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P®M<ICBATIC IN POUTlOSi AN1J BEAU'l'IFtJLlN LXTKK.VTUBifll AND lUtOGKESSIVK IN SOUTlIKllN DA-LTOH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20,1869. risk* * mvisus, ' ATTljllXI.Yi AT LAW, „ v ' DqlUu. OcnrelX. •'• -- A. «. Hamm. {AM,/ X 1. »IYISll«. I!. J. M'CAtlV. OIINKYS AT LAW, I'll Mull - In King Building, Ballon,On, J-J A. WAtKHB, ATTUHXEY AT 1 HIIK Klni:MH'. l, Hull,111, r.n. ' Whitehall Mil'll, Annum. Oogrgltt. h, t. iiakuiinii, novly ' Ai.m ivbmjiown. .Ill "ll 11*111111;; s nl 1,111111 llrillll'lt* The best dcoariptlon of this fnsluonnblo bathing place in Hint of Josli killings.-* In Ills letter he snjss - . inntlk.Osenn, wilcli is now oncxhiblslum mul (lowing u good business low full lious- . Took n nth tow mist, mill was uston- 1 iml tn find tho water so sullurous; In quired tin: kiuizu ov. nn intelligent tlUtlff, nml lie informed mo ha didn’t enrol 1 think the cuss linl. There is about one. hundred nml sixty thousand liuinnu beings nhd otli- or folks, hero now, nz near ns I knn git at it; I kmmtcd till Igot tired; nml then I cstlmntcil. It Is perfokly heart renting tew soo tho femalls horoin senrch ov natu ral protccktors. I kouuted sixteen yester day In one nilo, they awl sighed an I past i.Oa WHITS A Wnntooa, I'l ingVciiVrleVui anil tvom DC)Kit freo ot F' n, » X *'wr'&« \ *-.. Clmtlanoryp,, Tenn. A. J. UtliMCIt, t’roiirletor. . Hospitality, Comfort, Convenience amt Eoono. ■ iny Fomblnitl In tin: iinuiuKcuient. ■frOME ACAIX I’’. „ .1. C. RAWLINS, * . At Ills own IIouso lignin. CHOICK IIO r r 13 L llt-osit street, Itoine.Ua. passengers taken to ami from llotolfrooof ctisvgu ' 1 ' u "'° nL * r Jnno'24-ir tti .>tnviu.k hotel, HUNTSVlLLK, Ala., • YKNAULKS A iViLLAUD, Proprietors. funis, ltoouw well ventllntotl. Ju*tf 1Y AV.", " with 1 tV.’j. BETTERTON A Blip. ■ j»oxvili,ic,.Tkss.; . .' WlmlS-nln Benlers In Braiding WlnrsJJsaars, Chew Ins and Smoking Tobarros, Vanry ttrnrerlps, Conrrrtlunerlrs, Canned Trulls, Oyrtors mill sardines, Also, Agents for tllo celeemteil . ' Morning Slur flitters, ^ n8 * 1jongfow| s*etr.itlshlg IIrend Preparation ° FCblso-’m^*^*- llnltliunrp Prices gnnmpUcil, s^t-KUICAt. AND SL'ltUICAt, NOTICK. Di'h. A. YV. Ulvlnss & Soil, - . ' Formerly ofSonlll Cnrpllun, irns.ipr in, ir I’rul, Mlnnnl services to' the cltl ill mi nml surrounding eonntry. Hpo- m n if; ii i hi *. i. . bVU»;; irmerly ocaupleU by Mr. J. II. King. OnViiiRH, J. Uvinga, \ JqnUftry.Vl.v. . It. It. IlltOWN, D n * }'■' Kixo Stic, Daitox, Insurance and Land Agent. Agent for -Eton Lift* nml Fire ItiHurnncu Com- ' puny? .JrUVrsou nml .luimy Hlv»*r • Flro lmiurnnre Coimmniw», of \ u„ . IintorprIt*i», Cincinnati, nml • ' l'uttmm. Hnrtford. 'ALSO, GENERAL LAND AGENT -'le ■ -- - itiiim, The Old TurnplKC! Wo 111 nrnqtnnro life ehmghwhoof, "Artel llio stage ronell milling lay. Tor tlio stenin king rules tho travelivoilil, And ilio old pike's lefl to die. 110 pi _ „ a 'Jy"them, with’downcast ayes. I fcltsor- ty. for them but couldn’t help them, for I am thoroughly mnrricil mid intend tew remain so. Tliero is two breezes hero a sea bi'cepe, aud a jerzee breeze, mul I ad vise awl tiersons to use tlie sea breeze, for the other is so used up before it reaches here, that it soon uses upovery body after it gets litre. Shoddy ami Petroleum are both here, and exalte nz much qotlse az a latent churn,' warranted' to nmko huttor n ton minutes from skim milk, hut they ' iy sluint remain long, hekmiso tlio :11s Rn much like Old brine, yester day I wont out krnhhiiig nml hatched a lock of them, they bite sideways, nml inng on like a dead boss shoe, they make good vittles enriff, hut they nint profitahlo o eat, If you kolint. your tiino wurth cn- nytliinc. They lmvo a singular hug hero, wliich they call the musketow, they roam nbout ill herds and are much respected by the Inhabitants; I cant one dny before yes terday, sticking something slmrp into me, and carried tlio bug into nii'room, anil, smashed him on the sli. Tlio bathing is luxurious, nhd tho.batlicrs resemble mcr- w rnnnivs inaids, bnll' men and half women; nnd bus and locksmitit, they dress In tlio clioektaw.kostom, mid lieu tor In when they emorgo fronulio .water, you Now Guns, Pistols, Cartridges, oto. can't tclf which is,who • unless you ask opposite TibiH House, Hamilton Bt/cet.' them. After hatliing you feel a kind of New Rifles mini,'In order, nml all repairing lnckiiess of Umhci jicss, for which I was .loin, oil short notice, mul wnrrmileil. iiuir-ly ndviscil to, lintlio ill whlsko.' I took one ItliwJ Where dncu'tho slugo horse, ilnyliytlay, * Lined his Iron heel. No more the wonry slngor ilroiul. . Tho toll ortho coming morii | . • No more tlio hustling lnmlloril runs At tho sound of tlio c'oholng liom i For the dust lies still npnn Iho rond, And (ho bright eyod ohllUrcn play • Where once the cluttering hoof nml wheel Rattled along tlio way. Nrletiro Atils the Apocalypse. l f dllior Seeehl has addeii a discovery to tho many lto has already made In tlio over- Widening world- of stars, llo lias discov ered a celestial conflagration! Ho lias .turned that most wonderfol nnd simple of all Instruments, tlio spoctroscopo to tlio vnrlnlild star It. In (iemlnl, nnd lio lias found it all ablaze! \Vu well remember the thrilling sensation which was caused by the sudden outburst of a star in Corona in 1800, which slmno with a luster of nslnr of thofourtli magnitude, and gradually dis- appeared in fha formless void, though still renmlning ns nn obloct of telescopic re search. 