, nundul and pines, nnd so it is nud ever will he. Tho Turks are a slow men, hut by the "beard of the prophet" not fools by any means. MIHL’BLLANY. A solid piece of silver in the Mexican de partment Hint reminded iuc, as I saw how Im movable it wn«, of the Californian who dis covered a bonanza lug. It was too heavy to carry, if he left it some one would capture t, lunee he staid and starved to death by it. This piece of silver was too gigantic for the Host expert kleptomaniac. It is circular in .Jinpc ond about six feet in diameter. It is the product of two hundred and seventy-two tons; it* weight is four IhousnnM and two pounds. It produced two hundred and thir ty-five nnd n quarter ounces to the ton; the cost of production was $1.7(1 per ton. A piece of armor plate is on exhibition for the iron-clad l'uritan, constructing at Chester, Pa., which is ten feet long, three feet eight inches wide, twelve nnd three-quarter Inches thick. In the Canada log and limber build ing is the section of a white pine, eight feet five inches iu diameter nnd six hundred nnd ixty four years old. Russia exhibits a fur carpet in Mosaic, made of three thousand pieces of fur. The fine wools of Russia are the Metis nnd Tzigni and Negreti. Glasgow tr cane mill, .Scotland, makes an import- exhibit of her metal in this specimen ; the material of two mills, with enormous masses of iron, occupy a space fifty feet square. 1 neglected to mention that the L'orliss engine weighs eight hundred tons. One firm displays in a diamond necklace, studs and earrings a value of $50,OOP. There are some who will purchase them. The Arkaosns exhibits arrived to-day,hav ing been detained by high water. Hhakcr Village, New Hampshire, and New i ork send mammoth washing machines to the de light of John Chinaman, who wonders, as the man did who saw the monkey, " What’ 1 the Malican make next?” The most beauti ful palissv and majolica ware iullie world is on exhibit m. Peril exhibits specimens of the one hundred thousand tons of guano she annually exports; also silver that led J'izir- ro to (feeds of valor and brigandism two hundred yenrs ago. Their cocoa contains sixteen nutritive qualities. Many nations exhibit vegetables in cans hermetically sealed. In England young cabbage are called greens; still smaller are called sprouts. The ordinary greens are termed turnip tops. So if you visit the old country and wish greens ask for "turnip tons ’’ Ilus- sia ia daily adding to her eaaesf nastdes». !• rui t paate ia a specialty, also dried blood, liquid coffee, '-reserved fruits and meats, ryejlmir, seal grease, and a large variety of leather. The largest number of exhibits are from Warsaw nnd St. Petersburg. Tbc govern ment make- an extensive display; so do the nobility—exhibiting their appreciation of industry; a good lesson for Uie youth of America. Salt reindeer tongues arc from NovaZemlda. Portugal ha* u list of ut least tlm demand of christian powers. 1 lo has signalized His advent ta tho throne by proclaiming a number of reforms; and as soon as tlm nows of his accession reach 'd London uud Paris, there was an ltd tho rejoicing of ltoth Christians, and inohamcdnns over change. It hsiks as though a way might Ik* found for the settlement of the Turk ish troubles, and for preventing tho dis turbance ol the peace of Europe. * Hard 'Mines In South Carolina. Charleston Nows sad Courier. The judge of the court of common pleas at Barnwell, S C., had to bring iiusincss to a sudden halt last week to save colored jurors from starvation. They said they had ltcen without food for the whole, day, and could get neither money nor credit. The kind-hearted judge pro ceeded to give them the following “crumbs of comfort:” “Under the circumstances, I will he compelled to discharge you, for I cannot keep you here in a starving condition, But you we to what condition you have brought the country. You are not with out blame, for the men in office, respon si hie fot the stoppage of the court, were put here by your votes. Hero we are in the month of May ; there is no money tj pay your judge, to pay jurors, to support the prisoners in jail, or pav the other penses of the county. • You colored tors are responsible for thin thing, for by your votes the bad men whohavehrougnt about this lamentable stale of affairs were elected A Joke on Atlanta.