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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1869)
®lje weekly Constitutionalist, BY STOCKTON & CO, OCR TERMS. Tbe following are the rates of Subscription: Daily, one year oo Weekly, one year $3 00 fFor the Constitutionalist. Forgotten. A ADDRESSED TO THE SOUTH. BY PAUL H. HAYNE. I. Forgotten! Can it be a few swift rounds Os Time’s great chariot-wheels have crushed , to nought The memory of those fearful sights and sounds, With speechless misery fraught— Wherethro’ we hoped to gain the heaven kissed height, Where Freedom smiies in light ? It Forgotten! Scarce have four dim autumns veiled With merciful mist those dreary burial sods, W hose coldness, when the high-strung pulses failed, Os men who strove like gods— Wrapped in its gory folds of senseless dust, fi Dead hearts and perished trust 1 111. Forgotten! While in far-off woodland dell. By lonely mountain tarn and murmuring stream, Wild, stricken hearts with sorrowful passion swell— Their lives one hideous dream— Half frenzied of worn hope and lost de sire, And anguish crowned with fire ! IV. Forgotten! While our manhood, cursed with chains, And pilloried high for all the world to view, Writhes in its fierce, intolerable pains, Decked with dull wreaths of rue, And shedding blood for tears, hands whaled with scars, Q Lifts to the dumb, cold stars ! V. Forgotten ! Can the dancer’s jocund feet Flash o’er a charnel-vault, and. maidens fair Bend the white lustre of their eyelids sweet, Love-weighed, so nigh despair ? Its ice-cold breath must freeze their blush ing brows, And hush love’s.half-sighed vows 1 VI. Forgotten! Aye, but all the songs we Bing lold under-burdens, wailing chords of woe ; Our lightest laughters sound with hollow ring, ur bright wit 6 freest flow, Quavers to sudden silence of affright, Touched by an untold light! VII. Forgotten ! No! we cannot all forget, Or, when we do, farewell to Honor’s face, To Hope’s sweet tendance, Valor’s unpaid debt, And every noblest Grace, Which, nursed in Love, might still be nignly bloom Above a Nation’s tomb ! VIII. forgotten! Tho’ a thousand years should pass, Methinks our air will throb with memory’s thrills; A conscious grief weigh down the faltering grass, ■ A pathos shroud the hills ; • Waves roll lamenting—Autumn sunsets yearn FOl the old time’s return ! IX. Forgotten! -Shall dull nature shame our speech, With stammered utterance of her dim-felt care ? nd waves, and woods, and hill-side voices preach A more sublime despair * Than that whose first hot throes our startled life Bhook with an earthquake strife ? X- Forgotten! No! beneath its snow-clad crests, Far down the still volcanoes pant with fire. Forgotten! No! within our silent breasts Stir seeds of Will and Ire; Hopes, e’en Despair, brought forth by memories true, Baptized in sacred dew! XL forgotten ! No! these occult forces yet, ■ Fused, and made perfect in the womb of years— .■ureting, shall show how we—the scorned — W forget; How Faith, kept bright by tears, . Climbs to fruition, and our souls again Shall tower in free-born men ! The Fairest Always the Rarest. V Thus it is all over the earth— That which we call the fairest, And prize for its surpassing worth, Is always rarest. Iron is heaped in mountain piles, And gluts the laggard forges ; But gold fl ikes gleam in dim defiles And lonely gorges. « 1 The snowy marble flecks the land ■ With heaped and rounded ledges, But diamonds hide beneath the sand Their starry edges. God gives no value unto mpn l'h matched by need of labor; Ami cost of worth has over been The closest neighbor. [ Were every hill a precious mine, , „ And golden all the moflntalus.; Bm " ri ''all ihu rivers fed with wine f— ■ B Lib would he ravished of its BMI, Cotton. —Speculators in cotton (says the Memphis Appeal) are already busy predict ing the extent of the next crop ; and, like all of their kindred are “going it blind” with a perfect looseness, "in the face of facts that are every day coming to light, proving that there is not so great a breadth of land under cultivation this as last year, and that not more than one-fourth the num ber of hands employed in I$6S are now en gaged in agricultural .labor of any kind, these fellows continue to write foolish and ridiculous letters jibout a 3,000,000 bale crop, some of the more unreliable carrying their figures as .high as 3,500,000. It is nothing to these wise-acres that the bottom lands have been inundated and the hill sides been washed by heavy raius, compelling, in most instances, replowing, and (replant ing. If the ground is not ready and fertile, their imaginations are ; and to prove it, they make figures to order and beyond the hopes, anticipations, or conceptions of the poor planters who .have digged and delved at cotton planting all their lives. These persons are also oblivious to the existence of press and telegraph. They anticipate the one, and possess more Information than the other. In, a