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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1870)
•'••• *■ <H, \ , » , pl)f wcehlg Constitutionalist. BY STOOKTON & CO, OUR TERMS. [ The following are the rates of Subscription: [ Dailt, one year $lO 00 Wbklt, one year $3 00 [From the Overland Monthly. “ Jim.” BY F. BRET HARTE. Say there! P’raps Some <>n you chaps Might kuow Jim Wild ? Well—no offense: Thar ain’t no sense In gittiu’ riled! Jim was my chum Up'on the Bar: That’s why I come Down 1.-om np yar, Lookin’ for Jim. Thank ,e, sir! You Ain’t Oi that crew— Blest if you are! M< -’ey ?—Not mnch : ’ '..at ain’t my kind ; I ain’t no ench. Rum ?—I don’t mind, Seein’ it’s you. Weil, this yer Jim, Did you know him ? Jess ’bout yonr size; Same kind ot eyes?— Well, tat, is strange: Why, it’s two year Since he oann here, - Sick, for a aange. Well, here’s to us ! Eh? The h yoa say! Dead?— That little cuss ? What makes you Star- Ton over tbar ? Can’t a man drop ’s glass in yer shop But you mnst rar’ ? It wouldn’t lake — D mnch to break You and yonr bar. Dead! Poor—li'tle—Jim! —Why, mar was me, Jones, and Bob Lee, Harry aud Ben No-accouut men: Then to take him ! Well, tbar— Good-by— No more, sir—l Eh? Wbtn’c that you say ? Whv, dern it!—sho!— No? Yes! By Jo! Sold! Sold ! Why, you limb, You ornery, Dern’d old Long-legged Jim! The Bugler. BY GEORGE H. SNYDER. I dream of one who lies Beneath Kentucky skies Until with tears my eyes are ovei flowing, And I seem to hear a sound From a bloolv battle ground Where lie 6 a little mound with grass o’ergrow ing. Again I hear the crash Ot cannon, and the dash Os cavalry that flash across the valley; But wilder sound than all, Beneath the smoky pall, Shrills out the bugle c ill ol “ Troopers, rally 1” Adown the rocky hill, They gallc. with a will, The bugle blowing shrill a cherry measure Their e ,arg s all a-row, Flags flaunting to and lro, Right on to death they go, as ii for pleasure. Sharp rings the whistling steel, While cannon thunders peal— A shout goes up, “ They reel In yonder hol low 1” And lo! with cheer on cheer They r’-ive them far and near, The flying winged w'.th terrof those who fol low. Wb. does the bugle blow No loud recall ? No mot Os triumph that the foe dismayed is flying ? Alas 1 our bugler lay Where raged the hottest fray, Upon that e-il day, mid dead and dying! We laid him down to rest, Brave heart 1 where Earth had drest A tree-plumed hillock’s crest with floral beauty. Ah ! neve, truer soul Thau his sped to its goal, Whose legend marked our roll, “ Slain at his C u v 1” The T ory That Pleased Her. We find these verses in t. e Buffalo Courier. They are not musical and not smooth, and they are very, very wicked; but we fear they are (rue: “ Now, papa, tell me a story. Os the kind I lose so well,’’ Came the voice of my little daughter, My darling, bright-eyed Nell. “Come to me, tut.i, my oretty, And tell me whai shall it be And with a laugu like a merry tinkle, She bounded up on my knee. And I told her of “Old Mother Morey,” “ Darae Trot ” and “ Chile Boy Blue,” “Red Ridine-Ilood and her Grandmother,” I And “Jaeky Horner,” too. f sang her a “ Song of Si' >ence,” And sang her a “ Bag o Rye,” But failed to interest her, And she began to cry. “ Oh, why do you weep, rov NellieV My daughter, so good and mild V” And she sobbed, “ Bocb stories as these may do For otbe s, bnt not lor this child I" Ho then I told her the story Os the little boy who, In liUls MU Chopped up his mother, and frightened His young sister Into His, And how on the tiroa* A'lwtlc, When the angry tempest rowed, He slsnghtered the grew oid captain, And pitched them overboard I And l»«w h* bwaiiie a pirate Upon tin *nHnl-h m In - Andshecla. id her In He i noeent hands. And ashed me l< 'eblMgdwl It Is fglaU'd that a line lul pioccsslvii, 11l passing lit rough the InWH nf T i|l*4ep*, Aisbam.t a fi w | if» ago, stopped at (fta hotel to h' ihe own -i s i »he 441 Ink , and Uni dig ills 'll Ij 111 loth I 0 hotel -look 'Hglli Si.d tun **4> vs .l(i He lu>sr»> etcl lumbled los kvfp**- •Mto '* The Stage. THE PAY OF ARTISTES. Madame Tostee, in the first year she was here, made five thousand francs a month during eight months. The second year she made eight thousand per month. Every cent of this was carefully put uway iu the Caisse d’Ehargne in Paris. Mile. Irma (who is talking of coming back here) made six thousand francs a month; Madame Desclauzas, five thousand ; Rose Beil, five thousand, and Very little of it found circu lation in New York. But these are excep tional cases, and it must not be supposed that all foreign actresses Who have starv ing wages in their own country can make a fortune here. It was only the efferves cence of opera bouffe that permitted such extravagance on the part of managers.