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“ 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
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