—One of our prominent business men asked quuintnnco from Atlanta whom he met the other day. “What are you doing no “Oh, I’m trying to make an honest “\$cll,” said the questioner, ought to succeed admirably ” “Why ?” asked the other. “Why? why? Because, by thunder you've got no competition. You are the •first man I ever beard of iu that bust lies* in Atiunta.”— Chattanooga Cummer till. Foian builders ol houses, Nome hmhlcrs of rhyme; And they that were prospered Were prospered, I know, By the intent und meaning of “ Hoe your own row.” In replying to a toast to Ills health, on recent occasion, Lord Shaftesbury told tho story of a man who said, when his lordship was presented with a donkey by costermongers in Ixmdon : “Somehow tho r other, I shall never again see a donkey lthout thinking of your lordship." The Catholic cnrdinnl archbishop of Paris receives $12,000 per annum; tho four cardinal nrshbinhoim of Bordeaux, Rouen, Cuinhrai, and Rennes, and tho archbishop of Algiers, $6,000 cadi; the twclvo other archbishops, $4,000 each, and tho sixty-nine bishops in Franco ami Algeria, $3,000. Tin? Mexican Diario declares that if the United Slates “invndo Mexico on any pretext, tho government will dofend tho soil with energy.” The solicitudo of the Mexican for his native soil is so great that ho habitually carries a large quan tity of it around with him, in order that he can hnvo it right where ho can defend it in up emergency. III? must he a very hold man who can go up, without a shudder, into ono of theso Dig buildings whore one hundred and fifty lawyers have spread their webs to catch unwary clients — each little office dusty and dingy, and within tho legal spider waiting niid watching. O it is terrible 1 —St. IjiuIh llejmblican. If there lie such a thing: as the trans migration of souls, don’t you hcliovn that loafers arc the forerunners of geniuses? Several of this species were siting on tho puflt-oflibo stons, in tho subdued mood peculiar to tliom, when ono of them, whoso bands clasped his knots, on which his face rested, lifted his head and said wearicdly, as ii communing to himself: “Am I doing wrong to think so much?” Danbury New*. Ahonjh (after his guests havo de parted)—“By Jove, Maria, what a hand- 1 ' I !.. I Ul... I„«t. •you woniaii Mrs. Jones is! Kite looks better than over I” His wife—" Ahem I Well, It may ho my had taste, hut 1 own I havo hitherto failed to detect tho Ijcauty of Mrs. Jones. Now, Mr. Jones is gooil looking 1 Como—hang it, Maria, Jones is a very good fellow ; hut I must say 1’vo nover perceived his good looks,” etc. jAWYKRH are sometimes very par ticular. The other day one was waited upon by a young man, who begun by Haying, “ My father died and made a will—” “ Is It possible ? I never heard of such a thing,” answered the lawyer. “I thought it happened every day,” said the young man ; “hut if there is to bo any difficulty about it, I had better give you n fee to attend lo the busi ness. Tho ice was given, anil then the lawyer observed, “ On ! I think I know what you mean. You meant that your father mndo a will and died—yes. yes; that must he it. George Hund. The brilliant, eccentric, revolutionary, .. ..dalistic George Hand is (lend. Amiiu- tine Lucille Aurore Dupin Dudevant was her real name. Hhe assumed iho name George Hand in 1836, after having written the successful lwok, Rose rt Blanche, in conjunction with Gcorgo Handcnu. Gcorgo Hand was brought up in an odd way by her grandmother, tho Countess De Horn, who was herself tho illegitimate daughter of the illegitimate son of King Augustus, of Poland. When she was eighteen, A manline Lucille, etc., mode a great mistake and married Cns- simir Dudevant, with whom she quar reled nnd front whom she was subse quently divorced. Her literary career in Parts was introduced by a wild freak. Hhe clothed herself in male attire to fa cilitate her entranco into the haunts of men literary nnd otherwise. Her nmoiiis were numerous. Chopin, the pianist, was one of her lovers. Sho plunged into socialism, and was tho intimate friend of Huch men i.a l’iorre I/sroux, tho tll»m|.lo of lit. Simon and tho founder of Njo- Himonism. Hand aided Leroux in bn literary labors. Many of her books havo been translated and have been Tery pop- „lnr in this country. Madame Dude- van t was seventy-two years ol age when .lie a»e d -