— And see how lamentably it all ended. Bate man did well the first year. Grau thought to do better, Also went into opera bouffe, and killed not only Bateman (which rather gladdened him), but himself. Yet the acme of salaries has not yet been reached by opera bouffe. Operatic salaries go a great deal higher. Lefranc, who is now singing at the Academy of Music, and [ is worth one dozen Briguolis rolled into one, is paid $2,000 per month for ten per formances. Madame de Briol gets $1,600 for the same number of appearances. But we can go yet higher. At a time not very far distant we are to be favored with the two queens of the lyric art, PATTI AND NIELSON, the first of whom is under engagement to Maurice and Max Strakosch fbr the fall of 1871, and the latter to Jarrett & Palmer for the Spring of 1872. Patti Is engaged for one year, and during the year she Is to give one hundred per formances, for which she will receive $2,000 iu gold each performance. Max tells us that he will put the scale at $3 and $5, and at these prices he can make money, not otherwise—that Is, if Patti’s voice holds out till 1871 The Voice is so fragile an organ that it can never safely be specu lated on. Nillson is also engaged for one hundred nights, at SI,OOO in gold each perform ance, besides traveling expenses of all kinds, qnd expenses of a suite of fouv per sons. Another person who commands a price is FECHTER, recently engaged by Harry Palmer when he was in Europe. We know not exactly the terms of the present engagement, but, as Fechter swore never to come over here at less than SSOO per night, we presume that is what he gets. Fechter is a French man, and still preserves the foreign accent; so much so, indeed, that one must have be come accust* red to him before he can be thoroughly understood. But he is a splen did actor in the romantic drama. In Lon don he obtained great success in his Ham let,i but It remains to be seen what impress ion he will make in it here. Os his Captain Lagardere, in the “Duke’s Motto,” and Obenreiaer, in Dickens’ and Wilkie Collins’ “No Thoroughfare,” both of which he originated, there can be but one opinion— that they are perfect. In the latter espe cially he is well- adapted, for the foreign accent of the part is natural with him. Dawison, when he was here, received SI,OOO a night. Hermann Hendricks and Heinrich Heins ditto. Fanny Janauschek manages her own business. Os other foreign artists it is unnecessary to speak apart, for they are identified with our own theatres. The LYDIA THOMPSON TROUPE, for instance, has become acclimatized, and by the way, reappear at Niblo’s in March. Miss Lydia’s terms are half the gross re ceipts and she pays hercompany. Its mem bers receive from SSO to S2OO. Pauline Markham had SIOO at the Tammany, and now gets $l5O traveling with the Bionde Brigade of British Bu-lesquers. DOMESTIC STARS have a uniform rate. It is fifty per cent, on the gross receipts. This is what Lotta re ceives at Niblo’s ; what Lucille Western re ceives at the Grand Opera House, and in fact, what they all receive. It then entirely depends on their own efforts whether they make money or not. These are the terms of John Owens, Joe Jefferson and Barney Williams. The first is the, richest actor in America. He is worth’sßoo,ooo ; Jefferson comes next, and is worth, we believe, $500,000 ; and Barney Williams, $400,000. Jefferson, in his re cent engagement at Booth’s, made, in seven weeks, $27,000. He then went over to Brooklyn, and in four nights drew SB,OOO, which he divided with the manager. Such earnings make the mouth water. Edwiu Forrest, who has taker, to the stage once more, is a rich man. He always receives sixty per cent, of the gross re ceipts. and if he had acted all along, would probably have oeen the richest actor alive. But Forrest is charitable: and, besides, he prefers taking his rest at times, to wearing his life out continually on the stage. The actress who at present is making the most money of any is MISS KATE