word they are equal to aDy emergency of the season or their calling, and will manufacture a crop as readily as their compeers of the gold board would a bogus dispatch to sustain a combination against “government” or gold. But we can assure them their efforts will, prove abortive. The multiplicity of agricultural publications at the South, and the means adopted by the daily press of these States, to keep the world posted as to the cotton prospects, supersedes the necessity of the old-fashioned circular which it has long since been found was too often the media of erroneous views and ignorant speculations, such as are now gaining currency in regard to the crop of this year. The planter and the merchant are thoroughly posted, and will continue to depend upon the Only re liable avenues of public intelligence for in formation asJ.o the future of cotton, which, from all quarters, we learn Is anything but as promising as at this time last year. Hot House Children. —Europeans are surprised, we are told, at the precocity of American children, boys and girls, and the variety of their attainments at an early age. We take no pleasure in hearing these re ports. Our patriotic pride Is now and then pleased by them—we feel slightly Ameri can eagle-ish, perhaps—but are oftener re minded of the thin, pale-faced little chil dren, especially little girls, whom we pass on their way to school with books under their arms. Onr children", like our women, are made to know too much, and are allowed to piay too little. The sooner American mothers begin to take pride in the development of the limbs the muscles, the solid flesh, of their little boys and girls, the better for the country. When we meet a mother who is proud of her children, it is because they are “intelligent,” they “learn so fdst,” they are “at the head of their classes,” they are “ ambitious.” Fathers pore over the weekly reports sent from distant schools, and ate pleased at the progress of their boys in such a “variety of studies;” -they do not notice the “old” look of their young faces when they come home for vacation, that lack of the round fulness of youth, which American school boys nearly always exhibit. A precocious child is always a sad object to us. Precocity promises nothing—experience teaches us that. It is merely a pre mature development which interferes with physical health, and In the end defeats the very hopes which it has created. Robust health, on the other hand, rosy cheeks and plump ones, full limbs, lungs which make the air ring with laugh ter and shouts, and now and then with screams, are all promises of future man hood and future womanhood, which nature will keep as sacredly as she does her other promises. From strong children, unless art with its bungling and impertinent in terference forces her to change her plans, nature will produce strong men and strong women—men who can labor for their fami lies and their country as strong men only can labor—women who can assist their, husbands as none but strong women can. We have heard enough of precocity, we have heard enough 01 variety in studies, we have heard too much of ambition, and classes, and proficiency; we have heard too much of this unfortunate superiority of American v children. No child ought to know more at eight years old than it can learn at its mother’s knee. The new object teaching and the plan qf mingling study with play, has rapidly developed in this country into a hot house pressing system. Our schools for older children are as bad as those for the younger, and our coleges are no better. Precocious children, preco cious girls, precocious young men, preco cious women, are too common in this coun try. We take no pride in them—mothers take too much pride in them, so do fathers. The country needs health, vigor, freshness in its youth—not precocity. • A Curious Clock. —A clock has just been completed for the cathedral of Beau vais, France, which far surpasses all the existing specimens of the clockmaker’s art. It contains no less than 90,000 wheels, and indicates, among other things too numer ous to recite, the days of the week, the month, the year, the signs of the zodiac, the equation of time, the course of the planets, the phases of the moon, the time at every capital in the world, the movable feasts for a hundred years, the saints’ days, &c. Per haps the most curious part of the mechan ism is that which gives the additional day in leap year, and which consequently is called into action only once in four years. The clock is wouud up every eight days.— The main dial is twelve feet in diameter, and the total cost exceeds $50,000. A Singular Accident.