11. in (Iemlnl is not tho only lire NO mono we hour tho cracking whip A'ml the strong wheels' rumbling sound i Aiid all I tho.water drives us on, And nn Irnii horse Is found 1 Tho ooaoli stands rusting In thaynrd, Wo have spanned Iho world with an Iron rull, And tho steam king fulos us non-. The old turnpike Is n plko no more; Wide open stands tho goto i W'e lmvo mnil'o us n read for ourhorso tp stride, And Wo rldo at u flybi'gVatei Wolmvo flltod tttbvuneysond loyoloiltlio hills, And tunnelud Iho mouiitnln's side, And romid tliorangh mug's dlsty vorgo Fearlessly now wo rldo. On—on—on with u Imnghtyfronlj A pug, it shriek and a hound | - Whllotlictnrdyei'hoes wnko too Into To oolnf lihek tliu-sound t And thbblitplkuroud Isleftnlone, And tliu singers souk tlio plow | Wo ljuvo olrciod tho earth with nil Iron rail, And me steam .king rules us now. Only n Unity's (leave. Only nbpliy's grave I ' • Some Riot or Iwont tho most, or stitMlabdod sod-yot I think thut tied • • KnowsWhnttkatlllllegrhvooost. . Only n baby's grn vo I To children oven sostnnll. That they sit there anil slng-so small a thing Seems scarcely a gruVout alf. immcrsiuiii, about a tumbler, and noVcr felt so stout in mi life. I tlio’t I could lift nn akcr of tliolr liind, but bimeliy, after licker had let go, I felt its though I could follcr an anglo worm Into his hole and hadn’t strength ciuitfto.nsk adog to follcr mo—if lover drink sum more jcrsco wliis- kec, it will bo after I am ded nnd gone.— Thoro Is one church, here, but ft wou]d hold so fbw tlint nobody never go out of politeness There ds'gl hotels, itnd.tlicy are principally built out of doors, tew give ,tlie guests ns much brinmpicous nlraz lios- sible.” The lodging rooms aye small, but handy, each ono lmz a door'to them and a looKimr glass on life wall, and tjvo wash holes and towell, Dinner is sort'cd nt two o’clock, oiiens with soup, aud shuts up with hucklcburry. The servanls are geiv Sana l>!iUouunn"umiiiimiiiH wuit*»»j. HW " ",vi— *;r r. ■ . cini nttcntlon uiv«*n to lUrehronk* ciuti-H. . nritllv blnk, but nuinv ov them hlive lived omi^ during theday,bnrneroritlii(r.t l onti', su j ou „ among,(he.whites tlint tliey begin % '-XSSfeSnnfe \*KU\g:• tow tulopt our kullel^ The bench, V .’ J.C I totv adopt our kullel'. The bench, by Discovery of Ifuninn Itodlcs (lint Exist ed Before Adam. In the Department do la Dordogne, of France, human' skeletons coeval with tlio mammoths have been discovered, nnd tliey present such features of interest tliat tho French government has scntrM. Larret, the distinguished paleontologist, to mako a rjport pn the subject. Ilo reports tlint tlio hones of live skeletons liavb been dis covered, mid tlint they belong to some gi gantic race whoso limbs must lmvo resem bled, both iivsizo nnd form, tlioso of-tlio gorilla. Tho skulls, of-which oniy throb are perfect, arc fatal to the simian theory, linying contained voluminous brains.— Tlio skulls are now In tlio hands of n com mittee of savants, who are preparing an exhaustive crnnlologlcnl report.' The re sult will lie awaited with Interest by thoso who nrc devoted to tho interest of science in tho old world. The curious and vari ous theories propounded and advocated by savants lend us to view their decisions with'dlstrust. moonlltc,* is worthy of a philosopher.— I-ovcrs meet hcroJrom aid pnrtes of the kuntry tew nownnd swrtre, and menny a >i caueu Hrorson's , uecko’g, and found them to bo masses of huruhig carbon of oxtroino tenuity; IVIn- Uccke’s comet still Ihlntly burns in tho northwestern evening sky. Now, too, wo can account for tho great star of 1072, which suddenly shone forth In Cassiopeia with a brightness' tlint made it vislblu at tiooii-dny; now we comprehend tho lesser light of Coronn; nnd watch with Intensifi ed interest tlio lire* which every night ts revealed to our observation. Is tlio spec troscope with Its simplicity and certainty ordained jor teach what tho wisdom of ages Imsunly.conjectured, that there will ho nn end to tho form which material cle- inonts have taken In tho groat wprld of spneof Wo trcmblo at overy discovery, nndlookupon" “*•' SL\ ".T. ns an Illustration or tho simplicity, with which grent results arc attained in tlio ma terial us woll as tho spiritual world. A black lino of a oorfatill.fdfm on a spec trum of tlio sun shows that an Itlgredlept exists tlierc which Is found in dttr globe; a bright lino in tlio s|ieetrnm of a star sliows that its light has passed through aqueous ipors, indicating a ivlilte-liot nucleus i rounded by hleandescctit atmosphere; in fuct that the stars are suns like our sun. Front the observations of hockycr nnd Jnnnscn, inndo