BATEMAN, who, when taken charge of by the old i gentleman, can feel assured of being coached ! by the best manager, without exception, in | the country. Kate gets the usual fifty per cent., and herself pays George Jordan, her I supporter, S2OO a week. Thus not a single one of the bouses Kate has drawn has ! come under $1,400, and they sometimes go |up to SI,BOO and $2,000. Little Morrissey ; Is Kate's special agent. STOCK. Asa general thing, when an actor has not siiceed' and In rising above the rest of Ills confrere*, like Jeffi-rsmi or Owens, for In ! stance, ha Is tits worst paid iumii It Is poos! | his to Imagine. Poor stock actors get i from *l2 to *2O a week ; good ones from { I *2O to *2O neveralsive At such theatres j »s Wallsck's and 'ha Fifth Avenue It Is . nt, f’hsra It l» alined to get a stock of slurs At tb« latter pise*, for Instance Mrs. Mu »u Ml'hjou recently received *JWOI ! tsr week lor a short cngsgeutenti Mrs L'hanfmu, t|ta Imst leading lady we have, i | get* *1 101 pey Week At Wallse* s, Made I Hue lleiiriipu s slid Isiglse Miens Icflli gel sllOl per Week lor ns whole ftMHUfU id I eight moul he, playing of not playing ii l Jim tjjdoert get* $ 100 Mtnddard *An, • 'has. jPwbei **d. sinl so on down • f t‘ir/, enJ Farm 1 AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23, 1870. ! From the Liverpool Mercury, J mtiary 24. The Terrible Panic in a Uvtrnool Church. OLD WOMEN AND MEN TRODDEN TO DEATH— FEARFUL SCENES. A larger congregation never assembled within the walls of St. Joseph’s. The ca pacious building was filled to overflowing. The floor, the galleries, and even the stair cases and passages', were crowded by worshippers. Many catrle-who were unable to obtain admission to the church ; and to provide accommodation for those who were desirous of attending the mission service, but who were unable to find seats or stand ing room in the church, a supplementary service was held in the schoolroom—a large apartment underneath the chapel. The. entrance to this room was by a door at the northern end of the building and was also used for entering the chapel. It was f.t this point that the catastrophe occurred, and, therefore, to understand the terrible, nature of the occurrence it will be neces sary to describe somewhat minutely the mode of ingress and egress to the chapel and schoolroom. The doorway at the north end of the building, as we have stated, leads to both the schoolroom and the chapel, is about six feet wide, and is raised three or four steps from the pave ment. On entering the doorway there is a flight of.stone steps leading to the school room beneath, and another flight Worn the same landing leads to the body of the chapel. Round the chapel runs a gallery, and under the portion of the gallery at tiie north end, and close to the doorway de scribed, was a dense body of people. The staircase leading from the doorway uhder the gallery, and the steps which led to the schoolroom beneath, were also crowded with worshippers. About 7:45 o’clock, when the Rev. Father Raphael was de livering his lecture, the occurrence took place which has been attended with such direful consequences. The majority of the congregation in the bfldy of the chapel had brought with them Wax candles to be blessed. At the time the cry of Are was raised these candles were lighted, and the glare caused by the illumi nation led to the belief that the building actually was on Are. Those who were in the schoolroom attempted to force their way into the street. The narrow staircase and doorway soon became blocked up with a seething multitude, who, in their alarm, struggled to escape from the building. The cry of Are had been heard, too, by the worshippers, who crowded the staircase leading to the chapel and those, under the northern gallery. They were seized with panic, and imagining that the schoolroom was in flames, rushed wildly down the stairs to the landing. It was here that the two crowds—one coming from the school rbom and the other from the chapel above met. A terrible scence followed. The peo ple fought and struggled to reach the nar row street. The doorway, however, was soon blocked up and escape by this means became Impossible. Loud cries of alarm were raised ; the cry of “fire” continued, and the panic increased. Strong men fought and struggled with each other to reach the street; the shrieks of the women and chil dren told of the