— A few days ago, as two young men by the name of Stovall and Harris', of- Franklin county, were traveling together on horseback, Mr. Stovall’s horse, being rather spirited and hard to control, became angry with the horse Mr. Harris was riding, and' in at tempting to bite the horse chanced to seize Mr. Harris by the ankle, and snatched him from his saddle, at the same time crushing the bones of the leg, which lie still held I jirinly between his teeth. After Mr. Harris | had been held In this condition for some | tho*h*rsb as lie held him, he was relf-ased. 1 last accounts his physician thought sis 'i ututlou would la- Docamrr. Mr. Ilsrrls AUGUbn, GA. f WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 16, 1869 fFrom the North Carolina Argus. Murder Will Out. A gifted legal friend of this town gave us the following account of a heartless murder, and its Anal revelation, that took place in this State, many years ago. A man by the name of J—, of Wayne county, North Carolina, sold a free negro (whom he bad cheated into the belief that he was but hiring) to a gentleman whom we will call Brown, in one of the adjacent districts of South Carolina. Some time afterwards Brown discovered the fraud, and imme diately wrote to J—, from whom he had purchased him in Wayne county, that if he paid back the money he had paid him for the free negro he would not prosecute him, and besides keep it a profound secret. To this Mr. J— replied he would gladly do so, and urged Mr. Brown to come for it im mediately, and closed by assuring him of his gratitude that he had spared his family the humiliation of a public disclosure Air. Brown, therefore, left his heme on horseback for Wayne county, and, upon reaching the residence of Mr. J—, he was kindly received and sumptuously entertain ed. The money was paid over to him, and he was prevailed on to spend several da vs with the family and enjoy the sports of the country. After a pleasant sojourn of a week he started for his home in South Carolina, with the best wishes for his host and family that he might have a safe jour ney, and a safe return to enjoy their .hos pitalities. Several weeks after his depar ture letters were received from Mr. Brown’s family, making inquiry for him and stating that he had not returned to his home.— Search and inquiry, however, proved fruit less. Mr. Brown never returned. Mr. J., who had sold the free negro, never appeared at his ease afterwards, but it was thought to be owing to the unaccountable and mysterious disappearance of Mr. Brown, who had been his guest. Years afterwards, and not long ago, Mr. J—, on his death bed, urged his frmlly and friends not to bury him in the family graveyard. He was very vehement in this request, but it was presumed to be but a vaguery of his diseased brain, and his dy ing wishes were therefore disregarded. His remains were carried to the family burying ground, and the grave-digger commenced his work; but, when he had reached a cer tain depth, his spade struck a solid object —obstructions which, upon their removal, proved to be the skeletons of a man and horse, with the irons of a saddle; the iron buttons, Uxf, upon the skeleton were found to be the same that Mr. Brown had worn. Thus, even at the grave, before the clods of the valley had shut him out forever from the light of day, surrounded by. those who had met to do honor to his memory, without judge or jury, these silent witness es, his own dread of the spot, the ghastly skeleton, with grinning teeth and sightless eyes, the buttons, the saddle irons, pro nounced him, to the judgment of all pres ent, a heartless, fiendish murderer. There was no appeal from this decision. Os a truth, “ murder will out.” The South and Cotton.— The New York World considers the speech in the Memphis Convention by General Alcorn (Senator elect from Mississippi, and, in the judgment of the World, • “the acknowledged leader of the Republican party In the South ern States,”) the most startling speech de livered iu this country since the close of the war. It produced, says the World, an immense sensation in the convention. The speaker showed that the Southern cotton interest—which, before the war, used to bring in $250,000,000, gold—has been demol ished by the results of that collision ; that since the outset of the war, a colossal con spiracy, initiated by British capitalists and manufacturers, and joined in by the gov erntnents and capitalists of other nations, has been at work for the establishment of cotton culture abroad and the breaking down of the American cotton monopoly; that this conspiracy has so fir succeeoed that, even in 1864, thirty-nine sources, ex clusive of the United States, contributed, <or instance, to the supply of cotton at Manchester “that Australia, Jamaica, the Freuch West Indies, Greece, Turkey, Brazil, Portugal, Morocco, Egypt, Italy, Austria, Hayti, Malta, Japan, China, and Venezuela, were among the producers ; that the aver age fibre of foreign cotton in fourteen in stances, was equal, for average purposes of manufacturing, to the American fibre ; and that in several, fn fact in most of the countries named, cotton can be cultivated aud exported to England at cheaper rates than American planters can afford. Gen eral Alcorn thus illustrates how the war and the policy of repression pursued by Congress towards the South, has paralyzed an industry which furnished over three fourths of the exports of the country. He proposes as a remedy, which he defines to be a national duty, the construction of levees along the Mississippi. The uplands at present available for cotton, yield from 200 to 500 pounds per acre. The rich bot tom lands would yield from 1,500 -to 2,000 pounds per acre. This enormous yield, in his opinion, would enable American plant ers to underbid once more the markets of the world. High Times in Hayti.