during the solar eclipse of last August, there can bo little doubt that tho “rosy protuberances,” which have so long puzzled astronomers during eclipse, are tnimejiso masses of glowing hydrogon, rising to tho bight of from 70,(MO to 00,000 miles nbovo the surlhce of tho sun. Tills fact also gives an additional reason for be lieving that bur sun belongs tb the class of vnriiihlo stars. Immediately comes the [cstivo question, may not a similar conflagration burst forth in tho grent or chokolilm,* hut that yho snake was pro- source from which wo derive our light and vented from accomplishing its object by the child lying lint on the ground and sud- heartc cumahcrc tulfmidgocs homo smash ed, and bleeding nt every iHiur. But the ‘ ' A” SKAI.ON, HuoUneller, KliUlnilrr mid Nowsmnn, Opitiislte Jesse Trotters, Al'I-ly llninllliiii Hlreot, IIai.tox, Ga. grand nttrnksliun iz the Atlnntlk Oscan, a grent liimispliccr ov liquid life nnd pew- er, blue water everywliare the eve knn reneli, nz gontlo ns n summer evening mil pond, nnd tlion ngin, Az awful tiz a water •earthquake. Upoii tliqwlinle. Lotig Branch is a sensible place to visit; I tliiiik there iz nz little nonsenz there generally nz tlio same number .of visitors are callable ov. _ Josh Billings. M U\n AUK U WHITMAN, to ofl/mUvUl, formerly of UlnggoU\,(Ja. WIioloHlUc Clotiiluff, . 377 nml 579 Uroajlwny, • -— Xfw York House ofltQOKHH, MO UP AXk OllUlin, JnU S AMU. ; f,A.FAlN. |thcngi . ii|f i u|rifl01i AVIioIoHUlo. Grocers, iwaeo coning,...!, llnlllmOi w ESSON & ■ ni'NTTINIl. COTTON. FACTORS, Ventral Commission .Uc chants Nos. Of & on Water strbci. tneurAVnlU. (A. M. Watkins.) • NmVVOIth. Clmrlestnn, B. C. .1. L. Vlllnlnniil. Snvnuim 1, (In. A. Austell, t'res’t All,mm National llanb Atlanta. Un. . OHO llnuu-litirs Nllould bo TntlRltt to Worn. Hero is nn example for the women.. It is Stated that'. Commodore Vanderbilt's daughter is teaching her daughter to mend stockings. Her good sense is shown in this work; for although Commodore. Van derbilt is rich enough how, his heirs may not always be so.. The wheel of fortune is so rapid in its revolutions in this coun try that -it takes only it generation for a turn, and we often illid'otir millionaires the sons of. puor men, and tlie sons ofoUr rich men In the poor'house. . The example of Coniimidoro yunuor- hllt’s daughter Is not, however', to beheld up as any condescension upon her part, forevery mule member of the royal house of Prussia is obliged to learn a trade, that lie may he able to support himself should want overtake him; Queen Vlctariifs daughters aro.suld to be proficient in till departments of housekeeping. Asntt exchange observes: "In' the-eyes of those silly females whose Iden of Itnppi- A'nbtlicr Moon. Considerable curiosity has has been ex cited in Germany by n pamphlet entitled (The Earth tq Receive a Second Moon, a less distance from it than tlio present one.” As the pamphlet has reached a second edition, wo may give a short ex tract from it. * Chapter VI is ‘heudod “Newest assertion. Tlie Zodiacal light is a ring of gas surrounding the earth, and buta few thousand miles ills taut front it? 1 while tlie previous chapters treat of gen eralities only.' The author asserts that the said gaseous ring is no longer burning, hut slowly cooling oil', luvlsiblo while the sun is liclow tlio horizon of different den sity, Interrupted by.the shadow of tho earth, a,ml depending iu bight and dura tion upon the sun’s distance from it. Just ns the rings of Saturn, ns admitted by all astronomers, having become cjld, are tho precursors of moons, .lie claims tho siimo result from tlio .so-called’ Zodiac. Tlie new moon being comparatively closo to tlio earth, will cause many partial nml to tal eclipses. Tlie author thinks that the cntastroplio of tlio bursting ojr tlie* ring may ho consummated.in our tiino or that of our children. bent. May not our Sun suddenly blaze up in the flrraanicntof some fardistant world, as tlio star in Corona did in ours? May not these startling Ihcts dimly foreshadow the time long prophesied “In which the heavens shall pass away with great noise, nnd the elements shall melt with fervent heat, .the earth also and the works that are therein shall bo burned up?” If tho intensity of tlio sim’s-rays were incronsod eight Hundred fold, ourglobo would be dis sipated in vapor, us a drop of* water in a furnace. IVe cannot question tho possi bility of such an ovent, while tlio probii- bility Is infinitely small, neither do tho re searches of geologists find any testimony of tho'occurreuco ot sucli an event ill the Infinite geologic ages of the past.