terrible alarm that had seized them. Some persons near the spot attempted to compose the multitude, but still the struggle continued. Women and children and old men were knocked down and trodden to death under foot, or suffo cated in the terrible crush. While this fearful scene was going on, the great majority of the congregation were unaware of the existence of any cause of alarm; but in a few moments intelligence reached the fathers who were conducting the service—Fathers Raphael, Dominick, Alphonsus, O’Donovon and M’Grath—of the terrible scene that was taking piace on the staircase. They at once proceeded to the spot, and by their almost superhumau efforts got the crowd from the staircase, and in a few moments restored order. But theif help came too late. In that few mo ments—from the time the cry of fire was raised until the arrival of the fathers—the mischief had been done, and at least fifteen people had been suffocated or trodden to death by the terror-stricken crowd. The alarm also had reached the interior of the chapel. The occupants of the north ern gallery became terror-stricken, and many of them made their way to the stair case. Women fainted, and meu struggled to leave the pews. The fathers here exert ed their influence with the multitude, and by their efforts order was restored, and a calamity which might have been even worse than the first was averted. The fa thers assured the people that there was no cause for alarm, and the service went on. Still there was considerable uneasiness among the congregation, and until the end of the services it was feared that there would be a recurrence of the alarm, and that further fatality might ensue. This is the way the Fox gtrls produce their spiritual rapping*: Fasten one end of a piece of elastic I,and, four or live inches long, to the middle of a pound bar of lead, and the other end to a ring large enongh to receive the toe of your shoe. Take an other piece of clastic band, eight inches or more in length ; fasten one end to the nog and the other to the right leg above the knee. When standing, with the contri vance arranged as described, the bar of lead should not come quite to the ankle. Os course a long dress is necessary to con ceal It. When sitting, the raps can be made by putting tiie toe of the left; shoe through the ring, and with a slight move ment of the foot causing the lead to strike the floor. One end of the bar will be likely to come In contact with the floor a little before the other end done, and thus pro duce the peculiar double-knock made try the Fox mediums, iiy a slight lateral mo tion ol the foot, raps cuiine made with such a contrivance on a table leg ora door A gentleman wslklng bam* with one oi the girls, one evening alter a toiwt, noticed i a sound In connection with her (MB iik« I ihal made by a wooden peg In walking; and the embarrassed girl s»l<i she could not conceive what noised It, The TeUyriiiil, uud> r»imd» that Mr (hut 111 11 If,lid of Mm oil, has been aiuedniJid to | lid oflli Of iJUlled Hl* lev HeVSldi* Aesussor j i for ihe Macon Dls'rhd, In lh“ Place ofJ, fj, Meoit, who has *e > n assigned to a alini i!«» position s< Foil VaHey I An Inn manuf'd boy ha* le»ii s'aried Inf M d«|le on a •ann w **> la I* IffteMdeo j I j dii v*i Uw l|j» lli *• Mfi Ml Il|«l * ‘ The Wynockie Children. The brief report of the fiuding of the three lost children of Joseph Wyble, of Wynoc kie, N. J., already published, was substan tially accurate. Some details in regard to i their discovery, the condition of the bodies, 1 &c., have, however, been siucc ascertained: A SAD PICTURE. \ The youngest boy, who was about five ■ years of age, laid upon his face, his body partly within the shelter of the shelving rock under which he had crawled. He was covered over with the coat of the eld est boy, and was partly covered with a pile of leaves which they had gathered to protect themselves from the cold. The next largest boy, wlm was about seven years of age, laid parallel with the one just described. He was lying between a stone and a large log, and was also part ly covered with leaves. He was also face downward. But there is an evidence of sublime and heroic devotion to his younger brothers in the position In which was found the eldest, who was about ten years of age. He was lying ou his bnpk on a rock near his broth ers, and where he seemed to have fallen from a perpendicular