— -The negroes are having a high old time. Here is something from the late newspaper correspondence: Provisions are being sold at the most fabulous rates—a barrel of flour being valued at $5,000 (Haytk-n paper currency), and a barrel of pork at $14,000. Gold, in a few days rose in value from S6OO to $1,200 for the American dollar, and now it reaches $1,500. The people are positively starv ing, and merchants will only sell for coffee or specie. 8o great is the destitution every where, that threats are made of an open and violent pillaging of the provision stores, and no property Is safe, because there is no protection whatever. The villages of Torbeck, Pert Hal at and Cavalilon had been captured by the insur gents ; therefore, those places were lost to the Government of Salnave, and the plains of Caynes have been completely scoured by the army of General Do r.lngue, who cleared away the hordes of the barba rous pieos or piequets. The massacre of the bloodthirsty wretches is represented as per fectly horrifying. One thousand five hun dred of them were left dead and unburled In ifiie of the valleys through which Do mlngue's army passed. A negro man named JHvla la spj.lWng for a position on tha |>ollri* force ol New York city, lie’ll have to come Hontb to | Encounter Between Sword Fish and a Sperm Whale. —A correspondent of the Petaluma Jiurnal and Argus of April 15, relates the following singular incident: A novel sight was witnessed a few days ago by Mr. Guffeny, who lives near Rodoga Bay. While plowing near the const, his at tention was directed to an unsual commo tion iu the water, nearly a mile from shore, which proved to be a conflict between five sword fish and a sperm whale. The ocean was quite calm, and, as they neared the shore, their movements could be plainly seen. The whale was no match for his antagonists, who seemed to understand his only means of defense, and displayed con siderable knowledge of tactics, in parrying with their formidable adversary. In making their thrusts into his sides they would keep clear of his tail, oue blow of which would have been fatal to them. With maddened fury the huge monster of the deep would strike right and left causing the water to boil by the force of the blow—and then he would dive deep to escape the relentless Airy of his tormentors, but he was followed and soon brought to the surface. Deep gashes could be seen in his side, and the blood flowing freely. The fight was wit nessed for nearly an hour, when the whale, in the agony of despair, started for the shore, flinging himself upon some low rocks, and soon died from the effects of the wounds. Gashes two feet long and six feet deep were made in his sides. Many In this city went to see him. He was between fifty and sixty feet long. The third day the tide rose high enough to float him from the rocks, and he floated out to sea. TnE First Divorce Cases in South Carolina. —T“..e Greenville Enterprise says: Three petitions for divorce came up for hear ing before Judge Orr on Friday last. Two of the applications were from the wives of wicked husbands, one from the husband against the wife. The first case was from a lady. Mrs. Mary IS. Cameron, residing in Charleston, for a divorce from her husband Robert Cameron, In Philadelphia, from whom she was, by his cruelty, compelled to separate several years ago; he having, also, since the separation, unlawfully married another woman in Pennsylvania, with Whom he Is now'living. The unlawful wife, on application, furnished an affidavit, stating that the husband-represented himself as a widower; and so she married him in ignorance ol the existence of the lawful wife. Judge Orr, after hearing the petition and evidence, readily granted the order for divorce in this case, on motion of Perry & Perry, solicitors for the petitioner. The other parties all reside in this coun ty. The applicants were represented by Messrs. Sullivan & Stokes. Judge Orr granted the order of divorce in the case of Mrs. Amanda C. Lenderman from the hus band, Francis M. Lenderman, who, it was proved, had cruelly treated her and had married or taken up with another woman. In the case of the petition of John W. Walker for a divorce from his wife, Mary J. Walker, on the allegation of her deser tion some six or eight years ago, and her violent temper and abuse which occasioned it, and the hopelessness of a reunion, the judge was not satisfied that he ought to grant the husband a divorce, but Intimated to the counsel that he would further con- Ider the case. It seems to us'that our Judges ought to restrict the granting of divorces to the one Scriptural justification indicated by the Judge of all earth, in Matthew Y. 32. Thus far the cases actually decided by Judge Orr appear to come within that rule. How Hotel Proprietors Remember Absconding Boarders.