—ITorf- denre Journal. ucss.is coiicontrnted'oii the possession and profuse expenditure of money, nil knowl edge of the kitchen and the needle may seem vulgar, hut every sensible .person must know that it is just its becoming a mrn-Wia* ■n ITAUUKN, H. D., Vhyxlclan, Hurneon nml Accoucheur, Offers bis services to tlm Inlmbltants of lliil. ton. and tlio lUrrtnUinlns country. Kuvntg nt* tstufisui itnmn nf tlm lumi Minlldul 8o1ioo1h in York City lio ToftlH continent mnn to boast of Ills entire uimcqunintancc with business nnd manly pursuits ns for a woman to nfl'eot contempt for and gno- ranee of tlio duties of Iter peculiar sphere. wli * ' “ L'nnnUuaml Ne,v York Oily lie -feels o tliSt lie enn Rive Rimerol snllsfiiotlnli. Ojjlcc in No. 2, Oixr King's St 'tore. It would ho well if those who nrenstonish- at the homely industry of tile Vuitfler- ts would learn a practical lesson -from tholr example.;’ Wm. Tcmnest, II. D.. Toronto, CnnaUn, •Wul. Mctlill, M. He Os niwn, J. Foote, M. it.. Brooklyn, , . U,miv,l^|o«|,ltal,New.Yprk.. , 1,70 . A’KftY A FKEBMAN A y “" “ ATTOBNK^ AT LAW, ‘ King Street, Dalton, Georgia KnflnKiiQtipuritOU..u v«..v« -- ecu Uiat riel of Gcorglm nml Bankrupt Court nt Atlnntn, Mu,: In tho stnto Court* *n tho conn* tluu of Whitfield, Murray,*Gortlnn, iiurtow, Ca* toosa nmiDmlP. MnyO-tfc J. 'uAltltKTT * HIGaiSB, , Mnriufucturora nmi Jobbers of Hats, Caps nnd Straw Goods. S7U tv. Baltimore Street, * pAXj’I. JON13B, Jr., • Wholesale dealer lu Brandies, Wines, Whiskies, Ulna, Ac, l'SACiiTnis srn.,. Ati.axtA, 0a. Mltyg-ly. J. K with MOFFMAN, STALEY * CO.l Wholcsnle Grocers, Liquor & Commission MERCHANTS, (5 Ronth Howard llnwnrd SI reels, tiotwoen Lombard nnd Trait Streets, BALTIMORE. ordora solicited. niK03i Seeing the Elcphnnl. A’couplo of ldds inPortage city climbed a tfigs outside the tcnt'to ge't a “dead head” v.ietv of Forepaugh’s circus. IVlmtoUno of it, tlie Rcglster'tclls us ns follows: “As soon ns tlie elephant was through with, in the* ring, the managers brought him out and hitched him to the identical tree, from tho limbs of which the lads wore vlotying the circus. To'nhoy npinatreo,’ this thing tuuked a little out of order, but they kept nS quite as death, fearing that they would either ipse tlie closing views of. tlto porforntmicr, or bo tlie subjects of tho displeasure or tlie circus man, if lie sltouhl discover them ‘dead heading’ it to- bis show. In due time tlm .performance clos ed, the crowd dispersed, nnd, horror uptm horrors, the keeper, of the animals uotv ad ded to tho perils of thoir situation by hitch ing two smaller elephants aud a camel to the samo tree. ... “Our huls now discovered thatthoy wfro In for a night of it, as all hands had loll, excepting only, themselves and tlio animals oh guard below. All hope of escape was Hotv cut off,. About this time Romeo con cluded to investigate matters aboyohim, aud with liiii trunk uommeliced trimming out thc-branchcs. Our hoys cnmitipnccd climhlngalso, until they lmdget ubovehis reach; and now tho camel took tip tho in- Huotv Flukes. A single snow-flake Is hut a very little lhing; so one little- sin Indulged mpy Ap pear of but little eousequeuce;. hut a num ber of Bnotr-ilakcs falling all day long, liidlhgtlio landmarks, drilling over tho doors, gathering upon the mountains, to comedown in avalanches, nnd-to cover trees, houses, and ovch whole villages— each one alone may lie small, but altogeth er they are powerful, and all but. irresisti ble. So sin indulged grows and increases until it becomes a mighty power Which but for. God’s help will wreck our Immor tal souls. IVc must strive by. God’sgraco to put nway all evil from us. A fitrpcl-Bltsirc-r*s Opinion or Ihe'Mon • and Brother. . “Our own correspondent” of tho Now York Trihvtno, writing to that pnper from Columbia, South Carolina, Where ho is at present on missionary scrvico in hohalf of tlio “God nnd morality Radical party , thus spooks of tho ''annotated.” Ho says The fact is, nnd it Is a melancholy ono for us who desire gofid for the colored race that tho uegro is so'utterly tho slave of his passions, and so -utterly destltuto of judgment and foresight, that no calcula tion can he made upon him—no foresight can predict whnt ho will do to-morrotv.— Ho may turn next to stab the white Demo crat, or tho white Republican, or theblack Democrat, or tlio white carpot-bngger, Ir respective of his politics. Ilo can forgot nice, blood, politics, ontlis of leagues, re ligion, his promise—anything and cvery- tiimg—under somolcnniomrycxcitcmont. lie wants tho Stability to net with conslst- .cy; and this comes of tho .character of sbt '*’** castigation, and poking his ligly mug up among tho limbs, lie drove Iliejiqvs to the among —- . , . - . very uppermost branches, of R, F * J0 ^ K <s"ticccnKor to ItA-nn'ott * Jones,) Di-tiler In all sorts of Dry GoodH, IlootH, SltoeH, HATH, CIIOCKERY, 4c. . Will notlio undersold—Yunl Stick 30 Indies long J Horae, Qa,, Oot 15-ly. JOHN inGGINS, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Stiop In Dr. Hrown’8 Now Drug Storo, Hamilton Street, Diilton, Georgia. Handsomo stock of pure Jewelry, for Ladies »nd Gontlomcn, watches, clocks, etc. Rejrnit- neatly and substantially executed. Julyl. Only nbaby*s grave! Strango how wo raourn nnd frot For n llttlo fuco that was lioro suoli a space— Oh i moro strange could wa forgot') Only a baby’s grave I Did wo measure grief by this. Fow tears woro hbed on our Imby dead— I kno^f bow they/tell on Ibis— Only a baby’s gravot Will tho mtiollfObomueli, Too small a gem for bis dtadoui - Whoso kingdom is raado of sucbT Only a baby’s grave! Yet orjon wo coiuo and nit By tbo llttlo stone—nnd thank God to own Wo nro nearer to him for It. . *' .ttlElIOrmonsNimUo Allltchs s Chliq Tho Lancaster, Penn., Intelligencer tells tho following: A.lnrge black snnko, ovor six feet long, inndo nn attack on' Tuesday last, the ad Hull,- Tor rnilny. . puuny Fern thus disposes of tlint or namental nhd useless object - called' a “hamlsomo man,” nud sensible folks will concur. She Says: . • , “But yopr conventional lintfilsomti man ofrthe barBcr's window, wax figure-head pattern; with pot lock in tlnrfnlddlo of Ills forehead, an apple head, anil a raspberry mmlstacup with six-hair, in It, paint pot on his clirck, and a llttlo dot of a goalee on ids chin, with pretty blinking little studs in his shirt bosom; nnd n little neek tlo tlint looks ns If ho would faint were it tumbled—I’d ns liof look at a poodle. I always feel a desire to nip It up witli a pair of sugar tongs, drop It gently into a howl of cream, nnd strew pink roso leaves Over tho little remains. Inst., on a little boy between-seven and Colcmanvllfo, In Conestoga township. In the afternoon ono of hlsllvtto noyslsy down nnd fell asleep under a tree, where-tho basket lmd been placod, whilo Mr. S. was picking berries ntiout ten or twelve yards distant. Mr. 8. finding sonto May apples, called tho boy and throw them to him, who picked them up and put them in a basket, nnd then lay down again. In a few minutes after tho boy uttered a pierc ing scream, jumped up, nnd orlcd out tlint ho was attacked by a big snake. Ilfs father hastened, to lifs assistance, nud soon despatched tho snake, which mado no at tempt to esciltio: Tho boy says lm was awakened by fcollrtg something moving nt his arm and side, and looking to see what it was, lie saw tho snnko and jumped up. It Iz sujiposcd by persons who nro acquain ted With tho hnliits of tills species of snake,', that it oak dh the'tree Under which tho iFn ' ’ Cuffce (llijeclfl. Tho Chlnoso question Is thus explained in.q conversation between two colored cit izens of San Francisco: “Well Jim Isup- poso you like tho idea of tlio Chinamen coming to litis country nnd going down Soulit anil working tlto old plantations?” “No, sar; no ear; datum too bad. Bad onuf, sar, whonwhltounrpot-bnggorBcomo. Now doy going to 1111 up do country wid yellow carpet-baggers front China-to keep do white cnrpct-baggcrs'dn ofllce—enuso our folks Was a throwing off on dq new white trash.” . -. A youilg gcnllctimn in bosom was being rent by t onsy,. addressed a billet to fog lie's notes to him, a would reciprocate tlie reply she thanked him lion,* and said she would tors as soon as a young, - tliey were loaned, had factory perusal!” * * ■ A Holly of Uroi-nllorin. hoy wnrnslocp, nhd that Itilroppcd Itself from some low branches of tho tree on .tho child, intending to Coll around nnd crush A New Mtvchinefor CleittilnK Cot (an, ‘ A Tennesseean has invented amnehiuo for cleaning" ootlon wliich. takes tho bolls., just as llioy:nro gathered mnl .convcrtn them by a singlo process Into a ribbon of spun cotton, composed of fllnmcnts laid pnrallcl to ono another, nml in much bet ter condition than cotton prepared in tho. qld flisldoncd Wo^. "i llotr the Jniinncso Women Bntlic. A Correspondontof tho New York World who hns been visiting Yokohama, de scribes a visit tq one of tho natlvo hath houses there: Here, open to the street, ns usual,, wo found the place to lie ii large square room, with tlie floor.ralscd nbout.two feet from tlio ground, nnd a partition, about thrco feet high, running through tlio centre.— On one side of this room, In the costumo of Mother Eve, before she studied pomol ogy, were collected from fifty to seventy women and girls, nnd, on tho other side, icrlinps thirty men and toys, clad in a cur- -'led pattern of the famous Georgia Ma- 'a airy suit, but that even tho shlrt-col- nr and'sptjre were wmitlug. “The old Joke about n “wet nurse in n bath-house,’ was here partially realized, dcnly jumping ujt. From the* short time chlitldolapr' . Two Jumps or a Locomotive. Tlio BuflUlo express tralu on tho Susque hanna and Schuylkill Itallrdad, near Dau phin Nnrrows, Pn., ran lnlo a rock three* foot lu diameter wliich lmd rolled -down the mountain oh tho* track. The .engine left tho track nnd jumped pVor a stono wall fifteen foot high into a country road, and then ovcrnnbthcr stono wall into the Penn sylvania Canal. Tho engineer nnd fire; man woro*killed* and several.passengers worn Injured.' ‘ A Virginia Legislature oi posed of bu believe,) tli thator any • “To your ti Buchanan sit porizing while the enemy j array ft* cxclninis Wendell Pliillips In Ids lust letter. lapsed after tho.chlld lay down, - tin wblol . tho second time, it is supposed that ho could uot have be«u very soundly asleep If the child had been sleeping verysoum ly, the consequences might lgiVo been moro serious: ns it was, tho child Wnsnot hurt.