rock a little higher. He had robbed himself of his coat in order to give it to the youngest, and was besides almost wholly undressed, as if In his de lirium he had imagined himself at home preparing to retire, or else was trying to further disrobe liimseif lor the protection of his younger brothers when his efforts were stopped by the approach of death or insensibility. Jlls shirt was also rolled about his neck, as if it had worked there iu his wrestle with death, so that when found a large portion of his body was en tirely uncovered, except by a slight mautlo of snow, which kind nature had, as if sorry for being so harsh, brought to cover his nakedness. Close by the boys, and partly filled with water, 'was the little tin pail which they had taken along to gather nuts. GNAWED BY WILD BEASTS. The bodies of all the children wore con siderably mutilated. Tlicir hands were pinched and shrivelled, as i. by cold. The skin of the eldest, n covered as he was, was yellow and withered looking. It is believed they must have perished the flrst night they were out. They disappeared on New Year’s day, and the weather at that time was exceedingly cold, and a heavy rain prevailed a day or so after. Miss Piibbe Couzins, Eacj.— Don Piatt if' a Rhapsody. — Miss Phebe Couzins, Esq., of St. Louis. This youug woman, who is studying law In Missouri, is, I should say, looking at her through my opera glass, about twenty-one years of age. She is-tall, well formed and possessed of a strikingly handsome face. The c’’ln rounds out a little too much, but makes the base so necessary to a determined character. The mouth, expressive enough, suffers Tom the chin, and inclines to dish. The face Is a fair oval, rather long, and the nose, like General Fremont, fails to assert itself suffi ciently. But a woman with a delicate complexion ands. glorious pair of ores, such as Miss Couzins has, is beautiful. Her hair is of the raven hue, and her heavy eye brows and lashes give force to one of the most intellectual faces I ever looked on. She approached thebtand with timid grace fulness that won all hearts before she spoke a word—and then assuming, apparently without design, an exquisite pose, she open ed her lips and the sweet voice came ring ing out like coins dropped down from a m ioy-fathomed well. By Jove, there Is no use In attempting to criticise that address. All know’edge was won through my admiration. It was the loveliest tiling I ever saw, and the sweetest I ever heard. Go thy ways, Phebe, con quering and to conquer. A platoon of such advocates would carry suffrage as a south wind carries odors, blessed and blessing. Her elocution was perfect. Toward the cl ,se of her effort she quoted a paragraph from Parker Pillsbury. It was like theset ting of poor words in the sweetest of melo dics. Parker actually shone In his pover ty, for she gave him such an air of perfect simplicity. Go thy way, fair Phebe. The law will take the bloom from thy face—softness from thy voice, and dry up or destroy all the fascinating qualities of young woman hood. But these precious things go any way, so there is a small difference in the end. — Wash. Cor. Cincinnati Commercial. “ Social Evils.”— A lady writes to the Ilerald to say : “ I have Visited Europe frequently, and have dwelt In London, Paris, Switzerland and Germany; and on my return to this city, about (Our years since, shall never forget how shocked I felt at the contrast of the style of dress between the l-dies in the above named countries and here. Youth and age here exhibited to my eyes about the same amount of nudity, while lunate modesty would have thought the necessity of covering certain portions of the form which are calculated to excite the passions but not the respect of men.” “ In good society abroad I never saw such an almrtion of dress as here, and many times I felt sad as regarded this want of delicacy in costume, and have with many friends talked over and over again if it were possible we could change it. We.saw no way open, as private ladles, except by our condemnation, whenever opportunity served, and this unfortunately would make us enemies, and as by adoption (though English) I am an American, 1 should regret this, though my advice for a better state of thing* would be given from the heart, tore ■ln sorrow than in anger,’ Instead of the women 111 llda city turning their attention to tlm performance