—' The hotel and boarding house keepers have an associa tion, and publish a confidential circular once a month describing persons who have defrauded them. One of these circulars fell into my hands not long ago, and Is certain ly a curious document, It reads something like this specimen: “C. D , Virginia, sandy beard and curly hair ; lisps a little, and has lost second finger of left hand ; car ries a six-shooter, and says he has a rich uncle in Richmond ; never pays anything.” Os course the circular puts boarding house keepers on their guard. [Letter to Rochester Chronicle. Maine Giants. —A Turner correspondent of the Lewiston Journal says that a man died recently in that town of almost giant proportions. He was six feet four Inches high and weighed three hundred pounds.— His name was John Keene. He was burled beside the remains of his father, whose name was John, who died at the same age (80 years), and he also leaves a son John, who is six feet six inches In height. The boards of which his coffin was made were sawed by himself from the same log which furnished the boards for his fathers coffin twenty seven years ago. There are few logs of sufficient size to furnish whole boards for such a coffin. Two Boys Torn to Pieces by a Pan ther. —A man living in Taney county, Mo., recently sent his boy to mill, a dis tance of ten or twelve miles,'and, tbe boy not returning as soon as usual, a neighbor sent his boy to see what had become of tbe lad, and the second boy not returning in due season, a party consisting of the pa rents of the boys and three or four ot'iei 1 men, all armed, started to search for the youths. After traveling some four miles, a sight sufficient to chill the blood of the bravest was presented to their view.— Right by the side of the road was a large panther deliberately tearing the flesh from the remains of one of the boys—the last sent out. The grief and horrow-strlcken parent raised his gun to his shoulder, and, taking good aim, fired and killed the fero cious beast. lifter searching a rnlle or so more, the mutillated remains of the other boy werc«l»o'found.— Courier-Journal. Ramie Handkerchiefs. — Hr. Barnwell, of Df!low's Review, says the Macon Journal and. Messenger, exhibited In this city yes terday a handkerchief made of the Ramie plant, which, the gentleman tells us who saw It, was not surjnisseil Iu softness and fineness of texture bv linen of the beat quality. They are qllto common In New Orleans, and are kept constantly for sule in the shops. It shoves wlmt can be done with this new plant. We believe Its culti vation has been entered upon In various Foreign Miscellaneous Items. The International Workingmen’s Society of Geneva intend to start anew journal, to bear the name of Le People. ~ A State lottery is about to be started In Hungary, the proceeds of which will be ap plied to support of public for children of all religions. Victor Hugo’s novel yf “ The Man Who Laughs,” lias given rise to a satrical work, bearing the title of “ The Man Who Gapes,” about to be published In Part 9. The Lloyd of-Pesth mentions, that the Emperor of Austria intends making a trip to Constantinople in the month of Septem ber next, and will be present at the open ing of the Suez canal In October. The Prince Imperial of France has ac cepted an invitation from the Prince of Wales to visit Eugland shortly. The Queen has written a letter to the Emperor thank ing him for the reception offered to the Prince and Princes of Wales during their late visit to Paris. The Emperor of Russia has Issued a de cree ordering that all reduced Polish noble men shall be conducted to the fertile plains of the Eastern provinces, for the purpose of founding colonies, on grounds gratuiously ceded to them for that purpose. Many families have already availed themselves of this decree. The Fischietio, of Turin, caricatures the elections in France by representing Napo leon and the Prince Imperial seated fn the Chariot of State, driven on a rough road l>y Liberty, and drawn by three horses (Legitimists, Orleanlsts, Republicans) and and a mule (Clericalism.) The latter has stumbled and Is being trodden under foot by the three horses. Jfapoleou appears to be sadly frighteued. and with oue hand nervously grasps the seat, while the other Is holding the Imperial Crown upon his son’s head. Motto—“ The road Is rough ; either let Liberty take the reins or risk be ing upset.” The Paris corresponds of tho London Daily News mentions that by way of pre caution the guard at the Tuilerles has been Increased by 500 men, who sleep