- Mr. 8.' had no way to measure the length of tho snnko nccumtolyi but from such menus as were lit hand. It was found to be between six nnd scran feet in length. Some dozen native drynus whom ! took to • ,u bo the owners of tlio lavatory temple, were semiring tho dark-haired, rosy naiads tvitli largo bundles of paper, while others poured water over them from a well In the center of-the room by means of wooden * li long handles.- Tlio ceaseless diii and clmttering or the nymps under ifenlng.— General Grunt's Opinion or Monlllcrn- era. Gc'ncml Grant is reported to have said, in his interview witli Tnrboll, of Missis sippi, that lie knew tho Southerners, ned that it was “morally impossible” tlint they should be slnccro in tliolr acceptance of tlio Congressional plait of reconstruc tion, or words to* that effect,. To which the Savannah Republican thus pertinent ly replies: “If Gcnorat Grant speaks the truth in this matter, in what a plight does lie put his political friends, who are seek ing Jo force reconstruction on tlio South I Ilo Lore makes tho signiflcnnt'conccssion that tlio Radical party has dictated tcrmB of reunlon to tho Southern people which they cannot iu good conscience accept.— It is this,, and nothing lcssl lie charges upon tho Radical party the crime and per fidy of proposing a plan of reconstruction which tho South cannot ngreo to without* dishonor! What a judgment Is this to bo entered up in history against a party by its great leader and exponent!” * The Clilnnmcll its Peru, - . Tlio Chinamen In Peru, said to nbmlicr about thirty thousand; have" forwarded a memorial, representing their grievances; to tho Celestial government. They say tholr contracts nro ns* waste paper, and that hunger, cold; blows, vituperation and had food nro driving thorn to self destruc tion; and though there are a' few kind mnsters. yet thoy nrd nqone or two in ten, Wherefore they pray the powcrftil protec- tlon-of tho homo government, lliat-it may bo to them like tho dowy showers on dy ing plants. _ ' . , . . A u Mo, Parsofi Moody at a Ohio' introduced tlto ltev. A with, “Tlie brother-in-law o Grant will lead us In prayer.” — EitkHIi HAce. There was ir race between two train’s, ono on the Chicago and. Alton, and tin: • qther on tho Terre Haute railroad, last week. The locomotives rancightccn miles - .sidh by sido, neither, gaining, running a part of tho distance nt the rate of sovcirty- 11 VO miles all hour. Tlie above is a West ern cminatlon. That accounts for it. - In tlip 'wrons Box. “Airs.” H, M. Turner, wile of the Sta tion negro cx-poslmastcr, was forcibly re moved frbm tho.lnilics’ car on tile Central railroad a few nights ago. She gave the Conductor notice that lie “would hear from” her insulted majesty again. It seem to ho a very.lmrd matter for somo 'niggers” to imotv tholr places. ! 4 Notno on Nimlios.. A colored hoy In Maury* comity, Ten nessee, killed a rattlesnake last week wliich lind forty-five rattles. “For weeks previous” itissniil, “he terrified tho whole couutVy with Ills noise nt niglit.” tills process was absolutely deafening, Far from feeling any sense of shame by tlio presence of their own countrymen; Who wore enjoying tho hath'In compauy, thoy gave not the slightest thought or nttontlou to tho number of foreigners who were looking on. Perhaps, like tlio poet's oltiv- nlrous defense of I July Godlva, I ought to say that they were clothed in conscious ness of immodesty, it being n custom to which they nro habituated from Infancy. -liis "brain, not of tho-eolor of his skin. where they wero discovered at daybreak by their nnxions parents, who juid becn searching for them in vatu nll nigltt, tutor ing and tossed about like black birds on the top of a ricostalkin a .windy day.— Tho hoys saw more of those niumnls'tuan all the rest of tho boys in town, and ‘for nothing,’ too; and if they don’t remember the time for tlio balance qt their natural days when they ‘sat up’ with Romeo, then we mbs our guess. Tho phvuso seeing the elephant’ was to them a jiniclicnl applp cation, which they wilialwaysremember.” Olil Kcntm-U. Tho Legislature of .Kentucky will ho made un as follows: Lower Tioftse, nine ty-two Democrats nnd eight HopnbUcans, Senate, thirty-six Democrats nnd two Re publicans. HliiKnlnr FronU of Nature. Tlie oiiarlcstOn Courier ia informed by. q correspondent; .that in tlio upper part of South Carolina there liras- a young cx- Confederafe soldier, whoso leg was ampu tated, during tho war, near the thlgh.r- After amputation tlio wound rapidly heal' oil, and ho was scntliomc. About a year aftora fleshy protuberance Was seen ti) grow out of . the flesh, which, in tlie courso of a fotv months, took the shape of afoot, and slnco, tlint lllnc It hns hccn growing finely, until now the man has It perfectly now fooj and leg growing Train' his thigh, which,- in a ycrtr'or so, promises to supply tlie low of his log In the first Instance. If this he trite, it lathe most wonderful freak of damo nature that Has over t-orac to our notice. Olffimtle iJinU-Nllde nt Nloekporl, N. Ys—Nliifftilnr Tlieiiorm-littllj The town of Stockport, N. *F.., was tlio scene of considerable excitement recently on account of a gigantic land-slide, and thousands hnvo visited the