of duties devolving upon them as wives ami mistresses of their homes, they, Ignorant as they are, leave all such to aervauta, who are still more Ignor ant and perceiving the want of knowledge In fa ladles whom they are ex|>ected to 1 serve, take advantage of this, and assume ■ that of which they snow nothing Henna, ■ hose will# lilra them become 111 the power !of ths donnwtles, slid this Is on* of the Msirsta, too, of ‘ bod servants,* The only duslre ths women seem to ssplru U) I* to I hi silty the admiration of iipn, regsrdleaa 1 ,il family He*, eouiueiioua or positions In i llfli" Tbs Ma van nab Mttu inuullns* i|md*aih 111 lliai ally of Mnv James (Honey, »l Hie I Mine of hi* death ttimiiif of Mi Miepben's j i imp. i ii 1,,,, n,i war In w■> of Ml Mike's 'Minrsh, ol Ml hub « * I'ansk, Mouth * isinlltii, I How It la Done In Baltimore. —A Man Shoots His Entire Face Away and Leaves His Nose and Tongue Sticking to the Ceiling. —A horrible case of sui cide occurred yesterday morning at dwell ing No. 190 South Charles street, the vic tim being John Phillips, aged fifty-four years, and by occupation a tin and sheet iron worker. A short time since Phillips became pecuniarily embarrassed, and gave a bill Os sale upon his frmilture for a debt of sixty dollars, the money to be paid on the Ist of the present month. The first of the month found him unprepared to liqui date the bill, find ho was Informed that a constable would distrain upon the furni ture unless the money was paid yesterday. At 10 o’clock yesterday morning the party who held the due bill, In company with a constable, called at the house of Phillips for the purpose of having a settlement.— Ptiillips, when apprised of their visit, be came melancholy, and refused to speak upon the subject. Finally, however, he remarked to the constable : “ Do whatever you please,” and then proceeded up stairs. He had not absented himself upward of teu minutes, when the report of a pistol rung through the house. The wife of Phillips and the constable Immediately repaired to the attic, where a sickening sight met their gaze. Upon the floor was stretched the dead body of the wretched man, and by ids side a weapon known as a “ horse pistol," and from the manner in which his face was rent Into shreds it Is supposed that he shot himself In the mouth, the bullet passing en tirely through his head and imbedding It self In the celling. Bo terrible was the fore!! of the charge Contained in the pistol that the eutlre face of the man aud the greater part df his head were blown off.— His nose and tobgue were found sticking to the ceiling, while bits of blackened flesh and tnfts of hair bespattered the walls Coroner Oar was notified of the tragic affair, and held an inquest, the jury return ing a verdict of death by suicide. Phillips leaves a wife and five children. [.Baltimore American. A Divorce Case Extraordinary.—One, of the most extraordinary divorce cases ever brought before a New York court is now being tried by Judge Barnard in the Supreme Court, Special Term. The plain tiff is Commodore John T. Glasson, a vet eran officer of the United States Navy, aged sixty-four years. The defendant, his wife, is an old lady of flfty-flve, and the mother of two grown sons, and the com panion in the alleged adultery Is another elderly person, John B. Howell, who is also the parent of grown children. The witnesses against Mrs. Glasson, who were examined yesterday, were the wife and daughter of Mr. Howell. The alleged criminality was committed In Providence, Rhode Island. All the circumstances of this case are rem irkable; the venerable years of the violators of the nuptial bond, the unusual character of the evidence pro duced for the prosecution, and the large wealth of one and the high social standing of the other of the families Interested. [2V«« York World, Feb. 1. Wanted, Another ’Sponsible Place.— We think ladies must be greatly vexed often about the incapacity of servants, and have their tempers—which arc so univer sally known as angelic—frequently badly ruffled. One was telling us of an Interview she held the other day with a darkey who was seeking a situation high figure.