fully ac coutred and with their loaded Chassepots close at hand- The troops, too, have been kept to their barracks. The Illustration, of Paris, publishes an engraving of a great spreading tree near Cairo, under which, according to tradition, Joseph and Mary and the Infant Jesus took shelter during the flight Into Egypt. The trey, which stands on ground belonging to the Isthmus of Suez Canal Company, was marked to be cut down, but the Empress Eugene has purchased It standing, and now pays a keeper to watch It. A letter from Turkey says that some time ago the Ottoman Bank received a lot of greenbacks from an American traveler, which were sent to New York for negotia tion. They have t»en returned as spurious and counterfeits, and the bank Is Ir. for several thousand dollars. Mr. Alderman Lyons, who received three letters threatening his life In consequence of his having called upon Mr. O’Sullivan to resign the Mayoralty of Cork, has been fixed upon by the Liberal party of the city, for that office. A bill Is before, the Canadian Parliament respecting seduction. It-provldes that a seducer, under promlso of marriage, of an uqmarrled female of previous chaste char acter, shall be punished by flue or Impris onment, or both, at the option of tbe court, but shall not be condemned on tho solo ev idence of the female. “ The Fourth Duke of Thorndale’s dead —very sad thing—only two nights -ago," said an enthusiastic short-horn breeder to a quiet neighbor on the London Corn Ex change. “Dear me!—l never heard of him—l hope the next man’s a conserva tive,” was Lhe response, and Its utterer was rather disgusted with the explanation that the deceased peer was only a dark roan hull. This Is what the English girls are to wear at the races: Dress of mauve poult de-cole, with a long train, trimmed arouhd the bottom with a plnkcd-out flounce The flounce Is beaded with a cross strip and a small pattern of satin, of a somewhat dark er shade than the dress. Large puff at the back. Raspberries in Georgia.— Hon. 8. F. Gove has left at this office three of the most improved varieties of the raspberry, scarlet and yellow, by way of showing that the best French raspberries can be produced In Georgia under unfavorable circulnstances. These have been grown without working, and have been suffered to succor freely for the purpose propagation, and yet the frntt is large and fine. He thinks, with ordinary care, the best varieties of this fruit can be abundantly produced in this section of Georgia. —Macon Telegraph. Dr ; Lovick Pierce. —This venerable and eminent divine preached two deep, stirring sermons during the district meet ing on Saturday and Sunday. He has probably been in the ministry longer than any maq In Georgia, and none have done better service for the church. • Though nearly approaching eighty years of age, and in feeble health, bis sermons were deep, convincing and grand In conception to all Intelligent hearers. Dr. Pierce Is the Gen eral Sunday School Agent for this State. [Amencus Courier. SKNsmi.F.. —Heaven help the man who imag'nes he can dodge enemies by trying to please every body. Other people have a right to their opinions, so have you; don’t fall into the error of supposing they will respect you more for turning your coat every day to match the color of theirs.— Wear your own color in spite of wind or weather, storm or sunshine. It costs the vacillating and irresolute ten times the trouble to wind, shuffle and twist, that It does honest, manly Independence to stand its ground. . A New York Editor in Luck.—A late New York letter says'that “Mr. Whltte more, the night editor of the World news paper, has a strutk of good luck which any Journalist rnlgm welt envy. -Ills father in-law, who died a few days since, has left a round $200,000 to the couple, and It Is expected that a SIOO,OOO additional will lie realized from the estate when It is settled Mr. Robert IWnVn.’u printer' from Pe tersburg, whs drowned while bathing near VOL. 28. NO. 24 Miscellaneous Items. Immigrant wagons- filled with men, wo men and children, of all age Sand sizes are pouring into Minnesota from the East,. North and South. The Saturday Review likes picnics. It says: “ There is more spooning done at picnics than anywhere else ; and more of fers are made there, under the shadow of old ruiu, or in the quiet leafy nook by the river side, than at any other gathering:, time of the country.” Mr. James Estes, of Jonesboro, has a pet In the shape of a horned rattle suake. It was captured in the Rock Moun tains, has 12 rattles, a large, flat, red head,, and is about three feet in length. These are two large horns situated on the head— three spikes to each horn. A French lady returning from Havaiut carried with her a pretty little negro boy, for whom she very tenderly cared. One day Bamboula said to his mistress: “ Pape told me when I was big I must kill jam and carry him all your money. I’m going; to kill you, but I shan’t go back to him, for he would take all the money away.”