spot. It com. prises nearly five acres, and. was an eleva tion aboro a dry ravino. A hill Intervenes between this ravine and tlie creek, on tho cast and noi-Jli, of a little less than tho nl- tttudgof (hat which caved In. Tlio move ment was gradual, nnd tho surfaco of,tho earth undulnted llko waves of. tho ocean No noise Was heard until the moving rnnsH struck the hnso of the intervening hill, when there was a dull, rupihling sound, resembling distant thunder, and a quiver ing sensation llko a slight shock of.nn earthquake. Tlio- earth caved in to tho distance of ovor eighty feet, and thq sur- face, as indicated by trees nnd fences, moved » distance of over six hundred feet. So gradual was tlio movement tlmt It oc cupied about hnlf an hour, and tho sight 16 described by tlioso who witnessed |t ns sublime in tho extreme. Among the most marked incidents of the phenomenon is tho fact that un oak treo. which stood by tho roadside was moved, with it scotion of tho fence, to tho bottom of tfio ravine, a distance of 000 feel, and thc.trcp nndfonUO now stand as firm and upright as ovor.— Tlio weaker trees, such ns pine nml hem lock,were snapped asundcrllke pipe steins, and some trees of this nature, some two feet or more in diameter, arc doubled and twisted llko a wisp of Straw. Tho land Is Clay, founded on quicksand; with it soil Burflreo of not more than two’ foot thick ness, and It is understood the quicksand lias been gradually wnslied awiiy from be, ncath'and passed off into'the stream. Htrntiffc Coincidence. The Syracuse Courier tells; of. a strango coincidence which happened In the family of a respectable, citizen of that city: Tfio birth of it llttlo child occurred soino nino months since. Its mother was ill at the time of consumption. - Since tho child canto into tho world it 1ms followed tho physical condition of Its mother with mar velous precision. Would sha bo taken with vomiting tho uhild would ho afflicted in the snme manner; did her health Im prove for n few weeks, marked improve ment was noticed in tho- child; when her health declined, the child’s Would also be gin to dccUno at nearly tho samo time.— A short titno since the mother was taken much worse; tlio symptoms of the child WeVo of ii Similar clmraOtor, Finally tho mother died nnd only a fow secoiid* dltcr breathing her last tho child followed into eternity. The case is a strange one, show ing Imw great influence, nn unconcious lyinpntliy may exert over physical condt- ions.- Crops In llrtrtow. The Cartcrsvlllo Express Bays: Tlio drought has boon vifry severe iu portions of this county. Tiiii com-crop in those vory -dry holts Is well nigh cut off; in oth er portions of tho* county them lias bccu slight, hut Occasional showers of rain— tho crops are much better, but in somo parts they have not, suffered scarcely a day Tor rain; and better Crops,were iiovcr known. ’ A NoverVutllll. Last Sunday a pulpit made of Lebanon and ollvo wood, 2,000 years old, was dedi cated in a Congregational church, at Arn- herqt, Alassacliusctts. Such a pulpit is a nice thing to have, but i( would bo more properly placed ifin a museum. The preach ing from h will certainly not bo any mote effective lhau if it took plnco from a pine pulpit: . Neuter's .Majority. TliuNnshvilloUnionsny6! The returns, wliich nro nearly all i'll now, ofllcial and reported, indicate a majority for Governor Soiitcf of about 65,000.. Fds *’ ” *' full a few votes below tlmt hun carried on Keeper of tlio I'eiiltentlarj , Got’: Billlock has appointed John Dar nell, Sr., of Pickens county l’rinoipal Keeper of the Penitentiary, and published Mow Uudev Yonr Woods. « If you plow dotvli ynUr Avccds before they go id Seed they will jifove .a benefit to your land instead of It curse. If they are allowed to ge to seed they will bo q sourco of ondlcss trouble.^ Plowed under, they aVo worth as mnclt ns a dressing of, ma nure. Bosido enriching tho soil they lend to keep it loose. Ifyonadd fromfwctity- flvo to fifty bushels of lime per aero to the ground,lmd hartow.lt in, it will Convert yotfr weeds into plant foodi . ■ *. 'Tho Cow's Mentors'. .Tlio Alexandria Gazette relates this Incldentl “Two years ngo Sir. John Williams who lives tictir Fishtown, was In tlio crab bus iness, aud on ono occasion whilo soengag- ed carried homo a basket foil of iiVc crabs, liis cow, attracted by tho grebn sea Weed that covered them, iiLsmclfiug around tho basket us"lt sat on tlrngdUiidln tho yard, was caught by the hose by one of them, nnd only released herself from the painfol pressure of its (flaws by tho most powcrftil efforts. Yesterday Mr. Wllljams bought nnd took homo sonia crabs, and one of them* climbing out of the basket crawled out Into, the yard where the s»mo cow. was feeding, but no sooner had sho,seen It, than recollecting how two years ago sho had suffered from a similar looking crea ture, she llccnmo possessed of tho liveliest feui', and darted, out of iho gate; nnd un der no circumstances could ho Induced to return until tlio cntisc of the alarm was rcmoVoq." • A. Terrible Nloriu. Ini and so far, only Wayne in Aliddlo