— The questions and answers ran about thusly: “ Can you cook nicely?” “ No, ma’am ; Sal lie used ter do dat." “ I suppose you can wash and iron, then ?” “ Lor’, no! missus ; Cioe used to do dat.” “ You were the chambermaid, I sup pose ?” “ No, missus; I knows uuffln ’bout dat.” “ Well, then, wlrnt can you do, or what did you do ?" “ Well, since you axes, I held de 'sponsi ble place of keeping flies off old missus I’’ Who wouldn’t have hired her ? [ Columbus Sun. The Coming Town.— Gadsden has the finest church ontslde of Huntsville in North Alabama, so Bishop McTyeiresays. It has the finest Methodist Episcoal Church in the State outside of the cities. Gadsden has the finest Masonic Lodge In North Ala bama, and will have a Knight Templars’ Encampment equal to any in the State out side of Montgomery. Gadsden has the best schools of any town In North Alabama. Besides other very excellent schools, we have one presided over by a former Presi dent of one of the best colleges In Balti more, and President of several colleges in Virginia. Our schools command the high est order of talent. .We can substantiate the fact that Gadsden Is the most refined, prosperous, go-ahead place In North Ala bama. In other words It Is the coming town. —Gadsden limes. A Revolutionary Hero prom Balti more.— Washington, February 10.—John Kitts, of Baltimore, a soldier of the Revolu tion, now residing iu Baltimore, called to pay his respects to the President. The veteran, with but little assistance, walked np the long flight of stairs leading to the President’s office, and, although one hun dred and eight years of age, did not coin plain of fatigue. The President received the aged visitor with the profoundcst re spect, and listened to his conversation with the deepest Interest. He alluded to the fact that he had met every President of the United States, and witnessed the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown. Deplorable Tuaokdviw Middle Ten-' nksskk A special dispatch to the Nash ville Banner, dated Springfield, Febroary 10th Inst., says: At about five o’clock tills evening oar town was thrown Into great excitement, caused by the accidental shooting and kill ing of Mr*. It. 11. Illbb, by her cousin, Thomas ilockersmltb, a lad of about four teen. The boy U now a raving maniac.— Hu ran up Urn street from the spot, scream lug and tearing his ulotbes from hi* person. Tula Is ths most shocking occurrence tbs' has avar happened In our towu. «" m - Nhomobs Domini! Moutii Tb« D|«'llb,» llnorihr aaya every day Hie cars aome load •i| with negroes psasfng westward to gll nmiraru for labor In Mlesl»»l|ip‘, l«oulsisua and Tessa Ji learns llisl upwards of owe ImU'lied am how on liudr way from vli alula bit Hie plantation* of Mr Win (toss,' li, fa, aou Montgomery counHaa i VOL. 29. NO. 8 [Frim the Financial Chronicle. Cotton. New York, February 11,1870. By special telegrams received bv us to night from the Southern ports we are in possession of the returns showing the re ceipts, exports, &c., of cotton for the week ending this evening, February 11. From the figures thus obtained it appears that the total receipts for the seven days have reached 98,544 bales (against 104,601 bales last week, 104,772 bales the previous wt-ek, and 98,851 bales three weeks since.) making the aggregate since September 1,1869, up to this date, 1,933,834 bales, against 1,526,- 603 bales for the same period in 1868-9, be ing an increase this season over last season of 407,231 bales. The exports for the week ending this evening reach a total of 68,188 bales, of which 52,679 were to Great Britain and 10,509 bales to the Continent, while the stocks at all the ports, as made up this evening, are now 538,088 bales. Compared with the corresponding week of last season, there Is an increase in the exports this week of 25,182 bales, while the stocks to-night are 125,693 bales more than they were at this time a year ago. Stocks of Cotton at Interior Towns. —\s the movement of cotton at the Inte rior towns Is at present a very Important clement in estimating fatare receipts at the outports, we have made arrangements to obtain, by telegraph, the interior stocks each Friday night. Below we give the flgurcs received to-night, and add those of last week and last year for comparison: . 1870 . lB6O r, Fob. 11. Feb. 4. Feb 11. Feb 4. Anenetß, Ga.... 22,706 21,000 10,200 20,322 Coltimbui, Ga.. 16,0 0 14,700 16,006 17,200 Macon Ga 17165 17,330 11 768 14,682 Mootin’, Ain.. 12,926 18 069 10,870 10 610 Palma, Ala 7,836 7,804 7 248 7 000 Uemphta,Tenn. 20 401 24,416 21,8«6 21 826 NaahvlUe, Tenn. 4,746 4,306 4,603 2,020 Total •tock*. ,100,667 108,823 02,824 03 610 The feregolng shows the interior stocks have Increased during the week about. 