— Bamboula Is on his way home. A German got drunk In Winchester laa£ week, went to a photographist and had hts picture taken, then came back and tried U» shoot the artist. The social evil of Cincinnati had a grand moon-light excursion the other even!nr, from beginning to end, a disgusting, dr unt il orgle. Punch says Rcverdy Johnson, as the rep resentative of America, has gotten all the dinners, and now Motley Is coming after her deserts. A patent has been obtained for the man ufacture of water-proof paper. It will be no uncommon thiug, by aud by, ft quart of milk home In a paper bag. The proposition to lease the lamp post* of Chicago for advertising, Is offset bye bid for the privilege of placarding the backs of the city police and firemen. The New Jersey State prison authorities have just contracted for the labor of abowt three hundred convicts, to be employed in. shoemaking, at sixty cents a day. Wheat harvesting has commenced ft* many counties in Texas. The crop Is fine, but with a very slight touch of rust. A Tipton (Indiana) hog climbed a fifteen foot ladder, and established himself in tbe hay mow, faring sumptuously on seed corn. A gentleman In New York found a live Hazard swimming In his Sunday morning’* allowance of milk, supplied from Hoboken The Rhode Island House of Representa tives has postponed tbe consideration of the fifteenth amendment until the January session, and then adjourned. Roastlng-ears of corn are ripe In Bid Algo county, Texas, and It was calculated that the corn crop would be fully matured by the 15th of June. The Treasury Department has determined to construct four first-class iron-clad reve nue cutters. Proposals for building these vessels’wlll be Invited'ln a few days. A New Orleans wife-beater, confronted In court with the swollen and Inflamed countenance of his wife, was asked by tbe Judge what he had to say about that. “ Why, that’s erysipelas; It’s a hereditary complaint in my family,” was the re sponse. A substantial citizen of New Orleans gob his portrait cheaply tbe other day. He paid a trifle at auction fpr a full length por trait of President Pierce, represented sit ting at a table piled with public and holding the scroll of the Constitution In his hand; then sent for an omnibus painter, and had the face altered into hie own likeness. “Bill,” said a dying California stage driver, “I'm on the down grade, and I can’t reach the brake.”- A youth of 18, in New Bedford, who de tcrmlued to marry against his father’s will, was complained of on Thursday as a d!»- obedlent child, and tbe case continued for sentence so that he could be shut up fbr want of hail till his father gets ready t» take him on a whaling voyage. A stranger recently went to a hotel 1» Hartford for a bath, and as he did not emerge from his retirement for an lioor. the proprietor entered, with fears of suicide in his heart, to see what was tbe matter. The stranger had only been wa- hlng his shirt,.and was waiting for It to dry. A living worth £7OB per annum was recently put up at auction In England, bnk did not fetch the reserve price, notwith standing there was In tbe the auctioneer stated, good society, good hunting, and allowing £IOO a year to a curaft to do the dirty, disagree able work, such as attending to tbe sick, and dying, there would remain a net profit of about £6OO a year for the rector. The outside sum offered for the privilege of attending to the eternal salvation of the Inhabitants of the parish In question was only £4,800. A fellow In New Orleans, affected with mania a polu, conceived the Idea that be was a goose, and procuring straw fora nest and brickbats Tor eggs, pretended to “ set* on the latter. His mother-interfered. “Why don’t you let me alone ? Don’t you see Jt arn betting?” “ But, Oliver, you ain’t a goose!” the mother replied. “ I ain’t 1 “No, You arc rav poor, dear soi\!” “ I know better !” “ Why yes, you are. Those are not eggs—they are brickbats!” “ Don’t I know '< Didn’t I lay’em, and I mean to batch ’em or die!” The.castor been la becoming an Impor tant article of culture Iu Texas. This year hundreds of acres are planlcd ; the soil is prolific, and iti some Instances has yielded sixty bushels of castor beaus to the acre..— Very little machinery has as yet been in troduced for getting out thp oil. The ramie plant Is also attracting attention. It is looked'upon as of great value to the SooSk for the purpose of making ropes. A hotel landlord In California saves the expense of a gong by keeping a dog, whose tall ho pulU-d “ for dinner." Modern slang has converted the title off" Gray’s' Immortal master-piece Into “Am Eh-gy In a Couutry Bono Orchard.” A Michigan rurallst complains that Mr sent four dollars to a Jewelry firm lit Now York fur a music box playing tweiriy-ftwr tunes, and received In return x Jewshurp. Bishop Qulutai'd, th his address to 9m Diocese of Clarksville, Trim., Thursday* took strong gropud ugslnst ritualism-