and Hay wood in West Tenues- •' Only n Mistakes - A woman in Now Orleans Was tti'rested for flifoVrlilg a pail df boiling Water over n lrttttti Her dofel’ce was that site mistook him for her husband; • , ... GoodlUcn. Col- Styles, editor of tlie Albany Nows, proposes to issue a weekly paper for tho IVecdmen under the name of “Tlie Frecd- mens’ Friend,” hs soon as lie gets 300 sub scribers ut 81, caqii. EX*Ilcteellvo. M'ootl^^ yfnur^ Aitotlirr Charge on llouta . , . A Wnsitiflglott Dispatch Says that Ex- Dcteetivo Wood has published ii circular in • ment trial Secretary Boutwell, triroUgh the. Rev. Ah. Alatcltelt, offered him 810,000 for certain Informdtioit to bo given against President Johnson: . A Norman Nryroi A llegfo Brigham Yojtng, nnined Alar- tin, married his ninth frlih last Week at NdshVifle, nhd hdrrowed fifty doilli’rS Of 1 the elgiit on the dny boforc he wedded tho Inst, nnd had Iter dress him for ceremony. Ddt, Suspecting something she had him arrested afterward. rjk* - *. Early Frost. ■ .Tlio Wallialla Courier of' the 13th- irist, says: AVo hnvo boon Inforined tHat licavy in what Is known ns Hdtse Covo, n!*S.— Frost in Augustt Quito early. From Cubn. Cubanndviecs lmvo been received to tho 0th, Jinny arc llcotng Spanish conscrip tion tthd Joirfing'lho Cubans. Tlio discon tent anions tlio slaVes is Increasing: Jor dan and Qucsadn nro. folly holding their own; A .present Fit ftr nn Etuprror. Tho President hoS been the rccip licnt.of teiiboxfcs of cigars froMafltm In Sail Fran cisco, in Cqiifofhiii; each box.containing olio hundred cigarA, Tho cigars arc got lip lh Stylo; tlio Stnall end of oach oi>o bc- liig tlppc’d wjtll gold leaf. .Vc-l - . New Mexico. Governor Mitchell, of New Arexico, has iSSdcd it prdOhunatioq doclnriug all Nava- joe arid Glia Apaclio Indians outlaws Whenever ihund: outside or tho limits of tiioir reservations, nnd authorizing tlio citizens of tho territory to kill {very such depreddtor. • WSlsE A Wliilky Ring, Tho Wnslilngton Express says a hill will bo,introduced at tho conimciiccuient of the,'next cession of Congress to a whisky to bo. transported in bond front tlto plnco of munufiftturc free of tax, i export only. . • - • - •• • * ■= » - - y-g.»- A tcrrlhlo slorni of rain, hall nnd wind passed oVor Baltimore county, Md., on Baturday-nflcrnoon. Tlm wind carried with it fences; trees and brushes, stripped tho orchards entirely, nnd leveled the com to tho ground. A' coasting* schooner nt anchor in tlicGunpowdefltlVcr was thrown oil her beam end arid slink. The hailstones wore quite largo, and canto with such ve locity- as tp break every pane of window- glass exposed. During the squall the Itndlenl Kcltool Toucher Iluiig In Texas, A white teacher of a negro sclidol was hung in Tarrant;'Texas, hist week, by ii mote, for obtaining a llecfise to marry emu of his pupils. It scents jinl'd Hint tliesc. Radicals cannot bo allowed to fulfill tholr mission. ... Champion ...... - . . . Airs, Nancy Dolicrty is tlio champion tnpewormist of Indiana. Onlnst Sunday slio fook tlie premium with one sixty feet long; licr principal competitor was Mary AIcQimdc; who took the second heat with forty-flvo feet: (Hitch worn. An lotva girl got -into- Omaha lu tho evening; flot acquainted with a young man In tho. inorning; wontto.a picnic In tlio title rooori; arid brought him home and married him before supiwr. mercury in the* thermometer fell 25 de- . Tho Blin-rohSe. “Alabama bonds, ’ ’ says tho Selma Times, “declined 2 tier cent, in the stock market in Now York when the result of the 1 tho foot in ids- fourteen organs. 1 tome tloi*ftcameknotrn. AndTottnessooborids, Courier. in the Snrao market, advanced flyo and a Wotild’at tlie Corincr liko to be ono of lmlf per cent: ns soon as it was known that tho fourteen"! “You bet” itwould. the Radical party lmd been defeated,'’ Goncrnl7.oe nml tlio Sloollng of FWictel mul Coiifcilornto Generals; _ PuiLA.DELl>UlA, AUg. 10,— 1 Thei roconL. interview with General Lee rocarding the tho belief that General I-co will eventually utteiid; not tlmt ho wholly approves of tho meusurc, but, regarding the meeting ns a foregouo conclusion, no thinks his presenco is duo to the mon ho command ed, us thq mooting will bo an historic ono, and bccaure ho desires to avoid any mis construction which would bo plaqcd upon his rcihsul by tho enemies of reconstruc tion. .'Rapid Promotion# Hpn. Judah P. Bcrijainiii, late of the Confederate*Cabinet, hut nun- of England, has, after two years practice lit tho liar, been mntlo Queen’s Cotitiscl,-an * most without pri tudo of itsi bestowal. Aside 11 him Ci-iilor counsel in whatever cases he may he employed, the promotion will con siderably add to his emoluments. Being tlio Liverpool and Afanciieslcr circuit, will lie retained in commercial lions ofin is spiteful—vin* dictlve—venomous—bent on doing you an Injury.. Let it touch so much as the too of your boot, says tho Macon Telegraph, und you are glad to flml a shady place for your foot. A man can stand-it who lias worked iu the open air front early spring, hii^bring^ont your shade plants, und they