6,000 bales, and that they are now 17,288 bales In excess of the same period of last year. The Chronicle gives the following tabic, made up from the latest mall dates receiv ed, to the 4th instant, showing the quantity of cotton In sight at this date of each of the two seasons: 1870. 1860. Stock In Liverpool ...bn'ea. 852,0 0 260 000 Stock In [fOndon 106.603 131,004 Stock in Glacgow 330 260 Stock in Havre 82,463 69,>00 Stock In Marseilles 6,100 6 660 Stock In Bremen 3,t)i 0 0,050 Hto' k rcat of Contlnen'.. 36,000 16,0.0 Alloat for Urea' Britain (Ameri can) 127,000 116,000 Afloat for Havre (American anti Brazil) 32,149 38 401 Total Indian Cotton aoflnt for Europe 103,899 163.968 Stock In United Staten orte 633 <>BB 407.396 Stock In Inland Town* 109 *67 02,321 Total 1,490 930 1,297,181 These figures Indicate an increase in the cotton in sight to-night of 193,805 bales compared with the same date of 1809. Manuring Land. A writer In the New England Farmer dis courses as follows in. regard to the right way of applying manure to land : lam surprised to see, as I do In going over the country, how many of our old farmers are holding on to the old mode of applying manure by dumping It from carts or wagons on the fields In small heaps, where It lies sometimes for two or three weeks, and then send a boy or a hired man to spread It on the land, when the conse quence Is that on the spots where the heaps were laid the grain will lodge and spoil, while on the outskirts it will lie so poor that it will need a drum and life to get it together. The last mode of applying manure used to be the exclusive mode In this section of the country, but ten years’ experience .and observation of a different mode has brought farmers around, and I do not know of an Individual In my-section who does rot now apply It on my plan. My rule ol applying manure is simply this: After the field has been plowed and dragged down, the manure is loaded on wagons and taken direct to the field and spread on the land right from the wagons. In plowing, each laud Is laid off about twenty-one feet wide. By driving the wagon in the middle of the land, It can easily be spread from furrow to furrow, and the meu being in the wagon can at once see when they get it all even. With anew hand I always go out mysel. with one load and see that he starts right; after which there is generally no farther trouble. After the manure is applied to the whole field we put on the gang plow. And here allow me to say, that, of all the Implements I have ever used for putting miuure on the land in Its proper place, according to my idea, this suits me the best. It has a wooden frame with three small plows at tached. It has handles like a plow; also two wheels, one on each end, and can be lowered or raised by means of bolts and screws, aud ganged to run one, two, three or four inches deep. It puts the manure under ns effectually as a plow I gene rally set It to run about two Inches deep, which is about my Idea of the proper depth to cover manure. Now for the effects. A little experiment Just comes to my mind; I purchased from a neighbor about forty loads of manure and applied it to one portion of a field, the whole of which was to be sowed to rye ; the other portion of the field had no manure. In other respects the treatment of the whole field was precisely alike. Each portion of the whole field required the aame amount of rye for seed. The manure coat me fifty cents per load. When the crop was har vested and sold, the manured part paid me *8 50 per load over the unmanured the first year; the second year it made *1 50; makliig *0 per load, Itesliles effecting a per manent Improvement on the land. In all my experience I find that two loads applied on or m ar the aurlacet after plow ing, or harrowing, or cultivating, or gang plowlng—wbloh last Is my mode Is worth mid wir give as much benefit aa at least three load* plowed under, saiHsnally If It I* an old wsl. When 1 have a clover aud and very ooarss manure, 1 do so jiellmes, for corn or potatoes, plow it under, but not vury deep Then by {flowing it IHHa deeper tliu nesi Mining It firing* the manure Just In lb* pise* it Is needed (nt the wheat, If «illei of oat urop W» learn Hist • new lb noeralle Journal Is projected In A Haute, by • Stork com J*MJy>
